Off-Topic / Pop A Cork - Wine [397]


The late Anthony Hogg who was usually on the money about both wine and cocktails wrote (in the 70s when he was already old) that at a smart lunch, rather than ask what people want when they arrive, just press a glass of chilled champagne into their hand.

Language / Dog Commands in Polish [49]

I just used to whistle and my doggie always came.

Hard to know why someone would want all those "commands" unless they're training police dogs.

News / Coronavirus in Poland - part 2 [599]


We shouldn't forget the 83 kids in American Samoa who died of measles after that Kennedy person and his 'foundation' started intentionally pushing vaccine scepticism there.

USA, Canada / Will Americans flee from the US to Poland? [186]

You seem to be confusing Marxism with Owenism, Social Democracy Trade Unionism. Easy perhaps if your understanding of life derives entirely from the internet.

As an employee, presumably you receive a wage and are in a Union. Perhaps one day, if you sacrifice your own interests in favour of your employer's, perhaps they'll let a tiny bit of their wealth trickle down to you.


Where did you pull that gem from, fat boy?

Everybody can have savings. Providing they don't spend their wage on pizza or Skype credit to make menacing phone calls that they thought were anonymous...

Perhaps you should wind down the rather pathetic schoolboy attempts at rhetoric; they just make you look foolish.

Food / Healthy polish food? [143]

My favourite is Botwinka, also very seasonal. I won't have Szczawiowa in the house though.

Food / Healthy polish food? [143]

@Lyzko
Neither of those are especially healthy but they're both good in season.

USA, Canada / Will Americans flee from the US to Poland? [186]


They're quite bizarre. I used to own some shares in a large American company and had to fill in tax forms for there, even though I've never lived there and in any case, they'd have no way of enforcing anything.

I sold them in the end, partly because I was annoyed at having to fill a foreign country's forms in and partly because of employment conditions and certain other ethical concerns about the company.

Food / Healthy polish food? [143]


Sunday lunch food.

Simpson's is still going though.

Tankards of ale are very old fashioned, however many pubs do a nice Sunday meal.

Food / Healthy polish food? [143]


Not that popular nowadays.

Off-Topic / Arts and crafts [145]


It's used often. Has two meanings, the original and literal one a bit archaic nowadays, the metaphorical meaning is more usual now we don't use coal much.

Off-Topic / Arts and crafts [145]

Smut.

Frank Auerbach has just died aged 98. Perhaps the foremost British and European artist of the past few decades. He did this one in 1995, showing the road outside his studio.

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News / 11th November Independence Day in Poland [73]


What's that bit of nonsense supposed to mean?

And they're just watching a band parade.

Language / Cultural disparities shown through Polish and English languages [195]


Is a misunderstood word. It's not a synonym for excellent. You can y fluent and make a lot of mistakes; immigrants to a country who learnt the lańguage around them rather than from a textbook are often very fluent but go against a lot of the principles of grammar.

Food / Best hypermarket to shop for foods in Poland? [50]


I was visiting an Old People's Home and there was a decorative bottle of Heaven Scent talc next to the bog. It was as if my granny was in the room.

Food / Best hypermarket to shop for foods in Poland? [50]


I use Brut 33 sometimes. They still sell it and it's actually good quality. Nobody under a certain age remembers it, and for people older, it has nostalgia.


One good thi grin Poland is some of the 'cheaper' brands made for Eastern Europe. The quality is often very good and they tend to be robust. Plus the 'special' versions from well known brands for that market. I bought a Kenwood stand mixer/food processor, made in the U.K. but sold in Poland, Ukraine etc. Much cheaper than their other stuff, takes the same attachments and has lasted me for years.

EuroRTV are particularly good for those products and Media Markt often has some.

USA, Canada / Will Americans flee from the US to Poland? [186]


There ar even higher taxes in France.And they still have to file returns if they live overseas.

USA, Canada / Will Americans flee from the US to Poland? [186]


They could always try for asylum in Canada or Mexico.

News / How will Polish-American relations change if Trump is elected president again? [635]


We're part of the anima; kingdom.


Black swans do pretty well. Black cats too.

News / Polish military contingent in Lebanon. [183]


Oddly enough, Nowy wspaniały świat is how Huxley's Brave New World is titled in its Polish translation.

Dreary and rather annoying like most Huxley (though I can see why it was popular in PL) except for Eyeless in Gaza, very worth reading.

Food / Best hypermarket to shop for foods in Poland? [50]


Since they started showing some self-respect, a few centuries ago.


Moisturising is more important; any will do, even the cheapest (though non-greasy ones are best), last thing at night.

News / How will Polish-American relations change if Trump is elected president again? [635]


One thing that used to be seen as a little embarrassing is that some of the major early archeological sites in PL were inhabited by Burgundian rather than proto-Slavic cultures.


Why would skin colour matter?


Oh dear...

Language / Dog Commands in Polish [49]


Very much so. It's the tones they hear, not so much the words, even though they seem to recognise them.

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1304]


Definitely conservative.

Which current party do you prefer?

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1304]


She was a Conservative.

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1304]


Maybe their economies are more adaptable; we came out well because we responded efficiently.

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1304]

They should count their blessings. Life is harder in Turkey, Brazil, former z Yugoslavia etc.

Food / Best hypermarket to shop for foods in Poland? [50]

There always Spolem.

It's supposed to be a co-op though I've never figured out how to join and there aren't any posters in the shops about it. I once asked someone how to join and just got a blank look.

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1304]


Yes, Kamala Harris would have been good, as are the SPD in Germany.

They're both a bit too much towards the right wing however the do their job well and there's no reason that mild dissatisfaction with some policies should lead to du ping them in favour of fascists.

News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1304]


Would you prefer AfD running it or not?

News / How will Polish-American relations change if Trump is elected president again? [635]


Sadly some people are easily manipulated.