Travel / Why most taxis in Warsaw cheat foreigners to get more money? [38]


And pray, how do you happen to know that?

Love / Do Polish Women age well? [153]


I also look stunning for my age (I am 900 years old) ;-p

Love / Do Polish Women age well? [153]


I agree 100%.
I have dark hair and eyes and I look HOT! ;-)

Travel / Why most taxis in Warsaw cheat foreigners to get more money? [38]


Are you for real?

tanietaxi.com.pl/warszawataxi.html

Love / Do Polish Women age well? [153]


You mean like when they're 15? ;->
I know another country were this happens much more regularly, and the MILFs are nothing to write home about ;-p

Life / How is red hair viewed in Poland [37]


When I was a child, it was my fondest wish to have really, really red hair :-) Unfortunately, my wish never came true and I'm still a brunette today ;-(

Life / Getting pretty tired of the postal service here in Poland [58]


Did it ever occur to you that someone else, at a different address even, could have fraudulently signed for the parcel? Maybe even the postman himself? If so, their signature is somewhere in the paperwork and they can be traced. If, on the other hand, nobody signed for the parcel and it's gone, Poczta Polska needs to check were the heck it is anyway. But for any of this to happen, you need to stop moaning about thieves and start pestering the only people who can help you - Poczta Polska employees at the appropriate post office. Have you even talked to them about this, or do you just gloat over your online delivery confirmations and do nothing?

Life / Getting pretty tired of the postal service here in Poland [58]

Am I psychic? I thought we were talking about Karlek's missing mail here. I guess you should contact your local sorting office / post office as well. You have all the tracking numbers etc., so it should be easy to check what happened and who signed for the delivery, if any. I send a lot of parcels from the UK to PL and not one was stolen to date, they all arrived within 3 working days. And I just send them International Signed For. My anecdotal evidence for yours. ;-p

Life / Getting pretty tired of the postal service here in Poland [58]


There is no proof whatsoever that Karlek's post has been stolen, esp. that everything had been fine for the last year and a half. There might be another, innocent reason and it would be good to investigate before throwing accusations around.

-)


Well, I am sorry but you do live in Poland, so I presume you would know about postal strikes and suchlike? I might have come across as hostile, but I was just trying to make you realise that these sorts of problems need to be resolved where they arise, i.e. not on the internet with a bunch of online freaks ;-)

Life / Getting pretty tired of the postal service here in Poland [58]

Well then maybe you should ask a friend to come along. How are we, total strangers to you and many of us not even living in PL, let alone within your postcode, going to know what happened to your post? And how could we help you?

Life / Getting pretty tired of the postal service here in Poland [58]

How about talking to someone at your local post office?

Off-Topic / Being a Slav: a blessing or a curse? [199]


What is that even supposed to mean?

Love / Polish girls and traditions (esp. between mother in laws and daughter in laws) [45]


I was thinking. I understand your family is vegetarian? You could ask your daughter in law to show you how to make pierogi, a type of stuffed dumpling, distant relative of the samosa (they are boiled not fried, though they are sometimes refried later). Pierogi stuffing is often vegetarian, e.g. potatoes with curd cheese seasoned with black pepper and salt, or mushrooms (with our without added cabbage), or lentils... You can also make sweet pierogi with various kinds of fruit.

BTW I used to live in India as a little girl and I absolutely loved puris, alu gobi, palak paneer... :-)

Love / Polish girls and traditions (esp. between mother in laws and daughter in laws) [45]


That was a really, really embarrassing suggestion for you to make, and it would have been very embarrassing for both Neharika and her daughter in law as well. It's like saying outright: I think you're an alcoholic from a country of alcoholics, and the only thing you can teach me is how to drink vodka. Nasty. :-/

Love / Polish girls and traditions (esp. between mother in laws and daughter in laws) [45]


I can see even now that everything will turn out just great for you and your daughter in law :-)

Love / Polish girls and traditions (esp. between mother in laws and daughter in laws) [45]


Just treat her like you would a daughter :-)
I guess this will be expected. In Poland, the new wife / husband typically calls their mother in law "mother" when speaking to her, and if the parties get it right (and you for one sound very reasonable), they do form a sort of "mother-child" bond as time goes on. The trick is to not be too overbearing and intrusive. The young couple's life is their own. As long as you set the boundaries right, you will gain a new daughter :-)


I think it would be great fun to ask your daughter in law to teach you how to cook a simple Polish dish, while you might teach her an Indian one. Overall, cook whatever you would for such an occasion, but tone down the spices a bit, at least in the beginning ;-)

News / Donald Tusk's Government of Poland Continues to Oppress Poles [161]


In other countries children don't walk to school either - e.g. in the UK they are typically ferried in cars by their parents, and some schools have bold initiatives in place with slogans like "walk to school once a week".


1. Schools, even in the local catchment area, are often far away from where the children live. In a city like Poznań walking to school probably means crossing very busy roads several times. 2. Why public transport? Because that's what it's for. Not everyone has a car, you know? And what if dad drives off to work early in the morning - should the kids remain stranded because mom can't afford tram tickets for her 6 children? Also, public transport is not only for going to school. Why should a family (who is dedicated enough to the cause of replicating and multiplying the Polish nation to have a lot of kids and bear most of the financial burden of that) have to pay through the nose for simple pleasures such as going to the ZOO, cinema, or museum together - or totally stay at home? Again, not everyone owns a car and not everyone lives in the city centre, you know? I fully support Poznań MPK on this.


What if their children are would-be high achievers, but because they are brought up in poverty and neglect, we will never know?

News / Donald Tusk's Government of Poland Continues to Oppress Poles [161]


Oh my God. Boo-hoo! I know, VAT increases are never nice. But I have brought up two children myself, and apart from small individual items like pacifiers - and apart from disposable nappies - most of the clothes, cloth nappies, toys, cots, prams, etc. that I used where either hand-me-downs from other families or things left over from when my first child was little. I know for a fact that most people behaved the same way, not because they were so poor or so frugal (it was the nineties, after all), but because babies grow so quickly out of their clothes / beds / toys.

Young mothers I know at present, on the other hand, seem to have this attitude that nothing is too good or too expensive for their child, so they buy huge amounts of toys and clothes that the child often grows out of before they even have the chance to use them. I would never say having children is exceptionally expensive. School books and shoes would probably rank highest on my list of child-rearing costs. Paradoxically, the VAT rise will be experienced most severely not by families with many children, but by novice parents who have to put together a set of "baby equipment" for the first time.

Life / Vasectomy in Poland is illegal? Why? [123]


My thoughts exactly.


UK is not my country, and I don't presume to tell the citizens of the UK what their laws should be.

Life / Vasectomy in Poland is illegal? Why? [123]


Because we should learn from history?


Because that's what the law of the Republic of Poland says. Unless and until that law is changed, things will remain as they are. You should start campaigning for the legalisation of sterilisation in Poland if you think it's such a good thing. Why not? Maybe you are right and they will change the law and everyone will be happy. ;->

Life / Vasectomy in Poland is illegal? Why? [123]


I hope you are only pretending to be so... well... unintelligent.


You conveniently forget the actions of the US (also pre-war). BTW, Nazi Germany was also largely "pre-war". It didn't suddenly appear on the map in September 1939.


Well I'm sorry, but this one freedom in the case of Poland has not been granted. So they probably need to choose from one of the various other legal options out there, or go abroad to have their tubes tied / snipped.

Life / Vasectomy in Poland is illegal? Why? [123]


Not contraception as such, but sterilisation. Have you actually read the article?


Contraceptive pills, patches, condoms, contraceptive injections, IUD, contraceptive implants, spermicidal gels... and more. These products give me all the control over my body I need.

On the other hand, vasectomies and hysterectomies are invasive procedures which can be theoretically performed without the person's knowledge (e.g. during an unrelated operation) and, as in the US, in Sweden, or in Nazi Germany, can serve as a powerful tool for "improving society", i.e. eliminating unwanted individuals from the gene pool. I wouldn't call that "freedom over my own body", quite the opposite.

corvalliscommunitypages.com/Americas/US/Oregon/corvallis/eugeneics.htm

I know, the links are about the US, but I use them as an example of what Poland is trying to steer clear of. I also understand that these sort of atrocities don't happen in the US anymore, but they did well into the seventies.

Life / Vasectomy in Poland is illegal? Why? [123]


Have you read the article?
I find it very relevant and to the point.

"Polskie prawo (art. 156 §1 k.k.) stwierdza, że kto powoduje ciężki uszczerbek na zdrowiu w postaci pozbawienia zdolności płodzenia podlega karze pozbawienia wolności od roku do lat 10. Tylko wskazania lecznicze sprawiają, że zabieg ten jest legalny. Dokonany z innych wskazań, nawet za zgodą lub nawet na żądanie osoby zainteresowanej jest uważany za nielegalny[1]."

Translation mine:
The Polish law (art. 156 section 1 of the Penal Code) states that whoever causes serious bodily injury by depriving a person of their fertility shall be punished by a custodial sentence lasting from 1 year to 10 years. Only medical reasons make this procedure legal. Performed for any other reason, even if the person involved agrees to it or expressly demands it, the procedure shall be deemed illegal.

There are lots of other contraceptive options out there, and there is no reason to perform an operation which may or may not be reversible, but could easily be abused under the wrong conditions.

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Life / Vasectomy in Poland is illegal? Why? [123]


Vasectomy is illegal in Poland so as to make sure this doesn't happen:

hnn.us/articles/1796.html

Genealogy / KUSZEWSKI - (MY GRANDMOTHER AND GREAT GRAND PARENTS) [7]

You need to contact the church as well as the Registrar's Office in Lublin for more info. It's surprising how much additional information you can get there - I know, my dad did that sort of research for our family.

Life / Best over the counter flu medicine in Poland? [24]


This.

All in all, seeing a doctor is the most important thing to do now. High fever is not really a factor here, I have known people who were really sick and had a normal temperature.

Life / Best over the counter flu medicine in Poland? [24]

Gripex works well, but bear in mind it only alleviates the symptoms, but doesn't get to the root of the problem, and from your description I gather you should really, really see a doctor to rule out anything serious (esp. the vomiting and chesty cough look rather nasty).

i-apteka.pl/product-pol-362-GRIPEX-Max-x-10-tabletek.html

Genealogy / Polish Gypsy Roots & Roma ancestors in their families [205]

I think it is high time people like you took a long hard look at your own community and then started working on improving it from the inside. I am sorry, but your fellow Roma do a lot to present themselves very negatively to the outside world... And I don't think anyone except the Roma themselves can change this situation in the long run. BTW, Ełk is really beautiful - I used to live there and I remember the Roma in the park, singing and playing the guitar by the fountain :-)

Food / The most typical ingredient used in Polish cuisine [28]


No they aren't! ;-p

Stop spreading false rumours this instant! ;-)

Food / The most typical ingredient used in Polish cuisine [28]

Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't... I use pickles when imagination fails me as to what kind of salad to make.