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Posts by whyikit  

Joined: 1 Sep 2008 / Male ♂
Last Post: 24 Apr 2015
Threads: Total: 6 / Live: 1 / Archived: 5
Posts: Total: 102 / Live: 76 / Archived: 26
From: Edinburgh
Speaks Polish?: Starting to learn
Interests: Golf, Fishing

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whyikit   
24 Apr 2015
Real Estate / Stronger zloty - potential driver for Poland's property market [42]

Interesting discussion although you are missing a very important point with regard to the NOK, in that it is artificially pegged to the EUR.... Just like CHF use to be pegged to the EUR until it was removed earlier this year and we all saw the impact it had on the CHF-EUR rate...
whyikit   
12 Jan 2015
Life / Want to become an expat to Poland? Consider your options before going abroad. [18]

I have heard allot of people expressing how this is has a very negative impact on company moral when you find out the guy next to you is getting 1000 more to do the same job.

This happens across all industries and countries. So is nothing new or surprising, the only surprising thing is that people tell co-workers what they earn... I get the feeling this happens more with younger inexperienced employees...

the same seems to be happening now in the UK too, redundancies like me, I got replaced by a recruitment agency

This has been happening for years in the UK and is not a new thing.

I am really not sure why this surprises anyone. As a business you are looking to get the best value for owners/share holders, all that happened to your old company was you position was outsourced. The above situations have been happening since I started work in Financial servies over 15 years ago and in my view is a standard part of business to try and get best value for the company.
whyikit   
9 Jan 2015
Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2315]

shot say in Montana last year

Using Google...
salon.com/2014/07/04/10_states_where_guns_are_most_and_least_likely_to_kill_people_partner

Montana has the 5th highest rate for gun deaths..... Ok mostly for suicide however the point being this is attributed to gun ownership...

Please note I have no idea about the above website just the first link when searching..

However looking at the US as a whole I also found this article...

theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/jul/22/gun-homicides-ownership-world-list

The problem with allowing gun owenership it means "the bad people", as you put it are more likely to have guns and therefore.... Well I am sure you know where I am going with this....
whyikit   
9 Jan 2015
Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2315]

Yes, IN THREE MAJOR CITIES by mostly black people. No racism here as statisics speak for themselves.

I will not get into racism here but you are suggesting that black people do not live in other countries who do not allow weapons. So the statistics actually do not prove your point, given the diverse nature of for instance European populations... Given the amount of shootings by accident or otherwise that happen even just last year in the US says it all IMHO.

Take away those three major cities and shootings are no higher then most other countries.

Not if you look at comparable countries it doesn't at all, for instance European and developed countires.
whyikit   
9 Jan 2015
Law / The right to own guns: would you support such legislation in Poland? [2315]

Yes it does on the whole.... There will always be incidents where someone gets a gun and does things like we have seen in France. However this happens on very rare occassions, compared with the US where gun crime/shootings happen on nearly a daily basis.... In my view your logic is flawed however I also understand that someone who lives in a country where gun ownership is normal would feel otherwise.
whyikit   
8 Jan 2015
Work / Overtime no honoured by employer in Poland [7]

I do not know what the laws are in Poland however in the UK you would have been laughed at. In all honesty if I was your manager I would be looking to manage you out of the business now. The company decided to let you away 2 hours early and you complained about coming in 30mins early which was your choice....
whyikit   
18 Dec 2014
Law / USD shooting up so high for PLN [76]

Charts tell you nothing really, over the last 6 years correct but same can be said over the last 10 year it has only breached the level.... It is very dangerous to rely on charts...

One way to have a general idea is to look at the futures for the respective exchange however these can also be wrong but it kind of gives a consensus view....
whyikit   
12 Dec 2014
Life / Move to Poland or UK? (Advice needed) [51]

This is such an Ironic thread.... Someone from Sweden wants to move to another coutry to get away from the Multi-Culture in his home country. But surely by moving to another country you would be making that country more Multi-Cultural?

InWroclaw - two of the "sources" you have provided are right wing papers, no matter the facts they would have came to the conclusion this is bad. To even think that 95% of the UK think it isn't working is laughable. Yes there is a proportion of the UK that think this but it is nowhere like the level you are tyring to indicate...
whyikit   
13 May 2014
UK, Ireland / British or polish Passport ' Advice feedback [47]

Oh dear someone has chip on their shoulder I feel....

Neither passport is better than the other as it depends on what country you are wanting to visit. For instance my Polish partner and I are traveling to the US, it is a lot easier for myself with a British passport to get the Visa. However if we were traveling to Russia for instance it would be a lot harder for me to get the visa.

"Who is more likely to be singled out, kidnapped for ransom, or killed on a hijacked plane or in far-flung war torn area of the globe? Someone waving a British passport around or someone who can produce a Polish passport?" That is one view the other is that the British passport will pay whilst you may has well shoot the Polish one as they will not, I am sure that is what you were meaning Bieganski?
whyikit   
10 Jan 2014
Life / Do Poles have a problem understanding American English? [76]

Firstly I am not Polish so can't answer your question directly, however I would say that the question can't be answered. The reason for this is that it will depend on where in the US the person is from as I have difficulties understanding some Americans, however that doesn't have anything to do with speaking too fast as on the whole I feel they speak slow. but more to do with a thick accent.
whyikit   
19 Dec 2013
News / Poland's atheist loonies have had their 5 minutes [239]

Despite all this, lefists will still gripe and complain, since it is the Church itself they hate, pedophile priests and things like that are just an excuse.

No I would say that is your view point and not a fact. yes there are some who are anti religion but not most....

I am probably one of those you call a "lefists" however I do not see myself as such. I personally think The new pope has been a breath of fresh air and have for the first time in years agreed with what he has being saying (at times). I still think more can be done to sort the CC but feel he is at least moving in the right direction. He seems a lot better than the previous recent popes and is trying to sort some of the problems out.
whyikit   
2 Dec 2013
Life / Lack of human rights in Poland? [132]

Seems simple if you carry a knife with out reason you deserve to have the full weight of the law thrown at you. There is no reason why going to a football match you would need to take a knife, irrespective of the type of knife. The only reason they would have a knife is to stab someone, for me that is good enough reason to be locked up...
whyikit   
17 Sep 2013
Life / Why foreigners in Poland do not respect Poland's culture and traditions? [68]

Check definitions of traditions or culture and proceed from there.

I know what the definition is but that still doesn't explain what you are meaning?

Remember that even if there are difference in opinion about something you shouldn't take sides as you being foreigner don't fully understand what it all about. That would make your choices ill informed.

I disagree I still have a viewpoint and if I feel I want to air that viewpoint I would. If someone expects me to respect their viewpoint then surely they should also respect mine? With specifics though it difficult to understand what you are trying to say. For instance I remember reading sometime ago about a teacher asking pupils to lick cream of his knees because it was tradition, am I supposed to not say anything and allow my child to do that?
whyikit   
30 Jul 2013
History / Poland is a Catholic country [177]

Bieganski:
You may think it is far fetched that anyone in Scotland would use religion as a source for identity

Especially when this sort of thing is still going on, the RCC has little to no hope in Scotland never mind the UK as a whole:

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-23459459
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-23500499

An interesting quote from the above article:

Alan Draper, an academic and former advisor to the Catholic Church in Scotland on child protection issues, said he found the BBC Scotland investigation both "moving and shocking".

He praised the men who shared their stories and said: "What we all saw, was that these men live with the trauma all the time.

"It is the failure of the institution. This is a worldwide issue for the Catholic Church - their failure to reach out to victims."
whyikit   
30 Jul 2013
History / Poland is a Catholic country [177]

spokesperson for Britain as you would like to think you are for Poland.

Coming from the latest spokesman from Scotland.... Kettle black?
whyikit   
30 Jul 2013
History / Poland is a Catholic country [177]

And if it so happens that the Vatican were to endorse or go further and recognize an independent Scotland you can bet it would be used as political capital by separatists.

Yes very it is very far fetched as Scotland has become less and less religious and that is not about to change soon. Due to the image the RCC has and the resulting the issue which happened over recent years there is little chance of that actually happening.

Even if the RCC supported an independent country this would do nothing for the RCC cause in Scotland. The main reason for this is that Scotland has had many religious tensions for a number of years and therefore would not be supported politically as it would cause a riot. This is still evident in a number of places, for instance football, although it is starting to get better I am lead to believe. The segregation that existed years ago is finally starting to leave although there are still areas this exists in the west of Scotland.

Scotland does not try to be different from the rest of the UK and does not look for reasons to be different as there is no need. The last thing that would be need would be to try and make a religious statement over an independence Scotland. To say we need a religion a source of identity is crazy, we know who we are and do not need to redefine ourselves.

Apologies for using the word stupid naïve would be a lot better as it is clear you know very little about the country and the attitudes of people here. I would say they is better chance of Sharia law taking effect in Scotland than it becoming a Catholic state.
whyikit   
29 Jul 2013
History / Poland is a Catholic country [177]

Bieganski, you know very little about the UK and even less about Scotland. Honestly you are just making yourself look stupid.
whyikit   
22 Jul 2013
History / Not only Mazowiecki damned an innocent bishop [74]

For well over a century teh USA has been the world's arsenal of democracy

Lets not talk about 2000 election...

f ghting for freedom wherever in the world it was being threatened

This is very debatable with most conflicts the US have been involved in

The USA is a noble coujntry fighting the ignominous forces of death and destruciton.

I would say large proportion of the world would say the US is the force of death and destruction.
whyikit   
8 Jul 2013
News / Poland's John Paul the Great canonisation this year [177]

I do not think so goofy... although this may depend on the country... Goofy as you are making the statement you should be able to back it up. Or is this just another rant without factual backing?
whyikit   
6 Jul 2013
News / Poland's John Paul the Great canonisation this year [177]

Correct very few things are 100% except taxes and death. However condoms and latex gloves are 99.97% I would prefer those odds to 0% as the RCC would like it.

In your world and RCC feel people who have been infected through no fault of their own should be condemned and ostracised. In my view that goes against what is Christian qnd did jesus not help the sick instead o condeming them?
whyikit   
5 Jul 2013
News / Poland will have a queen again [75]

Harry I wouldn't say they cost nothing. They do bring tourists in however this is only a real benefit to London and the south. I alsodislike a lot of what happened around Diana and the reaction of the queen and the royal family. Although the newer generation seem to be better. However the main reason is I do not like anyone who is not elected by the people and are put there due to blood right.