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Joined: 20 Feb 2007 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 20 Oct 2017
Threads: Total: 8 / Live: 1 / Archived: 7
Posts: Total: 2,206 / Live: 789 / Archived: 1,417 		From: UK
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szarlotka   
21 Jul 2010
Love / Polish Girl & Me...Is She Interested? [57]

Phurion

Congratulations. You are a sugardaddy, and if she could outlive her income before she met you you're probably not the first one.
szarlotka   
15 Jul 2010
Life / Car Crime in Poland [28]

[quote=Wiltshireflyer]

As a public service I should point out that flying down the M4 in Wiltshire is ill advised.... local rozzers are a little too zealous for my liking.
szarlotka   
9 Jul 2010
Law / Poland's going forward while Britain is still trying to wake up [86]

Something to be proud of? NO...

You are correct in that it not something to be proud of. Our last administration have an awful lot to answer for. It was painful to watch as, for the first time ,our national defecit rose so quickly depsite an increase in fiscal revenue through one after another 'stealth' tax rises.

However, the size of the debt is not the issue as to whether, as you have claimed earlier in quite frankly Daily Mail style lurid headline talk, the UK is about to collapse. It is the structure of that debt that will either enable or disable a recovery to a sustainable long term and also the timetable for repayment. If you were to take the time to analyse the contrasting debt structures of say Greece and the UK then you may come to a different conclusion. Have fun doing the research and please get back to me when you are in a position to have a sensible grown up discussion.
szarlotka   
9 Jul 2010
Polonia / Going to Paris for 10 days, any hints? [14]

Tough call frd;) Many of the 'hidden gems' from my regular visits there years ago have been discovered and the prices have risen accordingly - I blame the internet. One nice place to visit that is often ignored are the lovely Japanese style gardens at the UNESCO headquarters. They used to be free to enter. There are still some good places to eat down the sidestreets around Montmartre. (Just take AJ as a bodyguard - joking as I've never had a real problem apart from being solicted around there).
szarlotka   
9 Jul 2010
News / What awaits Poland after EU surrender [14]

Should people be able to claim asylum simply because they are gay?

Or are they claiming asylum because they will be persecuted in their home country? What's the difference from being killed or abused because you are gay from being killed or abused because you choose to practice another religion or come from a different tribe?
szarlotka   
9 Jul 2010
Law / Poland's going forward while Britain is still trying to wake up [86]

and now I don't wanna hear anything about it anymore

I don't wanna discuss it - what a marvellous lyric from Cream, from the days when we had art, culture and music before we descended into the primeval depths of depravity, poverty, shoddy windows and smelly carpets.

Can some of us get real and recognise that all countries have good and bad. There is no Nirvana and any compariosn will be coloured by the experiences of the individual concerned. If people were to preface their comments with 'in my experience' and elucidate what that was' instead of generalising either unintentionally or by deliberately flaming the thread then I promise I will stop making one line snidey replies - such as who is the Polish Eric Clapton (last one promise)

Have a good weekend everyone and if you are in the UK don't forget the sunblock.
szarlotka   
30 Jun 2010
Off-Topic / PF - The Omnibus Edition [1502]

isn't the use of anabole steroids forbidden on PF?

I thought that to be the case;)

Mind you if they ever ban Prozac for browsing more than three threads I think I'm going to have to leave!
szarlotka   
30 Jun 2010
Off-Topic / PF - The Omnibus Edition [1502]

when WB got yet another of his jealousy rages

I shall have to investigate this further. What's he jealous about?
szarlotka   
30 Jun 2010
Off-Topic / PF - The Omnibus Edition [1502]

At the rear of the classroom, M-G and Wroclaw Boy lie lifelessly beneath a pile of broken desks

Refers to post #104 in this thread.

Ah. Two years on and they're still at it I see. I think it's about time I penned another edition. I have so much time on my hands now that there is no longer footballl on every day.
szarlotka   
27 May 2010
Love / Why do Polish women prefer foreigners for boyfriends and husbands? [418]

and also the benefit of friendship with Polish men.

Unless you are putting forward platonic only friendship Seanus I am going to have to give your contacts to Radio Maryja. Within minutes there will be demonstrators outside of your front door armed with crosses and pickaxes;)
szarlotka   
21 May 2010
Law / May 14th -- Big Day on the markets [21]

Let the markets implode. I have liquified all my assets already. Anybody want to make me an offer for my portfolio; 3 million barrels of Guinness, 6,600 firkins of fine real ale, two distilleries and a Magners in the pear tree.
szarlotka   
13 May 2010
Love / Met a Polish girl on the Internet, and I'm soon off to meet her... [82]

date or marry an Eastern European woman at your own risk mate

Spot on. I've been married to one for 28 years, 28 years of happiness, caring, sharing and all good things. But I know she is just biding her time before something dreadful happens to me. I know there will be cynanide in my Horlicks one day soon. Beware all Eastern European girls. Decor_ating is a wise man - not!
szarlotka   
10 May 2010
News / The EU's 1 Trillion Dollar Rescue Package [144]

Alistair Darling seems to have a better handle on where money goes

Yes - he know exactly where every wasted pound has gone. The waste of money during the good years has been frigging disgraceful IMHO. Billions on the NHS - net result more administrators and limited clinical improvement at best. Educashun - lots more quangos, more centralised control and bugger all improvement at the front line.

I'm with PP to a certain extent. The UK economy is in a far bigger mess than has been admitted thus far (surprise that wth the election looming - or should that be having loomed). Not as bad as Greece but the belt tightening is going to be very, very painful.
szarlotka   
5 May 2010
UK, Ireland / driving in england on a Polish license [10]

Any way you look at it insurance will be expensive for a new driver. Best of luck shopping around for a good deal;)
szarlotka   
5 May 2010
UK, Ireland / driving in england on a Polish license [10]

I'm pretty sure you can drive in the UK for up to 3 years on your Polish license (or age 70 if sooner than that - you don't sound that old though!) Check out the DVLA site for confirmation of this.

Insurance will be the main issue. As far as the Uk are concenred you have no no claims discount. I know a few companies will transfer no claims from your home country if you have that but a lot of them won't. Worth while searching because without any no claims it will be expensive.

No problems with car ownership.
szarlotka   
15 Apr 2010
UK, Ireland / Polish opinion of England as a country and the English nation [64]

lovely war heroes, who are such a treasure of your Island.

Veterans drinking in champagne bars? Those MOD pensions must be better then the Daily Fail claims then;)

All round to Ksysia's place for a gallon of Crystal or two. Not my shout though;)
szarlotka   
13 Apr 2010
Travel / Stag Parties in Kraków [119]

It's still happening? Krakow was the new Prague. Surely somewhere else must be the new Krakow by now? Tunbridge Wells perhaps?
szarlotka   
12 Mar 2010
Off-Topic / ANYONE HEAR A STRANGE NOISE IN WARSAW....? [45]

WTF? the plumbing in my apartment in Wawa made those noises all the time. Come out of that air raid shelter now WR. It's safe - really.
szarlotka   
12 Mar 2010
UK, Ireland / The Daily Mail - coverage of the Polish people [161]

Do you think that something has changed since then?

Not really. The Daily Fail will always seek to distort and sensationalise events to pander to their readers sense of outrage about most things.It's just a trashy newspaper with a right wing agenda that is trying to bolster it's falling sales by lurid headlines. If it's not the Polish it would be the Albanians or Muslims or one legged Nepalese Sherpas stealing 'our' job, 'our' women etc. etc.