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WHY IN POLAND PEOPLE DON'T USE ICE?


delphiandomine 88 | 18,163
20 Jul 2010 #121
yep. that's right Delph. and I got the degree and years of working in a laboratory for a Bio-Pharmaceutical company to prove it.

And you don't know about the bacteria and mould that grows in unserviced AC systems? Wow. No wonder you ended up in Poland teaching English.
FUZZYWICKETS 8 | 1,879
20 Jul 2010 #122
Delphiandomine wrote:

And you don't know about the bacteria and mould that grows in unserviced AC systems? Wow. No wonder you ended up in Poland teaching English.

I officially award "Delphiandomine" with the worst comeback in PolishForums.com history. (see my last post directed towards him, #100 on this thread)

I know it hurts Mikey. the truth always does. just take it like a man, pappy.
delphiandomine 88 | 18,163
20 Jul 2010 #123
I officially award "Delphiandomine" with the worst comeback in PolishForums.com history.

Still in denial about the fact that you didn't even know about the presence of bacteria in unserviced AC systems, huh?

Some biologist!

(were you sweeping the floors in the lab, perhaps?)
shewolf 5 | 1,077
20 Jul 2010 #124
Well we have Rednecks and they wont even touch a tooth brush, if that makes you feel any better:)

and there's also Mountain Dew teeth...

youtu.be/4HvWTv9TM-c
Eurola 4 | 1,902
21 Jul 2010 #125
WHY IN POLAND PEOPLE DON'T USE ICE?

Maybe they don't have a good recipe for ice? or maybe it was lost? :)
GypsyMagick 1 | 4
18 Aug 2010 #126
LOL I know isn't it terrible? I think adding ice to pop just weakens the flavor
Teffle 22 | 1,321
27 Aug 2010 #127
Whatever about ice, on my two trips to Poland I was amazed to find that beer tends not to be served cold. Coolish, verging on lukewarm was my experience. Maybe this has come up before, but for me, a bottle or glass of lukewarm beer is just awful. I would have thought that cold beer is pretty much universal but seemingly not ?!
Kenneth78 - | 25
27 Aug 2010 #128
I would have to say that a too cold beer is awfull. If the beer is to cold it looses its taste (sort of like american budweiser: fuckin`close to water. I wonder if this really is a beer?). For me beer is best some where between +6 to +8 degrees celcius (+42,8 to +46,4 degrees fahrenheit).
PennBoy 76 | 2,432
27 Aug 2010 #129
I remember in Poland even in the summertime people drinking hot tea, a nice cold drink is refreshing. Americans over do it with the ice, you gotta drink something hot sometimes, it's better on your stomach.
Teffle 22 | 1,321
27 Aug 2010 #130
For me beer is best some where between +6 to +8 degrees celcius

No problem with that temperature. I'd prefer more on the 6 side maybe though. The beer I had in Poland though was certainly warmer than that. I'm guessing it was into double digits - I mean at the very least, as far as I'm concerned the bottle should be cool to the touch but it was just kind of ambient.

I'm talking lager only by the way - I realise that other beers are a completely different thing as regards temperature.
Kenneth78 - | 25
28 Aug 2010 #131
I agree with you Teffle when it comes to temperatures on a lager.
polkamaniac 1 | 482
28 Aug 2010 #132
there is this misconception in Poland that anything ice cold is no good for you.
FlaglessPole 4 | 662
28 Aug 2010 #133
WHY IN POLAND PEOPLE DON'T USE ICE?

What, crystal meth unkown in Poland? How's that for a business oportunity? ;)
polkamaniac 1 | 482
28 Aug 2010 #134
I'm sure it's readily available in Poland.
AussieSheila 5 | 75
28 Aug 2010 #135
The kind of fridges used by most household in Poland are mostly those cheap and nasty one door fridge with small freezer compartment. To make ice cubes you have to fill a tray with water and taking ice cube out is always a mess as you have to wriggle them out, and most of them will end up on the floor. Here in Australia most people use fridge with separate ice maker, and we get ice either crushed or cubes by just pressing a button.

I noticed that AC in your home or car is still considered a luxury accessory in most of Europe. The only thing they have is room heater, mostly those 19th century style old radiator heater. Even many of their 3-4 stars rated hotels have no A/C.
Seanus 15 | 19,674
28 Aug 2010 #136
Have you been in most households in Poland, AS? I thought you were just here for a short trip :)

Ice is used on hot days :)
plk123 8 | 4,142
28 Aug 2010 #137
I noticed that AC in your home or car is still considered a luxury accessory in most of Europe.

most of europe isn't nearly as close to hell as oz land.. ;) there isn't really the need to condition the air.
king polkakamon - | 542
28 Aug 2010 #138
I noticed that AC in your home or car is still considered a luxury accessory in most of Europe.

Yes,we have DC.
polkamaniac 1 | 482
29 Aug 2010 #139
It's not the heat that is the problem----It's the humidity--that is what the a/c removes from the air.
Bzibzioh
29 Aug 2010 #140
I noticed that AC in your home or car is still considered a luxury accessory in most of Europe.

so it's in Australia - in case you failed to notice. The same goes for any serious heating besides some gas crap only in the living room only but not in the bedrooms. And Australian winters are not that warm.
musicwriter 5 | 87
29 Aug 2010 #141
When in the British Isles in 1997, I stopped in a little restaurant for something to quench my thirst. On the menu I saw "lemonade"- 50 pence. So I asked the waitress for one. She brought me a warm can of Sprite. What a bunch of hooey! I then asked her for some ice cubes and she replied "we don't have ice cubes". So I drank the stupid thing warm [yeccchh]. I left the 50 pence on the table and departed. Halfway down the block the waitress is chasing me and bellowing "Hey! You didn't pay for your lemonade! I told her "just look on the table". Then she went back. This was in the town of Peel, Isle of Man.

I should have gone to a pub and got a cold pint of Okells Bitter. It's the best tasting brew I ever had.

I'm not implying that Isle of Man is a bad place to visit because it's very charming and scenic. Peel is very quaint and is reputedly the 'most Manx' town on the island.
polkamaniac 1 | 482
30 Aug 2010 #142
I guess the only solution is to get some ice packs and freeze them overnight,then carry them with you during the day whenever you want an ice cold drink.I use them when I go shopping and they last for hours.


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