Life / Damn proud of being (half) Polish [77]


you're right, it's a typo/editing mistake i don't think i can fix it though so it stands as a mistake. but you're both right in being confused, you just did it much more clearly. cheers

Real Estate / Poland property boom over???? [54]

you make a strong case by pointing out what should have been obvious to me cyg

Life / Damn proud of being (half) Polish [77]

all depends on how you read it, if with hostility then it will come across like that, you're right though i should have chosen something like "my good man." I guess my friends and i use that one too often and it slipped in here.

I can't deny those are two good points.

Life / Damn proud of being (half) Polish [77]

i wouldn't agree with "always" but i hear what you're sayin. you sir have shamed the "correct" on me.

Life / Damn proud of being (half) Polish [77]

sorry son:)

Language / Common mistakes made by foreigners in Polish [90]


hmmm well i am reportedly asian so y'know i guess i must be loaded. but maybe it was in 2001 so as long as you were here before that inflation can explain the rest.

Man one time i got dinged for something like 600zl for electricity. Even this month my landlord is trying to tell me i used 350zl in electricity, she's a nice lady and i think she's a dime, but that is obviously a mistake on her part (i gave away my hifi a year ago and refuse to own a tv).

oh here's one, one time my girlfriend sees a couple laski she knows and says "czesc moj pipki." So what does foreigner4 do? Oh he houses that one in his database to try on the secretaries while having absolutely no clue what it meant. Imagine a dashing f4 waltzing into the staff reception and saying...well anyway imagine it and laugh.

Oh another one for expat guys, when you get in an altercation do NOT wait for the ambulance to come for him and do NOT let your gf see what you've done to her ex, she'll wake up the entire village with her shrieking.

In fact avoid fisticuffs in general cause even when you win, you lose.

For some reason all this reminiscing is starting to remind me of the time me and a trainload of poles got sent off to Prague, even though none of us bought tickets to go or even wanted to. Oh lord, for a crap time it was ok, but still what a debacle pkp could be.

Life / Damn proud of being (half) Polish [77]


^BINGO!^
now although ozdan was saying he'd wouldn't do what pat19 has stated, she does show how the misuse of pride leads to the slippery slope of "bragging" about things that one hasn't accomplished, yet not "taking credit for it(?).

And that is why the word admire works soooo much better.

taking pride in something one hasn't done or contributed to is a form of delusional thinking imho. sorry to the walter mitties of the world and pat19.

Real Estate / Poland property boom over???? [54]

lodzinvest has speculated heavily on the "correct" and has flipped it for a profit on this thread!

Life / Damn proud of being (half) Polish [77]

no.

Life / Damn proud of being (half) Polish [77]


^show me where i wrote that, that doesn't even make any sense, if i wrote that then i gotta lay off the medication. *shrugs shoulders, pops 3x more pills than recommended*

anyway i've noticed it's more the way and when people typically state these things (i believe the word "brag" was used in one of your other posts) that is veiled psuedo strutting (e.g. look at me, my greatgrandfather was a war hero), or even why you'd feel the need to "announce" such a thing- it just defies humility.

anyway i *don't think you'll get it* (edited) and i can see from this post as compared to your others that your getting worked up about the whole thing.

Life / Damn proud of being (half) Polish [77]

funny cause i'm not surprised in the least by that reply.

just because some people allow themselves to feel trapped by feelings of remorse for things that were beyond their control doesn't make it healthy thinking and i'd certainly never advocate it. Take pride of the things you've done man there's nothing wrong with that. but remember that pride comes before the fall.

Life / Damn proud of being (half) Polish [77]


:)

Love / Divorced Polish women [63]

Jesus christ there is no definitive rule on how guys have to act in this situation, it's life so there are factors here that are difficult to anticipate. There is the unavoidable issue of biology and genes though, and whether some will admit it or not, we are animals. It is rare for one male species to take on another's. While i don't advocate one position or another i will say that there is probably the arguement of instincts to add to this whole messy subject.


not that i disagree with your sentiment but that's such a silly way to say it, we could just switch the words dad and father and come up with the same thing, it's hardly an arguement on its own.

Love / IS MY BOYFRIEND CHEATING? I went to Poland with him. [158]


it was a joke lady *rolls eyes*

Now as for the word "mistake" - are you joking now? no, you're kidding yourself, a mistake is when i get an appointment mixed up on the calendar. A mistake is if i read my opponent wrong and lose position. What you have done is a choice. I'm not coming down on you but you made a thought out choice. It's your life but don't sugarcoat with mixed up terms.

Love / Divorced Polish women [63]


hmmm, you missed the point. It is just a poor arguement no matter how you switch the words.

why get so antsy about an internet forum anyhow? So he writes what he thinks, big deal, it's not like what he's saying is true just cause he says it's so.

The sad fact of the matter is that to many single men, the idea of an unmarried woman with children is that of one who will at least "put out." Maybe it's a lack of empathy or introspection or even just not attaching a "face" to the concept but that is how many single guys feel.

*edited* unfortunately

Language / Common mistakes made by foreigners in Polish [90]

man i just slap an ending on and hope that it works out, if it doesn't then the crowd cranes their collective neck to "catch the excitement." One trick i will use when i want to be incognito is just fake being confused and give a "prozsa?" so i can hear the ending the sales lady puts on.

(and no i can't spell for dirt in this language)

who's ian, i'm f4.

Love / Divorced Polish women [63]


some things cannot be controlled or helped, you're right, and certainly those who are in those situations should never be encouraged to feel shame for that.

*sigh* i guess this is an obvious allusion to a difference of opinion we've had about a different topic, but it's looking at it from such a wide lense that the inticacies are difficult to identify.

Love / Divorced Polish women [63]

sorry mate, i was following this one from the get go as when pt19 is involved insults are generally forth coming, but i checked way back to see where it came from and unless i suck at the internets then you dropped the first tirade of insults.

i agree with your lil assessment of her and have also been the target of her insults so this is very unbiased.

just sayin

Love / IS MY BOYFRIEND CHEATING? I went to Poland with him. [158]

eh you may not like what i ahh never mind you'll read it:/

Love / Divorced Polish women [63]

mareks, well we'll agree to disagree but it's easy to get ticked at someone when they are so, uh, well you know.


naw he doesn't come across as bitter, he's blunt in how he feels, blunt like a hammer that can bash again'n'again'n'again until the first pieces of sk... well anyway, i'm just trying to liven up the place, argh it's saturday and i'm sick!!!

Love / Divorced Polish women [63]


what on god's green earth were you trying to get at there?

Life / do they have GAP shops in POland ? [15]

look into GAP's treatment of their labour- after reading up on it I decided to NEVER buy anything connected with GAP, Old Navy or Banana Republic. Those sneaky c*nts even found a way to not honour that Employees Rights bill they drew up.

If I am not abreast on the latest development then someone please correct me, but until I hear otherwise i can only encourage others to BOYCOTT GAP. They profit far too much and treat their employees as virtual slaves. It's just sad.

Love / Polish girls in the eyes of a Turkish guy [24]

ahhh Turkish girls......ahhh.....wait, what's this about?

*still dazed from the last Turkish girl*

Life / Advice on speed limit in Poland! [12]

^^no you want the clear reflective spray paint^^ well that one works on the flash cameras in canada; but i've never been tagged here.

Love / How can I conquer a Polish woman? [84]


whoop whoop whoop whoop!

What's that sound?

It's the sound of the "correct" conquering matt-london's polish girl while he's away reading the forum.

Life / do they have GAP shops in POland ? [15]


sapphire wins the "Foreigner4 gets drunk and makes a toast to you this evening" award for contributions to ethical consumerism and being able to spot bland fashion. Now F4 must go and make good on his awarding of the award.

adieu

Life / Local Poles taking advantage of foreigners living in Poland [235]

i can't say i've experienced anything here in poland that isn't comparable to canada or the u.k., just different forms of incompetence or pettiness.

However if i made as little as some folks that have to work their tails off, i doubt i'd be a cheery-ass muthafuka either, know what I mean?

As far as customer service, Prague definitely takes the cake. I find things to be different here but, hey, c'mon, it's here, that's why it's different.

Of course in Germany everything was SMOOTH from day 1, those folks know what's what.


can't say about a lot of other countries as i'm not in a position to comment.
But there definitely seems to be a lack of foresight and/or rational imagination in the driving culture here. Like when people brag how fast they drove and for how long, I just think they don't realize that at 150 km/hr and up a driver greatly reduces everyone else's reaction time along with their own. But many drivers here just don't see it like that. And shock of all shocks i see a ridiculous number of accidents on the roads here. I will say this though, i feel it's improving.


i'm seriously beginning to give the whole EQ vs IQ notion some credit and think there may be some EQ issues here and am wondering how it's connected to the driving culture.

Life / do they have GAP shops in POland ? [15]

kids should not have "fashion" as a concern in their lives.
Boycott GAP

Life / Local Poles taking advantage of foreigners living in Poland [235]


no. i meant my experiences of customer service in prague was that it's the worst i've ever experienced and the people who were working there seemed to make a point of being rude and deceitful. but it's my experience thus my opinion. if you don't like it or agree with it, cheers to you, no asked you to.


although what you wrote doesn't make sense on paper, i get the "spirit" of your post. but what the heck is your point?


when did i write "my" driving culture was superior? how is commenting on stupid driving in one place condoning stupid driving in another place?


no i'm not. what did i write here that would lead you to start with the racist language?

It's wierd with types like you, like anything you deem to be a "negative" observation suddenly makes the observer racist. it's not the case at all, dumb driving is dumb driving and i've met plenty of Poles that have concurred with my observations, do they become Polish racists by your merits as well? is it possible for you to be anymore thin skinned and insecure?


i agree with you for the most part but sometimes, when i see so many intelligent people do things that are so obviously counter productive i start to wonder if there aren't elements of truth to the whole eq arguement.


exactly i'd say poles are very skilled drivers but the decision making process when weighing the risks and rewards just leads to the obvious conclusion that there is overcompetitiveness on the roads here.

Life / Local Poles taking advantage of foreigners living in Poland [235]

southern-hmm i'll definitely try to adopt some of your perspective the next time i go, it's not really that i found it so completely horrible, just that my worst experiences were there. cheers for the tip.But really, in the end, customer service shouldn't make or break my day. "Oh no, someone was rude-" whoop dee doo; as long as i don't let anyone swindle me it's all just static.


and even if you had interpreted them correctly, what would it be to you if i liked czech customer service or not?


right, mate, show me where i put that in writing or even suggested that.