Travel / Trams in Krakow - which one to get to Zwierzynieka/Tadeusza Kosciuszki street? [5]


I'm afraid I can't help you with info as I'm over here in the uk at the moment but this website shows you where the tourist information office is and they are very helpful. I hope this helps - enjoy krakow :- cracow-life/map/map.php

Real Estate / Rental prices Poland, how they vary from town to city and old/new properties. [6]


Actually this would be very useful for those of us planning to move to Poland soon. It's difficult as I'm not yet fluent in Polish to decide which town/area to move to although I know roughly which area I would like to be in. Good idea - but not much enthusiasm !!

UK, Ireland / Father's Day cards banned in Scottish schools [64]

Mister H
why they don't have a Dad to make a card for

they all have dads to make cards for - they were shagging like spaniels too. Don't forget it takes two to tango !!!


How easy it is to judge others, and condemn them without trial. Maybe the attitude of others towards single-parent families has an effect on the children growing up rather than the fact that they only have one parent. I know a family that would have been much better off if the drunken, violent father had left. Children need love, respect and acceptance from their primary care giver, whether male or female, as well as from society around them, not to be stigmatised and have the expectation put on them that they will fail. :-(

UK, Ireland / Father's Day cards banned in Scottish schools [64]


I don't judge anyone - just have my opinion......
I think it's more likely that these figures suggest that the fathers have left because they were losers (or their partner chucked them out) which is why the kids turn out bad. It's not because the father was absent, more to do with genetics.

A lot of single parents set boundaries and bring up children that are happy, healthy and unlikely to commit crime. I do thnk that the way society judges and labels children from one-parent homes does have an effect on them. Others expectations on us can effect us and how well we do. That's a fact.

I don't live in the U.S. and wouldn't want to but I can say what I think about what I have experienced in my life and in the people around me.

UK, Ireland / Father's Day cards banned in Scottish schools [64]


I agree that there are a small number of people who reproduce just to get benefits and a free home etc. I have witnessed some people actually bragging that they were doing that.

But I think that life is short - people should take what happiness there is and enjoy it. In a PERFECT world, 'Miss wonderful A' would meet 'Mr wonderful B' and they would live in a beautiful home in a quiet neighbourhood and have PERFECT 'little baby Cs' .......

Real life isn't like that. I used to think that families should be a certain way or they weren't right somehow but now I'm older and wiser and I think you should give people a chance. I accept things and people more now - nothing's perfect but what the hell, we might as well enjoy what we have. As for statistics - everyone knows they are usually twisted a little by some-one with an axe to grind or just narrow vision.

UK, Ireland / Friend told "just allow your son to forget Polish" by school. [96]

I had a friend in Hong Kong who grew up speaking 4 languages. His mum spoke to him in Cantonese, his grandma in Swatou, his housekeeper in Philipino and he had to use English at school. He was really fluent in all 4 and wasn't confused because he knew which person used which language and accepted that.

I think that if the people around him had mixed the languages up, like mum sometimes using English or maid sometimes used Cantonese it would have really confused him. But he was fine.

Maybe your friend should speak Polish to the child at home but let him use English at school.

Feedback / Why do people post on polish forums [27]

Maybe it's just because we like poland and polish people and want to interact with others of similar interest and find out more about poland. It's a very useful and fun way to learn and chat. I think we are interesting, sociable and intelligent people who come on here. (Apart from a few plebs that get thrown off) :-)