pawian
4 Sep 2012
pawian
3 Sep 2012
Life / Buying groceries in poland. Poles don't buy name-brand foods? [35]
If so, the OP`s suggestion/question was OK. I don`t buy Heinz ketchup because I prefer Winiary mayonaise.
If so, the OP`s suggestion/question was OK. I don`t buy Heinz ketchup because I prefer Winiary mayonaise.
pawian
3 Sep 2012
Life / Buying groceries in poland. Poles don't buy name-brand foods? [35]
What is name brand foods? ???? :):):):)
poles don't buy name-brand foods,
What is name brand foods? ???? :):):):)
pawian
2 Sep 2012
Life / What are the best cars to buy in Poland? [64]
Popular myth says that German cars, followed by Japanese. French are crap, Italian are mediocre.
what are the best cars to buy in poland?
Popular myth says that German cars, followed by Japanese. French are crap, Italian are mediocre.
pawian
2 Sep 2012
History / Poland: Her heroes and her traitors [239]
YES!!! Jon, I am so glad there are such intelligent guys in PF (to counterbalance certain morons)! :):):):)
Exactly, it gave food to my thought about Polish heroic traitors or trecherous heroes.
Ryszard Jerzy Kukliński (June 13, 1930 - February 11, 2004) was a Polish colonel, Cold War spy and communist whistleblower. He passed top secret Warsaw Pact documents to the CIA between 1971 and 1981. The former United States National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzeziński has described him as "the first Polish officer in NATO."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryszard_Kukli%C5%84ski
After the war, Kukliński began a successful career in the Polish People's Army. In 1968, he took part in the preparations for the Warsaw Pact's invasion of Czechoslovakia. Disturbed by the invasion, and by the brutal crushing of the parallel Polish 1970 protests - in 1972, Kukliński sent a letter to the US embassy in Bonn describing himself as a foreign "MAF" from a Communist country, and requested a secret meeting.[1]
In 1994, Kukliński said that his awareness of the "unambiguously offensive" nature of Soviet military plans was an important factor in his decision to communicate the details of those plans to the United States, adding that "Our front could only be a sacrifice of Polish blood at the altar of the Red Empire".[2] Kukliński was also concerned that his homeland would be turned into a nuclear wasteland as the Warsaw Pact's superiority in conventional forces would mean NATO would respond to a military action with tactical nuclear weapons.
Plans of Polish People`s army`s attack on Western Europe which was supposed to clear the path for Soviet troops:
Polish map--
Neutral plan of 3rd World War - Polish cities would be destroyed by NATO retaliation after German cities were anihilated by Warsaw Pact nuclear strikes.
My personal choice of photos below suggests that I consider him a hero:
Ryszard Jerzy Kukliński
Unfortunately, many Poles consider him a traitor
Kościuszko is a controvercial figure to me. He fought for Poland hard but after defeat and last partition, he emigrated and didn`t return to Poland when part of it became liberated by Napoleon in early 19 century.
Both hero and traitor?
Kościuszko emigrated to the United States, but the following year returned to Europe and in 1798 settled in Breville, near Paris. Still devoted to the Polish cause, he took part in creating the Polish Legions. Also, on October 17 and November 6, 1799, he met with Napoleon Bonaparte. However, he failed to reach any agreement with the French leader, who regarded Kościuszko as a "fool" who "overestimated his influence" in Poland (letter from Napoleon to Fouché, 1807).
Kościuszko's heart, Royal Castle, Warsaw
Kościuszko remained politically active in Polish émigré circles in France and in 1799 was a founding member of the Society of Polish Republicans. However, he did not return to the Duchy of Warsaw and did not join the reborn Polish Army allied with Napoleon. Instead, after the fall of Napoleon's empire in 1815 he met with Russia's Tsar Alexander I in Braunau. In return for his prospective services, Kościuszko demanded social reforms and territorial gains for Poland, which he wished to reach as far as the Dvina and Dnieper Rivers in the east.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadeusz_Ko%C5%9Bciuszko
Now Kuklinski
YES!!! Jon, I am so glad there are such intelligent guys in PF (to counterbalance certain morons)! :):):):)
(whose name has cropped up here a few times in the past week)
Exactly, it gave food to my thought about Polish heroic traitors or trecherous heroes.
Ryszard Jerzy Kukliński (June 13, 1930 - February 11, 2004) was a Polish colonel, Cold War spy and communist whistleblower. He passed top secret Warsaw Pact documents to the CIA between 1971 and 1981. The former United States National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzeziński has described him as "the first Polish officer in NATO."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryszard_Kukli%C5%84ski
After the war, Kukliński began a successful career in the Polish People's Army. In 1968, he took part in the preparations for the Warsaw Pact's invasion of Czechoslovakia. Disturbed by the invasion, and by the brutal crushing of the parallel Polish 1970 protests - in 1972, Kukliński sent a letter to the US embassy in Bonn describing himself as a foreign "MAF" from a Communist country, and requested a secret meeting.[1]
In 1994, Kukliński said that his awareness of the "unambiguously offensive" nature of Soviet military plans was an important factor in his decision to communicate the details of those plans to the United States, adding that "Our front could only be a sacrifice of Polish blood at the altar of the Red Empire".[2] Kukliński was also concerned that his homeland would be turned into a nuclear wasteland as the Warsaw Pact's superiority in conventional forces would mean NATO would respond to a military action with tactical nuclear weapons.
Plans of Polish People`s army`s attack on Western Europe which was supposed to clear the path for Soviet troops:
Polish map--
Neutral plan of 3rd World War - Polish cities would be destroyed by NATO retaliation after German cities were anihilated by Warsaw Pact nuclear strikes.
My personal choice of photos below suggests that I consider him a hero:
Ryszard Jerzy Kukliński
Unfortunately, many Poles consider him a traitor
Kościuszko is a controvercial figure to me. He fought for Poland hard but after defeat and last partition, he emigrated and didn`t return to Poland when part of it became liberated by Napoleon in early 19 century.
Both hero and traitor?
Kościuszko emigrated to the United States, but the following year returned to Europe and in 1798 settled in Breville, near Paris. Still devoted to the Polish cause, he took part in creating the Polish Legions. Also, on October 17 and November 6, 1799, he met with Napoleon Bonaparte. However, he failed to reach any agreement with the French leader, who regarded Kościuszko as a "fool" who "overestimated his influence" in Poland (letter from Napoleon to Fouché, 1807).
Kościuszko's heart, Royal Castle, Warsaw
Kościuszko remained politically active in Polish émigré circles in France and in 1799 was a founding member of the Society of Polish Republicans. However, he did not return to the Duchy of Warsaw and did not join the reborn Polish Army allied with Napoleon. Instead, after the fall of Napoleon's empire in 1815 he met with Russia's Tsar Alexander I in Braunau. In return for his prospective services, Kościuszko demanded social reforms and territorial gains for Poland, which he wished to reach as far as the Dvina and Dnieper Rivers in the east.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadeusz_Ko%C5%9Bciuszko
pawian
2 Sep 2012
History / Poland: Her heroes and her traitors [239]
Sorry, I meant a guy who was active in late 20 century. But Poniatowski might be second one.
Sorry, I meant a guy who was active in late 20 century. But Poniatowski might be second one.
pawian
2 Sep 2012
Life / Mishmash facts about Poland and Poles [182]
That`s pure anti RC church malice. :):):):)
Going about 40 kilometers out of Krakow allows you to meet a nice brown bear. Wild.
In the Great Książ near Krakow hunters hunt bear. Predator has already been filmed and photographed. Bear probably wandered into the area of the Beskid Mountains and the Tatra Mountains.
The bear, the spotted and photographed from the pulpit by one of the hunters, is a 2-3 year old male. The animal can weigh up to 100 pounds. According to the hunters, he sojourned from the Tatras or Beskid and looks for his territory. It feeds now apples and corn.
rmf24.pl/fakty/polska/news-mysliwi-tropia-niedzwiedzia-ktory-pojawil-sie-w-ksiazu-wielk,nId,633521
About 70% Poles spend New Year`s Even at home with family.
That`s pure anti RC church malice. :):):):)
Mishmash facts about Poland
Going about 40 kilometers out of Krakow allows you to meet a nice brown bear. Wild.
In the Great Książ near Krakow hunters hunt bear. Predator has already been filmed and photographed. Bear probably wandered into the area of the Beskid Mountains and the Tatra Mountains.
The bear, the spotted and photographed from the pulpit by one of the hunters, is a 2-3 year old male. The animal can weigh up to 100 pounds. According to the hunters, he sojourned from the Tatras or Beskid and looks for his territory. It feeds now apples and corn.
rmf24.pl/fakty/polska/news-mysliwi-tropia-niedzwiedzia-ktory-pojawil-sie-w-ksiazu-wielk,nId,633521
About 70% Poles spend New Year`s Even at home with family.
pawian
2 Sep 2012
Life / Mishmash facts about Poland and Poles [182]
A lucky guy from Poland has won 31 million PLN in lottery today.
It is close to the highest sum ever paid by lottery in Poland - 33 million. It is about 10 million $ or 6.6 million pounds.
A lucky guy from Poland has won 31 million PLN in lottery today.
It is close to the highest sum ever paid by lottery in Poland - 33 million. It is about 10 million $ or 6.6 million pounds.
pawian
2 Sep 2012
History / Poland: Her heroes and her traitors [239]
It will be the first Polish historical person of double nature in this thread: by some considered a hero, by others a traitor.
Who do I mean?
It will be the first Polish historical person of double nature in this thread: by some considered a hero, by others a traitor.
Who do I mean?
pawian
1 Sep 2012
pawian
1 Sep 2012
Food / Today's Polish Sunday dinner? [30]
TBc as I said
TBc as I said
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pawian
1 Sep 2012
Food / Today's Polish Sunday dinner? [30]
My last week`s traditional Polish Sunday lunch. Preparation was very adventurous.
TBC
My last week`s traditional Polish Sunday lunch. Preparation was very adventurous.
TBC
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pawian
1 Sep 2012
Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1450]
Come on, if you expected some cosmic food, you were wrong. :):):):)
We were in the countryside which, traditionally in that area, has had modest culinary customs for centuries, due to various reasons. We go there every year to get this food because I am tired of fancy stuff I have in Krakow.
To be honest, in our village we paid 50 zlotys per person/day for accomodation and three meals.
Rybnik, today I set 6 big jars of beets. To quicken the fermentation, I used butter milk instead of rye bread. And I put less beet into jars to avoid the syrup-like liquid which is not my taste after all. Mineral water adds healthy minerals.
Looks a bit boring, to be frank.
Come on, if you expected some cosmic food, you were wrong. :):):):)
We were in the countryside which, traditionally in that area, has had modest culinary customs for centuries, due to various reasons. We go there every year to get this food because I am tired of fancy stuff I have in Krakow.
I've just come back from Tykocin. At the newly rebuilt castle I ate rack of lamb, boiled potatoes and rocket salad with halumi and balsamic vinegar. 50PLN.
To be honest, in our village we paid 50 zlotys per person/day for accomodation and three meals.
Rybnik, today I set 6 big jars of beets. To quicken the fermentation, I used butter milk instead of rye bread. And I put less beet into jars to avoid the syrup-like liquid which is not my taste after all. Mineral water adds healthy minerals.
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pawian
1 Sep 2012
Po polsku / Żebyśta nie myśleli że nauczyciele majom Raj [28]
1 września - teoretycznie zaczął się rok szkolny. Mam 5 lekcji mniej tygodniowo w szkole niż w zeszłym roku. Nieważne, nadrobię prywatnymi i na kursach. Ale koleżanka ma umowę tylko do kwietnia i wylatuje.
Nie ma uczniów. Niż. Szkoły ponadpodstawowe walczą jak mogą i przyjmują wszystkich jak leci. Ktokolwiek się zgłosi, jest przyjęty mimo iż oficjalne kryteria naboru są wyśrubowane (ale tylko w Internecie).
Na konferencji czerwcowej zostałem ochrzaniony przez dyrekcję że oblałem za dużo maturzystów na ustnym i popsułem wyniki szkoły. Pierwszy raz się coś takiego zdarzyło. Presja rośnie z każdym tygodniem. :):):):)
Zmiany od 1 września
1 września - teoretycznie zaczął się rok szkolny. Mam 5 lekcji mniej tygodniowo w szkole niż w zeszłym roku. Nieważne, nadrobię prywatnymi i na kursach. Ale koleżanka ma umowę tylko do kwietnia i wylatuje.
Nie ma uczniów. Niż. Szkoły ponadpodstawowe walczą jak mogą i przyjmują wszystkich jak leci. Ktokolwiek się zgłosi, jest przyjęty mimo iż oficjalne kryteria naboru są wyśrubowane (ale tylko w Internecie).
Na konferencji czerwcowej zostałem ochrzaniony przez dyrekcję że oblałem za dużo maturzystów na ustnym i popsułem wyniki szkoły. Pierwszy raz się coś takiego zdarzyło. Presja rośnie z każdym tygodniem. :):):):)
Zmiany od 1 września
pawian
1 Sep 2012
pawian
31 Aug 2012
Life / Polish film and serial riddles [137]
Yes! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharaoh_%28film%29
Yes, those shapely .....arms... made millions of male Poles visit the cinemas in 1960s..... :):):):)
Let`s change the director:
Kawalerowicz, Faraon (1965).
Yes! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharaoh_%28film%29
Yes, this was a bit easier due to unforgettable .. arms .. of Barbara Brylska.
Yes, those shapely .....arms... made millions of male Poles visit the cinemas in 1960s..... :):):):)
Let`s change the director:
pawian
31 Aug 2012
History / Communist memorials in Poland [50]
Yes, almost as huge as Feliks Dzierżyński monument in Warsaw which was also hanged in 1989:
Was that the one in Nowa Huta? If so, it was a huge statue!
Yes, almost as huge as Feliks Dzierżyński monument in Warsaw which was also hanged in 1989:
pawian
31 Aug 2012
History / Communist memorials in Poland [50]
Yaaawn, it`s so stupid what you say. I don`t think you know much about young Polish people today.
Yaaawn, it`s so stupid what you say. I don`t think you know much about young Polish people today.
pawian
30 Aug 2012
pawian
30 Aug 2012
Life / Polish film and serial riddles [137]
Oh, I see. :):):):)
But that second riddle movie by Kawalerowicz isn`t so new.
Second hint: Lucyna Winnicka played in it.
You thought so because you saw Leon Niemczyk. Yes, he also played in the film.
Oh, I see. :):):):)
But that second riddle movie by Kawalerowicz isn`t so new.
Second hint: Lucyna Winnicka played in it.
'Nóż w wodzie' by Roman Polański
You thought so because you saw Leon Niemczyk. Yes, he also played in the film.
pawian
30 Aug 2012
History / Communist memorials in Poland [50]
The most notorious ones: Lenin in Krakow was virtually hanged in 1989: :):):):):)
some memorials were pulled down immediately after the system collpased,
The most notorious ones: Lenin in Krakow was virtually hanged in 1989: :):):):):)
pawian
30 Aug 2012
History / Warsaw Rising 1944 - National Disaster or Triumph of Spirit ? [515]
In 1943, The General Uprising of Jews and Poles had no chance of winning for one simple reason: the Eastern front (read: with Soviets who were our "allies" against Nazis) was still 1000 kilometeres away and Germans were fighting hard there.
In 1944 the chances were much bigger because the allied Soviets controlled the right bank of the Wisła river in Warsaw. If Stalin had given an order, the Rising would have been saved.
Today`s reenactments of Warsaw Rising:
In 1943, The General Uprising of Jews and Poles had no chance of winning for one simple reason: the Eastern front (read: with Soviets who were our "allies" against Nazis) was still 1000 kilometeres away and Germans were fighting hard there.
In 1944 the chances were much bigger because the allied Soviets controlled the right bank of the Wisła river in Warsaw. If Stalin had given an order, the Rising would have been saved.
Today`s reenactments of Warsaw Rising:
pawian
30 Aug 2012
pawian
30 Aug 2012
pawian
26 Aug 2012
History / Warsaw Rising 1944 - National Disaster or Triumph of Spirit ? [515]
Actually, most of them underwent military training in secret classes, in the city as well as forests around Warsaw.
Yes.
Exactly. That was the spirit of 1944.
Polish leaders who gave an order to the Rising didn`t see through Stalin`s trickstery. Don`t you think they are to blame for it? Stalin had been known for years as one of the cruellest and cleverest dictators in history.
most of these men and women were never soldiers,
Actually, most of them underwent military training in secret classes, in the city as well as forests around Warsaw.
most didn't even had a weapond
Yes.
However they have all marched into combat like bloody veterans!
Exactly. That was the spirit of 1944.
it was all based on the false lie of Stalin, that he was a friend of Poland, therefore he would command his armies to help the AK in the Warsaw Uprising.
Polish leaders who gave an order to the Rising didn`t see through Stalin`s trickstery. Don`t you think they are to blame for it? Stalin had been known for years as one of the cruellest and cleverest dictators in history.
pawian
26 Aug 2012
pawian
26 Aug 2012
Food / What is your favorite Polish Vodka? [653]
My own, called True Polish Patriot Vodka!!! I am able to reach 80% in my machinery.
What is your favorite Polish Vodka?
My own, called True Polish Patriot Vodka!!! I am able to reach 80% in my machinery.
pawian
25 Aug 2012
History / What do Poles owe to Czechs? [89]
Wow wow!
Smaller guns were called píš»ala in Czech, meaning that they were shaped like a pipe or a fife (in Polish piszczałka), from which the English word pistol is possibly derived.
Wow wow!
pawian
25 Aug 2012
Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]
Sounds Catholic tradition.
Sounds pagan tradition.
Or am I wrong?
Bóg, Honor, Ojczyzna
Sounds Catholic tradition.
S£AWA BOGOM I PRZODKOM!!
Sounds pagan tradition.
Or am I wrong?
pawian
25 Aug 2012
History / What do Poles owe to Czechs? [89]
Wow! I didn`t know about it.
????? WHy? We visit Jan Matejko`s house in Krakow on each Long Night of Museums.
Matejko born on June 24, 1838 in the Free City of Kraków.[1] His father, Franciszek Ksawery Matejko (Czech: František Xaver Matějka) (born 1789 or 13 January 1793, died 26 October 1860), a Czech from the village of Roudnice, was a graduate of the Hradec Králové school; who later became a tutor and music teacher
Interesting, he went to the same high school as me but dropped out. I didn`t!! :):):):)
Wow! I didn`t know about it.
????? WHy? We visit Jan Matejko`s house in Krakow on each Long Night of Museums.
Matejko born on June 24, 1838 in the Free City of Kraków.[1] His father, Franciszek Ksawery Matejko (Czech: František Xaver Matějka) (born 1789 or 13 January 1793, died 26 October 1860), a Czech from the village of Roudnice, was a graduate of the Hradec Králové school; who later became a tutor and music teacher
Interesting, he went to the same high school as me but dropped out. I didn`t!! :):):):)