Atch
4 Jun 2023
News / Russian criticism of Poland - Soviet war memorial removal [332]
Have you read 'The Social Contract'?
a piece of meaningless poetry?
Have you read 'The Social Contract'?
Atch
4 Jun 2023
News / Russian criticism of Poland - Soviet war memorial removal [332]
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.
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 you can't get used to in your new country [95]
And I find Polish pillows entirely unsatisfactory - I order my pillows from Ireland! Pillows must be a proper rectangle. Hate squarish pillows.
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.
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
Life / Owning a house in true countryside of Poland - stories [692]
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.
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
News / Russian criticism of Poland - Soviet war memorial removal [332]
"Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains."
Never felt enslaved.
"Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains."
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! :))
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
2 Jun 2023
Law / Child Maintenance Poland/ Ireland [9]
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.
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]
Well, not unless you count bad manners as a crime.
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."
.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]
Very unlikely.
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.
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]
And neither are
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.
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.
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
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 :)
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 [414]
Who compiled the stats? What context were they published in? Link to the article in which they featured?
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]
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.
God is eternal, religion is a human construct, ephemeral. Soli Deo Gloria :)
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]
Ah, that's lovely :) All you have to do now is stop taking religion so seriously and you'll be grand ;)
Lol!
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]
You do realise that he's not serious.
@ GefreiterKania, this is what comes of spending all those years in ireland :))
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]
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.
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 :)
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]
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.
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]
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.
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]
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.
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.
Atch
24 May 2023
Law / UK National marrying a Pole, confusion on Visa information [5]
It's because most 'official' matters in Poland are made needlessly complicated and the locals are as confused as the foreigners :) Good luck with everything!
I didnt know it was a common thing!
It's because most 'official' matters in Poland are made needlessly complicated and the locals are as confused as the foreigners :) Good luck with everything!
Atch
23 May 2023
Law / UK National marrying a Pole, confusion on Visa information [5]
It's a funny thing but people married to Poles ( or about to marry them) always have trouble finding information about Poland and their Polish partners are never able to help! Anyway, here is the information you need:
przybysz.duw.pl/en/foreigners-stay/temporary-residence-permits/family-members-of-polish-citizen/
przybysz.duw.pl/en/foreigners-stay/permanent-residence-permits/
It's a funny thing but people married to Poles ( or about to marry them) always have trouble finding information about Poland and their Polish partners are never able to help! Anyway, here is the information you need:
przybysz.duw.pl/en/foreigners-stay/temporary-residence-permits/family-members-of-polish-citizen/
przybysz.duw.pl/en/foreigners-stay/permanent-residence-permits/
Atch
23 May 2023
Off-Topic / Hollywood Films [62]
If I didn't know that he hasn't the ghost of a sense of humour, I'd suspect that his tongue was lodged firmly in his cheek - and no, Crnogorac3, I don't mean the cheeks of your arse, though it would be quite a feat if you could manage it.
It is however pure comedy.
If I didn't know that he hasn't the ghost of a sense of humour, I'd suspect that his tongue was lodged firmly in his cheek - and no, Crnogorac3, I don't mean the cheeks of your arse, though it would be quite a feat if you could manage it.
Atch
20 May 2023
News / How could PiS better spend billions instead of 500+ ? [280]
Quite right. Public money should be spent to provide public services. Instead of giving money to people to pay for private kindergartens, a lot of which are seriously dodgy and of low quality, money should be spent to provide enough state facilities with properly trained and qualified staff.
taxpayers are sponsoring a private school and a private kindergarten for your kids,
Quite right. Public money should be spent to provide public services. Instead of giving money to people to pay for private kindergartens, a lot of which are seriously dodgy and of low quality, money should be spent to provide enough state facilities with properly trained and qualified staff.
Atch
20 May 2023
Work / Pursuing a career in public service in Poland [7]
Yes, and he was campaigning on a platform that included legalising child pornography - need I say more.
russian boot-licker
Korwin-Mikke
Yes, and he was campaigning on a platform that included legalising child pornography - need I say more.
Atch
17 May 2023
Food / How is this herring product typically served? [74]
There's nothing to thank me for. I was talking about Christmas in Ireland which is celebrated totally differently to Poland. That was the point I was making in the post you linked to. We don't fast on Wigilia or abstain from meat and alcohol.
Thanks Ms. Atch
There's nothing to thank me for. I was talking about Christmas in Ireland which is celebrated totally differently to Poland. That was the point I was making in the post you linked to. We don't fast on Wigilia or abstain from meat and alcohol.
Atch
7 May 2023
Love / What do you like most about Polish girls? :) [120]
We're not that much alike. The main difference would be our sense of humour and we're a lot more easygoing that Polish women. They tend to be a bit neurotic by our standards. They worry more about what other people think of them too. Irish women also socialize a lot more without their partners/spouses. Keeping interests, an independent life and friendships outside the home and family is very important to Irish women.
Here's what one Irish woman said on Quora:
In Ireland among Irish people in general, there´s a big focus on humour, being "good craic" (good fun) and not a "dryshite" (boring) and god help you if you are; there´s a massive focus on being good fun and "sound". If you want a model for a girlfriend, go to Brazil or Eastern Europe (for example) but if you want a laugh and to have a girlfriend who doesn´t take herself too seriously, come to Ireland!
I've noticed, as an Irish woman, that Polish women behave differently towards men than they do towards other women, not flirty exactly, but a bit more smiling, paying them attention etc. Irish women tend to treat men en masse as if they're our brothers.
Theyre both about the same regarding temperament.
We're not that much alike. The main difference would be our sense of humour and we're a lot more easygoing that Polish women. They tend to be a bit neurotic by our standards. They worry more about what other people think of them too. Irish women also socialize a lot more without their partners/spouses. Keeping interests, an independent life and friendships outside the home and family is very important to Irish women.
Here's what one Irish woman said on Quora:
In Ireland among Irish people in general, there´s a big focus on humour, being "good craic" (good fun) and not a "dryshite" (boring) and god help you if you are; there´s a massive focus on being good fun and "sound". If you want a model for a girlfriend, go to Brazil or Eastern Europe (for example) but if you want a laugh and to have a girlfriend who doesn´t take herself too seriously, come to Ireland!
I've noticed, as an Irish woman, that Polish women behave differently towards men than they do towards other women, not flirty exactly, but a bit more smiling, paying them attention etc. Irish women tend to treat men en masse as if they're our brothers.
Atch
1 May 2023
Life / Do young Polish people believe in their religion and God? [150]
@Kashub, don't forget that today is Mary's day and May is Mary's month. Did you have May processions in your childhood? We did and then later when I was teaching in Irish primary schools. I taught many children this hymn :)
youtube.com/watch?v=DLLaNrtToHk
@Kashub, don't forget that today is Mary's day and May is Mary's month. Did you have May processions in your childhood? We did and then later when I was teaching in Irish primary schools. I taught many children this hymn :)
youtube.com/watch?v=DLLaNrtToHk
Atch
1 May 2023
Life / Do young Polish people believe in their religion and God? [150]
One of the reasons I gave up going to mass when I was a teenager was because I could not in good conscience repeat the words of the Apostles' Creed. I don't believe that there is only one true church. One God, many paths to Him. The Catholic one is not the right path for everybody. It's God that matters, not the Church. Having said that, I still consider myself to be a Catholic even though I haven't been to Mass or Confession in donkeys' years.
people are unable to swallow their pride
One of the reasons I gave up going to mass when I was a teenager was because I could not in good conscience repeat the words of the Apostles' Creed. I don't believe that there is only one true church. One God, many paths to Him. The Catholic one is not the right path for everybody. It's God that matters, not the Church. Having said that, I still consider myself to be a Catholic even though I haven't been to Mass or Confession in donkeys' years.