Off-Topic / A VERY CHRISTMASSY FORUM - IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS THREADS [156]


I was pleased when I came to Poland to see so few. They used to be a big thing in the U.K., and a nice way to decorate homes with them on a string or the posher ones on a mantelpiece.

There's also the 'round robin' letters which you either love or hate.
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Off-Topic / A VERY CHRISTMASSY FORUM - IDEAS FOR CHRISTMAS THREADS [156]


Not many people under 70 or in certain workplaces do that nowadays. A shame, since they brightened up homes.


In a small way. Back in PL soon so things to do. A Christmas recipes page would be good, and I'd guess that some posters (and even more who read here but don't post) would like tips for particular flights between PL and their home countries which are less expensive than usual, any 'travel hacks'

Gift ideas are good too. Nice to get the shopping out of the way or you'll end up getting a Magic Tree and some windscreen fluid from the 24 hour garage at midnight on Christmas Eve.

And BTW, some branches of TK Maxx in Poland have Christmas crackers in stock this year. Assuming they haven't been snapped up,by people who heard about the, on the bush telegraph.

Life / Profoundly Peculiar and Perplexing Proclivities: Probing PRL Personality Patterns Paraded in Public [16]


The internet has that strange effect on some.

And I still can't figure out what a previous Polish system has to do with the EU or why this thread exists.

Life / Profoundly Peculiar and Perplexing Proclivities: Probing PRL Personality Patterns Paraded in Public [16]


I don't think there is one here.

Life / Do colored immigrants in Poland function better than in Western countries? [256]

Those are certainly words, however put together they just mean nonsense. And add nothing to a discussion of Poland's steadily changing cultural make-up.

And no language school gets "shut down by the authorities" and nor do I live in North Africa. , whatever wrong impression you get from looking at adverts in private Facebook groups. Evidently accuracy is as alien to you as sanity or slimness.

You have a talent for getting the wrong end of the stick, as when you were arrested by the police in Illinois for making threatening phone calls to a Polish family that you mistakenly thought were Muslim.

Most people wouldn't make threatening phone calls to strangers, however if they did, they would use an anonymous way rather than Skype, however online is online.

And although you'd not see it in real life of course, being a long way away, Poland is becoming increasingly ethnically diverse: something that was historically always a characteristic.

You should probably avoid looking at dodgy websites like 'zero hedge'; they are bad for your mental health, such as it is and are never a suitable source to quote from.

Off-Topic / Arts and crafts [145]

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Food / Polish food vs Ukrainian food [31]

It imports from wherever is cheapest; plenty of tomatoes from Dutch polytunnels.


You might not, however farmers certainly do use plenty of chemicals.

Life / Do colored immigrants in Poland function better than in Western countries? [256]


It's clear that your much mentioned ignore list is just a fantasy.


So one Teacher with extreme views that you found on a r*SSian fake news site somehowhas to be listened to, and the rest who are fine with the status quo are ignored.

You should maybe stick to issues in your own continent, not least since you've never been to Berlin and have no context about it other than what you read online.

Nor do you have a valid viewpoint on migration in Poland since you don't live in PL, aren't a citizen and don't speak the language. Migrants from around the world who've settled in Warsaw, speak the language and have taken citizenship (there are a few of us here) have more to say than someone who loves Poland so much they live thousands of miles away.

News / Presidential elections 2025 - the race has commenced!!! [665]


Too foreign. The Red Flag and the Warszawianka are both better, especially the Red Flag.

If not to and for the people, then to and for whom?

News / Presidential elections 2025 - the race has commenced!!! [665]


To the people.


He's a right-winger however he's a relatively benign one.

News / Presidential elections 2025 - the race has commenced!!! [665]

It's more interesting.. Polish politics is a circus.

I remember a few times hearing typical korpo office monkeys talking about minute details, more trivial than party members would gossip about elsewhere.

As long as Konfa perish and SLD do well, I don't much care.

News / Presidential elections 2025 - the race has commenced!!! [665]

Yes, alcohol again today.

News / Presidential elections 2025 - the race has commenced!!! [665]


A nice-ish song by James. About as near to rock as I'll go, and better than anything Polish.


He has youth on his side, and rather a lot of ambition. Sikorski deserves a go first though.


If you want to avoid being called a drunken cúnt, don't behave with your elders and betters as if you were with a class of ten year olds. Tu comprends?

Food / Polish food vs Ukrainian food [31]

Millions in Ukraine grow their own food on their dachas.

Poland too, however there are more big supermarket chains in PL and more fruit and veg imported from polytunnels in the Netherlands.

News / Presidential elections 2025 - the race has commenced!!! [665]


Learn some manners.

And drink less before posting.


Forget how?

News / Presidential elections 2025 - the race has commenced!!! [665]


That's how it is nowadays.


My choice too; he has the credibility on the world stage and would be a safe and pragmatic pair of hands.

Life / Do colored immigrants in Poland function better than in Western countries? [256]


A fake news site, run by r *SSians.


How many?

And why would internal matters regarding Berlin City Council reported on some dodgy website interest you?

News / Referendum to decide about exotic immigrants in Poland [559]


Who does that? Nobody.


They obsess on it, despite both being migrants themselves.

Travel / Transport adventures in Poland [99]


Nicer by train.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [726]


We were talking about the English, not the Polish you posted. You missed the nuances.

UK, Ireland / London is Poland's 24th largest city [85]


London is fairly affordable outside the centre. Spends where you are.

USA, Canada / Cigarettes reach nine dollars a pack in New York [109]


And their thousands of employees in Poland, plus the farmers around Suwałki who sell to them. A longstanding British company too.


100x. He forgets that some of us have spent time in bot(.


Not really for cigs unless it's some dodgy internet thing. Where I am when I'm in England, if you ask for cigs at a small shop, they give you ones with a wonky typeface on the packet for about a quarter of the normal price.

UK, Ireland / London is Poland's 24th largest city [85]


We all like a nice salad and some fruit.

Travel / Transport adventures in Poland [99]


More likely because it's cool compared to most of the MENA region and family friendly.


I don't think many of them are Sheiks.


They don't have a strong smell and in any case are out in the desert chewing bushes.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [726]


Quite.

Booting just means to kick or to kick out, depending on context.

It's rare though. To give someone the boot is more normal, though there's no implication of boot prints.

USA, Canada / Cigarettes reach nine dollars a pack in New York [109]


Their land, their decision.

USA, Canada / Cigarettes reach nine dollars a pack in New York [109]

@sambeliskiv
Where I am at the moment, they're about £8 a carton of 200.

Travel / Road traffic - Emergency lane use [23]


In London they filter the gold and other precious elements out.


Loved by some and increasing in number.

Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [913]

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USA, Canada / Rodeo Ben the "Polish Cowboy" [50]


I don't know if anyone voted on that issue, however the 'war on drugs' that conservative and puritanical elements in America pushed and tried to persuade others to take part in failed wretchedly.


I think I dated him once.