Life / Polish women who made amazing careers against patriarchal society [128]

Another amazing Polish woman, Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz. She was the first woman to sail around the world solo and she completed this amazing feat in 1978 after a two year journey starting in the Canary Isles and finishing near the Cape Verde Isles. Her husband custom-designed and oversaw the construction of her yacht, the Mazurek. She was also a naval engineer.

Journalist Paulina Reiter has written a book about her entitled Samotne Oceany ( The Lonely Ocean ) which was published in 2023. It's available on Amazon for those who might be interested in reading about her life.

In the meantime here's an article about her:

culture.pl/en/article/meet-krystyna-chojnowska-liskiewicz-the-first-woman-to-sail-around-the-world-solo

Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [961]

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Off-Topic / What's your hobby? [191]


A plant/flower that is 'leggy' means that it has a really long stem with just a few leaves at the top. It would look a bit straggly. Might need pruning or placing in a better position for light. Depending on the plant, you might need to stake it for support.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [796]

I have discovered that Missouri is the 'show me ' state so I would require proof of what you are saying.

Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [961]

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


Well done Barney! I'd never have got that.

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

They are a bit blurred so it's hard to see detail.

Does A) have a couple of seed pods in the photo? I thought at first the long curved thing was a piece of bone but I don't think it is now. The whole thing reminds me a bit of potpourri.

B) looks a bit like some kind of fossil but I'm sure it's not.....

Food / Best kielbasa to use for Bigos. [22]


They do look nice. Zrazy is my favourite dish, these come second.

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


Cool!

Where I grew up was close to an RAF base and they had an old Spitfire there. It was used in the 1967 film 'The Battle of Britain'.


I would go with that. I thought for a moment that it was two planes as it looks like two sets of contrails but they're too close together to be separate aircraft.

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


Military aircraft? If it is then I'm guessing they fly in groups for combat and situational awareness. Also for protecting each other from enemy fire, planes are safer when flying together.

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


Now you've disappointed me Paulina! With your interest in astronomy I was expecting something a bit.......cosmic maybe ;)

It can't be contrails from aircraft, can it?

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


My guess is that it's either a meteor shower or falling Starlink satellites. Having said that it's unusual to see such things that clearly in the day....

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


Yeah, if I'd seen the damage to start with that would've been my first guess. Good riddle :)

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


Car was hit on the passenger side by another vehicle?

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


Impact? Although I keep wondering what kind of impact that only causes wheel damage and nothing to bodywork. I had an insane thought at one time looking at the overhead pass above the road......but that would be ridiculous.....

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


If there's no danger to life or fire, not usually. The police would normally call a towing company to remove the vehicle.


Wheel nuts worked loose and fell off or weren't tightened enough? Never known that happen before though. I had a tyre blowout once, That was scary, but unusual to lose a wheel I would think.


Now I need stronger glasses. How can you tell?

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


Unless I've made a mistake. Where the first fireman's right foot is there appears to be a jack of some kind. I can't see a tyre or a wheel.


I've never driven an automatic but it makes sense that they're more common in the US. Much greater distances to cover. Less tiring than changing gear.

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


If it wasn't for the fact that there's a missing wheel, I would've said that it looks like they're trying to stop a moving car.


Mainly, yes.

Polonia / Polish bus crash in Croatia. Is there a fate? [229]


I remember that one. There was also the fire in the Kemerovo mall a few years ago. Locked doors and no working fire alarms in that one. This latest one in Macedonia was in a building with only one exit and a locked back door. The club's owners also had a forged licence and bribes were paid so that a blind eye was turned to the venue operating beyond capacity and in violation of fire code.

This keeps happening and it's always young people who are paying the price for greed and corruption :(

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

The car appears to be missing a wheel on the passenger side and there doesn't appear to be anyone in the vehicle. The fire brigade are moving it off the road for some reason, breakdown? blocking traffic? but surely this wouldn't normally be their job? Unless there was a fire or multiple cars involved or someone had to be cut out of a car.....

Not much idea at the moment.

Food / Polish cookbook - down to earth hearty Polish cuisine [33]


I only ever went once when I was invited by a friend's parents. Going out for a meal, at least in my circles, was relatively rare. Hard to believe when it's so commonplace these days.


I must admit I've had my share of kitchen disasters in my time!


Fair play. I've not met that many men who are into cooking to be honest although I think everyone should be able to cook a few basic meals.


Yum! Love anything with prawns but haven't encountered that much seafood in Poland as I've been inland more than on the coast.


I would so like to go there.....that menu looks amazing! There are so many things I like I'd be really hard pushed to choose what to have. Not many places like that around anymore.

Language / Polish vs English tongue twisters [45]

These are hard for me:

"Sześć tysięcy sześćset sześćdziesiąt sześć słów"

"Pstrąg trącał pstrąga prądem w prącie"

Polonia / Polish bus crash in Croatia. Is there a fate? [229]


It's almost a carbon copy of the Colectiv nightclub fire in Bucharest 10 years ago. Corruption was the factor in that case and this one appears to be the same. Very sad.

Food / Polish cookbook - down to earth hearty Polish cuisine [33]


I don't know if I could even eat the sort of food that people ate back then these days. I remember having tinned salmon with parsley sauce on the top ( packet mix back then ). Tournedos Rossini! You might have moved in better circles than me......

I actually liked Findus crispy pancakes of all things. Don't know if you can even get them anymore. Vesta curries!

Those thrilling choices for a meal out too! Either melon balls or prawn cocktail for starters, steak for mains and black forest gateau for dessert. At a Berni Inn of course.


Never made anything from her recipes although she's hugely popular even today. I learnt to cook from the age of 8 out of necessity. Used an old book called 1000 recipes byJane Harrop, Isabelle Barrett. Nothing too exciting in it but good for basics.

Language / Polish vs English tongue twisters [45]

"He threw three free throws."

"Irish wristwatch, Swiss wristwatch":

" Red leather. yellow leather"

Food / Polish cookbook - down to earth hearty Polish cuisine [33]


It's the same over here too although I've known curry powder to be sometimes substituted for mustard. It was the closest thing I could think of when Jon said we had something similar in the UK. Very much a 70s/80s thing though, Haven't seen them for years and they weren't that popular.

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


Sułoszowa

Food / The most typical ingredient used in Polish cuisine [40]


I don't think dill is far behind it.

Even dogs like it.....

Food / Polish cookbook - down to earth hearty Polish cuisine [33]


Me too. Horseradish sauce in the UK is way too creamy, I prefer Polish plus it is stronger tasting too.


Are you thinking of devilled eggs?

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [796]


I always abbreviate it too. I only gave the full version for anyone that might be unaware of it.