History / The Warsaw Uprising memory. To remember who you are. [180]


Even the right-wing, pro-Putin Russians that I've discussed with were usually able to do that.


No, but those cities weren't the capital of Poland. Warsaw was. Just like Paris was the capital of France. Paris had an uprising too. It also started in the August of 1944, just like the one in Warsaw.


Yes, but what does it have to do with the Warsaw Uprising?
Btw, there was one pogrom in Kielce after the war, so why the plural?

History / The Warsaw Uprising memory. To remember who you are. [180]


Who deserve a dignified and respectful tribute to their memory, imho (i.e. their sacrifice and patriotism in general shouldn't be used as an excuse or backround for hooliganism, violence and hate). This isn't a new video, but it probably will remain up to date:

m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1048639658535824&id=136448073088325

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


That's because ammonia is one of the ingredients - for this reason they're also called "amoniaczki" :):

margarytka.blogspot.com/2015/08/amerykanki-wspomnienie-szkolnych-lat.html?m=1


Here are a few theories concerning the origin of the name:

cookit.pl/przepis/146819/Amerykany


No idea... lol Amerykan? I've seen "amerykanka"...

@AntV, it's in part of Poznań called Grobla, at skwer Łukasiewicza :):

pl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomnik_Zygi_Latarnika

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


Thanks for the info, I was wondering about that :)
Btw, do you know perhaps where those cookies were known? I've asked my parents and they've never heard of them...


Oh, I thought you were writing about those sofas - that they were also called "kanadyjki"... But I guess you meant this?:

pl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanadyjka_(%C5%82%C3%B3%C5%BCko)


Yup :)) This statue is a tribute to all lamplighters who worked in Poznań, but I'm guessing it's called Zyga the Lamplighter after the last lamplighter in Poznań - Zygmunt Cypel ("Zyga" is Zygmunt in local Posnanian dialect):

poznanskieklimaty.pl/pomnik-zygi-latarnika-czyli-historia-latarni-gazowych-w-poznaniu/

So, there is no lamplighter in Poznań not because the city authorities are so cheap ;), but because, unfortunately, there are only two historic gas street lamps left in the city (one of them is the one next to the statue)...

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@maf, they don't come from the countries they're named after?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


They're named after countries?

The first photo are those cookies "amerykany", I think, the second photo is "ryba po grecku" and the third looks like "placek po węgiersku" (yum!) :d

@pawian, I've never heard of those cookies either. I don't think I've ever tasted them, but apparently they were "cult" cookies. I guess not in my region or sth...

I've also never heard the name "amerykanka" used for that furniture. After running out of options (there are no "ciastka wersalskie" and those cookies didn't look like canapés ;)) I've started reading about the origin of the name "wersalka" and "kanapa" and I noticed that another name used is "amerykanka"...


I've never heard this name either ;D

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

I meant that in Polish this type of furniture is called "amerykanka" and the cookies are called "amerykany", so what they have in common is "Ameryka" :) "Amerykanki" came from the US, I'm not sure about the cookies though... Are those American cookies in origin?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

Amerykanki! And the cookies are called "amerykany"

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@Lenka, you mean their names in Polish?

In the meantime - a riddle from the street lamp series - which city?

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Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


Agrykola Street


;)) Yes, it looks like this is what it's called in Polish:

m.olx.pl/d/oferta/cukier-strzelajacy-150-g-kuchnia-molekularna-cukier-o-smaku-owocowym-CID757-IDs0VnD.html

@maf, meh... I made a riddle about the Wrocław's lamplighter in this thread and posted a link to a video in which he was lighting street lamps wearing those clothes... :P


"Puffiness"? Are those cookies called "puf"?

UK, Ireland / Polish drink-driving murderer sentenced to 5.5 years in prison [99]

I don't have time right now, so just a quick update - the Porsche guy had no right to drive, because his driving licence was taken away. Also, during a police search at his house drugs were found, but he wasn't under influence at the time of the accident:

google.com/amp/s/wawalove.wp.pl/warszawa-jechal-porsche-choc-mial-zabrane-prawo-jazdy-kierowca-z-prokuratorskim-zarzutem-6663358968294176a%3famp=1

It looks like they don't know how fast he was driving yet.

UK, Ireland / Polish drink-driving murderer sentenced to 5.5 years in prison [99]

@Cargo pants, that's understandable, I feel for you, I wouldn't want to witness such a scene... I just don't understand how those people were capable of taking pics if it was so horrific and considering that he was still alive, dying in front of them... It's inhumane and sickening...

UK, Ireland / Polish drink-driving murderer sentenced to 5.5 years in prison [99]


In the same way as other bleeding and that's first aid basics (if they don't know then they should at least read about it - even kids are taught first aid at school):

medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000006.htm


Right, sorry, I forgot about that :/ But stopping the bleeding from the stump wouldn't hurt. People can survive some pretty shocking injuries, so you never know... It's better to try and do sth than not do anything, imho...


I doubt I'd be able to do that, holding his hand would be a feat already...


Those men taking pics clearly weren't vomiting and were composed enough to take pics of a dying man... It's just... I have no words for that...

Btw, if the witness of the accident doesn't know what to do, the dispatcher should be able to inform this person by phone what to do, how to help the victim until the ambulance or the police arrives.

And here's a first aid video in case of leg's amputation in Polish (with presentation):

youtu.be/kce_6G7iRno

UK, Ireland / Polish drink-driving murderer sentenced to 5.5 years in prison [99]


Was noone there helping him until the ambulance came? 5 minutes is a long time for someone with a severed leg... Wasn't anyone trying to stop the bleeding?


Did you tell this to the police?


Me too, but I don't think you have to be a Catholic to do that...


That's f*cked up...


I've got to admit that when I read that it was a Porsche it crossed my mind that it could've been some rich a-hole speeding, but I was trying not to be prejudiced...

Btw, what is this thing in the car's window in the photo?:

warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,54420,27344052,smiertelny-wypadek-na-marszalkowskiej-mjn-to-motoryzacyjny.html

Travel / Greatest Old Towns in Poland [74]


Yeah, well, you know, I'm guessing the Soviet Union wasn't as willing to co-fund the renovation as the European Union was ;) Kielce became pretty good with time at getting the EU funds.


But that's the beginning of the 20th century and Plac Teatralny came into existence in the 19th century (instead of trees there is a car park there now and in the past there were no cars). I was writing about main squares in the Old Towns of cities and towns with their history going back to medieval times. Rafał Zamojski said in the interview that since the architecture around the main square in Kielce is now mostly from the 19th century (previous buildings were destroyed in a great fire), he'd like to go back to what was in the 19th century - which means more greenery.


Well, hopefully it will change with changing restoration/conservation guidelines... I guess we'll see :)

UK, Ireland / Polish drink-driving murderer sentenced to 5.5 years in prison [99]

@amiga500, the article stated that there were crutches laying on the road. Maybe he bought the crutches for someone else and was carrying them? I don't know, I'm not a psychic. It's up to the police to conduct an investigation. The article simply reported what the witnesses said.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@Lenka, yes, bingo! :D The ice cream in the photo is the Ekipa ice cream (lemon flavoured).

And here's the story behind it:

notesfrompoland.com/2021/04/27/poles-scream-for-ice-cream-in-scramble-for-youtuber-branded-popsicles/

It's a new phenomenon in Poland - a group of young Youtubers led by Friz and called Ekipa has become so popular that the've started selling gadgets and clothes with their brand. And now this ice cream craze :)) I've even seen earings modeled on this ice cream, I kid you not lol

UK, Ireland / Polish drink-driving murderer sentenced to 5.5 years in prison [99]


Jesus... So he didn't get killed on spot, as it was written in the article. I mean that he didn't die right away...

My cousin saw once a road accident in Wrocław, or its aftermath - the guy was on a motorcycle, I guess he was hit by a car, I don't remember. He had his belly ripped open with his intestines falling out. She said he was in such a shock that he got up and started putting his intestines back into his belly and mumbled that he has to go home.


It's not only sad, but traumatic...

@amiga500, according to the article the witnesses said that he was jaywalking (and running)...

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


Yes! :)) In Polish it's called "strzelający cukier" (literally: "shooting sugar") and in English it's "popping sugar" or "popping candy", like, for example, American "Pop Rocks" ("Taste the Explosion!" lol). We used to eat such popping sugar sold in sachets when we were kids :)

But... That's not what this riddle is about :)) It is the first ice cream with a popping candy that I've ever eaten and it looks like Nestle decided to introduce a new version of their Kaktus ice cream with a glaze also containing popping candy after the success of the ice cream in the photo. It's also the first ice cream I've ever tasted with a bubble gum flavoured glaze (and it does taste like bubble gum :)). It smells nice and tastes good (especially the strawberry flavour), the popping sugar is fun :) (you can not only feel it but you can also hear the popping), but besides that it's an ordinary sorbet ice cream on a stick.

So... What makes these Polish ice cream (it's produced by a Polish company) so special that people in Poland would storm the shops and buy them out to the point that they would be out of stock and a popular discount introduced buying limits for those ice cream? lol Why would people put even the ice cream packages up for sale on the internet for some ridiculous prices? Why this craze?? ;D


Me too. I also recognise those funny clothes which that old-fashion gent is wearing :))

Travel / Greatest Old Towns in Poland [74]

@pawian, then there wouldn't be place for much of anything else because that green patch with the pond was taking most of the space. There was a patched up, uneven road around it with pavements and that was it. It wouldn't be a proper city's main square then, but a tiny park-like area. As that lady at the beginning of the interview (that I linked to in my previous post - it's the second link) said there are concerts taking place there nowadays, including the New Year's Eve concert. I also personally don't miss that shabby looking "Nazi pool" (it was old and the city had problems with its upkeep anyway).

Also, Rafał Zamojski in the interview (in the first link that I posted) said that such were the restoration guidelines at that time - restorers wanted to retain the medieval setup of old towns and that meant almost no greenery. Take a look at the main squares of such old cities like Kraków, Warsaw or Poznań - there's almost no greenery there. According to Zamojski those guidelines are changing though, because the restorers realised that besides being true to history main squares should be also functional and people-friendly :)

Btw, even though I think that restoration was a must, I don't like how it was done, I don't like the surface of the main square and some other things. I wish they kept those trees, but put them on the sides of the place rather than in the middle. But, at least, it does look like the city's main square and I wouldn't want to go back to what was before. As I already wrote - not far from rynek right in the city centre there's one of the oldest parks in Poland:

pl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_miejski_im._Stanis%C5%82awa_Staszica_w_Kielcach

There's a big pond with benches around it in that park, it's surrounded by trees (big weeping willows are my favourite :)), the water streams in the fountain are so high that when it's windy it blows a wet breeze in your face from its direction lol You can sit there and relax, eat an icecream from the sweet-shop at Staszic Street and watch kids feeding the ducks :):

m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=262469144976042&id=2029898670636227

My cousin who lives in Wrocław was always saying how green Kielce was in comparison to Wrocław, so I guess we shouldn't be complaining too much :):

youtu.be/dDQ03WxsuxU

Woah, sorry for the long post... You know what, my comment about Sienkiewicz Street in the riddle thread and my posts here made me realise that even though Kielce isn't anything special or a tourist attraction I actually love my city ;D :)))

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

I don't think those sugar crystals are big enough to call them rock sugar (?), but either way - neither ordinary granulated sugar nor ordinary rock sugar "explodes" in your mouth like the one that was put in the pink glaze of that ice cream in the photo :) So, what is the name of such sugar in English or in Polish?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@johnny_reb, it is granulated sugar indeed, but what do you call such "explosive" sugar in English?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@pawian, no, it isn't salt, but part of its name in Polish is also something commonly used in the kitchen :)

Travel / Greatest Old Towns in Poland [74]

@JakeRyan, in case of Kielce square they actually wanted to go back to the original, historic state of the place (this is what it looked like in the past):



That pool in the photos posted by pawian was a fire retention pond built by the Nazis during occupation in the middle of the historic square with its history going back to the 12th century... I can't blame the city authorities that they wanted to get rid of it :)

In my opinion it's good that the renovation happened, because now we have a proper historic square in Kielce instead of a noisy roundabout. People weren't relaxing in that place anyway due to the traffic and the noise and that spot was dingy already. There's a proper park not far away in the city centre with a big pond with a big fountain and ducks and swans are swimming there, so it wasn't a great loss, imho :)

The renovation itself was, however, an example of Polish "betonoza" which was trendy at that time - too little or almost no greenery. Fortunately, the trend seems to be changing:

kielce.naszemiasto.pl/wielkie-zmiany-na-rynek-w-kielcach-zamiast-tylu-kamiennych/ar/c1-7590337

And here are interviews with inhabitants of Kielce - the reporter is asking whether they prefer the present day square or what was before and in general what they like and don't like about the renovation (young people seem to be complaining more about the lack of greenery):

kielce.naszemiasto.pl/kielce-kiedys-i-dzis-co-mieszkancy-sadza-o-zmianach-wideo/ar/c3-4296898

I'd like to add sth about the unfortunate changes that happened behind the city hall (the taller building on the left in the photos), but I don't have time right now, so maybe another time :)

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@mafketis, the pink icing containes a certain "explosive" ingredient, but it isn't baking soda. You can see that ingredient in the icing in the photo if you look closely :)

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

;D


Actually, the pink part of that ice cream is kind of "explosive" in a way lol

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@pawian ;D Actually it is what it looks like - it is an ice cream on a stick :) The "special" part is the tricky part :))

Language / Nickname for a small boy [14]


"Kiedy dorośniesz, staniesz się bardzo potężny."

The one above is an exact translation, but this one is also possible:

"Kiedy dorośniesz, będziesz miał wielką moc." (When you grow up, you will have great power.)

Here the word "moc" (power) suggests magical powers.


"Pochodzisz ze starego rodu."


You're welcome :)

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


Maybe he isn't going to participate in this thread... :/


And it's pretty :))

Next riddle - what is it and why it's so special?:

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