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Joined: 25 Dec 2007 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 29 Dec 2011
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Seanus   
21 Sep 2009
Language / More Polish Language Video Clips [22]

Be careful tho, Elize. It's easy to confuse włączyć with wyłączyć. The former means switch on and the latter switch off.
Seanus   
21 Sep 2009
Language / POLISH ETHNIC PEJORATIVES [23]

Kitajec is not only for Chinamen, Pol3. It's generally used for those with skośny oczy/slanted eyes. It has taken on this meaning anyway.
Seanus   
21 Sep 2009
UK, Ireland / "Polish ambassador warns - think twice about coming to Britain for work " [126]

I have a fairly high estimation of the Polish education system and Poles in general. Low wages is what they think and the majority said that is why they left Poland in the first place. It stands to reason for the reasons I outlined earlier. They were prepared to leave so many good things behind in order to pick up more gainful employment. Having had a taste of that, they may find the adjustment to the disproportionate salaries Vs cost of living hard to do. Almost every Pole I've met in my 5 years agrees that they have Western prices but much lower salaries.
Seanus   
21 Sep 2009
History / What would Europe look like with Polish-Lithuanian-Ukrainian Commonwealth today [209]

How many Scots were killed by Zulus, Scrappy? I'm Scottish, not English, so I'd like to know.

The Viet Cong were not classic warriors but they knew their terrain and played awful mind games which left many American troops scarred. Again, read Black Market by James Patterson. A Nam Vet became a terrorist against the US owing to where they sent him.
Seanus   
21 Sep 2009
UK, Ireland / "Polish ambassador warns - think twice about coming to Britain for work " [126]

Nika, you seemed to be talking about work. Let's assume you are right, that there are more opportunities here. It's still back to mediocre wages. Yes, they have gone up as ZUS figures and GUS will confirm but so has the cost of living. More and more credit kiosks and offices are popping up. They will require repayments on top of the ones left behind in the UK. Also, they will likely be paying off UK debts with their new Polish account. Paying in PLN is pretty hefty. My British flights will always be paid in pounds.

Wrocław wasn't discussing rights. Nobody in their right mind would suggest that Poles can't come back to their own country and work. Freedom of movement, capital and workers are standard, especially for natives. He knows that.
Seanus   
21 Sep 2009
UK, Ireland / "Polish ambassador warns - think twice about coming to Britain for work " [126]

Wrocław wasn't denying that, Nika. He was just saying that there are already too many jobseekers. According to accounts I've read, 500,000 have come back. That's a lot of people to accommodate. I can comment in the area of teaching. Many native speakers have snapped up jobs that would otherwise have gone to Poles. Some of the Poles I know completely outqualify them but there are many graduates from those born around 1982 that have been left out in the cold.

He wasn't being insincere. I agree that they bring sth a little extra under their belt but so did I when I went back to Scotland. I ran into jealousy and paranoid people defending their jobs.
Seanus   
21 Sep 2009
UK, Ireland / "Polish ambassador warns - think twice about coming to Britain for work " [126]

You hear within a certain circle, Nika, not across the country unless you have a very broad base of contacts I don't know about ;) ;)

Anyway, Mister H is right to mention the credit situation. It shouldn't be like ping-ponging between Poland and the UK. They may be flocking back in their droves, yes, but what are they leaving behind? How much unpaid stuff?
Seanus   
20 Sep 2009
News / What needs to happen in the world so that Poland and Russia form alliance? [297]

Crow, we've had many discussions on this topic. The Ustashe were every bit as bad as the Nazis in their attitude. Soros, the Germans and the EU/NATO. They had no business tampering with the Balkans. I just wish that Arkan could have caught some of them.

You should know by now that I hate what they did in the Balkans.
Seanus   
20 Sep 2009
UK, Ireland / BRITS LIKE POLISH FOOD [51]

Scots eat similar food so I'm sure many like bigos and gołąbki. I haven't eaten pierogi for quite a while but autumn is upon us.
Seanus   
20 Sep 2009
History / 70th Anniversary of start of WWII [50]

I don't deny that, plk123. That wasn't my point. It doesn't make you a hero though, just practical and sensible.
Seanus   
20 Sep 2009
History / What would Europe look like with Polish-Lithuanian-Ukrainian Commonwealth today [209]

I can't divulge that kind of info, sorry ;)

That Commonwealth would appear to be too much of a pocket within Europe, the kind which Crow looks for. Cooperation is fine without branding it a Commonwealth. Just look at the Commonwealth in which Britain, Canada and Australia are members. Who really gives it a second thought these days?
Seanus   
20 Sep 2009
History / What would Europe look like with Polish-Lithuanian-Ukrainian Commonwealth today [209]

Oh, I know who he is, don't worry about that. I can be pretty resourceful when I want to be.

SeanBM may have sth to say about Polish-Lithuanian relations. Mickiewicz and Słowacki established a sound connection. All Poles would have to do is to get used to the Lithuanians saying things like 'byla ladna' instead of 'była ładna' in their dialogue.