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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
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dtaylor5632   
13 Apr 2010
Work / CV for polish job market [17]

One tip is that a Polish CV looks more like a British covering letter and vice versa.
Another tip I used was to have some kind of border to catch the eye. Nothing outlandish just something that sets your CV out from the rest. Keeping it clean, concise and designed specifically for the job you're applying to.
dtaylor5632   
13 Apr 2010
Travel / Stag Parties in Kraków [119]

but it's them that sees the benefit!

What benefits?
dtaylor5632   
13 Apr 2010
Travel / Stag Parties in Kraków [119]

I think Iain's point was about going on holiday to another country. Rather than moving there.
dtaylor5632   
13 Apr 2010
Travel / Stag Parties in Kraków [119]

It was funny a couple of nights ago, the boilers fecked up in Clark House. I was dropping them off some heaters for the bedrooms and got chatting to some Polish nurses, as soon as I said one word in Polish off they went bla bla bla po polsku. I'm like just cos I can doesn't mean that you should be speaking Polish in front of the patients :D
dtaylor5632   
13 Apr 2010
News / Kaczynski to be buried at Wawel ?! [289]

It's a really strange addition to the castle. I mean with all respects to the late President, I don't think I have ever met someone who liked him. So why the need to bury him in Krakow I have no idea.
dtaylor5632   
13 Apr 2010
News / Kaczynski to be buried at Wawel ?! [289]

why do Poles always try to "over-do" things...? they shoule be buried in Warszawa...

It seems a lot like it's going to be a show put on. Many of my Polish friends are saying it's like the church syndrome. They don't really care about the guy, but they have to show themselves to be caring and mourning in face of their neighbours ect.

Most Poles im talking with over here couldn't really care less about what had happened. Of course they are in shock, and its nothing you would want to happen. Maybe it will be a good turning point in Polish history. No more government stuck in the stone ages. Time for the young modern Poles to come through.
dtaylor5632   
13 Apr 2010
News / Kaczynski to be buried at Wawel ?! [289]

I think he was very patriotic and kept Poland from away from the liberal left. Maybe in a stubborn and not very diplomatic way, which many did not like, but still appreciated by others.

Almost every person I knew thought he was the joke of Polish politics.
dtaylor5632   
13 Apr 2010
News / Kaczynski to be buried at Wawel ?! [289]

Still back to the original point, is he really getting buried in the castle or is it still up for debate?
dtaylor5632   
13 Apr 2010
Travel / Stag Parties in Kraków [119]

Danny69

I love public school boys!!! Always make you laugh :D
dtaylor5632   
14 Apr 2010
Life / Bilet, controler and the Poland Police. [78]

As for the system being useless - it works perfectly well in Berlin and many other places :)

And soon Edinburgh ;)

I don't see why it is so difficult just to buy a damn ticket, validate it and go on your way.
dtaylor5632   
14 Apr 2010
Life / Bilet, controler and the Poland Police. [78]

But this could be easily solved with machines on trams!

I think Krakow started that program 2 years ago. So much easier unless there is a long queue for the ticket.

I've only been stopped twice for not having a ticket. First was my first time in Krakow where I tore up the ticket after validating it, didn't know about the conductors :) Friends managed to find all the little pieces and I got away with it.

Second time I have to get the tram at 6am for work and being so sleepy I forgot to take my monthly pass, wallet ect. They asked me for ticket and I explain I forgot my wallet when I was late for work, they asked for ID and I told them that I didnt have any on me but I had my pass at home. They just buggered off while the rest of the passengers looked at me as if being foreign meant I could get away with it :D
dtaylor5632   
14 Apr 2010
Life / Bilet, controler and the Poland Police. [78]

except the 13 in Kraków which for some reason is always at random times

Never had a strict time, generally cos the newer trams get priority, 24 and 8. And 13 gets stuck behind them next to ur place ;)
dtaylor5632   
14 Apr 2010
Life / Bilet, controler and the Poland Police. [78]

Also, who is paying for the real cop to show up there? That's right, your tax money at work. Nice system. Why change it. It obviously works.

I'll have whatever u have been drinking
dtaylor5632   
16 Apr 2010
News / Is it possible that Polish president was assasinated? If so then, by whom? [921]

I wondered how long this accident would turn to blaming the Russians. Fact is most Poles can see the truth that this was just human error, but there are still those who would take any chance to have a swipe at Russia. Mainly those who listen to Radio Maria and live out in the country.