try glasgow more

I then had to get back to the outskirts of Edinburgh via public transport on a Sunday, which was probably the worse bit tbh.

one for the hypothetical ‘real scotland’ thread

I'm probably overthinking this, but: that wasn't a joke about Stamford Bridge, home of Spurs, who I understand are known by a jolly racial epithet - but rather the nearby-but-less-famous Stamford Hill, which genuinely has a large orthodox Jewish population.

Anyway.

stamford bridge is the home of chelsea

Stamford Hill, as my friend David used to say, On Top of Old Stokey.

Oh yeah that's right - I will need to study up on football and racism for Glasgow, I'm aware.

you can just tell people you're a patrick thistle fan and with your non-local accent you'll be fine

With your particular non-local accent I wouldn't try to convince anyone you're a Rangers fan though. Just say, "I don't know much about football and I'm not really interested in it" and people will say, "Oh you must be a Partick Thistle fan then".

hey now

This ex-Dennistoun resident’s top tip for anyone moving to Glasgow is avoid living close to the route of an orange walk unless you like that kind of thing at 8am on a weekend.

as an ex-resident of govan, i cannot fully express just how otm that tip is

Don't forget Glasgow's fourth team, Queen's Park, who have just had to vacate Hampden Park for a much tinier ground.

The church bells on a Sunday morning in Dennistoun were equally insistent and irritating when I lived on Roslea Drive.

try glasgow less

LUNCH Glasgow has come up with a 'cooncil' themed wrap with a concauction of ingredients that will blow your tastebuds away.

The 'cooncil melt' was launched this morning as a laugh after a member of the public gave the eatery the inspiration for a Glasgow-themed melt on Instagram.

Already, the wrap is proving to be a huge hit for the people of Glasgow.

It contains: Turkey dinosaurs, potato smiles, chicken dippers, five spice, curry sauce and cheese.

https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/resources/images/11023906.jpg?type=article-full

"here we see pictured the feast before and after eating"

I would love that as a meal tbh

Glasgow's Potato Smiles Better.

hummin'

storm dennis is a reet xunt

A bus driver held the bus at a stop this afternoon for me until it calmed down enough for me to get off and run into a shop, there was an actual wall of water heading up the road towards the bus that his wipers wouldn't clear. It's fecking brutal out there

this is a fuckin' bop tbh

Reminder that Glasgow had an anthem for its american football team (with a rap) but because it's glasgow all the joy has a backdrop of grey bleakness and it's very special. pic.twitter.com/U5wHF6LS9S

— Michael M (@michaelmphysics) February 18, 2020

The guy who did that song sometimes comes into my work to do voiceovers. He always wears a hat, which makes the office dog go crazy.

Played at the superbowl!

https://www.thenational.ae/sport/the-super-bowl-s-most-unlikely-half-time-entertainment-hit-1.468718

the singer is hudson mohawks's dad (mentioned in the twitter comments, but in case you didn't click through). just remembered that my da knew him also. I'm 4 degrees of separation from kanye west

I took a piss beside Hud Mo at the Sub Club once. True story

Which means I'm two degrees from Kanye

She’s turned the Waynes against us...

She’s turned the Waynes against us pic.twitter.com/u5lZfp2fWe

— Allan Price 🎙📻 📺 (@AllanGPrice) February 21, 2020

congrats AF, good luck with jobs/the move!

― a passing spacecadet, Tuesday, February 11, 2020 10:28 PM

Read this as "congrats as fuck"

Welcome to fucking Scotland.

I haven't been to East Kilbride shopping centre in a few years and I'm wondering what it's like now, because it felt to me like it's been a work in progress for at least 15 years, still busy but almost unrecognizable to what it was in the 90s when it was my cinema and main shopping destination when I was getting something exciting, and a lot of kids had birthday parties at the ice rink/food place.

Last few times I went there was something very odd about the place, not just the change but how that it looks like a place in terrible decline generally.

Thoughts, memories?

Not safe for work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AstykDxufmg

Classy

I live on the top floor of a tenement and whenever i tell older friends/relatives that they often say "ah, tap dancer?" tap dancer means top floor, has anyone else heard that? I always overthought it and thought tenement levels were called dancers, for some reason but It's surely more simple than that - that someone once made a tap-flaer / tap-dancer joke once and it gained traction in Glasgow. Probably vaudevile, maybe Francie and Josie or similar.

I guess there's also the idea that a tap dancer could be one of the worst people to have living above you!

yes!

So, it looks like I will be trying Glasgow more, possibly a lot more.

If you've thought about this, then you've probably thought "this isn't happening". This: isn't happening. Or at least it doesn't look like it for a bunch of reasons - the plan at the moment is putting everything back a year and trying again.

Understandable. Hope you're both ok though.

Yeah, we're okay, a little disappointed - Jen even had a job lined up (over in the other place) but they mailed her to say that they weren't going to be hiring her - it was "we want to offer you the job, we'll make it official by the end of the month" on the 5th of March, but obviously that's a decade ago by now.

Good to see barlinnie join in on the nhs clap... 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 pic.twitter.com/SttAWVlzyt

— Breezy mcg (@Breezymcg89) April 2, 2020

This looks brilliant.
https://reglasgow.com/miles-of-city-centre-parking-lanes-set-to-be-switched-to-walking-and-cycling-under-covid-19-plan/

dae it. all of it.

only skimmed through - was there a suggestion in the report for summary execution of drivers

looks great, just wish it hadn't taken 60,000 dead people across the uk to get the council to actually do something of value

^ yeah, that. Also they've flagged the changes as "temporary" - make 'em permanent you fucks

turn pollokshaws road (from center to top of shawlands) and clydeside expressway into bikes, buses and taxis only imo

check out this Reporting Scotland piece on the horrible events in George Square at the weekend. I'm actually flabbergasted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfLrjZBUPdU

rangers fans eat a vegetable challenge

loyalists assaulted a march in favor of asylum seeker's rights tonight in George square. never seen the like of it in Glasgow, really fucking angry and saddened

demonstration more than march I should say, think it was static.

The handful of videos I saw on twitter looked awful.

Given how widely it was shared I guess most folk will already have read Tommy Ga-Ken Wan's account of his experience in George Square on Sunday, but I think it's worth sharing in case anyone did miss it. I like his writing and he's an amazing photographer, for anyone who doesn't already know him: https://www.instagram.com/tgkwan/

https://www.facebook.com/TGKW1/posts/10157510868780823

It's a public post, but I'm not sure if non-fb users will be able to read it? I'll see if he's posted it anywhere else too in case not.