Life / Gym etiquette in Poland [9]

OMG now I didn't realize you were continuing the great Soviet traditions of weightlifting - budge smuggler shorts, a bad haircut and a steroid assisted training camp in the Urals with a bunch of bearded women every summer

Life / Gym etiquette in Poland [9]

The only exercise you do is picking cucumbers out on the dacha. Then getting the balalaika out and singing about the great famine

Life / Gym etiquette in Poland [9]

In case you want an answer from someone who uses a gym in Poland

Few people do that. I normally do carry a small golf towel with me but I don't do the full disinfection thing and most people do nothing.

News / R. Trzaskowski, current mayor of Warsaw, future President of Poland [354]

They should be allowed - free speech is one of the things the war is about. Of course they must pay for the policing

Last week he banned flags at a football match - ostensibly for fire safety, but more like because he could. Like Macron he is a young politician intoxicated by the arbitrary power he can wield. He gets a free ride from the liberal press because the alternatives are so bad

Warsaw is the capital and all citizens should be allowed to protest there

Off-Topic / Stock Market and Trading Talk [1011]

Right - so you are getting the hang of this capitalism thing ?

If Sergei Simonovich and Artem Ivanovich asked you to put your few pitiful roubles into a business making foot wrappings for Russian infantry that would be a bit like owning stocks

Off-Topic / Stock Market and Trading Talk [1011]

Of course you don't own any stocks - you already have your retirement plan, an exhausted old allotment in some one horse town 70km from Moscow, with some sour cherries, bent carrots and worm eaten cabbage to sell.

This time next year you will be a rouble millionaire.

Love / How are lesbians seen in Poland (more info inside)? [30]

With your salary from the troll farm I imagine you are quite a catch - any of the village girls who push the "coffee" cart through those gloomy corridors will be dreaming of a honeymoon with you - a 30 hour train ride to pick mushrooms in the grounds of a falling down sanitarium

News / Should Poland pay for gas in rubles? [194]

The countries that are paying in roubles are in breach of EU sanctions and should be taken to court. Hungary for starters

Life / Going Smartphone Free - taking off in Poland? [47]

Yea - you can save money to buy a new (new to you) Korean VCR recorder instead of wasting it on a bourgeois telephone. With your collection of grainy chuck norris movies and low quality Hungarian smut you will be the envy of all the drunks at the tram stop

News / Should Poland pay for gas in rubles? [194]

Nope - that would be a clear branch of EU sanctions against the rapist fascists

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

Nowt - less than 1 cent

Genealogy / Did Polish last names derive from city / village names? [9]

Yes that happens - my own family are named after a village now in Belarus

But Kaclowa might come from Katzel - a quite common German name or from Kazatel - a Czech word for preacher

Life / Debt in Poland. (problems at the polish customs?) [8]

If these are civil debts - from a bank then no you will not be stopped at the border

If they are tax debts then you could be stopped

You can't be addicted to partying

Life / Met two straight Polish Thugs or Hoods like out of a movie from the Slums [8]

I have seen a few big fights on that street and it's the one place I can remember an unprovoked assault on me - about 20 years back but was walking down there about 7pm, dressed up for a date and some guys shoulder barged me trying to get a reaction.

Now I think about it my date stood me up that night too LOL

Real Estate / Rental contract without a termination clause [2]

Its probably not worth his while to pursue you. There is a big backlog in the court at the moment.

On the other hand you have ti realize that power costs have increased a lot and your next flat witll come with a much higher power cost.

Quit it, post the key through the letterbox and be prepared to lose your deposit.

Life / Is it normal for men to abandon their children in Poland? [26]

No that is not normal in Poland at all - Poles would consider that very bad behavior

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]

A lesson to a few people here too - if you think soviet life is appealing, off you go and see how you get on.

A tragedy for the family of this naive soldier

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]

Bit of sad news - that Polish soldier who defected to Belarus has been found hanged in Minsk

Rest In Peace

News / What should Poland do with the problem of Belarus? [1800]

He will want to keep his best and most loyal troops close to Minsk - god knows what a rabble the rest of them will be. The Russians are slovenly and ill disciplined but Belarus army will be next level rubbish

Language / Is This the Correct Way to Say 'bro, wake up, it's the 90's'? [10]

Kolego is the closest fit to the Anglo / Aussie "mate" which you are right is not quite the same as bro. I think to say bro you need to be room mates or school mates

Language / Is This the Correct Way to Say 'bro, wake up, it's the 90's'? [10]

I think I would go for Kolego ! Certainly not bracie. But maybe Stary :)

UK, Ireland / Boris Johnson - is the new British PM a popular figure in Poland? [150]

Might be personable but he is a liar, very poor leader (much worse than Trump) and it's clear from this incident that he thinks ordinary British people are scum

Law / ZUS for a sole trader in Poland [10]

Good question but might be several weeks - they have a huge backlog at the moment after the lockdowns

Law / ZUS for a sole trader in Poland [10]

The Zus should have sent to your business address a letter with your individual Zus account on it. You need to make a monthly transfer to that account. If you haven't got that letter then contact your local Zus office (you might need to take a Polish speaker with you, and get vaccinated before you go - its full of coughing old people).

If you missed a few months then its not a big deal - theoretically there is interest to pay, but if you send a lump sum of what you owe they probably wont bother you).

I don't know if there is any law saying you must issue invoices, but there is a law that you must keep some accounting records, so at the very least you need bank records.

News / New Polish tax system hits the ground stumbling... [14]

This shows them at their worst - no consultation with business, ignored the questions of accountants, rushed through parliament and now subject to quick amendments which will just create the kind of loopholes that Poles love

Even worse is their anti inflation drive - a painkiller not a cure but one that will dramatically increase the deficit. Proper Gierek stuff

Work / Can any international computer science student get software development job in Wrocław or Warsaw? [45]

I would ignore the pessimism on this forum - the average age is quite high and few people are working in your sector. Rather seek out forums for programmers and IT or a fb group for younger foreigners

My own view - there is a shortage of workers full stop and a double shortage of developers. So employers will be more likely to go through the effort than they were a few years ago.

Law / Claiming Zachowek from Australia [11]

I don't think you will get any cash for the house until it is sold - so that's the actual sale price of the house, not the market value

Real Estate / An increase of 25% rent is legal in Poland? [5]

Yes - it's completely legal. Try and negotiate a smaller increase with him - he won't want the hassle of finding another tenant

News / Polish Pegasus Spyware Scandal [40]

Hopefully the more sensible members of PiS will now see they won't be ruling for ever and will be aware that criminal behavior will be punished eventually.

History / Chances of Moscow becoming part of Poland again? [102]

Ah home sweet home - the rickety trams, the queues, the aroma of soggy pelmeni and your weekly ration of herring.