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antheads   
17 Apr 2011
Travel / Why most taxis in Warsaw cheat foreigners to get more money? [38]

In Poland the taxi market is what we call the 'amerykanski rynek' meaning american laisre faire capitalism, that is anyone can put a taxi sign on their car and call themselves a taxi and there is no enforcement to stop it. 70 percent of the taxis you see in warsaw are fake and not regulated.

There are only three real taxi companies in warsaw, i suggest you use one of them and you will always get a fare ride. i recomend MPT. The taxi drivers who pay go to the trouble and are legit regularly have big fist fights with the fake taxi drivers..

its crazy
antheads   
23 Apr 2011
News / Raising Poland's legal drinking age to 21 [95]

If everything were legal, addiction rates would be much higher. People used to get addicted to morphine in large numbers when it was available over the counter in various tonics..

That's not true, when morphine was legal most people were not aware of its addiction potential, it was marketed as a cure for all. There's a greater question here, should goverments have the right to make criminals out of people consuming a certain substance.

Regulation rather than legalisation is the way to go.

As for the 21 year law it won't work. But other regulations such as the hours you can buy alcohol would.

For instance in oz you can buy alcohol only from special 'bottle shops' which close at 10pm.
Most alcohol problems occur once the bottle of vodka has been drunk and then you wander off at midnight or 3am to get another. Having limited opening hours might curb this problem.
antheads   
23 Apr 2011
News / Raising Poland's legal drinking age to 21 [95]

Obviously, authorities are seeing a problem with alcohol addiction in Poland, that is why they want to do something about it. They should be applauded for caring, not criticized and condemned. The 21 and up law is a good idea

Well yes, the more freely avaible a substance is the more it can be misused. But the flip side incarcerating people for utilising that substance. Cigarettes are as addictive as morphine do you support the prohibition of cigarretes?

People knew it was addictive because they got addicted to it. They figured it out.

Thats circular logic, there were no warning labels, it was sold in an unregulated market to an uneducated populace. Do you think oxycontin would have got so popular if the drug maker/doctors had told users it was as addictive as heroin?>
antheads   
24 Apr 2011
UK, Ireland / Brits say being drunk senseless while visiting Poland is national trait [98]

More than a quarter of Britons think getting drunk senseless in Poland is a national characteristic, according to a survey released to mark England's national day.

An Opinium Research poll of 2,012 British adults found that 60 per cent thought drinking tea was a national trait, closely followed by talking about the weather.

Forty per cent associated a "stiff upper lip" mentality - stoicism in the face of adversity - with being British.

Meanwhile 32 per cent thought supporting the royal family was a British characteristic, as the country gears up for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton on Friday.

Twenty-eight per cent thought that getting drunk senseless and being an absolute twat while vistiting Poland was a British attribute, while fewer than one in three thought working hard made people British.

"Our research has revealed that it's hard to pin down what it means to be British, but being a drunken wanker in Poland is a defining characteristic" said Opinium Research managing director James Endersby.

"With several stereotypical attributes making the list as well as wider personality traits, it goes to show that Britishness is a complex mix of characteristics."
antheads   
24 Apr 2011
UK, Ireland / Brits say being drunk senseless while visiting Poland is national trait [98]

As I said the signs have been changed to no stag parties. Since 100 percent of tourist stag parties are english or british. Its quite easy to see what they are implying. Stag parties give all poms a bad name in poland. Also there are several skinhead bars that will collect english scalps.
antheads   
1 Aug 2011
News / Polish final report on Smoleńsk aircrash [870]

pprune.org/rumours-news/415657-polish-presidential-flight-crash-thread-45.html
great thread from pilots perspective..

the pilots seem to agree with convex and seamus :)
antheads   
1 Aug 2011
Australia / Thinking about moving to Australia [40]

great weather, more relaxed lifestyle, laid back no worries it'll be good attitude of the people
antheads   
16 Aug 2011
Travel / Cheapest fare to poznan from Berlin? [10]

u cannot pay in euros in any polish trains apart from international 'intercity trains, best not to pay on the train at all but at the station
antheads   
19 Aug 2011
History / 'Battle of Britain' won thanks to Polish aces !! [158]

theres a great movie about Czech fighter pilots called dark blue world, the film contains scenes that have been described in this thread including the bicycle training :)

youtube.com/watch?v=TKjR1V-Dg14
Click this icon to move up back to the quoted message. Polish letters: Ą ą Ć ć Ę ę £ ł Ń ń Ó ó Ś ś - ź Ż ż
antheads   
4 Oct 2011
Life / Polish Hip Hop [47]

draco like your style to this i have to add

youtu.be/I_YyySggojk

youtu.be/21hZY_2l574

youtu.be/pd4u2neioCg

youtu.be/9Ck7va-OdHg
antheads   
6 Oct 2011
Travel / Why does everyone seem to hate LOT Polish Airlines? [382]

Well as you know ironside, many of the areobridges are unused and they still buses to ship people out to the planes. Therefore if you were late to boarding it might have been more of an effort than at an aero bridge, but yes you are right to an extent, it actually takes another 10 or so minutes to find the passengers bag and offload so sop is to delay the flight slightly for the passenger who has checked in but not yet boardedl.

Now i feel this may have been an individual staff problem and not an indictment of lot in general. They have made some good strides lately, and considering their ceo is only on 200k or so, are playing it smart. Their new long haul route to vietnam has been a sucsess and the only reason their long haul planes appear old is that they are waiting for the massively delayed 787s, like everyone else.
antheads   
7 Oct 2011
Travel / Why does everyone seem to hate LOT Polish Airlines? [382]

To be fair, you don't know that.

Ironside, how many minutes before departure did you arrive at the gate? was it an iternational or domestic flight?

Did they put you on the next flight? How much extra did you have to pay?
antheads   
10 Oct 2011
Travel / Traveling! What to do in Warsaw and Krakow? [39]

my friends run a hostel called balloon hostel, its just recently reopeneed i highly recomend it, its very intimiate, run by artists and is not the usual krakow drunken pom dive. Yes there is a overnight train from budapest to krakow.
antheads   
1 Nov 2011
Travel / Why does everyone seem to hate LOT Polish Airlines? [382]

Plane of the LOT Polish Airlines Boeing 767 crash-landed in Warsaw Okecie . On board were 231 people. No one was injured. The machine had an emergency landing after it has slid chassis . Despite this , the pilot safely seated on the machine airstrip . The hero is Captain Tadeusz Wrona . During the landing appeared a small fire, but the airport service was immediately suppressed .

Amazingly perfect belly landing from the pilots.. This particular 767 was built in 96 so not that ancient asia
antheads   
7 Nov 2011
News / The Political Circus of Poland [309]

how is palikots movement first days in parlament? ?What bills do they plan to introduce?
antheads   
20 Dec 2011
Life / The Adult Entertainment Industry in Poland? [67]

Wroclaw Boy

its bulk standard small time movie maker software with a world class finish

Come on wroclaw boy don't underrate yourself, i am in film production as well and fcp is up there with the best of them but scales down to home projects as well. I prefer it to avid. Check out the features that were edited with fcp

Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)
300 (2007)[11]
Black Snake Moan (2006)
Happy Feet (2006)
Zodiac (2007)
The Simpsons Movie (2007)
No Country for Old Men (2007) (Academy Award nominee for Best Editing – Roderick Jaynes)
Reign Over Me (2007)
Youth Without Youth (2007)
Balls of Fury (2007)
Gabriel (2007)
Enchanted (2007)
Traitor (2008)
Burn After Reading (2008)
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) (Academy Award nominee for Best Editing - Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
(500) Days of Summer (2009)
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)[11]
A Serious Man (2009)
Tetro (2009)
By the People: The Election of Barack Obama (2009)
Gamer (2009)
Eat, Pray, Love (2010)
True Grit (2010)
The Social Network (2010) (Academy Award winner for Best Editing - Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall)
What Women Want (2011)
John Carter (2012)
Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012)
antheads   
21 Jan 2012
Life / Poland - abandon all logic [25]

but none of the ticket Sellers speak anything other than Polish.

That must be dificult for you., Imagine the audacity, speaking to you in the countries native tongue, I hope you got the cane out and gave the native a good beating!