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.

Genealogy / I am hoping to find a woman in Warsaw but I need a little help... [18]

what's wrong with being a shop assistant?

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 !

Food / Which foods are generally disliked/unpopular in Poland? Which non-Polish foods are slowly gaining popularity? [180]

Ha well I have just packed the spizarnia with ramen and kielbasa in jars ready for a long siege !

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.

Food / Which foods are generally disliked/unpopular in Poland? Which non-Polish foods are slowly gaining popularity? [180]

No - all of that happened in the 90s when Tusssk was still a local party hack in Gdansk and you were probably in diapers

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.

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.

News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]

If he is the most normal person they can find then that's a problem!

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

Genealogy / Polish & Prussian/German town name cross-reference. [100]

Could be Biala Struga between Gniezno and Bydgoszcz. But that is a very small village

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.

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?

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 ?

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

Well it's 5.30 Moscow time and Rich has obviously made an early start to that half liter he was saving for the weekend

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

Real one :) even killed a few birds

Still waiting for an answer to my question BTW

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

Yes - I already told you I have fired a gun

Did you ever make love to a woman ?

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

Rather guard duty in a warm room than troll duty in a cold basement.

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

Yes I have. Many of the PF Euros have done military service and would probably be more useful in a fire fight than a drunk Russian conscript Who has been fed on rations of sprats and boot polish

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

News / How Poland bought German Airline Condor and might lose massive from it [34]

Why didn't LOT and Lufthansa make a joint venture to take over Condor ?

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

Poland has higher levels of literacy, math and language skills than the US.

Thought you as a trained engineer would know that

So people are quite able to make up their own minds about dumb guns

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

Ok - ask 'em

You will get the same answer

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

How are we losing the debate ? - next time you come to Poland wait outside Biedronka ask 100 Poles old and young, rich and poor, urban and rural if they want looser gun laws

ask them if they think teachers should be trained in firearms

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

Buying alcohol for starters.

though of course for you its a few kopecks to some headscarf woman on a corner for some rotgut homemade spirit that you can swig on the tram.

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

And yet the troubled Europeans are richer, live longer, have more time off, healthier and more equal than Americans.

And don't even mention the trashy living standards and life expectancy in Russia (which by the way is an absolute monarchy right now)

I loved my time living in the US but many things are more free in Europe with consumers able to make their own decisions.

The US constitution is not some holy book - it's the product of a bunch of 18th century lawyers and tobacco growers and you can see right now the inequalities and poor governance that stems from some of its weaknesses

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

Those numbers are incorrect and by leaving out Scotland - scene of the only school shooting in uK history they are an obvious nonsense

The ban on handguns was inspired by revulsion at what had happened

1997 Uk homicides 88
1996 uk homicides 122 - including a bunch of 8 year old kids

Basically all the numbers given by you guys are either wrong or half truths the best - it is totally obvious that higher gun ownership leads to higher murder rates and that is why it has such low support in Europe

And in Europe it's not a left right politics issue because you will see people who vote for right wing parties and right wing politicians are also strongly opposed to looser gun laws.

Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2237]

Poles are overworked ?

Not sure if you've ever been in an out sourcing business but it is a bunch of desks, some telephones, some laptops and a coffee machine -

It's not interesting but the pay is Ok and you get to turn off when you leave

it is not comparable to some 19 century coal mine.

News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]

Corey or Robert ?

Duda has done the maximum to satisfy the real boss :) other than that I am struggling to think of a true achievement.

News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]

that poll looks hell of a close one Torq. I think Duda is going to struggle in a debate against either KB or KK and either would be an improvement on him. KK at least is fresh and certainly cant be worse than Duda (or Komorowski, or Lech K for that matter).

What I am afraid of is a very close 2nd round - 51/49. I know that those fine margins split the country so much, end up in court and won't allow us to move on. PiS and PO have been fortunate with a long boom and haven't interfered too much with the economy - that is now at an end and PiS are spending and borrowing too much at a time when a downturn is coming. 10 years ago voters remembered communism and the hard early 90s and were more patient.