News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]


I really don't know Gregy. We can admire the inborn chemistry of women in the developed world who choose to give birth to seriously disabled babies, and mother them, and here that is often a life sentence for many poorer mothers.

In a richer society, say America, the mother gets high tech help and a large insurance payout. I have no idea what happens here. I just watch people struggling - and it's invariably the grandmother left holding the baby - because she is "closer to God."

It's the blatant hypocrisy of these politicians that sticks in the gullet, trumped up clerks who patently do not care for the humanity of the family in question, but only for an unattainable ideal.

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]


"What are you doing this weekend Agnieszka"?
"Anna....me and my partner are devastated to tell you that our baby has been found to be brain dead and I'm having an abortion......"

"Oh, wow! Really!? You're defying the establishment? But are you sure you're doing the right thing morally by God?"
"Go **** yourself you sick medieval weirdo...etc etc etc....."

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]

An inferior intelligence, in the guise of a government, lords it over its' citizens. What about women's rights in Norway Ironside? Doesn't it make you sick that women are free to live their lives as they wish to do?

Lol. You are a berk:)

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]


....to look around and see that you are not in fact in Poland, and that normal (not catholic conservative) modern women here certainly do not share your right-wing views that government should be allowed to interfere with their bodies, their rights.

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]


As Maf says, it's just PIS messing with people's rights, and trying to obfuscate the bigger picture, which is fooling many Poles and brainwashing them all over again.

Work / Business ideas for Poland [63]

And we both know why. Russians.

Food / 'Wigilia', the traditional Christmas Eve supper in Poland [77]


There is no catholic tradition for no meat Ironside. Just a Polish/Slav invention?

Food / 'Wigilia', the traditional Christmas Eve supper in Poland [77]


Just asked my daughter in the kitchen.... (lives in Spain - Catalonia rather.....) They eat meat. She suggests Poles like to be miserable:))

News / EU triggers Article 7, could strip Poland of voting rights [91]


And if you knew anything about incentive, you would realise that this is going to create a new generation dependent on the state. What happens when the well runs dry and there is no more 500 anything?

The 500 plus is not about people having three or four kids, as only the poorer in society will play that game, And they will stay poor if they expect the state to be responsible for them. How much would 500 zl buy for your kids Ironside? Or, more to the point, how much can the father drink?

Answer my question, why not raise the tax threshold? Not a vote winner, as that would mean working for a living to feed those kids?

News / EU triggers Article 7, could strip Poland of voting rights [91]


If PIS really cared about poor families, then they would raise the threshold for zero percent tax to 40,000 zl a year for a married couple with two kids. What is it now? 8,000? They're having a laugh. Instead there is an incentive for layabout behaviour and abdication of responsibility.

What is the point of middle class families having a savings account for their children from the 500? We could go on and on, Of course it is a vote winner; people love a handout.

The very children who "benefit" will be the generation paying for this governments' waste. As before, re: the EU, we remember the shitehole that large swathes of |Poland was before EU grants started clearing away 40 years of totalitarian nonsense. It's going to take 3 generations to clear up the mess as it is, without giving freebies away with a packet of Kelloggs cornflakes. Instead Poles with no real economic manifesto blether on about "sovereignty" and "our country".

Bunch of schoolboys. Like Dilbert, avoid criticism. Do nothing to build a sustainable economy instead.
Give people the chance to earn, and spend their money as they choose, and the freedom to stay safe from this ranting madman Ziobro and his paranoid gang, and Poles will always rise to the top. Instead, we have this new Prime minister, if I understand him right, promising to cut the health service (at least 11 percent of GDP should be spent on health, instead of playing these populist games with the economy IMO)

Bloody hell gumishu, you will get me drinking again at this rate:))

News / EU triggers Article 7, could strip Poland of voting rights [91]


I believe there was one family posing for a photo with the man himself on Duda's website, thanking him for "rescuing" them from poverty. 7 kids if I remember rightly. It's so easy to be magnanimous with other people's money.

News / EU triggers Article 7, could strip Poland of voting rights [91]


To hand out my money to people who have 7 kids and are too lazy to work for a living?

Life / Gdansk Tips for Person relocating there [26]


Bring a long coat and the Goretex. Not known as the windy city for nothing. Excellent transport links. A car is a waste of money if not for lifestyle. Live in Gdansk if young, Gdynia if older, Sopot if rich/daft.

What sort of accomodation? Depends what you like. Try to get a flat with a sea view. Otherwise, what is the point of living here? If monied, condos in Gdansk Jelitkowo or Brzezno if you like the coast I guess....Wrzeszcz or the Old Town if you like older type buildings....or the other side of the ring road if you like forest and countryside (then you need a car....)

My experience? Gdansk is great in summer, tedious in winter.

News / Poland's deputy minister Szmit resigns due to fatal road accident statistics... [11]


Exactly. Which is why, in the UK, where people learn to drive properly, the driving instructor beats it into you "Proceed according to the road conditions."

Ergo - that means NOT driving along country roads at 120 km an hour because said dog, tractor or something else do pop there. To regulation.

It's not rocket science, but people driving on Polish roads have a death wish (and often kill someone else).
Said people should be put behind bars for a long time and served liquid porridge due to their broken teeth.
Also the 24 point penalty system is a sick joke designed to legitimise bribes. I accumulated 12 points one year, by trying really hard to be a dick. That should be a 3 month ban to concentrate the mind.

Life / Help me find this Polish band and song.... [117]


Niech mówią, że to nie jest miłość

UK, Ireland / Racist who hurled abuse at Eastern Europeans shouting 'This is England' [17]


Just back from the pub Dolno, but please......:)) I almost choked on my AleBrowar beer. There is no benefit in a comparison. We have both lived in both countries and you would know that the UK was always the sanctuary of choice.

Poland was religiously and racially tolerant until the 20th century.........but when we talk of modern times is a disgrace.

Not going to return to previous times on this board and not going to comment further on your facile assumption.

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


Don't be so naive Pol. We all send poisonous pen letters, in that we give an opinion of our subordinates when pressed. 24 people, you say? What about the 38 million who have a democratic system today because of the bravery of Walesa and his group....?

Oh wait... you and the other jokers want to take that democracy away again. Lol
The truth, staring PIS in the face, is that that Polish youth will never allow their abuse of the constitution, and in 2 months the government will again be faced with that fact. The Prime Minister says that the street can never decide policy. She is so palpably wrong, because history validates that axiom.

Good luck!

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


Don't be silly gregy741. Without the charisma of Walesa, who was intelligent enough to successfully engage with the government delegation sent to the Lenin shipyard, the Solidarity movement wouldn't have had the effect that it did.

When you talk about criminal activities, those belong to the Kisczaks and Jarelzelskis of that world, and the Kaczynkis in the present era, IMO, but Poles are so weird that you just buy their memoirs by the shedload and let them be, while vilifying a man who is internationally recognised as a patriot and a hero who was there, whilst many, many Poles cowered, and did absolutely sweet **** all to challenge the system, or openly said " communism doesn't affect me", or " It really wasn't as bad as all that - we had freedoms.." That was my view of it back then in Kato anyway.

It was all so very complex back then as to who was doing what, who signed what and why (and what would we have done under pressure) but for the PIS nomenclature to cast stones at Walesa doesn't hold water on the world stage as he is twice the man they will ever be.

Pertaining to the signing of forms or agreements, PIS and it's 18 percent want to snitch on our freedoms, so your point about Walesa in 1970 potentially reporting on what colour coded socks his pals were wearing in the shipyard canteen is today mute.

If Walesa was British he would be refused the obligation to pay his restaurant bills. But Poles just enjoy negativity and the glass half empty view.

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


Yes jon, it's very much looking like game over for Ziobro, and for his criminal plans. We can confidently predict that Polonious and others will soon be eating humble pie, and let's hope that Article 7 is not invoked for collective punishment.

History shows that when people consistently go on the streets, rogue legislation is toast. And when PIS are defeated, a whole crowd of them will beliable to criminal proceedings. We look forward to that day.

Feedback / Polish forums members - please stop being agressive and dishonest. What a waste of potential. [48]


I was saying that your criticism of PF is a tad unfair because a lot of sympathy was felt for Luke, and the response shows that this can be a worthwhile online community on occasion:)

Feedback / Polish forums members - please stop being agressive and dishonest. What a waste of potential. [48]


So read about the thread at the top of this page, about young Lukey, and stop being so negative yourself?

Some people!

UK, Ireland / Why are Polish people, especially women, so disrespectful toward the English? [442]


Lol


Yeah, sure. I'm guilty of feeding the troll, but be gone with you.

Go Cameron and Remain! Against such sick racists.

Real Estate / Renting flat/apartment with dog Gdansk? [24]


Well you see, short term summer rents are a tough one. What date in July are you coming? I am going out now, but you can PM me and I will reply later, as I can ask around all my contacts. You should widen your possibilities though, to a 30 kilometre radius, on the line of the suburban railway.

Real Estate / Renting flat/apartment with dog Gdansk? [24]


Ha!

That's a short term SUMMER rent, and that will cost you big, big money in Gdansk in summer. My advice is to rent in Tczew, or away from the coast. Believe me, you DO NOT want to try renting in Gdansk in summer, unless money is no problem, that is.

OR: Try some websites where students are away, and their flatmates are looking for someone to take their place for summer. Younger people here will point you to those sites:)

Feedback / Polish forums members - please stop being agressive and dishonest. What a waste of potential. [48]


My mother told me that sarcasm is the lowest from of wit, but here goes......

Please don't go! This forum needs brilliant contributors such as yourself, with a rosy outlook on life:))

Feedback / Polish forums members - please stop being agressive and dishonest. What a waste of potential. [48]

Thanks for the very long post MODS. This post was not written by a mod.

I will try my best to behave better in future. It as, as you say, because I am deeply unhappy.
It's raining cats and dogs here in Gdynia, and there is no beer in the fridge.

As for your comments about there being no help here - the poster aka Delph would often help with solid advice, but he's on holiday. And you have come to live in Poland, right? Welcome to the world of bureaucracy and government intrigue.

If you ask the right questions, they will be answered. And you can always ask for help at the top right of the main screen. Sadly, we all work for a living, and don't necessarily have all the answers at our fingertips.

If anybody here asks a genuine question or has a plea for help, the jolly PF community does come to their rescue. Eventually. It sometimes takes some time for Parker and Lady Penelope to arrive, but don't worry - "If you want trouble, you've come to the right place"

Sorry, just kidding, Carl Perkins said that.

PS sorry , saw that you've lived here for years... So you haven't got used to the guttersniping yet? Gosh:)

Law / HELP: ALLEGRO... Do most Polish buyers at allegro.pl use PayPal? [33]


A couple of times the "box" never appeared. Scammed out of a total of 300 zl (many years ago though). Business sellers, card transaction. If an individual seller, I only pay the courier or no deal:)

Love / Woman 28 single, too late for a relationship with a Polish man? [67]


Really? Isn't that an unfair assertion, without evidence, let alone justification? Does the same apply to us blokes?

News / Mieszkania Plus programme - PiS fulfills yet another campaign promise [50]


Well - shall we take person A. He needs a new laptop. Person B has a VAT registered company, and doesn't need a new laptop,. Person A buys it from B and saves 22 percent. The government still gets in on the deal, so that's how it goes, and why person B is never checked to see if he is possession of said laptop:)

All this is nothing to do with the price of fish (the real world)

News / Mieszkania Plus programme - PiS fulfills yet another campaign promise [50]


Pol - I take a great interest in Polish politics. Until the restaurant tapes et al the biggest Tusk scandal in 8 years was when he promised uninsured people living in beautiful houses by the then flooded Wisla that they would get help from the taxpayer in the form of a 10,000 zl handout.

I would quite like to live in a nice house with a river view myself, but wouldn't expect a handout if I was too stupid to insure..

Apart from that populist nonsense, I never,ever heard anything of supposed Tusk shenanighans. In fact, from month to month we never heard anything of note. The government was busy governing, leaving the rest of us to get on with what we were doing.

On the other hand, malpractice follows PIS around like a rabid dog.