Life / Is it me or do any guys in Poland not have shaved heads? [113]


I do not dye my hair, I like it, the light shimmers off it.

What was that T-shirt "I'm not bald, this is a solar panel for a sex machine"

Life / Is it me or do any guys in Poland not have shaved heads? [113]

I think there is a difference between skinheadz and men with skinheads.
Skinheadz used to be a gang or semi neonazis, or some punks would completely shave their heads.
Poland has a much higher rate of receding hairlines than in Ireland. But Poles do not go grey until very old in life (I started going grey very young).

It is fashion here, isn't there something about if you shave your hair it grows back thicker and stronger? I thought that might be a reason too.

Life / Is it me or do any guys in Poland not have shaved heads? [113]


Is that you?

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noimmigration, have you ever been to Poland?

Life / I'm British in Poland and I think that it's time to go back to the UK! [240]


No country is perfect and Poland is a great country and it is changing fast, perhaps not fast enough for some and perhaps even too fast for others.

I find Poland changing the same way Ireland did. I think if you stick it out here you can make a good living but I think more importantly it is the quality of life here that I like.


I really think it depends on which country the immigrants come from.
I think this is the wrong thread for this conversation.

News / Flood situation worsens in southern Poland [119]

I know, I live on a mountain and last year, during the flood I had to dig a trench/river because it was going directly into the building. But It seems I did a good enough job but anything could happen well we'll see

News / Flood situation worsens in southern Poland [119]

I am in Krakow and it is raining Cows and horses (the upgrade from cat and dogs) big storm.
it is like night time it is so dark
I am heading home later towards Zakopane. Last year was worse in my town than this year.
Time to build an Arch.

Life / I'm British in Poland and I think that it's time to go back to the UK! [240]


Yes Yes and Yes.
But I do not think corruption is the biggest problem here. I think it is because of disorganization. I kinda understand that the rules here change every hour and nobody ever knows which rules or in or out and therefore they ask for All documentation because if they stamp it they are responsible but for feck sake...

There are still lots of diamonds in the rough here and it just takes a good person to make them shine.

Life / I'm British in Poland and I think that it's time to go back to the UK! [240]


Great question, I would say yes and no.
I work in Niepolomice, I am building houses there and I have been to the town hal and met the Major of that town, well I have Never seen anything so nice as the town hall there, it is renovated and looks amazing, they boast that anyone can come in and they will help you "in your own language", the people working there are obviously happy and as a result are happy to help. The major is fantastic, he got voted best major in Poland a couple of months ago, he is easy to approach, helpful and considerate of "his people". so a big YES, he might go for major of Krakow but there seems to be political power struggles there (going a bit off topic?)

Then I must go t Weilcka, to their offices, it looks like a prison, the people are obviously unhappy and therefore unhelpful. I hate going there, I always get annoyed and frustrated.

The big one for me is Weilicka is one of the biggest tourist attractions in Poland, where does the money go? how come the town looks so underdeveloped?

Whilst Niepolomice was one of the poorest towns in Molopolska and with great leadership and a clever plan the place is now one of the richest. There are about 50 factories there including Man trucks, Cokeacola etc...

I could go on and on but I will send you all to sleep

Polonia / Are Polish people required to have tourist visa for Thailand? [32]

Sorry I do not know if there is a Polish community there, try your local Thai embassy or online.
Cambodia was a French colony so there is a big French influence there, snails and some architecture etc...
Yes it is very very cheap. It is also very very poor. Education is practically non existent. It is the most chaotic driving I have seen anywhere and I have been to many countries.

What the khmer rouge did gives a good insight to the Cambodian psyche, what I suppose I mean is that if it is just cheap you are looking for there are less traumatized countries.

But might I just add I enjoyed my time there very much, would I live there? Yes, I would but that is me and it all depends what you want out of life.

Life / I'm British in Poland and I think that it's time to go back to the UK! [240]


I think you are missing the point. I have worked in England and had to go to the office there to get my NI number and it took me 6 months to get a bank account open because of various reasons e.g. my name was not on any utility bill, in Ireland we do not have post codes so the computer system would not accept me and me just getting frustrated. And of course I speak English, so I can fill out the forms and talk to the people in the office. I have to do the same here and I do not expect anything to be in English here in Poland but the sh!t you have to go through here is ridiculous and does not seem to be changing. In London they have (had) those "one stop" places everywhere , where you can find info about most things. Here I go to one office and then to another and then to another then back to the first, although the offices here are not even as close to being as bad as another country in the E.U. it is still rubbish. I really would like to see a TV program hidden camera show about going to offices in excommunist countries, it is so maddening it is funny, provided of course you are watching someone else. It could be like the program "Usterka" that used to be on years ago,except for offices.

P.S. I much prefer living here in Poland than I did living in various parts of England.

Life / I'm British in Poland and I think that it's time to go back to the UK! [240]


Thanks Seanus.

Life / I'm British in Poland and I think that it's time to go back to the UK! [240]


I think you are the sheep to ask, I am an EU citizen, why would I want/need PESEL or residency? I seem to be doing everything I want without the PESEL.

I did start a thread and people said it was like NI, I have a NI number from when I worked in England, needed it for tax purposes, in offices I use my passport number and just to make life easier. And I really do not like being a number, mind numbing spirit crushing cog in the machine.

Life / I'm British in Poland and I think that it's time to go back to the UK! [240]


company number, i think.

Life / I'm British in Poland and I think that it's time to go back to the UK! [240]


???
I do not understand why the PESEL or the REGON numbers are usefull.
I have the REGON number and so far have not need/wanted the PESEL number, sure they ask for it but my passport number suffices.


Well the official language is "Po"l and then there is its other orientation "Polish", like greenish or twentyish. Of course I am joking and you are right, we are the EU and English id the language. That's a bit strong but I think it needs to be.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


I know this one, always wanted to go into it, just out side of Krakow, you know yourself, life is what happens while you are planning for other things (john lennon?)

Is that really the inside? i will have to go take a look now.

Life / I'm British in Poland and I think that it's time to go back to the UK! [240]


Sorry but that was funny and I do mean that only because it was not me.

I went to the tax office the other week and the girl asked me are "you a foreigner" and I said I was, she asked "have you always been a foreigner", I answered "No, not in my own country".

If you can't laugh you'd cry, I tell you.
One of the best things about Polish Forum is that I do not feel like the exception to every rule, thanks.

Life / I'm British in Poland and I think that it's time to go back to the UK! [240]

Hello dnz


I do not understand why you can not get an apartment or a house?. Renting a place is done through private people. Of course it depends, in Krakow the students take all available places and the best time to get a place is mid summer.

Of course I agree with what you are saying but I have lived further east in another "EU" country and it was a million times worse (if you can believe that) so for me coming to Poland was like a breath of fresh air, returning to the "west" and everything was in colour, I had to leave the other county or else I would have gone bananas, I hated it but in fairness to you, you do not sound like you hate it here (excluding the buearocracy).

I have not got a Pesel Number, my passport number always works. Why do you need a PESEL number?


If you do not mind me asking, what do you work at to get that wage? and are there any jobs going?


For real change, I think, that these people will see what is happening in other countries come back to Poland, expect the same, not get it and change it and probably make a killing (big money) changing it.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


Over the Wisła river?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


That looks like a visualisation i.e. not built yet?

Love / How to seduce Polish girls: Tips and advice [118]


Be polite, well mannered and gentlemanly.
Open doors for her, listen to her and charm her.
Complement her, wine her dine her and make her feel special.
Then when she is not looking bang over the head and drag her back to your cave.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


mass murders? naw just kidding picking berries?

Food / What's your favorite Polish beer? [870]


Lech is not nice, too watery. I like beer that tastes and Zubr tastes unique, I have never actually tasted a beer like it. The only thing I can compare it to is the smokey taste is Scottish Whisky but at six percent, I'd have to go in to training to drink the stuff ha ha ha.

Nice one for the tip.

Food / What's your favorite Polish beer? [870]

On my left, weighing in at 660ml, in Brown, At 6 % is "Zubr"
And on my right weighing in at 660ml, in Green, at 5.2% is Lech.
Ding Ding Ding, round one!

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I tell ya, the things I do in the name of science....

Food / What's your favorite Polish beer? [870]


Lovely, cheers for that!


Like the weather.

Food / What's your favorite Polish beer? [870]

Similar tradition to brewing as Poland? I don't know, it is one of the few things Lithuanians are proud of with just cause.
Which is better Zubr or Lech, never drank them, they always looked quer to me. I am going to do the taste challenge this evening

Food / What's your favorite Polish beer? [870]

Utena, Kanapolis, but it is probably Svyturys.
One thing about beer is only the first two matter, after that I can't taste anything anyway, ha ha ha

Food / What's your favorite Polish beer? [870]


Poodle stool, kinda, I mean you have German, Czech, Polish and Lithuanian are my fav bears.
Apart from Guinness in Ireland you basically get Miller budwiser and carlsberg, stella and a few others, in comparison to Polish beer, the fore mentioned are all carp.

You are dead right about the cleaning of the pipes, When I go into a bar I generally order what I see everyone else drinking, a nice fresh pint....hhmm friday evening is fast aprouching, this talk of beer is giving me ideas.

Food / What's your favorite Polish beer? [870]

Polish beer is great,
I used to think Czech beer was the best in the world but it has been a while since I have drunk the stuff. And I have never thought much of Asian beer, I mean it's alright, I thought it just taste good cause of the heat.

But isn't Vodka the Poles drink?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


Probably beside the baltic sea.... tri city?


It is a kind of dinosaur? Not a T rex and I can't remember any other carnivore's, so I will make a wild guess and say it is a in the feline family


Is this when Poland was under water a few hundred thousand years ago?and the reason why you have deserts so far in land here?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]


Karp are kept in baths so they are fresh for the dinner? as an offering to God? ha ha


pickled gherkins?


ha ha ha ha ha ha,