Life / 'The Pianist' - the movie. What's your opinion? Polanski [59]


That is actually a big part of Polish history - trying to survive as a nation with its own culture and language. Polish language and culture were systematically destroyed for most the last 200+ years and you have a nerve to make such a comment?

I find your comment surprising, if not repulsive, especially that you appear to be a Pole, and you chose a nick-name that is a part of culture that was destined to be completely destroyed. Why don't you pick a nick such as Holda or Maria Morevna.

Those writings on the wall were more important in the survival of that culture than, it appears, you will ever be able to understand.

Language / Madralo - is it insulting? [16]


Angol was used on a daily basis by English Philology students in Poland. Hardly uneducated people.

Work / praca magisterska (master's degree) - any impact on career in Poland [13]


I studied in Wroclaw and Zielona Gora. I was admitted to Vanderbilt (personal invitation of the then Chair of the English Department). I was also admitted to a Canadian University solely based on my Polish academic curriculum. In a way you are right though. I didn't have my M.A. then. I was a 3rd year student of English in Wroclaw.

When I studied computer science in Canada, two of my profs were Poles, with very thick accent actually. One was from U of Warsaw, the other from Silesian University. Both highly regarded, and both taught the toughest of the courses and were the most demanding among the staff.

A friend of mine (U of Wroclaw) was admitted to doctoral studies at Fordham University. He teaches English lit. at UCLA.

Another buddy of mine (U of Wroclaw) didn't suffer any rejections because of his M.A. being from a Polish university.

I also knew two American citizens who studied medicine in the Wroclaw Medical Academy. One is a family doctor in L.A., CA, the other is a surgeon in Chicago, IL.

There is more, but that would reveal too much about myself.


Interesting.
This friend of mine (M.A. from U of Warsaw) teaches advanced topic in Japanese language semmantics in a British University.

In other words, irishborn, go ahead. Poland's academic standards may vary, but based on what I read from Michal, they are much higher than what he experienced in Moscow.

News / "EU Politicians Angered By Polish Chemical Castration Plan" [45]


Change would not have to be big. We're talking only about pedophiles here.


Really? So who is Andrzej Samson or Wojciech Krollop?

History / Responsibility for Murder of Catholic Poles during WWII ? [172]


Most considered themselves Jewish, not Polish. As per Czeslaw Milosz's memoirs most Jews in Poland didn't even speak Polish.

News / Why the American economy is not going to fail - take a lesson from Poland [48]


No, they don't.
Per capita, among the so called rich countries, the US is close to the bottom of the list. Only Italy and Spain give less. Denmark gives about 5 times as much as the US, Norway nearly 8 times more.

News / Why the American economy is not going to fail - take a lesson from Poland [48]

Dunno about everybody, but to me the failure is clear. The much touted "free market economy" and the slogan that governments should stay out of economy as it will (allegedly) take care of itself, is pretty much gone down the tubes. Those who are usually first to make such claims are exactly the ones who now want the government to intervene, and subsidize failed policies and decisions of some big corporations.

In short, the failure appears to be in the basic premise and principles of the so called free market economy followed by the US. It is not working. It needs subsidies.

Language / (part 2) Polish Language Pronunciation - Sample Words and Phrases [311]

except that "Narciarzem" would sound better

News / Why the American economy is not going to fail - take a lesson from Poland [48]


What economy?
Do you mean the goods made in China, or continuing government bailouts of bankrupt banks?

Life / 'The Pianist' - the movie. What's your opinion? Polanski [59]


You have the usual gift of twisting/misquoting what people say.

News / Poles are coming home [35]


oh, I know. We all have a little reason to brag once in a while ;)

Life / 'The Pianist' - the movie. What's your opinion? Polanski [59]



That "looking good" thing happens all the time. It also happened in the Warsaw Ghetto where the Jewish elite did not look good. Not good at all. While indeed, Germans created the Ghetto, the direct impulse for the uprising where the attorcities of some Jewish elders within the Ghetto against their own people.

So when you would like to see a movie about the Jewish uprising, watch what you wish for. It might, just might, be made by someone wishing to show the truth - brother against brother.

News / Eat fish you idiot! (EU massive media campaign in Poland) [54]


True my statement was not precise. All these conditions are caused by electrolytes disturbances. Just like in hyperhydration, even though the actual chemical and physical processes may be different, and they may be slight difference in symptoms.

Bottom line, neither too much water nor too little is good.

News / Eat fish you idiot! (EU massive media campaign in Poland) [54]


That's great news. Four times more jobs in the sector than before!


Jaruzelski made a lot of speeches. I wouldn't put much weight on what he has to say. This particular parasite is history.


No difference in PRL.
The point is that fishy stuff was there before EU and therefore nagging against EU based on some fishy stories is funny. A lot of nagging against it can be justified without resorting to the same stinky food that commies advertised as fgood for you.

Btw. even though I do not eat a lot of fish, it is in fact good for you, whether there are 4 times as many bureaucrats or not.

News / Eat fish you idiot! (EU massive media campaign in Poland) [54]

I used to eat more fish until I got my first cat. Since then I'll have only fried fillets, and not very often. To me fish = cat food. My cats agree.

News / Eat fish you idiot! (EU massive media campaign in Poland) [54]


True. Too much of anything is bad for you.


2.5 liters?
Urban myth.
2.7 is an average daily requirement published by the US government agencies.
2.5 liters of water a day is about the minimum for a woman who weighs 100 puonds (45 kg), does not exercise and lives in a cool climate.


The conditon is called hyperhydration and it flushes no vitamins or minerals. It disturbs the balance of electrolytes. The same condition may occur if a person drinks too little water.

When drinking water, hyperhydration may occur when a person drinks in excess of 8 liters of water in a matter of minutes. The same 8 liters spread over an entire day will cause no adverse effects in an otherwise healthy adult. OK, maybe one adverse effect. But beer causes that too and it is no secret that many drink way more than 2.5 liters of beer (mostly water) in an evening.

News / Eat fish you idiot! (EU massive media campaign in Poland) [54]


but the past shows things can get fishy with or without EU.


show me the stats then


I'm not sure what you tried to say here.

News / Poles are coming home [35]


no point at all.

News / Eat fish you idiot! (EU massive media campaign in Poland) [54]




I think you're looking for a problem where there isn't one.

In the 70's, long before even the bravest minds would dream about Poland in EU, Polish ministries of health and education distributed free bookmarks distributed to all kids. The Bookmarks had a picture if fish on it and the writing said:

"Masz klopoty z matematyka?
Jedz ryby!"

"Problems with math?
Eat fish!"

Poland wasn't any less catholic then, than it is now.

Language / Dokonany/Niedokonany - Perfective/Imperfective [46]


I know English people like that.

Love / DO POLISH GAYS ALSO DIE YOUNG? [56]


let's not dramatize about what really is 5 years difference in overall expectancy.

Language / Funny sayings on Polish weddings [14]

I heard this one:

nie bede sie opirała,
wy mie chłopy ciągta
za stodole mnie zaciągta
i tam mnie wyrąbta

(poznańskie)

Life / Do Polish women have problem with computer technology? [11]


What is the nature of the problem.
Do they use computers too much?

Love / Polish men vs German men: Who is hotter? [513]


The easiest way to establish that is to get the stats on the use of antiperspirants per capita in both countries. The use of air conditioning and other cooling devices as well as consumption of ice cream might be also good indicators.

USA, Canada / Why are the tickets to Poland from the US so expensive? [7]


Depending on where in Poland your destination is, you may fly to Berlin or Prague. Much cheaper and less border control hassle. I never fly to Warsaw

News / Anti-missiles in Poland only 5km from the city [3]


There were Soviet installations in and around Wroclaw, Szczecin and Zielona Gora. The combined population of these areas was roughly 1 million. I wonder if Mr Hypki made comments about it then.

When Poland was a slave member of the Warsaw Pact, which was supposedly to its benefit, the Pact's plan to defend itself from any possible attack by NATO was to nuke Poland on the Vistula line. This would have contaminated the soil, water and air with nuclear pollution, killing some 10 to 15 million Poles in the process. That's how safe Poland was without US missiles in Poland.


Europe is not anywhere in the world. Population density is simply higher than in Alaska.

News / Has there ever been gold found in Poland? [21]

There are a few places of interest and museums around Zlotoryja which have to do with mining gold (the region is sometimes referred to as Kotlina Klodzka).

An interesting detail they told us in a gold mine museum was that the miners practiced a peculiar kind of competition - they ate arsenic.

It turns out arsenic usually accompanies gold deposits so miners in the old times, having no breathing protection of any kind, had been exposed to it in the form of molecules they breathed in with air. Eventually they acquired various degrees of tolerance to arsenic so they could actually swallow small quantities without being poisoned to death. Small by their standards but many times more that it would take to kill any of us. The usual quantity of arsenic the competitors ate was about the size of a large table spoon. This quantity would be probably enough to kill all active and some inactive members of PF ;)

News / Poland boycotts German goods? [266]


You certainly are effective in proving you have no understanding of words you use. Szczecin may be a German product, but not the soil in Szczecin, you dumbass

Life / PLEASE GIVE ME SOME ADVICES... Problem with Neighbour in Poland. [24]




so what exactly is the problem?