Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Hint: I mentioned I saw several churches with a donation request and postcards around. Most of these churches were shut when we visited them, we could only enter the lobby (whatever it is called in the church in English) and peek through the stained glass of the closed door. Postcards were in the lobby.

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Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


You are talking about donations? But the question is about postcards. What is their purpose?

Travel / Which Poland's city is LGBT friendly? [43]

I delayed answering you cause I thought it would be randomised. It hasn`t so far, let it be so, but we are walking on thin ice and I don`t want the thread to be closed


Dear Huur, it is as clear as daylight that you are not aware of certain social and economic processes both in history and contemporary. You suggested that Hitler`s NSDAP`s victory in 1933 was mainly due to middle class support. Yes, it is true. Unfortunately, you ignored a certain event, namely the Crisis of the 1930s. Nothing like that had ever taken place before - it was an overwhelming economic disaster. When there is no work for millions so that they have no bread to feed children, people get and act irrational. Hitler promised to improve the situation and Germans believed him, including the pauperised middle class..

In simple words, your analogy with middle class support for NSDAP of 1930s is useless.

As for me and you being off or on topic. let me enlighten you that the Polish middle class lives mainly in cities. When I said: the more middle class in Poland, the bigger the tolerance, it is obvious that it will happen in cities first, then elsewhere. We can already see it nowadays. So, my middle class wasn`t as off topic as your NSDAP because the thread is about LGBT friendly cities. .

I hope it is logical enough and you won`t stubbornly stick to this NSDAP anymore. In case you wanted. could you do it in Random as to not pollute the thread with off topic stuff? :):)

Thanks.

Genealogy / Ruchla (or Rochla) Andrelewitz / Morgowicz Morgovich [8]


I have always been lousy at genealogy so I can`t help you.

But sth occured to me - shouldn`t you look for that info in Lithuania? Yes, Vilnius was under Russian partition, then after 1918 in Poland, but the archives should be still there. I don`t think anybody bothered taking them when Poles were leaving Vilnius for Poland after WW2 due to border changes and mass resettlement.

Travel / Which Poland's city is LGBT friendly? [43]

I am sorry but now you are off topic. Check the title of the thread. :):)

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Yeeees. Look at the grass or bushes behind, they are disproportionately bigger than they should be. :)

I have a few such photos from Bieszczady churches: Donation for the church and postcards around. Why?

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Travel / Which Poland's city is LGBT friendly? [43]


No, it can`t. You see, it is inevitable that one day LGBT will enjoy wide tolerance in Poland because certain social and economic processes are taking place all the time and we have no influence on most of them. You have probably no idea about it. One of these processes is the development of the middle class. Why is it so important?

It is not a secret that the political correctness is the invention of the middle class whose one of main principles is to look, sound and act "decent". At least on the surface, yes, hypocrisy is also middle class` one of favourite traits.

It is obvious that displaying a public contempt for LGBT is not a middle class standard because it is not "decent." That is why this contempt is anonymous in the States, as Jonnhy implied. If he tried to openly admit he is a homophobe, he would be dubbed as such. This might be a problem for him if he is already middle class or if he is aspiring to become it. His middle class friends would turn away from him and his family would also suffer as people would comment: Look, they are relatives of that homophobe that lives at...... That is why he is only brave in this forum but in real life he keeps quiet and keeps his views to himself or very close people.

What about Poland? In the developed countries the middle class makes the majority of the society. In Poland it is still growing but as we have been dubbed the 20th most developed country in the world, it is natural the society will reach higher strata. The more middle class people in Poland, the more tolerance towards LGBT.

Classifieds / HELP NEEDED with Polish handwriting (political letters etc.) [7]


Hmm that`s interesting. Those are letters as the OP mentioned and indeed, I can read that Piłsudski addresses sb as you and talks about Narutowicz.

Letters from that period were published in volume 5 of Pisma Zbiorowe.

So, bronto, have you checked if your letters are already translated? Or do you need your own translation to avoid copyright costs?

Travel / Which Poland's city is LGBT friendly? [43]

Dear guys who oppose LGBT,

You can critisize the development of the situation but you won`t prevent it. If you learnt history, you would know how LGBT was looked upon before 1960s in the States (almost as a crime). How it is viewed today, everybody knows. Similarly in Western Europe, And? The same thing is going to take place in Poland as long as we remain a democratic country which makes sure that no one is discriminated against because any kind of discrimination is a crime.

One more explanation - I am not an obsessed pro LGBT activist. :):) I am just a neutral observer now, stating certain facts which are unpreventable. Only this and nothing else, so don`t be angry with me now or in the future. :):)

Travel / Which Poland's city is LGBT friendly? [43]

If you are intelligent enough, you should know it can`t be stopped. The more antigay opposition today, the bigger and louder the Gay Parades will be in the future. Simple as that. The only way to stop LGBT getting their full rights here is turning Poland into dictatorship, like in Russia.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


Out of these two, only one is possible. Why if the door to the woodshed is open? :)


Close.... :):)


Another visual; clue

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Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

In the meantime

What public institution is housed in that structure?

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Language / How Polish sounds to other Slavs [32]


Very interesting.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


Hmm. yes, exactly, however, you described only the superficial sight/view. You should look more carefully, our eyes are always misleading us. We are looking but we can`t see,

A hint is a question - what can you do with this structure? I mean you as an average tourist who is visiting Bieszczady.

Sorry, Doug, no. Don`t you remember the witch`s hut was made of gingerbread and various cakes? :)

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Ok, I will relieve this pain before going to bed. :)

The man is eating luncheon meat from a tin. It is not disgusting, quite tasty, I like it myself. :)

The film is The Dead Men`s Depot while the book is Next to Paradise by Marek Hłasko.

The enthusiastic men mystery is in the first photo below.
The other photo presents the next riddle:

What can you see exactly?

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Travel / Gdynia for a day while on a cruise ship [10]


Yes, right.. :)
But if they were lucky, they could run into nice Polish gentlemen in the Aquarium, too.

PS. To each etc. I would choose the lousiest aquarium over the most grandiose entertainment in the area being anywhere in the world. I had a fish tank as a boy and I know all species characteristics and needs by heart.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

The French book and film were earlier.
But! The author who is cult today didn` t make anything up - in 1950 he had really experienced what he later put down onto paper.

Yet, some critics in Poland did accuse the author of plagiarism of Wages of Fear.
Now it is easy to find out all the titles.

Travel / Gdynia for a day while on a cruise ship [10]


Well, it depends on people`s interests. I visited Gdynia Aquarium as a child, still keep black and white photos of our visit. Then, an obsessive animal watcher, I dreamt of visiting it again as an adult. Decades passed and I got a chance to take my kids to it and see how they got fascinated with it just like me in the past.

Of course, compared to world`s aquariums, this one is mediocre, but still a great attraction in Gdynia.

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Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Wages of Fear? How they transport nitroglycerine?
No, although our film is also about transporting stuff which can be dangerous as a few characters die. But as guys in the film are tough, they persist and do their fekking duty.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

hahaha was the marmot alive or dead when the man found it? :)

sorry, we are talking Bieszczady mountains, while marmots live in the Tatras.
Hint: look at his both hands.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

In the meanwhile:

What is the hiker eating after a strenuous climb?

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Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Well, I wouldn`t say hippies but hipsters. And they were enthusiastic. Why? Hint - not because they found the lost bong. Check picture in post 2840 which was taken at the same time.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Yes! The first two lines of your post are fully correct.
Now, look again at the photo in 2840. Were the men enthusiastic after seeing the boy`s back? Of course not. Where is the boy sitting that caused such enthusiasm?

As for the lorry. It was first a short story, quite known, by a very famous author who is cult today. The story was later adapted into a film under a different title. The plot is connected with what you see in our riddle.

This is a scene from it:

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Travel / Gdynia for a day while on a cruise ship [10]

See the Aquarium in Gdynia, with giant sea turtles and medium size sharks.

Life / Should I expect racism as a 'black' woman in Poland [149]

Exactly. That is why I would advise all black females who are single to come to Poland before it is too late and more of them appear. Currently, those who come now will have no competition at all.

Travel / Warsaw WKD and ZTM - how the ticket system works here? [7]

No, it is never too late, cause sb else might use this info in the future.

Language / How Polish sounds to other Slavs [32]


No, I didn`t make a mistake, it was Jarosław who spoke to Russians one month after the tragic death of his twin brother.

Language / How Polish sounds to other Slavs [32]


To be honest, I know there is such a dispute between Russians and Ukrainians but I am not an expert on Eastern Slavic languages so I`d prefer to abstain from voicing my opinion.


It should be sioło. But I haven`t heard it for years in live language, only encountered it in old school books dealing with literature from early 20 century. :):) This joke must be very old.

As for simliarities, I remember a speech of friendship that Jarosław Kaczyński delivered to Russians in 2010 to prove Poles aren`t Russophobes. I read Russian comments under that youtube film and most Russians were surprised they understood almost everything without reading subtitles.

Language / How Polish sounds to other Slavs [32]

I see. Thanks and let`s finish that topic or the thread will suffer.


Yes,. this is not only Russian impression but also other nationalities` about the sounds of the spoken Polish. Whistling of a boiling kettle is one of the descriptions.

Language / How Polish sounds to other Slavs [32]


You touched a very interesting topic which I already know so no need to elaborate. But tell me, what you think about it?