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Posts by hythorn  

Joined: 21 Feb 2008 / Male ♂
Last Post: 8 Feb 2012
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Posts: Total: 580 / Live: 574 / Archived: 6
From: Warsaw
Speaks Polish?: yes
Interests: property

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hythorn   
31 Oct 2011
UK, Ireland / What do you like about living in Britain? [134]

strangely enough most Polish people become completely freaked out by pickled eggs

they seem to be utterly mesmorised by the horror of a jar of pickled eggs in a chippie
hythorn   
31 Oct 2011
UK, Ireland / What do you like about living in Britain? [134]

ease of setting up a business
relaxed attitude towards accounting

business mentoring - having a retired businessman advising you as a hobby and giving you contacts to all their friends
Business Link - in spite of the fact that it is now run by Serco - still provides excellent advice for budding business people

car boot sales and jumble sales and the thrill of rummaging through piles of tat to get a bargain

Church fetes, mystery tours, treasure hunts and all the quintessentially naff but adorable things associated with village life

@pawian

you are nearly right....

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_dick
hythorn   
31 Oct 2011
UK, Ireland / What do you like about living in Britain? [134]

I am British but I feel for the sake of fairness I ought to mention the darker side of English cooking

We used to buy tripe from Wigan market, cook it in a white sauce and have it with mashed potato
it was truly vile.

Polish tripe (Flaki) is much tastier. I still find it difficult to eat as each spoonful brings up a lump of
cow's stomach from the depths which resembles an extra from a science fiction film about aliens

you can only say 'show me how you kiss earthman' so many times before it stops being funny
hythorn   
31 Oct 2011
UK, Ireland / What do you like about living in Britain? [134]

there is some truly revolting traditional English food

raw tripe in vinegar
tripe in a sort of vile white sauce with unidentifiable vegetable, possibly onion
toad in the hole (better referred to as toad in the hell)
lancashire hot pot
jam roly poly
boiled beef (usually brisket with cabbage)
spotted dick

I mean the list keeps going on

as for the Ulster Fry or UF - it is infamously high in cholesterol
as Owen O Neill so wisely said, '' the UF has been responsible for more loss of Catholic life than the UDF, the UDV or any other paramilitary organisation'
hythorn   
31 Oct 2011
Work / Working in Poland - Logistics, procurement, imports-exports [12]

I ve seen some adds in hays.pl that for ex. require greek, or italian or russian or hebrew speakers. Does anybody have any idea on their reliability and subject of working?

Hays is a reliable high street recruitment company

they are professional. they will not ask you for an upfront fee then cheat you
hythorn   
31 Oct 2011
Life / Why is circumcision not practiced in Poland? [701]

lets just have a look at some of your posts

It was promoted even sooner than that. During the Great Depression the Civilian Conservation Corps was formed to provide employment for youths and they were all required to undergo circumcision and be back on the job after only a few days recuperation, but the kinder supervisors allowed them to wear overcoats rigged with sticks, like tents, so that no cloth would scrape their wound.

this is clearly a reference to circumcision in the US - a topic which you might know something about as your knowledge about Polish is second hand

It makes nude Gentile men indistinguishable from nude Jewish men, thus preventing the latter from being singled out for extermination by being disrobed.

then your second post, which I thought was a suggestion from you that wholesale circumcision of American men is to prevent American Jews being identified should there be a future holocaust in the US. I was referring to this when I accused you of spouting gibberish.

I wholeheartedly agree that it would be impossible to tell a circumcised gentile apart from a Jew once disrobed

If you have ever seen the film Europa Europa (which is a European film so you might not have seen it) you will see that the hero who is a young Jew posing as a German soldier during the war. He is measured by a German doctor to demonstrate how Jews can be detected by measuring the shape of the head, size of the nose etc and the doctor comments on how the young man has perfect Aryan features.

So accusing me of being both an anti-semite and an English teacher in the same post - way to go

wrong on both counts -
hythorn   
30 Oct 2011
Food / Squirrel-stuffed pasties from Cornwall? [6]

Some think that the gray squirrel is sweet and cute

there is nothing cute about them, they are rats with bushy tails
they raid song bird nests and ring bark sycamore trees - destructive bastards

they do not ring bark sycamores in the States only in the UK - it is truly amazing but true

I seem to remember that you can only eat the meat at certain times of the year.
I think spring is the only time that they are fit for eating
hythorn   
30 Oct 2011
Food / How to find Halal Food in Poznan (Muslim food in Poland) [55]

nasty

I do not know much about slaughter house floor design but the poor buggers seemed to be slipping all over the place

as an Australian, I would be very interested in your views on mulesing
hythorn   
30 Oct 2011
Food / Squirrel-stuffed pasties from Cornwall? [6]

I have eaten grey squirrel - tasted a bit like rabbit.
took a lot of skinning though so it was not really worth the effort

in Cornwall and the States they are grey
In Poland they are red of course - dear little squirrel nutkins with not a lot of meat on them

they make hedgehog flavoured crisps (potato chips for our American cousins) in the UK too
hythorn   
30 Oct 2011
Life / Where is Birds market in Poland [12]

I am interested to know what Tumbler is looking for

I knew guys in the UK who kept American red kites for hunting but these had been bred in captivity

I would never provide anyone with a wild bird of prey and have a very low opinion of others who do so
that is why I wanted to know what he was looking for

with a name like Tumbler, he is probably looking for stunt pigeons :)
hythorn   
30 Oct 2011
Life / Where is Birds market in Poland [12]

what type of birds are you looking for Tumbler?

live chickens?
pigeons?
falcons?
parrots?

are you interested in importing them or are you looking for friends in Poland?

Don't worry about Pawian.It means baboon in Polish
Talented guy, he can type with his feet
hythorn   
29 Oct 2011
Life / Where is Birds market in Poland [12]

Where`s that? Near Gliwitz in Silesia?

it is an attempt at humour from our tree swinging friend

Oman is in the Middle East. Tumbler is clearly a pigeon fancier named after the tumbler pigeon
who was looking for friends/contacts in Poland
hythorn   
29 Oct 2011
Life / Where is Birds market in Poland [12]

Hey, Birdbrains, how about providing us your location so that we can help you out?

my dear simian friend, the gentleman is located in Oman
hythorn   
29 Oct 2011
UK, Ireland / "If it's not Polish, it's shite" - What is great about Polish Beer in UK? [78]

not a Polish beer amongst them
or not that I saw on first glance

The EB ad that got canned was made by Leo Burnett in Warsaw.
It was an American dude who came up with the idea

A very unhappy client. EB was basically a pirate version of Fosters

How I miss Fosters. You could get it in Poland until two years ago

check this link out - comic genius - this is how a beer ad should look like
...
hythorn   
29 Oct 2011
UK, Ireland / Is moving to UK now a good idea? - antipolish prejudice of the Brits [231]

If you want to go there to work, be prepared to be treated like a fool by the lazy sods who seem to think they have a God-given right to live free of charge.

I valid comment but work gives you the ability to learn and hopefully earn a promotion or transfer these skills to a different job. After 40 years, you are unlikely to be promoted to Senior Shiftless Dole Dossing Bastard for milking the system

20 grand a year for a family of five is not exactly riches beyond belief
hythorn   
29 Oct 2011
UK, Ireland / Websites for Poles to benefit from Britain! [210]

I can imagine it wouldnt be that easy to con a deal in your actual industry.

my dear Sir, it goes on believe me

the scams that go on in tooling are legendary

I could provide you with a tool that would fly through a trial but flash (leak like a sieve) the moment you took delivery of it

needless to say I would not, but there are many tooling agents out there that would do it without a second thought

Only last week one of my clients went to Taiwan to pay a flying visit on a toolmaker only to find out that all their tools were

somewhere in mainland China. The toolmaker had subcontracted them without telling the client.

Might I enquire what line of business you are in?

EDIT

in order to steer this back onto topic
I still believe that dole scamming is naughty irrespective of nationality, creed, race, zodiac sign
and I believe that it is doubly naughty if you are going to an overseas country with a view to bleeding them dry
hythorn   
29 Oct 2011
UK, Ireland / Is moving to UK now a good idea? - antipolish prejudice of the Brits [231]

Secondly, whenever a perceived foreigner criticises their host country, the natives rush to its defence, even though they probably share much of the criticism - but only natives can criticise their country, right?

very good comment

In answer to the questions is moving to the UK a good idea, the answer is very much yes

if you are out of work in Poland, the UK is still worth a punt

A Pole from Suwalki will find it easier to find work and accommodation in London than in Warsaw
hythorn   
29 Oct 2011
UK, Ireland / Websites for Poles to benefit from Britain! [210]

Branson came from money, his autobiography attempts to paint an entirely different story

I did not get that impression when I read it
He was a public schoolboy but was not really the Monty Burns type
Egotistic swine hell bent on killing himself in a balloon

You never told a little white lie when a big deal was on the table?

in my line of work that would be difficult. I work in precision tooling, so it is difficult to tell porkies
particularly when sitting in a room full of tool makers who have forgotten more about tooling than
I am ever likely to know. With tooling, the tool either works or it doesn't so no amount of spin or
scullduggery can help you. I admit that if someone was working in PR, media or advertising sales
then the temptation to tell whoppers would be much greater.

Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of people in tooling who lie their heads off, but they
usually get caught

I worked in property but got out just as the market tanked. I was lucky.

EDIT
I remember that Branson had some scam where he was importing records from Belgium
or exporting them or something and he was caught by the police.
so out of the four of them, he is the least moral I agree
hythorn   
29 Oct 2011
Work / Englishman seeking non teaching work asap - to stay in Poland or ..? [37]

Crazily so now, I now know at least two natives who just can't find work here at all. And this isn't even a particularly desirable city!

good grief. that is really bad

so these guys who keep rolling up not speaking a word of Polish and expecting to get work are just wasting their time

the only thing that your average Brit has over a Pole is their ability to speak English like a native
hythorn   
29 Oct 2011
UK, Ireland / Websites for Poles to benefit from Britain! [210]

You guys at the top tend only to be about putting as much in your pockets as you can

I believe that the bankers have behaved very badly indeed and have been encouraged to do so
however not all company directors are unscrupulous
naturally as an MD, your mandate is to maximise shareholder value however you can still sleep well at night

I have never ripped anyone off and have always been very honest in my business dealings
it has made the road a long slog but I have a reputation for being fair and honest and this
has attracted several clients through recommendations from existing clients

on another note, large companies have a purchasing department and their job is to police
suppliers and push the prices down whilst ensuring the quality is maintained. As a result
fly-by-night, rip off suppliers generally cannot work with blue chip clients. So honesty really is the best
policy in my industry

I believe that Steve Jobs was a reasonably decent human being, so was Anita Roddick, as is Bill Gates and Richard Branson

clearly for every Anita Roddick there are a hundred Monty Burns

I am aware of the economic situation however I do not believe that it gives people the excuse to travel to another
country (or stay at home for that matter) and rob the country blind
hythorn   
28 Oct 2011
UK, Ireland / Websites for Poles to benefit from Britain! [210]

You take what you can.

you sum up the mentality perfectly

take what you can, line your own nest and bollocks to everyone else

do it to someone else before they do it to you

way to go
hythorn   
28 Oct 2011
UK, Ireland / Websites for Poles to benefit from Britain! [210]

bollocks

it is like a lad from Liverpool I was working on a site with who saw some tools in a van in Bracknell and said he felt like breaking into the van

and stealing the tools just 'to teach the owner a lesson'

this just about sums it all up, steal what you can and bollocks to everyone else

no doubt that is why you did not make use of your law degree

particularly if you cannot tell right from wrong
hythorn   
28 Oct 2011
Life / Vandalism on cars in Poland [64]

He sees and hears things that he wants to happen to him.

perhaps he will imagine that the winning lottery numbers have been written on his car
it would be helpful if he could post them