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  • Truth is the whole area was to be torn down anyway. It's why that bit of the Inner Ring Road was built first. by CptES (Wed 9th Jan 2019 8:20pm)
  • Yeah, they are now but they sure weren't fifteen years ago. I can recall it being used as an insult in high school (as in, "your family is so poor they shop at Lidl"). I think the recession obliterated a lot of brand snobbery in the lower-middle classes. by CptES (Wed 16th Jan 2019 2:15pm)
  • Vengaboys make everything better, that's why. Pure 90's happy cheese. Also holy shit that video is way more raunchy than I remember it being. by CptES (Wed 30th Jan 2019 10:32am)
  • How twisted of them. They could at least have went from New York to San Francisco. by CptES (Wed 30th Jan 2019 2:15pm)
  • So it turns out my car might need a new battery. Of course, it didn't have the courtesy of slowly dying and giving me advance warning. Nope, fucker just died at 7pm last night when I was trying to get home. On the coldest night yet this winter. Cars, they bring you freedom but boy do they fuck you off sometimes. by CptES (Thu 31st Jan 2019 9:17am)
  • To be honest, I should have replaced the battery two months ago when the alternator (which I suspect had been dying for months) kicked the bucket. Me being me, I didn't make the connection between "Big spinny thing that powers everything" and "Big old energy sponge that starts the car". by CptES (Thu 31st Jan 2019 2:24pm)
  • Now imagine how bad it was during the era of steam trains. Even with the openings to let the steam out it must have been absolutely foul. by CptES (Sat 2nd Feb 2019 11:29am)
  • SWG3 is also in the middle of nowhere, relative to where the ABC is situated which is also shite. by CptES (Wed 6th Feb 2019 2:49pm)
  • Considering the HLI fought in both World Wars with distinction, the poppy is absolutely relevant to them. by CptES (Thu 14th Feb 2019 7:10pm)
  • Since it's a regimental memorial, yes. by CptES (Thu 14th Feb 2019 7:55pm)
  • The word evil gets banded about too much in this day and age but that bastard is evil through and through. My sympathies and respect to the jury who had to try and impartially judge this case. I'm not sure I could. by CptES (Thu 21st Feb 2019 5:18pm)
  • [STV News article about it.](https://stv.tv/news/west-central/1435766-major-traffic-delays-as-m8-motorway-closed-after-crash/) by CptES (Sat 23rd Feb 2019 1:57pm)
  • The stretch from J18 to J15 (at the Royal) is a testament to how fucking woeful Britain is at planning any sort of infrastructure. Better to not build anything than to build half of something and bodge it, in my book. by CptES (Sat 23rd Feb 2019 2:24pm)
  • No, the most important question is "When can we put the Glasgow School of Art's board and senior staff up against the wall?" for causing the fire in the first place. by CptES (Thu 28th Feb 2019 12:44pm)
  • It is indeed. You can see the old St Enoch's church just to the left of it, demolished in the 1920's. It used to sit where the south entrance to the underground is now. by CptES (Sun 3rd Mar 2019 12:41am)
  • Paper printing or textile finishing, usually. A calender was a set of rollers you'd feed paper or cloth into to press it to finish it off before it would be put on a bundle and shipped out. by CptES (Sun 3rd Mar 2019 10:46pm)
  • Fun fact: Both ATOS and the DWP had offices in that building. I'm not suggesting that either one (or both) are agents of the fallen son of God or anything, but, well........ by CptES (Mon 4th Mar 2019 10:28pm)
  • It's rebar, cables are generally far too valuable to leave in a building slated for demolition. As for why they're all twisted and bent, the excavator used to bring down chunks of the building is basically a giant claw made of hardox steel that literally crushes bits of the building. Cutters or hammers are far too unpredictable to use in an urban area effectively. by CptES (Mon 4th Mar 2019 10:25pm)
  • I could swear that was Corunna House in the picture. I know it's being demolished since both ATOS and the DWP got punted down the road a bit last year. by CptES (Tue 5th Mar 2019 11:29am)
  • The first humanist funeral I attended had the speaker say something really apt: Sorrow is the price of eternal love. by CptES (Thu 7th Mar 2019 12:33pm)
  • It's a byproduct of your nerves winding you so tight and looking for a release. Hence why you can get a "nervous grin" when someone is giving you a bollocking. by CptES (Thu 21st Mar 2019 4:48pm)
  • It's not incompetence, it's selfishness. What, you think all of those lazy bastard parents who park their cars on a double yellow outside a school at 3pm don't know it's illegal? They just don't give a shit. by CptES (Thu 21st Mar 2019 4:54pm)
  • I bought the [Moto G6 64gb](https://www.amazon.co.uk/motorola-5-7-Inch-Android-Sim-Free-Smartphone-Deep-Indigo/dp/B079SQF4BD/ref=sr_1_1?s=telephone&ie=UTF8&qid=1553516760&sr=1-1&keywords=motorola+g6) just before Christmas and I love it. The screen is big and bright, the OS is pretty snappy and the battery life is ridiculously long (according to my phone right now, at idle it has five days worth of charge left in it at 85%). Oh, and that "Turbo Power" fast charging system can take you from <20% to 100% in about an hour. by CptES (Mon 25th Mar 2019 12:28pm)
  • Anyone got a spare back I can get a loan of? I fucked mine up yesterday and my lower spine is agony today. Going to be one of those ibuprofen and caffeine days, I think. by CptES (Wed 27th Mar 2019 7:20am)
  • Allah wills you donate a portion of your income to those who need it, fuckers. Second only to regular prayer in the list of "I need to do this shit to be a good man" for Islam, in fact. No hoarding allowed. Pay your staff a living, you tight, hypocritical fuckers. by CptES (Wed 27th Mar 2019 2:50pm)
  • Oh, it has plenty of resentment. Just not the same amounts of self-depreciation and sense of humour. by CptES (Thu 28th Mar 2019 9:03am)
  • I'd ask you what's broken on it but Apple are cunts and have been building their more recent machines in a way that they can't be repaired easily. So I'll ask you this: What do you plan to use the laptop for? by CptES (Tue 2nd Apr 2019 12:34pm)
  • Depending on the model, you may be able to do a battery swap. It's Apple though so who knows. As far as Windows OS laptops go, I've had a Lenovo V110 (specifically, [this one](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07CZNG96F/)) for a while now and as a general runabout machine it's been pretty good. It's quite a big and weighty laptop though, but I like my computers with a bit of heft to them. by CptES (Tue 2nd Apr 2019 1:11pm)
  • As far as national anthems go, the French one is pretty badass: >Tremble, tyrants and you traitors >The shame of all parties, Tremble! >Your parricidal schemes >Will finally receive their prize! >Everyone is a soldier to combat you, >If they fall, our young heroes, >Will be produced anew from the ground, >Ready to fight against you! If that's not a fight song, I don't know what is. by CptES (Tue 16th Apr 2019 11:15am)
  • UKPol has been all over the political spectrum at various points. Back when the /pol/tards got to it a few years ago it was zealously right wing. When Brexit started turning into a shitshow to end shitshows it bounced more leftward. For what it's worth, self-polling has consistency indicated a centrist, Lib Dem bias in membership. by CptES (Wed 17th Apr 2019 7:44pm)
  • No, but you guys get In-N-Out around your way so it's swings and roundabouts. by CptES (Wed 17th Apr 2019 7:46pm)
  • They can still use the excuse that it would be prohibitively expensive. by CptES (Fri 3rd May 2019 11:18am)
  • How, though? You can't use "cut and cover" since some careless bastard put a city on top of the land in the last 130 years and the ground is notoriously bad for tunnelling. The best approach IMO is to leave the Subway as is and build an overground light rail network. No more retrofitting old and crap infrastructure, just bite the bullet and build something that'll last the next hundred years. by CptES (Fri 3rd May 2019 11:34am)
  • Preach it. Light rail stops near (or even in) the areas surrounding the city centre would also take out a decent chunk of the bus services which are almost certainly more toxic than cars (because who takes their car into the city centre? Fuck that). by CptES (Fri 3rd May 2019 4:48pm)
  • That's a heavy rail network, which simply do not work in modern cities. Light rail can be adapted to existing city streets and not require wholesale bulldozing or tunnelling through already unstable ground. by CptES (Fri 3rd May 2019 7:25pm)
  • From the related article: >In September 2018, a 21-year-old man had to be taken to hospital after he was stabbed on the dancefloor. Since April 2018, 17 incidents have taken place inside the club and eight on the street outside. Still open. Meanwhile, The Arches got the chop and is now some part-time hipster wankfest eatery. Where's the fucking justice? by CptES (Sat 4th May 2019 7:32pm)
  • I'll say to my dying day that New Order are the better band but Joy Division are one of the biggest "what-ifs" of 1980's British music. by CptES (Tue 14th May 2019 9:02am)
  • I'd put Substance 1987 up against it but that may be considered cheating since it's a compilation. Regardless, that is a front to back beast of a CD. by CptES (Tue 14th May 2019 11:10am)
  • At what level? Nothing against you or who you work for but software engineering tends to want a four year degree at a minimum for even the most basic role. That's a big commitment to ask of someone who needs to reskill, upskill or train. by CptES (Fri 17th May 2019 9:42pm)
  • The events coupled with the heatwave basically killed all the vegetation in the park for months. by CptES (Sun 26th May 2019 6:06pm)
  • Depending on which part of Texas they're from, it may be just like home. Despite the perception of Texas being arid scrubland, east Texas (at least as far as a friend from the area tells me) gets something like 60 inches of rain a year. Imagine that sort of rain with an average summer temp of 25-30 degrees. Pure fucking swamp. by CptES (Mon 27th May 2019 12:23am)
  • Ah yes, DFW. A metro area big enough to have its own climate pattern and staring right down the barrel of Tornado Alley. I've got a friend who grew up in Flower Mound and the stories she tells makes me glad Scotland is relatively inert. We don't get quakes, tornadoes or hurricanes really. by CptES (Mon 27th May 2019 1:16am)
  • BBC are calling Scotland as 3x SNP, 1x LD, 1x Tory and 1x BXP. Labour wipeout. What a strange time to be alive, Labour getting the utter shite booted out of it in Scotland. by CptES (Mon 27th May 2019 3:12am)
  • One thought I had (before Barclay's got in on it) was using some of that spare ground at the waterfront for a secondary bus transit hub to knock off all of the southside bus traffic that has to go through the city centre to get to Buchanan station. You know, like Glasgow used to have at St Enoch before they fucked that up too. by CptES (Sat 1st Jun 2019 3:17pm)
  • If he's a bedroom DJ, he should fucking well stay in his bedroom. His "techno" is generic shite. by CptES (Sun 2nd Jun 2019 11:37pm)
  • The thing that does my head in about those adverts is the job titles. Who the fuck is going to put "Sandwich Artist" or "Creative" on their CV and not look like a massive cunt? Oh, and millennials aren't ageless. We're between 30 and 50 so stop fucking us around with shit meant to appeal to kids in college. by CptES (Mon 3rd Jun 2019 11:04pm)
  • I can't think of a faster way to get your CV chucked in the bin, and trust me, mine has tried. by CptES (Tue 4th Jun 2019 12:23am)
  • Noted and edited. by CptES (Tue 4th Jun 2019 1:30am)
  • Good. It's a special kind of scumbag who steals from a foodbank. by CptES (Thu 6th Jun 2019 11:50am)
  • /u/timlardner is the man who built Steamiebot. by CptES (Fri 7th Jun 2019 8:08am)
  • Not that I've seen. But I have been in a McDonalds in the US that had two inch thick bulletproof glass between the customers and the staff. by CptES (Wed 3rd Jul 2019 11:26am)
  • If it's a hot roll, it attempts to stop the grease from eating through the bag and making it much more likely to rip. If it's a cold roll, some cunt has too much time on their hands. by CptES (Sat 6th Jul 2019 2:03pm)
  • I never said it was a smart choice, but having done my time in a cafe during college that was the reasoning I was given. Well, paraphrased reasoning anyway. by CptES (Sat 6th Jul 2019 2:51pm)
  • That's being generous. Perhaps if they didn't cherry pick only the blandest musical talent the world has to offer it'd last longer but it's a third-rate Reading festival. Nothing against the guy but who the fuck goes to an open air festival for George Ezra? by CptES (Fri 12th Jul 2019 11:40am)
  • Sad thing is, the guy isn't bad. It's just that, even by the milquetoast style of T and TRNSMT he's not suited to a festival. I'm not asking for Bloodstock levels of excellence but give the folk something with some teeth, you know? by CptES (Fri 12th Jul 2019 5:43pm)
  • If you want the experience pour half a bottle of Tango out, fill the rest with vodka, drink four sips of it then proclaim you're "aff ma tits" before squaring up to someone smaller than you while getting someone else to play BBC Radio 1 on their phone in the background. There you go, the TRNSMT experience without the £100+ pricetag. by CptES (Fri 12th Jul 2019 5:48pm)
  • Clyde 1 then? Maybe Capital FM? I dunno, there's just too many radio stations. by CptES (Sat 13th Jul 2019 10:20am)
  • Aye, from about where the Nike store is now. TGI's is where the dome is on the left. by CptES (Sat 13th Jul 2019 10:47am)
  • Started in 1972 and was extended to the entire street in 1978. by CptES (Sat 13th Jul 2019 11:01am)
  • Probably live. There's a particular trick of the atmosphere where sound waves being launched up to it can be bounced off and sent far further away than it normally would go. by CptES (Sat 13th Jul 2019 11:38pm)
  • Watching the television version is practically a rite of passage if you're from the west of Scotland. by CptES (Tue 16th Jul 2019 9:40am)
  • IIRC, you (by the letter of the law) can't drive a lorry on a certain part of that road since no matter what you do you're breaking a law. As usual though that gap between the M77 and J15 is Mad Max country. Anything goes, fuck everyone else. by CptES (Thu 18th Jul 2019 4:07pm)
  • The band are sounding better live than they've done in probably fifteen years right now, it's going to be a fucking beast of a show. Between that and the rumours of a Rammstein UK arena tour, 2020 is going to be a fucking good year for live metal. by CptES (Sat 20th Jul 2019 11:21am)
  • Well that fucking sucks. by CptES (Sat 20th Jul 2019 4:24pm)
  • They need to build recycling centers like NLC did. A depot with multiple skips for every type of waste and on-site processing. God knows it's saved me a fortune not having to phone special uplift to get rid of stuff. by CptES (Tue 23rd Jul 2019 11:30am)
  • You haven't seen Evil Dead have you? No? Good. Just forget I said anything..... by CptES (Thu 1st Aug 2019 12:13pm)
  • IIRC, it's where all the wiring for the boards is stashed. It's trunked across the main pillar above the boards to the control room. by CptES (Thu 1st Aug 2019 7:12pm)
  • It actually did used to be writing. They'd have folk change out pre-made cardboard signs before the electrification of the stations and lines. by CptES (Thu 1st Aug 2019 8:03pm)
  • They'll probably refit everything if and when the current system is replaced. Won't be any time soon though. by CptES (Thu 1st Aug 2019 8:05pm)
  • Then you probably know what a shower is and aren't stinking of weed. by CptES (Fri 2nd Aug 2019 12:50pm)
  • Do their cars have an AUX in or Bluetooth though? That's a fairly recent thing since my decade old car doesn't have that feature. by CptES (Fri 2nd Aug 2019 2:25pm)
  • That's the same voice that stops you from using your rudimentary knowledge of a foreign language when abroad. "Can't speak French to this guy, I'll get laughed out the shop." by CptES (Mon 5th Aug 2019 9:55am)
  • But before 1996 since Superdrug changed their logo that year. by CptES (Sat 10th Aug 2019 11:08am)
  • The building should be taken off the GSA's hands completely. by CptES (Mon 12th Aug 2019 7:08pm)
  • [But would you vote for them?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Taylor_\(Liberian_politician\)#Presidency) by CptES (Thu 15th Aug 2019 10:50am)
  • The rote answer to that is always "Fuck JJ Abrams". Guaranteed to get you on side with at least 75% of Trek and Star Wars fans. by CptES (Thu 22nd Aug 2019 3:12pm)
  • It's been an industrial estate since the early 1950's so it's entirely possible the postbox is from that era given George VI doesn't snuff it until 1952. Was it on the west side of the estate? by CptES (Fri 23rd Aug 2019 11:50am)
  • [This](https://maps.nls.uk/view/130376074) local OS map has it clearly marked (L.B = Letterbox) as of 1956 but the first industrial building there was probably the Olivetti typewriter works (just south of the "Valve Factory" in the OS map). which opened in 1949. Queenslie itself was basically built as a small scheme for the workers so I bet you that's why it's a George VI postbox. by CptES (Fri 23rd Aug 2019 12:22pm)
  • Some more detective work for you. I have it on [decent authority](https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle-2-15039/rare-red-post-box-in-glasgow-gets-listed-building-status-1-4725648) that [this](https://www.google.com/maps/@55.8382036,-4.2686233,3a,75y,348.21h,57.69t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sh32HbNqlJ72ayWKgyyhhsA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en) postbox in Pollokshields is a genuine Eddy 8 model. by CptES (Fri 23rd Aug 2019 2:25pm)
  • I do like that that picture shows the essence of "cut and cover" rail installation and why it's so expensive to do in urban areas. by CptES (Fri 23rd Aug 2019 2:50pm)
  • It was always going to happen when you had four large stations in close proximity owned by the one company. The original plan post-war was to shutter and demolish all four stations and replace them with a unified Glasgow North (to replace Buchanan St and Queen St) and Glasgow South (to replace Central and St Enoch). Alas, it was probably the one good part of the Bruce Plan so naturally it was a bit Glasgow Corporation never went with. by CptES (Sun 25th Aug 2019 1:39am)
  • Hmm. One doesn't see me as much of a human being for being a "half-cast" while the other doesn't see me as much of a human being for being a British person who detests the (post-treaty) IRA and their actions. Yeah, I'm thinking both of them can go for a dip in the Clyde with cement shoes and take their little hangers-on with them. by CptES (Thu 5th Sep 2019 4:39am)
  • You did well, a Windows/Linux dual boot is a monumental pain in the arse given they use two different drive formats that aren't compatible out of the box (not unless distros have started bundling ntfs-3g by default and I missed it). I hope you know though that as an Official PC Geek you've fallen down the rabbit hole and there's no escape. by CptES (Mon 9th Sep 2019 1:32pm)
  • I'm severely tempted to get a 4B myself. 2x USB 2.0, 2x USB 3.0, dual 4K output and up to 4GB of ram in a tiny package is a hell of a deal. by CptES (Mon 9th Sep 2019 2:06pm)
  • The irony is that the Tesco in Maryhill is actually built on the ground Maryhill Central was on. by CptES (Mon 9th Sep 2019 8:43pm)
  • As far as I'm aware it's been filled with soil and rubble but yes, the tunnel is still technically there. I doubt they'll ever reopen it though, the passenger numbers will never be there. by CptES (Mon 9th Sep 2019 9:40pm)
  • It's a shame but I can think of a few other places in more need of getting their old lines back. First among them is Celtic Park, the ground the station was on is still empty (which makes me think SPT still own the land) and the tunnel is fully intact. by CptES (Mon 9th Sep 2019 10:22pm)
  • Depends entirely on the band playing, in my experience. At Shinedown the crowd were absolutely dead but at Skindred the place was white hot. Granted, Skindred could get a graveyard up and bouncing but that's beside the point. by CptES (Tue 10th Sep 2019 10:45pm)
  • ...heh, SPAD's. That's about as apt an acronym as any. For the non-anoraks, it's used in the rail industry as a shorthand for Signal Passed At Danger where a train blows through a red signal and (often) causes a crash. The [Bellgrove](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Bellgrove_rail_accident) crash in the 80's was a SPAD, for example. by CptES (Wed 11th Sep 2019 10:53pm)
  • For a new one, probably. Get the biggest size you can afford, but go with a good brand. I've found WD and Toshiba to be respectable choices in the 3TB range lately. by CptES (Wed 11th Sep 2019 11:06pm)
  • I'd be fine if instead of marching they get a day to parade about Glasgow Green or another park. If they want to have a rammy in the park, well, who am I to dissuade two groups of fuckwits from taking lumps out of one another? Of course, the bill for cleaning up the park can be delivered to the parade groups. Got to be fair about the whole thing. by CptES (Sat 14th Sep 2019 9:47am)
  • That's exactly why they do it. Cunts spend six days a week working and living in the same streets but want to be a jackass on the weekend. by CptES (Sat 14th Sep 2019 11:35am)
  • In short: A big fucking empty space where Faslane was and enough radiation on the wind to give you six balls and three arms. Any nuclear warheads on site would be destroyed with minimal result. Unlike what people would have you think, it's almost impossible for a nuclear bomb to go off by accident or sympathetic detonation. It's academic anyway because any strike against Faslane would not be in isolation. Square Leg, a Government wargame estimated the central belt would be levelled along with most of the country. Estimated dead: 29 million. by CptES (Thu 3rd Oct 2019 6:42am)
  • Robbie is the poster boy for acts that never cracked the US market. It's part of why he kinda vanished after Rudebox, he moved over to the States to try but failed and by the time he returned everybody had moved on. And he's *still* one of the best selling artists in British history. by CptES (Thu 3rd Oct 2019 9:19am)
  • There's two doctrines when it comes to target selection in a nuclear attack: Counterforce and Countervalue. Counterforce is directly targeting military bases and infrastructure. Countervalue is finding the biggest, most juicy target and removing it from the earth. 1.1 million people is a fucking juicy target. by CptES (Thu 3rd Oct 2019 2:38pm)
  • I would assume Montgomerie was named for a [Matthew Montgomerie](https://www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSB00290) (1783-1868) who bought Kelvinside House and the surrounding lands for development. He was a co-founder of Montgomerie & Fleming, a law firm and formed the Kelvinside Estate Company to develop the area. The [whole tale](https://www.scotcities.com/westend/north_kelvinside.htm) is really quite fascinating. John Walker bought some of the land after Montgomerie died and built the Sixty Steps to disrupt horse and carriage traffic through the area which (oddly enough) adjoined a rival's estate. by CptES (Fri 4th Oct 2019 11:32am)
  • It's entirely possible, though I can't find anything saying why Cleveden was the name chosen. by CptES (Fri 4th Oct 2019 12:07pm)
  • What are segregated schools if not prime breeding grounds for hating people based on religion? Putting a Catholic and Non-denom school next to each other but not allowing the two to interact beyond a giant fucking fence does nothing but breed an "us and them" mentality. by CptES (Sun 6th Oct 2019 2:08am)
  • Get Busy is a banger of a tune, just admit it. by CptES (Sun 6th Oct 2019 12:55pm)
  • Here's what you do: Put the sauce on before the filling then close the roll and squash it. Gets a layer of sauce on the top and bottom of the roll that mixes with the melted butter. by CptES (Sun 6th Oct 2019 1:08pm)
  • Because it's shockingly expensive. The last time an extension was costed it was £2.3 **billion**. That's a lot of money neither Glasgow or Scotland has to spare. by CptES (Thu 10th Oct 2019 7:31pm)
  • Light rail is the future of Glasgow city transport, IMO. Good capacity, easy to retrofit into a road system and infinitely more practical than boring out tunnels (or worse, using "cut and cover" methods). Seattle's [Light Link Rail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_light_rail) is the kind of thing we should be aiming for, not the (admittedly quite excellent) U-Bahn's of Germany. by CptES (Thu 10th Oct 2019 11:24pm)
  • It's not always physical coercion, these scumbags were from the same village as the victims which means they could quite easily threaten the victims with harm to their families back home. You also have to remember, at least one victim couldn't speak a word of English which means they can't leave any "subtle" hints to bystanders about what's going on. by CptES (Fri 11th Oct 2019 7:14pm)
  • Intellectually, too. by CptES (Sun 13th Oct 2019 11:08am)
  • Hang on, I thought Annihilator was supposed to be at Slay, wherever the fuck it actually is. What's the story there, I wonder? by CptES (Sun 13th Oct 2019 11:41am)
  • Hit the mother of all potholes yesterday and destroyed a tyre, possibly cracked the suspension and (inexplicably) broke the horn on the car. Fitting centre can't get me a new one till Wednesday either. Fucking NLC, I've already had to replace all four springs and a shock in the last four years because of the state of the roads. Onto week two of the "let's fuck with CptES relentlessly to watch his anxiety issues skyrocket" game. by CptES (Mon 14th Oct 2019 9:59am)
  • The thing I always love about conspiracies is that they all operate on the assumption that governments around the world can collude to keep massive multinational schemes under wraps. The government can't keep its fucking own Cabinet from leaking information and they're supposed to have this giant complicated plan? Aye fucking right. by CptES (Mon 14th Oct 2019 6:43pm)
  • Is there an option on the consultation to leave it the fuck alone? Feels like every three or four years some "ideas" folk come along with some sort of revolutionary bollocks for the square. You want to sort out the traffic issues, start with fucking Union St. Start with the fact that the southern part of the city centre has no bus terminus meaning southside buses need to traipse through the city centre. Start with the fact that there's **still** no direct north-south passenger rail link. Stop fucking with things that don't need fucked with. by CptES (Thu 17th Oct 2019 1:03pm)
  • It's buses and taxis that are the problem. The taxis sit down at the Catty while the sheer glut of buses passing through a street not nearly wide enough for them slows everything down. Phasing out diesel vehicles will solve part of the problem but that's fifteen years away at a minimum. by CptES (Thu 17th Oct 2019 1:19pm)
  • They do exist but they're extremely expensive and not completely feasible for the amount of miles a taxi or bus does right now. As the technology matures that'll change but we're not quite there yet. by CptES (Thu 17th Oct 2019 4:29pm)
  • I would wager a bus size battery pack is going to need something around the megawatt range which as far as I know is still in the design stages. I know Tesla have one in the works for their Tesla lorry project so I assume other EV manufacturers are on it too. by CptES (Thu 17th Oct 2019 10:47pm)
  • Sunn O))) at the QMU tonight? Be interesting to see if the place is still standing tomorrow. by CptES (Fri 25th Oct 2019 1:17pm)
  • Sunn O))) are pioneers of what's called drone metal, a subgenre built around low tempos, long sustained notes and masses of distortion. Their live shows are legendary for being so loud that the music transcends the audible and reverberates in your bones (and if you want to be poetic, your soul). It can and will cause physical discomfort if you don't bring earplugs. by CptES (Fri 25th Oct 2019 9:24pm)
  • It's Mussolini's corpse hanging upside down, a reference to [this](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Mussolini_e_Petacci_a_Piazzale_Loreto%2C_1945.jpg) picture taken after his execution. Il Duce is second on the left. by CptES (Sat 26th Oct 2019 7:36pm)
  • Here's one I've never got. All the money in the world to do beautiful art like this interior but no money to spend on a seat that doesn't leave your arse asleep after fifteen minutes of sitting. Is it meant to be some sort of metaphor for how us mortal vessels are all sinful bastards who should be reminded of our crimes through our suffering? by CptES (Thu 31st Oct 2019 10:13pm)
  • So why not keep the name and put a plaque up telling us *why* they got a street named after them? Changing the name means losing the history which means nobody is going to know of their crimes. by CptES (Sun 10th Nov 2019 4:39pm)
  • Because that's not preserving history, that's bundling it off into a corner. Renaming a street doesn't absolve the city's guilt one bit. But say we do start renaming streets, what's the criteria for "deserving"? Because I guarantee just about any name you can come up with (barring maybe Olympic gold medalists) will be controversial which means it'll be a case of the Oppression Olympics again. by CptES (Sun 10th Nov 2019 11:41pm)
  • First manflu of the winter has arrived and it feels like someone took a bat to my ribs. I knew my Monday being pretty good for once would fuck up my week. by CptES (Tue 12th Nov 2019 11:13am)
  • That's what happens when you only build half a junction then bugger off to do something else. Transport Scotland should make rebuilding that junction a priority but they're going to stick in a bypass from The Forge instead in a hope to bleed off some of the Celtic match day traffic from the east end. by CptES (Thu 28th Nov 2019 5:06pm)
  • > it needs to be this one it’s the most powerful, definitely do not use it on your car or anything that’s not brick! It should also go without saying you need to be *very* careful not to tag yourself with the jet of water. Trust me on this, it can and will cut you clean to the bone if you're close enough. by CptES (Thu 12th Dec 2019 3:43am)
  • [Fuck, you say?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1Qmctlj2Vk) by CptES (Fri 13th Dec 2019 3:48am)
  • There's only two kinds of people in this world: Folk who bump the Vengaboys and liars. by CptES (Thu 19th Dec 2019 11:34am)
  • How is it every second or third person with an SIA license is a raging cunt unfit for the job? Got to be some nepotism or bribery in there, somewhere. by CptES (Tue 24th Dec 2019 1:12pm)
  • I wonder how much each one costs, I was talking to the boss of a small bus company the other day and he mentioned that a proper coach can run into six figures easy for a new one. by CptES (Fri 10th Jan 2020 1:48pm)
  • Sorry lads, I seemed to have tripped and the lit rag I was carrying fell into some petrol that someone carelessly left all over the floor, furniture and fittings. I'm a bit clumsy you see and it was dark and my prescription needs updated anyway. I'm sure you understand how an accident like this can happen. by CptES (Tue 14th Jan 2020 3:46am)
  • Round the corner next to Barrhead Travel, according to their site. by CptES (Fri 24th Jan 2020 8:04am)
  • It's got a weird aftertaste the sugar free stuff doesn't though. Hard to describe but it's pretty bad and nothing like Old Bru. Got to say, I was disappointed by the 1901 stuff overall. £2 a bottle was taking the piss. by CptES (Tue 4th Feb 2020 3:46am)
  • It's possible they were shuffling the rolling stock to make up for another train going into the TMD. Happens on the main lines all the time. by CptES (Thu 6th Feb 2020 3:56am)
  • Correct. Opt for a baseball cap and hood combo. The brim keeps the rain out of your eyes somewhat while that button thing at the top of the cap tends to stop the wind from blowing your hood down. Surprisingly effective solution to the bastard wind and rain. by CptES (Wed 26th Feb 2020 12:54pm)
  • Bet you the team meetings were interesting last week. by CptES (Sun 1st Mar 2020 3:45am)
  • It's mentioned [here](https://www.glasgows-motorways.org.uk/highway-plan/4578281639) under "Radial Motorways". If you look at the [original drawing](https://www.glasgows-motorways.org.uk/communities/9/004/012/033/649//images/4623023712.jpg) you quickly realise just how insane (and great) the original plan was before budget cuts and reality gutted it. by CptES (Mon 9th Mar 2020 12:21pm)
  • I was in both Morrisons and Tesco yesterday and while there was no Andrex or "named" brands, the own brand bog roll was virtually untouched. Even when panic buying, people are brand snobs. by CptES (Fri 13th Mar 2020 10:28am)
  • Specifically [here](https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Maxim+Park/@55.8345602,-3.9824626,1263m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x48886b87716d4dd7:0xbf592d030ecd3f51!8m2!3d55.8341714!4d-3.9803177). Eastbound and westbound traffic should be signposted as "Eurocentral" and you can use the M8 or if you're coming from the east end of Glasgow the A8 from Easterhouse is also an option. by CptES (Wed 18th Mar 2020 1:56pm)
  • While the retail shops are shut, you could still get one through CEX or Amazon if you really wanted to. by CptES (Tue 24th Mar 2020 10:05am)
  • Thinking about it, that might be the cleanest the city has looked in decades. by CptES (Tue 24th Mar 2020 7:23pm)
  • I know there was a post about this last month so here's the sad follow up to the story. by CptES (Fri 27th Mar 2020 5:49pm)
  • Not in the least. Alcohol isn't exactly the conduit to logical thought processes. by CptES (Fri 27th Mar 2020 7:25pm)
  • Preach it, mate. Wait a minute..... by CptES (Sun 29th Mar 2020 2:08pm)
  • Be nice, the sanctimonious cunt vegan is a lot rarer today than they used to be. It's rare you see one in the wild these days. by CptES (Sun 29th Mar 2020 2:08pm)
  • I'm actually pretty psychologically secure these days, thanks. It's a nice change from my 20's. To be honest, you're the only one in this thread who comes across as insecure with a need to prove that you're right. Just remember, you can be right and still be a cunt about it. Oh, and for the record I actually *do* eat non-meat products fairly often these days (still can't find a good "chicken" kiev though). I just don't run around thinking I'm the big man because of it. by CptES (Sun 29th Mar 2020 2:34pm)
  • What's your price range? by CptES (Sun 29th Mar 2020 2:39pm)
  • It's not the message, it's the delivery. People are open to change, as evidenced by the fact that everybody was buying up those Greggs vegan products like hotcakes. Ten years ago nobody would even touch something like that. Shaming folk doesn't work because they'll just tell you to stick it right up your arse, they need to make the choice themselves. Give them an expanded range of products and let the consumer decide. by CptES (Sun 29th Mar 2020 3:07pm)
  • I know it's a lockdown and all but fuck, how much do you want to just gun it down a road that empty? by CptES (Mon 30th Mar 2020 8:23pm)
  • The shifter isn't needed but my god is it fun to rattle a car around with a proper six speed manual gearbox. Unless you're driving a hypercar in which case you probably can't shift fast enough to keep up with the engine. by CptES (Wed 1st Apr 2020 8:36pm)
  • So obviously a bitter taste is unavoidable with beer because of the fermentation/brewing process but since you know your shit is there any way to mask/minimise that bitter tang you get? It's one of the main reasons I used to prefer cider to beer when I drank, cider was "cleaner" tasting to me. by CptES (Fri 3rd Apr 2020 11:02am)
  • Car was in for its MOT today and got three major failures. ABS, MIL and exhaust. Just waiting to see what the damages are. It might be time to put the old lass down, sadly. It may be a shitty Astra but damn it, it's *my* shitty Astra. by CptES (Fri 10th Apr 2020 10:35am)
  • I'm not sure a care with a faulty brake system is going to give a shit about that to be honest. Oh, and the exhaust pissing even more toxic gas where it shouldn't. That's a bit of an issue. by CptES (Fri 10th Apr 2020 1:25pm)
  • For the record, it's my car. While I'll agree the ABS/MIL thing could be electrical (and possibly as simple as a buggered up fuse, the exhaust probably isn't. I haven't noticed any issue but some folk have sworn they could smell something exhaust/petrol related while sitting in the car. Smoke coming out the back is the usual thin, white smoke so the convertor is probably working alright. As for the tax/insurance thing, all three (MOT, road tax and insurance) all start and end within 24 hours of each other so it's not a lot of trouble to deal with. Keeping all three together was part of the reason why I didn't take the six month extension. by CptES (Fri 10th Apr 2020 1:47pm)
  • I know and I do appreciate the advice. I'm just a bit salty because this was my first car I bought years ago and it may be time to send it to the scrapheap in the sky. by CptES (Fri 10th Apr 2020 2:07pm)
  • Do you wake up every morning and think "You know what, I think I'll be a pedantic, miserable cunt to folk today. Yank my crank a bit to it." or is it a spur of the moment sort of deal? by CptES (Wed 15th Apr 2020 1:01am)
  • You'd be amazed. I pretty much just watch Youtube and Amazon Prime video these days and according to Virgin I'm consistently pulling 700-800GB every two months or so. by CptES (Wed 22nd Apr 2020 3:31pm)
  • It turns out Glasgow with nobody out and about in it is approximately 6,000% less manky. Who'd have thought? by CptES (Tue 28th Apr 2020 1:38am)
  • There's a few more places on my blacklist. Good to know. by CptES (Thu 30th Apr 2020 4:50pm)
  • Whoever it is knows their shit though, it's a tidy job and monoblock is an absolute cunt to lay down. And maintain, but that's why god (and chemical companies) offer hydrochloric acid in five gallon containers. by CptES (Wed 6th May 2020 2:03am)
  • It might look it but it sure as fuck isn't when you actually have to do it. Alright, pressure washers are always fun to play with but you have to get every single brick while somehow trying to miss the joins in between so you don't shoot sandy water all over the place and I better stop because I can feel the vein in my forehead at it again. by CptES (Wed 6th May 2020 11:05pm)
  • Parking at one of the train stations is free if you buy or already have a ticket but you need to be there before 8am or you'll never get a spot. You're looking at 3 zones from Coatbridge Sunnyside (£99.40 a month) or 4 zones from Airdrie (£118.40) and both options will be easier and probably cheaper than trying to take the car into Cowcaddens. by CptES (Wed 20th May 2020 11:13pm)
  • It's very rare someone's username perfectly encapsulates how much of a cunt they are. Congratulations. by CptES (Fri 22nd May 2020 5:22pm)
  • Strathy submitting a planning application for something that isn't more student flats? Be still my beating heart. Seriously though, any green space that makes that bit of Glasgow look better would be great. For such a "rich" area, it's a fucking tip of a place. by CptES (Wed 3rd Jun 2020 2:52pm)
  • You mean the car park which has more craters and holes than the moon? Turning it into a small park would be nice plus it would be another place for the Merchant City Festival to get in on. by CptES (Wed 3rd Jun 2020 11:58pm)
  • > Avoid the Airdrie test centre, because it's in Airdrie and the roads around there are brutal on a test. I failed a few there. What, you don't like starting on a 1 in 3 gradient or hooning it down a back road at 50mph with one cheek on the seat? It makes a man of you, my son. Or gives you a heart attack. If you can pass the test on Airdrie roads, you can drive pretty much anywhere. by CptES (Tue 9th Jun 2020 10:31am)
  • Means it's all good, right? Eugenics is A-OK when it's enforced on someone you don't like. Yeah, that's pretty fucking fascist. by CptES (Sat 20th Jun 2020 1:25pm)
  • In most tourist places I can get that but in Glasgow when folk are getting back to work? I'm not convinced it makes too much difference given the air quality in the city is exceptionally shite to begin with. At least they're out at KGV where there's nothing around. by CptES (Wed 24th Jun 2020 4:05pm)
  • A harbour that was filled in in part by the rubble of the old St Enoch's train station. There's a lot of history on that patch of ground. by CptES (Tue 30th Jun 2020 5:00pm)
  • Most cities in Europe have responsible, functioning adults. Glasgow doesn't. I've never seen any other city (other than perhaps Naples) where the locals just do not give a shit about the state of the streets and parks. by CptES (Sat 4th Jul 2020 12:00am)
  • Hardly. If it's not the myriad of cigarette ends it's the broken bottles of hooch. If it's not the fast food cartons and wrappers, it's the chewing gum on the pavements. I don't know why Glasgow in particular is bad for it, but it really is. by CptES (Sat 4th Jul 2020 1:31am)
  • I really could not care less what you can and cannot stand. If you don't like what I have to say either harden up, make a counter argument or fuck off. And yes, I will absolutely "look down my nose" at the manky jakey bastards flinging fag ends everywhere and clowns who chuck their fast food waste all over the streets. It's disgusting. by CptES (Sun 5th Jul 2020 8:21pm)
  • Any time you see "Offers Over" on a house price add 10-15% to the number you see to get an idea what you should expect to pay. It's such a shitty system it's not even funny. by CptES (Thu 9th Jul 2020 7:30pm)
  • It's kind of funny that the folk with low hanging fruit have to wear clothes that compress the twins. Half convinced it's why so many guys are perpetually angry. Free the baws, free the spirit of man. by CptES (Mon 20th Jul 2020 11:02am)
  • I've seen stranger sights in the west end on a Saturday night, to be honest. by CptES (Mon 20th Jul 2020 1:09pm)
  • > My own view on needing more "green" in the city is that we need many more street trees / bushes / general greenery, wherever we can plant them. As someone who spent 20+ years living on a street with "street trees", it's one of those ideas that sounds great but is an absolute bastard in practice. The roots damage the pavements, the petals get everywhere in the spring, the leaves clog up the drains in the autumn and the sap off the trees fucks up just about anything painted that happens to be near or under the tree. Trust me, it's not worth the trouble. by CptES (Tue 21st Jul 2020 2:57pm)
  • > I know there were plans to build a hotel on the site but that's not going ahead now. And thank fuck for that. The last thing the middle of the Merchant City needs is another eight or ten floor glass and steel box sticking out of it like a shrapnel wound. by CptES (Tue 21st Jul 2020 2:54pm)
  • Apparently not that fair a point....but anyway. I agree the city could do with more greenery, just about every city could. Patches of flowers, shrubs and other reasonably low maintenance plants would be perfect. Particularly those planters that double as anti-ramming roadblocks, it's a neat way to hide enhanced safety features for pedestrians. Maintenance costs are going to be the main barrier to the council(s), they won't want to pay any real sum of money because they want to spend it on ~~hookers and blow~~ more vital services. by CptES (Tue 21st Jul 2020 8:31pm)
  • It didn't really ramp up until 2010-ish, during the fallout of the recession. Glasgow in the late 2000's was probably the cleanest it's ever been, for a given value of clean anyway. I don't know if the numbers of homeless have drastically gone up in the last decade or if it's a byproduct of cuts to services but the city centre is painful to be in these days. by CptES (Sun 26th Jul 2020 12:32am)
  • Incognito doesn't fix shit if you're logged in to your Youtube account. Made that mistake before. by CptES (Thu 30th Jul 2020 2:43pm)
  • It is however absolutely derelict compared to even ten years ago. That BHS building is the biggest eyesore on a street full of eyesores. by CptES (Sun 2nd Aug 2020 3:32pm)
  • Someone want to post a screenshot or text for the three of us in the world who don't have Instagram? It'd be appreciated. by CptES (Mon 3rd Aug 2020 9:54pm)
  • I have but never in the UK. The only other time was off the coast of Maderia a couple of years back so that's kinda worrying. Gives you an idea of just how humid it was last night though. by CptES (Wed 12th Aug 2020 10:54am)
  • It's been shut for four years now. by CptES (Thu 13th Aug 2020 9:56am)
  • Apple's hardware post-2005 or so has been infamous with tech nerds for almost entirely being badly designed and locked down hunks of junk. If you really must have OS X, either build or find somebody who can build a Hackintosh. by CptES (Sat 15th Aug 2020 1:52pm)
  • It's hardly the worst offender in that category. And no, I'm still not bitter fifteen years later about missing a college exam because some fucking bright spark decided we needed a Pollok*shaws* East/West and a Pollok*shields* East/West. You try telling the difference at 8:30am. by CptES (Sun 23rd Aug 2020 4:27am)
  • > You have massive car parks on the outskirts, which then you can just hop on a bike, bus or light rail to get to where you need to. That was the idea behind Beeching's plans for the rail systems and it quickly transpired that folk who take their car most of the way to their destination are more likely to just drive there than faff about with parking at a transport hub. by CptES (Fri 28th Aug 2020 4:43pm)
  • If I was Uber, I'd be worried about a potential anti-trust challenge if they keep buying up other companies' app providers. by CptES (Sun 6th Sep 2020 7:23pm)
  • Drink enough tins and you'll get your own blue screen of death. by CptES (Mon 7th Sep 2020 2:59pm)
  • A single Raspberry Pi Zero with [MagicMirror](https://magicmirror.builders/) could drive any size of advertising display you could ever need for a minimum of cost. While I agree companies will almost always opt for a COTS solution, it's not nearly as much of a ballache as it used to be to build a custom system. by CptES (Mon 7th Sep 2020 11:23pm)
  • > I heard he also licked a battery for a handheld drill but I can’t remember how that panned out. Stings like a fucker and you get a minor shock. You can do it with a nine volt too if you put both connectors on your tongue and it's pretty harmless but a neat party gag. by CptES (Fri 11th Sep 2020 1:33am)
  • It's an easier shorthand than "pisshole town 17 miles east of a city you've actually heard of". by CptES (Thu 17th Sep 2020 9:08am)
  • With all of this smart home stuff, it's soon to reach the point where you can turn them on or off with your phone. Hell, they probably already are a thing. by CptES (Sat 19th Sep 2020 1:43am)
  • This is nothing compared to what they had planned. If the [Bruce Report](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Report) had been fully implemented, all four Glasgow stations would have been torn down and replaced with two newbuilds. High Street would be *gone*, buried under the support pillars for the east side of the Glasgow Inner Ring Road. But most shocking of all was the plan to level the city centre to create a new "planned city". All of the city centre's wonderful architecture torn down and replaced with the same style of buildings as in the New Towns. by CptES (Sun 20th Sep 2020 10:35pm)
  • Allegedly born in Lothian, Teneu (there's about a dozen different spellings) is the mother of Saint Kentigern, founder of Glasgow. Her son was born of her rape by a Welsh prince and when she discovered she was pregnant was sentenced to death by her father, King Lleuddun. Thrown off [Traprain Law](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traprain_Law) she somehow survived and made her way to the community of Saint Serf in Culross, Fife. It was there her son was born and the community gave him the nickname, *Mungo*. Kentigern would leave the community to prostelyse to the Britons of Strathclyde and would set up his church on the banks of the Moledinar Burn which is now the street that runs under the bridge into the Necropolis. The site of his church is now of course Glasgow Cathedral. by CptES (Mon 21st Sep 2020 8:38pm)
  • Yep, their first album was early 2003. by CptES (Wed 23rd Sep 2020 11:51am)
  • There's a process called a [rain shadow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_shadow) whereby mountain ranges and tall hills block the passage of clouds and rain, causing them to bounce back and drench one side of the range. The Highlands serve as one which is why Aberdeen and Edinburgh are relatively dry while the west coast gets absolutely pissed on. by CptES (Wed 23rd Sep 2020 11:56am)
  • If three of them are going to the party, you're probably going to end up with it anyway. by CptES (Wed 23rd Sep 2020 11:56pm)
  • A bonus perk of the masks is that for those of us who are....facially challenged is we can have the comfort of a clean shaven look and something to hide half our face. Even stubble under a mask drives me mad so I've taken to shaving every day now. by CptES (Thu 24th Sep 2020 1:38pm)
  • I'd rather not. The COVIDiots in Trump's support are bad enough about thinking it's a manmade, targeted virus without their bloated windbag of a leader dying from it. Dying makes him a martyr, more of one than being defeated in the election next month would. Him kicking the bucket before it will feed a myth of "he *could* have won and that's why they killed him!" which historically never ends well. by CptES (Fri 2nd Oct 2020 9:44am)
  • Maybe they can sell it to Showcase, they've got no cinemas anywhere near Glasgow proper and they're backed by National Amusements who have more money than God. Seriously, National Amusements own ViacomCBS. You know, the company that owns MTV, Nickleodeon and oh, yeah, Paramount Pictures. by CptES (Mon 5th Oct 2020 1:06am)
  • It's Argyle St from the Trongate to St Enochs, up the length of Buchanan St then Sauchiehall St up to what was the ABC. by CptES (Wed 7th Oct 2020 3:02am)
  • As usual though there was way more overlap than either group was ever comfortable admitting. We used to give off about the "pop" punk skaters all the time but let's be honest, the moshers and goths would still rock some Offspring or Sum 41 from time to time. by CptES (Wed 7th Oct 2020 6:32pm)
  • If as they say elsewhere it's sciatica, very little medication (OTC or otherwise) will help. First line treatment is with ibuprofen (the original wonder drug) and a prescription of gabapentin or amitryptaline. by CptES (Thu 8th Oct 2020 8:38am)
  • Either sell them on ebay or try /r/glasgowmarket. There's always weirdos like me looking for old games. by CptES (Thu 8th Oct 2020 9:27pm)
  • It's because they only built half the thing then fucked off. No matter which direction you're going you have to weave lanes at some point because it's three motorways smashing into one junction next to half a junction. The worst part these days is because of urban build up from the IFSD and the like there's virtually no room for expansion or reworking the area. by CptES (Sun 18th Oct 2020 8:43pm)
  • International Financial Services District. Fancy name given to the area between Central and Anderson station where all the blue chip companies sit. by CptES (Mon 19th Oct 2020 12:48pm)
  • Trees on urban streets are more hassle than they're worth. From personal experience the roots destroy footpaths and the leaves make a mess and turn the street into an ice rink in the winter. Better to have grass and flower (preferably wildflower) patches instead. Easier maintenance, too. by CptES (Fri 23rd Oct 2020 1:22pm)
  • Having grown up on a street lined with them, I'm not convinced they improve the air quality that much (though given how bad the air is in Glasgow city centre, it wouldn't be hard to improve). Certainly never made much difference to my asthma but I grew up in a fairly rural area so fair play. As for maintenance and mess, I've seen those things buckle and bulge tarmac footpaths so bad the council had to fix them every year or two plus we used to be able to fill up the grass bin three times over with fallen leaves in the autumn, even after mulching. Not to mention the whole issue where they clog drains and create the world's most perfect frictionless surface if it's even remotely cold. If you absolutely must have trees (and I don't recommend it, at all) at least put ones up that grow slowly and don't shed. Not some fancy beautiful bollocks that sheds everywhere twice a year. by CptES (Fri 23rd Oct 2020 2:09pm)
  • I hear you, we've been allowed in for one last visit with my grandfather this afternoon because he's not expected to last until the weekend. Hang in there. And, I'm sorry mate. I really am. by CptES (Tue 27th Oct 2020 1:30pm)
  • >Labour MSP Neil Findlay has demanded the Scottish Government is open and transparent about the timeline for delivering a vaccine. >He said: "After eight months of tortuous lockdown that has affected every citizen in the country, with people losing their jobs and businesses and most tragically their lives, it has taken a leaked email from NHS Lothian to establish that they are in fact planning to roll out a nationwide vaccine. >"This is the news people have been desperate to hear since the beginning of the crisis and instead of telling people about this game-changer, the government appears to want to hold back the information >"They should be open and transparent with people. This should be a time of celebration not a time to keep people in the dark." You don't tell folk about a plan like that until it's underway because the public (who are almost to a person complete fucking idiots) will take their foot of the pedal if they know there's an end in sight. But of course, he either knows that and is using it to point score or he doesn't and he's a fuckwit who shouldn't be in office. I'll leave it to you lot to decide which one is true. by CptES (Sun 1st Nov 2020 1:14pm)
  • Kelvingrove was built as the centerpiece of an international exhibition designed to bring in money and trade to Glasgow at the height of the British Empire's power. Next to the City Chambers, there's nothing else left in the city that echoes that power and prestige from the the time Glasgow was the Second City of the Empire. by CptES (Mon 2nd Nov 2020 2:38am)
  • I think North Lanarkshire will be in level 4 by the middle of next week and Glasgow by the end of next week. by CptES (Thu 5th Nov 2020 8:36pm)
  • I wouldn't have their job, that's for sure. I've been on the 2 late at night and it's not for the meek. Junkies, jakeys and general fuckwits galore. by CptES (Sun 15th Nov 2020 1:18am)
  • Any ETA on the next batch of chipotle? I'm a sucker for a good chipotle sauce. by CptES (Fri 20th Nov 2020 2:47pm)
  • Carved to the bone, you mean. All those years with the council tax frozen has done a serious number to local authorities that I don't think they'll recover from. Such a stupid idea to begin with and for what, a quick vote winner among the middle class. I generally like the SNP but god damn was that a stupid idea. by CptES (Sun 22nd Nov 2020 8:23am)
  • Rome is all kinds of fucked in that regard. Even when I visited Naples, it didn't feel as sketchy as Rome and Naples is a place that leaves you a bit uneasy itself. by CptES (Wed 25th Nov 2020 12:45am)
  • About as many times as it takes to convince people that what the city centre has become over the last ten years is a fucking disgrace and an indictment of the council, the government and the social services in the city. Glasgow didn't used to be like this in the 2000's. In the last half of it, it was actually relatively (I mean, it's Glasgow) clean, safe and vibrant. Even before lockdown the city centre was turning into the same shitheap of bookies and charity shops you see in the local towns. It's absolutely ridiculous. by CptES (Wed 25th Nov 2020 12:51am)
  • Shouldn't do, most mains fire alarms don't have a tripwire for a loss of power like that. I presume it's because the battery is supposed to take the weight in the event of a power cut. Flip the fuse, pop the alarm open (if you can, some of them are closed unit where you need to replace the whole thing) and yank the 9-volt out of there. by CptES (Tue 1st Dec 2020 11:02am)
  • I have more empathy for the woman who's probably going to have nightmares and panic attacks while out in public because somebody threatened to jab her with a potentially tainted needle. What did that person do to deserve that suffering? by CptES (Wed 2nd Dec 2020 5:06pm)
  • > Also makes me wonder how he knows there are 14 year olds hanging about the Four Corners so late at night - is he hanging about there at that time?? I'm in my 30's now and there were kids doing just that when I was 14 so it wouldn't surprise me in the least if kids were still at it. It was usually because of the food and whenever the Catty had a 14-16 "night" (that would always boot you out at 9pm so the real club night could kick off). Even back then there was rumours about that people trying to groom the kids and I know said rumours were still floating around around 2006-ish when I moved onto bigger things (read: liquidating my college bursary). by CptES (Thu 3rd Dec 2020 2:52am)
  • It's hard to get across just how old a system SPT are dealing with in the Subway. The original carriages didn't have any engines at all and were pulled by clutch and cable (incidentally, this is why you can notice a "pit" underneath the rails). What this means is that trying add electrical systems to the subway is a massive ballache and is the reason why the third rail is more or less bolted onto the side of the track. by CptES (Thu 3rd Dec 2020 3:21am)
  • It is but the Subway's third rail is somewhat unusual in that it's above the actual rail lines, probably because of the aformentioned pit. Usually it's flat alongside the main rails. It's genuinely one of the most fascinating engineering projects in Scotland and it's a pity it's only us anoraks who seem to be interested in the history of things like it. by CptES (Thu 3rd Dec 2020 1:02pm)
  • For the 30th anniversary of the franchise, Jay Chattaway went back and rearranged the flute melody from The Inner Light [into a full light orchestra piece](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eujM5uoo-l0) and it's absolutely stunning. God, I love that episode. Genuinely Trek at its absolute best. by CptES (Thu 3rd Dec 2020 4:14pm)
  • Aye. That freeze was supposed to be the start of a reworking of council tax to something a bit more "fair" for taxpayers but here we sit more than a decade later and fuck all has been done. Almost like what it really was was a middle class sop. by CptES (Fri 4th Dec 2020 9:53am)
  • Fuck me, what caused that explosion of benzo use again? I thought that crap died out decades ago. by CptES (Tue 15th Dec 2020 10:29am)
  • I wonder if it's a broader reflection of society that the drugs of choice are "downers" like booze and benzos, things to take the edge off anxiety. by CptES (Tue 15th Dec 2020 11:55am)
  • The rise in rates begins in 2014, MUP isn't a thing until 2018. That would imply that minimum unit pricing is at most a compound effect, not the reason itself. I'd pin the blame more on the massive cuts to social services and treatment programs at the local level because of the council tax freeze. By 2014 it's been in full swing for a couple of years which is just about enough time to let it start to bite hard. by CptES (Tue 15th Dec 2020 11:59am)
  • Put them up on /r/glasgowmarket or Ebay and see if there's any takers, make yourself a little money back on them. by CptES (Wed 16th Dec 2020 5:01pm)
  • Say what you like about Nu Metal but when Bodies comes on the PA, the people fucking *move*. It's one of three songs I've heard at a metal gig come on the PA and everybody stops going for a piss or a beer and just jams out to. The other two are In The End (shoutout to everyone at the Skindred/Disturbed gig last year for singing that shit word for word, you guys fucking rule) and Sabbath's War Pigs. by CptES (Mon 21st Dec 2020 12:22am)
  • Most houses in the UK were built quickly and with lower quality materials. A layer of roughcasting on top not only hides said workmanship but it's also excellent insulation for the house (You're basically adding an inch of pure cement to the outside walls, after all). by CptES (Wed 23rd Dec 2020 10:57am)
  • Paint it. If you try to remove roughcasting (which usually requires a breaker bar or specialist machine) you're likely to damage the brick unless you know exactly what you're doing. by CptES (Wed 23rd Dec 2020 11:00am)
  • Finish making the soup for tomorrow (because soup's always better the second day), wrap the rest of the gifts (with mandatory insults towards the tape and the lack of having four arms) then maybe a bit of videogames or I'll just pass out on the couch. Sobriety is a most boring life to lead. Saves you a fortune and you don't wake up wishing you hadn't so that's something at least. by CptES (Thu 24th Dec 2020 5:16pm)
  • What has two thumbs and second degree burns from being a careless stupid bastard with the oven last night? Turns out an oven that's been on for nearly an hour at 200 is really, *really* hot. Who knew? by CptES (Sun 27th Dec 2020 11:10am)
  • If you have the time and energy to dig into it, you'll find that the 1950's and 60's were absolutely mental in terms of city planning. And not just Glasgow either. A planned motorway under Manchester. The M23 was planned to plough through London and end up just south of the city centre. The Glasgow Inner Ring Road. Alas, all of the madness ran smack into the reality of the 1970's and put paid to it all. by CptES (Mon 28th Dec 2020 2:32am)
  • I genuinely think a WSM title is in the cards for Tom in the next few years, he's always been good with the stones (it helps he's got those ridiculously long arms) but he's really starting to round out his skillset in the last couple of years. by CptES (Thu 31st Dec 2020 2:05pm)
  • 5v5 CTF, Facing Worlds. First to five points wins. Gaming nirvana. by CptES (Sat 2nd Jan 2021 7:16pm)
  • Baggy cargos/jeans and ratty band shirts. The fashion statement for the discerning "mosher" from the late 90's to the mid-2000's. Oh, and shitty fake leather trenchcoats because everybody was biting the Matrix. by CptES (Sat 23rd Jan 2021 4:44am)
  • You can always tell the Jubilee was built as a private hospital, there's so much room and everything doesn't have that grey/blue plastic tinged decor you get in most NHS buildings. And of course, it actually does have a hotel (and conference room). by CptES (Mon 8th Feb 2021 11:39am)
  • Man, what are GCC smoking that they don't have dedicated glass bins? NLC have a bin just for glass/plastics/cans/ceramics (basically dry, non-paper recyclables) so why doesn't Glasgow? by CptES (Tue 16th Feb 2021 1:14pm)
  • Same thing in practice. A tax freeze is a funding cut by stealth, really. by CptES (Tue 16th Feb 2021 1:12pm)
  • That can become a very consuming hobby quite quickly. It starts out with types of aircraft, then liveries and before you know it you're cataloguing airframe numbers and tailcodes. Addiction awaits the careless one and the anorak is always lurking, waiting for its chance to pounce. by CptES (Sun 21st Feb 2021 11:56am)
  • One free with every purchase of a bobble cap and scarf. by CptES (Sun 21st Feb 2021 12:20pm)
  • Those numbers coming out of Israel are unreal. 98.9% reduction in hospitalisations and deaths, 99.2% reduction in serious symptoms. We're going to fucking win this war, troops. Bastard virus just doesn't know it yet. by CptES (Sun 21st Feb 2021 12:36pm)
  • Have you seen those curves? There's no way those intakes are real! by CptES (Sun 21st Feb 2021 5:13pm)
  • At least your team is playing, even if you might not want them to because of how shite they are this year. Lower leagues have been shitcanned so long we might as well abandon the season. by CptES (Tue 2nd Mar 2021 1:10pm)
  • It's worse than that, I can tell you exactly where I was when it was announced we had won the bid in 2007: The now defunct taxi rank at Queen St station, while heading for the train after college. Which leads to the realisation I finished college *thirteen* years ago. Fuck everything about that. by CptES (Sun 14th Mar 2021 12:22am)
  • That's a known 4chan troll, Reddit just banned a host of those "superstraight" subreddits last week. by CptES (Mon 15th Mar 2021 10:46am)
  • Germany, too. Confused the shit out of me when I went on holiday to Hamburg and nearly everything I bought had "Pfand - €0.75". Incidentally, if we had a scheme like that here and folk still didn't want to get their money back, it'd be a nice wee earner for the homeless. by CptES (Mon 15th Mar 2021 2:47pm)
  • That sound you hear is the sound of paramedics across the city rocking back and forward muttering "The horror! The *horror!*" Because seriously, that first weekend after restrictions are lifted is going to be a fucking nightmare for police and ambulance services. I wouldn't want their job. by CptES (Wed 24th Mar 2021 12:31pm)
  • Hopefully the GSA's entire board are hung by their feet from the gutted remains for destroying my favourite venue after The Arches shut down. Giant disco ball, you will be missed. by CptES (Thu 25th Mar 2021 1:57am)
  • I guarantee you right now the Chemical Brothers will blow 90% of that lineup away. So much absolute dreck on there. by CptES (Fri 26th Mar 2021 1:28pm)
  • I guess Twin Atlantic never got better. I saw them live as a second-string act in the Academy back in 2009 and they were fucking shite. Crowd were not having any of it (to be fair, who the fuck books Twin Atlantic and sticks them between two Nu Metal/Rap Metal bands) and the singer started picking fights with the crowd claiming he "had the mic so he was louder than us" Think so, wee man? Try us. by CptES (Fri 26th Mar 2021 1:26pm)
  • You work for Arnold Shark or something? They're the Kwik-Fit of selling cars, if you don't go in armed with a bit of basic knowledge they'll fuck you over in a heartbeat. by CptES (Mon 29th Mar 2021 11:58pm)
  • Right, bit of an odd question for today: For the folk that use shaving soap (and not foam/gel from a can), what's your preferred brand? I've been using the regular Nivia stuff but I swear they've changed the recipe so it's way harder to get a proper lather. by CptES (Fri 2nd Apr 2021 6:07am)
  • The idea wasn't a mistake, the execution was. The concept of the high rise isn't really a bad thing but it has to be done properly, with allowances for leisure space and greenery. by CptES (Sun 4th Apr 2021 11:22pm)
  • Aye, NLC sure do love sticking all the junkies and jakies into one small area with the exact results you'd expect. They also did it with the two blocks in Whifflet with predictable results. Garbage in, garbage out as the saying goes. by CptES (Mon 5th Apr 2021 12:41am)
  • "Kill All Taigs", an anti-Catholic, anti-Irish slogan from Northern Ireland. by CptES (Sun 18th Apr 2021 1:02pm)
  • It's only illegal if it goes over the fence, just saying. If you have the permission of the landowner, you can shoot just about anything on the property provided the projectile doesn't leave the property. Doesn't matter if it's a BB gun or a shotgun, same rule applies. by CptES (Thu 22nd Apr 2021 1:48pm)
  • Provided you had a suitable backstop, yes actually. >• Can I continue to shoot on my own land at targets? > “Plinking” is a term often used by those who use air weapons and refers to informal target shooting undertaken at standard or non-standard targets, such as cans and bottles, often in built-up areas. If undertaken in a confined space such as a domestic garden it is incumbent on the shooter to consider if this can be done safely with a suitable backstop to prevent over-shots or ricochets and to provide evidence of this in support of their application. The applicant should be able to demonstrate to the Chief Constable that shooting can be undertaken safely in such circumstances. >You must be aware that you could be committing a criminal offence if any air weapon pellet goes beyond your land, whether it is directly fired or an accidental ricochet. >Shooting in areas to which the public have unrestricted access, or in communal gardens or similar areas is not acceptable. >The determination of safe shooting will always rest with the applicant. It is their responsibility to ensure that the land is safe. Souce: [Police Scotland FAQ on firearm and shotgun ownership.](https://www.scotland.police.uk/about-us/firearms-and-explosives-licensing/frequently-asked-questions/) by CptES (Thu 22nd Apr 2021 5:30pm)
  • Well, kinda. But you could argue a brick wall or heavy fence is an adequate backstop for relatively low velocity projectiles like an air round or crossbow bolt. by CptES (Thu 22nd Apr 2021 6:47pm)
  • There used to be tons of them but a mixture of funding cuts and jakey bastards using them to shoot up meant the council closed (and often removed outright) them a long time ago. The only extant examples are in Buchanan St and I think that's only because they're ornate as all hell. Better off just ducking into one of the train stations or shopping centres at this point. by CptES (Sun 25th Apr 2021 10:28pm)
  • Mortons make a particularly Scottish version of a morning roll where it's crispy on the outside, soft on the inside and relatively rich tasting because they use lard for shortening instead of butter or margarine like a regular roll. The shortening is what gives the Morton's roll its distinctive taste and stodgy nature. by CptES (Thu 29th Apr 2021 8:09pm)
  • I've seen [this](https://foodanddrink.scotsman.com/food/the-history-of-glasgow-morning-rolls-including-a-recipe-for-making-your-own/) recipe used and it's remarkably similar. There's a different, lighter feel when you use something else as shortening. It's hard to describe but if you make them and then make a morning roll recipe, you'll see what I mean. by CptES (Mon 3rd May 2021 12:55am)
  • The grand irony is Screwfix and B&Q have the same parent company. by CptES (Sat 8th May 2021 12:35pm)
  • Deflection, mostly. Like the moral crusaders who get caught with rent boys and coke. Shoutout to Keith "GTA causes moral decay!" Vaz. Ya big fucking hypocritical cunt, ye. by CptES (Mon 10th May 2021 3:10pm)
  • There's another problem in that folk were flying from India to say, Turkey and booking a second flight to the UK. No red list, no checks because it was based on where you came from, not what passport you had. by CptES (Fri 14th May 2021 9:09pm)
  • Two rows of Rangers fans on either side of the river waving flares in celebration of their impending title ceremony tomorrow. by CptES (Sat 15th May 2021 12:13am)
  • Honestly, I didn't feel any pain from it. Compare and contrast getting blood taken where I swear they use the biggest needle possible just to fuck with you. by CptES (Sat 15th May 2021 1:18pm)
  • Glasgow actually *is* Gotham. They filmed several additional parts of The Dark Knight Rises in the city for exterior shots of Gotham, though nothing you can easily catch. by CptES (Thu 20th May 2021 10:52pm)
  • [It is](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giro). A [gyro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyroscope) on the other hand is a big fuckoff spinning bit of metal that keeps whatever it's attached to upright and level. by CptES (Sun 23rd May 2021 2:46am)
  • > ICU admissions and deaths should be the only measures that really matter, if it’s true that they expect vaccinated people to catch it but not get ill. It should, because it's the reality of the situation. There will never be a "zero COVID" moment because never in human history have we ever wiped out a coronavirus like we did to smallpox. The best we can aim for is something akin to the flu where you have a season where it ramps up but is controlled by a booster vaccination. They're already talking about a booster around October/November anyway and aiming to bundle it with the flu jab. by CptES (Mon 24th May 2021 2:19pm)
  • If there's anything they should be flexible on though, it's the Euros. Scotland have qualified for an international tournament for the first time in 23 years and folk are going to enjoy every minute of it, restrictions or not. Sometimes it's better to redirect the water than try and block it, you know? by CptES (Mon 24th May 2021 2:25pm)
  • The only two criteria that matter are admissions and deaths, you're not wrong there. What needs to be done is more investment in the NHS' surge capacity to deal with COVID and the flu, but good luck getting Holyrood or Westminster to invest in extra capacity. by CptES (Mon 24th May 2021 2:41pm)
  • It was the same on Saturday morning when I went for my second jab but traffic moved pretty quick. Appointment was 8:45am and I was out for 9am so it's hard to complain. What got me though is the Ravenscraig has five rows and two booths in each but only three were running. I mean, with traffic like that why not open all five and just throw people through them? by CptES (Thu 27th May 2021 1:04pm)
  • To be honest, I didn't see what vaccine was on which row since they didn't even ask me which one I wanted, and I'm 32. Possibly because my first dose was AZ (long before the reports started coming out) and I had no negative reaction at all. by CptES (Thu 27th May 2021 1:54pm)
  • Figured this would be of note to folk, given how much trash ends up outside schools around here. Of course, folk will just smoke in their cars these days because god knows nobody actually walks to pick up their kids these days. by CptES (Mon 31st May 2021 11:15am)
  • Except the City Chambers was built in 1888, 50 years *after* the UK abolished slavery and the exterior is built out of granite from Aberdeenshire, Stirling and Dunbartonshire while the interior stonework is made from Scottish stone and Italian marble. The glass is at least partially Venetian while the furnishings are a mixture of Spanish, Italian and Cuban. Of all the buildings in George Square, The City Chambers is probably the least colonial building of the lot. by CptES (Fri 4th Jun 2021 10:24pm)
  • Glasgow isn't build for free flowing traffic, the grid system is notoriously terrible for anything above a low volume of traffic. America tries to mitigate it with "turn right on red" rules but that's a plaster on a gaping wound. What they really need to do is grade seperate several roads to stop merging traffic from bogging everything down. The top half of Hope St does not need that many roads feeding into it and it absolutely short-dicks every bus coming down that road (which is basically all of them, thanks SPT!). by CptES (Sat 5th Jun 2021 9:28pm)
  • The way things are going, it'll end up coming back since pretty much half the place is shuttered. So many empty retail spaces, it's actually depressing. by CptES (Mon 7th Jun 2021 1:34pm)
  • Glad to know it wasn't just me then. by CptES (Mon 7th Jun 2021 1:44pm)
  • They don't give a fuck. Boris has done everything short of spiking a baby into the ground like it's an NFL touchdown and he's untouchable in the polls. by CptES (Mon 14th Jun 2021 11:46am)
  • A lot of the vehicles are provided by a professional company but many will be sourced from private owners in the UK. Scouts will have connections within the car show community where a lot of the owners of these vehicles tend to frequent. It's not a massive community so somebody always knows somebody with a particular vehicle. by CptES (Thu 15th Jul 2021 12:26pm)
  • Pity they couldn't have aimed the fireworks at the gulls and done the world a favour. by CptES (Sat 17th Jul 2021 2:08am)
  • Cull the protestors too, then. Peace and quiet for everybody. by CptES (Mon 19th Jul 2021 1:04am)
  • That why he looks like a Madame Tussauds reject then? I thought it was just the heat melting his human meat shell. by CptES (Tue 20th Jul 2021 4:10pm)
  • Ah yes, the same august body who decided to hold an [anti-racist conference where the Iranian PM proceeded to deny the Holocaust occured](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durban_Review_Conference#Speech). by CptES (Tue 20th Jul 2021 4:20pm)
  • To be fair, having so little cloud cover we can actually see the sky is a rarity, everything is strange and exciting. by CptES (Thu 22nd Jul 2021 8:31pm)
  • > Are there any historical reasons why these areas seem more warehousey/industrial. Because they were exactly that. There used to be a large rail goods station that supplied a number of foundries and engine works in the area. [You can see some of the extent of it in this map from 1936.](https://maps.nls.uk/view/82891794) The station itself lasted until 1966. by CptES (Sat 31st Jul 2021 11:42am)
  • Large numbers of Turks emigrated to Germany in the 1960's because West Germany was booming but lacked a steady supply of workers thanks to the Berlin Wall and the IGB. The Germans called them [Gasarbeiter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastarbeiter#West_Germany), "guest workers" and their descendants number some four million in Germany. by CptES (Mon 2nd Aug 2021 12:42am)
  • According to the BBC, [here's what's left.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/182DF/production/_119893099_guidis.jpg) The sandstone building looks to have gotten away reasonably fine (but then, it's sandstone and that stuff can resist firestorms) but the entire low extension at the back and side of the place is rubble. by CptES (Wed 11th Aug 2021 11:58am)
  • The one at Braehead? I'm not so sure about that, while it's near the site of the old Renfrew Airport IKEA is too far east and after it was shuttered in 1966 every single remaining building was levelled. Looking at OS maps from 1970 there's nothing there but empty ground. by CptES (Sat 14th Aug 2021 2:18pm)
  • Yes it did. God damn it. by CptES (Sat 14th Aug 2021 2:44pm)
  • Do they have it easier, though? I dunno when your time was but mine didn't involve every one of my peers carrying around an HD camera hooked up to the internet in their pocket. At least my dumb shit never made it to Youtube or Insta or whatever the fuck the flavour of the week app is. by CptES (Sun 5th Sep 2021 1:48pm)
  • I've long thought it's because of the amount of people that get knocked down at that corner because of the lights. Folk just to just walk out thinking it was fine and ended up under a bus. The amount of folk I've seen crossing that road while looking down at their phone is ridiculous. by CptES (Sat 2nd Oct 2021 2:07pm)
  • Pro tip: Our Irish friends have [their own app](https://covidtracker.ie/) which accepts and displays our certs without any of the ridiculous bollocks the Scottish app has to do. by CptES (Sat 2nd Oct 2021 2:11pm)
  • > Even the aircraft carriers are dwarfed by most cruise ships. A captain of one of those cruise ships once mentioned to me that the displacement of cruise ships varies wildly day to day because of their need to take on or reduce ballast to maintain a stable ride for the passengers but the draught never goes beyond 8.5m or it means ships can't get into some cruise ports (which are rarely dredged as extensively as cargo ports are). by CptES (Fri 29th Oct 2021 12:34pm)
  • That must be up there with the April 25 Bridge in Lisbon or the Mayer shipyards for sheer pant-shitting terror if you're the skipper of a large boat. On the other hand, sailing out of Lisbon and down the Tagus might be one of the most scenic departures of any European port so it's well worth it. by CptES (Fri 29th Oct 2021 5:31pm)
  • Works the other way around, too. I got jabbed in Scotland but the Irish COVID tracker app can pull up my cert without all of the stupid bollocks the NHS Scotland one requires. Border control accept it too, I used it just last week to get back into the country. by CptES (Mon 1st Nov 2021 9:35am)
  • Incidentally, it also let you see exactly where he's staying thanks to the ADS-B data. The POTUS has rented out the entire golf course at Dalmahoy, just south of Edinburgh airport. Which also explains why Air Force One landed at Edinburgh earlier today instead of Prestwick. by CptES (Mon 1st Nov 2021 8:58pm)
  • Because being seen to be doing something rather than actually doing something is how Greenpeace operates. They've managed to consistently fuck up the environment directly (that's a big dirty diesel boat) and indirectly (nuclear FUD) while offering the world exactly fuck all in value. by CptES (Wed 3rd Nov 2021 8:41am)
  • Oh, so they carry 110,000L of diesel for the fun of it? Bit strange but I suppose being hypocritical bastards is just part of the Greenpeace MO. by CptES (Wed 3rd Nov 2021 9:25am)
  • Exactly. Fucking clowns have spent decade undermining nuclear power when we could and should have had new plants 20 years ago to tide the developed world over until renewable and battery technology was sufficiently mature to replace it entirely. by CptES (Wed 3rd Nov 2021 1:38pm)
  • I would assume it's the [Fairfield building](https://www.fairfieldgovan.co.uk/). by CptES (Mon 15th Nov 2021 8:22am)
  • > slaters outlet(use to be a thing still might be) Last weekend of the month in [the industrial estate in Uddingston.](https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Slater+Menswear+Uddingston+Warehouse+Clearance+Sale+-+Last+Weekend+Of+Every+Month/@55.8346608,-4.0722704,1242m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x48886a5cf515989d:0x8eecd8cfbde648c3!8m2!3d55.8330367!4d-4.0643897) by CptES (Tue 18th Jan 2022 2:09pm)
  • Because A will never be able to compete with B on a level playing field. The convenience of being able to park your car near or next to the shops at no charge is something the city centre can't do. The sheer variety of large stores is something the city centre can't do. So, you're left with two choices to "bring up" the city centre: Bin retail altogether and wave goodbye to the city centre as we know it or go the same route the West End did and turn it all into overpriced, middle class shops and flats where locals can't afford to live. I'd rather have the former than the latter because gentrification is a massive net negative to the local residents. by CptES (Wed 19th Jan 2022 6:04pm)
  • US cars. They're kept next to the big car park at St Enoch's, saw a GCPD cop car at the weekend. by CptES (Thu 20th Jan 2022 12:55pm)
  • Yes, actually. The [M23 ends in a weird split where traffic is shunted onto two roads only to come back together as the A23.](https://www.google.com/maps/place/51%C2%B034'31.8%22N+0%C2%B014'06.4%22W/@51.2793974,-0.1548064,1258m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xafa9de4e62b89793!8m2!3d51.5755!4d-0.2351?hl=en) However, the moment you look at the junction from above you can see why, it's clearly unfinished and ends where a junction should be. What you can't see is where the M23 was meant to end: [Streatham](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Streatham+High+Rd,+London/@51.4253488,-0.1324227,558m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x4876069ca60e67f3:0xd7a97b8c4cd76eb3!8m2!3d51.4255978!4d-0.1308087?hl=en). Zoom out, draw a rough line between it and the M23 to the south and see if you can figure out why it was cancelled. According to the planners in the 1960's, approximately 30,000 houses would have to be demolished to allow the motorway to bulldoze its way through south London. Locals were (somewhat understandably) not amused. by CptES (Sat 12th Feb 2022 10:49am)
  • It's also a get out of jail free card if you're coming out of the Hydro after a gig. Both platforms will get you back to the city centre and the Partick one is by far the quieter of the two. by CptES (Mon 21st Feb 2022 3:23am)
  • That happened with Hobbs and Shaw for me. Particularly the bit where Idris Elba gets launched through the bus as the camera pans around because right behind him is the City Chambers clear as day. by CptES (Sun 6th Mar 2022 4:26pm)
  • Aye, and they double back down that street without having turned around on screen. A definite "Wait, what the fuck?" moment for sure. by CptES (Sun 6th Mar 2022 6:51pm)
  • Yep, they're usually stationed at platforms 5-7 for the Aberdeen/Inverness runs. by CptES (Fri 29th Apr 2022 12:06pm)
  • Steam trains are the reason why Queen St low level has two open-air sections at either side of the platform. Back when the low level was four tracks wide (incidentally, that's why low level's platforms are so wide, they cover the outer two tracks) those sections had the water tanks and coal bunkers for refuelling. Even with the open air parts, the smog from the trains must have been hellish. Though probably not much worse than the air in Glasgow in general at that time, really. by CptES (Fri 29th Apr 2022 2:26pm)
  • As the old saying goes: Gather your hopes in one hand and shit in the other, see which hand fills up first. This winter is going to be an absolute slaughter, figuratively and literally. Start making plans now. by CptES (Tue 9th Aug 2022 1:31am)
  • While the route doesn't match any of the known ones (it closely follows the old Route 6 until the town centre), I can offer some useless (but perhaps interesting) insight into the stops. Beardmore St was named by and for the old William Beardmore and Company shipyards (now the site of the Golden Jubilee hospital) which shut in 1930 and part of the land sold off to the Ministry of Supply for ROF Dalmuir. Dock St was home to the Rothesay Dock, opened in 1907 to handle the large quantities of iron and coal being imported for the Lanarkshire yards which lasted until the opening of the Hunterston Ore Terminal in 1980. Ferry St was for the Yoker-Renfrew ferry which is still operational as far as I know. Blawarthill Road no longer exists but my best guess is it would have been used for the Blawarthill Hospital which lasted from 1897 until 2002. First as an infectious diseases hospital (as you can imagine, TB would be absolutely rife in industrial Glasgow) then as a geriatric hospital. Now the site of a care home. Merkland St is the old Partick Cross, which is now that strip of land between Partick station and the Morrisons. Church St is just off Byres Road, heading to the Kelvin Hall and the site of what used to be the Western Infirmary (now Glasgow Uni's southern annex). Finnieston St is, unsurprisingly where the SEC and Hydro are though at the time would have been home to the *gigantic* Stobcross Goods and Mineral Station which had about 40-50 different lines of rail track (one of which survives today as the line for the Exhibition Centre station, which is the former Stobcross and runs all the way up to the Botanic Gardens). Route 6 was the last line to shut of them all but even that was 1962 so the ticket can't be any later than that. by CptES (Mon 15th Aug 2022 8:54pm)
  • K governs how well your blood clots at the site of a wound and boosts your body's ability to take in calcium. by CptES (Sun 2nd Oct 2022 10:52pm)
  • £90 for a GBC is absolutely wild. 15 years ago you could barely give them away. by CptES (Tue 11th Oct 2022 2:02pm)
  • It's the tallest basement in the western hemisphere, you can see Beijing from the top of it. by CptES (Fri 28th Oct 2022 11:54pm)
  • The bottom half of the street. There's a lot of mid-range stuff there like Nike, House of Fraser, Foot Locker, Hotter and Zara while you have Omega, Michael Kors and Dior providing the real high end stuff. Keep in mind that's after the street was gutted by the GFC and lost shops like Virgin Megastores and Borders. by CptES (Tue 22nd Nov 2022 9:40pm)
  • The grand irony is the "modern" building was built in the early 70's because the original building was so flawed a survey found it was likely to "avalanche" within months. Replacing a building that wasn't fit for purpose from day one with another building that wasn't fit for purpose is peak Glasgow City Council/Glasgow Corporation thinking. by CptES (Thu 8th Dec 2022 3:23pm)
  • Because while you can transfer the full return ticket, you can't transfer *part* of the ticket. Using one leg of the return then giving away the other is against the [National Rail COT:](https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/National%20Rail%20Conditions%20of%20Travel.pdf) > 5.1 A Ticket may be transferred by the person who bought that Ticket to another person, but only if: >5.1.2 the journey has not begun (for example, **if you intend to transfer a return Ticket you must not have used the outward portion of that return Ticket**, or if you intend to transfer a Season Ticket you must not have used it for any journeys already); by CptES (Sat 17th Dec 2022 9:26pm)
  • [Going by Companies House](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC351766), it's been mandated by the government for not filing their accounts with the tax man. by CptES (Sat 4th Mar 2023 1:44am)
  • [This](https://foodanddrink.scotsman.com/food/the-history-of-glasgow-morning-rolls-including-a-recipe-for-making-your-own/) is a very close approximation of the recipe. Better get to practising. by CptES (Sat 4th Mar 2023 1:40am)
  • Judging from what the previous and new owners have stated, it was a mixture of bad contracts with supermarkets and increasingly ageing hardware in the factory cut into the cashflow of the business which had been having issues for years (repeatedly failing to file reports with Companies House is a big no-no). Personally, I think the rapid diversification of their products also played a part. They went from a company who made a shitload of rolls to a company that made everything from snowballs to fruit tarts which is great for variety but bad for costs. by CptES (Mon 20th Mar 2023 3:34pm)
  • If that was an issue there'd be all of two businesses running across Glasgow. by CptES (Mon 20th Mar 2023 7:04pm)
  • > Those mobility scooters are not going on the road. They often can't because you need a lowered kerb to get onto the road in the first place. It's not like a bike where you can absorb the impact of the drop, if you do that on a regular mobility scooter you'll drop the whole fucking thing onto the powertrain and break something. by CptES (Sat 1st Apr 2023 5:44pm)
  • They looked into expanding it but when they figured out that most of the new tunnels would be cut and cover rather than a TBM they shit themselves at the cost of CPO'ing land and demolishing buildings to put the tunnels in. The Clyde Metro project is more practical and less destructive than a subway upgrade while being exponentially more useful for the people of Greater Glasgow. by CptES (Fri 5th May 2023 12:45pm)
  • [It's a 30 year plan](https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=26965) to develop multiple public transport links throughout Greater Glasgow with a view towards joining up historically neglected areas and drive growth in the area. by CptES (Sat 6th May 2023 12:48am)
  • It's always the stick, never the carrot and it plays well with the people who are, being kind, students or middle class and often living in the west end or the southside where the public transport is very well provisioned. Ask somebody in Tollcross or Riddrie if they want about the only transport option they have being hammered. by CptES (Sat 9th Sep 2023 11:36am)
  • To this day it might be the only retail outlet where you could buy a keyboard, a "hunting knife" and an air pistol at the same time. by CptES (Fri 6th Oct 2023 4:41pm)
  • I accidentally nudged one of the big ones last night with my foot while in the bathroom and the fucker shot off like it had a rocket attached. I thought it was a giant house spider but it was black, not dark brown so I have no idea what species of spider it actually was. Ran like a giant house spider, mind you. by CptES (Mon 9th Oct 2023 11:12pm)