Life / Life in Poland - ECONOMY [62]


20 years ago many were foreign owned - German and Dutch especially

But these days Polish ownership of manufacturing is quite high and there is a good entrepreneurial culture here - far more so than in Czech and Hungary.

I will look it up but my guess is circa 50 percent is in Polish hands

Romania will be a challenge to Polish manufacturing but the wage difference is shrinking quickly and it won't make sense to move existing production there.

Other than that, nobody is going to move outside the EU especially as the close options are politically going in the wrong direction - Turkey, Belarus, Serbia, Egypt etc.

Life / Popular and Practical Cars in Poland [78]


In most of Europe definitely - parking is a huge problem and fuel too expensive

Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 18 [294]


Why not just shoot the tyres ?


The backyard where we live longer, healthier, happier lives with more time off, more job security, less crime and better food.

Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 18 [294]


I don't know but maybe someone could have asked her rather than murdering her - and not even letting a doctor near

Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 18 [294]


Iron I am surprised at you - being a single mom, dating, being an "activists" (probably writing a few letters. How is this "looking for trouble"

And whatever she was doing does not warrant being shot.

Why didn't he shoot the tyres ? Easier and safer. The guy was out of control.

Life / Using less American stuff in Poland [39]


Yeah I like that. Max Burger (swedish) is also good but pricy

Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 18 [294]

Why didn't he just shoot the tyre ?

Apart from the fact that he is a bloodthirsty murderer

Life / Using less American stuff in Poland [39]

So I am sticking it to the US imperialists

McDonalds started messaging me with offers - they obviously noticed I'm not going any more

Fight the power !

Only one fast food this week so far - "Chinese" from a dodgy Viet place on outskirts of town. Edible but wouldn't win any prizes and certainly worse tasting than Macs

Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 18 [294]


I think even donut loving Chief Wiggum could have stepped out the way of that

And it wasn't a cop - more like some unlicensed militia.

Fortunately in decadent old Europe such things never happen. Our police are not ideal but they are not lawless fascists

News / Will Poland help defend Greenland against US Imperialism [501]


FC St Pauli ?

Off-Topic / American Special Military Operation in Venezuela [353]

Yeah - I don't think there are many options these days for the deposed - Honecker was in Chile, Idi Amin in Saudi and Kaiser Wilhelm in Netherlands. Used to be quite a collection of African tyrants in the posh suburbs of Paris.

I'm wondering what Trump is going to do after retirement.

Off-Topic / American Special Military Operation in Venezuela [353]

I dont know - maybe some kind of military tech. I heard the North Nigerians are worried that the US will be able to reverse engineer their supposedly most sophisticated tech in Syria and Vz.

Whatever tech they have is probably several decades behind so it's weird to make such a fuss.

Off-Topic / American Special Military Operation in Venezuela [353]


Huge bag of stolen cash probably

Assad landed in North Lagos with a plane load of dollars and Euros, which Putler promptly swiped from him

News / Poland's aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 28 [73]


Having run out of horses the North Nigerians had another bright idea - a column of quad bikes

How do you think that ended up ?

They had a good chance to take Pokrovsk now with the world tied up in Venezuela. Instead they have gone backwards.

News / Poland's aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 28 [73]


Oh - that sounds kinda familiar

Like the 3 days it would take to capture Kiev ? LOL

Just remember to bring some ammo, a GPS and some fuel this time !

Dumb ass drunk losers

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News / Will Poland help defend Greenland against US Imperialism [501]


Heavy drinking and abuse of young recruits

Life / Using less American stuff in Poland [39]


Samsung is Korean

But I'm not changing from Apple - too much of a pain in the ass. I will however go as long as possible without replacement, cut down Apple Store purchases etc

For AI then I asked Chat GPT and they recommended French company Mistral

Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 18 [294]

It's in frequent use by the types who are obsessed with transsexuals and migrants and boast about their crappy guns and cars.

In educated circles it is not polite

Life / Using less American stuff in Poland [39]

Yes - I remember that case. In fact buying less American stuff aligns with being a healthier better person in many cases - less social media, fast food, junk tv, oil.

Tomorrow I will be thinking about how to replace audiobooks (I love them but Apple and Amazon have a duopoly in English titles). Might just be Empik store

Off-Topic / American Special Military Operation in Venezuela [353]


Mission accomplished !

News / Poland's aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 28 [73]


For the North Nigerians ? Well they enjoy it and are told it is part of a holy mission

You can Google the atrocities they committed in Pokrovsk over Christmas.

I know you admire Shostakovich and all that but the soldiers on the ground behave like beasts, absolute feral filth.

Life / Using less American stuff in Poland [39]


Will try that

Plenty of options in Shell and Moya too. Amic is out - a front for North Nigerians - and Circle K I like but need to check if the Canadian owners have American capital.

Off-Topic / American Special Military Operation in Venezuela [353]


There are some very weird people round the Whitehouse and Pentagon these days and lots of them seem to think the same. Generally those with little knowledge of the world outside America.

I think some of them have been watching too many videos of 19th century North Nigerian tactics of running head along towards machine guns, and think all foreigners are that stupid.

When the world was partitioned into spheres of influence in the 19th century there was one key difference - the natives didn't have guns or weapons training. Once they did, they inflicted costly and bloody defeats on all the colonialists in Vietnam, Malaya, Algeria, Afghanistan.

People don't generally like being ruled as slaves by extractive foreigners. I don't know how many countries Golden Cow is thinking of invading, but after a few months of disorientation, the inhabitants will start fighting back with modern weapons, cyber warfare, maybe even cheap nukes.

At that stage your average G.I. (who these days is often Latinx or black) might start wondering why they are risking their lives for some oil company or tech billionaires, when they could be sitting at home peacefully watching Netflix with the kids

Life / Using less American stuff in Poland [39]

Costa has been going downhill since the pandemic. High prices and locations getting tatty. Coke are trying to sell the business.

Plenty of good regional competition too like Nowakowski in Warsaw, Piskorska in Wlkp and Lajkonik in South of Poland

Eating while on the road is going to be one of my biggest challenges. For example, between Warsaw and Berlin, I can only think of American options - McDonald's, KFC, Burger King, Subway. Though there is also ORLEN (I just finished boycotting them) and I know both Zabka and Pasibus are thinking of drive ins)

On smaller roads then I will explore more Polish owner options even if it takes more time it will probably be healthier

Life / Using less American stuff in Poland [39]

Yes, but it is not the original - some dude started the brand again a couple of years back.

Plenty of alternatives to Coke though - Hoop (Polish) Kofola (Czech), Frtiz (Germany) plus own brands. i guess Dino own brand cola is Polish

Off-Topic / American Special Military Operation in Venezuela [353]


I nie tylko - there are 5 Chinese restaurants in Torun - the Lotos, Orient Express, Thienlong, Beijing and most suspicious the one just called "Restauracja Chinska". What can they be up to ?

News / Poland's aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 28 [73]

express.co.uk/news/world/2153854/russia-erik-selimov-death-ukraine-putin

Colonel Erik Selimov won't be joining the victory parade. Not pushed out a window or blown up by Ukrainian spooks - instead a mysterious car smash, aided by a few bottles of gut rot vodka in Donetsk.

It's now the one month anniversary of the North Nigerian scum claiming they had captured Pokrovsk and would have an open road, collapsing front etc. in fact they have moved forward er...not at all. No Venezuelan oil or mercenaries, no Iranian drones soon.

Life / Popular and Practical Cars in Poland [78]


There you are Alien - that's what you get for trying to engage him in normal conversation