try glasgow more

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?

perhaps she was an aberdonian lady

I think that is a pretty reasonable conclusion.

I thought there was a by-law to prevent Aberdonians being employed in Glasgow.

I was born in Aberdeen and grew up in Glasgow, suddenly all those failed job interviews make sense :/

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!

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"

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)

you work in the same government department as my girlfriend ;)

ah but of course

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"

was it rather a buttery? seven years living in dundee and i don't think i ever managed to discern what the precise difference is

havent eaten a buttery in years, closer to a crossaint than ordinary rolls iirc. now I want to eat one dammit.

It's not a roll if it hasn't come from Roland Butter?

What do they call a roll? I know that the older ones call oatcakes "bread" and they call bread "loaf".

it's a buttery - a flattened heavy salty buttery thing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttery_(bread)

Oh I know about buttery's I just wondered what they call rolls.

oh i see yes! I have no idea

they call rolls softies apparently

Haha!

You can get butteries in Aldi, I discovered last week. Food of the artery-blocking gods.

Really sad that The Variety Bar is closing tonight.

http://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/last-orders-popular-glasgow-city-11490979

That's a real shame

Macsorleys has gone this year as well :(

shiter, was a regular of mine, especially one year when i lived nearby on kent road

I didn't know about Macsorely's :(

Trip back next month will be a little sad. Not that I frequented it other than pre-Sub Club nights.

Damn RIP Variety.

General question: where *should* I be drinking in Glasgow these days?

In or near the city centre Stereo, Mono, Saramago, Flying Duck, Blackfriars, Bon Accord, 13th Note, State, Griffin, Sleazys, Broadcast, Babbitys, Scaramouche

I don't go out much in the West End but the Belle, Doublet, Coopers, Gallus are OK to good

On the southside the Allison Arms, Sammy Dow's, Granary, Glad Cafe and Clockwork Brewery

A decent east end (mainly Dennistoun) circuit is possible nowadays: West Brewery, Drygate, Redmonds, Duchess of Duke Street, Tibo.

I spend a lot of time in Stereo/Mono/the Note because my other half is vegetarian and it's convenient. I always thought the Griffin was a bit of a lad haunt for some reason? I miss Broadcast being The Local, it wasn't the best but it was cheap, central and more often than not had good music playing.

Every taxi driver I've spoken to in the six months since we moved to Shawlands has said to go to the Allison Arms but I've still not managed it, which I guess says more about my drinking habits than anything else.

Sammy Dows hasn't been Sammy's for ages. It was a pop-up Lebowskis, then it changed to the Stag's Head for the last year or so, and is currently closed and about to reopen as Lebowskis. I suspect it won't be as good when it does.

The Glad is fine for gigs, and it has a belting open mic night (or we just landed very lucky the night we wandered in).

Lots of love for the Ally Arms here.

I'd add the Pot Still to city centre pubs.

toby jug

Sammy Dows hasn't been Sammy's for ages. It was a pop-up Lebowskis, then it changed to the Stag's Head for the last year or so, and is currently closed and about to reopen as Lebowskis. I suspect it won't be as good when it does.

That's a shame. I've been in Lebowskis in Finnieston, it's OK but a bit hipstery (as you'd expect). Allison Arms probably has the best selection of bottled beers in Glasgow and it's dog friendly. I've heard good things about Rum Shack over the road but I've not been in

I forgot Roderick Dhu in the city centre as well

One of my favourites is upstairs on the patio at the chip. If you enjoy smoking obv.

The Laurieston is a wonderful southside pub too.

Yes! It's great in there.

ALPEN LODGE

Oh I've not been to thr Laurieston in ages, I must rectify that

visiting the laurieston was always a rare thing for me because of its location, p much never around tradeston for any reason ever, but it is a great pub

titwood

ALPEN LODGE

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I was briefly in the Alpen Lodge on Friday evening (an ill-advised "one for the road" stop). I can't remember much, other than wandering outside to pick a drunk guy up off the pavement and lean him against the wall.

Apparently it was glorious madness in the Variety on Saturday.

Heard another piece of shitty Glasgow pub news today: the landlord of the State died.

Okay, so I am thinking about moving to Glasgow.

If it's not a completely stupid idea to move alone to a city you know very little about while your mental health is fucking terrible and actively debilitating (NB yes it is a completely stupid idea, I know), then maybe you can help me find out more about what I'd be getting myself into. I have a few friends up there and liked it there when I played Scottish gigs back in the day. But realistically I don't know much about what it's like now, and I never knew shit about the residential areas ever. I do know the music scene is good and my friends are mostly music people so no real questions about that aspect but my main questions are:

- Where to move to? I am currently scouting prices etc on the big property websites and looking at Shawlands/Mount Florida/Battlefield toward the South side and 'the West End' generally. Also Ibrox keeps popping up, but literally the only thing I know about that area is that every advert says 'the new BBC building is here, woo'. Am I looking in the right places? Anywhere else to look? Where to avoid?

- How are mental health services/support? I am kind of coming to a dead end with the NHS services here anyway, as they can't provide the long-term therapy they say I need, and are stopping my short-term therapy because it's not going to do enough. So I might have to *shudder* go private for a long-term therapist, but I would want to be in contact with some services. Also I notice that MIND don't cover Scotland - is there a similar group anyone would recommend?

- What's the University like? As a failed (dropout) PhD student who is idling toying with the idea of doing a second MA, am I likely to get in if I apply or should I maybe consider how much I want to do a second MA and leave moving until I've applied somewhere and got in? This is not the main reason for my wanting to move there, but is definitely a consideration. Are there regular open talks/research seminars I could attend as a non-student and meet academics?

- Is there much of a call for freelance TEFL people up there? I'm currently not in a fit state to work at all, but I am qualified to do that so it'd be good to know for the future. One of the few good things about being down here is that there are loads of foreign students/business people. (I would also be up for volunteering these services when/if I get back to health, as my CV is terrible, so if anyone knows organisations who might need that, that would also be pretty useful.)

Sorry if these questions are stupid or too specific. Any help at all would be great. I still don't know if I'm going to do this tbh but I figure the more I know then the more able I'll be to decide.

1. I live in mount florida & it's quite nice. good transport links into town, quiet 'residential' vibe, though there's not much to it. couple of pubs, a chip shop, few takeaways, local greengrocers. definitely would benefit from some investment to the 'high st'. suits us tho cos the flats are big & well-priced, and commute is short (so short I sometimes even get a train which goes away from town before looping back just so I can read.) not sure I'd recommend it for a newbie. is quite 'remote' from the west end which can be an issue if ppl having drinks/events that way. that being said, highest proportion of gigs is probably in the centre and there's an even split between south & west (maybe skews more towards the west.)

I've never lived in shawlands but I get the impression there's lots of 'students' and the just-graduated. the high street always has a lot of activity but again it's a bit run down.

other places to consider: dennistoun. 'up-and-coming'. has some nice pubs, cafes etc. well located for town, w/tenement flats at reasonable rents. I've lived there. was OK. suffers again from 'remoteness' west end

west end is where the action is but you pay for it, unless you're going to live in the lower part of maryhill, or woodlands/partick (both quite studenty due to proximity to university and (relatively) lower west-end rents).

glasgow university is well-regarded. as is strathclyde for certain subjects, I believe.

TEFL... dunno. I did notice a flyer for a place doing 'welcome to britain' courses in the local kurdish yesterday. there is a large immigrant population in the area just next to mount florida (govanhill) and of course plenty of international students (tho for the most part expect they speak english.)

re: 'remoteness'. it's all relative. glasgow is a fairly compact city and you can cycle from where I live in MF to the west end in about 15/20 mins. plenty of students means plenty of places selling affordable pub bikes too. cycling infrastructure is not the best but you get by