Classifieds / Poznan CouchSurfing/Language Exchange Club meetings - weekly! [12]

Just noticed now -

Full details :

The Vikings, ul. Murna 3. It's located about 1 minute from Stary Rynek, between Stary Rynek and Plac Wolnosci, just off ul. Paderewskiego. Every Thursday from 7pm until 12am :)

Law / If you were a non-European citizen, and you wanted to start a one person company in Poland? [15]

https://polishforums.com/classifieds/poznan-couchsurfing-language-exchange-club-53767/

When you come, just ask for the organiser of the meeting - someone will point you towards me ;)

It's every Thursday from 7pm until 12am, though most people come after 8.

Work / Looking for accommodation & teaching job in KATOWICE [78]


I'm also pretty certain that they'll take advantage of him, being so young.

Life / Moving to Poland - When to get Left-hand-drive [10]


You can't register a RHD in Poland, so such a car will only be worth the value of the parts.

Sell the RHD, buy a LHD in the UK and bring it to Poland - much easier.

Incidentally, is your husband Polish?

Law / If you were a non-European citizen, and you wanted to start a one person company in Poland? [15]


Aha, I did wonder how you got a student visa, but that makes sense.


Wow.

Yes, your idea is good, but alas - not that simple.


Well, if it's for a visa - you'll have to get her to start a company and then apply for a work permit. It's not a difficult process, and it should be easy enough to get a work permit for a Spanish teacher here.


Well - if you're looking to actually work, yes, it's illegal. You'll need a work permit in this case.

Best bet - if you want to have a chat about this, I can talk to you in person about it.

I've sent you details of the weekly multinational/multilingual meeting in Poznan - if you want, you can come and I'll explain it all to you properly in person. :)

Work / Looking for accommodation & teaching job in KATOWICE [78]



Might want to consider that if you're looking for students, they're not going to bother with someone who can't be bothered to write properly. I mean, it's up to you -but Polish people generally regard poor orthography as being a massive failing.


The what?

Work / Looking for accommodation & teaching job in KATOWICE [78]


Here's some very friendly, free advice.

If you expect to find students, remember that they'll be looking at your language very carefully. Most Polish students (except the stupidest ones) would never go near a "teacher" who writes like this -






Think about it, eh?

News / Poles are able to forgive their enemies - how noble. [68]


If anything, he didn't lose anything - his opponents of the PiS persuasion would attack him regardless, while those from PO/SLD are likely to see it as a grand gesture.

Can't imagine many people would actually go from liking to hating him because of this - but he definitely would have made a few of his doubters think "hey, nice guy".


That's what I see, too. Incredible gesture of Walesa to put politics aside for the sake of personal peace on both sides.

(by the way, Poles - why is it General Jaruzelski and not President Jaruzelski? Is it just because he's better known as the General and his Presidency was brief?

News / Europeén Union will finance the 2nd Warsaw metro line. Good news. [60]

I've been waiting for over 30 years and Britain still hasn't left.

(Britain used to beg for handouts too)

News / Europeén Union will finance the 2nd Warsaw metro line. Good news. [60]

Aww. My heart bleeds.

I can't wait to use the British-subsidised metro with the cheap tickets.

News / Europeén Union will finance the 2nd Warsaw metro line. Good news. [60]


Industrial output rose by over 8% by the last measures - what's the problem?

We have public infrastructure projects AND decent growth in private industry. Win-win, I'd say.


What's the issue, then? Poland will find it easier than those three to meet the targets.

News / Europeén Union will finance the 2nd Warsaw metro line. Good news. [60]


Draconian? Given the vast amount of pollution that Poland chucks into the air, if she wants to benefit from the EU, she needs to accept that you can't just pollute everything for everyone else. She's always free to leave the EU, stop the grants and start queuing for hours on the border again.


Very sensible, means that the metro station Stadion and the future Dw. Stadion will be able to take away the crowds and there will be redundancy in the system - so if one tunnel is closed, people can still get across to the West bank.


Hahaha. The Polish economy was always based on overpriced public investments - or have you forgotten the shipyards, the steelworks, the mines, etc?

Classifieds / Poznan CouchSurfing/Language Exchange Club meetings - weekly! [12]


Well - these meetings are much more informal, as the idea is just to meet people that speak different languages and then use them accordingly. For instance - there was the rather strange sight of a Brit and a Pole using German with each other last Thursday! But it just depends on who ends up talking to who - usually English is the dominant language, though :)

(quite a few people have formed private groups as a result of this though)

News / Europeén Union will finance the 2nd Warsaw metro line. Good news. [60]


200 metres? That's nothing, and anyway, the station is actually being built underneath the new terminal.

Try to rein in your anti-Polishness, it makes you look rather foolish when you keep lying.


You'll be waiting a long time for that visit...

News / Europeén Union will finance the 2nd Warsaw metro line. Good news. [60]


Mine are anti-Polack, which are basically anti-racist Polish American ;) I like Poland and Poles, just not those who never visit and yet regard themselves as being experts on this place.


Isn't there a rail link being built at the moment? I thought this was one of the things for Euro 2012 that were being built...I could be wrong though.

I found this - ztm.waw.pl/informacje.php?i=77&c=98&l=1

But really, this will just put even more pressure on the Cross City lines - which makes Line 2 even more important. And once they get the metro extended to Dw. Wschodni - people arriving from the East will be able to get off there and take the metro straight into the centre rather than messing around with Centralna too.

The only thing that I think they should do is to connect Dw. Zachodni to Line 2 somehow - that would really take the pressure off the cross-city lines and Centralna!

News / Europeén Union will finance the 2nd Warsaw metro line. Good news. [60]


Really? Again with your rampant anti-Polish views, you seem to be utterly uneducated as to what this line will bring.


Under utilised? Since...when? The existing rail lines are no use for commuter transport, and the SKM is useless for people who live along the line 2 corridor. The addition of a station at Nowy Swiat will make a huge difference, too. And Warsaw needs another crossing of the Wisla for redundancy purposes - relying on the Cross City Line is utter stupidity.

Line 1 is almost constantly full of people - what makes you think that Line 2 won't be the same, especially once the eastern bank suburbs are connected up?


That's an idiotic comment if there ever was one - it's certainly not a "fact".

Of course, you're welcome to tell me what's going on at Świętokrzyska - oh, let's see...both Lines 1 and 2 will have stops there! I mean, I take it you haven't personally seen the construction work there...

flaming comment removed

News / Has there been an influx of Polish people into Germany? [21]


And don't forget the rampant tax dodging, too.

Generally speaking, those with money to spend on plumbers and suchlike are very happy with the Poles - because they cut the costs and got the jobs done quickly.

History / Polish bombers over Berlin in 1939? [19]

Where was the money to buy such, or even maintain them?

News / Poland Parliament elections in October 2011 [944]


What I cannot understand is why Kaczynski has embraced them - it really makes me wonder if his "advisors" are not deliberately destroying him so they can take power for themselves. These people are very much a tiny minority - and even ordinary village PiS voters will not be impressed with cosying up with football hooligans. Certainly, in Krakow - anyone who votes PiS there is going to be rather annoyed with embracing of hooligans - simply because they have one of the worst rivalries in Europe in Krakow.

But then again, I don't doubt that if PiS wins power (somehow) - the hooligans will be 'dealt' with. And unlike Tusk, I wouldn't be surprised if Kaczynski just went straight for the kill.

News / Poles are able to forgive their enemies - how noble. [68]


A truly inspiring move by Wałęsa. He did the decent thing (as one former President to another) - and showed what nobility is really about.


But to be fair - that picture of him shaking hands with Jaruzelski means more than just "Wałęsa is a good person". It's a hell of a powerful image - and shows that Poles can indeed move on.


No, not at all. But for Wałęsa to make peace with Jaruzelski will allow Wałęsa his peace, too.


I think those with half a brain can see why Wałęsa did the right thing.


And yet they'll still go to Church tomorrow and act like pious Catholics. And they wonder why they get ridiculed.

News / Poland Parliament elections in October 2011 [944]


Why do they have so much...anger in their faces?

Always thought that if they put half as much effort into actually opposing rather than writing rants online and launching stupid protests, they'd be in a far better place.

News / Poland Parliament elections in October 2011 [944]


It's hilarious, because they've already managed to thoroughly **** off the PSL by calling them names (not the way to treat potential coalition partners!), Pawlak's no idiot - and anyway, PSL voters tend to be quite clued up and wouldn't approve of coalition with PiS anyway. Not to mention that moustaches don't tend to agree with farmers anyway. - and I suspect PSL voters will remember how Solidarity were somewhat cold towards the villages and towns.


Can you say "delusional"?

It would seem that the opposite is more likely - for the last few years, there's always been "next elections" to look forward to. After this one, there's nothing until 2014 - 3 years is a long time to spend in the political wilderness. PiS already started to break up - will they really stick together if Kaczynski refuses to quit after another loss? Especially as PO isn't afraid to give high profile positions to defectors...

PiS need to stop talking about all this "what ifs" and concentrate on what they actually stand for. But I guess - as they can't say "socialist", they're kinda ******.

I'm convinced the 2005 centrist PiS would beat PO in this election. But this version? No chance.

From the same article -


We just don't mention the CAP, do we? We also don't mention structural funds which paid to renovate many, many places - or perhaps he's forgotten about all the money that's pouring in?

I can think of one great example in rural Poland. I know a village, which had absolutely nothing except a bank and a post office. Nothing else at all. No cultural stuff, nothing. Then the EU turned up, and now, the village is full of things - for instance, a load of new computers to provide public internet access. Would they really have been bought, given that the village is poor and pathetic, if it wasn't for EU projects?

Work / The demand for English language learning in Poland is at an all time low [41]

To be honest, part of the blame should be laid at teachers who were content to sit in such a system, taking the easy cash - rather than developing themselves.

News / Poland Parliament elections in October 2011 [944]


I think he probably soon realised that while giving laptops to children is easy, getting the teachers to use them for teaching are an entirely different story.

News / Damien Perquis Football player granted Polish citizenship insulted by the PIS ? [30]


Utter nonsense.

EU citizens can vote in municipal and European elections from the minute they obtain the EU residence certificate, which takes about a month at the most to get. They need to go to the Urzad Miasta each time to get a paper which confirms their vote - but that's a five second job.

The rules are harmonised throughout the EU in this respect - those with valid residency can vote in these elections. Incidentally, they can also be candidates if they chose to be. It would be rather insane if a European Union citizen couldn't stand for European election!

As it stands, I can't think of anything in Poland that EU citizens cannot do that Poles can do, except voting. Heck, there's even an Nigerian posel!

Work / The demand for English language learning in Poland is at an all time low [41]

There's still plenty of work out there, but actual full-time jobs are becoming rarer and rarer. But to be fair - this is actually better for the native teacher, as it means less bullshit and less bureaucratic tedium. It also means that they can demand set times for classes - rather than being mucked around.

But for someone who isn't driven enough to put together their own timetable, it's a problem.


This isn't true, but students are now demanding more than "a teacher, a board, tables and chairs". There's also now more and more schools opening up in small areas - there's no need to go to "big name" schools to learn. Why go to Empik or Profi Lingua when you can go to SUPER QUICK ANGLO ENGLISH that's ten minutes walk from your flat? But of course - these schools can never offer full time work.


That's what I think, too. Look how much former State teachers are now running small language schools - and you've got your answer.

I also suspect that it's a lot to do with schools not needing to hire 'just anyone'.

News / Damien Perquis Football player granted Polish citizenship insulted by the PIS ? [30]


Sadly, no. It's a shame, because I would probably put far more effort into voting than the vast majority of people who just vote blindly for one party without thinking.

Still - I can vote at European and local levels. In the runoff in Poznan between Grobelny and the PO nobody, I spoiled my vote ;)


It's exactly that kind of stupid logic that results in PO dominating Polish politics. Negativity just doesn't win elections - never did, never will.

News / Damien Perquis Football player granted Polish citizenship insulted by the PIS ? [30]


That's okay, we'll vote PO just to **** your type off.

History / I want to meet Lech Walesa, can anyone help me? [29]


You certainly shouldn't call him that.

Prezydent Wałęsa, to you!

Travel / Best clubs in Krakow? No tourist traps. [64]


Oh yeah, definitely - in my opinion, these kinds of places often have the scariest looking, but friendliest people.