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20 Jan 2013
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20 Jan 2013
History / Judge Tuleya mother was in SB [74]
@ gumishu
Teraz wyszło na jaw, że jego matka Lucyna pracowała w Milicji Obywatelskiej i Służbie Bezpieczeństwa. Z tego powodu niedawno obcięto jej emeryturę
doesn't that mean her pension was cut off?
@ gumishu
Teraz wyszło na jaw, że jego matka Lucyna pracowała w Milicji Obywatelskiej i Służbie Bezpieczeństwa. Z tego powodu niedawno obcięto jej emeryturę
doesn't that mean her pension was cut off?
rybnik
20 Jan 2013
History / Judge Tuleya mother was in SB [74]
why was his mother's retirement taken away from her?
why do you describe him that way?
why was his mother's retirement taken away from her?
"hot" judge Tuleya
why do you describe him that way?
rybnik
16 Jan 2013
Life / News on driving in Poland [57]
Hahaha!
I do love my people lol
Still a better one:
An opposition MP suggests drivers should wear a mask showing a countenance of the minister responsible for new rules.
An opposition MP suggests drivers should wear a mask showing a countenance of the minister responsible for new rules.
Hahaha!
I do love my people lol
rybnik
16 Jan 2013
History / Slovakia - Poland's neglected neighbour? [63]
I've always heard this but I never experienced it before first-hand.
Not until I took a river cruise last December on the Rhein River.
Many of the waiters were Slovaks.
They were very surprised and excited to be able to speak to someone in their native tongue.
It was a strange experience indeed.
I understood them BUT.......
It was very cool.
We all enjoyed.
They are easy to communicate with.
i could speak Polish, they could speak Slovak and we understood each other
I've always heard this but I never experienced it before first-hand.
Not until I took a river cruise last December on the Rhein River.
Many of the waiters were Slovaks.
They were very surprised and excited to be able to speak to someone in their native tongue.
It was a strange experience indeed.
I understood them BUT.......
It was very cool.
We all enjoyed.
rybnik
15 Jan 2013
Language / Fun with Polish ambiguous language [59]
i'm afraid one doesn't exist.
unless that is, one's surname is boom, crash, bam, etc :)
I don't know what onomatopeia you use in English in this case
i'm afraid one doesn't exist.
unless that is, one's surname is boom, crash, bam, etc :)
rybnik
15 Jan 2013
Language / Fun with Polish ambiguous language [59]
that I knew but
that I didn't!
now it makes sense - also funny
dzięki
dać się nabrać means to fall for something
that I knew but
while what an excavator do is nabierać piasek na łopatę koparki.
that I didn't!
now it makes sense - also funny
dzięki
rybnik
15 Jan 2013
Language / Fun with Polish ambiguous language [59]
lol
też dobre
???
Idzie Chopin i Bach ;)
lol
szedł facet po lodzie i się załamał ;)
też dobre
szedł facet koło koparki i dał się nabrać :)
???
rybnik
15 Jan 2013
Life / Polish patriotic tattoos [45]
those were all great!
I especially liked the one of the Polish Eagle revealed beneath torn skin.
-very evocative!
Wow!
very cool
those were all great!
I especially liked the one of the Polish Eagle revealed beneath torn skin.
-very evocative!
Wow!
very cool
rybnik
13 Jan 2013
Love / Are Polish men handsome to you? [182]
My wife finds them very handsome ;)
On average, when you walk down the streets of Polish cities, towns and villages do you see many men who catch an eye of yours?
My wife finds them very handsome ;)
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11 Jan 2013
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10 Jan 2013
Life / News on driving in Poland [57]
Hahaha!
That's so Polish!!
spiting him by depriving him of fines money!!! LOL
Polish drivers are uniting to protest against new restrictions. . They vow to drive according to rules to make Rostowski go bankrupt.
Hahaha!
That's so Polish!!
spiting him by depriving him of fines money!!! LOL
rybnik
10 Jan 2013
Language / Fun with Polish ambiguous language [59]
quite right
he was from Świerklany na Śląsku (upper silesia)
Poles in general usually say "ćwok":
quite right
he was from Świerklany na Śląsku (upper silesia)
rybnik
10 Jan 2013
Language / Fun with Polish ambiguous language [59]
and there's zaćma oka - cataract- katarakta
@ Pawian..........no I'm quite sure he said ćmok (i've never heard of ćwok before) :)
'Zaćmienie słońca'
and there's zaćma oka - cataract- katarakta
@ Pawian..........no I'm quite sure he said ćmok (i've never heard of ćwok before) :)
rybnik
10 Jan 2013
Language / Fun with Polish ambiguous language [59]
OMG Paulina! Did you bring back a flood of childhood memories!
Interestingly, my father used ćmok as a pejorative term as in "co za ćmok" - what a dope/fool
OMG Paulina! Did you bring back a flood of childhood memories!
Interestingly, my father used ćmok as a pejorative term as in "co za ćmok" - what a dope/fool
rybnik
10 Jan 2013
News / Predictions about Poland for 2013 [85]
Really???
got a link? (I've got family in that town)
.......indeed there are plans afoot that will see Zabrze become the gay capital of Central Europe, much like San Francisco is in Western USA but with more coalmines.
Really???
got a link? (I've got family in that town)
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10 Jan 2013
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10 Jan 2013
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9 Jan 2013
Love / What to answer to the Most annoying phrase that EVERY and EACH polish girl always says? [58]
I always thought it was "z resztą" :)
The most annoying phrase used by Polish women is "po prostu
I always thought it was "z resztą" :)
rybnik
9 Jan 2013
History / Life in communist Poland - personal relations [469]
Ha!
They pulled the ad thanks to public pressure.
Poles rock!!
what do you think of communism being used in advertisements?
Ha!
They pulled the ad thanks to public pressure.
Poles rock!!
rybnik
8 Jan 2013
History / Life in communist Poland - personal relations [469]
(wow. thanks for the kind mention Pawian :)
(wow. thanks for the kind mention Pawian :)
rybnik
8 Jan 2013
Life / News on driving in Poland [57]
really Kondzior?
what about the freedom to drive your car without fear of a drunk driver driving into you?
why should my safety be subjugated by your "freedom" to drive while intoxicated??
come on now
What happened to freedom?
really Kondzior?
what about the freedom to drive your car without fear of a drunk driver driving into you?
why should my safety be subjugated by your "freedom" to drive while intoxicated??
come on now
rybnik
8 Jan 2013
Life / News on driving in Poland [57]
yes
agreed
If they want to share roads with other drivers and pedestrians, both of those groups have a right to be sure that all drivers are sober, clearly visible, not holding a telephone and driving within the speed limit.
yes
agreed
rybnik
8 Jan 2013
Life / News on driving in Poland [57]
No
Because ethanol impairs one reflexes, judgement and spatial orientation.
There are no "functional alcoholic drivers"!
Just very, very lucky ones.
So because you cannot hold your liquor, no one is allowed?
No
Because ethanol impairs one reflexes, judgement and spatial orientation.
There are no "functional alcoholic drivers"!
Just very, very lucky ones.
rybnik
8 Jan 2013
Life / News on driving in Poland [57]
your friend is very lucky.
please don't tell us that someone who is sh..-faced can operate a motor vehicle safely.
it just doesn't work that way
your friend is very lucky.
please don't tell us that someone who is sh..-faced can operate a motor vehicle safely.
it just doesn't work that way
rybnik
8 Jan 2013
History / Life in communist Poland - personal relations [469]
OR join the army become a low-ranking officer and get a new flat, like my ex's cousin
not his
it was newish with all the trimmings!
after having worked in a factory, office, mine etc etc for a long time it was possible to receive a flat
OR join the army become a low-ranking officer and get a new flat, like my ex's cousin
However, such flats` quality was incredibly low
not his
it was newish with all the trimmings!
rybnik
7 Jan 2013
History / Life in communist Poland - personal relations [469]
quite an intimate experience like mine: 4 guys, all taller than 5'10", packed with stuff from Berlin stores.
What a ride!
(the East Germans had no sense of humor)
We drove to the seaside in it, 4 people plus luggage. World record.
quite an intimate experience like mine: 4 guys, all taller than 5'10", packed with stuff from Berlin stores.
What a ride!
(the East Germans had no sense of humor)
rybnik
7 Jan 2013
History / Life in communist Poland - personal relations [469]
and all those 2 cycle puht-puht engines spewing that god-awful blue exhaust fume into the air!
I still have that smell etched in my olfactory memory.
(Kraków was especially brutal in that regard)
and all those 2 cycle puht-puht engines spewing that god-awful blue exhaust fume into the air!
I still have that smell etched in my olfactory memory.
(Kraków was especially brutal in that regard)
rybnik
7 Jan 2013
History / Life in communist Poland - personal relations [469]
thank you
really?
I didn't know that.
good for us and our GI tracts (back then) :)
bagged milk was a nightmare :)
thank you
at least it was unpasteurised
really?
I didn't know that.
good for us and our GI tracts (back then) :)
rybnik
7 Jan 2013
History / Life in communist Poland - personal relations [469]
your shock more than likely stemmed from the fact that the bag was leaking!
As was my experience more than 50% of the time.
Simply put, they were a big pain in the butt (not to mention having to have a dedicated milk container at home to pour the blasted milk into from the bag).
As far as taste goes, I prefered the glass (as I do my beer;)
(I still remember our shock when mother brought foiled milk home
your shock more than likely stemmed from the fact that the bag was leaking!
As was my experience more than 50% of the time.
Simply put, they were a big pain in the butt (not to mention having to have a dedicated milk container at home to pour the blasted milk into from the bag).
As far as taste goes, I prefered the glass (as I do my beer;)