The BEST Guide to POLAND
Unanswered  |  Archives [3] 
  
Account: Guest

Posts by pawian  

Joined: 30 May 2008 / Male ♂
Last Post: 19 Mar 2025
Threads: Total: 226 / Live: 154 / Archived: 72
Posts: Total: 27458 / Live: 21375 / Archived: 6083
From: Poe land
Speaks Polish?: Yes, but I prefer English
Interests: Everything funny

Displayed posts: 21529 / page 292 of 718
sort: Latest first   Oldest first   |
pawian   
24 Jun 2023
News / Polish Parliamentary Elections 2023 [933]

Poll results show similar support for PiS and its main rival, Mr Donal Tusk`s party - about 30%. Now a lot depends on other small parties - e.g, nationalist Konfederacja - about 10% support. Will they make a formal alliance with PiS after the elections and create a PiSKon gov ???? Amazing developments are ahead.
pawian   
24 Jun 2023
Love / Cheating from spouses. Is cheating very common in Poland ? [116]

All you can do is be yourself. Don't try too hard or pretend to be someone you're not

Being yourself especially when one is not very attractive in terms of character can be harmful to their chances of keeping up a relationship with a good decent partner. :):):)

I bet that I am the problem and don't give enough of what is required

Probably. Try the other way round then. Don`t be yourself in your next partnership coz your true nature might scare people off. Try to pretend your are a decent intelligent broad-minded guy. And see if it works. If it does, you may later strive to become such a man in reality. :):):):)
pawian   
7 Jun 2023
News / Polish Parliamentary Elections 2023 [933]

Still,pis is going to win upcoming election

Chance is they won`t. 4 months is a lot of time, many things might happen, e.g., more PiS` thievery comes out etc. :):):),
pawian   
6 Jun 2023
History / I want Kawalers. [10]

and any famous Kawaler.

Kawaler is a famous wine in Poland. At least it used to be about 20 years ago. So good that even my students recommended it to me.


  • pobrane.jpg
pawian   
6 Jun 2023
History / Communism fell 20 years ago, Poland led the fight since WW2 [341]

Pope JPII visited communist ruled Poland. Millions came to greet him (including me :):):) and became aware of their amazing potential.

Check photo 2 below

4th June March of Freedom might play a similar role

Check the photo 1 below:


  • 2.jpg

  • 1.jpg
pawian   
5 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Authoritarians of the World - Unite! [4]

Fidesz, PiS, and United Russia. Three parties that have much more in common

Sad, but true. Their supporters are homo sovieticuses who nostalgically dream of revoking communist times when a party secretary ruled the country like a good tsar and took care of everything.
pawian   
5 Jun 2023
History / Andrzej Panufnik - Another Anglo Pole [4]

who sought refuge in the UK when Communism ruined Poland.

I hadn`t heard of him until 1989 when I read a book Who`s Who by Stefan Kisielewski, a known journalist and politician in communist Poland who opposed the system quite openly. Kisielewski critisized Panufnik for collaborating with communists at first while he was still living in Poland - he even composed Ode to Stalin in early 1950s.
pawian   
5 Jun 2023
News / Polish Parliamentary Elections 2023 [933]

will win the upcoming elections with around 30 percent

Around could be 33% as well as 27%. :):) Probably this second number is more probable.

will get 8 percent of the vote

Why only 8%? Their last result was about 14%.
pawian   
5 Jun 2023
History / Communism fell 20 years ago, Poland led the fight since WW2 [341]

As you well know, protests don't do sh*t.

Actually, they can help people realise how many of them disagree to political gangsterism and thievery of PiS rulers.

A good analogy could be 1978 when a Polish cardinal became Pope JPII. In 1979 he visited communist ruled Poland. Millions came to greet him (including me :):):) and became aware of their amazing potential. A year later Solidarity revolt commenced which eventually toppled communism in Poland.

4th June March of Freedom might play a similar role in toppling those loyal heirs of communism, namely PiS.
pawian   
4 Jun 2023
History / Communism fell 20 years ago, Poland led the fight since WW2 [341]

The main celebrations of the 4th of June event will take place in GdaƄsk today.

Today, on the 34th anniversary of 1989 elections which struck a mortal blow to communism in Poland, the democratic opposition is holding The March of Freedom in Warsaw and major cities against rightist PiS` thievery, political gangsterism, lies and economic problems they caused. Hundreds of thousads of protesters have appeared. Amasing!
pawian   
4 Jun 2023
News / Russian criticism of Poland - Soviet war memorial removal [332]

That's weird...I lived in Warsaw till 1966. Never felt enslaved. I was never threatened.

Your words remind me of an old joke - an old aristocratic French lady was asked about the best time of her life. She replied: The times of the French Revolution.

What? The time of horrible persecution when aristocrats like you ended up under the guillotine??
Yes, because I was 18 then.

So, Novi, you simply don`t remember everything and additionally you embellish things. :):)

With my big mouth,

Which you have developed only quite recently, in this very forum. In real life you are an agreeable, amiable, friendly person. :):):
pawian   
3 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Terms of Russian Surrender [116]

what Russia is to do if it loses this war.

Russia has already lost coz Putinists haven`t managed to conquer the whole Ukraine and remove the current Kiev gov. And it doesn`t seem they ever will.

Each day of war prolongs the sanctions which are slowly but mercilessly eroding Russian economy. Besides, prices of oil and gas have dropped dramatically. If the situation continues for 2,3 more years, Russians will emigrate even to Venezuela to improve their life standard. They are already escaping to Argentina en masse, especially pregnant females. :):):):)
pawian   
3 Jun 2023
Life / Owning a house in true countryside of Poland - stories [692]

Back to work...... ):):)

PS. Yesterday I sowed the last batch of spring season supply - red beets. I need a lot of them for my fave fermented juice which rejuvenates the best of all remedies. :):):)
pawian   
3 Jun 2023
News / Russian criticism of Poland - Soviet war memorial removal [332]

Russian Soviet communism was worse than

Nazism. Or at least the same.
That is why we have to pull down all memorials to Soviet criminals who first attacked Poland in alliance with Nazis and then "liberated" it only to enslave it into another totalitarian system.

Can we see any memorials to Nazi criminals in Poland?? No. So, we all know the golden rule of a perfect balance in nature, don`t we?
pawian   
3 Jun 2023
News / How strongly are Poles sure that president Duda defend Poland's interests ? [265]

Recently Duda has gained some respect through his active pro Ukrainian diplomacy. But again he made a complete azhole of himself in Polish politics when he first signed an unconstitutional law and then, seeing the hostile reactions to it both in Poland and in the West, demanded to introduce changes.

It is rumoured that it was especially Americans who condemned the new law as undemocratic. Duda put his tail between the legs and withdrew.

Can you imagine what pathetic dupek we have for a president? :):):


  • FxUds6kWwAsHQc9.jpg
pawian   
3 Jun 2023
Off-Topic / Terms of Ukrainian Surrender [67]

Europe is naked through stripping itself for Ukraine.

Of course not. Europe has sent only a small fraction of its weapons. In fact, too small. Example? Poland has supplied Ukraine with old MIGs and tanks but kept its F16s and Leopards.

you would admit there's nothing in Europe that could challenge the Russians as much as Ukraine.

No, we can`t admit it coz it is bollox. Sweet dreams. :):):)
pawian   
20 May 2023
News / THE ARMY OF POLAND - THE REALITY [493]

Why are Ukrainian successes always in the future?

Why in the future? Ukrainians scored multiple successes. One of the first ones, in March 2022, was defeating Russians who tried to capture Kiev. Ha! How long have Russians been trying to capture Bakhmut??? Do you remember? 10 months.Ha!

The Polish army should watch and learn from the Ukrainian example.
pawian   
20 May 2023
History / Other famous Polish battles [24]

Rokitna Battle took place in 1915 during WW1. Seventy Polish uhlans charged Russian lines, the result was the pyrrhic victory.

From the film Legions, with subtitles: Excellently filmed:




pawian   
20 May 2023
Life / Polish films in Hollywood arrangement [29]

Legions (Legiony) is a film about Polish soldiers who fought against tsarist Russians for independent Poland during WW1.
pawian   
20 May 2023
History / Why American military aid to Europe and Poland is important to America itself? [227]

That`s typical of officers educated in undemocratic systems.

I recall books I read on Arab-Israeli wars. Most Arab officers were completely inept - while Israeli ones were their complete opposites - possessed initiative and the ability to take quick decisions in the battlefield.

I hope Polish officers are like Israeli ones.
pawian   
20 May 2023
History / Life in communist Poland - personal relations [503]

School meals (like hospital and prison food) have a tiny budget

Yes. It can be a matter of further discussion if it is better to have a canteen with lousy meals at school or no canteen at all which is today`s reality for most schools in Poland.

PiS, instead of wasting or stealing billions, should have spent them on reviving school canteens, nurse care and dentist surgeries in Polish schools. I had them in my primary school in 1970s.
pawian   
19 May 2023
News / How could PiS better spend billions instead of 500+ ? [280]

Private highways owned by post communist oligarch are going to be made free

First they need to be bought out by the gov which is going to cost a dozen billion zlotys. All Poles will have to pay for that, also pensioners who don`t use highways.

negotiate the amount under threat of nationalisation,

Bollox. Let me remind you this is still a democratic country and communist methods don`t work here. If you insist and apply them in practice, you have to pay huge fines, ruled by European courts.

I just hope the next goverment is a coalition with partia razem

You are indeed a mad bolshevik. hahaha
pawian   
19 May 2023
News / The Political Circus of Poland [309]

Liar-in Chief Prime Minister, ceremoniously opened a bridge ... has already been operating for 6 months.

Today, one opposition Member of Parliament mocked PiS circus and officially opened the corridor in the parliament building. hahahaha Funny.


  • LANDSCAPE_840.jpg
pawian   
18 May 2023
Life / Poles - the Nation of Liars? [478]

He didn't create them.

Resurrecting isn`t creating, actually. :) Read your holly script for details.