Genealogy / Want to find a person [770]

The guy you mention as a trash man (actually the director of a refuse company) was born in 1967, making him 48 - probably someone different.

Harder if h's left Poland, however sadkowski isn't a common nane and if he has nephews, nieces etc there may still be hope...

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

Almost nothing unfortunately. They changed the currency a few years ago after hyperinflation.

Genealogy / Want to find a person [770]

Same here at the moment - maybe the site's down.

Genealogy / Want to find a person [770]

You know, I've been looking for Sadowski and not Sadkowski! I only just noticed! That does narrow it down a lot. Sadkowski is a far less common name so something might show up...

:-)

Edit
There's nobody with that surname in Brzeg Dolny, however that isn't necessarily an issue. I'll have a look later when I've got some time and maybe something will come up.

Genealogy / Want to find a person [770]

There's a few people listed on kto-kogo.pl called Sławomir and Zbigniew with the right surname. That site lists people who have owned businesses in the past few years. I couldn't find anyone in Australia, however there's a Maja Sadowska who shows up a lot online. Could be worth contacting her.

One issue with general google searches is not only is the name shared by lots of people but there's also a fairly well-known politician called that and that does make someone harder to find online.

Have a look at kto-kogo.pl, the two digits after people's names are the year of birth and there are a few possibles both for age and location (when you click on the name it brings a map up). Remember that Brzeg Dolny is close to a large conurbation and someone living in one part may well work in another.

Genealogy / Want to find a person [770]

You mentioned that your uncles ran businesses - might that be a way of tracing them?

Genealogy / Want to find a person [770]

Looks like it's a different person (but could be a relative). Lots of people called Zbigniew in Poland. This guy is in the same town and is a trained mechanic. Brzeg Dolny is a tiny place so someone should be traceable.

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


This is sadly par for the course.


The strength of the democratic opposition that has formed in the wake of their misdeeds is huge.

So the scandal is now attracting international attention. An excellent article in today's Observer:



theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/24/polish-leaders-using-war-museum-to-rewrite-history-says-academic

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Long ago, and never really believed.

Genealogy / Want to find a person [770]

Does he have a younger brother (or maybe nephew in his late 30s) called Zbigniew?

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


Neutrality and independence (something PiS actually despise), rather than the principle of autonomy which the museum's Director discusses in the article and which the City of Gdańsk are very keen to maintain.


You sure about that, IS, given the people involved and the value of the breeding stock? Racehorse training isn't a hobby you know...



thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/249462,Walesa-says-Polish-president-should-resign-for-the-good-of-the-country
Well said, it's pretty well what most of Warsaw thinks...

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


So can anyone, however that's clutching at straws a bit, especially since the owners in question are experts.

The issue for today is the attack on a museum's neutrality...

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


We're talking about the Greenpeace statement, but never mind...


In fact it has everything to do with the dead horses, as the horses' owners have made clear. Plenty of posts on this already.


So you think the mainstream view is "soviet BS"? Are the City Council in Gdańsk soviet?

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


Really? That same 'propaganda item' that only came to public attention due to foreign breeders withdrawing their horses after they died, following the entirely political firing of the stud's highly experienced Director and his replacement by a PiS political crony whose only experience with racehorse breeding was a course on how to milk cows?


Greenpeace? Looks like you've misunderstood something there, Ironside...


Both museums had a 'Polish historical narrative and perspective' already. For the PiS regime however, they prefer propaganda and very much their version of history.

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


You mean the very widely reported 'dream', the one that Greenpeace are in, the one that the European Union are concerned about?

When they start trying to take over local authority museums in order to use them as propaganda vehicles, then Ironside, that is a very bad dream indeed...

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

They're not only killing horses at the national stables, breaking into the NATO offices in the dead of night and changing the locks or chopping down one of the most important virgin forests in Europe, now they're trying to take over the new WW2 museum in Gdańsk and stopping it opening...

Why?

Because it presents history in too neutral a way for PiS who want their specific narrative promoted to visitors. This article (in Polish) covers all of the above and discusses the city of Gdańsk's fight against the PiS attempt. It ends by saying that the battle has yet to come.

polska.newsweek.pl/w-gdansku-bitwa-z-pis-em-o-muzeum-ii-wojny-swiatowej,artykuly,384259,1.html

As someone wisely said about this issue: "It's scary that in the name of some sick ideology they're ready to destroy any cause that could serve the common good. I'm waiting until they dismantle newly-built roads because their existence is not in line with the Belarusian or North Korean way of thinking."

Worth mentioning that this isn't the first time they've done this, albeit at a local level. They and the local League of Polish Families (an extremist party, now largely forgotten) forced out the hugely respected Director of the museum at Dobroczyń, who'd set up the whole thing from scratch and painstakingly managed the restoration of the palace. They then removed all emphasis concerning the one and only thing that Dobroczyń Palace is famous for!

Basically totalitarian style attempts to manipulate the view of history that is presented. It won't be long before they start trying to airbrush people they don't like out of photographs!

Language / NAMES POLES GIVE THEIR DOGS [76]

Suka is Polish for b1tch. As for naming, it doesn't matter. A Pole I knew well (sadly just died) who was Jewish called his dog Pirat, but the doggie was a boy.

I don't think it matters; no special rules.

Life / Communion money in Poland [27]


A bad example to say the least considering that an essential and unchangeable element of the communion is alcohol.


Like the Holy Family? They certainly liked a tipple, especially at a wedding. I bet they had a good swedge at the evening do.

A book or some book tokens would be a nice present.

Life / Communion money in Poland [27]

I'd tell them that it isn't a tradition in your culture

Genealogy / Want to find a person [770]

Marika, some people with that name do show up on search engines, however it isn't unusual for people not to - not everyone has an Internet trace.

One option is to use a people tracing service; there are several in Poland.

By the way, do you know what line of work he is in?

Real Estate / Websites to find an apartment for rent in Poland? [30]


The best known ones, booking.com and airbnb.com work very well for Poland just as for anywhere else and do have apartments.

So do expedia, opodo, lastminute etc. I personally can recommend booking which I use a couple of times a month..

Travel / Why do you visit Poland? [223]


There are some lovely hotels in Poland - absolutely on a western standard and yes, outside Warsaw (top heavy with more upscale hotels and weak in the budget/hostel sector) especially, the prices compare very well for northern Europe.

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


Conspiracy theories.

And based on an absolute lie. Basically PiS supporters trying lie in order to shift the blame from the PiS placeman (who even PiS are not standing by).

The sad thing is that any outsider reading this might believe you. Though most wouldn't.


Nobody is suggesting that except yourself.

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


Perhaps he has in mind some politician like Duda who trumpets about Catholic values and allegedly does not consider that they extend to his own sex life.

An interesting take on the PiS scandal at the national stables:



bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-12/the-rolling-stones-and-two-dead-horses-expose-poland-s-new-elite

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

I suspect they're partly terrified of an exposé of their misdeeds outside Poland and partly hoping for it. Their (allegedly Putin-funded) PR machine is doubtless (poorly) prepared.

Basically it would present everything in a neutral yet damning way free from the confusion and PiSite manipulation within Poland and at the same time give them a chance to say that all their misfortunes are a foreign plot.

A few Radio Maryja listeners and football hooligans may actually believe them.

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


So what about the alleged dysfunction of Duda's own lifestyle?

And the 'Catholic values' inherent in adultery and marriage breaking...

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


Plus of course the alleged adultery.


That's when people 'not in the know' started asking and those 'in the know' started telling. Allegedly.

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

I only know bits and pieces - I was pretending not to be interested.

What people are saying is that the Duda marriage has broken up because he has been allegedly philandering. Some people are suggesting it's Marta Kaczyńska (mostly on the basis of existing gossip and some photographs of them together), others say it is a different woman (or women). Mrs Duda, the First Lady allegedly moved out of the marital home at the weekend and back in to (I think) her father's house or former house.

So much for 'pro-family' policies and Catholic values!

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]


I wonder how pro-family PiS can claim to be now the dud Duda's marriage has broken down. I saw him today and he looked very wistful indeed.

Apparently his wife moved out of the family home at the weekend....

A lot of the gossip is that Marta Kaczyńska is the 'third person in the marriage', however other names are being mentioned by people who claim to know.

Feedback / Why are threads deleted or send off topic list? [60]


Where you left it.