Seanus
19 Nov 2009
Life / Where do you live in Poland? [19]
Gliwice :) Hmm...doesn't Jump Bunny look like Brzydula in her avatar? ;)
Gliwice :) Hmm...doesn't Jump Bunny look like Brzydula in her avatar? ;)
Seanus
15 Nov 2009
Food / Why did Taco Bell leave Poland? [82]
I didn't mean that people necessarily use those options, just that they exist in abundance, Beckski. Also, one person doesn't change the picture that much ;) ;)
The family-owned businesses are often the best.
I didn't mean that people necessarily use those options, just that they exist in abundance, Beckski. Also, one person doesn't change the picture that much ;) ;)
The family-owned businesses are often the best.
Seanus
15 Nov 2009
Food / Why did Taco Bell leave Poland? [82]
Geez, it's like a non-stop mentioning of names. It just goes to show that America is more of a fast-food culture.
No doubt some good stuff there. Americans must work out a lot to work it off. Or root a lot :)
Geez, it's like a non-stop mentioning of names. It just goes to show that America is more of a fast-food culture.
No doubt some good stuff there. Americans must work out a lot to work it off. Or root a lot :)
Seanus
15 Nov 2009
Seanus
15 Nov 2009
Seanus
15 Nov 2009
Seanus
15 Nov 2009
Genealogy / Help finding Polish Girl in Ealing now going back to Poland [8]
Then why don't you ask around places on Margaret Street?
Are you sure you aren't a troll? What do you expect anyone to do to help you without a name? Quit having a laugh and treat people with some respect.
Then why don't you ask around places on Margaret Street?
Are you sure you aren't a troll? What do you expect anyone to do to help you without a name? Quit having a laugh and treat people with some respect.
Seanus
15 Nov 2009
UK, Ireland / Why do Poles come to England? [514]
Hehehe, I appreciate your honesty :) Building different bases and making things work are more important than money. We are both married and we are both fairly centrally located so we understand each other on this.
Hehehe, I appreciate your honesty :) Building different bases and making things work are more important than money. We are both married and we are both fairly centrally located so we understand each other on this.
Seanus
15 Nov 2009
UK, Ireland / Why do Poles come to England? [514]
Why have you chosen to stay in England, Sławek? Only for developing your English?
Why have you chosen to stay in England, Sławek? Only for developing your English?
Seanus
15 Nov 2009
Life / Wonderful Poland.......but the attitude of Polish people [150]
Forbidden, LOL. Not quite but you will encounter reactions like Aussie Shiela's. It is basic etiquette and part of living together to say thank you. I know everyone is different and us foreigners are just guests but is is glaringly embarrassing at times to see the lack of gratitude.
Forbidden, LOL. Not quite but you will encounter reactions like Aussie Shiela's. It is basic etiquette and part of living together to say thank you. I know everyone is different and us foreigners are just guests but is is glaringly embarrassing at times to see the lack of gratitude.
Seanus
15 Nov 2009
Food / Why did Taco Bell leave Poland? [82]
You forget that I don't live in the States, PP. If I lost 20 kilos, I would eat such food.
You forget that I don't live in the States, PP. If I lost 20 kilos, I would eat such food.
Seanus
14 Nov 2009
Life / Haunted Homes in Poland [173]
Beliefs change with experience, that much is true!
WB, it is clear that you were talking about Edwards.
Beliefs change with experience, that much is true!
WB, it is clear that you were talking about Edwards.
Seanus
14 Nov 2009
Life / Haunted Homes in Poland [173]
Exactly, Seanny. Times move on and conventional wisdom changes.
WB, I remember that guy. I must admit, they appear convincing as mediums but it's sleight of hand and tricking of the eye. Good to watch, though :)
Exactly, Seanny. Times move on and conventional wisdom changes.
WB, I remember that guy. I must admit, they appear convincing as mediums but it's sleight of hand and tricking of the eye. Good to watch, though :)
Seanus
14 Nov 2009
Life / Haunted Homes in Poland [173]
I meant John Edwards. You seem to believe in what he does and Seanny doesn't. As long as you can back up your position, there's no problem.
It's like religion, some people have faith and some don't.
I meant John Edwards. You seem to believe in what he does and Seanny doesn't. As long as you can back up your position, there's no problem.
It's like religion, some people have faith and some don't.
Seanus
14 Nov 2009
Seanus
14 Nov 2009
Life / Haunted Homes in Poland [173]
I'm saying that I'm not aware of the proof as that area doesn't interest me but that, as a well-documented thing, it may well be true. However, the Racak massacre was well-documented as a Serbian crime but there is res noviter veniens ad notitiam, new evidence newly coming to light that that is not the case. You see, media can twist anything.
Watch your sources! A little mystery has to be kept in life.
I'm saying that I'm not aware of the proof as that area doesn't interest me but that, as a well-documented thing, it may well be true. However, the Racak massacre was well-documented as a Serbian crime but there is res noviter veniens ad notitiam, new evidence newly coming to light that that is not the case. You see, media can twist anything.
Watch your sources! A little mystery has to be kept in life.
Seanus
14 Nov 2009
Life / Haunted Homes in Poland [173]
Well, if it's well documented then we should entertain the assumption that it has been proven, shouldn't we? However, well-documented doesn't mean 100% true. Did you see it with your own eyes?
No, as proof has more ambit than you are giving it, Seanny. Proof beyond reasonable doubt, 100% proof and on the balance of probabilities are very different standards of proof, wouldn't you say?
And I dislike them as much as the next person, Seanny. Too many people find profits in things that shouldn't warrant them but it's the people that pay and are suckers for those preying on their vulnerabilities. However, who's to say that it isn't reasonable curiosity on their part?
Examination of evidence is vital, I couldn't agree more. Court cases aren't decided by beliefs alone. However, even after many encounters and evidence we still class ghosts as fear of the unknown. That is to accommodate the sceptics who throw in reasonable doubt. Hearsay has limited application, it's purely circumstancial.
Proof, yeah, but to who's satisfaction?
Well, if it's well documented then we should entertain the assumption that it has been proven, shouldn't we? However, well-documented doesn't mean 100% true. Did you see it with your own eyes?
No, as proof has more ambit than you are giving it, Seanny. Proof beyond reasonable doubt, 100% proof and on the balance of probabilities are very different standards of proof, wouldn't you say?
And I dislike them as much as the next person, Seanny. Too many people find profits in things that shouldn't warrant them but it's the people that pay and are suckers for those preying on their vulnerabilities. However, who's to say that it isn't reasonable curiosity on their part?
Examination of evidence is vital, I couldn't agree more. Court cases aren't decided by beliefs alone. However, even after many encounters and evidence we still class ghosts as fear of the unknown. That is to accommodate the sceptics who throw in reasonable doubt. Hearsay has limited application, it's purely circumstancial.
Proof, yeah, but to who's satisfaction?
Seanus
14 Nov 2009
Life / Haunted Homes in Poland [173]
Based on the assumption of proof and based on the assumption of existence, getting the point now?
Killing innocents is wrong and there's no assumption there. That's just wrong!
The sacrificing, assuming it happened, is wrong.
Isn't it amazing that one person's fact is another's lie? Think, Seanny, just look at how historians act based on assumptions and assumed truths.
Based on the assumption of proof and based on the assumption of existence, getting the point now?
Killing innocents is wrong and there's no assumption there. That's just wrong!
The sacrificing, assuming it happened, is wrong.
Isn't it amazing that one person's fact is another's lie? Think, Seanny, just look at how historians act based on assumptions and assumed truths.
Seanus
14 Nov 2009
Life / Haunted Homes in Poland [173]
No, one is proven and the other is belief. What is hard to understand there?
No, one is proven and the other is belief. What is hard to understand there?
Seanus
14 Nov 2009
Life / Haunted Homes in Poland [173]
They thought so, I don't.
Who's to say that those who believe in ghosts are less wrong than those who don't?
They thought so, I don't.
Who's to say that those who believe in ghosts are less wrong than those who don't?
Seanus
14 Nov 2009
Life / Haunted Homes in Poland [173]
By using your judgement, that's how! Hence the words 'as to whether' Seanny ;)
They were correct according to the conventional wisdom of the times. It does boil down to belief, Seanny. Some believe in ghosts, others don't. Am I wrong?
By using your judgement, that's how! Hence the words 'as to whether' Seanny ;)
They were correct according to the conventional wisdom of the times. It does boil down to belief, Seanny. Some believe in ghosts, others don't. Am I wrong?
Seanus
14 Nov 2009
Life / Haunted Homes in Poland [173]
It's a bit like TAPS in Ghost Hunters. I wonder if they'd still do their work without the vast coverage they get on American television sets. On this point, Seanny is right.
However, there are those who go about it in a purely inquisitive and spiritual way and much of what they find cannot just be explained away by a sceptical mind. Those that go down into the Edinburgh Vaults, for example.
Some people claim to feel presences and we need to use our judgement as to whether they are telling the truth or not. For example, my friend felt something in his flat and he took out his K2 meter and actually detected a presence through it. Some might say that he was looking for it as that is one of his main interests. Others would say that he genuinely picked up on sth and looked for confirmation.
It all boils down to belief!
It's a bit like TAPS in Ghost Hunters. I wonder if they'd still do their work without the vast coverage they get on American television sets. On this point, Seanny is right.
However, there are those who go about it in a purely inquisitive and spiritual way and much of what they find cannot just be explained away by a sceptical mind. Those that go down into the Edinburgh Vaults, for example.
Some people claim to feel presences and we need to use our judgement as to whether they are telling the truth or not. For example, my friend felt something in his flat and he took out his K2 meter and actually detected a presence through it. Some might say that he was looking for it as that is one of his main interests. Others would say that he genuinely picked up on sth and looked for confirmation.
It all boils down to belief!
Seanus
14 Nov 2009
UK, Ireland / Why do Poles come to England? [514]
WB, it's just the reverse of the thread and Seanny asked me about it, no doubt trying to lure me into the answer that I came for the money.
I met my wife on the rynek in Gliwice and got talking to her more and more. She also went to England for a while and guess what? She went for the money too. She has no love for many English people and the same rings true for many Poles. She came back to build on our relationship. I didn't know her that well when she left but absence makes the heart grow fonder.
WB, it's just the reverse of the thread and Seanny asked me about it, no doubt trying to lure me into the answer that I came for the money.
I met my wife on the rynek in Gliwice and got talking to her more and more. She also went to England for a while and guess what? She went for the money too. She has no love for many English people and the same rings true for many Poles. She came back to build on our relationship. I didn't know her that well when she left but absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Seanus
14 Nov 2009
UK, Ireland / Why do Poles come to England? [514]
Honestly, curiosity and a solid base. I have seen many European countries now due to the base that Gliwice provides. Also, I have learned a new language, an interesting culture and met my wife here. My teaching has become more diverse too.
Honestly, curiosity and a solid base. I have seen many European countries now due to the base that Gliwice provides. Also, I have learned a new language, an interesting culture and met my wife here. My teaching has become more diverse too.
Seanus
14 Nov 2009
UK, Ireland / Why do Poles come to England? [514]
Hehehe, the rain does that for me Seanny ;) ;) It's the Scottish way :)
I want to see the answers of Poles here. They leave their families, give up the food they love dearly for what they see as substandard stuff and go to a non-Catholic country. What on earth made them do that? Quite a sacrifice and for what?
Hehehe, the rain does that for me Seanny ;) ;) It's the Scottish way :)
I want to see the answers of Poles here. They leave their families, give up the food they love dearly for what they see as substandard stuff and go to a non-Catholic country. What on earth made them do that? Quite a sacrifice and for what?
Seanus
14 Nov 2009
UK, Ireland / Why do Poles come to England? [514]
Ach, the point is that I see grey skies quite often with my own eyes. It is warmer than Britain but not consistently. Britain has experienced heatwaves on and off for a few years now.
It is not as overcast as Aberdeen, no, but not as strikingly different as Sławek may paint it. As WB said, he could use a reminder.
Ach, the point is that I see grey skies quite often with my own eyes. It is warmer than Britain but not consistently. Britain has experienced heatwaves on and off for a few years now.
It is not as overcast as Aberdeen, no, but not as strikingly different as Sławek may paint it. As WB said, he could use a reminder.
Seanus
14 Nov 2009
UK, Ireland / Why do Poles come to England? [514]
So how about all the thunderstorms over summer, Seanny? We had many here in Gliwice. It was rainy for a decent part of the month.
Sławek, what's wrong with the nature in England? They have many national parks and nice forests.
It's staggering how grey the sky is, Seanny. Maybe it has to do with living in the west of the country?
So how about all the thunderstorms over summer, Seanny? We had many here in Gliwice. It was rainy for a decent part of the month.
Sławek, what's wrong with the nature in England? They have many national parks and nice forests.
It's staggering how grey the sky is, Seanny. Maybe it has to do with living in the west of the country?
Seanus
14 Nov 2009
UK, Ireland / Why do Poles come to England? [514]
I'm with WB on this one, Seanny. The sky is so often grey here and I DO see a fair bit of rain. I'm from Aberdeen which isn't in the rainshadow.
Anyway, weather isn't the main factor. Money is.
I'm with WB on this one, Seanny. The sky is so often grey here and I DO see a fair bit of rain. I'm from Aberdeen which isn't in the rainshadow.
Anyway, weather isn't the main factor. Money is.
Seanus
14 Nov 2009
UK, Ireland / Why do Poles come to England? [514]
A few Poles see Poland as sth of a paradise, Sławek. Many English folk are just reserved and that's just how they are. You shouldn't mistake this as some form of hostility. Go to a społem shop in Poland and you will see true hostility and stern faces. I was actually grinning away to myself at how seriously these people take themselves. They say dzień dobry to the floor half of the time. The look of contempt on their faces is awful. Sorry, Sławek, I very seldom encountered that in Scotland.
Why the word 'better'? Why not just 'different'? Poland has a lot of rain and dreary days too, Sławek. I have lived here for over 5 years and can tell you that as a fact.
Good point, WB. I bet he would say Poland.
A few Poles see Poland as sth of a paradise, Sławek. Many English folk are just reserved and that's just how they are. You shouldn't mistake this as some form of hostility. Go to a społem shop in Poland and you will see true hostility and stern faces. I was actually grinning away to myself at how seriously these people take themselves. They say dzień dobry to the floor half of the time. The look of contempt on their faces is awful. Sorry, Sławek, I very seldom encountered that in Scotland.
Why the word 'better'? Why not just 'different'? Poland has a lot of rain and dreary days too, Sławek. I have lived here for over 5 years and can tell you that as a fact.
Good point, WB. I bet he would say Poland.
Seanus
14 Nov 2009
Love / Why are Polish girls constantly ill? [166]
Don't go there, southern. Stay sane :) I'll never accept illness, it's just not my way. TV is encouraging them to be whimpering sods, reaching out for the nearest tablets to cure their 'ills'.
Don't go there, southern. Stay sane :) I'll never accept illness, it's just not my way. TV is encouraging them to be whimpering sods, reaching out for the nearest tablets to cure their 'ills'.