Travel / Cottage in Zakopane, website suggestions? [6]

It was very nice. We booked domek 4, but when we arrived the owner showed us to another one, which he'd warmed up. Being a cantankerous old git, I insisted on the placed we'd booked. He said that the other one was warmer but I wouldn't listen. He was right. Domek four's fireplace is more ornamental than functional; most of the heat goes up the chimney. If that's the only one you can get, I suggest bringing an electric heater and wrapping up warm.

Travel / Cottage in Zakopane, website suggestions? [6]

You may well have left it a bit late. There are, however, other, less popular places where you might find something.
It's been several years since I rented a domek for Christmas in Janów Podlaski. The place was fine and the owners provided unlimited wood for the fire. Nevertheless, after our first night I went and bought a fan heater in the nearest Biedronka.

sandra.com.pl/sylwester-2012.html

Travel / Poland to England the Cheapest Way? [4]


They should contact their insurer. They might be able to help in this emergency situation.

Law / Real wages drop in Poland [28]


There's a difference between a young backpacker turning up and finding a TEFL job and someone who has chosen to make a life here. The figures quoted would be fairly accurate for the former, but not the latter. Anyway, what's the point? This guy just hates Brits.

UK, Ireland / Do the poles like British culture [127]


It's very easy to give advice on bravery from behind a keyboard, isn't it?

UK, Ireland / Do the poles like British culture [127]


Perhaps because most people are more or less content with the way things are. Nobody is going to starve, education is free, healthcare is universal, the police do not opress them. Why should they revolt?

Oh, there's another thing. How would you go about mounting a popular insurrection on a small, mostly flat island? It's always been that way. It doesn't make the people placid, just not suicidal.

News / Lech Walesa is not a democrat and this statement proves it. [24]


I didn't know you were a racist. Africans never lived in trees; monkeys do. Is that what you mean?
btw people in China and India (as well as parts of Africa) had highly developed societies when we Europeans were painting ourselves blue and eating berries.

Travel / Is there a healthy expats scene in Poland? (drinks, food, golf, etc.) [143]


Thought so. I went to a website for a 'Montessori' school in Białystok and my avast! stopped a trojan.

Travel / Is there a healthy expats scene in Poland? (drinks, food, golf, etc.) [143]


Does anyone know whether or not there is a central Montessori governing authority which authorizes the use of the name and supervises each of its schools? Or can anyone use the name?

Travel / Driving from UK to Poland in Christmas Time - winter tyres? [46]

Keeping your fingers crossed on Polish roads in winter is not wise.


So, 400PLN. You probably couldn't fill up your car twice for that. Don't pinch pennies when it comes to road safety. btw Forget about chains.

Love / I live in Holland and i never meet a good polish guy. [33]


When I meet somebody who has never tasted Champagne, I envy them because I will never again have the joy of first discovering it. That's how I feel now.

I am a little too, ahem, fatigued, to post a link but there's loads of Cutler Stuff on YT. Start with "I'm Walking to a farm". If, after listening to it, you find that you both don't understand it but at the same time understand it , you may want to explore the mind of the late, great Ivor Cutler.

Love / I live in Holland and i never meet a good polish guy. [33]

This is by far the best thread I've ever seen on PF. It is perfect in every way. Forum historians should save it now. It could be the centerpiece of your PhD.

I mean that most sincerely, folks. Perhaps it's because I've been listening to Ivor Cutler tracks for the last hour.

Language / how to say "on" in this case? [3]

She's on the fire just after you put her there, like you would a witch or, perhaps, a Catholic.
A little later she'll be in the fire, where, some would say, she belongs.
She's on fire means that a) her flesh has combusted, or
b) She's got the hots for you whitopian1

Life / Poles and the temperatures they heat their homes [36]


If people think they are going to get sick from drinking cold liquids, they probably will. In Turkey some (most, actually) people think that sitting in a draught will make them ill. Yes, of course it'll give you a stiff back if you sit with the wind on your back, but a lot of people extrapolate to a ridiculous extent. I've been on buses that were like tandoors but with windows secured shut with jubilee clips. And everyone chain-smoking. Perhaps things have changed since I was there, but I remember stern advice against using fans.

My local cafe turns the fridge off in September. When I once complained that the drinks were warm I was told, "It's winter!" with the unspoken implication, "you fool."

Warm Fanta, mnyam.

Life / Poles and the temperatures they heat their homes [36]

On Tuesday I went around the corner from work for lunch. It was a nice day and not at all cold so I went wearing a shirt, no sweater. People on the street, all wrapped up in coats and a few in hats, were gawping at me. It's mid-October so it must be cold, right? I also get strange looks when I wear sunglasses on bright winter days.

News / Papal Day in Poland JP2 [26]

...and Ifleity?

Life / Poland: When usually is the best time to change from summer to winter tyres? [42]


...and the garage guys letting their friends jump the queue (almost drove me to murder once or twice).


Why not? You can drive an old car without it. I won't bother. I'll just creep along like a guy-in-a-hat!

Life / Poland: When usually is the best time to change from summer to winter tyres? [42]

Does anyone find ABS a hindrance rather than a help when slipping on snow and ice?
I change my tyres when the temperature is around +5 or below for a week. How much do you pay? Last year it was 50PLN for me (winter tyres on their own wheels).

News / Papal Day in Poland JP2 [26]


A stringer for Reuters. I wonder if they know about the illiterate crap he puts up here.

News / Papal Day in Poland JP2 [26]


What does this statistic mean? Supreme authority on what? He's dead.
Ifleity?

Law / Help with marriage requirements in Poland [5]

Why not ask at your local register office? That way you'll get the info' you need straight from the horse's mouth.


Is there such a thing as pure British? Sounds like a contradiction in terms.

Work / Work in Rzeszów, Poland - your experience [3]

Your questions are very confusing. What do you want to teach?
You appear to say you are a native speaker of Polish. Am I wrong?
Am I right in thinking that you are a British person with Polish parents who wants to get a job teaching English in Poland?
You'll need to provide a little more information if you want concrete advice.

Study / A foreign student wants to study Tourism. Visa in Poland? [7]


Oh, how the truth will out!

Love / I'd like to get married with my girlfriend in Krakow. A simple ceremony place? [16]

In your first post you said you wanted to


by


Now you want something unofficial.


Make your mind up mate!


Yes.

Travel / There is only one railway station in Warsaw Chopin airport? [12]


Thanks a lot, jon. I don't have GPS but you have reassured me. I have a very poor sense of direction, so I need all the help I can get.


This news has had the usual suspects complaining but I think helping to maintain peace in Europe for over sixty years deserves every praise.

Travel / There is only one railway station in Warsaw Chopin airport? [12]

I don't want to open a new thread just for this question so please leave it here until I get a few replies. Thanks, wonderful mods.

I have to pick up family from Chopin airport. The problem is that I haven't driven in Warsaw for about five years and I have no idea what the road situation is like. I'll be coming in from the east. The last time I did it I came through Siemiatycze and Węgrów. Any advice would be appreciated. The flight arrives at 1145.

UK, Ireland / I'm currently living with a Pole who has been claiming benefits in the UK [35]



Which one is correct?


You must know that's not true. I know highly qualified Poles who went to the UK to do professional jobs, not scrounge.
What's your solution? Repatriate all Poles, but leave a few picturesque French students and the odd colourful Arab?
It's not that simple.

UK, Ireland / I'm currently living with a Pole who has been claiming benefits in the UK [35]


Er, isn't that called getting a job?


Work or dole, they can't win with you, can they?

Love / I'd like to get married with my girlfriend in Krakow. A simple ceremony place? [16]

That's right. Both partners should be assertive and should negotiate from positions of strength and equality. Only weak men want a weak woman.

Food / Organic fruit and vegetable - delivery (Warsaw) [33]


Seriously. They'd buy a slab of 24 every week. Having said that, you can't forge fresh kurki, so most of the produce in the market is great.

My mother-in-law sells her surplus eggs, strawberries, marrows and lots of other things there. Lucky customers, I say. Luckier me, as I get it all free!


Naughty.