try glasgow more

meanwhile, on the south side:

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anybody going to the east end social/duke st expo stuff tomorrow? there's nothing on the bill that particularly knocks my socks off, but seeing as it's literally happening on my doorstep i thought it would be churlish not to attend, so a friend and i have bought tix

http://www.eastendsocial.com/event/duke-street-expo/

Had thought about it for Admiral Fallow/King Creosote/Kid Canaveral, but am too skint.

Govanhill's a bit rough in parts, and there have been a few assaults, but perhaps I just paid closer attention when my best mate lived there and I visited regularly. I've never felt particularly unsafe there.

I'll be photographing the Duke Street Expo so watch out for me running about camera in hand, as per usual!

I can't believe a barbecue place has opened up round the corner from my flat now that I live in London.

From my Dennistoun flat, that is.

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

Re barbecue places - Buddys on Pollokshaws Road does awesome burgers/ribs/wings to take away

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as 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

Tracer, you were 100 yards from my flat! The megaTesco is better and worse, I suppose. I preferred the coperative (co-per-eh?-tive).

My pals Sonny Carntyne are playing the Duke St Expo! I won't make it through though.

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.

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 know that's awful but i enjoy it. i'm voting yes btw.

bullet to The Tramway and then out.

Pollokshaws is nice, a few of my friends live there and there's quite a lot going on.

oh drunk in charge of a keyboard. apologies.

Do we have a Commonwealth thread?

bizarrely no. i shall start one.

Are there any decent pubs in the city centre to watch football at?

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.

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.

sad to hear that the volcanic tongue shop has now closed (mail order to continue).

If anyone is at The Last Big Weekend on Saturday or Sunday, watch out for me taking photos.

jesus, horrible news about the lorry crash in george square. really hoping it's not as bad as it appears to be.

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.

christ, awful

this is so sad. hope all glasgow ilxors and yr family/friends are ok.

six confirmed dead, more injured. just tragic

FAP action being planned over here: --- glasgow ----

NOT MONO.

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.

That's a good idea! I so rarely go out in Glasgow these days, I can never remember places.

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.

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 '

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’.

Did you eat it?

it isn't my anecdote - it's one told by the uk's chief veterinary officer nigel gibbens

it was actually the deputy chief veterinary office alick simmons - my apologies

I'm glad it wasn't your anecdote because I was about to point out that 'Dinna eat the pie' is not remotely Glaswegian.

"Gie the pie a bodyswerve"?

"Ah widnae if ah wis you, mate"

Boufin'

Love the bin man story.

I believe the barmaid in the anecdote was an australian lady

I'm unconvinced by that one.

an austrian lady?

The only person I've ever heard use the word 'dinna' like that is Aberdonian.

could pass for dundonian but it would of course be 'peh' rather than 'pie'

Think Dundonian would be "dinnae" rather than "dinna", but who knows at what point between Perth and Aberdeen the pronunciation warps?