News / Poles start to feel arrogant and superior to Southern Europeans [182]


So, which country that isn't Poland do you live in?

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


It is rather queer that him and "pierogi2000" come on at the same time. One criticises Poland constantly, the other makes Poland look like a racist backwater. And they're both obsessed with racial issues. hmmm.

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


You're in America and have been for most of your life, so less of the "our" and "we", please.


Why don't you keep your views in America where they belong?

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


Says someone who understands the methodology of such studies.


Search back, you'll find them largely discredited by virtue of the small sample size and the way of sampling.

As for the studies, I imagine you're referring to the usual ADL polls. Here's a clue : anyone relying on stationary phone lines cannot be taken seriously as a polling organisation.

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


Those studies are also utterly worthless, as has been proven on here repeatedly. Tell you what - if you want to start somewhere, start by examining the method used to obtain such results.

As for "some things", given the amount of times that you degenerate Poland on here, one has to wonder what your real motive is.


Strange, you claimed to be married to one in other threads. Perhaps getting your story straight would be a good start?

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


Really?

I wonder what you base that observation on, apart from your general loathing of Poland.

Life / Public Masturbation now allowed in Sweden, Would this work in Poland? [43]

Which was already comprehensively debunked for one simple reason - Sweden reports sexual crimes differently to most countries.

Do try harder with your racism, and preferably keep it to Stormfront.

Genealogy / I am looking for an African guy in Krakow, I dated [73]

It was a big story for one simple reason - it wasn't common here. If a Polish guy had done it, it would have attracted exactly the same headlines.

Genealogy / I am looking for an African guy in Krakow, I dated [73]



Cheers, RN.

Genealogy / I am looking for an African guy in Krakow, I dated [73]

I notice that you've got a grudge against Poland and her people for some reason. Many of your posts are quite negative about Poland, and trying to claim that Polish women aren't "as bright" is just offensive given the high educational standards of Polish women.

Simon Mol didn't do anything particularly unusual in the world - I know quite a few hard left wing women elsewhere who would have fallen for exactly the same tactic. He - after all - was known to move in circles known for gullible women. I'm sure the same thing would have worked just as well in the USA.

History / Are Poles happy with the current Polish borders? [134]


I doubt many Serbians even care, given that Poland is a bastion of Catholicism and we all know how hysterical the Serbs can be about Catholics.


Some might say the same about that European black sheep, Serbia.

(and I say this as someone who somewhat likes Serbia)

History / Polish and German Borders-Justice for Both Countries or not? [37]

I could be wrong, but I think there aren't actually many made up names - Gorzów comes to mind as being made up, but for instance - Jelenia Góra was Hirschberg before. Zielona Góra was Grünberg, too. Then you get situations like Walbrzych, where -


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walbrzych#Etymology

It's interesting stuff - they seem to have used older German names as the basis for the new Polish name.

I've always wondered - did people in Polish call Breslau - Wrocław or not before 1945? It was home to a sizable Polish minority between the wars...

History / Polish and German Borders-Justice for Both Countries or not? [37]

We happen to like Wroclaw and Szczecin and see no reason to give them up in exchange for a vast, poor territory that would require far more money than Poland has even to bring it up to Polish standards.

Genealogy / I am looking for an African guy in Krakow, I dated [73]


You're being completely out of line.

Who asked you to judge what she did and didn't do? For what it's worth, I believe the problem is only in your own pathetic head.

You're a vile, despicable person. Telling someone to abort a child because it's mixed race is unbelievably disgusting.

Trying to suggest that she has mental and physical problems just because she made a mistake...I guess you're perfect and have led an even better life than Jesus, huh?

Genealogy / I am looking for an African guy in Krakow, I dated [73]


Step 3: stop posting rude, arrogant stuff. You left Poland many years ago.

History / Polish and German Borders-Justice for Both Countries or not? [37]


If you genuinely love Poland, you would know the sheer impossibility of re-integrating the former Polish territories in the East to Poland.

UK, Ireland / Buying an export car from UK (VAT-free) and importing it into Poland [35]


That changed a while back - warranties must now be honoured EU-wide. Buy a product in the UK with a UK guarantee, and you must have it honoured in Poland.

UK, Ireland / Buying an export car from UK (VAT-free) and importing it into Poland [35]

Would they really be buying new cars, though?

UK, Ireland / Buying an export car from UK (VAT-free) and importing it into Poland [35]


Normally, any decent Customs clearance would have very close links with the Urzad Celny. I'd recommend - if I was importing a car - to try and find one at Swiecko.

What you want to look for is something like "Agencja Celna" at TTOC Swiecko - for instance - emsped.com.pl/kontakt

I'd recommend clearing the car into the EU (and Poland) there for the simple reason that it's a convenient location and that there are a lot of agents there that you can use - you just need to make sure to arrive there with the car during normal office hours.

Nothing stops you clearing the car into Poland somewhere else, but if you plan on transporting it yourself, it might be best to do it somewhere where they're not going to muck you around.

UK, Ireland / Buying an export car from UK (VAT-free) and importing it into Poland [35]


Perhaps - as I recall, the engine size has a direct influence on the taxation. I seem to recall that cars over 2 litres have a fairly crippling level of excise duty applied to them.

Probably the best bet would be to contact a Customs clearance agent and ask them - they'll probably be able to give you a definitive answer.

Travel / Poles the worst-dressed tourists in the world? [25]


Never seen it here, not even in the worst PRL osiedle. Heck, haven't even seen it in the dodgiest marketplace in Ukraine!

Study / Private Universities vs Public Universities in Poland [31]

Indeed. Thankfully, employers tend to understand that the cause of the cheating is very much based upon a system that is completely broken - were the system to be relevant, then I suspect cheating would decline considerably. I know quite a few honest people who admit to having cheated in university, simply because they were forced to study irrelevant nonsense.


Plenty of them here, I'm afraid.

At least with medicine, I've always understood it to be something that requires considerable dedication on one's part - it's never going to be enough to learn from the professors.

Study / Student dormitories vs private rooms in Poland. What's the best option? [12]

Some can be very very nice, especially if they're reserved for foreign students. But the issue of the lady at the door is a big one - I have some Asian friends who got together and bribed them a significant amount of money (I think it was something like 2000zl for each worker) to turn a blind eye to the stuff that they did (parties, having guests over, etc).

Study / Private Universities vs Public Universities in Poland [31]

And are worth perhaps 1/3rd of a US degree too.

History / Jaruzelski vs Pinochet [120]


It makes sense - they have a specific purpose, and they're not for couples in general. I know one that is used to run a bar - which makes sense, the owners have different business interests and it gives the bar a specific legal identity. And don't forget that the ZUS costs are deductible from taxes.


Why should you be allowed to opt out when employees and employers can't?


I wonder how you're doing this, unless you work exclusively under umowa o dzieło contracts. In which case, good luck to you.


Perhaps, but we all know that the reality would mean most sole traders would save nothing for retirement and the country would be facing a massive crisis in the years to come.


I dunno what my tax burden is, I'm employed under umowa o prace and don't pay attention to the gross figure. Last time I checked, it was coming in around 35% - I can live with that.


Nice - you take advantage of what Poland has to offer, but you refuse to contribute. I do hope you don't use any services that are funded by the State, such as most public transport systems in Poland.


Since when has taxation been a set percentage?


Because private healthcare is cheap and affordable.


I'm the last to defend Kaczynski, but as far as I know, he did nothing in particular in that respect.

But if you never got a single zloty, then you simply didn't try. There are so many funds available that you'd have to consciously avoid applying for them.


Nice. Obviously you don't have much of a conscience.

History / Jaruzelski vs Pinochet [120]

If you apply the principle that if you earn 4000zl as a self employed person, you pay 1000zl in ZUS and very little income tax (usually next to nothing if your accounts are done properly) - then a 25% tax rate that includes health care and pension contributions isn't really so bad.

History / Jaruzelski vs Pinochet [120]

Probably the fact that ZUS requires you to actually save for your own pension.

Real Estate / Renting in Poland - tenants' rights? [51]


No, it doesn't quite work like that. They have to agree to the move - which means that in practice, they won't.

There are simple ways around this situation, however.

History / Jaruzelski vs Pinochet [120]


Until you were in such a situation, I don't think you can judge. There were plenty of ordinary, decent people who had Party membership (or were members of one of the pseudo-Party organisations) who did nothing wrong to anyone. That included a considerable percentage of the educated classes - who had an education and who had no desire to rot their brains in a mindnumbing factory. Can you honestly say that they were scum?

Of course, if you had Party membership to line your own pockets through corruption, then you were of course scum. But the rank and file can't really been criticised in the same way - in my humble opinion.


I would argue that the most devastating act since 1956 was marital law. The Army in 1980-1981 was somewhat trusted - even, as I understand it, the general attitude of Walesa and others was that they could do business with Jaruzelski because he had the support of Moscow and that he was from a good family and background. For him to order the Polish Army on their own people was - as you say - damaging to the collective mentality.


I wouldn't blame them in the 80's. Nowadays, I don't understand it - but back then, it's perfectly understandable. Sadly, hatred of Jaruzelski these days seems to be directly in reverse proportion to one's own status in society.


Solidarity themselves were expecting to only win 20-30 seats in the Sejm, not helped by the PZPR choosing a lot of local celebrities to stand for election.


Apologies for nitpicking, but ZUS was created in the II RP, not in the PRL.

History / Jaruzelski vs Pinochet [120]

Pawian, do we know what JPII and Jaruzelski discussed, if anything?