UK, Ireland / Why do so many Polish guys in the UK have a crew cut or buzz cut? [106]

UK is not Poland, here we wear a bit longer hair. Look at me:

The main principle - my hair must be as long as my moustache.

Life / Can any young Poles can still speak Russian [25]


Nope, we can`t.
But we can read it with understanding.

News / Has there been an influx of Polish people into Germany? [21]


I am still in Poland.

I am not going to move to Germany. I respect and like Germans but living there would be too big Clockwork Orange for my psyche.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


Nope, it has only fallen off.


Yes! But someone else was first.

PS. Shyt, I have to stop signing my photos with the names of visited places. :):):):)

Funny colours. Why? Tell me cause I don`t know.

A riddle for super intelligent people!

News / Poland Parliament elections in October 2011 [944]

PiS deputy chairman, Z. Ziobro, said today that PSL is a natural coalition partner for the future PIS government. He also added that he expects that PO, after losing the elections, will break into smaller fractions, some of which might join the PiS government.

Very funny.


I hope so. :):):)

History / Do any Poles miss the Communist era? [35]


As other guys explained, its is rather a false conviction although I suppose that some ex-commie guys who are big shots in finance/business today prefer political power to economic power. So, I can imagine some of them regret the collapse of communism.

But people who truly deplore the fall of the system are these: workers of state farms called PGR.

Work / The demand for English language learning in Poland is at an all time low [41]

Everybody works for less money than before but it isn`t Polish teachers` fault.

History / Polish bombers over Berlin in 1939? [19]


Funny that you mention it. I recall it every year when we celebrate the anniversary in September. I saw the original article about it in 1939 newspaper. I remember it claimed that about 30 £oś bombers attacked Berlin.

Of course, it was state propaganda to boost the Polish morale.

Gumishu and others are right.

PS. Here you are:

Funny, the planes were described as fighters! £osie Poznańskie! :):):):

Explanation: the newspaper was considered a tabloid at the time.

Work / The demand for English language learning in Poland is at an all time low [41]


Polish demographic indexes have been going down for years. This year is probably the first one when a number of state school teachers (other subjects than English) have been made redundant due to low intake in their schools. Some state schools in the countryside near Krakow have been closed.

The trend will continue.

UK, Ireland / Grateful Polish photographer stitches up his Welsh hosts [96]

Yes, of course. However, I haven`t seen such scenes in Krakow. Or I have, yes. But really rarely and not so public, in the High Street.

UK, Ireland / Grateful Polish photographer stitches up his Welsh hosts [96]


Oh, yes, indeed, I have come across another article:
Polish photographer documents four years of drunken revelry in Cardiff





What can I say? Oh, my God!

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


Not my merit. Just a pure accident - I used photos from two sites.

UK, Ireland / Grateful Polish photographer stitches up his Welsh hosts [96]

oops, I have just discovered there is another thread about the same topic.
Grateful Polish photographer stitches up his Welsh hosts

Sorry.

Mods can merge my thread, I don`t mind.

UK, Ireland / Grateful Polish photographer stitches up his Welsh hosts [96]


So do I! :):):):)

UK, Ireland / Grateful Polish photographer stitches up his Welsh hosts [96]

Merged: Moral degradation of Western Europe - can Poland avoid the same fate?

In another thread Fuzzywickets said:


I said this:










They look like images you might find in some depressing police dossier.
Here, in vivid detail, is a squalid portrait of binge-drinking Britain. Some of the more incapacitated specimens are in mid-vomit. A few have simply passed out.

For, in the eyes of the experts and professionals gathered at the International Festival of Photojournalism in the French city of Perpignan, this portfolio of work -entitled Cardiff After Dark -was a beautifully crafted and realistic portrait of life in modern Britain.

The next time we scoff at, say, the chauvinism of the French or the hysterics of the Italians, it is worth remembering the sort of stereotypes which are applied to Britain.

Polish photographer Maciej Dakowicz, 34, has been capturing nocturnal scenes in Cardiff - where he was previously a student - for the past five years.The results speak for themselves.

Dakowicz admits that he would be unable to produce images like this in his home town of Bialystok in Poland. People there just don't demean themselves like that. But, in Cardiff, he was spoiled for choice. For all that, he remains fond of the Welsh capital. 'Welsh people are very friendly and open,' he says. 'The atmosphere is very cheerful and everyone is having a good time.' And so they are - if your idea of having a good time is passing out in a pool of vomit.

'The pictures tell stories of drinking, of love, of violence, of lots of things,' he insists. Around 50 of these images were presented at the prestigious festival on a giant screen. The critics lapped them up.

The nation which was once regarded as a buttoned-up bunch of repressives in bowler hats is now a land of incontinent alcoholics.
Spiffing, eh?

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2040260/Maciej-Dakowicz-Cardiff-After-Dark-binge-drinking-images-turned-Britain-laughing-stock.html

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]





Nope, everybody.

That bus was produced in 1970s on a French licence of Berliet factory. In late 1970s and early 1980s it was the main means of public bus transport. The Polish government was critisized for choosing them because they were too delicate for Polish conditions as roads and crowds of passengers contributed to damaged chassis. Also, engines and transmissions caused a lot of problems. The buses weren`t room enough, either.

pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelcz_PR100


Despite technical problems, it was a very modern construction at the time.

The bus was chosen by Poland because the French manufacterer was controlled by communist trade unions.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


Look at his left horn. :):):)


Where from?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


:):):):)
Nope, quite the opposite. He is trying to disconnect it just like the other horn. :):):)


Yes! We spent there a few days in July.

What is the make of this city bus and what is the main story about it?

News / Poland Parliament elections in October 2011 [944]

That is against all the recent polls which regularly show SLD support at 10-12%.


Hey, come on. It is unfair! I didn`t announce the future coalition prediction game yet!! :):):):):)

News / Poland Parliament elections in October 2011 [944]


Good post.

I was thinking of showing a few of them:

PO female karate candidate: Kinga Więzowska.

We need tough people like Kinga to fight PiS hordes effectively.

PS. She is pretty, too. Kaczyński has no chance.

Law / How deep is the Gloom in the Poland's Economy [84]



Silly of you to leave it to members.


I could say sth but I don`t care in the same way you don`t.


So why did you start it in such a stupid way?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


Yes, but that`s obvious. What else? Look carefully at the he-goat.


Did you create a human shield to protect the animals? :):):)


Nope. Nutria is a seperate original species.

Which place in Poland hosts such hotels?

News / Multi-culti (in Poland) -- roadmap to disaster? [344]


Nope. Polish traditional society will make Arabs and other immigrants adopt Polish culture. I see it now in my kids` schools and kindergartens. E.g., immigrants` children go to religion classes and have First Holy communion together with Poles.

I believe in the strength of Polish culture.


Hey, that is my licentia poetica!

News / Let us save Poland. Suggestions [40]


Mistake!!! Evil Deads

Work / Advice on Teaching English in Poland [709]

:):):):) Good.

None. I am not a troublemaker.

News / Let us save Poland. Suggestions [40]


Please, no. I don`t want to be saved.

I want things to stay as they are.

I love my country, I don`t want it to be saved. We suffered enough in the past. More than other nations. Can`t we have a little peace and quiet for a while? Say, one century?

Work / Advice on Teaching English in Poland [709]

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


Yes, of course. It is a mixture of feret and European polecat.


Yes, of course. Actually, not. It was a donkey and they were amazed how dusty the animal was - upon touching it, a cloud of dust rose into the air.

What is my son doing?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

What is it and why were my sons surprised when touched it?

History / 1920 Battle of Warsaw - English trailer and film [55]

I hope it is as good as the trailer looks.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


royal coats were made of it.

But kings were everywhere, not only Poland.

So..?