News / Will Poland help defend Greenland against US Imperialism [333]

Yeah I bought a bit a couple of years back. I think it's nonsense, but I might be wrong. Think I paid about 1500 usd so a decent gain. Not sure why you would make any more money trading crypto than trading coffee beans or anything else

Ordinary Canadians have higher living standards than the US - less crime, longer lives. Most of the difference in wages is only for the wealthy 10 percent of Americans.

News / Will Poland help defend Greenland against US Imperialism [333]

4 years

2 weeks

About 5000 euros "worth" (in fact it's worth zero in the long run)

In each case it's about enough

News / Will Poland help defend Greenland against US Imperialism [333]

You are right Iron - these threads are dumb and have nothing to do with Poland.

News / Will Poland help defend Greenland against US Imperialism [333]

Al we can add Canada to the list of things that only you understand ? Like Ukraine and Bitcoin ?

Law / Reasonable fees for a Polish attorney as victim in criminal case [12]

The prices I gave were for an English speaker. In fact almost all educated poles under 40 have good English these days

I understand your approach but there is a big backlog in courts at the moment and it doesn't make sense for lawyers to use that model

News / Will Poland help defend Greenland against US Imperialism [333]

You have a population 30x as big as Iraq and look how that turned out, same as Vietnam and Afghanistan

I don't understand much about the worlds armies, but I was right that the north Nigerians would still be stuck 6 km outside Pokrovsk at Christmas

Given how much you moan about your taxes being spent on a bit of help to Ukraine, do you think that invading Panama or Greenland would be cost free ?

News / Will Poland help defend Greenland against US Imperialism [333]

Right - piece of cake to invade and control a massive frozen tundra full of forests and rivers

Also a simple task to control 120 million people in dense urban areas, jungles and deserts who all hate your presence

News / Will Poland help defend Greenland against US Imperialism [333]

So if you want to just invade your neighbor, better make sure you win

Last time America invaded someone it didn't end well, same as North Nigeria invading peaceful Ukraine

Real Estate / International transfers for rent in Poland [3]

You mean pay from a foreign bank account to a Polish landlord ?

Sure, why not ? Doesn't break any laws

News / Will Poland help defend Greenland against US Imperialism [333]

You mean China is buying Hreenland's minerals on the open market ?

Why can't America do the same ?

I don't know if the US built the canal, but they certainly gave it to Panama via a treaty in the early 80s.

News / Will Poland help defend Greenland against US Imperialism [333]

"We paid to keep you safe so now we will invade you"

Poland as a medium size but reliable democracy should of course speak out against this idiocy. Whether it's bluster or not, there are some horrible people in Trump's orbit and it's two years before any possibility to restrain him democratically.

I know plenty of moderate people who voted for Trump because of inflation etc. not sure what they make of this circus.

Law / Reasonable fees for a Polish attorney as victim in criminal case [12]

Sounds on the high side - 200 to 250 zloty an hour is more normal for a small case like that.

Language / New Years wishes in Polish? [40]

Happy new year all !

Food / Black pudding & kaszanka [36]

Kaszanka, like all blood sausage, goes very well with chilli salsa or even on nachos with a load of chilli

News / The Baltics states rely on Poland as their main defender against Russian aggression?? [213]

We don't know - it's not on our maps

Maybe you mean Obwod Krolowiecki ?

A true paradise with ration cards for its badly dressed subjects

Life / Do you collect mushrooms in your country? Poles in Poland do. [94]

Yeah I'm drying a lot, but last few years I just started to pick a sustainable amount - enough for breakfast and a few more for freezing and drying and I don't bother anymore with lesser species like opieki or sowa

Life / Do you collect mushrooms in your country? Poles in Poland do. [94]

This was a great year - I went maybe 6 times and each visit a full basket. I found an excellent spot for boletus and maslaki. Used the last of them in Christmas bigos this week - nowadays I don't have the energy for pickling

News / Should Poland pay for gas in rubles? [194]

So let's face tariffs

You think we are going to let a dickhead like that tell us what to do ?

Life / Life in Poland - ECONOMY [59]

No I didn't ! I was drinking all day.

Maybe need to go check my portfolio

Classifieds / Project Polska: Human powered aircraft. Looking for partners [20]

I'm sure you won't go short of volunteers willing to listen to your ideas on a full time basis, especially if there is free calculus thrown in

Classifieds / Project Polska: Human powered aircraft. Looking for partners [20]

Because God moves in mysterious ways

Off-Topic / A VERY CHRISTMASSY FORUM - IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS THREADS [157]

To get us back on track.

What do people think of the Christmas markets that are appearing in all Polish towns ? Overpriced, sugary rip offs of Hermany OR a pleasant place to take the kids and tescowie for an hour ?

I'm somewhere in between - they are fine in the week, horrible at weekend. If I was a young man I think it would be great for a date - girls love Christmas

Law / How do I verify a Polish company's existence? [249]

You need the REGON number or the KRS number and then you can request a report for about 100 zloty.

There are several companies called Megaplon, some active and some closed

That address doesn't look right. There is no x in Polish place names. There is a Polish post code 92-016 in Lodz, hut it is also the postcode of Nanterre, a tough suburb of Paris, and a village in Sicily.

News / Polish Border Security Forces allowed to use deadly force on the Belarusan border [26]

He hasn't got nukes

He never will have

Isn't it about time to sweep all these senile KGB ******** into the toilet

Love / I am very much confused about My Polish Gf - Long distance relationship [12]

Strzelec has been banned

Travel / Road traffic - Emergency lane use [23]

Some foods have had VAT exemptions in the last - for example baby food

If you don't like the laws about the bus lane then write to your posel or burmistrz. It is a sensible incentive especially given the high levels of smog in some Polish towns.

Have one hybrid and one gas model but thinking of going electric when I replace my car next year.

Life / Fast Food missing in Poland [48]

Haven't seen any of those yet - want to try Ethiopian, one of the few things I never ate

Is a great Mexican taco place just off HP2, at the north end. Can't remember the name. But I know they will never rival the excellent mex food in the US

In fact I think it's sometimes better in American than it is in in Mexico

Food / Regional products from Poland with EU certificates and without [18]

I think Amiga has been testing some of that stuff tonight

Polonia / Polish bus crash in Croatia. Is there a fate? [229]

I am very sorry to hear that Crow - condolences to the people of the fine town of Novi Sad.

Travel / Looking for a new long-term stay in Poland [18]

Maybe between Toruń and wloclawek ? Loads of forest, two interesting towns and a reasonable connection to Warsaw.

Or the area about 100km North of Warsaw - starting at Ciechanow and up to dzialdowo and Ilawa. Very forested, new highway and fast train to Warsaw and Gdańsk