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Michal   
6 Dec 2007
Travel / Just back from Krakow [120]

. Great country, Krakow truly magic city, Polish people and culture, unique and admirable.

Mind you, there are some very strange and nasty people that come from that town. We have some fine spescimins in Guildford.
Michal   
5 Dec 2007
Language / Dwa vs. dwie in Polish [85]

I have no need to write in Russian and why should I? Does your friend 'The Lady In Red' write in Russian on a day to day basis? Why must I?
Michal   
4 Dec 2007
Language / Dwa vs. dwie in Polish [85]

capable of writing in Cyryllic on your PC.

How do you write in Russian on a PC?
Michal   
4 Dec 2007
Language / Dwa vs. dwie in Polish [85]

Based on some "russian" phrases he utters sometimes here, he would is not able to put a correct russian sente

Is a knowledge of Russian a compulsory qualification for entry to the Forum?

As you write prubować its rich of you to talk about 'village language'.
Michal   
4 Dec 2007
Language / Dwa vs. dwie in Polish [85]

f he'd know how to get the Cyrillic letters from Word...

I would not have a clue how to get the Cyrillic letters from Word. Why should I? Do you know Russian?
Michal   
3 Dec 2007
Life / Which nations do Poles like the most / the least? [148]

selfish bastards, cowards(in terms of XXth century military history), who got overrun by muslim migration and became a completly different country then they once were...
pls dont make me say more.

I imagine that you are talking about the Greeks. Yes, I always find the Greeks a funny lot with a bit of a 'chip on their shoulders'. Maybe they mourn the loss of so much of their former territory.
Michal   
2 Dec 2007
Life / Which nations do Poles like the most / the least? [148]

I think that Poland is a country which will like any other country as long as there is something in it for them and that other country can do them (Poland), a favour. Its human nature, I suppose.
Michal   
2 Dec 2007
Travel / Just back from Krakow [120]

No, I was in Krakow very recently and do know what is like. I even visited Bochnia by train at the same time. It was 1985 or 1986.
Michal   
2 Dec 2007
Travel / Just back from Krakow [120]

Why would Poles call Krakow their Prague if Krakow is lately more popular than Prague. It would be like having driving a truck and bragging about being able to ride a bicycle.

Krakow is more popular than Prague-hard to believe. It is true to say that Prague is full of 'wall-to-wall' tourists but there is simply no comparison between Prague and Krakow.
Michal   
2 Dec 2007
Travel / Just back from Krakow [120]

Certainly would say go if you get a chance but only for a long weekend. Also, get used to getting stared at

Yes, Krakow is nice and worth a visit for a long week end but no more. Unfortunately all the Poles are like that and never smile. One day to see the Old Square and another to see the old castle is enough to see everything. The poles call Krakow 'their Prague' but for my liking, Krakow and Prague are similar only in the fact that both cities share the same Latin alphabet in their spellings!
Michal   
1 Dec 2007
Life / Poles - the Nation of Liars? [478]

Ive heard some good excuses in my time but these guys are something else and the lies are so good. Its great when you catch them out.

I have not been to Poland for many years, my wife does not allow me to go with her because I am always complaining. I do not know about lying but they will swindle you if they can-be very very careful indeed. They are not clever enough to lye through multi million pound contracts but the women are very clever in small ways of using you and then dropping you. You make an appointment to meet outside the local theater at 8.00p.m. and she does not turn up and lets you down. The next day, by coincidence, you meet the same girl on a bus the next morning and you ask why she did not turn up. 'Oh, sorry, I thought you meant the cinema and I did wait for you but at 8.00a.m. in the morning!! One small lie after another with them. I give up and have no time for Polish rubbish anymore.

You will soon learn that you are expected to pay for everything in Poland-and that includes bribes in hospitals. Ask yourself this question, why do Polish engineers and doctors prefer to work in England cleaning Tesco floors rather than a return life to Poland? Answer-everything here, including education and medicine, is free.
Michal   
27 Nov 2007
Travel / What do you know about Torun, Poland? [30]

I have never been to Toruń but I have heard that there are lots of old and interesting buildings. I do, however, know Bydgoszcz very well indeed from personal experience and my God! What a dump! Not the worst town in Poland but by far the worst town in all of Europe!
Michal   
2 Nov 2007
History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

For a Pole who so loves Poland that you have escaped to Canada and now you are telling me to finish my education! po co? Zeby pisac bzdury z bezmozgowcem? Spasibo wam.
Michal   
2 Nov 2007
Language / "Zaraz wracam" - Why not "zaraz wrócę" ? [32]

It is rather the same thing as prosze kawe and porosze kawe where even poprosze kawe can in fact be used now in the present tense although technically speaking it is a one off future action. When I am in the kitchen making a cup of coffee and my wife says to me 'ja poprosze kawe'. Here Zaraz wroce would be technically correct as you will be coming, in the future, in this dirrection, as a one off act.
Michal   
1 Nov 2007
History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

You go ahead and complete grade 5 education, then come back and we'll talk, OK?

I know that Poland still wants some of its land back and I do not need to finish any education to know that.

A prime example of 'good English skills'........hahaha !!

Yes, but that is different as it is a keying error as my mind works at a different speed from my fingers as I am an untrained typist. Words like dude and gee man, sidewalk ect are simply American idioms to hide Polish ansestory and linguistic weakness-that is something quite different.
Michal   
1 Nov 2007
History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

Yes, I have worked very hard at it until I got my Equity card. It is illegal to copy my words and phrases as they are controlled by strict copyright. My writings are a skill which takes many years to perfect and this should not be tried at home without supervision.

Russia being unable to steal from Poland is a step in the right direction in the first place.
Quoting: Michal

Russia has still got half of 'Old Poland' and that should suffice unless of course, Poland wants to buy it back!

(how does that pot and kettle proverb go?)

like this, 'przyganial kociol garnkowi, a sam smoli'.

Kmiot proved wrong 150th time, so nothing interesting here. Move on.

When did I did not ask you to read my work?
Michal   
1 Nov 2007
History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

I suppose that Poland, being in the middle, so to speak, can afford the 'hedge its bets' and knowing that the West is richer and is more able to help Poland economically, it is wiser to say 'we are part of the West' rather than siding with poorer Russia.
Michal   
30 Oct 2007
History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

No, it is a well known fact that life expectancy is falling in Poland and other parts of eastern Europe. One reason why I do not want my children to live there.
Michal   
30 Oct 2007
History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

life expectancy can be higher than those of men and women...?

Life expectancy has been falling in Poland for many years now and has nothing to do with World War 2 anyway.
Michal   
30 Oct 2007
History / POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? [1080]

The Poles are certainly Central European and are not really the same race as the Russians at all. The Russians are tougher and that fact comes from the fact that historically, the Russians came from Mongolia and probably therefore have more in common with the Turks. That is why in 1945, Europe was saved by the Russians, almost single handedly.
Michal   
28 Oct 2007
Genealogy / Do Polish people have big noses? [451]

was hoping Michal would come up with some interesting similie to describe Polish noses.

What about those long corks from some thin necked wine bottles? There are some excellent shapes from German white wine.

t feel sorry for Michal...all the Pinocchios he's got in his household...the wife, the kids..him...they really need to be careful not too get their noses tangled up. :)

I am not talking about my household, simply what I observed in a park one morning. I can tell a Pole 'a mile off' as the expression goes, and the theme was about long noses after all.
Michal   
27 Oct 2007
Genealogy / Do Polish people have big noses? [451]

sorry for butting in (maybe I have a big nose!!) ..but please let's not bring his kids and wife into it.. :(

The Lady in Red does not have kids of her own, hence that is why she brings them in to her conversations.