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Last Post: 30 Jul 2012
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sanddancer   
30 Jul 2012
News / Work begins on 'Polish Disneyland' [37]

I seem to remember there was another airline who failed at the same time as XL. However, any company that failed wold have stranded passengers,

Harry in the UK you dont have stranded passengers they are returned home by the UK government or ABTA.
sanddancer   
30 Jul 2012
Life / Is Poland a poor country? [578]

Is a 4 in Poland the same as a 4 star in the us

Probably not. Star ratings of hotels differ widely throughout the World.
sanddancer   
30 Jul 2012
News / Work begins on 'Polish Disneyland' [37]

There a about 50 airlines that have vanished in the UK since 2000

Vanished and gone out of business are two totally different matters. How many on that list have been bought up by other airlines? The UK is a vastly different market then Poland. The UK's air travel isn't illegily subsidised by the government. The UK airlines that fail do so becasue of over capacity nothing else. In Poland the market has no capacity and it still fails. Your the one who keeps bleating on about how well the Polish economy is doing. So the Mr. Economist how come the airlines and tour operators are now going bust in a economy where wages are rising 6% a year and GDP is growing at around 3%?
sanddancer   
27 Jul 2012
History / Did British public protest against the sell out of Poland to the Soviets? [286]

yeah, both murdered millions of people, what really was the alternative? General Patton's solution was the alternative

The west didn't have the fight left in them for another war against the Russians. Churchill suggested arming the germans to fight the russians.
sanddancer   
27 Jul 2012
News / Work begins on 'Polish Disneyland' [37]

Poland's GDP rose by over 4% last year and BOMI is in the richest parts of Poland. In the UK a major Supermarket located in the most affluent parts of the UK would never go under. Can you imagine Waitrose going bust? The worrying thing for Poles is that all of the Large and Medium sized Supermarkets will soon be foreign owned (Auchan, Tesco, Aldi, Netto, Lidl, Biedronka, Real, Carrefour) and add on top of that Leroy Merlin, Costorama and RTV Euro, Makro!! Can you name a large Polish shop? Alma... and if BOMI are finding it tough then Alma must also be. Think of the proportion of household spending that goes via Supermarkets (Our household spends about 12,000zl a year in Supermarkets) it is a very worrying trend.

If you take a look at the UK retail sector and failures then the business that they leave behind is being taken by UK owner business on the whole or have succumbed to the internet. (Clinton Cards, Game, Barratts, Alexon, T J Hughes, Jane Norman, Habitat, Focus DIY, Floors-2-Go, the Officers Club, Oddbins, Ethel Austin, Faith Shoes, Adams Childrenswear, Thirst Quench, Stylo, Mosaic, Principles, Sofa Workshop, Allied Carpets, Viyella, Dewhursts, MFI, and Zavvi/Virgin Megastore) If you look at some companies that went under they have re-opened online (woolworths, mfi) and have used the recession merely as an excuse to restructure/cut costs.

The same for Olt Express can you imagine Easyjet going bust? What percentage of UK airlines have gone bust in the last 10 years? (I can think of silverjet an all business class airline). Malev went bust because they were stopped from receiving state aid but LOT do and are still around just hanging on.
sanddancer   
27 Jul 2012
Travel / Weekend In Lodz. Things to do? [10]

Hi Birney

Beer in Poland is about 7-10zl for a half litre (about 1.40 to 2 quid) you can drink cheaper then that but these places need to be avoided for us brits. In supermarkets the cheapest lagers are about 1.80zl for a can (about 40p) this is ok. Best thing to do is to drink vodka (8 quid a bottle). Most nightclubs don't charge for entry. If you want paintball etc then send these guys an email.. somebody will speak english.

paintball-lodz.pl/kontakt

Tip for you is that the poles dont have a sense of humour when it comes to acting like an arse when pissed so behave yourselves. Also remember that it is a catholic country and although some polish girls are pretty they arn't easy. Be careful I can't imagine how bad polish prisons are.

blackturtle.co.uk/fun.html a company in lodz advertising things to do.. but honestly they are so expensive.
sanddancer   
27 Jul 2012
Travel / OLT Jetair (flight to Wroclaw) [38]

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I still think there's plenty of potential in Poland for properly thought out internal flights, but OLT were ridiculous - Poznan-Szczecin flights anyone?!

Why should the government give up the monopoly that (government funded) LOT have on internal flights to a private company on the best routes? Why would the average Pole pay to fly when the trains are so cheap? Poland will never have an 'easyjet' or a 'flybe'.
sanddancer   
27 Jul 2012
Travel / Ryanair travel by air - subtle scams to be wary of [98]

I asked the flight attendant if it was legal to transport pigs without water. ffs

Next time book a flight with LOT or BA and pay up or shut up. If you pay 150zl for a return ticket what do you expect? Flying used to be a luxury afforded by the few who paid through the nose for 5 star service.
sanddancer   
27 Jul 2012
News / Work begins on 'Polish Disneyland' [37]

My link is for the British Polish chamber of commerce, oh bright light. Outsourcing companies are here for the lower salaries, the British companies you quoted above are here to expand their markets. You are really lacking sanddancer...

Yeh.. Polands doing fantastic lately...BOMI, Olt Express are two companies to fold this week.
sanddancer   
26 Jul 2012
News / Work begins on 'Polish Disneyland' [37]

Maybe take a look at the list of British companies here

Your link is for BP and Tesco! Johnson and Johnson British? Poland=Cheap Labour!
sanddancer   
26 Jul 2012
News / Work begins on 'Polish Disneyland' [37]

You'd have to be stupid not to know about the money that Poland gets from the EU which is deposited into the EU by the UK tax payers.
sanddancer   
26 Jul 2012
History / Did British public protest against the sell out of Poland to the Soviets? [286]

But you've invaded a neighbour with a german king on the throne

Which neighbour did we invade with a german king on the throne? Come on if you're so up on British history. The royal family are inter related to most of Europes royal families and have been for hundreds of years. The Kaiser, Tsar and George the 5th all stemmed from Queen Victoria.

The Poles on here bleat on about how the British left the Poles in 1939 and 1945 but are so quick to dismiss any wrong doings! (Poles in the German army (twice), assisting with the killing of Jews, Invation of Czech Republic) the 'Polish Answer' is to blame somebody else! ...it's easier!

After 1989 it vanished...

Poles re-writing history to suit themselves...again!
sanddancer   
26 Jul 2012
News / Work begins on 'Polish Disneyland' [37]

From my understanding the English refer to continental Europe, therefore suggesting Europe to be continent and Britain to be separated by water as such ' Islands'

Trying to be 'clever and derogotary' about a country like the UK when you are Polish is a waste of time. The 'islands' are part of Europe although as you quite rightly point out not on the mainland. The UK is the 2nd biggest economy in europe, the head of the commonwealth (1/3rd of the planet) and has a seat at all of the major world events. We also pay a large chunk of all development in Poland and feed your kids back home. Unlike the Polish who are a nation of expensive toilet cleaners!
sanddancer   
26 Jul 2012
News / Work begins on 'Polish Disneyland' [37]

Funny how you Poles like the UK to be in Europe when we are giving you free money!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_amusement_parks_in_Europe (it's on this list!!!)

It definately says EUROPE in the lies printed by the Polish press. Maybe Alton Towers should seek for an apology from the Polish government for this Anti-British outburst ;)
sanddancer   
26 Jul 2012
History / Did British public protest against the sell out of Poland to the Soviets? [286]

Don't be silly. Yes it is! A head dress is an integral part of a uniform. Be it a beret or a helmet!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Army_Uniform .. in Britain it is.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custodian_helmet

In the UK we've never worn German Helmets unless we got a really bad haircut from our mother. We've definitely never invaded a neighbour wearing German helmets!
sanddancer   
26 Jul 2012
News / Work begins on 'Polish Disneyland' [37]

thenews.pl/1/12/Artykul/106728,Work-begins-on-Polish-Disneyland

Alton Towers is 800 acres or 323 hectares.. this won't be the biggest theme park in Europe. Why does the Polish press print such rubbish?
sanddancer   
26 Jul 2012
History / Did British public protest against the sell out of Poland to the Soviets? [286]

We only took back what Czechs stole from us when we were busy fighting Soviets 20 years earlier.Nothing disgracefull about it.

Which you had stolen from the Czechs previously! Originally the are was part of Morovia so belonged to neither. After that it became part of Bohemia. When did it start becoming Polish?

'Up to the mid-19th century members of the local Slav population did not identify themselves as members of larger ethnolinguistic entities. In Cieszyn Silesia (as in all West Slavic borderlands) various territorial identities pre-dated ethnic and national identity. Consciousness of membership within a greater Polish or Czech nation spread slowly in Silesia.[11]

From 1848 to the end of the 19th century, local Polish and Czech people co-operated, united against the Germanizing tendencies of the Austrian Empire and later of Austria-Hungary.[12] At the end of the century, ethnic tensions arose as the area's economic significance grew. This growth caused a wave of immigration from Galicia. About 60,000 people arrived between 1880 and 1910.[13][14] The new immigrants were Polish and poor, about half of them being illiterate. They worked in coal mining and metallurgy. For these people the most important factor was material well-being; they cared little about the homeland from which they had fled. Almost all of them assimilated into the Czech population'

So then why would Poles assimilate into a population of foreigners in Poland?
sanddancer   
25 Jul 2012
History / Did British public protest against the sell out of Poland to the Soviets? [286]

Harry maybe the Poles are taught that the British and French should leave their countries unguarded against what they assumed was a far superior German airforce to fight the Germans in Poland. I'm sure that this would have been popular in Poland but suicidal for the Allied forces. The British air force as at 9th september was:-

Fighter command (without 6 group):
Blenheims :72
Spitfire:104
Gladiators:42
Hurricane :133
Bomber Command:
Battles:145
Blenheim:100
Wellington:67
Whitley:60
Hampden:75

The Royal Navy although being one of the worlds biggest wasn't in anyway capable of taking on the German navy at that time.

What did the Poles want the British to do commit suicide for the Polish nation?
sanddancer   
25 Jul 2012
History / Did British public protest against the sell out of Poland to the Soviets? [286]

Nope, Im saying the Allies decided Britains Navy would stop the world wide German surface and U boat fleets.
With the Polish Navy slinking out of the Baltic before the war even started why should even one british sailor have risked their life for Poland if the Polish Navy was busy running away?

Although i have to agree with you regarding all of your post I would like to defend the Polish fleet for it's defence of the Isle of Wight. Unlike the Brit bashing Poles on here us British are gentlemen enough to thank the Poles for their assistance. It seems that in Poland the kids are still being taught history that tell them that Polands true enemy in the world is Britain. TBH in Britain we don't give a stuff about Poland's history.
sanddancer   
24 Jul 2012
History / Did British public protest against the sell out of Poland to the Soviets? [286]

Britain never acted on behave of Poland. Never done any favours to Poland. Also Your suggestion that somehow Britain single-handedly won war with Germany is laughable at best

Did I say that the UK single handedly won the War? Tell me why did the UK go to war against the Axis Powers? What about the Polish rubbish of Polish airmen winning the Battle of Britain or a Pope bringing down communism!
sanddancer   
24 Jul 2012
Travel / An American In Poland: where should I go, what to see? [9]

I want to go to ordinary places like the drugstore or the public library to see a slice of daily life. I'm learning a little Polish, and I want to try it out!

Libraries... do you think that Polish libraries are any different them American ones? Drugstores! Mate you've wated a flight. The Olympics are on if you want to see something special in Europe!
sanddancer   
24 Jul 2012
Life / New in Poland! Not yet jaded and loving it [34]

Classic! Wait til he's been here a couple of winters. I suppose after the mess that is South Africa everwhere else must seem like a dreamland!
sanddancer   
24 Jul 2012
History / Did British public protest against the sell out of Poland to the Soviets? [286]

but trying to stand against the two at the same time was only ever going to end one way

Since 1989 what have the Poles done to strenghten it's defences. It spends a woeful amount of it's GDP on defence. In the event the Poles are hoping that somebody else will bail them out as usual! The UK spent 62billion dollars on defence in 2011 (2.6% of its GDP usd893 per capita) the Poles usd285 per capita! Next time we agree to save the Poles arse we should ask them for payment first.