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Joined: 3 Sep 2011 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 18 Nov 2012
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Posts: Total: 157 / In This Archive: 133 		From: based in Dublin, but am in krakow and Katowice on a regular basis
Speaks Polish?: i have completed level 2 of polish course in dublin
Interests: mountain biking, sailing, meeting new people, F1, music and hiking

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irishguy11   
7 May 2013
Law / Poland and the Euro - benefit for Polish economy? [49]

Which makes sense given that you loaned a considerable amount of cash from them.

Hi Ya Delphiandomine

One of the reason's why the EU had to bail us out was because when we got rid of our punt, the irish banks could access all the euro's they wanted. But anyway, we learned our lesson I think.
irishguy11   
7 May 2013
Law / Poland and the Euro - benefit for Polish economy? [49]

If you get the chance to vote for it, turn it down. The Irish got to vote on it, said yes and now we have no control over anything. The German's get to see our budget's before the public. The price of everything will go up. It would also mean a lot of Kantor's could be in trouble, no more ccy change for most european's.
irishguy11   
7 May 2013
USA, Canada / Sea freight to US from Poland [7]

These guys seem to do a pallet for 700usd. Don't know if it suits you

chamberofcommerce.pl/shipping-costs
irishguy11   
7 May 2013
Love / English man dating Polish lady [5]

Why do you need a Polish lady? Just expand your social circle and maybe you will meet someone you like's you for what you are. It's not like picking a car and saying you want German or French.
irishguy11   
19 Mar 2013
Law / Bank accounts taxed by up to 10%. Can it happen in Poland? [150]

thejournal.ie/cyprus-reject-eu-bailout-deal-837758-Mar2013
The government have voted against it and now they will try something else. The Brits flew a million euro over for the soldiers and their workers and gave them the choice of having wages paid into a british bank.
irishguy11   
9 Feb 2013
News / Poland is the source of horsemeat in burgers? [169]

the latest is that a french company has being supplying frozen meals in the uk and Ireland with 100 % horse meat, even worse, is it contains traces of drugs that are harmfull to people. Expect a lot more of this to come out in the following months.

thejournal.ie/horsemeat-contamination-likely-not-accidental-findus-uk-789450-Feb2013

Update
breakingnews.ie/ireland/romania-announces-horse-meat-inquiry-584229.html
irishguy11   
4 Feb 2013
News / Poland is the source of horsemeat in burgers? [169]

The minister has already installed a number of people in silvercrest and told it to get rid of the management(which they have). This action needs to be extended to the Polish site's(owned by Larry Goodman). Look his history up, you would not think it was true. He supplied Iran and Iraq with beef, then left holding a bill for 50mil euro when the UN placed sanctions and the 1st gulf war kicked off.

Horse DNA was not picked up in the UK until Ireland found it. The UK plants were using the same supplier. The UK guys never checked for it until we told them

Silvercrest imported a product from Poland, which it should have fully tested first(as in every product from every country). The people that buy these burgers, are the people that have to count every penny. It is not a good idea to buy 12 burgers for 2 euro.

I will say though that the irish wholecut beef is great and I will still eat it, but I have not touched a burger since this started.

Silvercrest has lost about 45 million euro in contracts so far, so I think the company might be going under. But the processing plant they have is one of the biggest in the country and the government will try to help to find a buyer and save the jobs(for whole cuts of meat)
irishguy11   
4 Feb 2013
News / Poland is the source of horsemeat in burgers? [169]

Monia I did not create the title of the tread. I am not blaming Poland as a country for what is going on. The supplier was supposed to provide 100% beef, they did not. As may be the case in ABP, the supplier could be owned by someone from another country. Yes if a company supplies something, then they are responsible for what they supply. I'am sure there are more than 14 plants, so you can not say until all have being tested.

I do not blame a country for the mistakes of a company. I love Poland, my Polish wife, my Polish inlaws(ok not all the time the mother in law).

That you tube link is of a bunch of idiots that think its great to get a horse but they can not afford to keep it. The Irish have a very strong tradition of looking after horse's, ask anyone. The Irish race horse is one of the best in the world. That is why the Aga Khan keeps his horse's in Ireland. Why would he put a 5.9 million usd horse in Ireland if he thought we would not look after it.

And by the way do not link us to the Brits. We are not the same

There is a update that 75% horse DNA was detected and it was never used. It was done on the raw material imported from Poland. It could be anyone's company, my money is it is linked to ABP

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aga_Khan_IV#Thoroughbred_horse_racing
irishguy11   
4 Feb 2013
News / Poland is the source of horsemeat in burgers? [169]

Great another company in Ireland has found horse DNA in imported meat from Poland. The company provides burgers to McDonald's and to a number of countries in Europe. Think I will stick to pure cuts of meat now, no minced up stuff.

breakingnews.ie/ireland/horse-dna-found-at-new-meat-plant-583633.html

fingaldirectory.ie/business-details.asp?ID=1060

rangelandfoods.com
irishguy11   
29 Jan 2013
Australia / I am moving back to Poland - to live from Australia. Is it a good idea? [29]

Hi If you feel like you are missing out in Aus, and you know you could get a job in Poland then if i were you I would move. Myself I'am based in Dublin, have to move to Poland soon and I'am looking forward to the change. It helps if you have friends or people you know. I wish you all the best
irishguy11   
29 Jan 2013
News / Poland is the source of horsemeat in burgers? [169]

Actually Ireland exports a couple of truckloads of horse meat every week, 12000 horse's a year in 2011. I have had horse in France and thought it was great. There was a thing on RTE last year about truckers, and one of them was driving a load of horse meat from Ireland to Italy. He does the trip about twice a month.

limerickleader.ie/news/business/local-business/limerick-plant-one-of-only-five-licensed-to-slaughter-horses-for-meat-1-4723612
irishguy11   
30 Nov 2012
UK, Ireland / Polish TV channels in the UK [95]

hi Sean Bm, am actually watching it at the moment, just wondering if Polish tv had the same. The in laws say they never seen anything like it
irishguy11   
30 Nov 2012
UK, Ireland / Polish TV channels in the UK [95]

[Moved from]: Is there any tv show like RTE Late late toy show in Poland

Simply question. It's like the start of christmas for irish kids, they get to stay up late and see all the toys . Its a great show. Watching it online at the moment in katowice and the inlaws love it
irishguy11   
24 Nov 2012
USA, Canada / Homeless Poles in NYC [25]

I know of some hostles in Dublin and London that allow drink to be consumed in there rooms as long as they do not start fights or get disruptive. I think a lot more work needs to be done to get these people off alcohol and fill there days with activities that fill there day's. If you are on the streets, it is so boring, so you are going to start abusing what ever you can that makes you feel better for a short time.

A person living on a street that has a drink problem is not different to a person that lives in a apartment that is downing just as much alcohol. The person in the apartment could end up on the street within a couple of monhts.
irishguy11   
24 Nov 2012
USA, Canada / Homeless Poles in NYC [25]

you could try ride on by christy or Delirium Tremens

youtube.com/watch?v=Vl1NQi_Vit0

Raggle Taggle gypsy
youtube.com/watch?v=kOBCX0T6JsA
irishguy11   
9 Nov 2012
Language / Good book with audio in Polish? [11]

I also got the same book with cd in Empik. It is okay, but the best way is to listen to podcasts that have english audio description. Also my wife's family were all able to be speak English, so it kind of made me to make more of a effort to listen to and learn Polish. I ask my wife to speak Polish to me, just a hour or so per day, and we have marked everything in the apartment in Polish.

The book and cd is fine, but if you speak to a actual person and listen to podcast's it gets easier.
irishguy11   
21 Oct 2012
UK, Ireland / Dying Polish woman in the uK whose last wish is to spend last few weeks back in Poland [50]

No Government will say it will pay for medical flights for expats back to their country(Irish government have done this in the past). All I was trying to get across on this post, was that people regardless of where they come from or what they are going through will try to help people.

I do not want this post to become a post about weather governments will help, I wanted to appeal to people to do a good thing. That has being proven by the amount of cash that has being lodged.

The good news, the flight is being booked next week. Lets hope she will make more Christmas
irishguy11   
19 Oct 2012
UK, Ireland / Dying Polish woman in the uK whose last wish is to spend last few weeks back in Poland [50]

This story is just so sad, but on a positive 20k euro has being raised so far, and only a another 5k to go so that she can get a special medical flight.

thejournal.ie/young-mum-e20000-dying-wish-leukaemia-641662-Oct2012/

It show's no matter how hard a recession is going on, Irish and Polish people will still think of others before themselves.

Update, I just checked the online fundraiser, they now have almost 27k euro
irishguy11   
9 Jul 2012
Law / Question about a Nintendo DSi bought on allegro.pl - will everything be in Polish? [10]

Saturn sells them, just go in and ask them if you were to buy one, how you change Polish to English. If you go into the shopping center beside the train station, I think there is a saturn store there. In general, all the gaming systems in Europe are the same and the language can be changed. But to make sure, just ask a sales person in saturn.