pawian
27 Jul 2011
pawian
27 Jul 2011
Food / Are there any real kebab shops in Gdansk? [20]
My first thought when I read about that incident was about you and if you were involved. I imagined you had entered the place, demanded lamb kebab and when they couldn`t provide it, you started raging like a bull, throwing tables and chairs all over the shop.
Luckily, it is only my sick imagination. I am glad you are safe and sound.
I was in that kebab shop 20 minutes before the stabbings occured. A friend of mine was walking by when it happened and gave first aid to one of the victims.
My first thought when I read about that incident was about you and if you were involved. I imagined you had entered the place, demanded lamb kebab and when they couldn`t provide it, you started raging like a bull, throwing tables and chairs all over the shop.
Luckily, it is only my sick imagination. I am glad you are safe and sound.
pawian
27 Jul 2011
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]
Nope.
Look at the date of the photo and recall the year when the pope died.
Other answers - nope, either. :(:(:(
they are hosting the pope ;)
Nope.
Look at the date of the photo and recall the year when the pope died.
Other answers - nope, either. :(:(:(
pawian
27 Jul 2011
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]
Nope. While he was walking across, he dropped some coins on the road and started collecting them among passing cars.
Next: Why such decoration?
PTGX - going to the apteka.
Nope. While he was walking across, he dropped some coins on the road and started collecting them among passing cars.
Next: Why such decoration?
pawian
27 Jul 2011
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]
Yes! Luckily, google covers it! :):):):)
Nope, it is a giant dinosaur bone. :):):)
Next: What is this man doing:
i didn't know that. skalki twardowkiego?
Yes! Luckily, google covers it! :):):):)
Pass, but thats an amazing looking Rock ! :)
Has it been worked? Some neo-lithic stone or just naturally cool looking?
Has it been worked? Some neo-lithic stone or just naturally cool looking?
Nope, it is a giant dinosaur bone. :):):)
Next: What is this man doing:
pawian
27 Jul 2011
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]
Yes, Piłsudski Mound renovation. Those mounds suck water like sponges and need earth works every few years. Very costly business but tradition is more important.
Next Where in Krakow can you walk along Elvis Presley Alley?
Yes, Piłsudski Mound renovation. Those mounds suck water like sponges and need earth works every few years. Very costly business but tradition is more important.
Next Where in Krakow can you walk along Elvis Presley Alley?
pawian
27 Jul 2011
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]
That is the name of the photos series, indeed. But you need to be more specific.
That is the name of the photos series, indeed. But you need to be more specific.
pawian
27 Jul 2011
pawian
27 Jul 2011
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]
Yes! Though I would call it whisper wall.
Where exactly?
Yes, I know. Nope. She was just a very pretty lady with a perfect figure. The one that guys dream about in threads like: Are Polish women the most beautiful in the world?
):):):)
What can you see?
echo wall?
Yes! Though I would call it whisper wall.
Where exactly?
(dude,if thats your wife.....you know Im only joking yeah? ;) )
Yes, I know. Nope. She was just a very pretty lady with a perfect figure. The one that guys dream about in threads like: Are Polish women the most beautiful in the world?
):):):)
What can you see?
pawian
27 Jul 2011
Food / Are there any real kebab shops in Gdansk? [20]
Who knows? I am careful with judgement till we know more...
Who knows? I am careful with judgement till we know more...
pawian
27 Jul 2011
Food / Are there any real kebab shops in Gdansk? [20]
Oops, the latest news is that two Poles were seriously injured by Turkish owners with a carving knife in a kebab outlet in Gdańsk.
Poland knife
Oops, the latest news is that two Poles were seriously injured by Turkish owners with a carving knife in a kebab outlet in Gdańsk.
Poland knife
pawian
26 Jul 2011
Work / Why is Polish workmanship so bad? [52]
Yes, it is possible in old communist blocks of flats.
:):):):)
Why is that that so many of them remove half of the wall when I try to unplug something ?
Yes, it is possible in old communist blocks of flats.
As the actress said to the bishop ;) ;)
:):):):)
pawian
25 Jul 2011
News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]
That suits the Funniest PS thread, especially about a teacher. :):):):)
The one who thinks will make a career again by critisizing Tusk? I know this guy, listened to a few interviews. He used to hold important posts in the past, like vise president of a major Polish bank. Today he is only a head of a private university of economy, created in 1996. What a degradation. That is why he is very frustrated.
I am glad you had a laugh. :):):) Can I call myself a doctor? :):):)
That suits the Funniest PS thread, especially about a teacher. :):):):)
=Grzegorz_]I will only suggest you to read what people like Krzysztof Rybiński are thinking about the situation of Poland.
The one who thinks will make a career again by critisizing Tusk? I know this guy, listened to a few interviews. He used to hold important posts in the past, like vise president of a major Polish bank. Today he is only a head of a private university of economy, created in 1996. What a degradation. That is why he is very frustrated.
=Grzegorz_]The last page was particularly funny.
I am glad you had a laugh. :):):) Can I call myself a doctor? :):):)
pawian
25 Jul 2011
News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]
Hey, I think we have alread gone through that in another thread, started by you, btw. :):):):) Successes of Tusk`s government, wasn`t it?
And to the best of MY memory, I listed a few for you.
Do you wanna relive those happy moments ? :):):):)
=Grzegorz_]Post 5 meaningful economic reforms done by Tusk's gov in the last 4 years.
Hey, I think we have alread gone through that in another thread, started by you, btw. :):):):) Successes of Tusk`s government, wasn`t it?
And to the best of MY memory, I listed a few for you.
Do you wanna relive those happy moments ? :):):):)
pawian
25 Jul 2011
News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]
Why are you so frustrated? Family? Job? Pet?
=Grzegorz_]Do you think that you will impress anyone here with these bull*shits ?
Why are you so frustrated? Family? Job? Pet?
pawian
25 Jul 2011
News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]
UN notes Poland as investment magnet
25.07.2011 12:47
According to the latest report by the UN Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Investment Report 2011 Poland has been placed 6th on a list of the most attractive investment locations for the years 2011-2013.
In 2010 Poland ranked tenth on the list behind China, the USA, India, Brazil and Russia , and leaving behind economic giants such as Germany, Great Britain and Singapore.
The report also notes Poland's high ranking in the business services sector, while the southern city of Krakow has been placed first in the ranking of cities which have the best development perspectives for such services.
The Polish city is followed by Beijing, Buenos Aires ,Cairo and Sao Paolo.
thenews.pl/1/12/Artykul/51529,UN-notes-Poland-as-investment-magnet
UN notes Poland as investment magnet
25.07.2011 12:47
According to the latest report by the UN Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Investment Report 2011 Poland has been placed 6th on a list of the most attractive investment locations for the years 2011-2013.
In 2010 Poland ranked tenth on the list behind China, the USA, India, Brazil and Russia , and leaving behind economic giants such as Germany, Great Britain and Singapore.
The report also notes Poland's high ranking in the business services sector, while the southern city of Krakow has been placed first in the ranking of cities which have the best development perspectives for such services.
The Polish city is followed by Beijing, Buenos Aires ,Cairo and Sao Paolo.
thenews.pl/1/12/Artykul/51529,UN-notes-Poland-as-investment-magnet
pawian
25 Jul 2011
Travel / Traveling around Poland - our photo stories with very personal commentary [225]
Thanks but that is contrary to the map in the Etnographic Museum if you mean Wielkopolska.
Funny and sad. :):):)
It is half true. In fact the biggest part of Poles who came to Wroclaw after WWII were from Greater Poland Voivodeship.
Thanks but that is contrary to the map in the Etnographic Museum if you mean Wielkopolska.
Some Wroclawians call it monument of Mirmil (from "Kajko i Kokosz") not Boleslaw ;-)
Funny and sad. :):):)
pawian
25 Jul 2011
History / Polish martyrology during WW2 - today`s monuments [54]
A new tradition of honouring Polish martyrology is hanging memorial plaques in churches. They mostly concern topics which were forbidden in communist times and talking about them in stalinist times and later trying to honour might put you behind bars.
Of course, Katyn Massacre, a symbol of Polish suffering in the East
Other mention Soviet and Nazi terror and repressions, like concentration camps, gulags, deportations and extermination of Poles in general.
Very recent plaques honour the slaughter of 100.000 Poles by Ukrainian nationalists in Wołyń area in 1943.
A lot of plaques are devoted to Lwow Eaglets, students who fought for their city in 1918. Other mention victims of Polish communist regime after WW2.
A typical plaque reads: To soldiers of the Home Army, who fought against Nazi and Soviet occupants and who defended the Polish people against barbaric attacks of Ukrainian nationalists from UPA and OUN organizations.
Some mottos:
Let the memory of them never die.
If we ever forget them, let God forget us.
Poland was the highest value for them.
A new tradition of honouring Polish martyrology is hanging memorial plaques in churches. They mostly concern topics which were forbidden in communist times and talking about them in stalinist times and later trying to honour might put you behind bars.
Of course, Katyn Massacre, a symbol of Polish suffering in the East
Other mention Soviet and Nazi terror and repressions, like concentration camps, gulags, deportations and extermination of Poles in general.
Very recent plaques honour the slaughter of 100.000 Poles by Ukrainian nationalists in Wołyń area in 1943.
A lot of plaques are devoted to Lwow Eaglets, students who fought for their city in 1918. Other mention victims of Polish communist regime after WW2.
A typical plaque reads: To soldiers of the Home Army, who fought against Nazi and Soviet occupants and who defended the Polish people against barbaric attacks of Ukrainian nationalists from UPA and OUN organizations.
Some mottos:
Let the memory of them never die.
If we ever forget them, let God forget us.
Poland was the highest value for them.
pawian
25 Jul 2011
Travel / Traveling around Poland - our photo stories with very personal commentary [225]
Then it is not true in case of northern Poland, more exactly Elbląg. It is the neatest and cleanest major city which I visited in Poland. I thought I could live there for a while. One day I will make a post about it.
:):):)
What did you expect? People didn't invest and maintain things because they feared Germans coming back and retaking everything during WW3. That is why it all looks like it does.
That is true. Aleksander Fredro, a great comedy writer, had nothing in common with Wrocław, but a lot in common with Lwow, from where most Wrocław`s new residents came.
What do you expect, again? That newly come Poles would keep German monuments?
Yes, but they are trying to change it. Look at this memorial to a German priest who resisted Nazi regime and paid with his life. But it is still a copy, not original art.
I am weird, I don`t appreciate flowers` beauty. :):):):) Why so many?
Nope, to the best of my knowledge and experience from a few major Polish cities. Not even in Warsaw. (maybe they are in Szczecin or Gdańsk??)
Wrocław rules, after all!
Of course, not. But I compared it to Krakow where I don`t see it anymore because it is done automatically everywhere.
I don`t agree. We didn`t see too many fountains in Wrocław. Compared to Warsaw or Krakow Wrocław is poor. Yes, there is that big one with music but it is just a little too big. :):):)
We always enjoy finding a fountain on our trips because my kids are obsessed with water.
A little amusing pearl from Stalinist times - a mixture of Polish patriotism with communist ideology:
fotopolska.eu/12156,obiekt.html
I only know Southern Poland, but there it's certainly true.
Then it is not true in case of northern Poland, more exactly Elbląg. It is the neatest and cleanest major city which I visited in Poland. I thought I could live there for a while. One day I will make a post about it.
And Wrocław looks neat and tidy compared to the countryside!
:):):)
What did you expect? People didn't invest and maintain things because they feared Germans coming back and retaking everything during WW3. That is why it all looks like it does.
The city has almost no memorials, and the ones that exist are usually not related to this place.
That is true. Aleksander Fredro, a great comedy writer, had nothing in common with Wrocław, but a lot in common with Lwow, from where most Wrocław`s new residents came.
What do you expect, again? That newly come Poles would keep German monuments?
I suppose these pieces of art are made to hide this emptiness.
Yes, but they are trying to change it. Look at this memorial to a German priest who resisted Nazi regime and paid with his life. But it is still a copy, not original art.
Because they are beautiful? ;)
I am weird, I don`t appreciate flowers` beauty. :):):):) Why so many?
i was wondering if they appeared elsewhere. now i know. it seems not.
Nope, to the best of my knowledge and experience from a few major Polish cities. Not even in Warsaw. (maybe they are in Szczecin or Gdańsk??)
Wrocław rules, after all!
not on all lines of course.
Of course, not. But I compared it to Krakow where I don`t see it anymore because it is done automatically everywhere.
i don't like the fact that the city spends so much time and money on fountains. it's like an obsession.
I don`t agree. We didn`t see too many fountains in Wrocław. Compared to Warsaw or Krakow Wrocław is poor. Yes, there is that big one with music but it is just a little too big. :):):)
We always enjoy finding a fountain on our trips because my kids are obsessed with water.
A little amusing pearl from Stalinist times - a mixture of Polish patriotism with communist ideology:
fotopolska.eu/12156,obiekt.html
pawian
25 Jul 2011
Travel / Traveling around Poland - our photo stories with very personal commentary [225]
Said by someone who starts such intelligent threads as: What do you think about Wrocław Boy? or Who is the most muscular of us all in PF?
:):):):)
OK, let`s assume we are both equally weird. :):):)
Back to the topic - photos stories with very personal commentary. The last post focused on the city of Wrocław entirely.
In my positive posts about the city I didn`t mention several petty things I liked.
E.g., those time counters on some traffic lights. Quite useful, I must say. Unfortunately, very few of them yet but I understand that is just the beginning. I hadn`t seen them anywhere in Poland:
Big sculptures in trees, also quite unusual
I also admired such architectonic contrasts and this symbolic grave to the builders of the church who died on duty.
When in Market Square, we ran into a vintage cars picnic. That one was probably the oldest or these?
but dearest to my heart was Fiat 127, the model which was my first own car at uni times and Opel Kapitan, which is a human-like character in one of my favourite childhood books - Great, Greater, the Greatest - about two children who experience extraordinary adventures with the help of the car.
I had mixed feelings about different pieces of art scattered around which certainly introduce some variety into urban landscape but also seem a bit out of space, out of time. Or too modern for me?
Someone in the PF said this fountain in the Market Square is a disaster. Why? Too modern for the old Market Square?
A few last peculiarities which surprised me in Wrocław:
Small market square stalls were full of sunflowers. Why?
The tram driver has to go out to change the rails
This is probably all that I wanted to share with you in Wrocław-focused posts. I think I will be still coming back to it in other posts about Polish cities in general.
Wroclaw Boy - as i said youre weird man.
Said by someone who starts such intelligent threads as: What do you think about Wrocław Boy? or Who is the most muscular of us all in PF?
:):):):)
OK, let`s assume we are both equally weird. :):):)
Back to the topic - photos stories with very personal commentary. The last post focused on the city of Wrocław entirely.
In my positive posts about the city I didn`t mention several petty things I liked.
E.g., those time counters on some traffic lights. Quite useful, I must say. Unfortunately, very few of them yet but I understand that is just the beginning. I hadn`t seen them anywhere in Poland:
Big sculptures in trees, also quite unusual
I also admired such architectonic contrasts and this symbolic grave to the builders of the church who died on duty.
When in Market Square, we ran into a vintage cars picnic. That one was probably the oldest or these?
but dearest to my heart was Fiat 127, the model which was my first own car at uni times and Opel Kapitan, which is a human-like character in one of my favourite childhood books - Great, Greater, the Greatest - about two children who experience extraordinary adventures with the help of the car.
I had mixed feelings about different pieces of art scattered around which certainly introduce some variety into urban landscape but also seem a bit out of space, out of time. Or too modern for me?
Someone in the PF said this fountain in the Market Square is a disaster. Why? Too modern for the old Market Square?
A few last peculiarities which surprised me in Wrocław:
Small market square stalls were full of sunflowers. Why?
The tram driver has to go out to change the rails
This is probably all that I wanted to share with you in Wrocław-focused posts. I think I will be still coming back to it in other posts about Polish cities in general.
pawian
24 Jul 2011
Travel / Traveling around Poland - our photo stories with very personal commentary [225]
No government, no matter how stron, will prevent it if people don`t respect their own city. I made a test today to check if I wasn`t biased with that Wrocław grafitti - I drove a mile in a highly urbanised district in the center of Krakow and I saw two or 3 pieces of grafitti on walls. Houses were grey and drab like in Wrocław, but free of grafitti.
Did you make haggis of/from/with it? :):):)
Why?
Don`t you have such rocky lakes in Scotland?
I dislike birds unless they are storks.
Tell him that communism exploited white black people.
And that is great. Your land, your fredom, your right to do what you want with it.
Yes, exactly.
I didn`t see dog **** in Wrocław.
Yes, I know. But it makes me happy.
Look closer what I took the photo of.
Next time I will tell them to come and leave the hair in front of your house if you like it so much. :):):)
i tend to believe that it's more to do with a weak minded local government that has no clue how to stop it.
No government, no matter how stron, will prevent it if people don`t respect their own city. I made a test today to check if I wasn`t biased with that Wrocław grafitti - I drove a mile in a highly urbanised district in the center of Krakow and I saw two or 3 pieces of grafitti on walls. Houses were grey and drab like in Wrocław, but free of grafitti.
I killed a pig not long after so had to wear something cool in the heat also :)
Did you make haggis of/from/with it? :):):)
I never ate it.
Why?
I was tempted, but rather not :D
Don`t you have such rocky lakes in Scotland?
Birds pick it up and use the hair for nest construction materials.
I dislike birds unless they are storks.
How sad!!! (my communist-leaning cousin would say "There is your precious freedom"). How do I argue that? :(
Tell him that communism exploited white black people.
It's to do with the lunacy of private landowners being able to do what they want with their land.
And that is great. Your land, your fredom, your right to do what you want with it.
Ohh my god shame on those poor people living in flats brushing their dogs in the public park.
Yes, exactly.
I think the dog ****e all over the place to be a bigger issue.
I didn`t see dog **** in Wrocław.
You're weird.
Yes, I know. But it makes me happy.
Were the couple in the photo aware they had some freak photographing them?
Look closer what I took the photo of.
Its people brushing their dogs in the park, whats to be ashamed of?
Next time I will tell them to come and leave the hair in front of your house if you like it so much. :):):)
pawian
24 Jul 2011
Travel / Traveling around Poland - our photo stories with very personal commentary [225]
All? Are you sure? BTW, which territories exactly do you mean?
Palives - And you can expand your observation about the foreigness of Wrocław to all "recovered territories".
All? Are you sure? BTW, which territories exactly do you mean?
pawian
24 Jul 2011
History / Why is the Battle of Grunwald celebrated more than the Battle of Lubiszewo? [29]
No, you aren`t. You only mistook Knights with bolsheviks, but that was a slight mistake, nothing serious.
Or again, am I wrong?
No, you aren`t. You only mistook Knights with bolsheviks, but that was a slight mistake, nothing serious.
pawian
24 Jul 2011
News / POLAND HAS LOST 1 MILLION PEOPLE (for other EU countries) [30]
Nope. Other taxpayers should be grateful.
Nope. Other taxpayers should be grateful.
pawian
23 Jul 2011
Food / Are there any real kebab shops in Gdansk? [20]
Probably not. Lamb and mutton is very expensive in Poland.
Are there any shops that sell lamb kebabs-the real ones?
Probably not. Lamb and mutton is very expensive in Poland.
pawian
23 Jul 2011
Travel / Traveling around Poland - our photo stories with very personal commentary [225]
Yes, probably. On one single day in Wrocław, we ran into three sites full of dog hair left on the ground after brushing those woolly dogs. Crazy. I see it in Krakow, too, but about once a year and in outback areas, far from people.
The first incident took place in the park. The couple visible in the picture have just finished brushing their dog, gave each other a kiss and walked away, leaving those nasty deposits on the grass. I was completely shocked.
Next we went to a cemetery and nearby we saw this and then we decided to have a walk along the Odra River and saw this guy:
Wratislavians, shame on you! :):):
It is good Wrocław has been chosen the cultural capital of Europe for 2016. Do everything to deserve it.
Poor Eastern Poland looks far neater than much richer Silesia for example
Yes, probably. On one single day in Wrocław, we ran into three sites full of dog hair left on the ground after brushing those woolly dogs. Crazy. I see it in Krakow, too, but about once a year and in outback areas, far from people.
The first incident took place in the park. The couple visible in the picture have just finished brushing their dog, gave each other a kiss and walked away, leaving those nasty deposits on the grass. I was completely shocked.
Next we went to a cemetery and nearby we saw this and then we decided to have a walk along the Odra River and saw this guy:
Wratislavians, shame on you! :):):
It is good Wrocław has been chosen the cultural capital of Europe for 2016. Do everything to deserve it.
pawian
23 Jul 2011
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]
But offers other possibilities...... see above.:):):)
What is going on?
But offers other possibilities...... see above.:):):)
What is going on?
pawian
23 Jul 2011
Travel / Traveling around Poland - our photo stories with very personal commentary [225]
Hey, you are wearing tracksuit pants. Were you dresiarz then? :):):)
You don`t look too happy. ):):):) Because you had to eat carp?
In Zakrzówek. How about an illegal dive from the rock?
It is our Polish freedom. Poles fought for it hard in the past to do what they want in their own country. Introducing regulations would be a breach of freedom of speech. Better education in easthetic spheres will come with time and money.
Cutting the grass on the farm :)
Hey, you are wearing tracksuit pants. Were you dresiarz then? :):):)
First Polish Christmas with the "in-laws"
You don`t look too happy. ):):):) Because you had to eat carp?
What to do on a sunny Saturday in Krk, have an illegal bbq!
In Zakrzówek. How about an illegal dive from the rock?
Palivec - But it looks like the authorities can't issue and enfore proper regularisations, or they don't want, I don't know.
It is our Polish freedom. Poles fought for it hard in the past to do what they want in their own country. Introducing regulations would be a breach of freedom of speech. Better education in easthetic spheres will come with time and money.
pawian
23 Jul 2011
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]
Never mind. One may get a little lost here. :):):) This thread has its own rules. :):):)
Never mind. One may get a little lost here. :):):) This thread has its own rules. :):):)
pawian
23 Jul 2011