Off-Topic / Best posters [886]

Best posters update (Top 10):

1-2 BB and AntV - for stubbornly refusing to descend to the average level of PF;
3. Bobko - for the sheer resilience and sticking around for so long; Russians are indeed long suffering world champions;
4. Lenka - for the common sense, calm and this elusive, intangible Slavic sadness in her, that she hasn't lost even abroad
5. Atch - for constantly reminding me that I occasionaly stray from the Christian path;
6. Paulina - for significantly decreasing the amount of vitriol in her posts and being much more mature (with age comes wisdom and all that)
7. Velund - for offering the current opinion from Mordor in a very often humorous way ;)
8-10 Jon357, Cms_neuf and Mafketis - for iron consistency in their views (an admirabe character trait in itself).

Honorary mentions:

PolAmKrakow - for being able to allow the reality to change his views (an admirable character trait in itself).
Crow - for his unceasing service to Sarmatia;
Ironside - for not allowing kindness and consideration for other human beings influence his posts. ;)

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History / Historic Photos about Poland with Context [31]

Lieutenant Jedwab: 1939

1st September 1939, dawn, a couple of kilometres from the German border, near Działoszyn. 19th German Infantry Division assaults the positions of 84th Poleski Rifleman Regiment. The commander of a heavy machinegun team is Henryk Jedwab, son of a very rich Jewish family from Kalisz. He knows he cannot afford the slightest weakness or his Polish colleagues will consider him a coward; he calmly waits for German infantrymen to advance close enough when he shouts 'Ognia!' and rain of lead stops the attacking Germans. That was the beginning of a distinguished military career that would see Jedwab receiving Fighter's Cross/Krzyż Walecznych (three times), Croix de Guerre (three times), Monte Cassino Cross and last but not the least Virtuti Militari (Poland's highest military decoration for heroism and courage in the face of the enemy at war).

His entire family was murdered by the nazis during the war. Once he was asked how many Germans he killed; he thought for a moment and said "More than my family had members... way, way more".

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Off-Topic / 75 Years of Israel and the War - part 3 [497]

Nukes, Iron. We would get nukes. Think about it.

Never again would Poland be conquered and our loved ones slaughtered.

We have no real friends, and nations don't change that much in measly 80 years. Consider this before you call me a trolling nutter again.

History / Historic Photos about Poland with Context [31]

Jewish Generals: 1939

Brigade General Wilhelm Orlik-Rückemann, pioneer of Poland's panzer forces, distinguished himself in Polish-Soviet war, commander of KOP in 1939.

Brigade General Bernard Mond, commander of Army Cracow's 6th Infantry Division, defender of korytarz pszczyński.

Brigade General Juliusz Zulauf, defender of Narew line and Warsaw Praga.

120,000 Polish Jews fought in the ranks on Wojsko Polskie in September 1939. Mentioning all of them would be impossible (I will mention one in more detail later). 7000 of them, including 100 officers, were KIA and names like Friedmann-Mieczysławski, Arnsztajn, Berenson, Putzman, Pariserberg, Fisch and Liebich are well known to Polish WW2 historians. Above you see photos of three Jewish September '39 generals.

Off-Topic / 75 Years of Israel and the War - part 3 [497]


Aaaah, nothing like a bit of good old pre-war antisemtism on a lovely Friday morning, right Novi? The Jews were bloody capitalists and communist revolutionaries at the same time, godless atheists and backward orthodox chałatowcy, cosmopolites and zionist nationalists -- damn what a perfect scapegoat! You could accuse them of pretty much anything even if the accusations were self-contradictory! :)

One might think that growing in years means also growing in wisdom. Apparently not in every case.

News / Up to 80 Polish fighters killed in Ukraine [63]


In the 20th century this title was rightly won by Germany, thanks to a short, dark-haired painter from Austria.

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Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [818]


Sounds delicious! Also, it's supposed to be healthy too. I recall a friend of mine singing praises of the vegetable. :)

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [818]

Topinambur?

Off-Topic / 75 Years of Israel and the War - part 3 [497]


Hmm... I suppose we can't move Arabs anywhere?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [818]

Some sort of mushrooms?

Off-Topic / 75 Years of Israel and the War - part 3 [497]


We would move them to today's Israel. Arabs have no beef with Madagascan people, so they should be able to live together in peace.

Off-Topic / 75 Years of Israel and the War - part 3 [497]


Good point. 'Next year in Jerusalem' and all that.


You already have atomic weapons and a rather strong army. No, they must come back to Poland. Together we will be invincible.

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Jokes aside, I wonder whether Jews wouldn't be better off in Madagascar than being surrounded by enemies from the very birth of their state. Also, I may be wrong but prior to 1948 some other African country was proposed too for Jewish homeland (Ghana?). However, it might have been tricky in African mainland - Madagascar would probably be safer.

Love / How to make a Polish guy happy? (we're moving to Mexico) [51]


I wouldn't say normal but it's legal. However, you can only have civil marriage; Church forbids it (canon 1091), so no white dress and wedding Mass for cousins.

Life / Beavers and the Polish Question [7]


Tusk simply needed a scapebeaver. Typical. :-/

Feedback / Who deserves to inherit Polish Forums? [344]

@Lazarus
The guy seemed sound and then disappeared like a fart in the wind. :(

Love / How to make a Polish guy happy? (we're moving to Mexico) [51]


Of course. As you can see God can sometimes derive greater good even from multiple sins! Mysterious are His ways and all that.


She is definitely more reasonable than I am! Why she chose me I shall never fathom. That's why I never play lottery games - I already drew my winning ticket.

Anyways, gotta do some work for a change. See you later, ladies, and don't do anything I wouldn't do! :)

Love / How to make a Polish guy happy? (we're moving to Mexico) [51]


One denies nothing. One merely strives to help others avoid the sins one committed oneself in the past.


Hypocrisy is a tribute that vice pays to virtue and all that.


We live in perfect harmony with our neighbours, thank you.

Work / What Jobs Pay At Least 25,000/per month in Poland [5]

People often earn in the grey zone, avoiding excessive taxation.


A good plumber in Gdańsk can earn that, so I imagine it's similar or even better in Warsaw. I had a plumber refusing to even come for a job that would earn him about $150 for an hour of his time (maybe not even an hour), and another had first free possible appointment in December :) It's similar with electricians for example. If you're a skilled professional in construction related trade, you will be quite well off too. In general, we have too many university graduates with worthless degrees (and they very often earn peanuts) and too few professionals and tradesman.

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Love / How to make a Polish guy happy? (we're moving to Mexico) [51]

Good man, Ron. *thumbs up*

Feedback / Who deserves to inherit Polish Forums? [344]


If we gave him all the money right away, he would just run away to Argentina with it. Better to do it this way :)


Was für eine Überraschung! ;)

Love / How to make a Polish guy happy? (we're moving to Mexico) [51]


My wife and I are such exceptions. When we met she was 19 and I was 20. We were like animals, God forgive me! I will spare you the details, Ron, because they would shock a decent guy like you. However, after 4 years, when we graduated from our unis, we got married and have been together ever since. It was our 20th wedding anniversary in August; two kids and a havanese, and we're still in love with each other. :)

But - as you said - we are an exception; so listen to Ron, kids, and don't do what my wife and I did.

Love / Polish couple married for 20 years [8]

@Bobko
Solid and sound. We need more men like Ron.

Love / How to make a Polish guy happy? (we're moving to Mexico) [51]


Planet Common Decency.

Love / Polish couple married for 20 years [8]

Hear, hear. Well said, Ron.