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Richfilth



Joined: 24 Sep 2007
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Location: Warszawa
PostPosted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 10:40 am    Post subject: Re: erm Reply with quote
dragonpiwo wrote:
I'll continue to post about the Polish reality of EFL teaching and living in general.


Can you try and put some reality into the next ones please.
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dragonpiwo



Joined: 04 Mar 2013
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Location: Berlin
PostPosted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 11:31 am    Post subject: arm chair interneters do my nut Reply with quote
Reality about what? The prices I actually pay in hotels and restaurants or my son's school fees? Perhaps you mean about the prices of clothes or electrical goods compared to those in the UK, where I was YESTERDAY. Perhaps you want to tell me running a mobile is cheaper here or a second hand car too!! Even supermarket food is pretty much the same as the UK now as my Polish fiancée told me yesterday...you know the one who is the boss of 5* luxury retreat, so knows something about buying food/drink and fine dining in Poland. You lot look online at things, I live it.

Can't be arsed to reply to this tripe that Poland is a great TEFL destination where you'll earn 'good' living European wage. You tell newbies that 3k is good and that on 7 k you'll live the dream. It's just tosh.
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oipivo



Joined: 02 Jan 2012
Posts: 163
Location: Poland
PostPosted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 12:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Perhaps you want to tell me running a mobile is cheaper here


I buy 100zl of credit roughly every two months. I also bought a basic smart phone for about 350zl. 10 pounds a month isn't exactly expensive.

The point that everyone is trying to make is that you (dragonpiwo) are the exception to the rule. I don't know anyone else that is so out of touch to eat at the ridiculous places you've mentioned and stay at one of the most expensive hotels in Poznan. If you actually have an inkling of how to live even relatively frugally you can end up having a great time. I haven't stayed at a hostel in years. For 100-150zl you can rent an entire flat in the center of Poznan using airbnb.

You live differently than most ESL teachers. My wife and I are very comfortable here. We eat out as we like, we have money to buy things if we want them, we travel every now and again, and most importantly we're happy. Maybe we'll go crazy and eat at Fenix every day in a few years, but I doubt it.
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dragonpiwo



Joined: 04 Mar 2013
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 12:26 pm    Post subject: erm Reply with quote
I wouldn't eat there again for all the parowki in Biedronka.

I'd love to read comments from these posters when they're 65. I mean the ones who spent 40 odd years in Poland and did not set themselves up first.
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ecocks



Joined: 06 Nov 2007
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Location: Gdansk, Poland
PostPosted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 12:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Man, you guys need to learn to use Skype....

My phone runs less than 30 zl a month.
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dynow



Joined: 07 Nov 2006
Posts: 1080
PostPosted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 2:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
ecocks wrote:


I don't know about that "convincing the Americans" comment Delph.


yeah, because what would us poor americans with thousands of miles of coastline know about fresh and high quality seafood dishes..... Rolling Eyes

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My phone runs less than 30 zl a month.


i'm curious....what kind of phone do you have? do you have data and if so, what speed is it, how much of it per month do you have, what kind of global coverage does it offer, etc.? what kind of calling plan do you have? unlimited texts? unlimited calls within the country? what does 30zl get you?
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ecocks



Joined: 06 Nov 2007
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Location: Gdansk, Poland
PostPosted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 2:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
A Nokia, couldn't tell you the model number since I never needed to know it.

I just buy a 10 or 20 zl charge whenever I need it.

It gets me a phone that does everything I expect it to which is provide me with communication to anyone I care to talk to or hear from.

Had it two years now and it still works like it did on Day 1.
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dynow



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 3:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
ok. so no internet?

the number of calls and texts are limited to how much money you load it with, righ?
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Richfilth



Joined: 24 Sep 2007
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Location: Warszawa
PostPosted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 3:56 pm    Post subject: Re: arm chair interneters do my nut Reply with quote
dragonpiwo wrote:
Reality about what? The prices I actually pay in hotels and restaurants or my son's school fees? Perhaps you mean about the prices of clothes or electrical goods compared to those in the UK, where I was YESTERDAY. Perhaps you want to tell me running a mobile is cheaper here or a second hand car too!! Even supermarket food is pretty much the same as the UK now as my Polish fiancée told me yesterday...you know the one who is the boss of 5* luxury retreat, so knows something about buying food/drink and fine dining in Poland. You lot look online at things, I live it.


Forgive this humble teacher for only having a brand new Xperia with 2.5Gb of free data and unlimited texts for 20 quid a month - cheaper than the UK. Or that I run a used BMW (probably the most expensive travel option possible) and maintain it with the complete garage full of tools. Or that this weekend the gf and I feasted on T-bone steak and crayfish washed down with a few bottles of wine; steak that far surpassed any of the stuff I ate in the UK two months ago when I flew back by KLM from Okecie, not the manky cheap airlines that fly from lesser airports. All of which were paid for from my EFL teacher's salary.

But I forget, you have the monopoly on reality in Poland what with all those years of living with only one foot in the place, while others have lasted a solid decade of full-time employment in Poland, buying real estate, setting up pensions, and having a very enjoyable time doing so.
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