Food / Why Poles not like rice? [98]

It is though, and distinct too.

Not that this has anything to do with the popularity of rice in Poland.

Food / Why Poles not like rice? [98]

No, it's in Europe and your strange views on politicians in a different part of Europe have no relevance to rice in Poland.

There's plenty of it, and instant noodles too. Lots of them.

Food / Why Poles not like rice? [98]


Most of r*SSia is outside Europe.

Obviously you spend more time on the internet than in shops in Poland..


Tundra and wooden hovels.

Food / Why Poles not like rice? [98]

Poland is actually Europe's biggest consumer of instant noodles (and has been for years), and its biggest manufacturer of them too...

Language / Bilingual Polish-English books with audio for listening and reading learning method [75]

There are in fact many thousands of languages.
Some more useful than others and a handful are linguae francae.

Worth mentioning that the OP asked about parallel texts rather than someone's eccentric ideas about the value of their second language.

Food / Why Poles not like rice? [98]

You probably dodged a bullet then.

It's worth trying F&C in the north, with fish caught in Whitby, Scarborough, Grimsby, etc, bigger portions, less money, better chips and nicer people serving you.

Food / Why Poles not like rice? [98]


Which ferry? If it's one of the southern ones, the ferry canteen may well have been better (the south and fish/chips are a bad mix IMO) but if it was Rotterdam or Zeebrugge to Hull, you'd have found better in Hull.

News / How will Poland be affected by WW3 which has now started [559]


It proves nothing.


In your mind; all peerages are scrutinised, whether or not any given journalist approves or disapproves of a government decision.

Food / Why Poles not like rice? [98]


They're still cheap and most of the fish is from the Atlantic.

£5.99 at my local one with bread and butter a pot of tea and either curry sauce or mushy peas.

They're out of fashion mostly due to healthy eating habits and changing tastes towards spicier stuff.


Much the same. Women don't want fish and chips or Polish mash with saturated fat drizzled on top.

Rice is popular there too however as I say, nothing compared to pets of Asia where it's the staple and frankly monotonous to see huge mounds of it.

News / How will Poland be affected by WW3 which has now started [559]


They said that last time. Yet the world was speechless at the efficiency.

Never try to predict the UK's actions or analyse anything there. It invariably doesn't work.

Work / Are Poles workaholics? [164]


There are a few who like chaos however as far as I know, no practising Chaotes.

A good one could certainly use the forum's Egregore to do dark things. Probably very easily, since there's plenty of malicious energy, a few fake Xtians and several million posts.

News / How will Poland be affected by WW3 which has now started [559]


No. It wasn't former German weapons. It was weapons sold since then. Germany blocked the weapons' owner from supplying them to Ukraine. Much discussed here at the time.


Nobody can 'buy themselves' a place in the upper house; they are given on merit or due to specific skills. Roman Abramovich is sanctioned currently. He's also quite popular due to his philanthropy and his involvement with football.


Probably nothing to find, however hopefully the incoming government willI hope be forthcoming on whatever intelligence they have about r*SSian influence around Europe.


No, they haven't.

There is a lot to come out about Micron and his closet support for r*SSia, and on mainland Europe in general. His rival Le Pen has even admitted to accepting loans from them.

Food / Why Poles not like rice? [98]


I like them, however they're not elegant and not as popular as they used to be.


The mashed potatoes you used to see in Poland weren't especially elegant. Often made without butter and again, not so popular nowadays.

News / How will Poland be affected by WW3 which has now started [559]


Opinion, actually.


And vice versa.

You can pretend to get worried by second hand news reports. The rest of us have that option and others.

News / Coronavirus in Poland - part 2 [599]


After a career of doing so.


We thought you were a Protestant.

News / Coronavirus in Poland - part 2 [599]


They paid all their lives into the system.


I can think of one who is.

Food / Why Poles not like rice? [98]


There's a lot of rice in PL.

Perhaps less than the op is used to, however it's very common.


Taters can be elegant too. Pommels fondants, hasselback potatoes, British style roast potatoes, rösti, Arab style stuffed potatoes, Jersey royals. All can be elegant.

News / Coronavirus in Poland - part 2 [599]


Perhaps change to an American-type health 'system' so people die earlier like they do.

It saves on pensions.

News / How will Poland be affected by WW3 which has now started [559]

You needn't concern your pretty little head with media scare stories intended to rile up the easily riled.

Perhaps worry about North Korea's new nukes that can flatten San Diego in minutes or the humiliation that will result when China reclaim Chinese Taiwan.

News / How will Poland be affected by WW3 which has now started [559]


We sometimes say the same however you should not worry too much or rely on one source of opinion.

The article you found is lifted from a newspaper that has a military scare story every day; some of its readership are ex army officers who like to grumble about the world going to the dogs.

It's the newspaper I read each day and there's a lot of argument in the comments field. The British Armed Forces are still by far the best trained in the world and in any case you missed the article saying that talk of a world war happening soon is scaremongering.

There are probably many better sources of news.

News / How will Poland be affected by WW3 which has now started [559]


I gather your contra has stationed some more nukes in Europe. A good move at the moment.

And of course the r*SSians are furious that some of their hacking attempts and their plans to destroy internet infrastructure have been foiled completely.

Language / Bilingual Polish-English books with audio for listening and reading learning method [75]

Some of aspire to things that a good knowledge of several languages help enjoy.

News / What Polish diaspora need and expect from Poland, from Poles in Poland? [43]


You're right. It's changing though.

60 years ago, people who'd moved from Poland to, say, Britain, needed a powerful radio set to get news and unless they lived near a Polish Club or a church that had Mass in Polish, they'd not even get the newsletters or have contact with other people who spoke their first language. Now, people who moved post-2004 can watch M Jak Miłość online or look at the news on Onet or a ton of other websites. It's made a real difference. The world is getting smaller.

People whose grandparents or great grandparents left a century ago are more Polish diaspora than Poles and often not even that.

Work / Are Poles workaholics? [164]


A Chaos Magician would describe PF as a "strange attractor".

News / How will Poland be affected by WW3 which has now started [559]


24 hours at best and then the Estonians will assemble in a choir and sing. The Lithuanians will light candles and sniff religious pictures. The Latvians will get drunk.

Off-Topic / Pop A Cork - Wine [397]


I've always found that chocolate goes very badly with wine or beer. Spoils both. Cheese is ok with red wine, especially something as austere as the claret you mention.


Most gay men or lesbians could drink you under the table and come back for more, you amateur.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


Hasn't everyone whose balls have dropped and who've had their hole?

I never bother much with your posts; just arguing pointlessly and posting stuff from the internet. Funny sometimes though and always very very predictable.

Come to Europe sometime if you're allowed to travel unaccompanied; you might find that real life is more interesting than the internet and there are even some ladies who might take an interest in you for 100zl (or 50 by the main road to Garwolin).

You might even learn three or four words of Polish.

Off-Topic / Will German Farmers change the EU policy? [45]

Not quite as rich in detail as the quick bulletin on the TV news.

Farmers strikes are always fun to watch. Do you have many over there?

Work / Are Poles workaholics? [164]


Crikey. I'd need Prozac in that situation.


I've done that by choice in a crisis however it was public sector in the U.K. so I could carry over a certain amount unused leave to the first part of next year.

I quite like the situation in Poland. The time off is just about right and some employers insist you take a two week break at some point with of course cash (or vouchers) from the Social Fund.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


Have you visited the three trees named after Lech, Czech and Rus. Worth a look, however I'd not mourn if someone chopped down Rus and rammed the trunk up Putler's fundament.


No public facility is called "Chatsworth Gardens" unless it's a council estate somewhere.

Saxon Gardens has however been called that in English for at least a century.


"The whole point"??? No. The point is to make it intelligible.

And you've never been to Saxon Gardens anyway, or know anything about it that you've not read online.

Saxon Gardens is a popular place for Warsaw residents to walk, and a bit safer at night now the police patrol it.