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Post by Bonobo on Dec 5, 2015 20:03:01 GMT 1
One photo and one sentence: Tomorrow, 6th Dec, Poland celebrates Santa Claus day.  |
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Post by Bonobo on Sept 18, 2016 22:32:44 GMT 1
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Post by jeanne on Sept 19, 2016 0:07:31 GMT 1
A stoned woman had to be taken down from the scaffold high above the ground. In Krakow, the royal capital of Poland till 1598!!! Some people are really incorrigible. She has attained great heights...she must have attended your high school!!  |
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 2, 2016 0:03:09 GMT 1
Identical girl triplets born in Poland are doing well
Published September 29, 2016 Associated Press
WARSAW, Poland – A spokeswoman for a hospital in southwestern Poland says extremely rare identical girl triplets were born earlier this month through a cesarean section and are doing well.
Justyna Marcinska of the gynecology center in Opole said Thursday that the monozygotic sisters — Amelia, Laura and Olivia — were born Sept. 15 and can be told apart only by the wristbands with their names. On doctors' orders, they were delivered in the 32nd week of the high-risk pregnancy, and weighed some 1.5 kilograms (3 pounds, 5 ounces) each.
Marcinska told The Associated Press the mother, Anna Pohler, and her daughters were doing fine and would be going home in three to four weeks when the girls were stronger and weighed over 2 kilograms (4 pounds, 6 ounces).
Monozygotic triplets are extremely rare, Marcinska said.
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 2, 2016 0:05:30 GMT 1
A stoned woman had to be taken down from the scaffold high above the ground. In Krakow, the royal capital of Poland till 1598!!! Some people are really incorrigible. She has attained great heights...she must have attended your high school!! It may well be, it may well be as Napoleon said.  |
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Post by jeanne on Oct 2, 2016 0:43:50 GMT 1
Identical girl triplets born in Poland are doing well
Published September 29, 2016 Associated Press
WARSAW, Poland – A spokeswoman for a hospital in southwestern Poland says extremely rare identical girl triplets were born earlier this month through a cesarean section and are doing well.
Justyna Marcinska of the gynecology center in Opole said Thursday that the monozygotic sisters — Amelia, Laura and Olivia — were born Sept. 15 and can be told apart only by the wristbands with their names. On doctors' orders, they were delivered in the 32nd week of the high-risk pregnancy, and weighed some 1.5 kilograms (3 pounds, 5 ounces) each.
Marcinska told The Associated Press the mother, Anna Pohler, and her daughters were doing fine and would be going home in three to four weeks when the girls were stronger and weighed over 2 kilograms (4 pounds, 6 ounces).
Monozygotic triplets are extremely rare, Marcinska said. Wow! Three at once...I don't know if I could have handled that! They are beautiful, though! |
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Post by jeanne on Oct 2, 2016 0:44:48 GMT 1
She has attained great heights...she must have attended your high school!! It may well be, it may well be as Napoleon said. I didn't know he said that...my education continues... |
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 2, 2016 0:54:43 GMT 1
It may well be, it may well be as Napoleon said. I didn't know he said that...my education continues... Exactly, he said "That may be" commenting on the high quality of the British cavalry, adding only Polish lancers could match them. At 2:55  |
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Post by jeanne on Oct 2, 2016 1:27:23 GMT 1
I didn't know he said that...my education continues... Exactly, he said "That may be" commenting on the high quality of the British cavalry, adding only Polish lancers could match them. So, is that a historical quote or just a dramatic statement originating with the screen writer? |
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Post by Bonobo on Oct 2, 2016 9:41:39 GMT 1
Exactly, he said "That may be" commenting on the high quality of the British cavalry, adding only Polish lancers could match them. So, is that a historical quote or just a dramatic statement originating with the screen writer? Some biographers insist it is a historical statement, others think a dramatic quote. |
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Post by jeanne on Oct 2, 2016 12:05:49 GMT 1
Some biographers insist it is a historical statement ...that may be, that may be... |
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Post by Bonobo on Dec 25, 2016 16:23:06 GMT 1
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Post by jeanne on Dec 26, 2016 23:27:18 GMT 1
A 89 yo man who had his horse confiscated in 1939 by the Polish army during September Campaign demands a compensation of about 7000$. He still has a document, but the local tax office refused. Scrooges! Good for him for giving it a try anyway! Nothing ventured...nothing gained! |
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Post by Bonobo on Dec 27, 2016 10:14:31 GMT 1
A 89 yo man who had his horse confiscated in 1939 by the Polish army during September Campaign demands a compensation of about 7000$. He still has a document, but the local tax office refused. Scrooges! Good for him for giving it a try anyway! Nothing ventured...nothing gained! Yes, after first official refusal (the claim lost its validity long ago), he vowed to go higher, even to the governor. It is interesting how he calculated the compensation quota. The army evaluated the horse at 700 zlotys. The cow cost about 150 zlotys then. Today a cow costs 4000 zlotys, so the taken horse would cost about 28.000. Add 4000 and you can buy a basic car for that. |
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Post by jeanne on Sept 10, 2017 23:23:39 GMT 1
I hadn't heard these speculations before, but it does make sense! I think Poland is wonderful place for a child to be conceived! I don't suppose they would name the child Polonia. I don't think that's on the list I saw of possible names for the new royal! I suppose they might be a little bored with their erotic life after so many years - they first met in 2001. Thus, they need new stimuli to keep it alive and exotic places like Poland is certainly one of them. Exotic because a typical Brit who knows Shakespeare thinks that streets here are roamed by polar bears. WHAT?  There aren't polar bears roaming Polish streets???  I'm so disappointed... |
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Post by Bonobo on Sept 10, 2017 23:37:15 GMT 1
I suppose they might be a little bored with their erotic life after so many years - they first met in 2001. Thus, they need new stimuli to keep it alive and exotic places like Poland is certainly one of them. Exotic because a typical Brit who knows Shakespeare thinks that streets here are roamed by polar bears. WHAT? There aren't polar bears roaming Polish streets??? I'm so disappointed... Nope, now you are mistaking Poland with Moscow, Russia. Polar bears are normal there. Oops, I forgot Zakopane, Poland:  |
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Post by jeanne on Sept 10, 2017 23:52:25 GMT 1
I suppose they might be a little bored with their erotic life after so many years - they first met in 2001. Thus, they need new stimuli to keep it alive and exotic places like Poland is certainly one of them. Exotic because a typical Brit who knows Shakespeare thinks that streets here are roamed by polar bears. Seriously, though, where in Shakespeare's writing did he say that? I'm embarrassed to say that even though I was an English major in college, I don't recall ever reading that... |
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Post by Bonobo on Sept 11, 2017 0:05:15 GMT 1
I suppose they might be a little bored with their erotic life after so many years - they first met in 2001. Thus, they need new stimuli to keep it alive and exotic places like Poland is certainly one of them. Exotic because a typical Brit who knows Shakespeare thinks that streets here are roamed by polar bears. Seriously, though, where in Shakespeare's writing did he say that? I'm embarrassed to say that even though I was an English major in college, I don't recall ever reading that... In Literature Corner there is a thread about Shakespeare and Poland, I believe. But now I must go to sleep so I will find it for you tomorrow. |
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Post by jeanne on Sept 11, 2017 0:13:36 GMT 1
Seriously, though, where in Shakespeare's writing did he say that? I'm embarrassed to say that even though I was an English major in college, I don't recall ever reading that... In Literature Corner there is a thread about Shakespeare and Poland, I believe. But now I must go to sleep so I will find it for you tomorrow. Thanks, don't forget! |
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Post by Bonobo on May 3, 2018 17:03:21 GMT 1
When I was in the US, I heard stories about Polish people who got mental there. This is one of such cases. www.ndtv.com/world-news/man-who-tried-to-drown-himself-in-pool-is-suing-the-people-who-pulled-him-out-1844852Fijalkowski came to the U.S. from Poland through an international summer job program, according to his complaint. He said he was told he could work at a pool despite not knowing how to swim. At the time, he had never had any mental health episodes.
He began working as a pool attendant at the Riverside Apartments in Fairfax County on May 26, 2016, according to his suit, three days after his arrival. He was trained to clean the pool, arrange the deck chairs and check the water's pH level.
On his third day of work, he began acting strangely. He started arguing with guests and talking to himself in Polish. After he ripped off one girl's wristband and said she could not enter the pool, a lifeguard called the police.
When the police arrived, Fijalkowski ignored them and kept blowing his pool whistle, according to the court filings. The police cleared patrons from the pool area. They brought a Polish-speaking officer and Fijalkowski's Polish-speaking roommate, both of whom Fijalkowski ignored. Instead, according to police reports, he kept shouting, "I am the lifeguard" and praying in Polish.
man drowns in pool wp
Mateusz Fijalkowski was trained to clean the pool, set the deck chairs and check the water's pH level
Twice, Fijalkowski threw his cellphone in the shallow end of the pool and retrieved it. He climbed the lifeguard tower, shouted and blew his whistle.
Then he entered the pool a third time. In a video taken by a bystander through the pool's fence, Fijalkowski can be seen walking slowly into the deep end until he is completely submerged under the eight-foot-deep water. According to an account given by one officer and provided by the plaintiff, he then grabbed two vents on the bottom of the pool and held himself down.
In the video, Fijalkowski is seen below the water for more than two-and-a-half minutes as officers walk around the pool and watch. Then Sean Brooks, Fijalkowski's supervisor and a lifeguard, jumps in and begins to pull him out.
Several police officers follow Brooks into the water and are seen on video helping drag Fijalkowski from the pool. They perform CPR for several minutes until emergency medical technicians arrive and revive Fijalkowski with an electronic defibrillator.
According to an account from the pool company included in court documents, the police would not let Brooks jump in until Fijalkowski had stopped moving. In their reports, several officers said they moved to enter the pool as soon as they realized that Fijalkowski had gone still.
Fijalkowski had vomited in the pool, according to an EMS report provided by the plaintiff, and suffered cardiac and respiratory arrest. |
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Post by Bonobo on Jun 1, 2018 8:13:00 GMT 1
Normally a Corpus Christi procession is led by a priest with a monstrance. On foot.  Due to health problems, one rural priest drove in a car to parishioners` surprise.  |
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Post by Bonobo on Jun 1, 2018 19:41:39 GMT 1
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Post by Bonobo on Nov 2, 2018 15:48:23 GMT 1
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 23, 2019 23:31:43 GMT 1
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Post by pjotr on Feb 24, 2019 21:20:02 GMT 1
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 24, 2019 23:08:26 GMT 1
Homeless people commemorate a Homeless men who died on the street in Arnhem. The man was came from America and lived on the street of Arnhem for years. Did he die of cold or age? He looked old in the photo. |
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Post by pjotr on Feb 25, 2019 2:09:36 GMT 1
Bo,
Probably it was a combination of the 2. If you live very long on the street, in parks and under bridges your bodily reserves or immune system become weakened. Next to that the life of a homeless man is difficult due to territorial disputes between homeless people. In Arnhem you have 3 kinds of homeless people; (1) the normal homeless person, someone who due to some troubles in her or his life lost his or her home. These people try to survive, are humble beggars, harmless, and try to find food, something to drink and a place to sleep every day.
2) The second group is a problematic group of alcoholic homeless people, who can be aggressive beggars, and can be a problem for the first group of beggars.
3) The third group is the most annoying and scarry group of homeless people, these are the hard drugs users, the crack, crystal meth, Heroine and speed using homeless, who are connected to drugs dealers.
4) Often the second and third group have mental problems, genetic addiction problems. These people came from abusive homes, or were themselves difficult children, teenagers and young adults.
I have sympathy for the first group and some difficulties with the second and third groups, but do believe that these people need help. For some of them life is hell. For most of them life is very difficult and stressfull. And most of the homeless people of all 3 groups have a bad health. Homeless people don't reach an old age, because life on the street outside is hard. Thank god they can go the Salvation Army home, and other homeless shelter homes. But there is not enough space for all of them and many of them are disoriented, rather introverted and solitary-minded. Extreme cold and extreme heat are dangerous for them.
Cheers,
Pieter
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Post by pjotr on Feb 25, 2019 2:22:16 GMT 1
Shocking. The regional provincial broadcast corporation Gelderland made a documentary about homeless people in my province. The story of a young girl was what touched me the most. She told the female reporter about her difficult life on the street. Being homeless is extremely difficult for women and girls, because it is dangerous for them. The young teenage girl told the female reporter of Omroep Gelderland that she hardly could sleep, because she was constantly guarding her own safety and had to constantly think about food, water and enough warmth to stay alive. The face of the girl is hidden to hide her identity. Thank god she found sweet and good guest parents. The woman with the black hair and her partner. They took the girl into their home.
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Post by Bonobo on Mar 2, 2019 19:42:04 GMT 1
Bo, Probably it was a combination of the 2. If you live very long on the street, in parks and under bridges your bodily reserves or immune system become weakened. Next to that the life of a homeless man is difficult due to territorial disputes between homeless people. In Arnhem you have 3 kinds of homeless people; (1) the normal homeless person, someone who due to some troubles in her or his life lost his or her home. These people try to survive, are humble beggars, harmless, and try to find food, something to drink and a place to sleep every day. 2) The second group is a problematic group of alcoholic homeless people, who can be aggressive beggars, and can be a problem for the first group of beggars. 3) The third group is the most annoying and scarry group of homeless people, these are the hard drugs users, the crack, crystal meth, Heroine and speed using homeless, who are connected to drugs dealers. 4) Often the second and third group have mental problems, genetic addiction problems. These people came from abusive homes, or were themselves difficult children, teenagers and young adults. I have sympathy for the first group and some difficulties with the second and third groups, but do believe that these people need help. For some of them life is hell. For most of them life is very difficult and stressfull. And most of the homeless people of all 3 groups have a bad health. Homeless people don't reach an old age, because life on the street outside is hard. Thank god they can go the Salvation Army home, and other homeless shelter homes. But there is not enough space for all of them and many of them are disoriented, rather introverted and solitary-minded. Extreme cold and extreme heat are dangerous for them. Cheers, Pieter Polish homeless are mostly alcoholics. They prefer to live in streets where they can drink freely, because shelters put a ban on alcohol. |
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Post by Bonobo on Jun 6, 2019 9:23:15 GMT 1
Interesting. It takes only 20 minutes to climb the high rise tower in Warsaw.   |
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There aren't polar bears roaming Polish streets??? 
I'm so disappointed...
