Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


That's from a song ' Love is all around' by the Troggs. It's been covered many times. The saying 'I feel it in my bones' is an English one as far as I'm aware.


Not much idea about this one.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


All I know is that it means to have a strong feeling about something. Intuition if you like. You haven't given any context as to what.

The saying comes from the notion that people with arthritis. rheumatism etc could feel pain in their bones before the onset of cold and rain, a predictor of a change in the weather.

Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [984]

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News / Polish military contingent in Lebanon. [184]


Because he's been proved wrong and he doesn't like it.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


If he guesses correctly I can't do that or I'll be taking the credit for his answers which wouldn't be right.


Really? I'm surprised. To be honest I've lost track of who is and isn't ignoring each other. Novi periodically bores us to death with his ignore list and at the rate he's going he'll be in an echo chamber before long.


From early in the morning till late at night? Dawn to dusk so to speak.

Life / Mishmash facts about Poland and Poles [187]


I'm not surprised coming from somewhere hot. I've never really adapted to either. I feel like I was born in the wrong country. The clocks only went back last weekend but it feels forever ago. Still getting used to cooking the evening meal with it being dark outside :(

Give me Florida!!!


I have visions of it being extremely tidy with everything in its place with lots of little personal items on your desk. Chocolate in your desk drawer and nice stationery :)
Did you ever play the piano?

Feedback / Who deserves to inherit Polish Forums? [344]


Now I do like this :) Saves so much time searching if a thread hasn't been posted in for a while. :)

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


I presumed you'd looked at maf's post #103.

Death.

Life / Mishmash facts about Poland and Poles [187]


I'm guessing that you're more of a winter person Atch. I find the darkness very gloomy almost makes me feel claustrophobic. I could happily go to bed in October and wake up in April. Like a dormouse :)

I actually feel better after December 21st because I know the days are getting longer.


Now I do like lights at Christmas time. I'm sure your classroom looked lovely.

Off-Topic / Arts and crafts [150]


The fantasy style and colours appeals to me.


Hilarious and true!


He's a very good artist, I would go to see his work.


I find some of the his more intimate paintings make me feel slightly uncomfortable. They're so realistic that looking at them almost makes me feel like I'm intruding.

Life / Mishmash facts about Poland and Poles [187]


I am the opposite. When it gets dark so early makes me feel like the walls are closing in. I really don't like the lack of light, it's depressing. Give me long summer evenings every time.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


I've not heard this phrase before but to me it suggests inequality. A mental midget if you like.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


To not be worthy?

Life / Polish Nursery Rhymes [253]


The same. Over here they're called broad beans.

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News / Coronavirus in Poland - part 2 [599]


It's a vaccine not a therapeutic as Alex Berenson tried to claim:

forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2021/09/03/some-claim-covid-19-vaccine-is-not-a-vaccine-twitter-suspends-alex-berensons-account/

Life / Poles turn their backs on organised religion. [148]


There's no hope for the so-called PF Christian then.

News / Coronavirus in Poland - part 2 [599]


That's garbage from an anti-vax website but some people will believe any old tripe.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


To the truth? Really not sure about this one.

Life / Poles turn their backs on organised religion. [148]


So that's your excuse to say the vile things you do to forum members? The real life stalking of them that you do? Being a sinner makes everything you say and do acceptable?

You're nothing more than a hypocrite.

You don't have to be religious to be a good and decent person but then you wouldn't know anything about that.

Life / Poles turn their backs on organised religion. [148]


It's not someone that posts filth like this:

Thats it, you done already, Lucy. 😋
(Wipe your chin)

polanda.com/off-topic/random-chat-88490/19/#msg1982808

You're completely delusional if you think that your words and actions are in any way those of a Christian.

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]


I agree with you. The only reason I mentioned stomach is because of Pawian's response to Alien thinking it was stomach. Not dark enough for oxtail and I don't know if that's even popular in Poland.

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]


So it is a stomach? Sheep?

I was reading this article yesterday which some might find interesting. The first on the list made me want to vomit as it invoked unpleasant childhood memories....

Unbelievably, beaver tails are also on the menu!

culture.pl/en/article/10-polish-dishes-that-will-probably-weird-you-out

Food / What exactly is Polish Bread? [91]


I have only tried this once as I haven't seen it since. Absolutely delicious. Although I think it tastes more like a cake than bread.


I presume you mean Polish bread in the US. GMO crops are banned in Poland.

History / Information required on location of WW2 prisoner of war working parties ( arbeits kommandos ) in Poland [15]


Thanks for taking the time to look for me BB. I have got all the paperwork I could find from British sources.

I have military records, papers from ICRC and all records from The National Archives.

Sadly, my relative didn't complete a Liberation Questionnaire which would have been useful.


Yes, I've read that too. Stalag VIIIB was one of the largest and most notorious POW camps.


Done, but no joy.


Thank you BB, and for taking the time to reply.

* waves back*

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

Looks like a dog to me...

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

Looks like pork but that would be way too easy!

History / Information required on location of WW2 prisoner of war working parties ( arbeits kommandos ) in Poland [15]


Most of it I already knew BB because of information contained in the Lamsdorf /Stalag VIIIB/344 website, now the prisoners of war museum website. The same goes for your wikibrief link but it did specifically mention E88 Kommando, the working party attached to the Prezydent mine:

E88 Hohenlohe Hut - Wełnowiec - (District in Katowice-1951) Coal Mine "Król" (King) East Shaft - "Agneschaft" - Agnes Hut Colony
prisoner of war (177); Shaft "Agnieszka" - eastern shaft of the mine "Król" ("Król-Święty Jacek") in the Agnieszka colony; ("Königsgrube" - Königshütte / mine "Prezydent" - Chorzów)


I see a lot of photos of Stalag VIIIB POW from various websites, so far I've not been lucky and spotted one of my family member but it's a bit like looking for a needle in a haystack.

I was incredibly lucky to find mention of him in a fellow POW war diary which had been uploaded to a website along with hundreds of others. I picked one diary at random to read and found that not only was this POW in the same regiment as my family member but that both had been captured on the same day in the same place in France. Their POW numbers were consecutive too meaning it was likely they were both processed at the same time. What are the chances of that!

I have been told by a member of staff at the Centralne Muzeum Jencow Wojennych that the majority of records of Stalag VIIIB prisoners are in the Russian State Archives. They were seized by the Soviet Army after the camp had been evacuated. I did contact them using Google Translate and I did get a reply that confirmed that they did hold British POW records but didn't have the resources to search for them.

Thanks very much for your help :)

History / Information required on location of WW2 prisoner of war working parties ( arbeits kommandos ) in Poland [15]


It isn't BB as I've already run the article through GT, but it does contain some different information to the Polish link I provided.

I was wondering only if wartime records about this mine were kept but thanks for replying anyway :)