Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [793]


I hadn't heard about that legend. Thanks for the alternative explanation :)

Travel / Lovely trips to Poland - Warsaw and Wrocław, Krakow and Warsaw, Poznań and Gdańsk [43]


I wouldn't call Warsaw and Lublin off the beaten track. Strange she thinks that Poland is in Eastern Europe too.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [793]


An Iron knife. A deterrent to thieves so as not to end up with missing ears or fingers. It's in the Sukiennice.


You meant it to encourage me to post something? Well, that's it, now post!!!

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [793]

You did :):)

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]


Yes maf, exactly that. That didn't take long to solve!


As the expression that maf quoted.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]

What is meant by gardener's dog?

Off-Topic / Things We Love [307]


That's a lovely poem and I can definitely relate to it.


Parts of it are very wild and almost desolate. You can walk for miles without seeing anyone. There are lots of rivers and Dartmoor is rarely dry. It rains a lot too which is why it's so green. There are many bogs and mires so you definitely need a map and compass to get about. It has woods, forests, valleys, Bronze Age stone circles, over 160 granite tors dating back 280 million years, and of course, a prison!

A few more pics but not sure how they'll come out.

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  High Willhays, highest point on Dartmoor
  
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  Nine Maidens Bronze Age stone circle
  
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  A granite tor
  
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  Meldon Reservoir
  

Off-Topic / Things We Love [307]


It's about 80 miles away but I visit quite often. It is a wonderful place with very diverse scenery.

nationalparks.uk/park/dartmoor/

Off-Topic / Feed Back on the Moderating - Part 2 [190]


As I said before, why would anyone be interested in a 70+ years retired grease monkey with a criminal record for domestic violence who bears an uncanny resemblance to Humpty Dumpty.


Because the post that you started talking about Britain in was in the thread entitled 'PiS candidates are losing positions in EU parliament. Will they keep power in Poland'

You expect others to stay on topic when it seems to be an impossibility for you to do the same. There are more relevant threads for talking about the UK.


Obviously an American thing. On this side of the pond it's meaningless.

Life / Polish Music. [298]


I posted that one on this thread a few days ago!


She is 64. She looks amazing for her age and she has a beautiful voice.

Off-Topic / Things We Love [307]

Dartmoor was the setting for The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle ( featuring Sherlock Holmes )

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]


I didn't realise it was a proverb either:)


It's obviously not a wolf......

Off-Topic / Feed Back on the Moderating - Part 2 [190]


Like you did with your post about Britain on a thread that had nothing to do with Britain:

https://polishforums.com/news/poland-pis-candidates-losing-positions-85027/11/#msg1974754

Or how about the fact that not so long ago you trashed both music threads with your off-topic posts.


You are one of the worst culprits. Pot. Kettle. Black.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]


I didn't realise it was a saying but I knew exactly what you meant!


A small cat?

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]


Or sand to the beach. I had a feeling that one would be too easy.

Life / Polish Music. [298]

@ Milo, loved the first Akurat song :)

Beata Kozidrak- Upilam Sie Toba

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]

What is the meaning of:

To carry wood to the forest

Language / Interesting Polish tongue twister. [69]


It's torturous!

Here's another:

Wyindywidualizowaliśmy się z rozentuzjazmowanego tłumu

News / PiS candidates are losing positions in EU Parliament. Will they keep power in Poland? [358]


You have the nerve to tell people to stay on topic when you're dragging this thread completely off-topic.

Pot. Kettle. Black.

Language / Interesting Polish tongue twister. [69]


Strangely enough, I find that one easy.

I find this one hard too:

Przeleciały trzy pstre przepiórzyce przez trzy pstre kamienice.

Language / Interesting Polish tongue twister. [69]


I don't have a problem with pronouncing szcz, but in that tongue twister I'm tripping over these 3 words, szczypcach strzęp szczawiu.


Odd turn of phrase!


Not that unusual I would think.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]

Someone is just getting by, lacking the means to survive? To have nothing in reserve?

Language / Interesting Polish tongue twister. [69]


Perhaps we should ask our Polish members how hard it is for them to pronounce that tongue twister :):):)

Life / Polish Music. [298]


I get what you're saying but if that's the case I'm surprised the music thread wasn't moved either.

Anyway, I'll post a couple of tunes:

Beata Kozidrak x Kamil Bednarek - Biegiem



Haven't heard this for a few years now:

Tyle chciałem Ci dać - Universe & Beata Kozidrak

Language / Interesting Polish tongue twister. [69]


I don't think every Pole would agree with you!

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]

Someone's not doing too well?

Language / Interesting Polish tongue twister. [69]

This one's not too difficult:

W czasie suszy szosa sucha.

This one's a nightmare...

Czy rak trzyma w szczypcach strzęp szczawiu czy trzy części trzciny.


Pushchair

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]


Keeping quiet about something?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [793]


I know the grave is that of Jan Bytnar of the scout "Zośka" Battalion at the Powązki Military Cemetery in Warsaw. The graves of those members of that battalion of the Polish Home Army had the birch crosses.


They look like the sort of articles that scouts would wear. Berets or caps and some type of neck tie or scarf.

News / Polish coal will be back [141]


70% do not live in rural areas. That would be 40%. You're forgetting that people live in towns as well as cities.

oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/94b5c782-en/index.html?itemId=/content/publication/94b5c782-en


It can still get pretty cold. I remember once when I went to stay with friends in Poland it was - 24 C. The Baltic Sea froze that year.

The braziers are put out when it gets really cold.


Here's an article with a picture of one. I must admit I haven't actually seen them myself when I've been in Poland.

bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16875493