jon357
16 Sep 2024
jon357
11 Sep 2024
History / Why American military aid to Europe and Poland is important to America itself? [212]
He is bad. A truly appalling individual.
What do you think of the fascistic Agenda 25?
litany "Trump bad Trump bad Trump bad"
He is bad. A truly appalling individual.
What do you think of the fascistic Agenda 25?
jon357
11 Sep 2024
History / Why American military aid to Europe and Poland is important to America itself? [212]
Or a summary of how her appalling rival wouldn't.
President Biden has done pretty well, and President Obama before him.
What do you think about Agenda 25? Do you not agree that it's pure fascistic evil?
a summary why she would be a clever prez? Pretty Please????
Or a summary of how her appalling rival wouldn't.
President Biden has done pretty well, and President Obama before him.
What do you think about Agenda 25? Do you not agree that it's pure fascistic evil?
jon357
11 Sep 2024
Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [930]
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jon357
11 Sep 2024
History / Why American military aid to Europe and Poland is important to America itself? [212]
She's clever.
Welcome President Harris!
Not bad, not bad
She's clever.
Welcome President Harris!
jon357
10 Sep 2024
Life / Why is women-hatred and stereotyping so popular in Poland? [181]
Apparently the neighbours only live 4 metres away from the outbuilding however a Polish language news site suggested that there may have been soundproofing and that the walls were thick anyway.
Apparently the neighbours only live 4 metres away from the outbuilding however a Polish language news site suggested that there may have been soundproofing and that the walls were thick anyway.
jon357
10 Sep 2024
Law / Custody Issue and Travel Abroad of my Girlfriend from Poland [31]
The situation was before, and it's hard to know why the EU would be relevant here.
An 'agenda' is irrelevant. If there's joint custody, both parents share custody and joint custody only happens if both parents agree and where there is no suggestion of cruelty etc.
If one of them subsequently abducts the child, takes them abroad illegally and refuses access to the other parent, it is a criminal offence and if the abductor is arrested, they Weill be automatically extradited and jailed for child abduction. Rightly so.
That what British choice
The situation was before, and it's hard to know why the EU would be relevant here.
The agenda which
An 'agenda' is irrelevant. If there's joint custody, both parents share custody and joint custody only happens if both parents agree and where there is no suggestion of cruelty etc.
If one of them subsequently abducts the child, takes them abroad illegally and refuses access to the other parent, it is a criminal offence and if the abductor is arrested, they Weill be automatically extradited and jailed for child abduction. Rightly so.
jon357
10 Sep 2024
Life / Why is women-hatred and stereotyping so popular in Poland? [181]
Indeed.. It's hard to imagine that they didn't know a woman was being kept prisoner there for several years.
I remember when, years ago, someone in PL said to me "ooh, aren't there a lot of serial killers in England". In fact, he'd been watching a British TV documentary about them on Discovery Channel, dubbed into Polish. I asked about Polish serial killers and the daft reply was: "it isn't a Polish tradition". Nor of course are mobile phones, hamburgers or air fryers yet there are plenty enough in PL.
Plus, the police in the U.K. are fairly good with major crimes and that can't be said about the police in Poland. And of course the U.K. is far more urban which makes it harder to get away with things.
Then, a few years later, there was an exhibition at the tram stop by DW Centralny in Warsaw of photos of missing persons. So manymof the, were blonde teenage girls from the same parts of the countryside who went missing on their way home from school. I wonder if anyone in the police joined the dots or just filed it away and did nothing. When a close friend went missing, Fundacja Itaka put posters on the metro however it turned out he'd been lying in a morgue for months after being run over and despite being reported missing right away in the same town as he was found, he'd just been left there.
The FBI once estimated that there were 40 serial killers operating in the U.S. at any one time. If you math that down by population size, that suggests Poland has 4 or 5 who are killing people right now.
they all belong in prison
Indeed.. It's hard to imagine that they didn't know a woman was being kept prisoner there for several years.
I remember when, years ago, someone in PL said to me "ooh, aren't there a lot of serial killers in England". In fact, he'd been watching a British TV documentary about them on Discovery Channel, dubbed into Polish. I asked about Polish serial killers and the daft reply was: "it isn't a Polish tradition". Nor of course are mobile phones, hamburgers or air fryers yet there are plenty enough in PL.
Plus, the police in the U.K. are fairly good with major crimes and that can't be said about the police in Poland. And of course the U.K. is far more urban which makes it harder to get away with things.
Then, a few years later, there was an exhibition at the tram stop by DW Centralny in Warsaw of photos of missing persons. So manymof the, were blonde teenage girls from the same parts of the countryside who went missing on their way home from school. I wonder if anyone in the police joined the dots or just filed it away and did nothing. When a close friend went missing, Fundacja Itaka put posters on the metro however it turned out he'd been lying in a morgue for months after being run over and despite being reported missing right away in the same town as he was found, he'd just been left there.
The FBI once estimated that there were 40 serial killers operating in the U.S. at any one time. If you math that down by population size, that suggests Poland has 4 or 5 who are killing people right now.
jon357
10 Sep 2024
Law / Custody Issue and Travel Abroad of my Girlfriend from Poland [31]
It seems the Polish government is aiding people who abduct children to Poland in breach of legally binding custody agreements.
Poland has adopted a nationalistic agenda toward retaining children with Polish heritage," claims Michael. He and the other fathers accuse Poland of interfering in court proceedings and placing political pressure on judges to overturn rulings that could bring their children back
They allege that Polish officials are leaking information to their former spouses and partners, giving them time to disappear with the children whenever the fathers arrive in the country.
telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/brexit-stopped-us-getting-our-abducted-children-back/
It seems the Polish government is aiding people who abduct children to Poland in breach of legally binding custody agreements.
Poland has adopted a nationalistic agenda toward retaining children with Polish heritage," claims Michael. He and the other fathers accuse Poland of interfering in court proceedings and placing political pressure on judges to overturn rulings that could bring their children back
They allege that Polish officials are leaking information to their former spouses and partners, giving them time to disappear with the children whenever the fathers arrive in the country.
telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/brexit-stopped-us-getting-our-abducted-children-back/
jon357
10 Sep 2024
Classifieds / Conversational Polish lessons (face to face) - West Midlands, UK [3]
@Shoulders
Your best bet would be to try a site specifically for Poles in your area. Most people here are in Poland, Germany or places further away. There's a Facebook page called "Poles in Birmingham" and there may be others local to you.
@Shoulders
Your best bet would be to try a site specifically for Poles in your area. Most people here are in Poland, Germany or places further away. There's a Facebook page called "Poles in Birmingham" and there may be others local to you.
jon357
10 Sep 2024
Life / Why is women-hatred and stereotyping so popular in Poland? [181]
This story (about a guy called Mateusz Jach) freaked me out a bit:
"Woman 'kept as sex slave had teeth and lips removed by Poland's Josef Fritzl"
metro.co.uk/2024/09/06/woman-kept-sex-slave-polands-josef-fritzl-lips-teeth-removed-21560678/
This story (about a guy called Mateusz Jach) freaked me out a bit:
"Woman 'kept as sex slave had teeth and lips removed by Poland's Josef Fritzl"
metro.co.uk/2024/09/06/woman-kept-sex-slave-polands-josef-fritzl-lips-teeth-removed-21560678/
jon357
10 Sep 2024
Food / Traditional Polish Foods [141]
It goes nicely with white fish and also as an ingredient in stuffing.
That and marjoram.
My sister-in-law's sorell soup, bubbling away. She calls it green borscht.
it was added to soups
It goes nicely with white fish and also as an ingredient in stuffing.
a bit overused in Polish cooking
That and marjoram.
sorrel soup
My sister-in-law's sorell soup, bubbling away. She calls it green borscht.
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jon357
9 Sep 2024
Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [930]
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jon357
9 Sep 2024
News / POcopalypse of Poland. [28]
The best we've had since Harold, and he may turn out to be the best we've had since Clement.
Starmer
The best we've had since Harold, and he may turn out to be the best we've had since Clement.
or is there a darker scene?
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jon357
9 Sep 2024
Food / Traditional Polish Foods [141]
The same. We have it in Britain too, Sorrel, also used for soups, but it's not at all common. If people have it, they've grown it; it's not in the shops.
Sometimes at home in Warsaw if it's the other cooking rather than me we have sorrel soup though I'm not a big fan. As Paw said, there are problems. You really do have to be careful about having too much. It's high in Oxalic Acid (like rhubarb leaves) however some (Ukrainians anyway) say that putting sour cream in it mitigates that, I'm not convinced.
My dentist once said that dried szczaw in soups had historically kept a lot of poor families in the east alive over the winter but had also shortened their lives through overuse.
I'd like to try those. Mustard leaves exist in the U.K. because they're used in curries. Indian and Pakistani families used to plant them in the garden since they didn't exist in the shops until recently (and you'd only expect find them in a town with a significant south Asian population). There's something there called Spring Greens that I like but which are a bit old fashioned, sadly.
The leaves of young beetroot (as close as damn it to Swiss Chard) are a different thing. Botwinka is, in my opinion, the best of Polish soups and I make it often when the beetroots are young. I prefer it without buttermilk which swamps the delicate taste and the nice muddy dark red colour, however ours is a mixed household and Ukrainians always put buttermilk in it.
I've had it (szczaw in Polish) a few times
The same. We have it in Britain too, Sorrel, also used for soups, but it's not at all common. If people have it, they've grown it; it's not in the shops.
Sometimes at home in Warsaw if it's the other cooking rather than me we have sorrel soup though I'm not a big fan. As Paw said, there are problems. You really do have to be careful about having too much. It's high in Oxalic Acid (like rhubarb leaves) however some (Ukrainians anyway) say that putting sour cream in it mitigates that, I'm not convinced.
My dentist once said that dried szczaw in soups had historically kept a lot of poor families in the east alive over the winter but had also shortened their lives through overuse.
(turnip greens, mustard greens and collard greens are all eaten on a regular basis in the US South).
I'd like to try those. Mustard leaves exist in the U.K. because they're used in curries. Indian and Pakistani families used to plant them in the garden since they didn't exist in the shops until recently (and you'd only expect find them in a town with a significant south Asian population). There's something there called Spring Greens that I like but which are a bit old fashioned, sadly.
The leaves of young beetroot (as close as damn it to Swiss Chard) are a different thing. Botwinka is, in my opinion, the best of Polish soups and I make it often when the beetroots are young. I prefer it without buttermilk which swamps the delicate taste and the nice muddy dark red colour, however ours is a mixed household and Ukrainians always put buttermilk in it.
jon357
9 Sep 2024
Off-Topic / Random Sports News [855]
Are you crazy? It's not like your 'country'.
It's not a 'controversy' at all. People are free to sing it or not, and the reason is nothing to do with any Irish 'descent' (which millions of English people have, including me) since he doesn't sing the Irish national anthem either. It's hiss personal choice. The late, great, Sven Goran Ericksson didn't sing it either, being a Swedish citizen, and some of the team choose not to sing it either.
It isn't North Korea.
The England - Ireland rivalry from the Scottish perspective
Are you crazy? It's not like your 'country'.
Another controversy is the new England manager Lee Carlsley refusing to sing the national anthem as he too is of Irish descent.
It's not a 'controversy' at all. People are free to sing it or not, and the reason is nothing to do with any Irish 'descent' (which millions of English people have, including me) since he doesn't sing the Irish national anthem either. It's hiss personal choice. The late, great, Sven Goran Ericksson didn't sing it either, being a Swedish citizen, and some of the team choose not to sing it either.
It isn't North Korea.
jon357
8 Sep 2024
Food / Traditional Polish Foods [141]
Possibly, given the old building they were in and it's location.
This one tried to repurpose itself first as a cafe and was actually a nice one but in the wrong location just to stop in for a cuppa. Then as a Polish bar to appeal to the local Polish population however of course they don't really go out much. Now it's a pizza shop that plays Polish football matches round the back but I've not seen people going in and out much.
There's one in Doncaster that used to be a shopping precinct cafe years ago (though the precinct has sort of died). I noticed it had become a restaurant with an upmarket menu and a few of the things on the menu suggested that the chef is Polish. The only times I've been past though it's been empty which is sad. Again, due to location and the wrong market positioning. The menu looks nice though, a mix of British and Polish stuff. A quick look online shows that it's still going though and has great reviews.
I just googled the menu. Most of the Polish stuff has gone now, just chicken sznycel and buraczka as far as I can see. It does look nice though and I'll try and go next time I'm there. Problem is, when I'm in that town with people, they always want to go to the Wool Market (a bit like Hala Koszykowa in Warsaw) where there's some very good Indian food and often live music. Plus there are pubs round it which this restaurant doesn't have.
It does look nice though and I'm feeling hungry just looking at the menu.
Here's the menu: thecitydoncaster.com/Menu/LUNCH%2030%20PDF.pdf
Did they have rats and cockroaches?
Possibly, given the old building they were in and it's location.
Both have shut down now though.
This one tried to repurpose itself first as a cafe and was actually a nice one but in the wrong location just to stop in for a cuppa. Then as a Polish bar to appeal to the local Polish population however of course they don't really go out much. Now it's a pizza shop that plays Polish football matches round the back but I've not seen people going in and out much.
There's one in Doncaster that used to be a shopping precinct cafe years ago (though the precinct has sort of died). I noticed it had become a restaurant with an upmarket menu and a few of the things on the menu suggested that the chef is Polish. The only times I've been past though it's been empty which is sad. Again, due to location and the wrong market positioning. The menu looks nice though, a mix of British and Polish stuff. A quick look online shows that it's still going though and has great reviews.
I just googled the menu. Most of the Polish stuff has gone now, just chicken sznycel and buraczka as far as I can see. It does look nice though and I'll try and go next time I'm there. Problem is, when I'm in that town with people, they always want to go to the Wool Market (a bit like Hala Koszykowa in Warsaw) where there's some very good Indian food and often live music. Plus there are pubs round it which this restaurant doesn't have.
It does look nice though and I'm feeling hungry just looking at the menu.
Here's the menu: thecitydoncaster.com/Menu/LUNCH%2030%20PDF.pdf
jon357
8 Sep 2024
Food / Traditional Polish Foods [141]
Probably. If it's a neighbourhood restaurant people don't want the same sort of thing every day, and it's worth mentioning that people from India who've settled in Britain don't necessarily eat Indian food every day of the week,
There was a Polish restaurant in my town in Yorkshire, quite popular until it got its food hygiene star rating and people said a collective "eww" and stopped going. They had a mix of Polish dishes, English ones and international ones like pizza, pasta, burgers.
Not everyone wants to eat only Polish food?
Probably. If it's a neighbourhood restaurant people don't want the same sort of thing every day, and it's worth mentioning that people from India who've settled in Britain don't necessarily eat Indian food every day of the week,
There was a Polish restaurant in my town in Yorkshire, quite popular until it got its food hygiene star rating and people said a collective "eww" and stopped going. They had a mix of Polish dishes, English ones and international ones like pizza, pasta, burgers.
jon357
8 Sep 2024
Food / Traditional Polish Foods [141]
Delicious, Especially chopped liver Jewish-style.
Sadly there were onions on the last ones I had. I prefer the normal crunchy ones from słonina.
I disagree on borscht though.
Looking at that menu, yes, it's very American.
chicken liver
Delicious, Especially chopped liver Jewish-style.
basic kinds of pierogis, but the sprinkling they offered was simple fried onion
Sadly there were onions on the last ones I had. I prefer the normal crunchy ones from słonina.
I disagree on borscht though.
Looking at that menu, yes, it's very American.
jon357
8 Sep 2024
News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [612]
Yes. An annoying company and yes, in my opinion too, they, together with Barratt and also Tay played a role but only a relatively minor one. 'Buy-to-let' played a bigger role as did the previous Tory government's housing policy or lack thereof which was the chief culprit. Regarding infrastructure as critical as housing, private companies will do what they're told by society/its elected representatives when society shows some balls and makes them.
It was always good for builders (mostly smaller companies) to get a contract to build council estates however that's mostly gone now. Fortunately it is slowly returning and may there be many more council houses built over the next decade.
Taylor Wimpey plc.
Yes. An annoying company and yes, in my opinion too, they, together with Barratt and also Tay played a role but only a relatively minor one. 'Buy-to-let' played a bigger role as did the previous Tory government's housing policy or lack thereof which was the chief culprit. Regarding infrastructure as critical as housing, private companies will do what they're told by society/its elected representatives when society shows some balls and makes them.
It was always good for builders (mostly smaller companies) to get a contract to build council estates however that's mostly gone now. Fortunately it is slowly returning and may there be many more council houses built over the next decade.
jon357
8 Sep 2024
News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [612]
Perhaps you could expand on that. Which corporation do you mean? The current southern housing crisis (it's a southern rather than a northern thing; where I'm from there is a surplus of housing) is almost entirely due to buy-to-let 'investors' and the lack of new public sector housing caused by now defunct legislation that ringfenced certain parts of local,authority budgets.
No they don't.
They have this British corporation responsible for housing construction and development
Perhaps you could expand on that. Which corporation do you mean? The current southern housing crisis (it's a southern rather than a northern thing; where I'm from there is a surplus of housing) is almost entirely due to buy-to-let 'investors' and the lack of new public sector housing caused by now defunct legislation that ringfenced certain parts of local,authority budgets.
The UK spends a lot of time worrying about the competition from Germany and France
No they don't.
jon357
8 Sep 2024
Off-Topic / Random Sports News [855]
Things need to be a bit more rigorous than tant, and the IOC certainly don't "see" that.
Her country's government have pointed out that her appearance isn't unusual there.
Anyone can see
Things need to be a bit more rigorous than tant, and the IOC certainly don't "see" that.
Her country's government have pointed out that her appearance isn't unusual there.
trainers neck. Woman wouldn't sit there.
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jon357
8 Sep 2024
Work / 9000 gross salary in Warsaw? [18]
Wawer's not too bad. If you're in walking distance of the commuter railway line, it's not a bad commute. You might find the traffic uncomfortable though; there's a bottleneck where the road that leads the back way to Rembertów branches off. Over the years, I've spent a lot of time in traffic jams near that junction.
Wawer
Wawer's not too bad. If you're in walking distance of the commuter railway line, it's not a bad commute. You might find the traffic uncomfortable though; there's a bottleneck where the road that leads the back way to Rembertów branches off. Over the years, I've spent a lot of time in traffic jams near that junction.
jon357
8 Sep 2024
Off-Topic / Random Sports News [855]
Why do you call her 'he' when she's a woman and always has been?
Yes. Very much so.
Here he is.
Why do you call her 'he' when she's a woman and always has been?
Ahhh " racism" of course
Yes. Very much so.
jon357
8 Sep 2024
jon357
8 Sep 2024
Off-Topic / Random Sports News [855]
I don't see insults except from your side; you seem passionate about the issue.
I'm personally not and am neutral in the issue.
Imane has certainly been wronged though, since she isn't and never has been a man, and there a touch of unconscious racism from some commentators since as her country's president has said,women of her appearance are not rare in her ethnic group and geographical area.
That's why you are flailing about throwing insults.
I don't see insults except from your side; you seem passionate about the issue.
I'm personally not and am neutral in the issue.
Imane has certainly been wronged though, since she isn't and never has been a man, and there a touch of unconscious racism from some commentators since as her country's president has said,women of her appearance are not rare in her ethnic group and geographical area.
jon357
8 Sep 2024
Off-Topic / Random Sports News [855]
It is, however many get around that by going abroad.
It didn't and would have been highly unlikely to happen since I was 6 foot something, built like a brick sh1thouse and in my teens was good at sports and a bit of a Jack the lad.
The 'lol' stuff btw, does you no credit. Too Daily Mail Brexit Boomer for modern use.
(and need to be preceded by years of counseling).
It is, however many get around that by going abroad.
I bet it made you cross your legs though lol.
It didn't and would have been highly unlikely to happen since I was 6 foot something, built like a brick sh1thouse and in my teens was good at sports and a bit of a Jack the lad.
The 'lol' stuff btw, does you no credit. Too Daily Mail Brexit Boomer for modern use.
jon357
8 Sep 2024
Off-Topic / Random Sports News [855]
I don't disagree with that.
Indeed, however trans women can't really use a gents' loo.
But surgical interventions need to stop for anyone under about 25.
I don't disagree with that.
And men need to stay out of women's spaces.
Indeed, however trans women can't really use a gents' loo.
jon357
8 Sep 2024
Off-Topic / Random Sports News [855]
You certainly do that.
And you're very much on one side of the debate whereas I'm fairly neutral and see both extremes but side with neither.
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Why shouldn't I state my opinio
You certainly do that.
And you're very much on one side of the debate whereas I'm fairly neutral and see both extremes but side with neither.
you people
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jon357
8 Sep 2024
Off-Topic / Random Sports News [855]
That post is all about your views on trans issues in general rather than sport.
Anyway, as I said earlier, the genie's out of the bottle now, and they're non-binary, two-spirit genderfluid.
That post is all about your views on trans issues in general rather than sport.
Anyway, as I said earlier, the genie's out of the bottle now, and they're non-binary, two-spirit genderfluid.