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Posts by pawian  

Joined: 30 May 2008 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 19 Mar 2025
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pawian   
22 Aug 2023
Life / In Poland on holiday - need help with bad case of homesickness [108]

It will be 10 years soon.

I thought 15 coz you joined the forum in 2009, the year after your move to GB as I presumed.

Public health education is shite but it's improving.

You don`t know what you are saying. There have always been those health care posters everywhere - in school, offices, clinics. E.g, where did I learn from that you need to clean your teeth twice a day??? From a squirrel poster in my kindergarten.

Come to your senses, please. Ha!


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pawian   
22 Aug 2023
History / Let's talk about the POLISH ARMY [79]

Poland got green light from the US for the purchase of 96 Apache

You forgot to provide the initial price. :):):)

As for Apaches and all side equipment, amazing! Price, too. :):):)
pawian   
21 Aug 2023
History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]

that Poland was admitted to NATO,

Don`t be stupid. If Poland wasn`t in NATO, then the Baltics wouldn`t, either. Ukraine would be a part of Russia, like Belarus now. I can easily imagine Russia attacking us or the Baltics around this time.

By delivering certain weapon systems to Ukraine

o ho ho, boy, you demand too much. :):):) Free Ukraine is closely connected with independent Poland. Helping them is the Polish vital national interest.

By expanding their military to unsustainable levels

Don`t you worry, if some weapons become unsustainable, we shall move them to Ukraine. hahaha
pawian   
20 Aug 2023
Life / Racism in Poland - the future [558]

people are using sophistry and deflection.

You view so all people who disagree with you when you are lying like a rabid dog or rejecting established facts. :):):) .

It means they have been rude to me first..

Yes, of course, coz they dared to expose and deny your lies. :):):)

They are morons with delusions.

First look in the mirror, darling, for a very long time, then at others.
pawian   
20 Aug 2023
Life / Racism in Poland - the future [558]

here is a damn racist.

It reminds me a saying which my racist schoolmates used to repeat: I am not a racist but I think that the asphalt should lie where it belongs, namely on the road.
pawian   
20 Aug 2023
Life / Racism in Poland - the future [558]

How about defining "racism" first?

Most cases of racism in Poland occur when an aggressive white male, sometimes female, from Poland attacks another person, mostly darskinned, for being an intruder, alien, foreigner, stranger etc. .
pawian   
20 Aug 2023
Life / Racism in Poland - the future [558]

On the assumption that you are not another narrow minded stupid sh't head on a mission.

hey, nazionalistische liar, when Feniks or Paulina say that you are wrong, then it is high time you sat down and reconsidered your pathetic life. Practically all your input here, Iron, is lies and denials of established facts.
pawian   
20 Aug 2023
Travel / Kielce and the area - amazing Polish Pocket Knives live there [105]

It was the Old Polish Industrial District - the first such district in Poland.
I don't think I knew about that.

Yes, because if you aren`t interested in such stuff as heavy industry, it might be boring indeed. But the fact is that the area of Kielce is historic!

Samsonów the ruins of steel works which originated in 17th century.


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pawian   
19 Aug 2023
Life / Racism in Poland - the future [558]

Balance means no movement

Of course there is movement or progress. Balanced nature thrives. When you disrupt the balance, everything goes to the dogs. Do you know why people in certain rural area had to stop producing honey after they got rid of all cats??? Did you learn about it at primary school like I did????
pawian   
19 Aug 2023
Life / Racism in Poland - the future [558]

Please, no "equal" crap. Nothing is ever equal in nature.

Nope. We can always achieve our fave balance of nature.
pawian   
19 Aug 2023
UK, Ireland / Voting in October Elections from the UK [17]

I doubt that people with no ties to Poland at all bother

Iron, people with no ties to Poland can`t vote in Polish elections, it is logical.:):):)
pawian   
19 Aug 2023
Travel / Kielce and the area - amazing Polish Pocket Knives live there [105]

The Pocket Knife Festival has been organized for years. It is an artistic event, during which concerts and cabaret performances take place, but also vernissages and meetings with authors. There are also artistic awards.

Pocket knives are also used to promote the region - guests who visit Kielce receive them as souvenirs.

2019 Pocket Knife Festival concert - Shut the Monkey group, my favourite coz they sing in nice English


pawian   
19 Aug 2023
Travel / Kielce and the area - amazing Polish Pocket Knives live there [105]

And does it have negative connotations?

Some believe that naming Kielce inhabitants and inhabitants of the Świętokrzyskie region has a negative connotation. It is supposed to suggest that every resident carries a small knife to use it for evil purposes. And it's true, after the war many men carried pocket knives, but only because they were practical tools. And it was popular not only in Kielce.

Only people from outside of the region perceive the statement "Kielce penknives" as a negative statement. Meanwhile, the residents of Kielce associate it as a positive statement, or possibly as a neutral one.

Sheperd dog from Kielce


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pawian   
19 Aug 2023
Life / Racism in Poland - the future [558]

if anyone criticises Polish people, no matter the topic, you will always refute any allegations of wrongdoing.

On the one hand, it is reproachable, indeed, coz Iron rejects facts which took place.
On the other hand, being a nationalist, he vowed to defend Poland and Poles against all attacks. To his mind, Poles are perfect and Poland is immaculate. :):):)

I refute it because there is no valid points

I see. Broken jaws and noses and black eyes as a result of racist attacks are not valid.
pawian   
19 Aug 2023
History / Life in communist Poland - personal relations [503]

You forgot Polo Cockta

I didn`t drink it in communist times. Why? Coz I didn`t see it in shops - gnomes bought out the whole supply of it after delivery to the shop.

However, I drink it now. I am mean (in the sense of thrifty) so I choose Polish sodas coz they are cheaper.

Do you remember "Kingsajz"

Of course, I watched it several times, like other comedies by Machulski.
pawian   
19 Aug 2023
Travel / Kielce and the area - amazing Polish Pocket Knives live there [105]

halokielce.pl/2020/09/09/dlaczego-kielce-to-scyzoryki-ciekawa-historia-przydomku/

Kieleckie Pocket Knives - this is how the inhabitants of Kielce and even the entire Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship are often addressed. Where did this term come from? And does it have negative connotations?

There was metal industry in Kielce and it was very significant. It was the Old Polish Industrial District - the first such district in Poland. Furnaces and ironworks were located here. A lot of metal products were produced there - from sheet metal through stars to kitchen cutlery. Companies specializing in the production of knives also began to appear, producing daggers and pocket knives.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old-Polish_Industrial_Region

Old Polish Industrial Region (Polish: Staropolski Okręg Przemysłowy) is an industrial region in northern part of Lesser Poland. It is the oldest and in terms of area covered, largest of Polish industrial regions. Most of the region is located in Lesser Poland Upland.

In prehistoric times future Old Polish Industrial Region was the area of flint and later iron tools. In Nowa Slupia, remnants of forty five bloomeries were found (5th - 10th century). In the Middle Ages, the region became the center of Polish industry - mining and steel mills. Various kinds of weapons were manufactured here, iron ore, copper and silver were extracted.
pawian   
19 Aug 2023
History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]

You really believe you can stand on your own feet?

I don`t that is why I have always opted for Polish membership in the EU. But you see, there are a lot of idiots in Poland who either can`t see it or they do but don`t care coz their little political ganster games are more important for them. I mean rightists and nationalists. They remind of of those Polish traitors who once led to partitions of Poland.
pawian   
19 Aug 2023
Life / Racism in Poland - the future [558]

They made it up by some orgniztaions in Poland

Iron, don`t be silly. Nothing is made up. You can see photos of beaten victims and hear their story.

What I'm saying one need to be carefull feeding from news

What you suggest is that we mustn`t comment on those racist attacks in Poland coz we need to be careful. Iron, did you drop from the moon??? :):):)

Whether you like it or not, racism still exists in Poland and in many other countries too.

Exactly. Putting the head in the sand like a fekking ostrich won`t help Ironside and his ilk.
pawian   
19 Aug 2023
News / Russian agents plan sabotage acts in Poland??? [74]

how far a few thousand zl could go to persuade someone working in a low paid job

I don`t think that a normal Pole would go for it. Even nationalists who love Russia and hate Ukraine wouldn`t. . If they derailed a train and caused fatalities, they would get 25 years minimum. I don`t think nationalists are that stupid.
pawian   
19 Aug 2023
UK, Ireland / Voting in October Elections from the UK [17]

Personally, I am conflicted about it

If you are going to vote for the most decent politicians grouped in KO, headed by Mr Prime Minister Donald Tusk, then Goddess bless you and good luck.