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Posts by pawian  

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Speaks Polish?: Yes, but I prefer English
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pawian   
11 Oct 2020
Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]

Waiting for the stairway to heaven lol! I can't get this.

No, I can`t tell you yet, it is too simple. Just concentrate better, you can do it!
So, I suggested it is not "doing" but "not doing" that matters. Stop thinking about that waiting and move to other options. :):)

Don't worry I don't get it either?

That`s a shame that after 30 years in a foreign land you forgot your Polish. Chemikiem is excused coz she is just learning but you aren`t as you were born in Poland. :):)

That polish doesn't make sense? what a twerp wrote it? Dokonac celu?

Are you drunk again???? hahahaha Do you drink coz you realise what a loser expat you have become? hahaha
pawian   
11 Oct 2020
Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

It doesn't mix with the hot water.

Yes, of course. I thought hot water is also supplied from an external source. So it is traditionally heated by home gas heaters. Good to know.
pawian   
11 Oct 2020
Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

In the UK, most boiler systems are run by gas.

How about big cities with power stations which also provide hot water? Aren`t most flats there connected to the system? How about flats with seperate taps for hot/cold water?
pawian   
11 Oct 2020
News / Years of Poland in the EU - assessment of pros and cons [1199]

There is just a simple Wish to be 100% independant and be the decision maker.

To be so one needs to be a superpower. Poland isn`t and our place is in a group of allies. In 18th century during partitions and later on during Risings Poland was alone without allies. Now we are anchored among allies but still some traitors don`t like it and want Poland to leave the EU. The next step is NATO etc. And the last one is The Polish Republic of Russia.
pawian   
11 Oct 2020
News / Years of Poland in the EU - assessment of pros and cons [1199]

Yes, but there have always been guys in Polish history who prefered to go with Russia against Western Europe, despite anything. Like Iron today. They are the ones who contributed to partitions and Russian domination of Poland since 1795 to 1989.
pawian   
11 Oct 2020
News / Years of Poland in the EU - assessment of pros and cons [1199]

who are clueless or don't care or those like pawian who are actually stupid enough to support EU.

No, Mr Kremlin troll, I am the one who prefectly realises your dirty machinations to push Poland out of the EU so that it becomes Russian dependency again for the next 200 years. I am opting to avoid this situation at all cost while you are doing your best to make it happen. You fekking traitor of the Polish cause!!! But Konfederacja politicians and supporters are all like that - they admire Putin and would like to have him for President of Poland. Worthless scum.
pawian   
10 Oct 2020
Study / Various education and school issues in Poland. Opinions, stories, controversies. [1006]

Many people feared that the government would announce the closure of schools on today`s conference. No, they didn`t do it - the rules haven`t changed - head teachers are entitled to close the school after consulting local Sanepid stations. I read that several schools closed without that consultation and nothing happened.
pawian   
10 Oct 2020
Genealogy / Last name - Murzyn [33]

Murzyn and Turek are good examples of this

Murzyn surname was first used in Poland in 1592.
genezanazwisk.pl/content/murzyn
pawian   
10 Oct 2020
Life / What do Poles really think about cats? [470]

What about those who like both?

It means they have certain deficiencies with olfaction. Dogs smell like hell. :):):):)
pawian   
10 Oct 2020
Life / The climate for gardening in Poland [340]

That patch doesn`t belong to you - it is the so called pas drogowy and is the municipal property. I am afraid you need a permission although they might be quite happy to have those trees planted by you.
pawian   
10 Oct 2020
Life / What do Poles really think about cats? [470]

I am still wondering why I decided to adopt that black baby so out of the blue.
E.g.,
-crazy times we are living in now require crazy actions. I thought it would be a good idea to divert my family`s attention from the virus threat.

- our two cats are getting old - they need some new blood. I read that the best way to prolong the cat`s life is to provide it with a mate.

-besides, they are constantly cuddled, snuggled, kept on knees, held in arms and kissed by all of us. I think they might be a little tired of it at their age - Greyfus is 12 Ginger is 11.

- everything we do is God-ordained. It was pure God`s will that I overheard the conversation about cats between my female students who were showing each other photos while in class. I meddled and demanded to see the photos and that`s how the idea was planted in my mind.
pawian   
10 Oct 2020
Language / Polish sayings [237]

"Tonący brzytwy się chwyta"- "The drowning person grips a razor"

Today often converted to tonący brzydko się chwyta - the drowning man catches dirty.
pawian   
10 Oct 2020
Life / What do Poles really think about cats? [470]

doggies ar for people who need to be loved because they have low self esteem and kitties are for people who don't need that

yes, I have always agred with that opinion. People who have a lot of love to offer prefer cats.

A new bed for Diego. Instantly occupied by envious Ginger.


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pawian   
10 Oct 2020
Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]

Your tomatoes look absolutely delicious.

Thank you very much. Reading about pickling them, I found a mention of using green tomatoes - popular in Ukraine or Belarus. Today I collected the last bucket of tomatoes, they are mostly green coz the plants have already died. Tomorrow I am going to put them in jars.
pawian   
10 Oct 2020
Life / The climate for gardening in Poland [340]

have you tried bougainvillea?

Wow, I have learnt sth new again. I thought I know all flowers but had to check this one. Looks pretty but I read its requirements - too much ado in winter time.
pawian   
10 Oct 2020
Work / Is there a luxury market in Poland? [6]

Are there any well-off Poles?

No, hardly any. Most of us are like that: check out my family: they are waiting for the star. My uncles and aunts.


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pawian   
10 Oct 2020
Travel / Hiking and Camping Trails in Poland [51]

I am only showing it to proove it was a real wild stag, not a domesticated tame one.

In winter some mountains in Poland are closed to traffic due to avalanche hazard. I am not sure about Bieszczady.
pawian   
10 Oct 2020
Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

It depends where they live- if close to a brick factory, then they prefer tradtional bricks.

That only leaves central heating that I mentioned earlier. Pipes going to a new boiler somewhere?

I am not sure what you mean by a boiler.
OK, I won`t torment you any longer. They are pipes for hot water to the bathroom and kitchen. Before, the whole estate used gas heaters.
pawian   
10 Oct 2020
Life / Orphanages in Poland [82]

Yes,. of course. I hope you are not a representative of a certain scam group which promise a donation but demands to obtain an account number with passwords beforehand????
pawian   
10 Oct 2020
Real Estate / Renting in Poland - tenants' rights? [51]

Oh, I see. Good to know.

Cargo, it is not fantasy when I said that threatening sb with sending Russian gansters doesn`t work anymore. The threat works fine when people are intimidated and give in without delay. However, I wouldn`t succumb to this threat so easily and probably most people here either. They would have to actually send those gangsters to me and millions of other resisting guys and the results might be different. Don`t you think they would soon run out of Russians ????? hahaha
pawian   
9 Oct 2020
Life / What do Poles really think about cats? [470]

I like the tortoiseshell they're the most underrated.

That is an extremely interesting coincidence coz when I was taking the little one, I saw and even played with his tortoise shell mother for a while. She wasn`t afraid of me and that convinced me even more to take the decision.