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Wedle   
5 Dec 2011
News / Polands new class of immigrant. [60]

What years were the first and second waves?

I would say
First wave 88-97
Second wave 98-07

Why the reference to 4-7K?? Is that a lesser off??

Lesser off than a previously acceptable expat salary.
Wedle   
5 Dec 2011
News / Polands new class of immigrant. [60]

Here to do what in a job sense?

Even the expats that are turning up now are on lower packages, competing with the local market. Read some of the posts on this board, can I survive on 4-7,000 PLN a month gross.These people are not being offered expat packages they are the lesser offs.
Wedle   
5 Dec 2011
News / Polands new class of immigrant. [60]

I don't think you can put Poles who moved to America became citizens, made some money and decided to move back to Poland in the same category as others.

Most of the Poles that made money came in the first and second wave, now it is mainly waifs and strays
Wedle   
5 Dec 2011
News / Polands new class of immigrant. [60]

Lesser off British and Irish

Lesser off than first and second wavers.

Are you joking?

No

Just think about that for a moment and see the folly in it!

I do not consider it folly it is fact. If you can't see it for yourself, either you are in a small community and not exposed to it or you are blind to it.
Wedle   
5 Dec 2011
News / Polands new class of immigrant. [60]

There have been quite a few threads about Poles in the Uk. I believe it is now time to discuss foreigners in Poland. In the last three years there have been a definite different representative of foreigner turning up to Poland in search of a new life. It would seem that the financial crisis has created the third wave of lesser immigrants/workers to Poland in search of opportunity they read about in the newspapers. The TWI (third wave immigrants) in Poland seem to made up of lesser off Brits and Irish, Pakistanis, Indians and Africans. We can also toss in the returning AmPols.

What are your observations and if you are a newbie, is Poland measuring up, is it as easy as your partner told you it would be?
Wedle   
4 Dec 2011
News / Couple Busted For Having Sex On Water Slide At Opoczno, Poland Amusement Park [30]

Security personnel at a amusement park in Opoczno, Poland, ejected two tourists earlier this week after they were caught joining the "water slide-high club" at the top of one of the attractions.

Facility cameras captured the incident, allowing park attendants to meet the naughty couple with buckets of cold water at the bottom of the slide.

"The women was filmed straddling her boyfriend and starting to make love before the pair shot down the bright blue tunnel, in what must have been a breach of the water park rules," Metro reports.

Officials with the park escorted the man and women straight from their "tunnel of love" to the park exit, without allowing them to retrieve their clothes, according to the Croatian Times.

"They were at it for a good five minutes before anyone realized what was going on," one lifeguard said, according to The Sun.

The photo of the couple is now circulating among European tabloids.
Wedle   
4 Dec 2011
Life / Winter in Poland? [160]

I'm from America and Im moving to Poland. Im worried about ...the winter.

Turn up at the end of March you won't have to worry about the weather.
Wedle   
4 Dec 2011
Life / The REAL Warsaw :-) Video clip. [43]

It looks like a rip-off to me. Anyone can call themselves Projekt Warszawiak on YouTube and post a song with no video. Interesting though. I'll monitor the situation ;-)

Magda, you are Warszawianka?
Wedle   
1 Dec 2011
Real Estate / Banks in Poland selling fewer mortgages in 2011, down 49% [285]

Poland has been taken to the European Court of Justice for failure to fully implement the EU directive on capital requirements and pay policy in financial institutions, and can face EUR 37,000 penalty per day of delay, the European Commission announced in a press statement.
Wedle   
1 Dec 2011
Real Estate / Banks in Poland selling fewer mortgages in 2011, down 49% [285]

According to "information", that banks have on 40% of the population? This is supposed to be accurate?

According to the world bank the population of Poland is 38.200.000.

40% = 15,280,000/ I Tril PLN average of 65,400 PLN per head, it is not a lot now is it.

My point is, "Poles have nearly zł.1 trillion in savings".

It is combined assets, NOT savings in cash.
Wedle   
30 Nov 2011
UK, Ireland / British Equivalents to Matura Results [30]

i think the IB program is limited to certain schools.

There are 8 or so schools in Warsaw that offer the IB program.
Wedle   
30 Nov 2011
UK, Ireland / British Equivalents to Matura Results [30]

[Moved from]: IB (International Baccalaureate) program vs Polish Matura

I would be interested to hear your opinions on the IB program over the Polish Matura or vice versa.
Wedle   
30 Nov 2011
Real Estate / Banks in Poland selling fewer mortgages in 2011, down 49% [285]

(Reuters) - The world's major central banks acted jointly on Wednesday to provide cheaper dollar funding to European banks facing a credit crunch as the euro zone's debt crisis drove EU ministers to urge more IMF help to avert financial disaster.

reuters.com/article/2011/11/30/us-eurozone-idUSTRE7AR0P320111130
Wedle   
30 Nov 2011
USA, Canada / International Marriage (Polish guy with an American girl). Polish citizenship for her? [11]

As a Polish passport holder, your American wife will be allowed to work in Poland once she has completed the paperwork required. I don't think it will allow her to work in any other EU state.

not sure what do you mean...

I am not American and can't speak with any authority on what I have not been involved in or experienced. So maybe someone else can provide you with the information about green card.
Wedle   
30 Nov 2011
USA, Canada / International Marriage (Polish guy with an American girl). Polish citizenship for her? [11]

For example it will be rather troublesome for my wife-to-be to access a working permit in Europe. Could she get a Polish citizenship once getting married to me (in order to have a EU passport)?

5 years of continued living in Poland - Yes

Could I also get a green card once married but living in Europe?

Any Americans out there?

Could our children, considering they would be born in the US get a Polish citizenship as well?

Yes, on the basis you are a Polish passport holder.

,

I find myself in a situation when in a few months I might be getting married to an American girl (I am Polish myself)

Sorry to have to mention this, if you have not made up your mind a couple of months before the wedding are you sure she is the one for you?
Wedle   
29 Nov 2011
Real Estate / Banks in Poland selling fewer mortgages in 2011, down 49% [285]

Reality today most people with money don't really have safe options how to invest it - people without money are basically in trouble

So based on your quote we are all doomed, rich or poor, there are asset classes out there that perform well during times of uncertainty. Hard/alternatives have always been used by the wealthy as a preservation of wealth during inflationary periods.

I'm not sure how/if this will ever clean up - while we may not repeat what happened in Japan - it really is impossible knowing what to do - while I feel apartment prices will drop, I do feel better being diversified (owning property and multiple currency savings and shares)

That is called diversification and is the basis of capital protection, so as I understand your portfolio consists of real estate, currencies and equities. I would not touch equities in any market. It is highly likely December 2011 to March 2012 will be a blood bath. Study the charts and fundamentals.

you better believe it, what else could cause it....

Milky is 100% correct, the money sent home by overseas workers to Poland was helping drive the economy, it was serious money in the region of billions of PLN per annum. I am sure Milky can dig out the figure to support his claim here.
Wedle   
28 Nov 2011
Food / Food hygiene in Poland [60]

This is a classic when it comes to hygiene.

youtube.com/watch?v=pTyxo5j4Hug
Wedle   
28 Nov 2011
Law / I am starting a new business life in Poland (coming from Sydney) [84]

Yes I am very well aware of the extreme weather conditions in Poland.

Zac, there is no such thing as bad weather,only the wrong clothing...

Good luck with the trip.

am really interested to see how people work and how businesses operate during the freezing months.

There is only one nation who are infatuated by the weather, one guess only?
Wedle   
28 Nov 2011
News / Poland please don't give up your hard won democracy to the EU. Or give up the zloty! [24]

I find it hard to believe you actually believe without EU Poland would be nowhere.

I fid it hard to believe you don't focus on the facts and understand the driving force behind Poland, you are a country of 36, million people, Poland is not a world leader, PL was in the midst of a rebuilding boom sponsored by EU funds, when when the financial crisis hit. You really think domestic consumption has saved Poland, please.
Wedle   
28 Nov 2011
Law / I am starting a new business life in Poland (coming from Sydney) [84]

Can you snap your fingers?

Is this joke A.K

Drunks are drunk so much that if you snap your fingers they will collapse

Drunks are people without a brain, they live in a life of oblivion.

And why they don't mug in May, June, July, August, September and October?

can you read?

April to November you can't go out for fear of being mugged by the drunks

Tongue in cheek old boy.
Wedle   
28 Nov 2011
Law / I am starting a new business life in Poland (coming from Sydney) [84]

firstly you don't want to live in a 40 sq unit in Poland, spending your lifetime picking your nose and sipping from a bottle of vodka asking yourself wtf am I doing here

Wielki pan, had a positive experience during his time in Poland. Whats your fav brand of Vodka W.P

Really?

All that time in London, Magdalena, you must have forgotten life in Poland. April to November you can't go out for fear of being mugged by the drunks, it is only December to March it is so cold the drunks move inside and occupy the stairwells, so you can make a dash from the 15th floor by lift and make a quick exit to Biedronka, Zac, if you want to get a real feel for things in Poland watch ' The walking dead' lol funny W.P
Wedle   
27 Nov 2011
News / Poland please don't give up your hard won democracy to the EU. Or give up the zloty! [24]

You need a history lesson too, I am talking about Poland 1989...

Foreign entity investing in domestic-market oriented and solely foreign owned business without any significiant transfer of technology/know-how (All the Tescos, Lidls, Unicredits, developers etc. fall under this category) -> NOT GOOD

Additionally, foreign investment in post-communist Poland played a major role in reinvigorating the economy. Six-thousand foreign firms were established in Poland after 1990, stimulating the economy and contributing to growing employment by increasing production and consumption (Jackson 2005, 30). The nation's success in attracting foreign investment and trade rested on several factors. Firstly, Poland enjoyed a close proximity to European markets that guaranteed steady demand for Polish products and increased the supply of foreign direct investment in the country. Of all post-communist Eastern European nations, Poland was the closest to Western Europe and consequently enjoyed the highest foreign capital inflows (Sachs 2005, 125). Additionally despite decades of communist mismanagement, Poland possessed a skilled workforce and developed infrastructure. Unlike many developing nations, the Polish population was educated, literate and experienced in industrial work. Poland also possessed functional, if run-down, roads, factories, and power infrastructure. All of these factors allowed Poland to attract the foreign trade and investment that allowed it to enter the global economic system and bring prosperity.
Wedle   
27 Nov 2011
Law / I am starting a new business life in Poland (coming from Sydney) [84]

Political correctness involves the translation of Marxism from economic terms into cultural terms. The premise underlying political correctness is that if the elite can change the language then they can change the way individuals act and thus change society. Political correctness has corrupted the news media, universities, business, Congress, politics, etc. Declaring that some thoughts and words are “correct” while others are not permits those who are among the correct thinkers to escape free competition of ideas by using threats, intimidation, and force against non-correct thinkers.

This infatuation with sensitivity has spread throughout the media and academia, leading to the creation of feel-good euphemisms which part with accuracy and unambiguity in the interest of feeling and sympathy. Unfortunately, these “linguistic smile buttons” simply camouflage reality rather than change it.