Barney
28 Sep 2012
Love / Why don't Polish women treat education seriously for themselves? [130]
What's that?
I'm talking about MODERN CULTURAL feminism
What's that?
Barney
28 Sep 2012
Love / Why don't Polish women treat education seriously for themselves? [130]
Congratulations
This is one of the reasons why I consider myself a feminist
Congratulations
Barney
26 Sep 2012
Food / Irish or English breakfast tea in Poland? [11]
Irish tea like Barry's
Is quite strong. At Breakfast time its traditional to have about half a Pig on a plate with gallons of tea (Milk and sugar) to turn the meat to leather inside you.
After Breakfast tes is almost always taken with sugar and milk and biscuits to dip into it.
All tea is vile but Irish Tea is less vile than English Tea:)
I prefer Coffee, putting milk or sugar in Coffee is a criminal offence the only addition to Coffee should be Whiskey and floating cream.
Irish tea like Barry's
Is quite strong. At Breakfast time its traditional to have about half a Pig on a plate with gallons of tea (Milk and sugar) to turn the meat to leather inside you.
After Breakfast tes is almost always taken with sugar and milk and biscuits to dip into it.
All tea is vile but Irish Tea is less vile than English Tea:)
I prefer Coffee, putting milk or sugar in Coffee is a criminal offence the only addition to Coffee should be Whiskey and floating cream.
Barney
24 Sep 2012
Life / Let`s compare prices of services and products in Poland [359]
Yes, it's very expensive and difficult to get. It's used in home wine making to make fortified wines and some liquors. Specialists off licences and spirit grocers sell it.
Yes, it's very expensive and difficult to get. It's used in home wine making to make fortified wines and some liquors. Specialists off licences and spirit grocers sell it.
Barney
24 Sep 2012
Life / Let`s compare prices of services and products in Poland [359]
That’s always a good policy you are what you drink:):)
The best thing that I got from Poland besides my Aronia bush ( which by the way is now grown by a lot of other plot holders from cuttings ) is spiritus, cant get it now because of the liquid limit on flights..
You can buy it here known as Polish spirit but is so massively expensive its not viable.
When I make my own, I use only spring water and fruit from the greenest regions of the country.
That’s always a good policy you are what you drink:):)
The best thing that I got from Poland besides my Aronia bush ( which by the way is now grown by a lot of other plot holders from cuttings ) is spiritus, cant get it now because of the liquid limit on flights..
You can buy it here known as Polish spirit but is so massively expensive its not viable.
Barney
23 Sep 2012
Life / Let`s compare prices of services and products in Poland [359]
A large allotment but fortunately I'm not immortal.
Yeah I used to make my own wine, perhaps I wasn’t too good at it and you can buy better wine for not much more than home made
.
Do you own a large strawberry field forever?
A large allotment but fortunately I'm not immortal.
you can buy all kinds of wine today
Yeah I used to make my own wine, perhaps I wasn’t too good at it and you can buy better wine for not much more than home made
.
Barney
23 Sep 2012
Life / Let`s compare prices of services and products in Poland [359]
My mate buys a lot of sugar for the bees, about £1 for 1.2 kilos in poundland
poundland.co.uk/product-range/a-z/1-25kg-sugar
You have to search for cheap dry goods but most people just shop in the big supermarkets.
Buying 10 kilos of sugar can only mean feeding bees over the winter or wine:):)
Walnuts are very expensive here but people really only buy them at Halloween or Christmas in small quantities.
Most produce like strawberries etc are bought in small punnets for crazy prices (£2 for a handful), they are very expensive. I get a lot of favours (usually wine) cos I give kilos of stuff away
The cheapest sugar at Tesco - 1.6 pounds per kilogram
My mate buys a lot of sugar for the bees, about £1 for 1.2 kilos in poundland
poundland.co.uk/product-range/a-z/1-25kg-sugar
You have to search for cheap dry goods but most people just shop in the big supermarkets.
Buying 10 kilos of sugar can only mean feeding bees over the winter or wine:):)
Walnuts are very expensive here but people really only buy them at Halloween or Christmas in small quantities.
Most produce like strawberries etc are bought in small punnets for crazy prices (£2 for a handful), they are very expensive. I get a lot of favours (usually wine) cos I give kilos of stuff away
Barney
22 Sep 2012
Off-Topic / Loading a photo of Poland from your mobile/cell phone takes 30 seconds, come on! [86]
This is my point.
Get stuff that does the job and dont spend a bean more.
I could buy a modern TV for eg but I dont need to or want to. The kids have better phones and laptops than me but I have better carrots and spuds than them:)
One could buy a good PC/laptop and a £100 smartphone that does more and still have change.
This is my point.
Get stuff that does the job and dont spend a bean more.
I could buy a modern TV for eg but I dont need to or want to. The kids have better phones and laptops than me but I have better carrots and spuds than them:)
Barney
20 Sep 2012
Off-Topic / Loading a photo of Poland from your mobile/cell phone takes 30 seconds, come on! [86]
Ah it suits me
Watching movies at home is grand you do loose a lot though with skinny TV or not
Ah it suits me
Watching movies at home is grand you do loose a lot though with skinny TV or not
Barney
20 Sep 2012
Off-Topic / Loading a photo of Poland from your mobile/cell phone takes 30 seconds, come on! [86]
I think so
Talking to the kids.........its like football results.....
ipad 2 iphone 5
The thing is I'm a computer guy who hates computers and I survive by going round to my mates and ringing the bell
Just to clarify its a 4:3?
I think so
Talking to the kids.........its like football results.....
ipad 2 iphone 5
The thing is I'm a computer guy who hates computers and I survive by going round to my mates and ringing the bell
Barney
20 Sep 2012
Off-Topic / Loading a photo of Poland from your mobile/cell phone takes 30 seconds, come on! [86]
Yeah not only that its new to me. The old one stopped working a month or so ago I picked this new one up from work a few years ago. It failed a safety test and I repaired it in August. It has about 5 years left in it.
Really its fine does the job
You still use a 4:3 TV?
Yeah not only that its new to me. The old one stopped working a month or so ago I picked this new one up from work a few years ago. It failed a safety test and I repaired it in August. It has about 5 years left in it.
Really its fine does the job
Barney
20 Sep 2012
Off-Topic / Loading a photo of Poland from your mobile/cell phone takes 30 seconds, come on! [86]
What does it matter the stuff works for him he isn’t rotating 3D graphics every day.
I use an old laptop running XP have a big TV and a mobile held together with sellotape still use a record player................why do we have to buy into the consumer culture?
I don’t give a sh1t for facebook or 50 types of toothpaste I usually text "home in 10 mins four spuds for dinner" and watch films on me big TV, fit for purpose is the phrase
What does it matter the stuff works for him he isn’t rotating 3D graphics every day.
I use an old laptop running XP have a big TV and a mobile held together with sellotape still use a record player................why do we have to buy into the consumer culture?
I don’t give a sh1t for facebook or 50 types of toothpaste I usually text "home in 10 mins four spuds for dinner" and watch films on me big TV, fit for purpose is the phrase
Barney
13 Sep 2012
UK, Ireland / Polish Families Moving to Scotland or back to Poland [23]
You dont seem to like Scotland why would you want to stay in the same country as them?
You dont seem to like Scotland why would you want to stay in the same country as them?
Barney
13 Sep 2012
History / The beginning of the Polish state [11]
I always read Poland was christened in 966.
How do Polish people view the period before then, I know something of the Bronze age and Iron age but not a lot about immediately before.
I always read Poland was christened in 966.
How do Polish people view the period before then, I know something of the Bronze age and Iron age but not a lot about immediately before.
Barney
8 Sep 2012
History / What do nations of the world owe to Poland and Polish people? [58]
It can't have taken a week to drink a bottle of Whiskey, and he expects to conquer Europe:):):)
PS
Pawian is a good egg but you know that
It's understandable, he's drinking whiskey instead of soviet wodka.
It can't have taken a week to drink a bottle of Whiskey, and he expects to conquer Europe:):):)
PS
Pawian is a good egg but you know that
Barney
8 Sep 2012
History / What do nations of the world owe to Poland and Polish people? [58]
During the commonwealth with its huge Orthodox population relations were not exactly cosy with dare I say mother Russia.
Pawian what I'm saying is the scope of the thread just seemed huge from Slavic relations, the east west schism, especially "what if histories" and discussions about technological developments.
During the commonwealth with its huge Orthodox population relations were not exactly cosy with dare I say mother Russia.
Pawian what I'm saying is the scope of the thread just seemed huge from Slavic relations, the east west schism, especially "what if histories" and discussions about technological developments.
Barney
8 Sep 2012
History / What do nations of the world owe to Poland and Polish people? [58]
Yes Polish people played a part
Religion doesnt lead to a natural alliance but if it did would the orthodox alliance have had the numbers or military technology and if so when. At which point in history would the conquest have occured?. The response of these places after the Black Death (welcoming migrants) would suggest they didn't have the numbers
E.g., do you know how many times Poles saved Europe`s ass from barbarians?
Yes Polish people played a part
Religion doesnt lead to a natural alliance but if it did would the orthodox alliance have had the numbers or military technology and if so when. At which point in history would the conquest have occured?. The response of these places after the Black Death (welcoming migrants) would suggest they didn't have the numbers
Barney
8 Sep 2012
History / What do nations of the world owe to Poland and Polish people? [58]
Ah Pawian I read your words several times and there is so much one could say that I thought Jesus that’s an invitation to write about stuff.
Ah Pawian I read your words several times and there is so much one could say that I thought Jesus that’s an invitation to write about stuff.
Barney
8 Sep 2012
Barney
7 Sep 2012
Law / Legal Change of Name After Marriage (I'm UK, she is Polish) [12]
Spell your name what ever way you want that's what you do in a free country.
Her name
Spell your name what ever way you want that's what you do in a free country.
Her name
Barney
4 Sep 2012
News / 1.3% birth rate = Poland's slow death [221]
They help the young to fly jets so they can shoot commies out of the sky
They help the young to fly jets so they can shoot commies out of the sky
Barney
3 Sep 2012
News / 1.3% birth rate = Poland's slow death [221]
The decommissioning of nuclear power stations, the storage of the waste plus insurance costs are all underwritten by government. Without these subsidies no private company could possibly make a profit from nuclear.
Agricultural subsidies distort the market and make food cheaper than it would be.
Nuclear energy is much more clear and cheap.
The decommissioning of nuclear power stations, the storage of the waste plus insurance costs are all underwritten by government. Without these subsidies no private company could possibly make a profit from nuclear.
Bull... Your farmers would be unable to compete on the international market, thats all.
Agricultural subsidies distort the market and make food cheaper than it would be.
Barney
3 Sep 2012
News / 1.3% birth rate = Poland's slow death [221]
And massively more expensive, nuclear can only exist with government subsidies too cheap to meter was a good slogan but nothing more
It’s been said that it’s too important to burn in engines
Nuclear energy is a whole different ball game. Much more complicated and risky.
And massively more expensive, nuclear can only exist with government subsidies too cheap to meter was a good slogan but nothing more
Remember oil just doesn't provide energy.
It’s been said that it’s too important to burn in engines
Barney
3 Sep 2012
News / 1.3% birth rate = Poland's slow death [221]
This is not true, food is more expensive (relatively) in places where its not subsidised.
In the US people would starve if the agricultural sector were not propped up by government.
And the government has made food far more expensive in return for having more of it.
This is not true, food is more expensive (relatively) in places where its not subsidised.
In the US people would starve if the agricultural sector were not propped up by government.
Barney
2 Sep 2012
Study / What subjects are taught as general ed in average Polish highschools? [8]
Yes
I went to a Catholic school which were not entirely funded by the state in a working class area and we did some practical but not a lot. I found this a disadvantage when at university compared with other kids from different areas.
**** that many:):)
I thought I was a lurker:)
Most are underinvested so it is mainly theory
Yes
I went to a Catholic school which were not entirely funded by the state in a working class area and we did some practical but not a lot. I found this a disadvantage when at university compared with other kids from different areas.
Making 1860 posts in PF allows you to do a little hijacking.
**** that many:):)
I thought I was a lurker:)
Barney
2 Sep 2012
Study / What subjects are taught as general ed in average Polish highschools? [8]
I heard this....well not the law part. Now that you have graduated do you think a bit of practical work would have helped you?
I also heard that there is no practical work in University either.
Hope I haven't hijacked this thread
because it's forbidden by law to let them play with chemicals
I heard this....well not the law part. Now that you have graduated do you think a bit of practical work would have helped you?
I also heard that there is no practical work in University either.
Hope I haven't hijacked this thread
Barney
2 Sep 2012
Study / What subjects are taught as general ed in average Polish highschools? [8]
Do the kids have practical as part of these subjects or is it all theory?
Biology, Chemistry, Physics
Do the kids have practical as part of these subjects or is it all theory?
Barney
23 Aug 2012
News / Poles, Polonians and aliens on Pussy Riot? [182]
The ***** Riot jailing?
Because they can make an economic case for helping (or not) these organisations, with religious bodies the state would have to make a value judgment based on intangible beliefs. Which religion(s) would they have to exclude from largesse?
Barney,if that happened here there would be an outcry.
The ***** Riot jailing?
States are free to assist cultural and civic institutions (so why not religious ones?).
Because they can make an economic case for helping (or not) these organisations, with religious bodies the state would have to make a value judgment based on intangible beliefs. Which religion(s) would they have to exclude from largesse?
Barney
23 Aug 2012
News / Poles, Polonians and aliens on Pussy Riot? [182]
It’s a difficult one but I believe that the church has a right to express its views and hope that this committee will see sense and allow state funding. It’s illogical to allow privately financed IVF but deny the same procedure to others.
the in vetro debate
It’s a difficult one but I believe that the church has a right to express its views and hope that this committee will see sense and allow state funding. It’s illogical to allow privately financed IVF but deny the same procedure to others.
Barney
23 Aug 2012
News / Poles, Polonians and aliens on Pussy Riot? [182]
I agree with this harsh but to be expected.
I believe the protest was not really well thought out just a general unfocused rage against the machine type of thing that they knew would land them in trouble, they are not martyrs.
Yes lecturers must exercise caution for the reasons you state but I see the position that churches claim and the state recognises as placing a special onus upon them to exercise reticence in overt political matters. In moral matters the church can speak as it wishes and is often ignored (Capital punishment and sexual abstinence are two such areas that pop to mind)
***** riot broke the law, the penalty seems harsh but that's their law system.
I agree with this harsh but to be expected.
I believe the protest was not really well thought out just a general unfocused rage against the machine type of thing that they knew would land them in trouble, they are not martyrs.
Yes lecturers must exercise caution for the reasons you state but I see the position that churches claim and the state recognises as placing a special onus upon them to exercise reticence in overt political matters. In moral matters the church can speak as it wishes and is often ignored (Capital punishment and sexual abstinence are two such areas that pop to mind)