Travel / Watch out for airport personnel stealing stuff on regional Polish airports. [64]


Yet we have an airport known as "Thiefrow" ;)

Travel / Watch out for airport personnel stealing stuff on regional Polish airports. [64]


If you don't have locked luggage or insurance then you have only yourself to blame. Security at Polish airports is no worse than in many other countries.

Funny how it's always trolling guests who complain about Polish airports/airlines etc. I don't have much reason to complain (well, not since the Etiuda terminal closed anyway, haha).

Work / Turkish bachelor student wants to study and live in Poland [22]


Ha :) It never ceases to amaze me just how many non-Europeans seem to have suddenly developed an "interest" in Poland and its culture recently, and therefore wish to "study" there :)

These guys remind me of all those Indians on UK Border Force/Dog Squad, etc. They come to the UK as "students", planning to study at fake colleges, and think that they can fool the UKBA by stating that they are here to study for a diploma in "Business Work" :D

The game is usually up when they try to convince the immigration officer that you can get to London Bridge from Hounslow on the Piccadilly line, with no change of trains :)

Now that the UK is getting harder to get into, they think they can try and get away with it in Poland instead!


It always seems to be "business management" (or similar) for some reason, doesn't it? What does that mean exactly, anyway? How to run a kebab shop or a grocer?? lol

Language / Does 'Pimsleur Method' work? [4]

I've used it for Cantonese, mainly because I knew I wouldn't need to learn much, so there was no point in trying to learn to read and write the language (although I know what a few words like 香港 mean when I see them, lol).

In some ways, it's the most "natural" way of learning a language, as we learn our first language like this - we learn to speak before we can read or write the words.

However, I usually prefer to read and write what I'm learning to speak, so I wouldn't use it for European languages, but that's just a personal preference.

Love / help needed to warn off troublesome pole [25]

This isn't a Polish issue, it's an "insecure weirdo stalker" issue, so you know what to do. It's nothing to do with "Polishness" - change "Polish" for any race/nationality/ethnicity, and you could get the same.

Besides, why on earth has your son still got her number, three years on?

If you've got Polish lodgers, then you don't need advice from "Polish" (I use the term advisedly) forum. Guests often post this type of thread on here, to hide an anti-Polish subtext, so you may understand why some of us may suspect your motives.

UK, Ireland / My dream about UK. Please help. [86]


It's only a few days since I bought a tub of ice cream in London, and it only cost £1.99. You probably go in pubs where it's £7.00 a pint as well. They really saw you coming didn't they? I bet you bought a "Camden Town" T-shirt as well :p

UK, Ireland / My dream about UK. Please help. [86]

Wow, that was quick! Hope it's what you're looking for :) The right side of the river as well, bonus ;)

Life / You are Polish if... [433]


pmsl :)

"a dog's knocking", hadn't thought of that one before, lol :)

Life / You are Polish if... [433]


You drive past an Etap Hotel and you think it says Ełap Hotel :)

You walk past a butcher's and you see "Pork Pies" in the window, and you think "WTF is a pork dog?? " :)

Language / Dwa vs. dwie in Polish [85]

You can laugh at Polish grammar etc. all you like, but at least Polish will never have a "It's spelled Raymond Luxury-Yacht, but it's pronounced 'Throatwobbler Mangrove' " situation, haha :)

UK, Ireland / My dream about UK. Please help. [86]


It's an old-fashioned word which no-one uses in English, except when they use the phrase "damsel in distress" - a bit like in Polish, where no-one really uses the word "niewiasta" except at church, lol.

It means "panienka w niebezpieczeństwie" (czyli "kobieta potrzebująca pomocy") in Polish, and it's a mild insult, as it implies that the woman is weak and helpless, and needs a man to rescue her.


Good news. :)


As you should be. Ignore the people who criticise; the internet is full of people who complain/criticise, but it's usually because they have no ambition themselves.

However...


... this is still good advice, because one has to be practical ;)

UK, Ireland / My dream about UK. Please help. [86]

@Meathead
Good advice. It's clear that you're capable of far more than just nanny work, so use it as a step towards something better (e.g. teaching).

UK, Ireland / My dream about UK. Please help. [86]


It's better to have a dream, than to have no ambition at all.


There is such a magazine?? Mind you, I didn't know there was a magazine called "Chicken Week" until I watched HIGNFY haha :)


Back to reality, then:

nannyservice.co.uk
gumtree.com/babysitting-nannies-jobs/london
nannyjob.co.uk/jobsearch.aspx?region=1

UK, Ireland / My dream about UK. Please help. [86]

And the list of noreenb lovers gets longer and longer... haha :) Przyjezdzaj do Anglii i już! lol :)

UK, Ireland / My dream about UK. Please help. [86]

:D

I'm surprised that this thread hasn't been swamped by the usual non-European "guest" types, with their predictable "I offer Polish woman job/room/marrieds" messages, complete with mobile phone numbers and Hotmail addresses... ;)


Never trust a man in a skirt who fries Mars bars ;)

UK, Ireland / My dream about UK. Please help. [86]


No, don't. Seriously, don't. Been there, done that, regretted it, etc.


You can become financially trapped anywhere, and I know this from bitter experience. It's better to be where the work is. And, let's face it, that's generally within the M25. Sad but true.


Not necessarily. My disposable income has always been way higher in London, and that's what really counts, not the outgoings.

UK, Ireland / My dream about UK. Please help. [86]

Hehe :)

I like this :-)

UK, Ireland / My dream about UK. Please help. [86]

Aww... noreenb's coming to the UK :D You were always one of the (few) nice people on here. There's always plenty of room for intelligent, educated Polish women here in London - it's not as easy to find work as it was a few years ago, but it's still much easier than everywhere else. Go for it, or you'll regret it when you get old haha! I can't help, as I know nothing about au pairs or teachers (unfortunately, I know a bit too much about a few people from Bydgoszcz lol, but that's off-topic haha :) ), but good luck anyway ;)

UK, Ireland / Why Manchester rules over Warsaw :) [65]


We're used to it :) I wouldn't want to deal with 40 degree summers like they have in Wrocław either :)

And it's the climate which helped make Manchester wealthy in the first place, so don't knock it ;)

Oh, I've just thought of a couple more to add to the list:

18. Piccadilly Station just totally rules over Warszawa Centralna (but then, where doesn't? lol). And I didn't even mention Warszawa Zachodnia, did I. That would be cruel, even for me :D

19. We've got loads of branches of TK MAXX, so we can wear designer clothes at half price, which makes us look classy; while you have to dress in chavvy fake market clothes at normal prices, which makes you look Polish :p

Life / Foreigners in Poland and what they think of us [54]


Are you referring to people who aren't from Poland, but are of Polish origin (like me), or people who aren't?

If it's the former, I totally disagree - there's plenty of places (in Europe, at least) where Polish is useful. I've found it an incredibly useful language, and if I had children, there is absolutely no doubt that they would be taught to speak Polish, whether my partner was Polish or not (hopefully not, lol :D ).

If, however, you meant the latter, then I totally agree - particularly if you're planning on moving there or to go on holiday there, and like to do as I do when going abroad (learn a language out of respect/curiosity, etc).

UK, Ireland / Why Manchester rules over Warsaw :) [65]

Don't worry, we're talking about the real Manchester, not the one in TX ;)

UK, Ireland / Why Manchester rules over Warsaw :) [65]

You must be joking!! ;)

But they were very popular at one time, and used to get played everywhere; so it was a little hard to avoid. :)

UK, Ireland / Why Manchester rules over Warsaw :) [65]


Good choices. I'm still struggling to see everything worth seeing round here, and I've lived here a while now. There's simply not enough weekends in a year! :)


True.

Simply Red are pants and Mick Hucknall's a t***, but at least he can sing.

Virtually no Manchester bands glorify gun/knife crime, or encourage the burning of gays - unlike a lot of London's MC "talent" these days.


The Japanese are a little strange though, so who knows what they would like? I wouldn't have a clue!

But they do seem to like walking around with cameras, and there's plenty to photograph round here - I always take my camera with me on days with nice weather, and there's enough to keep me going for a long time yet :)

UK, Ireland / Why Manchester rules over Warsaw :) [65]

Should have taken them to Afflecks and the big wheel or something instead, haha :)

Love / Are there Polish women who date black guys? [281]


They edit perfectly good thread titles, but can't be bothered editing ungrammatical ones.

"Is there Polish women that date black guys?" indeed :D

UK, Ireland / Why Manchester rules over Warsaw :) [65]


Some of us are though :)

But you could say the same about several Polish cities, really. Why go to Gdansk unless you like Hanseatic architecture? ;)

Love / Are there Polish women who date black guys? [281]


pof.com - lol :)

Love / Are there Polish women who date black guys? [281]


Doesn't look like he managed to "impose control" after all, does it! haha! :D

Love / Are there Polish women who date black guys? [281]


lol, someone like that posted here recently, didn't they :D

Even Cheryl Cole has proved that "once you've had black, you never go back" just isn't true!
haha! :D

Love / Are there Polish women who date black guys? [281]


Have you really never met any women who say things like "I only date black/white, etc men"? It's not only white men who tend to prefer their own race, believe it or not! ;)


Or maybe they do?

Just because you prefer one race, doesn't mean you hate the rest. Even those who like to "mix and match" a bit often go back to their own kind eventually.

I used to know a girl who spent a very long time ONLY going out with black Africans - but when she decided to have children, she found herself a white man instead. I must admit I was very surprised! I'm sure that some of us have a few theories about why that may be, but I'm not in the mood.