Life / Lodz vs Wroclaw - difference in mentality of people? [53]


Wow, Im not that wound up. If I see something wrong I say what I think. Considering the amount of BS in the world, its kind of refreshing, wouldnt you say?

But actually that sounds quite appetizing, have a complete breakdown and go on some rampage with my firearms, seems like a good way to go, but fear not, no innocent bystanders will get hurt. Ive got morals, you know? So youre safe.

Love / Do Irish / British guys like Polish girls? [138]


Oooohh someones been following my posts. So in response as Ive got the whole day to waste...

Expat?? Wtf? Im Polish. Next. My comment was directed towards Poles, not English guys, try reading comprehension ya limey toad. Next. Im engaged. Must have hit a bit too close to the mark with you, eh? Awaiting your reply.

Life / Lodz vs Wroclaw - difference in mentality of people? [53]


No, never lived there but visited a few times and from I saw, heard and experienced, looks like a good place to live. But WTH, I really have no idea what you mean by there being things you "cant" do there, that is incredibly vague. No premarital sex? Half the the people I met had children and werent married. No drinking? Get real... What is it?

Real Estate / Real Estate Agencies in Poland (they are greedy for money) [18]

Most rental contracts arent worth the paper theyre printed on. Second, almost nobody declares their rental income, so renters do have a slight, albeit slight, "upper hand" in this regard.

If you're looking for a place to rent, then open up google translator and surf gumtree.pl, oferty.pl and szybko.pl

If youre too daft to do any of that, then just go through an agent and pay through the nose.

Life / Lodz vs Wroclaw - difference in mentality of people? [53]


Ah... the "if you dont like it get out" argument. I like to hear it from Poles the most, as they take the greatest offense when someone who is not Polish criticizes or complains about their country, and literally one minute later, in Polish, among their friends, "co za chujowy kraj".

Pawian, Im not bad-tempered, Im a realist and I consider things like public transportation and parking an important aspect of living in a city rather than "oooh how peeeerty them buildings look". In that regard I found that the smaller cities are far cheaper, more comfortable and nicer to live in, some of them from the top of my head were Legnica, Torun, Bialystok, Swidnica, and Czestochowa.

Law / ARE POLISH PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS INEFFICIENT? [6]

Speaking of unacceptable mistakes, your English is a downright travesty of epic proportions.

I have no idea what you wrote, but without a doubt most Poles write better than you.

Law / 2012 Euro Football Championships - hotel accommodation [9]

There are tons of beds to go around in Ukraine, of course are ridiculous prices. No surprise that tickets are still available for games in Ukraine.What a waste.

Real Estate / Real Estate Agencies in Poland (they are greedy for money) [18]


So you either had to google retard or work as a real estate broker. I.e., you lose.

Pip is spot on. About 99% of all real estate agents in Poland are totally and absolutely useless. Simply look at the photos most agents take. Blurry and pitch black are the words that come to mind. Most agencies one redeeming factor is that the properties they have listed, besides being on websites that are sometimes impossible to navigate, quite easily tell you where the property is located, allowing you to directly contact the owner.

Love / Do Irish / British guys like Polish girls? [138]


Are you fat?

No theyre not cold. Most of them are wimps and require you to make the first move, as surprising as that may sound. If youre half decent looking you probably have a plethora of dudes eyeing you everyday. The era of being swept off your feet on the dancefloor by some suave cool dude are long gone. .

Life / Lodz vs Wroclaw - difference in mentality of people? [53]

pawian, if those are the best pics of Lodz you can find on the net, then I dont know what to say... they make the city look grimy and depressing. Ive never been there so I cant comment.

I live in Wroclaw. Quite honestly the city is becoming less attractive day by day. Yea of course, the city center is quite romantic and beautiful. Outside of course are crumbling prewar German apartment buildings and communist sprawl. Not very attractive. But Im talking about living here, not visiting. The city went on a massive shopping spree with absolutely no regard given to cost, quality, timetables or logic. A number of large investments have been finished or soon will be finished, unfortunately few of them actually "affect" the quality of life in the city besides showpiece smokescreens like fountains, concerts and stadiums besides the AOW, thank god, but that was a govt project.Traffic is getting, surprisingly, worse in the city center, but still better than the nightmare it was 2 years ago. Parking on the other hand has turned into an absolute nightmare.

Public transport is crumbling at the seams and for me a joke, while at the same time becoming insanely expensive. Wroclaw is generally plagued with low salaries with a very high cost of living. Depends what field you work in, but besides IT, its meh... not worth it. You can easily make the same in Slask or even more with half of the living costs. Half.

The city, and region, also has some of the highest service costs in Poland, such as mechanics, plumbers, contractors, construction etc, and Ive found that businesses from any other part of Poland are far more "in tune" than those in Wroclaw and less likely to try to rip you off. Emailing businesses and negotiating price or a million other aspects is still foreign in Wroclaw. In this regard Warsaw is far better and CHEAPER. Overall, the roads and general infrastructure, including public transport, the parking situation, generally driving in the city, cleanliness, traffic... suck. The general bar scene and whatnot doesnt really concern me anymore, but most of the offerings for me have become stale and boring. The general restuarant scene is also quite dull and plagued with overpriced mediocrity, though there are a few gems. International food is terrible here. From sushi to Mexican, most of it sucks.

On a positive note, the bureaucracy is seriously improving, you can schedule visits and most of the govt employees are quite helpful and kind. Im still split with the general population, Ive my fair share of good people, but there is quite a lot of general ********** behavior and lack of culture, but then again far less kozaks and "szpan" than I met in Warsaw. You still cant help yourself from giving some people a good punch in the face.

Work / Poland Work Permit / Study Visa Processing Times [191]


Hahahahahahaha :) Yea, go ahead, email all your questions :) I once emailed my local UM, I got an answer after two weeks. It said to... come in person. By that point I had already done what I needed to do and was on vacation.

I guess you dont have much experience with Poland's bureaucracy. Try dealing with the Urzad Skarbowy or PIP, youll be surprised how many different answers you can get from the same question. PIP is the best though, it took them 4 months to basically tell me that they cant do anything.

Its always better to go in person.

Work / Poland Work Permit / Study Visa Processing Times [191]


Sure, stop asking question on an internet forum and go in person to find out exactly what you need, how many copies, what stamps so all your paperwork is in order.

Life / Please recommend a news website for Wroclaw [8]

ummm wroclaw.pl is the official city website and wroclaw-life is about bars and restaurants...

gazetawroclawska.pl has everything you could possibly want, i read it everyday
also wroclove2012.pl, its in english, follows a lot of culture and euro related stuff

News / Coal-Powered Poland Refuses to "Go Green". EU Ain't Happy. [304]


I'm also not going to be baited by you since fact is fact, but apparently you lack the perception to realize that if anything, global warming has been one of the most fiercely debated topics over the past decade, with doubts, concerns and disbelief voiced by people as well as politicians and scientists. So yea, stating that somebody "HAS TO", i.e., meaning that nobody has to this moment in time, say something about doubts over global warming is an outright farce.

So, going back to what jasonmdzk asked, I'm also interested in why Poland is not adopting the regulations as in this day and age you have to look extremely long-term to survive esp. in terms of energy, and Poland looking at its aging and outright archaic coal power plants and saying "woe is me" and complaining that it'll cost a lot of money to replace them are not logical arguments if, again, looking at this problem long-term.

Btw, I'll keep in mind that you stated:


As that's just insane on your part.

Travel / Driving in Poland, are there any rules at all? [149]


pretty much. not enough blind overtaking on windy roads though.

Australia / Mail problem- Poland to Australia, delivery time frame [40]


Actually its quite good, cheap and fast. Of course its my anecdotal evidence vs. yours, but I've shipping sent and recieved hundrds of packages and letters through PP and not once was I disappointed. the only minus are the long wait lines at the local post office and rather bizare pricing scheme.

Food / Decent Polish Ale or Lager? [27]

The Browar Zamkowy (Raciborz) makes a few decent beers, including an old facorite, Piwo Zielone.

Ummm.. btw, Warko Strong, as ****** as it is, I dont think its even a natural beer in itself and has a bit of alcohol spirit mixed in there. Blaahhhh

Law / Buying a car from Poland - any site where you can check history of a car? [15]

You can go to the police station (komisariat policji) or erp.pl

Travel / Driving in Poland, are there any rules at all? [149]


Actually driving in Poland can be quite fun. Sometimes maddening, but the general "wildness" of it still keeps Poland interesting. Some of the roads are quite demanding.

Driving in Poland requires always paying attention to your surroundings, to be always on edge and react at a moments notice. Do not expect to "cruise" on the highway or "calmly pass through" a city center. Every second you need to be aware of what is going on. Every second. People can and will stumble onto the road. Dogs. A bus will suddenly pull into your lane. You'll have drivers overtaking you on the left and right and see near misses of head-on collisions.

If you dont know what youre doing just drive in the right lane. Driving slowly in the left lane is asking for trouble.

Drive with the flow, not against it. Driving in Poland is a race.

If you are the first one at the lights and it turns green it's expected for you to floor it, even if the next light 100m down the road is still red. Starting slowly or stopping slowly enrages many drivers.

What others said about the pedestrian situation and it's not a joke. Do not suddenly come to a stop to let them cross the street, you will probably get rear-ended.

Many roads are now in great shape in PL. However, many cities, still have certain sections have potholes big enough to seriously damage your suspension.

Many roads are quite illogical. Many signs are illogical. If you have GPS, always use it (never leave it in the car though).

A yellow diamond means you have the right of way at an intersection. If its crossed out by a black line, it means you dont. An upside down triangle means you don't have the right of way. If its crossed out with a black line, it means you do.

Trams always have the right of way.

If there is an intersection and there are no signs, the person on the right has the right of way. However, do not expect people to slowly approach an intersection. If they have the right of way they will roar through it.

Not all roundabouts give the right of way to those already on it.

Be aware of two lane roundabouts, sometimes the inner lane can also exit the roundabout.

Expect people to overtake you, dangerously, no matter how fast you are driving.

The speed limit in towns/cities or any "populated area" is 50kmh. However, no one drives that slow. If youre driving on a "national road" and you enter a populated area (marked by a white sign with a black outline of a city) you should slow down to 60kmh or so, be aware of cops using radar guns.

Tailgating, or sitting one meter behind somesone bumper is considered normal. Dont get annoyed at that.

History / Polish Officer in NATO, Col. Ryszard Kukliński. [145]

Oh. It was that complicated. Sorry. I'll break it down. What kind of blockhead do you have to be to think that Nazi's were anti-religious. One of their crusading propoganda highlights was us the god fearing vs the godless Red bastards, i.e., doing God's work. Starting to ring any bells? Probably not. So, my point being that you got this kind of really important fact wrong, a lot of your other "facts" on how the world works are probably pretty wrong

Btw never heard that one before, in fact it sounds like you got it wrong, it goes: pobiegaj po rynku gola dupa. No ale coz, nie kazdy potrafi zablysnac.

Meh, as for this post being relevant. Well, with turncoats and traitors, besides polnonius who's so bent on oaths he must have had 10 divorces, it's quite obvious it really depends on which side you're on, doesn't it.

But I'm sure you all consider Daniel Ellsberg, "Deep Throat", Bradley Manning, or Golitsyn to be traitors as well.

History / Polish Officer in NATO, Col. Ryszard Kukliński. [145]


Not very surprising, but nonetheless interesting is how many people base their belief system and general worldly knowledge on facts that end with "But, I thought"...

Dare to take the next step?

Law / Born in Nicaragua. Can I and my family (TEFEL) become Polish by ancestry? [12]


Yes, it's all spite. You got me there ShortHairThug, kudos. A choice observaton.Yes, I admit it, I troll the PF forums to deliver answers an 8 year old could Goggle in 10 seconds or answers that require about three seconds of logical contemplation (like in this case, 200 year old ancestors and citizenship) and upon providing such an answer, I do inject some spite, a dash of sarcasm and surrounded by globs of bitterness.

Of course, delivering cryptic answers such as telfcat's "of course it's possible" for you are "quite clear", so maybe I should be more tolerant of idiotism in general. Seriously. Genius ShortHairThug. Genius.

Speaking of being a spiteful prick, aren't you that guy that goes on and on about Yanks and stupid Americans?

Real Estate / ANGELCITY apartments - Krakow. Looking for fit-out options. [10]

id seriously recommend asking for references of anyone youre considering hiring to do any kind of finishing work. and i mean "references" by not just looking at some random before/after photos, but by talking to people and actually seeing the finished work yourself.

a lot of the workmanship is beyond appalling. i call them "one-meter jobs", from a distance everything looks nice but if you get any closer you'll immediately see how crappy it was done.

ive found only one,1, uno, jeden guy out of... dozens... maybe hundreds of different companies... who i could even consider recommending, and all he does is kitchens and only in Krakow.

Law / Born in Nicaragua. Can I and my family (TEFEL) become Polish by ancestry? [12]

The answer is YES!

Just go to your nearest Polish Embassy, walk in and exclaim that your 200 year old ancestors were Polish and therefore you want Polish citizenship. In a matter of seconds a red carpet will unfurl, you'll be given your new passport and two first-class tickets to Warsaw.

Study / Shocking! Test standards in Polish schools. [165]


What a gigantic ass. I am the one being "ridiculously defense"? I said their level is "not bad". Your response: "waaaahh, the level sucks! no two ways about it! its only my way! nein nein nein! das ist verbotten!". Edit I know this post is going to get canned but who cares.

No, your language skills were not any better. You grew up in a bilingual family or lived in the country where the language was spoken, and best of all, Dutch/German/English belong to one language family. You never had to bust your ass like most students do to learn a language with mediocre teachers, limited real life contact and lessons at most only a few hours a week. What a child.

No name calling.

Study / Shocking! Test standards in Polish schools. [165]

If it is in fact for gymnazjum students, who are 13-15 years old and studying basic English, that's not bad at all.

But I'm sure your language skills were simply off the charts when you were a teenager. What foreign languages did you study at that age? Pig latin?

Real Estate / What is the Rent for 1 Bed Room Flat in Wroclaw & what is the security Deposit? [8]

A studio goes for 1200-2000zl including utilities a month. Security deposit is always one months rent.

Real Estate / IS IT A GOOD TIME TO INVEST IN POLISH REAL ESTATE? [83]


Why hate being negative?

Law / Weapons laws in Poland. Carrying a concealed handgun? [918]


Not really. Loading a semi-automatic pistol takes all about one second.

Of course one could speak about the deterrent of having a firearm pointed at you be, regardless if it's loaded or unloaded.


The whole point of CCW is just that, not letting anyone know you are carrying. Now, if you're expounding that you may face problems from letting it be known that you carry a firearm, well, that speaks more about the other person than yourself, does it not?

Law / Weapons laws in Poland. Carrying a concealed handgun? [918]


I don't know what you're aiming at here, but I'm sure it's leading to some infallible anti-gun rant.


No, eating pizza and sitting on an internet forum all day is unhealthy. That's just the brutal reality of how self-defense looks like in Poland, and as outrageous and rather sophomoric that sounds, it's a sad fact.