Law / Poland's Economy "Outpacing Germany". Gratulacje. [20]

How, if Germany is the benefactor of the Euro? By your reasoning every other country that has adopted the Euro should have benefited also, but they haven't.

Law / Poland's Economy "Outpacing Germany". Gratulacje. [20]

The problem with Poland is that it is too beholding to EU (i.e., German) loans. From the article:


Combined with the above, Tusk is still hell bent on joining the Euro. When Tusk drops the zloty, Germany calls home loans and Polish financial fiasco starts ala Greece, Ireland, Portugal, etal. Tusk is an idiot.

Life / Can most people in Poland speak Russian? [43]

A related question to the thread, why is Russian so popular in the Ukraine but not in Poland? How come the Ukrainians don't like speaking Ukrainian?

UK, Ireland / Unemployed Poles in Ireland : a crash course in milking the system [323]


What percentage of the budget to these so called moochers represent? I am sure just a fraction of what the bankers stole. You're probably counting pennies while the bankers walk off with the pounds.

UK, Ireland / Unemployed Poles in Ireland : a crash course in milking the system [323]


You're just jealous that you can't fly to Morocco with her.

It's not the people on the dole that's killing your country, it's the German bankers that bankrupted it.

History / Would you classify the Poland's Communist years as a "Soviet occupation" ? [221]


So true and often overlooked when discussing recent Polish history. Many Poles embraced communism (they don't now but they did then).

History / Would you classify the Poland's Communist years as a "Soviet occupation" ? [221]


Poland couldn't overthrow the Soviet occupation because the Polish people weren't united. Poland could have accepted the Marshall Plan but too many Poles were dedicated communists. Poles need to take responsibility for their condition and quit blaming the Russians.

News / Poland and the European Union Fund Allocations [59]


German and Polish interests are not one and the same. Poland should avoid selling their assets to foreign nationals, it should probably get out of the EU.

UK, Ireland / Cultural misunderstandings - Polish and English [26]

Poles are habitually impatient and surly. I think it's just habit, probably from their history of being invaded too many times.

News / Poland now soft-pedalling ACTA signing [107]


I'm kind of curious, where does this intolerance come from? Does this represent political sentiment in Poland? Is this why Poland has been unable to govern itself through much of its history? There's no compromise with this guy.

USA, Canada / How to get Drivers license in IL without social security? [96]

From the mouths of babes. Illegal immigration exists for one reason only...low wages. Pay people enough and they'll do the job. Why do you think Poland has lost about 2 million people the last few years? LOW WAGES. You can't build a society on low wages, it doesn't work. People need income to buy stuff, if they don't the market disappears and nobody is working. Americans aren't lazy, Poles aren't lazy, English aren't lazy, they're just not going to work for nothing.

"taking a job to pick apples"? Why don't they invest in machinery to do the job? Why bother when some idiot illegal is willing to work for nothing.

Love / Unmarried couples in Poland = pathology [310]


Christianity has two rules and two rules only, Love God and Love your neighbor as you would love yourself. That's it, that's all there is. You should spend more time reading Scripture and less time attending the Roman Catholic Church.


No, they pray to a meteorite.

Love / Unmarried couples in Poland = pathology [310]


EXACTLY! Marriage is a civil contract and applies whether you are married in a Church, married in court or live together for a period of time prescribed by law. That's why divorce is conducted in a court of law, the parties are dissolving a contract.

F-Stop just because you live with someone without a formal marriage contract doesn't mean that you can't be sued for alimony after dissolving your relationship. Oral contracts are binding.


The Roman Catholic Church wasn't involved in marriage until the 16 or 17 hundreds. It's not a holy sacrament. The only sacrament from Scripture is Baptism.

Love / Unmarried couples in Poland = pathology [310]


Duty and self sacrifice? Does your wife know you look at your marriage in this way? Successful marriage is about compatibility, do you genuinely like each other?


Marriage is a civil contract, both individuals have contractual obligations. Living together is an implied contract, after a certain period of time it's no different than a formal marriage. It's morally neutral.


If your marriage is dead you won't/can't make a good parent. Good parenting doesn't occur in a vacuum.

Love / Problem with a brutal American guy (now I live in Poland) [88]


Well if your assumptions are correct that he is involved in Human trafficking, than you should avoid him at all cost. Why can't you change your internet address? I mean addresses on Yahoo, google, microsoft are free. If he still manages to find you on the internet you can put his address in the spam box.

Love / I`m Polish bloke lookin`for an English girl. Is it gonna work out? [51]

I've been to England many times and If I were to move to England at the top of my list would be Yorkshire, what a lovely place. I really like the Yorkshire coast, beautiful. And Katiet, if an Englishwoman is in need of a date all she has to do is spend some time in the States, she'll be appreciated.

History / Lithuanians hate Poles? [156]

Poles need to learn to focus on Poland today and quit looking to the past.

History / Lithuanians hate Poles? [156]


I fail to understand why anyone would live in a foreign country on a permanent basis and not embrace the local culture and language. If you wanna speak polish move to Poland!

USA, Canada / Moved back from Canada to Poland:). Here are the reasons why. [868]


Ah, but the weather in the U.S. can be unpredictable and violent.

Love / Problem with my Polish boyfriend [74]

The guy probably has a wife back in Poland.

News / Will many Poles migrate to Germany in May 2011 (after opening labor market)? [157]


Very true. For some reason Poles are a contradiction, independent but needy.

Life / Poles hard working or just born lazy. [58]

Hey chickadee you want people to work, they have to be motivated. Too many business owners use labor rates to maximize their profit margins. Workers have responsibility to work hard? Is that all? How about the business owner having some responsibility to the worker? Huh? BTW I am a business owner, and cheap wages are no substitute for bad management. And Polish workers in the USofA have a good reputation for hard work and quality, but guess what, so do the English. I've never met a lazy Englishman across the Atlantic. You know why, they have an incentive to work here. In England you have to like your station in life because if you don't you have no where else to go. If you don't like it, you have to leave and a lot of them do just that. You'll find them all over the world.

UK, Ireland / Eastern European girls forced against their will in Britain for prostitution? [67]


I am convinced that Polish women are more into prostitution than Western women due to the fact that they separate their emotions from their sex lives. I think this is from living in a Roman Catholic culture which preaches that sex is inherently evil and one shouldn't do it unless one intends to have a child. In other words it's wrong to enjoy sex. A good movie on the subject, though the women in the story was Lithuanian and not Polish:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilya_4-ever

Life / Why is Polish Christmas on the 24th? [87]


If you are in the first category, why are you living in England?

Life / Why is Polish Christmas on the 24th? [87]


Nonsense. I was raised Polish American catholic and the big day was Christmas day not Christmas Eve. In fact kids who got their gifts on Christmas Eve were considered spoiled for not being able to wait until Christmas Day.

Fasting on Christmas Eve? Whoever heard of such a thing, after all Advent isn't Lent. And also we drank too but alcoholism isn't in my family, so there was no taboo about drinking.


Very true

Work / Moving and working in PL as a teacher (near Zory/Katowice) [53]


Delph, i don't disagree with you (but excluding the wife's wishes of course). You're right if one is an entrepreneur and has a bit of stash and has an idea for a business, I would choose an emerging market like Poland. But if one is looking for "A JOB" which is how it sounds with our current subject, than one should look to a developed market economy such as the ones i mentioned. Heck I should've included Australia and Canada.

Work / Moving and working in PL as a teacher (near Zory/Katowice) [53]


When I posted I wasn't thinking of teaching English, I was thinking of many other jobs that he may qualify for that will pay more than in Poland. I've moved about a half a dozen times and every time you do you have to establish yourself all over again, and it takes time, money and effort. IMO if you're going to move and go through the all this you might as well pick somewhere that has the highest chance of rewards in terms of financial security and a quality of life. Besides the quality of life issues, the Scandinavian languages would probably be the easiest to learn for a native English speaker, IMO something he needs to think about. The language issue would be easiest in Scandinavia but

Switzerland is probably more accustomed dealing with immigrants. Here's more links he should think about before making his move: nav.no/English
immi.se/migration/control.htm
ci-is.com

Work / Moving and working in PL as a teacher (near Zory/Katowice) [53]


People from where you are from are unemployed simply because they've outsourced jobs to China for cheap labor and than they wonder why people are unemployed. The fact is, everyone is on the government payroll. Corporations get government contracts, doctors receive medicare payments, it's all from the same pot. In the USofA everyone's on welfare.


This sounds like a grand idea. If you're going to move to the continent why not find a place where the average salary (40k-50k CHF) is a heck of a lot higher than where your from? Or what about the Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden)? These countries have low unemployment and high salaries.

Tomjustyna, here ya go:
bfm.admin.ch/content/bfm/en/home.html

Food / Swiss Cheese in Poland [14]

cheese for a soup topping? Make sure it's low fat. Cheddar and Swiss are too oily.

Love / Do Polish women fight about everything? [39]


Polish women are much more mercurial than an English Lass. Now this is not a criticism just the way it is. Maybe you should give your paycheck over to her and let her balance the budget. Polish women like to manage money.