News / THE ARMY OF POLAND - THE REALITY [493]


And have these tanks been put in cages that look like chicken coops on the roofs against drones, like the russians and Ukrainians do?

News / Coronavirus in Poland - part 2 [599]


You don't die from Covid, you die from complications, the worst is the so-called SARS, often even respirators don't help, you only need an artificial lung, and there are very few of them. In addition, all other complications are possible, just like with the Covid vaccine. Whether it is appropriate to classify the death from a heart attack in someone suffering from Covid as a death from Covid is a rhetorical question. In my opinion, however, there is a high probability that young people usually did not die from Covid because they were less sick in general, that is, they had fewer complications during the course of this disease.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


Violetta Villas

Life / Will Poland ever be multicultural like Sweden, Germany or France? [283]


This is today's sense of beauty.

History / 20 years of Poland in the EU. [317]

Where I am on holiday there are almost no Africans, but there are a lot of Asians. There are also many Russian speakers.

Food / Poles prefer pizza & kebab? [73]


I eat kebab very rarely, and if I do, it's only with chicken. I assume that chicken is so cheap that no one cheats on it. Just like they do with lamb.

News / Coronavirus in Poland - part 2 [599]

I understand conspiracy theories about e.g. UFOs or 9/11, or even about Jews, but I don't understand how you can make conspiracy theories about a plague that killed millions of people. Let's treat it as a test against the next plague that will surely come.

Off-Topic / Let's talk about shoes [344]

Picasso, van Gogh and others were seen, yesterday admission to museums was free. After visiting the museum, I even found instructions from one shoemaker at the exhibition on the difference between handmade shoes and the so-called Goodyear welted shoes. Both can be very good and expensive.

Off-Topic / Let's talk about shoes [344]


Very elegant, I happened to have one pair. However, they are Goodyear welted.

Travel / Poles as tourists in foreign countries [93]


The same could be written about North Korea or Somalia, but no one in their right mind takes a vacation there.

Travel / Poles as tourists in foreign countries [93]


Why does anyone go to Russia of their own free will?

Off-Topic / Let's talk about shoes [344]


Beautiful shoes, and so far at a reasonable price (they were). Unfortunately, they are currently owned by Prada, which resulted in prices increasing by 100% almost overnight. £750-850, when not long ago you could choose from models for £350. If you find some at the old price, it's worth considering.

Off-Topic / Still alive and well [359]


Did you have any premonition?

News / Ups and downs of the democratic government 2023-2027 in Poland [363]


Poland cannot be compared with the UK. Poland is not an island somewhere at the end of Europe. Nowadays, isolated Poland has no chance of survival. Poland has a choice: to stay in the EU or come under Russia's wing.

Food / Polish mustards [134]


I wonder if it's kosher?

Study / Various education and school issues in Poland. Opinions, stories, controversies. [1006]


And in primary school, the teacher would hit us on our hands with a ruler.

Travel / Poles as tourists in foreign countries [93]


In his mind's eye three times a day. 🤔

Travel / Transport adventures in Poland [105]


I was once returning from Poland to Germany. I stopped at a red light in one Silesian city. There were ruts on the road that were partially filled with water. Suddenly I saw in the rearview mirror a Ford Escort coming around the corner much too fast. He tried to brake but to no avail. I managed to put the car in gear and drove 2 meters before it hit me from behind. After some time, the police came, found me innocent and classified the incident as a road collision. They also called my local roadside assistance. My car, unlike the Escort, was still salvageable. The roadside assistance took me and my car to their yard. I asked them to call the appraiser, whom I talked to and convinced him to come, which he did in two hours. In the meantime, I asked the roadside assistance boys to prepare the damaged exhaust pipe and the rear wheel that was blocking for further driving. Which they also achieved. After the appraiser arrived and carried out the inspection, I gave him my address in Germany and asked him to send the assessment and the bill for the service. I also paid the roadside assistance service on the bill and got into the car with the broken exhaust pipe and continued on to Germany. I arrived safely, and everything happened on Sunday. Today it would certainly be impossible.

Food / Polish cookbook - down to earth hearty Polish cuisine [33]


In Germany you can buy them, for example: Lauziter Sauergurken, which, however, are only regionally known in former Slavic areas.

Travel / Transport adventures in Poland [105]


Did this happen to you on a Sunday or a normal working day?

Food / Polish mustards [134]

Wings are waste in Europe, what counts in chickens are breasts and legs.

UK, Ireland / "Strange " English language.. [264]

@Crow
Just don't say later that it was on the tip of your tongue.

Food / Polish cookbook - down to earth hearty Polish cuisine [33]

What is most interesting, pickled cucumbers like in Poland are difficult to buy in Western Europe. I found a replacement and sometimes when I'm on vacation I buy pickled large green olives, just like today.

Off-Topic / Let's talk about shoes [344]

Just today, while going for a walk on holiday, I discovered a shoemaker near our hotel that also produces handmade shoes. It's called Stellavato Raffaele. I couldn't resist going in and talking to him. I looked at the shoes, patted the guy on the back and we talked about his shoes, which start at around €560 per pair. I just forgot to ask whether he was the owner of the workshop or just an employee. Unfortunately, I probably won't find out because I won't order the shoes from him, although they are beautiful.

Off-Topic / Let's talk about shoes [344]


Yes, for example Miss Marple, whose films I like to watch, she constantly crochets, but it was in the times of Agatha Christie.

History / What do Poles owe to Germans? [451]


We in Europe.

UK, Ireland / "Strange " English language.. [264]


But it was the ancient Greeks who developed homosexuality into its present form.

Off-Topic / Let's talk about shoes [344]

@jon357
But today's grandmothers don't crochet anymore.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


And that ubiquitous smell of garlic.

Genealogy / Polish looks? [1410]


A high forehead indicates exceptional intelligence or hydrocephalus. What in this case?