Life / Polish Music. [298]


No.I have very broad tastes in music and am never embarrassed by those tastes.
I may be a Hard Rockin' Electric Blues diehard but will readily admit to loving many other genres.
Your post was pure crap.
Now, you are a bit younger than me, so I can excuse your love of Punk Rock.
I loved the energy of Punk but hated the lack of musical ability.
But I did quite enjoy your post...

Law / Polish Police and Their Tactics [204]

Oh come on!
Every week we hear more stories of American Police over stepping the mark......your cops are out of control.

Law / Polish Police and Their Tactics [204]


Not required, the evidence is too overwhelming.


That is your problem, we don't have that problem in Europe.And why do you think that is?
How you gonna cure it?
Get rid of the guns and the blacks?

Life / Litter in Poland [24]

LOL!!!
Yeah.....

Life / Litter in Poland [24]

I have to say, that is one of the worst things about modern Poles.
They are terrible litter louts..... and the big dogs that they can't control.....

Law / Polish Police and Their Tactics [204]


Most advanced police forces have these.
JR seems to think that American cops are a bit special.
They are not.
In facr, they keep on proving how useless, inept and untrustworthy they are.

Law / Polish Police and Their Tactics [204]


I find it amazing that you uphold and love your "American Freedom" and at the same time support your extremely oppressive American cops.
Sounds like hypocrisy to me.

Life / Polish Music. [298]

Polish Jazz is something else.
I love Jazz but TBH some of it can be a bit painful to listen to. Polish Jazz was heavily suppressed by the communists in the fifties and early sixries..because they saw it as a subversive American genre of music.But that forbidden fruit is always attractive.... In the late fifties and early sixties,Rock'n'Roll and Pop Music came along and the communists saw these genres as even more subversive than jazz.

They saw this new wave of youth culture growing and decided that Jazz was the lesser evil.So in 1965 they allowed Polish Jazz bands to release albums on state record labels.

Jan Wrobleski.....

youtu.be/ItSzKzLk3tg

Possibly the jazz band that is most highly regarded in Polish Jazz was the Komeda Quintet.

youtu.be/e8FYNCYeBXI

The thing that really got to those early Polish Jazz bands was that their style was really appreciated but that foreigners called it "Polish Jazz", they tried to defend themselves and said, "No,we are just playing American Jazz".

The reply was "No, There is a Polish feel to your Jazz".
I think the foreigners were righr.
Polish Jazz has a sound of it's own.

Komeda was a Jazz genius.

youtu.be/8jUwhSpPTJ4

@amiga500
Yeah,maybe a "Guilty pleasure* for me....

@pawian
No.That was purely rubbish....not even "Guilty Pleasure" level...just awful.
Just my opinion.

Life / Fast Food missing in Poland [48]

@Joker

Hey, all that food looks great to me!

UK, Ireland / Polish and East European prostitutes in the UK [240]


So, you are an expert on Polish brothels.....
Glad you cleared that up then.

Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1049]


Assuming that was the town in what is now Ukraine.
What if it was from the village in Podlasie?

UK, Ireland / Polish and East European prostitutes in the UK [240]


And I thought you such a good boy......but you are an expert on gangster run brothels?

UK, Ireland / Polish and East European prostitutes in the UK [240]


Why do you enjoy mocking Poles?
Is this some kind of Pol Am superiority complex?
If so, it is unfounded.

Life / Fast Food missing in Poland [48]


I am guessing that must be a bit of a Polish part of NY then.

Life / Fast Food missing in Poland [48]


I think that has a lot to do with it.

Life / Fast Food missing in Poland [48]

Even Polish fast food can be good, like zapiekanka, when done properly.

History / What have the Germans hidden in Poland? [28]


It does, but as you say, good luck to them.


In the article they mentioned returning some of the stuff to their rightful owners, but I don't know what the position is in Poland on finding this kind of stuff.

But I am sure someone on PF will know.

History / What have the Germans hidden in Poland? [28]

This is interesting, they are hoping to find tons of stuff looted by the Germans during WW2.

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9517637/Treasure-hunters-plan-dig-48-crates-Hitlers-gold-worth-half-billion-pounds.html

This is the palace on Google Maps;

google.co.uk/maps/place/Pa%C5%82ac+z+1784+roku/@50.9957624,17.6205375,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x47103da0a5d1c28f:0x9d4255f6a5d63ac7!8m2!3d

History / What do Poles owe to Jews? [593]

Good news that America has finally recognised the Armenian Genocide, committed by Turks.

Life / Polish Music. [298]

Nice! Merkfolk.....

youtube.com/watch?v=EOG4Mn1VKW8

Study / Question about studing Polish history and culture [20]

I think that it is time for Poles to remember the huge contribution that Polish Jews have made to Polish history and culture.
Stanislaw Lem was one of those many great talents.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Lem

A clip from Solaris;

youtube.com/watch?v=BxfMfQvUlfs

UK, Ireland / Polish cities and their UK twins [34]

Poland does have some wonderful parks, especially in Warsaw.
But they are no match for the parks in larger cities, like London or in the USA.
I now hear that even these are now under threat by developers.
In my opinion, a nation that largely lives in apartments rather than houses,
need these spaces more than most.
Opinions?

Torun is a wonderful Polish city, birthplace of Kopernik and the Gingeer bread capital of Poland, which came to Poland from Germany during the Hanseatic period....it also has some great Gothic architecture.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toru%C5%84

History / POLISH AND RUSSIAN FRIENDSHIP WILL LAST FOREVER [513]

The only friendship between Poles and Russians exists amongst ordinary people.
The countries and politicians have always hated each orher... Except in Commie times .... And even then.....

Law / Polish Police and Their Tactics [204]

@johnny reb

I actually think it is unfair to compare Polish/European policing tactics to America.
America has a much greater level of violent crime than Europe.
Guns are much more easily available in America and Americans are more scared of violent crime than Europeans and righty so.
Police in America therefore react much more violently than European police to counter this extreme violence that Europeans struggle to comprehend.
George Floyd was a bad guy, but he did not deserve to die for using a counterfeit 20 dollar bill.
Derek Chavin was a bad cop.Unstable, violent and with some other social and mental problems.
But I object to people now referring to him as a white supremacist.
There are people out there, both black and white, who just want to stir up some kind of race war.
Don't let this happen.
It will benefit only the extremists on both sides.

Law / Polish Police and Their Tactics [204]


What you fail to understand, is though that does happen, it is pretty rare in europe.
We do not have the American gun problem that kills so many people,almost on a weekly basis.....one day, you guys may work it out, but I ain't holdin my breath....

Genealogy / Silesian, old Polish heritage? [49]

Yeah, Europe has always had mixed cultures, either by invasion, royal marriage or agreements.
And to be fair, in rhe main, I think it has, in the end, benefited all of us.

History / What makes you feel Polish? [167]

@pawian

This will make me even less Polish in your estimation Pawian, I hate tartar and am not keen on wodka either, or any spirits for that matter.

I quite like Jack Daniels, but a small bottle bought for me for Christmas, remains in the cupboard, almost full.

Genealogy / Silesian, old Polish heritage? [49]


LOL!!


Yeah, I know, and like many of the greatest Polish cities, has fine German architecture too.
I have seen this in France too, in Alsace,(Elsass?) Which was also a disputed region.
Strasbourg, Colmar and the whole region looks very pretty and very German.

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]


Abortion is never simple.
It involves many situations, circumstances and peoples mental health.
In general, I would oppose abortion wherever possible.
But I can envisage situations where it is the least worst option.
A very emotive and sad subject.

Genealogy / Silesian, old Polish heritage? [49]


Wroclaw..... ;-)