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jon357   
6 Jul 2013
News / Poland's John Paul the Great canonisation this year [177]

u will rot in hell or go to a purgatory for a thousand years

It would be great if you could prove the existence of either of those.

Just to insult or offend i guess

Strange you equate disagreement with insults.
jon357   
6 Jul 2013
News / Poland Parliamentary elections 2015 [1060]

The Fourth Republic will soon be back to finish the job

Would that be a final solution?

In line with your non-conservative mind-set, aren't you always saying 'things move ahead'?

Exactly - and we've moved on from the failed PiS regime that was thrown out of office without ever winning an election.
jon357   
6 Jul 2013
News / Poland's John Paul the Great canonisation this year [177]

it was space aliens who spread the disease to the general population

No. It was ordinary people. BTW, dentists have always had the choice to wear gloves or not. Some do, some don't.
jon357   
6 Jul 2013
News / Polish Dreamliners grounded again!? [27]

But you won't because you guys will do anything to please us

Think again.

We are the kings of the world, get over it.

For part of the 20th Century.

At least we are capable of building airliners who actually do fly.

Spot on.
jon357   
6 Jul 2013
News / Polish Dreamliners grounded again!? [27]

You don't support 'us guys'. As I understand, over in your part of the world, there's quite a movement to support domestic manufacturers. we need to do that too.
jon357   
5 Jul 2013
News / Poland's John Paul the Great canonisation this year [177]

That website just looks like some New Age rubbish from the Americas. A distortion of Ascended Master teachings designed to appeal to the uneducated masses.

Incidentally, among the more respectable Ascended Master believers, JPII has quite a following.
jon357   
5 Jul 2013
News / Poland's John Paul the Great canonisation this year [177]

I notice that John XXIII, perhaps the greatest of Twentieth Century Popes is expected to be canonised before the year is out.

Both were remarkable people, both have fulfilled the specific requirements, namely that the RCC accepts they have performed miracles, that they have a cult around them and that they had squeaky clean personal lives. Their supporters will have cause for celebration over the next few months.
jon357   
5 Jul 2013
News / Polish Dreamliners grounded again!? [27]

Yep, the Poles do anything to please the US, and it comes back in their face as a boomerang. And still no visa-waiver program.
They should have bought Airbus.

Agreed 100%. We should be supporting our own European manufacturers - and the Boeing scandal shows that their product is not fit for purpose.
jon357   
4 Jul 2013
Work / Is there a market for teaching Dutch in Poland [22]

A friend took Dutch lessons (he's a Netherlandophile and wanted to improve his chances of a good job there). When he went to Amsterdam for an interview and started speaking Dutch, the interviewer told him not to bother because everyone he would be working with was fully functional in English.
jon357   
4 Jul 2013
Life / Polish shop assistants boorish? [6]

Some refuse to give change even if they've got a cash register groaning under the weight of coins.
jon357   
4 Jul 2013
Life / Fr. John Bashobora National stadium Warszawa (Warsaw) [81]

So has Mr Bashobora done his Warsaw concert yet, and what was the outcome? Some of these things can be quite good to attend, mysticism aside.

Indeed but it doesn't change a fact that you can be concerned about humanity but at the same time do not like or respect people as individuals.

That is impossible - the two are indivisible.
jon357   
3 Jul 2013
Law / Poland Tax inspection? [6]

That should be OK. The biggest fines tend to go to limited companies and they would only bother with getting a spouse's account details if there was a problem recovering any underpayment or penalty. Usually the penalties for sole traders are small and in any case cash in hand work would only be an issue if there was proof it had happened, like some sort of audit trail that had appeared as a result of an inspection elsewhere or expenses were charged for it (and attributable to it) at your wife's end.

They do look quite hard for any errors, but are mostly looking for run-of-the-mill underdeclarations or anomalies like a sole trader claiming 10 kilos of coffee per week for their office rather than investigating the possibility of cash-in-hand work. Very much about checking that the paperwork is credible.

I was in Jubail and liked it (though so many don't seem to). I lived up in the Royal Comission district near Fanateer but used to spend my free time in the town itself. In Iraq, way out in the desert a couple of hours from Basra - here right now and 44c. Me too - all in all, I like it ;-)
jon357   
3 Jul 2013
Life / Fr. John Bashobora National stadium Warszawa (Warsaw) [81]

I suspect you chuckle quite a lot at very little. As a society we a made up of individuals; the whole of humanity is athe ship of fools crewed by individuals. The question is, dare we sail away into uncharted waters or always stick to the home shore.
jon357   
3 Jul 2013
Law / Poland Tax inspection? [6]

what do you mean by checking the accounts that were submitted match the paperwork that is on file?

Basically, your wife would have had to submit a tax declaration. If they're making an inspection of her business they would want to see that the figures match with the invoices/bills (whether issued or received).

what are we talking here? 5,000 or less?

Yes, less than that, unless the amount of any proven misdeclaration are very large. What was the legal basis of the business - a limited company or self-employed?

surely it's the same for my accounts also?

That's something they'd only do if they couldnt get any money they wanted from your wife, it isnt a routine thing - and remember, there may not be anything to collect, especially if they have no evidence of cash-in-hand stuff. It also depends on the legal basis of the business, as above.

BTW, which part of KSA were you in? I did a stint in KSA a few years ago but now go to Iraq every month instead.,
jon357   
3 Jul 2013
News / Poland - land of uni students? [11]

There was a wonderful expose of it a few years back. Apparently the discourage students from Warsaw due to being too cosmopolitan and worldly.
jon357   
3 Jul 2013
Law / Poland Tax inspection? [6]

They almost always find something, however during an inspection they will be checking that the accounts that were submitted match the paperwork that is on file. Fines are not too large. The authorities are unlikely to touch your bank account unless it is connected to your wife's business or it is a joint account. They are unlikely to look to closely at bank accounts unless there are serious tax debts.

BTW, setting up an account in Saudi is very easy provided you have an Iqama. If you're there on a business visa, it is impossible.
jon357   
2 Jul 2013
Life / Your least liked Polish TV series? [6]

I never watch TV at all. But I have seen the odd thing, and Kuba Wojewódzki's show (plus that other similar one that some people rave over) seems entirely without merit. Świat według Kiepskich however, like a lot of low comedy, occasionally had flashes of genius.

An ex used to like something called Ranczo which was dreary.