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I don't know why but what you said made me think of the annual Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling event where participants from all over the world chase a cheese down an extremely steep hill:

soglos.com/event/outdoors/gloucestershire-cheese-rolling/17943/


I'd love a go in a Formula One car on a racetrack but speeding on public roads.......no.

I love hiking. Slower pace to take in beautiful scenery :)

Off-Topic / Arts and crafts [123]


I haven't found anything that I like yet......

I'm talking about abstract art like this by American artist Cy Twombly:

gagosian.com/exhibitions/2005/cy-twombly-bacchus/

Valued between 35 and 45 million dollars. For the life of me I cannot understand why and I would defy anyone on this forum to say it shows talent in any way whatsoever. I actually think that works like this are an insult to truly talented artists.


Definitely plain walls. Not white for me though, I think it can look too clinical, almost hospital like. I like pale colours, and like Alien, I have lots of paintings on my walls. More than him actually!

I loathe carpets and prefer wooden floors and furniture with brightly coloured rugs. Not dark wood though. Probably the result of growing up with things like sideboards and china cabinets :(


I really was traumatised by it!! When you've had to put up with an orange vinyl sofa followed by an extremely uncomfortable cottage suite to go with the brightly patterned wallpaper and hideously patterned carpets you will understand my pain ;D


I like those illustrations. Red riding hood for the 3rd one, not sure about the others.

Life / Owning a house in true countryside of Poland - stories [679]


You're going to use the chainsaw to saw the tree down as close to the roots as possible? No stump remaining.

Life / Owning a house in true countryside of Poland - stories [679]


I don't actually remember you mentioning them before but I wouldn't have got it anyway. I tend to think of hamsters as pets :)


Are you going to put protective fencing around the trunk and want to fence it below ground level to stop rodents burrowing beneath it?

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [285]


Don't allow anyone to tell you what to do, to push you around. Not taking sh!t from anyone.


A well matched pair. Two peas in a pod?


Is it similar/same as the idiom in post #62?

Life / Owning a house in true countryside of Poland - stories [679]

Black squirrel?

Off-Topic / Let's talk about shoes [308]


The only logical thing I can think of is so that you don't forget your passport/tickets/money etc when checking oiut.

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [285]


In what he says or his treatment of patients?

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [285]


He's expressing helplessness in the face of a problem? Your dentist is at loss to know what to do what to do with your tooth/teeth? Though that seems a little odd...

Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [584]

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Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [285]


Call yourself a Pole!!


Perfect explanation!


It makes a change for me to be educating you ;)

Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [584]

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Off-Topic / Polish Music. [269]

Barbara Wrońska feat. Michał Szpak - Zanim




I enjoyed that one. Strange to hear Polish funk!

Off-Topic / Arts and crafts [123]


I can't imagine painting anything taller than me! Well, in my case it would be drawing. I think something of that scale would take me an age to complete.


I get what you mean. I like light and plain walls because we had garish patterned wallpaper and carpets which I couldn't stand when I was growing up. I felt like everything clashed badly in our house and I found it quite depressing. I do have many paintings on the wall in my home now though and a lot of mirrors.


I'm not far behind you Lenka. Other than what I learned in art classes at school and from reading books on art, I know little about any techniques. I just know what I like when I see it.

I am one of those people that likes to see real talent when I look at a painting. Abstract art leaves me cold. If it looks like a 5 year old child could have painted it, I'm not interested.


Moroccan in mine :)


I'm constantly amazed by the number of people that love Ikea!! One opened not far from me about 20 years ago. I went when it first opened, saw nothing I liked and haven't been back since.

Guess I must be the odd one out.

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Polonia / Which country is better SPAIN or POLAND [113]


It is. I was quite surprised at just how nice Malaga is. Now I understand why so many pensioners retire there.


I've only been in the winter but I did make the mistake of going to Seville and Cordoba in August a few years ago. 43C......was a tad warm.

I do like Spain and I've visited many regions of it but I still prefer Poland. The only way I can explain it is that I feel at home when I'm there.

Off-Topic / Arts and crafts [123]


Beautiful paintings. I have one of his on my wall at home.


Guess his paintings have become more popular over the years.


She's younger than I thought she'd be. She definitely has a leaning toward fantasy.....

I also like Klimt, but the lesser known paintings. My favourite of his is Mada Primavesi.

Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [584]

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Now I do like those :)

The second picture in post 29 appears to me to be in the style of John William Waterhouse. Also reminds me a bit of the style of painting in Midsummer Eve by Edward Robert Hughes although the subject matter differs. The ones in the post below are delving into fantasy and you know I like fantasy art. Thanks for posting them :)

The painting below is a favourite of mine:

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  Circe Invidiosa - John William Waterhouse
  

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I'm really going to like this thread :) Great idea Paulina :)


She's incredibly talented and her paintings are amazing but it's not really my kind of art. Wish I could paint that well though!


For me too. I'm not a fan of Cubism, Abstract art, Contemporary artists such as Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin etc the list is long......

I actually like a lot of Pre-Raphaelite and Renaissance art although I feel I'm in the minority. Doesn't seem to be very popular.

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Off-Topic / Polish Music. [269]

Całkiem Nowa Bajka:

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [285]

A new one:

Half an hour for the bacon.

News / Flood in Lower Silesia in Poland - looks catastrophic [94]


Until I read this thread I didn't know anything about the 1997 floods so I started doing a bit of reading.

For anyone interested here is an article giving a day to day account of the flood in Wrocław.

wroclaw.pl/en/the-flood-of-1997-25-years-after-the-disaster-that-hit-wroclaw-and-surrounding-areas

Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [584]

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Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [285]


I will think about this....


An alcoholic drink made by mixing a spirit with fruit juice?

Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [285]


I think it's more that you know the answers and I don't ;)


Not offhand but I'll have a think about it.

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