News / Two Polish Men on trial for brutally murdering German Pop Star in homophobic attack [53]



Interesting that you seem to think I commented on the subject of the thread.

Work / Diary of a Teacher in Poland [181]


In Poland, often yes.

News / Two Polish Men on trial for brutally murdering German Pop Star in homophobic attack [53]


Yes. The lowest of the low really, however there are some strange and troubled people in this world, ones who would go to the trouble of writing something like that. It makes you wonder what sort of stone some people have crawled from under.

Travel / Milk Bars in Warsaw's Old Town [18]


Yes. There are a few around the centre. In the Old Town, there's a decent one (in the bit called the New Town) just north of the Barbican - you can't miss it. There are also some others spread around town.


That's good, however yes, there are often queues. Familijny on Nowy Swiat is ok, very authentic, as is Zlote Kurki on ul Marszalkowska.


That doesn't happen in Bary Mleczny. About the drunken bums, you will see plenty of these begging in Warsaw anyway. Occasionally standing outside a Bar Mleczny but rarely hassling people inside.

They do come into cafes though, even nice ones.

News / Polish rock band 'Decapitated' accused of kidnapping and raping woman [16]

Another possibility. If there's CCTV, witnesses or forensics they may shed some light.

News / Polish rock band 'Decapitated' accused of kidnapping and raping woman [16]


There are really only two possibilities. Either (as she seems to be alleging) they detained (the media says abducted/kidnapped) her and gang raped her. Or the other possibility which is that they didn't detain her and didn't gang rape her.

The band evidently deny this whereas, she has presumably made a formal allegation (in the UK she wouldn't have made her full statement yet, just an allegation recorded by the police - in the US it may be different).

Is there CCTV, forensic evidence or an eyewitness who can confirm her story or vindicate the band? If there is, it will be under scrutiny now and there will doubtless be press releases from police or lawyers.

Does she have a motive for lying? Only she knows. I don't know if 'Decapitated' are rich and famous, however I suspect they aren't. Does it matter? No, because their tour organiser probably is.

There will be plenty in the media about this.

News / Polish rock band 'Decapitated' accused of kidnapping and raping woman [16]

When it's a news headline relating to a Polish rock group, probably yes.

Perhaps you prefer that topics relating to Poland weren't discussed on a forum about such matters.

Anyway, they're currently being extradited to the jurisdiction where the alleged kidnapping and gang rape occurred. I hope they're innocent, since that would mean a woman wasn't kidnapped or gang raped. If indeed she was, they should feel the full force of the law.

Food / Mushroom picking (and eating:) in Poland [36]


I wonder if it will carry on like last year. A friend (who does it for a living) was picking into November, a very rare thing.

News / Polish couple brutally attacked by the Danish police. [46]


The answers:

News / Polish rock band 'Decapitated' accused of kidnapping and raping woman [16]


More being responsible for not abducting women. If they're innocent, they'll be acquitted, if not, they won't.


The laws in both countries are pretty well the same.

News / Polish couple brutally attacked by the Danish police. [46]


Let the courts decide if the police used reasonable force or not.


The police are generally excellent, and doubtless anyone who has a valid claim against them will be able to be heard, with all evidence presented, not just your crappy youtube video.


Evidently.

Work / PAT testing electrical equipment in Poland [51]


Appallingly serious to have standard sockets in bathrooms.


That's the last thing you should do. I'd rather annoy one person than see another in a coffin. Health and safety is a collective responsibility.

News / Polish couple brutally attacked by the Danish police. [46]


The Danish police aren't known for brutality - far from it. Perhaps there was a reason for them to use force.


I wonder what that reason might have been...

Australia / Newborn girl -ska or -ski ? AUSTRALIA [12]


Yes, I've heard that ending used ironically.

Work / PAT testing electrical equipment in Poland [51]

Yes, I thought twice, however it needed saying, especially when lives are lost. No room for tact, no room for hurt feelings - better to offend someone than attend a child's funeral.

Everywhere has room to learn something from somewhere else, and somewhere that has electrical sockets in bathrooms, plug sockets coming off walls and basically relies on a mix of luck and


which of course they always, but always, are, absolutely without exception by entirely unfeckless and sober adults.

Work / PAT testing electrical equipment in Poland [51]


It isn't about him feeling unsafe, it's about electrical installation in Poland being unsafe.


Your 'should be' does little to stop fatal accidents. Electrical safety does.


Because the 'Polish way' is always right, safe electricity in the bathrooms, safe drivers on the roads, safe doctors who are never ever drunk. All those darn statistics must all be wrong.

Polonia / Vanguard Polonia - Game Changing Breakthrough in Artificial Intelligence and Big Data [6]

Mine gets quite a lot of it wrong, basically most of what Kosinski says he can predict, things like subject of academic studies, political views, religious views, sexuality and sporting interests.

It seems there's a long way to go before his ideas are accepted or useful. Perhaps he should stick to Artificial Intuition, something of most interest to companies operating in financial markets, or to political parties.

Work / PAT testing electrical equipment in Poland [51]


Which not everybody has, hence proper health and safety requirements.


Therefore remove the risk.

Polonia / Vanguard Polonia - Game Changing Breakthrough in Artificial Intelligence and Big Data [6]

This is something he did - it's actually worth a look to see what it says about you. It's usually fairly accurate: applymagicsauce.com

Polonia / Vanguard Polonia - Game Changing Breakthrough in Artificial Intelligence and Big Data [6]

He also suggests he can use the same software to predict extreme political leanings and personality disorders like psychopathy etc. He has some very interesting ideas and is particularly interested in the work of Cambridge Analytica. The most interesting of the things he does dovetails with some of the research that is happening on Artificial Intuition, which is about mass analysis of data in order to predict trends, financial market movements and possibly geopolitical change.

Some of it, like the sexuality and the political thing are of little use - the Artificial Intuition however is something we will be seeing more of in the future.

Work / PAT testing electrical equipment in Poland [51]


Also a risk from electrical fires, especially in areas with wooden housing and faulty wiring.

Life / Does any venue in Warsaw play 60s music? [3]

A few places play Polish music from the 60s. Very pedestrian, usually sounds like it was written by a committee.

Travel / Białowieża National Park in Poland [461]

That is a particularly silly comment.

Would you have your daughter genitally mutilated?. Probably you wouldn't. Would you throw a bucket of water on her "when there's fire"? Probably you would.

There's a reason this wanton act of destruction by the bad change government is universally condemned.

Travel / Białowieża National Park in Poland [461]


Yes. This is the key. Not many left in Europe, and the bad change government is hell-bent on destroying the best one. This will be their legacy.


And the degradation never stops.

Travel / Białowieża National Park in Poland [461]


Exactly - it's virgin forest, a delicate ecosystem. Less is more.

Once a forest starts to degrade, the damage continues.

Work / PAT testing electrical equipment in Poland [51]

Your bathroom is in England. Mine are in Poland and there are three standard electrical sockets above each washbasin.

Work / PAT testing electrical equipment in Poland [51]


Same here.

Work / 13000 zloty salary enough to save 9000 zloty with normal living in Poland? [37]

You should plan for rent being at the top end of that range, but utilities being lower. The rest is doable, however food might be a little more, depending on how you live. Some items will be cheaper than you expect, and some things will be dearer. Biedronka (a supermarket chain) is a good place to shop - it isn't expensive and the quality is good.

You'll need to pay ZUS (social and health insurance) if you're on a normal contract of employment. Use this tool to calculate the difference between gross and net salary (you'll probably need to put it through google translate:

money.pl/podatki/kalkulatory/plac

Aboout your wife's tax allowance, you should check with colleagues who have foreign spouses when it's time to make your annual tax return, however your HR department will deduct the normal tax from the start.

Work / PAT testing electrical equipment in Poland [51]

I used to rent a flat, rather a posh one near ul. Belwederska, one built in the early 90s. It had a small second bathroom where the washing machine was. Aside from the washing machine socket, there was another one. It never worked. One day, we checked it to see if there was a wire loose.

Imagine our surprise when we found out that there was nothing behind the socket, no wires, no hole for cables, no nothing. It was a decorative socket.