USA, Canada / Living in Poland - prospects for Alabama guy ... need some advice! [146]

I have no doubt her story is true... why should she lie about it...?

My sons girlfriend , who is Polish refuses ever to come back to Poland...

The reason...

She left her mother in sole charge of a flat she owned...the mother first rented it out , then later sold it and stole the money....

Sorry , but not all Poles are honest...


No problem...

You should know from all the stuff i have posted in the past , that i am not anti Polish ...I have many Polish friends here in Poland , and in the UK , my son has a Polish girlfriend....

I am always ready to defend Poland if somebody says something bad thats not true , and i am happy to shout out about all the great things in Poland....

But the sad truth is....

That among some Poles is this belief that in order to prosper you must take every oportunity to lie and decieve , and stab people in the back at every oportunity... I think its a mentality that comes from years of having to do whatever is needed to survive...

I have Polish friends i would trust with my life , and they are the most wonderfull people i have ever met....

But... it does not blind me to the fact there are those that are not quite so great...

We have such people in the UK too...

Life / You are Polish if... [433]

You are Polish if...

You have never left a supermarket without a few cans of beer... and your car is parked as close as possible to the entrance of the supermarket , causing a traffic jam...


Yes , good idea... this would be funny...

You are English if.....

you are fat lazy , have a criminal record and a tattoo of the devil on your face.... but you are out of work because there are lots of Poles in the UK...

and yes...i am English...

USA, Canada / Living in Poland - prospects for Alabama guy ... need some advice! [146]


When i gave an account of my mobile phone being stolen by people at Gdansk airport you said i must have been drunk , or mistaken...

Whilst its very noble and natural to defend your country , calling people liars because they happen to have had something negative happen to them in Poland is not reasonable... How do you know the story is not true...?

I have told many tales of all the great and wonderfull things that have happened to me in Poland , i don,t recall you calling me a liar then....only when i said somebody Polish stole my phone..... Maybe all the nice things i said about Poland were lies...?

Remember...Polish reality is not the same for a non Pole in Poland as it is for a Pole...

USA, Canada / Living in Poland - prospects for Alabama guy ... need some advice! [146]


Bring loads of money....expect to have a difficult time....

expect to leave after a few years with nothing...

but its a nice country... if you can survive it...

News / Poles are able to forgive their enemies - how noble. [68]

I agree , but in comparison with the war in Russia , the desert war was played by the rules...

My father tells of how they would fight during the day , then pack up as the sun went down...if you bumped into the enemy at night , you would just pretend not to notice them...

My father said it went downhill after the Americans joined in.... They started firing at the Germans at night , and the Germans naturally responded....

My father was in the tanks... on one operation their tank got hit , several crew wounded , and they were on their own...

A few hours later a German column showed up..they treated all the wounded , gave the English crew food and water , and then went on their way after wishing them luck.... they had no time to take prisoners...

Can,t imagine that scenario in Russia...

News / Poles are able to forgive their enemies - how noble. [68]


I agree , the desert war was very civilised , just opposing forces doing battle , no partisans , no death squads , no Gestapo...

Very different from what was happening in Poland and the rest of Europe...

News / Poles are able to forgive their enemies - how noble. [68]

My father had many friends from the Afrika korps...

Back in 1942 they were doing their best to kill each other...

I agree with what somebody else already said...

Forgive yes... but to forget is to let it happen again...

Genealogy / any towns that are pronounced as Koscov? [8]


Yes of course... you are right..

Genealogy / any towns that are pronounced as Koscov? [8]

I don,t supose it could be Wroclaw...?

Pronounced ross wav

Love / What do Asian boys think about Polish girls? :) (and vice versa) [150]


It seems any vunerable girl over the age of ten attracts Asian men...

Life / Looking for my old car in Poland (is it registered?) [16]

Why not just ask them to prove you DO own the car.....?

Travel / Watch out for airport personnel stealing stuff on regional Polish airports. [64]

You are entitled to believe whatever you wish..

Travel / Watch out for airport personnel stealing stuff on regional Polish airports. [64]

Not worth the trouble....

The only thing stolen was a mobile that did not work...

It would have been impossible to prove anyone stole it...

All i know is...it was in my rucksack before going through the check ...and not afterwards...

Travel / Watch out for airport personnel stealing stuff on regional Polish airports. [64]


Well , one of the people that was checking bags and stuff...

Travel / Watch out for airport personnel stealing stuff on regional Polish airports. [64]

Had my mobile stolen at Gdansk airport security...

I had two with me , the one they stole was a broken phone that i kept just to charge up a spare battery...bad luck people...

I will keep a closer eye on my stuff in future...

What they did was insist i took my boots off , because the metal dectector bleeped at my metal shoelace ends , while i was doing that , they went through my rucksack and stole the phone...

Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]

I defy anyone to read through this whole thread , and still have a will to live....

I bet none of you are even selling any property....?

I actually have my house up for sale at the moment...but i could not get interested in this thread...even with a gun against my head...!

Who cares what your dam house is worth...?

Get a life for Gods sake...

News / Drunken Brit beats up young Polish policewoman [62]


She should have shot the stupid ass...

We would not have missed such a loser in the UK....

Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]

This thread has been going on so long now with prices falling with each post...

I reckon a Polish appartment cost about 50 zloty now....

But don,t rush , by next week they will pay you to take one...!

Travel / Driving in Poland, are there any rules at all? [149]

See..not so scarey... Or maybe i have been here too long....?

Travel / Is ice bathing common in Poland? [3]

Two Polish friends of mine...

No , i did not join them... Crazy...!

Travel / Travel by Motorcycle in Poland (cost, distance, risk?) [47]


Well , its Gremium actually...Don,t know why you have not got a reply , there are a few members there that speak English...

If you PM me your message i will get somebody to get it to them...

Travel / Driving in Poland, are there any rules at all? [149]

When i first came to Poland , i always stopped to let people cross the road on a crossing...

Their reaction was a look of amazement , and they seemed very reluctant to cross the road untill i had driven off...

This is probably due to Polish drivers overtaking any English drivers silly enough to stop at a crossing....

Now i just ignore people stood at crossings , in the same way Polish drivers do...

Please note....Its frowned upon to run anyone over if they are actually on the crossing...

Love / My Polish wife got married to me but she's still not in love? [34]

Just give her the house and the money....

Saves all that messing about with lawyers...

Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]

Apart from Milky Mark...is there anyone who actually gives a Donald duck about this....?

Love / Is it acceptable for a Polish male to have a German girlfriend? [58]

There are some Polish people that won,t like your girlfriend if she is not from the same village or town as you...

Don,t worry about it... be happy with your lady...

I am an Englishman in love with a Russian...

Travel / Travel by Motorcycle in Poland (cost, distance, risk?) [47]

Have a search around on the forum.... There is a whole thread devoted to biking in Poland...

I am a Harley rider who has lived here for seven years....

Try this..... Travel by Motorcycle in Poland

Try this too....

Motorcycle tour of Poland

Food / Cost of tobacco in Poland [17]


Its called Korsarze...or something similar..

Food / Cost of tobacco in Poland [17]

Never seen it in Poland....

You can get similar stuff tho.... 90 zloty for 250 gramms...

Travel / Travel by Motorcycle in Poland (cost, distance, risk?) [47]

Make friends with the local bikers....somebody will let you share a garage...

Travel / Driving from UK to Ukraine via Poland - need car insurance [46]

You are not really supposed to drive into the area.... but you can walk around it , no problem...

incidentally , before the Russians took it over , it was a huge German military base....

there are supposed to be miles of tunnels they made...that lie undiscovered yet....

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borne_Sulinowo

Some information about Borno Sullinowo...