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VaFunkoolo   
31 Jul 2008
News / The past and future of Poland. Poland is lost. [113]

Are you offering? Prior to 89 can you show me what this money did to update Poland? No you were really handing the money into Communist hands that took it next door and invested it for her (in themself).

Carol you are unable to keep a coherent conversation going which is why I have never bothered. It's possible you have wothwhile things to say but you have problems keeping your thoughts on track
VaFunkoolo   
31 Jul 2008
News / The past and future of Poland. Poland is lost. [113]

Your contradicting yourself again Carol

And how many billions of euros does the rest of Europe have to give before the knife has been taken out of Poland's back?

Sorry, how many was that...?

With respect VaFunkoolo who thinks this?

Well obviously Carol for a start

Many have posted on this forum that Poland is as good, if not better, than the rest of Europe. This has been discussed at great length at various times
VaFunkoolo   
31 Jul 2008
News / The past and future of Poland. Poland is lost. [113]

Then for others to sit back and think rebuilding a free Poland is a task that happens in the blink of an eye is just plain ignorant.

Well if thats the case Carol explain to my why Poland thinks its up there with the rest of Europe
VaFunkoolo   
31 Jul 2008
News / The past and future of Poland. Poland is lost. [113]

stop talking and do it then.zloty is so strong.sell your properties.buy buckets of pounds.go back to your beloved country and invest there.what keeps you there?i don't really want unhappy brits in my country.

I havent said anything about being unhappy.

Just said that Poland no longer offers the value for money it did previously. Which it doesnt. Undeniably. When you finally go back to your own country you will be shoked how far your zloty no longer goes.

Ive made fuk loads of money from Polish property and what I still have I will sit on until the time comes to sell. Not for a few years I imagine. Ive partied hard, drunk bucket loads of beer, enjoyed good company, avoided the women and beat the locals at their own game.

Ive paid more tax in Poland in the past 12 months than you have probably earnt in the past 24, taken nothing from the system, dealt with shoddy workmanship, paid over-inflated prices and laughed in beaurocrats faces. It's been fun. It's been an adventure.

But Im starting to agree with the growing number of expats who say they no longer want to work with the Poles. It's just not worth it
VaFunkoolo   
31 Jul 2008
News / The past and future of Poland. Poland is lost. [113]

Poland is lost. I lived in Poland when Poland was a nice country to visit. Now its just Europe. Expensive. Bloated prices. Housing ready to bust. Zloty exchange rate too strong. Poland was nice when it was cheap to visit. But without cheap accomodations, it's just another European country with old crumbly buildings, lots of drunks and old people left behind, and a desire to forget how backwards they were just 10 years ago. In many ways, Poland is still backwards. It's worse than Russia in that Poles are arrogant and stupid and have given what promise they ever had to the Western Europeans for cheap

Much of what you say here is true, and therefore offensive to many on this board.

It's not about how expensive it is, it's about value for money and at the moment Poland in many respects is starting to price itself above the value it provides.

People will put up with low quality and poor service when the price is right, but when you can get better for the same price elsewhere the choice is obvious.

Reminds of something said to me by a Pole a couple of weeks ago - why should I spend my vacation in Karwia when I can go to Sardinia for the same price?
VaFunkoolo   
29 Jul 2008
UK, Ireland / British car with 3 wheels... [45]

The whole point is that it's a car designed specifically for disabled people to drive.
VaFunkoolo   
29 Jul 2008
UK, Ireland / Questions about obtaining a UK mortgage with Polish girlfriend. [24]

Wht are your thoughts on the American market - Ive been looking at one area in particular where property prices are LOW and rental values comparitively high. Also plenty of potential room for capital growth Seems like a much better investment opportunity than anything Europe has to offer
VaFunkoolo   
27 Jul 2008
Food / Looking for Polish Sauerkraut soup... [7]

I have a good recipe for chocolate chip muffin and morello cherry trifle if you like. It doesnt have sauerkraut in it either
VaFunkoolo   
27 Jul 2008
UK, Ireland / Sad or stupid - a Polish teacher killed whilst urinating on live rail [88]

I bet 90% of people who call the unfortunate deceased an idiot, do a lot of silly things out of absentmindedness.

Yes. But we are still alive to tell the tale.

As my PE teacher used to say - Dont cross now, theres a bus coming. Too late. Sweep him up
VaFunkoolo   
27 Jul 2008
Travel / What are nightclubs like in Warsaw...? [33]

The best place for fun is SPATIF in Sopot and nothing will beat it;)

Oh M, it's obviously some time since you were in Sopot ;)
VaFunkoolo   
27 Jul 2008
UK, Ireland / Sad or stupid - a Polish teacher killed whilst urinating on live rail [88]

There will always be idiots in every coutnry but of course some countries have more idiots than others.

The UK's idiot control programme includes a live rail. If you are stupid enough to play chicken with trains or p!ss on the live rail - fizz bang - one less idiot to worry about. Huge amounts of money to be saved by giving people the opportunity to remove themselves from the gene pool
VaFunkoolo   
25 Jul 2008
Travel / What are nightclubs like in Warsaw...? [33]

Clubbing is not taken that seriously anywhere east of Berlin

Ive had some fantastic 'clubbing' experiences in Poland where it's much more likely to hear the sort of music I want to hear rather than the commercial plumf that gets churned out in most clubs nowdays.

Clubbing in Sopot has been free for ages which means you can wander as the mood takes you. Thats changed and te key clubs have now started charging.

Del Boy - why the fuk anyone would want to go to Newcastle for any reason is beyond me ;)
VaFunkoolo   
25 Jul 2008
Travel / What are nightclubs like in Warsaw...? [33]

What are nightclubs like in Warsaw...?

The ones I visited were full of pretentious Poles who thought they were a cut-above becasue they had escaped their little village and made it to the capital. The fact that it's a sh!thole hadn't dawned on them
VaFunkoolo   
24 Jul 2008
Travel / Ryanair cancelling flights to Poland at short notice [55]

waiting on their luggage:)

Aha. But theyve thought of that too. Carry on bags fit to burst and squeezed into over head lockers so there is no room to put normal sized hand luggage. Still, if RyanSh!ttyAir is going to charge 25 sovs to check in a bag then fair play to them.
VaFunkoolo   
24 Jul 2008
Real Estate / Interest Rates for Home loans In poland [39]

I don't know any Polish bank that will re-mortgage if you have owned the property for more than 2 years.

Interesting. Thanks
VaFunkoolo   
24 Jul 2008
UK, Ireland / Polish homeless in the UK [42]

What for we keep him here?,

To keep a balanced view?

Not everyone in the UK welcomes immigrants with open arms
VaFunkoolo   
24 Jul 2008
Real Estate / Interest Rates for Home loans In poland [39]

andy b,

As a continuation of what kneehawk has said above, can you tell us anything about taking out a mortgage on a ready owned mortgage free property?
VaFunkoolo   
24 Jul 2008
Travel / Ryanair cancelling flights to Poland at short notice [55]

Why would you pay extra money to get on board a filthy, Poorly airconditioned plane 5 minutes before everyone else?

Especially when everyone else has paid for the same privilage. And to make it funnier, they all rush up the first set of stairs leaving the back set free for all the sensible people who didnt bother with the priority pass.

Same with getting off. They all jump up as soon as the plane lands, switch on their mobile phones and surge forward, leaving the back exit freed up for those sensible people sitting at the back of the plane

Youve got to laugh
VaFunkoolo   
23 Jul 2008
Travel / Ryanair cancelling flights to Poland at short notice [55]

Whats the point in them ?

LOL very little when everyone else has bought one too

we love to queue, VF :). we form a queue hours before they open the gate ha ha.

I know! It's hilarious to watch and even more so when people try to queue jump :)
VaFunkoolo   
23 Jul 2008
Travel / Ryanair cancelling flights to Poland at short notice [55]

It does make me laugh tho with the Poles ALL buying priority bording passes and then still having to wait in a huge queue and then they ALL rush up the first set of stairs up to the plane