Love / Received an email from a young Polish woman - Is she too good to be true? [70]

Eric Crapton

That's the moderator speaking to me, Eric. I have just spent two days on the angry bench for going off-topic too much.


In fact this is just a variation of the wellknown 419-scams or Nigerian scams; you know, where somebody finds 30.000.000 Dollars in grandfather's shed in a poor African country and this has to go out of the country and if you would be so kind to let them use your bank a/c, you will get 10% of this sum. Of course, the first thing that happens is that your a/c gets emptied out if you give the details. Or a charge needs to be paid for a "lawyer" in order to process some "formalities". And it's that money they are usually after, because they know that after wide coverage nobody will be that eager to give their bank details that quick (however, you would be surprised how many ppl still fall for it). Never understood though how they can do that with just your account number, but they apparently can. Best thing is to ignore it or, if you want to have some fun with it, lead those scammers on, of course without giving them any money. Because, after all, think about it: somebody you don't know, gets your email and offers you millions of Dollars. It never happens, does it? ;)

Have a look what I did with one of those many scammers that approach me all the time. Mind you, these guys get their addresses from guestbooks and fora, so be wary to leave your real email address behind on these kinda things. Here is the link:

angelfire.com/mn3/plaatjes2/The_Hamza_Bello_Saga.html

Hope you enjoy it, maybe you should do the same with this scammer :)

M-G (sometimes has his bright moments)

History / Poland war propaganda poster - can anyone explain this picture? [292]


It wasn't that noble as the intention was to demoralize the Poles, who until a few days into the attack on Poland still believed that the English and French would come to the rescue. But indeed, sometimes honesty is the best propaganda, especially if you want to break someone.


Oh, will you stop it, pls?

M-G (nah)

Love / Received an email from a young Polish woman - Is she too good to be true? [70]


You know pictures are the easiest thing to fake, do you?


Duh, via Usenet and Torrent you can get everything for free, eh? :) Panda used to be very good, but I haven't heard from it in a while now, don't know if it still exists. But basically all AV's are the same: very simply put it makes a bunch of critical files read-only and acts like a very sophisticated search engine. But this is a very, very simplified image of an AV.

M-G (before you guys start flaming me on this)

Please, don't drag the thread off topic.

Love / Received an email from a young Polish woman - Is she too good to be true? [70]

Eric Crapton

You would be surprised how much your AV would pass through and how much false positives you get. Most AV's are simply not good enough. At least, nearly none of the commercial ones are. Sad, but true.

M-G (can't tell you which one is though as this would look weird too)

History / Another WWII thread. [69]

Polonius3

Don't agree to that. By the end of 1944 most of Poland was liberated by the Red Army. Is this some kind of myth the Polish keep to glorify themselves once again?

M-G (needs a drink)

Love / Received an email from a young Polish woman - Is she too good to be true? [70]

niejestemcapita

Go a bit easy on Eric, will ya?

Eric Crapton

Don't worry :) Niejestemcapita is just a bit opiniated, but that makes her cute in a way :))

M-G (but I still think you should find somebody at least close to your own age - in the end it will prove more valuable and deeper for yourself. Just think of this: what you want to discuss with a young brat of 23? She doesn't have a clue yet and no experience of life whatsoever. But it's up to you)

History / General Stanisław Sosabowski and the 1st Polish Parachute Brigade in Arnhem. [11]

Ziemowit

WW2 was the first war to happen to my country in over 100 years. Nobody knew what war and being occupied was like. So naturally this already made a huge impact on the Dutch psyche. The Battle of Arnhem and Operation Market Garden (which took place for 99% solely on Dutch territory) was one of the main battles in the war and it took place in Holland. It is in fact the only major battle that took place in the Netherlands. Given these facts, it's understandable that these things are very well known and preserved within the Dutch consciousness. For myself, when I was a kid, it was exciting, that battle and it took place in my own country. Even more, it took place in my own backyard! I don't know where your Dutch friend is from, but it could be very well that he is from the Arnhem area in Eastern Holland.

I think General Sosabowski is one the greatest Poles of WW2 and I don't know if he gets the recognition he deserves in his own country. In the Netherlands he definitively gets this. He was awarded with the Bronze Lion by Queen Beatrix in 2006.

M-G (remembers a neighbour of my grandmother telling him how he saw German tanks rolling towards Arnhem)

Love / Received an email from a young Polish woman - Is she too good to be true? [70]

Eric Crapton

Eric, you keep quoting the wrong persons :) First you put a quote of wildrover in my name and now you do it vice versa :) Not a big problem, but just so you know ;)

I understand what you mean, but, if I may be honest, you yourself have emotional and relational baggage with you yourself. Really, believe me. She can be somewhat younger than you, but not too much, it really doesn't work in the long term. Of course, I can hear everybody already saying "yes, but I know a couple of 25 years difference and that works fine". Yeah well, exceptions do the rule and you will have to find them like you will have to find the needle in a haystack. Young chicks are good for one night if you're more than twice as old as them and for the rest...forget it. But it's up to you, Just giving my piece of heartily meant advice.

M-G (tsk)

Love / Received an email from a young Polish woman - Is she too good to be true? [70]

Arien

Eric Clapton should be very careful. Don't make him more hopeful than he already is! Shame on you, Arien...

M-G (nah)

Love / Received an email from a young Polish woman - Is she too good to be true? [70]

wildrover

Second that. Be careful. And in fact, it's easy: it's Inet, so why do you still reply to her? Just stop replying. She will send some more emails, but it will stop eventually. Cases like this are always so freaking hard to prove: if you ask her to call you on the phone, those criminals may have some bimbo at hand who gets indeed paid to tell you everything you want to hear; in short, every proof you ask for can be faked and like wildrover the wolf already stated; if you fall for this scam, you'll end up paying loads of money. Best way to meet chicks is still meeting them on social events like pubs, clubs, etc.

And what'd you think? You're twice as old as her, if she is real; even if you would get together with her, do you really think that there would be a chance?? Age difference only works to a maximum of 10 to 15 years and even then it will be very difficult to maintain because the both of you are in such different stages of life that it will never work in the end and you both will get hurt. Chickadees of half your age only work for one night stands. Remember that!

So, if I were you, I would just cut the contact. So what if you run the risk that she is genuine, there are plenty of others out there and she was too young for you anyway, so it would never have worked. Get a nice woman of your own age or just a few years younger. You will see there are plenty of them and eventually it will be longer lasting. Good luck my man!

M-G (gets visions of the Russian and Polish brides of the early 90's)

History / General Stanisław Sosabowski and the 1st Polish Parachute Brigade in Arnhem. [11]

Harry

Ok, this opinion was to be expected. What interests me most is how the Poles look upon their brave fellow country men who entered a battle in a country that was not their own and which they knew they would never gonna win. Because over here in the area where I come from, everybody speaks with deep respect and sympathy about these heroes.

M-G (that's also why my area was the first in Holland to send food convoys to Poland in the winters of the first half of the 80's)

Love / Received an email from a young Polish woman - Is she too good to be true? [70]


You're right, that is weird. A normal Polish girl would never do that.

Have you checked the address? You're sure she is not hopitalized or something?

M-G (be careful)

History / General Stanisław Sosabowski and the 1st Polish Parachute Brigade in Arnhem. [11]

I don't think it's world wide - at least I've never heard something like that. Which kinda surprises me as the Battle of Arnhem is one of the most important and defining battles of WW2.

M-G (the 2nd and 10th SS Panzer-Division was stationed in the woods around the village where I was born)

Love / Broken Heart, An amazing girl from Poland [139]


I am ugly yes and fat and bald and so on, yes. But sometimes they choose me, and I always wonder why that is, so it must be they have no taste. Or is it because I am cheeky and hung like it's ridiculous? Hm, wonder - you know if one of them goes home with me, after that, her girlfriends all wanna meet me...Maybe a connection there? :)


It takes one to know one, isn't it? Anyhow, I wasn't angry about it, I was just observing and it's true, if they would have handsome boyfriends, I would have said so too, but they all looked like neanderthalers.


Well, you don't know me :) I don't care how somebody looks in general. What counts most to me is the ability to hold a conversation and he was not capable of that, because of a total lack of English (after 4 years of Ireland!!!) and yes, then somebody is very quickly a Neanderthaler to me yes. I wasn't jealous, if that is what you mean. I am never jealous. Seriously. Jealousy is for ppl who are uncertain and I am not uncertain :)

What annoyed me most that evening was that they ALL literally stayed in the kitchen instead of mingling like the other ppl did. Which is to be expected from Poles, somehow, but then afterward complaining that they didn't like the music is just sad. They didn't have to stay at the party, but they stayed until all the booze was gone. After that they suddenly disappeared without a word.

And besides: Polish girls are just like any other girl, with the exception maybe that they talk much more :)

M-G (thinks it's time Sokrates came out of the closet anyway)

History / Poland war propaganda poster - can anyone explain this picture? [292]

Crow

No, it says: "England, this is your work!"

Crow, this is a German poster intended to undermine the trust the Poles had in England.

M-G (tsk)

PS: the man to whom the Polish soldier is complaining is Chamberlain. The idea is that Poland is destroyed and the Polish soldier is pointing Chamberlain at this, hence reminding him of the British promise to help the Poles. But Chamberlain is not listening, turns his head away and according to this poster, is responsible for the mess Poland is in.

M-G (this is how I learned it at Uni)

Love / Broken Heart, An amazing girl from Poland [139]


Don't give him false hope! She will never call him.

ShelleyS

Shelley! How were the hols? Scored something decent? :) A bit late, I know, but I was grounded for a few days, so that's why.

<rant mode>
Anyhow, it's indeed a very common thing that Polish bimbos have a b/f somewhere on the side, that they just "forget" to mention somehow. While this is not a problem as such, it becomes a problem when they lead some other poor s*cker on into thinking he is the only one. Although it's not a crime, I think it should be treated like a crime as it is just outright cruel and can cause damage to a person.

But pace yourself; usually the Polish boyfriend is a hideous creature, I have seen it so many times. Some time ago I had a party of a friend and there were ppl of lots of nationalities present, including Poles. Everybody was mingling, except for the Poles. They stayed all in the kitchen the entire party with eachother. Speaking Polish among eachother, effectively shutting out anybody non-Polish who tried to mingle with them. Later on I heard that they didn't like the music at the party and lots of other things were not ok. Personally I think that a person is not obliged to stay at a party; you can always leave if you want to. But the kitchen is the closest vicinity to where the booze is, so I guess that's why they didn't leave the kitchen for the entire night. But that's not the point.

The point of this example is that one of the Polish females in the group was a friend of mine. And if I may say so, she is a gorgeous sample of the species. She was always raving on how great her boyfriend was and how nice and how deep and tralalala. He was there. He stood 2 metres and looked like some sort of gorilla, monobrow included. I tried to talk to him, but after 4 years of Ireland he still not managed to speak one single line of decent English and had an unpleasant aura hanging around him. But Polish women have no taste in men: with one exception, all the girls of the Polish group were gorgeous and they all had their boyfriends with them who all looked like something that had escaped a home for the criminally insane or like Igor, doctor Frankenstein's little helper.

</rant mode>

Motoman, you'd indeed best find another girlie to shag as blueboy says as it is the most crudest, but best way to get over that bimbo. You're better than her :)

M-G (multatuli)

History / Poland war propaganda poster - can anyone explain this picture? [292]

SeanBM

Didn't read the whole thread, but it's a Nazi poster from 1939 to create an anti-English mood in Poland. Anti-English propaganda, so to say.

M-G (came across this poster several times)

News / What needs to happen in the world so that Poland and Russia form alliance? [297]


Nope, nothing changes: Greece is still one of the poorest countries with a huge inflation, which will someday cause the Euro to drop in value. At least you could say from the other poor nations in the EU that they spent the money they got from the EU well.

M-G (that darn Churchill and Stalin and their coaster: do you want Greece? No, we don't want Greece. Yeah, but we don't want it either! Someone has to take it...Well ok, we will take it.)

UK, Ireland / Polish driver dies as car shears in half... [38]

santander

This is something of a spout-11 as we call it in the Netherlands. I don't understand your last line, by the way. I will quote the post again:


But ok, my apologies to Harry, he shares the same views as I do on the topic.

M-G (still back from the angry-chair)

UK, Ireland / Polish driver dies as car shears in half... [38]


Everything, Harry. You are not supposed to consume alcohol at all when driving a vehicle of all sorts. It wasn't until shortly I learned that you're not even allowed to ride a bicycle when you are drunk. At least in the Netherlands, that is. I don't know what Polish legislation says about this.

And no, you are not supposed to drink alcohol during breaks while driving. Alcohol takes up to 8 hrs to disappear from your system and even one pint can hamper your judgement and speed of reacting.

But maybe that's just me. I always get very angry about drinking alcohol when driving or driving after you consumed alcohol. And don't think that it's ok to go out driving tomorrow afternoon when you will be drinking a lot tonight. The alcohol will still be in your system and even though you didn't drink on the day itself, if the police stop you and do an alcohol test, the levels of alcohol will still be too high in your blood. Like a friend of mine found out.

Concluding: I am firmly against drinking alcohol at all when driving a car. I can live with riding a bicycle when drunk (after all, I did so myself many times), but any motorized vehicle is a massive no-no after drinking alcohol. And besides, I still think you're a murderer when you drink-drive and cause an accident that kills somebody else. Unfortunately also from experience.

M-G (never drinks and drives)

UK, Ireland / England, Dirty, Expensive and a dangerous place to live? [205]

BritishEmpire

The Empire strikes back?

M-G (sorry)

News / What needs to happen in the world so that Poland and Russia form alliance? [297]


Not really, mister Crow. It was just an economic decision. Germany is stronger than Poland. It's that simple.


Mr Grunwald! You surely won't believe that there is such a thing as Slavic Brotherhood, do you? It's a myth, it does not exist. We've seen too many examples of this in the past.

M-G (hurry up)

Love / Are all Polish women the same..... [81]

Krystal

Krystal, sweetie, I did get what you were talking about. I'm just a bit obnoxious today. That's all. But I agree, PL has a terrible long way to go.

M-G (tsk)

Travel / Driving from the UK to Krakow [11]


Buhahahaha.
Just take a freaking plane...


Were exactly is Dukierka? Or did you mean Dunkirk?

M-G (wishes ppl were more clear)

Love / Are all Polish women the same..... [81]

brian1411

Yes. They are all the same.


No.

M-G (riddles)

UK, Ireland / Polish driver dies as car shears in half... [38]


Because they are irresponsible f*cking idiots themselves as well. I have been in the Netherlands for the past week: nearly all the ppl who were stopped with too much alcohol in their cars were Poles. I personally think that if you are drunk driving and cause an accident in which somebody gets killed, you are nothing but a murderer and should be punished likewise with 20 years of prison or something. No excuse, no mitigating circumstances: when you're drunk your car can turn into a murder-weapon and everybody knows that. If you still do it and someone innocent gets killed along the way, you will wail in jail for a long time, as far as I'm concerned.

M-G (vengeful)

News / 14 year old rape victim from Warsaw denied abortion! [348]

lesser

No, you're right, Lesser, Seanus and I don't value life at all. "Oh my dear girl, were you so h*rny at that party that you had to f*ck that loser and now you're pregnant but it doesn't suit you because you're going on hols next month? Why sure, come here, we will suck it right out of ya!"

Don't be ridiculous, Lesser. It's up to the woman as it is her body and her life. I (and I am sure Seanus doesn't either) don't condone random abortions, but in the end it's the woman who decides. Who are you to decide about somebody else's life? If you think you can, then for sure you won't mind me telling you what to do either? It's easy to comment, based on some moral point of view, but if it's not your own situation, this judging looks rather ridiculous. I hate moral majorities anyway, they are no good and not of any use for anything. And besides, what makes you think it's your business to decide that a woman is bad for having an abortion or that abortion as such is despiccable?

I'm off to the Netherlands - according to some he is going to be in a sleazy cr*phole where they suck out babies ad random, kill everything that's older than 70, every female is a prostitute and everybody is on drugs. According to myself, I am just going to visit my parents in the peaceful village where I was born. Be back on Thursday. Behave in the meantime. Seanus, Arien, mvefa, Shawn and some others, keep an eye on all those rascals who say strange things until I get back, ok?

:)

M-G (signing off for a few days)

News / WAŁĘSA TO AGITATE FOR LISBON IN EIRE [19]

My (Polish) ex was convinced she was actually from the West. *Grin*

M-G (good night)

News / WAŁĘSA TO AGITATE FOR LISBON IN EIRE [19]

Yes those poor Irish - nothing but trouble they got from the EU. They were doing so well on their own and every since they joined the EU, it has gone downhill for them.

Edit: BUT in a way I have to agree with RN as well: the enormous flood of luckseekers from especially Poland has been outright ridiculous. I have nothing against them coming, but it does look weird that thousands enter in one week. And it also looks weird that it started literally the day they joined the EU. In a way I can understand his fear - it is frightening, but it's just a matter of getting used to. We had centuries time to get used to it, they had only 5 years so far.

M-G (fears RN's wrath)