News / Coal-Powered Poland Refuses to "Go Green". EU Ain't Happy. [304]


This is not true. The overall mean price for household electricity in Poland is 0,55 zł per kWh. This price comprises:
- electricity - 0,18 zł
- VAT - 0,10 zł
- excise duty - 0,04 zł
- local taxes - 0,02
- distribution - 0,12 zł
- transmission - 0,09 zł
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Total - 0,55 zł

One euro is 4,24 zł which means that 0,55 zł is roughly 13 eurocents which means it is twice as less as you have indicated, Genius.
zaradnyfinansowo.pl/ceny-pradu/


You'd better thank him for not calling you a soviet, Johnny.

News / Why is Poland so hostile against Germany? Do they realize how their reparations rubbish damages relations? [510]


Ermland (Polish between 1466 and 1772) in East Prussia is so starkly visible on your maps that you could still think the border of 1772 between Poland and Prussia is there in 1932 ...

News / Why is Poland so hostile against Germany? Do they realize how their reparations rubbish damages relations? [510]


Those maps are truly amazing. Which website did you get them from?

Travel / Why do you visit Poland? [223]


I think we are talking about his ethnicity here. It is worth noting that terms like 'nationality' are differently understood today in Poland and in Western Europe. 'Nationality' in the West is what we see as 'citizenship' in Poland. Our 'nationality', in turn, is what they see as 'ethnicity'. So the question is: was Copernicus ethically German as there is no doubt that he was, felt and he acted as a true citizen of Poland.

First, there was no such thing as 'Germany' in his time. Obviously, there was the Holy Roman Empire, but that wasn't exactly the same as 'Germany'. Second, the Teutonic Order was a unit of international nature with, yes, the majority of knights being of German origin. Third, the concept of a national state would look strange in the times of Copernicus (neither Poland nor Germany nor the Teutonic Order were national states at that time) as this concept is only a 19th century invention. You people seem to apply modern concepts to former times whereas the people of those former times did not see things and did not define themselves through these modern terms.

We can only and safely say that Copernicus was born 'Polish citizen' and bore allegiance to the Polish Crown which in modern terms would mean he had a Polish citizenship and held a Polish passport :-).


That's irrelevant. Latin was the language of universites at that time rather than German, Polish or Italian. Universities were in towns, so to speak, rather than in states.


For me, this is something talking in favor for his German ethnicity. Do you know if he had left behind any texts (letters, for example) written in German beside his well-known works in Latin?

News / Why is Poland so hostile against Germany? Do they realize how their reparations rubbish damages relations? [510]


Yes, on this picture you look classically Northern European now which could mean that the lion share of your genes come from the Yamnaya people invading the present-day Germany along with other parts of Western Europe some 5,000 to 4,500 years ago. You are likely to have the R1b haplogroup, oder?

News / Why is Poland so hostile against Germany? Do they realize how their reparations rubbish damages relations? [510]



He hasn't this classic northern European look (blue eyes, light skin, blond hair), but that doesn't mean he is not a European type. Actually, his looks show the type typical of ancient western European hunters-gatherers which had blue eyes, but dark skin and dark hair, a combination that is indeed rare in Europe these days.


The fact that you want to denounce him to his employer makes of you an absolute twat, Torq. We've had been through this before when Delph denounced the poster (who comes here as Dirk diggler now) to his employer. And even if I think the worst of Dirk as he is an extreme racist and an absolute idiot, I would never denounce him to his employer. And you are not going to denounce Weimarer because he said he chased Arabs in the streets, but because you didn't like his remarks on Poland. I may remind you posting a map on the distribution of mosques in Germany in another thread as a sort of mockery towards Germany which means you yourself are not so very enthusiastic about the Arabs settling in Europe either. Denouncing someone to his employer through taking advantage of that person posting a personal picture on a forum is morally very low and absolutely disgusting, Torq. You should be truly ashamed of yourself!

Life / Why oh Why do Poles drive so incredibly poorly [100]

All that you say is true, but unfortunately we cannot appoint you the Minister for the Traffic in Poland.

Language / Translation of the word "małpka" into English [10]

Thanks very much, Maf and Pawian, for you input. I'm going to do a bit of googling in the net concerning the sales of those bottles in countries other than Poland.


Yes, but you call these botles (100 or 200 ml) "małpka" specifically. The word "małpa" is actually never applied in this context.

News / How Poland bought German Airline Condor and might lose massive from it [34]


Immigration, mixing and interbreeding has been so widespread in the history of mankind that it is impossible to avoid it in the future. This knowledge came with the so-called genome revolution which started only in 2012, so it is obvious that it hasn't reached the so called man-in-the street yet. Read the book "Who We Are and Where We Came From" by David Reich and you will be more than amazed to see what was happening about human migrations in the past.


I told you the managment of the Condor airline will remain German, but you don't want to listen.

Language / What is your biggest problem with Polish language? [158]


Wart Pac pałaca, a pałac Paca.

News / How Poland bought German Airline Condor and might lose massive from it [34]

No, in fact majority of mosques had been set up in the western part before the unification. East Germany - despite all the money pumped into it by the Bonn Republic - is mentally still part of Eastern Europe.

News / How Poland bought German Airline Condor and might lose massive from it [34]


Strangely enough, the distribution of mosques within Germany re-draws the old border between the former Bonn Republic and the DDR.

My opinion is that the purchase of Condor by LOT was a rather risky move - not becauase of the aversion of Lufthansa for this, but because of business reasons. All major foreign investments by big Polish companies have largely failed so far.


The standard of service in Condor is not be determined simply by the fact that the airline is now a Polish-owned one. The managing team and staff will remain German as the airline continues to be a separate entity. As for the money, most customers - German ones included - are chiefly price-orientated people even if you are an exception.

News / Dodgy PRL-holdover judiciary finally reformed [420]



No, it's not the way it works in democratic countries. In democratic countries judges work under the control of law and not under the control of politicians.

It works that way in Russia, Belorus and China. If those are "most of the countries" for you, then you are perfectly right. But if you mean Europe, you are only making a fool of yourself.


And you stop making an idiot of yourself. Korwin-Mikke is the biggest political clown in Poland whom even the Konfederacja did not choose as a candidate for Presidency.

News / President Duda rules out homo marriage in Poland as banned by the constitution [172]


If I am not mistaken, it was the Tory Party rather than some Socialists or Liberal-Democrats which legalized homosexual marriage in the UK.


That is for sure a sign of hidden homophobia. Just as when you ask someone if he is racist and he answers 'no'. But when you ask him if he welcomed his daughter marrying a black man, he would say: 'What? Never in my life!'.

News / Dodgy PRL-holdover judiciary finally reformed [420]


Yes, that is absolutely scandalous. How is PiS propaganda explaining this according to Spike?

News / Dodgy PRL-holdover judiciary finally reformed [420]



You're repeating like a parrot the mantra of PiS propaganda here. As all propaganda, the message is grossly oversimplified.

News / President Duda rules out homo marriage in Poland as banned by the constitution [172]


Don't know at whom this opinion of yours is directed since I am in the ignore mode with the posts of RM and Dirk, but indeed you seem to be hitting the nail on the head. Unfulfilled fantasies in the field of sex should naturally be overpowering at some point that they somehow must find their outlet. On the other hand, you also meet heterosexual persons talking or alluding to sex all the time, so you may suspect unfulfilled desire there, but in this case - as straightness is considered "normal" - they are never transformed into hatred.


If this relates to RM, I would also take into account his great aversion towards Poland and the Polish language. It has actually never crossed my mind before, but once you've mentioned it (in point 2), one might even suspect sexual abuse towards him during his adolescence in Poland..

Travel / Where is good Hotel near Morasko for meteorite collecting? [6]


I'm sorry about that. Maybe you should try out a translation into English.

There is the website METEORYT MORASKO run by the University of Poznań
meteorytmorasko.amu.edu.pl/rezerwat.html, but it deals mainly with the events centered around the 100th anniversary of its discovery with the two lectures of prof. J.T. Wasson of the University of California given in Poznań in 2014 (no podcast of the lectures unfortunately)

The area is now a natural reserve, so I am not sure if any unauthorized digging is allowed there. The piece I mentioned in an earlier post is the biggest one of this meteorite found so far. It was found in 2017 by Andrzej Owczarzak and Michał Nebelski outside this natural reserve.and weighs ca 271 kg after cleaning.

A good English google translation can be obtained of this site:
naukawpolsce.pap.pl/aktualnosci/news%2C28219%2Cpoznan-na-morasku-znaleziono-meteoryt-o-wadze-271-kg.html

Off-Topic / To ALL IMMIGRANTS ("expats") to Poland on this forum... [124]

5,000 blacks would not make of Poland a normal country. Even 50,000 would not be enough for achieving such an aim.

Look at the United States of America. They have brought hundreds of thousands of blacks from Africa and they are now a world's superpower. Why shouldn't Poland follow their example?

Work / A predictable "Is my salary high enough post" - Krakow 13,500PLN GROSS Month [30]


Genetic research has recently found that the caste system in India is very old and goes back as far as four thousands years back in history, if I remember correctly. Dismantling a system that has survived for so long would not be an easy task, if anything. In addition, it has been considerably strenghten by the British rule in India.

An even older caste system has survived in Ethiopia.

Travel / Where is good Hotel near Morasko for meteorite collecting? [6]


This piece (278,1 kg) is in private hands. The first piece ever found there by sergeant Cobliner (77,5 kg) in 1914 is now at the Geological Museum in Kraków.

pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morasko_(meteoryt)
(you can google translate this from PL to GE. Google translations from German to Polish are amazingly good, but I don't know about their quality in the opposite direction)

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]


Of course, the overwhelming majority of people in Poland don't need them (I suppose this is the case in Germany as well). But to say they shouldn't have them is a gross exageration. When someone feels he needs a gun, he can apply for a licence. I think that if he has no good reasons to have one, he would be denied that licence. And here lies the difference with America.

Most Polish people support the present legislation on guns. There has been no public debate in Poland over the issue recently and there seems to exist a general satisfaction about things as they are now in Poland. Except for some crazy nationalists, people here feel no need whatsoever to change anything in this area. Amen!

Work / A predictable "Is my salary high enough post" - Krakow 13,500PLN GROSS Month [30]


I also see them more and more in Warsaw.


The question is: how much is


?

Work / A predictable "Is my salary high enough post" - Krakow 13,500PLN GROSS Month [30]


On what do you base this opinion of yours?

Work / A predictable "Is my salary high enough post" - Krakow 13,500PLN GROSS Month [30]


21K PLN is a lof of money.

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]


Totally agree here. America has a different history and tradition which in itself are sufficient for not transplanting their gun culture to Poland or Europe. Also, if we had relaxed our gun law, I'm sure we would surely experience a mass shooting sooner or later here in Poland. There are enough crank people in Poland who may well pass as normal in front of any commission. Strangely enough for an American, people in Poland feel much safer when they don't carry a gun with them compared to when they do. Having a gun may be fine for someone who feels endangered and then a licence may be issued for him and he would feel safer with the gun. But not the rest of us - people of Poland.


You should add 'racism' and 'nationalism' to this as well as 'this incurable disease of yours which makes you believe that everyone who didn't leave Poland in the 1990s is a Soviet'.

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

Guns or mass shooting are a totally strange subjects for Poland and Polish people.

Genealogy / ANTONOW Family search for relatives information [5]


Could you attech a picture for "Tarnow (Tatra Mountains)". This sounds a bit improbable.

Language / What is your biggest problem with Polish language? [158]

The perfective and imperfictive modes can be often interchangeable, and thus there are no strictly defined rules for applying these modes. Yesterday, I was writing a short report and on reviewing it I found that I wanted to change one into another several times in order to give a phrase a more precise sense.