Off-Topic / Things you can't get used to in your new country [95]

@Vincent
@jon357
We have as many as 3 sockets in the bathroom in our 20-year-old house in Germany. Also in Poland, in our house from the 1960s, there were sockets in the hanging mirror cabinet in the bathroom . It was completely normal. But when I was still going to England, I was told that not only the electrics in Victorian houses are strange, but also a few other things.

Off-Topic / Things you can't get used to in your new country [95]

@jon357
You still have those weird power plugs.

History / Are Poles happy with the current Polish borders? [134]


I don't think so because it's actually a common term that everyone uses. But you can ask BB and T what they think about it.

History / Are Poles happy with the current Polish borders? [134]


Although after reading the message I have to say that this lady did not say anything wrong. She only said that the AfD has a lot of support in "Mitteldeutschland". Only that "Mitteldeutschland" or Central Germany is a common term for this geographical region that has nothing to do with any territorial claims.

History / Are Poles happy with the current Polish borders? [134]


This lady is an AfD politician and this is a party without a future in Germany for now.

Off-Topic / Pop A Cork - Wine [440]


Certainly, but I see you also have interesting books for this wine. If I got it right, that thing about the Vatican and Edith Stein?

News / Poland is the new military power of Europe. [275]


Actually they do it.

History / Why Was D-Day So Significant for Poland ? [266]

D-Day gave the Poles hope that they would be liberated by the Western Allies, which unfortunately did not happen.

News / Polish Parliamentary Elections 2023 [933]

Is it that bad?

History / Would Russians try to kill my family in 1944-1945 when they came to Poland? [5]


That certainly wasn't why they shot your grandfather's brother in the foot. Most likely they were just drunk, maybe they also wanted to rob them. They behaved no differently in Butscha last year.

News / Poland is the new military power of Europe. [275]

they would dismantle the sidewalks and take them to russia

News / Poland is the new military power of Europe. [275]


Berlin, Dresden, Leipzig....and so on.

UK, Ireland / Should I worry going to Ireland as a Pole? [37]

@Atch
Yes, I use Irish Kerrygold butter to make my son's sandwiches. It is always soft even after taking it out of the fridge. How do you do it? Do you add any oil to it?

UK, Ireland / Should I worry going to Ireland as a Pole? [37]


Which, for example?

Off-Topic / What's your connection with Poland? Penpals. [595]


I would like to be called Poles and not genitals....

Food / Poland-Tea or coffee land? [165]


It must have been much later, coarsely ground coffee was for coffee machines with a filter. Finely ground coffee in electric coffee grinders would not be suitable for filters because it would clog them.

Food / Poland-Tea or coffee land? [165]


It must have been a long time ago. I also remember finely ground coffee poured with boiling water in a glass, very strong and fragrant for the whole house. But I remember it from my youth.

Life / 60th birthday in Poland [38]


If it's black chocolate then you're fine, it's supposed to prolong life.

Food / Poland-Tea or coffee land? [165]

Sometimes when I go for a kebab in Leipzig, I get a small glass of very strong Turkish tea from a samovar for free, which is practically constantly boiling. This is the only black tea I drink with sugar. There is no such kebab in Poland.

Life / 60th birthday in Poland [38]


I'm trying, unfortunately my two female cousins died shortly after 50, our close friend a Polish priest in Germany shortly after 60. Moreover, in the news so many young people are now dying ... scary to think. Good thing Corona is over. Back to the topic, we celebrated in a small group. The kids will come next week. I'm not going to do anything at work.....Hmm, this is where I actually have a question, would you celebrate 60 at work?

Life / 60th birthday in Poland [38]

@Novichok
I thought for 60 you had to invite at least 60 guests and drink for three days. To be clear, I had a glass of champagne with my wife.

Off-Topic / Things you can't get used to in your new country [95]


In Germany it's annoying that you can't buy regular aspirin or ibuprofen at drugstores or supermarkets. You can only get them at the pharmacy.

Off-Topic / What's your connection with Poland? Penpals. [595]


Suffering often seems to be a way of life, and this applies not only to Poles, but also to, for example, Jews.

Life / 60th birthday in Poland [38]


I'm not going to get depressed over this. I also do not want to set my life anew, as I have already written, no new children because late-born children lose their parents when they need them most. I will also no longer drive on highways 200/kmh as I did as a 30-year-old, only 130 on the cruise control as befits a serious person. The most important change is that a man after 60 does not have to prove many things to himself. Yes, it gives a lot of psychological comfort. No, I don't want to be 30 again, but I don't want to be 80 either.

Off-Topic / Things People Say in Ireland - Even though Novichok thinks they can't. [66]


Bournemouth is a beautiful town but not EU either. The EU is more tolerant.

Off-Topic / Things People Say in Ireland - Even though Novichok thinks they can't. [66]


Birmingham is not the EU

Genealogy / Are all Poles blue eyed and blonde? [450]


Poles are often blond as small children, then their hair darkens.

Life / 60th birthday in Poland [38]


Not really, some of the things I did when I was 30, I certainly won't repeat when I'm 60.

Off-Topic / What's your connection with Poland? Penpals. [595]


Such is our fate, eternal sufferers.