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Post by Bonobo on Sept 18, 2016 22:57:43 GMT 1
City transport office workers in Gdańsk decided to install a lift in their building which has only 2 storeys. Local residents object to spending money on it because clients don`t visit the premises - the lift is planned for the elderly staff who are fed up with using the stairs.     Residents` comments: "If they are too old to climb the second storey, why don`t they retire and let their posts be taken over by younger ones? " How cruel! |
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Post by jeanne on Sept 19, 2016 0:19:55 GMT 1
I'm assuming since they are city transport workers it is a public building. Here in the U.S. every public building must be handicapped accessible even if no handicapped people work there. That would mean a lift to the second floor. Plus, people can have trouble with stairs even if they are not elderly!
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Post by Bonobo on Sept 19, 2016 20:27:22 GMT 1
I'm assuming since they are city transport workers it is a public building. Here in the U.S. every public building must be handicapped accessible even if no handicapped people work there. That would mean a lift to the second floor. Plus, people can have trouble with stairs even if they are not elderly! Yes, it is a public building. Handicapped accessible rule is known and realised in Poland on condition it is based on clients or staff`s documented medical problems. E.g., if a single resident in a giant block of flats is disabled, they will build special facilities for him/her. That`s obvious. In this case there are no handicapped people neither among clients (who don`t visit the premises) or the staff who are "merely" elderly. Simply speaking, Poland isn`t as rich as US and can`t afford lifts in every public building.  or rather  That`s why local citizens got annoyed. |
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 2, 2016 14:54:28 GMT 1
Residents hung a timetable for traffic lights to protest against too short green light. "Sorry, I must go or I will miss the green one."   |
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Post by jeanne on Oct 2, 2016 16:42:46 GMT 1
I'm with them...short green lights are one of my "pet peeves!"
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 8, 2016 21:11:09 GMT 1
Little Juliet made chalk drawings on the pavement in her street. An angry neighbour, in a written form, asked parents to clean the street and buy their daughter some sheets of paper to draw on.   Next day a gang of annoyed parents and their kids made giant drawings in the street. "Smile" was the main motif of the happening.   Net comments are mixed: - let children play with chalk, it is innocent artistic creation etc. - chalk drawings make the street dirty, traces of chalk remain for a long time even after rainy days, first kids drw on streets, later spray buildings with grafitti etc. |
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Post by uncltim on Oct 8, 2016 21:59:54 GMT 1
Drawing on the pavement that cars drive on is a bad idea because small children don't belong there. Drawing on the walkways is perfectly fine. I would encourage Juliet to refer to the neighbor who wrote the letter as "Big Doody(poop) Head" in any further confrontation.
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 8, 2016 22:38:01 GMT 1
Drawing on the pavement that cars drive on is a bad idea because small children don't belong there. Drawing on the walkways is perfectly fine. I would encourage Juliet to refer to the neighbor who wrote the letter as "Big Doody(poop) Head" in any further confrontation. I knew doggy poo from the Offspring songs, but that doody poop is sth new.
Doodyhead
A person who is mean or grumpy
Lucy is a Doodyhead! Is it a new politically correct version of as-s-hole? |
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 12, 2017 23:35:50 GMT 1
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 3, 2017 19:29:02 GMT 1
On 1 February 1945 Toruń was liberated by the Soviet Army. Till today, former communist and new left activists with the city mayor celebrate the event. Many residents and members of the council from other parties are against because they claim that one occupation was replaced by another. Defenders claim that after Germans were chased away, Poles could again speak Polish and fly Polish flags and nobody murdered them for being Polish. The monument honours the victims of German occupation.   |
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Post by jeanne on Feb 4, 2017 22:11:45 GMT 1
On 1 February 1945 Toruń was liberated by the Soviet Army. Till today, former communist and new left activists with the city mayor celebrate the event. Many residents and members of the council from other parties are against because they claim that one occupation was replaced by another. Defenders claim that after Germans were chased away, Poles could again speak Polish and fly Polish flags and nobody murdered them for being Polish. Not that I can speak for the Polish people, but it seems to me that the Russians were the lesser of two evils. However, that's only conjecture from my limited perspective... I have the utmost respect for the Polish people for persevering through occupations by both evils. |
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 4, 2017 22:20:26 GMT 1
On 1 February 1945 Toruń was liberated by the Soviet Army. Till today, former communist and new left activists with the city mayor celebrate the event. Many residents and members of the council from other parties are against because they claim that one occupation was replaced by another. Defenders claim that after Germans were chased away, Poles could again speak Polish and fly Polish flags and nobody murdered them for being Polish. Not that I can speak for the Polish people, but it seems to me that the Russians were the lesser of two evils. However, that's only conjecture from my limited perspective... I have the utmost respect for the Polish people for persevering through occupations by both evils. Yes, they were the lesser evil because they didn`t plan to eradicate Poland and everything Polish like Germans. PS. But I prefer to use Soviets in that context. There were various nationalities in the Soviet Union, not only Russians. Besides, Russians were also victims of the regime led by Stalin who wasn`t Russian himself. |
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Post by jeanne on Feb 4, 2017 23:15:07 GMT 1
Not that I can speak for the Polish people, but it seems to me that the Russians were the lesser of two evils. However, that's only conjecture from my limited perspective... I have the utmost respect for the Polish people for persevering through occupations by both evils. Yes, they were the lesser evil because they didn`t plan to eradicate Poland and everything Polish like Germans. PS. But I prefer to use Soviets in that context. There were various nationalities in the Soviet Union, not only Russians. Besides, Russians were also victims of the regime led by Stalin who wasn`t Russian himself. Yes, I understand and agree. Here in the U.S., they were just "the Russians" to us, not surprisingly. Lumping them into one entity made it easier not to see them truly as individuals and people just like us, but rather as "the enemy" during the Cold War. Is it any wonder that there are wars between peoples?...a pity... |
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 7, 2017 20:13:30 GMT 1
Yes, they were the lesser evil because they didn`t plan to eradicate Poland and everything Polish like Germans. PS. But I prefer to use Soviets in that context. There were various nationalities in the Soviet Union, not only Russians. Besides, Russians were also victims of the regime led by Stalin who wasn`t Russian himself. Yes, I understand and agree. Here in the U.S., they were just "the Russians" to us, not surprisingly. Lumping them into one entity made it easier not to see them truly as individuals and people just like us, but rather as "the enemy" during the Cold War. Is it any wonder that there are wars between peoples?...a pity... Yes, Russians was a simplification just like Polish death camps today. But, out of 285 million USSR citizens in 1989, only 51% were Russian. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Soviet_Union |
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Post by Bonobo on Mar 5, 2017 15:23:54 GMT 1
Residents of a certain street in Warsaw complained about ugly plant boxes. After much discussion, the council is going to tear the surface and put the plants into the ground. They didn`t do it before because of underground infrastructure, hence the boxes. It is going to cost a lot of money. Don`t people have bigger problems?   |
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Post by Bonobo on Apr 30, 2017 17:12:26 GMT 1
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 26, 2018 21:46:29 GMT 1
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 4, 2018 13:14:56 GMT 1
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Post by Bonobo on Jul 6, 2019 16:21:17 GMT 1
An old lady keeps a noisy rooster. The problem is she doesn`t live in the countryside but in the suburbs of a city where it is forbidden to keep farm animals. Some residents reported her and the court`s decision was unfavourable for her.   |
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Post by Bonobo on Jul 28, 2019 11:36:40 GMT 1
Local residents in places which decide to do up their Old Towns complain that the councils choose the worst designs, namely the ones with little greenery. The plan for Jarosław   Today  |
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 12, 2020 0:53:59 GMT 1
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Post by naukowiec on Jan 15, 2020 21:22:34 GMT 1
I preferred the paths as they were before, but they don't look too bad with the blocks. At least they weren't chopping down the tress a la Białowieza forest....
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 18, 2020 22:21:40 GMT 1
I preferred the paths as they were before, but they don't look too bad with the blocks. At least they weren't chopping down the tress a la Białowieza forest.... Yes, the issue is controvercial, indeed. I still think these grey slabs (why not green?) spoil the landscape but taking a walk there after heavy rain must have been madness. I know: easthetically oriented guys should only look upward to avoid the ugly sight below! |
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Post by naukowiec on Jan 19, 2020 10:42:42 GMT 1
I still think these grey slabs (why not green?) spoil the landscape Green would probably have been more expensive, so the cheaper option will win every time. |
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 6, 2020 11:04:49 GMT 1
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Post by naukowiec on Feb 8, 2020 22:47:41 GMT 1
Some inhabitants, led by the local priest, demand the removal of the figures, claiming they represent demons and propagate satanism. They are going to hold a referendum to settle it. I can hardly believe it! This goes on in modern day Poland? Don't they have anything better to do?  |
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 10, 2020 0:25:29 GMT 1
Some inhabitants, led by the local priest, demand the removal of the figures, claiming they represent demons and propagate satanism. They are going to hold a referendum to settle it. I can hardly believe it! This goes on in modern day Poland? Don't they have anything better to do? There`s democracy. Anybody can protest or oppose protests. We will see what the referendum decides. |
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Post by naukowiec on Feb 12, 2020 22:07:03 GMT 1
Anybody can protest or oppose protests. Well yes, I wasn't suggesting there shouldn't be protests, what I was trying to say is that this seems like something out of primitive regions of Africa, demons and all that. |
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 13, 2020 22:46:12 GMT 1
this seems like something out of primitive regions of Africa, demons and all that. Well, some people treat demons very seriously. After all, they are sly creatures which never cease thinking how to harm humans. We must be always on guard. |
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