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Joined: 25 Nov 2009 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 28 Nov 2011
Threads: Total: 20 / Live: 15 / Archived: 5
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convex   
8 May 2011
News / POLISH COPS TO BREATHALISE CANOE USERS.... [30]

One never knows when such nice relaxing conditions turn to a real disaster

Two beers, 2500zl penalty. Public intoxication is already illegal in Poland. Why the need for new regulation when it already exists?
convex   
8 May 2011
News / POLISH COPS TO BREATHALISE CANOE USERS.... [30]

We're not talking about this level of "drunk" here at all.

The law will fine you for having a single beer. .05 is two beers. Airline pilots have a limit of .04...are canoes really that complicated to operate?
convex   
8 May 2011
News / POLISH COPS TO BREATHALISE CANOE USERS.... [30]

Anyone over the "limit" endangering others lives, is indeed an idiot. I assume there will be a breathalyser if in doubt?

0.2 is a single beer, and it's already illegal to recklessly endanger other people's lives.
convex   
5 May 2011
UK, Ireland / Polish wedding music/bands in the UK [10]

Are you planning on flying them in to wherever you're at? Might want to post in the classifieds and include a bit of information the "where and when"...
convex   
3 May 2011
Feedback / Help - register question and password - I didn't get any email [4]

And today i make a post, and off topic question on my thread asked about the password, someone told me to use another username

Please stand by, operators will be with you shortly.

Just tested it out, works ok. You should get an email from "info@polishforums.com".

You can try going to /index.php?action=sendpass to have another password sent out.
convex   
3 May 2011
News / "Poland is flourishing" [62]

It's not really a matter of individual wealth, it's purchasing power (and more importantly, industrial wealth). Poland is doing well by increasing manufacturing jobs. Time to rally the wagons and start working on trade barriers in the short term to capitalize on the manufacturing gains...
convex   
27 Apr 2011
Life / Expats, are you happy with your life in Poland? [43]

I liked Poland before meeting my girlfriend, having visited a couple of times way back when. But yea, she was the primary reason for moving from Prague. Seems like any other place really, not too much of a difference. I could see how it would seem to be night and day if all you've seen is the "rich" countries, but uh, really, comes across as just another address. People are people regardless of where you go. Some of the rituals are different, you have a different proportion of certain types of people...but they're more or less the same regardless of where you go.
convex   
27 Apr 2011
News / Poland's Lost Generation [172]

There is no reason why wage increases should outstrip inflation - the rationale for wage increases should be increased productivity.

Right, and one would think with all the FDI, EU money, and new business models being pumped into Poland, that productivity would be increasing... For stagnant (stable) developed economies, I'd tend to agree with you.
convex   
23 Apr 2011
News / John Paul II's Beatification [134]

Wait...will beatification be a drinking...strike that, "celebratory" occasion, or a fasting occasion?
convex   
23 Apr 2011
News / John Paul II's Beatification [134]

Oh, no - a funny, little poster from Belgium (by the way - is murdering unborn babies still legal in your
country?) is "not very impressed" with the beatification of John Paul II. What a pity!

Here's my take, it's a Catholic thing. If it makes Catholics happy, what does it have to do with me? You guys mind your own business, and the rest of the pastafarians and I will mind our own business :)
convex   
23 Apr 2011
Travel / Which way from Poland to Croatia.... [30]

Dubrovnik is really nice. Skip split, it's interesting for a about a day, and mainly used as a jump point for trips to the islands.
convex   
23 Apr 2011
News / Drug Policy Reform in Poland [29]

At that point it goes beyond protecting individuals from themselves, those individuals have decided to harm others. That's where the social contract is breeched and the state has a role to protect individuals. The problem is that a small minority of people that do drugs harm others, the vast majority are just doing harm to themselves. Why not redirect services towards enforcing the laws on the books that are meant to protect others? Taxes on cigarettes and the shorter lifespans of non-smokers more than pay for medical costs in social-welfare states (see the smoking thread). It's a question of mentality, some people have an addictive personality. Some people do just fine recreationally using drugs. I think that personal responsibility should be the key, if you can't handle your shit on drugs, and you decide to do them, you should be punished. Seems like an easy system...I take issue with the idea that people are too stupid or irresponsible to take care of themselves.
convex   
23 Apr 2011
News / Poland ready to receive Libyan refugees [159]

Btw most eager I recall was US to go in there and start another mess.

Guess you and I were following different commentary. Obama had to more or less subvert Congress because it would have never passed a vote. It will be shot down once it comes to a vote.
convex   
23 Apr 2011
News / Raising Poland's legal drinking age to 21 [95]

Motorcycles are pretty addictive too, and dangerous! Should be banned obviously :)

The 21 and up law is a good idea.

It's done wonders in the US...
convex   
23 Apr 2011
News / Drug Policy Reform in Poland [29]

The government shouldn't have a role applying morality under the guise of "protecting individuals from themselves". It's a failed policy.
convex   
23 Apr 2011
Study / AFRICAN STUDENTS INVASION in Krakow [197]

good point, you dont hear about many blacks getting beat senseless in the small towns. In fact you dont anywhere in Poland kind of like the big kids telling the small kids they'll get their heads flushed down the toilets at big school - it just never happens.

Well, I'm willing to call you out on the never happens bit...but, I stand by the small towns being safer than the cities....
convex   
22 Apr 2011
Genealogy / Stanisław-derived last names [8]

Is there any reason that some Polish last names (like Stanisław) often end up as given names as well? Is there any kind of background to why some surnames ended up at the front of the chain as well?
convex   
22 Apr 2011
Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]

Honestly, this thread is ridiculous. I smile all the time when in shops, or just talking to people...it it is very well received. I've met plenty of friends through random encounters like that...