Seanus
9 Aug 2010
Love / Are Polish Women cold and aloof? [249]
Some do, some don't. Vodka doesn't make life better at all.
Some do, some don't. Vodka doesn't make life better at all.
Seanus
9 Aug 2010
Love / Are Polish Women cold and aloof? [249]
Well, I haven't had any experience of Greek women yet and variety is the spice of life ;) ;) (note the wink marks)
Constant stimulation doesn't cure the underlying malaise that life appears to be boring for them and made complicated by unhelpful old people who won't easily give them what they need. Also, salaries are disproportionate here and materialism knows no boundaries.
Well, I haven't had any experience of Greek women yet and variety is the spice of life ;) ;) (note the wink marks)
Constant stimulation doesn't cure the underlying malaise that life appears to be boring for them and made complicated by unhelpful old people who won't easily give them what they need. Also, salaries are disproportionate here and materialism knows no boundaries.
Seanus
9 Aug 2010
Love / Are Polish Women cold and aloof? [249]
In that they can be difficult to deal with, strange moods. You think they are happy and then they flip. There aren't that many hotties at all, southern. Very few! Some of the girls in their late teens are cute but that's about it.
In that they can be difficult to deal with, strange moods. You think they are happy and then they flip. There aren't that many hotties at all, southern. Very few! Some of the girls in their late teens are cute but that's about it.
Seanus
9 Aug 2010
Love / Are Polish Women cold and aloof? [249]
In some ways, yes and in other ways, no. Some tend to be more 'awkward'.
In some ways, yes and in other ways, no. Some tend to be more 'awkward'.
Seanus
9 Aug 2010
Seanus
9 Aug 2010
Love / Are Polish Women cold and aloof? [249]
Quite a few are creepy, self-centered and don't talk, that's true enough. Still, you have to take people as you find them.
Quite a few are creepy, self-centered and don't talk, that's true enough. Still, you have to take people as you find them.
Seanus
8 Aug 2010
Love / Are Polish Women cold and aloof? [249]
KP, quit the crap! It tends to be middle-aged punters that enjoy disco polo and at weddings. If that's what you like, all power to you.
KP, quit the crap! It tends to be middle-aged punters that enjoy disco polo and at weddings. If that's what you like, all power to you.
Seanus
8 Aug 2010
Life / How do Polish people feel about an English teacher with crimson dyed hair? [10]
You'd never win an unfair dismissal suit. They have dress codes and they expect a certain standard from you.
You'd never win an unfair dismissal suit. They have dress codes and they expect a certain standard from you.
Seanus
8 Aug 2010
Seanus
8 Aug 2010
Life / How do Polish people feel about an English teacher with crimson dyed hair? [10]
It would be a ground for dismissal.
It would be a ground for dismissal.
Seanus
8 Aug 2010
Life / How do Polish people feel about an English teacher with crimson dyed hair? [10]
Some old women here have purple hair. A bit more colour and they'd look like squawking parrots :)
Some old women here have purple hair. A bit more colour and they'd look like squawking parrots :)
Seanus
8 Aug 2010
Life / How do Polish people feel about an English teacher with crimson dyed hair? [10]
For an English teacher, no. For an old hag, yes :)
For an English teacher, no. For an old hag, yes :)
Seanus
8 Aug 2010
Law / Urząd Skarbowy, I paid too little on my last PIT? [26]
That's true! However, he is a fully-certified accountant.
That's true! However, he is a fully-certified accountant.
Seanus
8 Aug 2010
Love / Are Polish Women cold and aloof? [249]
Many are off their chumps and addicted to pain relief tablets ;) They eat them like candy. I've seen some horribly callous decisions in relationships. BORING, fussing over everything and sniping are standard traits amongst quite a few.
Many are off their chumps and addicted to pain relief tablets ;) They eat them like candy. I've seen some horribly callous decisions in relationships. BORING, fussing over everything and sniping are standard traits amongst quite a few.
Seanus
8 Aug 2010
Law / Urząd Skarbowy, I paid too little on my last PIT? [26]
They are precise to the exact groszy here and they let nothing slide. My accountant has screwed up my PIT consistently well ;)
They are precise to the exact groszy here and they let nothing slide. My accountant has screwed up my PIT consistently well ;)
Seanus
8 Aug 2010
Food / Polish Eating Habits [87]
Too early? I wouldn't say so. Some start work at 7, some at 8 so they work round that accordingly.
They tend to have more in-between food. They tend to eat lunch at around 3pm or when they return from work.
Too early? I wouldn't say so. Some start work at 7, some at 8 so they work round that accordingly.
They tend to have more in-between food. They tend to eat lunch at around 3pm or when they return from work.
Seanus
7 Aug 2010
News / New cross war in Warsaw [530]
Exactly! They haven't read what came before. 7 pages on this topic? Let people hang their crosses in their homes and not pay so much attention to issues such as a cross in public.
Exactly! They haven't read what came before. 7 pages on this topic? Let people hang their crosses in their homes and not pay so much attention to issues such as a cross in public.
Seanus
7 Aug 2010
Food / Polish Eating Habits [87]
True enough :) Beef rolls with 'modro' cabbage and dumplings :) Those yeasty rolls (buchty) are great with fruits of the forest yoghurt. Silesian sour rye soup (żurek) is the best, IMHO. Much better than the way those from Warsaw do it. It is more sour here and with egg :)
True enough :) Beef rolls with 'modro' cabbage and dumplings :) Those yeasty rolls (buchty) are great with fruits of the forest yoghurt. Silesian sour rye soup (żurek) is the best, IMHO. Much better than the way those from Warsaw do it. It is more sour here and with egg :)
Seanus
7 Aug 2010
Food / Polish Eating Habits [87]
Woj, I agree with Lyzko here. I'll give you some examples of why. Today, I had what I typically have at the dinner table. Szałot (Silesian potato salad) started things off and there is plenty mayo mixed in for taste. Then there was the cold cuts platter. Bread (calorific) with butter and meat on the top. After that, the sausages were brought out and they were dripping with fat. Not to mention the cakes that are full of sugar. Hardly healthy.
I tend to eat a 'Russian' meal in tomato slices (peeled skins) with chopped up onions. It is easy to digest and low in fat. Too many Polish meals are calorific. I'm 102kgs and I can tell you that the majority of guests present were bigger in the sense of being disproportionate. I see many Poles getting bigger and bigger.
Woj, I agree with Lyzko here. I'll give you some examples of why. Today, I had what I typically have at the dinner table. Szałot (Silesian potato salad) started things off and there is plenty mayo mixed in for taste. Then there was the cold cuts platter. Bread (calorific) with butter and meat on the top. After that, the sausages were brought out and they were dripping with fat. Not to mention the cakes that are full of sugar. Hardly healthy.
I tend to eat a 'Russian' meal in tomato slices (peeled skins) with chopped up onions. It is easy to digest and low in fat. Too many Polish meals are calorific. I'm 102kgs and I can tell you that the majority of guests present were bigger in the sense of being disproportionate. I see many Poles getting bigger and bigger.
Seanus
7 Aug 2010
Life / What are the things which cause culture shock in Poland? [164]
Poland is a country that could spawn many fanatics if the climate was right. I don't see many NS people here in Gliwice but they are in quite a few big cities.
Poland is a country that could spawn many fanatics if the climate was right. I don't see many NS people here in Gliwice but they are in quite a few big cities.
Seanus
7 Aug 2010
Life / What are the things which cause culture shock in Poland? [164]
Oh yeah, but they need to be shuffled around. Heaven knows what for ;)
Allowing gay pride marches, that was a shock here. I can imagine the mohair berety being renegades and gunning them down ;)
Oh yeah, but they need to be shuffled around. Heaven knows what for ;)
Allowing gay pride marches, that was a shock here. I can imagine the mohair berety being renegades and gunning them down ;)
Seanus
7 Aug 2010
Seanus
7 Aug 2010
Life / What are the things which cause culture shock in Poland? [164]
There are fewer flags here but more than you might think, southern. Many left them up after Smolensk.
There are fewer flags here but more than you might think, southern. Many left them up after Smolensk.
Seanus
7 Aug 2010
Life / What are the things which cause culture shock in Poland? [164]
Free to Hate? I can't say I've heard of it, tbh. It would be interesting to see what he came up with.
Free to Hate? I can't say I've heard of it, tbh. It would be interesting to see what he came up with.
Seanus
7 Aug 2010
Life / What are the things which cause culture shock in Poland? [164]
I didn't say there was a problem, southern. I just found it surprising, that's all. To have the bus driver tell you that he doesn't have tickets is odd for me.
I didn't say there was a problem, southern. I just found it surprising, that's all. To have the bus driver tell you that he doesn't have tickets is odd for me.
Seanus
7 Aug 2010
Life / What are the things which cause culture shock in Poland? [164]
Not really, no. You hop on, state your destination, the bus driver calculates it and you agree on the fare. It's quite a swift operation for those that don't dither. People usually know their fare, state their destination and pop their money in. Many Poles are in too much of a hurry and you can lose money that way. Best to let the driver check as it only takes a moment. To hurry things and pretend you are important is only egomaniacal. Jesus didn't teach that anywhere I saw ;)
Not really, no. You hop on, state your destination, the bus driver calculates it and you agree on the fare. It's quite a swift operation for those that don't dither. People usually know their fare, state their destination and pop their money in. Many Poles are in too much of a hurry and you can lose money that way. Best to let the driver check as it only takes a moment. To hurry things and pretend you are important is only egomaniacal. Jesus didn't teach that anywhere I saw ;)
Seanus
7 Aug 2010
Life / What are the things which cause culture shock in Poland? [164]
Why the constant reference to ethnicity, southern?
Other aspects of culture shock? Getting bus tickets in kiosks. In Britain, you buy them on the buses themselves and this ensures that they are checked as you pay into a slot, then get a ticket after talking with the bus driver. So many here don't have their tickets checked as it costs to hire conductors.
Why the constant reference to ethnicity, southern?
Other aspects of culture shock? Getting bus tickets in kiosks. In Britain, you buy them on the buses themselves and this ensures that they are checked as you pay into a slot, then get a ticket after talking with the bus driver. So many here don't have their tickets checked as it costs to hire conductors.
Seanus
7 Aug 2010
News / Heavy storm / tornados cause chaos and flooding in Poland [23]
There are storms here too. I was playing football in one last night. No floods but there is potential for some.
There are storms here too. I was playing football in one last night. No floods but there is potential for some.
Seanus
7 Aug 2010
Seanus
7 Aug 2010
Life / What are the things which cause culture shock in Poland? [164]
Deflection again :) He was discussing the Polish side of it, Zeti.
Very true and we agreed on that. A foreigner's view is not to be countenanced most of the time.
If beauty was on the inside, many Polish guys have some work to do :)
Deflection again :) He was discussing the Polish side of it, Zeti.
Very true and we agreed on that. A foreigner's view is not to be countenanced most of the time.
If beauty was on the inside, many Polish guys have some work to do :)