Life / 3 reasons why you hate Poland. [1049]

The frowns

The smoky bars

The exceptionally anal retentive... (not in this order!) ;)

(They are also the things I like about the place!) :S

Australia / Places to live in Melbourne... [36]

Well it's the one thing I'm counting on...

;P

Australia / Places to live in Melbourne... [36]

Yes, but I haven't seen the size of your buckets. ;)

Love / 12 years of marriage my Polish wife still doubts me [74]


Well the idea that you can repeat doing something the same way and get different results. Try a new method. :)


Ok, so you make love and you laugh... what's the problem again???


A balloon flight... a speedy jet boat ride down a canyon??
Lose your breath? Exhilarate your senses??


Listen buddy.. why don't you just keep buying her flowers, f*cking her and making her laugh...? That way she'll keep whinging at you??? :S


Maybe her doubting is good...? It's her way of thinking that she still has to earn your love, and also her way of making believe that you are a good conquest???

Travel / Is Poland worth visiting? [35]

Nice.


You might find it goes feral...

And then we'll be hearing it on the TV. :)

Cute kids btw. :)

However I *do* think that this clip would do more for your national economy...

Love / 12 years of marriage my Polish wife still doubts me [74]

Sometimes you can squeeze the life out of an idea until its suffocated...

You know the best remedy for you both...?
Laughter.

Is it possible that you can, as a couple, go out and do something a little out of the ordinary? Where you both leave your comfort zone and say at the end of it... ''that was really awesome!''

Family life can bring you both a little under the weather and it's no-one's fault that you end up turning on each other. She may just need not to be so intensely focused on the relationship?

Cause it seems you have all the symptoms of a lot of boredom and frustration? And that can make you each feel unattractive, helpless, like a failure, whatever! Try to change the picture a bit instead of changing the people in the picture. Try to explore your (and her) wilder sides a little?


And some are like weeds that grow just fine without. :)

Expectation can lead to suffering... take care of yourself first. ;)

Australia / Places to live in Melbourne... [36]


Just enough to displace all the rain... ;)

Australia / Places to live in Melbourne... [36]


Thanks! Not the best place but not the least. (It's above ground...) ;) But the agent's still a tyrant!


Nah... I was forced to by default all during my youth and I enjoy the odd game, but everything in moderation. ;)


Well of course you'd be more than welcome!


I know little about the AFL culture down here, but if I was to say..

''Good old Collingwood forever,
we know how to play the game.
Side by side we stick together,
to uphold The Magpies name.
Hear the barrackers a shouting,
as all barrackers should,
Oh, the premiership's a cakewalk
For the good old Collingwood...'' Would that appease you...? ;)


Naked Beach Volleyball??


And the hair's no longer ridiculous!


I'm planted here for the time being... :)


Hmm... the flying missiles of impassioned supporters no doubt?


Exactly?? Close to a bucket full??? But they do their best to appear to you one at a time... ;)

(Close to 4 million).

How many are Collingwood supporters I wonder?

Life / Sexual culture in Poland [66]


Yes... it involves the dark and pictures of Mary...???

Life / St Patrick's day in Poland [272]

Omg... you even intellectualise St Patricks day?? No wonder it's no fun here anymore... ;)

Australia / Places to live in Melbourne... [36]

I like Melbourne. :)

Yeah, I've noticed the lycra parade on Saturdays... They look a little intimidating...
I just muck around on bikes to get from A to B, but maybe if I wanted to take myself *really* seriously...

I'm right near the Etihad stadium so I've *practically* seen a game already... is that meant to be an insult...? ;) (This is the part where my cultural ignorance of Melbourne is to my detriment...)

Be nice! I mean we've got guys in short shorts in Sydney but they're usually heading out to Oxford Street! ;)

Anyways, I'm pretty much sorted... but any further insights or tid-bits of information will be warmly received.

Many thanks. :)

Feedback / How many hours a day do you dedicate for PF and how often? [21]


In other words, never... like now... ;)

Too often in the past, too little at present. But life (and PF) goes on... regardless...

(If I could have my life again I would be here from day one... as a nonsense speaking semi-Pole. ;))

Australia / Places to live in Melbourne... [36]


Hey, Ugg *is* an Australian brand... ;)


Hey, I'm not looking for factory outlets, I'm more looking for facts on inlets...? Scenic bike paths, places to take ferry rides, good kebabs, cheap oil heaters, street festivals, rousing AFL teams to support...???


Oh I'm sure Melbourne's got enough where that's concerned. ;)


Le life fantastique! :)


Advice heeded... I just wish I received it this morning... :S


I want Bikies at my doorstep and Underbelly in me backyard... ;)
Hey, where I'll be living, I reckon I'll get it! (The things we sacrifice for an extra hour in bed...) :S

Edit: And nobody told me about the wall of cars I'd meet on Citylink.. :S

I mean is that meant to be your idea of street art or did I just discover the weakness of your tram system???

Yes! I want answers!!! ;)

USA, Canada / Moved back from Canada to Poland:). Here are the reasons why. [868]


What, one foot in front of the other? ;P


Overpriced Tampons...

I joined the Union today... does that count? :S

Enough sarcasm... I'm going to bed. :)

Off-Topic / How would Poles react to a visit from Queen Elizabeth? [72]

Are we talking about the QE2..? Now *that* would be an official visit... People would come out in droves... ;)

Off-Topic / How would Poles react to a visit from Queen Elizabeth? [72]

They'd show her how to make tea..

And they could each swap back what doesn't belong to them..

Australia / Places to live in Melbourne... [36]


Well I though that would be found on Swanston or Collins.. but I found a little bit of this a little bit of that everywhar...


I'm at Docklands baby. ;) Living it up... (for now!)


It didn't rain *that* hard. ;) I appreciate the differential...


By the way... where's the ruff end of this b1tch? ;P

Feedback / I like the new buttons of PolishForums! [76]


Very well thanks Mr w6 and 8. How's the subject of life treating you?

I'm on the eve of something extraordinary and deliriously dull... I've moved towns and acquired new neighbours!

I could have really done with some help from you blokes too you know. :S

But no, what do you guys do? Fiddle with the switches on the already user friendly web page...

Typical! ;D

When all I *really* want is Gothic lettering...
PLEASE!!

Feedback / I like the new buttons of PolishForums! [76]


Hey, we're not exactly talking about Apple's best and most brilliant... ;)

Australia / Places to live in Melbourne... [36]

I'm here! No rain. Luxury apartment. Full to the brim on high octane coffee (what the *hell* do you guys put in your Lattes??) And ready to take on the ''strip'' with an empty stomach and an eye for accessories...

Good morning Melbourne!

Pleased to meet you. :)

edit: Oh, and you guys are now my *only* friends in this whole city... :S

Australia / Places to live in Melbourne... [36]

Hey thanks, friendly Melburnian! Will check out said places. It seems there's an abundance of livable suburbs in Melbourne. :)

It's not on any fault lines I hope... :S

Australia / Places to live in Melbourne... [36]

Hey, Sob. I appreciate your inside help.

I get there next week and have another 3 weeks to check things out. Should be able to locate a great place in that time...

Goodbye Sydney :( again...


No I think the centre is something I picked up in England... just like ''going into town'' is..

Now I need to ask the most important of all questions... Which football team to cheer on this season?? Essendon?

Up the SWANS!! :))

Love / Polish girlfriends testing guys with "Are you Angry with me" texts [59]

Waht! You disagree with southern??? He's losing his touch... ;)

Australia / Places to live in Melbourne... [36]

Have decided on one of the areas on the train line going to Broady... so I can make a quick get away if things get rough... ;)

Any suggestions? Flemington??

To be honest I'll probably just decide when I get there. Decisions come at an instant when you have all the information necessary...

Any idea how long that trip would take? From the centre to Broady?

Cheers.

Australia / Places to live in Melbourne... [36]


Yeah hey why not? For the most expensive tram ride in the city...


Nooo! There must be public transport...? Trains?? *Gulp!* Hitch hike?? (Hitch a hitchings???) ;)


No kidding! And I was heading to Melbourne for its quaint history of old curiosities... ;)


Don't worry I'll pick up the slack... ;)

Speaking of picking up the slack and curiosities... remember this golden jewel of Australian prime time television?

youtube.com/watch?v=WYF7G7Gitrk
She sounds so sexy singing that lead in tune...

Australia / Places to live in Melbourne... [36]


No, alas, work based training in glorious Broadmeadows... :S


Ok, well I guess as long as it's not *too* hectic. I do like the sound of central though... :)


I start looking in earnest tomorrow. I will arrange some inspections for the weekend I arrive (I'm not *too* fussy really) But you know what they say... location, location, location! ;)


I was afraid that might happen... *sigh*, modernity... And for what? And extra 2 miles an hour?? :S (As long as they still rattle!)

P.S. Lazy arse... ;p

Australia / Places to live in Melbourne... [36]

Ok guys, well I'm only around for 10 months or so so want to experience the ''real'' Melbourne..

I'm aiming for Fitzroy at the moment and I'll be commuting everyday out of town. I guess I want a good vibe (not too suburban) but leafy and green and multi-cultural, with more of a day buzz than a night time party atmosphere... I'll be studying.

Good transportation links are imperative and not too near busy roads... somewhere you can cycle and with a good street scene... (am I really fussy??)

What I'm saying is I want a good experience, but I've lived in dumps before - but obviously as long as it's safe, it can be somewhat lively??

I want diverse and arty, NOT yuppy. I'm not married with children... ;)

And I want to get on these funny things...

edit: oh, and I'll likely be renting with others.

Thanks. :)

USA, Canada / Moved back from Canada to Poland:). Here are the reasons why. [868]

Can you feck off little Miss perfect...

What great contributions to civilization are you making pray tell...? And to Poland for that matter?


And it seems this idiot Asik has very firm ideas about what everyone should be... which is ironic considering she is a Pole (who still considers herself a Pole) living Downunder.

I think she's a waste of space and should be ignored (though I am having trouble taking my own advice there it seems...)

Aphro, what you contribute to this forum is actually life experience, and a refreshing breaking of the mould of what Poles should or shouldn't be...

Cause it's not actually *Polishness* that drives the Polish mentality... but often, not knowing any different... ignorance. ;)

Goodness knows, attitudes don't change unless the next generation rocks the boat a little. Poles have to accept that they don't always have the *best* ways of approaching things... and actually a combination of methods usually works best.

I think it's generous of you to share these insights...
Don't let the negativity of your compatriots bring you down... then they have won. :)