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.

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... 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!

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*

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.

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!

Feedback / Who deserves to inherit Polish Forums? [344]


I remember you :) Nice to see you stick around, Pam. *high five*

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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.

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.

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?

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? :)

Feedback / Who deserves to inherit Polish Forums? [344]


Cheers, PolAm! :)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Feedback / Who deserves to inherit Polish Forums? [344]

Damn it.

You are not easily trolled these days. :)

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.

Feedback / Who deserves to inherit Polish Forums? [344]


Naaaah, not our Russians - they enjoy the banter. :)

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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. :)

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. ;)

Feedback / Who deserves to inherit Polish Forums? [344]


Brilliant!


Like the rotating speaker of the Sejm! Great idea :)

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.

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*

Off-Topic / Random Sports News [855]

@Vesko

That's why I have no hope for the West. It is rotten. Completely and utterly rotten.

News / How will Polish-American relations change if Trump is elected president again? [635]


Surprise, surprise.

During Obama's term in office Russia occupied Crimea, during Biden's term they conducted a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Russia must be really thrilled to think what they can achieve with Mrs Harris in office.

However, one has to admit that Kamala Harris is an expert on Central/Eastern Europe...

... so maybe it won't be that bad. ;)

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]


So? Janusz Korwin-Mikke is 44 years older than his wife. Remember, Iron:

a) Life is not fair.
b) Żaden stary chłop nie jest tak stary jak stara baba.

xD

And if she is, as you suspect, Mr P's agent, then we have a Berlin's agent cooperating with Moscow's agent. What could possibly go wrong?

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]


Mr Z.? Making sure Tusk stays on short leash? Maybe...


There's definitely more than a degree that she holds xD She holds Tusk by his... degree haha

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


No new photos there, and many of them very well known, but they look interesting after the colorisation.