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Joined: 18 Apr 2007 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 16 Dec 2017
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Speaks Polish?: native speaker, w czasie sushi szosa sucha
Interests: learning English

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peter_olsztyn   
4 Jan 2014
Language / Best Polish Translation Website? [13]

Isn't it a matter of computer speed or comparison rate?

Some say that one day computers reach the power of human brain (at the moment they have power of fruit fly ;)
peter_olsztyn   
3 Jan 2014
Language / Best Polish Translation Website? [13]

Google is OK, but I've noticed they only do short phrases now.

I'm curious when it reaches perfection? 20 years?
peter_olsztyn   
24 Dec 2013
Life / Where can i find plumbing parts in Krakow? ( Rearranging plumbing to install a dishwasher ) [13]

This should do the trick (do you agree?):

Maybe it is not a real photo but cable looks too thin to me (probably 3 x 1.5mm2) Weight it in your hand. The heavier the better.

I'm not enthusiast of connecting it to DomesticHotWater outlet but they say:
- It is 49'C to 52'C (in some locations 43'C after 23oo) but may reach 65'C (5'C more than DW warranty terms)
- some say that lack of cold water = not such clean and shiny glass
peter_olsztyn   
24 Dec 2013
Life / Where can i find plumbing parts in Krakow? ( Rearranging plumbing to install a dishwasher ) [13]

There is no electrical connection under the sink, so I will need to run a heavy-duty extension cord (about 3 meters long) to the unit. I know what to buy in America (a cord with 12-gauge wiring), but I don't know how to find something equivalent in Poland. Any suggestions?

You need cable 3 x 2.5mm2 and standard household socket, rated 16Amp.
if fixed on the wall Przewod 3 x 2.5mm2 drut i gniazdko natynkowe z bolcem, podwójne.
if just an extension przedluzacz 3 x 2.5mm2
peter_olsztyn   
23 Dec 2013
Life / Where can i find plumbing parts in Krakow? ( Rearranging plumbing to install a dishwasher ) [13]

I need to add 10 cm or so to the pipe - is it possible to cut the pipe near the middle and install a connector of some sort between the two pieces? It's a 40mm pipe.

I don't understand fully what you going to do. Why don't you use this little inlet on vertical pipe?
Classic connection looks like this. It has to be a tight connection, rubber hose with clamp.

muratordom.pl/galeria/zdjecie_podaczenie-zmywarki,174_5716_20440.html
tinyurl/ktcbqvj
tinyurl/lqucpx2
peter_olsztyn   
22 Dec 2013
News / Poland has the most dangerous roads in Europe [34]

The car that roared away with a screech of tyres yesterday at Tesco, a display of appallingly bad tailgating and impatience

Apologies man. You know, there is some heat near Tescos currently. Fight for parking places and enormous queues inside.
peter_olsztyn   
22 Dec 2013
Life / Electrical wiring in Poland - color codes [23]

basic code information.. fuse amp ratings... wiring colour codes etc.i need to clean up the electrical box a bit and make sure everything copasetic!

I'm electrician bored to tears with matter of this forum (I'm learning English here and there)
so don't hesitate to ask :)
peter_olsztyn   
22 Dec 2013
News / Poland has the most dangerous roads in Europe [34]

If you're a pedestrian, you need to be very careful when you cross a street

When driving company car, with huge well known logo on side, I'm kind of an angel, careful and kind to pedestrians
but people, for God's sake, be careful after 15oo ;)
peter_olsztyn   
15 Dec 2013
Law / Registration of right hand drive cars in Poland - possible? [82]

Refusal to register RHD seems to continue

We hope that our government finally find some way how not to accept registration of right-hand drive
vehicles for good. We like cheap cars in the UK and source of cheap spare parts.
peter_olsztyn   
13 Dec 2013
Po polsku / Polska jest dyktaturą? [129]

Mnie się tam w Polsce coraz bardziej podoba :)
peter_olsztyn   
12 Dec 2013
Language / How can I perfect my Polish grammar? [10]

Most of the time I actually knew the way to say something but I forgot at that moment and well I want to become as fluent a person living in poland.

Listen to the radio :)

play location in WinAmp

217.74.72.10:9000
91.121.179.221:8050
gdansk1-1.radio.pionier.net.pl:8000/pl/tuba10-1.mp3
peter_olsztyn   
8 Dec 2013
Life / Learning Driving In Poland - rules? [55]

Not far, but the location is top secret now

Oh we see. Don't count on us next time.

while I go and photograph some cars and buses turning there

We don't need offenders parade. We need junction diagram and horizontal signs, lanes, tyre prints etc :)
peter_olsztyn   
8 Dec 2013
Life / Learning Driving In Poland - rules? [55]

I can go take some photos if that would help

No, I mean satelite view (from birds eye) coordinates or link.
goo.gl/maps/OcZVH
peter_olsztyn   
8 Dec 2013
Life / Learning Driving In Poland - rules? [55]

Anyone advise on whether I was in the wrong in the following example? See the attached diagram.

Strange. Would you like find this junction in Google Maps?

Was he allowed to somehow stray into 'A'?

No he wasn't because he crossed solid line.
peter_olsztyn   
2 Dec 2013
Language / Frustrated Polish Learner -- people in Poland try to speak to me in English [31]

some people are afraid they are gonna get cornered in some scary dead end of polish grammar they haven't visited since childhood ;)

I feel a slight temptation to join language exchange but I guess I can offer "learning by heart" at the moment. Maybe next year ;)
peter_olsztyn   
27 Nov 2013
Law / Is my Pesel number on my old Polish passport? [4]

My Polish passport recently expired (3 years ago), and I'm reapplying for a new one. Is the Pesel number on my old passport somewhere?

on page with a photo. Blank nr 5, format YYMMDDxxxxx
peter_olsztyn   
23 Nov 2013
News / Emigration from Poland (2.1m Poles are living abroad, most within Europe) [37]

Anna Kwiatkiewicz of the Lewiatan employers' confederation complains of a "skills drain" among technical workers.

We technical workers are very happy with this. Let they go and never come back. Lesser competition = higher salaries.

the government urgently needs a pro-active policy to encourage immigration to replace them.

We just prepare for a battle. No one is going to speak English at work. Don't even dream of it ;)