Travel / Castles and Palaces in Poland (with pictures) [155]

What I hate most is when intelligent posters lie and distort the history. On purporse or by pure ignorance??
Yuk!

Law / Poland economy is slowing down - how does it affect you? [117]


Oh, yes, the slowdown has a positive aspect for you and thousands of people who might desire to buy their own property at last.

At the same time, people who managed to buy properties on credit a few years ago during boom times, must be desperate now seeing how much their value decreased.

History / The restoration of Polish cities from WW2 destruction [123]

Some places haven`t been reconstructed properly and will never be.

Malbork, a town in northern Poland, whose 80% was destroyed during WW2, was destroyed one more time by Polish communists with ugly socialist buildings.

The Old Town in the past







Today



Malbork

Pity.

Law / Poland economy is slowing down - how does it affect you? [117]

1500 workers of Fiat car manufacturer in Tychy, Sileisa are certainly going to be affected.

wbj.pl/article-61382-fiat-plans-to-lay-off-1500-at-tychy.html

Fiat Auto Poland (FAP) announced earlier this month that it plans to lay off 1,500 workers at its car plant in Tychy, in southern Poland. The process is due to start in January 2013 and will affect one-third of all employees, as well as Fiat parts suppliers.

FAP's management said low demand due to the economic crisis was behind the decision, as was the earlier decision made to cease production of the Fiat Panda Classic at Tychy.

A production forecast by FAP indicates a reduction in output from 300,000 cars this year to 250,000 in 2013. Management decided that this level of production requires fewer workers.

Pity because it is also going to, like domino effect, reduce demand for teachers of English and other services in the area.

The unemployment is expected to reach 13% at the end of the year.

Travel / Castles and Palaces in Poland (with pictures) [155]

What??? You have already initiated 50 threads and you say you`re lazy???? :):):):)


Bern, the thread was only begun yesterday. Give us some time, I am begging you. :):):):)

But your remark is very accurate. Malbork Castle is grand, indeed.

Travel / Castles and Palaces in Poland (with pictures) [155]

David, sorry, they don`t. If you want, start a new thread titled Palaces of Poland. There are many of them.


Bieg and Bern, thank you for bringing Książ Castle up. I have never visited it, must go one day.

Travel / Castles and Palaces in Poland (with pictures) [155]

Yes! Ruins of castles will also do in our thread!

Panorama
panoramy.zbooy.pl/360/show.html?max=1&p=odrzykon-zamek-maszt-0369&lang=e&t=32

Travel / Castles and Palaces in Poland (with pictures) [155]


No, I have just started a new thread, give me some time, please, I am begging you......


Very nice choice. I will develop these castles.


Niedzica Castle - looks pretty insignificant but is shrouded in a great mystery. Castle workers don`t want to talk about it with tourists in fear of invoking bad luck on them!



In the post-World War II period Polish newspapers wrote at length about Sebastián Berzeviczy[1] (one of Niedzica's owners) who traveled to the New World in the 18th century.[2] According to a popular legend, he fell in love with the alleged Inca princess. Their daughter Umina[3] married the nephew[4] of an Inca insurrection leader Túpac Amaru II, whose assumed name implied descent from Inca kings. Túpac Amaru was eventually executed by the Spaniards after rebelling against the colonial government. The legend goes on to claim that the sacred scrolls of the Incas had been handed down to his surviving family members.

History / What do Poles owe to Hungarians? [233]

And sent substantial aid during Budapest Revolt 1956....


Yes, it was sort of partitions for Hungary:
The Treaty of Trianon was the peace agreement signed in 1920, at the end of World War I, between the Allies of World War I and Hungary (one of the successor states to Austria-Hungary).[1][2][3][4] The treaty regulated the status of an independent Hungarian state and defined its borders. Compared to the pre-war Kingdom of Hungary (which was part of Austria-Hungary),

Purple - Hungary after the Treaty

History / What do Poles owe to Hungarians? [233]

Another thing we should be grateful to Hungarians is Polish Hungarian cooperation during the II WW. In 1939 Hungarians refused to allow Hitler`s armies into Hungary (Slovaks agreed and Poland was attacked from the territory of Slovakia by joint Nazi and Slovakian units). About 120.000 refugees, both military and civilians, crossed the Polish Hungarian border after the Soviet invasion on 17 Sep 1939. Most of them moved to allied countries like France and Great Britain to carry on fighting. General Maczek was one of thousands soldiers who made their way to the West.

What did the fascist Hungarian government, politically allied with Hitler at the time, do about it? Exactly nothing. They were so proPolish that till 1941 the low rank kind of Polish embassy was operational in Budapest. With the Polish eagle over the entrance.

When Poles formed their underground, the route through Hungary was one of the most popular ways to escape from occupied Poland to the free world.

Who helped Poles in Hungary? Everybody. The government, the Church, charities, average people.

Thanks a lot.

posasiedzku.pl/news?msg=431388

TBC

Life / The "I am never wrong" phenom - is it the Polish thing? [63]

Reminds me of another member`s thread: https://polishforums.com/archives/2010-2019/life/blame-game-noticed-person-wrong-53830/

When discussing things there, I argued the phenomenon wasn`t so widespread and the OP was mistaken etc etc.

I could be wrong. Avoiding responsibility might be a more popular sport than I thought. For a few months I have seen several irresponsible Poles in action .

The reason is simple: Poles try to wriggle out of being blamed for sth in fear of having to suffer financial consequences.

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1400]

If you want to feed this troll, stop talking to it and give it flaki, instead. . :):):):)

News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [859]

Hey, more patience, please. It took Italians 5.5 years to conclude the Milan crash case. If you want to compare, Smoleńsk case is still 3 years in plus.

This week 4 Russian soldiers are going to appear in Russian court for stealing one of Smolensk crash victim`s credit cards and withdrawing money from accounts.

theepochtimes.com/n2/world/russian-soldiers-admit-taking-credit-cards-from-crash-victim-37045.html

News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [859]

Polish Foreign Minister is getting impatient. He called on a European Union foreign minister to help Poland retrieve the plane wreckage from Russians.

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said Monday he asked EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton to formally raise the issue with Russia next week, at an EU-Russia summit in Brussels, concerning the return of the wreckage of the plane that crashed in Russia in 2010, killing President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others.

Since then Russia has failed to return the wreckage. Sikorski said he raised the issue last week with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov but did not get any information from him on when the wreckage might be returned.

Russian Foreign Minister met Sikorski and promised the return but didn`t set any dates:

myfoxphilly.com/story/20360148/russia-says-polish-crash-wreckage-to-be-returned

Poland plane wreck

History / The restoration of Polish cities from WW2 destruction [123]


Interesting.

Even Coventry wasn`t reconstructed?

Itr seems it wasn`t.

Following the raids, the majority of Coventry's historic buildings could not be saved as they were in ruinous states or were deemed unsafe for any future use, although several were later demolished simply to make way for modern developments which saw the city centre's buildings and road infrastructure almost completely altered by 1970.

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1400]


How does the saying go? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder??? :):):):)

Besides, I suppose most Europeans would prefer to devour Polish bigos

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1400]


Everything can be made to look tasty or disgusting.

It all depends on how much effort the cook puts into the attractive arrangement of the plate`s content and its immediate vicinity, e.g.,

Language / Foreigners speaking Polish - examples. [61]


The site is here: polish.cri.cn/index.htm

but seems to be based on texts mainly.

I tried to open some audio or video, to no avail.

Po polsku / Życie pod wspólnym dachem. Jak to jest? [28]

Dlaczego nie? A czy chłopaki mogą sobie chociaż popatrzeć?

Niezły, treściwy artykuł wyjaśniający pokrótce dlaczego kobiety wiążą się z różnymi świrami.

styl.pl/uczucia/we-dwoje/news-bo-to-zly-mezczyzna-byl,nId,769080,nPack,1

Po polsku / Życie pod wspólnym dachem. Jak to jest? [28]


Ah, oczywiście że nie. -le to zrozumiałem. Mój błąd. Wyszedłem z wprawy przez dwa miesiące leniuchowania. Przepraszam. :):):)


Jak najbardziej. Jeszcze raz proszę o wybaczenie.

Po polsku / Życie pod wspólnym dachem. Jak to jest? [28]


Ms

Po polsku / Życie pod wspólnym dachem. Jak to jest? [28]


Nie ma uniwersalnej recepty na bycie szczęśliwym w życiu. Niestety. Każdy związek jest inny.
Ale..
Pamiętam że na początku mówiłem moim znajomym że mam anioła w domu.
Dopiero po kilku latach parę rzeczy zaczęło mi przeszkadzać. Ale zwalczyłem to.

Feedback / I love this forum - It's so Polish: tolerant, inconsistent, amusing [252]


Reminds me of my own musings some time ago: :):):)

polishforums.com/off-topic-lounge-47/love-forum-53076/

News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [859]


Yes, I know but I gave their link as the best English translation of the matter.

Polish sites are full of that.

Corpses exhumed March 19 is definitely body Przemyslaw Gosiewski - says on the air RMF FM Lawyer Attorney , Agent some families of victims of the Smolensk air crash . - On the basis of many of the physical characteristics , as well as others - even diseases that have been identified , in my opinion certainly is Gosiewski - provides lawyer .

Rogalski ensures that all the doubts that had a wife Gosyevski on the question of whether the grave of her husband buried his corpse in fact , have been allayed. And the fact that the Russians in the wrong way described at the time of the autopsy height and weight of the late Mr Law and Justice Lawyer explains " negligence " of Russian doctors.

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1400]

Sth simple. What will you say to nutritious fried lard? It is very good for you.

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News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [859]

Dear Russian friends, why are you doing it to us?

A few weeks ago we learnt that bodies of two female victims of the crash were swapped into each other`s coffins.

https://polishforums.com/news/rest-peace-anna-walentynowicz-62099/


freepl.info/1977-autopsies-smolensk-victims-bodies-undermine-russian-version

Today, we are learning that one of Russian blog sites has published drastic photos from the crash site in Smoleńsk and Moscow morgue.


Come on, Russians. It is not the way people should behave in civilised countries. If you demand to be treated with respect by others, as one of your national characteristic goes, you must stop behaving like fekking cattle and start acting like cultural people. Otherwise, you will be always considered Euroasian barbarians from the East. Is that what you want?

Sorry, friends, I am really pisssed off now.

Life / Poland's concord of cultures [86]

We all love our cats and dogs and other creatures:

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1400]


Yes! I can always recognise the characterristic smell of leczo when I enter a house.


Yes, it happens, but people who commit such posts are really embarassed later on....

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1400]

Final result

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