jonni
5 Mar 2011
News / Irena Kwiatkowska died on March 3, 2011 [14]
I suspect she was being a little tongue in cheek...
I suspect she was being a little tongue in cheek...
jonni
4 Mar 2011
History / Israeli wants to wipe Poland off the map! [198]
Maybe they wouldn't let you join, but plenty of other white people have!
Maybe they wouldn't let you join, but plenty of other white people have!
jonni
4 Mar 2011
Study / Which university (erazmusem)? Poznań, Lublin, Krosno and Białsko-Biała. [17]
Poznan - a respected university in a biggish city. If you have a chance go. Lublin (either university) is good too. Lublin is cheaper to live in than Poznan and a little less 'western'. Also a nice place.
Krosno is a one-horse town, and Bielsko a backwater (but near the Czech border).
Poznań, Lublin, Krosno and Białsko-Biała
Poznan - a respected university in a biggish city. If you have a chance go. Lublin (either university) is good too. Lublin is cheaper to live in than Poznan and a little less 'western'. Also a nice place.
Krosno is a one-horse town, and Bielsko a backwater (but near the Czech border).
jonni
4 Mar 2011
History / Israeli wants to wipe Poland off the map! [198]
Another nutter.
Check out this piece from the website of
Another nutter.
jonni
4 Mar 2011
Law / I was fined for not having a tram ticket in Poland. How does this affect me? [68]
You guys need to work on improving it, raise your standards a bit, or purchase it all from someone that knows how to manage it better.
jonni
3 Mar 2011
Law / I was fined for not having a tram ticket in Poland. How does this affect me? [68]
Sounds odd to me too. I left my monthly ticket at home last year, and they were quite clear - an official document with registered address or a fine (I think 90zl). In the end I just slipped them a 20 and they were happy.
without a Karta Pobytu/Dowod Osobisty
Sounds odd to me too. I left my monthly ticket at home last year, and they were quite clear - an official document with registered address or a fine (I think 90zl). In the end I just slipped them a 20 and they were happy.
jonni
3 Mar 2011
Law / I was fined for not having a tram ticket in Poland. How does this affect me? [68]
I wonder if he'd have got away with that in Warsaw.
Exactly. Public transport is rock-bottom cheap in Poland. Why steal? Especially tacky if it's someone foreign doing it.
or an old foreign drivers license.
I wonder if he'd have got away with that in Warsaw.
next time buy a ticket. regardless of how horrible public transportation is, if you choose to ride it, you ought to pay for it. don't like the product? don't use it.
Exactly. Public transport is rock-bottom cheap in Poland. Why steal? Especially tacky if it's someone foreign doing it.
jonni
3 Mar 2011
Law / I was fined for not having a tram ticket in Poland. How does this affect me? [68]
Whe you get stopped by a ticket inspector and ask for credit, you do. Otherwise it's cash.
So when you get a ticket you have to produce a dowod osobisty and karta bobytu ?
Whe you get stopped by a ticket inspector and ask for credit, you do. Otherwise it's cash.
jonni
3 Mar 2011
Law / I was fined for not having a tram ticket in Poland. How does this affect me? [68]
By looking at it, of course. He would need to show a Dowod Osobista or a Karta Pobytu. Neither of them easy to fake.
But hey, why not procure expensive, complicated and highly illegal fake government documents? You never know, you could save yourself 90zl.
And how he is going to know it is fake address ?
By looking at it, of course. He would need to show a Dowod Osobista or a Karta Pobytu. Neither of them easy to fake.
But hey, why not procure expensive, complicated and highly illegal fake government documents? You never know, you could save yourself 90zl.
jonni
3 Mar 2011
Law / I was fined for not having a tram ticket in Poland. How does this affect me? [68]
And it runs from early till late, and above all is very, very cheap.
- overcrowded...
And it runs from early till late, and above all is very, very cheap.
jonni
3 Mar 2011
Law / I was fined for not having a tram ticket in Poland. How does this affect me? [68]
What would you do when they took the fine, plus court costs and execution fees from your bank account? Tell them you think the system is atrocious and the inspectors ridiculous and hope they'll waive the fine?
Here's the latest scam - the ticket vending machines in Warsaw give change in tokens: zyciewarszawy.pl/artykul/563957.html
I wouldn't pay, I believe the mass transit system in PL is atrocious
What would you do when they took the fine, plus court costs and execution fees from your bank account? Tell them you think the system is atrocious and the inspectors ridiculous and hope they'll waive the fine?
Here's the latest scam - the ticket vending machines in Warsaw give change in tokens: zyciewarszawy.pl/artykul/563957.html
jonni
3 Mar 2011
News / Irena Kwiatkowska died on March 3, 2011 [14]
Irena Kwiatkowska died today. She was a great comedy actress.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irena_Kwiatkowska
"Jestem kobietą pracującą i żadnej pracy się nie boję"
Irena Kwiatkowska died today. She was a great comedy actress.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irena_Kwiatkowska
"Jestem kobietą pracującą i żadnej pracy się nie boję"
jonni
3 Mar 2011
Law / I was fined for not having a tram ticket in Poland. How does this affect me? [68]
Not a good idea. Criminally stupid, in fact.
Not a good idea. Criminally stupid, in fact.
jonni
3 Mar 2011
Law / I was fined for not having a tram ticket in Poland. How does this affect me? [68]
Better to pay it. The mistake with your names probably doesn't mean much. If you leave it, however, a bailiff will come knocking sooner or later.
Better to pay it. The mistake with your names probably doesn't mean much. If you leave it, however, a bailiff will come knocking sooner or later.
jonni
2 Mar 2011
Life / An example of what is wrong with Poland (fatal traffic accident and a tram) [55]
They do it for everything - even a fender bender. Don't naively assume they only do it for fatal crashes. Though there are plenty of those, given Polish driving standards.
They do it for everything - even a fender bender. Don't naively assume they only do it for fatal crashes. Though there are plenty of those, given Polish driving standards.
jonni
2 Mar 2011
Life / An example of what is wrong with Poland (fatal traffic accident and a tram) [55]
They're very strict about that in PL. Cars that have bumped into each other have to sit for ages in the middle of the road in the exact position where the crash happened. At the weekend dead pensioners have to sit in the bus stop for hours freezing solid with a bored policeman for company while they try and find a prosecutor on duty to give permission for them to be moved.
certain procedures and protocols that have to be followed
They're very strict about that in PL. Cars that have bumped into each other have to sit for ages in the middle of the road in the exact position where the crash happened. At the weekend dead pensioners have to sit in the bus stop for hours freezing solid with a bored policeman for company while they try and find a prosecutor on duty to give permission for them to be moved.
jonni
2 Mar 2011
UK, Ireland / POLISH PARTY NORTH LONDON UK [28]
The first generation are in elderly care, the second generation go there once a year if at all, the third generation are English and the new arrivals are sitting at home on Nasza Klasa with a can of Tyskie.
there used to be a Polish Club in Golders Golden on Finchley Road underneath the bridge. Was it closed down too?
The first generation are in elderly care, the second generation go there once a year if at all, the third generation are English and the new arrivals are sitting at home on Nasza Klasa with a can of Tyskie.
jonni
1 Mar 2011
Life / Vasectomy in Poland is illegal? Why? [123]
Though as citizen of an EU member state who has lived there for over six years, you are fully entitled to have your say when it comes to voting.
Though as citizen of an EU member state who has lived there for over six years, you are fully entitled to have your say when it comes to voting.
jonni
1 Mar 2011
Life / Vasectomy in Poland is illegal? Why? [123]
If there is a lesson to be learnt. And in this case there isn't.
I expect they'll do that themselves eventually, or more likely an EU ruling will do that sometime far in the future, when they get around to it. In the meantime, there's no shortage of cheap flights to, dare I say it, more enlightened places. If you dislike vasectomy so much, why don't you campaign for it to be banned in the UK - you'll find plenty of space under the sandwich board for your presumably bulky supplies of:
Because we should learn from history?
If there is a lesson to be learnt. And in this case there isn't.
You should start campaigning for the legalisation of sterilisation in Poland if you think it's such a good thing. Why not? Maybe you are right and they will change the law and everyone will be happy. ;->
I expect they'll do that themselves eventually, or more likely an EU ruling will do that sometime far in the future, when they get around to it. In the meantime, there's no shortage of cheap flights to, dare I say it, more enlightened places. If you dislike vasectomy so much, why don't you campaign for it to be banned in the UK - you'll find plenty of space under the sandwich board for your presumably bulky supplies of:
Contraceptive pills, patches, condoms, contraceptive injections, IUD, contraceptive implants, spermicidal gels... and more. These products give me all the control over my body I need.
jonni
1 Mar 2011
Life / Vasectomy in Poland is illegal? Why? [123]
And why should this limit peoples' planned parenthood options today?
Why should they?
You may as well ban tattoos. They're invasive, have associated health risks and Nazi Germany also forced people to have them.
It didn't suddenly appear on the map in September 1939.
And why should this limit peoples' planned parenthood options today?
So they probably need to choose from one of the various other legal options out there, or go abroad to have their tubes tied / snipped.
Why should they?
You may as well ban tattoos. They're invasive, have associated health risks and Nazi Germany also forced people to have them.
jonni
1 Mar 2011
Life / Vasectomy in Poland is illegal? Why? [123]
Sensible really. So it's just Poland and the Vatican who ban it! Anachronism - yes, it must have been at least thirty years ago.
Sensible really. So it's just Poland and the Vatican who ban it! Anachronism - yes, it must have been at least thirty years ago.
jonni
1 Mar 2011
Life / Vasectomy in Poland is illegal? Why? [123]
I'm sure birth control used to be illegal there. I knew a lady who used to take suitcases full of various things across on the ferry.
I'm sure birth control used to be illegal there. I knew a lady who used to take suitcases full of various things across on the ferry.
jonni
1 Mar 2011
Life / Vasectomy in Poland is illegal? Why? [123]
That's good - did they change the law?
No issues in Ireland.
That's good - did they change the law?
jonni
1 Mar 2011
Life / Vasectomy in Poland is illegal? Why? [123]
Sterilisation isa form of birth control, chosen by many.
Gosh, you certainly take plenty of precautions - talk about belt and braces! But what about the freedom of others to choose a different method?
Is that a reason to ban anyone from choosing the procedure or criminalising a surgeon who performs it as an elective procedure?
The Polish ban is pre-war. Nothing to do with Nazi Germany.
We aren't talking about your body - what you do with it is your choice. The issue here is the freedom of others to choose this option.
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Forced sterilisations are an atrocity if done on a large scale - the handful done in the UK over the past few years were all decisions of the high court in exceptional circumstances. The other 99.99999999% were done as somebody's informed choice.
Sterilisation isa form of birth control, chosen by many.
Contraceptive pills, patches, condoms, contraceptive injections, IUD, contraceptive implants, spermicidal gels... and more.
Gosh, you certainly take plenty of precautions - talk about belt and braces! But what about the freedom of others to choose a different method?
can be theoretically performed without the person's knowledge
Is that a reason to ban anyone from choosing the procedure or criminalising a surgeon who performs it as an elective procedure?
Nazi Germany, can serve as a powerful tool for "improving society"
The Polish ban is pre-war. Nothing to do with Nazi Germany.
. I wouldn't call that "freedom over my own body", quite the opposite.
We aren't talking about your body - what you do with it is your choice. The issue here is the freedom of others to choose this option.
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I know, the links are about the US, but I use them as an example of what Poland is trying to steer clear of.
Forced sterilisations are an atrocity if done on a large scale - the handful done in the UK over the past few years were all decisions of the high court in exceptional circumstances. The other 99.99999999% were done as somebody's informed choice.
jonni
1 Mar 2011
Life / Vasectomy in Poland is illegal? Why? [123]
Then you've clearly got a screw loose if you think that the subject of the article, Nazi Eugenics and its origin, have anything to do with contraception.
There's a reason most European countries don't ban vasectomy - as far as I know only Poland, Ireland and the Vatican City have any problems with it.
Evidently you think people shouldn't have freedom over their own bodies.
I find it very relevant and to the point
Then you've clearly got a screw loose if you think that the subject of the article, Nazi Eugenics and its origin, have anything to do with contraception.
There's a reason most European countries don't ban vasectomy - as far as I know only Poland, Ireland and the Vatican City have any problems with it.
Evidently you think people shouldn't have freedom over their own bodies.
jonni
1 Mar 2011
Life / Vasectomy in Poland is illegal? Why? [123]
An irrelevant and pointless link. If anything it's banned due to a synergy of relligious prejudice and the fragile male ego.
to make sure this doesn't happen:
An irrelevant and pointless link. If anything it's banned due to a synergy of relligious prejudice and the fragile male ego.
jonni
1 Mar 2011
UK, Ireland / POLISH PARTY NORTH LONDON UK [28]
That's true. There are thousands in the town where I am now, and no Polish bar or noticeable Polish presence in the pubs. I've been spending a lot of time in London N17, again huge numbers of Poles but not in the pubs. And six cans of Tyskie for a fiver in every corner shop. Most Poles I know in the UK socialize with friends in their homes.
That's true. There are thousands in the town where I am now, and no Polish bar or noticeable Polish presence in the pubs. I've been spending a lot of time in London N17, again huge numbers of Poles but not in the pubs. And six cans of Tyskie for a fiver in every corner shop. Most Poles I know in the UK socialize with friends in their homes.
jonni
1 Mar 2011
UK, Ireland / A Mexican-Polish citizen is moving to UK by summer 2011 [38]
I do. But I spent most of Jan & Feb here due to the Libya thing. Back home to Warsaw soon.
As for the OP's question, I was walking through the town centre (Wakefield) today, and heard at least a dozen groups of young men speaking Polish. What struck me was not only that it was the middle of the day, but a few things about them that suggested they were both broke and with time on their hands. Even the local temp agencies that used to advertise in Polish seem to be shutting up shop.
Not a good time to arrive in the UK.
here as in the UK? I thought you lived in Warsaw.
I do. But I spent most of Jan & Feb here due to the Libya thing. Back home to Warsaw soon.
As for the OP's question, I was walking through the town centre (Wakefield) today, and heard at least a dozen groups of young men speaking Polish. What struck me was not only that it was the middle of the day, but a few things about them that suggested they were both broke and with time on their hands. Even the local temp agencies that used to advertise in Polish seem to be shutting up shop.
Not a good time to arrive in the UK.
jonni
1 Mar 2011
UK, Ireland / A Mexican-Polish citizen is moving to UK by summer 2011 [38]
I doubt t. Even people who've paid their taxes for years have to fight to get anything back from the state nowadays.
Very sound advice. The days when someone could come from Poland, pitch up at an employment agency and get work right away are gone. Many of those here now are struggling to get anything at all.
I dare say so!he will more than likely get a free car and house too :)
I doubt t. Even people who've paid their taxes for years have to fight to get anything back from the state nowadays.
if you haven't got a job lined up don't even think about.
Very sound advice. The days when someone could come from Poland, pitch up at an employment agency and get work right away are gone. Many of those here now are struggling to get anything at all.
jonni
28 Feb 2011
Law / ACN direct selling telecom company in Poland [45]
Try everything once, except incest, Morris dancing and Amway.
Try everything once, except incest, Morris dancing and Amway.