Torq
30 Jul 2024
Feedback / Who deserves to inherit Polish Forums? [344]
@Bobko
Thank you indeed, Bobi! So, you're a Russian sheikh, eh? Subhanallah! :)
Thank you!
@Bobko
Thank you indeed, Bobi! So, you're a Russian sheikh, eh? Subhanallah! :)
Torq
30 Jul 2024
Feedback / Who deserves to inherit Polish Forums? [344]
Hey, we have almost two months covered thanks to two generous genlemen/ladies who contributed $150 to keep this lovely site running! :) Fair play, guys!
:(
But it's our virtual home... a weird one but still.
Hey, we have almost two months covered thanks to two generous genlemen/ladies who contributed $150 to keep this lovely site running! :) Fair play, guys!
I personally wouldn't be OK with donating any money in any way to this forum.
:(
But it's our virtual home... a weird one but still.
Torq
30 Jul 2024
Feedback / Who deserves to inherit Polish Forums? [344]
My misadventure with the calvinist heresy was a brief one (errare humanum est and all that) and I am now fully reunited with the One-and-Only, Holy and Apostolic Church.
Cool :)
I thought you were
My misadventure with the calvinist heresy was a brief one (errare humanum est and all that) and I am now fully reunited with the One-and-Only, Holy and Apostolic Church.
I'll donate later.
Cool :)
Torq
30 Jul 2024
Torq
30 Jul 2024
Feedback / Who deserves to inherit Polish Forums? [344]
Wow! 20 bucks is in! Rich people have started donating! :)
Thank you, milord/milady, whoever you are. *bows*
$150 to go
EDIT: this is fun but I gotta go (morning Mass at 8:30); see ya later, people.
Wow! 20 bucks is in! Rich people have started donating! :)
Thank you, milord/milady, whoever you are. *bows*
$150 to go
EDIT: this is fun but I gotta go (morning Mass at 8:30); see ya later, people.
Torq
30 Jul 2024
Feedback / Who deserves to inherit Polish Forums? [344]
... for July. Then we'll send our donations again in August and so on, on a monthly basis, to keep PF alive. :)
*breathes a sigh of relief*
EDIT: another donation is in! Keep 'em coming, guys!
17 to go for July!
I've just sent my measly tenner...
... for July. Then we'll send our donations again in August and so on, on a monthly basis, to keep PF alive. :)
*breathes a sigh of relief*
EDIT: another donation is in! Keep 'em coming, guys!
17 to go for July!
Torq
30 Jul 2024
Feedback / Who deserves to inherit Polish Forums? [344]
The admin has reacted to our voices! :)
https://polishforums.com/support-pf.html
I've just sent my measly tenner and one person did the same before me...
... so only 18 to go - come on PFers! *thumbs up*
The admin has reacted to our voices! :)
https://polishforums.com/support-pf.html
I've just sent my measly tenner and one person did the same before me...
... so only 18 to go - come on PFers! *thumbs up*
Torq
29 Jul 2024
History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]
:)
You can also visit the famous Planetarium, go for a cruise on Vistula or just enjoy a walk in the beautiful Old Town.
:)
You can also visit the famous Planetarium, go for a cruise on Vistula or just enjoy a walk in the beautiful Old Town.
Torq
29 Jul 2024
History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]
Toruń by night: 2024
Toruń was one of the richest and one of the four largest cities of the Kingdom of Poland back in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. These days it's respectable 16th and still retains a lot of its old charm and lovely medieval architecture, so if you're ever in Poland try to visit the city where Nicolaus Copernicus was born - you won't regret it!
Toruń by night: 2024
Toruń was one of the richest and one of the four largest cities of the Kingdom of Poland back in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. These days it's respectable 16th and still retains a lot of its old charm and lovely medieval architecture, so if you're ever in Poland try to visit the city where Nicolaus Copernicus was born - you won't regret it!
Torq
29 Jul 2024
Feedback / Who deserves to inherit Polish Forums? [344]
I remember you :) Nice to see you stick around, Pam. *high five*
I came here as Pam in 2011
I remember you :) Nice to see you stick around, Pam. *high five*
Torq
29 Jul 2024
Feedback / Who deserves to inherit Polish Forums? [344]
There were times though when we had more activity than this site, to the surprise of Wroclaw Boy and a couple of other guys from PF :) And we had more nice modern features than PF (not that the bar was ever set very high haha).
Oh, well... it didn't work out the way we intended it to. Life.
Pawian used to run his own board too, I think.
and still people didn't want to come over
There were times though when we had more activity than this site, to the surprise of Wroclaw Boy and a couple of other guys from PF :) And we had more nice modern features than PF (not that the bar was ever set very high haha).
Oh, well... it didn't work out the way we intended it to. Life.
Pawian used to run his own board too, I think.
Torq
29 Jul 2024
Feedback / Who deserves to inherit Polish Forums? [344]
@Feniks
By the way - who are you? I don't recall your username and you know about ATP, so you have been around for quite a while.
@Feniks
By the way - who are you? I don't recall your username and you know about ATP, so you have been around for quite a while.
Torq
29 Jul 2024
Feedback / Who deserves to inherit Polish Forums? [344]
Lack of time, silly EU regulations (the site was hosted in Poland, and the new RODO regulations were a major annoyance), and a certain event with illegal activity of a member that unnerved me (I didn't like the letters I was getting from prokuratura and the explanations I had to sent). No more on this topic from me.
Not really. If you entered "Polish forums" into Google - PF appeared on top, but if you entered "Polish forum" it was ATP as the first result (and it was only after a year or so).
I think it was Przelotny Ptak who mentioned it in Random a couple of days ago?
Not sure what happened to it though.
Lack of time, silly EU regulations (the site was hosted in Poland, and the new RODO regulations were a major annoyance), and a certain event with illegal activity of a member that unnerved me (I didn't like the letters I was getting from prokuratura and the explanations I had to sent). No more on this topic from me.
A new website would take years or decades to catch up with someone devoted to the cause.
Not really. If you entered "Polish forums" into Google - PF appeared on top, but if you entered "Polish forum" it was ATP as the first result (and it was only after a year or so).
Who told you this information?
I think it was Przelotny Ptak who mentioned it in Random a couple of days ago?
Torq
29 Jul 2024
Feedback / Who deserves to inherit Polish Forums? [344]
No need for that. I bet there will be 20 members willing to send a measly tenner a month for the running of our favourite forum.
Hmm... will we get vouchers for cheap fuel and Komandirskie Chasy for Victory Day? :)
I will support this forum myself
No need for that. I bet there will be 20 members willing to send a measly tenner a month for the running of our favourite forum.
Then your forum will be Russian - how would you like that?
Hmm... will we get vouchers for cheap fuel and Komandirskie Chasy for Victory Day? :)
Torq
29 Jul 2024
Torq
29 Jul 2024
Feedback / Who deserves to inherit Polish Forums? [344]
Sure, why not.
It's easier to keep the old place than to start a completely new one from scratch, I suppose.
They can get that with ads but it's also about $10/member, more or less. A price of a couple of newspapers.
If they post the link to PayPal, let's send them a little bit?
Sure, why not.
It's easier to keep the old place than to start a completely new one from scratch, I suppose.
The admin tells me it's not so much - $200 a month.
They can get that with ads but it's also about $10/member, more or less. A price of a couple of newspapers.
Torq
29 Jul 2024
Feedback / Who deserves to inherit Polish Forums? [344]
Yes, it could easily bring a couple of thousand bucks a year, considering PF's page rank and traffic.
A little ad banner on the top maybe shouldn't hurt us to much...
Yes, it could easily bring a couple of thousand bucks a year, considering PF's page rank and traffic.
Torq
29 Jul 2024
News / Scandals, conflicts, tensions, arguments - real life examples from Poland [492]
Yip. Jet planes, yachts, and villas with lush gardens and swimming pools for the "enligthtened ones"; bikes, worms for dinner, and saving drinking water for unwashed masses.
"You will have nothing and you will be happy". Only they don't tell you that this "you will have nothing" applies only to the common people. The rich and the corporations will retain their right to private property.
This is all so evil that it cannot succeed. God will eventually stop this.
They all are. Doing the exact opposite of what they promote to us, the uneducated and unwashed...
Yip. Jet planes, yachts, and villas with lush gardens and swimming pools for the "enligthtened ones"; bikes, worms for dinner, and saving drinking water for unwashed masses.
"You will have nothing and you will be happy". Only they don't tell you that this "you will have nothing" applies only to the common people. The rich and the corporations will retain their right to private property.
This is all so evil that it cannot succeed. God will eventually stop this.
Torq
28 Jul 2024
News / Scandals, conflicts, tensions, arguments - real life examples from Poland [492]
Definitely.
And the "imagine no possessions" bit, sung by a multi-millionaire rock star, is so ridiculous.
And what it describes is.... communism.
Definitely.
And the "imagine no possessions" bit, sung by a multi-millionaire rock star, is so ridiculous.
Torq
28 Jul 2024
News / Scandals, conflicts, tensions, arguments - real life examples from Poland [492]
A good comment from YT...
Muslims are also outraged by this foul abomination, so it's probably closer to 1/2 of the world's population.
A good comment from YT...
One minute: You ask that we allow sports to bring the world together in peaceful competition.
Next minute: you're insulting 1/3 of the world's population.
Talk is cheap. Actions speak volumes.
Next minute: you're insulting 1/3 of the world's population.
Talk is cheap. Actions speak volumes.
Muslims are also outraged by this foul abomination, so it's probably closer to 1/2 of the world's population.
Torq
28 Jul 2024
News / Scandals, conflicts, tensions, arguments - real life examples from Poland [492]
No religion, no possessions - sounds like communism to me.
If it wasn't for the fact that John Lennon is dead, they might try to suspend him too because he himself confirmed that the similarities between his ideals set out in the song and communism were indeed deliberate.
To suspend a commentator for mentioning the obvious fact (confirmed by the author of the song) is ridiculous.
No religion, no possessions - sounds like communism to me.
If it wasn't for the fact that John Lennon is dead, they might try to suspend him too because he himself confirmed that the similarities between his ideals set out in the song and communism were indeed deliberate.
To suspend a commentator for mentioning the obvious fact (confirmed by the author of the song) is ridiculous.
Torq
28 Jul 2024
Feedback / Who deserves to inherit Polish Forums? [344]
Damn it.
You are not easily trolled these days. :)
Damn it.
You are not easily trolled these days. :)
Torq
28 Jul 2024
Feedback / Who deserves to inherit Polish Forums? [344]
You are always piling obstacles, aren't you? Hmm... there's always a way... lemme think...
What if Bobko obtained Karta Polaka? It's rather easy to get, he speaks Polish and as for ancestry I think it's enough if one of your great-grandparents owned a Polish Scenthound or Podhalański Sheep-dog or something (documentation can be easily prepared). After getting KP Bobko would technically be a Pole, so PF would gain a young Polish admin to run the board for decades - а wин wин ситуатион.
It's "Polish Forums", not "RuSSian Forums".
You are always piling obstacles, aren't you? Hmm... there's always a way... lemme think...
What if Bobko obtained Karta Polaka? It's rather easy to get, he speaks Polish and as for ancestry I think it's enough if one of your great-grandparents owned a Polish Scenthound or Podhalański Sheep-dog or something (documentation can be easily prepared). After getting KP Bobko would technically be a Pole, so PF would gain a young Polish admin to run the board for decades - а wин wин ситуатион.
Torq
28 Jul 2024
Feedback / Who deserves to inherit Polish Forums? [344]
Naaaah, not our Russians - they enjoy the banter. :)
Unless they would ban us :)
Naaaah, not our Russians - they enjoy the banter. :)
Torq
28 Jul 2024
Feedback / Who deserves to inherit Polish Forums? [344]
Why not? Maybe under Russian administration we could have avatars, signatures, proper smileys, charts, arcade room, polls and all the other stuff that modern fora have. Also, maybe whoever gets the most posts in a given month could receive a voucher for cheap fuel or electricity hahaha
Anyways, we should all chip in and buy it for Bobko - he's the youngest, so PF would have a long future under his helm. ;)
It wouldn't happen because we would have you, Pawian and Maf here to counter all the propaganda. :)
@Admin, for the love of God - just don't sell PF to RuSSians
Why not? Maybe under Russian administration we could have avatars, signatures, proper smileys, charts, arcade room, polls and all the other stuff that modern fora have. Also, maybe whoever gets the most posts in a given month could receive a voucher for cheap fuel or electricity hahaha
Anyways, we should all chip in and buy it for Bobko - he's the youngest, so PF would have a long future under his helm. ;)
now it's a neverending stream of Kremlin propaganda
It wouldn't happen because we would have you, Pawian and Maf here to counter all the propaganda. :)
Torq
28 Jul 2024
Life / Trendsetter from Poland. [86]
Ha, ha - I remember a couple of years ago in Jelenia Góra I spoke to a Swedish family who told me that Poland is such a beautiful and safe country because there are virtually no foreigners here. I had to bite my tongue a couple of times too because they were nice people. Having said that, I think that those Swedes realised that their country has masterfully f*cked itself up themselves, without me stating the obvious. ;)
I wanted to tell him that there were only foreigners there, namely Czechs
Ha, ha - I remember a couple of years ago in Jelenia Góra I spoke to a Swedish family who told me that Poland is such a beautiful and safe country because there are virtually no foreigners here. I had to bite my tongue a couple of times too because they were nice people. Having said that, I think that those Swedes realised that their country has masterfully f*cked itself up themselves, without me stating the obvious. ;)
Torq
28 Jul 2024
Feedback / Who deserves to inherit Polish Forums? [344]
Brilliant!
Like the rotating speaker of the Sejm! Great idea :)
My company would be willing to host the site for free since we have our own servers
Brilliant!
moderators could be selected on a rotating basis
Like the rotating speaker of the Sejm! Great idea :)
Torq
27 Jul 2024
History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]
Normal life in the Białowieża Forest: 1975
In the photo we can see a wild forest creature, tough and resilient, able to face difficult weather conditions and sometimes aggressive. On the left we see a wild boar.
Normal life in the Białowieża Forest: 1975
In the photo we can see a wild forest creature, tough and resilient, able to face difficult weather conditions and sometimes aggressive. On the left we see a wild boar.
Torq
26 Jul 2024
Off-Topic / Random Sports News [855]
Disgusting... I'm afraid to think how Poland will look like in 20 years if we remain under this influence.
*vomits violently*
Disgusting... I'm afraid to think how Poland will look like in 20 years if we remain under this influence.
*vomits violently*
Torq
26 Jul 2024
Off-Topic / Random Sports News [855]
@Vesko
That's why I have no hope for the West. It is rotten. Completely and utterly rotten.
@Vesko
That's why I have no hope for the West. It is rotten. Completely and utterly rotten.