ifor bach
20 Feb 2012
Work / Minimum basic salary in Poland [96]
Some basic information on Polish salaries in English:
Where ?
Some basic information on Polish salaries in English:
Where ?
ifor bach
20 Feb 2012
Work / Minimum basic salary in Poland [96]
szczecinian.eu/index.php/2012/02/how-much-do-szczecinians-and-poles-earn/
szczecinian.eu/index.php/2012/02/how-much-do-szczecinians-and-poles-earn/
ifor bach
20 Feb 2012
Work / Minimum basic salary in Poland [96]
So the person who wrote that she earned that amount was lying?
Probably, you don't know what a 'cashier' is/does, and have confused it with something like 'accountant'..
So the person who wrote that she earned that amount was lying?
Probably, you don't know what a 'cashier' is/does, and have confused it with something like 'accountant'..
ifor bach
20 Feb 2012
Work / Minimum basic salary in Poland [96]
Either the person who wrote that's how much she earns is lying, or that's how much she gets,
Why would she lie about it?
A cashier doesn't earn that kind of money in the cities or even big towns because quite honestly, no-one will get out of bed for that.
The only people who will get out of bed for that are the ones who are already claiming "renta" and who want to be paid on the side.
The only people who will get out of bed for that are the ones who are already claiming "renta" and who want to be paid on the side.
Either the person who wrote that's how much she earns is lying, or that's how much she gets,
Why would she lie about it?
ifor bach
20 Feb 2012
Work / Minimum basic salary in Poland [96]
Thanks. Remember that the salaries quoted in the article are 'netto' rather than 'brutto'.
Thanks. Remember that the salaries quoted in the article are 'netto' rather than 'brutto'.
ifor bach
21 Feb 2012
Love / 'Seks po polsku' - the sex lives of Poles: [45]
At the end of 2011, the famous Professor Zbigniew Izdebski of the world-renowned Zielona Góra University conducted vital research into the important question of how frequently Poles 'do it', for how long, how much they enjoy 'doing it', and other important procreation related queries.
szczecinian.eu/index.php/2012/02/seks-po-polsku-the-sex-lives-of-poles/
At the end of 2011, the famous Professor Zbigniew Izdebski of the world-renowned Zielona Góra University conducted vital research into the important question of how frequently Poles 'do it', for how long, how much they enjoy 'doing it', and other important procreation related queries.
szczecinian.eu/index.php/2012/02/seks-po-polsku-the-sex-lives-of-poles/
ifor bach
21 Feb 2012
Travel / Is ice bathing common in Poland? [3]
Is ice bathing common in Poland?
szczecinian.eu/index.php/2012/02/morsy-walruses-szczecins-sub-zer o-swimmers
Is ice bathing common in Poland?
szczecinian.eu/index.php/2012/02/morsy-walruses-szczecins-sub-zer o-swimmers
ifor bach
8 Mar 2012
Life / History of Dzień Kobiet (Women's Day) in Poland: [13]
'International Women's Day' was first celebrated in Poland in 1948, when it was arbitarily imposed by the powers that be from the former Soviet Union, replacing the former Catholic celebration, the feast of Wincenty Kadlubek. Despite its inauspicious origins in the Stalinist period, 'Dzień Kobiet' grew to become accepted by Polish society and is now an integral part of Polish culture.
szczecinian.eu/index.php/2012/03/a-flower-for-ewa-a-short-history-of-dzien-kobiet-womens-day-in-poland/
'International Women's Day' was first celebrated in Poland in 1948, when it was arbitarily imposed by the powers that be from the former Soviet Union, replacing the former Catholic celebration, the feast of Wincenty Kadlubek. Despite its inauspicious origins in the Stalinist period, 'Dzień Kobiet' grew to become accepted by Polish society and is now an integral part of Polish culture.
szczecinian.eu/index.php/2012/03/a-flower-for-ewa-a-short-history-of-dzien-kobiet-womens-day-in-poland/
ifor bach
12 Mar 2012
Language / New Dialects in Western and Northern Poland [24]
This may be of interest: szczecinian.eu/index.php/2012/03/the-riddle-of-polish-speaking-germans-a-short-history-of-the-mazurians/
This may be of interest: szczecinian.eu/index.php/2012/03/the-riddle-of-polish-speaking-germans-a-short-history-of-the-mazurians/
ifor bach
1 Apr 2012
News / Controversial exhibition of Hitler's Art in Szczecin, Poland [14]
Controversial exhibition of Hitler's Art in Szczecin, Poland:
szczecinian.eu/index.php/2012/04/hitler-in-love-the-poetry-and-art-of-der-fuehrer/
Controversial exhibition of Hitler's Art in Szczecin, Poland:
This Sunday, April 1st 2012, the castle of the Pomeranian Dukes, Szczecin, is to open a controversial exhibition of Adolf Hitler's artwork, correspondence, and some of his personal posessions that were left behind during his residence in Stettin in 1918 and 1919.
szczecinian.eu/index.php/2012/04/hitler-in-love-the-poetry-and-art-of-der-fuehrer/
ifor bach
16 Oct 2012
Language / New free funny video lessons of the Polish language on YT [9]
Merged: Furious Pete's Polish language lessons.
What do people here think of 'Furious Pete's' Polish language lessons?
szczecinian.eu/2012/10/furious-petes-controversial-polish-lesso ns-for-football-fans/
Can he pronounce Polish properly?
Merged: Furious Pete's Polish language lessons.
What do people here think of 'Furious Pete's' Polish language lessons?
szczecinian.eu/2012/10/furious-petes-controversial-polish-lesso ns-for-football-fans/
Can he pronounce Polish properly?
ifor bach
18 Oct 2012
News / Will the new National Stadium in Warsaw help build Poland's picture in the world? [13]
Free the Warsaw 3: szczecinian.eu/2012/10/free-the-warsaw-three/
Free the Warsaw 3: szczecinian.eu/2012/10/free-the-warsaw-three/
ifor bach
22 Nov 2012
ifor bach
27 Nov 2012
Life / Good account of Poland's Andrzejki? [23]
Is this a good account of 'Andrzejki'?
szczecinian.eu/2012/11/andrzejki-saint-andrews-day-in-poland/
Is this a good account of 'Andrzejki'?
szczecinian.eu/2012/11/andrzejki-saint-andrews-day-in-poland/
ifor bach
29 Nov 2012
Life / Why is Szczecin the most expensive Polish city? [5]
A survey by onet.pl has calculated that Szczecin is the most expensive city in Poland, more expensive than either warsaw or Kraków.
szczecinian.eu/2012/11/szczecin-the-most-expensive-city-in-pola nd/
Why should this be so?
A survey by onet.pl has calculated that Szczecin is the most expensive city in Poland, more expensive than either warsaw or Kraków.
szczecinian.eu/2012/11/szczecin-the-most-expensive-city-in-pola nd/
Why should this be so?
ifor bach
10 Dec 2012
News / Kaczyński stirs up hatred between Germans and Poles. [20]
Kaczyński stirs up hatred between Germans and Poles.
szczecinian.eu/2012/12/jaroslaw-kaczynski-stirs-up-old-ethnic-hatreds/
Kaczyński stirs up hatred between Germans and Poles.
Jarosław Kaczyński, the leader of Poland's main opposition party, PiS, 'Law and Justice', during a visit to Opole in Silesia, which has a substantial German minority population, suggested that Poland has been far too 'idealistic' to its German minority.
szczecinian.eu/2012/12/jaroslaw-kaczynski-stirs-up-old-ethnic-hatreds/
ifor bach
13 Dec 2012
Food / 'Wigilia', the traditional Christmas Eve supper in Poland [77]
An article describing 'Wigilia', and the 'twelve dishes'.
szczecinian.eu/2012/12/wigilia-christmas-eve-in-poland/
An article describing 'Wigilia', and the 'twelve dishes'.
szczecinian.eu/2012/12/wigilia-christmas-eve-in-poland/
ifor bach
13 Dec 2012
Food / 'Wigilia', the traditional Christmas Eve supper in Poland [77]
Thank you for pointing out the 'typo'.
Thank you for pointing out the 'typo'.
ifor bach
13 Dec 2012
Food / 'Wigilia', the traditional Christmas Eve supper in Poland [77]
It isn't 'my' article, I'm just translating it. Here is the next one in the series. Hope there are no mistakes.
/the-twelve-dishes-in-a-polish-wigilia-1-oplatek-wafer/
It isn't 'my' article, I'm just translating it. Here is the next one in the series. Hope there are no mistakes.
/the-twelve-dishes-in-a-polish-wigilia-1-oplatek-wafer/
ifor bach
14 Dec 2012
Food / 'Wigilia', the traditional Christmas Eve supper in Poland [77]
The second dish, barszcz, Polish beetroot soup.
The second dish, barszcz, Polish beetroot soup.
ifor bach
16 Dec 2012
Food / 'Wigilia', the traditional Christmas Eve supper in Poland [77]
The third dish, 'uszka z grzybami' - 'ears' with forest mushrooms.
The third dish, 'uszka z grzybami' - 'ears' with forest mushrooms.
ifor bach
17 Dec 2012
Food / 'Wigilia', the traditional Christmas Eve supper in Poland [77]
The fourth dish - pierogi ruskie, 'Russian' pierogi. the-twelve-polish-wigilia-dishes-4-pierogi-ruskie-russian-pierogi/
The fourth dish - pierogi ruskie, 'Russian' pierogi. the-twelve-polish-wigilia-dishes-4-pierogi-ruskie-russian-pierogi/
ifor bach
20 Dec 2012
Food / Why carp for Polish Christmas? [157]
Merged: Free Poland's carp for Christmas
A group of animal rights activists in Szczecin are demanding 'rights for fish' outside shopping centers.
/free-polands-carp-for-christmas/
Should fish have rights?
Merged: Free Poland's carp for Christmas
A group of animal rights activists in Szczecin are demanding 'rights for fish' outside shopping centers.
/free-polands-carp-for-christmas/
Should fish have rights?
ifor bach
21 Dec 2012
ifor bach
21 Dec 2012
Life / Why do people think that Poles are culturally isolated? [126]
Probably, because there are people and people. What you write about your family may be true of them, but is not necessarily true of all Poles. Just as it is not necessarily true that all foreigners look down on Poles.
To be honest, what you have written shows that you personally are to a degree 'cuturally isolated'. I say this, because you are writing about nationalities as if they were an undifferentiated mass. You see a clear distinction between 'your people' and others. You are obviously defensive concerning your own national group.
Had you been brought up in a muti-cultural environment, you would be less prone to making such sweeping generalisations about millions of people you don't personally know.
Lighten up. Don't imagine Poles are constantly under attack. Start thinking of people as individuals, and not as members of national groups.
If someone lives in Poland one can surely observe what kind of the literature is most popular right now in Poland.
Probably, because there are people and people. What you write about your family may be true of them, but is not necessarily true of all Poles. Just as it is not necessarily true that all foreigners look down on Poles.
To be honest, what you have written shows that you personally are to a degree 'cuturally isolated'. I say this, because you are writing about nationalities as if they were an undifferentiated mass. You see a clear distinction between 'your people' and others. You are obviously defensive concerning your own national group.
Had you been brought up in a muti-cultural environment, you would be less prone to making such sweeping generalisations about millions of people you don't personally know.
Lighten up. Don't imagine Poles are constantly under attack. Start thinking of people as individuals, and not as members of national groups.
ifor bach
21 Dec 2012
Life / Why do people think that Poles are culturally isolated? [126]
It is simply the result of people having been brought up in a homogeneous society. Many people simply don't know any different. This is rapidly changing, however, almost certainly for the better.
Unfortunately the general acceptance of racist tendencies is higher in Poland than in the rest of Western Europe.
It is simply the result of people having been brought up in a homogeneous society. Many people simply don't know any different. This is rapidly changing, however, almost certainly for the better.
ifor bach
21 Dec 2012
Life / Why do people think that Poles are culturally isolated? [126]
We shouldn't generalise too much. Chances are, you're not going to get beaten up. But then again, you might be. But they might go to London instead, and get beaten up there. Or have a great time. Everyone's experience is likely to be different. Probably, it will depend as much on them as on the character of the host nation.
I rather see people inquiring: "i'm Black/Latino and slightly tanned, will I be beaten up in Poland?". Afterwards: "Hi! I just came back from Poland, people were friendly, helpful and I had a nice time there".
We shouldn't generalise too much. Chances are, you're not going to get beaten up. But then again, you might be. But they might go to London instead, and get beaten up there. Or have a great time. Everyone's experience is likely to be different. Probably, it will depend as much on them as on the character of the host nation.
ifor bach
21 Dec 2012
Life / Why do people think that Poles are culturally isolated? [126]
The two statements don't contradict each other.
ifor bach:
Probably, it will depend as much on them as on the character of the host nation.
"Character of the host nation"? What's that and how does it relate to this advice:
ifor bach:
Start thinking of people as individuals, and not as members of national groups.
Probably, it will depend as much on them as on the character of the host nation.
"Character of the host nation"? What's that and how does it relate to this advice:
ifor bach:
Start thinking of people as individuals, and not as members of national groups.
The two statements don't contradict each other.
ifor bach
21 Dec 2012
Life / Why do people think that Poles are culturally isolated? [126]
Exactly. What would the reaction in the U.K. be to any Polish programme perceived as being critical towards the U.K.?
No-one would either know or care.
I on the other hand think that Poles are wasting too much time and attention on what foreigners think about Poland, Poles and Polish this or that. Come on!?.
Exactly. What would the reaction in the U.K. be to any Polish programme perceived as being critical towards the U.K.?
No-one would either know or care.
ifor bach
21 Dec 2012
Food / 'Wigilia', the traditional Christmas Eve supper in Poland [77]
The fifth dish, dried forest mushroom soup with pasta - 'zupa z suszonych grzybów z makaronem'.
The fifth dish, dried forest mushroom soup with pasta - 'zupa z suszonych grzybów z makaronem'.