Life / How Safe Are the Polish Cities? [179]


Shall I or shall I not :D It's an easy one, isn't it ... ? Nehh, I won't ... :D

Travel / Driving to Poland from England - any tips? [264]


Only about 16 times. And 6 times to Warsaw, twice to Suwalki, twice to Wisla, twice to Bydgosczc and once to Poznan.

Next Wednesday will be my 17th time. And the Sunday after that the 18th. With a van to take some of my stuff to Wroclaw.

But other than that ... neh ... not really ;)

On Monday I fly. Like I've done about 40 times before. Not counting 12 times to Wwa.

So I guess you could say for someone living in NL, I am a seasoned PL-traveller. And I'd rather fly. No matter which road I take (Hannover - Berlin - Wroclaw or Dortmund - Kassel - Leipzig - Dresden - Wroclaw), I find it boring.

But everyone has his preferences, I am sure.

Love / American marrying Polish woman in Poland - Church problems [79]

Well, according to some Polish customs it is the groom who pays for the vodka, the rings and his suit. The rest is covered by the wife-to-be :D. So why should it bother you? If she doesn't want to pay for it, fine. Then you can say that you didn't object to the church wedding but that she didn't want to pay for it, so hey, it's not your fault ... :D:D.

But I can't see the problem of giving the priest some money. We donated 1.000PLN for the restauration of the church. Big deal ... . And he wants some money for himself as well. Nothing strange.

It's normal that they want some money for their work. They have to write a sermon, etc ... etc ... . Our priest did a damn fine job of it, doing the service in Polish and English. Super! No fuss, no problems, open to requests and suggestions, cracked a couple of jokes, etc ... .

Life / The rising costs of food and fuel in Poland and the effects on disposable income/economy [177]

Nor anywhere else, except for the sites you frequent and where "you leave your Mark"... :S

No pun intended ... :D.

Love / American marrying Polish woman in Poland - Church problems [79]

But if you didn't marry in church the first time, then there shouldn't be any problem, now should there?

Unless of course you first told the priest that you had married in church and suddenly retract that statement. Then you shouldn't be surprised if some eyebrows are raised.

Love / American marrying Polish woman in Poland - Church problems [79]


I'm afraid it is ... ask anyone here who's ever been married. My first wedding was 14 years ago. And I remember it ... very well.


Well, then you've got papers. Have them translated and you'll be fine. I had my divorce papers translated by my consulate. I got a signature and a stamp, handed them to the priest in Wojciechowice and he was happy.

Life / The rising costs of food and fuel in Poland and the effects on disposable income/economy [177]


There is none ... it has been shown again and again on this forum.

Stop telling lies. It's getting irritating.

Life / IS Poland in danger of becoming the next multi cultural sink hole? [201]


Hey sh1thead ... I DO have a job. Grubas hasn't. He has stated he rejected work cause being on benefits gives him more money. Hence he has no balls, no pride, no nothing. He just holds up his hand and expects people to give him money for free. I hate those people.

His argument that he pays taxes, is BS. He's just given less money from the government ... well, first they give it to him, then he has to pay it back. Still, they are all handouts.

I have no problems with people who have lost their jobs and are on benefits for that reason. Or for any other reason for that matter. Sh1t happens. It can happen to all of us (unfortunately). But the way it works over here is when you are fit to work, you have to work. If you refuse, your benefits are cut. And rightly so. And if that means you have to do a job for a while that is under your level of studies or skills, then so be it.

Life / IS Poland in danger of becoming the next multi cultural sink hole? [201]

See, so you are lying again. In a another thread you told me you have some assets"" in PL and that you would return soon. Obviously you won't.

You can't be trusted, can you?

Ehh, what can one expect from a parasite who doesn't want to work and just holds up his hand?! I guess if there would be a thread on how gypsies do the same thing, he would be all up in arms, how scandalous it is, bla bla bla.

Disgusting.

Life / IS Poland in danger of becoming the next multi cultural sink hole? [201]


Jesus ... don't you have any pride??!! That's the problem with people nowadays: they expect everything comes for free. Disgusting! It's the same mentality some people are criticising in Turks, Maroccans and other immigrants. One shouldn't criticise them, but this revolting mentality.

Life / IS Poland in danger of becoming the next multi cultural sink hole? [201]


We?? And where were *you* living again ... ?

News / Visegrad Battle Group under the command of Poland [261]


Contradictio in terminis ... .

And why is he still allowed to talk about Serbia when the topic has NOTHING to do with this joke of a country whatsoever??!!


Yet there is a German Pope ... :D:D:D

Life / IS Poland in danger of becoming the next multi cultural sink hole? [201]


No worries, AJ ... only two more weeks and I will be living over there. I will assimilate her. Resistance is futile ... :D:D. Nanu nanu (or was that someone else ... *wonders* )

Life / The rising costs of food and fuel in Poland and the effects on disposable income/economy [177]

Source, maybe?

I cannot imagine that people give up their job because of high petrol prices. The only thing they are likely to do is use a different means of transport to get to work, but to hand in their notice ... that would be the most stupid thing to do.

Incidentally, is that the reason why you are at home?

News / Visegrad Battle Group under the command of Poland [261]


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Called for? Asked for? Part of the subject?

News / Poland becomes Europe's breadbasket ( Again ) [3]

I don't want to spoil the party, but the fact that exports have risen, doesn't mean to say that Poland therefore becomes Europe's breadbasket, now does it?

According to our Ministry of Agriculture, Dutch agricultural exports have risen from €60,5bn in 2009 to €65bn in 2010, about 5 times as much as Poland's on a land area of 7,5 times smaller than that of Poland, making it the second largest exporter of agricultural products after the United States.

Germany's exports have risen as well with 7.2% to €33,23bn, about 2,5 times the amount of Poland.

Even Belgium exported €34,1bn (over 2,5 times that of Poland) in 2008 on barely 10% of the landarea of Poland.

So, I'm sorry to say, the figures aren't *that* fantastic. Let's try to keep everything in perspective, shall we?

Life / The rising costs of food and fuel in Poland and the effects on disposable income/economy [177]

milky, you sound like a broken record.

Several posters on PF have shown us unequivocally that there is no property bubble. Now, the fact that other posters don't react, doesn't mean they didn't read the entries and have made up their own mind, having had a look at the links others have provided.

Your insistence that their is a property bubble while others have shown again and again that there isn't, makes you look like someone with a chip on your shoulder at best and a complete idiot at worst.

News / Poland-EU: Positive and negative features? [45]

And start paying more taxes to develop the country? Or to support loss-making parts of the economy? No, thank you! Enough is enough. You don't have to pay 48% income tax, do you? By the time you do, you will say the same thing.

News / Poland-EU: Positive and negative features? [45]

Paying high taxes to help out countries, either because they don't have their budgets on order, they need to build motorways, their farmers need help, etc ... etc ... . I pay (yes I still do, but not for that long anymore) 48% taxes. At the end of this month my holiday money comes in. Officially it is 8% of ones yearly wages; but as soon as it is paid out only 52% remains. The rest goes to the government.

In the Netherlands every person, so including babies and the elderly, pays about €2.500 a year in taxes to the EU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Far, far, far too much. And when these peeps in Brussels also insist on traveling to Stassburg once a month (which apparently costs 1mln each time), I really have some problems with that.

And now that some countries want to increase the EU's budget while there is an economic crisis going on, I wonder where those that are in favour of an increased budget have been living in the last couple of years. On the dark side of the moon maybe?? Every country has to implement budget cuts and then some finance idiot in the EU (we all know who we are talking about) says he wants to increase the budget. Well ... no FVCKING way! I agree completely with the English and the Dutch (and other) governments to stop increasing EU's budget. Not now.

And don't enlarge the EU even more. It's enough; well, to be honest it already went to far.

Pros ... free movement of persons (although there are countries questioning that principle - and rightly so if you ask me), goods and services.

Work / (IT field) moving from India to Poland -Wroclaw in May '11 [46]


And for many more years to come if it'd be up to me. Not because they are Turks, but simply because I am dead against further expansion of the EU. So no Turkey, no Iceland, no Ukraine, no Georgia, no Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, etc ... .

Hell, there are even ideas to grant North African countries EU membership statuspolsis.bham.ac.uk/news/2011/03/eu-membership-enlargement.s html !

Who's next ... ? Azerbaijan, Armenia, Syria, Iran perhaps?

Real Estate / Stan deweloperski vs stan surowy [developing or undeveloping property state] [36]


Great SeanBM, thanks a lot.

I can see that also in this case one would have to find the time to keep on top of things to avoid being left with some shoddy workmanship.

But I got a good idea. Thank you!

Real Estate / Stan deweloperski vs stan surowy [developing or undeveloping property state] [36]


Ahh ... sorry. Misunderstanding. No, it already crossed my mind that I shouldn't expect a lot of people speaking English in these parts. But that's OK ... that way it's even more important for me to learn the lingo asap.

Real Estate / Stan deweloperski vs stan surowy [developing or undeveloping property state] [36]


Good point, frd. I have noticed some adds where this was specifically stated. So definitely something to keep in mind!


Why? Are they that bad?

Real Estate / Stan deweloperski vs stan surowy [developing or undeveloping property state] [36]


Thanks SeanBM, for this rundown. Very interesting indeed. I think this "surowy-state" is out of the question. We simply don't have the time (or the experience) to handle all the aspects of finishing a house. Maybe next time.

We are looking for something around Wroclaw. We've seen some nice properties in Długołęka and Oleśnica, but yesterday we fell in love with a kind of (almost finished) B&B annex beergarden in Sobótka.

It's still early days and at the moment we are not in PL, as I am still packing all my stuff. The fact that we are still in the Netherlands makes it difficult because I can't have a look at the property or the surroundings. A house can look great in pictures, but if it turns out there is some car body shop next door, my hope of peace and quiet might be in serious jeopardy.

On the 29th we will drive to Poland so from that moment on, we can seriously start looking for something.

News / 2011 Netherlands discuss Polish deportation plan [118]

Warszawski gave me the idea to post some more links so people can make an informed choice when wanting to work over here.

We have an association of temporary work agencies (ABU). If you are employed by such an agency, better make sure they are a member of the ABU. The ones who aren't will be either made to become a member and adhere to their statutes or they will be banned from operating in the Netherlands.

Here is something about the ABU in English - abu.nl/abu2/talen.asp?pagkey=98165

Here is something about the ABU in Polish - abu.nl/abu2/talen.asp?pagkey=98183

Here are the leaflets and brochures they have translated into English - abu.nl/abu2/talen.asp?pagkey=98166

And here are the leaflets and brochures they have translated into Polish - abu.nl/abu2/talen.asp?pagkey=98184

Together with my links in post #112 on this page, you should be able to find enough information about what your rights are in the Netherlands and avoid becoming another statistic of someone who is abused by some lousy employer.

Hope it will help.

Real Estate / Stan deweloperski vs stan surowy [developing or undeveloping property state] [36]


That is really valuable advice. Thank you, warszawski. I appreciate it.

Real Estate / Stan deweloperski vs stan surowy [developing or undeveloping property state] [36]


But there is a difference if I need to for example plaster the walls or put in some door or if I need to put a whole heating system in. The first I wouldn't mind, the second wouldn't exactly be on my list of preferences ... .


Ahh, so different developers have different definitions?

Polonia / Anyone travelling from Warsaw to New Delhi willing to take some of my belongings (photos)? [30]

123z ... I really suggest you call UPS or TNT or who ever.

I wouldn't even carry someone's jeans in my luggage on an airplane. If I don't know the person that is, of course. There have been cases where for example heroin is washed INTO a jeans. The person who is carrying the thing doesn't notice, but some sweet, cute little cuddly dog on the airport does. It starts scratching its paws on the suitcase and the one whose name is on it, gets a rather nasty interrogation in a small office on the airport by some people who don't seem too happy with the person in question.

Well, that's only the beginning. We can all imagine the outcome.

Polonia / Anyone travelling from Warsaw to New Delhi willing to take some of my belongings (photos)? [30]


Not with the carrier I use. If I book my ticket online and check the checkbox "Yes, I carry luggage for someone else", they don't let me continue with my booking.