Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [414]

@Torq

1. Yeah, I agree.
2. And Putin isn't? o_O
3. I see what you did here lol


Watch the video - that RuSSian guy is making my point for me.

Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [414]

@Torq, I guess you could call it that way lol And RuSSia isn't even in the EU and run by Tusk or neighbouring Germany, imagine that! LOL

Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [414]

@Torq, there were some things new to me though, like that RuSSian far-right militia "patrolling because of migrants". That wouldn't be necessary in this ideal conservative country that some Americans think RuSSia is, now would it lol

News / Terrible fire near Warsaw (Ząbki) [5]

I don't know about Warsaw, but we've had a hellish heat today in Kielce, so isn't it possible that it's just an ordinary fire? 🤔

Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [414]

So it wouldn't get burried in the US thread:

https://polishforums.com/off-topic/poland-usa-news-part-88929/5/#msg2035893

For you, Novichok :* 😂

Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 16 [371]

A quote from another thread:


A video with special dedication to Novichok (and other MAGA lovers of RuSSia and Putin plus also Polish right-wingers and nationalists who think it only happens in the "liberal/leftist" West) :D:



"MOSKVABAD" ;D

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [797]

@jon357, I don't know, I'm not an expert on this stuff. 🤔 I only know that my region is apparently the only place on Earth where striped flint can be found:

enchanting-earth.com/collections/polish-flint

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [797]


Me too, I didn't even know there were opals in Poland! lol
They were mined, but not anymore - the mine was closed in the 80's or 90's, I think. Now that mine and that area is a tourist attraction for geology enthusiasts, because it's a pretty rare place in Europe apparently (that area has 81 types of minerals).


I don't, that's not my footage :)

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [797]


Yes, exactly! Opals in Poland are mainly found in Lower Silesia and this one was found in Szklary-Huta :)

Opal used to be very valued in antiquity, because it was rare. The only place where it was known to be found in Europe was apparently today's Slovakia. In the 19th century vast deposits were discovered in Australia and opal has become the national gemstone of that country :)


Me too :)


Yes, apparently they can break like glass.

Other pieces found at that location during a half an hour walk:

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Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [797]

@Feniks, yes, well done, it's opal!!! :))) 🥳🎉 Opal mleczny to be more precise - literally it means "milky opal". Apparently it's lechosos opal in English?

Where in Poland do you think it was found?

Btw, this is what it looked like after getting it out of dirt:

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Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [797]

@Feniks, nope, it's not aquamarine!

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [797]

@Feniks, that's a very good description of its colour :))) Actually, it hints at the Polish name of this particular type/variety. 🤔

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [797]

It isn't flint, limestone or meteorite :)


Yes, can you make out the colour?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [797]

What is this?:

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Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 16 [371]

Finally good news from the US - some sanity and pro-human stance prevailed:

"US Senate strikes AI regulation ban from Trump megabill:"

reuters.com/legal/government/us-senate-strikes-ai-regulation-ban-trump-megabill-2025-07-01/

"we can't block states from making laws that protect their citizens."

UK, Ireland / Polish immigrants in the UK - victims or criminals?! [283]


And you're generalising again. Some would go bonkers and others realise that we've had abusive przedszkolanki of our own.

UK, Ireland / Polish YouTuber weirdos trash-talking the UK [200]


Bieszczady Mountains and Polish Border Guard on the Polish-Ukrainian border - yeah, that's something Bobko could probably find interesting, I guess. 🤔

UK, Ireland / Polish YouTuber weirdos trash-talking the UK [200]


OK, I guess you can stay in Poland for the time being 🤔 lol

;D

Life / Poland is horrible and I have to live here - somebody call a whambulance! [95]


Of course, all of Western Europe was better developed than Poland when we joined the EU.


Dude, you don't know me, hold your wild horses a bit :)))


Yes, yes, sure, but that "upgrade" usually means the same for majority of people when moving from poorer to richer and more developed countries.


I'm just commenting on your generalising, and yes, often unfair, comments. You dropped on this forum like a bomb behaving like some maniacal rage-ranting weirdo o_O

UK, Ireland / Polish YouTuber weirdos trash-talking the UK [200]


No kidding lol


You mean you've met a hot Polish chick and moved to Poland for her :)))

Life / Poland is horrible and I have to live here - somebody call a whambulance! [95]

@WarSore, firstly, I'm not a liberal, I'm a centrist. Secondly, I don't recall telling you to get out of my country (even though I actually do want you out :)).


I can understand why Ukrainians have been coming to Poland though. Also, in many aspects moving to Poland was an "upgrade" for them. For you it's clearly a "downgrade."


What is that supposed to mean?


Why did you move out then?


Ah, so he's no Poland-hater, he's just a generalising, exaggerating, unfair, hysterical, trolling a$$hole - OK, I get it :)))

Life / Poland is horrible and I have to live here - somebody call a whambulance! [95]


Yes, the same is with Paris. Which I enjoyed visiting greatly, even though it wasn't terribly clean :)


I'm not telling you anything, I'm just making an observation. You clearly hate Poland and everything about the country, including the people. You wrote yourself that you're here only for the EU passport. So I think it's fair to say that it's not "your place on the Earth", right? o_O

Btw, where did you grow up in the UK, if you don't mind me asking?


I'm just saying what I personally find interesting and appealing about New York. That city is the cultural centre of the US, so it's pretty obvious that someone like me would find it interesting.
That, and the cosmopolitan vibe :)

UK, Ireland / Polish YouTuber weirdos trash-talking the UK [200]


Why did you pick Poland of all places though?


Why not in the UK? Aren't you British?

Life / Poland is horrible and I have to live here - somebody call a whambulance! [95]


Well, clearly the novelty wore off and the reality of living in the country set in. It sounds like it's time for you to move to another country, because Poland doesn't sound like "your place on Earth" lol


Maybe once you're already visiting the US anyway. New Orleans too, I guess. But there are so many more interesting places in the world (at least for me) - so those definitely wouldn't be high on my list for visiting. 🤔

Life / Poland is horrible and I have to live here - somebody call a whambulance! [95]

@Bobko, I'm not saying that this is the reason why Poles initially move to the UK. I'm saying what they notice once they're there.


Oh, I can imagine. I just don't understand why people living outside of New York would hate the most famous and interesting city in their country?


In my mind New York is the centre of art, fashion, etc. Many American movies were made there and I guess that made it a big tourist attraction.


Isn't there also a bit of jealousy at play though? Because sometimes I have an impression that some people in Poland suffer from some kind of "Warsaw jealousy syndrome". 🤔


How? Obviously Warsaw, New York and Moscow attract many more people from around the country than other cities, but I don't quite understand how the whole country "works" for those cities?

Life / Poland is horrible and I have to live here - somebody call a whambulance! [95]


Mainly because they can earn more money in the West. As for the UK I also heard about less bureaucracy - it's easier to set up your own company, for example. I've never heard of Poles moving there because of "lower taxes" though. Or anywhere else in the Western Europe for that matter, I think. 🤔 For example, my relative moved to Germany to earn enough money to build a house in Poland. He built the house and moved back to Poland. I've never heard of Germany being some kind of "tax heaven".


Yeah, exactly.


Which one?


I think couchmigrant either doesn't realise or is forgetting what kind of place Poland, Warsaw and Poles are coming from. He could use some empathy and maybe basic knowledge about the history of the country he's living in currently. 🤨

Life / Poland is horrible and I have to live here - somebody call a whambulance! [95]


You're getting it wrong here. From what I've noticed that's what mainly foreigners (usually from the West, but also from Ukraine, RuSSia, etc.) are saying who are visiting or living in Poland plus the Poles who live or lived in the West and are visiting. Majority of Poles never lived anywhere else and they have no comparison and the first they hear (often to their surprise) of "Poland being clean" is from people from "outside".


Sorry, but I'm getting some sort of cognitive dissonance here. So many people have been saying what a great city Warsaw has become, both foreigners and Poles living in Warsaw...
When you moved to Warsaw - was it such a "hole" too back then or has it become one only recently, according to you?



Why is that? Too cosmopolitan for their taste?

That's funny, because the only city that comes to my mind as worthy of visiting in the US is New York.

I think the only complaint I've heard about people from Warsaw was them being arrogant and rude/boorish. As for the city - the complaint was that it was ugly, but that has been changing with time. 🤔

Btw, I knew WarSore wouldn't go away lol This forum will be his life now ;D I'm afraid that "two Novichoks" will be too much for PF to handle though...

Genealogy / Russian POW Camp records [71]

@gjene, in case you don't want to go through all the off topic comments - I responded to your posts here:

https://polishforums.com/genealogy/russian-pow-camp-records-88928/2/#msg2035238

Genealogy / Russian POW Camp records [71]


"We don't beg for freedom, we fight for freedom."

gen. Witold Urbanowicz, commander of the famous 303 Squadron

He settled in New York, btw.


*sigh*

But maybe other people will find this thread useful in their search in the future and you're derailing it...

Genealogy / Russian POW Camp records [71]

Guys, that's not what this thread is about. There are other threads for such discussions. Don't trash gjene's thread about his grandfather :/