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Posts by Ajb  

Joined: 14 Jul 2008 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 19 Sep 2015
Threads: Total: 6 / Live: 3 / Archived: 3
Posts: Total: 232 / Live: 165 / Archived: 67 		From: Poland
Speaks Polish?: Am learning
Interests: Snow

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Ajb   
30 Nov 2009
Off-Topic / PF members MEETUPS.....everyone welcome! [52]

These people should be shunned of course , ignored completely...!

I was thinking that but i didnt want to seem mean :)

Wagrowiec - if anyone's nearby?

Sorry im on the other side of Poznan.. although a similar distance.. maybe you should come down for the meet-up!
Ajb   
1 Dec 2009
Off-Topic / PF members MEETUPS.....everyone welcome! [52]

Nice idea about badges :) i would like to have one

All you need is:

Sticky back plastic
a yogurt pot
4 lolly sticks
2 pipe cleaners
sticky tape

Oh and to watch Blue Peter (if it is still on)

Maybe somebody could get some Polish forum shirts sorted

We should be sponsored or something!
Ajb   
12 Dec 2009
Off-Topic / PF members MEETUPS.....everyone welcome! [52]

Great meetup! some how we managed to walk out of Poznan on a main road..... after and hour a taxi turned up and look us back to town lol
Ajb   
9 Jan 2010
Work / Salary expectations in Poland [373]

Im earning over 2000zl, but i live in a town,
Out goings: on a 60m2 flat
Rent 700zl
Gas/Elec 100zl
Water 50zl

leaves me with plenty for drinking/eating etc
Ajb   
12 Jan 2010
Life / Poczta Polska Is Killing ME! Transit time. [28]

I've had too many pieces of mail returned to sender

I also have the same problem... most things i am sent from the UK or PL gets lost!, i've had letters from the bank in PL lost and some stuff from the UK also lost!

I want to order some books but i am scared they will get lost!

Drives me nuts! but hey.. nothing i can do about it!
Ajb   
17 Jan 2010
Food / Polish Pizza !! The best in the world? [329]

Honest George

Well is wasn't anything to do with the pizza from Głogów!

Maybe she had a pizza is some dodgy kebab ally in some place!
Ajb   
18 Jan 2010
Life / Metal scene in Poland [39]

All your sins - Amazing band from Głogów!

also Fucktory also from Głogów!

you can find them from google!
Ajb   
18 Jan 2010
Life / Metal scene in Poland [39]

Funniest/worst name for a band ever.

I know, they think its amazing though!
Ajb   
18 Jan 2010
Food / Polish Pizza !! The best in the world? [329]

British kebab?

Do you mean the thing we eat when we are plastered on a Friday/Saturday night?

Most people in the UK wont eat a kebab unless they have consumed 10 pints already!

I must say, most kebabs i have eaten in PL have been quite good!
Ajb   
20 Jan 2010
Life / Do you think a smoking ban would be a good thing in Polish restaurants and Bars? [217]

the business will make more money

Being a ex bar/restaurant manager from the UK, i can say for a fact the increases were:
-Higher cleaning costs
-Many fines from the council for littering, due to cigarette butts on the floor outside

We did how ever see a massive increase in bar food, which was great

Then all of a sudden our sales trends changed, suddenly we lost out fri/sat 5pm-8pm trade, people started come out later and trade picked up 9-10pm, as they can stay at home, drink and smoke without having to sit outside in the freezing cold!

The smoking ban made a mess of the pub/bar culture!

Being a non-smoker i like drinking when there is no smoking, but it dosent stop me from going to the pub for to drink!

I think for the industry, its a bad idea

what about the staff who are forced to work in a stinking and dangerous atmosphere?

They make the choice to work in that environment, it isn't forced upon them!
Ajb   
30 Jan 2010
Food / Polish Beer Recipes [39]

Does anyone know any websites, were you can buy brewing supplies in Poland??
Ajb   
5 Feb 2010
Food / Alcohol Prices for Wedding in Warsaw - Advice needed [19]

All i can say is, try find a whole sale outlet, many small bars use them for sertain supplys

If you or your partner speak Polish i would do some Google'in and try find somthing around Warsaw.

I dought you will beable to get direct from the supplyer....

As for wine, the same as above,

Be aware that the supply of sertain sprits is limited in PL for example Barcardi is the most comon rum, Havana is expensive (You can get Tesco own brand!)... plus i have never seen Kaluha, but you can get Tia Maria

If you are driving to PL you could always pick up some wine in France :)
Ajb   
6 Feb 2010
Food / Alcohol Prices for Wedding in Warsaw - Advice needed [19]

14 kegs of Zywiec... Do you mean UK 11 Gallon Kegs or 6.5 Gallon which they generally use in bars here?

That's about 1150 pints! (in UK kegs) which seems a lot, unless your Irish or Scottish??

I've got a funny feeling Van Gogh has it for some reason...

Really! that's cool, i love Kaluha

I'm making my own at the moment :)
Ajb   
14 Feb 2010
Work / What are my chances in finding work at a callan school in Wroclaw? [22]

Hey!

I understand your choice not to get any teaching qualifications, but to be honest most Callan schools teach by other methods also and they require some kind of teaching qualification. In my opinion you will find Callan boring and repetitive especially for 20 hours a week!

I teach in a school which teaches Callan, textbook and conversation, i do approx 6 hours of Callan (a week) and it gives me a headache, Also you depend on being able to speak loudly and clearly at all times, impossible if you get a cold or have a headache, resulting in no classes!.

Early Aug is a good time to start looking. If you are sure you want to teach Callan, get on the Website and track down the Callan schools in Wroclaw, but bare in mind Wroclaw has many Natives with teaching qualifications willing to teach Callan. with no qualifications they will want to pay you a minimal amount, which will make it tough to live a good live in Wroclaw!

Bare in mind the point in Callan is that you use no Polish, You teach them to speak and think in English.. if they understand or not!

Good luck!
Ajb   
15 Feb 2010
Travel / Ski and Snowboard - Poland 09/10 season (updated: 10/11 season) [84]

I have a question, we go snowboarding in Karpacz (because its easy to get to for us)

This being my first year in PL i was wondering when(ish) the season ends? we asked a helpful guy in the hire shop who said "When the snow has gone" great but does it go as far as mid march?

Thanks
Ajb   
15 Feb 2010
Travel / Ski and Snowboard - Poland 09/10 season (updated: 10/11 season) [84]

ski slope companies usually make their own snow to keep it going

Cool, i was thinking March sometime, i know it depends on the winter season, but one can also hope for a long winter!

Do not go to Karpacz or Sklarska Poreba, its a total f'ing nightmare

Is it? We was there for a week last week, and all was fine. Generally we go on Kopa as its maintained quite well and basically no waiting time for ski lift. Though i must say Kopa was a painful start for me, but it has paid off!

Unfortunately my farther in-law wont let me drive to the mountains (in his car), so we get a bus straight to Karpacz, which doesn't take to long!

Does anyone have some tips for using surface lifts on a snowboard? on skis there easy but on my board its tuff for me, i tried having my right foot in its binding and my left foot between the bindings is that the correct method? (it was hard to keep balanced)

Thanks again!
Ajb   
16 Feb 2010
Food / Alcohol Prices for Wedding in Warsaw - Advice needed [19]

Last summer i went to a Polish/Irish Wedding, they decided that they would try keep the alcohol as traditional as possible so bought loads of vodka but they also got 6 cases of bottled beer, it turned out most people just drank vodka because all the Poles wanted to drink in the traditional way so everyone did!

Everyone had a great night, the only regrets was the people who mixed their beer and vodka.. mega hang over, soon sorted with a couple of vodkas at breakfast!

So, just keep it simple! everyone will have a great time!
Ajb   
22 Feb 2010
Classifieds / Expat groups / parents / clubs - Wroclaw [13]

Or you can check out couchsurfing.org they have a group for Wroclaw, with many people who live in or arround Wroclaw, most of which would be willing to meet up or make plans to attend events etc