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frd   
13 Jan 2010
Genealogy / Journal found from Fallingbostel [6]

Isn't there some kind of a museum nearby? People looking for informations about their families usually get in touch with such places first. You could always give it to them.
frd   
13 Jan 2010
Food / Burgers, why not in Poland? [54]

Can't post a link, I just mean something that actually tastes like a burger and contain some kind of steak or beef.

I'd say most of burgers, same as kebabs and pizza are designed for a specific region and people, specific taste. So it will be hard to find the exactly same flavour that you like because there's a big probability that it only tastes like that in your country. Most places to eat a "burger" in poland are cheap burgers kiosks and stalls and being the cheapest of places they don't serve quality food. I know most of people here are mcdonald haters but it's the only close to decent place to eat a burger..
frd   
13 Jan 2010
Language / I need some encouragement from Polish language speakers! [30]

Thta's a good question. What is the English plural of grosz? Grosze, groszy? Does the 2 to 4 = nominative and 5 & above = genetive rule apply to English? I have even occasionally seen groschen (from German) used.
With PLN it's easier: one złoty, 2,3,4 ,5, etc. złotys or złots for short.

Grosze is proper plural form of Grosz, Groszy is just a different case. Of course I'm talking about the case you've mentioned "wtrącić swoje 3 grosze".
frd   
13 Jan 2010
Feedback / Editing time too short (5 minutes currently) [60]

15 mins is enough to make a correction.

Agree. For me it could be even less. It made me answer somebody few times just to get accused of imagining things after the cunning git completely changed the thread to the complete opposite of what I had pointed out. It's probably wise to just wait these 15 minutes before criticizing anyone in here in case your well aimed arguments would make them change their mind and try to make you look like a muppet who doesn't know what the thread is about.
frd   
13 Jan 2010
Love / Find a Polish girl using Internet [67]

I'd say having or creating a decent relationship with somebody you met on the internet is a really rare and tough situation even in your own country. I heard about lots of such situations and I can count only a single one where the "first meeting" actually succeeded and the two people became a couple. The cultural and language barrier might pose additional obstacle. I don't think you'll get treated well in here, most people here are biased towards "I'm looking for a polish girlfriend" threads.
frd   
13 Jan 2010
Love / English boyfriend coming to visit me in Poland [55]

Hotel - why make your parents feel uncomfortable

Hmm I always thought a hotel idea would make the parents even more uncomfortable. Anyways, you can always ask them about their attitude.
frd   
13 Jan 2010
Love / Find a Polish girl using Internet [67]

Polish girls are exactly the same as any other girls. I couldn't image anyone feeling a special need going for a foreign girl except for having hots for someone more oriental/different. So saying "would be better for me" without much previous interaction with the said nationality is somehow baseless...
frd   
15 Jan 2010
Travel / Travel to Silesia (contacts, places to stay?) [8]

Hi, I live in Zabrze one of the biggest Upper Silesia cities, I'll ask few people about contacts to mining industry workers/heads but it's a really small chance I'll find something so can't promise anything. There's a mining museum in Zabrze, don't remember if they have descriptions in english.. but it might be a place worth seeing. Many other mining monuments and mining landmarks around. As for unemployment I wouldn't say there's a visible problem, the unemployment is far worse on the east border. I'd even say that Upper Silesian region is one of the best regions to look for work ( and wages ) just behind Warsaw, Wroclaw and 3city...

There are hotels in every city. So lodging shouldn't be a problem. I can give you my contact information if you'll get yourself in some sort of trouble ;D
frd   
15 Jan 2010
Language / Sticklers for grammar? [17]

It probably depends on the person, a normal person wouldn't probably mind. Me for instance, I would appreciate that someone is learning my pretty difficult language at all ;)
frd   
15 Jan 2010
Feedback / I like the new buttons of PolishForums! [76]

Yup they are nice, the only thing I'm a little worried about is that the nickname/ profile name pushes the message text panel to the right, which means that someone with a really long nickname gonna quite visibly change the width of the message text panel. it might create certain inconsitency between consecutive posts.
frd   
15 Jan 2010
Feedback / I like the new buttons of PolishForums! [76]

Hmm couldn't the size of the font of the nickname be slightly decreased, and the box for the nickname stretched onto the upper border of the message text box?

Something like that:
frd   
15 Jan 2010
Feedback / I like the new buttons of PolishForums! [76]

Or you could cap t

and then we will have Arien2, Arien3, Arien75, Arien69, Arien1993 and so on.. barf ; )
anyways, the other stuff like "Gold Member" or "Administrator" also moves the border around.

The thing is not so bad on the eyes, but from time to time I get the feeling that the person whose text box is moved to the right is "replaying" the post above in a tree-like manner. Probably a thing I got used to on some other forum ; )
frd   
15 Jan 2010
Language / Sticklers for grammar? [17]

I'm pretty sure that's how it work.. the only the that might spark a decline is when somebody wants information or your task being done quickly and can't do it due to the communication problem, same as problems with trying to explain something to Polish bus drivers in UK.
frd   
15 Jan 2010
Life / Internet / Telephone provider in Krakow [28]

I had TP and switched to Netia

The problem with Netia is that it belongs to the same group of quality as TP, prices are a little bit smaller but sometimes it might be hard to arrange anything with them. The reason is because they are leasing the infrastructure and cable from TP SA who is the owner of all cables and infrastructure build during communism. So basically you are getting exactly the same landline quality through the same wires you did earlier.
frd   
15 Jan 2010
Feedback / I like the new buttons of PolishForums! [76]

I like the new format; it is fine, but I wonder if with the changes a spellchecking feature could have been added. Is it too difficult to incorporate? I know spelling correctly is. :)

Isn't easier to just use your browsers build in spellcheck features.. I'm pretty sure every browser has got a range of plugins for that. Mozzilla's FireFox has got one build in from the start.

(Maybe nine will do?)

why not 3? Me and probably Lir too wouldn't mind that ;)
frd   
15 Jan 2010
Travel / Driving to Poland from Ireland end of jan, Need Advice [26]

Remember to top your washers up with fluid that won't freeze too, Mine has been frozen for weeks after filling it with water and i can't get it out until it melts :)

Yup or take a bottle of denatured alcohol with you if you still haven't used up the summer washer. You can add it to the old one and although it's not the cleanest method it might help. If it does freeze up you'd need to find a warmer place like supermarkets underground garage and then put some alcohole into the tank, use some antifreeze on the nozzles.
frd   
15 Jan 2010
News / Prawo i Sprawiedliwość / Law and Order party new super-president project. [10]

A special team from the Law and Order party has started its activity with an impact. The head of the party Jarosław Kaczyński introduced new project of the constitution of the IV Rp created by his co-workers. How does PiS see new Poland?

- It's a project of calm transition from III to IV Rp - declared Jarosław Kaczyński at the beginning of the conference.

Duality of the executive power is to be liquidated. The whole of the power will be handed down to the prime minister. It doesn't mean that the presidents role is going to get weakened.

- President is not the part of the executive power but in a way his above all other authorities. He's got different instruments that will allow him to be the guardian of lawfulness. The president will be able to dissolve the Seym. He will be able to refuse appointing a new minister or even the prime minister if he think the candidate is not eligible - "there are important reasons".

He will be able to call a referendum against a bill accepted by the parliament if he thinks the society is against it. He will be able to release edicts with the power of an actual bill which will have to be accepted by Seym. He will be the head of National Tribunal Council. New constitution will be always be above any normative act which inclued any EU law.

The Constitutional Tribunal will be weakend and it'll be harder for it to block bills and corporations will also get weakened.

Shortened version of the news from TVN24.

I don't think this stuff gonna actually get through but it seems PiS is still counting on that dwarf becoming a president. Scary, dictatorship, medieval thinking.
frd   
15 Jan 2010
UK, Ireland / WHAT IS SO SPECIAL LIVING IN U.K [90]

What is so special about living in Poland? What is so special about living anywhere else? The op sounds a tad whiny to me, especially because you haven't provided any additional information. Where do you stand on the subject of "living somewhere"? It looks like you're trying to taunt somebody into some kind of quarrel.
frd   
15 Jan 2010
News / Prawo i Sprawiedliwość / Law and Order party new super-president project. [10]

There is much wrong with your selective translation that it isn't worth talking about it yet.

At least I did translated something. There's rarely anyone in here who bothers to translate any political news. All we talk about in here is polish girls mating with arabs and such. Thanks for taking a pot shot at my effort to add something beside the usual rattle. I may also add that you could have added stuff that I had missed or mistranslated or misinterpreted, you could have corrected it, add your own poin of view instead of jumping straight into bashing me typical for a narrow-minded pole. The last piece about TK and corporations was a quick translation because I had to go somewhere. What about you stop being whiny and add your own translation?
frd   
15 Jan 2010
News / Prawo i Sprawiedliwość / Law and Order party new super-president project. [10]

Why would they give such power to the president if they are not counting on re-election? It'd be a suecide for them. I agree that TVN rarely writes favourably about PiS but they have stated facts, most of the things I wrote were right out of Kaczynskis mouth.

And I don't know where you see my paranoia, I said "I don't think it's gonna get through". I'm still amazed by the amount of really peculiar ideas - Kaczynski with all his law education should know that the head of the national tribunal council has to be someone with law education which ain't a trait of every president and there has to be a separation between judiciary branch and executive branch... and the similar dictator-like "disslving Seym" thing? come on..
frd   
15 Jan 2010
News / Prawo i Sprawiedliwość / Law and Order party new super-president project. [10]

Yeah I know that one, it's PO's stupidity in my opinion, they introduced this just to fight with Kaczynski who's a president now, they would do exact the opposite thing if they had the president and somebody else the parliement.. I'm not saying PO are saints, in fact they are far from it. Anyways, it doesn't change the message included in this new PiS project.
frd   
16 Jan 2010
Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]

sma-SHUSH-key

I have absolutely no clue what this might mean, doesn't sound like a polish word to me ;) You've probably misheard something or put the wrong pronunciation in. Beside some people are inventing their own words by adding something to a normal polish word.. if it was "SHUSH-key" it could mean "piddle".. by I highly doubt that and it wouldn't make any sense ;) for me it carries a certain notion of "smażenie" - "frying" but doesn't make any sense either.. take a voice recorder to your next meeting :P
frd   
16 Jan 2010
Language / Terms of endearment in Polish [209]

In Poland the word RAG has another meaning beside the might be used to insult a woman means a skeezer or a bitch... in this "joke" he uses both meanings because "flanelka" might really be a far-fetched diminutive for a rag but he takes into consideration the other derogatory meaning.
frd   
16 Jan 2010
Love / Find a Polish girl using Internet [67]

I think internet facilitate the process for us, to our benefit.

It might be true but only for people who have previous "real-life" dating experience. They know what they want and are able to speak freely about it. If somebody is trying find his/her "first love/shag" on the internet being an introvertic loner there's a really really big change of disappointment on both sides.