sobieski
14 Jul 2013
News / More technology, but less common sense in Poland - Rydzyk? [40]
Explanation?
who lead a sheltered life
Explanation?
sobieski
14 Jul 2013
News / More technology, but less common sense in Poland - Rydzyk? [40]
He wouldn't know what a multi-faceted Poland is, even when it would bite him.
His idea of this is Rydzak in Częstochowa. Btw I wonder what trick that guy will have in his sleeve now, to get money out of the pockets of his followers. A crusade against the Grand Master of the Freemasons perhaps?
Please clarify.
the full, multi-faceted Poland?
He wouldn't know what a multi-faceted Poland is, even when it would bite him.
His idea of this is Rydzak in Częstochowa. Btw I wonder what trick that guy will have in his sleeve now, to get money out of the pockets of his followers. A crusade against the Grand Master of the Freemasons perhaps?
who lead a sheltered life
Please clarify.
sobieski
13 Jul 2013
Polonia / Looking for Polish Teacher in Abu Dhabi [6]
Just out of curiosity...why do you want to learn Polish?
Just out of curiosity...why do you want to learn Polish?
sobieski
13 Jul 2013
Travel / Rihanna complains about lack of privacy on Polish beach [150]
Another prime example is Paris Hilton. I never understood why she became "famous" in the first place :)
Except for the hotels :)
Another prime example is Paris Hilton. I never understood why she became "famous" in the first place :)
Except for the hotels :)
sobieski
13 Jul 2013
News / More technology, but less common sense in Poland - Rydzyk? [40]
He is of course an excellent example of this. Speaking of how to shoot in one's own foot.
He is of course an excellent example of this. Speaking of how to shoot in one's own foot.
sobieski
13 Jul 2013
Travel / Rihanna complains about lack of privacy on Polish beach [150]
Most of these "stars" are "famous" because of the fact they are...famous. They crave for attention in the "coloured press" and then pretend it disturbs them.
Although there are also others. I remember some years ago Bruce Springsteen was in Antwerp for a concert, and afterwards he slipped away and with some members of his band hit the pub-life in Antwerp Old Town, on their own.
Rihanna is undoubtedly successful, however if she pitched up in a lot of places she'd be ignored.
Most of these "stars" are "famous" because of the fact they are...famous. They crave for attention in the "coloured press" and then pretend it disturbs them.
Although there are also others. I remember some years ago Bruce Springsteen was in Antwerp for a concert, and afterwards he slipped away and with some members of his band hit the pub-life in Antwerp Old Town, on their own.
sobieski
13 Jul 2013
News / Madonna to be discussed at Polish exorcists meeting [27]
I still think she does it to attract attention. Until it will bore her to death, and then she will "discover" another conviction :)
it is a bit like when all these celebrities were "discovering Buddhism", which was very fashionable.
I still think she does it to attract attention. Until it will bore her to death, and then she will "discover" another conviction :)
it is a bit like when all these celebrities were "discovering Buddhism", which was very fashionable.
sobieski
12 Jul 2013
Life / Is it possible to purchase a mobile broadband USB with no data limits in Poland? [18]
That actually is a good idea. I myself have Play on a USB for in case my Neostrada goes on strike, and for when I am on the move, and I cannot complain. But I only use for gmail and regular surfing For that kind of use it is fast enough.
That actually is a good idea. I myself have Play on a USB for in case my Neostrada goes on strike, and for when I am on the move, and I cannot complain. But I only use for gmail and regular surfing For that kind of use it is fast enough.
sobieski
12 Jul 2013
Life / Marks & Spencer getting expensive in Poland [11]
I was always buying corned beef there, but at 20 PLN a tin....
If any PF member where to buy corned beef in Warsaw, information welcome :)
I was always buying corned beef there, but at 20 PLN a tin....
If any PF member where to buy corned beef in Warsaw, information welcome :)
sobieski
12 Jul 2013
Life / Marks & Spencer getting expensive in Poland [11]
I hadn't been in the M&S food counter in Arkadia for ages, but I have the impression they hiked up their prices quite a lot. Anybody else has the same feeling?
I hadn't been in the M&S food counter in Arkadia for ages, but I have the impression they hiked up their prices quite a lot. Anybody else has the same feeling?
sobieski
12 Jul 2013
News / Madonna to be discussed at Polish exorcists meeting [27]
I always thought she was looking for controversies to sell more records and to get full audiences for her concerts. But it seems I am mistaken :)
I always thought she was looking for controversies to sell more records and to get full audiences for her concerts. But it seems I am mistaken :)
sobieski
12 Jul 2013
News / General strike 11th September in Poland? [26]
That is because only PIS (together with the extreme-right lunatics) claim to represent the "true Poland" (whatever that means). They always pretend to be morally superior to the other parties.
Interesting you are using the same vocabulary as Julius Streicher in 1930's.
like PO forming a coalition with a socially conservative, populist, pro-rural Poland B party like PSL. Never a peep or a squeak about that has been hear
That is because only PIS (together with the extreme-right lunatics) claim to represent the "true Poland" (whatever that means). They always pretend to be morally superior to the other parties.
Jewish lawbreakers, embezzlers and child púrnographers
Interesting you are using the same vocabulary as Julius Streicher in 1930's.
sobieski
11 Jul 2013
News / General strike 11th September in Poland? [26]
Such a posting has no value at all and typifies you completely.
Where I come from anti-Semitism is looked upon as criminal, degrading and to be despised.
This is really your trademark...Making gratuitous comments, and not being able to back them up with trustworthy links.
Insulting people, and then pretending nothing happened...Getting into a frenzied hysteria about every party not backed the Chairman. All your rants are copies from the previous ones.
Don't ask for links becuase you won't get one
Such a posting has no value at all and typifies you completely.
Where I come from anti-Semitism is looked upon as criminal, degrading and to be despised.
Don't ask for links becuase you won't get one.
This is really your trademark...Making gratuitous comments, and not being able to back them up with trustworthy links.
Insulting people, and then pretending nothing happened...Getting into a frenzied hysteria about every party not backed the Chairman. All your rants are copies from the previous ones.
sobieski
11 Jul 2013
News / General strike 11th September in Poland? [26]
Like this you can of course explain everything :)
Thing is the duck claims the moral high ground in Polish society...we see what remains of his precious 4th republic.... First Samoobrona & LPR, now RP....
Do I need to tell more>
Please explain why in your opinion anti-semitism is PC and a poorly defined buzzword.
the need for tactical cooperation often brings together strange bedfellows
Like this you can of course explain everything :)
Thing is the duck claims the moral high ground in Polish society...we see what remains of his precious 4th republic.... First Samoobrona & LPR, now RP....
Do I need to tell more>
anti-Semitism,
Please explain why in your opinion anti-semitism is PC and a poorly defined buzzword.
sobieski
11 Jul 2013
News / General strike 11th September in Poland? [26]
So what about the cooperation between PIS and RP in Elbląg,... We are missing your afterthoughts about this since before the elections....
So what about the cooperation between PIS and RP in Elbląg,... We are missing your afterthoughts about this since before the elections....
sobieski
11 Jul 2013
News / General strike 11th September in Poland? [26]
Would that be in cooperation with RP such as in Elbląg?
paving the way for the 2015 PiS-led clean-up campaign
Would that be in cooperation with RP such as in Elbląg?
sobieski
9 Jul 2013
Travel / Rihanna complains about lack of privacy on Polish beach [150]
Such as the Great Marshal ? But then he is was not very fond of your idol Dmowski.
Even here in Bielany :). And I am still alive :))
Again somebody doesn't understand the difference between citizenship and ethnicity.
Such as the Great Marshal ? But then he is was not very fond of your idol Dmowski.
It is not uncommon to see black people in Poland, everyday of the week I see black people on the streets of Warsaw. It was uncommon to see African/Asian people on the streets of Poland, not anymore.
Even here in Bielany :). And I am still alive :))
sobieski
9 Jul 2013
Life / Immigration in Poland and being surrounded by a monoculture? [134]
Is that why you live in the UK ?
I am very proud of my ancestors and my fatherland.
Is that why you live in the UK ?
sobieski
9 Jul 2013
Law / US citizen looking to live in Poland for 6+ months like a long-term tourist [51]
The document expires, but not the permanent residency behind it, Harry. Same as my Belgian ID-card is valid for 10 years (of course that is because our government can earn money on the renewal).
And no, I double-checked my car registration and it does not mention an expiry date.
Still bewildering, all this.
Got to love how a document confirming permanent status expires after ten years. Nicely thought through by somebody.
The document expires, but not the permanent residency behind it, Harry. Same as my Belgian ID-card is valid for 10 years (of course that is because our government can earn money on the renewal).
And no, I double-checked my car registration and it does not mention an expiry date.
Still bewildering, all this.
sobieski
9 Jul 2013
Law / US citizen looking to live in Poland for 6+ months like a long-term tourist [51]
Ah, that could be the explanation. As I wrote before, I hardly know anybody who has the document I have, which maybe explains why people think it is a photocopy.
On the other side, in my local ZUS office (an institution not known for its creativity) they never made a problem of it.
At the Foreigners' office they told me the same as you do. I have permanent residence status, only the document itself expires after 10 years and will be automatically renewed.
If it lasts that long, that is :)
Ah, that could be the explanation. As I wrote before, I hardly know anybody who has the document I have, which maybe explains why people think it is a photocopy.
On the other side, in my local ZUS office (an institution not known for its creativity) they never made a problem of it.
At the Foreigners' office they told me the same as you do. I have permanent residence status, only the document itself expires after 10 years and will be automatically renewed.
If it lasts that long, that is :)
sobieski
9 Jul 2013
Law / US citizen looking to live in Poland for 6+ months like a long-term tourist [51]
So I have a complete different document as you have. That is a mystery to me.
Mine looks like the first two pages of a passport, with a photo, and the text which I mentioned before, on the front page and repeated inside.
It mentions and PESEL, and adress, everything. It has and holograms and watermarks, and is valid for 10 years, automatically renewable.
How is it possible that two EU citizens (I presume that you have just as me "meldunek na stałe") have been issued completely different documents?
And my car is registered here just as any other car. The registration does not expire or something. That is a second mystery for me.
So I have a complete different document as you have. That is a mystery to me.
Mine looks like the first two pages of a passport, with a photo, and the text which I mentioned before, on the front page and repeated inside.
It mentions and PESEL, and adress, everything. It has and holograms and watermarks, and is valid for 10 years, automatically renewable.
How is it possible that two EU citizens (I presume that you have just as me "meldunek na stałe") have been issued completely different documents?
And my car is registered here just as any other car. The registration does not expire or something. That is a second mystery for me.
sobieski
9 Jul 2013
Law / US citizen looking to live in Poland for 6+ months like a long-term tourist [51]
Maybe the mod can move the discussion about karta pobytu to a separate thread, such as not confuse with the OP's posting?
Maybe the mod can move the discussion about karta pobytu to a separate thread, such as not confuse with the OP's posting?
sobieski
9 Jul 2013
Law / US citizen looking to live in Poland for 6+ months like a long-term tourist [51]
On my karta pobytu (which strictly speaking isn't one, because it is nowhere written on it) is clearly mentioned: "Dokument potwierdzający prawo stałego pobytu"
I have never heard about the document you needed.
Apparently not too many people have this document, but quite a few times people (bank, police, post office) looked at it very suspiciously. Last time in my local Citibank branch, I was asked if it was a photocopy....
I was there last month to collect my 'confirmation of right to reside'
On my karta pobytu (which strictly speaking isn't one, because it is nowhere written on it) is clearly mentioned: "Dokument potwierdzający prawo stałego pobytu"
I have never heard about the document you needed.
Apparently not too many people have this document, but quite a few times people (bank, police, post office) looked at it very suspiciously. Last time in my local Citibank branch, I was asked if it was a photocopy....
sobieski
9 Jul 2013
Love / Polish Farm Women [34]
That is what I am telling all the time. It is like walking into a car dealership and composing a car to your liking.
That is what I am telling all the time. It is like walking into a car dealership and composing a car to your liking.
sobieski
9 Jul 2013
Law / US citizen looking to live in Poland for 6+ months like a long-term tourist [51]
Although for example the Palace in Wilanów, £azienki and Muzeum Narodowe actively recruit volunteers, and also do mention this on their websites.
Although for example the Palace in Wilanów, £azienki and Muzeum Narodowe actively recruit volunteers, and also do mention this on their websites.
sobieski
9 Jul 2013
History / Whats the French Huguenots history in Poland? where did they settle Poland? [16]
That is correct. They settled after the war in the Wałbrzych area. They were lured by the PRL there, and afterwards many of them bitterly regretted their decision - when it was too late to return.
Hi! I heard and read several times that in that area there were some (Polish) coal miners retired from Belgian and French coal mines.
That is correct. They settled after the war in the Wałbrzych area. They were lured by the PRL there, and afterwards many of them bitterly regretted their decision - when it was too late to return.
sobieski
9 Jul 2013
History / Whats the French Huguenots history in Poland? where did they settle Poland? [16]
I remember having read somewhere that there existed a large community of Walloons (now French-speaking Belgians) somewhere in the South-west of Poland, but I cannot remember where.
I remember having read somewhere that there existed a large community of Walloons (now French-speaking Belgians) somewhere in the South-west of Poland, but I cannot remember where.
sobieski
9 Jul 2013
Law / US citizen looking to live in Poland for 6+ months like a long-term tourist [51]
It is true that voluntary work is still not popular in Poland. In Flanders civic society is built on the work of 10 of 1000's volunteers. I have been active in volunteer work all my life.
Although it is gaining ground in Poland as well.
I am asking this, because I recently was at Długa 5 (hadn't been there for ages, the EU section completely deserted, you might have thought all EU citizens have left Warsaw :) )
Anyway, one of the staff there told that there was a plan to replace that piece of paper with a proper plastic one, not unlike a Polish ID.
That would be a great improvement.
It is true that voluntary work is still not popular in Poland. In Flanders civic society is built on the work of 10 of 1000's volunteers. I have been active in volunteer work all my life.
Although it is gaining ground in Poland as well.
By the way (but I am wandering off)..do you also have as me a permanent residence permit (I think it is only issued to EU citizens), and the flimsy salmon-pink piece of paper that goes with it?
I am asking this, because I recently was at Długa 5 (hadn't been there for ages, the EU section completely deserted, you might have thought all EU citizens have left Warsaw :) )
Anyway, one of the staff there told that there was a plan to replace that piece of paper with a proper plastic one, not unlike a Polish ID.
That would be a great improvement.
sobieski
9 Jul 2013
Law / US citizen looking to live in Poland for 6+ months like a long-term tourist [51]
Harry, can you explain this one? Does it have to do something with that D-visa
By the way (but I am wandering off)..do you also have as me a permanent residence permit (I think it is only issued to EU citizens), and the flimsy salmon-pink piece of paper that goes with it?
Not impossible
Harry, can you explain this one? Does it have to do something with that D-visa
By the way (but I am wandering off)..do you also have as me a permanent residence permit (I think it is only issued to EU citizens), and the flimsy salmon-pink piece of paper that goes with it?
sobieski
8 Jul 2013
Law / US citizen looking to live in Poland for 6+ months like a long-term tourist [51]
Does that mean you would work in Poland, but with a foreign contract for a company not registered in Poland? So officially you would only be residing here and not working?
In this case, as another poster pointed out, it will be impossible to live here for six months.
Does that mean you would work in Poland, but with a foreign contract for a company not registered in Poland? So officially you would only be residing here and not working?
In this case, as another poster pointed out, it will be impossible to live here for six months.