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Speaks Polish?: Yes, but I prefer English
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pawian   
14 Oct 2008
Travel / My trip to Poland - I hated Katowice, loved Krakow, and adored Bielsko [59]

We spent a few days at a lake in the area where my girlfriend was learning to scuba dive... does anyone know what this lake is called? it had beautiful clay cliffs bordering the water.

It is Zakrzówek, a former limestone quarry, today flooded by underground water. A beautiful place, especially when you swim close under the cliffs....
pawian   
14 Oct 2008
Life / Where to do laundry in Krakow? [24]

Does anyone know of somewhere I can do my laundry that is near to the mining college, or at least in that area of the city?

There is a big pond with clean water in the nearby Jordan Park.... :):):)

Sorry for the joke but I have no idea about laundrettes in Kraków. They are not very popular in Poland. Most people have a washing machine...
pawian   
14 Oct 2008
Life / What to do with my penny jar full of Polish coins? [10]

I have a jar full of coins, mostly 20gr or less.

Why don`t you throw them into a fountain located in a town/city you would like to return to? A jar of coins will significantly enhance your chances of coming there back... :):):)

How about this fountain?
pawian   
18 Oct 2008
History / Question related to Jews during Saturday night in II Rzeczypospolita [12]

There were many Jews, especially in the inteligentsia class, who didn`t follow the religious principle in life. They spoke Polish instead of Jiddish, lived in Polish districts, had Polish friends.

They were looked upon with contempt by other religious Jews, that`s for sure.

But were they worse or unreal?

I don`t think so.

When Germans came, all Jews, whether religious or not, were treated as real.
pawian   
19 Oct 2008
Food / Polish National Dish [54]

does any1 know it? how does it taste?

It is just delicious. We eat it almost every day:


pawian   
23 Oct 2008
Life / Unusual Sightings in Warsaw - millions of black crows... [22]

Switezianka: BTW, they can't be ravens, ravens are very rare in Poland.
I think the Warsaw ones are ravens (kruki) - quite different to crows of which there are plenty too.

No. Switezianka is correct. They couldn`t be ravens. Neither were they crows. So what?
They were rooks.

Nesting

[i]Nesting is always colonial, usually in the very tops of the trees. Branches and twigs are broken off trees (very rarely picked up off the ground), though as many are likely to be stolen from nearby nests as are collected from trees. Eggs are usually 3-5 in number, can appear by the end of February or early March and are incubated for 16-18 days. Both adults feed the young, which are fledged by the 32nd or 33rd day.

In autumn, the young birds of the summer collect into large flocks together with unpaired birds of previous seasons, often in company with Jackdaws. It is during the autumn that spectacular aerial displays can be seen by adult birds that seem to delight in the autumn gales.
pawian   
28 Oct 2008
News / I support creation of Great Poland [134]

let it be written that i as a Serbian support all eventual Polish intentions to create vast Polish state which should protect Slavs from Baltic to Balkan, from Lusatia to Ukraine

i even urge on Polish inteligentsia to boost its efforts. By Serbian logic Sarmatia is Sarmatia, particular title of state is just technical detail, heritage is important and it would be all right. So, i`m sure that majority of Serbs (Orthodox and Catholic) could support this idea and be very loyal cityzens of that powerful Slavic state

I also believe that Russia would support this and similar intentions

Being an intelligent Polish man, a representative of the class called intelligentsia in Poland, quite well acquianted with reality (teachers must be down-to-earth, must`nt they? ), I can say only one thing: this is one giant crap.
pawian   
29 Oct 2008
News / I support creation of Great Poland [134]

you know for those Catholic priests in Poland who were henged by German occupators in WWII?

They also were Polish inteligentsia

Not only by Germans, By nationalist Lithuanians, Ukrainians too.

But the times have changed. The majority of Germans are not Nazi today. Stop thinking in past terms.

What you propose, this whole idea of Great Poland, which in the past meant the subjugation of Ukraine, Lithuania and Belarus under the Polish rule, means the same what happened to Poland duiring WW2. Extermination of Polish nation.

I understand you are doing everything to help Serbia regain Kosovo and other territories.
But do you really need to mix Poland into it?

You boys must play alot of video games.
Bedroom Generals.

:):):)
Very correct. Your remark brought tears into my eyes.

My favourite strategic games in 1990s:
1. Civilisation 1 and 2.
2. Age of Empires.
3. Imperialism.
4. Europa Universalis.

Also The Conquest of the New World.
pawian   
29 Oct 2008
News / I support creation of Great Poland [134]

Are you teacher ?

Yes. Sorry if it sounds offensive to you. My job is to teach students that we live in Europe of many nations who should cooperate with each other, not try to create Great Something.
pawian   
29 Oct 2008
News / I support creation of Great Poland [134]

You are brainwashing the children to be "Europeans" rather than Poles?

Don`t be silly. How can kids who speak the Polish language and stick to Polish culture forget they are Polish???
We teach them that apart from being Polish they are also European. You can`t deny that Poland is in Europe, can you? :):):)

Photos from a Polish kindergarten. What two European nations do these kids represent on European Union Day?

Your interpretation of history was wrong.

Funny but I think the same about you.
You see, we are cooperating in a way. Great. :):):)
pawian   
31 Oct 2008
News / Why is Tusk still Polish PM? [67]

Tusk, compared to previous PM, Kaczyński, looks and sounds a very agreeable man.

That is why the support for him hasn`t diminished. We will see if it is kept in the future, but for the time being Tusk has the biggest chance to win presidential elections in 2010.

Don`t be silly. Kashubs are regular Poles. They have never wanted to seperate from Poland, they died for it during WW2.
pawian   
31 Oct 2008
News / Why is Tusk still Polish PM? [67]

May I give you a piece of advice?

If you participate in this forum, attempting to arouse sympathy and support for the Serbian cause from the Polish nation, my advice is the following: Forget it.

The truth is brutal: Poles have bigger problems than Serbia and Kosovo. Things have gone too far there and nothing will be like in the past again. Kosovo is lost for Serbia and the sooner you understand it, the better. Stop wasting your time trying to persuade Poles to stand up for Racowie because it is all in vain.

Instead of starting futile discussions about Kosovo and silly musings about Polish PM Tusk, , why don`t you work hard to make Serbia really great, I mean economically. Do your best in some nice office or factory in Belgrade and after some time your country will prosper. It will be enough if it is strong without being Great.
pawian   
31 Oct 2008
News / Why is Tusk still Polish PM? [67]

Sorry if I hurt your feelings but I thought that sincerity, even brutal, is better than illusions.
pawian   
31 Oct 2008
News / Why is Tusk still Polish PM? [67]

ne. My `thank you` was honest thank you. I didn`t know what to tell you. I know that after your well formulated reply was impossible to me to try to convince you that Kosovo crisis isn`t even start yet.

Kosovo crisis is finished. There are practically no Serbs there. Several thousand who remain are deprived of any political power and have to be protected by UN forces. And if Serbia starts a new war to regain Kosovo, it will be smashed, let alone losing a chance to access the EU.

How could you understand that when you sit somwhere and didn`t expirienced absolute hate what was given to Serbs by NATO and EU.

It was discussed here many times, that is the hate that Serbs brought on their heads by themselves, for example mercilessly shelling Sarajevo.

But, on the end, it isn`t something new to us. We recognized `drang nach osten` behind all that evil.

Are you sure you got the direction right? In case of Serbia, I think it is Drang nach Süden???

In the future, Poles would recognize same threat. Its inevitable. You would found it, no mater that you can`t believe that exactly that coming to you in `distant` future.

Poles got rid of the thought of the threat by accepting the Polish access to the European Union in 2004. Today, about 70% Poles still suport the Union and are glad Poland is in it. Do you suggest that 70% Poles are morons?

In the menwhile, Serbians would beat them because you know, border of Slavic world is violated. Evil MUST retreat

You cherish illusions like a boy who plays with his toy soldiers on the carpet of his bedroom. You know that Serbia can`t move a finger, otherwise it will be smashed....

so, just sit, observe and don`t underestimate Serbians, if you feel that it is right- give moral support to Serbs, at least.

Being a Christian, I can give moral support to Serbs who in a Christian way adapt to the current situation.

If you believe that you are Polish and that you and your children need to be Polish and if there is something in your head, you would pray that Serbs push THEM back

I am sorry. As a Christian, I think it would be a sin to say prayers for Serbs pushing anybody back.... You see, I don`t support murder, and that`s what Serbs would have to do to push them back.
pawian   
1 Nov 2008
News / Why is Tusk still Polish PM? [67]

Dear Sasha,

I am sorry for not replying to your letter earlier but I have been very busy recently.

I am writing my reply now to tell you that your piece of advice is directed wrongly. It would suit a Pole who participates in a Russian forum, introduces the topic of Katyn there and argues with Russian members.

However, this one here is the Polish forum and we are free to discuss all Polish topics, even such painful ones as Katyń. Being a non-Polish Russian guest, you must accept this fact. If you can`t, why are you still here?

The next thing I must tell you is that again you are wrong trying to compare Polish Katyń to Serbian Kosovo. It is a comparison that only a total ignorant could make. I am not going to elaborate on the Polish intellectual elite murdered by bolsheviks in the Soviet Union, whereas Serbs were "only" expelled.

The greatest difference here, in my opinion, is in the action advocated by two sides, I mean Crow and Poles. Crow demands a Slavic crusade into Kosovo and tries to lure Poland into it. The crusade would naturally mean bloodshed, suffering and extermination of Albanian Kosovars. Whereas Poles are not going to war with Russia over Katyń. They are not even going to war with individual Russians. You can live, work and love in our country without being harassed or held respoinsible for the Massacre.

That is why I think that Polish discussions about Katyń are harmless as they only pertain to past history. On the other hand, Crow`s fanaticism pertains to present and near future, and implies killing on a mass scale.

Do you see now how mistaken you were? I think you do.

Thank you for your patient perusal of this letter.
Hope to hear from you soon.

Yours

Pawian
pawian   
1 Nov 2008
News / Why is Tusk still Polish PM? [67]

It's falling down.

After a year of him being at power, the fall is barely noticed...

Even idiots open their eyes someday.

As a non-idiot, I will keep my eyes shut wide. :):):)
pawian   
1 Nov 2008
History / Roman Dmowski- Polish Adolf Hitler? [219]

When in Warsaw last summer, I saw such grafitti on walls:

The bottom sentence says : Poland`s border on the Elbe River (the river is in Germany). Funny......
pawian   
3 Nov 2008
Travel / Parking in Krakow [9]

There is a real problem with in in Krakow. Old parkings were liquidated, new ones haven`t been completed yet.

Currently there is no real parking in the center. You must try to look for space in streets leading to the square. One hour costs 3 zlotys.

See the map of parking zones.

krakow.come2europe.eu/o_miescie/komunikacja/samochod_w_krakowie

You can park your car in Galeria Krakowska, next to the railway station.

I often park my car in Plac Biskupi, not far from The Barbican.
pawian   
3 Nov 2008
Travel / Best way to travel to Krakow from Gdynia? [5]

During the summer we drove from Kraków to Hel in 10 hours. We covered 710 kilometers. The average fuel consumption was 12 litres of autogas per 100. The cost of it - about 200 zlotys.

In another thread you are asking about parking sites. So, finally you have decided to drive to Krakow, haven`t you? Why? :):):)
pawian   
3 Nov 2008
Travel / ŁÓDZ..is it worth a visit? [25]

Not to offend anyone but £ódź is at the bottom of my cities-to-visit list. I am really sorry. :):):)
pawian   
3 Nov 2008
History / Sarmatia Europe - Could it be political reality? [183]

idea of `Sarmatia Europae` (let`s use this term) becoming reality and that more and more people realize that EU isn`t solution. Not that EU isn`t solution but EU must be recognized as part of problem and should be replaced with something what promissing better and sustain future for Slavs and those who see itself in close relations with Slavs.
EU is German tool and let it just continue to serve Germany. There is available alternative for Slavs.

Currently, Slavic countries are too poor to play an important role in Europe.

When the budget of Slavic countries exceeds that of Germany and other Western European powers, we will talk about replacing EU with sth else.

But it is certainly not going to happen during our lifetime.

Simply speaking: There is no alternative.

Conclusion: Forget Sarmatia Europe.
pawian   
4 Nov 2008
History / Sarmatia Europe - Could it be political reality? [183]

here, we trying to talk about sistem which can put Slavs in better position

Your hidden message is quite obvious here.

When you say Slavs, you mean Serbs.
When you say in a better position, you mean regain Kosovo.

Don`t you? :):):)

It has already been said here: 70% Poles are satisfied with EU.
Why do you want to persuade them they are wrong?
pawian   
8 Nov 2008
Life / Which area of Poland speaks the least English? [12]

I know Krakow is full of tourists and businesses ready to communicate in English but where is Polish the only real language?

Generally, all armpit villages far from big cities.... Not only their English is hardly comprehensible. Polish too.