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pawian   
30 Jun 2013
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

One could assume then that the re-enactment takes place annually on the last weekend in June as part of the Aircraft Picknick, in Krakow.

Yes! Point.

Ergo, she would be a participant in a re-enactment of the invasion of Poland.

If you say so. I am not such an expert.

So, let`s see more re-enactment groups from today - guess times, nationalities, units. Or whatever you can :


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pawian   
30 Jun 2013
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

When/where can you meet such pretty ladies in Krakow?


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pawian   
29 Jun 2013
UK, Ireland / Western Europe is not Paradise after all (Polish doctors in the UK more popular) [75]

No, I only used gold. Goldwasser, that is. The best medicine ever.

Hey, time to get back to work! Do you want mods to intervene in this thread??

British organisation issued warning for Polish immigrants:

telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/10120641/Come-to-Britain-unprepared-and-you-risk-becoming-a-victim-of-violence-Polish-migrants-warned.html

Polish migrants risk homelessness and even being set alight by hooligans if they move to Britain unprepared, according to a film funded by Ministers.
People who come to Britain without a guarantee of a job and secure accommodation face sleeping rough and risk being robbed and even set on fire by yobs, according to the Polish-language film funded by the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Jacek, who comes to Britain in search of "work and a better life", suffers a worse fate. He loses his job as a casual labourer after a workplace injury, and with no entitlement to welfare he becomes a homeless alcoholic. Until recently, migrants from Poland had no right to Job Seekers' Allowance unless they had a record of National Insurance payments.

The film shows him being mugged by thieves before being set alight in his sleeping bag. Badly burnt, he returns to Poland. "I hope one day my family will be proud of me," he says, weeping, alongside images of his mother praying in church.


British organisation issued warning for Polish immigrants:

Comments from here: news.sky.com/story/1104180/video-warns-would-be-immigrants -of-hard-move

you see....heres the thing i dont understand. in the last year, we have had stories talking about job shortages, money shortages, water shortages and food shortages and yet we are still letting immigration go pretty much unchecked. WHY?

It is a shame that all government's since the 50's didn't do this, that way England might not be this multicultural nightmare we have today. They came here for jobs, the fact is we have never had full employment since 1945. So why do we need economic migrants, we don't. It was a social experiment that got out of control and nobody has got the bottle to sort it out.

And there was me thinking our welfare state covered everyone who wants to sponge off us? I think for every vagabond there will be 10 living off us & dragging the economy down.

Take a walk down Union Street in Aberdeen & see them at door entrances. Sad sorry state.

This is s joke. I live in a small market town that has high tourists. So most of the industry is hotels, eating houses etc. Who has ALL the jobs Polish people. Who now have ALL the social housing Polish people, The schools are full of Polish people. All the summer jobs our kids used to have GONE. All our Saturday jobs GONE. No this story must relate to London because trust me immigrants are doing very well out in the sticks.

t's ridiculous how they can come here without a job offer or money to establish themselves without having to benefit off the state in the first place! We so so so need to get our powers back from Brussells to establish some proper immigration laws which will actually propser the UK by favouring the immigrants who can actually bring something to the table, as it should be!

pawian   
29 Jun 2013
Off-Topic / Loading a photo of Poland from your mobile/cell phone takes 30 seconds, come on! [86]

I removed old plaster and put new one. I also moved the ceiling lamp top the right so that it won`t get in the way of the kid climbing up the bunk bed. I still need to remove the old paint with silly formations and finally make the surface smooth with gypsum plaster. Shyt! I don`t want to think about the drudgery before me.


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pawian   
29 Jun 2013
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

You get a point.

Thanks. It is a pleasure to work with you here. :):)
pawian   
29 Jun 2013
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

That is a piece of cake:

typing dzwon antoni chruściel costs 2 seconds

and here you are:
monter.przeworsk.com.pl/node/32

Final answer is: Museum of Warsaw Uprising, bell image in honour to Antoni Chruściel, commander in Warsaw Uprising.

Can I get a point????
pawian   
29 Jun 2013
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Hint: his name is Tony.

No need for it. I had already guessed the bell image presents one of the guys who started Warsaw Uprising. His beret gave it away, also depicted in my favourite rock clip about the Rising, at 2:37:


pawian   
29 Jun 2013
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

I am not forcing you, it is a choice you make.

It is a pleasant choice and joyful enforcement! Thanks for everything! :)

This should be an easy one for a History Buff like yourself

Ok, let`s use Sherlock Holmes` deduction method. What can we see on the bell? A guy`s head wearing a beret... below, the sign of Fighting Poland and Cross of Valour. Hmmm......
pawian   
29 Jun 2013
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Hey, Mr Professor Shawn, you force me to do a lot of googling! Aren`t you too demanding for our capabilities??? That is unfair.... ::):):)
pawian   
29 Jun 2013
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

They are a US Chain (with locations in Canada) of home improvement stores. They sponsor an Orange Car in Nasca

Yes, many in Poland but their name is Castorama, German origin. I bought this stuff there, at an outlet near me:


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pawian   
29 Jun 2013
News / Poland's future rulers meet in Katowice [5]

Somehow the Duckboy never mentions how he will finance his crazy ideas. Populism at its worst!

Exactly. I only hope that when PIS actually grabs power, they won`t fulfill their fanciest social/econimic promises because that would meant a disaster.
pawian   
29 Jun 2013
Travel / Photo tales from Krakow, Poland [10]

The old cults hold strong. Here, worshippers of the pagan god Swiatowit whose statue is located near Wawel Castle. What a shame, such cults in catholic Poland.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zbruch_Idol


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pawian   
29 Jun 2013
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Pawian, you are a man of many talents!

Zibi, please. I don`t know what to say. :):)

But yes, when it comes to do small repairs at home, I can manage. :):):)

Far too easy.

You are too intelligent. :):):)

Do they have Home Depot in your town?

What is that?
pawian   
29 Jun 2013
History / De-communisation in Poland? [38]

Ever hear of the SLD?

Officially, it is not a communist party but social democratic. While in Czechia ex communists are openly communist and they are elected.
pawian   
29 Jun 2013
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]

Point for you!

Yes! The ceiling which I attacked in the morning! And now it looks like this:


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pawian   
29 Jun 2013
History / De-communisation in Poland? [38]

Come on. Worst? Don`t you know that in the Czech Republic ex-reds have their own communist party which has been regulalry elected to the Parliament?
pawian   
29 Jun 2013
History / De-communisation in Poland? [38]

similar to the post-war de-Nazification in West Germany.

Come on, what are you talking about? De nazification was one giant scam. Come on, you perfectly know that many German criminals who participated in genocide in Poland were never brought to court for it but they were allowed to make careers.
pawian   
29 Jun 2013
UK, Ireland / Western Europe is not Paradise after all (Polish doctors in the UK more popular) [75]

Note: I am not a medical professional. Any advice given henceforth is my own opinion based on what I heard during a game of Chinese Whispers.

That is fair enough. Thanks for warning. :):)

You should not be taking your kid's medications for the following reasons:

Yes, but remember what I said?

There are many cases where traditional methods are useless or even harmful.

I am such a case. My wife also warned me of not using them on my own. Of course I did a few years ago, and what? The first usage of kids` drugs was a success! :):):)

Your child should have been prescribed a medication suitable for their particular circumstance in a quantity that ensures the ailment is treated effectively. Under utilization of the prescribed amount can lead to re-infection should the dosage administered be insufficient to kill the infection.

Yes, I am aware of it. That is why I take medicaments which are the most abundant at home. :):):)

The remaining amount of medication from your child's course of treatment may be of the wrong variety to effectively treat your particular ailment.

Well, I already know which ones help me best. Do you know Zinnat? :):):)

netdoctor.co.uk/infections/medicines/zinnat.html

Seek proper medical attention

After a series of contacts with doctors who weren`t able to treat my special case proiperly, I decided to be my own doctor. I save on time a lot in this way. :):)

not advice from internet fora for all ailments you need treatment for,

I checked foras only for following ailments:
-chronic sinusitis
-back problems (gym injury 9 years ago)

including erections that last for more than 6 hours.

I don`t need such a long erection. My erections are shorter but frequent, e.g., 2 times within an hour. Or 5 times per night. :):):) That is enough to make the best woman in the world happy. :):):)
pawian   
29 Jun 2013
UK, Ireland / Western Europe is not Paradise after all (Polish doctors in the UK more popular) [75]

Magda, for goodness sake, the guy went to the doctor whining for antibiotics with a COLD?
well antibiotics do NOT cure the cold!! you treat a cold by staying in, taking over the counter remedies.....

Sorry, you are wrong. There are many cases where traditional methods are useless or even harmful.

Whenever I catch a cold (once a year), I immediately turn to antibiotics that are left after treating my kids` infections.

Why? Each cold in my case quickly develops into acute sinusitis which, due to my facial bone structure ( deviated nasal septum), remains with me for even 3 months and, if not treated with antibiotics, leads to serious problems with my throat. Using antibiotics in the early phase often makes it successful to protect my throat. .
pawian   
29 Jun 2013
UK, Ireland / Western Europe is not Paradise after all (Polish doctors in the UK more popular) [75]

I always had very good experiences with the NHS

I have also had nothing but good experiences of the NHS,

Yes, nothing is only black or white.

But the fact that experiences of you both were OK doesn`t mean that other people`s were, too.

or he's lying

Why should the poster do it? I know you don`t read Daily Mail but are all the statements about practice of clandestine euthanasia in Britain false?

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2161869/Top-doctors-chilling-claim-The-NHS-kills-130-000-elderly-patients-year.html

NHS doctors are prematurely ending the lives of thousands of elderly hospital patients because they are difficult to manage or to free up beds, a senior consultant claimed yesterday. Professor Patrick Pullicino said doctors had turned the use of a controversial 'death pathway' into the equivalent of euthanasia of the elderly.

There are around 450,000 deaths in Britain each year of people who are in hospital or under NHS care. Around 29 per cent - 130,000 - are of patients who were on the LCP.

Professor Pullicino claimed that far too often elderly patients who could live longer are placed on the LCP and it had now become an 'assisted death pathway rather than a care pathway'.

He cited 'pressure on beds and difficulty with nursing confused or difficult-to-manage elderly patients' as factors.


Comments:

My Mother has just been put to death by St Ann's Hospice in Manchester. She went in for two weeks rest but they put her on Terminal Sedation without our permission. Terminal Sedation is different from Palliative Sedation in that they take away all the patients life saving drugs, in my Mum's case her heart tablets, and render them unable to eat or drink and therefore they die of starvation and dehydration. A syringe driver is used to administer the slow drip, drip of the drugs that is used to keep them sedated. These drugs cause brain damage and sometimes when my Mother regained conciousness she sounded as if she was mentally disabled. But, her instincts knew and she begged me to stop them from injecting her and violently pulled the syringe driver out of her arm!! This is not a dignified way to die. My family want me to let it go because it is too widespread but something needs to be done. Please do not let your loved one go through this treatment, it is not humane, it is cruel.

Comments:

After having witnessed elderly people die in NHS hospitals I very quickly came to the conclusion that there is an unwritten policy to let elderly patients to die rather than trying to look after them, after all its cheaper than wasting time and money trying to keep them alive.

If you want to live to a ripe old age, don't develop an illness/condition that means you end up in hospital, because if you do, you'll end up being killed off. Once again it becomes clear that the NHS is not concerned with caring for patients; NHS managers are motivated by money: the money they can save, whilst at the same time having their salaries increased. By the way, the govt. isn't all that bothered if the LCP leads to the deaths of more elderly people, as it saves it a lot of money that would have to been paid out in pensions. The UK: the only country, where euthanasia is state-sanctioned.


Of course, there are also supportive comments:
What was the quality of life the patient had for the extra 14 months? was it hell or was it really happy and pain free. There has to be more to it, than we can keep that person alive for 14 months. I am terminally ill, and I hope I don't bump into Professor Pullicino, because after suffering cancer for nearly 3 years, I don't want him trying to keep me alive for a few extra weeks, when I don't want to be in this world any longer.
pawian   
29 Jun 2013
UK, Ireland / Western Europe is not Paradise after all (Polish doctors in the UK more popular) [75]

I went to see a doctor about my throat infection and high temperature recently, she was Polish.

I must say that is the standard attitude of most doctors that we consult here in Poland with our or kids` problems. Out family GP is so caring that she sometimes seems obnoxious with that vivid interest of hers in making kids get better.

Other doctors just ask me what is wrong, sometimes briefly look in my mouth, then just say, go to bed, get plenty of rest, it should be better in about a week.

Doubly outrageous, I must say.

I was in hospital for 13 weeks and saw how badly some of the patients were treated, and how filthy it was. The old guy in the bed next to mine fell out of bed every few days and the nurses would just laugh and it would be hours before he was put back in. The whole thing was an eye-opener!

Oh my God. Is it possible?
But, I remember, In another thread someone mentioned there is clandestine euthanasia in British hospitals.
pawian   
29 Jun 2013
Travel / Just visited Poland - here is my random rant [154]

The worst are still the more 'recent' Commie buildings. They are just the most tasteless buildings ever. And there are still so many.

Here the case is simple - like it or leave it. :)

Considering how the Poles are lousy drivers, I'm afraid radars are highly needed. Overspeeding is so common here.

Lousy somehow contradicts overspeeding in my opinion. I would rather use bravado here.

Correct me if I am wrong. :)
pawian   
28 Jun 2013
Travel / Live cameras over Poland [21]

I looked at the site short time after you posted about the concert but I saw nothing - normal activity.

A few seaside views:

Dębki beach where we spend a week every year:
vod.tkchopin.pl/ttm/debki/

Kołobrzeg
kolobrzeg2.webcamera.pl

Gdynia beach , nice sunset
xc.pl/gdynialive/

Many more here:
kamerywpolsce.pl/kategorie-kamer/morze_baltyckie/
pawian   
27 Jun 2013
Travel / Only in Poland - about unique things and customs [9]

Merged: Unique Polish customs

This traditional dance with holy pictures goes back to Middle Ages. Performed only in the Kashubian region in northern Poland. Intriguing, I admit, but that has been their long standing tradition which they are proud of.

Really unusual.