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gdyniaguy   
26 Jun 2012
UK, Ireland / Polish immigrants in the UK - the next generation [87]

Anyway, it's been conclusively proven that the UK has no idea exactly how many non-UK citizens are within its borders

I disagree.... then again it's a free world!
gdyniaguy   
26 Jun 2012
Life / Let`s compare prices of services and products in Poland [359]

sorry that sentence did sound a bit random...
I mean prescriptions are free if you live in Scotland or Wales, but not if you live in England. Not sure about NI.

Not strictly true. In Enlgand.... If you are taking a life saving medicine (diabetics for expample) prescriptions are free, they are also free for pregnant women, the elderly, the unemployed and also the under 18's and i could imagine that some disabilities also get free prescriptions.

Those that do have to pay can buy a season ticket to get reduced medication and if you ask your chemist they should offer you a cheaper alternative if it is cheaper then the standard prescription charge (about gbp6).

There arn't alot of English that pay for prescriptions.
gdyniaguy   
26 Jun 2012
Life / Is Poland a poor country? [578]

Most people from the EU would never bother to register - so 5,600 will be the amount with valid residency documents

Myself and the 10 Brits that i know in the Tricity are all registered. As most of them run businesses and pay taxes they can't afford not to be. You'll find unlike other races that the expat Brits tend to be law abiding.
gdyniaguy   
26 Jun 2012
Food / Your favourite Polish foods! [180]

That is now changing rapidly with the demand from the increasing expat communities but the attitude and taste of the Poles seems to remain loyal. You have to admire that but I think there is also an underlying intolerance to anything 'unusual' a little like us brits were in the 60's and 70's. We just lost touch after all that rationing, powdered egg and tripe. We were xenophobic and proud, now look at us!?!

Spot on... make a mockery of anybody that says that british cuisine is bland. The French in the middle ages employed english cooks to teach thier cooks. Infact dishes that sound foreign have been found to be english is there construction... Lasagna for example has been found in medieval cookbooks. Give me a good Steak and Ale pie over bigos or golombka anyday..Polish use herbs but apart from simple medieval spices like pepper and cinamon are useless when it comes to spicing foods.
gdyniaguy   
26 Jun 2012
News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]

What the heck I will do it anyway.
And this particular quote neatly captures your mendacious and moronic nature all in one:

I dont know what you are going on about.... companies come here because of cheap labour and probably EU subsidies..end off!! When these end they will go elsewhere... Understand?
gdyniaguy   
25 Jun 2012
Life / Is Poland a poor country? [578]

People emmigrate for Work (uk has more then Poland), standard/quality of living amnd for family reasons. Poland is lacking in alot of things that the UK has and vice versa. But there are 5200 brits in poland and 700,000 ish Poles in the UK so make of it what you can.
gdyniaguy   
25 Jun 2012
Life / Is Poland a poor country? [578]

The BBC say that there are only 5,600 of us in Poland. Apparently Poland is one of the least attractive countries for Brits to move to in Europe. I wonder why?

5,600 Poland, 6,800 czech republic!
gdyniaguy   
25 Jun 2012
Life / Is Poland a poor country? [578]

It could be for a number of reasons....

family ties (people with Polish relatives etc),
they married a Pole,
they are escaping from the UK polish (just as the poles escape to the UK),
they are employing cheap labour.

it's not for the roads, driving or food.
gdyniaguy   
25 Jun 2012
News / How has Euro2012 benefitted Polish tourism? [8]

NorthMancPolak

Hi Manc

If you don't like what I say, don't read it! It's a free world.

Firstly, why would football supporters travel to a country just because they are holiday the EURO's??? If they were in Krakow then they were there because of work or to see their team.

Unlike the Polish government and the liars at the EU I live in the real world that is Poland 2012. Honestly if you think that Poland will become a tourst mecca beacuse of the word of circa 250-300,000 football fans then you are living in a dream world. I remember Euro96 and it didn't make a speck of difference to UK tourism, if your a Manc you'll probably be able to tell me how much it added to the tourists in Manchester.

As I said before football fans are just that...football fans... they spend a fair majoritiy of cash watching football. And there ain't no Barcelona or Manchester to come and see in Poland... they won't come again unless their team plays a Polish team in Europe.

Poland's tourism benefit from Euro 2012 has probably gone into the negative territory due to the bad press that has been generated.

Just my opinion!...
gdyniaguy   
25 Jun 2012
Life / Is Poland a poor country? [578]

He's probably employing cheap workers.. living like a lord in big concrete house and eating Kiebasa over his barbeque in the Sun.
gdyniaguy   
25 Jun 2012
News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]

Really but that's not what you said in your previous posts. Would that make a stinking liar?

doh! bet you were so happy at writing that....now you look a right proper fool.
gdyniaguy   
25 Jun 2012
News / How has Euro2012 benefitted Polish tourism? [8]

Almost all (as many as 92% of respondents) stated that they would recommend Poland to a friend after returning home, as a country which is attractive to tourists and worth visiting. Nearly 80% of respondents claimed that they would visit our country again

Hi North Manc... funny but this seems to contradict the other article. I still believe that football fans arn't generally tourists. The majority of 'die hard' fans that i know spend every penny watching their team regardless of were they are playing and probably wouldn't return unless they had a footballing reason to. Take Barcelona or Manchester they both benefit from 'football tourism' the only way Poland could ever benefit from this is to drag the fans out of football hooliganism circa the 1980's and improve their league.

As for the 92%... is that an independant 92% or a 92% that the Polish State wants us to believe. I'm sure that if you ask visitors to London, Barcelona or Paris then more then 92% would return or recommend it!... damned statistics and lies!
gdyniaguy   
25 Jun 2012
News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]

Poland to become the second-best investment destination in Europe, according to report by Ernst & Young
"In the next three years Poland will be Europe's second most attractive investment site after Germany"

Bored by these posts! Of course it's attractive...attractive cheap workforce. But with highish inflation and an ever growing wage demand this won't be for long.
gdyniaguy   
25 Jun 2012
Life / Is Poland a poor country? [578]

krakow: there is NO WAY I would live back in the UK.......for anyones generalisations, bringing a family up here, rather than in Manchester/ Glasgow is a far better prospect, in many many ways.

Rubbish.....Hospitals, Transport, Work, Higher Education (universities and colleges) are all better in the UK then in Poland (no matter what drivel is written on here and by the Polish government). Maybe this guy is lucky enough to be in a position in Poland that he is living better then the rest of the Poles and he has a position and lifestyle unlike what he could ever possess in the UK.

What does he do though when he loses his job or his kids are seriously sick. He'll be on the plane quicker then Jack-flash!!

Maybe he doesn't fully understand the reason why there are a million poles in the UK and about 50,000 Brits in Poland.
gdyniaguy   
25 Jun 2012
News / How has Euro2012 benefitted Polish tourism? [8]

Hi

I have read conflicting reports on the numbers of tourists that EURO2012 has generated for the Polish Tourism industry. Living in Poland I have seen little or no effect on the rail/road infrasture caused by mass tourism although the Polish government as usual has hyper inflated the figures again. Before Euro 2012 the organisors were estimating over 700,000 people coming to Poland as a result. A report on Yahoo finance today paints a very gloomy picture. Nothing near the envisaged 'Barcelona effect'

ca.finance.yahoo/news/euro-2012-means-polish-ukrainian-232215028.html

If you take a look at the stadiums and capacities then only arount 700k tickets in total were sold for the games in Poland.

'Major tourist spending is expected to be a one-off. Official numbers put the number of foreign tourists visiting Poland for the euro 2012 at 820,800. out of whom 453.5 thousand will stay in Poland longer than one day.

But Janecki and Vntsibanov say the Polish press expect 200K - 250K to come from countries whose national teams are expected to play in Poland during the group phase and only expect them to spend 180 - 230 million zloty.'

Now lets see what the Polish government say...

Poland's organization of Euro 2012 will also bring about the so-called Barcelona effect, i.e. increase the tourist attractiveness of the country. Thanks to that effect, each year between 2013 and 2020 Poland may be visited by some 500k more persons than it would be the case in the "no Euro" scenario. Those visits are seen translating into extra revenues of PLN 5 bln in 2012-2020.

Right guys....what do you believe?
gdyniaguy   
22 Jun 2012
UK, Ireland / Polish immigrants in the UK - the next generation [87]

Migration Watch UK is an independent think tank. It is chaired by Sir Andrew Green, a former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia. The Vice Chairman is Mr Alp Mehmet, MVO, a former Ambassador to Iceland. We have a distinguished Advisory Council from diverse ethnic and professional backgrounds

Former ambassadors for the UK government. Hardly independant?
gdyniaguy   
22 Jun 2012
UK, Ireland / Polish immigrants in the UK - the next generation [87]

Your statement that the government knows exactly who is in the country is not really true

Prove it! from a statistic that isn't produced by the EU or the British Governement. The Socialists don't want us to know how they are failing.
gdyniaguy   
22 Jun 2012
Life / Is Poland a poor country? [578]

Compared to Luxembourg, Poland is poor.

Compared to Ukraine, Poland is rich.

The answer is: yes and no. Simple.

Spot on!
gdyniaguy   
22 Jun 2012
Life / Let`s compare prices of services and products in Poland [359]

The average band D in England is £1,439..and in London £1,308 (so nearly 7,000 zl) Poland 0zl

communities.gov.uk/publications/corporate/statistics/counciltax201112

Luckily you live in the Council with the lowest in the UK. Probably helped by government handouts etc.
gdyniaguy   
21 Jun 2012
Life / Is Poland a poor country? [578]

I know that I tell her the hardest things of living the the UK in the 70's wasn't the lack of provisions on the shop shelves more the lack of cash....but Communism wasn't fair or better then that.
gdyniaguy   
21 Jun 2012
Real Estate / What do you pay in rent/mortgage in Poland? [144]

Thats not correct, the UK is more like 5 times., historically its around 3.5 and at the bottom of the crash in 1995 it was 2.7 in London.

Peter is correct in the average UK house prices have never been 8x salary. London though, is a different matter.

When calculating the rental/buying costs of property in the UK as compaered to Poland you need to factor in council tax onto the cost of a UK house... for example an 3 bedroom house in the UK will have 6-7,000zl per year council tax...the Poles pay next to nothing and over the lifetime of a mortgage (25years you could be looking at another 200,000zl in taxes).

The same for rental property...if a 2 bedroom apartment in the south coast of England is 800 a month (4000zl) then add 100 a month you are looking at 4500zl... the same apartment in say Gdynia or Gdansk would only be half that.