Real Estate / Cost to build in Eastern Poland - Ideally per m2 [71]

Its the figure used to calculate how much coverage you have to buy. So its in their interests to to inflate it and receive bigger premiums.

Besides this confirms what other people have said.

Real Estate / Cost to build in Eastern Poland - Ideally per m2 [71]


I read an article discussing the blight the lax planning laws has wrought on Ireland's country side, sounds like its even worse than I thought.


The 3K figure is what they give you to build a replacement house, so its the official, true, figure based on what builders are currently charging. Contents is separate of course.

Real Estate / Cost to build in Eastern Poland - Ideally per m2 [71]

My insurance company seems to use 3k/m2 as a rebuild cost.

News / Should Poland leave the EU institution? [147]


Its rich coming from a Russian, a country who apparently would like to get its empire back. The former occupied nations are in the EU and Nato get keep out of the grip of the Russians (and Serbs), anything rather than that.

News / Should Poland leave the EU institution? [147]


Nope, as part of the EEA, EU citizens can live and work in any EEA country. The UK would of course re-join the EEA.

secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/European_Economic_Area#Rights_and_obligations

News / Should Poland leave the EU institution? [147]


How is that different from the US, a union of states, much like the EU? New Yorkers etc. are paying paying for the poor states.

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


What currency is 'hard'?

Law / Poland on its way to Greece? [64]


Provide some sort of evidence to that bullshit comment.

This is no way the Euro countries are allowed to accept members unless they fit the entry requirements, conversely Poland has said they would only apply if the Euro fits Polands specifications.

Law / Poland on its way to Greece? [64]


Maybe you should look up the difference between 'committed' to and 'having'.

Law / Poland on its way to Greece? [64]


You can only get a loan from the IMF or world bank by asking for it. How can that be defined as an external factor??

I suppose you think that anyone who borrows money and cannot pay it back is a victim??

Law / Poland on its way to Greece? [64]


You an unlimited source of garbage, arn't you?

Poland has the 6th biggest GDP in the EU 27. Poland is richerthan most EU countries.

News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [859]


Controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) is the most common cause of air disaster I believe.

secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Controlled_flight_into_terrain

News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [859]


Nope, nobody seems to give a damn about a bunch of dead people. Clearing out the dead wood is probably a positive aspect.

UK, Ireland / Bilingual Polish Primary School in London [18]


Thats London, Canada, not London, UK

Real Estate / How do I rent a flat in Poland? [44]


Correct, there is no Visa requirement for any EU visitor to any other EU country.

Very odd to even mention it.

Law / Weapons laws in Poland. Carrying a concealed handgun? [918]

Nothing stops Polish arms manufacturers buying polish weapons, and they do buy some. Its isn't significant in any sort of way and never will be, its infinitely more profitable to make Autobus's for instance.


Why surprise? USA and mainly third world countries have lax gun laws and high crime rates. US citizens haven't had to defend themselves against their own government or foreign invasion in over a hundred and fifty years (apparently) so they have turn the weapons on themselves. Hardly a persuasive or logical argument.

Law / Weapons laws in Poland. Carrying a concealed handgun? [918]


Same in the UK and Holland of course. Personally I'm all for legalising guns, getting my hunting license is going to take a lot of time and effort. I'd love a Glock, for fun shooting.

The argument that ownership of guns = freedom is beyond stupid, however. Anyone who purports that argument has fallen for the propaganda, hook, line and sinker. If you need a weapon to defend yourself, you must be living in the US, SA or someother crime infested rat hole like Argentina so good luck to you but its a argument that doesn't travel far.


Why the insults about your own nationality? You feel superior now your live in Texas? I can't say I thought too much of it, nice people but boring as hell and if you thought poles were insular and small minded, I had some tell me they would never go past the borders Texas. Clueless.

Law / Weapons laws in Poland. Carrying a concealed handgun? [918]


I didn't say anything of the sort, its your feeble grasp of the English language thats at fault. And reliance on Wikipedia for facts

When you look at the source of those statistics, you find that countries like Italy and France have estimates of unregistered weapons several times the legal quantity. Some figures are based on a estimate of ten times the actual figure.

In other words, it total garbage.

Law / Weapons laws in Poland. Carrying a concealed handgun? [918]

@Havok

Here's another; you are stupid and ignorant. Reading your other posts confirm that. East Germany was reconstructed with the help of hundreds of billion of Euro's from West Germany.

And you are not possessing a brilliant insight into true freedom, you are simply dumb enough to believe the propaganda you have been fed. The USA is not free and the right to own a handgun isn't proof that it is. Wait until the law removes that right.

USA, Canada / Better life in USA or Canada? - (Who can I sponge from the most?) [18]

and double dosed on his medication.

Travel / Why does everyone seem to hate LOT Polish Airlines? [380]


Maybe in a couple of years from now. Personally I would not fly on a 787 until its been in service for several years. Too many risking engineering design decisions for my liking.

All the complaints about LOT are due to the long delivery delays on the 787, they should have been in service three years ago.

Food / Origin of the pierogi [118]

You are simply assuming that. Europe had a quite sophisticated culture eight thousand years ago, we just don't know about it because it wasn't written down.

Life / Rate Poland (Life Quality / Culture and People / Food): 1-10! [232]


I was simply asking you what your ID means..... Wicket is a cricketing item.


The point is that you are judging a country by your own reference points.
To you the 'customer service' you get in Poland is important and a reflection of the attitudes of the people. Whereas in other countries serving staff are expected to be miserable and there its nothing to do with the general peoples attitudes. And of course ex-communist countries have a lousy concept of customer service, but you knew that before coming here, right?

I knew the food was poor before I came here, so imported every spice I could and taught myself how to cook all the nations food I like. I spend a lot of effort investigating good source of food material. But if you grew up in the US, you would naturally yearn for that sort of food and taste and not realize that the foods are generally over processed, the vegetables bland and the fish and meat chemically modified.

Life / Rate Poland (Life Quality / Culture and People / Food): 1-10! [232]


I didn't say that. You are getting the quotes mixed up.


Jewish? Thats a new one to me.

Weg is a the dutch name for a street, but if you think a userid is a valid way of judging someone, am I right to think you are a moldy old cricket player?


Funny that, more Michelin stared restaurants in London than Paris. Only New York comes close to London for the quality and choice of its food.

Polish bread is pretty good, but the best bread in the world is Ukrainian, albeit made in the Kolos bakery in Bradford. Some UK bread is good but there are many types bread, I've never seen a proper French baguette in Poland.

Polish bread is the best Polish bread you can get; but not all great bread is Polish bread.


How many restaurants can guarantee that their food is organic? I've never seen that in Poland. Polish farmers are NOT organic they use pesticides and chemical fertilizers. Restaurants in Poland don't give a **** about where their ingredients come from or whats in them.

In Poland you will order food and it simply doesn't come with the ingredient specified. Sea Bass for instance; they NEVER serve Sea Bass but replace it with Sea Bream. Sea Bass cost twice as much and they charge exactly the same as the same dish with Bream, but still they lie on the menu. I went to a Thai restaurant and they had the gall to serve Chicken with Thai basil; without the Thai Basil - because the ran out by Thursday every week.

I go to Mexican,Indian, Thai, Chinese or anything but Polish restaurants and the 'chief' obviously have NO idea what the dishes are supposed to be like. Usually its some weird Polish interpretation with cabbage and sauerkraut added. Polish food is better, but my mother-in-law often find major fault with the cooking skills in Polish restaurants. Hell, I can make better pirogies than virtually any I've ever been served.

I stand by my assessment of Polish restaurants; Mediocre;

Life / Rate Poland (Life Quality / Culture and People / Food): 1-10! [232]

You asked for my opinion didn't you? I don't class service shops and restaurants as anything to do with the people. Its a job, I don't go into a shop to make friends but to buy milk, their job is stressful enough as it is without handing out an utterly fake platitude such as 'have a nice day'.

Restaurants are crap in Poland, but again thats not the people.

There are ignorant racist people here, poor people who haven't seen or been anywhere, but they are all over the world. Difference in America is that the richer educated people are ignorant as well. The standard remark that 'All American's are stupid' isn't a insult, just a bland statement of fact, whereas in Poland there are some dumb people but a a lot of smart, traveled people as well. Millions of Poles are working abroad and return with a wider view of the world, American Poles included.

I'm British born BTW, so not patriotic about any country, never mind Poland.


You know thats exactly the impression most visitors get of America?

Life / Rate Poland (Life Quality / Culture and People / Food): 1-10! [232]

1) 7/10 . Air quality and infrastructure is poor
2) 10/10 Great people
3) 5/10. Bland.


Polish food is bland. The quality of restaurants is mediocre. Although, I has to be said that I'm a good cook myself and can out do 99% of the restaurants I've eaten in here, so I'm being fussy. Compared to the Uk there is a lack of quality ingredients.

USA. **** hole from coast to coast, Ive refused to move there (was offered it for work) and now refuse to even visit.

History / Poland is great Mother of all Slavs from Baltic to Balkan [177]


He's a quarter Turkish, you know?

I wonder what part he's inherited, besides the brain, obviously.

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]


Amazingly enough, the murder rate for pland went down over 80% the following year.

Yes, the murder rate in Nationmasters figures for Poland is FIVE times the rate it has been in every year since.

The truth is nationmasters have made a factual error on the statistics for Poland.

Their own figures say there were 716 murders. Thats a figure of 0.0179 per 1000, not 0.0562789.

History / How Poland views Europe [44]

Crazy, stupid. If crow is anything to go by, adding '******* insane' to the description would be fair.

Are you Serbian? becuase you also strike me as slightly derranged.

Aftrer this, maybe 'Peasants with pitchforks' miught be an alternative description

bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11507253

Real Estate / Poland: the building boom goes on [28]


Why would they return when most of them can claim British unemployment benefit?
Few do, however because Poles are not in jobs that will be hit by the recession. Even those jobs that are lower paid, after a year they can claim tax credits. £5000 a year for my friends father who is sending it back to Poland to support his six children.


When you pump money into an economy, it doesn't tend to disappear. People spend it on houses, consumer goods and higher wages.

As the report by the Austrian Bank says, house prices are going to go up..