History / The good deeds of other Nations to the Pole's [3]

Plus many families in the UK, of which Sue Ryder's is among the best known, who helped refugees who had fled from the Endecja regime back in the 30s.

Food / Which Polish milk brand is closest to UK supermarket style milk? [31]


The shops sometimes keep it on the shelves until it's all sold, despite having a new delivery going sour in the back room.


Most shops don't sell it.

The stuff in the bags is usually OK, but as I mentioned, you'll need the 3.6% stuff.

Food / Which Polish milk brand is closest to UK supermarket style milk? [31]

Buy the stuff in plastic bottles rather than the cartons of Uht. You'll find it in the chiller cabinet near the yoghurt etc. One brand is much the same as any other, however if you want something like Blue Top, you'll need to buy the 3.6% fat milk.

Travel / Best way to get from Lodz to Warsaw? [48]

Click on the flag for the English version.

Travel / Where can I buy alcohol in Poland as a 16 yr old? (is it legal?) [14]

Using a fake ID card is certainly illegal here and a shop in Warsaw lost its alcohol licence for selling to minors a while back.

Travel / Where can I buy alcohol in Poland as a 16 yr old? (is it legal?) [14]

Stick to soft drinks. The age for buying alcohol in PL is 18 and shops are quite good about sticking to that.

Life / Sewer smell in Bathroom - PLUMBING CODE - P TRAP ?? [4]

If there's no water barrier then you've got a faulty bog and need to get a plumber in. All toilets here have a water trap.

Feedback / Editing time too short (5 minutes currently) [60]

Same here. Too many people on here with an axe to grind or just posting things that have nothing to do with PL.

Feedback / Editing time too short (5 minutes currently) [60]

A short edit time is a nuisance for people on slow internet connections or posting on mobile devices.

UK, Ireland / British or polish Passport ' Advice feedback [47]


Quite. Gary Glitter indeed!

I'm in a similar situation to you, except the places we want to travel to are restricted by my partner's passport. A nuisance.

UK, Ireland / British or polish Passport ' Advice feedback [47]

Don't be silly. The facts speak for themselves.

And who's talking about kidnapping?

You'd be doubtless dismayed at the number of Poles who've gone to the UK who are queuing for a British passport for themselves and especially for their kids at the earliest opportunity.

In my work, I hire people from many countries in the world. People with certain passports are at a definite disadvantage since above a certain level in the company people have to attend meetings in different countries. Not much point hiring someone if they have to apply for a visa for a 3 day business trip.

UK, Ireland / British or polish Passport ' Advice feedback [47]

Some passports are still much more desirable than others. The black market price for stolen ones reflects that.

News / demonstration; What is Nowa Prawica? [30]


You mean you associate it with women.


Nothing to stop a man knitting or a woman picking up a saw and sawing wood. Or metal.


Plenty of women can do that. Some of them even dare to play sports.


You mean they seem less threatening to you.

News / demonstration; What is Nowa Prawica? [30]


As far as I know, ability (or desire) to cook has nothing to do with gender.

News / demonstration; What is Nowa Prawica? [30]


"Less known"?? He's considerably better known here. And laughed at.


Did this Poul person also stab himself in a restaurant toilet and pretend it was the work of a mystery Chinese assailant?

News / demonstration; What is Nowa Prawica? [30]


He doesn't 'preform' anything. All he really does is make a disgrace of himself. Like the stabbing incident.

Travel / Advice needed on a trip to Warsaw, Lublin and Zamosc [29]

This website might be worth a look. I've used them before:
nocowanie.eu/?command=search_location&r=0&atrakcje=0&q=Lublin+&geo=0&id_lokalizacji=0&kat=&kat%5B%5D=126&kat%5B%5D=71&kat%5B%5D=2&kat%5B%5D=163&kat%5B%5D=84&kat%5B%5D=186&data%5Bod%5D=2014-06-04&data%5Bdo%5D=2014-06-08&miejsca=0

Travel / Advice needed on a trip to Warsaw, Lublin and Zamosc [29]


They always say '3 people looking' or 'only 2 rooms left at that price'. It isn't always true.

News / demonstration; What is Nowa Prawica? [30]


In his case a mental hospital would be a good bet, which was where his fellow extremist Leszek Bubel ended up.

In this case though, Archyski was referring to the mob of hooligans who have lately tried to hijack the Independence Day celebrations in order to generate maximum disruption.

Life / Business customs in Poland - liquor gift, courtesy toward women [9]

It depends how you do it. Making a show of it would be inappropriate unless you know the woman would expect that. Just going through first and letting go of the door would be equally inappropriate.

Language / Text message - what does " K. C. " and "8" mean? [15]

Kodeks cywilny = civil law codex. Unlikely he's ending texts to his wife with that. Unless he's planning on suing her.

Life / Business customs in Poland - liquor gift, courtesy toward women [9]


No. Unless you know them. Poland does have high levels of spirit consumption however it is also more puritanical than you might have heard about alcohol. In any case, your business contact might be a sober alcoholic going to AA meetings and who smashes the place up after one sniff of a wine gum.

If you want to bring alcohol, try a couple of bottles of good (very good) English wine.


Don't do it - it's old fashioned and would look strange. It's mostly done ironically nowadays or by the over 85s.


No problem holding doors open or not holding them open - Poland is just the same as the UK in that respect.

Wait until you come and play it by ear.

News / Little statistics about immigrants in Poland. Employment and job prospects. [25]


Speak for yourself.

Here in Warsaw we have a healthy increase in immigration since Poland's temporary isolation of the PRL years ended and 'everybody' is neither happier nor less happy.

News / Little statistics about immigrants in Poland. Employment and job prospects. [25]


Most people would disagree with you there.


Whoever said it was or wasn't?

That whole post, so many contradictions that it makes no sense strongly suggests a certain amount of Easter Day liquid celebration.

News / demonstration; What is Nowa Prawica? [30]

A clown is the right description. Do you remember when he stabbed himself and told the media it was done by a mystery Chinese assailant.

News / Little statistics about immigrants in Poland. Employment and job prospects. [25]

Pluses and minuses for everything everywhere. You can't turn the clock back though and the world is getting smaller. It's important to see the good things that change brings instead of festering away, sniping and grumbling about the loss of a past that never happened anyway.

News / Poland and Kresy being reunited? [162]


No harm in that - there's all sorts of wild and weird things here, mostly from neo-nationalists and their feeble-minded ilk. This is not however one of those. It is a matter that has been extensively studied.


Indeed.

Life / International newspaper availability in Gdansk? [21]


They don't stock much there.


All the newspapers are put out on display.


5 star hotels usually stock Le Monde Diplomatique and occasionally Liberation.

UK, Ireland / Do people in Poland live "better" than here in the UK? [150]


A post-war thing at a time when industrialisation became increasingly common. Go to smaller shops rather than buy supermarket muck. Same in Poland where the best seller is an industrialised bread made from liquid yeast, called Baltonowski.

I eat neither.

Something similar happened in the war when cheese production was standardised - now this has changes and there are 300+ varieties. In Poland it's still nearly all factory made.