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Post by Bonobo on Oct 22, 2009 23:02:06 GMT 1
Who told you I don`t drive carefully? I am a very careful driver. I haven`t had an accident for 23 years. But I decided to start the discussion on the topic for another reason. A few years ago, not to mention 1990s, I didn`t hesitate to try persuading the police patrol to let me off with a smaller fine. The officers usually weren`t reluctant to accept small bribes for closing an eye. Today I wouldn`t dare to do it, it might end up with a disaster. The police`s morale have improved greatly, I believe. And that is a good side of it. The article below tells about corruption in Poland. But I don`t think it is so bad - polled people are just biased and they take their beliefs for reality. I haven`t given a bribe for a few years. There was either no need (services were decent) or I feared legal consequences (the police).
Poland among most corrupt EU countries
News at Poland.com
2009-10-20
Poland is among top nations in Europe. Unfortunately the measured value is not the GDP, but level of corruption. Poland is ranked in top three just behind Romania and Bulgaria.
According to Transparency International two out of five managers offered a bribe to public official. No wonder that Poland was ranked 28th out of 30. The situation in Bulgaria and Romania is only worse -reports money.pl.
Those reports are confirmed by a poll made by CBOS. Poles think that politics and health service are the most corrupted areas of their lives. Only 4 per cent of Poles are strongly against corruption. It is not surprising as, in public view, 98 per cent of officials matters can be dealt with "an envelope"(common way to give money in Poland).
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 28, 2009 14:14:12 GMT 1
Americans shell Gdynia!!! American destroyer USS Ramage had paid a courtesy visit to Gdynia and was just leaving the harbour when suddenly 3 shots from a gun were heard, aimed at the shore. Polish military police started the investigation, the ship anchored in the sea.  www.tvn24.pl/12690,1626051,0,1,amerykanie-ostrzelali-gdynie,wiadomosc.html Poles had already had a courtesy visit paid by a foreign ship before and everybody knows how it finished: Shleswig Holstein in action, 1939:  |
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 29, 2009 21:53:26 GMT 1
www.enquirerherald.com/366/story/935520.htmlThursday, Oct. 29, 2009
Accidental shots fired on US ship in Polish port
The Associated Press
WARSAW, Poland A U.S. official says an American sailor fired three accidental shots from a machine gun aboard a Navy ship moored in a Polish port. No one was injured.
U.S. Embassy spokesman Andrew Paul says a sailor from the USS Ramage accidentally discharged three shots during routine maintenance on a M240 machine gun while the ship was in the port of Gdynia on Wednesday morning.
Paul says the incident did not result in any injuries or damage. He said Thursday that U.S. officials and the Polish military police were investigating.
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 30, 2009 21:54:51 GMT 1
Driving through the city I saw this smoke in the dark sky. I thought it is an effect of candle lanterns burninh in the cemetery. They were burning lanterns but at the wholesale warehouse, not cemetery.  www.tvn24.pl/-1,1626496,0,1,pozar-jak-traba-powietrzna,wiadomosc.html |
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Post by Bonobo on Nov 15, 2009 22:50:14 GMT 1
Man, 95, named Poland's oldest worker
Nov. 13, 2009
CZESTOCHOWA, Poland, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- A 95-year-old man who has been working as a leather-goods craftsman for over 70 years was named Poland's oldest worker.
Feliks Grejciun of Czestochowa was found to be the oldest worker from a pool for over 500 nominated seniors by the newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza and the Polish Confederation of Private Employers Lewiatan, Polish Radio reported Friday.
"I love people. I now am making things for a third generation of people. They say: 'I hope you live to 100 years,'" Gerjciun said. 
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Post by Bonobo on Nov 22, 2009 16:57:44 GMT 1
City center in Poland evacuated after WWII-era explosive found
DPA
2009-11-12
Warsaw - Parts of downtown Wroclaw were evacuated Thursday after workers found a 500-kilogramme World War II-era explosive behind the city's opera house, local media reported. The opera house, nearby homes and shopping centres of the southwestern Polish city were evacuated, as police advised drivers to avoid downtown until the explosive was removed, the Polish Press Agency PAP reported.
Construction of a new building behind the opera house was underway when when workers when workers found the explosive, security officials told PAP.
Unexploded bombs, missiles and grenades from World War II are occasionally found in Poland.
Most recently, in May, some 400 students were evacuated in southeastern Poland after unexploded missiles were found during renovations at an elementary school.
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Post by valpomike on Nov 22, 2009 19:30:06 GMT 1
This goes on in many old war zones.
Mike
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Post by valpomike on Nov 28, 2009 3:15:28 GMT 1
Don't let others set still for this unjust action, send them Germans back.
Mike
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Post by Bonobo on Nov 29, 2009 10:04:46 GMT 1
E.g., the hospital in Swinoujście reported a treatment of a 25 yo man with a padlock on his genitals. Doctors couldn`t cope with it, so firefighters were called to remove the device. Just in time, because the man`s testicles had begun to change colour. The reasons for using the padlock are still unknown. www.tvn24.pl/-1,1631095,0,1,klodka-na-genitaliach-interweniowal i-strazacy,wiadomosc.html |
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Post by valpomike on Nov 29, 2009 22:20:38 GMT 1
We call that blue balls.
Some kind of nut, who had the key, his lady?
Mike
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Post by Bonobo on Dec 15, 2009 21:41:44 GMT 1
Chopin benches in Warsaw
Benches playing Frederic Chopin’s compositions will be located in fifteen spots in Warsaw to commemorate the renowned composer’s 200th birthday.
Varsovians and tourists who visit Warsaw will be able to learn about Chopin’s early life and listen to his musical masterpieces while sitting on a bench.
“Each bench has a button which switches on a different piece of Chopin’s music,” explains Katarzyna Ratajczyk from Warsaw city hall.
There is also a map of Warsaw which shows all Chopin benches and a special code. Those who take a photo of the code and send it to a specific number, will be able to use a multimedia data base about the Polish composer – download his compositions, photos and documents about his life and achievements.
The benches are located in places related to the Polish composer: Krasinskich Square, where Chopin performed his f-minor concerto in 1830, Miodowa and Kozia Street, where Chopin was a frequenter of cafes, the Radziwill Palace, where 8-year-old Chopin gave his first public concert, and Saski Park, where little Chopin used to play.
Chopin benches were designed by Prof. Jerzy Porebski from the Academy of Fine Arts and the idea was implemented by Towarzystwo Projektowe and Warsaw city hall. (mg/pg)
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Post by Bonobo on Dec 24, 2009 0:14:35 GMT 1
A man lost a bag with 30.000 zlotys, more than 10.000$, which was to be spent on second-hand car. A poor woman found it and returned to the police. She received 10% of the amount. See the woman explaining her motives and man`s fingers counting money (ashamed, he refused to reveal his identity) www.tvn24.pl/-1,1635063,0,1,dostala-znalezne-od-30-tys-zl,wiadomosc.html She said: I wouldn`t be able to enjoy this money. |
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 1, 2010 19:41:52 GMT 1
A British citizen was detained in Krakow in New Year for showing his bare ass and not only. He wasn`t drunk, just made a bet with mates. He got an applause from the crowd.  See the film www.tvn24.pl/-1,1636174,0,1,brytyjczyk-zaprezentowal-sie-polski ej-publicznosci,wiadomosc.html |
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Post by franciszek on Jan 2, 2010 12:51:01 GMT 1
Brits abroad what can i say!!!
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Post by coco on Jan 2, 2010 14:52:24 GMT 1
A British citizen was detained in Krakow in New Year for showing his bare ass and not only. He wasn`t drunk, just made a bet with mates. He got an applause from the crowd. See the film www.tvn24.pl/-1,1636174,0,1,brytyjczyk-zaprezentowal-sie-polski ej-publicznosci,wiadomosc.html Gee, how much did British citizen bet? Did he make more more to bail himself out? I thought it was some kind of joke, I thought it was either Mike or some one else. Ha! Ha! |
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 2, 2010 15:53:06 GMT 1
Gee, how much did British citizen bet? Did he make more more to bail himself out? The fine was 500 zlotys for indecent exposure in a public place. It is about 100 pounds. Franciszek, what is the typical sum for such a bet in Great Britain? Nope. If it was Mike, the people gathered around the stage wouldn`t have let the police detain him. They would have created a human wall in defence, just to watch Mike longer. |
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Post by valpomike on Jan 2, 2010 17:27:26 GMT 1
Could be I have more to show also, and would do a better act, but not alone. But it looks to be to cold for me to do something like this outside. I do my best work in the bedroom. You can ask many women.
Mike
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 19, 2010 0:52:38 GMT 1
A disco club in Warsaw put the image of Hitler and a Nazi emblem on their advertisements of Ultimate Party:  Thye are going to be prosecuted for that - propagating Nazi themes is forbidden. |
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 22, 2010 8:58:45 GMT 1
A ski lift stopped working at night and tourists waited several hours to be taken down.  |
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Post by valpomike on Jan 22, 2010 17:56:19 GMT 1
Where was this?
Mike
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 1, 2010 0:08:16 GMT 1
 Polish Musician and traveller Romuald Koperski after setting a new Guinness World Record for longest concert piano performance in Gdansk, Poland, 31 January 2010. Koperski played by 103 hours and 8 seconds. He began his concert on 27 January 2010 and ended on 31 January 2010. The previous record belonged to the Hungarian Charles Brunner. www.dziennik.pl/wydarzenia/article538881/Gral_na_fortepianie_przez_103_godziny_.htmlPole sets piano playing world record
01.02.2010 09:04
Romuald Koperski has played the piano non-stop for 103 hours and 8 seconds, setting a new Guinness world record in the longest piano recital.
The previous record, held by Charkles Brunner of Hungary, was 101 hours and 7 minutes.
Fifty four year-old Koperski finished the exploit in excellent shape at the weekend, joking that he could go on playing for weeks on end if he did not have to return the instrument to its owner.
“There is no suffering that could be compared to a lack of sleep,” he said.
He performed his feat in a shopping mall in Gdansk. His repertoire of sixty six pieces has been approved by the Chapter of the Guinness Book of Records. According to the rules, the repertoire included popular works of classical music, hits of film music and jazz standards. Improvisation was not permitted. The pianist could repeat a piece no sooner than after four hours. He was entitled to a five-minute rest per one hour of playing.
A video documentation of the entire recital will now be sent to London.
In addition to being a musician, Romuald Koperski has numerous travel exploits to his credit. In 1998 he single-handly covered 4, 500 km along the Lena River in a rubber pontoon. He has organized and participated in three trans-Siberian automobile expeditions and took part in the Zurich-New York car expedition in 1994. |
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Post by jeanne on Feb 1, 2010 1:42:05 GMT 1
A dog drifting on a piece of ice was rescued by the crew of a research boat on the Baltic Sea. Nicknamed: Seadog, it became the member of the crew when his owners had not been found. This story, along with the picture of the man holding the dog, was in my local newspaper. I said to myself, "I bet Bonobo will post this story!" ...and I was right... |
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Post by valpomike on Feb 1, 2010 4:02:15 GMT 1
Was there a cup, or bucket, under the piano?
Mike
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 1, 2010 14:52:19 GMT 1
A dog drifting on a piece of ice was rescued by the crew of a research boat on the Baltic Sea. Nicknamed: Seadog, it became the member of the crew when his owners had not been found. This story, along with the picture of the man holding the dog, was in my local newspaper. I said to myself, "I bet Bonobo will post this story!" ...and I was right... Well, it was the front page news also here so I can`t have missed it. Was there a cup, or bucket, under the piano? Mike A barrel. ;D ;D ;D No, participants in such events are allowed short breaks during performance, like 5 minutes per day or sth. |
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Post by valpomike on Feb 1, 2010 16:51:26 GMT 1
What can you do in that short time, I would need more time, myself.
Mike
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 1, 2010 23:31:40 GMT 1
What can you do in that short time, I would need more time, myself. Mike That`s because the food you eat doesn`t give you enough fiber. I consume a lot of fruit and salads and IT takes me really short time. ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by Bonobo on Mar 2, 2010 21:40:35 GMT 1
Polish James Bond wanted
01.03.2010 11:04
Poland’s Intelligence Agency has officially started a unique recruiting process aimed at students by placing an ad in the newspapers.
The ad reads: “The Intelligence Agency is looking for graduates and students of political and social science, international relations, national security and oriental philology”.
A candidate for the secret agent should be Polish, a good citizen and patriot and must not be mentally ill or have a criminal record. It is preferable if she or he can speak at least two languages, says the advert.
The agency will check if a candidate has contacts abroad, what people they are surrounded by, where they work and whether they are addicted to alcohol or drugs.
It’s the first time that the Polish intelligence has been openly trying to reinforce its ranks. So far new staff has been recruited secretly at N.C.O.’s, during military training for university graduates, and in police.
“It’s more and more difficult to find employees in that way. Secret service in democratic countries, such as CIA and Mossad, recruit agents by putting advertisements in newspapers,” says Piotr Niemczyk from the office for State Protection.
The recruiting process at the Intelligence Agency is very complex and time consuming. “We check if a candidate has certain psycho-physical skills necessary for this kind of job,” says Niemczyk. The agency does not want to reveal how much an officer earns.
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Post by valpomike on Mar 2, 2010 22:18:16 GMT 1
What are they needed for?
Mike
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Post by Bonobo on Mar 14, 2010 10:17:29 GMT 1
Kaminski’s Wistula expedition moors in Warsaw
13.03.2010 12:21
Polar explorer Marek Kaminski moored in Warsaw at 10 am this morning as part of his long canoeing journey through the length of Poland.
“I eat fish and drink filtered water from the Wistula river,” Kaminski said when asked why he was still full of energy after nearly a week of paddling along one of Poland’s main river ways.
Kaminski, accompanied by disabled canoeists, expedition, manages to cover around 90 kilometers a day, through what have been unusually cold waters, even for Poland, at this time of year.
The trip ends in Gdansk later next week. Keep up to date with the Expedition Wisla via their youtibe page here.
www.youtube.com/user/EkspedycjaWisla#p/uwww.thenews.pl/national/artykul127396_kaminskis-wistula-expedition-moors-in-warsaw.html
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Post by Bonobo on Mar 14, 2010 10:32:20 GMT 1
Internet changing Poles’ sex lives
09.03.2010 13:32
One in three intimate relationships in Poland begin on the web, finds a new report.
The web is not just replacing more traditional ways of meeting a loved one, however. The report into the sexual and emotional lives of internet users, written by a renowned Polish sexologist Prof. Zbigniew Izdebski and commissioned by Polpharma, also finds that although most internet users (89 percent) claim that they prefer real sex, many (79.6 percent) admit that virtual sex - in the form of pornography, sex chat rooms and the like - also gives them satisfaction.
The web is also replacing the playground as a way of finding out about the pleasures of the flesh. A lot of young internet users acquire knowledge about sex from the web (84.2 percent of males and 75.2 percent of females).
Poles who have sex-related problems - and almost two thirds admit to having them - usually discuss these with their friends, and rarely with a sexologists, gynecologist or urologist.
Poles are not particularly faithful partners. Two out of five internet users admit having affairs and 10 percent of people who described themselves as heterosexuals claim they also have had homosexual flings.
Regardless of the kind of relationship and sexual preference, Polish internet users usually have sex two to three times a week, lasting, on average, 18 minutes.
The majority of the respondents were happy with their sexual life, they claimed.
The survey was conducted among 10,016 Polish internet users.
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