News / Poland goes bankrupt? [110]



Not the point. It doesn't matter how advanced the Chinese are. The Point is Poland needs jobs. It doesn't take a genius to build roads and bridges.

Annnnd...if Poland wants economic development they need infrastructure. Economic development is not just about cheap labor.

News / Poland goes bankrupt? [110]


Work on becoming energy self sufficient. Develop biogas from your agricultural sector, gasify your coal reserves. See what comes of your natural gas reserves. Work towards using gas for transportation fuel and heating. This will reduce costs of imported oil, thus keeping money in Poland.

Does Poland still have Chinese highway workers when Poland has 12% unemployment? If they do, that's criminal. Replace those Chinese with Polish workers. Poland needs the jobs.

Continue to work on infrastructure, roads, rail lines, etc. with Polish workers. If too expensive resurrect AK and make it a military project.

News / Poland goes bankrupt? [110]


Cuts? Are you kidding with 12% unemployment and wages that are the probably the lowest in Europe. If Poland goes bankrupt it's because the wages are too low. Low wages low tax base. Poland needs a vibrant Middle Class and you're not going to get that with low wages.

Study / Coming as a foreign Exchange Student - Information about school life in Poland [11]

you need to be more specific. What do you want to know?

Life / Some Poles have fine houses [68]

In London? You're not cold in winter? My wife is from West London and when visiting in January it was plenty cold with a space heater for heat. Summers are cool and rainy, so no you wouldn't be hot.

Traditional brick homes in the States do not have insulation in the walls. Usually brick exterior with two by four studs and plaster walls. Without central forced air and plenty of vent fans in bathroom and kitchen moisture forms on inside of walls and frost on windows in winter. Modern Masonry buildings have walls built with hollow concrete blocks with foam insulation inside and central forced air and vent fans so they eliminate the moisture problems but wood frame is still preferred do to ease of construction.


no they don't rot in place unless they're built wrong.

Life / Are Poles bankrupt? [35]


If you have your own currency you can. Besides the debt was owned by the banks and they made the citizenry assume the debt. The Euro's a big scam.

Life / Support wanted to stop the sale of live carp in Poland [74]

Ridiculous. If it's cruel to eat carp, it's cruel to eat vegetables. Afterall, plants are living organisms too.

Life / Some Poles have fine houses [68]

I'm in construction. Older neighborhoods have a lot of brick but most post war construction is wood frame houses (especially out west). Masonry (brick, stucco, etc.) is cold and damp in winter and hot and humid in summer because the masonry doesn't breathe. You have to have plenty of exhaust fans when living in masonry houses. Most brick homes today are facades. Wood frame on the other hand is well insulated and the wood frame breathes so you don't get moisture forming on the walls in winter. Due to energy costs insulation is very important.

News / Poland sees its past in Belarus's present [12]


Poland should have as much concern for the 12% unemployed. They have roads to build, generating domestic energy so that they become energy independent, build up their manufacturing, etc. They have a lot of work to do. Belarus is a distraction.

Life / Some Poles have fine houses [68]


You don't understand construction. 2X4's and plywood is used in the States for insulation properties and ease of construction. Also wood breathes. Masonry (brick or cinder block) doesn't breath and doesn't insulate.

News / Poland sees its past in Belarus's present [12]

Poland is presently building a nation. It's not in a position to pick a fight with Belarus. It's a problem they can't solve.

If their concern is Polish Nationals living in Belarus, well they should invite them into Poland.

News / Poland sees its past in Belarus's present [12]

Poland is repeating the mistakes of the 1920's and 1930's, when they picked border skirmishes with the surrounding countries. By the time of the German invasion of 1939 Poland was invaded by all sides, not just the Russians and the Germans but the Czechs, Slovaks and the Ukrainians.

Germany is in a strong enough position (politically and economically) to deal with Belarus, not Poland.

News / Poland sees its past in Belarus's present [12]

Poland needs to rebuild its country before launching forays into foreign policy. I mean they still have 12% unemployment, a huge diaspora, low wages, etc. Poland has a long way to go.

History / Silesia occupation [49]


Geographically speaking where is Silesia?

USA, Canada / Moved back from Canada to Poland:). Here are the reasons why. [868]

Hey boy. Where did you beat it to, Florida?

Life / The rising costs of food and fuel in Poland and the effects on disposable income/economy [177]


NYC is the exception. It's not a typically American city.


Ethanol. Brazil is energy independent due to ethanol and Sweden is big on ethanol also. You can virtually make it out of anything and it has superior burn characteristics in the engine.


Right now hydrogen comes from fossil fuels, back to square one. It's so difficult to extract that a scientist thought the idea of an hydrogen economy was a hoax. Also it's highly explosive (remember the Hildinberg).

Life / The rising costs of food and fuel in Poland and the effects on disposable income/economy [177]


Americans call petrol "gas" or "gasoline". Currently averaging about $3.15/gallon. Price difference to Europe is mainly taxes.

Most gas in the US of A is 10% ethanol which is usually approx. 10 cents a gallon cheaper.

We also have E-85, which is 85% ethanol. This sells at quite a discount, $2.54/gallon.

The gas that you are referring to is Natural Gas or Nat Gas. Which is what we use to cook with and heat our homes. Not too many use Nat gas for transportation except maybe commercial fleet operators. LP gas is propane. This was more popular in the 1970's, last gas crisis.

When I was in England last (2006?) I rented a car and diesel was popular. Diesel in the states is mainly truck fuel, $3.75/gallon.

Love / Culture of Polish people (searching for a Polish guy who is the father of my baby) [45]


Exactly! He's worth pursuing. Kids are expensive.

USA, Canada / Think you're Polish (and live in the USA)? [161]


Good citizenship matters. Jury duty puts the responsibility of deciding legal issues within the general population instead of leaving it to a judicial elite.


Yes his core values are better than yours. Once again voting and jury duty are our responsibilities as citizens of this country or any country for that matter.


Than you're Polish and not American and you should move to Poland and contribute to Polish Society. There's more to life than "show me the money".

Law / GBP to PLN: Best way to get good exchange rate? [22]


Yes, that's the way to do it and also for exchange rates on purchases credit card as much as possible.

Life / $3,000-$4,000 a month - would we have enough money to live in Poland? [273]

Your quotes have been on the money. To live in the states you need about $5 grand/month.
(and I live in rural midwest).
If your young, dumb and single, you can scrape by with less.

USA, Canada / Think you're Polish (and live in the USA)? [161]


Where's your heart in Poland or the USA? Only you can answer that. It's not about advantage.

Life / $3,000-$4,000 a month - would we have enough money to live in Poland? [273]

There's a lot of stuff on this forum about living in Poland, the most recent is "Why I moved back to Poland from Canada" by Aphrodisiac. She talks a lot about the living conditions in Poland. Moved back from Canada to Poland:). Here are the reasons why.

There are others.

Life / $3,000-$4,000 a month - would we have enough money to live in Poland? [273]


Money probably isn't the problem. The problem is going to be your relationship with your wife, her relationship with her brothers, her relationship with her parents. The brothers probably don't want anything to do with the parents or don't help enough, etc., etc. It will all fall on your wife's shoulders. That's what daughters are for, looking after aged parents. Been there done that. Better off steering clear.

News / Hydraulic Fracturing in Poland. [14]


We have methane in our ground water also but it's attributed to shallow gas deposits. And as for drinking water contamination, try home filters. Everyone should have regardless.


No, Poland needs its own energy source.

News / Hydraulic Fracturing in Poland. [14]


Poland needs the energy. What's the consequences of depending on your supply of gas from Russia?

News / Poland's atheist loonies have had their 5 minutes [239]


Not to belabor the point but...Evangelicals don't know what they believe in. The central thesis of Christianity is charity and faith, the Roman Church emphasizes sacrifice and suffering. A Huge difference.

But those Russian Orthodox that you alluded to (in a previous post) like to say that there was no Protestant reformation in the Orthodox Church. If the Roman Church was Christian there wouldn't have been a Protestant Reformation.

News / Poland's atheist loonies have had their 5 minutes [239]


Christianity is principally about being nice to your neighbor. Roman Catholic Church isn't Christian, it's the religion of Ancient Rome founded by Emperor Constantine. That's why there was a Protestant Reformation. Read it's history.

Love / I was raised in Poland. My Family hates my wife because she's American ... [69]


Polish families are very controlling. Everyone who is raised in a Polish family has to go through this, the parents always emotionally blackmail their kids to get their way. I had to move away myself. Yeah, I miss where I grew up but a guys gotta grow up and get on with his life. Welcome to America.

News / Can Russia be a good partner for Poland? [42]

Too many competing interests. Poland needs to move on beyond Germany and Russia.