Travel / Swinoujscie - Poland - German border crossing question ... [6]

On the subject of Swinoujscie , does anyone know if the the ferry from Ystad to swinoujscie will be operating in may 2008....Some of my English biker friends are coming to Zlot in Gdynia at this time....

Love / why wont he communicate? going crazy [90]


i like to think so....i am suprised anyone else thinks so tho....

UK, Ireland / Registering a Polish car in UK..? [13]


Ha...i remember driving back home to Poland with my Polish friend Aneta in my right hand drive Britsh Landrover...Aneta had the map opened out completly covering her face , some of the looks from oncoming drivers and pedestrians were very amusing.....

Love / why wont he communicate? going crazy [90]


Hi lady , when we meet for that beer , we can check out that nothing bad has happened to him....I honestly think that going to see him might result in heartbreak , but we can at least make sure he is alive and well....Going there may cause you pain , and a huge nightmare for him if he has lied about his situation....I know i would probably go there , but its probably not a good idea.......

Feedback / a thank you to the creators of this great forum [13]


Thats great to hear my friend...i wish you both the best....Has she got any nice friends...or sisters...?

UK, Ireland / We welcome Polish people to Britain! [224]



Where is the exploitation..???? .he wants workers...the workers want a job...sounds like a reasonable arrangement to me.....


Seems to me Unions fought for the downfall of the country...We would still have a car industry , and a coal industry if not for the unions.....

Love / From a Turkish Man! What I heard about Polish girls from my friends :) [53]

I think he means Polska...?

Law / Under contract to teach and fraud, is there a fine to leave Poland? [35]

Sounds to me like you could sue them for breach of contract....I suspect this school is not going to complain to the powers that be , they tried a scam , and it didn,t work , i think thats probably the end of the story....Its a pity you had a bad experiance of Poland , but i don,t think you have a lot to worry about when you come to leave the country....However , i am not a legal expert , it might be an idea to inform the USA embassy of what happened , just in case you have a problem , i suspect you won,t

Real Estate / Can I buy a small farm in Poland? [49]


Hi there , managed to find your town on the map , you are not so far away from Zagan , which of course is famous for being the place that the film " the great escape " was about , yes folks it was a true story....The nearest i have been to your place was a trip to Glowgow to attend the opening of a new club house for a chapter of the Polish motorcycle club i am a member of....I will send you a pm with my email address on....catch you soon....Jan...ps...just sent you an email...

USA, Canada / Missing Mail sent from Canada to Poland - Black Hole [23]

I know this thread is about Canada mail going missing , but i just wanted to say that all the parcels my sister sent me to Poland from the UK , got here with no trouble at all , nothing went missing...Some of the parcels contained stuff like camera,s and other nice goodies , but all got here ok....Letters too get here unopened , the only three letters that went missing were those that had zloty inside them , so obviously they have a machine somewhere that x rays the letters , and they can see whats in them...I am not sure they have such a machine in Poland , but i know they do in UK , as an anti terrorist measure , so its quite possible these items went missing in UK , not in Poland.....

Language / Your Funniest / Strangest / Sadest Moments with the Polish Language [63]

When i first came to Poland i saw several of those old ZUK trucks around the place...Even when i looked closely i was convinced the first letter was an F , and not a Z.....I know better now , but to me they will always be F**TRUCKS....


Well i can hardly argue with a four legged expert....

Language / Your Funniest / Strangest / Sadest Moments with the Polish Language [63]

Small horse...pony , or foal....

Language / Your Funniest / Strangest / Sadest Moments with the Polish Language [63]

Do you know the song..WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH....My Polish girlfriend was absolutly convinced they were singing GO AND GET STUFFED....if you listen to it it does sound like she could be right....

Language / Your Funniest / Strangest / Sadest Moments with the Polish Language [63]

One time i was telling some of my friends about my trip to Belarus....I drove from UK to Belarus and Moscow in an old Landrover....It became apparent from the amazed stares of some of the girls at our table that they thought i had gone from UK to Moscow on a bycycle (ROVER ) Jeez , it was bad enough in a Landrover...!

Language / Your Funniest / Strangest / Sadest Moments with the Polish Language [63]


You got it...i wasn,t going to say it.....

Language / How long to get fluent in Polish? [41]


Longer than i am going to live i suspect......

Language / Your Funniest / Strangest / Sadest Moments with the Polish Language [63]

Aha , the lady of mystery...I have had my friends from the KGB , Polish inteligence , and German state security trying to discover your secrets , all to no avail....Makes you more interesting i suppose...Anyways back to the thread....In response to my friends 14 year old daughter asking me thought of her new jeans..i said...SUPER DOOPER , meaning great...of course in Polish dupa means something else entirely...oops..! My next , even worse muppetry , was when i was telling my group of students (all girls from 12 to 16 years old ) that i needed a low price car to drive in Poland...I said to them i need a CHEAP CAR...I am not even going to try to explain what they thought i was saying , but it caused a fit of giggles....It was quite embarrassing when one of the 12 year olds explained what cheepcar meant in Polish...OOOPss....

Love / why wont he communicate? going crazy [90]


I am a proffesor of advanced muppetry...and i teach English to Polish students , only on a part time basis , but its enough to keep me in beer and benzine....

Real Estate / Can I buy a small farm in Poland? [49]


Welcome to the club....I am in north west Poland , where is your place....?

Love / why wont he communicate? going crazy [90]


Not a million miles from me...we can sort something out....Should i wear a pink bowler hat and a tutu so you will recognise me when we meet...no better idea , if you look on myspace.com/hdjan you can see a pic of me.....I should be able to find you ok...you will be the one with the angry expression and a gun i suppose.....

Love / why wont he communicate? going crazy [90]

There is an old saying that goes If you love them , let them go , if they belong to you , then they will return...if they do not , then they were never yours in the first place.......I can understand your anger and frustration lady , but nothing you can say or do will get a response unless he wants contact with you , and clearly , for some reason he doesn,t....So your friends think you are too nice do they , where have you been all my life , my friends say the same about me , why do nice people like us wind up with the bad news people....Maybe its something to do with opposites attract eh.....The best cure i can suggest for the way you feel is the following....Get an old pillow case , stuff it full of old clothes , so its nice and tight , get yourself a large metal pole.....and beat the fu***** crap out of the pillow case....works wonders.....

Love / Dh (my husband) is not taking news well.. [12]

Sorry but i think he is being a bit of a swine about the whole thing.....He should love you and support you on this matter...ok , it wasn,t planned and may cause a problem for you both , but he is 50% to blame too..., you didnt do this all by yourself did you....?

Love / why wont he communicate? going crazy [90]


A beer now thats a good idea... i can can always be talked into a nice Polish beer....I don,t usually get much chance to drink the stuff , as to go anywhere usually means taking the car or bike , and i am trying very hard not to do as most of my friends do and drink even tho they are driving....My old run down farm is between Polczyn zdroj , and Drawsko pomorskie , i am about ten miles from Polczyn....Its not so hard seeing my blondie any more , we became friends after a while despite the fact i discovered i was not the only one she had a fling with behind her boyfriends back....its a shame she is like this , because he is a nice guy , and was always ok with me even after she supposedly confessed to him about me...I have not seen her for a while now , but she did send me a Christmas e card...The last i heard she was having a baby , so maybe she will settle down and behave herself now....For me the hardest part is not seeing her parents any more , they were good to me when i first came to Poland , and i miss them a bit...Which part of Poland are you headed for...? let me know , and i will look on my map and see if its less than a million miles from my place....Its going to be a bit cold in Poland in january, so don,t forget to pack your thermal undies......

UK, Ireland / 13,000 Polish births this year, in the UK [180]


Not sure disliking Poland makes somebody a psychopath...Poland is quite different from the UK , and of course its going to be something that some people just can,t adjust to....As an Englishman living in Poland i find the differences a pleasant change from the UK...I am kinda hoping Poland does not get like the UK , though i fear its bound to happen someday...Hopefully i will be long dead by then....i think its a bit harsh to label somebody a nutter just because they don,t like Poland...Many of my Polish friends hated the UK , but it doesen,t stop them being my friends..they were never rude about my country , but they simply didn,t like it , and as soon as they had made some money there they were on the first plane back home....It can be terrible to be a long way from home , and hate the place you find yourself in , but it doesn,t mean you are a bad person...I am lucky , i like it here in Polska.....

Love / why wont he communicate? going crazy [90]


And maybe he didn,t need to rekindle one , some poor woman in Poland may have been getting lots of messages from him while he was in UK telling her how much he loved her and how he would soon be home to her....I really wish i could give you some hope on this , but i have found out the hard way in this life thats is easy to be convinced that someone is in love with you , if you are in love with them....They say that love is blind ,but don,t worry , its not permanant , you regain your sight in time...You are finding all kinds of excuses for his behavour , but be honest with your self , you know dam well that there is absolutly no excuse for not contacting you to let you know whats going on....Even if his family , or wife are preventing him calling you its certain they are not guarding him 24 hours a day....If i was in love with someone , or even just cared about them i would find a way to contact them no matter how impossible it was...I am guessing here , but just maybe you were a very pleasant distraction for him , to take his mind off the fact he was missing home and family , now he is back with them , and he does not need you any more....Human nature being what it is nobody likes to admit to being a muppet and falling for the pretty lies , but it happens...I wasn,t born wise to such things , i found out the sad and painfull way.........My god i could tell you tales of heartbreak...Despite this i have memories of love so special it will keep me warm forever , i am not yet ready to give up on love... I really hope i am wrong about him , but nothing you have told me gives me reason to think i am....I hope things do work out for you , and i would love for you to tell me i got it all wrong....don,t keep me in suspense lady , if you hear anything , let me know...best wishes...Jan....

Travel / Would i be able to part with lose Euros in Poland? [7]


No problem , i will give you my address , you can post all the money to me , and i will dispose of it at the nearest bar......

History / Should goverments pull in war criminals from WWII? [33]


I was thinking more about the second war , Iraq is a bit different , there are camera,s all over the place and its more difficult to hide war crimes...I don,t think there would be so many soldiers held to account if the press were not close to the action....Take a look at the situation in Vietnam , not so many wound up paying for their war crimes there....

Love / why wont he communicate? going crazy [90]

You are not going to like this advice......I think you know in your own heart that you have been let down , and if you manage to find him in Poland you are not going to like what you find...It could be his family have put their foot down and told him they don,t want him getting involved with you , or it may be he has a girlfriend or wife back in Poland.....Its not easy to accept such an idea , but i know from my own experiance that people can be very good at convincing you that you are the only one in their lives when they are a long way from home , family and partner....I had exactly the same situation with a lovely Polish girl....Shortly before we were to travel back to Poland together she decided to tell me she had a boyfriend....Of course she assured me that their relationship was about to end , and they were not that close....It was all lies of course....I live in Poland now , and still see her now and then , her boyfriend is a really nice guy who obviously thinks the world of her...She wanted to carry on the relationship with me after we got back to Poland , but i backed out of it , despite the fact i was in love with her , and i lost my house due to my relationship with her....Its possible i suppose your guy has had an accident or something , but you would think somebody would let you know about this.....What he is doing to you is cruel and painfull , but people do this sometimes....He should at least have the courage to tell you whats going on....I hope you get some news either way ...If you are coming to the north of Poland , give me a shout , we can have a beer , and cry into it together....hope it works out....Jan ....

UK, Ireland / We welcome Polish people to Britain! [224]


I know , especially in area,s that have a large population of non white people , but i don,t see them ever getting strong enough to get into power and start a bloodbath in Uk , which is what is going to happen if they start trying to deport people out of UK...And of course all the nutters in countries that have Brits living there will see it as a chance to get rid of their guests...Not good news for peole like me trying to make a living in another country...What really pee,s me off is that because of these people i can,t fly the flag of my country on my house in UK without people thinking i am a nazi....Here in Poland i fly both an English and a Polish flag...not a problem at all....

News / How does Poland imagine other countries see her? [84]


When i first arrived in Poland i was not used to having to carry all my documents on me when driving my car or riding my motorcycle...Before i got used to doing this i must have been stopped about five times , and i did not have my documents on me...The police were quite within their rights to fine me money for my ignorance , but none of them ever did....They told me i must carry my documents at all times , told me how much the fine was , and then sent me on my way without any penalty...maybe its because i am English , they wanted to give a good impression , maybe they were just nice guys , but i have no complants about the Polish police.....