Life / Classic Polish movies free - and legal - to view online [13]

Thanks for the tip. Is it this one?
imdb.com/title/tt1514837

May the hunt for a subtitled version begin...

News / Poland's John Paul the Great canonisation this year [177]

How do you go from John Paul's canonisation to discussing nazi germany? Seriously...

Back on topic, you won't find me on a church on sundays nor would I call myself a spiritual person but I have the deepest of respects for Karol Wojtyła.

Travel / Just visited Poland - here is my random rant [154]


I actually find this quite insulting. So you label a whole country 'uncivilized' because you had to pay a couple of cents for a plastic carrier bag? Newsflash, you also pay for them in London. That's in the UK btw. As a matter of fact all major EU capitals have been actively discouraging the use of disposable plastic bags. This has been going on for years now.

Personally I keep a couple of reusable grocery bags from Tescos in my car's boot and take them whenever I go shopping. Easy peasy. Been doing this for almost 5 years now. How's that for (un)civilized?

Travel / Rihanna complains about lack of privacy on Polish beach [150]


We're all bashing Rihanna therefore we must love her? Reductio ad absurdum.

Life / How are electric cars doing in Poland? [413]

ROFL!

Life / Classic Polish movies free - and legal - to view online [13]

It's alright, Amazon's your friend. 10 quid. yey!

Work / Living in Lublin (as a teacher)!? [36]


Which school is this? I'm sorry but I'm just curious to learn which government owned school thought it would be a good idea to use EU funds to fly a Turkish citizen to teach english in Poland for up to 3000zl for 4 days worth of work per month. This country is flooding with language schools and highly qualified english teachers struggling to make a decent living who would be more than willing to perform their duties for a fraction of what you're claiming to have been offered. It just doesn't add up.

You've got yourself some sweet deal there, by all means inquire us about the girls and the social life, after all you'll have loads of spare time.

Is it just me? Am I missing something? Am I being unfair here?


I'm sorry, make that 6 days worth.

Work / Living in Lublin (as a teacher)!? [36]

I see. Thank you for taking the time to shed some light over this matter. For those interested I've found more info here:
ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-programme/comenius_en.htm

I'll be honest I find this whole thing preposterous and a misuse of EU funds. I can see merit on your particular example delph (those kind of experiences can contribute immensely to a child's personal development) but I fail to see the merit on granting an adult those kind of funds for 9+ months just to teach english abroad for a mere 12 hours a week.

I'm sure the op is a very competent professional and a really nice guy and he will bring to Turkey a lot of good things to say about the beer, the girls, the social life, etc. I just don't understand how that will benefit anyone but him. Telling me that the students will "better understand the range of European cultures, languages and values" simply by learning english from a Turkish teacher sounds like someone didn't think this through.

Again please correct me if I'm wrong and may the op forgive me if my whole line of thought is making him feel unconfortable. I have nothing against him personally.

Love / Is rape so common in Poland? [95]

@ rajczykuk the last post is more than 2 years old mate. Why did you feel the need to wake this thread up? Just let this nonsense die.


Am I wrong to think you're a Polish in the UK ence a foreigner yourself? Way to go perpetuating bigotry and stereotypes.


"Not all"? You're saying some of them deserve it? o_O

I don't know what's creepier, the op's question or your necropost.

Life / What are the favorite (foreign) countries for Polish expats to live/retire? [22]

If you're looking for a suggestion rather than statistical data I would say the best bet would be any EEA country out of the Eurozone. Of course it all depends on a number of factors, the most critical one being how much your retirement income was set at, but generally speaking I regard what I said as good advice for the next decade.

Love / Is rape so common in Poland? [95]


It really makes no difference now does it? Or do you see your non-english parents/grandparents/whatever as "dirty scum" too? And what the hell are you doing here anyway, an englishman fighting a holy war for Poland? You sound VERY confused... buddy.


I revel on the "opportunity to seem witty and intelligent"? Why? Because I don't resort to insults or txt talk? Or because I'm not l33t h4x0r? And I'm a "keyboard warrior"? I have like 60 posts... chum.


Well good! Too bad it took you a couple of jabs against my person to answer that. You obviously lack focus... pal.


Then why the heck would you be in a Polish forum venting?!? Why wouldn't you be comforting her?? Why would an englishman join a Polish forum less than 24 hours after his fiance's rape and lecture us about the dangers of <insert random nationality here>? I'll gladly stop being "witty and intelligent" to tell you this: go and get your head checked... dude.

Life / What are the favorite (foreign) countries for Polish expats to live/retire? [22]


Exactly.

Love / Goal: Meet a nice Polish girl! [62]


Word of advice, assuming you're really a teacher keep your head low, try and act professionally and justify whatever money's being spent on you by doing the best job you can. There's nothing wrong with having a bit of fun but if you think anyone is going to look twice at you as soon as you land in Poland then you're up for a big disappointment.

If you think I'm being harsh, I'm not. The earlier you forget all that pseudo-playboy nonsense and macho preconceptions the sooner you'll start enjoying yourself.