Law / Opening a Polish Bank Account by a foreigner in Poland. Recommendations. [299]

Any real bank (not a dodgy private one like Amber Gold was) will have special departments that deal with such exchanges. Worth pointing out that they keep it somewhat of a secret, probably so that the ordinary people don't question why they're charging a huge spread on transfers.

Usual trick is to tell them that you want to withdraw the cash in EUR for the explicit purpose of taking to the kantor and to return in PLN - they normally get quite scared at the thought of having to produce a significant amount in EUR and instead offer their in-house exchange services. It's an interesting fact of Polish banks that they don't seem to carry much physical cash on a day to day basis.

Law / Opening a Polish Bank Account by a foreigner in Poland. Recommendations. [299]


SEPA transfers. You can get very close to the interbank rate when exchanging PLN for EUR (you won't with GBP), and likewise when transferring EUR to GBP. It's much harder to get good deals on PLN/GBP transfers, at least in my experience.

Anyone reading this and wanting to exchange a significant amount of money from EUR to PLN or vice versa should know that you can get within 1gr of the interbank rate if you exchange at least 25k EUR. Best I've seen was 0.75gr, but there was room to negotiate on that if the amounts were higher and regular. All available from your local friendly bank.

News / Repopulating Poland with Ukrainians? [67]


People would still do it for the cash - it would need to be high enough to positively influence people (ie, a good 10k PLN minimum) - and then you'd get all the village idiots breeding like mad.

Encouraging those with high IQ's to breed is no bad thing, but encouraging Pawel and Magda from the PGR to have 10 kids in their flat is nothing but reckless.

News / Repopulating Poland with Ukrainians? [67]


It's a terrible idea and encourages dependency on the State.


Not really. For a start, there's no such thing as British - most of us identify with our countries instead. Secondly, these people referred to become British very quickly - even the 1st generation.

News / Repopulating Poland with Ukrainians? [67]


Indeed. Plenty of them in Poland too.


Far too much of it. They don't even understand what a liberal is or what their ideas are.


Hardly. It's only Americans that get brought up on a diet of Fox News and that Limbaugh idiot that seem to have problems with understanding what a liberal is. Everyone else accepts that liberals are pro freedom.

News / Repopulating Poland with Ukrainians? [67]


Again, I suggest reading more books. Those things are liberal by definition.

And yes, a business owner should have the choice - except that in a country that abused civil rights so much and had so much problems with racism, it's needed to ensure a right to life, liberty, and property.. Perhaps it can be repealed when the need for it no longer exists.


Wrong. Liberals stand for a decentralised government that has a hands-off approach.


Wrong. Liberals seek equality for all.


Wrong. Liberty and equality for all is a crucial part of liberalism.


Wrong. Liberals believe in the free market and a non-interventionist state.

You really ought to learn what a liberal is before attempting to insult them.

News / Repopulating Poland with Ukrainians? [67]

Yes.

As for the definition - perhaps you should read books rather than relying on Fox News for information. We all know how the conservative media completely abuses and misuses the term liberal.

Now, care to tell us why you think this is a bad thing?

News / Repopulating Poland with Ukrainians? [67]


I think the Wikipedia definition is best, personally -


Seems good to me.

News / Repopulating Poland with Ukrainians? [67]


Hardly. You might want to investigate what being "liberal" actually means - here's a hint, it's not what Fox News tells you.

UK, Ireland / Polish Ophthalmologist in UK [28]


It's probably how he convinces the Jobcentre that he's been looking for a job - he's getting involved in "cross-community relations".

The funniest thing is that we all know that Hudders is sitting in a **** bedsit somewhere in Wales, on the dole and putting absolutely no effort in to actually find a job.

UK, Ireland / Polish Ophthalmologist in UK [28]


See Hudders, the more you throw stones, the more I can show you.

britishcornershop.co.uk

Look, an online shop for IMMIGRANTS spending MORE for their precious British products!


What kind of moron goes to Greece and doesn't eat their wonderful local food?

UK, Ireland / Polish Ophthalmologist in UK [28]

Oh Hudders. Let's quote from this thread, because it's just so funny -

forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=1587729

The title of the thread - "What food to bring on self catering holiday to France"

Some selected gems -






Hahahahaha. Oh Hudders...you really can't convince us that the Brits are such open minded people when they take CHEESE TO FRANCE. Hahahahaha.

UK, Ireland / Polish Ophthalmologist in UK [28]


Any excuse to avoid admitting the truth, huh? ;)

British people behave far worse than Poles abroad - I must dig up the link, but I found one example where a British family took CHEESE TO FRANCE.

I mean. Cheese. To France. :D

Hahahahaa, here we go -

forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=15422297&postcount=14


Cheese to France, hahahahahaha :D And he has the nerve to complain about Poles?

UK, Ireland / Polish Ophthalmologist in UK [28]

Facepalm? ;)

Even worse though - normal people are at work on Fridays, but Hudders isn't.

(as for me, I'm just preparing to spend 12 hours in my school for the "noc w szkole" :)

UK, Ireland / Polish Ophthalmologist in UK [28]


Brits sitting in British bars in Spain, need I say more?

Hudders really must be lonely if he's spending Saturday afternoon reading internet forums about Polish people in the UK, though.

Life / Why is circumcision not practiced in Poland? [701]

Ah, the day they let children unsupervised on the internet...

UK, Ireland / English/British rudeness - what do Polish people think about it? [161]


Same everywhere with old people and lacking manners. I used to co-manage a small shop for a summer, and it had a post office attached. The postmistress absolutely loathed the customers - not least because they complained about everything and everything. Nothing was ever good enough for them.

UK, Ireland / English/British rudeness - what do Polish people think about it? [161]


I remember one case vividly. I was sat on the bus in the middle of the day and the bus was empty. I'm sitting at the front on the right side, sat next to the window quite comfortably. Next stop, an old couple gets on, and she immediately starts complaining that "her seat" wasn't free. She sits on the opposite side, scowling - and her husband sits next to me. They could have chosen almost any other pair of seats on the bus - but no, she wanted that seat.

I learnt a good insult after that for such occasions. I've lost count of the amount of times when I took the tram rather than driving, went to sleep and was rudely awoken by some babcia who wanted the seat.

UK, Ireland / English/British rudeness - what do Polish people think about it? [161]


You can't translate like that, and only a monolingual person would say such a stupid thing.

Life / Poczta Polska Is Killing ME! Transit time. [28]


There is some issue going on with Poczta Polska and Warsaw - I have no issue at all with UK-Poznan mail and even Poland-USA mail, but anything going to/from Warsaw seems to just get stuck somewhere.

History / Pokłosie (film on Jedwabne) [36]

He can allege all he wants, it doesn't make it true. I bet the vast majority complaining haven't seen it, however.

Off-Topic / What's your connection with Poland? Penpals. [554]

There's a poster on here called Harry who loves your town, too :)

It definitely has potential to be a tourist place - I had a wonderful couple of days there! There's also the great...I don't know how to call it, the car slide thing that goes down the hill - I went on that about 5 times :D

Off-Topic / What's your connection with Poland? Penpals. [554]


Yes. We only don't like those who have never been to Poland and who have no connection to Poland.

Those people are lined up against the wall and laughed at.

(edit - I notice you're from Przemysl, it has a lovely Rynek and good beer!)

Law / Opening a Polish Bank Account by a foreigner in Poland. Recommendations. [299]


Unless it's changed, that's not quite right - a few banks will accept a declaration that you're resident at a certain address. Millennium and mBank certainly did - and my friend opened an account with Multibank with just his passport a few months ago. But it's all in person.


It's not. Every bank in Poland will require either a physical visit or proof of living somewhere.

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

Except they're not Polish-Americans.

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]


There was one last year. The public clearly voted for parties which support the current "middle" agenda between social liberalism and conservatism.


Most polls suggest that the population support the status quo. Most RC voters have no problems with civil unions, RC voters are pro in-vitro (even Kaczynski has declared that he's willing to look for a legislative compromise!) and they support the current stance on abortion.


And when the conservatives lose the vote?

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


They got a proven plane, yes - but the jury is out as to whether it can stand up against the Eurofighter. The F-16's aren't bad planes - but at this moment in time, renovating the MiG-29 and SU-22's would have made more sense. Yes - the SU-22 would be useless against Russia - but who would expect Poland to hold out long anyway?

There were also quite a few second hand MiG-29's available to buy at the start of the 21st century - there was no reason why Poland couldn't have bought a few of them at a bargain price. A decent fleet of those - modernised - would have suited the Air Force and also been drastically cheaper than the F-16 mess. They also would have let Poland wait and see with the Eurofighter.

It seems very much to me as if the F-16 purchase was political, not military.

Life / Why is circumcision not practiced in Poland? [701]

A dick is a dick, indeed.

News / Let's protest censorship in Poland's mainstream media! [90]


He's the owner - he can do what he wants. If I owned a newspaper and someone got it wrong like that, they'd be fired too - it made a laughing stock out of Rzeczpospolita and made people say "stupid PiS newspaper" - not what the owner wants.


Nice story. Did Gazeta Polska publish that particular rubbish?


Are you suggesting that the journalist and Kaczynski were manipulated? Because if so, I agree with you - it seems that Kaczynski walked straight into a political trap, and the journalist clearly got it wrong.

Life / Why is circumcision not practiced in Poland? [701]

Spoken like only a man who knows nothing about girls can speak :)


Definitely time for them.


Turn off the internet. Walk away.