Life / Why are Muslims seen as a deterrent to Poland? [565]

Sig, Poland is not as conservative or as Catholic as the numbers might suggest. If you ever migrate here, you'll find out.

Law / Work permit + national visa in Poland for India citizen [91]

You can't blame a person for wanting a better life. That's what the USA was built on.

News / Austria's swing to the far right on Poland? [214]


You may be the first to use that word since about 1910. I agree that many of the 'refugees' are in fact cads and rotters, but is there a failsafe way to distinguish between them?

News / Roman Polanski accused of unlawful sex with a minor [403]

I reported this and asked for this user to be blocked. It seems PM values this pervert's contributions.

Life / Sports tv and UK tv channels in Poland ( via box connecting to TV and Internet ) [33]

I was told by a young person that downloading films for one's own use is not an offence in PL. Any ideas about that?

News / Roman Polanski accused of unlawful sex with a minor [403]

I think the Spacey and Hoffman stories are nuts.

How about this: a relatively unknown twenty-seven-year-old female actor gets drunk at a party and comes on to a fifteen-year-old boy. She even lies on top of him. He tells her he doesn't want this and she immediately stops. He leaves without any problem or further attempt from her to seduce him. Thirty years later he pops up and attempts to destroy her career and life. How can that be right?

Classifieds / Need an English Teacher (who worked in Russia) for an Interview for my blog (free with your promotion) [12]

You're welcome.

Life / Halloween vs All Saints' Day in Poland [48]

Supermarkets here in Poland carried a few bits of Halloween rubbish, but it didn't exactly fly off the shelves. The cemeteries, however, were full last night. A beautiful sight.

Law / Buying a car in Poland or Germany? [36]

Some years ago the Polish transport minister said that the cause of quite a few road deaths was down to imported German cars that had been in an accident and repaired. After an accident the structural integrity of a car can be compromised, making it more likely that a subsequent crash will cause the car to disintegrate. Caveat emptor.

News / Roman Polanski accused of unlawful sex with a minor [403]

Did it take long to find a picture of him wearing a yarmulke?

Classifieds / Need an English Teacher (who worked in Russia) for an Interview for my blog (free with your promotion) [12]


Just don't expect a word of thanks.

History / Adam Mickiewicz. What is his motherland: Poland or Lithuania? [93]

When I was studying 'Literature in English' I was aware that it was Conrad's third (?) language but was constantly astonished by his absolute mastery of it. jon insists that his wife played a big part in the writing process. Perhaps we can tempt him to join in.

Life / Your favourite Polish Music Album [25]

Pidżama Porno.

Life / Wszystkich Świętych (All Saints Day) // Dzien Zaduszny (All Souls day) [86]

We had a flurry of snow here in the east this morning. If the bad weather continues, there will be more carnage than usual on the roads, as millions go to visit family graves across the country. Let's hope the weather improves. I spoke too soon; the rain has just started again.

History / Adam Mickiewicz. What is his motherland: Poland or Lithuania? [93]

"Being a woman is a terribly difficult trade since it consists principally of dealings with men."

Chance (1913) part II, Ch. 5

Life / Wszystkich Świętych (All Saints Day) // Dzien Zaduszny (All Souls day) [86]

High winds have caused some cemeteries to be closed by the authorities, who are concerned that trees might fall. Has this ever happened before?

Classifieds / Need an English Teacher (who worked in Russia) for an Interview for my blog (free with your promotion) [12]

Both places. St. P for a couple of years, then Moscow for one. Picked up the scar when I was jumped by two punks. One smashed a bottle of beer over my head. My beer. I could write a book but gotta go for today.

Classifieds / Need an English Teacher (who worked in Russia) for an Interview for my blog (free with your promotion) [12]

I spent a few years in RU. I've still got the scar. Never a dull moment. Yeah, Petersburg is something else.

Classifieds / Need an English Teacher (who worked in Russia) for an Interview for my blog (free with your promotion) [12]

Well, now you've made two.

Classifieds / Need an English Teacher (who worked in Russia) for an Interview for my blog (free with your promotion) [12]

Check your pm box.

Classifieds / Finding good tradesmen from Poland to work in the UK [7]

Seems that way, dolno. I've got a bloke coming this pm, but he said that even if he accepts the job, he can only squeeze us in at the end of December. There's been a pile of timber on the floor for months. The blokes who said they'd work just buggered off to Germany when a more lucrative offer came up. I can't say I blame them, but it's really unprofessional to say you'll do something and then don't. This has hapened to us half a dozen times.

Classifieds / Finding good tradesmen from Poland to work in the UK [7]

Because of people like you I've been looking for a builder for feckin months. Leave us a few, will you?

UK, Ireland / My bad experiences with Polish neighbours in UK (not meant to offend) [173]

My government is (unfortunately) in Warsaw.

UK, Ireland / My bad experiences with Polish neighbours in UK (not meant to offend) [173]


Who donate huge sums to charity and engage in voluntary work on a scale rarely seen in most other countries, perhaps with the exception of the USA, another society with a fully formed civil society. Crow is so full of bigotry and hatred that it has blinded him.

The UK is indeed less significant than it was when it had an empire, but to call it insignificant is just further proof of Crow's closed mind.

Travel / What is the most convenience way from Warsaw airport to the center of Kielce? [9]


From the airport?

Travel / Is Gdansk worth a visit in Poland? [33]

The preserved destroyer Blyskawica in Gdynia is well worth a visit.

Love / How common or culturally accepted is divorce in Poland? [43]


I have been in close contact with young Polish people on an almost daily basis for the best part of twenty years, and I have seen the changes first hand. And before you accuse me of pushing atheism, I don't. I merely observe.

UK, Ireland / Polish career criminal gets six years for rape [43]

So a two-tier system based on wealth.

UK, Ireland / Polish career criminal gets six years for rape [43]

The UK dropped the punishment element years ago. I'm not being facetious, btw. The Home Office line is that deprivation of liberty is punishment enough. I don't recall the year but it was a philosophical sea change in policy.

UK, Ireland / Polish career criminal gets six years for rape [43]

I thought that the offenders themselves could request cc. As jon has pointed out, forced castration could make a dangerous criminal even more dangerous.