Life / Poland's concord of cultures [86]


I remember hearing Denis Skinner speak at the Durham Miners' Gala years ago. He launched into a withering and very funny tirade against Tony Blair. A real old English socialist who practises what he preaches.


Now I think about it, it was Neil Kinnock. I must be older than I thought.

Language / Busha and JaJa [140]

I sincerely hope so. It got boring a long time ago.

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2971]


Gabi was talking about the UK.
There seems to be an unwritten consensus in the UK under which doctors are extremely unwilling to sterilise women of child-bearing age, especially healthy, sane unmarried women.

Work / Work in Rzeszów, Poland - your experience [3]

Your questions are very confusing. What do you want to teach?
You appear to say you are a native speaker of Polish. Am I wrong?
Am I right in thinking that you are a British person with Polish parents who wants to get a job teaching English in Poland?
You'll need to provide a little more information if you want concrete advice.

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2971]

Not as far as I know, although it is entirely possible that women in Poland are, let's say, coerced into doing something they do not want to do.

The disagreement I had with p3 was that I suggested that his argument, reductio ad absurdum, would lead to a woman being effectively imprisoned and forced to complete the term of a pregnancy. The moral and legal consequences do not exist at the moment, but under p3's scenario they would.

My stance remains that a woman should ultimately have the final say in what happens to, and within, her own body.

Study / A foreign student wants to study Tourism. Visa in Poland? [7]


Oh, how the truth will out!

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2971]


It is sometimes very complicated. Child abuse, rape, drunk and incapable of making an informed choice, mentally incompetent, etc.


How else would you effect delivery in a totally uncooperative woman?


Under anaesthetic? Against her will, right? Set aside the morality, do you understand the legal implications for all this?


I didn't. Obviously some women could be persuaded. I'm talking about the hard cases.


If you detain a sane person against their will, it can hardly be called freedom.


Yes, a man is entitled to his say. No, he is not entitled to sign a paper which may give him rights superior to the rights of the woman. It's her body; what goes on inside it is for her to decide. That's where I stand. I guess we'll have to agree to differ.

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2971]


It's not always as simple as that. But OK, if you're content to imprison pregnant women, and approve of invasive medical intervention against the woman's will, that's your right. I just hope, under your rules, your daughter is never taken away screaming to the prison hospital.

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2971]


This would possibly mean imprisoning the woman and forcing her to go through with the delivery, including physically restraining her in a locked room. If she were to be very uncooperative about other people's decisions concerning her own body, chemical restraints might be deemed appropriate while preparing to cut her open to effect a Caesarian section. Happy with that?

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2971]


Would that be by the Zionist Occupation Government or aliens?

Love / I'd like to get married with my girlfriend in Krakow. A simple ceremony place? [16]

In your first post you said you wanted to


by


Now you want something unofficial.


Make your mind up mate!


Yes.

Travel / There is only one railway station in Warsaw Chopin airport? [12]


Thanks a lot, jon. I don't have GPS but you have reassured me. I have a very poor sense of direction, so I need all the help I can get.


This news has had the usual suspects complaining but I think helping to maintain peace in Europe for over sixty years deserves every praise.

Travel / There is only one railway station in Warsaw Chopin airport? [12]

I don't want to open a new thread just for this question so please leave it here until I get a few replies. Thanks, wonderful mods.

I have to pick up family from Chopin airport. The problem is that I haven't driven in Warsaw for about five years and I have no idea what the road situation is like. I'll be coming in from the east. The last time I did it I came through Siemiatycze and Węgrów. Any advice would be appreciated. The flight arrives at 1145.

UK, Ireland / I'm currently living with a Pole who has been claiming benefits in the UK [35]



Which one is correct?


You must know that's not true. I know highly qualified Poles who went to the UK to do professional jobs, not scrounge.
What's your solution? Repatriate all Poles, but leave a few picturesque French students and the odd colourful Arab?
It's not that simple.

UK, Ireland / I'm currently living with a Pole who has been claiming benefits in the UK [35]


Er, isn't that called getting a job?


Work or dole, they can't win with you, can they?

Love / I'd like to get married with my girlfriend in Krakow. A simple ceremony place? [16]

That's right. Both partners should be assertive and should negotiate from positions of strength and equality. Only weak men want a weak woman.

UK, Ireland / Advantages of living in Poland as opposed to the UK. [126]


Ah, well, if he's milking the system illegally, then the figure of 30k/annum is the fruits of fraud. Roz seems to have a more realistic handle on what's going on.

Food / Organic fruit and vegetable - delivery (Warsaw) [33]


Seriously. They'd buy a slab of 24 every week. Having said that, you can't forge fresh kurki, so most of the produce in the market is great.

My mother-in-law sells her surplus eggs, strawberries, marrows and lots of other things there. Lucky customers, I say. Luckier me, as I get it all free!


Naughty.

UK, Ireland / Advantages of living in Poland as opposed to the UK. [126]


Do you mean that he is paid 2500GBP/month in social security payments? How does that break down, e.g. housing benefit, unemployment benefit, etc?

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2971]

Thanks for performing the service so that the rest of us evil liberals don't have to have our blood pressure raised by the misogynists.

The comments we can see above, about wishing people dead, or calling you a quasi-human show these people in their true colours. They are the type that rejoice when staff at abortion clinics are murdered.

Take it easy and have a good day.

Food / Organic fruit and vegetable - delivery (Warsaw) [33]


True, although I have one cautionary tale. A friend's mother works in Biedronka. She noticed that a couple of elderly village ladies often bought large quantities of cheap horseradish in small jars when they came into town on market day. She later saw them in the market selling jars of horseradish, without labels, for a healthy price. It was, after all, straight from their own village, organic, and hand made.

Food / Organic fruit and vegetable - delivery (Warsaw) [33]

As you say, Pip, you're paying for the convenience. From the farm to your door. If you're happy, that's all that matters. Enjoy your veggies.

Love / TRAVELLING to Poland - Girl Advice! [29]


Well, I'm just off out to work now. Maybe later.

Life / Poland monthly bills costs advice [17]


She'd be really fortunate to be able to transfer to the Honkers and Shankers in Kato. A friend's husband has been out of work for two years now. He was a bank manager, and now he can't bring himself to accept the cashier jobs he's very occasionally offered.

Love / TRAVELLING to Poland - Girl Advice! [29]


The same ways girls from other countries act. Treat her as an individual, not a research subject. She's a human being, just like you. You have an awful lot in common!

I married one myself and I can tell you they are pretty much the same as women everywhere, i.e. wonderful, infuriating, mysterious, affectionate, etc.

Food / Organic fruit and vegetable - delivery (Warsaw) [33]

Great idea. Expensive though.

News / Beer and cycling - it's time for Poles to act [46]

What kills me is that cyclists seem to be invisible to the police. I've lost count of the times I've seen police vehicles simply overtake cyclists without lights. Someone told me yesterday that cyclists are supposed to wear a helmet by law. This can't be true, can it?

News / Beer and cycling - it's time for Poles to act [46]

Just before the academic year started two years ago a young guy was driving his girlfriend and her friend from my town to the girls' new student accommodation in the nearest city. On the way a drunk cyclist caused the young guy to swerve in order to avoid him. An oncoming lorry got involved and the result was three dead young people. The lorry driver testified that the cyclist was all over the road (1000am). Oh, and the cyclist was never caught.

Filth? Is that how you see the Police?

Life / Poland monthly bills costs advice [17]


Yes, it does sound rather high, even if it's gross. Good luck if you can get it, but believe it when you see it.


We have friends in Białystok who pay 800PLN/month.

History / What do Poles owe to Hungarians? [231]


Because some say she was crowned when she was 10, and married at 13.