History / Norman Davies - the Brit who loves Poland and becomes one of Us [250]


What Harry is talking about is the bombing raid on Wilhelmshaven by 89n Squadron on 3 Sep. It was of course a glorious failure. Nothing to do with the courage of the crews, everything to do with pre-war politics.

History / Norman Davies - the Brit who loves Poland and becomes one of Us [250]

I miss IS here. But I guess he is only reading Dmowski publications, his suscription on Nasz Dziennik, and for sure Piotr Ivanovich Rachkovsky.
And where is the Serb ????? The expert on eveything Polish on this forum?

History / Norman Davies - the Brit who loves Poland and becomes one of Us [250]

Well me being Flemish :)... Yes of course I know Simon Schama. I have his book "Citizens" about the French revolution (by the way, good book but way too tame and too nice on Robespierre. See "Terror - Civil War in the French Revolution" by David Andress). Also have his "Britain" trilogy on DVD and in print".

That said and done, I never read his book about your Dutch Golden Age :) Which was started by an influx of gifted Flemish immigrants I might like to remind you...

But we will not go down that road here :)

MG, did you read any books by Jan T. Gross? IS must hate his guts :)
Gross can be and is overbearing but still very good.

Serb....you as the expert on Polish history... Can you recommend maybe some books on Polish history? Please enlighten us....

Law / Signing a contract from Poland Telecommunication (TP) I didn't understand [20]

Do not worry. I got a letter from ZUS yesterday. My (Polish) wife is still wondering what they were writing :)
I wonder if they themselves know it :)

News / New cross war in Warsaw [530]

Still I am surprised by the absence of Rydzyk in the whole cross show.
Where is this guy? On one of his luxury holidays? Drilling yet another geothermical hole in Toruń?

I think the cross loonies are now getting marginalised very fast. Even PIS is not refering to them anymore on a daily basis. I am waiting for them to get transfer into snowmen in December :)

History / Polish history is 100% glorious [297]

MG, there is no sense in discussing with hardened antisemites as IS.
I wonder why he still likes the Old Marshal. He would never have understood this kind of Dmowski-ite persuasion.

History / Norman Davies - the Brit who loves Poland and becomes one of Us [250]


As I said, he can be overbearing and at times tiresome. But also, as MG wrote Gross is a brave man, exposing most unpleasant truths in recent Polish history.

By the way his book "Revolution from Abroad - The Soviet Conquest of Poland" is a brilliant decription of Stalinist terror in Poland in 1939-1940

Life / My own thoughts about life in Poland (have lived here for two years) [133]

Talking about perfume prices,there is a simple explanation for that.
They contain alcohol and therefore the excise part comes into play.

History / Poland is great Mother of all Slavs from Baltic to Balkan [177]

Serb, when can we expect your contribution to which books about Polish history you have actually read/like/dislike, and why ?

History / Poland is great Mother of all Slavs from Baltic to Balkan [177]

I could have known :)
But like real books, published by real historians in the real world?
Even Norman Davies if you have to. Did you ever read "God's Playground" ?

Life / 55 minutes to write a ticket ("mandat karny")? [28]

And I have another interesting situation here... A pedestrian one :)
Last year 15 August I was walking here in my Bielany on a sunbaked street...completely alone (everybody else went to see Madonna :)).
Pedestrian crossing...no cars at all...red light... Never mind...
Suddenly behind me a speaker voice "Przepraszam Pana". Police car around the corner...
Got fined 100 PLN...

But I am sure they were waiting for me to pay a "subisidy". I mean one lonely pedestrian on an empty street...
Anyway I did not, got an official fine. Which is stilll hanging in the kitchen on the board..between the appointments for the cat to go the vet and me to the dentist :)

Anyway... from what I know, if you do not pay a fine, Urząd Skarbowy "might" take it from you. But I have colleagues at work who tell me that is a 30% chance....

How does it work?
I mean, if I have to pay I will do so of course. But I am waiting :)

Love / How easy is it to pick up a girl from a club/bar in Warsaw ? [65]

It is not my habitat...but if you go to "Paparazzi", "Cinnamon", "Sense"... lots of leggy blondes going out with you in exchange for your CC. From what I heard... I guess that is the same in every country.

But what do I know about the high life? I go with my wife to the movies... later for a quiet drink with friends, Saturdays with our cat to vet. Just life :) Guess I am oldfashioned :)))

Love / How easy is it to pick up a girl from a club/bar in Warsaw ? [65]


Ok but if you write "pick-up" and not being local...
Or you are Richard Gere or whatever... or you have supernatural charms.... or have nice CC?

News / Poland's elite more pro-US than society? [29]

You mean like in every conference in WWII, Roosevelt was betraying Poland. Churchill not being able to stop that?

History / Poland is great Mother of all Slavs from Baltic to Balkan [177]


I heard that the Cathedral of Our Lady in my beloved Antwerp had a Serb architect?
I could be mistaken though - after all these Serbs are everywhere these days.
Sadly there are a few locations where they have never been - all locations where they mass-murdered Croats and Bosnians. Strange....

History / Norman Davies - the Brit who loves Poland and becomes one of Us [250]

Still waiting for IS to declare which history books he likes.
Furnish me with particulars, my dear :)

The Protocols, maybe ?

History / Norman Davies - the Brit who loves Poland and becomes one of Us [250]

Well... from his favourite athor P.I. Rachkovsky.
I bet he has them leather-bound in his bookcase at home - and believes every word of them

History / 15 August 1920 - the battle of Poland with the Red Army [24]


You know very well that the Old Marshal was all in favour of a Commonwealth. Very much in favour of the emancipation of the minorities. I know it does not fit in your view of Polish history (still reading the protocols as bedtime lecture?). And he has to share Wawel with your "hero".

Travel / Holiday in Poland - do I need to learn Polish? [26]


I think that it is a scandal. You live in Poland (or maybe not and it could be a troll), so why do you expect people here to speak in English. Disgraceful!

With what kind of God-given arrogance do you expect people here to adapt to you, bloody disrespectful expat?
Or is it just plain laziness?

History / 15 August 1920 - the battle of Poland with the Red Army [24]


Lost your subscription to "Nasz Dziennik" ?

History / Norman Davies - the Brit who loves Poland and becomes one of Us [250]

I am still waiting which "authors" IS likes.

News / New cross war in Warsaw [530]

He could have used some acid, would have been much more effective and so much better.
Anyway, the cross loonies are now demanding that their hero will get a pedestal (or better said, an obelisk with HIS NAME) near prince Poniatowski.

Not only would this be an insult to yet another genuine Polish heroe (first was cold Lech in the Wawel). Also shows the utterly breathtaking arrogance of the Duck clan and the PIS sect.

Could they not put their memorial to their "heroes" in that monstruous church they are building in Wilanów?

History / Norman Davies - the Brit who loves Poland and becomes one of Us [250]

Well, ploughing through ND takes some time. I usually read it for entertainment in the supermarket when waiting before I have to pay :)

Love / Advice Please! Meeting my Polish boyfriend's parents!! Gifts, customs... [105]

Don't mention your income or other financial stuff...whatever you tell it will always turn out to be a wrong move

History / Norman Davies - the Brit who loves Poland and becomes one of Us [250]

Ironside
Persian Fire by Tom Holland I have at home.

History / Norman Davies - the Brit who loves Poland and becomes one of Us [250]

There is an intruiging essay written by Tom Holland in "What If". In this case what would have happened if the Persians would have destroyed the Greek fleet at Salamis. Very well written.

Life / Polish authors, books & literature. [94]

The number of Polish authors translated into Ducth is limited...
Lem of course (I really like him). Kapuczyński... Miłosz...
And more recent... "Madame" from Antoni Libera. And there was also a novel about young people in Wałbrzych - cannot remember title and author... But it was depressive.

There is also a collection of essays by Adam Michnik - also good.

Love / Advice Please! Meeting my Polish boyfriend's parents!! Gifts, customs... [105]

I think mothers, whatever European country, always will have tough standards where it concerns their daughters. On the other side also more realistic ones as the fathers I think :)

Life / Can a 17 year old, buy beer and cigarettes in Poland? [30]

Looks like a troll to me.

News / New cross war in Warsaw [530]

That is where you are wrong. The loonies camping out there are not "individuals". They represent a sizeable minority = PIS electorate - of Polish society. This is not even a piligrimage. Remember they called the episcopate "traitors".