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Posts by peter_olsztyn  

Joined: 18 Apr 2007 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 5 Feb 2018
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Speaks Polish?: native speaker, w czasie sushi szosa sucha
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peter_olsztyn   
14 Nov 2010
Life / What do Poles want, what drives them...? [58]

We are more pious then most countries.

Pious when it is convenient to us. Living according to the Ten Commandments not always works out fine for us.
peter_olsztyn   
18 Nov 2010
Po polsku / DZIEŃ POLAKA? Dlaczego w Polsce nie ma pracy? [12]

Dlaczego, k...., w Polsce nie ma pracy ?

Polska jest jak jeden wielki kurort. Wszyscy są na wakacjach. Wydają, odpoczywaja, bawia się a skąd maja pieniądze? Nie interesuj sie kolego. Jest takie powiedzonko gruby schudnie chudy zdechnie. Polska jest obecnie w fazie wydawania. Piękni 40 letni żondzom. Posprzedawali ojcowizne pod hipermarkety i pociskają kaszkajami a młodych 20 latków ma sie w d no bo przecież mamy kapitalizm no nie ;)

piękny 40 letni ;)
peter_olsztyn   
21 Nov 2010
Life / What is the best city in Poland to live in? Relocating to Poznan? [41]

Also, I heard something like Warszawianie are not like other Polish people, so to say they are less friendly and more egoistic? ;)

Yup. There is common opinion that they are scum collected from whole Polish countryside. Nobody likes them especially when they do bydło in Masuria.

Gdańsk is my favourite town so I recommend 3city ;)
peter_olsztyn   
2 Dec 2010
Love / Good looking Polish women with ugly men [416]

Hmm guys I rarely noticed here (PF) threads like that how to repair Polish lock, tap, radiator, shower etc but plenty of lets say gossip threads (obrabianie dupy). Big noses, bald heads etc Maybe due of 50 years of deep freeze we are still more masculine than Western guys?
peter_olsztyn   
2 Dec 2010
Love / Good looking Polish women with ugly men [416]

Maybe you need to come over here

no way ;)

I never heard anyone of my friends dare to judge which nation has more handsome men than other.
peter_olsztyn   
3 Dec 2010
Life / Foreigners commenting on Poland - a minefield? [30]

Its totally true, a Pole at work will not do anything unless he is told to

To understand that you should learn how it works in Poland. You are the boss. You pay the salary and have to make orders. We are expected to carry out orders not to thinking. Because our thinking (even logical) may not harmonize with boses thinking. They may be gangstas, thieves or swindlers and you never know what is their present plan. co poeta ma na myśli ;)

So you should gather employees and say I want you guys to be creative now. Thinking is welcomed and will be appreciated ;)
peter_olsztyn   
11 Dec 2010
Life / Why Poland is "surprised" by winter and snow every year? [192]

to shovel all of it into his parking space and then add all the snow from round and on top of my car.

Good job! You are full-time Pole now ;)

I bet if the presidential election in Olsztyn was this sunday then the streets would be so cleared

It looks so funny because one street next to front of my house has one owner and second has another. First is clean including parking bays but second looks like Alpine ski resort ;)

In workplace we can feel safe because we have this
peter_olsztyn   
11 Dec 2010
Life / In Poland for a few months, where to buy digital balances? [9]

I need to buy one of those little digital balances that weight 0.1g+

You don't need a credit card. You can choose za pobraniem payment method and
then have to pay when postman arrives (28zl + 14zl shipment)

allegro.pl/waga-elektroniczna-500g-dokladnosc-0-1g

tel 502626600 gadu gadu: 4152903
peter_olsztyn   
11 Dec 2010
Life / In Poland for a few months, where to buy digital balances? [9]

I don't know any medical drugs that you must weight like this by yourself.

I know your immediate impression my friend but sometimes everybody needs to split a pill into the two equal halves ;)
peter_olsztyn   
20 Dec 2010
Law / Buying a USED CAR in Poland, my personal experiences and TRAPS to avoid !! [133]

Gniezno (nest of liars)

also called capital of metaloplastyka masters ;)

We don't take mileage or painting into consideration. I check rust marks, year stamped on windscreen and other windows, engine noise, overheating, bubles in reservoir, oil leaks, coolant leaks, power stering fluid leaks, clutch condition and count on my inborn fluke ;)

five years ago the streets were still filled with Polonezes

I think you are exaggerating a little :)
peter_olsztyn   
21 Dec 2010
Law / Buying a USED CAR in Poland, my personal experiences and TRAPS to avoid !! [133]

however some smart guys tell you that the windscreen had been changed due to stone damage

Whatever they say I withdraw from transaction even it may be true. But we have developed a solution to avoid the risk. We buy from family members, workmates or friends. Some reach peple feel a pressure to sell a car even after minor bump. If only engine condition is good we do general refurbishment gaskets, simmerings, suspension and use car as long as possible to minimize frequency of buying and risk of being victim of fraud. One of my cars has 350ooo km and still compression isn't below 9 :)
peter_olsztyn   
25 Dec 2010
Language / Niech będzie pochwalony Jezus Chrystus - a religious greeting? [39]

would you say this if you were visiting someone's house and you knew they were very religious?

no, but I don't know anyone very very religious.

Would you use it as a general greeting?

no

Would you use it if you were going to talk to a priest?

As customer I should and yes as an electrician to repair chandeliers I say Dzień Dobry.
peter_olsztyn   
26 Dec 2010
Life / Imitating old peasant-type Polish dialects - polite? [11]

Is that regarded favourably as 'he's like one of us' or would it be seen as taking the p*ss?

and then he slowly put his Omnia HD phone down and we can hear "Don't play stupid maaaan" ;)
peter_olsztyn   
30 Dec 2010
UK, Ireland / I worry about the Poles working in the UK [77]

Good maybe more Poles will go back home

oh no! Before Christmas I have tried 3 times to find a parking place in front of Media Markt and finally gave up. I'm not going to carry the 40" TV in a backpack.
peter_olsztyn   
30 Dec 2010
UK, Ireland / I worry about the Poles working in the UK [77]

PLEASE STAY WHERE YOU ARE

If we have decided, hey people lets try to open the borders and create a one big country and people say yes, it must take some time to equal the level of wealth. In other case it will never succeed. Our bad luck is that it happened in the middle of our lifes :/ So it is goverment task to change regulations to avoid benefit system misuse.

As you can see I live in Olsztyn now and not going to relocate anywhere ;)