bimber94
28 Oct 2010
bimber94
28 Oct 2010
Polonia / Polish people in New Delhi [86]
As I know India as well as any tourist, am curious where you are these days. Presumably travelling around or in Puttaparti? Also, I plan to be in Delhi in 2012.
As I know India as well as any tourist, am curious where you are these days. Presumably travelling around or in Puttaparti? Also, I plan to be in Delhi in 2012.
bimber94
28 Oct 2010
Life / INVISIBLE MAN in shops and offices in Poland? [70]
'Gentlemanly' is the word you're looking for.
'Gentlemanly' is the word you're looking for.
bimber94
28 Oct 2010
Life / INVISIBLE MAN in shops and offices in Poland? [70]
We Brits are far too polite. I know exactly how you all feel, and empathise. But hey, look on the bright side. At least we don't have any more old bags with a carte blanche to queue-jump, just because they lived through the war ("don't mention the war!"). In 1979 I was waiting for a taxi at a taxi rank in Gliwice (it used to be a sad place and smelt of coal dust wherever you went) for over an hour, then an old lady came and stood in front. Like I'm going to wait for six months, yeah right.
We Brits are far too polite. I know exactly how you all feel, and empathise. But hey, look on the bright side. At least we don't have any more old bags with a carte blanche to queue-jump, just because they lived through the war ("don't mention the war!"). In 1979 I was waiting for a taxi at a taxi rank in Gliwice (it used to be a sad place and smelt of coal dust wherever you went) for over an hour, then an old lady came and stood in front. Like I'm going to wait for six months, yeah right.
bimber94
28 Oct 2010
Life / Ripped Off in Poland? - Expose here: [185]
Call me petty, but has anyone noticed the so-called 100% fruit juice in cartons tastes considerably more insipid (that's 'watery') than the equivalent in the UK where it's half the price? Yes I know it sounds small-time and unimportant, but for the drinks companies, even a 1 groszy saving per carton amounts to huge annual profits.
Call me petty, but has anyone noticed the so-called 100% fruit juice in cartons tastes considerably more insipid (that's 'watery') than the equivalent in the UK where it's half the price? Yes I know it sounds small-time and unimportant, but for the drinks companies, even a 1 groszy saving per carton amounts to huge annual profits.
bimber94
28 Oct 2010
Life / Tricks & Dodges (The Poles are nothing if not inventive) [26]
Sometime in the 1980s or 90s, someone in London covered 10p coins with Baco Foil, giving them the shape and weight of 50p coins. Off he took them to his nearest tube station where he fed the ticket machine, then pressed the cancel button, returning him with real 50p's. Unfortunately, he was so engrossed he forgot a queue was building up behind him, and was arrested. Embarrasingly, he turned out to be Polish, according to the London news.
Sometime in the 1980s or 90s, someone in London covered 10p coins with Baco Foil, giving them the shape and weight of 50p coins. Off he took them to his nearest tube station where he fed the ticket machine, then pressed the cancel button, returning him with real 50p's. Unfortunately, he was so engrossed he forgot a queue was building up behind him, and was arrested. Embarrasingly, he turned out to be Polish, according to the London news.
bimber94
23 Oct 2010
bimber94
23 Oct 2010
News / WHY IS POLAND STILL GIVEN THE COLD SHOULDER? [197]
As an example, when you see someone drowning in a river, you turn your back on them and walk away. You haven't actually done anything, and yet you'd be responsible by default. That's precisely what at least the BBC* and other mass media bodies did to Poland in 1997. This meant that, as nobody was informed, aid in any form wasn't forthcoming. Thank you BBC*, etc.
* aka Benders Broadcasting Communism
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It's a question of what is meant by "cold shoulder"?
It's a question of what is meant by "cold shoulder"?
As an example, when you see someone drowning in a river, you turn your back on them and walk away. You haven't actually done anything, and yet you'd be responsible by default. That's precisely what at least the BBC* and other mass media bodies did to Poland in 1997. This meant that, as nobody was informed, aid in any form wasn't forthcoming. Thank you BBC*, etc.
* aka Benders Broadcasting Communism
bimber94
22 Oct 2010
News / WHY IS POLAND STILL GIVEN THE COLD SHOULDER? [197]
It seems you missed the point. Although I'm unable to prove it here and now, every Pole I spoke to in UK in 1997 all agreed it very much seemed the Western mass media was ignoring Poland when international aid was sorely needed. And they only heard the news via the Church! Nowhere else.
If you thing I'm basking in self-pity, that's your right too.
PS: 'pity' is spelt with one T and 'phuck' with an F ;-D
Amathyst
Was it reported on Polish news, do I give a phuck if it wasnt, damn right I dont!
you are basking in self-pitty at the moment with this thread...
Was it reported on Polish news, do I give a phuck if it wasnt, damn right I dont!
you are basking in self-pitty at the moment with this thread...
It seems you missed the point. Although I'm unable to prove it here and now, every Pole I spoke to in UK in 1997 all agreed it very much seemed the Western mass media was ignoring Poland when international aid was sorely needed. And they only heard the news via the Church! Nowhere else.
If you thing I'm basking in self-pity, that's your right too.
PS: 'pity' is spelt with one T and 'phuck' with an F ;-D
bimber94
22 Oct 2010
News / WHY IS POLAND STILL GIVEN THE COLD SHOULDER? [197]
*moans*
Pinching Pete
Hell yes, nothing a Pole likes to do more than bit.ch about no one respecting them.
Hell yes, nothing a Pole likes to do more than bit.ch about no one respecting them.
*moans*
bimber94
22 Oct 2010
News / WHY IS POLAND STILL GIVEN THE COLD SHOULDER? [197]
I strongly disagree with that! It's making people aware of the way Poland has and is being treated, as opposed to wallowing in self-pity (one T). It's also a small attempt in my own small way, of at least hoping for a better Poland (maybe in a hundred years) by highlighting the differences between the average English and Polish consumer's lifestyle. As one example, your attention is drawn to the end of my first post. Why on earth shouldn't Poland have international phone calls as cheap as in the UK? As though big business can't afford it!! Bah, humbug!
Amathyst
This thread is just another "pitty me pitty me"
This thread is just another "pitty me pitty me"
I strongly disagree with that! It's making people aware of the way Poland has and is being treated, as opposed to wallowing in self-pity (one T). It's also a small attempt in my own small way, of at least hoping for a better Poland (maybe in a hundred years) by highlighting the differences between the average English and Polish consumer's lifestyle. As one example, your attention is drawn to the end of my first post. Why on earth shouldn't Poland have international phone calls as cheap as in the UK? As though big business can't afford it!! Bah, humbug!
bimber94
22 Oct 2010
News / WHY IS POLAND STILL GIVEN THE COLD SHOULDER? [197]
Some of my family are, but soon become ultra-together when they smell free vodka around somewhere.
milky
A German friend of mine, told me, that the Germans tend to see the Poles as sloppy and messy.
A German friend of mine, told me, that the Germans tend to see the Poles as sloppy and messy.
Some of my family are, but soon become ultra-together when they smell free vodka around somewhere.
bimber94
22 Oct 2010
Travel / Indian or Mexican food in Warsaw. [60]
Was very recently told of the existence of a good Indian in Szczecin, about a hundred yards - sorry metres - from the station. Does anybody here know it?
Was very recently told of the existence of a good Indian in Szczecin, about a hundred yards - sorry metres - from the station. Does anybody here know it?
bimber94
22 Oct 2010
Life / Tricks & Dodges (The Poles are nothing if not inventive) [26]
I was there during the work. The concrete wasn't vibrated or tamped (I don't know what that is), simply poured in. And prior to that I removed several empty beer cans and a cardboard egg box from the foundation site. You've got to be on your toes and be there 25 hours a day if you want a job done more or less how you hope and expect it. Of course this happens in other countries too.
I was there during the work. The concrete wasn't vibrated or tamped (I don't know what that is), simply poured in. And prior to that I removed several empty beer cans and a cardboard egg box from the foundation site. You've got to be on your toes and be there 25 hours a day if you want a job done more or less how you hope and expect it. Of course this happens in other countries too.
bimber94
22 Oct 2010
Life / Tricks & Dodges (The Poles are nothing if not inventive) [26]
I guess it does, but I also guess the liquid still stays in there and freezes during the winter.
I guess it does, but I also guess the liquid still stays in there and freezes during the winter.
bimber94
22 Oct 2010
Life / Tricks & Dodges (The Poles are nothing if not inventive) [26]
Saw another trick the other day. Nasty, this one: when digging new foundations for a house, a presumably jealous 'pomocnik' stuffed a large amount of tin foil paper into the ground where the cement was to be poured later. Inside the foil was a lot of sliced cucumber. So during the winter it would freeze, expand and damage the foundations. Baaad karma for him in the future. Good job I removed it for the owner, a mate of mine.
Saw another trick the other day. Nasty, this one: when digging new foundations for a house, a presumably jealous 'pomocnik' stuffed a large amount of tin foil paper into the ground where the cement was to be poured later. Inside the foil was a lot of sliced cucumber. So during the winter it would freeze, expand and damage the foundations. Baaad karma for him in the future. Good job I removed it for the owner, a mate of mine.
bimber94
22 Oct 2010
Life / Weather in Poland - some explanations [30]
As Aleksander Solszenitzyn once said: we have twelve months winter, and all the rest is summer! Yipee. Welcome to Poland.
As Aleksander Solszenitzyn once said: we have twelve months winter, and all the rest is summer! Yipee. Welcome to Poland.
bimber94
22 Oct 2010
News / WHY IS POLAND STILL GIVEN THE COLD SHOULDER? [197]
Yes. The official excuse is that Churchill did that in case Stalin disapproved.
@ Wroclaw:
I don't know where you've been or when; it seems your experiences at Dover in the 1990s on Polish coaches was entirely different from mine. I wasn't hallucinating, Wroclaw. I also once saw a Polish qualified nurse being grilled at Dover for twenty minutes at least (1992 or 3). She said she had a fully booked-up English language course, prepaid accommodation etc. The clerk at point of entry (so-called immigration 'officer'), asked her "If you're a qualified nurse in Poland why do you need to come to this country to learn English?". She was deported and in tears. When I dared to question this there and then, this receptionist waved its paw and I was stopped and grilled by a fat cop. I still have his name. Even five years ago, Polish nationals, although no longer deported just for kicks, were still subject to stupid questions by some teenager behind a desk. One spotty jerk behind a desk too big for him didn't have the brains nor the nerve to ask questions, so his attitude was to drawl a 'welcome' in a fake Oirish accent with a "hellooooooo dere...". What a dickhead!
Polonia1
you certainly wnt here that we werent even invited to the victory parade!!
you certainly wnt here that we werent even invited to the victory parade!!
Yes. The official excuse is that Churchill did that in case Stalin disapproved.
@ Wroclaw:
I don't know where you've been or when; it seems your experiences at Dover in the 1990s on Polish coaches was entirely different from mine. I wasn't hallucinating, Wroclaw. I also once saw a Polish qualified nurse being grilled at Dover for twenty minutes at least (1992 or 3). She said she had a fully booked-up English language course, prepaid accommodation etc. The clerk at point of entry (so-called immigration 'officer'), asked her "If you're a qualified nurse in Poland why do you need to come to this country to learn English?". She was deported and in tears. When I dared to question this there and then, this receptionist waved its paw and I was stopped and grilled by a fat cop. I still have his name. Even five years ago, Polish nationals, although no longer deported just for kicks, were still subject to stupid questions by some teenager behind a desk. One spotty jerk behind a desk too big for him didn't have the brains nor the nerve to ask questions, so his attitude was to drawl a 'welcome' in a fake Oirish accent with a "hellooooooo dere...". What a dickhead!
bimber94
21 Oct 2010
News / WHY IS POLAND STILL GIVEN THE COLD SHOULDER? [197]
Looking at Poland's history, Poland has, as we know, all too often been given a bad deal. One of the most notable sad episodes was the 1997 flood, which even damaged the wonderful Ossolineum. In a tragedy where 69 people lost their lives, not a solitary news item about these floods were mentioned on British news, TV, radio or press (I don't know about other countries). The only news about it was that there were flash floods in the Czech Republic; and about six weeks later the news items were that "the flash floods in the Czech Republic have now reached Germany". Not one mention of anything that happened in between. The BBC above all, and other media bodies, deliberately ignored Poland's plight in its hour of need.
When travelling from Poland to London by coach in the 1990s, all the Czech nationals at Dover were whisked through with no problem, but all the Poles were given the third degree, and always, without fail, at least one or two from each coach were deported. There's much more I witnessed on a number of occasions at Dover, but I'd be trolling here.
Looking further back, what had Poland done to the UK, for Churchill to stab Poland in the back at Yalta? it's understandable that a red scumbag like Stalin would harm Poland, but Roosevelt and Churchill for Chrissake! The Polish people are still being badly treated, such as being kept in comparative poverty with such low wages, higher prices than in UK etc. And who in Poland can even dream of cheap international phone calls such as on Lebara (4p/min to Poland and 5p/min to India)?
Looking at Poland's history, Poland has, as we know, all too often been given a bad deal. One of the most notable sad episodes was the 1997 flood, which even damaged the wonderful Ossolineum. In a tragedy where 69 people lost their lives, not a solitary news item about these floods were mentioned on British news, TV, radio or press (I don't know about other countries). The only news about it was that there were flash floods in the Czech Republic; and about six weeks later the news items were that "the flash floods in the Czech Republic have now reached Germany". Not one mention of anything that happened in between. The BBC above all, and other media bodies, deliberately ignored Poland's plight in its hour of need.
When travelling from Poland to London by coach in the 1990s, all the Czech nationals at Dover were whisked through with no problem, but all the Poles were given the third degree, and always, without fail, at least one or two from each coach were deported. There's much more I witnessed on a number of occasions at Dover, but I'd be trolling here.
Looking further back, what had Poland done to the UK, for Churchill to stab Poland in the back at Yalta? it's understandable that a red scumbag like Stalin would harm Poland, but Roosevelt and Churchill for Chrissake! The Polish people are still being badly treated, such as being kept in comparative poverty with such low wages, higher prices than in UK etc. And who in Poland can even dream of cheap international phone calls such as on Lebara (4p/min to Poland and 5p/min to India)?
bimber94
21 Oct 2010
Life / Weather in Poland - some explanations [30]
Don't know where you are, but it was snowing here all night and this morning up to 10am. Welcome to Poland! ;-/. Great for children though.
Don't know where you are, but it was snowing here all night and this morning up to 10am. Welcome to Poland! ;-/. Great for children though.
bimber94
21 Oct 2010
Travel / Indian or Mexican food in Warsaw. [60]
I'll try La Bono when in Warsaw next, as it looks authentic. However, the credits in their guest book all seem so similar in spelling, grammar and syntax, it seems they were all written by the same person. An Indian restaurant in Zielona Góra (Plac Pocztowy) is run by an Indian (Gujurati?), but in my experience he dishes up curried Polish nosh; his speciality seems to be paneer, which is simply curried twaróg, not paneer proper. lol!!
I'll try La Bono when in Warsaw next, as it looks authentic. However, the credits in their guest book all seem so similar in spelling, grammar and syntax, it seems they were all written by the same person. An Indian restaurant in Zielona Góra (Plac Pocztowy) is run by an Indian (Gujurati?), but in my experience he dishes up curried Polish nosh; his speciality seems to be paneer, which is simply curried twaróg, not paneer proper. lol!!
bimber94
20 Oct 2010
Polonia / Polish people in New Delhi [86]
I'd recommend the Tibetan enclave, Majnu-ka-Tilla in Delhi as a really cool place to stay. Cheap too.
I'd recommend the Tibetan enclave, Majnu-ka-Tilla in Delhi as a really cool place to stay. Cheap too.
bimber94
15 Oct 2010
UK, Ireland / WHAT IS SO SPECIAL LIVING IN U.K [90]
And let's not forget a........good curry (as was the secret agent's code in Kipling's 'Kim'). Oh for a Vindaloo.
And let's not forget a........good curry (as was the secret agent's code in Kipling's 'Kim'). Oh for a Vindaloo.
bimber94
15 Oct 2010
Life / Weather in Poland - some explanations [30]
@ Brazilii:
It's usually a case of 5 months snow from November till March. Nearly half a year of the accursed white stuff. Reincarnate as a penguin is my advice.
@ Brazilii:
It's usually a case of 5 months snow from November till March. Nearly half a year of the accursed white stuff. Reincarnate as a penguin is my advice.
bimber94
11 Oct 2010
bimber94
7 Oct 2010
Travel / Share Your Travel Experiences in Poland [16]
No, but I'm glad to hear it! I'm sure he can manage. I bet he hears worse descriptions of himself every f*g day of his life.
No, but I'm glad to hear it! I'm sure he can manage. I bet he hears worse descriptions of himself every f*g day of his life.
bimber94
7 Oct 2010
Travel / Share Your Travel Experiences in Poland [16]
I'm not accustomed to driving on the wrong side of the road. So I must endure what you call 'sh*tty n*gger music, spic music, polak music, kike music, island monkey music, slope music, or raghead music'. I see you like that Eminem jerk.
I'm not accustomed to driving on the wrong side of the road. So I must endure what you call 'sh*tty n*gger music, spic music, polak music, kike music, island monkey music, slope music, or raghead music'. I see you like that Eminem jerk.
bimber94
5 Oct 2010
Travel / Share Your Travel Experiences in Poland [16]
Commuting three times a week to Kraków and back by minibus, we passengers have to endure (or at least I do), loud 'music' blasting away, as though it was some kind of disco. The worst for me is that white coon, Eminem, who uses monosyllabic filler grunts needlessly, such as the f word. Well, I guess it keeps the driver awake. Speaking of bus drivers, it's out of order there's a smoking ban on minibuses on the one hand, but drivers seem to be a special case from the amount they smoke.
Commuting three times a week to Kraków and back by minibus, we passengers have to endure (or at least I do), loud 'music' blasting away, as though it was some kind of disco. The worst for me is that white coon, Eminem, who uses monosyllabic filler grunts needlessly, such as the f word. Well, I guess it keeps the driver awake. Speaking of bus drivers, it's out of order there's a smoking ban on minibuses on the one hand, but drivers seem to be a special case from the amount they smoke.
bimber94
5 Oct 2010
Life / Gypies/Indian-looking women with kids beg for money in Poland [143]
And attained nirvana and self-realisation?
And attained nirvana and self-realisation?
bimber94
3 Oct 2010
Life / Gypies/Indian-looking women with kids beg for money in Poland [143]
Is clay-baked hedgehog kosher? :-) Or am I in the wrong thread (food & drink)?
What's it like out there in the Outer Hebrides? :-)
Is clay-baked hedgehog kosher? :-) Or am I in the wrong thread (food & drink)?
king polkakamon
Gypsies asking for money.This is a surprise.
Gypsies asking for money.This is a surprise.
What's it like out there in the Outer Hebrides? :-)