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pawian   
15 May 2019
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

There are a few MiGs-15 here and there in Poland. Once I saw one in front of a school.

Do you want a location of yours?
pawian   
14 May 2019
News / Poland A and Ukraine B. Compare how far Poland has advanced. [282]

Poland was able to break free, because it was far.

OK, if you insist on this geography, let it be so. But only a little. :):) Because mentality played a role too.
Poland is further to the West than Ukraine, indeed. Poles have always considered themselves a part of Western and Central Europe, even when they were seperated from them politically and economically. The collapse of communism opened new opportunities for Poland and it was obvious it would join the EU one day because such were Polish traditional aspirations.

As for Ukrainian aspirations, they weren`t so Europe-oriented. I still remember reading articles in 1990s about Ukrainian reserve or even distrust to European institutions, let alone NATO. Ukrainians simply didn`t know which way they should go while Poles always knew it. In result, Poles didn`t waste time while Ukrainians did.

Simple.
pawian   
14 May 2019
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

You didn`t provide her with enough attractions there so that she could bear the place in mind for life. :):)
pawian   
14 May 2019
News / Poland A and Ukraine B. Compare how far Poland has advanced. [282]

while it was their knavish ways, that brought Ukrainians to the present state of affairs. Spoken like a true szlachcic.

I didn`t say anything about Ukrainian spirit so why are you putting words in my mouth? :):)

It certainly wasn't the good geographic fortune of neighboring Germany in the former case, and neighboring Russia in the latter.

Sorry but your geographical theory is groundless. Look at Lithuania - it is much more prosperous than Ukraine. Neighbours: Poland, Russia, Belarus, other Baltics. Where is that crucial Germany?

Coming back to healthy Ukrainian spirit - I think it was destroyed by communism which aimed at producing homo sovieticus person - passive and dependent on authorities. Before WW2, the Ukrainian Cooperative Movement was very strong in Poland. How much of it was allowed to develop in communism?

When the Soviet Union annexed western Ukraine in 1939, the Soviet authorities liquidated most Ukrainian community institutions, including Ukrainian cooperatives.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_cooperative_movement
pawian   
14 May 2019
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

This is hard dude, I goota travel more, doing my best.

You can also ask someone. E.g., Dougpol. :)
pawian   
14 May 2019
News / Poland A and Ukraine B. Compare how far Poland has advanced. [282]

Maf and delph, you are both right.
I would only add that during communism private ownership was tolerated by the Polish regime and many Poles retained the spirit of enterprising individualism which was necessary to start building the capitalist society. In Ukraine, like in the whole Soviet Union, probably everything belonged to the state.

the GDP of Poland was 520 billion .more than 1/6th of entire annual economic output of Poland

Sorry, but now count that annual GDP of 500 billion by 6 years and you will get 3000 billion euros. 80 billion is really peanuts as someone said.
pawian   
14 May 2019
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Sorry, no.
But thanks for the info, I heard the name Ludźmierz before but never visited it, now I am looking at the place and it is quite popular.

Hint - my place isn`t far.
Hint 2 - This isn`t a female.
pawian   
14 May 2019
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

I would be only too happy. I don`t keep a monopoly on riddling members. :) And Chemikiem also promised to show some riddles. What happened?
pawian   
14 May 2019
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

I thought you would guess it right away because it is a quite conspicuous building in that town.

Hint - there are other pretty wooden buildings there. :)
pawian   
14 May 2019
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Yes, at last! :) Prisoner Camp Museum in Łambinowice, with part of the cemetery devoted to Germans kept there after the WW2 when the camp was operated by the Polish staff.

Where is this town hall?


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pawian   
12 May 2019
Life / Political correctness in Poland [210]

There's a whole thread about the usage of word 'murzynek' in Polish. IMHO, the word isn't racist at all.

Yes, even some politicians bear the name Murzyn:


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pawian   
12 May 2019
Classifieds / Student from a Polish University Looking for Potential Respondents for a Survey [2]

Ifyou are 18-25 years old and you live in Poland, we would be very much obliged for your participation.

There might be a problem because about 1/3 of the forum active members live in Poland but they are older than your age requirements - mostly from 30 to 40. E.g., I am 29, so also not elligible to participate in the poll.
pawian   
12 May 2019
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

I will have to ponder over the new tower riddle. It looks like it will be tough to guess.

In Lower Silesia region, again.

edit: no, it's not that one, but I'm sure it's a Bismarck Tower of some sort.

Bismarck in the sense of German production - yes.

Not Wielka Sowa because I already showed its tower and dolno guessed it.

Aaargh! I'm sure I have mentioned many place names over loads of pages by now.

You said you would visit it in the future. :)
pawian   
12 May 2019
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Oh, I see, so I should have used worship?

That`s because of Janusz, an old friend of mine who loves travelling and always sends me links to his posts. He constantly writes: a place of religious cult, e.g,

tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g187438-d240307-r236295897-Malaga_Cathedral-Malaga_Costa_del_Sol_Province_of_Malaga_Andalucia.html
pawian   
12 May 2019
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Justyna. Is it an Auroch head at her feet? If not, maybe Bison.

Yes! Justyna, the forester`s daughter, saved the king by killing an auroch which attacked him.

is this from the same place near the Kolbe statue?

No, it is the place with those German names plaques. You have accidentally mentioned its name while discussing another riddle. But later you forgot about it.

Although I know it's not the same place, this looks very similar to The Golgotha at Licheń Stary.

The place nobody knew although I said it is connected with Lourdes is located in Porąbka Uszewska.

porabka_uszewska.diecezja.tarnow.pl/index.php/sanktuarium/55-grota-nmp-z-lourdes-w-porabce-uszewskiej


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pawian   
12 May 2019
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Religious "cult place " ? I do question that.

Did I use an improper expression? I thought it was OK.

What and where?


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pawian   
12 May 2019
Study / Studies in Opole University; lack of money, cheap renting, any job available? [8]

but I don't know any of polish web-pages on which the rooms or apartments are

I offered you one link about bedsits in Opole in my post above. I just googled pokoje student Opole and there are a dozen sites. I understand you don`t know Polish because if you did, you would have done it yourself.

google.com/search?q=pokoje+opole+student&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b

Thank you for the answer but I have seen that.

I see. You are simply looking for sb with first hand experience in renting a room or finding work in Opole. As you can see, there aren`t too many people like that here.

can foreign EU student work as local students? How much hours in a week?

There are no rules concerning your work as a student if you are EU country citizen. You can work as many hours as you want.

Both you and Pawian immediately went after this kid's lack of initiative

I mentioned initiative because this would -be student`s first post sounded as if his first step was to look for needed info on this forum instead of checking out at the source on Opole sites.

Hey, Levski, I displayed initiative and found that Opole student forum.
opole.dlastudenta.pl/

its subpage about accommodation.
opole.dlastudenta.pl/stancje/

work
opole.dlastudenta.pl/praca/
pawian   
12 May 2019
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Unfortunately, she isn`t Diana because she is carrying a crossbow. And there`s a horned animal`s head at her feet. What could it be?

BTW, welcome back! :)
pawian   
11 May 2019
USA, Canada / Polonia shows the way - 4/5 of PolAms for Duda - the new President of Poland [25]

You want to say how is Jaroslaw crazy

Jarosław isn`t crazy, he is a shrewd politician but he made a giant mistake - for pure political reasons, he pressed on his brother to land in the thick fog in Russia where President Kaczyński was to start his second election campaign. The pressure ended with the catastrophe and since that time, Jarosław has been doing everything possible to push this personal guilt into his deep subconcience.
pawian   
11 May 2019
Polonia / Who in here yesterday said Lithuania is worse than Poland? [13]

I have never visited Lithuania but read that their life standard is more or less the same as in Poland. The only thing that makes difference is prices of groceries. Lithuanians prefer to do shopping in Polish discount chains like Biedronka rather than at home.
pawian   
11 May 2019
USA, Canada / Polonia shows the way - 4/5 of PolAms for Duda - the new President of Poland [25]

that Germany has made a deal with the Russians to partition Poland or even that the current Law and Justice government

Why are you quoting it at all? Kaczyński didn`t accuse Germany of anything, it is fake news, a hypothetical situation concocted by the author, he could have also written that aliens made a deal with .....

Seams that NATO and EU killed him.

No, his own brother killed him, ordering the pilots to land at any cost.