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Posts by dtaylor5632  

Joined: 2 May 2009 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 30 Jan 2015
Threads: Total: 18 / Live: 14 / Archived: 4
Posts: Total: 1,999 / Live: 1,759 / Archived: 240 		From: Kraków/Poland
Speaks Polish?: Spytałem rodziców i mogę iść na dyskotekę
Interests: Everything and anything

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dtaylor5632   
14 Oct 2011
Love / Do young Polish ladies 17-23 speak any English? [59]

I've worked behind bars before, I know about all the age limits and appearing over 21/under 21

Hahahaha, legally????

How about, I go to Poland, and don't get served, that way I can learn. Because ATM I'm going to do what I want to do? And if it goes wrong, then I have myself to blame?... :)

Fair enough, enjoy :D
dtaylor5632   
14 Oct 2011
Love / Do young Polish ladies 17-23 speak any English? [59]

And also I don't care if anyone in the airport knows my age, once I'm in the city people will assume I'm 20/21 seeing as that's how old I look....

Yeah, and when the bar throws u back for being under 21....?
dtaylor5632   
14 Oct 2011
History / Interesting memorial about 212 Polish soldiers [18]

Thanks for the info mate. Great story that I was totally unaware of. Cheers.

I was reading up on this, at the time of posting i was writing this down on pf. It really seems to me something that has gone missing in the British - Polish relationship. These Poles were substantial to setting up the Polish democratic society in London that Marx also became a member off. These are the guys that set about dragging Polish pilots back to the UK during ww2.

Small unknown facts bring about great things.

Edit@ also it turns out the memorial was made many a year ago, but ran out of funding, so local Poles and Brits in Portsmouth gave the funding. Nice to actually have a happy story on here ;)
dtaylor5632   
14 Oct 2011
Love / Do young Polish ladies 17-23 speak any English? [59]

they won't know if I'm not an adult will they! I don't go around saying I'm 17 I'm 17

They will at the airport when they ask why you are not with an adult...
dtaylor5632   
14 Oct 2011
History / Interesting memorial about 212 Polish soldiers [18]

Len Goodman, TVs most surprising Goy !!

He was good in it, seemed really enthusiastic about finding out his GG-granfather came from Poland.

ps, Apparently they are considered Polands first official community in the UK :)

But who was this Karl Marx???

Edit, I got him. ;) dumb me for a second :D
dtaylor5632   
14 Oct 2011
Love / Do young Polish ladies 17-23 speak any English? [59]

I also love the woman.

How the hell can you know that, you are 17...

Do you think I will appeal to the ladies?

probably not since you should still be at school...

Another potential "English teacher" writes.

Hardly, the guy is under-aged to be called an adult in Poland.

And I still think I'd be a hit with the ladies my age because I'm quite attractive, and I'm mixed race.

And you have to go all the way to Poland for a lass, why not check out the Poles in your local area?

Someone is on my bullshitting radar... and i pick them up quite well...
dtaylor5632   
13 Oct 2011
History / Interesting memorial about 212 Polish soldiers [18]

it's on yt

thanks!

Yes Polish history is very interesting and dramatic.

I really believe so, I think that's why Norman Davies loves the country sooooo much.
dtaylor5632   
13 Oct 2011
History / Interesting memorial about 212 Polish soldiers [18]

It is a really interesting part of history. I came across it after watching the bbc program "who do you think you are?" which takes celebrities and finds out their family histories. Len Goodman is who they were following and his great-great grandfather was a Polish "trooper" in the Krakow Cavalry during the November rising in Poland. Turns out his G-G-grandfather won a major battle just outside Warsaw but in the end they were defeated soon after. They fled to Prussia after the Prussian king offered them exile. Only a thousand made it there and to make things worse the Prussians then decided they wanted rid of them. 212 were put on a boat to N.America but due to storms the ship had to dock in Portsmouth. The Polish soldiers were welcomed in Portsmouth and the local community settled them there instead of sending them to America. Thats the story I'm no historian of Polish history.

This is the link to the program, most of the second part is dedicated to this uprising in Poland.
dtaylor5632   
13 Oct 2011
History / Interesting memorial about 212 Polish soldiers [18]

Memorial in Portsmouth dedicated to the Polish soldiers who were exiled in 1831. Seems like the local government weren't too happy about the soldiers being rescued and settled in Portsmouth, so the local population took it upon themselves to help.
dtaylor5632   
10 Oct 2011
News / Poland Parliament elections in October 2011 [944]

Who did you vote for? Oh sorry, I forgot, you can't vote!

I can vote, and im Scottish and dont live in the country....... figure that one out!
dtaylor5632   
6 Oct 2011
Food / Grilled Oszczypek/bacon/cranberry sauce - where to find in Krakow? [6]

Does anyone have any ideas where I can find this in Krakow? Any decent restaurants offering it on their menus? I imagine there are plenty, but I don't know where to start looking - thanks!

Any shop, most Polish restaurants and even on the market square when they have the stalls up ;)
dtaylor5632   
3 Oct 2011
Work / Proofreading - What is the going rate in Warsaw? [40]

The thing is, companies are starting to realise that, as with language lessons, with proofreading you get what you pay for.

Exactly. There are a few ways to go about it. Undercutting everyone could cause too much of a stir. Charge too much and you will only shoot yourself in the foot in the long term. When I was in that game I had contracts with larger companies such as Onet, Real and Polmos. Apart from being friends with the owners/directors I also gave them a "double proof read" (in basic terms I outsourced the work to others for 7pln per 1600 and afterwards done the double checking myself). There is money to be made in it, but it takes a long time before you get the proper money earners. My ex fiance basically budgeted me down to one spreadsheet. 4000pln for teaching (not full time) 8000pln for proofreading (not including what I was paying out) and 7000pln for Electrolux. If I met those targets she might even let me in bed :D:D

P.s Before anyone starts, writing on an internet forum and proofreading while getting paid are two totally different things ;)
dtaylor5632   
3 Oct 2011
Work / Proofreading - What is the going rate in Warsaw? [40]

You probably want at least 20zl per page (standard rate would be about four pages per hour).

Or undercut everyone and do it for 15z per 1600 IF you have a big enough client base and steady work coming in...
dtaylor5632   
2 Oct 2011
Love / What strange/unnerving/funny things do your Polish wives do? [153]

only this week my wife tried to hoover when the football was on.

Haha!

Luckily ma missus enjoys football (and rugby) and even supports the same team so things aren't that bad :)

It's not really her fault that Poland pays peanuts to some managers.

Yep agreed 100%, the managers make the cash and the directors pocket it....story of Poland really.
dtaylor5632   
30 Sep 2011
Food / Polish name for cut of beef [29]

Anyway - are you sure? Try googling "rib eye for burgers" and have a look.

Can always add fat to the lean meat if you want a good burger ;)
dtaylor5632   
30 Sep 2011
Food / Polish name for cut of beef [29]

life of animal i.e grazing or barn kept

Dealing with cattle, most animals will be kept on pasture during the good weather and kept indoors while the weather is bad, it's the quality of feed given to them during that indoor period that makes a massive difference on not only the meat, but also the other by-products. One of the reasons lamb/mutton is normally such a good meat is because they can be kept on pasture for longer periods and just topped up with feed once in a while if the weather is really bad. The quality of pasture is also important, for example in Ayrshire you have some of the best dairy/beef cattle in the UK due to the fact that it's on the gulf stream and hardly freezes over. On the borders you have great black mutton due to the fact that the animals spend most of their time on the hill side eating heather and other such wild grasses.