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convex   
5 Aug 2011
USA, Canada / Moving from United Kingdom to USA. Is it worth it? [136]

electric, gas and water, in an avg sized house, is nowhere near $500/month. that would be crazy.

That would be having an airconditioner in the south.

regarding medical insurance, I'd have to ask how old your mother is. if she's 65 or over, she's completely covered by Medicare.

Think she meant insurance for the house/car.
convex   
5 Aug 2011
USA, Canada / TOP 500 Young Polish Innovators program - short internships in USA [14]

CThere is absolutely nothing that they will learn in that period of time.

Tend to disagree. It's enough time to see how things are done in another environment, and take that knowledge back home. I'm guessing that's the whole point.

*cough* and maybe poach some of the best and brightest...
convex   
5 Aug 2011
USA, Canada / Polish or American Education? [180]

For one it seems to put people in the mindset that you don't have to go to school for 6 years to design a logo. On the other hand, the doing is just half of it, teaching how to do it right is the other. Seems like you get the first a lot in the US, the second needs a bit of work.
convex   
3 Aug 2011
USA, Canada / Why are Polish restaurants not successful in the USA? [698]

Those dishes listed sound delightful but I suspect the majority of Poles have never tried them nor know anyone who knows how to prepare them well.

The same could be said about plenty of cuisines. French comes to mind...
convex   
20 Jul 2011
Feedback / PolishForums Motto? :) [149]

At the very least, I know that Torq operates in the realm of "Great" or "Greatest". So I'm sure he will accept "Polish" as an obviously interchangeable..... meh, the hell with it, sleep.....
convex   
20 Jul 2011
Feedback / PolishForums Motto? :) [149]

So the Polish are a special category outside of the Good and the Bad?

yes, yes they are.
convex   
20 Jul 2011
Feedback / PolishForums Motto? :) [149]

Keep trying.

negative, heroic

PF: Tolerating the Intolerable.

also heroic...man, decisions decisions...
convex   
12 Jul 2011
Work / Back from the UK and working in Poland [23]

IMO Poland would be much better off if it opened its borders to Poles living abroad, especially in such wonderlands as Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia as opposed to "importing" indians and pakistanis.

It's already done. Called the Karta Polaka.

I have permanent residency status and I haven't lived in Poland for 10 years.

That only works if you marry.
convex   
11 Jul 2011
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Nope.

oops, pencil and crayon, bolek and lolek are in biskupin :(

btw, grawitacja and alibi are right across the street. the first is a good place for a beer, and the second a good one for a show. my motorcycle is being held for ransom in the parking lot behind the twins :)

there's a Manhattan going up in Poland?

Manhattan is where all the atrocious buildings (that you learn to love) near plac grunwaldzki are clustered.
convex   
11 Jul 2011
Life / Racism and for what? (story of Egyptian guy's living in Poland) [149]

Them guys in Poland who weight lift or take martial arts classes who go sober to football matches just to fight have some tough guys amongst them.

Sure, but they're fighting other people who want to fight them. It's no fun just beating on someone.

What was your friend Mexican?

Half black.
convex   
11 Jul 2011
Life / Racism and for what? (story of Egyptian guy's living in Poland) [149]

This guy is some nitwit trying to stir things up he's not Egyptian nor has he ever been to Poland.

Why do you think that? There are plenty of people around here looking for a reason to beat someone up.

Let me guess, 5 or 6 of them, probably 16-30, big poofy jackets, reek of cheap booze... But they're a bunch of pussies. Even when they have numerical superiority, they'll step back when you make it clear that you're up for a fight. I've never had any problems until my friend from the states came over, who's a bit darker. Anyway, those losers can't fight. Some of the hooligans on the other hand are pretty hardcore, but only tend to fight when provoked, and it's usually one on one. Just my two cents.
convex   
11 Jul 2011
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

that'd be bolek and lolek. right down the street from "manhattan"
convex   
10 Jul 2011
Work / Close Protection (Bodyguard) - popular line of work in Poland? [19]

Are there any international organizations that you could contact? I'm guessing like with just about anything else in Poland, it would be best to start your own company. I've used APC in Wroclaw, it's run by a guy name Piotr. He speaks English.

Good luck!
convex   
8 Jul 2011
History / Sabaton 40-1. Poland WW2 (updated with: Uprising) [39]

The German 1st Kavallerie-Brigade:

Interesting. Apparently they were used for patrol. Towards the end of the war they built up a couple of full cavalry divisions to act as scouts and for partisan warfare.

Have some reading to do.
convex   
8 Jul 2011
Life / How do Polish people in Poland respond to Polish people abroad....? [17]

For example, that they might say you're not Polish, you know nothing about our history, you're not part of this country, you weren't here when we fought for our freedom from communism, you're different from us etc. and that Polish citizens living abroad would be treated as "lower class"??

A good healthy chunk of my friends were born abroad....they don't seem to have any problems. And if any university student even mentions struggling under communism, then they've been in uni way too long and their opinions don't really matter :)

Come over, enjoy.
convex   
7 Jul 2011
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Something about dogs, indeed, but not turd. I got used to it in Krakow, already. :):)

ticks?
convex   
7 Jul 2011
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

What drove me crazy in Wrocław twice on one day?

Dog turds along the Odra in Biskupin?
convex   
7 Jul 2011
News / Wal-Mart coming to Poland? [146]

Have a link to that? A couple of years back the parent company of Real bought up all the Walmart property in Germany btw. They don't have the equity to make any large scale acquisitions in order to get a foothold in continental Europe where retail margins are already tiny. That said, I'd like to see them over here, but the pricing would have to be at a premium to the established places in order to have the same experience as in the US. Asda is a good example of a kind of half Walmart...

BTW, the point was that those shops are already paying bottom of the barrel wages. Can't get any lower.
convex   
7 Jul 2011
News / Wal-Mart coming to Poland? [146]

Walmart will take over Real and set up shop- get away will paying sub wages etc, etc and the place will be packed.

And then all those well paying Real, Biedronka, Lidl, and Tesco jobs will go away :(
convex   
7 Jul 2011
News / Did George Soros want to destroy Poland with his economic shock therapy? [87]

Then, said Soros, the state must act to bankrupt its own industrial and agricultural enterprises, using astronomical interest rates, withholding state credits, and burdening firms with unpayable debt.

Let's see how that was actually written:

Stop supporting unviable Communist-era businesses by charging market interest rates, not providing grants of taxpayer money, and stop forgiving the debt that they owe to ordinary citizens.

Sounds like capitalism vs socialism, or?
convex   
1 Jul 2011
News / EU presidency to cost Poland 110 million euro [33]

What do you think of the Polish EU Preisdency?

Well, it's an obligation first and foremost. Will be interesting to see the influence over energy policy.
convex   
25 Jun 2011
Work / Salary, holidays - questions to employer during a job interview in Poland [47]

In today's job market there are always 20 other people applying for the position that you're seeking to get too.

It depends. Quite a few higher end specialized IT jobs come with a salary range posted, and nearly all contract jobs are posted with a salary. Honestly, it's a waste of time for both sides to play the salary game. Even for entry level jobs, I post a salary. Everyone goes in knowing what to expect.

They're also "yearly, gross" values rather than the Polish habit of "monthly, net"... or sometimes "monthly, gross" which I also find endlessly confusing :)

Gross is the only thing that should be posted. Net salary is impacted by quite a few variables and makes no sense to post.