News / Will you be proud of tranny (transsexual) representing Poland ? [124]


Actually the Kathoey of Thailand are following a centuries-old tradition. There's a much healthier attitude in Thailand to the gender continuum. Far fewer hang-ups, far more good manners towards others and respect for someone's situation and choices in life.


Fine as long as transexuals get a rebate on their health insurance!

News / Will you be proud of tranny (transsexual) representing Poland ? [124]


Why not?

BTW, there were crossdressers in the Sejm during the First Polish Republic. Nothing new under the sun.


It is. Get used to that and stop hating so much.

Tell us, Grzegorz ,how you feel about being represented by Jaroslaw Kaczynski, a man with more skeletons in his closet than most medical schools?

USA, Canada / US Polonia 70% for Kaczyński [343]


So permanently refuse to pay your tax bill in whatever country you live and see what happens. Taxes are the entry fee to a civilised world.

And stop making silly comments about


and commenting on who should or should not vote in a country (nay, a whole continent) that you've never even been to and to which you have 'links' that are at best highly tenuous.

USA, Canada / US Polonia 70% for Kaczyński [343]


They should if they don't pay tax in PL. Their responsibility/privilege ended the day they expatriated.


Let them vote for a party they feel will improve their adopted home. Where they actually live. Instead of being backseat drivers.

Poland isn't some semi-mythical ethnic homeland. It's a modern European state. 40 million people live there. They (whether ethhnic Poles or not) have a stake in what happens here. They pay the taxes, they have to actually live under whatever government is in office, good or bad. Exiles do not. They have a new country to worry about.

Anyway, the Polonia vote doesn't really count for anything - they can vote for losers (as they did this time) or they can vote for winners. But they can't affect the result.

Life / Which of the Poland-based chain shops that sells glasses is the best? [5]

They're OK. And sometimes have good special offers. If you speak Polish it's worth trying little old-fashioned ones which can be good and cheap.

Travel / The best way to get to the airport in Łódź from Warsaw? [15]


About 30 zl max in a cab - about 15 mins assuming there's no traffic jam.

Work / The demand for English language learning in Poland is at an all time low [41]

Not neccessarily.

Law / Benefit entitlement in Poland for foreigners [37]


She isn't anyway - Aussies don't have British passports and vice versa. As far as I know it's a bit like British people getting Irish passports - if you have a grandparent born there you're eligible for one. Though a New Zealander I know who ought to have been eligible couldn't get one (or even a residence permit) due to missing some sort of cut-off date.

Law / Benefit entitlement in Poland for foreigners [37]

Not only Poles, though. If anything it's a universal phenomenon.

Life / Do Polish parents let/encourage their kids to **** outdoors? [40]


Definitely private, though to the best of my knowledge they kick people out for that sort of thing! Doesn't stop some people trying though. Poles seem to enjoy all that - must be the proximity to Germany...

Law / Benefit entitlement in Poland for foreigners [37]


It's hard for some old people to do all sorts of things like get used to currency changes, use Iphones or remember where they put their glasses, however since we aren't a gerontocracy we have to consider the wider issues. It's important to consider the needs of the elderly but it would be unwise to allow this to become an issue that dominates. Becoming wary is a natural process of aging rather than a basis for social policy.

History / Did British public protest against the sell out of Poland to the Soviets? [286]


So you're suggesting the Second World War should have been continued?

Life / Do Polish parents let/encourage their kids to **** outdoors? [40]

And I've certainly seen people in Poland performing other bodily functions in public places while people are passing by.

Life / Do Polish parents let/encourage their kids to **** outdoors? [40]

Back to the topic of the thread, what is the phrase that's traditionally used in Polish when you see someone p1ss1ng in the street?

And why's the word p1ss changed to asterisks.

News / SPECIAL REPORT: The Brits who left the UK for a life in Poland [28]

He was talking about restoring something in Slask. Did anything ever come of it?

News / 300 art treasures found in Polish garden shed! [11]


Perhaps because they were missing from galleries and private collections...

News / 300 art treasures found in Polish garden shed! [11]

That could expose him to an accusation of receiving stolen goods. In any case, the priceless art treasures almost certainly weren't included in the bill of sale. They should have been turned over to the state as soon as they were found. I wonder if he was naive enough to hope that in a few generations people would have forgotten about them.

Love / Your feedback on office sex (situation from Poland) [37]

Ignore. It is their business and nobody else's.

News / 300 art treasures found in Polish garden shed! [11]


No. They call the guy a thief because he had a garden shed full of art treasures that didn't belong to him. Instead of going to the police, perhaps his daughter should have taken them to the National Museum. Amazing that he's been sitting on them for all these years - what was he thinking?. Let's hope the cold and damp in his shed hasn't done too much damage.

News / Polish president traveling LOT? What about POLISH AIRFORCE 1? [23]


Yes. As you said yourself, there were bodyguards.


Quite possibly, given the cost of all those seats in Business Class which probably outweighed the cost of an airforce plane. Unless they all got upgrades ;-)

News / Polish president traveling LOT? What about POLISH AIRFORCE 1? [23]

It isn't unusual for heads of state to use civillian airlines. The Queen of England has even used a low cost airline.

History / Are Poles grateful to the Russians for winning the war? [120]


Some say this, some say the opposite.

UK, Ireland / Culture shock (my neighbours in the UK are Polish and Slovak) [88]


In very large part propagated by the Roma/Romani themselves, some of whom believe that themselves even today, mistakenly or not.

But as far as I can see from the thread there's no suggestion that the lady's neighbours are Polish or Slovakian Roma - indeed their relations with her are consistent with them being just Polish.

UK, Ireland / Polish immigration in UK [491]


They don't really need to nowadays - Polish citizens can live and work in Britain and vice-versa. The only advantage of a UK passport for Poles is if they want to visit the US wthout a visa.


I didn't - I'm originally from Britain but live now in Poland. There are tens of thousands of Brits there and that number is increasing faster than anyone can keep statistics. I was in M&S in Warsaw not long ago and realised that the only Poles there were the staff.

Though there are plenty of Poles who left around that time - some to join family, some were given visas to leave, some took holidays or went on business trips etc and didn't come back and a whole raft of people left in 68 due to political conflict. These were generally highly educated and skilled people who were snapped up by whatever country they settled in.

UK, Ireland / Polish immigration in UK [491]


I've actually had the legal right to live and work in the UK for much longer, however, Æthelstan (the real King Æthelstan, an internationalist if ever there was one, would never have written such nonsense) in the case of the (rather old) post you replied to, you are jumping to conclusions. There are plenty of people in Poland with British citizenship, having fought for Britain in the war and plenty more Poles who settled legally in Britain during the PRL.

UK, Ireland / Polish immigration in UK [491]


Why not?

UK, Ireland / Culture shock (my neighbours in the UK are Polish and Slovak) [88]


Many do.

News / Poles are able to forgive their enemies - how noble. [68]

I remember one of those guys coming out of the jungle. There were rumours about some still being there but I suppose they'd be dead by now.

News / Poles are able to forgive their enemies - how noble. [68]


Some date it from the invasion of Manchuria but this is hair splitting. It started 1/9/39 and ended 15/8/45.