UK, Ireland / Sugar tax in the UK. Polish friends addicted? [55]


I'll tell them that on Monday! It'll brighten up their day.


I'd be interested to see some of the stats. I can only offer the evidence of my own eyes. There are certainly more fat Polish kids than there used to be, but it's nothing like the UK, for example.

UK, Ireland / Sugar tax in the UK. Polish friends addicted? [55]

I have over three hundred young adult university students this year. Not a single one could be described as obese. Three or four are on the porky side, but all the others are in trim. In which other European nation could this be seen?


That's a fact.

Work / Thirteenth Salary in Poland [13]


Not this year.


I've never seen either in the twelve years I've taught at the uni.


That hasn't changed. It's a scandal, but what can you do?

Work / What's the hourly rate for a respectable small business lawyer in Poland? [5]

Respectable lawyer?

Food / Best Polish Potato Variety for Mashing [67]

Irga are quite low in starch, so according to the experts they shouldn't be good mashers, but I like them. If anyone can tell us the Polish equivalent of the Russet, we might be on to something good.

Food / Best Polish Potato Variety for Mashing [67]

We grow the Irga variety. Perfect. Onion gravy, anyone?

Work / Thirteenth Salary in Poland [13]


Perhaps. I'd certainly rather have a good pay rise than the 13th salary, which usually comes well into the following year.

Classifieds / New Poland's naturist FB page for expats and other English speakers [27]

And you save money on washing powder. But where do you keep your phone?

Classifieds / New Poland's naturist FB page for expats and other English speakers [27]

Bit nippy in January, I'd have thought.

News / Poland Parliamentary elections 2015 [1060]

You are being disingenuous, Pol. You know fine well what I mean. PiS runs on a Roman Catholic ticket. No doubt some priests will be telling people how to vote from the pulpit as they usually do at election time. Also, some of us who are not religious lead quite sober, modest and socially responsible lives, and find your calling us hedonists insulting as well as wrong.

G, perhaps you could petition PiS to have people like me disenfranchised.

News / Poland Parliamentary elections 2015 [1060]


He also said that "With God's help" PiS would win, and that's the main reason I could never vote for them. Religion and politics are unhappy bedfellows, as we can see the world over. Any party which claims divine support (e.g. Hezbollah, the 'Party of God') scares the life out of me.

News / Kaczyński slams "political correctness" plague in Poland [85]

If you can't use "The Dear Leader", then satire is dead. This forum becomes more sanitised by the day in some ways, and more extreme in others.

News / Poland Parliamentary elections 2015 [1060]

Wulkan, you are a little hysterical if you think I wanted you to stop contacting your family. Let's leave it there, as you seem a bit upset.

Gumishu, my personal belief is no representation without contribution. It's quite simple. In the days when I could vote in the UK, even though I didn't live there, I didn't because I didn't feel morally entitled to do so. Other people are free to think otherwise.

News / Poland Parliamentary elections 2015 [1060]

I'm not trying to tell you which party to vote for (I'm not a fan of any of them, and haven't voted for a party in 30 years, just against others). My point was simply that I believe that if a person has chosen to make another country their home, as we have, they should consider their right to vote in the old country's elections, whether that right exists in law or not.

News / Kaczyński slams "political correctness" plague in Poland [85]

We've gone from an uppity clerk (and an astounding hypocrite) to gassing Jews, murder and, inevitably given the poster, homosexuality. Not much point in discissing this, then.

News / Poland Parliamentary elections 2015 [1060]

OK, if you're happy for Americans who have never lived in Poland and contribute nothing to Poland to vote in Polish elections, fine. I'm not, so we'll have to agree to differ.

News / Poland Parliamentary elections 2015 [1060]


Well, that's highly debatable. I remember the PiS coalition with Leper and Giertych. My point was that I believe people should not vote in a country where they don't live. In extreme cases, e.g. the USA, some people can vote in Polish elections. That's undemocratic.

News / Poland Parliamentary elections 2015 [1060]

Wulkan, I don't live in the UK, so I don't, in fact can't, vote in UK elections, which I think is fair. Your vote may affect my life, even though you don't live here. How can that be right?

Travel / Polski Bus experiences in Poland? [17]


The other day I took to work home made lightly grilled salmon with Provencal herbs and wild mushroom risotto. Who needs railway food?

Real Estate / Why are toilets and sinks in Poland always separated by a door? [33]


Why not? The bathroom is for washing. The kitchen is for cooking, not dirty clothes. Our machine is in the boiler room, a happy medium, where the noise doesn't disturb us.

News / Kaczyński slams "political correctness" plague in Poland [85]


She refused to do her job. It was not her job to write legislation.

News / Poland Parliamentary elections 2015 [1060]

I'll be voting. Not for PiS. It'll be interesting to see how many of the posters most concerned with the moral policing of Poland will be casting a vote.

News / Poland Parliamentary elections 2015 [1060]


Only in Poland could someone say this and not have their political career instantly ended. Shame on him. No doubt he will be blaming people for lacking a sense of humour.

Life / Surgery for a cat in hospital in Poland? [12]

Great news. I'm so glad the comments gave you paws for thought. Get some tree bark and attach it to a verticle pipe or table leg. Your cat will enjoy scratching that more than the wallpaper.

Travel / I discovered Poland - a nice country [62]

As the lady sang:

"Hey farmer farmer put away that DDT
Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees"

Travel / I discovered Poland - a nice country [62]

When I lived with my in-laws I had to stand guard over anything I cooked. If I didn't, I'd come back to find that salt - and plenty of it - had been added. Once I came home to find a chilli con carne of mine that was happily maturing had been thrown out, after being declared "Guantanamo". A little heat was a no-no, but stroke-inducing levels of salt are deemed fine.

Feedback / Staying on thread (re-closed) [26]


It is inevitable that in the current climate any discussion on Muslims will quickly degenerate into a hate-fest. As Admin says, there are other places to talk about them. As for


if the thread title actually meant something, it might have merit.

News / Poland Parliamentary elections 2015 [1060]

Great idea. They should start with the president's expenses.

Life / Surgery for a cat in hospital in Poland? [12]

Shizuka, just because something is legal, it doesn't make it right. I'll make the same offer Dolno made. I'm in the east. Give the cat a break.

Law / Registration of right hand drive cars in Poland - possible? [82]

RHD cars in Poland are a recipe for disaster. It's risky enough overtaking buses, etc. in a normal car. I hope I'm wrong, I really do, but I expect to hear about a lot of accidents.