Language / Which books do native Polish people in Poland use to learn Polish? [72]


Oh, I loved that book! And the illustrations! (I had exactly that edition) It taught me more empathy towards animals, because it was showing what dogs were thinking/"saying" - it was written from their point of view. After reading it I started nagging my grandma during summer holidays (which we were spending in the countryside when I was a kid and a teen) to give more and better food to my grandparents' dogs (and cats) lol Btw, my grandma still has such tiled stove as in one of the illustrations :)

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


Thanks, maf! :) I'll try it, if I find it somewhere...


lol


Yes, I made ptyś and other stuff as one of the riddles in this thread :) I don't think I ever had it with a pink filling though... Judging by the photos in Wikipedia the filling ineed looks similar both in the waffle bears and the warm ice-cream.

So, the waffle bears are called "misie bezowe" (meringue bears) in Polish, because of the meringue filling - it's light, fluffy and pretty sweet. I've always liked it, as far as I remember. The second photo shows the bears' insides (not for the fainthearted lol):

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

@gumishu, two riddles in one day, nice :))


Yes, the bears are made of waffle :)), but the filling has been always white...
Do you know what they're called in Polish? The name is connected to the filling...


Those bears are a treat from my childhood days, I haven't seen them for years, so when I spotted them once in some supermarket I bought them out of sentiment and took this photo :) But I think that when I was a kid they weren't in the shape of bears, it was just that oval shape (without the bear's head and legs), but maybe I remember it wrong...


I've never had them, I only heard or read about them... To be honest I don't even know what they looked like... I suppose they aren't being sold anymore these days?


Piotr Jaroszewicz, he was a Prime Minister of Poland during PRL. He and his wife were murdered in mysterious circumstances at their home in 1992. He was tortured before death and the attackers allegedly didn't steal anything apart from two guns, I think. Some suspects were captured, but they were released because of lack of evidence. Theories circulated that the killers had been looking for information, documents, in Jaroszewicz home office, which could be used to blackmail people - for example, according to one theory Jaroszewicz was in posession of Nazi archives that could compromise political leaders from different countries. In 2017 the case was resumed and new suspects were arrested and accused of the murder in 2019 - members of some gang and apparently the murder was nothing more than a robbery. The trial started in 2020.

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

Nope, nothing to do with chocolate either.

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

Nope, they don't have anything to do with honey.

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


Railway stations?


Don't be - those easier riddles are a nice counterbalance to those difficult ones :))


Is this instrument some kind of dulcimer?


At first I thought that perhaps they physically prevent birds from flying into something, but I think you may be right...

Another riddle - what are those?

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


So, when you posted the riddle: "What is carried in this case?" - did you mean what was in the case when the photo was taken or what's the instrument the case is supposed to carry?


Yes, it's Szczerbiec, the ceremonial sword used in the coronations of Polish monarchs :)


Well, when I make riddles for this thread I usually try to make it at least a bit interesting and share some knowledge about the subject... Also, I mentioned already that my brother was in the army... And I wrote the truth - when I don't want to talk about sth then I simply don't - I don't lie or make stuff up or use smoke and mirrors... if you know what I mean :P ;) And, anyway, my personal life isn't the topic of this thread (I see not only women are curious creatures, huh? ;D).

As for the aerials - they look like the ones on the Kraków's railway bridge over the Vistula river, but I have no idea what they are for...

The sign - I've seen it for sure on some bridge and probably on a factory fence...


That's too easy for a Pole, so I'm going to leave it to others :)

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


Is this instrument in one of those black cases?


So it's for one dish, not two (beetroots are not for the red borscht?)?


Yup :)) And do you know what sword it is on the badge?

It's a commemorative badge of Polish Central PSYOPS Group (PCPG) - in Polish it's called Centralna Grupa Działań Psychologicznych. They're an elite unit of Polish Armed Forces specialized in conducting psychological operations and their symbol is black spider on a sword - that's why they're called "black spiders". One former GRU agent blamed this unit in Russian press for protests in Belarus lol Some years ago a former soldier from this unit made it to the news in Poland - he was found in Polish mountains with frostbites, living in some self-made hut. He wouldn't talk to anyone. Eventually he started talking in the hospital, but only in Arabic and English. Fortunately, there was a Syrian doctor at that hospital, so he could communicate with him (that soldier served in Iraq and Lebanon). The doctors figured that he probably suffered from PTSD:

natemat.pl/1355,odnaleziony-w-tatrach-zolnierz-mowi-po-angielsku-i-arabsku-to-nie-pierwszy-taki-przypadek


Do you think I would write about it here if that was the case?? ;)) There isn't even a Wiki page about them, they don't have their own internet site... Do they even exist??? ;D Just kidding... No, none of my family members works for them :)

@Lenka, yeah, I wouldn't have guessed it either...

@pawian, when I was posting riddles during your absence sometimes when I thought that my riddle was going to be difficult someone would guess it right away and when I thought it's going to be easy, people had some problems (like with the dinosaur egg), so you never know... I don't think it was possible to figure it out from the photo itself why the dust bin was tipped over though, so sometimes more hints are needed :)

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

I still don't have any ideas about the tipped bin and the elegant case, I'm afraid...


In the pot on the right it looks like beetroots are being cooked (for the red borscht?) and on the left - I don't know... I think I can see onions, maybe sliced potatoes, I don't know about those round, brown things - are those wild mushrooms? Is it some kind of stew?


I don't know what kind of dish it is, so the only thing that comes to my mind are potatoes...

And a riddle from me - what is this thing with my "favourite" creepy-crawly bug on it ;P ;):

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Life / Territorials - Polish National Guard [57]


Ah, so you knew, but forgot! How convenient lol


Had they been? All 22 of them? I guess we'll see when those new guns get issued to the army, because I'm not buying what this company is saying anymore...


I see, so onet.pl wasn't "lying" or "manipulating". You simply don't mind (or even agree with) what PiS and "Łucznik" did.


That's bullsh1t. Somehow they've been producing guns for years (and the Polish army and police are using them) and there haven't been such controversies or the need to go "against the book".

And as for PO, you're talking out of your ass again... :/ As I wrote, "Łucznik" has been producing guns for years, the company has been developing (and earning more and more money) under different governments and that fancy, most modern factory in Europe was built during PO rule (Ewa Kopacz was at the opening). I'm a patriot, Iron, and I agree that Poland needs it's own manufacturers and I'm glad when they're doing well, but Polish soldiers should be getting guns that work and don't fall apart. Fortunately, WOT won't be using them in battle, but what if the rest of the army will be getting Grot (that's the plan)? Will they be "OK" by that time? lol Those 43 000 guns were recalled back to the factory only after the Onet article was published (and that's not ancient history). What if it wasn't published? Would the soldiers be forced to use them? And for how long? I guess we'll never know... I think it's good that Onet released that article. That's the journalists' job.

Poland needs it's own manufacturers, but they should be honest and do their job well.

Btw, in March this year "Łucznik's" board of directors fired the company's chairman of the board. They're looking for a new one. If everything is so OK and the company didn't f*ck up, then why did they do that?

Iron, it's easy to underestimate you, because usually all you do is throwing insults, getting histerical and often not using any sensible arguments. It's good to see that you can do better for a change lol

Life / Territorials - Polish National Guard [57]


I suppose Iron didn't realise whom he stumbled upon ;D (and I don't mean just me lol)


Well, I guess noone needs faulty guns...

Life / Territorials - Polish National Guard [57]

@Iron, the link works for me.


What Lenka post? You mean that screenshot? lol Iron, for God's sake, that's just an introduction to the article! lol Read the freaking articles! Only then we'll be able to discuss the issue. I can clearly see that you haven't read any of them.

Read those:

1. wiadomosci.onet.pl/tylko-w-onecie/szokujacy-raport-o-karabinku-grot-ujawnia-pelen-zakres-jego-wad/0yent0v
2. wiadomosci.onet.pl/tylko-w-onecie/raport-zespolu-pawla-mosznera-dotyczacy-karabinka-grot/zd5zwvq
3. wiadomosci.onet.pl/tylko-w-onecie/onet-odpowiada-na-zarzuty-o-klamstwo-w-sprawie-karabinkow-grot/61lezf2

...and only then you can comment. Before you do that you're just talking out of your ass and you're making baseless accusations.
The first link describes only 8 major flaws out of 22 and it already gave me a headache. The factory didn't even make the sand test (they claim they made dust test) for the guns. When sand gets into Grot the gun becomes unusable. It makes it unfit for military lol And it's just one of those major flaws...

The second link is the report describing all of the 22 flaws. I didn't have the time to read it yet, hopefully I'll manage later.

The third link is Onet's response to the allegations of "lying" or "manipulating".


I've read about this in other sources too, but those articles were short, very general and based on some opinions. None of them was as long, thourough, detailed and based on tests performed by people so experienced in the field, as those published by onet.pl


Who is "worthless scum", according to you? GROM soldiers?? :D Territorials? :D Haha... The report was made and the articles were written, because of the complaints made by soldiers who were using Grot... and who had to pay for parts falling off from those guns, despite the fact that those parts were falling off because of construction flaws and it wasn't the soldiers' fault... You realise that 220 PLN is one third of what a Territorial is getting for taking part in the course?


Iron, I dare say that I know about guns more than an average Polish woman and maybe even more than some men. It's still very little, but at least I do know something :)) And, yes, I am aware what problems there were with M-16 before it was called like that and that American soldiers still had issues with M-16 even in Vietnam, for example, and that there were modifications, etc. But a) that was years ago and b) I imagine American soldiers were listened to by the gun manufacturers (or the guns wouldn't sell). The problem with Grot is that the producer didn't listen to soldiers (or, at least, not enough). If you know about important flaws, you make modifications (without waiting for a scandal to erupt and a recall of 43 000 guns!).

Apart from Radom's "Łucznik" factory in Radom also Military University of Technology in Warsaw took part in designing Grot. That military university entrusted GROM, among others, with testing the weapon. GROM soldiers said Grot is faulty. They concluded it's a good weapon, but has many flaws that need to be corrected. GROM presented evidence how faulty it is to "Łucznik", but the company stated that they're spoiled "because they're GROM and they worked with the best equipment" (I guess "Łucznik" doesn't want to make "the best equipment" - it may be "Poland B" mentality at work, I'm afraid) and the factory won't change anything, because it won't be "profitable" for them. So, GROM decided to get Heckler & Koch HK416. Other Polish special forces don't seem to be interested in Grot either.

And yet the guns (Grot A0 version) were ordered during the testing phase (against the rules for buying equipment for the military) and Territorials got 1000 pieces. They had to be modified into the A1 version for free by the factory (those were very small changes though and didn't tackle the serious problems with the gun). During two following years Polish army got 43 000 pieces of A1 version. Soldiers still had problems with them. Finally, the factory made a new improved version A2, but the army will get it only this year. In the meantime the army sent those 43 000 guns... back to the factory for... "modifications" :):

wiadomosci.onet.pl/tylko-w-onecie/producent-karabinkow-grot-poprawki-wszystkie-egzemplarze-broni-po-tekstach-onetu/k46ez0s

43 000 guns... Wasted taxpayers money (500 millions)... Wasted time and tarnished reputation... And who will pay for those "modifications" of 43 000 guns???
It looks like turning a blind eye to Grot's flaws wasn't so "profitable" for the company after all...


lol
Do you have any clue, Iron? If you do, then, please, do dazzle us with your expertise and comment on all those 22 flaws described in the report made by experts headed by former GROM officer who's been a shooting instructor for over 20 years...

Life / Territorials - Polish National Guard [57]

@Iron, it isn't a lie, read this:

wiadomosci.onet.pl/tylko-w-onecie/onet-odpowiada-na-zarzuty-o-klamstwo-w-sprawie-karabinkow-grot/61lezf2

Food / Easter meal on a typical Polish table? [16]

I figured kids helped with the cookies - it looks as if a rainbow exploded on them :D Both the cookies and cakes look great :) Sernik especially looks yummy ;d

Love / Polish Women Versus Your Local Women ? [289]

Kris2020, I'm a bit confused by what you wrote - did she contact you during those 9 months after she left you or not?

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]

As for "mieć banana na twarzy", I guess it's possible that there was a period of time when it was more popular than these days... I don't know when it originated - maybe when bananas started to be commonly available in shops in Poland ;) 🍌

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]

It's a well known expression, imho...

Genealogy / Want to find a person [770]

@Julijana, yeah, I wondered if they met abroad - that's why I asked :)


That's cool, I'm glad then that I had my small part in bringing them together and I'm happy for your dad :))


It could be "Łukowicz" (in Polish)...

Mods, since Adam Kraszewski has been found maybe it would be a good idea to edit out the address from post #697?

Genealogy / Want to find a person [770]

@Julijana, wow, that's great - I doubted it would be him, because you wrote they haven't been in touch for years, so I assumed this Adam must be a grandpa already or sth ;) It's good that it crossed my mind to mention him, who would've thought...

Btw, out of curiosity, if you don't mind telling - is your dad Polish?


Indeed, your dad has one interesting friend :)))

Genealogy / Want to find a person [770]

@Julijana, that's awesome! :D I'm happy for you :))
Wow, so it's "Kraszan" from JWK Lubliniec after all?
And you're welcome, I'm glad if I helped in any way and have a great day too :)

Love / Polish women: what do you think of Polish men? Physically unattractive? [180]

@johnny_reb, I think I know what your problem is - you're jealous! ;) Hey, if women aren't "slobbering" over you then why don't hit the gym and cut down on bacon? Maybe then you could get that V-shaped torso too lol

I didn't describe any "sexual fantasy" of mine, I only wrote about two real life encounters in my city and I gave a factual description of two Polish men that I considered to be attractive. My comments were on topic, since this thread is about what Polish women think about Polish men and their attractiveness. All you do on this thread, however, is blabbering about me and my alleged "fantasies". Maybe you could try to post sth on topic for a change?

Also, I'm not embarassed by what I wrote, even though you're trying to shame me for it :)

And I didn't claim that I'm a "model material" lol Being slim doesn't make anyone a model. Chemikiem was right - you are a liar.

@Lenka, true, that's rather unusual in Poland.

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

Congrats, maf! :D

No idea about what's in the case then...

Genealogy / Want to find a person [770]

@Julijana, you're welcome :) Btw, there's one guy called Adam Kraszewski in the Lubliniec unit, but he comes from Łomża and he isn't an older guy, so I'm guessing it isn't about him...

Genealogy / Want to find a person [770]

@Julijana, you could try to send a letter to this address, Poles rarely sell their flats, they usually leave them to their kids...

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

@maf, yeah, that's most probably it... Also, tigers are carnivorous, but they do eat fruit sometimes to ease digestion (I'm guessing it's not about that though).

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

Yeah, I was thinking about at least one of them being a camera too...


maf ;D

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

Are those objects in black covers phones? I have no ideas left about the bin and I don't think I can see anything wrong with the exercise...

Oh, wait, is it about the number of toes in the drawing in that exercise? Cats have five toes on each paw in front, not four (and four on each paw in the back). Also, their claws are usually hidden, unless they're hunting, climbing or defending themselves.

Love / Polish women: what do you think of Polish men? Physically unattractive? [180]

@johnny_reb, you're starting trouble by making lame comments. I wrote something positive on this thread - about seeing two attractive Polish men and you clearly have a problem with that. The question is - why?


No, I wasn't. I wasn't even attracted to that second guy at that time, so why would I be daydreaming about him nowadays? Stop making stuff up about people.


Because I was single at that time and I could "slober" over him all I wanted :D


A woman hitting on a guy in an overt way would be viewed as "easy", a "slut" or "desperate". At best it would be considered as weird or suspicious. The last time I've seen here a female hitting on a male in a way that could be seen in some way as overt was in secondary school lol A girl from another class was hitting on a boy from our class during a break. Me and some other girls were observing this scene ;) The boy seemed to be so oblivious to what she was doing that one of the girls remarked: "Soon she'll have to sit on his lap in order to get her point across." lol

I'm slim compared to people who aren't slim - overweight people, obviously. l don't know if I have any pictures of myself "in blue jeans from the backside", but even if I did I wouldn't post it on this forum lol

Love / Polish women: what do you think of Polish men? Physically unattractive? [180]


As you can see johnny_reb is starting already lol


Then what did you mean when you asked whether my "dream came true"? I wasn't asleep lol I also wasn't "fantasizing", I was writing on an internet forum.


I see you missed that part where I wrote that 'I wasn't available on the 'dating market" at that time'.


Sorry, johnny_reb, but Kielce isn't New York, it's the Holy Cross region... Women have to be more subtle here with showing their interest...

And I'm not "playing a queen" - if you think that, then you have some kind of a problem. And I'm not overweight (are you projecting? ;D), I'm slim, btw *smh*

Love / Polish women: what do you think of Polish men? Physically unattractive? [180]


Yeah, it was enough for that first guy to just look at me and my ovaries went into overdrive ;D


No, it isn't ;)