Life / Walking on other people's property in Poland - cultural difference? [51]


Many in the UK aren't, especially in the suburbs. It isn't considered polite to use an unfenced garden as a short cut though.

Life / Walking on other people's property in Poland - cultural difference? [51]


No I wouldn't, and no she wouldn't. One reason the monarchies have survived so long in half of Europe is because such things don't happen. Except perhaps in your imagination.


Have they ever tried?


Who's doing that?


A strange and untrue comment. Racist too.


You should try it sometime.

Life / Walking on other people's property in Poland - cultural difference? [51]


Funnily enough, I've never noticed HM The Queen walking across my (or anyone else's) front garden uninvited. Perhaps I was out when she came.


Do you have free access to the residence of your country's head of state? Wow, where do you live? Utopia?

Life / Walking on other people's property in Poland - cultural difference? [51]

white_lilly
No it isn't. Most gardens in Poland are fenced in, and it isn't acceptable in PL to walk across lawns.

News / WOSP in Poland [161]

I feel more or less the same - that such expenditure is best controlled by the people at a grassroots level. Though nevertheless, social provision needs to be co-ordinated to make sure sections of society don't fall through the net any more than they do already and there certainly needs to be tax revenue involved to make sure that social provision is funded by all, not just the generous.

News / WOSP in Poland [161]

You can get that with any large charity, whether WOSP, Caritas or anything else - telethons are the same. The question is, if they suddenly stopped, would the government actually pay for things themself.

It's the same with volunteerism (not a problem in Poland which has one of the lowest levels of volunteering in Europe) - but in countries like the UK and especially the US which have a huge culture of volunteering, its hard to imagine what would happen if all the volunteer workers stayed at home for a month.

Life / New born baby traditions in Poland [26]


Same in the UK - bad juju.


For a newborn, I prefer to give an ashtray - in later life one can never have too many.

News / A devestating verdict on the Polish church [279]


And still true


They just buy it and read it


Which doesn't detract from the popularity of GW

Traded on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, by the way, not owned by any mysterious cabal.

News / A devestating verdict on the Polish church [279]


Poland's most popular newspaper. Educated Poles evidently prefer Gazeta Wyborcza's point of view to yours.

Genealogy / Does anyone know where the name Ciupa is derived from? [28]

Annd some very expressive surnames - Czech too.

History / Are Poles happy with the current Polish borders? [134]

Exactly. A few years ago, when Russia was an economic mess, there were calls for some sort of free economic zone (the Hong Kong of Russia maybe?) but now Russia is becoming more affluent, the calls have stopped.

In any case - most inhabitants are no more than second generation (the original residents either fled or were kicked out) and due to its position on the Baltic there's a preponderance of military and naval families - Russian through and through.

History / Prophesy - Poland from sea to sea. [57]

I'd wave Konin goodbye.

Love / True Tales of POLISH WOMEN "A tale of true beauty" - (The LTB Book) [22]

Bravo!

Love / True Tales of POLISH WOMEN "A tale of true beauty" - (The LTB Book) [22]

southern
You are truly a literary genius.

Love / 20% of adult Poles are single and live with Mummy! [241]

Exactly - in most of the world this is very normal.

Love / 20% of adult Poles are single and live with Mummy! [241]


A few ex-communist countries have stopped it, and Britain has never had it. Seems a lot of bureaucracy for not much effect.

Love / 20% of adult Poles are single and live with Mummy! [241]


Meldunek is about Poles having to have a registered address.
A typical dialogue:
Pole: Where do you live?
Expat: In Warsaw,
Pole: But Where do you actually live?
Expat: In Mokotow,
Pole: But where do you really live?
Expat: on Ulica Belwederska, opposite the Hyatt,
Pole: But really live, where your parents live?
Expat: I haven't lived there for twenty years,
Pole: But you're registered there?,
Expat: What?

The meldunek thing was used in Poland during communist times, and they forgot to get rid of it after the Wall came down. In Russia, it was used to control who could live in big cities. In Poland, the government were supposed to get rid of it last year but didn't. Some ex-communist countries stopped it long ago.

The 20% thing is about what address someone is registered at. So it's very possible that a person from Poland can actually live in England but still be registered with family in Poland.

Life / I saw Polish nationalism today [249]


There seems to be a fly buzzing around. Maybe someone could swat it; I can't really be bothered.


How?

Life / I saw Polish nationalism today [249]


No they aren't. They published attendance figures, and various op-ed pieces. And as you (and GW) know, most of the country is either Left or Centrist. At least at election time.

Life / I saw Polish nationalism today [249]


No it makes no sense at all. Polish neo-nazis, Israeli ones - stupid, as fascism always is. But they still exist.

Life / I saw Polish nationalism today [249]


So are you a pro-fascist?

Life / I saw Polish nationalism today [249]

No not every (or any) patriot, The people who get "called a nazi or fascist" are the twats who march around in jackboots. Patriots are keen that their country be the best and nicest place it can be, and love it too much to shout hate-filled slogans in the main streets of the capital.

History / Roman Dmowski-Patriot, Nationalist, Anti-Semite? [251]

Sources? Preferably the originals!

Life / Welcome to winter in Poland! (-19C tomorrow) [64]


That's disgusting, just plain dirty. I'll be back in Poland in a couple of weeks, also in the UK and am dreading it already. Cold enough here in Istanbul at 20c.

History / Roman Dmowski-Patriot, Nationalist, Anti-Semite? [251]


While you insult the memory of the dead by denying what happened to them - six million murdered all over Europe, and then some diagnosed nutter starts writing on the internet that it didn't happen. Perhaps they're all still hiding somewhere!

History / Roman Dmowski-Patriot, Nationalist, Anti-Semite? [251]


You, a holocaust denier with a history of mental health issues.

History / Prophesy - Poland from sea to sea. [57]

Fortunately for the wellbeing and stability of Europe, the government and people of Poland are quite happy with things as they are.

History / Roman Dmowski-Patriot, Nationalist, Anti-Semite? [251]


How many dictators in history said, "ok, i'm a dicator, but it was right at the time, now it's your turn to make a better world"? And he forged what we recognise now as Poland.

History / Roman Dmowski-Patriot, Nationalist, Anti-Semite? [251]

Bollocks of the first order. Jozef Pilsuski was one of the great figures of the twentieth century to whom we all owe a debt. Poland is rightly proud that he was one of her sons.

History / Prophesy - Poland from sea to sea. [57]


Tropical beaches, rainforest, all-year-round sunshine - what's not to like?

Seriously - the present borders of Poland are fine for everyone.