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plk123   
23 Sep 2010
History / What was better in Poland under communism? [67]

Russian customs. For example, a three kiss greeting on the cheeks.

that's not a russian only custom.. many slavs, greeks, italians and arabs to the very exact same thing.

Nothing was better under communism, thank God it's long gone...

that's not true..

People felt more secure about their future? What a joke!

as funny as that may sound, that is actually true

Pol3, do you always wake and bake? ;)

pretty sure he does.

You not seen the Onya range of bags?

no, the somewhat resembled onion bags.

Get a life people.PRLwas NOT a communist country!

you're are plastic as that is just a dumb statement as one can ever find on these forums

Calling PRL communist is kinda ignorant considering definition of communism.Only westerners call it communist but they have no clue what PRL was about.

by strict definition of that term, there has never been a truly communist country.. btw. not only westerners called the eastern block communist.. the rulers of poland called themselves communist too/

This is quite true. Most here think of P-Land a having been Commie back then.

it was communist tho

You must have be from the otter planet!

he is..

from what i gather, maybe some education was better?
plk123   
23 Sep 2010
Life / Cold winter in Poland this year - Gas Shortages as of Late October [32]

Anyway when is heating by coal going to be made illegal?

what do you propose to use instead?

Yes, and it isn't gas.

what is it then? coal? lol

I heard this winter will be a severe one.

the weather men are never right..

I am sure she wouldn,t lie to me...????

lol.. didn't you say she was a 1/2 roma? she's spinning you a yarn, mate. lol moscow is way colder then pomerania.

Reason for the post: Why is Poland purchasing nat gas from the heavy handed Ruse-ski's after what they did to the Ukraine in what was it, 2008? Cutting off their gas supply. Looks like it's going to be a cold winter.

what is PL supposed to do in the mean time? building the other kind of infrastructure will take a long time.. in the mean time you want everyone to freeze?
plk123   
22 Sep 2010
News / RHD cars in Poland - my campaign to change the rules in Poland [128]

We have more freedom in the US than you have anywhere in the EU but no state would ever let you drive RHD car.

huh? ever seen a postman out in the country?

harry, r u as big of a dolt as you seem? so, according to you speed limit, for example, is m/h? lol and distances between towns in meters too? lmao

Can you register RHD cars in these states?

can you try to use reasoning to come up with an answer? sheesh

For example - gays are a minority. I hope this will help you understand why driving on the left is gay :-D

good 1. :D
plk123   
21 Sep 2010
Real Estate / If you own a property in Warsaw, you don't own the ground it stands on! [9]

Another strange Polish law today is that in the countryside, farm owners each owns bits of an access road leading to other properties running through them.

that depends.. there are 3 different ways of land division (cadaster) in PL.. they pretty much match the partitioned lands.. (Aus, Prus, Russ)

I'd say that it is a good thing - it's their property. I'd say it is very democratic

not really, it's retarded.. it should be public land.. aka. right-of-way or easement

But on the other hand, what would you say if one day they decided that they are demolishing your house because they want to build a new road? :-D

they still can.. they meaning gov body..

Buying half of szarlotka acres to build a new housing estate to rake in wads of cash from developers is not a valid reason.

in american however, this happens all the time.. it's called imminent domain. it used for good and sometimes not so good.. i've seen it under the guise of redevelopment of a run down area..

In some countries there is also some the concept of road allowance.

in the us it does (right of way) but the land interest may extend into the middle of the road.. in parts of PL, it's exactly the same.. there are dedicated roads that are simply public..
plk123   
21 Sep 2010
Language / Is math in Polish different than in English? [59]

zetigrek

there are some excellent schools in the usa.. most of those are private though.. but some public schools also have good programs in them. it's just different.. the way you learn things is different. in the usa all schools work kind of like uni.. you cram one subject at a time.. at high rate.. in PL used to learn a bit of everything at a time.. building on all the subjects every year.. to some extent you have that in UK and USA too, but like i said, it's fed to you with a bigger spoon. i learned almost all the math (algebra, geometry) in polish grade school that they teach here in high school. same thing with most of sciences.. although the HS sciences were more in depth.. but by not much. i did end up graduating from a private high school here and it was, for the most part, harder (more demanding) then my education at the uni.
plk123   
21 Sep 2010
Language / Is math in Polish different than in English? [59]

Does the school programme differ very much? Or are you tought the same thing in different way?

not sure about now but my polish education was way, way more advanced then what i was "learning" under UK system and in the states.. pretty much bored out of my gourd most of the time.
plk123   
21 Sep 2010
News / RHD cars in Poland - my campaign to change the rules in Poland [128]

Poland not to allow me to register my Right hand car in there country.

lol.. glad they won't.. and you ought to go back to skool.. your english is rather terrible for a british bloke. hmm

as you can see by my address i live in poland

you may have realized by now that PL is a LHD country and they do use kilometers too.

I have a specail adapted car as i am a disabled driver and i need my car.

i am sure they already told you that you're more then welcome to adapt the LHD car.. it's not hard at all.

? if i have to sell my car who foots my bill to adapt another car.. cost will be 12000 pounds.can you let me know as soon as possible?

you should be able to get this done from profits from the sale of your current car. what kind of adaptations cost #12k?

How on earth does one change gears with the left hand? Seems inconceivable! I'd probably end up shifting into reverse at 30 km/h instead of 2nd gear.

the rhd cars pose a much bigger hazard on already dangerous roads of PL.. shifting ain't all that hard... besides, i bet his car is also an automatic.
plk123   
21 Sep 2010
Language / Is math in Polish different than in English? [59]

I have a new Polish girl in my class. She is intelligent and seems to be good at maths, but speaks very little English.
Is math in Polish different than in English?

rotflmao, brit education system must be as "great" as american one is.

Numbers are the same in any country.

you may want to check that mr math. boy, this thread sure is magnetic. lol

The Arabic numerals are (sort of) the same,

they really aren't
plk123   
19 Sep 2010
History / Lwów, Wilno ... kresy - Poland have lost enormoust part of our heritage... [389]

Nathan, most Poles I have talked to balk even at the mention of Lwów being Ukrainian. They criticise Russia for large-scale imperialism but don't acknowledge when they themselves partake in it. They still see it as a part of Poland.

that's because it was polish for a long long time.. not just interwar..

Absence of Poles there shows immediately the nature of their presence on these territories

that's aft4er upa arses killed a huge amount of poles..

Or you prefer this?:

and what's wrong with that?

(following your suit, be kind to provide nothing of polish source)

there is a german one above here.
plk123   
18 Sep 2010
Life / Passing your Polish language and culture to your kids [74]

its irrelevant, the child may speak also his mothers language, acquired naturally ...

what is irrelevant is the mother's tongue if that is not where this child lives and will live... it's up to the mother and the father.. if they don't feel the "need" then who cares, really?

She is was just being ignorant, with an obvious chip on her shoulder - no offence....

bibz, most definitely.. otoh, f-stop, not so much.
plk123   
17 Sep 2010
Life / Passing your Polish language and culture to your kids [74]

I don't believe that for a second!

just because you don't believe surely doesn't mean it's not true.. lol.. like you are some kind of authority on anything.. lol

may regret that.

may or may not.. how about you quit preaching and judging people, eh?

I'm not judging, just stating the obvious.

yes, you are judging.. you can back pedal on this all you want but it's there for all to read. haha

If only, it could be useful to have the Polish passport.

he doesn't need to speak polish to hold a PL passport.

I know, it's life. You can't predict how it's going to be but I still think that knowing ANY foreign language is beneficial for a kid. If only for the brain development.

obviously it didn't help you any.. too bad.. :)

I seriously think that not speaking to your child in your native language is idiocy.

your child native language may not necessarily be the same as yours, no?

Well, if he was surrendered by English speaking environment, he wouldn't speak with polish accent anyway, and that is that, eh!

not necessarily at all

Maybe there is a difference between those that leave until the economic situation improves and those that emigrate "for good"?

and some don't care to assimilate while others want to.

Wroclaw Boy

well said. lol
plk123   
16 Sep 2010
Travel / A video I'd like to share: Zakopane, 8-hour Hike [VIDEO] [26]

Yes, Pinoy :)

i knew it, cool. :)

i introduced Smokie mountains to my pinoy bud last year.. he had a great time too. no snow however but the last day we were in the backcountry it went from ~32F at sunrise to 90F+ in the mid afternoon.
plk123   
16 Sep 2010
News / Possible consequences of the Eurocup 2012 in Poland. [14]

after them nobody knows what to do with the stadiums.

what do you mean? all the stadiums are club stadiums except the one in Warsaw which is the national stadium.

Umm...noooo....I think "revival" as in "breathing life into a something near dead" fits it well!

i agree.. there needs to be way to much improvement to just simply be improvement. rebirth could be another word to describe the current dismal situation of PL futbol.
plk123   
15 Sep 2010
Love / Polish girls and jealousy. They always suspect I have other gfs. [33]

Why are polish girls so jealous?They always suspect I have other gfs.

They are into monogamous relationships, and they mean it! ;)

no, low self esteem and they don't trust because they know in their own hearts how they are... always looking for that greener grass.
plk123   
14 Sep 2010
Life / The "Rudification" Of Society - Is This Happening In Poland As Well? [146]

or maybe you're making bad assumptions and generalisation ? think about it!

nope, you're the one who jumped to a conclusion..

well, do you have any proof of your words, or you just - feel so? )

you must have been asleep the last decade or so.. hmm.. i can't really help your ignorance.. that is not why i post here.. you are more then welcome to figure this out on your own. i'm not up to spoon feeding you.

In this passage the Bible condemns gay ritual sex in a temple and/or males having sex in a woman's bed.

and no.. this passage doesn't mention the woman's bed at all.. read it again..
and the other funny thing is that you only attempted to discredit 2 out of 5 of MG's points and you completely failed at one.. basically he pwnd you.. haha!

i do not think so, no one can be worse then deserted bush.

yup

In Europe secularism is the religion.

how does that statement even make any sense to you, i will never know.. google the definition of the word "religion"

Even if one holds that religion is false, only a close minded secularist can deny that religion was the driving force for nearly all the uniquely great art, literature, economic and even scientific advances of the West

huh? the first.. some but definitely not all.. and as to science, religion actually stifled it for centuries.
as to the second, religion drove the greek philosophers? is that right? lol

No; left wingers and secularists have a great many similarities.

in your mind only.. imho, it is exactly the opposite as demonstrated by USA in the recent decade.

Secularism and ecology is now the new religion of the millennium. All nature-based spirituality,

are you sure that's new? i implore you do a bit of studying sometime.

And for the rest, his speech reminds me about the recurring ranting every grown up generation does about the current "impossible" youth...;)
It is as regular as it is wrong!

lol.. agreed.

The idea of no big government is working well for Somalia.

and Afghanistan the two inoculators of knowledge. :D

Yeah...they should be burned on stakes! *shakes fist*

rofl

There are no socialist countries in Europe.

what? ever hear of Sweden?

Oh, I am sorry : the liberals and secularism is responsible for the break up of the family unit, while US has one of the highest number of divorces and it is not even secular, nor liberal - how would you explain that?

he can't as he's fervently religious. lol

Currently the family is number one, as more Poles spend time in the UK and other secular countries were the family is not of such high importance, they will return to PL with different priorities.

you are giving the "west" way too much credit.. poles are more then capable to do this to themselves. but hey, if you like scapegoats then there you go.

aphrodisiac:
that was taken out of context and was directed to Plk and has nothing to do with the discussion we are having

I accept that.

yeah but it actually kind of goes along with this discussion too..

I would disagree since our society on the whole is the least rude ever in comparison to what our ancestor's behavior.

no, i disagree and i even posted a link to prove it so as well as forwarded a thought to the same.

, nobody is shoving any religion down your throat anymore.

that is not true either.. maybe it is so in canadia but in the USA there definitely is a pretty high religious fervor.

Christmas address but some vague "Happy Holiday".

because it is the holidays and not only x-mas.. you can't be that dumb, can you?

Well...they should have openly the Winter Solstice back...after all the Christians took an existing holy day and only renamed it to suit their own fashion. ;)

To think the christian religion or any holy book whatsoever is needed for creativity and philosophy and what else is just crap. Mankind did well before some people got nailed on some crosses in some desert and will do well afterwards too...

right on

have taken the notion of 'freedom of religion' and twisted it into 'freedom from religion'.

nothing wrong with that..

Sure it does.
aphrodisiac:
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No.

care to expound? lol

It was like she saw that I was uncomfortable and just decided to take no action. She saw I was peeved at her

you really should have cracked your bible and read her a few passages from it.. according to many here that would have solved this issue.

hahahaha
plk123   
14 Sep 2010
Life / Passing your Polish language and culture to your kids [74]

It's easy for a child to learn 2 languages perfectly.

No to kiedy chcesz się spotkać?
I agree with this statement.. if one parent speaks one language and the other the other language to their toddler then there is really no reason the child can't be perfectly bi-lingual. i know of plenty of children that are this way.

CALM DOWN!!!

yeah, no kidding.

In America, foreign langauegs are taught too late, in secondary school if at all.

you either live in a crappy state or something.. because most kids in the sates i know learn foreign languages at least in high school and many do so in elementary school.

actually, I remember studies that show that children that spoke foreign language at home, upon entering primary school were at a disadvantage, and frequently confused the two langauges.

yes but that is only very temporary.. like in K or 1st grade.. after that it's a definite advantage.

If the parents speak in a language to the child since the child's birth there is no need for a specialist. None.

yup.

glad to see you around

the culture will die off and they would be totally affrimated into a melting pot socity.

there isn't really anything wrong with that either, imho

The above is biggest load of bull I have ever heard.I have direct experience of this situation with one of my own children and know at least six other bi-lingual children of a similar age group that have had the same problem and been treated at the age of 7/8.

maybe just maybe your children are a bit slow.. darius is right and that has been my experience too,.

You should understand this is NOT a pissing contest for who's child is better, it is a place to discuss common interests.

then do so as you're the only who is pissing in the wind here.