pawian
2 Aug 2012
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]
Never mind.
Next:
What is this?:
Wiklina (wicker) is not hollow.
My second guess: trzcina (reeds)
My second guess: trzcina (reeds)
Never mind.
Next:
What is this?:
pawian
2 Aug 2012
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]
Hey, guys, I don`t have the slightest idea what you are talking about. :):):):):)
Yes, close......
No....
Yes!! The roof of a house!
The cross-sections of individual tubes are more or less round and the arrangement of individual tubes is not regular, but random.
Hey, guys, I don`t have the slightest idea what you are talking about. :):):):):)
I vote for straw tips,
Yes, close......
maybe grain stubble (rżysko).
No....
A bundle of roofing thatch
Yes!! The roof of a house!
pawian
2 Aug 2012
pawian
2 Aug 2012
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]
Sorry.
Sorry.
Yes!!!! The object is called a mating basket and is used by bee keepers!! Very good!!!
Next (but don`t forget other pics above which remain unaswered):
What is it? (Sorry it is so easy)
Baby bats/butterflies/moths?
Sorry.
it's for "love birds"! ie parakeets?
Sorry.
is this object a queen bee cage?
Yes!!!! The object is called a mating basket and is used by bee keepers!! Very good!!!
Next (but don`t forget other pics above which remain unaswered):
What is it? (Sorry it is so easy)
pawian
2 Aug 2012
Travel / Traveling around Poland - our photo stories with very personal commentary [225]
Thanks, guys. Your appreciation is appreciated as it is going to give me significant motivation to work. I will finish 2011 vacation series today!!!
Thank you very much, again, more great work.
Thanks again
Thanks, guys. Your appreciation is appreciated as it is going to give me significant motivation to work. I will finish 2011 vacation series today!!!
pawian
2 Aug 2012
History / Polish perspective of WW1: Germany, their Defeat & the Legend of the Stab in the Back [17]
In Polish schools I was taught that the impulse that pushed the USA into the European war against Germany was the sinking of Lusitania. Although it took place in 1915, it contributed to the change of attitude in American society.
The sinking turned public opinion in many countries against Germany, contributed to the American entry into World War I and became an iconic symbol in military recruiting campaigns of why the war was being fought.[5]
Here in the USA every public school student is taught about the Zimmermann Telegram as a major cause of the USA's entrance into the First World War. Here is its text:
In Polish schools I was taught that the impulse that pushed the USA into the European war against Germany was the sinking of Lusitania. Although it took place in 1915, it contributed to the change of attitude in American society.
The sinking turned public opinion in many countries against Germany, contributed to the American entry into World War I and became an iconic symbol in military recruiting campaigns of why the war was being fought.[5]
pawian
2 Aug 2012
News / Romney visits Poland: Gets support from Lech Walesa? [29]
Yes, I noticed it some time ago, too! Solidarity was a true trade union then. :):):)
Yes, I noticed it some time ago, too! Solidarity was a true trade union then. :):):)
pawian
2 Aug 2012
History / 'If the Warsaw uprising were today... ' -Interesting question I heard today [14]
City warfare is different than battles in fields. It has been proven many times. Somalia 1992? Seen film Black Hawk Down? Did Americans win the operation after killing 1000+ rebels?
Come on, just give people kalashnikovs with enough ammo, a few simple antitank launchers and you will see what they can do with it in urban areas. :):):):)
In any case what good would untrained soldiers be? it would be a massacre, with the weapons they have nowadays you'd be dead before you even made it to the battleground.
City warfare is different than battles in fields. It has been proven many times. Somalia 1992? Seen film Black Hawk Down? Did Americans win the operation after killing 1000+ rebels?
Come on, just give people kalashnikovs with enough ammo, a few simple antitank launchers and you will see what they can do with it in urban areas. :):):):)
pawian
2 Aug 2012
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]
Nope. Better get back to the bird concept. The cage is for a winged creature, indeed.
Hint:
Actually, it is for two creatures.
:):):):)
Nope. Better get back to the bird concept. The cage is for a winged creature, indeed.
Hint:
Actually, it is for two creatures.
:):):):)
pawian
2 Aug 2012
News / Romney visits Poland: Gets support from Lech Walesa? [29]
Delph, you should read one or two books on the latest history of Poland. I recommend you Roszkowski, for example.
You would understand better certain tricky issues. Jaruzelski was chosen the President for the transition period and Solidarity backed him up to avoid angering the Kremlin. Don`t forget that it happened in July 1989 when all Eastern Europe was still dominated by USSR and Soviet troops stationed in Poland and all around. With the Russian unpredictability, nobody really knew what they would do.
Today we know that they wouldn`t do anything.
But today doesn`t mean the same as 23 years ago.
In that case, Wałęsa and Solidarity proved they were wise, responsible leaders.
Lech Walesa was perhaps never truly anti-Communist - he wanted the same rights as them, but he has no real track record of actually opposing what Communism stood for.May I remind you how Walesa (yes, Walesa) made sure that Jaruzelski was elected President in 1989? If he was as anti-Communist as you claim - he would have relished Jaruzelski's defeat.
Delph, you should read one or two books on the latest history of Poland. I recommend you Roszkowski, for example.
You would understand better certain tricky issues. Jaruzelski was chosen the President for the transition period and Solidarity backed him up to avoid angering the Kremlin. Don`t forget that it happened in July 1989 when all Eastern Europe was still dominated by USSR and Soviet troops stationed in Poland and all around. With the Russian unpredictability, nobody really knew what they would do.
Today we know that they wouldn`t do anything.
But today doesn`t mean the same as 23 years ago.
In that case, Wałęsa and Solidarity proved they were wise, responsible leaders.
pawian
2 Aug 2012
History / Polish perspective of WW1: Germany, their Defeat & the Legend of the Stab in the Back [17]
Points to consider for you:
1. You forgot to develop that Stab in the Back theory.
2. Your quote starts with November 1918, and finishes with March-July 1918. Why such an order?
3. Spring offensive actually exhausted and weakened the German army, so talking about close winning it is senseless.
By late April 1918, the danger of a German breakthrough had passed. The German Army had suffered heavy casualties and now occupied ground of dubious value which would prove impossible to hold with the fewer manpower reserves now available. In August 1918, the Allies began a counter-offensive, using new artillery techniques and operational methods. The Hundred Days Offensive resulted in the Germans retreating or being driven from all of the ground taken in the Spring Offensive, the collapse of the Hindenburg line and the capitulation of the German Empire that November.
These are the most obvious issues, the rest are still too vague to start discussing them yet.
Points to consider for you:
1. You forgot to develop that Stab in the Back theory.
2. Your quote starts with November 1918, and finishes with March-July 1918. Why such an order?
3. Spring offensive actually exhausted and weakened the German army, so talking about close winning it is senseless.
By late April 1918, the danger of a German breakthrough had passed. The German Army had suffered heavy casualties and now occupied ground of dubious value which would prove impossible to hold with the fewer manpower reserves now available. In August 1918, the Allies began a counter-offensive, using new artillery techniques and operational methods. The Hundred Days Offensive resulted in the Germans retreating or being driven from all of the ground taken in the Spring Offensive, the collapse of the Hindenburg line and the capitulation of the German Empire that November.
These are the most obvious issues, the rest are still too vague to start discussing them yet.
pawian
2 Aug 2012
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]
Yes!
What exactly?
Nope. Too small.
Though you could probably keep a baby humming bird there. :):):):)
A cage to keep something small in,
Yes!
What exactly?
baby bird etc?
Nope. Too small.
Though you could probably keep a baby humming bird there. :):):):)
pawian
1 Aug 2012
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]
It isn`t a trap, guys, and its size is quite small - as long as my index finger.
OK, let it stay unresolved for a while. It is an expertise issue, indeed.
Don`t pay attention to the top one.
Next:
Where are they?
The bottom one could be a rat trap, but it is hard to say because the perspective does not reveal any details.
It isn`t a trap, guys, and its size is quite small - as long as my index finger.
OK, let it stay unresolved for a while. It is an expertise issue, indeed.
The top one looks to me like a date stamper of some sort.
Don`t pay attention to the top one.
Next:
Where are they?
pawian
1 Aug 2012
pawian
1 Aug 2012
History / 'If the Warsaw uprising were today... ' -Interesting question I heard today [14]
Please, don`t insult Rybnik who is a very decent guy.
I can't imagine some nouveau riche guy going into battle-
Please, don`t insult Rybnik who is a very decent guy.
pawian
1 Aug 2012
History / 'If the Warsaw uprising were today... ' -Interesting question I heard today [14]
Yes, I would go, too, but not bare-handed. First they would have to show me secret magazines full of weapons and ammo.
Shyt, I think I would go without that, too. I would make myself a bow or sth. I am a hothead, like all youngsters, that`s all.
Yes, I would go, too, but not bare-handed. First they would have to show me secret magazines full of weapons and ammo.
Shyt, I think I would go without that, too. I would make myself a bow or sth. I am a hothead, like all youngsters, that`s all.
pawian
1 Aug 2012
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]
Yes!! Why do I know that you will always answer my riddles? :):):):)
There are monuments in Nadole commemorating the plebiscite in 1920. One day I will post the photos in another thread.
Next:
What is this metal object?
Yes!! Why do I know that you will always answer my riddles? :):):):)
There are monuments in Nadole commemorating the plebiscite in 1920. One day I will post the photos in another thread.
Next:
What is this metal object?
pawian
1 Aug 2012
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]
:):):) Sorry, no.
Yes, I know, that is why it is so fascinating.
Besides, historia magistra vitae.
You call Ice Age times 100 years ago? Not bad. :):):):):)
A bee or a wasp trying to approach the guy?
:):):) Sorry, no.
again :( What's so great about history? It's already happened, you know ;)
Yes, I know, that is why it is so fascinating.
Besides, historia magistra vitae.
Poland's last Ice Age?
You call Ice Age times 100 years ago? Not bad. :):):):):)
pawian
31 Jul 2012
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]
Sorry, but the border IS there. Look at the red line.
Yes!
That is why I made it a riddle.
Hint:
History!
A bit of Poland with no land border to the rest of the country...
Sorry, but the border IS there. Look at the red line.
.if so its very interesting.
Yes!
That is why I made it a riddle.
Hint:
History!
pawian
31 Jul 2012
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]
Sorry, but Michael Jackson dance guy mystery is remaining unsolved for a while.
Next:
What does the map show? (with my square frame marking):
Sorry, but Michael Jackson dance guy mystery is remaining unsolved for a while.
Next:
What does the map show? (with my square frame marking):
pawian
31 Jul 2012
Love / Best way to find a Polish husband...ideas? [120]
Come on, age doesn`t matter.
You shouldn`t be so fastidious. :):):):)
That's ok, I'm looking for someone who is about 25.
Come on, age doesn`t matter.
You shouldn`t be so fastidious. :):):):)
pawian
31 Jul 2012
pawian
30 Jul 2012
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]
Perrfeccct
How about this one?:
What does it represent and where is it?
Gdansk City Hall courtyard.
Perrfeccct
How about this one?:
What does it represent and where is it?
pawian
30 Jul 2012
pawian
30 Jul 2012
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]
Yes!
Exactly:
Where can you see this stuff?:
amber?
Yes!
amber comes in a variety of colors
Exactly:
Where can you see this stuff?:
pawian
30 Jul 2012
pawian
30 Jul 2012
Travel / Toy shops in Poland cities [10]
I asked my wife.
So, there are many toy shops in Krakow, but all are small or medium size.
You`d better go to wholesale shop which also allows retail purchase.
E.g., Wholesale Toy Center in Balicka Street.
zumi.pl/2141812,Ran._PH._Hurtownia_zabawek_i_artykulow_szkolnych,Krakow,firma.html
I asked my wife.
So, there are many toy shops in Krakow, but all are small or medium size.
You`d better go to wholesale shop which also allows retail purchase.
E.g., Wholesale Toy Center in Balicka Street.
zumi.pl/2141812,Ran._PH._Hurtownia_zabawek_i_artykulow_szkolnych,Krakow,firma.html
pawian
30 Jul 2012
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]
Yes. Very interesting, isn`t it?
What are these?
Wow, I see my riddles are really hard! 3 pics are unguessed.::):):)
Lighter stuff:
What is he doing?
A floating fuel station.
Yes. Very interesting, isn`t it?
What are these?
Wow, I see my riddles are really hard! 3 pics are unguessed.::):):)
Lighter stuff:
What is he doing?
pawian
30 Jul 2012
pawian
30 Jul 2012
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]
Yes, the woman who sponsored the artist!
So, where is this painting?
What is the purpose of this construction?
Catherine Tanagli in a triptych by Hans Memling titled "The Last Judgment" in the collection of The National Museum in Gdansk
Yes, the woman who sponsored the artist!
So, where is this painting?
What is the purpose of this construction?