Off-Topic / How would Poles react to a visit from Queen Elizabeth? [72]

They'd show her how to make tea..

And they could each swap back what doesn't belong to them..

Australia / Places to live in Melbourne... [36]


Well I though that would be found on Swanston or Collins.. but I found a little bit of this a little bit of that everywhar...


I'm at Docklands baby. ;) Living it up... (for now!)


It didn't rain *that* hard. ;) I appreciate the differential...


By the way... where's the ruff end of this b1tch? ;P

Australia / Places to live in Melbourne... [36]

I'm here! No rain. Luxury apartment. Full to the brim on high octane coffee (what the *hell* do you guys put in your Lattes??) And ready to take on the ''strip'' with an empty stomach and an eye for accessories...

Good morning Melbourne!

Pleased to meet you. :)

edit: Oh, and you guys are now my *only* friends in this whole city... :S

Australia / Places to live in Melbourne... [36]

Hey thanks, friendly Melburnian! Will check out said places. It seems there's an abundance of livable suburbs in Melbourne. :)

It's not on any fault lines I hope... :S

Australia / Places to live in Melbourne... [36]

Hey, Sob. I appreciate your inside help.

I get there next week and have another 3 weeks to check things out. Should be able to locate a great place in that time...

Goodbye Sydney :( again...


No I think the centre is something I picked up in England... just like ''going into town'' is..

Now I need to ask the most important of all questions... Which football team to cheer on this season?? Essendon?

Up the SWANS!! :))

Love / Polish girlfriends testing guys with "Are you Angry with me" texts [59]

Waht! You disagree with southern??? He's losing his touch... ;)

Australia / Places to live in Melbourne... [36]

Have decided on one of the areas on the train line going to Broady... so I can make a quick get away if things get rough... ;)

Any suggestions? Flemington??

To be honest I'll probably just decide when I get there. Decisions come at an instant when you have all the information necessary...

Any idea how long that trip would take? From the centre to Broady?

Cheers.

Australia / Places to live in Melbourne... [36]


Yeah hey why not? For the most expensive tram ride in the city...


Nooo! There must be public transport...? Trains?? *Gulp!* Hitch hike?? (Hitch a hitchings???) ;)


No kidding! And I was heading to Melbourne for its quaint history of old curiosities... ;)


Don't worry I'll pick up the slack... ;)

Speaking of picking up the slack and curiosities... remember this golden jewel of Australian prime time television?

youtube.com/watch?v=WYF7G7Gitrk
She sounds so sexy singing that lead in tune...

Australia / Places to live in Melbourne... [36]


No, alas, work based training in glorious Broadmeadows... :S


Ok, well I guess as long as it's not *too* hectic. I do like the sound of central though... :)


I start looking in earnest tomorrow. I will arrange some inspections for the weekend I arrive (I'm not *too* fussy really) But you know what they say... location, location, location! ;)


I was afraid that might happen... *sigh*, modernity... And for what? And extra 2 miles an hour?? :S (As long as they still rattle!)

P.S. Lazy arse... ;p

Australia / Places to live in Melbourne... [36]

Ok guys, well I'm only around for 10 months or so so want to experience the ''real'' Melbourne..

I'm aiming for Fitzroy at the moment and I'll be commuting everyday out of town. I guess I want a good vibe (not too suburban) but leafy and green and multi-cultural, with more of a day buzz than a night time party atmosphere... I'll be studying.

Good transportation links are imperative and not too near busy roads... somewhere you can cycle and with a good street scene... (am I really fussy??)

What I'm saying is I want a good experience, but I've lived in dumps before - but obviously as long as it's safe, it can be somewhat lively??

I want diverse and arty, NOT yuppy. I'm not married with children... ;)

And I want to get on these funny things...

edit: oh, and I'll likely be renting with others.

Thanks. :)

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

Can you feck off little Miss perfect...

What great contributions to civilization are you making pray tell...? And to Poland for that matter?


And it seems this idiot Asik has very firm ideas about what everyone should be... which is ironic considering she is a Pole (who still considers herself a Pole) living Downunder.

I think she's a waste of space and should be ignored (though I am having trouble taking my own advice there it seems...)

Aphro, what you contribute to this forum is actually life experience, and a refreshing breaking of the mould of what Poles should or shouldn't be...

Cause it's not actually *Polishness* that drives the Polish mentality... but often, not knowing any different... ignorance. ;)

Goodness knows, attitudes don't change unless the next generation rocks the boat a little. Poles have to accept that they don't always have the *best* ways of approaching things... and actually a combination of methods usually works best.

I think it's generous of you to share these insights...
Don't let the negativity of your compatriots bring you down... then they have won. :)

Australia / I would love to meet Poles living in Sydney [56]

Well many places are good places to visit... but Australia's tourism is well renowned. I think you and your missus would have a wonderful time here. (Just make sure you don't hit any recent disaster zones...)

It's everyone's maybe someday place cause it's alllll the way on the ''opposite'' side of the world. ;)

Australia / I would love to meet Poles living in Sydney [56]


Hi Dobruska,

I'm keen.
It's a ways for me, but I want to visit the club before I leave Sydney.

I don't speak Polish (because I'm not Polish) but would be interested to chat with you about your move here and about Polish/ Aussie issues generally.

I'm free next Thursday for a Tyskie. PM me if you don't get a better offer. ;)

All the best.

Love / American woman falls in love with a charming Polish man upon his visit to the U.S. [36]

It only looks like infatuation because it wasn't reciprocated... it would be love, and look perfectly normal otherwise... ;)

Give the girl a break... she sought something her heart desired... no harm in that.

Bounce back babe, 'tis all you can do... :)

Love / Appropriate Wedding Gift for a Polish girlfriend of several months? [37]


No, but there might be some black people where he lives who still *actually* know how to make things... ;)

Love / Appropriate Wedding Gift for a Polish girlfriend of several months? [37]


You don't want too many flowers either...

What about something hand made and distinctive from the area where you live?

Australia / Category 5 Cyclon Yasi approaching Queensland [23]


That's snot what I meant... people always accuse Aborigines of being more primitive than the next anthropomorphic group due to lack of remnant structures, static forms of habitation and absence of monuments that symbolise their beliefs in some way... when in fact it is quite evident that it would have served no higher purpose when you look at the destructive nature of our climate and the weather they would have had to contend with.

No I'm just stating that they probably figured out that it would have been useless to waste time in this heat building stone structures for architects to unravel in the future... you know, useless, like the pilot who fails to do the landing component of his training course... ;P

Do I seem like a racist to you? I may be a little overwhelmed by human stupidity at times but I appreciate and value life way too much to be a racist. You Europeans are always looking for the obvious race card... not so... don't project your foreign policy onto us... ;P

I believe to *really* understand any nationality, you need to don their colours and stand beside them in a sporting match...

The fact is that the whole place could burn to the ground overnight and Australia would *still* be the greatest country on earth... ;D ... though if the weather keeps up like this, I'm moving to New Zealand!

;)

Australia / Category 5 Cyclon Yasi approaching Queensland [23]


We're nothing if not interesting...

And people wonder why Aborigines never left behind great civilizations...!

Love / Polish girlfriends testing guys with "Are you Angry with me" texts [59]


You need to work out if they're being kind or respectful... cause being gracious on it's own ain't worth sh1t.


Text her a picture of your d1ck and ask her when she's coming over...?


Oh yeah...? It sounds like grade school infatuation... In *real* games the punishment tends to be a *bit* more prolonged... ;)
I mean do you want childish texts or do you want to get busy...? Treat them like a princess and that's what you'll get. You ain't making anyone weak in the knees with your level of creativity.


I don't think even *he'd* respond too kindly to that accusation...


And a *big* thank you to you... ;)

Australia / Category 5 Cyclon Yasi approaching Queensland [23]

A remnant low and a La Nina system which is now dominating the eastern pacific...

You know I woke up this morning and really *felt* what it must be like to look at your family home - your whole town! Destroyed by something like this... f*cking traumatic!

Everything swept away and beyond recognition... poor bastards. The climate certainly brings folk here together... I would say it's our culture?

Anyway I'm grateful to say that the tropical heat has now eased off somewhat...
What's it like down your end...? Dry?

Love / POLISH GIRLS... wake up and prove you are respectable.... [135]


Thank you, I think you're right...

Some are born reckless...

Love / POLISH GIRLS... wake up and prove you are respectable.... [135]

What about angry hearts...?

Love / POLISH GIRLS... wake up and prove you are respectable.... [135]

You know that's the most sensible thing you've said all day...

I don't mind you talking matters of the heart... but in some contexts it just sounds bonkers!

Love / POLISH GIRLS... wake up and prove you are respectable.... [135]


If some women came in men's bodies, there'd be no need for them at all!

Australia / Difficult situation with moving (Australia-Poland) [37]


Yes, and of course if you're all knowing then you probably wouldn't need the instinct in the first place...
Big companies can go down like flies overnight. We saw this happen just a few years ago...


Of course. But I have seen too many divorces to know that that is not the case. Of course I believe that everyone should be forgiven their sins... but not everyone has that capacity for forgiveness. You must be happy with your situation. Congratulations...


Curt is probably more the word. Lacking in tact sometimes...


Of course, but only if it marries well with the situation they are in... You can't take *everything* with you when you leave a place. And that includes Polish ketchup!

Australia / Difficult situation with moving (Australia-Poland) [37]


I don't mind that analogy... :) It's better than being thick all the way through...


And sometimes it's down to external forces... or corruption, greed, selfishness and mistrust...


And what a good idea it would be if vows had to be renewed every four years?


It's to verify that it has been done. It's not an unachievable feat. I mean being away from pierogi and ice capped winters *is* a possibility for most humans... (It's called getting over it.)

And btw, Poles aren't that tough. They're stubborn and frank, but they sometimes struggle to deal with the simplest of challenges... and cultural steadfastness is their biggest problem in this respect...

Australia / Difficult situation with moving (Australia-Poland) [37]


Oh please... did you even read the bloody OP?

News / Poland building an empire (instead of a nation)? [67]


I think Inner Mongolia would be a good place to start...

Australia / Difficult situation with moving (Australia-Poland) [37]


Nothing! But then probably not best to shack up with an Aussie bird from the other side of the world who might also have similar ideas about being near and caring for her family...

Caring for family is not the monopoly of the Poles... If they knew this then they would respect that we *all* have obligations to be near our families, and would try to work out a solution that best serves *both* parties in a mature and sensitive way... This brother's just being selfish. I doubt whether he cares for anyone...

It *just* becomes an excuse sometimes I fear. And the OP has stated that her husband has no obvious family commitments that she would obviously respect were they apparent... so she evidently knows a thing or two about how Poles operate on this level.