try glasgow more

asshoppers need not apply

I shall be trying Glasgow more later and am very much looking forward to it.

I'm going to be the first asshopper to say they can't make this now, sadly.

this asshopper forgot (i know...) - I'll be an hour late!

This asshopper is suffering a hangover and will definitely be late if he makes it out the door

lol, never change, Glasgow :)

This grasshopper is just about on time but might not be able to hang around all night for the asshoppers

It looked like me and missus might be trying a lot of Glasgow more, she went up and back from London on Wednesday for a job interview, 12 hours on trains :/

But it didn't happen - but we'll be trying Glasgow again in the new year.

Which is to say have a nice FAP!

Glasgow
The rest of the world
Thinks you're good at this
You're rubbish
Glasgow

Worra fucking liberty.

I had a lovely night with Alisa and Gerty nonetheless!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_sNJ0ODQFU

Glasgow is still endearingly rubbish at fapping, but Gerty/Herpes (the king of autocorrect names) and Jed are still excellent company in a bar where I feel like people think I'm someone's mum coming to check out on them (seriously, ffs, they apparently let weans into the art school now, let's pretend I'm not old enough to actual have given birth to people who can commence further education).

Let's do this properly next time, eh?

Yeah I wasn't able to make it as a result of this and that. Hopefully next time

Sorry I didn't make it, I was stuck at home working unfortunately. Another time.

Have occasionally been known to fap in Glasgow (with the ever-great-company Ward Fowler), so will bookmark!

Weird ass sky today.

Far too dark. Every light on in the house!

I cycled home in sunshine and blue skies though earlier this afternoon. Also sat for a coffee next to a few press photographers who had been out looking for photo opportunities for and been largely short changed.

Excuse the extraneous "for" in there.

this Numbers x Warp thing at the Art School on Friday looks AMAZING, is anyone going?

Aye, it does look ace. Unfortunately, I have a work Xmas party and, having already bailed on it last year, I probably can't two years running.

Will be at the Art School tonight for Dinosaur Jr. though.

I'm bailing on my work night out for this :)

I know it's a pain for drivers and the lingering ice might be a bitch soon enough but I've been loving the snow, I had a great time today even though my socks got pretty wet.

I went sledging the day before yesterday for the first time since I can remember, which was good fun. But now I want it gone with estreme prejudice and we're due more

When I was going to work the snow somehow compelled me to run, then I got painfully out of breath after a minute because I don't run often.

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Yee Ha

My brother said at a metalwork place that people who came in with requests were called Judys.

Do you do road signs? = D'you do road signs? = joo dae road signs?

we're not gonna talk about joo dae at all

When was the last time it was this snowy in Glasgow? I've been here ten years and I've never seen it this bad

Also is anyone going to Counterflows? I am tempted by the RP Boo, Mhysa and Cucina Povera shows but apart from that nothing really appeals

Last really bug snow I remember was about 12 years ago when a load of people had to sleep over in the Garage because they couldn’t get home. Wasn’t as bad as this, though.

Had five minutes of my maw on the phone last night giving it, "Oh it's terrible, it's the worst I've ever seen, I cannae be expected to go oot in that". She's always saying that about bad weather though.

seven years ago I was working in braehead and it got really bad and I spent the night in my store with an M&S ready meal.

my work is closed today and we left early and much as it is nice to be off unexpectedly I'm concerned about the impact and also the lack of food in my fride that will last beyond tonight

We are above all this panic buying nonsense that's been going on bad are therefore snowed in with no bread, milk or eggs.

Also is anyone going to Counterflows? I am tempted by the RP Boo, Mhysa and Cucina Povera shows but apart from that nothing really appeals

It looks like a whole lot of nothing. I saw the curator at an arika thing lately and, it seems, he has been afflicted with their desire for film showings, hang-outs and discussion panels. all good things in their own right that have a kind of deadening effect on music "festivals".

I think most of this tendency is a result of the desire for people running these events to be seen as academics and intellectuals. like they are not already getting enough credit and kudos being the curators of well-funded art events.

Tom D, if your mum lives anywhere near me then she's right not to go out in this. There's at least 10 inches of snow on my driveway.

My work is expecting me to go in tomorrow despite there being an amber warning in place. If there's even public transport running, I'm turning up in full ski gear.

Early December 2010 was pretty full-on, but I think this is a lot more severe. I'm lucky that I don't need to go anywhere that I can't walk to, so I'm loving it. Sorry to anyone genuinely struggling. Walked to work and back yesterday and today, which certainly took some time but there were lots of great sights along the way. Sneaked a couple of drams in Ally Park on my way back yesterday...

http://s98.photobucket.com/user/krakow81/media/28617263_10160073566590022_3648849124436114861_o.jpg.html

Try again for the image...

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Damn you photobucket. Oh well. It was a fun photo, trust me.

the first one works for me!

december 2010 was the most snow i can remember, from what i can see online this winter looks worse. the coldest winter in glasgow in my lifetime was 1995 (i missed the worst of it being on holiday in Chile for a month).

1995 was before my time in Glasgow, but I was around for 2010 and was on a bus back from the Godspeed You! Black Emperor ATP at the tail end of the first day it all hit, which was quite surreal. I need to find my photos eventually from when we got back up to within striking distance of Glasgow and encountered the post-apocalptic landscape of abandoned cars and lorries strewn all over the motorway. Will never forget that journey.

aye my mum had to abandon her car that day (after about 6 hours in it)

I got a bus with no heating from London to Glasgow during the 95 freeze - we ended up getting everyone's bags out of the luggage hold to put umpteen extra layers on. I remember going a walk and it was so cold it hurt. I saw a guy skiing along the local cycle track.

I got a plane home from ATP 2010 - diverted to Prestwick because they ploughed the Glasgow airport snow onto the runway lights then it got dark :D - took about 14 hrs all in.

haha, that was a bit of a daft hing to do with the snow. someone must've got a bollocking for that.

my abiding memory of winter 2010 is wearing trainers, a light jacket, and no gloves, and trudging slowly through the snow from uddingston to bothwell with a bottle of bucky and six cans in a poly bag. the hand holding the bag was like a claw by the time i got to my pals' bit.

1995 we got back from chile and it was absolutely baltic, my great uncle was picking us up from the airport and we complained about how cold it was. his reply was "this is bloody tropical compared to what we've had the last few weeks". my school was shut for a week due to some problem cause by the freeze

My colleagues and I are currently engaged in a "who's got the biggest snowdrift in their garden/driveway/street" photo competition on WhatsApp. This is pretty much leading to a third successive snow day, I think, since work has now added an "if it's possible and safe" disclaimer to our requested attendance in the office.

I'm having a delightful time.

The buses are running again, mostly, so unfortunately I have no excuse to not go into work. I just can't imagine why anyone would leave the house if it wasn't essential today though. People have been posting on the FB pages of Braehead and Silverburn complaining they couldnt walk round the centre despite the red alert which to me is crazy.