Love / What do Polish girls think about Gypsies? [116]

Every day is a school day.

Today I learnt something and my interest levels raised.

Nice One!!

Love / What do Asian boys think about Polish girls? :) (and vice versa) [150]

Asian British Indian or Asian Pakistani? (I intentionally omit the British prefix to Pakistani because they have NEVER regarded themselves as British)

Makes a BIG difference, you and i both know it!!

Love / What do Asian boys think about Polish girls? :) (and vice versa) [150]


Strange, im sure you said earlier that you were 'Typically English' in all but skin colour.

Love / What do Asian boys think about Polish girls? :) (and vice versa) [150]


Then why did you refer to the English as if you weren't on of them.


Again I reiterate my point. Why did you refer to the English as if you weren't one of them.

One second you are 'typically English' apart from the skin colour the next minute you refer to the English as drunken thugs lacking class, culture and an openess or understanding of other religions.

I am accutely aware of the many great aspects of being British, like racial and religious tolerance, the very tolerance and acceptance of other religions that affords other races and religions to build minarets that adorn the skylines of British cities. Likewise, I'm accutely aware of my countrymen's failings but I don't come on this board making derisory comments about the country of my birth.

You are a jumped up little 18 year old with zero life experience and you have the audacity, yes arrogance to puport to know the British as a whole and make disparaging comments in an attempt to distance yourself and try to curry favour.

So whats it to be. British? Warts and all.....Or British in passport only??

Oh and I don't read the tabloids, I can't turn the pages because of my injured knuckles that drag on the floor.


If we are all the same then why did you refer to yourself as a West Midlands Asian and not a British Englishman of Asian descent????

Love / Polish girls fall for Indian guys ? [217]


Is this you???? Personally I think you have an identity crisis.

Love / What do Asian boys think about Polish girls? :) (and vice versa) [150]

He is funny though

Love / What do Asian boys think about Polish girls? :) (and vice versa) [150]


More arrogance.....17 posts and you presume to speak for the Forum as whole.

Do yourself a favour lad, wind your neck in.

UK, Ireland / Long-term impact of returning UK Poles to Poland [21]

Cricket .... Good lord no.

Rugby Union is already alive and growing in Poland

Life / I saw Polish nationalism today [249]

Anyone think this would be tolerated in Poland?

Love / Irish woman dating a Polish man - need advice about my polish boyfriend and marriage [24]


He's Polish, hence he is a EU Citizen, Ireland is in the EU, hence he doesn't need a Green Card!!

UK, Ireland / Homeless Poles living on barbecued rats and alcoholic handwash? [62]


Asolutely!!

Up until recently 60% of the registered homeless (UK Wide) were ex members of HM Forces.


WTF??

And you dont think this happens in Poland? Or Germany? Or France? Or Belgium ...Ad Infinitum....

In fact, as I pass through Gare du Nord on Monday morning i'll take some shots of the families living in the station itself or the army of beggars stood on the steps, or then I could jump off the tram at Liedts and take some shots of the 20 or so guys that gather there almost daily.

But its only happening in Britain right??

And of course the authorities are duty bound to house them, wean them off thier alcoholism and give them a job, because thats exactly what I could expect if I found myself in the same situation in Poland.

IGNORANT TWOT!!!

Incidentally, In the interests balanced journalism it may have been worth giving the comparative stats of UK homeless.

UK, Ireland / Homeless Poles living on barbecued rats and alcoholic handwash? [62]

Well that would depend entirely on whose figures you prefer to use. The governments figures claim 464 people are sleeping rough in England. The UK government's definition of homeless is someone who is actually "bedded down" in a sleeping bag. These are the only ones counted. Someone sitting up in a sleeping bag, or standing alongside their bedding is not counted. These figures have even been massaged to the extent that the local autorities have been accused of not counting those that are lying down but have their eyes open.

Crisis, (The homeless Charity) who maintain thier own records and a database of names say the number in the region of 3500 in London alone!!

Sleeping Rough is defined differently to homeless.

In the first quarter of 2010, there were around 65,000 homeless households in temporary accommodation in Great Britain. (This does not include those voluntary homeless)

Crisis, has estimated that there are 380,000 hidden homeless households in the UK at any one time. The majority of these households are single homeless.

History / The Untold Battle of Britain [205]

Eagle20

What a great story, what a great photo.....God bless you Franciszek Kornicki

Love / How to find Asian Girlfriend in Poland [56]

At least 17 Britons have been murdered in Thailand since 2003 by their wives.

Scary statistic.

Hope you don't have any spare cash ;o)

Love / IMPORTANT NOTE FOR POLISH GIRLS (watch out for hypocrites) [52]


I could be wrong like, but the Polish have been in the UK since the mid 40's and the Commonwealth immigration began in the late 50's.

USA, Canada / Not everyone that lives or comes from America is RICH! [300]


**** man.......Ain't we the unfortunate ones.

USA, Canada / Not everyone that lives or comes from America is RICH! [300]


Because of the "an Gorta Mór"

News / Will many Poles migrate to Germany in May 2011 (after opening labor market)? [157]


Absolutely, I've been offered numerous roles despite the fact I don't speak German (but I think i'm subject to different rules as a UK national, I was referring more to the IT aspect)

She who must be obeyed refuses point blank to go to Germany, I won't go into her reasons why.

Love / Polish relationships (race and religion) [140]


Been around Brussels recently?

I'm a White European and I'm definitely in the minority. Antwerp, Mechelen....Two further examples of cities with massive immigrant Belgians.

Pure Belgian is an oxymoron.

Belgium has an identity crisis of its own with the flemish and the francophones busy trying to divide the country.

UK, Ireland / Experiences of Working in the UK through an Employment Agency? [9]


It doesn't matter whether you are Polish, English, Black, White, Blue or Purple.

If you are an agency worker they are hiring you out at probably double what you will be paid, and when the contract ends and there is no further work you are discarded.

Work / Doing my course in Krakow, working in EFL in Poland (newbie questions) [43]


Poring not Pouring ;o)

Work / Doing my course in Krakow, working in EFL in Poland (newbie questions) [43]


Sorry, I was being pedantic. As a product of that poor British education system with sad linguistic skills I just couldn't let it pass.

History / The Way Back ( Długi Marsz movie) Colin Farrell, Ed Harris [27]

leonie glinski posts on 1/26/2010 5:38:55 PM

well you wanted to know if the story of Witold Glinski was true.. well yes it is. He his my grandfather. There are piles of documentation compiled by a lady working for the american government.. documenting my grandad's capture and escape.. she had even interviewed the doctor that treated him in India when he was picked up by the British navy, where he was put into an induced coma for a month due to the severity of his condition....She was trying to locate "Mr Smith"... The reasons for not staying in contact or not remaining friends... are to me pretty obvious... if you were escaping the less you know about someone the better... the less you can tell if captured.... also my grandad described some of the individuals that escaped... they all came with a history.. and weren't necessarily the people that he would of wanted to associate with afterwards...The reason he didnt say anything before... not only because of the psychological aspects.. but to protect the remainder of the family... he managed to find them a few years ago, his sister has since visited england after 60 years of thinking he died in the prisoner of war camp... and this is the last thing i will say..all my grandad has ever wanted was for the true story to be told... the book is not fully correct in places... however my grandad has never receieved any financial gain from the story or the film that is due to come out.. he has always maintained it would be disrespectful to the people that lost their lives... So therefore he has no reason to lie.. He is an amazing man and deserves the up most admiration for what he went through!

leonie glinski posts on 1/28/2010 6:46:05 PM

In response to your reply... you are entitled to your own opinion.. based on purely your judgement..You are right the story was not stolen by Slavomir... but by an individual who worked for the telegraph who passed the records to Slavomir... again there is evidence and documentation for this unlike your opinion...The claim about the diary i have never heard.. and I agree it is not likely that my grandad would of given anything to a fraud, who may i say again.. that there is evidence stating he signed an agreement to be allowed out of a prison of war camp because he agreed to fight for the russians!! proving he did not escape!!! AS for waiting 50 odd years.... do you not think that just maybe if you had been through something so traumatic.. that you might just want to try to move on with a new chapter in your life... believe me this was not easy for my grandad.. unlike the simpleness of your patronising comments... also he would of still been classed as a prisoner of war.. to protect himself and the remainder of his family he's hardly going to tell the world!!..I have no problems with Slavomir writing a book... but stealing anothers identity is criminal... and as for your last comment about jumping on the band wagon.. you obviously did not read what i wrote in my last entry about respect for others... he will never ever want any financial benefit for what he went through... as he has far more dignity and value for others that some can only dream of!

Mr Witold Glinski

You will forever have my respect and admiration.

History / The Way Back ( Długi Marsz movie) Colin Farrell, Ed Harris [27]


Not sure if you are aware but evidence was produced a few years ago to refute Slavomir Rawicz's version of events. As you will no doubt know, the story was originally written and told by Slavomir Rawicz and ghost-written by Ronald Downing (A British Journalist)

There is evidence that the escape didin fact happen, however it wasn't Slavomir Rawicz who was the escapee, in facy he wasn't even part of the group of seven at all as British & Russian documentation has been produced to place Rawicz in Iran (Persia at the time). Rawicz had been released as part of the 1942 general amnesty.

The escapee was in fact Witold Glinski and the story came into Rawicz's possesion "by foul means or fair."

The above posts are posts, posted on a forum by Leonie Glinski defending her Grandfather shortly after he came forward to reveal the truth behind the story.

Witold's Revelation


mirror/news/top-stories/2009/05/16/the-greatest-escape-war-hero-who-walked-4-000-miles-from-siberian-death-camp-115875-21364916

Part of the reason why the film was renamed to The Way Back and there is no character named Slavomir in the film.


The story about the book broke as far back as 2006 which was pretty soul destroying as I had believed every sentence.

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6098218.stm

I am in fact delighted that Mr. Glinski came forward.

News / Medvedev in Poland [28]

A new level of trust and understanding......

So whilst Russia is busy holding its hands up for the Katyn massacre perhaps they could also extend some of that contriteness to the 1.7 million Poles sent to slave labour camps in Siberia and Kazakhstan. Only one third of them survived. A far greater number of deaths than Katyn but equally abhorent.

News / Medvedev in Poland [28]


There is a 5 part film on You Tube. Part One is here:
...

Jagna Wright and Aneta Naszyńska produced the film and it took them over nine years to produce.

Additional Resources:

groups.yahoo/group/Kresy-Siberia/
kresy-siberia.com/


Agreed.


Again, I couldn't agree more.

USA, Canada / REFUSED A HOLIDAY VISA TO THE U.S CAUSE IM POLISH [323]

Ah yes, America....the land of milk and honey


You are just scratching the surface there are many many more......

Love / Concerns about Polish Family / Child Support Law [68]


That i can fully agree with. My missus requested this of me and I was happy to oblige.


If you are a Brit and you are UK based then the CSA can get you. If you are not UK based and not paid by a UK company then the CSA cant touch you.

Love / How to ask the Polish parents for her hand in Marriage? [32]


You've never been married have you?

;o)

Life / Russian Language - is it offensive if I speak it to Polish people? [69]


My Wife is only 30 and yet she speaks Russian fluently, virtually native. She learnt Russian at school as it was mandatory at the time. As to whether she likes to....She freely admits now that she is happy she speaks Russian but objected at the time to being forced to learn it.

I am fluent in EVERY language on the face of the planet when i'm drunk. I just speak English even slower than normal

:o)