Life / Polish culture - know your place. 'They ignore me completely' aspect. [17]

Hmm, you might be right. That`s my wife`s cousin from Śląsk region. Ober Schlessien.

Life / Polish culture - know your place. 'They ignore me completely' aspect. [17]

Nope. He smells whisky before gulping a few shots:

Cat, you crazy, dog?? Back off!

I told you: bugger off!!


:):):):):)
Please, be tolerant. After all, we are all Europeans...... :):):):)

Life / Dzień chłopaka (Boy's Day) in Poland [10]

Presents that my male students got on Boys` Day.

Feedback / How about adding country flag to the user profile ? [34]

I would like to display the flag of my beloved country - Poland , I mean.



PS. Tell me, did I pick up a good one for forum display? I am deficient in full colour recognition in my sight. I can`t see a few colours.

Travel / Surprising that there's no snow here in Poland and its mid December.. [9]

There was snow in August, that`s enough:

Travel / Snow tyres in Poland... legal or reccomended? [25]

When there is a snow and ice alarm declared on a section of the road, especially in the mountains, the police patrol check if cars have snow tyres and chains. If not, they are not allowed to pass through.

Feedback / How about adding country flag to the user profile ? [34]

No, this is Krakow flag.

News / Does Poland count in Europe or is it ignored? [428]

Germany pledges 60 million for Auschwitz upkeep
17.12.2009 11:12
Germany is to allocate 60 million euros for the maintenance of the Auschwitz death camp museum in southern Poland. The decision was taken on Wednesday by Chancellor Angela Merkel and regional leaders in Germany.

Regional governments will provide 30 million euro for the upkeep of the Auschwitz museum, said Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia, Juergen Ruettgers.
The Auschwitz museum has estimated that it needs around 120 million euros for maintenance and modernization of the former Nazi death camp. Until now, the Auschwitz-Birkenau museum has been maintained mainly from funds from Poland’s state budget and its own revenue. Foreign aid in 2008 accounted for approximately just five percent of its total budget.

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EU cash cow
18.12.2009 11:04

Poland has received enormous financial support from the European Union in 2009, writes the Rzeczpospolita daily.
The country will spend almost 5.5 billion euro from EU subsidies this year, which is two thirds more than in 2008. Thanks to EU funds and money from the budget, Poland has managed to make investments worth over 8 billion euro.

Most of the EU financial sources were devoted to the development of infrastructure – roads, railways and airports, as well as modernization of universities, support for small and medium-size companies and vocational training for the unemployed.

“EU funds helped create a lot of work places,” comments Ernest Pytlarczyk from BRE Bank. High European subsidies, which equal 3 percent of Poland’s GDP, also helped boost Polish economy and avoid recession, writes Rzeczpospolita. Since Poland’s access to the European Union in 2004, the country has received almost 16 billion euro.

erm! where's the link ?

News / Does Poland count in Europe or is it ignored? [428]


Seems so. :):):)


Doesn`t seem so. When I drive on a renovated road, decorated with such a board,

my life standard has certainly improved. :):):):):)

History / 100 Zloty from 1988 bill as Xmas gift question [4]

You mean this : banknoty.republika.pl/polska_rzeczpospolita_ludowa/prl74_89/100zl_15stycznia1975.jpg

It was used throughout 70s and 80s.

The value of the present is high if the man collects such stuff.

Travel / New Year's Eve in Warsaw. How to spend it? [26]

Check pub called Lolek. It has nice reviews as a student-friendly place with a lot of music.


Yes, Berlin`s Love Parade is the biggest event in Europe. :):):):)

Travel / New Year's Eve in Warsaw. How to spend it? [26]

What about hot highland girls with their belly dancing?

Travel / New Year's Eve in Warsaw. How to spend it? [26]

Rożnów is close to the mountains, don`t you know?

Watch this great clip
youtube.com/v/oDNGiuV9JcM

Travel / New Year's Eve in Warsaw. How to spend it? [26]

Here: youtube.com/v/t_Tb-QKX1-Y

News / Does Poland count in Europe or is it ignored? [428]

Yes, the topic of Poland as a superpower was discussed: https://polishforums.com/news/poland-prediction-world-superpower-xxi-38386/

But thank you for bringing it up again here.

News / Does Poland count in Europe or is it ignored? [428]


Yes, they do, and that is why the support for EU in Poland is steadily over 80%. People just love fairy tales. :):):):)

Or, maybe they see more than you? :):):):)

twojaeuropa.pl/578/cbos-duze-poparcie-polakow-dla-ue

News / Does Poland count in Europe or is it ignored? [428]

Why blame Eu for 15% tax regulation? Blame the Polish government which imposes tax as high as 22% on most products and services.


Do you also mean full freedom of selling Polish goods in Europe markets?

News / Does Poland count in Europe or is it ignored? [428]

Now your position on the matter is clear to me (it wasn`t so before) and I can say it is fair and I seem to be convinced by your logic.

News / Does Poland count in Europe or is it ignored? [428]

Poland needs to reach the same level of development as Western Europe. Only then will young Poles stay in Poland to make their living here, instead of going West and too often settling there.

Otherwise, we will have to accept the situation that the space left by young Poles leavers will be filled by immigrants from Asia. I have nothing against, Polish culture is rich enough to accomodate all, but it would be nicer if the country was populated by original Poles, not wanna-be-Polish immigrants.

News / Does Poland count in Europe or is it ignored? [428]

Of course, you are right. Hardly does the melting pot work for the first generation of immigrants. It is a known fact, observed in US and other countries with mass immigration.

But it certainly works for immigrants` kids. Providing they start their Polish adventure as toddlers, as adults they will speak and think in Polish. :):):):)

As for hindering any integration, I can tell you it is not so obvious. Some people hinder, but other try to make it easier. E.g. in my son`s kindergarten there was a Vietnamese girl and I heard a few stories.

News / Does Poland count in Europe or is it ignored? [428]


I can see such yellow or black kids playing with their peers in Polish streets. I saw an Asian teenager playing football with hoods and being visibly befriended with them. To the best of my knowledge, they are considered Polish. After all, they speak perfect Polish and that is the most important factor in recognizing one`s nationality, isn`t it?

I think Polish proverbial hospitality helps them accept Polishness as something natural.

News / Does Poland count in Europe or is it ignored? [428]

Wrong example and comparison. Polish isn`t English and English isn`t Polish.

It is very easy to master the English language without getting soaked with English/American/Canadian etc culture. These cultures are open and universal as they have been created by motley crew of immigrants, and as such they are easy to enter or leave without much ado.

It is not the case with the Polish language which is difficult to master and if someone manages to do it, (mind my word perfectly, I am certain you omitted it) he/she can`t avoid being "trapped" by the Polish culture which is unbreakably connected with the language.

Do you mean what I know?


Yes, exactly the same happened in Poland occupied by partition powers, more exactly by Russians and Germans. At some point of history the Polish language was forbidden by occupant authorities, in vain hope that after a few dozen years the Polish nation would vanish from the area.

News / Does Poland count in Europe or is it ignored? [428]

There are various groups of people in Europe for whom Poland does count.
One of them are hunters.
I don`t support hunting, I think hunters are murderous butchers, sickly fascinated with firearms.
The following post is of informative nature, without intention of popularising anything.

Poland is a good destination for hunting trips. We still have a lot of forests and game in it compared to Western Europe.

See the animals that can be hunted in Poland:









Real rarities, not only in Europe, are European bison hunts:

The largest concentration of bison is found in the Bialowieza National Park in Poland. These animals, known as zubr in Polish, have their welfare monitored by the Polish organisation known as 'Operation Zubr'. Poland Hunting is able to offer a very rare opportunity for the trophy sportsman to take one of these special animals. We have a small allocation of bulls and cows which can be taken as a result of herd management. This is a unique opportunity.

polandhunting.com/deer_hunting.htm

History / What if scenario´s for WW2 and Poland [112]

I accidentally bumped into this thread, without real intention to take part, just have a look. I spotted this map and I jumped at an idea.

Unsatisfied with the distribution of influence in Europe and the world, Germans started WW1 in the West and in result lost these territiories in the East:



They still kept this.



Then, frustrated by WW1 outcome, Germans started WW2. This time they were wiser, they began in the East first, but the result was as deplorable as before - they lost even more land.



What was wrong with Germans? I consider them intelligent, down-to-earth, rational, practical people, the nation of great inventors (Roentgen, Benz, Daimler, Mercedes) and composers (Wagner, Schubert, Valkyrie) etc. What pushed them into such a folly, twice?

And it seems that it was Poland which deprived Germans of the most part of this lost land?

Now a serious question.

Do Germans hold a grudge against Poles for losing so much land to Poland? (it doesn`t matter that most of this land belonged to Poland before. Land is land. )

History / What if scenario´s for WW2 and Poland [112]

I am sorry for asking tiresome questions........ :):):):):):):)

OK, Ok, I know. Most Germans don`t hold a grudge, they accepted the reality as it is, they forgot their lost lands, just like Poles forgot their lost territiories in the East.

There is balance in nature, after all. Everybody forgets everything.

History / What if scenario´s for WW2 and Poland [112]

What can be done about it?

History / What if scenario´s for WW2 and Poland [112]

I am sorry, I forgot to post one more map:

History / What if scenario´s for WW2 and Poland [112]

And let Poniatowski drown in the Elbe again?
No way!!! We need all Polish heroes! Alive, here in Poland.

News / Does Poland count in Europe or is it ignored? [428]


To be frank, not too many. I know one dentist whose daughter I used to teach English. He is a big burly guy with a harsh voice and a face of Frankenstein`s monster. Yuk!


You told me your story, I`ll tell you mine. In 1996 I went on holiday to the lakes with my girlfriend, today my wife. I had borrowed a fishing license and a rod from my sister`s boyfriend. Camping at the lake, I went fishing one early morning. After an hour or two I caught a fish. I pulled it off water. When I saw it springing on the planks of the fishing bridge, I decided to let it go. What is more, I decided to give up fishing completely and never kill a wild animal for my personal pleasure.

People who kill for pleasure are sick.


I don`t care about surnames. Every hunter who enjoys killing is sick in his head to me.

Poland in foreign eyes
27.12.2009 15:30
Pope John Paul II, Lech Walesa and Nicolas Copernicus - these are the three Poles who are mentioned most frequently in history textbooks in various countries. According to a report on Polish communities abroad, compiled by the Polish Foreign Ministry, in most countries the problems of Poland are taken up in the context of the outbreak of World War Two, the Holocaust and the collapse of communism. Generally speaking, Poland is given marginal treatment in both history and geography texbooks. France is singled out in the report as a country where the presentation of Poland is negligent and outdated.

thenews.pl/international/?id=122671

History / What if scenario´s for WW2 and Poland [112]


Good. I prefer to march with intelligent Germans than with the French. :):):):):):):)