Hipis
6 Apr 2012
Food / Polish cuisine for Euro 2012 - poll results [9]
I am surprised you didn't have flaki on the list :D
I am surprised you didn't have flaki on the list :D
Hipis
7 Apr 2012
Travel / Polish Road Tax ViaToll , a legal rip off before Euro 2012 ? [26]
Why criticise the country? Why not criticise the decision made by the individual police officer? Maybe the police officer behaved beyond his powers, maybe he didn't. Who knows?
Why criticise the country? Why not criticise the decision made by the individual police officer? Maybe the police officer behaved beyond his powers, maybe he didn't. Who knows?
Hipis
7 Apr 2012
Language / Wesołego Alleluja or Wesołych Świąt? [30]
I was born and brought up in the UK and I have always used the phrase for both feasts.
I was born and brought up in the UK and I have always used the phrase for both feasts.
Hipis
7 Apr 2012
Life / Polish history as a school subject in western Europe [24]
I was born and raised in England and all I was taught in school about Poland was how "easily" we were invaded at the start of WW2 and how we all became communists after the war.
I was born and raised in England and all I was taught in school about Poland was how "easily" we were invaded at the start of WW2 and how we all became communists after the war.
Hipis
8 Apr 2012
History / Poland did reasonably well in land terms out of the postwar settlement [270]
That's a new one on me. Where did you dream up this fantasy?
This guarantee made Poland confident enough to declare war against Germany in March 1939.
That's a new one on me. Where did you dream up this fantasy?
Hipis
8 Apr 2012
Hipis
9 Apr 2012
Work / Turkish bachelor student wants to study and live in Poland [22]
You'll need an English course. There are several grammtical and spelling mistakes in your post but you do have a reasonably high standard of English :)
You'll need an English course. There are several grammtical and spelling mistakes in your post but you do have a reasonably high standard of English :)
Hipis
10 Apr 2012
History / Which countries are Polands friends, which are Polands enemies? [75]
It is not complete bollocks. After the war the British government did everything it possibly could to persuade Poles to return back to Poland but with the Communists murdering senior members of the AK and also leading figures from the Polish government-in-exile people were reluctant to go back. Many did go back and many of them were arrested, persecuted and intimidated by the Communists that they left again. Those who stayed in Britain ended up being forced to live in "displaced persons camps" many of which used to be prisoner-of-war camps; the Poles who used to guard the prisoners became the inmates themselves. Eventually, after the passing of the Polish Resettlement Act of 1947 over 200,000 settled in the UK but in the next few years 50-70,000 left the UK for Canada, Australia and the USA.
Even though there was a labour shortage and virtually full employment in the years following the end of WW2, British trade unions objected to employers taking on Polish workers with the TUC being at the forefront of an anti Polish campaign, many Poles would face daily abuse in the workplace and there was prejudice displayed towards Poles when seeking housing with signs in windows saying "No Irish, blacks or Poles" not uncommon.
Well... that's not what I heard, and a WW2 documentary that interviewed Polish soldiers said otherwise.
It is not complete bollocks. After the war the British government did everything it possibly could to persuade Poles to return back to Poland but with the Communists murdering senior members of the AK and also leading figures from the Polish government-in-exile people were reluctant to go back. Many did go back and many of them were arrested, persecuted and intimidated by the Communists that they left again. Those who stayed in Britain ended up being forced to live in "displaced persons camps" many of which used to be prisoner-of-war camps; the Poles who used to guard the prisoners became the inmates themselves. Eventually, after the passing of the Polish Resettlement Act of 1947 over 200,000 settled in the UK but in the next few years 50-70,000 left the UK for Canada, Australia and the USA.
Even though there was a labour shortage and virtually full employment in the years following the end of WW2, British trade unions objected to employers taking on Polish workers with the TUC being at the forefront of an anti Polish campaign, many Poles would face daily abuse in the workplace and there was prejudice displayed towards Poles when seeking housing with signs in windows saying "No Irish, blacks or Poles" not uncommon.
Hipis
10 Apr 2012
History / Which countries are Polands friends, which are Polands enemies? [75]
The fact that their friends in the Red Army had destroyed what the the Nazis hadn't meant that the country was still going under massive reconstruction well into the 60s and early 70s so it's no wonder there was plenty of work around.
The fact that their friends in the Red Army had destroyed what the the Nazis hadn't meant that the country was still going under massive reconstruction well into the 60s and early 70s so it's no wonder there was plenty of work around.
Hipis
11 Apr 2012
History / Which countries are Polands friends, which are Polands enemies? [75]
What bits were those? Anything left in good working ordered was often stripped out and packed off to Russia.
Just because you choose not to believe the truth doesn't mean I'm lying. If you care to do some research you'll find easily enough what I have written in my post is true.
. and some of the bits the Nazis didn't destroy (former German industrial cities) were granted to Poland, so the industry was already there before the Sovs.
What bits were those? Anything left in good working ordered was often stripped out and packed off to Russia.
Bollocks, you are lying.
Just because you choose not to believe the truth doesn't mean I'm lying. If you care to do some research you'll find easily enough what I have written in my post is true.
Hipis
11 Apr 2012
Love / Do Polish people like Scottish people (friendship or relationship with a Scot)? [56]
My mother is Scottish, does that answer your question?
My mother is Scottish, does that answer your question?
Hipis
11 Apr 2012
Love / Do Polish people like Scottish people (friendship or relationship with a Scot)? [56]
Being oppressed and exploited by larger and more powerful neighbours, we like a drink or several ;) and our football teams always flatter to deceive.
What do Poles and Scots have in common?
Being oppressed and exploited by larger and more powerful neighbours, we like a drink or several ;) and our football teams always flatter to deceive.
Hipis
11 Apr 2012
Love / Do Polish people like Scottish people (friendship or relationship with a Scot)? [56]
Believe what you want. Being half Scottish I think I have a better understanding of Scottish history than most people outside Scotland. Whilst the Braveheart film was very much Hollywood script it was based around historical events, even though they were inaccurately portrayed.
Believe what you want. Being half Scottish I think I have a better understanding of Scottish history than most people outside Scotland. Whilst the Braveheart film was very much Hollywood script it was based around historical events, even though they were inaccurately portrayed.
Hipis
12 Apr 2012
Love / Do Polish people like Scottish people (friendship or relationship with a Scot)? [56]
I never said I was impartial ;D
I never said I was impartial ;D
Hipis
13 Apr 2012
Off-Topic / What's your connection with Poland? Penpals. [512]
If your father was Polish surely that means you're also Polish. My father also settled here after WW2 but I consider myself Polish as do several of my friends who also have Polish parents but were born here.
If your father was Polish surely that means you're also Polish. My father also settled here after WW2 but I consider myself Polish as do several of my friends who also have Polish parents but were born here.
Hipis
15 Apr 2012
Off-Topic / I am Polish and I am offended. [52]
I am fairly new to this forum but I do not see what is wrong with defending Poland's reputation against those who wish to denegrate it. Even the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs takes the issue seriously as this statement clearly shows. msz.gov.pl/The,New,York,Times,corrected,statement,about,the,rise,of,Nazism,in,Poland,51314.html
I am fairly new to this forum but I do not see what is wrong with defending Poland's reputation against those who wish to denegrate it. Even the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs takes the issue seriously as this statement clearly shows. msz.gov.pl/The,New,York,Times,corrected,statement,about,the,rise,of,Nazism,in,Poland,51314.html
Hipis
16 Apr 2012
UK, Ireland / Why English do not like Polish? [417]
Im467, you're funny. You could have written that about any immigrant group. Just change the wording around, eg Afro-Carribean, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi etc etc and you have yourself a template to have a go at anyone. Poles aren't perfect but we're no worse than any other groups that have settled in the UK in the last 60-70 years.
Im467, you're funny. You could have written that about any immigrant group. Just change the wording around, eg Afro-Carribean, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi etc etc and you have yourself a template to have a go at anyone. Poles aren't perfect but we're no worse than any other groups that have settled in the UK in the last 60-70 years.
Hipis
16 Apr 2012
UK, Ireland / My dream about UK. Please help. [86]
Noreen, are there not any recruitment agencies in your city hiring Polish workers for the UK job market? There used to be several in Wroclaw, Kraków and Warszawa a few years ago. I know the job situation over here isn't good at the moment, around 3 million unemployed, but as Vincent says, coming over here without anywhere to stay, not having a lot of money or knowing anyone is probably not a very good thing to do at the moment.
Noreen, are there not any recruitment agencies in your city hiring Polish workers for the UK job market? There used to be several in Wroclaw, Kraków and Warszawa a few years ago. I know the job situation over here isn't good at the moment, around 3 million unemployed, but as Vincent says, coming over here without anywhere to stay, not having a lot of money or knowing anyone is probably not a very good thing to do at the moment.
Hipis
16 Apr 2012
Love / Polish women are the most beautiful in the world! [1718]
Rachel Weisz is of Polish descent.
I would say they're way more attractive than Polish actresses or singers.
Rachel Weisz is of Polish descent.
Hipis
16 Apr 2012
Love / Polish women are the most beautiful in the world! [1718]
I saw her being interviewed a few years ago, could have been on the Jonathon Ross Show, and she said her grandfather was from Poland, her father was from Hungary and her mother was Austrian with a bit of Italian thrown in.
Not hard at all, if she says she's british then that's how she feels just as I say I'm Polish even though I was born in England.
I saw her being interviewed a few years ago, could have been on the Jonathon Ross Show, and she said her grandfather was from Poland, her father was from Hungary and her mother was Austrian with a bit of Italian thrown in.
Still British though even if that is such a hard concept for some Poles to grasp.
Not hard at all, if she says she's british then that's how she feels just as I say I'm Polish even though I was born in England.
Hipis
16 Apr 2012
UK, Ireland / Poland continues to milk Ireland dry. [129]
The Poles, like the Irish, seem to be a nation of emigrants. Maybe all the Irish living in England should "foook off back to ireland" to leech off the irish government instead of the British one? No, they shouldn't, why should they. They have worked and paid their taxes and NI contributions and are entitled to claim what is rightfully theirs just as the Poles in Ireland are entitled to do so. So Mr Revoke, before you jump on your "all immigrants go home" bandwagon, just think about all the Irish all over the world and remember they are also immigrants in someone else's country.
The Poles, like the Irish, seem to be a nation of emigrants. Maybe all the Irish living in England should "foook off back to ireland" to leech off the irish government instead of the British one? No, they shouldn't, why should they. They have worked and paid their taxes and NI contributions and are entitled to claim what is rightfully theirs just as the Poles in Ireland are entitled to do so. So Mr Revoke, before you jump on your "all immigrants go home" bandwagon, just think about all the Irish all over the world and remember they are also immigrants in someone else's country.
Hipis
16 Apr 2012
News / Polish Silesian Autonomy movement [38]
It all depends what this autonomy entails. Just look at Georgia and Moldova where their supposedly autonomous regions are now under permanent Russian control. Having a few friends who live in an around Katowice, I know from them that they feel the RAŚ's calls for autonomy is just a smokescreen to tear Silesia away from Poland and merge with Germany. This has the potential to be a serious problem for Poland if not handled correctly.
It all depends what this autonomy entails. Just look at Georgia and Moldova where their supposedly autonomous regions are now under permanent Russian control. Having a few friends who live in an around Katowice, I know from them that they feel the RAŚ's calls for autonomy is just a smokescreen to tear Silesia away from Poland and merge with Germany. This has the potential to be a serious problem for Poland if not handled correctly.
Hipis
16 Apr 2012
Love / Polish women are the most beautiful in the world! [1718]
If you're born in a sty then it doesn't mean you're a pig. I'm Polish!
You can think you are a dog and bark at the moon if you want, you still aint a dog.
If you're born in a sty then it doesn't mean you're a pig. I'm Polish!
Hipis
16 Apr 2012
UK, Ireland / Poland continues to milk Ireland dry. [129]
Revoke, you guys have spread all over the world for centuries. There are more Irish living outside Ireland than there are back home. The island of Ireland couldn't cope if all the Irish were forcibly repatriated. Your bigoted right wing nationalistic views have more in common with the EDL than most Irish people I know. I'm beginning to think you are an EDL troll pretending to be Irish.
Revoke, you guys have spread all over the world for centuries. There are more Irish living outside Ireland than there are back home. The island of Ireland couldn't cope if all the Irish were forcibly repatriated. Your bigoted right wing nationalistic views have more in common with the EDL than most Irish people I know. I'm beginning to think you are an EDL troll pretending to be Irish.
Hipis
17 Apr 2012
UK, Ireland / Poland continues to milk Ireland dry. [129]
If Ireland was run how you'd like it to be run you'd be having the Union Jack flying over Dublin and the Black and Tans running amok. You're a sorry excuse for an Irishman.
If Ireland was run how you'd like it to be run you'd be having the Union Jack flying over Dublin and the Black and Tans running amok. You're a sorry excuse for an Irishman.
Hipis
17 Apr 2012
Love / Polish women are the most beautiful in the world! [1718]
No, it is not the open norm just like the EDL and the BNP are not the open norm in Britain. The idiots always shout loudest and get the most attention, even if it does give a negative impression to outsiders but they don't care as long as their opinion and policies are getting the publicity they crave. Maybe this article might not be to your liking. krakowpost.com/article/4512
I will never forget how shocked I was when I discovered that anti-Semitism was the open norm in Poland ..
No, it is not the open norm just like the EDL and the BNP are not the open norm in Britain. The idiots always shout loudest and get the most attention, even if it does give a negative impression to outsiders but they don't care as long as their opinion and policies are getting the publicity they crave. Maybe this article might not be to your liking. krakowpost.com/article/4512
Hipis
19 Apr 2012
Travel / Watch out for airport personnel stealing stuff on regional Polish airports. [64]
I travel with a rucksack most of the time and I tie and lock the straps up in the same way every time and pack in a certain way. There's been many a time I have got the rucksack off the carousel and I know someone has been inside it because it's been tied up in a much different way than I do it and things have been disturbed inside but I've never found a report of a search once. I always carry any valuables in my hand luggage which I never put down as I know how quick these sneak thieves can be.
Airports employees will ask you not to lock your suitcases in case of a search they would need to perform if nescessary. A report from this search should be find inside of a suitcase.
I travel with a rucksack most of the time and I tie and lock the straps up in the same way every time and pack in a certain way. There's been many a time I have got the rucksack off the carousel and I know someone has been inside it because it's been tied up in a much different way than I do it and things have been disturbed inside but I've never found a report of a search once. I always carry any valuables in my hand luggage which I never put down as I know how quick these sneak thieves can be.
Hipis
20 Apr 2012
Life / A recent visit to Poland. First time after 12 years. [19]
Is this because they try and assimilate and try and respect the people of the host country? Brits and Yanks could do with a lesson in this.
I have been going to Poland on a regular basis since I was a kid amd since 2004 been going 4 times a year and I have seen plenty of changes. Even some of the horrible commie era tower blocks have had a makeover. Where did you visit? Oh, and your school has had 12 years of use since 2000.
Yeah, I wish they wouldn't do that
This sounds more like you have been to London. Are you sure you weren't in London, not Poland? Wow, you even found time to leave London and visit Yorkshire :)
If they were smooth and straight then you'd say they were lifeless and lacked charachter.
They were sounding you out to see if you had room to take them in once they decide to emigrate :)
Despite reports in the American press to the contrary, Poland is not a 3rd world country situated in the darkest depths of an Eastern European primeval forest. The outside world and 21st century consumerism has actually reached Poland.
How do you know Western stations aren't the ones doing the copying?
Paris? Milan? Madrid?
You mean like Thailand, Vietnam, Egypt and Alabama? ;)
You mean your peers aren't the 1% the rest of us 99%ers work our socks off for so we keep them in their priveliged life styles?
I'm looking forward to flying out to Poland at the end of next month. I always enjoy my time there :)
1. While abroad, Poles still pretend not to be Polish. How sad.
Is this because they try and assimilate and try and respect the people of the host country? Brits and Yanks could do with a lesson in this.
I have been going to Poland on a regular basis since I was a kid amd since 2004 been going 4 times a year and I have seen plenty of changes. Even some of the horrible commie era tower blocks have had a makeover. Where did you visit? Oh, and your school has had 12 years of use since 2000.
3. The use of English words is as ubiquitous as it is ridiculously out of place and incorrect (Biuro Rachunkowe Estimate - wtf?!)
Yeah, I wish they wouldn't do that
4. People are just as rude and wary of strangers as before. One simply sticks out.
This sounds more like you have been to London. Are you sure you weren't in London, not Poland? Wow, you even found time to leave London and visit Yorkshire :)
7. Roads are just as bumpy and narrow as before, sidewalks just as crooked.
If they were smooth and straight then you'd say they were lifeless and lacked charachter.
8. Everyone wanted to know what kind of car I drove and how big my house was. As if they were keeping score.
They were sounding you out to see if you had room to take them in once they decide to emigrate :)
9. When I was trying to tell them a little bit about the life in the US, it was either, "Oh, yes, we have that, too..." or "Stupid Americans." I gave up.
Despite reports in the American press to the contrary, Poland is not a 3rd world country situated in the darkest depths of an Eastern European primeval forest. The outside world and 21st century consumerism has actually reached Poland.
How do you know Western stations aren't the ones doing the copying?
11. Clothes continue to be a status symbol. At the same time, everyone shops in consignment stores.
Paris? Milan? Madrid?
12. Travel agencies seem to focus mainly on third-world countries.
You mean like Thailand, Vietnam, Egypt and Alabama? ;)
13. Finally, people look tired and pooped. My peers look way older and they seem disheartened. Nobody seems to truly enjoy their lives, everyone is worried and constantly fretting over everyday stuff.
You mean your peers aren't the 1% the rest of us 99%ers work our socks off for so we keep them in their priveliged life styles?
I'm looking forward to flying out to Poland at the end of next month. I always enjoy my time there :)
Hipis
21 Apr 2012
History / Warsaw Rising 1944 - National Disaster or Triumph of Spirit ? [395]
I think the decision to commence The Uprising when it did was more politically motivated than anything else. The Polish government in exile in London already knew that the Russians were disarming and killing AK members before the Red Army had got close to Russia, the Lublin Committee had been installed by Stalin on 22nd July and the only hope of political leverage on Polish soil was to liberate Warsaw. It was a gamble that failed and yes, it was a national catastrophe in terms of the outcome, the casualties, the destruction of the city and it left no credible opposition to Stalin's plans on Polish soil.
What would have happened if the AK had been successful in liberating Warsaw? I doubt the German High Command would have shrugged their shoulders and accepted the defeat, especially if the Red Army still showed no desire to cross the Vistula. Surely the end result would have been the same with the destruction of the city.
What if they had waited until the Red Army started their assault on the city? History shows that the Red Army were merciless in their artillery and aircraft bombing of any opposition and if the AK attacked the German positions in support of a Russian assault, who's to say that the political Commisars would not have ordered the shelling of AK positions as well as German ones? Whatever the strategy, it was a case of damned if they do and damned if they don't in terms of launching an uprising. I don't think Sikorski meant any insult towards those who took part when he said what he did but in truth that's what it was, it does not detract from the courage of those who took part nor does it dishonour their memory.
I think the decision to commence The Uprising when it did was more politically motivated than anything else. The Polish government in exile in London already knew that the Russians were disarming and killing AK members before the Red Army had got close to Russia, the Lublin Committee had been installed by Stalin on 22nd July and the only hope of political leverage on Polish soil was to liberate Warsaw. It was a gamble that failed and yes, it was a national catastrophe in terms of the outcome, the casualties, the destruction of the city and it left no credible opposition to Stalin's plans on Polish soil.
What would have happened if the AK had been successful in liberating Warsaw? I doubt the German High Command would have shrugged their shoulders and accepted the defeat, especially if the Red Army still showed no desire to cross the Vistula. Surely the end result would have been the same with the destruction of the city.
What if they had waited until the Red Army started their assault on the city? History shows that the Red Army were merciless in their artillery and aircraft bombing of any opposition and if the AK attacked the German positions in support of a Russian assault, who's to say that the political Commisars would not have ordered the shelling of AK positions as well as German ones? Whatever the strategy, it was a case of damned if they do and damned if they don't in terms of launching an uprising. I don't think Sikorski meant any insult towards those who took part when he said what he did but in truth that's what it was, it does not detract from the courage of those who took part nor does it dishonour their memory.
Hipis
21 Apr 2012