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bullfrog   
8 Sep 2011
Love / POLISH GIRLFRIEND WONT PAY HER WAY [127]

If marriage is to be a shared thing then, well, costs have to be shared ;)

Well said Seanus, couldn't agree more..
bullfrog   
8 Sep 2011
Love / POLISH GIRLFRIEND WONT PAY HER WAY [127]

Well, the difference in earnings between my wife and I is (much!) higher than yours but we put everything in our joint account which is used for all type of expenses (house, shopping, personal..). and it works fine, I don't remember my wife and I ever having an argument about money (about other matters, sure!). But I guess that I am lucky to have married a very reasonable polki who deson't spend millions on clothes or shoes..
bullfrog   
8 Sep 2011
USA, Canada / Why are Polish restaurants not successful in the USA? [698]

Yeah, but be fair for a moment.. Only English people like an English breakfast.

To the point that the guy who said 'To eat well in England you need to have 3 breakfasts a day" was an Englishman!
bullfrog   
8 Sep 2011
Love / POLISH GIRLFRIEND WONT PAY HER WAY [127]

I have difficulty in understanding married couples who keep separate accounts.. IMHO, all earnings should be pooled together and all expenses, both common and individual, funded from the common pot.. However I do recognize it can be an issue when the spending habits differ too much (taste for expensive clothes or cars..)!!
bullfrog   
6 Sep 2011
History / Chance of Lwów once again became coming part of Poland [344]

I still found it mesmerizing to see how Wikipedia has achieved such iconic status as being almost the only source used to substantiate statements on this forum. Ease of access and ubiquity (which Wiki has) does not guarantee reliability..
bullfrog   
5 Sep 2011
News / Polish publicly-funded pre-schools have put up their prices [7]

Do you realize that in Poland,your taxes are peanuts compared with other European countries',

Where on earth did you get this idea from? Taxes (as a proportion of income) are higher in Poland than in many other EU countries!

Under Communism, you paid for pre-school depending on your level of income. It was a much fairer system

yes, and if you pay for everything as a proportion of your income, then there is no point in earning more, is there? That is (one of the many) definitions of communism..
bullfrog   
3 Sep 2011
Life / Worlds most liveable cities (Krakow or Warsaw don't even hit the radar screens) [104]

Lets compare Vienna, a European capital of roughly the same size and ranked high on these lists, with Warsaw.

They are not comparable, Vienna was not destroyed during the war like Warsaw was. IMO, Warsaw is not a city you initially fall in love with, the way it was rebuilt post war makes it quite ugly. It does take time to discover its advantages, like the space, greenery, general easiness in moving from one part of the city to the other... I lived for 3 months or more in each of the following cities: Athens, London, Montreal, Paris, Warsaw, Zürich and I would probably rank Warsaw in # 4 (the worst being Athens).
bullfrog   
28 Aug 2011
Love / Expecting a baby with Polish partner - "multi-cultural pregnancy/parenting"? [45]

The children differentiate if each parent exclusively uses their mother tongue while addressing the child.

Totally agree with Pip.. I am myself french, my wife polish and we each spoke in our own language to our kids. Since we were also living in London when they grew up, they ended up being fluent in english, french and polish, and to answer WB, no they don't confuse the languages!
bullfrog   
21 Nov 2010
News / Polish GDP per capita has dropped ! [30]

EU funding has had an impact on GDP, but not a substantial one.

65 bn€ over 2007-2013 is around 10 bn€ per year, that's 3% of total GDP. Quite substantial by any count!
bullfrog   
29 Aug 2010
Life / Any treatment centres for homos in Poland? [455]

Seanus

Go and cure Tony Blair, one of the most hypocritical psychopaths out there.

One of the best things that happened to Britain since Maggie!!
bullfrog   
27 Mar 2010
Real Estate / How are Poland's properties priced? [51]

plk123: there is no valuation of properties in PL like it is in USA, 4 example.. it's like magic, man.

Of course there are property valuers in Poland.. how on earth do yo think a bank assesses the value of its collaterral when it lends? They ask property valuers to give them an estimate...
bullfrog   
10 Mar 2010
Law / The 'Secret' of Poland's Economic Success [83]

While western (especially UK and USA) is mostly based on "financial market" or "service industry", Poland main business is production of goods.

Wrong. 65% of Polish GDP is in services, 30% in industry an 5% in agriculture
bullfrog   
6 Mar 2010
Travel / Nice restaurants in Warsaw [30]

Here are my preferred in Wwa

Medium price

Asian :Buddha Bar

Polish/international:Kom

Polish:Rozana
Dom Polski
Tradycja Polska

Expensive

French:Michel Moran Bistrot de Paris
Italian:San Lorenzo
International/polish:Belvedere
bullfrog   
27 Feb 2010
UK, Ireland / Marrying Polish Woman in UK/London [100]

Passport! get the f*ck out of my country you low life..didnt read past the above, simply because you lot are after one thing! If you do marry with Home Office approval..take her back to your shithole! or he

The level of stupidity and racism from some on this forum is just mind boggling.. When I read/hear this, I am hardly surprised that some muslims extremists are putting bombs..
bullfrog   
19 Feb 2010
News / Belarus - grateful ally of Poland...? [16]

Poland should have good relations with Belarus because they are Slavic cousins.

That's ridiculous. You don't have good relations with someone just because they happen to be your cousins.. As the saying goes, you chose your friends not your family..
bullfrog   
19 Feb 2010
Travel / Travelling from NI to Poland [32]

The most sensible in my opinion is to do Harwich-Hoek van Holland

Yes, i used to it quite regularly, but to Warsaw and not Wroclaw. O/N ferry landed you at 7:00 am and the drive was fine
bullfrog   
16 Feb 2010
Language / have a sip - Chcesz łyka? [56]

Never heard during your 5 years stay 'chcesz łyka'?. Even in pub or home?

Been in Poland 5 years, never heard it. I'm all with Seanus on this one! I have taken almost 400 hours of Polish lessons since I arrived, and still not able to utter 5 sentences in a row...
bullfrog   
15 Feb 2010
UK, Ireland / Poles working in Manchester, England - request for facts [34]

can anyone explain to me why so many retail and hotel companies do indeed seem to employ so many eastern Europeans to the point where I am surprised when an English person serves me?

Retail I don't know. Hospitality is another story and I remember 18 years ago there was already hardly any Briton to be found working at least in this sector (at least at employee level). I think it's a combination of long hours, low wages and a sector which has not got an attractive image in the UK (not the case in other countries like Switzerland, Austria or France where it is viewed as an attractive sector).
bullfrog   
15 Feb 2010
Travel / Getting from Sheffield to Warsaw on May [6]

I will be in Sheffield on May 1st and trying to return to Warsaw on the next day, May 2nd. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any direct flight on that day (Sunday). I wouldn't mind flying to another Polish city and taking the train to Warsaw but the closest I can get is Wizzair flying to Katowice which.. arrives at 00:50 during the night so too late.. Likewise, it's two changeovers if I want to go to by train to Luton or Stansted and fly to Warsaw. Any Poles living around Sheffield or Brits in Warsaw who have an idea what the best route might be?

thanks
bullfrog   
11 Feb 2010
UK, Ireland / WHAT IS SO SPECIAL LIVING IN U.K [90]

The reason why many Poles went to UK was probably that they know English better than Swedish, French and other European languages.

And the fact that the UK was among the first EU nations to open their labour market to Poles with no restrictions (Germany still has some, and in France there are no restrictions only since last year)
bullfrog   
9 Feb 2010
History / Is Jozef Pilsudski the king of modern Poles? [138]

Pilsudski the founder of modern Polish nation.

Or perhaps, the liberator of the Polish nation.

I am sure Pilsudki did a lot for the newly independent Poland and is rightly revered. But I must say that I found a little irritating that Poland oscillates between an incapacity to self govern efficiently during centuries (liberum veto et al) and holding in reverence characters like Pilsudski who, if not dictators, were at least on the authoritarian side (it is also troubling that Pilsudski's opponent, R Dmowski, not a strong democrat and probably an antisemite has his name given to a rondo in Warsaw which is the crossroad of the cities' 2 main avenues...)