Life / Do Poles do hand shaking EVERY TIME they see friends? [30]

Is is still good etiquette to wait for a woman to initiate the handshake, if one is present?

Language / Why Polish people use so many words to describe a situation? [122]


No seanus it the fact that you think that you are an expert in every subject under the sun:) It was a classic that you picked fault with a members grammar, only for her to point out a clanger of yours, one post later.

Language / Why Polish people use so many words to describe a situation? [122]


haha that should be in the * what makes you laugh" thread:) Classic. Is there a saying in Polish for " jack of all trades, master of none"?

Language / When to use Ręka / Dłoń [14]

I think dłoń refers to the palm of the hand, but wait for a second opinion.

UK, Ireland / Working as an au-pair in UK and leaving the host family. Is it legal? [60]


I used to think that they were well paid until I seen that they get paid about £70 per week. In fact it is so low that it is termed " pocket money" in the eyes of the Inland Revenue here in the Uk. I would not hold a grudge against anyone, not paying tax on income that low. If they were to use your theory then children all over the world would have to pay tax on their pocket money too.

UK, Ireland / Working as an au-pair in UK and leaving the host family. Is it legal? [60]


If you take a look at the site link that ShelleyS has provided, you will see that she is working legally and all is in order.

UK, Ireland / Working as an au-pair in UK and leaving the host family. Is it legal? [60]


you don't need anything else to stay here, just if you wanted to work legally then you would need a NI number.

Not sure how it works with au pairs to be honest, and can't understand where the agency comes into the equation. They must have sorted things out legally for you when you first came over to the Uk.

UK, Ireland / Working as an au-pair in UK and leaving the host family. Is it legal? [60]


If you are paying tax on your salary then you would have one. NI numbers can be obtained from your local tax office. They would give you a temporary one, then a couple of weeks later would give you a permanent one

UK, Ireland / Working as an au-pair in UK and leaving the host family. Is it legal? [60]


you will always be able to stay in the UK as as you are a member of the EU


If you have an NI ( national insurance number ) then I can't see it being a problem

Real Estate / Construction (Poland Vrs where you are from) [66]


Know what you mean! For building work here we use millimetres for measurements, and it is a big headache when when trying to match metric bricks with the old imperial ones of yesteryear.

Real Estate / Construction (Poland Vrs where you are from) [66]


no I don't like eating in bed:)

Hope you don't mind me saying father, but have you lost your comb? :)

Real Estate / Construction (Poland Vrs where you are from) [66]


Someone a lot smarter than me invented a plug for the sink, so that the right temperature can be reached:)

Real Estate / Construction (Poland Vrs where you are from) [66]


yep many homes have them in the bathroom. Makes it feel warmer in the winter when it is snowing outside:)


yep good idea, saves the the drinking water getting contaminated by back siphonage from the storage tank.

Real Estate / Construction (Poland Vrs where you are from) [66]


Well I think we have just about got it right? :) Seriously though, we have very tough building regulations here, and it makes for better built houses etc.

Real Estate / Construction (Poland Vrs where you are from) [66]

Thanks for your insight Sean. If you ever get the chance to do so, please post some photos of some new builds. It would be very interesting to see.

Real Estate / Construction (Poland Vrs where you are from) [66]


When you say no floors what do you mean?. To you and I, with a house in the UK or Ireland, we would expect the upstair floors to have floor boards. Are you saying that if you buy a new one in Poland there will not be a floor at the top of the stairs?

Real Estate / Construction (Poland Vrs where you are from) [66]


Does it cost x amount per sq mtr? Often when I hear people talking about homes in Poland, they say the house, or apartment is ??? sq metres.

Here in the UK we would say it has 3 bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen, lounge etc.

Real Estate / Construction (Poland Vrs where you are from) [66]


I guessed it may be something like that, but would it be 2-3 centimetres instead of mm. Even so, it don't seem very thick to me for a first defense against the weather. Does it get any cracks in it and what do they do to stop any damp that might get through?

Real Estate / Construction (Poland Vrs where you are from) [66]


wow that is a lot of insulation. How do they get the render to stick, some kind of metal mesh? How do they manage if the house is faced in bricks?

Here in the Uk we would not get minus 30C so on a new house we would have two skins of masonary with a 10 centimetre cavity and a 5 centimetre insulation. The inside skin of masonary would be a high therm block also.

Feedback / Polish Forums Checker [41]

good, just make sure that you get to watch the odd game of footie as well:)

Feedback / Polish Forums Checker [41]

Do you work shift work in your normal job Pd? You sometimes seem that you are on here evenings and well into the early mornings

Language / Blackboard Language Project [28]


yes I agree..for all the work you have done, of course we can click on the adverts:)

Language / Blackboard Language Project [28]

you're the techie one PD:)

thanks Janusz great work

Language / Blackboard Language Project [28]

good work, but spoiled by adverts covering up the english translation at the bottom:(

Language / Polish website for learning English? [9]

Sorry my mistake, here is the index

goethe-verlag.com/tests/OE/OE.HTM

Language / Correct form of BYĆ. Please help! [96]


must remember not to say that, the next time I am talking to my psychiatrist :))

Language / Correct form of BYĆ. Please help! [96]


Thanks benszymanski, that is very helpful.

Language / Correct form of BYĆ. Please help! [96]


Is the instrumental case always used for future tense?

News / POLAND GETS WORLD RECORD for the longest throw of a washing machine [13]

good story, it was for a good cause.

News / POLAND GETS WORLD RECORD for the longest throw of a washing machine [13]


Thats going to be an ice breaker at parties:)