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Posts by croggers  

Joined: 24 Nov 2011 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 3 Dec 2015
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Posts: 109 		From: Poland, Gdansk (Liverpool)
Speaks Polish?: so so
Interests: Music - singing, playing, recording. Football - Liverpool Football Club

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croggers   
19 Jan 2012
UK, Ireland / Why are Polish people, especially women, so disrespectful toward the English? [437]

Can't say that in the 5 years I've been here any woman has been disrespectful to me in anyway . Apart from the wife/mother-in-law/zus women/woman in biedronka/

I've only had a few isolated incidents with Polish guys shouting "KUR*A ANGLI" as they walk past because they can hear me speaking English.
croggers   
19 Jan 2012
News / Poland fines singer for bashing Bible [159]

I'm offended that she didn't actually physically BASH the bible.
In England when you call someone a bible basher it means they are very religious.The irony lol
croggers   
19 Jan 2012
USA, Canada / Can you BE Polish without SPEAKING Polish in the US? [256]

jasondmzk Jan 16, 12, 20:06 Reply / Quote #1
My wife is of the mind that you can not. She has been in the U.S. for two years, and has met a kajillion people with names ending in "-ski" whom delight in telling her, that they to, are Polish. She thinks Polish-American is just American.

I 100% agree with her, that annoys the **** out of me and I'm not even Polish!
croggers   
20 Jan 2012
News / Poland fines singer for bashing Bible [159]

One of my students told me that here in Poland you can get an on the spot fine for causing offence :- calling someone fat/ugly/ calling Jesus a raving homosexual in the street........ any truth to this?

(Just a quick edit there before the lovable grammar police go in for the kill, and when I say lovable I mean I'd absolutely love to volley them in the plumbs) >:o
croggers   
20 Jan 2012
News / Poland fines singer for bashing Bible [159]

Well I assume it would be insulting to Catholics callings Jesus a homosexual, that was my point, not calling someone a homo but calling Jesus one.
croggers   
20 Jan 2012
News / Poland fines singer for bashing Bible [159]

yeah they twist and change religion to suit themselves. If there was such a person as Jesus and he was actually the son of God I'd love to know how different the actual events and RULES were/are. Religious people annoy me, no, people who preach annoy me. THEY OFFEND ME lol
croggers   
20 Jan 2012
USA, Canada / Can you BE Polish without SPEAKING Polish in the US? [256]

let me rephrase my previous question - can I be Polish if I speak Kashubian?

As Kaszubi is in Poland and not an independent country I think you've answered your own question ;)
croggers   
27 Feb 2012
Australia / Mail problem- Poland to Australia, delivery time frame [40]

Post within Poland is an absolute joke! my mother sent a recorded delivery package from England to Poland, it arrived in Poland the next day, I then had to wait 3 and a half weeks for it to get to me. Other packages have still not arrived, after 2 years. Go figure. I also did a little test, I sent two letters, one standard class and one priority class from Gdansk to Torun, the priority letter arrived a week later than the standard class one.
croggers   
11 Mar 2012
Food / Cider now available in Trojmiasto [14]

You can also buy Merrydown cider in Gdansk in Republika, along the motlawa in the old town. The same guy supplies all of the pubs / bars in trojmiasto, he's got a contract with them.

its about 12zl a can.
croggers   
28 Mar 2012
Law / Wish to start an Indian Store in Poland [34]

I'm with Unknown_that_poo, I would absolutely love to be able to buy naans, and other ingredients. I know you can buy naans in m&s but don't fancy the journey from Gdansk to Gdynia just for those. For me Indian is one of the top cuisines in the world :)
croggers   
28 Sep 2012
Life / Want to watch BBC iplayer in Poland? [59]

I've never have any problems with expat shield, never had any problems/viruses, fast and FREE.
;) works with sky player/go itv player/iplayer/4od etc etc, the only thing I cant get to work with it is channel 4 live, all the other live channels work. BBC itv Sky blah blah blah bish bash bosh
croggers   
17 Oct 2012
Law / Open a little cafe in krakow ! Any tips [14]

You might have a point! All kebabs here are Polish'd up - cabbage, that big bread thing etc etc. Would be great to get a 'real traditional' Turkish or even Greek kebab with a lovely fresh flatbread fresh salad and decent quality meat. A real kebab is not such an unhealthy thing, fresh salad good meat etc..... Gdansk needs a good one too.
croggers   
25 Oct 2012
Travel / Is there a healthy expats scene in Poland? (drinks, food, golf, etc.) [143]

I know some British/American people who send their kids to such schools in Poland. What's the point? If at least one parents first language is English why would you even consider sending them to such a place, surely they'll grow up fluent anyway? Got a 5 year old daughter who is fluent in both Polish and English.

Before any of the usual suspects jump in and say 'its not a school just for English/American kids' I do know that, I'm only asking the question of sending those kids, and of course I'm assuming said kids are bilingual in Polish and English already.