Love / My Polish wife doesn't want to move to the UK with me - what to do? [96]

At last resort: bribe her. Let her be a wifehouse while in UK with car at her disposal.

Food / 'de volaille' - I need the recipe for what sounds like devil eye?? [9]

^
de volaille ....chicken de volaille

News / What's the stupidest question asked about Poland? [414]


"Where is it?"

Life / Do Polish People steal a lot? [330]

I shall confess. The list:
tootpaste, several chocolate bars from a store, found wallet with cash and id but returned ID only - cash stolen, cash from cash register at work, food and other stuff from work, lost book from library didn't pay fine, rode bus with no ticket (still do from time to time), stole some cash from my mama's purse long time ago. Over all I've been clean for last years with exception of stealing from bus company in my town. Oh, and once I had asked an office clerk to triple the number of working hours on my card, she did it and I got paid three times as much as I shoold (LECH beer company btw)

That is a lot!!! :) OMG

Life / Poland's Environment, recycling [79]

I do save myself papper and plastic botles and have to carry them to special containers some 50 yards which is fine. My beer botles I'd leave outside garbage can and they are later picked up by some junkies who'd sell them later. I don't return bottles myself because they never welcome you well with the bottles. They'd say it's for "exchange only" ...Customer service sucks in Poland big way. I notice Poles don't save water. They'd wash dishes in running water, no soaking. It is happening especially in housholds where there is no individual meters. Still many simply think saving water or energy is a sympthom of poverty. They can afford it.

Some pics from Warsaw:

fz.eco.pl/?a=odpady-067

Life / Favourite Polish movies? [107]

My favourites:
Poszukiwany, poszukiwana
Popiol i diament
Potop
Pan Wolodyjowski
Seksmisja
Kingsajz
Out of recent ones I liked "Jasminum" (with Gajos ) and "Pogoda na jutro" (very funny! with Stuhr)


I happen to have english subtitles file for it, if that is what you need, let me know.

Language / Polish or any Slavic language key to any other Slavic languages? [126]

Good one, Miranda! u made me laugh.

Language / Polish or any Slavic language key to any other Slavic languages? [126]

A true story.
Two Poles were riding a taxi cab in Prague and one was loudly complaining about how expensive Prague supposedly was, how horrible was the local bear and so on. At one point one Pole said: "and their language! it sounds just childlish!"

Hearing this was enough for the local cab driver who stoped the car suddenly and turned toward two Polaks saying: "A wasz je lepsi?" (And yours [language] is better?)

"A WASZ JE LEPSI" sounds to Poles really funny as if proving that czech language IS in fact childlish (in sense of a child trying to speak properly but making funny pronanciation mistakes)

And of course there is well known "Szukac, szukalem, szukalam, szukacie" which is polish for "looking for" and czech for that popular f. word.

Genealogy / Is tallness common among Polish people? [201]

haha Perhaps they are cheap, so true. Unfortunately I'm hearing they are getting more chauvinists like English these days which is sad.

Genealogy / Is tallness common among Polish people? [201]

It's totally misplaced question. The proper one, suitable one should be: WHY ARE POLES Soooo SHORT???
To answer your question though: Poles are on avarege shorter then the Duch or Scandinavians or Germans (who IMO have large mumber of trully tall folks).

News / Polish Immigrants Leave America for Europe [210]

What I didn't like in US was HOUSING. I always had a choice to live in a rat hole and still pay 1/3 of my income for it or spend half of my monthly money for more decent conditions (not to mention humiliating and never working roommate situations) ....

News / Polish Immigrants Leave America for Europe [210]

...cough... cough ...I am a living proof. I Left US several years ago and have never regreted the move.

Life / ways to block someone on gadu gadu [20]

Yesterday you asked for ways to ADD contacts so I thought I'd give you alternative but hey good luck!

Genealogy / Michal Kreczak born in Kropiwinica - looking for survivor of Polish Air Force [13]

You may try government organization dealing with veterans affairs.
info@udskior.gov.pl

Their website in polish:
udskior.gov.pl

Life / ways to block someone on gadu gadu [20]

Have you heard of Miranda IM messenger? It has conectivity to gadu gadu numbers and all the feautures are actually in english.

Off-Topic / An English Version of Gadu-Gadu? [105]

I am on TLEN which is antother type of messenger but compatible with GG network, so I can contact and be contacted by GG folks.

Off-Topic / An English Version of Gadu-Gadu? [105]

To find him you'd need his GG number or his nickname or his real name. You could also have all GG members listed acording to their location I think. OR ...you may spam everybody throughout GG network with your message...just send over 2.5 million messages.

Life / Do Polish People steal a lot? [330]

Now mark your 2x4s with Polonium.

Language / Polish/Ukrainian words similarities [209]


yup and in polish we have only one word for both "tongue" and "language"

Language / Polish/Ukrainian words similarities [209]

Ukrainian and Russian are closer.
Polish is closer to Russian but some people may argue here I think. In Ukrainian quite many words are identical with polish ones....
To me Russian is more understandable then Ukrainian but that again maybe due to me having rather more exposure to Russian language.

UK, Ireland / Polish immigration in UK [491]

Unless they are reported earlier for their unusual breed and competitive nature.

UK, Ireland / Polish immigration in UK [491]

Wait for the North Koreans to get their passports! - the only hope for UK

UK, Ireland / Polish immigration in UK [491]

Hell yeah! and less dog **** over here!

UK, Ireland / Polish immigration in UK [491]

I'm reading in Gazeta Wyborcza that 721 polish dogs and 146 cats imigrated to UK this year so far - legally, with passports and chips! - just sharing!


serwisy.gazeta

Law / Form of Polish Driving Licence [14]

1. Nazwisko
2. Imię/imiona
3. data i miejsce urodzenia
4a data wydania prawa jazdy - date of issue
4b. ważność prawa jazdy - validity date
4c. organ wydający prawo jazdy - who issued DL
5. numer prawa jazdy - DL number
7. podpis właściciela
9. kategoria/kategorie prawa jazdy
tył - back side
9. kategorie
10. data wydania kategorii
11. data ważności kategorii
12. zastrzeżenia (numer)
13. ograniczenia

From: pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prawo_jazdy

Law / Form of Polish Driving Licence [14]

Any driver can check his/her record at your local police station with some prove of identity. I'm not sure you can check someone else record.

There is a point system and the ultimate maximum is 24 points (20pts for younger drivers). For having no seatbelts on there is just 3 points penalty that goes onto your record. Police cars have access to database as well, if not they do make a call to check you out.

UK, Ireland / Polish immigration in UK [491]

Going to UK with kids doesn't necessery mean they are to stay there forever. Thay are maybe - hadrd to believe? - good parents who go abroad to save some hard cash and plan to go back home and build themselves a palace (typical) lol Can you imagin parents leaving kids in Poland just to satisfy their greed? That would be socially unaceptable.

UK, Ireland / Polish immigration in UK [491]

It could be really better for those still living with their parents in some crowded conditions.

Life / Thoughts on Music in Poland [132]

:)
Back to clasics:
youtube.com/watch?v=aHV6qbYSQpY

Life / Thoughts on Music in Poland [132]


youtube.com/watch?v=KR-gCFevwso