Orpheus
23 Sep 2012
Law / The cost of vehicle tax in Poland ? [5]
Presumably that's for A/C; fully insured.
Liberty Direct at 1100zl or about £200
Presumably that's for A/C; fully insured.
Orpheus
25 Sep 2012
Law / Selling product to restaurants/ supermarkets [7]
I think you'll find that the product would have to be tested by food safety authorities before it is allowed to be sold in Poland. Finding buyers would come later.
I think you'll find that the product would have to be tested by food safety authorities before it is allowed to be sold in Poland. Finding buyers would come later.
Orpheus
25 Sep 2012
Law / Selling product to restaurants/ supermarkets [7]
Did I mention the Polish authorities?
The Polish authorities
Did I mention the Polish authorities?
Orpheus
26 Sep 2012
Life / General questions for those who have chosen to make Poland their home [32]
I resent that. Not all teachers of EFL are drunks with a backpack and a Rough Guide.
but I did what I always wanted to do - become a proper teacher (not an TEFL one).
I resent that. Not all teachers of EFL are drunks with a backpack and a Rough Guide.
Orpheus
27 Sep 2012
News / Poland versus Greece in economy [175]
Does the Prime Minister receive personal payments or take bribes from big businesses in return for political favours? Please clarify.
And as for Tusk being free-market. Hmmm. He's certainly in favour of big business. Doesn't like the smaller ones though - because they don't pay him.
Does the Prime Minister receive personal payments or take bribes from big businesses in return for political favours? Please clarify.
Orpheus
27 Sep 2012
News / Poland versus Greece in economy [175]
Do the Polish libel laws cover the internet to any meaningful degree? Hope so.
if he actually made any concrete statements, he'd get himself into trouble for lying.
Do the Polish libel laws cover the internet to any meaningful degree? Hope so.
Orpheus
27 Sep 2012
Work / An American studying in Poland - CELTA, SAT? [20]
So the University of Buttf^k Alabama is better than, e.g. Jagiellonian University in Kraków. OK, thanks for the information.
So the University of Buttf^k Alabama is better than, e.g. Jagiellonian University in Kraków. OK, thanks for the information.
Orpheus
27 Sep 2012
Orpheus
28 Sep 2012
Work / An American studying in Poland - CELTA, SAT? [20]
There are 61 colleges and universities in Alabama. Do all of them rate higher than Jagiellonian?
There are 61 colleges and universities in Alabama. Do all of them rate higher than Jagiellonian?
Orpheus
28 Sep 2012
Off-Topic / Rotten West vs. Innocent Poland [25]
Comparing what goes on it British schools and Polish schools is a risky bit of trolling. We've just had a priest playing weird games with children, and a year or two ago we had the Star game. This thread seeks to provoke and inflame, but the OP should remember that Poland is not lily white when it comes to inappropriate behaviour in schools.
Exactly.
Comparing what goes on it British schools and Polish schools is a risky bit of trolling. We've just had a priest playing weird games with children, and a year or two ago we had the Star game. This thread seeks to provoke and inflame, but the OP should remember that Poland is not lily white when it comes to inappropriate behaviour in schools.
The case of Megan has nothing to do with the rotten west. It has everything to do with questionable behaviour of one person, the teacher in
Exactly.
Orpheus
28 Sep 2012
Off-Topic / Rotten West vs. Innocent Poland [25]
A campaign to promote health, how decadent.
Access to high quality health advice and help. Obviously the UK is rotten to the core.
Not difficult. These people always produce more heat than light.
Yes, I know it's an ironic thread title but it just promotes ill feeling. Is that what you want?
The comments came as it emerged secondary schools in Liverpool and Wirral would be fitted with clinics as part of a teenage health drive..
A campaign to promote health, how decadent.
The National Children's Bureau (NCB) has called for the clinics to be expanded to every secondary school and college to give pupils access to high-quality advice and help.
Access to high quality health advice and help. Obviously the UK is rotten to the core.
But the latest move has sparked anger from campaigners
Not difficult. These people always produce more heat than light.
Rotten West vs innocent Poland. :):):):):)
Yes, I know it's an ironic thread title but it just promotes ill feeling. Is that what you want?
Orpheus
28 Sep 2012
News / Poland marching for faith and freedom [43]
Sounds like a dangerous man. The mental image just popped into my mind of mohair berets catching fire as the old dears raised their molotov cocktails.
I repeat it once again: if you do not want to be forced to go to the barricades with the bottles of gasoline, then come now, and let us try to overthrow them in this way.
Sounds like a dangerous man. The mental image just popped into my mind of mohair berets catching fire as the old dears raised their molotov cocktails.
Orpheus
29 Sep 2012
Off-Topic / Rotten West vs. Innocent Poland [25]
Having seen the images I'd need some convincing that the Spanish MOE recommended it. What's your source for this story?
Having seen the images I'd need some convincing that the Spanish MOE recommended it. What's your source for this story?
Orpheus
29 Sep 2012
Work / An American studying in Poland - CELTA, SAT? [20]
So am I.
So do I.
Neither do I.
Depends on the institution and/or the faculty. Blanket statements do not inform.
Not my experience at all. Perhaps you need a change.
Im speaking from personal experience,
So am I.
I also work for a public university
So do I.
I personally dont care about rankings
Neither do I.
higher education in Poland is pretty bad
Depends on the institution and/or the faculty. Blanket statements do not inform.
pretty bad, incredibly outdated and entirely focused on memorzation
Not my experience at all. Perhaps you need a change.
Orpheus
29 Sep 2012
Food / Are frozen chips a cancer risk? The UK's NHS responds. [21]
The headline is Frozen chips 'are a cause of cancer'. The DT does not state that frozen chips are a cause of cancer. The article then goes on to partially clarify its scaremongering by stating that acrylamide is a 'probable human carcinogen'. As usual the newspapers start with the scare and then qualify it.
I highly recommend Ben Goldacre's book Bad Science, which has done a lot to expose both crappy research and misleading journalism.
"Frozen chips are a cause of cancer" reports the UK Daily Telegraph
The headline is Frozen chips 'are a cause of cancer'. The DT does not state that frozen chips are a cause of cancer. The article then goes on to partially clarify its scaremongering by stating that acrylamide is a 'probable human carcinogen'. As usual the newspapers start with the scare and then qualify it.
I highly recommend Ben Goldacre's book Bad Science, which has done a lot to expose both crappy research and misleading journalism.
Orpheus
29 Sep 2012
Off-Topic / Rotten West vs. Innocent Poland [25]
Yes, it must be remembered that many alcoholics are what we might call maintenence alcoholics, who seldom or never get drunk; they just top themselves up, and can be entirely professional and fully functioning. Also, let's not forget that people who recognize their addiction but haven't had a drink in years often refer to themselves as alcoholics.
The late John Thaw (Inspector Morse; Kavanagh) was one such maintenence alcoholic.
Yes, it must be remembered that many alcoholics are what we might call maintenence alcoholics, who seldom or never get drunk; they just top themselves up, and can be entirely professional and fully functioning. Also, let's not forget that people who recognize their addiction but haven't had a drink in years often refer to themselves as alcoholics.
The late John Thaw (Inspector Morse; Kavanagh) was one such maintenence alcoholic.
Orpheus
29 Sep 2012
Orpheus
30 Sep 2012
Food / What made in Poland produce would you recommend [110]
Then you're in for a treat. But make sure you buy the Solidarność brand. There are other plums in chocolate which are cheaper and sugary. Solidarność make by far the best. Not cheap but excellent.
I've never tried them :(
Then you're in for a treat. But make sure you buy the Solidarność brand. There are other plums in chocolate which are cheaper and sugary. Solidarność make by far the best. Not cheap but excellent.
Orpheus
30 Sep 2012
Life / Polish vs British vs American - Clash of cultures [390]
There's also the use of must when recommending something, e.g. "You must see that film, you'd love it."
Because there is no absolute requirement or obligation to do so. It's just a good idea.
I was actually explaining this to someone the other day, that "must" should only be used when it is absolutely required without dissent - for instance, you must not enter a military training ground.
There's also the use of must when recommending something, e.g. "You must see that film, you'd love it."
Foreign languages are necessary. You ........... learn at least one.
while the key suggests: :"should."
while the key suggests: :"should."
Because there is no absolute requirement or obligation to do so. It's just a good idea.
Orpheus
30 Sep 2012
Life / Polish vs British vs American - Clash of cultures [390]
Q. What do you call a person who speaks several languages?
A. Multi-lingual. A polyglot.
Q. What do you call a person who speaks two languages?
A. Bilingual.
Q. What do you call a person who speaks one language?
A. British.
It's getting better. Slowly.
Yes, the British feel so.
Q. What do you call a person who speaks several languages?
A. Multi-lingual. A polyglot.
Q. What do you call a person who speaks two languages?
A. Bilingual.
Q. What do you call a person who speaks one language?
A. British.
It's getting better. Slowly.
Orpheus
30 Sep 2012
Life / Polish vs British vs American - Clash of cultures [390]
Good point.
I personally think the choice of "must" was largely influenced by the preceding "necessary".
Good point.
Orpheus
30 Sep 2012
UK, Ireland / Unemployed Poles in Ireland : a crash course in milking the system [323]
The Mail was a great fan of fascism in the 1930s, and that vein of intolerance and bigotry is always at, or just under, the surface of that scurrilous rag.
I,m pretty certain that if a British Hitler ever came to power ,the Daily Mail would be his most loyal mouth piece.
The Mail was a great fan of fascism in the 1930s, and that vein of intolerance and bigotry is always at, or just under, the surface of that scurrilous rag.
Orpheus
30 Sep 2012
Food / What made in Poland produce would you recommend [110]
Well, this thread made me raid a box I got for my birthday in August. I've had five today with no unwanted results (they come later when I get on the scales).
Well, this thread made me raid a box I got for my birthday in August. I've had five today with no unwanted results (they come later when I get on the scales).
Orpheus
30 Sep 2012
Food / Jacket potatoes - do Polish people like them? [22]
boletus. My Polish father-in-law refers to the Colorado beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) as the American beetle, and holds to an old belief that the Americans dropped the damned pest on Poland. Personally, I don't hold with this view (why would the CIA do this in Poland?), but given that they dropped Napalm on civilians in SE Asia I don't feel able to contradict him.
boletus. My Polish father-in-law refers to the Colorado beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) as the American beetle, and holds to an old belief that the Americans dropped the damned pest on Poland. Personally, I don't hold with this view (why would the CIA do this in Poland?), but given that they dropped Napalm on civilians in SE Asia I don't feel able to contradict him.
Orpheus
1 Oct 2012
News / A new AWS (Poland Solidarity Movement)? [54]
I agree. Religious fanaticism mixed with politics can be incendiary. The mood of the march seemed to be "We are singing hymns and referring to God every five minutes; therefore God must be on our side, therefore we must be right. Those who are not with us are Godless." Illogical thinking, but hey, when did the fanatics ever worry about that?
"God sent me to Warsaw today".
People like these are capable of murdering a president or a premier.
People like these are capable of murdering a president or a premier.
I agree. Religious fanaticism mixed with politics can be incendiary. The mood of the march seemed to be "We are singing hymns and referring to God every five minutes; therefore God must be on our side, therefore we must be right. Those who are not with us are Godless." Illogical thinking, but hey, when did the fanatics ever worry about that?
Orpheus
1 Oct 2012
Love / Why don't Polish women treat education seriously for themselves? [130]
Here's a song for you.
youtube.com/watch?v=PPvRsLWlDXw&feature=player_detailpage
Initially theoretical mechanics and continuum mechanics, and later quantum mechanics and solid state physics.
Here's a song for you.
youtube.com/watch?v=PPvRsLWlDXw&feature=player_detailpage
Orpheus
1 Oct 2012
Love / Why don't Polish women treat education seriously for themselves? [130]
"Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world."
PB Shelley
Humanities students don’t you just love them:):)
"Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world."
PB Shelley
Orpheus
1 Oct 2012
History / Welcome to Lemmingrad! [59]
Including the massed ranks of Polams in Shelby Township, Michigan, pop. under 4000. A man with his finger on the pulse.
a tiny fringe minority of people who live on the internet instead of actually going to work or living their lives
Including the massed ranks of Polams in Shelby Township, Michigan, pop. under 4000. A man with his finger on the pulse.
Orpheus
2 Oct 2012
USA, Canada / Amazon to POLAND, USA, UK to POLAND (getting things shipped) [9]
I think they have a big depot in Germany. I've had stuff sent from there. Or was it ebay?
It's shipped from the UK
I think they have a big depot in Germany. I've had stuff sent from there. Or was it ebay?
Orpheus
2 Oct 2012
Life / Is the 1st of November a work-free holiday in Poland? [12]
Another lost day. Most people will make a long weekend of it, meaning I will lose lucrative work. Poland's public holidays cost me a bundle!
1st is an official holiday, 2nd will be treated as an unofficial holiday.
Another lost day. Most people will make a long weekend of it, meaning I will lose lucrative work. Poland's public holidays cost me a bundle!