ParisJazz
26 Sep 2008
UK, Ireland / What is in Poland that England doesn't have? [142]
Nasty little old ladies.
PJ
whats there in Poland which is not present/found/felt in England.
Nasty little old ladies.
PJ
ParisJazz
25 Sep 2008
News / Why the American economy is not going to fail - take a lesson from Poland [48]
Concise, Deep, Incisive, Precise and to the point. No need to tune into Bloomberg TV anymore ;-)
The banks are not greedy. They are private enterprises whose aim is to serve paying customers, compete and make profit. They are no greedier than car manufacturers, energy companies, insurance companies or your local chippy.
The real culprits are fractional reserve banking, the FED controlling the money and the banking system, and government meddling. This is no forum to expand on such issues but I suggest you look around.
PJ
The US economy is not going to fail. Why ? Poland 20 years ago was a desert because of communism, not it has bloomed and is a large respectable EU world economy. In 20 years Poland developed very fast. There is not way the US will ever come close to the hard times Poland had and even if it did, look at Poland now.
Concise, Deep, Incisive, Precise and to the point. No need to tune into Bloomberg TV anymore ;-)
greedy wall street banks etc
The banks are not greedy. They are private enterprises whose aim is to serve paying customers, compete and make profit. They are no greedier than car manufacturers, energy companies, insurance companies or your local chippy.
The real culprits are fractional reserve banking, the FED controlling the money and the banking system, and government meddling. This is no forum to expand on such issues but I suggest you look around.
PJ
ParisJazz
25 Sep 2008
Life / AMERICAN-STYLE SLOB CHIC IN POLAND? [24]
I guess it doesn't take much to get u in awe :)
Been to Warsaw over 10 times, and counting.
I guess it doesn't take much to get u in awe :)
Been to Warsaw over 10 times, and counting.
ParisJazz
25 Sep 2008
Life / AMERICAN-STYLE SLOB CHIC IN POLAND? [24]
Prague might be losing its charm, although I personally disagree, but Warsaw never had any and will never have any
sure is losing it's "charm". Warsaw and Krakow are way better
Prague might be losing its charm, although I personally disagree, but Warsaw never had any and will never have any
ParisJazz
25 Sep 2008
Life / AMERICAN-STYLE SLOB CHIC IN POLAND? [24]
You might as well carry on:
Why Milan for the Prêt à porter and not Warsaw
Why the City of London for capital markets and not Warsaw
Why Ibiza for the coolest parties and now Warsaw
Cause Warsaw is a grey and dull post-communist city that most ppl wouldn't be able to locate on a map.
Also, things develop over time and cant just be legislated or imposed. Fashion in Paris started in the end of the 19th century, Ibiza's culture was built by the early hippies who went there in the 70s, and London has always been a major financial hub since the days of the British empire.
I admire your enthusiasm for the city of Warsaw but u have to admit that some things will never happen. Prague, for instance, is a much cooler place with a lot of chic, flair and a vibrant city life.
PJ
Why Paris, Paris, Paris for fashion, and not Warsaw?
You might as well carry on:
Why Milan for the Prêt à porter and not Warsaw
Why the City of London for capital markets and not Warsaw
Why Ibiza for the coolest parties and now Warsaw
Cause Warsaw is a grey and dull post-communist city that most ppl wouldn't be able to locate on a map.
Also, things develop over time and cant just be legislated or imposed. Fashion in Paris started in the end of the 19th century, Ibiza's culture was built by the early hippies who went there in the 70s, and London has always been a major financial hub since the days of the British empire.
I admire your enthusiasm for the city of Warsaw but u have to admit that some things will never happen. Prague, for instance, is a much cooler place with a lot of chic, flair and a vibrant city life.
PJ
ParisJazz
24 Sep 2008
News / Poles are coming home [35]
You mean the savage Brits held the land owners as well as the city planners at gunpoint and forced them to sell land and sign planning permission?
How come they haven't managed to ruin Corsica yet?
PJ
You mean the savage Brits held the land owners as well as the city planners at gunpoint and forced them to sell land and sign planning permission?
How come they haven't managed to ruin Corsica yet?
PJ
ParisJazz
24 Sep 2008
News / Poles are coming home [35]
You need serious and urgent counseling.
PJ
with franco everything was good
You need serious and urgent counseling.
PJ
ParisJazz
24 Sep 2008
News / Poles are coming home [35]
Funny you say that. How about the "Expulsion" of Spain out of the EU and send it back to its poor dark days right after the franco-era when the country barely had any motorways and when the entire costa del sol could have been bought for a pittance?
PJ
the only way is an "Expulsion" of Easter European from Western European territories
Funny you say that. How about the "Expulsion" of Spain out of the EU and send it back to its poor dark days right after the franco-era when the country barely had any motorways and when the entire costa del sol could have been bought for a pittance?
PJ
ParisJazz
24 Sep 2008
News / Poles are coming home [35]
I am not convinced that there is a "massive" go-back-home trend. I've worked with quite a few poles who've got families and kids in the UK and have been in the uk for over 4 years. Those ones have simply flushed the idea of going back out of the system. They are happily settled in Britain. I've also met a lot of twenty something toiling in dead end jobs, speaking very good English, well integrated within the British society and they simply enjoy the lifestyle too much to simply let it go and head back to grey, gloomy and corrupt Poland.
My guess is that most of the ones who are going back r the ones who never managed, or never tried, to get used to the system in the UK and who've always kept a foot back in Poland anyhow.
PJ
I am not convinced that there is a "massive" go-back-home trend. I've worked with quite a few poles who've got families and kids in the UK and have been in the uk for over 4 years. Those ones have simply flushed the idea of going back out of the system. They are happily settled in Britain. I've also met a lot of twenty something toiling in dead end jobs, speaking very good English, well integrated within the British society and they simply enjoy the lifestyle too much to simply let it go and head back to grey, gloomy and corrupt Poland.
My guess is that most of the ones who are going back r the ones who never managed, or never tried, to get used to the system in the UK and who've always kept a foot back in Poland anyhow.
PJ
ParisJazz
23 Sep 2008
UK, Ireland / Polish women drunkedness in England [10]
How many has he had so far? :)
PJ
His new Polish wife
How many has he had so far? :)
PJ
ParisJazz
23 Sep 2008
UK, Ireland / Polish women drunkedness in England [10]
Some of them do, no point denying it, particularly since they are now full EU citizens and don't have to worry about residency headache and what have you anymore.
They work mostly in dead end jobs (catering), they share squalid accommodations on the outskirts of London and go drink like fish on weekends, and some weekdays too. Most of them are happy with the freedom and the fun lifestyle they enjoy in England and have no intention of going back.
Nothing wrong with that as far as I am concerned. They live the way some of the local English birds do live.
If any of you haven't met this lot yet, I doubt they have been in England recently.
As for those portraying all polish girls in the UK as studious hard working ascetics… well, no comment.
Some of them do, no point denying it, particularly since they are now full EU citizens and don't have to worry about residency headache and what have you anymore.
They work mostly in dead end jobs (catering), they share squalid accommodations on the outskirts of London and go drink like fish on weekends, and some weekdays too. Most of them are happy with the freedom and the fun lifestyle they enjoy in England and have no intention of going back.
Nothing wrong with that as far as I am concerned. They live the way some of the local English birds do live.
If any of you haven't met this lot yet, I doubt they have been in England recently.
As for those portraying all polish girls in the UK as studious hard working ascetics… well, no comment.
ParisJazz
23 Sep 2008
News / Eat fish you idiot! (EU massive media campaign in Poland) [54]
Oh hush .. Ant you gonna flatten me with your hoofs? :)
If you want recipes, I'll flatten you with my cookbook with no problem.
Oh hush .. Ant you gonna flatten me with your hoofs? :)
ParisJazz
22 Sep 2008
History / Golden Lion goes to 'Little Moscow' [10]
I love Barbara Brylska in "Ironia sudby, ili s legkim parom" and generally her early works.
Timeless class.
They don't make women like her anymore, sadly.
I love Barbara Brylska in "Ironia sudby, ili s legkim parom" and generally her early works.
Timeless class.
They don't make women like her anymore, sadly.
ParisJazz
22 Sep 2008
News / Adult movie producers looking for 'actresses' in Poland or just a weirdo? [120]
Oh don't be coy..
PJ
I do not go near adult movies...
Oh don't be coy..
PJ
ParisJazz
22 Sep 2008
News / Adult movie producers looking for 'actresses' in Poland or just a weirdo? [120]
Daisy, you won't see me dead in a "small shop in a town close to Olesnica".
PJ
Daisy, you won't see me dead in a "small shop in a town close to Olesnica".
PJ
ParisJazz
22 Sep 2008
News / Adult movie producers looking for 'actresses' in Poland or just a weirdo? [120]
Dull platitudes. You might as well end the thread u started.
PJ
I just hope that no girl is naive enough to take the guy up on his offer.
Dull platitudes. You might as well end the thread u started.
PJ
ParisJazz
22 Sep 2008
News / Adult movie producers looking for 'actresses' in Poland or just a weirdo? [120]
Agree. A non event and frankly nobody cares, this $hit happens all the time all over the world. I suppose she would have been flattered had she been offered a modeling role at a grand a day.
I was sorting out the lighting as a student job in a patched-up porn shooting studio in Camden back in the days and most of the actresses were typical London birds who were approached on the streets and in clubs. Nobody ever complained or made a meal out of it. If u don't like, don't do it. period.
As Pawel said, just tell the guy to f off and he won't come back again.
PJ
I dont know why you would post this thread with the most stupid title your story makes no sense
Agree. A non event and frankly nobody cares, this $hit happens all the time all over the world. I suppose she would have been flattered had she been offered a modeling role at a grand a day.
I was sorting out the lighting as a student job in a patched-up porn shooting studio in Camden back in the days and most of the actresses were typical London birds who were approached on the streets and in clubs. Nobody ever complained or made a meal out of it. If u don't like, don't do it. period.
As Pawel said, just tell the guy to f off and he won't come back again.
PJ
ParisJazz
22 Sep 2008
News / Eat fish you idiot! (EU massive media campaign in Poland) [54]
You lot have no taste. All of this northern crap ain't no fish.
Nothing compares to a Dorade Royale, cooked to perfection with a drizzle of extra virgin 0live oil, parsley, thyme and rosemary sprigs.
Served on a bed of [you pick], at your table, as it would be, while you are enjoying a gentle mediterranean breeze and a glass of Chablis, by the sea, in St Tropez.
If those EU bureaucrats can give me that, I will be eating fish everyday until I die.
PJ
I like eating fish, particularly salmon, trout, haddock, herring, mackerell, sea bass and Dover sole.
You lot have no taste. All of this northern crap ain't no fish.
Nothing compares to a Dorade Royale, cooked to perfection with a drizzle of extra virgin 0live oil, parsley, thyme and rosemary sprigs.
Served on a bed of [you pick], at your table, as it would be, while you are enjoying a gentle mediterranean breeze and a glass of Chablis, by the sea, in St Tropez.
If those EU bureaucrats can give me that, I will be eating fish everyday until I die.
PJ
ParisJazz
19 Sep 2008
Real Estate / Poland Property Boom Spills Over to Poorer Neighbouring Country - GERMANY [39]
Bratwurst Boy, you waffle a lot but you show no substance. I wont discuss this issue any further. You are entitled to your opinion.
I reckon u r more suited to the useless tussle of slavic vs german and the pseudo grand geo-strategic discussions with the likes of Konstantin.
You ain't no material for level headed serene discussions.
PJ
Bratwurst Boy, you waffle a lot but you show no substance. I wont discuss this issue any further. You are entitled to your opinion.
I reckon u r more suited to the useless tussle of slavic vs german and the pseudo grand geo-strategic discussions with the likes of Konstantin.
You ain't no material for level headed serene discussions.
PJ
ParisJazz
19 Sep 2008
Real Estate / Poland Property Boom Spills Over to Poorer Neighbouring Country - GERMANY [39]
Comparing them is actually a good thing cause it tells u how far Poland progressed and how little did Eastern Germany progress. I actually think it went backwards.
I mentioned this anecdote elsewhere on the forum but here goes anyway. In 1989, Ive seen poles coming to Germany with 4 bottles of vodka, they'd sell 3 of them, send the proceeds back to the mrs at home, drink the 4th one, go commit petty crime and spend a couple of months well looked after in a German prison.
The proceeds of selling those 3 bottles of vodka, in the days of the Deutsch Mark, was enough to provide for his family for a while.
Nowadays, right across the boarder, property prices are higher in sczezcin.
I rest my case.
My point is that German politicians screwed up eastern Germany by pumping in subsidies that basically wiped out any economical comparative advantage they might have had. It worked ok for about a decade as it gave eastern Germans the sense of being wealthy. But long term wise, it was reckless and suicidal.
It’s all unraveling now.
PJ
you might onto something but comparing those two countries and how they handled post-communism is not really a good thing.
Poland became democratic and FORMER east Germany joined a well developed West Germany, receiving a lot of subsidies,
Poland became democratic and FORMER east Germany joined a well developed West Germany, receiving a lot of subsidies,
Comparing them is actually a good thing cause it tells u how far Poland progressed and how little did Eastern Germany progress. I actually think it went backwards.
I mentioned this anecdote elsewhere on the forum but here goes anyway. In 1989, Ive seen poles coming to Germany with 4 bottles of vodka, they'd sell 3 of them, send the proceeds back to the mrs at home, drink the 4th one, go commit petty crime and spend a couple of months well looked after in a German prison.
The proceeds of selling those 3 bottles of vodka, in the days of the Deutsch Mark, was enough to provide for his family for a while.
Nowadays, right across the boarder, property prices are higher in sczezcin.
I rest my case.
My point is that German politicians screwed up eastern Germany by pumping in subsidies that basically wiped out any economical comparative advantage they might have had. It worked ok for about a decade as it gave eastern Germans the sense of being wealthy. But long term wise, it was reckless and suicidal.
It’s all unraveling now.
PJ
ParisJazz
19 Sep 2008
Real Estate / Poland Property Boom Spills Over to Poorer Neighbouring Country - GERMANY [39]
One swallow doesn't make a spring, neither does a patched up statistic. I work in Finance and i've got far better access to info than the odd websites.
No amount of gloss piled on by self serving politicians could hide the dire reality. The fact that property is now dearer in Szczecin should get u thinking as opposed to literally parroting politicians propaganda.
Ive been to Dresden and Leipzig a few times and the prospects are bleak. Regarding ur extract in german, well its pretty much trivial. If the cities are crap, surely they've got far better chances of growth compared to mature wealthy western cities.
Its a bit like saying a baby has got more chance of doubling his height than a grown up adult. Trivial.
Ive been living in Germany for quite a while and i can count of one hand the number of western Germans I met who've been to either Dresden, Leipzig or Jena. That tells u something.
As for the bakery girls, I agree, I don't know all of them but am sure u got the point.
PJ
One swallow doesn't make a spring, neither does a patched up statistic. I work in Finance and i've got far better access to info than the odd websites.
No amount of gloss piled on by self serving politicians could hide the dire reality. The fact that property is now dearer in Szczecin should get u thinking as opposed to literally parroting politicians propaganda.
Ive been to Dresden and Leipzig a few times and the prospects are bleak. Regarding ur extract in german, well its pretty much trivial. If the cities are crap, surely they've got far better chances of growth compared to mature wealthy western cities.
Its a bit like saying a baby has got more chance of doubling his height than a grown up adult. Trivial.
Ive been living in Germany for quite a while and i can count of one hand the number of western Germans I met who've been to either Dresden, Leipzig or Jena. That tells u something.
As for the bakery girls, I agree, I don't know all of them but am sure u got the point.
PJ
ParisJazz
19 Sep 2008
Real Estate / Poland Property Boom Spills Over to Poorer Neighbouring Country - GERMANY [39]
You seem to know things we don't. Which info would that be then?
They do move a bit but only to the western and southern states. Pretty much every German girl serving in a bakery or a supermarket in Munich is eastern German.
PJ
You seem to know things we don't. Which info would that be then?
Basically the Eastern Germans do not want to immigrate.
They do move a bit but only to the western and southern states. Pretty much every German girl serving in a bakery or a supermarket in Munich is eastern German.
PJ
ParisJazz
19 Sep 2008
Real Estate / Poland Property Boom Spills Over to Poorer Neighbouring Country - GERMANY [39]
Eastern Germany was doomed the moment Helmut Kohl decided the east and west marks should be on par. That was reckless, incompetent and economically suicidal for the east.
Legislating that the two marks must be on par, de facto rendered the east German industrial base obsolete and overvalued, and simply wiped out any economical comparative advantage that eastern Germany could have had.
20 years on, the results are there for everyone to see.
While the poles were busy working their asses off and benefiting from all the business they managed to get due to they being a cheaper option, eastern Germans were sitting on their asses doing sod all and living off the state hand outs.
Basically the poles have been steadily building up their capital base (and hence their wealth) whereas the Eastern German capital was wiped out and the bit that still stands is slowly decaying away.
I predict that things will get worse for eastern Germany.
PJ
Eastern Germany was doomed the moment Helmut Kohl decided the east and west marks should be on par. That was reckless, incompetent and economically suicidal for the east.
Legislating that the two marks must be on par, de facto rendered the east German industrial base obsolete and overvalued, and simply wiped out any economical comparative advantage that eastern Germany could have had.
20 years on, the results are there for everyone to see.
While the poles were busy working their asses off and benefiting from all the business they managed to get due to they being a cheaper option, eastern Germans were sitting on their asses doing sod all and living off the state hand outs.
Basically the poles have been steadily building up their capital base (and hence their wealth) whereas the Eastern German capital was wiped out and the bit that still stands is slowly decaying away.
I predict that things will get worse for eastern Germany.
PJ
ParisJazz
12 Sep 2008
Life / The Polish Hand Shake. [29]
U grew up in a Neo-Nazi Jugendcamp ? :-)
PJ
where I grew up they said never trust a man with a weak handshake
U grew up in a Neo-Nazi Jugendcamp ? :-)
PJ
ParisJazz
12 Sep 2008
Life / How important is it to have a car in Poland? [37]
The old town in Olsztyn is superb. I am sure you will enjoy it.
PJ
The old town in Olsztyn is superb. I am sure you will enjoy it.
PJ
ParisJazz
12 Sep 2008
Life / How important is it to have a car in Poland? [37]
Ive been to Olsztyn a couple of times. You should be ok without a car should wish to save a few bobs.
Having said that, how tight is ur budget? Petrol is expensive in Europe but owning a car that u'd drive once or twice a week doesn't cost that much.
PJ
No Kids. We'll be living in suburbs of Olsztyn, so not a big city
Ive been to Olsztyn a couple of times. You should be ok without a car should wish to save a few bobs.
Having said that, how tight is ur budget? Petrol is expensive in Europe but owning a car that u'd drive once or twice a week doesn't cost that much.
PJ
ParisJazz
12 Sep 2008
Life / How important is it to have a car in Poland? [37]
Many factors could decide the answer one way or the other:
do u have kids? will u be living central or in the suburbs? how often do u go shopping? r u the urban types or more country like?
I personally always have a car. The thought of having to fight my way thru public transport with a 24-pack of Stellas and a 6-pack of 1.5l Volvic is enough to make me keep my car.
PJ
Do you think we'd be ok with relying on public transportation?
Many factors could decide the answer one way or the other:
do u have kids? will u be living central or in the suburbs? how often do u go shopping? r u the urban types or more country like?
I personally always have a car. The thought of having to fight my way thru public transport with a 24-pack of Stellas and a 6-pack of 1.5l Volvic is enough to make me keep my car.
PJ
ParisJazz
12 Sep 2008
News / Poland boycotts German goods? [266]
Hart-IV hasn’t gone far enough cause all state hand-outs are evil for they are crude theft. You basically coerce hardworking and tax paying people into supporting a large chunk of society who's only aim in life is to sit idle and claim more hand-outs.
If u cant feed a couple of kids and cant afford to give them good education, the moral and right thing to do is not to make those kids in the first place, as opposed to keep breeding them and go cap in hand to the state for a few hand-outs.
If you are useless at what you do and can't be arsed to learn any new trade or craft, you should go beg for a living as opposed to claiming a god given right to a life long income support.
That's morality for u.
I really do not wish to hijack this thread and turn it into a german internal politics thread of interest to nobody. Feel free to start another.
Also, you might as well learn to structure your arguments and develop a clear and concise style. U'd go a long away into getting people to take u seriously and not just make a fool out of yourself.
PJ
That You think the hartz-IV-receiver should be treatend even more badly as they are lets evryone know everything about Your morality.
Hart-IV hasn’t gone far enough cause all state hand-outs are evil for they are crude theft. You basically coerce hardworking and tax paying people into supporting a large chunk of society who's only aim in life is to sit idle and claim more hand-outs.
If u cant feed a couple of kids and cant afford to give them good education, the moral and right thing to do is not to make those kids in the first place, as opposed to keep breeding them and go cap in hand to the state for a few hand-outs.
If you are useless at what you do and can't be arsed to learn any new trade or craft, you should go beg for a living as opposed to claiming a god given right to a life long income support.
That's morality for u.
I really do not wish to hijack this thread and turn it into a german internal politics thread of interest to nobody. Feel free to start another.
Also, you might as well learn to structure your arguments and develop a clear and concise style. U'd go a long away into getting people to take u seriously and not just make a fool out of yourself.
PJ
ParisJazz
12 Sep 2008
News / Poland boycotts German goods? [266]
You obviously neither live in Germany nor are you knowledgeable in economics.
If anything, Hartz-IV hasn't gone far enough. They should have removed all hand-outs and get people back to actually work for a living, and not just take state hand-outs for granted.
But by all means please carry on your useless diatribe. You already sound like a broken record, or worse still, a bitter and hallucinating old man.
PJ
A fact is, for instance, that the Hartz-IV-law, the most evil law to push millions of people into pauperism and slavery by the State
You obviously neither live in Germany nor are you knowledgeable in economics.
If anything, Hartz-IV hasn't gone far enough. They should have removed all hand-outs and get people back to actually work for a living, and not just take state hand-outs for granted.
But by all means please carry on your useless diatribe. You already sound like a broken record, or worse still, a bitter and hallucinating old man.
PJ
ParisJazz
12 Sep 2008
News / Poland boycotts German goods? [266]
Czechs do not seem to mind German money though judging by the number of Czech prostitutes on the German border. Last weekend after crossing the boarder I was even offered a 15 year old.
Hypocrites.
PJ
We have similar action in Czech republic.
Europe & NATO & USA = One Love
No for German goods
Europe & NATO & USA = One Love
No for German goods
Czechs do not seem to mind German money though judging by the number of Czech prostitutes on the German border. Last weekend after crossing the boarder I was even offered a 15 year old.
Hypocrites.
PJ