I know the bit around Victoria Rd and that's not so bad but the flat I'm looking at is over by Cathcart Rd and I'm not so familiar with that part of town so i'll go check it out when I view the flat
I'm thinking about the Paisley Road West area as well, from Kinning Park through to Govan. I know there's some nice flats there and I've got a pal who stays in Cessnock and he says it's an OK place to live
― paolo, Friday, 30 May 2014 22:00 (ten years ago) link
Re barbecue places - Buddys on Pollokshaws Road does awesome burgers/ribs/wings to take away
― paolo, Friday, 30 May 2014 22:01 (ten years ago) link
xpostas an attempt to emulate a proper american burger bar in the east end of glasgow, it is p good and dangerously close to my flat in dennistoun, too.
krakow, i liked yr tectonics pics on the beeb website, esp yr man and his lightbulb
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Friday, 30 May 2014 22:02 (ten years ago) link
Tracer, you were 100 yards from my flat! The megaTesco is better and worse, I suppose. I preferred the coperative (co-per-eh?-tive).
― i lost my shoes on acid (jed_), Friday, 30 May 2014 22:21 (ten years ago) link
My pals Sonny Carntyne are playing the Duke St Expo! I won't make it through though.
― michaellambert, Friday, 30 May 2014 22:32 (ten years ago) link
Govanhill looks scary to me but I think it's just a recent spate of crime that puts me off. I wouldn't entertain Dixon Avenue just now though.
Paisley Road West has some lovely flats on it and it's much better connected than you'd expect.
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 31 May 2014 00:16 (ten years ago) link
i'd move to another city before i moved south of the river tbh. i'm generally like wtf is this pish? whenever i happen to be there. i kinda hate it.
― i lost my shoes on acid (jed_), Saturday, 31 May 2014 01:25 (ten years ago) link
i know that's awful but i enjoy it. i'm voting yes btw.
― i lost my shoes on acid (jed_), Saturday, 31 May 2014 01:30 (ten years ago) link
bullet to The Tramway and then out.
― i lost my shoes on acid (jed_), Saturday, 31 May 2014 01:32 (ten years ago) link
Pollokshaws is nice, a few of my friends live there and there's quite a lot going on.
― ailsa, Saturday, 31 May 2014 08:26 (ten years ago) link
oh drunk in charge of a keyboard. apologies.
― i lost my shoes on acid (jed_), Saturday, 31 May 2014 10:32 (ten years ago) link
Do we have a Commonwealth thread?
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 24 July 2014 21:14 (nine years ago) link
bizarrely no. i shall start one.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Thursday, 24 July 2014 23:30 (nine years ago) link
Are there any decent pubs in the city centre to watch football at?
― paolo, Monday, 18 August 2014 07:40 (nine years ago) link
Rhoderick Dhu has plenty of screens and the service is usually quick, even on busy nights. There's also Bar Drop a couple of doors along which is a sports bar with screens everywhere. The Admiral's good too - some booth seating with screens in each booth, a couple of big screens and 2-for-1 pizzas.
All these pubs are in the five minute walk between my work and Central Station - you can tell I'm something of an explorer.
― a curious shade of pale (onimo), Monday, 18 August 2014 09:02 (nine years ago) link
Those are the three I would have suggested, but mostly because my football-watching in Glasgow is usually only when meeting onimo out of his work after i get off a train at Central. Admiral can get quite busy, though you can ring them or tweet them and get a booth reserved easily enough. Their pizzas are pretty decent.
― ailsa, Monday, 18 August 2014 10:29 (nine years ago) link
sad to hear that the volcanic tongue shop has now closed (mail order to continue).
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Friday, 29 August 2014 15:38 (nine years ago) link
If anyone is at The Last Big Weekend on Saturday or Sunday, watch out for me taking photos.
― NWOFHM! Overlord (krakow), Friday, 29 August 2014 20:41 (nine years ago) link
jesus, horrible news about the lorry crash in george square. really hoping it's not as bad as it appears to be.
― bizarro gazzara, Monday, 22 December 2014 15:21 (nine years ago) link
Aye, absolutely horrific.
Fielding many phone calls as I'd left my other half to go shopping and he had no idea where I was going, thankfully chose to avoid the city centre.
Hope everyone here and their loved ones are safe.
― ailsa, Monday, 22 December 2014 16:48 (nine years ago) link
christ, awful
― local eire man (darraghmac), Monday, 22 December 2014 17:20 (nine years ago) link
this is so sad. hope all glasgow ilxors and yr family/friends are ok.
― sktsh, Monday, 22 December 2014 17:55 (nine years ago) link
six confirmed dead, more injured. just tragic
― bizarro gazzara, Monday, 22 December 2014 18:01 (nine years ago) link
FAP action being planned over here: --- glasgow ----
NOT MONO.
― ailsa, Wednesday, 22 July 2015 18:19 (eight years ago) link
I would like to suggest the Vic bar at the art school - the Music is not too loud and you can eat and drink pretty cheaply. The food is especially cheap and good. It also has a Good selection of beers and also decent talent.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Thursday, 23 July 2015 00:28 (eight years ago) link
That's a good idea! I so rarely go out in Glasgow these days, I can never remember places.
― ailsa, Thursday, 23 July 2015 09:22 (eight years ago) link
Since they reopened the vic last year you don't have to be a student or be with one to get in and it's actually a nice varied clientele especially in non term time. It's v nice.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Thursday, 23 July 2015 13:23 (eight years ago) link
I'm the last person in the world to get sentimental about Glasgow, but a friend just posted this on Facebook:
Entrance buzzer goes in flat.Me: 'hello?"Response: first part is sung - 'is it me you're looking for?.....how you doing? it's the bin man '
― Fields of Fat Henry (Tom D.), Tuesday, 22 September 2015 14:58 (eight years ago) link
In 1974 I was an undergraduate in Glasgow Veterinary School. After a hard afternoon dissecting dogs, I was on my way home to my flat. It was cold and wet and I was hungry. I passed a pub with a sign outside that read ‘Hungry, thirsty? Come in for a pint, a bite to eat and a few kind words’. Moments later I was sitting at the bar with a pint of flat, dull beer and a meat pie in front of me. The surly barmaid was handing me my change when I remembered something. ‘What about the kind words?’ The barmaid leant over the bar, took my hand and whispered in my ear, ‘Dinna eat the pie’.
― conrad, Tuesday, 22 September 2015 15:16 (eight years ago) link
Did you eat it?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 22 September 2015 15:54 (eight years ago) link
it isn't my anecdote - it's one told by the uk's chief veterinary officer nigel gibbens
― conrad, Tuesday, 22 September 2015 16:24 (eight years ago) link
it was actually the deputy chief veterinary office alick simmons - my apologies
― conrad, Tuesday, 22 September 2015 21:49 (eight years ago) link
I'm glad it wasn't your anecdote because I was about to point out that 'Dinna eat the pie' is not remotely Glaswegian.
― Fields of Fat Henry (Tom D.), Tuesday, 22 September 2015 23:31 (eight years ago) link
"Gie the pie a bodyswerve"?
― everything, Tuesday, 22 September 2015 23:42 (eight years ago) link
"Ah widnae if ah wis you, mate"
― Fields of Fat Henry (Tom D.), Tuesday, 22 September 2015 23:46 (eight years ago) link
Boufin'
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 02:08 (eight years ago) link
Love the bin man story.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 02:09 (eight years ago) link
I believe the barmaid in the anecdote was an australian lady
― conrad, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 08:25 (eight years ago) link
I'm unconvinced by that one.
― let no-one live rent free in your butt (sic), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 08:59 (eight years ago) link
an austrian lady?
― conrad, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 09:07 (eight years ago) link
The only person I've ever heard use the word 'dinna' like that is Aberdonian.
― ailsa, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 09:16 (eight years ago) link
could pass for dundonian but it would of course be 'peh' rather than 'pie'
― Merdeyeux, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 09:34 (eight years ago) link
Think Dundonian would be "dinnae" rather than "dinna", but who knows at what point between Perth and Aberdeen the pronunciation warps?
― michaellambert, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 10:12 (eight years ago) link
perhaps she was an aberdonian lady
― conrad, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 10:37 (eight years ago) link
I think that is a pretty reasonable conclusion.
― michaellambert, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 10:56 (eight years ago) link
I thought there was a by-law to prevent Aberdonians being employed in Glasgow.
― Fields of Fat Henry (Tom D.), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 11:11 (eight years ago) link
I was born in Aberdeen and grew up in Glasgow, suddenly all those failed job interviews make sense :/
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 11:23 (eight years ago) link
xpost, not in my old workplace, there were fecking hunners of them (well, about five). Even had a wee Aberdeen supporters club of their own!
― ailsa, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 12:20 (eight years ago) link
I once worked with an aberdonian man in glasgow - what he would do is when someone had a roll and referred to it as a roll he would say "that's not a roll"
― conrad, Wednesday, 23 September 2015 12:57 (eight years ago) link
i read that dinna eat the pie thing today - do i work in the same government department as you, conrad? (at least until i finish here on friday)
― doing my Objectives, handling some intense stuff (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 23 September 2015 13:00 (eight years ago) link