pawian
2 Feb 2023
pawian
2 Feb 2023
pawian
2 Feb 2023
History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]
As a Brit converted Pole, you don`t understand the Slavic soul anymore. Pity......
Shame about the awful music and video.
As a Brit converted Pole, you don`t understand the Slavic soul anymore. Pity......
pawian
2 Feb 2023
Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]
Nope, illegal migrants don`t have time to reside in Polish forests and air-dry their clothes there coz they are busy with being transported to Germany.
Nope, illegal migrants don`t have time to reside in Polish forests and air-dry their clothes there coz they are busy with being transported to Germany.
pawian
2 Feb 2023
Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]
hahaha Wonderful idea. But I meant sth far more human. :)
Of course, air-drying, but why in the forest?
Someone's trying to attract little tree people
hahaha Wonderful idea. But I meant sth far more human. :)
Or airing clothes maybe? :)
Of course, air-drying, but why in the forest?
pawian
2 Feb 2023
Life / Do you collect mushrooms in your country? Poles in Poland do. [94]
You`d better be careful. One day you might eat Psilocibin fungi in your bigos and then you will become badly addicted to the dish. HA!
On trunks. I have shown them in Countryside thread. Simple. :)
I might have eaten oyster mushrooms in some bigos without knowing about it :)
You`d better be careful. One day you might eat Psilocibin fungi in your bigos and then you will become badly addicted to the dish. HA!
But how do you grow wild mushrooms?
On trunks. I have shown them in Countryside thread. Simple. :)
pawian
2 Feb 2023
Work / Are Poles workaholics? [164]
They don`t get paid anymore in Deutsche Mark which used to be the second currency after dollar in the value ranking long ago.
They don`t get paid anymore in Deutsche Mark which used to be the second currency after dollar in the value ranking long ago.
pawian
2 Feb 2023
History / What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? [945]
Decent Russians series continued
The Russian female group Pussy Riot has recorded a new clip in which they activate the red buttton to destroy Putin and burn his portrait.
I wish we had more Russians like that.
Putin`s Ashes
youtu.be/ni_CRPAw_5Q
Decent Russians series continued
The Russian female group Pussy Riot has recorded a new clip in which they activate the red buttton to destroy Putin and burn his portrait.
I wish we had more Russians like that.
Putin`s Ashes
youtu.be/ni_CRPAw_5Q
pawian
2 Feb 2023
Life / Do you collect mushrooms in your country? Poles in Poland do. [94]
We have been eating oyster mushrooms since they appeared in shops for the first time about 20 years ago. But recently we have our own crops from the farm - the last harvest was 2 weeks ago.
Yes, I love those names of various species in fungi, plants and animals world
Have you tried those winter mushrooms?
We have been eating oyster mushrooms since they appeared in shops for the first time about 20 years ago. But recently we have our own crops from the farm - the last harvest was 2 weeks ago.
They have cool names, btw :)
Yes, I love those names of various species in fungi, plants and animals world
pawian
2 Feb 2023
Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]
Here are more:
This riddle is simple:
one question only:
Why??
Pawian posts we enjoyed!
Here are more:
This riddle is simple:
one question only:
Why??
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pawian
2 Feb 2023
Life / Do you collect mushrooms in your country? Poles in Poland do. [94]
Poles pick mushrooms even in wintertime. We talked about in another thread.
Most popular species:
The grey ones: boczniak - oyster mushroom.
The yellow ones: płomienica zimowa - velvet shank
Dark crimson - uszak bzowy - jelly ear
Red and pink - czarka austriacka - scarlet elfcup
Poles pick mushrooms even in wintertime. We talked about in another thread.
Most popular species:
The grey ones: boczniak - oyster mushroom.
The yellow ones: płomienica zimowa - velvet shank
Dark crimson - uszak bzowy - jelly ear
Red and pink - czarka austriacka - scarlet elfcup
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pawian
2 Feb 2023
News / Famous Poles die - your memories [112]
They don`t make such films anymore today due to political correctness. Pity. :):)
They don`t make such films anymore today due to political correctness. Pity. :):)
pawian
2 Feb 2023
News / Famous Poles die - your memories [112]
Murzyn! Murzyn! This will be the best alibi, I wouldn`t like to be in your shoes, mr chief of police! Let`s go!
Mr chief of police, I swear, I saw a dog with Murzyn going out of that door! I swear!!!
but contains words like Murzyn so watch out.
Murzyn! Murzyn! This will be the best alibi, I wouldn`t like to be in your shoes, mr chief of police! Let`s go!
Mr chief of police, I swear, I saw a dog with Murzyn going out of that door! I swear!!!
pawian
2 Feb 2023
News / Famous Poles die - your memories [112]
Famous actor Leonard Pietraszak died at 86. As a boy, I loved watching him in the TV series Black Clouds and 40 Year Old Man, then in Vabank 1 and 2 as a young adult. And other cult productions, too. Amazing actor. Thank you for all this entertainment you gave us.
Leonard Pietraszak as a corrupt banker , suspected by the police of robbing his own bank, is doing his best to find alibi and prove he`s innocent. This scene has English subtitles but contains words like Murzyn so watch out. .
Vabank 1
youtu.be/rFv2waxelv0
Famous actor Leonard Pietraszak died at 86. As a boy, I loved watching him in the TV series Black Clouds and 40 Year Old Man, then in Vabank 1 and 2 as a young adult. And other cult productions, too. Amazing actor. Thank you for all this entertainment you gave us.
Leonard Pietraszak as a corrupt banker , suspected by the police of robbing his own bank, is doing his best to find alibi and prove he`s innocent. This scene has English subtitles but contains words like Murzyn so watch out. .
Vabank 1
youtu.be/rFv2waxelv0
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pawian
2 Feb 2023
Travel / Do Poles like to hunt? Hunting in Poland. [211]
Much more rewarding than killing.
Utter madness.
Coming back to Mickiewicz`s epic poem
the previoius episode was about playing the hunting horn after the hunting party manages to kill a bear in Lithuanian forests:
Now, let`s read about bear hunt proper.:
First, the news of a bear leaving the wilderness reaches the gentry who become extremely agitated. It means that in 1811 bears must have become a hunting rarity in Lithuania:
Serving dishes were quietly passed around,
when suddenly the routine course of dinner
was interrupted by a crashing sound.
The forester, upset, rushed in the door
and faced the Judge and stood there dumbly panting
as the whole room turned toward the head table.
He unleashed words, ―:A bear, Milord" granting
all else to conjecture. The Judge was able
to surmise that a bear had slipped across
the river Nieman and now must be pursued.
Translated from Polish by Leonard Kress
He himself decided to change his gun for a photo camera.
Much more rewarding than killing.
he was a vegetarian while he was still hunting
Utter madness.
Coming back to Mickiewicz`s epic poem
the previoius episode was about playing the hunting horn after the hunting party manages to kill a bear in Lithuanian forests:
Now, let`s read about bear hunt proper.:
First, the news of a bear leaving the wilderness reaches the gentry who become extremely agitated. It means that in 1811 bears must have become a hunting rarity in Lithuania:
Serving dishes were quietly passed around,
when suddenly the routine course of dinner
was interrupted by a crashing sound.
The forester, upset, rushed in the door
and faced the Judge and stood there dumbly panting
as the whole room turned toward the head table.
He unleashed words, ―:A bear, Milord" granting
all else to conjecture. The Judge was able
to surmise that a bear had slipped across
the river Nieman and now must be pursued.
Translated from Polish by Leonard Kress
pawian
2 Feb 2023
Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]
Yes, and remember to carry this magazine everywhere on you wherever you go around the house, even to the toilet or to take a shower. Very clever!! :):):)
let them play with them all they want if you have the magazine on you - 120 grams of it
Yes, and remember to carry this magazine everywhere on you wherever you go around the house, even to the toilet or to take a shower. Very clever!! :):):)
pawian
2 Feb 2023
Off-Topic / What's your connection with Poland? Penpals. [595]
Exactly! Polish intellect and Spanish temper give perfect result.
Exactly! Polish intellect and Spanish temper give perfect result.
pawian
2 Feb 2023
pawian
2 Feb 2023
News / How could PiS better spend billions instead of 500+ ? [280]
Anybody except rightists or leftists. Someone in the middle. Intelligent, sensible, devoid of anti European obsessions, not relying on infantile emotions while holding power.
No, coz we need serious guys who can clean the swamp after rightists. I am too comedy-oriented.
Who should be ruling Poland?
Anybody except rightists or leftists. Someone in the middle. Intelligent, sensible, devoid of anti European obsessions, not relying on infantile emotions while holding power.
Pawian....?
No, coz we need serious guys who can clean the swamp after rightists. I am too comedy-oriented.
pawian
2 Feb 2023
Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]
About 15 years ago I was teaching at a hunter`s house - he had a safe for his hunting rifle. One day I come and see a hole in the wall and the safe missing. They told me the house had been broken into and the burglars had only taken the safe which they had simply ripped off from the wall with crowbars.
It took place in broad daylight while everybody in the family was at work or school. And the neighbours didn`t hear or notice anything.
I guess such cases when burglars target guns mainly would be quite frequent under new laws.
with coded safe
About 15 years ago I was teaching at a hunter`s house - he had a safe for his hunting rifle. One day I come and see a hole in the wall and the safe missing. They told me the house had been broken into and the burglars had only taken the safe which they had simply ripped off from the wall with crowbars.
It took place in broad daylight while everybody in the family was at work or school. And the neighbours didn`t hear or notice anything.
I guess such cases when burglars target guns mainly would be quite frequent under new laws.
pawian
2 Feb 2023
News / Polish PM Tusk- dictator or not? What Poles think? [455]
Mr Donald Tusk isn`t a dictator but he knows how to knock PiS dictators out, pointing to their scams, lies, corruption and abuse of power against democracy and constitution.
E..g, recently Donald Tusk, the chairman of the Civic Platform, was indignant last week at a meeting with voters in Siedlce.
"Prime Minister Morawiecki, when he and his government assured Poles that inflation would fall from 6 percent to down, just at that time he bought bonds, he invested a lot of his private money, which really gives a good profit when there is high inflation," "This year, which has just begun, he will earn over PLN 0.5 million, and for the time the bonds were scheduled for, i.e. until 2025, he will have earned a total of PLN 2 million. Due to inflation, high prices,"
Mr Donald Tusk isn`t a dictator but he knows how to knock PiS dictators out, pointing to their scams, lies, corruption and abuse of power against democracy and constitution.
E..g, recently Donald Tusk, the chairman of the Civic Platform, was indignant last week at a meeting with voters in Siedlce.
"Prime Minister Morawiecki, when he and his government assured Poles that inflation would fall from 6 percent to down, just at that time he bought bonds, he invested a lot of his private money, which really gives a good profit when there is high inflation," "This year, which has just begun, he will earn over PLN 0.5 million, and for the time the bonds were scheduled for, i.e. until 2025, he will have earned a total of PLN 2 million. Due to inflation, high prices,"
pawian
1 Feb 2023
News / How could PiS better spend billions instead of 500+ ? [280]
Shortly speaking:
Thank you, PiS gangsters!
They had no such problems in previous years.
Shortly speaking:
Thank you, PiS gangsters!
pawian
1 Feb 2023
News / R. Trzaskowski, current mayor of Warsaw, future President of Poland [354]
Mr Future President of Poland Trzaskowski comments on the latest PiS scam scandal:
I hope that all this type of abuse will be clarified when PiS gives up power, said Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski in "Fakty po Faktach", commenting on the granting of millions of subsidies from the Ministry of Education to foundations associated with PiS. In his opinion, such actions look "as if PiS already knew that it would lose the election and was trying to secure itself for the future." - It is a pity that for public money - added the deputy head of PO.
Journalists of tvn24.pl described how money from the fund of the Minister of Education and Science, Przemysław Czarnek, went to organizations close to PiS. Multi-million subsidies were allocated for the purchase of new premises. Houses in Warsaw's Mokotów and Ursynów, an apartment in a historic tenement house and a plot with two ponds, its own forest and a "beekeeper's house" are just some of the 12 properties that Czarnek financed with public money. Meanwhile, many organizations dealing with education and teaching institutions did not receive a single zloty from the ministry's budget.
Mr Future President of Poland Trzaskowski comments on the latest PiS scam scandal:
I hope that all this type of abuse will be clarified when PiS gives up power, said Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski in "Fakty po Faktach", commenting on the granting of millions of subsidies from the Ministry of Education to foundations associated with PiS. In his opinion, such actions look "as if PiS already knew that it would lose the election and was trying to secure itself for the future." - It is a pity that for public money - added the deputy head of PO.
Journalists of tvn24.pl described how money from the fund of the Minister of Education and Science, Przemysław Czarnek, went to organizations close to PiS. Multi-million subsidies were allocated for the purchase of new premises. Houses in Warsaw's Mokotów and Ursynów, an apartment in a historic tenement house and a plot with two ponds, its own forest and a "beekeeper's house" are just some of the 12 properties that Czarnek financed with public money. Meanwhile, many organizations dealing with education and teaching institutions did not receive a single zloty from the ministry's budget.
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pawian
1 Feb 2023
Food / What is your favorite Polish Vodka? [653]
You mean leaves from Polish Golden Autumn???
No, they use leaf gold
You mean leaves from Polish Golden Autumn???
pawian
1 Feb 2023
Food / What is your favorite Polish Vodka? [653]
And where do they produce it? Do they still use Polish gold?
A German distillery has trademark rights.
And where do they produce it? Do they still use Polish gold?
pawian
1 Feb 2023
Language / Is the term 'Polak' derogatory?? [254]
I must admit a little sin - I have used the term Polack, too. Mainly when debating with Poloniusz - I called him American Polack by which I meant a conservatively narrow-minded, antiSemitic, ultrarightist, quarrelsome, abusive, offensive person.
Now, that we face WW3, I can admit it without constraint.
I must admit a little sin - I have used the term Polack, too. Mainly when debating with Poloniusz - I called him American Polack by which I meant a conservatively narrow-minded, antiSemitic, ultrarightist, quarrelsome, abusive, offensive person.
Now, that we face WW3, I can admit it without constraint.
pawian
1 Feb 2023
Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]
Yes, The grey ones: boczniak - oyster mushroom.
The yellow ones: płomienica zimowa -velvet shank
Dark crimson - uszak bzowy - jelly ear
And one not present in the basket anymore coz it was eaten on the spot: czarka austriacka - Austrian cup
names?
Yes, The grey ones: boczniak - oyster mushroom.
The yellow ones: płomienica zimowa -velvet shank
Dark crimson - uszak bzowy - jelly ear
And one not present in the basket anymore coz it was eaten on the spot: czarka austriacka - Austrian cup
pawian
1 Feb 2023
Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]
Yes!!!! That`s what the articles says: Mushrooms we pick in winter time.
Yes!!!! That`s what the articles says: Mushrooms we pick in winter time.
pawian
1 Feb 2023
Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]
No, it is not. :)
Another hint - I took the photo from an article which appeared a few days ago .
unless autumn is the best time for all those varieties to be harvested
No, it is not. :)
Another hint - I took the photo from an article which appeared a few days ago .
pawian
1 Feb 2023
Travel / Do Poles like to hunt? Hunting in Poland. [211]
Pan Tadeusz epic poem by Mickiewicz contains a fragment about amazing horn play by an experienced hunter after the hunting party managed to kill a bear in Lithuanian forests:
Then the Seneschal reached into his belt
and pulled out from among the cartridges,
a bison horn, dappled, like a snake coiled.
With both hands, he held it to his parted
lips, puffing out his cheeks like a balloon, his eyes
bloodshot. Then his entire breath went
to his lungs by sucking in to half its size
his stomach-and a gale-like wind was sent
into the forest, music doubled by echo.
Hunters silenced, marveling at the might,
the pure tones and harmony he blew.
For the old man, within earshot and sight,
exhibited a legendary skill.
That suggests you were an active hunter who broke through the jungle after his prey. While too many hunters stay passive at the base and wait until hounds maneuver the prey to them.
In the past hunters played real horns to give signals to each other
Pan Tadeusz epic poem by Mickiewicz contains a fragment about amazing horn play by an experienced hunter after the hunting party managed to kill a bear in Lithuanian forests:
Then the Seneschal reached into his belt
and pulled out from among the cartridges,
a bison horn, dappled, like a snake coiled.
With both hands, he held it to his parted
lips, puffing out his cheeks like a balloon, his eyes
bloodshot. Then his entire breath went
to his lungs by sucking in to half its size
his stomach-and a gale-like wind was sent
into the forest, music doubled by echo.
Hunters silenced, marveling at the might,
the pure tones and harmony he blew.
For the old man, within earshot and sight,
exhibited a legendary skill.
how knackered I was when I got home. Sleep like a dead man,
That suggests you were an active hunter who broke through the jungle after his prey. While too many hunters stay passive at the base and wait until hounds maneuver the prey to them.