delphiandomine
29 Jun 2017
History / Film "Wałęsa" - historical reality vs myth - controvercies [110]
Proven by who, Polonius?
his commie-era collabroation has now been proven without a shadow of a doubt
Proven by who, Polonius?
delphiandomine
28 Jun 2017
Genealogy / Displaced Persons Camp / Work camp and concentration camp difference [86]
I'm very sorry to hear that. Marienborn was such a focal point during the Cold War that it must have tormented your mother every time it was mentioned - especially given the huge restrictions that were in place near the border. It would have been nearly impossible for her to get permission to go there, and the Russian brutes had absolutely no respect for the dead.
It's even more of a shame to think that had he been buried a short distance to the west, all would have been fine with the graveyard.
Exactly. Actually proved to be a sad logistical obstacle to my mother ever being able to visit her father's grave.
I'm very sorry to hear that. Marienborn was such a focal point during the Cold War that it must have tormented your mother every time it was mentioned - especially given the huge restrictions that were in place near the border. It would have been nearly impossible for her to get permission to go there, and the Russian brutes had absolutely no respect for the dead.
It's even more of a shame to think that had he been buried a short distance to the west, all would have been fine with the graveyard.
delphiandomine
28 Jun 2017
Food / Poles have a more loving attitude to food than here in the UK [169]
Probably not. I've never seen a 'honesty box' type system here.
Would that work in Poland?
Probably not. I've never seen a 'honesty box' type system here.
delphiandomine
28 Jun 2017
Law / Eviction process from an apartment in Poland [13]
Not true. Where did you get that from? Polish law is quite restrictive in terms of what you can do with tenants.
If you do not pay your rent ON TIME the landlord can evict you immediately.
Not true. Where did you get that from? Polish law is quite restrictive in terms of what you can do with tenants.
delphiandomine
28 Jun 2017
Genealogy / Displaced Persons Camp / Work camp and concentration camp difference [86]
Of course, later known as the most important East German border crossing with West Germany. Always wanted to visit there, actually.
My mother worked in a small German village called Marienborn.
Of course, later known as the most important East German border crossing with West Germany. Always wanted to visit there, actually.
delphiandomine
28 Jun 2017
News / The dossier of TW "Bolek" - Poland's IPN assisted by police enters the home of the late general Kiszczak [306]
Has it been proven in a court of law with an independent judge? No? Then nothing has been proven at all.
The fact that the IPN has dropped the case strongly suggests that the scientific analysis will not stand up to a criminal trial.
Now it's official
Has it been proven in a court of law with an independent judge? No? Then nothing has been proven at all.
The fact that the IPN has dropped the case strongly suggests that the scientific analysis will not stand up to a criminal trial.
delphiandomine
28 Jun 2017
Food / Poles have a more loving attitude to food than here in the UK [169]
Yes, that's exactly my point. People in large towns and cities often believe in this myth, and of course, every seller will swear blind that it comes from their own farm. Strangely enough, their prices always seem to be higher than the wholesale price...
The countryside is a different beast, but even then, it's not exactly uncommon to be sold eggs that came straight from Biedronka. It's a different story if you know a trusted farmer, of course.
In the city that's probably true (for those setting up stands on the sidewalk). Though in the country side it's more liable to be from the field (not a given, but more likely)
Yes, that's exactly my point. People in large towns and cities often believe in this myth, and of course, every seller will swear blind that it comes from their own farm. Strangely enough, their prices always seem to be higher than the wholesale price...
The countryside is a different beast, but even then, it's not exactly uncommon to be sold eggs that came straight from Biedronka. It's a different story if you know a trusted farmer, of course.
delphiandomine
27 Jun 2017
Food / Poles have a more loving attitude to food than here in the UK [169]
Yes, but what is particularly interesting is their ignorance to what actually goes into growing their produce.
but have always heard how seriously Poles tend to take especially their produce
Yes, but what is particularly interesting is their ignorance to what actually goes into growing their produce.
delphiandomine
27 Jun 2017
Food / Poles have a more loving attitude to food than here in the UK [169]
LOL, as if. They're almost always bought from the same wholesalers. It's highly unlikely that hers would have survived that brutal frost that came in a couple of months ago if they were genuinely home grown.
Yes, plenty of people either remember or were told by their parents about how bad things were then. People remember all too well what it was like to not get things, hence the madness before a holiday.
The amount of food wasted in Poland is truly shocking.
And actually theres a lady selling home grown strawberries just in front of the bakery :)
LOL, as if. They're almost always bought from the same wholesalers. It's highly unlikely that hers would have survived that brutal frost that came in a couple of months ago if they were genuinely home grown.
Part of that is historical food trauma, which is realtively recent in Poland (most of the 1980s for almost everyone and into the mid 90s or so for the poorer part of the population).
Yes, plenty of people either remember or were told by their parents about how bad things were then. People remember all too well what it was like to not get things, hence the madness before a holiday.
The amount of food wasted in Poland is truly shocking.
delphiandomine
25 Jun 2017
Language / Some German loan-words in Polish language [17]
Wow, it's so high?
I've always found some Polish words to be much nicer than others - for instance, pomidor rather than rajče or paradižnik.
Have a look at this:
Wow, it's so high?
I've always found some Polish words to be much nicer than others - for instance, pomidor rather than rajče or paradižnik.
delphiandomine
25 Jun 2017
Language / Some German loan-words in Polish language [17]
Now, this is a truly interesting topic Polonius!
Yes, it's fascinating that Polish took so much legal and political words from German. It seems that Polish was responsible for passing rada onto other Slavic languages too, though the South Slavic languages didn't use it. English now seems to be playing the same role, and I notice plenty of odd things being used now in Polish. For instance, the other day, I saw "strefa chillout" - eh?
I assume the word "handlarz" comes from the German Händler?
Polish as a language seems to have an incredibly rich vocabulary in terms of foreign influences, probably reflecting the reality of the country at the crossroads of Europe.
Now, this is a truly interesting topic Polonius!
Yes, it's fascinating that Polish took so much legal and political words from German. It seems that Polish was responsible for passing rada onto other Slavic languages too, though the South Slavic languages didn't use it. English now seems to be playing the same role, and I notice plenty of odd things being used now in Polish. For instance, the other day, I saw "strefa chillout" - eh?
I assume the word "handlarz" comes from the German Händler?
Polish as a language seems to have an incredibly rich vocabulary in terms of foreign influences, probably reflecting the reality of the country at the crossroads of Europe.
delphiandomine
25 Jun 2017
UK, Ireland / Racist ex-priest Międlar tries to fly from Poland to U.K. again. [293]
Why the hell was he allowed on the plane to begin with? You have to give advance passenger data to the UK when booking, and it was obvious that the little creep would only be coming to stir up trouble.
No doubt he'll now play the martyr because he was refused entry.
The shitbag was detained at the UK border
Why the hell was he allowed on the plane to begin with? You have to give advance passenger data to the UK when booking, and it was obvious that the little creep would only be coming to stir up trouble.
No doubt he'll now play the martyr because he was refused entry.
delphiandomine
24 Jun 2017
UK, Ireland / Racist ex-priest Międlar tries to fly from Poland to U.K. again. [293]
Did he even get to the UK? Usually the UK stops them from even boarding the flight, though the idea of that little weasel spending a few hours in a detention cell awaiting deportation makes me laugh.
Anyway, he's either back in Poland or still detained waiting to be put back on a flight. I'm surprised the airline carried him knowing he'd be sent straight back.
Did he even get to the UK? Usually the UK stops them from even boarding the flight, though the idea of that little weasel spending a few hours in a detention cell awaiting deportation makes me laugh.
delphiandomine
24 Jun 2017
UK, Ireland / Racist ex-priest Międlar tries to fly from Poland to U.K. again. [293]
The concerns about the radicalisation of the Poles in the UK are obviously quite strong, then.
Good news, he's been refused entry.
The concerns about the radicalisation of the Poles in the UK are obviously quite strong, then.
delphiandomine
19 Jun 2017
Language / Polish slang phrases - most popular. [606]
Apparently one of the more interesting things that happened in the 1980's was that the communists put a lot of the leading opposition figures into normal prisons, hoping that the prisoners would do the damage for them. What happened was exactly the opposite, the political prisoners were treated with respect by inmates, and the political prisoners in return would help them with reading/writing letters, providing legal advice, etc etc.
Apparently one of the more interesting things that happened in the 1980's was that the communists put a lot of the leading opposition figures into normal prisons, hoping that the prisoners would do the damage for them. What happened was exactly the opposite, the political prisoners were treated with respect by inmates, and the political prisoners in return would help them with reading/writing letters, providing legal advice, etc etc.
delphiandomine
19 Jun 2017
Life / Health insurance in Poland - your suggestions please [35]
Of course, of course. The American Clinic is so bad that it has to spam forums to try and find clinics.
BTW, your lack of articles is very Polish. Why would someone with medical problems go from Kraków to Wilanow for treatment anyway?
Of course, of course. The American Clinic is so bad that it has to spam forums to try and find clinics.
BTW, your lack of articles is very Polish. Why would someone with medical problems go from Kraków to Wilanow for treatment anyway?
delphiandomine
14 Jun 2017
Life / Boże Ciało (Corpus Christi) - a beautiful celebration in Catholic Poland [22]
Could be, I can understand keeping All Saints because people would have just treated it as a holiday anyway, but this one is a bit stranger.
I suppose the PZPR knew fine well that allowing some limited Church activity was also a good way of keeping people passive.
Could be, I can understand keeping All Saints because people would have just treated it as a holiday anyway, but this one is a bit stranger.
I suppose the PZPR knew fine well that allowing some limited Church activity was also a good way of keeping people passive.
delphiandomine
14 Jun 2017
Life / Boże Ciało (Corpus Christi) - a beautiful celebration in Catholic Poland [22]
Any idea why the Communists kept it as a holiday, Polly?
Any idea why the Communists kept it as a holiday, Polly?
delphiandomine
14 Jun 2017
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
Yes, perhaps he can explain why such things are being kept from the public eye. Could it be that the actual amount spent is significantly lower than claimed?
Perhaps the amount that's spent on things by the armed forces
Yes, perhaps he can explain why such things are being kept from the public eye. Could it be that the actual amount spent is significantly lower than claimed?
delphiandomine
13 Jun 2017
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
Untrue. He was not and was never a member of KOD.
that the KOD music group was led by a bloke who only just now got sentenced to six years in prison for trading in women (selling them to brothels in Italy).
Untrue. He was not and was never a member of KOD.
delphiandomine
13 Jun 2017
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
LOL, even PiS have stopped trying to claim that one! Do keep up with the latest propaganda Goofy.
Shows how little you think of Polish doctors if you're calling them "nurses".
they forget of the shots fired at the scene?
LOL, even PiS have stopped trying to claim that one! Do keep up with the latest propaganda Goofy.
How was it that Ewa Kopacz later on a PM ( a nurse by trade Lol!)
Shows how little you think of Polish doctors if you're calling them "nurses".
delphiandomine
13 Jun 2017
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
Actually, the trip was organised by Lech Kaczyński's chancellery. Are you telling us that they are in fact to blame? It's taken you 7 years to admit this, but well done. I'm also surprised that no-one in his office picked up on the fact that Smolensk-North was completely unsuitable for such a flight, especially when there was a perfectly good train available that could have taken him there.
The very fact that a decommissioned military airport with defective runway lights, no radar landing equipment and a ramshackle ground-levle shed called the "control tower" speaks volumes.
Actually, the trip was organised by Lech Kaczyński's chancellery. Are you telling us that they are in fact to blame? It's taken you 7 years to admit this, but well done. I'm also surprised that no-one in his office picked up on the fact that Smolensk-North was completely unsuitable for such a flight, especially when there was a perfectly good train available that could have taken him there.
delphiandomine
12 Jun 2017
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
So in other words, you want the State to control the means of production. Very communist of you, Polly.
and will hopefully polonise the banking, manufacturing and retail saectors
So in other words, you want the State to control the means of production. Very communist of you, Polly.
delphiandomine
12 Jun 2017
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
No accusations here, the First Bankster was responsible for funnelling large amounts of cash out of Poland to Spain.
now you're backtracking and accusing someone of workimg for them?
No accusations here, the First Bankster was responsible for funnelling large amounts of cash out of Poland to Spain.
delphiandomine
12 Jun 2017
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
Well, they are owned in theory by their members. The reality is that the PiSlamic state pushed through some changes by bamboozling their elderly members, at which point vast sums were extracted to Luxembourg.
Strange how Polly never talks about the First Bankster Morawiecki and his deputy Bierecki, isn't it?
Well, they are owned in theory by their members. The reality is that the PiSlamic state pushed through some changes by bamboozling their elderly members, at which point vast sums were extracted to Luxembourg.
Strange how Polly never talks about the First Bankster Morawiecki and his deputy Bierecki, isn't it?
delphiandomine
12 Jun 2017
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
Really?
The profits from the SKOKi went to Luxembourg, where they mysteriously vanished. Can you explain that one, given that they are 100% Polish?
The profits of a Polish bank or other company stay in Poland and bolster the national economy.
Really?
The profits from the SKOKi went to Luxembourg, where they mysteriously vanished. Can you explain that one, given that they are 100% Polish?
delphiandomine
12 Jun 2017
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
PKO didn't do any better. 2010 in Q1 saw only 1% rise in loans granted by PKO to businesses. In Q4, foreign banks outpaced PKO when it came to loans.
A case in point -- During the post-2008 crisis, foreign-owned banks were reluctant to grant credit to Poles
PKO didn't do any better. 2010 in Q1 saw only 1% rise in loans granted by PKO to businesses. In Q4, foreign banks outpaced PKO when it came to loans.
delphiandomine
12 Jun 2017
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
Because, unlike you, the Brit has significant knowledge and experience in these fields.
By the way, plenty of foreign experts are employed by the Polish government.
why would the government employ some brit with shall we say a questionable lifestyle (wink wink) :
Because, unlike you, the Brit has significant knowledge and experience in these fields.
By the way, plenty of foreign experts are employed by the Polish government.
delphiandomine
12 Jun 2017
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
And with the Polish sector perfectly placed to lose badly as a result of incompetent bank leadership, the only losers will be the Polish taxpayer.
Of course, Goofy here doesn't pay taxes anywhere.
Silly boy! Go and read up about passporting.
And with the Polish sector perfectly placed to lose badly as a result of incompetent bank leadership, the only losers will be the Polish taxpayer.
Of course, Goofy here doesn't pay taxes anywhere.
delphiandomine
12 Jun 2017
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]
It really was a blessing for them!
Goofy, about your "banksters", shouldn't you first question the First Bankster, Mateusz Morawiecki? How much money did he earn for his Spanish paymasters?
The foreign banks can't believe their luck!
It really was a blessing for them!
Goofy, about your "banksters", shouldn't you first question the First Bankster, Mateusz Morawiecki? How much money did he earn for his Spanish paymasters?