History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


I can't remember why now but I couldn't make it on the day I visited. Was not a happy bunny :(

Travel / About cars, electric and combustion in Poland. [162]


To be honest I only ever associated them with sports cars.


You've got that right. I had a Frogeye Sprite that was equally unreliable.

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


Thanks Torq :)

At times I wonder why I'm still here but that's PF for you. Addictive. Sad to think that soon it could be all over :(

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


I had 2 previous usernames. I came here as Pam in 2011 and was a moderator here for about 18 months. Got fed up with it as you do so I left and came back as Chemikiem some time later. Got sick of all the b!tching and trolling so I left again for a couple of years and came back with my current username.......

I was also a member of ATP but I didn't post there that often.

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


It's a nice idea but it would need everyone here to contribute. There are roughly 20 regular members.


It's been done here before: polishforums.com/advertising/


That's been done before too. I think it was Torq and BB that set up All Things Polish ( ATP ) which is no longer in existence. Not sure what happened to it though.


I'd like to think so. I suppose it depends on how addicted members are to this forum...............

Travel / About cars, electric and combustion in Poland. [162]

I know that but this thread is about cars in Poland and MG is indeed sold there:

mgmotor.pl/

Travel / About cars, electric and combustion in Poland. [162]


Sacrilege! Didn't know they're available in Poland though.

I once had a 1967 MGB Roadster with wire wheels. Loved that car but it wasn't very reliable. It had overdrive and no synchromesh on 1st gear.


What model?

Feedback / Would you favour a free and open PF where people could post under their real names? [55]


I think Deepak's had the most usernames of anyone else on this forum. Jim's had quite a few too.


Well you got Helianthus wrong. No idea who that is.


You're the one perpetually whining on here!

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


That's what I meant. Hair splitting you are.......

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


It's a terrible case and so sad to read about. No updates yet but I'm guessing dangerous driving.


In the UK a life sentence wouldn't be given. I'm undecided about that one. It could be argued that she wasn't intentionally trying to kill anyone despite the fact that it was highly likely that an accident would occur. If it had been my child killed I would want a life sentence.

Huge disparity between the two sentences though.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


Aha. I got it the wrong way round. Well done Alien.


Start a fire in the sense of stirring things up?

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]

The end of time?

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]

Does it mean when something's worn out?

Real Estate / An equivalent of heating range / cooker in Poland? [4]


It looks similar to an AGA which we have in the UK. They're used for cooking, hot water and central heating.

They're available in Poland although I'm not sure if they're just used for cooking. Not all AGA ranges run a central heating system.

artdevivre.pl/oferta/kuchnia-2/kuchnia-klasyczna/piece-kuchenne/aga/

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


Co kot napłakał?

If it's that it means very little, next to nothing.

For example: This year in the UK we have had as much of a summer as the cat cried.


Not sure about this one.......

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


I didn't invent the term!


A fake person, plastic so to speak?

Language / Cultural disparities shown through Polish and English languages [195]


Not true. Always advantageous to be bi/multilingual. I wish I could speak Polish better than I do.



You must go to a doctor implies a sense of urgency, that something could be seriously wrong. I wouldn't say to someone that they must go to a doctor if they had, for example, a rash on their arm.


What a misery you are.

Language / Cultural disparities shown through Polish and English languages [195]


As an aside, is that where zmarł comes from? Na przykład, on zmarł na atak serca.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


Doll as in woman?

Food / Polish cakes made in Poland [115]


Have you made it many times? I'm looking at recipes and they all vary in amounts and types of ingredients. I think I'm going to try one by Kwestia Smaku.


Yes, I've read through a couple of recipes for the method. Like just about everything Polish, this cheesecake is time consuming! Hope it's worth the effort :)

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [818]

Sh!t!

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


Yes, I've also seen this phrase.


Yes, in a manner of speaking. A situation where someone proficient in their work lacks something that they produce themselves.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [818]


I would say so. Looks like samples for lab testing but there's no way that that that much would be needed as in the first 2 samples.

Food / Polish cakes made in Poland [115]


I would have to agree with that and I've made a fair few of them, Sernik z rosą, Sernik Wiedeński, Sernik ze śliwkami and one with caramel which I forget the name of.

The next one I want to try making is Sernik królewski. It looks delicious.

Off-Topic / Pop A Cork - Wine [440]


We had those over here too. Not seen them for a while but they were popular. As I recall, some of the wines were Australian.....

Screw caps are quite common too.

Food / Traditional Polish Foods [141]


It isn't me who's revived a 3 month old thread just to have a snipe.

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

Well that was quick! Yes, exactly that.

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

What is meant by to smell flowers from underneath?

Off-Topic / Moderators on PF are breaking the law: not only they can reported for it, but fines apply [96]


Where do you think Poland is? Ah yes, it's in Europe and is part of the EU. But in your eyes that's not relevant. 😂