Love / Should I forgive my cheating Polish girlfriend? [73]

SMP. Reading your dilemma took me back several decades to a long-term relationship which was characterized by intense emotions, both positive and negative, and booze-fuelled histrionics. It was a toxic relationship and we should have ended it years before we did.

Do you know how many times you used the word love in your post? Is it love or obsession? Perhaps you need to take a complete break for a while. The fact that you have invested a lot in this relationship should not cloud your judgement. If it feels all wrong, it probably is.

Travel / Cottage in Zakopane, website suggestions? [6]

It was very nice. We booked domek 4, but when we arrived the owner showed us to another one, which he'd warmed up. Being a cantankerous old git, I insisted on the placed we'd booked. He said that the other one was warmer but I wouldn't listen. He was right. Domek four's fireplace is more ornamental than functional; most of the heat goes up the chimney. If that's the only one you can get, I suggest bringing an electric heater and wrapping up warm.

Travel / Cottage in Zakopane, website suggestions? [6]

You may well have left it a bit late. There are, however, other, less popular places where you might find something.
It's been several years since I rented a domek for Christmas in Janów Podlaski. The place was fine and the owners provided unlimited wood for the fire. Nevertheless, after our first night I went and bought a fan heater in the nearest Biedronka.

sandra.com.pl/sylwester-2012.html

Travel / Poland to England the Cheapest Way? [4]


They should contact their insurer. They might be able to help in this emergency situation.

Life / Blasphemy not OK in Poland! [54]

Are we going to have an RC/Protestant rumble? I do hope so.

Life / Blasphemy not OK in Poland! [54]

I teach a module on astronomy and myth at my uni. Last week I made a joke at Apollo's expense about him being sneaky and manipulative because he persuaded Gaia to set a giant scorpion on Orion because the latter had slept with Apollo's sister Eos. He also tricked his other sister Artemis into shooting Orion. Yesterday we discussed Poseidon sending a flood and a sea monster to devastate Philistia just because his wife was offended by Cassiopeia claiming that she and her daughter were more beautiful than the Nereids. Luckily Perseus saved Andromeda from being devoured by Cetus, the monster, but Poseidon came in for a bit of stick from yours truly. Should I expect the Polish inquisition to come bursting through the door next Tuesday shouting, "Blasphemy!"?

Law / Real wages drop in Poland [28]


There's a difference between a young backpacker turning up and finding a TEFL job and someone who has chosen to make a life here. The figures quoted would be fairly accurate for the former, but not the latter. Anyway, what's the point? This guy just hates Brits.

UK, Ireland / Do the poles like British culture [127]


It's very easy to give advice on bravery from behind a keyboard, isn't it?

UK, Ireland / Do the poles like British culture [127]


Perhaps because most people are more or less content with the way things are. Nobody is going to starve, education is free, healthcare is universal, the police do not opress them. Why should they revolt?

Oh, there's another thing. How would you go about mounting a popular insurrection on a small, mostly flat island? It's always been that way. It doesn't make the people placid, just not suicidal.

News / Lech Walesa is not a democrat and this statement proves it. [24]


I didn't know you were a racist. Africans never lived in trees; monkeys do. Is that what you mean?
btw people in China and India (as well as parts of Africa) had highly developed societies when we Europeans were painting ourselves blue and eating berries.

Travel / Is there a healthy expats scene in Poland? (drinks, food, golf, etc.) [143]


Thought so. I went to a website for a 'Montessori' school in Białystok and my avast! stopped a trojan.

Travel / Is there a healthy expats scene in Poland? (drinks, food, golf, etc.) [143]


Does anyone know whether or not there is a central Montessori governing authority which authorizes the use of the name and supervises each of its schools? Or can anyone use the name?

UK, Ireland / Poles living in the United Kingdom - give us a shout [11]


I doubt that.

UK, Ireland / Poles living in the United Kingdom - give us a shout [11]


What were you teaching?

Travel / Driving from UK to Poland in Christmas Time - winter tyres? [46]

Keeping your fingers crossed on Polish roads in winter is not wise.


So, 400PLN. You probably couldn't fill up your car twice for that. Don't pinch pennies when it comes to road safety. btw Forget about chains.

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2971]


Is it a little bean or a little baby?
I don't want to trawl through pages and pages of emotional breast-beating again so I may have missed the anti-choice lobby's views on IVF, a procedure in which some fertilised eggs are discarded.

Yes, the embryo has life, and I believe it's the woman's right to choose what to do with her own body, including terminating that life. Anything else puts a bundle of cells over the rights of a woman.

Love / I live in Holland and i never meet a good polish guy. [33]


When I meet somebody who has never tasted Champagne, I envy them because I will never again have the joy of first discovering it. That's how I feel now.

I am a little too, ahem, fatigued, to post a link but there's loads of Cutler Stuff on YT. Start with "I'm Walking to a farm". If, after listening to it, you find that you both don't understand it but at the same time understand it , you may want to explore the mind of the late, great Ivor Cutler.

Love / I live in Holland and i never meet a good polish guy. [33]

This is by far the best thread I've ever seen on PF. It is perfect in every way. Forum historians should save it now. It could be the centerpiece of your PhD.

I mean that most sincerely, folks. Perhaps it's because I've been listening to Ivor Cutler tracks for the last hour.

Language / how to say "on" in this case? [3]

She's on the fire just after you put her there, like you would a witch or, perhaps, a Catholic.
A little later she'll be in the fire, where, some would say, she belongs.
She's on fire means that a) her flesh has combusted, or
b) She's got the hots for you whitopian1

Life / Poles and the temperatures they heat their homes [36]


If people think they are going to get sick from drinking cold liquids, they probably will. In Turkey some (most, actually) people think that sitting in a draught will make them ill. Yes, of course it'll give you a stiff back if you sit with the wind on your back, but a lot of people extrapolate to a ridiculous extent. I've been on buses that were like tandoors but with windows secured shut with jubilee clips. And everyone chain-smoking. Perhaps things have changed since I was there, but I remember stern advice against using fans.

My local cafe turns the fridge off in September. When I once complained that the drinks were warm I was told, "It's winter!" with the unspoken implication, "you fool."

Warm Fanta, mnyam.

Language / Busha and JaJa [140]


I was going to mention that but didn't feel confident enough in my Polish!

Life / Poles and the temperatures they heat their homes [36]

On Tuesday I went around the corner from work for lunch. It was a nice day and not at all cold so I went wearing a shirt, no sweater. People on the street, all wrapped up in coats and a few in hats, were gawping at me. It's mid-October so it must be cold, right? I also get strange looks when I wear sunglasses on bright winter days.

News / Papal Day in Poland JP2 [26]

...and Ifleity?

Life / Poland: When usually is the best time to change from summer to winter tyres? [42]


...and the garage guys letting their friends jump the queue (almost drove me to murder once or twice).


Why not? You can drive an old car without it. I won't bother. I'll just creep along like a guy-in-a-hat!

Life / Poland: When usually is the best time to change from summer to winter tyres? [42]

Does anyone find ABS a hindrance rather than a help when slipping on snow and ice?
I change my tyres when the temperature is around +5 or below for a week. How much do you pay? Last year it was 50PLN for me (winter tyres on their own wheels).

News / Papal Day in Poland JP2 [26]


A stringer for Reuters. I wonder if they know about the illiterate crap he puts up here.

News / Papal Day in Poland JP2 [26]


What does this statistic mean? Supreme authority on what? He's dead.
Ifleity?

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2971]


Who is talking about killing newborns?

Law / Help with marriage requirements in Poland [5]

Why not ask at your local register office? That way you'll get the info' you need straight from the horse's mouth.


Is there such a thing as pure British? Sounds like a contradiction in terms.

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2971]

^
What's that weird video link on your profile all about? Illinois Nazis and black line dancing with ET in the middle. wtf?