News / Monument gets erected when a clique rules in a small Polish town [29]

Setting priorities. Kaczyści have never been good with them. That's why you've missed it.

News / Monument gets erected when a clique rules in a small Polish town [29]


I just think that this place (and Poland in general) doesn't need Kaczyński's monuments, since a)there are more important things to do; b) Kaczyński was such a controversial figure, that his monuments in public places will cause stir amongst locals. Also, the article clearly shows that PiS wants to erect this bust by an accomplished fact. The mayor evades an answer when asked about the issue. The formalities are not fulfilled.

News / Monument gets erected when a clique rules in a small Polish town [29]


It doesn't really matter here. What matters is that it wil be put in a public, prominent place. If they like to waste their money for such doodle, they can even replace their tellys with such monuments if they like as long as it happens in their private confines.

UK, Ireland / What do you like about living in Britain? [134]

Scottish Highland, the choice of beers, general easiness of life, prices/salaries ratio, quality of higher education, general helpfulness of strangers, various offices going online and some other stuff.

UK, Ireland / What do you like about living in Britain? [134]


You're lucky you're in Poland. Otherwise you could earn a couple of Glesga kisses for calling people here 'English' (not that I'm in a fighting mood, hehe). Contrary to all that talk about the evil foreigners 'destroying' Britishness, I'd say there's still a strong regionalism (which, after all, constitutes what Britishness is) across Britain, at least in Scotland.

UK, Ireland / What do you like about living in Britain? [134]

I forgot - free motorways.

Work / I'm from Canada, and the latest victim of a Polish woman - one bites the dust [13]


Hehe, I'm still 'young', then, I'll try. Thanks in advance for any help. But first I've got to finish what I've started here.

Language / How should "Polish" be written? Maybe Polski? [27]


Fix'd

Language / "żółwik" - the same word?? [55]

pożyczać (komuś) - to lend
pożyczać (od kogoś) - to borrow

UK, Ireland / Ad from my UK newspaper today : not worth a zloty [13]

Polish bank notes:

Polish coins:



- all bank notes and coins MUST have an eagle with a crown - old PRL ones had an eagle without a crown
- no coins in current circulation are made of pure aluminium or silver or have a nominal higher than 5 zł (coins with higher nominals are only struck in silver or gold for collectors/investors and nobody sane would use them to pay in everyday transactions, since the intrinsic value of precious metal they're made of is much higher).

I read of someone tricking a shop assistant into accepting this 30 lat prl silver coin here - its nominal is 200 _old_ złotych, its (numismatic) value is about 35 new zł.

Off-Topic / The West Highland Way - 96 miles through some of Scotland most beautiful routes. [28]

I'll perhaps go down that way when I'm an old dziad. I just prefer the tops, not the feet of the mountains. Last weekend did my 50th and 51st Munros, so 232 to go.

Off-Topic / The West Highland Way - 96 miles through some of Scotland most beautiful routes. [28]


Damn, why it never happens to me, grrrr

Language / Fun with Polish ambiguous language [62]

Now get this: A qq spadek

Language / Fun with Polish ambiguous language [62]


I like black humour:
Wystawił żołnierz głowę z okopu i coś mu do łba strzeliło.
Wszedł żołnierz na minę i się rozerwał.

Alkohol to wróg! A wroga trzeba w mordę lać!