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Joined: 18 Dec 2007 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 5 Mar 2010
Threads: Total: 18 / In This Archive: 16
Posts: Total: 166 / In This Archive: 145 		From: Lincoln, England
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djf   
6 May 2009
Life / Thunderstorms in Poland [44]

In the UK we have a little rumble of thunder and occasionally Mr Lightning may decide to join in and this "meeting of elements" occurs approximately once a year

Dont know what part of the UK you are from but that isnt my experience especially during the flooding events in 2000 and 2007 and the storms of the late 80s. Massive storms lashing down rain, hail coupled with strong winds, thunder and lightning, not lasting a few hours but days. Lots of people with damaged property.

Last year we had a series of storms that were very heavy with torrential rain during the summer, lots of "drowned rat" tourists. Joys of living in Lincolnshire!
djf   
19 May 2009
Travel / Wroclaw Train station to the Airport [15]

There is the 406 bus from Podwale to the airport (lotnisko) every half and hour.
If you walk out of the front of the station (towards the city centre) and cross the large road in front, at the pedestrian crossing at the cross roads. Just keep walking! There are maybe 2 roads to cross and it takes about 5 minutes. When you see a lake the road running alongside this is Podwale.
djf   
25 Jun 2009
Life / Gun-range Practice At Night [14]

Contrary to popular culture, suppressers / silencers do not stop a gun making a sound when it is fired. It slows the gas expulsion noise and sometimes the bullets velocity to a limited degree. Rather than the dull "thud" or "phut" seen in films, a silencer only reduces the gunshot by about 30db, so most gunshots are still over 100db.
djf   
6 Aug 2009
UK, Ireland / Migrant workers face rental block [59]

I dont see what the big deal is, you see polish shops with signs in the window saying "no english" so why is this different.

Where??? Never seen a sign like that in any of the polish or 'foreign food' shops in Boston or Lincoln.

I have seen 'No english' signs in a few pubs mainly frequented by portuguese / russian dock workers/sailors in Boston though.
djf   
3 Sep 2009
Food / moet et chandon in wroclaw??? [6]

Does the small supermarket at the end of Galeria Dominkanska or the wine shop next to it stock Moet?
djf   
14 Sep 2009
Life / Expensive brand retail outlets in Poland - how do they survive? [19]

I did last time i was in Wroclaw. Took a trip to the Magnolia shopping centre, nice shiny new shopping centre, lots of expensive shops and next to no people in it. Same goes for Arkady near the train station, lots of shops selling expensive clothes and jewellery and no customers.

Centres with cheaper shops like Pasaż Grunwaldzki and Galeria Dominikańska always seem to be busy in comparison.
djf   
23 Sep 2009
UK, Ireland / "Angry swan eater" - The British media view of Polish immigrants? [63]

I believe they pillaged the lakes of Ireland for this delicacy in Ireland too

There are no carp native to Ireland. The very few carp in Irish waters were illegally introduced and you certainly couldnt delibrately fish for them. So that statement is pure gowno prawda.