Travel / Best Zapiekanka in Krakow? [8]

The Zapiekanka in Morrisons(UK) is rubbish. Don't bother trying it.

I'm surprised that there isn't a glut of Zapiekanka outlets her in the UK. I'm positive they would go down a storm.

News / Lech Walesa vs Immigration: Brits humiliated him at London Heathrow Airport [105]

Sam B


You are not speaking as a Brit. You are speaking like somebody that believes the buffoons side of the story. Do a bit of research and find out about the man, Walesa. You will see he is more often than not, an embarrassment to Poland these days. His mouth overtakes his brain.

News / Lech Walesa vs Immigration: Brits humiliated him at London Heathrow Airport [105]


What do you know? Nothing !!

As a frequent WizzAir and RyanAir flyer between UK and Poznan, I can assure the treatment received in Poland is far worse. The duards even get angry when you obey their rules. I spent an hour sat in an office for not presenting my passport with my Polish partner when the sign clearly said one at a time in English and Polish. Over zealous body searches when you first pass through the hand baggage check. Women border guards putting their hands in female passengers underwear. What's that about? Border guards that look like children wandering around with guns!! Polish people telling the guards that they are miserable Ass**** because they are not getting any sex. Stampede mentality on the way out. Welcome to the zoo.

I expect Lech (who was extremely popular in the UK) wasn't happy to queue up; after all it is not something that Poles practise particularly well. Like everyone that passes through a UK airport, give the staff any grief, you are getting it back by getting your bags searched and spending extra time. It doesn't matter who you are!!If they stopped every Pole and treated them badly, there would be outrage. I don't hear it. Do you? Also if they stopped every Pole they would make a fortune fining them for illegally imported food products and drugs that are illegal in the UK like kettamine; but they don't.

Life / Uptight Poles [262]


It probably depends who you have next door. The Ruskies, 3 doors down, display exceedingly bad taste in music, from 4pm on a Friday to 6am on a Saturday. At least they did until the noise police got them.


So explain the Disco Polo phenomenon and why the Polish housewives feel the need to drown out their vacuum cleaners and pollute the sound waves. They should play Disco Polo 24 hrs a day to prisoners, they wouldn't feel the need to offend again.

News / Too much milk - Poland has been forced to pay EUR 4.1 mln to the EC. [11]


That's too broad a statement. If we look at France, then it is correct. Smallholdings everywhere. I don't know but visually Poland looks similar to France with many small holdings. Correct me if I'm wrong. Personally I feel the root of the problem is the EU supporting the outmoded farming methods of countries such as France.


You are talking about the realities of farming with that statement.

Peterweg is correct in his assertion that it is the Supermarkets and distributors that make the money. Milk is cheap for a reason. We need milk, supermarkets need customers. Sell it cheap, you bring customers in and destroy existing milk distribution businesses and make it impossible for others to compete. Supermarkets are monsters. Look what they have done to the high streets in the UK

Real Estate / Renovating a house in janikowo.... [30]

Yep Never look a gift horse in the mouth is especially pertinent in Poland. Its going to bite you back. We were gifted a house, and I saw the consequences. My partner didn't. Its now the back stabbers ball.

Love / Polish mother, possible UK father - child law Poland. [35]


That's a figure bandied about this board. Try 1/2 that but if you are a foreigner or a Pole abroad you'll be helping with the national debt

Real Estate / Restructuring of polish chf mortgage [42]

So what would happen if you declared yourself bankrupt in the UK for example?

Law / Lawyer in Poland did a bad job possibility of compensation? [17]


In my experience, as a foreigner you are a soft touch. There are some decent ones out there though.

UK, Ireland / Pakis VS Poles in the UK [62]


Once they move in the whites move out.


Thats the opposite of what Delphi is trying to tell us.


I was living in Solihull when the Mulberry Bush bomb went off. I heard it clearly 10 or so miles away. Birmingham was not a place to be Irish for a long time afterwards. The diabolical actions of a few, tarnished the reputation of many. The day Adams and McGuiness walked through the doors of the House of Commons made and still makes my blood boil today.


This is exactly what breeds racial tension. It engenders a deep mistrust. This is why the Pakistani's have failed on the whole to do anything other than reproduce and frighten old ladies with their attire.

The UK has become a safari park without walls, and when the next flood comes, Noah only needs to make one stop.

Will the Poles make their mark? Some will but the majority won't. For whatever reason many have chosen the "Us and Them" ideal and do not integrate.

UK, Ireland / Daniel Pelka murder: Polish mother and stepfather face life sentences [96]


It's called irony. Yawn.

Multiple agencies failed. No one said anything different.

The inferiority complex kicking in. I think you may find those Brits tend to be magnanimous.


Congratulations you have come to the same conclusion as everyone else but you appear not to want to blame the killers. At least there is a service to pick up the pieces in the majority of cases unlike elsewhere.

UK, Ireland / wife wants to have baby in poland not ireland [52]


Believe me she could also be jumping through hoops to stay in Poland. Heard about it too many times to allow my child to be born in Poland. If this happens daddies finished!!

Law / Being forced to Maintenance Payments to alcoholic father in Poland? [14]


No. If you obtain a judgement in a court in one nation state, an EPO can be used to recover the debt from the debtor living in another nation state. If you don't contest the debt in the state where the claim was made its your problem as long as papers were served correctly. In Poland this means just posting them to a former address.


The point is that the court of another state does not have to review the law of the state that issued the EPO. If they could then it would open up shopping for the best jurisdiction.

The UK opted out on one part of the article which determines the law on how the debt is collected. Once an EPO is issued the debt is final and cannot be challenged in a UK court.

Had to do a bit of research on this just in case the outcome was nasty.

Law / Being forced to Maintenance Payments to alcoholic father in Poland? [14]


The point of it is to make it possible to enforce in another country. In the UK it would become enforceable but they can't take what you haven't got and you are not getting sent to prison because you can't pay. To enforce it I believe they have to go through the County Court system and then bailiffs can be used to enforce. I would guess all you have to do is offer what you can afford to the court and nothing will happen.

Law / Being forced to Maintenance Payments to alcoholic father in Poland? [14]


European Payment Order. Effective throughout Europe. UK and Norway, I believe, had certain parts of the agreement set aside. For people subjected to an EPO in the UK have it applied under UK Law. This means they can't take more than you can afford.

News / Premier says no recession for Poland [148]


Delph ask yourself what kind of life that is for anybody. Don't forget they are also doing it for a lower price than their British counterparts. What about a right to a family life?

News / Premier says no recession for Poland [148]


Having spent most of my life in rural communities, I would say this statement is wide of the mark. At the age of 12 I was milking cows and generally helping out on the farms. Nearly 40 years ago. Over the next 10 years things changed dramatically. Hedges were removed to make fields bigger and bigger tractors, harvesters and a general improvement in the efficiency of machinery reduced the need for labour on farms except when seasonal harvests required. At the same time the middle class began their drift from the big cities in search of a better environment to bring up their children forcing up house prices. Big houses remained cheap in the early eighties in rural England but prohibitively expensive to run.

Now very few people work in farming daily. There isn't the work except seasonally and the supermarkets have driven prices at source so low that seasonal work is not financially viable unless you live in multi occupancy. Drive through Boston in Lincolnshire @ 5am to see the effect low prices and low wages have had. It must be tough in Poland, Lithuanian etc. if your desperate enough to stand out in all weathers in the vain hope your going to get chosen to work that day.


From what I hear from my partners friends in Poland, I believe you are correct. 82 hrs a week for 1200zlt/month and 5 mouths to feed. Ouch! Heard this last week. A couple of weeks ago someone we know borrowed 40,000zlt to pay off his mothers finance debts on 2000zlt a month income. Long time paying that one. Probably would have got less time for insuring her and throwing her off the balcony if he got caught. I find it amazing people on here refuse to accept there is abject poverty in Poland. I would suggest some broaden there social circles or open their eyes. It also seems the root of this evil is unscrupulous employers that pay low wages to avoid taxes and compensate with cash. It appears to happen everywhere. I do wonder how bigger businesses get away with this, but I guess as they are corrupt, then someone above is also corrupt.


When people can't afford to go out, they turn to other activities. Don't I just know it. Number 3 in January.

Hundreds of schools closing and 8-10,000 teaching jobs going says it all. It's far more financially attractive having a baby in the UK if your Polish. £500 bonus just for starters so the Polish mums tell us.

Travel / What's worth seeing in Poznań? [17]


The organ pipes are very attractive also

I like the botanical gardens. A bit tired but worth a visit.

The Old Zoo is interesting if only to see the old Lion cages and how things used to be. We always spend time here as my partner grew just round the corner

There are many attractive old buildings and some still with wounds inflicted during the war.

News / Polish police chief removes crosses [250]


And those opinions should be kept to oneself. Thrusting individual beliefs on others shouldn't be tolerated.

News / Polish police chief removes crosses [250]


There is guilt everywhere you look. I agree.

News / Polish police chief removes crosses [250]


They did this

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2049647/BBC-documentary-exposes-50-year-scandal-baby-trafficking-Catholic-church-Spain.html

Spains stolen babies

Law / Non-Polish Fathers rights for child in Poland [19]


Yes its a step up but only moved it from the courtroom to the psychologists.

We have a pretty good system in the UK. An organisation called Cafcass who are entirely independent of the courts; their duty to report their findings to the court, Their first point of call is school, and their enquiries extend to family friends and clubs that the children may be involved in as well as spending time with the kids alone. That way they get a truthful picture of whats going on in a childs mind. Possibly more of an idea than the childs primary carer. Often kids say only the things they think you want to hear.

Law / Non-Polish Fathers rights for child in Poland [19]


You heard wrong.

Basically its the kids that lose out in a Polish court. I'm not sure how high the bar is set for parental abuse in Poland, but it's far higher than we are prepared to accept in the UK. The most dangerous person involved in this, is the court psychologist, who will profess to know the intimate details of every aspect of a couples marriage and a child's feelings, all within a 4hr meeting. Its astounding how they come to their immaculate conclusions when the husband or wife and the children are faced with their abuser. They wholly believe what they write in return to the court, and the judge will defend them mercilessly should you question their perspective of reality or their credibility. Most likely the judge will have made his/her decision before anyone set foot in court and the questions to the psychologist will be tailored to increase the standing of his or her choice of winner. You will never know what the questions were though. That is private. What should be noted is it is the judge whom selects the psychologist and his or her court that pays him. A very Polish affair based on greasing palms. It stinks.

A recent decision I am familiar with, the father got the kids and the wife had to pay 2000zlt/month. The kids had to be delivered to the wife for Wednesday and Thursday nights and alternate weekends. Poor kids will never know where home is. The kids lost out and most likely their understanding of relationships will be damaged for ever more.


If you knew how the Polish Courts operate you would know why that inappropriate remark was made. The guy is in a desperately difficult position. What this guy wants is contact with his child and assuming he is OK, then he should get unmolested contact in Poland. Unfortunately for him he is a foreigner in a prejudiced country.

I give you an example. An English born child was not returned to the UK by the Polish courts because it could not speak English. The child was just over 1 years old. It couldn't speak.

News / Polish police chief removes crosses [250]

The EU, just recently, was guilty of providing propaganda to schools.

Law / Non-Polish Fathers rights for child in Poland [19]


Its comprehensible if you know what is being discussed!!


An International Disgrace is a better description


Learn about what he is talking about and then you would understand. If you don't know what the Hague convention for abducted children is look it up. You never know, you might need it one day. 1,000's have.

News / Polish police chief removes crosses [250]


So what changed your mind? I'm interested.


You are a superior Christian also it appears.

News / Polish police chief removes crosses [250]

Nobody is born believing in God. My feeling is religion plays on our subconscious fears of the unknown. The heaven and hell conundrum.

It's a choice, which is frankly imposed on most of us, and some choose to release themselves from its shackles when capable of making an informed decision for themselves.


So what happened to Spain?

Going back to your suggestion I am American. I'm not. I'm English with a Polish partner. At least I thought I was; but coincidently I discovered a fact which is a little amusing to me. I was adopted at a few months, and a few days ago discovered that it is likely my father was half Polish and the son of a pilot in the 303 squadron. Bloody ironic. Will find out for definite in a couple of weeks.

News / Polish police chief removes crosses [250]


Touched a raw nerve did we.

I think you might find the RCC is going to have to change dramatically to exist in a 100 years time. Populations are no longer repressed in the way they were. Poland no longer requires the RCC to fight on its behalf against its atheist masters. That time has passed.

Here is an article that demonstrates my point.
humanityinaction.org/knowledgebase/159-airing-the-dirty-laundry-exploring-the-challenges-of-domestic-violence-in-poland


Mine is firmly based in the 21st century. Your moral compass obviously is not.

Life / One of more conspicuous Polish traits - inconsequence? [37]


But it doesn't sound correct in the context. I had to check it myself yesterday.

News / Polish police chief removes crosses [250]


You are kidding?

An organisation that tells women they should be more obedient after they have been abused domestically to prevent further beatings. Where is the moral compass in that????