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teflcat   
18 Jul 2011
News / Military power (Poland #21 in the world) [97]

the firing range in his High Schools basement,mentioned Kalashnikovs...........still a popular after school activity in PL?

My wife (mid-30's) and her classmates had to fire two rounds from an AK when she was at school, where there was a firing range. It was something every schoolkid had to do in those days. I hear kids in the US bring their own nowadays.
teflcat   
18 Jul 2011
Law / Possible to convert to Turkish driver's license to Polish driver's license? [17]

I spent three wonderful years in Turkey and had great friends'there. It seems that things have changed indeed. When I was there young people had respect. I hope you benefit from your time in Poland but I advise you to change, or hide, your attitude. And please don't talk about Hitler destroying Poland in that way. It won't earn you any friends here.
teflcat   
18 Jul 2011
Life / What is Poland B as opposed to Poland A and the otherway-round. [45]

other places have an inferiority complex

Ok, no doubt you're right. I just live here! The uni students I teach have no inferiority complex. Nor, as far as I know, do the locals. Quite the contrary in fact. Perhaps it is different in other regions but here in Podlasie most people seem proud of their region, and quite rightly so. It's a great place and is developing fast.
teflcat   
18 Jul 2011
Life / What is Poland B as opposed to Poland A and the otherway-round. [45]

However, Poland B with an education still is Poland B because of the way they think

Bit of an over generalization, don't you think? My nearest city is Białystok, where there have been massive changes in the last ten years. As for mentality, well, I suggest that you come for yourself and enjoy the internationally-renowned theatres, the new opera house and the fine art galleries. The medical university has earned an enviable reputation over many years. The village where I live is a vibrant place with a brand new village hall. I really don't think these labels are helpful or accurate.
teflcat   
17 Jul 2011
USA, Canada / Why are Polish restaurants not successful in the USA? [698]

I found some poxy bones with a little bit of meat on them in Auchen

I know what you mean. The stuff in hypermarkets is just what nobody else will buy. The place I get mine from is a family butcher (if you know what I mean) with a farm, so it's all good.

Kebab is Lamb Poles love it.

kebab should be lamb, and I'm sure Americans love it, but kebab in Poland is pork or chicken. No lamb.
teflcat   
17 Jul 2011
USA, Canada / Why are Polish restaurants not successful in the USA? [698]

Lamb is like rocking horse shite in Poland, you just cant get it. Their beef is tuff as old army boots too

It's not impossible to find fresh lamb but it is very difficult. I go to a particular butcher twice a week because they sometimes sell it. Last week they had a little (somewhere between lamb and mutton) so I bought a couble of kilos. I personally do not know a single Pole who likes lamb or mutton. As for the beef, yes it's not easy to find good tender beef in Poland. I suppose it's because the animals spend so much time indoors.
teflcat   
16 Jul 2011
Law / SMEs are the engine room of the Poland's economy. Do they get the respect they deserve? [4]

The biggest problem, I think, is the labour law.

I'm a one-man band so I don't do too badly, although ZUS is a pain. I wouldn't mind paying it if I knew I was going to get something back, but as things stand, retirement is not something I even think about. Yes, there needs to be something done to help SMEs employ people without tax rates so punitive that potential employers are put off. Perhaps raising the income tax threshold so low paid people were out of the system altogether, at least temporarily. Better than the awful situation we have now with very long term unemployed people sitting around doing nothing. Just think how much would be saved if you put three or four people to work.
teflcat   
16 Jul 2011
Law / SMEs are the engine room of the Poland's economy. Do they get the respect they deserve? [4]

The structure of enterprises by size in Poland is as follows: microenterprises - 3,672,853 (94.7% of all registered businesses), small businesses - 170 182 (4.4%), medium - 31 648 (0.8%) and large - 5 554 (0.1%). The number of SMEs amounted to 3 874 683, which accounted for 99.9% of all enterprises. Government seems to bend over backwards for the big guys while tying up small business in red tape and fleecing them through taxes. How do you see it?
teflcat   
16 Jul 2011
Love / How to survive a relationship in Poland? [42]

Even in the most compromising positions Ive never had someones bollox on my abs whilst having sex - is is possible?

I think it's called the Rusty Trombone. Or is it the Cincinnati Bow Tie?
teflcat   
14 Jul 2011
Life / Polish equivalent of Maplins or Radio Shack in Łódź [12]

Why not just buy it on Allegro and save yourself a trip? I recently went all over looking for a large diaphragm condenser mic but there was nothing available in shops selling electronics. Allegro is good for specialist stuff.
teflcat   
14 Jul 2011
Language / Unique names of cities/town/villages in Poland [58]

Low comedy is much underated. I might just start a thread on the best toilet humour onscreen. The dinner table in Nutty Professor, or Dumb and Dumber when the laxatives take effect. Puerile? I'm fine with that.
teflcat   
14 Jul 2011
Language / Unique names of cities/town/villages in Poland [58]

you're making them up!!

Absolutely not. The London street was, as you can imagine, a red light area. Apparently, there are other places which had streets of the same name.
teflcat   
14 Jul 2011
Language / Unique names of cities/town/villages in Poland [58]

At last an inoffensive (and interesting!) thread!!

Strange indeed on PF.
From UK
Batchelor's Bump, Sussex
Beer, Devon
Booze, Yorkshire
Bottom Flash, Cheshire
Buttock, Lancashire
Cockup Bottom, Cumbria
Dancing Dicks, Essex
Great Cockup, Cumbria
Great Snoring, Norfolk
Nasty, Hertfordshire
Pisser Clough, Yorkshire
Rest and Be Thankfull, Argyll and Bute
Shagg, Dorset
Shitlington Crags, Northumberland
Spunkie, Ayrshire
Titty Ho, Northamptonshire
Twatt, Orkney
teflcat   
13 Jul 2011
Language / Unique names of cities/town/villages in Poland [58]

Who'd A thought it, Alabama
Eek, Alaska
Greasy Corner, Toad Suck, Turkey Scratch Arkansas
Zyzx Springs, California
Two Egg, Florida
What Cheer, Iowa
Rabbit Hash, Bug, OK, Kentucky
Tightwad, Missouri
Hot Coffee, Mississippi
Wynot, Nebraska
Stifflknee Knob, North Carolina
Lickskillet, Ohio
Lick Fork, Virginia
Embarrass, Wisconsin
Coldass Creek, North Carolina
Sugar Tit, Kentucky
Fuc**ing Creek, Tickle Cu*t Branch, Virginia

These places exist or existed according to Bill Bryson, Made in America.
teflcat   
12 Jul 2011
Life / Drinking before clubbing in Poland? [25]

but wouldn't it be nicer to have a drink once you get to the bar/club?

I'm sure that's also going to happen. Nothing wrong with a heart starter to get you in the mood. Have fun.
teflcat   
11 Jul 2011
UK, Ireland / Is UK the new cradle of antipolonism? [161]

It would IF someone was being paid £100 per day (how many hours does one have to do for that kind of money btw?)..

As I said, it's been a long time since I did it, but 11 or 12 hours a day, five days a week.

I also doubt they're getitng £100 per day either..

Why do you doubt it? It's possible. I'm not really concerned whether you believe me or not. I have no axe to grind. I'd tell you what the best rose budder earned in my day, but you definitely wouldn't believe me!
teflcat   
11 Jul 2011
UK, Ireland / Is UK the new cradle of antipolonism? [161]

PennBoy. I'm way out of touch with the UK benefits system, but I'd be interested to know myself. Perhaps some lazy b@stard can tell us!
teflcat   
11 Jul 2011
UK, Ireland / Is UK the new cradle of antipolonism? [161]

Amathyst. Years ago benefits were not as generous as they are now, and people were more willing to get their backs bent. Agencies (usually "gangmasters") used to exploit farmhands disgracefully but since the Morecombe Bay incident a few years ago, when illegal Chinese workers drowned when cut off by the tide, a body called the Gangmasters Licensing Authority has come into being. This body regulates gangmasters and has successfully prosecuted many shady guys.

guess who. Yes. You probably know that working all day in hot sun on an exposed field is extremely hard. At the risk of sounding more like an old fart than I actually am, a lot of young British people would rather take welfare benefits than work. btw 100 a day is only possible for the fastest, most skillful workers, but 50-70 pounds is entirely possible.
teflcat   
11 Jul 2011
UK, Ireland / Is UK the new cradle of antipolonism? [161]

Incredible though it may seem, you really can earn this kind of money on farms in the UK. I used to do it myself in my student days. I'm going back to the beginning of the 90's but even then I earned between 100 and 120 a day grafting roses. OK, it was a specialist job, but some crops also paid well, as I'm sure they still do, e.g. brocolli. I had a student at my university several years ago who went to England and earned 60 quid a day picking strawberries. If you don't believe me, just do a little research.
teflcat   
11 Jul 2011
UK, Ireland / Is UK the new cradle of antipolonism? [161]

The mantra "Brits are lazy" is just pure and simply propaganda!

I agree in general but it is undeniable that farmers have problems finding British workers to harvest crops. A few days ago there was a report on BBC Radio 4's Farming Today programme on seasonal workers from eastern Europe. According to an interviewed farmer, the best worker on the farm earned 100GBP/day, with the average being 60 pounds. The Lithuanian and Polish workers were delighted to be earning that kind of money, but the farmer said that he simply couldn't find British people willing to work hard for good money.