jon357
20 Apr 2016
jon357
20 Apr 2016
Genealogy / Want to find a person [777]
Does he have a younger brother (or maybe nephew in his late 30s) called Zbigniew?
Does he have a younger brother (or maybe nephew in his late 30s) called Zbigniew?
jon357
19 Apr 2016
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...
at all than we have an issue here,
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.
Expert investigators? Somehow I doubt it. Also as far as I know they rather hire experts, as they have a day job.
You sure about that, IS, given the people involved and the value of the breeding stock? Racehorse training isn't a hobby you know...
"We should call for a referendum and remove this government from power in a democratic way," Wałęsa said
He reserved his strongest criticisms for Jarosław Kaczyński, chairman of the Law and Justice party, and his late twin brother, former president of Poland Lech Kaczyński.
"All of Poland's miseries stem from the Kaczyńskis," he claimed.
"It is Jarosław Kaczyński who is the cause of all this evil," he argued
"All of Poland's miseries stem from the Kaczyńskis," he claimed.
"It is Jarosław Kaczyński who is the cause of all this evil," he argued
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...
jon357
19 Apr 2016
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...
Horse owners could be mistaken you know
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...
jon357
19 Apr 2016
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?
and the EU.
We're talking about the Greenpeace statement, but never mind...
change in management evidently has little to do with those dying horses
In fact it has everything to do with the dead horses, as the horses' owners have made clear. Plenty of posts on this already.
Nah, that is not a Polish historical perspective that is soviet BS.
So you think the mainstream view is "soviet BS"? Are the City Council in Gdańsk soviet?
jon357
19 Apr 2016
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.
Now, this issue with horses is just a propaganda item
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?
First of they can peace off, they can hardly have legs to stand on this issue having chopped all their virgin forest for greed they have no ground to dictate to others what to do with their forest
Greenpeace? Looks like you've misunderstood something there, Ironside...
High time that Polish museums were passing Polish historical narrative and perspective.
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.
jon357
19 Apr 2016
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...
your dream
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...
jon357
19 Apr 2016
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!
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!
jon357
18 Apr 2016
Language / NAMES POLES GIVE THEIR DOGS [77]
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.
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.
jon357
18 Apr 2016
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.
Maybe they don't want to drink in front of their kids
A bad example to say the least considering that an essential and unchangeable element of the communion is alcohol.
alcoholic drinkers family
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.
jon357
18 Apr 2016
jon357
18 Apr 2016
Genealogy / Want to find a person [777]
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?
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?
jon357
17 Apr 2016
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..
I've found one big website where you can book accommodation almost everywhere in Poland.
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..
jon357
14 Apr 2016
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.
which nowadays is modern, developed with fantastic hotel infrastructure
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.
jon357
13 Apr 2016
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.
Now who would have a motive to slip toxic ingredietns into the feed
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.
the new director or the old one, resentful of getting the sack?
Nobody is suggesting that except yourself.
jon357
13 Apr 2016
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
Pray tell whom do you have in mind
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:
A scandal at the horse breeders has turned the spotlight on the Law & Justice party again after the European Union ordered a probe into Poland's democratic rule of law following earlier changes to the judiciary and national broadcaster.
After the veteran director of the 6,000-acre state-run farm was replaced, two mares owned by the wife of Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts were found dead.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-12/the-rolling-stones-and-two-dead-horses-expose-poland-s-new-elite
jon357
12 Apr 2016
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.
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.
jon357
12 Apr 2016
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...
dysfunctional
So what about the alleged dysfunction of Duda's own lifestyle?
And the 'Catholic values' inherent in adultery and marriage breaking...
jon357
12 Apr 2016
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.
Watching your husband do exactly as he's told must be pretty humiliating for the First Lady of any country.
Plus of course the alleged adultery.
Is that the same first lady noticeable only by the empty chair next to that cat Duda in the Wawel on Sunday?
That's when people 'not in the know' started asking and those 'in the know' started telling. Allegedly.
jon357
12 Apr 2016
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!
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!
jon357
12 Apr 2016
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.
pro-family
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.
jon357
12 Apr 2016
Feedback / Why are threads deleted or send off topic list? [60]
Where you left it.
And where may we locate that post
Where you left it.
jon357
12 Apr 2016
Feedback / Why are threads deleted or send off topic list? [60]
How can you start a thread in another thread? Magic?
Being in a post with your name on, jut sayin', Johhny, just sayin'...
they did not start the thread in Random.
How can you start a thread in another thread? Magic?
that I ever mentioned gas chambers or the holocaust
Being in a post with your name on, jut sayin', Johhny, just sayin'...
jon357
12 Apr 2016
Feedback / Why are threads deleted or send off topic list? [60]
So so funny, but no. You ressurrected a post from random and started a new thread out of mischief!
The thing that isn't so funny is that it was about gas chambers and holocaust denial, but then again, you never did have much in the way of standards...
I then continued where it was left off. Got it !
So so funny, but no. You ressurrected a post from random and started a new thread out of mischief!
The thing that isn't so funny is that it was about gas chambers and holocaust denial, but then again, you never did have much in the way of standards...
jon357
12 Apr 2016
Feedback / Why are threads deleted or send off topic list? [60]
A while yet.
In this thread? Delete? Try again...
how much longer till you croak?
A while yet.
how did Johnny delete his post in this thread and re-post it under a new thread?
In this thread? Delete? Try again...
jon357
12 Apr 2016
Feedback / Why are threads deleted or send off topic list? [60]
By JohnnyReb, a naughty old man with way too much time on his hands and too little else and added to in a mild way by yourself, a naughty 'student', one of life's born followers, best seen and not heard.
then his post was moved towards a thread
By JohnnyReb, a naughty old man with way too much time on his hands and too little else and added to in a mild way by yourself, a naughty 'student', one of life's born followers, best seen and not heard.
jon357
12 Apr 2016
Feedback / Why are threads deleted or send off topic list? [60]
Actually, JohnnyReb, you started that thread yourself and tried to pretend the mods wrote your first post.
Answered long long ago, when you were having your lunchtime enema.
I see that they have decided to put that thread back up in Off
Actually, JohnnyReb, you started that thread yourself and tried to pretend the mods wrote your first post.
Adrain has a couple of questions for you
Answered long long ago, when you were having your lunchtime enema.
jon357
12 Apr 2016
Feedback / Why are threads deleted or send off topic list? [60]
If one might hazard a guess, I suspect they'd say that the post in question was removed because it was just a long cut 'n' paste from the internet.
In fact they did say that. In red letters so you wouldn't miss it.
We will wait for an explanation from the mods.
If one might hazard a guess, I suspect they'd say that the post in question was removed because it was just a long cut 'n' paste from the internet.
In fact they did say that. In red letters so you wouldn't miss it.
jon357
12 Apr 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
This is something we should all be aware of.
The current regime have very few limits to their behaviour and little understanding or respect for people's rights.
Could it be that a non-Polish national protesting at a KOD demonstration could be perceived to be an agent provocateur, arrested in the middle of the night, held for 14 days without charge then expelled from Polish territory and then have their property seized.
This is something we should all be aware of.
The current regime have very few limits to their behaviour and little understanding or respect for people's rights.
jon357
12 Apr 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
Nope, just like a gobby and hormonal youngster who argues for the sake of it, making overlong posts with too much (usually inaccurate) information - and who always loses.
On the matter of PiS, however, you are right.
I'm treated like the greatest retard on this planet
Nope, just like a gobby and hormonal youngster who argues for the sake of it, making overlong posts with too much (usually inaccurate) information - and who always loses.
On the matter of PiS, however, you are right.