jon357
22 Sep 2024
Off-Topic / Music Thread - part 2 [970]
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jon357
22 Sep 2024
Off-Topic / What was the point when Europe stopped being all-White? [66]
About as dodgy as it gets. Reading (or more accurately quoting) matter for mental midgets.
Even on crowded trains they don't often check.
Read about Zero Hedge
About as dodgy as it gets. Reading (or more accurately quoting) matter for mental midgets.
Do you think that on a train full of drunk fans of a famous German football club, tickets are checked at all?
Even on crowded trains they don't often check.
jon357
22 Sep 2024
Off-Topic / Stock Market Talk and Trading - part 2 [743]
He just melts down and digs himself into a deeper hole. Probably the only hole he gets nowadays.
It's just a shame he can't admit he's a clueless faker.
is utterly clueless about finance.
He just melts down and digs himself into a deeper hole. Probably the only hole he gets nowadays.
It's just a shame he can't admit he's a clueless faker.
jon357
22 Sep 2024
History / Let's talk about the POLISH ARMY [79]
I'm sure they would.
Remember, it's military, and the military don't always give out as much information as people want.
Also, if they did a Post Mortem Examination (Americans say 'autopsy' which sounds very old-fashioned in English), at all, it would not necessarily have been a civilian one.
Very possible. In hot countries there are all sorts of illnesses we don't think about in Europe.
If that's the case, I'm sure it wouldn't be in the public domain.
I think any normal family would want to know what happened
I'm sure they would.
Remember, it's military, and the military don't always give out as much information as people want.
Also, if they did a Post Mortem Examination (Americans say 'autopsy' which sounds very old-fashioned in English), at all, it would not necessarily have been a civilian one.
Progressive emaciation, it could also be some kind of parasite.
Very possible. In hot countries there are all sorts of illnesses we don't think about in Europe.
poisoned by the locals
If that's the case, I'm sure it wouldn't be in the public domain.
jon357
22 Sep 2024
Off-Topic / Stock Market Talk and Trading - part 2 [743]
More meltdowns from a guy who reads financial terms in websites without the slightest understanding of what they mean.
More meltdowns from a guy who reads financial terms in websites without the slightest understanding of what they mean.
jon357
21 Sep 2024
News / Flood in Lower Silesia in Poland - looks catastrophic [94]
Most people in the world have never heard of it.
Can you think of any other reasons why market traders in the developing world might welcome a European tourist "as a king"?
It's not relevant to the floods though, and good news that people seem to be safe now.
Go on the streets of China and ask for Serbia. Iran, Russia, former Soviet Union, Africa, Asia. People know. From all of Europe they know of Serbia
Most people in the world have never heard of it.
Go to exotic markets on Near East, Asia, India and North Africa. Say you are Serbian. They would welcome you as a king
Can you think of any other reasons why market traders in the developing world might welcome a European tourist "as a king"?
It's not relevant to the floods though, and good news that people seem to be safe now.
jon357
21 Sep 2024
News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]
Very true. Hate is a very easy emotion and a very destructive one. Forgiveness is is much harder but much more powerful since those you forgive no longer have the power over you that hatred brings.
There are a handful of individuals I hate because of things they've done or tried to do that either affect me personally or more specifically affect loved ones, however hating a whole group of people for things that happened before any of them were alive is a strange thing.
I hate people who have no control over their emotion. Especially mature people.
Very true. Hate is a very easy emotion and a very destructive one. Forgiveness is is much harder but much more powerful since those you forgive no longer have the power over you that hatred brings.
There are a handful of individuals I hate because of things they've done or tried to do that either affect me personally or more specifically affect loved ones, however hating a whole group of people for things that happened before any of them were alive is a strange thing.
jon357
21 Sep 2024
News / In increasingly chaotic world, diaspora of Poland moving back to Poland an masse? [71]
Nor me.
Some people who were early post-2004 migrants and were middle aged (with adult kids in PL) at the time return in retirement, though some don't. Other individuals return if things haven't worked out or after a divorce or if they're genuinely unhappy there or if there's a sweetheart waiting at home or a particularly good job or inheritance to return to, however most certainly stay, especially if they've got school or university age kids.
Those people will probably always stay since their kids generally become British quite quickly and will stay there and their grandkids have little do with and little interest in the place their grandparents came from. Many migrants dream of one day returning however it doesn't usually turn out that way.
Anyway, Luton Airport is much nearer to Warsaw than Szczecin is, and a Wizzair ticket sometimes not much more than (and sometimes less than) a train from Warsaw to Wroclaw. If people want food from the old country they can get it there and Polish TV is available in the U.K. on satellite or online. Plus the standard of living is usually good and wages are higher.
I don't see these mass returns to Poland
Nor me.
Some people who were early post-2004 migrants and were middle aged (with adult kids in PL) at the time return in retirement, though some don't. Other individuals return if things haven't worked out or after a divorce or if they're genuinely unhappy there or if there's a sweetheart waiting at home or a particularly good job or inheritance to return to, however most certainly stay, especially if they've got school or university age kids.
Those people will probably always stay since their kids generally become British quite quickly and will stay there and their grandkids have little do with and little interest in the place their grandparents came from. Many migrants dream of one day returning however it doesn't usually turn out that way.
Anyway, Luton Airport is much nearer to Warsaw than Szczecin is, and a Wizzair ticket sometimes not much more than (and sometimes less than) a train from Warsaw to Wroclaw. If people want food from the old country they can get it there and Polish TV is available in the U.K. on satellite or online. Plus the standard of living is usually good and wages are higher.
jon357
21 Sep 2024
News / Future of Polish-Ukrainian relations [669]
Haters will always find something to hate, sadly. If one target is removed, they find another.
It's the same with r*SSians and Germans. Both have tried very hard to destroy Europe within living memory. Ukrainians are very much victims of both.
anyone under 80 can genuinely hate either Russians or Germans
Haters will always find something to hate, sadly. If one target is removed, they find another.
have no illusions about their national character
It's the same with r*SSians and Germans. Both have tried very hard to destroy Europe within living memory. Ukrainians are very much victims of both.
jon357
21 Sep 2024
Off-Topic / Stock Market Talk and Trading - part 2 [743]
Exactly.
Poorhouse Jim just googles things from finance websites without actually understanding what he's trying to read.
Personally I'd rather have the chewing gum and a nice pint of Carlsberg, however people's tastes do differ.
ETFs don't have load fees either, that's part of the point of them.
Exactly.
Poorhouse Jim just googles things from finance websites without actually understanding what he's trying to read.
ticket to the Warsaw Beer Festival and two pints there against a used piece of chewing gum
Personally I'd rather have the chewing gum and a nice pint of Carlsberg, however people's tastes do differ.
jon357
21 Sep 2024
News / In increasingly chaotic world, diaspora of Poland moving back to Poland an masse? [71]
They aren't though, are they.
Not in Europe, or anywhere else. If anything, the opposite is true.
rightist" are right and are the solution to most of the problems
They aren't though, are they.
Keep in mind that a "rightist" today was a "centrist" a decade or so ago.
Not in Europe, or anywhere else. If anything, the opposite is true.
jon357
21 Sep 2024
Law / Polish inheritance rules with regards to property that was transferred before death [7]
If someone made a gift before they died, and assuming that person was mentally able to decide and there's no suggestion of coercion, why disrespect the persons wishes and attempt to claim something given to others?
If someone made a gift before they died, and assuming that person was mentally able to decide and there's no suggestion of coercion, why disrespect the persons wishes and attempt to claim something given to others?
jon357
21 Sep 2024
News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1442]
That ticks a couple of boxes.
There was also extreme nationalism, irredentism, a view that women didn't belong in the workplace and of course his party had its roots in street fighting gangs, another few boxes to tick.
There were elements where falangism diverged from fascism, particularly in their strong support for the cooperative movement, however that regime was resolutely fascist.
There's something in that. A glorification of violence and primitivism.
traditionalist strongman and hopeless on economics (autarky..
That ticks a couple of boxes.
There was also extreme nationalism, irredentism, a view that women didn't belong in the workplace and of course his party had its roots in street fighting gangs, another few boxes to tick.
There were elements where falangism diverged from fascism, particularly in their strong support for the cooperative movement, however that regime was resolutely fascist.
related to a certain kind of naturalistic worldview in which there are predators and prey and the strong devour the weak.
There's something in that. A glorification of violence and primitivism.
jon357
21 Sep 2024
News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1442]
Political scientists define political terms.
He certainly used the term, and falangist too. Franco ticked most of the boxes.
your
Political scientists define political terms.
Franco
He certainly used the term, and falangist too. Franco ticked most of the boxes.
jon357
21 Sep 2024
News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1442]
It can certainly be defined, however since there are different iterations of fascism in different environments and sice its barely a century old and evolving, there are differences in interpretation as there are with most political concepts.
My idea is that if you can't define
It can certainly be defined, however since there are different iterations of fascism in different environments and sice its barely a century old and evolving, there are differences in interpretation as there are with most political concepts.
jon357
21 Sep 2024
News / Will PiS be happy if AfD wins elections in Germany? [1442]
That's basically Socialism in most of its iterations, Workers' control of the means of production. With facism though, the governments are not in any sense by or for workers.
There's also a few other factors which identify fascism, something notoriously hard to define. Much is to do with their views on society, their distasteful opinions on ethnicity and extreme authoritarianism.
Which is certainly what they are. They don't even try to hide it.
private ownership of the means of production, however, remain under government control
That's basically Socialism in most of its iterations, Workers' control of the means of production. With facism though, the governments are not in any sense by or for workers.
There's also a few other factors which identify fascism, something notoriously hard to define. Much is to do with their views on society, their distasteful opinions on ethnicity and extreme authoritarianism.
publicly called fascists
Which is certainly what they are. They don't even try to hide it.
jon357
21 Sep 2024
USA, Canada / Canadian companies (that hires) in Poland? [10]
@Ron2
It would depend a lot on whether you're in a big city or small town.
@Ron2
It would depend a lot on whether you're in a big city or small town.
jon357
21 Sep 2024
Off-Topic / Stock Market Talk and Trading - part 2 [743]
So in faćt Jim doesn't know what he's talking about, does he...
Front End Loads".
So in faćt Jim doesn't know what he's talking about, does he...
jon357
20 Sep 2024
Off-Topic / Stock Market Talk and Trading - part 2 [743]
The fees of course being one of the reasons they're longer term investments.
Amateur 'day traders' would just lose even more if they bet on them in a normal economic situation.
he doesn't understand what tracker funds track (or that they have fees).
The fees of course being one of the reasons they're longer term investments.
Amateur 'day traders' would just lose even more if they bet on them in a normal economic situation.
jon357
20 Sep 2024
USA, Canada / Canadian companies (that hires) in Poland? [10]
Why not? It's a nice place.
not good enough for decent Poles.
Why not? It's a nice place.
jon357
20 Sep 2024
Travel / Bus or Street Car in Warsaw [12]
You'd need someone faster than a cheetah to do that.
And if you knew the slightest thing about Polish law, you'd not have made such a stupid suggestion.
I suppose trolls will be trolls.
You should have physically removed the bus driver
You'd need someone faster than a cheetah to do that.
And if you knew the slightest thing about Polish law, you'd not have made such a stupid suggestion.
I suppose trolls will be trolls.
jon357
20 Sep 2024
Travel / Bus or Street Car in Warsaw [12]
Yes, together with my OH and our neighbour who is a local councillor.
Why?
Did you report him to the police
Yes, together with my OH and our neighbour who is a local councillor.
You must feel guilty for their deaths.
Why?
jon357
20 Sep 2024
Travel / Bus or Street Car in Warsaw [12]
I like the trams but don't like the accidents. There was one I saw the aftermath of, at the junction by Kino Femina. People in the tram stop had to stay there as witnesses and a couple were vomiting at what they'd seen.
There was another one which I'd thankfully forgotten until seeing this thread. That was on al. Waszyngtona next to park Skaryszewski. We were in a taxi to the airport and went past where it had happened. The kid's bike was mangled under the wheels of the tram. The kid's body had been moved by then.
Fairly recently (post-lockdown) I was on a bus which sailed past the stop I wanted to get off at. It was going fast. After getting off I looked at the driver, to flip him the bird, and noticed that he was talking on his mobile while driving, was sweating cobs, and had eyes like saucers. The same thing happened to my OH on the same route.
A couple of weeks later, it came on the TV news that a bus on that route had gone down an embankment with two passengers killed and several injured. The driver had tested positive for amphetamines. Probably the same bloke.
Trams in Warsaw are more fun
I like the trams but don't like the accidents. There was one I saw the aftermath of, at the junction by Kino Femina. People in the tram stop had to stay there as witnesses and a couple were vomiting at what they'd seen.
There was another one which I'd thankfully forgotten until seeing this thread. That was on al. Waszyngtona next to park Skaryszewski. We were in a taxi to the airport and went past where it had happened. The kid's bike was mangled under the wheels of the tram. The kid's body had been moved by then.
Buses are not especially known for having accidents
Fairly recently (post-lockdown) I was on a bus which sailed past the stop I wanted to get off at. It was going fast. After getting off I looked at the driver, to flip him the bird, and noticed that he was talking on his mobile while driving, was sweating cobs, and had eyes like saucers. The same thing happened to my OH on the same route.
A couple of weeks later, it came on the TV news that a bus on that route had gone down an embankment with two passengers killed and several injured. The driver had tested positive for amphetamines. Probably the same bloke.
jon357
19 Sep 2024
Off-Topic / What was the point when Europe stopped being all-White? [66]
But we have to do it, and history has been moving in that direction for a long time.
In 1830 we didn't have maximum working hours yet we got it. In 1860 we didn't have compulsory free education and it was opposed by capitalists but we achieved it. In 1870 we didn't have two days a week off, yet we made that happen, in 1890 we only had a fortnight's paid holiday from work, yet we achieved more than double that in a fairly short time, in 1919 we didn't have state pensions or sick pay yet we fought for and got both within a decade, in 1947 we didn't even have universal healthcare yet nobody sane could imagine life without it now, and in 1960 women were paid less than men for the same job In 1975 there was no statutory maternity leave and in 1995/there was no statutory paternity leave.
All of these things were opposed by greedy capitalists and their deluded lackeys, yet all are entirely normal now and could never be taken away.
Ideals are important, they can be achieved.
But we have to do it, and history has been moving in that direction for a long time.
In 1830 we didn't have maximum working hours yet we got it. In 1860 we didn't have compulsory free education and it was opposed by capitalists but we achieved it. In 1870 we didn't have two days a week off, yet we made that happen, in 1890 we only had a fortnight's paid holiday from work, yet we achieved more than double that in a fairly short time, in 1919 we didn't have state pensions or sick pay yet we fought for and got both within a decade, in 1947 we didn't even have universal healthcare yet nobody sane could imagine life without it now, and in 1960 women were paid less than men for the same job In 1975 there was no statutory maternity leave and in 1995/there was no statutory paternity leave.
All of these things were opposed by greedy capitalists and their deluded lackeys, yet all are entirely normal now and could never be taken away.
Ideals are important, they can be achieved.
jon357
19 Sep 2024
Off-Topic / What was the point when Europe stopped being all-White? [66]
Not in countries with proper unions and regulated wages.
Something that society should never allow.
if you can hire a Somali as opposed to a Polish welder, the average capitalist/industrialist will clearly go for the former
Not in countries with proper unions and regulated wages.
capitalist bosses were permitted to give unbridled vent to their inherent greed
Something that society should never allow.
jon357
19 Sep 2024
News / Polish immigrants contribute to the world [42]
To a lot of nations.
People rarely look at their own country objectively. Also, if they go to a place where there are a lot of migrants from their country, they shudder at the scuzziest ones and feel envious of the ones who they perceive as having achieved the most.
It's a sad reality, but equally applies to other Eastern-European nations too
To a lot of nations.
People rarely look at their own country objectively. Also, if they go to a place where there are a lot of migrants from their country, they shudder at the scuzziest ones and feel envious of the ones who they perceive as having achieved the most.
jon357
19 Sep 2024
UK, Ireland / Polish immigrants in the UK - victims or criminals?! [295]
You'd need to ask the newspaper in question. Perhaps it's a new term.
Quite. Very naughty to say that it's acceptable in Poland. Partly because it isn't and alcohol levels for driving are strict and partly because it's irrelevant what is or isn't allowed elsewhere.
Does he drive drinks around? Or is he a drunk driver?
You'd need to ask the newspaper in question. Perhaps it's a new term.
What a plank
Quite. Very naughty to say that it's acceptable in Poland. Partly because it isn't and alcohol levels for driving are strict and partly because it's irrelevant what is or isn't allowed elsewhere.
jon357
19 Sep 2024
UK, Ireland / Polish immigrants in the UK - victims or criminals?! [295]
Is it normal in Poland to have 135mg of alcohol in your blood while driving a vehicle around children?
This guy claimed in court that it is!
" A Polish drink driver has defended himself for being nearly four times over the legal limit by saying that alcohol is "quite usual" in his home country. Radoslaw Jaroszek, 45, was selling ice creams from a van on the seafront in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, in August when customers reported him to police for appearing "intoxicated".
telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/19/polish-drink-driver-saying-drinking-normal-home/
Is it normal in Poland to have 135mg of alcohol in your blood while driving a vehicle around children?
This guy claimed in court that it is!
" A Polish drink driver has defended himself for being nearly four times over the legal limit by saying that alcohol is "quite usual" in his home country. Radoslaw Jaroszek, 45, was selling ice creams from a van on the seafront in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, in August when customers reported him to police for appearing "intoxicated".
telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/19/polish-drink-driver-saying-drinking-normal-home/
jon357
19 Sep 2024
Off-Topic / Stock Market Talk and Trading - part 2 [743]
Same. I've started again. It doesn't help that I spend my working life in a place where everyone smokes (ashtrays on the office desks like it was in the 80s!!) and cigs cost 20p a packet.
People recommend that anti-smoking medication (not the UK one - I had that and it worked for me however the side effects are heavy and its expensive) that is used in Poland.
I will be OK in retirement provided I stop smoking.
Same. I've started again. It doesn't help that I spend my working life in a place where everyone smokes (ashtrays on the office desks like it was in the 80s!!) and cigs cost 20p a packet.
People recommend that anti-smoking medication (not the UK one - I had that and it worked for me however the side effects are heavy and its expensive) that is used in Poland.
jon357
19 Sep 2024
Life / West-East life in Poland? [45]
Easier to go on the S-Bahn.
I don't think any of the Warsaw trains leave after public transport ends, plus of course if it leaves from Hauptbahnhof you have to get there too, plus drag your luggae through a very big station right up to the top level.
In many ways, it's a shame they built the place; it was better to use either Ostbahn or Zoo.
expensive in a cab.
Easier to go on the S-Bahn.
I don't think any of the Warsaw trains leave after public transport ends, plus of course if it leaves from Hauptbahnhof you have to get there too, plus drag your luggae through a very big station right up to the top level.
In many ways, it's a shame they built the place; it was better to use either Ostbahn or Zoo.