Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [791]


If there's no danger to life or fire, not usually. The police would normally call a towing company to remove the vehicle.


Wheel nuts worked loose and fell off or weren't tightened enough? Never known that happen before though. I had a tyre blowout once, That was scary, but unusual to lose a wheel I would think.


Now I need stronger glasses. How can you tell?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [791]


Unless I've made a mistake. Where the first fireman's right foot is there appears to be a jack of some kind. I can't see a tyre or a wheel.


I've never driven an automatic but it makes sense that they're more common in the US. Much greater distances to cover. Less tiring than changing gear.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [791]


If it wasn't for the fact that there's a missing wheel, I would've said that it looks like they're trying to stop a moving car.


Mainly, yes.

Polonia / Polish bus crash in Croatia. Is there a fate? [227]


I remember that one. There was also the fire in the Kemerovo mall a few years ago. Locked doors and no working fire alarms in that one. This latest one in Macedonia was in a building with only one exit and a locked back door. The club's owners also had a forged licence and bribes were paid so that a blind eye was turned to the venue operating beyond capacity and in violation of fire code.

This keeps happening and it's always young people who are paying the price for greed and corruption :(

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [791]

The car appears to be missing a wheel on the passenger side and there doesn't appear to be anyone in the vehicle. The fire brigade are moving it off the road for some reason, breakdown? blocking traffic? but surely this wouldn't normally be their job? Unless there was a fire or multiple cars involved or someone had to be cut out of a car.....

Not much idea at the moment.

Food / Polish cookbook - down to earth hearty Polish cuisine [33]


I only ever went once when I was invited by a friend's parents. Going out for a meal, at least in my circles, was relatively rare. Hard to believe when it's so commonplace these days.


I must admit I've had my share of kitchen disasters in my time!


Fair play. I've not met that many men who are into cooking to be honest although I think everyone should be able to cook a few basic meals.


Yum! Love anything with prawns but haven't encountered that much seafood in Poland as I've been inland more than on the coast.


I would so like to go there.....that menu looks amazing! There are so many things I like I'd be really hard pushed to choose what to have. Not many places like that around anymore.

Language / Polish vs English tongue twisters [45]

These are hard for me:

"Sześć tysięcy sześćset sześćdziesiąt sześć słów"

"Pstrąg trącał pstrąga prądem w prącie"

Polonia / Polish bus crash in Croatia. Is there a fate? [227]


It's almost a carbon copy of the Colectiv nightclub fire in Bucharest 10 years ago. Corruption was the factor in that case and this one appears to be the same. Very sad.

Food / Polish cookbook - down to earth hearty Polish cuisine [33]


I don't know if I could even eat the sort of food that people ate back then these days. I remember having tinned salmon with parsley sauce on the top ( packet mix back then ). Tournedos Rossini! You might have moved in better circles than me......

I actually liked Findus crispy pancakes of all things. Don't know if you can even get them anymore. Vesta curries!

Those thrilling choices for a meal out too! Either melon balls or prawn cocktail for starters, steak for mains and black forest gateau for dessert. At a Berni Inn of course.


Never made anything from her recipes although she's hugely popular even today. I learnt to cook from the age of 8 out of necessity. Used an old book called 1000 recipes byJane Harrop, Isabelle Barrett. Nothing too exciting in it but good for basics.

Language / Polish vs English tongue twisters [45]

"He threw three free throws."

"Irish wristwatch, Swiss wristwatch":

" Red leather. yellow leather"

Food / Polish cookbook - down to earth hearty Polish cuisine [33]


It's the same over here too although I've known curry powder to be sometimes substituted for mustard. It was the closest thing I could think of when Jon said we had something similar in the UK. Very much a 70s/80s thing though, Haven't seen them for years and they weren't that popular.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [791]


Sułoszowa

Food / The most typical ingredient used in Polish cuisine [40]


I don't think dill is far behind it.

Even dogs like it.....

Food / Polish cookbook - down to earth hearty Polish cuisine [33]


Me too. Horseradish sauce in the UK is way too creamy, I prefer Polish plus it is stronger tasting too.


Are you thinking of devilled eggs?

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [699]


I always abbreviate it too. I only gave the full version for anyone that might be unaware of it.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [699]


I've read this definition and also to be living in cloud cuckoo land/under a rock/on a different planet. That's if I have the correct idiom, Urwać się z choinki?

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [699]


Don't count your chickens.

You shouldn't rely on the outcome of something until it's actually happened. The full idiom is " Don't count your chickens before they hatch".

Language / Polish vs English tongue twisters [45]


If I remember rightly it's part of a song although I haven't heard it for years.

This one I find hard:

Czy rak trzyma w szczypcach strzęp szczawiu czy trzy części trzciny

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Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [791]


He also claimed that you were the owner of the forum so should we believe him about that too?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [791]


Don't presume about things which aren't true:-

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [791]


I'm not a mod and if you can't see his posts then I presumed it was because you had blocked him which all PF members have the option to do.


I have no idea what you are talking about.


I'm not psychic.

Language / Polish vs English tongue twisters [45]


Yep. If you don't use it you lose it. Many students once they've left school, unless they're working in the tourism sector maybe, or studying at University to teach English, might hardly ever encounter English speakers on a regular basis.

I spent a year working in France many moons ago and was fluent but now I would definitely struggle in conversation. Last time I was in France I picked up a newspaper and was happy to find I could still read French pretty well :)


That's interesting. Nice to think my French might be lying dormant somewhere.


Might be due to variations in dialect or the speed with which people speak. Not everyone speaks clearly and depending where some people are from, I have a job to understand them!

Language / Polish vs English tongue twisters [45]


I'm not surprised. I think Pawian overestimates how widely English is spoken in Poland. And how well it's spoken. Those under 25 will know some but when I go to Poland I inevitably end up speaking Polish as even talking to younger Poles in English often results in blank stares.


Exactly.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [791]


You have blocked his posts.


Could be anything as you tend to put weird things together.

If I had to guess it would be beetroot, ogórki, bread, sausage, tomatoes, surówka or possibly eggs.

Language / Polish vs English tongue twisters [45]


That's ridiculous.

None of my Polish friends are elderly. Most are in their mid forties and learned Russian or German at school. In the early to mid nineties, English language wasn't widely taught, at least outside big cities. The children of my friends were taught English in Poland which helped when they came to the UK.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [699]


I really don't know where you're going with this. In the PRL Poles had to figure out solutions to problems or they would have had nothing. A sort of survival mechanism if you like. Although I also think it's a way of life and part of Polish culture. What I've said doesn't really cover why though.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [699]

Acquiring a lot of money?

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [699]


Thanks maf, now I know where's he's coming from. I've heard examples of this many times before especially , as you say, under communism. It's a way of beating the system.


Scheming possibly.