News / The chances for Warsaw to become capital of eventual Slavic confederation? [183]


Crow seems to be in his own little fantasy world, dreaming of glory.

Food / WHY IN POLAND PEOPLE DON'T USE ICE? [142]


You need to use a combination microwave oven. Roasts and microwaves at the same time.

A microwave can't be used for everything but its got its uses.

News / Poland 2010 ( A bad year ) [27]


Emotionally maybe, but irrelevant in any practical way.

News / Why are Czechs more effective than Poles and Poland? [116]


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Czechoslovakia was far more industrialised than Poland at an earlier date. Industry produces money, money allows a better infrastructure, infrastructure makes a country more efficient. Poland was more agricultural and has a history of being occupied and destroyed by invaders. Czechoslovakia also inherited the wealthy of the Austro- Hungarian empire, given them a advantage in infrastructure and industry.

Britain, in contrast has not been invaded for nearly a thousand years, had access to the worlds oceans and natural resources (a legal imperative - slavery was banned) to industrialise.

In summary, Czechoslovakia was lucky.

Real Estate / Buying a flat in Krakow; prices are still falling? [200]


In the most expensive place in London. 'Close to the centre' as he claimed it would give you 5 times as much space, say 30M.

You should really shut up about people who complain about the ridiculous house prices. 1million zloty for a 67meter apartment in a country where average earning are about 25k is ridiculous. My GF apartment is 67m and its worth 500K.

Thats 20 times earning. Thats a joke. Prices will fall.

Real Estate / Buying a flat in Krakow; prices are still falling? [200]

Most people who work in property are thick as ****, but your assessment of the demand is spot on; there is a shortage of property and especially modern stuff in Poland. Furthermore, even in the boom there were only a relatively small amount of new property built, 170k was one figure versus the many millions built in Spain for example.

Prices will be determined by the availability of credit, but 20% fall is still a big fall.

Real Estate / Buying a flat in Krakow; prices are still falling? [200]


What an idiotic comment.

Poverty is living below a certain level of income required for existence in a country. Poland may have low wages but the number of people living below the poverty line isn't much higher than the UK and most of the poor live in three areas of Poland. There is nothing stopping the other 70% of Poland being comparatively rich and having an economic boom or recession.

And in relation to real estate, its Location,Location,Location of course so prices can go ballistic in one town and not another as poverty 100miles away is irrelevant.

Real Estate / Buying a flat in Krakow; prices are still falling? [200]

A billion times?

I didn't realise I was talking to a child. Sorry.

Life / What are the things which cause culture shock in Poland? [164]


3. Cabbage with everything else. Mexican food for instance.

Having lived in Krakow for a year now I have found nothing that is a culture shock (from London). The food is a bit crap, even the expensive shops sell meat or fish that has gone off. As a big fish eater its difficult..

The state of the roads and pavements is disgusting, I've twisted my ankles several times just walking. Living in London I'm used to small apartments, but here they live in every room - no living and dining rooms (not for sleeping) like the UK. Apartments are pretty well made if a little drab on the outside.


And a hell of a lot of Pharmacy's. I suspect its becuase self administration is better than going to the health service.

Most other things are basically the same, just in a rather complicated language.

Real Estate / Buying a flat in Krakow; prices are still falling? [200]

Yes of course its a bubble. Look at the chart here, shows the cycle of boom-bust. The frequency of property bubbles is 18 years - its happened 6 times in the US and UK and the next boom/bust will happen right on time. The same thing will happen in Poland.

housepricecrash.co.uk

UK, Ireland / Polish and East European prostitutes in the UK [240]


Have no fear, you will never know anything about your partner, she/he would not be stupid enough to tell you. Be happy in your ignorance!


Simply not true. The number of prostitutes who were found to be trafficked over several years in the UK was tiny. They closed down the UK police unit that dealt with it becuase there was so little work for them. The fact is in London there is too many prostitutes, most, if not all of them are from the former communist countries. In one brothel last year the women reported their pimp to the police? why? becuase they didn't have any customers.

This 'forced into sex' doesn't work when there is a massive oversupply of women keen to get laid for money. I have spoken to many normal women who are attracted to the apparent 'glamour' of prostitution (why?).

If you want to see the nationalities and number of ******, use the internet. Its easy.

Life / What are the things which cause culture shock in Poland? [164]


Anywhere you go in Poland, the food is the same. The lack of choice is in stark contrast with other countries such as UK, France, Spain or Italy. English food is ethnic cuisine, curry's have been eaten in Britain for hundreds of years, and its even exported to India. Vindaloo, for instance, is Portuguese - they introduced to India.

There is a demand for ethnic food in Poland, but its an an early stage comparable to the 1960's in Britain. Give it another 20 years and Poles will be eating everything.

Polonia / What similarities would you say there are between Poles and Mexicans? [132]


The dark skin, Spanish accents, the love of hot spicy food. They are twined nations.

Real Estate / Poland: the building boom goes on [28]


Why would they return when most of them can claim British unemployment benefit?
Few do, however because Poles are not in jobs that will be hit by the recession. Even those jobs that are lower paid, after a year they can claim tax credits. £5000 a year for my friends father who is sending it back to Poland to support his six children.


When you pump money into an economy, it doesn't tend to disappear. People spend it on houses, consumer goods and higher wages.

As the report by the Austrian Bank says, house prices are going to go up..

Life / Who's Leaving Poland? [138]

I've only been here a year but I have no particular reason to go back to the UK even though I can go back and forth painlessly.

So, staying.

News / Poland and Kresy being reunited? [162]


Oh really?

My grandfather somehow managed to go from a 19 year old miner in Karvina to a 120 hectare farmer with six employees south of Lwow.

I suspect its was something to do him being a Major in the Polish Army during the Polish Soviet war. He, like many of the settlers of the east were given land as reward for military service.

So your, inheritance, like mine was take as it was given - by force.


Crimea is and always was Russian, giving it to Ukraine was a joke.

Life / Yard waste / plastic burning - is such typical behaviour in Poland legal? [30]


Don't you have to prove that you pay for rubbish removal? my father-in-law was prosecuted for burning rubbish and he lives 1km from the neighbours. Failure to account for rubbish removal was the evidence, the fine was big, 1000zl or more.

We were forced to pay for rubbish removal at our farm house, even though we are still waiting 9months later for the first collection.

Life / Yard waste / plastic burning - is such typical behaviour in Poland legal? [30]

Its EU law, I find it highly unlikely burning rubbish is legal. Complain to the police, the council. A fine of several thousand Zloty's will stop them.

Failing that, put the fire out yourself with water.

Life / Yard waste / plastic burning - is such typical behaviour in Poland legal? [30]


No, they don't get round it, they are breaking the law. My father-in-law is the head of the local council, but he still got a very large fine for burning rubbish.

Real Estate / Price of a flat for renovation in a tenement house for renovation in Krakow [7]


That price is for PURCHASING the apartment, not renovating it.

Anyway, building/renovation costs for wooden/plaster houses in America are not going to be comparable to old, protected, stone buildings.

News / New cross war in Warsaw [530]

Don't they even know that worshipping false idol's is against the first commandment?

Real Estate / PLN 2,500 the going rate for an apartment in Poland [210]

When a salesman says it, it mean, mad demand from buyers to buy apartments ten times their wages and rocketing prices. Equilibrium = expanding bubble.

Life / Yard waste / plastic burning - is such typical behaviour in Poland legal? [30]


Hell, you should see the USA, the entire banking and mortgage system is socialist. Water supply is in many case's public-ally owned, unlike the UK where all water companies are private businesses.

They like to claim the same about the health system under Osama, however its basically a private system with government rules tacked on


You don't walk the streets at night (street lighting), call the police, fire brigade, use public parks or any of their services? I find that unlikely. Most of it is spend on education for children, so get breeding.

Work / Au pair in Poland, how much should I earn? Taxes and insurance. [13]


Be happy to earn 500, you get paid spending money to be an Au Pair.

My brother in law is very happy to get paid 2000zloty operating quarrying equipment which is a skilled job, an au pair provided with food and accommodation should not expect anything like 2000 per month.

Real Estate / TRESPASSING ON MY LAND IN POLAND....what can i do legally...? [119]


Actually I believe its 150 meters not 300 meters. I've seen wild dogs roaming myself and they are a problem. Hunters feed the 'wild game' to eat and pay farmers for the damage they cause, they even buy the land surrounding forests so that the boar and deer eat their crops rather than other farmers who have to be compensated. In the case of pheasants they pay for them to be bred and released. Not surprising they shoot dogs let loose by irresponsible owners (of whom there are many).

Having said that, I would not be surprised if a hunter shot a dog with collar on. Keep dogs close to the house...


The deer belong to the hunters in effect, they pay for their upkeep when they shoot them.
The chance you would have a gun without the hunters knowing about it are nil; you need to be in a club to get a license and penalties for having an illegal gun are severe.

Real Estate / TRESPASSING ON MY LAND IN POLAND....what can i do legally...? [119]


You are a hypocrite. Its very easy to decide that your eating of a hamburger is no way connected to the ****** life and terrorfying death of of a pig or cow, especially if you are brought up in the supermarket society.

You obviously have killed many animals for fun as eating meat is an optional, pleasurable, pastime. Just because you didn't witness its death doesn't excempt you from responsibility.

I stopped eating meat for 10 years becuase I didn't want anything to do with the factory farming process and because I don't particulary like meat.

I have no problem with hunting however; its honest. You kill and eat the food and can see the whole disgusting process, the animals have a completly natural existance, abeit with assistance to help them through winter. Hunters don't just hunt for trophies in Poland, the food is the main reason - its good quality.

I decide a long time ago that I would put my money where my mouth is - for instance I scaled, defined, gutted and filleted fish. I have gone along with hunts and will help prepare the meat. I may not actually eat it, but I accept that men are carnivores and we have hunted and eaten meat for millions of years. Snotty nosed attitudes like yours are one of the reasons I like Poland more than the UK, for too many British peopel think meat comes form a plastic container.


Hunters manage wildlife so that they can hunt it. Much like other farmers, its a food source that is given freer range and its a very expensive way of producing food but its a hell of a lot better than factory farming which is rife in Poland. Polish pig farms are some of the worse in the world.

Hunters maybe elitist, but thats the law unfortunaly. It very difficult to get a license and thats a good thing. Problem, is they are desperate for more hunters as its so damn expensive and difficult to get into - its taken my brother in law many years to get his license and that with his father being the hunt master. Personally i cannot see that its worth all the effort.

Real Estate / TRESPASSING ON MY LAND IN POLAND....what can i do legally...? [119]

Hunter are not allowed to have a particular advantage; powerful telescopic sights, lying down to to shoot, shooting from a vehicle are all banned. Shooting standing up makes it very difficult to hit the target, which is the point. I've accompanied hunts about half a dozen times and hunters miss the vast majority of the time. Hunting is not about anillihating everything in site.


I was hoping you could provide me an argument as to why you are better than a hunter eating meat killed from the wild rather than a slaughter house. Ok, I'm fine with silly vegatarian/small penis comments. Hypercritical meat eaters are idiots anyway.


Nope, becuase its obviously impossible to know what everyone is shooting at unless you are next to every hunter - which is impossible. Shot size is also different for differant game and the kill range with a shot gun is 25 meters so shooting 'everything' is impossible and extreemly unlikely are they miss what they are hunting 75% of the time even when its in range. Conclusion; you are talking crap. You don't like hunters for personal reason, why don't you move to a city where it won't be a problem?

Real Estate / TRESPASSING ON MY LAND IN POLAND....what can i do legally...? [119]


I fail to see how any of that is relevant, in fact you must be damn well aware that your comment that they shoot everything in sight is ********. And are you claiming that hunters shoot food and throw it away? Thats ridiculous, especialy given the fee's they have to pay to do shoot it and its high value.


You think so? I don't like the idea of killing something at all, but I've come to accept that its a fact of life if you eat meat. There has been a lot of discussion about the sourcing of food in the Uk that hopefully makes people more understanding of the consequences of their eating. For instance the series where they slaughtered various animals and then fed the studio audiences with the result was illuminating.

Do you kill and eat your own animals, chickens for instance? It might be a good idea to try it.

Getting back to topic, if you want to keep apple theieves and hunters away, put up a fence and a sign telling people to keep out. I'm surprised nobody told you this before.

News / Poland's elite more pro-US than society? [29]

Poles should realise that the USA doesn't give a **** about its allies. Its interest only extends to expanding/defending its world power. For instance, if Poland could be used to damage Russia it would be fine; the affect on poland itself would be irrelevant. Polands protection from Russia would come from NATO, not the USA. British Nukes would be as essential defense as the USA's - if the US had to decide whether to risk US cities getting nuked to protect Poland, they would sell poland down the river just as they did before.


Tell me when the US has done anything to help poland?

Real Estate / TRESPASSING ON MY LAND IN POLAND....what can i do legally...? [119]


Hmm, I live in Poland and have done for a year. I also go on hunts to learn what goes on, the fact is neither you nor I have any influence on what happens in this country. I prefer to accept that they have differant attitudes here and live with it, you are bringing your opinions from the UK, whereas I have dropped mine.