G-Force died a month ago? Have to say that after the imports and soundtracks were going down because internet, the shop was losing a lot of its appeal, but they stuck around a long time. Good spot in town obviously.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 19 July 2019 19:58 (four years ago) link
ma da has seen every fast and furious film so he'll be right intae that lol
― bookmarkflaglink (jim in vancouver), Friday, 19 July 2019 20:01 (four years ago) link
that advert for the radisson job is awful right enough
RIP g-forcehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvpq66YNAZw
― ||||||||, Friday, 19 July 2019 21:43 (four years ago) link
surprised it lasted as long as it did - given the high street's difficulty. best glasgow games store still probably the one that was in de coursy's (also RIP)
― ||||||||, Friday, 19 July 2019 21:45 (four years ago) link
CA Games
― bookmarkflaglink (jim in vancouver), Friday, 19 July 2019 21:54 (four years ago) link
Glasgow already played London in Furious 6 btw
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Friday, 19 July 2019 21:55 (four years ago) link
might need to catch up with the series
― bookmarkflaglink (jim in vancouver), Friday, 19 July 2019 21:55 (four years ago) link
two anecdotes:
The lads at my school used to wear Trespass jackets but they used to pronounce it like it was a French word even though they are made in Glasgow - Tray-Paaa.
The menu at The Grosvenor cafe sold many strange items - for example "Oxo Beef drink" (my dad used to drink this) and whatever you ordered was served on a red hot plate even if it was ice cream. The menu was very strangely worded too and we used to laugh at the descriptions like "half pizza pie portion" - you could also get "have pizza pie portion with fried egg" but one that remains seared on my brain was Calzino and, this is not a word of a lie, the description next to it said "An Italian bridie".
― Funky Isolations (jed_), Saturday, 3 August 2019 19:09 (four years ago) link
the first time i went to the grosvenor was 1994 and i was absolutely dumbfounded by the idea that i could get a 'burger' for less than a pound. i ordered it. and then i understood.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 3 August 2019 20:13 (four years ago) link
we made the nytimes homepage!
obviously not for a good reason
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/07/world/europe/scotland-heroin-deaths.html
― bookmarkflaglink (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 18:59 (four years ago) link
*swells with national pride*
― Criss Angel Raw: The Mindfreak Unplugged (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 7 August 2019 19:10 (four years ago) link
Crackin' photies, by the way.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-49476107
― Boulez, vous couchez avec moi? (Tom D.), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 07:44 (four years ago) link
Those are super!
― Madchen, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 07:49 (four years ago) link
I'm in Glasgow for the first time 5th to the 9th September with me Dad. We like whisky, Ivor Cutler and Alasdair Gray. I think he's hoping to see a bit of heritage stuff as his family's originally from Glasgow and go way back.
― frame casual (dog latin), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 07:53 (four years ago) link
DL, Hillhead Tube Station, in the West End of Glasgow, has a great mural-map of the area by Alasdair Gray, worth a look if you're passing by.
The Marzaroli photos always feel (to me) much older than they actually are - the sixties as the thirties.
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 08:08 (four years ago) link
The 70s in Glasgow looks older than the 70s too.
― Boulez, vous couchez avec moi? (Tom D.), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 08:12 (four years ago) link
Those are lovely!
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 08:41 (four years ago) link
that St Enoch one hit me hard
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 08:42 (four years ago) link
I love the Raintown shot
― stet, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 08:49 (four years ago) link
Coincidentally, saw this shared on Facebook today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKTKgcEqB6k&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR1Yqr88VHx1BI5heESE5j7YHEbWkmBgjRLLzNpZJYgFHfcmLWZA7DgDQ6U
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 28 August 2019 15:19 (four years ago) link
the depardon shots are always mind-blowing for me because they're only from 4 years before i was born but look like a completely different world compared to the glasgow of my childhood
― Seany's too Dyche to mention (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 28 August 2019 17:59 (four years ago) link
I've probably posted this before but it is lol af!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZL6tcQfCQs
― Funky Isolations (jed_), Sunday, 1 September 2019 23:11 (four years ago) link
ha ha ha
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Sunday, 1 September 2019 23:54 (four years ago) link
Sir I salute youđź‘Źđź‘Źđź‘Źđź‘Źđź‘Ź pic.twitter.com/L0oQa0yZOf— Tam sellics son (@gibbogibby1) September 21, 2019
― What a ridiculous clusterfuck of totally uncool jokers (jed_), Sunday, 22 September 2019 17:21 (four years ago) link
lol, what a hero
― Is it true the star Beetle Juice is going to explode in 2012 (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 22 September 2019 17:43 (four years ago) link
Did a few Glasgow Doors Open Days things yesterday, most notably Anniesland Court, the 22-storey grade a listed tower block at Anniesland Cross, which was spectacular and really interesting in its design. The visit was meant to be to the communal areas on the top floor, but the guy in the first flat there had opened up his place for everyone to wander freely. He was a lovely chap and seemed to be enjoying chatting with everyone passing through and showing us all about. He'd stuck little hand-written notes about the place to invite you to explore ("storage cupboard here, please take a look" and that kind of thing) and the place was brilliant - a neat layout and stunning views, of course. Thoroughly recommend it if it's on the line-up next year.
― brain (krakow), Sunday, 22 September 2019 17:46 (four years ago) link
that sounds excellent.
― What a ridiculous clusterfuck of totally uncool jokers (jed_), Sunday, 22 September 2019 21:10 (four years ago) link
Sounds great. I feel like I've run out of things to see on Doors Open Days a wee bit – will try to remember about that next year.
― Eyeball Kicks, Monday, 23 September 2019 11:20 (four years ago) link
Bump! Am up this way end of month for a very short time. Is there anywhere that does decent steak or burgers etc? Don’t judge me, I’m asking for family. Probably won’t get to see much this time around but is there anything else I should see and do this time around if I have a spare couple of hours?
― glindr jackson (gyac), Monday, 6 January 2020 11:35 (four years ago) link
Best steaks I've had in Glasgow are at Tiffneys on Otago St in the west end
― or something, Monday, 6 January 2020 11:37 (four years ago) link
bread meats bread do decent burgers in the west end and centre of town
― hot nuts (small) (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 6 January 2020 11:51 (four years ago) link
Tiffneys or the Spanish Butcher for steak. Not been there for ages, but Bread Meats Bread has excellent burgers
Ha, xpost mindmeld
― ailsa, Monday, 6 January 2020 11:52 (four years ago) link
the butchershop bar and grill is pretty good for steaks (or at least it was the last time i was there a few years ago) and has a nice view of kelvingrove and the university if you get a window table
― hot nuts (small) (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 6 January 2020 11:55 (four years ago) link
Thanks all! If I don’t do any of these this time I will certainly next time cos I really haven’t spent enough time in Glasgow
― glindr jackson (gyac), Monday, 6 January 2020 12:04 (four years ago) link
Tiffneys always look shut when I go past it (admittedly that's mostly on a Saturday afternoon, on my way to Voltaire and Rousseau) and I'm getting this listing of their hours from a Google hit:
Address: 61 Otago St, Glasgow G12 8PQHours: Monday ClosedTuesday ClosedWednesday ClosedThursday ClosedFriday ClosedSaturday ClosedSunday Closed
If you have a couple of spare hours in the daytime, I would recommend this exhibition of Oscar Marzaroli's Glasgow photography - the gallery is situated near to both Mono and the 13th Note, both of which do pretty decent veggie burgers if you have some non-meat eaters in your party:
http://www.streetlevelphotoworks.org/event/oscar-marzaroli
― Ward Fowler, Monday, 6 January 2020 12:11 (four years ago) link
I saw those opening hours too so checked the website and they still appear to be open, only evenings tho and closed Tuesdays
― or something, Monday, 6 January 2020 13:00 (four years ago) link
I went into town to go to that Oscar Marzaroli exhibition on Friday but it was shut over the holiday period. We went to the People's Palace instead.
― ailsa, Monday, 6 January 2020 19:28 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l85L7hJ0-7U
I love Scotland
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 6 February 2020 21:09 (four years ago) link
I love Sandra.
― Good taste, bit Victorian but who isn't? (jed_), Thursday, 6 February 2020 22:36 (four years ago) link
gyac where did you end up eating in glasgow in the end?
― Homegrown Georgia speedster Ladd McConkey (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 6 February 2020 22:54 (four years ago) link
Hey! We didn’t actually end up in Glasgow proper, we were in Troon the whole time. Well, my parents were in Glasgow, I wasn’t. But I want to go back properly, hopefully later this year, so it’ll happen then.
― hyds (gyac), Friday, 7 February 2020 08:07 (four years ago) link
you should try glasgow more imo
― Homegrown Georgia speedster Ladd McConkey (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 7 February 2020 08:09 (four years ago) link
Definitely. I was very impressed by the trains while I was there (and found it a bit strange how dead Paisley Gilmour St area was around 7pm).
― hyds (gyac), Friday, 7 February 2020 09:26 (four years ago) link
i’d count yourself lucky that you didn’t receive a more traditional paisley welcome tbf
― Homegrown Georgia speedster Ladd McConkey (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 7 February 2020 09:34 (four years ago) link
wee hurrie good in troon
― ||||||||, Friday, 7 February 2020 09:34 (four years ago) link
gyac closet golfer confirmed
― ||||||||, Friday, 7 February 2020 09:35 (four years ago) link
lol I’m the only member of my immediate family who’s never golfed (deems will consider this confirmation of what he posted elsewhere in the week and he’s right). No golf, just lots of rain and wind. Tbf bg a very kind man in Paisley helped me with my suitcase without saying anything to me!
― hyds (gyac), Friday, 7 February 2020 10:43 (four years ago) link
If you've got a decent description, the police might be able to get you the case back, if that's any consolation.
― Andrew Farrell, Friday, 7 February 2020 11:05 (four years ago) link
Holl', bit less o' the slaggin' Paisley aff if ye know whit's good fer ye.
― (includes digression on farting) (Tom D.), Friday, 7 February 2020 11:22 (four years ago) link