News / European Quality Of Life Index: Poland in the middle [29]

This really isn't suprising at all really, Nu Labour have ruined the UK and now tony blair will get the opportunity to ruin Europe.

UK, Ireland / Driving to Warsaw from UK [13]

Dover - Calais
then head towards lille, Antwerpe, turnhout, venlo, on the E30 through the ruhr area get on the e34 towards hannover, then berlin and then cross at frankfurt oder and plough on through poland.

Should take you around 17 hours in total.

Life / When on a Polish street you can see... [19]

drunks stumbling around, people spending their new found credit, shocking driving, stuck up girls with their massive noses in the air, pretty buildings in dire need of painting, trams on the same road as the cars, and the same shops as on every european high street

Life / What is the nature of Polish people's hygiene? [76]

I do something along these lines but I do have a friend who seems to think taking a daily shower is strange and the use of antiperspirant and aftershave is somewhat homosexual, he seemed shocked at the amount of toiletries in my bathroom.

I have noticed that a lot of people here do shun personal hygiene and quite a few people seem to dispute the existence of antiperspirant not all but quite a lot seem to, Old people in every country smell of urine though.

Love / Why do Polish Women Think They Know Better? [134]

I really do find it disturbing the sheer lack of attention to detail when finishing a building over here, our place is only 10 months old or so and the walls look like they've been plastered by stevie wonder himself.

That said the builders here are fcuking quick, the house next door got insulated and rendered in less than a week, (still putting the insulation on the outside of the bricks seems utterly ridiculous)

Attention members and guests. Let's have the next post on topic, please.

UK, Ireland / Sad life of a Polish migrant in UK. Ch. 3 - Food [93]


Polish milk is hideous its mostly UHT treated, at least ours comes from cows.


Pork is bad everywhere you go, We're not really a pork eating nation as we mostly eat beef.


Same in Poland


All supermarkets are open till at least 8pm


I had to do that, unfortunately bread is off our menu dude to all the polish variety's seeming to resemble asbestos.

Law / Which business can one start in Poland ? [9]

Really, I think we might go tomorrow, is yours all done now then?

Law / Which business can one start in Poland ? [9]


Anything you like really, the same as in every other country in the world.

UK, Ireland / Sad life of a Polish immigrant in the UK. Ch. 2 - Stress [63]

In that case asylum shall be granted, the keys to your 8 bedroom Georgian townhouse are in the post and what sort of car would you like sir, BMW mercedes or perhaps an aston?

All free of charge of course.....

Life / Poland not so cheap anymore!! [47]


I don't find it that cheap anymore either but then its always a shock when i go back to the UK and realise that a good night out costs £150, cigarettes are at £7 a packet, fuels always going up,

we pay nearly 2000 pln to rent our place but bills are minimal and my girlfriend is very good at saving cash,

how come your heating is so much? one of the drawbacks of having a massive house i suppose, However I imagine living in a palace would be ace :)

Life / Poland not so cheap anymore!! [47]


How the fcuk can you survive on £500 a month? I spend nearly £2k a month and don't live all that well, Don't you live in a palace too?

Life / Public Swimming Pools in Poznan [12]

You would be better getting membership to use one of the large hotels swimming pools, The public ones in poznan are disgusting.

Life / Poles that have lived or live abroad are they different? [68]

They seem to have less dire manners and smile occasionally as opposed to never at all, I guess their driving will have improved slightly too,

It does however **** me off when they moan about the standard of living in the UK having spent 6 months sharing a room with 6 other people and thus thinking they have an insight into how we live.

In britain its not normal to share a room with anyone except your wife or G/F let alone 6 other people.

Food / Recipe for Kotlet Schabowy (in English) [15]

its just the chop without the bone, i've bought it in the UK before.

Food / Recipe for Kotlet Schabowy (in English) [15]

Really easy you need the pork cutlets,
A bag of bread crumbs
some beaten eggs
salt and pepper for seasoning

beat the sh it out of them with a meat hammer until they are flat about 3 - 4 mm thick,
Sprinkle them with salt and pepper
dip them into your beaten egg
put them on a flat surface and put them in the bread crumbs and keep pressing bread crumbs onto them until they are dry, (no wet egg or meat showing)

repeat with the egg and more breadcrumbs

and shallow fry slowly at medium heat until brown turning regularly.

really easy if i can manage them anyone can

Life / Does anyone here know anything about fiat 126p's / maluchs? [7]

It seems to be coming out of the dipstick tube, the airbox is also full of oil to so I assumed a blocked breather, I need to fit a new exhaust soon as the one thats on there appears to have split an is blowing badly, I'll gunk it tomorrow and get to work, I still think a motorbike engine would be a better option :)

UK, Ireland / Sad life of a Polish immigrant in the UK. Ch. 2 - Stress [63]


I don't know what job you do but we most certainly have stress, house prices are sky high rental prices are sky high and generally to live a decent quality of life you need to be clearing £20k annually if not life is hard.


Have you read the papers recently, thats all they seem to write about, MPs expenses, Labours incompentence.


If people are being nasty to you at work then you should find something else, Theres no excuse for bullying in the work place and i can assure you the bullying isn't simply based on your nationality, The UK has been a multi cultural society for decades and we are used to accomodating people from different cultures. look at how many mosques have been built and how native people of the country aren't allowed to really say anything to people from different cultures for fear of being branded a racist.


We have the daily mail and various news channels to keep telling us that our economy is fcuked.

Sorry but where do you get theses ideas from?

I agree with some aspects but I would say life is much more stressful in the UK than in Poland as more is expected of people ie be polite no matter what has gone wrong in your life, You are expected to make your fortune before you hit 30, You must have a luxury leather and wood lined expensive car on the drive, Your house must be perfect and paid for.

Roads I agree and we drive on the correct side of the road which makes things much better.

UK, Ireland / Sad life of a Polish migrant in UK. Ch. 1 - Staring [43]


Yes Polish people do and its bloody annoying.


Polish people push past people all the time and generally have no respect for other people its just other poles accept this lack of general manners from other people, Brits are generally more confrontational when people are rude dude to the fact theyre not used to it.

Sorry but London is an absolute dump and wouldn't wish living there on my worst enemy, horrible place, rude shallow people and everyone is obsessed with impressing similarly shallow people with how much cash they spend on day to day items.

Also the amount of non EU immigrants trying to change the way Brits live their lives annoys me.

Poles in the UK are great as they fit in well, don't try to force us to live by their set of rules, are generally hard working and easy going and don't blow up our buses and trains. From what i've seen the polish idea of a good time doesn't involve blowing up an airport or wearing a backpack full of explosives in a public place.

Life / Does anyone here know anything about fiat 126p's / maluchs? [7]

theres a machined mounting port on the right hand side of the engine below the dipstick and there seems to be oil spraying out of that onto the exhaust. Never seen anything like it before in any car ive ever worked on

Travel / Car rental and driving it abroad (outside EU, to Kaliningrad) [19]

How long are you looking to rent for?

It might be cheaper and easier to buy an old car with a few weeks insurance and MOT left on it and just drive that until you've finished with it and then dump it somewhere.

Study / Dormitories for students in Poznan [5]

Have you seen the state of student accommodation here? 4 people sharing a room the size of our bathroom most rooms are littered with empty biedronka ready meal packets and empty bottles of cheap wine and vodka.

wouldn't you be better finding a room to rent?

Travel / Car rental and driving it abroad (outside EU, to Kaliningrad) [19]

Good luck finding a car rental company who will allow you to take a rented car to russia.

Life / Polish speed cameras [37]

mvefa have you ever driven in Poland as the way you talk you com across as a bit of an expert in these things?

Driving here IS extremely dangerous and you are effectively surrounded by monkeys in powerful machines with no idea how to treat them or handle them. If you stick to the rules some idiot will crash into you. Poles are generally nice people but the second they get behind the wheel of a car they are just dangerous and clueless and unwilling to accept blame for things which goes wrong (a mentality which shines through in other things they do).

Life / Polish speed cameras [37]

As the poles say, "if in doubt go flat out"

Driving here is never boring but i seem to get terrible road rage here which i didn't get driving in the UK. Incompetence really pisses me off.

Work / Does anyone know If you can register as self employed in the UK while in poland [8]

In that case it could be a viable option, You wouldn't have to accept payment in euros but it might be best due to the exchange rate fluctuation.

Work / Does anyone know If you can register as self employed in the UK while in poland [8]

It depends what line of business you are in and how you want to operate, if you are in a type of business which requires you to invoice your clients then you could set up a UK LTD company and do it that way but you will be paid in sterling or euros.

I do something along these lines

Life / Pre Paid Visa cards [27]

It could be worse it could be a Lloyds tsb visa debit, they don't seem to understand that any other countries exist outside the UK and simply stop it without telling the customer, You then have to phone up and ask them why they stopped it, Appears to be an almost daily event now.

Life / Polish speed cameras [37]


I was stopped at the traffic lights behind another car and this khunt drove into the back of me I was stopped for a good 30 seconds before this happened how could it possibly be my fault?

The majority of polish drivers have an ego far bigger than their engine capacity and are just clueless, especially the men, The women don't seem to bad.


My thoughts exactly sir.

Life / Polish speed cameras [37]

Some of the time yes but the overall standard of driving here is terrible, I had some t wat crash into the back of me at traffic lights and i was told it was my fault even though i was stopped.