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Posts by Bartolome  

Joined: 14 Sep 2006 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 27 Jan 2013
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Posts: Total: 1,085 / Live: 343 / Archived: 742 		From: Kraina Deszczowców
Speaks Polish?: Kruca fux, ja
Interests: Kufa, panie, acomieto

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Bartolome   
26 Jul 2010
Love / WILDROVERS FIVE YEARS IN POLAND....come to an end...! [132]

Funny you should say that....but one of my crazy ambitions is to drive there in the winter using a specially prepared Russian army truck....

Then you'll have to learn how to drink vodka not with these small shot glasses, but with a ladle. Anyway, good luck in Matuschka Russia.
Bartolome   
31 Jul 2010
Po polsku / Wymowa polska nazwisk na Wyspach Brytyjskich? [15]

Generalnie ludzie unikają wymawiania mojego nazwiska, a jak już to 'po angielsku'. Ale raz byłem w szpitalu i szkocka pielęgniarka wymówiła je praktycznie bezbłędnie. Chyba jacyś Polacy musieli się tam przede mną pętać.
Bartolome   
29 Apr 2011
News / Will many Poles migrate to Germany in May 2011 (after opening labor market)? [157]

I am considering moving to Germany, however I'm going to need to polish off mein Deutsch and finish my degree here in the UK, so it'll be a while.

But only if I'll be able to find a job that corresponds with my education. That's probably the biggest hurdle in finding job here - I don't know much about the local jobs market and how willing would the employers be to employ me. I hear that Germans are more 'rigid' in this regard. Other issue could be acceptance of the (local) society, so I'd most likely live in a big town and keep a low profile (that's the way I'm living here, anyway).
Bartolome   
6 May 2011
Life / Calendar of Polish Name Days [36]

This is the name of the first Earthling in space (a stray Muscovite *****).

Knickers. It was £ajka (Лайка).
Bartolome   
7 May 2011
News / 2011 Netherlands discuss Polish deportation plan [118]

An unemployed is not equal to an unemployed. If someone has been in a country legally, say, 10 years, has had a good job (= high taxes, insurance etc.), well know in their neighbourhood, sorting rubbish properly, all the 'integration' stuff OK etc and then suddenly loses a job then, I dare ask, should be this person treated equally to a noisy drunkard, who's had just some odd jobs for several months?

As for that 'Polish greed', some people are so generous to bang about here, it just shows that Poles are normal people, just like everyone else, who want to earn some decent money. Try to work in some Biedronka at the counter for 800 zł/month, pay for your rent, bills, food, medicines etc and then come back and preach about 'Polish greed'.

Also, it is normal in the Western world that specialists like engineers, doctors move to another countries to work. Why could Poles not participate in this movement of workforce?
Bartolome   
7 May 2011
News / 2011 Netherlands discuss Polish deportation plan [118]

I have to agree with you, to be honest. The longer a migrant worker is in a certain country and has therefore also paid fees and contributions to social security (!!) the more "right" that person has to "enjoy" the social security system.

Following that thought, a person who had a good job (and often mortgages/credits to pay off!), qualifications (often acquired during costly courses) would be more likely to actively look for another job, so some social security would be a mean of tiding over during a difficult time rather than a primary income source for such person. Therefore, although it needs more effort, I think that deportation should be considered on more individual basis, rather than throwing out people indiscriminately.
Bartolome   
7 May 2011
Love / Polish women are the most beautiful in the world! [1718]

The Polish Playboy seems to prefer Computer Generated Imagery over real polish women ;)
At least this month edition.

You shouldn't comment on someone else's pop culture if you don't know the context. Triss is a character from a cycle of fantasy novels very popular in Poland - 'Wiedźmin' ('The Witcher'). So it's some response to this wave of popularity. Additionally, the game based on that cycle has become quite popular, not only in Poland. Besides, in the Photoshop era, is there such a big difference of pictures of so called 'real' women and computer generated ones? Hehehe
Bartolome   
8 May 2011
News / POLISH COPS TO BREATHALISE CANOE USERS.... [30]

It may seem harsh, but saving your drunk ar$e while sailing or kayaking, often during strong winds or/and high wave is a bit costly for emergency services.
Bartolome   
8 May 2011
Life / Uptight Poles [262]

We see uptight Poles here on the forum.

I'd say he's a Yank. Polish? Trzecia woda po kisielu

car

vs. cigarettes
It's like comparing apples and rotten oranges. E.g. fags have no three-way converters, mind you. And you rarely see cars running inside buildings. Another eample: while background outdoor particle concentration can be some tens of g/m3, it can be several hunred-thousand time higher inside of a room with smokers. And smokers themselves, even while non-smoking, breathe out benzene (known carcinogen). These are but a few aspects of smoking.

I would like to add that we were OUTSIDE and the men sitting with us at the table asked us if they can smoke. She said: YES. So I assumed that I can smoke too. Simple:)

Guess your pal is just over-sensitive. I don't have problems with people smoking outside, as long as they don't puff right in my face.
Bartolome   
9 May 2011
Language / Too many English words in the Polish language! [709]

"focusować"

Nooo! Stop it! It's like driving an ice pick in my ear, hehe
I listen to polish online radio and in one advert a guy uses 'wiosenne aktywności (pl.)' in a sentence, which evidently is a rather ugly calque from English ('activities'), while in Polish 'wiosenna aktywność (sing.)', even when it refers to multiple activities, is perfectly correct.
Bartolome   
14 May 2011
Law / Weapons laws in Poland. Carrying a concealed handgun? [918]

Leave your guns in the US. As a foreigner you would need to ask for a permit from Polish consulate to bring your gun over to Poland just to have it taken away from you by the Police for deposit (unless you'd be working as some guard at US embassy or the like). In practice only hunters can have hunting weapons (you have to be a member of PZ£ow. - Polish Hunters' Association). Acquiring weapon other than hunting one is very difficult for a 'civilian'. However, you can become a weapon user (as opposed to an owner) by joining your local shooting range (strzelnica). Having a gun without a permit in your house is illegal and you would most likely would get some holidays at taxpayers' expense in one of Polish penitentiary resorts. You can have an airgun or a 'hand gas thrower' (ręczny miotacz gazu obezwładniającego), but you need to register them with your nearest Police station.

Wapons & Munitions Act (in Polish)
cietrzew.lowiecki.pl/prawo/prawo_3.html
Bartolome   
15 May 2011
News / Dumbing-down in Polish schools and the Matura [185]

middle class

In Poland? In 2009 only 4% of taxpayers earned more than 50k ZLP/a
egospodarka.pl/50809,Rosnie-polska-klasa-srednia,1,39,1.html (link in Polish, sorry).

It is still very under-represented class in Poland. It grows in Poland, but you can't apply the same criteria of assessment you have in Greece to Poland.

Let's hope that the amendment of the Higher Education Act will significantly improve Polish education. We need better quality, not quantity.
Bartolome   
18 May 2011
Life / IS Poland in danger of becoming the next multi cultural sink hole? [201]

Is Poland in danger of becoming the next multi cultural sink hole?

I don't think so. In fact multicultularism, or rather absorption of other cultures, worked rather well in pre-partition Poland. Western European 'trash' came here and integrated and prospered well, in fact I'd welcome them as they were the carriers of innovation and trade (e.g. the Mennonites in the Wisła delta).

Other question is the social benefits, or rather lack of them in Poland. You can't just bred like a rabbit and live off benefits - it's just pathetic existence (some 'żule' do this, however - for each child you get some 1000 Zlp, which translates to some 50 bottles of vodka - it's a real disgrace and tragedy in a country which considers itself 'civilised').

There's also a chronic shortage of social housing in Poland. Also most of new flats are built to be sold, not rented.
Offices are rather unlikely to offer such multi-lingual advice as it is for instance in the UK, where you get leaflets in all languages you could think of.

I suppose only people who want to work (more or less) and learn Polish will manage to survive and in a way will be 'forced' to integrate, at least partially. The unproductive ones will quickly find themselves becoming social margin.
Bartolome   
31 May 2011
Food / Poland's favourite meal? [11]

Poland's favourite meal

Poland's single most popular dinner

I'd say that putting an equality sign between them is far-fetched. As for most popular, I'd say rosół z kury (chicken stock) and schabowy z kiszoną kapustą i ziemniakami (

fried breaded pork cutlet

with sauerkraut and mashed potatos). This is, IMO, due to their low costs and ease of preparation. With the 'favourite' meal I'd be more cautious.
Bartolome   
14 Jun 2011
UK, Ireland / How to recruit a Polish female for work in the UK? [11]

Try to advertise on Polish portals in the UK (PFs is rather an international portal). I don't know in which part of the UK you have your business, so I can't advise you specifically. If it's Scotland, emito.net could be useful.