wildrover
12 Nov 2008
History / What do Poles think about Turks? [761]
no matter...i got the joke...
been better if I had spelt foul fowl
no matter...i got the joke...
wildrover
12 Nov 2008
Love / Married polish women:Are they hot? [79]
There are some lovely Married Polish women , had a close encounter with a lady i was teaching English to , such a lovely lady , and unhappy in her marriage..but she was married , and as far as i was concerned out of bounds...if i met her again and she was single i would snap her up in an instant , but married...no , i am not going to be the one to break up a marriage no matter how unhappy it is....
There are some lovely Married Polish women , had a close encounter with a lady i was teaching English to , such a lovely lady , and unhappy in her marriage..but she was married , and as far as i was concerned out of bounds...if i met her again and she was single i would snap her up in an instant , but married...no , i am not going to be the one to break up a marriage no matter how unhappy it is....
wildrover
12 Nov 2008
wildrover
12 Nov 2008
History / What do Poles think about Turks? [761]
I should not worry about it...the only people worthy of friendship are those who will judge you as a person , not by your country of origin...One of my best Polish friends is a guy who never liked English people very much , but we became friends despite me being English...if you are a nice person people will like you....I have been to Turkey incidentally...loved it...
Probably because of some deeply-embedded stereotypes
I should not worry about it...the only people worthy of friendship are those who will judge you as a person , not by your country of origin...One of my best Polish friends is a guy who never liked English people very much , but we became friends despite me being English...if you are a nice person people will like you....I have been to Turkey incidentally...loved it...
wildrover
15 Nov 2008
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]
I had this in a resteraunt in Zlocieniec...it was instantly named titski zupa....it even had a nipple on the bread lid...amazing...and very tasty....
Zurek soup in a loaf of bread,
I had this in a resteraunt in Zlocieniec...it was instantly named titski zupa....it even had a nipple on the bread lid...amazing...and very tasty....
wildrover
16 Nov 2008
Law / How to register a foreign Non-EU car in Poland? [25]
If you are driving the car around at night the Policja may pull you over to check out that the car is not stolen , seems many stolen in Germany wind up in Poland...You will be asked for your passport , and your log book , and thats all...They seem to have no interest in seeing your insurance or m.o.t , sometimes they ask to see your licence , but out of the ten times i got stopped this happened only once...
Would soemone having US number plates on a car really get stopped
If you are driving the car around at night the Policja may pull you over to check out that the car is not stolen , seems many stolen in Germany wind up in Poland...You will be asked for your passport , and your log book , and thats all...They seem to have no interest in seeing your insurance or m.o.t , sometimes they ask to see your licence , but out of the ten times i got stopped this happened only once...
wildrover
19 Nov 2008
UK, Ireland / Britain... What the Poles did for us. [444]
Well i havent forgiven the Poles for the Pole tax...! I mean , i didn,t have any Poles living at my house....Ha...little did i know that not so many years later i would have five of em living at my house....while i was living in...Poland...funny old world ain,t it....?
Well i havent forgiven the Poles for the Pole tax...! I mean , i didn,t have any Poles living at my house....Ha...little did i know that not so many years later i would have five of em living at my house....while i was living in...Poland...funny old world ain,t it....?
wildrover
25 Nov 2008
Genealogy / Want to find a person [756]
Drawsko pomorskie...not far from me....remember the Vendetta pitza place....?
Draskopomorsky
Drawsko pomorskie...not far from me....remember the Vendetta pitza place....?
wildrover
27 Nov 2008
Life / Alcohol problems of Polish people [141]
True , most days when i called at the local shop before work at 6am to get some breakfast there would be guys buying , and drinking beer before setting off to work....I am not sure Poles are worse than any other nation , but it seems more acceptable in Poland....
It would be 7 or 8 in the morning
True , most days when i called at the local shop before work at 6am to get some breakfast there would be guys buying , and drinking beer before setting off to work....I am not sure Poles are worse than any other nation , but it seems more acceptable in Poland....
wildrover
28 Nov 2008
Genealogy / Last Name Information - Lewandowski [16]
My next door neighbour is called Lewandowski...i believe her family originates from Gdansk......
My next door neighbour is called Lewandowski...i believe her family originates from Gdansk......
wildrover
2 Dec 2008
Life / Orphanages in Poland [82]
I used to come to Poland twice a year to bring truckloads of toys , books , computers , clothes , and money to a childrens home in Poland , wound up living here....if there is anything i can do to help you help the kids here just pm me.....i know lots of worthy causes here.....
I used to come to Poland twice a year to bring truckloads of toys , books , computers , clothes , and money to a childrens home in Poland , wound up living here....if there is anything i can do to help you help the kids here just pm me.....i know lots of worthy causes here.....
wildrover
9 Dec 2008
Life / Orphanages in Poland [82]
stuff being sold on the black market is less of a problem in Poland than in Belarus where i began my aid trips , but you do need to moniter where stuff is going and make sure it does get into the right hands....There are people who will try to make a profit from goods sent , or even score political points , but its easy enough to keep an eye on things.....One problem i had with a certain organisation involved a truckload of wheelchairs that were refurbished by inmates of a prison in the UK and given to us to take to Poland...We delivered them no problem , but later we found out they were being hired to people who needed them for a fee....We had a few stern words to say , and got the money returned to people , not so much dishonesty , but more of a misunderstanding....Belarus was a different story , even the government tried to cash in on the aid we took , but after a brief fight we won the right to take the aid direct to the kids , rather than to the state wharehouse where the aid would have vanished out of the back door to the local market , and the charity we were helping would have been charged storage for the aid....
sold on the black market.
stuff being sold on the black market is less of a problem in Poland than in Belarus where i began my aid trips , but you do need to moniter where stuff is going and make sure it does get into the right hands....There are people who will try to make a profit from goods sent , or even score political points , but its easy enough to keep an eye on things.....One problem i had with a certain organisation involved a truckload of wheelchairs that were refurbished by inmates of a prison in the UK and given to us to take to Poland...We delivered them no problem , but later we found out they were being hired to people who needed them for a fee....We had a few stern words to say , and got the money returned to people , not so much dishonesty , but more of a misunderstanding....Belarus was a different story , even the government tried to cash in on the aid we took , but after a brief fight we won the right to take the aid direct to the kids , rather than to the state wharehouse where the aid would have vanished out of the back door to the local market , and the charity we were helping would have been charged storage for the aid....
wildrover
9 Dec 2008
Life / Orphanages in Poland [82]
eek....could the world cope with more than one of me...?
moere people like you
eek....could the world cope with more than one of me...?
wildrover
10 Dec 2008
Love / Polish Women Versus Your Local Women ? [289]
MMMMM Polish women versus my local women....bit tricky that , as my local women ARE Polish women....i live in Poland....!!!!
MMMMM Polish women versus my local women....bit tricky that , as my local women ARE Polish women....i live in Poland....!!!!
wildrover
10 Dec 2008
Travel / Poland in photo riddles [3134]
The funny looking wheeled trailor is a launch errector for a sam missile...the guys in uniform...mmm tricky , the helmets are definatly german but the weapons in their hands are not , the uniforms not german i think...could be Warsaw rising fighters maybe...?
The funny looking wheeled trailor is a launch errector for a sam missile...the guys in uniform...mmm tricky , the helmets are definatly german but the weapons in their hands are not , the uniforms not german i think...could be Warsaw rising fighters maybe...?
wildrover
12 Dec 2008
Life / Do Polish People steal a lot? [330]
Sorry....i mistook it for a sundial in the dark......its too small to have a bath in...i will return it......
Sorry....i mistook it for a sundial in the dark......its too small to have a bath in...i will return it......
wildrover
13 Dec 2008
Food / Eating Kielbasa - how do you cook yours? [119]
Poke a stick in it...roast over a log fire with some bread....add a few good friends , some beer and vodka.....its the only way....
Poke a stick in it...roast over a log fire with some bread....add a few good friends , some beer and vodka.....its the only way....
wildrover
13 Dec 2008
Food / Eating Kielbasa - how do you cook yours? [119]
Definatly....I prefer the mustard to the ketchup most of my Polish friends seem to go for...
Don't forget the quality mustard, Sarepska or Rosyska
Definatly....I prefer the mustard to the ketchup most of my Polish friends seem to go for...
wildrover
14 Dec 2008
Law / "FART" shop in Poland - WHAT DOES THIS SHOP SELL? [55]
ok...when you stop laughing...please tell me what this shop sells...its on the main road out of Gdynia...Oh...seems the file was too big....anyways its a shop with the word FART in big letters over the window.....any idea,s...?
ok...when you stop laughing...please tell me what this shop sells...its on the main road out of Gdynia...Oh...seems the file was too big....anyways its a shop with the word FART in big letters over the window.....any idea,s...?
wildrover
14 Dec 2008
Law / "FART" shop in Poland - WHAT DOES THIS SHOP SELL? [55]
but what is a FART in Poland...the shop i saw seemed to be an electrical shop...but i was driving past as i took the photo , so didn,t check it out....
but what is a FART in Poland...the shop i saw seemed to be an electrical shop...but i was driving past as i took the photo , so didn,t check it out....
wildrover
20 Dec 2008
Law / Buying and legally using second hand car in Poland; I'm EU citizen [27]
All of a sudden...without warning.....i am about to do the same , buy a second hand car in Poland....bought plenty of cars in my time , but never in Polska....SO...once i have bought the car what do i do as regrds registering it , making it legal etc....its an old car , and not been on the road a while...give me a clue somebody....?
All of a sudden...without warning.....i am about to do the same , buy a second hand car in Poland....bought plenty of cars in my time , but never in Polska....SO...once i have bought the car what do i do as regrds registering it , making it legal etc....its an old car , and not been on the road a while...give me a clue somebody....?
wildrover
20 Dec 2008
Law / Buying and legally using second hand car in Poland; I'm EU citizen [27]
Thats great...very usefull , thanks a lot.....
buying a car in Poland
Polish car insurance
Polish car insurance
Thats great...very usefull , thanks a lot.....
wildrover
2 Jan 2009
Travel / Poland wildlife and similar wild life where you live. [240]
I have not heard of any stories of Wolves attacking people in Poland , more of a Hollywood myth than a fact , most of them leg it at the first smell of a human , its very hard to get close to them...Wolves have far more to fear from Humans than we have from them...Further east its more of a problem , i spoke with people who thought i was raving mad to camp in the forests of Belarus and Ukraine where attacks from rabid wolves were not unknown especially in winter....I still believe that the most dangerous animal is the one that walks upright on two legs....
wouldn't want my child gobbled up by one.
I have not heard of any stories of Wolves attacking people in Poland , more of a Hollywood myth than a fact , most of them leg it at the first smell of a human , its very hard to get close to them...Wolves have far more to fear from Humans than we have from them...Further east its more of a problem , i spoke with people who thought i was raving mad to camp in the forests of Belarus and Ukraine where attacks from rabid wolves were not unknown especially in winter....I still believe that the most dangerous animal is the one that walks upright on two legs....
wildrover
2 Jan 2009
Travel / Poland wildlife and similar wild life where you live. [240]
ok
Of course....A couple of years back i was offered the chance to earn some money driving a party of Danish hunters around the forest in my Range rover , so i agreed to this...i have to state first of all that i am not a hunter , i see no purpose to shoot an animal just to stick its head on your wall , i am not firmly against it , i know its an old noble art and all that , and the hunters do a lot of work to conserve the forest and animals there...Anyways i was short of dosh , and i felt maybe i didn,t have the right to disagree with something i knew nothing about...So , early one frosty morning a hunting we went....
I got no pleasure from seeing lovely wild animals shot and killed , but i did get to smile now and then at those that got away...The place where i had put my vehicle meant that i got to see very close up those animals that got past the line of hunters intact , one very close encounter with a full grown wild boar was enough to convince me that sitting inside my car was a much better idea than standing beside it...
I had deer , foxes , wild boar pass within two feet of where i sat , and it was good to see the lucky ones escape...Most of the animals were killed almost instantly by the high powered rifles , and only once did we have to hunt down and finish off a wounded boar....
If you are not to sensative to see animals shot , and gutted as soon as they are killed then its a great way to see these animals if you are a town dweller...
The place i live now is in Drawski national landscape park , so its not hard to see the wildlife , i have deer in my garden , and wild boar that take great delight in ripping up my grass to eat the shrub roots , i do wish they would fill in the dam holes after they had eaten , but i love having nature this close , and i feel i am very lucky to live here....
ok
Anyone any stories?
Of course....A couple of years back i was offered the chance to earn some money driving a party of Danish hunters around the forest in my Range rover , so i agreed to this...i have to state first of all that i am not a hunter , i see no purpose to shoot an animal just to stick its head on your wall , i am not firmly against it , i know its an old noble art and all that , and the hunters do a lot of work to conserve the forest and animals there...Anyways i was short of dosh , and i felt maybe i didn,t have the right to disagree with something i knew nothing about...So , early one frosty morning a hunting we went....
I got no pleasure from seeing lovely wild animals shot and killed , but i did get to smile now and then at those that got away...The place where i had put my vehicle meant that i got to see very close up those animals that got past the line of hunters intact , one very close encounter with a full grown wild boar was enough to convince me that sitting inside my car was a much better idea than standing beside it...
I had deer , foxes , wild boar pass within two feet of where i sat , and it was good to see the lucky ones escape...Most of the animals were killed almost instantly by the high powered rifles , and only once did we have to hunt down and finish off a wounded boar....
If you are not to sensative to see animals shot , and gutted as soon as they are killed then its a great way to see these animals if you are a town dweller...
The place i live now is in Drawski national landscape park , so its not hard to see the wildlife , i have deer in my garden , and wild boar that take great delight in ripping up my grass to eat the shrub roots , i do wish they would fill in the dam holes after they had eaten , but i love having nature this close , and i feel i am very lucky to live here....
wildrover
2 Jan 2009
Travel / Poland wildlife and similar wild life where you live. [240]
Nope , i am not familiar with Drawienski , i am in Drawski park , which is north of the towns of Zlocieniec and Czaplinek and goes north as far as Polczyn zdroj ..i live on the northern edge of lake Siecino... ...I have a feeling that Drawski and Drawienski might be the same place....????? stop press...no its not the same park....i am a bit further north than that....
Is that Drawieński Park Narodowy?
Nope , i am not familiar with Drawienski , i am in Drawski park , which is north of the towns of Zlocieniec and Czaplinek and goes north as far as Polczyn zdroj ..i live on the northern edge of lake Siecino... ...I have a feeling that Drawski and Drawienski might be the same place....????? stop press...no its not the same park....i am a bit further north than that....
wildrover
2 Jan 2009
Travel / Poland wildlife and similar wild life where you live. [240]
hope this file is not too big to post....its taken from a watch tower near my home...oops..seems the file is too big , i shall have to shrink it and try again...The biggest wild boar i saw close up was about three feet 6 inches tall at the shoulder , but they can get biger than that...The male wild boar have very sharp and dangerous tusks which they use for fighting other males , but they are quite good at ripping a gash down to the bone on a human leg and will do it if you get betwwen them and their escape route...
The females tend to use biting as a form of defence , or if you get close to one with young as a form of attack.... Like most wild animals they would much prefer to sod off out of your way if they get the chance , but it is possible to bump into them accidentally especially if they are having a snooze , and yes i have been close enough to discover that they snore..!
A wounded wild boar is a very dangerous animal , which is why the hunters try to kill with the first shot , you are legally required to hunt down a wounded animal and end its suffering...very nerve wracking i can tell you....
hope this file is not too big to post....its taken from a watch tower near my home...oops..seems the file is too big , i shall have to shrink it and try again...The biggest wild boar i saw close up was about three feet 6 inches tall at the shoulder , but they can get biger than that...The male wild boar have very sharp and dangerous tusks which they use for fighting other males , but they are quite good at ripping a gash down to the bone on a human leg and will do it if you get betwwen them and their escape route...
The females tend to use biting as a form of defence , or if you get close to one with young as a form of attack.... Like most wild animals they would much prefer to sod off out of your way if they get the chance , but it is possible to bump into them accidentally especially if they are having a snooze , and yes i have been close enough to discover that they snore..!
A wounded wild boar is a very dangerous animal , which is why the hunters try to kill with the first shot , you are legally required to hunt down a wounded animal and end its suffering...very nerve wracking i can tell you....
wildrover
2 Jan 2009
Travel / Poland wildlife and similar wild life where you live. [240]
Oh i forgot..you asked if it was flat or hilly etc...well , its a mixture of forest and farm land , quite flat , with lots of pretty lakes around the place...
Oh i forgot..you asked if it was flat or hilly etc...well , its a mixture of forest and farm land , quite flat , with lots of pretty lakes around the place...
wildrover
2 Jan 2009
Travel / Poland wildlife and similar wild life where you live. [240]
He is not kidding..there are some huge critters buzzing about....i was tootling along on the Harley one evening , and had my visor up enjoying the breeze....I swear the beetle that smacked into my eye nearly blinding me was the size of a B29 bomber...Sometimes on a summer evening they drone past me in the garden , they seem so much bigger here than back in the UK , Polish food must be better than whatever the beetles eat in the UK.....
I was attacked by a giant beetle,
He is not kidding..there are some huge critters buzzing about....i was tootling along on the Harley one evening , and had my visor up enjoying the breeze....I swear the beetle that smacked into my eye nearly blinding me was the size of a B29 bomber...Sometimes on a summer evening they drone past me in the garden , they seem so much bigger here than back in the UK , Polish food must be better than whatever the beetles eat in the UK.....
wildrover
2 Jan 2009
Travel / Poland wildlife and similar wild life where you live. [240]
A polish harvest mouse...slightly damaged...sorry seems all my files are too big to put on here...even if i shrink em... i have lots of really nice pics of wildlife....but just can,t seem to get em sorted to put on here....
A polish harvest mouse...slightly damaged...sorry seems all my files are too big to put on here...even if i shrink em... i have lots of really nice pics of wildlife....but just can,t seem to get em sorted to put on here....
wildrover
2 Jan 2009
Travel / Poland wildlife and similar wild life where you live. [240]
last try before i give up.....a Polish beetle...
last try before i give up.....a Polish beetle...