Life / bicycle feasibility in Warsaw [11]


this is sadly true - I used to go to work in and around London on a bike (even some 15 one way) - I don't think I would be doing it in a Polish city

Travel / Things to see along eastern Poland by bicycle [42]


I think it is worthwhile to go to Białowieża (Puszcza Białowieska - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bia%C5%82owie%C5%BCa_Forest

(not far from Białystok) - then there is góra Grabarka - a specific place - a target of Orthodox christian pilgrimage -

you can consider visiting horse breeding station in Janowiec Podlaski south of Bug river
janow.arabians.pl/en - it looks like a nice place -
pl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plik:Jan%C3%B3w_Podlaski-stajnia_zegarowa.jpg&filetimestamp=20100212134742

I am not sure what is the best route from Janów further south to Lublin (in terms of touristic values) - but if you are in Lublin area I think you could consider paying a visit to Zamość with its historic old town - also close to Lublin lies the site of the former concentration camp Majdanek which is a museum now (I am not saying you have to visit the place) -

there are also some nice places to visit in Roztocze area south of Lublin (mostly natural beauty places)

Travel / Hotel / Hostel in Wroclaw in the city centre - any recomendations? [13]


is pretty much like prices in small hotels in Britain IIRC


I'm pretty sure there is a pedestrian bridge over Odra not far from there

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


from what I can gather this is actually illegal - not that I think it is good to have such things illegal

News / RHD cars in Poland - my campaign to change the rules in Poland [128]


I must have had similar facial expression when I saw a car on English plates on an autobahn close to Poland and the passenger in the front seat was reading what looked like a newspaper (perhaps it was a map however) - the impression was even more distracting as we were overtaking them


the passenger should have a bit experience in such judging if you don't want to end up in a head-on collission

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]

assume for a moment the thing about the Jews was true - is it wise to reject it as fact because it does not fit you world view (maybe your world view tells you Jews are generally nice toward non-Jews because people in general are nice towards other people - which if you look around is not that very true)

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


yes? so why are they selling American style food? why Polish food chains are not that common though they the food is better and the prices are reasonable (ever been to Chłopskie Jadło?)

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


I wonder what you are gonna say in say some 6 years when the country collapses economically and people no longer have money to pay you for your services - and it's gonna collapse unless you cut off those many leeches that feed on it (leeches of various kinds) - i was not aware of that but read recently (and seen on some history channel too) (I am not 100 per cent sure if it is true but can imagine it is) that after the hyperinflation in Germany Jews (because they were connected to official spheres) owned 80 per cent of German property - would you like to wake up in a similar situation? - do you think all people are decent enough to let those around at least live a life?

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


no Jarek can damage any conspiracy on his own

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


yes nothing is free anymore - everybody will try to rip you off instead (including the state if not mostly the state) - where's the balance?

(what is more - they will actively seek to establish a situation where their are priviledged (like limiting access to a profession - see law) to rip you off even more)


perhaps that's why bigger crooks (among them the country officials) are roaming here freely too -don't you think
- btw delphi most taxes paid by Poles are paid automatically (VAT, energy tax in fuel - otherwise this country would have collapsed some 5 years after it has been established


is there anything particularly beautiful (to me it is just a mess) or interesting in that picture - the only thing that is perhaps interesting is that a country with a nice cuisine needs to import food chains from America - this is how the energy of the best of the nation has been drained (could you perhaps imagine Polish food chains selling mostly Polish stuff

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


Gazeta Wyborcza only quoted two subsequent verdicts of National Administrative Court - do you stand at a position that the NSA was also wrong and is hardly an authority in the matters involved???

btw these are Kluska's ideas about free market and enterpreunership and the situation of business in Poland

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


as I have stated - what do you call a law that favours foreign suppliers of computer equipment for public institutions over home-based ones - Optimus was the biggest supplier of computers for the inland markets in Poland back in the 90's - don't you expects some bribes were involved - Kluska found a loophole in the law - still some interests were so offended a range of Polish state institutions attacked him with overwhelming force and eventually it transpired they had no legal base for that

if anyone there was a crook it was the politicians who passed such an idiotic law and possibly took advantage of it taking some big bribes - or you know some better use of your Occham's razor for the case Antek

btw Janusz Korwin-Mikke also admired Kluska and backed him fully in the times of Optimus hardships

again Antek read the Polish wikipedia entry on Kluska -
read more about the guy too - like for example his early career during the late commie times (when he turned an inefficient rapair yards of Kraków public transport into a prosperous thing - and why he was in trouble because of that)

I think Kluska simply was not too keen to pay bribes - and the 'state' turned on him

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]

do you think Gazeta Wyborcza lies?

Law / Business ideas when I'll get back to Poland [8]

lend me a million - I will magically transmute all the zeros involved into the same amount of nines in an account in the Channel Islands :P and I will give you the 1 back - you lost nothing I earned 999 999 - that's what I call the future of economy :)

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


because of idiotic laws (that favoured foreign businesses)

read the article below:

36 million zł compensation for spoiling the reputation of the company wants from the Tax Office known Polish manufacturer of computers. Has already taken a decision to transfer the seat of Nowy Sacz to Warsaw.

Not only establishment. - With Nowy Sacz also derive the assembly of computers, although there is no decision yet , what will be the target location - says Piotr Lewandowski , spokesman and director of strategy and business development Optimus ...

btw the reexport was not fake - the computers traveled all the way to Słowacja and back

so was he a crook or the politicians who favoured foreign suppliers of computers for Polish schools (wonder how high the bribes were at the ministry level) - btw the charges were dropped as shown in the article

Work / Chemistry jobs in Poland? [10]

Polish chemical companies hire Polish chemistry graduates - I presume your knowlegde of Polish is not enough to seek for a position in the industry using Polish internet - if so it is equally not enough to find yourself such a position - I am not trying to be hard on you - btw if you applied for a job in chemistry in France they would require you to have a good command of French

Language / Dzwoniono / Czytano [22]


I do find English direct object a very good approximant of Polish 'dopełnienie bliższe'

ufam tobie - I trust you

kieruję firmą - I run a firm kieruję wozem - I steer a cart/waggon

no prepositions

Language / Dzwoniono / Czytano [22]

I don't think so - write the sentence in English and you will need a preposition (with his fingers) - I guess the 'direct object' in terms of Polish language needs to be in accusative (palcami is instrumental) or genetive (szukać, słuchać)

Polish wikipedia on 'dopełnienie bliższe' (more or less direct object)
pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dope%C5%82nienie_bli%C5%BCsze

Language / Dzwoniono / Czytano [22]


transitive verb is one that can have a 'direct object' ;) dzwonić can't have one ;)

'direct object' in English is the object that binds with a verb without a preposition ;)

i'm pretty sure it is much different in Hungarian ;)

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


I don't know if you ever stumbled across a statement like that 'All is One' - let's apply the O'razor here - if actually all things can be one (and by the basic imagination they can) then according to the Razor rule they must be The One - if you disagree then perhaps somethings wrong with the Razor's rule or it is simply another doctrine (btw did atoms, particles spin and the like appeared to 16th century people as possible in the terms of Ockham's razor)

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


TPSA can contribute to the state treasury in two possible ways - through taxes and through the dividend - I don't know the actual state of affairs (and I am not interested that much to investigate it) but keeping shares in a company makes sense (for the treasury) if there is some good dividend paid (and actually if we have influece on the amount of the dividend (I don't know if Polish state does but from what you write it does) it is good to keep it (but hey where the hell is liberalism)

now consider that Polish state gets rid of all the shares it has in the TPSA - it loses the dividend surely - but suddenly too it may appear that the tax collected from the company drops (for some book-keeping tricks - let's assume the income is "transferred abroad")

but still - where the hell is liberalism - or why keeping to the letter of liberalism may not always be the best thing (as to the letter of any doctrine - 'everything should be in private hands' is a doctrine)

that the positions in the Boards of Directors of companies like TPSA are political 'booties' is a different matter but still can be solved not only by the state getting rid of its shares


don't you think they are hmm ripping the population off - and what about their income - are they investing it back in Polish economy or rather pumping it out to help their 'troubled' main branches - btw I'm pretty curious what is the typical credit rate in Western Europe as compared to Poland (find me a bank that will give you credit for less than 15 per cent)

Life / Why are Poles in other countries called "Plastic Poles"? [168]

because Poland was once a great place for the kids - no commercials (pressure), little income disparities, no jobless parents, loving grandmas and good food - I can't tell if it is still a great place for kids

Love / Polish dating tips [40]

don't get too romantic on the first date ;)

well, I am joking a bit

go to a nice cukiernia that also serves tea and coffee - she may want to stay in or you can have a 'takeaway' cake (don't go for ordinary buns ask her what is the best thing) - you can then have a sit on a bank on a Vistula bank ;) and have a conversation - eating helps communication ;)

(you can have icecreams instead of bakery but don't go for plain icecreams)

these are just my perceptions and suggestions - think it over on your own - you can still come up with much better ideas yourself

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]

it's just common sense concerning the banks - btw look at what is the difference btw saving and credit percantage - seems like they are making a decent money don't they?

as for the TPSA case - hmm - ask yourself what is the reason Skarb Państwa (the Treasury) is keeping its shares in the company - is it because we could lose most of the income (for some European book keeping tricks) or is it just the case that the families of politicians need a well-paid jobs in their Boards of Directors (actually both can be true at the same time)

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


ask yourself if TPSA pays dividend and how much Polish state earns off the TPSA from the dividend and from taxes - and think where the most earning of Banks head to?

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


actually, it should be me to ask you these questions - TVN has its roots in Polish communist intelligence services engaging in business, it can be pretty similar with Solorz (you perhaps can remember the so called 'przedsiębiorstwa polonijne' - these were thoroughly infiltrated by the services

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


on one hand you praise capitalists and on the other you insist they all need to mess with things so that they can earn serious money - isn't it self-contradicting


if he engaged in the politics on the PO side would you have doubts about his motivations???

btw if you were harmed by parts of the system acting in a coordinated manner with little legal base would you not try to influece the state of the things? - was Mr Kluska starting his own mafia or trying to push for some open pro-enterpreunership policies?

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]


did I say private enteurpreunership is obsolete? I said:



how come? please do explain


do you suggest that he must have misused the system somehow?


how do you know these things so well - you're not Polish AFAIK?

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]

Monia - btw what would you call Mr Misiak and his famed bill - Mr Misiak is a senator (ex PO) - have you heard of what happened to the shipyard property btw? - or can you explain why investigation against people like Henryk Stokłosa have been slowed down (until he finally got elected a senator in the by-election) - btw Mr Stokłosa was wanted in the times of PiS government - after PO came to power the legal institutions suddenly became much more lenient towards people like Henryk Stokłosa


jumacz from jumać - a thief (colloquialism stemming from criminal spheres)

still I wouldn't call white collar thiefs a jumacz - jumanie is rather an act of physical theft

Life / Who is poor in Poland? [720]

Monia, I know your time is precious, but please read the Polish wikipedia entry on Mr Kluska (which is not that big read after all) - Roman Kluska is no crook -

pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Kluska

btw I have heard a joke on TV recently - 'Poland is the only country in the world where you need to give 2 million in bribes to earn your first million'