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frd   
15 Jun 2010
Genealogy / Is your line of the Polish family noble? [74]

My grandmothers sister married prince Potocki of Wieniawa-Wirski crest, one of my uncles is supposedly he is of Lubicz-Sulimirski crest, in the straight line I've got no noble blood myself heh, mostly Czech, Slovakian and Silesian. ;)
frd   
12 Jun 2010
Language / Polish slang phrases - most popular. [606]

"Floggings will continue until morale improves"

I'd say:

"Batożenie będzie kontynuowane aż poprawi się morale załogi" ; o (ewentualnie duch bojowy zamiast morale)
frd   
11 Jun 2010
Language / Polish slang phrases - most popular. [606]

t jebany nudy or jebana nudy

lulz what? "jebane nudy" if at all... or "jebana nuda"... or "jebana nuda with beans on top"
frd   
9 Jun 2010
Study / "MAGISTER" OR "MASTERS DEGREE" - ARE THEY THE SAME? [75]

Old. I have no idea whether the same crap can be pulled with the new one.

Actually with old matura it was a bit different, despite passing the matura exam you still had to do your university entrence exams which usually were much harder (depending on the uni).

And although the old matura was more "fraud" prone it was much harder than the matura now. And now the new matura gives you the right to get into any uni if your score is high enough...
frd   
9 Jun 2010
Study / "MAGISTER" OR "MASTERS DEGREE" - ARE THEY THE SAME? [75]

BTW, I will take Pepsi challenge to put a good Matura graduate against anyone who finishes High School in UK. Let's not get overboard with the childish "we are better then you are...." nonsense.

The old or the new matura?

Ever taught in a Polish private university? If you had, you'd know that in some of them there is pressure to allow students to progress despite their achievements.

The problem is that magister is not equal to another magister..
frd   
4 Jun 2010
USA, Canada / The proper behavior an American should show when visiting Poland [159]

Most Polish

You've made this little error surely by mistake, it was supposed to be:
Some Polish, you don't have to thank me.

Most American tourists

I'd say those who are coming as tourists have to somehow be interested in the history of Poland, why would they come here otherwise? If they don't have any family ties with Poland there are no reasons to visit us ; o

I'd say that firstly there are not many tourists from US coming here because it's a less known country, it's pretty far away too. Any american has got his whole country to see first and that can take a while ;)
frd   
3 Jun 2010
Food / BREAD IN POLAND IS DETERIORATING [90]

I really like breadrolls form Kaufland that are called Cabiatta, although their price that is 60-80gr for one is a little steep ;o
frd   
3 Jun 2010
Food / BREAD IN POLAND IS DETERIORATING [90]

Here you go:

I have to say I'm a little bit biased against - already packaged meat - sold in the supermarkets. Don't get me wrong, I've got a bit influenced by the whole "old meat cleaned of mold" case a few years ago it was loud about it. Another case was about sticking new "BEST BEFORE" dates if nobody bought those products. ( And they usually last for 2-3 days ).
frd   
3 Jun 2010
Food / BREAD IN POLAND IS DETERIORATING [90]

whole loaves

Agreed, when you buy a whole loaf and keep it in a bag or a bread container there's no much air circulation and the bread stays fresh longer...
frd   
3 Jun 2010
Genealogy / Jewish Roots of Poland [638]

I am sorry, but your "insults" to my intelligence have no resonance at all.

It seems these are your own issues and insecurities about your intelligence because I can't see where did Seanus insult you in any way.

People are entitled to be interested in whatever they want to..
frd   
3 Jun 2010
Food / BREAD IN POLAND IS DETERIORATING [90]

I don't know anybody who would be using a bread maker of any kind. Bread and breadrolls we usually buy in local bakeries and supermarkets are usually pretty good for about 3 days. Of course fresh bread and breadrolls taste best. I toast them or put into the microwave with some cheese if its over 4 days from buying. But that's usually only for breadrolls.

I also noticed that bakery products from different supermarkets tend to differ in the time they stay eatable... For instance Kaufland is pretty bad on that matter while my local bakery is much much better...
frd   
3 Jun 2010
Study / 90% of Poles have university degree? [57]

So even the Polish redneck cleaning toilets in London may have an university degree?

Many students who work in bars as waiters and waitresses during summer holidays time are on their way to getting a degree or already have one if it is their gap year.
frd   
2 Jun 2010
Study / 90% of Poles have university degree? [57]

I'm gonna give you a quick example of law faculty in Katowice
there are 700 students attending "weekend courses" - that means they study only on weekens, and around 200 students attending normal courses. Of course one way or another the first and second number will be dereased during the first year (weekend students even by 300) but it still gives you A VERY LARGE number of people who didn't have many subjects which ordinary full-time students had, do the math. Those people have a much smaller knowledge. Of course you can be a good student of the weekend courses - but most of these people are those who didn't score the right amount of points during the entry exam because they were lazy or because they took into account that their parents gonna pay for them anyway therefore they are still slacking off later on.

It works because the university wants to earn, and it gets a LOT of money from students from the "weekend courses". Actually the law faculty of the Silesian University in Katowice is the richest of faculties they have.

There are universities with very poor education quality. On the other hand there are those that have a much much steeper entry conditions - for instance Silesian Medical University where even if you want attend the extramural paid studies you need to have a proper entry score to get in, not just the money as it is at some other units.

Oh of course by entry exam I mean mature - and at some university additional exams.
frd   
19 May 2010
News / "POLISH death camps" term used by "Parade Magazine" Anti-Polish Bigots [249]

he wasn't really bent on killing all poles.

German Nazi planners had in November 1939 called for "the complete destruction" of all Poles.[208] "All Poles", Heinrich Himmler swore, "will disappear from the world". The Polish state under German occupation was to be cleared of ethnic Poles and settled by German colonists.[209] Of the Poles, by 1952 only about 3-4 million of them were to be left in the former Poland, and only to serve as slaves for German settlers. They were to be forbidden to marry, the existing ban on any medical help to Poles in Germany would be extended, and eventually Poles would cease to exist. On August 22, 1939, about one week before the onset of the war, Hitler "prepared, for the moment only in the East, my 'Death's Head' formations with orders to kill without pity or mercy all men, women and children of Polish descent or language. Only in this way can we obtain the living space we need."[210]

That's from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust#Ethnic_Poles they had such ideas at first. Far from bent on killing..
frd   
7 May 2010
Law / What are the bike laws in Poland? [30]

Frd - you've just contradicted yourself. So the rich can pay the bribes or whatever, and the system isin't bad?

No I haven't. I meant the points system, not the whole law.
frd   
7 May 2010
Law / What are the bike laws in Poland? [30]

That system isn't that bad, what's bad is fines should be scalable to ones earnings. Rich and poor get the same amount when receiving a ticket. Hence whoever is rich can take the liberty and not care, and then do the thing agian.