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  • Favourite - Jintys Least Favourite - Counting House. by Forever__Young (Sat 19th Jan 2019 8:37pm)
  • Im only 21, but I walked to school 15 mins each way to primary and either walked/bussed to and back from high-school 45mins each way from when I was about 8 with just me and my sister. Constant supervision isn't totally necessary. by Forever__Young (Fri 24th May 2019 10:36pm)
  • Anywhere on the subway line is a pretty good shout. People will shit on Govan but the transport links are fine and the prices will skyrocket as it becomes gentrified so buying now will make you a rich man one day. Also dead easy to get to Partick and City centre in less than half an hour and cheap too. Edit: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-77138063.html Heres a cracking 3 bed flat, 5 minute walk to underground, secured entrance. 15k over your asking price but it just goes to show the market compared to Partick. by Forever__Young (Thu 20th Jun 2019 12:15am)
  • You want to reserve tables for 30 people to just go for some beers without paying ahead of time? Might need to call around and see if anywhere is willing to do that at all. For most pubs that's taking up a huge proportion of their seating so they'd expect a fee. by Forever__Young (Mon 9th Sep 2019 10:09pm)
  • Yeah I agree, that's what I always pictured as a kid but said it to my English girlfriend and she assumed it meant to slap someone about with a fish. by Forever__Young (Tue 1st Oct 2019 12:45am)
  • Why does it have to make up for them losing their job? Surely doing a nice thing to help some people who just got some bad news is worth it even if it doesn't fix all their problems? Better than a boot in the balls. by Forever__Young (Tue 1st Oct 2019 1:44am)
  • Can't imagine he fancies a traditional Czech goulash if hes asking in the Glasgow subreddit for traditional food. by Forever__Young (Wed 9th Oct 2019 3:11pm)
  • Weakest patter ever mate, was just cracking a sarcastic quip I didn't have the hankies out. by Forever__Young (Thu 10th Oct 2019 12:32am)
  • I always used Partick and jumped in the subway because I had a zone card and I'm a lazy bastard/it's always pouring or freezing in the winter. But then I moved to Partick and the walk is actually 20 mins, and a nice enough walk and safe to do even late at night. Just walk it from Partick I'd say. by Forever__Young (Thu 10th Oct 2019 5:40am)
  • I worked in a spar and the mornings the rolls didn't get delivered folk went elsewhere to do their entire shop, buy their paper and get their fags almost as a matter of principle. Sounds like a shite bit of knowing their market to me unless their going to get Mortons to start delivering them. Even though there's like a 2p profit per roll it gets folk in the doors. by Forever__Young (Thu 10th Oct 2019 3:00pm)
  • Mate it's not London, most places you go will be between 3 and 4 quid so don't worry about the price when picking a place, a good pub will be worth the extra 40p a pint. But stay out of the social or you'll be on London prices. by Forever__Young (Sun 13th Oct 2019 1:46am)
  • Distance is irrelevant if you're at the uni as long as you're near a subway stop you're never more than a 16 minute commute and if you're looking at retail work then youre also the same or less into town. Partick is nice but not value for money if you've got other options. by Forever__Young (Tue 15th Oct 2019 5:50am)
  • Agree, it's not even a problem imo because it's not like there's loads of discussion that it's getting in the way of, but it would just be much better for everyone as they could get the answers they want quicker and more detailed without having to post. by Forever__Young (Wed 16th Oct 2019 4:35am)
  • Try tinder mate, doubt you'll find a ride on here. by Forever__Young (Fri 18th Oct 2019 5:13am)
  • Martin Jones will give me a reliable 7/10 haircut and I'll always wonder why I spunked 20 quid on it. Then I'll go somewhere else, spent 7 quid less and look like a fucking muppet for the next month. Well worth paying the extra for the consistency at the end of the day. by Forever__Young (Tue 22nd Oct 2019 6:05am)
  • A roll and chips is normally about £1.50 and will fill a hole. If you're wanting to know the best value fish supper then I've no idea, they're all about 7 quid so a bit outside of my price range usually. by Forever__Young (Wed 23rd Oct 2019 12:58am)
  • That's gutting if it's destroyed, don't go to the uni anymore but when I got the train in I always used to stop in before my 9am lecture and get a roll, 2 square sausage and an coffee and it came out to about 2 quid. The women who run it are lovely and chatty as well, and the food is amazing for the price. Heartbreaker by Forever__Young (Thu 24th Oct 2019 12:08am)
  • Great place to be a student mate. Rent is pretty cheap, around £350 a month for a shared apartment. Can walk around the uni campus and surrounding areas in the middle of the night and feel like you're safe. Socially there's a great nightlife scene but if you're not a big partier theres 1million and 1 societies to join based on any interest. There's also 2 massive soccer teams you can go see and support while you're here. I also actually done an undergraduate course at the uni and the facilities are excellent and quality of the teaching is world class. Glasgow as a whole is also a great and relatively cheap place to live for the UK. Definitely do it if you get the chance. by Forever__Young (Thu 24th Oct 2019 8:00am)
  • Yeah I lived in both S.Lanarkshire and in the west end and I'd get the megabus/train/flight down every other week. Made no difference really. Jump on a train to Hamilton which takes 30mins or go get a bus/subway to Partick which takes around 30 mins by the time you've walked to the station and waited on one. And you can drive to the airport on the motorway in about half an hour now so that's the same. You're saving max around 15mins per commute and getting way less for you money. Also worth noting that due to Ryanair flights for Edinburgh are like 12 quid compared to 70ish quid from Glasgow which adds up. by Forever__Young (Sat 26th Oct 2019 2:55am)
  • Aww okay. Literally anywhere with one train that goes to Central without a change will be fine then they're all 6 and half a dozen. I can vouge for Hamilton and Motherwell which are fine places to live, and looking at the cumbernauld suggestion it also looks ideal. Id recommend flying for you, 12 quid for each of yous will save you a fortune vs trains which are always about 60 quid. by Forever__Young (Sat 26th Oct 2019 8:46am)
  • Kitchen porters are always in high demand. Not the worst job in the world and most in city centre pay living wage. Try Sloans, Brel etc all owned by the same company and need new staff all the time by Forever__Young (Tue 29th Oct 2019 2:47am)
  • Make it an Amazon warehouse so they can pay their staff 7 quid an hour for 12 hours a day, whilst not giving them holidays or bonuses because theyre technically 'self-employed' and at the end of the year the warehouse will pay 7 quid in tax. ^See if you think that's stupid, stop buying from amazon because that's what's going to happen eventually. by Forever__Young (Tue 29th Oct 2019 2:12pm)
  • Why not just go a walk around the shops and have a look? Is that not a thing folk do anymore? No having a go for posting here and sorry I can't help but if you're looking for a wee gift then just go in and have a look because if it's something you don't really do then it'll be a new experience to you. by Forever__Young (Tue 29th Oct 2019 11:11pm)
  • You went to a place where folk dress up like cartoon characters and you're surprised that it was full of children? You'll be gutted when you go to Disneyland mate. by Forever__Young (Sat 2nd Nov 2019 11:48pm)
  • Surely an equal or potentially greater number of no voters also couldn't be bothered turning out? Wouldn't just wanting the status quo be less motivating to get out there than voting for a change you believe in? If someone wants to go independent but can't even be arsed walking to there local primary school they can't believe in it that much? I'm not even pro-union necessarily but you could say this about any election. Folk who would be Labour voters but didn't vote blew it for Labour last time. Folk who wanted to remain but couldn't be arsed voting in the brexit poll blew it for remain etc etc. by Forever__Young (Sun 3rd Nov 2019 6:29am)
  • Leave this stuff on r/scotland or UK politics eh? Don't need it here. by Forever__Young (Sun 3rd Nov 2019 4:55pm)
  • >the fact people just get into this mob mentality about a tag without knowing the difference between the culture or pieces is annoying. Imagine being this eltitst and gatekeeping about someone drawing the same shite face everywhere. It's graffiti mate, some is good some is bad. You certainly aren't going to change many opinions by being self-righteous and pretentious about how you're so educated about art. by Forever__Young (Tue 5th Nov 2019 1:37pm)
  • 'Bitching, on the daily, echo chamber, people can't understand the culture and art behind spray painting an ecky face 100x' The persons living in some tumblr world mate, can tell when someone starts hitting out with echo chamber etc that they've had too much Internet exposure to be reasoned with. by Forever__Young (Tue 5th Nov 2019 3:52pm)
  • Sorry for bitching and tryna rip on you, sometimes when your stuck in an echo chamber it's hard to stop circlejerking and appreciate art like a wee ecky head that's spray painted everywhere. by Forever__Young (Tue 5th Nov 2019 4:04pm)
  • I'm was never one of those lad lads who go to clubs, snort a gram, go fucking mental and annoy random lassies and scrap random guys. But if me and 5 of my good mates were in the pub/club when we were freshers and a random American bloke came up and wanted to hang about with us he'd have no luck and if he kept trying to chat to us there's a good chance wed ignore him and eventually tell him to fuck off. Best chance is joining uni clubs, or meeting your pals from unis pals on nights out. Approaching a group of boys and wanting to hang out will rarely ever work. by Forever__Young (Thu 7th Nov 2019 7:16am)
  • > Glasgow came first for "openness, tolerance and trust" Any coincidence that we're also the city with the least tories? I don't think so. by Forever__Young (Thu 7th Nov 2019 7:38am)
  • How is relaxing vibes, good coffee and not rushing out the door your idea of a library. Can't have a go at a person for simply wanting to chill in an armchair whilst looking over notes/papers and drinking a coffee. When I was studying mixing it up really helped clear my mind and make studying less monotonous so library omlu wouldve been daft. by Forever__Young (Thu 7th Nov 2019 4:28pm)
  • Big cafe nero across the road from TK Maxx near Argyle Street station. Big armchairs, seats by the window for people watching, background jazz music and on weekdays during working hours very chill. Coffee is good and might be worth checking your phone companies rewards for discounts or uni days because they're quite common. If not 2 quid for a large americano can't argue with that. by Forever__Young (Thu 7th Nov 2019 4:30pm)
  • So you're not being snide?,You actually think the person was asking what libraries are nice? Or you were suggesting they should just study in libraries and not in coffee shops? by Forever__Young (Thu 7th Nov 2019 4:42pm)
  • Don't know if this is viral media but it genuinely is the worst kebab I've ever had and it extortianate. Definitely a one time mistake sort of place. by Forever__Young (Fri 8th Nov 2019 4:39am)
  • > Ideal flatmate would be someone laid back and open to an artier scene Just say you smoke hash there's no police on here by Forever__Young (Mon 11th Nov 2019 12:27am)
  • Worth noting that most cool places ID on the door so they won't be able to even sneak a drink if they're under 18. Theyve got 0 chance of even getting their feet in the door unless they look 25. Firewater if they're 18 in City Centre. Vodka Wodka for West end. If they're under 18 probably some old man pub where you can hide them in the corners and buy them beers on the fly. by Forever__Young (Fri 15th Nov 2019 4:05am)
  • Is there not a gym and swimming pool on campus? Will probably work out cheaper in the long term than grabbing a coffee all the time and those wasted waiting around hours will turn into productive ones. I know the gyms not for everyone but swimming and saunas/steamrooms/jacuzzis are class in the winter. by Forever__Young (Sat 16th Nov 2019 12:27am)
  • REMOVED To rent a house for a month anywhere touristy during the summer in Scotland will cost at least that and you're going to the places where the rich Americans go during peak season. If I were you and this is a must-do trip then I'd bite their hand off for 800 a month each. That's actually amazing value around there. by Forever__Young (Sat 16th Nov 2019 2:37am)
  • Not being a dick here just curious, what makes it a trans hat? The colour scheme and pattern? by Forever__Young (Sat 16th Nov 2019 5:55am)
  • So the face on it is irrelevant or is it vandalism? by Forever__Young (Sat 16th Nov 2019 7:26am)
  • Sorry I can't help but I'm curious as to why liver is okay in your book? Not having a go just genuinely wondering. by Forever__Young (Mon 18th Nov 2019 2:14pm)
  • Expensive though. 4 slices for like 3 quid the last time I went to a butcher. by Forever__Young (Sat 30th Nov 2019 2:08am)
  • No joke I went in to get my head shaved and the guy just took it upon himself to square up the corners and shave me a straight hairline. Looked like the skinny white Jayz for a month just to save 4 quid. by Forever__Young (Sat 30th Nov 2019 2:05am)
  • It's quite an original take on a Christmas song for one, and the instrumental backing is fantastic. The 'and the bells were...' bit makes me so nostalgic. Other than one unsavoury word I can't think of anything I don't like about it, everyone's different. by Forever__Young (Mon 2nd Dec 2019 3:28pm)
  • Partick Duck Club is more of a restaurant. Cafezique just up the street is a cafe. by Forever__Young (Tue 3rd Dec 2019 1:49pm)
  • I went to see that Apollo 11 documentary with my bird and we both slept through half of it, so would say it's comfortable enough. Might want to tan a red bull before it though. by Forever__Young (Wed 4th Dec 2019 2:32am)
  • Here if homelessness is the problem there's 1000 KP jobs where you can get 40+ hours a week and keep yourself a nice little flat in a nice part of town. I know washing dishes isn't glamorous but I done it for a couple years and honestly my lifestyle was pretty good and I never had to worry about work because they can't get enough of them. Sloans, Brel etc (same company) pay 8.30ish plus tips, it's comfortable, stress free and safe. by Forever__Young (Mon 9th Dec 2019 2:04am)
  • Yeah I was probably taking home 1100 a month on average but my rent and bills was around 475. After grocery shopping which was around 50 a week I still had maybe £300-400 which is like $700 disposable income every month. Again like I said its not glamorous and its physically tiring but it sure as hell beats being homeless. by Forever__Young (Mon 9th Dec 2019 6:01am)
  • Yeah sadly that's the way the whole world is going. They're pricing people out of living in homes. I'm hoping to buy a place soon so I don't need to worry about it but luckily Glasgow is very cheap. by Forever__Young (Mon 9th Dec 2019 6:21am)
  • I'm in my early 20s, I've just been in the same situation a couple years ago and wanted to help. by Forever__Young (Mon 9th Dec 2019 11:57am)
  • Pick your battles. Guys just volunteering to help folk out, maybe not be a dick about it? by Forever__Young (Thu 12th Dec 2019 9:59am)
  • As a Scot who's lived in America and has American mates who have visited I have some unique insight I reckon. Saturday night go to Hillhead (on subway line) and go to Ashton Lane. Has cocktail bars, live Irish music pub and a nightclub called Oran Mor close by which is aimed at adults to drink in rather than teens to go mental in. In my experience Americans love this area for its aesthetic and cool pubs. After the game go for a pint or two if you must but the priority I would say is getting to Manchester so I'd head straight there if I were you. Great place to visit for a night and will mean you don't have to stress about getting there early the next morning hungover, can just go for a nice breakfast in Manc. Others have said scarf and put in a bag but id say no colours. If you have a bag some places will search it and you're no getting in a lot of pubs with a bag with a Celtic scarf inside. I hope the Rangers absolutely demolish Celtic but hope you have a good trip too. by Forever__Young (Wed 25th Dec 2019 1:19pm)
  • You'll love Ashton Lane. If you like Celtic then Jinty McGintys pub will be right up your street. Live Irish music by a band, barrels to stand around and Guinness on tap. Would say it's a must for your trip if you're in Glasgow to see Celtic. by Forever__Young (Wed 25th Dec 2019 1:44pm)
  • In what way? My American mates absolutely loved that as a night out. by Forever__Young (Wed 25th Dec 2019 10:55pm)
  • I've also KPd at Sloans and Brel, jobs are managed by some big company but they pay 8.40ish and can always find work in other restaurants like the Griffin and Maggie Mays if you want more hours because they provide staff to them all. by Forever__Young (Sat 4th Jan 2020 2:41am)
  • Roll and chicken sounds okay. Then add tomato sauce, sounds edible but probably a bit sweet and an unusual choice. Then add the sweetness irn bru into the mix? Sweetness overload, too much going on. by Forever__Young (Mon 6th Jan 2020 6:28am)
  • Start posting on all the message boards now. I'd also consider hospitality if I were you. Will cost a couple hundreds pounds per ticket but they will exist. Old firm tickets are like gold dust, they pretty much all belong to season ticket holders and if someone is paying 500 quid for a season ticket they won't be missing the old firm games. by Forever__Young (Tue 7th Jan 2020 7:27am)
  • /r/rangersfc for the Glasgow based football team. Not incredibly active though you're better asking on the followfollow forum by Forever__Young (Tue 7th Jan 2020 12:20pm)
  • Borna Barisic and Niko Katic. by Forever__Young (Sat 11th Jan 2020 7:19am)
  • Thousands of people get into fights/mugged/battered/had their wing mirrors knocked off/eggs pelted at their house windows/house broken into/sworn at/chased etc every year in Glasgow all because of drunk folk. Any bampot behaviour that happens at football games also happens away from games because there's drunk arseholes everywhere in Glasgow on evenings and weekends. Getting rid of the old firm wouldn't change it. It's the drink that's the problem. In all my years of going to the football I've never been involved in or seen one incident, when I used to go clubbing I'd see fights etc every week. by Forever__Young (Mon 13th Jan 2020 6:56am)
  • Grow up mate. Im not LGBT and will admit I'm not educated enough to take a stance on the subject of the post in question but this response is just petty and immature. by Forever__Young (Sun 19th Jan 2020 4:28pm)
  • If you fancy the stand and then the indoor golfing then why not hit them both on a sort of condensed adult subcrawl? In the daytime you could get a tour of ibrox if you're that way inclined. Try reading the pinned post about things to do and hitting them at the stops where possible. It's pretty fun to see a few different parts of the city for 4 quid, even if you're no a wee bam who's trying to drink 15 pints and not sit down on the train. by Forever__Young (Mon 20th Jan 2020 7:38am)
  • Fairtrade isn't a buzzword it's an actual set of criteria you need to meet. by Forever__Young (Wed 22nd Jan 2020 9:02pm)
  • As a UofG grad I'd say look at their minimum requirements and if you meet them apply. I applied with min requirements and no real extracurriculars and got accepted, they mainly care about your academic history. by Forever__Young (Sun 26th Jan 2020 2:33am)
  • I remember it seeming quite modern in the late 90s/early00s, which means it will look ancient by now. Might take a trip up next time I'm over. by Forever__Young (Sun 26th Jan 2020 10:30am)
  • EK skating with the latest Ministry of Sound blaring and a slush puppy and some lassies who might fancy you. Heaven when you're like 122 by Forever__Young (Sun 26th Jan 2020 2:25pm)
  • I'll be honest, £147 left over for a month will cripple your social life in Glasgow especially if you're looking for the real 'uni experience'. Say you need to spend £60 on something unexpectedly (broken phone screen, hole in shoes etc) on the 1st of the month, you'll have 20 quid a week to socialise on. You'll not be able to go clubbing, go out for dinner with mates g, go to the football or go out on dates or anything. No saying that you'll be miserable but it won't be fun if you're a young one. Maybe get a 10hrs shift in a restaurant as a KP on a Saturday? Shouldn't affect your studies too much and it'll put 80 quid in your pocket to live a little. by Forever__Young (Tue 28th Jan 2020 12:26am)
  • This app is the only thing that has ever worked for me just because the science is so sound that I never lose drive, I just trust the process so much. If I count the calories accurately and average less than my target every week its scientifically impossible to not lose weight. The accountability definitely helps limit those 'ah fuck it, I've already a cake, might as well have 10' moments for me too, when I'm not counting its too easy to write that sort of thing off as an off-night as opposed to a 6k calorie night. Everyone likes to lie to themselves and downplay what they've eaten but the numbers don't lie. by Forever__Young (Tue 28th Jan 2020 10:37am)
  • If you've been having problems and the landlord isnt helping and now they're putting the price up then you should get out now. Problems like that rarely resolve themselves. Unethical landlords are a terrible burden and they don't get better, if anything they'll keep pushing and see how much you'll put up with. by Forever__Young (Wed 29th Jan 2020 3:10pm)
  • Bomb threat in the Boyd Orr but instead of cancelling the lecture they just had policeman at the door at the start of the lecture and told us to report anything suspicious. by Forever__Young (Fri 31st Jan 2020 1:42pm)
  • Zip Yard is excellent, very reliable but pricier than the smaller places. by Forever__Young (Fri 31st Jan 2020 11:53pm)
  • By the way that old myth about 'they can't enforce it unless it's the council' isn't true. If you're parking privately and get 4 tickets then refuse to pay the debt collectors the debt can reach over 1k in just over a year if it goes to court. by Forever__Young (Sun 2nd Feb 2020 2:09am)
  • And blokes in smart attire (shirt, dressy trousers) from head to mid calf, but then too short trousers, no socks and a pair of reebok classics. Horrible look but very popular. by Forever__Young (Tue 11th Feb 2020 12:03pm)
  • I've visited Caley halls of residence a few times and they're actually lovely and really close to the Uni which means bang in the city centre. Would recommend strongly. by Forever__Young (Wed 19th Feb 2020 6:54am)
  • Nah judging by the comments most folk just though it was a bit of a laugh but weren't hailing it as 'aw yass this is pure dead brilliant, your da sells Avon ya bass'. Feel like for the most part folk on here are still just actual folk from Glasgow and not Americans thinking is a fashion statement to love Scotland. by Forever__Young (Wed 19th Feb 2020 7:01am)
  • I've lived in a few different cities and Glasgow even at peak times on weekends isn't actually that busy and crowded. Try London it's absolutely ridiculous anywhere near Central London around rush hours or weekends, never mind in busy stations. Trust me no matter where you go, everywhere with crowds is exactly as you described. by Forever__Young (Thu 20th Feb 2020 5:32am)
  • Things that rocket under a Conservative government: bills, cost of living, council tax, crime Things that never rocket: minimum wage, police numbers, tax paid by millionaires and international corporations. by Forever__Young (Thu 20th Feb 2020 9:29pm)
  • I done a life science degree in the MVLS school and its fantastic. One of those Unis that looks good on a CV just because of its prestige and you'll see why if you attend. As for Indian students, there are many and I'm sure you'll find official societies relating to Indian culture and if not you won't be discriminated against in any other society (and if you are the Uni will be quick to take action) . by Forever__Young (Sat 22nd Feb 2020 11:24am)
  • The government will absolutely screw you if you get caught working illegally. If you're not prepared to be fined/prosecuted/have your visa cancelled then don't do it. If you're really desperate then obviously needs must but just a warning. by Forever__Young (Sat 22nd Feb 2020 11:21am)
  • Was always called the Tally van round my way when I was a kid but given that's clearly an ethnic slur I'm not surprised to hear its been phased out. by Forever__Young (Sat 22nd Feb 2020 2:50pm)
  • The mural was celebrating the world's first International football match played at a purpose built international stadium. Scotland 5-1 England. Unfortunately tagged all over it. https://twitter.com/queensparkfc/status/1231180655414956032?s=19 Queens Park are crowd funding to have it repaired. by Forever__Young (Sun 23rd Feb 2020 1:51am)
  • Mate join a uni society. They're a great way to explore and develop your interests and you'll make a bunch of like minded people of similar ages too. by Forever__Young (Sun 23rd Feb 2020 2:59am)
  • Don't know if this helps or if I'm just being a wank stating the obvious but why not just find somewhere on the subway loop? Would be well cheaper, and it takes like 20 mins tops to get from one end of Glasgow to the other. I used to live in Partick and worked in the city centre and honestly it's as stress free a transport system as you can ask for. by Forever__Young (Mon 24th Feb 2020 2:00pm)
  • No way man, if someone's playing an electric guitar you'll hear it through the floor of a tenement. I used to sleep in what should've been the living room but was converted into another bedroom and the noise of folk downstairs even chatting during the night drove me daft. by Forever__Young (Sat 29th Feb 2020 1:59pm)
  • This is quite common. In the spar we used to get it done every week and were happy to. by Forever__Young (Mon 9th Mar 2020 11:32pm)
  • Is that a wind up? Surely the council could make it easier to just turn these buildings into student flats rather than just everyone acting shocked at all the big fires in them. by Forever__Young (Wed 11th Mar 2020 9:46pm)
  • NHS Scotland isn't one facility, it's many hundreds or thousands of medical facilities. You know what you're capabilities are better than anyone. Look into what facilities local to you that you could help out in and email them directly listing what types of biomedical science you can carry out. by Forever__Young (Wed 18th Mar 2020 5:36am)
  • Sports Direct engaging in business practices to the detriment of their workers? Colour me shocked. by Forever__Young (Mon 23rd Mar 2020 8:07am)
  • My gran was a manager in Greggs and they forced the airport greggs to shut down for being too cheap despite the fact they paid their rent every month after pressure from the greedy bastards in the other food shops. by Forever__Young (Tue 24th Mar 2020 5:52pm)
  • Not wanting to seem like a dick but if their rent is £580-700 then how can a student afford that anyway? My rent was 400 roughly and I KPd 30 hours a week and took out the full 475 student loan and I still struggled. If I was paying 580 on rent a month then I'd have been eating cat food (and not the good stuff) by Forever__Young (Thu 2nd Apr 2020 12:08am)
  • Mental expecting someone in full time education to also work 15hrs plus have to ask their parents for money. Surely council built housing for students would have been better (fairer) than all these mega corps moving in and buying up cheap property and replacing it with 700 a week student flats? by Forever__Young (Thu 2nd Apr 2020 1:13am)
  • Meh, Loch doon does sound like lockdoon even if it's not the exact same. by Forever__Young (Mon 6th Apr 2020 1:18am)
  • The guys posted a screenshot of his own tweet instead of just the image too. Ooft. by Forever__Young (Mon 6th Apr 2020 1:17am)
  • Also my favourite Fred Perry polo and I don't have an agenda. Just like it because the specials used to wear them. by Forever__Young (Wed 8th Apr 2020 9:45pm)
  • Fair enough if you think they're charging too much but if they make a grand a week then good for them. They're not forcing anyone to let them wash the windows. If a bloke starts his own window cleaning business and works 8hrs a day in all weathers then I'm happy to see him making some dough, dont begrudge anyone doing well. by Forever__Young (Sun 10th May 2020 1:36pm)
  • I used to commute 1hr 20mins from my parents on a zone card to uni every day and moved in for my final year as I was sick of it. I would just say £150 a month is nothing compared to the cost of rent, bills, shopping and all the other shit that comes with not living with your parents. Also if you've got a job you like dont be rash to assume you'll get another. I went from being a supervisor in the SPAR which is the best job ever to being a KP in one of Glasgows busiest restaurants and it was hell. by Forever__Young (Wed 13th May 2020 8:32pm)
  • Both options on Byers Road were dreadful as of 2016. by Forever__Young (Wed 13th May 2020 10:09pm)
  • Hope you weren't one of the wee bastard that used to steal them from outside of the shop I worked at on your way home. Didnt even mind folk taking a roll (only 16p or whatever) but theyd leave the plastic off and the customers would be in moaning about the soggy wet rolls all day. by Forever__Young (Sun 17th May 2020 4:18pm)
  • Thank fuck thought it was just my family getting it wrong all those years haha. Wish I could find out what Nanny Rooney meant though, I know its rhyming slang but there must have been a Nanny Rooney somewhere that it's based on. by Forever__Young (Sun 17th May 2020 7:03pm)
  • Think folk think I'm being an establishment shill seeing as theres a big anti establishment viewpoint on here. To be honest all points of view are understandable. Wee bam who steals rolls when they're walking home steaming and they're sitting in the street. Customers raging because they've left the bags open and the rolls are all wet. Teenage boy who opens the shop on a sunday getting shouted at because someone else opened the rolls through the night. Imagine I'm getting down voted for being the boy who opened the shop about 10 year ago. I'm not even moaning about the roll theft it's the shops fault for getting them left outside but when 250 other folk get a shite roll because of it it's a bit not on. by Forever__Young (Sun 17th May 2020 9:40pm)
  • Think maybe the moany folk who work in shops and complain about theft might be the establishment to some people. Was on -9 at one point and I didn't even think it was controversial so must have been something driving it. by Forever__Young (Sun 17th May 2020 11:10pm)
  • Telling that this was taken in England and called a munchbox and was being hailed as a novelty on /r/casualuk. Absolutely bottom tier munchy boxing. Have been stuck in London for months, cant wait to get back up and tore into a proper one. by Forever__Young (Thu 28th May 2020 11:57pm)
  • Oven cooked mozzarella sticks and chicken dippers instead of veg and chicken pakora? Shocking. by Forever__Young (Fri 29th May 2020 11:49am)
  • Okay but in America theres a reason to protest now, to put an end to police brutality immediately and ensure those police are held to account and set a precedent. We can have rallies about fighting racism in Glasgow too, but now is not the time for a mass gathering of BAME people. It's too risky to their lives and the lives of their families. by Forever__Young (Thu 4th Jun 2020 10:37pm)
  • This will be very interesting. I went to America for a summer when I was 19 and couldn't believe the teenagers over there had hobbies other than going out and getting absolutely pished every weekend. Can imagine Glasgow is a hard place to be social for a tee-totaller whose mates are all still drinking. You kind of morph into seeing alcohol as something to do rather than something to drink while you do something. by Forever__Young (Thu 11th Jun 2020 3:17pm)
  • Same I'm not teetotal but only have a couple every week or two now, definitely less socialising for the sake of it which is a shame but feel better for having cut down. by Forever__Young (Thu 11th Jun 2020 3:39pm)
  • Nust to play devils advocate it's not always a scam but even when not they're impossible to deal with. I was disputing a phone bill and the company just went ahead and passed it over to pastduecredit. Couldn't dispute it with them because they had no email or call centres open so just paid to protect my credit rating, but though it was worthy of being illegal how uncontactable they were. by Forever__Young (Sat 4th Jul 2020 4:46pm)
  • To be fair I worked in Sloans as a KP a couple years ago, got the job 3 days after applying when I was absolutely on my arse skint. Let me pick my hours, paid me living wage for over 25's even though I was under, gave me holiday pay, paid me when they were closed for renovation, free drink after every shift and could help myself to food during my shift, got a Christmas present and Christmas parties had to give a fiver a head tip minimum so we all got a big bonus over that period, if they couldn't give me hours theyd sort me shifts in other restaurants. Not saying that it justify's the itison stuff, but a company that treats their workers better than they need to is alright in my book and I don't begrudge spending my money in there now. by Forever__Young (Wed 8th Jul 2020 1:57pm)
  • Fair enough as I said it's no justification for the people that have lost the money and I'm sure they'll never forget. However I feel like people who treat staff well are genuinely good people, especially if they go above and beyond legal requirements just to help people out. Maybe they cant refund all these vouchers without going under or something, and if that's the case then I think itll damage the companies reputation but it's better for a couple hundred people to lose out on a discount lunch compared to a couple hundred people losing their jobs. If they can afford to refund and are choosing not to just to be fly then that's bang out but I bet theres more to it than meets the eye, particularly if the company run a chain of bars and restaurants at the moment, they're probably hemorrhaging money (especially as Sloans and I imagine the rest of the buildings are rented rather than owned). by Forever__Young (Wed 8th Jul 2020 3:36pm)
  • Or your local spar, if they've 4 days notice they'll save you all their delivery boxes. Used to have folk in asking all the time and it would save us bin space was a win win. by Forever__Young (Wed 8th Jul 2020 4:17pm)
  • Is this a joke based on workies vans having 'no tools left in this van over night' or is it actually to stop folk trying to break into the butchers van? by Forever__Young (Sat 11th Jul 2020 1:47pm)
  • It's only 1m now for certain industries including outdoor dining and drinking. by Forever__Young (Sun 12th Jul 2020 12:34pm)
  • https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/two-metre-rule-scotland-nicola-18528233.amp Was basing it off this saying from 10th hospitality was 1m but obviously that's not correct information. by Forever__Young (Sun 12th Jul 2020 1:06pm)
  • Should probably look more for groups with similar interests if you want to make friends. If you want to make friends to go hiking you should join a hiking group, want to make boxing friends then find a boxing gym etc. If you're just jumping into random groups of people looking to become mates it might be hard to find stuff you have in common. by Forever__Young (Tue 21st Jul 2020 1:45am)
  • No even this, if it's a chain like SPAR you'll lose your job and have to pay a fine, in the middle of a pandemic where theres less jobs. Think it's clear why they weren't willing to take a risk here. by Forever__Young (Tue 28th Jul 2020 6:39pm)
  • My bird is from England and she gets a right hard time from middle aged folk around the town. I try to dismiss it as banter, with some of it said jokingly and some of it not, but it happens often enough for her to have started to think their not joking after all. by Forever__Young (Thu 30th Jul 2020 7:14pm)
  • Aye it's horrible, I always find myself trying to justify it to her as if it's my fault but in the end arseholes are just arseholes mo matter where you are. by Forever__Young (Thu 30th Jul 2020 8:02pm)
  • Had a stranger tell her to go back down south where she belongs a couple of weeks ago. Was said in a joking way but fair to say she didn't really find it funny. by Forever__Young (Thu 30th Jul 2020 8:31pm)
  • Yeah that's how I would describe it actually. More constant and exhausting than individual horrible moments. Funnily enough among folk under 40 its never an issue. by Forever__Young (Thu 30th Jul 2020 8:53pm)
  • Sorry to hear that. Promise we dont all think that way, as always it's a vocal minority. Not that it makes it right but I promise you theres plenty more who are happy to have you up here loving our city. by Forever__Young (Thu 30th Jul 2020 10:44pm)
  • Shame to hear this, kept telling her how unracist scottish folk were before she got here too. Disappointing but as I said you'll get arseholes anywhere. Down in London it's the Turkish and Greek and Black people who get it, up here it's the English. Cany change human nature I suppose. by Forever__Young (Thu 30th Jul 2020 10:41pm)
  • Yeah its shite because before we came up here I'd be very vocal about racism in England and Australia and then once we're here shes a victim of comments and digs regularly. Guess it's just taken the sheen off my view of Glasgow, grew up here and always saw us as a super progressive accepting place and then have to put up with watching my girlfriend be regularly insulted or dug at. by Forever__Young (Thu 30th Jul 2020 11:34pm)
  • Dont know, shes been having a bit of a rough time generally just now and you know what it's like, never rains but it pours. We're not here long term anyway but just sad to see in your own town. by Forever__Young (Thu 30th Jul 2020 11:45pm)
  • Thanks mate, it's definitely a rain before the rainbow situation I'm sure itll all work out. by Forever__Young (Thu 30th Jul 2020 11:53pm)
  • Always have had that problem, every cloud has a silver lining though. by Forever__Young (Fri 31st Jul 2020 12:15am)
  • Honestly don't blame you at all mate, these are the exact same comments I was referring to. I honestly think 9/10 comments are totally innocent and really are intended as banter (which some think is too far and some dont but my gf doesnt mind), but when combined with the nasty comments or ones with sinister undertones it is a bit full on and constant. And yeah I was always proud of how tolerant we are up here but I've kind of seen it from the other side now and it's really embarrassing. by Forever__Young (Fri 31st Jul 2020 12:21am)
  • I know where you're coming from but some of it is really innocent, some is backhanded banter and some of it is just bigotry. For example go into a bar and get 'English? We dont serve your type in here. Only kidding what you having?', served with a smile might be a bit insensitive on paper but the glesga banter and all that. I'm quite forgiving of banter like that because I grew up with it. But then theres a fine line where the joke is 'I dont actually like English people but you're alright' which is just a nasty and bigoted thing to say and isnt really even funny, but in isolation it might just be a failed attempt at a joke. And then theres the situation we were in last week where she accidentally knocked a glass over and the barman said 'why dont you go back down south where you belong?' which is not funny at all, wasnt really even pitched as a joke and just made her feel absolutely shit and feel totally unwelcome so we had to leave. This has only happened once, but combined with the fact she gets comments like the first 2 examples once or twice weekly, I think deep down she really is starting to feel unwelcome here. by Forever__Young (Fri 31st Jul 2020 1:51am)
  • I know you're absolutely right. Arseholes are just arseholes, I shouldn't be categorising like that. by Forever__Young (Fri 31st Jul 2020 12:14pm)
  • If this is about my post where my girlfriend got told to go back to England 'where you belong', then all I can say is try and have some perspective. If you were an English woman in your early twenties, up here with just your boyfriend and not knowing anyone else, and you got told how folk generally dont like English people all the time when you're out, and then you get hit by that, think how you'd feel. If you think that makes her a fanny then I guess Glasgow really isn't welcoming to 'fannies'. by Forever__Young (Fri 31st Jul 2020 1:31pm)
  • Yeah this is the reason. In England you'll get a 20 crate of beer for half the price and a big 2L of cider is like £2 in some places vs £5 here. Pretty much all alcohol bought in bulk has almost doubled in price. by Forever__Young (Tue 4th Aug 2020 1:47pm)
  • Tried applying for kitchen porter jobs? I know they might be limited at the moment but in the normal times there were always some up for grabs so you might get lucky? by Forever__Young (Thu 6th Aug 2020 10:45pm)
  • Ah terrible luck. There was genuinely a spell two years ago that you could just walk into a KP job with no experience because they were so short of them. Hoping things get better man. by Forever__Young (Thu 6th Aug 2020 10:57pm)
  • Walk through the city centre on a scouting mission? If you're new to the city you'll be able to do a bit of exploring and visually check if something is your vibe before committing. You've got all sorts like The Ark and Bier Halle that folk here will tell you are shite but if you just want a beer and some grub then walk around and judge for yourself. by Forever__Young (Sat 8th Aug 2020 11:03pm)
  • Sorry about the other responses. I would say generally even if everyone here says a place is terrible it doesnt necessarily mean it is. I've had plenty of fun afternoons and nights in places considered god awful by this sub. by Forever__Young (Sun 9th Aug 2020 11:03am)
  • If you like those things because they're quirky then you dont get them. Meditation/spirituality is meant to be enlightening to help you find deeper meaning, it's not meant to he a personality trait that you can use to impress people. by Forever__Young (Sat 15th Aug 2020 2:39am)
  • Okay understood. Thought you were going to go to one of those places and not take it seriously and take the piss a bit. by Forever__Young (Sat 15th Aug 2020 11:18am)
  • The Tenement but you'll need to kid on you want them to get pumped. Or the Smiddy, right next door which is actually a Celtic bar. by Forever__Young (Sat 22nd Aug 2020 9:39am)
  • 100% the weather is to blame. I used to walk 40 mins to school and back and on a nice day it was class, would take about 3 hours because wed be hanging about, stopping in the park and shops and all that couldn't beat it. On a day it was pishing it just seemed like walking up a big hill with freezing water being lashed into your face and hair and pouring off your jacket onto your trousers and shoes. Fucking grim, and it was pretty much 50/50 nice weather and shite weather. by Forever__Young (Fri 28th Aug 2020 12:01pm)
  • Car people? You mean people using a car? That's like 80% of people. Important to refer to the old rule, if everyone you meet is a cunt then you're probably the one that's a cunt. by Forever__Young (Fri 28th Aug 2020 12:05pm)
  • Cant offer much help with a counsellor but just to say I've been where you are and it can get better, you might feel like a total fuck up but the fact you're asking for help is the biggest sign that you're open to changing things for the better. Best of luck. by Forever__Young (Mon 14th Sep 2020 12:21pm)
  • Fun fact, dear green place is actually a mistranslation. Green Hollow is how Glasgow really translates. 'The name Glasgow is Brittonic in origin, with a first element being glas, meaning "grey-green, grey-blue", and the second *cöü, "hollow", giving a meaning of "green-hollow". The green-hollow may refer to the ravine to the east of Glasgow Cathedral. A popular but mistaken idea is that the name Glasgow can be translated as "dear green place".' by Forever__Young (Fri 18th Sep 2020 11:21am)
  • https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molendinar_Burn Yes exactly, crazy that they dont teach the history of Glasgow in Glasgow schools by Forever__Young (Fri 18th Sep 2020 11:45am)
  • Surely any building can be built with the context of its environment taken into account when designing it? Doesnt need to look as if it was built in the Victorian era to be congruent. by Forever__Young (Sat 19th Sep 2020 9:52pm)
  • Or answering buyer questions when they dont know the answers: 'Will this this hold a 5kg frame?' "No idea sorry" Dont fucking answer the question then. by Forever__Young (Sat 19th Sep 2020 9:57pm)
  • I'm in the same boat. Used to be 10 pints a night when I went out but have been able to tame myself. Have tried stopping completely but actually really enjoy it in moderation so find just having 3 or 4 pints over the course of a night a few times month is perfect for me and I dont feel guilty like I used to when I'd wake up with an empty bank account and full of regrets. by Forever__Young (Sat 26th Sep 2020 11:33pm)
  • 100% think it's all part of growing up. The binge drinking sessions seem like so much fun when you're 16/17 and then just seem sadder and sadder as you get on. Shame so many people have to chuck it totally because of over-indulgence, the slow buzz you mention can be so enjoyable without being a problem ie cold drinks in hot beer gardens or mulled wine by a fire. by Forever__Young (Sun 27th Sep 2020 10:06am)
  • Glad to see the patter police out doing their evening patrol. by Forever__Young (Wed 30th Sep 2020 11:47pm)
  • To be fair it's not a these days problem, Glasgow has had problems with antisocial behaviour for decades. I think for the most part its moving in the right direction, but theres definitely a culture surrounding drugs and alcohol thats not conducive to raising healthy, happy people. by Forever__Young (Sat 3rd Oct 2020 7:11am)
  • My da used to work for Weir Pumps and it later became Clyde Pumps, what a blast from the past reading this haha. by Forever__Young (Sat 3rd Oct 2020 11:45am)
  • A welder, so a robot with permanently damaged eyes! by Forever__Young (Sat 3rd Oct 2020 12:38pm)
  • Im the opposite, Glaswegian in London. Can't stomach the thought of not seeing my friends and family on/around Christmas. I know I might need to just suck it up if the restrictions are still in but it'll be a Christmas sat about greeting which is pretty tragic. by Forever__Young (Thu 8th Oct 2020 2:55pm)
  • Naw, wanker. Hes no better than anybody. A 30 quid fine that doubles in a fortnight might be trivial in the grand scheme of things, but if you're living pay cheque to pay cheque on minimum wage it can fuck you over big time. Just because someone broke parking restrictions doesnt mean you get to talk down to them and treat them like scum. by Forever__Young (Sat 10th Oct 2020 6:38pm)
  • Aye you're massively downvoted here but folk are just being high and mighty imo. Aye you fucked it with the parking. Aye you fucked it with the ticket. But now it's going to cost you 30 quid direct to the council's coffers and you're willing to take responsibility and pay it. You're absolutely right that their system is broken and is fucking garbage. Got every right to be pissed off with the inconvenience of that. by Forever__Young (Sat 10th Oct 2020 6:36pm)
  • DELETED Contact to what end? To get those folk prosecuted? No, since you cant identify them. To get a permanent security service for the swans? No because the council doesnt have money for that. The best you could hope is that the put CCTV in as a result of your email. I agree that they folk are scum and animal abuse is abhorrent but other than you, admirably, confronting them to stop it theres not much more that can be done. by Forever__Young (Sun 11th Oct 2020 6:41pm)
  • No negativity, theyve contacted the council and told the folk to stop. I applaud them big time but thats the end of the line unfortunately. by Forever__Young (Sun 11th Oct 2020 7:26pm)
  • Dont know why this is downvoted it's true. My birds teenage half brother rips folk off with drop shipping all the time and it's always stuff ordered from china with a one month delivery. by Forever__Young (Thu 15th Oct 2020 8:48am)
  • 'Vegan cunts'? What is this 2011? For what it's worth I went to Glasgow Uni straight from a working class family as the first one in my family to ever go to uni and found the people spot on. Aye theres more vegans per capita but I think we know enough about climate change and factory farming that you need to admire it rather than sneering by Forever__Young (Sat 17th Oct 2020 5:54pm)
  • Wok Express was better too when I lived there, although I made my own chicken fried rice and when it was almost ready I'd sprint down and just buy prawn crackers and curry sauce haha by Forever__Young (Tue 20th Oct 2020 3:29pm)
  • Looks quality, and not a boarded up shop in sight. by Forever__Young (Tue 27th Oct 2020 4:29pm)
  • Honestly I know it doesn't support local businesses and have ropey practices but Amazon might be a shout if you want stuff delivered in time. by Forever__Young (Tue 27th Oct 2020 4:31pm)
  • However if you're 19 and stumbling out the GUU then its illegal not to go. by Forever__Young (Wed 18th Nov 2020 6:19pm)
  • I brought worse things home from the GUU... to be fair its the least they deserve after charging all those students 7 quid for pakora. by Forever__Young (Wed 18th Nov 2020 6:29pm)
  • Zip Yard on Great Western Road is class for jeans. Had them take up and in a pair of jeans and had patches put into the chaffing area around the inner thighs when they wore out. Took a pair of jeans that fit me horribly and they lasted about 5 years because of it, and ive been back a couple times since and the service is always superb. by Forever__Young (Tue 15th Dec 2020 2:55pm)
  • The spicy fried chicken in kimchi cult is wonderful, sweet soy bbq one is decent too. by Forever__Young (Tue 22nd Dec 2020 1:31pm)
  • Pub with my mates, get steaming and celebrate new year style when the clocks tick over to Christmas going about hugging and kissing whoever's in the pub and then waking up with a banger of a headache on Christmas. Fair to say we'll be doing things differently this year. by Forever__Young (Thu 24th Dec 2020 4:50pm)
  • I'm waking up in London away from my family so I'll be having a shiter either way. by Forever__Young (Thu 24th Dec 2020 5:15pm)
  • Cant be bothered even sliding on trackies? Takes about 5 seconds. by Forever__Young (Sat 26th Dec 2020 11:56pm)
  • https://www.worldwildlife.org/industries/soy Soy is horrible for the environment. Definitely avoid any soy products if possible. by Forever__Young (Sun 27th Dec 2020 3:59pm)
  • What's the difference? Surely a soy bean is a soy bean no matter who its grown for? by Forever__Young (Sun 27th Dec 2020 4:19pm)
  • How shite are the takeaways down here? Chippys the only thing that is even close and they dont even have that half sauce half vinegar thing. Terrible. by Forever__Young (Fri 1st Jan 2021 10:58pm)
  • Going to give this a try, I fancy trying the pakora too depending on what time I've got off next month. by Forever__Young (Fri 1st Jan 2021 10:55pm)
  • Got it ordered, cheers looking forward to having some and getting rid of some of the homesickness. by Forever__Young (Fri 1st Jan 2021 11:26pm)
  • Blues kitchen buffalo wings are the dogs baws. by Forever__Young (Sun 3rd Jan 2021 12:49am)
  • To be fair when I lived in Partick for uni 3 years ago it was absolutely crawling with students. Think if you're looking for young professional life I'd go Southside, but if you're looking for a proper studenty place west end still cant be beat. by Forever__Young (Sun 10th Jan 2021 12:28pm)
  • Should ban single use cups, no reason folk cant carry a cup about if they love coffee so much. It's just so wasteful. by Forever__Young (Sun 10th Jan 2021 5:11pm)
  • No I mean you should either have to bring your own or buy a reusable one. by Forever__Young (Sun 10th Jan 2021 5:27pm)
  • Aye same, I carry a small flask which I fill up at home before I leave and if I need a refill I'll nip in a coffee shop and they dont mind at all (well used to not done this since covid). What's so hard about that? Just keep it in your bag/car. by Forever__Young (Sun 10th Jan 2021 5:32pm)
  • I thought they meant ceramic mugs in the place. Sorry I'm not perfect. Either way if you're walking so far you cant pour a coffee into a flask before the journey youre going too far. by Forever__Young (Sun 10th Jan 2021 6:49pm)
  • I've lived in a few major cities in Englush speaking countries and the ones I've stayed in it's not too different. Nice areas and rough areas, London is probably the most cosmopolitan city in the UK and it has some amount of antisocial behaviour, filth and crime. by Forever__Young (Tue 19th Jan 2021 4:46pm)
  • Might as well make your CV the best it can be apply for positions if you're in a position be earning apprentice wages for the next couple years. At the end of the day it's up to the employer and they might just fancy you for the role if you have work experience and show you're really keen. Cant speak for individual companies, you'll need to check their websites for vacancies. Rolls Royce etc that normally take on loads of apprentices have been hit pretty hard with their jet engine manufacturing grinding to a halt, so that changes things but it's still worth checking. by Forever__Young (Wed 27th Jan 2021 7:44am)
  • To be fair at least they're honest enough to write CON right next to their MPs candidate on the ballot. by Forever__Young (Fri 29th Jan 2021 3:08pm)
  • http://imgur.com/gallery/6ltkZYG Actually you are. Rainfall has been relatively stable for decades since 1994, when the records begin, average rainfall has actually been trending upwards. by Forever__Young (Tue 2nd Feb 2021 9:38pm)
  • Might be because we're all stuck in the house? Less commuting, less out stoating about in your nice clothes, less chance of getting pished on running for the bus, less chance of getting fucking soaked. by Forever__Young (Tue 2nd Feb 2021 9:45pm)
  • I done something similar on doctors advice and narrowed it down to coffee and beer. Can have the occasional beer but coffee is completely off the table which is gutting, used to love just sitting with a coffee reading or looking out the window but doing the same with a tea is shite for some reason. by Forever__Young (Thu 4th Feb 2021 9:41am)
  • Im the same, my days of drinking a few pints of cobra and eating a red hot curry have obviously caught up with me. What chance have you got eating non-spicy dinners and drinking decaf teas for the rest of you days? by Forever__Young (Thu 4th Feb 2021 12:05pm)
  • Mate its a joke but the plus side is in 2 months your digestive issues will be better and you'll know how to manage them. I was getting constant heart palpatations due to indigestion, would take a malty decaf tea over constant worry about heart problems and a permanently upset stomach any day. by Forever__Young (Thu 4th Feb 2021 12:32pm)
  • Still gives me digestive problems, just disagrees with my insides. I can have other high caffeine things like cola and chocolate, just coffee that kills me. by Forever__Young (Thu 4th Feb 2021 1:01pm)
  • Defo cant tell it's a scheme just from the pictures. Most houses in Hamilton look like those houses, so I'm sure a lot of other satellite towns are the same not just the schemes. by Forever__Young (Fri 5th Feb 2021 11:18am)
  • Aye it's definitely no the west end or Southside but theres plenty areas outside of that but still within Glasgow that are more than safe to live in. by Forever__Young (Fri 5th Feb 2021 11:33am)
  • Fair play, didn't realise the locarion had been named. by Forever__Young (Fri 5th Feb 2021 11:57am)
  • Best beer in the whole world. Only a quid for a draft pint in Prague too, unbeatable. by Forever__Young (Fri 5th Feb 2021 2:32pm)
  • The one below is less than half the price to be fair, and if you shop in Aldi you'll get it for about 1/4 of that. Used to live off 20 quid a week and I'd have chicken thighs every single night. by Forever__Young (Sat 6th Feb 2021 1:46pm)
  • Love the nail but given that Gaelic probably isn't even the 4th most spoken language in Glasgow I would probably have that as the subtitles rather than the larger writing. by Forever__Young (Sat 6th Feb 2021 3:31pm)
  • If everyone went out driving round the city to all different places whenever the wanted a coffee or bite to eat then the virus would continue to spread greatly. If you want to walk down to a local coffee shop then thats one thing but theres no need to drive to all corners of the city for coffee. by Forever__Young (Sat 6th Feb 2021 9:53pm)
  • The rule is dont leave the house unless absolutely necessary. Getting in your car and driving across the city to a coffee shop is not absolutely necessary. Is drinking french press coffee out a travel mug on your daily walk as good? Obviously not but we are in national lockdown. by Forever__Young (Sat 6th Feb 2021 10:41pm)
  • I'd start looking for a new flat. In the meantime I'd tell them its unlivable and making you sick and you will withhold rent if they dont fix it ASAP. Maybe contact some sort of tenancy advocates to ask what the right thing to do it? It's pretty not on if cold air and water are blowing in through Feb in Glasgow I'd say that is potentially damaging your health which is bang out of order And obviously if it rumbles on over a month then I'd move. Edit: maybe contact shelter if you xant afford a solicitor as they'll offer advice if you're housing conditions are unsafe or unlivable https://scotland.shelter.org.uk/about_us/contact_us by Forever__Young (Sun 7th Feb 2021 12:50pm)
  • No naan or pitta, no tubs of sauce. Dont rate that at all, looks dry and only half full. Sorry Istanbul but I'm no impressed with that. by Forever__Young (Mon 8th Feb 2021 10:01am)
  • Fair play, doesnt look to appetising but I'm sure once its wrapped in bread and covered in sauce its incredible. by Forever__Young (Mon 8th Feb 2021 10:05am)
  • Senior workers in the private sector earn 125k too, that's not an absolutely obscene wage nowadays. Now I dont think anyone needs to earn that much money, but it doesnt surprise me that the top 16 earners at GCC average £125k. by Forever__Young (Mon 8th Feb 2021 11:42am)
  • But by capping public sector wages there would be a massive public sector brain drain. I agree that massively inflated wages would be ridiculous, but I dont think we can know for sure these wages as massively inflated. You say the people dont add value, how do you know? Maybe they're adding an equivalent or greater amount of value through their work? by Forever__Young (Mon 8th Feb 2021 11:53am)
  • Absolutely and it is an emotional issue but I know a couple of people earning more than that working in senior positions for private waste management companies. Obviously if the company didnt think they were worth it on the balance of value they wouldn't pay them. Now think how many waste management contacts the council deals with and then multiply that by all the other things they have to deal with. I don't think 125k for the top earners in the council is too egregious. The minimum wage not being equal to the living wage? Now that egregious. by Forever__Young (Mon 8th Feb 2021 12:05pm)
  • Yeah I have massive respect for soldiers (individually rather than the institutions) and think abusing them is pathetic and misguided, but theres no way it should be illegal. by Forever__Young (Mon 8th Feb 2021 12:16pm)
  • If the hill is close by and you stay 2m away from strangers then I'd say it's as valid a form of exercise as cycling or jogging. by Forever__Young (Wed 10th Feb 2021 10:10am)
  • Must've spent 10,000 hours sitting in the library looking at a near identical view during my final year. What a place. by Forever__Young (Fri 12th Feb 2021 4:19pm)
  • We used to say it was the best view in the west end because you couldnt see the Boyd Orr from it. by Forever__Young (Fri 12th Feb 2021 10:05pm)
  • Worth noting that genetics was a very poorly understood subject by every human ever until the 1860s and no one had a really good understanding until the 1930s. It's one of those things everyone thinks is really simple and obvious because they learned it in standard grade, but it's actually a really complex scientific idea. Worth remembering when Bell was alive most people didnt even know what germs/bacteria were or that they caused illness, which is something every toddler knows nowadays. by Forever__Young (Sun 14th Feb 2021 11:51am)
  • Yeah Im the same, I was one of two straight white men on my course (physiology), and the only one from Glasgow, and came out with a 2.2 while most folk were from abroad and BAME students and most of them came out with firsts. by Forever__Young (Thu 18th Feb 2021 2:19pm)
  • So say they decide to do this, the cost would go up for most of the very poorest. All of a sudden a lot of people already in precarious circumstances wouldnt be able to afford to pay council tax, or theyd have to suffer substantially to be able to make the payments. And the benefits of introducing such a system? It would only benefit people who are already comparatively more wealthy by making them slightly more well off. Is that a trade off that we, as a society, should be willing to make? by Forever__Young (Tue 23rd Feb 2021 9:13pm)
  • 100% agree. Living away the 3 foodstuffs I miss most are crispy rolls, square sausage and scotch pies. Trying to explain to English folk that those 4 pack of Warburton rolls, Cumberland sausages and any other pie isnt a substitute is a losing battle. by Forever__Young (Thu 25th Feb 2021 9:39am)
  • I'll leather both of you Aberdeen softies if you start arguing that by Forever__Young (Thu 25th Feb 2021 9:49am)
  • I'd add an extra 5% VAT to online sales by businesses turning over X amount per year (1m maybe?). Not because I'm some traditionalist that loves the high street, but it's so easy for these mega corps to avoid tax when they're trading online. by Forever__Young (Thu 4th Mar 2021 9:43pm)
  • Never even realised this because I only ever kicked about the west end as a student and both unions have a pool table. Absolutely shocking. by Forever__Young (Thu 4th Mar 2021 9:40pm)
  • Come on let's not turn this sub into r/Scotland. You can be proudly Scottish (and not racist/wannabe English) without supporting independence. Its particularly unfair to paint everyone anti-independence as racist, which is one of the most horrendous things you can be and has nothing to do with the subject of independence. by Forever__Young (Fri 5th Mar 2021 5:05pm)
  • I'm undecided but my Dad is very pro-union. He brought me up taking me to see Scotland games and watching Braveheart, he wears a kilt when goes to ceilidhs, hosts a big Burns nights every year with family friends, holidays in Rothesay. Hes as proudly Scottish as anyone you'll ever meet. It's nothing like voting for Brexit and being pro-EU because the referendum isnt on whether Scotland should stop existing, it's just on whether it should leave the union. And if you called him a racist to his face hed kick fuck out of you, because he always taught me that racists were the lowest of the low and he would be furious by someone accusing him of that. by Forever__Young (Fri 5th Mar 2021 5:36pm)
  • Well my dad works for a company based in England and the industry hes in is pretty much centred in England. Less selfishly hes just always been pro-union, and he really believes the democracy British citizens has is the most free and equal in the world, and thinks the British welfare state, NHS, school system is amazing. He started off as an apprentice welder on a YTS and has worked his way up to a great well paid job so I think he just thinks the country offers so much I'm the way of opportunity. As I said my father already feels Scotland has a strong identity, and loves Scots history and loves Scottish art and poetry so I guess he doesnt feel Scotland needs to be independent to be a proud and passionate Scotsman. Also for the record Gaelic was brought to Scoland only 1200 years ago by an invading Irish army, and was only the dominant language of the ruling class for a couple hundred years and was likely never the majority language amongst the people of Scotland. It arrived around 800 AD, peaked around 1000 AD, and died off pretty soon after. by Forever__Young (Fri 5th Mar 2021 7:12pm)
  • I would say calling no voters racist England lovers would insinuate that they're not proud to be Scottish, wouldnt you? by Forever__Young (Fri 5th Mar 2021 7:49pm)
  • You get Celtic fans stabbing people to death and kicking fuck out of them because they wear a different colour of top. Be realistic mate. by Forever__Young (Sat 6th Mar 2021 8:04pm)
  • The fact his has 30 upvotes is insane. As if supporting a football team over another makes you a bad person. Pathetic, grow up we're not in P4. by Forever__Young (Sat 6th Mar 2021 8:05pm)
  • I know, they're all as bad as each other. Theres scumbags supporting all football teams, what jersey you wear has nothing to do with how much of an arsehole you are. Theres also plenty of great Glasgow people on both sides and a lot of charity and community work done by the clubs and their supporters. by Forever__Young (Sat 6th Mar 2021 9:46pm)
  • The police and government both gave football the go-ahead but surely they knew this was going to happen no matter who won. If celtic had won it would be their record breaking 10th title in a row and there would be mass gatherings. Instead they lost and there has been mass gatherings of protest. If Rangers had stopped them doing it there would be mass gatherings. I'm sure if Rangers had royally fucked it their fans would be congregating too. If Aberdeen or Hibs had won it would be the first time in most of their fans living memory and their would be mass gatherings. If England or Scotland win the Euros there will be insane crowds gatherings. It was simply an unavoidable fact of having a football season, why have one and then cry about the inevitable outcome? by Forever__Young (Mon 8th Mar 2021 10:04am)
  • I cant believe about 3,000 bampots met up in town and the attitude is we should completely ban football as a result. These folk have no perspective whatsoever on the real world and how it operates. Why dont they simply make alcohol illegal seeing as thats by far the biggest public health/antisocial behaviour issue in Scotland? Worked well for the Americans. Perhaps we could follow it up with some sort of conflict against drugs? Simply ban all vice and the working class will fall into line and behave the way these people want us to all the time. by Forever__Young (Mon 8th Mar 2021 3:29pm)
  • I've worked in other bars and the Celtic fans were way worse. Really terrible. by Forever__Young (Mon 8th Mar 2021 3:30pm)
  • And nobodies going to ban football either. That's reality mate. by Forever__Young (Mon 8th Mar 2021 4:01pm)
  • Sloans. by Forever__Young (Mon 8th Mar 2021 4:00pm)
  • Aye mate because Scottish football costs more than it brings in in taxes that's right. The players of both OF teams are in the top tax bracket paying millions of pounds a year in tax, that's a ridiculous argument. by Forever__Young (Mon 8th Mar 2021 3:59pm)
  • Not all their proper taxes but they pay PAYE income tax through their employer (except for a brief period of 4-5 months in 2012 under Craig Whyte). Combine with all the other staffs wages and economic impact, VAT on footy top, tickets, pies, TV packages, corporation tax, the game generates 10s of millions of pounds per year for the economy. They're not going to shut it down because the fans cause a few thousand pounds worth of damage, no matter how much the middle class friends of yours wish they would. by Forever__Young (Mon 8th Mar 2021 4:08pm)
  • No your in the class that's trying to ban working class peoples interests if they dont conform to your standards of morality. by Forever__Young (Mon 8th Mar 2021 4:17pm)
  • Football fans by and large are. I'm sure more than half of the people in Scotland are football 'fans' in some capacity. Probably about 1 mil are passionate football fans. 3,000 wee dicks wrecked things, punish them not the entire community. As said it would make far more impact on anti-social behaviour banning alcohol, theres far more damage, hospitalisation and lives ruined through booze. Why arent you calling for alcohol to be banned? Enjoy a little tipple yourself so think it's not fair for that to be banned because of the behavioir of others? What about food, why not ban takeaways and crisps to curb the obesity epidemic which costs the NHS far more than football fans? Oh you like a curry and a bag of quavers do you? Dont see why you have to suffer because of others self control? Hypocrite Edit: just seen you calling people gypsies as an insult because you think they're scummy. Wont deal with racists we're done here. Imagine a fucking racist arsehole trying to give morality lessons. by Forever__Young (Mon 8th Mar 2021 4:31pm)
  • Fuck off racist. Gypsies, or Romani people, are human beings not an insult for people you think are scummy. by Forever__Young (Mon 8th Mar 2021 4:35pm)
  • You're the one who's a racist scumbag. by Forever__Young (Mon 8th Mar 2021 4:44pm)
  • It's an ethnic group. If you think discrimination against them is acceptable then I guess that sums you up as a human. by Forever__Young (Mon 8th Mar 2021 4:42pm)
  • [Your racist comment for posterity](http://imgur.com/gallery/jp1A4UR) 'The Romani also known as Roma, are an Indo-Aryan people, traditionally nomadic itinerant living mostly in  Europe, as well as diaspora populations in the Americas. The Romani are widely known in English by the exonym Gypsies (or Gipsies), which is considered by some Roma people to be pejorative due to its connotations of illegality and irregularity.' https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/16/gypsy-travellers-discrimination-stigma-poster-campaign. Good article if you want to educate yourself instead of living as an ignorant racist. by Forever__Young (Mon 8th Mar 2021 4:40pm)
  • Racist. by Forever__Young (Mon 8th Mar 2021 4:48pm)
  • I would love you to argue you in court about whether gypsy is a racist term. You know youd have to reveal your identity and everyone would know you use slurs online? by Forever__Young (Mon 8th Mar 2021 4:45pm)
  • I'd rather be a fud than a bigot. by Forever__Young (Mon 8th Mar 2021 4:54pm)
  • Using the name of an ethnic group as an insult is a slur. by Forever__Young (Mon 8th Mar 2021 4:52pm)
  • It makes you sick that Rangers fans are donating to fix broken benches? You really need to get some perspective on the real world pal. by Forever__Young (Mon 8th Mar 2021 11:08pm)
  • Just done my first full week in work with no working from home since December. To the guy asking yesterday: yes it was bloody gruelling. Friday felt like a Friday though, shame there was nowhere to go in the evening. by Forever__Young (Sat 13th Mar 2021 10:59am)
  • Our housemates done it once by accident. They were waiting for their food and the guy stopped by with a delivery. Turns out it was the wrong house, but because they'd opened it up Uber wouldn't come and pick it up, so they just got 2 different dinners delivered. by Forever__Young (Sun 14th Mar 2021 12:06pm)
  • Aye just change the narrative now that other folk are out. Go check the outrage on this sub because people were congregating outside while the celebrations were happening and before the benches being destroyed was known about. by Forever__Young (Wed 17th Mar 2021 8:41pm)
  • The only thing that happened on a large scale that day that was illegal was covid rule breaking. And the exact same thing happened in the images you're seeing. Marching through the streets, partying and setting off fireworks aren't illegal except for the fact that the people doing so were breaking covid rules. Maybe 3 or 4 people had a fight or broke a bench, but the 99.9% just congregated outdoors which is what the outcry was about. by Forever__Young (Wed 17th Mar 2021 9:12pm)
  • A lot of people saying its different because they weren't signing and setting off fireworks. The mask has slipped, the outrage wasn't about the covid restrictions it was about working class vice/petty point scoring. For the record I think they're all (including the recent vigils and BLM gatherings) unacceptable at this time, but it's massively hypocritical to condone one but not the other. by Forever__Young (Wed 17th Mar 2021 9:17pm)
  • Same thing happened to my partner, she is objectively amazing at her job but her boss tried to make her life harder and hell, presumably because she was worried about her own position. The only way out is to get a new job imo, if you're doing a great job and your direct superiors think it's shite then they either know nothing, want you to do extra work for free or they're just arseholes. by Forever__Young (Thu 18th Mar 2021 9:08am)
  • £4k for damage to 7 benches, 4k for damage to flower beds, 3k for damage to lawns and 500 quid for damage to bedding plants was what made up the bill. Basically a few folk have jumped on top of some benches, flower beds and grass, which is a bit stupid and thoughtless but not some sort of mad riot or vandalism like people are making out. by Forever__Young (Thu 18th Mar 2021 9:27am)
  • They may well have been but socialising in the park isn't seen societally as a working class vice. Football fan culture and the associated drinking and gambling aspects are. If you have a problem with people breaking covid restrictions to celebrate a football team winning but not with people breaking covid restrictions in a park then your problem is not with breaking the restrictions it's with football fans. by Forever__Young (Thu 18th Mar 2021 10:50am)
  • Yes but the majority of middle class men and women also spend time pottering around parks or meeting up for a coffee outdoors. It's all down to perception, if the issue was covid rule breaking then the Rangers game, meeting for St Pats, the BLM protests and the vigils last week would all be condemned. Instead there's 2 opposing groups, each saying 'people I identify with going out and breaking the rules was understandable in the circumstances, but rule breaks for any other reasons are unacceptable', which is immensely hypocritical. by Forever__Young (Thu 18th Mar 2021 1:07pm)
  • I use an old school razor and you get the sharpest blades imaginable for 100 for £5. by Forever__Young (Sat 20th Mar 2021 1:08pm)
  • Used to love Frankie and Benny's as a kid by Forever__Young (Mon 29th Mar 2021 10:35am)
  • In contrast to the other comment so far I went to UofG and although I done Life Sciences my experience couldn't have been more the opposite. The facilities were second to none, course tutors were amazing and supportive and the library and resources were brilliant. Social scene is amazing with loads of clubs, societies, unions and other opportunities like uni radio experience etc. Also great for me because I'm from a proper working class background, first in my family to go to uni etc and it was such a diverse place with loads of foreign students which was a real eye opener for me. I would say try and go visit them if covid allows, I had offers for both and went to the open days and knew immediately what one I wanted to go to. You get a better sense in person imo. by Forever__Young (Wed 31st Mar 2021 2:54pm)
  • They're all good but as someone who lives outside of Scotland and has to get them sent specially, nothing holds a candle to a proper butchers scotch pie. by Forever__Young (Thu 1st Apr 2021 5:00pm)
  • Stretch a big rubber band across the road, and when he drives into it he'll go flying backwards equally fast. Saw it on Looney Tunes one time and it worked really well. If that fails then draw a really convincing tunnel on the side of a rock and he'll go crashing into it. by Forever__Young (Thu 1st Apr 2021 5:13pm)
  • I used to live in a tenement and do nightshifts and early mornings on Sundays and a lot of times there is simply no public transport running. Not only that but I'd say it was a 30 minute walk to the nearest supermarket. How can you do a big shop for a family? If you're suggesting you should just get a bus with a weeks worth of shopping in your hands or shop exclusively in extrortionate tesco metro's youre off your head. Fair enough I did live in a Paritck tenement quite happily without a car because it was 2 mins to Morrisons or Lidl and I worked days, but not everyone in a tenement building is that lucky. by Forever__Young (Wed 7th Apr 2021 2:39pm)
  • Okay tell that to my gaffer, still needed to get to work. by Forever__Young (Wed 7th Apr 2021 3:47pm)
  • It's actually dissy, not dissed like rappers say. Getting dissy'd is old fashion Scottish slag for getting patched. by Forever__Young (Thu 8th Apr 2021 11:16pm)
  • I've literally never in my life heard anyone in Glasgow say 'Someone at work dissed me today'. Maybe Americans say it regularly but thats not common in Scotland. by Forever__Young (Fri 9th Apr 2021 9:50am)
  • There's a comedy society at the uni which had less than 20 members when I went who all get together and work on their material etc. Might be worth doing that for a bit before trying open mic infront of strangers, which can be seriously daunting and very embarrassing if you're stuff isn't very polished. by Forever__Young (Thu 15th Apr 2021 10:30am)
  • As someone who was born and raised in Glasgow but has lived in America and Australia and came back id say its worth going to the uni club for a bit before just getting up. Comedy, especially the comedic stylings of an international postgrad student, can sometimes not translate particularly well. It's worth running it by some other sympathetic comedically minded peers before jumping straight in imo. Edit: for example Steve Hofsetter is a fine comedian, but a 22 year old novice American performing comedy in that style at the stand would really struggle if they've not assimilated a bit of Glasgow culture first. by Forever__Young (Thu 15th Apr 2021 2:05pm)
  • Woman I work with says she's suspicious of bill gates but anytime I ask why she can't put her finger on it but thinks there's something suspicious about him. Apparently that's enough to not want to get a vaccine that's got nothing to do with him at all and has been approved by the government and also by several independent medical authorities. Imagine trusting these dafties and a gut feeling over medical authorities. I just don't get it. At least flat earth is harmless and if it turns out you're wrong then you've not killed yourself or anyone else. by Forever__Young (Thu 15th Apr 2021 3:20pm)
  • They say this and then when the council moves flat eon will come and read the meter and they'll need to pay the difference. I got caught out with this one ages ago. by Forever__Young (Thu 15th Apr 2021 4:24pm)
  • The guys at the comedy society will help you out. A lot of them will be folk of the same age who are only a couple years into doing stand up so they'll be masters at helping you find gigs and adapting your stuff. by Forever__Young (Thu 15th Apr 2021 10:29pm)
  • I took one hit from a tobacco bong and was arrested and thrown in jail within minutes. by Forever__Young (Fri 16th Apr 2021 2:12pm)
  • Pilsner Urquell and Carlsberg Export are lovely, if you like Moretti then you'll love them. by Forever__Young (Sun 18th Apr 2021 10:07pm)
  • Called Bier Deluxe in my local Asda. by Forever__Young (Tue 4th May 2021 12:38pm)
  • Yeah im not a craft beer drinker either, too expensive. 10 of those little biers are only about 3.50 which is still a con but will do me the whole weekend if im just sitting about the house whereas if I buy 4 bottles of bud I smack them all in one night. by Forever__Young (Tue 4th May 2021 1:24pm)
  • Yeah I was a Labour party member up until this year. Keir Starmer is almost the antithesis of my beliefs and as a result I've given up my membership. Green for me now. I'm not crazy about independence but I'm also not a one issue voter and all of their other policies are things I really believe in. by Forever__Young (Fri 7th May 2021 8:08am)
  • Well if you ever start a party let me know, you've got my vote. by Forever__Young (Fri 7th May 2021 8:24am)
  • I'm not even saying I'll vote no, I just don't care either way really. I feel very Scottish culturally, but I don't care more about Scotland or Scottish people than I do any other people. I'd rather live in a world with no borders than more borders. However knowing that's not an option independence might be a route into making Scotland a more fair place to live, especially if the Tories keep gaining popularity. My only problem with the greens is their promise to cut taxes for most but raise taxes for the rich. I'd rather just keep taxes the same for most and raise them for the rich, let's go Scandinavia style. by Forever__Young (Fri 7th May 2021 8:21am)
  • You wouldn't have a country, the world would share wealth and resources by Forever__Young (Fri 7th May 2021 12:54pm)
  • Try spareroom, move in with some roommates and your bills, deposit and rent will be slightly over half as much as they would single. Might be able to avoid referencing too, I did a few years ago because the person was just renting the room out and not going through an agent. If I had to offer advice, and I know you didn't ask, it would be to wait a while until retail and hospitality is fully reopen. It will be very difficult to find work at the moment and moving to a new place with only your deposit saved up is risky business. by Forever__Young (Fri 7th May 2021 1:16pm)
  • Mate short back and sides with a trim on top is the first thing you learn at barber college. Anyone can do that. Just be clear with your instructions and you'll be fine. by Forever__Young (Fri 7th May 2021 8:50pm)
  • Mate you support Celtic, other people support Rangers. Just let them have their fun and next year it could be your turn again that's the nature of sport. Don't be bitter and post on Reddit asking the police to stop folk celebrating. Life's too short. by Forever__Young (Mon 10th May 2021 9:09am)
  • To be fair normally 50k fans fill the stadium to celebrate with the players, which isn't allowed this year so folk are naturally looking for alternatives in open air spaces. As for being too 'staunch' (I assume you mean staunch protestant/presbyterian due to the connotation of the word) there's nothing religious about following covid rules. There's plenty of people of every religion following/breaking the rules. Look at the police trouble in December (peak lockdown) at Celtic park, none of those people thought they were exempt from the rules because they were staunch protestants I assume. Bangers will just be bangers. by Forever__Young (Mon 10th May 2021 9:12am)
  • Every city in the Europe has open top bus tours and parties through the city centre and squares. Most cities actually sanction it and take part in organising the celebrations. Even in New York City, the busiest in the western world they have their celebrations in the streets of the city. You think they're all doing it just to wind folk up? Some people are just happy and want to celebrate after the worst year of all time, let them have their fun. by Forever__Young (Mon 10th May 2021 9:34am)
  • 1. Wheres the source that businesses have to close up? 2. People wanting to march to celebrate something =/= brain-dead louts wanting to smash the place up. Not all football fans are caricatures, most are just normal working class people which doesn't make them automatically violent criminals. by Forever__Young (Mon 10th May 2021 9:32am)
  • Yes I believe 4 benches and some flower beds were damaged and the rangers fans paid to get it all fixed up. Obviously the damage was unfortunate but at the end of the day no harm no foul. by Forever__Young (Mon 10th May 2021 9:37am)
  • 3000 folk went. 4 benches got damaged (from folk jumping up and down on them) and flower beds got stood in. Probably accidental and not exactly brain dead louts smashing everything up is it. Fans and supporters groups then paid to fully cover the cost of repair which is a lovely gesture imo. The only terrible thing they done was vandalising the Celtic store, but that's at most 3/4 out of 1000. You're painting with very broad strokes and it's unfair on the majority that just want to go and have some fun and celebrate something that means a lot to them. by Forever__Young (Mon 10th May 2021 9:40am)
  • Okay I've not heard anything about racism but if that's true those folk should be in jail simple as that. Lock them up and throw away the key. Nothing to do with Rangers Football Club though, in fact they're running a very successful inclusivity campaign called Everyone Anyone which has been massively successful. Unfortunately racism still exists in Glasgow but it is getting better (certainly has in my lifetime). by Forever__Young (Mon 10th May 2021 9:47am)
  • https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/rangers-fans-pay-11k-bill-20146086.amp https://www.rangersnews.uk/news/rangers-fans-raise-over-13k-to-right-wrong-of-george-square-party/amp/ Yeah exactly mate same folk who were out helping clean up (Louden Tavern) arranged the fundraiser which paid the entire bill. Again not saying the damage should've happened but 3000 drunk folk caused accidental damage and fixing it cost the council nothing so at the end of the day I don't know why it's such a big point of concern for so many considering its all sorted. by Forever__Young (Mon 10th May 2021 9:45am)
  • No, the club made no statement regarding the incident. by Forever__Young (Mon 10th May 2021 9:51am)
  • I'd agree that's the reason it doesn't happen more often, but that's irrelevant to the fact that celebrating in a city happens all over the world so it happening in Glasgow shouldn't be seen as some personal attack on other people. In recent years they've started happening more often which I think speaks to progress made and long may it continue. by Forever__Young (Mon 10th May 2021 10:03am)
  • Yeah saying this should be banned because attendees of a previous event were racist is without precedent and would cause serious disruption to just about everything ever. Those people being racist need the jail. But every political party would need to be banned because they've all had racists. Every pub would need to close down because there's been racism. We'd need to close every park because people have been racially abused in all of them. The solution to solving racism isn't banning an event any time anyone is racist at them, it's punishing the racists and better education (which thankfully is happening these days). by Forever__Young (Mon 10th May 2021 10:35am)
  • Spot on, I don't begrudge anyone their little bit of enjoyment anymore. The worlds a shite place very often so little victories and all that. by Forever__Young (Mon 10th May 2021 11:03am)
  • Nothing wrong with being on universal credit. Needing help to not starve to death or living on the streets shouldn't be stigmatised. by Forever__Young (Mon 10th May 2021 11:51am)
  • What is it with people with holier than thou attitudes always ending up being caught out as absolute hypocrites or having ulterior motives. Swear it's always the way with people who are overly preachy. by Forever__Young (Mon 10th May 2021 1:37pm)
  • Nah worse, snobby pricks are just annoying. He's a faux outraged fan of a rival team playing the 'Rangers fans are so bad, look how badly they behaved I'm morally apalled' and the second folk don't buy it he turns to making jokes about 66 Glasgow people who went to a football game and died in a tragic accident just because they wear different coloured scarves. by Forever__Young (Mon 10th May 2021 4:17pm)
  • >This is the only city in the world I’ve been where some people care if you don’t sound like them I've lived in 3 countries other than Scotland and have had the complete opposite experience. Some folk love it and think it's funny ('say fish, hahahah he said fash)', some people don't understand it and some folk have sly digs. Every single place I've lived that's been true. But if you have a Scottish accent abroad or even down south then it's universally accepted you're fair game for a slagging, so you just have to embrace it. Obviously I'm Glasgow born and bred so can't speak to your exact situation but I imagine it's the same and you just need to get some patter to hit back with. by Forever__Young (Tue 11th May 2021 8:22am)
  • > Think what annoys me the most is I’m working class and people better off/higher social class than me play the pretend working class glasgow card when they’re from bearsden... not sure if explaining it well Haha no I get exactly what you're talking about (and who). It's definitely a Glasgow thing to make out you're worse off than you are and take pride in having had to graft hard even if it's not true, I havent seen that as much elsewhere. At uni I was always putting up with folk with rich parents who didn't work talking about how they were skint all the time whilst they were out for lunch for the 5th time that week. If it helps it's not because of your accent, it's just part of their personality. If you had an even thicker Glasgow accent than them they'd still be making a point of how salt of the Earth they are. by Forever__Young (Tue 11th May 2021 9:45am)
  • My girlfriend has had it in a pub after accidently knocking a glass off the table (whilst still on her first drink). Fair to say we haven't gone back. She also get little jokey jabs pretty much daily which she can handle like 'we don't serve English folk in here' but when she's then confronted by actual bigotry all the little comments add up and she does feel like she's not welcome. by Forever__Young (Tue 11th May 2021 1:46pm)
  • One thing that would help would be subsidised public transport. My car was £700, insurance is 35 a month, petrol is 40 a month, tax is 15 a month. Have had it for 2 years and have spent about 200 on repairs. Comes out to £127.50 a month all in on average. My old 5 zone zone card used to come out to £133.60, and involved walking to the bus stop, getting a bus to the train station, getting a train into town and then getting the subway which took twice as long as the drive. As much as I don't like the idea of having a car, it's so hard to justify that extra time (over an hour daily 5 days a week) and money every day. If it was cheaper I'd probably be willing to make it work. by Forever__Young (Tue 11th May 2021 4:23pm)
  • He's from North Kilt-town. by Forever__Young (Wed 12th May 2021 9:35pm)
  • Mate I graduated in Physiology at Glasgow Uni in the last 5 years, trust me there's no gender studies if you're studying life sciences. Don't trust everything you read on the Scottish family party Facebook page. by Forever__Young (Sat 15th May 2021 1:49am)
  • From a morality point of view they're incomparable. From an infection control perspective they're directly comparable. In the minds of the people involved its so important to them they're willing to break lockdown regulations. It's incredibly difficult for humans to go 14 months without social contact and keep being told 'oh its only 1/2/3/4 more weeks'. Eventually fatigue sets in and people decided they'd benefit more from breaking the rules than following them. Once enough people feel that way the rules are untenable. by Forever__Young (Sat 15th May 2021 2:17am)
  • I've had to give my dog quaaludes and a little nip of grouse in his dog bowl to get him to calm down. by Forever__Young (Sat 15th May 2021 10:28am)
  • Based on a real comment from last week that got deleted where someone claimed they'd given their dog sedatives after the old firm game. by Forever__Young (Sat 15th May 2021 11:56am)
  • Yeah think the consensus is that one dose is only like 80% effective against hospitalisation, in that case 5 people being in hospital is totally expected. And both doses arent 100% because no vaccine or medicine is so 1 person double dosed being in is also understandable. Seems like a non story. by Forever__Young (Sat 15th May 2021 12:47pm)
  • I'm a very far left socialist and in also a Rangers fan. Nothing about going to Ibrox and wearing a blue scarf makes me less socialist than anyone else. There's no hypocrisy. I would however say you judging people because of their upbringing and thinking it means they cant be left wing does make you less socialist. by Forever__Young (Sat 15th May 2021 9:53pm)
  • Rangers or a subsection of the fans? As stated Glasgow is a very progressive, left leaning city. The majority of football fans in Glasgow support Rangers. Would say 70% of my family and friends are Rangers fans, and the majority of them are very left leaning. I admit the anti-catholic policy pre-1991 is a disgrace, but the club have progressed and moved on. Im extremely proud of the message of inclusivity and equality the club promote and the huge amount of charity and community work the club do. by Forever__Young (Sat 15th May 2021 10:17pm)
  • Normal people recognise that almost half of Glaswegians are Rangers fans, and the majority of Glaswegian football fans are, and yet its still a mighty fine place with far more good people than bad people and one of the most left-leaning in the country. If some bigots cant see that and instead think we're all fascists despite the fact less than 100 votes went to fascist parties and less than 10% to the Tories in this great city then it speaks volumes of their intelligence. by Forever__Young (Sat 15th May 2021 10:57pm)
  • Yeah and I'm pointing out that in Glasgow less than 100 votes went to fascist parties despite at least 200,000 Rangers fans living in Glasgow which makes that point a bit ridiculous. If you don't understand that then I don't know how much clearer it could be made. by Forever__Young (Sat 15th May 2021 11:12pm)
  • Without facial recognition I think it would be difficult for the club to identify people through CCTV and ban them. It's easier in the stadium because they're sitting in an assigned seat, the police would need to work to identify the folk on CCTV and I don't think they've got the resources to do that. by Forever__Young (Sun 16th May 2021 12:03pm)
  • Fair enough it's a sensible suggestion. It's a shame they couldn't arrest all the bigots and vandals at the scene so hopefully some can be caught by CCTV. by Forever__Young (Sun 16th May 2021 12:16pm)
  • You're not supposed to, I don't know the legalities of it but it's certainly discouraged. by Forever__Young (Mon 17th May 2021 11:23am)
  • >The default position can’t be Restrict/Lockdown. I agree with you. And if they decide it is then announce that. Announce that you've decided we need to lockdown until further notice. Let us know when it changes. Don't just keep saying 'only another week, oops now it's a month, okay I know we said a month but it needs to be another 2 weeks now, right the 2 weeks is up, one more week and it should be finished'. I get that they're trying to keep people on side but it's like water torture at this point. by Forever__Young (Mon 17th May 2021 11:26am)
  • To be fair there's at least 4 of them saying it. If Rangers have 7 or less fans then that's actually a majority rather than a minority. It is disgusting, and they should get charged, but posting a video of 4 folk saying racist things doesn't mean it's not a small minority. by Forever__Young (Mon 17th May 2021 3:22pm)
  • Here you go: The lassies in the video and any other Rangers who ever racially or religiously abuses anyone: absolute cunts every single one of them. by Forever__Young (Mon 17th May 2021 4:04pm)
  • > Nah mate stick to the plan cooked up 6 months plus ago by hook or by crook where we do vaccines by age only, even after its been proven jabbing people with high social contact stops them from becoming spreader vectors & cuts the issue off at the knees. Even in cities like Glasgow and London that skew very young meaning the city effectively has no protection yet. Wales (the whole country) has 1st dosed 80% of people whilst Glasgow has only done 56% due to the younger age group of its residents. It's understandable to save lives but then extending local lockdowns because of it is a bit criminal. If we weren't getting the jabs in the first place because we're not vulnerable then don't lock us down because we've started to get more infections. by Forever__Young (Tue 18th May 2021 7:57am)
  • According to the ONS (Deaths registered weekly as of 11th May 2021) under 40s make up 0.67% of the deaths. People with no pre existing conditions that's would make them eligible for the vaccine make up 8.9% of the deaths (England and Wales stats but similar lifestyle/demographics). That means if you've not had it yet your demographic makes up 0.059% of the deaths, which in Scotland would equate to 4 or 5 deaths. Hospitalisations and serious illness skew older too, so I wouldnt worry too much if I were you but I do understand the point you're making. by Forever__Young (Tue 18th May 2021 8:26am)
  • Haven't had lessons from them so don't know. by Forever__Young (Tue 18th May 2021 8:56pm)
  • At one point when I was a student I think half my wages were going on kimchi cult. 1 soy BBQ and 1 chilli Korean fried chicken, bulgogi fries and a can of juice was about the same as I got paid in 2 hours but it was also so class. by Forever__Young (Tue 18th May 2021 8:55pm)
  • The good thing is that even if its a placebo, if it's making it easier for you to sleep then its having the same end effect as something that's not a placebo. I wrote a paper at uni about how peoples anxiety decreased when they started regularly meditating. There is (or certainly was at the time) a large school of thought that that's also just a placebo effect, but if it reduces the anxiety then that's all that really matters to the sufferer. by Forever__Young (Wed 19th May 2021 11:27am)
  • In terms of anxiety and depression I concluded yes*. Sounds to me like sleep might be the same, as if a 'placebo' makes someone feel like they sleep better so they go to bed at 9 and fall asleep as a result then that's just as good as a tablet designed to make someone fall asleep at 9pm that works. Obviously when you then get into things like essential oils for treating cancer symptoms instead of getting real treatment you get into some really dangerous territory but that's a different thing entirely. *Worth noting that I'm no expert, this was a paper I wrote as an 18 year old who only done one module in psychology. by Forever__Young (Wed 19th May 2021 1:05pm)
  • Used to do pints of Tennents in there for £1.80 and replaced it with Carling for £2.20 as a result of a sponsorship deal. Never went back. by Forever__Young (Wed 19th May 2021 8:24pm)
  • Could buy 7 pints, 4 messy bombs and 2 strawpedos for under 20 quid in preparation for a night of trying to pull the goths that went to their club nights. Feel sorry for students now, definitely get less bang for their buck. by Forever__Young (Wed 19th May 2021 9:11pm)
  • Send him to a student union garden with 20 marlboro sitting next to him on the table, he'll have a table full of pals in no time. In all seriousness meetup.com has loads of ways to meet new pals and his college should have societies. Should be something he likes and has tried but if not it might be a good way to expand his horizons. Maybe email them and ask if you can come along with him the first couple of times to support him if he needs it, and if not just encourage him to try a bunch out and he might just make pals by accident in the process? by Forever__Young (Thu 20th May 2021 7:55am)
  • Aye I'm talking 2015 the price change happened, just getting my gripes out in the open while we're on the subject. by Forever__Young (Thu 20th May 2021 10:50am)
  • >Looks like the gaza strip via Facebook videos? Nice to see the area has improved a bit since I last visited. by Forever__Young (Fri 21st May 2021 7:39am)
  • If you're in Glasgow and not yet eligible for a vaccination (under 40 & no underlying condition which makes you eligible for jab), your demographic makes up 0.56% of the deaths. If you are eligible but refuse then I think we need to start thinking about personal responsibility and consequences. by Forever__Young (Fri 21st May 2021 1:03pm)
  • More like you just don't care and do it because it's easy. My mum used to tell me to put my rubbish in my school trouser pockets, they'd end up covered in crumbs and full of papers but she said it was worth it because otherwise she knew I'd be littering rather than stopping playing football for 2 mins to run over to a bin. by Forever__Young (Sat 22nd May 2021 8:55pm)
  • You're scraping the bottom of the barrel here pal. by Forever__Young (Sun 23rd May 2021 7:20pm)
  • Inn Deep allow dogs on leads so as long as you don't mind the attention of dogs seems like they'd welcome you. by Forever__Young (Mon 24th May 2021 4:05pm)
  • Not being funny but why can't vaccine appointments just operate like every other appointment you book in the 21st century where you go to website, there's a drop down box with all the available times and you pick the one that suits you best? Then if you can't make any just got to the next day. If the DVLA can manage it then how can the government, health service, private companies and army working together? Surely that makes more sense and is easier to organise than giving 50,000 people a day a random time and then rescheduling everyone who can't make it. by Forever__Young (Tue 25th May 2021 7:44am)
  • The pavement is made for folk walking with their mates, kids or dogs. If folk want to run that's fine but they can't expect people to keep their kids to heel so that the pathway is completely clear for runners. If theyre going for a PB and think people walking about will ruin it then maybe go to a park or something, or ultimately just accept that you might have to stop to let a family past. Agree with the first point though, no excuse for running past an old person or bumping into people when you're out a run because you don't want to slow down. by Forever__Young (Tue 25th May 2021 8:13am)
  • That's what I mean though why have a letter come through with a time that's totally unsuitable and then have to reschedule rather than letting people schedule at a time that suits in the first place? If they must send letters it should just say 'You can book between 26th May-1st June between 8am and 8pm on X website, after which you may not be guaranteed an appointment for another month'. Giving folk who works back shifts a 6 o'clock on Wednesday and someone who worked 9-5 a 2 o'clock Wednesday and requiring them both to rearrange is so inefficient. by Forever__Young (Tue 25th May 2021 9:52am)
  • Do we find out today if Glasgow moves levels? I'm supposed to be meeting a good pal on Monday that I've no seen from over 2 years but I'm in South Lanarkshire. by Forever__Young (Fri 28th May 2021 7:22am)
  • Maybe another week and a warning about those folk missing their vaccinations meaning it'll be longer? by Forever__Young (Fri 28th May 2021 7:44am)
  • That is amateur hour but haven't they doubled the amount of vaccine given out in the past week? Probably running as few staff as they could before hand and now with twice as much work they can't keep up. Having worked in the public sector I can confirm this is not an unusual occurrence. by Forever__Young (Fri 28th May 2021 7:56am)
  • Especially in level 3. So many things are open, so many ways it can spread so cases aren't ever going to go to zero. So what are we waiting on? So they can go down to 49/100,000 then we move to level 2 and it goes back up to 100/100,000 because people are going to pubs? What the fucks the point in that? by Forever__Young (Fri 28th May 2021 1:06pm)
  • Glasgow going down one tier isnt going to be a breeding ground for variants. The millions of cases across the globe daily are. The plan is to go into level 2 next week apparently, at which point the spread is going to increase. Are we supposed to believe there'll be no variants then? It's a weak argument from an epidemiological perspective. by Forever__Young (Fri 28th May 2021 8:04pm)
  • If you want to be segregated from other folk then why not someone's home? That's the most peaceful and separate you can be. A pub is inherently unsegregated, hence public house. by Forever__Young (Sat 29th May 2021 12:50am)
  • Anti-semitism is hatred and hate crimes against Jewish people because of their faith. If you're not a white supremacist but still hate Jewish people and try to make political statements by trying flags to their places of worship without permission? Guess what you're still a bigot and a cunt. by Forever__Young (Sat 29th May 2021 2:46pm)
  • Airdrie? I spent a month there one night. by Forever__Young (Sun 30th May 2021 9:15am)
  • I've lived in shitholes, nice areas and other countries and no matter where people have garden parties with music. Particularly if the kids having a communion, or if they're making up for one they missed. It's not unusual in that case for a kid to have a bouncy castle and all their mates round till a very reasonable time. by Forever__Young (Sun 30th May 2021 11:54am)
  • Sounds to me like you've got the perfect amount of folk for a game of 4 a side. by Forever__Young (Mon 31st May 2021 8:59am)
  • I just pay (a barber so a bit cheaper) £20 no matter the price. If it's £14 they're laughing, if it's £18 it's a bit rubbish but my haircuts are just always the same price then. by Forever__Young (Tue 1st Jun 2021 1:20pm)
  • Better than when I done my advanced highers. Was predicted an A based on 2 prelims which I done really well on. Was getting As on all my past papers quite comfortably. Got 23/25 on the multi choice. Got 18/25 in my project. But failed overall because I got 15/75 in the extended response. Wasn't allowed an appeal because they 'stopped doing appeals' that year. Ended up going to uni and getting a degree in that subject and now work in the field. Still have no idea what I mustve done to the person marking my extended response to piss them off so badly. by Forever__Young (Thu 3rd Jun 2021 9:57am)
  • Buttered toast with banana slices up on it. by Forever__Young (Thu 3rd Jun 2021 8:17pm)
  • I wouldn't excuse that as boys will be boys type behaviour, that's extremely threatening and dangerous. If you have the registration plate then please phone the police because he sounds like a danger to society. by Forever__Young (Thu 3rd Jun 2021 8:15pm)
  • Aye same, I won't judge folk for wearing masks and I wear them religiously at the moment. But the second theyre not mandatory I'll stop, I absolutely hate wearing them. Not as much as I hate killing old folk with coronavirus mind which is why I wear them just now. by Forever__Young (Fri 4th Jun 2021 1:36pm)
  • If you want to sit in a private area, drinking drinks to your liking and not paying a tenner a head then why don't you just have people round your house/flat? Genuinely don't get all this 'I was happier doing nothing' stuff, just keep doing nothing. If your upset because your friends won't want to zoom and will instead go to the pub then try and find new zoom friends or get an Xbox and chat to folk on there. I don't have a problem with folk who don't like pubs/parties, but the solution isn't banning them, it's just sorting out your own hobbies/interests. by Forever__Young (Fri 4th Jun 2021 2:17pm)
  • If the way you're referring to is everyone having twice as much space between tables and each other in pubs then no, that's not possible. Pubs would love to have acres of space to have tables sprawled out and big long bars that are easy to serve across, but that's not affordable unless you're paying big money. Also tomorrow when folk can drink indoors places will have 10x as much capacity and gardens won't be nearly as rammed. And I know you're trying to be more reasonable in this reply, but you did say you wished things were locked back down and complained that neibouring tables were occupied by slags. Just stay in if you hate the way things are. by Forever__Young (Fri 4th Jun 2021 2:39pm)
  • 2 packets of fags? Did you find out you'd won the lottery on the way to the shop? by Forever__Young (Sat 5th Jun 2021 9:54am)
  • My English girlfriend does get abuse because she's English, not saying it's everyone but if you said some of the things she has to put up with to someone of any other race/nationality you'd be put in jail. And before you say it's a power/oppresion thing, try being a young woman being shouted xenophobic slurs at by an older barman in a pub in a different country and then say she held the power in that situation. by Forever__Young (Sat 5th Jun 2021 11:10am)
  • I'm not a driving instructor and I don't know any so I can't help you at all. by Forever__Young (Sat 5th Jun 2021 2:15pm)
  • Accidently knocked a glass onto the floor after 2 drinks. I'm sure if youve worked in a bar for many years you'll know it's not customary to racially abuse people in situations like that, so it wasn't something she didn't 'get them to shout' at her, just an accident that I imagine must happen at least once a week. by Forever__Young (Sat 5th Jun 2021 4:00pm)
  • Where are they going to find companies willing to rent offices now that everyone's got the gear in their house? Maybe companies that already have offices will keep them on as part of their corporate structure or whatever, but new companies won't be in a rush to spend money on city centre rent. And I say that as someone who despises working from home, but if people are willing to then companies obviously benefit big time. by Forever__Young (Mon 7th Jun 2021 10:54am)
  • She's right about the plant pots but obviously you should say something to them if they're racially abusing you. That's not on. by Forever__Young (Mon 7th Jun 2021 4:58pm)
  • Also to tack onto this what's the specific demands and when does the protest end? More power to you, your needs are more important than a days shopping but it would be nice to hear specifically what you're fighting for. by Forever__Young (Wed 9th Jun 2021 11:11am)
  • Surely we can come up with a better motto than just taking England's slogan and putting a slang Scottish word in it? by Forever__Young (Wed 9th Jun 2021 1:51pm)
  • I think the opposite. It doesn't have any reference to Scotlands footballing culture or history, it's just England's most famous football slogan with a word changed to Scottish slang. Screams English ad exec trying to be relevant to Scots imo. by Forever__Young (Wed 9th Jun 2021 10:22pm)
  • I mean they're allowed to open, it just has to be socially distanced, and until last week it had to be outdoors. This is also outdoors and socially distanced. From a covid security perspective that's fair enough. by Forever__Young (Thu 10th Jun 2021 5:51pm)
  • What's the problem with Heineken? Consistently rated as one of the best lagers in the world and has been massively popular for a very long time. Just because it's not an ale doesn't mean it's not good, it's lovely. by Forever__Young (Sat 12th Jun 2021 2:48pm)
  • Just because you're donating money to charity doesn't mean you're not also a being a massive fucking gimp. If you really want to donate it and they don't accept it then convert and donate it, if them not accepting it puts them off then don't donate it. No one wants to hear about how you're such a rich philanthropist who is unable to donate your wealth when clearly if you wanted to you could. by Forever__Young (Sat 12th Jun 2021 8:48pm)
  • The Zip Yard on GWR is a chain and I know some people try to avoid chains, but their alterations are consistently the best quality I have found. I've never had leather done, but I have to get almost every item of clothing I get altered and everywhere else independent I've tried has been hit or miss. by Forever__Young (Sun 13th Jun 2021 12:32pm)
  • I'm in England and had the afternoon for planning and I've just be slotted in as cover between 15:05 and 16:00 because a coworker hasn't turned up. Unforgivable. by Forever__Young (Mon 14th Jun 2021 10:03am)
  • No the schools fault, someone has to teach them and I'm the only one not absent or taking a class. Shite but it is what it is. by Forever__Young (Mon 14th Jun 2021 10:24am)
  • Gouging, and it seems it's a throwaway set up for no other reason so that a ban doesn't affect them. Prick. by Forever__Young (Mon 14th Jun 2021 12:14pm)
  • And where does that money go in the mean time? Tenner a month bank transfer straight into a strangers current account? Think I'll pass. If the club's want to arrange this amongst themselves in all for it but won't be donating 480 quid towards someones mental plan to be starting their own tv channel. by Forever__Young (Mon 14th Jun 2021 8:47pm)
  • >spent the day in glasgow yesterday for a couple of drinks with my partner and was surprised most people were well behaved in the pubs. What a condescending comment by Forever__Young (Tue 15th Jun 2021 10:00am)
  • You were surprised most people were 'well behaved' by your standards. Unless it was a class of school children you were in the pub with that's such a high and mighty thing to say. by Forever__Young (Tue 15th Jun 2021 10:12am)
  • Nah English and Aussies say ta way more than Scottish folk from my experience living in those countries. In the north of England ta is used more than cheers. The first recorded use of cheery-bye was in the 1930's and it was probably a portmanteau of cheerio and goodbye. by Forever__Young (Tue 15th Jun 2021 2:37pm)
  • How can she have been in her 20s and 30s in the late 90s and early 00s and not used the internet once? by Forever__Young (Tue 15th Jun 2021 5:08pm)
  • After living abroad and in London for the last few years today's the day I finally move back up. My partner moved up a couple months ago and is already settled in well enough too. Absolutely buzzing, couldn't be happier. by Forever__Young (Thu 17th Jun 2021 10:30am)
  • Cheers, can't wait to see that big Welcome to Scotland sign at the border ❤️ by Forever__Young (Thu 17th Jun 2021 11:52am)
  • Thank fuck were not playing Brazil or anything close to them is what I take from this. by Forever__Young (Fri 18th Jun 2021 11:22am)
  • My grans always called that last few swigs of anything the toenails and she never had a buckfast in her life. by Forever__Young (Mon 21st Jun 2021 1:19am)
  • Never thought I'd say this but my current landlord does actually care and keeps things to a standard I'd imagine she'd be comfortable living in herself. Can't say that about my previous ones. It's well worth taking the extra care and due diligence when doing viewings. I'm still being exploited and paying her mortgage so not about to say she's a legend or anything, but can't complain about the place. by Forever__Young (Wed 23rd Jun 2021 11:17am)
  • If you're sitting next to someone that only takes up the width of the seat and doesn't smell bad it's fine. Eye mask on, earphones in and try and get some shut eye. Sat next to someone that takes up half your seat or smells and it's psychological torture. by Forever__Young (Thu 24th Jun 2021 1:24pm)
  • That's the point you establish dominance by quietly shuffling around to make them uncomfortable and hoping they'll move. by Forever__Young (Thu 24th Jun 2021 4:04pm)
  • What the pink and white thing with nuts through it? I've always called that nugget by Forever__Young (Tue 29th Jun 2021 11:57pm)
  • 100% agree with this, I've lived in a few countries and the bams/danger aren't any higher than elsewhere they just have different names for them. The litter is a uniquely bad problem, the bams aren't. by Forever__Young (Thu 1st Jul 2021 10:49pm)
  • Yeah easy peasy, you'll live comfortably on a budget like 1500 in Glasgow. by Forever__Young (Fri 2nd Jul 2021 3:26pm)
  • There's on at argyle Street station where you can get passport photos or 'fun' ones where you can pull different poses and that. Jumped in with my partner when we were drunk one day years ago and still have the strip in my wallet. by Forever__Young (Sat 3rd Jul 2021 3:49pm)
  • Can always get more than one table and I've been to plenty of places that weren't enforcing the households rule. by Forever__Young (Sat 3rd Jul 2021 8:27pm)
  • Aye mate, if it was only 3 households meeting in pubs covid wouldn't spread. Even though it's an airborne virus and there's 100 folk in a tiny room, makes sense. by Forever__Young (Sat 3rd Jul 2021 8:44pm)
  • First time I've seen radio rental as anything other than rhyming slang for mental. by Forever__Young (Sat 3rd Jul 2021 9:03pm)
  • 1. Fluoride is not added to Scottish tap water and it's impossible for it to accidently contaminate the supply. 2. Fluoride is completely tasteless, apples and tea have fluoride in them. 3. Your toothpaste probably tastes like mint and a combination of chemicals which are just bitter/metallic. 4. Fluoridated water is perfectly safe and actually beneficial to teeth, but the fluoridation does not affect the flavour whatsoever and is impossible to distinguish from non fluoridated water by taste or smell. by Forever__Young (Mon 5th Jul 2021 12:29am)
  • For 450 quid for a 2 bed you'll struggle to get something full furnished so mind to budget for stuff like that. Partner and I moved into a part furnished as our first rental home a wee while back and it was well over 1k to get the stuff that's not included like kitchenware, bedding, tele etc. by Forever__Young (Mon 5th Jul 2021 11:38pm)
  • Genuinely upsetting that blatant sectarianism is posted on here and no one blinks twice and it's actually upvoted. by Forever__Young (Fri 9th Jul 2021 11:27pm)
  • Yeah silly me, being offended by someone using a slur against my religion in a public forum and everyone else thinking it's funny. Let's just go back to the 1950s shall we and make comedic use of slurs a hilarious bit. by Forever__Young (Sat 10th Jul 2021 12:22am)
  • And the word is only ever used with the intention to offend to. I hate it, it's a disgusting word that is rightly legally a slur. I reported it to the mods and they took no action so they clearly think it's fine. by Forever__Young (Sat 10th Jul 2021 10:20am)
  • Pretty tragic that you're trying to make this about Rangers. Rangers have more fans in the official Scotland supporters club than any other team. Lets celebrate this all together instead of trying to shoehorn petty old firm shite into absolutely everything. by Forever__Young (Mon 12th Jul 2021 1:09am)
  • I'm not talking about Rangers at all tonight, we're all Scotland fans tonight as it should be. Rangers and Celtic don't have to infiltrate every single thing that happens in life. Especially when it comes to the national team, we can all unite behind them. by Forever__Young (Mon 12th Jul 2021 1:21am)
  • You brought up Ibrox as a reference to Rangers, you're fooling no one if you deny that. I mean the Scotland National Football team. by Forever__Young (Mon 12th Jul 2021 2:13am)
  • Ah well time to BAMO. by Forever__Young (Mon 12th Jul 2021 2:26am)
  • Word of warning, even if a shop keeps them for you they'll probably flatten them and you'll have to fold them back out and duct tape them. When I worked in the SPAR we done it for people all the time, but the back of most shops is tiny and they don't have enough room for loads of unflattened boxes sitting about. by Forever__Young (Thu 15th Jul 2021 7:35am)
  • Then the guys obligated to shout back 'check your lights, your horns working', further delaying the traffic. by Forever__Young (Thu 15th Jul 2021 9:02am)
  • Is the station shut? I'm just heading down from the bus station now, can go to Argyle if so. by Forever__Young (Mon 19th Jul 2021 8:32pm)
  • Cheers for letting me know. by Forever__Young (Mon 19th Jul 2021 8:35pm)
  • Depends how picky you are or how limited your budget is. If you've got a decent deposit and budget then you'll walk into somewhere. by Forever__Young (Mon 19th Jul 2021 8:52pm)
  • I've done it at least 30 times. Would say it's not impossible to sleep but even if you do the sleep quality is so bad that you'll need to go to bed for a few hours once you get in. As others said, noise cancelling earphones are a must, I'd say a blackout eye mask too. With covid you'll have no one next to you too so that's a bit of a result. by Forever__Young (Tue 20th Jul 2021 12:15am)
  • Skint student doing long distance more like. Unfortunately KPing on the weekend doesn't pay for rent and train tickets. Thank fuck I don't need to do that anymore. by Forever__Young (Tue 20th Jul 2021 9:26am)
  • Need to get to both airports though. If you cant get lifts at both ends it's an absolute nightmare and way more hassle than just getting on a bus, putting in your earphones and putting on a mask. At least with the bus you're in Buchanan bus station at one end and Victoria at the other, where it's dead easy to get trains and bus connections. by Forever__Young (Tue 20th Jul 2021 9:31am)
  • Not a nightmare but an extra cost. If moneys no object then take the train. If time's the worry take the plane/train. If youre counting the pennies and need to make the journey regularly then getting a flight ends up costing 2-6x more than the bus in my experience because of all the little added costs. The buchanan-GLA shuttle and the heathrow express are adding £20 onto your jouney, thats more expensive than the megabus alone sometimes. by Forever__Young (Tue 20th Jul 2021 11:24am)
  • For an extra 10er though, all adds up. by Forever__Young (Tue 20th Jul 2021 11:22am)
  • If by tailored you mean bought then altered then the Zip Yard on GWR is really consistently good. If you mean made from scratch then I've no idea. by Forever__Young (Tue 20th Jul 2021 6:58pm)
  • 100% recommend zip yard then, super professional and consistent. by Forever__Young (Tue 20th Jul 2021 7:20pm)
  • Used to only take them in Australia, would recommend slightly cold rather than freezing. All the health benefits of taking a freezing cold shower and deep breaths seem a bit like new age mumbo jumbo to me as a physiologist. That's the good thing about a placebo but, if you think it improves how you're feeling then it's actually improving how you're feeling so not telling anyone to stop doing it. by Forever__Young (Wed 21st Jul 2021 11:51am)
  • As long as you're not being blatantly obnoxious I wouldn't worry about what other people think of your etiquette. If you are then cut the burger in half and then pick it up, thats fancy where I'm from. by Forever__Young (Wed 21st Jul 2021 7:45pm)
  • Yeah this is the real answer, don't just go to good places it kind of defeats the point. by Forever__Young (Thu 22nd Jul 2021 2:41pm)
  • What kind of rocket and how high? Would imagine its not legal to fly experimental rockets about. by Forever__Young (Thu 22nd Jul 2021 5:22pm)
  • Flying and bus would be cheaper. Bus is hellish when you're on but handy to get on and off, plane is hellish to get to and from but much faster journey. by Forever__Young (Thu 22nd Jul 2021 5:20pm)
  • Maybe just a low flying plane? Can imagine there would be much more hype about a rocket 5,000 feet above the town. by Forever__Young (Thu 22nd Jul 2021 5:25pm)
  • Yeah you remember correctly. We were also told that someone had pissed from a bridge onto the overhead cables and their dick was blown off. No pictures of that one unfortunately. Anyone remember Choices for Life/Crucial Crew they'd walk you into a warehouse and ask who thought they could dodge an oncoming train if they were on the tracks? Cue the sound of a train horn and a projection speeding right at you to prove by the time you react to the sound you're dead. I've never taken heroin or jumped on the trainline though so must be something to it. by Forever__Young (Tue 27th Jul 2021 8:56pm)
  • My parents got told that in 2002 so waited and waited, ended up buying in 2006 (4 extra years of renting really hurts your equity), only for the bubble to burst about a year later and for them to be left with negative equity and a huge fixed interest rate during the recession. Point is that it's easy to say 'wait for the bubble to burst' but that could be years away and every month that you're paying rent instead of a mortgage you're throwing your money away. by Forever__Young (Fri 30th Jul 2021 12:32pm)
  • 'How can you be homesick for a pie?' is a question I was once asked by my bird when living down south. by Forever__Young (Fri 30th Jul 2021 12:34pm)
  • This just a sub for bullying folk now? Slagging 'spice boys' because of the way they dress, slagging students because of the way they talk. After the last 2 years that everyones just had it would cost nothing to just not be horrible to people. by Forever__Young (Sun 1st Aug 2021 2:26pm)
  • Do they but? Just young folk trying to fit in with other young people, same as the spice boys. Just leave people be to do their own thing. Mental health in people that age group is in the toilet without people picking on them for the way they dress and talk. by Forever__Young (Sun 1st Aug 2021 2:32pm)
  • Just meant with all the covid stuff, lockdowns and that. by Forever__Young (Sun 1st Aug 2021 3:35pm)
  • Might be worth having that discussion aye. Looking for root causes and solutions is definitely a good thing. Bullying folk and public mockery doesn't help and is unnecessary. by Forever__Young (Sun 1st Aug 2021 3:47pm)
  • Where did I say it should be vanquished from society or would lead to a breakdown? I just said it was unnecessary and you agreed. by Forever__Young (Sun 1st Aug 2021 4:05pm)
  • Just remember for booze you won't get a bulk discount because of minimum pricing of alcohol laws. If you're near Lanarkshire then Barry Douglas in Blantyre is the best butcher in the world but don't know how helpful that is to you. by Forever__Young (Tue 3rd Aug 2021 1:59pm)
  • Feel like folk here don't realise how old 16 is, most of us were probably down the park pished at that age fingering wee dirtys. So with that in mind maybe drop him down the park with a carry out and leave him to find some wee dirtys? by Forever__Young (Wed 4th Aug 2021 9:37pm)
  • One improvement I would suggest (not that I have any reason to know better just an idea) is the colours could correspond to what they do. For example: Red = old man pub Yellow = have live music Green = Serve food. Then the lines could cross in places that serve food and have live music. by Forever__Young (Fri 6th Aug 2021 2:47pm)
  • Just random colours, bit weird to say that all pubs that serve food are shite though. Different strokes for different folks. by Forever__Young (Fri 6th Aug 2021 2:57pm)
  • If it's not a regular thing then it wouldn't benefit the map to include it as a live music pub. Could potentially mislead map users into going to the wrong type of place. by Forever__Young (Fri 6th Aug 2021 3:57pm)
  • Well it's more likely to happen with the current map. I'd suggest people on a pub crawl would see 'pub that serves food' and decide to go to a live music pub instead. Using the current map you wouldnt know till you get to the door. by Forever__Young (Fri 6th Aug 2021 3:56pm)
  • Even if you have plenty of money to move somewhere tomorrow but just want to wait until the perfect flat in Woodlands is available? by Forever__Young (Wed 11th Aug 2021 1:03pm)
  • If you've got access to the uni library with the free computers then I don't see what the big issue is, assuming the lecturers answer Qs. A lecture is just someone saying information next to a PowerPoint anyway 99% of the time, that translates pretty well to online format. Labs, study groups and tutorials should be back on though, the in-person stuff in those smaller groups are crucial. Addressing the club thing, I guess that's because everyone there is opting in to being there. by Forever__Young (Thu 12th Aug 2021 2:02am)
  • Nobody's forcing you to study at a Scottish university I assume. Applying to study here and then complaining you're forced to live in Scotland is strange. It's a great place to live and study, embrace it. The lectures would hardly enrich the experience I'd say. Trust me I went to uni here, you're not missing much having lectures online. Find people on your course and study in the library, watch the lectures in the time they'd be scheduled for anyway. Join clubs and societies, go to the student union, all of the fun stuff. These things can't be replicated on zoom, you cant live real life on zoom, you can make notes and ask questions. by Forever__Young (Thu 12th Aug 2021 2:27am)
  • What can you get in person from a lecture that's impossible to deliver online? by Forever__Young (Thu 12th Aug 2021 9:04am)
  • There's nothing stopping students from meeting up with their course mates, watching the lectures in one of their halls/the library then going for lunch. Or if that's not your bag then join a couple clubs/societies, meet mates at the end of the day for a pint, meet them in the gym, go round their house and play XBox or whatever. Face to face social interaction for young people is crucial, but thats not why lectures exist. I 100% agree the social side of uni cannot be replicated online, and have said as much in another comment, but the content and delivery of the lectures absolutely can. 'We need to keep lectures in person so folk can hang about with their mates' is a poor argument during a pandemic. by Forever__Young (Thu 12th Aug 2021 10:05am)
  • The people going to clubs are going because they want to, and either feel safe or think it's worth the risk. I wont be in a nightclub, but if they want to then thats up to them. Forcing people to either go to a packed lecture hall or miss out on their education is a totally different matter. by Forever__Young (Thu 12th Aug 2021 10:34am)
  • I've done 6 years of full time study prior to teaching too. If thousands is an exaggeration it's not much of one. And yes it is slightly possible all of my dozens of lecturers ever have been outdated. Can you enlighten me as to what I am missing that cannot be delivered on teams? by Forever__Young (Thu 12th Aug 2021 11:18am)
  • >I don't really think it's a big difference from a societal perspective. Getting covid isn't just about whether an individual is fine with the risk but rather about who they can potentially spread it to. Yes, so if hundreds of students are understandably choosing to go to clubs and then everyone is forced to go to lectures, it's a massively increased risk. >As for forcing people back into lecture halls, I know some of the universities last semester were planning on making it optional whether to attend from home or in person by recording the lectures. That's a great idea if they can make it work, but I don't think it's absolutely necessary. I've yet to be told why a lecture absolutely needs to be in person other than folk enjoy the social side of pre and post lectures. by Forever__Young (Thu 12th Aug 2021 11:22am)
  • Right mods can we not get a flair for posts about old firm fans now? Feel like none of them are really breaking new ground any more. by Forever__Young (Fri 13th Aug 2021 7:43pm)
  • I mean I can understand why they'd think that, it's a hard word for someone who's never seen it too pronounce. Especially if theyre not Scottish. I moved down to London for a while in my 20s and kept calling Cheshunt as Chesh-unt, when it's actually pronounced Ches-hunt. As soon as someone corrected me I learned. Hope no-one was calling me the Scottish twat I just wasn't local and didn't know. by Forever__Young (Sat 14th Aug 2021 11:17pm)
  • Are there more annoying people in the world than beer snobs? Yes I really do like it, no I don't care if you think it's piss. It's not a status symbol it's just a bottle of booze. Just can't imagine people doing it with anything else. Imagine another adult walking up to you to tell you your clothes are cheap and shite or they think it's disgusting you use Aldi ketchup. You'd call them a cunt and everyone would think you were right to do so. by Forever__Young (Mon 16th Aug 2021 9:00am)
  • More power to you if you've found something you enjoy. But how can one liquid be objectively better than the other, to the point that they feel able to mock the liquid the other person likes. It's just such a bizarre thing to think that I can't believe people have a superiority complex about it. by Forever__Young (Mon 16th Aug 2021 10:14am)
  • How can a beer be good and another beer be bad though? There's nothing objective about flavour. It's not as if one is nutritious and the other is poisonous. I get that one might be fancier, or more expensive, or have a different flavour, but I don't think it's possible for one to be objectively better or worse. by Forever__Young (Mon 16th Aug 2021 10:16am)
  • Probably the most reasonable Reddit exchange I've ever had. If I ever bump into you in town I'll get the peanut butter stouts in. by Forever__Young (Mon 16th Aug 2021 10:29am)
  • Imagine a random bloke coming up to you and saying 'Sprite? That's fucking disgusting mate can't believe you drink that pish. I only drink 7Up'. Everyone would think he was a fucking weirdo, don't understand why beers different. by Forever__Young (Mon 16th Aug 2021 10:42am)
  • My whole point was that it's all personal preference. I don't believe that some beers are 'indisputably good', because I'm a massive beer fan and don't like a lot of them. > If you drink primarily for the taste you’re going to feel differently to someone who just wants a few cold ones on a hot day to get buzzed. This is what I mean though, if I was to pick my favourite based on taste it would be a pilsner or lager. It's not because I want to get buzzed or because it's hot and the drinks cold, that's just genuinely the one I think tastes the best. There's nothing fundamentally good or bad about the taste of any beer, it's all just a matter or preference. by Forever__Young (Mon 16th Aug 2021 12:45pm)
  • Please tell me this is still on and ill take mates who are visiting town. by Forever__Young (Wed 18th Aug 2021 10:02pm)
  • Worked in Sloans in the kitchen for a while, they'll do you a 3 courser with haggis bon bons, steak pie and a cake. Nice enough setting, easy to get to and not too pricy. Probably half our businesses came from small weddings. by Forever__Young (Thu 19th Aug 2021 3:22pm)
  • https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/8e9pd3/pubs_in_city_centre_with_decent_pub_gardens by Forever__Young (Thu 26th Aug 2021 1:17pm)
  • Walkabout maybe? They have an Aussie range and I know they definitely have VB so might be worth a try. If not you can buy it online, but it is pricey for home beers and Great Northern is better in cans. https://www.sanza.co.uk/Great_Northern_Super_Crisp.asp by Forever__Young (Thu 26th Aug 2021 7:01pm)
  • Did it happen to involve the words vagina backwash? Because that's what's the Aussies call it haha by Forever__Young (Thu 26th Aug 2021 8:33pm)
  • Bouncers don't normally let folk in by themselves in my experience of trying to meet mates inside and then having to text them to come to the door to prove it. by Forever__Young (Fri 27th Aug 2021 1:34am)
  • Happened to me at 3 times and every time it has been resolved by texting a mate who came out and vouched for me and I got in. Havent been clubbing in years but it definitely used to be a thing. by Forever__Young (Fri 27th Aug 2021 4:50pm)
  • If you live in the West End do you like all the cool bars and cafes and shops and that? If so they're all a result of the massive amounts of students that prop up the area by renting stupidly priced flats and saving pretty much none of their income in favour of drinking and eating it. You can't complain about students being in the West end when students are the reason it's like that in the first place. by Forever__Young (Sat 28th Aug 2021 12:33pm)
  • London must be biasing those statistics though? 50% more people in London than Scotland despite the fact it's 2% of the size of Scotland. by Forever__Young (Sat 28th Aug 2021 12:59pm)
  • Only going to get worse, both my partner's parents own houses in London that are worth £800k+ (nothing special, up here you'd get a quarter of that) and both plan to sell up and move north when they retire. by Forever__Young (Sat 28th Aug 2021 1:00pm)
  • Oh shit I initially read that 128k/km2 Vs 78k/km2. Yeah wow that difference is crazy. by Forever__Young (Sat 28th Aug 2021 1:08pm)
  • 1 partner with divorced parents. I can barely keep the one happy, I'd have no chance with two. by Forever__Young (Sat 28th Aug 2021 1:15pm)
  • You've been speaking to her haven't you? by Forever__Young (Sat 28th Aug 2021 1:40pm)
  • You need to foot the bill, AirBnB will definitely not cover the cost of your accomodation while you complete isolation. Like all holidays taken right now, you go at your own risk and have to foot the bill with no government assistance either. If you can't afford the extra days you either need to not isolate/not test (which could be deadly to others) or reconsider whether you can accommodate extra costs. by Forever__Young (Sat 28th Aug 2021 3:13pm)
  • Yeah it's brutal, my partner and I decided to give holidays a miss for that very reason. Even just the time off work would be brutal, never mind additional hotel costs. by Forever__Young (Sat 28th Aug 2021 3:17pm)
  • They don't really like football fans round these parts. by Forever__Young (Sat 28th Aug 2021 3:26pm)
  • Yet when we get 1000th post this week about how annoying football fans in Glasgow are it'll get 400 upvotes. by Forever__Young (Sat 28th Aug 2021 3:34pm)
  • Look into going to a ceilidh, the uni put some on but you'll find the in town at places like Sloans too. Scottish music accompanied by traditional dancing (they'll teach you the steps). by Forever__Young (Sun 29th Aug 2021 10:34am)
  • Norse and English (and therefore Scots which is a descendant language of English) all have the same root language, proto-Germanic. I've been learning German and it's amazing the amount of things that survived in Scots and German but died out in Modern English. I imagine Norse is similar in that sense. by Forever__Young (Mon 30th Aug 2021 1:47am)
  • Went to Bowlarama and the bowling in Yotel on the same day the other week, for young folk going on a date I rate Yotel as the better first date experience. More intimate, a wee bit quieter with, quite cool with decent music, serve cocktails and that. If you're looking for serious bowling then Bowlarama is better, has longer, wider lanes, pins fall more truly, but there's kids running about screaming and having birthday parties etc which might bring the mood down. There is some basketball machines, pool table, airhockey in Bowlarama so if you fancy those things Bowlarama might be better. Price of a game is the same per person for both but drinks are a wee bit cheaper in Bowlarama. by Forever__Young (Tue 31st Aug 2021 5:27pm)
  • He wrote one paragraph and then someone sent him a link to the correct site and now he likely has an answer. So it worked. Nothing stopping you from scrolling by. by Forever__Young (Sun 5th Sep 2021 11:13am)
  • Eh, if it's pennies its a pain in the arse, but if it's pound coins you can never have too many in your float for making change. I worked in a Spar and most cash purchases required £3, £2.50, £1.10 levels of change, so never hurts to have loads of pound coins. by Forever__Young (Sun 5th Sep 2021 11:15am)
  • Might as well just go along to it and if it's rubbish then laugh about how rubbish it is when you leave. by Forever__Young (Mon 6th Sep 2021 6:53pm)
  • Strrrike is a baseball thing, go watch the baseball scene from Naked Gun. Most umpires announce called strikes dramatically. by Forever__Young (Mon 6th Sep 2021 7:01pm)
  • Tbf some of those things just have no appeal due to cultural references and stuff, not anything to do with the accent. My partner is English and loves Limmys Show (bit more surreal/less Glasgow specific) but just doesn't understand 3/4 references and premises of Still Game so doesn't enjoy it. by Forever__Young (Tue 7th Sep 2021 7:01am)
  • Anywhere decent for alcoholic ginger beer on tap? Preferably not some mad fancy £6 craft beer that's 9%, in Australia you can just get it in most pubs and it's magic. by Forever__Young (Tue 7th Sep 2021 7:11am)
  • Yeah totally different frame of reference a lot of time and different styles of comedy. A lot of great comedy has come through the Oxbridge to BBC route, but also a lot of stuff that's totally unrelatable for most folk. by Forever__Young (Tue 7th Sep 2021 12:56pm)
  • If you gave it the literal Scottish version of both we'd call it Alcoholic Soda Water, which isn't the sexiest of things to put up on a big sign. by Forever__Young (Thu 9th Sep 2021 1:01pm)
  • Tbf baby showers were never a thing here until folk seen it on American movies and stuff in the not too distant past, whereas the penny in the pram tradition is a lot older. by Forever__Young (Fri 10th Sep 2021 8:58am)
  • I never understood that, worked in the Spar as a teenager and we got told if it was a 50 or a 100 we should put it under the UV light, mark it with the pen and hold it up to the light and if it passed all 3 to accept it. Only time I actually know for sure I got scammed was when a guy came in with 20 pound coins and asked for a note and the police came round looking for the guy saying they're fake and said he'd done it to about 10 local shops. by Forever__Young (Fri 10th Sep 2021 9:03am)
  • You'll be absolutely wrecked mate, ive done the drive by itself loads of times but can't imagine getting the train and then driving. Mind pull over as much as you need when you're doing the drive. I've done it in one go before and felt like my back was never going to be the same. by Forever__Young (Fri 10th Sep 2021 1:09pm)
  • If you want to work in a call centre and can pass a disclosure background check drop me a DM, I know a company desperate for staff. by Forever__Young (Fri 10th Sep 2021 11:24pm)
  • After reading that post yesterday about how minimum wage jobs can't get workers, it just astounds me that the minimum wage is not the same thing as the living wage. They refuse to pay enough to just survive and wonder why no one will do the job. Baffling. by Forever__Young (Sat 11th Sep 2021 9:09am)
  • I once lived with a couple who owned a puppy that did so much damage to the carpets, skirting, flooring, walls and garden that the deposit didn't even cover it. It doesn't hurt to ask, but it's not a basic right in the same way clean water and shelter is. by Forever__Young (Wed 15th Sep 2021 4:38pm)
  • I use a The Gym, sometimes can't get the free weights I'm wanting and have to do something else instead of what id planned, but there's plenty of machines/treadmills if that's your thing. Either way think I pay 16 quid a month so no complaints. by Forever__Young (Thu 16th Sep 2021 9:42am)
  • Where I grew up it was a 50 minute walk to the train station to get into town (for uni/work), and only 1 bus an hour ran with maybe 4 folk on it at non peak time. Basically meant unless you wanted to give up 3 hours a day on the round trip, you had to buy a car and make it 40 mins each way to town. And I just lived in a housing estate in a suburb, not like I was out in the hills or farms. I agree that getting cars off the road especially in the city is a good thing, but in some places it's just unfeasible. by Forever__Young (Thu 16th Sep 2021 9:39am)
  • Okay will try boots first and if not head up to GCU cheers mate you're a life saver. by Forever__Young (Fri 17th Sep 2021 5:18pm)
  • Right will try boots didn't realise chemists had them. by Forever__Young (Fri 17th Sep 2021 5:18pm)
  • There's an option for retrieve my username on vacs.nhs.scot, but you might be better off just calling the vaccine helpline because they can definitely give you it. by Forever__Young (Fri 17th Sep 2021 5:18pm)
  • Yeah there's no option even to download. Really frustrating but luckily found lateral flows in a chemist so all sorted! by Forever__Young (Fri 17th Sep 2021 5:56pm)
  • Bobby Sands planned a bombing and when he got caught had a gun battle with the police. How is that heroic? by Forever__Young (Wed 22nd Sep 2021 10:33am)
  • How about the tears of the families of innocent people who were killed by terrorists? Isn't that enough? by Forever__Young (Wed 22nd Sep 2021 10:47am)
  • Horrible mate, and I would never attend a march celebrating them or glorifying that. >I’d argue it’s even worse; you expect a professional army to be held to a higher standard. No, I think not murdering innocent civilians to make a political point is a standard everyone should hold themselves to, professional soldier or not. And it certainly shouldn't be celebrated. by Forever__Young (Wed 22nd Sep 2021 10:53am)
  • Why do you feel the need to phone? I done Camp America as a teen and we had a 'dont call us we'll call you' policy as the camp director felt the kids having time apart from parents was better for their development and helped reduce separation anxiety long term for both parent and child. by Forever__Young (Wed 22nd Sep 2021 12:43pm)
  • Ah fair, good on you for persisting past the tears that's definitely an important first step. by Forever__Young (Wed 22nd Sep 2021 1:03pm)
  • I've had a disproportionate number of KBs or 'Sorry we're fulls' in there even before the pandemic though. by Forever__Young (Wed 29th Sep 2021 6:13pm)
  • If you work in the West End you don't need to live there, it's got some of the best transport links in Scotland so you can live somewhere quieter. However the appeal of the studenty area of the West End is the bars/cafes/restaurants. If that's your scene and you want to live in the city then you can't really justify complaining about noise. by Forever__Young (Fri 1st Oct 2021 9:23am)
  • That this isn't a 2013 Facebook community page. by Forever__Young (Fri 1st Oct 2021 4:05pm)
  • ? This is probably my most commented on sub after Scottish Football and Baseball, why would that be a problem? by Forever__Young (Fri 1st Oct 2021 4:40pm)
  • There's no truth to it, just a load of rubbish and the archaeological version of pseudo-science. Fair play to you but if that's how you get your rocks off, no judgement but I dont like real studies like archaeology being co-opted by superstitious stuff and called 'amateur archaeology'. by Forever__Young (Sat 2nd Oct 2021 10:51am)
  • Hard to say it's gone on too long if they've not reached an agreement, I've been massively inconvenienced by the Sunday strikes and it has cost me a fair bit of money but I don't blame the strikers if their working conditions arent fair. by Forever__Young (Tue 5th Oct 2021 1:51pm)
  • The Barras is full of posh folk now? I've no been since I bought a copy of Spiderman on videotape but how's that happened? by Forever__Young (Tue 5th Oct 2021 2:22pm)
  • Haha as a fellow former back packer that made me laugh. I've lost plenty of shit that I never got back, or had stuff stolen from hostel rooms or communal washing machines. Can tell someone has never actually left Glasgow when they think something as universal as theft/not handing in lost property is a uniquely Glasgow problem. by Forever__Young (Thu 7th Oct 2021 1:16am)
  • You can ask to work in if someones resting between sets. If youre doing compounds heavy then your working sets take about 20 seconds with up to 3-5 minutes recovery in between and there's no reason not to use your phone in that time. by Forever__Young (Sat 9th Oct 2021 1:38pm)
  • Luckily there's very established gym etiquette for that exact situation. 1. If you want to use the machine you ask to work in. You do your set while they rest, they do their set while you rest. If they say no you ask how long they'll be and do another exercise in the mean time and ask them to give you a shout when they're done and it's free. 2. If you don't want to use the machine then you, like you should always be doing at the gym, mind your own business and let them do their own thing without judgement. by Forever__Young (Sat 9th Oct 2021 2:10pm)
  • No worries, I know gym etiquette can be daunting if you're not used to it but the main points are communicate clearly and respectfully and don't ever mock or criticise what anyone else is doing. by Forever__Young (Sat 9th Oct 2021 3:05pm)
  • Barbells or dumbells? If someone's using more than 2 barbells at a time and refuse to let you use one then they're taking the piss and you should report them to the gym staff. Even using 2 is pushing it. If they're bench pressing and have more than 2 different weights of dumbells beside them too then I'd also report them (again having asked politely first). It's your gym as much as it's there's, you pay your membership too so they have no right to expect the ability to reserve massive amounts of equipment even if they do intend on using it. by Forever__Young (Mon 11th Oct 2021 12:17pm)
  • Yeah but you can't sit in at the moment, food is really great though. by Forever__Young (Mon 11th Oct 2021 12:43pm)
  • No worries, for the same reason you can't go up and take something out of someones hand, they can't expect to be allowed to hoard gear. It's not their gym, it's not yours, everyone has to share and be respectful. by Forever__Young (Mon 11th Oct 2021 12:40pm)
  • Sounds like they couldn't reach and agreement and made an 'offer' to try and make it look like the workers are being unreasonable. The offer comes first, then the negotiation, then the agreement or disagreement. If after three weeks you're making another offer then that just means you've failed to reach an agreement then the strike continues, that's how it works. by Forever__Young (Fri 15th Oct 2021 2:08pm)
  • As a teacher I disagree. We try our best to make sure everything's alright at home and even have knife crime victims come in and tell true stories about losing their mates or the time they got stabbed themselves etc. It does make a difference, unfortunately our jurisdiction ends at the gates. I just want folk to know we don't pretend it's not our responsibility to help, we do as much as we can and sometimes it just can't counteract all of the other problems causing this sort of behaviour. P.S Mods please take this down. Even if it is true, which we have no proof of, it's basically saying a young boy deserved to die because of his past. He was only 14 and has a family, we don't need this here. by Forever__Young (Tue 19th Oct 2021 1:27pm)
  • Worst one I had was in Kavos back in the day. Woman selling glowstick bracelets, 5 for €15. No chance was I having that, so being a master negotiator I got her down to 8 for €8. Absolute bargain and one for all my mates. Walked away smug as anything until I got to a bar and realised it had all been a distraction while they pinched €100 from my pockets. Stupid bastard. by Forever__Young (Tue 19th Oct 2021 1:34pm)
  • I'm from Glasgow and have taught in London so might be able to provide some insight >I moved to Glasgow for uni, so didn't go to school here, but compared to where I grew up, the standards in schools are shockingly low. Why are kids allowed to turn up to school in tracksuits and trainers? Most schools have uniforms that don't involve tracksuits, certainly the ones I've worked at. It's true that they're usually allowed to wear all black trainers, no idea where that comes from but I don't really see a problem as long as they're wearing the rest of the uniform and wouldn't say they're improperly dressed for their age. >Why are they allowed to run the streets at lunch time eating crap that has no nutritional value and littering all round them? For one a lot of city schools don't have playing fields like English schools tend to. Also because high schools are 11-18 rather than 11-16 like England the pupils are treated much more maturely in my experience. So yeah they're allowed to leave the grounds at lunch time, make their way to class on time unsupervised etc. It is different and it does mean they can eat worse foods, but without playing fields/grounds it would be unfair to confine 1400 kids to the school grounds imo. >Does no one at these schools take any pride in themselves or their environment? If the children aren't even expected to dress or feed themselves appropriately, and the schools take no pride in how they appear to the local community then how are the pupils expected to have any respect for themselves or others? This is just all your opinion as an outsider. We do take pride in our schools and how we fit into the community. Our pupils get enrichment programs that used to only be available to private schoolers (no extra pay for us teachers), we have an eco schools program, we have anti knife, littering, domestic abuse speakers in and teach it as part of PSE too. But at the end of the day a lot of these kids are from disadvantaged backgrounds and there's only so much we can do without more extensive extra-school social programmes. by Forever__Young (Tue 19th Oct 2021 2:22pm)
  • Agree it shouldn't be an echo chamber but hearsay Facebook comments calling a 14 year old boy who was stabbed and killed evil is a bit much for me. If it's said in court or by the police then by all means keep it up, but I know id hate unsubstantiated rumours about myself being posted here with no evidence so think it's only fair for the same to be given to other. by Forever__Young (Tue 19th Oct 2021 2:28pm)
  • [Terrible, just found this gigantic needle down our local too it's sickening](https://www.optp.com/files/image/item/LARGE/58613_Needle-Pump-2_RGB.jpg) by Forever__Young (Wed 20th Oct 2021 12:23am)
  • Check the old higher curriculum as that was used for people in the exact age group you're thinking of. Think new higher came in around 2016ish, so ages 24+ would've used those. From memory the topics I studied in school were: -Tension in the Balkans in the leadup to WWI -Why Hitler came to power -The Foundation of the Welfare State -Scottish migration and immigration. Focussing on Scots in the new world and the assimilation of Irish, Italian and Jewish settlers in the late 1800s. -The British Empire and Britiains role in the slave trade. Don't know how much help that is to you. by Forever__Young (Wed 20th Oct 2021 2:43pm)
  • No it's just different schools do different topics. So I think we done 3 topics per year for the 3 years I studied it. For what it's worth at my school we barely touched on Irish history at all, the potato famine was only briefly mentioned in terms of Scottish immigration and Irish Independence just wasn't taught at all. Edit: primary kids do the broad strokes like dinosaurs, the ancient Egyptians, the Roman empire, pirates etc but nothing too serious until high school. by Forever__Young (Wed 20th Oct 2021 7:15pm)
  • Yeah same that was covered in Scottish migration 1850-1950, and it factored in how potato blight killing crops means that livestock became more profitable to landlords. by Forever__Young (Wed 20th Oct 2021 8:36pm)
  • >do do do Come and do the conga? by Forever__Young (Thu 21st Oct 2021 12:26pm)
  • New Lanark is fun for kids, my dad used to take me and my sister when we were kids. by Forever__Young (Fri 22nd Oct 2021 7:47am)
  • Worth noting this isn't even why they've been refused a licence, it's just because the place is an absolute slum disgrace and they can't get the licence back by renovating. >In April council officials inspected the premises in April for living standards and found seven issues needing fixed. >Five of the issues have been addressed. They included the communal shower room needing a ceiling light fitting, new floor coverings and decoration of the walls and roof. >Other issues involved a bedsit requiring a carbon monoxide detector to be installed and a kitchen in another bedsit needing to be thoroughly cleaned, redecorated and the floor covering replaced. >Three bedrooms needed to be modernised in the future if the licence was granted. Anyone who would subject others to living in those conditions, if not for intervention, isn't fit to be a landlord, so ban them for life. Evil scumbags. by Forever__Young (Sat 23rd Oct 2021 12:06pm)
  • If youre short of bin space then say to them and ask them to take it out, if you're not and you have room in your bin then I say note when it happened and leave it at that for now. Nothing worse than having a bad relationship with the neighbours so even though it's a point of principle I'd leave it by Forever__Young (Tue 26th Oct 2021 6:17pm)
  • [From this great New Scientist article](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newscientist.com/article/2294250-how-much-less-likely-are-you-to-spread-covid-19-if-youre-vaccinated/amp/) > A recent study found that vaccinated people infected with the delta variant [are 63 per cent less likely to infect people](https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.10.14.21264959) who are unvaccinated Being vaccinated and infected makes you significantly less likely to spread the virus. So having a system where only vaccinated people are permitted entry to events absolutely will reduce the spread of covid. Hopefully that will convince you to get vaccinated and use your preferred method of vaccination status. Also can I ask do you think that young people shouldn't ever be asked for proof of age? So pubs/clubs/shops should have to provide alcohol to 15 year olds because asking them for ID would be a 'papers please society'? by Forever__Young (Wed 27th Oct 2021 4:22pm)
  • According to that, if you're vaccinated with Pfizer you initially are 38% less likely to spread the virus, and then 14.5% less like to spread the virus. In either situation it certainly helps reduce the spread. Can you answer my question about ID. Don't you think young people should ever be ID'd and we should sell alcohol to 15 year olds so as to not be a paper please society? by Forever__Young (Wed 27th Oct 2021 4:52pm)
  • So you think those people should be asked to provide papers. The same person who was adamantly opposed to a papers please society. Turns out you don't have a problem with a papers please society at all, just with the covid vaccine. And with that you're just another antivaxxer. by Forever__Young (Wed 27th Oct 2021 5:04pm)
  • Asking for age ID is still asking for 'papers'. In fact if you were asking for them politely you might indeed say 'papers please'. So if you think asking for age ID is the right thing to do then you want to live in a papers please society, because you think its morally right and keeps people safe. Why is it different? What gives you the right to know someone's age but not if they've had the covid vaccine? Nothing, you've just drawn this imaginary line in your head, and that's fine its only you who is missing out. The same way a young person who refuses to provide ID won't get into certain venues, anti-vaxxers now also won't. And the world will keep turning. by Forever__Young (Wed 27th Oct 2021 5:01pm)
  • No you're just a hypocrite. by Forever__Young (Wed 27th Oct 2021 5:06pm)
  • I can see the difference literally. Morally there's none, it's asking someone to prove details about themselves by having them carry papers. by Forever__Young (Wed 27th Oct 2021 5:06pm)
  • If there was a way to prove to you I am vaccinated then id be more than happy to. The same way I'll prove it to get into the football tonight and a concert at the weekend. Not a problem, same way I proved I was over 18 till I was 24 because I looked young. by Forever__Young (Wed 27th Oct 2021 5:11pm)
  • I've published my covid vaccine status which is all I think anyone else should be asked to provide. If Reddit required me to post my entire medical history to continue using the website then I'd stop using it. And that would be my choice. And that's the choice you're making with the vaccine status, and that's up to you and I'm fine with that. by Forever__Young (Wed 27th Oct 2021 5:18pm)
  • You said you don't want to live in a papers please society. Now youve changed it to you want to live in a papers please society, but only age related. Presumably because you're over 18. So you think other people should have to show papers to be allowed in, but not you. Hypocrite. by Forever__Young (Wed 27th Oct 2021 5:15pm)
  • It's not a straw man, those are all opinions that you've expressed as nonsensical as they are. by Forever__Young (Wed 27th Oct 2021 5:24pm)
  • No as I said, I'd make that choice and face the consequences of that choice. And I think you should make your choice and face the consequences of it. You see how my opinions are consistent. That's what makes me not a hypocrite. by Forever__Young (Wed 27th Oct 2021 5:21pm)
  • But you said below you think 15 year olds shouldn't be served alcohol. How would you regulate that without people showing 'papers' as proof? So you do want a papers please society, just not where it doesn't suit you. Hypocrisy manifest. by Forever__Young (Wed 27th Oct 2021 5:20pm)
  • Brilliant, that's exactly how I think it should work. by Forever__Young (Wed 27th Oct 2021 5:33pm)
  • Anything but blocking roads is fair enough. I've worked in jobs (luckily not anymore) where if seen people being sacked for being late 3 or 4 times. Easy to excuse it as for the greater good, but that won't put food on the table or pay the bills, and there's a lot of people this year that can't afford to miss a pay packet. by Forever__Young (Thu 28th Oct 2021 2:02pm)
  • Yep, have seen a lot of people saying 'if you're working for a boss that would sack you when it's out of your control then you're better of without it'. A couple years ago I was KPing and a couple of the managers treated us like shit, would talk down to us, expect you to work 90 mins past the end of your shift but then threaten to fire you the next morning in front of other staff members if you were 5 mins late because the bus was cancelled. I know and knew it then I was better off without it, but while I was looking for something else I couldn't just decide not to work there any more because id have been homeless. To me it speak to a real lack of empathy to deliberately make someone late for work because you think your cause is more important than their livelihood, and then turn round and say 'well your job is shitty if they dont understand anyway so find a different one'. And for the record I think they are right about a lot of stuff and if they wanted to cause a massive scene outside the SECC and block it's entrances and disrupt the conference leaders then I wouldn't have a problem. by Forever__Young (Thu 28th Oct 2021 2:38pm)
  • I sympathise with them because they have a list of demands and are willing to negotiate to end the strikes. Also because they announce it ahead of time, if people could plan their journey around the protests then Id have less problem with it. by Forever__Young (Thu 28th Oct 2021 8:07pm)
  • When? Where? If they're just blocking the Clyde Tunnel then fine, if they're randomly popping up all over the place, blocking off roads and making people late for work then its malicious. If they can sleep with knowing theyre potentially making people lose their job and all the shit that comes with that then I find it impossible to believe they're moral people. by Forever__Young (Thu 28th Oct 2021 8:57pm)
  • Yeah but this is how negotiations start and deals eventually get done. I'm just glad some good is going to come of COP, even if it is just the extra leverage workers have in pay negotiations. by Forever__Young (Fri 29th Oct 2021 2:48pm)
  • Always wanted one but they're hundreds of pounds. Apparently they're 100% waterproof so that you can fill them up and your horse can drink out of them. That's cool as fuck. by Forever__Young (Fri 29th Oct 2021 5:08pm)
  • One time I was standing waiting in the freezing rain and the driver drove past my outstretched arm, looked at me and shrugged. Couldn't have been more raging, at least have the decency to not even acknowledge me and allow me to think it was an accident. by Forever__Young (Fri 29th Oct 2021 6:57pm)
  • If you post the location on Facebook and wait half an hour someone will be along who will be an expert in removing the lock from your bike. by Forever__Young (Fri 29th Oct 2021 6:55pm)
  • Hey I spent a year in Michigan when I was younger and had a great time. I'd definitely recommend the Wellpark Brewery, it's not craft but it's proper Scottish and you'll probably love it. by Forever__Young (Fri 29th Oct 2021 11:08pm)
  • Pretty good brief history here https://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/ClydeTidalWeir by Forever__Young (Fri 29th Oct 2021 11:11pm)
  • No Rangers didn't cheat during their 9 in a row. The manager you're thinking of is either Advocaat or McLeish, probably Advocaat. Walter Smith is a Scottish football legend, beloved by Rangers fans and massively respected by the majority of rival fans. by Forever__Young (Sat 30th Oct 2021 12:18am)
  • I know this isn't directly helpful but just be careful with subway for access too as I believe some don't have any wheelchair access and are also stairs only. by Forever__Young (Mon 1st Nov 2021 12:17am)
  • Nah it's decent, at least lets you know who posted it so you don't have to click to find out. by Forever__Young (Mon 1st Nov 2021 5:52pm)
  • The death of a man who had planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament, and was in fact the man who was going to light the fuse. Admittedly the reason he wanted to do it was because he wanted a Catholic monarch, but that's still terrorism. It's like saying people celebrated Bin Laden's death because a Muslim was killed, there is a hell of a lot more to it than that. by Forever__Young (Mon 1st Nov 2021 5:57pm)
  • Yes I understand that, but your take totally lacked any nuance at all. Theres plenty of catholics that have been wrongly prosecuted in British history, Guy Fawkes isn't one, he's a terrorist. by Forever__Young (Mon 1st Nov 2021 6:06pm)
  • Okay sure, but you're still twisting it big time by saying 'celebrate a Catholic getting killed'. Again when Bin Laden died and Americans were celebrating did you think 'thats disgusting, celebrating the death of a Muslim'? Of course not because there's nuance to the situation. by Forever__Young (Mon 1st Nov 2021 6:13pm)
  • If they make 700 a month and they paid 360 for a bills included furnished place, then 120 for food then that's already 480, then with a phone say £500 already. That leaves them £50 a week to be split between leisure, social activities, transport, clothes, toiletries. For example if they need to get a return bus to work everyday that's almost their entire budget spunked already, and they probably would need to because to find a place as cheap as that you can't exactly pick you location. by Forever__Young (Tue 2nd Nov 2021 12:11am)
  • Your right about toiletries but if you just moved to your first house you might need to grab a toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, razor/blades, deodorant, laundry detergent. In terms of leisure, other than cycling (which isn't free if you don't already own a bike) there's not a great deal that is free. It's around £20 for a gym membership in most places and that's not really a luxury. I play 5 a side every week and it's £3.50 That's another £8.50 weekly right there, and that's you not bought a single pint, cinema ticket, coffee. Realistically it's just not possible to live in Glasgow on £700 a month, unless you want to live a really really poor quality of life and not really hang around with people socially outside of your home. by Forever__Young (Tue 2nd Nov 2021 12:52am)
  • >This leaves any given student just short of £600 each month to live off. > >There must be at least one student in Scotland who doesn't live with relatives and who doesn't flatshare. Yeah people take the loan and work. I done it, although I flat shared and was paying £450 bills included. Had to work 20 hours a week and received £475 from SAAS, so the £180 a week was my pocket money. I can tell you from experience that it would not have been possible if that had been £180 a month. by Forever__Young (Tue 2nd Nov 2021 1:20am)
  • Nah no matter what it's not offensive. Even if someone called me a fucking weegie prick I wouldn't be offended any more than if they just called me a fucking prick. by Forever__Young (Tue 2nd Nov 2021 2:31pm)
  • RAF Luton is a pardody account, this is a joke. by Forever__Young (Wed 3rd Nov 2021 2:29pm)
  • Yeah I'm sure bringing in the scabs will help in future negotiations. Very short term thinking here. by Forever__Young (Wed 3rd Nov 2021 6:40pm)
  • Yeah, going private is notorious for being cheaper in the long run. Apart from every time it's ever happened, when a whole new 'layer' of shareholders need to be satisfied, and eventually you end up with worse conditions for staff, higher costs and worse service. So yeah you'll have a non-unionised staff that you can pay dogshit wages with no benefits (bonus if theyre 'self employed' but work exclusively for one company) but the money saved will be getting creamed off and the savings won't make their way back to the council. by Forever__Young (Thu 4th Nov 2021 12:28am)
  • Short term planning that, negotiating a fair deal would work out best for all parties long term. by Forever__Young (Thu 4th Nov 2021 12:38am)
  • Or maybe it's disingenuous to suggest a one year deal is fair. Maybe they should have a fair rate of increase built into their contacts like they're asking. It's not blackmail, it's leverage. If they take 5% this year then when they renegotiate next year without leverage do you think they'll get a fair rise again? You've taken the bait of just seeing a headline number and eating it up without understanding the nuances. by Forever__Young (Thu 4th Nov 2021 1:55am)
  • If you're unhappy with your pay rise then tell your union and make it an issue, but that's totally irrelevant to the waste services. 'They should be grateful they're getting anything' is the worst attitude ever, their demands aren't unreasonable and yet they're not being met. That's not good enough, and 'theyre getting 5% now' makes a good headline but unless they're all planning to die in the next 12 months they need to plan further than that. by Forever__Young (Thu 4th Nov 2021 2:04am)
  • Yeah but that's the full point, they're giving them it right now because they've got leverage instead of offering them 2% annually for a decade or something meaningful like that. Then next year when they've got less leverage they'll pull the rug out. by Forever__Young (Thu 4th Nov 2021 1:32pm)
  • Yes to protect their fellow union members from redundancies and improvements to pensions. You really think all these strikes and labour negotiations are just people sitting about arguing what % of a wage increase they'll get? There's so much more too it than that, you clearly don't understand the complexity which is fine but then don't tell them what they should accept as a fair outcome. by Forever__Young (Thu 4th Nov 2021 2:45pm)
  • It was you that said you're unhappy getting nothing, so I suggested you speak to your union about that. But your union will also deal with all of the other issues such as mass redundancies, working conditions, pensions etc. Are you purposefully being dense to troll me? Because I think everyone else has stopped reading. by Forever__Young (Thu 4th Nov 2021 4:20pm)
  • How is that logical? Sure death is the conclusion of life, but it doesn't need to be the only part. That's like saying every football match is going to finish so the logical conclusion would be to blow the final whistle after a minute so as not to waste everyone's time. Or the logical conclusion of reading a book is just to read the last page since you know that's where it's going to end anyway. There's more to life, spending time with loved ones laughing until you're in tears, competing in sports, going to see your favourite band with your best mates, swimming in the ocean when it's baltic etc. If that's all there is then its enough for me. by Forever__Young (Fri 5th Nov 2021 12:59pm)
  • For a bridie I'm probably not going to pay more than £4, even that's a push but if I'm at a Christmas market or something that probably puts it amongst the lowest cost food ls alongside the hot dogs so I'd consider it. by Forever__Young (Sat 6th Nov 2021 1:14pm)
  • You're getting downvoted mate but I'm sympathetic because I'm in the same boat. My partner convinced me to go vegan for a week, she done some research and we got a bunch of vegan recipes to cook and all the ingredients etc and even got a vegan takeaway one nightm And I hated it, a couple of the meals were okay (mushroom carbonara), but the majority were just a bit rubbish. At this point I'm just waiting for lab grown meat, I would be miserable if I went for it before then. by Forever__Young (Sat 6th Nov 2021 1:08pm)
  • No I specifically said that's the only time I'd consider paying £4 for a bridie because it's rivals in that case would be a criminally overpriced hot dog. by Forever__Young (Sat 6th Nov 2021 1:38pm)
  • Source? Ive just sat reading about the history of pasties and cornish pasties and I think that untrue. Apparently 'beef skirt' is the traditional meat in the cornish pasty. https://cornishpastyassociation.co.uk/about-the-pasty/ >No meat other than beef, and no vegetables apart from those listed can be used in the filling. There must be at least 12.5% beef and 25% vegetables in the whole pasty. All the ingredients must be uncooked when the pasty is assembled and then slowly baked to develop all that famous Cornish pasty taste and succulence. by Forever__Young (Sat 6th Nov 2021 2:40pm)
  • Yeah same deal as me, I play a couple of sports and do powerlifting for strength, so I know what you mean about cutting out chicken. I'd be more than willing to go vegan if the substitutes were good (for example I use quorn mince and sausages in tomato pasta these days instead of beef), but at the moment theyre simply not good enough at the moment for me to fully transition. by Forever__Young (Sat 6th Nov 2021 2:49pm)
  • >Pedestrians are perfectly entitled to walk on country lanes and other roads which have no pavement however they have a duty to take reasonable care for their own safety. >In the UK, we drive on the left and the Highway Code recommends that pedestrians should keep to the right (facing oncoming traffic) by Forever__Young (Sat 6th Nov 2021 7:29pm)
  • Well I didn't know about this until I read this post so their actions have raised awareness. Would definitely stop me from ever buying one. by Forever__Young (Fri 12th Nov 2021 2:47pm)
  • Those big spicy or pickled onion rings in the shiny packet they sell in Asda. Thank fuck they didn't sell them was I was a kid because id have been morbidly obese eating those with a bottle of coke at lunchtimes every day. by Forever__Young (Sun 14th Nov 2021 3:05pm)
  • Might just be a generational thing, when I was at uni all the feminist groups preferred terms like female representation, female space, female rights etc. For example 'we need female space on campus, we need more female leadership'. Many didn't like the use of women, ladies or girls. I know it's flipped now, but some folk might not have gotten the memo and they're actually trying to be politically correct. by Forever__Young (Sun 14th Nov 2021 4:31pm)
  • As I said, back then a space for females would've been the feminist preference certainly at Glasgow Uni. Nowadays it's just flipped and I get why. by Forever__Young (Sun 14th Nov 2021 4:51pm)
  • What's that? Just bringing cakes to a party? by Forever__Young (Sun 14th Nov 2021 6:15pm)
  • Edit: edit because I don't want to age myself, but remember the union's were segregated before your time. The world was a very different place. by Forever__Young (Sun 14th Nov 2021 7:16pm)
  • I've been pals with lassies who would have a pitcher in Wetherspoons and seem tipsy but not too drunk to let in, then they go to the bar, order two double vodka and cokes, drink them both and they're absolutely black out steaming drunk with no idea where they are. Obviously if someones steaming you shouldn't sell them drink, but its really tough to blame the barman for someone being out their face as theres 100 ways to get like that in a club that dont involve buying one drink at a time from the bar. by Forever__Young (Tue 16th Nov 2021 2:25pm)
  • Like a wool overcoat or a parka? by Forever__Young (Tue 16th Nov 2021 6:21pm)
  • Mate their name is Presidente and they says they're from the EU. 11% of the UK reports being vegan and only 1.5% of Spain does, it's just a cultural difference and doesn't make them a bad person. Can hardly call them a cunt for missing the food they eat back home. Edit: ignore the Spanish but it appears they're Greek, but even still it's 2% in Greece so only fair to respect others culture while they're visiting, and theyve been extremely polite and respectful. by Forever__Young (Thu 18th Nov 2021 2:05pm)
  • Veal is just calves or young cows. If you eat lamb you're a hypocrite right away. But even if you don't and you just eat adult cow then whats the difference? You think its moral to eat adult cow, force them to be perpetually pregnant so you can drink their milk, eat all manners of other animals but you think it's immoral to eat a calf? What kind of twisted morality is that? For the record I am also not a vegetarian, but I don't rate myself as morally superior for eating different kinds/ages of farm animals to people from overseas. by Forever__Young (Thu 18th Nov 2021 2:26pm)
  • > No it's not. >For a start, it's not a cow, its cattle and female cattle (cows) are bred for dairy. [cow, in common parlance, a domestic bovine, regardless of sex and age, usually of the species Bos taurus](https://www.britannica.com/animal/cow). Thanks for the zoology lesson genius but cow is a common word British people say for cattle, might be technically incorrect but it's common usage. > Veal is kept in the dark and forced to feed on milk beyond its natural time. Not RSPCA approved rose veal, why not recommend somewhere selling that instead of just calling the guy a cunt? Let's be honest you've made an arse of yourself, and the downvote complaining is just a big bit childish so it's time to wrap this up I think. by Forever__Young (Thu 18th Nov 2021 3:30pm)
  • Tell it to Britannica and get them to change it then. by Forever__Young (Thu 18th Nov 2021 3:44pm)
  • Sorry not everyone drinks the same high class stuff you do mate. Maybe we should put a tax on potatoes so folk buy more caviar too. by Forever__Young (Fri 19th Nov 2021 2:43pm)
  • >The group argue that the positive effects of the policy will have been affected by inflation and the pandemic. >Deaths rose by 17% in 2020 So clearly even with minimum pricing there has been an increase in people drinking themselves to death because of numerous other problems. Is the solution just to keep increasing the price every time quality of life decreases or to address the quality of life issues that are leading to the deaths in the first place? by Forever__Young (Fri 19th Nov 2021 2:40pm)
  • Out of interest how much does it work out per litre of beer when you brew at home? Would be interested in getting into it even as a hobby but wouldn't want it to cost too much. by Forever__Young (Fri 19th Nov 2021 2:45pm)
  • I just mean is it economically the same or better than actually just buying lager? by Forever__Young (Fri 19th Nov 2021 2:57pm)
  • It punishes everyone living on an extremely tight budget. If you've got £30 to spend for the weekly shop and your £3 bottle of wine is now £6.50, to afford it you'll need to make sacrifices. I understand you could just choose not to buy it at all, but if that's the intent you're artificially making alcohol a luxury only for people with a lot of disposable income. by Forever__Young (Fri 19th Nov 2021 3:02pm)
  • Lets be honest though the current inflation isn't going to make the booze any more affordable, it's not like the thing that's inflating is the disposable income in the most poor people's pockets. If anything it's just going to further stretch people's money at a time when cost of living is increasing fairly rapidly. by Forever__Young (Fri 19th Nov 2021 3:00pm)
  • That shit being wine and lager? Both would be affected. by Forever__Young (Fri 19th Nov 2021 3:06pm)
  • All lager is affected. In England you can get 24 cans of pretty much any mainstream lager brand for 15 quid or less, whereas up here that price would be closer to 26 under this proposal. Also cheap wine isn't necessarily any better or worse, you could previously buy a really good bottle of wine for £6 but now it's climbed to over £10 due to shitty wines being artificially inflated. by Forever__Young (Fri 19th Nov 2021 3:25pm)
  • Wow, might look into it as a Christmas present from my missus. by Forever__Young (Fri 19th Nov 2021 4:49pm)
  • As a teacher I'm a bit horrified that folk used to do it for me given the nick I'd get into at 15. Dead easy to think you're being decent getting them a few Friday beers, but all it takes is a fight where someone gets a serious injury or a sexually assault and you'll be on CCTV somewhere these days, and getting rightfully crucified. by Forever__Young (Sat 20th Nov 2021 11:17pm)
  • Dennistoun. by Forever__Young (Sun 21st Nov 2021 12:27am)
  • Nothing to do with you being foreign there's just more demand than supply in Glasgow at the moment. Apparently some people have been looking for 4 months without finding something. by Forever__Young (Sun 21st Nov 2021 10:25am)
  • I drive a shitty car made in 2003, just set the sat nav and then don't touch the phone again its that easy. If the satnav wants to reroute you it will give you an option to tap it once and it'll reroute so there's really no excuse to be caught using it. Also all my music is done through a Bluetooth thing plugged into my radio, but I control it through Google assistant which every Android has and iPhones have Siri which can also make a handsfree call, so I can't think of any reason you'd ever get caught unless you're actually using it to text or scroll. by Forever__Young (Sun 21st Nov 2021 10:56am)
  • The NHS is the best of civilisation, everyone collectively bargaining and paying for healthcare together so it's free for everyone at the point of need. It's not perfect, not least because the party that have been in government for over a decade fundamentally disagree with the idea of it, but the fact that it exists shows how great human cooperation can be. by Forever__Young (Tue 23rd Nov 2021 1:23am)
  • For what it's worth I'm a teacher, and I agree with you. I worked at an academy school down south (not private, non-selective entry so we had all the social problems a normal school would) and all punishments were handed out equally and it really improved behaviour at the school. Any infraction was given a 'check' and 3 checks in a day was detention. Doesn't matter who it is, doesn't matter why it happened, there was clear expectations set and when not met they were consistently and fairly punished. Worked an absolute treat, there were some kids that had detention for 3 months straight and in the detention we'd speak to them, explain why it was happening, and slowly but surely they'd stop breaking the rules as often. Behaviour improved massively in the school as a result. Moving back to a mainstream school and hearing 'you need to appreciate why he's behaving like that', while reducing punishments seems to me more like the schools are giving up on these kids than helping them. by Forever__Young (Thu 25th Nov 2021 12:15pm)
  • Oh trust me I know, I'm massively disillusioned at the moment. by Forever__Young (Thu 25th Nov 2021 12:26pm)
  • The PubhD thing sounds unreal, shame it doesn't look like it's on anymore. I'd definitely attend if there was someone holding one in the future. by Forever__Young (Thu 25th Nov 2021 2:11pm)
  • Don't know why everyone is being so hostile, though they're right about deep fried pizza, it is always just shitty frozen pizza that gets used. Things to try: haggis, square sausage, scotch pie, tunnocks tea cakes, macaroon bars, tablet (a type of sweet similar to fudge). Possibly try scotch whisky as we are world famous for it. Things to do: honestly as a tourist you can't beat a hop on hop off bus tour, will give you a list of possible tourist destinations and you can either blindly explore or Google ahead of time and pick what interests you. Also just enjoy your time here, we're not all wankers! by Forever__Young (Sun 28th Nov 2021 2:37am)
  • Haha I can imagine being a tourist and it being so famous you'd expect it to be good, it's absolutely not. by Forever__Young (Sun 28th Nov 2021 2:40am)
  • We're also the cloudiest city in Europe, that really affects peoples health and happiness. by Forever__Young (Mon 29th Nov 2021 12:11pm)
  • Yeah how about a 'guys move the vans, you've got 20 minutes but we'll not fine you as it's clear this is a misunderstanding and you're doing a good thing'. by Forever__Young (Tue 30th Nov 2021 1:57pm)
  • Aww well then yeah fair enough then, good on the police for giving them a chance and clearing things up. by Forever__Young (Tue 30th Nov 2021 2:03pm)
  • Statistically it is the cloudiest city in Europe, and while I also prefer it cloudy (lived in Australia, the US and England for about a year each and much prefer Glasgow's climate) there's no doubt it's less healthy. by Forever__Young (Tue 30th Nov 2021 2:02pm)
  • DELETED Was offered an 'immediate start' job by Renfrewshire Council five and a half weeks ago and I've still not been given a start date. Finances are very tight and they're not being helpful at all, I've just been told yesterday that everything's been signed off and I'll hear from the vacancy manager about my start date in 'due course'. Surely 5.5 weeks is more than due course? Im going to be 9.5 weeks without a wage at the very least and now it's looking like that wage will be a pittance, really feel like I've been shafted. by Forever__Young (Wed 1st Dec 2021 10:22am)
  • I used to do this at bowling clubs from 14-16 and got a tenner an hour after tips, when I started my first job after I graduated uni I was on pretty much the same wage. Had to put up with old dears asking me to make them half a roll because they couldn't eat a full one but it was worth it. by Forever__Young (Wed 1st Dec 2021 3:12pm)
  • Nice to hear the students are enjoying Alloa away. by Forever__Young (Wed 1st Dec 2021 5:23pm)
  • They don't all need to grow to maturity in a year to be sustainable. Imagine it takes 4 years to grow and you have 4 forrests containing 100 trees each. If you sell 100 a year and rotate which one you cut down and replant then its entirely sustainable. Now imagine that but it's 100m in each forrest. This is not to say theyre all sustainable but your premise is flawed. by Forever__Young (Wed 1st Dec 2021 11:44pm)
  • I heard they were poured out in order and the higher the number the closer you were to the dregs of the barrel so it would be thicker. by Forever__Young (Tue 7th Dec 2021 7:33am)
  • The wee neds where I grew up definitely didn't consider production quality facilities. by Forever__Young (Tue 7th Dec 2021 8:29am)
  • Altered if you're not a millionaire, but yes this is the answer if you want actual good fitting jeans as a short arse. Also can order 28 inch inseam on Everlane and they're class jeans but take ages to come. by Forever__Young (Fri 10th Dec 2021 8:24pm)
  • These 'where can I find green in Glasgow?' posts are getting more and more creative. by Forever__Young (Sat 11th Dec 2021 10:12am)
  • That where Jintys used to be or is Jintys reopening? by Forever__Young (Wed 15th Dec 2021 6:00pm)
  • Sounds like it's going to be picked up by the council from the results of this thread. There is going to either be eaten/decomposed if disposed of naturally (nutrients are then passed into other food chains, meaning little waste) or will be chucked into a rubbish incinerator and cause pollution. How have we ended up at a stage as a society we can't even tolerate animals decomposing? If we incinerated every dead animal the whole ecosystem would collapse within days. by Forever__Young (Sat 18th Dec 2021 12:11pm)
  • In regards to the time, it took me a couple of years to 'move on' emotionally and start imagining a happy life without her. Don't worry about it or attach any shame to it, there's no race to get over it and the healthiest thing is to acknowledge how you really feel about it and find ways to cope with it rather than trying to deny it. by Forever__Young (Sun 19th Dec 2021 12:45pm)
  • Loafs of bread with some sort of spread are dirt cheap if not glamorous. Will be able to get a peanut butter and a jam for under £3 and with 50p a week on loafs. Big bag of multipack crisps and a bottle of double strength squash for another £2. Talking £7 for your weekly lunches, and as someone said about maybe £1 on breakfast if you're happy to eat oats. by Forever__Young (Tue 21st Dec 2021 6:01pm)
  • I've lived in a new build block of flats and a tenement in Partick, the noise from neighbours in the tenement was 100x worse. The only plus side is when I was trying to sleep at night I got to listen to whatever TV show they were watching. Everything else was better in the tenement, but the sound insulation was dogshit. by Forever__Young (Wed 22nd Dec 2021 10:02am)
  • Aye surely you're paying a £20 surcharge as a tip to the staff today if you've got it spare, they deserve it. by Forever__Young (Sat 25th Dec 2021 10:48am)
  • Any idea if they take returns? by Forever__Young (Wed 29th Dec 2021 5:59pm)
  • Don't have the QR codes though, can you just send them anyway? by Forever__Young (Wed 29th Dec 2021 6:23pm)
  • Hate stuff like this, they've just hit out with a guess because they didn't know, not as if they sat and argued afterwards that Govan was the right answer. Unless you could name every area of their hometown its a bit rich to slag them off. The amount of times when I lived in England that folk done similar to me: 'What do you mean you don't know where Chelmsford/Canterbury/Stockport is?', sorry I don't know in depth the geography of the entire British Isles mate. by Forever__Young (Tue 4th Jan 2022 2:15pm)
  • >Trying to impress a vegan girl but I'm clueless Okay I've got a quick guide for you: 1) Say I hope you don't mind putting my meat in your mouth. Ideally make this joke a few times. 2) Offer her some animal products and promise you won't tell anyone. 3) Tell her you'd go vegan too but you like steak too much and can't survive on rabbit food. If you successfully carry these out she'll be putty in your hands. by Forever__Young (Wed 5th Jan 2022 9:23am)
  • I'll keep trying and one will land eventually. by Forever__Young (Wed 5th Jan 2022 11:55am)
  • If it makes one person laugh that's good enough for me. by Forever__Young (Wed 5th Jan 2022 11:55am)
  • Yeah to be fair my girlfriend and I would love a dog but we live in a flat so feel like it just wouldn't be fair. When we move to a ground floor or our own home it'll be one of the first things we do, but you need to consider the animals quality of life too. by Forever__Young (Sat 15th Jan 2022 1:30pm)
  • If you spend £1000 a month on just your housing then you'd really struggle as a full time student. I worked 30 hours a week on top of uni for my final year and it was hell, and even then with the loan I was only taking home about £1,400 a month. Managed to scrape by financially and academically but I couldn't have done it for 4 years. by Forever__Young (Sat 22nd Jan 2022 12:07pm)
  • Could always sign up for some form of university/college course if you haven't already. Pretty much everyone is there to learn and most will be up for socialising too. by Forever__Young (Thu 27th Jan 2022 7:24am)
  • Open uni or night courses are an option. Plenty of people work full time and study part time. by Forever__Young (Thu 27th Jan 2022 8:50am)
  • If you're not interested in science then any politics or history course will be a good place for learning and debating. I'd definitely say look for a course that promises to be on campus, as if you're just reading and looking at a computer it'll be brutal. by Forever__Young (Thu 27th Jan 2022 10:57am)
  • Like everything just not being a wank goes both ways. If it's some old bloke saying white coffee and you say 'latte or flat white' and they said 'I don't know son. Just a normal white coffee' then it's easy enough to sort them out without pressing the matter further. by Forever__Young (Thu 27th Jan 2022 5:06pm)
  • If you don't go to this you only have yourself to blame for not being able to meet people. Good chance to spend an evening chatting to at least a few like minded individuals. by Forever__Young (Fri 4th Feb 2022 5:42pm)
  • Argyle Street station has a photo booth in the station. by Forever__Young (Sat 5th Feb 2022 1:31pm)
  • Why not just say 'those lassies over there are absolutely steaming and need some help'? The staff may have been unreasonable in you opinion in regards to helping, but maybe if your communication had been clearer they would've sorted it instantly. by Forever__Young (Sun 6th Feb 2022 12:43pm)
  • When I was 18 if I saw a 33 year old in a club I'd be trying to bump a fag or pull them depending on what mood I was in. I certainly wouldn't have been commenting on the social dynamics of the situation, sounds like you were talking to some of the older crowd yourself. by Forever__Young (Thu 10th Feb 2022 5:06pm)
  • You've nicked/found someone's phone with Google pay haven't you? by Forever__Young (Thu 10th Feb 2022 11:05pm)
  • OP doesn't mean meet folk for the first time, they mean meet friends for an evening of zero alcohol hanging about. by Forever__Young (Sun 13th Feb 2022 3:32pm)
  • Not as bad as folk are making out. Strokes are massive and there's a few other really good acts on there besides them. by Forever__Young (Mon 14th Feb 2022 10:28pm)
  • A few others too. Sure it's going to be a hive of scum and villainy, but I think a lot of people made up their made before the lineup was even announced. by Forever__Young (Mon 14th Feb 2022 11:30pm)
  • Twae? Sounds more like something a Georgie or a pirate would say than a Glaswegian. Tae for too, two for two where I grew up. by Forever__Young (Tue 22nd Feb 2022 6:57pm)
  • Aye I automatically inherited a hatred of them too, then moved somewhere that people would park blocking traffic/resident car parking/emergency access just so they could be a couple feet closer to the chippy. No I'm firmly pro traffic attendant and anti lazy bastard. by Forever__Young (Sat 5th Mar 2022 10:44am)
  • Unless you can find someone else looking to half in and they use the flat for the other 2 weeks every month then you're going to need to either rent your own place or airbnb all the time unfortunately. No one's going to have a spare studio or 1 bed apartment that they can guarantee for 2 weeks whenever you need it in this economy for the price of some art leasons, they could make £600 a month from it. by Forever__Young (Sat 19th Mar 2022 11:26am)
  • Oh I thought you wanted the same place every time, if you're willing to go anywhere then you can always try trustedhousesitters, pet sitting websites etc. The more you do it the better your reputation is so you're more likely to get the place you want, but im not sure how reliable it is. by Forever__Young (Sat 19th Mar 2022 11:49am)
  • I always found it was only accepted as ID on public transport to prove you weren't a half. One time I asked for a half to Edinburgh when I was 15 and the guy asked to see ID to prove I was underage, to which I replied 'why would I carry ID if I'm underage' and he said I wasn't getting a half without a young Scot card. Prick. But yeah having worked in a spar, I wouldn't have served someone with a Young Scot card, even though I am sympathetic to OPs specific situation. by Forever__Young (Sat 2nd Apr 2022 1:41pm)
  • I don't. I don't even do bouldering to be honest. by Forever__Young (Sat 2nd Apr 2022 2:23pm)
  • Or you know, a football fan just wants to watch the football with their mates and drink a beer. Not everything has to be some middle class morality crusade, some things can just be a bit of fun. by Forever__Young (Sun 3rd Apr 2022 10:08am)
  • >I would imagine large numbers of working class fans of other teams would disagree with you. What that it's okay for others to enjoy watching football in the pub even if JagsFraz doesn't like the teams? Doubt it. >Pretending the OF is Man Utd Liverpool and a day out in the pub is utterly embarrassing. The guys post could literally be boiled down to 'im looking for a day out in the pub to watch the football', I'm not pretending anything that's exactly what he's after. Nothing about the guys post suggests he's looking for a vouyeristic day trip to witness sectarianism and violence. by Forever__Young (Sun 3rd Apr 2022 11:11am)
  • I'm not at all so you've just lost yourself a bet. Wish I was right enough so I could afford to buy a flat. by Forever__Young (Sun 3rd Apr 2022 2:57pm)
  • Not many middle class people pay over the odds for rent and have a bastard of a commute because they can't afford to buy a 1 bed flat close to their work though. by Forever__Young (Sun 3rd Apr 2022 3:38pm)
  • Okay well my salary is under £20,000 and I work full time so do with that what you will. No idea what you get out of this dispute but whatever floats your boat. by Forever__Young (Sun 3rd Apr 2022 4:54pm)
  • Sausage and mince with a very high fat %, it's cheaper too. by Forever__Young (Sun 10th Apr 2022 10:13pm)
  • You can only travel there unvaccinated if you have proof of a recent infection, are between 12 and 17, in which case a negative test will suffice, or for under 12s you don't need either. That's the only exemptions they offer. by Forever__Young (Tue 12th Apr 2022 2:01am)
  • In most places the medium lane is basically just the slow lane except without kids farting about in it. Which is fine, the kids need somewhere to play and it's just a leisure centre after all. I'd say if you're doing 30 secs per length and not stopping between lengths all the time then you're swimming at a medium speed, the problem is more the 7 folk in a lane. by Forever__Young (Tue 12th Apr 2022 2:31pm)
  • Yeah I wouldn't blame the people as much as the 7 per lane policy. The baths I go to just have to fast and medium and the rest is for messing about, but luckily it's not usually as busy as yours sounds like it is. by Forever__Young (Tue 12th Apr 2022 3:09pm)
  • Nah I use South Lanarkshire council pools. by Forever__Young (Tue 12th Apr 2022 5:28pm)
  • Just commenting so I can still come back to the thread in future once it's inevitably deleted. by Forever__Young (Mon 18th Apr 2022 11:39am)
  • Hotel receipts with personal details blurred out for the nights in question that show the date and price would be pretty bloody convincing. by Forever__Young (Tue 19th Apr 2022 6:22pm)
  • Don't be offended by the downvotes, I know they're harsh but they do tell a story. You and everyone else and their gran and their dog want a cheap flat in the West End so you could be waiting several years. If you really need our ASAP then its worth expanding your search to less desirable areas, if you don't mind waiting then it's you're prerogative to wait. by Forever__Young (Thu 21st Apr 2022 8:11am)
  • Janitorial work in a school? Will meet loads of interesting people, with all different qualifications and interests and the work isn't too back breaking. Have had about 3 jobs in schools and 3 jobs in companies outside of schools and the difference in how you're treated is incredible. by Forever__Young (Thu 28th Apr 2022 5:12pm)
  • Aye I lived in London last year, cost of living is way way cheaper here. Its just not cheaper to live alone than live with 2 roommates. Gas and electric alone with be £100+ and council tax the same, so you'd need to find something at around £450 to hit your target. If you share you'd manage it easily. by Forever__Young (Fri 29th Apr 2022 3:39pm)
  • Remember pre-Spotify/youtube you had to buy and album to hear the album tracks. And it was a big investment, if you'd just spent £15 on an album you're going to give it at least a few goes before you write it off. Plus it really is true that a couple relistens can totally change your opinion, some of my favourite albums I was underwhelmed the first time and the more I listened the more I grew to love them. by Forever__Young (Sat 30th Apr 2022 10:15am)
  • I had about 100 of them. Very much just a standard rollover bun and sausage, with mustard and ketchup available. Around £3 which after spending £20 on 10 pints at the QMU is small change for a hearty nutritious meal. by Forever__Young (Sat 30th Apr 2022 11:57pm)
  • Maybe try some Limmy streams on Twitch/archives on YouTube too. He streams gaming, improv, stories etc. He's got a fairly thick accent, but doesn't mumble too much so should be a good place to learn and we're talking thousands of hours of content if you find them enjoyable. by Forever__Young (Mon 2nd May 2022 3:43pm)
  • >Snide wee comments about junkies. Shite wee comments about minimum wage workers. >Don't even mention anyone on benefit, it's like they're lower than low on here. Wit yeez fuckin all about ? Nah that whole second part about minimum wage workers and folk on benefits is just totally false and based on nothing, the consenus attitude on this sub is the exact opposite of that and always has been. Maybe you view using the word 'junkie' and casual racism as the same under the umbrella of punching down, but to say those things exist on this sub is just demonstrably false considering those opinions are absolutely never upvoted. by Forever__Young (Tue 3rd May 2022 5:16pm)
  • Tbf I think people also disdain folk who rob/deceive/threaten people for booze and gambling money. If an alcoholic is bleeding and soiling themselves in someone's close they'll have just as much issue with that. Obviously not all heroin users do that, but that's who most of this visceral hate you see on this thread is directed at. by Forever__Young (Tue 3rd May 2022 7:30pm)
  • Done long distance with a girl in London as a student and done it once a month for a year, not all that bad, especially through the night. Just drop your stuff underneath, get on, put on an eyemask, put on earphones and go to sleep. Just make sure your valuables are extremely well secured. by Forever__Young (Wed 4th May 2022 11:19pm)
  • All depends, I'd say 75% of the time there was no delays and I wasn't next to anyone taking up my seat/smelly. The 25% I either had an uncomfortable seatmate or annoying delays, but I probably saved 1000s of pounds Vs train/transport to airports on both ends so it was well worth it for me. by Forever__Young (Wed 4th May 2022 11:28pm)
  • Tbf if you said 'do a bit of podcasting but never done live comedy' you'd have gotten a better response. Think that by name dropping people just see themselves being tricked into looking at viral marketing. by Forever__Young (Wed 4th May 2022 11:34pm)
  • Would definitely be difficult I'm much smaller and was sometimes cramped. by Forever__Young (Thu 5th May 2022 6:58am)
  • There's loads of space in them, you're next to the stairs with no seats in front. by Forever__Young (Thu 5th May 2022 4:42pm)
  • If you're nervous then just pay the extra and get national express, Megabus can be ropey but NE tends to be plain sailing. by Forever__Young (Fri 6th May 2022 6:51am)
  • Just to add as a Scot who formerly lived in London, it's like living somewhere like Southgate in the sense that it's a bit quiet but you're at most 15 minutes on public transport from somewhere that it's 'happening' by Forever__Young (Thu 12th May 2022 7:11pm)
  • Bowlarama but it's not a retro hipster arcade it's like air hockey etc. The one at the quay also has an arcade, which is much bigger and has more variety but still more like fun fair style than street fighter. by Forever__Young (Tue 17th May 2022 12:10am)
  • I can't, sorry. by Forever__Young (Fri 20th May 2022 9:34pm)
  • Funny by Forever__Young (Fri 20th May 2022 10:56pm)
  • Tbf that's partly through choice, particularly the mortgage. If you were willing to commute you could get a 4 bed and pay £10k a year on your mortgage. You could easily know a family bringing in 150k and say they don't feel rich because their kids private tuition eats up most of it. by Forever__Young (Mon 23rd May 2022 8:16pm)
  • Okay but a couple earning 95k and paying £1,100 a month on a mortgage for a 3-bed in the west end could very comfortably live a middle class lifestyle is all I'm saying. If you're earning £95k combined in Glasgow and struggling financially then there's certainly ways you can adapt your lifestyle so that's no longer the case. by Forever__Young (Mon 23rd May 2022 10:47pm)
  • It's due to numerous incidents of people entering alone and taking advantage of people (usually women) who they either spike or who are too drunk/on drugs to consent. Is that less likely to happen in NQ64 than a dark, booze and drug fuelled nightclub? Probably. Is it rubbish that you had genuinely good intentions and didn't get in? Yeah. But the fact they're doing their best to protect people who could be targets of sexual assault is a good thing on the balance imo. by Forever__Young (Tue 24th May 2022 5:52pm)
  • The best way? Debatable. As one of many tools in a places arsenal to make the place safer? NQ64 seem to think it helps, and it's their prerogative. I get that it's rubbish for you as a person who wants to go there just to play games, but unfortunately they're a bar and have to think about people drinking alcohol and their responsibility to them. Honestly I know that sucks for you as someone who doesn't drink alcohol but that's just the reality of the situation. by Forever__Young (Tue 24th May 2022 6:40pm)
  • I worked in a SPAR when I was at uni and as a KP after, no-one gets a higher rate of pay at unsociable hours. In fact if they did my KP wage would've been a winner because I only ever got unsociable hours. by Forever__Young (Thu 26th May 2022 5:15pm)
  • Can you possibly use the fact you're a care leaver to help you get a council house? Will be much cheaper and possibly you'll get priority and not need to front loads of money. by Forever__Young (Thu 26th May 2022 11:13pm)
  • If scientists could harness whatever it is that makes the top room in Sloans so absolutely roasting then the energy crisis would be over. Assume it's something to do with the massive brick walls, but bloody hell it's hot. by Forever__Young (Fri 27th May 2022 9:04am)
  • Tbf when I was a student Sunday/Mondays were always the nights I didn't go out because they town was normally quite dead. Is there anywhere even has a 'night' on a Monday these days? by Forever__Young (Sat 28th May 2022 12:58pm)
  • I drive a 22 year old banger and the only speed limiter function is the fact it's ancient and shite. by Forever__Young (Sat 28th May 2022 1:05pm)
  • There's a burger king though, could've got a dbxl for like 6 quid which tbough it's a rip off sounds like half of what you paid. by Forever__Young (Sat 28th May 2022 1:18pm)
  • Or when they say neds they're no talking about people in skip hats who don't fight, threaten and intimidate. You know because they're not neds. A ned by definition causes trouble All the guys said is that he hates neds, he never once insinuated that all poor people are neds or everyone in a trackie is a ned, you imagined that part. by Forever__Young (Sun 29th May 2022 9:34am)
  • Tbf if you grew up in a scheme you'd know the difference between a ned and someone less fortunate. Neds smash bottles on the path that folk walk their dogs and then batter anyone that complains. To be classed as a ned you need to be a grade A prick. by Forever__Young (Sun 29th May 2022 9:43am)
  • My mate sent a picture of himself saying he was his older brother, asking if they'd reissue him a new card with this new picture and they done it. So he literally had a real card with his brothers face on it. by Forever__Young (Mon 30th May 2022 4:38pm)
  • I'm not the other person, just genuinely curious if you've ever invented anything or created something people might know? by Forever__Young (Tue 31st May 2022 5:02pm)
  • And what is the company? Why is it worth getting involved with this whole project or movement? by Forever__Young (Tue 31st May 2022 5:35pm)
  • Mate you need to give it back, you've only got a very limited window in which you can return it for a full refund. If you don't go quick enough the place that sold you gets 3 attempts to fix it before havign to give you a refund. But after 6 months you're then humped, just give it back. by Forever__Young (Fri 3rd Jun 2022 1:54pm)
  • Nah rubbish compared to good stuff, not very strong and good truffle oil will blow the nut off you. by Forever__Young (Sat 4th Jun 2022 5:11pm)
  • This is the most working class guy who moved to the west end opinion ever. Go hang about Feegie and tell me the kids sounds pompous. by Forever__Young (Mon 6th Jun 2022 6:10pm)
  • The Maryhill Young Team is good too. They spend a lot of time outdoors, mainly in parks late at night, and do a fair amount of public art projects. by Forever__Young (Wed 8th Jun 2022 5:31pm)
  • I've not been to them all but the best I've been to recently are Fat Lobster and The Finnieston. Fat Lobster is small plates, which is class to get a good bit of variety and we spent just under £100 for me and my partner which for a special occasion I was happy with. Finnieston we had a voucher but think it was well over £100 before we used it. Food was class but probably won't be back unless I get another voucher haha. by Forever__Young (Sat 11th Jun 2022 12:00pm)
  • Nah tbf when I was a student I was getting the loan and making £200 a week washing dishes in Sloans. The loan paid my rent and bills and I then had £800 effectively disposable (minus say a tenner a week on subway tickets). Now with higher rent, council tax, a car etc Ive actually got less to spend working full time than I did as a student, it's pretty crazy. by Forever__Young (Sat 11th Jun 2022 12:17pm)
  • I rented a place in Partick so my commute was only a 15 min walk. I'd work 12 hour Saturdays, 12 hours Sunday. Then I would have maybe like 2/3 hours of lectures a day, probably a couple hours of studying and then about 6 hours of lab time on top. So we're talking the equivalent of like 50 hours uni + work + studying a week, so it was a lot but not crazy. The hard bit was doing half of it hungover. by Forever__Young (Sat 11th Jun 2022 12:35pm)
  • The rolled R isn't actually French, it's more Old English/Germanic in origin. In fact most Scots is much closer to old English than English is, for example our vowel shift was different than some of the South of England so we still say 'mooss' instead of 'mouse', which would've been the standard pronunciation 500 years ago. In terms of 'anglicisation' that's just how upper class people have always spoken, the higher your class the closer you were to received pronunciation. Contrary to popular belief on this sub the Glasgow accent is still alive and well, if you're noticing it less it's possible you've just moved to a more affluent area or hang about with different folk than you did in your youth. by Forever__Young (Tue 14th Jun 2022 9:39pm)
  • Oh well that could be tracked back to the kingdoms that ruled Scotland I imagine. For example Gaelic was probably only the predominant language in Glasgow for a very short period (couple centuries) compared with thousands in the north and east. I don't think it's as much Scots being anglicised, given that Scots is already a derivative of English, as it is just different people with different origins adopting the English language differently. by Forever__Young (Tue 14th Jun 2022 10:48pm)
  • Rubbish, if it's a European airport it'll be an EU section and a non-EU section. If it's America or Australia there's quite an extensive process including filling in forms and being grilled on visas, where you're staying, for how long and how you're going to leave (savings or tickets). Not been to many other places but all the stuff you're saying is standard everywhere. by Forever__Young (Thu 16th Jun 2022 4:52pm)
  • > Also I probably seen more countries and lived in more cities than you. Probably the most embarrassing Reddit comment I've ever seen. Your dad bigger than his dad too? by Forever__Young (Fri 17th Jun 2022 3:51pm)
  • For comparison my mate lives in a tenement and each of the tenants just had to put 4k in for roof repairs. by Forever__Young (Fri 24th Jun 2022 10:52pm)
  • 32k worth of repairs is more than a little bit, my 1990s built house has never had a roof repair. by Forever__Young (Fri 24th Jun 2022 11:52pm)
  • Maybe he's one of the people who are skint at the moment and he needs to raise his prices to cover his cost of living? by Forever__Young (Wed 6th Jul 2022 4:44pm)
  • It's his living mate, if charging the usual amount means he'll be skint then he's more than welcome to raise the price. He even told you upfront so you had the option to bail, sorry you can't afford to use his service but that's your problem not his. by Forever__Young (Wed 6th Jul 2022 4:53pm)
  • How do you know he can afford it? If it was £26 a year ago and fuel has gone up by 70%, being hit at home by the cost of living crisis then surely a price increase of 50% could mean hes breaking even? Sounds like you can't afford a taxi now, that's a shame but it's not his fault. by Forever__Young (Wed 6th Jul 2022 5:05pm)
  • You can still pay for journalism like that, but free news sites rely on ads and maximising clicks and the way to do that is putting out a ton of clickbait content rather than a few well written long read stories. by Forever__Young (Thu 7th Jul 2022 1:21pm)
  • Yeah they get all of their online revenue from ads, subscription based services tend to be a higher quality but you do have to pay for it. by Forever__Young (Thu 7th Jul 2022 1:57pm)
  • We were 6 weeks but neither of us were in a chain which tends to be the hold up. It can be done in a month if neither of you are in a chain and take an indefinite amount of time if you are. by Forever__Young (Tue 12th Jul 2022 10:08am)
  • Think this one might be a bit too thirsty for that. by Forever__Young (Tue 12th Jul 2022 10:10am)
  • Just have a word with the seller and your lawyer and say you're all desperate to get it done ASAP and try and get a rough timescale. Obviously things can throw a spanner in the works but just try your best to stay on them. by Forever__Young (Tue 12th Jul 2022 10:23am)
  • When we viewed it the guy asked if we could be in within 2 weeks. Told him we'd try our best, and that turned out to be 6 weeks. by Forever__Young (Tue 12th Jul 2022 10:22am)
  • It was all a bit whirlwind, not in the city but it was the 3rd place we'd viewed, offered home report the next day and 6 weeks later we were in. Dream come true given some of my mates have been looking for longer than the entire process took us. by Forever__Young (Tue 12th Jul 2022 10:50am)
  • Cmon though the difficulty with buying is having £15k cash sitting about, not like people are just choosing not to. by Forever__Young (Thu 14th Jul 2022 9:14pm)
  • Mosshill, big mossy hill with moss everywhere. No thanks. by Forever__Young (Sun 17th Jul 2022 9:58am)
  • I done a working holiday to Australia when I was 21, ended up in Cairns for 6 months where it pisses with rain with thunder every other day, you can't swim in the sea because of jellies (not the fun kind) and you double your skin cancer risk by walking to the local shop. Glaswegians are just destined to always have brutal weather you just need to embrace it. by Forever__Young (Sun 17th Jul 2022 10:34am)
  • Go to Ibrox tonight and you'll see about 50, might be a good way to get familiar with what's already on offer. by Forever__Young (Tue 19th Jul 2022 3:56pm)
  • Thought this was going to be someone complaining that the weather had cooled down. by Forever__Young (Thu 21st Jul 2022 8:47am)
  • Definitely see it too. G Wagons parked on double yellows in town who clearly think of £30 as the price to park there and not a fine. by Forever__Young (Thu 21st Jul 2022 5:34pm)
  • Easy to say and easy to avoid some. If you don't pay your rent/mortgage and council tax you'll eventually end up homeless so you can't just opt out of those. Obviously if you punt drugs you can make money but if you have family thats not a realistic option, your vague 'youve just got to figure it out' won't pay for your house either. by Forever__Young (Fri 22nd Jul 2022 11:48pm)
  • Do you want to elaborate? by Forever__Young (Fri 22nd Jul 2022 11:51pm)
  • Right we get it you've started smoking hash, if you have any actual advice on how you can live without a wage then let me know. by Forever__Young (Sat 23rd Jul 2022 12:34am)
  • Nah but you're talking pish, saying you don't need to live in the system etc but refusing to elaborate on any alternative. Just nonsense and a waste of time until you've got something useful to say. by Forever__Young (Sat 23rd Jul 2022 12:40am)
  • > Did I speak over people? Folk speak over each other in every single conversation, the only people who notice or bother are people who read 'how to dominate other people and project power' self help stuff and they're all tools anyway. by Forever__Young (Sat 23rd Jul 2022 11:07am)
  • Open collar shirt, a pair of trousers and dark shoes (floors always manky). Normally like a chore jacket. by Forever__Young (Wed 27th Jul 2022 1:30pm)
  • Nah I've worn jeans hundreds of times and got in pretty much every time*. Not sure about trainers but I used to get in with the regularly as well. *disclaimer I've only been in a club once since covid hit because I'm a bit past it by Forever__Young (Wed 27th Jul 2022 1:37pm)
  • You'll know it if you google image it, just a standard jacket most folk would wear out and about. by Forever__Young (Wed 27th Jul 2022 4:09pm)
  • No I don't, I mean chore jacket. A shacket is a similar but different style of jacket. by Forever__Young (Wed 27th Jul 2022 5:16pm)
  • Coming onto r/Glasgow and having a go at Glasgow surprisingly isn't too popular. by Forever__Young (Thu 28th Jul 2022 2:08pm)
  • You tip at a bar in America because for some reason they're allowed to pay them less than minimum wage so if you don't tip they don't eat. At a bar in Glasgow the bar staff are making at least the same as me probably lore, why am I then obligated to give them a financial gift? by Forever__Young (Sun 31st Jul 2022 11:11am)
  • Fair enough, in a restaurant I'll just round up to the nearest 5. by Forever__Young (Sun 31st Jul 2022 11:30am)
  • Honestly no idea what you're on about. Lived in a few cities around the world and its a fairly standard question. And to say people get closed off and weird when you tell them is very strange. Are you calling these people bigots? Are you implying all people from Glasgow are bigots? There's a lot going on with your post you'll need go elaborate further if you want actual clarity. by Forever__Young (Sun 31st Jul 2022 8:45pm)
  • > Everytime I think I find somewhere nice I realise I've been naive and someone tells me I've picked somewhere dangerous. Maybe those people are wrong? by Forever__Young (Mon 1st Aug 2022 10:36am)
  • No it's not houses genuinely do go for 10-20% over asking. by Forever__Young (Wed 3rd Aug 2022 2:25pm)
  • The drive is a piece of piss and much cheaper if there's two of you, my partner and I done it last week and you're talking like £60 worth of petrol and 3.5 hours driving each. I've done the bus maybe 20x and if you're happy to just put your earphones in and eyemask on its not the end of the world. Trains the best but can be talking close to £250+ return for a couple at times which is ridiculous. Flights such a false economy, much more faff and stress, if you've got bags it's almost as expensive as train and way way less comfortable and convenient.. by Forever__Young (Wed 3rd Aug 2022 2:33pm)
  • You think the people paying that much aren't on reddit? For a family home that's probably not that much above the median price, I don't think it's ridiculous. Unless there's something else I'm missing that you're implying and am totally naive too. by Forever__Young (Wed 3rd Aug 2022 2:36pm)
  • Yeah guess it depends how often you go and whether you go alone. If you're down 4x a year like we are and its not for business then you need to just suck it up and drive. Especially because we need to have a car when we're down there. by Forever__Young (Wed 3rd Aug 2022 4:26pm)
  • Thank fuck the Glasweigian gatekeeper is here. by Forever__Young (Thu 4th Aug 2022 11:30am)
  • 'Enjoy your meal then' snider little tadger, I'm sure he's glad he's got your approval. by Forever__Young (Thu 4th Aug 2022 11:37am)
  • Probably bored 13 year olds just doing it because it's bad hoping to get a reaction so they can get chased or something. Aye its daft but I can imagine certain mates doing something like that at that age. by Forever__Young (Fri 5th Aug 2022 8:57am)
  • Sorry about that mate, this sub is really funny about people moving to the city. Blaming a failure to invest in infrastructure on immigrants instead of the ruling powers is such a fucking fascist viewpoint and yet its embraced on the Glasgow sub. Makes me a bit ashamed to be a native reading stuff like that. by Forever__Young (Fri 5th Aug 2022 10:39am)
  • >An expatriate is a person who resides outside their native country. Their wording is technically correct. What a weird and potentially racist thing that this sub has such a hangup about. by Forever__Young (Fri 5th Aug 2022 10:38am)
  • Me neither but I'm here every day and it's getting more and more common. Even comments saying certain people 'aren't welcome' and upvoted to the top of the sub. I understand the frustration because of the housing crisis, but the frustration is being taken out on totally the wrong people. by Forever__Young (Fri 5th Aug 2022 10:43am)
  • Thats great to here, hope you enjoy it here. Its probably not as unsafe as youare fearing either, I'd say just stick to visiting new areas during the day and preferably with pals and you should be grand. by Forever__Young (Fri 5th Aug 2022 10:45am)
  • No you are on reddit giving immigrants a hard time. That's all I need to know. by Forever__Young (Fri 5th Aug 2022 10:49am)
  • I don't feel the need to nitpick the language the person prefers using. If they want to be an expat that fine by me, if they want to be an immigrant that's fine too. If they want to avoid a word they feel is stigmatised by the media (which it definitely is) then why do you feel the need to pick on them? by Forever__Young (Fri 5th Aug 2022 10:57am)
  • So you feel the need to pick on people new to the city on reddit to prove a point? Nothing like hospitality. by Forever__Young (Fri 5th Aug 2022 11:02am)
  • Yeah, have to imagine almost all of them knew the fine was coming and chose to drive it anyway. Muppets. by Forever__Young (Fri 5th Aug 2022 1:09pm)
  • Just FYI higher maths is actually a really high standard. I got an A, am qualified as a teacher in a different subject and someone asked me to tutor their kid as a favour. Could not believe the difficulty, especially compared to the difficulty of some other subjects highers. by Forever__Young (Wed 10th Aug 2022 9:56am)
  • Yep didn't want to say this because I feel like I'll be dismissed as an academic snob because I studied neuroscience... but there's simply no way to have an anti-academic interest in neuroscience. By definition that wouldn't be science. It would just be guesswork about how the brain works without testing the hypotheses. That's what's so brilliant about the scientific method, it allows you to test these theories and find out the truth, why anyone would be opposed to that I'll never know. by Forever__Young (Wed 10th Aug 2022 11:54pm)
  • Definitely no, would've obviously been better if he'd stood up for OP, but staying quiet isn't nearly as bad as if he'd joined in with the guy obviously. Driving instructors are taught to always teach deescaltion of situations so maybe they were worried they'd get sacked in the middle of the cost of living crisis if they got involved and froze, no reason to always jump to the worst assumptions about folk. by Forever__Young (Fri 12th Aug 2022 1:32pm)
  • One of the best parts of the justice system in terms of attempting to make the trial fair though. So much better to have a randomly selected jury of your peers than one person with power deciding your fate. by Forever__Young (Fri 12th Aug 2022 4:59pm)
  • No necessarily trying to hard or trying to be posh, it's just a word that is pronounced strangely compared to how it's spelled. by Forever__Young (Mon 15th Aug 2022 8:02am)
  • What other word does Au get pronounced 'uh'? I can't think of any, I certainly don't expect people who haven't heard it before to get it right first time. by Forever__Young (Mon 15th Aug 2022 8:52am)
  • When I was 18 many years ago we didn't get away with me using my ID, then someone else running it outside to give to my mate who looked similar to also use. Make of that what you will. by Forever__Young (Wed 17th Aug 2022 5:32pm)
  • Canada too, randomly came across a 4 pack of Tennents export lager pint cans while I was working in the states for a bit and took a drive over the border. Was a moment of pure bliss. Followed by a deep depression when I realised how much cans of beer cost over there. by Forever__Young (Wed 17th Aug 2022 6:57pm)
  • Get a 0% credit card with at least 24 months and get that 2k on it ASAP. Pay it up £200 a month, it will sting like fuck and some months you'll need to make your peace with no being able to afford it but getting rid of that ASAP is so important. If you want to have some savings then put £100 onto the card and £100 into a savings account, but make sure not to touch any of that savings money for anything other than major necessities until that 2k is clear. by Forever__Young (Thu 18th Aug 2022 7:04pm)
  • I used to work in an Indian restaurant, can confirm that any Indian will sell a singular naan if you just walk in and ask for one. Any decent Indian will have the dough in the tandoor, folded, in the bag and in your hands fresh within 5 minutes. by Forever__Young (Thu 18th Aug 2022 7:10pm)
  • Definitely do it. Try to sneakily work your way up to a 5 grand credit limit across your cards but only if you trust yourself not to spend it. If you're going to make one credit application it'll only show for six months so might as well make a few. Get a clearscore or creditkarma account and see what's hurting your score. Might be as simple as you're not on the electoral roll at your address. Might be that you just don't have enough credit facility but it'll let you know. by Forever__Young (Thu 18th Aug 2022 9:32pm)
  • So many variables though, I don't earn much more than 21k and neither does my partner but we don't really have to worry. We don't have any debt, we managed to fix our energy bills at £250 and don't have kids, so the belts have had to be tightened but we're not going to run out of money. by Forever__Young (Tue 23rd Aug 2022 8:03am)
  • Yeah, people need to be able to feed their families and heat their house or society will crumble. Whether that means there's less profit for shareholders in some places or the government increase support I don't know, but things cant go the way they're heading and expect people to happily work away. by Forever__Young (Tue 23rd Aug 2022 6:10pm)
  • What you're saying doesnt help either you're just adding agro. Lets keep this a decent humans vs scumbags thing and not a man vs woman thing. by Forever__Young (Wed 24th Aug 2022 6:43pm)
  • Maybe you've expressed interest in hearing about 1000s of people unable to find somewhere to rent? by Forever__Young (Thu 25th Aug 2022 8:53pm)
  • Why did you go in the first place if that's how you feel? by Forever__Young (Sun 28th Aug 2022 12:35pm)
  • Because it's not owned by the government and these companies can sell the energy the generate to other countries. So it means we're bidding against everyone else who is suddenly desperate for the energy being produced. Yet another reason energy should be nationalised, as well as anything else people can't live without. by Forever__Young (Sun 28th Aug 2022 12:41pm)
  • This comment gives me 'live laugh love' auntie on Facebook after a couple bottles of wine vibes. by Forever__Young (Sun 28th Aug 2022 12:59pm)
  • Oh come on, you could say that about literally every restaurant or pub. Why pay 12 quid each at tobys for a roast when you can buy the ingredients for 12 total for the family? If you've ever bought a beer outside of the house then youve done the exact same thing don't be a massive dafty. I've never actually been to the Ivy because I'm not loaded but you've totally invalidated your comment in my eyes. by Forever__Young (Sun 28th Aug 2022 6:27pm)
  • Ffs it's no that bad by Forever__Young (Sun 28th Aug 2022 10:26pm)
  • Zip yard on great Western road, tiny bit pricey but welll worth it because it's always spot on. Nothing worse than ruining a great jacket with bad alterations. by Forever__Young (Sun 28th Aug 2022 10:37pm)
  • Yeah but they host it and serve food they don't get others in to host. by Forever__Young (Sun 28th Aug 2022 10:43pm)
  • I've also lived both there and Hamilton and they're exactly the same except one is 3 stops closer to Central and is maybe a bit less of a drive to decent retail parks. You're being way too dramatic, it's not much worse or different to most places in Glasgow and the surrounding area. by Forever__Young (Sun 28th Aug 2022 10:42pm)
  • The pizza is genuinely excellent. Not as good as you get in Naples but not far off. Don't rate some of their business practices but the pizza is so good. by Forever__Young (Mon 29th Aug 2022 5:07pm)
  • Sued some random company that has been called Paesano for years or something like that, cant remember the details but stunk anyway. by Forever__Young (Mon 29th Aug 2022 7:01pm)
  • Pizzas unreal, you'll love it. by Forever__Young (Mon 29th Aug 2022 9:33pm)
  • Yeah also very good, for the price you wont get any pasta nearly as authentic tasting in Glasgow imo. by Forever__Young (Mon 29th Aug 2022 10:17pm)
  • Or with one, we bought a house from a guy at asking price and it was still 70k more than the guy had paid for it 15 years ago. Really its people not on the ladder at all who are shafted and unfortunately they're also the least likely to vote and are subjected to constant anti-socialist propoganda so it's a vicious cycle. by Forever__Young (Wed 31st Aug 2022 8:46pm)
  • Pakora making at Mr Singhs, a very popular dish in Scotland and a very popular Indian restaurant (an important cuisine in Scotland). Maybe not luxury but definitely not touristy either and it'll be fun and tasty and you'll learn a bit about Scottish culture. by Forever__Young (Thu 1st Sep 2022 7:54am)
  • I earn more than that and split everything with my partner and tbh I dont think it's saveable. You'll be able to live off it if you rent somewhere cheap and split bills with others, but remember you'll pay tax on that amount. by Forever__Young (Thu 1st Sep 2022 4:44pm)
  • After tax? As long as you've no debt/large car finance and are willing to houseshare you can manage that surely. by Forever__Young (Thu 1st Sep 2022 5:42pm)
  • For those of us a bit further out Megabar unders was a thing around that time and slightly after too. by Forever__Young (Sun 4th Sep 2022 11:40am)
  • They have Italian pizza chefs in Paesano too, I've been up and spoken to them. by Forever__Young (Thu 8th Sep 2022 6:10pm)
  • It's not Paesano it's just anything popular. by Forever__Young (Thu 8th Sep 2022 6:10pm)
  • How do I only ever hear about stuff like this when it's sold out? by Forever__Young (Sat 10th Sep 2022 12:13pm)
  • I'm part because of buy-to-let landlords are buying up cheaper properties and renting them out, which means there is less of them available. Less supply, same demand = higher prices. As they're wealtheir they can just pay an extra 10-15% to guarantee they get the place, inflating prices. If private renting was outlawed the prices would be much lower than they are now. by Forever__Young (Sat 10th Sep 2022 12:23pm)
  • Of course it is, but you don't help by joining. I think the responsible choice would be to sell when you leave Glasgow and don't keep renting out and taking advantage of people who can't afford a deposit. by Forever__Young (Sat 10th Sep 2022 4:08pm)
  • Surely the posts on here about public transport being rammed with underagers with their new passes is proof of concept that uptake would surge with a big price reduction? For me I could share a lift in the morning with my missus and then get a train + then bus home, but that one way journey would cost £8 daily and take 3x as long. I'm quite eco conscious so I do feel bad about running two cars when it's not absolutely necessary, but financially it's just not feasible. How many people are in similar situations where they'd ditch their cars with a better and cheaper public transport system? Surely the short term costs of this would save trillions in climate impact long term? by Forever__Young (Fri 16th Sep 2022 7:38am)
  • From memory drinking 7 pints of the weakest lager you can get in the student union and then pulling a goth is quite fun. by Forever__Young (Fri 16th Sep 2022 7:49am)
  • 100%, no one is going to either for the quality. They're going for the prices or even just a warm place to sit and kill time when short on cash. by Forever__Young (Fri 16th Sep 2022 7:54am)
  • Tbf I washed dishes for them and they treated me fairly well, Christmas bonus, above minimum wage, didn't fuck about with hours or cancel shifts last minute, decent breaks, food on shift. Might be a chain but they treated me much better than some independents have. by Forever__Young (Fri 16th Sep 2022 3:50pm)
  • I'm from Glasgow but I've lived in a few different cities across 3 countries and then found my way back here. I'd say it's much the same as the other in terms of how strangers interact with you, don't really get the whole friendliest people in the world thing. It's also doesn't feel as safe as other places I've lived, but also not nearly the most dangerous either. It is nice that it's by and large so left leaning politically, but other than that very similar to people from most other places. by Forever__Young (Sat 17th Sep 2022 6:35pm)
  • London, Detroit, Cairns and Sydney. by Forever__Young (Sat 17th Sep 2022 6:56pm)
  • Yeah magic, what an experience that was. by Forever__Young (Sat 17th Sep 2022 11:28pm)
  • Michelle McManus came to my school and just popper her head into my English class to say hi. No talk or songs or anything just a wee nosey, bit bizarre. by Forever__Young (Mon 19th Sep 2022 4:49pm)
  • If you're here already why not spend a day, get an all day ticket and go visit some of the other stops on the subway line? Will save you hundreds of pounds on rent, will get a nicer place and get it easier too, and it stops at 3 different stops that are minutes walk from different parts of campus. by Forever__Young (Mon 19th Sep 2022 10:28pm)
  • Funnily enough I think Scottish people are way less likely to be surprised by this than tourists. I've known people who werent from here to say 'wow I wasn't expecting that Indian person to have a Scottish accent', which is obviously racially insensitive, but I'd also say someone with indian heritage having a Scottish accent is something a Scottish person would never think twice about. by Forever__Young (Tue 20th Sep 2022 7:16pm)
  • Yeah of course, like I said that's something Scottish people are way less likely to get taken aback by in my experience. Obviously there's a lot of racism from Scottish people too, but this particularly phenomenon I think is more likely to be commented on by people who have only ever seen white people with Scottish accents on TV compared to actual Scottish people who have grown up with other Scots with different ethnic backgrounds. by Forever__Young (Tue 20th Sep 2022 7:44pm)
  • Exactly, that's why I said 'person with Indian heritage' because of course they're Scottish. by Forever__Young (Tue 20th Sep 2022 7:42pm)
  • In Chakoo you'll get a curry, rice, naan and a pint for about £25 and it's been very good the couple of times I've visited. by Forever__Young (Thu 22nd Sep 2022 5:10pm)
  • And chicken kaarage, best fried chicken I've ever eaten in my life hands down. by Forever__Young (Thu 22nd Sep 2022 6:07pm)
  • Garlic lamb bhuna or garlic chilli chicken are the two things I had, have also had the rice, naan, lamb samosa and chicken pakora and all have been excellent. by Forever__Young (Thu 22nd Sep 2022 9:06pm)
  • Think it probably only covers the current tenant, like they couldn't turn round if you were staying and put it up but if they're relisting it I think it would be legal. by Forever__Young (Fri 23rd Sep 2022 11:12am)
  • Why didn't you just stop using the note? As a teacher myself I can only imagine their must've been a reason (possible cheating by having extraneous information on the note, preparing you for the exam where you're not allowed notes in, possibly just pissed off if loads of pupils had been passing notes in class), so why did you not just use the one on the wall or use your data booklet? Was it really about that or were you just being rebellious? by Forever__Young (Fri 30th Sep 2022 7:07am)
  • Did they take the number and run a verification or just look at it? by Forever__Young (Fri 30th Sep 2022 11:37pm)
  • Worst ever was when I was recently in a pub with about 2m of bar, with 3 bartenders trying to serve a massive queue and one guy sitting right in the middle getting in the way of everyone. Just have a seat at a table, don't need to be in the corner or hiding it just the least convinient place you could possibly sit in a packed pub by Forever__Young (Sat 1st Oct 2022 12:26am)
  • Yeah I also think people have lost the core point of protests in that you have to have demands, and if theyre not me consequences. I.e a strike should be offer us a fair deal or we'll make it financially untenable, not we'll miss one day and cause a slight inconvinience. Or the George Floyd protests, which I believe were 100% morally right, but there was no direction. There was no tangible demands of 'introduce police reform legislation or we will do X until Y happens'. A rally is supposed to send a message, but realistically the gas and electric wholesalers dont give a fuck about your message until it hurts their bottom line and the Scottish Government can't impose a windfall tax. Surely a better use of the time/manpower today would be setting up a disruption organisation with loads of members that can meet, discuss, lobby and organise to demand action rather than sign waving? by Forever__Young (Sat 1st Oct 2022 12:21pm)
  • 24 hour McDonalds might be better assuming they're not massively on it. Last time I went to a nightclub I just felt ancient and the damn kids had the music too loud. by Forever__Young (Sat 8th Oct 2022 11:06am)
  • Nah no chance we're saying sneakers now by Forever__Young (Tue 11th Oct 2022 4:30pm)
  • I think you might have mistakenly replied to the wrong comment bud. by Forever__Young (Tue 11th Oct 2022 8:08pm)
  • Can't imagine anyone using pre-rehearsed patter in the pub and not getting slaughtered for it. If we were in the pub chatting away and someone said 'aye well your da sells avon' or 'aye well your maw shares Facebook posts about...' that would be grounds dismissal from the group I reckon. by Forever__Young (Thu 13th Oct 2022 5:56pm)
  • Splitting with someone not an option for you? I don't make a great wage and I have quite a bit going out on loans, could never afford to live alone but can manage when living with someone else. by Forever__Young (Fri 14th Oct 2022 7:46pm)
  • Fair play mate to each their own but the bloke already lives with his parents. by Forever__Young (Fri 14th Oct 2022 10:01pm)
  • They might not be similar but I'd 1000x rather with with any of my former housemates than my parents again. Just a preference thing. by Forever__Young (Fri 14th Oct 2022 11:50pm)
  • I know £8 is the going rate in the places but I can't imagine going and paying that for what is essentially a bit of ice-cream and some fruit. I also have to hold my nose when my missus is paying for a 'cocktail' thats around the same price and appears to be just vodka and fruit juice though so maybe I just don't understand the cost of things. by Forever__Young (Sat 15th Oct 2022 12:44pm)
  • > about not being able to go out, or about masks etc Tbf for some people this is just 'right instead of going out on weekends I'll sit in with my family/play games' and for others it's enough to wreck their mental health, their livelihoods, their home lives (particularly if the living conditions are already cramped or sub-par). I was laid off at the start and living in a flat, there was times I would look at my mounting debt, have nothing to look forward to and know that I would not be able to see anyone any time soon. I don't play video games and I don't really enjoy watching movies or anything on Tele really other than sports. I'd just be sitting every night with nothing to look forward to other than a vague promise of 'normality' with no idea of the timescale and genuinely feel despair for the first time in my life. To some it would seem that I was just moaning about not going out, not being able to see mates etc but it was more that, everything that made life worth living was gone and my life was totally empty and bare of any happiness. by Forever__Young (Sat 15th Oct 2022 10:18pm)
  • I grew up in the area and now live there again, I wouldn't downvote you but no-one says the first part like shatley. Its more like Shat-ler-oh as the top comment says. Shat-ler-oh is definitely the most common, some of the more posh people pronounce it like shattel-arrow, never heard Shatley Row. by Forever__Young (Sat 15th Oct 2022 11:02pm)
  • Fuck right off with this sort of attitude, workers in McDonalds get paid shit money and have to work hard. I've worked in a couple different restaurants and yeah it is backbreaking and youre underpaid, but it doesn't make you better than anyone else simply trying their best to make a living. Arsehole. by Forever__Young (Tue 18th Oct 2022 3:11pm)
  • I mean the implication was pretty clear that tipping yourselves and tipping a McDonald's worker is different, because the job you do is superior. I'm the same as you, started as a KP, ended as a head chef before I left, but I would never say we deserved tips and McDonalds workers don't because as someone who's done it you should know that's not a glamorous job and the pay is rubbish compared to he shift you put in. by Forever__Young (Tue 18th Oct 2022 4:32pm)
  • I think it probably comes from 'I work harder than them and people look down on me, therefore I deserve to look down on them'. Unfortunately the cheap prices in restaurants are effectively subsidised by the staffs horrible wages/hard working conditions. Punching down won't fix that though. by Forever__Young (Tue 18th Oct 2022 4:57pm)
  • It did help that in 2005 under Labour we'd had like 8 years of straight economic boom. People will forgive a lot if theyve got a roof over their head, bread on the table and some money to enjoy the weekend. by Forever__Young (Fri 21st Oct 2022 12:53pm)
  • When was the last Labour government to adopt a policy of austerity? Please reply and don't just take a fucking rubbish 'both sides' position. by Forever__Young (Fri 21st Oct 2022 12:57pm)
  • Yep, the Tories apparently thought they could run the country totally morally ineptly with no issues. Surprisingly its actually the market that's been the inhibiting factor and not the electorate, but at the end of the day as soon as that corruption starts to put the bills up theyll get voted out. by Forever__Young (Fri 21st Oct 2022 2:08pm)
  • You clearly don't listen to Starmer, increasing spending in public services is the cornerstone of his campaign. by Forever__Young (Fri 21st Oct 2022 6:20pm)
  • I don't think he's ever broken a promise, what promises are you talking about specifically? by Forever__Young (Fri 21st Oct 2022 8:13pm)
  • >Thanking someone for doing something is performative haha? Mate the reason there's two doors is so that people can start boarding as soon as the doors open, often there's about 20 folk between you and the driver and not only can he not see you unless hes looking in a mirror because he's in a booth, but he's also dealing with the people boarding. I lived in London for a couple years in my early 20s, if it was a very quiet bus I'd shoot a thumbs up and shout 'cheers mate' but I mustve been in about 4 quiet busses. Unless you wanted to shout 'CHEERS DRIVER' at the top of your lungs there was no way to communicate it. >Isn't everything about London pretty performative? A show off city, full of show off people. Maybe it's not cool to say thanks. You've obviously never been to London, it's a city of 12milion, many immigrants and people slogging away just trying to survive. Mayfair fits your description, Tottenham and Hackney? Go there and tell me if you think it's performative and full of show offs. Think you've just exposed a lot of ignorance you hold with that ridiculous comment. by Forever__Young (Wed 26th Oct 2022 5:23pm)
  • You made the 50 litres following the process in the video scaled up into a sort of 50 litre container? I love a nice pilsner so if it's not too expensive I might ask the missus to help with the setup costs, how much do you reckon for a decent beginner set up? by Forever__Young (Wed 26th Oct 2022 5:34pm)
  • Thanks so much for this mate, I'll look through it and join the home brew squad at Christmas. by Forever__Young (Wed 26th Oct 2022 7:19pm)
  • Not me, I don't even live in Mount Florida or know anyone that does. by Forever__Young (Thu 27th Oct 2022 9:45pm)
  • But you know it's a sectarian term that offends people, and the person above was obviously offended, so what's the need? by Forever__Young (Sat 29th Oct 2022 10:40am)
  • Yes it is, if you want to use it it means you're a bigot. And being a bigot is fucking rubbish, all it does it causes offence. I'd encourage everyone to not use bigot language to deliberately offend, but some people take pleasure in it for some reason. by Forever__Young (Sat 29th Oct 2022 12:11pm)
  • I mean its a slur used against certain people associated with being a Protestant: Rangers fans, Hearts fans, Protestants from Northern Ireland who have expressed no interest in football whatsoever. To me any religious slur is sectarian. I'd say any slur used against people just because of their religion, whether you like them or not, should probably be avoided unless you want people to think you're a bigot and you're actively seeking to offend. And at the end of the day if your actively seeking to offend anyone its just cunty behaviour and is best avoided. by Forever__Young (Sat 29th Oct 2022 12:36pm)
  • Thousands of non Rangers fans get called it because they're in some way associated with Protestantism. That makes it a sectarian slur by definition. by Forever__Young (Sat 29th Oct 2022 12:50pm)
  • I mean that's literally what a slur is, a slur used against someone because of their religion or association with a religion. Therefore if it's a slur used against Hearts fans, or people from NI with no football affiliation because theyre also perceived as protestants then it's a sectarian slur. I don't know why you're so desperate to defend the use of sectarian slurs but I must say it's an awful bad look. Sectarianism is Glasgow's shame and as long as there's people like you that'll never change. by Forever__Young (Sat 29th Oct 2022 1:01pm)
  • I mean you clearly can't refute the point I just made, so I take it you're just a horrible fucking bigoted prick. by Forever__Young (Sat 29th Oct 2022 1:05pm)
  • Yeah but language evolves and now it's used as a sectarian slur against protestants as you well know and as I've demonstrated here. Rangers support is full of bigots too, unfortunately Glasgow will never move on while both sides are so desperate to protect their favourite slurs. by Forever__Young (Sat 29th Oct 2022 1:13pm)
  • I'm sure if you just take out all sentimentality it would be easier and cheaper to flatten every old building and built tall, well insulated high rises that can house like 20x as many people as tenements. In fact the idea at the time was it would improve people's quality of living, there would be a huge supply of cheap social housing that was way more sanitary and less cramped than what was there before. They fucked up big time and most of those massive projects was a disaster but at their hearts really were in the right place, they just didn't take into account that efficiency might look great on a proposal, but it doesn't necessarily make for happy people and they also didn't take into account the positive impact that beautiful architecture has on communities. Some remnants of the efficiency first and always approach remain, the Boyd Orr building at Glasgow uni is a fucking eyesore that they were desperate to get demolished about a decade ago, but there's no way they'd be allowed to build something as tall so whatever they replaced it with would be such a less efficient use of space that they chose to just reclad it. by Forever__Young (Fri 4th Nov 2022 7:43am)
  • Had this when I was in London but non permitted just a street where cars parked on it. Not limited for space or whatever, anywhere you parked you were at most a two minute walk. If you parked in front of their house they'd deliberately block you in by parking infront of their driveway on one side and their other car on the other side, both bumper to bumper so you had to chap their door. In the end I had a neighbour who would just deliberately park there and then get up at 4am every day to get them to move their cars, couple weeks of that and it was sorted but fuck sake people if you want a two car driveway just go find a house with one and stop fucking with everyone else. by Forever__Young (Sat 5th Nov 2022 11:18am)
  • Tbf some folk from the west of Scotland will say sannys, heard it all the time when I was working in kitchens. Ham sanny Vs ham sarnie would be virtually indistinguishable in my partner's accent. by Forever__Young (Sat 5th Nov 2022 11:22am)
  • Aye I'm Hamilton so we're firmly piece and ham territory, but work in any Glasgow kitchen and you'll hear the phrase ham sanny being thrown about. And not just as rhyming slang either. by Forever__Young (Sat 5th Nov 2022 11:43am)
  • Alright didn't know the language police were so popular in Glasgow. Will make sure I go around all the folk I hear that aren't from here making sure they talk exactly like us and use our slang not theirs. This is Scotland, speak Scottish! by Forever__Young (Sat 5th Nov 2022 11:40am)
  • Funny that actually because I grew up over the back from an old bing and we always said piece too despite being miles from Fife. Wonder if there's a link. by Forever__Young (Sat 5th Nov 2022 12:27pm)
  • If that's what folk grew up saying then why not? I've lived the States, Australia and England and you don't know how boring it is people going on about your accent/slang after a while. I was never offended but yes I get the point, I pronounce vowels differently and something say some words that I thought were common to everyone but they're just Scottish slang, let's just be grown ups and move on from it. by Forever__Young (Sat 5th Nov 2022 12:31pm)
  • Loch Lomond ferry boat tour run by Sweeney's. You can get there by public transport from Glasgow City Centre, it's very picturesque and beautiful and a historian tells the story of the battles/owners of the land over the tannoy. by Forever__Young (Mon 7th Nov 2022 7:03am)
  • They need need need to improve busses along with these moves, that's part of being a proper functioning city. by Forever__Young (Tue 8th Nov 2022 4:45pm)
  • Wonder what we're talking in a student union these days? A decade ago we're talking 1.80 tennents and a £475 student loan, wonder what inflation has done to that Eutopian situation. by Forever__Young (Tue 8th Nov 2022 8:33pm)
  • By the time I left it was £2.30 and rapidly rising and the student loan hadn't changed a jot. Bastards. by Forever__Young (Tue 8th Nov 2022 9:39pm)
  • Doner Haus is really good, have been a few times and the food is tasty but I can't speak to it's authenticity. by Forever__Young (Sat 12th Nov 2022 9:55am)
  • I'd say Doner Haus is better for Doner, German flatbreads, sausages, sauerkraut and German beers. Bier Halle is better for world beers. Price wise much of a muchness. by Forever__Young (Sat 12th Nov 2022 10:06am)
  • I'm in Edinburgh for the weekend and couldn't use my return ticket because I got a Lothian bus and it was First on the way out. Far from perfect. by Forever__Young (Sat 12th Nov 2022 11:19pm)
  • We got the X22 and the driver of the Lothians bus said we couldn't use our return because the X22 was a first bus. by Forever__Young (Sun 13th Nov 2022 12:37pm)
  • Look up what a Ponzi scheme is, basically just getting people to invest and stealing their money, and if they ever want it back or returns from it you just use someone else's investment to pay. If that is indeed what he's doing then it's possible for people to become billionaires by scamming people this way. by Forever__Young (Mon 14th Nov 2022 7:40am)
  • For the price of a Christmas dinner in a restaurant for 3 you can buy an air fryer and ingredients to cook a Christmas dinner at home, then you'll be able to use it again and again to cook meals cheap. I know it's not exactly what you asked but just a suggestion! by Forever__Young (Thu 17th Nov 2022 11:59am)
  • A lot of people that don't celebrate Christmas will open their restaurant, so it might not be traditional but youll certainly be able to get Chinese food/kebab/pizza/curry type of things. In terms of turkey etc I can't help. by Forever__Young (Thu 17th Nov 2022 11:56am)
  • Any that are higher up that spring to mind? The missus wants to go in but I don't fancy the counting house by Forever__Young (Sun 20th Nov 2022 12:11pm)
  • For every hundred people that just walk up and down to the door unassumingly, there's always one that'll jimmy the electric box open to try and work out if the automatic lights have factored in the clocks going back. by Forever__Young (Sun 20th Nov 2022 12:10pm)
  • I'm in Hamilton, would you be doing it out here? If so and it fits in a soda stream then aye because Asda are always sold out. by Forever__Young (Tue 22nd Nov 2022 5:16pm)
  • Kelvingrove Park is pretty close to some things, whole area including the river walk is beautiful. by Forever__Young (Tue 22nd Nov 2022 5:24pm)
  • What? I don't have a job there, live there or go to Glasgow uni, but they've got a wonderful park surrounded by great cafes, restaurants and bars, it's connected directly to my hometown by train and it's on the subway line too. I love going through for a walk round the park, bite to eat and a few pints. As you say you've also got the uni and loads of jobs through that way, definitely doesn't fit the bill of 'nothing there'. by Forever__Young (Tue 22nd Nov 2022 5:45pm)
  • Aye the Victorian era. Have you tried tossing tuppence out your window at a passing shoeshine and shouting "you boy, run to the market and fetch me the plumpest goose you can find'? by Forever__Young (Tue 22nd Nov 2022 5:54pm)
  • Tbf I ignore other folk out and about generally, if someone comes up to me asking wheres good to get a pint/coffee I'll happily point them. If someone comes up in the pub at 10pm and wants to sit with my pals I'll probably redirect them. Too high a chance you'll end up with a nutter looking for a fight, an annoying/creepy bastard or just a generally awkward situation in which you want someone to leave and they won't take the hint. I know it's unsociable and perhaps a little selfish when people are lonely and need company but I've seen it too many times. I will say that my fiancé isn't from here and she also experiences the same as a woman, struggling to make pals and find a social group outside of my pals. Think the only people that come up to her and talk to her in public are people she wouldn't want to talk to in the first place. by Forever__Young (Wed 23rd Nov 2022 7:57am)
  • Tried menshed? The entire idea is men go along and do activities with other men as a bonding experience. Woman at my works husband goes along and it sounds good. by Forever__Young (Wed 23rd Nov 2022 11:06am)
  • Paisley and that they say 'ther, ster, cer' instead of 'their, stair, care', that's my only contribution. by Forever__Young (Wed 23rd Nov 2022 8:49pm)
  • £24k for a full time bus driver. The average rent on a three bed property in Glasgow is now £1537 a month. Add gas and electric and council tax to that and your yearly wage is gone already. Means even if your partner is earning you'll still be scraping by with just an average size family and average house, and if your partner can't work because you're needing the kids watched it's an absolute no-goer. The money is just not good enough for an average person with a family, that's why they can't get staff. by Forever__Young (Thu 24th Nov 2022 4:17pm)
  • https://www.argos.co.uk/product/9476848?istCompanyId=a74d8886-5df9-4baa-b776-166b3bf9111c&istFeedId=c290d9a9-b5d6-423c-841d-2a559621874c&istItemId=pwplqatlq&istBid=t&&cmpid=GS001&_$ja=tsid:59157%7cacid:804-872-0397%7ccid:14724886681%7cagid:127894834975%7ctid:pla-1437073553260%7ccrid:547311342847%7cnw:u%7crnd:100622061530563980%7cdvc:m%7cadp:%7cmt:%7cloc:1007341&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=14724886681&utm_term=9476848&utm_content=shopping&utm_custom1=127894834975&utm_custom2=804-872-0397&GPDP=true&gclid=CjwKCAiAyfybBhBKEiwAgtB7ftRo5Rm6vdSIZDAB00VTO9y83oa8NXi4-gP5oVUHQPND_PPqLGkxPhoCT0IQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds Argos do this one for £11.25, not free but hopefully cheap enough to give a family a bit of joy if they can't afford another one. by Forever__Young (Thu 24th Nov 2022 5:13pm)
  • I'm £1.50 an hour roughly on heating, then turn it off and then back on for another hour later on Surely theres no way you can spend an evening in braehead as a family and it work out cheaper than £3 by the time you've got transport etc. by Forever__Young (Thu 24th Nov 2022 5:10pm)
  • Second this, their curry ketchup is the best I've found in Glasgow. Get the platter with the wurst and doner meat, superb. by Forever__Young (Mon 28th Nov 2022 7:41am)
  • Aye everyone was out watching in shock and awe. Were all back at the pub now talking about it, well done pal. by Forever__Young (Mon 28th Nov 2022 9:11pm)
  • Also can buy a bottle in Aldi for like £4 and it'll do yous about 4 cups. Same enchanting smell, same meh taste, fraction of the price. by Forever__Young (Tue 29th Nov 2022 7:03am)
  • What's with all the folk saying panhandlers? Is it supposed to be more PC than beggars? Just looked it up and apparently it comes from America and although the origin is uncertain comes from either someone sitting with a pan outstretched waiting for someone to drop coins in, or just that their arms look like a panhandle because they're always outstretched. Apparently it has negative connotations in the states too where it's primarily used. Hardly PC itself, why adopt it over beggar? by Forever__Young (Tue 29th Nov 2022 12:05pm)
  • From what I can see online it's exactly the same definition, just the US term for beggar. by Forever__Young (Tue 29th Nov 2022 1:47pm)
  • That's fine isn't it? Doubt many folk are trying to get rip roaring steaming off of it. Tastes pretty similar to the market stuff, and you can always team it up with a couple of baileys to be pretty merry if thats the aim. by Forever__Young (Tue 29th Nov 2022 6:09pm)
  • Should add some veins to that emoji so people know it's definitely a bicep and not a penis. by Forever__Young (Tue 29th Nov 2022 6:22pm)
  • Aye exactly, few on this thread and I've just never heard it apart from maybe the Simpsons. Imagine going into work and someone saying 'theres loads of panhandlers in the town now'. Assumed it was people trying to be sensitive by avoiding the word beggar without realising what the alternative they chose meant. by Forever__Young (Tue 29th Nov 2022 6:46pm)
  • Lot of shite, people move from everywhere when they're 'successful'. Folk from Glasgow move to big houses with a bit of land on the outskirts, lochs or Highlands. Folk from the satellite towns move into the West End. People from the English countryside move to Central London. People from London move to the English countryside. People from middle America move to Los Angeles. People from Los Angeles move to the Bahamas. The good thing about being successful is you can move wherever the fuck you like, that's not a Glasgow thing whatsoever. And aye before you ask I've lived in a few different countries and seen it first hand, this isn't speculation. by Forever__Young (Tue 29th Nov 2022 7:40pm)
  • Someone who calls people 'orange' and thinks protestants are more likely to be racists. Maybe it's time to check your own prejudices and reflect why we're here as a society? by Forever__Young (Tue 29th Nov 2022 7:45pm)
  • It's not self explanatory as it's origin is debated, and it's synonymous with beggar and considered derogatory in the US, the place it's used. by Forever__Young (Wed 30th Nov 2022 6:29am)
  • Mate I work in a Catholic high school and have for the last 5 years. I've never set foot in an orange hall or protestant church. I hate the orange order, orange walks, protestant bigots. I do, but your implication that the person was more likely to be racist because they were a Protestant (literally the only information provided in the OP comment) is bigoted. I'm not having a go, I'm genuinely saying attitudes like that just perpetuate hate and intolerance and help nobody. by Forever__Young (Wed 30th Nov 2022 6:32am)
  • £80 for a good coat is a massive bargain, especially if it's real wool. by Forever__Young (Wed 30th Nov 2022 6:28pm)
  • Go on Next website and go to clearance, filter by men and then by size. Massive selections and a load of bargains. Definitely targeted towards a more mature look (ie da clothes) so not for everyone. by Forever__Young (Wed 30th Nov 2022 6:26pm)
  • Neither origin theory agrees with what you're suggesting. One is that the stick out a pan for money to be put in, holding it by the handle. The other is that their arm is constantly stuck out, like a pan handle. There's now 3 different theories (including yours) so it's hardly self explanatory. by Forever__Young (Wed 30th Nov 2022 7:59pm)
  • No idea how you're still not getting this, but apparently you never will so let's leave it here. by Forever__Young (Wed 30th Nov 2022 8:43pm)
  • Too vague a question, better starting with your what you consider to be a fun night out. Let me be the first boring old bastard to suggest making staying safe a priority too! by Forever__Young (Wed 30th Nov 2022 8:54pm)
  • Tried to sell a car (old banger VW Polo no special features or edition), dead cheap just wanted it gone within a day or two because had nowhere to park it and had 200 replies. Five times I arranged for people to come, going down the list in order of when they messaged. Five times I got either totally patched or some message about how the bus broke down and their granny was ill yadda yadda yadda. Eventually just messaged 10 folk saying come and get it whenever you want after 5pm, first come first served and someone was round at about 5.01. Never worked out if the folk were just trolling, but I spoke to a couple of them on the phone, with the saying they were about to leave the house, then they just never appeared. Totally bizarre, don't understand what's in it for them. by Forever__Young (Thu 1st Dec 2022 7:41am)
  • I spoke to them on the phone, that's some bit of kit. by Forever__Young (Thu 1st Dec 2022 12:05pm)
  • They're something crazy like 95% more efficient, not sure if they're pish but would love to try it. Also what's the price now for a standard 3 bed semi with a combi boiler? Anyone know? Might be worth it to bring the bills down because my heating/showering is by far the biggest expense. by Forever__Young (Tue 6th Dec 2022 6:09pm)
  • Cheers for the explanation, definitely something I'll be keeping an eye on when I come eligible. by Forever__Young (Tue 6th Dec 2022 7:47pm)
  • Don't want to sound like a wee sensitive gimp but I'd say less tolerance of slurs/horrible terms of all kinds. I reported this comment https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/yfwwin/irl_licence_plate_in_ibrox/iu82osa/ And this one https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/yfwwin/irl_licence_plate_in_ibrox/iu5w4ol/ A couple of weeks back for 'general Arseholery' and both stayed up. Don't really want to get into the politics of the words, but if someone's calling someone else a 'hun' or a 'fenian' the only reason they're doing it is to try and hurt peoples feelings. There's plenty of other names to call people that aren't just being used to hurt them, and if people are saying words just to be hurtful surely that's not something that'll make folk want to come back/feel welcome/want to participate. by Forever__Young (Tue 6th Dec 2022 7:55pm)
  • Tbf think people who are just deliberately being nasty bastards for the sake of it aren't the biggest miss. Would rather come here and see very little participation than horrible nasty comments. by Forever__Young (Tue 6th Dec 2022 8:48pm)
  • Even if not technically officially deemed a 'slur' by everyone (don't want to get into it but in Belfast it definitely is used as one for protestants, and that carries over to certain uses here), I think everyone can agree the only reason anyone would ever use it instead of protestants/Rangers fans/any other group of people is to cause offence. And if the entire point is just to hurt and offend people/start bickering point scoring arguments, then why allow it? There's certain things people say about fat people/short people/other groups that aren't technically slurs but are just shitty, unnecessary nasty words, and I have the same opinion about those. If it's just nasty for the sake of nasty then I think it makes the whole community worse for no gain. by Forever__Young (Tue 6th Dec 2022 8:53pm)
  • It's just not a thing. by Forever__Young (Thu 8th Dec 2022 10:13am)
  • It's just not a thing, guys hearing might not be all he thinks it is. by Forever__Young (Thu 8th Dec 2022 10:10am)
  • np.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/zecjte/meta_how_do_we_welcome_new_users_or_otherwise/izg8xdc/ In case folk missed it, Fenian and Hun aren't getting banned because the guy who started this sub doesn't find them to be sectarian. That means comments like 'huns are a different breed man' and 'spotted the fenian' are not only tolerated, but explicitly allowed by policy. Don't think this is acceptable, all they really add to conversations is a way to hurt someone based on their background and start tit for tat arguments based on 'papes are all like this, aye well proddys are all like that'. Probably the worst thing about Glasgow in person so would happily see the back of it on here. by Forever__Young (Fri 9th Dec 2022 7:53am)
  • Look in the original thread, the Scottish government classes both as sectarian. Also whether they technically fit your personal definition of sectarian or not, they're both useless as anything other than derogatory and nasty terms. Not worth keeping around for any reason other than to cause offence. by Forever__Young (Fri 9th Dec 2022 9:19am)
  • I'm fine mate, just find people using bigoted language unwelcome and distasteful. For what it's worth I'm not a Protestant or a Catholic, though I am a rangers supporter that works in a Catholic school, and enjoy plenty of banter and slaggings around football etc without slurs being used and it's actually very fun and no one gets hurt. Imagine the whole city could be like that. by Forever__Young (Fri 9th Dec 2022 9:17am)
  • Where do you get a flu test? Didn't know that was even an option, I've been floored all week and it's no COVID. by Forever__Young (Fri 9th Dec 2022 9:24am)
  • I just hate the bigotry that engulfs the city, and have seen first hand it doesn't have to be like that. I guess that is a moral crusade in a way but I just don't get why people have to try and offend others to get their kicks. by Forever__Young (Fri 9th Dec 2022 10:56am)
  • I mean it certainly is used to mean non-Rangers supporting protestants, and a lot of people have expressed on that other thread they're personally offended by it. Even if its not legally a slur, what job is it doing in any sentence that cant be replaced with another less offensive word? If you think it's just means Rangers fans then surely 'Rangers fans are a different breed man' works just fine to express that idea, have a friendly dig, and also gets rid of the sectarian/bigoted overtones, surely that's a win/win? by Forever__Young (Fri 9th Dec 2022 11:49am)
  • Fair enough that you feel that way, but I have seen people personally hurt by that very word. And again, were all here for discussion of stuff to do with Glasgow; when would anyone ever need to call someone a hun or fenian other than to try and offend them? It's just unnecessary. by Forever__Young (Fri 9th Dec 2022 11:45am)
  • Again personal taste but if I was out and someone called someone else a fenian bastard I would wince, that's awful. Online the same. by Forever__Young (Fri 9th Dec 2022 11:59am)
  • It's never used to mean that? What about 'kill all huns' graffiti in Belfast? Or people calling Hearts fans 'mini-huns', you think people think they're just short Rangers fans, nothing to do with Protestantism? Come on, you're defending the use of a hateful word and you know you are. Please address this point: What job is it doing in any sentence that cant be replaced with another less offensive word? If you think it's just means Rangers fans then surely 'Rangers fans are a different breed man' works just fine to express that idea, have a friendly dig, and also gets rid of the sectarian/bigoted overtones, surely that's a win/win? by Forever__Young (Fri 9th Dec 2022 11:56am)
  • I'm not being disingenuous, I genuinely believe it's an offensive and unnecessary word that should be banned. by Forever__Young (Fri 9th Dec 2022 12:35pm)
  • Exactly how I feel. Whether it's legal to use them or not, if you do you're a hateful prick and no friend of mine. If said in banter between you and your pals then fire ahead, if you use it to abuse people then you're out of order. by Forever__Young (Fri 9th Dec 2022 3:27pm)
  • The only equivalence I draw is that I think both are bigoted and unacceptable. by Forever__Young (Fri 9th Dec 2022 5:44pm)
  • Are you talking about specifically the history of religious oppression of Catholics in the UK since the reformation? I've taught in England, they definitely learn about many types of sectarianism, such as the Crusades. by Forever__Young (Sat 10th Dec 2022 1:22pm)
  • That's not true, the religious aspect of the rivalry is extremely well known. The association of Rangers with anti-catholicism and Celtic with republicanism and the IRA are extremely common knowledge in England. I lived in London for years and the first thing everyone would ask was 'Rangers or Celtic' and when I replied Rangers you'd get 'quite right, I hate the IRA too, Glasgow Rangers are a great club, love the queen' etc which was bizarre, as if they could tell everything about me just from saying one word. by Forever__Young (Sat 10th Dec 2022 1:33pm)
  • >'Right we need to get a bunch of Catholics to move to one half of Glasgow to cause massive amount of social unrest, any ideas lads?' >"How about a famine in Ireland?" >'Superb Henry, go with that'. The starvation during Irish famine was massively massively exacerbated by the British Empire, but it was not to get more Catholics to move to Glasgow to cause bother. It's just because they hated the Irish catholics and didn't care if they lived or died. by Forever__Young (Sat 10th Dec 2022 2:13pm)
  • Fair enough, I didn't start teaching until the last decade so can't comment on what was taught in the 60s and 70s, and presume that society in general was a lot more bigoted. by Forever__Young (Sat 10th Dec 2022 2:15pm)
  • No I mean theres still nothing about scotland in the curriculum, but there is teaching about sectarianism through history (crusades, holocaust etc). by Forever__Young (Sat 10th Dec 2022 5:13pm)
  • I've done loads of traveling and I'm native to Glasgow so think I am well placed to answer this. Like everywhere else it depends where about in the city you go, what you get up to, if you're alone etc. If you were to walk around the city during the day I'd say very safe, but like all places there are certainly some areas that I imagine young women would feel uncomfortable or intimidated walking alone at night. by Forever__Young (Sun 11th Dec 2022 10:29am)
  • There's nothing sinister, it's just a period of high inflation caused by poor planning by the governments and banks in the West. Sinister in the sense that the people who are responsible take gambles with people's living standards and then face no consequences when it goes tits up and we have to foot the bill, but it's not some deliberate act. by Forever__Young (Sun 11th Dec 2022 11:23am)
  • Stagflation suggests economic growth is unusually slow, I feel like this may just be the new normal for the UK. by Forever__Young (Sun 11th Dec 2022 11:35am)
  • Feel like it's all the secret police and deliberate pandemic conspiracy patter that's putting folk off. by Forever__Young (Sun 11th Dec 2022 11:48am)
  • 🤣🤣 by Forever__Young (Sun 11th Dec 2022 12:02pm)
  • Just looks like frosty, dirty salt. It's only meant to go on your pavements it's not for your chips so I wouldn't worry. by Forever__Young (Sun 11th Dec 2022 12:33pm)
  • You're using £2.50 a day on all your gas and electric or just the heating? We're super careful, limit washings, use airfryer or hob instead of oven, only got the heating on one or two hours a day at 19° and are using 3x that on a good day. by Forever__Young (Sun 11th Dec 2022 12:36pm)
  • That's totally untrue, all it does is read your meter electronically. Exact same price as just providing accurate readings. by Forever__Young (Sun 11th Dec 2022 12:43pm)
  • Reddits voting system has such a problem with throwing the baby out with the bathwater, but yesterday was an example of the exact opposite. Massively upvoted post just because everyone can relate to the cost of living stuff, but means that some mad conspiracy theorist that thinks the increases are deliberate as part of the great reset, thinks COVID was planned to kick it all off and goes off about secret police etc occupies the top of the sub. Either way, absolute madness of a thread. by Forever__Young (Mon 12th Dec 2022 8:05am)
  • No only that, I only ever have £400 left over after my bills, petrol and shopping (no kids and a partner halving everything) and I think I live a very comfortable life. Obviously no living like a millionaire but certainly don't feel like I'm poor by any means. by Forever__Young (Mon 12th Dec 2022 8:31am)
  • Also good for layers for formal wear too, even if you're style conscious. When it's cold I wear a white t-shirt under my shirts, might as well be a Primark t-shirt since no one can actually see it anyway. by Forever__Young (Tue 13th Dec 2022 10:40am)
  • No charcoal BBQs? You all burning gas these days? I was in Cairns Aus for a year at one point and I loved the communal BBQs down at the marina, what a beautiful way of life. by Forever__Young (Tue 13th Dec 2022 6:14pm)
  • That's exactly what I was talking about, down at the marina there's benches everywhere and big communal gas BBQs with flat tops that you can use for free. And they never got bashed up and vandalised once the whole time I was there. by Forever__Young (Tue 13th Dec 2022 8:42pm)
  • Were in a 3 bed house with a smart meter and ours works out about £10 a day just now and that's with the heating on for 4 hours on a timer (1 in the morning, 3 in the evening) set at 18°c. That's for gas, leccy, standing charge the lot. I think £7/hour sounds excessive, might just be lucky to have an incredibly efficient boiler or something but I can't say heating systems are something I know anything about. by Forever__Young (Wed 14th Dec 2022 8:40pm)
  • I can see £25 a day does sound a bit possible because neither of us work from home so can imagine with the heating on all day, 4 showers, load of washing and tumble it would stack up quick. Just don't get the discrepancy in the per hour cost of the heating, no as if our thermostat reaches 18°c and turns off either so the fact is 7x as expensive is mad. by Forever__Young (Wed 14th Dec 2022 8:48pm)
  • Electric blanket is a massive game changer, makes getting into bed an absolute joy and basically costs fuck all to run. by Forever__Young (Wed 14th Dec 2022 8:56pm)
  • 25 a week, lucky bastard I was more than that before the prices even went up haha by Forever__Young (Wed 14th Dec 2022 8:55pm)
  • Yeah we're the same with the credit, smart meter days £10 a day atm but our bill will be way less because of the £67 off and the direct debit budget plan thing. Still mega shite, but no even 1.5x our previous bills so we're managing (incredibly reduced usage compared to last year though). by Forever__Young (Wed 14th Dec 2022 9:05pm)
  • Really sorry to read this mate, any chance of visiting a heated space through the day? Have heard of some councils running warm banks, something like that possibly local to you? Motherwell FC also ran a community hub the other night with hot drinks and TVs etc just for people to hang without worrying about bills, so maybe try local sports clubs and leisure centres for things like that? Best of luck anyway mate, it's a shit situation to be in. by Forever__Young (Wed 14th Dec 2022 10:52pm)
  • I have one thick duvet and no blankets, couldn't sleep if I had more. It costs 3p an hour to run the blanket and I have it on a couple hours a day tops, not a problem. by Forever__Young (Thu 15th Dec 2022 10:18am)
  • >I’m not sure what that was supposed to achieve but I promise you a collection of 20 year old students having a lower score on an exam will not in any way give you increased wages. Inconveniencing people into creating public pressure to end the strike is, along with costing your employers money, exactly how you can increase your wages during strike negotiations. by Forever__Young (Thu 15th Dec 2022 1:25pm)
  • Theres being frustrated by people accidently causing a disruption and then theres wishing a massive fuck you to striking nurses. The first one would've been taken well, the second understandably riles most decent people. by Forever__Young (Thu 15th Dec 2022 6:15pm)
  • Dont think anyone saying its deliberate, just that a strikes not going to be moved or be quiet to suit anyone. If gov + big business are going to fuck people over till they reach breaking point then theres going to be some colateral damage. by Forever__Young (Thu 15th Dec 2022 6:21pm)
  • Check the search bar, you'll genuinely find thousands of hits of this exact same question. The most common answer is meetup.com for clubs and societies. by Forever__Young (Thu 15th Dec 2022 7:41pm)
  • As someone who has dedicated my life to science, what a bastardisation of a definition of science. Please go read about the scientific method to get a feel for what science really is rather than spouting this pish. by Forever__Young (Sun 18th Dec 2022 12:36am)
  • The deep fried pickles in Thundercat are both full pickles and absolutely fucking incredible. by Forever__Young (Sun 18th Dec 2022 12:43am)
  • East Ren residents don't want to because it would affect their education budget and not in a good way. Think something mad like 4 of the top 10 high schools in the country are in that tiny area. by Forever__Young (Sun 18th Dec 2022 9:56am)
  • I once read a good article on free public transport and the best option is actually to just make it very cheap, and accessible in payment methods also. So make it £1 a day, then cap it at £10 a month or something like that so if you use it often enough then subsequent trips become 'free'. This actually incentivices people to use it more often and helps stop bitterness from people not using it who then label everyone who takes the bus a scrounger. The old/current model of offering a discount for buying a season ticket or a few trips at one time: a) is totally unnecessary as smart cards can cap prices to give frequent users discounts for coming back again and again b) disproportionately affects poor people who can't afford to do that and end up having to spend even more on their transport, making their situation even worse. by Forever__Young (Sun 18th Dec 2022 10:03am)
  • Sorry I meant East Ren, looked it up and I count 5 East Ren high schools in the top 14 in the country, which for its tiny size is incredible. I'm not actually familiar with East Dun as a council region in any way, they might be similar. by Forever__Young (Sun 18th Dec 2022 10:22am)
  • When balancing the budget this year (pretty substantial cuts) residents have been told that big cuts to school budgets will drive their house prices down, thats how crucial it is to the area. by Forever__Young (Sun 18th Dec 2022 11:02am)
  • https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/44451608-better-buses-better-cities This is the book I got it from if youre interested in this type of thing, covers some of what you say about being faster during peak times, ticketing, infrastructure etc. by Forever__Young (Sun 18th Dec 2022 12:24pm)
  • St Ninians High School is not in East Dun, it's in Giffnock which is east ren by Forever__Young (Sun 18th Dec 2022 5:04pm)
  • That's 100% the East Ren one I know that for a fact. by Forever__Young (Sun 18th Dec 2022 6:01pm)
  • The book covers it all about busses. Basically a bus during peak times can use the current road infrastructure with very little adaptation to carry many times more people with way less emissions than each person using a car. Obviously in an ideal world we'd all be able to just jump on a train from point A to point B but the existing infrastructure does not support that. For example to get from Hamilton to East Kilbride you can drive (15 mins), get a bus direct (30ish mins), or you can get a train to Glasgow Central and then back out to East Kilbride (1hr 20 mins). by Forever__Young (Sun 18th Dec 2022 8:03pm)
  • It's amazing if you don't drive. This is the first job I've had in years where I've owned a car and you genuinely turn into your granda looking out the window at the snow and ice thinking 'thatll make it hard to move the car" instead of how festive it makes everything look. Can't be anything that kills the last bit of magic and imagination in your brain more than scraping a windshield without gloves when you've got the cold and it's minus 7. by Forever__Young (Mon 19th Dec 2022 7:40am)
  • Golden era of ordering a takeaway is definitely over. When I was a student id genuinely order a kebab and a can of juice for a fiver and it would come with free delivery within 20 minutes. And apparently the economics of it worked because that place done it for years. But aye places are struggling big time just now and delivery now costs a few quid (which makes sense obviously but once you've had a free taste it's hard to go back) and everyones got less disposable income for takeaways so I imagine there'll be a lot of closures. by Forever__Young (Mon 19th Dec 2022 7:51am)
  • To be fair most of my mistakes are driven by my fear of taking an L, whatever that means. by Forever__Young (Mon 19th Dec 2022 2:36pm)
  • Ooft at that point I'm paying the £4, price of a pint to lug suitcases and cabin bags onto busses and wait about for it because it's running late and that? Not a chance. by Forever__Young (Mon 19th Dec 2022 10:30pm)
  • It's like my Grandad used to walk an extra half an hour in the freezing cold in the winter to save 30p on a pint of Guinness, then he'd drink about 10 of them. Always wondered why he didn't just have 9 and a pint of water, surely no worth the hassle. by Forever__Young (Tue 20th Dec 2022 8:13am)
  • The flu can be symptomless, mild, moderate or severe. There's no way you can tell it's not a flu just from those two brief outlines of symptoms. by Forever__Young (Wed 21st Dec 2022 7:05am)
  • Also a huge number of people get the flu and think 'well it's not that bad, I'm not totally floored and people say that means it can't be flu, must just be a cold' and then go out into the world spreading it to people who influenza can kill. Let's just agree you can't possibly diagnose what respiratory illness folk have over Reddit. by Forever__Young (Wed 21st Dec 2022 7:44am)
  • Don't tell me how to enjoy my weekend. by Forever__Young (Sat 24th Dec 2022 10:49am)
  • Is this a joke? I doubt people who are sleeping rough take much comfort in the manipulation of vocabulary. Also a lot of people are provided really short term accomodation, like hostels/hotels/temp accommodation while the council waits for social housing to come up, and they're not unhoused they just don't have a home. by Forever__Young (Sat 24th Dec 2022 10:48am)
  • Never met a man uncomfortable with them existing. I know some folk get stage fright, but I don't think they hate the idea of urinals existing normally they'll just jump in the cubicle instead. by Forever__Young (Sat 24th Dec 2022 10:53am)
  • Not only that, he said if moderators were unhappy with the words going unbanned they shouldnt be moderators. >I'm already owning it, and we've had this conversation before. I'm not bringing out the ban hammer for offensive speech. I don't think this is a dictatorship but policy has to be set by someone, especially where there is disagreement. If you don't feel able to implement that policy I absolutely understand. Just say the word. by Forever__Young (Mon 26th Dec 2022 11:09am)
  • Aye and owners can't afford to hire more folk/don't want to affect their profits by putting wages up yet will not turn away customers because of this. So the very few people who are working are overworked X10, don't get a minute and are getting paid shite wages. Meanwhile the customers getting rubbish service as a result are getting angry and impatient and hassling them. Horrible situation. by Forever__Young (Mon 26th Dec 2022 2:33pm)
  • Think of it another way. How can an owner think 'why aren't my employees more productive/professional/punctual?' when they're paying the lowest amount they legally can? By adding a couple quid an hour you could easily attract experienced service staff and ensure you're never understaffed. by Forever__Young (Mon 26th Dec 2022 4:15pm)
  • Yeah not disagreeing, but also by paying minimum wage you're pretty much ensuring you're going to get workers who are inexperienced or unskilled. Just the nature of it. by Forever__Young (Mon 26th Dec 2022 4:51pm)
  • Nah after a few lessons the instructor will drive to your house and then just get into the passenger seat straight away and you'll drive the whole time. That's the way it has always worked. by Forever__Young (Wed 28th Dec 2022 4:35am)
  • If you're the train conductor who told my dad to 'stop creating negative feelings towards train conductors' because he told my neice shed get thrown off the train if she kept playing with her ticket and ripped/lost it; just know that you gave my family a right good laugh at Christmas dinner hearing the story even if my dad was pissed off. by Forever__Young (Wed 28th Dec 2022 9:01am)
  • No even that, my dad was literally just saying don't lose your ticket and he was so offended. by Forever__Young (Wed 28th Dec 2022 11:07am)
  • Are these exclusively the domain of folk geared out their nuts? Even in my uni days when the clubs closed at 3/4am Id be totally knackered and ready to go home via a kebab shop. by Forever__Young (Fri 6th Jan 2023 7:50am)
  • Named after a Joan Baez/Bob Dylan song, make of that what you will. by Forever__Young (Fri 6th Jan 2023 11:15am)
  • My fiance is from a different country, didn't make pals for over a year and was pretty down about it. A woman at work mentioned an exercise class she was going to and my missus said it sounds like fun. Got invited along and now goes to a club twice a week with a bunch of women her age and is having loads of fun. Even hung about with her workmate and her roommate socially a couple of times since too. You do need to make the leap, but there's loads of places with loads of people who are always looking for new members and pals. by Forever__Young (Sat 7th Jan 2023 11:10am)
  • When it first opened I went for an interview to be a KP at the Catch in Giffnock. Could only work Friday nights, Saturdays and Sundays, could tell he wasn't over the moon but the guy said it was fine and that I would get the job and then never contacted me again. Not saying he's a scumbag but definitely a bit of a shitebag move at least for not letting me know so I could get started somewhere else more quickly. by Forever__Young (Sat 7th Jan 2023 12:43pm)
  • Honestly though there's no other way to meet people. I think an exercise, hobby or book club is the ideal way for an introvert to socialise no? Can just go, socialise for a predetermined amount of time (say 1 hour twice a week) and then there's no obligation to see the people any other time. If you've got organic groups of pals from school/work/home then you don't have that set routine and it's not as easy to leave after an hour if you just want time to yourself by Forever__Young (Sat 7th Jan 2023 1:14pm)
  • As Rocky says >You hang out with nice people, you get nice friends, y'understand? You hang out with smart people, you get smart friends. You hang out with yo-yo people, you get yo-yo friends! Y'see, it's simple mathematic If you hang out with drinking people, you'll make drinking friends. If you stop drinking and they don't want to socialise in other ways it doesn't make them bad people. by Forever__Young (Sat 7th Jan 2023 1:17pm)
  • Seriously? Chicken wings are some of the cheapest cuts of meat you can buy, and can be easily oven cooked or deep fried then coated in sauce to become delicious. If there's no a restaurant selling fresh ones theres a gap in the market. by Forever__Young (Sat 14th Jan 2023 11:06am)
  • Fair enough I used to be a cook in a seafood restaurant in Australia where all the prawns were flash frozen at sea because it wasn't practical to get fresh prawns where we were. People would always turn their nose up even though the quality, taste and texture was still the best I've ever had to this day, so I understand that some things freeze better than others. by Forever__Young (Sat 14th Jan 2023 11:45am)
  • No the postie's fault that the service is getting cut. In fact it's the whole point of their current strikes, this is like not tipping a waiter because the restaurant has changed their opening hours. by Forever__Young (Sat 14th Jan 2023 2:58pm)
  • Tbf I used to work in a SPAR and got minimum wage, yet folk get snarky if you don't tip. Id always think 'you make more than me why do I have to give you a cash gift every time I want to get a meal or a taxi with my already meagre disposable income?' I do agree that if someone's gone above and beyond then it's a nice touch (and I'll always tip my barber to keep them sweet), but expected tips aren't really fair imo. by Forever__Young (Sat 14th Jan 2023 3:02pm)
  • I worked for them for about a month when they had a contract for a government agency and it was hard and shite call centre work, but to be fair they did pay me correctly every time and offered quite a bit of flexibility with shifts. They were desperate for staff to fulfil the contract and I was roped into helping with some recruitment admin one day and the more senior staff did all seem quite sound. by Forever__Young (Sun 15th Jan 2023 11:28am)
  • I was travelling at the time and a public toilet didn't have any hand soap left. I thought 'hah, that'll be because of the coronavirus thing'. Within two days the country I was in announced that they were going to close the border and I was on a flight home. by Forever__Young (Mon 16th Jan 2023 2:29pm)
  • Yeah East Ren sounds like a Tories nightmare, a place that taxes wealthy people quite highly and has a large concentration of the best state funded public schools as a result. I've worked in the schools there and it's amazing how well provisioned they are, exactly how it could work everywhere if it was funded right. by Forever__Young (Thu 19th Jan 2023 4:54pm)
  • He thinks this is actively happening now? It's not hard to go a 31 minute walk and disprove the entire thing. Or if he thinks its something that's in the works I'd just try and talk some sanity into him, but sometimes folk are just too far gone into these rabbit holes. by Forever__Young (Thu 19th Jan 2023 4:50pm)
  • Why doesn't he just walk for 16 minutes? I personally went for a walk on my lunch hour and walked about 25 mins without encountering a checkpoint, policeman, protest. Might help him get a bit of a reality check? by Forever__Young (Thu 19th Jan 2023 5:12pm)
  • Ive worked in the worst council in London and I've worked in East Ren and it's actually quite disgusting how big of a difference there is. Credit where it's due, they've got it right and it should serve as a proof of concept that well funded public services work. by Forever__Young (Thu 19th Jan 2023 5:35pm)
  • >What? Do you think East Ren is well run because it's Tory and not that it's a Tory because it was already a wealthy area? And you work in education? None of the above son. 1) it's not and never has been Tory. 2) I was saying that it as a location is proof positive of everything Tories stand against. It's a Tories nightmare. For example their public schools are funded well and the results are excellent. by Forever__Young (Fri 20th Jan 2023 2:53pm)
  • What's a head shop? Never even heard that term. by Forever__Young (Sun 22nd Jan 2023 12:25pm)
  • Haha witt didn't even know that had a name. Must be a different culture from somewhere else, the ones in Glasgow are all just wee newsagents and that. Hardly something you can spend your weekend exploring. by Forever__Young (Sun 22nd Jan 2023 1:19pm)
  • Well I've bought a bong before and just went into a newsagent or a wee tacky shop that just sells ornaments, homewear and garden tools. What are the proper ones called and I'll check them out next time I'm in town. by Forever__Young (Mon 23rd Jan 2023 12:35pm)
  • My credit rating has been affected by two missed payments of £6 to PayPal Credit in 2020, all because of a misunderstanding where my direct debit had ended because I'd paid it all off and then bought something else. So I'd say there's a chance that any missed payments at all could negatively affect you. But sorting it out and getting it dealt with will definitely be better for your credit rating long term than kicking the can for sure. by Forever__Young (Wed 25th Jan 2023 4:51pm)
  • Or they're just doing dry January? I'm from around these parts and cannot tell you what the going rate for an alcohol free beer or what a good one would be. by Forever__Young (Sat 28th Jan 2023 10:45am)
  • Aye basically a slang way of saying the lights are on but nobody's home. Anyone offended by that might be a touch too sensitive. by Forever__Young (Sat 28th Jan 2023 3:14pm)
  • >slang, >noun >a type of language consisting of words and phrases that are regarded as very informal, are more common in speech than writing, and are typically restricted to a particular context or group of people. Think the modern use of glaikit in Glasgow fits this description. by Forever__Young (Sat 28th Jan 2023 10:31pm)
  • Its definitely regarded as informal, would rarely be used in a professional, legal or academic setting. Its definitely more common in speech than writing. And it's typically restricted to a particular context or people (working class Scots). So what about it doesn't fit that definition? by Forever__Young (Sat 28th Jan 2023 10:36pm)
  • Scots is a language, but words borrowed from another language, and incorporated into English in informal settings only is absolutely slang. Look at New York communities where even non-Spanish speakers will use certain Spanish words and phrases in every day uses when talking to people from their neighbourhoods. If someone walked up to me and said 'whats with the glaikit look on your face this morning?' then that's slang, they're not speaking Scots. by Forever__Young (Sat 28th Jan 2023 11:42pm)
  • > For it to be considered slang it either has to be common misuse of an existing word from the same language (eg: lit/fire/salty) or it has to be an entirely new word (eg: yeet). No it doesn't, you jut made that up. It just has to be a word that is almost entirely used informally, is more common in spoken language than written, and restricted to a specific context or group of people. Glaikits use in the English language is all of those things. >I get where you’re coming from as the usage of Scots has been sneered upon from the political and educational establishment for the last century at least. We have long been institutionalised to believe that it’s not a proper language and just slang. Scots itself is not slang, saying 'who is that glaikit looking guy up the back of the bus?' is not Scots, is English with a Scots word chucked in as a wee bit of slang. Someone saying the language of Burns is just slang is absolutely wrong, someone saying our current use of the word glaikit is slang is 100% correct. by Forever__Young (Sun 29th Jan 2023 12:16am)
  • So saying 'hello chica' is slang but 'hello hombre' isn't? No bother ya rocket. by Forever__Young (Sun 29th Jan 2023 1:06am)
  • Aye +1 for agreeing that their services are good. I've got gas, leccy and boiler insurance through them and will be adding my mobile and home insurance to them later in the year as it all compounds and gets you discounts on all of them, so I actually pay a good bit less than the government price guarantee. But then at the same time their business model is definitely a pyramid scheme. Such a weird company. by Forever__Young (Sun 29th Jan 2023 5:21pm)
  • Tbf I've struggled in Newcastle and Liverpool in the past with people who have very thick accents and talk quickly, and that's only about 2 and 3 hours down the road. So I can sympathise when someone who lives an 8 hour drive/flight away, particularly people who live in a region that had a different great vowel shift from us. by Forever__Young (Mon 6th Feb 2023 7:54am)
  • Unfortunately they are right, certain institutions consider what uni, and the structure of the course etc and not just the title on the degree certificate. I've seen this first hand and it's rotten. by Forever__Young (Tue 7th Feb 2023 6:15pm)
  • If everyone was as polite the policy wouldn't have needed changed. But they weren't so it's been scrapped. by Forever__Young (Thu 9th Feb 2023 9:58am)
  • Can you elaborate on why thats an issue? I've never heard of Muslims not wanting dogs indoors before, but admittedly that's probably my own ignorance. by Forever__Young (Thu 9th Feb 2023 10:00am)
  • Who is them? Children? Unaccompanied teenagers? Neds of any age group? How would that be enforced? A policeman at every ticket gate and bus stop waiting to put them back on the shuttle that goes around all the schemes and satellite towns dropping them off? Don't think you've thought it through mate, realistically if it ever improves it'll be through a decades long improving of societal and cultural expectations and standards. by Forever__Young (Tue 14th Feb 2023 5:48pm)
  • And jobs. I work for a different close by council area, and the thought of job cuts is so anxiety inducing. by Forever__Young (Sun 19th Feb 2023 12:54pm)
  • Hopefully can get a yearly ticket or something, very often that type of thing is not that much more than buying a single entry ticket. by Forever__Young (Sun 19th Feb 2023 12:51pm)
  • People on here hate the Ivy. Fair enough it's expensive and it's a chain (?) but if folk enjoy it and want to go it's their money. Personally I'd rather not spend £10 on each drink but if it makes people happy then more power to them. by Forever__Young (Sun 19th Feb 2023 12:50pm)
  • Bollard is the solution, get one with a key and put it up when you leave. Pain in the arse but no more so than driving about looking for somewhere else to park. by Forever__Young (Sun 12th Mar 2023 2:28pm)
  • I mean you can get a good mens haircut for less than £15 if you get a good barber. Obviously the more you pay the better the odds of getting a good barber, but my barber has been doing it 20+ years and it's his grandads then dad's then his shop, so he knows the business inside out and he charges £15. by Forever__Young (Fri 17th Mar 2023 7:49am)
  • And reduce the prices. I got a return from Hamilton to a place that's a 25 min drive away last week and it cost over a tenner. That's insane. by Forever__Young (Wed 5th Apr 2023 7:40am)
  • To stop people getting into or leaving the city? Do you think people are stupid or something? The city has about 40 different train stations you can leave from, hundreds of bus stops and bus stations, hundreds of alternative road routes and an airport easily accessed by road. And what's the motive? To stop Glaswegians mixing with people from satellite towns? To stop people from Motherwell sampling the fine wares of Glasgow, and stop Glaswegians from seeing the hellholes surrounding the city like in Hunger Games? I'm not being sarcastic when I say I think it's actually a bit worrying that you think theres people who would spend tens of millions on fake road works to keep insiders in and outsiders out of the city. Sounds a bit like that nutter who was posting about 15 minute cities a couple months back. by Forever__Young (Wed 5th Apr 2023 8:42am)
  • Anywhere city centre that does drinks promos on a Friday night these days? Got pals coming to the city but I'm well past it, looking for somewhere with lime £2 drinks or something like Driftwood used to do 89p drinks. by Forever__Young (Wed 12th Apr 2023 1:24pm)
  • Booo, my disposable incomes still the same and everythings twice the price. by Forever__Young (Wed 12th Apr 2023 2:39pm)
  • Supersetting is perfectly normal (if you're following a program it's sometimes necessary) and resting on the machine you're using if no one has asked to work in is also perfectly normal. It does not make you a cunt. by Forever__Young (Sat 29th Apr 2023 12:32pm)
  • People who are downvoting, this is how the gym works. It's the only way a busy gym can work. If someone's doing a really heavy bench press day they might be doing warmup sets, then 5 working sets with 3-5 min rests between them. That's not unreasonable. However if the gym only has two benches and it's a Monday night then that doesn't work. The only option is to allow people to work in. Sitting shooting daggers at someone doesn't help, asking 'hey mind if I work in while you superset/rest' is a skill you have to learn. I get that some people feel intimidated but once you've asked it once you'll realise how easy it is and that the other person is just a human. by Forever__Young (Sat 29th Apr 2023 12:30pm)
  • 75% of men lose their hair as they age. So among men over 30-60 were talking at least half being bald or balding. Just bald guys everywhere that's not majority young folk tbh. by Forever__Young (Sat 29th Apr 2023 4:39pm)
  • You don't know many people who have an ID? Come on, that's just a bald faced lie. Only 13.5% of people in the UK don't have a passport, so we're probably talking under 1 in 10 adults without ID. And as someone else said you can get a valid form of ID for £15. I agree generally that voter ID laws are deliberately used to exclude people, but making up a load of shit doesn't help. by Forever__Young (Sat 27th May 2023 4:14pm)
  • It's because some nutters believe a 20 min city means there'll be roadblocks in between checkpoints that you're not allowed to leave. They don't object to the actual idea, they object to something that's entirely made and has no relation whatsoever. by Forever__Young (Sat 27th May 2023 4:10pm)
  • 😂😂😂 didn't realise we were working with a sample size of 5. That's like me saying my partner and I both have both a passport and a provisional so basically everyone has one. Unfortunately legislation can't be based on the 5 people you know. by Forever__Young (Sat 27th May 2023 5:48pm)
  • I fear that a lot of people do these days, and that's why we end up with the political discourse that we do. by Forever__Young (Sat 27th May 2023 5:59pm)
  • How? You can't go into a shop and buy a load of bread and some cold meat/jar of peanut butter? by Forever__Young (Thu 1st Jun 2023 5:11pm)
  • Best gig I've ever been to in my life, crowd was insane which lifted the whole thing. by Forever__Young (Mon 26th Jun 2023 9:20am)
  • You get one without an accounting degree? Mind DMing me the company? Im looking to get into it. by Forever__Young (Fri 28th Jul 2023 11:44am)
  • Yeah you would be much more comfortable. At that level of skintness even an extra £5 can be the difference in going hungry for a couple of days and being able to get some bread and beans in. I don't something similar to this when I was just out of uni over the summer and I beg you to look at alternatives even if it is just for a few months. Is there no relatives you can stay with? I know you're adults and that's not fun, but it's more fun than being hungry and unable to heat the house to a livable level. Alternatively if your partner could bring in a couple hundred quid a week somehow that would be tax free, so if you were making £1500 a month and her £800 then suddenly I think it would be livable and you'd have money for gym memberships/cinema tickets/some other leisure stuff that'll keep you sane and not ground down by life. by Forever__Young (Tue 1st Aug 2023 5:42pm)
  • That's not even sexism its just a fundamental misunderstanding of how hard it is to add a significant amount of muscle never mind that it also requires adding significant amounts of mass overall to make you appear bulky. They don't understand the countless hours and deliberate weight gain these 'bulky' women undergo, or the chemical enhancement used by professional bodybuilders. to achieve their dream physique. It's not unique to women though, a lot of guys think the same; that they'll start lifting and accidently all of a sudden they'll look like Arnie or Eddie Hall. Thankfully I think social media is educating people on what a training program should involve, and what lifting can do to the physique of the average person. by Forever__Young (Tue 8th Aug 2023 4:56pm)
  • Also most people go between 18-21 and degrees last 4 years and most masters 5. So the amount of 23-27 year olds in a student union is probably equal to 18-22 year olds. Nothing to worry about here. When I done my teaching year I was 23-24 and never once felt too old to be out. by Forever__Young (Thu 31st Aug 2023 7:59am)
  • If you make 1850 a week and assuming you take 4 weeks holidays thats 90k a year, which means you earn more than 98% of people on Scotland. So it's not that he's cheap it's just that you're in the super elite of earners. by Forever__Young (Fri 8th Sep 2023 11:52pm)
  • Still if you're late multiple times during a probation period even if it's because of public transport then there's a possibility you'll get sacked and they'll look for someone who will never be late. Especially hospitality because sometimes a shop can't open until there's multiple staff for safety/financial security purposes. And of course legally they can just sack you for any reason but aye that's shite of course. by Forever__Young (Mon 11th Sep 2023 9:45pm)
  • I got offered support from a fund called a poverty fund or something to get me through my last year. Didn't take it because I felt I didn't deserve it even though I was working 30+ hours as well as Uni, which in retrospect I regret big time but hey ho. by Forever__Young (Thu 28th Sep 2023 5:49pm)
  • Assuming you weren't night shift and trying to get sleep and you were just trying to avoid the cold, why not try a heated indoor space like a library? by Forever__Young (Mon 16th Oct 2023 10:06pm)
  • Worst ever is the folk who will say 'just leaving now' when what they really mean is 'Im sorry im going to be really fucking late'. by Forever__Young (Fri 27th Oct 2023 5:58pm)
  • People in the UK don't really say 'Six ten' and 'six fifteen' the way Americans do. When I lived in the states for a bit I picked it up and then when I came back folk were looking at me like I had two heads. >Time is it? >'7:42' > Fuck sake man what's with the precision time keeping? It's always 5 past, 10 past, 20 to X etc by Forever__Young (Fri 27th Oct 2023 6:01pm)
  • Sure disabled and young people want to go clubbing, but if that's the case then can't you just pay for a bus? I fully support subsidising travel for young and disabled people to help with commute etc, but if someone can't afford to get the night bus home from the pub then I don't feel that should be subsidised. I do agree with some comments above that under 18s who work in hospitality till the AM but get paid less than the living wage not getting the travel is an oversight, but for people going clubbing I don't see why they can't just factor the bus into the cost of the journey home like everyone else (can't imagine many over 21s or non-disabled people are driving so they presumably all need to pay bus/train fare home). by Forever__Young (Sat 11th Nov 2023 10:01am)
  • Ive never used dating apps and if I was single I think I'd hate them. Can't even be arsed texting friends and family most of the time, never mind an endless list of strangers just feeling each other out trying to qualify to just meet someone. Speed dating combines the meeting and the feeling out process in a way and saves all the pointless texting, absolute no brainer imo. by Forever__Young (Sat 18th Nov 2023 9:42am)
  • Agree with this. Usually have the thermostat set to 16° during the night and have a thick duvet and that's it and ira comfortable. If yer man has the heating on at 20° in the evening, electric blanket, hot water bottle and oodie I'd absolutely melt in that. by Forever__Young (Sun 3rd Dec 2023 3:29pm)
  • Sorry I can't help with the top part but can maybe help with a job recommendation. Look into work as a kitchen porter. I done it through the final two years of uni and once you get in to a big place (I worked Sloans, Brent, Griffin etc) you can basically work whenever you want, they're never short of a pot to wash and the money is pretty decent (north of a tenner an hour these days and you can do 12 hour days on the weekend). by Forever__Young (Sun 10th Dec 2023 9:43am)