History / Frederick the Great governments from Poland's perspective [24]


As I pointed out above:

Order. Like Fred the Great imposed. But of course Poland would prefer to have anarchy....unless they are criticising others of course about pathetic things such as "Your dog should be on a lead"? And what happened to the polite address of "Pan..."?

Would the Germans stand for being talked down to improperly by a stranger? I think not! :)

History / Frederick the Great governments from Poland's perspective [24]


Wot - you want the full list?!

Just for starters - town planning laws, where the German countryside doesn't get raped by indiscriminate building to suit Herr Johanns' personal wishes to build his villa where uncle Adolf farmed the land.

Of course, the Polish horse has long since bolted on that one, so I'll come up with number two presently.

PS. I loved your dissertation on the Swedes NotPolish. A nasty yellow community, for ever scarred, for TWICE declaring they would much rather stay out of any World Wars, if that was alright with the rest of us. As Basil Fawlty said when referring to Manuel setting fire to the kitchen of Fawlty Towers, "Should've let them burn..."

Life / An Englishman wanting to watch TV in Poland [51]


No, because the UK beam signal is centred on.......... the UK. There is some overspill (Norway/ Spain) but not East of Brussels. See the footprint map - leakage has been reduced. This is actually a contravention Of European law on free broadcasting across borders, but TV companies can do as they wish with their own product, and obviously they want to sell it to European Markets in other packages.

Just settle for internet TV - or if as the OP says, he lives in the countryside, accept that not everywhere is perfect in every way.

Life / An Englishman wanting to watch TV in Poland [51]

A load of crap. ANY simple research will tell you that UK TV is dead on satellite, outside of the UK and north and south.

Internet sites and work-arounds are another matter.

Isolated locations - no cigar, bar a 3 metre circumference dish........ and we are talking a lot of money in today's terms, because the dish business is now top-end and basically old tech.

UK, Ireland / Polish striking due to anti-Polish UK feeling [58]


But Wulkan has obviously integrated pretty well into boringly uneducated British society, as in the pub talk of "Yes , that's my motor parked (ostentatiously) outside the pub. It cost me 50 big ones".

Who gives a flying ****? PS> In the meantime, if any worker is being discriminated against, that is a serious matter, and unscrupulous employers beware.

Life / Life in Poland - feeling lonely and don't want to socialize much! (anyone feeling same?) [93]


I refer you to the thread about "Ignorant Poles" :)

Life / Life in Poland - feeling lonely and don't want to socialize much! (anyone feeling same?) [93]


Ah! Not a cricket fan then? If you were you wouldn't be asking these questions.

The answer is of course that in central Europe the freezing temperatures alter the ground level and the growing season is too short,

As a consequence, grass in Poland is just.......................shi-ite. Not anybody's fault, even though global warming is a cast-iron fact for anyone with half a brain cell. Even though the lying scum would tell us otherwise.

And Mods - this is OT - the OP wanted to know how to enjoy a better standard of living - I suggest TV sport and watching your country hammer the opposition - and believe me - England beating Australia is even better than Poland beating Russia, because the Australians are so far up their own arses.

Sorry Marsupial :)

Life / Life in Poland - feeling lonely and don't want to socialize much! (anyone feeling same?) [93]

Sorry! You'll get the little urn back in just 18 months, so fair's fair :)

You can cheer up yourself up in the knowledge that Poles have nothing that's as enthralling as cricket. I recommend it to the OP when he's not looking for his balls in the bushes :)

Life / Life in Poland - feeling lonely and don't want to socialize much! (anyone feeling same?) [93]


Sounds very liberal, and alive. Or you can lounge about on a Baltic beach and get a plastic refill every hour or so, while keeping an eye on the cricket on the SkySports App as I intend to.

Or, metaphorically, walk the dog..........
Or Swedes like the OP, and others, can shop, or join the Rotary Club:) So much to do - so little time. Or, in hippy parlance - you could just "be." Michael Caine made a career out of it:)

Law / Is it possible to get an MOT on a RHD car in Poland? [28]


Sources please :)

News / Poland's President-Elect Duda leads in public trust - CBOS poll [185]

Good stuff:)

I was thinking of Blair actually - busy enriching himself with his speeches, and wasn't there some gossip of Miller being no slouche when it came to dosh inducements?

It was rather silly when he was recuperating "at home" after that helicopter accident, and made a specific point of explaining to the interviewer how he lived humbly, where the house in question was his (rather old, but perfectly nice) family home.

He didn't want to be filmed in his rather more opulent villa, because times woz 'ard for the ordinary Pole back then. But of course he fooled nobody as it 'appens. And nobody would care, if the bloke wasn't on the make.

Screaming Lord Sutch made some absolutely cracking records in the 60s with Pagey et al. Lepper couldn't crack an egg properly.


Not nice to speak ill of the dead Jon, unless it were that prescription sunglass wearing murdering commie president of course:) Charles Kennedy was a sound human being - Duda is clearly a smarmy fake. Where's the similarity?

News / Poland's President-Elect Duda leads in public trust - CBOS poll [185]


Actually Polonious - Kwasniewski did not appear as opportunistic as Miller - maybe he was more likeable....... and didn't dip his hand in the till....allegedly.

The Markets considered Kwawa as a solid president, titular position though it was, post-communist Poland really did not need another term of a bumbling if well intentioned Walesa. Kwawa engendered a serious air to proceedings.


A very apt and accurate description Jon. I used to work many years ago in a big establishment on the south coast. Gormley, a 40 ish something Scargill, et al were all in the American Bar. You could have cut the atmosphere with a knife, though old Joe was good value:)

I don't think those two had a Swiss bank account though......

News / Poland's President-Elect Duda leads in public trust - CBOS poll [185]


Jon in palpable nonsense post shocker! Read all about it!

Better people than Miller and the rest said "No thanks, we don't believe the lie of, 'Join the Party - to make life better.' "

They were SCUM. Simples. I was there. Luckily I had an open plane ticket to London, just like the scum.

If you are talking about Miller et al - do you know this man personally? Have you met him?

As it happens, I have..... attended a public meeting in Jastrebia Zdroj, we had a little chat (quite amiable) plus had the pleasure of his company at a "do." Now let me see which British politician he reminds me of.......

News / Poland's President-Elect Duda leads in public trust - CBOS poll [185]


As regards Miller - I sincerely hope you are on a wind-up Jon.

Life / Life in Poland - feeling lonely and don't want to socialize much! (anyone feeling same?) [93]


Don't go to Katowice zoo Luke.! It has dinosaurs, who will try to eat your little girl :( Come to Gdansk zoo instead :)

History / The story about German- Polish reconciliation [194]

And.... maybe because there are no stupid jobs for the armies etc and other hatred. In time everything will equalize. as physical laws dictate. The German side of Gorlitz for example is beautiful, while the Polish side of the river is a ********. In time, it will be one metropolitan bi- ethic city.

Any problems with that?

Work / What salary can be asked at IBM Poland? [67]

More or less correct. 4,500 tops. Get those certificates.

News / Have PO (Platforma) operatives in Poland fallen into a panic? [332]


Poland in (deep) ****.

Corrected for you.


I was rushing to do some shopping in Lidl at 16:45 ( cricket tea-time). Poles of my age were ambling around like old men and blocking my way. They really need to get a grip and get moving. *******.

I am 57 and they are way too comfortable, and need to get working and earn for themselves and for their country. That goes for people who are 65 too.

No country for old men. PS Mods - this in ON topic because we are talking about two worlds - the PIS make-believe world and the real one.

Life / What is the cheapest electronics store in Poland? [17]

Very simple. Ask a friend who is VAT registered to give you his details. Instantly 23 per cent cheaper.

Here to help, as always.

History / The story about German- Polish reconciliation [194]


And very good and forward-looking words they were too. Kaczynski and his nationalists could follow the German model and be a little more humble themselves.

The years pass. Germany has apologised again and again. Slavs (Russians et al) don't understand the meaning of the word and never apologise)

Obviously what Gauck means is that if there were another Balkans conflict then Germany must not sit on the fence and must contribute properly to an international peacekeeping force - something they declined to do in 1993/4.

Language / Zmarła czy zdechła? What is proper to say in Polish in a case of an animal death? [12]


It's not a holiday without my mutt. Having said that, the Polish expression is funny. Dogs are not people; the dog is a companion, but he is an animal and is conditioned to the will of the hand that feeds him, unless he is over-induldged, such as by ladies who let him lie in their bed...

Yuck :)

Life / Life in Poland - feeling lonely and don't want to socialize much! (anyone feeling same?) [93]


A Polishforums Skype chatroom.......? There's an idea.
Haha.... I can imagine me and Crow having a cosy little chat :)

History / The story about German- Polish reconciliation [194]


So Kaczynski doesn't stir the fires of distrust then? We all remember well the twins' undiplomatic language about war reparations and the rest - 70 years after the event,

Remind us all again, because my memory must be slipping. Where were your heroes during Martial Law?

Your posts are always nationalistic and offensive to the huge majority of Poles west of Radom, who all want to live together with no borders, imaginary or otherwise, to the west.

Kaczynski would bring those borders back if he were able, wouldn't you agree?

Life / Life in Poland - feeling lonely and don't want to socialize much! (anyone feeling same?) [93]


Why Totti? It's not cheap any more for anyone to live in Poland, especially for the retired to properly heat that big house.... I would have thought Polish American retirees who want to be in the mother country would be better off in Italy or wherever, then they could jump on a plane and visit Gorzow-Wielkapolski whenever, without having to suffer it all year round :)

History / The story about German- Polish reconciliation [194]


The other problem is Kaczynski and his "patriotic" xenophobes. They too are disgusting.

Life / Life in Poland - feeling lonely and don't want to socialize much! (anyone feeling same?) [93]


Ads? Only when you change channels..... And the subscription gives HD, and no buffering. Generally SD is alright, except for some sports..... At 14 quid a month HD is relatively expensive....

Anyway, the OP needs to acclimatise and get into his environment around where he lives, and not be cocooned in front of the tele (says a depressive).

Back to the topic please

Life / Life in Poland - feeling lonely and don't want to socialize much! (anyone feeling same?) [93]


Filmon.com is the simplest option. Completely free.

Life / Life in Poland - feeling lonely and don't want to socialize much! (anyone feeling same?) [93]


Mmm - new baby blues? 20 minutes from Krakow, plenty of cricket on pirate TV, great cycling country, Jura for the nipper with picnics, Poles socialise at home as you will know (you will be alright once you join the grill party set) etc etc.

Chin up old chap!

Work / How to find a job in Geology field? (Poland) [5]


Hi, as you can see from other posts here - you might get an entry job in IT, with IBM in Katowice for example.....

Work / How to find a job in Geology field? (Poland) [5]


Fellow Geology graduate here :) Why on earth would you want to try to find a post, even in geological servicing, here?
The solution is to put yourself in the marketplace, get any job, even if it's a low paying laboratory post, in the Earth Sciences field in a country that actually has subsidaries of such companies as Schlumberger, and take it from there. Go mudlogging, offshore, whatever, but there is nothing happening here - you need to get on your bike.

Then head down to Iraq, if you are in the loop, where historically the Polish pet. geologists and sedimentologists have had their base from communist times.

Not that I know anything actually - haven't worked in the field for 25 years :) But the above is what I would do (don't know about your rights of stay etc) but in the UK when I started, the home counties or Aberdeen used to be the first port of call for new graduates...