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convex   
15 Feb 2010
News / Poland: In Top First 15 Countries in the WORLD by the number of CRIMES [286]

Because they couldnt make it in Poland, UK was the place to be at the time still is for many.

UK was the place to be because of higher wages. Instead of staying here in Poland and being a teacher for 1800 a month, you could go to the UK and can fish for three times that.

No its becasue they didnt have the opportunity in Poland, also the entry levels - the UK and Ireland didnt impose restrictions all the others did. Once Poland joined the EU in they flooded.

Again, there weren't floods of Poles into Sweden and Finland, the jobs just didn't pay as well.

Germany had restrictions, other wise they would have gone there, because they couldnt make it in Poland.

Germany issued half a million work permits last year. They're not shy about it...BUT, wages are lower in Germany than in the UK...

No, it was a viable alternative to living in poverty in Poland. You think 1,000,000 + just went for more cash? they went becasue they had no option..... Im getting tired of this please provide other examples of countries citizens emmigrating by the millions in order for work. You still thinking Americans in bahrain????

Uh, Italians in Germany, Greeks in Germany, Spanish in France, Turks in Germany, Canadians in the US....

Wrong again thats reality, of course there will be some that make it, but the majority do not.

Why don't they make it? Because they couldn't go to university? Because they couldn't study something useful?

Ahh ha so youre admitting it. Give it up dude, you aint going to win this one.

Of course they do but the point is even if they didnt they can live quite well without financial issues, in Poland thats not the case.

So youre basically admitting defeat, good about bloody time. Thats the sound of innevitability, (Agent Smith - Matrix).

No, you seem to confusing "getting easier" with impossible. It's getting easier for people who studied worthless subjects to get jobs paying a comfortable wage. Here, you need to move to where the jobs are, it's still a pain to commute. In the UK, you have the option of living a hundred miles from where you work because you have the infrastructure available to get from point a to point b in a timely manner.

Convex argues well but he is wide of the mark with the above, unless he has some stronger arguments up his sleeve.

What stronger argument is needed? People can live comfortably here, it's not easy, but it's an option, it's not fate. It's more difficult than in the UK, Germany, France, Scandinavia, but it is possible. I'm not trying to paint some picture of a magical fairy land, but to say that one doesn't have the option to live comfortably here is ridiculous. It's getting easier by the year to live comfortably.

Anyway, I need to get back to keeping the proletariat down.
convex   
15 Feb 2010
UK, Ireland / WHAT IS SO SPECIAL LIVING IN U.K [90]

They won't all close. But anyway, pubs were all about drinking and smoking and playing darts and pool. They're trying to stop people drinking and smoking now because they're bad for you.

Why not just ban fatty foods and force people to run in the morning? Heart disease kills over three times as many people in the UK as smoking does.
convex   
15 Feb 2010
History / WAS KATYŃ GENOCIDE? Polish officers were killed [237]

I think it was aimed towards the indiscriminate killing of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group. The Soviets targeted a specific class of people. Housewives and laborers weren't murdered because of their ethnic, racial, religious, or national group. Compare Katyn with Rwanda, Srebrenica, Darfur, the Holocaust.
convex   
15 Feb 2010
Life / Important: A Good Medical Center with English speaking doctors in Krakow [50]

270 zl per month... but still I have a feeling that this is a trap,... because you will be given long waiting (1-2 months) until the scheduling of your consultation or surgery... and many other bureaucratic usual polish bad surprises....

Uh, not really. It's good private healthcare, in my opinion. Remember, costs are low here in Poland. Malpractice insurance is dirt cheap, salaries are low.

What do you suggest as an alternative?
convex   
15 Feb 2010
Travel / Indian or Mexican food in Warsaw. [60]

Go all that way to eat food from other places, Strange

3 weeks is a long time to be on a straight diet of Pierogi and Bigos.
convex   
15 Feb 2010
Life / Why do you choose to stay in Poland, why not other country? [152]

but the geographic location of Poland doesn't make the trip any easier/closer.

Frankfurt, Berlin, Budapest, Vienna, Prague, Gdansk, Hamburg, Bratislava, Lviv, Munich...all within two hours travel for me. 3 hours gets me Holland, Switzerland, Northern Italy, Croatia, Denmark. Last Saturday I left in the morning for Vienna, met some friends for lunch (Hotel Sacher...mmm sachertorte..), and was back in my house at around 7ish.

If you have more time than money, trains and buses work too.

regarding costs in Poland, being from America, I find Poland unbelievably expensive.

Everywhere is more expensive than the US. Give that time (hello inflation!).
convex   
15 Feb 2010
Life / Why do you choose to stay in Poland, why not other country? [152]

It's centrally located, the people are nice, it's not exactly the most expensive place in the world, I like the countryside, there is a feeling of forward momentum, it's not near as boring as western Europe....
convex   
15 Feb 2010
UK, Ireland / WHAT IS SO SPECIAL LIVING IN U.K [90]

Very true.Its a sad time for publicans

Where are all the cultural touchy feely people at on this? This is a national treasure that's being lost. You have idiots camping out to keep runways built and one of the cornerstones of UK culture is just fading away.

Blame the anti-smoking Nazis for that!

That and people going to crap chains. Wetherspoons is doing well..
convex   
14 Feb 2010
UK, Ireland / Brits to protest against foreigners in the workforce, including Poles. [289]

737 flights to Tenerife must really be pushing it then - never, ever understood how the runway at Aberdeen was long enough to accomodate them.

Tenerife has 10k ft runways at both the airports on the island. You put a 737 in the air with 5000ft of runway.

Incidentally, do you know if Ryanair refuels after each sector?

Ryanair fuels up each time they put the wheels on the ground, they usually fly with the minimum legal requirement. It keeps their planes light and cheap :)

A reminder that you are going off-topic

It's easy to get sidetracked when planes come up.

Anyway, back on track.
convex   
14 Feb 2010
UK, Ireland / Brits to protest against foreigners in the workforce, including Poles. [289]

Hmm...essential State service jobs are rock solid - teaching, Fire, Police, Armed Forces. Apart from that though, it's a good question - depends a lot on the location really.

It depends on the industry.

Not arguing there - I've seen quite a few comments online from people who have been relocated and have had no choice but to simply rent a cheap room somewhere during the week.

Did you buy a house at inflated prices and are trying to dump it now? Good luck.

Ryanair publicly stated a while ago that they wouldn't consider Aberdeen for any more flights as long as the runway isn't extended - without being horribly technical, the longer the runway, the more they can carry into the sky - Aberdeen's just isn't long enough.

That and a 737 needs about 2000 more feet of runway to take off at max weight than what Aberdeen has. Ryanair never flys at MTOW, actually the opposite... but the margin of error is too tight.
convex   
14 Feb 2010
Life / UK garage, do you get it in poland? [18]

utorrent is great light software for torrents. none of the added bonuses that you get with limewire. the gnutella network is also a common trolling ground for people employed in rights management...
convex   
14 Feb 2010
News / Poland: In Top First 15 Countries in the WORLD by the number of CRIMES [286]

Whilst i agree that money is the driving force i totally disagree that its the same for Poles.

Why did Poles move to the UK in massive numbers instead of to Sweden and Finland? The proportion that went to the UK is much higher...it might have something to do with higher wages. Instead of applying for a work permit and hoping over the border to Germany, most Poles got on a plane and went to the UK. The UK was a shining pot of gold, especially with the strong pound.

No they cant.

That's a huge discredit to all the people that did exactly that.

Even if they dont move to London they will most likely have a perfectly financially stable life, in Poland thats not the case.

Quite a few people in the UK have the option of commuting to high paying jobs and bringing that money back into their communities. That is very slowly emerging as a viable option here as well.

As the middle class continues growing, less and less work will be required to be in a position to live comfortably in Poland.
convex   
14 Feb 2010
UK, Ireland / Brits to protest against foreigners in the workforce, including Poles. [289]

Convex, that's not the point. Poles and Lithuanians snap up those jobs very quickly as they are not as fussy as some Brits. That's a plus for whatnext because part of the competition is eliminated. Still, even before the Poles and Baltic folk arrived, there were too many people chasing too few jobs in key sectors.

You mentioned education and training programs, so I took that to be your point there.

I noticed Poles and Lithuanians aren't snatching up IT jobs... Why make a fuss about unskilled jobs? If the factories can't have cheap labor so that they can make their cheap crap that their customers demand, the factories will just head to where the labor is (Hi Cadburys!). Why not use some of that mighty education system to teach kids the skills they need for the future, not the past. Why not stop paying people to breed?
convex   
14 Feb 2010
UK, Ireland / Brits to protest against foreigners in the workforce, including Poles. [289]

Still, that doesn't change the fact that employers should still be picking Brits first. What's the point in putting people through the education system or training programmes, only for them to be out in the cold?

How much is spent on education and training programs for picking fruit, canning, waitressing, cleaning. Is it a lot?
convex   
14 Feb 2010
Love / Polish Girls vs Russian Girls [813]

All four of them :-)

one just as lovely as the next.

Not much, compared to the maintenance and disposal costs.

and that's the thing, you get lured in with an offer that is too good to be true, and then you are just hammered with upkeep. this kind of thing needs to be regulated to keep men from getting taken advantage of.
convex   
14 Feb 2010
Work / Is it normal for companies/schools in Poland to be rude? [116]

are you seriously telling me that the teaching of numeracy and literacy is more stringent or thorough in the UK? were the unions are boss, and everyone must have prizes and you don't fail it's called differed achievement. You are seriously kidding yourself.

I don't know about he education system in the UK. I do know that in Poland, universities have been steadily dropping standards with the same "pass everyone" mentality.
convex   
14 Feb 2010
Work / Is it normal for companies/schools in Poland to be rude? [116]

please, include the name of the poster when you quote.
i'm getting fed up with completing your posts for you.

Just highlight the text of the person you want to quote, and use the quote link, bottom right hand corner of the message.

My friend the day that the unions take over will be the day that the Polish education system will start getting dumbed down just like in Britain.

the Polish education system isn't already dumbed down?
convex   
14 Feb 2010
Travel / Rented car from Germany to Poland [15]

Well, I've had wipers stolen from German plated rentals twice, and once had all four tires knifed. Lots of rental companies have restrictions on the type of car you can take across the border. Europcar was one of the few companies a couple years back which would allow you to take their cars across the border, they wouldn't let you take VW, Audi, or Mercedes to Poland.

Make sure that you have a full coverage insurance policy, and watch the deductible.
convex   
13 Feb 2010
Love / Polish Girls vs Russian Girls [813]

Probably not, most Russian girls have no want or desire to go to the US. If you do end up purchasing a village girl...well, you get what you pay for.
convex   
13 Feb 2010
Travel / Rented car from Germany to Poland [15]

If you get stopped, you might want to make sure that you have your documents in order...especially in a rental.
convex   
13 Feb 2010
Travel / Which cities in Poland are nice to visit [80]

I'd describe Wrocław as a mini Prague.

It's pretty...parts.. but it lacks the soul of Prague, Krakow, and Warsaw. Wroclaw, and all the cities in the previously German areas only have 2, maybe 3 generations that have lived here. It has the same feel as Lviv, there's no connection of the current population to the history of the city.

But, very easy on the eyes, and friendly :)
convex   
13 Feb 2010
Travel / Rented car from Germany to Poland [15]

There's no green cards anymore within the EU - you just need the insurance documents.

That'd be the green card on the continent. I just got a new one from ceska pojistovna. The rental agreement will also usually list the countries that are excluded.