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PWEI   
12 Dec 2011
Genealogy / My mother was born in Zamość 90 years ago [6]

It's a superb little city and well worth a visit. Go there, you won't regret the trip at all.

[Edit: posted with the wrong username there, sorry all.]
PWEI   
6 Nov 2011
Real Estate / Banks in Poland selling fewer mortgages in 2011, down 49% [285]

yes

Prove it.

so shut up and stop demanding that other should pay 7 times more.

In most places in Poland it is still perfectly possible to buy a flat for three times one's annual wage; as Delph points out by telling us that he bought for 1.5 times their combined income.

Your talking shyte as usual.

Are you claiming that all Poles declare all their income? That's nearly as laughable as your constant claims that property prices will go down by 50%.
PWEI   
6 Nov 2011
Real Estate / Banks in Poland selling fewer mortgages in 2011, down 49% [285]

fact that with prices 10 average earnings

Is that a fact? Have you got any sources to support your supposed fact?

How many times your wage did your apartment cost

I believe it was in the region of three times my annual wage and I put down a 20% deposit.
PWEI   
6 Nov 2011
Work / Advice to schools hiring native speakers [13]

If you actually knew a damned thing about Poland, you'd know that university life is poorly paid in Poland and you can earn far more elsewhere.

Something which I can personally attest to.
PWEI   
6 Nov 2011
Life / Molly-coddling criminals in Poland's hospitals? [6]

In Poland I understand a person is not free to defend himself even if he catches a burglar in his home.

You understand completely wrong. But it's not surprising that you know nothing about how Poland really is (as Delph pointed out above).
PWEI   
6 Nov 2011
Work / Monthly income for family - Warsaw [71]

Is there any special support for foreign children when it comes to Polish language studies?

As far as I know there is absolutely none at all.
PWEI   
6 Nov 2011
Real Estate / Banks in Poland selling fewer mortgages in 2011, down 49% [285]

Harry was lucky to buy when prices were affordable over ten years ago and calling 'young people of today' lazy becuase its now impossible indeed makes him a smug, lucky bastard. He constantly slags Milky off for being an unemployed layabout and therefore unable to buy a home.

Prices now are about two and a half times more than when I bought but wages are also higher than they were ten years ago. I know plenty of people in Warsaw who have flats and mortgages: they manage to pay their mortgages every month, why can't other people?

If a person wants to work hard and own their flat, they can do that. If they want to whine about how unfair everything is and how prices are stupidly high that they rent a place, they can do that instead (and the more of them who do, the better for me).
PWEI   
6 Nov 2011
Work / Monthly income for family - Warsaw [71]

So what percentage of his year salary is your boss spending at the American school for his 2 kids ? 30 %, 50 % ?

I don't know. But I'd be sure that it's less than the figures you give.

From memory the students at ASW are 20% American, 20% Polish and the rest from the remaining 50-odd countries represented there.
PWEI   
6 Nov 2011
Work / Monthly income for family - Warsaw [71]

You are now changing your bet. My boss has two kids at the American school (and a salary of rather more than 150,000zl).
PWEI   
6 Nov 2011
Work / Monthly income for family - Warsaw [71]

Ridiculous fees which i assume are only for American expats living in their American bubble and paid by their companies in their expat packages otherwise that school would never ever have any pupil, i bet.

You would lose that bet on both counts.
PWEI   
6 Nov 2011
Work / Monthly income for family - Warsaw [71]

you may be very sorry for coming to Poland on this sort of money....think twice...people who have expensive tastes do not last long in Poland...

a) You know nothing about Poland and things Polish. Have you even been here?
b) The original poster said nothing at all about her tastes, expensive or otherwise. Clearly you are jealous that some people make money which you can only dream of.
PWEI   
4 Nov 2011
Real Estate / Banks in Poland selling fewer mortgages in 2011, down 49% [285]

With a property tax you basically don't own the property in 20 or 30 years or a hundred, its will weigh you down for ever with effectively a perpetual mortgage.

And if one rents, there is simply no way at all that the landlord will pass that property tax on to his tenants, is there.

But its easy to make cheap snipes at the poor isn't it?

I'm not special. I just worked hard to get where I am now. If other people simply can't be bothered to do the same, I don't want to hear them whining about their lot.
PWEI   
4 Nov 2011
Real Estate / Banks in Poland selling fewer mortgages in 2011, down 49% [285]

and 20-30 years ago ahahah, I was a little too young to purchase when I was around 5.

Work hard so you can earn decent money and you can pay for your flat in under ten years: I did.

But of course one has to work hard and have a skill of value to sell, so that's you out on two counts.
PWEI   
4 Nov 2011
Real Estate / Banks in Poland selling fewer mortgages in 2011, down 49% [285]

the renting argument.

Yes Mark, renting is such a good idea: because after 20 to 30 years you have nothing; while if you buy, after 10 to 30 years you have a valuable asset. I wish I had carried on renting instead of buying my own flat.
PWEI   
4 Nov 2011
News / Polish hero pilot lands 767 without wheels. (Warsaw) [191]

But since Warsaw has become a hub for those from Russia traveling to North America- the quality of the flight has changed.

When did that happen? LOT only flies to two cities in Russia itself (and has done so for many many years).
PWEI   
4 Nov 2011
Law / The Age Old Question: Am I a Polish Citizen? (now American) [11]

I am considering heading to Warsaw in a few months and coughing up near 1000 euro to a lawyer

That would not help at all and would be simply a waste of money.

Personally my concern would be that your great-grandfather left Poland without proof that his military service obligations were completed. If he did not complete such (and you'll need proof that he did, i.e. discharge papers), his citizenship would have been revoked and so would that of his daughter. There was a discussion about a case rather similar to yours here a while back Polish Citizenship request rejected--military service of father

Looks like you need to find his military records before you apply.
PWEI   
4 Nov 2011
News / Polish hero pilot lands 767 without wheels. (Warsaw) [191]

how confident are you going to be that the engine and all landing gear are 100% safe?

If a plane flies into or out of the EU or the USA regularly, I'm 100% confident that the bits which matter are just fine.

Canada might have a better overall service.

Very possible but I haven't flown Air Canada yet (looks like I'll be coming back from New Orleans next year with them). I find that LOT's service can be superb but can also be pretty dire.
PWEI   
4 Nov 2011
News / Polish hero pilot lands 767 without wheels. (Warsaw) [191]

I am willing to bet mine is more accurate, no?

And your less than independent source still shows that Air Canada has an older fleet than LOT does.

another thing- these are talking about averages- not the actual age of the specific planes. I know that the transcontinental air canada planes are a hell of a lot younger, in fact brand new, compared to the transcontinental lot planes.

Really? For Air Canada:
Airbus A319 (37): 13.7 years Of 122 airlines operating this type of aircraft Air Canada ranks 119.
Airbus A320 (36): 18.4 years Of 214 airlines operating this type of aircraft Air Canada ranks 189.
Airbus A321 (10): 9.6 years Of 65 airlines operating this type of aircraft Air Canada ranks 38.
Airbus A330 (8): 11.2 years Of 89 airlines operating this type of aircraft Air Canada ranks 73.
Boeing 767 (32): 17.6 years Of 115 airlines operating this type of aircraft Air Canada ranks 57.
Boeing 777 (18): 3.8 years Of 56 airlines operating this type of aircraft Air Canada ranks 18.

And for LOT: Boeing 767: 17.9 years Of 115 airlines operating this type of aircraft LOT Polish Airlines ranks 60.

airfleets.net/ageflotte/LOT%20Polish%20Airlines.htm
PWEI   
4 Nov 2011
News / Polish hero pilot lands 767 without wheels. (Warsaw) [191]

as for age of fleet- I am comparing to Air Canada -which is what I fly to get back from Poland. The have an all new fleet and a very good reputation.

pip, please try to learn just a tiny bit before posting here.
Average age of the Air Canada fleet is 11.4 years
Average age of the LOT fleet is 8.7 years

The planes flown within Europe seem to be ok

I had the misfortune of flying on a EuroLOT plane yesterday. FYI: Average age of the EuroLOT fleet is 17.4 years
PWEI   
3 Nov 2011
News / Polish hero pilot lands 767 without wheels. (Warsaw) [191]

Let me post this photo for the third time:

The reason the undercarriage is invisible in that photo is because the plane was landed with the undercarriage retracted.

BTW: the professional pilot in this thread has already stated that he'd prefer to do a landing with no undercarriage than with half of it.
PWEI   
3 Nov 2011
News / Polish hero pilot lands 767 without wheels. (Warsaw) [191]

Thats an example of internet discussion , completely unsubstantial replies not connected with the problem

As opposed to claiming that a 767 is a Jumbo jet and that nobody has ever landed a Jumbo without using the undercarriage. Now who was it that did that?
PWEI   
3 Nov 2011
UK, Ireland / What do you like about living in Britain? [134]

Yes, but it is far more hassle to source the ingredients (in correct amounts) and prepare it, especially in Poland. Sometimes all one wants to do is pierce the film and set the microwave.
PWEI   
3 Nov 2011
News / Polish hero pilot lands 767 without wheels. (Warsaw) [191]

Pilot thinking the gear is down as the horn never sounded again, official ruling Pilot Error. No brainier for the Boeing expert.

No, it was a no brainer because the Master Warning circuit breaker was pulled out by cockpit crew during the flight and when flaps were lowered with retracted landing gear, aircraft's Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS) which was independent of the Warning CB, started to howl but that warning was ignored by the crew.
PWEI   
3 Nov 2011
News / Polish hero pilot lands 767 without wheels. (Warsaw) [191]

This will be even clearer when the Boeing expert will rule it pilot error as in all of their investigations, after all there’s company image at stake,

I very much doubt that that would ever happen. Perhaps you can give us an example of such a thing ever happening?