Genealogy / What are common Polish character traits? [425]

Not yet, I am afraid. But you are right - the equality must become a real entity, not an empty slogan! (like so far). I demand full equality! E.g., I want to bear children, like my wife!

Love / What strange/unnerving/funny things do your Polish wives do? [153]

It reminds me of that old joke about bosses.

Two main rules at your workplace:
1. Your boss is always right.
2. When he/she isn`t, go back to point no 1.

Genealogy / Any Pole with predominant Black or African ancestry? [26]

One of the cashiers in Krakow`s Auchan chain in completely black - an African man around 25-30. Wow! I already met Ukrainian cashiers before but never a black person. I wonder if he is a new immigrant or Polish by birth. Next time I visit the city and go shopping, I will choose his checkout for a little conversation. :)

Life / Owning a house in true countryside of Poland - stories [692]

After summer holidays I come to the farm 2,3 times a week. I pick up the fruit, mainly raspberries, but also black berries or kiwis. Veg is abundant, too. I plant new fruit trees or bushes. Oh, I nearly forgot my main activity - picking up walnuts from 3 big trees. I eat two dozen every day but that`s not enough to deal with the constant supply so I put the rest in the freezer coz I don`t like dry walnuts. I am going to eat them out next year. Soon, I will have to remove the fallen leaves from the lawn.

A few days ago one walnut tree lost a giant branch during strong winds. It fell onto my neighbour`s field. I had to cope with it for a few hours, manually coz I don`t possess a chainsaw - I never needed it. Now I must think about the purchase coz those trees are getting older and older.

The area is busy with tractors, farmers either collect summer crops or prepare fields for winter.

News / Scandals, conflicts, tensions, arguments - real life examples from Poland [492]


As long as the winning party sticks to democratic standards, it is OK - I fully accept their rule. But when it doesn`t - no mercy on those rogues. . That is the case with PiS - political gangsters faithfully following the communist standards before 1989. :):)

Love / What strange/unnerving/funny things do your Polish wives do? [153]

A little reminder:

Dear guys (I mean males now),
Did you ever come across articles suggesting your offspring`s intelligence is inherited from mothers only? It is not exactly true. So, don`t lose hope - you still have a chance to pass down your mental powers onto your kids.

forbes.com/sites/emilywillingham/2016/09/16/no-research-has-not-established-that-you-inherited-your-intelligence-from-your-mother/#5005daa96502

Did you know that intelligence is inherited from mothers?
Yet the claims in those headlines--and the articles that follow--are just rubbish, and pretty obviously so. Which just goes to show that no matter how smart we are or where we got those smarts, confirmation bias will be what makes us click...and share.

Genealogy / What are common Polish character traits? [425]


This?:

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


Yes, indeed, I haven`t noticed it before. :)

I like such diversity, too, as usual, all kinds of diversities are good to me. On the other hand, accustomed to the nearly perfect symmetry of such structures, I miss it a little in Krasiczyn example.

I am in two minds about it. :):)

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History / Warsaw Rising 1944 - National Disaster or Triumph of Spirit ? [515]

Hmm, the reason might be different - the robbed items surface in American auctions more frequently coz owners are not aware of the origin of what they want to sell. In Europe it might be different - owners keep their dubious belongings to themselves and rarely show them to public in fear of consequences.

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

How often do you eat trotters in the UK? :)

Pig ears had seemed so fascinatingly exotic food to me that when I spotted them in KEY FOODS chain in the USA, I couldn`t resist. As an inexperienced amateur cook, I put them directly onto the frying pan. I was gravely disturbed to find out they were inedible when fried - as tough as a shoe sole. That was my first and I vaguley remember last experiment with ears.

No photo this time.

News / PiS candidates are losing positions in EU Parliament. Will they keep power in Poland? [358]

I am afraid you missed the results of recent EU elections. :):)

Mock elections in the county of Wieruszów - 2000 people voted for parties, turnout - 13%.

Results:
Pis 46%
KO - 23.5
Left - 13
Konfederacja - 7
PSL/Kukiz - 8

tvn24.pl/wieruszow-prawybory-zwyciestwo-pis-piec-formacji-w-sejmie,975224,s.html

Study / Various education and school issues in Poland. Opinions, stories, controversies. [1006]

The biggest teachers` trade union advises teachers to go on Italian strike - perform only duties from the contract and skip all others. That means extracurricular classes and trips longer than daily working hours will be out of question. PiS enjoys those suggestions coz they feared another major strike in most schools, like before. Now the government won`t have to deal with angry teachers, only students will suffer. That`s unacceptable so I am fully against. Morons.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]

Yes, some are brutal, primitive and rude. But many are funny and that`s what I focus on. :):)

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]

What is kabbalah? spelled with a small letter.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

Fallen leaves, elderly people, the gate design, the small building behind it, the asphalt path with street lamps and the trees suggest it is a local cemetery around 1st November. People are visiting it to clean the tombstones before the holiday. Or afterwards. But where, I have no idea.

In a place I have never visited? :):)): Lublin, Rzeszów, Zamość, Szczecin? :):) It must be Zamosc - you visited it in autumn.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]


Yes, that is quite correct. Simply speaking, under cover. I was sure I wrote coatling - płaszczyk - but now I see it is coating, still close but not what I really meant.


Yes. Also chaos or even violence. I think Mexico idiom comes from Kraków. Meksyk was a bar in Nowa Huta District in communist times and it was infamous for rough customers, heavy drinking and frequent fighting. Saigon bears an obvious reference to the Vietnam war.


I come across them regularly in online comments.

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Law / Buying a USED CAR in Poland, my personal experiences and TRAPS to avoid !! [133]

That is a stereotypical view, I must say it is false coz it is possible to buy a well maintained second hand car driven in Poland. I did last year and have been very satisfied with the purchase till today. Yes, I was lucky, but the fact is a fact.

Genealogy / What are common Polish character traits? [425]


No, it hasn`t been lost. Poles work longer weekly than other nations in Europe. Partly due to backwardness and less advanced technologies, but the fact is a fact. .

News / Mister President Andrzej Duda - Best Poland could get. [96]

Duda`s election enriched Polish vocabulary. Today, instead of saying: I have it in dupa, people say I have it in Duda. It is safer to write so in online comments to make sure they won`t be deleted for vulgarity.

It means President Duda has been working hard to let the new saying come into being.

News / How could PiS better spend billions instead of 500+ ? [280]


You are either daydreaming or repeating BS after PiS propagandists. Most projects finalised today were started years ago. PiS invest much less than previous government for one main reason: they have no money to do their OWN investment due to their social benefits policy.

News / How could PiS better spend billions instead of 500+ ? [280]


hahaha you are a funny guy.
But it is obvious you still can`t cope with basic maths. Don`t give up though. Here is an easy exercise for you:
The Parliament term lasts 4 years and finishes with new elections. The nearest elections are in Ocotber 2019. Count how many years the current party which won the elections in 2015 has been in power.


Yes, they are infecting everything and repairing it will take years.

News / How could PiS better spend billions instead of 500+ ? [280]


Sad but true. Somehow this party attracts mainly morons and puts off intelligent guys.


Still sadder but truer.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

Not so easy , I had to check out all fortresses in Poland before I found out they are fortifications in Zamość. :)P) I forgot to add Zamość to my no-visit places in Poland.

How about my fortress?

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Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]

Yes, I know. That is why I am dealing with them in the English forum about Poland, not Polish forum about England.

I finally got home where the book by Niziurski lies on my desk, so a next one:

to act/work/function under the coating.

Before I forget:
What situations are called Mexico/ Saigon by Poles:?

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation [1756]

Nope. To do means to serve sb, like in the office, for example. From hand means to do it instantly, without waiting in the line. Załatwić kogoś od ręki.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

Only three. Sorry. I have visited all other important ones in my lifetime.

Old badge - google Fiat badge from 1970s.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


It`s easier to say which cities I don`t know: I have never visited Szczecin, Lublin and Rzeszów. Here is your chance. :)


it is an old FIAT badge.

Yes, 127p. I had a red one.,


Those are murals in the underground passage in Gdańsk, the one near the police station. Below:

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News / PiS candidates are losing positions in EU Parliament. Will they keep power in Poland? [358]


Getting back to the original idea. Another PiS candidate for the EU position is losing it.

euobserver.com/eu-election/146136

Poland's nominee for agriculture commissioner, Janusz Wojciechowski, is set to face a second hearing after MEPs from the European Parliament's (EP) top political groups lambasted his "vague" performance on Tuesday (1 October).

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@Philip 666

Of course, Phil. - you get a point.

So, Chemikiem has taken us to Wrocław and made me open the folder with photos:

What is this make and model which I used to drive a few decades ago?

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History / History of Poland in a pill - illustrated [41]

The Golden Age came to its end at the beginning of the 17th century. Its final achievement was the occupation of Moscow by Polish troops which concluded with their defeat.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Muscovite_War_(1605%E2%80%931618)#Poles_in_Moscow_(1610)

The Poles surrender the Moscow Kremlin to Prince Pozharsky in 1612, painting by Ernst Lissner

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