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Posts by Jardinero  

Joined: 8 May 2013 / Male ♂
Last Post: 13 Sep 2019
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From: UK/PL
Interests: History, travel, languages, cultures

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Jardinero   
7 Aug 2016
Travel / London to Krakow travel by Road [22]

Poland have the cheapest petrol prices all over Europe.

In EU you mean - although Belgium is not far behind, especially if you run on LPG (don't understand why the UK hasn't caught up).

Ferry crossing was a complete farce! We had a 6hr Immigration & Security wait in Dover.

This is *****, I hate it, I did a 2hr wait before Xmass and thought it was a killer - hope it does not happen again.
Jardinero   
7 Aug 2016
Study / Any information about Kujawy and Pomorze University in Bydgoszcz [11]

I will be Erasmus student in Kujawy and Pomoże University in Bydgoszcz. I wonder if you know anything about the university?

You will be studying there, so chances are you've applied there not by accident. And you're now asking others to tell you "anything about the university"? Sorry, but this is beyond me, asI would expect any half-awake student to do a rough search before committing to such an endeavour. Students these days... and with all the powers of google at their fingertips... ;-( Not to mention that you do not even state where you will be arriving from, what langiages you speak, what will you be studying, how long, what year, etc...
Jardinero   
7 Aug 2016
Language / Learn Polish or Russian [86]

Poland shares a border with Russia, yet its trade ties are tiny and falling all the time.

Bull. And you are forgetting Belarus and Ukraine - which will only grow.

Russia is not important or geopolitically relevant outside its small mind...

Bull^2. You are clearly talking nonsense - your Russo phobia is showing through.
Practical examples? One of my visits to Albania, I was stopped by the police. They did not speak English. Guess which language they new? Just last year in a Muslim populated area of Birmingham I accidentally overheard two men dressed and looking like they were fresh from Pakistan speaking... guess which language?
Jardinero   
8 Jun 2016
News / An article: NATO is the American occupation of Poland and Europe, by Mateusz Piskorski [233]

...Poland finally has a truly patriotic pro-Polish government...

That's what they would like us to believe. Just wait and see how the average Pole will benefit from having elected those lunatics who will run the country into the ground, turning it into the largest open air museum in EU.

Poland should get out and tell Merkel to go fly a kite.

And then what, genius? Become dependant on Mother Russia? No, thank you.
Jardinero   
6 Jun 2016
Travel / Driving UK - Poland (breaks) [3]

hrs.com
If you drove on a weekend, you could do it in one day.
When in Europe, drive like the disciplined Germans, i.e. do not block the fast lane and move to the outer lanes as soon as you can - you'll need to change lanes frequently.

Some of the services along the way are shabby/crowded on weekends - might be worth having your own food.
Have spare change for toilets (paid) at most station.
Fuel is cheaper if you plan your trip and buy it off the autobahn near the junction.
Jardinero   
26 May 2016
Travel / Why do you visit Poland? [222]

the prices are much lower

The prices are also much lower in Vietnam or Thailand. This is simply because people's incomes there are much lower and so is their free spending money as compared to the countries you mention.

Poland, which nowadays is modern, developed with fantastic hotel infrastructure

It certainly gives that impression in some parts of major cities or expensive hotels, but just scratch the surface, another words live and work like an average local, listen to the media and the church rhetoric and the charm will quickly evaporate...
Jardinero   
25 May 2016
Law / Statistics of crime rates in Poland [37]

However, serious crimes like murders do not have as strict punishment as in the US

And that's the key issue. Plenty of inmates for minor offences, yet worst scum sentenced for murders, rapes, and assaults get off the hook just too easy... not sure why the entire legal system does not get a proper overhaul to remedy this - after all this is a fundamental issue.
Jardinero   
25 May 2016
Food / Cooking Polish kiszka [99]

Having grown up in Chicago with Polish ancestors, we would get kiszka and eat it raw

What the hell is this stuff, anyway - must be some regional thing? The name itself in Polish is enough to make one vomit - especially a vegetarian ;-)
Jardinero   
24 May 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

what drugs are you people on?!

insults

What insults - just asking politely... surely, it must be something in your drinking water then that's responsible for the utter nonsense coming from you?

komunisto

Now this is more like an insult - although to some hard working proletarians in say North Korea that would no doubt be an honour ;-)
Jardinero   
24 May 2016
News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

I can't believe that 2/3rds still call themselves Poles yet want to sell my Motherland to foreign usurpers.

Ah, more of the same old from the 'only true believers' (jedyni prawdziwi wyznawcy sPiSkowych teorii dziejów) - what drugs are you people on?!
Jardinero   
24 May 2016
Law / Statistics of crime rates in Poland [37]

Crime is rather low in Poland

As compared to...? One of the highest incarceration rates in EU.

Crime is punished rather harshly in Poland.

Not a chance. The laws are either outdated or so badly structured, that convicts sentenced for the most horrific crimes end up serving a fraction of the time they would receive in more civilised countries.

Combine that with the totally inefficient and incompetent court system (one of the most expensive and slowest in the EU, mind you), and it becomes a recipe for an atmosphere of lawlessness.
Jardinero   
23 May 2016
Life / Streaming online Polish TV [85]

Tomasz Lis

Say what you will - still one of the best in PL, if not the best, at what he does.
Jardinero   
23 May 2016
Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]

In particular, the Polish habit of talking over each other loudly is seen pretty badly.

Agreed, that annoys me as hell.

Probably it's the only thing I genuinely despise about Poland is just how loud people are.

To be honest, that is not loud at all by Asian, American, or African standards... ever heard drunk Germans?
Jardinero   
23 May 2016
Life / Streaming online Polish TV [85]

I wouldn't mind paying if the service was reliable...
Surprised to find Tomasz Lis on Onet.pl (on air right now - Monday night).
Jardinero   
21 May 2016
Life / Streaming online Polish TV [85]

Tele...generally working.

Generally not working in the last few weeks...
Jardinero   
10 May 2016
Life / Streaming online Polish TV [85]

It works fine for me

It did last night - but not any longer...
WEEB's channel selection seems rather meagre compared with telewizjada's...