Love / Cheating from spouses. Is cheating very common in Poland ? [116]

The guy is not doing anything illegal - if he was dealing drugs or arranging dog fights then you could inform the police, but otherwise he is entitled to privacy in the hotel.

I know plenty of personal info about my clients but if any of my staff shared that outside the office it would be a straight no discussion dismissal.

Love / Cheating from spouses. Is cheating very common in Poland ? [116]

Forget the moral issues for a second, if you are working a hotel and you start to betray the guests confidential affairs that is a firing offfence.

Life / Polish Ice Hockey [17]

Not really a hockey fan but have been to a few games in Czech and enjoyed it. In Poland it's never crossed my mind to go :(

Not sure if you have seen but there have been a couple of outdoor matches at Dynamo Dresden - 2 Czech teams and 2 German teams and it looked good fun - stadium was full and I'm sure a few adult beverages consumed

Love / Adultery- Is it ok for Polish women [41]

She might be having affairs too. maybe they are still friends and enjoy hanging out - they have a house and kids etc. marriage and sex life are not always black and white and as Jacej said they probably settled down a bit young and need to let off some steam

History / 'Battle of Britain' won thanks to Polish aces !! [158]

Quite like that but a bit expensive - 2.500 quid

Life / Are the Polish Police Gutless? [21]

Merged:

Violent Police tactics in Poland

I see the abortion protest thread has been closed but maybe worth a separate thread as this occurred in a March to celebrate women voting. A Posel gassed after showing her valid ID.

The actions in the last few weeks are really concerning - Police with no numbers, plain clothes police using batons, huge amounts of police even for peaceful protest.

Previously I just thought wait a few years and these morons will be voted out, but now I think that the Police responsible for this should be put on trial in the future, the same as PiS want to do to ZOMO members.

This is a thread about Poland - no Burkas, Turd Worlders or Bolshevik Wisconsin voting machines welcome.

Life / All Things Christmassy in Poland [332]

Pre war in areas with mixed German / Polish / whatever populations then Ham and goose was quite common. You would often have extended families that mixed traditions. I know that in Lithuania the Christmas meal is pretty much like the Polish one but in Latvia and Estonia it's meat and sauerkraut but with pierogi and Barszcz too

News / Thousands of Polish women attend Czarny Piątek rally in Warsaw [780]

I would ignore his homespun wisdom - he comes from the sort of village where they still remember serfdom fondly and they all share a few pairs of those shoes made from tree bark.

Like all the angry guys on here he has very limited real life contact with women

News / Thousands of Polish women attend Czarny Piątek rally in Warsaw [780]

I think probably 70 percent of the country is in the safe legal and as rare as possible camp - but as in so many issues these days they don't seem to have a voice - social media and extremist politicians have seen to that

Life / Wealth distribution and utilisation in Poland [7]

It's a bit of all 3 - the grey market economy is shrinking but still significant - maybe 15-20 percent of the total

Leasing is popular as is getting a company car - Polish managers will argue long and hard for a flash car and saying yes is an easy way of making them happy.

As for sacrifices, yes in all emerging economies you will often see people going for outward symbols of wealth first and spending on big ticket items like homes afterwards. They would also spend far less on things like healthcare, food and drink etc than the French would.

News / Thousands of Polish women attend Czarny Piątek rally in Warsaw [780]

If you want to drive a crappy old Lada then go see a Lada factory.

If you had ever been to Poland you would know that religious nuts occasionally make massive posters of aborted foetuses - I have seen some so big that they take up the whole side of a kamienica

Life / All Things Christmassy in Poland [332]

We normally have a piece of meat - say a chicken or a pork shoulder together with the left overs from Wigilia. When we are visiting other family it's normally the same plus maybe some kotlety and some devolaille. Quite often flaki too as there is a lot of drinking on Christmas Day in the afternoon.

News / Thousands of Polish women attend Czarny Piątek rally in Warsaw [780]

not sure about those polls - I reckon add 5 percent for Shy PiS

That takes them to about 35 percent which is all they need

Study / Various education and school issues in Poland. Opinions, stories, controversies. [1006]

In both Poland and i n the US Teachers need a degree and most people with degrees vote against PiS or in the US vote Democrat (that is a recent trend - people with degrees were happy to vote for Lech Kaczynski or Buzek or for Bush and Romney)

Teachers generally tend to be more altruistic which means they are more likely to vote for left wing parties.

Teachers generally have a strong sense of decency, setting example, fairness etc - these are personal qualities that PiS, Trump, Boris etc do not have that.

Teachers are more likely to look at news from several sources before making up their mind about something.

Food / Is Społem popular in Poland [8]

Oh they were just great and we really miss them - convenient opening hours, the best products served fresh, excellent service from pretty smiling young girls. They always seemed to have exactly what you needed

News / New European Council's report: "Poland oasis of racism, xenophobia and homophobia" ... [343]

We could start with Dudas' speech which was broadcast on the state owned media - not the garbage Western media

notesfrompoland.com/2020/06/15/polish-president-condemns-lgbt-ideology-of-evil-in-new-speech-as-eu-commissioner-issues-criticism/

You know Dolno I think it would have been better to spend the election talking about more important things

Genealogy / When did this village existed? Drozdowo? [3]

Maybe Drozdowo - 60km from Bialystock ?

Life / Starting a Portfolio, Poland dividend shares [5]

I gave enough risk in my day to day business so when I earned it I tend to be very conservative.

In the US I mostly hold safe stuff - Microsoft, lockheed, Starbucks etc. I know Microsoft dividend yields are about 1 percent right now.

I doubt Ziemo has done well in Polish stocks lately - it's been bad for 4-5 years now. Brokerage costs are also very high (banks are trying to recoup their lost profits that way)

Life / Starting a Portfolio, Poland dividend shares [5]

At the moment that is quite difficult - the companies that used to pay reliably good dividends are mostly state controlled and the government has been extracting a lot of cash from them in the last few years. That's PZU, KGHM etc. In addition the government has stuffed their boards with cronies and it's difficult to get bottom line growth in those circumstances.

Other good dividends paid used to be the Polish banks, but they have been hit by taxes that have halved their profits. Other big players like LPP and CCC have suspended dividends due to Covid.

Look maybe at some of the pharma players in Poland that are listed ?

I think it will be like this for a few years - if you want dividends then you are better off with US stocks though even those have very low dividend yields right now.

Law / Old Polish money banknotes - what's their value today? [415]

Sorry, but it has no value today. It's about 3 dollars but you can't change it anyway.

News / PiS candidates are losing positions in EU Parliament. Will they keep power in Poland? [358]

Well given that their platform includes abolishing income tax and making paying ZUS voluntary then I think most of Poland can adopt a strategy of bed plus vitamin C if they get the fake virus.

News / How do Poles feel about Biden? [59]

1 don't care
2 approve
3 don't care

Law / Dispute with Landlord - overcharged for renovation [7]

No - they need to open a court case.

If you are not in Poland and are not going back just ignore it

Law / Dispute with Landlord - overcharged for renovation [7]

Make your offer again - day that you will transfer the lower amount of money to her based on the painter you found

Then just leave - she will have to find you, hire a lawyer and do all the other stuff. The voivod office will be closed because of Covid and when it opens they will have a huge backlog

News / Thousands of Polish women attend Czarny Piątek rally in Warsaw [780]

Yes

just like Jürgen Klopp and the horses in the Gold Cup - also murderers

News / Thousands of Polish women attend Czarny Piątek rally in Warsaw [780]

It's not just the protests but the buses and trams and trains they used to get there.

I'm skeptical about the football games, Cheltenham or Trumps rose garden thing spreading the virus, but it's clear that if they did then this gathering last night also would do. Outdoor gatherings are either very dangerous or they are a bit dangerous or not dangerous at all. It will probably be decades before there is a scientific answer to that.

It's not a question of how educated people are or whether they wear masks. I saw plenty of people in village cemeteries today too.

News / Thousands of Polish women attend Czarny Piątek rally in Warsaw [780]

It's really horrible :(

Voting out Trump and deposing Kaczynski aren't going to fix the sorry state of the world - will be many decades before we start to talk normally to each other

News / New "Polish memorial" in Berlin [316]

That is very good news - there are a few memorials to Polish troops who fought alongside the Soviets in Berlin, Seelow, Sandau. But this one for civilian victims is much needed

Life / Wszystkich Świętych (All Saints Day) // Dzien Zaduszny (All Souls day) [96]

I went to the cemetery this morning - quite a lot of people but easy to keep a safe distance

Probably the family gatherings afterwards are more of an issue

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]

Well I was thinking about pouring a whisky but the kids are still up