Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


Yes, he wasn't experienced with designing furniture for normal everyday use (he had more experience with designing scenography for theater plays), so he cared more about the aesthetic side rather than comfort.


I'm afraid all I can say is that the furniture is from PRL times... That radio looks like it could be from the 60's, I guess...


They're actors :)

Life / Paintings of artists from Poland? [192]


Well, that hand and torsos are monochromatic - painted in blues only and the ballpen was blue too, so it kind of made sense ;D

But, yeah, it wasn't the same. At that time I had no proper paints though, only some "plakatówki" for kids, and I had no idea how to paint such a painting anyway. And as I wrote in my previous post, that painting made me want to learn to paint with "real" paints :)


Yes, it looks like it :)


Not entirely mine either, some of his paintings I like more, some less, but generally I appreciate his skills, imagination and that humane touch :)


Why is that?

Btw, I'm interested in computer graphics and when I saw one of Kopera's paintings on the internet for the first time I thought at first that it's a digital artwork, not traditional :) (this shows how good his painting technique is) - it was this one - "One Dollar":

Life / Paintings of artists from Poland? [192]

I saw Siudmak's painting for the first time in "Fantastyka" too :)) It was that last one that you posted - "Filaments of Destiny". I was a teen back then, still at the secondary school and didn't have much contact with art. I loved that painting :) I liked it so much that I copied that hand and those torsos on strings with ballpen into my notebook :) It made me want to paint with "real" paints and that painting was probably one of the things that inspired me to go to an art school (I wanted to paint like Siudmak! :)). So, it was pretty cool and nostalgic for me to see his paintings live during his exhibition in Kielce. I think until that time I didn't realise that a lot of his works were painted in acrylics, which makes them even more impressive.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

Well, I've never thought about it as my "fav" street, it's simply the main promenade in the city that everyone here knows - you can't live in Kielce and not know it. I do like it though, so maybe you're right.

@jon357, I'm not entirely sure what it's all about with that "headword", so let's leave it at that, or the mods will probably get angry with us for this off-topic linguistic-artistic stuff :P ;)

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


So in English you "paint" with pastel?
I've found something like this:

artistsnetwork.com/art-mediums/pastel/drawing-or-painting-with-pastel-which-is-it/

Jon357, that street was already posted as a riddle in this thread... On the other hand, maybe someone will guess it thanks to this lol :)

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


More like drew, since it's a pastel drawing... You might as well post who he is, since you've guessed it. That's his wife and son in the drawing, btw. She was a peasant woman, he met her on a bridge when she wanted to commit suicide, he talked her out of it, took care of her and they got married a few years later.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

Danzig style? Meble gdańskie... I remember seeing such wardrobe in Bratislava Castle...

Damn you, pawian, you made me come back :P


Sorry, I wanted to be done with PF for this weekend ;P

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

You know what, probably noone will guess it and I don't want to go back to this forum for a while, so I'll just answer it - it's white cheese (biały ser). Apparently in some regions of Poland it's called "twaróg", but for me twaróg is something different. White cheese is solid and twaróg is loose. So, this is how my countryside grandma would make homemade white cheese from her cows' milk - she would tie the cloth to a cupboard's door knob and let the cheese drain off :)

And it was the same shape as in the photo :)

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OMG ;D Thanks for the laugh, Bobko lol

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


Thanks for the info, I didn't know that :)


I guess, theoretically, it could be bryndza, but I doubt it since I think it's mainly made in the montains (in Podhale) from sheeep's milk. There's nothing rare about that cheese in the photo, it's simply an ordinary type of cheese made in a traditional way, the way my grandma used to make it :)

So, what type of cheese is it?

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


Yes, of course :)


Nope, it's cheese being made, but of different type. What kind?
(Btw, that photo wasn't taken in the mountains.)

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@Alien, I've never been there either but I remember this song ;D:

youtube.com/watch?v=tHdizc3KvLU

Riddle 1: What is this style of furniture called?

Riddle 2: What are those white objects/what's going on?

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Language / Is There A Name For This Dialect? [12]

@marion kanawha, yes, there is - it's called "dialekt północnokresowy" (the Northern Eastern Borderlands dialect):

pl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialekt_p%C3%B3%C5%82nocnokresowy

A fragment from an article in Wikipedia (in English) about Polish language (from the section about dialects):

"Poles living in Lithuania (particularly in the Vilnius region), in Belarus (particularly the northwest), and in the northeast of Poland continue to speak the Eastern Borderlands dialect, which sounds "slushed" (in Polish described as zaciąganie z ruska, "speaking with a Ruthenian drawl") and is easily distinguishable."

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

@pawian, yes, correct, of course :))

JWK - Jednostka Wojskowa Komandosów. Often simply called "komandosi z Lublińca".


October 8 is also the unit's holiday (I'm not sure if this is what it's called in English?). This year it's the 60th anniversary of the unit's creation, which makes the Regiment the oldest still active special forces unit in Poland.

This unit came a long way since it's beginning - through name changes and reforms and nowadays they're very professional quiet professionals :) Their motto is "Cisi i skuteczni (Quiet and Efficient).

And their four-legged companions are very professional too - check this out - this is one of the videos published to celebrate the 60th anniversary :):

facebook.com/JednostkaWojskowaKomandosow/videos/2974305162897365/

Off-Topic / Still alive and well [359]


So are you.


Meh, Zerowit, you could've think of something original... But I guess the nickname I gave you fits you well, since you have... zero wit... :)

Btw, I don't hate johnny_reb. I'm past that stage. But it doesn't mean I've changed my opinion about him. I still think he's a sociopath. This opinion of mine won't change, because sociopaths don't change. They only get worse with age - just like it is in your case, Zerowit.

I do dislike johnny_reb though and quite often I despise him.

And my mind didn't change about another thing - johnny_reb, his buddies and other trolls and psychos are ruining this forum aided by the lack of will on the side of mods and Admin to do anything about it.


You missed one small, but significant detail - Cargo_pants started it by claiming that TheOther died from COVID-19. Maybe for sociopaths - like you and your buddies - something like this is "funny", but for normal people it isn't. It seems that Ironside, for example, believed that Cargo_pants wrote the truth. I wasn't sure myself either. TheOther had every right to get angry/disgusted and to make this thread and inform us, normal people, that he's alive.


In your head lol Like many other things... For example - TheOther isn't Lazarus.


TheOther and his thread didn't drive anyone out of this forum. You and your buddies do. And your sh*t-stirring. And other PF trolls and psychos. You thrive on conflict.

@TheOther, you have absolutely nothing to apologise for.

And Novichok is spot on in his post #94 about what it's like to "discuss" with johnny_reb:

polishforums.com/off-topic/alive-well-86873/4/#msg1813923

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


Nope, it is a banner of another Polish special forces unit. This unit is much older than GROM.
The banner on the wall of the building is the big clue I mentioned in my post #987, but there are also some smaller ones.


No, it's about October 8.


But connected to this unit?

The photo is very telling - there's everything one needs to identify the unit, including which sub-unit those guys in the photo belong to.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


Nope.


Nope!


Oh, johnny_reb, the world of Polish special forces doesn't revolve only around GROM lol (that's a hint for the riddle, btw :)).

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


Sorry, but this is the photo riddle thread - you won't "win" here by using demagogy :) You either guess the riddle or not. It isn't about "American terminology" - the creation of GROM (13th of July 1990) isn't the same as the first selection for GROM in the mountains.


Close, but you didn't guess it, even though I repeated my hint more than once. Come on, quit whining, private, get up and keep up :)))


Nope, this one is easy - there's a big clue in the photo :)

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


I will take your word for it lol


Nope, he just guessed Riddle 2. And you in your post #938 only wrote that there are special forces that came into being 30 years ago (in reality GROM was created 31 years ago - that nice round anniversary was celebrated last year, not this year) - I already made a riddle about GROM's creation - the badge riddle, remember? Riddle 3 was about the first selection though.


I'm afraid I don't respond well to blackmail :))

But today is another anniversary and another chance for guessing a riddle :)) - which military unit is in the photo and what anniversary/important date for this unit?:

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Off-Topic / Still alive and well [359]


I already did.


OMG, so it's all three of you? Cargo_pants and Ziemowit too?? How will I live with that?? lol


Listen, cupcake, I think I've been respected by quite a few people on this forum, judging by what they wrote about me and to me. Fortunately, it's been usually written by people whom I respect and I like myself. I don't need respect from the likes of you or your sociopathic/a-holish buddies.

So get over yourself.


Who knows, maybe she is! :) Sorry, but I'm simply not the jealous-of-other-women type :)))

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And you're basing that on what exactly? lol


You must be projecting :)) I'm not jealous of Atch. I'm my own person - Atch has her own ways and I have mine. And I'm afraid you only "respect" her, because she's not getting in your way.


Alley cats are useful creatures - they eat rats that spread diseases. That makes you the rat :))


I will call them whatever they are (and what mods will allow).


LOL I bet TheOther is much better looking than you too :))) And younger! WOOT! lol

Off-Topic / Still alive and well [359]

@Oathbreaker, what's wrong? ;D

Off-Topic / Still alive and well [359]


He's not the one who's "hanging himself" here. And, no, you didn't "have to". Noone is putting a gun to your head and forcing you or Cargo_pants to troll people on this forum. You're doing it because you're enjoying it. And you're paying a price for it. What goes around, comes around.


You still don't know? Really? lol


Do you say it to Bambi too, before you kill it? 🙄


I don't think his account was taken over. Ziemowit was already an a-hole when he was Atch's lapdog. I remember how he was attacking me when I had arguments with her. Later his blind and unwavering loyalty turned (only God knows why) to johnny_reb and whoever criticizes or attacks or simply doesn't like johnny_reb is automatically becoming Ziemowit's enemy, it seems. His behaviour got visibly worse, but people change. PF changed me too - for both better and worse, I guess.

And as for timeline - I noticed that Ziemowit became more openly pro-johnny_reb and anti-his-enemies when pawian got into an alliance with johnny_reb. I got an impression that it emboldened Ziemowit and he has shown his true colours finally :)

Off-Topic / Still alive and well [359]


If you don't know, then quit making stuff up.


...lies.

I finished that for you :)


As "carefully" as you followed my posts? lol Sorry, but I don't trust your memory nor do I trust johnny_reb's word about... anything.

So, prove it or it didn't happen (with quotes and links to comments).


How many people have you accused of being Lazarus already? Because I think I already lost count. The most ridiculous of your accusations was when you claimed it's Chemikiem. Don't you have anything better to do in life?

Off-Topic / Still alive and well [359]


TheOther?? In your head maybe.

Off-Topic / Still alive and well [359]


That there are at least a few of them on PF. One could say that they're pretty much a "norm" on this forum.

Off-Topic / Still alive and well [359]


Yeah, he doesn't seem to have any inhibitions... Just another PF sociopath.

It looks like he got suspended for a bit - it's always something, I guess...


You too, the Other! I'm glad you're alive :)))

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


Raccoon dog! In Polish it's "jenot (azjatycki)". It looks "raccoonish", but it's a canine... How interesting...

@johnny_reb, I'll respond to you later, I have no time right now.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]


Yes, that's what I had in my mind - that hedgehogs aren't native to the US.


Yes, one can't keep as a pet only those native to Poland. Having African pygmy hedgehogs at home is legal though :):

polki.pl/dom/aranzacje-wnetrz,jez-jako-zwierze-domowe-nowy-trend,10040739,artykul.html

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 2 [1680]

OK, I guess my Riddle 3 was too difficult after all:


The answer to this riddle is: first selection for GROM. At that selection the first generation of GROM special operators was chosen - they were the ones who created this unit from scratch with the help of new allies: Americans and the British. Americans equipped and trained them (Delta Force) and later on they were trained by the British SAS.

Americans only asked Poles not to waste it all away and they didn't. They passed all the knowledge and skills to future generations. GROM has become the most elite special forces unit in Poland and is on par with the best special forces in the world :)

Btw, yes, I've read about Elżbieta Zawacka :)


Lucky you, I've only ever heard owl's hooting while being in or near a forest at night... And I've never seen one live in the wild :/

@Lenka, that's cool, I've never even seen a hedgehog in real life, everyone seem to be seeing them, even in the city, except for me lol ;P


Good one lol


It is true and that was one of my questions ("What do these animals have in common?").

I know that the Eurasian lynx (the one that lives in Poland) and the bobcat belong to the same genus (Lynx) - I've checked everything before I posted my response to your answer. But that isn't a bobcat in the photo. Bobcats live only in the Northern America, not in Poland. So, if you wrote more generally - "lynx", instead of "bobcat" - then it would be correct. But you didn't - you wrote "bobcat".

In short - every bobcat is a Lynx, but not every lynx is a bobcat :))

Also, you wrote yourself that bisons and "buffalos" are distinct animals. Yes, I know that they belong to the same genus (Bison), but that isn't a "buffalo" in the photo. It's an European bison (Bison bonasus) - in Polish it's called "żubr". American bison (Bison bison) is called "bizon" in Polish. We don't mix their names up in Poland, because they even look different:

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bison

Since "buffalo" is the standard name used in the US for an American bison I figured you meant the American species. If you wrote more generally - "bison" - I could count that as the correct answer.

Porcupines live only in Southern Europe. There are no porcupines in Poland, only hedgehogs (and that's a hedgehog in the photo).

You were simply too American-centric in your answer :)) Don't forget that this thread is about Poland.


It isn't about that. The problem wasn't in that the same species have different names in American and British English, but the fact that those are two separate species (of the same genus). And it wasn't a general riddle about animals, but about specific animals native to Poland. So, I couldn't recognise "bobcat" and "buffalo" as correct answers, because there was no "bobcat" and no "buffalo" in that photo collage. And there are no dolphins and porcupines living in Poland. Johnny_reb should've done some research.

For example, I had no idea that there are no hedgehogs in the US and that they are considered to be "exotic" animals over there :):

treehugger.com/pet-hedgehogs-are-a-prickly-issue-for-some-states-4863969

I guess this is why johnny_reb mistook it for a porcupine.
Funny, for me the hedgehog is such a typical and obvious animal that I thought they're common also in Northern America :)