Travel / Just back from Krakow [120]


I think the term 'that town' was written by you somewhere above, they certainly were not my words.

Travel / Just back from Krakow [120]


The 'town' I was referring to was Guildford, which is a town and not a city.

Travel / Just back from Krakow [120]


I do not live in Kraków, I live in Guildford. Guildford is a town in the county of Surrey. Get your facts right.

News / Poland - Third World Country?? [300]

It all depends on personal experiences and I am sure that travelers who have been to places like India and then travel to a country like Poland certainly would not find it a 'Third World Country'. South Africa is considered to be one of those 'Third World Countries' too but if you look at the wealth in Cape Town you would not consider this country to be 'third World'.

News / Poland - Third World Country?? [300]


Yes, very true. I have a cousin who lived near Philadelphia. and so there was a time when I used to go over there to experience America a little. I stayed at a place called Mount Laurel and used the Grey Hound bus to go in to town. It was 'interesting' to look at the very poor quality of many little back to back houses in a country we all think of as leader of the new economic World order. In main cities too, the number of people with serious clear psychological problems just left to roam the streets, eating from garbage cans wherever they could find something to eat.

Love / Polish Girls vs Russian Girls [813]

Russian women look different to Polish women but both will work at gaining an overseas passport. There are more pretty Polish women than Russian but then, on the other hand, when the Poles hit forty they start to fall apart, rather like a Polish Polonez motor car. Have you ever seen a polish car that has been around the clock and is still in one piece?!!.

Work / Have been offered a job in Warsaw - should I move to Poland?? [48]

I would have though that besides from Wrocław and Gdańsk, the night life should be good in the capital and with the airport, you can always come home whenever you want to as it is only two hours thirty minutes back to London if it does not work out.

Work / Have been offered a job in Warsaw - should I move to Poland?? [48]

It is the same in most ex and former Comminist countries. The Poles spend most of their free time at home watching the television. In Poland, the Poles are even glued to the telly at breakfast time. They sit and watch stupid programmes whilst eating their 'kanapki'-a very odd habit indeed.

Work / Have been offered a job in Warsaw - should I move to Poland?? [48]

I remember breakfast in Poland so very very well and yes, I do know what I am talking about. Out come the dry bread and cheese and then on goes the damn television! Everybody sits and watches it endlessly! As for me, never again! Life is too short to wast on such rubbish. I have to work for a living and certainly have not the time and energy in watching American films with a voice over telling us what is going on. I remember being in Gorzów Wielkopolski once and for breakfast I was served up an East German film, all about training during National Service! What a bore! A really dreadful unforgettable experience and the breakfast of salami meat on dry bread was little better. The coffee was digusting. I can never understand it, the same old poor quality coffee with all the dregs in the bottom of the cup. Trying to be diplomatic to the hosts is even more difficult. Never again. I will travel further afield next time.

Anyway, answering the question about the city centre, its not really very nice. I know it well and have been there many times. Try Buda Pest, they say that is one of the most splendid cities in Europe.

Work / Have been offered a job in Warsaw - should I move to Poland?? [48]

It could also be a very lonely experience for someone stuck in a concrete room in a concrete block of flats somewhere. Gdańsk is awash with miles of horrible concrete blocks. The Poles love concrete, I wonder if the builders in Poland just loved playing with water when they were kids!

Work / Have been offered a job in Warsaw - should I move to Poland?? [48]


Because they will want his money by any chance?

News / Original cars manufactured in Poland [64]

Poland did produce quite a few motor cars in its day. They were mostly produced under license from Italy or Russia in the case of the Warszawa. The Russians produced the lada, which was an old Italian Fiat 126p? I do not know if F.S.O. still exists but the majority of the shares were bought by Dahoo, a South Korean firm. THe Polonez was an old Italian car called a Lancier, very very old indeed! Of all the cars, the Syrenka was the best, very solid, rather like Polish breakfasts! It had two doors and was a two stroke. I believe that F.S.O was near Warsaw and stood for something like Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych, or words to that effect. Now, I imagine that the Poles just copy other countries and buy directly from overseas.

News / Original cars manufactured in Poland [64]

The Warszawa, if still on the road would be worth a bit of money now. Quite historical. They were like old American cars from the mid 1930's. The seats were just long bunk style seats, there was no division between the drivers seat and that of the passenger. Very heavy, they would probably do twenty miles to the gallon, if you were lucky. Mind you, they say that the later Polonez too was very uneconomical.

News / Original cars manufactured in Poland [64]

If I remember rightly, the South Koreans even redesigned the Polonez and put some nice paint on the bodywork as well as reintroducing a boot! The engine, which came in several different sizes was a French engine, a Peugeot I think. There was even a 1.8 liter version. Very cheap nasty car, all plastic inside and you could hear the road noise whilst going along. Rather like the 1970's Morris Marina built at that time by British Leyland run by a South African named Mr. Michael Edwards.

Work / Have been offered a job in Warsaw - should I move to Poland?? [48]


Normally peanuts.

Work / Have been offered a job in Warsaw - should I move to Poland?? [48]


If they are Polish peanuts you would be right, yes, muck!

News / Original cars manufactured in Poland [64]


Is it a Polish car? I assume that the picture is taken from the late 1970's. An interesting photo all the assume. It must bring back strange memories looking at the Polish countryside and comparing it to Chicago.

Work / Have been offered a job in Warsaw - should I move to Poland?? [48]

I like the Tescos own brand with the bits of chocolate sprinckled inside.

Work / Have been offered a job in Warsaw - should I move to Poland?? [48]

Do what again?

Work / Have been offered a job in Warsaw - should I move to Poland?? [48]

What is your main reasons for not doing it again? You did not like Poland or you could have got a better deal somewhere else?

Work / Have been offered a job in Warsaw - should I move to Poland?? [48]


Yes, I would like to hear of your experiences of living overseas.

Travel / POLISH PKP BAD ATTITUDE [14]


You have to remember that the Poles are not used to dealing with foreigners. If you ever try to hitch hike, mainly only people who themselves in the past hitch hiked will stop for you or the very lonely who just want a chat! Poland is the same. They have lived under Communism since the war in 1945 and can not travel or speak any foreign languages. They think that everyone must be like them and they have no conception of someone coming from overseas who does not understand the language. It is very prevalent especially among the working class everywhere. To work in a ticket office is not rocket science so they are not really very well educated and after all, selling tickets is not one of the best paid or socially demanding jobs on the planet. Mind you, if you are students living in Poland for three years, can you not understand the lingo?

Life / Polish dubbing in movies; why is it so that on polish television all the films are dubbed? [135]


Years ago on Polish television whenever they showed foreign films they used a man who's voice was always the same, hence there could only ever be just the one, who did a talk over in Polish. It sounded really boring. I wonder if they still employ him? This was years ago though.

Life / Polish dubbing in movies; why is it so that on polish television all the films are dubbed? [135]


I am sure it was always the same man but what they were paid during the Communist era, who knows?

Life / Polish dubbing in movies; why is it so that on polish television all the films are dubbed? [135]

I can not answer for Polish television today as I never watch that sort of rubbish but I can tell you about twenty five years ago.

Life / Polish dubbing in movies; why is it so that on polish television all the films are dubbed? [135]


I must admit that sometimes I try to lool for logic in the Poles and can not find it either.

Life / Polish dubbing in movies; why is it so that on polish television all the films are dubbed? [135]

I am not in a position to talk about Poland today. Am I expected to return there on a weekly basis to report on the comings and goings?

Love / I fancy a polish girl from my school! [139]


Sometimes a lack of understanding can bring people together as well as keep them apart. I know this from personal experience. Sadly as the expression goes, as that glitters is not gold' and there will be serious issues of difference of culture. I would never suggest to anyone that it is a good idea to get too close to a Polish girl and that goes for members of my own family too.

Love / I fancy a polish girl from my school! [139]

Sadly, I have never gone out with a Polish guy, I have never been invited out! However, but I know polish women well from my old Moscow days. They can be very nice on their own but when they get together you see how two faced they are and my God, how klicky too!

Love / I fancy a polish girl from my school! [139]

Love is blind and you can end up being very hurt indeed. if you are very wise you can see over the top of this as I always do now. I will be nice to a Polish girl but I always stay in control of my own feelings. Fall in love with a Polish girl? Who, me? Not on your life!!