Law / Starting a daycare in Poland, possible? [15]

It is possible.

But the law in Poland is so strict concerning such facilities that you won't get anywhere without a good local partner - it's not something that you can do easily.

News / POLES FEEL LIKE JEWS HAVE TOO MUCH CONTROL IN POLAND - TRUE? [209]

The fact that you're in Toronto and yet posting an article from the UK Telegraph suggests that you're scouring the internet for reports about how evil Jews are doing bad things to Poland.

News / POLES FEEL LIKE JEWS HAVE TOO MUCH CONTROL IN POLAND - TRUE? [209]

Another thread trying to stir up tension between Poles and Jews?

You really are rather obsessed, aren't you?

Language / Polish Language classes - what do your lessons look like? [21]


Indeed - some random bits -


Brits at least would always say "took part" and not "participated".


Cracow is more or less obsolete in British English - Krakow is the accepted modern spelling.


Beautiful Polish mistake there - using "course" in this context, as a direct translation of "kurs" is a telltale sign.


No Brit would ever make this kind of mistake.


We'd also say "looked the same" rather than "looked alike".

Busted.

News / POLES FEEL LIKE JEWS HAVE TOO MUCH CONTROL IN POLAND - TRUE? [209]


Worth pointing out that what people like you (Plastic Poles) think to be "right wing" is actually Catholic-Socialism.


Indeed. Funnily enough, on this forum, it seems to be only non-Poles who hate Jews. Strange, that.

Law / Polish Citizenship for a foreigner whose parents was born in Poland [174]


How can you judge this if you aren't aware of the mother's circumstances?

Life / Strange laws in Poland [39]


It's now been semi-repealed - the court can now decide as to whether the licence is revoked for the offence.

From what one of my students said, the courts are only likely to revoke a licence if it's road-related drunkenness.

News / Poland needs a left wing govt. [111]


The part where the leadership and Party members took everything for themselves and left the rest with very little.

Bears very little in common with "from each according to his own, to each according to his need".

News / Poland needs a left wing govt. [111]


Indeed, it's what the people want.

Hardly surprising after years of social welfare, though.


It certainly was pretend communism - I don't see much in common with the PRL and Marx's ideals, do you?

History / What nation do Poles feel closer to? [74]


It is definitely changing, but very slowly. I'm in the process of trying to write a book about the very subject (focusing on the borderland) - and all the research so far points at Germans mostly ignoring Poland.

My suspicion right now is that the two will never be equal partners as long as they're not economically close.

News / POLES FEEL LIKE JEWS HAVE TOO MUCH CONTROL IN POLAND - TRUE? [209]


But you quite obviously are, otherwise you wouldn't be posting threads trying to provoke tension between Poles and Jews.

Anyway, why don't you come here and find out for yourself?

Frankly, you're a ******** troll.

(funnily enough, your threads read like something out of the Daily Mail)

News / Victory in 'anti-Polish camps' campaign in US [170]


Take one look at the newspapers that they've been attacking.

Then consider who reads those newspapers, then take into account the political leanings of the Polish Americans.

Surprise, surprise.

Incidentally, I seem to recall that in the previous thread, we came up with a grand total of two incidents where reference was made to "Polish death camps" or similar, without clarification.

It's all just a storm in a teacup.

News / Victory in 'anti-Polish camps' campaign in US [170]


It's a non-issue that makes Poland sound like a spoilt child.

It's worth pointing out that this whole issue was brought up by non-Poles and is more or less a politically motivated attack.

News / Victory in 'anti-Polish camps' campaign in US [170]


The Polish ministry only got involved after the Polonia kept howling about it - and given that the Government's approval ratings among Polish-American voters is rather poor, it's not a surprise they got involved. Their response was rather half-hearted, though.

Prominent non-Polish persons? What have they got to do with anything?

As I said - if the Polonia spent half as much time looking after Poland as they spend getting outraged about things like this, Poland would be a much better country.

News / Victory in 'anti-Polish camps' campaign in US [170]


Who said they did? I didn't.


You're sick in the head if you're wishing payback and karma upon people - most of whom had nothing to do with what went on in the past.


The issue is clearly obvious - Polish Americans, being mostly the descendants of poor peasants from the impoverished former East, have decided to speak up on behalf of Poland when most Poles couldn't care less.

Frankly, Poland should be worrying about the scandal of children languishing in orphanges or the scandal of old people not being able to afford medicine - not some minor issue concerning uneducated Yanks.

News / Victory in 'anti-Polish camps' campaign in US [170]


Shall we start to talk about how the Poles managed to kill people in their own concentration camps?

Real Estate / Average monthly electricity charge - Wroclaw 70 sq m [4]

Hmm - we're paying about 150zl a month if memory serves me well for a similar sized place?

UK, Ireland / Limit on quantity of cigarettes brought back from Poland to Ireland? [3]


It's the same rule applied to Poland as with Spain/etc. I don't know what the Irish are saying - 800 is the least you're allowed to take between EU countries, but many countries have higher limits.

(according to that website that Stu posted, the limit from Poland is 800 into Ireland, the minimum limit according to EU law)

History / Nowa Huta and other achievments of PRL (People's Republic of Poland) [79]


I know that you've got no idea of respect (what with telling women that their mothers are prostitutes) - but really, you must be seriously deluded if you think that people did those things out of respect.

People obeyed the Milicja, but they certainly didn't respect them.

History / Nowa Huta and other achievments of PRL (People's Republic of Poland) [79]


Respected? I don't think anyone respected the Milicja in the slightest.

Except of course, loyal members of the Party who actually stole from Poland as well as collaborated against it. Like your father, for example.

Travel / Airport authorities in Poland [8]

They're good guys, they do a great job in some very difficult areas - I've seen them camping in Bieszczady before!

Definitely, they're one of Poland's successes.

Travel / Airport authorities in Poland [8]

Not much to say.

The Straz Graniczna wears two hats - they're responsible for border control, and in Polish airports, they're additionally responsible for security. They're a civilian organisation, despite appearances.

The Sluzba Celna is the Customs guys. There's a strict division between the two - not really seen in Polish airports, but on the Eastern border, the two uniformed services operate separately.

Police don't have a role in Polish airports to the best of my knowledge - the job is done by the Straz Graniczna.

Life / Strange laws in Poland [39]


Course you can. Many countries have specific laws concerning Railways, for instance.

Life / Differences in Polish, American and British mentality [237]


It's true, but to get such opportunities screams "Party".


Me too - I was there in 2006 and then 2010, what a shock. I remembered in particular one really horrible supermarket in the Dom Towarowy place - even that had been cleaned up dramatically and brightened up.

Life / Differences in Polish, American and British mentality [237]


He was made "kierownik" after half a year in a military factory, after getting a degree and experience in East Germany?

Sunshine, you might not like to hear this - but that kind of opportunity was only going to be given to those who had proven themselves to the Party. I know your father has probably denied the lot - but you really should wake up and smell the coffee. He almost certainly would have been a member of the youth organisations - and he wouldn't have got there so fast if it wasn't for having reliable parents, too.

The Communist system was fantastic in the sense of allowing people to embark on a very steep career path if they wanted it. Your father sounds like he was rather well known and trusted by the Party -situations like that just didn't happen if someone wasn't politically reliable and very well connected.

Sorry PennBoy, but your father almost certainly was a collaborationist rat.

Off-Topic / Penn and all I owe you an explanation... ref to Polish vs. British vs. American [38]


Yep, true. I've got a particular knack for upsetting self righteous keyboard warriors.

Not one of them has taken me up on the offer of a fight yet :(

Life / Differences in Polish, American and British mentality [237]


He has a wife with such an attitude?

Wow. And Americans wonder why Europeans sneer at them?

Life / Differences in Polish, American and British mentality [237]


Pretty damn obvious from your use of Polack that you're not who you say you are, but rather some rather bored college student who had to sit by as his girlfriend got nailed by some Polish guy.

Life / Differences in Polish, American and British mentality [237]


No, we talk **** about Polish Americans because most of them are racist morons who have nothing in common with Poland.

And then of course, there are people like you - who betrayed Poland just for the sake of a few extra dollars.


Poland doesn't have you, that's one definite advantage for Poland.

The fact that you're now making Poland out to be some sort of backwater really shows where your true allegiance lies - traitor.

Life / Differences in Polish, American and British mentality [237]


How do you know she has no life?

You can hardly accuse other people of making generalisations when you're making one about her.