Travel / Photos from Poland [258]

Church in Zakopane Come Visit Poland:

Church in Zakopane

Love / Should I bring gifts? - help with a Polish wedding [46]

here is a short description of polsih wedding and when do what ;)
comevisitpoland.com/2011/10/what-to-expect-on-polish-wedding/

Life / Attending my first Polish Wedding and Celebrations [18]

I found this article if you are interesting what to expect on polish wedding: polishmarriage.org/polishwedding.html

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

Lol
I am polish but what I suddenly realized what I hate in Poland...

Polish term for it is "wyzej srac niz dupe miec" - you can see it happen everywhere - best car, best house, best dog, best anything. The best example (!) is any of new polish movies - take a look, it's like Poland is bloody heaven, where all people have 1000 sqare meters homes, five cars, dont work at all, or work as journalists, doctors, politicians, judges.

And the real tragedy starts when someone else has something BETTER!

Food / Typical lunch in Poland? [50]

we dont have lunch...

typical day looks like:

-breakfast before work/school etc:
sandwich or scrambled eggs or cornflakes

-"second breakfast" at work:
mostly sandwich or a salad

-after work there is dinner (~3-5 pm):
soup or potatos+meat. ideally both ;)

-then there is supper (~8pm):
depends, I would say sandwich+salads

we eat a lot of bread, a lot of potatos, a lot of soups.

Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]

well, why should I walk the street with a grin on my face? I can smile while talking to someone (and I do), I can laugh at a joke or when someone tells me something funny.

When I walk down the street, most times I am thinking about something, not necessary funny.

As someone mentioned here - I've met a lot of english ppl with those fake smiles. It's terrible.

Life / Olsztyn life; I'm Indian and I like the place [43]

bottoms of lakes I think ;)

UK, Ireland / A collection of noimmigration's threads or "STAY AWAY from BRITAIN" [978]

Lir:
I have no idea, and I am not really sure if I want to know...

Off-Topic / What's your connection with Poland? Penpals. [512]

living there would be worse - what would you tell your friends? ;]

UK, Ireland / A collection of noimmigration's threads or "STAY AWAY from BRITAIN" [978]

he is trying to read the article... and then he will try to understand it ;)

Off-Topic / What's your connection with Poland? Penpals. [512]

it's similar + there is sea and fresh air.

UK, Ireland / A collection of noimmigration's threads or "STAY AWAY from BRITAIN" [978]

noimmigration:
every time you write a topic a swan dies...

think about it mate.

Work / Salary expectations in Poland [373]

5000 zl net should be ok I think (for most parts of poland, not sure about warsaw). Depends on life standard you want to get (you wont be driving porsche unfortunately)

UK, Ireland / A collection of noimmigration's threads or "STAY AWAY from BRITAIN" [978]

buahahahaaha

Lol, noimmigration, get a brain.
20L per week for a first kid? compare it to the bloody taxes we are paying, money we spend on food and rentals.

how many of us are on benefits? 5%? 3%?
The truth is we dont need your f*g benefits, we can earn the money and laugh at morons like you

EOT

Off-Topic / What's your connection with Poland? Penpals. [512]

Sopot is good, but it has a bit "old" feeling - like Krakow. Plus it's quite expensive.
I rather prefer Gdynia - I was born there, I lived there and I hope to die there (in a distant future hopefully)

Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4501]


Głogowski in original I think
It's derived from G£ÓG (Crataegus in English?)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crataegus
or in Polish:
pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Głóg

another meaning can be "Resident of Głogów" - there is such a city in Silesia (SW Poland)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glogow

Off-Topic / What's your connection with Poland? Penpals. [512]

polish (gdynia), currently living in London (2yrs), trying to get used to chips with vinegar ;) if I ever do, I will try to get british nationality ;)

UK, Ireland / Britain... What the Poles did for us. [444]

well guys, you are giving us hot welcome here in uk.
"Poles eating swans", "Poles taking benefits for children left at home", "'Polish Borat' claims groping women is normal in Eastern Europe".

Really nice. I dont mention guys sticking screwdrivers in polish heads.

The fact is that you need cheap work force, because nobody bothers to work for 5.5L per hour here. And it's just business - we come, we work, we take money and go home. What should we do? Work for free or leave our earnings? And all that moaning about rats leaving the sinking ship makes me sick. What did you expect? We will stay here forever to integrate with british community, eat fish and chips and heat on your chicks? LOL

Life / Olsztyn life; I'm Indian and I like the place [43]

yep yep, tell us more!

Life / Disco Polo - No No No No No! [95]

hmmm... it always amazed me...

correct me if I am worng - disco polo is some kind of pop music with polish lyrics.

so, english pop music with english lyrics should be discoenglo. and nobody laughts at it :D

Work / Salary expectations in Poland [373]

I was on holidays last week, I wasn't looking for a job but I got offer: 4000zl for PHP programmer. Not bad in my opinion (northern Poland).

Life / COMBATING "POLACK" JOKES [460]

I dont mind polack jokes - they are all the same everywhere in the world, just nations change