Food / Your all time favourite Polish Dishes! [108]


Mrs Szarlotka (with the new barmaid at my local a very close second)

Love / Are Polish still very traditional when it comes to relationships? [31]


Simple my bankrupt friend.... angels have wings and if your wallet is lighter.....

Off-Topic / If I don't understand Polish and I post a Polish song on a profile, is it wrong? [10]

I suppose it depends upon what the lyrics were, might have wound somebody up. Can't see the harm it myself but I'm a really easy going bloke.....

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]

No. But you are allowed to graze sheep on Hampstead Heath at no cost and to take one carp a year from my lake for Christmas. Plus I have to buy you a beer on every day of each month that starts with a J.

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]


Nah. It proves that McCoy has a wicked sense of humour and enjoys winding people up.... which means he's also an honorary Brit;)

Work / Teaching English in Zakopane, is it safe? [45]


Oh no we're not. we're happy drunks who pile chairs up high and climb them.

On topic - You'll be fine in Zakopane

Travel / Hard Candy - Krakow, Poland - reviews? [131]


An Innocent Abroad.


Absolutley

Life / Things that annoy you in Poland. [114]

No way. I'd say it applied more to Texans;)

Love / Polish women are the most beautiful in the world! [1718]

Lol. Based on a sample size of two in my life I have to agree with you;)

Love / Polish women are the most beautiful in the world! [1718]


Tosh. I only ever meet stunners;)

Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]


only those that you know?

Law / POLISH BEER IMPORT TO UK [37]


I volunteer to be official taster and marker. As long as someone else goes to Tescitz to pick up the samples. I don't do the dark side;)

Love / WHAT TRAITS DO POLISH MEN LOOK FOR IN A FEMALE? [34]


Your list is an excellent start. Could I just add a few more requirements:

- No interest whatsoever in Jimmy Choo shoes
- Fear of credit cards
- Ability to change a lightbulb without calling in an electrician
- No inclination to want to learn golf and insist upon accompanying their partner on to tthe course
- Encyclopedic memory for all things other than those said by partner
- A mother who is at least 5,000 miles away and who cannot master the use of a webcam
- A father who recognises that losing a daughter is a very good thing
- Must like football
- Is happy to serve beer to partner and mates watching the big game but then withdraws without saying a word
- Can be out of the bathroom in under two hours
- Can tolerate toothpaste tubes without the caps on

If anyone knows an available female who satisfies both lists then PM me and we'll arrange a deal (trade in);)

Law / How do I verify a Polish company's existence? [240]


True.... but not over this particular thread;)

Law / How do I verify a Polish company's existence? [240]

I wonder if she has sent it to herself and mistakenly applied for the position?

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]


Nice to see you around Comrade. For a moment I thought you had been vaporised in that last nuclear detonation.

Travel / Poland wildlife and similar wild life where you live. [243]


You mean a slow worm? They seem to be getting quite rare in the UK. Used to see loads of 'em when I was a kid.

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]


Could be for health and safety reasons following the twenty eight people who had jumped from said window after failing to have their problems resolved by the ZUSers despite having visited on average 16 times each;)

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



Forum etiquette requires you to have posted at least 100 times before calling us bonkers, even if it is plainly evident that some of us are genuinely deranged;)

Law / How do I verify a Polish company's existence? [240]

I'm feeling left out. Noone writes to me offering me zillions of dollars fro just sending them my account details. Do I have to keep on working still longer?

Language / Polish sayings [237]

Thank you. That is going to come in handy later.

Life / Womans day in Poland? [242]


Great. I'll take three please.

Life / Doughnut [Pączki] Day... in Poland [70]


Cool Hand Luke for the doughnut world;)

Life / Polish Organizational Skills [83]

Steady on Stig. I think Seanus was referrring to the general your rather than your your if you see what I mean.

Life / Polish Organizational Skills [83]


That's different from my experience SeanBM. Most of the companies I have worked for in western Europe and the US/Canada/Australia have actually had very good delegated authority and reposnibility, certainly within the last tenm years or so. Yes there always exceptions and I certainly exclude government agencies from that.

Life / Polish Organizational Skills [83]


Change in management practices will only come from the top or from an influx of foreign or returning Polish managers. It's a question of how long that will take to permeate through I guess. There were definite signs of improvement in my time there. Maybe the governmrnt should send all CEOs to Harvard for a year:)

Life / Polish Organizational Skills [83]

Maybe my thoughts on this are out of date given that may last full time working in PL was getting on for five years ago now. I had three years of working for a major company in Warsaw and in general I would agree that the planning skills were not as strong as other countries I've worked in. The major frustration of working there for me though was the inability of people to make decisions without consulting up the hierarchy. This led in turn to a reluctance to plan as it was always their bosses' repsonsibility. The whole cycle did my head in on numerous occasions. The organisation was previously state owned and managed so maybe that excacerbated the problem. Not to say that the ones who did plan and had delegated authority were not good. In fact some of them were excellent. Management practices in PL will take time to evolve and mature. I would be interested to hear if they have since my days there.

Real Estate / House prices in Poland to drop more or rise again? [228]


... in flames, unless you bought a holiday cottage in Wales in the 80s when of course such a guarantee could be given. Come home to a real fire..

History / Polish mathematicians who solved the Enigma machine [86]


The use of the word also implies that you think that the British played the major role in cracking the enigma cryptography. Not true. Without the work of the Polish mathematicians they would nt have had the head start they needed. Subsequent variations of the code were decyphered by Bletchley Park.

Another link

chc60.fgcu.edu/EN/HistoryDetail.aspx?c=1

Life / If I could introduce something from my country into Poland, I would.... [175]

I think Poland would greatly benefit from a number of strategic imports:

1) Proper draught Guinness at Dublin quality levels (It's genetically half my country so it counts).
2) Beer batter chips
3) Decent curry houses and
4) Me