UK, Ireland / exchange rates - zloty to pound [16]

Still rising!! Whoop whoop!
It's 4.30 in the morning ffs!! WTF we doin up checkin forex to 0.03 of a decimal place?? How many sleeping tabs can I buy for my zloty tonight?!

;0)

UK, Ireland / exchange rates - zloty to pound [16]

Just checked forex site and the zloty is trading at a mid rate of 5.53 to the pound! Good news for me as all my income is still in pounds!

Maybe the recession is just starting to hit Poland? I,m hoping we get back to 7 PLN to the £! Anyone know the forecasts?

Life / Where to get a cup of coffee in Warsaw? [40]


Was this an intentional pun?? Cough-a-teria?? versus Cafeteria? I like it!

Life / Where to get a cup of coffee in Warsaw? [40]

As a "sometimes" smoker, I never smoke near anyone I care about. I have too much respect for their lungs and their health! In an ideal world, where we all cared more about each other than about ourselves, smoking bans would not be needed as the smokers would CHOOSE to smoke outside out of respect and concern for the non-smokers.

Stick that in your pipe.... and don't smoke it!

Life / The Polish Moustache [35]

Men AND women all got 5 o clock shadow round here!
But I'm told the men shave their armpits! Actually, it's not just a rumour....I have SEEN a shaven male arm pit! Ewwww!

Work / How are nurses graded in Poland and what is their typical salary? [14]

I was recently speaking to a qualified nurse here in Poland, who works in a local leather factory. She says the pay is better, at 1300 PLN a month, than the wage of a newly qualified nurse!

I was also told that the Polish nurses are fighting for better pay... let's hope they get it, if this is true.

Life / Dog's life or what to expect when living in Poland with a dog [22]


Tell that to the half dead English Springer that crawled down my drive last summer, thrown from a passing car! Maybe it was a racial thing?? Perhaps the Polish mafia are trying to tell me something!!

Yes, some dogs are well loved in Poland (mine are!), but far more are chained up outside as cheap burglar alarms...and nobody gives a toss when they are tossed out of cars, or left as a mangled heap of roadkill roulade! Add to the death toll here, one german shepherd, mowed down by a speeding driver, and left slowly dying by the roadside while the police and driver and the occupant of the nearest house hotly debated....who was going to pay for the damage to the car!!!!

I,ve started home cooking for my dogs now, as decent dog food is so hard to locate/expensive.... my husband can't believe it...divorce pending!

UK, Ireland / ARE BRITS MEANER AND LESS HOSPITABLE THAN POLES? [79]

I got a new friend!! Re-phrase...I've got A friend...here in Poland!!! Whoop whoop...roll on the honey wine, honey vodka, home cooking, best china (Boleslawiec pottery, sorry), trips to the movies, siteseeing, restaurants...and the BEST hospitality I have EVER been in receipt of? Is he Polish? Yes! Is he after something? Yes! Is it my body? Errrr, no! My money? What money (I spent it...I also got a new horse! Welcome to Poland Suzi the Floozy!)...He's after my ability to speak English proper! (ly...I know!)... and in exchange for the friendship and hospitality, I am more than happy to spend time in English conversation....although half way down the 2nd bottle of wine....my abilishtay to shpeak proper (ly!) .... Hic!

UK, Ireland / ARE BRITS MEANER AND LESS HOSPITABLE THAN POLES? [79]

Sometimes this Polish hospitality masks a sinister motive... I have had a Polsih woman who bakes me cakes, buys me drinks, smiles and laughs with me..... and robs me blind! This is maybe the epitomy of multi-tasking!?

It will be a long time before I accept Polish hospitality at face value again! In the meantime I am too busy running around trying to undo a tangled web of deceit to find time for a bottle of vodka!

Life / Dog's life or what to expect when living in Poland with a dog [22]

fabulous vets here, and any treatment is very cheap. I recently paid just 130 zloty for a set of 8 xrays, sedative, consultation, injections, pain killers, anti-inflammatories, etc...

Any dog running loose in the forests here can be legally shot, i'm told, so woodland walks are out!

I think farm dogs don't need to be licensed/taxed whatever... if i've been given the wrong advice this could cost me a bit more than the vets fees at 500 zloty per dog!!??

There are lots of stray and abandoned dogs in this region, and I have seen 3 dead dogs left to rot by the roadside, so i would hesitate to call Poland a nation of dog lovers!

It's also difficult to buy quality dog food just here. No Iams or Pedigree chum gracing the shelves of the local skleps...but this may be different in the cities?

Law / Importing cars in Poland from EU. What limitations are there?? [10]

Fine, I'll stick to the horse and cart then!!

Law / Importing cars in Poland from EU. What limitations are there?? [10]

Anybody know if you can import a UK spec right hand drive car to poland?? I just can't get the hang of changing gear in a left hand drive car...

News / POLAND GETS WORLD RECORD for the longest throw of a washing machine [13]

Has it landed yet??? I need a new washing machine in Lubuskie!!

Life / Cigarette Smoking in Poland [146]


The only parties I ever had in my house were birthday parties for the under 10's! None of them stepped outside for a smoke I hope! RESPECT!

Life / Cigarette Smoking in Poland [146]


Hmmm? Perhaps you should add a little weed to your 40 fags??
If I confess to being a hypocrite, does that mean I still AM a hypocrite?? Either way...I confess to one and all, that my biggest guilt trip is rooted in the fact that I smoked through 2 pregnancies and with 2 babies in my arms! As a result my daughter had bronchitis as a baby, and my son had glue ear. I quit smoking around others when I realised the damage I was doing to them. So, please don't try to tell me that smoking around anybody is cool. It's just not....Fortunately, today there is far more education, awareness and pressure for smokers to keep their toxic fumes to themselves, so they do not have to feel as guilty in the future as I do today!

Life / Why is Poland so slow; it takes a lot of time to arrange anything here [53]


LOL!
My ice cream will be well and truly just cream then! By the time I have translated all the numbers with my handy phrase book.... :-( Then sorted through the selection of coins in my possession (three different currencies as I'm too lazy to sort them!), then dropped them all on the floor.... Ha ha!

Life / Cigarette Smoking in Poland [146]


Me too! It's selfish to do anything else.


"Red red wine, you make me feel so fine!" And what's more...it's good for you! Good for the blood and good for the heart. Even the Bible says "A little wine is good for the stomach"!

Drinking (in moderation) is NOT bad for you, and makes you feel good. Smoking, in contrast, is NEVER good for you , even if you are able to keep it in moderation, and it does nothing to enhance your mood other than kill that addicts craving for nicotine, which the cigarettes themselves have created.

Oh and the sexy guy in that picture would be just as sexy if you removed the fag dangling from his mouth....and he would remain sexy for years longer than if he continues to smoke (and gets wrinkly and ashen faced and barrel chested and hacks his lungs up 3 times a sentence, and, God forbid...becomes impotent from smoking!)

UK, Ireland / British/Polish baby [29]


Still chuckling here now! It just conjured up this wicked image....Anal Ar*sehole gets soundly spanked!!

Not siding with anyone...just being entertained! Thanking you all kindly!

Anything useful?....I wouldn't ever again place any opinion about legalities on this forum, as some idiot bully beef like yourself might take the opportunity to try and ruin my day! X ;-)

Language / Double entendres in the Polish language? [37]

Mule in English is sired by a donkey, out of a horse mare
A Hinny is sired by a horse and out of a donkey

So, technically, it's either definitely a mule or definitely a hinny!

Language / Double entendres in the Polish language? [37]


No, that's definitely a mule!
An ass is something which belongs to your neighbour which you shouldn't covet.

Argh...you edited on me

UK, Ireland / British/Polish baby [29]


chortle chortle!! Or LOL if I put my cyber chick hat on...or is that LMTO or LMAO, or.......
ALL OF THE ABOVE!!!
tee hee! ;-))

Language / Double entendres in the Polish language? [37]


The cavalry has arrived!
And I'm going to seek out the Paracetamol to soothe my over-taxed brain cell!

Language / Double entendres in the Polish language? [37]


That's me then?? I AM a double entendre!

Language / Double entendres in the Polish language? [37]

Thanks! Another disappointment for my double English teacher parentage!!
Was discussing a double entendre just today as it happens:
"The past is history, the future a mystery but today is a gift...which is why it's called the present"...where present is the double entendre, right? Nope...thick as ever! Nothing risque there!

Thinking hard...talk in 2 weeks!

Language / Double entendres in the Polish language? [37]

Double what?? Is "entendre" English language, Polish language or fluent Double Dutch? Or is only a double entendre double dutch??

Life / Toy horse in pocket for good luck according to the Polish tradition? [7]

it has to be more lucky than a real horse in the paddock! Certainly less time and money involved, far less commitment and if you get peed off with it you can stick in the back of a cupboard. It won't kick or bite you, and there's no shite to evict from your pocket (or cupboard) at the end of the day. I think, this SHOULD be a tradition, if it isn't already!

Life / Cigarette Smoking in Poland [146]


unhealthy pockets too then?? Not sure what $12 canadian translates to, but cigarettes are over £5 per pack Uk, which is about $10 USA? and about 25 PLN!

If I didn't care about my health when I smoked, I was very worried about my wealth. When you start to worry about BOTH ... time to quit!

Life / Best Sat Nav devices for use in Poland [41]

We have the latest tom tom, with poland allegedly mapped.....
We realised when we drove past the same building in Zagan for the 78th time that the tom tom wasn't quite what it said on the label! We have heard that you can get an upgrade for it in Poland...but I have been too busy focussing on a shed full of beaurocracy to investigate any further at the moment. In the meantime, we are back in the dark ages....MAPS!

Life / Cigarette Smoking in Poland [146]


That's exactly the same as heroin addicts feel about getting their next fix, isn't it?!
Ok...I'm smoke free and no longer miserable...Really! the only thing I am having trouble with here is that so many smokers are arguing their corner! I just don't get it! Even while I smoked I KNEW it was killing me, looked trashy, cost me a fortune and made me smell even worse that the horse sh*t stuck to my wellies. And I NEVER tried to defend cigarettes. Smoking is a mug's game!

Life / Cigarette Smoking in Poland [146]


I ALWAYS been "fit"! Smoking or non smoking! ;0)
And I have no problem with anyone who wants to continue smoking...I just can't afford to any longer...whether i want to or not (which if you want total honesty, i would sell my soul for a fag sometimes, that's if I hadn't already sold it in the 80's!)....but I've only got one set of lungs!!