News / European Quality Of Life Index: Poland in the middle [29]

I want to move to Poland to work and I'm English :)

I don't want to live in England ever again, I want to live in Poland but can't get a mortgage.

I need an address in Poland to get a mortgage but I need a mortgage to get an address :(

Life / Where do you live in Poland? [19]

I live in £ódź as often as possible :D

Love / Help-my polish bf doesn't fancy me! [94]

I might be crazy but.........

I don't want a Bj or a new car for my birthday. All I want is to be with my gf on my birthday.

Travel / How often do you visit Poland? [32]

Its between once a month and 1/2 the time. I went for half because I wish I could :)

Travel / Driving to Zakopane from England [21]

Its not Law in Germany to have winter tyres but.....

If you have an accident with summer tyres and it could have been avoided if you had winter tyres, you will be held liable for the accident and your insurance will be invalid.

There was heavy snow around Berlin February this year and winter tyres would have been handy. I now have winter tyres and snow chains :)

Travel / Driving to Zakopane from England [21]


:) I know. He must drive through Germany to get to Poland :) He is driving from the UK.

A2 accross Germany to Berlin. A13 and A15 to Cotbuss. A18 from the border to the A4. A4 to Krakow.

Life / Military service in Poland [17]

The reality of war for the soldier is 95% boredom and 5% being scared. The worst part is when you return to normal life.

True, war is bad but you learn to laugh at what is happening around you.

Conscription is not a good idea, you don't want people who are forced on the battlefield.

From what I have heard, the Polish Army is doing well on operations.

Life / Military service in Poland [17]


My answer is the same


Only 3 months of my time has been bad, the rest of the 13 years has been very enjoyable.

It does build character and it has made me a stronger person.

Love / Love my polish girlfriend alot but under pressure from family [166]

Paying everything for her is not being a Gentleman, that's just crazy. Girls don't want to depend upon a man all the time. Its nice to do all the things you say but not all the time, it loses its appeal if its not done spontainiously.

Being a Gentleman is about treating her as an equal and being there for her when she needs you.

Food / A HANDFUL OF EASY WIGILIA DISHES [3]

Nov 27, 09, 23:04 - Thread attached on merging:
Wigilia - recipes for the 12 different dishes required

I will be cooking on Wigilia with my gf and was wondering where I could get recipes for the 12 different dishes.

My gf does not cook much and keeps forgetting to ask her Mum and Aunt.

Love / Love my polish girlfriend alot but under pressure from family [166]

loveMYcountry

No, I'm not Polish

No I don't live in Poland because I have a job that keeps me away but I am in Poland every weekend and every holiday.

My Polish girlfriend gets angry if I try and pay for everything, she does not want to be kept by me, she wants to look after herself too sometimes.

In England I was brought up to pay everything when I go out with a girl but the world has moved on. Girls want equality and to know they can look after themselves without a man doing everything for them.

I have had girlfriends from a few different countries and all of them liked to be treated equal.

I might not have been clear, always offer to pay but when they say no, let them pay for their part. Just dont pay everytime.

If they want you to pay everytime, in my experience, they are gold diggers.

Food / ENGLISH FOOD...delivered to your door in Poland.. [9]

Good idea to let others know about it :)

but....

sorry, I prefer to eat Polish food when I'm in Poland. I can live without English food.

Food / ENGLISH FOOD...delivered to your door in Poland.. [9]


I prefer that on Meat and Potato pie.

Cheese and Worcestershire sauce on Beans on Toast.

Heinz meanz Beanz

Love / Love my polish girlfriend alot but under pressure from family [166]

She made it very very clear she does not want me to pay every time but I have never let her pay for me. I listen to what my girlfriend wants I don't do what other people expect.

Hmm, I wonder why she is with me and not a Polish guy?

News / Does Poland count in Europe or is it ignored? [427]

I don't think Poland had much to do with the expelling of Germans. This was stipulated by Stalin at the Yalta Conference in 1945.

The russians would have the east of the ammended Curzon line and Poland would get the part of Germany up to the river Oder.

Uk said no but the USA said ok.

Poland had a puppet Red Army Government under Beruit at the time and the Government in Exile were not allowed at the conference.

News / Does Poland count in Europe or is it ignored? [427]


As I said earlier the "Expelling" of Germans, from places like Brenslau/wroclaw and replacing them with Poles from Lwow, was agreed my the 3 main Allied Leaders at the Yalta Conference. The Germans did not agree to anything, they were forced to accept.

Churchill trusted Stalin (fool) and Roosevelt wanted the Stalin to help fight Japan.

They both thought they could talk Stalin round by the end of the War in Germany. As you can see they failed. Poland has always counted in Europe but they stupidly left it to the Soviets at the end of WW2.

Love / Love my polish girlfriend alot but under pressure from family [166]


I'm a decent man, I listen to what my gf wants. The first few times I paid even though she asked me not to, when I got home she had slipped the money into my pocket.

Am I not decent because I did not pay for the meal?

Love / Love my polish girlfriend alot but under pressure from family [166]

Amathyst

I'm not decent because we went out for dinner and nobody invited the other out to dinner.

We just went out together and ended up having dinner.

News / Does Poland count in Europe or is it ignored? [427]


The Red Army wanted the Germans out. Read about the Yalta Agreement. The East was Stalin's big plan for a buffer between Germany and Russia.

The Polish had no choice.

News / Does Poland count in Europe or is it ignored? [427]

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The Poles kicked out of Lwow moved into the places the Germans were moved from. I don't call that looting.

The Ethnic Cleansing was a Soviet tactic and plan, it was not Polish.

News / Does Poland count in Europe or is it ignored? [427]


Reading about her I can see why the Poles want to block what she is doing.

Not through something to hide but from her blinkered view it was the Polish at fault for the expulsions.

I'm not Anti-German but this woman is deluded.

News / Does Poland count in Europe or is it ignored? [427]


From Wikipedia Gauleiter Karl Hanke declared the city a Festung (fortress) to be held at all costs. Hanke finally lifted a ban on the evacuation of women and children when it was almost too late. During his poorly organised evacuation in early March 1945, 18,000 people froze to death in icy snowstorms and -20°C weather. By the end of the Siege of Breslau, half the city had been destroyed. An estimated 40,000 civilians lay dead in the ruins of homes and factories. After a siege of nearly three months, "Fortress Breslau" surrendered on 7 May 1945, just before the end of the war.

This does not sound like a Polish tale to me.

News / Does Poland count in Europe or is it ignored? [427]


There is lots on Google about her.

I'm not going to bother posting more on this thread. You seem to "Want" Poland to be responsible for something when they were not.

The forced expulsions were brought about by the Invasion of Poland in the first place.

If you want to go back further, Germany invaded Poland to get back land given away at the end of WW1. Who was the aggressor in WW1. Who divided Poland up for 200 years?

News / Does Poland count in Europe or is it ignored? [427]


Torun was part of the Kingdom of Poland the year he was born. Im not a history begginer either. I have read German History, Russian History and Polish history.

If you think where Poland is has always been German you do not understand what you have read. I have an interest in History not any nation, I read history with an open mind.

Nobles changing the king they follow does not change what language the peasents spoke.

I know more of your history than I do of my own. You can believe that Germany has rights to all the land from here to Moscow if you want, but you are wrong.

News / Does Poland count in Europe or is it ignored? [427]


I can't be bothered reading your 1 sided crap. Stick to your Black and White History.

News / Does Poland count in Europe or is it ignored? [427]

Im bothered about the real history, not your version.

How old are you?

News / Does Poland count in Europe or is it ignored? [427]


I cant see where all that came from, I never said she was a Nazi, I never said it started with WW2 (I mention WW1 for a start) I know about the Prussians and Teutonic Knights. I know the Baltic states used to have a German INFLUENCE too. I've read the history right back to before the Romans you fool.

I see where your version of history comes from, you read what you want to see.

News / Does Poland count in Europe or is it ignored? [427]

I happen to live in a place that was part of the British crown before 1871.

Which year were you born?

News / Does Poland count in Europe or is it ignored? [427]

It is not small talk, I was wondering as I've lived in this country for a few years. I read your history books a few years ago and I read Russian history and then Polish history.

Funny that its all interlinked isn't it.

Open your eyes to more than 1 side of a story FFS.

News / Does Poland count in Europe or is it ignored? [427]


I'm concentrating on the unbiased part of history.

I'm not Polish, I'm not German I just have an interest in the history of the Area. How do you think I got interested in Poland in the first place?

I like Central and Eastern European history more than western history and their versions.

Don't worry, I try to correct the Polish when they stray to 1 sided History.