osiol
19 Sep 2007
Food / Some cooking spices in Polish [46]
Almost every evening.
When I don't, it's leftovers.
I have a need for recipes.
I cook from scratch
Almost every evening.
When I don't, it's leftovers.
I have a need for recipes.
osiol
19 Sep 2007
Love / Is it really possible for a Polish man to be just friends with a woman? [32]
Believing people to be the same in so many ways the world over, especially relatively culturally similar places such as Poland and Britain,
I shall assume the answer to be a simple yes.
Believing people to be the same in so many ways the world over, especially relatively culturally similar places such as Poland and Britain,
I shall assume the answer to be a simple yes.
osiol
19 Sep 2007
Life / How much do you HATE POLISH PEOPLE and POLAND [1260]
I had an awful job working in a shop where I was supposed to be Assistant Manager. I was working 13-16 hour days, never seeing daylight. Because I wanted to get out, I took a temporary job for four months potting shrubs. 10 years later, I'm still there. Before that I didn't care for plants and didn't even like getting my hands dirty!
You don't start life with the things you like and the things you don't - you learn them or adopt them as you go along.
I had an awful job working in a shop where I was supposed to be Assistant Manager. I was working 13-16 hour days, never seeing daylight. Because I wanted to get out, I took a temporary job for four months potting shrubs. 10 years later, I'm still there. Before that I didn't care for plants and didn't even like getting my hands dirty!
You don't start life with the things you like and the things you don't - you learn them or adopt them as you go along.
osiol
19 Sep 2007
UK, Ireland / English people attitude towards Poles? [761]
They always want more money. Who doesn't?
What they need are excuses for more money.
It is all the people that need police, not ethnic groups.
the Police want more money
They always want more money. Who doesn't?
What they need are excuses for more money.
It is all the people that need police, not ethnic groups.
osiol
19 Sep 2007
Life / How much do you HATE POLISH PEOPLE and POLAND [1260]
It has to be remembered that if you have left for another country, you are much more mobile than many of the native population. Moving from one town to another to find work is a lot easier if you do not have a family to move with you, or just strong connections to the local area.
Everyone has to be more flexible than before.
Phillybob1982, you do not have any sensible arguments really. Unemployment is at pretty much its lowest for decades - if you don't remember the 1970s or 80s, do a little reading. If you can't find the job you want, you have to find the job you don't want. Or you have to be inspired to make something for yourself - do some training, find something no-one else is doing.
Moaning about other people gets you nowhere. You have to be positive with yourself to get on in life, not negative about others, especially when you categorise them in one big group and dismiss them with one xenophobic wave of the hand.
It has to be remembered that if you have left for another country, you are much more mobile than many of the native population. Moving from one town to another to find work is a lot easier if you do not have a family to move with you, or just strong connections to the local area.
Everyone has to be more flexible than before.
Phillybob1982, you do not have any sensible arguments really. Unemployment is at pretty much its lowest for decades - if you don't remember the 1970s or 80s, do a little reading. If you can't find the job you want, you have to find the job you don't want. Or you have to be inspired to make something for yourself - do some training, find something no-one else is doing.
Moaning about other people gets you nowhere. You have to be positive with yourself to get on in life, not negative about others, especially when you categorise them in one big group and dismiss them with one xenophobic wave of the hand.
osiol
19 Sep 2007
Food / Some cooking spices in Polish [46]
Great idea. Especially for food that is actually sticky!
compile the existing and put them in a sticky
Great idea. Especially for food that is actually sticky!
osiol
19 Sep 2007
Food / Some cooking spices in Polish [46]
That is fantastic news.
I have many herbs and spices in my cupboard that only get used in one recipe each.
I've not really had much of a go at cooking any Polish recipes.
I'd like to see something like recipe of the week/month on the forum,
That is fantastic news.
I have many herbs and spices in my cupboard that only get used in one recipe each.
I've not really had much of a go at cooking any Polish recipes.
I'd like to see something like recipe of the week/month on the forum,
osiol
19 Sep 2007
Food / Some cooking spices in Polish [46]
I was thinking of fenugreek, cumin, coriander, allspice.
But then, on closer inspection, there is a definite European look to many of these.
Even so, English food often uses exotic spices.
It is just a shame that English food lost so much after the two world wars.
Rationing and the age of austerity destroyed much English cuisine.
That is why it was opened up so easily to Italian and Indian dishes.
At least the cosmopolitan nature of our food encourages the foodies amongst us to try other stuff, such as Polish.
I am ignoring here the majority of British people who eat s***e.
What about Juniper berries?
These must be used in Polish food.
Great with venison.
Jałowiec?
I was thinking of fenugreek, cumin, coriander, allspice.
But then, on closer inspection, there is a definite European look to many of these.
Even so, English food often uses exotic spices.
It is just a shame that English food lost so much after the two world wars.
Rationing and the age of austerity destroyed much English cuisine.
That is why it was opened up so easily to Italian and Indian dishes.
At least the cosmopolitan nature of our food encourages the foodies amongst us to try other stuff, such as Polish.
I am ignoring here the majority of British people who eat s***e.
What about Juniper berries?
These must be used in Polish food.
Great with venison.
Jałowiec?
osiol
19 Sep 2007
Food / Some cooking spices in Polish [46]
I imagine only a few of these are really used in traditional Polish cooking.
I always think of caraway as a very central-eastern European spice.
I like the way many languages call Allspice things that translate as 'English Spice'.
It originates from the Caribbean.
I imagine only a few of these are really used in traditional Polish cooking.
I always think of caraway as a very central-eastern European spice.
I like the way many languages call Allspice things that translate as 'English Spice'.
It originates from the Caribbean.
osiol
19 Sep 2007
UK, Ireland / English people attitude towards Poles? [761]
Release real stags into the proceedings! When they're rutting.
For hen nights, I don't think releasing hens will have the same effect.
Release real stags into the proceedings! When they're rutting.
For hen nights, I don't think releasing hens will have the same effect.
osiol
18 Sep 2007
Love / Need help: Can't get my polish girl to say "I love you" [84]
No, because they are the most wonderful words you can possibly hear,
but I wouldn't describe your situation as square one.
No, because they are the most wonderful words you can possibly hear,
but I wouldn't describe your situation as square one.
osiol
18 Sep 2007
Love / Need help: Can't get my polish girl to say "I love you" [84]
Doesn't look like square one to me.
it leaves me at square one
Doesn't look like square one to me.
osiol
18 Sep 2007
Life / How much do you HATE POLISH PEOPLE and POLAND [1260]
Were you around in the recession?
I refer of course to the economic recession in the 1980s.
The UK now has fairly low unemployment, interest rates and inflation.
The problems are more to do with wealth inequality - the gap between rich and poor.
The other problem is the high level of borrowing, but this does in fact keep the economy moving.
extremely high unemployment rate
Were you around in the recession?
I refer of course to the economic recession in the 1980s.
The UK now has fairly low unemployment, interest rates and inflation.
The problems are more to do with wealth inequality - the gap between rich and poor.
The other problem is the high level of borrowing, but this does in fact keep the economy moving.
osiol
18 Sep 2007
Love / Need help: Can't get my polish girl to say "I love you" [84]
With all that, do you need those three words?
Has she said it in Polish and you didn't know?
With all that, do you need those three words?
Has she said it in Polish and you didn't know?
osiol
18 Sep 2007
Life / How much do you HATE POLISH PEOPLE and POLAND [1260]
Can you cite any sources for this?
Or ill-informed.
So is your problem with Poles who take the initiative to come here and work,
or with Britain for giving rise to a state of affairs you are not happy with.
Could the media have any involvement with people's opinions.
I pay very little attention to newspapers, especially the D***y M**l,
neither do I watch TV. I live life, experience the world through my own eyes, and I talk to people.
Your opinions don't seem to be the dominant ones in the UK that I see.
only available to Polish
Can you cite any sources for this?
someone is lying
Or ill-informed.
Phillybob1982
So is your problem with Poles who take the initiative to come here and work,
or with Britain for giving rise to a state of affairs you are not happy with.
Could the media have any involvement with people's opinions.
I pay very little attention to newspapers, especially the D***y M**l,
neither do I watch TV. I live life, experience the world through my own eyes, and I talk to people.
Your opinions don't seem to be the dominant ones in the UK that I see.
osiol
18 Sep 2007
Life / How much do you HATE POLISH PEOPLE and POLAND [1260]
There are jobs available.
Unemployment is low.
There are jobs available.
Unemployment is low.
osiol
18 Sep 2007
Life / How much do you HATE POLISH PEOPLE and POLAND [1260]
I was tempted to temporarily take a job in Whittards, a high street shop.
They sell nice coffee and also coffee machines (I need a new one).
Employees get quite a good discount.
They didn't tell me I had to be an immigrant.
I was tempted to temporarily take a job in Whittards, a high street shop.
They sell nice coffee and also coffee machines (I need a new one).
Employees get quite a good discount.
They didn't tell me I had to be an immigrant.
osiol
18 Sep 2007
Life / How much do you HATE POLISH PEOPLE and POLAND [1260]
I never found a job in one.
I went a couple of times. They steered me towards benefits.
I went out and looked at places I thought I might like to work in.
I went to an agency that took me on, but got a decent job before long anyway.
I did not have any qualifications, I hasten to add.
job centres
I never found a job in one.
I went a couple of times. They steered me towards benefits.
I went out and looked at places I thought I might like to work in.
I went to an agency that took me on, but got a decent job before long anyway.
I did not have any qualifications, I hasten to add.
osiol
18 Sep 2007
UK, Ireland / English people attitude towards Poles? [761]
No history is squeaky clean.
You can learn from history, but the present and the future are what we live for.
No history is squeaky clean.
You can learn from history, but the present and the future are what we live for.
osiol
18 Sep 2007
osiol
18 Sep 2007
osiol
18 Sep 2007
Life / Whats gay life in Poland? [140]
An oxymoron (a bit like the words 'Pure Filth')
All too easily misunderstood.
Some people try, some people don't,
which is strange because....
political correctness
An oxymoron (a bit like the words 'Pure Filth')
basic human rights
All too easily misunderstood.
ALL humans should be treated equally
Some people try, some people don't,
which is strange because....
It's so simple.
osiol
18 Sep 2007
Love / Do Polish men like aggressive women? [26]
It makes me wonder what the first date must have been like - any kind of preparation?
Was there a third? (Date, I mean. Or third lady...)
He said that two women stripped naked in front of him....on the second date
It makes me wonder what the first date must have been like - any kind of preparation?
Was there a third? (Date, I mean. Or third lady...)
osiol
18 Sep 2007
Language / Giving directions in Polish [51]
I'm sure some people in New York have asked for directions in Polish.
Is that New York City or New York State?
Baden Baden, so good they named it twice.
I'm sure some people in New York have asked for directions in Polish.
Is that New York City or New York State?
Baden Baden, so good they named it twice.
osiol
18 Sep 2007
Language / Conjugate TO BE in polish for me? [37]
yestem
yestesh <jesteś>
yest
yesteshmi (the i at the end rhymes with the i in the word big) <jesteśmy>
yestesh-che (the e at the end - like the e in shed) <jesteście>
so (the o is a bit like the nasal French o) - <są>
In fact the letter e is always like the e in shed - never the long e in been.
yestem
yestesh <jesteś>
yest
yesteshmi (the i at the end rhymes with the i in the word big) <jesteśmy>
yestesh-che (the e at the end - like the e in shed) <jesteście>
so (the o is a bit like the nasal French o) - <są>
In fact the letter e is always like the e in shed - never the long e in been.
osiol
17 Sep 2007
Life / How much do you HATE POLISH PEOPLE and POLAND [1260]
Yes there are. Some people have been put in the position where they're better off not working and being paid for by people like me. Some people are too bone idle to work. I get satisfaction from having done a day's work, even if it's not the best day, or even the best job. How low is unemployment in the UK?
there not enough to go round for Brits and Pols
Yes there are. Some people have been put in the position where they're better off not working and being paid for by people like me. Some people are too bone idle to work. I get satisfaction from having done a day's work, even if it's not the best day, or even the best job. How low is unemployment in the UK?
osiol
17 Sep 2007
History / Poland-Russia: never-ending story? [1341]
I think both anarchism, and especially terrorism are a little older.
I think both anarchism, and especially terrorism are a little older.
osiol
16 Sep 2007
News / English vs. Polish hostility [323]
It's just a shame that if someone employs a dodgy gas-fitter,
they're most likely not the ones who have to take the consequences.
For personal use, I only accept the best.
It's just a shame that if someone employs a dodgy gas-fitter,
they're most likely not the ones who have to take the consequences.
For personal use, I only accept the best.
osiol
16 Sep 2007
News / English vs. Polish hostility [323]
I accepted a corgi registered plumber recently.
The little dog had a tag on his collar, so I let him sort out my central heating.
I think he was Welsh though.
Cor = small
Ci (Gi) = dog
I accepted a corgi registered plumber recently.
The little dog had a tag on his collar, so I let him sort out my central heating.
I think he was Welsh though.
Cor = small
Ci (Gi) = dog
osiol
16 Sep 2007