News / Poland. Sold for nothing. [341]


Surely, the money would be better spent upgrading the 3rd world transport / infrastructure network in Poland

History / Another WWII thread. [69]


Wow, it sounds like you were there! Do you have any old war pictures of you and your old pals? And what type of destroyer did you have under your command then? Class 1 or 2?

History / Another WWII thread. [69]


Interesting speculation though. When we talk of Russians we actually mean the Soviet Red Army. The Red Army lost more Ukrainians and Belorussians than actual Russians in its ranks. The US Lend Lease equipment/supplies did help for sure at the later stages of the War, but a lot of it was unusable. And, it is also debatable how long Hitler could have occupied and kept control of an area the size of the USSR.

UK, Ireland / "Angry swan eater" - The British media view of Polish immigrants? [63]

Not content with just swans, those dastardly Slavs have milked, cooked and eaten the Celtic Tiger. Whatever next?

History / Another WWII thread. [69]


Hitler was fascist, Stalin was communist. Something was bound to give. Both knew that in 1939 when they signed the Molotov Ribbentrop non-agression treaty.


You seem to forget that the USSR occupied the other half of Poland at the same time.

UK, Ireland / "Angry swan eater" - The British media view of Polish immigrants? [63]


An anagram for something else perhaps?

History / Another WWII thread. [69]


Rubbish. Almost 9 out of every 10 Germans killed in WW2 were killed by the Red Army.

UK, Ireland / "Polish ambassador warns - think twice about coming to Britain for work " [126]


Don't worry Bolek, 99.9% don't want to. Even as tourists.

History / Another WWII thread. [69]


Oh dear, oh dear, I see your knowledge of military history is on par with your knowledge of inclement weather.

Britain only had a very small professional army in 1939, called the BEF, You can read all about the Phoney War on Wikipedia, and how The RAF dropped leaflets on Germany to scare them.

History / Another WWII thread. [69]


Run along old chap, get Mummsie to make you a nice cup of tea, and have a lie down. What, oh?


I refer you to your earlier post #2, for a fine display of that.

History / Another WWII thread. [69]


With the 'aim', but they didn't did they?

Anyway, the entire flotilla was soon needed to help the British army run-away, er sorry... I mean 'evacuate' at Dunkirk, minus all their kit, back to good ol' blightly. There's a good chap, what oh.

History / Another WWII thread. [69]


I don't believe the Polish 'ran' anywhere. The first mass 'running away' of WW2 by anyone was surely the British at Dunkirk ?

As in, "....help us! help us! Please help us! We need to get back to England rather quick because the Bosch are coming"

UK, Ireland / "Polish ambassador warns - think twice about coming to Britain for work " [126]

If you are a young Polish person between say 18-25 and live in a village then you have to leave - if you have any sort of ambition in life. The only other option is a p!ss poor job, or standing at the local village bus shelter drinking Cherry na Czetery.

Life / Average Annual Snowfall in Warsaw ? [6]

How do they work out that the average annual snowfall in Warsaw is only 13-15cm? I've seen that much come down in a couple of hours

Life / Getting married in Polska - some advice required about mixing traditions [27]


Is it a Catholic Wedding? If so, the church service will be v. familiar. If not, don't worry.

Make sure that the band is good, this is v.important that you have seen them / heard them before. We had traditional Polish music, dancers for the first couple of hours, then the band and everyone on my side liked that.

Also make sure that your English guests don't try to keep up with the Poles drinking vodka. This is hard, and ended in disaster for 2 of my guests! (on the 2nd day one fell flat on his face and smashed his teeth, and the other one got alcohol poisoning)

Is it hotel catering? make sure you choose something your guests can eat. A lot of food served at Polish weddings would be considered inedible by UK standards.

We worried alot before hand about keeping everybody happy, but in the end it all worked out.

Life / Should we bring our truck or go small? [15]

worldtravelguide.net/city/135/statistics/Europe/Warsaw.html
guides.travelchannel.com/warsaw/city-guides/fun-facts

Life / Should we bring our truck or go small? [15]


You might be surprised but Average Annual Snowfall in Warsaw is only : 5.2 inches/ 13 centimeters
This is the urban myth about it snowing all the time in Poland. For some reason everybody thinks its cold/snowy all year round. You will not have any problem with snow in Mokotow. You're more likely to have problems with leaves from trees than snow.


Not really, if you can comfortably drive it in a city. It's gonna offer you more protection from the nutters.


In Mokotow it will most likely be an apartment complex with private / secure parking.

Life / Most overpriced things in Poland? [72]

Depends on the number of guests and venue. Our's was about that for a 100+ guests, trad music, dancers, free bar, dress, etc etc for 2 days. Definitely much cheaper than the UK.

Life / Where is a good place to find people in Poland who don't speak English? [13]

Where is a good place to find people in Poland who don't speak English?

Almost anyone in Poland over 35 doesn't speak a word.

News / The Poles working abroad are raking it in [35]


I see lots of 10+ year old cars that have been bought for say, 3,000-2,000GBP in the UK. Then brought back to Poland and used as run-arounds. Minus the tax disc and tax disc holder.

I just can't believe that they are legal.


Is this true??

News / The Poles working abroad are raking it in [35]


I've noticed that too. Lots of them. So technically the car cannot be insured in the UK - as its without tax, and it cannot be registered in Poland because it is RHD. Therefore, these cnuts are driving around illegally.

Life / Could I live on 2000zl in Poland? [30]


as in..... a UK grand (GBP sterling) x 5zlots approx = 5000 PLN take home, then I agree.

Life / Could I live on 2000zl in Poland? [30]


what does that mean?

Life / Could I live on 2000zl in Poland? [30]

2000PLN per month............absolutely, definitely not, no way. A week maybe, a month? - no chance, not even close.

Real Estate / How Much for an apartment to buy in poland? [10]


1st fix plumbing is there. Floors are screeded, and walls are finished - painted white. Thats it. The rest you do yourself.

History / Who are Kaszubians? [6]

I'm married to one.

Life / Most overpriced things in Poland? [72]

golf equipment

Real Estate / How Much for an apartment to buy in poland? [10]

You can buy new 1 bedroom apartments, approx 40kms from Gdansk area for around that mark. Approx 35-40 sqm. in size. But, this excludes any internal finishes. So you will need to arrange for installation of kitchen, bathroom etc. see the link in english.

orlex.pl

Food / moet et chandon in wroclaw??? [6]

Tesco