Love / Polish traditions and parents (I was dating this Polish guy..) [72]

Boy, if You want to have any manner of conversation, cut down on the amount of personal crap. Otherwise just STFU.

Love / Simon Mol - would he have been so "successful" in other countries than Poland? [121]

If you have no faith in their job, then go ahead separate ways. No one wants you, and no one could give a damn to what you feel like for them. - or what, boy?. You're in absolutely no position to tell me what to do :-)

Love / Simon Mol - would he have been so "successful" in other countries than Poland? [121]

Lodz the Boat - I will continue to express my opinions regardless whether you like them or not, boy :-) So what You're going to do about it? More sandbox insults? Lol...

PennBoy - Ja bym tego śmiecia na pal wbił - I agree. The state should have pressed murder charges against this ******.

Love / Polish traditions and parents (I was dating this Polish guy..) [72]

As I said in another thread - I will not change my opinions because some youngster doesn't like them. If You continue to throw slurs at me I will just use the "ignore this poster" function and au revoir :-)

Travel / Why do you visit Poland? [222]

Why do you visit Poland? -

1) Was born here and still like to visit what I consider one of my "home" countries,

2) Business nowadays mostly, there's still plenty of good deals to be had if You know where to look for them and can navigate the traps and pitfalls the Polish public officials routinely set for foreign investors :-)

Whats Warsaw like ?

Warsaw is a modern European city with loads of foreign investment going on. The difference between Warsaw and the rest of the country can be only described as staggering sometimes. Warsaw is also a city that is REALLY trying to be "worldly" and "hyper-trendy" to an extent which is sometimes comical ( especially visible in some of the swankier night clubs in the city ), which might bother some people.

Architecturally downtown Warsaw is a unique amalgamate of various styles, which reflects the city's convoluted history. You'll find relatively old ( not as old as in Cracow ) townhouses right next to, well, housing projects built by Gomulka after the war, right next to housing projects built by Gierek a few decades later, then on the plot across the street You'll find a modern skyscraper designed by a world-class architect, plus there'll be a hotel built by the Swedish in the 1970's or so a few blocks away. Extremely interesting if You're into that stuff and pretty much something a few city planners in Western Europe would allow for.

Love / Torments me my boyfriend had a relationship with a pole-how do I get over this [28]

my boyfriend ex was a pole and its on my mind all the time! I keep thinking of her, looking at her on facebook etc. I think if she was english, spanish or any other nationality I would properly be able to forget about her but the fact he dated an polish woman just upsets me. I see polish people as a threat to my country, there are taking over and I cannot believe he may of married this woman and had polish babies with her. To me it shows a total disrespect to the UK.

I don;t know why I am posting this here? maybe get over my polish hatred? I don't want keep thinking of her, I dont want get worried when we hear a polish accent on the street or on tv that my boyfriend will be thinking of his ex.

How do I get over this? I think the main problem is I think when he sees polish shops, hear acccents that he is thinking of her. I dont want have this hate

Sheesh, someone here has one heck of a problem.

Assuming this isn't a troll job:

1) Polish people aren't a "threat" to UK, Ireland or any other place. Until Your politicians opt out of the EU and re-instate visa laws Polish can freely visit, settle, work, etc. Get over it. Not to mention that UK invited a boatload of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, even Somalian people a while back and a lot of them aren't really that keen on assimilating if You catch my drift, so what's with singling out Polish all of the sudden?

2) polish babies - from what I've seen a lot of Polish women who come over to the UK and "have babies" don't really raise their babies to be particularly "Polish", stressing overall education, ability to speak the LOCAL language and ability to fit in. And in the United States many of the younger generation "Kowalski's" don't even consider themselves Polish. Hence I truly don't get that fixation with "polish babies".

3) To me it shows a total disrespect to the UK. - lol... Shagging a Polish chick equals disrespecting the UK? Did the Queen issue an edict that I'm not aware of? Seriously, loads of British lads are doing Polish chicks ( for various reasons, I mean quite often a lad who works part-time and inherited a bedsit in Thamesmead from his granny is the very definition of success for a Polish lady ) so again - dunno what's Your problem.

4) How do I get over this? - honestly I believe You should see a doctor.

BTW, I'm Jewish so plz don't throw any Poland-based insults at me.

Love / Polish traditions and parents (I was dating this Polish guy..) [72]

Yeah, sure, you care less yet spit out pageloads of nonsense, right...

Law / Establishing a Private College in Warsaw [6]

I think You nailed this one, Alex.

edit: Shabuz, if they're doing what Alex described - circumventing appropriate visa laws, they should be deported regardless of how much they supposedly contribute.

Love / Do Polish Women age well? [153]

Do Polish Women age well?

No they don't, at least that's my personal experience.

Americans have coined the phrase "babushka syndrome" - it supposedly applies to women from Russia and Eastern Europe.

News / Polish people mocked and humiliated in Season 7 of House MD [60]

The female doctor, Cameron I think her name is, also happens to be Polish+employing Polish actors that's hardly humiliation.

Nah, the Polish have to find this humiliating... I mean each and every Polish woman portrayed on television in the U.S. should be as close to the real thing as it gets, that is: better educated than everyone around her, prettier than american women half her age and smarter than american women twice her age, extremely rich, bursting with success and able to get any man she wants...

In case of the House series the Polish might actually consider not being offended if the producers introduce this this female Polish mega-doctor educated in Walbrzych that routinely outhinks her Harvard-graduate colleagues, solves all the puzzles effortlessly for House but only after he begs to do it for about 20 minutes in each episode, plus happens to be a former supermodel and a multi-millionaire who only practices medicine as a hobby ( and to save lives, because she has such a golden heart )...

Newsflash people:

1) Polish women work as maids in the U.S. So do Mexican and Filipina women.

2) Polish women used to marry guys for green cards in the U.S. Supposedly this trend is coming to an end now with the Polish average income rising.

3) The richest Polish woman in United States got her money through marriage.

4) Mail-order brides came/come from Eastern Europe.

5) I don't get offended when I see Jewish gangsters, hookers, money lenders, etc. on TV. Neither do the British when Hollywood comes up with version 8.05 of the "New Limey Bastard". So why the hell are You so pissed off about 1 hooker/maid?

News / Polish people mocked and humiliated in Season 7 of House MD [60]

you are out of your gord, where did you see a jewish hooker,

Madame Heidi Fleiss, does that ring any bells for you, old chap?

Portrayed numerous times in the media - certainly more often than any Polish prostitute - with another movie in the works, if I recall correctly.

Now for some reason I don't get on the phone to Miramax and threaten Weinstein with bodily harm every time I hear about that Fleiss skank on the telly. Neither do other Jewish people.

i met this female doc my age through an appointment and dont know if there was something there, and i have a chronic illness and no job but she looked into my eyes with a penlight

am i making more out of it cause im going through this, she is a resident i dont know if shes married, she was proffesional but it did come up how beautiful she was.

This is positively great. Your credentials for getting involved with a resident doctor ( or just getting laid with her ) are simply peerless ( as in "no job" ), she must be falling head over heels over you right now as I write, absolutely go for it, don't wait a second longer. After all, it's not like you were just another unemployed dude who couldn't prevent himself from telling her she's got a good ass :)

News / Polish people mocked and humiliated in Season 7 of House MD [60]

1) Please don't teach me about the difference between a madame and a working girl. You're preaching to the choir :) But since You seem to have so much knowledge on the topic, please tell me, what's the difference in the moral sense?

2) How many girls have You heard of that started as a "madame" outright? Just walked into a brothel and said - "lookie here, pretty, unknown girlies I'll be takin' care of the money side of things from now on, you just keep on workin' them asses..." Yeah, thought so. And once a hooker - always a hooker.

3) "real person" - whose life has been extensively covered by the media, who has been the basis of numerous fictional characters, whose name generates 500.000 hits on google, who keeps on making it to the news in the states, etc.

But ok, let's assume You're right.

2 movies.

Please name a Polish prostitute that had two movies made about her.

Get my point?

UK, Ireland / Do Poles and EU Citizens exploit the British welfare state [129]

Havok

Sure, there's a difference, but one can't blame the Brits if they're pissed off.

The way the system is now, anyone can just jump on a plane in Bielsko Biala or some other shithole, get off in Stansted, then run and collect bennies.

Insane.

Love / Nigerian Girls and Polish Guys [43]

Khan, are You being racist again?

I am a Jew born in Poland and have a Polish passport, which depending on how one sees things might qualify me as a "Polish guy".

I've been with black chicks in the past. Not Nigerian, but British girls of Jamaican origin hailing from the lovely Brixton. I don't think that is so unusal or that it qualifies me ( or any other Polish guy involved with a black woman ) as a circus attraction.

As a matter of fact I've also even been with a Pakistani muslim ( but open-minded ) woman ( gotta love London ). How's that for You?

News / Polish people humiliated in the latest episode of Family Guy [51]

I think Stu correctly responded to the whole "Polish being offended" thing here:

Polish people mocked and humiliated in Season 7 of House MD

Love / POLISH GIRLS... wake up and prove you are respectable.... [135]

Polish men have about as much erotic passion as a wet fish. - and You, hailing from bloody Sydney in freaking Australia of all places know all about Polish men, since they literally just rampage up and down the beaches in throngs over there?

Plz, these generalizations are getting crazy.

Love / POLISH GIRLS... wake up and prove you are respectable.... [135]

And...? All I'm saying is that it'd be good to see them in thongs too occasionally... ;)

Madam, I assume You're a blonde...:

thong - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thong_%28clothing%29

thRong - answers.com/topic/throng

Anways, all I said was You're making an unfounded generalization about males from a country located on the other side of the bloody globe. And while I don't doubt Your expertise in the wet fish department, in case of Polish blokes You've probably met one, two tops and are simply in no position to generalize.

Kinda if I ( met about a dozen of Aussie ladies in my life ) said all Australian women are hookers and ****** because that's one of the things that ppl got deported to Australia for in the past.

(Btw... they give us passports you know...) ;) - so You're saying You made it to Poland and Mr Kowalski of Your choice did not make it past the 5 minute line?

Terribly sorry, but still not right to judge a whole nation of ppl like this.

Genealogy / Looking for any and all information on Dabrowski/Dombrowski from Poland [87]

Dabrowski - in Polish it was prolly spelled "Dąbrowski" with that odd "ą" many people find so annoying.

Anyhow, good luck with that mate, I think it is quite a popular name in Poland. Not a "Kowalski" by any stretch, still You'll be doing a ton of digging if You're serious about it.

Language / What I learned so far about the Polish language. [30]

if you are trying to infuriate 'someone' here, if you are trying to infuriate 'someone' here, I tell you, it is not working.

Just stating the facts, I personally don't give a rat's ass about your state of mind.

Here's what I was talking about:

Nigerian Girls and Polish Guys

Love / What are my chances of finding a decent Polish lady? [24]

been to ukraine,kiev was great.interested to try somewhere new,and polish people seem friendly.

I see we've got a man of some experience on our hands. Welcome.

First, let me congratulate You about narrowing Your target down rather well. Because, let's face it, unless You're famous or wheel and deal in showbiz Your chances of getting it on with a British girl in her 20's ( especially a girl with an "amazing and wonderful body" ) don't look too great with You not being a spring chicken and all. Hence You're right, Poland, Ukraine and perhaps a few other states in Eastern Europe are definitely the right places to look for one.

Now, my initial piece of advice is - don't rule out looking in the U.K. completely.

Sure, it is not 2004/2005 anymore and Polish women no longer arrive by thousands every day, many of them looking for a local guy that will make their life much easier. But depending on where You live ( a bigger city, London ideally ) You still have a fairly good chance to become a sugar daddy to some Polish girl in her twenties or thirties who'll simply love You if You let her stay in Your place "for free" and cover the bills. I know a few chaps ( one of them in his late 40's ) in London who successfully used [gumtree.com] ( which stopped allowing personal ads a while ago ) to snatch a girl from Eastern Europe, they placed ads along the lines "Well-off British gentlemen with a house/apartment in ............ looking for a lovely Polish/Czech/Lithuanian girl for friendship, travel and perhaps more". I know, cheesy and very down to business, but it worked for my colleagues, though usually for a few years at best. Find the site, post an ad, don't even post Your photo, You'll most likely be positively surprised by the results.

Now, regarding looking for Polish women in Poland specifically - use a Polish dating site ( like sympatia .pl), don't bother posting in Polish, post in English, write that You think that "Polish women are the most beautiful in the world" and act like the proper English gentleman. The women You're looking for will consider You very special and better than the locals because You are a foreigner ( about 20%-30% of the Polish female population share this belief ), hence underline the fact that You're much different from Polish blokes.

Hope that helps, best of British luck,

Work / Chartered accountant from India joining a company in Poland. Cost of living in Poznan? [29]

Average pay of qualifieds here is about PLN 15-20k gross per month.

False.

Life / Uptight Poles [262]

at least it's so with Polish men...without their mothers and wives they 'd spend their entire life in front of tv eating kielbasa with beer every day and they would change their socks once a month.

Somebody here thinks they are superior because of being born with a vagina :-)

Typical Slavic princess stuff.

Uptight Poles

I've read the topic and I don't get it.

"My Polish <friend> is an uptight, snotty tart that I keep around only because she has a semi-decent behind and I hope to bang it one day" would be a much more appropriate title :-)

I've spent tons of time in Poland, mostly business but also leisure, and by no means do I find all Polish people uptight. What You are doing is looking at what one arrogant girl who probably had no decent upbringing did and saying that her behaviour means all of her people behave like that.

And that's just no good, sir.

Also, I need to point out that during all my time in Poland ( and most other places for that matter ) I never had a person ( male/female ) tell me to stop smoking/drinking/gambling or whatever, it would be a clear sign of disrespect. Either sir You are choosing Your "friends" poorly or You lack what can be described as charisma or presence.

Life / Uptight Poles [262]

Oh, yeah, indeed she is.

Cut out the part about the semi-decent behind then, switch "sir" to "madam" and it is still all there.

I mean I'm sorry, but her telling You not to smoke publicly - wtf is that? Blatant display of lack of respect.

Work / Chartered accountant from India joining a company in Poland. Cost of living in Poznan? [29]

For which qualified jobs??? -

Well...

A respected Polish mid-tier lawyer in a salaried ( non-partner ) position within a bigger firm ( only applicable to legal firms from Warsaw, Wroclaw, Tri-City and Cracow, think Weil, Gotshal & Manges or Domanski, Zakrzewski, Palinka ) will very often make more than 15k zloty net/per month.

Same goes for a lawyer with his own practice outside of said areas, but still within a bigger city - like in Lodz or Szczecin ( though there's usually only a few of them per such city, the rest make less ).

During the real-estate boom I've seen ads for in-house lawyers admitted to the Polish bar with experience in real estate. Foreign developers were looking and were willing to pay adequate salaries ( the numbers I've seen were 60k pounds per annum ). Dunno how these jobs turned out when the market went belly up though.

Doctors - a lot of them make mint in private practice, there's an especially lucrative "new drug testing" market in Poland.

Architects - have personally paid people in excess of 250.000 zloty for what amounted to less than a year's worth of work.

One thing though - we are talking about established professionals educated locally, with, I must stress, very good local personal contacts and years of experience. So that's what the top people make ( and actually I wouldn't be shocked if partners in legal firms I mentioned made 1 mil dollars a year after bonuses ). But the rest... As was said - 5/6 k gross seems a lot more reasonable.

Also, please remember nobody in their right mind will pay an accountant who just got off a plane from India 15-20k zloty gross per month here, since they can easily find local people with the same qualifications for half the amount. Same goes for a lawyer from the prestigious Kandahar Law School with no knowledge of the local standards or a doctor from Bangladesh who doesn't speak Polish.

Life / Uptight Poles [262]

As a M.D after studies my salary would be around 6500 US dollar per YEAR!!!!

That's slightly off-topic ( as was nearly all of Your rant ), dear doctor, but You're whining without a cause there.

6500 USD = 6500 x 2.73 = 17745 PLN = 1478,75 PLN per month.

You must be talking about the bloody "staz" I believe You call it. It only lasts a year. After that it is specialization and After specialization You'll be able to easily make 5-6 times the monthly amout given above.

So cheer up and quit whining.

Life / Uptight Poles [262]

still quiet, I think team poland is regrouping...

Wait, we actually have teams here?

Which one am I on?

Life / Uptight Poles [262]

A good orthopedist in Poland can make 15k net/ easily. Dunno about Trauma, I never had any dealings with them while in Poland.

And if You're that money-oriented ( just look at all these numbers in Your posts ) I can personally point You towards a hospital near the German border in Poland where they will pay You within the realm of 5-7k PLN net while You're going through specialization in orthopedics ( on a basis of a civil contract, they replace a lot of hips of German pensioners and simply need the manpower ). Head doctor is a dick though, supposedly.

salary about 200,000 up to 1,200,000usd/year

If You honestly think that if You emigrate to U.S. then someone will quickly allow You, a guy "fresh off the boat", so to speak, to enter a lucrative private partnership ( that's where doctors make the money similiar to what You describe ) without having tons ( I really mean tons, like in 30 years worth of ) of U.S. medical experience - well, if You honestly think so then You're, quite simply, delusional.

Not to mention the 1.000.000 $ per annum, or even anything above 500.000 $ per annum is usually reserved for top-of-the-foodchain Ivy League educated doctors working in private partnerships in one of the two following fields: orthopedic surgery and plastic surgery.

Good luck getting into either of these in the U.S., You might as well be trying to get into the NFL.

Are you on the same page as the rest of us Midas? ;)

Life / Uptight Poles [262]

Are you on the same page as the rest of us Midas? ;) - totally, I've just seen too many rich doctors in Poland to have any sympathy for a Polish med student complaining and whining <grins>

OK, just checking. ;)

Life / Uptight Poles [262]

Outside of that if you make a friend with Pole they'll stick with you through thick or thin, even if you don't think you're that close. Where as in the US friends come and friends go.

A generalization if there ever was one.

Polonia / Anyone travelling from Warsaw to New Delhi willing to take some of my belongings (photos)? [30]

If I understand correctly, you don't trust a courier, but you trust an anonymous person off a forum?

Nail on the head. Anyone doing that risks serious possible jail time.

"Madam" go find Your suckers somewhere else, this offer of Yours smells worse than the Ganges in summertime.