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  • You own a lamppost? by LeRaven78 (Thu 23rd May 2019 4:08pm)
  • I'm a pretty decent cyclist. I'm fact I've raced at world level so I'm probably more than decent, but let's just say I'm competent and confident on a bike. Despite that, would I fuck cycle on the stretch of the a77 from kilmarnock Road into town. Its an absolute fucking disaster. Cunts in the wrong lane, fragmented bus lanes, cars parked randomly, no signalling etc. Its horrendous that one of the main routes into the city from the south side is so bad. It needs some serious improvements. Huge condolences to the family and friends of the lady who lost her life. Sadly she won't be the last until we get our act together and radically improve cycling infrastructure and attitudes to cyclists by drivers and pedestrians by LeRaven78 (Thu 23rd May 2019 4:24pm)
  • NC route from the city centre all the way up to Balloch (and beyond) 95% off road and flat as a pancake. Perfect for novices by LeRaven78 (Thu 13th Jun 2019 1:52pm)
  • 100% right on the shops BTW. For all the shit Govanhill gets, when you go along Victoria Road it's pretty vibrant and bustling and 99% of the shops are occupied. Compared to Kilmarnock Road which is a fucking dump with boarded up shops and fucking eyesore brutalist architecture (the litter on Vicky Road is heavy shite though) by LeRaven78 (Thu 13th Jun 2019 2:15pm)
  • I was there. Felt ill all day afterwards. The fumes were fucking unreal by LeRaven78 (Tue 18th Jun 2019 7:56pm)
  • Popped into the city centre for some shopping about 12 today. Inbred half cut quarterwits, plus those rattling low quality gear, everywhere in various combinations of rangers paraphernalia and Union Jack related stuff. Absolute fucking knuckle draggers. Massive bunch of cunted guys trying to get one of their mates off the ground on Argyll st. Grim. by LeRaven78 (Sat 6th Jul 2019 3:45pm)
  • Battlefield resident hear. We heard trnsmt clearly last night. Could hear it earlier tonight too but quiet now by LeRaven78 (Sun 14th Jul 2019 9:23pm)
  • Portugal decriminalised all drugs Switzerland legalised heroin Both huge successes by LeRaven78 (Tue 16th Jul 2019 10:03pm)
  • I highly recommend reading Chasing The Scream by Johan Harri for a startling insight on addiction, the war on drugs, the war for drugs and what actually works regarding drug use or abuse In short, everything we’ve been told about addiction is wrong and prohibition doesn’t work by LeRaven78 (Tue 16th Jul 2019 10:02pm)
  • Third vote for Kim. Did my right arm. Brilliant work by LeRaven78 (Sat 20th Jul 2019 5:01pm)
  • Fellow Battlefield resident here and the cunts are unreal. Fucking enormous. Must be roided off their beaks. Vicious cunts too. They beat up and intimidate all the smaller birds in our back garden. Constantly shitting all over the cars and making noise all fucking night. Cunts by LeRaven78 (Tue 23rd Jul 2019 11:22am)
  • No mention of The Social? Utter cunt fest. That was always the default work night out for years because it was the only place my non Glasgow dwelling colleagues new. Beyond fucking gash by LeRaven78 (Wed 24th Jul 2019 3:37pm)
  • Grant Arms has been on the to do list for a while. May need to review that by LeRaven78 (Wed 24th Jul 2019 8:27pm)
  • Aye the wee old woman is perma raging by LeRaven78 (Wed 24th Jul 2019 8:26pm)
  • All Bar One is worth a mention Rammed full of: torn faced Birds that were tidy at school but faded long ago yet still think their shit doesn’t stink Young career ladder guys. Earning 30k and leveraged up to the hilt with an Audi on PCP Da type cunts in Ben Sherman shirts and blazers on their one night out a year Parochial cunts visiting Glasgow and it’s the only boozer they’ve ever heard of After work cunts shovelling a gram of low quality coke up their snout by LeRaven78 (Thu 25th Jul 2019 12:40am)
  • Got woken up a few weeks ago to the sound of folk vomiting continuously in my street. Peeped out the window and it was the binmen spewing everywhere as they were emptying the food bins for the first time in about a year. A fucking horrendous job by LeRaven78 (Fri 26th Jul 2019 12:25pm)
  • That’s magic. Had no idea Deanston drive and Tantallon road were called something completely different by LeRaven78 (Fri 26th Jul 2019 5:54pm)
  • If it was neo-nazis outside a rabbis house singing hate songs, they would have been arrests left right and centre yet this shit continues to get a free pass. by LeRaven78 (Sun 28th Jul 2019 12:14pm)
  • There's a video that's a few years old now that shows a group of new York cycle couriers stealing their own bikes in broad daylight as an example of how no one gives a fuck. They chain their bikes up in times square etc then film themselves from a distance stealing them with bolt croppers etc. No one gives a fuck. The final scene is them taking an angle grinder to one of their locks. A police car pulls up and asks what they're doing. They say they've lost their keys and the police then offer to help them. Zero questions asked. No one, police included, gives a fuck about anyone stealing your bike. Breaks my heart. I can thoroughly recommend Hiplok locks. Pricey but they'll insure your bike for a couple of extra quid a year if it's stolen while locked with one of their locks by LeRaven78 (Tue 30th Jul 2019 9:54am)
  • Yes, this. My go to after work route by LeRaven78 (Wed 31st Jul 2019 10:27am)
  • It's a basic loop. Up the a77 through the Mearns. From Eastwood toll roundabout there's a really good cycle lane all the way up through Mearns. Head up to malletsheugh then pick up the old a77 between kilmarnock and Glasgow. Really good proper segregated cycle path all the way to killie. About half way between it's signposted for the wind farm. Take that turning. Bit of a slog of a climb but the descent to Eaglesham is fucking rapid. Then just follow signs back to Glasgow which will bring you into clarkston You can of course do it in the opposite direction by LeRaven78 (Wed 31st Jul 2019 12:45pm)
  • Is that up past the fishing place? by LeRaven78 (Wed 31st Jul 2019 1:23pm)
  • Nice pic but what's wrong with the benches? There was fuck all there before and its a pretty nice space now (that I'd like to see them do a bit more with events wise) by LeRaven78 (Sat 3rd Aug 2019 8:32pm)
  • Tom at Tom Tom Tats. Cant say he's done anything exactly like this that I've seen but his blackwork is perfect. I have two pieces from him by LeRaven78 (Sat 3rd Aug 2019 8:30pm)
  • A glaring omission from the worst pubs thread recently. Having your pint taxed in there is one of the better outcomes by LeRaven78 (Sat 3rd Aug 2019 10:15pm)
  • It is an issue for streaming De La Soul stuff on the likes of Spotify but I've never heard it as a reason for why they or any other act couldn't play a track live🤔 by LeRaven78 (Sun 4th Aug 2019 6:37am)
  • I've heard the leases aren't being renewed in the grim arcade so the Stirling Maxwell will probably close. It's a fucking dump anyway. The place is honking and you can smell it walking past. by LeRaven78 (Mon 5th Aug 2019 11:07am)
  • I got a proper conspiracy theory nutjob at Glasgow Airport one night. Rothschilds, illuminati, etc. Could hardly get away from him at the end. He even got out the taxi and came after me to give me the names of websites to check out to back up his rants. I was polite throughout but the cunt was insane. by LeRaven78 (Sun 11th Aug 2019 11:02pm)
  • Just be thankful the old slam forum posts are lost in the ether 😉 by LeRaven78 (Mon 12th Aug 2019 3:26pm)
  • Yeah that’s intriguing. I’m assuming the canal is all filled in and built over nowadays. If I’m reading the map correctly the end of the line is somewhere close to what is now Polmadie. I’m sure there would have been a lot of coal mines in the area then so maybe this was where they delivered the coal onto a train which then transported it up to the canal and loaded onto barges. by LeRaven78 (Tue 13th Aug 2019 10:45am)
  • ^this Cunts trying to act all informed yet they can't even grasp basic geography on the island of Ireland. by LeRaven78 (Sat 31st Aug 2019 11:08am)
  • This^ I have people I know who post very liberal, lefty things on FB and other social media, yet they also post a lot of anti Catholic stuff (not singling that side of the argument out, I just don't see anti protestant stuff but I know it's out there) No matter how liberal or open minded they are, they've also been heavily exposed to anti Catholic stuff via parents/rangers/orange order stuff growing up. There's one guy that goes on about how disappointed he is with various hate speech stuff, yet he thinks nothing of posting about "fenions","taigs" etc because he was raised as a rangers fan. I can't get my head around it by LeRaven78 (Sun 1st Sep 2019 12:50am)
  • Honeymoon on Battlefield Road. It's fantastic by LeRaven78 (Wed 4th Sep 2019 10:22am)
  • A succulent Chinese meal by LeRaven78 (Wed 4th Sep 2019 10:22am)
  • Get your hands off my penis! by LeRaven78 (Thu 5th Sep 2019 7:28am)
  • Yip. From shawlands, through Queens Park, cut up through Strathbungo at Brodie's, not Nithsdale Road, down a side street and onto the cycle path that runs along Scotland street. Head over squiggly bridge and your in the city centre. More direct routes available but this is my preference It rains less than you think, even in winter by LeRaven78 (Fri 6th Sep 2019 12:52am)
  • Aye to be fair, the last month has been shite However I used to cycle into town every day for years and even in winter it was never that bad for rain by LeRaven78 (Fri 6th Sep 2019 9:52am)
  • Even worse out a bottle by LeRaven78 (Fri 6th Sep 2019 10:02am)
  • Nope. Just feels wrong. Like eating a McDonald's off a plate. Unacceptable. Interestingly, though unrelated, I just found out recently that Tennents have fuck all to do with Tennents Super anymore. Sold it off to AB Inbev I believe by LeRaven78 (Sat 7th Sep 2019 1:44am)
  • Bell Jar in the southside for sure. by LeRaven78 (Sat 7th Sep 2019 4:43pm)
  • That's like being the best dressed man in Albania. Not really a huge achievement by LeRaven78 (Sat 7th Sep 2019 5:08pm)
  • Pardon my ignorance here, and being of Irish Catholic descent I feel I should know this, but have there always been republican marches of this stature, or are they new or just getting more attention than normal? by LeRaven78 (Sun 8th Sep 2019 8:43pm)
  • Tried on shoes next to Robert Carlyle in Aspecto way back in the 90s Saw Billy Connolly outside The Blythswood And it's not Glasgow but it's my favourite. Used to serve Glen Michael when he came into the Brewers Fayre I worked at in Ayrshire away back in the 90s by LeRaven78 (Sun 8th Sep 2019 8:48pm)
  • I don't even think it's attention they want. They're mentally ill in some way. In years ago they would be completely isolated but with the internet and YouTube they connect, and find connections and solidarity with others in the same position. The momentum gains from then on by LeRaven78 (Sun 8th Sep 2019 9:54pm)
  • From what I've read, Australia doesn't exist according to them, because the longest flight from I think Sydney to somewhere in the US, completely disproves their nonsense, therefore Australia doesn't exist and all pilots that claim to fly there are in on it. They also admit every other planet we observe is a globe yet we're on a flat disc. Oh and gravity isn't real, we're being pushed upwards constantly by whatever is underneath the disc we're on. You'll never be able to debate with these lunatics by LeRaven78 (Sun 8th Sep 2019 9:51pm)
  • It's really Big Globe keeping small flat map makers down by LeRaven78 (Sun 8th Sep 2019 9:56pm)
  • And it's not "theories" debunking the flat argument. Its absolute facts. Actual provable facts and calculations. There's nothing theoretical about it. Yet these idiots know better by LeRaven78 (Sun 8th Sep 2019 10:38pm)
  • There's a certain sub sect of these lunatics that think there's a huge turtle underneath us pushing us up always. That's believable but a spherical earth isnt by LeRaven78 (Sun 8th Sep 2019 11:02pm)
  • They also argue that the water should spin off the planet and do an experiment by spinning a wet tennis ball and showing the water fly off that, ergo all the rivers, lakes, seas and oceans on earth should fly off the planet too by LeRaven78 (Sun 8th Sep 2019 11:26pm)
  • Ah yes, the old "There's a bin there so any rubbish can be dumped on the ground around it so the rubbish fairies can whisk it away to Never Never Land" I would love to get a hold of the puddle drinkers who do this. Just to try and understand what their thought process is. I would imagine they'd struggle to articulate it so I'll supply some crayons for them so they can draw their logic. by LeRaven78 (Thu 19th Sep 2019 11:26am)
  • That's an ancient picture. I'm sure the steps were there about 20 years ago. That pic is ancient. Bodysonic floor isn't there either by LeRaven78 (Tue 24th Sep 2019 9:00pm)
  • Weird. Sure they were there 20 years ago, and don't remember seeing them since. Definitely good swedge by LeRaven78 (Thu 26th Sep 2019 12:56am)
  • This looks like the tits. Annoyingly, with the Pantone code I have, there are two variations hence why wanting to speak to someone and make sure I get the right stuff (It's a £6k bicycle that's had some paint rub hence wanting to get it spot on) by LeRaven78 (Sun 29th Sep 2019 9:51pm)
  • Scarily accurate https://youtu.be/4IRB0sxw-YU Our upstairs neighbours are mouth breathing noisy fucking cunts. I hope they die. by LeRaven78 (Sun 6th Oct 2019 6:17pm)
  • +1 I usually hate most bike shops but they are brilliant. Bought my most recent bike from them. Had a wee 15 minute test ride round Glasgow green, said I wanted it, popped off for a coffee for half an hour while they got the bike ready then popped in and rode it home. Free servicing for life too by LeRaven78 (Mon 7th Oct 2019 10:32am)
  • Sexually assaulted you and/or a mate but you write LOL in the thread title??? by LeRaven78 (Sat 26th Oct 2019 6:18pm)
  • Bye bye driver by LeRaven78 (Sun 27th Oct 2019 8:08am)
  • Sauchiehall. in particular the pedestrianised part. It's a fucking dump. Boarded up shops. What shops are there are pretty low end bar a few. It's fucking filthy. by LeRaven78 (Wed 30th Oct 2019 7:09am)
  • The Challenger Shuttle explosion was caused by a single rubber o-ring failing. Estimated cost was a couple of pence. by LeRaven78 (Thu 31st Oct 2019 1:58pm)
  • Mid 90s Glasgow nightlife was fucking brilliant, despite the curfew kicking in. Was massively busier than it is now. Lost count of the amount of venues that are gone. by LeRaven78 (Fri 1st Nov 2019 4:15pm)
  • He's wearing those standard issue peado glasses. Definitely a creep by LeRaven78 (Sun 3rd Nov 2019 9:45am)
  • Kingsway. Opposite Clockwork. Great guys in there. No rip offs and good prices by LeRaven78 (Mon 18th Nov 2019 12:33pm)
  • People make Glasgow by LeRaven78 (Tue 3rd Dec 2019 5:57pm)
  • Edgy by LeRaven78 (Sat 7th Dec 2019 11:14am)
  • I was there. Despite what happened in the years since, I was glad I saw him live by LeRaven78 (Sat 7th Dec 2019 11:12am)
  • Aye? As in the city centre pubs and clubs are open??? I thought everything was closed by LeRaven78 (Sat 7th Dec 2019 11:18am)
  • There’s a cunt with a mullet that kicks around the pubs in shawlands. It’s a spectacular do and he’s well known round that way. There was also a bizarre mother/daughter combo that used to kick about together. They were like something out of a horror film. Always seen together. Looked like witches. Fucking bizarre by LeRaven78 (Sat 7th Dec 2019 11:17am)
  • Apparently one of, if not the hardest degrees imaginable by LeRaven78 (Fri 20th Dec 2019 1:43am)
  • Fuel type debates aside, how the fuck do they get costs wrong by so much. I work in pricing in financial services. If I priced something and later on it was discovered the price should've been twice what I thought, I'd be out on my ear instantly. by LeRaven78 (Fri 20th Dec 2019 1:56am)
  • My first ever job was John Menzies way back in the mid 90s Number one theft item was decent pens. Not Mont Blancs or shit but Parker pens etc worth maybe a tenner. Never understood the black market for them. Hardly a show off item. Who buys a £15 pen for cut price from a random junkie. I can only imagine the junkies overestimated the market for stolen pens by LeRaven78 (Sat 21st Dec 2019 11:35pm)
  • Not necessarily. I had a new build in shawlands for 10 years. 1st person to move into the flat. Had zero problems in terms of build quality, snag lists etc. by LeRaven78 (Mon 23rd Dec 2019 3:49pm)
  • Quite a few round pollokshields way I suspect a drug war by LeRaven78 (Tue 24th Dec 2019 2:33am)
  • Cheeses of Nazareth by LeRaven78 (Wed 25th Dec 2019 1:52pm)
  • Not once they've been replied to by LeRaven78 (Wed 8th Jan 2020 4:21pm)
  • Really good article by LeRaven78 (Thu 9th Jan 2020 2:04pm)
  • Plane scene in DKR was in the Cairngorms by LeRaven78 (Mon 13th Jan 2020 11:45am)
  • Casino No normal bars will be open at the time it's on by LeRaven78 (Fri 17th Jan 2020 7:33pm)
  • I work in there too. Most mornings there’s loads of folk taking pics of the sunrise😂 by LeRaven78 (Sun 19th Jan 2020 6:56pm)
  • How much of a cunt do you reckon Delphine Pichot is? by LeRaven78 (Wed 22nd Jan 2020 2:37pm)
  • https://youtu.be/k8WSDpz5-mk by LeRaven78 (Thu 23rd Jan 2020 3:36pm)
  • What purpose is my insane ear hair suddenly protecting me from in my 40s, that was deemed unnecessary in the first 40 years ok the planet. I'm shaving my ears every 3 days now. Never saw a single ear hair in the prior 40 years by LeRaven78 (Sun 9th Feb 2020 9:19pm)
  • Flats. Was old honking high rises they demolished years ago. by LeRaven78 (Sun 9th Feb 2020 9:22pm)
  • Been in the sub with shorts on before. A few times actually. May have changed now as it was a few years ago by LeRaven78 (Wed 12th Feb 2020 6:06pm)
  • "At the time, she was wearing a blue three quarter length coat with dark coloured buttons, white crop top, black knee-high socks, black skirt, and black/white Vans trainers." Was Avril Lavigne playing a concert locally on the date in question? by LeRaven78 (Thu 13th Feb 2020 7:32am)
  • Aye this might be the way. Technically played for almost 40 years so a bit beyond the beginner stage. However my days of sweep picked arpeggios and hammering are long gone. Back to basics I think by LeRaven78 (Fri 14th Feb 2020 6:34pm)
  • Maths jokes FTW by LeRaven78 (Tue 18th Feb 2020 8:34am)
  • To avoid confusion, it's the Rum Shack. Just in case someone ends up tearing their hair out looking for a rum factory! by LeRaven78 (Tue 18th Feb 2020 8:33am)
  • They mortgaged lots of buildings around the city (transport museum, GOMA etc) in order to pay for the £500 million. They do have to find the money to pay the mortgages though by LeRaven78 (Fri 21st Feb 2020 9:14am)
  • Cracking wee street that by LeRaven78 (Thu 5th Mar 2020 12:12pm)
  • Generally a longish shelf life and easy/cheap meals by LeRaven78 (Mon 9th Mar 2020 10:33am)
  • Yes Reading countless reports of people rocking up at work displaying all the symptoms As the saying goes, imagine how thick the average person is, then remember half the population is even thicker by LeRaven78 (Mon 16th Mar 2020 2:08pm)
  • Jesselnik Rosenthal Vanity Project Bill burr Doug Stanhope Joe Rogan The Wire Stripped is fantastic if you're a fan of The Wire by LeRaven78 (Tue 24th Mar 2020 10:53pm)
  • Strathclyde Park fucking rammed today. Absolute fucking mongos by LeRaven78 (Sun 29th Mar 2020 8:15pm)
  • Anyone know if Silverburn Tesco is the same? by LeRaven78 (Thu 2nd Apr 2020 1:06pm)
  • Looks like it’s new development in Sighthill. It’s not the best area tbh by LeRaven78 (Mon 13th Apr 2020 1:46am)
  • It's my Mrs place and it's a flat, which she does own. I'm thinking of making the case based on the continual fly tipping. I work from home normally and sit at the front window all day. Last thing I don't night before bed is switch off the plugs next to the window so always see the spot in question late at night. Pre lockdown I would see a few folk in the street putting stuff there but 95% of the time it was empty. Wake up in the morning and you consistently saw almost full house loads of shitty old furniture etc. Definite cheap man with van cunts dumping stuff during the night. Since the lockdown I can see cunts every day dumping stuff. People are fucking cunts. by LeRaven78 (Thu 23rd Apr 2020 11:30pm)
  • Finally, some good news by LeRaven78 (Fri 24th Apr 2020 12:27pm)
  • Same thought yesterday. Vicky road was like fucking Mardi gras and QP was as busy as any normal sunny day. Guaranteed infection spike in a couple of weeks, thus extending the lockdown even longer by LeRaven78 (Thu 7th May 2020 8:26am)
  • Channnnnnnnelllll by LeRaven78 (Fri 8th May 2020 6:13pm)
  • MEGALOLZ by LeRaven78 (Mon 18th May 2020 10:44am)
  • Squiggly bridge, West City Way, Take the quiet streets through Pollokshields Or just follow Sustrans route 7/75 This is a really handy site for seeing where the dedicated cycle routes are and mapping out routes http://www.bikehike.co.uk/mapview.php by LeRaven78 (Tue 26th May 2020 10:46pm)
  • "one or 2 bits you might need to get off the bike" There's a 3 hour hike a bike section at the top of loch Lomond. You'll be on and off the bike 1,000 times Not to mention the devil's staircase by LeRaven78 (Sun 7th Jun 2020 8:12pm)
  • Get fucked you absolute clownshoe by LeRaven78 (Fri 26th Jun 2020 2:21pm)
  • It's horrifically grim. I was cycling in a few times after work for some exercise and it's a really grim experience. Only the most destitute kicking about by LeRaven78 (Mon 29th Jun 2020 3:14pm)
  • Amazing! by LeRaven78 (Wed 1st Jul 2020 11:17pm)
  • Keep an eye on the wind direction. It’s like a wind tunnel in spots and a grim experience if your cycling into the wind all the way by LeRaven78 (Thu 2nd Jul 2020 10:18pm)
  • That'll probably because someone reported it as fly tipping I know, because I'm reporting fly tipping in my street every fucking day😭 by LeRaven78 (Fri 3rd Jul 2020 9:33am)
  • Ffs. Utter cunts doing their best to put the final nail in the coffin of the pubs. I thought we could always buy booze to take away from a pub? I know the change in the licensing hours a few years back meant you couldn’t buy beers to take away after 10pm but earlier was fine. What about pubs that brew their own stuff that you can buy and take away? by LeRaven78 (Fri 3rd Jul 2020 5:42pm)
  • Our place is about to go on the market and the estate agent says he’s flat out. 70+ viewings a day, loads of pent up demand. If it’s a good flat in a desirable area, expect it to go over HR. My mates sale in Shawlands concluded mid lockdown and he got 26k over HR value of 180k for a 2 bed in Shawlands by LeRaven78 (Fri 3rd Jul 2020 5:45pm)
  • Yeah the bar has definitely been shifted. I had a peek through the windows. Would be a shame to lose it. It's not the best pub but we have a real lack of boozers round this way by LeRaven78 (Sun 5th Jul 2020 10:08pm)
  • There’s a really angry girl that keeps banging on about the same points on Twitter. I’m wondering if this is some pent up anger from some of the sexual harassment stuff that cropped up a year or two ago. by LeRaven78 (Wed 8th Jul 2020 3:56pm)
  • Admittedly about 3 years since I was last in, but in my 2004 - 2009 peak of going pretty much every weekend, the bar was fucking hoaching all night. To the point where it was a fucking ball ache getting a drink. Do the kids not drink now? by LeRaven78 (Wed 8th Jul 2020 9:09pm)
  • A truly bizarre brand. Fuck knows who buys it. It's at the end of the market where decathlon pisses all over everything they make and even Mountain Warehouse is better. They have shops in prominent locations like Silverburn and Braehead but there's never anyone in. Do they sell a lot overseas or something? by LeRaven78 (Wed 8th Jul 2020 9:40pm)
  • Other hobbies apart from drinking in the park are available by LeRaven78 (Thu 9th Jul 2020 3:18pm)
  • I think that even with the SNP in control of the council, it'll be the long term dyed in the wool civil servants that are institutionalised cunts by LeRaven78 (Thu 9th Jul 2020 3:16pm)
  • Sub Club have given a full explanation of what's been happening on their Instagram by LeRaven78 (Fri 10th Jul 2020 11:35am)
  • Rates, loans, accountant fees, insurance etc etc by LeRaven78 (Sat 11th Jul 2020 8:38am)
  • We've walked into everywhere we've been but it's been luck. by LeRaven78 (Sat 11th Jul 2020 12:25pm)
  • Who said we hung about? Left as soon as it became obvious there were no controls in place. It was ok when we arrived but quickly got out of control and we left. So wind your fucking neck in by LeRaven78 (Sat 11th Jul 2020 2:38pm)
  • Aye saw this scrawled somewhere else in Shawlands this morning. Fuck knows what conspiracy nonsense this is by LeRaven78 (Sun 12th Jul 2020 12:26am)
  • Agreed. It's fucking abysmal and is almost designed to intentionally cause conflict with pedestrians and drivers. Plus they seem to build it and rip it up again. I dread to think how much they've spunked on it by LeRaven78 (Mon 13th Jul 2020 9:58pm)
  • Legally though, if they've been working there less than a year, they can be let go with no reason or justification. Once they pass the year then they have to follow a proper process by LeRaven78 (Thu 16th Jul 2020 8:45am)
  • Fat cunt in my street who is a guaranteed criminal. Watched him get out his big 4x4 a couple of weeks ago and throws the packaging from his kids McDonalds happy meals on the pavement. Utter cunt by LeRaven78 (Thu 16th Jul 2020 10:16am)
  • Emma Sweeney is worth looking at but even during normal times she's booked solid so you'll struggle to get her any time soon https://instagram.com/emasweeney?igshid=1ozn2dab34o1j by LeRaven78 (Thu 16th Jul 2020 10:25am)
  • Mugdock I know we're stretching the definition of Glasgow here but some of the houses up there are fucking unreal, plus it's quiet and the views are cracking by LeRaven78 (Fri 17th Jul 2020 6:42pm)
  • Comrie Croft. Just over an hour from Glasgow and an amazing place to camp. Loads of space and great facilities by LeRaven78 (Sun 19th Jul 2020 8:20pm)
  • Yes, insane at the moment. We accepted an offer on ours last week. 13% over the home report value. Absolute madness given the economic disaster that's looming We're selling up and renting for the foreseeable. If the crash happens then we'll pick something up at the bottom of the market rather than overpaying now by LeRaven78 (Tue 21st Jul 2020 9:54am)
  • It's alright. It's a generic pub owned by some kind of chain. It's not a shithole like the Florida Park place by LeRaven78 (Tue 21st Jul 2020 10:11pm)
  • The boss/landlady is a torn faced cow. Refused to let me use my phone to pay contactless last year "We don't allow that"🙄 The kind of woman you'd be terrified of bringing a burst pay packet home to by LeRaven78 (Wed 22nd Jul 2020 10:14pm)
  • Talking about Clockwork btw by LeRaven78 (Wed 22nd Jul 2020 10:42pm)
  • We're lucky that we've got significant equity and savings. I bought at the peak in 2007 and lost a fucking fortune. Sold in 2018 at less than I paid in 2007. I'm extremely reluctant to get burned again. If the mass job cuts aren't reversed, then once America starts to default on their mortgages en masse in the next few months, the fallout will make 2008 look like a fart in the wind. by LeRaven78 (Thu 23rd Jul 2020 4:15pm)
  • One of, if not the only place, I've thrown food from straight into the bin Think it was chicken wings and they were a horrific green/grey colour. Fucking horrendous and should never have been cooked nor left the premises for delivery by LeRaven78 (Mon 27th Jul 2020 8:49am)
  • They look great. If you can't drill holes in the wall, I would recommend an Andy Stand or similar, assuming your bottom bracket is suitable. I've got 3 for storing the bikes inside https://andystand.co.uk/ by LeRaven78 (Mon 27th Jul 2020 11:53am)
  • Paperchase on Buchanan st usually has fairy lights by LeRaven78 (Sun 2nd Aug 2020 10:59am)
  • If one of those panels falls off, the scaffolding is doing fuck all to protect anyone by LeRaven78 (Mon 3rd Aug 2020 10:22am)
  • Kingsway in Cathcart. By far the best. Kwikfit fucked my mates car and told him it would be £1500 to repair I got him to get the car towed to Kingsway and they sorted it for £150. by LeRaven78 (Mon 3rd Aug 2020 10:25am)
  • The murder or Mhairi Julyan back in 1995. It was the first time a murder ever had an impact on me and was the first in Kilmarnock for 50 years or something. The actual specifics were absolutely horrific and are still upsetting to read. Additionally, in the weeks after the murder before the murderer was caught, the town was on edge. I was walking home from the pub about 11pm on a Thursday night and I became aware of someone following me about a couple of hundred yards behind. Every time I looked back the person would try and hide. I walked on for a minute and ducked into the entrance to a garden with the intention of chapping the door and asking for help. In an instant the scene went mental and 3 or 4 cars screamed out of nowhere, a pile of cops jumped out and huckled me to the ground. They get me up and start grilling me. I was 17 at the time, and was absolutely terrified by some very scary detectives suggesting I might be a suspect in a murder enquiry! Basically the person following me was a cop. The police were doing surveillance work to try and find the killer and clocked me walking home and had followed me. When I started acting suspicious because I knew I was being followed, they got suspicious of me and called in back up. It was a fucking terrifying experience at the time. by LeRaven78 (Mon 3rd Aug 2020 4:14pm)
  • The Alesha McPhail case also stuck with me. Not a parent but it really upset me by LeRaven78 (Mon 3rd Aug 2020 10:38pm)
  • It didn't help that being 17, when they were asking me where I'd been, I couldn't say I was at the pub. Must've looked shifty as fuck🤦‍♂️ by LeRaven78 (Tue 4th Aug 2020 4:28pm)
  • (experienced cyclist here) Re. 150km a day, don't underestimate the weather or terrain here if you're not from around the west coast. The headwinds in particular can be absolutely soul destroying and slow your progress to a crawl. I've done a lot of long distance cycling, and the toughest days are always on the west coast here. Special mention to the Hebridean Way in some of the worst wind and rain you can possibly imagine...in June🤦‍♂️ by LeRaven78 (Thu 6th Aug 2020 12:30pm)
  • We’re training in the car park until we’re allowed back indoors https://www.improveglasgow.com/ by LeRaven78 (Wed 12th Aug 2020 10:27pm)
  • Avoid Aaen Peach. Absolutely abysmal by LeRaven78 (Thu 13th Aug 2020 10:23am)
  • Jump through to Edinburgh and go to El Cartel. Outstanding Mexican food by LeRaven78 (Fri 14th Aug 2020 8:23am)
  • They borderline destroyed a frame of mine years ago. When they shot blasted the old paint off, they left hunners of shot inside the seat tube and bottom bracket shell. Then when the frame went in the oven after powder coating, the stuff left in the frame was baked hard and stuck. Couldn't get a seat post in or a bottom bracket fitted. Bike shop destroyed their tools getting it sorted for me🤦‍♂️ by LeRaven78 (Fri 14th Aug 2020 8:26am)
  • Anyone remember this place? https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12615537.music-stops-at-glasgows-most-violent-nightclub/ Mardi Gras Popped up on another unrelated discussion a couple of weeks ago. Some place apparently had a moving dance floor http://www.oldglasgowpubs.co.uk/mardigras.html https://djwuggs.wordpress.com/2012/03/23/mardi-gras-and-the-warehouse/ by LeRaven78 (Fri 14th Aug 2020 11:40am)
  • Aye I was on that many a time, and a few more after they moved it to Newcastle by LeRaven78 (Fri 14th Aug 2020 4:49pm)
  • Can you report it to Air BnB or do they not give a fuck about any rules being breached? by LeRaven78 (Mon 17th Aug 2020 2:54pm)
  • 1000 folk applied for a hotel receptionist job in Manchester The world is properly fucked and the real problems haven't even started yet. Genuinely terrified for the next few years by LeRaven78 (Tue 18th Aug 2020 9:55pm)
  • The national cycle route out to lochwinnoch then the option to split off toward Greenock or towards irvine by LeRaven78 (Sat 22nd Aug 2020 8:17pm)
  • Here's the map of all the National Cycle Network routes. Just pick a number and go explore https://osmaps.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ncn by LeRaven78 (Sun 23rd Aug 2020 9:51am)
  • It's southside but Young's Interesting Books on Skirving St is worth visiting by LeRaven78 (Sun 23rd Aug 2020 9:58am)
  • Utterly disgusted, but not surprised, at the comments in twitter that it's her fault for leaving her home country originally Humanity is a fucking cesspool by LeRaven78 (Tue 25th Aug 2020 2:57pm)
  • Thankfully we moved last week but our upstairs neighbours were utter cunts. Shoes on in the house. Cheap laminate flooring. A constant need to move furniture. A need to drop things on the floor randomly, and what I can only imagine is a large anvil collection, that they would topple over every couple of hours by LeRaven78 (Thu 3rd Sep 2020 8:08am)
  • I'm dubious. The layout of all their rooms is exactly the same. The bathrooms are in their "pods" and you can't see in from the window🤔 by LeRaven78 (Fri 4th Sep 2020 8:30am)
  • Griphouse by LeRaven78 (Sat 5th Sep 2020 2:24pm)
  • If you have to self isolate, I'm not sure you should be getting a taxi! by LeRaven78 (Wed 9th Sep 2020 9:32am)
  • As someone who used to fly up and down to London every week and get a taxi to and from the airport, one of the official taxis from the stand is only ~£28 for a journey from the airport to the southside. Uber etc will be cheaper by LeRaven78 (Wed 9th Sep 2020 9:31am)
  • Do you own one large anvil or several smaller ones, that require to be constantly moved across your cheap laminate floor at all hours of the day? by LeRaven78 (Wed 9th Sep 2020 12:04pm)
  • Old slam boarders will remember the classic "Pinched oan the Kingston"😂 by LeRaven78 (Thu 10th Sep 2020 1:15pm)
  • It's been mad nice this week. Dinner in the garden and sitting out until late because it's still warm. by LeRaven78 (Wed 16th Sep 2020 8:27am)
  • Cigna? by LeRaven78 (Mon 28th Sep 2020 6:58am)
  • Another vote for Kingsway. They're fantastic. Great prices, completely honest and reliable by LeRaven78 (Thu 1st Oct 2020 2:25pm)
  • Tell you one thing, there was far less litter back then! by LeRaven78 (Sun 4th Oct 2020 8:44pm)
  • We're in a far worse position. Unemployment, US mortgage delinquency rate etc, are at a higher rate than they were at the peak of the 2008 crisis. This crisis from an economic standpoint hasn't even begun yet. Theres some serious unsolvable problems about to hit in the next few months by LeRaven78 (Wed 7th Oct 2020 8:30pm)
  • If it's a decent fork (Rockshox, Fox etc) then it's worth servicing If it's a low end one from the likes of Suntour etc I wouldn't bother Personally I only ever trust TF Tuned to service mine, but I'm running £1k Fox 36. I've heard Dales do some servicing but not sure how good they are. Alternatively there's a guy in Troon who's highly rated. I'm sure he goes by the name Fresh Suspension on Facebook by LeRaven78 (Wed 7th Oct 2020 8:39pm)
  • Young's Interesting Books Skirving St in Shawlands. Opposite The Granary by LeRaven78 (Wed 14th Oct 2020 6:56pm)
  • The complete lack of contrition from the sister is quite staggering. She's a monumentally thick hoor and she looks like a man. by LeRaven78 (Sun 1st Nov 2020 12:59pm)
  • She'll have bought the followers. It's a guarantee that she's absolute nightmare fuel in real life. No doubt involved in constant drama, no real friends, hugely unstable etc. by LeRaven78 (Sun 1st Nov 2020 1:01pm)
  • Hoagies in Mount Florida. Only place I've thrown the food in the bin after one bite. The wings were a very worrying grey/green Also in Mount Florida, Good Choi. It was the only Chinese near us open during lockdown. Absolutely horrific. Special mention for the "Salt & Pepper chips" which were barely cooked frozen chips with a teaspoon of chilli powder tossed over them. by LeRaven78 (Wed 18th Nov 2020 11:08pm)
  • Found the Tory by LeRaven78 (Wed 25th Nov 2020 10:30pm)
  • Bud Light Lime? Just pish in a half empty can of tennents and fire in some lime cordial by LeRaven78 (Sat 28th Nov 2020 7:03am)
  • Vast swathes of Glasgow and beyond will collapse into an economic black hole if we're in tier 4 until the end of January. by LeRaven78 (Sat 5th Dec 2020 11:22pm)
  • They claim hygiene reasons. As in it's too risky due to covid. In reality it's been an easy way to strip back services, reduce their costs while still charging full council tax by LeRaven78 (Sun 6th Dec 2020 11:02pm)
  • Had exactly this when we lived in battlefield. A wider bit of pavement that the puddle drinking residents just used as a fucking dump by LeRaven78 (Sun 6th Dec 2020 11:00pm)
  • I only have a one piece of feedback to go on, but having spoken to the owner of a small hotel and restaurant, the grant he's received is absolutely fuck all. by LeRaven78 (Sun 6th Dec 2020 11:05pm)
  • Not if I stab them first The absolute worst cunts. Refuse to break their wee 2/3/4 abreast row and expect you and whoever you're with to move out their way Utter cunts by LeRaven78 (Sun 13th Dec 2020 1:42pm)
  • Countless (too many) areas of Glasgow are shitholes Singling out Govanhill and blaming it on foreigners is lowest common denominator stuff by LeRaven78 (Tue 15th Dec 2020 10:54pm)
  • Kingsway in Mount Florida The only place I trust and use. Great rates, never rip you off and always honest Recently helped my mate. Kwik fit fucked his car. Sheared the sump bolt off with no oil in the engine. They quoted him £1500+ for a new sump and fitting. He phoned me for advice. I told him to call Kingsway. They got the car put on a trailer and taken to their garage and got it sorted for £150 by LeRaven78 (Tue 15th Dec 2020 10:57pm)
  • Giffnock had a brothel when I was young. It was called "Bubbles". The remnants of the sign are still there. When I worked in Park Circus about 15 years ago there was a brothel there. It's been well covered in the news since. You'd struggle to find two whiter or more affluent areas of the city than those two by LeRaven78 (Fri 18th Dec 2020 12:24pm)
  • The police got involved with this. They put out a Facebook statement today saying they have no evidence of wide-scale abuse or any ongoing investigations into it going on in the area. The comments are full of dafties who know more and apparently it's all being hushed up by the police and SNP. Utter fuckwits by LeRaven78 (Fri 18th Dec 2020 12:27pm)
  • The mental gymnastics here is actually pretty simple. Once some Asian/ethnic men were found guilty of child abuse. Therefore all Asian/ethnic men are guilty of said crime or at the least it's rife in these communities. You'll never convince the fuckwits that Believe that of anything otherwise by LeRaven78 (Fri 18th Dec 2020 11:13pm)
  • I lived in shawlands and battlefield for years, surrounded by white neighbours who treated the place like their own personal dump by LeRaven78 (Fri 18th Dec 2020 11:15pm)
  • If the fanny lives in Neilston, and he was roaming around Govanhill, then he was more than 5 miles outside his local authority area with no valid reason. Would be fucking perfect if the police slap him with a fine by LeRaven78 (Sat 19th Dec 2020 10:53am)
  • "I'll take 'things that didn't happen' for $500 please Alex" by LeRaven78 (Sat 19th Dec 2020 3:50pm)
  • Can you metaphorically witness an anus being ripped open? by LeRaven78 (Sat 19th Dec 2020 8:52pm)
  • No chance. You need to understand how long it's going to take to vaccinate enough people to actually make a difference. We may be at some kind of normality by this point next year by LeRaven78 (Sun 20th Dec 2020 10:22pm)
  • Aye. The magnum was immense. Loved the big space bowl. Sadly torn down a few years ago by LeRaven78 (Tue 22nd Dec 2020 9:32pm)
  • Been closed for refurb for a few years. Was due to reopen next year by LeRaven78 (Wed 23rd Dec 2020 7:23pm)
  • Salt and Chilli anything from Honeymoon in Battlefield by LeRaven78 (Wed 23rd Dec 2020 7:59pm)
  • You know your stuff. You may be able to answer a question me and a mate have always wondered about. Basically why did they build tenement flats so large. As in why are the ceilings so high? It seems like a waste of space and wouldve been much harder to heat the rooms. We've never been able to come up with a credible answer by LeRaven78 (Wed 23rd Dec 2020 10:43pm)
  • The Grant Arms must be pretty old? Certainly doesn't look like it's been decorated in a few centuries. Isn't it supposedly part of Grahamston by LeRaven78 (Wed 23rd Dec 2020 11:28pm)
  • Big fan of Big Bear. Their savoury sausage rolls are the fucking tits. Can also highly recommend Honey & Salt in Mount Florida. They make their own cakes and their brownies in particular are by far the best I've ever had. All their food is amazing and definitely worth a visit. by LeRaven78 (Thu 24th Dec 2020 10:57am)
  • Aye I'm not vegan but their food is immense. The wee takeaway salad pots are unreal by LeRaven78 (Thu 24th Dec 2020 8:06pm)
  • And a bum bag worn over the shoulder and across the chest🤦‍♂️ by LeRaven78 (Mon 28th Dec 2020 7:57pm)
  • No doubt MS is awful, buy I highly doubt there are hunners of wee bams in shorts and North Face jackets kicking about Glasgow, who also happen to be MS sufferers by LeRaven78 (Mon 28th Dec 2020 7:56pm)
  • Encountered this when we sold up in battlefield in the summer and planned to rent for a few months in that area until we see what happens to house prices post brexit/covid Flats were mental, not only price wise but also demand. It was first come first served really and as soon as anywhere went on the market, there were a dozen viewers. We actually changed our approach. We're now renting a 3 bedroom house in Clarkston for the same price as a 2 bed flat in battlefield/shawlands etc. Double driveway, big gardens, no noisy upstairs neighbours. Just a far better setup and there was much less demand for living here so much easier to get something by LeRaven78 (Tue 29th Dec 2020 8:42am)
  • Armstrong's Clockwork The Ivory by LeRaven78 (Wed 30th Dec 2020 10:47pm)
  • I know we had the thread a couple of weeks ago about him, but he's an absolute fucking loonball, and the amount of cunts praising him on his Facebook page is quite terrifying. He's clearly on gear 24/7 judging by his videos. Permanent red face, constantly sniffing, constantly touching his nose, paranoid wreck. by LeRaven78 (Wed 30th Dec 2020 10:56pm)
  • Some fanny phoned the police to complain about the folk skating by LeRaven78 (Sat 2nd Jan 2021 10:20pm)
  • Persepolis had rats running about the shop earlier this year by LeRaven78 (Mon 4th Jan 2021 11:45am)
  • That will be fine by LeRaven78 (Mon 4th Jan 2021 3:06pm)
  • Trying to get down my front steps today was like the scene from the end of Home Alone when he's trying to get in the basement door. Skidded round to the nearest grit box only to find it was completely empty I can only assume folk took it for their own gardens as there was fuck all on the pavements or roads by LeRaven78 (Mon 4th Jan 2021 7:11pm)
  • Aye every A&E rammed today apparently. Loads of broken wrists and some broken hips by LeRaven78 (Mon 4th Jan 2021 7:28pm)
  • Fucking hell. Where and when? by LeRaven78 (Thu 7th Jan 2021 8:48pm)
  • Might be related to an incident the other day when someone discovered a few vats of hydrochloric acid in a lane just next to Cartside Street. by LeRaven78 (Fri 8th Jan 2021 11:25pm)
  • Maybe where you are. A solid 5 hours of snow here in clarkston by LeRaven78 (Thu 14th Jan 2021 3:26pm)
  • This. I've tried calzones since I had my first ever one in Dino's, but none have ever come close by LeRaven78 (Sat 16th Jan 2021 10:54am)
  • He does some amount of sniffing by LeRaven78 (Mon 18th Jan 2021 9:30am)
  • His agenda? Honestly? He seems like a deeply troubled individual who craves attention and he’s using this cause to boost his own ego. Coupled with some very obvious drug use. For bonus points, he’s a former marine who’s no doubt embittered by his experience in the military, which has made him hugely racist and angry, and he’s taking that racism and anger out on what he sees as a part of his country that’s been taken over by foreigners. He puts a nice emotive wrapper around it like child abuse, which conveniently drowns out any criticism of his antics, because if you criticise him then you’re obviously part of the “establishment” that’s covering it up and/or a paedo yourself. Expect a fundraising appeal soon to “support” his crusade but will actually be for his own pockets by LeRaven78 (Mon 18th Jan 2021 1:47pm)
  • And the permanent red face by LeRaven78 (Mon 18th Jan 2021 7:40pm)
  • You're only allowed to leave home for essential reasons. Paranoid wanderings around Govanhill don't fall under the essential category by LeRaven78 (Tue 19th Jan 2021 8:24am)
  • Standard on local Facebook pages. Well fed, well groomed, has a collar "HAS ANYONE LOST A CAT?" by LeRaven78 (Wed 20th Jan 2021 7:39am)
  • Surely now, if he's unable to present the police with any evidence, yet he still maintains its definitely happening, he is now complicit in the abuse. The comments on the video are terrifying. Some loonball maintaining his videos are rammed full of evidence 🤦‍♂️ by LeRaven78 (Thu 21st Jan 2021 12:14pm)
  • "What is it with these people and there made up narratives" Basically, they're racist cunts that hate foreigners. They feel the they can't say why they hate foreigners (the colour of their skin) but if you pin something like child abuse on them then it's no longer racism, because everyone apart from actual paedos hates child abuse. So they can spew their hatred safe in the knowledge that they can't be shouted down by LeRaven78 (Thu 21st Jan 2021 3:30pm)
  • I also travel to Brighton for work (pre lockdown obvs) and as much as I love it, the level of homelessness is absolutely staggering. If anyone thinks Glasgow central has a lot of questionable characters hanging around, take a trip to Brighton and check out the station and surrounding streets. by LeRaven78 (Sun 24th Jan 2021 5:53pm)
  • Insurance is my line of work by LeRaven78 (Sun 24th Jan 2021 6:30pm)
  • Oh that's just my pet snake Reggie by LeRaven78 (Wed 3rd Feb 2021 7:16am)
  • I've sold monorails to Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook, and by gum, it put them on the map! by LeRaven78 (Wed 3rd Feb 2021 7:19am)
  • Used to drive down that street a lot. Before the high rises were demolished, it could've doubled for some of the worst streets in The Wire. by LeRaven78 (Thu 4th Feb 2021 7:56pm)
  • Halallison Street always raised a chuckle by LeRaven78 (Thu 4th Feb 2021 9:30pm)
  • Parcelfarce is better by LeRaven78 (Fri 5th Feb 2021 6:39pm)
  • We used purple bricks and the guy pretty much asked us what we wanted for it, as his surveyor would value it at whatever we wanted as long as it wasn't daft. Ended up getting about £15k over the HR value. About Purple Bricks generally, you'll get the visit, home report arranged, pictures taken and ad put online. After that you're on your own. the agents may vary by area, but we paid the up front fee and once the ad was live on Rightmove, the guy was gone like a fart in the wind. Heard from him again once on the closing date and that was it. You're basically paying just for the online advert. Fuck all service apart from that in our experience by LeRaven78 (Sun 7th Feb 2021 11:17pm)
  • Is this broken item within this person's flat, or in a communal stairwell, landing etc? by LeRaven78 (Wed 10th Feb 2021 1:12pm)
  • Aye they can fuck off then. If the resident called an emergency number to repair an item in their flat, that's on them. I'd be telling the factor to get it taken off your bill and sorted with the person in question. Threaten them with the ombudsman/complaints process if they start getting cunty by LeRaven78 (Wed 10th Feb 2021 10:02pm)
  • I got made redundant about 3 years ago. First time I'd not had a job since I was 15. Went to the job centre on coustenholme road in shawlands to sign on. An utterly fucking miserable experience. It was like being in a prison, being escorted through the building by security guards. I was supposed to go back to finish signing on but it was such a grim experience, I never bothered. The measly money wasn't enough to warrant going through that every 2 weeks by LeRaven78 (Sat 13th Feb 2021 7:12pm)
  • Also worked on the dishes. I'm anal about stacking them neatly beside the sink before washing. My Mrs on the other hand leaves them like a fucking shit tip. Random stuff dumped in the sink including knives, the remaining stuff strewn over the worktop. It really tests our relationship by LeRaven78 (Sun 28th Feb 2021 11:48am)
  • Can't speak for any local ones but I used Brookson Financial as my accountant when I had my own company and used their address as my company address. They were absolutely brilliant and their website made everything an absolute doddle. Other than supporting a local business I couldnt see any reason not to use them by LeRaven78 (Sun 28th Feb 2021 11:50am)
  • Was sitting in a supermarket car park today waiting for the missus. Car pulls into a spot a couple down from me. Two occupants, both female, one over 60, the other probably 40s. Nice car. Both looked respectable enough. They'd obviously been to the Starbucks because the older of the two wound her window down and launched the plastic lid of her coffee cup out the window along with her sugar sachets and stirrer. We're fighting a losing battle with these cunts by LeRaven78 (Sun 28th Feb 2021 11:49pm)
  • Wtf is that? by LeRaven78 (Fri 5th Mar 2021 9:44pm)
  • Comment of the fucking millennium 😁 by LeRaven78 (Fri 5th Mar 2021 9:46pm)
  • It's their first title. Let them enjoy it by LeRaven78 (Sat 6th Mar 2021 4:44pm)
  • Had this on our old Street in battlefield. Cunts dumping their stuff right under the sign that said "Don't dump stuff here" by LeRaven78 (Sat 6th Mar 2021 4:48pm)
  • I couldn't give a flying fuck about football but it makes me fucking raging that I strictly adhere to lockdown rules for months, then these cunts can turn up en masse with no repercussions. The police won't disperse them as they know it will end up in a riot so they get to break the rules with impunity. by LeRaven78 (Sun 7th Mar 2021 9:47am)
  • Apologies for coming over all Hitler-esque, but you could eliminate all of those cretins, and the human race would not be negatively impacted in any way by LeRaven78 (Sun 7th Mar 2021 8:19pm)
  • Is there any other sport that causes such rabid fuckwittery? When Scotland win an away match at rugby do cunts congregate outside Murray field? If Lewis Hamilton wins a GP do his fans have a party at the local go-karting? by LeRaven78 (Mon 8th Mar 2021 9:04am)
  • 100% Not one of them will have woken up this morning with the slightest bit of regret by LeRaven78 (Mon 8th Mar 2021 4:54pm)
  • It's Ireland. Was used in game of thrones by LeRaven78 (Wed 10th Mar 2021 5:19pm)
  • I took this video on Sunday. It's behind a bus shelter in Castlemilk. I can only assume cunts sit at the bus shelter and when they're finished eating or drinking something, they just launch the empty packet, bottle or can down here. I'd have them all thrashed to within an inch of their life https://streamable.com/goyd06 by LeRaven78 (Fri 12th Mar 2021 7:33am)
  • Definitely this. Not sound related but I replaced a bathroom ceiling via this method last year. Old plaster was sagging but it was lathe and plaster. Couldn't be fucked ripping it down so screwed batons into then joists then put up sheets of plasterboard, skimmed the joints then painted it. A day's work and cost about £50 all in by LeRaven78 (Fri 12th Mar 2021 9:38pm)
  • Ordering in loads of Ching and shutting the curtains by LeRaven78 (Sat 13th Mar 2021 4:45pm)
  • Without exception the worst Chinese I've ever had in my life. Was the only place open near us during peak lockdown last year and it was horrifically bad by LeRaven78 (Mon 15th Mar 2021 7:22pm)
  • My family's Irish and I can remember going to see my grandparents way back in the 80s and my Papa pulling out a bottle of proper illicit Poitin and letting me have a tiny taste. 30+ years later I can still taste it🤮 by LeRaven78 (Wed 17th Mar 2021 9:34am)
  • Gordon St coffee do/did my favourite Empire Biscuit by LeRaven78 (Sun 21st Mar 2021 1:02pm)
  • That's the one. The remnants of the sign is still there by LeRaven78 (Thu 25th Mar 2021 8:27pm)
  • Guff like this makes me glad I'm old and can happily not go and not feel I'm missing out on anything. by LeRaven78 (Fri 26th Mar 2021 5:48pm)
  • Pretty obvious drug war by LeRaven78 (Sun 28th Mar 2021 9:55am)
  • Shops that sell alcohol have done ok during lockdown. It's good to support the pubs as much as possible and takeaway pints is a good way to do that by LeRaven78 (Sat 3rd Apr 2021 2:35pm)
  • We used to go down to Prestwick as a kid and watch the pilots in training do touch and go landings. Was very cool by LeRaven78 (Fri 9th Apr 2021 9:54pm)
  • Looks like it. I past it the other day and saw the Kingsway signs up. I know Manse Brae had closed down and it makes sense for them to get more space by LeRaven78 (Fri 9th Apr 2021 9:52pm)
  • I used Absolute Storage for a couple of years. The one out at Dalmarnock. Good prices and easy access by LeRaven78 (Sun 11th Apr 2021 10:37pm)
  • Cheers for putting the Forrest Furnishing advertising jingle back in my head for the first time in 30 years by LeRaven78 (Sun 11th Apr 2021 10:36pm)
  • Had this last year when my Mrs was selling her flat. Pretty shabby tenement close. We swept and mopped it and I bought one of the electronic air fresheners and put it on the window sill in the close. The old Jake cunt across the landing from me stole it. He made a living selling shit at car boot sales so it either ended up there or in his gaff. He had previous for stealing stuff. We were completely decorating the place and we got new dining chairs delivered on afternoon. Due to the decoration I left them sitting outside our door. Went to get them later on and discovered they were gone. Searched outside and the other floors but no sign. Eventually chapped the neighbours door and he was raging that I wanted them back. He made up some bullshit excuse about being concerned someone would steal them but he genuinely wasnt happy about trying to give them back. I also had a broom outside the door and he tried to steal that one day. Utter cunt of a man by LeRaven78 (Fri 16th Apr 2021 9:54pm)
  • There was an absolute oddball security guard that used to work in the Tesco at Mount Florida. Used to shout at the staff and customers. Looked like an absolute weirdo. Hadn't seen him in ages so can only assume he got the bullet or more likely murdered by LeRaven78 (Sun 18th Apr 2021 7:14pm)
  • Would be very interested to read the exact wording of the deeds. I'd be surprised if it said you can't put washing on a rack on the balcony. It's far more likely to say you can't hang stuff FROM the balcony. I had that in my title deeds in my old flat. by LeRaven78 (Thu 22nd Apr 2021 2:44pm)
  • Ema Sweeney though not sure what she's doing since Bath St shut down by LeRaven78 (Thu 22nd Apr 2021 5:50pm)
  • Estate agent acting as an agent for a landlord? If that's that case, then I can't point you to the exact legislation, but in my experience they can do all the relevant checks and do have the authority to do so by LeRaven78 (Thu 22nd Apr 2021 8:32pm)
  • Big Bear though the queues are horrendous by LeRaven78 (Fri 23rd Apr 2021 7:31am)
  • The torn faced Cow that lived downstairs from us tried to claim that one of the washing lines was "hers" for her exclusive use. She was raging when she discovered me hanging washing on it. I really don't miss living in a flat and having to deal with these cunts by LeRaven78 (Sun 25th Apr 2021 1:18pm)
  • A name might help? by LeRaven78 (Tue 27th Apr 2021 4:53pm)
  • Fuck 'em Name and shame I say by LeRaven78 (Tue 27th Apr 2021 5:12pm)
  • The big one at Hillington where you can join the M8 or head to Braehead. Utter carnage by LeRaven78 (Thu 29th Apr 2021 9:07am)
  • Fuck knows what's going on then. Also bought Melting Pot tickets for mid August, then they've sent an email saying "oh by the way ignore that email, your tickets are for September" despite me buying these tickets 2 days before the September tickets went on sale. It sounds like the promoters don't have a fucking clue by LeRaven78 (Thu 29th Apr 2021 11:22pm)
  • Anyone know what the building is? by LeRaven78 (Mon 3rd May 2021 9:39am)
  • Just fall asleep at a party and let cunts draw on you by LeRaven78 (Tue 4th May 2021 4:14pm)
  • Because some fanny, or possibly multiple fannies, are consistently downvoting all comments regardless of the content by LeRaven78 (Wed 5th May 2021 10:12pm)
  • What's a "walking trail" You need to understand the access laws in Scotland and read the Land Reform Act. The "walking trails" aren't just for walkers. I regularly ride my bike on the trails you're thinking of, and it's entirely legal and allowed. I'll even drag my bike to the top of Munro's on these mythical walking trails by LeRaven78 (Thu 6th May 2021 10:57am)
  • Shared use pavement/cycle path along there. Awful infrastructure in my opinion as most pedestrians don't understand the dual use thing which causes conflict by LeRaven78 (Thu 6th May 2021 10:55am)
  • That narrow strip isn't the cycling part. Fuck knows what it is. I'm assuming it's supposed to be a visual indication that it's shared use in case folk don't see the blue signs on lampposts or don't understand them, but that <1ft wide strip definitely isn't where the bikes are supposed to be by LeRaven78 (Thu 6th May 2021 2:42pm)
  • There was someone in Whistler, BC doing this. On proper actual biking trails. Nowhere near pedestrians. Eventually they put up wildlife cameras to catch the person. It also turned out to be an old woman https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.2893353 by LeRaven78 (Thu 6th May 2021 2:46pm)
  • Think you need to brush up on the highway code. Filtering is perfectly legal. Not always advisable, but it's allowed by LeRaven78 (Thu 6th May 2021 7:42pm)
  • I did read what you read "filtering when the vehicles are moving" That's perfectly legal. Although now you're claiming you weren't talking about filtering through slow moving traffic. So you're talking about filtering through fast moving traffic in your original post? Who's doing that? Has the fucking TdF peloton got lost and turned up in Glasgow? by LeRaven78 (Sat 8th May 2021 12:09pm)
  • I suggest you surrender your license. Doesn't sound like you should be behind the wheel by LeRaven78 (Sat 8th May 2021 4:05pm)
  • Wipe your tears away with it? by LeRaven78 (Sat 8th May 2021 5:45pm)
  • I can only begin to imagine how raging Alex Cairnie is by LeRaven78 (Fri 14th May 2021 8:21am)
  • Because they're just so angry all the time. They have to vent that rage by LeRaven78 (Sun 16th May 2021 9:02am)
  • A timely reminder for anyone that's on the fence about Scottish independence, the mutants rampaging around the city on Saturday night are the ones holding us back from independence. That's the standards they uphold. by LeRaven78 (Mon 17th May 2021 1:31pm)
  • Amazing how when Killie won the Scottish cup back in the 90s and most of the town converged on the town centre for the team coming back with the trophy, and yet we managed to not fucking wreck the place and each other by LeRaven78 (Mon 17th May 2021 1:30pm)
  • Had tickets for the SECC gig that never happened :( by LeRaven78 (Wed 19th May 2021 10:49pm)
  • They look awfy angry despite attending what was supposed to be a celebration by LeRaven78 (Mon 31st May 2021 6:42am)
  • She sounds like an absolute fucking mongo by LeRaven78 (Mon 31st May 2021 7:19pm)
  • My ex wife used to go to Opium all the time and I can confirm she is an absolute fucking weirdo by LeRaven78 (Thu 3rd Jun 2021 7:42am)
  • Maxwell's in Clarkston has an unreal selection by LeRaven78 (Sun 13th Jun 2021 8:08am)
  • Fuck all to do with the actual content of any post, just some edge lord fanny with multiple usernames hitting the downvote on pretty much every post and comment for the past couple of months by LeRaven78 (Sat 26th Jun 2021 12:59am)
  • Aye it's bad. Not quite as bad as last year but still grim by LeRaven78 (Tue 29th Jun 2021 4:56pm)
  • It was so bad last year for me that I was sure I'd had covid. Paid for an antibody test that said I didn't but I was floored with it. In bed for 7pm because it was making me so miserable by LeRaven78 (Tue 29th Jun 2021 10:30pm)
  • Chocolate Choux by LeRaven78 (Wed 30th Jun 2021 1:57pm)
  • With the caveat that I have fuck all idea of the legality/permissions needed to paddle board anywhere, there's loads of reservoirs/lochans up past barrhead and further south towards Stewarton. See folk swimming in them when I'm out on the bike by LeRaven78 (Thu 1st Jul 2021 12:24am)
  • Used Harper McLeod a couple of years ago when I was made redundant. From memory the redundancy package had to include a certain amount of money towards the legal advice. My agreement was pretty straightforward so other than the initial meeting with the lawyer and a follow up call, I had no more use for them by LeRaven78 (Thu 1st Jul 2021 12:20am)
  • I was horrific tonight. Each nostril was basically a constantly running tap of snot by LeRaven78 (Fri 2nd Jul 2021 12:11am)
  • If you want a really nice addition to Linn Park Kinda hard to describe but walk over towards the Crematorium. Once onto the road, head into Castlemilk Woods, wander along the path for about 100m, then branch right onto a barely visible path. You're then into Netherton Braes, an almost unknown area of woodland. There's a rough path that'll loop you all the way round and spit you back into Linn Cemetery. When I was in Clarkston it was my go to escape from the suburbs. You'd think you were in the middle of nowhere when in reality you have Stamperland on one side and Castlemilk on the other, but you'll never encounter another person https://maps.app.goo.gl/LopA89Kcs4sNBA7j9 by LeRaven78 (Sat 3rd Jul 2021 11:48pm)
  • Citizen M was always my go to. Best rates by far. No idea if it's available under the current situation though by LeRaven78 (Mon 5th Jul 2021 9:52pm)
  • VR Simulators by LeRaven78 (Mon 5th Jul 2021 10:02pm)
  • What's wrong with Sulta? by LeRaven78 (Sat 17th Jul 2021 10:15pm)
  • Can confirm Wizard of Paws are great. Depending how far south you are, I can also highly recommend Mearns Canine Castle by LeRaven78 (Mon 19th Jul 2021 9:28pm)
  • Don't socialise them until at least the first Jag. There have been cases of parovirus in recent weeks in Glasgow and that's fatal for unvaccinated pups by LeRaven78 (Fri 6th Aug 2021 5:01pm)
  • Zero impact on her credit rating. She has no credit agreement with them. The only possible way it would ever impact her credit rating is they took her to court (they won't) and she lost then didn't pay by LeRaven78 (Fri 6th Aug 2021 5:12pm)
  • Fucking pissing myself at this by LeRaven78 (Wed 8th Sep 2021 10:16pm)
  • My mate is into it in a bad way. He never gets massively fucked, but I'd say he's using it every night of the week. Every single social situation with him ends up with gear on the table. Even a couple of pints on a Tuesday and he's like "we'll just go back to mine and get some gear in". Makes me not want to socialise with him as it ruins every night out by LeRaven78 (Sat 11th Sep 2021 6:33pm)
  • Aside from him being a cunt, that is a prime spot. The only coffee shop in that area aside from the Koo-Eee place. If he couldn't make that work he is the definition of a guy falling into a bucket of fannies and walking out with a prick by LeRaven78 (Thu 16th Sep 2021 10:32pm)
  • You're talking about what's known as "joint and several liability" You need to check the deeds for your block and/or development, but it's highly likely that the deeds are based on this "joint and several liability". All perfectly legal but a kick in the baws Whether that extends to you as a tenant though is another question altogether. by LeRaven78 (Thu 16th Sep 2021 10:35pm)
  • Can we also talk about the only stopping at certain stops thing. Where I grew up, a bus stop was a bus stop. You waited, stuck your arm out when the bus approached and it stopped. All the shite about how this is a First Bus only stop, that's a McGills stop etc by LeRaven78 (Thu 23rd Sep 2021 10:20am)
  • Ordnance Turdy Map by LeRaven78 (Tue 12th Oct 2021 4:41pm)
  • The word I've heard is the Barclays are already looking to rent some of the space out. As competitors in leased offices end their leases, the arse is going to fall out the commercial property market big style. I work in financial services and blended working is here for a long, long time. If competitors are offering blended or fully remote working and Barclays insist on their folk being in the office, they'll lose existing and potential staff to competitors. When I was still Glasgow based, the guidance we had was each employee cost £10k on top of their salary just to put their bum on a seat with a desk, lighting, heating, facilities etc. The savings from blended working are too big to ignore. by LeRaven78 (Tue 12th Oct 2021 8:20pm)
  • My former city centre based big American employer has already handed back the lease on 3 of the 5 floors they had in a prime city centre location by LeRaven78 (Tue 12th Oct 2021 9:28pm)
  • She looks younger than her nephew! by LeRaven78 (Fri 22nd Oct 2021 2:00pm)
  • The valuation system was different years ago. Survey and valuation wasnt done until after a bid had been accepted and the surveyors would generally value it at whatever the winning bid was assuming it wasn't daft. With the surveys done up front now it really fucks the buyers. In an ideal world every lender would reapparaise the HR value once the bid was accepted again assuming it's not daft. by LeRaven78 (Fri 22nd Oct 2021 8:17pm)
  • From Facebook "“A spokesperson for Market Place Europe operators of Glasgow Christmas Market said: “The Glasgow Loves Christmas team explored every option with ourselves to make George Square market possible this Christmas. Unfortunately we haven’t been able to create a mutually agreeable plan for this venue. We are pleased to say that the Christmas market in St Enoch Square will be open from 21st November until 23rd December.” Many of the traders from George Square have been offered space at the St Enoch Market location”." by LeRaven78 (Wed 27th Oct 2021 4:08pm)
  • Regardless of whether you liked it or not, it pulled a lot of people into the city centre. The cancellation is one less reason to go into what has become a pretty fucking grim city centre over the past couple of years. I'm guessing GCC were holding the organisers to ransom over the rental fees. More short sighted pish from the council no doubt. by LeRaven78 (Wed 27th Oct 2021 9:54pm)
  • Oran Mor to Newlands at Christmas about 10 years ago. Couldn't get a taxi. It was also the winter that it snowed like fuck then froze for 3 weeks. The pavements were solid ice all the way. by LeRaven78 (Thu 28th Oct 2021 6:35pm)
  • "10 minutes away" by LeRaven78 (Fri 29th Oct 2021 2:25pm)
  • Jimmy moved to Arran buy there's still a guy at the workshop. Not sure of he does setups though by LeRaven78 (Fri 5th Nov 2021 1:57pm)
  • Where the fuck do you buy eggnog? by LeRaven78 (Fri 5th Nov 2021 11:12pm)
  • That accent! by LeRaven78 (Fri 5th Nov 2021 11:11pm)
  • I guess the brexiteers are getting their wish and turning back the clock to the 70s when there was piles of rubbish uncollected. by LeRaven78 (Fri 5th Nov 2021 11:10pm)
  • Mainly played WOLFgang Amadeus Mozart by LeRaven78 (Fri 5th Nov 2021 11:15pm)
  • Clearly you missed the joke by LeRaven78 (Sat 6th Nov 2021 3:23am)
  • Are there any other UK cities where the motorway effectively cuts the city in half and you can jump off the motorway straight into the city centre? by LeRaven78 (Sat 6th Nov 2021 4:27am)
  • "Forcing people to do something that they disagree with" Lots of cunts disagree with Not drink driving Not speeding Not wearing seatbelts Not running red lights Etc by LeRaven78 (Wed 10th Nov 2021 11:26pm)
  • Any chance this is the post office in Netherlee? They're absolute cunts when it comes to parcels and the rules. Rock down to Barry's in cathcart and they won't bother asking what's in the package by LeRaven78 (Sun 21st Nov 2021 9:29am)
  • Yes. It was a dump. Could've doubled for Baltimore in The Wire by LeRaven78 (Sun 21st Nov 2021 9:25am)
  • A tiny baby lizard in the back garden was definitely a surprise. More common is the absolute fuckload of bizarre insects in summer. At the back of our house is woodlands which is the only explanation but in summer it's like that film Evolution. Flying things you only see in David Attenborough documentaries. mental coloured beetles and similar by LeRaven78 (Tue 23rd Nov 2021 9:59pm)
  • No😂 by LeRaven78 (Wed 24th Nov 2021 4:01pm)
  • The Mrs just tested positive this morning... by LeRaven78 (Thu 25th Nov 2021 1:35pm)
  • Only been once, but wasn't that impressed. Food was very bland (and I'm normally a huge Asian food fan) plus the atmosphere was weird. It's a small place and was very busy but they had no music playing and everyone was sitting feeling pretty awkward. Never felt the urge to go back by LeRaven78 (Fri 26th Nov 2021 11:43pm)
  • I've posted this before by my Mrs sold her place last year in battlefield. We were looking at renting around there until we saw what happened to property prices post Brexit/Covid. Flats in and around battlefield were insane. 20/30/40+ viewers, hugely expensive and most being snapped up in minutes. We ended up renting a house in clarkston for about £50 more than a flat in battlefield, Shawlands etc. 3 floors, 3 bedrooms, double driveway, private garden for £850 a month. 10 minutes from battlefield, 15 to Shawlands, much less competition and a much nicer area. Loads of amenities nearby. Basically look further afield than the area you're looking at. Flats are in much more demand, houses less so and not much more expensive by LeRaven78 (Fri 26th Nov 2021 11:50pm)
  • I came home one night to our flat to find a massively aggressive note pinned to the close door. Something about someone calling the police on someone. The note writer called the culprit "a massive shitebag" by LeRaven78 (Sat 27th Nov 2021 10:32am)
  • Sweeney's in shawlands shows F1. Lovely spot to watch it tomorrow by LeRaven78 (Sat 11th Dec 2021 8:37pm)
  • Spanish Butcher or Crabshakk by LeRaven78 (Thu 16th Dec 2021 8:38pm)
  • It's been a while since I was a member but Future Fitness in shawlands has a matted room. It used to be the martial arts studio but I don't think there's been any martial arts stuff there for a long time but the room is still there. Back when I was a member you could go in and use the room if there were no classes on. It's also a really good gym by LeRaven78 (Sun 19th Dec 2021 8:12pm)
  • None from there but I am old enough to remember paying 50p to get into the Odeon😭 by LeRaven78 (Mon 20th Dec 2021 12:38pm)
  • Aye it was always very cheap. Used to be £30 a month for gym and all classes by LeRaven78 (Mon 20th Dec 2021 9:51pm)
  • Drygate announced a (hopefully) temporary closure for the foreseeable due to the amount of cancellations they had for bookings. Said it was costing them money to keep the place open at the moment by LeRaven78 (Tue 21st Dec 2021 3:16pm)
  • Had the realisation a few years ago that I could remember my parents being the same age I was then, and to be honest they were absolute losers compared to how cool I was 😂 by LeRaven78 (Wed 29th Dec 2021 11:25pm)
  • Gary's Convenience Store in Stamperland. On Clarkston Road, the bug green shop on the corner. by LeRaven78 (Wed 29th Dec 2021 11:29pm)
  • Honestly, the best bit was him trying to intimidate the big policeman for several minutes clearly thinking he was the hard man then the big guy gets him in a headlock and takes him down with ease. Fucking brilliant. by LeRaven78 (Mon 3rd Jan 2022 10:48am)
  • The kind of Scottish wanks that refer to the police as "po-po" or "Five Oh" by LeRaven78 (Fri 7th Jan 2022 9:54am)
  • Not to defend them, but the pressure to come into work despite being positive isn't unique to them in the hospitality world. My mates missus worked in a bar/restaurant and she tested positive as did other employees. The owners pressured them to work, which a couple did, and a manager who'd tested positive and visited multiple other bars that the owners owned, was warned not to tell track and trace where he'd been. You'd be fucking AMAZED what venues these folk own. Not G1 btw by LeRaven78 (Fri 7th Jan 2022 7:27pm)
  • I had to block him. Andy something? An absolute fucking rocket with his "hilarious" posts by LeRaven78 (Sat 15th Jan 2022 7:48pm)
  • Also the posts warning people that traffic wardens are about. An almost daily post by LeRaven78 (Sat 15th Jan 2022 7:46pm)
  • Had a girlfriend years ago that thought Gotham was a real city. She always wanted to visit it and was upset when she discovered it was fictional by LeRaven78 (Sat 15th Jan 2022 7:51pm)
  • Wizard of Paws. Used to put my spaniel in when I lived nearby. He loved it and the staff were great https://www.wizardofpaws.com/ Mearns Canine Lodge is also excellent by LeRaven78 (Tue 18th Jan 2022 7:51pm)
  • I miss the fucking Space Bowl thing at the Magnum Centre (RIP) by LeRaven78 (Thu 20th Jan 2022 5:17pm)
  • Regardless of the cost to repair, a lot of lenders won't touch a property with damp. Definitely check with your lender first before you do anything by LeRaven78 (Sat 22nd Jan 2022 10:33am)
  • Is Errol's still around in Govanhill? by LeRaven78 (Sat 22nd Jan 2022 10:36am)
  • Sadly I have a lifetime ban from twitter🤦‍♂️😂 by LeRaven78 (Fri 28th Jan 2022 7:43pm)
  • You absolute legend! by LeRaven78 (Sat 29th Jan 2022 5:05pm)
  • Broker fee is probably 40-50% btw by LeRaven78 (Sat 29th Jan 2022 7:13pm)
  • From memory it's some random company in America that owns the old BHS building on Sauchiehall Street. Utterly bizarre set of circumstances. It's an item on a random spreadsheet or ledger somewhere and the owners have fuck all idea about what it's like in real life by LeRaven78 (Thu 10th Feb 2022 11:36pm)
  • Worth taking a look at the Glassdoor reviews https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/Reviews/Cigna-Glasgow-Reviews-EI_IE119.0,5_IL.6,13_IM1145.htm by LeRaven78 (Sat 12th Feb 2022 9:58am)
  • In Glasgow or Greenock? Either way, they have massively slashed their claims department over recent years. staff turnover is very high by LeRaven78 (Sat 12th Feb 2022 9:56am)
  • They've reduced headcount massively and outsourced a bunch of work to India via Genpact as well as relocating a lot of roles to Madrid. There's a constant cycle of redundancies by LeRaven78 (Sat 12th Feb 2022 5:51pm)
  • I think the building was fucked and beyond economic repair by LeRaven78 (Sun 13th Feb 2022 12:58pm)
  • New build owner here. Been in the house for 9 months. The reasons were pretty much as outlined in other posts. Couldn't be fucked paying 20% over home report for a semi that needed a new kitchen/ bathroom/ full refurb. We were looking around Clarkston and the prices were mental. We ended up viewing some new builds in between EK and Glasgow. Small development of only 60 houses and were surrounded by woodland that will never be built on. Not one of the big housebuilders. So far the snagging has been fine. A few minor cosmetic issues. Structurally everything has been perfect. We're in a very big 4 bed detached with garage, driveway for 4 cars and a very large garden. For what we paid for this, that would have been the "offers over" figure for somewhere around Clarkston for a much smaller property that needed a shitload of work. We don't have kids and won't be having them, so we weren't bothered about any school catchment areas by LeRaven78 (Sun 20th Feb 2022 11:04am)
  • Which is exactly the same situation everyone who's paid 20% over home report will find themselves in by LeRaven78 (Sun 20th Feb 2022 12:04pm)
  • I was £350 for a lower molar root canal last October. My dentist https://www.uniteddentalcare.co.uk/ by LeRaven78 (Sun 20th Feb 2022 12:01pm)
  • https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/three-arrested-scots-cops-seize-26162635 https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/glasgow-cops-release-images-man-26143927 https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/body-man-found-glasgow-flat-23768224 by LeRaven78 (Sun 20th Feb 2022 4:10pm)
  • There's a bellend or many bellends who devote time to downvoting every single comment on here regardless of content. No doubt the quarter wits that have been banned multiple times by LeRaven78 (Sun 20th Feb 2022 9:14pm)
  • I think I've only been to 2 gigs there, mainly because most bands that play there aren't my taste. However the 2 I did see were 2 of the best I've ever been to. Arcade Fire and Prince. by LeRaven78 (Mon 21st Feb 2022 10:39am)
  • Do you have crampons and an ice axe? The summit and well below is covered in snow and ice by LeRaven78 (Mon 21st Feb 2022 1:25pm)
  • He's like a poundshop Russell Brand by LeRaven78 (Mon 21st Feb 2022 7:34pm)
  • Just noticed the cunt's got a grill🤦‍♂️ by LeRaven78 (Tue 22nd Feb 2022 8:47am)
  • Fuck yes by LeRaven78 (Thu 24th Feb 2022 8:53pm)
  • Michelle McManus by LeRaven78 (Sat 26th Feb 2022 9:29pm)
  • 100% this As someone who has struggled with anxiety for 30+ years (but was only diagnosed in 2015) I've learned from therapy to tune out of the things you have no control over I remember having a near breakdown during the 2008 financial crisis. absorbed every piece of news and commentary. Was convinced the world was going to end, I would lose my job and house etc. Post therapy, the mantra of "don't worry about what you can't control" is the thing I try to remember. I found myself slipping into old routines at the start of Covid but stopped hanging on every piece of news, and my mood improved massively. Adopting the same approach with this Russia nonsense. If they nuke us, there's fuck all I can do by LeRaven78 (Mon 28th Feb 2022 3:39pm)
  • I grew up in Kilmarnock. This psychopath was in my class at school https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/jail-for-mason-at-last-2424427 Managed to get off with 2 murder charges. Fuck knows where he is now. Hopefully dead. by LeRaven78 (Tue 1st Mar 2022 3:51pm)
  • Honestly, buy one of these. My Mrs suffers with bad ear wax. This was a game changer https://www.amazon.co.uk/BEBIRD-Otoscope-Cleaner-Endoscope-Removal/dp/B08X2P4FJQ/ref=asc_df_B08X2P4FJQ/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=499313703587&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8575036105430264339&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007336&hvtargid=pla-1233263686280&psc=1 by LeRaven78 (Thu 3rd Mar 2022 10:41pm)
  • Alex Cairney, is that you? by LeRaven78 (Sat 5th Mar 2022 6:39pm)
  • Yer maw is both and she's a shite ride by LeRaven78 (Sun 6th Mar 2022 4:55pm)
  • Having rented a couple of years ago and saw the madness in Battlefield and nearby, my recommendation is ignore the popular areas. I'm not saying move to Possil but there are much better options out there. A quick look on Rightmove shows a 2 bed flat in Shawlands is £900 You can get a big 2 bed house with garden, parking etc 10 minutes up the road in Clarkston https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/120539387#/?channel=RES_LET by LeRaven78 (Thu 10th Mar 2022 9:39am)
  • When we rented our rent was due on the 1st of the month. I get paid on the last working day and for the first few months, because of the way the weekends fell, I paid the rent on the 28th or 28th as that's the day I got paid in those months On the first month that I didn't get paid until the last proper day, the letting agent emailed us on the 30th asking where the rent was 🙄 by LeRaven78 (Thu 10th Mar 2022 9:50am)
  • Not really. Brewers Fayres are much less booze focussed and more family orientated (Source: worked in The Monkton Lodge many years ago!) by LeRaven78 (Sun 13th Mar 2022 2:54pm)
  • Think it was Greenock golf club that was plagued with the young team harassing folk on one particular hole next to a shithole estate. They created a club rule that if the bams were hanging about that hole, you could miss it out and put yourself down as a par. I played it years ago and they were demolishing a huge high rise next to the hole in question, and the bams used to sit in the empty high rise and try to shoot you with air rifles by LeRaven78 (Sun 13th Mar 2022 2:58pm)
  • Not quite. While there's no trespass law in Scotland, we do have the Right to Roam legislation which allows access to most places but private gardens/ houses are exempt (as are other things such as MOD land, land set aside for a particular recreational purpose etc) A gate has nothing to do with it by LeRaven78 (Sun 13th Mar 2022 3:02pm)
  • The List if that's still a thing by LeRaven78 (Sun 13th Mar 2022 5:22pm)
  • State Bar does a blues jam on Mondays The Box does a blues jam on Sundays by LeRaven78 (Mon 14th Mar 2022 10:04pm)
  • Hug & Pint is fantastic for vegan food by LeRaven78 (Thu 17th Mar 2022 4:01pm)
  • Typically has access to deals that Joe public can't get by LeRaven78 (Mon 21st Mar 2022 7:38pm)
  • I'm in a new build house and we have 8 solar panels on the roof. On a sunny day we generate 7-8 kWh of electricity. Fine for an individual household but it's not going to make that much of an impact on a block of flats and each individual flat's bills by LeRaven78 (Tue 22nd Mar 2022 9:08pm)
  • Billy Hay? https://instagram.com/billyhay?utm_medium=copy_link by LeRaven78 (Tue 22nd Mar 2022 9:23pm)
  • Username explains everything by LeRaven78 (Sun 27th Mar 2022 11:48am)
  • You probably can't see folk mouthing the words under their mask by LeRaven78 (Tue 29th Mar 2022 7:14pm)
  • Wasn't the service in England, where the mask mandate was ended a few weeks ago? by LeRaven78 (Tue 29th Mar 2022 7:13pm)
  • Worst I had was a driver who picked me up at Glasgow airport. Absolute conspiracy but: illuminati, Rothschild's, Bilderberg group etc. Couldn't get away from him when I arrived home. Went on for a good 20 minutes telling me about websites I had to check out to confirm everything he'd told me by LeRaven78 (Thu 14th Apr 2022 8:52pm)
  • I feel your pain. I had a footballer living below me a few years ago. Made my life hell with noise, parties and ridiculous comical shagging noise. Speaking to him did nothing by LeRaven78 (Thu 14th Apr 2022 9:10pm)
  • Fuck me! by LeRaven78 (Sat 16th Apr 2022 10:39am)
  • Experienced the taxi fiasco last night. Arrived back in Glasgow on the last train from Edinburgh. Then needed to get to EK. Not a single Uber to be found. Every private number we rang had nothing available. Had to endure an hour long queue outside central for a black cab. A fucking miserable hour enduring the shite that goes on in that queue by LeRaven78 (Mon 18th Apr 2022 9:57pm)
  • What 18 year old has a Hotmail address? by LeRaven78 (Tue 19th Apr 2022 10:50pm)
  • To be fair, The Wee Chill festivals from years ago were excellent, although from memory he tried to reboot it at Glasgow Green a few years back and it was a fiasco if I recall by LeRaven78 (Tue 26th Apr 2022 2:56pm)
  • Any excuse to reshare this when Oran Mor is mentioned https://youtu.be/4A7HjUmRJ5U by LeRaven78 (Thu 5th May 2022 7:56pm)
  • "Had a couple of gents offer up their outdoor table in a pub even though they had 5-10 minutes of their pints left when they noticed my wife and I somewhat upset as all pubs were busy on Saturday afternoon" I was on a snowboarding holiday in Italy recently. Me and my mate arrived at a busy outdoor restaurant and looked for a table. We spotted a couple who looked as though they were getting ready to leave. 2 people sitting at a table for 4. I very politely asked if they were leaving. Turns out they were English, and the woman looked at me and went "in 10 minutes" and promptly fucked about for a full 10 minutes while we hovered nearby. Both me and my mate said in unison when we eventually sat down, that had we been home in Glasgow, the folk would've invited you to sit down straight away and would have had a great wee chat before heading off. by LeRaven78 (Sat 7th May 2022 11:03pm)
  • Fucking heartbreaking to see how good it looked back then by LeRaven78 (Fri 13th May 2022 4:14pm)
  • As previously predicted by me and others, loads of "fundraising" activities on social media based on the hysteria around his exposes, then he quietly fucked off into the night. I wonder where the donations went by LeRaven78 (Fri 13th May 2022 4:11pm)
  • Used Aaen Peach a few years ago to take my ex wife's name off the mortgage. Without exception, the worst service I've ever experienced. Not just the worst lawyer experience, the actual worst experience of anything I've ever had to do. The lawyer assigned to my case was worse than useless, never answered his phone, took 3 or 4 reminders on every email before he'd reply. On the rare occasions I did get some interaction, he blatantly could not be fucked. The original quote was something like £399+VAT and the final invoice was over £2k. Even then the invoice was full of stuff I shouldn't have been charged for. Along the way they lost my paperwork several times, which meant I had to keep going back to my ex to get stuff re-signed, which was a fucking delight. And the crowning glory was the process should've taken 2-3 months but they managed to drag it out over a year by LeRaven78 (Mon 16th May 2022 8:37pm)
  • Rangers were playing at Hampden about 3 years ago and me, not really interested in football, went from my flat in Battlefield to the shops while the fans were heading to the stadium. I absent mindedly put on my green Craghoppers jacket, and as a result got a fair bit of verbal abuse and a lot of stares. by LeRaven78 (Thu 19th May 2022 10:22am)
  • Fucking loved that shop when it was on Buchanan St. I remember when ER was prime viewing and they had ER scrubs you could buy in the shop. Basically kicking about like a medical student but thinking I was George Clooney by LeRaven78 (Tue 31st May 2022 9:24pm)
  • Not local, but I get all my truffle stuff from here and it's superb https://truffleguysuk.com by LeRaven78 (Sun 5th Jun 2022 7:12am)
  • I'm fairly certain football causes more problems for pubs than combat sports by LeRaven78 (Sun 5th Jun 2022 10:39am)
  • Nice walk downhill. The return journey after a few pints would be shite by LeRaven78 (Thu 9th Jun 2022 10:04am)
  • Not a cinema but it's great https://www.sloansglasgow.com/eatfilm by LeRaven78 (Sat 11th Jun 2022 1:58pm)
  • Nothing happened on my phone or the scanner. There's very little/no way for the passenger to know the ticket has been scanned other than the driver going mental at them by LeRaven78 (Sat 18th Jun 2022 12:00am)
  • Nice try Glasgow Live by LeRaven78 (Wed 22nd Jun 2022 5:57pm)
  • Frasers by LeRaven78 (Mon 27th Jun 2022 6:06pm)
  • Quite often by LeRaven78 (Sat 2nd Jul 2022 5:42pm)
  • Spanish Butcher by LeRaven78 (Mon 4th Jul 2022 8:05am)
  • 15 years ago, if you were lucky, then your cousin's pal had an uncle who knew a guy who worked in a place where there was a girl who used to go out with a guy that had a room mate that sold gear. If you were able to negotiate that series of contacts then maybe you'd be able to pick some up in 4 days. Nowadays it's a case of deciding which of the 10+ numbers you have in your phone you're going to message at 3am. by LeRaven78 (Mon 4th Jul 2022 1:55pm)
  • Think this is the 3rd time it's been cancelled/rescheduled. Looks like the last Europe date is the 15th of July. Hoping they can reschedule pretty soon by LeRaven78 (Mon 4th Jul 2022 9:17pm)
  • Interesting. So the stage etc was all built? by LeRaven78 (Mon 4th Jul 2022 10:46pm)
  • Looks like he lost the lot https://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2009/09/07/Christies-to-sell-assets-of-collapsed-Dark-Star by LeRaven78 (Wed 6th Jul 2022 8:36pm)
  • It was more a tongue in cheek comment, but if a shitty newsagents almost exclusively used by the drunk and homeless can fetch £2 million, what is the likes of BHS on Sauchiehall St or Debenhams worth? In the age of dead high st retail, something has to give by LeRaven78 (Fri 8th Jul 2022 7:16pm)
  • An almost complete inability to get home after a night out in Glasgow has to be killing the place. My Mrs was out last night and she waited 2 hours for a taxi by LeRaven78 (Sun 17th Jul 2022 5:17pm)
  • Paesano pizzas are shite by LeRaven78 (Thu 21st Jul 2022 5:31pm)
  • From memory they fucked off from running the bar/restaurant/events space and took a pile of money folk had paid for weddings there leaving them with no money and no wedding venue by LeRaven78 (Mon 1st Aug 2022 7:09am)
  • Sweeney's in Shawlands usually has it on by LeRaven78 (Mon 1st Aug 2022 7:05am)
  • We have solar panels on our new build house. no battery storage, just uses the solar over the mains if it's available. I monitor the figures pretty closely. In summer the solar generates about 7kwh per day on average In winter it drops to about 4kwh Our roof has 8 panels and gets the sun from first thing in the morning until about 8pm at the height of summer by LeRaven78 (Thu 11th Aug 2022 11:31am)
  • South east-ish by LeRaven78 (Thu 11th Aug 2022 11:48am)
  • Aye definitely. We can basically run our big appliances during the day for free. We're on a 2 year fixed deal with Scottish power at the moment that's not really that competitive relative to current prices but we're paying £67 a month on direct debit for electric, and right now we're £70 in credit based on yesterday's reading. That's for 2 adults working from home all day in a 4 bed detached by LeRaven78 (Thu 11th Aug 2022 12:36pm)
  • "months" by LeRaven78 (Wed 17th Aug 2022 10:27am)
  • Ah, had no idea about the football. Fuck it, day out in Glasgow instead by LeRaven78 (Fri 19th Aug 2022 6:45pm)
  • McSorleys usually has bands playing in the afternoon by LeRaven78 (Fri 19th Aug 2022 9:16pm)
  • The New York Times called it a playful but mysterious dish. You're going to love it by LeRaven78 (Tue 23rd Aug 2022 6:23pm)
  • Cocaine is the reason by LeRaven78 (Sat 3rd Sep 2022 7:35am)
  • I was there. He talked about it on the podcast a few weeks later. I'm sure one of the folk involved emailed him with the details of what happened by LeRaven78 (Sat 3rd Sep 2022 7:40am)
  • Imagine caring about a shopping centre by LeRaven78 (Sun 4th Sep 2022 4:25pm)
  • Is the shop still there at the back of St Enoch's that sold gym kit and clothing? by LeRaven78 (Sun 4th Sep 2022 4:48pm)
  • There's been zero confirmation that his brother quit because of this. As for the allegations. I'm entirely supportive of anyone who's been a victim of sexual assault, harassment etc, however the details I read in the Pitchfork summary were extremely sketchy. Very much he said, she said. "Rock star shags fans" seems to be the crux of it, and as much as I'm an arcade fire fan, I never imagined him to be a silver tongued lothario and every encounter sounds as awkward as I would have imagined, but it doesn't make him a predator by LeRaven78 (Sun 4th Sep 2022 7:11pm)
  • Looks like it's moved https://www.powerhouse-fitness.co.uk/glasgow-city-centre by LeRaven78 (Mon 5th Sep 2022 9:43am)
  • Aye, into this Early 40s Played guitar since my teens and played in bands then but drifted away though got back into it during lockdown Love everything from classic rock, blues, funk, metal, soul etc by LeRaven78 (Tue 6th Sep 2022 2:00pm)
  • "Personal effects" is clearly code for drugs by LeRaven78 (Tue 6th Sep 2022 7:41pm)
  • If it still exists, The Social on Royal Exchange Square by LeRaven78 (Wed 7th Sep 2022 10:22am)
  • I got my GnR refund Fuck all chance they'll reschedule for next year by LeRaven78 (Wed 7th Sep 2022 11:51pm)
  • When I bought my first flat in Battlefield back in 2005, there was an old mad alchy living underneath me. First week in and I'm lying in bed about 10:30 and I hear him shouting. Fairly quiet at first but getting progressively louder as he said more. Would go like this "Poof" Few seconds gap "Fucking gayboy" Another gap "FUCKING HOMOSEXUAL BASTARD!" This happened every Monday night without fail and it took me 6 months to work out he was watching the Scottish football highlights on a Monday night. by LeRaven78 (Wed 14th Sep 2022 7:53am)
  • Almost tempted to get a mate to do it just to see what happens. Worth wasting the £99 deposit by LeRaven78 (Thu 15th Sep 2022 9:24am)
  • £100 less. They claimed it was unfixable by LeRaven78 (Thu 15th Sep 2022 9:30am)
  • That's exactly what i suspect is going on by LeRaven78 (Thu 15th Sep 2022 9:59am)
  • For balance, my last 2 cars have been from Arnold Clark with zero problems. Saw the car one day, picked it up the next. Dead easy A previous car came from Evans Halshaw. Head gasket went within a week and was sorted quickly with no problems This Vardy lot are by far the worst by LeRaven78 (Thu 15th Sep 2022 11:16am)
  • Aye, I was paying cash. The sales guy was not happy that I wasn't taking their finance. Some of the patter was ridiculous by LeRaven78 (Thu 15th Sep 2022 1:46pm)
  • Guy in my office years ago wore green trousers to work once He was called Robin Hood after that by LeRaven78 (Fri 16th Sep 2022 10:37am)
  • Happened to me a couple of weeks back. Kings Park to East Kilbride. Guy took us through thorntonhall and single car back country lanes. Asked him what was going on and he said that's the way the sat Nav took him. Scottish driver so couldn't even blame it on him not being local by LeRaven78 (Fri 16th Sep 2022 3:45pm)
  • Super Bario https://m.facebook.com/100028835366322/ by LeRaven78 (Sun 18th Sep 2022 8:57am)
  • With the caveat that I haven't been in a few years, The Blythswood was always my favourite place for cocktails. Tremendous service and extremely knowledgeable staff. Made me some custom whisky cocktails one day that were absolutely fantastic by LeRaven78 (Wed 21st Sep 2022 5:17pm)
  • Grand Central In fact any hotel to be honest. Loads of folk coming and going constantly and if you know where the bogs are it's a doddle by LeRaven78 (Thu 22nd Sep 2022 6:23pm)
  • Didn't Petra Stepdown last year? by LeRaven78 (Sun 25th Sep 2022 8:35am)
  • Govanhill, east of Victoria Road is best avoided by LeRaven78 (Sun 25th Sep 2022 10:32am)
  • Allison Arms has a huge selection by LeRaven78 (Tue 27th Sep 2022 9:58am)
  • I'm old enough to remember when it was Blanket back in the 90s😭 by LeRaven78 (Tue 27th Sep 2022 9:57am)
  • https://vr-simulators.com/ by LeRaven78 (Fri 30th Sep 2022 9:10am)
  • Haven't been in a single pub that's stopped this since the restrictions were lifted Where are these pubs? by LeRaven78 (Fri 30th Sep 2022 7:36pm)
  • As a cyclist Im well aware of bike thieves and how they operate. If they fail to get the target, they almost always try again. More worryingly, they also know people with high end bikes will replace them, so they'll steal them again a few months later. I know of people who've had bikes stolen every 6 months! by LeRaven78 (Sun 2nd Oct 2022 9:42am)
  • No fireworks, no Xmas markets. Why are the council, regardless of political affiliation, so consistently shite by LeRaven78 (Mon 3rd Oct 2022 7:37pm)
  • McSorleys or Howlin Wolf by LeRaven78 (Tue 4th Oct 2022 7:41pm)
  • Hadn't heard of it but their Wikipedia page is a goldmine "the only queer Yiddish anarchist vegan pay-what-you-can café in the world" " Irn-Ju, a Jewish anarchist collective in Scotland" That's given me a nice laugh on a dull October day by LeRaven78 (Wed 5th Oct 2022 3:02pm)
  • I'm a lefty liberal but this lot sound like absolute fucking roasters by LeRaven78 (Wed 5th Oct 2022 3:18pm)
  • Priceless Computing was always my go to when I was building PCs. Down in Tradeston by LeRaven78 (Fri 7th Oct 2022 11:34am)
  • No museum but The King's Arms in Fenwick is great for a pub lunch. Dead quick to get to by LeRaven78 (Fri 7th Oct 2022 12:26pm)
  • Nice try CSA by LeRaven78 (Fri 7th Oct 2022 2:28pm)
  • No museum but Rob Roy's grave is there for a wee bit of history by LeRaven78 (Fri 7th Oct 2022 9:56pm)
  • When I first hit £60k was the point I no longer felt worried about money. Single (at the time) with no kids. That definitely felt like a game changer. Went from £50k to £60k overnight and the extra was immediately noticeable as a comfortable cushion. Anything since then has been a bonus and I was up at £150k a few years back but even that didn't feel that much more noticeable than the initial £60k experience by LeRaven78 (Mon 10th Oct 2022 2:46pm)
  • Haven't done it all but did do the Aviemore to Perth section last year. We wild camped about half way between. It's a great route. Brilliant surface, no big climbs, great scenery. Loads of nice bits to stop off along the way for food or drink by LeRaven78 (Mon 10th Oct 2022 10:39pm)
  • Is Caffreys available on draft anywhere? That was my pint of choice 25 years ago. Haven't seen it since then! by LeRaven78 (Mon 10th Oct 2022 10:40pm)
  • Loads of paid gigs..if you're doing Irish stuff youll have no bother getting gigs by LeRaven78 (Wed 12th Oct 2022 9:18pm)
  • Can't recommend a local advisor but in terms of accountants I can't recommend Brookson Financial enough. I used them when I had my own company and they were fantastic. Brilliant support, dead easy to use online portal. Think I was paying £60 a month and turning over about £200k a year https://www.brooksonone.co.uk/ by LeRaven78 (Wed 12th Oct 2022 9:15pm)
  • Random fact time The term "Dutch courage" comes from when London was plague infested and the only people brave enough to sail up the Thames with goods were the Dutch and as a show of thanks the local taverns and inns would give them free booze, hence why having a drink to calm the nerves is know as "Dutch Courage" by LeRaven78 (Fri 14th Oct 2022 9:09am)
  • Given its close to central, where are you driving from that you can't get a train? by LeRaven78 (Sat 15th Oct 2022 1:34am)
  • Definitely crabshakk. Seafood simply done. You can taste what you ordered. Nothing is drowned in sauce or over run with garnishes. Been going since it first opened and it's never been bettered by LeRaven78 (Sat 15th Oct 2022 1:49am)
  • Surely an empty run back from troon to the airport is shite. Making no money at all regardless of the outward journey. I was always under the impression taxi drivers wanted lots of short localish jobs rather than a big run somewhere and an empty run back by LeRaven78 (Sat 15th Oct 2022 1:45am)
  • Genuine question, is the student scene still as big as it was in the 90s? My Strathclyde uni days, the city was jumping every night for students. Hasn't seemed that way for a long time, well before covid by LeRaven78 (Sat 15th Oct 2022 1:50am)
  • I think you can access generic information about high level numbers of convicted offenders in a given area, but it's not going to name individuals by LeRaven78 (Sat 15th Oct 2022 2:52pm)
  • Tabac by LeRaven78 (Sat 15th Oct 2022 6:23pm)
  • Definitely contact the factors or housing association. For the slamming they can either fit or adjust a soft close system like this https://lirp.cdn-website.com/28aa4e38/dms3rep/multi/opt/soft+door+closer+2-640w.jpg Buzzer to indicate the door is unlocked should have an option to disable that by LeRaven78 (Sun 16th Oct 2022 10:25am)
  • If she's not happy with the door clicking shut then she can fuck right off. That's completely unreasonable by LeRaven78 (Sun 16th Oct 2022 11:23am)
  • Stuff like this makes me miss Borders. Was the perfect non booze place in the city to go at night. Café was great by LeRaven78 (Mon 17th Oct 2022 9:03pm)
  • Dunkeld. Get the train up. It's a fantastic village. A brilliant range of independent shops, bars and restaurants. Loads of good walks in the area. by LeRaven78 (Thu 20th Oct 2022 10:03am)
  • Don't go near Peter Vardy https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/xer3jl/a_warning_about_peter_vardy_carz/ by LeRaven78 (Fri 21st Oct 2022 11:46am)
  • Honeymoon in Battlefield is by far the best I've had by LeRaven78 (Sat 22nd Oct 2022 5:42pm)
  • We ordered from there during the first lockdown as Honeymoon was closed and it's not just the worst Chinese I've ever had, it's the worst food I've ever had. Their salt and chilli chips were oven chips with some paprika sprinkled over. My Mrs goes into a rant at the merest mention of the name "Good Choi" by LeRaven78 (Sun 23rd Oct 2022 10:18am)
  • Personal opinions are cool, but the fact the market was busy every single night of the week while it was on would suggest a lot of people did enjoy it. It pulled a lot of people into the city centre that probably wouldn't have been there otherwise, and that leads to increased footfall at shops, bars and restaurants around the market. It's absence is a loss, even if you didn't like it by LeRaven78 (Tue 25th Oct 2022 9:34am)
  • Probably because they have tight vaginas by LeRaven78 (Tue 25th Oct 2022 9:39am)
  • True story I got a new job and went out for a couple of beers on a Wednesday night with the missus. Ended up in the Spanish butcher and I was quite well oiled. Spied the specials card on the table and decided fuck it, I'll treat myself seeing as I've got a new job. Ordered some steak that was £50... When it came out, it was near enough a full fucking cow. Absolutely enormous. Like the greedy dick I am, I finished the entire thing. I'm sitting sweating at the table when the waitress comes up to clear the plates. That's when the penny dropped. I asked her if I'd actually ordered a steak for 2 people. She said yes but she didn't want to say anything when I ordered it. Which basically meant she knew I was a fat greedy cunt😭 by LeRaven78 (Mon 31st Oct 2022 3:08pm)
  • It's not that long ago that I learned there aren't people in America called "Creg" by LeRaven78 (Tue 1st Nov 2022 10:24pm)
  • With the caveat that I haven't seen his stand up, but Paul Black is funny as fuck on social media by LeRaven78 (Wed 2nd Nov 2022 5:54pm)
  • I had no idea rats could surf by LeRaven78 (Sat 5th Nov 2022 5:58pm)
  • Oh aye, it was opposite the Tesco. Was fucking magic by LeRaven78 (Sat 5th Nov 2022 5:57pm)
  • The two brothers that run that place (Gizzi's) are the most torn faced cunts on the planet. I'm convinced they hate each other and every customer that comes in by LeRaven78 (Sat 5th Nov 2022 5:56pm)
  • WTMS was fucking unreal. I stopped working in the city centre long before the pandemic and it was the thing I missed most. Gutted they didn't survive. by LeRaven78 (Sat 5th Nov 2022 5:55pm)
  • 100%. The Aberdeen incident during the week should be the final straw by LeRaven78 (Sat 5th Nov 2022 6:14pm)
  • WTF by LeRaven78 (Sat 5th Nov 2022 6:12pm)
  • I've never launched drugs at anyone by LeRaven78 (Sat 5th Nov 2022 8:11pm)
  • No it was Aberdeen https://metro.co.uk/2022/11/02/man-dies-trying-to-rescue-dog-after-it-was-spooked-by-fireworks-17689155/ by LeRaven78 (Sat 5th Nov 2022 8:11pm)
  • Aye the foods great but there's literally zero chat from them to the customer or each other. I used to go in around 8am every Saturday for a roll and a coffee and they were both utterly fucking miserable by LeRaven78 (Sun 6th Nov 2022 12:02am)
  • It's even worse up close by LeRaven78 (Sun 6th Nov 2022 8:59am)
  • Just go to any tyre place. Walk ins are totally normal by LeRaven78 (Fri 11th Nov 2022 10:10pm)
  • It's gone unfortunately http://www.glasgowapollo.com/ by LeRaven78 (Thu 17th Nov 2022 12:14pm)
  • Closed as well apparently by LeRaven78 (Thu 17th Nov 2022 12:19pm)
  • Aye. I've started a night class at Anniesland college and the journey from EK to there on a Tuesday night has put me off ever signing up again. The roadworks are brutal regardless of my route choice by LeRaven78 (Sat 19th Nov 2022 2:53pm)
  • https://youtu.be/4IRB0sxw-YU by LeRaven78 (Sun 20th Nov 2022 8:52pm)
  • GMBC we're absolute bellends many years ago when I did a couple of rides with them. Cliquey, unfriendly and full of daft rules. If I wanted that I'd take up golf. The Meetup Glasgow mountain bike club was created by a girl who had such a bad experience on her one and only wide with GMBC she wanted a decent alternative for people by LeRaven78 (Mon 21st Nov 2022 9:19pm)
  • Howlin' Wolf does food until 1am by LeRaven78 (Thu 24th Nov 2022 12:05am)
  • Yes! by LeRaven78 (Sat 26th Nov 2022 7:37pm)
  • Sure thing officer by LeRaven78 (Thu 1st Dec 2022 11:56am)
  • Spend an extra £20 on a train to eat worse meat? by LeRaven78 (Fri 2nd Dec 2022 10:58am)
  • I believe the owner isn't the greatest guy. Heard various stories over the years from a friend who worked there. Not quite the same level as the brewdog guy, but it didn't sound great by LeRaven78 (Sun 4th Dec 2022 5:57pm)
  • Was it all of them? One of them or more? Were they the only business there? A call directly to the company is probably in order by LeRaven78 (Sun 4th Dec 2022 5:55pm)
  • Griphouse will be perfect. The coaches are fantastic. It's a few years since I trained there but from memory there are no changing rooms. Turn up ready to train basically by LeRaven78 (Wed 7th Dec 2022 12:29pm)
  • Not if they reschedule and you couldn't make the new date or venue by LeRaven78 (Wed 7th Dec 2022 9:06pm)
  • Yeah, message and just say you're abroad for the new dates. by LeRaven78 (Wed 7th Dec 2022 9:06pm)
  • Aye, this. I got my guns n roses tickets refunded that way by LeRaven78 (Wed 7th Dec 2022 9:05pm)
  • The Quaich usually opens on Xmas day by LeRaven78 (Wed 7th Dec 2022 9:17pm)
  • I used to be that guy. Unfortunately as I approach my mid 40s, I'm ashamed to say I had my long Johns on under my trousers this morning when I was out walking the dog by LeRaven78 (Wed 7th Dec 2022 11:50pm)
  • I lived in Kilmarnock road next to the station for 12 years. Zero problems by LeRaven78 (Thu 8th Dec 2022 9:02pm)
  • Kym Munster wherever she is now by LeRaven78 (Thu 8th Dec 2022 9:01pm)
  • Waxys If the date's shite you can lose her with ease by LeRaven78 (Thu 8th Dec 2022 9:06pm)
  • I'm sure the penthouses were originally £300k+ I know I looked at a 2 bed back in 2007. I knew fuck all about the place and was thankfully warned off. I'm sure they were o/o £130k back then by LeRaven78 (Thu 8th Dec 2022 10:28pm)
  • The Lab Usually my go to if I'm out for a solo pint. Seat at the bar. Usually a few guys in alone. Never any bother by LeRaven78 (Thu 8th Dec 2022 10:25pm)
  • Great shout. The tuxedo princess. Maybe the last time folk actually had a reason to go to the river area at night. Is the Renfrew ferry still going? by LeRaven78 (Fri 9th Dec 2022 10:56pm)
  • Also worth mentioning this was the era of the curfew. You had to be in places by 11pm? by LeRaven78 (Fri 9th Dec 2022 11:00pm)
  • Aye I'd say early 2000s were fantastic too by LeRaven78 (Fri 9th Dec 2022 11:13pm)
  • More stream of consciousness It wasn't just Glasgow. The early 90s had thousands of people from all over Scotland descending on small parochial towns that they'd never otherwise have gone to Hangar 13 in Ayr Room At The Top in Bathgate The Ice Factory in Perth The Metro in Saltcoats The Scottish rave scene. Utter madness that these clubs were the number one places to go by LeRaven78 (Fri 9th Dec 2022 11:16pm)
  • Hence the disclaimer at the start. I just feel sorry for the young uns that they missed out on a great era. I'm sure my folks would have said the same about their era versus ours. It's only supposed to be a light hearted topic reminiscing about the days of old by LeRaven78 (Fri 9th Dec 2022 11:23pm)
  • Aye up at Charing cross. Bar Jedi by LeRaven78 (Fri 9th Dec 2022 11:20pm)
  • Not a bad shout. With the rise of dating apps theres no need for the classic "pulling" club. Definitely a huge cultural shift by LeRaven78 (Fri 9th Dec 2022 11:48pm)
  • Oh aye, the risk of violence was high, hence the move they made to legislate for safety glass in venues open after a certain time. Insanely cheap booze also fuelled that. The Friday night "Office Party" themed nights in the likes of Bonkers or Destiny, were an absolute car crash by LeRaven78 (Fri 9th Dec 2022 11:51pm)
  • I grew up in Killie so know Ayr well. It's a small town really. For it to have had the pull it had back then was insane by LeRaven78 (Sat 10th Dec 2022 12:16am)
  • I was at Strathclyde so very much in the city. Days spent at John Street Jam and the Irish pub across from it that was in the basement whose name escapes me by LeRaven78 (Sat 10th Dec 2022 12:43am)
  • Corner of argyle and glassford from what I remember by LeRaven78 (Sat 10th Dec 2022 1:10am)
  • Actually I'm Gen-x by LeRaven78 (Sat 10th Dec 2022 1:58am)
  • That's the one! by LeRaven78 (Sat 10th Dec 2022 2:02am)
  • The wee shop up next to the booze shop on West Nile St Maia Gifts. Cracking wee independent shop in the city centre. Other one I'd recommend is the Scottish art collective place in Buchanan galleries by LeRaven78 (Sat 10th Dec 2022 2:08am)
  • Wh Smith by LeRaven78 (Sat 10th Dec 2022 10:21pm)
  • Being in bed for 11pm. I literally spunk Christmas baubles and tinsel all month. Fucking love Christmas. However I hate NYE with a passion. No idea why, just never enjoyed it. by LeRaven78 (Mon 12th Dec 2022 4:40pm)
  • Avoid British Gas. Do not go near them. They were my gas & electricity supplier when I moved into my house in May 2021. I still haven't had a bill off them. I enter my meter readings regularly. They never bill me. They also won't let me change my direct debit from £10 a month. They've outsourced all their call centres to India. I've never had a problem with Indian call centres before, but the BG one is beyond useless. I've tried to explain to them multiple times that I need a bill and to change my direct debit. They just keep telling me my account is still Being set up. The online chat is no better. Thanks to the current situation, I can't even change supplier. I'm banking what I should be paying them properly each month for when the inevitable bill finally comes by LeRaven78 (Wed 14th Dec 2022 3:25pm)
  • I'm just waiting for the first news headline reporting a pensioner being found frozen to death. Fucking grim times by LeRaven78 (Wed 14th Dec 2022 7:32pm)
  • Jewellers tool set from Amazon. There will be a video on YouTube showing how. I doubt it's hard and unless you've got zero skills, it can't go wrong by LeRaven78 (Fri 16th Dec 2022 11:24pm)
  • I had it about 6 weeks ago. Floored me worse than covid. Missus seems to have it now and I've got a pretty heavy cold by LeRaven78 (Sat 17th Dec 2022 11:02pm)
  • If you're feeling flush, my mate's place https://www.lochvenacharlodges.co.uk/ by LeRaven78 (Sun 18th Dec 2022 12:56am)
  • Personally I'm a big fan of the wigwams at Glentress or up at Glencoe. Not luxury, but they are very cosy, particularly in winter by LeRaven78 (Sun 18th Dec 2022 2:32am)
  • Polo lounge will be closing soon. Head down. You're sure to find success by LeRaven78 (Sun 18th Dec 2022 2:30am)
  • To be fair, Glasgow Lives purpose isn't reporting news, it's about maximizing as revenue. Anything for clicks and they now this shite gets a lot of engagement from vapid cunts that never normally go to news sites for actual news by LeRaven78 (Sun 18th Dec 2022 6:04pm)
  • It really won't. They do their own malt which is a stock of a defunct Speyside distillery they bought, and that's it apart from some mega cheap blended gut rot that they sell by LeRaven78 (Mon 19th Dec 2022 12:37pm)
  • Indeed they do. People like Ed Sheeran. There's no shortage of folk with bad taste. I'd just like to know the thought process that leads to "Saturday night in Glasgow? Yeah, let's do TGI Friday" by LeRaven78 (Tue 20th Dec 2022 11:08pm)
  • Is the royal exchange square one still there? I know the Shawlands one closed ages ago and I'd forgotten they even existed by LeRaven78 (Tue 20th Dec 2022 11:21pm)
  • Mega sub zero temps possibly damaged the gutters? Water dripping onto the steps by LeRaven78 (Wed 21st Dec 2022 12:47am)
  • To be fair, they've had some free publicity over the past couple of years by LeRaven78 (Wed 21st Dec 2022 12:50pm)
  • Spoons is completely understandable because it's cheap and usually has a good. range of beers on offer. TGI isn't cheap and the food's shite ordered from Brake Bros. Looked at the menu. Their cheapest cheeseburger and chips is £13.75 The equivalent round the corner at Bread Meats Bread is 50p cheaper and I'd be confident the quality is far better by LeRaven78 (Wed 21st Dec 2022 8:26pm)
  • Ive saw a few things for places to go for dinner if you're on your own TBH one of the best xmas days I had was on my own. Had split up with my wife at the start of the year. Started seeing someone new in October. Far to early to go to her folks that first Xmas. We had Xmas morning together then she went to her folks and I had a great day. No stress, great food watched what I wanted. Bliss. by LeRaven78 (Wed 21st Dec 2022 9:11pm)
  • There's a general problem with basement bogs round that way. I've wretched a fair few times going downstairs in The Lab which is close by by LeRaven78 (Wed 21st Dec 2022 9:19pm)
  • No but there are some bizarre official places on the Glasgow map that have me scratching my head. I only recently found out we have an area called South Central. 🤔 by LeRaven78 (Wed 21st Dec 2022 10:14pm)
  • Dunno. The guitar is booming at the moment. A lot driven by folk picking it up again during lockdown but there are a lot of young folk getting into it which is great by LeRaven78 (Wed 21st Dec 2022 10:16pm)
  • I'll most likely be found in Howlin' Wolf, McSorleys, Platform, The Admiral, Tabac, Max's, Chinaskis, The State Bar, The Lab by LeRaven78 (Wed 21st Dec 2022 11:22pm)
  • I've heard about their drug testing a lot over the years. What happens to anyone caught. Instant dismissal? by LeRaven78 (Thu 22nd Dec 2022 11:02pm)
  • Not judging, but smoking 3x a week isn't occasional and it's likely to be detectable for some time after you stop by LeRaven78 (Thu 22nd Dec 2022 11:00pm)
  • Equestrian Events by LeRaven78 (Sat 24th Dec 2022 4:31pm)
  • Can confirm the average speed cameras do recognise the vehicle type and lower speed limits for vans. You will get done at 70mph by LeRaven78 (Tue 27th Dec 2022 12:36am)
  • Working😭 by LeRaven78 (Tue 27th Dec 2022 12:35am)
  • Netherlee? If it is then I saw your post on Facebook with the video. I'd suggest another wireless camera down at the gate in your vid. You can set them to light up when they sense motion. This'll hopefully make the guy realise he's being filmed. Sadly all he'll do is let the dog shit somewhere else but at least it's not on your garden by LeRaven78 (Tue 27th Dec 2022 4:45pm)
  • I wouldn't book with Avanti unless you're not bothered about cancelling your plans. Avanti's service has been abysmal for the past few months. by LeRaven78 (Wed 28th Dec 2022 1:45pm)
  • Ouch. Hydrolocked engines most likely. Cars a write off! by LeRaven78 (Fri 30th Dec 2022 12:54pm)
  • Howlin' Wolf is my go to recommendation by LeRaven78 (Fri 30th Dec 2022 10:48pm)
  • From a legal perspective and the Scottish access laws, dogs can be off the lead if they're under "close control". There's no definition of close, but a general rule it's recall should be perfect and it shouldn't bother people or other dogs. by LeRaven78 (Sat 31st Dec 2022 5:03pm)
  • Anyone queuing up to buy this stuff should be executed by a sniper the second they walk back out the shop by LeRaven78 (Sat 31st Dec 2022 6:15pm)
  • Outside the city but The Village in East Kilbride has a strong music scene. Live bands every weekend by LeRaven78 (Sat 31st Dec 2022 9:55pm)
  • I'm sure dogs shit regardless if they're on or off a lead by LeRaven78 (Sun 1st Jan 2023 9:47am)
  • I can't think of many worse ways to die😭 https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/emergency-services-blasted-for-failing-to-save-1087019 by LeRaven78 (Mon 2nd Jan 2023 9:04pm)
  • Plastic pint glass with a pound of raw mince and a raw egg by LeRaven78 (Mon 2nd Jan 2023 9:11pm)
  • I encountered a new level of pish on Xmas night. In laws were at ours for dinner and needed a taxi home at 10pm from East Kilbride to Clarkston. Tried loads of numbers that rang out. Eventually got through to East Kilbride Taxi Owners Association and joined the queue. When I joined I was 40th in the queue but held on anyway as no one else was answering. Eventually after half an hour I get connected and ask the woman for a taxi from EK to Clarkston "Sorry, the drivers aren't leaving the town tonight" Thinking she misheard I assumed she misheard and explained I said Clarkston and that we were at the Clarkston side of EK so it's only a 10 minute journey "No, the drivers aren't going outside the town tonight" I lost the rag and thanked her for letting me wait in their telephone queue for half an hour. Useless cunts by LeRaven78 (Tue 3rd Jan 2023 9:20am)
  • Bert Jansch! Theres a name I haven't heard in a long time. Back when I started learning around 1990, he was the guy for guitar instruction books by LeRaven78 (Tue 3rd Jan 2023 9:40am)
  • I used Absolute Storage in Polmadie for a few years. They were the cheapest by far at that time. Good facility. Easy access. Did me a very good deal when I needed some extra space for a while https://aabsoluteselfstorage.co.uk/ by LeRaven78 (Wed 4th Jan 2023 10:58am)
  • Been here before It's a legal tenet known as "joint and several liability". Common in the deeds for new build flats. Basically you're on the hook for a share of damage, debts etc regardless of who actually caused it. You need to get a copy of the deeds but if it's a newer build flat then it's guaranteed to be joint and several liability. If it's older then it's much less likely unless at some point the owners signed up to a new set of deeds by LeRaven78 (Thu 5th Jan 2023 5:25pm)
  • The Dow Jones - boozer on Buchanan Street. Was great in the mid 90s The Village - boozer in Shawlands. Huge, decent crowd, pool tables. Stairs to the bogs were lethal Liquid Lounge - loads of great nights in there by LeRaven78 (Thu 5th Jan 2023 5:50pm)
  • Aye still going by LeRaven78 (Thu 5th Jan 2023 5:57pm)
  • Sloan's is decent. Sheltered in the lane with heaters. by LeRaven78 (Thu 5th Jan 2023 5:54pm)
  • The Riverside Club. Used to host Melting Pot and it was fucking great. by LeRaven78 (Thu 5th Jan 2023 6:22pm)
  • Mid 2000s there was a good one away out in the east end near Cambuslang. Guy called Barry ran it. Started off in a recording studio he was building then eventually moved to a warehouse nearby. Was always a decent crowd by LeRaven78 (Fri 6th Jan 2023 9:38pm)
  • Aye I think that was it by LeRaven78 (Sun 8th Jan 2023 10:32pm)
  • Pets and Vets at the roundhouse was my dog's vet when I was still in the southside by LeRaven78 (Mon 9th Jan 2023 3:56pm)
  • I read it more as her brand @ another restaurant by LeRaven78 (Tue 10th Jan 2023 9:50am)
  • Aye by LeRaven78 (Tue 10th Jan 2023 11:28am)
  • They're probably double counting folk roaming the streets looking for a taxi! by LeRaven78 (Tue 10th Jan 2023 12:44pm)
  • Nah Julie's Kopatim in Shawlands. Malaysian food by LeRaven78 (Tue 10th Jan 2023 12:43pm)
  • Finsbay although the hope is it will re-open. Rafaelles in Bearsden has closed by LeRaven78 (Tue 10th Jan 2023 8:45pm)
  • Sweeney's does a decent pint by LeRaven78 (Thu 12th Jan 2023 9:41pm)
  • Top tip. Coconut water tastes rotten to a lot of people but firing a wee bit of diluting juice in makes it much better by LeRaven78 (Sun 15th Jan 2023 9:53pm)
  • Aye. In Kilmarnock as a kid the toy shop was Scotch Corner which at some point turned into Beatties I can still remember the rows of Star wars figures like it was yesterday by LeRaven78 (Mon 16th Jan 2023 7:40pm)
  • Ah the one from Star Wars? I thought it was the other Death Star by LeRaven78 (Sat 21st Jan 2023 4:17pm)
  • I'm guessing you missed the giffnock cunts losing the plot when it was announced Lidl was taking over the building Whole Foods was in. Absolute meltdown by LeRaven78 (Sat 21st Jan 2023 8:58pm)
  • Trying to remember what was there before Buchanan Galleries. They started building it in my first year at Uni but Im struggling to remember what was on the ground beforehand? by LeRaven78 (Tue 24th Jan 2023 8:38pm)
  • Cheers. Re. the toilets, The Georgic in Shawlands didn't have women's toilets until not that long ago (10-15 years) by LeRaven78 (Tue 24th Jan 2023 10:17pm)
  • The general shiteness of the stretch of road from the Laurieston to pretty much strathbungo. Feels like a grim post apocalyptic wasteland by LeRaven78 (Wed 25th Jan 2023 8:17pm)
  • Car drivers do those things when they're in charge of a ton+ of metal capable of 100mph by LeRaven78 (Tue 31st Jan 2023 7:47pm)
  • " If on the other hand you're pootling about like you did when you were 10, you'll have (and cause) problems." This is part of the mental barrier we need to break around cycling. Not every ride needs to be a TdF stage. Cyclists should be able to ride along at the pace they feel comfortable with. That's the way it works in the Netherlands, Denmark etc. People in normal clothes rather than lycra, no helmets, riding at a nice relaxed pace and it all works. We need the infrastructure to allow that, which is bikes completely separated from cars and pedestrians that understand shared use paths and what parts of those paths are for cyclists and to stay off those parts, and vice versa for cyclists by LeRaven78 (Tue 31st Jan 2023 7:45pm)
  • The Dutch were very car centric. They weren't always a cycling country. The change was forced through and it worked by LeRaven78 (Tue 31st Jan 2023 9:58pm)
  • Absolutely pat my shants. I was just drifting off to sleep when it happened. I was sure it was a plane crash or gas explosion by LeRaven78 (Wed 1st Feb 2023 7:53am)
  • This was yesterday on the M8! https://streamable.com/9pr05b by LeRaven78 (Mon 6th Feb 2023 8:41am)
  • Don’t discount the hotels. In fact they’re by far the best option. No one will say a thing to you if you’re sitting there minding your own business. Citizen M is perfect by LeRaven78 (Mon 6th Feb 2023 9:09pm)
  • I was going for The Lab. The stench downstairs at the toilets plus the mould in the ceiling in the guys toilet by LeRaven78 (Thu 9th Feb 2023 10:30pm)
  • The cuts are shite. There are other ways to raise revenue. We should be introducing a tourist/city tax like most sensible places already do. Couple of quid per day. Has to raise a decent amount without being a vote loser. Hard to get exact numbers but Visit Scotland state we had 150 million tourists in 2019. A few extra quid from each of them generates a decent pot of cash that should be ringfenced for public services by LeRaven78 (Fri 10th Feb 2023 8:29am)
  • That's what "apathetic" means btw by LeRaven78 (Mon 13th Feb 2023 9:13am)
  • I'm guessing the multiple people killed by cars in the city in the past few weeks were all on well lit streets by LeRaven78 (Mon 13th Feb 2023 2:51pm)
  • It used to be good but went downhill drastically by LeRaven78 (Mon 20th Feb 2023 6:55pm)
  • Not Scottish woodland but I'm in a new build with some communal ground and a playpark. Each house pays £150 a year for the maintenance which is taken care of by a factor. We only have about 50 houses in the street so that's £7500. Significantly less than you're paying! by LeRaven78 (Thu 2nd Mar 2023 3:04pm)
  • The same people who have to wear their old firm top when flying from Glasgow airport. You never see anyone with a Particle Thistle top, only Rangers or Celtic. by LeRaven78 (Fri 3rd Mar 2023 8:06am)
  • I used to be a member at Future Fitness in Shawlands on Kilmarnock road. Was on the treadmill one day which looked out onto Kilmarnock road. Black range rover pulled up at the pedestrian crossing outside with the sunroof open, and the girl in the passenger seating was giving the driver a blowjob😂 by LeRaven78 (Fri 3rd Mar 2023 9:57am)
  • I was genuinely surprised at how good it is. Mate suggested it one night for dinner and I thought he was at the wind up. We rocked up and there was a huge queue. Food was absolutely fantastic by LeRaven78 (Fri 3rd Mar 2023 10:38pm)
  • The network of tunnels under the city centre. Was a big thread on Hidden Glasgow years ago. Loads of rumours of cold war listening posts, a mail railway between loads of businesses, the remains of grahamston, loads of old city centre buildings with mysterious locked basement doors. Love all that stuff by LeRaven78 (Sat 4th Mar 2023 7:48pm)
  • Even worse, if you say it 4 times Denis Sulta appears and does a DJ set by LeRaven78 (Sat 4th Mar 2023 7:46pm)
  • Sure I saw the Shawlands Mullet a few months ago by LeRaven78 (Sat 4th Mar 2023 7:45pm)
  • The botanics tunnels are well known. This is more about the rumours around stuff under the city centre https://urbanglasgow.co.uk/glasgows-secret-tunnels-t2374.html by LeRaven78 (Sun 5th Mar 2023 8:31am)
  • I've lived on a new build development for the past couple of years that's still being built. Every single day I've watched the various tradesman on site drop their rubbish with not a care in the world or a thought for the residents. I'm not talking about building materials, I'm talking about them sitting having their lunch in their van and then launching the empty cans, the bag their rolls came in, crisp packets etc out the van window. I've complained to the site manager but it's made fuck all difference. This isn't a diss aimed specifically at tradesmen, but it has been an eye opening insight into the mentality of people when it comes to dropping litter. A huge amount of people simply don't give a fuck. The sight of litter doesn't even register with them, and therefore they don't think twice about dropping it. I genuinely doubt we'll ever change these attitudes by LeRaven78 (Sun 5th Mar 2023 7:30pm)
  • Comment of the fucking year! by LeRaven78 (Wed 8th Mar 2023 3:55pm)
  • In all likelihood the landlord will own multiple properties. Any empty ones can be used to minimise their tax outlay by LeRaven78 (Thu 9th Mar 2023 8:58am)
  • Sweeney's often shows different games/ sports on different TVs by LeRaven78 (Thu 9th Mar 2023 8:59am)
  • It's been a while since I've read up on private parking tickets but from memory POPLA is an English only body, or at least they were. They had no authority to deal with appeals for Scottish tickets. For what it's worth, I racked up £20k of tickets from P4 Parking (they were ticketing my car when it was parked on my own land🙄). Never paid them a penny and never acknowledged any of their begging letters. This was 10 years ago before that idiot woman lost in court and changed the legal situation. Personally, for one ticket, I'd ingore it. They will not take you to court for one ticket. I would ignore everything they send you by LeRaven78 (Fri 10th Mar 2023 6:59pm)
  • Stockholm has one of these. Or at least they did but it appears to have closed. Was called Gondolen and it was a restaurant and bar in a crane type building. Was pretty cool by LeRaven78 (Fri 10th Mar 2023 6:55pm)
  • There was a great Glasgow U2 tribute band back in the late 90s called NU2. From memory the guitarist worked in Sound Control and was the actual spitting image of The Edge. They were unbelievably good (Queue lots of slagging of U2) by LeRaven78 (Wed 15th Mar 2023 7:04pm)
  • Indeed. From memory I got my hole in the cinema room back in 1995 by LeRaven78 (Sat 25th Mar 2023 11:12pm)
  • That's them by LeRaven78 (Sun 26th Mar 2023 8:43am)
  • Actually that's a pretty obvious omission from the various bits of art etc round the city A mural celebrating the cities musical history would be a great edition. Failing that, a statue of Marti Pellow will suffice by LeRaven78 (Tue 28th Mar 2023 9:29pm)
  • Cunting fuck wanks by LeRaven78 (Mon 3rd Apr 2023 10:39pm)
  • I've taken a look at the MOT history. The 2022 MOT had a biblical list of fail reasons, yet it somehow passed the very next day. That's dodgy as hell. by LeRaven78 (Wed 5th Apr 2023 5:47pm)
  • If youre next to QP then I can't recommend Kingsway in Battlefield enough. They are the go to garage round that way. Always had phenomenal service from them. Honest, great prices and really quick service. They're opposite the Clockwork pub by LeRaven78 (Wed 5th Apr 2023 7:42pm)
  • I was there! by LeRaven78 (Thu 13th Apr 2023 4:12pm)
  • Bizarrest concert experience I had was Steve Howe in Edinburgh back in the 90s. Tiny intimate gig in an old church. Just him on a tiny stage that was only a couple of feet high. The gig was seated with chairs arranged in rows and a space at the front between the front row and the stage of maybe 8-10ft. I was there with my old man and we had seats in the very front row. We sit down and people start coming in. One of the stewards appears with a heavily disabled man in an electric wheelchair. Trying not to be disrespectful here, but imagine Stephen Hawking. Steve Howe comes out on stage, nice polite applause. Just him and his guitar and he starts playing. Your man in the wheelchair then starts zooming backwards and forwards in front of the stage making lots of load unintelligible sounds, grunts and screams. Steve to his credit just keeps going but it's a quiet intimate gig and wheelchair man is the main focus for everyone. From memory he kept it up for the first 3-4 songs before the security stepped in and took him away .. utterly fucking bizarre experience by LeRaven78 (Fri 14th Apr 2023 9:20pm)
  • Closed just now for path rebuilding by LeRaven78 (Fri 14th Apr 2023 9:49pm)
  • Grew up in Kilmarnock in the 70s and 80s and it was a "backie" or "piggy back" by LeRaven78 (Mon 17th Apr 2023 9:49am)
  • No chance of finding a decent stock of full facers in town. by LeRaven78 (Fri 21st Apr 2023 10:37pm)
  • Mugdock, in the field between the castle ruins and the Khyber car park. You can walk right up to them as the path goes right through the middle of their field by LeRaven78 (Sat 22nd Apr 2023 3:06pm)
  • "I walked into a room and the curtains were drawn. Everything else was real" by LeRaven78 (Sun 23rd Apr 2023 9:54pm)
  • I'm sure The Panopticon on argyle st was the site of his first ever performance by LeRaven78 (Sun 23rd Apr 2023 9:55pm)
  • Sloans by LeRaven78 (Thu 27th Apr 2023 7:41am)
  • I've been good to you, and you pay me back with non stop ass rape? Well fuck you by LeRaven78 (Sat 29th Apr 2023 10:52pm)
  • £6.50 for a Neck Oil in the smokin fox a few weeks back did make me wince by LeRaven78 (Thu 11th May 2023 9:55pm)
  • Wonder how many folk he's fucked over and left out of pocket in the aftermath of this by LeRaven78 (Sat 13th May 2023 10:18am)
  • Very much this. I've made a concerted effort to only buy essentials and it's still fucking eye watering. We shop at Lidl and even a 1 bag shop of bread, eggs, ham slices, cheese slices etc is still £30. It's fucking madness by LeRaven78 (Wed 17th May 2023 9:29pm)
  • It's less about the price, and more about the 2 hour queue at every bar by LeRaven78 (Mon 22nd May 2023 10:39am)
  • Is that worse than fish pish and shite? by LeRaven78 (Mon 22nd May 2023 10:35am)
  • mugstock Kelburn Eden by LeRaven78 (Tue 23rd May 2023 10:04pm)
  • Good luck. You could live in the actual surgery and still struggle to get an appointment by LeRaven78 (Tue 23rd May 2023 10:05pm)
  • Corrour Road in Newlands has these. Very random as there's nothing similar nearby and the other side of the street is huge mansions! 26 Corrour Rd https://maps.app.goo.gl/7UH4kSEsbfqqqdGR8 by LeRaven78 (Wed 24th May 2023 8:46am)
  • RIP Borders 😭 by LeRaven78 (Fri 26th May 2023 8:53am)
  • FTP In The Park by LeRaven78 (Mon 29th May 2023 4:36pm)
  • I believe they're doing overnight piling work on a rail line somewhere in the southside by LeRaven78 (Tue 30th May 2023 9:09am)
  • Had this years ago with a downstairs neighbour. Old alcoholic guy. Often found comatose outside his flat door or the actual main close door. Aggressive and abusive if you tried to help him. I woke up one morning to discover 2 bams had brought him home from the pub and proceeded to wreck his flat and rob him. I contacted social services with a detailed list of all the incidents including this latest one, with a real expression of worry for his safety. Got fuck all response back from them🙄 by LeRaven78 (Tue 30th May 2023 9:07am)
  • There was one years ago. From memory it was called Bike Bus and it ran from Glasgow to Glentress. by LeRaven78 (Wed 31st May 2023 6:09pm)
  • Years since I've driven home from a festival but i had a fucking panic attack leaving Rockness a long time ago and discovering a full scale police operation pulling folk in for testing. Thankfully we didn't get pulled in, and once past them I found a parking space and we chilled for several hours. In my defence, the Rockness security were absolute cunts and we're roaming the campsite from early on the Monday morning barking at folk to leave, with a similar thing in the car park by LeRaven78 (Wed 31st May 2023 6:13pm)
  • It's fucking mental that I have a lifetime ban from Twitter for saying Donald Trump was a cunt, yet machete attack videos are perfectly acceptable by LeRaven78 (Thu 1st Jun 2023 10:26pm)
  • If you own a screwdriver you can replace a MAF sensor. A 1 minute job. Out of curiosity, is your car a Mazda diesel? by LeRaven78 (Sun 4th Jun 2023 6:26pm)
  • Were up in EK and can hear it by LeRaven78 (Sun 4th Jun 2023 9:30pm)
  • Aye. We were sitting outside and I commented to the missus that someone was having a party then the penny dropped. There wasn't a breath of wind last night so the sound travels easily by LeRaven78 (Mon 5th Jun 2023 10:43am)
  • The place was absolute nightmare fuel and everyone involved comes across as needy attention seekers. by LeRaven78 (Tue 6th Jun 2023 10:25pm)
  • I'm a cyclist This fucking idiot is going to end up bamming up the wrong person and getting a doing, or end up under a bus. An absolute fucking walloper by LeRaven78 (Wed 7th Jun 2023 11:26pm)
  • Yes by LeRaven78 (Thu 8th Jun 2023 3:30pm)
  • Interestingly enough, my MIL studied at the art school in the 70s and she's pretty damning about some of the behaviour and attitudes back then. Even accounting for the era, you'd expect the likes of the art school to be better but she holds some real grudges about the treatment of women both by students and staff. I'll pick her brain on the name you mentioned. Was he around back then? by LeRaven78 (Sat 10th Jun 2023 9:49pm)
  • I would imagine it's more the expectation of coming from the sleepy shire to the city and expecting more of a 24 hour scene by LeRaven78 (Sat 10th Jun 2023 10:07pm)
  • I had an incident a couple of weeks ago. Was in the car and waiting to turn left at a junction. Just about to pull out when some guy in a pickup truck comes flying round the corner on the wrong side of the road where I was about to drive to. He was trying to get round before a big lorry. He saw me and threw up a hand to say sorry and I threw my hands up to say WTF. He slams the brakes on, winds the window down and starts screaming at me asking what my problem is. Tell him my problem is him driving on the wrong side of the road and nearly hitting me. He starts ranting about how the truck driver had let him turn first. I said that's no reason for being on the wrong side of the road. He starts ranting again at which point I hit out with the classic "fuck up ya cunt" He jumps out the car and starts running at me but the daft cunt trips himself up and goes skidding along the ground, at which point I drive off laughing The level of entitlement with some drivers is insane. Basically whoever gets somewhere first has right of way. I've been driving for 30 years and standards have dropped significantly by LeRaven78 (Sat 10th Jun 2023 10:12pm)
  • Lumgairs in Battlefield. On Holmlea Rd opposite the entrance to Mount Florida train station by LeRaven78 (Mon 12th Jun 2023 8:07am)
  • Hector is going to be running 3 Honda Civics with spoon engines. And on top of that he just came into Harry's and he ordered 3 T66 turbos, with NOS, and a Motec system exhaust. by LeRaven78 (Wed 14th Jun 2023 11:31pm)
  • Possibly Fenwick Moor by LeRaven78 (Thu 15th Jun 2023 10:26pm)
  • "everything the OO teaches in the bible" Ah yes, the made up fairy manual by LeRaven78 (Sun 18th Jun 2023 1:13am)
  • I'm really into Mexican drug cartel history but there's fuck all chance I'd ever go near Ciudad Juarez by LeRaven78 (Fri 23rd Jun 2023 10:01am)
  • Aye, really enjoyed that. His voice is still superb. Was a wee bit worried at the start with the campfire thing and we were in for a night of twee nonsense but it really picked up once they moved to the full stage by LeRaven78 (Fri 23rd Jun 2023 10:05am)
  • Just go on the Old Glasgow Pubs Facebook page. Be warned, it's populated almost entirely by raging old men, angry that pubs from the 70s have dared to modernise by LeRaven78 (Wed 5th Jul 2023 10:21pm)
  • There's a car garage near me that has one. They allow it to roam the street near the garage off the lead. I've met it with my dog in nearby woods, both on the lead, and thank fuck the bully was on the lead as it was intent on killing my dog and probably me. The fact the owners allow it to roam the street untethered is mind boggling by LeRaven78 (Thu 6th Jul 2023 10:04pm)
  • Any chance this was in EK? I had a Rottweiler the size of a cow attack my lab a few months ago. Was fucking shocked at how big it was by LeRaven78 (Thu 6th Jul 2023 10:18pm)
  • Utter bollocks. Every dog breed has been created with a purpose. They've taken dogs that were bred to bait bulls, and combined the worst fucking aspects of those different breeds, to create a hugely powerful status symbol dog that never gets to expend its energy in the way it should by LeRaven78 (Thu 6th Jul 2023 10:15pm)
  • Maxwell's in Clarkston by LeRaven78 (Fri 7th Jul 2023 9:16am)
  • Nothing since Where The Monkey Sleeps closed😭 by LeRaven78 (Fri 7th Jul 2023 3:42pm)
  • Absolute useless fucking cunts. This shit needs nationalised asap by LeRaven78 (Mon 10th Jul 2023 10:33am)
  • Done. First time I've ever felt the need to do that but this is a fucking terrible decision by LeRaven78 (Mon 10th Jul 2023 10:55am)
  • I'm fairly certain one of the key aims of public transport isn't ensuring the drivers can have plenty of booze by LeRaven78 (Mon 10th Jul 2023 11:43am)
  • Stagecoach owners are too busy trafficking people https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/21/dame-ann-gloag-stagecoach-co-founder-charged-with-human-trafficking by LeRaven78 (Mon 10th Jul 2023 11:42am)
  • Is it open? I know it got fucked with flood damage, reopened, then got fucked again by LeRaven78 (Tue 11th Jul 2023 2:57pm)
  • I did it about 20 years ago. Had heard there was a pedestrian/ bike tunnel. I had no idea how to access it though so ended up going via the road. Some buzz flying down, less so on the climb back out. Drivers were raging by LeRaven78 (Sat 15th Jul 2023 5:45pm)
  • I've sat and drank at the Citizen M bar until 4am when I've stayed there by LeRaven78 (Mon 17th Jul 2023 5:39pm)
  • There's the stuff with the daughter of the guy who owns QTS getting stuff burned down because his daughters boyfriend is some gangster guy. Shower of cunts the lot of them by LeRaven78 (Tue 18th Jul 2023 9:45pm)
  • What's he like nowadays? He turned up years ago at a gym i used to train at when he was still having problems. Despite me being about 70lbs heavier and 8 inches taller than him, he's one of the few people I genuinely felt scared around by LeRaven78 (Tue 18th Jul 2023 11:20pm)
  • Very dodgy https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/dog-breeding-lanarkshire-gangster-code-24831862 by LeRaven78 (Wed 19th Jul 2023 9:48am)
  • Bungo is utter shite. 1st visit our food took and hour and a half and was rank 2nd visit, I ordered a double whisky. It was served in a red hot glass straight out the dishwasher and the cunts charged me £20 for the privilege There won't be a 3rd visit by LeRaven78 (Thu 20th Jul 2023 6:46pm)
  • Can't comment on the legality but I've never had a burger here that was anywhere remotely pink inside It's a joy to get it like that on the continent by LeRaven78 (Sat 22nd Jul 2023 7:56pm)
  • Re. The legalities, the reason you can have a steak rare is because the bacteria in beef lives at the surface of the meat not all th way through the cut. Therefore if you cook the outside you kill the bacteria and the internals can remain rare. Obviously if you mince beef up to make a burger then the bacteria can be all through it. Youd have to start with a big chunk of beef, trim the outside off then mince the internal part. That being said, I know you can get beef tartare or steak hache here so I'm guessing they do it for that but it's not economical for burgers by LeRaven78 (Sat 22nd Jul 2023 8:00pm)
  • I unknowingly had this for breakfast. Wasn't in Germany but Rotterdam. I won't say it gave me food poisoning, but I definitely didn't feel good the next day by LeRaven78 (Sun 23rd Jul 2023 9:36am)
  • It's a pretty big city. Any area in particular? by LeRaven78 (Sun 23rd Jul 2023 9:19pm)
  • But he would fight in a cage surrounded by people drinking? by LeRaven78 (Mon 24th Jul 2023 9:18pm)
  • United Dental Care in Giffnock I'm private with them and I was £85 for a checkup plus scale and polish last month by LeRaven78 (Fri 28th Jul 2023 9:22am)
  • Re. The council wangling it, it's not really anything to do with them. I'll explain... There's a biking discipline called "Enduro" which is a bit like a car rally. Riders follow a big course and get timed over predominantly downhill sections and the lowest cumulative time for those sections is the winner. The pinnacle of that discipline was the Enduro World Series (EWS) and it was setup by a guy from Edinburgh (Chris Ball) along with an Italian guy and some others. That series has been going since 2013 with a bunch of races each year around the world. Last year, the organisers of the EWS got control of other cycling disciplines like Cross Country and Downhill, and they then did a deal with Warner Discovery to take over the broadcast and organisation of those races. This new organisation is based in Scotland and as a result they're in with the worldwide governing body of cycling, the UCI. In turn they've then been able to bring the world championships here for every discipline. As far as I can tell, this is the first time this has happened..for example last year the road race was in Australia, the DH was in France..it's a massive thing to get every single discipline here by LeRaven78 (Mon 31st Jul 2023 11:07pm)
  • All coverage is on the bbc by LeRaven78 (Thu 3rd Aug 2023 4:09pm)
  • Incredibly frustrating that this is GCCs fuck up but "cyclists" will get the blame and heat by LeRaven78 (Fri 4th Aug 2023 9:45pm)
  • There are thousands attending the velodrome races every day Tens of thousands watching the road race yesterday. The city was absolutely buzzing. Rammed with locals and tourists. I spoke with people from Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, France, China, Japan, Germany, all of whom had come here specifically for the races I was at fort William for the downhill race on Saturday with a crowd of 10,000+ People do care about cycling btw. UK cycling market is worth about £2 billion annually by LeRaven78 (Mon 7th Aug 2023 11:09am)
  • £13 million is 0.4% of GCCs annual expenditure forecast for 2023/24 When Harrogate hosted just the road races in 2019, which is a tiny fraction of the number of events and races being hosted here, E&Y reported those visiting spent £22.5m over the course of the event. Given the scale of the events happening this year, the financial boost will be significantly higher than Harrogate and well in excess of the £13m outlay. Obviously the council doesn't receive that money back but the general boost to the economy will be a huge positive by LeRaven78 (Mon 7th Aug 2023 2:23pm)
  • Kingsway in Battlefield. Absolutely brilliant service from them over the years by LeRaven78 (Mon 7th Aug 2023 6:37pm)
  • How is it less accessible? I got the train into central yesterday and had zero problem walking round the city watching the race and going to bars and restaurants that were both on and away from the race route. Other than an occasional pause at the crossing points access was never an issue. by LeRaven78 (Mon 7th Aug 2023 6:36pm)
  • I reckon some time between 1-2pm is when they'll reach the city. Race starts at 11:30. Worth going in to George Square. Good setup and the race will be on the big screen with commentary and other stuff going on by LeRaven78 (Sat 12th Aug 2023 11:14am)
  • Commiserations for buying a car from the biggest fucking cowboys around. TBF I'm amazed you even got a car from them https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/xer3jl/a_warning_about_peter_vardy_carz/ by LeRaven78 (Sat 12th Aug 2023 8:37pm)
  • Unbelievable that Funky Kids Party Glasgow posted that by LeRaven78 (Sun 13th Aug 2023 1:33pm)
  • The only bits that will be properly closed are the salmon ladder and the rock gap jump. In theory everything else will remain however the course was a mix of existing walking trails, access roads, existing bike trails and brand new bike trails. The new bits are part of a much bigger new section that’s been built to replace the upper trails that have been lost to the new lodges that are being built. It’s a few weeks until all the new stuff will be open, but it’ll be excellent when it’s open by LeRaven78 (Sun 13th Aug 2023 1:48pm)
  • "Why isn't this a bigger deal in politics" Because politics are still predominantly conservative driven. Not as in the Tories, but more socially conservative. Liberal drug policies are a mainstream vote loser. It's the middle third that swings elections and no party wants to alienate them. by LeRaven78 (Sun 13th Aug 2023 8:53pm)
  • "there are no professional trans women" That's not actually true. Kate Weatherly is a professional trans DH racer. Races at world level although has been injured for a while Veronica Ivy, the track world champion in her discipline is trans Emily Bridges, although the UCI ruling has effectively ended her participation in pro racing And lots more racing at a very high level by LeRaven78 (Mon 14th Aug 2023 3:01pm)
  • McSorleys. Live music every night, quite often classic rock bands by LeRaven78 (Mon 14th Aug 2023 3:44pm)
  • They'll close the venues down before allowing testing by LeRaven78 (Mon 14th Aug 2023 5:18pm)
  • Ffs. The EK bus route is now shite and goes nowhere near me, whereas the existing first bus route stopped at the end of my road by LeRaven78 (Mon 14th Aug 2023 7:02pm)
  • Question for our American brethren. WHAT THE FUCK ARE “GRITS”? by LeRaven78 (Mon 14th Aug 2023 10:49pm)
  • Any storage place will sell you some. I bought loads when we moved and it wasn't expensive. Couple of quid per box. Other than that keep an eye on gumtree, Facebook local groups as you often get people giving boxes away after they've moved by LeRaven78 (Tue 15th Aug 2023 12:18pm)
  • The Grant Arms looks absolutely grim by LeRaven78 (Tue 15th Aug 2023 4:47pm)
  • Came here to say this. An absolute hovel by LeRaven78 (Tue 15th Aug 2023 4:47pm)
  • In my street, the houses have monoblocked driveways wide enough for 4 cars parked side by side. My neighbours only have one car. They regularly have a visitor who comes by car. Instead of parking on their driveway in the acres of space, she chooses to park half on the pavement, half on the road and to add a cherry on top, she parks behind the neighbours car. She's managed to simultaneously restrict access on the road, the pavement and also block the neighbours in. Some people are just massive thick cunts really by LeRaven78 (Tue 15th Aug 2023 4:45pm)
  • "Neighbours" was the theme tune of choice in my day by LeRaven78 (Wed 16th Aug 2023 9:33am)
  • As a "cyclist", I'm glad to see this. The problem is all "cyclists" get lumped under the same banner. Me, I'm a former semi-pro racer with decades of experience on a bike. I behave properly when I'm riding..I'm patient, observe the rules of the road and keep my wits about me. Unfortunately I get lumped in with the fucking deliveroo idiots and other wallopers that live by their own rules and behave like such massive cunts that they cause the raging drivers to treat me the same as them. I dream of a day we have genuinely great cycling infrastructure. In the meantime these fucking idiots spoil it for everyone by LeRaven78 (Wed 16th Aug 2023 11:50pm)
  • "Cyclists having caused more incidents or almost incidents than any other road users I’ve experienced" That's not even remotely true. Cars kill 1,500+ people and injure 100,000+ a year by LeRaven78 (Thu 17th Aug 2023 3:11pm)
  • Amazingly enough, actual statistics trump your personal experience by LeRaven78 (Thu 17th Aug 2023 9:44pm)
  • Again, 100,000+ people injured a year in "incidents" by LeRaven78 (Thu 17th Aug 2023 9:43pm)
  • I live nearby and saw the smoke then the pics and videos on Facebook From memory they were planning on building flats there but it ran into some planning issue. What a surprise to see it on fire, said no one ever by LeRaven78 (Fri 18th Aug 2023 9:18am)
  • They're everywhere and they're absolute cunts. Fuckers have eaten most of my fucking garden by LeRaven78 (Sun 20th Aug 2023 12:47pm)
  • They can get through everything. I won't publicise it, but you don't even need a saw for any d-lock. They can be opened in silence and it's not the old BIC pen lid trick in the lock All the diamond rating relates to is it's the lock that will take the longest to break open, but it can be done. From memory I think it's 15 minutes to get a diamond rating by LeRaven78 (Tue 22nd Aug 2023 3:12pm)
  • Citizen M hotel. by LeRaven78 (Thu 24th Aug 2023 1:35pm)
  • How long ago was this? My mate spewed on the bus from Killie to Glasgow many years ago. He was sitting sweating bullets trying to hold it in but got to the point of no return. Turned to the guy next to him and said "You better move mate" at which point the guy bolted and my mate filled a carrier bag with spew😂 by LeRaven78 (Thu 24th Aug 2023 9:13pm)
  • Is The List a thing any more? That was my go to for years but something tells me it disappeared a few years ago? by LeRaven78 (Thu 24th Aug 2023 9:15pm)
  • How come all ghosts are Edwardian or Victorian? How come no one ever sees a caveman ghost? by LeRaven78 (Sun 27th Aug 2023 4:11pm)
  • Grand Central with the caveat I've never stayed in one of the rooms so don't know how modern they are but the public areas of the hotel are pretty vintage/classic style wise by LeRaven78 (Mon 28th Aug 2023 8:54am)
  • I'm getting the sense the OP is a beginner or inexperienced. Glencoe trails are definitely not beginner friendly by LeRaven78 (Mon 28th Aug 2023 9:55pm)
  • Dunkeld - train up, walk into town, hire from Progression Bikes. Trails are very technical round there with not a huge amount of beginner stuff but a ride out to Loch Ordie via the Cally car park would be doable Aviemore by train. Lots of options up there. Other than that it would be busses. The likes of Glentress would give the most options for a days riding and there is a bus that stops right at the entrance. Hire from the Riders Retreat right at the bus stop by LeRaven78 (Mon 28th Aug 2023 10:01pm)
  • Hang on, is RS McColl not a thing any more? by LeRaven78 (Thu 31st Aug 2023 11:27pm)
  • Yip. Kilmarnock Road in Shawlands has loads of estate agents next to each other. Bottom of GWR has loads of interior design shops by LeRaven78 (Fri 1st Sep 2023 10:59am)
  • Where was Mayfair? That's the only one I can't remember by LeRaven78 (Sat 2nd Sep 2023 7:29pm)
  • It's been a while since I've eaten there, but Sloans was cracking pub grub. The Scotch pie, chips and beans was fucking immense by LeRaven78 (Sat 2nd Sep 2023 7:31pm)
  • As in before the garage was the garage it was Mayfair? Id always assumed the garage had been there since the big bang! by LeRaven78 (Sat 2nd Sep 2023 10:35pm)
  • The Gorbals hasn't been dodgy for about 20 years by LeRaven78 (Sun 3rd Sep 2023 12:20am)
  • Can we apply that rule to neds? by LeRaven78 (Sun 3rd Sep 2023 3:07am)
  • Project Cars Bannochbrae circuit is as close as you'll come probably by LeRaven78 (Mon 4th Sep 2023 1:17am)
  • Apologies if mentioned already but the VR Racing Simulators down at the Trongate is absolutely fantastic by LeRaven78 (Mon 4th Sep 2023 1:16am)
  • Tennents don't actually own Tennents Super any more. It's an Italian company that owns and makes it now by LeRaven78 (Tue 5th Sep 2023 12:39am)
  • I'm struggling to see the connection between private companies (shops etc) taking card only payments and the government therefore tracking your every move. Are we saying these private companies are going to give your data to the government? by LeRaven78 (Tue 5th Sep 2023 1:35am)
  • When this was introduced in Switzerland, the prime minister lived across the road from the first consumption room/ clinic and continued to do so after her term ended by LeRaven78 (Thu 14th Sep 2023 12:37am)
  • As someone who worked for the same company 30 years ago, everything they sell is premade frozen shite by LeRaven78 (Sun 17th Sep 2023 8:51pm)
  • Chairman LMAO by LeRaven78 (Tue 19th Sep 2023 2:49pm)
  • A guy dying in Subway on Union St. Was Xmas 2007. I'd been on my work night out and was heading to the station. Approaching the Subway next to the union St entrance I noticed a policeman standing at the door. As I got to the window there was a guy lying on the floor with a policeman on top doing chest compressions. The policeman then stopped, looked up at someone else and shook his head then stood up leaving the dead guy on the floor. Still think about it every time I walk past by LeRaven78 (Tue 19th Sep 2023 4:40pm)
  • It was great. Moved there in 2001. Granary was great back then. Used to be a comedy club just behind it. Boswell Country Club was magic especially the beer garden. Alphabet Yard up at the roundabout. The Village was great. Fuck all trendy about it compared to the west end but there was a really good social scene by LeRaven78 (Tue 19th Sep 2023 11:20pm)
  • It was great. Moved there in 2001. Granary was great back then. Used to be a comedy club just behind it. Boswell Country Club was magic especially the beer garden. Alphabet Yard up at the roundabout. The Village was great. Fuck all trendy about it compared to the west end but there was a really good social scene by LeRaven78 (Tue 19th Sep 2023 11:20pm)
  • That was a great shop. I used to work nearby and every pay day was an expensive trip down there by LeRaven78 (Wed 20th Sep 2023 9:46am)
  • Roscos became Indigo then it closed down. Been empty for 15+ years. Conveniently had a mysterious fire a few weeks back but survived by LeRaven78 (Wed 20th Sep 2023 9:46am)
  • Be very, very wary of too good to be true car ads on marketplace. This is a scam that’s becoming very common. Here’s how it works Scammers get hold of a legit profile and start posting ads for very nice cars at ridiculous prices Potential buyers contact them and they’re either asked to put down a deposit or worst case the full price They then provide a collection address and the buyer turns up at some random address to find the car doesn’t exist and they’ve been scammed The telltale giveaway is these profiles will be selling dozens of cars and if you look at the adverts, no two vehicles will have their pictures taken in the same places. They’ve basically just stole pics and descriptions from a bunch of random legit car ads. I’m in the market for a camper van and there are loads of these scams on camper vans. I reckon I see 4-5 dodgy profiles every day running this scam by LeRaven78 (Mon 25th Sep 2023 9:49pm)
  • Just spied another one of these scammers. This is the perfect example of what to look out for https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/profile/100086628540209/?ref=permalink by LeRaven78 (Tue 26th Sep 2023 2:44pm)
  • I had an altercation with one of them a few weeks ago. I was walking down Jamaica St at 5:30pm so the place was busy. As I'm walking past the crystal palace I see one of the clowns on an electric bike zooming towards me on the pavement. He flies past McSorleys and I time it perfectly that I get to a point where I'm between the crystal palace beer garden and a lamppost so he has nowhere to get past me. I stopped and forced him to stop (rather than flying through a pavement full of people) and I tell him to get off the pavement and onto the road. He stares at me and says nothing. Again I repeat the instruction to get on the road, he stays silent. I tell him he's riding an electric motorbike and he shouldn't be on the pavement. He absolutely refuses to speak or move so I called him all the cunts under the sun and told him to fuck off and walked on. They're absolute cunts that do ridiculous damage to how decent cyclists are perceived. Out of principle I will never use deliveroo etc because of how these cunts behave by LeRaven78 (Sun 8th Oct 2023 5:26pm)
  • Nope. This shite behaviour needs confronted by LeRaven78 (Mon 9th Oct 2023 8:45pm)
  • Is that where Melting Pot used to be a long time ago? by LeRaven78 (Tue 10th Oct 2023 12:19pm)
  • No they were doing it to everyone tonight by LeRaven78 (Mon 16th Oct 2023 12:32am)
  • Clearly you're missing the point. The rule tonight was if you're buying more than one drink, every person who those drinks were for had to be at the bar with you. So if you were there with 3 mates and you were buying a round, they had to come with you to the bar when you were buying their drinks by LeRaven78 (Mon 16th Oct 2023 12:35am)
  • It was a Jared James Nicols gig. Full of old men like me. Average age was easily 40+. Anyone younger stood out like a sore thumb. Think I saw maybe 3 people barely younger than me (45) by LeRaven78 (Mon 16th Oct 2023 12:42am)
  • Again, I'm 45. I've been going to gigs in Glasgow since 1990. Not once have I ever experienced this. by LeRaven78 (Mon 16th Oct 2023 12:50am)
  • Roma <> Romanian by LeRaven78 (Sun 22nd Oct 2023 5:32pm)
  • As mentioned there is a legal limit for electrically assisted pedal bikes, which is 15mph. As soon as you hit that speed the motor stops assisting your pedalling. The key word there is pedalling These clowns have either bought bikes that don't require pedalling, you literally press a button to make it go, of they've modified an electrically assisted pedal bike to remove the speed restriction and likely added in a button to make it go rather than having to pedal it Either way these modifications change it from a bicycle to a motorbike/moped which has a whole list of legal requirements these cunts don't bother their arse with by LeRaven78 (Tue 24th Oct 2023 8:20pm)
  • Had a relationship with a woman like this about 20 years ago. She'd go from all caring and cute to an absolute psychopath and then back again. To say it was a rollercoaster 6 months is an understatement. The final straw was she went away for a weekend with her cousin to Aberdeen. She gets back on Sunday night and she's acting weird. Eventually she confesses she met a guy in Aberdeen on the Friday and she got engaged to him on the Saturday. She then flips out and starts battering me with her the cordless phone she had in her hand, screaming, crying and laughing all at the same time. I escaped thankfully and never looked back. She tracked me down on social media a few years ago and from what I can tell in the 2 decades since I dodged the bullet she's had multiple kids to multiple men and a couple of failed marriages. TLDR; fucking run bro by LeRaven78 (Wed 25th Oct 2023 1:07pm)
  • I can vaguely remember a place that sold old football programs near central by LeRaven78 (Wed 25th Oct 2023 5:50pm)
  • "An MRI scan for a dog or cat is about £3-£4000. However a private MRI scan for a human at the Nuffield is £350. How can this be so?" I imagine the answer is volume. A hospital will conduct a lot more MRI scans on a human in a day so the unit cost can be lower. A vet probably does a lot fewer so charges more to recoup the costs of an MRI machine in a reasonable timescale by LeRaven78 (Wed 25th Oct 2023 6:02pm)
  • Kick his fucking cunt in by LeRaven78 (Thu 26th Oct 2023 10:04pm)
  • 'ludicrous speeds' As mentioned, legal ebikes are restricted with the power cutting off at 15.5mph. That's far from ludicrous. I can sit comfortably at 25mph on my road bike with no motor. Even that's not ludicrous by LeRaven78 (Sat 28th Oct 2023 10:04pm)
  • It feels like it needs a massive clampdown Big spree of roadside checks pulling them in and checking the bikes first and foremost. If, in simple terms, the bike is found to have a throttle it's impounded instantly and destroyed. Doesn't matter if theyre on their way to do a delivery..If they're breaking the law then action like this will get the restaurants and employers involved because of their customers start complaining that their order hasn't turned up, it'll force action. Additionally, and its not something I'm actually comfortable with, but if the bulk of these people are asylum seekers working illegally, which I'm entirely sympathetic to and needs a solution, surely whoever polices this whether it's the home office or inland revenue would piggyback off this. It really needs a zero tolerance approach that fucks up the business model of the restaurants and delivery companies in order to get a positive solution by LeRaven78 (Sat 28th Oct 2023 10:17pm)
  • There's a reason I own a baseball bat but no baseballs. Lives in the wardrobe. If the house alarm went off it would be the first thing I pick up. I fully expect that would put me in a difficult position legally if I actually used it regardless of whether it was in the house or outside by LeRaven78 (Sun 29th Oct 2023 6:44pm)
  • Police just posted on Facebook about 12 ebikes they've impounded over the weekend because they are electric motorbikes. Couple had deliveroo bags on them. it's a start! by LeRaven78 (Mon 30th Oct 2023 1:38pm)
  • A quick glance at her Facebook profile confirms every suspicion about what kind of person she is by LeRaven78 (Tue 31st Oct 2023 12:04pm)
  • Not one single house where I stay let a single firework off. Utterly bizarre. Not that I'm complaining as I fucking hate them but last year a lot of the street let some off but not a peep this year. I can only guess the rise in cost of living has stopped people wasting money on them by LeRaven78 (Sun 5th Nov 2023 10:37pm)
  • Because most other countries (in Europe) had their train infrastructure blown up to fuck in world wars and were rebuilt in the decades after and rebuilt better We on the other hand are still fucking about with Victorian era lines and infrastructure by LeRaven78 (Sun 5th Nov 2023 11:05pm)
  • He's fantastic. His dry sarcasm is brilliant by LeRaven78 (Wed 8th Nov 2023 12:29pm)
  • A wee tip for anyone looking to rent but they're on a zero hours contract Someone who works for me was applying for flats in Glasgow but his girlfriend was on a zero hours contract. despite having payslips showing regular income, they kept getting knocked back. Last week she was able to secure a full time contract with her employer and they applied for a flat with this new situation and got it. I was down as a reference for him and when it came through for me to verify his work details, there was no question about how many hours they are contracted for TLDR: if you're struggling to get accepted for a flat on a zero hours contract, just lie. They don't check by LeRaven78 (Thu 9th Nov 2023 3:36pm)
  • Surprised he's not playing on Arran by LeRaven78 (Fri 10th Nov 2023 3:12pm)
  • Sasha and Digweed at SWG3? by LeRaven78 (Fri 10th Nov 2023 3:11pm)
  • Right to roam doesn't extend to vehicular access by LeRaven78 (Mon 13th Nov 2023 7:43pm)
  • Likely because they believe the worst aspects of Govanhill define the entire place. I lived next to and amongst manky anti social cunts when I lived in Shawlands, Battlefield and Langside yet those places never get the criticism Govanhill gets. Couple that with the very visible immigrant populations in Govanhil and the preconceived misconceptions people have about that by LeRaven78 (Wed 15th Nov 2023 2:26pm)
  • There is actually an unused abandoned section. The tracks fork where it crosses over Gorbals st. The fork to the right continues on to the depot, the fork to the left is abandoned and runs down towards and on top of The Brazen Head then kind of disappears as it passes behind some industrial units. Always thought that stretch could be put to some use. It's very visible on Google maps by LeRaven78 (Fri 17th Nov 2023 3:44pm)
  • I'm guessing someone's bought one flat and then split into smaller ones? Also painting the skirting the same as the walls is the laziest landlord shit ever by LeRaven78 (Sun 19th Nov 2023 10:46am)
  • +1 Mekong is fucking fantastic and I'm a proper foodie. We ended up there on a random Sunday night and I was blown away by how good the food and service was. If it was in Glasgow it would be getting all the hype. It's telling that it's busy every single night of the week (I live near it and I'm always at the Lidl a few times a week at night) by LeRaven78 (Mon 20th Nov 2023 10:13pm)
  • I dont think hipsters have been into blues music since the 60s by LeRaven78 (Mon 20th Nov 2023 10:22pm)
  • Not that I'm defending the lineup, because it looks like my personal idea of hell, but as a 45 year old man that almost exclusively listens to pre 1970s blues music, I'm fairly out of touch with the current hit parade. So my question is if you were in charge of a mainstream festival in the middle of a city and you had to curate the lineup to appease the youth, what would it look like? (I think this lineup says more about the state of modern mainstream music than anything else) by LeRaven78 (Wed 22nd Nov 2023 10:28am)
  • The last thing I saw at Glasgow green was Gig On The Green in 2003. What a fucking lineup that was. Grohl played with QOTSA and Foo Fighters. It was an absolute scorcher of a day too https://www.setlist.fm/festival/2003/big-day-out-at-the-green-2003-4bd7832a.html by LeRaven78 (Wed 22nd Nov 2023 11:00pm)
  • Keep the thermostats set at 18 by LeRaven78 (Sun 3rd Dec 2023 9:31am)
  • In am ideal world they would but there's so much engineering work done during the night that means it's not feasible by LeRaven78 (Sun 3rd Dec 2023 9:47am)
  • Years ago I worked in Greenock and although I never used it, I know that someone put on a private bus every weekend to bring folk back from Glasgow. Just random folk on different nights out and they would jump on to get home by LeRaven78 (Sun 3rd Dec 2023 3:02pm)
  • I'm guessing with the reduction in night bus services, the taxi drivers know they can take the piss with fares. Some of the numbers I'm seeing quoted are absolute robbery. Utter cunts. by LeRaven78 (Sun 3rd Dec 2023 3:12pm)
  • The long distance night trains in Europe are viable due to geography and the ability to navigate around nighttime engineering works. 24 hour urban trains aren't a thing in anywhere I've been in Europe, but obviously I haven't been everywhere so no doubt there will be some somewhere but it's not widespread. I guess trams may run all night in some places. Remember, even a city like London runs a very limited night tube service despite the size and population density of the city. by LeRaven78 (Sun 3rd Dec 2023 3:10pm)
  • There's an absolute fucking edge lord in my street that wears shorts all year round. He's also the "boss" of my street's WhatsApp group and an absolute fucking helmet by LeRaven78 (Wed 6th Dec 2023 6:47pm)
  • I'm usually a big fan of the Xmas markets but they're abysmal this year. The bar at George Square is a grim polythene tent. The one at St Enoch's is a wooden thing with some Xmas decorations they found in their gran's loft I know it's completely different organisers this year but the old ski lodge style bar at George Sq is a huge loss. We'd normally go 5-6 times over Xmas to the markets. Went last night and won't be back 😟 by LeRaven78 (Thu 7th Dec 2023 9:32am)
  • Cocaine keeps their core temp up by LeRaven78 (Thu 7th Dec 2023 10:05am)
  • Not shithousery, but one of the best gigs I've ever been to, and I'm not even a fan. by LeRaven78 (Sun 10th Dec 2023 2:29am)
  • My mates a huge fan and he sung along to everything by LeRaven78 (Sun 10th Dec 2023 2:47am)
  • Is the right answer by LeRaven78 (Mon 11th Dec 2023 8:41pm)