Travel / Person with Polish/Russian heritage - first time going to Poland [11]

Ah, now that explains a lot. I was wondering about that weird English and the profile details that didn't add up. Thanks.

Don't forget the destroyer Błyskawica moored at Gdynia. If you like that sort of thing, and I do, it's a treat. Good fish restaurants nearby, too.

Classifieds / Warsaw (PL) Tabletop Role Playing Game Group for Expats Only. D&D Fortnightly [87]


You read fourteen victorian novels, most of them by Dickens, in one semester? Are you Kim Peek? Perhaps you are a little prone to exaggeration.


Is that a question? I've read most of the Bernard Cornwell Sharpe tales, but as for Merlin and wizards, etc. I felt a bit old for them about forty years ago.

Travel / Person with Polish/Russian heritage - first time going to Poland [11]


Please explain. There was a very nice beach when I was last there.

Classifieds / Warsaw (PL) Tabletop Role Playing Game Group for Expats Only. D&D Fortnightly [87]


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If you'd read his work and not just something from a quote engine, you'd know how to spell his name. Do D&D fans read anything? Apart from Terry Pratchett, that is.

Travel / Can i enter Poland 2 days before my visa start date? [9]


Tom Hanks spent seventeen years in a terminal. You can handle two days, surely.

Travel / Where can I buy alcohol in Poland as a 16 yr old? (is it legal?) [14]


No, this:slupsk.policja.gov.pl/adresy_kmp.php
Kids these days have no initiative.

Classifieds / English cuisine week in Lidl shops in Poland [203]

I've just de-cheesed my local Lidl. Hatherwoods @ 9PLN/400gr. Can't say fairer than that. Plus a pricier mature cheddar @8PLN/250gr. Oh, and the beer: Hen's tooth, Abbot, Bishop's Finger. It's all good at Lidl today.

Travel / Where can I buy alcohol in Poland as a 16 yr old? (is it legal?) [14]

Try the place at Al. 3 Maja, Słupsk.

Travel / Driving in Poland, are there any rules at all? [149]

Dunno, but I'd have a tidy bet that it has. What is undoubtedly the case is that cops routinely ignore infringements by cyclists.
Come to think of it, I did hear of a case years ago where a motorist killed a cyclist and was jailed, although it wasn't his fault. I remember at the time that it was the view of the court that "someone must pay", or words to that effect. Anyone remember that case? I also think that Polish judges can be swayed by old ladies wailing in court. (I have learned this to my considerable cost this year.)

Travel / Driving in Poland, are there any rules at all? [149]


Sounds like they're just what's needed, among many other measures.


With horror, I would hope.

Re: the thread title, are there any rules for cyclists in Poland? I've lost count of the number of times I've seen cops drive past cyclists riding without lights. They also ride wearing dark clothing at night, without so much as a reflector, drunk, and on the wrong side of the road. Yet if I were to hit and kill one of them, as I nearly have many times, I would be imprisoned without a doubt, and would have to pay compensation to my 'victim's' family for his 'murder'. Sorry to sound so emotive but it really gets on my tits.

Law / Advice needed on Inheriting loans in Poland, will they have to be repaid? [6]


The creditors may well have a claim on the estate, but I wouldn't worry too much about them huffing and puffing and claiming the daughters are directly responsible for their father's debts. Do you know that the creditors are actually legit? Lots of crooks and chancers out there. I'd pay a lawyer for half an hour's advice.

Food / Which Polish milk brand is closest to UK supermarket style milk? [31]

Agreed, and it's just not worth the risk drinking milk straight from the cow, although it does taste great. Having said that, for a healthy, non-pregnant adult the risk posed by unpasteurised cheese is minimal if it comes from a reputable supplier.

"In 1996 there were 516 reported food poisoning cases in the UK. 17 related to milk and dairy, none of those relating to unpasteurised cheese. Water also accounted for 17 cases." Source


I can't vouch for the veracity of this claim, but if true, the risk seems very small indeed.

Food / Which Polish milk brand is closest to UK supermarket style milk? [31]


So about a hundred a year for a population of 320,000,000. Now where's that unpasteurised brie I've been looking forward to?

Law / Cyber law advice for Ebay dispute in EU (foreign expat with poor Polish) [6]


Nothing, as far as I can see. My wife got a police report when she had a problem with an allegro seller (problem solved ten minutes after she told him), but Sue needs to keep complaining to ebay.de.

Language / Problems Polish People Have with Learning English [63]

celta.wikispaces.com/file/.../Swan+%26+Smith+Learner+English.pdf
Check this out. Swan and Smith's book tells you what problems Poles have, as well as lots of other nationalities.
I'm not Polish but I've been teaching them for a long time, so I know what problems they have. If you provide an e-mail address, I'll write to you.

Classifieds / D&D Group for Expats in Warsaw needs one more player... [69]


To be fair, don't we all like playing games? Having said that, the guys in the videos do look like dorks. I can see the attraction of wizards, etc. for twelve-year-olds, but for grown-ups poker, overflowing ashtrays and the babes bringin' in the beer is more my line. (provocative joke)

News / Poland's interior minister and the central bank chief recorded [28]

If PO use the police to raid newspapers and confiscate materials without a court order, they are going to alienate the educated middle classes and lose votes, including mine.

Classifieds / English cuisine week in Lidl shops in Poland [203]


No Polish cheese. It's crumbly and a bit tart. I'll certainly be buying some as I'm a complete cheese monster, but not as much as the cheddar and Stilton.


For my money Hatherwood is better because I prefer mature cheddar.


Oh, yes. A great East Anglian beer, although I can't remember drinking bottle or tinned Abbot. My brother used to serve a great pint of Abbot in his pub near Wisbech, Cambs. I remember him running up and down to the cellar during thunderstorms to put wet cloths on the barrels to prevent the beer going off. As for the others it seems we are going to have an embarassment of riches. Old Speckled hen, Bishop's finger...Lidl deserves much praise for this.

Classifieds / English cuisine week in Lidl shops in Poland [203]

Thanks for the heads up. They have, in fact, had Valley Spire cheddar in my Lidl for the last few weeks (12PLN/400g.) Pretty good, too. If they have good Stilton at a reasonable price, I'll be a very happy herbert. My local Kaufland have a good one but it's 74PLN/kg.


Stilton is the king of cheeses, and Roquefort is his sublime French mistress. Wensleydale is Wallace and Gromit's favourite but not mine.

Any idea which beers?

UK, Ireland / Do Poles and EU Citizens exploit the British welfare state [129]

Somehow I don't think Fox news will be covering this story.

UK, Ireland / Do Poles and EU Citizens exploit the British welfare state [129]


Could be an interesting story in this if true. Please tell us more.

UK, Ireland / Do Poles and EU Citizens exploit the British welfare state [129]


You are lumping them all together, which is misleading. If I am permanently and severely disabled, I'm not unemployed in the conventional sense because I'm not going to get a job, ever.


The elderly, children, etc.


No link to an up-to-date, reputable source was provided.

UK, Ireland / Do Poles and EU Citizens exploit the British welfare state [129]


Sorry but could you provide up to date sources that contradict the Office of National Statistics figures that I cite.

UK, Ireland / Do Poles and EU Citizens exploit the British welfare state [129]


Cite your source please. Like this: ons.gov.uk

Love / Do Irish / British guys like Polish girls? [138]


Son: Dad, is it true that men in India don't know their wives until they marry them?
Dad: Not only in India, son. Not only in India.

Travel / Poland is unsafe for visiting British Citizens ! - so I've been told ... [18]

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Real Estate / Advice needed on land sale in Gmina Lelkowo [3]

Agents will want 1-2% of the sale from both parties. Try to sell it privately. Also, factor in notary costs. Polish notaries were very good people in their previous life, and have returned to earth with a licence to collect large amounts of money for doing almost nothing. Unlike in other countries, they are unavoidable in Poland.

Life / Driving Offences in Poland - How Fast can you go without being arrested? ;) [56]


Nightmare! Anyway, I can imagine an inventor quickly producing a little aerosol you squirt into the detector. I don't drink and drive, ever, but I can see how such a system could be abused or just fail.


That's about the size of it with boy racers.

Life / Driving Offences in Poland - How Fast can you go without being arrested? ;) [56]


Fourteen years is long enough to get a feel for the country.

Work / Native Speaker Translation Charge (Polish<>English) [12]


If he goes through an agency he'll certainly have to pay a lot more. There are, however, translators who charge the rate I quoted (which is what agencies pay translators). As for Warsaw, well it's not the centre of the universe, is it?

I charge per hour for proofreading. That way the better the text, the cheaper it is for the client. I avoid books, though.