PolishForums LIVE  /  Archives [3]    
 
Posts by Lefty  

Joined: 23 Jul 2009 / Male ♂
Last Post: 8 Aug 2010
Threads: Total: 13 / In This Archive: 12
Posts: Total: 124 / In This Archive: 107
From: Somewhere nearby.
Speaks Polish?: Tak i nie.
Interests: Posting on here.

Displayed posts: 119 / page 2 of 4
sort: Latest first   Oldest first   |
Lefty   
7 Oct 2009
UK, Ireland / What is good about being in the UK? [140]

You know, the whole idea of thread like this came to me when reading 'what do you hate about England', and I said there:
'I hate that they have better roads, because it makes me jealous',
and they answered
'so get the f out'.

I didn't say this because I am open minded and not negative, unfortunately some English people are. I can admit this.

But, let me explain that to you, if something makes me jealous it's obviously because it's good. Here is your compliment. But it seems that if people see 'hate', or 'sad', they just don't feel the need to read any more, because they already know everything. Shame. At school we have this exercise 'reading with understanding'. Try it sometimes.

Don't patronise me I'm very good at reading and understanding things so tell me, how do the threads you have created portray England?

Even just reading the titles I get the answer to this. Don't play games and beat around the bush. You know fine well what I mean.

About the 'allowing me to'. There were no real borders and passports until Count Bismarck from Prussia invented them. Enjoy them, but they are just here for a period in history.

Are we in history class?

I agree in a sense but it's not relevant here is it. I personally have views that mass immigration is actually forward progress in the world and that eventually all borders should be open and we shall be free to go anywhere and do what we please so long as it's legal but the fact is there are borders and our government (Sh*t as it is in many respects) HAS given you access to our country just as your government has too. Unequivocal fact. Stop dancing around the real questions and points here. I don't.

That reminded me of a certain guy Darren, who told me once with joy 'You have to feel so grateful to us that we have let you come here'.

Sounds like a dickhead.

And, just to clarify - why on earth? Does Peter, the English chap who works in Doha now, feels grateful, for the love of God? No, he's there for a time, he is doing some work. Normal business. I can't see any reason why you folk go sky-high on those imaginations how other people are supposed to be grateful to get the worst jobs in England??? If my man gets a better job in Doha - we will go to Doha.

Tell me then what is your business you are doing here? Did you come here as a trained professional? Or! Did you come here and THEN find a job? This is the difference between skilled and unskilled and therefore the difference between being a cleaner (unskilled) and being a banker (skilled) that's life. End of.

And let me tell you - English people DO complain and moan like little children. Especially the ones in China 'aw, those people don't speak English, aw, those people push in the queue, aw, those people shout'.

Przepraszam, Nie rozumiem... co to znaczy?

So now enjoy a little truth from me instead of whinging at other people's countries.

Are you having a joke here?

What have we just been talking about?

Think about what you write before you write it.

you really should have a more open mind ;P

what she meant is of course you have 9 compliments of England (being here) from her - even if they weren't actually pointed clearly and 1 frown - seems like English people are really insecure :P ;)

I really hope all those smileys meant that was a joke.

if I come to England mostly to earn money I feel no need to fully integrate

No. I'm sorry but if you come to England to live you must integrate and if you do not want to or make any attempt to then I am going to use my god given right to say something about it. How dare you say something like this.

then again even if I stayed in England for the remainder of my life I don't think I would just simply integrate - if you find it strange or arrogant I again think it springs from your insecurity in your own culture

I think it is you that does not understand here! I like Polish people and I am with one of them whom I love very much but for sure it is YOUR mindset that has made you even think like this! I guess you need to have your country have a crappy government and create areas where you can walk down the street and not hear one word of English it may become apparent to you what I am getting at here! Is it your fault? No is it mine? No. My point?

STOP MOANING!

moaning

Not moaning. FACT. Now whenever I state a fact I moan? How so? Did I create 10 threads about this? No.

just unable to face criticism

How on earth did you come to this conclusion? Elaborate!

well you are negative - you spill youre nauseaous feeling here - why is there any need in you to share your nauseaous feelings with us

No. I'm not spilling nauseous feeling on here, I'm simply sticking up for me and my country and I will never back down. Stop being so arrogant and sticking up for your own. If you feel she is right then fair enough make a DECENT COHESIVE ARGUMENT but don't stick up for her just because she is Polish.
Lefty   
7 Oct 2009
UK, Ireland / What is good about being in the UK? [140]

sweethearts - there were supposed to be ten chapters, but after the last one he forumers just went too hysterical to continue. If you read them with understanding, you will get 9 compliments and 1 frown in each, except the 5th.

I honestly don't understand this statement, I see more like 9 frowns and 1 compliment. In fact compliment is a stupid word to use here, I don't think it's needed, I just don't want you to be biased... which I think you are.

The compliment thing - in out culture compliments are not a good thing. One can't praise oneself at all, and giving them to others is tricky.

If this were true then my answer would be that you are living within the bounds of our culture now though aren't you? So surely you want to integrate? What makes you think that you have to stick so strongly to the Polish mindset? Again a lack of open mindedness, a lack of understanding and all mixed up with a some arrogance.

If you know your worth, you don't need them. If somebody says a good thing about Poland, you will get answers like 'but we have huge unemployment'.

This means nothing. In England there are much worse problems than Poland but my point is that I (Who has lived in Poland for a period of time) have seen bad things in Poland, too, but I do not feel the need to write a diary, either looking for attention and/or being negative about someone else's country, specifically, if I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to live and work there, after all this is not your god given right but one our country has allowed no?

so Lefty - it's not that you had to ask for compliments, it's that you go around asking for them. I understand that you took action to straighten up the opinions on the forum

I've never once met an English person who goes around asking for compliments and I don't understand how you have reached this opinion, this reminds me of the "Hi, how are you?" thing that apparently makes us disingenuous in the opinions of other countries which I believe is a lack of intelligence and understanding of culture on their behalf.

in my eyes that was self-centered. Anyways, I hope that now you are at peace. There's good in the UK!

No it was not self centred. Let me put this to you, I am sick of threads like yours! You sit there on your high horse and talk to me about how 'bad' England is about how English people are racists and the food is terrible, that life is hard and you make it sound like Poland is some kind of paradise well you know what? It's not. When I was in £ódź I saw 3 kids spit in a Chinese woman's hair on the tram in a clearly racist attack. I also got abused being called "Angielski cymbał" and was told to "wypierdalaj" in a clubb because the bouncer "Nie lubię Anglik" I also didn't care too much for some of the foods too but do I didn't come home and make a series of threads about these things. In fact I did the opposite and said the things which I loved about Poland.

Why? because I'm not negative and I'm not attention seeking and looking to point out the flaws of another country especially not one which is doing me a favour by letting me live and work there.

That my friend is arrogance and stupid negativity.
Lefty   
6 Oct 2009
UK, Ireland / What is good about being in the UK? [140]

Ksysia

I welcome your post with open arms.

I am curious why you don't know many English people living in England... when you say you have tried what do you mean?

Also why do you not post these things in a thread yourself? Why did I have to create this thread?

Just curious.

:)
Lefty   
6 Oct 2009
UK, Ireland / What is good about being in the UK? [140]

Boys, I value your opinions and I encourage you to post but I'd really like to hear from Polish people on this.

:)
Lefty   
6 Oct 2009
UK, Ireland / Sad life of a Polish migrant in UK. Ch. 3 - Food [93]

Ok, Lefty - I CAN simplify it to THAT level. I even can finish every second sentence with ...NOT!.

Nobody is asking you to dumb it down! I'm just saying why do you have to be so negative all the time!

You make it sound like ohh poor you the sad life of a Polish immigrant who is stuck in this horrible country with it's terrible food and horrible people ;'( RevokeNice has a point! there are a lot of countries with far more culture and culinary delights than England but YOU chose this one! I don't hear you complaining about the money.... do I? (next thing you will tell me the bank notes are too big compared to Polish ones blah blah...) at the end of the day you chose this life so stop being negative and moaning because to be honest nobody wants to hear it.
Lefty   
6 Oct 2009
UK, Ireland / Sad life of a Polish migrant in UK. Ch. 3 - Food [93]

What did you want me to tell you? Everything is better? You know well for a fact that it isn't.

You do write it in such a way that you sound like a moaning little girl though...

Read the title of your thread:

Sad life of a Polish migrant in UK. Ch. 3 - Food

You have a sad life? I suggest you go home then rather than complaining about it. Why didn't you call your thread "My opinion on the food in England" ???

Stop with the negativity.
Lefty   
4 Oct 2009
UK, Ireland / Sad life of a Polish migrant in UK. Ch. 3 - Food [93]

Stop buying skimmed milk

ahaaha now I understand.

Ksysia stop buying the red milk! Only buy the cartons with the blue lids and surrounding labels next best is green lids but do not buy the red lidded milk!

This is a stupid thing to complain about! at least know what you are buying before you buy it!
Lefty   
3 Oct 2009
Food / Recipe for Kotlet Schabowy (in English) [15]

I'm going to attempt this tomorrow if I can be bothered to walk into the village and get some cooking oil.

Any recommendadtions on which bread I should use to make into crumbs? bułki?
Lefty   
3 Oct 2009
Language / A poem about (strangely enough) cases in Polish! [6]

In Case of Polish

The Polish language is quite curious.
Seven cases! Yes, they’re serious.
The Nominative Case is so exquisite.
Answers the question: who or what is it?

If there’s few or even many,
Or you tell me there’s not any,
Look for something that’s a possession.
Carefully listen for a preposition
Od, ze, do, dla, or koło
Genitive case does a solo.

Now I know it sounds amusing
To what, to whom – it’s just confusing!
But if you listen to the help I give,
I lend to you this case of Dative.

I see I need to get going soon
Of course, I’d like to fly to the moon
Just remember when passing through
That any old direct object will do
And action or motion to any place
Always results in the Accusative case.

Whether in front or behind, above, under or below
There’s one more thing that you need know
Transportation is fundamental
When the case is Instrumental

Although it may seem quite apparent
About “on”, “in”, “by”, or “after” it is inherent
That these are prepositions of locations.
(I thank you now, for your patience.)
We’ve arrived at the case called Locative
And all that’s left – hey you! Vocative!

By Polish learner
Frances Turner
Lefty   
3 Oct 2009
UK, Ireland / Sad life of a Polish migrant in UK. Ch. 3 - Food [93]

Milk is very bad, it tastes like water with some powder milk. Sainsbury's SoOrganic is bearable. There's one good brand, Dairy Crest, available from the Kurdo-hungarian shop.

In which way is English milk more watery than Polish? (If that's what you meant) You need to get out of the city where all things are imported and nothing is produced locally.

I can't help feel that you are moaning K...
Lefty   
3 Oct 2009
Love / Abuse in relationships (my first Polish girlfriend) [216]

Good lefty she is not worth anything.

:)

Poles will stick to Poles will defend their countrymen just remember that.

Funnily enough one of her mates blanked me last night in the pub after I said "Hi" haha it's a really stupid thing to do in my opinion but hey whatever I'm the English devil now! :D haha like I give a crap any ways.

you will findsomebody better soon.

I already did and she is awesome :) she would never do anything like that.
Lefty   
2 Oct 2009
Food / Recipe for Kotlet Schabowy (in English) [15]

I have been searching for a decent recipe for kotlet schabowy. I know they are fairly simple to make but I'd still like a recipe so if anyone has one in English or knows of where on the Net I can find one I would greatly appreciate it!

Thanks!

(Yes PD I copied your thread ;P)
Lefty   
2 Oct 2009
Love / Abuse in relationships (my first Polish girlfriend) [216]

Lefty dont let anyone make fun of you here. I know. its illegal to hit a woman so you are doing a smart thing by not hitting her which I admire you for that. dont take any more abuse find someone that will make you happy.

I don't worry...

McCoy was joking (me and him do this all the time) but Lodz_The_Boat wasn't and some how suggests that I did something wrong and that because she went crazy and attacked me then it's my fault because she didn't think I was man enough (his words not mine) but hey, maybe, she should have been scared stiff of me and she wouldn't have hit me right? yeah sure! this is the way to be in a relationship have the person you are with terrified of you so they wouldn't dare do anything like that!

Then I'd be a REAL MAN right Lodz?

Perhaps I should make some personal attacks on you my eccentric friend with you stupid ass posts about your views on religion, no?

I'm actually bigger than to light a fire and run away and watch it burn so as I said: GFY.

As an update:

We are no longer together and I (and she too apparently) have met somebody else, I'm very happy.
Lefty   
8 Sep 2009
Travel / Question about Wizz air flights to Katowice/Kraków... [20]

Hello,

I'm off to Poland on Sunday and my lovely girlfriends lovely parents have agreed to pick me up from the airport, my question to you fine pf residents is this:

On the wizzair site it lists the airport as Katowice/Kraków, does this mean that it will land at Katowice and fly on to Kraków or that it will land only at Kraków or only at Katowice?

It's not too obvious and my tickets say Katowice/Kraków...

Has anyone flew this route? :>

Help!

Lefty & J_B

;)
Lefty   
31 Aug 2009
Life / Looking for details on hunting in the vovoidship of Warmia-Mazurskie. [92]

Hello mate,

You seem to have very strong views on hunting as if anybody who hunts is just doing so for fun! What about hunting for food? I also wonder what is your opinion on me hunting the rats and pigeons and rabbits that wreck my uncles crops?

:)
Lefty   
31 Aug 2009
Travel / Can someone give me information on Eastern Poland? [10]

Stephanie

Thank you.

I drove a lot through Poland and I could see the ghost towns in the east.
Something like 30% more funding is relocated from E.U. funds to help the east develop.
It is an interesting place for people who want to set up factories and other investments.

I see, is this more foreign investments for instance the type we see going on in China?

How about availability of goods? For example is petrol widely available? (I don't mean to sound stupid if the answer is obvious!)

No, people in the east get less money for the same work.

In this case I wonder why people don't flock west...?

Work is not so easy to come by in Poland, particularly in the east of Poland.

I see.

Thank you.