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How long did he live in the flat? Did he have anywhere else to stay while he lived there?

Wasn't it a bit small for the old man and him together?


Was he the occupier then?

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Not evicting them is hardly a high bar in the matter of supporting a vulnerable elderly person.

And why did Nawrocki buy a council flat? Profiting personally from society's assets. Does he think that Poland doesn't need social housing?

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Life / Problems adjusting in Poland [41]


Maths?

Important, as is learning fast mental arithmetic. The gateway to quite a few other skills.

It's fun to see the puzzled expressions on the faces of millennials and zoomers when you've done the sums even before they've opened the calculator programme on their phones.

News / Grzegorz Braun extinguishes Hanukkah candles in Polish Parliament [459]


It wasn't and she didn't.

It will be fun to watch Braun's trial.

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History / Where did Poles spend summer vacations in the PRL era? [63]


Do you mean the PZPR?

It had three million members.


For most of that period, relatively few Europeans, regardless of country, had a passport at all.

News / Presidential elections 2025 - the race has commenced!!! [665]


My feelings too and some of his supporters are See You On Tuesdays with rental flats, the type that go to 'Żabka Nano' because they think it's glam like late 80s twats with mobiles and "isn't Dubai nice?" (no it isn't). They don't care that people are out of a job at Żabka and the prices certainly aren't lower, nor that the people holding doors open for them in UAE aren't doing it out of love.

It's a case of hold your nose and vote for the least worst.
In this case that is Trzaskowski.

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Unless there's money to be made, in which cases their companies are all over you.

News / Presidential elections 2025 - the race has commenced!!! [665]


Every vote counts, especially in a close call.


He's the best person for the job. PiS' alleged russophilia will count against them as will their theocratic views on women's bodies and their general hysteria.

There are voters in this election who are digital natives, and very used to filtering the BS out of propaganda. As that to the declining infield (and haemorrhaging mass attendance) in the RCC, the age range (and number dead since the last election) of PiS voters and of course osę voters who stayed at home during the first round, and he's got a very strong chance.

He did come very close last time and his star has been on the ascendant since, plus of course PiS have fallen...

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It's good electoral publicity.

As long as they help keep Nawrocki out.

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There looks to be a huge turnout in the big march today in Warsaw.

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Isn't it in most places?

Sweden is a little odd. You can buy those nasty mini-teabags with tobacco in, you can buy Ephedrine pills without a script (or is that Norway), yet a beer or a decebt bottle of wine costs a fortune.


Eww. Those appeared briefly in the UK in the late 8os or early 90s due to a loophole in the law (they didn't exist before and nobody thought about them. They weren't a big seller though and probably nobody but the importer and some school Headteachers noticed when they were banned.

Paan Parag is still either legal or a grey area. Nasty stuff but not mainstream.

Life / Top 5 things I like about Poland [77]


There are some nice ones to find.

A lot have near identical menus though, mostly stuff that people can (and do) make at home.

USA, Canada / What kind of American food do Poles like most? [119]


Doesn't Europe mostly export those?

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1301]


In Germany?

Certainly not in the UK or Poland. Prices have been rising steadily since 2020 however there's not been a sudden leap. Not much food comes from there anyway, since a lot doesn't meet food standards.

No change in the consumer goods the shops which are all from China anyway.

News / 2011 Stats: 80% of Poles happy [60]


More than. You do need another. Hope.


Getting the decorators in to do the living g room and kitchen before I'm back would make my happiness complete.

News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [528]


Which borders? Are any external borders open?

As far as I know, the only open borders are within Schengen,

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So you favour something much more authoritarian?

Would everyone agree to that?

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How old? How far back? Which period?

News / R. Trzaskowski, current mayor of Warsaw, future President of Poland [354]

@Ironside
So what about these "connections"?

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Did he have a crystal ball? Would anyone else have made a different decision.

Crimes happen. The background of the perp tells us little.


That's just paranoia. Does the Telegraph "have a left wing narrative too"?


There are lots of those. Most of them done by Tories.

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In little shops it can be a drag getting change, especially now so many people pay with phones