News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]


Passing over the spelling mistake, that is very true.

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]


You seem to be rooting for the migrants.... why do you hate them? Only dependency and degradation await most of them in Europe (which they will pass on to their children)....

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]


fetus is a medical term, baby is an emotional one - the two are orthogonal, it's like asking when a strawberry becomes delicious....

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]


Just as you can't blame European countries for wanting to keep them out....

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]


You're suggesting that Poland should ally with the human filth and disgrace to slavdom Lukashenka and betray Germany, an ally it is bound with in the EU and NATO.


If Poland decides to do that.... then so be it. Until then, wanting Poland to betray/attack an ally marks you out as an open enemy of Poland.

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]


A fetus is not a baby. A fetus that threatens the life of the mother might have to be killed. If that sticks in your craw that's on you. The mother (a sentient adult) has more moral standing than a fetus. Always.

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]


That's a big part of Putin's motivation. He's been obsessed with trying to impress her for as long as she's been in office.... It's even commented in the Russian language press how much he wants her to admire him.

UK, Ireland / Moving To Poland - Cost Of Living compared to the UK [65]


A custom that only dates back to the PRL. Of course some people sometimes had carp on wigilia before that, but it was the PRL that made it the centerpiece.

UK, Ireland / Moving To Poland - Cost Of Living compared to the UK [65]


Weirdly enough the coastal area where I'm from that was also the case. Most locals (as opposed to tourists or transplants) didn't eat much fish at all. We did eat other seafood (crab, lobster, shrimp, oysters....) but plain fish? meh My favorite was rock shrimp which was very cheap because it was ugly and a lot of work to prepare (about 40 mintues to shell and de-vein enough for two people) but soooo good with a taste between shrimp and lobster....

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Recently, I've noticed fresh fish that's okay biedronka. I do like breaded and fried pollock (mintaj) served with boiled potatoes and sauerkraut salad

slice one medium onion into thin strips mix about a half teaspoon of salt and let sit about 0-15 minutes.

drain about a half kilo of sauerkraut well and keep the juice to drink (very healthy)

Cut the drained sauerkraut up into smaller bits. Mix with a a little salt, more pepper and two or so teaspoons of oil in a bowl.

Mix in the onions.

Grate one red apple over the top and then mix well....

UK, Ireland / Moving To Poland - Cost Of Living compared to the UK [65]


Where I'm from is closer to 3000 (with another 10,000 a few miles away across a harbor). Interestingly they tore down an old fishing dock (including a place with very fresh seafood) to make way for a 'fishing village' with no boats (let alone fresh seafood) let anywhere near it.

UK, Ireland / Moving To Poland - Cost Of Living compared to the UK [65]

Hanging carcasses have never been a store thing in Poland* AFAIK (have only seem them in a few outdoor markets and then only pigs). But they do have the big wooden tables for chopping things up and do so for customers.

No butcher shops at all when/where I grew up (market was too small), just the meat counter at the supermarket (which again would do custom work if you asked for it).

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]


right. pay no attention to the idiots, it just encourages them.

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]


No! You are! You've let Poland down in its hour of need suggesting it become as craven and treacherous as Serbia! No one should forget that!

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]


Get out of here, traitor! You want Poland to become a traitor nation and violate agreements made with allies! You side with Putin and Lukashenka against Poland! издајник!

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]

I thought the intention was to enrage the public to the point where they would demand changes to the constitution - a process during which PiS would reshape it into a neo-PRL mess that would make it possible for them to maintain power forever.....

UK, Ireland / Moving To Poland - Cost Of Living compared to the UK [65]


When did that happen? There are three good meat/butcher stores within easy walking distance of where I live...

Poor Varsovians....

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]


He realizes his days are numbered and would be able to be protected by Putin than deal with the Belarusian people who must truly loathe him by now....

In the short term look for a Chechnya style arrangement with Lukashenka in the Kadyrov role....

Another point of the current troubles is probably to encourage Poland, Lithuania etc to build up a fence.... which will be useful in keeping disgruntled Belarusians from just decamping to Poland...

UK, Ireland / Moving To Poland - Cost Of Living compared to the UK [65]


That's what I mean, you're trying to maintain a British diet rather than adapt to what's good locally...

UK, Ireland / Moving To Poland - Cost Of Living compared to the UK [65]


There's your mistake right there! Where I am smaller local stores have far better quality meat (though usually not lamb/mutton which has never been popular in Poland).

Duck and goose are also good alternatives when you get sick of pork, pork, pork.... don't know how the price compares to the UK...

Fish (beyond herring) has also never been a real staple in Poland (suits me, I've never been a big fish eater).

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]


On the other hand, the threats will encourage the completion/usage of N2.... so Putin authorized the threats if not actually a shut down...

UK, Ireland / Moving To Poland - Cost Of Living compared to the UK [65]


I was thinking more along the lines of wanting a single family residence, and two cars all the time (rather than using public transportation a lot/most of the time). Trying to maintain English eating habits most/all the time (instead of being an occasional treat). Trying to find English language private school rather than local public schools...

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]

What can you say?..... The place is a sh1th0le, run by a neo-Soviet kleptocratic thug... not many sane people want to stay in Lukashenka's little fiefdom.

It could be great for the tourism though "Come to Belarus! You'll die trying to leave!"

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]


"Send Frontex" is shorthand for "let them all in and try to do paperwork that will keep them in Poland!"

Just keep that in mind.

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]


The only reason to send Frontex people is to sort people once they cross (and to try to legally bind them to Poland instead of Germany during the asylum process).

the EU has basically learned nothing from 2015 and once more finds itself cornered and powerless against enemies who _act_ rather than plan meetings three months from now....

UK, Ireland / Moving To Poland - Cost Of Living compared to the UK [65]


Then go there.

News / Incredible news from Poland - The president shaved his moustache! [88]


If only they could channel their imagination and persistence into something legal and not harmful....

What a waste!

UK, Ireland / Moving To Poland - Cost Of Living compared to the UK [65]

It depends, the more you live like a Polish person the better the life, if you want to maintain a very British life style, then..... hmmmm it depends? Years ago I knew some American expats in Warsaw who spent several times more than necessary because they didn't know how to function in the local economy and instead got stuck in the foreigner economy (with wildly overpriced goods and mostly very bad service and frequent rip offs that they were mostly unaware of...).

If he listens to his Polish wife and can adapt to a different lifestyle then yeah, 60,000 will go a looong way. If he wants to pretend he's still in Britain, then the same amount of money won't go nearly as far.

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]


In 2020 there was a Belarusian presidential election. Lukashenka claimed about 80% of the vote after excluding almost all rivals from running against him. No one believes this number. The thing is, he might have actually won. His support (as far as can be determined) was around 40%. Belarus has a first past the post system so he didn't need 50% + 1 to win (as in Poland) just more than any other candidate. Again, he might have actually gotten that. We'll never know.

For whatever reason he wanted 80% which was clearly fiction and this upset a large enough percentage of the population that protests began. Originally among the younger and better education but also among traditional parts of the electorate he could can on support from. He declared that protesting against him was a crime.

Poland supported the protestors (and had previously given dissidents against him international protection).

Eventually Lukashenka was able to shore up support from the military and police who turned against the civilians and lots of well educated young people (of the type that any sane country wants and needs) have been imprisoned. Lots have also fled to Poland.

Also, Poland granted asylum to an olympic athlete who didn't want to return to Belarus (she had said things that could be seen as critical of Lukashenka's government which is a de facto crime in modern Belarus).

The roots basically go back to the 1990s when Belarus elected Lukashenka who rather than pursue democracy and development turned back the clock to recreate a Soviet style government complete with a return to the Soviet era Byelorussian flag and has all but banned the Belarusian language in favor of Russian. Poland has funded media in Belarusian (sensing that strengthening the Ukrainian and Belarusian languages weakens Moscow's soft power in the region - results have not been encouraging.

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


In Polish 'dysleksja' is used in a very general way and might be better translated as 'learning disorder(s)' in English

In English dyslexia is a very specific processing problem restricted to visual input. Namely the dyslexic person's brain has trouble processing written language. They often can't distinguish d and b or if they see a stop sign they might see STPO or SOTP.

Almost all children go through a phase where they have trouble processing left/right distinctions in writing and in keeping the order or letters consistent. Almost all eventually get through this stage but an unhappy minority gets stuck and the condition remains.

There are other learning disorders as well involving audio input or motor control or sensory control.

In theory in the US allowances are made to help learning disordered children get through school (and there is therapy available for some, unhappily not all, types of learning disorders). In reality it largely depends on how wealthy the school district is (funding for schools is very local).

Also, since public education is being dismantled lots of disordered children are just out of luck. Hundreds of thousands of children disappeared from schools in 2020 and they still haven't been found and nobody seems interested in finding them or getting them back in school.

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]


So, you believe that he won 80% of the vote? There's a word for people that believe that..... S_CK_R (you can supply the vowels).