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pawian   
9 Jan 2013
Life / Polish vs British vs American - Clash of cultures [390]

Has this book been ever mentioned in the PF?

[i]Carp in the Bathtub, Throttled Buglers, and other Tales of an Englishman in Poland

Are you travelling to Poland, and wish to know more about the Poles you'll encounter? Are you fascinated by this country of forty million, rich in natural beauty, cultured, and famous for its people's wanderlust? Have you ever wondered what makes your Polish plumber or waitress or doctor over here tick? What book do you pick for background and insight? A superficial travel guide? A dry history book? No! You need the genre-busting Polska Dotty. Follow the hilarious exploits of a newly-wed English lad and Polish girl as they settle in Poland and encounter corrupt Polish police, counterfeit software sellers, and scammy private doctors.

Poland

An example of clash according to the author: Polish winters are deadly!

Indeed.

Stock Photo - Beautiful British countryside landscape in winter, Costwolds, England, UK

Traditional Polish winter:

Winter in Poland

Polish winter
pawian   
9 Jan 2013
Real Estate / Has the Poland real estate bubble popped? [12]

Help Requested: Has the polish real estate bubble popped?

Yes, and it is not the last word. They are predicting 10% drop this year.

Poland housing prices in 2013 will fall - so provides most of the experts involved in the real estate market. Some forecasts assume even a reduction in average prices by 10 percent . Despite this, the situation will be difficult not only for developers, but also for those who want to buy their own M. Because even though prices will continue to encourage customers , it is still not known when move announced by the government program for young apartment .
pawian   
9 Jan 2013
Feedback / Language used here - how come this forum is all in English? [78]

Given the predominance of trying to find a Polish girl, trying to find a Polish man, I'm in love with a Polish girl, Polish girl broke my heart, etc posts should'nt the moderators change the forum name?Any suggestions?
For example;"Polish Lonely Hearts Club"

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
pawian   
9 Jan 2013
Work / It's no work in Poland [20]

It's no work in Poland

Well, yes.
But they say it is going to improve later on. Unless Greece and Spain go bankrupt. And Israel nukes out Iran.

BTW. Are you employed already? How come there's so many uneployed people in Poland?

I noticed that people in Poland, especially in Krakow are highly calm and chilled out, I hardly ever see an entrepreneur soul here, its just like `Let the State do everything! for us`.... ~Can

Yes, but you don`t know about the reasons of this situation. Poland lost 25% of its elites during WW2, then the communist regime didn`t pamper the intelligentsia for over 40 years. And a few waves of emmigration of intelligent educated people took place then. .

Today, Poland abounds in clever people. But she is deprived of people who have a vision for innovation.
pawian   
9 Jan 2013
News / More drug-drivers than drink-drivers in Poland [7]

More drug-drivers than drink-drivers in Poland

The 2012 ratio - 5 drunk, 1 doped.

expresskaszubski.pl/express-na-sygnale/2012/10/kartuzy-pieciu-nie trzezwych-i-jeden-pod-wplywem-narkotykow

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pawian   
9 Jan 2013
Travel / New Years Eve in Warsaw (city sightseeing, restaurants) [21]

the food was low quality (mainly cold food - in winter?) etc

Really?

BUFET NA GORĄCO / MAIN COURSE BUFFER

£osoś w sosie cytrusowym / Salmon in lemon sauce
Polędwiczki z leśnymi grzybami / Pork loin with forest mushroom
Confit z kaczki z pieczonymi jabłkami / Duck confit with baked apples
Kurcze pieczone w plastrach w sosie kaparowym / Baked chicken with capar sauce

CIEP£E DODATKI / HOT SIDES
Pieczone ziemniaki z nutą truflową / Baked potatoes with trufle oil
Karmelizowane marchewki z szalotką / Caramelized carrots with shallots
Prażona kasza gryczana z duszoną cebulką / Roasted barley with braised onions

PO PÓ£NOCY / AFTER MIDNIGHT
Pikantna zupa myśliwska z wołowiną / Spicy hunters beef soup
pawian   
9 Jan 2013
Life / Polish vs British vs American - Clash of cultures [390]

Mr Biegański, thank you very much for the thorough elucidation of the issue.

I heard that in parts of America (particularly the South) some blacks will address others in the workplace as "Miss Kate" (even if she is married) or "Mr. Steve".

Interesting. Is it in any way connected with the style of addressing British noblemen with Sir and first name?

Why does Sir Henry loose two boots in London?
(A) The hotel staff conspires against him
(B) The hotel staff steals expensive footwear
(C) Mrs. Stapleton wanted to tip Henry off to her husband's scheme
(D) Stapleton needed the scent from an old boot to lure his hound

pawian   
8 Jan 2013
Life / Polish vs British vs American - Clash of cultures [390]

Jon, you misunderstood my intention. My primary clash focus was on using surnames by Brits and first names by Poles when formally addressing people. The title form doesn`t matter here, really.
pawian   
5 Jan 2013
Food / What made in Poland produce would you recommend [110]

For those who have some spare money , there is some Polish made luxury too

Oh, yes, indeed! I remember reading a few articles about Polish hit yachts.

business.inquirer.net/6893/smooth-sailing-for-made-in-poland-yachts

GDANSK - The contrast is as stark as it is improbable: a dazzling, brand-new super yacht glides across the harbour of the communist-era Gdansk Shipyard, the birthplace of new Poland but the epitome of industrial decay.

Sleek, sophisticated, luxurious and competitively priced Polish yachts are reinventing the country's all-but-defunct ship-building industry with a sporty capitalist edge.
[...]
In Poland, "we put more soul into our yachts - that's how I see it," he said.


Poland yacht

But Polish brands are almost unknown here anyway. May be $1.45bn is not enough. May be exported goods are non-Polish brands, like Opel/Ford/Chevrolet cars.

I mentioned apples before, one of fruit exported massively to Russia, but I didn`t know it is so immense:

Russia remains the main export market for Polish apples.
Poland, the biggest apple producer and exporter in the EU, has been giving preference to export apples to the Russian Federation for many years.
In the season 2011/12, Poland shipped to Russia almost 500,000 tonnes of apples that accounted for the share of 60% of the total export volume. At the same time, Polish exports to the EU countries were 8 times lower (67,000 tonnes).


If you have a coal mine under yuor house, you may want to get yourself a nice mining system from one of Polish producers of such stuff, e.g., Famur

Foreign sausage, compared to Polish one, is shyt.

Polish country or home-made sausage:
pawian   
5 Jan 2013
Food / What made in Poland produce would you recommend [110]

Exactly. I don`t buy cars too often, so it means I hardly ever buy German, French or British products. But it doesn`t mean they are not in the market.

PS. Sorry. A few years ago my wife bought a German pencil sharpener. We still use it.
pawian   
4 Jan 2013
Life / Heroes/heroines of Poland's pop culture [27]

what about Radamenes from "Siedem źyczeń/Seven wished"?

Sorry, it is too dark a figure to become a pop culture icon.

Poland's actor (priest):

Priest actor in Poland

Look at this

diably

Polish white trash

Birds pictures taken in Poland

Bocian_bialy

Jan Kiepura
pawian   
4 Jan 2013
Food / What made in Poland produce would you recommend [110]

Here in Russia it's hard to see something Polish (except old movies and books). May be some cosmetics? Not sure.

I heard about Polish-grown apples exported to Russia. But there are more things of course: retailpoland.com/120772/Polish-exports-to-Russia-up-407-in- January-February-2012.shtml

Polish companies exported goods to Russia worth $1.45bn (€1.09bn) in the first two months of 2012, 40.7% more than in the same period of 2011, according to Central Statistical Office (GUS). The majority of goods exported to Russia from Poland include machine and auto parts, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, hygienic products, chemical products, vehicles, machines, and foodstuffs.

Fortunately I have Polish rubber keyboard (MEDIA-TECH Polska Sp. z.o.o., Halinow, Poland), made in China though. It's horrible.

I imagine any rubber keyboard is horrible. :):):):)

There was ban 2005-2007 but now there's no restrictions

True.

Polish Juices are lovely, even the beetroot and apple variety

Aaah, yes, we forgot about them. Thanks. And indeed, beetroot juice is Polish specialty, both regular and fermented.

Regular by Hortex, Krakus.

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Fermented kvass by many local producers:

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But recently I stopped buying them after I mastered the technology of home kvass making.

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and beer obviously. I generally only drink Polish beer, interestingly enough lots of my old mates from my old pub here in the UK now drink Tyskie in the pub.

Wow. They must have seen the commercials of Tyskie set in UK:

Northern Ireland

Scotland

London, England
pawian   
4 Jan 2013
News / Highlights of passing year, in Poland (or elsewhere) which made hot discussions in PF [57]

"The Cuban concentration camp in Guantanamo" or "The American terror acts in September 2001? "

I like it.

Do you remember the hot discussion over the case of the drunk bishop? Polish bishop caught with 2,5 promille

Today he heard the verdict: suspended 6 months in prison, driving license revoked for 4 years and a fine of 2400 zlotys.

I think it is a fair sentence.

The bishoop said: I have been undergoing a crisis in my personal life. Let this case be a lesson for me.

tvnwarszawa.tvn24.pl/informacje,news,winny-pol-roku-w-zawieszeniu-dla-biskupa-piotra-j,74408.html

Warsaw court sentenced the Bishop Peter J. for six months in prison, suspended for two years and four years of driving disqualifications. This is the penalty for driving under the influence of alcohol and running into a lamp post. The Bishop also has pay a fine of amount of 2400 zł.

October 20, 57-year-old auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Warsaw lost control of his car and hit a lamp post at Wisłostrada. Testing for the content of alcohol in the body showed more than 2.5 per mille.

Two days later, the cleric issued a statement in which he admitted to driving a car under the influence of alcohol and let himself at the Pope disposal.

pawian   
3 Jan 2013
Work / Teaching jobs for Americans in Wroclaw? [54]

i had everything going for me and my confidence got me where I am, working at 2 schools, making 8000zl a month and saving up 40,000 zl since I've been here. So before writing useless discouraging nonsense and look in the mirror.

Only a person of outstanding personality traits could achieve such a success. Have you thought of writing a book: How to be successful in Poland?
pawian   
3 Jan 2013
News / Highlights of passing year, in Poland (or elsewhere) which made hot discussions in PF [57]

Back to topic.

Do you remember the priest whose knees children were licking at a camp? In December interview the priest accuses media of blowing the affair beyond any limits. He said that such rites had been a norm in his school for many years and students treated it as enjoyable fooling around. Only a perverted mind may notice sth improper in the photos depicting tha act of licking.

But he also declared the end of initiation rites in the school.

Father Kozyra: No more hazing

"I think the only perverted mind concludes from photos taken out of context that children licked knees of father director! - Says Fr. Marcin Kozyra, director of the Salesian school.

I heard: "Schoolgirls licked (!) the whipped cream from priest knees. Parents called us ". I was speechless ... What licking? Who are the parents? But parents knew of their children how hazing really looked like! I tried to explain, but I had the impression that journalists are not interested in the facts. I asked also not to be recorded. They made it using a hidden camera. At the end they said, "the material will be aired tonight."

fronda.pl/a/ks-kozyra-otrzesin-juz-nie-bedzie,24432.html
pawian   
2 Jan 2013
History / State People in early Poland? [10]

Location I'm thinking of is Podlachia.

The only thing that comes to my mind is that peasants in past Poland could belong to the king, church or landlord. If they belonged to king, they were called royal subjects. Not far from state people.
pawian   
2 Jan 2013
News / Highlights of passing year, in Poland (or elsewhere) which made hot discussions in PF [57]

Because it is correct to use it.

Don`t be silly. Evil journalists who hate Poland propagate the wrong phrase because it suits their agenda.

Try to find the phrase Austrian concentration campin Mauthausen, you won`t find it.

Or Norwegian concentration camp in Bardufoss or Grini.

Or French concentration camp in Natzweiler Struthofwhere 25.000 people perished.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natzweiler-Struthof

Actually, try to find any of the German Nazi camps listed below under the nationality of the geographical location

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nazi_concentration_camps

You won`t find any except Polish and Nazi German camps.
pawian   
2 Jan 2013
Food / What made in Poland produce would you recommend [110]

I think you are lavishing praise on me there, I doubt I made you chuckle quite as much,

No, you really deserved it, thanks for correction, sometimes strange amnesia comes over me. :):)
pawian   
2 Jan 2013
News / Failures of Poland and Tusk`s government [191]

Then the whole show starts all over again...

Cause life is an eternal stage.....

Sejm leaders from main parties are going to receive bonuses for the last year`s work. About 40.000 zlotys each. Together 245.000 zlotys. You can buy a small apartment in Warsaw with that money.

The decision to grant bonuses was taken by the Parliament Marshall who is a member of the ruling party.

It caused an outrage in the society which is already going through difficult times as the recession has hit Poland and caused high unemployment.

Shame!! Scandal!!

" Embarrassment ", "is shameful " - write on the Contact box 24 internet users . Sharp 's comments sparked an indication that Parliament Speaker Ewa Kopacz and Deputy Marshals awarded a total of 245,000 zł bonus for the previous year . " The government of Donald Tusk stabbed scoring an own goal " - feel outraged . There is no shortage , however, and those who defend politicians. " Parliament is a place of work" - recall.
pawian   
2 Jan 2013
News / Failures of Poland and Tusk`s government [191]

TheOther: This time it's different. Both Republicans and Democrats see an advantage in not coming to an agreement. First they raise the taxes and hurt the economy big time, then they lower the taxes again and look like the good guys. It's a political game; they don't care about what happens to the country and the world economy.

No, impossible. It is just a show.

Didn`t I say it was a show? :):):)