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

@ Paulina.

I love the cafe interiors you posted on the other thread :)

I really dislike coffee chains such as Starbucks as the coffee isn't very good. I much prefer independent coffee shops and I go out for coffee and cake quite often:)

Those cakes look amazing btw :)

Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [580]


Lead singer of a band called Years and Years. You might have heard this:

King - Years and Years



He's also an actor.


I think that's due to his decision to go ahead with Eurovision amid calls for a boycott due to Israel's participation.

The UK song is ok but to me it's a bit on the bland side. Something and nothing.

Off-Topic / Let's talk about shoes [333]


For me they ruin an outfit. When they're worn for sports etc I don't have a problem with them, but over the years they're worn with just about everything. Trainers and a dress or skirt for me are a big no no. The whole outfit just looks wrong. Maybe I'm too fussy but trainers for me are for sportswear only.

The floral ones in the pic are quite cute but I would say they look a bit more like canvas type shoes than trainers.


That's cheaper than it would be over here. Still expensive though. Have you got any handmade shoes?


Aren't they for old people?

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


In Polish the idiom is: trzymać dwie sroki za ogon

I think the translation is correct? I think there are other versions of this idiom though.


Yep :) Or to deal with several matters at the same time.

Off-Topic / Let's talk about shoes [333]


Not always. I wear mainly boots and sandals as I have one foot a good half size bigger than the other. Shoes generally cripple my feet :(


They actually have some really nice men's shoes. Nice to see men in a decent pair of shoes rather than trainers. They are made to order though and there's no indication of price. I would have mine handmade if it weren't so expensive simply so they actually fitted me properly..


Tasteless. I loathe trainers

Off-Topic / Eurovision - Today I will be ashamed to be Polish [580]


Nope! Loved the video though.

I like the Italy entry, very catchy tune.

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

Another easy one.

To hold two magpies by the tail. What does it mean?

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


Knife?


Does this have anything to do with eating?

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


I'd never have got that one!


Not just confined to cells then.

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


A wheel? I keep thinking this is some kind of transport.

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


Grypsera?

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


OK, thanks for the explanation.


Prison slang?

Food / Polish cakes made in Poland [115]


To me they look like biscuits. Cookies, at least the ones I have seen over here, are large and have a soft consistency. Often they have dried fruit or chocolate chips in them. Biscuits are harder and have a crunchier texture.

Those Hungarian creations definitely look like British scones.

Off-Topic / Should people be free to cut their hair and dye it as they want? [16]


As in the punk rock era of the late 70s in the UK. People were disapproving back then too.

I think attitudes in Poland have changed a lot over the last 10-15 years or so. Young people in Poland are becoming less conservative. I remember having a convo with a young Polish guy about 10 years ago who was very disapproving of tattoos. He said only people who had been in prison had them. He wasn't the only person who expressed that view either.

These days I see lots of Poles with tattoos.


They shouldn't but some things never change. Unfortunately, some people will judge purely on appearance.


Narrow-minded and intolerant people generally.

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


I have no idea.


I have no idea about this either. I thought maybe you meant Lechitic languages but I don't think you do. Still can't get the 'spider' either.

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


I wasn't thinking along those lines, I was thinking how sound is produced.


I'm too tired to do this now......

Still don't get the judas thing.


Is it a high-wheeled carriage?


I don't know everything!

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


Vibration? I'm not sure activity is the right word though.


Spying? But I already said that in the definition.

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

The guitar produces sound and the peephole allows someone to see who is on the other side of the door without them seeing you.

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

The function of both is obvious but I don't know why the peephole is called judas.

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


I can only think of a false and insincere person


A chandelier?

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

Judas Iscariot spying on Jesus?

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


A spyhole/peephole in a door.

You want to know why it is a peephole?

UK, Ireland / "Strange " English language.. [264]

Berry?

Life / Owning a house in true countryside of Poland - stories [692]


Result of 18th Century Partitions? Farms and land shapes different in e.g Austrian and Russian partition areas?

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


Not a chance I would have got that. Especially given there's no trace of it on the net. Thanks for the explanation!

Law / Gun control in Poland: should Polish people be allowed to own guns? [1070]


At gunpoint? Please provide sources.

1 in 5 Americans have had a family member killed by a gun. That's not an insignificant number and shows that family are more likely to be killed than saved by guns.

If, as you say, you've lived for decades in the US and somehow managed to avoid a home invasion, then it's extremely unlikely that it's going to happen to you. Having 3 guns in your house no less than 15ft away from you suggests to me that you are paranoid rather than rational. Especially considering that you say you live in a very safe area.

Still no comment about this weeks family shooting? No worries, I'm sure there'll be another one shortly for me to link to.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [811]

I'm stumped. You can only replace the 'b' in beer with the letters d, j, p, s, if it's not veer or leer.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [811]

Are we still talking about the word beer? At a push I can also see rice/mice.

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


I know. I did a search in Polish ages ago.


Great! I can spend hours guessing which author and which books!

Is the meaning a dedication? As in for those who came before and did the hard work to make things easier?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [811]


You're just lucky I guess :)


Yes. I forgot it's a digraph.


That could be interpreted as leer rather than beer.