Food / Healthy polish food? [143]


Pigwa, even as a cordial, is good for that.


They do. Except for the ones who over relied on it and died due to slow poisoning with oxalic acid. Buttermilk mitigates the danger a bit but only a bit.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]


Tough.

Now what about the spider...

Food / Healthy polish food? [143]


There's plenty of goodness in them.


Far from useless and it kept many a poor family alive over winter.

News / Coronavirus in Poland - part 2 [599]


Seatbelts save lives and reduce injuries (which are of course medically treated from the public purse just as a driver's widow and children are supported by society.

It wasn't much of an imposition to wear a mask for a few minutes when you went into a supermarket and the precautions only lasted while they were needed; masks are not compulsory in hospitals except occasionally In accuse geriatric wards.

Public health measures are not 'nanny state' fantasies. The temporary regulations were not implemented lightly or for long.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]


Fairly obvious really...

Here's one. What's a "spider" and what very specific form of Polish does the term come from?

News / Coronavirus in Poland - part 2 [599]


You have to pay tax, have to drive on the correct side of the road for the jurisdiction you're in and have to avoid burgling people. These are not onerous.


Sadly true. As Alien said, millions died from covid. In the case of a family member of mine the death was drowning in sputum and pus while sedated and ventilated. But hey, some people throw a hissy fit because they 'HAVE TO' put a mask on for a few minutes to protect someone old and/or disabled.

Food / Healthy polish food? [143]


Gherkins and sorrel too, however sorrel and its overuse has also taken them.

Food / Healthy polish food? [143]


And so am I. It's used however to listen to people who've been there, you'd think that was pretty well all that's eaten.


Tomatoes. You mentioned them.

Nasty things unless cooked.

History / 20 years of Poland in the EU. [317]


It's had a huge benefit to Poland and I've of course been there to see it.

I hope this continues. Although the EU does have problems and of course one of its main members has left with probably more to follow, there's still a huge role for a trading bloc with mutual assistance. The federalist tendency within the EU need to learn that their goals aren't shared and once they've grasped that, the future will be bright.

Food / Healthy polish food? [143]


Tomatoes. They're used sometimes but not that much compared to other European cuisines.

News / Coronavirus in Poland - part 2 [599]


Public health.


They haven't though, have they.

Hard to know why you think it's about 'control' or why you think there's 'indoctrination'.

Food / Healthy polish food? [143]


Not as much as outsiders think.

News / Coronavirus in Poland - part 2 [599]

So what?

We survived the pandemic, despite losing loved ones and did it by acting together as societies rather than selfishness.

UK, Ireland / Polish immigrants in the UK - victims or criminals?! [286]

"After the discovery of a lower back, buttocks and thigh, which were found wrapped in cellophane, police cordoned off the area for two weeks to search for the remaining body parts".

The victim was a Mr Everett, aged 67.
amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/30/victim-named-salford-human-remains-investigation-manchester

News / Coronavirus in Poland - part 2 [599]


No, to troll.

As mentioned, vaccination is perhaps the single greatest achievement in medicine that has saved and continues to save the lives of millions.

UK, Ireland / Polish immigrants in the UK - victims or criminals?! [286]

A particularly grisly murder.

The dismembered corpse of a 67 year old man was found in various parts of a nature reserve near Manchester last week.

It sparked a forensic search to identify the victim as well as a manhunt for the perp/s.

Two men were charged in court today. Their names are Michal Jaroslaw Polchowski, 68, and Marcin Majerkiewicz, 42.

They spoke in the commital hearing at magistrates court via an interpreter. I suspect the trial (if they plead not guilty) will be an interesting one.

bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-68904933.amp

Life / Primary Education in Poland - Changes Made to Homework? [15]


One thing they don't have.


Same here, however that's the reality of a lot of kids' lives. Kids have different levels of intelligence, different sorts of family and so many distractions. Homework certainly has value however not as a key component of a curriculum. We have to deal with the way things actually are rather than the way we think they would be in an ideal parallel world.


That is far more common than you'd think. Of course plenty of parents equally couldn't care less if their kids did homework or not.

Food / Healthy polish food? [143]


Yes and no. Some is certainly carb-heavy winter food and of course wedliny etc is ultra-processed however there are some pretty healthy things, especially the soups and things like mizeria.

Plus the prepared food is only part of any country's cuisine and the fresh soft fruit is generally superb. Except for the rhubarb which is laughably poor.

Supermarkets though always default to the cheapest to produce. Same everywhere.

UK, Ireland / "Strange " English language.. [264]


In some parts of their country, most already do:


Which to be fair is most of the building. It's basically a function suite, a hotel, a carpool and an office block with flats in.

UK, Ireland / "Strange " English language.. [264]



Mary Berry?

Language / Extremely Hard - Polish the hardest language to learn [226]


No, I can't be bothered to play you. You are boring.

What's this got to do with the Polish language?

Life / Owning a house in true countryside of Poland - stories [692]


There's plenty of strip farming to the west of Warsaw.

When brothers inherited they divided the bits with good soil and bad soil between them.

Language / Extremely Hard - Polish the hardest language to learn [226]


It's a social construct. And certainly exists. If you feel otherwise, put a dress on and go round Biedronka. People will stare.


Ask Louise Brown that.

And don't worry; simply because gender roles in developed societies are changing, people will continue to play hide the sausage.

Life / Primary Education in Poland - Changes Made to Homework? [15]


All of them.


Tests at home aren't tests.

Language / Extremely Hard - Polish the hardest language to learn [226]


We all do.

The world's population is however skyrocketing so you don't need to worry your pretty little head about fertility though.

Life / Primary Education in Poland - Changes Made to Homework? [15]


It hasn't been banned you know. Kids are still free to study after school. Those with more chaotic family lives will however be less likely to fall behind by not doing it.

News / Coronavirus in Poland - part 2 [599]

Of course. Why not? The hospitals all belong to us and the videos made by individual groups of nurses in their own time in order to lift people's spirits were very well appreciated by all. There's a long tradition of hospital staff doing such things. Do you object to the annual medical students' charity bed push as well?


You've posted at least three conflicting things here troll, including that you followed sensible advice and had the protection against covid.

Get a grip on yourself.

Language / Extremely Hard - Polish the hardest language to learn [226]


None of that depends on gender or sexuality though, does it...

Language / Extremely Hard - Polish the hardest language to learn [226]


Let them decide. We fortunately have far fewer wars now and women (together with other genders) are no longer the excluded from the military.


Gender and sexuality have no biological bearing on fertility whatsoever.

News / Coronavirus in Poland - part 2 [599]


We know all this and some of us got the sharp end of it. Did the hard working nurses and healthcare assistants make that policy themselves or did they have to live with it like everyone else? That and work double shifts with dying people.

But hey, they aren't allowed to let their hair down after work either. Though feel free to blame them if it makes you feel better; they're used to that.

Aren't a small number of nurses allowed to privately make videos outside work just because an online misanthrope disagrees with public health policy?