Travel / Where to buy marihuana in Warsaw? [38]


There is no such expression as a tone of phrase in the UK. There is, however, a turn of phrase though its origins are American. You're right, you do need to be more careful.

Genealogy / Jucewicz - Crest from my Polish ancestry [12]


There are actually more than two possible crests. As I understand it, the crest belongs not to the family but to the clan to which the family belonged (which may or may not be related by blood).. So depending on which clan your Jucewicz family belonged to they might have used any of the crests pictured in the link below. Unlike England, there was no Heraldic office/authority responsible for issuing arms, recording the crests and controlling the appearance of heraldry, therefore families often adapted clan crests to slightly alter their appearance and customize them for their own family, so that makes it even more complicated!

gajl.wielcy.pl/herby_lista.php?query=9Jucewicz&startp=0&herbcnt=7&lang=en

So to know which crest your family used, you'd need to know to which clan they belonged.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


Who is advertising it as American? It was bred in the Scotland by a Welshman! Dr Derek Jennings, born in Wales 1929. Here's a pic of the man himself with a different one of his rasps:

gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/fruit-breeder-derek-jennings-with-the-new-giant-raspberry-news-photo/829872274

He was head of the Scottish Crop Research Institute where he and his team developed the Glen range of rasps, the Glen Coe appearing in 1988.

Life / Worst aspects of living in Poland? [82]

You don't see any abandoned dogs or strays in Warsaw but you do see lots of dogs in apartment blocks. I would say around a third of people own a dog and they're nearly all expensive pedigree ones.

Somebody here (maybe Ziem or Pawian) might like to care to comment on this, but according to Mr Atch, in the PRL days the puppies were a source of income to many families. It was common to buy a pedigree pup, raise it to maturity and then breed from it as you could get a substantial amount for the pups. It still goes on to some extent. Many of the dogs are toy breeds, absolutely tiny and clearly not acquired as guard or watch dogs. It seems to be a cultural thing where a dog is seen as necessary to make a proper 'family'. They're also very much a fashion accessory for some people as are certain breeds of cat. It's not enough simply to have any old mutt or moggy.

There is some bizarre law relating to apartments under communal ownership that means the residents can't vote to ban pets in the building btw. Having said that, they are less of a nuisance than dogs in the less central, leafy, residential Warsaw where it's mostly houses and the dogs are left out in the garden all day and night. If you ever go for a walk in one of those neighbourhoods you'll be barked at constantly as you pass the gateways. On the other hand dogs in apartment blocks are generally kept indoors. However, a couple of years ago, a neighbour of ours in the block next door had a dog which he left out on the balcony all day in the summer while he was at work and it barked all day, non stop. One weekend he went to a wedding and was gone overnight and the dog was out there barking the entire night. He stopped at about five in the morning and finally went asleep. The next weekend the same thing happened. Mr Atch spoke to the owner and he said he was getting rid of the dog within the month and sure enough he did, thanks be to God!

@Pawian, most private apartment blocks in the UK won't let you keep pets of any kind.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Well if it's purple, which it appears to be, then it seems that it would be either Royalty or Brandywine. Have you eaten the pictured rasp? If so, could you say something about the flavour, sweet or tart?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Is it a Polish variety of rasp or is it that it's simply grown in Poland?


You poor old pet, never mind, spring is coming and you should get a nice rush of energy :)

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


Is it called Polana, a particularly large variety? Btw, it's "what' is this called, not 'how' is this called - I only mention it because your English is so fluent, you obviously really like the language and I'd think you'd want to be alerted to this heinous crime :)) You're using the literal translation from the Polish 'jak' - this we must never do!

Off-Topic / Funny mistakes by Polish users of English [34]


My teacher is wearing.......??

@Pawian, you might be interested to know that the word 'receipt' was frequently used for cooking recipes up until about the 1940s in British cookery books. Also, 'receipt' was the very old English term for a prescription.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


It looks like an attempt at a limousine created by Skoda or Lada back in the 1980s. As for who was driven in it, a dignitary of some kind, possible Lech Wałęsa? Looks like the kind of thing you'd be assassinated in :))

Feedback / Will this forum be available in Europe if Article 13 passes? [30]


If only it were that simple. I dislike your implication that we, the Irish, North and South, are somehow responsible for the divisions on our island and should be left to stew in our own juice. The situation is due to a bunch of lowland Scottish inbreds and successive British governments. Northern Ireland and the border is the UK's responsiblity "but we'll say no more about it, 'cos I would not want it to come between us pet". Do you ever watch Catherine Tate?? You'd like her :)


I don't especially trust them, any more than I do any government. There are always agendas and stuff going on outside the public domain but I don't particularly distrustthem either.

Feedback / Will this forum be available in Europe if Article 13 passes? [30]

Yes, that's a list of proposed legislation,some of which I see received negative responses from the government. The problem I can see with it, is that the citizens would really need legal advice from professionals in order to argue their cases effectively. In that sense it makes the process somehow, window dressing rather than substantial. I think you'll find that a contentious piece of legislation won't make it past the proposal stage. On the other hand, the Polish government can change the constitution of Poland, without consulting the people and that's quite a serious matter which affects the lives of every single person in the country.

Feedback / Will this forum be available in Europe if Article 13 passes? [30]


It's certainly an example of gross ineptitude on the part of the British government to have cobbled together a referendum in a country that rarely holds them, on the smug and complacent supposition that it would go their way. The public were not properly prepared and informed about the consequences of a 'No' vote and didn't go into it with eyes open. Nobody either in government or the public, ever thought for a minute about the Irish border which is now the chief stumbling block to Brexit. The UK, both government and Brexit voters, were so certain that they would be able to negotiate a very favourable deal for themselves, never imagining that they would be facing crashing out with No Deal. The UK is in a very serious crisis situation as a result of the combined stupidity of the government and half the electorate.


That's interesting. Which laws have been made in that way?

Feedback / Will this forum be available in Europe if Article 13 passes? [30]


Spike, no laws are written by politicians. They're written by the government's legal team and submitted to parliament to vote on. If a majority of the parliament doesn't like the legislation they can reject it. Citizens have a share in the democratic process but are not experienced enough in the nitty gritty of matters of state and economy to govern a country. Brexit is a perfect example of what happens when you ask 'the people' to decide the nation's future. Chaos. But that discussion is not for this thread.

And regarding Lisbon, I am blue in the face from explaining that at various times on this forum. The Lisbon treaty was rejected by the Irish people (who incidentally are well accustomed to voting in referendums) because of lack of clarity in certain areas of it. Irish people will not vote 'yes' to something they don't fully understand or have doubts about.

The text of the treaty was amended to guarantee Irish control over our neutrality and abortion laws and was presented again at which point it passed. Ireland gained guarantees concerning its military neutrality, and on the Irish EU commissioner, competency over tax rates, abortion, neutrality, and workers' rights.

Feedback / Will this forum be available in Europe if Article 13 passes? [30]

Yup. It'll cost too much money to enforce. Like all things that are government instigated it has to be administrated and administration costs money.

Existing software that can do even a half-arsed job probably isn't comprehensive enough and new software will have to be developed. No individual nation is going to take on the funding of that though various private software companies located in technology hubs will have a go. But like I say, it takes years and the testing would have to be very thorough. Then once software is available, it has to be affordable. Otherwise sites won't use it. Finally, as mentioned previously who is going to check sites? Governments would have to fund a new department to take care of it. Nobody will want to pay for that either. Doomed.

Feedback / Will this forum be available in Europe if Article 13 passes? [30]


Why wouldn't it be? There's nothing in the proposed legislation that says sites will be removed from the internet. Basically, if the law passes, every EU member state will have to draft their own individual legislation and it's up to each country how to enforce the law. As BB says, they'll have to install some kind of software to filter stuff. But knowing how badly a lot of software is made and how full of bugs it is, good luck with that! Especially if someone has to come up with new, more advanced software, it'll take years to produce.

Also it's worth remembering that however much one may disagree with the law, it's been arrived at democratically. It's been voted on by MEPs who've been voted into their positions by their own national electorates.

It'll probably end up being impractical to enforce in real day to day life. Who's going to police the internet to see that sites are compliant?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

I think it's Fr Maximilian Kolbe. The coffin portraits are not so bizarre, not that different to the English table tombs with the effigy of the deceased.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Is it in Tarnów? Zamek w Dębnie?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Is he blessing the cars??

Work / Is there any opportunity in Poland for CISCO certified person? [8]

Not much! If you get 4,000PLN gross per month, that would probably be the max.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Kaprys! Hello, nice to see you back :))

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Oooh somebody doesn't know his Catholic calendar very well :))

I'm thinking it's preparations of the closing ceremonies of the World Youth Day in Kraków. The date is right and I can see the flags over there on the left hand side, but I'm sure the thing the priest is holding is significant. Looks like he's about to sweep up but the broom handle is a bit short! Whatever he's at, he means business, striding purposefully..........

Food / POLISH RECIPES! [287]


It's English. In England it's called Cottage Pie ; in Ireland it's known as Shepherd's Pie, but it's an English dish :) It's usually made with lamb but in Ireland it's quite often made with beef. If you want to be strictly accurate about it, it's only a shepherd's pie if it's made with lamb and it's cottage pie when it's made with beef but like I say, in Ireland we call it shepherd's pie regardless of the meat used. Nonetheless it's an English recipe.

As far as traditional British versus Polish food goes, I would say there is more variety in British, both in the ingredients and methods of cooking. A lot of Polish dishes taste very similar to each other in my opinion.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Well I see boczek in the frying pan and somebody is breaking many, many eggs so is it going to be an omelette of some kind?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Could the white bits be slices of onion perhaps?? And is the idea to make some kind of syrup? Mr Atch makes a syrup of onion and sugar when he has a cold. He peels and slices the onion, then layers it with sugar and leaves it overnight and drinks the syrup next morning. Personally I think the benefits of the onion are considerably compromised by the amount of white sugar used in the concoction. I should add, he only does this at weekends as he wouldn't go in to work reeking of raw onion in deference to fellow-commuters and colleagues, that privilege is reserved for loved ones only :D

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

They look rather like beetroot but they're a bit red - might be the colour temperature of the camera though ? Beets are very good for the blood pressure, but anything pickled, if that's what you're going to do with them, is not quite so healthy.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


They look like some fruit or veg awaiting preserving/pickling, but it's hard to tell what they are specifically.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Yes it's probably intended for the Christmas feast. I imagine the first one is the meat for the Bigos though I'd expect to see more than one type of sausage but then Polish dishes vary so much because every family seems to have their own spin on the recipes according to their family tradition and personal tastes. As for the second one, looks symbolic morsels of the Wigilia supper, bread and fish??

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


Woops! I meant to say they seem a bit small for guinea fowl (perliczka). The reason I think it's vinegar with the galaretka is because that's how Mr Atch eats it, with loads of vinegar.


No, but food poisoning can!

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Perlickzka I think, although perhaps they're quail as they seem a bit big for guinea fowl. And is that vinegar with the galaretka?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


I believe it's vinegar which is sprinkled over the galaretka according to one's preference.