Travel / Travel from Krakow to Sandomierz [7]

Hmm, I won`t argue coz I was in Sandomierz as a child, in communist times so I don`t remember much.

Life / Conflicting views about life in Poland? [45]


Katyn and horrors of German occupation are probably a source of compassion vibes. I can`t imagine any other.

Food / Halal Meat in Bydgoszcz [16]


This still needs to be approved by Senate and President, so don`t be so hasty.


There is Poland Halal company in Bydgoszcz - a producer or wholesaler.

Feedback / Polish forums members - please stop being agressive and dishonest. What a waste of potential. [48]


hahaha Yes, Pawian is your obsession. Whenever there is sth new discussed in the forum, you mention Pawian. Why????

Real Estate / Can you use your last months rent to pay a deposit? Is it legal in Poland? [18]


This info MUST BE in the lease contract you sign with the landlord/lady: their names, address, ID number and PESEL number.

Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]


Yes, indeed.


What about Polack? This the term that our dissatisfied Pol Am friends use about native Poles in the forum. No wonder Polacks like you and Lenka Bell are so confused about American politics all the time.

Language / Busha and JaJa [140]

Yes, pasha and basha are the same.

Language / Busha and JaJa [140]


Yes, but it is basza - it meant a top official in old Turkish Empire.

Real Estate / Can you use your last months rent to pay a deposit? Is it legal in Poland? [18]


What kind of contract does one sign with the landlord not to know details about him/her?

Feedback / Polish forums members - please stop being agressive and dishonest. What a waste of potential. [48]


More threats?? hahaha


hahaha Darling, I have expected the unexpected from your sort since the day I became a member here. I got used to it already. Your threats don`t work on me. Do you really believe you can intimidate me into silence? Even on the debris of the house you are going to burn down I will still post in the forum and tell the truth about fascists and others.


Calling an arsonist Mr Arsonist is not taunting - it is telling the truth, like I mentioned before.


Full of poison most probably. I would be careful, Vincent.

Feedback / Polish forums members - please stop being agressive and dishonest. What a waste of potential. [48]


Not only that, darling. The real reason for your warning and short suspension was that you threatened another poster to burn his house down only because he holds different views. You are not only an arsonist but a potential murderer, too, coz the house is inhabited.


Very nice. But next time don`t tell us about the need to respect universal values in this world. We shall remind you they are your own sick values and rules, Mr Arsonist.

Life / Tap Water quality in Poland [44]

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Wow, I had no idea that a few water supply stations in Poland use local freshwater mussels to monitor the quality of water. They immediately close their shells when water is contaminated and the alarm signal is sent to the headquarters. Funny.

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Law / Karta Polaka to Poland's Permanent Residence [6]

The processing time may take even a few months. How many exactly - nobody is able to answer this question.

As for all other doubts concerning the permanent residence, you should check other sources. E.g, this one describes difficulties one can run into while trying to obtain their card

polonization.pl/the-terror-of-getting-a-polish-residence-card-karta-pobytu/

Travel / Travel from Krakow to Sandomierz [7]


Yes, exactly but it is still in a much better shape than those pathetic ruins in Nowy Sącz - whenever I pass them, I am overwhelmed with immense pity.

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Language / Which preposition for 'at'? [58]


It works in 50% of utterances while doesn`t in the remaining 50%. There is a perfect balance in nature, as usual.

Travel / A one-week trip in CRACOW - 31th of May -> 5th of June [4]


Yes, Krakow has a very nice atmosphere. If not for those guys who were such strange masks.......

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Genealogy / Kaczorowski [3]


So, Kaczorowski would be Drakevsky.

Language / Ideas of messianism of Adam Mickiewicz - more info needed [21]


Coz it is a real challenge - some people feel the need to go to extremes to live happy lives. You know, adrenaline rush etc.

Genealogy / I am 1/8 Polish on my mother's side - not Polish enough / Lithuania and Zmudz in Poland's ancestry [110]


Saying you are European takes much shorter time than listing all those nationalities.

Life / Are Polish roads really this bad? [237]

Poland has become a fully European country at last - last week I was driving on a newly renovated urban road - the surface was perfectly flat and smooth, and the manhole covers were precisely level with the ground. Wow! I was really impressed - after so many years of futile attempts, those road workers have finally learnt their fekking job. I had been waiting for it for so long.

USA, Canada / MAJEWSKI RE-ELECTED HAMTRAMCK MAYOR [4]


She was still the mayor in 2019.

telegramnews.net/story/2019/07/11/news/hamtramck-mayor-karen-majewski-embraces-the-citys-diversity/693.html


But Majewski says they all integrate well and contribute to the town`s prosperity with their diversity.

Majewski is also proud of the way residents have nourished the city's identity as a diverse and welcoming community to everyone. "We live on thirty-foot lots, we smell each other's cooking, we hear each other's music, we hear each other's conversations, we sit on our front porches and watch our neighbors go by," she says. Cultural diversity is just outside your front door in this city. Majewski adds that there are roughly 26 languages spoken in the city's two square miles.

Language / WHICH AUNT IS THE WUJENKA IN POLISH? [9]


This means that family relations have become less complex over decades. Is it good or bad?

Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1050]


Rose is good by all means but, as a commissar, I want to maintain/keep mine.

Language / Busha and JaJa [140]


Not only modern. Also ancient. Busia must come from Babusia which in Poland is replaced with babcia.

Long ago, in 1970s, I read a kids` book about twin siblings and their family with the main protagonist of grandma who tries to adopt a small boy without telling others first. They called her Bunia, from babunia.

Language / Children's Songs in Polish [66]

It is not little but had. And not grandma but a country woman. Miała baba koguta - a country woman had a rooster.

Food / Traditionally-Polish salads, help needed [49]


To suit all their tastes, it should be mild and contain ingredients which Poles use every day: typical veg, chicken, ham, egg, cheese.

In August we attended a wedding party and they offered three kinds of salad, so guests had a choice. I immediately rejected the salad with pasta - a new invention which didn`t exist in my childhood and youth so I am still not accustomed to it.

History / AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A FORMER COMMUNIST born in Poland [7]


Hmm, I read a few extended interviews with old communists published as books. Interesting readings about those times in general, but I have always had a suspicion they try to whiten their role, play down their mistakes or abuse of power and switch the blame onto others. Nothing new, then - Nazis who survived Nurnberg also did it in their diaries.

Genealogy / Abbreviations used in Polish gravestone inscriptions [66]

Is the stone a little illegible? Um means died, sierpnia August so that C must be the day in August, probably 8, 10 or whatever.

Life / How are electric cars doing in Poland? [413]


What?? Does it mean I will have to scrap my 40 year old vintage Diesel car? No way! I am going to move to Africa! Or Cuba.

Travel / Poznan - the best time to visit? [6]


No, January: winters are fun!

Poznań Town Hall in the background:

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