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


Raccoon dog! In Polish it's "jenot (azjatycki)". It looks "raccoonish", but it's a canine... How interesting...

@johnny_reb, I'll respond to you later, I have no time right now.

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


Yes, that's what I had in my mind - that hedgehogs aren't native to the US.


Yes, one can't keep as a pet only those native to Poland. Having African pygmy hedgehogs at home is legal though :):

polki.pl/dom/aranzacje-wnetrz,jez-jako-zwierze-domowe-nowy-trend,10040739,artykul.html

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

OK, I guess my Riddle 3 was too difficult after all:


The answer to this riddle is: first selection for GROM. At that selection the first generation of GROM special operators was chosen - they were the ones who created this unit from scratch with the help of new allies: Americans and the British. Americans equipped and trained them (Delta Force) and later on they were trained by the British SAS.

Americans only asked Poles not to waste it all away and they didn't. They passed all the knowledge and skills to future generations. GROM has become the most elite special forces unit in Poland and is on par with the best special forces in the world :)

Btw, yes, I've read about Elżbieta Zawacka :)


Lucky you, I've only ever heard owl's hooting while being in or near a forest at night... And I've never seen one live in the wild :/

@Lenka, that's cool, I've never even seen a hedgehog in real life, everyone seem to be seeing them, even in the city, except for me lol ;P


Good one lol


It is true and that was one of my questions ("What do these animals have in common?").

I know that the Eurasian lynx (the one that lives in Poland) and the bobcat belong to the same genus (Lynx) - I've checked everything before I posted my response to your answer. But that isn't a bobcat in the photo. Bobcats live only in the Northern America, not in Poland. So, if you wrote more generally - "lynx", instead of "bobcat" - then it would be correct. But you didn't - you wrote "bobcat".

In short - every bobcat is a Lynx, but not every lynx is a bobcat :))

Also, you wrote yourself that bisons and "buffalos" are distinct animals. Yes, I know that they belong to the same genus (Bison), but that isn't a "buffalo" in the photo. It's an European bison (Bison bonasus) - in Polish it's called "żubr". American bison (Bison bison) is called "bizon" in Polish. We don't mix their names up in Poland, because they even look different:

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bison

Since "buffalo" is the standard name used in the US for an American bison I figured you meant the American species. If you wrote more generally - "bison" - I could count that as the correct answer.

Porcupines live only in Southern Europe. There are no porcupines in Poland, only hedgehogs (and that's a hedgehog in the photo).

You were simply too American-centric in your answer :)) Don't forget that this thread is about Poland.


It isn't about that. The problem wasn't in that the same species have different names in American and British English, but the fact that those are two separate species (of the same genus). And it wasn't a general riddle about animals, but about specific animals native to Poland. So, I couldn't recognise "bobcat" and "buffalo" as correct answers, because there was no "bobcat" and no "buffalo" in that photo collage. And there are no dolphins and porcupines living in Poland. Johnny_reb should've done some research.

For example, I had no idea that there are no hedgehogs in the US and that they are considered to be "exotic" animals over there :):

treehugger.com/pet-hedgehogs-are-a-prickly-issue-for-some-states-4863969

I guess this is why johnny_reb mistook it for a porcupine.
Funny, for me the hedgehog is such a typical and obvious animal that I thought they're common also in Northern America :)

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

@jon357, yes, bingo! :D It's sóweczka zwyczajna (Eurasian pygmy owl) - the smallest owl in Poland (and in Europe) :):



Lynx, on the other hand, is one of the biggest predators in Europe.

The most endangered species among the animals in that photo collage is harbour porpoise (morświn zwyczajny) - there are only 500 left of them in the Baltic Sea. Pity... They're so cute :)):





Since hedgehog is under protection in Poland you can't keep it as a house pet... which can be tempting, because hedgehogs often aren't afraid of humans and they're cute :):

werandacountry.pl/data/articles/jak-pomoc-jezowi-2.webp

When my father was a boy he had a hedgehog as a house pet and called him "Tuptuś", because of the sound it was making when walking on the floor. A few weeks ago when my parents went to the countryside to visit my grandma they discovered a hedgehog living in the garage or somewhere nearby. My parents would leave food for the hedgehog and it wasn't afraid of people at all. Once when it was trotting through the yard my aunt started petting it - the hedgehog stopped, waited and when my aunt finished petting the hedgehog resumed the trotting :)

Life / Paintings of artists from Poland? [192]

Oh, sorry, it should be Tomasz "Alen" Kopera, since "Alen" is his artistic nickname.

@Lenka, I like them too :) I agree, and there's something tender and humane about them too, I think. They're pretty clever and imaginative and also very well painted, he has great skill and a lot of patience, I'm guessing lol (such detailed quality paintings must take months to paint).


It's based on this painting by Caspar David Friedrich:

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanderer_above_the_Sea_of_Fog

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


You've guessed owl and wolf, but the rest are animals living in Northern America, not in Poland. That photo collage is made into the shape of Poland, because it shows animals that are native to Poland - and that's one thing they all have in common. Another thing is that, as pawian wrote, they are all protected species in our country.

Dolphins, buffalos, porcupines and bobcats aren't native to Poland. Dolphins sometimes visit the Baltic Sea, but that's it. And there's no trout in that photo - that's a blurred tree branch :)

But you can still have a try at guessing my previous Riddle 3 - I think it should be pretty easy after Ironside gave the answer to Riddle 2... 🤔 Use the power of deduction! :))


True, but I've read that men are practicing this sport in Japan, Spain and France, I think, so I guess things are changing...


I see. I must admit I didn't realise there are a lot of men who would want to practice this discipline. I remember that when I was a kid I was watching Japanese anime TV series about this sport and it made me want to do it too :) I tried to practice it at home with some makeshift artifacts ;D So I can understand the appeal - it's a cool sport :)


Yes, that's a funny name :)) It's one of the biggest insects in Poland. It's a garden pest and the best fishing bait for catfish.


Yes, awesome, correct! :) Btw, can you guess which owl it is? Hint: it's really small and it's name both in Polish and in English indicates it.

Life / Paintings of artists from Poland? [192]

Tomasz Alen Kopera, a contemporary artist, creates his surreal art with oil paints on linen:

This one is based on a well known painting - do you know which one?



"The Wolf and the Lamb" (inspired by the fable by Jean De La Fontaine) was sold this year at an auction for 72 000 PLN:



Nature seems to be one of the main motifs in his paintings:



touchofart.eu/Tomasz-Alen-Kopera/tal25-L13/

And some other:

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


No wonder, she's pretty and I like that photo portrait :) I've never heard of her though. I was thinking of rhythmic gymnastics, but you confused me with calling her discipline "sort of feminine" - I think it's very feminine since basically almost only women compete in this sport :)

Meh, but I see I forgot about my Riddle 3 from this post #921 ;P:

https://polishforums.com/travel/poland-photo-riddles-part-85223/31/#msg1809835

It isn't a well known "anniversary", it isn't something of great historic importance, but rather a niche thing, but as I wrote before in my hint:


And the answer to Riddle 2 is:


So, what do you think happened for the first time 30 years ago?

And next riddles:

Riddle 1: What is it?

Riddle 2: What do these animals have in common?
More advanced: can you name all of them? (in English or Polish)

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News / Unfulfilled promises by PiS [559]


I don't remember exactly. Sometimes I switch between two books (there are many that are waiting in line, but I have no time right now). The latest that I've started reading is "Zatoka" by Naval.

And you?


How convenient. Which radio?


No, weirdo. Danuta Wałęsa said in one interview that when she complained to her husband that he's spending too little time with her and too much time in front of the computer, Lech said that she can sit by him and spend it together with him in front of the computer lol


So?

News / Unfulfilled promises by PiS [559]


OK, then give me the chapter or better yet - the exact page. I have that book, but haven't read it yet.


Even in any right-wing or PiS media? How do you know about it then?

News / Unfulfilled promises by PiS [559]


I haven't seen any mention in any article or interview that Wałęsa is a wife-beating alcoholic.


I doubt he would invite her to sit with him by the computer, if he was addicted to internet pornography.


Which one? The one written by his wife?

News / Unfulfilled promises by PiS [559]


Where and when did she "detail" that? Any link? Their marriage is far from perfect, but the only addiction she complained about in the interviews that I've read was Wałęsa's computer addiction. And I haven't found anything about him hitting her.

News / How strongly are Poles sure that president Duda defend Poland's interests ? [265]

Everything. Have you read the article? He was there - he was witnessing history happening (which can't be said about amiga500, you or me) and to some extent he took part in making it happen. He also seems to be impartial (which can't be said about you or amiga500) - he's a right-winger and a former member of PiS, so he has no reason to be biased in favour of Wałęsa.

News / How strongly are Poles sure that president Duda defend Poland's interests ? [265]


And yet, Jerzy Marek Nowakowski (former member of PiS) claims in this article that it was Lech Wałęsa and Jerzy Buzek who contributed the most to Poland's accession to NATO (he also mentions some other names):

wei.org.pl/2019/blogi/panstwo/jerzy-marek-nowakowski/nato-jak-to-sie-udalo/

He also describes how Wałęsa negotiated the fast withdrawal of Soviet troops from Poland.

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@pawian, to rzeczywiście nieduże miasto, ale to było niedawno, nie w latach 90, więc nie sądzę żeby o to chodziło... Ciotka wybierała ubrania do sklepu chyba tylko pod swój gust, nie zastanawiając się co może się podobać innym i ceny były nieadekwatne do tego jak te ubrania wyglądały. A jej syn chyba nie trafił za bardzo z lokalizacją i przypuszczam, że się trochę przeliczył z przekonaniem o atrakcyjności swojego pomysłu - kiedy odwiedzał naszą rodzinę we Wrocławiu spodobał mu się jeden typ baru, który tam zobaczył i sądził, że skoro w jego miejscowości takiego nie ma, to zrobi furorę... Niestety nie zrobił... Myślę, że z takim barem większe szanse miałby w jakimś większym mieście, nawet w Kielcach chociażby... (może też źle ten bar prowadził - nie wiem) A więc do czegoś takiego trzeba się moim zdaniem dobrze przygotować, jakiś research zarobić... A i wtedy pewnie nie ma gwarancji, że ludzie będą walić drzwiami i oknami...


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Ale pracę zawsze można zmienić. Przy takiej pensji możesz trochę pieniędzy odłożyć i potem pomyśleć o własnym biznesie kiedy czasy będą lepsze. Alien ma rację i myślę, że pawian też ma rację... Lepiej nie brać się za coś na czym się człowiek (przynajmniej na razie) nie zna, zwłaszcza w nowym kraju...

Powiem tak, moja ciotka kiedyś otworzyła sklep z odzieżą. Ceny wysokie, ubrania brzydkie ;P Nie sprzedawały się, więc sklep musiała zamknąć. Jej syn chyba zaraz po studiach wziął kredyt i otworzył bar. Bar nie zarabiał, więc mój brat cioteczny ogłosił bankructwo i teraz chyba jego mama spłaca ten jego kredyt... A oboje otworzyli swoje biznesy we własnej miejscowości, której realia teoretycznie powinni znać...

Po polsku / Targowisko - Bazar - Handel [36]

@Lenka, ja tam psychologiem też nie jestem i masz rację, ale generalnie na te badania najlepiej przyjść wyspanym, wypoczętym, zdrowym, nie pić alkoholu na dwa dni przed, itd. bo tam są różne testy - nie tylko psychologiczny, na osobowość (a dużo tych pytań jest), ale też na refleks/czas reakcji, na logiczne myślenie czy coś tam, itd.

A te badania psychologiczne trzeba przejść żeby w ogóle dostać się do wojska/na służbę przygotowawczą, a Oathbreaker się dostał, czyli jak rozumiem wtedy te testy przeszedł pomyślnie... Dlatego spytałam czy na zawodowego te badania jakoś szczególnie się różniły od tamtych. No bo jeśli nie to albo był wtedy jakoś wyjątkowo nie w formie, albo psycholog jakiś "udany/a"... (?)


Ja może samych gofrów też nie, ale z bitą śmietaną i polewą czekoladową to i owszem ;D Kojarzą mi się z wakacjami nad morzem :)

A ten "toddy" to z alkoholem jest?

Po polsku / Targowisko - Bazar - Handel [36]


Z drugiej strony - jeśli wtedy byłeś nie w sosie po rozstaniu z dziewczyną to może i lepiej że nie od razu drugi raz podchodziłeś, bo jakby Cię drugi raz negatywnie ocenili to już jest ostateczna decyzja... 🤔


Raz w życiu skusiłam się późną jesienią czy wczesną zimą (w każdym razie jakoś zimno było) na gofra z okienka z bitą śmietaną i polewą czekoladową, bo dawno nie jadłam i jakoś akurat na gofra naszła mnie ochota... Niestety to był błąd - zimny był i ręce mi zgrabiały od trzymania go - nigdy więcej na dworze w takiej temperaturze! lol


Może w Norwegii ludzie tam bardziej zahartowani :))

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@Lenka, jakby nakierowywało to by Oathbreaker wiedział czemu dostał negatywną ocenę, a pisał wcześniej, że nie wie czemu się nie dostał na zawodowego i w tym temacie też napisał, że nie wie jakie miał braki... Nie wiem czy dobrze kojarzę, ale kiedyś to na takim druczku po prostu pisało czy psycholog stwierdził przeciwskazania do służby w wojsku czy nie i chyba nic więcej.

Po polsku / Targowisko - Bazar - Handel [36]


No cóż, człowiek uczy się na błędach :P Gdybyś wiedział o co chodziło to mógłbyś się odwołać w ciągu 14 dni i nie musiałbyś czekać rok...

Btw, a te badania psychologiczne na zawodowego jakoś szczególnie różniły się od tych do służby przygotowawczej?

@Lenka, podają - każdy osobno dostaje orzeczenie, więc nawet jeśli z własnej inicjatywy psycholog nie powie to się można zapytać (no chyba, że się coś zmieniło i teraz inaczej to wygląda).

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Wydaje mi się, że powinieneś zostać poinformowany jaki był powód takiej decyzji. A skoro nie powiedzieli to trzeba było się zapytać...

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

Fibak?

News / Why is no one on here talking about the man killed by the Police in Lubin? [29]

@Ironside, I have no "main" source of information. Now, did you get out of your "deep hole" and bothered to read the interview I linked to in my previous post?

News / Why is no one on here talking about the man killed by the Police in Lubin? [29]


There wasn't any mention of that in any of the articles that I've read. It was mentioned that according to the police officers he was agitated and agressive, but there was no information about any attack or injuries sustained by the cops.

What's more, the police lied that the guy had no injuries, which was cotradicted by both the paramedics and the hospital.


Even if they didn't it isn't OK for them to kill someone "accidentally" like that. There were 4 cops and one guy with no weapon - they should be able to subdue one guy without killing him:

wroclaw.wp.pl/lubin-rodzina-zmarlego-34-latka-pokazala-nowe-nagranie-widac-na-nim-jak-policjant-ugniata-glowe-bartka-6674001177676448a


The police were called by the guy's family. His father said that he had thrown a small rock at his grandma's window.

Another family member said that it wasn't the first time he behaved like that - he was addicted. They tried to find help for him, but he was always sent home.


And what sources do you consider to be raliable? TVPiS? lol TV Republika? lol You see, I can "lol" too :)

Then how about a real expert? A guy who trained police officers and was the commander of the one of the biggest Police Training Centres in Poland (in Legionowo)? I think this is a pretty balanced interview with him and thorough - he mentions all kinds of problems that the police has these days and talks about all those controversial police intervensions that ended with death. It's worth reading, imho:

wiadomosci.wp.pl/piotr-calinski-policja-bedzie-gorzej-oceniana-niz-biskupi-tuszujacy-pedofilie-6684210086308352a

@gumishu, as for that article from Rzeczpospolita you linked to (which ended up in Random), I agree that both the police officers and the paramedics should try to resuscitate him, which they failed to do.


How can you write something like that? And how do you know that he did? It always amazes me how little right-wingers value human life (unless it's the life of the unborn lol).

Keep to minimum quotes please

News / Why is no one on here talking about the man killed by the Police in Lubin? [29]


There were some articles about it, for now I've found this:

polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/2134304,1,granice-w-panstwie-pis-policja-wciaz-atakuje.read

News / Why is no one on here talking about the man killed by the Police in Lubin? [29]

@Milo, you don't live in Poland and I'm afraid you don't know what pawian is talking about...

News / Scandals, conflicts, tensions, arguments - real life examples from Poland [543]

@amiga500, so anyone who disagrees with you on any given topic is a "traitor"? lol How convenient :)


People (you, among others) who claim that supporting a political party they don't like or having different political views than them is enough to call someone a "traitor", show by making such claims their intellectual and moral mediocrity, fanatism and bad character, imho.


First of all, I wasn't making fun of that prosecutor (even though he most likely deserves it, imho), but of your rather wild theory.

Secondly, if he has family, then his kids and his wife are "poor", not him. I feel sorry for his kids the most and not for that drunkard.

I also have a hard time buying it that you actually believe in your own theory.


Well, I'm sorry, but this discussion isn't about what's happening on the border with Belarus and I don't see aby debate currently going on about it on PF, so why of all topics I should be commenting about this particular one?


Oh, for God's sake, Ironside... I didn't write that "I know it all", I only wrote what is, according to me, a more probable explanation, knowing the realities of Polish society. I'd like to remind you that neither you nor amiga500 live in Poland.

It was amiga500 who behaved as if he "knew it all without knowing anything" and he was the one who started jumping to (rather ridiculous, imho) conclusions:

https://polishforums.com/news/poland-scandals-conflicts-tensions-arguments-84933/11/#msg1809784

And he didn't write "maybe", he didn't write that this is his "guess". He wrote it as if he was stating a fact.

News / Scandals, conflicts, tensions, arguments - real life examples from Poland [543]

@Cargo pants, you're right, I haven't - I'm afraid I don't hang out in such circles :P


Indeed lol:

tvn24.pl/polska/mafia-vat-owska-karuzela-vat-reportaz-superwizjera-4744615

News / Scandals, conflicts, tensions, arguments - real life examples from Poland [543]

Well, there's always going to be some kind of organised crime, but it doesn't mean that any such group can be called "mafia". I guess the only time I hear or read the word "mafia" being used is in the context of "mafia VATowska" (VAT mafia). Something for you, amiga500 :):

tvn24.pl/polska/mafia-vat-owska-w-ministerstwie-finansow-poslowie-izabela-leszczyna-i-janusz-cichon-pytaja-o-kontrole-skarbowe-5009327


It's "Good Change", maf! "Dobra zmiana!" :D


Nah, he's more likely a pimp and this is why he knows so much about "mafia" in Poland :D