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Speaks Polish?: Yes, but I prefer English
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pawian   
1 May 2012
History / The story about German- Polish reconciliation [194]

Poland wants to be Germany.

Nope. Poland doesn`t want to be Germany.

Poland wants to be LIKE Germany. With good roads, efficient management, low unemployment, high standard of life.

We are slowly getting at that.
pawian   
1 May 2012
History / Lithuanians hate Poles? [156]

Quite reasonable thinking.

Russianised? That is just laughable you do realise that unlike Poland or Ruthenians Lithuanians are not slavic people and do not share the same language.

Quite an interesting opinion.

Thank you. I will have to think about it.
pawian   
1 May 2012
History / Film Research - Need info on Poland Martial Law period [9]

that's interesting. I made that trip each weekend during that time. Neither I, nor my Polish wife, at the time, had such a permit. We were stopped only at Lubin.

I suppose it was possible and happened all over Poland. After checking your documents and searching your car boot and realising you were not wanted for anticommunist activities, the soldiers or police let you pass.

Closing an eye was so typically Polish, after all. :):):):):):)
pawian   
30 Apr 2012
Life / You are Polish if... [433]

With a real hoover, on full power?

Yes, for the feck`s sake!!!!!

With the feking hoover on full power!!!!

What`s feking wrong with zat??????

:):):):):):):)

The stuff is sold online and baby care forums are reverberating with praises from happy mothers
pawian   
30 Apr 2012
USA, Canada / Living in Poland - prospects for Alabama guy ... need some advice! [146]

When i gave an account of my mobile phone being stolen by people at Gdansk airport you said i must have been drunk , or mistaken...
Whilst its very noble and natural to defend your country , calling people liars because they happen to have had something negative happen to them in Poland is not reasonable...

I am sorry for that. Please forgive me. On second thoughts and after some research I learnt that theft happens at airports, indeed, though it is so unbelievable.
pawian   
30 Apr 2012
Life / You are Polish if... [433]

Pawian, I hope you are joking about the nose-hoover ... I really do ...

Nope, for the last few days my wife has regularly cleaned the nose of our youngest. What is strange about it? It is very useful.
pawian   
30 Apr 2012
Real Estate / Advice on Lodz - the less desirable parts of Lodz (to avoid)? [6]

Check this article and its comments about most desirable districts:

An analysis of one of the banks, which, based on loans granted preferences Lodz studied that apartment on the Upper, especially around Mother's Memorial Hospital and st. Rzgowskiej are the most popular. Flats for Widzew enjoy less success, in downtown smallest.

- Widzew lost its appeal because of the price and access - says Dominik Skrzycki, director of retail banking, mortgage lending. - The upper draw relatively low rates (from 4.2 thousand. Zł to 4.5 thousand. Zł per square meter - ed. Ed.), And it is they who are the main criterion for selection. In recent years, this district it gained 3-4. site. Choose it above all people under 45 years of age. As one of the oldest districts is well connected with the rest of the city and has an extensive infrastructure.

Ordinary citizens of Lodz prefer to buy an apartment of 60 sqm., Although the younger they start smaller, counting 50-51 sqm. On the list of priorities, in addition to the location and the price is ... a balcony or terrace. And the average mortgage fluctuates between 200-210 thousand. zł.

Those with a thicker wallet interested in an apartment on the outskirts of the city - Janow, Olechowo and Radogoszcz. The boat can be seen because, at least for now, the desire to escape from the city center. This opposite trend than in Warsaw, whose inhabitants, after realizing how much time absorbing them access to work, come to town. According to Dominic Skrzyckiego, with us for such a situation occurs in 2-3 years.

pawian   
30 Apr 2012
Life / You are Polish if... [433]

You have never left a supermarket without a few cans of beer...

No.

and your car is parked as close as possible to the entrance of the supermarket , causing a traffic jam..

No.

...you choose zapiekanka over a hamburger.

Yes.

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Your relatives leave the plastic protectors on their lampshades ( & sofas too!)

Yes.

You are Polish if.. You are a master at making Pierogi.

No.

...you drink vodka without coke/juice/etc.

Yes.

you have a home-made attachment for you vacuum cleaner for hoovering out the noses of your children

Yes.

I'd add that you're Polish if you believe the people getting off the tram are actually ghosts that you can pass through effortlessly, and that when on the tram you stand right in the doorway and look surprised when people want to get off.

No.

you know for a fact that lard with fried onions, kept in an old jam jar out on the balcony, is a delicious and nutritious snack

Yes.
pawian   
30 Apr 2012
USA, Canada / Living in Poland - prospects for Alabama guy ... need some advice! [146]

How do you know the story is not true...?

Oh my God. Do I really have to explain such obvious things? :(:(:(:(:(:

Sorry, I have just finished printing my PiT declaration. I am too tired to elaborate. I am turning in now.

See you tomorrow or on Tuesday.
pawian   
30 Apr 2012
USA, Canada / Living in Poland - prospects for Alabama guy ... need some advice! [146]

Jason, if you really need it, I will be more straightforward.

Sister act`s story is complete bullshyt. It doesn`t hold water at all for Polish reality, it is pure nonsense with a few factual elements to make it look real.

If you say you take it for granted, what should I think about your planned move to Poland? :):):):):):)

That is why I advised you: better stay in US.
pawian   
29 Apr 2012
USA, Canada / Living in Poland - prospects for Alabama guy ... need some advice! [146]

Sister Act's tale was topical and informative.

No, it was a tall tale in every aspect. Nice story for a fictional book.

If you have fallen for it , you`d better stay in US. Poland is not for you. :):):):)

Piling on her is not only less than gallant, it's not helpful to my predicament.

Your playing a fool is funny. :):):):)

I don't and will never borrow any money.

Sensible girl! :):):):)
pawian   
29 Apr 2012
News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]

I am educated, I speak English, have 15 years of experience in IT. And there is no job for me.

Sorry, instead of waiting for a job, you must look for it.

That is what I did in US 20 years ago. I was roaming the streets and asked for vacancies everywhere, until I found a position of a locksmith in a Jewish fire door company. I stayed there for a year.
pawian   
29 Apr 2012
USA, Canada / Living in Poland - prospects for Alabama guy ... need some advice! [146]

You story amused me

It was a big change dragging my daughter and my shopping behind me on a sleigh, I had many a nasty fall on the slippy snow that i began to get nervous about going out

Your story amazed me.

we were living in a caravan on our site

You story horrified me.

mother in law had loaned our stuff out to other family members saying well if it is just sitting there is it not better that it is being use in other familys memebers houses. Even Duvets were loaned out. We lost most of the stuff we brought from Ireland wedding presents pictures for the house even my daughters toys were given to family members

All in all, not bad.

Have you thought of writing a book? :):):)
pawian   
29 Apr 2012
USA, Canada / Living in Poland - prospects for Alabama guy ... need some advice! [146]

I'm a Bama boy, born and raised.

What do you mean?

Originally, a Bama was a southerner (from Alabama, for instance) trying to blend in up north, but was so obviously country that it didn't work.

Now it's more general and just means something funny-looking, unsophisticated or country as hell.
"Why is dude still wearing BUM Equipment? That's some Bama ******

urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bama

What would I do?

Do you possess nice agreeable personality? Do you like showing off a bit?

So, you can polish your Polish to the extent you are able to communicate but still commit funny mistakes. Then your wife will plant you in some TV show where foreigners speak about Poland.
pawian   
29 Apr 2012
Life / You are Polish if... [433]

you own an undernourished yorkshire terrier, and regularly kiss it on the mouth ...

YUK!
pawian   
29 Apr 2012
News / Poles are able to forgive their enemies - how noble. [68]

My father had many friends from the Afrika korps...

Back in 1942 they were doing their best to kill each other...

German and British etc veterans could easily become friends because, despite being enemies, they had treated each other as equal. Germans didn`t plan to erase the British nation from the surface of the earth. They only wanted to dominate.
pawian   
28 Apr 2012
Life / You are Polish if... [433]

.....you get overexcited after seeing a stork in the sky:


pawian   
28 Apr 2012
News / Poles are able to forgive their enemies - how noble. [68]

Well, their daughters are good friends, aren't they?

Didn`t hear about it. Tried to google it but got nothing.

A few years ago, he told me of riding his motorbike over to Arnhem and partying with some other veterans. I asked if they were fellow paras... "Some, but most were Waffen SS... what a great bunch of lads!"

Life.... :):):):)
pawian   
27 Apr 2012
History / Film Research - Need info on Poland Martial Law period [9]

I need to know what it was like to travel [...] within Poland in the time martial law was imposed.

Travelling within Poland was possible but you needed a permit from the military governor of the area to travel from one city to another. There were military checkpoints on major cities` borders. Cars and drivers were frisked.

Poland permit for travel from Wrocław to Zielona Góra



Poland Checkpoint:

 Poland War State

 Poland military state

 Poland curfew

More: Communism fell 20 years ago, Poland led the fight since WW2
pawian   
26 Apr 2012
News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]

I have no idea where you did up the reasons to be pessimistic,

Yes, it seems that there are only two kinds of posters in this thread: optimists, like you an me, and pessimists. :):):):)
Funny.