Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


Is this anything to do with safety? One would think the safest place to be would be in the light directly under the lamp post but maybe the greatest threat is in a place that appears to be safe and has hidden dangers.

Or maybe can't see the wood for the trees...


I can only think of the old hoofbeats thing. Hearing hoofbeats, you're more likely to have a horse than a zebra behind you. I think it was originally based in medicine, as in think of the most likely common illness rather than rare/exotic diseases.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


Ok, thanks.


Hiding in plain sight? The obvious is the hardest to see?

Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [970]

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Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]

Said when mocking someone's stupidity or uselessness?

Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [970]

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Life / Polish Music. [303]

A couple of tracks from Mrozu I like:

Mrozu - Palę w oknie



Mrozu - "Pół na Pół"

Life / Do colored immigrants in Poland function better than in Western countries? [295]


I see an adult version of Lord of the Flies. Grim perhaps, but to me that's the way it's heading.

Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 16 [1071]

Seven month pregnant woman shot in the head. Her baby survived but she died:

independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/katelynn-strate-shooting-louisiana-road-rage-b2814983.html

Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [970]

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Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]


If it's not good luck, it's bad luck. If it's not one thing, it's another.

Travel / Holidays in Poland, is it still worth coming here? [22]


I did visit the Rotunda while I was there. Those atrocities should never be forgotten. Hence why it is now a museum.

Travel / Holidays in Poland, is it still worth coming here? [22]


I agree. Zamość too if someone is going to Lublin. It's only small but very beautiful.


My problem would be the ferry. I don't do boats. Last time I was on one I was very ill, completely lost my balance and could barely walk. A very memorable trip for all the wrong reasons. Anti-sickness tablets just put me to sleep.


There's a 10 lane highway in Katowice?

Off-Topic / Feed Back on the Moderating - Part 2 [207]


It's not a question of not understanding it. The only place I've ever heard it used is on this forum. By Americans. Never heard anyone in the UK use it and I mix with a wide variety of people.

Travel / Holidays in Poland, is it still worth coming here? [22]


A friend of mine was stationed at RAF Benbecula years back and said how lovely the beaches were.


Somewhere else I haven't got round to visiting yet.

Off-Topic / Things We Love [331]

It's Italy, Alien.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]



Yes, this definition of charm is what it means. I guess you both know the meaning then.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]

A new one:

If it's not a charm, it's diarrhoea

Off-Topic / Things We Love [331]

Always love a beautiful view

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Travel / Holidays in Poland, is it still worth coming here? [22]


I had to google this as I'd never heard of it.


Maybe there is less development there? The larger and more popular beaches will always be more crowded.


I still think a holiday in Poland is worth it and I've been many many times. Of course, if you are holidaying with children you will be doing different things. Plenty of places I want to see yet.

Off-Topic / Feed Back on the Moderating - Part 2 [207]


Correct, but you're never going to convince JR of that. PAK, along with 'genius' Novi are obviously equally as stupid if they also believe his conspiracy theories. There are no British mods/admin here. Anyone who believes otherwise should contact admin and discuss it with him.

Travel / Holidays in Poland, is it still worth coming here? [22]


It's summer Alien, of course the seaside is going to be crowded. When it's good weather people head for the beaches regardless of country. I've just got back from Italy, and the beaches were heaving.

To be honest, I've only been once to the beach in Poland, there's far more to do there for me than go to the seaside. I guess it depends what you're looking for.

History / Anniversary of Soviet Invasion [116]


Your father was a distinguished scientist and your family had a privileged lifestyle. This was not the norm under communism for most people as I'm sure you must be aware.

Pawian had a similar background to yours. His father was a scientist/engineer and wasn't in the PZPR either but his family were wealthy. I remember Pawian talking about his foreign holidays. This post of his explains his family background:

https://polishforums.com/history/poland-modern-myths-legends-communist-past-84840/7/#msg1756370


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_during_the_Soviet_occupation_of_Poland

You just like to be contrary.

News / Abortion still under control in Poland - part 2 [383]


Not what I would have done either but this was a long time ago. I don't know if any enquiries were made beforehand but maybe she just felt she needed to know where she came from. She had a really tough early start to her life and ended up in the Victorian workhouse system at some point:

historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Victorian-Workhouse/


Actually, what I should have said was that he doesn't like women who make choices outside his very traditional views. It's not for this thread, but he often makes disparaging comments about women who choose careers and decide not to have children.

It is not for him to judge women who make choices that are right for them, whatever those choices may be.


Hence my reference to The Stepford Wives ;)

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Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [970]

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News / Abortion still under control in Poland - part 2 [383]


Just to be clear:


The End.


It is not unrealistic or fantasy to suggest that a child might want to know where they came from one day.

Many adopted children wonder about their birth parents and some go to the extent of tracking them down.

I know two people who have done precisely that, one of them being my ex-mother-in-law. She was born in London and found out her birth mother was Irish and living back in Ireland. She traced where she was living and turned up on her doorstep. When she explained who she was, her birth mother said, " Didn't want you then, don't want you now." and slammed the door in her face.

The other one is a friend who found her birth mother. No joyful reunion.

It's all academic anyway, I was merely responding to Torq's suggestion of adoption. I would not be going through with a pregnancy after rape under any circumstances. Make of it what you will.

News / Abortion still under control in Poland - part 2 [383]


I feel the same way about you. You appear to totally lack any compassion.


How can you not understand that carrying a rapist's baby to term would be absolutely horrific and something I would not put myself through?

If adopted that child could one day come looking for its birth mother and then what? I tell them that they were a product of rape? What is that going to do to them or do you suggest lying? It's not going to be a happy ever after ending that's for sure.

News / Abortion still under control in Poland - part 2 [383]


Exactly. At the hospital a rape victim is going to be getting a forensic exam with swabs being taken for DNA, this specifically requires NOT having the sperm flushed out. Novi is so not a genius.


Hatred and revulsion are not the same thing. The only thing that matters to you is that the baby is born. What sort of a life do you think it would have with a mother that cannot love the child?


Someone with the voice of reason.


This is America and not Poland but according to this CDC article, it is 1 in 20 women.

cdc.gov/sexual-violence/about/pregnancy-resulting-from-rape.html

News / Abortion still under control in Poland - part 2 [383]


I am truly terrified that you appear to regard women as little more than incubators and that their feelings are totally disregarded.

If I was forced to have a rapist's child I would regard it only with revulsion, a permanent living reminder of a traumatic event that I could never forget. Not the child's fault at all but I can't help the way that I feel. If my partner had such little regard for my mental health and forced me into that ordeal then we would be heading for the divorce courts.


Does not support the death penalty so when you advocate for the death of the rapist but not the child you come across as a total hypocrite. Either all human life is sacred or it isn't. You don't get to pick and choose.


Some of them do, sadly. My opinion is that those that shout the loudest tend to be the least Christian of all. A generalisation, but it seems to hold water on PF.


Paulina is none of those things. She asks questions that are important and relevant. As for comparing her with Strzelec, how low can you go?


Unless we come round to your way of thinking? I've noticed that you talk about people who disagree with you in that smug and supercilious manner. Same when you throw scorn on women with careers and without children. You give me the impression that you don't much like women and that you see them as little more than breeders.

Ever read/watched The Stepford Wives? ;)

News / Abortion still under control in Poland - part 2 [383]


Those would be my feelings too.


I believe there is a funeral mass for stillborn babies.


I agree but Torq is taking the moral high ground here and as a devout Catholic he cannot justifiably argue that one life is worth more than another.


Are you Catholic Iron?

News / Abortion still under control in Poland - part 2 [383]


That is her choice but if that was me I would be opting for an abortion. There is no way that I could give birth to a rapist's child and keep it or have it adopted. It would be far too traumatic. I do not see early stage abortion as murder.


As Paulina has said, I hope that your wife and daughter never have to make such a decision but they might feel differently if it happened to them. I hope that you would not insist that either one goes ahead with a pregnancy if they changed their mind. Where is your compassion?


I don't know how you can make that statement when you follow it up with:


Are you for life or against it because from what you're saying here you're trying to play God. One life is worth more than another in your opinion?