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cms neuf   
31 Mar 2020
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

They probably even themselves out though I think in October the diaspora on balance voted against PiS.

But I can't see these elections going ahead - for a start the polling place is a workplace and they just introduced a bunch more restrictions.
cms neuf   
31 Mar 2020
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

How are the Poles abroad going to vote ?

Anyway this requires disobedience from mayors etc - it's too serious to let them get away with it. Tax strike if required.
cms neuf   
18 Mar 2020
Law / Which is the best city in Poland to open a kebab shop? [56]

A delicate balance between low competition and finding enough drunk people to eat this unhealthy food - younger Polish people eat kebabs but most.y when drunk.

Warsaw and most big towns already have lots, many open 24 hours and a few of them are organized chains. Only a handful are good.

Maybe a smaller town with a university like Gorzow or Zielona Goea ?
cms neuf   
12 Mar 2020
Study / Various education and school issues in Poland. Opinions, stories, controversies. [1006]

Not really. They have the same in the US - reciting the pledge, lessons about the constitution etc. But it makes sense - they had to make Americans out of all nationalities and kinds of immigrants. Certainly never got upset about it.

This and dressing up as a Frenchman are not the same as getting the Hitler Jugend to grass on their jewish neighbors.
cms neuf   
12 Mar 2020
Study / Various education and school issues in Poland. Opinions, stories, controversies. [1006]

the indefinite school suspension has not been thought through - a couple of towns unilaterally announced their own suspensions without any indication of what happens next. The negative consequences might well outweigh the effects of the virus - certainly no analysis was made of that.

And it definitely contributed to the panic buying - if the govt can suspend travel and school with a few hours notice and close private business like cinemas and gyms then of course they might close stores so you would be stupid not to do any shopping for essentials. But that created more crowds and more transmissions.
cms neuf   
8 Mar 2020
Life / Why so many Poles use a second hands clothes? [113]

There is one on Tamka- probably a few others.

Also look out for vinyl exchange events that shopping malls are holding - they can get quite busy. Google Gielda Plyty and you will find some for sure.

Not sure why your question has been added to one about second hand clothes by the way !
cms neuf   
7 Mar 2020
News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]

It's not a must to have a license or extra state funding because they also advertize.

Problem is that the falling number of viewers means they can charge advertisers less and in any case they start to lose advertisers when the programming doesn't fit their consumers profile. When you end up with an audience made up of the old the poor and the undereducated then obviously they have less spending power and are less interesting.

Add to that the fact that PIS has annoyed all the major advertisers with extra taxes and regulations - that is the cell phone companies, the retailers and the banks.

And then even aside from politics much of advertising has moved online in the last five years when PiS were in charge.
cms neuf   
7 Mar 2020
Food / Which foods are generally disliked/unpopular in Poland? Which non-Polish foods are slowly gaining popularity? [180]

The Poles do convenience meals In glass jars rather than cans - I guess stems from lack of availability of aluminium in commie times. Meatballs, tripe, golabki in jars are quite a common meal for guys who like to start the day with a kind of Warka strong.

The producers of those meals are now often owned by Weston companies - Heinz owns Pudliszki, Amino is owned by Unilever and I think Mars and Kraft also bought some commie producers.

The ready to cook chilled meals market is developing but far more slowly than it did in the US for example. It's still quite expensive relative to Polish wages and often if Poles are in a rush they would rather pick up a sandwich or a hotdog.
cms neuf   
5 Mar 2020
Work / Is it difficult to make a living modeling/singing in Poland? [8]

I don't know about singing. About modeling then if you are at an average level - e.g doing stuff for supermarkets, Malls, clothes shops or other advertisers that will be difficult and outside Warsaw almost impossible. Send your stuff to a few agents and see what their response is.
cms neuf   
4 Mar 2020
Work / Is it difficult to make a living playing Soccer (football) in Poland? [54]

google.pl/amp/s/m.sportowe

If you read Polish this is a good guide - 3 years old though so if you add a bit of inflation I guess it's 5-10k a month in the lower leagues - probably you won't get paid in the off season. Below 2 Liga most clubs are part time and to are unlikely to make much money

Good luck - you probably need to think about a back up plan but if you speak Polish there are other jobs around
cms neuf   
1 Mar 2020
News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]

Difference is that by being in the Euro it's not so easy for the Slovak govt to give taxpayers money away to the people who don't pay taxes.

Still hopeful however that we will see a change in Poland - Duda is just far too weak for a big country.
cms neuf   
29 Feb 2020
Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

You have asked everyone if they have used a gun and the answer is yes from most people.

We are not allowed assault rifles so we don't know what we would do if a burglar came with a highly difficult to obtain gun and decided he only wanted to use it to steal a few hundred zloty and a picture of the black Madonna (because like normal people our money is in the bank)

Now you seem to be rambling about balls but you still haven't answered my question - have you ever usd your balls for their intended purpose?
cms neuf   
28 Feb 2020
Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

We understand that. But this thread is about whether gun laws in Poland should be relaxed. So what the hell does the US or Russian constitution have to do with that ?

There is no public or political support among us weaels for carrying moronic guns.

Still no answer to my question BTW ?
cms neuf   
27 Feb 2020
Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

LOL - the closest you ever got to a trigger was stripping down some bent and rusty AKs at a pioneer summer camp while getting bitten by mosquitoes next to some polluted lake

There is no way Putin is going to allow Russians to carry guns unless they are his bodyguards