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jon357   
15 Sep 2025
Genealogy / Do you consider Gorals, Lemkos, and Silesians Poles? [77]

It's not even a language

Well you would say that, wouldn't you...

Hibees

I'm surprised the Tums were sober enoug( to play.

sunshine on Leith...

A nice old song, beloved of us Scots.
jon357   
15 Sep 2025
Genealogy / Do you consider Gorals, Lemkos, and Silesians Poles? [77]

Silesians

They still have a devolution movement and hopefully this will gain in strength,

only Polish identity or Polish first and Silesian second

Decades of gaslighting, plus the whole city of Lviv moving en masse to Breslau.
jon357   
15 Sep 2025
Off-Topic / Arts and crafts [149]

impression when I looked at this painting was "What a misogynist painting.

Kitsch too.

Ricardo Mujica

So many of Ricky Mujica's paintings are of women.

Do you like Georgia O'Keefe?
jon357   
15 Sep 2025
Genealogy / Do you consider Gorals, Lemkos, and Silesians Poles? [77]

Wales and Scotland are two distinct countries that have been absorbed

They've never been 'absorbed'. How well do you know them?

You can say they both form separate nations.

They very much do and always have.

dominated by the English

I remember some fool saying much the same here a few years ago. At the time, the PM was Mr Blair, from Edinburgh, his Deputy was Gordon Brown, from Renfewshire, the Leader of the opposition was Mr Cameron, from a Highland Clan and the leader of the third party was Mr Menzies-Campbell from Glasgow. And the Head of State was half Scottish.

Silesians are part of Poland, or Poles

So you say.
jon357   
15 Sep 2025
News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1440]

I dunno about the english problem regions...but even the german public-service broadcasting portrays them that way

There aren't any, and nor is that. The media always go for headlines.

its bad governance

Or even good governance given its relative prosperity compared to European regions as a whole.
jon357   
15 Sep 2025
News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1440]

NRW has become such a poor, criminal ghetto like run down place

When I was there in April, it didn't seem like a "poor, criminal ghetto like run down place".

Just an average European industrial region. Could be anywhere in Northern England, Northern France or South West Poland.
jon357   
15 Sep 2025
Language / Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2 [816]

People never believe me when I say I can spot unedited AI writing..

It's almost always obvious. Only a skilled user of the ones you pay for can get round that, and even then...

northern stereotypes of lazy southerners

Makes sense. We say "manana manana".

To nie Kanada...
jon357   
14 Sep 2025
Off-Topic / Habemus Papam / The New Pope [103]

He seems to be a very good Pope.

The pope said: "For example, CEOs that 60 years ago might have been making four to six times more than what the workers are receiving, the last figure I saw, it's 600 times more than what average workers are receiving."

The Pope added that he had heard that "Elon Musk is going to be the first trillionaire in the world". He said: "What does that mean and what's that about? If that is the only thing that has value any more, then we're in big trouble."


thetimes.com/world/europe/article/pope-leo-elon-musk-wages-un-first-interview-hnw7zbvk8
jon357   
14 Sep 2025
Off-Topic / Pop A Cork - Wine [440]

It is received wisdom.

Slightly watering wine down is something you do for young children when they are at table with adults.
jon357   
14 Sep 2025
Off-Topic / Pop A Cork - Wine [440]

Works well, I-S, though not generally in the same glass...
jon357   
14 Sep 2025
Off-Topic / Pop A Cork - Wine [440]

Fvcking appalling.

Have you read Beach Babylon by Imogen Edwards-Jones? It talks about wealthy r*SSians on holiday in 'exclusive' beach resorts drinking wine that most people who love wine can only dream of, except they put ice and fruit in it.
jon357   
14 Sep 2025
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14 Sep 2025
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13 Sep 2025
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13 Sep 2025
Off-Topic / What is a woman? [811]

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13 Sep 2025
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13 Sep 2025
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13 Sep 2025
Real Estate / How to buy forest land in Poland? [18]

Poland has weird land classifications

Not so weird, and in Poland, the rates are low. It's quite normal in parts of Europe for rates/council tax to vary according to the needs and wishes of the community in any given local authority area.

Why not look at a building plot in a village or near the edge of a town? If you like forest, there will be plenty around you. We have forest more or less on all four sides.
jon357   
13 Sep 2025
Real Estate / How to buy forest land in Poland? [18]

how much do people pay

It varies from place to place. Much the same system as around Europe.