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Posts by Rubyoptics  

Joined: 23 May 2011 / Male ♂
Last Post: 11 Jun 2013
Threads: Total: 4 / Live: 1 / Archived: 3
Posts: Total: 16 / Live: 6 / Archived: 10
From: England, Plymouth
Speaks Polish?: Not yet!
Interests: Travel, Reading, Computing

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Rubyoptics   
11 Jun 2013
Study / Top Language Schools to Work for in Warsaw? [32]

Merged: Advice on a language school to work in Warsaw area?

Hello all again, I have finally completed my move to Poland and spent a couple of days sending out my C.V to several language schools in and around the Warsaw area. After checking my emails today I was pleasantly suprised to see I have been invited to attend an interview with TFLS. I have looked around online further and have seen that a lot of student reviews are full of praise for both the school and the teachers, however I was wondering whether any of you had any experience teaching there or heard any good/bad things about it? I would love to hear you comments or views as the interview is in the next two days! Thanks in advance for any help you are able to give me!
Rubyoptics   
2 Feb 2012
Language / Polish was chosen the HARDEST LANGUAGE in the world to learn... :D [1558]

I realise that this is slightly off-topic, however, through various travels through Europe and farther afield (UAE etc) i have found that whilst Polish may not be technically the hardest language to learn (it damn well feels like it though sometimes!!) i think that as an English 30 year old guy, it is the language that i get the most appreciation for TRYING to speak and/or listen. In UAE i learnt a few basic phrases such as please and thank-you and was treated with suspicion, if not downright hostility, in many European country, if you speak and are grammatically in-correct you will be made very aware of it. However, my experiences in trying to speak Polish have been rewarded with smiles (as well as a bit of gentle mocking, so my partner tells me!) but never in a rude or abusive way, more the way you would look at a puppy "awww, look, he is trying to run all on his own!" lol! its a nice feeling and one that encourages me in my efforts greatly. Sorry for the off topic ;)
Rubyoptics   
29 Jan 2012
Law / Registering Foreign Car In Poland [24]

Rich - I'm looking for the anniversary edition, which is available fairly regularly on the second hand market in the U.K, i won't comment on the hairdresser part as obviously everyone has different tastes!!

The total cost of converting your car would be around the 5,000 Zloty mark

Do you have a number for any converters so that i could get a realistic quote please Chris?
Thanks again for the help so far, i really appreciate it
Rubyoptics   
29 Jan 2012
Law / Registering Foreign Car In Poland [24]

That is....disappointing to say the least. Thank you for pointing this out to me and im sorry for wasting your time on something i could have found out with a simple google search. I simply did not think that such cars would be IMPOSSIBLE to register. Oh well!! In that case, does anyone have experience on the Polish availability of the toyota MR2??!!!!! lol
Rubyoptics   
29 Jan 2012
Law / Registering Foreign Car In Poland [24]

Hi again, I received so many helpful responses to my previous posts that I thought I would come crawling back for your help once again! I have been thinking of making a bit of a holiday / road-trip of my move to Poland, driving through Europe to arrive, refreshed (hopefully!) to settle into my new life and all that it may hold. My question is this, apart from the obvious difficulties in driving a right-hand drive car, what difficulties would I face in registering a car bought in the U.K in Poland? Apart from import tax, are there any other financial considerations I should be aware of? How would i go about insuring the car once there or is this a simple one like in the U.K (i am aware that you insure the car rather than the driver). I thank you all in advance for your help and hope you are all well.

Joe
Rubyoptics   
22 Jan 2012
Law / Weapons laws in Poland. Carrying a concealed handgun? [918]

No wonder Poland has been invaded so often

Are you mentally deficient or simply stupid?? Are you seriously suggesting that there is a correlation between legal gun ownership in Poland and the rate of foreign incursion?? Do you actually have ANY idea of the history of Poland as a country??? If not I suggest you take you fked up opinions elsewhere
Rubyoptics   
19 Jan 2012
UK, Ireland / Why are Polish people, especially women, so disrespectful toward the English? [437]

Do all English people expect or deserve respect from the Poles, Poland is a member of the European union and your equal.

This is one of the most truthful statements i have read here. I have lived in several cities that were home for many Polish citizens, and the attitude of "fkin Polish, nickin' our jobs ain't they"...spoken whilst semi-drunk at 11am on a park bench on dole-day, used to sicken and depress me as to the state of my country. If you want work, it is everywhere. Get off your useless fat ass and go get it. Don't spend you lives fantasizing about an invasion of Polish workers stealing your jobs when one never happened.