Life / 3 reasons why you hate Poland. [1049]

I also remember November as a pretty miserable month with very few hours of sunshine. But generally I agree Polish weather is overall quite pleasant, certainly far better than in the UK

Life / 3 reasons why you hate Poland. [1049]

This not relevant. What counts for weather perception is the number of days it rains per year rather than the quantity of rain fallen. Otherwise you could say that Milan (for example) is much rainier than London

UK, Ireland / Holding a British passport. Married a Polish woman. Applying for Polish passport? [21]

Depends. Uk passport holders need a visa to enter Turkey ( same for Begium ) but Germans or French do not need any

History / Royal Family still in Poland? [79]

Thanks Ziemowit for this insightful post

Law / Is it possible to get an MOT on a RHD car in Poland? [28]

when i arrived in Poland in 2005, had a rhd car. Couldn't register it in PL and thought "this is anti EU law, how dare they?". After a year, changed my mind. Having experienced Polish driving, thought to myself: " My God, given the number of Poles living in the UK, imagine if each of them brought a rhd car to Poland, what a carnage that would be!"

Love / Too late for a serious relationship? or not - I'm 39 and looking for someone Polish [27]

+1

Law / Questions regarding bringing my (Spanish) car to Poland [19]

johnb121 is correct. There are still borders for insurance purposes

Food / Which Polish milk brand is closest to UK supermarket style milk? [31]


Doesn't this advice come from the same country that injects hormones into its cattle, that cleans chicken with chlorine and that is one of the world's leaders (thank you Mexico!) with obesity?

Love / In love with a perfect woman from Poland (she has a boyfriend?) [9]

muttley84
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Is she hot ?

Really?

Law / Cyber law advice for Ebay dispute in EU (foreign expat with poor Polish) [6]


What has this got to do with Poland?

Law / In Poland, are debts passed on to next of kin when a parent dies? [13]


No, similar law exists in France (article 205 of the Civil code)

Law / In Poland, are debts passed on to next of kin when a parent dies? [13]


Same applies in many other European countries

Life / Being a Jew in modern-day Poland; Israeli Jew who is of Polish descent [269]

I did read the whole thread before posting my comment. I see nowhere Ziemowit stating his opinion is "superior" to yours, he only states that being a Pole living in Poland his angle is different (which I personally accept; having been myself an expat living in Poland for 5 years, I realise that my limited knowledge of Polish -which is the case for most expats - gave me only a narrow views of events).

Life / Being a Jew in modern-day Poland; Israeli Jew who is of Polish descent [269]


I agree with you RUR. Ziemowit took the necessary time and effort to write what are in my opinion very balanced and accurate views on the question raised by the OP, only to be assaulted by Harry. I have been off this forum for some time, and did not follow most of the exchanges, but clearly Harry bears some kind of grudge.

Ziemowit, let it no deter you to be active on this forum, you are, as you wrote, one of the rare "true Poles" writing (unlike eg myself, being a non pole married to a pole, and no longer living in the country) which makes your views even more valuable!

Work / About taxes ("Umowa o dzielo") and minimum wage in Poland [30]

Well done, and deserved may I say given the positive attitude shown through your postings (recently tumbled accross a definition of optimist vs pessimist that made me smile: an optimist is someone who thinks a night is sandwiched between 2 days, a pessimist someone who thinks a day is sandwiched between 2 nights..)

UK, Ireland / Polish women in the UK are having babies at a faster rate than those in Poland [13]


Whatever the reason, it is a good idea, it will improve the British gene pool..

Life / One of more conspicuous Polish traits - inconsequence? [37]


Indeed, it is bad to have a situation where the constitution says one thing (Poland secular state) and one where everyone can see that reality is different (crosses in the Sejm). It gives the population the feeling that it is OK to have inconsistency between what one says/what is written and what happens in practice and that double standards are OK. In my view, it can explain certain characters traits commonly found among Poles.

Life / Is 10500 monthly is enough for a family to live in Warsaw Poland [136]

Warsaw is not in the west, not even of Poland!

USA, Canada / General differences between Poland and the USA? [184]


You mean washing up liquid??

Language / Is math in Polish different than in English? [59]

Maybe, but the bottom line is that Polish students are doing better than British students at maths (since that's what the thread is about)..

guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/dec/07/world-education-rankings-maths-science-reading#data

Language / Is math in Polish different than in English? [59]


Please read before posting Pam

Language / Is math in Polish different than in English? [59]

Not in scientific subjects, eg in physics or maths. I found the UK teaching to be more 'recipe learning ' driven, less based on understanding the issues.


I'm not saying that one is better than the other, I am saying that the UK system is more focused on building a personnality/social skills and less on pure academia. If anything, I prefer the first system (and my children are now in the UK system), but I stick by to the fact that the academic level, especially in maths, is lower in the UK.

Language / Is math in Polish different than in English? [59]


I'm not talking about that, I am talking about British schools in the Uk (we lived in London during 9 years)

Language / Is math in Polish different than in English? [59]

dear Pam

I'm afraid you are the one talking bull. I have personally experienced both the British and French systems, and my kids have been in the British and Polish systems, and what I say is certainly my experience of UK vs French/Polish. What is your experience of other systems than the British one?

Travel / Best place to exchange money in Poland? [98]

Excellent advice. If the sum is large though, be careful to keep all receipts in case the bank asks anti money laundering questions (due to paying a large amount of cash in new $ account)

Language / Is math in Polish different than in English? [59]

Difficult to generalize, but I would say that in general, the academic level in schools in the US and UK is lower compared to the Continent (not only Poland, but also Germany, France..). In the UK and US, the focus is more on building social skills (building a personality, being popular with other kids..) whereas on the continent it is more academic performance. Or at least that was the case 20 years ago. Both systems are converging now..

Law / Zloty climbs as ratings agency upgrades Poland [34]

Meathead


That's wrong. First of all, the dollar is not overvalued, certainly not against the €

Second, how do you reconcile the fact that Switzerland, a country with arguable the strongest country in the word has still a very strong local industrial base. It is , with Germany, the european country where industry represents the highest proportion of gdp (ca 28% vs less than20% in the USA)

Law / Bank accounts taxed by up to 10%. Can it happen in Poland? [150]


No skin off my nose, I'm not Swiss but you should try to get more reliable sources than the Sun or the Daily Mail.. Switzerland never held more than ca 2% of US offshore assets, the bulk being evidently in the various Caribbean tax havens (Cayman, Bahamas..). Simple common sense, Warszawski, being based in Europe, if you had money to hide, would you cross the Atlantic to hide it??

Law / Bank accounts taxed by up to 10%. Can it happen in Poland? [150]

The reality in Cyprus is the following:

1) for years, Cyprus banks have been home to a disproportionate amount of Russian deposits, thanks to a unique tax treaty between the 2 countries. Some (little) of this money is legitimate, most of it is not and is escaping Russian taxes through structures. The Cyprus government had been warned repeatedly by Europe to tighten its anti money laundering procedures.

2) Because of cultural proximity with Greece but also because they gave a superior yield (the riskier, the higher the yield), Cyprus banks have been investing those deposits in Greek bonds. When the latter country went down the drain, the bonds collapsed and the Cyprus banks got burnt hence the current situation.

Bottom line is that in all other European countries where banks made a mess (UK..), the people had to bear the brunt of the cost of saving them (through austerity..) . Why shouldn't it be the same in Cyprus? It is after the people who choose the goverment..

Work / Mexican wife Polish husband move to Poland - the best city to live and work at? [4]

One of the world's largest cement producer, Cemex (Mexican company) has quite large operations in Poland