Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1303]


Well, maybe just because you're British.. As the joke goes , how do you call someone who speaks 3 languages? -Trilingual.; OK, 2 languages? Bilingual 1 language? A Briton.. Sorry, I couldn't resist it.. I know it's cheap, but I swear, I first heard it from the mouth of a true Londoner..

Work / Possibly moving to Warsaw- husband offered a job in Warsaw [21]

Agreed!

Work / Possibly moving to Warsaw- husband offered a job in Warsaw [21]

When I compare based on the people I know (I spent 5 years in Warsaw, after having worked 5 years in Paris and 8 years London and before Zürich currently ), my experience is that's a bit more difficult in Warsaw (doesn't apply to me , I have a Polish spouse and am of the 2nd type!)

Work / Possibly moving to Warsaw- husband offered a job in Warsaw [21]


Well, that's true, but it does take time ... Warsaw is probably the least "pretty" among big cities in Poland (Krakow, Wroclaw, Gdansk.) so it's rarely love at first sight but rather fondness growing over time. Plus remember, the climate is quite dissimilar to the one in San Diego, especially at this time of year (not that much of an issue for Pip I suppose considering she comes from Canada)

UK, Ireland / Polish city that's moved to Britain [120]


Last year, Socgen (French bank) sued the Daily Mail for an article the paper during the summer 2011. Not only did the paper withdraw the article and had to publish an apology, they also lost in court (English court) and had to pay unspecified damages..

UK, Ireland / Polish city that's moved to Britain [120]


See below why

UK, Ireland / Polish city that's moved to Britain [120]


Well, first we have The Sun, then Wikipedia quoted as sources.. What next, the Pravda?

Life / The "I am never wrong" phenom - is it the Polish thing? [63]


What sort of sausage??

Love / Google: Polish women "easier" than English women - official! [52]


Especially when drunk, ie most of the time...

Travel / Is there a healthy expats scene in Poland? (drinks, food, golf, etc.) [143]


Plenty wrong if you ask me..I'd love to see what would happen if this were pushed to its limits, with everybody living in separate gated community; That would create great cities!

Life / Poland: When usually is the best time to change from summer to winter tyres? [42]

Normal saloon equipped with winter tyres is OK

Travel / Is there a healthy expats scene in Poland? (drinks, food, golf, etc.) [143]


Pb with Osiedle Konstancja , apart from the fact that it is gated (talk about ghetto!), is that it is located just after the main road linking Konstancin to Warsaw narrows down from 4 lanes to 2 lanes (one each way). That means traffic jams and long waits in the morning and the evening.. That is , unless there has been roadworks since I left Warsaw (summer 2011)..

Travel / Lublin ruined by arrival of Ryanair [33]

milky

Yes, and a bit more. Brits are fundamentally one of the most reserved and self conscious people on earth, and they need to drink to loose their inhibitions. It's not a question of lower prices/greater quantities of alcohol in Poland, you see the same antics all over the UK

Life / Poland and every aspect..... Please help me learn and understand the realities? [108]


Indeed, mixed up my years. I was referring of course to modern democratic constitutions with the 3 oldest being in that order the USA (21 June 1788), Poland (3rd May 1791) and France (3rd September 1791). The UK has, at least to my knowledge, no written constitution.

UK, Ireland / British - Stupidest nation in Europe [127]


Here is something even more pedantic..Territorial waters extend for about 22 km from the shore line of each country.. So given that the Baltic is wider than 44 km, Poland and Denmark (or Sweden) don't technically have a common border since there are separated by international waters..

UK, Ireland / Polish is the 5th best languages to study for Brits [11]


Are you serious? Ever been to France? It's teeming with Brits owning properties, especially in the western part..

propertywire.com/news/europe/france-spain-second-homes-201204176424.html

UK, Ireland / Polish aversion to the truth about UK [10]


So what?? Nihil novi sub sole.. Most nations are the same, they accept criticism from inside (ie nationals) but hate it when foreigners (especially ignorant ones!) do the same..

News / 1.3% birth rate = Poland's slow death [221]


Kondzior, Enoch Powell was a die hard leftist compared to you!

UK, Ireland / Polish is the 5th best languages to study for Brits [11]


The US do not have an official language

Life / Poland and every aspect..... Please help me learn and understand the realities? [108]


I think the answer to that one is quite simple; it was until recently the norm (ie expected) in Poland for men to hold doors with women, to hold coats etc.. You usually don' t get thanked for "normal behaviour" but you get frowned upon if you don't do it. .. In Western Europe, it's the contrary:holding a door etc has become so rare that doing it for someone elicits a "thank you".


Poland was populated by several tribes and it is indeed under the Piast and Mieszko 1st that Poland as we know it was unified and created.

Life / Poland and every aspect..... Please help me learn and understand the realities? [108]


A few facts for a start:

- Poland has the 2nd oldest written constitution in the world (3rd May 1793)
- The Polish-Lithuanian was at one time the largest European state by area spanning from the Baltic sea down to the Black sea
- Polish kings were elected by nobility, unlike the rule prevailing in Western Europe (hereditary monarchy). That explains why Poland had many kings/ queens of foreign origin (hungarian, french, swedish..). It is thanks to a swedish king that Warsaw became capital at the end of the XVI th century (before that , it was Krakow but the swedish king wanted to be closer from Sweden!)

Travel / So where are Warsaw's slums? [30]


It is one of the very rare few positive things that came out of communism:no real ghettos in the western (esp US) sense, a real mixity where you could find ordinary workers and people having high social positions living in similar flats in the same buldings.

News / 1.3% birth rate = Poland's slow death [221]


Maybe not such a bad thing after all? All these fashionable ideas about preserving the environment and the planet make me wonder.. Isn't the destiny of humanity to aim for the stars and spread on other planets?

Travel / Travel to Poland (through Vancouver and Berlin) [8]

i know but it doesn't make sense to state Schengen as a destination. it would be like saying ' I want to fly from London to the USA'..Whereto in the US? NY, SF, LA, Chicago...the choice is wide

Travel / Travel to Poland (through Vancouver and Berlin) [8]


But that's in Luxembourg not in Poland

News / 1.3% birth rate = Poland's slow death [221]

Polonius, I agree with your assessment, but that is not specific to the Poles; I would argue that in their case it is all the more understanble since they were deprived of all those 'consumerist' goods for 45 years..

News / 1.3% birth rate = Poland's slow death [221]

If ones studys carefully the evolution of Poland's birth rate over the past 30-40 years, one cannot help but to notice that:

- it was higher than today during PRL times and at its peak during the "state of war" post 1981
- it collapsed following the demaise of PRL in 1990.

So to bring it back up, there is only one answer: bring back PRL and state of war!!

News / 1.3% birth rate = Poland's slow death [221]

Although I am not in full agreement with your views, Polonius, I cannot say that I 100% disagree with them!

News / 1.3% birth rate = Poland's slow death [221]


well, you've answered it yourself:

Real Estate / Poland's apartment prices continue to fall [1844]


What kind of reasoning leads you to link the share price of Gant in 2005 to 2004 real estate prices??