Food / UK beers in Poland and for what price? [7]

Big Tesco stores definitely have them. As do Alma.

Travel / Restaurant reviews in Poland. [86]

Krakow:

Pizza Garden - Best pizza I've ever eaten ul. M. Konopnickiej. Fantastic brick fired oven. Tiny and no booking avaliable. Gets VERY busy. BE warned.

Moaburger - New Zealand burger place - akin to Gourmet Burger Kitchen in the UK. Delicious pink burgers made fresh on the premesis. Run by a New Zealander. ul. Mikolajska 3

China City - The only Chinese worth going to. Polish style Chinese is rank as, but this place is authentic and good (albeit a little expansive) ul. Brzozowa 18. Décor is horrendous. Food is lush. Dim Sum anyone?

Ogniem i Mieczem - Proper polish food. Mock banquet style. Very expensive. Excellent for tourists. Away from the main town. Their specially made honey vodka is delicious. I recommend the ribs. Serkowskiego 7

UK, Ireland / Fertile Polish Women in the UK [87]


Pints of cheap Stella. Jeremy Kyle. Fake Burberry. Rowdiness. Mad fer it. Up for a fight. Staffordshire bull terriers. Fake tan. Wilful ignorance. Sofa rotting in the front garden. Littering. Chain Smoking.

Surely a culture that must continue. More of the same please. Long may it continue.



Not every Polish is good. Not everything British is good.

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2971]

Why is it a good question? We could grow an endless amount of any type of cell in a lab. It's a completely pointless question. I don't even understand why it's being asked to be honest.

Why are we attempting to draw parallels between the human brain to that of a fruit fly?

Why are we trying to compare a small functioning brain of a completely different animal to a quite frankly small number of human brain cells which are completely non-functional? Are we going to start counting heart cells in petri dishes?

A fully developed human brain contains 100 billion FUNCTIONING neurons. WTF have fruit flies got to do with it?

A bunch of cells does or the number of them does not equate to life. Its the interaction which they have with other cells and in turn the outside world which is important.

Ridiculous.

Babies are born with all the brain cells theye are going to have, the same number as an adult.

A fully developed fruit fly's brain contains 0.0001% of the cells of a fully developed human brain (in numbers). But here's the rub..... It's a fruit fly.

Love / Aliments and abortion (I was married to a Polish guy) [64]

Good work champ champ. This guy doesn't have a leg to stand on. Keep strong.

Feedback / I love this forum - It's so Polish: tolerant, inconsistent, amusing [184]

We love you too!

Life / Where to buy a Christmas Tree in Krakow? [11]

Unfortunately I don't have a car. So They will have to be somewhere accessible by tram.

Life / Childrens bedroom furniture - where to buy directly in Poland without waiting 8 weeks [6]

I second Ikea. It has some lovely stuff (don't take your kid- s/he'll want everything)!

Life / Where to buy a Christmas Tree in Krakow? [11]


Typo.

I went to OBI today on Wielicka. They have loads at a reasonable price. I'm returning tonight with the better half - there were so many different types I got scared to talk to the sellers I ran away like a coward.


This INFURIATES me. I hate it when people put their tree up so early, by the time the celebrations begin the tree is dead! My mum always used to put the tree up on Christmas Eve. This was in the UK. Most of my friends thought it was ******* to do so. Got one over on my friends though... the angels used to bring ours when we had a nap.

Life / Where to buy a Christmas Tree in Krakow? [11]


Because Christmas is coming and we are celebrating Wigilia with my boyfriend's family at our flat. Wigilia needs a tree.

UPDATE:

I got an artificial one in the end. It looks nice though. I also managed to spend 200zl on decorations - the shame!. Basically if it glittered, I bought it. I'm *such* a magpie. Don't ever let me near anything shiny.

Life / Where to buy a Christmas Tree in Krakow? [11]

Oh....Here we go! Look I'm not going to discuss that here. Want to talk about it? Start your own thread.

Life / How can I volunteer my time in Poland to help the less fortunate over Christmas? [5]

I was wondering the same thing. Not sure there will be much use for me- my Polish is non existent. If I could help I'd love to.

History / What do Poles owe to Hungarians? [231]

In Return the Poles never ratified the ghastly Trianon treaty. So the thanks are reciprocated.

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2971]


Ray Comfort (The guy who produced this video), is a religious fruitcake, Young Earth Creationist, and a moron and has been debunked many times as evidenced by the debate between him and thunderfoot. He's an ill-educated nut. Ad-hominem? You bet! Doesn't make him any less of a repulsive individual though... no one takes him seriously.

Ladies and gentlemen I give you bananaman:

youtube.com/embed/YfucpGCm5hY

More Ray Comfort:

Here they talk about morality. There's a bit about abortion in here. This video is far better than the last one.

youtu.be/1Bn62F5pvp0

Work / Teaching English in Poland....CELTA or TESOL certificate? [66]

Work hard and aim for a graded pass. Rule of thumb for the CELTA; IF you think "That'll do", it probably won't.

Prepare to have no life. Not even weekends.

Work / Teaching English in Poland....CELTA or TESOL certificate? [66]

I was talking about the CELTA itself. I didn't realise you had already started it.

Getting a job will be much easier with a graded pass, as in my experience most schools will forgive lack of experience over it.

Finding a job in March will be difficult but not impossible. I found one in February last year, but it was only a couple of lessons per week plus cover- not much to scrape by on but I was lucky because I had no accommodation costs.

I worked my bum off, and said yes to everything, and now I've got a pretty sweet deal. I work 9-5 ish with only one late finish at 7.45, 28 (actual) hours per week and I don't work weekends.

If you're lucky you might be able to wing a place in a school that pay your tax and ZUS directly. I did, and so I get a little less cash in my hand, but overall if you work it out on pre-tax I think it works out a winner, because I don't need to worry about getting sick.

Don't be afraid to say no to schools if their contract is shocking. You don't want to work for a school where the staff are taken the **** out of. One joker offered me 55pln per 90 minutes without paying tax or ZUS - all lessons were pre prepared (that was his excuse), another said that if I was sick during the contracted times of work that I would personally have to find my own cover. The money was better 40-50pln per 50mins but she didn't pay ZUS either.

This is in Krakow.

If you're not tied in to where you can work, like I am, I'd advise going to a smaller, less saturated place where demand for natives is higher. You'll command a better salary, and be in demand. Others can advise you on these places. I'm pretty much in the worst place for ESL, but I couldn't choose where to work.

Good luck and keep us posted!

UK, Ireland / Why are Brits so left-wing? [60]


Sound like you read the Daily Mail faaaaar to much.

Life / Want to watch BBC iplayer in Poland? [59]

I use expatsheild. But I also use adblock with firefox. No ads. No crap. They added a load of servers to it the other month so its pretty fast. Fast enough for HD.

Travel / Driving in Poland, are there any rules at all? [149]

The driving standard (and the lack of manners that come with it, the awfully thought out highway code etc) here is the singular most infuriating thing about living here.

Being a pedestrian is even worse. Poland has the highest number of pedestrian road deaths in the EU by far.

Pedestrians are treated by the authorities like second class citizens, with the police preferring to fine pedestrians who jaywalk (which is a statistically provably unhelpful or even damaging law) or cross in the wrong place over cars who refuse to stop for them on zebra crossings, or plough through when you have "the green man".

The amount of near misses I've had on pedestrian crossings is ridiculous. I've seen a car get sick of waiting for the pedestrians crossing on a zebra, rev her engine, and hit someone pushing their bike across the road, knocking them over.

A truly civilised society should ALWAYS give concessions to the most vulnerable. In this case pedestrians. Who seem to have "equal rights" to the road - not more.

It could be that when you pass your driving test here you get a "right to drive" not a "licence". Nitpicking at the terminology is one thing, but we all know what the Poles are like when it comes to "who has the rights/who is right" etc.

Real Estate / Supply vs Demand - How long can contractors continue to push? Krakow [15]

The problem is they demand too high a price.

Hanging in there and waiting for the "good old days" to come back.

Life / Professional feminists' of Poland meet-up [631]

I've been reading this thread from the beginning. I can't be bothered to contributesubstantially to various points made because there is too much frothing and obvious seething hatred from some posters on here. Also, good soundly reasoned arguments are ignored because they don't fit with certain viewpoints. Confirmation bias is rife while academic reading and a basic knowledge of sociology and history seem to be severely lacking.

It's really kind of sad that there is so much ignorance perpetrated by some of the most prolific posters. I puts Poland in a bad light and tbh I'm bored of posting here because of the astounding logical hoops some posters seem to jump through.

F-stop and Englishman, you guys have put un an astounding effort. Thanks for showing that not all living in Poland are bereft of critical thought.

Really some of the opinions about "women" on this thread are shameful.

Life / Professional feminists' of Poland meet-up [631]


I didn't say I was offended. The shame belongs to those touting illogical rubbish which is gravitating around their own confirmation bias. So you can keep your label of "offended" and also keep your straw man effigies of "offended women" coming out in their droves.

There is no point in arguing specifics with people who when confronted with widely accepted accepted ideas and stats by the vast majority of sociologists, in response give out rather dubious statistics for rather dubious sources. In this way it's like trying to argue with creationists. It doesn't matter what evidence you show. It is simply ignored as people have invested too much ego and emotion into it.


As for this: as with every social, or political movements there are radicals in every corner. My question to you is what kind of feminist are you (as well as others) addressing here?

Social feminism?
Marxist feminism?
Sex positive feminism?
Reformist feminism?
I-feminism?
Radical Feminism?
Cultural feminism?
Difference feminism?
Liberal feminism>

Because all these groups have vastly different ideas of what feminism is, and how to tackle inequality, some of whom are also taking on angles of politics, gender, sexuality and race.

FWIW, I think modern radical feminists have done a hell of a lot of damage to the egalitarianism of feminist movement. As with most movements, the ones who shout the most get the most attention (and usually these people come from a biased position to start with). Other feminists are actively trying to repair the damage caused by these screaming idiots, but I don't actually expect the nuances and the history to be discussed here - partly because no one here seems to be bothered about reading any of the vast streams of literature on the subject - relying solely on "feelings" but mainly because of the vast lack of cranial ability of the most prominent "screamers" on this forum, and their inability to tell the difference between good and bad research.

For those interested, here's a link describing the different socio-political aspects of the feminist movement. Which ones do you agree with?

Knock yourselves out. Or don't.

sparkcharts.sparknotes.com/womens/womens/section4.php

Life / Professional feminists' of Poland meet-up [631]

Click on the link provided. It's all there for you.

You, Polonius, are a cultural feminist.

Cultural feminism: Focuses on women's inherent differences from men, including their "natural" kindness, tendencies to nurture, pacifism, relationship focus, and concern for others. Opposes an emphasis on equality and instead argues for increased value placed on culturally designated "women's work."

As for i-feminsim
lmgtfy.com/?q=i-feminism

And yes, there is also Christian feminism
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_feminism

Life / Professional feminists' of Poland meet-up [631]

I doubt Polonnius would advocate I-feminism because of its very strong pro choice stance.


And polinius, I have not officially declared you anything. If you wish to describe yourself as a feminist that is up to you!

Feminism simply asks for equality between genders. If you want that then you are feminist. The argument is how we reach equality and in what form

I consider myself Humanist first. But a liberal, sex positive feminist second because I concede that equality (how I would define it) has not yet been reached.

Life / Professional feminists' of Poland meet-up [631]


Again Polonius. Different feminists, different viewpoints.

There are pro life feminists, who would be rather unhappy at your depiction of them.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-life_feminism

Life / Professional feminists' of Poland meet-up [631]

And now I'm just going to go back to lurking again and rolling my eyes from the sidelines.

Where's the facepalm smiley when you need one?

Life / Polands' Generation Y = instant generation [22]

Why are you so against people earning a decent living wage with reasonable working conditions Polonius?

Life / Polands' Generation Y = instant generation [22]

Fair do's.

I wonder why you even mention it? It's a bit of a non thread then, isn't it? Anyone could start a thread describing a caricature pulled out of thin air. Do you have an opinion?

The answer to your op, succinctly put, is no. I don't recognise the caricature.

UK, Ireland / English courses in London [26]

I used to live in Ealing. There are at least 2 schools one of which is British Council accredited.

There is also a Japanese school in Ealing Common which teaches English.

In London prices can get very cheap. I taught at a British Council accredited school which would teach practise classes for as little as £1.50 per hour ( with CELTA trainee teachers). That was in Queensway... a 15 minute journey away. Please check out your local competition and make sure your staff are qualified.

The living standard for me as an English teacher in Krakow is far better than as an English teacher in London.

Keep that in mind.

Best,

G
xxx