UK, Ireland / Polish and Foreign Drivers in the UK [28]

lots of nonsense said in here...

when i came to england adapting to driving on the other side of the road took me exactly... 2 hours. that is what it took me from the ferry to birmingham...

europeans (those from the continent) do not drive better or worse than english ones... whereas on our 2005 mini run to barcelona we had two english guys entering roundabouts the wrong way...

our trip to the nuerburgring in the following year did cost two english people their minis...

well... judge for yourselves... ;)

i can't understand why i have to pay more for my insurance only because i have a german driving licence...

no matter if left or right side of the road... the person behind the wheel makes the difference...

UK, Ireland / Polish community in Leeds? [25]

quite impressive figures but i believe in Leeds are even more poles than the quoted 4000.
an interesting phenomenom though is that poles usually try to stay with themselves and not to mix with the natives.
why is that? i remember when i came to england i avoided meeting germans (i am german by the way) to get into the whole english thing as quickly as possible. today i consider it being my home and my friends and colleagues accept me completely even if i sometimes start being very german about things... :D

however...
what is it that makes those polish people that decide to come to leeds that makes this place attractive? is it only that you know already someone here before you decide to go to england? or is there a particular work around leeds that attracts polish workers?

many questions... ;)

UK, Ireland / british exodus [4]


every statistic can be bent and interpreted to exactly tell what one wants it to tell...

the figures above during which time span are they taken? 1week, 1month, 1year?

UK, Ireland / Polish community in Leeds? [25]


are you joking???
(maps help...)


are you joking???
(reading the forum title helps)


are you joki....


ok i understand...

UK, Ireland / Polish community in Leeds? [25]


to be more precise it was at the leeds metropolitan university.
the venue still today hosts many great gigs (although not as good as the who one, which was voted best live-album ever by critics on several occasions), but many of the local bands have their first big gigs here...

and yes. the who still are great...

HOWEVER...
can we please stop posting off-topic and come back to the original topic?

thanks... ;)

UK, Ireland / If I was to move to Poland from Ireland... [92]


you probably could.

have you ever been to poland? do you speak the language? do you know their customs and traditions? etc etc etc...
there are a lot of questions to be considered before anyone can give you proper advice...

nobody knows your current lifestyle. moving to a different country is always a big step and you should first start gathering information about your potential new home.

good luck though...

Law / Debts & Death in Poland - who is responsible? [8]

it certainly is like that in germany and i can't imagine it being any different in any of the eu countries.

but you always have the chance to decline the heritage. in that case it is the tax payer who pays your parents debts...

UK, Ireland / Are polish pupils harming native british childrens education? [280]


it is called solidarity....
this is how democracy works.


i remember there was a time when the empire had colonies all over the planet. where they invited? what was the gain?
i recommend thinking first before talking...

Law / Debts & Death in Poland - who is responsible? [8]


so if your parents own a house worth £200k but are in debt by £250 you do not have access to any of it...
but who is paying actually the remaining £50k?? the taxpayer i guess? or is that just lost money for the organisation that lend the money in the first place??

UK, Ireland / If I was to move to Poland from Ireland... [92]


can understand that so well...

i did move almost 4 years ago from Berlin, Germany to Leeds, England. since then i tried to avoid germans. not that i don't like them but it is easier to dive into life in England that way.

you have to know though that i was already speaking some english before i cam here.
like zeze i have not been to england before i applied for a job but i believe with a certain open mind you can make it almost anywhere...

my girlfriend is from sczcecin and we consider moving back to either her or my home town within the next 5 years (only if my company allows me to set up a branch there) and then have to decide if it is going to be Berlin or Szczecin. the distance is short and i am slightly inclined to maybe take the challenge...

UK, Ireland / Are polish pupils harming native british childrens education? [280]


hahaha...

so britain sent the salvation army???
they put existing countries into their empire only because british people are "so nice" to build new countries on places where there are already countries (not to mention the people living in them)??

don't you think there was for example a massive interest in getting these countries ressources to britains benefit???

how shortsighted and ignorant is that view, please?

UK, Ireland / Are polish pupils harming native british childrens education? [280]


actually i do not moan about anything.
it is almost always the brits on here who moan about how their society gets taken over by foreigners...
by the way i grew up in germany. nothing commy or left there so please stop taking in assumptions and start saying something productive for the discussion...


i said something ONCE. and that was not even lefty whatever...
but it is nice to see on what well educated level some people are writing...


finally something i can agree with...


so well siad. in germany we have been going through this process some years ago and guess what, all you doubters, our country still exists...


on a slightly lighter note: have you ever seen brit people traveling?


well... quite obviously not...


very good point actually...

UK, Ireland / Are polish pupils harming native british childrens education? [280]


that's truly european way of thinking...
oh i forgot...
EVERYbody on this planet should be able to speak english, right?


erm... you seem not very confident about everything "english"... do you see this country and its (truly great!) heritage not strong enough to cope with different cultures??

england will always be england in the same way as poland will always be poland.
don't panic...

Life / rules and regulation for marrying a polish girl [68]


very nice link! thx ShelleyS!

Life / Pensions for immigrants [11]

it is highly unlikely that anything will be paid before the woman reaches retirement age...
£80 sounds quite high after only 5 years work and i am also unsure if they pay when you are not living here anymore.

well... they would be kind of stupid if they would pay for other countries pensioners.

imagine the following scenario:
if the above works then any (eu)-state with too many people close to retirement and low living standards would send all their 60 year old people to the uk to be able to claim pensions???

how cool would that be?

Life / Driving in Poland after Schengen Status [3]

you should get an international driving licence. i believe you only just got away with the indian one while driving in europe.
anyway it doesn't cost much and definitely has you on the safe side...

USA, Canada / USA, the nation of immigrants [30]

Dice
that is so not true...
have you actually ever lived in germany? i guess not.

like everywhere it makes a difference with what kind of people you mix. the higher educated ones will surely not keep seeing you as "that polish guy" or even if, they will not judge for being polish (or any other nationality)...

with the less educated ones it is different almost anywhere on this planet (incl. USA i guess)...

History / WW2: Britain Declares War on Germany to Save Poland [290]


without the poles you had only kids to fly your spitfires against the messerschmidts...
so please stop talking rubbish...

UK, Ireland / Are polish pupils harming native british childrens education? [280]


rubbish.
do you have kids yourself?
then you would know that the mechanisms in childrens brains work slightly different...


when i read the newspapers it appears that this is a problem with many parents especially in the uk, as well as in many other countries where both parents are forced to work full time to make a living...

much too often over here i read about teachers being blamed for lack of care and educating the kids... well... those are still parents' tasks, not teachers'...

(looking forward to see what you call me this time)

UK, Ireland / Are polish pupils harming native british childrens education? [280]

fact is, and i AM living in the uk, that the problem are not immigrant's children but the government.

if a government (anywhere on this planet) decides to let foreigners live, work and pay taxes in their country they have to take measures to accomodate all aspects of the story. FULL STOP!

blaming immigrants and their children is simply a sign of desperation and low level of education (which unfortunately doesn't enable people to see the bigger picture).

UK, Ireland / Are polish pupils harming native british childrens education? [280]


definitely prefer bob to commy and lefty... ;)

unfortunately we loose languages we learnt quickly as kids once we grow up without practising them... you will see though that when you travel to spain (or southamerica) you will pick up the language within a few days...

on the topic.
sure parents have the biggest responsibility in educating their children.
and children should be helped by for example speaking the hosts language at home instead your mothertongue...
but i do certainly not believe in extra payment to take extra classes. because that is what we as foreigners pay taxes for. some arguments on here do not count.

if it is that taxes paid should NOT be used to accomodate foreign childrens needs at school, can i as a foreigner than pay less tax as my money is only to be used to educate natives???

some people have to understand that today we can not only think local anymore...

UK, Ireland / Are polish pupils harming native british childrens education? [280]


how god damn stupid is this person actually??
seems as if you got your education on dirty toilets...

by the way. did you now that poles when they go back home have to pay taxes for all the years they worked in a different country?

it's not them who can be blamed but the governments of both states who need to sort that out. at the end you should pay your tax where you earn...

but as i said. it is NOT the immigrants who are to be blamed.
even foul language doesn't change that...

UK, Ireland / Are polish pupils harming native british childrens education? [280]


there you must have mixed me up with someone else posting in this thread! read carefully before blaming me for things i never did and certainly would never do... apology expected!


and as i mentioned above they still have to pay their taxes in their home countries. this is most certainly not going to stay like this forever and is down to bureaucracy, ie immigrants CAN'T be blamed for that! is it really that difficult to understand??

UK, Ireland / Are polish pupils harming native british childrens education? [280]


100% of the poles i know live in perfectly normal conditions.

but certainly i understand the idea of sharing houses to save money. do not students in the UK do pretty much the same?? ;)

UK, Ireland / Are polish pupils harming native british childrens education? [280]


show some manners please...
here is the post you are referring to. definitely not me, right...
https://polishforums.com/archives/2005-2009/uk-ireland/drunken-poles-streets-london-16655/#msg308825


LOL!
you are kidding, aren't you?
how 19th century is that point of view, please?

UK, Ireland / Are polish pupils harming native british childrens education? [280]

oh...
i see you are not very good in admitting a mistake but expect everyone else to simply take everything for granted you say?

look you wrongly accused me of doing something i did not do!
apologising for that is the least you could do...

manners? apparently not...

UK, Ireland / Are polish pupils harming native british childrens education? [280]


yeah... and my first name is SAUER, stupid...
any problems with that?

or do i have no right to live in the UK neither? :D

UK, Ireland / Are polish pupils harming native british childrens education? [280]


that's why you address me as KRAUT??? okay, i understand this. big posters in this thread have apparently a problem with a reasonable grown up discussion as ShelleyS already proved.

in addition to my answer above. "patriotic rights to do whatever they want to do in their own countries" is just a little backwards as a statement.

we are living in the 21st century and UK is part of the EU and benefits from that fact as well. people have to understand that and not only point out the negative things that happen...

would british people really prefer to live on their own on their island without any connection to the EU?

patriotism in connection with aggression is extremely dangerous (as KRAUT i know what i am talking about) and a thing of the past where it should stay, please.

no problem with pride on your heritage but the "my-nationality-is-better-than-yours" mentality in this forum is really so wrong.

i would expect that when people register in a forum that includes certain nationalities, they show a certain open mind. unfortunately that does not happen and like little children they argue about who has the biggest willy...

pitty, as it doesn't solve any problems...

UK, Ireland / Are polish pupils harming native british childrens education? [280]

what a coincidence that LIR has posted a similar shaded post than i did at the same time... :)