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  • Easy mistake, it's not like it states the name of the hospital in the thread title or anything. by GingerFurball (Mon 7th Jan 2019 7:53pm)
  • Is that at the roundabout opposite the primary school before you hit Lincoln Avenue? by GingerFurball (Mon 4th Feb 2019 8:01pm)
  • You're thinking of vehicle excise duty and seeing as cycling produces no emissions I'm unsure why you think they should be paying it? by GingerFurball (Mon 11th Feb 2019 11:02am)
  • Why don't you walk then if it's quicker? by GingerFurball (Mon 11th Feb 2019 4:11pm)
  • It would help if cycling infrastructure was properly developed. There's a cycle lane on Lincoln Avenue, it's hopeless if you're heading south - you have to cross over Lincoln Avenue against traffic to use it, and it just dumps you on the corner of Loanfoot Avenue with no indication as to how to get back across to the other side of Lincoln Avenue to continue your journey. by GingerFurball (Mon 11th Feb 2019 4:20pm)
  • Speaking of doing it properly my personal rule was that you weren't allowed to repeat a drink. When I say no repeating drinks what I mean is that if you have Tennents at your first stop you are disqualified from all lager for the remainder of your subcrawl. by GingerFurball (Fri 22nd Feb 2019 10:33pm)
  • Stopped watching after about 15 seconds when it was referred to as the Clockwork Orange. by GingerFurball (Fri 22nd Feb 2019 10:31pm)
  • Basically cider, lager, heavy then 12 stops where you have to mix your spirit. Fun times. by GingerFurball (Fri 22nd Feb 2019 10:53pm)
  • Every episode when Methadone Mick appears on screen I pray for a brutal on screen murder and every episode I'm left disappointed. They try too hard to be wacky and funny these days. Filming it in HD is weird, the scenes at the Clansman simply don't look real. by GingerFurball (Sun 24th Feb 2019 9:47pm)
  • Aye, a pensioner chucking their false leg at some bam's heid and knocking him out is the height of realism. by GingerFurball (Mon 25th Feb 2019 2:13pm)
  • Like a lot of shows, they start where the comedy comes from what the characters say and there's a switch to the comedy being what the characters do. Maybe I struggle to relate to the show anymore - when Still Game started it was a show about characters in their 70s who would have been around the same age as my grandfather. He sadly passed 10 years ago so it's possible that I just don't related to the show now in the same way. But I also feel that the show just feels less real. You look at a lot of the early seasons, the plots were things like Jack wanting to move house to be nearer Victor, a group of pensioners struggling to deal with the cold, Victor feeling lonely because he has a poor relationship with his son. All fairly bog standard old people problems but the comedy came from the characters, the plot lines of the show themselves were nothing special or interesting. by GingerFurball (Mon 25th Feb 2019 2:10pm)
  • Nope. In 1900 Glasgow was one of five cities in Europe with a population of over 1 million (London, Paris, Berlin and Moscow completing the set). The present day population is around 650,000 IIRC. by GingerFurball (Sun 3rd Mar 2019 11:27pm)
  • The Drygate estate that was built on the grounds of the old Duke Street prison still contains some of the prison walls and I'm pretty sure there's bullet holes in the walls as a result of this. by GingerFurball (Tue 12th Mar 2019 11:20am)
  • Dennistoun by GingerFurball (Thu 14th Mar 2019 8:01pm)
  • Impound the cars and crush them. No fucking surprise that it's massive 4x4s pictured either. by GingerFurball (Thu 21st Mar 2019 5:03pm)
  • I love how we're calling jails in the USA 'proper jails' when the USA has the highest incarceration rate in the Western world. The US system clearly doesn't work. by GingerFurball (Sun 24th Mar 2019 11:22am)
  • Ford Kiernan is a complete bellend. Had the misfortune of meeting him once. by GingerFurball (Mon 25th Mar 2019 11:52am)
  • There's also idiot car drivers who use the old A77 when the government shelled out millions for a motorway. What are they playing at? by GingerFurball (Wed 8th May 2019 12:05am)
  • A bunch of sectarian terrorist sympathisers. by GingerFurball (Thu 9th May 2019 1:52pm)
  • Morrisons in Anniesland has them. by GingerFurball (Mon 27th May 2019 2:20pm)
  • OT but I really hate the way Bearsden and Giffnock stick into Glasgow. They should form part of the city proper. by GingerFurball (Wed 12th Jun 2019 10:15am)
  • Rutherglen is a historic Royal Burgh in its own right though, it looks weird because of how far east the city expanded particularly when Easterhouse and the peripheral eastern schemes were built. by GingerFurball (Wed 12th Jun 2019 12:41pm)
  • Aside from the river and what was countryside before Toryglen and King's Park were built? by GingerFurball (Thu 13th Jun 2019 1:18pm)
  • Get a proper naan ffs by GingerFurball (Tue 18th Jun 2019 8:07pm)
  • Get the train. by GingerFurball (Sat 22nd Jun 2019 1:11pm)
  • Chicken Tikka Masala is Scottish. by GingerFurball (Wed 10th Jul 2019 5:10pm)
  • It won't be. I work near Central and the tea room at work is absolute wank for signal. There's also a really weird dead spot on the train between Partick and Hyndland. by GingerFurball (Wed 10th Jul 2019 10:25pm)
  • Singles that are packaged differently. From memory (although this is at least 15 months old) it was £10 for 5 trips Vs £2.20 to buy a single. by GingerFurball (Tue 16th Jul 2019 3:45pm)
  • Amazing how much better it looks when it's not a car park. Should ban all traffic from the square. by GingerFurball (Mon 22nd Jul 2019 8:05pm)
  • Are you sure it's a busker and someone just hasn't left the office radio on Capital? by GingerFurball (Thu 25th Jul 2019 6:35pm)
  • I don't dislike the new museum but I'm sad that my daughter will never get to experience the old one that I did. The old street was better, the ship room was better and I loved being able to actually get on all the old buses and trams and trains (although for the latter I understand that eventually if you allow thousands of people to do that then they're going to get worn out). by GingerFurball (Sat 27th Jul 2019 12:19am)
  • If you're travelling from Govan to Partick then you can tell when you're passing through the shell of the old station because there's a change in the sound that's being made by the train. It's easier to tell going in that direction because the train's had longer to get up to speed from Govan. by GingerFurball (Sun 25th Aug 2019 2:32pm)
  • Why would an Irish Republican group organise protests at what's going on at the British Parliament? by GingerFurball (Sat 31st Aug 2019 7:20am)
  • You're a total fanny. by GingerFurball (Sat 31st Aug 2019 12:52pm)
  • Irish Republicans do not recognise the authority of the UK Parliament so won't care what the government does. by GingerFurball (Mon 2nd Sep 2019 7:47am)
  • Haha sure thing pal. by GingerFurball (Sat 7th Sep 2019 5:51pm)
  • 'It isnae us causing the trouble, it's the people who come along to watch/protest the marches' by GingerFurball (Tue 10th Sep 2019 4:05pm)
  • bUt SuPpOrTiNg ThE iRa Is PoLiTiCaL by GingerFurball (Wed 11th Sep 2019 8:50pm)
  • GHA's position on dogs barking not being anti-social really ought to be looked at. by GingerFurball (Fri 13th Sep 2019 7:44pm)
  • 73 is the life expectancy for males in the whole city, so it's dragged upwards by more affluent areas. by GingerFurball (Sun 22nd Sep 2019 9:32pm)
  • This isn't a story. by GingerFurball (Mon 23rd Sep 2019 11:11pm)
  • I had Muslim, Sikh and Hindu friends at school. I had friends whose parents came from China. I didn't have any Catholic friends until entering the work place. Catholic schools aren't the only problem when it comes to sectarianism in Scottish society, but I can't imagine that separating children at the age of 5 on the basis of whichever version of Christianity their parents allegedly adhere to helps with an integrated society. by GingerFurball (Sun 6th Oct 2019 11:33am)
  • The rock underneath London is a lot better for boring tunnels through. Glasgow's is a nightmare and is a huge obstacle when it comes to cost. by GingerFurball (Thu 10th Oct 2019 8:32pm)
  • Because a lot of the city was pretty well covered by railway until the Beeching cuts of the 60s by GingerFurball (Thu 10th Oct 2019 8:32pm)
  • The car is in the lorry's blind spot. There's almost no chance the lorry driver was aware of it. It's a text book example of unsafe merging, it's amazing how few people actually get up to speed before trying to merge onto a motorway. There's still at least a quarter mile of road left to accelerate on before merging in as well. by GingerFurball (Thu 24th Oct 2019 6:45am)
  • The people who cause congestion are the ones who try and merge in or out of lanes as soon as they're able to and do so at about 20 mph, as seen in this video. by GingerFurball (Thu 24th Oct 2019 6:50am)
  • Page not found? by GingerFurball (Sun 3rd Nov 2019 8:00pm)
  • People don't have a fundamental right to take up a public road with their vehicles. by GingerFurball (Thu 7th Nov 2019 10:17am)
  • Istanbul at Paisley Road Toll. Cafe Soros on Argyle Street is good as well. by GingerFurball (Thu 7th Nov 2019 6:47pm)
  • Glasgow's got a bit of an awkward history where support for the Confederacy is concerned. by GingerFurball (Sun 10th Nov 2019 2:15pm)
  • Now just wait for the press to start bleating about this attack on motorists and wait for the campaign to scrap them. by GingerFurball (Mon 11th Nov 2019 8:04am)
  • Surprised he could find Scotland on a map tbh. by GingerFurball (Wed 13th Nov 2019 6:29am)
  • Given that health is almost 100% devolved to the Scottish Parliament, why would you be wondering what would happen to it in an independent Scotland? It's a weird area to get your knickers in a twist over. by GingerFurball (Wed 13th Nov 2019 9:10am)
  • It's a green and white scarf that says Celtic on it. by GingerFurball (Wed 13th Nov 2019 2:09pm)
  • Shame they don't come out as far West as Knightswood by GingerFurball (Fri 15th Nov 2019 10:08pm)
  • Teuchters didn't support independence last time though... by GingerFurball (Wed 20th Nov 2019 9:31am)
  • Because socially conservative (British) nationalists exist. by GingerFurball (Thu 5th Dec 2019 3:37pm)
  • But the SNP are obsessed with Independence. Obsessed I tell ya! by GingerFurball (Fri 6th Dec 2019 9:39pm)
  • There's no c in Pollokshaws. by GingerFurball (Mon 9th Dec 2019 8:11pm)
  • They basically spent the entire 1990s strengthening the bridge. The barriers which separate the left two lanes of the northbound carriageway are a legacy of the roadworks that were there. by GingerFurball (Tue 10th Dec 2019 9:32pm)
  • I've never known the main carriageway to not be blocked by roadworks/barriers from the West Street on ramp. Used to be if you were coming southbound from the Expressway that you couldn't continue on the main carriageway either. by GingerFurball (Tue 10th Dec 2019 11:44pm)
  • Depends where in Shawlands you are. Nithsdale Road onto Shields Road and the segregated cycleway that takes you along Scotland Street and West Street into town. by GingerFurball (Wed 18th Dec 2019 12:30pm)
  • Riverford Road isn't in Shawlands. by GingerFurball (Fri 27th Dec 2019 10:23pm)
  • Drumchapel wood. by GingerFurball (Tue 31st Dec 2019 8:25pm)
  • Or when they do catch motorists breaking the law you get the media going on about how dreadful the war on motorists is and shouldn't the police dedicate their time to catching real criminals? by GingerFurball (Mon 27th Jan 2020 10:41pm)
  • You absolutely can. You can walk down Byres Road, down Beith Street, cross the pedestrian bridge over the expressway and then walk to the museum. You just need to connect the museum to Govan and that's you got them connected. They're not far away at all, it's just a combination of no easy water crossing and the expressway that makes them seem like they're miles apart. by GingerFurball (Tue 28th Jan 2020 6:46pm)
  • It's a start, it should be fully pedestrianised. by GingerFurball (Thu 6th Feb 2020 11:09pm)
  • Scotstoun closes for a refurb at the end of March. by GingerFurball (Sat 8th Feb 2020 9:40am)
  • Hopefully that positive legacy is it's eventual demolition. by GingerFurball (Sat 8th Feb 2020 9:49am)
  • It looks absolute shite. I can't believe something like that got approved. by GingerFurball (Sat 8th Feb 2020 12:21pm)
  • Except they don't. The latest scientific research, and this might be controversial, is that dogs and humans are different. by GingerFurball (Mon 10th Feb 2020 2:49pm)
  • Most children won't piss or shit on the floor, won't shed hair everywhere and won't potentially destroy furnishings because they've been left alone all day and are bored. by GingerFurball (Mon 10th Feb 2020 2:48pm)
  • Free trial of pornhub premium? by GingerFurball (Mon 10th Feb 2020 7:18pm)
  • Lewis Capaldi is going to be one of those acts that spends the next 20 years headlining every Scottish festival isn't he? by GingerFurball (Fri 14th Feb 2020 11:23am)
  • Biffy Clyro are good though. by GingerFurball (Fri 14th Feb 2020 12:56pm)
  • There's a decent community of Scots from various subcontinental backgrounds in Glasgow. Most Glaswegians who have family who hail from that part of the world came from the Punjab region - don't know how that ties into your cultural background. With religion as well, you haven't said how big a part (or not) religion plays in your life but there's 2 large Gurdwaras that have been built in the last 10 years if you're Sikh, there's a fairly large central mosque and various mosques dotted around the place if you're Muslim and I would imagine there would be Hindu temples as well (I'm sure I visited one on a school visit - admittedly this was 25 or so years ago!) So from a cultural perspective there will be plenty of people in the city who will share a similar cultural background to you if that helps ease any concerns about feeling like an outcast. While Glasgow's not as diverse as London - and while my adult life hasn't been as diverse as my childhood (I went to a secondary school that was only 50% white) it's been very unusual for me to not work alongside either Indian immigrants/students, or Scots of Indian/Pakistani descent. by GingerFurball (Tue 3rd Mar 2020 10:17am)
  • Having done a quick Google search, there's a Hindu temple the other side of Kelvingrove Park from the Uni (this will mean more to you once you move here) - it's also a couple of streets back from one of the Gurdwaras I mentioned in my previous post. On food as well, there are loads of Indian restaurants in Glasgow. We love a good curry - although I have no idea to what degree any of the restaurants around the city have retained their authenticity and how much the menu has been adapted for our Scottish palates over the years, or whether the food you get from them would bear any relation to any home cooked food you might have had cooked by relatives at home. by GingerFurball (Tue 3rd Mar 2020 12:43pm)
  • No by GingerFurball (Wed 4th Mar 2020 3:46pm)
  • They will be. There's people who have been told by their employers that they'll need to take weeks of unpaid leave - a temporary 4 or 6 week contract at Tesco will be a lifesaver for people affected in that way. by GingerFurball (Fri 20th Mar 2020 3:40pm)
  • Either Glasgow City Centre has a lot of key workers (possible given all the bank offices) or people still aren't taking this seriously. Traffic along the expressway was basically at normal, non rush hour levels of busyness. One thing I was surprised to see was so many workie vans en route. by GingerFurball (Tue 24th Mar 2020 8:14am)
  • I agree with you, but there's no fucking way I'm using that line of argument with my boss as that's not a smart admission to make. I do not want to be in the office and have been pressing for home working for weeks now. My employer regards me as a key worker and is being glacial as far as providing the ability to work from home is concerned. So here I am. by GingerFurball (Tue 24th Mar 2020 10:11am)
  • Fuck yes, what an excellent article. by GingerFurball (Wed 25th Mar 2020 4:10pm)
  • The BP garage nearest to me has one - I'm pretty sure there's a BP garage on Paisley Road West just as you get to the M8. Worth a look? by GingerFurball (Sun 29th Mar 2020 9:37pm)
  • Since when is 7:30pm rush hour? by GingerFurball (Mon 30th Mar 2020 9:40pm)
  • The angle of the sun says it was. by GingerFurball (Tue 31st Mar 2020 10:42am)
  • 100% agree with this. Except it's lamachun. by GingerFurball (Fri 3rd Apr 2020 10:49pm)
  • Poor move, we should be encouraging as many of them to congregate together as possible. by GingerFurball (Mon 6th Apr 2020 5:04pm)
  • Ironically the same middle aged people who when the internet was the big new thing 20 years ago warned you that stuff you read online wasn't true. by GingerFurball (Wed 8th Apr 2020 2:57pm)
  • Clydebank and Paisley are towns in their own right. Bearsden has always been a suburb for people who work in Glasgow. by GingerFurball (Fri 10th Apr 2020 8:03pm)
  • There's absolutely no justification for Giffnock, Newton Mearns and Bearsden not being considered part of the city proper. by GingerFurball (Fri 10th Apr 2020 8:05pm)
  • It might be an independent town but the whole point of Bearsden is to be a suburb of Glasgow. Paisley and Clydebank grew around industry independent of Glasgow. by GingerFurball (Sat 11th Apr 2020 12:32pm)
  • Part of it was filmed in Pollokshaws. Jordanhill School is the school Diane goes to. by GingerFurball (Sat 18th Apr 2020 6:54pm)
  • It's the flats at Well Green Court. They've had a makeover in the 25 years since. by GingerFurball (Sat 18th Apr 2020 8:55pm)
  • I drove back along Great Western Road and wondered whether what I could see coming over the hills was smoke or clouds. by GingerFurball (Mon 20th Apr 2020 10:06pm)
  • You see cars running red lights every day but nobody comments on it. by GingerFurball (Fri 1st May 2020 11:36am)
  • Why is that? by GingerFurball (Fri 1st May 2020 11:35am)
  • That few people can commute by bike? by GingerFurball (Fri 1st May 2020 1:31pm)
  • My arse. Unless you're blind you'll have seen plenty of drivers running reds. Almost every time the lights change from green to red you'll see someone run the red. If you're not counting them then it shows how normalised that behaviour is. by GingerFurball (Fri 1st May 2020 1:31pm)
  • Reduced emissions, more liveable streets, better urban environments and better health for its citizens are a few reasons I can think of. by GingerFurball (Fri 1st May 2020 6:47pm)
  • If all lights are at red and the green man is showing for pedestrians I'd argue it makes sense for cyclists to be allowed to go. Surely it's safer for cyclists to get up to speed without cars, lorries and busses breathing down their neck? by GingerFurball (Sun 3rd May 2020 8:46am)
  • 11? by GingerFurball (Wed 6th May 2020 7:13pm)
  • Where are you detouring to, the Erskine Bridge? by GingerFurball (Thu 14th May 2020 4:14pm)
  • It needs to come further west as well, my closest station is about 3 miles away. by GingerFurball (Wed 27th May 2020 10:08am)
  • If you walk by the river next to the cricket club then there's some a couple of fields behind. by GingerFurball (Fri 29th May 2020 8:17am)
  • An app similar to what Wetherspoons have? by GingerFurball (Sat 30th May 2020 9:47am)
  • It's garbage, it just looks like a big Tesco. by GingerFurball (Sat 13th Jun 2020 5:55pm)
  • Way to show your tolerance by using a sectarian slur. by GingerFurball (Sun 14th Jun 2020 7:54pm)
  • Of course in Glasgow this issue quickly gets bogged down in sectarianism and football. Guarantee a good chunk of roasters out today protesting are only doing it because it turned out that it was Celtic fans who stuck up the alternative street names (oddly they neglected to rename any streets Mark Walters Street) and therefore they're against it. by GingerFurball (Sun 14th Jun 2020 8:04pm)
  • Arrochar has a G postcode. by GingerFurball (Mon 15th Jun 2020 11:09pm)
  • The cycle park isn't. by GingerFurball (Mon 15th Jun 2020 11:09pm)
  • KFC just off Pollokshaws Road is Halal. by GingerFurball (Mon 15th Jun 2020 11:08pm)
  • Bearsden not being within the City boundary is the best bit. Have a look at how mental the boundary is between Bearsden and Glasgow. by GingerFurball (Mon 15th Jun 2020 11:11pm)
  • Birthday caird pish by GingerFurball (Wed 17th Jun 2020 1:31pm)
  • Fuck up. I've no doubt that the majority of these arseholes support Rangers but you're tarring tens of thousands of people with the same brush because of the actions of a few scumbags. by GingerFurball (Wed 17th Jun 2020 10:00pm)
  • Unless they pay for it then it's not theirs. by GingerFurball (Sat 20th Jun 2020 8:22am)
  • Of course you do. There will be plenty of 'Catholics' in the West of Scotland where their Catholicism is essentially tied up in the school they went to and their support for Celtic. by GingerFurball (Sat 20th Jun 2020 12:45pm)
  • Looks like it backs onto terraced houses on Tantallon Road. by GingerFurball (Sun 21st Jun 2020 6:33pm)
  • Those pictures clearly show that there's a massive issue with bin provision. by GingerFurball (Mon 22nd Jun 2020 2:57pm)
  • Townhead needs flattened and started again. Bring back Parliamentary Road as the main thoroughfare. by GingerFurball (Tue 23rd Jun 2020 10:06pm)
  • If you don't think that IRA cosplayers exist who would absolutely have a go at ex-servicemen then you live a fairly sheltered existence. by GingerFurball (Sat 27th Jun 2020 5:55pm)
  • Nope. Neil Oliver isn't worth reading or watching. by GingerFurball (Sun 28th Jun 2020 9:05pm)
  • Would imagine so as I'm pretty sure Vodka Wodka's beer garden is far less visible from outside. by GingerFurball (Tue 7th Jul 2020 11:33am)
  • The Clyde Walkway is shared use isn't it? by GingerFurball (Mon 13th Jul 2020 11:12am)
  • I've been pestering people about it for years - half my team is based in Belfast so I've been working remotely with them for years. At work I work compressed hours so 20% of my work week I was without my colleagues anyway - and I usually spend about half the day in the office listening to podcasts to drown out the background shite you get with working in an office. So as you can imagine I've adapted beautifully to working from home. Once the missus goes back to the office in a couple of weeks it'll be even better - can be a bit tough both working in the same space. by GingerFurball (Tue 14th Jul 2020 9:38pm)
  • You seem to be confusing spring and summer. 2018 was amazing by GingerFurball (Thu 30th Jul 2020 9:45pm)
  • It's pretty much 2 mins between stations. by GingerFurball (Thu 6th Aug 2020 9:13pm)
  • Came here to post this. Their lamachuns are amazing. by GingerFurball (Sun 23rd Aug 2020 7:51pm)
  • Toryglen has no local amenities beyond a massive Asda. by GingerFurball (Sat 29th Aug 2020 8:49am)
  • It's the norm in Scotland for a bank account to cost the customer nothing as long as they are in credit. by GingerFurball (Sat 29th Aug 2020 11:39am)
  • If you're stupid enough to believe flat earth shite then you'll probably be into a whole load of other conspiracy nonsense. by GingerFurball (Sat 29th Aug 2020 7:04pm)
  • No documentaries are impartial. by GingerFurball (Sat 29th Aug 2020 7:02pm)
  • Just fucking don't. by GingerFurball (Tue 8th Sep 2020 3:55pm)
  • Go to Pollok Park and start lighting fires. by GingerFurball (Tue 8th Sep 2020 4:17pm)
  • Currently showing 0% chance. by GingerFurball (Mon 28th Sep 2020 8:59pm)
  • If my choice was risking covid by mixing with house mates and partying or sitting alone in my room in halls, you're damned right I'd be taking the risk. Asking students to stick to their rooms is a miserable existence. by GingerFurball (Sat 10th Oct 2020 8:09am)
  • I definitely remember seeing some tents etc in the trees in the mid 90s. If you're heading along Barrhead Road back towards Pollokshaws (so Silverburn will be behind you) any remnants would be in the trees on the left hand side of the road just after you cross the motorway slip road. by GingerFurball (Sun 25th Oct 2020 12:43pm)
  • ITT: dog owners with annoying, loud pets who bother everyone else 365 days of the year complaining about annoying loud noises which bother their dogs for 2 weeks of the year. by GingerFurball (Thu 5th Nov 2020 8:55am)
  • Oh no, who else are we going to sell our public space to next? by GingerFurball (Fri 6th Nov 2020 8:42pm)
  • The actual police on the street will have no appetite for doing so. They'll be obliged to investigate if someone grasses you in through. by GingerFurball (Tue 17th Nov 2020 4:21pm)
  • If you can isolate prior to Christmas then go and see him. by GingerFurball (Tue 17th Nov 2020 4:20pm)
  • Freddie's is fucking bogging. by GingerFurball (Thu 19th Nov 2020 10:37am)
  • >and would potentially change back if Starmer became PM. The problem with that is you're relying on English voters voting sensibly. All the evidence of the last decade suggests that they refuse to do so. by GingerFurball (Fri 20th Nov 2020 1:52pm)
  • It's not worth the hassle for £10 an hour. by GingerFurball (Fri 20th Nov 2020 3:38pm)
  • There's a few cyclists I've had to sit behind whilst waiting to safely overtake them where I've been surprised at how fast I've been able to drive whilst maintaining a safe gap behind them. There's definitely been a couple of times I've been sat at 20mph+. by GingerFurball (Thu 26th Nov 2020 10:54pm)
  • There was another one at the Kirklee gates of the Botanics on Sunday, would have been put there sometime between half 2 and half 3. That one was about women being sexually harassed in public. by GingerFurball (Tue 8th Dec 2020 8:27am)
  • Lol my missus has some video of some walloper talking shite about Govanhill. Apparently he knows for a fact that there's children being treated for STDs at Govanhill Medical Centre. Either he's a doctor about to be struck off for breaching doctor patient confidentiality or he's chatting absolute shite. by GingerFurball (Tue 15th Dec 2020 8:27pm)
  • I have. He's an absolute throbber. by GingerFurball (Tue 15th Dec 2020 8:46pm)
  • 'I know for a fact that kids are being treated for STDs' Either Govanhill medical centre is stuffed full of staff with serious ethical issues or he's talking utter shite. by GingerFurball (Tue 15th Dec 2020 8:46pm)
  • If you have suspicions that there's abuse going on then there's a process to report that. If kids are being treated for STDs then it would be incredibly unethical to not report it, and doubly so to tell some nutter off Facebook. by GingerFurball (Wed 16th Dec 2020 10:08am)
  • >would it be unethical to reveal anonymously that this is happening? Yes. There are processes to report this sort of stuff. by GingerFurball (Wed 16th Dec 2020 10:09am)
  • >As a healthcare worker who *must* drive for work closures like this one simply mean that it takes me longer to get where I need to be. The horror, imagine having to drive an extra 5 minutes down University Avenue then turning left onto Byres Road to get to Dumbarton Road/Argyle Street. However will you survive? by GingerFurball (Thu 17th Dec 2020 11:44pm)
  • >You generally go far faster than that if you pick your route well You'd be surprised. According to my car's onboard computer the average speed I drive it at is 15 mph, and I live in the suburbs. by GingerFurball (Thu 17th Dec 2020 11:42pm)
  • Why would drivers be annoyed? They can go down Byres Road or Church Street. by GingerFurball (Thu 17th Dec 2020 11:41pm)
  • Pretty sure Drumchapel is hillier. Tollcross is a great, tough course. by GingerFurball (Tue 29th Dec 2020 10:30am)
  • Nope. He willingly sent the money and he got a dog out of it. by GingerFurball (Sat 30th Jan 2021 11:03am)
  • I used to work in fraud, he won't get his money back unless his bank is feeling generous. by GingerFurball (Sat 30th Jan 2021 11:20am)
  • Nope. This is why you don't pay by bank transfer, it's as good as handing over cash. by GingerFurball (Sat 30th Jan 2021 12:50pm)
  • Aye ok. by GingerFurball (Sat 30th Jan 2021 1:16pm)
  • Sorry to hear that. Our old cat died a couple of years ago because of bladder complications after he got crystals. He didn't even get to eat the special food he'd been prescribed. by GingerFurball (Thu 4th Feb 2021 7:51pm)
  • Not strictly pizza but if you're in Kinning Park then if it's still open during lockdown you need to get yourself to Istanbul at Paisley Road Toll and sample their lamachuns and their kebabs. by GingerFurball (Sat 13th Feb 2021 5:45pm)
  • By the sounds of it you won't be too far away from me, I don't really notice planes too much tbh. by GingerFurball (Sun 21st Feb 2021 7:22pm)
  • They missed that big green monstrosity in the background. by GingerFurball (Sat 6th Mar 2021 8:54am)
  • You're going to have to explain how setting off fireworks in celebration counts as tribal, knuckle dragging nonsense. by GingerFurball (Sun 7th Mar 2021 10:12pm)
  • A few thousand fans gathering outside won't make a blind bit of difference. by GingerFurball (Thu 11th Mar 2021 12:53pm)
  • So what? Ideally, people shouldn't have been celebrating outdoors, however the over-reaction to the events of the weekend has been nothing short of hysterical. by GingerFurball (Thu 11th Mar 2021 2:55pm)
  • Lol no. PRW is Paisley Road West. by GingerFurball (Sun 14th Mar 2021 6:55pm)
  • Steven Gerrard must condemn. by GingerFurball (Mon 15th Mar 2021 11:41am)
  • I used to live at Mavisbank Gardens, when the land was sold to developers this included all the land to the quayside. So this part of the Clyde is someone's garden, which right to roam wouldn't cover. I'm pretty sure the council have been trying to rectify the situation but won't compensate flat owners. by GingerFurball (Mon 15th Mar 2021 7:17pm)
  • It wasn't last year. by GingerFurball (Sat 20th Mar 2021 5:26pm)
  • Buck's is good but I wasn't impressed the one time I ordered wings. by GingerFurball (Sun 28th Mar 2021 7:59pm)
  • I would guess somewhere in the North or west of the city due to the hills in the background. by GingerFurball (Mon 29th Mar 2021 6:49pm)
  • I've seen this on Twitter, there's something not right about this story. The way the reward kept going up and up was suspicious as fuck. by GingerFurball (Sat 17th Apr 2021 9:45am)
  • If your dog is well behaved enough to be trusted off the leash and will come to you when called, no questions asked then go for it, let them have a good run around in the park. If it's the sort of dog that has to stick it's nose everywhere then do everyone else a favour and keep it leashed. You might find it endearing that your dog rams its nose into your face and slabbers everywhere, but I don't. The problem is dog owners who seem to be oblivious that their pets are irritating as fuck and that other people don't find dogs jumping all over them to be endearing in the slightest. by GingerFurball (Sat 17th Apr 2021 1:06pm)
  • Then stay indoors and let the rest of us get on with our lives. by GingerFurball (Wed 28th Apr 2021 7:02pm)
  • Not just a pint. Normality. by GingerFurball (Wed 28th Apr 2021 8:07pm)
  • >the wee one on the west bound M8 exit at the Clyde tunnel That one's atrocious because if you're coming off the M8 slip road then any traffic to the right you need to give way to actually approaches the roundabout behind you. by GingerFurball (Thu 29th Apr 2021 7:34am)
  • I don't know if this is still the case, but you also used to get duplicated numbers so the First 38 and the McGill's 38 went two completely different routes. by GingerFurball (Mon 3rd May 2021 4:17pm)
  • I don't know what the COVID status is just now but surely you're aware of the farm at Tollcross? by GingerFurball (Thu 6th May 2021 4:53pm)
  • Cool, just wanted to make sure you weren't missing something that was on your doorstep. by GingerFurball (Thu 6th May 2021 5:02pm)
  • I hate to interrupt the circle jerk about how great Glasgow is, but she wasn't allowed into the count at the Emirates on Friday because security didn't believe she was a candidate. by GingerFurball (Sun 9th May 2021 12:58pm)
  • >It took her 45 minutes of arguing with four different managers Ah that's much better then. by GingerFurball (Sun 9th May 2021 1:36pm)
  • Fuck off Sturgeon. Case numbers are the wrong metric. It's hospitalisations and deaths that matter now the vulnerable have been vaccinated. by GingerFurball (Fri 14th May 2021 5:34pm)
  • 57% of Glasgow voted for independence parties. Roughly 10% voted Tory. Who do you think Rangers fans are voting for? by GingerFurball (Fri 14th May 2021 7:31pm)
  • If there's a rise in cases I'd be looking at the mass gathering on Thursday that actually took place slap bang in the middle of a COVID hotspot. by GingerFurball (Sat 15th May 2021 6:28pm)
  • >This sub has a weird fascination with football fans. Rangers fans. I don't remember seeing any condemnation of Partick Thistle fans who gathered to celebrate their league win. by GingerFurball (Sat 15th May 2021 6:26pm)
  • Funnily enough some of us are perfectly capable of separating politics and football. by GingerFurball (Sat 15th May 2021 9:19pm)
  • 10% of the vote in Glasgow went to the Tories. A lot more than 10% of Glasgow support Rangers. by GingerFurball (Sat 15th May 2021 9:19pm)
  • Celtic literally had a treble treble parade cut short in 2019 by the police because of trouble. by GingerFurball (Sun 16th May 2021 6:34pm)
  • I'm still registered at my mum's address in G42, got a text yesterday and phoned and got a vaccine appointment on the 27th. by GingerFurball (Mon 17th May 2021 11:45am)
  • Nope. It's your NHS records. by GingerFurball (Mon 17th May 2021 7:02pm)
  • I'm originally from Shawlands, and want to move back (I'm currently in the North West of the city). One thing that did strike me when I recently went on a massive walk round the southside when I was visiting my mum was how parts of Shawlands feel more like the West End for people who can't actually afford to live in the West End. by GingerFurball (Mon 17th May 2021 11:05pm)
  • 100%, there's pockets of Govanhill like Albert Avenue which have always been nice. I think the cycle lanes on Vicky Road have made a huge difference, particularly at the park end of the street. That's the route I take when I drive to my mum's, and although my perception might be skewed by lockdown because people have to queue outside, the top end just seems to me to be far busier and have far more foot traffic than I ever remember. (Incidentally when Queens Drive was shut off for about a year because of the sewer works I always thought they should have kept it permanently shut and pedestrianised the top end of Victoria Road from the park gates down to the train station.) by GingerFurball (Tue 18th May 2021 8:26am)
  • They've backed themselves into a corner as well, because at some point the messaging from government is going to have to be 'COVID exists, deal with it.' Like so much else, the Scottish Government's policy has been a bunch of meaningless buzzwords that sound great but have no substance. by GingerFurball (Tue 18th May 2021 9:49am)
  • wAtCh ThE pReSs BrIeFiNg by GingerFurball (Sat 22nd May 2021 9:18am)
  • >I voted SNP this time but genuinely when I walked out I felt it was the last straw. I spoiled my ballot. I couldn't bring myself to endorse the SNP and nothing they've done publicly since the election makes me think it was the wrong decision. by GingerFurball (Sat 22nd May 2021 9:19am)
  • The bottleneck is the Scottish Government. The vaccine rollout has been a disgrace from the word go. by GingerFurball (Sat 22nd May 2021 9:27am)
  • And 100 times deadlier in a football ground. by GingerFurball (Sat 22nd May 2021 9:25am)
  • And at level 0 you're still restricted to how many people you can meet up with in indoor hospitality. And have to wear masks and have table service. by GingerFurball (Sat 22nd May 2021 9:25am)
  • Would help if the government weren't a shambles and could organise appointments. by GingerFurball (Sat 22nd May 2021 9:38am)
  • If we're pointing fingers at mass gatherings then it would make sense to start with the gathering which took place in Kenmure Street in the middle of the worst COVID hotspot wouldn't it? by GingerFurball (Sat 22nd May 2021 9:57am)
  • Which is a bullshit excuse. by GingerFurball (Sun 23rd May 2021 5:44pm)
  • The government need to step it up. The lack of vaccination is on them, not the population. by GingerFurball (Sun 23rd May 2021 5:40pm)
  • Because there will be plenty of people coming into Glasgow from outside the city for brunch, shopping etc even with level 3. Keeping us at level 3 serves no purpose save to hammer out hospitality industry. by GingerFurball (Sun 23rd May 2021 5:46pm)
  • The vaccine rollout has been an absolute shambles. This is on the government. by GingerFurball (Tue 25th May 2021 11:47am)
  • Hotels and other hospitality venues aren't going to turn down money. They won't give a fuck. by GingerFurball (Wed 26th May 2021 7:18am)
  • >Glasgow has had the most cases out of every region. Hardly surprising as Glasgow has more people than every region. by GingerFurball (Sat 29th May 2021 10:40am)
  • Because the restrictions around Glasgow make no sense. The boundary around Glasgow is pretty much an arbitrary line everywhere. It's not just that people live 5 minutes walk away, it's that in streets like Kings Park Avenue there will be residents who's next door neighbours have less restrictions because they're in South Lanarkshire. There's a cul de sac of houses in Bearsden who are technically breaking the rules every time they drive anywhere because the only road out of their cul de sac crosses the boundary into Glasgow. by GingerFurball (Sat 29th May 2021 10:47am)
  • Dickhead. by GingerFurball (Sat 29th May 2021 5:43pm)
  • No chance of getting one for Rangers games. by GingerFurball (Sun 30th May 2021 11:21am)
  • >can you just roll in like it was 2019? You're not allowed to do that at level 0 nevermind level 2. by GingerFurball (Tue 1st Jun 2021 3:03pm)
  • Shame they can't retrospectively add this to Laurieston. Could be a cracking neighbourhood but there's absolutely no local amenities for residents like pubs, cafes etc. by GingerFurball (Sun 6th Jun 2021 11:02am)
  • No, I'm using the road more efficiently than you. by GingerFurball (Tue 8th Jun 2021 6:11pm)
  • Why would someone who's self employed not have been eligible for SEISS grants? by GingerFurball (Wed 9th Jun 2021 12:06pm)
  • Weird that. by GingerFurball (Wed 9th Jun 2021 3:14pm)
  • It's so you can get your 'blue ticket' in lovely Scottish colours with NHS Scotland on the front. by GingerFurball (Tue 15th Jun 2021 4:02pm)
  • No it fucking shouldn't. People need to use public transport to get places. by GingerFurball (Tue 20th Jul 2021 7:06pm)
  • >Istanbul kebab use unauthentic pizza crunch!!! I spit Did you go to the right place? by GingerFurball (Mon 2nd Aug 2021 9:25am)
  • Tomatoes, chillis, strawberries, carrots, onion, potatoes, leeks and crossing my fingers for butternut squash as well. by GingerFurball (Mon 2nd Aug 2021 12:53pm)
  • I think the Grahamston misconception might also come because if you walk along Midland Street under Central along the street where you used to go into the Arches, and emerge at the Crystal Palace, if you look into your left as you're coming under the bridge there's a gate with what conceivably looks like an old street in it (it looks similar to the old street that was in the Transport Museum in the Kelvin Hall) by GingerFurball (Thu 5th Aug 2021 11:46am)
  • It was a Bank until relatively recently, I remember it being a branch of TSB in the 1990s and I still refer to it as the TSB building. by GingerFurball (Thu 5th Aug 2021 1:15pm)
  • You laugh but Bridgeton is definitely gentrifying. It's a really handy location for the city centre, Glasgow Green and Dennistoun, it really ought to be a more desirable location than it actually is. by GingerFurball (Sat 14th Aug 2021 9:24am)
  • As Scottish banknotes are promissory notes they need to hold the equivalent currency amount in Bank of England notes to issue our notes. by GingerFurball (Mon 16th Aug 2021 9:37pm)
  • >but it can soon get uncomfortably close to a situation where only "our folk" get to stay in certain parts of the country. That depends on whether we want the Highlands and Islands to be a place where young Scots can aspire to live and work, or do we want it to be a theme park for rich tourists and retirees to live? by GingerFurball (Sat 28th Aug 2021 11:09pm)
  • That can't possibly be true, no self respecting Glaswegian refers to themselves as a Weegie. by GingerFurball (Mon 6th Sep 2021 11:00pm)
  • This year has been unusually dry. by GingerFurball (Sun 12th Sep 2021 1:13pm)
  • Used to work at the Radisson and I walked home up to the other end of Argyle Street (used to live in the same block the Islay Inn is on). If I was working a closing shift and walking home in the small hours you'd get the odd junkie asking if I was 'looking for business'. by GingerFurball (Thu 23rd Sep 2021 7:01pm)
  • The top end of Victoria Road has completely transformed since they've done the cycle lanes. by GingerFurball (Tue 5th Oct 2021 10:31pm)
  • Precisely. My parents bought their 'forever home in 1995 when they were 39 and 35 and me and my brother were 10 and 8. The house is worth 4x what they bought it for, there's absolutely no way the 2021 equivalent of my parents in the same jobs they were in could afford the same house now. by GingerFurball (Fri 22nd Oct 2021 8:43pm)
  • By going to town you've about doubled the distance you needed to walk. You don't need to go anywhere near the city centre to get to Dennistoun from Hampden. by GingerFurball (Thu 28th Oct 2021 8:52pm)
  • Surely Bishopton is further than EK? by GingerFurball (Thu 28th Oct 2021 8:50pm)
  • >In winter the sun sets at 4ish That's exactly the same as Glasgow. Sunset at the height of winter is before 4pm. by GingerFurball (Thu 4th Nov 2021 6:02pm)
  • Park elsewhere. They don't own the road in front of their house and have no right to park there. by GingerFurball (Sat 6th Nov 2021 7:38am)
  • My green bin was due yesterday, it can fucking stay on the street. by GingerFurball (Tue 9th Nov 2021 9:32pm)
  • Used to work in the Drum and Monkey years ago and our VAT bills weren't itemised, we had a couple of regulars who would often travel for work who were wise to this and ordered our cheapest meal and blasted the rest of their allowance on pints. by GingerFurball (Tue 9th Nov 2021 9:30pm)
  • >also a place that folk live, why should they be treated differently than people living elsewhere? That's the price you pay for the amenities of the city centre being on your doorstep by GingerFurball (Thu 11th Nov 2021 7:39pm)
  • The Gorbals Main Street one is interesting, as all those buildings would have been swept away for modern tenements probably in the 1890s or 1900s...with those buildings then being swept away in favour of high rises in the 1960s, which themselves have been demolished for the new style tenements as part of the Laurieston project. by GingerFurball (Fri 12th Nov 2021 9:30pm)
  • Because dog owners are stupid cunts who can't comprehend that not everyone loves their disgusting animals. by GingerFurball (Sat 20th Nov 2021 1:35pm)
  • Probably not but native Gaelic speakers shouldn't need to learn English to function in Scotland. by GingerFurball (Sun 12th Dec 2021 11:18am)
  • You don't need free parking in the city centre ffs. by GingerFurball (Sun 12th Dec 2021 5:28pm)
  • I find the slow train to Edinburgh Park works for me, but that's because my local station in Glasgow is already on that line. I used the tram for the first couple of weeks at work until I realised how much better the shuttle bus my work runs from Edinburgh Park is. by GingerFurball (Wed 15th Dec 2021 5:47pm)
  • >Ticketmaster now have the brass neck to charge an extra £6 for “souvenir tickets” for some of the bigger shows There you go, problem solved. You want a souvenir printout, pay for it. by GingerFurball (Tue 11th Jan 2022 12:31pm)
  • Anderston Station is 5 minutes down the hill from Charing Cross. by GingerFurball (Sun 23rd Jan 2022 5:43pm)
  • Try 15 years of local authority austerity because of brainless populist nonsense from the SNP. This is years of council tax freezes coming home to roost. by GingerFurball (Wed 26th Jan 2022 11:30am)
  • Why would I use hand sanitiser to protect against an airborne virus? by GingerFurball (Mon 7th Feb 2022 1:04pm)
  • That's the point that was being made. The studies which show masks work will be under certain conditions. When you actually look at case rates between ourselves and England over the last 6 months, there's no significant difference that justifies it as a policy. by GingerFurball (Mon 7th Feb 2022 1:03pm)
  • Agreed, it makes fuck all sense that I need to wear a mask to enter the premises and be shown to my table, but can then remove my mask and sit and chat away quite happily for the duration of my visit. Except if I need to go to the toilet, then it's mask back on. COVID must be a really intelligent strain of virus to know when I'm sitting in a restaurant. by GingerFurball (Mon 7th Feb 2022 1:02pm)
  • Remember back in 2019 when we were all concerned with single use waste polluting our oceans? by GingerFurball (Mon 7th Feb 2022 1:06pm)
  • Right to roam applies unless you happened to end up in his garden. by GingerFurball (Sun 13th Feb 2022 5:03pm)
  • What the fuck is a list MSP from the North East doing at a photo-op in Glasgow? by GingerFurball (Fri 18th Feb 2022 6:20am)
  • Saw Fatboy Slim in hospitality and it's ruined gigs for me. Great seats and staff bringing you drinks while the show is going on is superb. by GingerFurball (Mon 21st Feb 2022 10:25am)
  • I was £16.90 from Westerton to Edinburgh yesterday. by GingerFurball (Tue 5th Apr 2022 7:51am)
  • Complain to the Information Commissioner, they won't think it's so funny when they're getting fined for a GDPR breach. by GingerFurball (Thu 14th Apr 2022 4:19pm)
  • I don't understand cunts who refuse to give cyclists space. It's going to add maybe a minute at most to your drive to just sit patiently and wait for an opportunity to pass safely. Incidentally I never fail to be impressed when I drop my speed to give a cyclist space and realise when I'm doing 20 that I'm actually dropping back from them, which must take a pretty serious level of fitness. by GingerFurball (Fri 29th Apr 2022 4:28pm)
  • Only one vote for Istanbul is disgraceful. by GingerFurball (Sat 7th May 2022 11:27am)
  • >Cause the arse has fallen out of shopping center retail unit rental values. Shawlands Arcade has always been an absolute shit show since it was redeveloped in the mid 90s, growing up there I don't ever remember it being more than half full. I'm pretty sure there were units that were never let out. by GingerFurball (Thu 12th May 2022 12:02am)
  • It was 'redeveloped' 27 years ago. by GingerFurball (Thu 12th May 2022 12:00am)
  • >That being said, it’s also much easier to administer a small affluent mostly suburban area than it is to run the likes of Glasgow East Renfrewshire shouldn't exist for this reason. Should form part of the Glasgow Council area, you leech off our city but don't pay anything to its upkeep. by GingerFurball (Tue 17th May 2022 4:44pm)
  • I think they missed a trick when Queens Drive was closed for the sewage works 5 or so years ago and the top of Victoria Road was local access only. They should never have opened it back up and made the top of Vicky Road a square in front of the park. by GingerFurball (Sat 21st May 2022 10:00pm)
  • Because Glasgow spent the best part of 40 years abandoning and demolishing the industrial heritage of the river so there's very little left. The north bank is also cut off by railway lines and the expressway, and the south bank largely abandoned. by GingerFurball (Mon 30th May 2022 3:48pm)
  • >There really ought to be a public campaign to address the issue of land banking in Scottish cities, and bring in necessary legislation to counter it if needed. That would likely need to happen at Holyrood though. That would require a radical government when it comes to issues of land, and the SNP have been as establishment as they come. There's absolutely no chance the reforms passed by the Labour/Lib Dem administration happen under the SNP. by GingerFurball (Mon 30th May 2022 3:51pm)
  • >You know what I really miss? Old Mout Any decent supermarket will stock Old Mout. by GingerFurball (Sat 11th Jun 2022 7:44pm)
  • No luck selling them? Pull the other one. by GingerFurball (Mon 13th Jun 2022 4:02pm)
  • Sounds like you're getting mad at people using the road space more efficiently than you. by GingerFurball (Wed 22nd Jun 2022 5:18pm)
  • Stop start traffic is caused by people driving too close to the car in front and not allowing people to merge. by GingerFurball (Thu 23rd Jun 2022 6:41am)
  • Most of the housing association flats that have gone up recently are very good IMO. What's criminal though is that in places like Gorbals Street and in the bit of Argyle Street at St Vincent Street that was brought back, there's no ground floor retail. by GingerFurball (Fri 24th Jun 2022 8:23am)
  • The two big wins as far as I'm concerned when it comes to decriminalisation are taking money out of the hands of organised crime, and safer drugs for the end user. A third big win might actually be to destigmatise drug use and encourage addicts to seek help without fear of any legal recriminations. You'd still get problem users, but that happens now even though it's supposed to be illegal. by GingerFurball (Mon 4th Jul 2022 2:57pm)
  • Haha I was the opposite, I tried it once and it just made me really aggressive towards folk. Thankfully it was mostly inward aggression which meant that I didn't actually start any bother, but I remember having a really strong urge to punch fuck out of the guy standing in front of me in the cloakroom queue for absolutely no reason. by GingerFurball (Mon 4th Jul 2022 3:16pm)
  • >Also amazed however by how some drivers just do not realise I'm allowing them to overtake when I'm moving into a lane with parked cars ahead and slowing down. I can only speak personally here but I have absolutely no problem with sitting at a safe distance behind a cyclist and waiting for a safe opportunity to pass, I don't need or want cyclists to interrupt their own journey to let me through. I totally get that I'm not representative of a lot of drivers, but I do genuinely feel bad when I see visibly nervous cyclists on the road in front of me. by GingerFurball (Wed 13th Jul 2022 10:14am)
  • >Proof of what's always been said - if there's dedicated, segregated cycle lanes, people will use them - in the same way that if you build a road, people will drive on it. To an extent - it has to be useful and serve a purpose. People obviously won't use a cycle lane that's just slapped onto a bit of road which goes nowhere, the same way people wouldn't drive on a motorway that goes from point A to point B in the middle of nowhere. by GingerFurball (Wed 13th Jul 2022 10:46am)
  • I'm always secretly impressed by cyclists I struggle to keep up with when I drop my speed. Had one the other day where we were admittedly on a downhill, but because I'd be turning left I wasn't in any hurry to rush up his backside - it wasn't until just before I turned that I realised I was going at 25 and if anything the cyclist was pulling a gap on me. by GingerFurball (Wed 13th Jul 2022 10:52am)
  • How will Buchanan Street cope? by GingerFurball (Wed 17th Aug 2022 8:15pm)
  • Your £100 a month council tax estimate is wildly low. by GingerFurball (Thu 18th Aug 2022 9:49pm)
  • Stop being a knob. by GingerFurball (Sun 21st Aug 2022 3:22pm)
  • I support them, but my green bin is going to be horrendous. We're due it picked up this Monday and it'll be a fucking state if we get a couple of weeks with no bins. by GingerFurball (Tue 23rd Aug 2022 8:01pm)
  • We've got a decent sized Indian and Pakistani community, particularly around Pollokshields, although they're mostly Punjabi. If you're Sikh, there's been two huge Gurdwaras built in the last 10 years. by GingerFurball (Thu 25th Aug 2022 7:55pm)
  • This isn't new. Why do you think the most desirable neighbourhoods in the City - Shawlands, Dennistoun, West End - are all neighbourhoods full of tenements? Because they're the original 20 minute neighbourhoods, with local high streets full of ground floor retail where all your local amenities, trains and subway are within walking distance. by GingerFurball (Fri 26th Aug 2022 2:05pm)
  • I'll believe it when I see it, there's been developments like New Gorbals and the flats in West Anderston between Argyle Street and St Vincent Street which are massive missed opportunities in terms of creating new neighbourhoods. by GingerFurball (Fri 26th Aug 2022 3:29pm)
  • It would have been a horrendous Union Jack filled boakfest. by GingerFurball (Fri 7th Oct 2022 8:18pm)
  • The newish builds that are literally across the road from the school (built on land that used to belong to the tennis club) aren't within the catchment area. by GingerFurball (Sun 23rd Oct 2022 10:57pm)
  • All schools have catchment areas. Houses built after a particular date don't count as part of Jordanhill's because the school isn't large enough to accommodate more pupils from new housing developments. Same thing will apply to the new housing being built on the site of the former Jordanhill college. Some of those houses back on to the playing fields, but won't be in the catchment area. by GingerFurball (Mon 24th Oct 2022 9:49am)
  • Black hacks are for the use of Glasgow City residents, not plebs who live in other council areas. by GingerFurball (Fri 28th Oct 2022 9:11am)
  • >Eurocentral business park out in Bellshill (yeah really) Makes sense tbf, you've got a captive market in an out of town business park with no local amenities, and having shops like Piece on your doorstep is one of the best things about working in the city centre vs outskirts. by GingerFurball (Sat 5th Nov 2022 1:13pm)
  • When Jack and Victor go on their wee man date to celebrate 60 years of being pals, they get the bus from Knightswood Road at the top of Trinley Brae. A flat in this location is also used as the exterior shot for Willie McIntyre's house when Chris the postie initially says that milk bottles piling up at the door means the occupant is 'no intae milk.' by GingerFurball (Tue 8th Nov 2022 4:19pm)
  • Alishan on Battlefield Road. by GingerFurball (Thu 10th Nov 2022 8:29pm)
  • I'm hoping Chico somehow steals his leccy from someone, otherwise he won't be able to afford all his Christmas tat this year. by GingerFurball (Fri 11th Nov 2022 9:23am)
  • Sounds like he's on a slippery slope. by GingerFurball (Wed 16th Nov 2022 9:55am)
  • I'll believe that when they stop approving drive thru Starbucks. by GingerFurball (Thu 17th Nov 2022 9:13pm)
  • I travel through to Edinburgh once a week for work leaving Glasgow at half 6 and the traffic is a fucking nightmare once you hit Newhouse. by GingerFurball (Mon 21st Nov 2022 9:16pm)
  • OP - I've got a spare green bin without a bin lid if this helps. I don't expect someone to give their address to a random on Reddit but it sounds like you live pretty close to me so I can leave it somewhere for you to pick up. by GingerFurball (Fri 25th Nov 2022 10:33am)
  • We ordered and received a new one about a month ago after years of meaning to replace it so it's going spare. by GingerFurball (Fri 25th Nov 2022 2:11pm)
  • I'll be gutted if they go, I get my milk from them. by GingerFurball (Fri 25th Nov 2022 7:21pm)
  • Yeah I made that mistake with risotto rice because it isn't something Aldi always stock, think I got stung for £9 for a kilo. by GingerFurball (Sat 26th Nov 2022 10:37am)
  • I can only speak as a tourist but I always thought Dublin was more akin to Edinburgh. Glasgow is more similar to Belfast. by GingerFurball (Wed 7th Dec 2022 8:17pm)
  • I'm sure there was a flaw in the design of the original PlayStation which meant that you didn't even need to go to the bother of getting it chipped. I'm sure I remember doing something with the disc cover while loading games. by GingerFurball (Thu 8th Dec 2022 11:03am)
  • Sounds about right - me and my mates had a 3 bed corner flat at 240 in 2006 and I'm sure it would have been a band G in council tax if we weren't students. The flat we had was actually quite nice - the building is just far too big so the corridors have the vibe of a large, soulless hotel. by GingerFurball (Fri 9th Dec 2022 9:24am)
  • I would assume negative equity and the risk of the poster not being able to repay the loan if they sold the flat. by GingerFurball (Fri 9th Dec 2022 9:21am)
  • Why would it be called Pacific Quay when it's about 1km up the river from Pacific Quay? by GingerFurball (Wed 14th Dec 2022 2:21pm)
  • Might have been associated with RBS seeing as their main Glasgow branch is next door and the building looks like it's been split up. by GingerFurball (Wed 21st Dec 2022 8:56am)
  • I used to work there in 2007 and midweek evenings were always popular with single men who were staying in the city on business. Our VAT receipts weren't itemised so folk used to love coming in because they could batter their expenses on drink and there was no evidence they'd done so, their receipt would just show they'd spent £25 on 'food and drink'. by GingerFurball (Wed 21st Dec 2022 9:19am)
  • The biggest joke of the policy is that the boundary of the LEZ on two sides is formed by the M8. You can take an old Diesel shitbox and spew out emissions on the M8 7 days a week and that's fine, but if you drive along Argyle Street in the same car then you're charged. by GingerFurball (Tue 27th Dec 2022 11:07pm)
  • The M8 through town should form part of the LEZ - if you come off and into town you get charged anyway, and if you're going on a through journey to the M80 or Edinburgh, then go via the M74. by GingerFurball (Tue 27th Dec 2022 11:53pm)
  • The M8 runs by a primary school at Anderston. by GingerFurball (Wed 28th Dec 2022 4:05pm)
  • Giffnock, Newton Mearns, Bearsden and Milngavie should 100% be included within Glasgow City Council's boundaries. Look at the actual map and give me a good reason why the boundaries of Glasgow exclude them, particularly as most of them basically exist as a suburb for professionals who live and work in the city. I haven't included places like Renfrew, Paisley, Rutherglen and Clydebank as they're historic boroughs which existed independently of Glasgow but really there's no reason they shouldn't also be absorbed into the city the way Govan and Partick were 110 years ago. by GingerFurball (Thu 29th Dec 2022 2:10pm)
  • Can easily see that as I'm pretty sure she's on the strip between Minard Road and Shawlands Cross which isn't quite as gentrified as a lot of the rest of Shawlands. by GingerFurball (Tue 10th Jan 2023 11:33am)
  • >Glasgow notoriously has shite public transport The suburban rail network is good if you live on it. The problem is it's the same network (minus Beeching cuts) which served the Victorian City, so the post war peripheral schemes get absolutely fuck all in the way of coverage. by GingerFurball (Sat 21st Jan 2023 8:23pm)
  • >Plus buses have to drive through potholes too Busses cause the worst of them. The road surface at bus stops is shite because for some reason bus exhausts are aimed directly at the road so they basically blast hot exhaust gases directly onto the road surface and melt it. by GingerFurball (Sat 21st Jan 2023 8:25pm)
  • >the online surveys about the shawlands arcade reeked of that - despite it having a lot of day to day stores, the "finding" was that the shops were a "bit tired". because in the minds of some, B&M and Iceland have no place in their flat-white world despite filling the cupboards for many others in the same community. Shawlands Arcade is a hole. There's units that have NEVER been filled since it was redeveloped in 1995 ffs. by GingerFurball (Sat 21st Jan 2023 8:33pm)
  • >£28 million spent remodelling the gardens in the city central and EVERYONE is moaning about it. 'How can they spend £28m on that when there's an uneven kerb in some peripheral scheme nobody gives a toss about' by GingerFurball (Sat 21st Jan 2023 8:31pm)
  • >i can see why cynical everyday punters are pissed off hearing about GCC's green plans It's hard not to be cynical about them when they keep approving drive through retail units in places like Glasgow Harbour and Polmadie. by GingerFurball (Sat 21st Jan 2023 8:35pm)
  • Read something similar in the Herald on Friday and wasn't impressed. Drivers, not pedestrians, are the issue. by GingerFurball (Mon 13th Feb 2023 8:09pm)
  • I would reduce the points threshold for losing your license, and also stop this pathetic 'but I need my car for my work' legal defence that drivers seem to be allowed. If your car is that important to your livelihood then learn to drive ya dick. by GingerFurball (Mon 13th Feb 2023 8:07pm)
  • If it's a 4 way junction and all lights are at red because the green man is on, then as long as they're not barrelling into pedestrians why shouldn't cyclists go at that point? Surely it's far safer for a cyclist to get a 10-15 second start and come up to speed than go from static with cars immediately up their arse? by GingerFurball (Mon 13th Feb 2023 8:12pm)
  • >Dare to go more than a few miles “boundary charge” Glasgow taxis are for Glasgow residents, phone a private hire if you want a taxi elsewhere. by GingerFurball (Fri 10th Mar 2023 9:05am)
  • Tourists who are staying in Glasgow are also Glasgow residents. It's always the people who stay in surrounding council areas who kick off about paying a surcharge for using Glasgow services. by GingerFurball (Fri 10th Mar 2023 10:17am)
  • Wrong. Taxis are explicitly services for the City, hence why you're charged a surcharge when you travel outwith the city boundary. by GingerFurball (Sat 11th Mar 2023 12:54pm)
  • The roadworks just past the Cross (as you're heading into the city along Great Western Road) have made Anniesland Cross even more of a shitshow than normal. There's a ridiculous amount of impatient fucks who completely fuck up the junction for everyone because sitting at the stop line if there's not enough space to advance and waiting 2 minutes for the next cycle seems to be unacceptable to your average driver. by GingerFurball (Mon 27th Mar 2023 11:06am)
  • >Anyway, it was split between the people who think it's their god given right to park on double yellows "because there's nowhere else" Heaven forbid these cunts park somewhere and walk 5 minutes to their destination. by GingerFurball (Mon 27th Mar 2023 11:11am)
  • >I'm missing something here. What does it mean? Tell me you're not a Glaswegian without telling me you're not a Glaswegian. by GingerFurball (Tue 28th Mar 2023 10:26am)
  • Been years since I took that option but from how I remember it not all the 77s went past Braehead. by GingerFurball (Wed 29th Mar 2023 11:08am)
  • Most of Glasgow is built on old mines. by GingerFurball (Fri 7th Apr 2023 9:21pm)
  • Mull. Train to Oban (which is a treat in itself) and hop on the ferry to Mull. by GingerFurball (Fri 14th Apr 2023 10:30am)
  • Impound and crush them. Problem solved. by GingerFurball (Tue 18th Apr 2023 3:39pm)
  • Trams are far more efficient than busses. Particularly when we insist on the archaic practice of buying your ticket from the driver. by GingerFurball (Tue 18th Apr 2023 3:38pm)
  • Surely we can just fill the holes with rubbish? by GingerFurball (Wed 19th Apr 2023 2:32pm)
  • You've spelt 'ruin' incorrectly. by GingerFurball (Wed 19th Apr 2023 2:31pm)
  • Most coffee is under £3 if you drink it black. by GingerFurball (Fri 12th May 2023 11:04pm)
  • Old Glasgow is grimy as fuck. The Victorian parts of the city that were saved from the City Fathers in the 70s and 80s and cleaned up look so much better now than back then. by GingerFurball (Mon 22nd May 2023 9:03am)
  • Last time I was in St Enochs half the units seemed to be closed, and I can't think of any retailer save Hamley's, who have taken a much smaller unit recently, which don't have premises elsewhere in the city centre. by GingerFurball (Sat 27th May 2023 8:39am)
  • I commute to Edinburgh once a week for work from North West Glasgow. I usually leave the house about 6:15am; at that time in the morning I'm about an hour to Hermiston Gait by car. I start at 8am though, any later and I don't have much of a margin for anything going wrong on my commute (there was one morning in winter I think I literally just missed an accident around Harthill, I remember thinking it was weird that traffic just seemed to disappear from my rearview mirror and other colleagues who were coming in from the West were quite late.) Even at that time in the morning the M8 gets quite congested once you're down to 2 lanes at Newhouse. It's not normally static, but definitely congested and you're usually lucky to get above 50. It's worse coming home, you get the start of rush hour traffic with people commuting back to the likes of Livingston and Bathgate from Edinburgh and then I'm normally slamming into the Glasgow M8 rush hour about 5pm. The A725 turnoff usually looks pretty congested around that time as well (although I have no idea what it's actually like once you merge onto the dual carriageway, it might just be the usual brief congestion you get when 2 roads merge like at the M9 junction in Edinburgh.) by GingerFurball (Thu 1st Jun 2023 11:01pm)
  • Pretty sure it's eyes lit up red before it sprayed you with water. by GingerFurball (Tue 13th Jun 2023 12:45pm)
  • At Christmas we tend to store drinks in the 'outdoor fridge' by the back step. by GingerFurball (Mon 19th Jun 2023 10:37am)
  • I'm planning on parking near the Sherbrooke Hotel for the Arctic Monkeys gig, used to park round there for games at Ibrox and never had any issues. by GingerFurball (Fri 23rd Jun 2023 11:42am)
  • How slowly do you walk? by GingerFurball (Sat 24th Jun 2023 9:33am)
  • That excuse doesn't wash when the Subway hours were extended last season when Rangers were playing games which kicked off at 4pm on a Sunday. by GingerFurball (Sat 24th Jun 2023 9:33am)
  • Based on the road closures announced in the Glasgow Times I'm pretty sure Nithsdale Road is accessible via Shawlands. by GingerFurball (Sat 24th Jun 2023 12:12pm)
  • This is years of 'progressive' SNP policy coming home to roost. Front line services have been decimated because of years of council tax freezes. by GingerFurball (Thu 29th Jun 2023 8:52pm)
  • What part of the post is bollocks? Cuts to council services is the cost of years of SNP austerity. by GingerFurball (Thu 29th Jun 2023 9:53pm)
  • The UK Government didn't enforce austerity on local councils. The Scottish Government did by freezing council tax for a decade. by GingerFurball (Thu 29th Jun 2023 11:31pm)
  • I'm not saying they didn't. However, the austerity forced on local councils in Scotland stems from Scottish Government policy. by GingerFurball (Fri 30th Jun 2023 3:28pm)
  • Same with expenses gripes. Yes, there was institutional piss taking 15 years ago but I get really irritated when you see 'MP from party you don't like had expenses bill of £5,000 last year while constituents STARVED' type headlines, without any context given as to whether that level of expenses is reasonable or legitimately claimed. Labour's shadow chancellor got it recently for flying business class for a meeting in the US when that's literally the point of business class. by GingerFurball (Mon 3rd Jul 2023 3:05pm)
  • Dunno why you're being down voted. Strangebrew is on Pollokshaws Road. Kilmarnock Road starts after Skirving Street. by GingerFurball (Tue 11th Jul 2023 9:34am)
  • If you're travelling in via the M8 you have about 4-5 miles of countryside and fields between crossing the city boundary and actually hitting any sort of built up urban area once you get to Hermiston Gait. Train is similar, once you leave Uphall it's all fields and farms until you cross under the Bypass then you're into Edinburgh Park. by GingerFurball (Wed 12th Jul 2023 1:37pm)
  • It's quite similar around the Bypass as well, if you're heading in the direction of the A1 then once you pass the junction where you'd come off for Fairmilehead there's a lot of open green land on your left off the Bypass. by GingerFurball (Wed 12th Jul 2023 4:14pm)
  • >Police know these things happen in normal nightclubs and gigs and festivals too, their general view is containment and harm reduction re drugs especially in recent years in Scotland, whether it happens in a licensed premises or not. Class A drug possession are often met warnings now if it's personal amounts. Ah yes, famously that's why the Arches is still open. by GingerFurball (Sun 16th Jul 2023 12:01pm)
  • Not spotted in Pollok Park: the letter C by GingerFurball (Tue 8th Aug 2023 8:21pm)
  • Now do the same for cars running red lights every time the lights change. by GingerFurball (Wed 16th Aug 2023 8:30pm)
  • Nobody's refusing to pay for the work. In this hypothetical, the taxi driver is refusing to accept a payment method they advertise. by GingerFurball (Tue 29th Aug 2023 9:32am)
  • It takes a couple of days once they've done their reconciliation for the funds to hit their account. by GingerFurball (Tue 29th Aug 2023 9:32am)
  • >If you get off before silverburn Seeing as OP wants to go to Springburn this is really stupid advice. by GingerFurball (Wed 6th Sep 2023 2:57pm)
  • Get the train from low level, get off at Edinburgh Park and you're about 15 mins on the tram. by GingerFurball (Fri 8th Sep 2023 11:07pm)
  • The council should be pushing for boundaries to be redrawn. Bearsden exists as a suburb for Glasgow's professional class and always has, it's a nonsense that it isn't within the city boundaries. by GingerFurball (Sat 9th Sep 2023 10:33am)
  • I'm pretty sure they must disable indicators when they put the Uber sign in the rear view mirrors. by GingerFurball (Sat 9th Sep 2023 5:43pm)
  • I'm about an hour from Knightswood to Gyle once a week but I leave at about 6:20. Even at that time once you hit Newhouse it's generally slow, and it's murder this time of year because you get the low sun first thing. by GingerFurball (Thu 14th Sep 2023 9:48pm)
  • >You can jump the express train to haymarket then there's a tram right outside. The tram doesn't really go near the zoo though. by GingerFurball (Thu 14th Sep 2023 9:46pm)
  • I would have thought people who live close to the zone would be less likely to get any sort of leeway. You would hope as a group they would be more informed about it. by GingerFurball (Mon 18th Sep 2023 11:25am)
  • Langside Halls aren't at Shawlands Cross. by GingerFurball (Tue 19th Sep 2023 8:06pm)
  • Shawlands was fine in the late 90s/early 00s. I went to Shawlands Academy in that period, it's reputation was far worse than the reality. by GingerFurball (Tue 19th Sep 2023 8:05pm)
  • Danny Singh's. Used to go there at lunchtime occasionally. by GingerFurball (Tue 19th Sep 2023 8:03pm)
  • When Mavisbank Gardens and the flats that front onto the Clyde were built, the land was sold by the council. It's owned jointly by the flat owners. The council has talked a big game of making it a core path but has done fuck all in the way of actually buying the land back. by GingerFurball (Wed 20th Sep 2023 8:08pm)
  • >People in Scotland didn’t vote for the party of austerity. They've repeatedly voted for the SNP, which imposed austerity on local councils for 15 years by freezing council tax. by GingerFurball (Sat 23rd Sep 2023 11:29pm)
  • The SNP decision to impose austerity on local authorities has nothing to do with UK government policy. It was lapped up for years by a short sighted electorate. Local authority cuts now are years of bad SNP policy coming home to roost. by GingerFurball (Sun 24th Sep 2023 12:33am)
  • This actually looks pretty great. The ground floor retail is a big thing as well, it's a real bugbear of mine where flats are built on main roads with no ground floor retail (looking at you Argyle Street and Gorbals Street.) by GingerFurball (Thu 28th Sep 2023 10:39pm)
  • I commute once a week to Ingliston (so the best side of Edinburgh to be going to from Glasgow) and I don't think I could hack it more than once a week. If my missus was on board with it I would move to Edinburgh in a heartbeat. With work in Edinburgh and my fiancée's sister being in East Lothian, as well as the odd gig/show I honestly socialise in Edinburgh as much as Glasgow these days. by GingerFurball (Fri 29th Sep 2023 6:44pm)
  • Useless. They kept sending repairmen to my door when my neighbour's drains got blocked. I had no idea why people were coming round or where the issue was. When I phoned them to let them know that they were sending people to the wrong house, they acted like I was trying to phish information on my neighbours. by GingerFurball (Tue 3rd Oct 2023 3:16pm)
  • I've been through the tunnel in excess of 50 on several occasions and have never had any notice about it, so I can safely say no, there's no cameras. by GingerFurball (Sat 14th Oct 2023 8:10pm)
  • >I still think that on average in the city boundaries Edinburgh has a higher density of green. Probably because a massive proportion of West Edinburgh is rural. by GingerFurball (Thu 19th Oct 2023 1:14pm)
  • I think you might be thinking of the bottom of the Kinning Park slip road on the M8 at junction 21 (where you would come off eastbound to loop round and back on westbound to head down the M77. There's an old railway cutting the other side of the roundabout which used to serve Mavisbank Quay and I'm sure ran some sort of train/tram service to the Garden Festival on the old tracks. by GingerFurball (Thu 19th Oct 2023 10:42pm)
  • Anywhere that gets their pastries from Freedom Bakery. I usually pick a couple up from Locavore as a Friday treat. by GingerFurball (Thu 2nd Nov 2023 7:54pm)
  • Literally half the stations on the Subway are in the Southside. by GingerFurball (Mon 6th Nov 2023 7:44pm)
  • Hillhead isn't an island platform so they would have had to check the correct platform to use before boarding the train. by GingerFurball (Mon 6th Nov 2023 7:41pm)
  • Not possible, Cathcart station doesn't connect to the Newton line. by GingerFurball (Mon 6th Nov 2023 7:48pm)
  • Look at the satellite view on Google Maps. There's no way to King's Park directly from Cathcart. by GingerFurball (Mon 6th Nov 2023 8:47pm)
  • Letherby Drive (the street by the old car garage where you approach Hampden) certainly used to be privately owned by the garage and the shop on the other side of the road. It was a nightmare for the SFA when trying to make improvements to the paths and roads approaching Hampden. I've no idea if this is still the case or if anything changed when the SFA bought Hampden from Queens Park. by GingerFurball (Mon 13th Nov 2023 2:34pm)
  • Locavore by GingerFurball (Tue 14th Nov 2023 7:23pm)
  • Cause havoc probably means "I had to wait 15 seconds longer than I wanted to" by GingerFurball (Fri 17th Nov 2023 12:53pm)
  • >I'd heard anecdotally that Braehead is particularly suffering with footfall compared to pre-Covid. Wouldn't surprise me. It's never busy parking wise when I go and there's a lot of empty units now. by GingerFurball (Sat 18th Nov 2023 5:42pm)
  • They're grow lights to stimulate grass growth, not floodlights. by GingerFurball (Sun 19th Nov 2023 8:03am)
  • Would illegal in Scotland as alcohol pricing has to be for a minimum of 72 hours. edit: the piece you've read is just rage bait, 'happy hours' are just a reverse form of surge pricing to pull punters in at quieter times and drinks promos are always more expensive on a Saturday than on a Tuesday because the former is busier. by GingerFurball (Mon 20th Nov 2023 9:05pm)
  • Presumably in this scenario the dude selling for £2 has magicked away all upfront costs? by GingerFurball (Mon 20th Nov 2023 9:04pm)
  • Prestwick and Troon should be doable, from King's Park you can go up the hill to Castlemilk, along the Carmunock bypass and onto the A726 in East Kilbride which takes you to junction 5 of the M77, this avoiding the city centre entirely. Paisley might be ok if you go on back roads via Silverburn. by GingerFurball (Tue 21st Nov 2023 5:17pm)
  • It's on the historic boundary between Glasgow and Govan. by GingerFurball (Tue 28th Nov 2023 7:54pm)
  • I'm on jury duty this week at the Sheriff Court and I couldn't help but think that Carlton Place should be one of the most prestigious addresses in Glasgow. You've got cracking townhouses with a prime riverfront location on the edge of the City Centre, those properties should be worth a fortune. by GingerFurball (Wed 29th Nov 2023 7:04pm)