Real Estate / House prices in Poland to drop more or rise again? [228]

I thought that may be the case. SeanBM, sound bloke, recommended doing the same. My fiancee is gonna pass her driving test next month and I fancy a shot at driving again. Commuting could be a ballache in the winter months but the prospect of negotiating the snow and potholes ain't so bad.

The Polish market sounds unforgiving. How does it differ from the UK market in your experience, WB? I understand that this is specialist stuff which I should be paying for so just tell me what you want to. Anything would be appreciated :)

I wanted to drift into real estate after my first law course at Uni but decided to do my postgrad and then travel. For better or for worse.

Real Estate / House prices in Poland to drop more or rise again? [228]

WB, how about flats? Is it generally a better or worse time to invest? I wouldn't mind a 2-bedroomed place and I have to think about credit.

Love / How to show a polish Guy I like him [56]

Offer the kebab without any ketchup or white sauce ;)

Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]

She can have my appendix, I don't have much use for it ;)

She was 55, WB. I think the remnants of the spiritus party on the weekend played a bigger part.

Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]

Not a cracking experience, or is it? ;)

That thought is enough to drive one to misery, Seanny. Even the butt crack allusion was nicer :)

Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]

I had a nice smiling woman in class today. I have seen many smiling women today. It makes me wonder what they have stored between their legs or up their aaaahhhaaaa....

News / US to deploy Patriot missiles to Poland [405]

Why would America get involved in that, Celinski? Ukraine isn't even a NATO member. When Russia even whispers something, American ears prick up. How about acknowledging that it isn't really an American affair?

News / Is NORD STREAM dangerous for Poland's natural enviroment? [540]

Bias of course lying behind it. This is to be expected. A bit like the reports after 9/11 with governmental backing.

Food / Recipe for Polish Zapiekanka [25]

Zapiekanka I think. They are fantastic :)

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]

Some of any country's people are rude :(

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]

Many Poles here say that they are rude and intolerant. When I question them, they scowl at me as if to say, 'how do you know, foreigner?'. Then I know they are right ;)

Real Estate / House prices in Poland to drop more or rise again? [228]

It's a good time to buy in Gliwice. Most property prices are dropping. Strike while the iron is hot I say.

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]

I'm still waiting to be mooned by a bunch of hot Polish chicks. This is acceptable rudeness ;) To be positively encouraged :)

Oh, Hi Muniu ;)

Life / Polish Organizational Skills [83]

Come on Greg, step up to the plate. Prince has been online most of the day but has written nothing.

News / US to deploy Patriot missiles to Poland [405]

Technological expertise is not my forte. I'm pretty sure that they have covered their bases though.

News / US to deploy Patriot missiles to Poland [405]

Sorry Wrocław, I should've made myself clearer. The video I posted was about a missile shield. Israel, to my knowledge, doesn't have such a thing. Not to have it when it is available technology is plainly absurd.

News / US to deploy Patriot missiles to Poland [405]

youtube.com/watch?v=sUQOSC3t7k8&NR=1 - well BB, how about this?

I'm surprised that Poland was chosen before Israel. Poland is not completely out of range but is less at risk. Israel is many times more likely to be targetted than Poland.

News / US to deploy Patriot missiles to Poland [405]

Sorry, my fault. That'll get BB started on sidetracking the current discussion. He's quite pro-Russia so I think he'd be happy if the shield wasn't installed.

News / US to deploy Patriot missiles to Poland [405]

Good analysis. I think that the Patriot missiles are more of a symbolic gesture. I scratch your back and you scratch mine is very true in international relations.

However, one thing I will say Wahldo. Europe doesn't ask for all that you give it. Did Poland request those Patriots or did you give them voluntary? You mentioned that they were free which leads me quite clearly in the direction of the answer.

Also, we were led into the War on Terror. You are either with us or against us was said. It's like we scarcely had a choice.

BB, what are you talking about? Be grateful for US intervention. They tipped the balance twice. Do you really think that the Allies would've won the war without them?

News / US to deploy Patriot missiles to Poland [405]

What is the take of the US media, Wahldo? I thought it was a done deal. Signed, sealed and, um, to be delivered ;)

Is Obama swithering between different options?

The shield could be set up by 2011 if assembly got underway in the near future. Nah, Polish intel wouldn't say that I think. However, I'm not in a position to say definitively either way.

Ukraine will be more pivotal than most people think.

News / US to deploy Patriot missiles to Poland [405]

True enough, Wahldo. For what do we have the EU? One of the pillars concerns security. We should be taking care of it, not looking for American intervention.

Besides, where's the imminent threat? Some people say that Iran may have a nuke sometime between 2012 and 2015.

News / US to deploy Patriot missiles to Poland [405]

I ask again, Sokrates. Where is the perceived threat? Who are you protecting yourselves against with this shield? All I've seen in your last few posts has been talk of Russo-Polish relations.

News / US to deploy Patriot missiles to Poland [405]

This is Kaczyński-style thinking. Let's have a dig at Russia and open old wounds that have been healing.

Another point, where was Poland's individual initiative in implementing plans for its own security? Do you really need America to be the big brother for you?

I agree, Europeans are lax when it comes to security.

News / US to deploy Patriot missiles to Poland [405]

It'd've been interesting to see if you'd've still 'LOL'd' if they had actually set the missiles in Kalingrad.

Come on Greg, join in the discussion.

Many Poles were against it, even more Czechs were.

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]

Precisely, you can gauge people's interest in different ways. Tone of voice and body language being the main signs.

News / US to deploy Patriot missiles to Poland [405]

I was initially for the shield when the discussions got underway. I felt that Europe was waking up to safety concerns after Madrid and other threats from radicals. However, I gradually grew to see through the deceit and political maneuvering. This wasn't really altruistically done in the name of the Polish interest, it was to further America's strategic stronghold in global expansion and also to get an important foothold under, guess what, a pretext.

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]

True enough, you open the floodgates. There is a girl at work who has said 3 times, 'fine thank you, and you?' without me asking her how she was. I usually just say 'hey' or 'dzień dobry'. If my colleagues need help with a professional matter, I'm always there. Or if they look sad, I'll ask why. However, I don't often ask people how they are. I just acknowledge them and say 'a'right?'. Scots often do this. People often create their own problems and I don't wanna hear them. I believe that we should be positive.

News / US to deploy Patriot missiles to Poland [405]

I didn't say it wasn't a signal, I believe that it is. Provocative in the sense that it was pushed through despite the Russians seeing it as being provocative.

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]

I can't comment for the English but I wouldn't describe most Scots as "too polite". They do tend to say thank you as a matter of manners but that doesn't make them too polite. There are many kind souls in Scotland who will help you but that's helpfulness, not being too polite.

News / US to deploy Patriot missiles to Poland [405]

Obama was the great hope and, on this matter at least, has done what needed to be done. Putin is very willing to enter into constructive dialogue with him. The missile shield was a provocative measure and is really not needed.

Protection from what, zee Germans? ;) ;) (Pulls a Jason Statham/Turkish face)