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


1. Better weather in summer in Poland. Much worse weather in winter.
2. Better food in the UK
3. More diverse and rich scenery in the UK than anywhere else in Europe
4. A much more developed tourist infrastructure in the UK as reflected by the comparative visitor numbers. Having said that, the fewer tourist destinations and smaller tourist infrastructure in Poland means that there are far fewer crowds.

5. There are far more free concerts, theatre, opera, cabaret, galleries etc in the UK

Travel / We're driving from S. England to Wawa - any recommendations for places to stay on the way? [8]

It might be off your route, but there are a couple of nice hotels in Hoppegarten, just east of Berlin. At least one of them book able (quite cheaply) through last minute.com.

Life / Amazon stops super saver delivery on orders to Poland [40]

I suspect the volume of their sales in PL make shipping a minor issue for them.

Language / Correct way of saying "Again please"? [7]

Youre exactly right - the tone of voice has a lot to do with it. As in "Co Ty gadasz?", just "co Ty?" or even "pojebało Cię?"

News / Is this the first clear and open signal that Poland makes preparations for war with Russia? [163]


Hehe.

Joking aside, they'll do all they can to avoid war. If it happened, a few of the oligarchs that control the place would double their fortunes - but even more would lose it. And that's something Putin is unlikely to risk.

He does however need to see that the west mean business.

Life / Wild dogs in Poland, are they a problem for any one but me? [14]

Doubtless there are. That doesn't mean we can't get involved in stopping cruelty to animals.

The question is, how the sick trade in live animals from Poland can be stopped.

Life / Wild dogs in Poland, are they a problem for any one but me? [14]

That however is their choice - however hard it is, we can all stop smoking. In Europe I suspect there are more ex-smokers than current smokers.. Abused animals though, have absolutely no choice.


Better to try to change the legislation about animal import in the UK and give the Polish authorities the support they need to enforce their own laws.

Life / Why is there such interest in Poland from the Asian population? A new wave of migrants possibly? [23]


Exactly.

Worth mentioning that the combination of a large, educated (and growing) population in India and the various opportunities for doing business in Poland mean that the influx will continue for some time.

Life / Wild dogs in Poland, are they a problem for any one but me? [14]


Except cigarettes don't feel pain or emotion. Dogs do.


Better still, buy it from someone you trust - or adopt one of the thousands of rescue dogs that are looking for a loving home.

Life / Wild dogs in Poland, are they a problem for any one but me? [14]

Merged:

Cruel puppy farms in Poland

dailymail/news/article-2597376/Crammed-filthy-cages-squalid-Polish-puppy-farms-dogs-destined-sold-Britain-huge-profit.html

The moral of the story is that if you buy a pet, make sure you see it at the breeder's home with the rest of the litter and the mother. Not imported from somewhere the authorities aren't so good at monitoring standards. These people only do this because there's a market for it.

Love / Why are Polish girls so attracted to German boys? [52]


I think you mean 'were' not 'are'. The Anglo-Saxons started to die out centuries ago.

It's true though that most inventions and technical innovations come from the UK (with a disproportionate number from the North of England and Scotland) but that doesn't have much to do with sexual attraction - unless you have a geek fetish.


Earning power is a powerful aphrodisiac for some.

News / Is this the first clear and open signal that Poland makes preparations for war with Russia? [163]


Apparently no 2 countries with McDonalds have ever made war against each other. Though I'm told that's a myth. Probably they've stopped due to logistics and territorial franchising.

On a sadder note, Russia has stopped Methadone treatment and needle exchange services in the Crimea. So in the Crimea (which already has scarily high HIV rates) drug users will be back to scoring smack and sharing needles.

Language / Correct way of saying "Again please"? [7]

Proszę powtórzyć = Please repeat. Jeszcze raz more rarely and only if you know the person well.

Love / Why are Polish girls so attracted to German boys? [52]


That's all these threads are about and yes, some people do start topics like that.

UK, Ireland / Buying mobile from UK - will the warranty be valid in Poland? [8]

That depends on the individual warranty. Check when you buy it.

Poland's part of the EU now so it shouldn't make any difference.

Life / Amazon stops super saver delivery on orders to Poland [40]


The last time I bought something with (normal delivery) from Amazon (in Jan, a steam cleaner) it didn't seem expensive to get delivered (I used the normal - 3-10 day service) and the last time I bought something with express delivery (Valentine's) it wasn't that much more. I suppose I'm used to courier prices. Parcels within/from the UK are pretty expensive by Royal Mail nowadays too.

I think Amazon dispatch a lot of their stuff from a warehouse in Germany.

Work / English teacher - Language schools in Warsaw - any advice? British school. [11]

Have a look on Dave's ESL Café - they have exhaustive discussions on this.

Life / Amazon stops super saver delivery on orders to Poland [40]


Same here. The normal price one isn't expensive anyway.

Life / Which E-mail/websites from Poland are the best? [9]

Those things like onet.pl and wp.pl have become less and less popular since the advent of gmail.

News / Germany returns WW2 loot to Poland [14]


Indeed. Also distress sales (sold for a fraction of the value when people had to leave for the ghetto - an unfortunate amount of Polish families' real estate came like that) which was legal if not moral as well as from so-called abandoned homes, where people had fled or been taken away.

In Herr Gurlitt's inherited collection, a small amount was like that (especially from 'abandoned' homes in France) but most was bought legally on the semi-open market when public galleries sold off their modern art and anything else the regime disliked to private collectors.

The worst offender by far was Russia though who over several years was sending trainloads of booty back from Germany (and some from Poland) every day.

News / Germany returns WW2 loot to Poland [14]

Know rather than knew, I suspect. Regardless of his character, only a small part of the collection is illegal - and the son (who as far as I know is blameless) has no problem returning anything that wasn't bought and paid for.

The issue of looted art is more about older paintings and other artefacts in public rather than private hands. Russia is the worst offender - they still consider them spoils of war. Even Poland has art that was stolen from German citizens.

News / Germany returns WW2 loot to Poland [14]


Read the post carefully before replying. Especially the phrase "a lot", which you seem to have read as "all".

Hildebrand Gurlitt (along with other family members who started collecting in the Nineteenth Century) was an art collector long before that regime came to power and afterwards too. Some of the works had even been seized by the post war authorities and returned to him because they were legitimately his. Only a small part of the collection was stolen and his son Cornelius has agreed to return those works.

News / Germany returns WW2 loot to Poland [14]

Also, A lot of the stuff in his flat wasn't stolen. His father bought stuff legitimately as well as dodgily.

Law / Will opening an online company in Poland help with obtaining a visa? [11]


It wasn't. This was pre-EU accession. But it happens still. I recall a Canadian I used to work with who had problems at the border too.

Worth mentioning that the are easier countries than Poland for a Brazilian to get a Schengen visa in, and 1 visa is good for the whole Schengen zone.

News / Priest from Poland claims Lego is "a tool of Satan" [35]

Or a cynicism based on crap like this. Anyone who makes a statement to the media that My Little Pony is evil, deserves all the ridicule (and there is plenty in this case) that is naturally drawn to them.

Law / Will opening an online company in Poland help with obtaining a visa? [11]

It happened to a friend of mine a few years. He'd overstayed his visa.

News / Priest from Poland claims Lego is "a tool of Satan" [35]

You don't have to help someone if they're being mugged either. Intelligent people dismiss this clown (and many more of their profession) for the fools they are. Some less educated people might actually take him seriously - and they next thing he says might not just be amusingly stupid like this statement, but downright dangerous.

News / Priest from Poland claims Lego is "a tool of Satan" [35]

This Kostrzewa guy seems a tool, full stop.

News / Priest from Poland claims Lego is "a tool of Satan" [35]

Sounds quite an interesting installation. A little dark, but then so is Goya and mid-period Picasso. Not to mention Beksinski.

Doesn't make this Hello Kitty-hating clergyman any less of a fool though.

News / Priest from Poland claims Lego is "a tool of Satan" [35]


Fair enough. The world needs more artists. Even (perhaps especially) ones who challenge people to see things another way.


Perhaps, except the Masons strictly and rigorously hold no organisational opinion on anything political (and their members hold such diverse opinions that they'd never agree on anything like that anyway) and Satanist groups (such as they are) have no especial point of view on anything except their internal affairs.