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

You won't have any problem with a hotel in Warsaw, and as the capital it's fairly cosmopolitan. There are also bars, at least one of which is women only. I sometimes walk down the street hand-in-hand with my partner and the only rare adverse reaction has been off the same type of chav who would yell anywhere but isn't actually brave enough to do anything.

Travel / Why does everyone seem to hate LOT Polish Airlines? [382]

You were lucky. On my last flight, a Lufthansa Lot code share they flew Frankfurt Warsaw, circled round Warsaw for 2 hours due to fog then went back to Germany to refuel. A shame they couldn't land at Modlin or even Lodz instead.

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]

Compared to your logic?

Trust what the medical profession say, rather than emotions.

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]

That's something a doctor could better comment on. It seems significant that the medical profession as a whole do not oppose the procedure.

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]

Ironic, given most of the posters in this thread are male and some here are trotting out a point of view on abortion promulgated by celibate men. But then again, you agree more closely with that point of view, don't you.

If someone is against abortion, the don't have to have one. If someone wants to end a pregnancy, given all medical evidence that foetuses are not sentient individuals, the should be no legal impediment preventing them from doing so.

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]

A foetus is not a baby, terminating a pregnancy is killing nothing but an assembly of unconscious cells. However much god-botherers try to pretend otherwise.

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2986]


I'm sure you could easily find some pictures of hungry, unwanted children. Or women whose chance of a career has been blown due to falling pregnant. Or maybe a coffin of one of the tens of thousands of women who die every year because they try to do a home abortion because they can't sort it out properly in a clinic.

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

I've only seen it in Poland, served as a delicacy at a Stoł Szwedzki, and was very impressed with it.

Food / Confusion over flour names in Poland [46]


The texture is never the same. And a decent mixer + an oven with a timer does it so much better.

Life / Polish cartoons for kids [43]


We had that one in England, years ago.

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]


yes

but just smalec on the black bread - sledz would be overkill ;-)


Worth the pain - Leclerc do great korniszony !

Study / Rumor about racism - will I be fine in Poland as a black International student from Africa? [245]


'Praga' covers the whole area east of the river. A bit like saying Brooklyn. Most of it is OK. The places to avoid are the obviously poor-looking housing estates dotted around the fringes of the city - you can usually tell by the state of the shops and the amount of grafitti. Warsaw is, on the whole, a safe city.

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]


Better with just butter or smalec. The taste is too strong for anything delicate.

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]


Food of the gods. Good value in Poland too, though dark rye bread never seems to suit it.


Boil some good potatoes, buy a jar of herrings in oil, strain a bit of the oil off, put the steaming (this bit's important) potatoes straight from the pan onto a large serving dish, then pour the contents of the jar over it.

Delicious on a winter day. A glass of vodka goes nicely with it, red wine if you want to be posh.

Travel / Unusual architecture - bulidings and structures in Poland [28]

There are several in Rapa.

At the time they were built, that area was German and an influential local doctor promoted vertical burials in pyramids for reasons now lost to us.

Merged: Mirrored house built in Izabelin

There are some interesting things happening in architecture in PL at the moment. A lot of what gets built is bland with most of the innovative stuff being corporate, but this is one of the interesting ones.

History / Lusatia allied with Poland? [19]


No. Being surrounded by a dominant state ensures that any 'protection' deals would have been short lived.


Yes.

Work / How much to pay a housekeeper in Warsaw? [23]

When was that? 1950?

Language / Burak or redneck? [36]

And Lynrd Skynrd?

Language / Burak or redneck? [36]


Rube is I think a US English word and surely archaic.

Language / Burak or redneck? [36]

Would you say say there are specific redneck musical tastes?

Language / Burak or redneck? [36]

The only US Southerners I know are perfect gentlemen - not rednecks at all.

A burak isn't the same as a redneck. Burak implies a total lack of sophistication and a very narrow world view combined with a very low standard of behaviour. And nearly always overweight, a drinker, superstitious but not necessarily very religious, poor taste, a mistrust of anyone outside their immediate family and with a low IQ. True underclass.

A redneck is defined by right-wing politics, a closed mind, fundamentalist religion a mistrust of people from outside their community and a belief in conspiracies.

A burak is white trash, even if they have a bit of money (as some do). A redneck is not necessarily.

News / The Political Circus of Poland [309]


Some might, others might not.


Remember him do you?

And since you think that I don't know who he was or have read any of his (a classic liberal if ever there was one) writing perhaps you can enlighten me on his role in determining whether or not applying the rule of law has any relevance in a modern constitutional,liberal democracy.

News / The Political Circus of Poland [309]


There's a lot to be said for having "letter-of-the-law nitpickers" in a constitutional democracy.

News / The Political Circus of Poland [309]


I wouldn't bet on that.


Actually it did. Poland has signed up for it as a condition of membership. As long as it continues in its present form, Poland will adopt it.

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

Anchovies are a bit the same - something to do with the salt and minerals.

What are pilchards called in Poland? I don't remember ever seeing them, but they would fit well with the cuisine.

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

ick. I used to buy fresh ones for my cat as a rare treat. The Polish ones are nice with bread, gherkins and vodka.

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

szproty!

News / The Political Circus of Poland [309]


What's an 'alien in Poland'?

Remember, joining the Union changed everything.

News / The Political Circus of Poland [309]

Aliens? America isn't part of the Union. Poland is, and other citizens of Union states are not quite aliens...

News / The Political Circus of Poland [309]

All these people can do is lie and use colourful but feeble rhetoric.