jon357
22 Jul 2024
Off-Topic / Pop A Cork - Wine [440]
Everywhere. Popular in Poland and some of them quite good.
Where?
Everywhere. Popular in Poland and some of them quite good.
jon357
21 Jul 2024
jon357
21 Jul 2024
Life / The Legacy of Polish Poster design [36]
The museum of posters in Warsaw is small but worth a visit. Occasionally there are larger exhibitions at bigger museums and galleries.
You can quite often buy them in good condition and I'd guess (being finite) that they might be a good investment for the future as well as nice to have framed in you4 wall.
this art form from Poland
The museum of posters in Warsaw is small but worth a visit. Occasionally there are larger exhibitions at bigger museums and galleries.
You can quite often buy them in good condition and I'd guess (being finite) that they might be a good investment for the future as well as nice to have framed in you4 wall.
jon357
21 Jul 2024
Real Estate / Housing crisis in Poland. [26]
A house rather than housing.
It's had quite a bit of publicity and was built by a local artist. It probably won't last that long but is fun to see.
bydgoszcz.naszemiasto.pl/dom-jak-czajnik-stoi-w-makowiskach-pod-bydgoszcza-zobaczcie/ar/c7-8778181
A house rather than housing.
It's had quite a bit of publicity and was built by a local artist. It probably won't last that long but is fun to see.
bydgoszcz.naszemiasto.pl/dom-jak-czajnik-stoi-w-makowiskach-pod-bydgoszcza-zobaczcie/ar/c7-8778181
jon357
21 Jul 2024
News / Polish castle to be demolished? [4]
Lack of planning permission probably.
Personally I'd let the building stay under strict conditions, although it shouldn't have been built there in the first place.
Why would they do that?
Lack of planning permission probably.
Personally I'd let the building stay under strict conditions, although it shouldn't have been built there in the first place.
jon357
19 Jul 2024
Travel / Transport adventures in Poland [103]
You think of nothing else.
Last time I went there (in 2011), I was sat next to the Orthodox Archbishop on the plane. He was certainly religious (probably a fundamentalist too) and had a long beard and funny hat.
The only South Sudanese people I've met weren't 'savages'. They were religious though. Protestants as I recall.
Who is Shayk? Is he a member of your Swingers' Club.
behinds
slippery
You think of nothing else.
particularly in Northern Sudan. Those fanatically adhering to
their religious beliefs
their religious beliefs
Last time I went there (in 2011), I was sat next to the Orthodox Archbishop on the plane. He was certainly religious (probably a fundamentalist too) and had a long beard and funny hat.
South Sudan would be much safer. Saveges are primarily Christian
The only South Sudanese people I've met weren't 'savages'. They were religious though. Protestants as I recall.
Shayk's
Who is Shayk? Is he a member of your Swingers' Club.
jon357
18 Jul 2024
Real Estate / Housing crisis in Poland. [26]
It does in this case since the council are proactive.
That is far from universal.
It does in this case since the council are proactive.
That is far from universal.
jon357
18 Jul 2024
Real Estate / Housing crisis in Poland. [26]
And in this case they don't want rabbit hut hes and therefore the local councillors they elected said no.
And in this case they don't want rabbit hut hes and therefore the local councillors they elected said no.
jon357
18 Jul 2024
Real Estate / Housing crisis in Poland. [26]
They'll just end up as overcrowding. There are already flats that small and many nearly as.
By all means build very small homes where people want that size. They are usually built that small to maximise profits at the cost of quality of life.
They'll just end up as overcrowding. There are already flats that small and many nearly as.
By all means build very small homes where people want that size. They are usually built that small to maximise profits at the cost of quality of life.
jon357
18 Jul 2024
Off-Topic / Let's talk about shoes [344]
There were Clark's and K in the U.K. One had their own shops, the other didn't, This was all years ago though.
There was also a chain of shoe shops, one in every town, called Lilley and Skinner. I've not even thought about them for decades.. All gone now.
Clarcs
There were Clark's and K in the U.K. One had their own shops, the other didn't, This was all years ago though.
There was also a chain of shoe shops, one in every town, called Lilley and Skinner. I've not even thought about them for decades.. All gone now.
jon357
17 Jul 2024
Travel / Transport adventures in Poland [103]
Normal enough in PL where things are so often not thought through and where the institution is everything and the person is nothing.
No, they were all youngish men. I just ducked behind a car with some locals.
They certainly don't
Normal enough in PL where things are so often not thought through and where the institution is everything and the person is nothing.
Jon stormed the defensive position of an 87-year-old grandma-rebel hiding in a mud hut
No, they were all youngish men. I just ducked behind a car with some locals.
jon357
17 Jul 2024
Travel / Transport adventures in Poland [103]
That's very Polish, sadly. Poles wouldn't see it as unusual.
They have standardised menus across all the franchisees or whatever they are; they should have a standardised contract for workers and an HR Dept to enforce best practice.
PKP just shrugging its corporate shoulders
That's very Polish, sadly. Poles wouldn't see it as unusual.
They have standardised menus across all the franchisees or whatever they are; they should have a standardised contract for workers and an HR Dept to enforce best practice.
jon357
17 Jul 2024
Travel / Transport adventures in Poland [103]
It goes up all the time. I remember when it was less than 20zl.
To be fair, that's their big seller and occasionally the dining cars are empty (or stuffed full of people not eating or drinking if the train's packed) so they may as well make some money. I like the way that the dining cars are rented out (by the state) to one-person businesses.
In a week or so I'll be on the Warsaw-Berlin Express and will have zurek and schabowy. So will everyone else.
43zl now.
It goes up all the time. I remember when it was less than 20zl.
To be fair, that's their big seller and occasionally the dining cars are empty (or stuffed full of people not eating or drinking if the train's packed) so they may as well make some money. I like the way that the dining cars are rented out (by the state) to one-person businesses.
In a week or so I'll be on the Warsaw-Berlin Express and will have zurek and schabowy. So will everyone else.
jon357
16 Jul 2024
Travel / Transport adventures in Poland [103]
That would be more comfortable and also safer however sadly it has to be the real thing.
Google Earth
That would be more comfortable and also safer however sadly it has to be the real thing.
jon357
16 Jul 2024
Off-Topic / Trans-Siberian railway the most legendary ride of a lifetime [13]
Bloody dangerous with decrepit planes and drunken pilots. Mind you, Boeing aren't that safe either and both beat some of the planes I've been on in Africa that have bog roll stiffed into the ceiling to unsuccessfully stop them pıssing water from the a/c. The kind of airline that isn't allowed to land in some African countries, never mind in Europe.
Reading the Trans Siberian railway stuff, trains really are the best way to travel. I'd do it if it wasn't where it is. There are still some long distance ones that are cheap. Not as long as that one but still good. Warsaw to Paris is doable via Cologne, but is expensive. There used to be a Moscow or Petersburg to Nice/Monaco train that went through Poland. You could board there but it was hellishly expensive.
I've done the journey from Belgium to Poland via Eindhoven, Munster or Dortmund and Berlin a couple of times. Once it was about €100 and once about €130?. Probably cheaper if you travel on a quiet day and book well in advance. You can have lunch in a German restaurant car and dinner in a Polish one, and they both have proper kitchens and nice food.
Sadly the cargo ship that had a few cabins and went between Poland and the U.K. no longer takes passengers. I think it was about 3 days, sailed once a week in each direction. When I last checked a price, it was about £250. The ship still sails from Gdynia but unfortunately the port in Immingham no longer has passenger facilities or immigration staff since the ferries have all stopped there. It was disappointing to learn since I'd always fancied making the journey that way.
Bloody dangerous with decrepit planes and drunken pilots. Mind you, Boeing aren't that safe either and both beat some of the planes I've been on in Africa that have bog roll stiffed into the ceiling to unsuccessfully stop them pıssing water from the a/c. The kind of airline that isn't allowed to land in some African countries, never mind in Europe.
Reading the Trans Siberian railway stuff, trains really are the best way to travel. I'd do it if it wasn't where it is. There are still some long distance ones that are cheap. Not as long as that one but still good. Warsaw to Paris is doable via Cologne, but is expensive. There used to be a Moscow or Petersburg to Nice/Monaco train that went through Poland. You could board there but it was hellishly expensive.
I've done the journey from Belgium to Poland via Eindhoven, Munster or Dortmund and Berlin a couple of times. Once it was about €100 and once about €130?. Probably cheaper if you travel on a quiet day and book well in advance. You can have lunch in a German restaurant car and dinner in a Polish one, and they both have proper kitchens and nice food.
Sadly the cargo ship that had a few cabins and went between Poland and the U.K. no longer takes passengers. I think it was about 3 days, sailed once a week in each direction. When I last checked a price, it was about £250. The ship still sails from Gdynia but unfortunately the port in Immingham no longer has passenger facilities or immigration staff since the ferries have all stopped there. It was disappointing to learn since I'd always fancied making the journey that way.
jon357
16 Jul 2024
Travel / Transport adventures in Poland [103]
They'll come.
Right now, I'm almost at the end of an overly long stint in Africa (this has got to change) and am severely lacking mojo (and have a crazy amount of work to do before going). Plus I've got a two day journey without breaks, including 12 hours by road through mostly rebel held territory (I was shot at on the same route once) and a couple of long haul flights with a transfer in the middle of the night, followed by 9 or 10 flights in four weeks.
So transport is not a subject I'm motivated to write about today.
I miss a gig I had once in Poland, doing training courses two weekends a month in a hotel near Łódź for a big cigarette company. I used to get the pospiezny train from Łódź Kaliska back to Poznań. It took a few hours (so wasn't really all that pospieszny) however it had an old fashioned dining car (one of the older WARS ones) with net curtains and proper tablecloths. It was nice to travel in the WARS car for the whole journey, eating schabowy and getting slowly drunk.
They'll come.
Right now, I'm almost at the end of an overly long stint in Africa (this has got to change) and am severely lacking mojo (and have a crazy amount of work to do before going). Plus I've got a two day journey without breaks, including 12 hours by road through mostly rebel held territory (I was shot at on the same route once) and a couple of long haul flights with a transfer in the middle of the night, followed by 9 or 10 flights in four weeks.
So transport is not a subject I'm motivated to write about today.
I miss a gig I had once in Poland, doing training courses two weekends a month in a hotel near Łódź for a big cigarette company. I used to get the pospiezny train from Łódź Kaliska back to Poznań. It took a few hours (so wasn't really all that pospieszny) however it had an old fashioned dining car (one of the older WARS ones) with net curtains and proper tablecloths. It was nice to travel in the WARS car for the whole journey, eating schabowy and getting slowly drunk.
jon357
15 Jul 2024
Off-Topic / Still alive and well [359]
What is that? Is there a new legal system?
In English law, (Scots & NI law may have their own equivalents) there is an offence called "rape by digital penetration". It is not gender specific.
Why? Have they moved the Greenwich Meridian?
under British law
What is that? Is there a new legal system?
rape can technically only be perpetrated by a man
In English law, (Scots & NI law may have their own equivalents) there is an offence called "rape by digital penetration". It is not gender specific.
however the world does not revolve around Britian.
Why? Have they moved the Greenwich Meridian?
jon357
11 Jul 2024
News / What will Britain's Labor Coup mean for Poland? [100]
How would you know?
What's interesting is that the politician in the photo is the only one who was in the slightest bit concerned about Poland's fate: the president and people of your country were those who betrayed Poland.
Remember, relations between the two nations (neither of which you've ever lived in or ever will) are very good.
Poles know from direct experience
How would you know?
What's interesting is that the politician in the photo is the only one who was in the slightest bit concerned about Poland's fate: the president and people of your country were those who betrayed Poland.
Remember, relations between the two nations (neither of which you've ever lived in or ever will) are very good.
jon357
10 Jul 2024
News / What will Britain's Labor Coup mean for Poland? [100]
Sir Keir? Yes. The government have to deal with many things and that is not chief among them.
It doesn't particularly affect Poland as Lenka says. Trade and general relations with friendly countries are important however they are settled at the moment.
Labour.
Starmer will continue to support the current Brexit
Sir Keir? Yes. The government have to deal with many things and that is not chief among them.
It doesn't particularly affect Poland as Lenka says. Trade and general relations with friendly countries are important however they are settled at the moment.
Labor
Labour.
jon357
10 Jul 2024
jon357
10 Jul 2024
Off-Topic / Moderators on PF are breaking the law: not only they can reported for it, but fines apply [96]
No they aren't.
Bitterness and a mental disorder most likely.
3000 Brits are arrested every year for posting what I am posting on PF daily
No they aren't.
Explain why you need hate speech, Internet tough guy
Bitterness and a mental disorder most likely.
jon357
9 Jul 2024
Life / Clothes and Fashion Polish style - then, now whenever! [25]
I would say so too.
The two maxi dresses suggest that. And they have a country look which suggests later.
from 1969-72
I would say so too.
The two maxi dresses suggest that. And they have a country look which suggests later.
jon357
9 Jul 2024
Life / Clothes and Fashion Polish style - then, now whenever! [25]
Very much the second half of the decade.
My mum (who never throws clothes away in case they might be useful) finally got around to sorting an old box full of dresses like that, some of them with 'Op Art' and geometric designs, all of them quite fancy due to them coming directly from the fashion houses and being more catwalk than everyday stuff so kept in tissue paper rather than worn. Instead of just going in a bag with the rest to the charity shop, she sold them to a vintage clothes dealer who probably sold them on in London for a fortune.
Sometimes people say that the 60s didn't start until the late 70s and there's some truth in that. Even in the 70s you were more likely to see a beehive hairdo or a big perm than a Twiggy hairdo and people were still wearing patched up clothes from the 1950s.
the kind of look I associate with the 60's.
Very much the second half of the decade.
My mum (who never throws clothes away in case they might be useful) finally got around to sorting an old box full of dresses like that, some of them with 'Op Art' and geometric designs, all of them quite fancy due to them coming directly from the fashion houses and being more catwalk than everyday stuff so kept in tissue paper rather than worn. Instead of just going in a bag with the rest to the charity shop, she sold them to a vintage clothes dealer who probably sold them on in London for a fortune.
Sometimes people say that the 60s didn't start until the late 70s and there's some truth in that. Even in the 70s you were more likely to see a beehive hairdo or a big perm than a Twiggy hairdo and people were still wearing patched up clothes from the 1950s.
jon357
9 Jul 2024
Life / Clothes and Fashion Polish style - then, now whenever! [25]
This is the sad thing. Something like that would be wonderful now.
Why?
What is the 'proper' length? Those photos are probably a couple of years before the miniskirt. Remember, this was very new. Only a few years before, it was a twinset and pearls.
Pure art
There's been nothing like it before or since.
This is the sad thing. Something like that would be wonderful now.
Would been secretly horried if a women in my circles bought AND wore them.
Why?
On right and left seem to be proper lengte
What is the 'proper' length? Those photos are probably a couple of years before the miniskirt. Remember, this was very new. Only a few years before, it was a twinset and pearls.
Solo picture further down
Pure art
jon357
9 Jul 2024
jon357
9 Jul 2024
Life / Poland Is A Gem In Europe [71]
As I remember, they used to have a lot of coats with West German flags on the arm.
There's a nice one in my town. It sells some unsavoury memorabilia as well but occasionally has nice coats .
it was almost for peanuts in the army surplus shops.
As I remember, they used to have a lot of coats with West German flags on the arm.
There's a nice one in my town. It sells some unsavoury memorabilia as well but occasionally has nice coats .
jon357
9 Jul 2024
Life / Poland Is A Gem In Europe [71]
Army Surplus stores?
Yes, real. They still exist nowadays but aren't as popular as they once were.
real military uniforms
Army Surplus stores?
Yes, real. They still exist nowadays but aren't as popular as they once were.
jon357
9 Jul 2024
Off-Topic / Moderators on PF are breaking the law: not only they can reported for it, but fines apply [96]
One in each ear. I'd buy earplugs.
jammer and moan in stereo
One in each ear. I'd buy earplugs.
jon357
9 Jul 2024
News / What will Britain's Labor Coup mean for Poland? [100]
I'll take boring over charismatic any time.
13 years last time and 1964 to 1979 (with a short break) the time before.
Yes and no. The "northern wall" is almost enough to carry any election and last time some of the seats there went for the first time in history to the Tories who promised all sorts of "levelling up " in desperately poor towns that had generated most of the country's wealth then been abandoned. Only for Sunak to be caught on tape in one of the richest towns in the world saying to local activists that he'd been secretly diverting funds from deprived areas to "places like this".
Labour basically control the north of England plus the urban parts of the midlands and Wales. It's a very strong power base and the Regional Mayors there are hugely popular.
a boring lawyer
I'll take boring over charismatic any time.
I give it 2.5 years before people that voted Labour
13 years last time and 1964 to 1979 (with a short break) the time before.
Same verdict over there?
Yes and no. The "northern wall" is almost enough to carry any election and last time some of the seats there went for the first time in history to the Tories who promised all sorts of "levelling up " in desperately poor towns that had generated most of the country's wealth then been abandoned. Only for Sunak to be caught on tape in one of the richest towns in the world saying to local activists that he'd been secretly diverting funds from deprived areas to "places like this".
Labour basically control the north of England plus the urban parts of the midlands and Wales. It's a very strong power base and the Regional Mayors there are hugely popular.
jon357
8 Jul 2024
History / Warsaw Rising 1944 - National Disaster or Triumph of Spirit ? [515]
I did. You do realise that's a book title...
You should ask yourself that question; an ethanol-induced stupor is never a good look.
Darling, check the cover of Davies` book
I did. You do realise that's a book title...
Why are you so stupid?
You should ask yourself that question; an ethanol-induced stupor is never a good look.