Life / Poles are not racist [873]

Henry Ford's grandfather John left famine-stricken Ballinscarthy, near Clonakilty, West Cork, with his family for America in 1847. Ford ancestors had been evicted from land in Somerset, England.........gee another displaced Englishman via Cork, Ireland!

But its ok....we don't mind giving him to ya......we got plenty more to share...:)

Life / Poles are not racist [873]


Irishman.....outa Cork......................anyone else you wanna claim..............incorrectly...:)

Life / Poles are not racist [873]


I think you'll also find the bods at Bletchley Park sorta got there first.....and during the 2nd World war!


Hmmmm....not sure even this is correct......

So that leaves you with nukes and T Cruise....................not bad ....lol

But as a nation......the gud ol' USA is way down the international league of the relative indices of health, education and a whole raft of what the world believes is best!

PS But there are very few places that get it right!

News / 10,000 ISRAELIS READY TO CLAIM FOR POLISH CITIZENSHIP AND POLISH LAND! [628]

If it was stolen off them......and at the time they were Polish citizens, and now they are the children/grandchildren of same, they are just as entitled as the next Polish person to restitution.

If you suggest otherwise, then you are as guilty as the Nazis and Russians of taking it off them!

UK, Ireland / Cheap calls to Poland from the UK [134]

This is an SMS system........1p texts.....may only be via a computer though...someone do a full check out on this system!!!

18185.co.uk/sms.php

Plus believe theres a landline/mobile system too.....:)

UK, Ireland / What do Polish people think about Wales and Welsh people? [191]


Not welsh...nor do I care....whats with the destructive, pointless thread......?

Please delete thread ...admin

Travel / Cheaper Flights to Poland [50]

On MSE, theres a local section for N Ireland..some one found it...alerted the rest of us and Bobs your Uncle!

forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=579227

Ideal reason for a sticky thread...people can see instantly whats going on and avail of some one elses vigilance!

UK, Ireland / Polish immigration in UK [491]


And whats the German minimum wage?.......eeeemmmmmm they aint got one! neither do a few other EU countries.

As ever its not wot you've got....but how you use it...hours as a total mean nothing, some countries 10/20/30% more productive per hour compared with the UK....presenteeism is a condition affecting many EU countries....people turn up to work ......but do feck all else!

In Ireland the Polish population are very well rehearsed in the hourly rates for all sorts of jobs, North and South..they have been very choosy and they challenge those offering less than the going rate, so in some respects they have put pressure on bosses to pay the correct wage......no doubt there are plenty of bad payer/bosses ( including Polish employers!)all the same!

Travel / Cheaper Flights to Poland [50]


Glad to be of service Szarlotka........

And say one for communications.....phones...etc...always new deals...options.....both phoning too and from and within Poland........any more?

Travel / Cheaper Flights to Poland [50]

True S...but we do need a sticky thread for these for the benefit of members of this board......what de ya think...for ALL the low costs......

Ryanair
Wizzair
Centralwings
Easyjet
Bmibaby
transavia
Norwegian air
Meridiana
Volareweb
Germanwings
Clickair
Blekingeflyg

The list may well be endless.......and we should include full fare.....rob you blind...Aer Lingus and British Airways as they do some value for money fares too!!

Life / Racism in Poland - the future [441]

Ditto.........G...were you and I separated at birth.....or.....

Travel / Cheaper Flights to Poland [50]


I know...!!!!!.......I KNOW.........!!!!!!

And it woulda bin cheaper if they hadda served a deportation order on me ...and made it a one way flight!!!.........2 p.....!!....what a bonus for Poland!!!

Travel / Cheaper Flights to Poland [50]

Gee guys you paid through the nose......return to Gdansk from Belfast with easyjet.........

wait for it.........

4p total...incl taxes!!!!

It wasn't advertised on their website and they seemed only to be available for a few days til they were snapped up...see my rational behind creating "sticky" threads!!!!

UK, Ireland / Polish immigration in UK [491]

Liza...even better...why not cul the elderly...!!! Maybe deport the criminal population to a warm offshore island...cut down on prison managemant costs plus heating...aaahhheeemmmm........and then the other 10% long term feckless kinds and chavs........give them holiday vouchers to stay in Poland for an indefinite period!!!

Then the Polish population will feel as if the UK has really sold them out!!!!!!!

Its wots known as a result!!

UK, Ireland / Polish opinion of England as a country and the English nation [64]


There is an element of this....ie getting paid around £1 an hour in Poland to do a job ( if you were luck y enough as an under 25 yr old to have ANY job), and all of a sudden you can get £5 plus an hour for the same joband be able to do a second full time/partime job.....so your earnings potential has gone £40 a week in Poland.........to £300 a week in UK/Ireland....never mind the higher standard of living in UK/Ireland!

Like the Irish before them, the East Europeans do think the streets of London are paved with gold.......!

UK, Ireland / Polish immigration in UK [491]


Oh, sorry you mis-interpreted my line.......didn't say it was over night.....( just check your knowledge of English....:)...)


Such naivety in the ways of the world!

UK, Ireland / Polish immigration in UK [491]

Yes, Bubb agree...but why does it have to be a negative impact......?

After all there are huge numbers of overseas nurses and drs in the UK.......without whom, the health service would crumble in a matter of weeks.

The same in other areas of work.....very reliant on non-nationals....UK has been swamped or indeed has welcomed, wave upon wave of migrants for centuries..some legal some not, this is just another chapter, there isn't a blue print for how many is too many...just anecdotal guesses from those whose job it is to guess.....then get it wrong...:).......aka...politicians, civil servants and other academic..."experts".

Back in the seventies that other beacon of humanity Idi Amin expelled 60000 or so Asians from Uganda, literally over night, with just the clothes they stood up in and £100 or so in exportable cash..........it was no fun for a while......but they made in the UK, this time Polish people arrive legally, most speak reasonable english, hold down 1/2/3 jobs, act responsibly, pay their taxes and positively contribute to the British nation.

I'd say good on them......I salute their risk taking, attitudes and hard work........all necessary to succeed in life anywhere!

UK, Ireland / Polish immigration in UK [491]


I will be optimistic B.........things are a lot different from 20/30/40 years ago when English landladies had signs in their windows saying "No Blacks, dogs or Irish"

Things have moved on considerably.....EU and national protections/rights, regulations and a lot more wealth to go around. Plus I think the Polish immigrant group will be pro-active in asserting themselves in difficult situations, they have pride, skills, good attitude..I spoke to one young Polish girl today who wanted info on equivalencies of her qualifications from Poland to the UK......her enthusiasm was palpably embarrassing!

Polish people will prove an asset to the EU as long as their our government doesnt stand in their way, not other governments and groups act like primitives.

UK, Ireland / Polish immigration in UK [491]


Guys...is Enoch Powell alive and well.................................on this board...come on!!!!????

The only inevitabilty is a downturn in the economic cycle....plus if immigrants either appear better off at someone else expense or if they feel poorly treated, things may get a bit fractious......as long as there are jobs, and things expand...it will all be hunky dory......but not inevitable, in the sense that it will all end in tears!

UK, Ireland / Polish immigration in UK [491]


It was no mistake W, this was a measured and considered approach to making the UK more competitve, keep wage demands low, new blood that isn't that foreign plus the first waves of immigrants would usually be the most innovative, well read, qualified types, suiccessful ......esp if from Poland.

No-one can predict how it will turn out....just look at Northern Rock!!!


Says who...who determines enuf is enuf? No rules, no legislation.......suffice to say, they are all free to go and visit work and live in any part of the EU!

UK, Ireland / Polish immigration in UK [491]


Gee....and we love you too..........go play with your playdough...!

UK, Ireland / Polish immigration in UK [491]


The British bigot, peasant is alive and well...don't it make you proud!
don
Now, don't do as I do...and feed the troll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Language / "Poles" or "Polish people" - which is better to use? [200]

LiR, don't pander to those who would generalize in a negative, stereotypical fashion the people of Poland.

Love / All Polish women can't be nutters can they? [257]


But its a hell of a good start.........or if either party is as ugly as sin.....straying is inevitable!!!

When will either party learn.........each one has something the other wants.......it all depends on how you go about getting it....or what you are prepared to sell it for.....effectively.......lol

My 2 cents worth

Love / All Polish women can't be nutters can they? [257]

Women..........men.....can't live with them....can't live without them.....

Life / EXPATS in POLAND: 10 things you miss / don't miss about home . . . [138]


The right to be scared for your life that you have to have a gun?....sport....naw.....no other reason........still the wild west in places with a very....very thin veneer of civility...IMHO.

Sorry am off thread.

Life / EXPATS in POLAND: 10 things you miss / don't miss about home . . . [138]

Aw.....just a wee bit homesick...big fella'...?

Had some Shaws bacon for breakfast this am......can still taste it.....did the aroma reach Poland yet?....:)

Plus nobody can slobber like the Irish.........don't know what it is....not the English/Welsh/Scots/USA/Canadians...........its just bizarre.....

Is slobbering common in Poland........?

Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]

Not really sure Daffy......but its all relative, plus what you know, how you've been raised, expectations etc.....

Poland has a bit to go....but sure as hell they have more to smile about now than they did in 1949,1959,1969,1979,1989(just)..........

Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]

hey...Daffy........you wrote it..I read it...........so you're breakfast cereal.......gee....

Life / Why are Poles always so miserable? Why do they never smile? [512]


eeemmm...the jury is out on that one Daffy...but maybe to your mum....lol