Real Estate / 100% LTV mortgage possible for foreigner in Poland? [9]


Very. What sort of cretin would make a committment to pay large regular amounts in a currency they don't have? Your currency falls, the other currency rises and your bill is doubled.

News / Is it true that the Polish has signed to take on the Euro in 2015? [12]


It won't make any difference. Plenty of countries have the Euro and haven't 'perished'.

Love / Annoying sister-in-law of my Polish hubby [30]

Give him a copy of 50 shades of grey.
Or put Viagra in his tea.

News / Poland rejects H1N1 vaccine [28]


I was referring to the MMR. Saved thousands of lives, and now middle-class kids are getting measles, mumps and rubella but are allowed in the same doctors' waiting rooms as people with weakened immune systems.

News / Poland rejects H1N1 vaccine [28]

I'd be careful about anti-vaccination comments. About the same level of common sense and integrity as the anti-fluoridation nonsense.

Love / Woman 23, man 47 years old. What do you think about ? [162]


Not far off. Certainly cradle snatching.

News / Repost: Heya ad about communism in Poland [36]

They voted against that. And there are still Leninist regimes, whereas the philosophy other person we were talking about is unlikely to make a comeback.

News / Repost: Heya ad about communism in Poland [36]


Doubtless.

Worth remembering though that Comrade Lenin is still preserved in his mausoleum in Red Square and loved by many however the German mentioned in the thread is rightly reviled by all except nutters.

History / Is 5th partition of Poland possible? What kind? How? When? [73]

In that case, I agree 100%.

The EU does have a mechanism whereby the economics of one region can be administered by a neighbouring country but I don't see that happening in Poland, and if it did, it still wouldn't affect national integrity.

News / Repost: Heya ad about communism in Poland [36]


That could well be true ;-)

Re. the Lenin v. Hitler thing, both were evil, both advocated murder, but only one tried to destroy whole nations, including Poland.

UK, Ireland / Polonization of Britain - Tipping Point Confirmed in 2011 Census [97]


Agreed. His politics were closer to Mussolini and closer yet to Dolfuss's Catholic Austrofascism.


Worth mentioning that it wasn't a great time in history, and food, housing etc were short, plus troops were returning from Asia etc. Most of those Poles who stayed were happy with the way they were treated.

Incidentally, I knew a Polish lady who ended up in Britain after the war and had the chance to move to Canada but refused. She regretted it, since friends and family who did ended up in huge houses, plenty of money etc.

News / Repost: Heya ad about communism in Poland [36]


It's in the post. Begins with 'W'. Large city in Poland.

It looks like we're actually saying the same sort of thing. About the nature of being offended by ads. Did the Lenin one (which surprised me when I saw it) offend you? It didn't offend me (nor did the Wprost ad) but I guessed when I saw both that some wouldn't like it.

History / Is 5th partition of Poland possible? What kind? How? When? [73]


This much I agree with, but I don't think my post was irrelevant. In fact we were both saying pretty much the same thing. It truly doesn't matter who owns a field. What matters is what country it's in. It's daft to suggest as certain posters have that there's another partition on the way. If anything, Poland's role in the EU has strengthened its position as a state.

News / Repost: Heya ad about communism in Poland [36]


So let's get this straight. Are you denying that there were ads all over town on billboards advertising the magazine?
Edit.
Looking at your final paragraph, it looks like you never saw the advert. I can assure you it was on billboards all over my town (Warsaw) and that many more people saw the ad than read the magazine in question.

It isn't demagoguery entirely. It's true that the PiS/LPR/Samoobrona regime was hated and there was maybe justification for the advert which was for something less frivolous than a phone network. It also attracted complaints, but was never withdrawn.

It's still totalitarian imagery, and whereas I found both amusing, there are many people who have suffered under totalitarianism both left and right who didn't appreciate it.

Law / Forex Market in Poland [16]

Unfortunately real estate prices (in Warsaw at least) are still somewhat inflated - a lot of vendors aren't in that much of a hurry to sell and a lot of loans are guaranteed by family members etc. Forex loans were a disaster and the credit bubble (Millenium Bnk were much to blame here) has ossified the market since.

Milky sometimes perhaps exaggerates the situation, however there's a lot of truth in what he says.

News / Repost: Heya ad about communism in Poland [36]

Yes, of course. An ad on billboards relying on totalitarian imagery. Fortunately both harmless - even amusing. But hard to complain about one of them when the other was plastered all over town as well, don't you agree?

UK, Ireland / Polonization of Britain - Tipping Point Confirmed in 2011 Census [97]

Odd that someone would see a call for integration by an international religious body as a criticism of a groups' presence. Unless they were trolling, of course.


At the moment, a fraction of that of the UK, however, with time hopefully more people will come.

News / Repost: Heya ad about communism in Poland [36]


Um....... Look again at the post, Paulina. Carefully this time. Note the word 'billboard'. Look it up in a dictionary if you want. o_O


Look a third time at the post. Note the first three words.

News / Repost: Heya ad about communism in Poland [36]

Much much worse. Though all the billboards round town showing the Lepper picture suggests there's a precedent for this sort of advert in Poland.

History / Is 5th partition of Poland possible? What kind? How? When? [73]


I don't think it makes the slightest difference what nationality the owner of some land is. Thousands of British people live next door to Polish neighbours - it doesn't make their street Poland. Worth mentioning that great swathes of Norfolk and Suffolk farmland belong to foreign companies and those places are both as English as they ever were.

I also don't see a further partition. There may be more regional autonomy - this seems to be the way Europe is moving, however something like the Schleswig-Holstein issue was controversial enough there and just wouldn't happen in PL within the foreseeable future. And even in Schleswig-Holstein, they still fly the Danish flag.

News / Repost: Heya ad about communism in Poland [36]

That's been done already, with the Andrzej Lepper magazine cover. His stubble that day looked just like a Hitler moustache - quite a sensation at the time.

UK, Ireland / Polonization of Britain - Tipping Point Confirmed in 2011 Census [97]


As I remember, they had hardly any members and even quite a few people on the list denied ever joining!

Life / Polish vs British vs American - Clash of cultures [390]


I expect they're colour-blind. That or they like blue things.

Life / Polish vs British vs American - Clash of cultures [390]

The pink one looks almost tasty

;-)

UK, Ireland / Polonization of Britain - Tipping Point Confirmed in 2011 Census [97]


Why not? Both of those have equivalents pretty well everywhere in Europe.

And Polish immigration to the UK is nothing new - I've known both Poles and people,of Polish extraction all my life - there were at least 50,000 in my county even before EU entry.


That's probably the case. Even if it wasn't, such a vast influx of people in such a short time is bound to have all sorts of effects. In many ways it's a tribute to both the British and the Poles who've come that there hasn't been a major problem and it has gone so well.

UK, Ireland / Polonization of Britain - Tipping Point Confirmed in 2011 Census [97]


Hard facts and the topic of this thread, sweetie


Why not? If it fits, use it


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As for bragging, if people are beating a path to your door, and the rest of the world look up to you for culture both high and low, music, science, business, literature, why not?

It's actually nice, at home in PL when people make a point of telling me they're an Anglophile - it happens quite a lot. And knowing Poles, better than you ever will Dessie,I can assure you they mean what they say.

UK, Ireland / Polonization of Britain - Tipping Point Confirmed in 2011 Census [97]

Of course other countries are still precisely that and we're a long way from being 'Polonised'. The great unwashed in any society - and Poland in no exception - have a very limited and faulty idea about what goes on outside their little world.

Britain is however multicultural. And cosmopolitan, drawing cultural influences from many sources but above all punching way above our weight and giving far more of our culture back to the world than most places.

Travel / There is only one railway station in Warsaw Chopin airport? [12]

It does seem unusual, doesn't it.

Everything's running without problem and there are no delays, but you're right, there are far more police than normal and I noticed they were really making a meal of the security checks - much strict than usual.

Travel / There is only one railway station in Warsaw Chopin airport? [12]

A quickie. Does anyone know why the security at Okecie is so much stricter today than normal. I haven't seen it like this since just after 9/11. Guards everywhere. It's all running smoothly as usual, however I use Okecie a lot and the security presence is very different today. Are they expecting a state visit or something?

News / Repost: Heya ad about communism in Poland [36]

It was quite a good advert. If every ad in questionable taste was pulled here, there would be a lot of empty billboards.