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shicksThreads: -
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Joined: Sep 25, 09 ♂ 		 Nov 5, 09, 18:00    #241
OK. Here goes.

I am Scottish and have been married to a Polish woman for 22 years. We've now decided to open a restaurant in Poland.

Question:-
Do the Polish have a problem with the Scotiish and in particular a Scot opening up a business in Poland insofar that my restaurant will employ local labour and pump money back in to the local economy. If YES speak up now and tell me why the Polish would have a problem with this.

This should be interesting. Light the blue touch paper, stand back and wait for the fun to begin :)
wildroverThreads: 180
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Joined: Jun 7, 07 ♂ 		 Nov 5, 09, 18:14    #242
I have lived in Poland for five years...never once have i experianced any hostility due to being English , and i doubt you will get any due to being Scottish , although they might find it harder to understand you if you have a strong accent...

If you are planning on starting a business here , you ought at least to visit the place , you will soon discover if its going to be a good idea ..or not...
Wroclaw BoyThreads: 56
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Joined: Jul 3, 09 Pictures: 3 Gold Member MEMBER ♂ 		 Nov 5, 09, 18:18    #243
shicks:
Do the Polish have a problem with the Scotiish and in particular a Scot opening up a business in Poland

Not at all.
SeanusThreads: 22
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Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂ 		 Nov 5, 09, 18:23    #244
I am Scottish and can say that I am well received by most here. The Scots and Poles have certain commonalities. There will always be those that don't accept you but they tend not to accept their own kind either.
time meansThreads: 9
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Joined: Apr 21, 08 Pictures: 1 ♂ 		 Nov 5, 09, 18:23    #245
Seanus:
The Scots and Poles have certain commonalities

Like what?
SeanusThreads: 22
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Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂ 		 Nov 5, 09, 18:28    #246
We both moan like beeatches. Um, we both know what oppression is from our history. We both like to drink. That kind of thing.
time meansThreads: 9
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Joined: Apr 21, 08 Pictures: 1 ♂ 		 Nov 5, 09, 18:36    #247
Seanus:
we both know what oppression is from our history

I have heard that before actually but with the add on that the English are oppressors like the Germans. Congratulations by the way.
TorqThreads: 65
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Joined: Apr 10, 09 Gold Member MEMBER ♂ 		Edited by: Torq  Nov 5, 09, 18:40    #248
shicks:
Do the Polish have a problem with the Scotiish

Well, it depends - with some we have a problem, with some we don't.
In order to determine which group you belong to - please answer the
questionnaire:

1. Would you rather write on a wall...

a) FTQ
b) FTP

2. Which colours do you prefer?

a) White and Green
b) Blue, White and Black

3. Which songs do you think are nicer?

a) The Fields of Athenry and Willie Malley
b) Follow Follow and Loyal and True

4. What is the name of Glasgow Rangers football stadium?

a) Castle Greyskull
b) Ibrox Stadium

5. Was prince William of Orange:

a) a paedophile and a syphilitic
b) great king, the hero of Battle of Boyne

If you chose the answer "a" for all of the above questions then you are the kind
of Scot we shall have absolutely no problem with. If you, however, chose "b"
for your answers then... ;-)
SeanusThreads: 22
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Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂ 		 Nov 5, 09, 18:42    #249
Thanks, tm. I took the plunge at last but it's business as usual at work.
Wroclaw BoyThreads: 56
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I had some dude stick his finger up to me once as i drove past in a UK reg car. Racial discrimination.

Seanus:
I took the plunge at last but it's business as usual at work.

So you tied the knot then Seanus? i didnt know about that before hand. How was the wedding?
wildroverThreads: 180
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Joined: Jun 7, 07 ♂ 		 Nov 5, 09, 20:07    #251
Wroclaw Boy:
some dude stick his finger up to me once as i drove past in a UK reg car

It might have been that you were driving a nice car , and he didn,t like it...
SeanusThreads: 22
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Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂ 		 Nov 5, 09, 21:40    #252
On my birthday, the 24th of October. I'm glad the ceremony was short :)

Some folk will do that. Pretty lame when you consider how the lives of Poles have been enhanced by the EU's principles such as free movement and the recognition of qualifications abroad.

You get nobs everywhere though. Just wait til you get your Porsche, WB. You'll be goin so fast that you won't see him stick anything up.
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Joined: Sep 25, 09 ♂ 		 Nov 13, 09, 12:08    #253
I have been back and forth between Poland and London for 22 years and speak Polish like a native now so I should be OK on the language front thanks.
SeanusThreads: 22
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Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂ 		 Nov 13, 09, 13:24    #254
Like a native, aha, so it still needs some work then? ;) ;)

Excessive drinking was never my scene though we've all got a story or two. I've seen some people horribly off their faces and it's embarrassing.
mateinoneThreads: 10
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Joined: Mar 15, 09 ♂ 		 Nov 30, 09, 16:05    #255
When I was in Krakow the guy who owned the hostel told us that he hates having English people there. He also told us that as long as we do not act like English guys on a party weekend that we would have a wonderful time... he was right, we did.
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Joined: Nov 22, 09 ♂ 		 Nov 30, 09, 17:44    #256
mateinone:
When I was in Krakow the guy who owned the hostel told us that he hates having English people there

I have heard these stories and it always seems to be Krakow. Krakow is seen as a stag party city thats cheaper than Prague. I am glad that these English people are not wanted and are banned.

Lets hope they stop going to Krakow and don't just move to the rest of Poland for stag parties.

I have only been drunk once in Poland, and that was at a friends BBQ in his garden. Homemade Vodka was lethal :)

Don't be a lout in Poland and you will have a great holiday in Poland.
MAGS1982  Feb 14, 10, 11:10    #257
anyone visiting poland should be on their guard in my eyes. my friend was drugged in poland on his second pint. He woke up in a clinic strapped to bed with a gown on. no one the clinic told him how he got there, where he was. Nor did they allow him to make a call for assistance. he was moved from one room to another which only had a bed and no lighting. This was a very frightening experience for him and if it hadn't been for his work colleague phoning hospitals etc i dread to think what would happen. any wander people give the polish a hard time, if this is there way of treating visitors in their country then my advise is tell people not to go and for the way my friend was treated like an animal in the clinic and was left BLACK AND BLUE he doesn't remember anything apart from standing in the pub sipping his second pint. ANYONE THINKING OF VISITING POLAND SHOULD BE ON THEIR GUARD PURCHASE ONLY BOTTLED BEER ASKED FOR IT UNOPEND AND TAKE YOUR OWN BOTTLE OPENER. EITHER THAT OR KICK THEM OUT OF THE EU UNTIL THEY UNDERSTAND HUMAN RIGHTS IN THAT COUNTRY.
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Steveramsfan:
Lets hope they stop going to Krakow and don't just move to the rest of Poland for stag parties.

Apparently they've moved to Riga, in Latvia.
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MAGS1982:
He woke up in a clinic strapped to bed with a gown on. no one the clinic told him how he got there, where he was.

In other words, he got ********, decided to do something typical British like running round naked or harrassing local girls, got nicked and taken to the drying out clinic and is blaming being drugged instead? Pretty poor excuse, if you ask me. Typical though - Brits are usually ashamed of what they've done and blame someone else rather than admitting responsibility.

Is it so hard to understand that if you act like a drunken twat in Poland, you're going to be punished?

MAGS1982:
EITHER THAT OR KICK THEM OUT OF THE EU UNTIL THEY UNDERSTAND HUMAN RIGHTS IN THAT COUNTRY.

Like in the UK, where the police shoot you dead on tube trains even though you're innocent? Or what about the way that the police will happily beat you at demonstrations? And let's not forget that the UK is far, far worse than Poland when it comes to people being drugged in clubs.

Trevek:
Apparently they've moved to Riga, in Latvia.

Not wanted there either - I saw an interview with someone in their council who was saying that they would rather do without the money from Brits!
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MAGS1982:
This was a very frightening experience for him and if it hadn't been for his work colleague phoning hospitals etc i dread to think what would happen

I'm guessing organs would have been harvested. Good thing they found him.

Steveramsfan:
I have heard these stories and it always seems to be Krakow. Krakow is seen as a stag party city thats cheaper than Prague. I am glad that these English people are not wanted and are banned.

Prague got too expensive for them, and the city just ended up getting fed up. The majority of the clubs and bars in the old town stopped allowing stag groups to even enter. Big signs on the doors, and big coal miner type guys to make sure they were followed.
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convex:
I'm guessing organs would have been harvested. Good thing they found him.

Pickled liver : 10zl?
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convex:
This was a very frightening experience for him and if it hadn't been for his work colleague phoning hospitals etc i dread to think what would happen

I'm guessing organs would have been harvested. Good thing they found him.

it's not the thing - the thing is called 'izba wytrze¼wień' ('sobering clinic') -most of these have gone but some cities kept them - I think Kraków is one of these
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time means
Yes those highland clearances, those terrible English. Wait a minute, it was the Scots who perpetuated the clearances on each other. Go figure.
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gumishu:
it's not the thing - the thing is called 'izba wytrze¼wień' ('sobering clinic') -most of these have gone but some cities kept them - I think Kraków is one of these

i stand by organ harvesting. you know how rampant of a problem it is here. don't try to pretend that organ harvesting doesn't happen here all the time. and baby smuggling too.
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MAGS1982:
anyone visiting poland should be on their guard in my eyes. my friend was drugged in poland on his second pint. He woke up in a clinic strapped to bed with a gown on. no one the clinic told him how he got there, where he was. Nor did they allow him to make a call for assistance. he was moved from one room to another which only had a bed and no lighting. This was a very frightening experience for him and if it hadn't been for his work colleague phoning hospitals etc i dread to think what would happen. any wander people give the polish a hard time, if this is there way of treating visitors in their country then my advise is tell people not to go and for the way my friend was treated like an animal in the clinic and was left BLACK AND BLUE he doesn't remember anything apart from standing in the pub sipping his second pint. ANYONE THINKING OF VISITING POLAND SHOULD BE ON THEIR GUARD PURCHASE ONLY BOTTLED BEER ASKED FOR IT UNOPEND AND TAKE YOUR OWN BOTTLE OPENER. EITHER THAT OR KICK THEM OUT OF THE EU UNTIL THEY UNDERSTAND HUMAN RIGHTS IN THAT COUNTRY.

LOL ! That clown wasn't in any clinic but in izba wytrze¼wień - the place where totally drunk clowns are broght by police and locked up until they get sober. I saw a completely drunk English **** when I was in Kraków last time but I didn't call the police, just pissed on that ****.
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hague1cameron:
Scots who perpetuated the clearances

It was laws made in London after the '45 Rebellion that eventually led to the clearances.

Yes, some were Scots but some of the worst were imposed landlords such as the Duke of Stafford.
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szkotja2007:
some were Scots

Not some, the majority.
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Grzegorz_:
That clown wasn't in any clinic but in izba wytrze¼wień - the place where totally drunk clowns are broght by police and locked up until they get sober.

Gotta love the excuse... "I was drugged".

Suuuure you were.

(having said this, there was that dodgy case in Warsaw a few years back....)
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delphiandomine
delphiandomine:
Gotta love the excuse... "I was drugged".

How naïve do you have to be to believe the story and post it on somebody’s behalf? lol
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convex:
i stand by organ harvesting. you know how rampant of a problem it is here. don't try to pretend that organ harvesting doesn't happen here all the time. and baby smuggling too.

What gives you that idea?

I honestly haven't heard of any such organ harvesting and if I google it with Poland nothing comes up but I generally don't know anything about this subject.
What makes you say it is rampant?

It is more probably that he drank too much and woke up in a drunk tank.
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