News / News from the Poland's media front - Drop in sales for Uważam Rze. [15]


No.


In fact, very.

People who've never been to Poland, especially juveniles, often have a strange perspective of how things are here and how they were before the 1989 changes, as if anyone who had a decent job before was some sort of baddie. I wonder if you imagine that the entire judiciary, press corps, military and all of academia somehow had their jobs because they were politically rather than professionally motivated.

News / Poland's atheist loonies have had their 5 minutes [239]


Interesting that you fail to mention his tolerance of the mafia.

News / News from the Poland's media front - Drop in sales for Uważam Rze. [15]


Is quite good. A bit American in style, but not politically extreme. Very far from 'leftist', not that there's any harm with it being on the left - most intelligent magazine readers prefer that.

Study / British Council CELTA in Krakow, how would you rate it? [60]

Arsey in the extreme and as snobbish and up themselves as you'll find anywhere. But like Mr Kipling, they do make exceedingly good courses.

News / Poland's atheist loonies have had their 5 minutes [239]


JPII and most Poles wouldn't be pleased to hear that. Unless you're trying to mean noble in the sense of background in which case Paul VI (also an excellent Pope) would be somewhat bemused.

Love / Rejected - Rafal thought I was ugly? [85]


Indeedy doody

Are you totally sure this Rafał is one for the ladies?

News / News from the Poland's media front - Drop in sales for Uważam Rze. [15]


That or you have the wrong journalists. They even had Wildstein and Ziemkiewicz for goodness' sake!


Have you read it often? A very good magazine. Plenty of people in Poland read and enjoy it.

News / News from the Poland's media front - Drop in sales for Uważam Rze. [15]


It may well be better than yours, though never mind.

The staff left, by the way, when that dreadful guy was fired - they knew the proprietor was tying to raise the editorial standards and basically they all threw a hissy fit because they knew they wouldn't be able to get up to the same mischief.

Better stick to Polityka or NIE - much better quality.

Love / Rejected - Rafal thought I was ugly? [85]


Someone who wears sports clothes when they aren't playing sports. Think Victoria Beckham with less money and more kilos.


You don't say how old you are but you may remember a popular song called something like "Ain't nuthin' goin' on but the rent".


Some of the best men do, but yes, some of the shallower among us may find it off-putting (though you don't say what for).

On the face of it:

* He's been homeless and wears free clothes
* He has a long arrest record
* He has (or has recently had) issues with drink and what you call 'trouble'
+ He seems to be avoiding you.

None of those are a green light.

Love / Rejected - Rafal thought I was ugly? [85]

In that photo he's dressed like a chav! Not a good sign - if his taste in clothes is as bad as his taste in anything else it isn't good news.

Perhaps he's dating someone already, and/or perhaps ladies are not his thing.

News / Poland's atheist loonies have had their 5 minutes [239]



Agreed. The best since John XXIII.

The scandals won't go away though unless they're tackled head on. The sexual abuse is the big elephant in the room, and the next big thing will be the RCCs links to organised crime in Italy and elsewhere.


Someone with a golden throne whose picture is on sale in every other village doesn't need to do that.

Study / British Council CELTA in Krakow, how would you rate it? [60]


But you don't teach, I think, at the British Council in Poland? The standard at the Council is generally very high.


More or less yes. CELTA centres do lose accreditation from time to time, but not the Council; they are among the best and do take care to ensure consistency.

Love / Polish girls attitudes towards sex. [568]


Spot on. They simply aren't a representative group. All left Poland for a reason and those reasons differ. In some cases people doubtless wanted to leave the oppressive atmosphere of villages where the local gossips start to tittle-tattle if a woman just smiles twice at someone.

Genealogy / How can the surname Drzewiecki be both Jewish and Catholic? [37]

The spelling is different in the original.

News / The EU's plans for Poland. [10]

The rise in life expectancy since the reduction in domestic coal use is striking.

News / Poland's atheist loonies have had their 5 minutes [239]


Right that he 'hates' someone...


Right that he thinks something.

Neither of those two people's tastes or 'beliefs' have any impact on the nature or existence of Justin Bieber.

I like Santa - it doesn't mean his beard is real enough to pull. I hate Fanny Price - it doesn't mean she'll leap out of the pages waving a wet fish.

Food / Where to buy British mature Cheddar Cheese and salted butter in Poland? [289]

I also like the Lidl non-food things. Biedronka also have some very good bargains from time to time.

Polonia / German police aggresively manhandle Polish citizens? [16]

They can be quite heavy handed in certain German cities, especially with immigrants congregating in the city centre.

Though we'd need to know a lot more than just the details the OP gave.

Genealogy / How can the surname Drzewiecki be both Jewish and Catholic? [37]


No they don't.


You guess wrong.


It means 'a place and a name'.

News / Poland's atheist loonies have had their 5 minutes [239]


Your imagined 'light'. Unless you can prove fairy tales are real.

USA, Canada / Are prices for Laptops, Cell Phones or Tablets in Poland cheaper than in the US? [18]


You'll find the large retailers in Eastern Europe charge more than those in Western Europe. As well as being far less legally accountable if the goods they sell are faulty.

News / Poland's atheist loonies have had their 5 minutes [239]


You're mixing up 'a something', with a something, belief in which has caused countless damage to humanity over the centuries and continues to cause real misery today.

Fairy tales, whose proponents think we should all believe in.

Life / Cigarette prices in Poland [27]

Passive is all I get nowadays, except for the odd half-a-cig relapse. Better than 2 or 3 packs a day like before. Champix does work, by the way.

There's still a few places in Warsaw that let you if you know where to go. I don't know why Poland is so assiduous (but not as bad as the UK who've scored a real own goal by banning it at one of the world's largest transfer airports).

It seems to work well in Berlin, where some bars are smoking and some non-smoking. It seems to depend on the owner.

Food / Where to buy British mature Cheddar Cheese and salted butter in Poland? [289]

The Trappist cheese sounds nice.

Probably at Lidl they wait until they see me arrive and hide the cheddar. Biedronki on Heroldów had Lavazza coffee beans on special offer today though. The bags are slightly battered looking which is probably why they're cheap. Not in the coffee aisle though - at the bottom of the aisle next to the alcohol one

;-)

Life / Cigarette prices in Poland [27]

Nor to passive smokers either.

There are of course all the costs associated with early deterioration in health, not just oxygen tanks like my granny used to have but also leg amputations and earlier old-folks residential care.

Jeez, 2 months nicotine free and I still want one. But would rather have those extra few years of being fit and healthy.

News / Poland's atheist loonies have had their 5 minutes [239]


Or in fact none at all. People are entitled to believe in the supernatural, though never, ever, has even one scrap of proof turned up.

News / Poland's atheist loonies have had their 5 minutes [239]

Singular? But there are so many to choose from. Which do you prefer?

News / Poland's atheist loonies have had their 5 minutes [239]

So you believe in gods?

Food / Where to buy British mature Cheddar Cheese and salted butter in Poland? [289]

Bugger. Every time I go there, they've run out. Maybe you're buying all of it?
;-)

Food / Where to buy British mature Cheddar Cheese and salted butter in Poland? [289]

Kuchnia Świata in Arkadia are selling mature cheddar for 54zl a kilo, mild cheddar somewhat cheaper. I was in there today and they seemed to have plenty. At the back of the shop on the left as you go in.

Some nice Dutch cheese too.