Love / What would be a traditional wedding ring for a man? [8]

Plain gold ring, sometimes with an inscription on the inside

Anything else would be rather unusual, though you do see the odd black gold or titanium ring.

Love / Where to find Asian girls in Poland [13]

So weirdly enough after writing this I stopped for a coffee today - small place and there were only 2 other customers, 20 something Asian women :)

Love / Where to find Asian girls in Poland [13]

I would say Starbucks in city center or in malls - there often seem to be Asian girls in there. Try cafes around the medical school too.

No idea how you would approach them but presume there is a technique that works

News / Reactions in Poland to Alexei Navalny's death [128]

Putler is exactly like Hitler.

Bunker - check
paranoia - check
Hates free speech - check
Murderer - check
Invades peaceful neighbors - check

News / Reactions in Poland to Alexei Navalny's death [128]

We have already discussed his motivations many times. He has sent a clear signal to the few decent citizens of Udmurtia that dissent can mean a nasty death - that is his "upside"

Genealogy / Polish and gypsy traditions [140]

I don't know but once was staying at a hotel in Cleveland, pretty nice one, and there was a gypsy wedding there and they seemed genuinely very wealthy - and not just in the way of Polish Gypsies

Work / Are Poles workaholics? [164]

One of the biggest problems I have with interns lately is them turning work in late.

They keep texting me (they never call which is irritating) and ask if they can deliver stuff after the weekend because they are sick, grandma is ill, have exams etc.

I now started telling them sure, they can deliver late and I will pay them late - it has been far more effective than moralizing.

Real Estate / Renting out my Polish apartment, while residing outside EU - where do I pay tax on rental income? [5]

If you want to keep it then that is the best course. Even if you get taxed it will still generate plenty of cash.

Other tax issues are capital gains tax (19 percent of any profit from selling the flat) and inheritance taxes - too complicted to explain here. Ask an accountant if you are really bothered

Real Estate / Renting out my Polish apartment, while residing outside EU - where do I pay tax on rental income? [5]

1.depends which country you are in
2. Yes - should be paid in Poland
3. Yes - should be paid in Poland, and if it is no longer your main residence there will be other tax issues

Law / Rejecting Inheritance [44]

If you are in Poland that would be several years of legal hassle but you could get out of it by rejecting the inheritance

If you didn't do the paperwork then you won't go to jail of course, but it will affect your credit score etc.

Yes it is a dumb law and I suspect it will be on its way out. 30 years ago for most Poles there were no debts and no assets - now that has changed this dumb law is causing more and more difficulties

In Chicago or Udmurtia ? Who knows ? Or cares - this is a question about Poland

Law / Rejecting Inheritance [44]

Make a note of all the times you tried to call the consulate - maybe a call log on your cellphone

Go there and If it is closed take a photo

This can be used as evidence that you made a reasonable effort to follow the procedure.

News / How will Poland be affected by WW3 which has now started [559]

Nope - all nonsense

Everywhere west of Terespol you are free to publicly disagree with your freely elected leaders

In Udmurtia it can get you 25 years in Siberia

Restrictions on free speech in most EU countries are the subject of vigorous debate - usually they are there to prevent people like Crno causing fear to minorities. I'm a free speech absolutist myself but it's obviously nonsense to compare a backwards society like Udmurtia with advanced nations like Poland or Romania

News / How will Poland be affected by WW3 which has now started [559]

He's in jail for speaking his mind

The Udmurtian way of life

Here in Poland we can say what we want about the government

News / How will Poland be affected by WW3 which has now started [559]

The ultimate proxy war was the Angola/Namibia thing in the 80s.

In one corner a dictator supported by South Africa who in turn were armed by the US and weirdly China

In the other commies supported by Cuba who were armed with Udmurtian junk but won a significant battle. Sadly there are still many destitute veterans of this limping around Cuba as their main tactic was human wave.

Law / Taxes and money, need some clarifications... [8]

You probably won't find anyone cheaper than 250 zloty in Warsaw. And below 300 they are unlikely to speak English

I pay 270 for mine, in the countryside - she doesn't speak English

News / Polish PM Tusk- dictator or not? What Poles think? [455]

Nonsense - it wasn't that bad before 2015 and like most people I turned off sometime in 2016

Certainly the astronomical salaries are something that started under PiS

News / Polish PM Tusk- dictator or not? What Poles think? [455]

But we pay for TVP from our taxes - why should it be anyone's propaganda ?

There is already Republika, and its doing OK and I don't have to pay for it

Law / Taxes and money, need some clarifications... [8]

Capital Gains Tax - yes it is 19 percent on the profits

Law / Taxes and money, need some clarifications... [8]

You only need to pay or declare tax on index funds when you sell them. It's 19 percent but if some has been deducted at source in Spain you can subtract that from your Polish tax

News / How strongly are Poles sure that president Duda defend Poland's interests ? [265]

But the PiSites have little public support, no money and aren't able to use taxpayers money to fund this idiocy. Once Duda sees that there are no votes in this kind of stunt he will pull back and see out his term opening obwody in small towns

This hunger strike will be over by Monday

News / How strongly are Poles sure that president Duda defend Poland's interests ? [265]

I think it's good that Republika is doing Ok - it's a private channel, funded by ads and I don't have to pay anyone's salary. It's a fine symbol of Poland's free press.

News / How strongly are Poles sure that president Duda defend Poland's interests ? [265]

Duda and PiS are making fools of themselves - they don't have the support of the country and this will just lose them the few remnants of middle class "conservative but generally nice" supporters that they still had in October

Genealogy / Looking for old street name : Teuchertstrasse in Gliwice [24]

Niederwall could be ul Dolny Walow

Tarnow strasse could be Tarnogorska though pre war maps show this as Tarnowitzer Landstrasse - it is one of the main roads out of Gliwice - towards Tarnowskie Gory

News / How strongly are Poles sure that president Duda defend Poland's interests ? [265]

Duda says he is " not going to rest' until they are freed

Will be a change for him as he is notoriously lazy - loves his long holidays and weekends

News / How strongly are Poles sure that president Duda defend Poland's interests ? [265]

Amiga tomorrow we have the Marsz Wolnych Polakow - a good chance for you to attend and defend freedom ?

I think there might be quite a few attending - maybe 10k - but it will be a real Moher freak show

History / Can a nation totally change its characteristics and national character throughout history? [79]

It's totally untrue - this bunch of stumbling drunk farm boys was easily defeated by Japan, Poland, Finland, the WW1 Germans, Afghans and a long list of others

The only thing hard in Udmurtia is their bread 6 hours after they picked it up in one of those crappy supermarkets from Russell's videos

Real Estate / Real Estate Sold or Sale price [6]

The info will be available cost free in the local land register and also from the notary who conducted the deal. But you will probably need a Polish speaker to help you. I don't know if any free source on the internet - maybe when Cargo Pants logs on he can help you as he is very knowledgeable on real estate

News / Time to clean the swamp - dePiSification of Poland [324]

We ? You are not a Polish taxpayer

News / Time to clean the swamp - dePiSification of Poland [324]

The ZUS increase is the same as the one in Morawiecki budget - but I'm unhappy with it whoever's idea it was. Taxes for small businesses got way out of control since covid finished

News / Polish Parliamentary Elections 2023 [933]

Losing the vote of middle aged females was a massive factor in PiS losing the election