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Atch   
4 Jun 2023
Life / 60th birthday in Poland [20]

unfortunately my two female cousins died shortly after 50

Well, your genes will be a big determining factor but there's nothing you can do about that. Just walk as much as you can and keep moving even if you have to do things a bit slower than you used to or you can't do as much in one go, eat reasonably well - other than that, enjoy life. As the Dali Lama says, when he's worried he asks himself 'is there anything I can do about this problem?'. If yes, then there's no need to worry. If no, then there's no point in worrying.

My family is quite long lived as a rule but heart trouble runs on both sides and I'm probably a ticking bomb but I still enjoy my chocolate. I'm not going to lead a life of misery just to squeeze out another couple of years of living a life of misery.
Atch   
4 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Things we hate [420]

Men don't giggle. Giggling is the preserve of children and teenage girls. Men may snigger however - but a guffaw is better. A man's laughter should always be hearty. Women of course should never laugh.
Atch   
4 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Things we hate [420]

Men don't giggle. What are you trying to say about Bobko?
Atch   
4 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Things we hate [420]

Topiary? Looks quite sweet.

Within a certain context it does. If it's a 1920s or 1930s house that hasn't been grotesquely modernised.

it is you that doesn't know how to drink tea.

Au contraire. A good blend of loose tea, freshly boiled water, warmed teapot, water goes onto the leaves while still on the rolling boil. Let it 'draw' for a few minutes, stir, pour through a strainer into the cup. Lovely cuppa :)

"as warm as you like it"

I never said that.

why not add a teaspoon of raspberry or blackcurrant preserves, and some lemon?

Because it adulterates the taste of a good blend of tea. Just as one shouldn't add sugar. Of course it's useful if you're drinking some vile, cheap stuff that I'm sure abounds in Russian villages. You're also making the mistake of assuming that Brits and Irish always drink tea with milk.
Atch   
4 Jun 2023
News / Russian criticism of Poland - Soviet war memorial removal [325]

Do you even know what that "born free" crap means?

Ask Rousseau.

I would never be so rude but if I were going to be, then like the well bred lady I am, I would never use a euphemism. Swearing, like everything else should be done properly.

As to what it means to be born free, there's a question for the ages. I was just musing on the old Rousseau quote. In civilised conversation, the idea is that you would come back with your view, not that you should think you were being told to f@ck off.
Atch   
4 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Things we hate [420]

Can I ask what's that?

Hedging, clipped into shapes. You see it in formal Italianate gardens and it was popular in Elizabethan manor house gardens.

Not so sure. Teabags are not good tea.

There's nothing wrong with teabags if they're good quality and contain actual tea rather than sweepings from the blending room floor or some cheap and horrible blend. Having said that, I drink loose leaf myself and indeed was brought up to do so. We had a huge tea caddy (tin) and a little shovel inside it with which my granny or mother would measure the tea out. The idea behind teabags was not that they should be cheap and nasty but they should be a quick and convenient way of making a single cup of tea.
Atch   
4 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Things you can't get used to in your new country [95]

I must say I'm not a fan of British size pillows.

And I find Polish pillows entirely unsatisfactory - I order my pillows from Ireland! Pillows must be a proper rectangle. Hate squarish pillows.

I'm not a big fan of Airton myself.

Me neither. I like windows open all year round and wake up with a headache if I don't have some fresh air in the room. Don't know why Bobko thinks women don't like fresh air. But I've certainly heard that Americans don't open their windows. They also don't seem to hang their laundry out on a washing line but dry it indoors. Very strange behaviour.
Atch   
4 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Things we hate [420]

With tea bags I prefer those with strings to those without.

I think it's a very European thing. Good British Isles teamaking requires a teaspoon.

I hate most of all, anyone who thinks that a glass of hot water with a tiny tea bag in it is somehow tea.

Basically only the Brits and the Irish understand how to make tea - maybe the Chinese but even in India they do very weird things with tea. Not sure about Russia. Although samovars are beautiful there's a bit too much brewing and stewing. Tea should always be freshly made in my view.

Instant coffee.

Me too.

Also:

Topiary in small suburban gardens.
People who don't say excuse me when they should.
Washing cutlery.
Leather sofas.
Limescale.
Atch   
4 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Things we hate [420]

Teabags with strings attached.
Grating onions.
Ironing.
Smartphones.
Predictive texting.
Microsoft Windows updates.
Induction hobs.
Fan assisted ovens.

Isn't this fun :)
Atch   
4 Jun 2023
Life / Owning a house in true countryside of Poland - stories [659]

my fave fermented juice

Mr Atch makes huge vats of fermented beetroot juice. He adds koperek and mountains of garlic to it. It's quite nice actually and I'm not a fan of fermented stuff at all. The juice made from young beets is quite different in taste to the more mature stuff, quite refreshing. I find that the older stuff, as it carries on fermenting, eventually becomes so bitter that it's unpleasant and I have to dilute it a bit with water. Mr Atch drinks it because it seems to prevent him from having a recurrence of kidney stones.
Atch   
4 Jun 2023
Life / 60th birthday in Poland [20]

No reason why you should. You could easily have another twenty to twenty-five years ahead of you. Stay physically and mentally active and take each day as it comes. Many happy returns! :))
Atch   
3 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Things we hate [420]

Scented toilet paper and tissues.
Soft mattresses.
Bucket sized cups, mugs and wine glasses.
Spoilers on cars.

Don't worry, I have loads more.
Atch   
2 Jun 2023
Law / Child Maintenance Poland/ Ireland [9]

if he has no intentions of returning to Poland he could possible avoid this you think?

Not sure about that. Foreign judgements can be executed by Irish courts. In most cases they're not simply because the Polish bailiffs don't have the English language skills to deal with it but in theory he could end up being pursued through the Irish courts.

Also, he may not intend to return to live in Poland but presumably he will want to visit his homeland at some point and he could find himself under arrest if his ID is checked and he's found to have an outstanding debt. Btw when a father stops paying the mother can apply for a maintenance payment from the authorities. If she does that, then the father's debt is to them. He has to repay what they've paid the mother. It's not a good situation to put yourself in if you're Polish, owing money to the government in any form. The mother can complete paperwork to say what she wants done about the debt and can specify whether she simply wants the debt collected or if she wants the father to go to jail.

Finally, there is a chance that he may want to have contact with his child in the future and if he completely tries to avoid his financial responsibility he'll find it hard to build bridges with the kid later.
Atch   
2 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Things People Say in Ireland - Even though Novichok thinks they can't. [66]

.I am walking down the street and say to a homeless bum: Hey, moron, you stink like sh*it! Did I commit a crime?

Well, not unless you count bad manners as a crime.

in Ireland, you go to prison if you insult somebody.

And yet.......
facebook.com/sundayworld1/videos/leo/320047756897832/

The head of government is insulted publicly and nobody went to prison.

And let's hear what he has to say about people protesting outside his home:

tiktok.com/@tonightvmtv/video/7232403677590375706

And as for your so-called freedom of speech in the USA:

"The First Amendment protects your right to assemble and express your views through protest. However, police and other government officials are allowed to place certain narrow restrictions on the exercise of speech rights."
Atch   
2 Jun 2023
Law / Child Maintenance Poland/ Ireland [9]

if Poland will come to Ireland looking for him.

Very unlikely.

will they just wait until he returns to Poland to catch him?

Yes. Once he reappears in the tax system they will find him and put a lean on his salary. Plus he will have to pay off the overdue debt with interest. When they put up the maintenance it would have been wiser to just carry on paying what he could afford. The sensible thing is to contact the court now, find out which bailiff the debt is with and make arrangements with them to start paying something. Otherwise he will have a huge debt to clear.
Atch   
2 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Things People Say in Ireland - Even though Novichok thinks they can't. [66]

Malta is not Ireland

And neither are

Birmingham

Bournemouth

Poznan

You said that we couldn't speak freely in Ireland on a public forum for fear of being prosecuted. And yet, people do. Nobody is afraid. You're wrong, as usual.

You're just jealous because we're free and you live in a weird country where you're afraid to say boo to a goose.
Atch   
1 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Things People Say in Ireland - Even though Novichok thinks they can't. [66]

People who hit 25 criminal convictions should be euthanised. With a hammer.

The vast majority of fat people are lazy and lacking in self-control.

There are two genders & lots of mental illness,

There should be sterilisation rules for people who create baby after baby and have contributed nothing to the tax basis

Cut all aid to the third world, monetary, medicinal, educational. Give them zero. Let nature return it to a sustainable population.

I want to drive over every lycra clad man/woman I see. I despise them and their self righteous smug faces. They all look the same - lesbian haircuts on the woman and the men all look like they shag other men. I despise them. Horrible creatures.

Some men can walk like a woman, talk like a woman, and look like a woman, but they'll still need a prostate exam when they are 60.

When people stop in the doorway of a shop or on a narrow footpath to have a chat with someone they know, it should be socially acceptable to boot them up the arse.

I believe we are sleepwalking into future strife by allowing into the country unlimited numbers of unvetted migrants from a country with significant and endemic far right tendencies (i.e. Ukraine)

Women analysing or commentating on men's sport has me reaching for the remote. It's the reason I will never pay for Sky Sports. Why are they there, they've never played the game at that level.. Pure tokenism.

Covid didn't kill as many people as i had hoped and we need a proper plague to lessen the worlds population.
Atch   
1 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Terms of Ukrainian Surrender [67]

The important thing is that you should still enjoy watching the odd episode of Father Ted :)
Atch   
1 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [370]

these stats published by Deutsche Welle (notice logo at bottom left)?

Who compiled the stats? What context were they published in? Link to the article in which they featured?
Atch   
1 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Terms of Ukrainian Surrender [67]

I can stop taking almost everything seriously but not religion.

There's a difference between religion and God. You used to be quite a devout, practising Catholic and now you're not. Does it matter to God which faith you follow? I don't think so.

Religion, on the other hand, is about eternity

God is eternal, religion is a human construct, ephemeral. Soli Deo Gloria :)
Atch   
31 May 2023
Off-Topic / Terms of Ukrainian Surrender [67]

True. It was like University of Wit and Banter for me ;)

Ah, that's lovely :) All you have to do now is stop taking religion so seriously and you'll be grand ;)

Did you become the Archbishop of Banterbury?

Lol!
Atch   
31 May 2023
Off-Topic / Terms of Ukrainian Surrender [67]

Very well. I will bite.

You do realise that he's not serious.
@ GefreiterKania, this is what comes of spending all those years in ireland :))
Atch   
26 May 2023
Life / K+M+B-2012 - formula on flats in Poland [63]

last year my neighbour for C + M + B for a change.

That's actually the 'correct' inscription. The letters are the initial letters of the phrase 'Christus mansionem benedicat' 'Christ blesses this house/May Christ bless this house.

KMB is Kacper, Melchior and Balthazar.

That's the folk custom which grew out of a misconception of what the letters represented.

So you could say that C+M+B belongs to the church and K+M+B belongs to the people :)
Atch   
24 May 2023
Off-Topic / Hollywood Films [62]

Oh, I see, so only boys could roll up their sleeves without asking permission and girls couldn't

It was a girls only school. Most schools in Ireland are single sex, even nowadays. But in boys' schools it was the same. Un-gentlemanly :)) Basically, it was about maintaining standards in your appearance and not being sloppy.
Atch   
24 May 2023
Off-Topic / Hollywood Films [62]

Why was it forbidden?

Because it was un-ladylike. You had to convince the nun or teacher that there was a legitimate reason why you need to roll them up.
Atch   
24 May 2023
Off-Topic / Hollywood Films [62]

Leftists like you can only scream.

Speak for yourself, oh loudmouthed one. My own tones are beautifully modulated, due in part to my convent school education. Raised voices were forbidden, as was rolling up one's sleeves without permission.