UK, Ireland / Unemployed Poles in Ireland : a crash course in milking the system [323]

I think you will find that Ivan is Russian pretending to be Polish - that is not a Polish name

here he is on a Russian ham radio site

qrz.ru/callsign.phtml?callsign=EI8JN

here he is again, having been jailed for threatening to kill his wife

advertiser.ie/galway/article/18654

Law / Poland's Economy "Outpacing Germany". Gratulacje. [20]

as far as the OP's link goes it concentrates on the government bond market and the returns that can be made
still it is a positive article

History / Do Polish people in general dislike Russia or Germany more? [369]


says the man living in Melbourne
your knowledge of Poland comes from where exactly?

By illuminati, do you mean the Catholic church with its claws and fangs or is it a more mysterious New World order type of thing where people have secret handshakes?

a lot depends on which dates you are referring to
during partition, the majority of Polish people who I have spoken to disliked the Russians much more
the Russkies never invested in infrastructure in Poland and robbed the country blind

Poland B results in part from this lack of investment

there is one incident where I forget the details, however a town in Russian partitioned Poland had a narrow gauge railway
and the Russians felt that this was not right that Poles should have this and their Russian masters did not have it
so they shipped it to a Russian city

Work / How to find a job in Poznań? I have Msc in management and speak English/Hungarian/French [9]

go on gumtree.pl and apply to anything that takes your fancy

as a plan B take a TEFL course in the UK ... those who can....

Work / Earn $6800 a month in Warsaw? Job scams in Poland. [11]

it is a scam

click on the link in Gdansk and it will say how Kelly Richards from Gdansk made all this money working from home
do the same in Katowice and Kelly Richards (who sure does get around) earned that money working in Silesia

take a plane to Ulan Bator and click on the link and.... you guessed it

UK, Ireland / Unemployed Poles in Ireland : a crash course in milking the system [323]


sorry

I wasn't trying to be cute

genuine misunderstanding no worries

UK, Ireland / Unemployed Poles in Ireland : a crash course in milking the system [323]


well it is one way of kick starting the building industry I suppose

Magda speaks

very articulate and great English and got a sympathetic reception from John Murray

rte.ie/radio1/thejohnmurrayshow/

As I have quoted the source, I can copy the entire text from Gazeta That is not the rule.

"Poles in Ireland. I love you, unemployment."
Written by Katarzyna Brejwo
Published in Gazeta Wyborcza

(...)
The sound of the ocean
It's six o'clock in the morning and we're walking in complete darkness through a golf course.

I travelled to Ireland to see what life is like for Polish people who've lost their jobs. I thought that when you're unemployed at least you don't have to jump out of bed so early in the morning, but no such luck.

Magda (36 years old, almost 2 years on unemployment benefits in Ireland): "I always start my days in the same way: I go down to the beach to see the sunrise. It sets me up for the rest of the day. I used to sleep until noon, but now I don't want to waste my life."

(...)

The nerves were getting to her, she had no regrets leaving her job.

To continue reading - please click here.

rte.ie/radio1/thejohnmurrayshow/magda.html

UK, Ireland / Unemployed Poles in Ireland : a crash course in milking the system [323]

since when was Bosnia in the EU?

Jimmy is clearly against anyone getting massive dole payments irrespective of nationality

''Labour Party Senator Jimmy Harte has called for a cap on the amount of social welfare payments a family can receive. Harte received the information about this family from the Department of Social Protection officials. He says that $68,000 (€50,000) is more than enough for one family per year.

Harte said "The family are doing nothing illegal but the system is wrong when a couple are able to receive €90,000 [$121,000] per year for doing nothing. I don't think this sort of payment is acceptable in the good times, never mind the bad times we find ourselves in now.''

besides which the first duty of any government is to look after its own people

as for the newspaper headlines,the best one I saw was 'Living the Dole-ca Vita'

I just thought of a good one

'El-Dole-Rado'

History / Would you classify the Poland's Communist years as a "Soviet occupation" ? [221]


more a case of Churchill being able to see Stalin for what he was
Churchill had aspirations to increase the British sphere of influence in certain countries such as Greece

UK, Ireland / Unemployed Poles in Ireland : a crash course in milking the system [323]

thejournal.ie/waitress-who-describes-wonderful-life-on-dole-told-go-back-to-poland-343061-Feb2012/

the next exciting update, Labour senator Jimmy Harte hits back

you tell 'em Jimmy, I will hold your jacket as you give 'em all a good dressing down

Jimmy would appear to be an anti-dole crusader

irishcentral.com/news/Bosnian-family-earning-over-121000-on-welfare-in-Ireland-130743648.html

a Bosnian family earned or should I say blagged 90,000 euros over the course of a year in Dublin.

Law / Polish EU Drivers Licence - can I get one the easy way (by paying for it)? [185]

just a cotton picking minute here folks
before we aid a known fugitive

just how did red lose his licence in the first place?

alcohol/car/small children/lolly pop lady/carnage/fervent imagination

as Jonny pointed out, they don't give you a three year ban for risque bumper stickers

UK, Ireland / Unemployed Poles in Ireland : a crash course in milking the system [323]


that is my understanding as well
however some of my Polish friends in Glasgow got council housing the moment they rolled up
in fairness it was an absolute kharzi of a place with smack heads for neighbours but anywhere you lay your hat....

Law / If you lose your job in Poland is it easy to claim welfare? [36]

Spain's is pretty cushy too

four years work then two year's welfare at 1200 euro per month if I recall

you would have to be doing quite well to bring home 1200 euro net every month in the present economic climate

Law / If you lose your job in Poland is it easy to claim welfare? [36]


that just about sums it up

6 months pittance on the rock and roll and then 'hustling just to survive' (excuse the 1970s ghetto parlance)

Travel / Visa to Poland for a person from India [52]

youtu.be/4LnA-xCz5U8

fortunately the dog is going from Poland to Pakistan but I could not help thinking about Pablo

Law / If you lose your job in Poland is it easy to claim welfare? [36]

it is rare in Poland but I know a lot of people in the UK and The States who quit their jobs without anything lined up

I knew a few people who did the same thing in Warsaw as they could not stand working where they were

this would lead us to a great new thread as some Poles put up with working conditions that are abominal - McCain french fries salesmen

for example. No one in Europe would put up with the manipulation that their salesmen had to put up with

it is not the wisest course of action perhaps

I just posted the same link but a moment ago

great minds... do you speak Polish?

Law / If you lose your job in Poland is it easy to claim welfare? [36]


bingo

no I talked to the natives. I can do that by being based in God's own country and possessing a knowledge of the lingo

Law / If you lose your job in Poland is it easy to claim welfare? [36]


maybe

what do you do?
get an old pram, convert it to an all purpose scrap metal collecting buggy and join all the other unemployed monkeys
an ability to fight may come in handy otherwise you will be robbed blind by other pikeys

Life / What is the school bus security standard in Poland? [18]

what Poland really needs is flashing LED signs stuck to the back of the school bus in order to warn drivers that there is a school bus up ahead

.... if only someone could help....

Life / Are Poles mentally more Eastern European or Western European? [171]


with lots of tiny poxy little principalities to lord it over
''I am the Count. My land ranges from the trees 150 m over there to the river 50 m yonder, this is my wife the Countess and our dog.... Duke"

the only thing that the aristocracy could ever agree about
was the fact that there should never be a Polish royal family with a dynasty

so they did everything in their power to torpedo whichever poor bastard found himself in the unfortunate position of having
to rule the country and would much rather invite a foreigner to rule Poland rather than a Pole

Travel / What is the weather like in Poland where you are now? [185]

24 oC

Life / Are Poles mentally more Eastern European or Western European? [171]

all this slavic brotherhood stuff tickles me

if you ask your average Pole he would much rather be tied in with Western Europe than create stronger bonds with Lithuania and Ukraine

in fact lots of Poles that I have spoken to are very wary about Ukrainians
the Euro 2012 was the perfect opportunity to forge stronger ties with Ukraine

did anything significant happen?

I think not

Study / Shocking! Test standards in Polish schools. [165]


particularly when Poland is full of English teachers who would give their right arm not to work as English teachers

many graduates of English do not want to be doomed to have to spend the rest of their lives regurgitating last year's lessons in a state school

and would be very happy to man the photocopier, proof read sales materials and tidy up their colleagues English emails. This is the
first rung on the ladder to being a junior project manager or marketing assistant

News / Boom for food exports from Poland [17]


well said

rather than have a local hunter cull a couple of head, why not charge a German or American hunter several thousand dollars for the privilege?

the last time I was a Bialowieza I was speaking to a guide who was complaining that the Polish bison are getting very inbred indeed

and he felt that it was critical to introduce some fresh blood from the wild bison stock from Belarus

inbreding will endanger the entire herd, better to whack a few sickly bison now and use the money to sponsor the future health of the herd

by heading over to Belarus and returning to Poland with a bucket of bison mess and a pair of rubber gloves and a funnel

inbreeding in the Scottish aristocracy usually takes the form of receding chins and buck teeth whereas inbreeding in Bison manifests itself
by infertility, still birth and early death

News / Poland now soft-pedalling ACTA signing [107]


no, you are wrong. after 21 years since its patent registration, Viagra's patent will expire
then it is open season and anyone can have a stab at making a generic

the fact that Sun did that in India years ago and market a pirate version called Erecto, is besides the point
they cannot sell it in Europe

what is getting Oxfam bothered is that these pirate drugs are being made in India and flogged in Africa
they are dirt cheap and poor African people can afford them

however as neither India nor any country in Africa (as far as I aware) signed up to Acta there is nothing to worry about

the price of drugs in the states is obscene so you might be illegally importing snide drugs through the Internet
if you are, ACTA will effect you big time

News / Poland now soft-pedalling ACTA signing [107]


this is what I thought

now if you are getting snide drugs delivered to you in the US, then you a reason to worry
however in fairness I would be far more worried about what was inside the bargain bucket medication you
bought on the internet

fair enough, Torrent and Ranbaxy are fairly kosher but there are some really nasty copies out there
which are just plain nasty

News / Poland now soft-pedalling ACTA signing [107]


if the patent for an Rx expires, you can make a generic version, if it hasn't, you can't

it is really simple and I cannot begin to think why you consider this to be dangerous for a nation's healthcare program
in order to insist on more generics being prescribed, each healthcare entity needs to beef up its national formulary

I am starting to feel concerned as perhaps I have overlooked something, so if you know of concrete reasons why generics are under threat, please let me know

News / Poland now soft-pedalling ACTA signing [107]


how do you feel that ACTA will result in governments insisting that physicians insist on prescribing the original Rx when there is a perfectly legal and viable generic available?

particularly at a time when there is no money about

News / Poland now soft-pedalling ACTA signing [107]


good idea. Microsoft have been doing it for years. It is really risky using snide Microsoft software in Poland if you are a firm.

all the torrent sites are up and running and I may or may have not downloaded something last night and it worked fine and dandy

I suspect that the US government is looking at China with its terribly restricted internet access and how the country functions well
and want to implement something similar in the land of the free

as you know I have a lot of business partners in China and whenever I send them links of interesting stuff, they cannot access them