UK, Ireland / Paying tax in the UK??? Then you're breaking the law!! [41]

Oooh bugggg...errr! I was a collector of aforementioned taxes, and 2 of our sons have done 2 tours of duty each in Iraq, now heading for Afghanistan....Will I be shot at dawn for my contribution??

Seriously...taxation, as stated above, was made mandatory in the Uk to support a war against Napoleon....I think that's been over for a couple of years now...so why are we still paying tax?? And why so much??? (Aside from supporting the benefits claims of all those polygamous, work-shy moslem asylum-seeker trouble makers, fleeing their home lands of Iraq, Iran Afghanistan that is??!)

UK, Ireland / Multiple wives will mean multiple benefits in Britain (not only for Polish married couples) [29]


Nice Dog!!
Sadly the horses didn't qualify for tax credits or benefits!! So they have now moved to Poland where the grass is cheaper!! ;0)

UK, Ireland / Multiple wives will mean multiple benefits in Britain (not only for Polish married couples) [29]

There has been an additional tax credit allowance for multiple dependant partners since its introduction!! UK government has already been giving away thousands to polygamous families.....since 2003/04? But don't worry, as the government is feeling so rich and generous, taxes are increasing this year for those on incomes below £18500, so we can easily foot the bill for these dss benefits as well!

Real Estate / Problems of renting in the Polish market [46]

Thanks, Avalon....you have encouraged me immensely! it took us 12 months in Uk too! With 3 million objections! Here in poland,we are in no rush to start anything yet...after years of slogging it, and stressing it..we will just be relaxing on the farm with the dogs and horses for a few months....but we are not quite old enough to retire......however I'm too scared to say any more for fear of inviting negative comments ...and while I'm usually in feisty fighting spirit...tonight I'm feeling a tad fragile!

History / Poland Betrayed in WW2 [243]

Thankyou, Isthatu! You are a gentleman of the highest order, and I graciously accept your glowing compliment! :0)

(Anyone know what LMAO means??? Please?? Help! Dumb damsel in distress!)

History / Poland Betrayed in WW2 [243]


..thankyou, just did...as beautiful as ever! Damn....how can a girl be so blessed! Is that the polite advice you were referring to? It's the only advice you've offered...but it was well worth following!

P.S I don't want equality...how can a mere man be my equal???

History / Poland Betrayed in WW2 [243]


Of course he is!! Check out his posts....personal and unprovoked attacks...males who behave like that are ALWAYS right! And I know that the best way to deal with this would be to email the guy and let him know that he's upsetting me...so I did! And guess what?? The personal unprovoked attacks continue, and the guy hasn't even got the courtesy or the heart to respond to my email...which is why I looked for him under the headings of "war" "betrayal" and "rape"...and BINGO! there he was! Personally attacking others.......

History / Poland Betrayed in WW2 [243]



What a surprise?? To find Harry making arrogant snidey personal remarks, and to find him dwelling on the subjects of betrayal and Rape?? Attacking the fairer sex is one of your favourite passtimes isn't it??

xxxxx

Real Estate / Problems of renting in the Polish market [46]


Point cleared!


No....I been running round my yard screaming abuse at the chickens, aiming pitchforks at my dog and trying to strangle the goat! More acting like woundING animal!!


I have 6 years experience of holiday letting in South West England... from the advertising, to cleaning and catering....and while it's much harder work than long letting, it doesn't present any of the bitter prolonged legal battles. I think this route will be my way forward here in Poland.....lots of ideas .... involving horses and log cabins and pipe dreams .....but if I say any more, someone will jump on me for daring to dream, berate me for talking crap and pour cold water by the bucket full....


Why not?


Man! That's one looooong sentence! Is English your first language? Cause I can't make head nor tail of your (gratefully received!) ever so useful constructive advice!

I'm enjoying my 2 week vacation here though!! LOL!! Want me to send you a postcard??

Real Estate / Private investors in Poland to sell a property [6]

I understand you wanting to cut out estate agents...they can be a wind up, and expensive, but when we were looking to invest in Poland we went straight for the estate agencies here....and would not have considered any other avenue...as we had enough problems to tackle as foreigners here, not understanding either the legalities or the language! And the estate agent was, true to form, a wind up and expensive...but, we couldn't have managed without their bilingual service!

When we have invested in UK, we have searched magazines as well (Self-build stuff), so perhaps you could try advertisisng in one of the many magazines on the market specifically aimed at Brits looking to move abroad....or whatever other EU country's natives are leaving their home land in droves!

Good luck anyway!

Life / So whats your opinion on the Polish health care system? [17]

something that does impress me here is that you can request medical checks, and pay yourself for xrays and blood tests. My husband has RSI in his elbows after years of building houses, along with a bad back. He can't even play his guitar now! His GP in Wales turned him down for xrays, as he said it was general wear and tear, to be expected with age.....And if you're sitting there thinking he's 80...he's half that (ok, a bit more than half...but only a teensy bit!).

Nurses on the frontline?? My daughter has been working in casualty in Plymouth the last few weeks....harrowing stuff! I couldn't do it...I cry when I see a dead pigeon!

C-Diff??? Is that the tummy bug killing all the old folks in UK wards?

News / The most useless things in Poland [140]


Well, actually, it was the nearest tobacconist!!

Life / So whats your opinion on the Polish health care system? [17]

So are you saying MRSA is rife in Polish hospitals too?? I was led to believe that cleanliness was crucial here...and strictly observed?? Not that I'm planning any major surgery!

Thanks for clearing up the nursey training issue...I was told by a polish person that all nurses train here for 5 years...gave me that distinct inferior feeling...now I can regain a tiny crumb of my national pride! Oh, except on the dentist issue!

Life / So whats your opinion on the Polish health care system? [17]

My daughter is a UK nurse, and is horrified by the lack of hygiene on hospital wards. No wonder we have problems with MRSA. I had heard that Poland's hospitals are cleaner? I am fortunate enough not to have had to experience the interior of a hospital here.....but I have to say that from the outside the building looked like it needed medical care itself!!

I also heard that Polish nurses have to study for 5 years? While Uk nurses it's only 3...so it follows that the standard of nursing should be higher??

I have taken a trip to the dentist, and was very impressed....with his efficiency, competency and cleanliness. A big change from the "United Nations" NHS butchers I last attended in UK! The dentist here in Poland also spoke more English than the ones in my Uk practise....who spoke Swedish, pakistani, Urdu, Hindu, Swahili, and Double Dutch!

Real Estate / Problems of renting in the Polish market [46]

And what useful advice would you like to give me Harry??? Constructive and polite please?? I can inform you i have already consulted the local architectural dept and they have advised me I would have no problem in this area....which happens to be "not Krakow".... so can you add anything to the official discussion (with translator) that has already taken place...?? Please do enlighten me.... And if you failed to notice, my comment was followed by no less than DOUBLE ?? which was politely requesting the advice of my "betters"....not sure you qualify!!

Thanks for sensible constructive comments and sound advice from inkrakow and bubbawoo, and for positive leadership form Spiritus....

Oh, and Harry ....Bless YOU!

Real Estate / Problems of renting in the Polish market [46]

Ok...

Renovation work...good architect required!
Renovation work...good builder required!
renovation work...good project manager required!

So, with the Falkster being a fab architect, and my other half being a fab builder, and me being super woman, juggling 2 jobs, running a holiday business and project managing self builds, while ensuring family life runs smooth...we should be a great team!!??

Poland ...brace youself for an architectural revolution! The capital gain is a foregone conclusion.....seems that the prospect of renting while sitting out the price rise could be slightly hazardous and a game I think I would prefer not to get involved in....had enough problems with tricky tenants last year to keep me going for at least a decade...

I have made enquiries regarding obtaining planning permission...seems not too difficult...so another way to play might be to go for new builds??? Holiday lets...then sales after 2016??

Spiritus...did you consider being a school teacher?? I think you'ld be good! As long as wrist smacking is permitted in your chosen educational establishment!! Don't answer that! I'm feeling REALLY petulant and will insist on having the last word....! And if you have ever before messed with a woman with nicotine withdrawal on a bad hormone day, and after 6 restless nights.....you know you would be better to willingly throw yourself to the lions!!

Life / Cigarette Smoking in Poland [146]




For a minute I was beginning to think everyone else on this forum thought smoking was ok.....


Yes, I do believe in God...your stats are way out though, but even if the odds were stacked against his existence, I would have NOTHING to lose by believing in Him, and EVERYTHING to gain if I was right...

With smoking the reverse is true...the odds are stacked in favour of smoking seriously damaging your health...so you have EVERYTHING to Lose by smoking, and NOTHING to gain!!


And if I play "chicken" on the M25 does it mean I will get hit by a car and killed....no, not necessarily...but why would I want to when I have NOTHING to gain from it?? And I would be seriously risking losing EVERYTHING??? WHY?

Just to put your mind at rest....I didnt get trampled by a wildboar, nor struck by a stray meteorite...but I have strained my ankle!!!! (It's ok, you can laugh!!) (Cause my lungs are fine!)

Real Estate / Problems of renting in the Polish market [46]


So stick to what you know then, stop talking crap about things you obviously know nothing about! (see below...Bullsh*t bullsh*t....)



Falkster....Edited post at the same time...not AFTER you posted...but I will apologise for that anyway, as you're right it did make you look like a dik!

Life / Cigarette Smoking in Poland [146]


NO....but you might be sensible enough to stay off the roads??? Doh! Off for my run....if I don't respond again, maybe I got trampled by a wildboar? Or squashed by a stray meteorite...

Life / Cigarette Smoking in Poland [146]


OK....nobody who smokes really believes that smoking kills...well, not them anyway...and no way will smoking cause impotence in you, will it?? So, you got nothing to worry about, have you?? Enjoy your fags! I'm off for a run with my dogs!

XXXX

Life / Cigarette Smoking in Poland [146]


If you keep smoking 60% chance no one will be getting your point! If you get my point??

Life / Cigarette Smoking in Poland [146]


No need...tell him to look it up himself!
Men who smoke are more likely to suffer from erectile dysfunction than nonsmokers, reports an international group of impotency experts in the November issue ...
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Health 24 - Sex - ImpotenceMen who smoke more than a pack of cigarettes a day had a 60 percent higher risk of impotence than those who never smoked, according to new research. ...

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Smoking Impotentence Erectile DysfunctionIf you are a diabetic and smoke you are putting yourself at even more risk, not only of impotence but of more serious disorders like stroke and heart ...

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SMOKING CAUSES IMPOTENCE: JUST SMOKE AWAY, AND IN BED PLAY!"Doctors believe smoking causes impotence by reducing the flow of blood needed for an erection," reports the Canadian Globe & Mail on November 6th, 1998. ...

Real Estate / Problems of renting in the Polish market [46]


No shovel needed? Nope, can see you're doing just fine with the one you got!

Real Estate / Problems of renting in the Polish market [46]



And you said what exactly??

What you said is Polish tenants are in a better legal position than UK tenants? Or did you say that UK law favours the landlord?? NOT the same thing....It's like (now let's keep this simple...) saying "compared to Victoria Beckham, most UK women are fat" is not the same as saying "Most UK women are fat".

Keep digging!! Need a bigger shovel?

As previously stated...retract your ridiculous statements about Uk law favouring the landlord and about the rental market being in its infancy...you get a full blown apology from me......simple as that!

Life / Cigarette Smoking in Poland [146]


Ha ha! Enjoy your smoke....safe in the knowledge that health statistics for smokers are EXCELLENT!...You are far less likely to die of an age related illness!!

In the meantime Darius...will leave you to it, really, cause I can see you're getting over-defensive, and I remember oh so well being exactly so defensive of my precious precious friend Nicotine.....

But...I can see clearly now the smoke has gone......(come on, cheer up, sing along!!!)....

Oh, and just for the record...I'm STILL SMOKING IN BED!!! And just incase you don't get it...cause you appear to have misinterpreted one or two things I've said ...what I mean is...I have never smoked cigarettes in bed, or cigars, weed, or any other substance.....Just so you know....I'm just so damn HOT!! And with the lethargy gone, and the oxygen levels firing on all cylinders....Man, I'm even HOTTER! ;0)) xx

PS....on a softer note...did you know that smoking causes impotency in men? That, as your arteries clog, and blood flow is reduced...you just can't keep the blood flowing where it's needed any more....as I said...on a SOFTER note!!

News / The most useless things in Poland [140]


It works?? Is that to help me learn Polish, speak Polish, understand Polish or chill out that I will never get to grips with Polish???

Buddhist?? Dodgy ground here....for me? Wrong religion...I'll stick with Our father, focussing really hard on the forgiving others their sins!!!
And perhaps there's another useless thing in Poland?? Confession!! Seems to me , it's ok to sin away all week, as long as you go to confession after...then you can do it all again next week!!

News / The most useless things in Poland [140]

I can't get used to it...it's frustrating, irritating and rude! And I'm even more frustrated that I can't learn the language fast enough.....and don't even consider telling me to un-wind with a smoke!!! Or i might have to unleash some of the few Polish words I DO know...!

News / The most useless things in Poland [140]

Translators?? That manage to reduce a 20 minute conversational exchange in Polish to 2 sentences in English! What was the rest of the conversation content?? Should I be paranoid here?? Were they really saying horrid things about me? Cause they sure as hell said more than anyone's prepared to tell me!!

Real Estate / Problems of renting in the Polish market [46]


...If that happened to me i would lose it.....especially if the rent was being witheld and/or the property neglected....Think I would end up in jail!! Okay...that maybe resolves that one...if we sell up all UK property I can buy a shed full of horses!! ;0) My other half will be SO pleased!!

Life / Cigarette Smoking in Poland [146]


but "wisdom preserves the life of its owner" (King Solomon)


Best to keep smoking then...your sense of smell will be improved if you stop!


I did...and I was much uptighter then! Especially when I ran out of Rizzlas! Not actually at all up tight now....just EXCITED cause I feel so free!! And I'm feeling all evangelical about it, so I'm sorry...but I just so want you all to know this freedom too...and I also thought I enjoyed smoking...so, sadly, I leave all you guys to your delusions, cause I can feel you don't want to listen right now......while I get on with CELEBRATING! Ho hum!

Yipee...I'm a non-smoker! Today I ran in the woods with my dogs...and i could breath!! Yeehaa....and I'm just so darn happy that I am no longer a slave to a drug!!

I spent YEARS with a fag in my mouth and my fingers in my ears and my head in the sand, hoping, just hoping, that I wouldn't be the one to get the cancer, emphysema, heart disease, that I would be neither the "blue bloater" nor the "pink puffer"....Oh, and because I was a smoker for YEARS ...I know that actually, while defending your addiction, you're actually a teensy weensy bit jealous of those who manage to break free...while also it gives you a glimmer of hope that you wont be trapped forever????

Tomorrow??? Tomorrow I'll run again......and I'll be able to kiss my man without cringing cause I smell like an ashtray, and I'll be able to sit right through that movie cause I don't need to pause while I go for a fag, and I'll be able to taste my food, and....Hallelujah, brother...I can wake up and SMELL the coffee!

And if I get hit by a bus tomorrow??? (or even a meteorite!) I'll still be glad I didn't die a slave.......