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Joined: 25 Dec 2007 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 29 Dec 2011
Threads: Total: 15 / In This Archive: 4
Posts: Total: 19666 / In This Archive: 8616 		From: Poland, Gliwice
Speaks Polish?: Tak, umiem
Interests: Cycling, chess and language

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Seanus   
9 Sep 2011
News / Prime Minister in Krynica on European integration [53]

Crow, your suggestions are loose. Poles want contingency planning. If A happens, then what is B? Can I educate you on Polish psychological approaches? It was actually a Serb that criticised Poland's joining of NATO. He had many bad words for Poland but he couldn't understand Poland's need for safety. OK, we know that NATO doesn't have Poland's best interests at heart but the principle was there. I had to attack that guy for a basic lack of insight.
Seanus   
9 Sep 2011
News / Prime Minister in Krynica on European integration [53]

And how would those rules look, Crow?

You know I'm in contact with many Poles, right? I have contact with many of their inteligentsia and some business leaders too. I did a class this morning (1-2-1) with one such guy and we discussed business approaches. He told me that the Poles appreciate straight-up approaches to business and to know where they stand. Having lived here for 7 years, I can agree with him. If they get messed around by shilly-shallying and indecisiveness, they will not stand for it.
Seanus   
9 Sep 2011
News / Prime Minister in Krynica on European integration [53]

Crow, please don't be so naive. NATO even offer a guarantee, not that it would be observed in all cases. What guarantee could Serbia provide to Poland? You know, the Poles would ask for it and if Serbia couldn't deliver, ties would be irreperably damaged.
Seanus   
9 Sep 2011
News / Prime Minister in Krynica on European integration [53]

What security could Serbia provide to Poland in the event of an attack on her sovereign territory? I assume security to be a vital and paramount area, esp for Poland!!
Seanus   
9 Sep 2011
News / Prime Minister in Krynica on European integration [53]

When are you going to run your pan-Slavic seminars, Crow? ;0 ;) How do you plan to deflate the nationalist sentiment that undoubtedly exists in Slavic countries? When I hear anti-Russian sentiment here (thankfully not that often), I can't say anything. Many Poles lost loved ones and I'd sound disingenuous were I to tell them that the Russians are their best friends. Still, movements forward have to be sought gradually.
Seanus   
9 Sep 2011
News / Prime Minister in Krynica on European integration [53]

Then, Crow, there are many Serbs in Kosovo that will be queuing up to talk to you. They paint a very different picture.

Oh, I know they did, Crow. The Avoidable War and Weight in Chains (plus others) taught me all I needed to know. Replace socialism, implant capitalism and plough countries into debt. Vicious sods!
Seanus   
9 Sep 2011
Work / How To Study In Poland and stay with my GF? Inability to move to Poland looks stupid. [60]

UK Jews tore down Tottenham?? Do you know how strange that sounds, Midas? I say that because Spurs have a rep for being a 'Yiddish' club. David Baddiel, a football show presenter, made that very comment. He even produced a video on it.

As for the thread, studying can be costly and should be avoided unless you intend to work in that area.
Seanus   
9 Sep 2011
News / Prime Minister in Krynica on European integration [53]

It was one of the most disastrous events known to humankind, the Yugoslav War. I'm glad that some of their differences have been resolved but the finger pointing has to stop if any kind of integration of values is to take place. Yobs make that very difficult.

Crow, why does Serbia let territory go so easily? I'm not condoning their killing of innocent people by any stretch but at least Mladić and Karadzić understood the meaning of territory. They went against the Vance-Owen plan and stated their case. Kosovo was effectively given up by Belgrade (laziness??) and Dalmatia too.
Seanus   
9 Sep 2011
News / Prime Minister in Krynica on European integration [53]

Crow, Dalmatia was a part of Yugoslavia and not Serbia. Why the talk of that region? I'm sorry but I just feel that you are too much like the Serbian Council in that last post. Those people that convened a meeting in Athens and even Milosević wasn't as radical. I can see their faces but I can't remember their names. Poles cannot work with radicals. Poles can work with pro-Serbian factions but not out-and-out bigots who pour the nationalist rhetoric on thick.

Germany will never cede their influence there. Too much business in it for them.
Seanus   
9 Sep 2011
Language / Indian-Polish Accent. :P [26]

It's pretty decent, really. If you are starting out then it's a good stab at the main points. I've had the chance of imitating more so it's easier for me but there are still some sounds that need a lot of effort from my side. You did well.
Seanus   
9 Sep 2011
News / Prime Minister in Krynica on European integration [53]

Germany and Austria have a stronghold on Croatia, that's true. Yeah, Germany and France would curtail the Slavic influence for sure. I wonder what Merkel and Sarkozy have to say about Poles.
Seanus   
9 Sep 2011
History / What do Poles owe to Russians? [193]

Well, that possibility exists when some lose their control and out comes the bile. Fair point!
Seanus   
9 Sep 2011
History / What do Poles owe to Russians? [193]

A vodka exchange. Smirnoff for Żubrówka :) :) I'm sure relations would improve overnight.
Seanus   
9 Sep 2011
Life / The Blame Game (Have you ever noticed that a Polish person is never wrong!?) [205]

I don't think delph loves Poland, really. Like most of us, he has his likes and dislikes about life here. Being in amongst some Poles in their element is a great thing, esp if you speak the language.

However, the blame game is one which they love and play well.

Back to the OP.

Time to yourself without the constant calendar of family events? Tell me about it. I have enough commitments at work without my precious free time being taken away. Too much music to listen to as well.

There simply needs to be an identification of eager young folk. Many old biddies are past their 'prime' and need to step to the side. The state can fund some trips to the mountains and lakes for them.

The system of contracts is the worst. They don't honour it when it suits them. They will not include penalty provisions for themselves as that would indicate that they are in the wrong. That can't be ;) ;0 The thing is, most people just make it up as they go along, bumbling along like a leaf in a breeze.
Seanus   
9 Sep 2011
Food / Classic Polish Cooking (book) [9]

If it's like the 'Polish' cookbook I have, more than 70% of the dishes won't be Polish at all.
Seanus   
8 Sep 2011
Love / POLISH GIRLFRIEND WONT PAY HER WAY [127]

Hence the wink mark but it needed to be stated. It seems to be my money when a joint purchase is to be made but her money is hers and not used as often as mine.
Seanus   
8 Sep 2011
Love / POLISH GIRLFRIEND WONT PAY HER WAY [127]

LK, I buy most of the groceries. We don't have kids :( Her last clothes were bought by me.

If marriage is to be a shared thing then, well, costs have to be shared ;)