Work / Salary of architects or building engineers in Poland cities [12]


Can only give you a guide of £21k for a qualified structural engineer in Warsaw (when I say qualified, I mean 10 years experience)


Not strictly true, we had a couple of English guys in our Warsaw office, one was a Director.

Life / Moving to Wroclaw from New York City [8]

Wraclaw is a lovely city, people are friendly and as stated use the common sense you use in any other city around the world. As for dating none whites, like in Amercia, there will be some women that are attracted to you and some that are not, not always based on the colour of your skin but maybe down to personality, there are a few expats on here that are living in Wrawclaw so they might be able to point you in the right direction for meeting other expats, but why not try and make friends with people you are going to work with rather than being insular and seeking "your own" it might a good opportunity to learn a new language and tbh Poles are no different than anyone else, they enjoy a few beers and good debate!

Just a word of warning, dont cross at the lights if they are on red, even if there are no cars about, you can get fined for this!

Even though only a tourist, I enjoyed my time in Wraclaw, the people are far more friendly than they were in Krakow and the food was better! But that, of course, is just one persons opinion.

Genealogy / Do I look Polish? (my picture) [375]


You mean English? Met lots of people who are "British" but have foreign parentage, so looking "British" means nothing.

He looks more German to me!


What's wrong with Roscommon?

UK, Ireland / Poles working in Manchester, England - request for facts [34]

If you actually come form Manchester / live here, you only have to walk down a street in a not so pleasant area (Cheetham Hill, Salford, etc. etc.) to find a Polish shop, go in and ask them if they'd kindly help you.

Also if you knew anything at all about Manchester, you'd know having Polish communities, itsn't exactly new, Poles and Ukies have been here for decades...Long before the arrival of the new lot...Crumpsal has/had a large community as did other areas (strangely enough the more afluent areas were where Poles settled back then!)

UK, Ireland / And you wonder why there is Anti-Polish feeling in the UK [187]


Same as is highlighted by negative comments about a few drunks in Poland...at least they're not murdering anyone!!!


So we should be grateful?

UK, Ireland / Poles working in Manchester, England - request for facts [34]

yelp.co.uk/biz/polish-food-store-manchester
manchester2002-uk.com/shops/polish-shops-manchester.html

Just go down to the bottom of Cheetham Hill Road there's a little restaurant that's Polish (more like a cafe) and there's a shop, King David's school end, not the other, you'd be hard pushed to find anything remotely european there!

There used to be the Polish Circle club on Cheetham Hill Road, but its closed now...that would have been a very good place to get some info.

Try Prestwich, probably a better class of person who owns the shop as its a nice area.

393 Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 1AW. Tel: 0161-798 0452.

Good luck!

Love / I live in Holland and i never meet a good polish guy. [33]


Oh the irony!.....

News / Abortion still under control in Poland [2971]


Im pro-choice, but I believe that life begins at conception, its a living organism...but if we look at the statistics of how many women died having back treet abortions in the UK before the abortion Act came in, I believe a safe abortion is better that a coat hanger...I personally believe that the 24 weeks is far too late (my friends daugher has just flown the nest to uni and she was born at 26 weeks), a woman (normally) knows she is pregnant when she's even 1 day late these days...which means she is circa. 2 / 3 week pregnant, so 9 weeks is enough time...unless a woman choses to abort because of a defect or downs which can not be detected until 18 weeks...

The only real answer is education, showing a scan picture at 12 weeks of a fully formed human being to a group of 14 year olds might prevent a new generation of "covenience" abortions...forced inplant contraception is also another option, prevention is better than cure as that they always say...and I personally choice isnt always a good thing...

UK, Ireland / How might Britain`s withdrawal from EU affect Poles there and here? [474]

Top 3 places Britain exported to on 2011 were USA Germany and China ~ so with improved trade outside the EU with India and other BRIC countries, the argument of us becoming bankrupt without the EU is rather silly. The EU is simply too large and is no longer beneficial to the UK - and the bigger it gets the poorer it becomes.

UK, Ireland / Polish women that go "off the rails" in London [15]

1970's Manchester? Smog? Think you're a 100 years out with that comment - majority of the inner city factories were well gone,. To the OP - women change if you had a lovely English rose from a small English village the same could happen - if she really loved you she wouldn't have done what she did - don't blame her nationality.

Off-Topic / Modern parenting = bad parenting? [20]

Parents want an easy life -. But what they don't realise is they are storing up more trouble.- setting boundaries and controlling a child from the outset is best for both the child and parent -my little boy is 10 months old and knows what NO means!

Love / Child support in USA order (child born in Poland) [56]

$400 per month is hardly hitting the jackpot this will cover the child's living costs - children are expensive.

Leaving her husband at 28 weeks pregnant. Well there was something that wasn't right to take.such drastic action.

But we only have one side so we can only imagine what the circumstances were. There's only one loser here though and that's the child.

Also I don't get why people think Poland is such a cheap place to live, whilst it's been a few years since I was there I never thought it was that cheap for groceries, I imagine rent isn't cheap either.

Genealogy / I am looking for an African guy in Krakow, I dated [73]

Somethings never change here! If the OP is genuine she's hormonal, frightened and out of her mind with worry and people advise her to abort because the baby isn't pure white - that's just barbaric and if an Asian or african suggested the same thing (because the baby wasn't fully one or the other) you would all be up in arms!!

Personally I reckon it's a troll and you lot have been had right over and showed what vile people you are.

Food / Polish Christmas Eve Dinner recipes [69]

Why not just cook food you know people will like? Try home made salmon fish cakes as a fish alternative to carp - do a classy buffet style - do whatever your family like sweetie xx

Law / Advice needed on access rights and alimony payments regarding my Polish daughter [28]

As a mother and a woman I'm going to give you this advice.

Stop the money until you have proper access
Start court proceedings
Document \ email everything so you can show you child what a awkward ***** his/her mother was

Women hold all the cards and it's so unfair if a woman wants payback or just wants to be horrid.

I feel for you - I couldn't imagine not seeing my baby

Food / Polish Christmas Eve Dinner recipes [69]

Ok so be direct. Ok our gorgeous texas mod must have some ideas??? Or Aphro can you help out?