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Joined: 13 Mar 2009 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 6 Jan 2011
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bimber94   
25 Jun 2010
Life / Small change in shops in Poland!? [95]

One thing which pleasantly surprises me is that plastic is more widely accepted in Poland than it is in Germany! Even 'Cashback' is being introduced (slowly - powoli, not langsam).
bimber94   
30 Jun 2010
History / Poles should emulate Jews? [153]

Ho-hum. Sorry folks, I don't find this of interest. What am I doing on this subject I don't know already. Better have a (salty?) coffee at vaginacafe.pl
bimber94   
2 Jul 2010
Life / Small change in shops in Poland!? [95]

demonsqueaker
I still have to sign for card payments here at random places - even at Carrefour, using my Polish chip and pin card. One of the managers moaned that he was fed up with the system because it didn't seem to be consistent one day working, one day not. Sometimes they even stop accepting certain forms, I spent a month having to go to the other end of town as half the shops lost the Mastercard facilities with no warning.

Oh I know what! Let's all get microchipped and walk around with a barcode in our foreheads. No more moaning, lack of change, getting lost, losing your wallet or credit card...and find your kidnapped baby faster than it takes to say '666 New World Order'.
bimber94   
2 Jul 2010
Life / WHY DO POLES USE ENGLISH WORDS IN CONVERSATION? [396]

Does anyone here think foreign words or phrases used in Polish (jestem happy, jadłem sandwicze z cateringu etc) is undermining Polish/Slavonic culture? Or any other culture come to that? Read "Language In Danger" by Andrew Dalby. He maintains that the loss of local idioms and language is a loss to that particular community, as local knowledge is lost, ie names of healing plants which grow locally. I know I'm not being as articulate here as I should be (limited time on computer), but I'm sure you get the gist.
bimber94   
2 Jul 2010
Life / WHY DO POLES USE ENGLISH WORDS IN CONVERSATION? [396]

there is NO domestic equivalent, so the word stays

Agreed, Magdalena, though if in the past, Poles created new words intrinsically Polish, such as samochód (that which goes by itself - a horseless carriage), and samolot (that which flies by itself - originally aeroplen, in Polish), then why not create new words now? A Polish friend in London made me cringe when he said "jestem bardzo tired po long dayu". Oh Gawd!
bimber94   
3 Jul 2010
Life / WHY DO POLES USE ENGLISH WORDS IN CONVERSATION? [396]

Crow
Poland is English dominion. That`s why

I thought we're USA's 51st state! We're America's poodle and America is Israel's poodle.

NorthMancPolak:
But I'm going to keep on saying "kartofle" even if you do think it makes me common :p

Kartofle is more German and ziemniaki (earthies) is more Polish.
bimber94   
3 Jul 2010
News / US to deploy Patriot missiles to Poland [404]

Oh no, it's confirmed!

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has overseen the signing in Poland of a key missile base agreement.

The deal sets up a permanent US missile base as part of a revamped version of the controversial missile defence shield.

Russia opposes a Polish base hosting US missiles. Mrs Clinton said the new deal did not threaten Russia.

Mrs Clinton arrived from Ukraine, which was the first stop on a tour of eastern European states.

news.bbc

Head for the hills - er, no, AWAY from the hills!
bimber94   
3 Jul 2010
Food / Buying alcohol, wine in Poland. It's very difficult. [79]

Most wines in Polish shops contain "siarczyna" (it says so in a font as small you need a microscope), presumably some kind of sulphur compound. I was told it speeds up the fermentation process from several years to about five days or less. Sounds really healthy, not, but that's my price range: about zł15,- per bottle max. Better to invest in a couple of 54L 'dymiony' and brew your own. Apart from the initial expense of buying the equipment, you'll get good healthy wine at a fraction of the cost in shops, and you know what's in it.
bimber94   
3 Jul 2010
Food / Buying alcohol, wine in Poland. It's very difficult. [79]

Cheap wines contain sulphites. The world over.

Accepted. I stand corrected.

There are many good wines here but not top drawer.

Well, I'd be surprised to find Chateau Lynch-Bages or Chateau La Tour in my local Biedronka or Delikatesy.
bimber94   
3 Jul 2010
News / US to deploy Patriot missiles to Poland [404]

According to itn.co.uk today: ' "The United States is deeply committed to Poland's security and sovereignty," Clinton said at a joint press conference with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski'.

In that case, America can take back the millions of Colorado beetle it dropped on Poland in the 1960s to destroy Poland's potato crops - or perhaps just nuke 'em with their missiles.
bimber94   
4 Jul 2010
News / US to deploy Patriot missiles to Poland [404]

Yes to your first question and no to your second, Convex. What do you mean exactly? Even if Poland was occupied by Russia at the time, that still doesn't give USA the right to destroy Poland's crops. SOS! Save Our Spuds.
bimber94   
4 Jul 2010
News / US to deploy Patriot missiles to Poland [404]

When did I say or even imply there's anything wrong with potato farmers? Seems like you have a big chip on your shoulder, and I don't mean of the potato kind.
bimber94   
4 Jul 2010
News / US to deploy Patriot missiles to Poland [404]

You haven't answered my question, Piorun. And here's another: when did I even mention the word 'wieśniak'? Grow up, sunshine, and get a life. Niech ci piorun szczeli!!
bimber94   
5 Jul 2010
Work / Average monthly salary in Poland is around 1000 PLN (few hundred bucks). [387]

joemapper
With the financial mess happening in Euroland at the present time, Poland should think twice about replacing the Zloty with the Euro.

That isn't up to Poland, but the Brussels Elite behind closed doors we aren't supposed to know exist. They don't give a damn about Poland; in fact the more Poland is in the sh!te, the better they like it.
bimber94   
5 Jul 2010
Love / What do Polish girls think about Gypsies? [116]

wildrover
the Russian gypsy people are decended from the Polish gypsy race

Am very happy to stand corrected here, but aren't they originally from South India?
bimber94   
5 Jul 2010
Life / Price of cigarettes in Poland? [192]

Well, here's a question: nevermind the health aspect, we all know about that. But how much of the tax on cigarettes goes towards financing Polish troops in the Middle East?