i only talked to 4 people today and they all mentioned it.
― i lost my shoes on acid (jed_), Sunday, 1 December 2013 02:57 (ten years ago) link
Not a pub I've ever drunk in, but have still had a stream of texts from friends in England over the weekend, checking in - seems to have been a big story down South. Hoping no ILXors have personal involvement.
― Ward Fowler, Monday, 2 December 2013 09:32 (ten years ago) link
http://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1454724_10202747494227935_1141099317_n.jpg
― Eyeball Kicks, Tuesday, 3 December 2013 12:49 (ten years ago) link
Is that the same John McGarrigle that died in the helicopter crash?
― ass pee leg wetter (onimo), Wednesday, 4 December 2013 22:08 (ten years ago) link
it is!
― i lost my shoes on acid (jed_), Wednesday, 4 December 2013 22:20 (ten years ago) link
Yes it is. I saw it on the facebook wall of someone I know, who wrote: "This is written by an old friend of my Mum's who died in The Clutha on Friday night. When i was a wee girl he picked me up and threw me in a rubbish skip and told me the rats were coming. You could have heard his laugh a mile away. Thinking of his family."
― Eyeball Kicks, Wednesday, 4 December 2013 22:52 (ten years ago) link
bit reminiscent of tom leonard.
― tell it to my arse (jim in glasgow), Wednesday, 4 December 2013 23:00 (ten years ago) link
got an office christmas party tonight in Glasgow at... The Book Club, is that a place? Will also be around tomorrow evening if anyone fancies a pint, otherwise I'll... do something else. Like have a pint.
― Fizzles, Thursday, 12 December 2013 10:25 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, the Book Club is a fairly dece pub/bar in the West End.
A drink tomorrow sounds doable for me Fizzles - any particular place/area you fancy?
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 12 December 2013 10:36 (ten years ago) link
how come you moved to glasgow Ward Fowler
― conrad, Thursday, 12 December 2013 10:51 (ten years ago) link
to be closer to you conrad
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 12 December 2013 10:54 (ten years ago) link
That'd be great, Ward - I'm catching the sleeper back from the main station but anywhere on the subway loop/an easy bus route is fine. happy to play it by ear btw, but as I say I'll be around and footloose tomorrow evening.
― Fizzles, Thursday, 12 December 2013 11:22 (ten years ago) link
but i live in london
― conrad, Thursday, 12 December 2013 11:40 (ten years ago) link
how come you moved to london conrad
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 12 December 2013 11:43 (ten years ago) link
Fizzles - sounds good, I work pretty close to Central Station so I'm sure we can find somewhere that suits us, even on a Friday night.
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 12 December 2013 11:46 (ten years ago) link
i'm an economic migrant ;)
― conrad, Thursday, 12 December 2013 11:58 (ten years ago) link
:*(
― conrad, Thursday, 12 December 2013 16:11 (ten years ago) link
Bumping for any other Glasgow ILXors who might enjoy fapping tonight
(Fizzles - I sent you an email via ILX with my mobe no on it)
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 13 December 2013 10:04 (ten years ago) link
cheers, Ward. Yep, be good to see all and sundry. I've got a crippling hangover, excitingly, but I think the only thing that's going to get me through it is another drink.
― Fizzles, Friday, 13 December 2013 14:57 (ten years ago) link
Um, that's a Glasgow landline number I think, unless I'm being particularly dense?
― Fizzles, Friday, 13 December 2013 14:59 (ten years ago) link
Right, this is on. Sounds like it's going to be fairly sedate - it's felt like someone's been having a funeral in my brain today and at times I've wanted to curl up in a little ball on the floor - but be good to see people. Will be in the station-convenient Stereo as soon as I can get out of work (probably about quarter/half past five).
― Fizzles, Friday, 13 December 2013 15:33 (ten years ago) link
Sorry, I have been extraordinarily careless in my budgeting and have zero money for fun between now and Christmas Eve. Enjoy sitting on Stereo's tremendously uncomfortable chairs or sofas!
― ailsa, Friday, 13 December 2013 15:50 (ten years ago) link
cheers ailsa - feel free to come along for an Xmas pint courtesy Santa tho if you want!
― Fizzles, Friday, 13 December 2013 16:29 (ten years ago) link
Would love to, but even getting into Glasgow is a wee bit of a trek. Thanks for the offer though!
― ailsa, Friday, 13 December 2013 16:39 (ten years ago) link
Small but perfectly formed FAP - very good fun, great to see Ward again after a six-year or so hiatus. Slept like a log on the sleeper back to London.
― Fizzles, Saturday, 14 December 2013 10:34 (ten years ago) link
Yep, hope it's a longer and larger FAP next time, Fizzles - and that there isn't another six-year gap.
― Ward Fowler, Saturday, 14 December 2013 12:07 (ten years ago) link
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/opinion/u/the-weegie-words-20-terms-that-prove-you-come-from-glasgow.1391427597
man i wish my people had this many words
― j., Sunday, 23 February 2014 22:32 (ten years ago) link
Some of those are spelled wrong, mistranslated or just not particularly Glaswegian (stopped reading about half-way down). ILX compendium here:
This category contains Scots pejoratives
― ailsa, Monday, 24 February 2014 01:06 (ten years ago) link
what's glaswegian for 'crowdsourcing, go figure'
― j., Monday, 24 February 2014 01:15 (ten years ago) link
"cunts, eh?"
― Ian Glasper's trapped in a scone (aldo), Monday, 24 February 2014 08:19 (ten years ago) link
I know I'm only 12 miles away from Glasgow and originally from EK which is mini-glasgow, so its possible lanarkshire/renfrewshire gets lumped in to it , but loads of those words are used here. Gallus is a great word that no one uses it now. Even my EK friends say they havent heard it used in 30 years. Its a great Francie & Josie word though. Bring it back!
― Scooby Doom (۩), Monday, 24 February 2014 11:39 (ten years ago) link
is "jobbie" glaswegian?
― ^ 諷刺 (ken c), Monday, 24 February 2014 12:00 (ten years ago) link
That's nationwide, if Edinburgh mates are anyone to go by.
― baked beings on toast (suzy), Monday, 24 February 2014 12:03 (ten years ago) link
haw Danny Boyle, here's how you open a ceremony ya tube
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-26857816
― sktsh, Thursday, 3 April 2014 09:56 (ten years ago) link
Letters hand-delivered this morning *after* the press are all over it. We're dead good at PR, us.
― ailsa, Thursday, 3 April 2014 10:37 (ten years ago) link
Nothing crass about this whatsoever...
― Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. (Stew), Thursday, 3 April 2014 10:48 (ten years ago) link
Anyone fancy a free weekend ticket to the Tectonics Festival? I don't feel well enough to go. http://www.tectonicsfestival.com/glasgow/news/line-up-announced-for-tectonics-2014 Need to let me know fast, PO closes early today. email me at kevingil142 at gmail dot com.
― Try Leuchars More! (dowd), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 09:53 (ten years ago) link
Tickets taken
― Try Leuchars More! (dowd), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 11:39 (ten years ago) link
I grew up near Leuchars
― paolo, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 13:04 (ten years ago) link
this thread ain't what it used to be
― conrad, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 13:07 (ten years ago) link
Glasgow ain't what it used to be. Everyone moved away.
― ailsa, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 13:12 (ten years ago) link
― conrad, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 13:15 (ten years ago) link
Oh, whereabouts, Paulo?
― Try Leuchars More! (dowd), Wednesday, 30 April 2014 13:37 (ten years ago) link
st andrews
― paolo, Thursday, 1 May 2014 08:06 (ten years ago) link
Oh, right, me too. Went to Madras. You?
― Try Leuchars More! (dowd), Thursday, 1 May 2014 08:16 (ten years ago) link
yeah it was shit
― paolo, Thursday, 1 May 2014 09:31 (ten years ago) link
and what's an asshopper anyway
I...don't know. Nor do I know what you're referring to.
― Try Leuchars More! (dowd), Friday, 2 May 2014 16:50 (ten years ago) link
The Art School is currently on fire with black smoke billowing down Sauchiehall St
― boxedjoy, Friday, 23 May 2014 12:43 (nine years ago) link
Pictures look horrible :(
― Madchen, Friday, 23 May 2014 12:47 (nine years ago) link