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SeanBM   
18 Apr 2010
History / Polish-Moroccan mutual relations [67]

Wow! Thanks for the map, Sean.

I thought you might like it :)

Is it possible to see volcanic ash ?

Clear skies south of Krakow.
SeanBM   
18 Apr 2010
History / Polish-Moroccan mutual relations [67]

I have a question, when Wałensa dies will there be so much media and world attention?

I think there'll be world attention but I am not sure if Poland will feel the same.

I suppose it also depends on how he dies, in his bed of old age or in a plane going to Russia to commemorate a massacre.
SeanBM   
16 Apr 2010
Travel / Recommendations for Krakow and Myślenice [80]

That didn't work for me. Aren't Obama and representatives of 70 countries flying in to Krakow on Sunday?

Edit* You're right

Polish airspace closed. There are no arrivals, no departures

The airport was closed in Krakow

Due to the volcano ash.

The airspace over the entire Polish is closed. The country does not work or one airport . The reason? United ash cloud over Europe . LOT evening appealed to their passengers , not to pretend to the airport. Cruises may be canceled up to Sunday. Predictions as to when the cloud is already outside the Polish are inconclusive.
SeanBM   
16 Apr 2010
Travel / Białowieża National Park in Poland [461]

I'm a little tired from National Mourning

I agree completely :)

I post some beautiful photos and videos of Bialowieza-one of the wildest region in Poland.

Thanks for that, looks wonderful.

Polish media, radios and TV it's nothing more than national depresion.

Shoot me now... :p

Again, thanks.
SeanBM   
16 Apr 2010
Travel / Recommendations for Krakow and Myślenice [80]

Is there anything I should know or do or see?

It all depends on what you are interested in.

Recommendations for Krakow.

You won,t be going nowhere, it will be covered in ash (like the whole of north Europe)

So far it is only Northern Poland that is effected not Krakow in the south.
SeanBM   
15 Apr 2010
Life / Bilet, controler and the Poland Police. [78]

Speaking of which, I could never imagine such a system working in Dublin (where I am from), people would never pay.
Not that we are dishonest, you understand, it's just we can resist anything but temptation. :)
SeanBM   
15 Apr 2010
Life / Bilet, controler and the Poland Police. [78]

Nothing has changed. People think the same. Laws are all f-ed up, regulations make no sense, people have no experience and on top of that the corruption… It's impossible to do business there in an honest and organized way. No need to fuss guys, one thing led to another. BTW, I didn't mean to offend anyone.

I would be lying if I said I didn't know what you mean but... I live here and do do business here. It is slowly changing for the better and the country, as a whole, has changed quite dramatically for the better in the 9 odd years I have known her.(I have not lived here for 9 years though).

And most important of all I like the tram system :)
DNZ had the best constructive criticism of the system in my opinion with:

Theres no information for non Polish speakers on the trams and buses indicating how the system works

But apart from that, I have yet to read anyone not liking it, except for yourself.
If you could provide evidence of the inefficiency of the system I would be willing to read it but as a passenger, it suits me fine.

I didn't mean to offend anyone.

No problem, you are not being offensive, we are just discussing.
SeanBM   
15 Apr 2010
Life / Bilet, controler and the Poland Police. [78]

All they do there is wipe a$ses...

Why are you writing such nonsense?
You have gone from telling us that you were traumatized as a child, to the terror of the tram service, then called it a ''Nazi soup'' system, now you are telling us about Polish people wiping asses, you're off your head :)

I can see you won't let this go but I just thought I'd do a quick summary because we are on the third page of a very simple matter.
SeanBM   
15 Apr 2010
UK, Ireland / Polish and Irish should love each other [65]

maybe not that well organised, but that's not really a shame and maybe that's just me,

I think you may have three very valid points here :) :)

since you are 23 and claim to have a 3rd level education, you cannot have worked that long

Don't forget working class, has travelled the world, speaks 7 languages fluently, owns his own house in Dublin, has a watch worth more than the average wage in Poland, owns a pub in Spain, with many business interests, stocks, and the odd gamble with investments.

And he still has time for us on these forums, along with many other forums, his own blog, vlog and pseudo-political website.
Went to school until he was about 18, then college, lets say for the sake of argument he did a diploma in three years (the least amount of time for a certificate) so that brings him to 21 and the last two years he has been able to work full time.

What the heck do you think you are for slamming me?

He is an embarrassment.
SeanBM   
15 Apr 2010
UK, Ireland / Polish and Irish should love each other [65]

Try the 70s and 80s when the Brits were running amok.

I am 23.

I am not a mathematician but you were 3 in the late 1980's, do you feel persecuted?

Something like 20% of all fish sold in the 27 EU member states come Irish waters. Phuc all of that cash goes into the pocket of Irish fishermen. The EU annihalited the fishing industry in this country.

Ireland was doing nothing with it's fish industry, if you are not 23, you'll also remember that there was mass emigration out of Ireland in the 80's and early 90's.

My watch is worth more than the average annual wage in PL.

Wow, that's all I can say is wow...

No risk no reward.

The "risk" and ''reward'' of possibly meeting you? give us a break.

The truth is, you're an embarrassment RN, you were born with a silver spoon, in the boom time for Ireland. (yeah, yeah, working class bla bla bla, my sis is a millionaire and my watch is worth bla...) You have no realisation what Irish people had had to do for centuries and you spit on foreign workers who try to do the exact same thing.

You think Ireland was so much better before the E.U. just shows your naivety and selfishness.
You are the Nouveau riche, too arrogant to understand the struggle that others had to endure before you and too stupid to see the same struggle in others today.

Polish people are looked at as hard workers in Ireland, something that is very much respected by most, except little brats such as yourself.
Perhaps you are the price we pay for Ireland being richer now than for centuries, maybe you are the cost of Ireland's success, the sweat blood and tears that Irish people endured to make Ireland a great country and what do we get in return? a brat that hates people who work hard, a spiteful little urchin that never new a hard day in his life.

It makes me sick to read you brag while all the time you say things like:

We get coffee makers, toilet cleaners, shelf stackers, burger flippers and child minders whilst the US of A gets the creme la creme.

https://polishforums.com/archives/2005-2009/uk-ireland/ambassador-warns-think-twice-coming-38590/4/
SeanBM   
14 Apr 2010
Life / Bilet, controler and the Poland Police. [78]

I would agree with you here Sean.

You do agree with me, he says it sounds silly and I said yes, it does.

Of course not many people would validate their tickets if noone checked.

And the OP didn't do it, got caught and should not have been allowed to validate his ticket after getting caught, that would defeat the whole purpose... :)

This thread is a bit silly now.
SeanBM   
14 Apr 2010
Life / Bilet, controler and the Poland Police. [78]

the system is still at large terrorizing customers of the mass transit system

That is such a "The Soup Nazi" system.

The system is fine, you are the only one complaining, the comparisons you are drawing are sheer ludicrous by anyone's standards.
Were you so traumatised twenty five years ago, that you can't understand that when someone tried to get on public transport without paying for the ticket they are fined? not shot, not terrorised, not a Nazis system, just fined?

:)
SeanBM   
14 Apr 2010
Life / Bilet, controler and the Poland Police. [78]

I don't understand why the conductor just didn't let him validate the damn ticket.

Because he was sitting in his seat twiddling his thumbs, not paying for his fare.

hello, I’m form the Tram service, do you have a valid ticket? oh ok, Go ahead and validate it please. Thank you for choosing our Tram service.

Sounds too silly, right?

Yes, it does, the guy gets on a tram, doesn't buy a ticket, sits on his hands and gets caught.
SeanBM   
14 Apr 2010
Life / Bilet, controler and the Poland Police. [78]

Are you kidding me? Every bus/metro/tram system in the U.S. works this way. Plenty of "busy" here too. Check out NY city. If it works for 300 000 000 people here i'm sure it would work for 40 000 000 people in Poland.

You are the only person complaining about the way it is done here, everyone else seems happy enough, except for the OP who got caught not paying.

delphiandomin:if the controllers are clearly arseholes

Customer service at its best… I'm really sorry you guys have to put up with this crap over there.

You misquoted, the quote was:

if the controllers are clearly arseholes, then I always waste their time as much as possible before giving them the ticket. If they really are paid on commission, then it'll hurt them in the pocket.

SeanBM   
14 Apr 2010
UK, Ireland / Polish and Irish should love each other [65]

Irish are not even human beings, why would i love them?

Don't hate us because we are superhuman beings, jealousy does not become you :)

They're almost as bad as English, Scottish, Germans or French, not as bad as Americans, Spanish or Russians though.

You are actually complementing Irish people here by saying we are better than English, Scottish, Germans, French, Americans, Spanish and Russians.
Oh, no, now I'm blushing...
SeanBM   
14 Apr 2010
Life / Bilet, controler and the Poland Police. [78]

*cough*

I am going to Wroclaw anyway, hopefully to meet up with yourself, Wroclaw boy and anyone else that wants to go, just for a small pint or two :) this summer...

I have never been to Wrocalw, can you imagine :)

*On topic* I won't be taking the tram.*On topic*
SeanBM   
14 Apr 2010
Law / The Euro, is it a good idea for Poland? [66]

Yeah, but you know yourself, nobody expects the unexpected or the Spanish inquisition ;)

I have "lost" money and "made" money as I usually work with a few different currencies and I think I have broken even over the years but to honest it is just a pain in the buttocks.

It would make me happy when Poland gets the Euro :) but I won't hold my breath for it.
SeanBM   
14 Apr 2010
Law / The Euro, is it a good idea for Poland? [66]

It really depends on where you are coming from.

The Zloty fell about 20% because currency dealers can't tell the difference between Poland and Hungary :)
This however was a good thing for Poland, as it made exports cheaper and created more of a demand for internal consumption because imports were more expensive.

BUT such fluctuations are not good for a country at all, the Euro is a stronger steadier currency and it is excepted, and therefore recognised, worldwide.

A friend here imports big machinery from Japan, the Yen went up in value and the Zloty went down, creating an even bigger gap for his business, the contracts are all signed months in advance, he suffered huge losses and it will be a while yet before he will recover.

Bottom line it is very difficult to do business with a country that's currency is unstable.

Also there is a physiological border that needs to be crossed more, from ''Poland and the E.U.'' to ''Poland in the E.U.''
SeanBM   
14 Apr 2010
Life / Bilet, controler and the Poland Police. [78]

, don't they have many machines inside trams too?

Yes, they do but not on all trams yet, I think they are only on the new ones.

It's one thing that's sorely lacking from Poznan :(

Are you from Scotland and based in Poznan? How long have you been here? Are you a love refugee :) ?

I was thinking we should have a PF BBQ/meet up/thing-a-ma-jig, either in Wroclaw or Warsaw this summer, as they are in between Krakow and Poznan and a lot of other places.

I love trams, they're slow roller coaster round the city :)
SeanBM   
14 Apr 2010
Life / Bilet, controler and the Poland Police. [78]

Do I get this right, if you have not been caught, the ride would have been free? It is still essentially an honor system?

You are supposed to buy your ticket at a kiosk or if it's available a machine at the tram stop, if you are in a rush and jump on the tram, you can purchase a ticket from the driver when he stops.

Once you have your ticket you have to stick it in a machine on the tram to activate it.
It is the same procedure for the buses.
There are also monthly passes and student passes, they may work differently.

I remember an Irish gangster being caught not paying his ticket in Amsterdam and he was extradited back to Ireland, where he had several warrants for his arrest.

On a side note, the public transport in this country is marvellous, especially when compared to Ireland.