Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [851]

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Off-Topic / Arts and crafts [125]


I'm really going to like this thread :) Great idea Paulina :)


She's incredibly talented and her paintings are amazing but it's not really my kind of art. Wish I could paint that well though!


For me too. I'm not a fan of Cubism, Abstract art, Contemporary artists such as Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin etc the list is long......

I actually like a lot of Pre-Raphaelite and Renaissance art although I feel I'm in the minority. Doesn't seem to be very popular.

Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [851]

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Life / Polish Music. [293]

Całkiem Nowa Bajka:

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [679]

A new one:

Half an hour for the bacon.

News / Flood in Lower Silesia in Poland - looks catastrophic [94]


Until I read this thread I didn't know anything about the 1997 floods so I started doing a bit of reading.

For anyone interested here is an article giving a day to day account of the flood in Wrocław.

wroclaw.pl/en/the-flood-of-1997-25-years-after-the-disaster-that-hit-wroclaw-and-surrounding-areas

Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [851]

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Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [679]


I will think about this....


An alcoholic drink made by mixing a spirit with fruit juice?

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [679]


I think it's more that you know the answers and I don't ;)


Not offhand but I'll have a think about it.

Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [851]

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News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [459]


I'm presuming that you don't have to worry too much about finances then.


I rest my case. Not everyone is in your position.

I certainly don't feel better off and amongst my social circle nobody else does either.

News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [459]


So do I and I am not happy to be out of the EU.


london.gov.uk/new-report-reveals-uk-economy-almost-ps140billion-smaller-because-brexit#:~:text=The%20average%20Briton%20was%20nearly,jobs%20in%20the%20capital%20alone.

cnbc.com/2024/02/14/brexit-has-sliced-5percent-off-uk-economic-growth-goldman-sachs-says.html

obr.uk/forecasts-in-depth/the-economy-forecast/brexit-analysis/

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [679]


Ok, I can see it now but sometimes you can't see the wood for the trees.........


Probably at parties etc. Onto the next drink.....

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [679]


I can't get this unless you're trying to say a red count is somehow traitorous.


Na drugą nogę?

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [679]

I get the feeling that I'm going in a different direction. I really don't know what you mean.

I was just reading this but I doubt it's relevant to what you are thinking.

hrabiatytus.pl/2019/06/19/czerwony-terroryzm-w-ii-rp/

Food / Traditional Polish Foods [141]

The lungs would be from livestock so it's not like the animal is going to be sat in the house with a smoker......

You've eaten brains and you've eaten steak tartare if I remember correctly. Raw meat can contain salmonella, E Coli, etc but you're fussy over eating lungs? Strange.

Food / Traditional Polish Foods [141]


I've never tried brains. I'm not overly keen on liver but I love kidneys.

You should try the lung pierogi.

Food / Traditional Polish Foods [141]


For me, yes. The few American cake/dessert recipes I've tried have been heavy on the sugar. Not to say that other countries don't have sweet cakes too.....

I haven't heard of Sicilian cassatina but the marzipan would make me want to try it.....


You've never tried this?

przyslijprzepis.pl/przepis/pierogi-z-pluckami-14

To be honest the thought of trying lungs was a bit off-putting but I really love these pierogi.

News / Poland says no to flood of Immigrants [670]


The stats in it are outright lies.

Included within the article are links to the Netherlands and Belgian statistics office with the official data.

reuters.com/fact-check/migrants-are-not-majority-london-brussels-amsterdam-2024-05-31/

Life / Polish Music. [293]

That's got a definite 70s vibe to it.

Food / Traditional Polish Foods [141]


For me they're too sugary. I once made a Red Velvet Cake for a friend's birthday and found an American recipe for it. I don't like that cake much anyway but for me it was way too sweet. She loved it but I could barely eat it.

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Food / Traditional Polish Foods [141]


I would have to disagree. For me, that type of cheesecake is too rich and creamy. Polish cheesecake is not as dense and 'heavy'.


Nothing wrong with that!


That's the dish although I've had it with other fillings not just pickled cucumber. I think there's quite a lot of variation with filling content.

I also really like Pierogi Ruskie and the pierogi stuffed with lung although I've forgotten the name of it now.

Food / Traditional Polish Foods [141]


That's a tough one. There's a few. If I had to choose it would be Zrazy.

Sernik for dessert.

Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [851]

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Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [679]


How am I supposed to know which one?

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [679]

A reference to communism?

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [679]

As in nobility titles?

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [679]

I need a clue for this one.