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Joined: 20 Feb 2007 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 2 Sep 2013
Threads: Total: 8 / In This Archive: 7
Posts: Total: 2205 / In This Archive: 1417 		From: UK
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szarlotka   
27 Jun 2008
Genealogy / I have got alot of Polish DNA [51]

wondering whether I should get a DNA test

My advice would be to get a quick Lamb Rogan Josh instead. It's cheaper and tastier.
szarlotka   
27 Jun 2008
Life / Customer Service in Poland, what are your experiences? [106]

There was an excellent example of customer service in Poland in a recent issue of the New Warsaw Express. It involved a hotel customer phoning room service to ask for a fork so that they could eat their meal. What was eventually delivered was very interestingly different.
szarlotka   
26 Jun 2008
UK, Ireland / Intercultural experiences of Polish migrants who work and live in the UK [26]

This has the potential to be a really useful and interesting topic

I agree too. I think the Op should set out whether it is for recent (post A8 accession) Polish migrants or whether it includes earlier migrants cos the differences are likely to be significant.
szarlotka   
24 Jun 2008
Travel / Cheap airlines are not THAT cheap anymore ! [30]

Techno sheep - not!!!

Click on the home page link. Choose the category that you want to open the thread in - eg Polish travel and vacations and at the bottom of the page you will find the subject and content windows.
szarlotka   
24 Jun 2008
Love / Soldier born in Poland / living in England. Fiance going away for ages. Complicated... [205]

i think im still in shock!

Yes you probably are and the doubts hurt like hell at times. A military career is always demanding on both parties but it sounds like your fiance is doing this for all the right reasons. He already has another career in mind by what you say so it's not a love of the army life that is attracting him out there. I guess he will be full of doubts too. I wish I had a magic wand to wave for you but I don't.
szarlotka   
24 Jun 2008
Love / Soldier born in Poland / living in England. Fiance going away for ages. Complicated... [205]

For probably the first time on here I am going to try to be serious. Relationships can stand long periods of time being apart if you are mentally tough enough to cope with the inevitable loneliness, regret, frustration and sometimes even anger. There are some parallels with what I went through many years ago. I was in the military in those days and when accompanying my Father on a trip to Poland for a pilots reunion I fell head over heels for my now wife. To cut a very long story short it took over 4 years to get her out of Poland with, in all that time, only seeing her 6 times. In between times I was all over the world. Letters took forever to reach each of us and both of us constantly doubted the wisdom of what we were doing. Doubts surfaced at every turn. Reading your post it seems like you have them already. All I can say is focus on the ending and ask yourself the question whether you can envisage a life without him. In my case it was tht attitude that saw me through and I know that she felt the same way. Even today I look at her sometimes and shudder to think what I would have missed in my life. I feel for what you will go through again but would like you to know that others have been through it and come out stronger as a result.
szarlotka   
24 Jun 2008
Life / Things to be afraid of in Poland? [109]

Maybe there a lot of off road accidents. Mushroom pickers mown down by pickled drivers taking short cuts, that sort of thing..
szarlotka   
18 Jun 2008
Life / Customer Service in Poland, what are your experiences? [106]

Nepal was a bugger for customer service. Ask for a beer and get given Yak milk. Ask to climb a mountain and sit back for four months to get a permit. On the plus side there were no call centres.
szarlotka   
17 Jun 2008
Law / I want to open a bar in Czestochowa [28]

Poles prefer cheap alcohol from supermarkets:)

My experience is not that Poles prefer cheap booze from supermarkets but that they do stay at home with friends to drink sometimes more than say in the UK where being with your mates usually means going out to pubs, clubs, cinemas etc. And when Poles do go out they tend to 'go large' as we say. Bottom line is probably that the number of successful bars per population size in Poland is less than in some other countries which means that to be succesful requires you to have some good selling points and to work harder at attracting and retaining patrons.
szarlotka   
13 Jun 2008
Life / Polish Integration with other Nationalities [150]

Just remember Tomek does not speak for all Germans.

I know. Uncanny the similarity with noiimi don't you think. Both students. Both talking B*llocks
szarlotka   
13 Jun 2008
Life / Polish Integration with other Nationalities [150]

I like them black girls
I like them white girls
I like them Asian girls
I like them mixed race girls
I like them Spanish girls
I like them Italian girls
I like the French girls
And I like Scandinavian girls
I like them tall girls
I like them short girls
I like them brown hair girls
I like them blonde hair girls
I like them big girls
I like them skinny girls
I like them carrying a little bitty weight girls

Unfortunately the wife doesn't quite see it this way....
szarlotka   
9 Jun 2008
UK, Ireland / Tell me about Glasgow [59]

The choice between Glasgow & Edinburgh is like the choice between Pittsburgh and San Francisco IMHO. To be fair Glasgow has changed a lot in recent years but Edinburgh wins with me every time.
szarlotka   
21 May 2008
Travel / I miss Kraków... What do You miss...? [95]

what a great party that will be!

Best invite Mrs Sz too. Musically she adds little to the line up but I think she would like to 'go home' again. All I ask is that the shops are closed for the duration of our visit.