coz the urine drops splash all over the place when you pee and get into all nooks and crannies and stay there causing bad smell so you need to clean everything thoroughly !!!!
Sure, but I doubt that even Poles (=Polish women) clean it so thoroughly (as in - bother to remove the seat) before Christmas - there's simply usually no time for such thorough cleaning.
Btw, I'm a perfectionist too and so I have ways of getting into all kinds of nooks and crannies ;) ✨
And that`s what shocked me that native Poles had no idea what I was talking about. :(:(:(:(:
Well, I've guessed it, didn't I... :) And there are only two Polish women on this forum, so... lol
Seriously, it exists everywhere in Poland before Christmas and Easter and I am really surprised Paulina is surprised. Doesn`t she know the expression "Christmas or Easter tidying/cleaning"????
You only wrote about Christmas though, so just like Feniks I thought that you were maybe writing about some kind of obscure Christmas tradition in your region.
I'm familiar with the expression "świąteczne porządki" (holiday cleaning), but I associate "wiosenne porządki" (spring cleaning) with a more thorough cleaning.
So I gave up with the full knowledge that I was killing a great artist in me!
😢 Well, I guess we all have to make choices in life ;)
You can always try again once you retire though :) Painting is relaxing :))
When I tried to check my talent, there was no internet. Don`t forget about it.
Yes, I understand. The internet is great in this respect - nowadays you can find any info you need, there are instruction videos on YouTube, you can order art materials in on-line shops, etc. :)))
And another snowy painting...
Marcin Jaszczak is a contemporary artist with an interesting style:
"Zimowy sad III" (winter orchard 3) - oil on canvas, 80 x 70 cm, 2023:
And from I understand - he died young... I'm sure he could get even better at painting, but unfortunately we will never find out... :(
That`s the common trait in the youth - believe you can do anything coz you just want to do it.
Yes, but I'm guessing you gave up after that first oil painting attempt, because you didn't like the result... I think that many people do that, because they probably often don't realise that to make good art you actually have to put effort into learning how to do it and into practicing it. It's not like you are born with a talent, you take a brush in your hand and you're just starting to paint and some kind of magic is happening :))
As one of the drawing & painting teachers at our art school told us - becoming a good artist is due to 10% of talent and 90% of hard work.
So, that comment of mine was a way of encouraging those in self-doubt :) If someone wants to try drawing or painting - do it and don't give up. It's just always better to know what you're doing and do some research about what materials to use in order not to get discouraged at the very beginning of your adventure :)
Since the cyclon Paulina :D brought spring weather to Poland it doesn't look like snowy winter will come back, so let us enjoy it at least in some paintings of Polish artists :):
I like the way Jan Grubiński (1874-1945) painted snow - it looks yummy in his winter landscapes - like whipped cream :))
"Zimowe słońce" (winter sun) - oil on canvas, 70.5 x 103 cm:
"Zima w lesie" (winter in the forest) - oil on canvas, 98.5 x 142.5 cm):
"Świeży śnieg" (fresh snow) - oil on canvas, 72 x 102 cm
"Wilk w zimową noc" (a wolf in the winter night) by Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski - oil on canvas, 117,6 x 152,5 cm, after 1900:
deciding to go marry in the age of average 20% unemployment rates, chink slave labour, national decline, insane leftist laws and automation is insane.
People were getting married in Jewish ghettos, concentration camps and during the Warsaw Uprising. So what unemployment or automation has anything to do with it?
then they should share equally in the financial risks of marriage, in the risks of having only partial custody of any children the union produces, etc.
Sorry, I don't exactly understand what you mean. What "risks" are you talking about?
No, it just ruined marriage for men who wanted wives to be their servants :))) At least in some parts of the world. But there are still many countries where marriage is a much better deal for men than for women, so you can always move.
marriage is no longer a good deal for a man.
For hundreds or thousands of years it wasn't a good deal for women. And now that this imbalance changes somewhat, the whining of men begins :)))
but didn't change his stance on either the invasion of Georgia
Didn't he apologise for that? I thought that this is what it was meant in the article.
I never knew you were so anti-Georgian, Paulina.
*sigh*
Of course I am not anti-Georgian, you silly. "Never forget and never forgive" doesn't equal "I love you Navalny!!! lol Do you understand?
how do you reconcile this with "oh our dear Alexei
First of all, he's not "my dear Alexei". I simply recognise that he was a political dissident (and a brave one at that) and that what Putinist regime did to him and many others is very wrong. It doesn't mean that I agree with all his views or that I even like him.
"Prosecutors have warned Russians not to join any mass protests and several people were detained both in central Moscow and in other cities including St Petersburg, Murmansk and Nizhny-Novgorod.."
And I'm guessing that tlckrsum's ancestors came to the US years ago and she was born in the US.
what am I to do with that when I have 800 years of documented family history tying me to a place?
I don't know... How about... go back where you belong...? lol You clearly aren't and don't consider yourself to be an American, so I don't know what you and your family history has anything to do with it.
Americans are without roots, a bastard child of history.
Nonsense - of course they have roots, like everyone else. And it's a young country built by immigrants, so I don't know what you expect... o_O
It could not mess with it, to a point you don't even know what country, let alone city, your ancestors lived in.
Of course it could.
I know my family history going back to the 12th century.
Good for you lol But many people don't bother to research their family history. Also, people's families can have different histories. Different than yours.
These kinda rootless, homeless, clueless people really irritate me.
From what I understand the OP isn't "rootless, homeless". Since her ancestors came to the US - I'm guessing that she's an American.
These types of threads are a good argument against emigration. Within two generations, people haven't the faintest clue of what their homeland is, and have to ask people on Internet forums.
It sounds like you've been living too long in the US and you "forgot" how history in this part of Europe messed with borders and family histories. 🤨
He said it was Sumski.
You mean OP? I meant Reesh1 - he wrote "Szumski". And as for OP - read his post again. He wrote: "it was shortened when they came to the usa. Think there may have been a z in it."
First of all, "szum" in Polish means "hum, noise" etc. And this surname comes from those place names: Szumsk (Wilno region, among others), Szumsko (Opatów region), Szum (regions in Poland and Ukraine) or Szumy (Belarus):
@jon357, there were evacuations at Okęcie - due to false bomb alarms. But, also, for example, when someone left a backpack at a parking lot in front of a terminal - the owner showed up at the time when the bomb squad was working already - and so he got fined.
So, as I understand I am completely fine right now? :D
Yes, you are - you can relax :))) As you wrote yourself:
Also she said I'd be fined if someone would call the police for suspicion or sth like thar
So, as the lady told you - you'd get fined if the police was called. First they usually announce through the speaker for the "lost" owner of the baggage to show up and if the owner doesn't show up - then they call the police. And since you showed up and took care of your baggage - there was no need to call the police = no fine.
To celebrate today's special day - "Pączek z konfiturą" by Sebastian Talar (oil on wood panel, 20 x 20 cm, 2016) :))):
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The effect was horrible - a primitive artist like Nikofor painted better.
You can't suddenly start painting at university age without any previous training and expect great results :))) To paint well you have to first learn to draw at all and then it takes a lot of practice to do it well.
Also:
the famous Black Madonna portrait onto a piece of paper with oil paints
1. Paper isn't the best for oil painting. Primed canvas or primed wood panels are much better. 2. In order to paint with oil paints you have to know the basics on how to do it. 3. People are one of the most difficult subjects to draw/paint. It's better for beginners to start with something simpler, imho, in order not to get discouraged and to learn the basics.
In other words - you can't just decide out of the blue to climb Mount Everest without any prior experience in climbing and expect not to die in the process :)))) 😉
@Flynns17, I only explained why the lady warned you. She was probably also just explaining to you why it's a serious matter, so you wouldn't leave your baggage unattended again :)
is it impossible for me to face with any problems related to fine when I get back to Poland?
As jon357 already wrote:
If anyone was going to issue you with a fine, they would have done it at the time.
AJ strikes again and this time... he lands in prison lol And not just any prison, but the oldest working prison in Poland (in Nowy Wiśnicz) - a former monastery complex founded by count Lubomirski after an important and victorious battle of Chocim (Khotyn) in 1621 in which Polish-Lithuanian-Cossack forces defeated the invading Ottoman army.
(the prison with a castle on the right in the photo)
I found it strange that Poles would change such a monastery into a prison and so I checked the history of this place and it was Habsburg emperor Joseph II that liquidated the monastery and turned it into a court and high-security prison in 1783.
At first it was a prison for criminals and bandits from the Tatra Mountains, but later on also political prisoners were being sent there - members of independence organisations.
In 1919 POWs were being kept there and later it became a temporary military prison.
During WWII the Nazis turned it into a camp - until Auschwitz camp started operating. The church was dismantled.
In 1944 a successful mission of freeing the inmates by 36 AK (Home Army) fighters took place with only 6 AK soldiers operating as an assault group inside the prison. The prison was completely taken over, 128 political prisoners were freed and weapons, ammunition and other military equipment obtained. Those prisoners were saved the day before being sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp.
The commander of the AK attack on the prison was Lt. Józef Wieciech aka "Tamarow".
So, that's a place with some history...
And, as AJ pointed out - in this winter fairytale scenery you can feel there like in some mountain resort in Slovakia (if it wasn't a prison, of course lol) :)
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GISW
(American equivalent = prison Special Operations and Response Teams - SORT)
PART 1
In this video AJ gets into the part of being both a rebellious prisoner and a GISW (Grupa Interwencyjna Służby Więziennej) operator. He also passes a physical ability test for GISW after wich you become a GISW candidate:
PART 2
Here AJ passes a physical ability test in full uniform after which you can become a member of GISW. The test takes place in an abandoned prison (where two TV series are being filmed, btw). He also takes part in real exercises as a GISW operator - quenching a prison mutiny with a fire taking place inside the prison.
He also finally gets bitten by a service dog lol :))): 🐕🦺
So, what's next in those series? The most popular comment under the first video suggests GROM :) 😎 I guess letting him in there would be fitting considering AJ's nickname (Ojciec = Father), but is that possible? I guess we'll see... For now the next video may be about spending 24h as a prisoner, apparently! 👀
"Kids"? According to Polish law 18-year-olds are adults... If they can vote, drive a car, work, pay taxes, get married and be parents, be in p0rn films, then why wouldn't they read about the realities of the Holocaust?
Nowadays of course they can all see some quite nasty stuff on the internet. Hard to say that it does them any good.
"See"? Well, not only see...
I, however, see some inconsistency here... I don't recall you being bothered by or worried about Polish law which says that it's OK for a 15-year-old to be f*cked by 30-year-olds, 40-year-olds, 50-year-olds, 60-year-olds, etc. So, for you a 15-year-old is "adult" enough to have sex with someone hitting 40, but 18-year-olds are "kids" who may not cope with just reading about the Holocaust? 🤨 You think that a 15-year-old girl isn't likely to get more traumatised and damaged by being sexually exploited by someone as sociopathic and perverted as Strzelec35, than by... reading a book?
I've read "Smoke over Birkenau" when I was a teen too, from start to finish - out of my free will...
I had to take breaks though, because at some points I thought I won't be able to finish it... But if you read that book you'll probably know why I read it till the end (the author wanted the world to know what was done to them).
