Life / Polish film and serial riddles [137]


I saw it onced on TV and had a similar reaction.... very sad, especially the ending....

Interestingly (maybe) a friend of mine briefly rented an apartment that had been owned by one of the cast members (though known more for other things). The cast member had died a few years earlier and there was a complicated legal situation so the person who inherited it hadn't cleaned most of the actor's personal effects out of it.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [247]


I want to say bigos but 'instead of makowiec' makes it sound like it's a dessert....

Life / Polish film and serial riddles [137]

Another riddle....

What's going on here? What is the relationship between the man and the boy?

nb. no dirty answers, pawian, this is a decent forum!

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Life / The climate for gardening in Poland [215]


haven't been around here long, have you?

narcissists have extremely low meltdown points....

News / Poland`s aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 10 [2075]

Meanwhile midst the doom and gloom of the russia stans....

Ukraine repelled the largest russian tank attack of the entire war....

twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1774737628211953879

Ukraine killed a russain gauleiter in Luhansk

twitter.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1774788281776968044

And Ukraine continues strikers deeper and deeper into russian territory... now hitting targets in Tatarstan 1200 clicks from the border of Ukraine.

twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1775043053083877743

Life / Any "wet" plans for Śmigus-dyngus? [51]


I walked downtown for about an hour and didn't see anybody (even kids) shooting water pistols (I saw some kids taking water pistols home yesterday but none today).

Hate to be a wet blanket but.... not so wet until it began raining (pretty heavily) after 18.00.....


Feel free to comment on them elsewhere or to start a thread....

Life / Any "wet" plans for Śmigus-dyngus? [51]

"Poless" exists in the Oxford dictionary

oed.com/dictionary/poless_n?tl=true&tab=factsheet

But it fell out of whatever usage it had by 1930

Problems for English speakers:

Stress.... where is it? Oxford gives three possible pronunciations (2 British 1 American) and none sound right... stressing -ess just sounds dumb and the unstressed pronunciation makes the word sound kind of ugly.

It's not listed at all in American Heritage (the best dictionary of American usage).

On the other hand the suffix -ess is listed and the dictionary says (among other things):

"the feminine suffix -ess is sometimes considered sexist and demeaning because it gratuitously calls attention to gender"

"the feminine form may be taken to imply that the task somehow differs when performed by a woman, or that it is by default the realm of men.

"A few specialized examples persist in fields in which the sex of the referent is relevant, sometimes for historical reasons, including chiefess in anthropology, goddess in history and literature, and lioness in biology. Other cases, like webmistress, represent arch reclaimings of the -ess suffix, but these are whimsical or ironic exceptions"

Interestingly there's no mention of using -ess with nouns referring to ethnicity and the only two examples I could think of, namely Jewess and Negress are listed as "offensive"

Poless is a non-starter and doesn't add anything that Pole or Polish woman (the trend in English is to dispense with nouns referring to ethnicities in favor of adjectives, sometimes before people, woman or man.

"Penelope Cruz is Spanish." or "Penelope Cruz is a Spanish woman." sound much better than "Penelope Cruz is a Spaniard." or god help us all "Penelope Cruz is a Spaniardess."

(yes Spaniardess is also listed in Oxfored - it sounds dreadful).

News / Poland`s aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 10 [2075]


And what about 3 and X?

News / Poland`s aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 10 [2075]

Occam's razor.... why did russia invade Ukra


russia has made it exceedingly clear (unless you're a senile old fool who believes RT) that it's intention in the case of victory is to kill very large numbers of Ukrainians. They don't hide it they say it out loud on russian state, russian government controlled, tv.

Ukrainians know their only chance is to fight. Surrender = death.

News / Poland`s aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 10 [2075]


You remind me so much of Vladimir Pozner.... that's not a compliment....

The main truth here is russians killing Ukrainians because they want to.... all the rest is rationalization...

Food / Polish Pizza !! The best in the world? [329]


Oh yes.... mouthwatering.....

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Food / Polish Pizza !! The best in the world? [329]


I don't mind ketchup (I'm American --- my stomache is lined with stainless steel and has battery acid to help digest things) but it has its place and that place is not on pizza....

The key to great pizza is not the toppings but the crust. The best pizza I've ever had was in Lanzarote - hotel restaurant had a pizza chef who turned out small pizzas with minimal (but very good quality) toppings but amazingly delicious crusts.

A place where I went to college (the one with broccoli slices) was the only good deep dish pizza I've ever had.

Let's look at authentic Italian practice... minimal toppings and curated crust....

youtube.com/watch?v=Pcihgp2_Kds

News / Poland`s aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 10 [2075]


Why on earth would I? That's not the subject of the thread (unless it actually concerns American relations to russia or Ukraine).

Want to discuss crappy Biden policies? I'm game! Open a thread or find an appropriate thread....

News / Poland`s aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 10 [2075]


Of course.... I saw a film of Narva (Estonian city mostly inhabited by ethnic russians) and the closest russian city and the difference was very clear.

but russians like suffering and living in poverty for the glory of the godking... so that might not make much of a difference...

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [247]


Potatoes you're going to plant...

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [247]

Poor potatoes waiting too long for buyers and their tears take the form of sprouts?

Or.... being sold to be planted to grow more ptoatoes....

News / Poland`s aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 10 [2075]

Meanwhile Novichok apparently now speaks russian because he was on russian tv calling for mass killings of Ukrainian civilians because Ukrainians are animals....

This is the precious country that cannot be attacked according to the American government.....

twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1773118657574420892

Life / Neoliberalism and family formation in Poland [100]


Women clearly don't want it.... so men should stop being chivalrous.

Life / Neoliberalism and family formation in Poland [100]


Thank you! Thank you! (takes a bow)

That's how that's intended... generalizations based on observations.

Women, on the whole (do I have to slip in 18 qualifiers each and every time?) find verbal confrontation emotionally fulfilling and assume that a confrontational attitude makes them irresistible to men (it doesn't).

Men on the whole think that displaying chivalry makes them attractive to women (it doesn't) this is a time delayed response, a guy who white knights a lot is doing things that might impress a young woman's parents (important when they controlled the v@gina strings) but don't do anything for women who can make their own choices.

News / Poland`s aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 10 [2075]

The Czech newspaper Denik has uncovered that the Voice of Europe a Prague based russian propaganda site has been making payments to politicians to make anti-Ukrainian and por "peace" ("peace" in this context means Ukrainian surrender)

tvn24.pl/swiat/czechy-rosyjska-siatka-rozbita-miala-wplywac-na-politykow-min-w-polsce-niemczech-i-francji-st7841920

I'm hoping the worthless Irish 'marxists' Clare Daly and Mick Wallace (among others) will face consequences for their corruption...

Life / Neoliberalism and family formation in Poland [100]


Such a woman reminds a (straight) man of other men which is a turn off... Gay guys, who interact with each other in a different way, might find it amusing (though they wont' take such a woman seriously) like I said women try to act out what they want in a partner and are then surprised it doesn't work....

News / Poland`s aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 10 [2075]


Partly.... if a person doesn't even know the alphabet I can't take them seriously..... and it's a pretty trivial and quick test of mental alertness....


Probably not... he's not very well informed since he likes RT run by Margarita "total information control" Simonyan do you take her seriously?

I did find a source in russian that doesn't make me want to jab knitting needles in my ears like those on russian tv do... it's a russian language Ukrainina tv channel. Much warmer sound and much less nasal whine...

I may end up learning to understand russian from listening to it... or maybe not...

News / Poland`s aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 10 [2075]


Probably made up and/or stupid or boring... unlike 3 and X (a very proxy for how well a person is informed). So far, only one person immediately understood.

Those that do understand, please don't give it away.

Life / Neoliberalism and family formation in Poland [100]


There's a tendency for both men and women to stress qualities that they're looking for in a mate that the other sex doesn't much care about when choosing a mate....

men: stress dependability and loyalty and respectfulness

women: stress independence, self-sufficiency and career achievements

Instead, men should stress their career, independence and have a slight zfg attitude and women should stress their dependability and loyalty and general agreeableness. Or don't.... and find out the hard way....


Better put: Men love idealistically, women love opportunistically.... or men tend to treat relationships like money (ultimate goal, valuable in an of itself) and women tend to treat relationships like jobs (a means to an end).

News / Poland`s aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 10 [2075]


No. Enlighten me!

News / Poland`s aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 10 [2075]


And yet you have nothing to say about 3 or X which means... you know nothing, Novichok Snow!

Life / Neoliberalism and family formation in Poland [100]


Yeah. Working getting in the way of starting a family for women began sometime in the late 90s I believe.... before that even in martial law there was a baby boom (lots of jokes about the causes for that)

Life / Neoliberalism and family formation in Poland [100]


Given that most women most of the time want a partner who has a higher social position than she does.... not good for marriage rates.


Most women in Poland have worked since at least the end of WWII... and not because they had dreams of a high flying career....

I remember when young women really wanted kids but were afraid - since a pregnancy or child was a quick ticket to the unemployment line... that is a clear example of neoliberalism making family formation needlessly difficult.

I remember when most fifth year female students (when the magister was the first degree) were married or engaged by their senior year and now... none of them are and they're stressed about finding a place to live since no government does much about affordable housing for young adults..... another example of making family formation difficult

News / Poland`s aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 10 [2075]

I just started another thread on this topic and maybe people can move this conversation there (maybe a mod could move the very interesting posts from here to there)

I will only discuss the issue there.