pawian
20 Jul 2011
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]
Nope, Germans.
What do these two pieces of art in Wrocław share?
Nope, Germans.
What do these two pieces of art in Wrocław share?
pawian
20 Jul 2011
Travel / Traveling around Poland - our photo stories with very personal commentary [225]
Who knows? I hadn`t believed it but I saw it.
What a pity. Old pics of Wrocław show that many houses still stood after the war, before they got demolished.
E.g., in 1970 they prefered pulling down those two houses
and keeping this hole for 30 years
before filling it with modern architecture
From this great site:
Yes, it looks like Nowa Huta district in Krakow.
What a sore to the eyes.
Yes, it is visible after comparing this old photo:
with today`s satellite view
wroclaw.hydral.com.pl/19940,obiekt.html
No, contrary to popular belief there was propably more destruction than reconstruction.
Who knows? I hadn`t believed it but I saw it.
What a pity. Old pics of Wrocław show that many houses still stood after the war, before they got demolished.
E.g., in 1970 they prefered pulling down those two houses
and keeping this hole for 30 years
before filling it with modern architecture
From this great site:
The eastern part of the old town was leveled to win bricks for Warsaw.
Yes, it looks like Nowa Huta district in Krakow.
What a sore to the eyes.
Other parts were removed to built the ring road which cuts through the old town.
Yes, it is visible after comparing this old photo:
with today`s satellite view
wroclaw.hydral.com.pl/19940,obiekt.html
pawian
19 Jul 2011
Feedback / PolishForums Motto? :) [149]
What did you do to the rabbit???
Yes! :):):)
The original rabbit that they used in their advertisements.
What did you do to the rabbit???
Nice one! "how about getting back on topic" would be an excellent motto here.
Yes! :):):)
pawian
19 Jul 2011
Feedback / PolishForums Motto? :) [149]
Durecell crypto advertisement? How much did they pay you for this?
in order to change a human being into this."
Durecell crypto advertisement? How much did they pay you for this?
pawian
19 Jul 2011
Feedback / PolishForums Motto? :) [149]
I am not going to say a word more about the California raw oysters with some ketchup, horseradish, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, and a whiskey cocktail oyster shooters.
I just read this:
Tomato ketchup or salsa dip sauce? ;)
I am not going to say a word more about the California raw oysters with some ketchup, horseradish, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, and a whiskey cocktail oyster shooters.
I just read this:
how about getting back on topic: PolishForums Motto
pawian
19 Jul 2011
pawian
19 Jul 2011
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]
):):):):):) Nope. :):):)
:):):):) Still no. Besides, remember, I haven`t left Wrocław yet.
Nope.
Nope.It is a miniature replica of the 18 century organ which got burnt in 1974. Now St. Elizabeth`s church in Wrocław is collecting money to rebuild it.
Is it the central attraction on your mantelpiece, pawian? ;) ;)
):):):):):) Nope. :):):)
Seriously tho, in the Polish Central Bank or somewhere in Kazimierz, the Jewish quarter of Kraków? The Vatican don't publicise so openly ;)
:):):):) Still no. Besides, remember, I haven`t left Wrocław yet.
It looks like a mid to late-Eighteenth Century reliquary.
Nope.
The eye of God!
Nope.It is a miniature replica of the 18 century organ which got burnt in 1974. Now St. Elizabeth`s church in Wrocław is collecting money to rebuild it.
pawian
19 Jul 2011
News / Military power (Poland #21 in the world) [97]
I will report you to the Mohair Beret Defamation Comission!
The cover is mean but their hearts - noble.
Yes, these guys take part in all reconstructions:
Seanus?
Nope. Those rifles were not used in aftr school activity clubs. I disassembled and assembled an AK at uni military classes in 1980s.
Poland has a very special form of defence in the mohair beret brigade :) Their bile is instantly poisonous and their axe-wielding skills are a sight to behold. When they charge at you, you had better run like hell :)
I will report you to the Mohair Beret Defamation Comission!
HHHmmm, the balistic deflecting proparties of 2 by 4 is much underrated,as is the tactical genius of 3 people taking cover behind a street lamp
The cover is mean but their hearts - noble.
better not take the p!ss too much as Ive a funny feeling I know the girl and the lad in the middle :)
Yes, these guys take part in all reconstructions:
But,a question,when I was with my students in Gliwice a few years ago one of the local lads
Seanus?
was telling me about the firing range in his High Schools basement,mentioned Kalashnikovs...........still a popular after school activity in PL?
Nope. Those rifles were not used in aftr school activity clubs. I disassembled and assembled an AK at uni military classes in 1980s.
pawian
19 Jul 2011
History / I'm searching for a movie about Polish-Bolshevik war of 1920 [18]
October 2011 - the release of the Polish production whoich look great in the trailer:
..
October 2011 - the release of the Polish production whoich look great in the trailer:
..
pawian
18 Jul 2011
Life / You are Polish if... [433]
It seems while you have posted your data, the thread was moved or closed and your data cannot be posted. Sorry!
Message:
Wow, some things are a revelation to me. Do American Poles really do them? :):):):) or you exaggerate on purpose to strengthen the satirical impact on the reader?
Here are things which also Polish Poles do:
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Wow, some things are a revelation to me. Do American Poles really do them? :):):):) or you exaggerate on purpose to strengthen the satirical impact on the reader?
“Saint Hedwig,”
You occasionally add the suffix “-ski” to English words for no apparent reason (e.G., “I’m gonna go put the car-ski in the garage-ski”)
Your family likes to play card games like hearts and pinochle, and this often culminates in full-scale brawls.
Your dad has forced you to eat horseradish, claiming that it will “put hair on your chest” (even If you’re a female!).
You like to put sour cream, horseradish, and/or beer on everything you eat.
You walk into a crowd of people you don’t know and talk to them like they’re your best friends in the whole world.
Here are things which also Polish Poles do:
Your grandparents and other rela tives habitually kiss everyone they meet.
You have at least one relative who plays the Accordion.
You are inclined to blame all the world’s ills on Germans and Russians.
You like to go “mushroom hunting.”
You hoard vast amounts of money in your house.
You can out drink all of your friends.
You have waited in line at a church or bakery to buy pierogi or paczki.
You often visit cemeteries, light votive candles for dead relatives, and generally spend an unhealthy amount of time obsessing about death.
You like to gossip and generally talk too much.
Your relatives show constant devotion to saints, the Blessed Virgin, the Pope,
pawian
18 Jul 2011
pawian
18 Jul 2011
Life / Polish artist? Any one knows these paintings? [10]
I can
The ending of the surname looks like -czy indeed.
There is no such surname on the list of Polish artists:
pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kategoria:Polscy_malarze
pl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kategoria:Polscy_malarze&pagefrom=Jach+Pawe%C5%82+Wies%C5%82aw%0APawe%C5%82+Jach
I can
maybe T. Konierczy
looks like T. (or F.) Kobierczy.
The ending of the surname looks like -czy indeed.
There is no such surname on the list of Polish artists:
pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kategoria:Polscy_malarze
pl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kategoria:Polscy_malarze&pagefrom=Jach+Pawe%C5%82+Wies%C5%82aw%0APawe%C5%82+Jach
pawian
18 Jul 2011
Life / Polish artist? Any one knows these paintings? [10]
Battle at Grunwald.
Wow, if you have the original, it is worth millions of Canadian dollars.
can someone help me identify artist or read correctly the name.
Battle at Grunwald.
Wow, if you have the original, it is worth millions of Canadian dollars.
pawian
18 Jul 2011
Real Estate / Thinking of buying an offplan Luxury Property Wroclaw [79]
These slums for 3000 euros/meter ?
They must be crazy.
Hi, I am looking at buying an offplan luxury apartment. The location is great, 10 minutes walk from the Market Square of Wrocław but it seems very expensive at 3000 Euros / meter - What do you guys think ?
These slums for 3000 euros/meter ?
They must be crazy.
pawian
18 Jul 2011
News / Military power (Poland #21 in the world) [97]
Poland doesn`t need a large army,. If a conflict starts, millions of men and women will man and women the barricades in cities and towns, sacrificing their lives but bleeding the enemy out, too.
Poland doesn`t need a large army,. If a conflict starts, millions of men and women will man and women the barricades in cities and towns, sacrificing their lives but bleeding the enemy out, too.
pawian
18 Jul 2011
Food / What's your favorite Polish beer? [870]
Yes, I dislike those bitter lagers.
I don`t know about vodka because I don`t drink it. But some Polish Strongbeers are very good. They are a little sweet which is of importance to me.
meritum-news.com/PORADY/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/13-sierpnia-panienki-z-piwem.jpg
You don't like German/Czech/Belgian beer?!
Yes, I dislike those bitter lagers.
Me personally speaking, Poland makes THE best vodka, but the beer is generally average.
I don`t know about vodka because I don`t drink it. But some Polish Strongbeers are very good. They are a little sweet which is of importance to me.
meritum-news.com/PORADY/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/13-sierpnia-panienki-z-piwem.jpg
pawian
18 Jul 2011
Food / What's your favorite Polish beer? [870]
The beer is nothing special in taste (like German tasteless lagers) but the commercials are nice:
yuk!
Yes.
When I was in Poland a few weeks ago, I had a beer in Poland called Harnas, and it was great!
The beer is nothing special in taste (like German tasteless lagers) but the commercials are nice:
I think the best beer personally is from Germany, Czech, and Belgium.
yuk!
But I hear Poland has some great micro-breweries, do you guys know of any?
Yes.
pawian
17 Jul 2011
News / Multi-culti (in Poland) -- roadmap to disaster? [344]
Nope, a road to survival. As Polesses don`t want to breed, we need immigrants to sustain the nation`s being.
Multi-culti (in Poland) -- roadmap to disaster?
Nope, a road to survival. As Polesses don`t want to breed, we need immigrants to sustain the nation`s being.
pawian
17 Jul 2011
Love / Help - evil Polish girl after my partner. [39]
Hire a hitcat.
Any ideas on how to deal with her, all suggestions welcome
Hire a hitcat.
pawian
17 Jul 2011
Study / Wroclaw vs Warsaw vs Cracow? - Which city is better for education? [10]
Warsaw, being the capital, offers greatest opportunities.
See the ranking of UoT in Poland:
pw.edu.pl/Uczelnia/PW-w-rankingach/Rok-2010/Ranking-Szkol-Wyzszych-2010
Warsaw, being the capital, offers greatest opportunities.
See the ranking of UoT in Poland:
pw.edu.pl/Uczelnia/PW-w-rankingach/Rok-2010/Ranking-Szkol-Wyzszych-2010
pawian
17 Jul 2011
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]
I heard about it but never saw it.
Next:
Why was this date important for Wrocław? Crucial?
Next:
What is it?
I heard about it but never saw it.
Next:
Why was this date important for Wrocław? Crucial?
Next:
What is it?
pawian
17 Jul 2011
Feedback / Language used here - how come this forum is all in English? [78]
What about the basic human right of free speech? :):):)
Hey, leave me alone, when I am sober, I try to write sensibly, so there is balance in nature. :):):)
I thoroughly support the banning of such racist scum
What about the basic human right of free speech? :):):)
We could also ban those with clear alcohol problems, particularly as they lower the tone of the forum during one of their frequent hangovers.
Hey, leave me alone, when I am sober, I try to write sensibly, so there is balance in nature. :):):)
pawian
17 Jul 2011
Travel / Attractions in Wrocław: a Must-See List [117]
Cossack or Kossak?
a huge kossak battle painting
Cossack or Kossak?
pawian
12 Jul 2011
History / Władysław łokietek? ... Ojców National Park [7]
I remember you. You were the only ones without ropes and other gear.
It closes at 5pm.
I will show you my pics from the Dark Cave when I return from my next trip, to the real mountains in southern Poland.
We were only one couple all on our own, but for sure we stood out from the crowd. All the amateurs was wearing hiking boots and other hiking clothes. I was wearing sneakers, jeans and shirt while climbing the mountain. ;-)
I remember you. You were the only ones without ropes and other gear.
Yes it was closed, and the time must have been close to 16-17? Really don't know,
It closes at 5pm.
I will show you my pics from the Dark Cave when I return from my next trip, to the real mountains in southern Poland.
pawian
12 Jul 2011
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]
As usual! :):):)
hmm, if you mean Emergency room, nope!
i was close ;)
As usual! :):):)
ER?
hmm, if you mean Emergency room, nope!
pawian
11 Jul 2011
Travel / Traveling around Poland - our photo stories with very personal commentary [225]
We visited one burial site in Wrocław - Holy Family Cemetery. I wanted to see the monuments there:
Monument to AK - Home Army - underground military organization, the biggest in Europe, during WW2.
And the monument to Lwow Eaglets.
By pure accident we came across the grave of Bolesłąw Orliński, a famous aviator:
or a rough stone
Unusual double, but still seperate grave
Remarkable crosses
And figures
Uncommon grave
Wooden structures
I noticed a lot of graves refering to Polish martyrology during and after WW2.
Post war political prisoners, soldiers of AK
Soldier of AK, inmate at Majdanek concetration camp.
Stanisław Lwojszczyk, Katyn victim
Michał Kula, Auschwitz prisoner, died at the age of 56. He was a member of the metal workshop brigade which maintained camp machinery, after the war he testified for Nuremberg trials.
The inscription on the grave reads - to Michałek (dimunitive of Michał), grateful mates.
He made such lamps for prisoners:
After his death, his daughter donated to the Auschwitz Museum the pictures he received from grateful inmates:
Let`s start with the nasty Wrocłąw.
What makes Wrocław a disgusting place?
A few things which remind me of Krakow:
A lot of bumpy roads:
which, additionally, are narrow in the center and cars drive on tram track.
Heavy traffic
Too many long straight streets with drab, even scruffy houses which could look great if repainted. Practically, most houses (except the ones in the Market Square or newly erected ones) in Wrocław are greyish or even black from pollution and lack of maintanance.
Of course, there are renovated houses in the city but I just hate to see such contrasts anywhere:
Another thing which made me disappointed with Wrocław. I found out that the post-war reconstruction of Wrocław is a myth. They rebuilt the city but it didn`t mean reconstruction, unfortunately. :(:(:(:(
I had thought that at least the Old Town had been reconstructed in the pre-war shape. Imagine my disgust when, standing in the Main Square, I could see those banal socialist blocks of flats next to it. Oh, my God.
We had come across them walking to the Main Square and I had started wondering: where am I? In medieval Wrocław or in Nowa Huta district in Krakow?
When we left the Square and went eastwards, we were still haunted by those ugly fillings:
In Poland`s Riddle Thread I asked how many architectonic styles are visible here. With a tongue in my cheek but also tears in my eyes.
To see the mixed architecture of Wrocław, you should climb the church tower:
I hated that view.
We visited one burial site in Wrocław - Holy Family Cemetery. I wanted to see the monuments there:
Monument to AK - Home Army - underground military organization, the biggest in Europe, during WW2.
And the monument to Lwow Eaglets.
By pure accident we came across the grave of Bolesłąw Orliński, a famous aviator:
or a rough stone
Unusual double, but still seperate grave
Remarkable crosses
And figures
Uncommon grave
Wooden structures
I noticed a lot of graves refering to Polish martyrology during and after WW2.
Post war political prisoners, soldiers of AK
Soldier of AK, inmate at Majdanek concetration camp.
Stanisław Lwojszczyk, Katyn victim
Michał Kula, Auschwitz prisoner, died at the age of 56. He was a member of the metal workshop brigade which maintained camp machinery, after the war he testified for Nuremberg trials.
The inscription on the grave reads - to Michałek (dimunitive of Michał), grateful mates.
He made such lamps for prisoners:
After his death, his daughter donated to the Auschwitz Museum the pictures he received from grateful inmates:
Poland. The good and the bad. Bring it on.
Let`s start with the nasty Wrocłąw.
What makes Wrocław a disgusting place?
A few things which remind me of Krakow:
A lot of bumpy roads:
which, additionally, are narrow in the center and cars drive on tram track.
Heavy traffic
Too many long straight streets with drab, even scruffy houses which could look great if repainted. Practically, most houses (except the ones in the Market Square or newly erected ones) in Wrocław are greyish or even black from pollution and lack of maintanance.
Of course, there are renovated houses in the city but I just hate to see such contrasts anywhere:
Another thing which made me disappointed with Wrocław. I found out that the post-war reconstruction of Wrocław is a myth. They rebuilt the city but it didn`t mean reconstruction, unfortunately. :(:(:(:(
I had thought that at least the Old Town had been reconstructed in the pre-war shape. Imagine my disgust when, standing in the Main Square, I could see those banal socialist blocks of flats next to it. Oh, my God.
We had come across them walking to the Main Square and I had started wondering: where am I? In medieval Wrocław or in Nowa Huta district in Krakow?
When we left the Square and went eastwards, we were still haunted by those ugly fillings:
In Poland`s Riddle Thread I asked how many architectonic styles are visible here. With a tongue in my cheek but also tears in my eyes.
To see the mixed architecture of Wrocław, you should climb the church tower:
I hated that view.
pawian
11 Jul 2011
pawian
11 Jul 2011
Language / GCSE Polish - the best way of learning the seven cases? [12]
So do I. I learn with the context best.
Accusative
Fem: -ę
Masc: -y, -i (living: -a)
Neutr: -e
example:
Ja, pieprzyć, głupoty.
Pieprzę głupoty.
Hey, it works! Głupoty ends with -y, just like in Masculine Accusative!
I need to do examples and after a while I remember them.
So do I. I learn with the context best.
Accusative
Fem: -ę
Masc: -y, -i (living: -a)
Neutr: -e
example:
Ja, pieprzyć, głupoty.
Pieprzę głupoty.
Hey, it works! Głupoty ends with -y, just like in Masculine Accusative!
pawian
11 Jul 2011
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]
:):):):):)
Nope.
Hey, don`t you recognise a toy from the past? In what kind of museums are such toys displayed?
SeanBM: The aviation museum?
crippled species museum?
crippled species museum?
:):):):):)
Nope.
Hey, don`t you recognise a toy from the past? In what kind of museums are such toys displayed?
pawian
11 Jul 2011
Language / GCSE Polish - the best way of learning the seven cases? [12]
Oops, I get depressed when I look at this stuff. I will never be able to learn it. :(:(:(
Here are the case endings (singular):
Oops, I get depressed when I look at this stuff. I will never be able to learn it. :(:(:(