Life / What makes a man a Pole? what does it mean to be a Pole? [187]


+1

Life / Polish disco-polo music makes comeback in Poland [20]


hahahahaha, don't you know when these books were written???
hahahahaha, you're a great Catholic obviously.

Bah-hahahahahaha.

Classic Polo.

Life / Polish disco-polo music makes comeback in Poland [20]


Yes, of course he did.

I totally forget that a few books written about 200 years after the mortal bearded one, (unlike his father who's actually the same person {yea, right} - the immortal bearded one) had died had direst quotes from the the man himself. He 100% said everything that he's reported to have said in that book.

Yes.
True.
Definitely.
Prawda.

Life / Polish disco-polo music makes comeback in Poland [20]


a synonym for scumbag; knacker; chav; waster; dresiarze.

History / TV - Naliboki massacre of Poles [6]


wtf?

UK, Ireland / UK Polonia protesting v German TV series [65]

Polo, dig up!

Harry's winning this thread by miles. Funny how he knows Polish history better.

Life / What makes a man a Pole? what does it mean to be a Pole? [187]


Obviously not.
Duh.

How can you possibly be born in a country when it doesn't even exist.

Silly.

Unless their parents were Polish, then you could argue that they were.....at a stretch.
I always thought Chopin was French anyway,.....until I moved here that is...although I find it strange that when he left Poland he never once returned....

and that Maria Curie was French too...until I moved here. What is it with France, eh?

I just googled Kosciuszko, I've no interest in military stuff tbh, so I've no opinion on him...although it was pretty cool of him to leave the money in his will to Thomas Jefferson to continue to fight for the abolishment of slavery in Virginia. Fair play though in fairness.

Life / Veet wax stripes & eye doctor (center) in Poznan? [9]

Vison Express in every shopping centre in Poland.
Impossible to have them before Monday though mate,
They'll need at least a week to cut the glass and put them into the frames.

Travel / Pet Insurance in Poland [7]


Translated from the 2nd link:
In Poland, pet insurance offer include: PZU, Warta, Generali and Allianz. Proposals for these insurance companies are different, but most proposals are insurance pet insurance funds flats and houses. (google translate admittedly)

Insurance companies will insure pretty much anything you want, call them.

Have a great day :)

Life / What makes a man a Pole? what does it mean to be a Pole? [187]


I wish they'd bring back that button for you.

You used to be cool............oh wait..........

Life / Now more restaurants than banks in Warsaw? [11]

Good.

Life / What makes a man a Pole? what does it mean to be a Pole? [187]


Blood is made up of:
Cells
Plasma
& a Narrow range of pH values....

So no, it's not in the blood.


A passport or other document of citizenship. Being born here, or bring born from at least one Polish parent. Grandparents don't count, unless we're talking about qualifying to play for an International football team.


See above, it's not in your blood, it's just not possible.

If I want to be taller and the things that can make me taller are in my blood then maybe I can become taller?
But I can't, I've haven't grown an inch since I was about 18 years old Goofy.

Why isn't your logic working. I do so wish I could be taller.
Then I wouldn't have to sing this all the time.

Travel / Pet Insurance in Poland [7]

I don't understand how some people cannot use google properly.

Pet insurance:

ubezpieczeniaonline.pl/a/ubezpiecz-swojego-domowego-zwierzaka/24.html

or

pzu.pl/produkty/ubezpieczenie-zwierzat‎

Or else just google this:

ubezpieczenia dla zwierząt

Life / The changing RCC habits of Poles [70]


You don't, the RCC moved the goalposts on that a few years ago.

At the beginning of mass there's a 'confessional' prayer, I don't know the name in Polish for it, but in English it starts along the lines of "I confess to almighty god......"

If you say this prayer (and mean it) then you are confessing to the bearded one upstairs.
In some countries, the act of confession is so out of date that confession boxes have been removed from Churches.

Food / What's your favorite Polish beer? [870]

Not really much you can do about the different water types in two different parts of the country.
Unless you wanna close one factory and just leave production in Tychy. I doubt the workers' unions would be pleased though lol

Life / American TV in Poland [6]

Call your satellite provider.
All your documentary and cartoon channels should be available in English, mine are. When you switch channels they are in Polish but then if I hit the "i" button I can choose language.

You can subscribe to things like HBO too. I don't know the price though, I personally don't bother because I can torrent everything instead.

Also, get a Netflix account and a VPN (IP address changer) (best is called Overplay VPN) and change your IP address on your PC/laptop to an American one and then you can watch everything that the American Netflix offers.

Food / What's your favorite Polish beer? [870]


Cool.

I agree though tyskie from Tychy and from its other factory are quite different, it's to do with the difference in the water at both sources.

News / Polish police chief removes crosses [250]


None at all please.

Food / What's your favorite Polish beer? [870]

Helpful post.
Have a great day.

tyskie książęce
&
tyskie książęce pszeniczne are my favs.

News / Polish police chief removes crosses [250]


Give Polish Forums a break, you were so much nicer when you were banned....you're about as Polish as Ho Chi Minh was.

Law / Poland and the Euro - benefit for Polish economy? [49]

It's good that people not living here tell us how to live.
Thanks poster, really great advice. Have a wonderful day.

News / The Bauman Affair: A Clear and Present Danger to Democracy and Academic Freedom in Poland [26]


Great argument, you seem to really know what you're talking about.

Real Estate / Building a tennis court on a land in Poland [6]


urgg grass for tennis?

Worst surface of them all, only those clowns in Wimbledon still cling desperately to their traditions.
did you witness all the injuries caused by the surface this year?

My best mate had a hard court back at home, I'd love to build one myself, but living in Silesia with the ground sinking every year because of the coal industry I cannot foresee it.

tarmac and a rubberised layer on top is the way to go.

Life / The annual national pilgtrimage in Poland - all roads lead to Częstochowa [28]


In your dreams sailor ;)

News / Polish police chief removes crosses [250]

Please stop posting links in a language that you're not supposed to.

Also, Police Chief in Radom=Hero

The police should be objective and completely non-influenced but religion/politics etc.
Good on you Mr. Policeman.


It shouldn't, it's that simple.

Travel / Best way to get to Krakow Business Park? [27]


Sorry that you work such hours :(


Yes, for me it's the same, my interview was in Krakow, drove it in a similar time, but when the traffic is busy....and with the works at the toll bridge in Balice now it's not possible to achieve such speed.

But best of luck with the job, hope it all works out for you.
Remember too that cars are pretty cheap here in Poland. Insurance is also very cheap too, you could prob afford a car & insurance after one or two wages. Get something diesel or LPG and you'll save more.

Anyway, best of luck with it :)

Travel / Best way to get to Krakow Business Park? [27]


Those ads looks like Hell, imagine having to start your work day so early and return every single day so late.
Begin travelling at 06.30 and return home more than some time after 18.00, plus the constant rush hour of traffic.

OP, you're going to have to get your boy to compromise and either move to Krakow or at least somewhere closer to Krakow, like Jaworzno (40-60 min drive), Chrzanow (30-40 min drive). I know Jaworzno quite well it's a nice small city, very clean and run very well. Chrzanow I don't know so well, I've only been there once but don't really remember anything that stuck out about it.

Travelling at this time of year is quite OK (so long as bus has a/c) but wait until winter and it's -25 outside every day for 7 days, wake up and it's dark, get home and it's dark. Don't want to rain on your parade, but all that travelling every day will eventually wear you down.

What's the deal with the job anyway, how come you can't find work in Kato?

Travel / Best way to get to Krakow Business Park? [27]

There is another smaller bus that runs very often to Krakow, they run from outside the old/back entrance of the train station, but to be honest I cannot recommend them, I've used them before and they really cram the people in.....they have only 17 seats I think, but when I was on it is was the middle of summer last year, no air conditioning and they was about 22 people on it, so the 17 + 5 standing which is quite dangerous.

The link I posted the last time, I know for sure that people do commute everyday on it...what they do is they book a ticket every morning for 8am (or whatever) and then they take their seats before those who have not booked........but as you probably know Poles love to queue and be early so you'll need to be there at least 20mins, maybe 30 if you have booked a seat.

I found something else too though in reference to carpooling in Poland: carpooling.pl/autostop/Katowice/Zabierzów.html

So best of luck, I only travel to Krakow once, maybe twice a month for work so I'm not much help I'm afraid.

Travel / Best way to get to Krakow Business Park? [27]

This is prob your best bet to get to Krakow...they will take you to the bus station in Krakow, it's not far from the Business Park....I think...is it the one close to AWF?

ni-bus.com.pl/rozklad_jazdy

Open it in Google chrome and it should auto translate.

Re: lessons, they are very expensive there's one school in Kato, it's close to Jagiellonska St, it's on the square at the end of that street.....i.e as if you're actually walking towards the train station, away from the govt building and the uni.

I've got an email for someone who does lessons over skype, PM me if you're interested.

If I was you I'd move to Krakow./......the bus will take at least 1.5hours each way so that 3 hours per day, to drive from Kato to Krakow can vary a lot, where I live in Kato the fastest I've driven was 50mins, but then again when there was bad weather/accidents I've been in my car for 3hours one way sometimes. Usually, it takes me 2hours to Krakow and about 1.5 to come back, traffic in Krakow can be lethal during rush hours and all it takes is one accident, or one broke traffic to really mess things up and cause huge delays.

If you want the email address for that skype lessons, just PM me.
All the best

Life / Where do artists like to live in Poland? [21]

Houses mostly, there are a few renegades who are cave dwellers, but for the most part, definitely houses.