UK, Ireland / Recently beaten up in England by 3 Polish guys [93]


Not in the UK.


What is that?

USA, Canada / Sending money to Poland from the USA? [48]

bank transfer. It's the cheapest and nowadays quite quick.

UK, Ireland / Recently beaten up in England by 3 Polish guys [93]

I agree. They would take it seriously, and if they catch the guys, you'll get compensation.

Work / Salary of a paramedic in Poland [22]


Not after studies. Or full time.

USA, Canada / Polish cigarettes to the USA as a gift sent from Poland? [7]

Probably illegal, but as long as the package wasn't too obvious it might be OK. You'd probably have to pay duty if caught, but that would defeat the object. Maybe mark the package 'non-organic educational material'.

Cigarettes aren't 6.90 though. Marlborough are just over 10zl, other smokeable ones like Lucky Strike about 9zl, Red white'y light'y 7.95. Fajrant, a big selling non-kingsize brand popular among toothless old men (but a nice packet) are about 7.50 There isn't much cheaper than that and frankly you wouldn't want it. You can get dodgy Belarussian ones for 5.50 in Warsaw off ladies who sell them out of carrier bags, but you have to know where to go and what time they'll be there.

UK, Ireland / Polish woman in the UK gives birth then leaves the baby in hospital [28]


There's a case for that. Under international protocols, Childbirth is considered a medical emergency, treated without question. Some people especially fly in to UK (and Ireland until they changed their citizenship laws) in order to give birth there, whether in a hospital or not.

The case is strong for getting the transfer (or proise to pay) from the person's government or insurer. But if none is forthcoming, there isn't much that can be done.

But Poles can give birth in UK hospitals without problems, and apparently many choose to. They don't usually leave the baby behind though.

UK, Ireland / Polish woman in the UK gives birth then leaves the baby in hospital [28]

In the UK, financial benefits for new mothers aren't bad, but child care (if the mother wants to work) is hugely expensive and of course the benefits drop somewhat if the mother is working.

American politics is for Americans - I tend to stay out of it since I can't influence it and am not much affected by it. But. I've been following the new administration's proposals for healthcare and really hope you get a National Health Service. It isn't ideal, but it takes a heck of a lot of worries away.

Before I came to PL it was hard for me to imagine a hospital where somebody asks you whether or not you're insured.

My own feeling is that the woman in question hadn't told her family back in PL and was deeply distressed.

UK, Ireland / Polish woman in the UK gives birth then leaves the baby in hospital [28]

Why would somebody PAY a hospital? They are free.

edit - maybe you're from US
Even if she wasn't working/signing on in the UK, childbirth (as a medical emergency) would still be free. If someone's just visiting and covered by their own National Health Service, the bill would be sent there. If she was living in the UK legally, she would be covered automatically. If she was from say, Colombia and had no insurance, it wouldn't be a problem, due to doctors' medical oath and the principles of the NHS. In the UK, medical care during and after childbirth is given on the basis of the patient's need and preference, rather than ability to pay/insurance.

I thought your government want to introduce this?

Law / Prawo autorskie - copyright / trademark of a business name in Poland [18]

For a registered trademark in Poland, you have to pay per letter - so keep it short!

USA, Canada / Do you speak English? Have you lived in America? New LOVE/HATE list......... [144]


I tend to buy Ciechan if I'm looking for something good. The only problem is its strength - about 6%. Żubr used to be excellent - almost a Pale Ale in flavour, but they changed the recipe.

Bottled beers are a good idea in PL - some bars keep the draught beers very poorly. I can think of one on ul. Wilcza where there's something amiss. Perhaps, just perhaps, the uniformity of Polish beers allows them to attach a cheaper barrel to the pumps.

I'll try Perła this week.

USA, Canada / Do you speak English? Have you lived in America? New LOVE/HATE list......... [144]


Worse. Truly the pits.

In Poland, I was thinking about some of the microbreweries near you. There's one just west of Poznań, near but not in Września, and another really good one in Zielona Góra.

Genealogy / Looking for my father's family, Roman Rydel or possibly Rydelski [30]


Asik has explained above. So have I. Names in Poland decline according to the gramatic case in which they are expressed. Roman, Romana, Romanego, Romanów, Romanowi, Romanemu etc. So his name was Roman. Romanowi eans 'for Roman'.

Try putting the word Romanowi into Google instead of repeating questions that have already been answered several ties.

News / Polish Priest checks fingerprints for mass attendance [26]



It seems they value quantity over quality.

USA, Canada / Do you speak English? Have you lived in America? New LOVE/HATE list......... [144]


The mass-market lagers in UK are generally foul. Remember Ayingerbrau?


Excellent. But it tends to stay micromarket. There needs to be more of a middle ground between the big 5 and the smaller brands.

USA, Canada / Do you speak English? Have you lived in America? New LOVE/HATE list......... [144]


Are you serious? Hundreds of real ales, the worst of them better than standard Polish beer.

Law / Bring your business to Poland! [56]


I think you'll find the tabloids sell well here in Poland too.


Why would you want to know such addresses?

As for doing moving a business here to Poland, one benefit is that there's a substantial and settled expatriate community with a huge skills base and substantial experience of foreign business cultures.

Law / Bring your business to Poland! [56]


If there were no unemployent benefits, yes.


My dentist, doctor and bank manager are all Polish. Plus the local Anglican parish priest!


I think you'll find that tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of Poles claim UK benefits. According to official figures.

[quote-vtec2710]national budget stretched up to the limits paying for muslims and blacks and jewish (they all have 8 children avg. free house from the borough, don't have to pay the bills, and never willing for any work).[/quote]

It had to come, sooner or later...


Have you met many blacks with 8 children?


Have you ever met a Jewish person living in a "free house from the borough"?

Food / Polish culinary dislikes [83]

z_darius

Dariusz, lamb is jagnięcina, mutton is baranina. Go check on the menu in a good restaurant.

By the applying the same arguentative 'logic', cielęcina would be wołowina.

Law / Bring your business to Poland! [56]


Remember that a million Poles turned up in the space of a couple of years. Probably the most dramatic peacetime migration in the history of humanity.

Many are going to have a good time, any are going to have a bad time. Most somewhere in between. If the tabloid media react, nobody can complain. Imagine if the situation was reversed - a million Brits moving to Poland in the space of three or four years!

Law / Bring your business to Poland! [56]


This says a lot. How are you supporting yourself?

Law / Bring your business to Poland! [56]

vtec2710

Actually the poster isn't British.

But. If the spiteful tone of your post is anything to go by, it's frankly no wonder you failed in the UK.

Up to a million Poles have gone there, many carry out business, most are satisfied.

Food / Polish culinary dislikes [83]


It's called jągnięcina actually. Baranina is mutton, rarely eaten in Western Europe these days.

Whenever I cook lamb for Poles, they eat the lot with gusto and ask when I'm going to cook it again.

Food / Where can you buy a crockpot aka slow cooker, in Krakow? [38]


True. I don't have a crockpot, but I like pot-roasted meat (shoulder of lamb etc), and wonder sometimes if it would be cheaper than leaving the oven on slow for hours.

I think Euro RTV have them, also (sometimes) Jysk.

On a side note, Polish szponder pot roasts well, and a few Polish cuts of beef can be substituted for brisket, if you tie them. That would work well in a crock pot.

Probably good for bigos too.

News / Poland: In Top First 15 Countries in the WORLD by the number of CRIMES [286]


You sound just like Mark Biernat. That guy has got big problems.

Those photos aren't showing how anybody "loves to murder people", they are joke photos from Nasza Klasa.

Life / Horribly cold in Krakow at the moment , how do you cope with such temperatures ? [124]


Which cities?

Life / Do expats living in Poland speak Polish? [233]


I agree. That was what made the difference for me.

News / Poland: In Top First 15 Countries in the WORLD by the number of CRIMES [286]

Actually in Polish police stations there are usually English speakers and they are always very pleased to help. When I recently needed the services of the police, they started speaking English to me even though I'm fluent in Polish.

They have certain quirks - they won't deal with you if you've had a few drinks, and everything takes a long time due to the legal system here, but otherwise they are quite good.

As for the real level of crime being higher than statistics - remember that tourists need to report a crime to claim on their travel insurance.

Life / You are Polish if... [433]

- you dress like an eskimo on public transport when the sun is shining
- you decorate your home once every thirty years and spend so much you have to take credit for it
- your best friend doesn't know where you work

News / Poland: In Top First 15 Countries in the WORLD by the number of CRIMES [286]


Wola in Warsaw?

The police here are very good. Frequent patrols, plain-clothed police patrolling, and when I needed them here once - to take away a lodger who had gone mad, two cars, including detectives were here in minutes.

Work / Working in Poland in a Non-Polish Speaking Job? - How? What? (no teachers!) [16]


Yes. Every teacher trainer also teaches students. There is a very limited aount of work doing that and a lot of people chasing it.


Maybe some do, but by no means all. Though you can certainly find that.

The Council is scaling back operations in Europe though, so it isn't the stable job some people think - some time ago they all had to reapply for their own jobs, and the staff levels in PL are but a shadow of what they used to be, the salary seems good, but locally recruited staff get a lot less than centrally recruited staff, and even then a good teacher can more than match that working freelance.

And they all seem tired and stressed due to the long hours, particularly the non-teaching time during which they have to be present and available.