SeanBM
9 Oct 2010
UK, Ireland / Do all Brits take (illegal) drugs? [114]
Are magic mushrooms not popular here?
They grow here.
other psychodelics.
Are magic mushrooms not popular here?
They grow here.
SeanBM
9 Oct 2010
UK, Ireland / Do all Brits take (illegal) drugs? [114]
Does class ''A'' guarantee the best quality? :)
Class A drugs?
Does class ''A'' guarantee the best quality? :)
SeanBM
9 Oct 2010
UK, Ireland / Do all Brits take (illegal) drugs? [114]
How is Czech for buying a joint, for example? can you buy it in a shop?
Or do you have to know someone?
I don't think so, I was told it produces amphetamine for "medical use" in armies abroad.
I am trying to find something on google but I can't, may be it is not true?
Not in the Czech Republic.
How is Czech for buying a joint, for example? can you buy it in a shop?
Or do you have to know someone?
wow, that would be scandal.
I don't think so, I was told it produces amphetamine for "medical use" in armies abroad.
I am trying to find something on google but I can't, may be it is not true?
SeanBM
9 Oct 2010
UK, Ireland / Do all Brits take (illegal) drugs? [114]
Yes.
I don't know if it's true but a couple of people told me.
wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_difference_between_methamphetamine_and_amphetamine
What is the difference between methamphetamine and amphetamine?
??? What for? To give it to soldiers?
Yes.
I don't know if it's true but a couple of people told me.
Speed is methamphetamine.
Speed is to Methamphetamine what cocaine is to crack.
wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_difference_between_methamphetamine_and_amphetamine
What is the difference between methamphetamine and amphetamine?
SeanBM
9 Oct 2010
UK, Ireland / Do all Brits take (illegal) drugs? [114]
Speed is to Methamphetamine what cocaine is to crack. it's a harder form of speed.
In the ads I saw, it said that these were mug shots which were taken over a ten year period, when she was caught breaking the law to feed her habit.
Seriously i dont even know what that is.
Speed is to Methamphetamine what cocaine is to crack. it's a harder form of speed.
In the ads I saw, it said that these were mug shots which were taken over a ten year period, when she was caught breaking the law to feed her habit.
SeanBM
9 Oct 2010
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]
Lady with an Ermine is a painting by Leonardo da Vinci,
The ermine, a stoat in its winter coat, was a traditional symbol of purity because it was believed that an ermine would face death rather than soil its white coat.
Lady with an Ermine is a painting by Leonardo da Vinci,
The ermine, a stoat in its winter coat, was a traditional symbol of purity because it was believed that an ermine would face death rather than soil its white coat.
SeanBM
9 Oct 2010
UK, Ireland / Do all Brits take (illegal) drugs? [114]
I would say much more common than in Poland.
Marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy are probably the most popular then a smaller number of people do heroin, crack, Meth amphetamine and these are generally seen as harder drugs. (although many people would put cocaine as a hard drug too).
How common is it and what drugs are the most popular?
I would say much more common than in Poland.
Marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy are probably the most popular then a smaller number of people do heroin, crack, Meth amphetamine and these are generally seen as harder drugs. (although many people would put cocaine as a hard drug too).
SeanBM
9 Oct 2010
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]
You mean what did Poland get from Italy? :)
What has Warsaw robbed Krakow of?
You mean what did Poland get from Italy? :)
SeanBM
9 Oct 2010
Life / Winter 2010/2011 in Poland, is it going to be bad? [114]
Nothing like a cold crisp morn,
With no bacteria or viruses airborne.
Chopping up logs to put on the fire
The flames licking the wood, is something to admire,
I had a better ending for this, I could have sworn...
Roasting some sweetcorn?
With my comfy old slippers worn?
But have a steady supple of wood, I have to warn?
Bugger.
can't beat a hoar frost on a cold winter's day.
Nothing like a cold crisp morn,
With no bacteria or viruses airborne.
Chopping up logs to put on the fire
The flames licking the wood, is something to admire,
I had a better ending for this, I could have sworn...
Roasting some sweetcorn?
With my comfy old slippers worn?
But have a steady supple of wood, I have to warn?
Bugger.
SeanBM
9 Oct 2010
Life / Winter 2010/2011 in Poland, is it going to be bad? [114]
Winter in Poland can be fun,
Skiing down powder with your hun.
With a flick of the board,
Comes great reward.
either that or you end up on your bun :)
on the slopes a' boarding
Winter in Poland can be fun,
Skiing down powder with your hun.
With a flick of the board,
Comes great reward.
either that or you end up on your bun :)
SeanBM
9 Oct 2010
Life / Winter 2010/2011 in Poland, is it going to be bad? [114]
I've noticed some Members left this site,
Sure to be back on winter's cold night.
With a glass of Bailey's to warm their hearts
And talk in rhyme, now that's an art ;)
While outside a quiet blanket of white.
On PF, culture is in short supply,
I've seen yoghurt with more, than this guy.
Normally I wouldn't bat a lid
But a rhyme i will type for this kid.
But there's probably no point, sigh...
I've noticed some Members left this site,
Sure to be back on winter's cold night.
With a glass of Bailey's to warm their hearts
And talk in rhyme, now that's an art ;)
While outside a quiet blanket of white.
-- I always like to infuse a little culture when I can.
On PF, culture is in short supply,
I've seen yoghurt with more, than this guy.
Normally I wouldn't bat a lid
But a rhyme i will type for this kid.
But there's probably no point, sigh...
SeanBM
9 Oct 2010
Life / Winter 2010/2011 in Poland, is it going to be bad? [114]
Like a squirrel with his stash of nuts,
We'll brave the winter, we've got the guts.
With a nip in the air,
We shan't despair.
We'll just light the fire to warm our butts!
Except for convex, who'll fly away like a migrating bird.
Im prepared this year.
Like a squirrel with his stash of nuts,
We'll brave the winter, we've got the guts.
With a nip in the air,
We shan't despair.
We'll just light the fire to warm our butts!
Except for convex, who'll fly away like a migrating bird.
SeanBM
8 Oct 2010
News / Human Trafficking in and from Poland [80]
I thought this was interesting, about the U.S.: (watch to the end)
...
Kevin Weber must have really wanted those 4 cookies.
I thought this was interesting, about the U.S.: (watch to the end)
...
Kevin Weber must have really wanted those 4 cookies.
SeanBM
8 Oct 2010
SeanBM
8 Oct 2010
News / Human Trafficking in and from Poland [80]
So what do the majority do? Is there a breakdown?
I did assume most human trafficking was about the sex trade but I know nothing about it.
Trafficking automatically makes you think of prostitution, but the majority of those trafficked aren't working in the sex industry.
So what do the majority do? Is there a breakdown?
I did assume most human trafficking was about the sex trade but I know nothing about it.
SeanBM
8 Oct 2010
Life / Diaspora, what do you miss from Poland? [15]
Thank you for such a in depth answer.
brown-coal fuelled power plants
Thank you for such a in depth answer.
SeanBM
8 Oct 2010
USA, Canada / Moved back from Canada to Poland:). Here are the reasons why. [868]
There is no doubt that our environment effects us :)
I ave gotten used to looking strangers square in the eye, it wasn't easy but I think it comes with time.
Do gentlemen get up for you and let you sit in their place?
You mean vodkas, it ain't easy getting good whiskey ;)
You'll be grand but good luck all the same.
I am not giving up on the Polish fashion after much deliberation;). Am I gonna become A Polish Girlfriend?;)
There is no doubt that our environment effects us :)
while pretending to check the ceiling for the fear of eye contact with the poor bugger
I ave gotten used to looking strangers square in the eye, it wasn't easy but I think it comes with time.
Do gentlemen get up for you and let you sit in their place?
there is more choice in alcohol
You mean vodkas, it ain't easy getting good whiskey ;)
I cannot wait any longer and I have to visit ZUS today. Wish me luck!!!!!!
You'll be grand but good luck all the same.
SeanBM
7 Oct 2010
SeanBM
5 Oct 2010
News / Tusk cracks down on designer drugs ("dopalacze") in Poland [171]
I didn't say that :), I said it was not on those grounds that I didn't buy it ;)
lol! You were not concerned one bit about the wives running the town??
I didn't say that :), I said it was not on those grounds that I didn't buy it ;)
SeanBM
5 Oct 2010
News / Tusk cracks down on designer drugs ("dopalacze") in Poland [171]
when I was looking to buy a house here in Poland, I viewed one very beautiful and very cheap house. I asked the owner/seller where was the nearest pub and he told me that there was none, as it had been closed down by the wives in the area.
Democracy shamrockracy a bit of dictatorship is fine, so long as I am the one dictating ;)
Unlike what you may think of me, it was not on those grounds that I didn't buy the house.
There are also 'dry' towns. If the local popualce vote in a referendum that they want no off-licence shops or pubs within their town's limits, then so be it. That is true democracy.
when I was looking to buy a house here in Poland, I viewed one very beautiful and very cheap house. I asked the owner/seller where was the nearest pub and he told me that there was none, as it had been closed down by the wives in the area.
Democracy shamrockracy a bit of dictatorship is fine, so long as I am the one dictating ;)
Unlike what you may think of me, it was not on those grounds that I didn't buy the house.
SeanBM
5 Oct 2010
USA, Canada / Moved back from Canada to Poland:). Here are the reasons why. [868]
Great thread Aphro!
I like the bottom part of your posts with a bold title and a summary of what you are doing, it's like reading a journal.
And in the mornings with my coffee, while I am waiting for a call or something on the internet, it's a great read.
Keep up the good work and don't try to be like others, it will only lead to disappointment, you are a snowflake and there is noone else like you! (Okay maybe I am reading too much into the boot thing but hey, I it's just the way I feel).
Go Girl! :)
Great thread Aphro!
I like the bottom part of your posts with a bold title and a summary of what you are doing, it's like reading a journal.
And in the mornings with my coffee, while I am waiting for a call or something on the internet, it's a great read.
Keep up the good work and don't try to be like others, it will only lead to disappointment, you are a snowflake and there is noone else like you! (Okay maybe I am reading too much into the boot thing but hey, I it's just the way I feel).
Go Girl! :)
SeanBM
2 Oct 2010
Real Estate / Is this a bad time to buy an apartment in Poland? [142]
Why did it go up so much, did they do a refurbishment?
That's quite an increase.
That's good then, good for you.
So we might hear the pitter-patter of little fingers on a keyboard :)
Fair play to ya, it's all ahead of you.
Rent went up from 750 to 950PLN in my current place
Why did it go up so much, did they do a refurbishment?
That's quite an increase.
It works out that we pay much the same, fractionally more
That's good then, good for you.
A future kid being right up there
So we might hear the pitter-patter of little fingers on a keyboard :)
Fair play to ya, it's all ahead of you.
SeanBM
2 Oct 2010
Real Estate / Is this a bad time to buy an apartment in Poland? [142]
Congratulations Seanus on having your own place, you've been thinking about it for a while.
That's a good price too!
If it's not too personal a question, how is rent compared to your mortgage. you don't have to answer of course, as it is a bit personal)
Congratulations Seanus on having your own place, you've been thinking about it for a while.
That's a good price too!
If it's not too personal a question, how is rent compared to your mortgage. you don't have to answer of course, as it is a bit personal)
SeanBM
1 Oct 2010
SeanBM
1 Oct 2010
Life / Gypies/Indian-looking women with kids beg for money in Poland [143]
Just a quick question there zetigrek, what makes you think this house was made from profits of forcibly beating begging children by the Gypsie mafia?
Or was it only meant as an example of what someone could do and actually be just some guy's house?
Just a quick question there zetigrek, what makes you think this house was made from profits of forcibly beating begging children by the Gypsie mafia?
Or was it only meant as an example of what someone could do and actually be just some guy's house?
SeanBM
30 Sep 2010
Life / Alcohol problems of Polish people [141]
At this stage this thread has become a competition rather than what the OP intended...
But I have never ever seen drinking like in Lithuania:
...
In comparison, the Irish and Poles are teetotallers.
I heard when I lived there that the lads would leave a metal pipe in the snow, buy a cheap perfume, and pour the perfume down the pipe. The 'idea' was that the 'impurities' would freeze to the pipe (alcohol having a lower freezing temperature), allowing the alcohol to come out the end of the pipe to be drunk, to be drunk.
At this stage this thread has become a competition rather than what the OP intended...
But I have never ever seen drinking like in Lithuania:
...
In comparison, the Irish and Poles are teetotallers.
I heard when I lived there that the lads would leave a metal pipe in the snow, buy a cheap perfume, and pour the perfume down the pipe. The 'idea' was that the 'impurities' would freeze to the pipe (alcohol having a lower freezing temperature), allowing the alcohol to come out the end of the pipe to be drunk, to be drunk.
SeanBM
29 Sep 2010
Life / Let`s compare prices of services and products in Poland [359]
only that Poland is the biggest buyers of second hand cars in the E.U.
So for this purposes, naaaaaaa!
I live 30 KM from Krakow, cost of private bus 4.50 Złoty.
It is about the same price for the public bus but they aren't so often.
Good list, I will produce a similar list but I need sleep right not, cost-free :)
You get a six pack for 3/350 in a supermarket?
So how much is an assassination these days? :)
It is more expensive here, especially when compared to average wage.
There has been a dramatic increase in cinema tickets both here and in Ireland.
Are you talking about one of those new fandangled multiplex type places in the city?
We should state if it's in the city or in the sticks.
120 PLN here for a tabloid.
We might need to name the vodka, you know yourself ;)
so for this purpsoe a new car is preferable
only that Poland is the biggest buyers of second hand cars in the E.U.
So for this purposes, naaaaaaa!
approximately 30 miles away and a 20 min car journey by motorway
I live 30 KM from Krakow, cost of private bus 4.50 Złoty.
It is about the same price for the public bus but they aren't so often.
Good list, I will produce a similar list but I need sleep right not, cost-free :)
-- 6-pack of local beer £6-£7 in off licence(Liquor shop) half that price in a supermarket.
You get a six pack for 3/350 in a supermarket?
Meat is Murder
So how much is an assassination these days? :)
-- 200-litre fridge £100
It is more expensive here, especially when compared to average wage.
-- cinema ticket £3.50-£5
There has been a dramatic increase in cinema tickets both here and in Ireland.
Are you talking about one of those new fandangled multiplex type places in the city?
We should state if it's in the city or in the sticks.
-- daily newspaper £1.20
120 PLN here for a tabloid.
-- litre of vodka £15
We might need to name the vodka, you know yourself ;)
SeanBM
29 Sep 2010
Love / Unmarried couples in Poland = pathology [310]
My point was, if you are not a monogamist, you shouldn't get married even if you have no religion.
Unless you have an agreement with your partner but I would not count on that, as I couldn't see it working long term but hey!, that's just me.
Tradition and love are not good enough to get tattoos?
Thank goodness I ain't got none then :)
People who marry in to money are laughing at this.
It depends on how you view it and I do not see marriage remotely similar to joining a gym.
But only time will tell, so far so good :)
Okay, I think we can agree that marriage does not mean happily ever after but... there's always a but... it is an agreed on commitment. Whether it works or not is up to you but at least it is something.
In most religions infidelity is grounds for divorce anyway is it not?
My point was, if you are not a monogamist, you shouldn't get married even if you have no religion.
Unless you have an agreement with your partner but I would not count on that, as I couldn't see it working long term but hey!, that's just me.
*If it's tradition, pressure, love, reckless abandon... none of them seem to be good enough to even get a tatoo!
Tradition and love are not good enough to get tattoos?
Thank goodness I ain't got none then :)
*If it's insurance, economics, sense of safety - all false, judging from divorce rates and lawyers raking it in.
People who marry in to money are laughing at this.
*If you think you're going to be a better person because you signed that paper - that hardly ever works. It's not the same thing like paying a lot of money for the gym will make you go more often.
It depends on how you view it and I do not see marriage remotely similar to joining a gym.
But only time will tell, so far so good :)
To me, marriage does not represent commitment - staying together whether you're married or not, does. Seems much more so when you're not married.
Okay, I think we can agree that marriage does not mean happily ever after but... there's always a but... it is an agreed on commitment. Whether it works or not is up to you but at least it is something.
SeanBM
29 Sep 2010
Life / Let`s compare prices of services and products in Poland [359]
How about we start with rent (in a city), petrol (gas), a computer, milk, bread and beer, you know the essentials :) and compare them to wages.
This is why I think this thread is very interesting.
Edit*
These have trebled in the last two or so years since I gave up (yeeay me!)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Mac_Index
Poland is the biggest buyers of second hand cars in Europe, so this would not be a good one. (or so I have heard).
Good one, also private buses are very reasonably priced and should be included as part of public transport.
Is a "milk bar" included?
3-6 Zloty.
I will get prices for these, just not now.
How about we start with rent (in a city), petrol (gas), a computer, milk, bread and beer, you know the essentials :) and compare them to wages.
This is why I think this thread is very interesting.
Edit*
-- packet of 20 cigarettes
These have trebled in the last two or so years since I gave up (yeeay me!)
-- a McDonald's cheeseburger
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Mac_Index
-- the cheapest new car you can buy
Poland is the biggest buyers of second hand cars in Europe, so this would not be a good one. (or so I have heard).
-- public transport fare (bus, tram, tube)
Good one, also private buses are very reasonably priced and should be included as part of public transport.
-- cup of coffee at café
Is a "milk bar" included?
3-6 Zloty.
I will get prices for these, just not now.
SeanBM
29 Sep 2010
Life / Let`s compare prices of services and products in Poland [359]
It's only expensive for those that can't afford it.
What I mean is, salaries are higher and although we are using a playground as an example, it is not an intrinsic part of life to pay for such a thing, unlike what I have mentioned above.
It's only expensive for those that can't afford it.
What I mean is, salaries are higher and although we are using a playground as an example, it is not an intrinsic part of life to pay for such a thing, unlike what I have mentioned above.