News / Dalai Lama says: "POLAND HAS RETAINED ITS SPIRIT" [77]

I get where you are coming from.
I have always been impressed with the Poles.
In the centre defending and attacking but still being Poland.
It is a question of what it means to be Polish?
Why through all the wars and even when Poland did not exist, did these people say we are not German, Russian, Swedish, etc... But we are Polish.

Ha ha ha, i am having visions of that film "300", THIS IS POLAND! ha ha ha

I think one of the bigger differences between Irish history and Polish, is that the Brits never wanted us, as a people, they wanted our land for various defensive and imperial reasons but not the people, whereas the Commies wanted the "hearts and minds" of the Poles.

News / Dalai Lama says: "POLAND HAS RETAINED ITS SPIRIT" [77]


Only the women ha ha ha

News / Dalai Lama says: "POLAND HAS RETAINED ITS SPIRIT" [77]

I like the Dali Lma, i read some of his teachings.
It is unfortunate about Tibet having been almost completely lost to China.


I remember it got lost on the map, nobody seemed to mind except the peaceful Tibetans and even more unfortunately not many seemed to notice or care.

Perhaps Polish people can relate to that, I think i can.

News / Dalai Lama says: "POLAND HAS RETAINED ITS SPIRIT" [77]


You have completely miss understood what i have written.

News / Dalai Lama says: "POLAND HAS RETAINED ITS SPIRIT" [77]


Doh!, I thought, well you know what I thought.
It is me who is misunderstanding, excuse me.


In this light, yes they are similar but this is not what I meant.
But I seem to be on a roll for misunderstanding tonight...

News / Dalai Lama says: "POLAND HAS RETAINED ITS SPIRIT" [77]


He has a lot of very real and great things to say :)
He is a real person a bit like John Paul II :)
Perhaps there is another connection.

Excuse me for my misunderstanding.

News / Dalai Lama says: "POLAND HAS RETAINED ITS SPIRIT" [77]


Only 100 years? :)
I certainly have not forgotten.


Good stuff, I have not read anything by him in a long time.
I know he is still very active and teaches around the world.

News / Dalai Lama says: "POLAND HAS RETAINED ITS SPIRIT" [77]


It is better to be badly (possibly) ruled by your own people than badly ruled by a foreign occupation.

News / Dalai Lama says: "POLAND HAS RETAINED ITS SPIRIT" [77]



The fact that the commies had propaganda for you shows how they wanted to assimilate Polish people, "hearts and minds".
The English never came up with propaganda for the Irish, against the Irish yes but they did not want us.
I do see a difference in our histories about this.
I think i know what you mean a dominator is a dominator but there is a difference, know what I mean?

News / Dalai Lama says: "POLAND HAS RETAINED ITS SPIRIT" [77]


Agreed.
Conquest was the fashion of the day.


There are Scots and Welsh who would punch you for the mere thought and others who'd shrug their shoulders, same in Ireland.
As one Scotsman i met said to me, " you have it lucky, youz aren't stuck on to the bitch". Maybe not PC but he had a point, I think?


:) Long live the E.U :p


I agree, except different ideology behind the take overs.


Ok, i see where you are going with this, my point was about communists.
The German conquest could be seen as similar.

News / Dalai Lama says: "POLAND HAS RETAINED ITS SPIRIT" [77]


I know. I was not threatening you at all, i just wanted to tell you of my experiences.


Yes, it is difficult for me to understand communism.
But I can see similarities wherever people have been conquered.
Ah yes, Dalai Lama says: "POLAND HAS RETAINED ITS SPIRIT".
And in Africa too, I personally understood or empathised with the blacks in South Africa than the Whites, something you don't forget.
(It must be noted that there are very many fine white people in S.A.)


If you mean it was not out of "true" communist brotherly love, well yeah.
Maybe it was just a different way of doing the same thing?
But boy oh boy, communism is different.

News / Dalai Lama says: "POLAND HAS RETAINED ITS SPIRIT" [77]


Possibly.


Without looking, it must be Canada?

(And before anyone starts jumping down the guy's throat, these are his experiences)


A kind of "in with the new out with the old"?

Real Estate / House prices in Poland to drop more or rise again? [228]


What are you talking about?
What do you base the 2009/2010 on?
I don't belive you have a clue about what you are talking about.


Read above.


Yes this is true.
The next target date for the Euro is 2012.
Hungary recently had huge problems and the Polish Zloty was effected greatly by it.
So Poland are taking the 2012 deadline for the Euro very seriously so the currency will not be so open to huge fluctuations.

I think people here are not being very optimistic, they are aware that they are tied in but the economy is healthy and banks are still lending.

I know what you mean though, prepare for the worst and hope for the best.


It is a generally belief here that the Zloty will increase in value.
But i am not an expert.


And by the looks of it it will dip a lot slower and not so low.

Real Estate / House prices in Poland to drop more or rise again? [228]


They now want 30% deposit, yes.
And it has always been a long and difficult procedure for foreigners, so nothing new there.


They are giving loans but the 30% deposit is required.
This will slow people down and there has recently been a a surge of people getting mortgages, just before this 30% thing came into effect.
But as far as I can see this is healthy for the country, people do not live on credit here and tend to save their own money.

I am not saying that prices will not be effected, they will more than likely.
I just get info back from Ireland and I do not think the same thing will happen here.

I am currently dealing with Kredyt Bank, (it's like pushing wet rope, up hill).

Life / 3 reasons why you hate Poland. [1049]


Just remember they are more scared of you than you are of them.

or is that spiders? anyway...... :)

Real Estate / House prices in Poland to drop more or rise again? [228]


Is that about me?
And who else is Irish?
And who has big wallets?
You seem like a happy fellow.

Real Estate / House prices in Poland to drop more or rise again? [228]


This is a very good point.


All politicians lie.
Didn't Tony Blare promise something similar?


This is not a good comparison, at all.
I know people who have invested in building offices in Kiev at 15% yearly returns.
They were lucky to get out with their initial investment, basically the corruption was too bad.
One of the rules of capitalism "High risk can equal high profit"
But there are many more reasons why you can't really compare the two.


Are people still moving in to Warsaw i.e. Is the population of Warsaw still increasing?.


I am usually sceptical of people on the other side of the planet giving advise but I have to hand it to you.
I agree with ash1972, within the next year we will be able to see more effects and if there is a down turn in the market, it is time to buy.

Love / Do Polish Women age well? [153]

Hello RebelOReilly,

Here is the way i see it,
I am from Ireland too.
Ireland is very humid because of the water and this acts as a natural moisturiser for people's skin (a killer for arthritics).
Here in Poland it is a much dryer climate and this dries the skin and makes older people look well drier.

Sure it takes 3 hours for clothes to dry here and it takes 3 days back in Ireland.


You have just signed your death warrant.
ha ha ha

Love / Do Polish Women age well? [153]

Don't forget your shovel, if you want to go to work :)

Travel / Why do you visit Poland? [223]


From that wonderful photo you posted, I can see why :)

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I am not allowed to vote because I am here :)

Travel / Poland wildlife and similar wild life where you live. [246]

Hey Polonius3,
I hoped you would join this thread as the only thing remotely similar on here is your thread about the north east of Poland, which is a wonderful place, well to be honest I drive through it often, on the way to Lithuania.

Augustuw looks like a wonderful place, like Carrick-on-Shannon in Ireland.
And the area around Białastok has some of the best places to see Bison and other wildlife in their natural habitat, the primeval forests.

As for głuszce, is this what you mean?

I hear lots of stories about the wild life here, it's always enjoyable.

Travel / Poland wildlife and similar wild life where you live. [246]

Anyone any stories?
I heard mad stories last night, when I was east of Tarnów,
about a child's parent being late to pick his kid up and as he drove to meet his son,
the father could see wolves on either side of the road, surrounding the boy, hairy, scary stuff.
Are there many wolf attacks in Poland, I know the wolf has been demonised, i think they are a very beautiful animal but I wouldn't want my child gobbled up by one.

Travel / Poland wildlife and similar wild life where you live. [246]

Is that en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drawie%C5%84ski_National_Park - Drawieński Park Narodowy?

"Animal life is very rich. There are 129 species of birds, 40 species of mammals, 7 species of reptiles and 13 species of amphibians." (Wiki).

Apparently there are some times wolves and bears here in Beskid Makowski.
I have seen several dear, a snake, a lizard, no wild boar yet, along with a load of different coloured birds depending on the season.

Oh and fire fly, I was surprised to see them, I did not know they were in North Europe.

Travel / Poland wildlife and similar wild life where you live. [246]


Show us a photo of the area, please?
Is it mountainous or flat, forested or agricultural land?

How big is a Wild boar and do they have tusks?.
There is that thing about a wounded boar being a real danger to humans.

Travel / Poland wildlife and similar wild life where you live. [246]


ha ha ha, I was just thinking the same thing reading your post.

Travel / Poland wildlife and similar wild life where you live. [246]



I never even knew there was such a thing.


What's the beetle Pawian?

Travel / Poland wildlife and similar wild life where you live. [246]

Prince, Wow and they have the new Ipod things too.
I never think of Polish seals probably because I live in the south.
Lovely animals :)


I honestly never heard of them.
So would you know the difference between a fresh water pearl and a salt water one?

Travel / Poland wildlife and similar wild life where you live. [246]

You took that photo, do you have a good zoom?

I would take a photo like that from a safe distance ha ha ha.
I respect snakes, really I do and i think they are beautiful but I am scared of them but not as much as they would be of me.

Travel / Poland wildlife and similar wild life where you live. [246]


And just out of curiosity how much would you get for one?.
I am thinking the answer might be the reason they are near extinction or would it be more environmental?