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  • Taxi drivers' POV. Never had any hassle from this area. Punters going to and from have always been decent. Lacks in amenities. A few shops, but nothing much else. Maryhill is your closest in this regard. Nothing in regards to cafes, etc. There is an Asda and a Farmfoods. Seeing as you drive, I'd give those a miss and just go to the Tesco at Wyndford (another 10 mins by car you also have Morrisons in Anniesland or everything that Bearsden and Milngavie has to offer). In summary and in general, Summerston is alright, but it does lack amenities and is a little bit isolated (but the car beats that). by Torran_Toi (Fri 4th Jan 2019 10:40am)
  • We did a similar thing in Easterhouse. Went into a room with fire hazards; did an escape from a smoke filled room; got took on a bus with tanned windows and then got shown our mugs on a cctv monitor to teach us that buses had cameras on board ... some other stuff. I remember the train safety bit, but it was just a talk in a room with a train set on a table. Anyway, we had ours at Provanhall House in Easterhouse. by Torran_Toi (Fri 4th Jan 2019 10:21am)
  • The family also own Shawfield Stadium plus all the Wm King Bookies. The King Family are behemoths of business when you really look at them. by Torran_Toi (Wed 9th Jan 2019 6:21pm)
  • Another big player: Colin Beaty - Owns The Oran Mor, The Ben Nevis, Granny Gibbs, The Old College Bar, The Lismore and others. I read once that he's owned over 50 pubs in his career. by Torran_Toi (Wed 9th Jan 2019 6:41pm)
  • https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.8567373,-4.2253662,3a,65.7y,273.77h,91.46t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sLwhz5HmX1oY_z5kLreO0cw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DLwhz5HmX1oY_z5kLreO0cw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D132.51944%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192 This bit still exists. Not much to see. An empty shell with overhead canopy, overgrown with shrubs and weeds. by Torran_Toi (Thu 10th Jan 2019 5:49am)
  • It became the car auction afterwards. BCA if memory is right. Those 'sheds' that still stand were actually the cattle market though and not the actual slaughterhouse. by Torran_Toi (Thu 10th Jan 2019 8:16am)
  • Fuck knows. I imagine the council own the land, but maybe not. It's fenced and walled off, but if you find a gap in the fence then trespass away. by Torran_Toi (Fri 11th Jan 2019 5:08pm)
  • > Crossed fingers is "bugs injection 1-2-3", deployed against smelly cunts. Haha! Reminded me of Easterhouse's version. Smelly weans had 'the jecksies' (jexies?). Protection deployed by crossed arms across the chest, left hand on right shoulder, right hand on left shoulder. by Torran_Toi (Mon 14th Jan 2019 8:48am)
  • > central station to st.enoch About 150 yards from each other? What thoughts should I realistically be having? by Torran_Toi (Sat 19th Jan 2019 12:58am)
  • Sadly, that's how these things go. As Jim Jeffries put it, we make laws based on the lowest common denominator; there's folk that can drive while fucked up without any issues, but the folks that end up killing people ruin the fun for the rest of us. by Torran_Toi (Sat 19th Jan 2019 1:06am)
  • Sorry for being a dick, but that's the Anderston police station, not Finnieston. by Torran_Toi (Sat 19th Jan 2019 1:10am)
  • The V5 address means fuck all. by Torran_Toi (Sat 19th Jan 2019 1:15am)
  • as long as you don't nick an artery, I guess. by Torran_Toi (Sat 19th Jan 2019 1:21am)
  • Albavet on Annfield Place at Kings Cross, Dennistoun. Small and exotic specialist. They are more geared towards reptiles and snakes, but they are probably still your best bet. by Torran_Toi (Sun 20th Jan 2019 10:12pm)
  • Yeah, they are. I don't remember where, but I read somewhere that sealed off platforms with sliding doors were on the way. by Torran_Toi (Thu 24th Jan 2019 3:20am)
  • "Citizen Firefighter". A work by Kenny Hunter and as already said, it's a tribute to firefighters past and present. It was placed in summer of 2001. After the 9/11 attacks a few months later, people started laying flowers and tributes at the feet of Citizen Firefighter and so it became Glasgow's ad-hoc tribute site for 9/11. Shortly after 9/11 the Scottish Fire Brigades held a ceremony at the statue in honour of the fallen firefighters in New York. by Torran_Toi (Sun 27th Jan 2019 10:20pm)
  • The Shenaz. Granville Street in Anderston, just behind the Mitchell. by Torran_Toi (Mon 28th Jan 2019 4:57pm)
  • Ye went to the Madras, aye? by Torran_Toi (Sun 3rd Feb 2019 8:00pm)
  • Yep. I'm with ye on clathes/ clatheshorse. by Torran_Toi (Mon 4th Feb 2019 12:59pm)
  • Does every cunt on here stay in Maryhill? by Torran_Toi (Mon 4th Feb 2019 1:01pm)
  • I'm betting Murano Street punters are behind all these photos. by Torran_Toi (Mon 4th Feb 2019 1:07pm)
  • Back in the '80s outdoor vending machines were installed on Duke Street. This was when Dennistoun was rough as fuck. The machines were the same ones that had been successfully installed in New York's Bronx without any problems. They lasted about a week in Dennistoun before being destroyed and then removed. True story. by Torran_Toi (Mon 4th Feb 2019 6:27pm)
  • > In Scotland a similar law applies, but specifies "tap water fit for drinking". When I worked in a city centre nightclub we had been told to refuse customers tap water because our water came from a tank in the loft and not direct from the mains (ie: not fit for drinking). AFAIK loads of city centre premises still have old water systems where the tap water is from a tank and therefore 'undrinkable'. People thought we were just being cocks by trying to gouge money for bottled water, but the tap water actually was fucking barking. by Torran_Toi (Mon 4th Feb 2019 6:35pm)
  • FLUSH YOUR PIPES! Honestly mate, that brown gunge will have coated the inside of the pipes all the way down to the sinks. LPT: Get in touch with a good janitorial supplier (somewhere like John Black & Sons on Cumberland Street, or even just an online place, or if all else fails get in touch with a Brewery) and get yourself some **beer line cleaner**. Flush the pipes with that then flush again with clear water a couple times and it'll be good to go. by Torran_Toi (Mon 4th Feb 2019 6:57pm)
  • Queen Elizabeth University Hospital / (New Southern General) by Torran_Toi (Tue 5th Feb 2019 1:45pm)
  • Depends where on Great Western and the Parade you are, but as a guide, with Network Private Hire it's £7.00 from Gartnavel to the Royal Infirmary and vice versa. by Torran_Toi (Thu 7th Feb 2019 4:28pm)
  • Moon was where it was at. Me and mates used to go there when it was Rooftops as well. Also remembering Foquets (fookie's), Miss Penelopes and Cube. by Torran_Toi (Sat 9th Feb 2019 11:32pm)
  • Always wondered, is the newer name intentional because it used to be Cleopatras? Like Cleopatra died because of a snake bite? by Torran_Toi (Sat 9th Feb 2019 11:37pm)
  • > if he was to commit a similar offence would the jury be allowed to know about this or would that be against the rules? AFAIK prior offences are barred during trial and are only revealed and considered during sentencing. So, no, a jury wouldn't be allowed to know until after finding guilty. by Torran_Toi (Sat 9th Feb 2019 11:41pm)
  • I took a few flying lessons about 10 years ago out of Cumbernauld airport. I remember there NEVER being anybody in the tower to answer on the radio. We would blow in our requests or whatever and get zero fucking replies. It was always on the pilots to make sure the flightpaths and runways were clear before doing anything. Chaos on busier days. You'd have pilots screaming over the radio to each other "get oot my way, I was heading in first ya tit". by Torran_Toi (Sat 9th Feb 2019 11:49pm)
  • I grew up in Easterhouse and spent most of my adult life in east end areas. If I ever get round to buying a place then I think I would mortgage myself up in an area like Carntyne or Greenfield no problem. Coatbridge, though, gives me a bad vibe whenever I'm passing through. It's really all about perspective I suppose. Plus, there's something to be said about trouble attracting to the people who attract it. It's why people can spend their whole lives in areas that other people deem as shiteholes yet never have a moment of bother. Seriously though, the shite end of the stick these days is not the east, it's the north. Possil, Ruchill, Hamiltonhill, Parkhouse, Milton, Balgrayhill, certain bits of Springburn. Fuck that noise. by Torran_Toi (Sun 10th Feb 2019 3:31am)
  • There's a place [here](https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.8480428,-4.2878313,3a,90y,293.79h,92.48t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1smlSIhjGdf2To1c_OOdkTVw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) on Cornwall Street in Kinning Park/ Plantation. I've dropped musicians off at it a few times and from what I gather it's some kind of space to rent for this kind of thing. Don't have any more details, but that's where it is if you want to look into it. edit: looking at the sign on the gate, it's maybe ' Pirate Studios', but I'm guessing. by Torran_Toi (Sun 10th Feb 2019 3:41am)
  • I don't ever remember Carntyne being bad or rough. It was always considered a 'good bit' of the east end. Loads of bought houses and hardly any flats. by Torran_Toi (Sun 10th Feb 2019 1:51pm)
  • Haha! Fuck! Joanna Dees. Never been, but can only imagine what a nightclub on the edge of Haghill would have been like. by Torran_Toi (Sun 10th Feb 2019 4:37pm)
  • Is it not just a [dust mask](https://www.screwfix.com/p/moulded-unvalved-masks-p1-2-pack/1086k) ? Every hardware shop has them. B&Q, Toolstation, Screwfix, even in big Tescos next to tools and hardware. by Torran_Toi (Mon 11th Feb 2019 9:59am)
  • Not quite the east end, but yeah, Campus used to have a second place on George Street. It's the Yippon Restaurant now and before it was Campus it was Bourbon Street. by Torran_Toi (Tue 12th Feb 2019 9:07pm)
  • https://www.petervardy.com/findlochie by Torran_Toi (Mon 18th Feb 2019 3:51pm)
  • Might be something to do with the film festival? by Torran_Toi (Wed 20th Feb 2019 4:07am)
  • Yep, Union and Oswald are getting turned into bus/taxi lanes. There's a considerable knock-on effect... By closing Union St you won't be able to access Queen Street via Argyle Street anymore and the stretch of Argyle St from 4-corners to Queen St is no longer accessible. I'm guessing this will lead to that area being the first "superblock". by Torran_Toi (Mon 25th Feb 2019 4:16am)
  • I think they are doing away with food bins. North Lanarkshire starting phasing them out and they were all gone by the time they switched to 3-weekly collection on general waste last year. Same thing is now happening in Glasgow. Food bins will go, then the bin collection switches to every 3 weeks. by Torran_Toi (Tue 26th Feb 2019 7:09am)
  • Oh aye, they took away the dedicated food bin and made the garden waste into a garden and compost bin (while banning you from putting cut grass in it). Not everyone has that though. Our flats in Wishaw only have the 1 black bin for general waste and 1 blue for paper recycling. We don't have the brown bin for compost or the green bin for glass and plastic. I can't be certain, but I think its only houses with their own "main door" that have all 4 bins. by Torran_Toi (Tue 26th Feb 2019 10:42am)
  • Yeah, I'm remembering it wrong. It's soil and turf you can't put in it. by Torran_Toi (Tue 26th Feb 2019 12:34pm)
  • Exact same. My old man in his 50s couldn't get ciggies one day because he was with my wee brother who didn't have ID. by Torran_Toi (Fri 1st Mar 2019 9:42am)
  • Are you defo sure it was Best Kebab? There used to be a place at around that time just next door called Foods of the World that was pretty good and did a fantastic sarbeni. by Torran_Toi (Fri 1st Mar 2019 9:58am)
  • I think Ali's Original on Shettleston Road do the best kebabs. by Torran_Toi (Fri 1st Mar 2019 10:00am)
  • Not just minimum wage. I think it's also about government funding for courses. Something like the government will cover less of the bill the older the candidate is. by Torran_Toi (Fri 1st Mar 2019 10:49am)
  • For the interested: It's actually called Glasgow Bridge. The major river crossing names are: * Glasgow Bridge (Jamaica St/Bridge St) * King George V Bridge (Oswald St/Commerce St) * Victoria Bridge (Stockwell St/Gorbals St) * Albert Bridge (Saltmarket/Crown St) * Clyde Arc (Squinty) (Finnieston St/Govan Rd) * The Kingsbridge (Kings Drive/Ballater St) * Rutherglen Bridge (Bridgeton Main St/Shawfield Dr) * Dalmarnock Bridge (Dalmarnock Rd/Downiebrae Rd) * Kingston Bridge (West St/Newton & North St) * Suspension Bridge (Clyde St/Carlton Pl) * Tradeston Bridge (Squiggly) (Broomielaw/Clyde Pl) * St Andrews Bridge (Adelphi St/Clyde Walkway) * Bells Bridge (Congress Rd/Pacific Quay) * Millennium Bridge (SECC/Pacific Quay) Then of course you have the Clyde Tunnel connecting Whiteinch to Linthouse and the Erskine Bridge between Erskine and Old Kilpatrick. And, finally the new Dalmarnock Smart Bridge. by Torran_Toi (Sun 3rd Mar 2019 2:01am)
  • Around 750,000 at this particular time. It was over the million mark from around 1910 to 1960's though. by Torran_Toi (Sun 3rd Mar 2019 2:07am)
  • AntiPasti on Sauchiehall is my go to. by Torran_Toi (Sun 3rd Mar 2019 2:10am)
  • Thanks! by Torran_Toi (Sun 3rd Mar 2019 12:18pm)
  • Yep, that's true. by Torran_Toi (Sun 3rd Mar 2019 5:18pm)
  • I've always went to Electric Artz on Duke Street. Very high quality and never been let down. Rated 4.9 out of 43 reviews on Google. by Torran_Toi (Sun 10th Mar 2019 10:06am)
  • You're right, but there is also an entrance to the uni grounds on Dumbarton Road. by Torran_Toi (Sun 10th Mar 2019 10:13am)
  • Amber leaf seems to be the best value without compromising too much on quality. It's not harsh and has a decent flavour. Some places charge more than others but don't pay more than £11 for it. YMMV, but it's still cheaper than buying fags. by Torran_Toi (Sun 10th Mar 2019 10:10am)
  • So, is the Marriot Hotel the 'authors' of this? by Torran_Toi (Sun 10th Mar 2019 10:17am)
  • If you're referring to my username, yeah, I grew up in Easterhouse. by Torran_Toi (Tue 12th Mar 2019 9:49pm)
  • I remember the mouthwash thing, but there was more to it than that. I think the lady was a dentist or a dental nurse, or maybe a health board cunt. I remember her teaching us how to brush our teeth with a massive toothbrush prop and had characters printed onto boards that she held up to tell wee dental stories. Weirdly, she also held up a block of cheese on a stick at one point (like a cheese lollypop?). I guess showing us a better alternative to sugar. I don't think she came weekly, but she did visit more than once or twice. by Torran_Toi (Tue 12th Mar 2019 9:57pm)
  • That's not true, no such law exists in Scotland. The only source I can find right now is on the website for the [St Andrews Photographic Society](http://standrewsphotographicsociety.com/2014/09/24/photography-and-the-law/) : There are no laws against taking photos of children, but someone taking an unhealthy interest can rightly expect to attract unwelcome attention from the authorities. by Torran_Toi (Fri 15th Mar 2019 12:15am)
  • Theory I like best is that the German word for 'know' is 'Kennt', so areas in Scotland where 'ken' has stuck are areas that were largely influenced by germanaic immigration. Glasgow, in this regard, is more celtic (hard c (keltic)) than germanaic. by Torran_Toi (Tue 19th Mar 2019 2:14am)
  • > On Facebook I quote reasonable prices (where I feel like the job is just enough for it to be worth the time, while being cheap enough for people to think is reasonable) but often get rejected, so there is a good chance someone is cheaper. Have you done any research to find out what your prices should be or are you making the numbers up as you go along? What are your competitors charging? What is the going rate? You will probably baulk at the idea, but the best way to do this is to get in touch with your competitors and obtain quotes from them. Once you know the average prices in the market then you know what ballpark you should be priced at. Don't worry about being the cheapest though. When I'm getting quotes I NEVER, EVER buy from the guys with the lowball quotes. I want to hire somebody who knows their own worth and doesn't come across as desperate. Wire in my cooker for £15?... aye, jog on cowboy. A sensible, middle-of-the-road quote gives me confidence. I also get skeptical with the guys that "can do it later today" or "first thing tomorrow". The guy with a waiting list is in high demand for a reason. And, I very rarely trust a place with 100% on reviews. It's too fishy. Nobody is that perfect. When all they have is 5 stars I instantly think they have censored out the bad reviews. What I look for is honest reviews that tell me that a problem arose but the company dealt with it and fixed the issue. A 4.5 star rated company with evidence of good aftercare scores better with me than a glossy, perfect 5. Other notes: internet, internet, internet. Get a website going and don't underestimate the power of Google AdWords. It works. Social media marketing also works, but will generally provide less results and requires a lot of patience. Get a run of leaflets made up. You can get them pretty cheap these days. The general rule of thumb with leaflets is that you should see an enquiry rate of 20%, and a sale rate of a further 20%. So, for every 100 leaflets you put out you should get 20 enquiries and of those you should see 4 sales (on average). by Torran_Toi (Tue 19th Mar 2019 2:44am)
  • Well, if you want to get really pedantic, the shop is actually in Overnewton. by Torran_Toi (Tue 19th Mar 2019 2:54am)
  • Agreed. Almost none of what people think is Finnieston is actually Finnieston. The biggest and most widespread error seems to be Argyle Street. None of Argyle Street is in Finnieston. The 'main drag' falls on Kelvinhaugh/Yorkhill at one end, Kelvingrove along the middle, and Anderston at the other end before heading into Blythswood Holm (the real name for the bottom bit of town that's been rebranded as the international financial district). by Torran_Toi (Tue 19th Mar 2019 6:13pm)
  • Tesco, Asda or BP and Shell petrol stations for the shite. All of the above plus Mcdonalds or KFC for the pish. Nightshift? Industrial estates and alleys. by Torran_Toi (Wed 20th Mar 2019 12:34am)
  • Ali's Original in Shettleston. I travel for it. by Torran_Toi (Wed 20th Mar 2019 12:38am)
  • Ha, no! I do my keechs mostly in the St. Rollox Tesco. by Torran_Toi (Wed 20th Mar 2019 4:04am)
  • Taxi driver. I work whatever shifts I want to a certain degree. by Torran_Toi (Wed 20th Mar 2019 7:17pm)
  • What about High Possil? Bit of a difference between Possilpark and High Possil, mate. by Torran_Toi (Wed 20th Mar 2019 9:20pm)
  • My Glasgow taxi handbook says your wrong mate. "High Possil" is defined as being west of Milton and east of Lambhill with boundaries following Balmore Road, Ashgill Road, Birsay Rd, Castlebay St (Castlebay Hill), the north boundary of the city and the F&C canal back to Balmore Road. Basically, the industrial estate and the streets around Shieldaig Road. by Torran_Toi (Wed 20th Mar 2019 11:30pm)
  • The problem with that is the traffic wardens can't do anything about double parking. It doesn't fall into their remit and is not a ticket-able offence. That's an issue for the Police, who probably won't give two monkeys about someone double parked. by Torran_Toi (Thu 21st Mar 2019 10:19pm)
  • No, not for this manoeuvre. As others have said the bus lane starts after the blue signs. Just for the sake of making sure for you though, how did you come to get to that street in the first place? There's only a couple of routes to there and I ask because there's a bus lane camera on Nelson Mandela Place which snaps you as you enter from the junction at West Nile Street. If you came up Queen Street onto George Square, or along Cochrane Street then round the square then you're totally ok. by Torran_Toi (Sat 23rd Mar 2019 3:49am)
  • Yep, McDonalds for me. I'm liking the toffee latte these days. Collect the stickers and get a free one every week. by Torran_Toi (Sat 23rd Mar 2019 2:09pm)
  • The ad is worth it in this case. instantstreetview is actually better than using streetview on Google properly. It seems to run faster (on desktop, at least) and navigating the map ("dropping the pin") is a lot easier. by Torran_Toi (Sat 23rd Mar 2019 2:15pm)
  • Highly unlikely to get notified. You'll need to chase it up with lost property yourself and claim it from lost property down at Saltmarket (lost property has been down at Saltmarket for at least 20 years, not Pitt Street). It's the wee building across from Glasgow Green in front of the courthouse. by Torran_Toi (Mon 25th Mar 2019 2:29am)
  • Yeah. I think the taxi company I work with would only check email about once a fortnight. Also worth pointing out that about half the black cabs in Glasgow are not attached to a company. They are driven by self employed guys working completely solo with nothing to do with "Glasgow Taxis" (Nee, the TOA) or Hampden, Network, et al. The only real shot to be had is with the lost property office with the Police. by Torran_Toi (Mon 25th Mar 2019 2:36am)
  • Aye. I think that's the 'official' way of doing it, but it's a pain in the arse. (plus a wee bit extra miles if you count them). by Torran_Toi (Tue 26th Mar 2019 1:25pm)
  • Wouldn't want to live without that motorway. The scandal would have been them never building it. by Torran_Toi (Wed 27th Mar 2019 4:58am)
  • With Pepsi it's more to do with caffeine. Diet Pepsi has less caffeine than regular Pepsi and Pepsi Max has more caffeine than regular. Both Diet and Max are sweetened with aspartame and ace-k. by Torran_Toi (Wed 27th Mar 2019 3:36pm)
  • I'm more irrationally annoyed with your phone cradle being in an illegal position on the windscreen. by Torran_Toi (Wed 27th Mar 2019 5:24pm)
  • Ice cream van. They aren't allowed to play the jingle sound machine after a certain time (like 7pm or something), so blow a whistle instead. by Torran_Toi (Fri 29th Mar 2019 10:22pm)
  • Apply in the name of Amey or Balfour and they'll shut whole stretches of the motorway for no apparent reason. by Torran_Toi (Sat 30th Mar 2019 2:58pm)
  • Back in the day, we played 'roon the backs'. The major changes in the past 30 years that have led to a lack of safe places for weans to play hasn't only been the increase in road use, it's been an increase in housing. I came from Easterhouse and we were spoiled for space. Every block had a massive grassy area round the back about the size of 2 to 3 football pitches. We had zero need to play in the streets. The increase in housing has led to them filling the old backs with as many houses as they can cram in. by Torran_Toi (Sat 30th Mar 2019 3:03pm)
  • Maybe coming from the whisky distillery on Moffat Street? by Torran_Toi (Sat 30th Mar 2019 10:03pm)
  • M&M mobile valeting, based on Caledonia Street, but obviously will come to you. A tad pricey with a mini-valet at £30. However, the price is well worth it if your looking for a real professional wash. One of the few places that will do the 2 bucket method with grit guards and lambswool like your asking for. Not your usual diddy with a bucket and sponge. by Torran_Toi (Sat 30th Mar 2019 10:11pm)
  • Buckfast makes ye fuck fast. by Torran_Toi (Sat 30th Mar 2019 10:15pm)
  • The worst shifts I've ever had have been on old firm. People go out of their way to look for a fight. I've been attacked, had my car damaged and lost count of the verbal incidents. I remember a guy wanting to wreck my dashboard because the back-lights to the heater nobs were green and another guy just wanting to have a barney because my shirt had a blue pinstipe. People get in the car and the first thing they want to know is what team you support. Not supporting either of them isn't an option apparently, even though it's the truth. I don't even bother with it anymore. I'll be going out at around 5 or 6am and get back off the road for lunchtime. I don't care how much money I'm missing out on, I'd rather be home with my family than put up with the risks anymore. by Torran_Toi (Sun 31st Mar 2019 3:37am)
  • Don't know the exact rules off hand; they go into 'zones' and millimeter measurements. Generally though, you're not supposed to attach anything to the windscreen within the 'wiper sweep'. Go in for an MOT with a cradle/holder attached to the screen like in the photo and it's a fail. Our taxi company encourages us to use the vent clip style holders to keep us on the right side of things. by Torran_Toi (Sun 31st Mar 2019 5:45am)
  • Yep. by Torran_Toi (Sun 31st Mar 2019 6:38pm)
  • Windscreen guys can't fix it till tomorrow, so I can't work today and will miss a chunk of tomorrow. Loss of earnings and an insurance excess shelled out. Obviously, feeling a bit shite. by Torran_Toi (Mon 1st Apr 2019 12:15pm)
  • https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/b80uxw/following_my_comment_yesterday_about_old_firm_day/ by Torran_Toi (Mon 1st Apr 2019 12:21pm)
  • Merchant is safe and, yeah, yesterday was a blip. Although, the far edges of Merchant City as it borders onto Calton always seems a bit iffy. by Torran_Toi (Mon 1st Apr 2019 2:19pm)
  • Very true, mate. With the loss of earnings plus the insurance excess, plus the rest of the week having to catch back up, we'll definitely feel the sting of it. I just mean when there's a guy critical in hospital, I feel bad to be moaning about a broken window. Overall though, it's shite we live with this crap at whatever end of the scale in this day and age. by Torran_Toi (Mon 1st Apr 2019 2:15pm)
  • As far as hospital appointments go, they are able to get a paid-for taxi to and from the hospital. The NHS have contracts with the private hire firms for this very purpose. I've ferried countless number of patients to and from hospital on account. by Torran_Toi (Wed 3rd Apr 2019 9:57pm)
  • Believe it or not, selling something as stupid as chewing gum would count. Chewing gum is actually cited in the council's guidance notes. The issue here lies with licencing categories. A 24 hours u-save shop needs a late night catering licence and therefore needs to meet the hygiene standards of a cafe. A normal shop shutting at say 8pm doesn't. I kid you not! by Torran_Toi (Thu 4th Apr 2019 5:43pm)
  • Nobody is enforcing anything on a Sunday night. Park wherever you can fit without causing a danger. by Torran_Toi (Thu 4th Apr 2019 5:54pm)
  • Yep. Plus they can fail these inspections for things that have nothing to do with food. I knew a cafe years ago that got into bother with this because they had linolium on the kitchen floor, which the council took issue with. by Torran_Toi (Thu 4th Apr 2019 5:50pm)
  • I'm not talking about a food establishment open during the day vs a food establishment open at night, though. I'm talking about corner shops. A corner shop open during the day doesn't necessarily need a food licence, thus won't get food hygiene inspections. However, a corner shop open past curfew needs a late night catering licence and will be subject to food hygiene inspections. It's in the council's guidance notes. by Torran_Toi (Thu 4th Apr 2019 11:54pm)
  • Ok, "nothing to do with food" is the wrong way of putting my argument. You're right, it's in a food prep area, therefore it's about food. My point being, though, that the "writ" came as a result of choice of floor covering and not about food standards or food storage methods or anything to do with the actual hygiene of the food or food prep itself. It was a new business having an initial inspection, btw. The lino was brand new. The whole kitchen was brand new. The council have (had?) a rule against non-porous floor coverings (lino not being fully non-porous). Simple as that. > There is no legislation stating that type of flooring must not be used. The licencing board don't need legislation to support them making a rule like this. They call them 'conditions of licence' and its essentially a form of contractual agreement. All licence types are subject to these sort of things. There doesn't need to be a law on floor coverings for food prep areas. The council just need to make it a condition of licence that food prep areas need to have non-porous floor coverings and that's just that. by Torran_Toi (Thu 4th Apr 2019 11:50pm)
  • https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=17474 by Torran_Toi (Fri 5th Apr 2019 2:01pm)
  • > Licenses are granted before the initial inspection. > There does have to be a statutory requirement otherwise it can’t be enforced. These statements are just false. I've dealt with the licencing board for several different licencing types and in all cases passing the initial inspection was a condition of grant. Conditions of licence do not need a statutory requirement, they are contractual. An example from my current day job. There is no statute that says a taxi driver must wear his badge on his outer clothing. However, Glasgow council have made this a condition of licence. It's not against the law to hang the badge on the dashboard, as many drivers do, but the enforcement unit can take action for breach of licence if your not "wearing it on outer clothing" as that's a condition of licence. There doesn't need to be a law in place for licencing conditions. It's an agreement between the licence holder and the Council. Different councils have different rules attached to licences all the time. Another taxi related example, it's completely fine for a taxi driver to wear shorts in the summer in Glasgow, but in North Lanarkshire it's not. These conditions can be challenged, I'll give you that, but it doesn't stop it from being a rule in the first place. I'll add that a specialist licencing lawyer is required for dealing with these things. by Torran_Toi (Fri 5th Apr 2019 2:08pm)
  • I already quoted it. Plus, Glasgow council doesn't have an environmental health department. Environmental health is a 'category' dealt with by several departments including licencing, planning and scientific services departments. And I'm giving taxi examples of non statutory licence conditions, not applying that to food. by Torran_Toi (Fri 5th Apr 2019 3:06pm)
  • Aye, it was 100% where Mandors is now. I can't find a photo but I can kind of remember there not being a ground floor as such. I think the shopfronts where Farmfoods is wasn't there and instead was a concrete ramp thing that went up with like a lorry loading bay looking affair directly below the Kensitas. Memory is hazy though. by Torran_Toi (Sun 7th Apr 2019 5:42am)
  • Packaging would probably have changed since then. Your big oatcakes brand is Nairns, it's possibly one of theirs. by Torran_Toi (Sun 7th Apr 2019 5:46am)
  • > southern bit of Maryhill (letting agents call it north kelvinside) That's because the southern bit of Maryhill ends before North Kelvinside begins. North Kelvinside is not just a letting agent thing, it's an actual thing. by Torran_Toi (Tue 9th Apr 2019 2:36pm)
  • I've live in half a dozen blocks of flats and it's always been tenants take turns to do it. You and the neighbours on your landing alternate weeks and clean your landing and the stairs down to the next landing. If your consistent in missing your turn the housing association will send a letter. Never had factors though as they are not really a thing in the east end. by Torran_Toi (Tue 9th Apr 2019 2:51pm)
  • Gallus Printers? Permanently closed according to Google. :( by Torran_Toi (Tue 9th Apr 2019 2:55pm)
  • Ruchill might look better, but it's still rough as fuck. by Torran_Toi (Tue 9th Apr 2019 5:55pm)
  • Well, to be fair, I'm not exactly sure where the 'exact' boundary would be and I imagine letting agents would stretch the truth and try to advertise bits of Wyndford as North Kelvinside. Generally and roughly, North Kelvinside is the area surrounding Fergus Dr, Oban Dr, Wilton St, Kelvinside Gardens, Clouston St, Hotspur St, Oran St, etc. I'm not sure if it would extend up to the likes of Hathaway Lane and Shakespeare St. The northern boundary isn't very well defined. The southern boundary is the River Kelvin though. To the west is Kelvinside proper (or Kirklee), to the east is Firhill and to the southeast is North Woodside. by Torran_Toi (Tue 9th Apr 2019 6:13pm)
  • Sidenote: Is this really the kind of money involved in Glasgow rentals these days? Fuck me. I moved out of Glasgow about 5 years ago to North Lanarkshire. Our first rental out here was a 3 bed semi-detached with back and front garden for £500pm. We downgraded as it was just too big for us. Now in a gorgeous 2 bed flat on the towns' main drag with private parking for £300pm. (edit: 40 minutes from Glasgow centre by bus, half hour by train, 25 mins in car) by Torran_Toi (Tue 9th Apr 2019 6:23pm)
  • The thing is this: Almost all the sub-divisions of the city have shite bits and good bits. There's both excellent and scummy streets in Milngavie. There's both excellent and scummy streets in Milton. Springburn and Easterhouse have a decent streets while there's one or two streets in Bearsden that should probably be avoided. It's really a tale of two cities and we shouldn't write whole areas off. It's very much 'street specific'. Always has been. by Torran_Toi (Tue 9th Apr 2019 8:17pm)
  • Just tell the phone staff you have a dog. Sometimes you'll wait longer till a dog friendly car becomes available. There's plenty of guys who'll take a well behaved dog without a problem. Myself included. NB: If it's a big hairy bastard and it leaves the back seat looking like the car has shag pile upholstery then it's nice to tip a couple of quid for a hoovering. by Torran_Toi (Wed 10th Apr 2019 11:27am)
  • More specifics, It's Charles Street industrial estate immediately below, then the the large structure with peaked roofing is the St. Rollox railway works and the glass structure to the right of that is the big Tesco at St. Rollox. by Torran_Toi (Fri 12th Apr 2019 12:58am)
  • Think the footprints are a climate change thing. by Torran_Toi (Fri 12th Apr 2019 1:57pm)
  • I used to work for a wholesaler that supplied the likes of Mandors, Remnant Kings, John Lewis, et al. Voyage Decoration (used to be Voyage Distribution). They were quite happy to sell direct to public. Based in Cambuslang. The benefit being their collection was huge and comprised the entire collections of the individual retailers only in one place - so no need to shop around. The drawback being they are not a showroom. You would need to look through the swatch books and someone would pull some from the warehouse. web: https://www.voyagemaison.com/fabrics/ call:0141 641 1700 by Torran_Toi (Fri 12th Apr 2019 1:56pm)
  • You'll be wanting whatever bus that goes through Carbeth. by Torran_Toi (Mon 15th Apr 2019 7:29pm)
  • Rules for rowing the Clyde, for the interested: http://www.clydesdalearc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Rules-of-The-River.pdf by Torran_Toi (Fri 19th Apr 2019 12:03am)
  • The yellow headlights on the cars look weird. Cool photo still. by Torran_Toi (Thu 18th Apr 2019 11:59pm)
  • [Al-Anon](https://www.al-anonuk.org.uk/find-a-meeting/) - 12 step support for families. by Torran_Toi (Fri 19th Apr 2019 12:07am)
  • Forgot Torran-toi in Easterhoose. by Torran_Toi (Sat 20th Apr 2019 1:51am)
  • These days, aye, and mostly because students. The original Chinatown was Garnethill though. All the flats around Shamrock Street and West Graham Street were filled with Chinese people late 90's and early 00's. There isn't actually a Chinatown quarter proper anymore; instead it's small pockets spread about. A pocket at Partick Cross, like you say, one in Townhead, another in Ruchill, etc. by Torran_Toi (Tue 23rd Apr 2019 12:19am)
  • King's Cross/ Bellgrove. Sits on wasteground between Calton and Dennistoun just along from Collegelands. by Torran_Toi (Tue 23rd Apr 2019 12:26am)
  • Yoker isn't the absolute hell hole that people make it out to be and I imagine the nay-sayers in this thread havn't spent much time there except passing through Dumbarton Rd on a bus. Much like everywhere in the city, it has it's good streets and it's not so good streets. The rougher bits are those that edge onto Scotstounhill and Whitecrook, plus a few off-shoot streets from Kelso (as someone else said). On the other hand, there's amazing houses (mansions by most Glasgow standards really) on Hawick Street plus Ellerslie Rd/Cr is a wee bit hoity-toity. I need to be careful with revealing anything too personal, but I have had customers that live in Yoker that include a doctor, a train driver and someone who works at one of the major football clubs. "The Bulldales" are actually not that bad. Pretty good flats, mostly owned and private rented, right on the waterfront with quite a nice walkway quay. One of the benefits to the streets around Bulldale is that it's a 'dead-end estate', as in it doesn't lead anywhere. 100% cal-de-sacs built right against the Clyde with only one main road in. It's not a rat-run and you can't cut through it to get to anywhere else; that is, the only people going about those streets are people with business being in those streets (in a good way). nb: Once the new bridge is built over the Clyde between Yoker and Renfrew I'd expect the value of these flats to rocket. by Torran_Toi (Wed 24th Apr 2019 4:00am)
  • In hospital or in-firm-ar-eee by Torran_Toi (Wed 24th Apr 2019 5:53pm)
  • People in this sub tell you to avoid places like Yoker and Balornock then upsell places like Govanhill and Rutherglen; they honestly don't have a clue past their student bubbles sitting about in 'the trendy bits' eating avacodo toast. by Torran_Toi (Wed 24th Apr 2019 5:59pm)
  • Oh, cos they keep oot the wahter! by Torran_Toi (Wed 24th Apr 2019 7:39pm)
  • I have no clue what to answer in a survey like this. Isn't this why we elect Councillors? Shouldn't they be speaking to experts on the topic? I don't know how to tackle climate change and rely on experts to implement policies then tell me what I should do. by Torran_Toi (Fri 26th Apr 2019 12:34pm)
  • I know you're joking, but it might well head that way. I've heard westend types pronounce it with a hard O, like Go-Vin. by Torran_Toi (Fri 26th Apr 2019 12:30pm)
  • Yeah, think horse and cart. The tolls being paid were from travelling merchants and liverymen crossing into the Glasgow boundary. by Torran_Toi (Fri 26th Apr 2019 11:14pm)
  • It goes further east than that again. How many Strathy or Cale students do you think are renting in Cranhill, Ruchazie or Barlanark? by Torran_Toi (Sat 27th Apr 2019 12:07am)
  • > Would be rather impractical to live in Cranhill or Ruchazie as a student though? Young'ins these days. I lived in Craigend when I studied at Anniesland College! by Torran_Toi (Sun 28th Apr 2019 1:56am)
  • I think the area you're looking at is Parkhouse. Not the best. As said already, you're sandwiched by Milton directly north and Possil directly south. You also have Ruchill directly west and the Eastfield part of Springburn to the east. There are a few streets in Parkhouse which are not too bad if you're local to the area/ grew up there kind of thing, but not a wise decision for a complete outsider to move there. by Torran_Toi (Sun 28th Apr 2019 10:13pm)
  • Never paid Council tax in my puff. Don't ever intend to. Give me your downvotes. by Torran_Toi (Sun 28th Apr 2019 10:25pm)
  • > debt collectors who send me letters but never follow through on any of their threats This is it right here. I've went for over 15 years and all I've ever got is 'scary' letters and a bad credit rating. Most people get stressed the fuck out at the idea of being in debt; I don't give a single fuck about my credit rating. They send out letters warning of what they could do, but it's seriously just empty threats. They never come chasing. The worst they can really do is involuntarily bankrupt me. Cool, nae bother. Who really gives a fuck about that? I'm not alone either, I've known plenty of people over the years that don't bother their arse with council tax or debt collectors. by Torran_Toi (Mon 29th Apr 2019 7:41pm)
  • That's all they do. They huff and puff and send out scary letters. Ignore and get on with your life. The worst that can happen if it does go to court is a Sheriff's decree/charge for payment. Even at that, if you ignore it long enough they'll just bankrupt you. Big deal. by Torran_Toi (Mon 29th Apr 2019 7:45pm)
  • > underground canal Think he means this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milngavie_water_treatment_works Not a canal, but your tap water makes it way to Glasgow from Katrine via Mugdock. by Torran_Toi (Sat 4th May 2019 3:17pm)
  • You can get Uber in Glasgow no problem. An Uber from the airport to the SECC area should be in the region of £12-£15 (without a surge). Your mobile pay thing should work just about anywhere that accepts "contactless", which is just about everywhere. by Torran_Toi (Sun 5th May 2019 3:56am)
  • George Bowie by Torran_Toi (Sun 5th May 2019 11:00pm)
  • They get you in the pick up area. If you've taken an uber and the driver asked you to walk over to the holiday inn then he conned you out of £2. by Torran_Toi (Mon 6th May 2019 2:49pm)
  • Yes, it's open to visitors. I'm not sure what the open/close times are, but it is well worth a visit. by Torran_Toi (Sun 12th May 2019 4:15am)
  • > Glasgow City Council threw out Margo Welsh’s proposal Welsh? As in the Welsh organised crime family? by Torran_Toi (Sun 12th May 2019 4:34am)
  • Aye, but for a laugh, frame this the other way round. Isn't it the catholics that the orange order are "coming for"? So, first they came for the catholics.... by Torran_Toi (Tue 14th May 2019 1:56pm)
  • There's only around 1400 taxis in Glasgow. The new LEZ is seeing them being sold off and upgraded at this very moment. Quite a few of the new TX electric taxis in Glasgow now. by Torran_Toi (Thu 16th May 2019 2:28pm)
  • Changes are coming though. The new LEZ will see the older taxis being shit-canned over the next few years. You've maybe also noticed that the new TX electric hackney's are appearing in Glasgow now. by Torran_Toi (Thu 16th May 2019 2:26pm)
  • Most likely because the tree was already there growing up through the tarmac. It would have been a nightmare to pull it out and have to deal with the root system. The roots are probably pushing the tarmac up and it's quicker, cheaper and easier to build a box around it than to have to dig up half the road to remove the roots. by Torran_Toi (Thu 16th May 2019 2:32pm)
  • Garlic and cheese naan for me. No way I'm making it to retirement age. by Torran_Toi (Fri 17th May 2019 10:28am)
  • Broomfield Road. Balornock Road starts after the junction at the old driving test centre. by Torran_Toi (Tue 21st May 2019 1:08am)
  • Auchinarn Road with Acredyke Road in front? by Torran_Toi (Tue 21st May 2019 1:12am)
  • Interesting fact then. We are looking at the boundary line of Glasgow in this photo. The cars in the foreground are in north Glasgow, the buildings on the other side of the road are in East Dunbartonshire. by Torran_Toi (Tue 21st May 2019 1:27am)
  • ALS are top notch. The owner used to work at Auto Cosmique in Dennistoun before leaving to open their own place. Before ALS I would always go to Auto Cosmique. These days I'll hit up both for quotes and whoever is cheaper gets the job. Both places are 5/5. by Torran_Toi (Tue 21st May 2019 1:25am)
  • Lock 21 is at the Butney, right? Definitely, shouldn't be in the tourist guide books. Area is sketchy as fuck. The high flats in the background at Colina Street are the ones in Still Game, btw. by Torran_Toi (Tue 21st May 2019 1:33am)
  • Just a wee word of caution. It's actually illegal to take food and stuff from bins/dumpsters at the likes of supermarkets, etc. I've never actually heard of anyone getting prosecuted for it, but it's still a thing. by Torran_Toi (Tue 21st May 2019 8:51pm)
  • Could be argued that you're the inconsiderate one here. Why does your desire to keep moving forward trump the desire of those passengers choosing that pickup location? Note, that it's illegal for a private hire to park in a taxi rank, but are allowed to stop in most other locations to perform a pickup (ie, stopping on double yellows for something like 3 minutes, stopping in bus/cycle lanes, etc. are allowed). So, on Sauchiehall street where one lane is a taxi rank, the other lane is the only place a private hire can make it's pickup. Yeah, private hire passengers *could* choose a more sensible pickup location, but the fact they have choose one that inconvenienced you means nothing. The road and it's use is for everyone, not just you and not just for impatient fuckers who can't stand waiting behind an obstruction for a minute. How much did it really put you out? by Torran_Toi (Wed 22nd May 2019 4:07pm)
  • Yeah, this is sad news and is always regrettable to hear. But, I hear you. The thing I see multiple times daily is a cyclist to the left wanting to move to the right into a primary position; they stick their arm out to indicate and barge their way right in front of me forcing me to brake. Taking a primary position is fine. I have no problem with them riding in front of me at whatever pace they please. It's up to me to keep that situation safe. But, moving over into the flow of traffic needs to be done safely and this is on the cyclist. They seem to think 'I've indicated with my signal, I now get to go where I want and you just need adjust to suit me'. NO! This is not how the rules of the road work. If it was two cars, the one moving over doesn't just get to force their way into a lane because they have their flashy bulb on. They still need to wait for a safe space to open up after indicating before moving over. The same applies to bikes, but cyclists don't seem to understand this. They do not apply their brakes, they do not wait in lane until a space opens up, they just barge right across with their arm out as if by having their arm out gives them right of way. Indicating does not give you some magical automatic right of way. All it does is indicate to others what your intention is. While indicating you need to pull on those brakes and wait for a safe space to appear to enter into the flow of traffic without causing other road users to be forced to react. I don't know what happened this morning. But, if it was a situation like the one I'm talking about, a cyclist barging their way over in front of a truck is plain fucking stupid. A truck has a lot of weight behind it and can't just stop on the spot. It's quite scary how long it takes a truck to slow down and when things are thrown in front of the stopping distance, its almost impossible for the driver not to hit it. by Torran_Toi (Wed 22nd May 2019 6:45pm)
  • If a cyclist is in the left lane and signals to move over and I'm able to slow down and allow them to move over then I will. Anything else is either inconsiderate or dangerous driving. There are some animals out there who would see the signal and then speed up to block the cyclist from moving over - that's different and not on. However, if a cyclist is riding alongside me, pedaling at full pelt, and signals to move over, all while traffic is flowing at a constant rate with cars in front and behind me then the cyclist is the one that needs to adjust and find a place to merge in. My complaint is that in the second scenario, or one like it, cyclists often signal and move over without much warning and without any care to the flow of traffic around them. They think by signalling they can instantly just start veering over and that the car just needs to slow down. We all agree that when this happens between two cars it's not acceptable; we call it 'cutting up' or 'cutting off'. Cyclists don't seem to adhere to the same rules. The onus is on the road user that wants to change lanes to do so safely. by Torran_Toi (Wed 22nd May 2019 8:51pm)
  • Yep, no doubt. The point is that on Sauchiehall Street, there's not an alternative now. by Torran_Toi (Wed 22nd May 2019 9:01pm)
  • I actually agree with you. I probably am being ridiculous. I'm a private hire driver and Sauchiehall Street is a particular sore point for us. The new layout on this street has made it practically impossible to do our job here. It's one of the city centre's busiest streets for taxi pickups and there is literally nowhere to stop other than the middle of the road now. The council are never going to reverse the new layout. Passengers don't give a fuck about booking a better pickup point and don't want to walk round to, say, Bath Street. The black hacks note our plates and report us if we stop in the black hack rank. I wish their was an answer, but this is the way it is. by Torran_Toi (Wed 22nd May 2019 9:09pm)
  • Sounds spot on to me mate. by Torran_Toi (Wed 22nd May 2019 10:10pm)
  • The clue is in the name. It's not Finnieston, it's Kelvingrove. by Torran_Toi (Wed 22nd May 2019 11:28pm)
  • If ye say so. But, before Argyle Street became trendy and letting agents started to blur the lines it was all Kelvingrove. by Torran_Toi (Thu 23rd May 2019 2:07am)
  • Dunno about Somersby, but I've been searching for Dickens Cider for years. by Torran_Toi (Thu 23rd May 2019 6:38am)
  • [High Street Area Strategy](https://publicaccess.glasgow.gov.uk/online-applications/files/035A4C8C4E01562E11E10FA572A24C66/pdf/19_01150_FUL-SHOPFRONT_IMPROVEMENT_PROGRAMME-4130340.pdf) [Elevation photos for planning](https://publicaccess.glasgow.gov.uk/online-applications/files/C63A55474F7BD9459C7204AA2F695E83/pdf/19_01150_FUL-PHOTOS_OF_ELEVATIONS-4148203.pdf) [Planning permission application](https://publicaccess.glasgow.gov.uk/online-applications/files/623A74ACE57FBA997F7CB6E037E0E694/pdf/19_01150_FUL-APPLICATION_FOR_PLANNING_PERMISSION-4130806.pdf) by Torran_Toi (Thu 23rd May 2019 6:36am)
  • Aye, the glasses were broke within a week of the statue first being put there. Cost the council something like 20k to fix the specks and stick him a few feet higher. by Torran_Toi (Thu 23rd May 2019 6:57am)
  • [here's what the old plinth looked like for anyone interested](http://www.glasgowsculpture.com//images/c0233_w.jpg) by Torran_Toi (Thu 23rd May 2019 6:57am)
  • Weird on the links. They did work when I posted them. Maybe a time-out issue as they came from the shitty council search portal. Anyway, no, nothing overly exciting. There's nobody new moving in to any of these units (yet). They are basically getting tarted up by the council as part of something called the 'High Street Area Strategy". They are going to paint all the shopfronts along the whole of High St in a matching palette and carry out general fannying-up remedial works. They're just trying to get the units up to a decent standard to make things look better and to get folk to want to lease them. by Torran_Toi (Thu 23rd May 2019 9:48am)
  • The only thing I can think of would be the casino on Glassford Street. by Torran_Toi (Thu 23rd May 2019 9:04pm)
  • > added to the electrical substation ... potentially last night. That sign has been there since the 70's. by Torran_Toi (Sun 26th May 2019 6:44pm)
  • Both Earl street and Larchfield are a bit rough. So, is Birchfield and most of the streets around those parts. It's not terrible, like Possil. But, it's not great, particularly at night. by Torran_Toi (Sun 26th May 2019 6:51pm)
  • Aye, right place, but this and Phillies are on Pollockshaws Road, not Kilmarnock Rd. by Torran_Toi (Sun 26th May 2019 6:59pm)
  • Haha, yep. There's been threads in this sub on this plaque before. by Torran_Toi (Sun 26th May 2019 7:26pm)
  • mmm, I'd say it's less about getting robbed or jumped and more about loud music and possible neighbour probs. You could get mugged absolutely anywhere. by Torran_Toi (Sun 26th May 2019 7:33pm)
  • > Phillies and Curious Liquids You can see [here](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Curious+Liquids/@55.8298704,-4.2824153,50m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xafccaaccfc4538c6!8m2!3d55.8297865!4d-4.2821601) that the two are in separate buildings connected by some kind of extension added later. Phillies address is on Pollokshaws Rd while Curious Liquids is Kilmarnock Rd. Two buildings, two addresses, connected with a portal extension. by Torran_Toi (Sun 26th May 2019 9:21pm)
  • I know, right? Fuck, when we were growing up most parents tried to force ye oot when ye got to late teens. by Torran_Toi (Mon 27th May 2019 3:04am)
  • They teach us to say this when we do our mandatory customer care course. Busy the night mate? Aye, I've had a great night so I'm sitting in this motor all alone with a wad of cash in my pocket. Safer to let people think we are just starting our shift or that's it's been slow so they think we only have a small float on us. by Torran_Toi (Tue 28th May 2019 8:12pm)
  • Driver here. I'm thinking this is a good thing. This along with the new number caps being put on taxis and private hire licences will mean that the market doesn't get any more saturated and that service quality should be improved. by Torran_Toi (Tue 28th May 2019 8:19pm)
  • They teach us the postcode thing on our customer care course. Always, always, always ask for a postcode, even if you know where your going. Theory is that if you can't give the postcode then we treat it as a red flag for a possible mugging or a possible fare dodger. by Torran_Toi (Tue 28th May 2019 8:15pm)
  • Because the shortest route by mileage will always be the cheapest, but not always the fastest. Say, Easterhouse to the city. You could go a straight line along Edinburgh Road and it'll cost a couple quid less than the motorway, or you could take the motorway and pay more but get there in half the time. What we should ask is 'fastest or shortest route mate?' Then again, there's plenty of drivers who don't know their arse from their elbow when navigating. by Torran_Toi (Tue 28th May 2019 8:24pm)
  • It's a choice because the expressway usually makes the fare more expensive. Not all punters want the fastest way, they would rather sit in traffic on Dumbarton Road to save 40p. For real. by Torran_Toi (Tue 28th May 2019 8:57pm)
  • The guidance is a load of shite, really. Nobody knows the postcode of the places they are going unless they are going home. Most of that course was rubbish. It's welcome news that it's being replaced by this SVQ. by Torran_Toi (Tue 28th May 2019 9:02pm)
  • Off the top of my head without any research, it'll help to increase driver pay, so we will not need to work 14 to 16 hour shifts leading to increase in safety. Should also lead to a reduction in taxi pirating, so less uninsured rides happening. The cap plus the qualification together should see a reduction in drivers that really shouldn't be driving. It'll lead to a return of taxi driving as a career instead of a stopgap. Thus service quality goes up. There will be 'green' benefits as well. by Torran_Toi (Tue 28th May 2019 9:11pm)
  • More distance. Dumbarton road is a near straight line compared to the expressway having a few swoop curves. Plus depending where in town you are going to or from you might be adding a bit of north/south travel distance to and from the expressway. by Torran_Toi (Wed 29th May 2019 1:14am)
  • We're not all like that, and it goes both ways btw. Massive, massive volume of racist punters. Near enough daily basis. Honestly lost count of the number of times I've been greeted with "Thank fuck, a white driver". It blows my mind that a total stranger just lets rip with the stuff they say to another stranger. No shame to them. According to phone staff, old ladies are really bad for it when phoning up. "Make sure to send a local driver". by Torran_Toi (Wed 29th May 2019 8:20am)
  • I've not heard of it happening in Glasgow for a while, but this sharing a single licence was a major issue a couple years ago. There would be 2 or 3 people, usually related, such as brothers or whatever so facial features would look similar enough on a smudged photocard (The cards the council issue are absolute dog shit quality). They run the car 24 hours between them and split the costs. Wasn't the council that caught them, it was their own base office. The controllers in the office are not dafties and could see how long a car had been out without a break. The problem with spot checking drivers is cost and staffing. The council could never justify that on-going cost. They send out the enforcement vans often enough and do the best they can. The best way to tackle a lot of these problems would be to target the booking firms with regular audits. All the firms are using GPS loggers these days. A simple report on vehicle driving hours would call a bogey on these kind of games. by Torran_Toi (Wed 29th May 2019 8:44am)
  • Aye, start and end points make a difference. If your doing something like Scotstoun to Central Station then the expressway is the way to go, but starting on something like Saint Vincent Street to head west it's a different story. It's not always expressway vs Dumbarton Rd. Take something like Bath Street to Anniesland. Great Western is your definite shorter distance, while taking the expressway then going up Balshagray and Crow is a lot faster, but adds distance. One of the major ones that surprise most folk is Springburn to Patrick. The majority of people will want to take the springburn expressway to the M8 to the clydeside expressway. Its a fast route (off peak), but it's a big distance route. A much, much shorter way is to take Hawthorn to Bilsland to Queen Margaret to Byres (or reverse). It'll add about 10 minutes of driving time going that way, but it's nearly a fiver cheaper. by Torran_Toi (Wed 29th May 2019 9:01am)
  • Guess you didn't read the article. It mentions that course and says that this new SVQ will be replacing it. The old one was a 1 day course and cost around £50-£70 depending on the provider. All taxi and private hire drivers need to do the course and provide the council a copy of the certificate within 3 months of first getting their badge. Some of it was useful, most of it was common sense. by Torran_Toi (Wed 29th May 2019 9:13am)
  • Driver safety was just one part of it all. Those examples I've gave elsewhere were just in reply to what had come up in the thread. The course also covered things like disabled passengers, vehicle safety, regulations and licence rules, a wee bit on performing CPR, a big chunk on conflict resolution (yeah, I know), safeguarding vulnerable people, some other stuff. Basically, if you look at the module list for this new course it's the same syllabus as the old, but instead of cramming it all into one day, they want a full day on each topic. Plus a new English test and mini topographic test. by Torran_Toi (Wed 29th May 2019 9:25am)
  • Yep, that's it. I react how I react to most of the mad shit that gets said in a taxi, a nervous giggle and a quick change of convo. The only other options would be to fake being racist and join in or to pull them up and risk an argument. by Torran_Toi (Wed 29th May 2019 4:15pm)
  • My younger brother took his woodwork off and took it to one of those car wrap places and got it all wrapped in gloss white. Looks amazing and he'll never need to paint ever again. Also, took his kitchen cupboard doors and drawer fronts in and wrapped gloss red. They were just the cheap kind of doors and now look like the high end expensive type. by Torran_Toi (Wed 29th May 2019 5:22pm)
  • Ha, actually and surprisingly, no. I mean, it is Glasgow so you get told the odd dirty joke off an old guy coming out the pub, but not often and I don't think Fake taxi has ever been mentioned. Bit of a weird one. Like, do you bring up that line of chat and risk a driver thinking your coming on to him? A bit like telling a swingers joke at a dinner party with yer wife's best pal, haha! by Torran_Toi (Wed 29th May 2019 5:41pm)
  • It's nuts, eh. The other ones that seems to catch a few drivers out is the Cathedral Street to Bath Street bridge, the Howard and Midland Street one that connects Stockwell to Oswald Street and the ones going in and out of George Square. If your driver knows the bus lanes and gates it makes a massive difference in travel time and distance. I remember struggling with them when I first started out, particularly that Gorbals one. It's fantastic now that I know them all. I studied for the topographic test, though. I had no intention of ever sitting the test or driving a hackney, but I did the lessons so that I could be good at private hire. I also spent time off shift driving around teaching myself routes and bus lanes. Overall point, when I started out I needed the customer to tell me I'd went the wrong way. Private hire driver get zero training and we are thrown right in at the deep end on day one. Without the feedback there's no way to know a fuck up happened. A wee "Not to be a dick, but you'd have been better taking such and such bus lane by the way" would give me something to note down and go drive it again later by myself to learn it. I was always grateful for the pointer and would always apologize and explain that I had only been doing the job for so long and still learning; and whenever the customer pointed out my route was a bit longer I'd knock a quid or so off the fare. You will get arse hole drivers though. by Torran_Toi (Wed 29th May 2019 7:20pm)
  • I've ended up using this thread as a bit of an AMA for myself. If enough people are interested I don't mind doing an actual thread. Anyway bonus story that I heard from another driver a while back. Driver picks passenger up in the city centre. "Where to, mate?" ... "Stirling Castle, bud". Driver perks up a bit. "No bother!". Driver's chuffed at getting a random £30 to £40 hire. He starts making his way through the town, up to Cathedral Street and onto the M8 heading for the M80. A couple of minutes on the motorway pass and the passenger goes "where ye goin big man? Whit ye on the motorway for?" The driver goes "Stirling Castle. I'm heading for the M80, how, wid ye rather I took Cumbernauld Road mate?". Passenger takes a few seconds pause... "AAAAh fer fucks sakes! No the actual Stirling Castle!! I meant the pub in Yorkhill!!" by Torran_Toi (Wed 29th May 2019 7:29pm)
  • Just had a thought. If you're worried about dust, maybe it's better to use a paint stripper instead? I've had good results using Nitro-Mors in the past. by Torran_Toi (Wed 29th May 2019 9:43pm)
  • Best Butcher in Glasgow? Used to be Bible John. by Torran_Toi (Wed 29th May 2019 9:48pm)
  • Under provisioned in my opinion. I don't think anywhere is open before 7am except McDonalds (nae wonder taxi drivers are the size of a small garden), and the majority of places don't open till closer to 8am. by Torran_Toi (Wed 29th May 2019 9:47pm)
  • Private hire. by Torran_Toi (Wed 29th May 2019 9:56pm)
  • Nitromors is still sold today, albeit without the banned chemical. I can't remember if I used it before of after the change, but I'd imagine the new stuff still works. by Torran_Toi (Thu 30th May 2019 1:06am)
  • Not to be a dick, but nearly everybody gets the rules of a zebra crossing wrong. Drivers are under NO OBLIGATION to stop at a zebra crossing unless the pedestrian is already ON the crossing. If both your feet are still on the pavement then an immediately approaching car does not need to stop! by Torran_Toi (Thu 30th May 2019 10:52pm)
  • Sadie Frosts. by Torran_Toi (Fri 31st May 2019 6:30pm)
  • Based on the presence of the horse statue, which is Queen Victoria, and the lack of the Prince Albert statue, the photo was taken 1965 on and no later than Oct 1966. by Torran_Toi (Fri 31st May 2019 6:49pm)
  • That's not the Duke of Wellington. The Duke has always been at Royal Exchange Square. This will be the Queen Victoria monument, which is still on the Square right now almost in the same position, only it has been turned 90 degrees. There are two horse statues on George Square. The Queen Vic and the Prince Albert. The Queen Vic was put there in 1965 and the Prince Albert in October 1966. The Prince Albert statue isn't in this photo, confirming the date of this photo as between 1965 and Oct 1966. by Torran_Toi (Fri 31st May 2019 6:46pm)
  • I'd say the statue is definitely Victoria. If you zoom in you can see the statue holding an upright staff, which the Queen Vic statue has. I can't picture a George IV statue at the Cathedral. As far as I'm remembering the only equestrian statue at the Cathedral is William of Orange. by Torran_Toi (Fri 31st May 2019 6:59pm)
  • In a basic way, after Thatcher brought in the Transport Act, Edinburgh and Lothian councils came up with a clever and simple workaround. The Act privatized the buses, so Edinburgh and the Lothian councils formed a private company together. The councils are the shareholders of the company and they appointed directors to run it at arms length. by Torran_Toi (Fri 31st May 2019 7:11pm)
  • Unless it was lost in the Uber. Then it could be in any police station. However, all police stations send their lost property to the central lost property office on Saltmarket (the single storey building in front of the High Court, opposite corner from the adult book and DVD shop). by Torran_Toi (Fri 31st May 2019 7:47pm)
  • lol, worst typos and brain farts ever. Clearly, 1865 and not 1965. by Torran_Toi (Fri 31st May 2019 9:36pm)
  • Nothing, really. Well, money, or lack of it. If Glasgow Council, and say North Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire councils, were to create a plc, it would have to compete against First, Stewarts, McGills, et al. I don't know how this would play out. In Edinburgh, there were "bus wars" between the firms with First winning control over some Lothian regions and Lothian Buses winning control over Edinburgh City. I imagine, today, the concept of competing in a free market might be daunting to Glasgow Council, considering the massive stranglehold that First now has on the city. But, who knows? Should also point out the Transport for Edinburgh is a bit of a legal smokescreen. It isn't like Transport for London at all. It's an organisation that has been built to mimic TfL, but has no legal power to do so. It is relying on the operators playing along. This is easy enough considering the councils are the major shareholders in the companies that the "body" apes to regulate. However, there is nothing stopping Firstbus or any other operator from moving into Edinburgh with big bucks and doing whatever they like (within the usual limits). TfE could try and throw weight around and the new private operators can tell them to go get fucked. by Torran_Toi (Fri 31st May 2019 10:45pm)
  • The courts would side with the OO, probably. The ruling says "The right to freedom of expression is not an unrestricted right on particular grounds"; to me, this means the courts obviously recognize that the OO has a right to freedom of expression and assembly, but that this freedom can be restricted on particular grounds. Today, the OO lost because their overall rights of expression and assembly have not been taken away entirely, but have only been restricted in line with what the law allows. If those rights were restricted in total, or in a way the law doesn't allow for, then the OO win that argument. by Torran_Toi (Fri 31st May 2019 10:51pm)
  • Yeah, next months' is the one to watch. The same grounds that have been used to restrict the march this week will surely still be the same next month. The "big march" has never been re-routed before, and it is that march that has the most emotion attached to it for the OO. If the council decide in the next month to enforce the same re-routing policy there may be trouble ahead. by Torran_Toi (Fri 31st May 2019 10:56pm)
  • > Then again, competition in public transport is nonsense, you can't pick your travel by provider or price, you pick whichever bus takes you from Point A to Point B in the shortest time possible and pay whatever the operator of that bus route asks. It's like that in Glasgow, but it isn't like that everywhere. In North Lanarkshire, First compete against a couple of other companies on the same routes. In Wishaw, some people prefer to take the JMB bus instead of the Firstbus because JMB drivers carry a coin float and give change. Some people prefer to take the Stewarts bus because it has heating and leather seats. There will be times where people will just take whatever bus comes along first, but I know people who will let the Firstbus bus drive past because they would rather wait 5 more minutes for the JMB. by Torran_Toi (Fri 31st May 2019 11:05pm)
  • Aye, that's different then. Driver was clearly a walloper. by Torran_Toi (Fri 31st May 2019 11:22pm)
  • Also, I don't know the ins-and-outs, but Glasgow Council obviously operate the open-top bus tour service. This would fall under the same rules of the deregulation Act, so the council have done a similar thing to what I mentioned in the previous reply, only their interest is limited to a single operation. by Torran_Toi (Sat 1st Jun 2019 3:08am)
  • The Easdale brothers. A pair of total gangland thugs in their younger years. They operate with an all-above-board portfolio these days, but it was all built from dodgy deals, laundered cash from fuck knows where and a trail of violence. Over the years they've managed to force most of their competitors to sell their businesses over to them. It all looks legit on paper, but all the classic telltale hallmarks surround the deals, such as burnt out vehicles and depots, buses getting attacked on-route, intimidation, etc. You could probably say the business deals all came as a result of 'an offer that couldn't be refused'. Their portfolio has ate up a fair number of bus companies and they also own a few private hire taxi firms (surprise, surprise). Their more-to-date legitimate dealings include a share in Rangers and they also own a waterfront industrial estate in Greenock. They have gotten away with a hell of a lot of dodgy shit, but one of them went to jail a while ago for VAT fraud. by Torran_Toi (Sat 1st Jun 2019 3:05am)
  • You can smoke outside, yes. You don't need to do it in designated areas, if that's what your asking? by Torran_Toi (Sat 1st Jun 2019 4:17pm)
  • Lorry drivers, etc are employees with a guaranteed hourly wage and also get paid for the hours they are on break. Taxis and PH are self employed and have no guaranteed hourly rate and can often go hours with zero income... limiting driving hours like you suggest would hike fares dramatically. Time will tell on your second point, but the reason PHs pirate is because of over supply. Too many drivers, not enough jobs coming through to them. They become desperate to hit their targets as the night goes on without getting enough work. by Torran_Toi (Sat 1st Jun 2019 4:15pm)
  • Killermont street is already 2 way for buses, taxis. I reckon the best way to do this would be to keep the bus gate at Nelson Manedlla Place and allow bus and taxi to service when street station but have it all go up North Hanover. Close the square to traffic after that point along to Montrose Street. Close traffic on the north and south sides and on the st Vincent side, but leave the corner at hope street open, but again as a bus gate and as a right turn down st Vincent only. Private cars will need to make do with Cowcaddens as the east link. by Torran_Toi (Sat 1st Jun 2019 5:27pm)
  • Nonsense. This march wasn't re-routed because someone complained about being offended. It was re-routed due to legitimate public safety concerns voiced by Police Scotland. by Torran_Toi (Sun 2nd Jun 2019 1:07am)
  • The only places I can think of that has a ban on outdoors smoking is all the hospital grounds and under the canopy at Central Station (do the outdoors train stations have a ban?) by Torran_Toi (Sun 2nd Jun 2019 3:42am)
  • Liquidators only get called in if they have declared bankruptcy. Doesn't say in the notice if that's the case. Just says they have ceased trading. There could still be a pool of money sitting that they will use to issue refunds, then once that money is gone they will then declare bankruptcy. If that's the way they are doing it then HMRC and the creditors get fuck all. by Torran_Toi (Wed 5th Jun 2019 2:08am)
  • Rock Events Ltd ... it is on their website in the privacy policy. A quick check shows it's still listed as "active". Their balance sheets show some heavy debts and losses though. by Torran_Toi (Wed 5th Jun 2019 10:37am)
  • An ex of mine got fined £30 years ago for dropping a fag-doubt. She never paid it and it didn't get chased. by Torran_Toi (Wed 5th Jun 2019 4:44pm)
  • You've got some cheek after heavy greetin' yesterday about no being allowed in Blythswood. Fucking tadger. by Torran_Toi (Wed 5th Jun 2019 4:57pm)
  • Check if your eligible for an ILA. https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/learn-and-train/sds-individual-learning-accounts-ila edit: ILA is now ITA. Should be the same kind of deal though. by Torran_Toi (Thu 6th Jun 2019 8:22am)
  • Don't know if it's still the case, but park rangers (or whatever they are called) used to come round and lock the gates. There was a sign on the gates at the corner of Wishart, John Knox and Ladywell Streets with the times on it. Source: Got told it was closing time and asked to leave by a parkie a few years ago. by Torran_Toi (Thu 6th Jun 2019 5:37pm)
  • I was raised Catholic and the priest was as bitter about football as you could get. by Torran_Toi (Sat 8th Jun 2019 3:30pm)
  • Put in a planning application to turn your place into student flats. The council will get rid of the beetles in short order. by Torran_Toi (Tue 11th Jun 2019 1:14pm)
  • > laminate You probably have felt underlay under the laminate, but you might also have old carpet under there too. They are living and breeding underneath the laminate boards, basically. by Torran_Toi (Tue 11th Jun 2019 1:16pm)
  • But, you don't lose with matched betting, so it's not really a gamble. by Torran_Toi (Wed 12th Jun 2019 3:16am)
  • Found the one that's never went to Rutherglen in a Black Hack. by Torran_Toi (Thu 13th Jun 2019 2:12am)
  • I read an interesting article recently (not real journalism; it was just Catriona Stewart in the Evening Times, but still an interesting read) that made a case about why Giffnock, Rutherglen, Bishopbriggs, etc should all be folded into the city proper. In these areas, they pay their council tax to Local Authorities other than Glasgow, but the vast majority of the folk living there work, play and eat in Glasgow. The questions being raised were; is it right that people living in Bishopbriggs, who pay zero council tax to Glasgow, get to visit Kelvingrove Galleries for free? Is it right that people living in Bearsden and Giffnock get to contribute, daily, to the city's traffic congestion problems while not financially contributing to the upkeep of the city? Valid questions. by Torran_Toi (Thu 13th Jun 2019 2:24am)
  • It wouldn't look so bad if we all agreed to just disappear Castlemilk. by Torran_Toi (Thu 13th Jun 2019 2:29am)
  • The cynic in me wants to agree with you, but it was less about votes and more about making sure that the neighbouring local authorities got enough council tax income to survive. by Torran_Toi (Thu 13th Jun 2019 2:32am)
  • Have you checked Hobbycraft? Their sewing machines are pretty affordable. by Torran_Toi (Thu 13th Jun 2019 2:36am)
  • Genuine answer. There's a massage parlour / brothel on Granville Street near the Mitchell. It's on the bit of Granville St between Sauchiehall St and Berkley St. Look for the closed close door with only 1 buzzer. by Torran_Toi (Thu 13th Jun 2019 3:18pm)
  • I think the article was arguing to make all the galleries fall under some kind of library card style scheme, where Glaswegians get free access, while tourist and visitors pay. Something about it being done that way in some English cities. I'd would have Bishopbriggs, Millerston, Stepps and Cardowan folded in at the NE. I'd keep the east boundary as it is just now after Easterhouse and Baillieston. South, I'd include Halfway, Cambuslang, Rutherglen, Giffnock ... I'd probably even have Tannochside and Uddingston folded into Glasgow. To the NW, obviously Bearsden and Milngavie. I'd probably still have Clydebank separate, and SW I'd probably leave Barrhead and Neilston out and wouldn't redraw the Renfrew/Paisley lines. by Torran_Toi (Fri 14th Jun 2019 12:23am)
  • Never realised till now. It looks like a giant cock and bawsack. by Torran_Toi (Sat 15th Jun 2019 5:51pm)
  • There's a carpet shop in Shotts that will do you a "birthday display" on their outside wall. They cut up scraps of carpet and stick them on the wall to read "Happy 50th Jinky" or whatever. Gadgiest looking birthday messages you've ever seen. by Torran_Toi (Mon 17th Jun 2019 2:08am)
  • Going back quite a few years and things have changed with the tests since I done it, but... A) does each test centre only have 1 route now? When I did mine's there were multiple routes the examiner could use and it was completely random and you didn't know where he was going to take you. B) Particular trick bit they throw at Bailliestion is Edinburgh Road. They will have you turn right onto the dual carriageway from a side street. They want to test you here to see if you want for one side of the street to clear then move into the central reservation to wait for the second side to clear, or if you will wait at the give way until both sides are clear. They fail you for moving into the central reservation even wait even though it's how everybody will be driving once licensed. by Torran_Toi (Mon 17th Jun 2019 10:43pm)
  • I thought the routes were randomly decided on the day? by Torran_Toi (Tue 18th Jun 2019 4:31am)
  • Nearly sure I went on the Waverley at the Garden Festival when I was a wee guy. Vague memory of being in the engine room. by Torran_Toi (Tue 18th Jun 2019 4:35am)
  • Are you sure? When I say random, I don't mean the guy just makes it up as you go along. I mean the test centre has a choice of routes and you could end up doing any one of them. I'm going back nearly 20 years, but the 3 tests I did were not the same. by Torran_Toi (Tue 18th Jun 2019 7:35am)
  • I think it's great and all that, but it annoys me that they won't allow private hire drivers to join them with it. by Torran_Toi (Wed 19th Jun 2019 3:02pm)
  • > Uber has repeatedly been caught doing either illegal shit or just generally being well dodgy. As opposed to Glasgow Taxis, nee the ToA, who are basically the Glasgow version of the New York Teamsters? Or, the myriad of private hire and black hack firms owned and operated by notorious organised crime clans? by Torran_Toi (Wed 19th Jun 2019 10:29pm)
  • You do know that 100% of taxi drivers and PH drivers in this country have always been self employed and never, ever had job security, holidays, sick pay, etc? It's always been the normal way to work the taxi industry in the UK. Uber isn't unique. Their business model is nearly identical to the business model that private hire firm have had since day dot. by Torran_Toi (Wed 19th Jun 2019 10:25pm)
  • They pay a lot of money for the licence, sure, but "the knowledge" in Glasgow is a total farce. I have studied for and sat that test. It will never ask for something not in the handbook. It is always multiple choice. It's a memory test and nothing else. When you go to the "taxi school" the only thing they teach is rote memorisation. Also, to sit the knowledge test it's only £21. Hardly an investment, really. Point 2: I left the taxis to go to Uber. After doing both, I'd say the shambles is the taxis. Uber is far superior to work for and my customers all seem to claim its a far better service too. Point 3: It's all completely beside the point. It's a fucking charity outing. The level of financial investment is irrelevant. by Torran_Toi (Wed 19th Jun 2019 10:20pm)
  • This. The sub has seriously changed from how it was a couple years ago. Genuine Glasgow style banter and anything remotely close to "offensive" gets downvoted all the time now. by Torran_Toi (Wed 19th Jun 2019 10:33pm)
  • Ho Wong is closing down. Google reveals it to be a restaurant on York Street. "Ronseal" = Does what it says on the tin. ie: OP doesn't feel the need to write text in the post as all the required info is in the thread title. by Torran_Toi (Sat 22nd Jun 2019 9:40am)
  • Think I'd have given a blank stare at this one as well and I'm born and bred here. Is this one of the words they teach at fancy lad school? :) by Torran_Toi (Thu 27th Jun 2019 3:28am)
  • https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Sky_sounds by Torran_Toi (Thu 27th Jun 2019 8:40am)
  • There's a bit of the walkway in the Gorbals (maybe at Adelphi Street?) that's collapsed in like this. They never bothered to fix it though, just put fencing round it and abandoned. by Torran_Toi (Thu 27th Jun 2019 3:54pm)
  • TIL there's two Gibson Streets. Interesting. by Torran_Toi (Sun 30th Jun 2019 3:41am)
  • Like /u/fishonawalk said, legally speaking, you've already paid. A few years ago I had a bill to pay to renew my car insurance. I paid it 1 day before the due date at the Post Office in cash. What I didn't know, because I didn't read the back of the letter, was that Post Office payments take a few days to clear. By the time it cleared the bill due date had passed. The insurance company stopped my insurance. I didn't know this as they didn't even bother sending out a letter. I drive about none the wiser then get pulled over by the police one day. The on-board computer tells them I don't have insurance. I insist that I do. They don't care. It goes to court. The case lasted all of 5 minutes. My lawyer showed the Sheriff my post office receipt showing that I physically handed the cash over 1 day before the bill was due and argued an admin problem due to post office clearance time caused the insurance company to believe I hadn't paid. Sheriff accepted that as a valid argument. He agreed that I had already paid in good faith and ordered Churchill to refund my money or reinstate the policy. Case against me was dismissed. So, ignore the letters and let them take you to court for recovery if they really want to. Keep the receipts. They prove that you paid the correct amount in good faith. by Torran_Toi (Sun 30th Jun 2019 6:21am)
  • > City of Glasgow College It'll always be the College of Building and Printing to me. Anyway, as far as I can see, there's a planning application in for this building for it to become a 640 room hotel, with retail/bar/restaurant space on the ground levels. Additionally, there's a planning application in to turn the Charles Oakley building across the road into a 400 room student accommodation. by Torran_Toi (Sun 30th Jun 2019 7:18am)
  • Aw, aye. I see those now that you've pointed them out. Seriously, 1/5 on effort for both of them. The "Duke of Wellington" has only stuck a tiny, tiny orange cone in her hair while the rest of her outfit has nothing to do with the statue. The goth is a goth, fair enough, but nothing gives it away that she's a "goth from the 4 corners". To be honest, I thought the can in her hand was the main prop and she was going for some kind of Glaswegian Alky type thing. The Celtic one is obvious. She gets points for looking sexy af. Glasgow Green, I admit, took me a few seconds to cotton on to... But, top marks for cleverness, even if it isn't drag. by Torran_Toi (Sun 30th Jun 2019 7:31am)
  • Ex network private hire driver and current uber driver here. Most rentals are 165ish, plus an insurance excess. Some this is £400, some it's £500. The car owner holds this as a sort of bond, then if you need to claim the insurance the excess money is already there. If you never claim it gets returned when you jack the job in. It is payable weekly at £10 for the first 40 to 50 weeks of your rental. Insurance and repairs are included in the rental. At network the car rental and radio rent together was £303 per week. Outrageously difficult to make good money. Hampdens not much cheaper. My costs per week just now are 165 rent, 10 insurance, 120 fuel and about 10 to 15 per week on valeting. I do a 40 hour week and will take in about 600, with around half going back out on costs. The half you keep will need to go towards licence costs and tax. There is also a requirement now for new applicants to obtain an SVQ, which is costly by the looks of things. It is impossible to do this game part time in the UK. As someone else pointed out, you'll either work all week to cover costs and keep the weekend money, or work all weekend to covert costs to keep the midweek money. There's also points of the week where you will make next to nothing. Monday night is dead. Every week day between 10am and 1pm is dead. It's only a decent earner if you put in the hours and reject the social life. by Torran_Toi (Mon 1st Jul 2019 1:35pm)
  • This is the good thing with Uber. Uber take 25% of the fares instead of having to pay a fixed rental. If you have a slow week, or take sick, whatever, then that weekly rental can be a killer. At least with Uber if don't take much, neither do they and you still go home with something. by Torran_Toi (Mon 1st Jul 2019 10:04pm)
  • > Its as casual as can be, only need a smart phone and a delivery bag And food delivery car insurance. Normal insurance won't cover you. by Torran_Toi (Mon 1st Jul 2019 10:01pm)
  • Like a kind of daily pay as you go? by Torran_Toi (Mon 1st Jul 2019 10:27pm)
  • > it seems like Gallowgate is the only non-residential bit I'm not sure what you're trying to say here. The only non-residential bit as in a bit with shops and pubs? The following areas have significant enough shopping areas: Dennistoun, Parkhead, Bridgeton, Tollcross, Shettleston, Easterhouse, Baillieston. There's smaller pockets of local and convenience shopping to be found in places like Carntyne and Riddrie. There's pubs all over the east end. Another point: This is Google Maps' fault because they have a label on the map showing it, but Gallowgate is not an area, it is a street name. Gallowgate starts at Glasgow Cross and ends at Parkhead Cross, roughly 2 miles. The areas it is in are Calton and Parkhead. by Torran_Toi (Wed 3rd Jul 2019 2:25pm)
  • I was sitting in the car park of McDonald's in Finnieston the other morning eating a bacon and egg mcmuffin when I eventually noticed a big bastard of a seagull standing next to my motor watching me. This thing wasn't moving and stared at me the whole time. Got a bit creeped out by the cunt. Then it donned on me. It's doing this because it's been "trained". There must be eejits throwing bit of their burgers and chips out their car windows feeding this fucker. Don't fucking feed the seagulls! by Torran_Toi (Wed 3rd Jul 2019 2:34pm)
  • > Herring gulls Had to check. Apparently there's been an increase in numbers in urban areas, but across the UK as a whole the species has declined by 50% in the past 25 years. by Torran_Toi (Wed 3rd Jul 2019 2:38pm)
  • Well, the French do love a good riot every now and again and when one kicks off it always seems to be the capitalistic chains like McDonalds that have their windows put in first. by Torran_Toi (Wed 3rd Jul 2019 2:43pm)
  • All the streets around there are packed tight all hours of the day. It's fucking brutal picking someone up with the taxi from these addresses and they decide to take their sweet time about coming out. by Torran_Toi (Wed 3rd Jul 2019 2:48pm)
  • The other question being missed here is... where is the new job? Because, parking for that might also be a thing to think about too. by Torran_Toi (Wed 3rd Jul 2019 3:09pm)
  • I'm not majorly clued up on the south side, but parking does get better in that general area as you edge out into Pollokshaws, Merrylee and Newlands, but the property prices do rise around these areas as well. Honestly, as a driver I fucking hate a lot of the south side. I try to stay away from it as much as possible. The east and north of the city are much easier for driving around and parking, but you lack amenities in these areas and some neighbourhoods are rough. Property is cheaper though. The things you rank as most important, being easy on the wallet and easy to keep a car, maybe the east or north is where you should be looking. by Torran_Toi (Wed 3rd Jul 2019 3:07pm)
  • I think the law was changed on this last year. The transport act that brought in the LEZ stuff also had a bit about banning pavement parking. I'm not sure if it's in full effect yet or if its even being enforced though. by Torran_Toi (Wed 3rd Jul 2019 3:15pm)
  • Mind blown. My whole life. How have I never figured that out?!? I thought it was just one of those mad words yer granny said. Fuck me. by Torran_Toi (Wed 3rd Jul 2019 4:17pm)
  • > on the south side Not city center then :P ;) Fair enough if your going public transport for work then. by Torran_Toi (Wed 3rd Jul 2019 5:06pm)
  • Bill's really does have the weird and wonderful. I had a mate that started a scaffolding apprenticeship years ago and needed to get a special type of scaffolding wrench. Bill had them in stock when even the access specialists had to do special orders. by Torran_Toi (Thu 4th Jul 2019 9:09am)
  • I'd live in Haghill over Calton any day. Easy decision. by Torran_Toi (Thu 4th Jul 2019 3:04pm)
  • I think you need to apply for something called a letter of comfort. No idea how it's done, but I think that's what you need. by Torran_Toi (Fri 5th Jul 2019 10:50pm)
  • Still illegal. by Torran_Toi (Sat 6th Jul 2019 7:42am)
  • Yeah, that's right, although you can still be charged with things like driving without due care and attention if your caught typing out a text or what-have-you, even if cradled. OP was taking a photo while stopped at a red light. I think it's safe to say the device was in his hands and not in a cradle. by Torran_Toi (Sat 6th Jul 2019 2:48pm)
  • As another has said, if you really want to use uber then book an XL. If you book a regular size uberx you'll very likely have drivers cancel on you. Some might even hit you with the cancellation charge for wasting their time and fuel. Even an XL isn't a guarantee. You might get an estate car, but then you might also get a people carrier with a regular sized boot. Taking stuff depends on the sizes of the things your taking. It all needs to fit in the boot or we usually won't take it. Private Hire is for carrying passengers and luggage, not for performing house moves on the cheap. Little known fact is that private hire insurance demands this. Most policies don't allow for luggage to be carried anywhere in the car other than the space designed for it. So, put a long box on the back seat and we're now riding uninsured. We also can't put the back seats down without voiding the policy. One of the things I like about working for Uber these days is the ability to cancel these types of jobs. When I was with normal private hire you got punished for cancelling, which was bullshit. They basically forced you to take rides that you knew were voiding your insurance. Taxi insurance is different and will allow you to take bigger things, so a black hack is actually your better bet. by Torran_Toi (Tue 9th Jul 2019 10:47am)
  • Did it once, going down to London, but didn't get a sleep. There was a guy and his girlfriend sitting across the aisle next to me. Once the girl fell asleep, me and the guy struck up some small talk, then for the rest of the night got absolutely hammered on whisky and talked shite about Battlestar Gallactica and Aerosmith and fuck knows what else. Best pals for a few hours then went our separate ways in London. The seats seemed comfy enough to sleep on though and the lassie slept the whole night. by Torran_Toi (Tue 9th Jul 2019 7:41pm)
  • No probs bud. by Torran_Toi (Wed 10th Jul 2019 10:30am)
  • You still have them in places like Easterhouse and Possil. I think the biggest shift is that they don't hang about outside as much anymore, instead they prefer to get boozed and benzoed in some flat with a PlayStation or something. Anybody that's lived in a close in the deep east or north in the past few years will tell you the young teams are still a threat. Although, the days of the ned in Burberry check are definitely over. by Torran_Toi (Wed 10th Jul 2019 10:39am)
  • I think I get your overall point and the issues with this particular building should never have gotten to the state they are in, but who lives and comes from where has nothing to do with where you can own something. Are you really saying that 100% of Glasgow's property should only ever be owned by Glaswegians? Because that's just utter nonsense. by Torran_Toi (Wed 10th Jul 2019 4:18pm)
  • Tell the truth. Did you do a Gillian McKeith with it? by Torran_Toi (Wed 10th Jul 2019 6:11pm)
  • > crack a can has always been irn bru crack a can has always been lager by Torran_Toi (Fri 12th Jul 2019 12:32am)
  • Yep, Commercial Court is definitely Gorbals, not Oatlands. Oatlands is more towards Polmadie and around Richmond Park. by Torran_Toi (Fri 12th Jul 2019 4:41pm)
  • Someone said it already, but the Forfar Bridie (pronounced like Bri-day) is the closest Scottish equivalent to a Cornish pastie. The bridies in Greggs are sometimes okay, but like everything in Greggs, it scores low on quality and will only do in a pinch. I would imagine the best bridies will be found in the west end, like that fancy bakers on Great Western Road. by Torran_Toi (Fri 12th Jul 2019 4:49pm)
  • Nothing in the city matches all those criteria. It just doesn't exist. The closest thing to what you're describing would be Glasgow Harbour, and maybe Lancefield Quay. Not really high rises though. by Torran_Toi (Fri 12th Jul 2019 5:50pm)
  • >There are some along argyl street towards the marriot The Anderston high flats? The OP asked for modern/ contemporary. Those towers are from the 50s or 60s. > and also along Clyde St at the clutha Nothing in that area that goes over 5 or 6 storeys. OP asked for a high rise (he's since changed that). > and at the bottom of the broomielaw at the secc Broomielaw doesn't go all the way along to the SECC. It stops at Newton Street and then becomes Anderston, Lancefield and Finnieston Quays. I think the flats you mean here are the ones I mentioned at Lancefield. by Torran_Toi (Sun 14th Jul 2019 2:38pm)
  • Auto cosmique in Dennistoun, or ALS Paintworks down Cathcart way. Used both for years for dozens of jobs on taxis and private cars. Extremely recommended. by Torran_Toi (Tue 16th Jul 2019 2:59pm)
  • This used to be more common than it is now. Hydrants would be set off all over the city when I was a wee guy. It became that much of a problem that the fire brigade came into the schools to tell us scary stories at assembly. by Torran_Toi (Wed 17th Jul 2019 4:41am)
  • The photo was taken in a public place. by Torran_Toi (Wed 17th Jul 2019 5:02am)
  • Fuck sake with all the downvoted comments. Who's the wee virgin that just made 50+ puppet accounts to win his internet argument? by Torran_Toi (Wed 17th Jul 2019 10:36am)
  • The change is noticeably extreme and has happened pretty rapidly. Too rapid for it to be organic IMO. I seriously reckon some clown is sitting with a massive bloc of sock puppet accounts and coming the cunt. by Torran_Toi (Wed 17th Jul 2019 10:47am)
  • Absolutely shocking. I hope they got written permission from everyone that got captured on film. Completely invasive. (edit: As I typed that I figured my sarcasm would be obvious, but with the state of this sub I probably need to make it crystal fucking clear. I was being sarcastic.) by Torran_Toi (Wed 17th Jul 2019 2:21pm)
  • Nah, you shouldn't. Rangers and Hearts. Celtic and Hibs. Only a nutjob breaks that pattern. by Torran_Toi (Thu 18th Jul 2019 1:04pm)
  • I know what you're saying, but it's such a dangerous and pointless way to go. If you need to get to Dobbies Loan from Castle Street why not just nip through Townhead via St James Road, or come off the 803 at Baird Street? by Torran_Toi (Thu 18th Jul 2019 3:58pm)
  • There's no such things as fast and slow lanes. If people are able to undertake you then it is you that is in the wrong lane. by Torran_Toi (Thu 18th Jul 2019 4:01pm)
  • Yeah, this is the opposite side of what's mentioned in another comment. Come on at Craighall, come off at Springburn, take the left switchback onto Baird Street then onto Castle Street at the Infirmary is surely the safer route. They should barrier these slips to prevent people flying right across the motorway when other safer routes that only add a minute or two to a journey exist. by Torran_Toi (Thu 18th Jul 2019 7:49pm)
  • Yep, the motorway route will save you a couple minutes. You would need to ask yourself if just two minutes of a saving is worth the hassle and danger of crossing over the entire motorway width. Cathedral and North Hanover is another way, yep, but it's probably the most congested at peak times. Probably not much in it either way though. I've always said it would be better for the authorities to put a barrier up on this motorway slip to make sure that you can't go on at Townhead to come back off at Dobbie's Loan forcing traffic onto the other safer routes. by Torran_Toi (Thu 18th Jul 2019 7:45pm)
  • Me and my partner had similar. One would find something but the delay in getting hold of the other made us lose out a lot. Eventually, we came to the agreement that we didn't need each other's permission and could make deals or go to viewings alone. Just trusted each other and agreed that if we ended up somewhere that one of us didn't like we could move again. It helped speed things along. We could find property on our respective days off and just go view it that day if needed. by Torran_Toi (Thu 18th Jul 2019 8:19pm)
  • NHS staff can get free taxis to and from work though with NPH. No? by Torran_Toi (Thu 18th Jul 2019 11:49pm)
  • That's exactly how it went for us. Good luck. by Torran_Toi (Fri 19th Jul 2019 1:24am)
  • All good answers here, but here's an alternative that will help get you further afield: Join a walking or hiking club. Clubs have regular days out and there's always a few drivers that take a motor full of non drivers. by Torran_Toi (Fri 19th Jul 2019 4:24pm)
  • Got my last suit at Asda for £30. Fuck all wrong with it. by Torran_Toi (Fri 19th Jul 2019 4:26pm)
  • What stops the council dealing with this like an investment? Can the council offer a certain amount of money for the repairs for a stake in the business, be it a hotel or whatever comes along? I suppose it was easier to do deals like that when it was Glasgow Corporation. by Torran_Toi (Fri 19th Jul 2019 7:34pm)
  • Well, when I worked with Network I was one of the drivers that did the NHS contract. Loads of trips every day with doctors, nurses ... even staff from estates departments and IT. I don't know how you go about booking it, but ask around, because the service is available. by Torran_Toi (Fri 19th Jul 2019 7:49pm)
  • Got it for a recent event. My brother-in-law got one from Slaters at more than double the price and they looked identical. That said, I wouldn't expect decent longevity from it. But, for the odd occasion once or twice a year, it's completely fine. by Torran_Toi (Fri 19th Jul 2019 7:56pm)
  • The irony. by Torran_Toi (Sun 21st Jul 2019 12:03am)
  • No. It's car pooling. You still drive your own car. All your doing is "renting" out the passenger seats on a journey your already making. It gets weird in the UK because of insurance. You're not allowed to make a profit from doing it and can only accept money that covers fuel/ running costs. These payments need to be in line with HMRC limits (without checking it's something like 50p per mile). So, technically, if you do a 3 mile journey 5 days a week with 1 passenger, and the passenger bungs you £20, you've took more than the fuel/ running costs, made a miniscule profit and invalidated your insurance. It's a great idea in general, but you need to be careful around the payment stuff. Afaik though, sites like bla bla calculate the mileage of the trip and max out how much you can take from each passenger. by Torran_Toi (Mon 22nd Jul 2019 3:06pm)
  • Kelvindale, Kelvinside, Kelvingrove, Kelvinhaugh... the town planners of yesteryear weren't particularly imaginative when naming things :) by Torran_Toi (Mon 22nd Jul 2019 3:14pm)
  • Ignoring the insurance and rules on profit, the biggest problem with the concept is people attitudes to car pooling. Thousands of drivers drive to and from work every day without a single passenger. They don't want to share their personal space. by Torran_Toi (Mon 22nd Jul 2019 3:10pm)
  • Keep the kettle boiling. Royston, Roystonhill and Robroyston. by Torran_Toi (Tue 23rd Jul 2019 5:40am)
  • It depends. Balornock is fine as are some of the streets around Petershil Rd and Barnhill station. The rougher bits are centred around Lenzie Terrace, Balgrayhill, Keppochill rd and Hawthorn Street. by Torran_Toi (Tue 23rd Jul 2019 3:26pm)
  • The old tenement building with the shut down pub, 120 ish Duke Street? by Torran_Toi (Wed 24th Jul 2019 7:50am)
  • Signal Box on Fulton Street is probably the shadiest pub in the city. by Torran_Toi (Wed 24th Jul 2019 3:25pm)
  • Sorry, I mean shady in the Glasgow slang context. So, not shady like underhanded and gangstery, but shady as in shite. by Torran_Toi (Thu 25th Jul 2019 2:53am)
  • Roystonhill used to be an area in its own right. The north side of Royston Road was Royston and the south side was Roystonhill. Today it's all just Royston and Roystonhill is a street that runs through it (from Rhymer Street right up to Blochairn Rd). by Torran_Toi (Thu 25th Jul 2019 2:56am)
  • Take a walk around Hillhead? You'll see them on the cars. by Torran_Toi (Thu 25th Jul 2019 3:15am)
  • I did some volunteering at a community rehab a few years ago. While I was there: One guy who had a 20 year habit got clean, got a job, got a brand new motor, recovered his family. 8 years later he is still going strong. Another 3 guys with serious alcohol problems got dry, got into jogging together and set up a running club. Still going well for them and still running their club. Another guy got clean and got right into cycling and has been going about the process of setting up a social enterprise to help get addicts into sport as a recovery tool. A few others got serious about working in the field and went about getting SVQs in social care. I know that 2 of those lads are now currently working full time in rehab settings, 1 went on to become a therapist of some kind and is now running his own private thing doing CBT and whatever, and 1 girl went on to work with elderly and does the sleep-over carer thing. A good handful of others got into community stuff and spend their time on community councils and whatnot. I'd say in the time I was there and out of all the people I met well over half got serious about recovery and have bettered their lives. Truly inspirational. The problem is that everyone's perception is the typical street junkie. That is the one that hasn't found recovery yet. by Torran_Toi (Fri 26th Jul 2019 1:33am)
  • It's probably something like making bacon as already said. When I was growing up bacon wasn't called bacon, it was called ham. I remember a roll and bacon being a roll and ham. by Torran_Toi (Fri 26th Jul 2019 3:43pm)
  • My heart goes out to you. It's a horrible thing to go through. Just as a heads up. Don't waste your energy with trying to track the driver down. It's not illegal to run a cat over. A dog, yes, a cat, no. There's zero legal repercussions for the driver here. Cats are considered rodents under law. It's shite, but it's how it is. by Torran_Toi (Sat 27th Jul 2019 1:19am)
  • So one of the main roads in Ibrox or Parkheed? Cool. I'll look out for the parking bay with the cones while I'm working night shift and move them. Sounds to me like the guy is causing an intentional road obstruction. I'll be doing a civic duty by removing it from the road. by Torran_Toi (Wed 31st Jul 2019 2:21pm)
  • Easterhouse ice cream van prices Year 2000 - 20 pence 2019 - £1.20 Also, the 25p cup from the van in year 2000 is the £1 cup now. (edit: anybody else remember thier maw sending them down to the van with a bowl out the kitchen to get scoops?) by Torran_Toi (Sat 3rd Aug 2019 5:01am)
  • It's how the free market works. We'll keep getting hotels until market saturation forces some into going bust. by Torran_Toi (Sat 3rd Aug 2019 10:33am)
  • https://publicaccess.glasgow.gov.uk/online-applications/caseDetails.do?caseType=Application&keyVal=OUTMH4EX0AT00 "Erection of student accommodation (sui generis) with associated landscaping: Planning application under Section 42 of the Town and Country Planning Act to amend Conditions of Planning Consent 16/00629/DC to form an additional storey." by Torran_Toi (Sat 3rd Aug 2019 10:36am)
  • That's exactly what I've linked to. New City Road is on both sides of the motorway. https://www.google.com/maps/place/213+New+City+Rd,+Glasgow+G4+9PA/@55.8702531,-4.2677612,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x4888442577af7f9f:0x958e744550a9cf82!8m2!3d55.8704412!4d-4.2668156 by Torran_Toi (Sat 3rd Aug 2019 11:07am)
  • https://publicaccess.glasgow.gov.uk/online-applications/files/D70906D80D8FDEDE7A298B897DDF0226/pdf/17_02092_DC-LOCATION_PLAN-3976426.pdf I'm pretty sure it's the right building, mate. Left hand side of the motorway as you go eastbound, adjacent to New City Rd. by Torran_Toi (Sat 3rd Aug 2019 2:31pm)
  • During events like these (like the cycle race tomorrow) the bus lanes are often suspended, but the cameras still operate as normal. Keep on their case about it and it'll eventually get sorted. What I'm not sure about is whether you're supposed to pay and then claim it back via appeal. I'm remembering something about council tax working like that, so I'm not sure if it's the same with all council bills. (edit: Which is what you're actually asking about. Sorry, not sure, but I think you're supposed to pay the bill by the due date while any appeals are pending then claim it back if the appeal is successful). by Torran_Toi (Sat 3rd Aug 2019 2:39pm)
  • There's a culverted burn, the Lightburn, that runs right under there. It'll be that that's overflowing. by Torran_Toi (Sun 4th Aug 2019 1:28am)
  • Cranhill isn't Easterhouse, but it's near. I've lived in both. Cranhill was once one of the most desirable bits of the east end. When I was young you would be on waiting lists for years waiting on people to die to get a flat there. It took a bad dip in the late 90's/ early 00's due to a massive level of drug use. It was never really considered a dangerous area, but one with many social problems with poverty and drugs being rampant. It's cleaned up since then. Most of Cranhill had been demolished and rebuilt in the past 15 years. The majority of closes are gone and have been replaced with semi detached houses. The maisdonettes surrounding the high rise flats were demolished and not replaced, so that removed one of the scummiest zones. They are about to do a massive do-over with the park. They are going to re-expose the underground burn and build in waterfalls and gardens. The east end is still trying to shake off its bad reputation from years ago and the truth is the whole city is much safer than it used to be. To be afraid of Easterhouse because it was bad in the 80s and 90s is like being afraid of Byres Road because that was sketchy as fuck back then too. Yes, some areas are still shite, like Ruchazie or parts of Barlanark. Cranhill is no worse than, say, Carntyne or Riddrie. I'd move back to Cranhill without any worries. It's a pain in the arse transport wise though. No trains nearby, you'll have to rely on buses and most of the time you'll need to walk over to Edinburgh Road for them as very few go through Cranhill itself. by Torran_Toi (Sun 4th Aug 2019 6:23pm)
  • From the Scottish National Dictionary: *fig*. an affected, ultra-refined way of speech adopted to impress others with one's social importance, so called because of the relatively higher price of the pan than the plain loaf. Gen. (exc. I.) Sc. Also used attrib. Adj., adv. pan-loafy. Hence phrs. to speak pan loaf(y), to pit on the high pan, to speak in an affected pseudo-English manner, to “put on the style”. *** I've mostly heard it called telephone voice. Basically, we slow our speaking down a little and try to pronounce things more clearly/ less lazily. A great example of it is with Kevin Bridges. Listen to him just as his career took off then listen to him now. I do it all the time with customers to the point that folk seem surprised when I tell them I'm fae the east end of Glesga. Anticipating that you might be interested to know... the "real" speech pattern is the broad Glaswegian/near intelligible one. It takes a bit of effort to put on the "telephone voice", to the point that it gets a bit mentally exhausting after a while. by Torran_Toi (Mon 5th Aug 2019 5:28am)
  • A wee bit off. Springboig is the sandwich filler with Shettleston and Sandyhills south of it and Cranhill north of it. by Torran_Toi (Mon 5th Aug 2019 5:38am)
  • Yer welcome! Glaz-goh is correct in an "official (?)" kind of way, yep. Americans often do the "ow" sound. Similar thing with Moscow. Americans tend to pronounce it Mos-cow (sounds like moss then like farmyard cow", while in the UK you'll hear it as Moss-co. Glezga is the Glaswegian dialect way of saying Glaz-goh, and then when you go out to areas around Lanarkshire and Lothian that becomes glez-gay. by Torran_Toi (Mon 5th Aug 2019 6:18am)
  • The anxiety is real. Doesn't help when yer mates take the utter pish out of you when they hear you doing it. There was a lassie that I used to work with who never lived down the time she phoned for a taxi at the end of shift. "Where to?" ... "Dennis Town". And, 25 years later, my maw still gets the pish ripped for the way she once ordered a "baked potatooo with buTTer". by Torran_Toi (Mon 5th Aug 2019 11:08am)
  • I've always assumed that people from the west end (aka Kelvindale accent or Milngavie accent) completely faked that posh sound. I have an ex from Milngavie who talked in the "pan loaf", and then turned full Glesga when we argued. by Torran_Toi (Mon 5th Aug 2019 5:21pm)
  • It's fine to run on different sized tyres as long as the wheel size matches. Most spare wheels don't have a matching tyre size to the other main four (ie: the "get ye hame"). by Torran_Toi (Wed 7th Aug 2019 6:52pm)
  • Could you not go to the garage you left the spare at and collect it? by Torran_Toi (Wed 7th Aug 2019 6:50pm)
  • Yep. The legal responsibility to report income for income tax is on you, not the company. by Torran_Toi (Thu 8th Aug 2019 7:32pm)
  • And then start saying goodbye to the call centres as the jobs get shipped out to non unionised workforces. by Torran_Toi (Sat 10th Aug 2019 10:38am)
  • Some time after 1995 based on the Rover 200 in the foreground. by Torran_Toi (Sat 10th Aug 2019 10:46am)
  • Not rain. Just plain old oxidation. by Torran_Toi (Sat 10th Aug 2019 10:52am)
  • It's a copper roof. Look around the city, you'll notice it on loads of structures. Mitchell Library dome, a few churches, etc. They use copper because a copper roof is supposed to be able to last around 1000 years without needing replacement, needs very litthe ongoing maintenance, can be formed into complex shapes and, believe it or not, the green patina is a highly desirable aesthetic. Imagine a roof that size in slate. It would cost a fortune to maintain. The original cathedral had a thatch roof. by Torran_Toi (Sat 10th Aug 2019 11:01am)
  • It would look like this: https://www.flickr.com/photos/maccoinnich/2068063911/ which is a church on Craigpark in Dennistoun. The roof was redone a few years ago and once looked like this: http://www.glasgowguide.co.uk/alexandra%20parade/Our%20Lady%20of%20Good%20Counsel%2001.htm by Torran_Toi (Sat 10th Aug 2019 3:25pm)
  • This is the answer. Apparently he was lying in the street hugging a teddy bear, so some mental health issues maybe at play. He was alive at the time he went into the ambulance. by Torran_Toi (Sat 10th Aug 2019 3:33pm)
  • Me: No long to go mate. Heed voice: Dont say it, dont say it, fuck me man dont say it! Me: On the way hame then, aye? by Torran_Toi (Sun 11th Aug 2019 2:06am)
  • Most certainly not Easterhouse. Those water towers are in Craigend. by Torran_Toi (Sun 11th Aug 2019 5:59pm)
  • This is true, although cats out the bag on it these days. by Torran_Toi (Sun 11th Aug 2019 6:11pm)
  • I was always aware that most taxi drivers are racist. It wasn't until I became a driver that I learned the city is full of racists. Not a single shift goes by where I don't get "Thank fuck. A white driver" multiple times from punters. Also very frequent to get "local driver requsted" over the radio which is code for a racist passenger asking for white driver. A lot of the good jobs (like distance work) also go out to local drivers only. This is where racist controllers are keeping the good jobs for their white pals. by Torran_Toi (Sun 11th Aug 2019 6:10pm)
  • It's because it's "normalised". Most passengers ask us very personal questions, we ask personal questions to passengers. Some passengers reveal scary levels of personal stuff without being prompted. I found it really weird when I first started driving to be asked about my wife and her dog and how many weans do I have and how much money do I make and on. Like, my job is to drive from A to Billy safely... Do you, a total stranger, need to be asking me this stuff? Then it becomes normal. Then I do it now. It's standing out to you as weird because you'll be one of the few passengers that doesn't do this kind of thing. by Torran_Toi (Sun 11th Aug 2019 6:19pm)
  • This. The machine is ALWAYS working. They are usually linked to the job radio via Bluetooth these days so the price can't be fiddled about with manually. The radio won't send jobs if the card machine isn't connected. So, if the driver has your job then his card machine works. If somehow a fault did actually exist, you can just pay over the phone. Just tell the driver you'll phone and pay the office. You can bet the machine starts working before you've finished dialling. by Torran_Toi (Sun 11th Aug 2019 6:26pm)
  • The Cranhill one is about a mile from these two. These are the two craigend towers. The Cranhill one is square shaped. by Torran_Toi (Sun 11th Aug 2019 8:54pm)
  • The Cranthill tower isn't in this photo. It's about a mile away from these two and is square shaped. by Torran_Toi (Sun 11th Aug 2019 8:51pm)
  • Cranhill lit up: https://live.staticflickr.com/2708/4098728199_dfb819dc27_b.jpg They used to light up the Craigend ones as well, but don't think they've had it lit for a few years now: https://www.flickr.com/photos/brian1875/5370361613 by Torran_Toi (Mon 12th Aug 2019 4:39pm)
  • What took ye away from it? Did ye move over to PHC's or just leave the game altogether? by Torran_Toi (Mon 12th Aug 2019 4:36pm)
  • Interesting side info for you then. In the middle of Springburn park there is a fenced off area with an underground water reservoir. The location was chosen because it's the highest natural point of the city and provides the same gravity feed as a tower would only with a much, much larger volume. by Torran_Toi (Mon 12th Aug 2019 4:46pm)
  • > I'd guess the old Skerryvore road Looks like it. Yep. by Torran_Toi (Mon 12th Aug 2019 5:35pm)
  • Well. There's nothing to see. The reservoir is completely concealed from view and fenced off. However, Springburn Park is a gem that many folk miss a trick with by never going to it. It's worth a visit to have a look at the old Winter Gardens building, the Mosesfield House, the Balgray fountain, a very impressive rockery, couple of cool statues, couple of nice ponds, a nature trail with plenty of wildlife and the peace garden which has a small monument gifted to the city by A-bomb survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And, like I said, it's the highest natural point within the city limits so it offers pretty good views from certain bits. On a very clear day you can see the hilltops on the Isle of Arran! It's a belter of a park. One of my favourites in the city. I keep meaning to join the 'Friends of Springburn Park' and never get round to it. It's nowhere near as good as it once was (Victorian days) and the council neglect the fuck out of it because Springburn, but it's a great park that more people need to go visit! by Torran_Toi (Wed 14th Aug 2019 12:57pm)
  • Not west end, but I've used Aabsolute a couple of times, in Queenslie. Good prices and you can haggle a wee bit over the price depending on term length and how many months up front you want to pay. by Torran_Toi (Wed 14th Aug 2019 5:42pm)
  • There's a Reeses in this pile! by Torran_Toi (Wed 14th Aug 2019 6:03pm)
  • Comes under the area of North Woodside. Easy access to both the city centre and west end. It's fine. No real reason not to go for it. by Torran_Toi (Wed 14th Aug 2019 6:23pm)
  • 5G? That's mare than personal use laddie. by Torran_Toi (Wed 14th Aug 2019 8:59pm)
  • It's not bad. I actually love Reeses. But it isn't from the UK, it's completely American and wasn't even available here until a few years ago. by Torran_Toi (Wed 14th Aug 2019 8:55pm)
  • Accurate, at least. by Torran_Toi (Wed 14th Aug 2019 9:00pm)
  • Option 1: Jack car up, take wheel off, put few bricks under a solid part of chassis, let jack down, take wheel to any tyre place, once fixed put it back on. Option 2: Phone any one of the number of mobile tyre fitters that service the city. McConechy's at the higher end of the scale, Dr Wash at the bottom end. by Torran_Toi (Wed 14th Aug 2019 9:05pm)
  • Aye. All the Reeses stuff is expensive here. I think its because of import duty or something. by Torran_Toi (Wed 14th Aug 2019 9:20pm)
  • This will be unpopular, but, going through ambers is legal and pedestrians arn't just supposed to walk onto a zebra crossing if a vehicle is coming through. The vehicle gives way if a pedestrian is already on the crossing before approach, the pedestrian gives way if a vehicle is approaching . by Torran_Toi (Thu 15th Aug 2019 11:01am)
  • I always assumed bereavement leave was a proper thing, but recently learned that in the UK there's no statutory rights for it. Partner's mum died last summer and her work would only give her 3 days off UNPAID. Big name chain. by Torran_Toi (Thu 15th Aug 2019 11:06am)
  • Yep. I didn't want to name and shame, but fuck them. Mecca Bingo. She even had to arrange cover for the funeral the following week. by Torran_Toi (Thu 15th Aug 2019 11:42am)
  • Vehicles should anticipate a pedestrian stepping out and be ready to stop but if both the pedestrians feet are on the pavement as the bus instantly approaches the lines then the bus has right of way. Zebra crossings are highly misunderstood to mean the pedestrian can walk out in front of a bus moving at 30mph and the bus has to magically stop on a dime. Not possible. by Torran_Toi (Thu 15th Aug 2019 11:40am)
  • HWC: "As you approach a zebra crossing you MUST give way when a pedestrian has moved onto a crossing" by Torran_Toi (Thu 15th Aug 2019 11:58am)
  • Only one of those statements say MUST. Anything in the HWC that doesn't say MUST is non statutory. Fuck sake. It's this simple. Pedestrians feet on the pavement, car doesn't need to stop. by Torran_Toi (Thu 15th Aug 2019 12:15pm)
  • In peak time it is highly unlikely for a taxi to drop off in the town and not have the next hire waiting nearby. In rush hour a taxi will usually complete up to 4 or 5 journeys. Not all passengers are drivers leaving their cars at home, but it's still potentially 4 or 5 less cars on the road at peak time per taxi. That's a couple thousand vehicles left at home. (not me downvoting you. Upvoted because it's a very valid question) by Torran_Toi (Thu 15th Aug 2019 12:20pm)
  • Eglinton Street> Cook Street> Kingston Bridge> Bothwell Street> Pitt, Douglas or West Campbell Or If going to Blythswood Holm or Blythswood Hill areas then over the KGV bridge> left onto Broomielaw > right onto York street to West Campbell If going to Merchant City area then then over the KGV bridge> right onto Broomielaw > left onto Saltmarket to High Street by Torran_Toi (Thu 15th Aug 2019 12:26pm)
  • Depends what side of Riddrie. What street are you looking at? by Torran_Toi (Thu 15th Aug 2019 12:33pm)
  • It doesn't just affect those streets though. You already can't go straight on Argyle Street heading eastward at the Highlandman's Umberella, nor turn right from Oswald at the same bit, So by including Union Street into the arrangement you now have zero private cars on Argyle Street (between 4 corners and Queen Street) and Queen Street itself. I think the council have just showed us where they intend the first "superblock" to be once they get to that stage. It'll have rough borders of Queen Street, St Vincent Street, Union Street and Argyle Street. I'd expect Gordon Street and Mitchell Street to end up pedestrainised in a few years as those are the only two driving streets left within that space. Pedestrianise those 2 and viola, superblock surrounded by bus/taxi/cycle only. by Torran_Toi (Thu 15th Aug 2019 3:22pm)
  • Aye, yer fine. Lethamhill's the one to avoid. Transport wise you're limited to buses at Cumbernauld Rd. Nearest trains are Duke Street and Alexandra Parade. by Torran_Toi (Thu 15th Aug 2019 3:27pm)
  • Barlinnie's about to go though. They are just about to start building a new prison over at Blochairn and Barlinnie's either going to get razed or converted into flats. by Torran_Toi (Thu 15th Aug 2019 3:25pm)
  • > it's still one car per commuter No, it's one car per 4 or 5 commuters (possibly more when you factor in sharing a cab with co-workers). Multiply the number by the number of taxis. One taxi potentially removes up to 5 cars travelling in rush hour. Theres over 5000 taxis in the city. If even half of them are working rush hour that's potentially over 10,000 cars left at home. Real numbers will be less, but it definitely reduces congestion. by Torran_Toi (Thu 15th Aug 2019 3:40pm)
  • Carpets in the back of my taxi are caked in mud. by Torran_Toi (Sun 18th Aug 2019 10:19am)
  • > they said they couldn't find any matching records Are you certain it was Glasgow Taxis? Not all black hackneys are with Glasgow Taxis Limited. Some are with Hampden, some are with Network and a large number are sole traders not attached to any firm. by Torran_Toi (Sun 18th Aug 2019 10:17am)
  • Not a joke, btw. Watch out for the doggers. They can get very confrontational if you stumble upon them with no intention of being part of. by Torran_Toi (Mon 19th Aug 2019 9:34pm)
  • The system works fine if you can budget and handle your money. The failing of the system is that addicts are being handed their rent money upfront instead of that money being paid directly to the landlords. Give an addict a wad of cash and what do you think is going to happen? Junkies gonna junkie, gamblers gonna gamble and thrifters gonna spend. It only takes a single missed payment before debt starts to spiral. Everyone had the foresight to see those results coming except the Tory DWP. So, if you are generally good with money and will pay your important bills off before spending on non essentials, and can budget the disposable portion effectively then you will be fine on UC. Well, you'll probably always feel skint, but you shouldn't end up homeless. Unless your partner has a terrible bingo habit or something? by Torran_Toi (Tue 20th Aug 2019 5:05pm)
  • So, does a lager shandy fall foul of that law considering that it's roughly 3/4s lager with 1/4 lemonade? Would a lager and lime fall foul also, as that's just short of a full pint of lager topped off with cordial? Genuine question. by Torran_Toi (Tue 20th Aug 2019 5:12pm)
  • Now that you've said it I remember a shandy is 50/50; The thing I described earlier would have been a "Lager Tops". I knew about the 'multiples thereafter' thing, but I don't think I've ever come across a place that sells anything more than a double, either as a customer or back when I worked bars in the 00's. Didn't know it only applied to vodka, gin, rum and whiskey. So, a bar could sell, say, peach schnapps at whatever measure they fancy? All this sort of stuff was not required knowledge for bar staff back in the day. Personal licences and stuff came out after I stopped working bars. by Torran_Toi (Wed 21st Aug 2019 7:02am)
  • There's calculators available online. Those'll let you know what you should expect. by Torran_Toi (Wed 21st Aug 2019 7:07am)
  • Can confirm. I got a bus to Motherwell last week while car was in for repairs. £5.30 single fare. I thought it was good value. by Torran_Toi (Wed 21st Aug 2019 4:18pm)
  • I'm 34 and have been asked about religion hundreds or thousands of times. I would say that it's still a problem in the east end and north of city, even for the current generation; & has only gotten less of a problem city wide in the past decade. by Torran_Toi (Thu 22nd Aug 2019 3:22am)
  • Phone round the sound and light places looking specifically for auld boys who deal with theatre work. They are all geeks for valve amps and retro equipment like this and they deal with obscure suppliers that you and I have no idea exist. by Torran_Toi (Thu 22nd Aug 2019 3:28am)
  • In fact... Rockvilla on Craighall Road is a good bet. They, themselves, probably won't fix it, but they could point you to the right people. Ask them if they can put you in touch with Karen Bryce who most definitely will be able to repair this or will know someone who can. by Torran_Toi (Thu 22nd Aug 2019 3:51am)
  • Well, this brings us to another one of Glasgow's great shames. When I was growing up, not liking football = are ye a poof? by Torran_Toi (Thu 22nd Aug 2019 10:57am)
  • What school did ye go to? is the other one. When I first went out into the world after school and college, my parents and grandparents all told me I was hurting my chances by putting the school name on my CV. I don't know how much it did actually hurt my chances, but when I think about it now, they might have been right. Almost every CV I sent out might have been rejected at a rate of nearly 50% depending if it landed on the desk of a catholic or a protestant. by Torran_Toi (Thu 22nd Aug 2019 11:09am)
  • [How this corner used to look](https://www.theglasgowstory.com/images/TGSA05309_m.jpg) by Torran_Toi (Thu 22nd Aug 2019 11:18am)
  • Heres another insane aspect to it that I only learned in recent years. My granda wanted to be cremated. When he died and the arrangements were getting made I asked "Daldowie?". Got shot down in flames by my gran and dad. "That's the proddy crem!" It was that day I learned that catholics and protestants have specific graveyards and crematoriums. Catholics get cremated at Cadder, Protestants at Daldowie. Then further found out that you can't use just any undertakers, we *had* to use a catholic undertakers. Fucking madness. I remember thinking that I hoped heaven was real and my auld granda was looking down on us after learning the eternal secrets learned after death and was laughing his heed aff at the absolute state of it all. by Torran_Toi (Thu 22nd Aug 2019 12:07pm)
  • Don't get me wrong, I love a kebab from time to time, and chips n cheese, and all the greasy fast food shite. But, for some reason, the smell of folks' takeaway food that gets brought into my taxi makes me fight back the dry boke. by Torran_Toi (Thu 22nd Aug 2019 12:24pm)
  • I've got a mate with one of these bus card things. Similar to yourself he has an invisible disability. I shit you not, he now puts on a fake limp when he gets the bus to avoid the confrontations. by Torran_Toi (Thu 22nd Aug 2019 12:29pm)
  • Fucking Castlemilk. I'll offer some random conjecture. Eedjit owes local drug dealers money after overextending and defaulting on his tick. Dealers hear that the eedjit has just bred a litter oot his staffy and decide to go steal the pups as payment for the tick. They wreck his motor as a matter of course because lessons need to be learned. Probably close? by Torran_Toi (Thu 22nd Aug 2019 12:44pm)
  • It's likely that the owner was in the co-op doing some shopping. Dog's can sometimes look distressed after leaving them alone for just a minute. You mention 40 minutes, though. Was it 40 minutes you seen the dog tied up for, or you seen the dog for a minute and then spent 40 mins on phone elsewhere? by Torran_Toi (Thu 22nd Aug 2019 2:00pm)
  • cheapbitoffluff > pregnant Sorry. Could not resist. Relevant username? HA! :D by Torran_Toi (Thu 22nd Aug 2019 3:24pm)
  • Taxi/Uber? /end shameless plug by Torran_Toi (Thu 22nd Aug 2019 3:25pm)
  • If you are dealing with a genuinely ill-minded person don't discount the notion that she is actually a patient or service user and is pretending to be/ spinning stories about being a nurse. The woman's whole life might be a sad fantasy. I'd be looking into things further, not just for your own sake, but for hers too. by Torran_Toi (Thu 22nd Aug 2019 3:34pm)
  • You are one sick puppy. Still, made me laugh. by Torran_Toi (Thu 22nd Aug 2019 4:29pm)
  • These places probs won't deliver to Govan. Indian... Shenaz on Granville St, Dheli Dharber in Woodhill/Auchinairn, Alis Original on Shettleston Rd. All worth a jaunt. Chinese... in my opinion you still can't beat the po san on cumbernauld Rd, Haghill. by Torran_Toi (Sat 24th Aug 2019 5:02pm)
  • Now that the summer holidays are finished, the legal limit for you is 8 hours per week. There's loads of rules that go with those 8 hours like 2 hours max Monday to Friday, 4 hours max without break, only allowed hours between 7am and 7pm, no hours during school hours... Me and my best mate at school got jobs at 14 stocking shelves in Kwik Save. by Torran_Toi (Mon 26th Aug 2019 10:09am)
  • Ha, fair enough then. I don't even remember him in it. I think I might have been pished when I binge watched previous seasons. Struggled to remember who was who. I thought Ada was John's wife till my other half reminded me she was the sister. by Torran_Toi (Tue 27th Aug 2019 12:42pm)
  • > Hardman gangster characters with Glasgow uni accents. I think I would have maybe half forgiven a Glasgow Uni accent, but the accent on the show is not a Glasgow anything. It nearly slips into some kind of Irish at a couple of points and then trails off into some accent that doesn't even exist. They probably should have cast a Glaswegian actor. Tommy Flanagan ('Chibs') would have been perfect for the role. by Torran_Toi (Tue 27th Aug 2019 12:26pm)
  • Thornwood area (or Balshagray as it's sometimes known as) is a mixed bag, still a wee bit rough round the edges. A few junkies and neds live in the shitty flats in the cul-de-sacs. Students and professionals have started moving into the tenements, but the demographic is still mostly lower to mid working class. Partick, Thornwood, Balshagray and Lower Broomhill are all sort of up and coming, but has a wee ways to go until they reach full gentrified stages. Overall, though, I would say the area is fine to move into. by Torran_Toi (Tue 27th Aug 2019 9:22pm)
  • Hang about the pubs on Argyle Street for long enough and you'll bump into Ford Kiernan himself. He's a Finnieston regular. by Torran_Toi (Thu 29th Aug 2019 8:20am)
  • The Shenaz has been my favourite for about 15 years. Amazing food that I never get tired of. One of the few that serves beef as well. Still my go to by Torran_Toi (Thu 29th Aug 2019 8:03pm)
  • Self emplayed for many years. Been using "R.A. Scott Wheelan and and Co." for all that time. About ten years. No issues. by Torran_Toi (Thu 29th Aug 2019 8:00pm)
  • Ubers rates are £1.50 base + £1.10 per mile + 10p per minute with a minimum fare of £3.00. If it surges the final price is multiplied by the surge. It's worth pointing out that surges don't last very long in Glasgow and only ever happen at peak times (rush hour and weekend nights) and very rarely go above around 1.6 ish. Most surges flash off after about half an hour, so unless in a hurry just check back on the app a while later and the price will have stabilized. *** Network Private Hire are £3.30 from getting in the car up to the first full mile, then its £1.20 per mile thereafter. I don't know the rates of all PH companies, but they all work the same way (base rate for 1 mile then x.xx thereafter). *** Black hacks are a little complicated and I don't know the most up to date prices, but the most recent I can find is: £2.80 starting price for a journey up to 895 yards or 172 seconds, then 20p for each additional 186 yards or 38 seconds (plus unsociable hours charge which is £2.40 from 00.30 to 06.30 Saturday and Sunday, or £1 from 00.00 to 06.00 all other nights) (plus a 10p per person charge for journeys where more than two people travel) (plus possible boundary charges for journeys going out of the city at a rate set by the driver) by Torran_Toi (Fri 30th Aug 2019 5:04am)
  • Thanks for the Silver, random stranger. by Torran_Toi (Fri 30th Aug 2019 10:29am)
  • You're probably travelling mostly during peak times like rush hour or during big events. The usual patterns are: Mon to Fri, morning commute, usually surges in the west end around Hillhead and Partick, sometimes stretching right up to Anniesland at the highest point of the peak; and Southside around Langside and Pollokshaws. In the final throws of the morning peak, the surge sometimes starts hitting into Gorbals, Anderston & Finnieston. After 9am right into the afternoon, surges extremely rare unless something unusual happens to affect driver availability (say, a big fire or car crash causing major congestion). Then evening rush, the surge is more centered on the city centre. So, Blythswood Holm, Blythswood Hill, Merchant City, Tradeston, Cowcaddens, Garnethill, eastern side of Anderston will all surge from around half 4 till 6pm. On a Friday it starts a little earlier at around 3. Almost every day from 6ish till 8ish there wont be a surge. Taxis are dead in this space of time. Most folk are at home having dinner or getting ready for going out for the night. The only exception to this is if European football is on. It's highly unusual to see surges Mon, Tues or Wed at night. Sometimes, it'll peak a little when the pubs gets chucked out, but nothing extreme, usually 1.2 or 1.3 x fare and usually very short lived. Friday and Saturday nights. Chaos. Major surges city-wide. Again though, surges are volatile and are calculated on very small blocks of the map. They change constantly. Sunday is all over the place and no two sundays have the same pattern. It surges on and off in seemingly random places. Your total Donald Duck. Unfortunately for customers you can't see how it works in real time like drivers can on their app. We have a map of the city showing the surges rise and fall all over the city on our screen. You can see small areas rise very quick for 3 minutes then fall back to zero as soon as drivers start heading towards it or customers switch off the app. Same advice as before. Unless your desperately in a hurry, just put the phone down for ten minutes and check again in a bit. The rates always come back down as drivers clear the job queues. A trick that used to work, but I don't know if it still does, is book your Uber with the "schedule a ride" feature. Book it during a non-peak time when no surge is on. The non-surge price should be honoured even if things start surging by the time the scheduled ride comes on. by Torran_Toi (Fri 30th Aug 2019 10:29am)
  • It's the start of "spider season" when they start moving indoors. Outside is starting to get cooler so they venture into houses where it's warmer. It'll get worse the colder it gets. The stripy fuckers are quite common. Probably, Zebra spiders. These horrible fuckers actually jump. Not kidding. They can leap a fair distance and do it fast without warning, making it look like they just fucking disappeared. Hate them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebra_spider by Torran_Toi (Fri 30th Aug 2019 10:36am)
  • Well, my maw loves to give it laldy in places like Griers in Easterhouse, but ymmv. by Torran_Toi (Sat 31st Aug 2019 8:14am)
  • Drinks it aw the time. by Torran_Toi (Sun 1st Sep 2019 5:27am)
  • I remember watching the video a while back. He was dealing with a woman who was taking a total benny. She was kicking the shite out of his taxi, he got out to stop her and she physically attacked him. In the video he is clearly seen swinging a punch and kicking her in the fanny. I don't think "reasonable force" is going to cover him. My opinion from the video is that his intention was probably to restrain her, but he went too far by gubbing her and booting her in the hole. She totally deserved it by the way. But, he's fucked. by Torran_Toi (Wed 4th Sep 2019 8:53pm)
  • Wee correction to this: > If someone is assaulted at work they 100% have a right to defend themselves. They have a right to use "reasonable force" to defend themselves. This driver punched the woman in the head and kicked her during the incident. He went past what could be considered reasonable. by Torran_Toi (Wed 4th Sep 2019 8:57pm)
  • Ah, I see what you meant. Cool. by Torran_Toi (Wed 4th Sep 2019 9:04pm)
  • It's a licence suspension handed down by GCC licencing board from the looks of things. That means the hearing has took place and matter decided. He'll get the licence back after 6 months. by Torran_Toi (Wed 4th Sep 2019 11:09pm)
  • Looking into it... it seems to be a 6 month licence suspension. He'll get the licence back once the suspension period is up. by Torran_Toi (Wed 4th Sep 2019 11:11pm)
  • This. Plus the licence board's threshold is even stricter again. They generally make decisions in cases like this by a "fit and proper" testing and they are always harsh and skeptical. This guy could have went to court and been cleared, yet the licence board could still have suspended the licence on "fit and proper" grounds based on their own take of the video. In a sense, they are above the law. Anyone who has had dealings with the board will tell you that they are often overly combative at hearings and that they seem to assume guilt from the outset. by Torran_Toi (Thu 5th Sep 2019 4:41am)
  • My memory's quite fine. Look closer; at 15 seconds he throws a kick and at 16 seconds he throws a full force punch. That's where he went too far. That's not an action of restraint. I think the council are right to have suspended his licence for that. by Torran_Toi (Thu 5th Sep 2019 12:40pm)
  • I don't drink it, but my mate swears by the Scotia for a brilliant Guinness. by Torran_Toi (Thu 5th Sep 2019 12:53pm)
  • Fuck all to do with her being a woman. If he threw a punch at a guy it should have been the same result. I'm not tying myself to some misogyny nonsense. Nothing in anything I've said points towards that. This is entirely about what kind of behaviour is acceptable for a licence holder. The council have looked at it and have obviously came to the same opinion that his actions went over the top. I imagine that they will be saying he should never have gotten out of the cab in the first place. Does self defence law allow him to protect his property? Yes. Does the licence board's code of conduct? No, not really. I'd expect to lose my licence even if I stayed in the cab and simply shouted "fuck off ya boot" out the window. It's nothing really to do with self defence. by Torran_Toi (Thu 5th Sep 2019 1:52pm)
  • It's all the same thing. Mate, how is punching somebody on the heed reasonable in your world? by Torran_Toi (Thu 5th Sep 2019 2:02pm)
  • Maybe I don't fully understand the term. I am not a lawyer. I'm a taxi driver. I don't need to concern myself with the finer nuances of law. I just need to go about my day without punching cunts. by Torran_Toi (Thu 5th Sep 2019 2:12pm)
  • Are you not able to do it yourself? The links are usually just held in place with a pin that you push in and out. Usually something like a sewing needle is all you need. by Torran_Toi (Thu 5th Sep 2019 2:23pm)
  • Looks southside to me. Don't go searching the one way streets. It's not actually one way IRL. by Torran_Toi (Sat 7th Sep 2019 1:49pm)
  • I think you're getting close. by Torran_Toi (Sat 7th Sep 2019 2:30pm)
  • Met Elaine C. Smith and got her autograph when I was a wean at some Rennie Mackintosh community thing at the John Wheatley in Easterhouse. Again as a wean, I met Hunter from the Gladiators and got his autograph at Easterhouse shopping center (I shit you not) when he arrived to cut the ribbon and open a fucking Brighthouse or something like it. Drove by Ford Kiernan about a year ago on Argyle Street. He was outside a pub smoking a fag. Had Robin Galloway (from the radio) and Jamie Murray (as in Andy's brother) in the taxi as passengers. (Not at the same time). by Torran_Toi (Sun 8th Sep 2019 12:05pm)
  • A bit of truth in this. Personally, I moved out of the city altogether to one of the commuter towns in North Lanarkshire. Born and bred in Easterhouse, but rent prices are getting stupid even there. Loads of people will look at Easterhouse rentals as being low, but that's only true if you are comparing to other areas of the city. Prices in the deep east are actually grossly higher than they used to be. 2 bedroom flats in Easterhouse are going for 400 and 500 per month these days. That's just fucking ridiculous. by Torran_Toi (Mon 9th Sep 2019 10:19am)
  • 100k for a house in Provy is madness. My ma bought a house 5 minutes from there in Garthamlock for 35k only 15 years ago. by Torran_Toi (Mon 9th Sep 2019 10:48am)
  • Also a 3rd Pepe's in Pollokshields, corner of Shields Rd, St Andrews Drive/Rd. by Torran_Toi (Tue 10th Sep 2019 3:17am)
  • Since it's no been mentioned, Black Rooter is another decent shout. One on Duke Street in Dennistoun, one on Saracen Cross in Possil and apparently there's a new one in Pollokshaws somewheres. by Torran_Toi (Tue 10th Sep 2019 3:21am)
  • I've seen this motor kicking about. It's (hopefully) only a matter of time before the enforcement unit catches them. Please speed up that process by sending this photo directly to them. I don't know how they are getting away with it. A driver's Uber account isn't active until they upload their licence docs and, believe me, Uber are super anal about the paperwork being in order. This means one of three things: a) They have uploaded docs for a different car and are running the Uber app in the wrong vehicle. b) This car is actually licensed and they are simply running it without the plates and required trade stickers. c) They are not even running the app and are 100% a "gypsy taxi" aka "pirate" and are taking passengers right off the street. Whatever the case may be, they are acting completely in contravention of the Civic Government Act. This then leads to them driving uninsured. Simply, anyone getting in this car, whether they think it's a legit Uber or whether they know they are climbing into a pirate wagon, the ride is 100% uninsured. DO NOT GET IN THIS CAR. I hope this cunt get caught and dealt with. It's completely out of order. It's putting passengers at great risk and it's dragging shade over the private hire industry; particularly bad news for Uber. by Torran_Toi (Tue 10th Sep 2019 10:44am)
  • I wouldn't have even bothered communicating with the agent. Just open a dispute with the deposit people. If the agent doesn't have enough evidence AND RECEIPTS FOR REPAIRS then you'll get the money back. by Torran_Toi (Tue 10th Sep 2019 3:03pm)
  • Yep. They will get in touch when they need you to do anything. We went through this at the end of 2017. Landlord put in a claim to keep the deposit. I didn't even bother negotiating as I'm well aware that they pull this stunt almost as a matter of procedure. Opened a dispute and a few weeks later got an email telling me the deposit was being returned in full and to provide bank details. Once you open the dispute, MDS will get in touch with them asking for the evidence and the evidence needs to include receipts/invoice type things. It's perhaps likely they did replace the burned carpet, so don't expect the full whack back, but it's very unlikely they will be able to give enough evidence and receipts totaling 1800. by Torran_Toi (Tue 10th Sep 2019 3:46pm)
  • No rush on this one, I guess. Won't be needing them returned for 8 - 9 months. by Torran_Toi (Wed 11th Sep 2019 2:54pm)
  • Because a wooden door doesn't burn. Fuck sake. by Torran_Toi (Wed 11th Sep 2019 2:50pm)
  • Doubt there's any such regs covering kitchen doors. Every flat I've ever lived in has a standard door on the kitchen. Then you have open plan kitchens with no door. Then you have bedsits with the kitchen in the living room. Normal hooses don't have fire doors in them. by Torran_Toi (Wed 11th Sep 2019 6:28pm)
  • Yep, defo Maryhill. by Torran_Toi (Thu 12th Sep 2019 2:41am)
  • Is it true they only have like 2 pool tables these days though? by Torran_Toi (Thu 12th Sep 2019 2:49pm)
  • The timing's a bit of a scunner for them. Eats right into Freshers. by Torran_Toi (Sat 14th Sep 2019 11:33am)
  • Low Down was on Cambridge Street where the old Club 30 used to be. A few doors down from where Destiny was. by Torran_Toi (Sat 14th Sep 2019 7:30pm)
  • Aye, your right. Looks like there was a Low Down in both locations. I only remember the Cambridge street one. by Torran_Toi (Sat 14th Sep 2019 7:59pm)
  • Nothing compared to Rooftops back in that era. Fights breaking out constant, regular stabbings, full penetration shagging and blowjobs happening in open view on the dance floor... What a place. by Torran_Toi (Sat 14th Sep 2019 8:17pm)
  • I seen Kevin Bridges in the Jongleurs under Cineworld just before he broke out big. Funniest he's ever been was on that night. Also on that night was a hilarious Des Clarke. Both were on top form and was the best show I've ever seen. by Torran_Toi (Sat 14th Sep 2019 9:08pm)
  • Became The Moon. Same junkie, different tracksuit. It was all the same staff and management, just did a name change. Lost it's licence around 2005/6/ ish and lay vacant ever since. It was on Sauchiehall Street, right next door to Victorias. Both buildings got destroyed by fire recently. by Torran_Toi (Sat 14th Sep 2019 9:33pm)
  • Depending what end of Auchinairn Road you're at, possibly some work getting done on the soon to be finished new Robroyston train station? by Torran_Toi (Sat 14th Sep 2019 9:43pm)
  • Do you mean nightclubs? Almost all are in the city centre, but you do have The Shed at Langside Avenue. by Torran_Toi (Sat 14th Sep 2019 9:41pm)
  • I don't know if The Shed is any good. I was in it only once about 10 years ago and don't really remember. by Torran_Toi (Sat 14th Sep 2019 9:45pm)
  • Ha! That fucken place never knocked anybody back, ever! Truly was the last 'no holds barred' place this city ever had. by Torran_Toi (Sat 14th Sep 2019 10:33pm)
  • Ice cream vans run to about 10 or 11pm. Always have in the east end/ north east. by Torran_Toi (Tue 17th Sep 2019 5:12am)
  • I don't know if it's still open and running, but I've noticed one on Shettleston Rd while driving past. ** A quick Google gives these details. 647 Shettleston Rd Phone: 0141 778 1877 http://shettlestonmensheds.uk/ by Torran_Toi (Tue 17th Sep 2019 6:33pm)
  • The car will be down at Polmadie. £150 fee to release (+£20 per day storage). Yes you need to pay the £150 today to get it back. Tomorrow it's 170. The day after is £190. Fees list here on page 11: https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=31466&p=0 The fine from the police is paid at the fines office down at the Sheriff Court. You used to take the paper counterpart for endorsement. Not sure how that works these days, probably digital. I'm not sure what the Partick thing is? Maybe just a HORTY? by Torran_Toi (Wed 18th Sep 2019 2:39pm)
  • There's no formal appeals process apparently. I'd give one of those road traffic lawyers a quick call and find out how to get it quashed. by Torran_Toi (Wed 18th Sep 2019 4:08pm)
  • Seriously? LOL. International hub. Let's call it something with a name that many international people struggle to pronounce/butcher. by Torran_Toi (Wed 18th Sep 2019 5:51pm)
  • Ancient alien army shit. by Torran_Toi (Thu 19th Sep 2019 3:21am)
  • Loads of folk pronounce the 'ch' with a similar sound to the ch in 'chew', so the 'chan sounds more like the chan from 4-Chan or channel, instead of like khan. Bew-CHan-an, when it should be bew-khan-un. Similar to 'Sauchiehall' like you mention. Sometimes happens with 'loch' too. Basically, any word with the voiceless velar fricative 'ch' (<x>) trips a lot of people up (mostly Americans, and tbf, the countries you listed do make use of the voiceless velar fricative so they would pick up on it fast). by Torran_Toi (Thu 19th Sep 2019 5:41am)
  • Not for the windscreen I'm afraid. You can get cerium oxide buffing done to remove scratches from the side/rear windows as they are toughened glass, but windscreens are laminated glass and would just crack due to the heat involved. Check your insurance policy. If you have windscreen cover then hit the screen with a brick through the night and phone in for a claim. Windscreen excess is usually only £80 to £100 or so and doesn't affect your premium. by Torran_Toi (Thu 19th Sep 2019 8:10am)
  • Well, aye, I think everyone knows it's insurance fraud without it being pointed out. Still happens way, way more often that you'd probably like to realize. No, you don't actually say it was bricked. You can use whatever blunt object you like. You "never seen it happen", so you wouldn't say how it was done. You just found it broke. You don't even speak to the insurance company when making a windscreen claim anyways. You phone the approved windscreen company directly. They bill you the excess and then bill the insurance direct. Thew whole matters normally dealt with in a matter of hours. by Torran_Toi (Thu 19th Sep 2019 8:22am)
  • You're not supposed to use full beams in fog. by Torran_Toi (Fri 20th Sep 2019 3:27pm)
  • It only gets better by shops like this moving there. Also, I doubt Forbidden Planet relies on random passing trade for survival. Specialist shops like that have a loyal market. by Torran_Toi (Sat 21st Sep 2019 4:58pm)
  • Download some emulators. by Torran_Toi (Sat 21st Sep 2019 10:14pm)
  • [It's possible](https://www.visitscotland.com/wsimgs/Nicola_Wilkinson-28799_1586962107.jpg) The ceiling joist is in the right place and the column could be hidden within the bar gantry. by Torran_Toi (Mon 23rd Sep 2019 12:22pm)
  • There's actually four. * Saint Andrew's (Roman Catholic) - Clyde Street * Saint Mary's (Episcopalian) - GWR, North Woodside * Saint Luke's (Greek Orthodox) - Dundonald Rd, Dowanhill * Saint Mungo's (Church of Scotland) aka Glasgow Cathedral by Torran_Toi (Mon 23rd Sep 2019 6:55pm)
  • Depends. Entirely useful to offset the cost of depreciation on, say, business vehicles. by Torran_Toi (Mon 23rd Sep 2019 7:35pm)
  • The value of private regys appreciate while the value of the vehicle depreciates. You'll have noticed a lot of taxis in particular with private regys. Buying a reg for a vehicle like that is an investment. The increase in value of the private reg offsets the decrease in vehicle value over time. by Torran_Toi (Mon 23rd Sep 2019 7:47pm)
  • The whole point is that you would be selling it at a later date. Y4 DYK obviously isn't worth much, but plates like GL46GOW are a low risk, solid investment. You would expect ROIs of 400-600% on highly sought plates. Yeah, we could just put them on retention. I guess it's just vanity to display them. by Torran_Toi (Mon 23rd Sep 2019 8:07pm)
  • Exactly. Plates like that are an asset that are pretty much guaranteed to increase in value. Something like TAX1 will likely triple in value by the time the taxi goes to scrap. by Torran_Toi (Mon 23rd Sep 2019 9:26pm)
  • Easy enough to Google it. by Torran_Toi (Mon 23rd Sep 2019 11:39pm)
  • Just anecdotal experience, which I doubt you'll accept. No peer reviewed studies for you. Just myself and a few mates who do this in real life. by Torran_Toi (Tue 24th Sep 2019 2:18am)
  • Nice theory. Except buying the plates in the first place needs to come from justifiable funds. The easiest way to get caught underdeclaring earnings is to buy recordable and traceable stuff with the cash. by Torran_Toi (Tue 24th Sep 2019 2:22am)
  • N3v3r h34rd of l33t sp34k m8? No0b. Roofle. Lamaw. by Torran_Toi (Tue 24th Sep 2019 5:06am)
  • The cost of them is baffling, but the desirability completely understandable. It's a form of personalisation which is a big thing. Engraved pens or lighters, key rings etc This is just a way folk personalise their cars. I don't understand the hate. There's practical benefits, but it's mostly personalisation for most people. Except for the huge cost having Y4 DYK isn't much different from people who wear funny t shirts and having K4 REN isn't much different to having a coffee mug with your name on it. by Torran_Toi (Tue 24th Sep 2019 5:15am)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet by Torran_Toi (Tue 24th Sep 2019 6:03am)
  • I know I'm being totally guilty of gender assumption, but you do know that fannybaws doesn't work directed at women, eh? It's an insult towards men, ie: you have a fanny for balls. by Torran_Toi (Tue 24th Sep 2019 6:09am)
  • Maybe some kind of traffic monitoring/counting device. Looks temporary whatever it is. The black boxes look like battery packs. by Torran_Toi (Tue 24th Sep 2019 3:16pm)
  • Taxi apps (as in our driver apps) struggle to get accurate signal around central aswell. Sometimes improves when you bump the settings down to 3G only. by Torran_Toi (Wed 25th Sep 2019 6:44pm)
  • Not the only one, but is 100% "Brig-ton". by Torran_Toi (Wed 25th Sep 2019 6:42pm)
  • There's loads of them. Townhead has, what? 8 or 9 large student buildings just now? Then you have over half a dozen in Kelvingrove and Yorkhill. Then a a few in Partick. Woodlands has 1 I can think of. Not to mention the Murano Village. Plus, all the halls at Rottenrow, plus the ones in Kirklee. You even have the Wooflson Halls way up at Garscube. And then the city centre ones like Jamaica Street, Pitt Street... I remember reading something a while ago with a mad claim that the student population of Glasgow was at 140,000 or thereabouts, while the total population of the city is just under 600,000. **It works out to something mental like 22% of the city population is currently students**. by Torran_Toi (Wed 25th Sep 2019 6:55pm)
  • LMAO. Seriously? You hope he gets the worst jail sentence possible? The sentence usually reserved for things like murder? Get a grip. by Torran_Toi (Wed 25th Sep 2019 10:00pm)
  • Because these inspector cunts rely on people not knowing their rights. Most people just bow down to authority without question. by Torran_Toi (Thu 26th Sep 2019 2:47am)
  • It's definitely a scheduled thing more than it's not. I can't remember the route number, but the bus that ran from Easterhouse to somewhere got an inspection pretty much every day at the same bus stop on Westmuir Street for years solid. Probably still happens. by Torran_Toi (Thu 26th Sep 2019 2:45am)
  • Honestly... this is news to me. Never heard of purple bins before now. I only have 1 bin for cardboard/paper and 1 bin for everything else. by Torran_Toi (Thu 26th Sep 2019 2:50am)
  • Weirdly, most of it probably does get imported. Going back about 15 years, I remember being told that most of the UKs supply of eccies came in through docks in Liverpool. The problem for people with manufacturing "knowhow" is the already existing network of dealers. Suppose you learned to make eccies. What do you think would happen if you tried to shift a large amount of them? The existing distributors would likely chop you to bits. by Torran_Toi (Thu 26th Sep 2019 2:57am)
  • Maybe. Fuck knows mate. I'm guessing it's something similar to why companies manufacture stuff in China then import rather than just make it at home to begin with? Lol, I guess the drug trade is governed by principles of global capitalism? by Torran_Toi (Thu 26th Sep 2019 3:18am)
  • Pretty sure that would count as grounds for a stay of execution. by Torran_Toi (Thu 26th Sep 2019 3:20am)
  • Mate, I'm not trying to be a prick. But, for a dent on a single panel like that you shouldn't have claimed your insurance. Unless you're driving some high end model less than a year old, there's no way a dent on a door costs more than £400 to get repaired. by Torran_Toi (Thu 26th Sep 2019 3:26am)
  • Actually, I missed the greater point. You're fucking right... fucksake, indeed. As Vincent Vega once said, don't fuck with another mans vehicle, it's just against the rules. by Torran_Toi (Thu 26th Sep 2019 6:54am)
  • He's no wrang tho! I don't think I've ever been in a single place that doesn't have chocolate fudge cake and sticky toffee pudding at the top of their cakes desserts list. by Torran_Toi (Fri 27th Sep 2019 9:23pm)
  • > "Radio Clyde phone-in rules apply. The sub covers anything that's relevant to Glasgow and the West of Scotland - so if it's a G, PA, ML, KA or FK postcode it's in." by Torran_Toi (Fri 27th Sep 2019 9:27pm)
  • You're 100% right about getting the places right, but if you want to be strictly traditional then you're all wrong. Dennistoun STRICTLY is much smaller and is only the area we all call 'the drives' then. It has grown a lot as an area in the past decade or so eating up the traditional areas (like Maryhill has done). North of Alexandra Parade to the Canal (now the motorway) used to be known as 'Milnbank'. South of the Parade and between Craigpark and Cumbernauld Rd was 'Dennistoun'. The area between the Necropolis and Craigpark was 'Firpark'. Then the area bounded by Cumbernauld Rd on two sides is 'Haghill'. The most south/east part of Dennistoun used to fall under 'Camlachie'. (The Whitevale/Bluevale high flats were the Camlachie Flats). The Lea Rig sits in neither Dennistoun or Haghill. Haghill is on the other side of Cumbernauld Rd while Dennistoun 'proper' is on the other side of Alexandra parade. The area you are all forgetting about is **Kennyhill**. by Torran_Toi (Sat 28th Sep 2019 11:50pm)
  • Miles off with Cranhill mate. Cranhill is a good bit further east with Riddrie and Carntyne coming first. by Torran_Toi (Sun 29th Sep 2019 12:09am)
  • I think you're mate is right. La Cala having turtles behind the bar is ringing a bell from a few years ago. by Torran_Toi (Sun 29th Sep 2019 12:07am)
  • Had a look at old maps. The western boundary of Kennyhill was a street called Kennyhill Gardens, which in modern day has been renamed to Sannox Gardens. The Molindinar skirts close, but just a little bit over that boundary line. Interestingly, there used to be a railway station at eastern edge of the park, Kennyhill station. by Torran_Toi (Sun 29th Sep 2019 10:07am)
  • As far as I understood, You can use the "city tickets" within the city zones (roughly everything inside the Glasgow boundary), So Easterhouse to Dennisotun is a city ticket, city centre to Anniesland is a city ticket...etc You can use the "local tickets" for travelling about outside of the city zones, so Motherwell to Wishaw, or Shotts to Cumbernauld...etc And the Network tickets were for when you needed to travel between city zones and local zones.. like Wishaw to city centre, or Parkhead to Hamilton. EK is weird in that it has dual status. It counts as either city zone 2 or local zone 3... so, travelling between EK to anywhere in Glasgow proper is a city ticket while travelling to/from EK and Hamilton would be a local ticket. It's a **local 3** you want for Hamilton - EK, but if you think you'll also be using the ticket to go into Glasgow proper then it's the full Network ticket you need. by Torran_Toi (Sun 29th Sep 2019 10:28am)
  • I doubt you'll be able to do this with pantone, but if you take a swatch of the colour to a place like Halfords then they'll be able to mix a can of car paint in the closest match. by Torran_Toi (Sun 29th Sep 2019 4:13pm)
  • Depends. Some places won't even let you apply if you don't fall into their catchment area. When I last moved and went to the health centre I had to ask at two desks (different practices in the one building). They both had a map on the wall with coloured in zones. First desk said they don't accept my postcode, I need to go along to such and such desk. Went to second desk and they checked map before giving me the forms. Also, remember donkeys years ago wanting to change from the doctors nearest my house to one nearer my work. Made sense at the time, not sure if it still makes sense to me now. Anyway, they wouldn't take me because I lived too far away and it was only like 3 miles. by Torran_Toi (Wed 2nd Oct 2019 8:57pm)
  • Ignore the reviews and ratings. I would imagine 100% of NHS health centres have mostly bad reviews. It's one of those services that people won't leave a good review for, but plenty will leave a bad one. There's not much difference is service levels between all the health centres. by Torran_Toi (Wed 2nd Oct 2019 9:00pm)
  • It's not been mentioned yet, but the flats you are looking at are directly across the road from St Alphonsus' - the chapel that the OO have got a hard on for. Fuck knows if it will continue to be from this point forward, but that stretch of road has always been a primary route of the walks. Moving in there, I would expect to be woken up very early on half the weekends of the year by flutes and drums. by Torran_Toi (Thu 3rd Oct 2019 6:54am)
  • I doubt it'll end up looking anything like that impression. The photo has the road completely removed unless my sense of perspective is miles off. It looks like these new buildings and the new green square is sitting right on top of where the cars currently drive (based on the cathedral being set a block back). I just don't see them getting rid of cars on Broomielaw like that. by Torran_Toi (Thu 3rd Oct 2019 10:00am)
  • Kirkhaven Hall, started life as a church. Church closed in the 70's and it became a homeless hostel until it went on fire in the 90's. In the early 2000's it was refurbed and is now modern offices inside. The back of the building is connected to the old Wellpark School on Wellpark Street (connecting building was put in during the refurb). The small hall to the side was the 'church hall'. Like the hall for parties and receptions not for worship. It's disused and at risk. by Torran_Toi (Thu 3rd Oct 2019 10:16am)
  • Almost. It went on fire and got refurbed into offices. This was during the good old days before the student boom when old buildings that went on fire became rent-able business spaces. by Torran_Toi (Thu 3rd Oct 2019 10:20am)
  • [Church on the Hill in Battlefield](https://5pm-images.imgix.net/offerproviders/none/offerproviderpics/12e1c6ae460943d9968b8c1a452e97b5.jpeg) [St Vincent Street Free Church](https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/0b/f9/98/96/1-free-church.jpg) [The old congregational church on Elgin Place](https://www.theglasgowstory.com/images/TGSA05309_m.jpg) Loads of examples of churches that aren't all spires, steeples and naves. Don't know what the answer to your question is really, but I'd guess it's just architects prerogative. Anyway, thought you might enjoy these photos. Enjoy going doing the rabbit hole :) by Torran_Toi (Thu 3rd Oct 2019 11:02am)
  • Well, we'll see. All that land surrounding it is getting built on eventually. If this 'wee shitey shed' is causing an obstruction during development... by Torran_Toi (Thu 3rd Oct 2019 11:06am)
  • Comforting to learn that a crude nuclear weapon used by a terrorist in Central Station only has a blast radius going no further than St Vincent Street and that the radiation radius doesn't even reach merchant city. Extremely fucking disturbing to think that a current Russian weapon would have a fireball from Finnieston to Dennistoun & an air blast stretching from Linwood to Chapelhall. by Torran_Toi (Thu 3rd Oct 2019 11:22am)
  • Scotway House wasn't burned down for student flats. That particular building sits on a bit of land that Tesco bought over and were going to build a new Tesco superstore along with some housing. Their plans got scuppered because they wanted to demolish Scotway House and got told no fucking way. Few weeks later the thing went up in flames. Tesco put in another application, rejected again. They then sold the land. So, no, it doesn't fit the 'student flats fires' theories, but the whole thing was 100% a corporation taking the absolute piss and burned a historic building down to try and force their plans through. Student flats do stand on Elgin place (Corner of Bath and Pitt) - which weirdly is something I linked a photo of about an hour ago in another thread - Old gothic / neo greek building that burned down. It was years before it ended up student flats though. by Torran_Toi (Thu 3rd Oct 2019 1:55pm)
  • Nice. There's tons of amazing architecture tucked away in places off the beaten tracks. Oddly, the stuff outside the city centre which less people go to see are in better condition. by Torran_Toi (Thu 3rd Oct 2019 2:00pm)
  • You as well. No jokes on this sub allowed. by Torran_Toi (Thu 3rd Oct 2019 5:04pm)
  • You didn't get the memo. You're not allowed to make jokes on this sub anymore. by Torran_Toi (Thu 3rd Oct 2019 5:03pm)
  • Honestly, try this place out. Office Furniture Centre, 707 London Rd, Bridgeton. They get a hold of stuff from schools, offices, etc whenever something shuts down. It's all destined for disposal and these guys save it all and sell it cheap. They sell new stuff too, but when you walk around their warehouse and see the used stuff that is perfectly fine at fractions of the cost... I got a tall 3 drawer filing cabinet, metal, the kind you get in schools, for something silly like a tenner. And a metal framed desk with the flippy compartment thing at the back for about £25 I think. by Torran_Toi (Thu 3rd Oct 2019 5:01pm)
  • Unrelated. Did ye get that fixed penalty quashed? by Torran_Toi (Thu 3rd Oct 2019 5:06pm)
  • Excellent. by Torran_Toi (Fri 4th Oct 2019 7:55am)
  • People have been smoking on the top deck of buses since time immemorial. Every so often a bold yin will even spark a joint. There's not a lot you can do about it. It's probably not going to stop happening. by Torran_Toi (Fri 4th Oct 2019 8:01am)
  • I think I found Montgomerie: "In 1839, Kelvinside was sold to Matthew Montgomerie (1783-1868) and John Park Fleming (d 1869) of the law firm Montgomerie & Fleming, who formed the Kelvinside Estate Co. to develop the estate." and "The last occupant of Kelvinside House was Mr Matthew Montgomerie who died there on 17th June 1868." Still nothing on why his name was scrubbed off the map in favour of some seemingly random town in Somerset though. by Torran_Toi (Fri 4th Oct 2019 11:32am)
  • Interesting stuff, thanks, but I think the Mathew Montgomerie is a more likely fit. by Torran_Toi (Fri 4th Oct 2019 12:02pm)
  • Yep. I just had a read at all that. Fascinating stuff indeed. Montgomerie and Fleming are essentially the names to be credited with the initial development of the city's west end. After reading about John Walker building a wall around his land like a Victorian Era Trump, and reading about how he built his own bridge over the Kelvin (now dismantled), I'm wondering if he might be the responsible party for renaming the streets. As interesting and influential figure as Walker was, he's striking me as a petty, vindictive arse hole of a man, which leads me to wondering if he scrubbed Montgomerie from the streets names just because. by Torran_Toi (Fri 4th Oct 2019 12:00pm)
  • Never done the tour, but it's definitely my kind of thing. One day I will. Spent plenty a day in the Mitchell searching references and archives and getting staff to go pull building plans or maps and stuff. Usually get the old "is this for a college project?"... 'nah mate, just a bit obsessive". :D :D by Torran_Toi (Fri 4th Oct 2019 12:40pm)
  • The missing question mark is doing my heed in. by Torran_Toi (Sat 5th Oct 2019 1:40pm)
  • Born in the Rottonrow, brought up in the east end. Moved out of the city a few years ago and won't consider moving back unless rental prices come back down to sanity. I still work in Glasgow. Still spend most of my money and time here. I love the city. But, I get more house for my money while ending up with more disposable income by living just 15 miles from the city centre. by Torran_Toi (Sat 5th Oct 2019 1:52pm)
  • Other direction. Wishaw. by Torran_Toi (Sat 5th Oct 2019 5:39pm)
  • I've been to 5 weddings. Each one of them had overly rambunctious renditions with plenty of audience participation of Penny Arcade or Celtic Symphony. by Torran_Toi (Sat 5th Oct 2019 5:44pm)
  • That just adds to the bizarreness in that Simply the Best is a song adopted by Rangers, a football club not in Northern Ireland. by Torran_Toi (Sun 6th Oct 2019 5:53am)
  • I'll give a totally unhelpful set of figures. My first expense every week is my taxi. It's £300 per week for all running costs and fuel. I go out and make 150 on a Friday, 150 on Saturday to cover that. Next up is the house costs. Rent, council tax, electricity, internet, comes to 600 per month. Dividing equally between me and partner, we put 300 each in, which is 75 per week. On a Sunday I make 120 (sometimes more, but most weeks I stop at 120). Take 75 from that for the house kitty, I'm left with a balance of £45. I don't usually work Mon or Tuesday, so make the rest of my disposable income on Weds and Thur. Target of 100 for both days leaves me with around £240-245 per week after paying all the bills that need paid. I'm not sure how much we spend on food exactly. We do a "weekly shop" which usually comes in at around £80 to £90. We split this again 50/50, so it costs each of us 40-45 per week on food in the fridge and cupboards, and all the other stuff like toilet roll, laundry stuff, whatever. From the 200 I have left about another 50 goes to the vape shop for a weeks supply of oils and coils, plus a wee bottle of drink for my Monday night off. Around £150 leftover each week after all costs and bills. It's with this money I will buy my cups of coffee, my bacon rolls, my curry on a monday, whatever. I try and save 50 per week, but sometimes I fuck it, so its more an annual target of 2500. My wife does the same, giving us 5000 a year for the holiday, decorating costs and for repairing or replacing appliances that break down. by Torran_Toi (Sun 6th Oct 2019 6:39am)
  • I see this and all I can think of is the pieces n butter I was brought up on. by Torran_Toi (Sun 6th Oct 2019 6:49am)
  • If it's a piece it wouldn't matter. Just flip it upside down/right way up to suit? by Torran_Toi (Sun 6th Oct 2019 11:19am)
  • More like 40 quid, that 50 includes a bottle from the off licence. I don't think it's expensive, plus vaping costs depend on your style of vaping. I go through 10ml - 20ml per day, premium juices only and have three different atomisers to re-coil (an Innokin Zlide, A Smok TFV12 and a Vopo Uforce). £40 a week is still half the price of smoking fags at 20 a day mind. by Torran_Toi (Mon 7th Oct 2019 7:26am)
  • Yep, I went to a catholic school and remember getting shown one of those "horror videos" of abortions with dead fetuses on display... IN A FUCKING SCIENCE CLASS. Yeah, it technically was a science lesson, but it was actually a 'scare the shite of them and make them hate the idea of abortion" type of lesson. ZERO sex education. My mates going to non-denominational did the whole cucumber condom thing. Condoms were never, ever mentioned to us. The totality of sex education was a three or four line paragraph in a biology textbook explaining the basic mechanics of coitus. The girls got one lesson in the assembly hall, which we all were rumoring to be the condom and cucumber thing, but afterwards it turned out to be just be a lesson on sanitary towels. This was 1998-1999-2000-thereabouts. edit: I didn't even realize it was weird until years after leaving school. As a young teen you just accept what is being given to you as normal. by Torran_Toi (Mon 7th Oct 2019 7:55am)
  • Understand where you're coming from, but ... First point: As far as I can see, the "cycle lanes" on Sauchiehall St are not fully segregated lanes, but shared cycle & pedestrian lanes. The HWC says that cycle lanes are marked by a painted white line, which Sauchiehall Street does not have. Maybe poor council planning, but the lack of white lines means this path probably does not meet the full legal criteria of "cycle path only". Second point: Irregardless of whether it's a full cycle path or not, under the HWC and RTA pedestrians **always** have the right of way. To say "The only cunts that should be using the cycle lane are the cyclists" is like a motorist saying "The only cunts that should be using the road are the drivers". Pedestrians can walk wherever the hell they like and the bike and car just need to put up with it. Peds have right of way in every situation.. by Torran_Toi (Mon 7th Oct 2019 10:40pm)
  • Oh ye canny fling pieces oot a twenty story flat, Seven hundred hungry weans will testify to that, If it's butter, cheese or jeely, if the breed is plain or pan, The odds against it reaching earth are ninety-nine tae wan. (jeely piece song) by Torran_Toi (Mon 7th Oct 2019 11:08pm)
  • Yep. Not much for younger crowds or gimmicky places. But if it's just a good old fashioned boozer you want there's a couple of decent options. Bar Six is pretty good if you want to hear some live music, The Waverley and The Horse & Anchor if you want a traditional pub and Girdwoods is a good night time option if you like loud guitars. by Torran_Toi (Tue 8th Oct 2019 11:40am)
  • From YouGov: "You must register to vote if you’re asked to do so and you meet the conditions for registering, for example you’re 16 or over and you’re British or a national of an EU or Commonwealth country. If you’re asked to register and do not do so, you could be fined". The form that every household receives is from the electoral officer asking you to confirm the voter registration details are correct. Technically, you **do have to be** registered. by Torran_Toi (Fri 11th Oct 2019 1:35am)
  • How's it creepy? Ice cream vans at night are completely normal. They usually drive around till 11pm. Mind they don't just sell ice cream, but act as mobile shops selling fags, ginger, tampons and whatever. by Torran_Toi (Sat 12th Oct 2019 12:59am)
  • Why? by Torran_Toi (Sat 12th Oct 2019 1:02am)
  • Fair enough. If that's how you feel then it's how you feel. Personally, I think that voting should be compulsory, not just registration. by Torran_Toi (Sat 12th Oct 2019 1:07am)
  • I remember even simpler times. Getting sent to the ice cream van to buy single fags for 15p each. by Torran_Toi (Sat 12th Oct 2019 8:31pm)
  • It's not entirely GHA/LHO. There are some privately owned flats in the tower. Going by a quick Zoopla search, there was 2 bed flat for sale at offers over 39k last year and then a couple years ago another at offers over 30k. I imagine they were bought while 'right to buy' was still a thing. by Torran_Toi (Sun 13th Oct 2019 1:01pm)
  • [Glasgow's Little Criminals](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7paOXPOy-hU) [One on Glasgow's organised crime gangs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3iWEIpA0WQ) [One on Paul Ferris](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgxD_BAgiN4) [Another good gangland one - Arthur Thomson, Tam Mcgraw, Paul Ferris, etc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-aKHrp7x4w) [Willy Gage documentary - Excellent watch if you enjoyed the one on ice cream wars](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ah7u_UNmGc) [Glasgow's loan sharks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_vO2RWK1f4) [Glasgow Razor Gangs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f2r8cGwhsQ) [Easterhouse - Doc on the beginnings of Easterhouse and social problems, etc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-qtcVzvNZQ) [History of Duke Street](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez3Ud-ijGkY) [Gorbals](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsLcGlbf9ug) [Govan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYb0-Gtm480) by Torran_Toi (Mon 14th Oct 2019 1:26pm)
  • Imagine going through life completely devoid of any sense of humour. Tragic. by Torran_Toi (Tue 15th Oct 2019 8:34pm)
  • And usually the breadcrumbs means it's less greasy. by Torran_Toi (Wed 16th Oct 2019 12:34am)
  • Lmao. Is this sub bipolar or something? Not long ago there was a thread about square sausage and somebody said "putting mustard on a roll and square sausage is for peados". That comment got upvoted. Here we have pretty much the same joke, but with a different food. Downvoted. Make up yer fuckin minds. by Torran_Toi (Wed 16th Oct 2019 5:20am)
  • Those rules from the highway code are non-statutory. Turning left/right into the junction, drivers "should" give way, but there is no legal requirement. Anyway, nobody is taught those rules. As a child I remember getting taught "Stop, Look, Listen" and "Look: Left, right, left" and only cross when cars are not coming. Then, when learning to drive I was taught to NEVER give way to pedestrians unless they are already crossing. There's a massive safety reason for this. It's way, way more dangerous to yield in some situations. Consider you are wanting to cross from the drivers right hand side and he slows down to let you stop. Meanwhile a cyclist moving up on the left hand side can't see you and can't see why I have decided to slow down and stop in the middle of a road. You likewise can't see the car or cyclist passing me on the left because it's behind my non-transparent vehicle. You cross over while that car/motorbike/bike passes me on the left. You step out from the protection my car offers only to get killed by the passing vehicle. It might appear discourteous for me not to let you cross in this situation, but it's far safer if vehicles keep going on their way while pedestrians "stop, look and listen" and "look left, right and left". by Torran_Toi (Wed 16th Oct 2019 12:53pm)
  • Those aren't crossings at all, though. Maybe a bit of confusion here in regards to language/culture. Those are simply road junctions and pedestrians don't have an implicit right of way at those ones. Drivers "should" give way, but are not obligated to. by Torran_Toi (Wed 16th Oct 2019 12:57pm)
  • It's not as strict or as black & white as that. Pedestrians only "legally" have right of way during the pedestrian phase of traffic lights or when already crossing at zebra markings. Everything else falls into the realms of courtesy. There have been cases where a pedestrian has been ran over and found to be at fault. (Hyndland St/Dumbarton Road isn't a crossing, btw. I don't know what's making people think it is.) by Torran_Toi (Wed 16th Oct 2019 1:04pm)
  • If it's not mandatory then it's not a "RIGHT OF WAY" then. Fandan. by Torran_Toi (Wed 16th Oct 2019 1:51pm)
  • Duke Street at the college. Wellshot Rd at the park gates. Garrioch Rd at the Army reserves. There's more, can't remember them all. I'd say there must be somewhere in the region of about 20 in the city, not counting all the ones on private ground like car parks. by Torran_Toi (Wed 16th Oct 2019 2:07pm)
  • I don't see how I've described jaywalking? Jaywalking is a specific offence and, your right, you can't get charged with it in the UK. What we are talking about is "right of way". Yes. If a pedestrian has already started to cross the road they **may** have right of way, may have. There are cases where an accident has happened and the pedestrian was found at fault (I read once about a case where the pedestrian was intoxicated and another where the pedestrian was distracted and not paying attention). The pedestrian being at fault does not equal jaywalking in the UK, but it does mean the driver doesn't get a dangerous driving charge. No. If they are just standing at the kerb they do not have right of way. "should" vs "must". Some parts of the highway code ARE NOT LAW. A lot of this discussion falls into the 'not law' sections. This is not difficult. The red and green man is irrelevant. It's a specific driving offence to cross the white line while the traffic light is red and while the amber light is flashing. That's what gives the pedestrian a right of way. by Torran_Toi (Wed 16th Oct 2019 2:24pm)
  • Did you read "not give way" as 'drive right through them'? If a careless pedestrian steps out, of course you need to perform some kind of stop. That's not the same as yielding or giving way, though. If someone is just standing at the side of a road waiting to cross and you decide to stop and yield, that's giving way. It is this I was told never to do. > What you are NEVER supposed to do is to wave them to go in. This is very dangerous. That's exactly the same thing I described. Whether you stop and do a wave or whether you stop and don't do a wave is the same thing with the same end result. by Torran_Toi (Wed 16th Oct 2019 2:35pm)
  • If they are already crossing then the ped has right of way. No, you can't run them over and "MUST" stop. If they are not crossing then they don't have right of way. Two feet on the pavement means the driver "SHOULD" give way, but is not required to. It's two different events and they each have a different level of priority. Your original argument was pedestrians ALWAYS, ALWAYS have the right of way. They don't. They have it when already crossing or at specific crossings. Of course, it's a nonsense argument. Only a fucking idiot would step out in front of a moving vehicle and scream about 'muh right of way'. by Torran_Toi (Wed 16th Oct 2019 2:42pm)
  • It's also near impossible to bore a new tunnel at those flyovers because THE main water supply coming from Katrine comes into the city under there. Plus the subway and rail tunnels. by Torran_Toi (Wed 16th Oct 2019 2:52pm)
  • Depends. The entire stretch of Junctions 15 to 19 are flyovers. The stretch around Blochairn is Flyover. Kingston bridge obviously is flyover. The only sunken bit near city centre is Charing cross to Anderston Cross, so you could bury that. Burying the entire northern arm would require boring or cut and shut (which is how the new Masstricht lines were done), but that ground is notoriously difficult to bore, geologically, plus existing services. So, the northern section of the M8 will always need to stay above ground as a flyover or disappear altogether. by Torran_Toi (Wed 16th Oct 2019 4:23pm)
  • Rats live in packs (a mischief of rats). You've never known real fear till you see a group of them in the city centre at 5am. The ones in town are massive. by Torran_Toi (Thu 17th Oct 2019 12:02pm)
  • Ritchies Training Centre at the blind tunnel. by Torran_Toi (Thu 17th Oct 2019 12:00pm)
  • Doner card as in organ donation. by Torran_Toi (Thu 17th Oct 2019 2:53pm)
  • Actually, aye. Still think it's more likely to be that than a kebab loyalty card tho, ha. by Torran_Toi (Thu 17th Oct 2019 2:57pm)
  • Phasing out diesel won't reduce the number of taxis and buses. 6000 diesel taxis will eventually just become 6000 taxis powered by something else. Some are switching to electric. Most of them are going to become LPG in the next couple years (government grants are coming for taxis to convert to LPG) and another large chunk are moving back to petrol. I recently drove the new Octavia petrol and it had similar mpg to the diesel. by Torran_Toi (Thu 17th Oct 2019 7:12pm)
  • As an ex taxi driver that moved over to Uber I can say that Uber fares are are a lot cheaper than taxis most of the time. Price does surge for the morning rush hour and then late on Friday and Saturday night, but for the rest of the time it's cheap as fuck. by Torran_Toi (Fri 18th Oct 2019 3:31am)
  • Uber is just another private hire taxi per UK rules. Uber, the company, holds an operators licence from the council, drivers are individually licensed by the council and then each car is licensed as PH (ie: the licencing trifecta: individual licences for the company, the driver and the car). by Torran_Toi (Fri 18th Oct 2019 3:36am)
  • > East along Argyle St., N up Queen St. and then East along Ingram is one for instance. Currently, turning into Ingram Street from Queen Street is prohibited; [On the side of the traffic signals you'll notice a 'no right turn' sign](https://www.google.com/maps/@55.8598557,-4.2519967,3a,19.3y,353.29h,91.26t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sC6KlY7wSEcJvBJGvJeM5_Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656). Going east along Ingram from Queen Street is limited to bus/taxi/cycle only. I highly doubt that will ever change, so that route is not an option as an alternative. by Torran_Toi (Fri 18th Oct 2019 3:43am)
  • You might possibly be leaving it in the wrong place for an uplift. Generally, when you book a special uplift your supposed to put it out on the collection day (not in advance) at a particular place (which is not usually round the back with the bins, but on a street corner or to the front (ie: extremely easily accessible for the wagon)). Everywhere seems to have a different pick up point for special uplifts and you'll only find out where it is by asking people who've lived there longer than you). Strike up a conversation with the neighbors and ask them where the uplifts usually get collected from. by Torran_Toi (Fri 18th Oct 2019 4:14am)
  • Ah, ok. by Torran_Toi (Fri 18th Oct 2019 12:20pm)
  • As said there's a burst sewage line that'll be making things bad. That said, Partick does suffer from two permanent sources of smells of shite. You have the treatment works at Partick Bridge then you have another treatment works at Shieldhall on the other side of the Clyde. Both facilities reek at times and it often blows over Partick. by Torran_Toi (Sat 19th Oct 2019 3:49pm)
  • Best place might be to write to the licencing board at the council. Not sure if this would fall under their powers or not though. by Torran_Toi (Sat 19th Oct 2019 3:46pm)
  • I don't think there is an "official" rule anywhere that says you must or you mustn't call them blocks. But, I'm nearing 40 and been local to Glasgow for all those years and I've used and heard 'blocks' being used plenty. "A jog round the block", "A block over from Central Station". It seems perfectly fine. What would we call a block if we were to call it something else? by Torran_Toi (Sat 19th Oct 2019 7:55pm)
  • No. It's still a thing. Drouthy's on Queen Street has a sign up just now advertising they have an 8am licence. by Torran_Toi (Sun 20th Oct 2019 2:06pm)
  • A discount for people of colour implies that POC are too poor to pay full price? Now that's racist as fuck. by Torran_Toi (Sun 20th Oct 2019 2:22pm)
  • It is illegal. Somewhat related; Very recently a proposed new taxi company offering a women only service with only female drivers failed to obtain a licence from GCC on grounds of discrimination against men. by Torran_Toi (Sun 20th Oct 2019 2:25pm)
  • A change in law needs to happen to make the system more effective. As it stands, these litter wardens have zero actual power. You're not legally obligated to give them your name or details. They can phone the actual police to come to get your details, but the police put those calls way down low on priority and the wardens have very little powers to detain other than citizen's arrest (get's messy, legally, when it's over a dropped fag end). Can't the fines can be collected via usual debt recovery channels? I don't understand how or why the council don't just pass the unpaid fines onto Walker Love or Scott & Co like every other council debt. by Torran_Toi (Sun 20th Oct 2019 2:39pm)
  • Here's a venue finder for all the Glasgow Life community centres: https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/venue-finder?channel=Communities Pick the venue you want and give them a call directly to book a space. The prices are the same at all venues. Price for community groups for a room (up to 120 sqM) is £4.95 per hour; and for a small hall (120 to 240 sqM) is £6.40 per hour; anything larger is £11.35 per hour. You can also try church halls, but not all will come with wifi and mod-cons. All you would need to do is have a chat with the priest or vicar and make arrangements. Prices won't be set in stone and will be negotiable. They'll normally just ask for a donation instead of demanding rent. by Torran_Toi (Mon 21st Oct 2019 2:52am)
  • Except your supposed to merge at the end of the slip. Use all possible road then merge in turn / zipper. by Torran_Toi (Thu 24th Oct 2019 5:28am)
  • Indicating doesn't reserve you a space to merge into. The cars on the carriageway should maintain a constant speed while the merging cars should find a safe space to move into. In collisions involving a lane change the driver that was changing lane is automatically at fault and liable insurance-wise. by Torran_Toi (Thu 24th Oct 2019 5:38am)
  • School trip location for all the weans of the 80s and 90s. Went there a handful of times in primary school, then again in s2 or s3 for orienteering. by Torran_Toi (Thu 24th Oct 2019 5:47am)
  • Don't know about letting them go free, but I remember stories that there were some animals left behind and abandoned. Some good folks ended up caring for them, going to the pens to feed them, etc. by Torran_Toi (Thu 24th Oct 2019 5:45am)
  • I don't agree that my taxi is not safe just because I'm a male driver. by Torran_Toi (Thu 24th Oct 2019 6:47am)
  • No. It's not "skipping the queue" and your absolutely wrong if you think you should merge at the back of the queue. You are supposed to be merging at the front of the queue (yes, not barge in, safely merge, but at the end of the slip at the front of the queue (it's called the pinch point)). In heavy traffic when merging is slower and a space isn't always available, the cars in the left should be using as much of the runway as possible so that a second queue forms down the whole slipway, not a second queue forming before the slipway. By merging at the start of the slip, all your doing is pushing the congestion off of the motorway and into the streets. In this particular junction, by merging too early, you end up affecting Pheonix Rd and possibly GWR/West Graham St. by Torran_Toi (Thu 24th Oct 2019 2:15pm)
  • Aye, merge. Barging in is not on and the possible results of doing it are in the video above. I read your comment as meaning you thought we shouldn't be driving to the end of the slip. There's a widespread idea that using the whole slipway is 'skipping the queue'. So, you end up in a situation where the queue sitter inners refuse to zipper merge, 1 for 1, at the pinch point. by Torran_Toi (Thu 24th Oct 2019 2:23pm)
  • Nothing to go on? 2 witness statements, a business card and a phone number? Eh? by Torran_Toi (Fri 25th Oct 2019 8:05am)
  • In general, yes, they overwrite, but depending on the cam and SD card class and capacity depends how much of a "buffer" you have. The cam I use records continuously for 10 hours. Enough for a whole shift. I can then choose to overwrite it the next day or dump it all into hard drive. by Torran_Toi (Fri 25th Oct 2019 1:50pm)
  • Private regys appreciate in value. Business vehicles use them to offset the depreciation of the actual vehicle. It doesn't usually completely reverse the cost, but the profit over 5 years coupled with HMRC deductions does seriously remove most of the loss. Another benefit include masking a vehicle's age. And then, although subjectively, adds an element of prestige or even company branding. (I think that's a Skoda Rapid btw) by Torran_Toi (Fri 25th Oct 2019 1:57pm)
  • Could it be the botanic gardens for GlasGlow? They have those "air raid" lights shooting into the sky just now. by Torran_Toi (Fri 25th Oct 2019 9:50pm)
  • If it's not the Botanics with GlasGlow (though the Botanic are only a little overy a mile north of the Clyde), then I reckon it's probably stadium lights at Ibrox (based on another comment of it being south west of the SEC). by Torran_Toi (Sat 26th Oct 2019 12:33am)
  • West end if you want all the ameneties right on your doorstep and don't mind maxing your budgets. East end for the most bang for your buck and don't mind a wee bit of travel for the amenities. South side for a happy medium. North if you fancy dodging knives and junkie needles. by Torran_Toi (Sat 26th Oct 2019 12:43am)
  • I'm not an expert on economics and investments. I'd say the guarantee on a private regys increasing in value is the same guarantee as any other investment going up. Anything you put your money into can go up or can go down (stocks, shares, endowments, property, private regys, whatever, etc). **As they say, if you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.** A lot of private regys are bought for reasons of 'just cos it's cool to me and ma mates', with no hopes of an ROI. All I'm saying is that in this example, on a taxi, it is most likely an attempt, at least, in reducing vehicle depreciation. by Torran_Toi (Sat 26th Oct 2019 1:01am)
  • Plenty of places will be open, but loads of them will be bookings only. by Torran_Toi (Sun 27th Oct 2019 1:14pm)
  • They do this for the 10k runs and tough mudder, etc. Normally takes a few days for them to tag the photos to your ticket number or event ID and to upload the photos. by Torran_Toi (Sun 27th Oct 2019 1:12pm)
  • All petrol stations have bags of kindling and logs. I'd imagine the supermarket ones, like tesco or asda, will have cheapest price. by Torran_Toi (Tue 29th Oct 2019 12:53am)
  • You'll need to change the hospital name. Gartnavel General wasn't built until the 1970s. The pond was built next to Gartnavel ROYAL Hospital, not General. I'd maybe also add that the pond exists in the area of "Claythorn" if you can find sources. by Torran_Toi (Wed 30th Oct 2019 7:43pm)
  • Always been a thing. Wee bam pot weans and drunk neds always stick the Vicky up to passing buses. At least the bus wasn't getting pelted with stones or golf balls, which is another pastime of the baby gammon. by Torran_Toi (Wed 30th Oct 2019 7:50pm)
  • This is the answer. You'll find your thirty footers in Easterhouse, Drumchapel, Castlemilk, Cranhill, Germiston... by Torran_Toi (Wed 30th Oct 2019 7:56pm)
  • Aw, that yer baws dropped noo? by Torran_Toi (Wed 30th Oct 2019 9:46pm)
  • Are you asking what areas have become gentrified or what areas have just simply improved? If the latter, most of the city is the answer. Even the furthest out schemes are miles better than they were years ago. There's only a handful of areas that havn't greatly improved. Possil, Milton, Lambill, chunks of Springburn ... Actually, most of the north is the land that time forgot (or the land that the council forgot). I'd say the areas worth mentioning for having DRASTICALLY improved are Easterhouse, Shettleston, Tollcross, Dalmarnock, Dennistoun, Partick, North Kelvinside (the bit that backs onto Maryhill), Townhead, Anderston, Oatlands. by Torran_Toi (Thu 31st Oct 2019 5:23am)
  • Yep. If anyone has anything needing uplifted, Nov 4 and 5 is the days to stick it out on the street. Furniture, mattresses, anything that burns... it'll all get taken and lumped on a fire somewhere. by Torran_Toi (Thu 31st Oct 2019 7:04am)
  • Saltmarket by Torran_Toi (Thu 31st Oct 2019 7:00am)
  • Also piping in on this one. I have electric storage heaters that are a total pain in the tits and costly to run. Not as dear as convector daydalators or the auld '2 bar fire', but still sore. Got a portable calor gas radiator off Gumtree. Can of gas from the petrol station. Costs about £10 a month. It's cheaper than a gas central heating. Dunno why we all don't heat our homes this way. by Torran_Toi (Thu 31st Oct 2019 7:16am)
  • Stobhill is a tad more north east of Possil. It's sandwiched between Springburn and Auchinairn, with Colston directly west of it and Old Balornock directly east. Yeah, Dalmarnock is still a bit shite, but I'm just listing the areas that have seen major improvements. The fact it's still dodgy says a lot about how it used to be I suppose. Not sure what you mean about Oatlands though. It lacks amenities, sure, but it's a decent enough area to live in these days. Plus, by extension by proximity, the new Richmond Park/ Gate developments have brought the whole area up. by Torran_Toi (Thu 31st Oct 2019 8:46am)
  • Remain voting, Indy supporting taxi here. by Torran_Toi (Mon 4th Nov 2019 8:18am)
  • Most of the taxis are getting converted to LPG. There's a Scottish Government grant coming to convert diesel engines to LPG ones, so it'll be at least another decade before the current models are off the road and replaced for electric. by Torran_Toi (Mon 4th Nov 2019 8:17am)
  • All seems reasonable on paper and in theory, but Sauchiehall Street has proven that widening the pedestrian and cycling section while reducing width on the carriageway just leads to more problematic parking. Sauchiehall has become a slalom with cars parked in alternating fashion in places they're not supposed to be and just about zero fucks are being given when it comes to causing obstructions, stopping in bus stops or parking 4 wheels up on the pavement. The same things will happen here without heavy enforcement. by Torran_Toi (Mon 4th Nov 2019 8:26am)
  • The Royal makes me feel a whole load more at ease than the new build hospitals do. New Stobhill and New Vicky give me the total creeps...The GRI here not as much. by Torran_Toi (Wed 6th Nov 2019 9:28pm)
  • I recognise that neon green bike. These fuds are in the toon quite often winding folk up and causing mini mayhem at night. Anybody else notice the bit where they go "wrong way down a one way street"? ^TM Limmy. by Torran_Toi (Fri 8th Nov 2019 5:42am)
  • The food quality really is the worst you'll find in the whole city. Not even close to exaggerating here. It's absolutely fucking awful. I assume the unit they are in is freehold rather than leasehold, thus don't have rent to pay. If that's true then it's running with low costs and surviving on drunk trade. There's comments on Twitter giving the place a thumbs up. Fuck. Only. Knows. Why. Anybody giving this place the nod of approval mUstinov have been brought up on a diet consisting solely of potato croquettes. by Torran_Toi (Fri 8th Nov 2019 5:54am)
  • My da and all his mates love GlasgowLive. They even have the fuckin app. Then they share GlasgowLive articles to each other multiple times per day over Whatsapp thinking they are kings of local knowledge. Total eyeroll. by Torran_Toi (Fri 8th Nov 2019 11:20am)
  • The problem is that the swastika isn't just the symbol for Nazis. It's been used as a symbol for thousands of years for an abundance of religious and cultural reasons and still exists today mainly as a spiritual symbol in the east. There are even spiritual groups in Germany using the swastika, right now, today. It's only been a symbol of hate for the past 80 odd years, and only really in the west. I'm going to bet that the guy in the gym has had it done because he thinks he's being edgy and new age. If you were to ask him about it you'll probably get a load of: "Actually, this is not a nazi symbol, It's a tetraskelion and is a symbol of peace and I had it inked as part of my spiritual enlightenment while on the path of getting woke bla bla bla". If that's true, then there's nothing to be done about it. Even if that's wrong and the guy is a full on white pride Aryan, there's still actually nothing that can be done about it. Sorry to put it like this, but this is not Nazi Germany. There's nothing illegal about being a Nazi or having a Nazi tattoo. He is allowed to be a racist. by Torran_Toi (Fri 8th Nov 2019 11:43am)
  • Okay. What about the third option? He's not being edgy like I proposed above, and he's not a racist like you have decided, but he is actually an adherent to Qi Gong (way more popular than most people think). You would bar him because of his religion? You missed my entire point. You are asserting that all instances of the swastika must be fanny behaviour or racist behaviour, 100% of the time. The fact is that is not true. It is still, today, whether a person is 95 or 25, a symbol used by many, many spiritual groups. The overall point being this. The guy could be a racist white pride dickheed. Or, he could be an edge lord fandan. Or, he could be a peace loving Tantric. I think, in law, they call this beyond reasonable doubt. by Torran_Toi (Fri 8th Nov 2019 4:01pm)
  • Until recent years and until Yankee bastardisation, in the UK, Black Friday was the Friday before Christmas and was so called because that was the day that the police and hospitals (and taxi drivers) had to deal with the absolute and utter carnage caused by excessive drinking. by Torran_Toi (Fri 8th Nov 2019 4:31pm)
  • > Yeah and Jewish people, people of colour, LGBT people, disabled people etc etc are allowed to go to the gym without sharing a space with people who literally want them dead. Zero proof that's true. Zero. The swastika is a symbol **currently** used by hundreds of spiritual groups. It has been used by but just one hate group. > You need to ask yourself why you felt the need to defend this guy and make a reach so big you had to ignore all cultural context in Western Europe to do so. Not a hard question to ask myself at all. It's called rational thinking and not knee jerking myself to the worst possible reaction. It's 2019 and the world is globally interconnected - It's not unfathomable to think that a white dude has access to eastern spiritual texts. You need to ask yourself why you feel the need to assume the worst possible outcome in situations like this even when plausible alternative explanations are offered to you. (FYI: I'm not even white) *shrug* by Torran_Toi (Fri 8th Nov 2019 5:06pm)
  • It's going to be quite a big list. Speirs Wharf. Buchanan St. Glassford St. Hutcheson St. Virginia St. Jamaica St. Tobago St. Cochrane St. A lot of Dennistoun is named after Tobacco lords, so add Findlay, Ingleby, Garthland, Thompson, et al. I mean where does the line get drawn? Is it just the names that traded slaves, or all the names that owned a slave in the family, or anyone involved in tobacco, cotton or corn but never had hands on a slave? Before the Act that made slave trading illegal, just about every rich person in Glasgow had a slave working as a maid or similar. After the Act, there were efforts to hide it (such as the Glassford family portrait having the slave painted over), but or was completely widespread. All the rich, all the nobles and nearly all the mechants were involved in this. You'd need to rename loads and loads, including some of the west end. by Torran_Toi (Mon 11th Nov 2019 12:33am)
  • Can they now start fining the massive number of plonker drivers (including taxis) that turn right into Gordon Street to access the station outside of permitted hours? The rule has been flouted for years without punishment. While they're at it somebody needs to get to enforcing the no u-turn allowed on Gordon St in front of the station. by Torran_Toi (Mon 11th Nov 2019 12:44am)
  • Don't take it all back. Most taxi drivers are absolute wankers. I can only apologise on their behalf and hope that the new mandatory SVQ qualifications coming next year gets some of the Diddy Rides aff the road. by Torran_Toi (Mon 11th Nov 2019 2:58am)
  • Yes. Buses, taxis, private hires, authorised delivery vehicles, some authorised council vehicles and emergency vehicles (only on blue light, I believe, but maybe not). by Torran_Toi (Mon 11th Nov 2019 5:12am)
  • Just searched for that on Google, I'm only finding results for a band called Bukake. by Torran_Toi (Mon 11th Nov 2019 5:36am)
  • Spice Garden by Torran_Toi (Mon 11th Nov 2019 6:01am)
  • Think you should have a wee revision of yer highway code then, paying attention to the page on bus lanes and bus gates. by Torran_Toi (Mon 11th Nov 2019 9:51am)
  • Take a drive back down Renfield Street to scout it out. Your going to kick yourself when you realise just how much signage you failed to notice. We're talking multiple large signs and obnoxious red road markings all the way as far back as before St Vincent Street. by Torran_Toi (Mon 11th Nov 2019 12:34pm)
  • TIL. But, it can still get enforced without cameras. Council couldn't, but Police could. I'm talking about the 'no motor vehicles between 7pm - 7am, 10am - 12 noon and 2pm - 4pm' sign. by Torran_Toi (Mon 11th Nov 2019 12:30pm)
  • All correct, but just to add to this that double yellows have times of operation. In Glasgow City Centre the majority of double yellows are not operational at night, meaning it's legally a free for all. by Torran_Toi (Mon 11th Nov 2019 12:41pm)
  • Singles are no parking during times on signage, Doubles allowed to stop and wait, load and unload in line with times on signage, Doubles with pavement dashes are no parking or stopping at any time. by Torran_Toi (Tue 12th Nov 2019 1:03am)
  • Nah, ribs are awesome. Though it does depend on sauce, etc. For instance, honey glazed are for paedos. by Torran_Toi (Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:11pm)
  • Will people stop downvoting things they don't agree with. The above comment is fact and down voting it till its hidden doesn't help anybody. We get it.. this sub hates cars and hates the sight of parked cars and thinks all drivers should get a daily flogging carried out by someone in lycra cycling shorts, but the laws are the laws. Parking restrictions only exist with valid signage. by Torran_Toi (Wed 13th Nov 2019 12:18pm)
  • This used to a be a much more common sight around the city. I've heard people say that it's a signal for showing where to find a drug dealer. Also heard it's a signal to identify houses of people on the sex offenders register. Both these theories are, of course, bullshit. It's just wee bored weans with nothing better to do with their time throwing shoes over the wires. by Torran_Toi (Fri 15th Nov 2019 2:46pm)
  • From Sunday 17 November, a single lane will re-open eastbound and westbound on London Road at its junction with Fielden Street and Dunn Street. Drivers will also be able to turn north into Fielden Street from both directions. Dunn Street will remain closed. by Torran_Toi (Sat 16th Nov 2019 4:54pm)
  • Yep. It's Scottish Water. There was a burst mains there, so they started off dealing with that. The job got bigger when they found water damage had weakened the road structure, so the entire section is having to get ripped up and relaid. If they have got to the point of opening a lane in each direction, they must be in the final stages of laying the top surfaces. Not long to go. I'm not out in the daytime much as I'm a night shift driver. It's not caused a major headache at nights. Has it been brutal in the day times? by Torran_Toi (Sat 16th Nov 2019 8:47pm)
  • Just to add to this, Uber also offer a service in Glasgow called UberAccess where you can book accessible vehicles. by Torran_Toi (Sat 16th Nov 2019 8:52pm)
  • > also kind of unexpected to have them there imo They've had them going off at George Square for the Christmas lights switch-on since I was a wee boy, so they've been doing it there for at least 30 years. by Torran_Toi (Mon 18th Nov 2019 5:57am)
  • 37 years in Glasgow and never seen them. Glasgow is too south. My uncle claims to have seen them in Glencoe, but even then he says they were weak and just a dull shimmer. Still too far south. You really need to be way, way up north at the top of Scotland to stand any real chance of seeing them properly. by Torran_Toi (Wed 27th Nov 2019 1:46pm)
  • Did ye, aye? by Torran_Toi (Thu 28th Nov 2019 10:21am)
  • The guy is a bit of a tit at times, but he's not wrong in saying that poof doesn't always mean homo. I'm staying in a town just to the east of Glasgow and the phrase "poofed oot" just means "shat it" here. Even heard it used by friends of my fiancé who are gay. by Torran_Toi (Sat 30th Nov 2019 7:31pm)
  • They are pulling your plonker mate. That's the Hudson River and this is New York. by Torran_Toi (Sun 1st Dec 2019 4:14pm)
  • Exactly. Pepsi are managing fine selling full sugar 2L at £2. by Torran_Toi (Tue 3rd Dec 2019 10:42pm)
  • It's exactly like this. It's got some extract in it high in saponins or something, which make a soap like froth. It's found in cream soda and is what gives it that 'thicker' feeling. A wee bit like the thickness of an ice cream float drink, but much less froth. by Torran_Toi (Thu 5th Dec 2019 1:37pm)
  • Not sure how it is during the day, but Christmas night is usually one of the busiest nights of the year clubs/pubs/taxi-wise. by Torran_Toi (Sat 7th Dec 2019 2:19am)
  • That legal concept (coverture) was pretty much abolished in the 1800's, and btw, it never, ever existed in Scotland. by Torran_Toi (Sun 8th Dec 2019 7:26am)
  • Yep. City Centre is always rammed on Christmas night. Christmas eve dies a death, night of the 26th is a coin toss, but the night of the 25th will be nearly as busy as Hogmanay. Was just talking to a member of staff from the Buff Club in the car tonight. He's raging because all the staff need to work Christmas and nobody is allowed the night off. by Torran_Toi (Sun 8th Dec 2019 7:32am)
  • Fuck off ya tight bastard by Torran_Toi (Mon 9th Dec 2019 10:10am)
  • Tight bastarts mate. Nearly every one of my punters for years have tipped me. It's that frequent a thing, when it doesn't happen, it stands out and make me wonder if I did something wrong or offended them somehow. I've noticed that it seems to be an age related thing. Younger people don't seem to tip. by Torran_Toi (Mon 9th Dec 2019 10:17am)
  • Yeah. We did this at Provanhall House in Auchinlea Park in Easterhouse. Smoke filled room where you had to feel the way out. Electrical and fire safety. A double decker bus with a tanned window and a huge warning that buses have cctv. A bit about trains and don't walk on train tracks. And a simulated mugging. Overall, it was a 'scare the shite oot the weans to make sure they behave' day. by Torran_Toi (Mon 9th Dec 2019 10:23am)
  • Sounds like you did the same one as me. The bus had a tanned window and an actor lying down on the bus with a burst heed full of glass, then they showed ye a monitor with a recording from a few mins ago of us getting on the bus, aye? We did this at Provanhall in Easterhouse. by Torran_Toi (Mon 9th Dec 2019 10:28am)
  • Most folk tip £1 to £2. Every now and again you'll get someone being more generous chucking you an extra fiver. Best tip I ever got was around £20. Fare was about £180, Glasgow to Newcastle. Guy handed over £200 and told me to keep the change. by Torran_Toi (Tue 10th Dec 2019 7:52am)
  • > but if they deliver a just eat they don't Delivery drivers pretty much ONLY get tips. UberEats and JustEat might have changed things a bit in recent times, but all the wee guys delivering for the local Indians and Chinese don't normally get wages at all. They make the shitty £1.50 delivery fee, get chucked a tenner for fuel and free kebab at the end of the night. I've known a lot of delivery drivers. They RELY on tips. by Torran_Toi (Tue 10th Dec 2019 8:01am)
  • Yep, its about rewarding good service. Whenever I've phoned round emergency tradesmen at an ungodly hour, the guy that bothered to answer the phone, dragged his arse out of bed and fixed my problem with crust still in his eyes deserves a few quid for the pub. Good mechanics get a decent tip as well. Then the ones where tipping is really weird, like the accountant. He just gets a wee bottle of whiskey at Christmas. by Torran_Toi (Tue 10th Dec 2019 8:13am)
  • > Crosshill which is surprisingly a conservation area If memory serves rightly, I think residents successfully fought for the areas surrounding Queen's Park to become conservation areas so to prevent plans for demolishing all those tenements and smashing a motorway and expressway through the south side. Roughly, and again from patchy memory, Queens Park itself would have been obliterated and a motorway built right through it (going east to west). That motorway would have intersectioned with the M77 at Dumbreck... Dumbreck Road and Titwood Road would be motorway, right through the park and then heading south east eventually hitting East Kilbride. Then the route of Eglinton Street > Pollokshaws Rd > Kilmarnock Rd >Fenwick Rd ... was to become an southside expressway which would have had an intersection with the motorway around where the Bp petrol station is on Pollokshaws Rd. It's also the reason for the Arcade on Kilmarnock Rd was built higher than the street level. It was designed so that the pedestrian arcade would have been at a different height level to the fast moving traffic below. Conservation status scuppered those plans. by Torran_Toi (Tue 10th Dec 2019 8:57pm)
  • If you go below the bridge and look up you will see massive braces have been attached to strengthen the sections. It was at serious danger of becoming a collapse risk before they braced it. It's safe for now, but there's always been whispers that the bridge will eventually need to be demolished. by Torran_Toi (Tue 10th Dec 2019 9:02pm)
  • Because it's not the Gorbals. Gorbals is everything above the A730 to the intersection with Oatlands Gate (where the Clyde curves). Beyond that line is Oatlands. by Torran_Toi (Tue 10th Dec 2019 9:08pm)
  • Sauchiehall Street is well and truly fucked. At this stage, it would just be better to convert swathes of the city centre storefronts into residential. by Torran_Toi (Tue 10th Dec 2019 9:15pm)
  • Come off the motorway earlier. Before the bridge, take the left hand split for the M74, then come off the slip to that "loop" at Seaward Street. Then it's just a case of going along Scotland Street, onto West Street to get onto the bridge for the other side of the barrier. by Torran_Toi (Wed 11th Dec 2019 5:19am)
  • Sometime around 2003 to 2004. I remember being able to use the whole bridge for access to the expressway when I first started driving and that was in late 2002. The restriction came a short while after that. by Torran_Toi (Wed 11th Dec 2019 5:23am)
  • The original 'highway plan' was utter bonkers when you look back on it. The plan included the high speed inner ring road, 14 new inner city motorways (yes, fucking 14). And, 20-25 expressways linking all the motorways together. We would have been a motorway city. Look up the plans if your interested. 1965 Glasgow Highway Plan. by Torran_Toi (Wed 11th Dec 2019 5:49am)
  • Cool mate. Just because ye said about the 1-way, I thought you were coming off later and doing some mental route through the city centre like most folk would. by Torran_Toi (Wed 11th Dec 2019 7:19pm)
  • I fuckin remember that! They had a full page artists impression (photo-realistic) of it collapsing and motors falling into the Clyde. Front page like it was real news that actually happened. For a wee minute you would be forgiven for going for the paper, seeing it and thinking the bridge had collapsed. Bastards. Click bait before clicks. by Torran_Toi (Wed 11th Dec 2019 7:24pm)
  • And I'm guessing you started Uni in September 2003. I passed my test in December 2002. So, the barrier went up somewhere between January and August 2003? We did it Reddit (nearly). by Torran_Toi (Wed 11th Dec 2019 7:21pm)
  • Another wee interesting thing. It was originally named as the Carnoustie Bridge (Carnoustie Street being underneath it on the south side), and was referred to as the Carnoustie Bridge in the relevant Acts and Orders that were made authorizing its construction. Fuck knows when it became the Kingston Bridge, but it changed names at some point. by Torran_Toi (Wed 11th Dec 2019 7:36pm)
  • Ravel Row is a junkie hotspot. Stay clear. by Torran_Toi (Thu 12th Dec 2019 9:32am)
  • There was a team of guys doing it, and I don't think every street had lights, just the main roads. The side streets would have been pitch dark. by Torran_Toi (Sat 14th Dec 2019 7:00pm)
  • Are you renting from GHA? Contact whoever your landlord is. Are you sure it's due? In my experience landlords are normally on the ball in having the annual certificates done. by Torran_Toi (Mon 16th Dec 2019 6:32am)
  • Is Crocket's shut doon? Fuck, never noticed. Doubt he would've done soil anyway. More of an ironmongers than anything else. by Torran_Toi (Fri 20th Dec 2019 11:01am)
  • Excellent story from an old job. Manager sent a young new start to Crocket's one day for a fallopian tube. One of those wind ups like a long standing or tartan paint. Off the boy went to get a fucking fallopian tube. The guy in Crocket's played along. Whit kind of fallopian tube? He asked. Told him they come in metal, plastic, rubber. Boy didn't know. So the guy sold him a wee bit of rubber hose and told him if it's wrong just bring it back and we'll swap it. Gave him a receipt and everything. Boy came back with the hose saying ye didny tell me whit kind, he gave me a rubber wan... boss said naw, naw. Sorry needs to be metal. Sent him back. Guy in Crocket's gave him more hassle. Whit kind of metal. Copper, brass, iron? Sold him a wee bit of copper pipe. Boss rejected it. Told him it needed to be some other metal. Guy in Crocket's told him didn't have that kind. Sent him back empty handed. Boss sent him back saying plastic would do. Guy in Crocket's sold him a wee bit of PVC pipe. It went back and forth like this for a couple of hours. Every time he went back oot we were pishing ourselves with laughter. The guy in Crocket's must have been howling at it as well. Eventally we told him and put him oot the misery. Boss phoned Crocket's and said keep that fiver, ye earned it and had a big laugh over the phone. Belter. Good times. by Torran_Toi (Fri 20th Dec 2019 1:35pm)
  • Wishaw Main Street. But, there's probably a few of them about. by Torran_Toi (Fri 20th Dec 2019 5:19pm)
  • Crusty patter. by Torran_Toi (Mon 23rd Dec 2019 10:00am)
  • Normally a ghost town on new years day. by Torran_Toi (Mon 23rd Dec 2019 8:39pm)
  • Well, if they want to be "Glasgow proper" then they need to start paying their council tax to the City of Glasgow Council and not to the local authorities of East Renfrewshire and East Dunbartonshire. by Torran_Toi (Tue 24th Dec 2019 5:47pm)
  • > Also is it dodgy coming to and leaving work in that area? Not really. The bakery comes under Haghill, but because of the rather large footprint of the bakery itself, and with the gatehouse being on Duke Street, it doesn't really feel like Haghill; more Dennistoun bordering Camlachie. You are very unlikely to experience trouble going to and from work here. > What sort of hours did they expect you to work? This is what you should worry about way more than the Haghill thing. The problem you will have is public transport. The shift times at the bakery can be a bastard. I know this because I'm a taxi and take people to and from the place at silly and stupid o'clock. It's hard getting to the place for a shift at five in the morning when the buses and trains aren't in full swing at that time. The shift lengths themselves aren't too bad. I've got regulars that work there and they do shifts like 5am till 1pm sort of thing, so just the regular 8 hour shift. The issue is the actual start and finish times would be "antisocial hours" for a lot of people, plus the hassles of lack of public transport at those times. by Torran_Toi (Tue 24th Dec 2019 6:00pm)
  • Go to the interview and chat to them about it, I guess. by Torran_Toi (Wed 25th Dec 2019 9:15am)
  • I'll join yer wee downvote club. I had a young lad in the car a while back that had his own barber shop. A group of Turkish "barbers" came in and offered to buy him out. He told them he wasnt wanting to sell. He had just set the thing up a year or so before and was living his wee dream. These guys started to intimidate him, coming by nearly every day. Never making any threats, but being threatening all the same. They would come in and sit on the waiting seats, talking in foreign language, sit for about an hour then leave. One time they walked in and started measuring the place with a tape, just not giving a fuck. They would continue "asking" to buy his lease and business for silly prices like 10k. These guys were adamant they were going to take this boys shop off him. He was saying he won't give in, but at that point had his brothers and cousins sit in the shop with him just in case. Anyway, I drive past his place now and it's a Turkish barbers. I've seen similar tactics in the private hire game. The big companies are only that big because they buy out their smaller rivals with offers not to be refused. These Turkish barber places that are all over the place are 100% fronts for organised crime. The only reason they are able to spend an hour on a customer for a measly tenner is because they exist to launder dirty money. There are foreign organised crime groups operating in this city while people want to believe it or not. These Turkish barbers are part of it. I know for a fact that the Iranian mafia are active in Glasgow, but can't tell that story, but it's not to do with the barber places. by Torran_Toi (Wed 25th Dec 2019 9:39am)
  • Breaking news. Large City has rats. by Torran_Toi (Thu 26th Dec 2019 3:34am)
  • Biffa appear to dominate the market. I can only imagine that so many businesses use them because their prices and service is alright. (wee note to say that if the reason you think the council's commercial service sucks is due to the rules within certain zones on pickup times and bin storage, just be aware that all private companies are supposed to follow the same rules). by Torran_Toi (Thu 26th Dec 2019 1:51pm)
  • Very technically. Arthur Street itself is part the official boundary line between Busby and Clarkston. http://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=12819&p=0 by Torran_Toi (Fri 27th Dec 2019 10:01pm)
  • I remember "Gordon's chip stall"... £30 to chip a Playstation then later I think it was £40 to do a PS2. Also remember the pirates in this street. There was a "barn" opposite the doors in this photo where they had massive catalogues with just about every Playstation, PS2 game and CD-ROM in existence. Pretty sure it was any 3 disks for a tenner. You made your order with one of the guys and one of the runners would walk out onto Gallowgate and disappear for like 10 minutes before coming back with everyone's disks. Went there every Saturday and eventually had a massive collection of pirated games, including foreign copies of things that hadn't been released in the UK yet. I don't think I ever bought anything at the Barras other than pirated games and cheeseburgers. by Torran_Toi (Sat 28th Dec 2019 12:13pm)
  • Stamperland is definitely it's own neighbourhood from everything I've seen. It appears separate from Clarkston in the taxi topographic papers, is listed as it's own "plot zone" in all the firms I've worked with, and on the boundary map from East Ren council it's drawn separate. by Torran_Toi (Sat 28th Dec 2019 5:24pm)
  • Right to roam has exceptions. This bit of land seems to fall under the 'sufficient adjacent land and gardens to private dwellings' exception. ie: you can't just trot through any and all private gardens under right to roam. by Torran_Toi (Sun 29th Dec 2019 4:59am)
  • I had my taxi's windscreen smashed around this time last year. I posted about it on here at the time. I park in private area to the rear of the building which is covered by CCTV with signs. I had to report the incident to the police to get a crime reference number for the commercial insurance. The police came out the next day (wasn't expecting them to show up at all) and I mentioned the cameras. They told me they'll look into the cameras but not to hold too much hope as CCTV is nearly always useless and acts as more of a deterrent than anything else. Got a phone call about 2 weeks later to tell me no joy on the cameras and I've never heard anything since. Then around 6 or 7 years ago my mum had a knife pulled on her while out walking her dog. Main road covered by one of those massive cameras up on top of a lamp post style post. The camera caught the incident, but again was useless at actually identifying faces. Police relied on a mugshot book, but when they came round with it my mum refused to pick out the guy's face because "I need to live here". TL;DR: CCTV is nearly always useless. It's a deterrent more than anything. Police will even say it. by Torran_Toi (Sun 29th Dec 2019 5:30pm)
  • In the heat of the moment when a knife is involved ... vs ... a few days later to worry about being branded a grass. (btw: Scots law; people don't get to decide to press or not press charges. The police will press charges against your wishes if they manage to get the evidence from other sources) by Torran_Toi (Sun 29th Dec 2019 5:38pm)
  • Also just to add, reduced services on Jan 2nd with services not starting till later than usual. (Both Jan 1 and Jan 2 are bank holidays in Scotland btw). by Torran_Toi (Sun 29th Dec 2019 5:35pm)
  • Never lived deep in a scheme? by Torran_Toi (Mon 30th Dec 2019 12:38am)
  • I like them. by Torran_Toi (Mon 30th Dec 2019 5:47pm)
  • Dunno how to answer that. I look at them and I like them. Some people like the look of a thing while others don't. I like the shape and effect. They look good to me. by Torran_Toi (Mon 30th Dec 2019 8:14pm)
  • Because it's completely rural and is privately owned farm land. BTW, it's an exclusion from the byelaw, not an exclusion from the relaxing of byelaw. (Ie. You can drink on that land all year round). by Torran_Toi (Tue 31st Dec 2019 1:58pm)
  • Because it's completely rural and is privately owned farm land. BTW, it's an exclusion from the byelaw, not an exclusion from the relaxing of byelaw. (Ie. You can drink on that land all year round). by Torran_Toi (Tue 31st Dec 2019 1:56pm)
  • That looks proper bowfin. by Torran_Toi (Tue 31st Dec 2019 9:46pm)
  • The issue is sorted, but just a wee FYI and PSA... If anyone is ever stuck like this, phone a taxi company. Tell the operator you're stuck with a flat battery and ask them to put a call out asking drivers with jump leads to come help. Most of us carry leads. We get this kind of call more often than you probably think. Driver will expect a wee fiver bung for doing you the solid. Our jobs involve a wee bit more than most people think. by Torran_Toi (Wed 1st Jan 2020 3:16am)
  • Cash in hand doesn't always mean tax isn't paid. Worked plenty of cash jobs in the past and still got a wage slip with tax paid. by Torran_Toi (Thu 2nd Jan 2020 1:03am)
  • I did Flex for a while last year. First. You do not get to pick and choose your hours in the way you probably think. How it works is this.. You accept "blocks". These blocks are usually 3 or 4 hours long. They have a set start time. So, a 3hr block might appear for 9am till 12pm for example. You must be on time and you must complete the delivery run within that window. The hard part is getting blocks. They appear on the app largely at random and it's first come first served. Fastest finger first. You have split seconds to accept it before hundreds of others do. You can get sent some reserved blocks direct to you, but not a lot. There were runs of days when I was getting nothing. When I was getting to win blocks I never made more than £100 in any single week... before fuel. Which is the next issue. The warehouse is in Newhouse near Motherwell. You will need to waste fuel before every block just getting there. There is a glasgow warehouse in Kinning park, but that warehouse only does the deliveries for food orders, which are are all 1 or 2 hour blocks only and a total pain on fuel again because you need to return to the warehouse at the end of each block to return the cooler bags. Earnings wise. I never seen anything above around £13 per hour turnover. Take off fuel and you're making less than a tenner an hour. That might sound good, but you don't get enough blocks per week to make it worthwhile. I've not even factored in insurance. Insurance. Amazon do provide insurance cover for free for the first 6 weeks or so. So you don't need to worry about that. I don't know how much it would cost for a policy after that. When it came time to get my own policy I gave it up as it was just pointless. £13 per hour minus fuel and minus insurance... coupled with the low amount of hours you'll get.... nobody is getting to take home anything better than about £80 per week. I took it on thinking it would make a nice supplemental earner to add in on the taxis quieter hours, but I could never get blocks to fit into those hours. It is not a good earner. It's a side income at best, but making it fit an existing schedule is impossible. by Torran_Toi (Thu 2nd Jan 2020 1:02am)
  • Uber driving mentioned here, let me expand on this for op. Uber in Glasgow operates like any other private hire. You can't just jump in your own car and download an app and start taking passengers tomorrow. Unlike most other places in the world where Uber is rideshare, in the UK it is regulated. So, first you need to get a ph licence from the council. The cost of this is around £170. You pay this when submitting the application to the council and again every 3 years. The council are slow as fuck. It takes around 4 to 6 months for the licence and badge to go through. Once you have the badge you can go work with any private hire company, including Uber. Now for the car. The above process is for licencing the driver. But the car needs a separate licence too. If your using your own car...little to no chance. The council introduced a licence cap last year meaning no new private hire or taxi car licences will be issued until the number drops back to a lower limit. The only option right now for new entrants is to rent an already licenced car. Uber do not rent cars in Glasgow for this. There's usually a few on Gumtree. Prices range from about £160 to £200 PER WEEK. Also need to mention that as of this month all new entrants and existing drivers need to now do an SVQ before being granted a private hire or taxi badge. The course is a mandatory 160 hours of study at a cost of around £400. Basically, to become an Uber driver you need about a grand of funds to get set up. This covers application cost for licencing, first weeks car rental, and the new SVQ. For the first week of actual driving you'll need £100 to £120 kitty for fuel and, say, about £20 to £30 in coins for the airport exit machine. Maybe a few quid for car washes. You need this float as with Uber the pay comes weekly. You need to work a full week, self funding that fuel tank, until the weekly payment hits the bank. Uber driving the UK isn't just something any old cunts can just start doing tomorrow. It's also something that can't really be done part time. It takes an investment of time and money to get started and then the ongoing costs are quite high so you need to be grafting hard from day one. Now all that's been said... is it worth it? Yes! Once you go through the painful process of getting licenced you will make excellent money. Expect to pull in £220 to £250 for an 8 hour shift Friday to Sunday, and £120 to £150 for 8 hour shift rest of week. Plus you have a great deal of flexibility with time. This is a job you can pick and choose your hours and decide what days your working and what days your not. These days I only work 4 days a week (10 hour shifts so 40 hours), 3 days to myself, after costs and expenses I take home around £400 per week. Nothing to be sniffed at. If I want or need more then I can decide today that I'll do some extra hours or do more shifts. So, a wee bit costly to get into and will take quite a while to get a badge and car sorted. But once you are out there doing it, pretty good earnings and great flexibility. It's not a side gig though. Because it's a private hire, if you want to do it then you need to commit to it as a career change. Even more so now that an SVQ is involved. UberEats on the other hand is completely a side gig you can start tomorrow. AFAIK though, they dont take on car drivers in Glasgow for Eats and only cyclists. Earnings are a bit shit for those guys too. I might be wrong on this though as I don't do Eats. by Torran_Toi (Thu 2nd Jan 2020 5:15pm)
  • Not so much "tunnels". It's the space underneath the motorway flyovers. For anyone wondering, think of "the underline", that is Garscube Road and Pheonix Road, where the M8 is built high on bridges and stilts with space underneath. The "tunnels" in Shieldhall and Braehead are the same sort of thing only the height is lower and the whole space undeveloped and harder to access. Loads of graffiti art under there and most of it is absolutely amazing. by Torran_Toi (Thu 2nd Jan 2020 5:35pm)
  • Glad you found her! My partner's collie ran away once, gone for a good couple of hours before I found her covered in all sorts of mud in a nearby graveyard. Second time this week...here's a wee FYI and PSA. If this happens to you, phone your local taxi firm and ask the controller to put out a message asking drivers to be on the look out. In this particular case you could have hit City Cars, Network PH, Kelvin and West End Radio Cars. We get this particular call way, way, way more often that you think. Missing dog, description, last seen in 'area'. We also get missing people shouts. We are on the road constant racking up a large number of miles every night. There are fucking loads of us all over the city at any given time. When you need an ad hoc on the spot search party that has already dispersed itself over a large area, we are your guys and gals. by Torran_Toi (Thu 2nd Jan 2020 6:28pm)
  • 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 AND, unlike the flat battery thing I commented on the other day, this particular kind of thing we will do for free. We will either just message the controller that we've seen the dog and you'll get an update on where to go look, or if the driver is a really sound cunt they will stop and try to keep the dog's attention and keep it in that place till you get there. The large majority of us (I won't say all of us because there are some pricks out there) would drive away happy knowing we did some good tonight and wouldn't put our hand out in return. by Torran_Toi (Thu 2nd Jan 2020 6:59pm)
  • Place in Springburn (which is nowhere near ye, sorry). They do a thing where you 'pick n mix' any long tray container for a fiver. Can't remember the name of the place, but it's the Chinese on Springburn Way just next to the swimming. by Torran_Toi (Thu 2nd Jan 2020 9:48pm)
  • Yep. Cringey. by Torran_Toi (Thu 2nd Jan 2020 9:45pm)
  • Good stuff. Thanks. Particularly like the bit on the Pollok Free State. I'm fascinated by the concept of Micronations, and this strikes me as one of the few Micronations out there had a real cause behind it. Also particularly interesting to watch seeing as I'm a bit of a dweeb for the history of the development of the city. by Torran_Toi (Thu 2nd Jan 2020 10:36pm)
  • Naw I don't. by Torran_Toi (Fri 3rd Jan 2020 9:02pm)
  • Refer all to the post I made yesterday about Uber. In Glasgow, to drive for Uber, you need to go through the 4 to 6 months licencing process at an upfront cost of £170 to get a private hire licence first, plus as of this month 160 hours SVQ study at a further cost of £400. Plus the cost of getting a yellow plated car sorted. Basically, to start with Uber (or any other private hire firm) you need about £1000 to set it all and won't be starting till you go through the new SVQ which takes 2 to 3 months and then a further 4 to 6 months wait for the badge. Uber is not a side hustle you can just start tomorrow or next week. To do it you need to commit to it as a career change and have time and money to invest. by Torran_Toi (Sat 4th Jan 2020 12:41am)
  • You access it from Sannox Gardens. Bit of a pain if you don't know the area or roads. Take the turn at Alexandra Park Street as if you are heading to the motorway, then before you go along as far as the motorway take a right turn at the lights. End of that road takes you to the west boundary of the park and somewhere along that fence is the entrance to the golf course. by Torran_Toi (Sat 4th Jan 2020 5:37pm)
  • Never been impressed with the Merchant Chippy. Overpriced and food often too dry. And fuck any chippie that charges extra for sauce. Don't get why this sub rates the place so highly when there's much better chippies about. by Torran_Toi (Mon 6th Jan 2020 1:08pm)
  • If a deep fried pizza is too greasy it's been done wrong. It should be crispy on the outside and dry on the inside. One of the best deep fried pizzas comes from Vito's in Stepford, not greasy at all. Never found a place in Glasgow doing a deep fried pizza the traditional Italian way though (toppings added after frying). Really want to try it as it's supposed to fucking amazing. by Torran_Toi (Mon 6th Jan 2020 1:13pm)
  • I've seen it blur out speed limit signs. The software basically blurs anything baw or egg shaped. by Torran_Toi (Mon 6th Jan 2020 5:22pm)
  • Beer line slops. The pub has just cleaned it's beer lines and poured the buckets of muck out onto the pavement. by Torran_Toi (Mon 6th Jan 2020 5:26pm)
  • Somewhere on Copland Road there should be a copy of the 'stopping up Order' attached to a lamppost. It'll be a small A4 sheet, laminated and tied to a post and will give some details for you to deduce/research further. by Torran_Toi (Tue 7th Jan 2020 2:55am)
  • Best bet would be Pless (Priceless Computing). 2 Branches, one in Tradeston on Commerce Street and the other right on the very edge of Anderston and Finnieston on Argyle Street. Could also try RS Components (RadioShack) in Townhead on Baird Street. by Torran_Toi (Tue 7th Jan 2020 5:28am)
  • Slimming World. I have no idea how to find your local group, but your nearest community centres, Google and Facebook should help. My sister in law started going to Slimming World and now leads her own group in Foxbar. A wee apology to her in advance in case she ever sees this, but a few years ago she was a big, big girl. Today, though, she looks great and has lost a ton of weight. She's went from being the dreadfully shy, quiet, introverted, fatty of the family to the bubbly, confident, life and soul (and dare I say, a wee bit hot looking) member of the family. Also, best of luck and hope you smash it. (If you give me your rough location, I can ask her if she knows where your local groups are)? by Torran_Toi (Tue 7th Jan 2020 10:46pm)
  • LOL at the comments about insects and weeds. OP, go for it. There's no need to fall into the consumerist trap here. Grab your stuff wild and use a mild pesticide if you notice any problems. There's no magical difference between the plants you're "supposed to buy" and the plants you gather wild other than commercialization and pesticide. As a wee nota bene: A couple of years ago I decided to start growing my own herbs for the kitchen. I have parsley, chives, coriander, cress and basil on my kitchen window ledge right now and have not had to go buy them in donkeys. When I first started doing it my partner thought it was somehow bogging. "Am I fuck eating some plant you've just grown in mud in the hoose!!!" ... like really?? How is it any fucking different? What do you think we did before Tesco existed? Do you think we only started eating herbs in the past 50 years? It was all collected wild! Anyway, she eats it now. Can't say the savings are huge. I mean we're talking small change, but there's a principle involved in paying for stuff that grows out of the fucking ground. by Torran_Toi (Tue 7th Jan 2020 10:57pm)
  • Apply to all of them. You can then decide at the last minute which offer you want to accept. by Torran_Toi (Wed 8th Jan 2020 12:44am)
  • A great, fun and cheap night out can be had at Cosmopol on Hope Street. They usually have some kind of cheap deal going (last time I went (I think) it was a bottle of some kind of beer plus a shot of green strong stuff for £3) ... and it's usually a good, fun night out listening to some karaoke. by Torran_Toi (Wed 8th Jan 2020 1:54am)
  • Don't talk shite. Basements aren't even all that common in Glasgow in the first place. The only time i've ever heard of a dunny is the Australian slang for a cludgie. by Torran_Toi (Wed 8th Jan 2020 2:23am)
  • This is what I would have said. Grun or Groon - flair. by Torran_Toi (Wed 8th Jan 2020 2:21am)
  • This is screaming of denial and resistance. As with most forms of addiction, these elements are very common. £4 a week to help you overcome a problem, improve your health, improve your mental wellbeing, save you money in the longer term and potentially save your life is too steep? How much do you blow on junk food every week? I bet £4 pales in comparison. I'm not trying to be a dick to you, but you need to lose that element of resistance as a first step. Full acceptance of your problem and building willingness to seek and accept help is key. Excellent that you're going to the gym, but you're right, gym alone won't help if your diet is fucked. I mean you can fix it on your own, but don't underestimate the power of a support group and also bear in mind these groups have tried and tested programs. by Torran_Toi (Wed 8th Jan 2020 5:11pm)
  • The rules on times have been posted, but it's still a good idea to speak with your neighbours. Example. I'm a night shifter. The antisocial behaviour hours don't work for me at all. My neighbours know this because we had the conversation before problems could ever happen. It's not on them even to comply, it's daytime hours, it's me that needs to suck it up, but because we talked they are great with giving me a wee heads up to let me know of things like tradesmen coming so I can prepare or adjust. I suppose the immediate neighbours might also like knowing that night time noise isn't a problem and they could have midnight raves for all it matters to me. If I were you I would chat to the neighbours, let them know about the instrument and have a chat to see if you can all come to agreement on what hours work best for everyone and what ones won't. For example, if you were my neighbour, I'd ask you to practice all through the night if you want but please don't do it in the morning and early afternoon. Find out each others red lines and work from there. by Torran_Toi (Wed 8th Jan 2020 5:27pm)
  • You mention out of hours work, what hours are you talking? The restrictions don't apply through the night, so as long as your parking outside of restricted times you'll be fine. Then on the days you're working normal day hours take the train. by Torran_Toi (Wed 8th Jan 2020 5:32pm)
  • Ha, well Easterhouse is considered a suburb, so I suppose I did. Honestly never once in my puff have I heard the word dunny used in real life Glasgow settings. I've only ever heard it used as an Australian word for a lavvy. But, aye, you're right enough in saying that most of the city centre has basement levels. Outside of the city centre though you won't find a lot of basements. Crawl spaces mostly. by Torran_Toi (Thu 9th Jan 2020 3:51am)
  • The two families were linked by a marriage. Somebody did the dirty and pumped somebody they shouldn't have. Marriage ended in divorce. Feud began. by Torran_Toi (Sat 11th Jan 2020 1:54am)
  • Not a million miles from the truth. The very beginning of the feud started when somebody shagged somebody elses mrs. Before that point, both families were joined by a marriage and did a lot of "business" together. by Torran_Toi (Sat 11th Jan 2020 1:51am)
  • If not arson, most likely an electrical cause. by Torran_Toi (Mon 13th Jan 2020 10:09pm)
  • This photo captures it quite nice, but in person, the Pavillion always comes off as a bit cheap, brash and gaudy to me. by Torran_Toi (Mon 13th Jan 2020 10:12pm)
  • That was painful to watch. Think Union Street Properties subbed it out and ordered that video to be made through fiverr.com. Fuck. by Torran_Toi (Mon 13th Jan 2020 10:18pm)
  • So, a flat then? by Torran_Toi (Tue 14th Jan 2020 10:31pm)
  • Brown sauce and Edinburgh chippy sauce are two different things. Glesga has always had red or brown sauce. by Torran_Toi (Wed 15th Jan 2020 9:21am)
  • Again ... this sub suffers from some kind of cognitive bi-polarism. Only a few months ago this sub was all up in arms about how scummy Art School was and wanted the place taken to task because of the entry fee thing u/Penguiin mentions here. Then today the place is shutting down and it's "a shame", "shite" and "heartbreaking". WTF? by Torran_Toi (Wed 15th Jan 2020 12:38pm)
  • > They'll send a team out when the noise is happening Sweet child. No, they wont. They'll ask the complainer to keep a noise diary recording dates and times, but will they fuck send out a team of noise inspectors outside of their 9-till-5. by Torran_Toi (Wed 15th Jan 2020 12:43pm)
  • It's the truth. by Torran_Toi (Wed 15th Jan 2020 12:58pm)
  • > whatever the term is for yer income bracket. lol. Maintenance man for the wealthy. Factors for the middle to uppers. The Hoosin Association or cooncil for the lower to middles. Dae it yersels, turns each for the riff-raff. by Torran_Toi (Wed 15th Jan 2020 1:02pm)
  • Aye, that's a fair point. by Torran_Toi (Wed 15th Jan 2020 1:53pm)
  • Management of the Pavillion are total fuckin' dickheads. Basically, in the same league as Derek Souter (only they have managed to stay clear of the negative light of the press)... True story. The owner of the Pavillion (Iain Gordon) used to park his car right in front of the building not giving a fuck about parking tickets, which he got a whack of. (Talking around 10 to 15ish years ago). He paid the parking fines. But then he claimed those fines as expenses on the tax returns to get the money back. Got away with it for years and bragged about it at various forums (self assessed returns are usually only checked randomly unless a major issue gets flagged). I'm not sure how the story ends. Last I heard HMRC were crawling right up his arse about it, but that was ... ooof, like 10 years ago. Anway. Typical "businessman" scumbag. by Torran_Toi (Wed 15th Jan 2020 6:37pm)
  • As other post says, park near Aly Parade or Sannox Gardens entrance. **WARNING** Provan Road is currently closed due to a gas leak. So parking to that side of the park will be difficult. by Torran_Toi (Wed 15th Jan 2020 11:29pm)
  • The slip lane is quarter a mile long (roughly just over 450 meters or just less than 500 yards). Absolutely baffling that near enough everybody tries to merge both on and off at the very start of the slip rather than using the whole stretch of road. by Torran_Toi (Fri 17th Jan 2020 8:50am)
  • Yep. There seems to be an accident on this bit of road nearly every single day. The council or whoever really should just change the layout and block access in one of the merge directions (barriers like the Ibrox exit westbound and Kingston bridge eastbound). by Torran_Toi (Fri 17th Jan 2020 9:05am)
  • Yep. That would be the best way to do this probably. Stop access to the expressway from the motorway, just completely block off the exit path, then have entry to expressway at Anderston Cross via Newton Street route. Then that problem slip lane becomes an entry only coming from Pheonix Rd and West Graham St. We should go work for the council. :) by Torran_Toi (Fri 17th Jan 2020 9:12am)
  • Always found it a bit odd that there aren't a lot more Welsh in Glasgow than there is. The Welsh and the Scots always get on like a ~~historical building of architectural or cultural importance~~ house on fire. some of the most epic and hilarious nights I've ever had involved some of you sound Welsh cunts. by Torran_Toi (Fri 17th Jan 2020 11:30am)
  • Took from the Livi tower? by Torran_Toi (Fri 17th Jan 2020 3:18pm)
  • These are the kind of rules that just get the big fanny bouncers acting even more of the control freak bellends they are. Now they have a justification to 'gerrit up ye' to "the mad goff cunts". They'll take morbid delight in refusing entry for this kind of stuff. Issues of safety. Barring some kind of freak accident, they are calling this completely wrong. Goths, moshers and whatnot are not known for causing trouble before, after and at gigs. They are the most chill and sound cunts about. Complete opposite of the hyped up nedfests that attract all kinds of violent troublemakers and loutish nuisances. by Torran_Toi (Sat 18th Jan 2020 5:50am)
  • Could it be a neighbour's smoke detector low battery warning? It *might* sound a bit whistley if it's echoing down a close. That kind of chirp would be every 7 or 8 seconds. by Torran_Toi (Sat 18th Jan 2020 2:36pm)
  • Wee bit of whiskey in yer Lemsip next time. by Torran_Toi (Sun 19th Jan 2020 6:00pm)
  • Dogging up the braes. by Torran_Toi (Mon 20th Jan 2020 12:28am)
  • You also have the Chief Executive of GCC, currently Annemarie O'Donnell. I think the office falls under civil servant category (unelected and on a salary of an absolutely stupid amount of 175k p/a). by Torran_Toi (Mon 20th Jan 2020 1:26am)
  • Porter and Rye, Argyle Street. Tiffneys, Otago Street. Bo'vine, Byres Road. Best 3 steak places in the city, imo. Tiffneys for the win though. by Torran_Toi (Mon 20th Jan 2020 9:19am)
  • The very technical term would be the boatum. The boatum of the car is resting on the boulder. Seriously, though, that rock is pretty big and looks like it's going nearly the full width of the car between the side sills. I'm going to say it's at least a fucked exhaust pipe. Maybe some kinked brake and fuel lines. Possibly a fucked up oil sump. All kinds of expensive damage. Owner won't know until it's inspected up on a ramp. by Torran_Toi (Mon 20th Jan 2020 4:48pm)
  • Wee interesting bit of shite if yer interested... Those silt islands are called 'inches' in Scots. There used to be a few of them further up the Clyde before we dredged them away. This is where we get the names Whiteinch, Inchholm, Kingsinch... by Torran_Toi (Tue 21st Jan 2020 6:42pm)
  • A very long and thin one, aye. by Torran_Toi (Tue 21st Jan 2020 6:56pm)
  • Uber is your best bet. Somebody WILL take the fare. by Torran_Toi (Tue 21st Jan 2020 8:52pm)
  • It's poorly written in the article, but the plan is: North and south sides (longer sides) will be bus/taxi/PH/cycle between 7am and 7pm. Open use for all vehicles 7pm to 7am. Basically, no change on George Street from the status quo, plus making the St Vincent side the same. East and west sides permanently pedestrianized. by Torran_Toi (Wed 22nd Jan 2020 12:52pm)
  • Not really "car free", is it? Any and all vehicles will still be able to use the George Street and Cochrane/Vincent sides between 7pm and 7am. Then 7am to 7pm they become "bus gates" (bus/taxi/PH/cycles). So, still 24 hour traffic on two sides of the square; 12 hours of bus gate during day and 12 hours of free-for-all at night. It's only the two short sides getting pedestrianized (Queen Street side and N/S Frederick Streets Side. Doesn't seem like a major amount of space gained. Article doesn't say, but you can bet the taxi rank at Queen Street station/Millenium Hotel will not be removed. by Torran_Toi (Wed 22nd Jan 2020 1:27pm)
  • There was a post on here about a year ago. Somebody put in a FOIR and the official number was 2 penalty notices in total for the city centre. by Torran_Toi (Wed 22nd Jan 2020 8:25pm)
  • Aw. Cool. I remembered it as 2. Point being, it's a failed policy. by Torran_Toi (Thu 23rd Jan 2020 12:53am)
  • Jolly Roger. I used to buy "the top 40 album chart" off him every now and again. He did those mp3 disks that had 10 albums on each CD. 4 disks for £20 and you had the current top 40 albums. You just needed an mp3 disk compatible reader which were all the rage in the early 00's. Shop was ran by a guy called Stephen Reid. He openly gave zero fucks about piracy laws. I think he got jailed for a couple of years after a raid on the shop. by Torran_Toi (Thu 23rd Jan 2020 5:10pm)
  • Definitely Eastfield & Harthill to the extreme right. Salsburgh (and the Kirk) are a wee bit more west. Just to the left of the "eye" shape made where the M8 and B7066 arch away from each other and then back towards each other. by Torran_Toi (Sat 25th Jan 2020 3:05am)
  • A737 southbound is fine in the mornings. There's sometimes a wee tailback at the roundabouts between Lochwinnoch and Beith, but nothing major and will only delay by a few minutes before clearing. Good clean run on this road in the mornings. (edit: Useless info, seeing as you need to be there 7 minutes from now) by Torran_Toi (Sun 26th Jan 2020 8:53am)
  • After reading these posts I'm thinking my upbringing might have been a bit shit, lol. Most of the stuff being listed was "school trip" material when I was wee. Weekends entailed getting sent out to play while my maw got some peace and quiet. by Torran_Toi (Sun 26th Jan 2020 8:57am)
  • Sainsburys are the only free ones. Next, in terms of price, would be Morrisons. Their machines are 10 or 20p to get it started. Shell and BP, etc. are all £1 to get started. Last choice to consider for a later day... compressor in the boot. Decent ones start at around £40. Benefit here is you can fill up on the spot instead of driving around finding a machine (driving on a flat or near flat weakens the side wall). by Torran_Toi (Sun 26th Jan 2020 5:00pm)
  • Just from the image, it looks like there aren't any immediate plans to do anything with the car parks other than hide them behind high hedges. I doubt we will see any major development on that land for quite some time. This bit of town is way down the scale of importance. With it being on the edge of the centre, I'd imagine there will be great reluctance to ever get rid of these car parks. I'd put money on them building a multi'storey covered car park on King Street as a long term plan. by Torran_Toi (Sun 26th Jan 2020 5:18pm)
  • Havannah Street in Collegelands? Not private. The entire length of it (as well as the wee dead end bit at the front of the Spar) has double yellow lines, which only happens on council ground. The only "legal" parking happening in Collegelands is on the small patch of land owned by Scottish Power at the far end nearer Hunter Street. Everything else is a ticket waiting to happen. edit: come to think... u/DezzAvery - Does the bit of land you're asking about have yellow lines painted along the edges? That's usually the giveaway on what belongs to the council and what is private. by Torran_Toi (Mon 27th Jan 2020 8:11am)
  • Looks like the buildings that used to be in the Hamiltonhill side of Possilpark. Not there now. by Torran_Toi (Mon 27th Jan 2020 8:22am)
  • Same buildings as the ones in Balornock - https://www.google.com/maps/@55.886578,-4.2235035,3a,75y,160.17h,95.18t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sx6ST0VCDMMHyrqVTupb4uQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 by Torran_Toi (Mon 27th Jan 2020 8:29am)
  • Following PM's with OP, it turns out the address isn't within Glasgow Council, but within South Lanarkshire. Give this number a call for SLC's parking unit - 0303 123 1006. They will be able to tell you what permit you need. by Torran_Toi (Mon 27th Jan 2020 8:44am)
  • Parsonage Square? Yeah, there is private bays in there. Is that still Collegelands that far down? I guess it must be as you probably wouldn't class it as still being Merchant, or coming from the other direction as Calton which kinda ends at Bell Street. by Torran_Toi (Mon 27th Jan 2020 8:47am)
  • The council can only paint lines on a private road if the council has adopted the road and issued an associated order. Otherwise, if it is a completely private road they can't. They also won't repair potholes, etc. But, then, the private landowner can paint their own lines, but they don't have the same force of law and can't be enforced by the council. by Torran_Toi (Mon 27th Jan 2020 12:06pm)
  • They can, but they need to officially adopt it first. Not sure what law cover it, maybe the Civic Goverment (Scotland) Act. by Torran_Toi (Mon 27th Jan 2020 9:37pm)
  • Collegelands is more than just branding, btw. It's the actual name of the area and has been marked as such on ancient maps from way back when Glasgow Uni used to be there. Duke Street, Hunter Street and High Street are definite boundaries; just not sure of where exactly the southern boundary is. Before today I'd have said in line with the railway, but it probably is Bell Street these days. by Torran_Toi (Mon 27th Jan 2020 9:35pm)
  • It did snow quite heavily for about 30 minutes in the devil hours. Just not long enough to lie. Plus it was raining before and after the short burst of snow. Outside of Glasgow is a different story. North Lanarkshire got pelted a fair bit. by Torran_Toi (Tue 28th Jan 2020 8:50am)
  • The article says the bridge will be going over the Kelvin, not the Clyde. So, it's a link between this new retail park and the transport museum site, not a link over to Govan. (Unless the article misses that out and it's in the detailed plans?) by Torran_Toi (Tue 28th Jan 2020 5:03pm)
  • Maryhill always was just the top bit near the park and train station. Officially, what people call Maryhill is mostly other areas. These days people refer to Ruchill, Botany, parts of Kelvindale, Kelvinside, Gilsochhill, North Kelvinside, North Woodside and even Firhill as all being Maryhill. It's not though. Maryhill is the parcel nestled between Dawsholm, Acre and Summerton. by Torran_Toi (Tue 28th Jan 2020 5:14pm)
  • It's actually a really accurate neighbourhood map. Most accurate map I've seen seen in years. It closely matches the boundaries from the taxi test. by Torran_Toi (Tue 28th Jan 2020 5:19pm)
  • As a professional driver I must challenge that science. Sitting for very long periods of time definitely leads to sweaty baws. by Torran_Toi (Tue 28th Jan 2020 5:34pm)
  • Cool. Cheers. by Torran_Toi (Tue 28th Jan 2020 5:42pm)
  • Things like a 2 bedroom flat where 2 teenage boys are sharing a bedroom, etc. by Torran_Toi (Tue 28th Jan 2020 8:16pm)
  • > which side of the Kelvin will the Partick-Govan bridge actually be located? The plans have the bridge landing at Water Row on the Govan side, so it will definitely have to be on the museum side of the Kelvin confluence. by Torran_Toi (Wed 29th Jan 2020 3:27am)
  • > Passport must be in date. Out of date is fuck all use. Expired passports can still be used as valid ID. The council themselves accept an expired passport for ID purposes. I recently did this when renewing my PH badge with them. by Torran_Toi (Wed 29th Jan 2020 3:34am)
  • Yeah. And the Asda in Summerston has signs saying 'Asda Maryhill'. Totally not Maryhill though. Then when you get further down towards town there's a few local shops doing the same thing. There's a 'Maryhill Convenience Store' down in North Woodside. You can forgive people referring to anything north of Queens Cross as Maryhill, but as far down as St. George's Cross is fuckin nuts. by Torran_Toi (Wed 29th Jan 2020 10:40am)
  • The length of the road argument kind of makes sense, but it only really happens with this particular road. Examples. Thornliebank Road. Nobody refers to the entire stretch of that as being Thornliebank. Another would be Pollokshaws Road. We all know know that road runs through areas other than Pollokshaws. It * used to be * that the naming convention for roads like this was "the road that leads to x" (with the building numbers ascending leading towards x, so you knew if you were heading towards or away from based on the order of numbers). Cumbernauld Road leads to Cumbernauld. Edinburgh Road leads to Edinburgh. Thornliebank Road leads to Thornliebank. Dumbarton Road leads to Dumbarton. Maryhill Road leads to Maryhill. Even ones like Glassford Street, which was the road that led to the Glassford family house. For some reason, though, Maryhill has outgrown its borders and is eating up parts of other areas along the whole length of Maryhill Road. I suspect it's a thing like "Greater Easterhouse". It's quite annoying, or at least, it is to me. I dont know why it annoys me to see areas like Camlachie dissolve or why it matters so much to me that the area boundaries are rigidly respected, but it does. A lot of place names are not accidental and not based on roads, rather they are based on topography. Most of the place names are named after the hills that Glasgow has been built on (hence why the suffix *hill appears so often). Gilsochhill, Ruchill, Cranstonhill, Cranhill, Maryhill, Jordanhill, Blackhill, Firhill, Roystonhill, et al. Modern convention has us making boundaries with roads, but before roads the boundaries for these placesnames would have been the feet of these hills. To a degree (and accidentally somewhat) that's still true. The boundaries deriving from road layouts often stay true to the actual boundary seeing as roads were built along and around the feet of the hills before we started building over and on top of these hills. A couple of other interesting things while we're on the subject... 1. Maryhill Road wasn't always Maryhill Road for the full length of it. It used to be called New City Road, which is now the street name for another street running between North Woodside and the bottom of Garnethill at the Chinatown bit... 2. There used to be a Maryhill Cross. It was the cross where Cowal Road meets Maryhill Road. You sometimes hear some old people call it that (or total fucking geeks on these things like me). by Torran_Toi (Wed 29th Jan 2020 11:20am)
  • Had an old uncle that lived in the high flats and he had a key to the parking poles (something like every third pole works off the same key in Townhead). He didn't drive so gave me his key, which I've since fucking lost). It was brilliant going to college knowing you were guaranteed a space behind one of those poles (went to the old college before the rebrand and rebuild). Anyway, aye. You can get lucky and find a space with the pole down. The spaces don't belong to any particular flat, so nobody will give you grief for being in their space. As I said, if you have a key they work a third of the bays. by Torran_Toi (Wed 29th Jan 2020 11:38am)
  • Yep. Anderston and Finnieston were fucking awful up to about 15-20 years ago by Torran_Toi (Wed 29th Jan 2020 12:17pm)
  • £25 increase from what? The percentage matters in determining if the increase is fair on unfair. As said they can increase the rent every year, but without knowing what the rent was before the increase it's impossible to say whether it's a fair amount or not. by Torran_Toi (Wed 29th Jan 2020 5:15pm)
  • or people not referring to the areas by their names matching the actual boundaries :) by Torran_Toi (Wed 29th Jan 2020 5:38pm)
  • Absolute nonsense. It's got nothing to do with population shifts. 300 more people moving into Gilshochill doesn't make Cadder become less in size geographically. What you describe sounds like some kind of automatic gerrymandering! The areas and neighbourhood names are mainly based on a) topographic and geographic locations such as hills, drumlins, waterways, burns, woods, dales, haughs, etc. or b) old parishes, estates, manors, sheriffdoms, bishoprics, etc. by Torran_Toi (Wed 29th Jan 2020 5:35pm)
  • Yeah on the Maryhill point. And further that to Dumbaton Road *in toto*. In know you're talking about the eastern parts of it, but bear in mind that Dumbarton Road leads through some shitty places like Scotstoun and Yoker. by Torran_Toi (Wed 29th Jan 2020 5:43pm)
  • By the bit in between Springburn and Milton, do you mean Colston? Confused as that is a fairly good area. A gem between two roughs. It's basically Bishopbriggs in all but name. Also, as suggested in another comment, head further over towards the park into Balornock or further down to Barnhill/Foresthall and you're laughing. by Torran_Toi (Wed 29th Jan 2020 6:48pm)
  • Yes. When they demolished the old granary to make way for the Glasgow Harbour development we were promised all these things. It was supposed to be luxury flats alongside a retail village with cinema and bowling alley and whistles and bells. There was even supposed to be a marina built on the Clyde. Didn't happen. All we got was the flats. The building that burned down was down to Tesco. If I remember right, Tesco bought the land and put in an application to demolish the building to make way for one of their superstores. Application got rejected because of the listed status. Shortly after it went up in flames. Make of that what you will at the risk of being called a tin foil hat wearer. BUT IT HAPPENED! by Torran_Toi (Thu 30th Jan 2020 5:09am)
  • I don't think any new flats will be getting built as part of this. It's just a retail park that they are planning to build, no? by Torran_Toi (Thu 30th Jan 2020 5:19am)
  • I'd wager no. I think we are "at capacity" on cinemas. Virgin building their multiplex on Renfrew Street caused the Odeon on Renfield Street to go belly up. Then Virgin flopped and that was bought out by Cineworld. The new one is St. Enoch? It's already been proven that there isn't room for two major cinemas in the city centre. I don't know what the fuck they are thinking there. After these new ones we will have cinemas in Partick, Braehead (Intu), Easterhouse (Fort), Windmillcroft (Springfield Quay), Parkhead (Forge), Househillwood/Pollok (Silverburn) and Cineworld and Vue in the city centre, not to mention the GFT and Grosvenor (plus the Showcases, etc just out of town)... breaking point. by Torran_Toi (Thu 30th Jan 2020 5:38am)
  • At this point I'm almost certain that the council's strategy actually is to kill most of the retail in the city centre. The plan seems to be that they want a wee bit of retail to only exist down Buchanan Street to St Enoch with a few specialist shops dotted around here and there, plus just over a handful of restaurants, pubs and clubs, then the rest of the centre will eventually be reclaimed for residential and hotels. They seem content pushing retail out of the city centre and into retail parks. I don't think it's accidental at this stage. by Torran_Toi (Thu 30th Jan 2020 5:46am)
  • "cannibalising" the city centre is deliberate now, I think. I'm starting to believe they are wanting to push as much retail and entertainment away from the centre as possible and reclaim it for as much residential, business/offices and hotels as possible. Is that really a bad idea? I mean, once you get over the 'killing the High Street' knee-jerk reaction, it kinda makes sense to not to have everything concentrated in single hub within a relatively small city centre, but rather have the retail and entertainment spread out all over the city within several hubs. by Torran_Toi (Thu 30th Jan 2020 5:53am)
  • Never fail to give me a chuckle, Eddie boy. by Torran_Toi (Thu 30th Jan 2020 5:55am)
  • That one was down to Tesco, I'm sure. If my memory is right, Tesco bought that bit of land and put in a planning application to demolish what they thought was an old run down and useless shack to make way for a Tesco Extra Superstore. Application got rejected because of the listed status, so a short while later it went up in flames. It was definitely a dodgy insurance job/attempt to get round planning restrictions. I can remember the Evening Times writing about it with 'froth in the mouth' style journalism. You are correct in remembering something got fucked with the investigation and insurance, which would have led to Tesco pulling out completely and selling up. After that, it lay for years before the student accommodation boom... by Torran_Toi (Thu 30th Jan 2020 6:01am)
  • I'm assuming the tower is the cinema? Multiplex with a screen on each floor? by Torran_Toi (Thu 30th Jan 2020 11:43pm)
  • Are you... the Merchant City pole guy? by Torran_Toi (Fri 31st Jan 2020 1:50pm)
  • That's exactly what happened. If you search for it, you'll find the video. Some manky nutcase had a hole cut in trousers and took one the bollards on Hutcheson Street right up his pipe. The Merchant City pole has become a bit of a cult landmark, with stickers put on it to mark it, links on maps, etc. by Torran_Toi (Fri 31st Jan 2020 2:00pm)
  • Different departments. The people in building control will be qualified surveyors and the like. The people in the roads department will have backgrounds in civil engineering and stuff. The people in social care will have degrees in social care. and on. by Torran_Toi (Mon 3rd Feb 2020 5:10am)
  • This. The half course in Alexandra Park and course at Hogganfield/Lethamhill are really bad for it. I'll take guys in the taxi and instead of going to the main gates they almost always ask to get dropped off at some hole in the fence on the far side of the course. by Torran_Toi (Mon 3rd Feb 2020 5:18am)
  • I hear you. Some of the things that get asked on this sub makes me wonder and worry. I mean we literally get posts with arguments about how to cross the fucking road. Where do ye buy screws or tacks? Come onto fuck. by Torran_Toi (Mon 3rd Feb 2020 12:57pm)
  • More likely that a junkie stole it for scrap value. I know of 2 scrap metal places that pay a tenner for a bike, no questions asked. It's stuck in the crusher and bike no more. Junkie fucks off happy as larry with a tenner for a bag. by Torran_Toi (Mon 3rd Feb 2020 6:20pm)
  • Glass bottles were over £1 before the sugar tax tho. by Torran_Toi (Mon 3rd Feb 2020 11:25pm)
  • It's all changed for cars. It's now illegal for scrappys to pay cash for scrap metal and since cars are very traceable they don't fuck around. Then you have the environmental laws. They can't just toss a car in the crusher anymore. All the fluids need to be individually drained and stored in dedicated tanks for oils, fuels, brake fluids, transmission fluids... all adding labour costs to the price of scrapping a car. On top of that most of the metal on cars is lower quality steel or alloy, and loads of models these days have lots of plastic or composite panels. There's just not a lot of money in scrapping cars. Bikes that are untraceable can fetch a quick few quid with very little labour. Three aluminum frames or one frame with loads of titanium will get you a tenner. by Torran_Toi (Tue 4th Feb 2020 6:03pm)
  • Away and choke on yer kale. by Torran_Toi (Wed 5th Feb 2020 6:28pm)
  • They chips looks just about perfect. by Torran_Toi (Wed 5th Feb 2020 6:26pm)
  • Nah, we like our sauce. We do 'salt & vinegar', but plenty of us then add sauce on top. Edinburgh does 'salt n sauce' and use a unique east coast chippy sauce, which you don't get through here. Very different from the 'rid or broon' sauces in Glasgow. by Torran_Toi (Wed 5th Feb 2020 6:24pm)
  • I imagine it's just because of the close proximity to the railway there. Yoker has a major control centre, controlling rail signalling for the whole network north of the Clyde. by Torran_Toi (Wed 5th Feb 2020 6:39pm)
  • Did your gran teach ye nothing? :P Just stick a dollop of tamata sauce in the beans as yer cooking them. by Torran_Toi (Wed 5th Feb 2020 7:53pm)
  • As somebody posted a few weeks ago... HP is for the shaggers. by Torran_Toi (Wed 5th Feb 2020 7:50pm)
  • Fuckin get tae. by Torran_Toi (Wed 5th Feb 2020 8:01pm)
  • Yep. But, that depot is only about quarter a mile away. by Torran_Toi (Thu 6th Feb 2020 2:49am)
  • For coca cola? Absolutely any convenience store, supermarket, petrol station.. by Torran_Toi (Thu 6th Feb 2020 10:57pm)
  • Sent u a pm by Torran_Toi (Sat 8th Feb 2020 12:24am)
  • I don't think Asda Govan is 24 hours anymore. by Torran_Toi (Sat 8th Feb 2020 9:36am)
  • There is a capped well next to the Necropolis, the Ladywell on Ladywell Street. by Torran_Toi (Sat 8th Feb 2020 8:27pm)
  • It's just how a lot of young people dress to go out now. Nightclubs are full of guys in shorts and lassies in dresses with trainers on feet. by Torran_Toi (Tue 11th Feb 2020 7:13am)
  • What's wrong with really dark? Every onion soup I've ever had has been dark brown like oxo. It is made with beef stock after all. Baxters French onion soup out the can is fairly decent, btw. Obviously not gourmet, but decent enough. Best I've had in Glasgow, I think, would have been at Urban on St Vincent Place. by Torran_Toi (Tue 11th Feb 2020 7:20am)
  • The "Hamilton Motorway" is the m74, which did eventually get built to join the m8 at Plantation a few years ago. It would have veered north from around Shawfield and Polmadie to join the Glasgow Green interchange instead of its current route over Eglinton and Tradeston. You won't hear many people say this, but I think it's a crying shame that the ring road didn't get completed. Same with the Maryhill motorway heading north that didn't get built. It would have been amazing to have a high speed ring going around the city centre with spurs at each interchange heading in and out. by Torran_Toi (Tue 11th Feb 2020 7:57pm)
  • Yep, I'm that guy. It's not "so steesher". It would be "a steesher". Arguably, if you were going to use it as an adjective then it would be "so steeshing", but i'm not sure you would or should use the word that way. Anyway, a thing can be a steesher, but the thing would not be described as being steesher. by Torran_Toi (Tue 11th Feb 2020 8:04pm)
  • Another one. Wrong context for this word. It doesn't even make sense in irony. Your muddy shoes are bogging. Your spunky pants are bogging. Putting curry sauce on a cake is pure bogging. Bogging means dirty or disgusting. Terrible patter on a sweater can't be boggin, bowfin or barkin. It's like looking at the photo and saying "heavy mockit". The context makes no sense. by Torran_Toi (Tue 11th Feb 2020 8:11pm)
  • Naw. Your comment is a steesher. Me being a wank is steeshing. by Torran_Toi (Tue 11th Feb 2020 9:28pm)
  • Yep. Without surge, I'm calculating it as £3.40. (1.50 base + £1 for say 10 minutes (being liberal here) @ 10p per min + 1.1 miles @ 1.10 per mile = 3.40) Passenger fare is £3.40, driver gets paid £2.55. by Torran_Toi (Tue 11th Feb 2020 9:39pm)
  • Yep. As said by OP, it would have went mostly over the canal. It would have had a diamond junction at Possil Road, a partial cloverleaf at Bilsland Drive and a massive interchange in Killermont connecting 3 motorways and 1 expressway: 1. The Maryhill motorway (ring road to Killermont) 2. The Lomond motorway (Killermont to Clydebank. This would have went up through Canniesburn, what is now Drumchapel, and joined to Great Western Road at the Retail Park as you enter Clydebank) 3. North link motorway (not sure of the exact route of this one, but it would have connected Killermont back to the east, acting as a northern city bypass running north of Bishopbriggs. 4. Kelvindale expressway (Killermont to Anniesland, running over the Maryhill Locks and skirting south of the Temple gasworks). by Torran_Toi (Wed 12th Feb 2020 12:53pm)
  • What was the wee orange bus that used to go on that route? Was it Henderson? Are they gone and bust? by Torran_Toi (Fri 14th Feb 2020 8:09pm)
  • Ah, the 213! That's the one! It went along the Parade, Cumbernauld Road then continued straight onto Edinburgh Road (or the reverse). You're right about it only running weird late hours. It was a brilliant wee bus when I used to take it. Nice and quick and wasn't a stinking shithole inside. Always seemed to be the same driver as well and he was a cheery wee dude. There was definitely a Hendersons 213 as well. Another poster reminds me it was a wee white bus, and that one was a bit of a rickety bucket. The SPT 213 was orange. I would have been using that bus ...oooh, about 2012-ish maybe. According to SPT the 213 doesn't come past Ballieston now and I'm pretty sure Hendersons got swallowed up into McGills. by Torran_Toi (Sat 15th Feb 2020 4:49am)
  • One of them goes through Shettleston then Barlanark, stopping at the terminus on Hallhill Road, yeah? The 38B? It used to years ago, don't know if it still does. by Torran_Toi (Sat 15th Feb 2020 4:51am)
  • There's some chat about them putting a bus station back over on the west side of the city centre somewhere. Last proposal I remember hearing was Blythswood Sq could be the ideal location (although it would be less of a station and more of a terminus). I don't think Blytheswood Square would be the best place for it and it's unlikely to happen there if things move forward. We do need at least one more station/terminus though if we want to cut down the number of buses passing through the town. I think we should have a terminus in Tradeston (maybe somewhere around this new Barclays building?) by Torran_Toi (Sat 15th Feb 2020 5:00am)
  • Funnily enough, I just sent Stuart an email a few days ago. I'd love to get involved in the stuff they do. by Torran_Toi (Sun 16th Feb 2020 4:25am)
  • If you just jumped into a taxi off the street then it should have been a hackney. There is not just one hackney mob though. You have Glasgow Taxis (which is a modern rebrand of the old TOA), then you have some hackneys on the ranks from Hampden and Network. On top of that, a significant number of hackney drivers don't attach themselves to any company and are just self employed guys working without a radio (ie: one man bands). All that doesn't actually matter. Per licence conditions, all lost property is supposed to get handed into a police station if we can't get contact with the passenger. It can be absolutely any station. We just drop it into whatever one is most convenient to us. It all gets centralized eventually. I don't know how often the police send lost property to the hub, but I'd imagine once a week. The lost property hub is on Saltmarket. Its the wee building on the corner of Saltmarket and Jocelyn Square (in front of the High court, opposite corner to Billy Bislands bike shop). ***** Worth pointing out at this stage, that most of the stuff in the wallet won't get returned to you. The police WILL destroy bank cards when they get handed in and WILL NOT return driving licences or passports to you. They claim that they are legally bound to return them to DVLA or the Passport office respectively. You can be standing in front of them with the driving licence in their hand and they will not hand it over. It must be sent back to the issuer. Bit of a gutter. So, if it is handed in, expect it to be empty of your ID and bank cards and only get the actual wallet back. ***** All in all, the best and only advice is to contact the police to report the loss, keep in touch with them in case it shows up at Jocelyn Square, but in the meantime just start cancelling whatever ID was in it and start the process to get new cards, etc. You're going to have to do all that whether the police get it or not, so just start now. by Torran_Toi (Sun 16th Feb 2020 4:49am)
  • We just hand it into whatever police station is convenient, usually at the end of shift, so it's often whatever police station is closest to where the driver lives. It all finds its way to Jocelyn Square eventually, which is where the lost property office is. by Torran_Toi (Sun 16th Feb 2020 4:56am)
  • Council licencing board enforces all taxi and private hire. Never heard of 'the syndicate', but it kind of sounds like old TOA jargon. by Torran_Toi (Sun 16th Feb 2020 5:14pm)
  • Around Curle Street and the like? It can sometimes look a bit rough, and it is slightly lacking for things to do (restaurants, pubs), but it's all fine to live in. The city is not what it was. It still lives off a reputation from many years ago, and it needs to be shrugged off. In all honesty, the answer to this 'is area safe' question is the same for almost every area now. The only pockets of the city I would tell people to avoid are in the north east. Possil, bits of Springburn, Barmulloch to a degree (even that area, which was a warzone just 15 years ago where the streets were run by the young team at night is getting better). Anyway, I wouldn't worry about moving into areas west of the 'west end'... Whiteinch, Scotstoun, Garscadden, Broomhill...All these places are fine. by Torran_Toi (Mon 17th Feb 2020 6:52am)
  • Yeah. It's a bit of a pain. You can find that info here on Police Scotland website: https://www.scotland.police.uk/contact-us/report-lost-property It doesn't mention driving licences, but does mention the bit about bank cards and passports. There's also a form linked on that page to make the lost property report. by Torran_Toi (Mon 17th Feb 2020 9:53am)
  • In all the time and the countless times of driving people there I've never heard it get called swedge. S-W-G-3, and quite often just S-W-G (without the 3) by Torran_Toi (Mon 17th Feb 2020 9:41pm)
  • https://foam.appealparkingorbuslanefine.gov.scot/your_appeal#/ by Torran_Toi (Wed 19th Feb 2020 1:39pm)
  • An unpaid council ticket will go up another 50% (£30 to £60 to £90). If still unpaid then it's off to the courts. In Scotland, that'll mean a Sheriff's Decree (at this point you'll also be on the hook for the councils legal costs). The Decree can then lead to wages arrestment (where they recover the fine from your employer via PAYE) or a bank arrestment (where they whip money right out of your account). by Torran_Toi (Wed 19th Feb 2020 1:35pm)
  • > I’m a private hire driver Wild horses couldn't drag me away from doing this job. No other job out there offers anywhere near the same flexibility and the earnings are decent. Why the change, mate? by Torran_Toi (Thu 20th Feb 2020 3:36am)
  • Not incredibly difficult to get into, but as of this year it's not as easy as it used to be. First step is now getting a qualification. The council won't accept new applications without an SQA certificate, so you'll need to do a 'Professional Taxi and Private Hire Driver' SVQ at SCQF level 5. 9 modules with 9 assessments and costs around £400 (or half price with an ITA). Once you have this new certificate you apply for a badge (Private hire drivers licence). This costs around £160 and needs renewed every 3 years. Process is easy, you just fill out a form take it to John Street with ID and passport photos for the badge. However, it takes ages. Looking at around 4 to 6 months from the time you lodge the application till you hear back from them. Once you have the badge you can approach the PH companies. If you manage to sort out your own car then they will start you pretty much immediately after about 20 minutes of training on how to use their 'radio'. If you don't have a car then you can rent one from the company (except Uber, they don't rent cars). The hard part after that is learning your way around. Most guys with half a brain in their head will learn all the main routes (A and B roads) in the city within 6 months and be pretty proficient in getting around after about a year. Don't expect support on this. The companies won't train you. It's up to you to either learn the roads or to rely on satnav (which you can do (and will do at the beginning), but learning the routes is always best. Depending who you go work for might lead to having to get a PVG . For example, Network have big contracts with the railways, the NHS and GCC which need it. Any other questions you have just ask. by Torran_Toi (Thu 20th Feb 2020 12:11pm)
  • Fair enough. (A quarter life crisis is apparently a thing we all go through at roughly your age btw). I had a similar thing a few years ago. I had a trade, own business and all that... hit "crisis" point and gave it all up to come do the taxis. Never looked back and love the work, the flexibility, the work-life balance, etc. My income took a major hit by making the move to driving, but I'm a lot happier than I used to be. I get what you say though. At first the challenge that kept me going was learning the roads. I had a plan to do the knowledge test for hackneys. Once I did it though, I couldn't care less about getting a hack badge. Just don't see a future in that. PH is where it's at. But, yeah, the mind gets restless. I was thinking of just taking classes at the college for something like life drawing or photography or something. Nothing that will lead to new job options really, just something to do. by Torran_Toi (Thu 20th Feb 2020 12:17pm)
  • As Ziggy said. In the long run it's actually swings and roundabouts. If you rent then the insurance and repairs are all covered. If you own then the money you saved on rental goes out to insurance and repairs. I rent while my dad owns. At the end of the year we both have similar net figures. On top of what's already said, renting also makes tax returns easier. You don't need to log work miles vs personal miles. You just use the rental as a tax deduction. There's still cars available despite the cap. Always a few on Gumtree. by Torran_Toi (Thu 20th Feb 2020 2:24pm)
  • Yeah, it's just a 'road-centric' mindset that makes people think it's built back to front. by Torran_Toi (Thu 20th Feb 2020 2:30pm)
  • It's just the gammon racist drivers you've been talking to. by Torran_Toi (Thu 20th Feb 2020 2:39pm)
  • It sounds ridiculous, but it's kinda true. The 'car park mafia' types (the ones that congregate in the back of a Morrisons car park instead of doing some graft) will get together and talk shite. Some dafty brings up some bit of shite like what OP posted and that's it... 1 driver tells 3 and 3 tell another 5 and 5 another 10... and the eejits believe the story then go about telling every passenger that'll listen. And that's how bullshit myths that taxi drivers tell get going. by Torran_Toi (Thu 20th Feb 2020 2:56pm)
  • Really hope they do follow through with it. We've had it in North Lanarkshire for ages and it seems to work fine. It always annoyed the tits off me that Glasgow gets to just throw mattresses and fridges out on the street for free, while us in NL have to pay for the same service. by Torran_Toi (Thu 20th Feb 2020 9:30pm)
  • Oatlands isn't Gorbals. If you're going to parenthesize to the nearest known area it would be Oatlands (Polmadie). Better still, don't bother with the parenthesis and just call it Oatlands. Nobody says Haghill (Dennistoun) or Dowanhill (Hillhead) or Ruchill (Maryhill). Just call it what it is. Oatlands. Anyhow. You'll be moving to the new 'Richmond Park' developments? Decent enough area. Not a whole lot of entertainment in the area. You do have the Jenny Burn pub, which is like a Brewsters type place. There's a Farmfoods right across the main road. Nearest Asda is in Toryglen. Nearest Tesco is just up from Farme Cross. New retail park getting built on the other side of Dixon's Blazes, expect it to be open in around 6 to 12 months. Good access to Glasgow Green via that nearly new footbridge. No community centres within the immediate area itself, but you're not excessively far from all facilities in Govanhill, Bridgeton and Gorbals. by Torran_Toi (Thu 20th Feb 2020 9:44pm)
  • Rights? You have the right to have your bulky waste taken away for free? Some sense of entitlement there, mate. by Torran_Toi (Thu 20th Feb 2020 11:58pm)
  • Lol, no, not a Councillor. Just a normal Joe Bloggs. Honestly to fuck. We are not "entitled" to just get our knackered fridges, shagged out mattresses and old tele units taken away. I keep hearing people moan about the bin collection schedules and about having to pay to get a bulk uplift. I don't get it. Just don't. Put stuff in the right bins. Paper in blue. Plastic in Green. Food in Brown. General in Black. The schedule cycle works perfectly fine. Never once have I had an overflowing bin. When I need to stick something bulky out for collection, I pay the fee. I'm not that "entitled" that I think somebody needs to come come clean my shite up after me. Cue the downvotes and accusations of being some kind of "Tory". by Torran_Toi (Fri 21st Feb 2020 12:10am)
  • We have NOT hitherto had the "right". The council just hitherto provided the service pro bono. They decided not to do so any longer. Tough shit, pay up. Funnily enough, I've always found it kind of weird that we don't have water meters. by Torran_Toi (Fri 21st Feb 2020 12:17am)
  • Still mostly a building site. I think it'll be mostly open and trading before the end of the year. Last thing I read was about a week ago and it said B&M and a few others were signing leases. If they are at the stage of announcing actual business names then they are not too far off from completion. (btw: that article also mentioned yet another cinema opening. So that's another one on top of the plans for a new cinema at Partick Riverside. Cinema Overload. Market Saturation inbound.) by Torran_Toi (Fri 21st Feb 2020 12:20am)
  • Agree. For some reason, at election time, the big buzz phrases seem to include "we will increase police numbers by 1000". I've always said fuck that. I want to hear a politician saying "we will decrease police numbers by 1000". I want to know that crime is being tackled to such an extent that the police force can be reduced, but most people seem to he happy with the force size being increased, which to me just sounds like crime is rising. by Torran_Toi (Fri 21st Feb 2020 12:32am)
  • So I keep hearing. Have yet to see some massive flytipping zone like the paper report and never had a rat or any kind of pest in my place. I'm honestly not trying to be a dick when I say this, but these policies have been in place for a few years in NL and I've not experienced a single problem, which leads me to believe that the stories in the rag "Wishay Press" about rodents are primarily caused by manky cunts that can't get their waste issues sorted or, unknowingly, have a clatty neighbour in the close with a flat full of rubbish. I come from Easterhouse, where in the 90's, even if you kept your flat spick and span, the jakie two floors up would cause an infestation of some sort. by Torran_Toi (Fri 21st Feb 2020 12:41am)
  • Possibly. Isn't that true for most people though? I'm getting downvoted to fuck on this topic, so does that not mean that those people downvoting me also lack the intrinsic empathy to relate to my position? Or does it only work one way? :) I dunno. It's hard for me to relate with the viewpoint of "I should get this service for free" or "charging me to take my rubbish away is an affront to my rights". I mean, come on. by Torran_Toi (Fri 21st Feb 2020 12:51am)
  • Load of shite. The tickets don't go 40/80, they go 30/60. And bailiffs don't operate in Scotland. Go research stuff before you make up a wee story. by Torran_Toi (Fri 21st Feb 2020 2:23am)
  • The guys at the Motorway Archive actually got computer models ran of how traffic would be if all the planned motorways did get built. The result was that all roads would have been free flowing even during rush hour and that Charing Cross would have been the quietest corner. The conclusion being that the rush hour problems we have on the M8 only exist because the plans didn't get completed. I know there exists a bit of hate for the motorway, but city centre congestion today is a whole load less than what it was before the motorway got built. Something stupid like 80 odd per cent better. The city centre in the 50s was gridlocked with HGVs and through traffic. And then consider things like the pedestrianisation of Buchanan Street would never and could never have happened if the motorway didn't get built. by Torran_Toi (Fri 21st Feb 2020 7:55pm)
  • £20 from City Centre is just on the steep side for private hire. £20 from Robroyston sounds fair though. Uber is usually around £15 from city centre. Network are around £15 from West end and around £17 from City Centre. Some people will pay a little more for executive/premium, yeah. But most people don't want to pay more than they have to. I mean you get people on here that complain the airport bus is extortionate at what £8 or whatever it is. A wee bit of fine tuning of those rates is needed I think. Good luck with it. Also, make sure you don't fall foul of the rules on booking office licence. Look into the 'Licence Trifecta' (licence needed for car, driver and booking operator) and the Civic Goverment (Scotland) Act. Generally, if you're taking bookings for 1 to 3 cars then you don't need a booking office licence, as soon as you take a booking for a 4th car then you do. Also, remember the rules on Flashbacks will apply regardless of number of cars. by Torran_Toi (Sat 22nd Feb 2020 12:38pm)
  • Nice. Honestly, best of luck with it mate. It's about time we start getting focused driver oopated firms offering good service in this city, good service for both the passengers and drivers The big boys like GPH and Network dominating the market while offering piss poor 2 stars on Google levels of service and treating their drivers like shite and treating the customers even less needs to be challenged. by Torran_Toi (Sat 22nd Feb 2020 12:52pm)
  • There's a few big bursts. The Black Cart also burst in Paisley yesterday afternoon. Then last night Greenock was totally cut off from Glasgow. M8 was closed at Langbank, no access via the back routes either. Some guys were saying it might have been possible to go via the 77 down to Ayrshire and back up the coast road through Largs, but fuck that. by Torran_Toi (Sat 22nd Feb 2020 1:00pm)
  • Come to think, Milngavie having flash floods might end up with similar problems to the last bad floods Glasgow had about 15 years ago or so. The water works just up from Allander ended up with bacteria entering the water supply from flood water and loads of areas ended up without tap water for a while (and I'm sure loads of people got sick). by Torran_Toi (Sat 22nd Feb 2020 1:10pm)
  • Ice cream van or 'the icy' when I was growing up. We had two vans though. The ice cream van was a converted transit with a window on the side and that sold mostly crisps and sweeties, but also did a few other things like pot noodles, tampax and fags. That van being the ice cream van played a chimey jingle when it showed up. Then the other one wasn't an ice cream van, but more a mobile shop which had a wee porch bit at the back of the van that you stepped up onto to a glass fronted counter. No jungle, just tooted his horn. That was just 'the van' and it only came round in the mornings then went off the road at lunchtime. That one sold the papers, morning rolls, cold meats, tins of stuff, bags of tottys, fresh cakes, all manner of stuff. 'The van' started early AM until lunchtime, or just after. The ice cream van started its run as the schools came out and kept going round till around 11pm or so. Maybe, you come from an area that only had the second kind of van and didn't get an ice cream van? by Torran_Toi (Sat 22nd Feb 2020 3:34pm)
  • > with 5 weans stuck to the back of the thing Ah, haha, lol. Forgot about that. "A niggy". I'm remembering now a time my maw caught my wee brother doing that. What a sore arse he got. by Torran_Toi (Sat 22nd Feb 2020 3:37pm)
  • Yep, my brother married a lassie from Pollok and she and her brother say mad words I've never heard in my life all the time. I think the way people in Pollok talk is more 'Borrheed' than Glesga. by Torran_Toi (Sat 22nd Feb 2020 3:48pm)
  • Yeah, proximity is one thing, but I think Pollok would have felt more isolated from the rest of Glasgow until urban sprawl forced Pollok to become contiguous with the rest of the south side. Before the M77 went in, there was basically a green belt of forest separating Pollok from everywhere else. So, again I would argue that a Pollok dialect (of sorts) exists and is unique from Glaswegian, again probably with more of an influence from Barrhead. Lol. You're basically Glaswegian teuchters. :P by Torran_Toi (Sat 22nd Feb 2020 3:58pm)
  • Ever technically, it might actually be a tornado. I had to go googling it, but a tornado is defined as when a rotating column of air touches both the clouds and the ground at the same time. It doesn't specifically refer to a funnel cloud or "twister", a misunderstanding that we have Hollywood to blame for. If the wind column we are in right now is touching the ground and touching the sky, then yeah, it's actually a tornado. A weak one, probably just F0/T0, but still. The more ye know. TIL. by Torran_Toi (Sat 22nd Feb 2020 4:12pm)
  • I've worked for 3 different PH companies and never seen a city centre fare go that high. City Centre to Airport is a smidge just over 10 miles. No company in the city is charging close to £2 per mile. Network are what these days 1.30 a mile? City Cars 1.50, Uber 1.10. Even with base rates tacked on (and the £2 NCP fee) still not hitting £20. £20 to the Airport is usually the price from way into the east end, or way, way into the south side. The most expensive airport run I ever got was from Kirky and that was around £28. by Torran_Toi (Sun 23rd Feb 2020 12:04am)
  • You're forgetting the base fare, the amount the meter starts at for the first mile. Most PH's start at around £3.50. So, if you take 3.5 away from your 11.50, you're left with 8, divided by the remaining 5 miles. You're paying 1.6 per mile after the first (pretty high, btw, what company are you using? One of the small west end firms?) Anyway, at that same rate, a trip from city centre to airport would be 3.5 +(1.6*9) = £17.90. As I said, when I was with Network, City to GAP was around £17. With City Cars it was about a quid dearer at £18. With Uber it's about £15 without Surge. by Torran_Toi (Sun 23rd Feb 2020 2:32pm)
  • I vote for a residential conversion. All these ideas for arts centres and the like... I get why people might want this, but I imagine that kind of project, on that scale, would belly-up after some time. Then we're back to square one. An empty building left to rot. Need to think what has the best long term potential. This leaves us with commercial ideas like offices and hotels or converting to flats. I think a residential conversion would be perfect. It would help the council achieve its goal of increasing city centre population, and give the building the best chance at being looked after in the long term. I also think they should just keep the facade and do a total rebuild to the Interior. The skyscraper idea looks neat. Build a new residential tower upward from within and keep the facade. Use some of the lower levels for some arty things and ground floor for a couple nice new restaurants or whatever. by Torran_Toi (Mon 24th Feb 2020 4:30pm)
  • Yeah, that's a thing. "Poz porn". I remember a documentary about people that call themselves poz chasers or something like that. They go to poz parties, have unprotected sex with as many people as they can in the hopes they catch the virus. Some people are just totally fucking bonkers. by Torran_Toi (Mon 24th Feb 2020 4:36pm)
  • Corner of Regent Park Square and Pollokshaws Road. by Torran_Toi (Wed 26th Feb 2020 5:09pm)
  • If you're booking an Uber (or any other private hire), please don't book a pickup right outside the Barras. It's chaos at spill out. Too many people. Too many cars. It's often dangerous for us to stop to let you in on the main road there, and a lot of the time we can't even find you resulting in a 'no-show' cancellation. Go round onto one of the side streets and book a pickup from there. Or walk along Gallowgate a little bit and book from the Morrisons or St Lukes. You don't need to go far, but not right outside the main doors. by Torran_Toi (Wed 26th Feb 2020 5:06pm)
  • Doxing who? Who's identity has been revealed by this? It's a photo of something that can be seen by anybody walking past it. by Torran_Toi (Wed 26th Feb 2020 5:12pm)
  • Oddly satisfying and nice to see the article mention Gilmorehill. Not many people know that area name. by Torran_Toi (Thu 27th Feb 2020 4:56pm)
  • Cool. Had no idea they did that. Well, outside of university circles most people don't really know of the name Gilmorehill anymore. by Torran_Toi (Thu 27th Feb 2020 8:18pm)
  • Yeah. Probably because there's no housing on Gilmorehill (or anything at all other than the Uni). There's just very little need or point in knowing the name. The name still exists in taxi knowledge though and local history buffs will know it too. by Torran_Toi (Thu 27th Feb 2020 9:09pm)
  • Sooo... they are building v1 of the holodeck? Nice. by Torran_Toi (Fri 28th Feb 2020 12:15am)
  • Just ask the taxi drivers. We take people to and from the afters, so we end up knowing where they are and where they move to. There is one just now and it's location is pretty genius. by Torran_Toi (Fri 28th Feb 2020 2:40pm)
  • Council tax letter would count as proof of residency. by Torran_Toi (Sat 29th Feb 2020 12:10am)
  • Won't help massively. All the taxis and private hires not on 'official university business' will still be picking up and dropping off wherever the customer requests. If a customer books the pickup for the corner of University Avenue and Southpark Avenue then that's where the taxi will stop and wait. If they want dropped off at the main gates then we will drop them as close as we can to the gates. We don't want to be stopping in stupid places and sitting on bike lanes, but we are limited to what we have to work with. For example, if they stick a bike lane down the entire length of Byres Road on both sides of the street and someone books a car for an address on Byres Road... it's a bit of a catch 22. Ultimately, the problem is not taxi drivers stopping in stupid places. It's customers booking stupid pick-up locations and wanting dropped off at stupid places. Lost count of the number of times I've had customers standing waiting next to white zig zags or booked pickup for an address right next to a cycle lane or heard "Just drop me off in that bus stop there mate". by Torran_Toi (Sat 29th Feb 2020 3:15am)
  • He strikes me as a real life version of Dennis from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. A vain poser that'll probably end up getting done for date rape at some point. by Torran_Toi (Sat 29th Feb 2020 6:01am)
  • Isn't the eastern boundary Aitkenhead Road? I'm nearly sure that the likes of Hickman, Jamieson and Seath Streets are Govanhill. But, aye, defo west of Pollokshaws Road. Prince Edward Street is Govanhill. by Torran_Toi (Sat 29th Feb 2020 2:52pm)
  • There's a midi sized Tesco Metro on Anniesland Rd, right next to the Farmfoods. It's on the bit of Anniesland road that forks off from the Kingsway. by Torran_Toi (Sun 1st Mar 2020 5:49pm)
  • Can't think of any city centre pubs doing it, but I know some of the 'locals' do. Grier's next to Easterhouse shopping centre had a poker night and one in Shettleston, I want to say it was the Marquis, but I can't really remember. Anyway, yeah, you'll probably need to venture out of the city centre comfort zone and go to the more rough round the edges pubs. You might even want to try the Buffs Club (RAOB) on Dumbarton Rd. They host a few local leagues for things like dominos. They might have a poker night. Failing all that, yeah, casino. by Torran_Toi (Sun 1st Mar 2020 5:57pm)
  • G42 also covers Toryglen and Mount Florida. The postcode boundaries do not match neighbourhood boundaries. by Torran_Toi (Tue 3rd Mar 2020 4:19am)
  • That's a Community Council map. Community council boundaries rarely match the neighbourhood boundaries and often take in more than one area. by Torran_Toi (Tue 3rd Mar 2020 4:25am)
  • Historical. Have you ever noticed there's a similar etching on the old school building on Park Road? The etching reads something like "Woodside School", but in the modern day that area is no longer considered to be a part of Woodside. Try convincing people that Woodlands isn't called Woodlands. by Torran_Toi (Tue 3rd Mar 2020 12:59pm)
  • You're assuming that those measures will somehow force people to give up cars. I'm not sure it will. The chances are all that would be achieved is a return to the complete gridlock levels of traffic in the city centre that we had before the motorway got built. Inner city traffic is far, far better today than it was in the late 50's/60's. by Torran_Toi (Tue 3rd Mar 2020 1:06pm)
  • A lot of the people this is intended to help don't want that kind of help. They are stuck in active addiction. They want cash to buy something to sate that addiction. Once these things go up, the amount of cash falling into their poly cups reduces. So, How long before the junkies vandalize these new devices and rip them off the walls? by Torran_Toi (Tue 3rd Mar 2020 6:49pm)
  • Private hire taxi driver. Started with one of the local firms and have since moved over to Uber. Yeah, I enjoy it, but like most jobs there will be days where you hate it. The best thing for me? I enjoy the flexibility. I have no schedules or rotas to keep. I can decide each day whether I'm going to go to work or not. I can decide each shift when I want to call it and go home. I can decide when I get my breaks and how long for. I can fuck off to McDonalds whenever I like. My work-life balance is pretty sweet in this line of work. The worst things I have to deal with are belligerent drunks and belligerent morning commuters (I'm not entirely sure which of the two is worse). Something nobody thinks about? I guess I would say that most people don't think about how clatty and filthy a lot of people are. I've have to clean up after selfish arseholes who give zero thought to the fact that someone else needs to sit there after them or that this isn't a fucking FirstBus, it's my actual car! Picking up used tissues, empty crisp packets, bitten off fingernails, random bits of paper, empty coffee cups. Every so often it comes time to clean out the magazine pocket on the back of the front seats... That's always a scary adventure. by Torran_Toi (Wed 4th Mar 2020 2:57pm)
  • lol, yeah, the small talk gets very repetitive. It is what it is though. by Torran_Toi (Wed 4th Mar 2020 3:39pm)
  • I really don't get it either. When I was younger we all hated the tenements and closes and couldn't wait for the council to rip them all down and give us nice modern houses. At that time tenements were damp, cold, noisy. I also get what you say about some of these streets coming off as gloomy. But, something has flipped since then and now living in a tenement is trendy. Attitudes towards them have completely changed, particularly with younger age groups. If a proposal ever comes along to knock a block of sandstone down then a conservation group will pop up and soy lattés will be spilled. by Torran_Toi (Wed 4th Mar 2020 3:47pm)
  • The opposite. Uber offers things the local firms can't/don't. The main things are: 1) Uber takes a fee from each fare instead of demanding a large weekly bill. So, when you have a bad week or take ill, the firms still have their hand out wanting that full bill or they cut you off. With Uber because it's a percentage you still get to take something home even on poor weeks. 2) Control. Uber is computerized. There isn't a human controller like with the local firms. This keeps things very efficient and it stops the controllers brother and cousin getting all the decent jobs. And with Uber you don't get passive-aggressively punished for knocking back jobs. I would have to go back to the local firms kicking and screaming. I'm making better money with Uber and have more time to myself since making the move (and my shifts are way less stressful). The local firms should be trying to learn a thing or two from Uber. by Torran_Toi (Wed 4th Mar 2020 3:56pm)
  • The surge pricing is genius imo. (And btw the other firms are catching on. Network PH now have surge pricing too). Why is good? It keeps things really efficient. The surge rises as demand increases and driver supply lowers. When the price reaches a certain point people stop booking until it lowers again. It means the booking queue never gets too big. The opposite being what most PH firms do and just keep adding jobs to the queue until it reaches the point where they know a lot of these jobs will never get picked up. Catching a job on surge isnt that common. Looking at my last week, I had 4 jobs total last week on surge and they were all still priced under a fiver and all at the weekend. As for ratings, I say it's a positive. It helps keep drivers honest (we get sacked if the rating drops below 4.6) and helps keep customers behaving. Ive had zero violent incidents with Uber, compared to 2 assaults with Network.. I put that down to the rating system. by Torran_Toi (Wed 4th Mar 2020 5:34pm)
  • Well, in a way you are. Pharmaceutical companies and clinical supply firms aren't being run by paupers. by Torran_Toi (Wed 4th Mar 2020 5:40pm)
  • The thing with Uber is that it's market dependent. It works well for drivers in big cities, not so well in rural America. Most of the bad press you see will be covering the bottom end of that scale while ignoring the better end. by Torran_Toi (Wed 4th Mar 2020 6:08pm)
  • Cheers mate. With Uber, plenty of dodgy stuff happens at the corporate level. Down here on the ground I think it's the best option for drivers and riders. It's showing people just how fucked up the taxi ~~cartels~~ industry was before they showed up. by Torran_Toi (Wed 4th Mar 2020 6:12pm)
  • Don't know. I hear the same rumours that you do and know just as much as the tabloids do. It certainly was true at one stage and the big companies still have links to the crime families. Point is if there's any truth to it all then it's all hidden and hard to prove by design. by Torran_Toi (Thu 5th Mar 2020 2:46pm)
  • Shoot away. by Torran_Toi (Thu 5th Mar 2020 2:50pm)
  • If enough people want something like that then yeah. by Torran_Toi (Thu 5th Mar 2020 2:50pm)
  • ... we can always just wash our arses with the shower head. by Torran_Toi (Thu 5th Mar 2020 2:55pm)
  • Replied mate. Wall of text in your inbox. :) by Torran_Toi (Thu 5th Mar 2020 7:02pm)
  • Found some brilliant photos of it. https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/44/42/1444252_01a662b3.jpg https://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/08/37/083778_89ace918.jpg https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/52/44/1524489_4e41d55c.jpg That third one shows a sign saying the car park closed at midnight on 27th Sep 2009. by Torran_Toi (Fri 6th Mar 2020 6:43am)
  • Supercar rentals. I seriously doubt that the screaming yellow Ferraris kicking about Blythswood are actually privately owned. Much more likely that folks are pissing away £500 to rent one for a weekend. by Torran_Toi (Fri 6th Mar 2020 7:03am)
  • Can OR water, not can of water. by Torran_Toi (Fri 6th Mar 2020 5:57pm)
  • I looked around a few years ago to get a chair re-upholstered and could not find anything sensibly priced. One place, the woman even told me outright that I'd be better off and cheaper just buying a new chair before pricing the job way off the charts. Found it an odd way to go about business, but there you go. I think reupholstery is a dead industry and they only really want to take on specialist work like antiques or real high end furniture. Bog standard stuff just isn't worth it. I guess the only affordable way to reupholster 'cheap seats' would be to buy a staple gun and some material from remnant kings and go DIY on the fucker. by Torran_Toi (Fri 6th Mar 2020 6:09pm)
  • Hey Ziggy! Yep, I forgot about all those other benefits. Yeah, as you said, Uber drivers also get sick pay, injury compensation (on and off the job), funeral expense cover and spousal payment (if death occurs on the job), maternity/paternity payment, jury duty compensation, breakdown cover, fuel discounts, free coffee at Nero's, courtesy car cover. Loads of benefits that I forgot we even had. by Torran_Toi (Fri 6th Mar 2020 9:57pm)
  • Aye. We can get coffee fae Neros. It was on the mad benefits website they have somewhere. The one with the breakdown cover, discounted gym membership and stuff. by Torran_Toi (Fri 6th Mar 2020 11:31pm)
  • SMH. Because everybody knows the most nutritious foodstuff required to keep your immune system fighting fit is a cupboard full of Pot Noodles. JFC. by Torran_Toi (Sat 7th Mar 2020 4:14am)
  • Fuck me. Just don't. Abronhill is probably the worst Cumbernauld has to offer. Absolute shitehole. If you want a commuter town, Paisley would be miles better for you. Would still recommend that you try and find somewhere within the city limits. by Torran_Toi (Sun 8th Mar 2020 2:54am)
  • Not really. The streets on the south side of Prospecthill Road have a very Easterhouse feel to them. by Torran_Toi (Sun 8th Mar 2020 5:43pm)
  • I understand why people panic buy, but why toilet roll and why are they stocking up to this insane level? Everything at this point suggests the worst thing that'll happen is we might need to self isolate for 2 weeks. How much toilet paper do these people think they will go through in 2 weeks? by Torran_Toi (Sun 8th Mar 2020 5:41pm)
  • That's really interesting. We normally think of Garnethill ending as it hits the motorway, but before the motorway it would have stretched a bit further west. St George's Rd is probably the actual boundary of Garnethill then. Interesting. by Torran_Toi (Sun 8th Mar 2020 5:47pm)
  • Yep. It's selfishness of the absolute highest order. "I've got mines, I'll be fine, fuck the rest of you". So, there are going to be people who didn't panic buy or couldn't afford to stock up like the world was ending that might not be able to wipe their arses because of this, while greedy dickheads have stocked up with enough to last them for months. The virus will be done, dusted and behind us before these people will have used all the supply they have hoarded. by Torran_Toi (Sun 8th Mar 2020 7:08pm)
  • Yeah, on the left hand side the only buildings not still standing are the "Paulsen's" one and the ones further back where GWR was realigned and bridged. The wee "Lucas" building is still there and has had cladding put over it. You can still make out the recessed entry and floating column today. The building behind that you can still see that massive, distinctive chimney stack. The building behind that with the cream coloured cladding is still there. It's been painted grey today and is the Harvest Clinic. After that, things are different. Where the wholly white building is and the building with the big, long red sign, that's now where Great Western Road comes through over on a bridge. GWR used to come through a block further north than it is today connecting with New City Road (St Georges Place was the old GWR), but was realigned to meet with West Graham Street instead. West Graham Street used to form a (staggered) cross with Grant Street (Buccleuch and Carnarvon; West Graham and Grant). In this photo you can see West Graham Street on the right hand side where the black hackney is sitting. Anyway, yeah, you're right. It's only that one building with Paulsen's on the corner that is gone from the left hand foreground today. by Torran_Toi (Sun 8th Mar 2020 8:00pm)
  • For anyone interested, the streets on the right hand side (from foreground to back) are Buccleuch Street, West Graham Street, Shamrock Street then New City Road. That last one you can hardly see, but it's there. by Torran_Toi (Sun 8th Mar 2020 8:08pm)
  • It's better than having ALL the traffic go through the city centre surface streets just to pass through. Imagine the state of Saint Vincent Street if every single vehicle, including HGVs, that need to get from east to west or west to east had to pass right through the city centre. Imagine all the north/south traffic doing it on Hope Street. Because that's what it was like. City centre congestion in the late 50s was brutal. Apparently, city centre congestion today is about 80% better than it was in 1960. by Torran_Toi (Sun 8th Mar 2020 8:15pm)
  • The plan was supposed to actually include city bypasses. The full highways plan included 3 ring roads. The outer ring would have been a loop going (roughly) from Cumbernauld to Hamilton to East Kilbride to Paisley to Erskine to Dumbarton and looping back to Cumbernauld by skirting north of Bearsden and Kirky. The intermediate ring would have went from Blochairn/Provan to Parkhead to Dalmarnock to Polmadie to Shawlands to Dumbreck to Craigton to Clyde Tunnel to Anniesland to Canniesburn to Possil to Springburn back to Provan. The inner ring going Townhead to charing Cross to Anderson Cross to Plantation to Gorbals then up high street back to Townhead. The three rings would then be connected with spokes at various points with expressways. Springburn expressway and Clydeside expressway got built. Only a portion of the plan actually got built. A computer model was recently ran to see how today's traffic patterns would have worked if the full network got built. The conclusion was that traffic flowed freely without major jams or congestion for the entire day throughout the city. by Torran_Toi (Sun 8th Mar 2020 8:27pm)
  • Traffic was absolutely brutal in the 60's. City centre congestion today is around 80% better than it was in 1960. The motorway eased the problem (according to the guys at Motorway Archive). I drive the roads a lot. I do around 35 to 40 thousand miles per year. 3 to 4 times the amount an average driver does. From my experience (and the Archive podcast guys say the same thing) Glasgow is NOT a congested city. We have a very small peak time window where things grind, but that's only for 2 to 4 hours per day. The other 20 hours of the day, the city moves just fine. by Torran_Toi (Sun 8th Mar 2020 8:30pm)
  • Taxi is taking a pounding with the state of the roads. No way I'm not going to be needing new shockies and stuff soon. by Torran_Toi (Sun 8th Mar 2020 8:36pm)
  • Yep. Glasgow Motorway Archive Podcast. It's the episode where they interview some dude that works in traffic management. I'm not able to link you just now, but can do it later when I get home. by Torran_Toi (Sun 8th Mar 2020 10:58pm)
  • > fender Fender is the inside of a wheel well. Even so, it's an American term. We would just say wheel well in the UK. by Torran_Toi (Mon 9th Mar 2020 6:29am)
  • Most of the motorway went over a filthy, polluted, unused and dangerous canal at a time when there was zero appetite to regenerate the canal. The other sections went over what was considered overcrowded slum housing. All in all, the route was probably quite logical. We can easily cry about the loss of old sandstone tenements today, but, at the time, the housing that was demolished was no longer fit for purpose. Whether the motorway got built or not, it's highly debatable whether those buildings would still be standing regardless. by Torran_Toi (Mon 9th Mar 2020 6:25am)
  • Definitely far too bright at night and cause me to squint as if the sun just got in my eyes. Someone else mentioned they are supposed to be intelligent self dimming, but I don't think they are finished installing that part. They are still at the stage of installing wiring and stuff on the eastbound side. They've been closing the eastbound carriageway every night for the past week or so while work is going on. So, fingers crossed this is a temporary problem and the intelligent dimmer part just hasn't been tuned in yet. by Torran_Toi (Mon 9th Mar 2020 12:08pm)
  • The hospital is nowhere near Govanhill. It's in Shieldhall about 6 miles from Govanhill. by Torran_Toi (Mon 9th Mar 2020 1:01pm)
  • I reckon most people just give their hands a quick rinse in water without really washing them most of the time. Think about it. It's not just that soap sales have suddenly increased, but the government feels the need to publish posters and get the media to teach people how to wash their hands and how long for. You'd think in this day and age that they could just say "wash hands more regularly until this is under control", but no, we needed detailed instructions, visual aids and videos to teach us what parts of our hands to rub together and how long to do it for. So, again, what were all three people using to wash hands 3 months ago? Probably just a quick rinse in water. by Torran_Toi (Mon 9th Mar 2020 1:10pm)
  • But, you're not going to be ill for any more than 3 weeks. 4 weeks tops. Most people go through, what? 4 rolls a week? So, stock up with 20, yeah... but, 80, 90, 100 rolls? Come off it. by Torran_Toi (Mon 9th Mar 2020 8:27pm)
  • Even before all this ... sometimes a messy poo needs the shower head. Not ashamed at all to admit it. It's better than wiping and wiping and wiping... and wasting a roll. Hang over the edge of the bath, 20 to 30 seconds with the shower head, cleaner than a paper wipe would ever have gotten it. by Torran_Toi (Mon 9th Mar 2020 9:53pm)
  • That's...interesting. I just got over what I reckoned was a stomach virus. All sorts of GI issues for just over a fortnight. Reflux, cramps, pains and constant nausea for 2 weeks. Doctor gave me omeprazole and antacids. I thought I was developing GERD or something, but now...I've been completely fine for 3 or 4 days. So, figured stomach virus. What you just said makes me wonder...did I just get over Corona that only manifested GI symptoms? by Torran_Toi (Mon 9th Mar 2020 10:00pm)
  • I watched a thing a wee while back with a Muslim comedian. He made a joke about how we treat our Adidas better than our arses. If we step in shit, wiping it off with paper isn't enough, we fucking bleach the shit off our shoes, but our arses? Dry rub. by Torran_Toi (Mon 9th Mar 2020 11:38pm)
  • Muscle pain, sure. Fever, don't think so, but felt a little out of it one of the earlier nights. Respiratory wise was fine, but had a dry tickly cough most of the time, which you do get with GERD so the doc and I weren't worried about it. by Torran_Toi (Mon 9th Mar 2020 11:41pm)
  • > Most people don't wanna bag and bin shit-covered wipes. How is it any weirder than bagging and binning used sanitary towels? by Torran_Toi (Tue 10th Mar 2020 6:36am)
  • They probably wouldn't be interested. If some random American or Canadian got in touch with me to say we were distant relatives I doubt I'd give a monkeys. by Torran_Toi (Tue 10th Mar 2020 4:39pm)
  • Weirdly, the bottled water aisle is fine. You would think with this apocalypse so many people are foreseeing, the bottled water would have been the first thing to go. by Torran_Toi (Wed 11th Mar 2020 4:32am)
  • And when you factor in that the total student population is around 120k in a city with a population of around 600k.. the Chinese speaking student population of the city is about 10%, which is pretty big. This doesn't even count the non students that speak Chinese. So add them to the sums and your above 10%. Sizeable. by Torran_Toi (Wed 11th Mar 2020 4:56pm)
  • No, what? The population of Glasgow is just under 600k, while the number of students in the city is around 120k (counting the 3 universities and all colleges). Glasgow uni by itself has about 30k students! by Torran_Toi (Wed 11th Mar 2020 8:22pm)
  • http://www.disappearing-glasgow.com/portfolio/the-oatlands/ by Torran_Toi (Thu 12th Mar 2020 6:05am)
  • You can ask your GP to refer you to private. You'll probably end up with an appointment at Ross Hall Hospital or the one in Clydebank I can't remember the name of (Jubillee?)... anyway, yeah, just ask the GP to refer you and you'll get an appointment letter rickety tick. Did it that way myself for an endoscope that was taking ages on the NHS. (warning - going away from NHS and going private gets costly as fuck. The initial consultation for me was like £120 and then the endoscopy was about £1300 (and that was 15 years ago prices)) by Torran_Toi (Thu 12th Mar 2020 4:46pm)
  • Yeah, the lack of PVG and vetting are things to think about. These ad-hoc community led volunteer groups that are springing up probably won't be rejecting applicants (if that's the right word as there might not even be an application process). Thing is, depending how severe the crisis becomes, issues surrounding safeguarding, PVG and lack of training might start to get ignored for "a greater good". I think if people want to be volunteering then they should be doing it through the organisations that already exist and already have resources and procedures. Thousands of charities will be welcoming volunteers with open arms just now. You can even volunteer with the NHS directly (which might be what I end up doing, ie: volunteer my taxi and drive for the NHS. They will be screaming out for volunteer drivers at some point to help cope with logistics.) by Torran_Toi (Sat 14th Mar 2020 7:14pm)
  • Variety Bar. by Torran_Toi (Sat 14th Mar 2020 8:04pm)
  • > Why are we waiting for the government to announce closures of things rather than just stopping doing them? Money. I can't speak for every industry, but for us taxi drivers the situation is fucking horrible. Until I actually get sick or until the government officially tell me to stay off work, I need to keep on working or I won't qualify for financial assistance. I have big weekly bills to cover (weekly taxi rent of £165) and have been told by the rental people that I can only get 2 weeks free by using up my usual holiday allowance if I need to self isolate (give the car back for 2 weeks). This means I need to use the allowance carefully. I can't use it in advance of getting sick because it won't be there if I actually do get sick later on. Being self employed, I'll only qualify for peanuts and the amount being given does not cover the weekly rent. So, I'm going to need the SSP or whatever just to live (food and things) while using my 2 weeks holiday allowance on the car rent. So, the way things are, taxi drivers need to keep transporting people in a 4 foot wide hot-box, hoping they don't catch it, but full well knowing that catching it is probably inevitable. We need to keep chugging on until we get it or be told to self isolate or we go bust. I'd love to be able to just take myself off the road until it's all over. Not just for my own health, but for everybody that gets in the car. Taxis will be spreading this virus about. We just can't afford to do that though. Unless the government comes out and says they will pay our bills, then out to work we go. by Torran_Toi (Sat 14th Mar 2020 8:17pm)
  • Doonvotes? Lol nae danger. What is it people think is in toilet roll that gets the arse cleaner than washing it? Everybody should have just went out and bought a lota/bodna to see them through this crisis. by Torran_Toi (Sun 15th Mar 2020 7:47pm)
  • My local tesco, asda and morrisons have been fine. Things are getting restocked pretty fast. Not telling where. I'm not having Glasgow hoarders coming to strip NL bare. by Torran_Toi (Sun 15th Mar 2020 7:52pm)
  • This is it for me as well. I simply can't afford to take unpaid leave. Being self employed means the financial help out there is not enough to cover my costs which are due weekly. I can, at most, use my 2 weeks holiday allowance for my taxi rent. After that, if I don't have the money in the 3rd week then I don't have a taxi. A 4th week will start impacting my house rent. I basically can't risk taking time off just now in case I get sick later on, because by that point I've used up my holiday allowance. It's keep on working or be bust and unemployed within weeks. by Torran_Toi (Sun 15th Mar 2020 8:02pm)
  • Scarily, I have an 82 year old gran who has said she flat out refuses to lock herself in the house. "If I get it, I get it, but they won't stop me going oot". Then I have my da who has COPD and chronic bronchitis. Goes to the pub nightly, refuses to isolate. "Never underestimate a Glaswegians ability to eat, drink, shag and socialise no matter what's going on" It's like talking to brick walls. by Torran_Toi (Mon 16th Mar 2020 12:01am)
  • And the Thornwood, Admiral and Gannet. by Torran_Toi (Tue 17th Mar 2020 1:16am)
  • I'm in NL and the system works fine. The brown food bin never gets any more than half full before it gets collected, the blue paper/card bin gets nearly full but never to the point it can't be used, the green plastic/glass bin gets full but I've learned to compact the plastic first to save on wasted bin space so it's not been an issue and as long as I use those 3 bins properly then the black general waste bin gets full just in time for each collection. I can see why larger families might have problems, but as far as I know larger families can ask for a larger capacity bin. As long as the bins are used properly and each type of waste is separated properly the system works fine. It's been about 2 years and I'very yet to have an overflow issue. Although, I can also see the problemsite associated with communal bins. I have those 4 bins to myself. Blocks of flats probably need far more than is being provided. by Torran_Toi (Tue 17th Mar 2020 1:45am)
  • Currently doing a night shift and still plenty of people in the pubs and clubs. No difference in earnings based on any other normal Tuesday PM/Wednesday AM. by Torran_Toi (Wed 18th Mar 2020 1:55am)
  • Any truth to a rumour that I heard a punter tell me last night about the army setting up some kind of forward operating base in Govan somewhere? by Torran_Toi (Wed 18th Mar 2020 9:27am)
  • Thanks. It won't last. One day soon I'm going to be posting about how I made nothing. Then I'll be in the same shit creek as the zero hour folks who's bar job just got shut down on them. by Torran_Toi (Wed 18th Mar 2020 9:38am)
  • What company did you use, if you don't mind me asking? by Torran_Toi (Wed 18th Mar 2020 9:36am)
  • Aye. The "local" firms are struggling. I heard yesterday that Network PH reduced their radio rents. by Torran_Toi (Wed 18th Mar 2020 9:40am)
  • > will deal with what the Ministry of Defence (MoD) describes as the “safe collation” of bodies. Chilling. This is going to be an absolutely heartbreaking time for so many people. by Torran_Toi (Wed 18th Mar 2020 12:18pm)
  • > just the loans for businesses to keep them going (which seems unfair as there will essentially be bankers making a profit on those) I had a brief look into this stuff earlier. France said last week "not a single citizen will lose a single penny" and promised that no financial burden will be felt by anyone. Meanwhile in the UK, 350billion fund available as business loans, granted subject to satisfactory credit checks and collateral being in place. Basically, that 350bn isn't for you and me and all the other little guys. That 350bn will mostly be used to bail out Big Business and the banks. by Torran_Toi (Wed 18th Mar 2020 1:16pm)
  • This is exactly why the government felt it necessary to give the police new powers to detain and isolate suspected idiots. Some people bandy about words like draconian and fascist, when the fact is measure like that are absolutely necessary because a significant number of people can't be trusted to do the right thing. by Torran_Toi (Wed 18th Mar 2020 1:20pm)
  • Fellow Easterhouser. I remember him pretty well. He had dark curly hair and went about with one of those 'old lady' shopping trolleys with all the stuff inside. If you ask my da, he claims the whelks, muscles and candy apples was a 'hide in plain sight' cover for his real money earner. Drugs. by Torran_Toi (Wed 18th Mar 2020 7:34pm)
  • Aye, I grew up in Wellhoose watching the gangfights with the skinheedz and bar-L. Torran Toi ya bas! by Torran_Toi (Wed 18th Mar 2020 8:35pm)
  • We can't all take our work home. Drivers, cleaners, hospitality staff. We have to keep showing up to work or take unpaid leave. by Torran_Toi (Wed 18th Mar 2020 8:42pm)
  • The homeless shelter at Trotter's/City Mission has been ordered to close effective immediately. A lot more homeless than usual will be forced to sleep rough on the streets tonight. by Torran_Toi (Thu 19th Mar 2020 6:20pm)
  • Difficult decisions. Do you a) allow a large group of homeless to congregate and sleep overnight in a shared area similar to a gym hall which increases the risk of transmission, or b) chuck them out on the street? It's a lose-lose. by Torran_Toi (Thu 19th Mar 2020 7:49pm)
  • This is going to become very common as the weeks go by. Just heard from a friend that Buzz Bingo are shutting on Saturday and all staff are getting sent packing with 2 weeks of pay at 75%. I'm starting to worry that we are about to face this generations' Great Depression. by Torran_Toi (Thu 19th Mar 2020 8:44pm)
  • Uber will take you no problem. In the region of about £50 to £60 I think. by Torran_Toi (Thu 19th Mar 2020 9:04pm)
  • G1? I don't even need a source to believe it. Citation not required. by Torran_Toi (Thu 19th Mar 2020 10:52pm)
  • Oran Mor isn't G1 though (or has it been bought by them?) The Oran Mor is (was?) A Coalie Beatty pub. He also owns Granny Gibbs, Deoch an Dorus, the Lismore, the Old College Bar... by Torran_Toi (Fri 20th Mar 2020 7:16am)
  • Any idea how it works for couples? I'm self employed and my partner works. Do we get the couple rate + the self employed min rate equivalent to ssp (I think £593.14) or just the couple rate alone? (£498.89) and then, my partner works in one of the job that just got shut down by the government, so will be getting 80% of her wages, which is going to be around £900 p/m. On UC, they deduct 63p for every £ earned. They apply this to a joint claim, don'y they? So her £900*0.63 = 837. Am I right in assuming then that the UC claim works out to be zero, because the 837 wipes out the joint claim and they would say we both need to live off the £900 for the month? edit: also, I think barbers would be allowed to stay open. Whether it's worth it or not, whether for financial reasons or for health reasons, I don't know. by Torran_Toi (Fri 20th Mar 2020 8:27pm)
  • > dunno why i've to go 2 weeks but w/e I think it's because it can take up to 2 weeks for symptoms to show after being infected. by Torran_Toi (Fri 20th Mar 2020 8:32pm)
  • Went out to work last night thinking the game was over and I'd make next to fuck all. Ended up making what I would usually make on a Friday. Some pubs stayed open to the end and a couple of nightclubs opened as per. Most of the night's work was people going to and from parties in houses. Common theme of conversation last night was 'will they fuck cancel our weekends. They can shut the boozers but we'll still get together for a sesh'. by Torran_Toi (Sat 21st Mar 2020 7:10am)
  • I would think so, aye. Delivery/transport apparently classed as key worker now. by Torran_Toi (Sat 21st Mar 2020 10:15am)
  • No, they've not reduced the drivers fee, but we do get 2 weeks of earnings if we need to self isolate. I don't about UberEats. by Torran_Toi (Sat 21st Mar 2020 9:47pm)
  • The number of people not giving a fuck is getting dangerous. Had to eject people from the taxi last night for the first time in absolute donkey years. First was a guy who got in and had a dry cough. I ignored it at first because we all get coughs, no need to overreact. But he kept doing it. Asked him how long he had it. Few days. Had it checked? Nah. Pulled over and asked him to leave. Got the fuck you ya dick and called all the wankers. Second was a group of 20 somethings coming from a party. One of the guys in the back revealed he had symptoms and had been told to self isolate. Anchors on, calmly said "all of you out please, I'm cancelling your ride". Protests and moans from them. I lost it completely. Shouted something like "I'm not fucking about. He's been telt to self isolate and the lot of you went to a party. Are ye aw fucking stupid? I need to take fucking nurses to work in this motor. Get oot now or I'm getting out, locking yous in and phoning the polis". Very long night. Earnings poor for a Saturday, but still made the minimum amount I needed to cover costs. by Torran_Toi (Sun 22nd Mar 2020 4:23pm)
  • If we could, we would. The anger in the taxi game is growing. £94 a week doesn't come close to covering the costs. Self isolation for us means handing the cars back and going unemployed. Sure, it's an option. But it's a difficult choice to make when we live week to week. by Torran_Toi (Sun 22nd Mar 2020 6:11pm)
  • Been using Dettol wipes on keypads and petrol pumps. Wipe before and after and press buttons through the wipe. by Torran_Toi (Sun 22nd Mar 2020 6:47pm)
  • There's at least one Cafe in Wishaw that was open for sitting in today. Some places are refusing the order arguing that the order is not lawful. They argue the PM doesn't have the legal power to make or enforce such orders. Sheer. Fucking. Hubris. It won't matter soon, because the 'Coronavirus Bill' is expected to pass parliament tomorrow. Once that happens the language being used will change from "ask", "suggest" and "request" to ordered, statutory and mandated. by Torran_Toi (Sun 22nd Mar 2020 11:20pm)
  • Yeah. It's getting wiped down every half hour with disinfectant wipes. But it got an extra wipe after those trips. by Torran_Toi (Mon 23rd Mar 2020 5:29am)
  • Yep. My da was on the phone last night. He's had his ears shut to it saying it's all a bit of an overreaction for a flu. Last night giving it "That's McDonald's shutting. Here, I think this might be getting a bit serious". by Torran_Toi (Mon 23rd Mar 2020 9:34am)
  • Fuck it. I'm throwing the towel in. Came home after another long night of picking people up from house gatherings. People hugging and kissing each other when leaving peoples' places. Over and over I was thinking 'what the actual fuck am I doing out here?' At a certain point, the fact they can get a taxi is just encouraging it. It's just not worth it. Came home. Had a chat with the better half. She's getting the 80% deal. I'll put in the claim for the £90 odd quid a week. We'll just make it work. I'll hand my car back on Thursday or Friday and come back when things get normal. Lockdown. Stupid fuckers can walk. by Torran_Toi (Mon 23rd Mar 2020 3:32pm)
  • And, now I'm reading about panic buying at McDonalds! Seriously? How the fuck has our species survived for as long as it has?!? by Torran_Toi (Mon 23rd Mar 2020 3:35pm)
  • Any articles on this? by Torran_Toi (Mon 23rd Mar 2020 4:04pm)
  • Cheers. by Torran_Toi (Mon 23rd Mar 2020 6:42pm)
  • Fingers crossed. And all the best to yous. Hope things land ok for you both. by Torran_Toi (Mon 23rd Mar 2020 6:42pm)
  • Thanks. A lot of drivers are making the same decision today. A lot of us are in a couple of WhatsApp groups and we are all realizing the same thing today. by Torran_Toi (Mon 23rd Mar 2020 6:41pm)
  • I like to catch the podcast by the Glasgow Motorway Archive. They discuss stuff to do with the motorway network. A bit of a niche interest, but I reckon a few few of you on here would actually like it. There's about 20 episodes available with one due out on the 29th. by Torran_Toi (Tue 24th Mar 2020 12:19pm)
  • > no in-person appointments currently They say this. But, they just told me today that I need to make an appointment. by Torran_Toi (Tue 24th Mar 2020 1:10pm)
  • Update. It's a telephone interview. No panic. Sorry peeps. by Torran_Toi (Tue 24th Mar 2020 2:27pm)
  • My street wasn't empty (Wishaw Main Street). Just as busy as it's been all week. Plenty of people bustling in and out of Poundland, Iceland & whatever, folks congregating and mingling on the street, groups of 3 or 4 standing about having a chat, complete disobedience to the 2 meter advice, taxi rank was full of cars, nearby construction site in full swing and the busker in his usual spot singing the same 5 shitey songs on repeat all day. It's been business as usual. What the fuck is it going to take to drive the message home? People falling down dead at the bus stop? Jesus! by Torran_Toi (Tue 24th Mar 2020 8:08pm)
  • https://imgur.com/a/XYdpmoU Queue max reached. Universal Credit website is now unavailable! Fuck sakes. by Torran_Toi (Wed 25th Mar 2020 6:38am)
  • Watch for the briefings today. There is apparently going to be an announcement regarding self employed. by Torran_Toi (Thu 26th Mar 2020 9:21am)
  • It's new billboard frames that are getting put up. by Torran_Toi (Thu 26th Mar 2020 1:57pm)
  • Automated gatling guns on tripods also going up in Cardonald. by Torran_Toi (Thu 26th Mar 2020 2:16pm)
  • Sounds like Argos. by Torran_Toi (Thu 26th Mar 2020 4:38pm)
  • Ha. You inadvertently caught the Deliveroo rider breaking the law there (riding out of Royal Exchange Square/ Exchange Place which is no cycling/pedestrian only). by Torran_Toi (Fri 27th Mar 2020 1:37pm)
  • And the water is cold. It's quite common for bodies to stay submerged for several weeks in cold water vs warmer water. by Torran_Toi (Sat 28th Mar 2020 7:38am)
  • All I see is a load of tripping hazards and obstacles to navigate around. Much better today as a wide open space. by Torran_Toi (Sat 28th Mar 2020 7:50am)
  • It's about the 'what ifs'. What if you broke down then had to interact with a breakdown recovery crew? What if you had an accident and had to divert ambulance resources to that scene? What if you hit a sheep or a pedestrian? You're looking at it from your own singular lens of view. The likelihood of those things happening are slim. However, these types of events DO happen, so if everybody was just going about willy-nilly thinking they are causing no harm then the statistical likelihood of one of those events happening somewhere to somebody goes from slim to probable. by Torran_Toi (Sat 28th Mar 2020 10:31am)
  • I think it depends on what we want the Square to be. Most people want the Square to be some kind of inner-city "park", while I am fine with it being nothing but a square. It doesn't need to serve a purpose/ I don't see why I would ever want to "go sit in George Square" any more than I would want to go sit out on any street, even if they put loads of benches and bushes on it. I would go to an actual park for that. by Torran_Toi (Sat 28th Mar 2020 12:50pm)
  • > the tax bill come April It's not due in April. You pay it in January when you do the self assessment. If you just started up last July then your first return and bill won't be due until January 2021 as you'll be doing the 19/20 tax year (April '19 to April '20). The round of tax returns that just got done in January 2020 was the tax year 18/19 (up to April 2019). by Torran_Toi (Sun 29th Mar 2020 9:05am)
  • Hijacking here to say that the list should be a bit longer. They own Paesano, Sugo, The Italian Kitchen on Ingram Street and The Italian Caffe (Enoteca) on Albion Street. by Torran_Toi (Sun 29th Mar 2020 4:59pm)
  • I've been watching old snooker matches. Plenty of matches I've never seen, so it's still exciting to watch as I don't know who wins. by Torran_Toi (Mon 30th Mar 2020 8:57am)
  • > but at least I can go back to work next week and not worry about spreading it. Is that legit? I've heard it a few times, but I'm struggling to understand it. Yes, you wouldn't be able to spread it from your own system, but surely you will still be spreading it via touch (ie: infected person touches surfaces or things that you then touch. You touching those things don't pose a risk to you, but the virus is now on your hands to spread further, no?) by Torran_Toi (Mon 30th Mar 2020 8:55am)
  • To a certain degree you're right. Places like Motherwell and Wishaw don't have the abundance of parks and accessible green space that Glasgow has. For the vast majority in Motherwell, Strathy Park is their only park. by Torran_Toi (Mon 30th Mar 2020 9:06am)
  • Yeah, that's what I was thinking. So, as a taxi driver, if I caught it and got over it then went back to work then cash would be an obvious vector. As would car door handles and stuff. Possibly even just the 'hot-boxed' air of the confined space would hold some virus from one passenger to the next. So, yeah, I would be safe from catching it (possibly, there's some conflicting info out there on whether you can get it a second time or not, but let's assume I can't get it twice), but all the passengers I am ferrying about are still a risk to each other. Basically, a person who has had Covid and got better is still as dangerous as an asymptomatic spreader? by Torran_Toi (Mon 30th Mar 2020 9:46am)
  • The biggest worry there is if Boris makes that same conclusion and lifts all the restrictions far too early. by Torran_Toi (Mon 30th Mar 2020 9:50am)
  • So, the government's line on "once you have had it you can safely go back to work after 7 days" is absolute horseshite. by Torran_Toi (Mon 30th Mar 2020 9:57am)
  • Sounds right :) by Torran_Toi (Mon 30th Mar 2020 12:53pm)
  • > Pre-fab structures brought into the big halls? Will probably look similar to the one in London: https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-pictures-of-nhs-nightingale-hospital-show-scale-of-expected-emergency-11964983 by Torran_Toi (Mon 30th Mar 2020 12:55pm)
  • > I thought we couldn’t apply for UC unless we were unemployed. UC replaced a lot of the old benefits including working tax credits. You can definitely apply for UC while working, but your hours and income will dictate if it actually pays you anything. by Torran_Toi (Mon 30th Mar 2020 9:48pm)
  • The x11 bus is faster and ran by First. The 240x is Stuarts of Carluke. There's also a 240 by First, but it takes ages and goes through every scheme and village you can name on the way. You can get the x11 at Buchanan Station. From there it goes along Cathedral Street onto the motorway at Townhead. Comes off the motorway at Motherwell, through Motherwell and into Wishaw before ending at Newmains then turning back for the return journey. You can also get the Lanark train from Central station. (edit: ignore that about trains. Just read the times don't suit). by Torran_Toi (Mon 30th Mar 2020 11:42pm)
  • Some people like the motorway. Me included. I'd be chained to the bulldozers if they ever wanted to rip it up. by Torran_Toi (Mon 30th Mar 2020 11:55pm)
  • My partner got an email from work saying that HMRC will pay furlough at 80% of the average monthly earnings based on the 2019/2020 tax year. So, no, it's not based on contracted rates, but on an average of actual earnings from past 12 months. by Torran_Toi (Tue 31st Mar 2020 5:43pm)
  • Yep, it's a word for woodland. Another example is Wishaw, which is reckoned to come from "wee shaw". (Although, some disagree with this, but it's the most widely accepted explanation). by Torran_Toi (Wed 1st Apr 2020 1:38pm)
  • John Atkinson-Grimshaw is the artists' name. The area here is Blythswood Holm. by Torran_Toi (Wed 1st Apr 2020 1:34pm)
  • Essentials covers more than just food. by Torran_Toi (Wed 1st Apr 2020 1:42pm)
  • Interesting. I just assumed that was the Briggait Tower, but looking closer it's a different shape. by Torran_Toi (Wed 1st Apr 2020 4:29pm)
  • See if the keyboard has an option to turn touch sensitivity on and off. Sounds like you need it off so you can focus on pressing the right keys without worrying about how hard. by Torran_Toi (Thu 2nd Apr 2020 10:03am)
  • You can. We have an old cpap machine that we bought online for my granda years ago. That and an oxygen conpressor, which done away with the need for oxygen bottles. Pretty sure we got it all from a sleep apnea website. by Torran_Toi (Thu 2nd Apr 2020 4:57pm)
  • > When we move out will receiving my deposit back be based on me keeping it cleaner than I received it this winter or the entire flat being as clean as when my flat mates received it in 2018? The latter, unfortunately. by Torran_Toi (Thu 2nd Apr 2020 5:12pm)
  • > Since there’s no inventory/proof of the condition it was given to us in do you think I could use that to protect some of my deposit? There might be proof though. The landlord or agents should have a thing called a schedule of dilapidations, which is a fancy way of saying they should have a folder with photos and inventory from the day before the original tenancy started. The photos you have taken should help. The rest of the stuff you said... it might help you, possibly. Just keep contesting the deposit scheme decisions until it goes to arbitration. And, you should speak with someone at Shelter or Citizens' Advice in the meantime. by Torran_Toi (Thu 2nd Apr 2020 5:23pm)
  • Couple updates from the taxi and PH groups... There's a handful of Glasgow drivers currently unwell with Covid19, including the leader of the cab section of Unite. Can't find official number breakdowns, but we know at least 2 Glasgow drivers have died. Police Scotland have now contacted councils and booking offices to inform that taxis and private hire cars will be getting stopped by police to verify all journeys being made are essential. Booking offices should be putting measures in place to make sure journeys are essential at the time of booking. Drivers should also be making sure people are not taking the piss and should be cancelling jobs as soon as it becomes apparent the journey is non essential. South Lanarkshire council have released a statement on this. Other councils expected to follow suit in coming days. Fines, etc will be issued when contraventions are found with all parties liable (ie. Passenger, driver and booking office all liable). by Torran_Toi (Sun 5th Apr 2020 1:30pm)
  • It is what it is. IMO, it's the right course of action. My last shift was Sunday the 22nd, 2 weeks ago. Took it off the road 12 hours before lockdown was announced. We've got just enough money for me to stay off for another 8 weeks. by Torran_Toi (Sun 5th Apr 2020 7:06pm)
  • Usually kestrels around the motorway. Can often see them hovering above the M8 waiting to swoop down onto something. by Torran_Toi (Mon 6th Apr 2020 8:09pm)
  • To address the actual topic raised: 1. Taxi/PH firms and drivers have been told to reject all non-essential trips. The booking offices are supposed to be screening this on the phones, but even if someone manages to get around that by telling porkies then the driver is supposed to cancel the job once it becomes clear a journey is non-essential. 2. Police are pulling taxis/PHs over to enforce this. Both the driver and the passenger end up with a fine if the journey is found to be non-essential (plus a report fired into the licencing board against the driver). 3. Passenger limits. This is company specific. Some firms are saying one rider only. Some say two. Some have no restrictions. I notice you mentioned the hackneys still taking a full cab and I think Uber are still running without passenger number limits. 4. Seat choices. Again, firm specific. Some have banned sitting in the front. Some have banned sitting directly behind the driver. Most companies will leave this up to the discretion of the driver (as has always been the case forever anyway). For points 4 and 5 you'll need to phone and ask each firm what the rules of the day are. Considering all of the above, how is it out there? Demand for taxis (hacks) has dropped significantly and driver earnings are extremely low. Demand with Uber has dropped, but it's still ticking over. Demand at Network PH and GPH has dropped a little bit on regular cash hires, but contract and courier work has increased. The PH drivers I've been speaking with are still making around £100 per shift (Daytime hours only. The night shifts are pan breed). Meanwhile, the union guys reckon only around half the entire city taxi/PH fleet went into lockdown anyway. If that number is true and the drivers out there are still pulling in a ton per shift, then we can safely estimate that overall demand has only dropped by around 50% while concentrating itself into daylight hours at the same time. Basically, far, far too many people not taking this seriously and still going about here and there without much care. Anyway. To answer the question posed, yes, you can still get a taxi/PH without many issues. Even the first two points I made above are not having a big effect. Drivers need to pay their bills and feed their families, they are NOT rejecting non-essential jobs like they should be doing. I would join everybody in asking you to reconsider your plans. We are in lockdown for a reason. I handed my taxi back on March 23rd, effectively becoming unemployed by doing so. Within 4 to 5 weeks from now I will ran out of savings. Hopefully the HMRC payment due in June (self employed scheme) comes just in time for that happening, but it won't benefit me massively. I need to keep a portion of it to 'buy back in' to get another taxi on the road at some point later. I've tried to give you the information you asked for without resorting to calling you names or telling you to stay at home, but I'll ask again that you reconsider that plan. It's a kick in the balls for me to hear and see people doing these things while I did my bit to try and do it right by walking away from my source of income and a job and lifestyle that I love, and that I continue with it knowing that I could say fuck it right now and go source another car and be on the road earning by this time tomorrow; while I haven't seen my own family, including an 80 something year old gran and a ma with serious health problems.... Mate. Please, just stay at home. It'll be over when it's over. by Torran_Toi (Thu 30th Apr 2020 12:15pm)
  • Yet. You haven't done anything illegal ... yet. If you go ahead and make the visit then you will have though. The Covid-19 Act which passed a few weeks ago makes non-essential journeys a criminal act. by Torran_Toi (Thu 30th Apr 2020 1:26pm)
  • Update on the self employed grant scheme for anyone waiting on news... Through our private hire union we have just found out the following: **- The portal for checking eligibility will open on Monday 4th May.** This will be accessed via your regular self assessment dashboard. When you log in you will have a message telling you if you are eligible. It is anticipated, but not confirmed, that the amount you can get will also be displayed. **- The application portal will then open a week later on 11th May.** You will need your UTR number, NI number and bank details to apply for the grant. Bank account must be able to accept BACS payments. **-** Payments should then be made around a week after applying. Grant payments are thus expected to start getting paid out on 18th May. **-** The formal announcement of all this will be made by Chancellor Rishi Sunak on Sunday 3rd May. by Torran_Toi (Sat 2nd May 2020 8:32am)
  • Here's one that you will all enjoy that most of you have probably never visited. The forests behind Easterhouse (now known as part of the 7 Lochs Wetland Park). The 7LW Park takes in Hogganfield and Drumpellier, but I really like the middle area that takes in Lochend Burn, Bishop Loch and Todd's Well. Plenty of woodland, loads of trails and walks and a literal stone throw from Glasgow Fort. One second your in Urban Easterhouse, next second you've stepped out of city life and into countryside nature. You also have the bonus of visiting Provan Hall, thought to be the oldest house in Glasgow (it supposedly predates Provand's Lordship (next to Glasgow Cathedral) by a few years). It was built at the tail end of medieval times and is a wonderful building to visit. Obviously you're not getting inside it because of lockdown, but keep it in mind for later. So, get the bus to the Fort shopping centre then walk over into Auchinlea Park to visit Provan Hall. From there you cross a road and into the Todd's Well section of the wetlands park. From there you have miles of forestry to explore. by Torran_Toi (Sun 3rd May 2020 5:25am)
  • > ...wonder if they just don't qualify for Park Status with the council or whether they are managed by other organisations Nah. It's just that the council haven't bothered making that list complete. Glasgow has about 90 to 100 parks, but this list only has 23 on it. It is missing a LOT. The missing ones are all managed and maintained by the council, but for whatever reason the council have decided only a portion of the city parks get a mention on the website. by Torran_Toi (Sun 3rd May 2020 12:45pm)
  • Within Glasgow it's Network Private Hire with the NHS contract. But, all the companies are still up and running. It's up to the individual drivers if they want to stay off or not. Taxi and minicabs (private hire in Scotland) are specifically listed in the government's exempted categories for lockdown. by Torran_Toi (Sun 3rd May 2020 7:03pm)
  • Fun fact. Sidewalk is actually the correct word here in the UK too. Almost everybody says pavement, but in civil engineering and roadworks circles it's called a sidewalk and the pavement is the entire top surface of the road including the traffic lanes. by Torran_Toi (Mon 4th May 2020 2:56am)
  • That's the eligibility checker open for the self employed income support grant scheme. I won't link to it for safety, but you can find it on the self employed support pages on hmrc/gov. Just did mines and can claim from the 13th of May. Can stop sweating over money a wee bit now, for now. by Torran_Toi (Mon 4th May 2020 4:00pm)
  • Yep. More like 30 to 45 mins away if walking. by Torran_Toi (Mon 4th May 2020 4:18pm)
  • 50p? smh. by Torran_Toi (Mon 4th May 2020 4:15pm)
  • (Definitely not Maryhill. Ruchill) As said, it's the old water tower that was part of Ruchill Hospital. It was a victorian era hospital, similar enough in design to the old Stobhill hospital and was built as a dedicated fever hospital. It dealt with infectious diseases like tuberculosis, measles, scarlet fever, smallpox, etc. By the 1980's it became the cities primary hospital for dealing with HIV and other sexually transmitted illness. It closed it 1998. It was earmarked for redevelopment about 17 years ago or so, but the financial collapse in 2008 put a stop to it and has lay as spare ground since. The wee row of cottages on Bilsland drive (red bricked and on same side of road as hospital) still stand and where the nurses cottages. by Torran_Toi (Mon 4th May 2020 6:33pm)
  • For me it's a toss up between the Deli Dharba in Woodhill, Ali's Original in Shettleston and The Shenaz in Anderston/Sandyford. by Torran_Toi (Tue 5th May 2020 10:08am)
  • Similar convo on here a number of months ago when the bus gates on Union and Oswald Streets went live. People were complaining that the signage wasn't clear enough after getting hit with a fine, while if you drive down Renfield there are multiple signs on both sides of street, which are quite large, not to mention the multiple big warnings painted on the road surface in red and white. I can't fathom how anyone could miss the signage, but the conversation made it clear that **there's a large number of drivers who don't pay active attention to road signs**. by Torran_Toi (Tue 5th May 2020 7:38pm)
  • > any small fine becomes a license suspension ??? Don't think that's correct, mate. by Torran_Toi (Wed 6th May 2020 7:15pm)
  • Power washing a driveway or a dirty wall is pretty soothing though. by Torran_Toi (Wed 6th May 2020 8:43pm)
  • It's an old railway that has since been removed. It was a short spur line that ran off from the line that runs between Possil and Gilshochill (pronounced Gilshy-Hill) and terminating as a dead end just north of Panmure Street. It originally served a few industrial buildings that used to be there, but all of it is long gone. The line still appears on some maps AFTER the hospital got built and it looks like the railway might have actually served the hospital at some point as it runs right through what is marked as hospital grounds. No idea why it get's called "the dummy railway" though. by Torran_Toi (Thu 7th May 2020 3:47am)
  • If the location is Cornwall Street looking onto PRW, then those flats couldn't possibly be Moss Heights as they would be behind the photographer. Those towers would be somewhere around Anderston/Finnieston-ish by Torran_Toi (Thu 7th May 2020 12:25pm)
  • Nipped out to top up the electricity key and the main street was heaving! Seriously rammed as if it was any normal day. Loads of pedestrians, loads of cars. Seems like people have decided lockdown is done. by Torran_Toi (Thu 7th May 2020 12:30pm)
  • The angle is looking kinda north-east, so I don't think it's the Broomhill flats as they would be a bit more west than the angle catches. I'd say it's the [towers of the old Anderston Centre](https://live.staticflickr.com/113/313322278_d522f6a740_z.jpg) by Torran_Toi (Thu 7th May 2020 1:30pm)
  • The media needs a good kick in the pie. Here's a particularly dangerous and outright reckless headline from Edinburgh Times this morning: [Lockdown lifted in England but Scotland will not be following suit](https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/nicola-surgeon-update-live-lockdown-18213372) by Torran_Toi (Thu 7th May 2020 2:45pm)
  • Don't be too hard on yourself. I'm just a sad sack that spends his free time studying maps and Glasgow history just for "fun" :) by Torran_Toi (Thu 7th May 2020 2:54pm)
  • https://twitter.com/OssianLore/status/1023491459729829888?s=20 Other way round. by Torran_Toi (Thu 7th May 2020 11:55pm)
  • Not the best areas. Parts of Darnley, Priesthill and Carnwadric are like the Easterhouse and Ruchazie of the deep south side. That said, the South Park Village area is ok. by Torran_Toi (Fri 8th May 2020 10:17am)
  • Irish for Garden of God. by Torran_Toi (Fri 8th May 2020 11:39pm)
  • Don't go for a day trip! by Torran_Toi (Fri 8th May 2020 11:39pm)
  • And the Kelvins... Kelvinside, Kelvinhaugh, Kelvindale, Kelvingrove, by Torran_Toi (Fri 8th May 2020 11:53pm)
  • Blairdardie. Barrachnie. Auchinairn. Gilschochill. by Torran_Toi (Fri 8th May 2020 11:50pm)
  • You're getting robbed mate. by Torran_Toi (Sat 9th May 2020 2:57pm)
  • It's been about 10 or so years since I last used a window cleaner, but back then it was £3 for a 2-up. I wouldn't pay any more than £6 or £7 today. by Torran_Toi (Sat 9th May 2020 3:01pm)
  • That's extortion. Think about the numbers. Let's just very conservatively say the guy does just 1 job per hour and does an 8 hour shift. That would be £200 per day with bare minimal cost. A grand a week. For window cleaning. For 1 job per hour. It doesn't even make sense. by Torran_Toi (Sat 9th May 2020 4:14pm)
  • Exactly. No way they should be charging £25 a job then. £25 x 6 = £150 per hour - no chance. by Torran_Toi (Sat 9th May 2020 5:48pm)
  • I'll save you money. £35 and I'll be round with my ladder and bucket asap. by Torran_Toi (Sat 9th May 2020 5:53pm)
  • I think that one's the other side of the canal from Speirs Wharf. From the Round Toll up to the canal. The Wharf itself probably comes under Dundashill or Port Dundas. by Torran_Toi (Sat 9th May 2020 6:04pm)
  • Suppose there might be an argument to be made that simply putting a sign up without any other method of crowd control is slightly negligent? As in if people are ignoring or obscuring the sign then the staff should be coming to the door and telling people to move on. by Torran_Toi (Mon 11th May 2020 9:22am)
  • It's a 30 until the last set of traffic lighs before it becomes the final approach to the Clydeside expressway and tunnel. Always wanted to see a big bold yin cycle on the expressway, but I doubt I ever will. by Torran_Toi (Tue 12th May 2020 9:47pm)
  • Vitos on Edinburgh Rd, Easterhouse. Bennies just as Alexandra Parade becomes Cumbernauld Road. by Torran_Toi (Thu 14th May 2020 12:36am)
  • Crowhill Road in the Briggs is pretty steep. Woodhill Road too. And, Northgate Road between Auchinairn and Wallacewell Roads. All near to you. (There are also a couple of streets in balornock that will probably work. Eh, maybe Syriam Street and Petershill Road?) by Torran_Toi (Thu 14th May 2020 12:47am)
  • Funk the pokemon cards mate. I'll gee ye the pineappleade, 5 rare pogs and a limited edition slammer pog. by Torran_Toi (Thu 14th May 2020 12:54am)
  • I think this video is of the new 'pop-up cycle lane' that's just opened up along Clyde Street and Broomielaw. Edit. It is. It's says it on the twitter post. by Torran_Toi (Thu 14th May 2020 12:58am)
  • It'll be financial games. He doesn't have "savings" per the official definition of what savings are, but he will have loads tied up in investment schemes and tax free ISAs and whatnot - things that won't count as "savings". by Torran_Toi (Thu 14th May 2020 3:45pm)
  • Are you sure? We just sold a house last week (bereavement inheritance). Was on the market since the autumn, agents did the viewing a couple weeks ago and we got the offer last week. When lockdown started, I thought we had no chance of selling for ages, but it's gone through. We asked about the register stuff because the news does say that's closed, but the agents said there's an office at the Civic Centre in Motherwell operating instead. by Torran_Toi (Thu 14th May 2020 7:19pm)
  • It's a kind of slang/insult against a woman that comes across as highly entitled and demanding; like "I demand to speak to your manager" type of woman. It's a bit cringey to hear people using the term to be honest. Imported American meme nonsense. by Torran_Toi (Thu 14th May 2020 7:40pm)
  • There is a [i] theory [/i] called induced demand and there are plenty of planning experts out there debunking it as nonsense. by Torran_Toi (Fri 15th May 2020 3:24am)
  • Google induced demand debunked. It's a load of shite. by Torran_Toi (Fri 15th May 2020 3:25am)
  • So, argue for lights to get installed in the park then, not to permanently shut down a major arterial road. by Torran_Toi (Fri 15th May 2020 3:31am)
  • Don't have figures for you, but can provide anecdotal evidence as a taxi driver. Kelvin Way is a seriously important arterial route for cars. It provides connection beyond GWR. Finnieston/Yorkhill to Maryhill via Kelvin way and Belmont Street as a quick example. Western side of Woodlands to Finnieston/Yorkhill/Partick Bridge as another. Very direct routes which would become a much longer route by both time and distance by removing the direct north/south link that Kelvin Way provides. Kelvin way is one of those roads that I use multiple times per shift. Major arterial route that would be sorely missed. People dismiss it's importance for car journeys because it's pretty with trees. We would be far better off removing the parking bays on Kelvin way and using that space to create cycle lanes than we would be shutting the road to cars completely. by Torran_Toi (Fri 15th May 2020 3:48am)
  • And when I search for induced demand I get loads of results from utopian dreamers. by Torran_Toi (Fri 15th May 2020 4:21am)
  • Thanks by Torran_Toi (Fri 15th May 2020 7:48am)
  • And there's evidence against it. Why is inner city Glasgow about 80% less congested today than it was before the M8 got built? Building roads doesn't increase demand. People wanting cars increases demand. It just so happens that we built a load of roads while that demand was also naturally increasing. Something something correlation causation. by Torran_Toi (Fri 15th May 2020 10:41am)
  • I have heard that the Scottish version is supposed to be a Sharon or a Senga. (edit: lol - putting the Singaporean in there and we could have Auntie Sharon) by Torran_Toi (Fri 15th May 2020 3:11pm)
  • My absolute favourite is a wee place in Newmains (near Wishaw) called Mancinis. Best pizza I've ever, ever had. Paesano doesn't come close. Best place for a deep fried (properly done, crispy and not greasy) is Vitos on Edinburgh Road at the edge of Easterhouse and Barlanark. by Torran_Toi (Fri 15th May 2020 8:37pm)
  • Yep. They are doing delivery on JustEat. by Torran_Toi (Fri 15th May 2020 9:44pm)
  • Yes. At no point ever has number of roads or road space came into the thought process of someone wanting to buy a car. Especially since most people start driving as a teenager or young adult at a time where the choice to become a driver is for completely personal reasons and nothing to do with how many roads exist. Your argument makes zero sense. My choice to learn to drive had nothing to do with what kind of roads had been built and entirely on the fact that I was 17 and just wanted to have a way of getting about without using buses. And this is the major disconnect between drivers and non-drivers. All the non drivers (on this sub) keep saying we need to sort out public transport and encourage active cycling. I don't care if you made the world's best ever bus service, I won't use it. Ripping up the M8 and closing down roads won't make me give up my car. Ever! You won't ever encourage me to switch to active travel outside of leisure purposes. I don't care if public transport becomes integrated and cheap as fuck while driving becomes really expensive. I want to drive. I will always want to drive. I can't think of any factors that will ever change that. The demand comes from my wanting it. Yes. Drivers are selfish. We want our own space. We want to go from door to door. You can't change that mindset of the majority of drivers. The demand for cars comes from people wanting to drive cars. I can't ever imagine a young adult deciding to patch the idea of getting a car and the freedom it brings just because the road network got smaller. I can't ever imagine me or the other dtivers i know giving up driving because the road network got smaller. "Oh. I won't bother buying a new car because they might shut Kelvin Way and uni ave one day". Aye, right. by Torran_Toi (Sat 16th May 2020 7:01am)
  • It'll have wandered along Cathedral Street from the Necropolis, probably. As a night shifter I see deer cutting about quite a lot. And about a million foxes. The city during the dead of night is very different than during the day. by Torran_Toi (Sat 16th May 2020 7:11am)
  • On this particular topic, I'll ignore or dismiss it. Just being honest. I've listened to civil engineers and highway planners that say induced demand is nonsense; that along with my own experience is enough for me to know you can't change my mind. by Torran_Toi (Sat 16th May 2020 8:47am)
  • Yep, quite a bit of history in this area. The Hill family of Garbraid had an Estate a bit to the south of Dawsholm, and the last Lord of Garbraid, Lord Hew Hill, died without a male heir, so left the estate to his daughter, Mary Hill. It is from here we get the area name of Maryhill. Mary Hill then married into the Graham family who held the Dawsholm estate to the north of her Garbraid estate. They opened coal mines in the area for income. The mines weren't very successful and eventually closed. They sold the lands of Dawsholm to the City, but kept a small parcel to the north, exactly one acre of land, which is where we get the name for the neighbourhood of Acre near the boundary of the city limits. You can access Acre just off the big roundabout on the road out of Glasgow heading to Canniesburn Toll. So, the old stone remains you seen are the historical vestiges of the Graham/Hill estate. There's a fenced off section in park with 'Danger - Keep out' signs, which is where an access point to the old coal mines is. The pit has been filled, but the ground is unstable and gets waterlogged. There are also old stone walls in Acre, which forms the later estate. (There's also a section of the Antonine Wall that can be found in Maryhill Park nearer Summerston). by Torran_Toi (Sat 16th May 2020 2:06pm)
  • I nearly got into a bad accident one night about two years ago on the motorway between Cranhill and Easterhouse when a deer bounced out from nowhere to dart across the motorway. Anybody thats done advanced driving courses will probably know that they tell you when a large animal jumps out like that your supposed to accelerate and power through the animal. Apparently, it's safer to wreck the front of the car and kill the deer than it is to swerve. But, when it happened instinct and split second reaction... I swerved. Missed the deer but went into a 70mph spin. Car span 360 twice before I regained control and brought it to a dead stop inches from the central reservation. Maybe they were right about it being safer to put the foot down and belt the thing. Thankfully, nobody else was on the road at that exact time. Would've been about half 4 ish in the morning, so the whole thing finished with no injuries, no deaths, no damages. I brought it up once with my dad, also a taxi driver. His reply was "Happens aw the time. Why do you think most taxis stay in the middle lane? Rather risk getting a fine for being in the wrong lane than have an animal jump out the bushes on ye". by Torran_Toi (Sat 16th May 2020 2:21pm)
  • Yeah, so a wee correction to my original. Robert Graham and Mary Hill didn't sell off the whole estate to Glasgow like I said. They first sold a section of the estate to make way for a small village. Part of the sale included a clause stating the Village be named Maryhill. It would have been much later before Maryhill became part of Glasgow. I can't find anything to indicate when the remainder of the Dawsholm estate changed hands. From what I can tell, the Grahams/Hills had sold off Dawsholm by the late 1700s around the time that the canal and railway were getting built. by Torran_Toi (Sat 16th May 2020 3:00pm)
  • Depends. I'm not sure when 'those' particular buildings were built. The Dawsholm and Garbraid estates date back to the 1700s, but there may have been buildings built much later. There are some amazing photos of old Maryhill floating about though, so it might be possible to find some of old Dawsholm. by Torran_Toi (Sat 16th May 2020 7:05pm)
  • I believe so, yeah. It looks like the Robert Graham mentioned is the son of John Graham, Viscount of Dundee. A very interesting set of family lines. Mary Hill and Robert Graham had a daughter who married into the Dunlop family. Their descendants are the same Dunlops behind the temperance movement in Glasgow and the world famous Dunlop tyres. by Torran_Toi (Sat 16th May 2020 7:19pm)
  • It looks like the store will be reopening to the public this Friday. They have updated their opening hours. by Torran_Toi (Sat 16th May 2020 9:08pm)
  • Also, looks like they are reopening the store to the public this Friday. by Torran_Toi (Sat 16th May 2020 9:07pm)
  • Do you mean Gallowgate? Trongate doesn't go as far along as the Barras. It starts/stops at Glasgow Cross where it meets Gallowate and London Road. by Torran_Toi (Sat 16th May 2020 9:27pm)
  • Not much. Think about it. What's to stop anybody phoning the police and giving any random car number plate? You either need the police to catch them doing it at the time or some kind of evidence of them doing it like a video. by Torran_Toi (Sat 16th May 2020 9:42pm)
  • Glad ye enjoyed! Think I might get myself a nice pepperoni one from there tomorrow now :) To be honest, comparing against Paesano probably isn't fair seeing as it's a different style of pizza. Paesano is pretty good if you want the neapolitan style with very little cheese, while the pizza from Mancinis is excellent if you prefer the cheesy pizza we all grew up with. Try his chicken pakora at some point. And like I said, his pastas are pretty decent too. Also highly recommend the Chicken Cacciatori (sp?). The place is far too good to be in Newmains. He should be in the city somewhere (which is funny, cos they live in Glasgow). Eeh, I don't really know what Newmains is like these days. I'm a bit further down in Wishaw proper. Only reasons I go to Newmains is to go to Mancinis or Asda. by Torran_Toi (Sun 17th May 2020 11:49pm)
  • Aye, I get what ye mean now. That's Gallowate. When you go along Trongate from town, when you get to Glasgow Cross/High Street (where the Tolbooth clock tower is), that's where Trongate ends. The other side going towards the Barras/Calton is the Gallowgate. by Torran_Toi (Sun 17th May 2020 11:53pm)
  • Never heard it before, but Googled it... yeah, apparently Glaswegians have been doing it wrong. Cockney slang has it as Annie Ronnie and comes from an old cartoon called Little Annie Ronnie. by Torran_Toi (Mon 18th May 2020 12:03am)
  • Are we talking about storage or utility cupboard, or are we talking about a cellar? In the east end its common for every flat on every landing to have a cellar type cupboard outside in the close. They were originally the coal cellars for each flat. If it's just a single cupboard on the ground floor it's likely communal (and maybe not even allowed for storage). Whatever you have access to, be it communal or personal, the details will be in the titles, missives or lease agreement. by Torran_Toi (Tue 19th May 2020 10:21am)
  • They updated their opening hours on Google: https://imgur.com/NQek62X by Torran_Toi (Tue 19th May 2020 11:27pm)
  • This. First port of call should be NHS 24. They will take details and get a dental nurse to phone back. They will do a phone assessment and if treatment needed then they will ask you to go to the dental hospital (Sauchiehall) or if that's too far an emergency dentist (like the one in Wishaw hospital). Had a tooth removed out of hours one weekend and that's how it worked. A small fee may be payable. I paid, I think, £15 for a back tooth extraction at the out of hours emergency place in Wishaw. by Torran_Toi (Wed 20th May 2020 9:51am)
  • Kelvingrove. Kelvinhall isn't actually a place, no thanks to the subway for causing confusion by naming one of their stations after an area that doesn't exist. We do have Kelvinhaugh nearby, but that's named because it's a haugh (riverside alluvial land); and we have the Kelvin Hall nearby, which was one of the cities' major sports arenas. However, apart from that subway station at Partick Cross (which is what the station should be called imo), there's no such place as kelvinhall. The Kelvingrove art gallery and museum is in the area known as Kelvingrove. (The Kelvin area names: Kelvingrove, Kelvinhaugh, Kelvinside, North Kelvinside and Kelvindale). Nice photo by the way. Most people seem to take photos of the other side of the building, but this is the better side imo. by Torran_Toi (Thu 21st May 2020 2:36am)
  • I remember this one. Yeah, he had done himself some damage with LSD or something. Walked about backwards and would shout about snipers on the roofs and something about squirrels living in the drains. A shame really. by Torran_Toi (Thu 21st May 2020 5:57pm)
  • Think I might have seen these two walking up GWR a while back. by Torran_Toi (Thu 21st May 2020 6:01pm)
  • Had her in the taxi. She gets a taxi back to her digs if shes had a decent "shift", and yep, pays in a big handful of coins. Nice enough lassie though. by Torran_Toi (Thu 21st May 2020 6:00pm)
  • I did it for a while last year. I figured I could try and do some hours during the quieter hours with the taxi. The problem at the time was that I couldn't ever get "blocks" on hours that suited, and when I did I ended up making less than I would have by just working the quite taxi hours anyway. The hardest part was always getting blocks. They appear on the app randomly and get snatched up within seconds as everybody is competing against each other to get them. You had to be glued to the app all the time and then it was fastest finger first. Blocks would come on in fixed lengths, like a 2 hour block for £26 or a 4 hour block for £52 (they almost always were £13 per hour). £13 an hour sounds good till you factor in the fuel (and for most folk the extra on insurance). Probably works out just a tad better than min wage. Doing the job was fine. Quite enjoyable. Some jobs come out of Kinning Park and they where all Amazon Now, so mostly food orders. The ones from that depot were ALL 1 hour or 2 hour blocks. Never more than that. The pain about getting work from that depot was having to return the cooler bags to the warehouse at the end of every block (more fuel). Most jobs came from the Eurocentral depot and those were the regular amazon deliveries. These could be anything from 1 hour right up to 4.5 hours. The pain about it was trying to get enough blocks to make it worthwhile. There were weeks when I only managed to tap quickly enough to get 2 or 3 blocks. Don't think I ever managed a single week where I pulled in more than £100 doing it. I was waitlisted for about 3 days. I hear that the waitlist just now is pretty long. There's no way of really finding out exactly how long though. Good luck with it! Hope it works out for you. by Torran_Toi (Thu 21st May 2020 6:14pm)
  • Interesting stuff, thanks. I had no idea Partick was once served by so many stations. > No idea why they dropped the space between Kelvin and Hall. Probably an attempt at re-marketing/branding by the old corpy? by Torran_Toi (Fri 22nd May 2020 12:09am)
  • Might look strange and ugly, but vent pipes like this stop a ton of jobbies and pish from spewing out your toilet pan like a fire hydrant being set aff on a sunny day. by Torran_Toi (Fri 22nd May 2020 12:23pm)
  • Does that encourage the adult birds to abandon it's babies? by Torran_Toi (Mon 25th May 2020 2:03pm)
  • Auchinlea Park. This was my childhood park many years ago and before the Fort got built on top of the meadow and woods we used to play in. by Torran_Toi (Mon 25th May 2020 2:02pm)
  • Lockdown hasn't been great for the bingers, eh? I don't get to drink all that often because of the driving job, but fuck me, I've been making up for it now. by Torran_Toi (Mon 25th May 2020 2:11pm)
  • I live in Wishaw. Housing here is definitely cheaper than anywhere in Glasgow. The problem Wishaw has is a major lack of amenities. Not a lot going on here. It doesn't have good food or pub scenes and the "high street" is dieing a painful death. Getting to and from Glasgow is easy enough. Also pretty easy to get to and from Motherwell and Hamilton from here. Coatbridge might be more of a hassle. I don't think you can get there direct without changeovers, but could be wrong. Be very, very careful about what areas you are actually looking at. Wishaw as a whole is actually made up of several sub areas: Pather, Coltness, Craigneuk, Gowkthrapple, Cambusnethan, Greenhead, Waterloo, Wishawhill and Town Centre. Some of these areas are rough as fuck. And I mean rough. Like Easterhouse in the 1980s rough. You couldn't pay me enough to consider Pather, Gowkie, Craigneuk or Wishayhill. Gowkie is a fucking dive like nothing else. Honestly, top contender for worst scheme in the country. No exaggeration. Pather, the Neuk and Wishawhill are all quite similar. Pretty rough. Cambusnethan, Coltness, Greenhead, Waterloo and Town Centre are better. Coltness is quite disconnected though and a pain in the arse to travel to and from. Greenhead and Waterloo are decent, but the prices are usually higher in those areas. Camby and Town Centre would be the best picks all round. by Torran_Toi (Wed 27th May 2020 1:32am)
  • Even after all that, I'd say go for Shettleston. It'll be easier and faster to get to Coatbridge from there, you'll have more and better local amenities, and you can get to and from other areas of Glasgow easier for socialising and fun. Shettleston isn't all that bad an area to live in. by Torran_Toi (Wed 27th May 2020 1:38am)
  • From Friday, I think. (And social distancing still applies) by Torran_Toi (Wed 27th May 2020 8:57pm)
  • Cool. Just remember that Glasgow has a public drinking ban, so keep an edgy for the polis. by Torran_Toi (Wed 27th May 2020 9:11pm)
  • She went a stage further than originally planned. It's not just meet another household, it's now you can meet up with people from multiple households up to 8 people, both in public and private gardens. BBQ's and picnics allowed. Basically she pulled a wee bit of phase 2 forward. by Torran_Toi (Thu 28th May 2020 1:20pm)
  • Yeah, I think I misheard what she said. However, everything seems to have moved away from "this is law" to "this is guidance". So, am I right in thinking that lockdown as a legal thing has now finished and there's now nothing in place to stop anybody from doing anything and anywhere with as many people as they like without legal repercussions (except workplaces that are still legally ordered to stay closed). by Torran_Toi (Thu 28th May 2020 4:04pm)
  • I cook frozen pizza in a glass oven (the type that sits on the kitchen bunker with a halogen lamp inside). Life changer. Pizzas come out perfect. Everything comes out perfect. Not used the actual cooker oven in fuck knows how long. by Torran_Toi (Thu 28th May 2020 4:08pm)
  • One day skip hire is a thing. Or you could hire a skip with lockable lids. But, as someone else said, the dumps should be opening very soon now that we are moving into phase 1 of easing. by Torran_Toi (Thu 28th May 2020 9:18pm)
  • I'm thinking that the sun coming out is going to make it even more difficult to convince people to wear a mask. Nobody's going to want half a suntan on the face with a big white disk of peely waly skin round the mouth and nose. by Torran_Toi (Fri 29th May 2020 8:20pm)
  • The past couple of winters have been milder than usual, but it's not unusual to get a few weeks of great weather like this each year. It probably won't last long. It'll be cooler and raining again soon enough. Even then, we would still expect intermittent periods of sun through the summer. by Torran_Toi (Sat 30th May 2020 5:20pm)
  • I think you might be vastly underestimating the cost of tasking a satellite. by Torran_Toi (Sat 30th May 2020 10:17pm)
  • I'm on the road 50 to 60 hours a week and from what I can see its pretty much equal. Drivers and cyclists are both pretty much constantly breaking the rules of the road. by Torran_Toi (Sat 30th May 2020 11:04pm)
  • Back in the 80s and 90s people kicked the fuck out of other people, burned dookits, stole birds...all sorts of dodgy shit. Yes, the birds are innocent, but doo keeping had money involved, particularly in racing them, homing contests, etc. When money is involved in things like this it attracts an undesirable element. by Torran_Toi (Sun 31st May 2020 11:51pm)
  • My sister in law just got told she's now wfh permanently. by Torran_Toi (Mon 1st Jun 2020 3:19pm)
  • I've not seen it yet, but apparently she gave it the thumbs up in today's briefing? Said something like she supports it going ahead as long as protesters socially distance? by Torran_Toi (Tue 2nd Jun 2020 7:28pm)
  • Exactly. This sub didn't lose its shit when peasano had a big queue a couple of weeks ago. Peasano's punters are not cretins for queuing for an hour for a pizza, but McDonald's punters are filth of the earth? This episode is just highlighting how fucking snobby people are getting. by Torran_Toi (Wed 3rd Jun 2020 2:22pm)
  • Yup. And, remember it's cool and clever to queue up for a Peasano Pizza, but your a cretinous cunt for wanting a big Mac. Pure fucking hand wringing hypocrisy and snobbery all over this thread. by Torran_Toi (Wed 3rd Jun 2020 2:30pm)
  • Partick and surrounding areas often gets a waft of shite because the sewage treatment works are just over the Clyde in Shieldhall. When the breeze blows north it takes the smellz over the water and into Partick. The hot weather the past few days will have baked the jobbies into an absolute stink. by Torran_Toi (Wed 3rd Jun 2020 3:13pm)
  • Guessing you've not seen the video we are refrencing? The smellz are definitely more than just air. by Torran_Toi (Wed 3rd Jun 2020 10:48pm)
  • A shit brick hoose? Nice. by Torran_Toi (Wed 3rd Jun 2020 10:45pm)
  • Picture on my Facebook showing him getting served by Torran_Toi (Thu 4th Jun 2020 8:39pm)
  • Kinda resent the accusation. I mean I know we taxis have our sterotypes, but most of us pay our tax proper. by Torran_Toi (Fri 5th Jun 2020 10:19pm)
  • Taxi driver here, but don't use an accountant personally. Taxi driver books are not very complicated at all. The handful of drivers I run about with are the same. We just keep our own books and do our tax self assessments ourselves. My brother uses R.A Scott Wheelan and Co for his small business (nothing taxi related) - but don't know anything about their prices or services or whatever. Sorry can't help on this one. by Torran_Toi (Fri 5th Jun 2020 10:17pm)
  • The 5 miles thing is just guidance, not law. Strongly advised guidance, but still only guidance. by Torran_Toi (Fri 5th Jun 2020 10:27pm)
  • You're not wrong. Racism is rife in this country and always has been. Institutional racism isn't as bad here as elsewhere, but rascist attitudes definitely exist. Everybody says Glasgow isn't racist, it's the friendliest city in the world. My life experience says otherwise, and in all actuality Glasgow is the most two faced city in the world. People will be best pals with the immigrant to their face, but when the back is turned it's all paki this and chinky that. by Torran_Toi (Fri 5th Jun 2020 10:34pm)
  • Fair play. Maybe read your "context" comment as being more sarcastic sounding as you meant it. Seeing as you've went limited co, it might be better going with an accountant for a year or two. Taxis are all sole traders, so things are a lot simpler. One of the reasons we just DIY it is the cost. The few hundred quid a year isn't worth it. Our income stream is generally from one single source and our expenses are mostly fixed and predictable. The books from one year to the next dont change much for us. The same might apply to you, but I dunno. by Torran_Toi (Fri 5th Jun 2020 10:42pm)
  • Pretty sure the slang use of 'black' in this context came from coal mining and has nothing to do with race. by Torran_Toi (Fri 5th Jun 2020 10:53pm)
  • Yep. I've always thought that "black" in this context came from our coal mining days. The older generations (and particularly ones from around coal mining towns) use phrases like "black mockit" and "as black as a coalie" when saying something is ditry/disgusting/filthy. I figured that "black bastard" was an evolution of the same language and nothing at all do with race. by Torran_Toi (Fri 5th Jun 2020 10:50pm)
  • Any time. And aw'ra'best with the venture!! by Torran_Toi (Fri 5th Jun 2020 10:55pm)
  • Yep, taxi driver (well, private hire, but same difference for most points and purposes). And, yeah, most people have their routines and circles. Our jobs have us all over the city meeting all sorts of people. I've seen a lot of the worst the city has to offer, but I also get to see the best it has to offer. by Torran_Toi (Fri 5th Jun 2020 11:32pm)
  • Just a wee correction (which is risky on such a touchy subject during these times), but Glasgow didn't actually have a lot of slave owners and the city wasn't built by slaves. Glasgow benefitted from a 'slave triangle', where Glasgow's wealthy did benefit from there being a slave trade, but didn't always have direct involvement with the slave trade. That is, the Glasgow merchants bought and sold tobacco and textiles that came from plantations that had more direct slave trade links. The city benefitted from "blood money", but indirectly. (Not to minimise or apologise for it. I'mean just pointing out that it's not accurate to refer to a lot of Glasgow's old merchants as actual slave "owners".) by Torran_Toi (Fri 5th Jun 2020 11:40pm)
  • Considered crating him at night? Controversial to some people, but sometimes necessary to train bad behaviour out. by Torran_Toi (Sun 7th Jun 2020 12:25am)
  • He didn't. Legally, the only people that can stop/direct traffic are uniformed police officers or a DVSA (nee VOSA) official. This used to be a question in the theory test (might still be?). This is also a question/ discussion that new taxi drivers always ask. Can the taxi/PH enforcement unit pull you over? Answer is no, they can't (and don't). If enforcement want to go on a wee campaign to pull taxis to check for pirates or car safety (usually at Christmas) then they come out with a police escort for a few shifts. The police pulls the cars over and enforcement then come and do the checks. Otherwise, enforcement can only appoach taxis that have already stopped and parked. They legally can't stop or direct moving cars even though they are council officials. Similar thing happens with the road side checks for things like red diesel or emmissions spot testing. The council guys don't have the power to direct or stop traffic, they need the police to be there with them to do that for them. The McDonald's worker above, by the letter of the law, doesn't only not have the power to stop/direct traffic, they are actually guilty of an offence of obstructing traffic (possibly another second offence in the rules that say something like you must not signal to other road users). Would they get done for it? Very, very unlikely. Could they, though? Yes. It has happened before at scenes of accidents. The police get very arsey when members of the public put themselves in dangerous positions and try to do their job for them. Legally speaking, drivers could completely ignore any signals or directions from the McDonalds worker and drive right past or around him. by Torran_Toi (Sun 7th Jun 2020 12:49am)
  • Also a bit on it in the Clydebuilt Museum over in Braehead touching the subject. It's more about how Glasgow supported the confederate states during the American Civil war and how we sold clydebuilt ships to the confederates and helped them with their naval efforts and blockades and stuff. by Torran_Toi (Sun 7th Jun 2020 1:38am)
  • Falls under different parts of law on road signs, etc. The road workers themselves shouldn't be directing traffic using hand signals, but can do it by using signage, cones, and stuff. by Torran_Toi (Sun 7th Jun 2020 2:07am)
  • And to add to the list, Highways Agency guys have the power to direct traffic, but lack enforcement power, but ignoring directions from the Highway Agency guys is an offence that the police can enforce. by Torran_Toi (Sun 7th Jun 2020 2:14am)
  • Solar control window tints for the win. by Torran_Toi (Mon 8th Jun 2020 10:18am)
  • Bits of knightshood are nice. Bits of knightswood are rough. A few streets hoaching with junkies. by Torran_Toi (Tue 9th Jun 2020 11:27am)
  • It's quite a big area. I'll do a list if the bad streets in a while if nobody beats me to it. by Torran_Toi (Tue 9th Jun 2020 11:59am)
  • By sounds of it, it's not quite Kelvindale, but the Kirklee part of Kelvinside. Area is absolutely fine. (Taxi driver with zero connection to the area) by Torran_Toi (Tue 9th Jun 2020 7:18pm)
  • Yeah. I remember an entrance on Argyle Street and like you describe it was a long, somewhat narrow corridor. I also think I remember another level above the current top level. It was like a mezzanine catwalk with only a few shops which were on one side only, with the other side just being wide open. It would have been a level above the old food court. I think there was some kind of of tatty gift shop up there? by Torran_Toi (Tue 9th Jun 2020 11:49pm)
  • Found a photo of the entrance http://www.hiddenglasgow.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=4362&start=75 by Torran_Toi (Wed 10th Jun 2020 12:02am)
  • I think its more about this sub being full of pricks who get hard ons by shaming people and calling them stupid cunts and cretins for doing absolutely normal things like going to get a burger, which is completely allowed and legal in the current phase of lockdown easing. by Torran_Toi (Wed 10th Jun 2020 11:40am)
  • Get up half an hour earlier and make one in yer kitchen? by Torran_Toi (Thu 11th Jun 2020 1:08pm)
  • Fuck sakes. Even Uber, who are fuckin arse holes at the best of times, managed to give us drivers 25 masks plus £25 reimbursement to get more. by Torran_Toi (Thu 11th Jun 2020 9:22pm)
  • Nah, just blue surgical masks. Every driver got a kit with 25 masks, a bottle of hand sanitizer and a bottle of suface cleaner. Then we got £25 reimbursement for whatever PPE we went out and bought on top of that. And any driver who catches covid gets a one off payment of £200 sick pay (I think most drivers claimed it regardless of being sick or not though as all Uber ask for is the NHS111 note to pay out). Pretty decent deal compared to the rest of the industry. by Torran_Toi (Thu 11th Jun 2020 10:38pm)
  • I wouldn't think they would have licencing problems by not doing it, else all the other firms would be doing it too. Definitely PR related. Increase customer confidence. Avoid legal challenges from the drivers unions on employment rights. All that jazz. And thanks for the thanks. I've actually just started back. 2 shifts done after taking myself off the road in March. by Torran_Toi (Fri 12th Jun 2020 12:50am)
  • Just went by the wee row of units on Alexandra Parade and the carpet shop, the car window tinting shop and the garage door shop are open. Are businesses just opening their doors again and ignoring the phase dates? by Torran_Toi (Fri 12th Jun 2020 1:57pm)
  • If it helps, no, you're not a daft you and the vast majority of people are complying with the rules if my earnings are anythings to go by. I worked 10 hours yesterday for a grand total of £55. On Thursday I worked 6 hours and only had 1 job and made just £3. People are staying home. by Torran_Toi (Sat 13th Jun 2020 11:49am)
  • The next easement should be next Thursday... small retail reopens, pubs and restaurants can open outdoor areas and you can visit other households inside the house. The following easement should be 3 weeks after that and will see museums, sports centres, gyms reopen, pubs and restaurants open indoor spaces. We should be seeing something resembling normality in 4 weeks by mid July, not september. by Torran_Toi (Sat 13th Jun 2020 11:53am)
  • In certain pubs it's still known as the powder room. by Torran_Toi (Sat 13th Jun 2020 11:57am)
  • It doesn't work like that. If the danger was only to the person deciding not to mask up then fine, your point would stand. You wearing a mask isn't just about you though. It protects the people around you. It's like condoms. You can't just decide not to wear one because you don't like it. You wear it for you and for the other peogle. by Torran_Toi (Sat 13th Jun 2020 12:02pm)
  • (Also the street running up to the graveyard gates from Duke Street (the one the Drygate pub sits on) is John Knox Street). by Torran_Toi (Sat 13th Jun 2020 12:08pm)
  • Hijacking a relevant thread to give a wee psa... Masks will be mandatory for all Uber drivers and riders from Monday, even in Scotland. by Torran_Toi (Sat 13th Jun 2020 12:05pm)
  • Fines. Not wearing a mask during a global pandemic that is claiming tens of thousands of lives? £30 fine. I'm completely OK with that. by Torran_Toi (Sat 13th Jun 2020 2:22pm)
  • I don't know. What happens when someone refuses to pay a fine for smoking in hospital grounds or whatever? Or what happens when some refuses to pay a fine for lIttering? Or a motoring offence? Or any fine? I'm not sure what the point of your question is? Is it a valid query or are you just debating in bad faith? by Torran_Toi (Sat 13th Jun 2020 4:15pm)
  • Ah, bad faith it is then. Nae bother. by Torran_Toi (Sat 13th Jun 2020 4:35pm)
  • Well, I was making a cocaine joke... by Torran_Toi (Sat 13th Jun 2020 8:14pm)
  • The G postcode is irrelevant. Helensburgh has a G postcode. by Torran_Toi (Sun 14th Jun 2020 4:09pm)
  • Not in Glasgow CITY or within the GCC authority area, but can be considered part of the greater Glasgow metropolitan area. Springburn is definitely the highest natural point within the city boundaries. by Torran_Toi (Sun 14th Jun 2020 4:12pm)
  • I think it's part of the Antonine wall. by Torran_Toi (Sun 14th Jun 2020 6:11pm)
  • No, not a joke at all. The picture of the Antonine wall in Old Kilpatrick on this website looks like the picture OPark posted. https://www.antoninewall.org/media-galleries/old-kilpatrick by Torran_Toi (Sun 14th Jun 2020 8:01pm)
  • Agreed. I don't rate any of the city centre chippies at all. All the good ones are outside the toon. by Torran_Toi (Sun 14th Jun 2020 8:10pm)
  • You can still see a bit of the old platform walls. They built them into flower/foliage beds in the car park for Buchanan House on Port Dundas Road. (The cladded building facing the station bar, which is so called because of the old station). If I am remembering right you can also see the opening to an old tunnel that ran to the station somewhere around Sighthill Park. by Torran_Toi (Sun 14th Jun 2020 8:22pm)
  • Cool. Thanks. The Antonine Wall isn't something I know much about or took much interest in. My areas of interest of Glasgow history are much more modern than the wall. by Torran_Toi (Sun 14th Jun 2020 8:26pm)
  • https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/spy/#zoom=14.238214588590731&lat=55.85697&lon=-4.25260&layers=1&b=1&r=30 You can do it on this site. Choose a map in the menu and set to 'spy', then you drag the spy viewer over the map to see the difference between the two. Great tool. by Torran_Toi (Sun 14th Jun 2020 9:06pm)
  • (Cumbernauld Road. The parade stops at the Lea Rig pub) Cafe Zechino is pretty good. Great pizzas. The owner, Adamo, is brother to Dino who owns Dino's, the place across from City Park on the Parade. They both used to own Alberto's, which has been sold off to become Amore. (Alberto was the dad of Adamo and Dino). by Torran_Toi (Sun 14th Jun 2020 9:18pm)
  • They can place it on public property. Posters and adverts are allowed on lamp posts but MUST ONLY be attached with a temporary fixing, such as string or a cable tie, which this poster was. Any other type of fixing requires planning permission. I imagine there will also be a maximum size limit to the poster, but I don't know what that is without checking. by Torran_Toi (Mon 15th Jun 2020 12:41pm)
  • The problem is the cable tie/zip tie. This is what makes the poster legal. You can put things like this on lamp posts as long as they are only secured with a zip tie or string or some other temporary fixing. There's actually instances where a company may actually need to do this (statutory display of a licence application notice for example). In this instance, I assume it's an advert board. Because it's in public, they havery as much right in putting a poster there as you have in removing it. So, keep snipping the cable ties and taking them down. As for damage to your car, if it happens you would at least have the info of whose property damaged your property (I guess the company name and details are on the poster). It would be pretty easy then to bill them for damages and take them to small claims court. by Torran_Toi (Mon 15th Jun 2020 12:48pm)
  • That's great to hear, if true. by Torran_Toi (Mon 15th Jun 2020 9:47pm)
  • Edinburgh patter. by Torran_Toi (Wed 17th Jun 2020 6:09am)
  • Roman in Wishaw is class. by Torran_Toi (Wed 17th Jun 2020 7:35am)
  • Jameel is class. Another good shout is AWS on Old Castle Road in the southside. The owner there used to work alongside Jameel in Auto Cosmique. by Torran_Toi (Wed 17th Jun 2020 7:41am)
  • Unless shielding, you do have the same freedom. Sitting in the park with your household + 1 othere household up to a maximum of 8 per group is allowed. As long as there's 2meters between each group of 8 there's no problem. by Torran_Toi (Fri 19th Jun 2020 2:35am)
  • I'd say those high flats are among the absolute worst in the whole of the city. Really, really dodgy street right there. Deepest, darkest Wyndford. by Torran_Toi (Fri 19th Jun 2020 3:46pm)
  • Far quicker and much shorter distance taking Otago Street onto Gibson Street and then down Kevin Way though. by Torran_Toi (Fri 19th Jun 2020 3:53pm)
  • Be careful of weight limits OP. Filling a Luton with a whole flat worth of stuff will almost certainly take you over the limit on a regular catB licence. Generally, on a catB you can only load about 1000kg to 1300kg in a Luton (including passenger weights) before hitting the limit. by Torran_Toi (Fri 19th Jun 2020 4:18pm)
  • Aye. I've probably done it as well, but it's risky... a hired luton with van hire logos all over it is an easy target for the police to pull and check. by Torran_Toi (Fri 19th Jun 2020 5:29pm)
  • I'd rather they left a major arterial road like Kelvin Way alone. It would make more sense to pedestrianise university avenue. Uni Ave is one of three east/west routes that are basically right next to each other, while Kelvin way is an important North/south route with the nearest other north/souths a considerable distance away. by Torran_Toi (Fri 19th Jun 2020 9:13pm)
  • Lightning? by Torran_Toi (Tue 23rd Jun 2020 3:41am)
  • July 15th for libraries (tentative). by Torran_Toi (Wed 24th Jun 2020 9:12pm)
  • Sometimes. There's plenty of anecdotal evidence about (and I think I remember an article on Glasgow Live where a video was posted) of people seeing their recycling bin getting emptied into the same wagon and at the same time as their general waste. That wouldn't go to Blochairn, that's just going to landfill or incineration. by Torran_Toi (Sat 27th Jun 2020 10:51am)
  • It's really bad just now. The homeless have been put up in the Rennie Macintosh Hotel on Union Street and the Alexander Greek on Argyle Street. With central Station sitting between the two it's become junkie ground zero. I only dread to think what state the rooms in these hotels are going to look like when it's time to reopen. I'm picturing shite smeared walls and fag burns all over the carpets. by Torran_Toi (Sun 28th Jun 2020 7:44pm)
  • Woodlands. Park Road. by Torran_Toi (Mon 29th Jun 2020 3:23am)
  • Exterior shots of which were the New Morven Bar on Edgefauld Road in Balornock. by Torran_Toi (Mon 29th Jun 2020 3:26am)
  • +1 for Bill's Tools. by Torran_Toi (Mon 29th Jun 2020 3:30am)
  • You're right. Thanks for correcting. by Torran_Toi (Mon 29th Jun 2020 11:47am)
  • Good to see. Time to start getting things back on track. by Torran_Toi (Mon 29th Jun 2020 11:44am)
  • No. The mandatory rules for face coverings are just for public transport. For inside shops it's just a suggestion. For everywhere else, like outdoors here, no guidance or rules. by Torran_Toi (Mon 29th Jun 2020 12:04pm)
  • > How much shopping is essential? That's not the point now though. From today, "non essential shops can open". I might be daft in my thinking here, but that to me says we can now go to these places for non essential reasons. Lockdown is easing. Why are so many people resistant to that? Cant wait to see the state of these threads next week when the beer gardens open. It's time to move forward and restart the country. by Torran_Toi (Mon 29th Jun 2020 3:35pm)
  • Plenty of people still getting into private hires without a mask. Seems most drivers are not enforcing it and to be quite frank it is not our jobs to enforce it. Personally, I think mandatory mask wearing should have been in place for all public places months ago. Fact is that any change will take time for people to accept and adopt, so by making the changes now, we won't see normalisation until like December. by Torran_Toi (Wed 1st Jul 2020 10:09am)
  • Yep. I installed wind deflectors round the windows so can keep all the windows down an inch or so to keep air flowing. by Torran_Toi (Wed 1st Jul 2020 1:29pm)
  • Factor, landlord or the council's planning department. The planning dept take it quite seriously. Years ago I built a small climbing frame for the wean in maw's garden (not rented, actually owned). A letter came through telling us to take it down because no planning permission, which I ignored because private property, but then a couple weeks later the council sent some guys round to demolish it. by Torran_Toi (Wed 1st Jul 2020 4:46pm)
  • You need to go very early in the day for the fruit and veg market. I think it opens at around 5am. Stall after stall of fruit and veg. It's a wholesale market, so dont just pay the price being quoted. Barter and bargain is key. These guys are pros and will smell the Joe Public off you and try to price you high. by Torran_Toi (Thu 2nd Jul 2020 4:50pm)
  • Telegrams were like Twitter, as in character count mattered. A lot of shorthand and missing out words. The shorthand immediately before "3pm" looks like n/a, which would be 'not available' in telegram shorthand (not non applicable like today). The 'ooa' at the end is shorthand for 'out of the area'. The single mark right before the ooa, I dont think is a number, but could just be a messy and simple ampersand type mark. So, I think it is saying saying like: Will not be available from 3pm today as I'm leaving for Carlisle and will be out of area. I think this telegram is basically a very old 'out of office' notification. by Torran_Toi (Thu 2nd Jul 2020 10:27pm)
  • Don't know about ten years ago, but Alexander Millar is in there now. by Torran_Toi (Thu 2nd Jul 2020 11:09pm)
  • I grew up with crippling social anxiety well into adult life. Went to a support group eventually. Had a few epiphany moments going there, which when you spell them out seem so simple, but it is what it is and you don't know what you don't know. The biggest epiphany which is really relevant to your question was this. The exact same thing that is rattling about in my head making me worry about what people think of me is rattling about in everybody else's head. Yep. Nobody cares about me. And that's a great thing. Everybody, everybody, is so wrapped up in their own billshit that they are paying way less attention to me than I think they are. While I am standing there worrying about what all these people must be thinking about me, they are all standing there not thinking about me because they are too busy thinking about what all the people, including me, are thinking about them. When that finally sinks in and sinks in properly it is really liberating. Epiphany number 2, which always sounds quite harsh at first, but believe me if you can internalise this you'll start to overcome all your social anxieties... YOU ARE JUST NOT THAT IMPORTANT. Yep. Harsh, eh? But, it's true. You are not that important. Neither am I. Neither is anybody. And the fact that you are not that important is excellent, because see all the times you think everybody is judging you, well when they go home they are not even thinking about you and are more likely sitting worrying about how everybody judged them. To sum up, wear whatever you like. Most people won't be giving a fuck about you and your mask. As of next week everybody needs to put these things on and they will all be too wrapped up in their own worry about themselves looking like a bellend to give a fuck about whether you look like one. And the actual cunty cunts out there are just that. Cunts. So, fuck them. by Torran_Toi (Fri 3rd Jul 2020 4:26am)
  • Amazon. Packs of 100 disposables for less then a tenner. by Torran_Toi (Fri 3rd Jul 2020 4:33am)
  • I got my disposable ones for 9p a mask. Packs of 100 for £9 on Amazon shipping included. I need disposable tho as I change them many times a day between passengers. by Torran_Toi (Fri 3rd Jul 2020 4:31am)
  • Long shot. Wait till you can get hold of the centre's management and ask them if they have a list of old tenants? by Torran_Toi (Fri 3rd Jul 2020 5:51am)
  • Just started doing it. Not as good as I thought it would be. Takes about 7 to 8 hours to get to £50. I thought it would be rocking right now, but theres peaks and lows through the day (like in lunchtime you can do a respectable £15 hour, but between 2pm and 5pm its goes flat dead). It's better than the taxi for now, but certainly won't be doing it forever. by Torran_Toi (Fri 3rd Jul 2020 7:50pm)
  • Not for UberEats. You only need the PH licences for Uber passenger carrying. by Torran_Toi (Fri 3rd Jul 2020 9:39pm)
  • Aye, they will be good because it's an arm of a regular housing association. HAs in general usually have their shit together. by Torran_Toi (Sat 4th Jul 2020 3:16pm)
  • This list was posted on a Glasgow private hire drivers forum: Bavaria Brauhaus Biere Halle Hootenanny Glasgow Beer Works The Gallery Bar The Amsterdam The Ark The Locale Chinaskis The Citizen Di Maggios (R.Ex Sq.) Brel The Rosevale SWG3 The Brewhaus Cranside Rotunda Partick Duck Club Jarveys Inn Cottiers Record Factory The Tenement Old School House Hanoi Bike Shop Church on the Hill White Elephant Rum Shack Park Bar (prw) Cathedral House West Brewery by Torran_Toi (Tue 7th Jul 2020 3:05am)
  • There are people out there that are exactly that pig shit thick as fuck. I've known several people who refused to wear seat belts because they were uncomfortable/ restrictive/ claustrophobic. The world has many, many people in it that can only be described as actual idiots. by Torran_Toi (Thu 9th Jul 2020 2:24pm)
  • No need for everyone to be barcoded, just start tattooing "EEJIT" on the foreheads of the offenders. by Torran_Toi (Fri 10th Jul 2020 2:08am)
  • Seen them in the pound shop by Torran_Toi (Fri 10th Jul 2020 4:01pm)
  • It's a strange building. It looks great and plenty of normal people live there, but we do get a lot of weird hires in the middle of the night where a sketchy looking cunt goes down to Lancefield Quay. No proof of anything, but the patterns of behaviour I've seen do indicate brothels and drug deals. by Torran_Toi (Sat 11th Jul 2020 3:11pm)
  • The Drives? by Torran_Toi (Sun 12th Jul 2020 4:03pm)
  • You still get 80%. When the government portion drops to 60% the employer HAS TO top it up to the 80 if they want to keep you on it. by Torran_Toi (Tue 14th Jul 2020 2:12am)
  • My partners work has been told they will be on furlough until October. She works at the bingo, which is a phase 4 business, but the company have decided only some clubs will open in phase 4 and the rest of them will be October, including hers. by Torran_Toi (Tue 14th Jul 2020 2:14am)
  • My understanding here is that the shopworker has breached disability discrimination law. People are forgetting that other existing laws still apply which must work alongside covid laws. I'd need to go dig into the specifics to be sure of exactly what I'm talking about here, but I remember something about this on my taxi customer care course. We aren't allowed to press a customer to prove a disability, we need to take their word that they have one (issues like support dogs). Same concept applies with masks today. Uber are sending weekly emails out to drivers reminding them of hidden disabilities and we are completely disallowed to reject a ride on the issue of masks if a customer claims they have a medical exemption. We dont require proof and demanding to see proof is a breach. The shopworker obviously thinks that masks and covid trumps disability discrimination law, but you actually have a very real and very valid complaint if you want to pursue it. by Torran_Toi (Sat 18th Jul 2020 10:50pm)
  • What OP is saying is that under disability discrimination law, a letter is not required. Before Covid, McDonalds couldn't stop anyone from using the disabled toilet because some disabilities are hidden and it is illegal for them to demand proof. Same in my taxi, I'm not allowed to ask for proof of disability (and I cannot legally reject the ride) if you want to ride with a dog and say it's a support animal. The same concept is supposed to be applied with masks, but for some reason everybody has forgotten about disability discrimination law since this covid mask thing came about. by Torran_Toi (Sat 18th Jul 2020 10:57pm)
  • I'm not up to date with all the private hire firms, but similar rules will be in place everywhere I imagine... With Uber: masks are mandatory (unless medically exempted) and there is a 3 passenger limit. And, all must sit in the back, front seat out of play. We only just got approval from the council to be allowed to fit screens, so some have them while most dont yet, but expect more and more screens to appear over time. We are supposed to sanitize the car between passengers, but I doubt every driver is doing this. So, keep yourself safe and make sure you sanitize hands immediately after the ride. So yeah. Mask on. Crack window open. Sit in back. Sanitize hands after the journey. And thanks ever so much for your custom. It's really appreciated right now. by Torran_Toi (Sat 18th Jul 2020 11:08pm)
  • Challenge accepted. by Torran_Toi (Tue 21st Jul 2020 9:51am)
  • Phone the SSPCA They'll send someone round in a wee van to investigate and it's all anonymous. by Torran_Toi (Fri 24th Jul 2020 10:27am)
  • I know KFC are on the list. Not sure Rishi had fast food in mind when thinking the scheme up though. by Torran_Toi (Sat 25th Jul 2020 2:00am)
  • A few of us didny hoard the toilet paper in March, so that would be a massive help at this stage, yes. by Torran_Toi (Sat 25th Jul 2020 3:15pm)
  • He can join a union even if the company don't recognise unions. First, the Union normally gets in touch with the company just as a matter of course so that they can try and get more of the employees on board. It's at this point the employer raises their silly objections and show their arse. Red flags will be seen by the union person and from that point they know they have a dickhead employer, and nothing pleases them more. They will then work to get the employer to recognise the union. Might never happen. But, if the company continues to prevent its employees from joining or tries to block the unions attempt at recruiting, then the union will hammer them in court. And even if the company never, ever recognises the union it is still worth being a member, because even though the company dont recognise the union, places like employment tribunals definitely do and if your ever in the unfortunate position of taking a dickhead employer to task at a tribunal for something the union representing you gives you a whole load more clout. by Torran_Toi (Sun 26th Jul 2020 12:05pm)
  • Just to add that the restrictions have grown much larger than just the west side of Loch Lomond and now also cover the east side and also nearly all the lochside areas within the whole of the Lomond and Trossachs National Park. The latest map can always be found on the website for the national park. I took a look at it fairly recently and I think the only decent loch left without restrictions within the national park was Katrine. Latest restrictions map will be on the LL&TNP website. by Torran_Toi (Mon 27th Jul 2020 4:14pm)
  • Yep, the enforcement zone seems to cover all the waterside areas with good road access, so it's obviously roadside campers that are the problem. Technically, the restricted areas would already have always been restricted without a formal restriction anyway seeing as roadside camping isn't allowed nationwide. I think I read about Glencoe on the Walk Highland forums. I don't know about the whole glen area, but theres definitely 'no camping' signs around the Clachaig and Loch Achtriochtan. by Torran_Toi (Mon 27th Jul 2020 6:44pm)
  • "and they'd grill the meat once it's off the big spit thing rather than just putting it on straight from it." I seen them doing this in Ali's Original on Shettleston Road. Asked what it was because it smelled fucking fantastic. King Barbequed Kebab they call it. Tried it, was amazing. They grill a bunch of vegetables into it as well (green peppers, onions) before chucking it into the nan bread. by Torran_Toi (Wed 29th Jul 2020 5:02pm)
  • Landlord register. It's all public info. Every property should be listed on the database with landlord and contact details. If it's not there, then it's a dodgy landlord situation. by Torran_Toi (Fri 31st Jul 2020 12:45pm)
  • You can try to appeal with the council. This usually has a high rejection rate. Once you have the rejection you can appeal here: https://www.mygov.scot/organisations/parking-tribunal-scotland/ This second appeal has a much higher chance of success. (Have had to do it a couple of times when the council's arse-backwardness issued bus gate fines to my taxi then rejected the appeal) by Torran_Toi (Sat 1st Aug 2020 4:52pm)
  • I was working last night and the town was heaving right past 1am by Torran_Toi (Sun 2nd Aug 2020 1:52pm)
  • Glasgow does have one. It's also the council's test and inspection centre for taxis and private hire. It's in Polmadie, just next to the vehicle impound. Problem is that it's still closed due to Covid and no set date for it reopening. Indications say late August, but that's yet to be confirmed. by Torran_Toi (Mon 3rd Aug 2020 6:03pm)
  • Can confirm. Theres a few taxi/ph drivers in a forum I post on and they've been contacted, but then said to fuck with it, can't afford to take more time off work on a just in case type situation. by Torran_Toi (Wed 5th Aug 2020 4:34pm)
  • Both. by Torran_Toi (Wed 5th Aug 2020 8:48pm)
  • Not seen a street hooker in ages. Think they must have all went online. by Torran_Toi (Thu 6th Aug 2020 3:17am)
  • Stuck right on the edges of Gilshochill, Cadder and Maryhill with hardly any amenities nearby and a bit of a treck to the trendy bits of the city would be my guess. by Torran_Toi (Thu 6th Aug 2020 4:01pm)
  • And taking it off and stuffing it into your pocket multiple times and pulling it back out to put back on multiple times is better for that? by Torran_Toi (Fri 7th Aug 2020 5:28pm)
  • Sounds like you haven't heard of the old force majeure, aka Act of God, get out clauses. by Torran_Toi (Fri 7th Aug 2020 5:32pm)
  • All the usual 1am city centre pubs have been open till 1am recently. by Torran_Toi (Fri 7th Aug 2020 5:41pm)
  • Those rules are being totally ignored. All the usual 1am pubs are open till 1am. City centre has been heaving Friday/Saturday at the 1am spill out time. Fast food places are a total messy riot at spill out, btw. by Torran_Toi (Fri 7th Aug 2020 5:41pm)
  • And people should be sanitizing after touching door handles anyway by Torran_Toi (Fri 7th Aug 2020 5:46pm)
  • Most force majeure clauses typically include acts of government as qualifying criteria actually. And also plagues and pandemics. Travel restrictions mandated by law are very much a force majeure event. However, force majeure is a contract law thing and not a concept of common law under neither English or Scots law, meaning that there is no test cases or binding precedent established on this specific way of triggering force majeure. Until somebody takes First to court to establish case law on the matter, First can apply force majeure. by Torran_Toi (Fri 7th Aug 2020 6:44pm)
  • Yes, it's legit. I don't know if First do it, but if they do it's perfectly legal. In the UK you have the right to paid leave/holiday but you do not necessarily have the right to choose when you take the holiday. The employer can decide that for you based on staffing needs and can tell you when to take your leave. However, your employer has to give you two days notice for every day off. My wife's work does this. Major bingo hall chain. The rota tells them when their holidays will be, but the staff are allowed to swap their holiday time with another staffs holiday time. by Torran_Toi (Fri 7th Aug 2020 6:56pm)
  • Wrong person to ask. I have no idea how good or bad the pubs in town are. Not a frequenter myself. I just take folks home. by Torran_Toi (Fri 7th Aug 2020 8:19pm)
  • Very unpopular opinion coming up. I don't think nurses should get a pay rise. 24k starting salary right out of college and 27k after 2 or 3 years experience? Sorry, I think they are paid just about right. On that kind of money, if you are skint, the problem isn't how much you get paid, but how much you spend. by Torran_Toi (Sun 9th Aug 2020 12:38pm)
  • I've been getting my morning rolls or toasties from the Hyndland Cafe (Clarence Drive) this past while. More than decent. by Torran_Toi (Sun 9th Aug 2020 3:00pm)
  • Can we get a 'Glasgow Cathedral' sticky thread yet? by Torran_Toi (Sun 9th Aug 2020 5:46pm)
  • Ah. This reminds me of back in the early 00's when you were not allowed to have an anti-war opinion without having "You don't support our troops? Fucking cunt!" thrown at you. Yes. 24k for a new start nurse is plenty. Living wage is what these days? Around £1480 a month at 40 hours full time? They get a good chunk more than living wage. After a couple years they go up to 25k, 26k. RNs with years of experience and specialist roles end up getting over 30k. How is this not enough? by Torran_Toi (Mon 10th Aug 2020 3:38am)
  • What you've described is essentially what we would call a "dead end job". A role where the ladder climbing and career progression maxes out? Yeah, dead end. Eventually, like all dead end jobs, the salary levels stop climbing. For what they do, and in line with the dead end nature of their progression prospects, they are paid rather well. by Torran_Toi (Mon 10th Aug 2020 3:44am)
  • Glaswegians don't pronounce nougat like "noo-gah", we pronounce it as nugget. Like, a Mars bar has "nugget" in it. by Torran_Toi (Mon 10th Aug 2020 11:02pm)
  • Mustard roon the sides for the maniacs. by Torran_Toi (Mon 10th Aug 2020 11:05pm)
  • With a lot of tenements you can get the dish put in the loft/attic. by Torran_Toi (Tue 11th Aug 2020 12:14pm)
  • As others have said, The North is pretty much anything north of the M8 motorway (or pre-motorway it would have been anything north of the Monklands canal). Ever so technically, the north is split into three sections. "The Northeast of the City" (areas like Robroyston, Provanmill, Hogganfield and Blackhill), the northwest (areas like Drumchapel, Blairdardie, Temple and Knightwood), and just "the north" (areas like Springburn, Sighthill, Milton and Possilpark). by Torran_Toi (Tue 11th Aug 2020 5:28pm)
  • Don't think the motorway is the deciding factor on those low prices. The fancier looking new build on the other side of the motorway in Garnethill have the same view and are expensive as fuck. by Torran_Toi (Tue 11th Aug 2020 5:38pm)
  • I've had 4 rounds of SAAS in total covering 4 separate first years. First time was a HNC that I finished, the next two times were HNCs that I started, but didn't finish. The 4th was the first year of Open Uni, that, again, I didn't finish. Never any issues or questions asked. I honestly had no idea there were limits and restrictions until now. by Torran_Toi (Tue 11th Aug 2020 5:36pm)
  • The land that time forgot and the council neglected. I don't see proper gentrification happening in the north any time soon. by Torran_Toi (Tue 11th Aug 2020 7:57pm)
  • Aye. I'd say so tae. by Torran_Toi (Tue 11th Aug 2020 7:56pm)
  • Might an electrical conduit as someone else said, or it might just be that your hitting brick that's too hard for your drill. Some of these old tenements were built with bricks that were forged in the Fires of Mordor. You might be needing something a lot more powerful than a regular cheap DIY drill. SDS hammer drill with red tipped masonry drill bits required. by Torran_Toi (Tue 11th Aug 2020 8:03pm)
  • Maybe a lock-up would be suitable? by Torran_Toi (Tue 11th Aug 2020 8:51pm)
  • East End Sawmills, Boundary Rd, 0141 613 2333 Or just Google "Sawmills near me" and phone around. by Torran_Toi (Wed 12th Aug 2020 2:25am)
  • Yep, it's flooded. I'm in Wishaw and I've never seen anything like that before. Constant thunder and lightning from about 2am till 5am. Absolutely teeming down between 3 and 4. Came down that hard and heavy it was flowing down our street like a stream. Gutters failed and it was pishing down all the walls like waterfalls. The noise of it battering the windows and roof had me worried for a wee bit that it was going to find it's way to burst in. Power cut for about half an hour on the whole street so the pitch blackness made the lightning even more dramatic. The bottom of our stairs is still at ankle height with water this morning. And the dugs fucking traumatised. by Torran_Toi (Wed 12th Aug 2020 8:17am)
  • Fuck the mouse. I'm phoning the environmental health about yer patter. by Torran_Toi (Wed 12th Aug 2020 11:18am)
  • I spent far too long there staring at the dome of the old tower trying to work out what you were seeing. by Torran_Toi (Wed 12th Aug 2020 11:30am)
  • Park on the other side of the station from the Tesco in Budhill. Budhill square and the streets branching off. It'll be fine there parking during the day. I think that puts you on the eastbound side of the tracks (not entirely sure though), but you can just go over the bridge from the Budhill Square entrance of the station. by Torran_Toi (Wed 12th Aug 2020 10:43pm)
  • Grew up in Easterhouse at the height of gangfighting, drugs, knife crime and getting a right tanked arse aff yer ma n da if you were a wee dick to them. It just seemed normal like others said. I lived on a street that overlooked the main road that separated two schemes within Easterhouse. There would be gang fights over that road all the time. Seen some right horrific injuries. Bricks and bits of garden slabs would get tossed. Knives and swords would appear from time to time. And there would always be "artillery" backup in the form of a couple cunts at the back lobbing golf balls across the battle with golf clubs. Mental. I remember the police ended up renting out one of the corner shops in the middle if our scheme so they had a mini-station right in the thick of it. Also remember a big knife amnesty happening where they put a big bin outside the shop where you could toss your knives and swords. Came with the promise that they wont fingerprint them and would just be destroyed so dont worry about past crimes, you wont get done. Basically, the knife crime got to the point where the police had to help folk get rid of murder weapons just to get as many knives off the street as possible. Then I started working the city centre in nightclubs in the 90s. Nightclubs back then would turn the hair grey on most young people today. Proper bouncers that didny just chuck you out. If you were getting ejected from a club then it would come with a proper battering with bruised kidneys and a broke nose. One club I worked in was just as bad for gangs as the schemes, only this was more like an international travellers convention where instead of fighting the scheme next to yours there would be the likes of Barrowfield having a massive square go with Pollok. Each scheme ended up with their own bits of the club. Like the Barrowfield would have the left balcony. The young team from Possil had the alcove by the gents. Etc. So many drugs, but back in the schemes where it was heroin, in the clubs it was all dodgy eccies and speed. Plenty of full scale riots and seen a few stabbings in the clubs. There were a few safer places, not everywhere was like this, but it was bad. Again, just felt normal. Like somebody else said, I grew up normalised to death as well. Several weans at secondary school died. A couple of heroin overdoses in second and third year. One boy got murdered cos of his football top. And the son of the lollipop woman for the nearby primary got kicked to death walking home. That one was totally unprovoked cos he was a quiet wee guy. Feeling a bit shite remembering these. I remember the woman in a close a couple down from ours was murdered one night as well, but canny really remember what that was about. To be honest, I hardly recognise Glasgow today as it was back then. Totally different city. You still feel that vibe in some rough bits like Barmulloch or Castlemilk, but the lid seems to really have been put on it. by Torran_Toi (Thu 13th Aug 2020 11:24am)
  • Yeah. Little known fact, but Firpark in the east end is it's own area in it's own right. Dennistoun is a similar story to Maryhill, in that it's outgrown it's original boundary and ate up the surrounding areas. Firpark would have included the Necropolis along to roughly Hanson Street with the Parade at the top and Duke Street at the bottom. Dennistoun, in recent years, has gobbled up the areas of Firpark, Milnbank, Kennyhill and a chunk Camlachie. by Torran_Toi (Thu 13th Aug 2020 11:47am)
  • > Time to kill solo, what can I do? Distract Chewbacca first. by Torran_Toi (Thu 13th Aug 2020 11:53am)
  • I was thinking 'how did he know I was talking about Wellhouse? My description must have been perfect'... then I remembered what my username is, haha :D :D (For anybody wondering Torran Toi was the name of the gang in Wellhouse, named after a particularly notorious street in the 80's and 90's, Torran Road). Trying to remember when exactly. Maybe early 90's. They were in the shops on Newhills Road next door to Asif's wee shop. I want to say the knife amnesty was part of operation Spotlight, but that might be wrong. by Torran_Toi (Thu 13th Aug 2020 12:43pm)
  • Haha!! Definitely Asif. Fucking hated going into Rickie's shop. Cunt was a fucking creepy weirdo. His auld da is brand new, but Ricky's a right wanker. That and Asif sold the wee pots of spicy noodles with his home made chilli :) > voluntarily let your mates kick fuck out of you as a forfit Brilliant! Aye, that was a thing I totally forgot about. Having to 'run the gauntlet' because ye did or said something stupid and all yer mates deciding it's time for your cunt to get kicked in. Do you remember when there used to be a big massive pack of dogs that just roamed about the scheme? Everybody with a dug just let it outside in the morning to roam free and unsupervised, then all the dogs ended up packing up and walking about the streets. There must have been about 20 or so of them just kicking about together everyday. Mad memories coming from this thread. by Torran_Toi (Thu 13th Aug 2020 1:11pm)
  • Rooftops. Was next door to Victoria's on Sauchiehall Street. Some might know it as Moon as it was later called in the 2000s. Bonkers was just as bad though. by Torran_Toi (Thu 13th Aug 2020 1:43pm)
  • Aye, that's the weird thing. You would think with the way it was back then that parent's would have shielded their weans a lot more than they do today, but it's the opposite. We genuinely lived with danger all around us in the 80's and 90's yet our parents would just put us out on the streets after school and warned us that if we came back to annoy them by chapping the door we would get a sore arse. I don't remember ever having a distance limit that I wasn't allowed to go past and some of the stuff we all got up to was just plain stupid. Today, the city is a lot safer, but weans seem to be wrapped in cotton wool a lot more. by Torran_Toi (Thu 13th Aug 2020 1:42pm)
  • Aye, silver in the pram. Was like a blessing. Usually 20p or 50p coins because they were silver. by Torran_Toi (Thu 13th Aug 2020 1:46pm)
  • It was just "Moon NiteSpot". But everybody called it the moon. I worked for about 10 years in the place. About half the time was in Rooftops the other half in Moon. Was there right up to the licence got revoked around 2004. After the licence got tugged they tried to open as an unders only for the police and council to tell them no chance. The reason for the name being moon was because the Rooftops name had gotten that notorious the management decided a name change might get the licence board off their back... it became Moon because Rooftops had two letter O's in it, which meant the owner only had to fork out for two letters (the M and the N) to update the neon sign above the door. If he had managed to come up with a clever enough anagram out of Rooftops to save even more money he would have. (Bonkers was on Hope Street. I think it's a gym now). by Torran_Toi (Thu 13th Aug 2020 7:18pm)
  • Aye, people were shagging in it all the time. Blowjobs and lick outs happening in the seated booths multiple times a night. Shaggers on the stairs or in the toilets. Was really dodgy because so many of the people going there were underage, so there was definitely some statutory rape happening. One time a lassie grabbed a fire extinguisher, plonked herself doon on the dancefloor and put the nozzle, well you know where she put the nozzle. Everybody formed a big circle round her and cheered her on till she was finished. Nearly anything was allowed in the place. Like, even the smoking ban didn't happen in there - people smoked right up to it closed down. Bouncers were told eccies dealers were to get a kicking, but was speed allowed. Eccies made cunts stop buying at the bar while speed freaks drank more. Place was a law unto itself. by Torran_Toi (Thu 13th Aug 2020 7:30pm)
  • Staff turnover in the clubs in those days was ridiculously high. New starts every single Friday without fail and you knew they wouldn't stick it out - which inevitably meant they wont get paid. So it meant the club basically had free labour all the time. There was a crew that worked there long term tho. I was ten years. We ended up bonding like a really weird dysfunctional family. Ye knew that no matter what kicks off in here, if you were in the middle of it, the staff would all pile in and fight like animals to make sure their own didn't get hurt. On a Monday the club was shut, so that was our night to all go together to another club for a night out. Many times we would go to one of the other shiteholes and start fights with their bouncers just for the lolz. Then on thier nights off they would come to Roofies for a bit of the same. Absolute fucking carnage thinking back on it all. by Torran_Toi (Thu 13th Aug 2020 7:35pm)
  • Yeah, if money was no object, I'd be nowhere near the city. A nice place overlooking one the lochs up north I think. by Torran_Toi (Thu 13th Aug 2020 7:50pm)
  • The high price is for extra PPE and cleaning, but you're also paying for the extra hour that the room needs to be left out of use for after the appointment. I've never went private dentist, so I have no idea if 200 is steep or not. The people saying £50 to £60 sound very cheap to me for private. I once went to a private GP consult and got a bill for £140 for nothing more than a 5 minute conversation and a referral. by Torran_Toi (Thu 13th Aug 2020 8:53pm)
  • It changed direction a couple if times. Late 80s and early 90s it was primarily a place for gigs and had the same promoter as the Barras. Then that single club thing happened. It was basically a really sleazy over 30s club for folk to get their hole at that point. Mid 90s the singles club got dropped and then became one of the most notorious ned and gang clubs. At that point it was the first and only club to allow trainers and denims, which at that time was the tell tale sign of a shitehole. They went further though and basically said no holds barred and allowed trackies and whatever. So aye, in the 80s it was quite a cool place for gigs, early to mid nineties it was just a bit of a dive but safe enough, then from around 1995 it became hell on earth. by Torran_Toi (Fri 14th Aug 2020 12:19am)
  • Still ends up with sewage overflow in it. by Torran_Toi (Fri 14th Aug 2020 7:27am)
  • Aye, Auldhouse/ Newlands. by Torran_Toi (Fri 14th Aug 2020 10:44am)
  • So, is that the end of that catch-all sticky thread on what areas/streets people ask about before moving to them? If so, good. I much preferred when individual threads popped up. After a few days I just stop reading the stickies, so probably end up missing whatever new stuff comes onto the sticky. Don't know if anybody noticed, but threads on areas and streets are a bit of a favourite of mines. Glad that we will be seeing those kind of threads and questions individually again. by Torran_Toi (Fri 14th Aug 2020 10:52am)
  • I remember the night you're talking about with the bad stabbing on the balcony. The place tried to stay open during it until the police forced the DJ to turn the music off. That was probably one of the worst ones that ever happened in there. I remember the black shirt bouncer holding the guys intestines in. by Torran_Toi (Fri 14th Aug 2020 12:05pm)
  • No, not me. I never actually went with anyone from in there. I think I know the two sisters you mean though. Tall, blonde, quite pretty?If it's the two I'm thinking of, they came from Easterhouse as well funnilly enough. The younger of the two ended up a part owner near the end. by Torran_Toi (Fri 14th Aug 2020 9:56pm)
  • Aye. Auldhouse/ Newlands. by Torran_Toi (Fri 14th Aug 2020 10:03pm)
  • Don't rely on signs. The council are known for putting up wrong signs. Either because of genuine mistake and fuck up (like when they got all street signs near Queen's park wrong), or on purpose to fudge the boundary between good and bad areas or whatever. The council dont actually keep a list nor a map of neighboorhood boundaries believe it or not. by Torran_Toi (Fri 14th Aug 2020 10:06pm)
  • Ah. So it's the ones put up by MyShawlands as part of the Shawlands Business Improvement District. The BID, similarly to community councils, doesn't strictly follow any actual neighbourhood boundaries and will very often catch surrounding areas by coming up with their own working areas. Using Glasgow Story and Wiki for reference, Shawlands is and ends north of the white cart water. Auldhouse is the rough triangle shape made with the burn to the west and white cart to it's west & northwest, Kilmarnock Rd at it's east and Nether Auldhouse Rd at it's south. Newlands is adjacent to Auldhouse, west of Kilmarnock Rd and north of Merrylee Rd. So the north part of Riverford Rd above the White Cart is Shawlands, while the bottom half is Auldhouse. by Torran_Toi (Fri 14th Aug 2020 10:39pm)
  • Aye, the Morrison's is Auldhouse, definitely not in Newlands. Newlands would be to the east of Kilmarnock Rd from there. Supermarkets like to do this though, a bit like how Asda Maryhill isn't in Maryhill, but in Summerston. According to a few sources I've dug up, Shawlands stops at the water and is north of the White Cart. by Torran_Toi (Fri 14th Aug 2020 11:00pm)
  • Probably just getting the overtime hours in before their next pay day cut off. by Torran_Toi (Sat 15th Aug 2020 4:08pm)
  • The problem is the way the "contract" is structured. They sign folk up by selling them an amazing looking deal. A group of friends of mine from years ago signed up for a holiday deal where they got to trek the Grand Canyon for a week with the final night being a big blow out in Las Vegas. The deal is that they need to go out for the next year and raise money to pay for the holiday plus whatever amount Quarriers want/need to go back to the charity. Quarriers hard sell it and make it look amazing, but once ink is on paper they gave very minimal support and leave it entirely up to the person to come up with how they are going to raise several thousand pounds to pay for the trip plus whatever amount Quarriers want to take for the charity. They had something like a year to raise around £2500 each. From memory, I think 6 folk did it. So, the total amount needing raised by the group was around 15 grand. It can only lead to aggressive fundraising tactics. I remember them doing bag packing in supermarkets, street chugging, a couple of race nights and similar at community centres. As time passes and the date gets closer and you can see that charity events are only chipping away at the bill a little bit at a time, desperation sets in and you get to the point that you have no choice but to get even more aggressive with each passing event. Long story short, they ended up a few grand short of the total needed. Quarriers still sent them on the Grand Canyon Trek and night in las vegas. Flights paid for. Accommodation in vegas paid for. Grand Canyon tour guides paid for. ... They come home and a few weeks later they start getting letters from lawyers. Quarriers are taking them to the cleaners for the amount their fundraising came up short by plus legal costs. by Torran_Toi (Sat 15th Aug 2020 4:35pm)
  • Aye, they probably have various models of working. The direct debit chasers would be a different clan to the groups trying to raise their own funds to pay for one of the Quarrier holidays. Overall though, Quarriers are just arse holes in the way they go about raising money. by Torran_Toi (Sat 15th Aug 2020 9:01pm)
  • The r/glasgow arsehole mass downvoter strikes again. I've gave you a thumbs up to put you back to even. by Torran_Toi (Sat 15th Aug 2020 11:16pm)
  • At the time it would have been seen as touching and generous. Being in the service of a wealthy family was actually something the working classes aspired to and were proud when it happened to them or someone in their family. Mary's maw would have been beaming and proud. "My daughter is in the service of the Mitchells noo. She's landed right on her feet." by Torran_Toi (Sun 16th Aug 2020 6:24pm)
  • All the streets coming off the square are free parking. No pay and display that far east. The square itself is double yellow, everywhere else in Budhill is cool. by Torran_Toi (Mon 17th Aug 2020 12:18am)
  • My guess is, yes and they would usually send this route and driver out with a single decker, but today for whatever reason they sent him out in a double decker without factoring in the bridge. Then the driver being used to driving his usual single decker drove the usual route on 'hypnotic autopilot' without thinking about the bridge - until it sheared his bus in half. If correct, there are multiple levels of failure here from depot managers right down to driver. by Torran_Toi (Tue 18th Aug 2020 4:22am)
  • I Googled it thinking you were talking some urban myth nonsense, but you are actually very nearly right. "Pool smell" doesn't apparently come from chlorine, rather the smell we all call chlorine is a compound formed when chlorine levels get diluted by piss and sweat. > Pool smell is due, not to chlorine, but to chloramines, chemical compounds that build up in pool water when it is improperly treated... Chloramines result from the combination of two ingredients: (a) chlorine disinfectants and (b) perspiration, oils and urine that enter pools on the bodies of swimmers... Swimmers with reddened, irritated eyes have been known to complain that "there is too much chlorine in the pool". In fact, however, when pool water is irritating, there is not enough chlorine in swimming pool water! You may be surprised to learn that there is no odor to a well-managed pool. Chloramines, which produce pool smell, can be eliminated using chlorine. https://chlorine.americanchemistry.com/Science-Center/Chlorine-Compound-of-the-Month-Library/Chloramines-Understanding-Pool-Smell/ by Torran_Toi (Tue 18th Aug 2020 4:40am)
  • u/N0ra_R0ra ... You trying to flirt with me, aye? Down the old map rabbit hole I go again... by Torran_Toi (Tue 18th Aug 2020 4:50am)
  • Can't remember anything in that area in particular, but the White Cart does burst it's banks from time to time. Around 5 years ago it burst and flooded around Rouken Glen and some mild flooding in bits of Paisley. by Torran_Toi (Tue 18th Aug 2020 7:44am)
  • There's an excellent joke to be made here about half of the sub now waiting on their phone interviews about having sex with Tekha's maw, but it's too early to piece it together. by Torran_Toi (Tue 18th Aug 2020 8:37am)
  • That ſ shape isn't a letter f btw. It's just an old fashioned way of writing a letter s. Still used in some Germanic languages today, I believe. It does look like the letter L used to be an R in Balshagray though.. 'Barshagrie'. by Torran_Toi (Tue 18th Aug 2020 1:26pm)
  • This may be an urban myth, but I believe that most graves plots are 'leased' for 99 years. After 99 years they can remove the stone and sell the plot for a fresh coffin coming in. It does sort of make sense when you think about the literal millions of people that must have died in Glasgow over hundreds of years, yet we don't have millions of graves. by Torran_Toi (Tue 18th Aug 2020 4:01pm)
  • This particular one is weird though. The bus is heading into Wishyhill, not out. There is no way for the bus to exit the area in that direction. It's a dead end for buses. He would need to come back out on the same street going down the opposite way. Unless its been a driver who was lost and didn't know where he was going, it's not a route they would be taking go back to the depot. by Torran_Toi (Tue 18th Aug 2020 7:51pm)
  • Thou be sure to harp loud at thee at the nigh of thy fresher's festivities and I wyll give thy a run up the road to thy lodgings in my Uber horse and carriage. by Torran_Toi (Wed 19th Aug 2020 4:15am)
  • > as he asked locals “where am I” I think you may have accidentally discovered why some place names sound weird and why some spellings are funny. 'As Roy arrived in the hamlet of Balrye and asked the locals “where am I?” The Glasgwegians known for their piss take abilities replied "Baw-Shag-rie , mate", and at that, Balrye was no more. Later, when he asked the locals how to spell Yoker, another piss taker replied 'y-o-k-y-r-r ... naw, seriously mate, gen-up, it's got two letter R's at the end'. by Torran_Toi (Wed 19th Aug 2020 4:26am)
  • This was hilarious... because it's true. The other favourites are: * Heading westbound and want to come on at Townhead? Well we're not going to bother warning you before making the turn off of the Glebe Street stub. Ha! Cones! Up Springburn Road and round to Baird Street and sit at some extra sets of lights, fannies. * Wanting to take the motorway to Govan? We could stick some signs up on the Kingston bridge to tell you that the Helen Street exit is shut so you can come off at the bridge to take PRW, but nah, there's no fun in that. Once you pass that exit and find the exit at Govan is shut it's all the way to Fifty Pitches roundabout and back again. Belter, eh? Ya wank! * Big concert at the Hydro Tuesday night? Excellent. Spills out at 10? Let's schedule the roadworks for Tuesday at half 9 and shut the eastbound at the end of the expressway and the one at charing cross. Haha, there's some chaos for youse all to enjoy. Fuds. The struggles of night shift workers are real. by Torran_Toi (Wed 19th Aug 2020 5:55am)
  • Wild camping is legal in Scotland. If the police are moving you on then it would mean you've probably been breaking the reasonable rules that are in place. Wild camping should be lightweight, done in small numbers, should not be done in a silly place like someone's garden and should not be done roadside. That last one comes with a specific distance you should be from roads, but in general, as long as you are off the beaten track and can't be seen from the road. Wild camping also can't be "motorised", so cant be done in a camper van and you shouldnt be taking a car with you to go camping. Finally, there are large areas around the lochs in the Trossachs National Park that you can't camp next to. Apart from that we are absolutely spoiled for being allowed to wild camp in an enormous amount of country. If you can't stick to the rules, then an organised campsite is the way to do it. by Torran_Toi (Fri 21st Aug 2020 12:24am)
  • People that grew up in the city would pronounce it as 'glaz-go' or 'glez-ga'. People a little further out (like my mrs from Wishaw) says it as 'glez-gay'. It should be glaz-go. The s is a soft z sound, definitely not with an r sound in there! Try and see if you can find some of David Cameron (ex-prime minister) saying the scottish city names. Out of any English person I can remember, his pronunciation of Glasgow and Edinburgh were always spot on. by Torran_Toi (Fri 21st Aug 2020 12:31am)
  • He answered above. Balmaha. No wonder he got moved on. *facepalm* by Torran_Toi (Fri 21st Aug 2020 4:14am)
  • > Balmaha This is here is your problem. Balmaha is within the restricted zone of the Lomond and Trossachs Park like I mentioned earlier. I've been wild camping too many times to count. Never had the police come near me because I get off the beaten path and stay well back from roads. For the police to give anybody bother when wild camping you're likely either in a restricted zone, too close to a road or causing nuisance to someone for a complaint to be made. The police are extremely unlikely to go hiking into forests, up hills and into the moors and glens. You've been caught roadside camping in a village that is a tourist hot spot. Quite right they moved you on. Hope you took your rubbish with you as well. by Torran_Toi (Fri 21st Aug 2020 4:13am)
  • Aye. Also multiple pronunciations for Wishaw around here. Some folk say it like 'wish-awe', some say 'wishay' (ay rhymes with hay), and some folk say 'wish-uh'. by Torran_Toi (Fri 21st Aug 2020 4:19am)
  • It really depends where you're starting from and finishing at. Sometimes, it's better to take surface streets and avoid the motorway. What's the actual journey? by Torran_Toi (Fri 21st Aug 2020 4:22am)
  • Looks like full Americanisation is near complete. America; she's turned the weans against us. by Torran_Toi (Sat 22nd Aug 2020 10:29am)
  • That's not true. Holding deposits can also be taken as long as their refunded when the lease begins. by Torran_Toi (Sun 23rd Aug 2020 1:58am)
  • > FB Marketplace and ebay is overpriced Is it just blank tapes that are overpriced? Here's an old cunt trick that might be better. Don't buy blanks. Buy some really shite old movies on vhs. They will probably be cheap as fuck. Then when you get it, stick a bit of electrical tape over the copy protect hole and record over the top of the old shite movie. by Torran_Toi (Sun 23rd Aug 2020 7:39pm)
  • Yes. Lets put around 6,000 taxi and private hire drivers plus a great number of bus drivers out of work while forcing the hundreds of thousands of our customers to walk to the edges of the city centre to reach their transport option. by Torran_Toi (Mon 24th Aug 2020 7:25am)
  • High Possil is the area nestled within Milton; Shieldaig Road and around about it. Possilpark, strictly, is the area to the east of Saracen Street, north of Keppochill Road, west of Carlisle Street and south of Hawthorn Street. North of Hawthorn Street and east of Balmore Rd would be Parkhouse till it rolls into Milton. West of Saracen Street would be Hamiltonhill till you reach the Canal and Claypits; but west of Balmore Road and north of Hayston Street would be Ruchill till its hits Lambill. That all said, most people today consider Hamiltonhill, the eastern edges of Ruchill and, probably, most of Parkhouse to be Possilpark. And, yes, possil is just shortened name for possilpark. by Torran_Toi (Mon 24th Aug 2020 7:36am)
  • > Where would you rather sit and have a coffee? The M8 or Royal Exchange Square? Ridiculous. Especially since one of those options you can't have a coffee on and the other you can't actually drive to. Outside of this Reddit bubble, you'll probably find most people will answer the above question with an area they can get to easiest. Plus, the majority of people in Glasgow probably don't just go out for nothing more than just a coffee; rather getting a coffee is a side activity to whatever their main reason for going out was. > despite several studies showing reduced cars on small streets increase the amount of people going shopping. Studies may show this when looking at national or global samples, but the evidence within the City of Glasgow tells you that those stats don't translate down locally. Our city centre is dying on its arse. Argyle Street has been pedestrianised for decades, yet the St Enoch Centre struggles. The pedestrianised section of Sauchiehall Street to the east is fucking fucked (a la BHS and surrounding). Meanwhile, the out of town places like the Fort and Silverburn with decent vehicle access and free parking are chock-a-block (pre-covid, of course). The big-retail people know this. This is why they just built another retail park at Dixon's Blazes with another one in the pipeline for Partick at the Riverside. I'm starting to think that retail and hospitality don't mix together well anymore. Basically, I think the only workable solution is to have a city centre full of bars, pubs and eateries with next to zero retail, which the majority of people will happily travel to and from without vehicle access, while having all retail out of town where vehicle access is okay. by Torran_Toi (Mon 24th Aug 2020 9:52am)
  • Stinking after just half an hour? Think you might need to look at your dental hygiene mate. by Torran_Toi (Mon 24th Aug 2020 9:58am)
  • You've been downvoted for just sharing your experience and for telling the truth. This sub is fucking toxic these days. Full of wee vegan fannies that canny handle the fact that the world wants to move forward from everything that's happened. And something about bikes and cars and the environment. by Torran_Toi (Mon 24th Aug 2020 10:01am)
  • Not really a Monopoly though is it. Hyperbole. How can First have a "monopoly" when Mcgills and others can run the same routes? by Torran_Toi (Mon 24th Aug 2020 1:33pm)
  • > bus companies carve out territories for themselves and stick to them GCC (or maybe SPT?, but no the likes of McGills and First) sets the routes and franchises them out. The bus companies don't get to just "carve out the routes". That's why there are some identical routes that more than one bus company serve. As to your point about certain routes only being serviced by First... Well, it's not First's fault that no other company wishes to compete on that route. Again, it's not a monopoly. > People don't make their travel decisions based on which company is best, they base it on "Which bus gets me where I want to go fastest" I guess most people might do this, but when I lived in Easterhouse and needed a bus to/from Dennistoun, I would let the Firstbus go by me and wait for the wee orange SPT one that ran the same route because it was heated and had comfier and cleaner seats. by Torran_Toi (Mon 24th Aug 2020 1:50pm)
  • From the latest update I've had (take with pinch of salt and double check): * Ibrox, Shettleston and Pollokshaws: Tuesday 11 August. * Partick: Tuesday 25 August. * Easterhouse, Drumchapel and Gorbals: Monday 31 August. * Possilpark, Bridgeton and Royston: Monday 5 October. So, tomorrow for Partick. And it 'should' be 2pm till 7pm, but again double check. by Torran_Toi (Mon 24th Aug 2020 2:12pm)
  • I always assumed that anyone with the name Govan were just conceived in a Vango tent. by Torran_Toi (Mon 24th Aug 2020 2:23pm)
  • Same school as Dickon Tarly. Aka Fancy Lad School. by Torran_Toi (Mon 24th Aug 2020 2:26pm)
  • LMAO. Who is the absolute bellend that's went through this entire post and downvoted every comment? The bottom half of the page, right now, is just filled with comment with zero points. Somebody really needs to get a grip btw. by Torran_Toi (Mon 24th Aug 2020 2:30pm)
  • Just another thing seeing as you mentioned the railway building. Over and over you will find lots of railway buildings named for an area they are not actually within (as well as supermarkets and stuff). The three reasons I can think of for this are a) historical changes to the lay of the land, b) they name the building or station after the next nearest most known area (like if hardly anybody knew the name Lambhill compared to Possilpark at the time of building (a sort of ancient SEO)), and c) as you mention, there is no official boundary according to any single source (Royal Mail use their own postcode map (see the other comment where Royal Mail consider Cowlairs as being Sighthill), while some areas will be based off old parish boundary maps of the churches, while some will be asserted by taxi drivers like me (such as my vehemancy over large parts of Maryhill not being Maryhill (North Woodside, I'm looking at you) or bits of Springburn not actually being Springburn but are actually near forgotten names (a la Eastfield and Petershill), while some are geographic like waterways forming a border, while some are just down to where the locals decide the line lies... the best we can do is look at as many sources as possible and have these conversations and even then we might never get a definite answer. by Torran_Toi (Tue 25th Aug 2020 5:48pm)
  • I'm more interested in finding out what *school* they went to. by Torran_Toi (Tue 25th Aug 2020 8:50pm)
  • Yeah, you're right; and obvs Petershill Road. Eastfield still lives on in the name of a rail depot behind Carron Crescent (the railway bridge going over Hawthorn Street runs into it), as well as an Eastfield Road and Eastfield Park. by Torran_Toi (Tue 25th Aug 2020 11:38pm)
  • Over a decade in recovery here. The answer really depends what kind of thing you want to commit to. I doubt you're wanting to go "residential", which would be a place like Jericho House where you go live for a period of time and work a completely structured programme. Traditional rehab type setting. But the options are there if you think this is what you need. This is best suited to high risk folk who need to totally escape their community and home life to get recovery. Second option will be a community rehab day programme, with a place like turning point, where you don't go live there rather you sign up to a structured timetable and attend 5 days a week, but go home each day. This is best suited for people who have a stable enough home life, but are at a loose end most days. Unemployed, etc. You can also just get help through the GP and CAT team without attending services. The best they can do for you is keep pointing you to various services that you can drop in and out of, the best of which would probably be CBT. Crazy waits for that kind of thing though these days I hear. If you are thinking of signing up to any of the community rehab stuff, they only take you once you have a key worker with the cat team anyway. So, I would say your first phone calls should be with your GP who can put you in touch with your local CAT. After that, if you dont or cant deal with the services on offer (in general, they are very poor and DO NOT suit people with any existing commitments, I'm willing to share my experiences if asked).. you have the 12 step programmes. Lots of meetings every day and night in Glasgow for NA and CA. You dont need to do the 12 steps and it's not a "God" thing. Get rid of any ideas you might have got from American tele. It's just a bunch of Glaswegians finding and trying to find recovery within their own support group. You can do the 12 steps with a sponsor, or you dont. That's up to you. Just showing up, listening to the folk talking their shit, have a cuppa, make some new mates, arrange and go on safe and sober days and nights out with them (they like their Chinese buffets) and hill walks... I did a day programme through a community rehab, and still do NA. I dont feel I have an addiction anymore (but it just takes that 1, right?), but still go to NA for the support group and the friends I've made... and to share my experience and offer my hand to the new guy just in the door (the 12th step). NA is a decent option while your fucking about with waiting lists with CAT and stuff as you could be in a meeting tonight. If you want to chat, ask me. If you want me to take you along to your local meetings and give a lift, just ask. by Torran_Toi (Wed 26th Aug 2020 5:00pm)
  • Immediately before it was a pool hall, it was an empty and derelict shell, as was the Scotia below. The entire building lay vacant from the mid 70's to the mid 80's. The pool hall was first to open/"re-open", I believe, around 1985, then the pub downstairs reopened around 1987. The timeline on the Scotia itself: First opened in 1792 then closed in 1906. It then lay vacant for 23 years before reopening in 1929. It stayed open from this point to the closure in the mid 1970s. Lay empty for just over 10 years and reopened in 1987 to present date. As for the pool hall, which first opened in 1985...I'm not sure on the exact timeline. I do know that the building above the pub used to be several stories higher in the form of a full tenement (at least 3 floors of flats were above the pub). The door leading up to the 8Ball was the close door that led up to the flats above. When the tenement got chopped down in size to it's current 2 storey arrangement, I have no idea. It might be a case that there was nothing in the 8Ball prior to it being a pool club as it may have gone straight from flats to being commercial space. We'd probably need to go digging for plans from the Mitchell archive to find the time that it changed. by Torran_Toi (Thu 27th Aug 2020 10:57am)
  • and a couple of photos 1929, just after it reopened following the 1906 closure: http://www.mitchelllibrary.org/virtualmitchell/image.php?i=9308&r=2&t=4&x=1 and 1930, a year after reopening showing the result of the renovations when the mock tudor styling was fitted to the front: http://www.mitchelllibrary.org/virtualmitchell/image.php?i=9309&r=2&t=4&x=1 (Also in these at the left is the old Metropole Music Hall, which is now where the Holiday Inn and Italian restaurant are. The first image, where the wee man is standing, the door right behind him is the door that now leads up to the 8Ball on Howard Street) by Torran_Toi (Thu 27th Aug 2020 11:05am)
  • And, this one of Stockwell Street looking south towards the river shows that the tenement above the pub was still there in 1946 (first building nearest point of view, on the right hand side): http://www.mitchelllibrary.org/virtualmitchell/image.php?i=17501&r=2&t=4&x=1 by Torran_Toi (Thu 27th Aug 2020 11:13am)
  • Found when the tenement got destroyed. https://www.theglasgowstory.com/images/TGSB00335_m.jpg http://www.mitchelllibrary.org/virtualmitchell/image.php?i=17504&r=2&t=4&x=1 The Metropole Theatre burned down in 1961 taking the tenement with it. by Torran_Toi (Thu 27th Aug 2020 11:19am)
  • Quite surprised myself that nobody else but me and OP can remember that this was a totally normal thing that chippies used to do. I can see why they wouldn't nowadays, but I hadn't ever thought about it in years. None of ye ever took stuff to the chippie when ye were wee to get it battered and fried? I'm honestly surprised at the reaction OP has gotten by everyone in this thread. None of ye have lived. Taking a jammie wagon wheel down was awesome. Deep fried and battered nougaty jammie goeyness. I want one noo. by Torran_Toi (Thu 27th Aug 2020 9:26pm)
  • That sounds equal amounts of horrendous and delicious all at the same time. by Torran_Toi (Fri 28th Aug 2020 1:27am)
  • About 20 hours of the day traffic in Glasgow flows pretty well. Glasgow is not really a congested city. We have a rush hour issue. The problem is the 8am to 9am and 5pm to 6pm peaks. If workplaces were staggering their start and finish times like they were asked to do, but mostly haven't... I hate to be the thread's arsehole, but > I live near a busy crossroads What did you really expect when moving into an inner city place near a busy junction? Honestly, the amount of people that CHOOSE to live in the inner city then moan about inner city stuff astounds me. Move out to the suburbs if it actually depresses you. by Torran_Toi (Fri 28th Aug 2020 10:59am)
  • Only way out by car (unless the gates at the other side of the hospital leading onto Crow Road have been opened, which sometimes happens when the electrict control thingy gets broke, but they may have just opened them regardless because of this flooding). If your on foot you can also get out via the train station. by Torran_Toi (Fri 28th Aug 2020 1:55pm)
  • Nah. That's the Signal Box. by Torran_Toi (Sat 29th Aug 2020 1:06pm)
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN0ZAPemfDY by Torran_Toi (Sat 29th Aug 2020 6:30pm)
  • I blame the council. Areas seem to go up and down in Glasgow and I bet if we looked deeper at the reasons why, the common denominator would end up being council investment in an area. It seems the council mostly ignore and neglect some areas to focus on others until a certain breaking point, which when reached forces the council to regenerate and invest in the area. The area improves and is labelled up and coming. At this point the council thinks 'job done' and goes back to ignoring and neglecting that area in favour for the next regen project. By the time the cycle completes the first areas are back at square one. It might be because of the seriously overinflated costs of local government work. Every project they do seems to cost significantly more than comparable works on a private scale. Plus the level of neglect is so gross that when it gets to the point of forcing action it takes real drastic and costly action, such as having to raze entire areas and built from scratch (like Red Road or Sighthill). So, just now, all the focus is being placed on particular areas that stretch the budget too thin for them to give a fuck about other areas. Those other areas will go downwards till it's time for the same treatment. Once the council get round to dealing with Cardonald and Hillington, then go do Springburn, bits of the east end, drumchapel and wherever else... 30 years pass and Sighthill will falling to bits again. Rinse and repeat. by Torran_Toi (Sun 30th Aug 2020 4:15am)
  • A lot of those "old people" have always been there. I remember Facebook when it first started when I was in my early 20s and I'm now in my mid to late 30's. by Torran_Toi (Sun 30th Aug 2020 4:24am)
  • That's all good points, but you're missing one other factor. Selfishness. Even if public transport was amazing. Even if it was dirt cheap. Even if it was more comfortable and any other good stuff, I still would not give up my car. It's not a case of having bought into some idea of public transport being crap and driving being better. My choice to own and drive a car has absolutely nothing to do with public transport. I could not tell you how much a bus or train ticket costs. I don't care how much it costs. Even if driving a car ended up ten times the cost of public transport, I'd still drive; for no other reason than I want to. Even if we got integrated transport and super comfy buses, I still wouldn't use them. I want to drive. I'm also fully aware that I don't need my car (if we ignore that I use it to make a living, but even on that I dont need to be a taxi driver, but for the point we are talking about, ignore the job). I simply do not need a car for 100% of the social and domestic activities I use it for. I can totally walk or use public transport for everything, but I just don't want to. I want to drive. If the cost of owning and driving my car were to considerably rise then I would cut other stuff from my budget before cutting out the car. I would be perfectly fine giving up internet and tv subscriptions before entertaining the idea of getting rid of the car. I've actually been there. I was unemployed for a couple of years. I tightened the belt on absolutely everything to make sure my budget allowed me to keep driving. Yeah, it meant that I had to drive a £300 scud bucket at that time, but it was better than no car at all. Driving a car is 100% a want for me. Yes, I am aware that it's selfish. by Torran_Toi (Sun 30th Aug 2020 5:02am)
  • Opposite for most people probably. For me, I know that I don't need a car, but I just want it. I could use public transport for 100% of my SDP usage, but I don't want to. I dont care if buses and trains got to to the point of being a great deal cheaper and comfier than cars, I'd still want the car. Driving and car ownership for most is not a need. It is a selfish want. I am self aware enough to admit that about myself. I'm ok being a selfish cunt. I want my car. by Torran_Toi (Sun 30th Aug 2020 5:09am)
  • Love their podcast. I was chatting with Stuart about getting involved with the motorway archives...and then like a week later lockdown happened. Most people don't realise that projects like the pedestrianisation of Buchanan, Argyle and Sauchiehall Streets could never have happened had the M8 not got built. Even the ongoing Avenues project requires the M8 to keep existing if it is to have a chance of success. And as you hunt on, congestion is the city centre is something mad like 80% less today than in 1960. I've said it on here before. If they ever go trying to RIP the motorway up, I'll be among the first chaining myself to bulldozers. by Torran_Toi (Sun 30th Aug 2020 2:24pm)
  • Aye, I agree. They should have cut and shut it when it was getting constructed. by Torran_Toi (Sun 30th Aug 2020 8:04pm)
  • Stacks is Frankie & Bennies. Frankie & Bennies are on JustEat and UberEats as "Stacks", "Bird Box", "Hooked" and "Pie Guys". Chiquitos do a similar thing and are on as "KickAss Burrito" and "Chicken Cartel". by Torran_Toi (Sun 30th Aug 2020 8:37pm)
  • Kebab City is actually Grillicious on Dumbarton Road for anyone wondering. A lot of takeaways are listed on the order apps more than once under multiple names. Not exactly sure why, but I guess it gives them more of a chance of getting an order from people browsing for a place to order from. There's an Indian takeaway in Bridgeton on the apps with about 6 different names. One of the names and menus make it appear as a gourmet burger place while another make it appear as an italian pizzeria. But, if you order from these "names" then you get the same burger or pizza that you would have got by ordering from the Indian takeaway. Not just local independents doing this by the way. Frankie and Bennies are listed as multiple names as Stacks, Bird Box, Pie Guys and Hooked. Chiquitos are on as KickAss Burrito and Chicken Cartel. It's not technically a scam. It's legal as long as the parent kitchen is legit. These places are just gaming the system by providing customers an illusion of choice. Maggots and dodgy food is a different matter and definitely needs reported though. (Source: Been working with UberEats for the past few months) by Torran_Toi (Sun 30th Aug 2020 8:56pm)
  • It's very possibly both. I've not seen or been to the place in MoFlo to know for sure. But F&B are defo listed as Hooked anyway. Now you mention Absurd Bird, yeah, I remember going there once for a different name. Can't remember what name it was, but I want to say it was pancake something or other. Fuck knows. I've seen so many of these virtual restaurants I've lost track of them. I'm on a WhatsApp group for Glasgow delivery couriers and nearly every day theres a shout asking where the fuck one of these places are. I remember the first time getting Bird Box at Glasgow Fort and spending ages trying to find it. Security guard had no idea. Went in and out of places getting looked at like I was mental until a lassie in TGIs knew it F&Bs. It's madness. by Torran_Toi (Sun 30th Aug 2020 9:29pm)
  • Indeed. And the method is about to come crashing into the taxi game actually. Uber has just bought a company called AutoCab, which is the UK's biggest taxi dispatch software company. Network and CityCabs, among many more, use Autocab as their system. Autocab, in turn, is linked in with loads of smaller aggregators like CMAC and various airport transfer systems. Uber's plan is to integrate the systems and share the job load among all channels. So, It's likely that at some point soon when you order an Uber that they send the job through to a Network driver or if you book with Network then an Uber shows up. Complete illusion of choice. The bigger news on this though is it seems Uber has found a way to stick the middle finger up to local authorities on all its licensing issues. They are making moves away from being simply a private hire company to being more of the booking aggregator for all private hire companies. Anyway, getting way off topic. by Torran_Toi (Sun 30th Aug 2020 9:41pm)
  • Yeah, fair enough, I suppose, but I'm sure most people would have a chuckle at finding out their takeaway just came from the cafe in a Tradeston cash & carry. by Torran_Toi (Sun 30th Aug 2020 9:48pm)
  • Anybody old enough to remember the old House of Sher will likely have the opinion that the "new mall" is just a facelifted version of their old cash and carry. Funnily enough this goes in with the theme of these virtual kitchens. The 30 shops inside the mall are not 30 shops. It's one shop with 30 signs. All they have done is took all the stuff they sold and organised it into sections and then kid on each section is it's own separate shop. Tax games + illusion of choice. No way to prove it, so we'll just need to agree to disagree on their business model. by Torran_Toi (Sun 30th Aug 2020 10:06pm)
  • Well, it's probably inevitable that somebody says Ruggie isny in Glesga, so it might as well be me. Ruggie isny in Glesga ;p Has to be The Shenaz for me. Granville Street, Anderston. 10 out of 10. One of the few places to do a beef curry, and the meat basically melts in the mouth it's that tender. The only issue I have with it is it's a tad pricey, but worth it as a treat. Following right behind would be the Dheli Dharbar up in Woodside (Auchinairn). Fuck, that's technically no Glesga either, but they do a really nice curry. More of a "homemade" flavour to it if that make sense. And... Ali's Original on Shettleston Rd. Dependable, affordable and really nice. by Torran_Toi (Sun 30th Aug 2020 10:46pm)
  • Spice Garden was class. Proper nice curry at 4 in the morning after getting home from a shift in Rooftops was always a life saver. by Torran_Toi (Sun 30th Aug 2020 10:54pm)
  • Rutherglen. Glasgow's very own Puerto Rico. by Torran_Toi (Sun 30th Aug 2020 11:03pm)
  • Keeping me on my toes the night lads. 100% Govanhill. by Torran_Toi (Sun 30th Aug 2020 11:08pm)
  • Ha! Actual LOL! by Torran_Toi (Sun 30th Aug 2020 11:05pm)
  • We would be far, far better off pedestrianising University Avenue if we need to permanently shut a road around there. East to west there are three routes quite close together cutting through here (GWR; Dumbarton Rd; and Gibson/Eldon/UniAve), while the north to south routes are quite far apart in comparison and, collectively, far more busy (Byres Rd; Kelvin Way; and Newton St). Rather than putting the 'supercrossing' on Uni Ave, they should have put it on Kelvin way and then just permanantly closed Uni Ave to traffic. Then rip out that crazy junction where uni ave and Kelvin Way meet and replace with a pedestrian priority crossing. Better yet, burrow the road down a bit at that junction and have the cars dip into a short vehicular underpass so pedestrians can walk around up there unhindered (this would also limit through traffic to cars and force larger vehicles onto Dumbarton Rd or GWR). It would make more sense to remove 1 of 3 closer spaced together east/west roads that are less busy than the 1 of 3 further apart spaced together north/south major arterial roads that are more busy; all the while recognising that Uni ave is probably more important to pedestrians than Kelvin way is. (Also, that alternate route up through park district is all well and good, but when we get back to peak, the level of traffic going through such quiet surface level streets really isn't desirable). by Torran_Toi (Sun 30th Aug 2020 11:37pm)
  • Need to give this a try. Cheers mate. by Torran_Toi (Sun 30th Aug 2020 11:51pm)
  • "My hair quiff is most fluffiest" by Torran_Toi (Mon 31st Aug 2020 12:12am)
  • Funny how it all cycles though. Living in a tenement in Partick 20 years ago was nothing to be overly proud of, and now it is. 20 years prior it was all the rage and now it's back. Some years from now once New Sighthill is up and running we will forget about Partick. A bit like how my da and his pals used to laugh at me and my mates for wearing blue jeans with blue denim jackets when we were 17 because we thought it was new and cool when what they were laughing at was the fact that that's how they dressed in the 60s on a night out after working the shipyards and had seen the style come and go and come back again. by Torran_Toi (Mon 31st Aug 2020 12:10am)
  • Anybody remember the other nightclub just along from Joanna Dee's? Was a really shitty looking dive. Never had a sign up or a name. Google streetview has the building painted white, but while it was an active club I'm sure it was painted black. Edit. Cant get the map link to work from phone. But it's the white building with black shutters facing the bug bakery at Haghill. by Torran_Toi (Mon 31st Aug 2020 12:23am)
  • It's not just domestic services. The licencing department (or in particular the taxi and private hire enforcement and licencing department) have been taking the utter cunt (but I imagine all departments are coming the cunt). Everything went on pause because of lockdown. So, there's a lot of drivers out there with expired taxi driving licences and expired vehicle plates (fair enough they granted us extensions), but now we are opening back up they have sent out the first round of catch up letters to get cars in for their missed inspections and they've went and hiked the price up by 10% for the sheer pleasure (bear in mind this fee needs paid every 6 months). Basically, ripping the arse out of it to make up for the lost revenue from the past 5 or so months of lockdown when they know we have all struggled just to stay afloat. Not to mention the fiasco over the fight to get PPE screens fitted to private hire cars. They finally said we can have them after a 4 month legal battle between the ADCU union and the council, but they have set the rules in such a way that the hurdles are impossible to overcome (car manufacturer has to write a letter to the council confirming the car is road worthy + a certificate from Mira + confirmation from the insurance company + a whole load of other barriers). But, because they appeared to do a u-turn it will take a fresh legal battle to challenge the impossible rules. Nobody has the money to challenge them on it. Then, we all still need to enrol ourselves on the £400 "professional driver and customer service course" within 6 of our next licence renewal dates. They have suspended accepting licence renewals from anybody whose licence that didn't fall into their arbitrary window for an extension is about to run out and are leaving the window razor thin for getting things back up and running. Under normal circumstances it takes about 8 weeks for a renewal to go through, but they are starting back up "sometime in September" but all the licences due at the end of September have not been granted the extension. Unless they pull a magic rabbit out of a hat and play a blinder in such a way as we've never seen GCC play ever before, these guys are going to be fucked silly (their operators (Uber, Network, etc.) will have no choice but to suspend them without a valid licence not extension). And did I mention the car inspections and licence fees are being hiked by 10% for the pleasure? They are taking the absolute cunt and ripping the arse out of it. Because Covid, so they'll get away with it. by Torran_Toi (Mon 31st Aug 2020 3:41am)
  • Ah. I'm probably remembering the bit next to the Bristol then. Don't know if it ran unlicensed or not, but there was a period that it had folk bouncing about outside it till 3 in the morning. by Torran_Toi (Mon 31st Aug 2020 11:37am)
  • I didn't think the original Irn Bru was glucose based? I get what they are doing with the other 2 flavours. It's a pre sugar tax Lucozade Original and Lucozade Orange. That makes sense because those were full glucose. Irn Bru, though, I don't remember being Glucose; thought it was sucrose. I imagine this would have to taste like how a pre sugar tax "Irn Bru flavoured special edition Lucozade" would have tasted had it ever got created. I might be talking absolute shite though. I'm going to give a try and report back. by Torran_Toi (Tue 1st Sep 2020 4:57am)
  • Few articles floating about in today's news on it, but still speculation at this point. The only fact so far is that Nicola Sturgeon is having a resiliency meeting at some point today/tonight to make a decision on it. by Torran_Toi (Tue 1st Sep 2020 2:56pm)
  • Few articles floating about in today's news on it, but still speculation at this point. The only fact so far is that Nicola Sturgeon is having a resiliency meeting at some point today/tonight to make a decision on it. by Torran_Toi (Tue 1st Sep 2020 2:55pm)
  • Update: The 2 main unions for taxi and private hire (Unite Cab Section and the ADCU) have got tore into the council on the fee increases and got them put back down. Something about the council shouldn't have increased the fees without consulting and negotiating with trade bodies first. GCC, after being threatened by both unions with legal action on those grounds have backed down and reversed the fee increases. Join and support your unions, folks! by Torran_Toi (Tue 1st Sep 2020 4:01pm)
  • Yeah. I bet you could Google for crime in any area of Glasgow and always get a scary article. There simply isn't a neighbourhood that is 100% crime free. Cathcart is fine, mate. Don't sweat it. by Torran_Toi (Tue 1st Sep 2020 6:29pm)
  • You know what's weird with this particular local lockdown? Rutherglen. by Torran_Toi (Tue 1st Sep 2020 10:16pm)
  • It doesn't fall into the "Glasgow local authority area", so the local lockdown restrictions don't apply there, but there is literally one street of of a difference separating it from Toryglen. by Torran_Toi (Tue 1st Sep 2020 11:02pm)
  • Yep, this. The lockdown covers "the Glasgow local authority area", while Rutherglen falls into South Lanarkshire's local authority area. These restrictions don't apply to Ruggy, even though they probably should because of contiguous continuity with Glasgow. Not just the town. You can literally cross the street from Rutherglen into Toryglen and Kings Park, etc. by Torran_Toi (Tue 1st Sep 2020 11:11pm)
  • Yes. by Torran_Toi (Tue 1st Sep 2020 11:45pm)
  • Good one. You just go back to yer wanking cave for a fortnight then, son. The big people have got lives to get on with and jobs to keep. by Torran_Toi (Wed 2nd Sep 2020 12:19am)
  • Ah, a pandemic hero. That explains your high horse. I did my bit. I made myself unemployed in March for the greater good and locked myself away for months racking up debts. Done with it. Fuck this local lockdown. The whole point to lockdown was so the NHS didn't get overwhelmed. The NHS isn't even close to being close to capacity right now. If we keep doing this forward and back on lockdown restrictions we are going to be facing much worse problems that a few thousand covid deaths. by Torran_Toi (Wed 2nd Sep 2020 12:47am)
  • Yes. I do. Perfectly fine. Not a difficult concept whatsoever. You don't understand what financial ruin and total economic collapse are do you? by Torran_Toi (Wed 2nd Sep 2020 9:49am)
  • You're just trolling, right? by Torran_Toi (Thu 3rd Sep 2020 3:45am)
  • Defo a job for a joiner. by Torran_Toi (Thu 3rd Sep 2020 5:24pm)
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV9xLtGhh-c by Torran_Toi (Thu 3rd Sep 2020 11:25pm)
  • Apparently, the Record Factory was because of a punter who had just come back from Ibiza and failed to do the 2 weeks quarantine. by Torran_Toi (Thu 3rd Sep 2020 11:39pm)
  • We're a couple weeks overdue a shot of the Cathedral. by Torran_Toi (Fri 4th Sep 2020 4:17am)
  • Nobody living in Balloch would say they live in Glasgow. Those "greater areas" don't mean anything. by Torran_Toi (Fri 4th Sep 2020 10:51am)
  • I think it makes much more sense to say from economic and topographic perspectives Glasgow and Balloch are both part of a west Scotland region. Actually cannot believe there are people out there that think Balloch, Lanark and Ayr can in any way be considered Glasgow. by Torran_Toi (Fri 4th Sep 2020 11:25am)
  • Yeah, there are multiple hospitals at Garnavel. The new buildings are mostly all for Gartnavel Royal (mental health and addictions and stuff) ... (there's a few other things on the grounds like the one for the Beatson). Garnavel General is still in it's old and original building. by Torran_Toi (Fri 4th Sep 2020 12:20pm)
  • Never been in that tunnel, but a few year ago when I worked for Network we did the NHS contract work. Would have to do medicine pick ups from the pharmacy and we went in a back entrance to the old block, which was below ground level. Horrible, cold, creepy corridors. Hated getting that particular job. by Torran_Toi (Fri 4th Sep 2020 12:36pm)
  • Bad news on the fast food fronts. KFC at Pollockshaws Rd shut after 6 staff members test positive. McDonalds at Helen Street shut after 1 staff member tests positive. by Torran_Toi (Fri 4th Sep 2020 11:48pm)
  • Does my head in. The amount of chippies in Glasgow that CONSISTENTLY make terrible chippy food. Especially the chips. How the fuck can you be making chips wrong? It's the only thing you are meant to be good at! by Torran_Toi (Sat 5th Sep 2020 12:03am)
  • I'm with you on this one. Went to Blue Lagoon in Partick a couple month's ago. I didn't have fish; had a sausage supper, and yes, it was the dug's tits. 8/10 ... I don't know what's going on, but the Partick Blue Lagoon might actually be pretty decent unlike all the others. by Torran_Toi (Sat 5th Sep 2020 12:01am)
  • Try not to challenge folk to meet up for a bare chester on the green and you should be fine. by Torran_Toi (Sat 5th Sep 2020 4:55pm)
  • For a bit of context to help understand... In days gone by, all nightclubs would have been able to do this new proposal as standard. Without seeking permission. Nightclubs would have had a regular public house licence allowing them to open pub hours (but they just chose not to), then a regular extension allowing 'city centre closing hours', then an entertainment licence on top allowing a 3am close. (Then occasional extensions allowing a 4am close (I think they could get this 4am extension for a fortnight for 4 times each year)). That all changed around 2006/7/8-ish. Now, they provide a business plan with their licence applications which define their hours of operation. Sanctuary, pre-covid, may have already had a licence that allowed them to operate as a daytime pub since the day the licence was granted per that business plan (or it might just be due to a relaxing of beer garden rules)... Anyway, what this proposal is basically suggesting is a return to how it used to be. Where the business planned hours of operation dont matter, and a house licence is in place before the top up of extensions and late night entertainment licences. It's not so much a new idea as much as it's a return to how the rules were up to around 2005. by Torran_Toi (Sat 5th Sep 2020 7:35pm)
  • Hoping some cunt starts a 'silent disco' with headphones. by Torran_Toi (Sat 5th Sep 2020 7:42pm)
  • Sounds like Henry may have given tuition to an ex of mine. by Torran_Toi (Sat 5th Sep 2020 10:43pm)
  • Griers Bar. Easterhoose. If yer date manages till the end if the night... keeper. by Torran_Toi (Sat 5th Sep 2020 10:47pm)
  • You were actually keeping the surge alive by constantly refreshing the app. The surge is based on how many active sessions are in play, not just bookings. Surge is driven by the number of people with the app open at a given time. There are loads of points of a night when drivers are sitting in a surge zone with an empty car for ages, unable to get a job because nobody will book at the high price, yet are all still sitting with the app open keeping the prices high. by Torran_Toi (Sun 6th Sep 2020 4:48pm)
  • It does. by Torran_Toi (Sun 6th Sep 2020 4:45pm)
  • The rating system keeps uber drivers in check. We are at risk of being deactivated if our rating goes below 4.70, so bad drivers are rooted out pretty fast. And, Uber take complaints seriously. Multiple complaints of a similar nature gets a driver permanently deactivated. Complain to the legacy firms (what we now call Network, Hampden, GPH, etc) and the lassie on the phone is likely to just give you a bit of cheek. by Torran_Toi (Sun 6th Sep 2020 4:53pm)
  • I don't think the driver does get a notification that you are sharing the ride tracker with someone else. I've never seen a notification like that in the 2 years that I've been with them. On the flip side, I certainly wouldn't want a passenger getting the notification that I, as a driver, have started sharing the trip tracker with someone (drivers can do it too). It's like a silent alarm. If it flags up on the other persons phone you would risk escalating the situation, maybe? by Torran_Toi (Sun 6th Sep 2020 4:57pm)
  • That federated app may be coming soon. Uber just bought AutoCab, which is the UK's biggest minicab and private hire booking and dispatch system. Network and City Cabs use Autocab. In fact, Hampden may use it too, which might explain why the Hampden App is now nearly identical to Uber's app. Anyway, whatever firms are on the Autocab, CMAC and a few other networks, are all now in Uber's big cauldron of data. Something big is coming, but what the final result will be is yet to be revealed. We are guessing Uber will make whatever announcement they are sitting on in or around October, when the UK supreme court makes it's final decision on the Uber final appeal court case. by Torran_Toi (Sun 6th Sep 2020 5:28pm)
  • Hacking & Paterson by Torran_Toi (Sun 6th Sep 2020 5:38pm)
  • The problem you're experiencing is a result of the drivers of legacy firms are so used to getting cash money right now that they hate having to wait for card payments to hit their accounts. It's not so much the driver at the cunt. Rather it's their firms. They collect the card payments and hold on to them for later deduction off next weeks radio and car rents. The drivers need to wait for the money, but still have the costs of running the car today. by Torran_Toi (Sun 6th Sep 2020 5:54pm)
  • The bit of Springboig around Larchgrove and Moredun was pretty rough, but it was contained to those streets with very little spill out. Probably due to the way the scheme was built where those streets are somewhat isolated with very limited access. It may have improved in recent years though. That wouldn't affect the bit you're looking at though. The other side of Sprinboig Rd, the part of Springboig that rolls into Greenfield, Budhill and Lightburn is completely fine, and is actually a bit of a sought after area in the deep east end. The big mansions on Springboig Rd, Hallhill Rd and Mansionhouse Drive are a bit like the mansions in Dennistoun. Similar in design, build and age. They were built before the surrounding schemes got built around them. The low prices are probably affected by being situated right on busy main roads and for no other reason than being surrounded by "less desirable" east end schemes. It's bogus though. The main road and it's buses pose far, far greater danger than the schemes these days. If I was in the market to buy, those houses would be at the top of my list. Of course, I grew up in Easterhouse tenements, so the idea of a big house in Springboig/Greenfield was highly aspirational and pie in the sky to us. You'll be minutes from Tesco. The fort is nearby. Not too far for the Forge either. Good transport links both for public transport and the private driver. Honestly, the east end is a steal. Get in early before gentrification and regeneration hits proper. I'd go for it. The only concern being road traffic because you mention family. by Torran_Toi (Sun 6th Sep 2020 6:43pm)
  • Funny enough, one of the only two times that I've stopped my own car to jump out and help another driver that was in trouble was around that bit in the Calton. It was a hackney driver, an old boy, stuck in his cab with a junkie kicking the shite out his front door and another still inside pounding his partition screen. They were just taking liberties, as as soon as I screeched up fast next to his cab in my PH and jumped out they shat it and bolted. Anyways, aye, ever since then, that area always has the spidey senses tingling and neck hair standing up. by Torran_Toi (Sun 6th Sep 2020 6:55pm)
  • At a certain point, yes. This particular buy-out has been green lighted by the monopolies commission though. The deal is done and ink on paper. So, they are good for now. by Torran_Toi (Sun 6th Sep 2020 7:29pm)
  • Yeah, they are all inspected every 6 months at the council's garage in Polmadie. Big facility with around 5 or 6 cars being inspected at a time. Must be able to do around 35 or so inspections per day, so plenty of capacity. We all missed an inspection during lockdown though, but they are open again now. It's actually 3 times per year for cars older than 3 years. 2 council inspections plus the regular old MOT. by Torran_Toi (Sun 6th Sep 2020 9:27pm)
  • Years ago, yeah, private hire firms were gangster owned. Glasgow Private Hire and it's predecessor firms were owned by Tam McGraw for example. The big firm in Paisley was owned by the Easdale family as another. They all have shady histories, but today they have all legitimized themselves. Yes, the firms were started and built on dirty money and were part of Glasgow's underworld, but they have reached the point where the money involved in taxis is in the millions and come with council and NHS contracts, so they have moved well away and isolated themselves from the things from their past. by Torran_Toi (Sun 6th Sep 2020 9:41pm)
  • Aye, mate. Moved over to Uber nearly 2 years ago now. I had started out with Network, then went to City Cars for a wee while, and now with Uber. When I was with the legacy firms I slagged off Uber and believed it was all kinds of wrong. I jumped over just to give it a try because I kept seeing other drivers move over and decided I needed to see for myself what was what. Haven't looked back since. I would have to be dragged back kicking and screaming to working the old ph firms now. by Torran_Toi (Sun 6th Sep 2020 10:16pm)
  • Hmm. Some people say it's a bit black mirror, but I don't see it. I mean, you get to rate your plumbers and electricians and hairdressers and just about any service provider on Google and stuff, right? Why is it weird then to rate your taxi service? You can always write a complaint to the council, btw. The licence board take written complaints and act on them far more professionally than the taxi company will. If a complaint is serious enough, or a driver gets a series of minor complaints, they are pulled in front of the board for a hearing. by Torran_Toi (Sun 6th Sep 2020 10:20pm)
  • They have. Network's app does surge pricing these days though. by Torran_Toi (Sun 6th Sep 2020 10:36pm)
  • That's very true. The nuances are lost with it. Aye, the system does have some problems and it does get abused, but overall it does seem that having it in place has led to both rider and driver behaviour improving. by Torran_Toi (Sun 6th Sep 2020 10:54pm)
  • It's a good idea, but there's going to be some times where it causes issues. It's inevitable that a time will happen where a customer books a car with the last remaining 1% of their battery and by the time the driver arrives the phone cuts out. Or, people booking for other people. What would have been better than a random code getting sent out every single time would be to just have each passenger set a permanent pin in the app. by Torran_Toi (Sun 6th Sep 2020 11:29pm)
  • Lol. Mate, there was folk in here a few days ago arguing that fucking Balloch is considered an area of Glasgow. If that's acceptable these days, then we'll just need to accept that Haghill is now East Dennistoun... and might as well start thinking of the bottom of Riddrie as North Dennistoun while we're at it. by Torran_Toi (Mon 7th Sep 2020 11:57am)
  • Don't know about city centre, but all the Partick pubs are giving zero fucks about bookings and time slots. (Then again, that might be why 2 pubs in the area have been in the news in the past week because of covid shutdowns, so maybe best to steer clear). by Torran_Toi (Mon 7th Sep 2020 5:14pm)
  • Surprised that Lanarkshire hasn't been included yet. by Torran_Toi (Mon 7th Sep 2020 6:11pm)
  • Doesn't affect travel anyway. It's just house gatherings. by Torran_Toi (Mon 7th Sep 2020 6:55pm)
  • Fuck them. Call it an 'extended household' and go enjoy yer holiday mate. by Torran_Toi (Mon 7th Sep 2020 7:26pm)
  • Do you have a source on that being a legal limit, bud? Not trying to be a prick, but I didn't think the 2 hours thing was law. I've tried Google but all I'm getting is tabloid shite in the results. by Torran_Toi (Mon 7th Sep 2020 8:26pm)
  • Does it bring all the boys to the yard? by Torran_Toi (Tue 8th Sep 2020 11:47pm)
  • It seems generational. Back when I was young a house party was called an empty; "Karen's having an empty the night. Are you going?" Today they say "Karen's having a gaff tonight. Are you going?" A "gaff" when we where young was the location, not the event; but, today a gaff is the event more than it is the location. by Torran_Toi (Wed 9th Sep 2020 12:59am)
  • On the actual motorway or on the interchange/expressway bits? You can cycle on the expressway section going from Stirling Road onto Springburn Road, or round the bit that leads back up to Baird Street. by Torran_Toi (Wed 9th Sep 2020 6:19pm)
  • Crazy. by Torran_Toi (Wed 9th Sep 2020 7:20pm)
  • Aye, they'll still be open. The track and trace is saying the spikes are coming from house gatherings, so they kind of need to keep the pubs open if they don't want to see a rise in house parties this weekend. by Torran_Toi (Wed 9th Sep 2020 8:55pm)
  • Fuck sakes. by Torran_Toi (Wed 9th Sep 2020 9:00pm)
  • OP, Me and the Mrs share our socks. We just don't give a fuck. £400. Race to the bottom. Here goes... by Torran_Toi (Wed 9th Sep 2020 9:28pm)
  • Really? Everybody's been vehemently arguing 'track and trace says the problem is gaffs and emptys' for the past week. by Torran_Toi (Wed 9th Sep 2020 9:40pm)
  • If you say so. Personally, I cannot stand the sight of these stinking old sandstone tenements. Sooner they crumble away, the better. by Torran_Toi (Wed 9th Sep 2020 11:21pm)
  • You say soulless, I say progressive. The newer metal and glass buildings are a million times better than the old ones. Just personal taste though. I'd rather the city looked sleek and modern than stuck in the middle ages. by Torran_Toi (Wed 9th Sep 2020 11:27pm)
  • I kind of agree? All buildings look dated after a while. All of them. Old and new. I genuinely don't understand the fascination with preserving something past it's 'best before date'. Whether it is an ancient and rotten sandstone tenement or whether it's a glass and metal structure from the the early 2000s. Once it's dated and old and has served it's purpose it should be time to rip it down and build something new. We should be striving to live in a constant state of flux and modernisation rather that having a fetish for the yesteryear. by Torran_Toi (Wed 9th Sep 2020 11:44pm)
  • Edinburgh bypass is a bit of a funny one. I would forgive a cyclist making a genuine mistake by riding on it if they genuinely didn't know better. It is officially an 'A road', which a cyclist would ordinarily be allowed to ride. It doesn't have an 'M' designation like the M8 or M73 or whatever, thus is not officially a motorway. It does, however, have 'special road' designation, which is a weird and little known set of rules, sort of in the middle,where it's not a motorway with an 'M' number, but is an 'A' road with motorway rules. Genuine mistakes should be forgiven (and the power that be really should just get the bypass a motorway designation and change it from A to M). by Torran_Toi (Thu 10th Sep 2020 12:01am)
  • Aye, I'm aware that sandstone builds can last about 1000 years, give or take.. They still look ancient and minging though. Really, really wish I lived through the 50's and 60's where there was a better appetite to get gut these old monstrosities to fuck. by Torran_Toi (Thu 10th Sep 2020 12:11am)
  • Aye. That's the good thing about new builds. They build them in a way now where it will be easier and cheaper to replace once they get too dated. It's not a bug, it's a feature. by Torran_Toi (Thu 10th Sep 2020 1:55am)
  • The thing I'm not getting after reading all these comments... I know the Clyde is a bit manky, but how do they manage to do the annual rat race which includes a swim from one side to the other? If it's such a massive health hazard then how come the participants don't all end up mega sick or dead? by Torran_Toi (Fri 11th Sep 2020 12:14am)
  • Any Private Hire taxi should do this for you. Network Private Hire for certain do it and they have all the right Goods in Transit insurance and whatnot. You just phone the office and arrange it like any other taxi hire, but they'll give you a fixed price and ask you to pay over phone in advance. by Torran_Toi (Sun 13th Sep 2020 2:08pm)
  • Sounds like you'll be going in as a 'lodger'. If so, technically and legally there's nothing dodgy going on. You don't *need* to be a tenant. There's pros and cons to being a lodger instead of a tenant. I'm currently a lodger. My mrs is the tenant of our flat. The tenancy is in her name. I'm just listed with the agency as a lodger. Sounds like a similar enough thing happening here. The existing tenant will be the tenant. You moving in would be his lodger. by Torran_Toi (Sun 13th Sep 2020 3:39pm)
  • You don't *need* to be on the lease. You can be a lodger instead. by Torran_Toi (Sun 13th Sep 2020 3:40pm)
  • Depends. Lodgers are still liable for rent despite not being on the lease as a tenant. I'm not sure of the specifics, but a licence agreement would be in place for the lodger and a rent book should be issued. by Torran_Toi (Sun 13th Sep 2020 3:47pm)
  • Yeah. There's pros and cons to being a lodger. You would still have some rights btw. A lodger still has the right of reasonable notice before eviction, and the actual tenant still has legal duty to provide a safe place (gas safety certs, etc). Over and above those, a lodger signs a licence agreement rather than a tenancy. So, agreements and contracts are actually in place. It wont suit everyone, but it's not dodgy or illegal like most of thread saying. by Torran_Toi (Sun 13th Sep 2020 4:37pm)
  • That centre at Garrion Bridges is amazing. I've lost whole afternoons in there going through the stalls discovering all kinds of cool old stuff and antiques. by Torran_Toi (Mon 14th Sep 2020 2:52pm)
  • G postcodes cover areas way up to Helensburgh, Arrochar, Luss, etc. Doubt anybody that far north consider themselves Glaswegian. Similar 0141 goes way up into Stirlingshire and way down into Ayrshire. by Torran_Toi (Thu 17th Sep 2020 5:01am)
  • It wasn't really about using Glasgow as a Guinea Pig. The motorway was built to address very real traffic issues at the time. All traffic travelling from one side of the city to the other, or 'through traffic' travelling from somewhere beyond Glasgow in one direction to beyond in another direction, all had to go through the city centre areas. The motorway was built to take all that traffic off the surface streets. The city centre today is about 80% less congested than it was in 1960 according to the motorway podcast guys. by Torran_Toi (Sat 19th Sep 2020 1:50am)
  • > Realistically though, I agree, this might mean we need to revisit the unbuilt outer ring roads (the unbuilt Kelvindale expressway, and a Paisley-East Kilbride motorway) to compensate. > > On the whole when looking back at the unbuilt highway plan for Glasgow, I think it was always a huge mistake to focus on the inner ring road first. The "middle ring" as it might be called might have ended up doing much of the work the M8 does, but with much less impact on the core of the city. In the end, I think completing the East End Regeneration Route and building it into something resembling the original East Link motorway might need to be done - if it means repairing the city centre at Anderson, Charing Cross and Townhead. 100%. The northern flank of the outer ring, which would take a route roughly from Baillieston to Stepps to Kirky to Baljaffray to Clydebank to Erskine, would heavily ease M8 congestion. What's more is the land on which that particular route would have been built all is undeveloped nothingness still today. Building it wouldn't have much impact in the same way building the inner ring road did. The east end regen route that would go from the Clyde Gateway finally connecting what would have been the east side of the intermediate ring (Polmadie to Provan via Parkhead) definitely should be built. Funding was secured for this a few years ago and then disappeared into the ether. Some of the intermediate expressways would help too, but it's too late to even think about building them. No way will the majority of residents approve of Pollokshaws road becoming an expressway, for example, as much as the route sorely needs it. by Torran_Toi (Sat 19th Sep 2020 4:34pm)
  • Finnieston Cran made out of matchsticks? edit: in fact, I might even just do this to pass some time myself. by Torran_Toi (Sat 19th Sep 2020 4:50pm)
  • The guys that do the podcast work for Transport Scotland, I believe. Most of their sources comes from data and reports from there, I guess. They do cite the sources in the broadcasts, but I can't remember any. by Torran_Toi (Sat 19th Sep 2020 8:54pm)
  • Ha. West end is all fur coat and nae knickers. by Torran_Toi (Sun 20th Sep 2020 5:10pm)
  • Yeah. They'll be carrying Naloxone no doubt. by Torran_Toi (Sun 20th Sep 2020 7:57pm)
  • One thing that those old plans for the city centre included was a good idea though. He wanted the roads to a level below "ground" level. Vehicle traffic would be driving about in cut and shut tunnels underneath the streets with delivery trucks and vans doing all the deliveries at what would be the basement level of the buildings. Pedestrians would have had the level above completely to themselves. by Torran_Toi (Mon 21st Sep 2020 6:43am)
  • Probably a series of vent towers/chimneys and control rooms similar to the Clyde Tunnel. by Torran_Toi (Mon 21st Sep 2020 5:34pm)
  • Pub. Owned by Colin Beattie, same owner as Oran Mor, Lismore, Old College Bar, Deoch an Dorus and probably a couple more. by Torran_Toi (Wed 23rd Sep 2020 6:13pm)
  • I've been working with UberEats and JustEat since around May. I started with the best intentions and wanted to take contact-free delivery very seriously. From day 1 though the VAST MAJORITY of customers, like 9 out of 10 times, will open the door as you approach it. And the rare times when you make it to the door without them opening it some will bitch and moan about me leaving deliveries on the ground. I also did a couple of shifts with Hermes... you do not want to see the chaos that goes on at that warehouse in the morning. Social distancing, mask wearing and safety measures just do not exist in there. I think outside the core demographic of Reddit, hardly anybody takes this stuff seriously. by Torran_Toi (Sat 26th Sep 2020 3:05am)
  • If it's the restaurants own staff then maybe, but if it's one of JustEat's or UberEat's own drivers then no. If the timer runs out then we get to keep the food or chuck it in the nearest bin. It's only happened to me once. An order from the Robroyston McDonalds going to the industrial estate in Stepps. It was quite late at around midnight or so. On the way there I'm thinking it must be a security guard making the order or something like that. Arrived at the address on the app and the lights were all off and doors locked. I tried phoning a few times but it kept ringing out. This was UberEats, so after 7 minutes of making the first phone call the app allows you to cancel the job by clicking 'customer cannot be reached'. Still got paid for the delivery and got to enjoy a 5 chicken selects meal. It might be a bit shite for the customer, but at the end of the day I did everything I could really do. It's not my fault the customer didn't answer the phone or put the wrong address in or whatever the reason might be and it also wouldn't be fair for me to have to waste my time and fuel returning a meal to the restaurant only for them to bin it anyway. by Torran_Toi (Mon 28th Sep 2020 7:34am)
  • Royal mail should be looking for seasonal staff around about now. Not quite what you're asking for, but a job is a job. by Torran_Toi (Tue 29th Sep 2020 10:13am)
  • Always used Mr Tint in Dennistoun. Excellent workmanship and quality. They seem to be the only place in the city that can do it without the dot matrix edges ending up fuzzy. Everywhere else says it can't be done and I need to settle for the dots being whiteish/grey, but Mr Tint know how to do it perfect. by Torran_Toi (Tue 29th Sep 2020 3:57pm)
  • They definitely still exist. Venture deep off of the main roads and into the wee streets of Castlemilk, Easterhouse, Possil, et al. Still wearing all the same style of stuff as ever and still talking out the side of their necks with that nasaly voice..."Haaaw whit man". by Torran_Toi (Wed 30th Sep 2020 1:05pm)
  • Might have been a building regs issue. I worked in a place a good few years ago and one day the building regs changed (might have been fire regs) and they were told they had to lose half their balcony space to meet a lower capacity. by Torran_Toi (Wed 30th Sep 2020 2:43pm)
  • You don't need to be insured to drive someone else's car as a learner; it's the insurance of the person instructing you/the car owner that provides cover. The only time the learner needs to get insurance is when it's the learners own car (ie. name on the logbook), but your da can take you out in his car without you being insured or named (unless your da's insurance specifically excludes it). by Torran_Toi (Thu 1st Oct 2020 4:26am)
  • No. You only need the learner to be insured if the learner owns the car. Otherwise, its just a single policy needed from the car owner. > You need your own insurance as a learner driver if you’re practising in a car you own. >If you’re practising in someone else’s car, you need to make sure their insurance policy covers you as a learner driver. https://www.gov.uk/driving-lessons-learning-to-drive/practising-with-family-or-friends#:~:text=You%20need%20your%20own%20insurance,in%20a%20car%20you%20own.&text=If%20you're%20practising%20in%20someone%20else's%20car%2C%20you%20need,be%20over%2025%20years%20old. by Torran_Toi (Thu 1st Oct 2020 11:42am)
  • > I'm concerned that the message you are giving here is plainly false. I already linked the info in another post straight from dotGov: >You need your own insurance as a learner driver if you’re practising in a car you own. > If you’re practising in someone else’s car, you need to make sure their insurance policy covers you as a learner driver. I did say "have the person check their insurance to make sure it's allowed on that policy" in the first post. Thousands of folk get taught off their parents or partners in their parents or partners cars. As long as the car owners policy allows for it then the learner doesn't need a separate insurance. by Torran_Toi (Thu 1st Oct 2020 12:22pm)
  • > I literally pointed out that this is the dangerous/false part of your post and you literally omitted the very next line where I said check the policy. Fuck sakes. People will fight about anything on the internet. I've linked the info from the gov website. > I look forward to your long list of companies that allow the policyholders to just take random learners out. Only two I know off the top of my head are the co-operative and Tradex. by Torran_Toi (Thu 1st Oct 2020 1:02pm)
  • No, because you're not allowed to insure something twice. So, if the car owner is insured to take the learner then the learner shouldn't be insuring the car a second time. by Torran_Toi (Thu 1st Oct 2020 1:04pm)
  • Maybe times have changed. Back about 20 years ago my maw used to take me out on her co-op policy and my da on his trade policy. It was ad-hoc and I wasn't on their insurance. It's possible that they were fucking up, but I would imagine my da being in the motor trade would've known what he was talking about. Things might have changed. by Torran_Toi (Thu 1st Oct 2020 1:41pm)
  • Very correct, mate. lol. by Torran_Toi (Thu 1st Oct 2020 2:24pm)
  • > `without you being insured or named` = not insured. That's not always true. I'm not named anywhere on the policy for the car I use for private hire. Off topic to this thread, but not being a named driver does not always mean not insured. by Torran_Toi (Thu 1st Oct 2020 5:33pm)
  • The number of house gatherings still happening is alarming. Many, many passengers over the past few nights coming and going to 'gaffs'. And, the number of passengers coming to the car without face coverings is absolutely ridiculous. by Torran_Toi (Tue 6th Oct 2020 9:07am)
  • Better and safer just cancelling and getting the cancellation fee. by Torran_Toi (Tue 6th Oct 2020 10:07am)
  • Can't get rated for cancelled jobs, thankfully. by Torran_Toi (Tue 6th Oct 2020 10:06am)
  • I do knock them back. Can't say the same for all drivers out there, but I've not been taking maskless. by Torran_Toi (Tue 6th Oct 2020 10:05am)
  • Report them through the app. These drivers will be the same idiots on the drivers whatsapp groups giving it the 5G and Bill Gates chat. by Torran_Toi (Tue 6th Oct 2020 10:23am)
  • Doubtful. Eventually another driver will just take them, so the only lesson those passengers are learning is that I'm a prick who knocked them back like a nobhead bouncer at The Garage and the next driver that took them is a sound cunt. by Torran_Toi (Tue 6th Oct 2020 10:21am)
  • Tabloids, this morning, are pushing the narrative that an announcement of a circuit breaker lockdown will start at 8pm on Friday. Pinch of salt and unconfirmed at the moment, but they are claiming their sources are NHS staff who have been given advance notice. by Torran_Toi (Tue 6th Oct 2020 10:34am)
  • Ha lol. And they were wrong! No lockdown happening on Friday. More restrictions being announced tomorrow but won't be a circuit breaker or lockdown. Fucking mental how the tabloids get away with spreading shite like that. They were really specific about the date and time too. by Torran_Toi (Tue 6th Oct 2020 1:16pm)
  • The historical boundaries would have it smaller than that. Dennistoun has grown to eat up the areas around it. North of Alexandra parade and south of the motorway (historically would have been south of the monklands canal), and west of Alexandra Park and east of Castle Street would have been the area of Milnbank. Name survives today in the name of the Milnbank Housing Association. North of the parade and cumbernauld road (basically the whole park, but also including the few streets facing onto Haghill and those around Sannox Gardens) would have been the area of Kennyhill. (Sannox Gardens used to be called Kennyhill Gardens and there was a Kennyhill train station at the easternmost part of the park facing the Ford dealership). The Necropolis along to roughly Craigpark, north of Duke St and south of Parade would be the area of Firpark. Name survives today in Firpark Terrace. Dennistoun proper would have been everything in between all that, basically what we call, today, The Drives. So, south of the Parade, North of Duke Street, east of Craigpark and west of Cumbernauld Road. The streets around where the Bluevale flats used to be, including Duke Street, would be the area of Camlachie. Related info... the road crossing of Duke Street and Bellgrove Street is "King's Cross". And, the road crossing of Duke Street and Cumbernauld Rd (where Duke Street Station is) is "Alexandra Cross". The road crossing that you would think was Alexandra Cross but isn't, the crossing of Alexandra Parade and Alexandra Park Street (where Alexandra Parade train station is) doesn't have a 'cross name', but appears on historic maps as tollcross. But, yeah, your boundaries are near spot on as things are today. The article also includes Drygate into Dennostoun here, and even by a modern standard it is not. That would be in Ladywell area. A good example actually of how the boundaries end up shifting over time. Eventually, Ladywell probably will disappear and it will all be merged into Dennistoun by Torran_Toi (Tue 6th Oct 2020 1:47pm)
  • A lot of people only look at the pictures and don't read any words as they scroll. by Torran_Toi (Wed 7th Oct 2020 8:29am)
  • I would say that's all Ladywell. As far as I know and without checking, Drygate itself is not an area, but is just a street name (same as Gallowgate and Trongate). Ladywell (I think) would be bounded by High Street, Cathedral Square, Wishart Street and Duke Street (though it *may* stretch a bit further south and take in some of Hunter and Melbourne Streets, and *may* go a bit more east into the brewery ground). It's 100% not Collegelands. Collegelands is actually one of the city's oldest area names. Many people think it's a modern name because of the student flats, but it appears on some very old maps and has been named Collegelands since the days when Glasgow University was on that location before moving to Gilmorehill in the west end. The boundary seems pretty well defined as south of Duke Street and North of Bell Street. Historic quarter and learning quarter and similar are all marketing guff made by the council, as you'll know. And, yeah, fuck estate agents and their 'upper east side merchant district' kind of crap, lol. Ladywell itself will be a sad one to lose. It, again, is a very, very old area name. Probably one of the very oldest going back to when Glasgow had only as handful of streets. So named due to a few natural wells in the area, particularly the Lady Well itself on Ladywell street (which is still there, but capped with an ornamental plinth and arch - one of our lesser known and ignored tourist attractions). by Torran_Toi (Wed 7th Oct 2020 8:44am)
  • u/still-searching Did a little bit of digging and found this. Thought it would be of interest to you... > The Drygate is undoubtedly the oldest thoroughfare in the city. In Jamieson's history of the Culdees it is stated that the Pagans brought the word dry from Germany, as being the name by which every German priest was called. In ancient times, anterior to our ecclesiastical history, a Druidical place of worship stood on the site of the present Necropolis, the only-approach to which must have been the Drygate, hence it was designated the priests' road. A mint-house was erected here during the reign of Robert the Third. and > TEXT FROM JACK HOUSE >Straight across from the Rotterrow is the Drygate which was once a Roman Road. Duke Street Prison dominated the Drygate for many years. Now there is the housing complex, and its pillared entrance with the Cathedral Square opposite. >When you cross John Knox Street, you find that the rest of the Drygate, which led over the Molendinar Burn to the Lady's Well, has been reduced to a short cul-de-sac, for the gigantic Tennent's Brewery reached out over the Molendinar and swallowed up part of the ancient history of Glasgow. >The Drygate was the place where such great lords as the Dukes of Montrose had their town houses. One of the first bridges in Glasgow was build over the Molendinar Burn here. by Torran_Toi (Wed 7th Oct 2020 10:55am)
  • Indeed. There's also a wee bit uncovered in Molendinar park up in Provanmill. I've not been to see it, so can't say if it's any good or not, but, apparently the council un-culverted a section of the burn and made wee walkways round it and dug pools, planted shrubs, etc. That bit next to the Great Eastern is accessible if you have a ladder to get down to it. You can walk the tunnel for a fair stretch right up to the Parade underneath Wishart Street. There's a video on Youtube somewhere of an Urbex crew going in for a wander. (found it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szttcDHjd5w ) by Torran_Toi (Wed 7th Oct 2020 2:00pm)
  • There's also a social aspect to them. Some people go to spend time with mates in an atmosphere they like and do an activity they enjoy. Similar with bingo halls and stuff. You can do all this stuff online, but the whole point of going to the physical place to play for many people is to meet up with some pals, which has become even more important in recent weeks. My partner works in bingo and has always said that closing a bingo hall has a massive impact on the wellbeing of the community; especially on those who live alone. It's the same with the betting shops. You'll always find a group of middle age to old men in them that are regulars who go there to socialise. by Torran_Toi (Thu 8th Oct 2020 8:31am)
  • Possibly. They should be allowed to open 6 to 6. I'm not sure though. Some people are saying anywhere without alcohol licences can open 6-6, which would include fast food places. Others are saying it's "cafes only", and with McDonalds being a "restaurant" they might have to close in the central belt altogether. Need to see what happens in the next 24 hours for a definite answer I guess. by Torran_Toi (Thu 8th Oct 2020 8:56am)
  • It actually is. There's etchings in the stonework of that building of a hand palm with crossed keys on it. (Crossmaloof = cross my hand). The village of Crossmyloof historically started pretty much right on the spot that pub sits. by Torran_Toi (Thu 8th Oct 2020 7:50pm)
  • Shawlands is south of Moss side Road, east of Durward Ave/ Ravenshall Rd/ Haggs Rd, north of the white cart water and west of the water and Kilmarnock Road. by Torran_Toi (Thu 8th Oct 2020 8:05pm)
  • Only a few days. Since Monday or Tuesday, I think. by Torran_Toi (Fri 9th Oct 2020 9:22am)
  • Always been a flu jag to me. I only ever hear the word jab on the tele in English accents. by Torran_Toi (Fri 9th Oct 2020 12:40pm)
  • I recently learned that this did actually happen during the blitz. The government ended up having to bring in fines and jail sentences for offenders and had to put blitz wardens on the streets to patrol and police it. by Torran_Toi (Fri 9th Oct 2020 9:39pm)
  • It's not just pubs though. Bingo, bowling, snooker... People are angry because almost all aspects of socialising have been effectively banned and jobs are at major risk. And, there's no guarantee that it's only for 2 weeks by the way. After Sunak's announcement today extending the job support scheme to 67% for at least 3 months, we might actually be looking down the barrel of a winter lockdown here. by Torran_Toi (Fri 9th Oct 2020 9:38pm)
  • It was 17 within a particular chain/group. The statistic doesn't hold true across the entire industry. by Torran_Toi (Sat 10th Oct 2020 12:27am)
  • I went to school with that lassie in the checked jacket. Believe it or not, but back then she was lovely. Very quiet and into her schoolwork. Never got into trouble even once...it just wasn't in her. I see her cutting about town now like this all the time and just think what a shame and waste of potential. by Torran_Toi (Sat 10th Oct 2020 11:45am)
  • Why would covid stop people setting off fireworks? Fuck sakes, lol. by Torran_Toi (Sat 10th Oct 2020 11:22pm)
  • Outdoors though. by Torran_Toi (Sun 11th Oct 2020 9:57am)
  • Screwfix or Toolstation is probably your best bet for this. You could try the electrical wholesale places like Academy Wholesale in Tradeston or any of the CEF (city electrical factors), but those places might be funny about selling individual items to the public. (3 core flex (or twin and earth flex) is what you want to be asking for, btw) Edit: Cumberland electrical in Port Eglinton might be a shout as well. by Torran_Toi (Sun 11th Oct 2020 12:41pm)
  • Haha, yep, all the time mate! by Torran_Toi (Sun 11th Oct 2020 1:02pm)
  • Rings a bell. Can't remember exactly what it meant, but was something similar to when you say "yer budgies are deed" if someones trousers are too short. Was the raining in Paris thing when a lassies' under-skirt was hanging out or something? by Torran_Toi (Sun 11th Oct 2020 4:15pm)
  • It was budgies in the east end. This is the first I'm hearing the cat version. by Torran_Toi (Sun 11th Oct 2020 9:16pm)
  • They wouldn't need to create an app. They can go onto UberEats (and maybe JustEat) as is and have the Uber and JustEat drivers handle the delivery side. I've been getting all sorts of mad orders on UberEats recently including booze runs from local corner shops. I would bet a craft brewery on UberEats would do a roaring trade just now. by Torran_Toi (Mon 12th Oct 2020 12:38pm)
  • Lol. I got a job from the petrol station on South Street a few nights ago. Order was for 2 bags of Haribos and a bottle of ginger. Mental the things people get delivered now. by Torran_Toi (Mon 12th Oct 2020 12:43pm)
  • The thing that irrationally annoys me most here is that they printed the map with north to the side and east to top >_< by Torran_Toi (Tue 13th Oct 2020 6:22am)
  • A while ago, I seen a range of American style pies in Tesco. Key Lime pie, Mississippi Mud Pie, pumpkin pie, etc. They were in the fridge bit where they have the fresh cream donuts and eclairs and the like. Don't know if they still do them or if it was a seasonal special, but worth a look. I'm sure it was the big one at St Rollox, but can't be 100% certain as I use every supermarket in and around the city randomly on shifts. by Torran_Toi (Tue 13th Oct 2020 5:33pm)
  • "east Baillieston". Are we talking Swinton here? or the new build estate right on the city boundary and south of Edinburgh Road where the big roundabouts are? Either way, they are both fine. You are far enough from Easterhouse for that not to be an issue (and Easterhouse really isn't as bad as what it used to be). Also, those estates are pretty contained. I would say "gated community", but they are not really that, but similar in effect. by Torran_Toi (Tue 13th Oct 2020 5:38pm)
  • How is this a Glasgow discussion? by Torran_Toi (Tue 13th Oct 2020 9:20pm)
  • McDonalds has changed the system to be more efficient. The orders are put straight through to the Kitchen now. Drivers need to wait in their "covid" area until the number gets called out. Most waiting times are now reasonable at McDonalds. It's the small local places (kebab shops and the like) that take the piss these days. by Torran_Toi (Fri 16th Oct 2020 4:44pm)
  • Yes. The driver gets paid more than the customer's delivery fee. The average pay for each delivery is around £4, but the rates get "boosts" quite often (boosts are kind of like the UberEats version of surge and is based on supply and demand), which can take some deliveries up to 5 or 6 quid usually. I have on rare occasion seen higher including an £18 trip from German Donner Kebab to Carntyne. The restaurant takes the hit on this. They also take a hit on silly small orders where somebody ordered just a single cheeseburger. So, some of the time the restaurant will be making a loss on an order. The bet that restaurants are making on these platforms is that they will have enough overall volume where big orders help pay for small orders and delivery costs. by Torran_Toi (Fri 16th Oct 2020 4:43pm)
  • No. Thankfully, drivers are self employed. It's up to us if we want to complete a job or not. Uber used to track the cancel rates and deactivate drivers if it went too high, but that got stopped because it meant HMRC would see that kind of thing as more in line with employment and not self employment. by Torran_Toi (Fri 16th Oct 2020 11:13pm)
  • Yes. You'll do better than that though. I'm not sure what a cyclist makes per day, but drivers are pulling in at least £100 for a 7 hour shift. I'd guess the bike guys do around a tenner an hour. by Torran_Toi (Sat 17th Oct 2020 3:57am)
  • Hardly anything. Some nights zero. Some nights 1 or 2 people will add a quid. Basically a coffee or two per week. by Torran_Toi (Sat 17th Oct 2020 7:14am)
  • More likely a lot of people that think they live in Maryhill, but actually live in Woodside, Kelvinside or Ruchill. by Torran_Toi (Sat 17th Oct 2020 7:46am)
  • That last point is mostly true for me too. Not just for deliveries, but also for taxi driving. Journeys and deliveries to the nice bits of the city don't see a lot of tips, and when you do it's usually just up to the next nearest pound; while punters from rougher and more working class areas have always been the most generous. by Torran_Toi (Sat 17th Oct 2020 12:46pm)
  • Well, I don't have pre-covid experience with deliveries, so I can't say on that. But, with the taxis, yes, tips were very frequent when I used to work the local firms with cash. When I moved over to the app based company the tips became near non-existent. That thing you say at the end was true at the local taxi firms too. We end up learning all the regular customers. The ones that never tipped (or ones that always had a bad attitude in general) always waited the longest for a car to come. This is probably why some people say they never, ever have had a problem with Network or Hampden and will say "always been prompt for me"... yep, probably tippers. The ones that always say "Hampden/Network always take aaaages for me"... yep, you're probably known for never tipping or for having your face always tripping ye. by Torran_Toi (Sat 17th Oct 2020 12:53pm)
  • "arsed" in this context is slang for "bothered". "I wish I could be arsed" means "I wish I could be bothered". He is basically saying he would love to come, but he's feeling too lazy to do it. by Torran_Toi (Sat 17th Oct 2020 1:09pm)
  • I don't think we recieve any kind of confirmation about being added to the voters roll. The next time you hear from them will be when they send out a polling card at the next election. As someone else said, the lease for your flat/house is what to use. by Torran_Toi (Sat 17th Oct 2020 4:38pm)
  • Don't really feel it as a loss, tbh. Yeah, things are shite because of Covid and restrictions, but when things were old-normal, nah, the lack of tips didn't matter really. The volume of work with Uber is (or was) a hell of a lot more than the local firms, so you hit your targets faster. Add weekend surges and you hit them even faster again. Plus, not having to pay a radio rental every week. Uber allowed you either work like fuck and make very decent money or allow you make a bit less and enjoy a lot of flexibility and time to yourself. With the local firms you are literally working 3, sometimes 4, days of the week just to cover all the costs. With Uber you could cover the costs in 2 days. I was enjoying 3 days off every week and taking home the same wage that would have took 6 or even 7 days to make with Network. So, yeah, tips didn't really matter with Uber. But, definitely feeling it now that demand is as low as it is during this pandemic. by Torran_Toi (Sat 17th Oct 2020 8:27pm)
  • Another thought.. do you have Right to Work documents or Visas or anything like that. Does this stuff not count as ID? by Torran_Toi (Sat 17th Oct 2020 8:32pm)
  • Yeah. Radio Rents are in the region of £150 per week. So that's the Friday shift swallowed up. Car costs (not covering fuel) are anywhere between £160 and £200 per week depending on car type. Owner-drivers can spread the costs out a bit (monthly finance and annual insurance, say) while the car renters need to pay a fixed weekly. pros and cons, swings and roundabouts. Either way, boom, that's the Saturday shift swallowed up. Then the diesel. This will vary from model to model. Well maintained motors will cost a bit less and sheds of shite will cost a bit more. Looking at anywhere between £100 and £150 per week. That's the Sunday shift gone. Monday to Thursday are less busy, so you're realistically only going to pull in £100 on each of those days if you actually want to sleep or spend time at home. So, you could get to take home a weekly wage of around £400 (pre-tax mind), but you worked ~10 hour shifts for 7 days for that! Working the local firms was brutal mate. Fuck going back to that way of living. Fuck knows how they are managing during this Covid stuff. Well, they aren't. Go take a look at the Network, Hampden or GPH yards. They are packed with cars that have been handed back. The "licence to print money" does exist, but not for drivers. That's the realm of the taxi firm owners. All those weekly rents MUST be paid in cash. Take a firm like Network who pre-covid had around 800 drivers. Radio rent per week is £150 ... so, that's a cash weekly income of 120 grand! Not even counting the car rents. Then the contract account work which they get an extra skim from. Literal millionaires, while drivers are bursting their balls into exhaustion to take home 1500 a month. end rant, lol. by Torran_Toi (Sun 18th Oct 2020 8:14am)
  • Everybody's granny scrubbed everything in vinegar? by Torran_Toi (Sun 18th Oct 2020 3:23pm)
  • Ben A'an is another good climb. A few steep sections and the final push involves a wee bit of clambering over some rocks, but nothing crazy. The view from the top is amazing too! A great day out. by Torran_Toi (Mon 19th Oct 2020 10:34pm)
  • Yep. This is Anderston. by Torran_Toi (Tue 20th Oct 2020 7:33pm)
  • Any landlord can sell at any time, yeah. However, if a tenant is still in place when the sale concludes then the new owner has to honour the terms of the existing tenancy. The landlord doesn't NEED to evict a tenant just to make a sale other than to be a dick about things. by Torran_Toi (Tue 20th Oct 2020 10:26pm)
  • Farm to doorstep my arse. Their factory and distro hub is up in Port Dundas Industrial Estate. by Torran_Toi (Wed 21st Oct 2020 9:25pm)
  • I knew Leslie before he died. He once told me a story about that back wall. He was sitting in the office one day and could hear weird scraping sounds coming through the wall, so he and his son, Jim (who is now the owner) went round to see what was happening. There was a wee crew of guys all painting the wall bright white. He asked them what was going on and they said "we've been sent to paint your wall. The queen is coming past here on the train in a couple of weeks". by Torran_Toi (Wed 21st Oct 2020 10:09pm)
  • > genocide LOL by Torran_Toi (Thu 22nd Oct 2020 5:15am)
  • I'm laughing because you can't genocide cows, you moron. by Torran_Toi (Thu 22nd Oct 2020 3:15pm)
  • Also the pet food aisle in Tesco/ Asda/ whatever. Usually packs of straw next to the cat litter. by Torran_Toi (Thu 22nd Oct 2020 3:20pm)
  • The cash and carrys in Tradeston. Bonnypack and ABS are the best two for it. by Torran_Toi (Fri 23rd Oct 2020 5:16pm)
  • It's the annual festival commemorating the last time that a man with a shred of honesty walked into the Houses of Parliament. by Torran_Toi (Fri 23rd Oct 2020 5:07pm)
  • That one in Camby is open every year, but is only ever open at this time of the year and then completely shuts for the rest of the year. by Torran_Toi (Sat 24th Oct 2020 7:01am)
  • Mm hmm. The Polmadie burn is toxic as fuck. I'm sure I've heard that it used to run a limey green colour from all the waste in the ground. When they were building the M74 through that area they ended up purposely entombing large sections of toxic soil by pouring shit tons of concrete over it before building the actual motorway. I assume the works at the Jenny Burn is some kind of clean up effort. by Torran_Toi (Sat 24th Oct 2020 7:15am)
  • I'd like to see a photo of the corner facing that one (where the train station is now). All those buildings are gone too. Albeit, they were just factory units (there was a tram depot on that block), but would still be good to see the before and after. by Torran_Toi (Sun 25th Oct 2020 5:55am)
  • Coais has moved a couple of times. They have the corner on that newer built block that we all know today, but before they moved in there, the tenement that was there before had, I think, a butcher shop on that corner. I think the roof caved in or the floors were giving way on that old building... Can't really remember why it came down, but it did. Pretty sure it was an ugly gap of nothing for quite a few years before they threw the new build up. by Torran_Toi (Sun 25th Oct 2020 10:42am)
  • Cheers for finding those mate. I think that's maybe Paton Street, though, not Cumbernauld Rd? There should be a tenement on the left hand corner of Cumbernauld Rd. Looks like these photos would have been taken after the railway was put in place in between Cumbernauld Rd and Paton Street. Yeah, your right that the tram depot used to be bigger (or was moved further back onto Paton St?) as there are pre-railway maps showing the tram shed right on Cumbernauld Rd. by Torran_Toi (Sun 25th Oct 2020 6:55pm)
  • For anyone wondering, this particular crossroads is Alexandra Cross... a nearly forgotten cross name. The next big junction to the north at Alexandra Parade is where you would probably guess Alexandra Cross to be, but that junction doesn't actually have a name, although it is marked on some very old maps as a tollcross (also on some very old maps, Alexandra Park is named as Tollcross Park). by Torran_Toi (Sun 25th Oct 2020 7:01pm)
  • The Vogue still stands, but is a bingo hall now. Just a bit back from Edinburgh Rd on Cumbrnauld Rd... after the Halshaw dealership (which you might remember as Skelly's ?) by Torran_Toi (Mon 26th Oct 2020 2:45am)
  • I'm guessing volunteer stuff has similar rules to workplaces. by Torran_Toi (Mon 26th Oct 2020 5:19am)
  • It'll defo be this. My brother had something very similar happen. He got stopped by the police one time for driving without insurance. Car impounded and charged. He had paid the insurance, but found out by phoning the insurer that somewhere somehow it got dumped into a suspense account. It would have been nice of them to let him know that he was driving about uninsured on a lapsed policy, but nah. So, they moved the money from the suspense account and reactivated the policy. When it went to court the insurance company didn't show up (apparently they never do), but the Sheriff took one look at the original transaction receipt along with a bunch of other bits of paper... accepted the issue as an admin error on the part of the insurance company and dismissed the case. Anyway, long story short; your money is in a suspense account. by Torran_Toi (Mon 26th Oct 2020 3:29pm)
  • Restaurants will probably be open by the 7th. The new tiered system comes into effect next Monday and restaurants will be able to open in tiers 0, 1, 2 & 3. So, unless we get put right into the top teir at level 4 then restaurants will be open. by Torran_Toi (Tue 27th Oct 2020 12:31am)
  • As a night shift taxi driver, can confirm. Duke street and most of the streets south of Duke Street (Annfield and Bellfield areas) are drug deal hotspots. (Bellgrove isn't actually an "official" area name by the way. Bellgrove station is the area that taxi drivers will call Annfield and the Bellgrove Hotel is in Bellfield). by Torran_Toi (Tue 27th Oct 2020 10:27pm)
  • It looks like the new system is going to focus less on type of establishment (like pub, cafe, restaurant) and more on type of activity (alcohol on sales, alcohol off sales, serving of food). Probably as a result of the clusterfuck arguments like 'is my restaurant a cafe?' So, in teir 3 it looks like all types of establishment will be able to open, but the alcohol on sales will be the restriction... so, cafes, restaurants and pubs can open but they can all only serve food (and also up to, I think, 6pm?) by Torran_Toi (Tue 27th Oct 2020 10:39pm)
  • There wasn't a total ban in July. The council guidance from July says allowable if "sold as part of a home delivery or sold as a pre-packaged, properly sealed product such as a bottle of wine or cans of beer". The only thing banned on takeaways was unsealed drinks for immediate consumption. by Torran_Toi (Wed 28th Oct 2020 12:44am)
  • Same. Please keep posting u/auldgalivanter by Torran_Toi (Wed 28th Oct 2020 1:54am)
  • The widden pallets. If they are still there on November 6th then the city has surely and utterly changed since I was wee. by Torran_Toi (Wed 28th Oct 2020 1:52am)
  • It *was* 1 way round the square until a few months ago. However, they just closed off the two short sides with barriers, so you cant go all the way round it anymore. You can only go along the George Street side heading east and the Cochrane/Saint Vincent street side heading west. You can no longer drive past the city chambers or up the Queen Street side. It may go back to how it was, but It's somewhat likely that this change will end up permanent. by Torran_Toi (Wed 28th Oct 2020 2:07am)
  • We've all done it at some point. Usually while decorating a flat you just moved into. by Torran_Toi (Fri 30th Oct 2020 2:21am)
  • This one is Irish, not Scottish, but 'Father Ted' is worth mentioning. by Torran_Toi (Fri 30th Oct 2020 9:33pm)
  • Don't do it. If I were compiling a list of the worst tower blocks in Glasgow then those ones at the bottom of Wyndford Rd would be very near the top. The rest of the area isn't a whole lot better. Wyndford needs some very serious regeneration. Like Sighthill and Red Road levels, as in flatten the fuckin lot of it and start again. by Torran_Toi (Sat 31st Oct 2020 1:53am)
  • Gates are locked up at night. Only way in would be to climb the fence (which you are legally allowed to do under Right to Roam, btw). by Torran_Toi (Sat 31st Oct 2020 1:56am)
  • Support does exist in teir 3. That would be the scheme where the staff need to work 1 day a week to end up with 73% of wages with 10% being paid by employer. The clever move for T3 pubs would be to only open on at the weekend and have all the staff work 1 shift. by Torran_Toi (Sat 31st Oct 2020 9:55am)
  • > who on earth finds that look attractive? Schemey spice boys all hopped up on cocaine and whey protein. by Torran_Toi (Sat 31st Oct 2020 3:07pm)
  • "You've got AIDS ya reprobate" (verbatim) So, she might end up getting charged with sending offensive messages online as well as the COVID breach. All that along with getting two of her mates/family potentially fired from the NHS... She's about to have some rude awakening. by Torran_Toi (Sat 31st Oct 2020 3:06pm)
  • [Found her brand of fake tan](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kiwi-Shoe-Polish-Dark-Tan/dp/B0016C0F60/ref=asc_df_B0016C0F60/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=375497766422&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4608515626530309249&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046913&hvtargid=pla-334753855641&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=79623074071&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=375497766422&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4608515626530309249&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046913&hvtargid=pla-334753855641) by Torran_Toi (Sat 31st Oct 2020 5:22pm)
  • That's probably the Calder Waters. The Clyde's a bit more south from Ravenscraig, but the South Calder runs there. by Torran_Toi (Sat 31st Oct 2020 11:00pm)
  • If it was health board areas then Rutherglen into Glasgow would probably be fine, but these tiered restrictions are going to apply to council areas, not health board areas, I believe. The Glasgow and Clyde health board area takes in quite a few council areas... Glasgow city itself, both the Dumbartonshires, Renfrewshire and East Ren, Inverclyde and parts of both North and South Lanarkshire. The Lanarkshire health board takes in both Lanarkshires excluding the parts in the Glasgow board area. The health board areas are larger than the council areas that make them up. by Torran_Toi (Sun 1st Nov 2020 1:48pm)
  • Yep, which technically means that the bit of clyde that runs from Glasgow Green and westwards isn't a river at all, but an estuary. by Torran_Toi (Mon 2nd Nov 2020 11:23pm)
  • Oatlands, Strathbungo and North Kelvinside are ancient. The "inventions" are actually the opposite of what you say here. To say Oatlands is the Gorbals or Kelvinside is Maryhill is modern fudgery. And Eglinton Toll isn't even an area, it is nothing more than a road intersection. Saint Andrew's Cross, which is where Pollokshaws Road meets Victoria Road and Eglinton Street in a saltire shape. At some point in the 1940's they put the barrier in place which 'broke' the crossroads. At that point the junction started getting called Eglinton Toll instead of St Andrew's Cross (but both names live on). The area name is actually Port Eglinton. by Torran_Toi (Mon 2nd Nov 2020 11:35pm)
  • Kelvinside and North Kelvinside were both large estates back in the day. In fact, the 'west end' started with the Kelvinsides. The boundary between the two is the massive old stone dyke wall that separates the high from the low. Many folk walk past it thinking it's just a retaining wall, but it was actually built as a result of some kind of petty access dispute between the two estate owners. by Torran_Toi (Tue 3rd Nov 2020 6:44am)
  • See my other comment. You aren't wrong. My brother put an application in to change class of a commercial property. Didn't use an expensive consultant; rather he just let the council come back with the reasons for rejection and then he had all the info that a consultant would have charged an arm and a leg for. by Torran_Toi (Tue 3rd Nov 2020 7:17am)
  • Your advice is sound, but if I can offer a little anecdotal? My brother changed the use class on a commercial property a couple years ago. He didn't bother hiring a consultant or whatever. His reason was that it's actually cheaper just to put the application in and let the council reject it, because at that point the council will tell you everything that an expensive expert would have told you anyway. by Torran_Toi (Tue 3rd Nov 2020 7:15am)
  • Gartnavel did have an A&E, but you're right, the angle of the shot doesn't seem to match it. It kind of looks like the old A&E that was at Lightburn hospital in the east end, but it'seems hard to tell because it's so dark. (Years ago (and 96 would match this) there were a whole load more A&E's than we have now. They closed a lot of them down around the same time that they moved the A&E at the Royal Infirmary from the Gatehouse Building on Castle Street round to the new build round the corner). by Torran_Toi (Wed 4th Nov 2020 1:44pm)
  • I do UE and JE. Doing it in car pays more per mile than doing on bike. It just wouldn't be fair to pay the bike guys the same as cars seeing as they don't have the same insurance and fuel costs. Earnings vary wildly at times. I've made £100 in as little as 5 hours some days and other days it's took 10 hours. Never seen it go below an average of a tenner an hour even on the quietest of days though. Deliveroo is the hardest to get onto. They are at peak saturation and won't take more on till supply/demand levels out. I've been on the wait list since June. Just eat are similar, but not impossible, but they work things by zones. So, while you might not get Glasgow East due to saturation, they might give you Glasgow North. Uber don't give a fuck about saturation, so will take you on. Which is concerning because a point will end up getting reached where there are too many riders/drivers for us all to get a fair shake. Not there just yet though. I'm actually a PH taxi driver (but that's totally fucked inside and out by Covid), so street knowledge isn't something I worry about, but even at that, don't worry about it... the apps have turn-by-turn navigation as the main feature. It's nearly impossible to get lost. by Torran_Toi (Wed 4th Nov 2020 3:01pm)
  • Obvious question, but do you have a hard to find address or live in a new build not on maps yet? It might just be that you've had terrible luck getting shite drivers though. by Torran_Toi (Wed 4th Nov 2020 5:08pm)
  • It's not a hill I'll die on, but I'm nearly certain the Out of Hours bit used to be a Casualty. Could be wrong tho. by Torran_Toi (Thu 5th Nov 2020 6:35am)
  • And, aye. Thanks for showing that list. That's interesting as fuck. Do you mind me asking what book(?) that's printed in? by Torran_Toi (Thu 5th Nov 2020 6:42am)
  • The sectarian undertones of the 5th of November are being forgotten/erased by commercialism. There is actually a bit of a positive thing going on there if we look deep at it. by Torran_Toi (Thu 5th Nov 2020 6:48am)
  • If they are standing outside the building then it wasn't a sat-nav issue as the maps clearly got them to where they were supposed to be. Sounds more like they can't be bothered going up the lift. The thing with Uber is there is a 7 minute timer, after which the job can be cancelled. But the timer only starts ticking if you make a voice call to the customer. Sounds like they are phoning to start the timer and trying to play some kind of game to save them going up the lift or something? Definitely sounds like arse holes you've been getting. by Torran_Toi (Thu 5th Nov 2020 8:16am)
  • Anybody hear a loud bang in the south side? Sounded like an explosion. Very loud. Can also hear a police siren away in the distance. Anyone know if an incident is happening? by Torran_Toi (Thu 5th Nov 2020 2:49pm)
  • Ooft. Illegal imports? Is there some kind of way to report that to the council? Though, canny wait till the morning so I can get a snap of the Cathedral under a firework induced smoggy sunrise. by Torran_Toi (Thu 5th Nov 2020 3:33pm)
  • The end of Woodlands nearer the Kelvin is decent enough (so, around Gibson Street, Park Road, Montague Street, Barrington Drive), but closer to the motorway and where Woodlands merges into North Woodside it starts getting a bit iffy. by Torran_Toi (Fri 6th Nov 2020 11:59am)
  • The Royal is only about 200 years old (the oldest bit). Quite a few buildings older than the Royal (Provan Hall, the Tolbooth, Provand's Lordship, Crookston Castle and more). You might be thinking of Provand's Lordship? That is just across the road from the Cathedral and hospital. by Torran_Toi (Fri 6th Nov 2020 9:07pm)
  • Ah. There are stained glass windows in the Royal commemorating the old trades. The guy who came up with the project worked in NHS Estates, but was also a Deacon of Trades House. Those windows are only a few years old though. by Torran_Toi (Fri 6th Nov 2020 9:55pm)
  • There are two types of drivers when ordering on JustEat. There are app drivers who work with JustEat directly. These drivers don't work for any particular restaurant and the app will send them to whatever restaurant needs a driver. On the restaurant side, for restaurants using JustEat's drivers, this means their pool of available drivers is pretty big. These drivers got the driver notes pushed onto the phone screen and require a confirmation click. Then you get restaurants with their own drivers. The app drivers above can't get those jobs. A restaurant pays less fees to JustEat and uses them to aggregate orders only. Those drivers don't have a driver app. They are supposed to get a copy of the JustEat printout slip from the restaurant, which has the notes printed on it. If your driver notes are being ignored/missed then it's likely you are ordering from a place that uses it's own drivers and they are failing to read the slips of paper. by Torran_Toi (Sat 7th Nov 2020 12:26am)
  • There are a LOT of churches and other religious building about. Some areas are heavier in numbers than others. You mention Pollokshaws Road. Going back a number of years here, but the areas of Strathbungo, Govanhill, Shawlands and Shawbridge were communities with massive numbers of Irish immigrants. It's possible the area has a lot more churches and chapels than other areas due to that? It's not just Glasgow by the way. I stay in Wishaw these days. Quite a small town really, but it has around 15 to 20 churches/chapels/etc. by Torran_Toi (Sat 7th Nov 2020 12:36am)
  • Well, KFC and McDonalds being the problem changes my guess. KFC and McDs don't use their own drivers, they use JustEat's app drivers. This would mean whatever you are putting in the driver notes box is definitely showing up on the drivers' phone. It's defo not on the restaurant. Restaurants using JE drivers don't even get to see your address. That only appears on the driver app. The problem is definitely with the drivers. I'm struggling to understand the issue. I've never had any issues delivering and the notes are pretty clearly displayed. Maybe I've overestimated the average intelligence or English reading ability of most of the other drivers and that there are a lot more of them out there that are just thick as shit. :/ by Torran_Toi (Sat 7th Nov 2020 1:03am)
  • Cool. I had thought a restaurant would have to sign up to do it one way over the other. So, how does that work for orders coming in on the restaurant terminal? Does the restaurant click on something to tell the system that this order is being delivered by our own driver and another option to click to tell it for this one please assign and send an app driver? by Torran_Toi (Sat 7th Nov 2020 3:18pm)
  • A jake or a jakey bastard = somebody that smells; is dirty; is unwashed ... that kind of thing. by Torran_Toi (Sat 7th Nov 2020 10:17pm)
  • North of Great Western Road sandwiched between Blairdardie and Netherton, so like Baldwin Ave, Rotherwood Ave, Cloberhill Rd and all that. Low Knightswood would be south of GWR, so the streets around Knighswood Park like Lincoln Ave, Chaplet Ave, Bassett Ave and all that. Although, I disagree that the good/bad division is High/Low because it's not all bad in High Knightswood and it's not all good in Low Knightswood. Aye, sure, streets in High Knightswood like Banner Road and Glaive Road aren't the best, but there are a lot of good decent streets up there like Monksbridge and Herald Avenues. Then you have the high flats in Low Knightswood at Lincoln Avenue and Kestrel Road which are less nice than some of the streets in the high end. It's a very mixed bag in Knightswood. There's good and bad in both the High and the Low ends. by Torran_Toi (Sun 8th Nov 2020 2:25pm)
  • Partly true. The Chancellor was right earlier in the week (last week?) when he said the Scottish Government have tax raising powers that they could use if they wanted to provide more support. It's completely disingenuous for the SNP to keep pointing the finger down south over shortfalls when they have the power to fill the shortfalls themselves but adamantly don't use the powers. by Torran_Toi (Mon 9th Nov 2020 6:52am)
  • But, they don't need to raise the tax * during * the pandemic. Under Section 67 of the Scotland Act, the Scottish Gov could be taking loans from the Treasury backed by future income raised from a slightly higher, but progressive, Scottish income tax. There are multiple "untruths" the SNP like to spin just now. One being that we can't raise our own funds and that we can't borrow. It's not strictly true. Sure, they can't borrow in the traditional sense from world banks and other usual governmental sources, but there are options available to them that they refuse to look at. by Torran_Toi (Mon 9th Nov 2020 2:59pm)
  • The woodlands at the back end of Easterhouse (now part of what they are calling the Seven Lochs Park). Best bet is to get a bus to the Fort then go past the old Provan Hall, cross the road and enter the woods at Todd's Well. From there you have miles of forest tracks going all the way to Gartcosh or Drumpellier Park going by Bishop's Loch. by Torran_Toi (Tue 10th Nov 2020 6:20am)
  • My guess is that the "castle" is a remnant of the old Clayslap Mill. The location looks about right. That would mean that particular building wasn't built specifically for the exhibitions and would actually predate all that. Definitely no later than 1900/1901, as 1901 saw the construction of the building that we know today as Kelvingrove Galleries, which would be a little behind where the "castle" sits here. So, yeah, my guess is that building is the last remaining section of Clayslap Mill and taken just prior to construction of the big gallery building we all know today. by Torran_Toi (Tue 10th Nov 2020 4:25pm)
  • Also seen some filming going on today on the Dalmarnock Road bridge. About half a dozen guys standing on the bridge with rods, fishing over the rail into the Clyde and a small camera crew filming them. Don't know if it was for this film or not though. by Torran_Toi (Tue 10th Nov 2020 8:48pm)
  • Cheers. by Torran_Toi (Wed 11th Nov 2020 11:33am)
  • Phone the shop and ask? 01236 722674 by Torran_Toi (Thu 12th Nov 2020 5:39pm)
  • DELETED AA & NA aren't holding meetings just now because of Covid restrictions. by Torran_Toi (Thu 12th Nov 2020 6:23pm)
  • Provan Hall in Auchinlea Park next to the Fort Shoppy. It's a 16th century building with courtyards and arches. by Torran_Toi (Fri 13th Nov 2020 12:19am)
  • Get an ultrasonic plug in thingy. They don't cost much and do prevent them from coming in. by Torran_Toi (Fri 13th Nov 2020 11:12am)
  • Go to your nearest police station instead of phoning and make the complaints and statements there in person. Also tell them you don't want them coming to your house because you don't want the neighbour seeing them come. by Torran_Toi (Sat 14th Nov 2020 6:02am)
  • Here are the ones I think I can make out. 0.06 - 0.11 : [Corner of Green Street and London Road.](https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.8516708,-4.2334736,3a,75y,1.21h,100.72t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s3DBFEKqZryKwHgQ81HBlCw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) The pub you can see is the Calton Bar (original one, not the current one) with the Zion Hall next door. The building is now demolished and is now the large patch of grass immediately to the west of Green Street. 0.11 - 0.16 : [I think this is the junction of Duke Street and Shettleston Road.](https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.8547742,-4.1974482,3a,75y,318.24h,88.75t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s34Zfvyp1QtWNhd-95EGdlQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) Can't quite get the same angle on Streetview, but I think this is close enough. On the old photo to the left you can make out the sign for Parkhead Forge (not the Shopping centre, but the actual forgery). The green car coming in from the right is coming from Shettleston, the bus in the distance is on Duke Street heading towards Dennistoun and the yellow car is heading towards Parkhead Cross. I think. 0.24 - 0.30 : Not certain, but the shop on the right has a sign saying 35 High Street on it. 0.35 - 0.41 : Total guess. I'm going to guess this Duke Street around about where the bakery is. The two clues I'm using to leap to that conclusion is the Mother's Pride Wagon (big bakery on Duke Street near the train station) and the Orange Walk. 0.41 - 0.47 : [Somewhere around here at Broad Street and Fordneuk Street.](https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@55.8513188,-4.2202979,3a,75y,201.84h,90.4t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sreXj5fwFOMwg8bUVQ09QPg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) We can see Broad Street in the sign to the left and Weighbridge on the sign centre back. Theere was apparently a weighbridge on the corner of those two streets. 0.48 - 0.53 : [Going to agree with u/Buckfast1994 and say this is 191 Gallowgate](https://www.google.com/maps/@55.8556149,-4.2382086,3a,75y,22.04h,84.65t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sFCYoozLfYn3c8oX8-563Xg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) ... really, really interesting story about this bit of land. Lots of history hidden under that ugly row of shops. If you want to know, let me know. 0.59 - 1.04 : [Possibly Howat Street, Govan?](https://www.google.com/maps/@55.8645177,-4.3171279,3a,75y,9.06h,91.84t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-CSCcDgYk402DnqoUc9uuw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) 1.16 - 1.22 [u/buckfast1994 has it. Millerston Street at Inglis Street overlooking old Camlachie, which would become the Forge Retail Park.](https://www.google.com/maps/@55.8570055,-4.213882,3a,75y,165.03h,82.18t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sKUVWjpG2jqytQ_QuUliHfg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DKUVWjpG2jqytQ_QuUliHfg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D106.018555%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656) 1.22 - 1.28 [The bridge on Millerston Street.](https://www.google.com/maps/@55.8565591,-4.213922,3a,75y,264.18h,78.72t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1si-8dAsDhI6PlcuqWr2UXPA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) Bluevale Flats to the left. 1.28 - 1.35 : [That's the old high flats at Norfolk Court, still visible on Streetview if you go back to 2015.](https://www.google.com/maps/@55.851435,-4.2556588,3a,75y,32.68h,119.12t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s6xP5aRHRMSUfHMeoeLYtbw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) The photo looks to have been took from around Coburg Street or maybe the area between Coburg Street and Norfolk Court. 1.55 - 1.58 : Millerston Street bridge again 1.58 - 2.03 [I think we are looking at this junction of Todd Street and Carntyne Road, Haghill.](https://www.google.com/maps/@55.8574923,-4.2000455,3a,75y,310.3h,74.9t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1shJuJUL3Ov56mlh-FHtlFYw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) 2.03 - 2.09 : Millerston Street bridge again 2.09 - 2.15 : [Corner of Govan Road and Elder Street](https://www.google.com/maps/@55.8639656,-4.3188913,3a,75y,281.25h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sDoPV-P7f48FvWMlj3OHWag!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DDoPV-P7f48FvWMlj3OHWag%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D289.52274%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192) 2.28 - 2.34 : [Stevenson Street, Calton](https://www.google.com/maps/@55.8542132,-4.2366042,3a,75y,211.42h,90.75t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s4ptvrZX-JpRR862Vc6ohaA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D4ptvrZX-JpRR862Vc6ohaA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D307.94223%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656) 2.53 - 2.59 : I think this might be taken from the corner of Waterloo Street looking right at Central Station (Hope Street). The rounded building corner where the guy is lying down looks like the Cafe Nero. 2.59 - 3.05 : Look like Norfolk Court flats again. Photo taken from Norfolk Street? 3.05 - 3.11 [George V Bridge](https://www.google.com/maps/@55.855832,-4.2597516,3a,75y,37.78h,78.28t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s61BrQ83AIev1xIUqCKruLQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D61BrQ83AIev1xIUqCKruLQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D127.61732%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192) 3.19 - 3.24 : [Crossroads of Victoria Bridge/Clyde Street/Stockwell Street - Looking at what we know today as the Clutha Vaults (Wee Man's in this photo)](https://www.google.com/maps/@55.8543848,-4.2507193,3a,34.8y,75.03h,94.4t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sr1ElEyRifA5k4k9OLdLg6A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) 3:25 - 3:33: [Gateside Street.](https://www.google.com/maps/@55.8575029,-4.2103485,3a,75y,229.65h,86.77t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sqOeh-fVs9msultXp6O0Hnw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) 3.53 - 3.59 : [This one has been answered on this sub before](https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/gf2xyn/can_anyone_identify_where_this_raymond_depardon/) 4.17 - 4.22 : [The Bluevale flats again, but taken from an angle looking west from around Craigmore Street or Plant Street](https://www.google.com/maps/@55.8568244,-4.2027302,3a,48.8y,285.6h,92.98t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sRwS6aFSm4yzkCl48kZ9sIg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) 4.54 - 4.56 : [Howat Street again?](https://www.google.com/maps/@55.8648047,-4.3170291,3a,52.1y,4.14h,93.48t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1su8JNVVgp3yZ6jRskXmO-wA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3Du8JNVVgp3yZ6jRskXmO-wA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D29.904276%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656) 5.12 - 5.15 : I think this might have been taken next to the now removed railway tracks between Penny Street and the Kelvin College, Haghill, [basically, up on the hill at the top of this wall somewhere](https://www.google.com/maps/@55.8648047,-4.3170291,3a,52.1y,4.14h,93.48t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1su8JNVVgp3yZ6jRskXmO-wA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3Du8JNVVgp3yZ6jRskXmO-wA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D29.904276%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656) by Torran_Toi (Sun 15th Nov 2020 2:22am)
  • It is the site of a few important historical landmarks. The lane to the east side of the building (Saracen's Head Lane) was an ancient road that led from the city's East Port to the Cathedral. If you look on maps you can pretty much draw a straight line from that lane to Cathedral and Necropolis. The road would have intersected with the Drygate (Dry coming from an old word for Druid/priest, so Druid's Gait or Druid's Road). In around 1500, this is where a small chapel was built. Again on the East Port and was called The Chapel of Little Saint Mungo. It was set back about 100 feet from Gallowgate. Had a small graveyard behind it and a now lost water well, known as Saint Mungo's Well. (There is a second Saint Mungo's Well in the Cathedral). The well was in the back court of the church, nearer to Great Dovehill. [The well and graveyard would have been in this now scabby looking yard, and possibly also under the new build flats next to it](https://www.google.com/maps/@55.8559311,-4.2384467,3a,90y,104.32h,80.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sOxvEAtE_ZpcDXNXsbanRxg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192). [A photo of the capped well]( https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/lostglasgow-gb/images/392-large@2x.jpg) In 1754 the land was sold to Robert Tennent (of the same Tennent family behind the Wellpark Brewery and Tennent's Lager). On the site he built a 3 storey hotel and pub... The Saracen's Head. A pub of the same name is now on the next corner over. GlasgowLive wrote an article on this, but got most of their facts and locations totally wrong. The original Saracens Head was built on the site of Little Mungos Chapel, which was between Dovehill and Saracen's Head Lane. Notable guests of the establishment include Dougal Graham (Bellman of Glasgow) and Robert Burns. [Old etch of the building](https://www.oldglasgowpubs.co.uk/images/Pub%20Images/saracen-head-etch.jpg) [Photo of the old building](https://www.oldglasgowpubs.co.uk/images/Pub%20Images/saracen%20head%20inn%20old1.jpg) The most interesting thing about that building was that Tennent was given permission to use the ruins of the demolished Bishop's Castle as a quarry, so the building was built using recycled bricks that were once within the walls of one of our lost and important historical buildings. The Bishop's Castle was once the seat of power in the city. It was located just west of the Cathedral partly where the oldest and original building of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary now stands and partly on Cathedral Square in front of that. It is said that the foundations of the Royal are what remains of the old walls of the Castle. [It is possible that the bricks of this old wall on the side of those shops are actually the same bricks that once made the walls of the old Bishop's Castle](https://www.google.com/maps/@55.8558542,-4.2385027,3a,90y,149.88h,93.24t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sG4r9A3Zhgy5KdHs1kYWcvQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) (Map links might be broken. Did this on phone. If broke, will fix on desktop later). by Torran_Toi (Sun 15th Nov 2020 12:15pm)
  • "Yes, I know the city like a lover. Good or bad it's hard to love another that I've found. This is no mean town, no mean city." by Torran_Toi (Sun 15th Nov 2020 12:33pm)
  • You're totally welcome! Yeah, it's quite obscene how we have lost and forgotten so much of our history. Pulling down old, slummy tenements is one thing, but losing historical buildings of significance is quite another. And allowing that yard, with all its history, to become the overgrown private dumping ground for those shops is boiling my piss. That scabby yard should be took back under a CPO and repurposed into a small park come garden with a plinth or something marking the old water well and a few plaques explaining the history of the site. by Torran_Toi (Sun 15th Nov 2020 12:56pm)
  • A bit of both, I think. I know stuff about the stuff I'm interested in and read about, which definitely includes a lot of Glasgow stuff. I have several interests and I have a habit where I become obsessed with those interests and learn as much about them as possible while completely ignoring all other stuff I have no interest in. But, yeah, Glasgow is definitely my Mastermind specialist subject, but my knowledge isn't limited to just that. by Torran_Toi (Sun 15th Nov 2020 7:26pm)
  • Eh?!? Philadelphia has got to one of the worst chippies about. by Torran_Toi (Sun 15th Nov 2020 7:56pm)
  • Their food isny nice. Blue Lagoon is honestly better. by Torran_Toi (Sun 15th Nov 2020 9:24pm)
  • Don't know about a sub, but I've sometimes thought about starting a blog. Less often I think about writing a book or two. Although, the problem with that is the stuff I know has already been written about and all I'm really doing is repeating what I've learned. I don't actually have much original research to write about. The best I could really do is write some kind of book that collates together in one place all the facts on a subject where all the info is currently to be found over multiple sources. So, aye, a blog would probably be better. by Torran_Toi (Sun 15th Nov 2020 10:06pm)
  • Well the photographer is standing in Govanhill, but aye, nothing in the photo is Govanhill. by Torran_Toi (Mon 16th Nov 2020 2:08am)
  • Mojama? Was next door to Pizza Express in what is now Tuk Tuk. by Torran_Toi (Mon 16th Nov 2020 5:03am)
  • It's an Indian restaurant now called Tuk Tuk. by Torran_Toi (Mon 16th Nov 2020 5:43am)
  • Don't remember Logik, but Babushka rings a bell. That's a while ago. by Torran_Toi (Mon 16th Nov 2020 7:02am)
  • The LEZ will only cover the City Centre and won't be banning diesel outright. Diesel cars older than 2014 and petrol cars older than 2006 will be the rule. It's also been put off till the end of 2022 because if Covid. by Torran_Toi (Mon 16th Nov 2020 3:27pm)
  • I've only ever known it like this... Brown the mince (higher fat content is better), then add chopped onions and sliced carrots with water and oxo. Bring to boil then simmer for a good while. When it's just ready thicken it with a wee bit of Bisto. Serve with mashed totties. by Torran_Toi (Mon 16th Nov 2020 11:32pm)
  • Just coming in to say that the Amazon Warehouse, while ever so technically being Bathgate, is quite a bit away from Bathgate town itself. For example, from Bathgate train station to the warehouse is almost an hours walk. The Amazon warehouse is in an industrial estate built on the edge of the motorway for easy HGV access. A distro park similar to Eurocentral, but a good bit smaller. Without a car it would be a right pain in the arse to travel to. by Torran_Toi (Tue 17th Nov 2020 3:54am)
  • How about the old Shawbridge Arcade? Particularly the bit that on the inside where nobody bothers going anymore. [Head up this ramp on Greenview Street](https://www.google.com/maps/@55.8257091,-4.2941826,3a,37.7y,269.9h,92.13t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sJWMqENgXKi-PD9pplqkSEQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) and once in the car park bit you'll be able to see the inner lower level which is derelict and run down as fuck. [The squarey triangle shape in the middle here is the inner courtyard. There's stairs to take you down from the car park level](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Shawbridge+Arcade/@55.8257682,-4.2951261,116m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x4888464f04a9d2bb:0x6cc7111dfb44bf04!8m2!3d55.8251864!4d-4.2947309) by Torran_Toi (Tue 17th Nov 2020 4:04am)
  • The Bells of Saint Mungo, Old Glasgow stories rung out anew; by AG Callant (1888) Glimpses of Old Glasgow; by Andrew D. Aird (1899) Are two that I go back to most often, but there's lots of good sources out there. [Trades House Online Library](https://www.tradeshouselibrary.org/) has tons of amazing reading material and even just [Archive.org](https://archive.org/) can throw up some good results by searching the books. Particularly useful on that is the old Post Office Directories. And if you like maps then the [National Library of Scotland is the place to go](https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/spy/#zoom=15&lat=55.85733&lon=-4.24280&layers=193&b=1&r=30) ... I've got that link set to Glasgow with an OS map 1949-1969 set on spyview, which lets you mouse over the current map of today to see what was there back then. Change the settings and overlays as desired. Lots of fun :) by Torran_Toi (Tue 17th Nov 2020 3:21pm)
  • Yeah, it's weird buildings like this that make me think the whole Council was oot its tits on LSD during the 60's. by Torran_Toi (Tue 17th Nov 2020 3:27pm)
  • > The only thing I can think to do is take a taxi to the recycling centre Just double check before doing this... I might be talking shite, but I have a feeling that the council might class a taxi as a commercial vehicle and want it to go over the weighbridge or knock it back. by Torran_Toi (Tue 17th Nov 2020 3:39pm)
  • Have you not spent pretty much this whole year on your tod, bar a few weeks when your man was off a boat? You've done your bit. Isolate as much as possible for 2 weeks leading up to christmas and for a bit afterwards. Go see your da and don't feel an ounce of shame or guilt for it. by Torran_Toi (Tue 17th Nov 2020 7:38pm)
  • > Aren't evictions suspended? Not for commercial property. by Torran_Toi (Wed 18th Nov 2020 5:32am)
  • Depending what time you get there you can use [this bit on Hardgate Road](https://www.google.com/maps/@55.8645407,-4.3435893,3a,75y,206.85h,76.04t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s72l_jM-UW7_jIRRqso-Oyw!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D72l_jM-UW7_jIRRqso-Oyw%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D53.89568%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192). It's a wee dead end side street that weirdly doesn't have any restrictions. You need to be very early to guarantee getting a spot though. by Torran_Toi (Thu 19th Nov 2020 7:34pm)
  • I always thought hoaching meant infested, as in with beasties. Like, 'the place is hoaching with bed bugs'. I guess that's where it ends up crossed over into your definition of 'busy', like the place is hoaching kind of like infested with humans, lol. But, aye, hoaching meaning disgusting seems like a weird context. by Torran_Toi (Fri 20th Nov 2020 12:47am)
  • Because officially that's what it is actually called. It was never the Scottish Parliament. All devolution legislation refers to the Scottish Assembly and Scottish Executive. When the SNP came into power they rebranded the Scottish Executive as the Scottish Government, but the whole chamber assembled at Holyrood (ScotGov plus opposition/all the parties) always was and still is the Scottish Assembly. by Torran_Toi (Fri 20th Nov 2020 1:07am)
  • Is this something they teach at Fancy Lad School? by Torran_Toi (Sat 21st Nov 2020 7:16am)
  • I don't understand why you've been downvoted so heavily as what you say is completely correct. Over and above that, as a professional driver I have actually been advised by the lawyer our family uses to NOT to carry my licence about and to NEVER give it over to the police at the roadside. It was many years ago, so I can't quite remember exactly why, but that was the advice given. Was also advised at the same time to never, ever, ever accept a fixed penalty notice (even when glaringly guilty) and to always take the option to take the issue to court. by Torran_Toi (Sun 22nd Nov 2020 7:33pm)
  • Yeah. Priceless are not what they used to be. Priceless was at one point unbeatable, but this was way back in the day when I was at college around 20 years ago. These days it can be a bit hit or miss for some stuff in there. by Torran_Toi (Tue 24th Nov 2020 3:06am)
  • It's definitely motorway and should remain so. Motorway designation has nothing to do with number of lanes or speed limits, or whether it appears as just a wee slip road. In theory you could have a 1 lane motorway at 20mph. M-status simply means that only motorized vehicles can use it. I certainly don't think it's a great idea to have horses, bicycles and pedestrians going over that bit of the bridge. by Torran_Toi (Tue 24th Nov 2020 8:44pm)
  • Yeah, they do have to built to a specific standard, but that doesn't change what I said. Motorway status is always, without exception, only for motorised vehicles and can be any number of lanes and any speed limit. See the two lane 70mph sections of the M8 or the 50mph inner city sections. A-roads with added restrictions are just A-roads with added restrictions. by Torran_Toi (Tue 24th Nov 2020 9:28pm)
  • Do you know what I'm liking The, mixed use of punctuation 'styles' it's outstanding. by Torran_Toi (Thu 26th Nov 2020 12:29pm)
  • "they have a small blue sign that you wouldn't really notice unless you're looking out for them" This is my only issue with cyclists. By and large, they mostly ride without paying attention to all the things they should be paying attention to or riding without knowing the rules that apply to them and where and when. Imagine if I, as a car driver, said there was a particular road sign that I hardly ever noticed unless I was looking out for it. If I said it out loud to the police I would likely get charged with 'driving without due care and attention'. Cyclists really should be learning their sections of the highway code before riding anywhere. by Torran_Toi (Fri 27th Nov 2020 2:06pm)
  • Or is this you just realizing that it's actually your feet that smell like sheese/some cheeses? by Torran_Toi (Fri 27th Nov 2020 2:15pm)
  • When I was about 17 or so I gave up milk for lent, including in my tea. It was stinking at first, but by the end of lent I was enjoying it. Fast forward 20 years and I still don't put milk in tea. Those six weeks somehow did a hard reset and I've never been able to go back. Milk in tea literally revolts me ever since. Just can't do it. by Torran_Toi (Fri 27th Nov 2020 2:22pm)
  • [It's most likely this at the City Chambers](https://imgur.com/a/K6o2C1e) by Torran_Toi (Tue 1st Dec 2020 2:36am)
  • Christmas, I believe. I've not seen any articles of Tweets or anything to suggest it's for anything other than just over-the-top Chistmas lights. by Torran_Toi (Tue 1st Dec 2020 10:09pm)
  • Deep fried pizza is Italian, btw. by Torran_Toi (Wed 2nd Dec 2020 12:55am)
  • Council wards don't really match up with neighbourhoods. Believe it or not, but the council don't keep a list or boundary maps of neighbourhood areas. There isn't anything officially official about neighbourhood area names. The closest thing you will get from the council are the boundaries of community councils, which don't strictly match up to all the neighbourhoods. Some are easier to define than others. Some are mostly known only to the people that live there. Many boundaries are completely debatable. A few only exist as remnants of memory. Some have grown from their original villages. Some have been swallowed up by the growth of others. Generally, neighbourhood names come from something historical, like an old village (say, Strathbungo) or an old estate (say, Kelvinside) or an old church parish (say, Blawarthill) . Some are defined by topography, like a hill (say Gartnethill or Gilemorehill). Some named after a local water feature (say, Springburn or Ladywell). Many modern boundaries try to follow roads, but a lot of the time they follow geographic features (like the northwest boundary of Drumchapel and of Glasgow itself following the Cleddans Burn). Some of it is guesswork. Some of it involves hours of researching history books and old maps. I have an excellent knowledge of the city, yet my own boundary map on GoogleMyMaps is still under construction and has been for a few years now. by Torran_Toi (Thu 3rd Dec 2020 5:57pm)
  • PM me and I'll share you into my map, which you can use for reference. (Word of warning tho. My map includes areas that some people will dispute whether they still exist or not (like, say, Gallowmuir - the area between Bellgrove Street and Morrisons in Calton)... but you can just turn that particular layer off and see it as modern day Calton). by Torran_Toi (Fri 4th Dec 2020 3:01am)
  • Don't know about today, but I'm sure the last time I read anything about Marv he had moved to somewhere in North Lanarkshire. Somewhere like Cleland or Bonkle. by Torran_Toi (Fri 4th Dec 2020 3:07am)
  • Then you have debates that argue that Dennistoun is actually much smaller again and that areas like Milnbank, Kennyhill and Firpark have been swallowed up by a "greater Dennistoun". South of Duke Street and north of Gallowgate isn't Calton (well, I mean today it might be, but it should actually be Bellfield). Calton has grown to swallow up Gallowmuir, Bellfield, Annfield and Mile End. by Torran_Toi (Fri 4th Dec 2020 3:49am)
  • Maybe. Yeah, maybe. by Torran_Toi (Fri 4th Dec 2020 3:40am)
  • > Loads of people believe that it starts at the bridge all the way to the Whiteinch (sawmill) roundabout. I accept this can also be the case. Nah, you were completely correct with the earlier statement. Crow Road and Rosevale Street mark the western edge of Partick and west of that it become Thornwood. (Fun fact, the Crow Road shoppy used to be Partick Train Station). You're boundaries are pretty much spot on. The only correction I would make is the bit where you say there is no defining street behind the Crow Road shopping area... Fortrose Street used to be Hamilton Crescent, that bit is good, but I'd argue that after Fortrose, it nips up to Dyce Lane, which would act as the boundary line that would have continued on to cut through the old train station. by Torran_Toi (Fri 4th Dec 2020 4:10am)
  • Finally! Somebody else who thinks the same as me on this one! If you ask 1000 Glaswegians the question 'is part of Argyle Street in Finnieston?', you will get 999 people saying YES! However, this is totally a modern day bastardisation. As you said, as a result of branding; as well as some fudgery by estate agents. I would argue that Finnieston as a name does still exist, but yes, the SECC and whatnot are on top of it. I would then argue that it never has and still doesn't extend all the way north as far as Argyle Street. It ends somewhere around Minerva Way or, maybe, Saint Vincent Crescent at an extreme push. Argyle Street itself being in Sandyford, as you say, from the crossroad with Finnieston Street. East of that point being Anderston. I'm not sure if Argyle Street would actually fall onto Kelvinhaugh at the western end. The section between around Corunna Street to Old Dumbarton Road might come under another nearly forgotten area: Overnewton. Overnewton being the small parcel sandwiched by Kelvinhaugh to its south, Yorkhill to its west, Kelvingrove to it northwest and Sandyford to it northeast and east. Anyway, aye. Thanks for being the first person in years to be in agreement with me that no part of Argyle Street is truly Finnieston. And, whoever got "The Finnieston Strip" added to Google Maps can go shite a hedgehog! by Torran_Toi (Fri 4th Dec 2020 9:31am)
  • Absolutely Anderston. by Torran_Toi (Fri 4th Dec 2020 9:37am)
  • This is true. :) Originally the Eye Infirmary, btw. by Torran_Toi (Fri 4th Dec 2020 9:50am)
  • Yep, immediately southeast of that crossroad. Cranstonhill starts right on that junction. You have the old Cranstonhill Police Station right on the corner and behind that was where the Cranstonhill Baths on Elliot Street used to be. Stobcross. Well, the location of the old Stobcross mansion house was roughly where the SECC train station is, but the Lands of Stobcross are what we pretty much know as the whole of Finnieston today. It stretched from the Clyde till it met Overnewton (Yorkhill) and Anderston. Finnieston was created in 1768, when Matthew Orr (the Orr family come up over and over and over again in almost all Glasgow history books) who held Stobcross decided to feu off a small portion of the land. He named it Finniestown in memory of Reverend John Finnie, who was close to and loved by the Orrs. One of the first tenants (or feuars) of Finniestown was one John Smith, the bookseller. by Torran_Toi (Fri 4th Dec 2020 2:16pm)
  • Should have said to her that that Queens Park is a park and nobody lives in it, and trying to rename the southern fringes of Govanhill to the same name as a park doesn't change the fact that she stays in Govanhill. :) by Torran_Toi (Fri 4th Dec 2020 2:31pm)
  • Definitely more than 56, especially since the list of 56 in that document doubles some of them up: "Cranhill and Riddrie", "Yorkhill and Anderston", etc. by Torran_Toi (Fri 4th Dec 2020 11:53pm)
  • The meandering line of the Cleddans Burn should be the boundary up there. by Torran_Toi (Sat 5th Dec 2020 12:00am)
  • I'm from Easterhouse. Grew up there from being a baby till I was 33 before moving to Wishaw, and I only moved because my partner is from here and works here and doesn't drive. If I were to be moving back to Glasgow then it would probably be to Easterhouse or one of the other east end areas. It is very different today than it was when I was a wean. The housing stock has improved. The area has decent enough amenities. Gang fighting is a thing of the past. Easterhouse seems to struggle to shake off it's old reputation, but areas like Brisgeton and Gorbals were bad for the same reasons at the same time (eg. The razor gangs). Today those areas are becoming sought after, while Easterhouse still lags behind. It's a shame that. One thing that has changed for the worse is this though. Even though Easterhouse had high levels of crime, drugs and poverty, there was a real sense of community, which doesn't seem to exist anymore. I can rhyme off the names of every single person and family that lived on the street that I grew up on. Every wean in the street was pals with each other. Adults all sat in the "verandas" and shouted across to each other and had a laugh and a joke and a convo and visited each other inside when it was pushing down. Back then, your pals didn't live half way across the city. They all the neighbours that lived in the closes around you. If I was being a wee dick outside or if I gave some cheek to someone, it was guaranteed that they would be at my maw's door to make sure I got my arse skelpt. I remember a time when a woman locked herself out by letting the snib shut behind her. Half the street ended up standing with her while a guy from 4 closes up who was quite handy with tools got the door open for her. I remember the wee group of guys who all spent their time in the street fixing motors they bought and sold. They would be out all day, everybody in boiler suits with mugs of tea. And, if your motor needed work the you just asked them and they would do the work for you for the price of parts, a cup of tea and a few pieces n jam. I remember we had the same beat cops who would walk the streets and kick a ball about with the weans and a few times when there were these massive games of rounders on sunny nights with just about every wean and able bodied adult from the area. Things like weddings and funerals and birthday parties involved the whole street. These days we think to invite family and friends to things, while back then it was ignorant as fuck not to invite your neighbours. I remember a million church hall events. When you get older you find out that the pubs were great. The ones that end up on lists of Glasgow's worst pubs on a subreddit like this, but they were brilliant. Again, real community pubs. Aye, they were rough and ugly and aye sometimes a fight happened, but it was never failed that the two guys that got into a punch up in the pub last week end up drinking again together this week. That sense of proper community is now gone. But, it disappeared citywide. Anyway, just thought I'd say. It wasn't all doom, gloom, heroin and chibbings. It was were normal people lived and grew up. Anyway, aye, I would probably live there again. by Torran_Toi (Tue 8th Dec 2020 8:54am)
  • Just retail from 6am. Anything else will still be 6pm. by Torran_Toi (Tue 8th Dec 2020 9:50pm)
  • Probably Falling Blocs, the Tetris Movie by Torran_Toi (Wed 9th Dec 2020 9:39am)
  • I'm hoping that mask wearing, hand sanitising and not going to work when your sick become new long-term norms in this country. I have many strangers get in and out of my car and I catch all sorts of bugs every year. If would be great if people would put a mask on and wash their hands more whenever they feel a bit sniffly. I shit you not. Last winter I took a lassie down to Stamperlands and she had a right watery, snottery nose. Constantly sniffing hard to pull in the bubbles. When she got out, the back seat had a big mess of silver snottery snail trail on it where she was rubbing the snotters on after, presumably, wiping her nose with her open palm. Another wee benefit I've found while wearing a mask is that it helps stop the icy chill making my sensitive teeth throb. by Torran_Toi (Wed 9th Dec 2020 9:52am)
  • Wallace Street? Oxford Street? Fucking Union Street? by Torran_Toi (Fri 11th Dec 2020 7:03am)
  • I don't know where they conduct these polls because outside of Reddit and the media, all I hear over and over is absolute hate for the SNP. Every single person that I know, family and friends, and I mean every single one if them that voted yes last time have turned to a hard no. Myself included. Taxi customers, every day, rage about 'that wee Hitler bastard' and how they can't wait till the next election to see her and the SNP voted out. And the taxi whatsapp groups and forums? Yeah. I can safely say the SNP are not getting any votes from this section of the electorate any more. I honestly haven't heard anything positive about the SNP/Sturgeon for months except on websites like this or in the papers. And, no, I'm not a Tory or an Orangeman or a Yoon. I have only ever voted SNP all my life and voted yes last ref. Center left thinking and all that. I'm not at all convinced Indy is on the cards. And I'm sure that in the coming spring elections that the SNP are in for a bit of a rude awakening. by Torran_Toi (Fri 11th Dec 2020 7:25am)
  • A wee bit of all of them. Re: Covid. Sunak played a bit of a blinder with his furlough scheme and grants. His financial handling of the situation has been received really, really well. That alone has my da talking about voting Tory next time. This is a guy who worked the shipyards... red Clydeside labour voter for all his days! by Torran_Toi (Fri 11th Dec 2020 8:23am)
  • As other have said, this isn't a map of our rail network. I don't think it's bus routes either. I'm nearly sure this was posted on this sub in the past and is a 'what if/ idealised/ wishlist' version of what the subway network should look like if it ever got extended. by Torran_Toi (Fri 11th Dec 2020 9:45pm)
  • The ramp in is on Oakfield Avenue. by Torran_Toi (Sun 13th Dec 2020 1:12pm)
  • All the systems had location identifiers. The black and silver ones had the location symbols being the second and third letter before the numbers with the age identifier being the final letter after the numbers. So, ABC 123D ... BC would have been location, D would have been age. The yellow and white plates before the current system had the very first letter be the age and final two letters for locations. So, A123 BCD ... A was age, CD was location. Current system AB12 CDE ... AB is location, 12 is age. by Torran_Toi (Sun 13th Dec 2020 6:27pm)
  • So, why do people go out into the countryside and leave a mess behind them there too? Why do some flytippers specifically do it on country roads? Why does Loch Lomond have propane gas cans chucked on its banks? by Torran_Toi (Tue 15th Dec 2020 1:37pm)
  • Sometimes called chooky eggs. Boiled eggs, mashed up and mixed with butter, served in a mug or cup. by Torran_Toi (Wed 16th Dec 2020 12:18pm)
  • Scotland doesn't have criminal trespass laws. The landowner needs to get a court order under civil law to enforce access. Only after that and only if someone was breaching the court order could the police do anything about "tresspassing". So, basically, the guy is talking shite. Let him phone the police so that you can get the satisfaction of seeing his face when he's told to give it a rest by them. by Torran_Toi (Wed 16th Dec 2020 12:16pm)
  • Worst case... are we able to get emergency antibiotics from pharmacies still? by Torran_Toi (Thu 17th Dec 2020 2:19am)
  • Yep. Late Hours Catering Licence lets places sell food between 11pm and 5am. by Torran_Toi (Thu 17th Dec 2020 11:46pm)
  • Except Uber. Regular fare. In previous years the surge would kick in instead, but I seriously doubt there will be any surge pricing this Christmas. As long as there are drivers out and about, I would imagine Uber will be cheap as fuck this festive season. Usually fare and a half on all other privates. Not sure about Hackneys, but probably booting the arse out of it. by Torran_Toi (Mon 21st Dec 2020 9:33am)
  • Your most reliable bet on Christmas is usually Network Private Hire. They get a bunch of drivers to commit in advance so that they have the numbers to make sure all account and contract work can be covered. Uber might work out good too. There probably won't be any surging happening (since there hasn't been any surging since last Christmas and Hogmanay) and when things are quiet, Uber is rapid in getting a driver to you. All PH, except Uber, will be charging fare and half (at least); usually from the 23rd(ish). Uber don't do a festive fare increase, but usual surging rules apply. Like I said though, doubt there will be any surges this year. If Black Hacks are your flavour, some will be out and about. Be prepared for a steep fare there though. by Torran_Toi (Mon 21st Dec 2020 9:46am)
  • > it's all made in Manchester We built this city on ... shitehole rolls? by Torran_Toi (Mon 21st Dec 2020 9:12pm)
  • A simple beef curry from The Shenaz. by Torran_Toi (Tue 22nd Dec 2020 1:03pm)
  • The Saracen Head was originally built in 1755, but was converted to shops and houses in 1791. Today's Saracen Head pub isn't even in the same building as the original; the original now long demolished. If the Sarry Heid had a) not closed down in 1791 and b) was still in the same location then it would be able to claim the title of oldest and would have beat The Scotia, which was built in 1792. Today's Saracen Head can only claim the title of having the oldest surviving *pub name*, while the Scotia has a solid claim as of being the actual oldest pub. by Torran_Toi (Wed 23rd Dec 2020 10:16pm)
  • The Saracen Head was originally built in 1755, but was converted to shops and houses in 1791. Today's Saracen Head pub isn't even in the same building as the original; the original now long demolished. If the Sarry Heid had a) not closed down in 1791 and b) was still in the same location then it would be able to claim the title of oldest and would have beat The Scotia, which was built in 1792. Today's Saracen Head can only claim the title of having the oldest surviving *pub name*, while the Scotia has a solid claim as of being the actual oldest pub. There's another caveat to it all though. It depends on whether we count the age of pubs as being in Glasgow or not at the time of being built. There are some pubs that claim to be older than the Scotia, but they were built or established at a time when they didn't fall into Glasgow's boundaries. So, The Scotia can claim to be the oldest and longest running pub that has always been within Glasgow, but there are others within today's Glasgow that are older. by Torran_Toi (Wed 23rd Dec 2020 10:22pm)
  • Nobody else has mentioned it yet, but Faifley doesn't fall into Glasgow. I think it would be considered a part of Clydebank? You'll be paying your council tax to West Dumbartonshire Council. Not that it matters really, but I guess you should know what Council to be dealing with. The biggest issue you have out in Faifley is it's a good bit out of the way and slightly disconnected transport-wise. This might suit you. Again, nothing really wrong with it unless it is something that would bother you. It's not a shitehole per-se. You won't get stabbed or anything. But, it doesn't have a whole load of amenities. by Torran_Toi (Wed 23rd Dec 2020 10:35pm)
  • Same here. Nearly 40 years old and today is the first I've ever heard of the word harling. Always been roughcast to me. by Torran_Toi (Wed 23rd Dec 2020 10:52pm)
  • See my other comment. It depends on whether we count the age of pubs as being inside Glasgow or not at the time of being built. Hielan Jessie (albeit renamed, but has still always been a pub) was opened in 1771. The Scotia opened in 1792. So, The Highland Jessie beats The Scotia by a solid 21 years there. BUT, it wasn't inside Glasgow's boundaries for those years. Calton became part of Glasgow in 1846, so while the Heilan Jessie is 249 years old, it has only been a GLASGOW pub for 174 years to the Scotia's 228 years. It seems silly, I know. by Torran_Toi (Thu 24th Dec 2020 4:39am)
  • > Grant Arms Building itself is pretty old, but has only been a pub since 1908. by Torran_Toi (Thu 24th Dec 2020 4:44am)
  • Even older than that. Apparently Curlers is about 600 years old putting it into the 15th century. But, aye, as I've mentioned in other comments and as you say, it depends if you count it from the time it became a pub within Glasgow or not. The boundary grew to include that area in 1891, so while the tavern itself is ancient as fuck, it's only been a "Glasgow pub" for 130 years. by Torran_Toi (Thu 24th Dec 2020 4:51am)
  • Merry Christmas everyone. by Torran_Toi (Fri 25th Dec 2020 12:55pm)
  • To prevent the insurer from using some obscure "get out clause". My taxi insurance requires me to report involvement in an accident within 24 hours of it happening (even if it's a no-fault incident). If I don't report it within the first 24 hours, and instead wait a week until I have my quotes from repairers then there's a chance the insurer won't pay out by saying the terms and conditions were not followed to the letter. by Torran_Toi (Sun 27th Dec 2020 4:34pm)
  • > Linwood is great, though obviously requires a drive outside the city. Travel is allowed 5 miles outside of your council area for exercise. If you go via PRW/Glasgow Road then Linwood is *roughly* 5 miles from the Glasgow boundary. by Torran_Toi (Mon 28th Dec 2020 6:23pm)
  • Possibly your aerial? Make sure your aerial is a newer digital aerial and not one of the older analogue ones. by Torran_Toi (Wed 30th Dec 2020 9:01pm)
  • Did both TVs run off the same aerial? This sounds to me like one TV was plugged into an old analogue aerial and the other plugged into a newer digital aerial? by Torran_Toi (Wed 30th Dec 2020 9:00pm)
  • Since you mentioned St Rollox... Did you know that St Rollox is an alternate spelling for St Roch's? You can also see the name survive with the St Roch's schools in Royston, and also the chapel on Royston Road. Sighthill is on a temporary hiatus. The name is hardly used because the area was flattened a few years ago, but it'll be back soon once they rebuild. They are currently putting a new fancy bridge over the motorway to relink Sighthill with the city centre. The name Little Egypt is still used by the locals. [It started with this little building on Dalness Street](https://www.google.com/maps/@55.8460771,-4.1727375,3a,75y,78.73h,88.51t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sHySC5iuW1mvIR3fgdcWHCQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DHySC5iuW1mvIR3fgdcWHCQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D52.122387%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192), and I think most of the Egypt Farm itself was where St Pauls School is today. There are loads of area names that have come and gone. Some of them only exist on old maps or in the memories of old grannies and grandas and some of them survive and are still used in some fashion, usually only by the locals that still live there and taxi drivers. A handful more for you: Claythorn. The area where Anniesland College sits as well as the streets surrounding it. Survives today in the name of Claythorn Community Council. Other folk have already mentioned some other that spring to mind like Overnewton, Sandyford and Temple. **Netherton** is another one next to Temple though. I assume you are east end? If so these ones might interest you. **Gallowmuir** is/was the area sandwiched between Duke Street and Gallowgate, where Graham Square and Armour Street is and where the old Abbatoir/meat market was. Immediately to the east of that, **Bellfield** was the area bounded by Duke Street, Bellgrove Street, Gallowgate and Bellfield Road. Immediately east to that, **Annfield** was the area bounded by Duke Street, Bellfield Street, Gallowgate and Millerston Street. Immediately to the East of that was **Camlachie**. This is still used from time to time. You will sometimes hear some people refer to the old Bluevale high flats as the Camlachie high flats. Most of Camlachie was the area now occupied by the Forge Retail Park where the Tesco, B&Q, Pizza Hut and KFC are. The name survives with Camlachie Street in the little industrial area just to the south of the retail park. North of all this, in Dennistoun, a few area names have been absorbed. Dennistoun has grown to swallow up the areas of **Firpark, Milnbank and Kennyhill.** Easterhouse is quite a big area and can be subdivided into **Wellhouse, Stepford, Kildermorie, Provanhall, Commonhead and Rogerfield.** All these names are used a lot, but are mostly unknown to anyone that doesn't come from in and around Easterhouse. Nearby, **Queenslie** still exists, but only as an industrial estate. The area once had a whole community of houses. My best mate grew up in Queenslie before being decanted to Cranhill. **Betrohill** is another east end area that is now gone. It was at the bottom of Stepps Road, centred on where Burlington Court Care Home is today. If I think of more, I'll add them in. by Torran_Toi (Sat 2nd Jan 2021 10:34pm)
  • I'd have them slightly different. Finnieston, yes, but not as far west as Kelvingrove. It stops somewhere about Kelvinhaugh Street to become Yorkhill. Anderston, yes, but also a bit further east past the M8. The official boundary between city centre and Anderston is Washington Street and was marked by a Royal Boundary Mile Marking Stone up until the early 90's (ISH). The Anderston Shopping Centre and the Anderston high flats were east of the motorway. Woodlands. Smaller. Doesn't go as far as Maryhill Road. Stops at GWR to become Woodside. You have the Woodside Baths and Woodside Library in the area. Charing Cross shouldn't be considered an area at all. It's nothing more than a road junction. The clue is in the name as it is a **cross**roads. Charing Cross was/is the crossing of Sauchiehall Street, Woodlands Road, North Street and Saint Georges Road. Layout has been totally bastardised by the motorway of course. However, because the railways decided the nearby station should be called Charing Cross, people now have it in their heads that the area is also called that, but in reality the station is in the area of Blytheswood Hill. Yorkhill, yes, but also a little further east. Also, the Clydeside Expressway is just an A-road, not a motorway. by Torran_Toi (Sun 3rd Jan 2021 4:26am)
  • The Easterhouse ones I just know because that's where I grew up. The rest of it is all just my specialist subject 😊Partly because I'm a taxi driver and made it my business to know some of this stuff and partly because my biggest interest and hobby is Glasgow history, especially as it relates to the city's growth and ever changing areas and boundaries. I'm known on the sub for posts like these. Read through my post history to find more stuff like this. by Torran_Toi (Sun 3rd Jan 2021 4:37am)
  • I could say a lot of bad things about the DWP, but in this instance, this sounds more like your new boss is the one coming the cunt. Sounds like nonsense about tax fraud and more like he doesn't want to fork out any wages until Kickstart pay him first. He could totally be paying you from the company money first and let Kickstart grants replace it later. The fact that he did a 2 week unpaid trial is enough of a red flag to tell you he is a bellend. TL;DR: Boss is the arse hole here for not paying you. by Torran_Toi (Sun 3rd Jan 2021 4:47am)
  • Can I ask, did you grew up and go to school in Glasgow? When I was growing up, the schools were rife with racism and homophobia as well as many other forms of bullying I don't think a single day went past in my school days were this stuff didn't happen. by Torran_Toi (Sun 3rd Jan 2021 5:01am)
  • Temple is a funny one. Well, actually, Anniesland is the funny one. I've tried to map these areas out before and have a lot of trouble working out where exactly Anniesland's boundaries should be. Kelvindale runs into Dawsholm and Temple, then Temple runs into Netherton, which both roll into High Knightswood. Then you have Jordanhill roll into Low Knightswood. And this is where I hit the same snag every single time... There's not a lot of space left for Anniesland. My conclusion on it is that Anniesland wasn't originally a big area and pretty much was just the immediate surroundings of Anniesland Cross, probably just as far north as around Sutcliffe Road, as far south as around Ancaster Drive, as far east as the railway lines and as far west as Knightswood Road (maybe before that even). Modern road layouts are what screws it up. These areas were originally a mix of rural fields with dotted industrial settlements (Jordanhill Brickworks, Temple Gasworks, etc). The boundary between all these areas would have been listed on deeds as something like 'the treeline perpendicular to the rocky stone pile', which is obviously no longer relevant to what we can see today. It also doesn't help that Anniesland Cross has shifted to the west a little bit and doesn't follow its original layout. Bearsden Road didn't exist at one point, with old Anniesland Cross having Crow Road be both it's north and south roads, instead of just south like today. The big high flat building at Anniesland Cross was the location of the old Anniesland Halls which would have faced east onto Crow Road. by Torran_Toi (Sun 3rd Jan 2021 9:09am)
  • Big Billy was right about this one, eh? :) The names survives with a small wood just to the west of the big ~~insurance claim circle~~ roundabout facing the McDonalds on London Road. This isn't where Auchenshuggle actually was though. It was a little bit more north, centred around Corbett Street and sandwiched between Briadfauld and Causewayside Street. Most of the area is what we know as Tollcross Cemetery. (At the time when Auchenshuggle was an active area name (for lack of a better term), Corbett Street was called Dunlop Street. I guess after Glasgow grew to include the area they changed the name to avoid duplication). by Torran_Toi (Sun 3rd Jan 2021 9:38am)
  • It's the same in the north as well. "Springburn" can be divided into Balornock, Barnhill, Petershill, Keppochill, Eastfield and Springburn. Some people might also class Colston and maybe even Auchinairn as being a part of a "Greater Springburn". by Torran_Toi (Sun 3rd Jan 2021 12:35pm)
  • A haugh is a lowground river meadow. Kelvinhaugh being the flat ground just to the east of where the Kelvin spouts into the Clyde, in contrast to the higher ground above it being York**hill**. Kelvinhaugh is the small area around the Riverside Museum and SWG3. As soon as the flat ground down there starts becoming a slope thats the end of the haugh and the start of the hill. by Torran_Toi (Mon 4th Jan 2021 3:31am)
  • I would say Berkeley Street is Sandyford. Park Circus is in what we call the "Park District" these days, but it would originally have been Woodside. Then just to the north of that you have Woodlands. Then to the north of that you have North Woodside. by Torran_Toi (Mon 4th Jan 2021 3:47am)
  • Crowne Plaza and Armadillo. by Torran_Toi (Mon 4th Jan 2021 4:24am)
  • You've probably seen it a million times from the opposite direction. The view is usually snapped from the squinty bridge looking west. This time you're looking at the Crowne Plaza and the Amadadillo at the SECC with the camera pointing east. Cool photo. by Torran_Toi (Mon 4th Jan 2021 4:24am)
  • The White Cart doesn't seem to get anywhere near as much glory as our other waterways. Fuck, even buried underground burns like the Molendinar get more love than the White Cart. by Torran_Toi (Mon 4th Jan 2021 4:35am)
  • Whoever designed the layout of these buildings was tripping on acid. The general rule given by the council is that building numbers ascend in the direction heading away from the Tolbooth Tower at Glasgow Cross; eg: No.1 Trongate will be at the easternmost end and No1. Gallowgate will be at the westernmost end. So, for the Harbour, the lower numbers are the easternmost ones or the ones nearest the city centre. All the addresses with "Terrace" are the buildings looking onto the road and all the ones with "quay" are the buildings looking onto the water, but there are no access doors on the waterfront itself. If it's a "quay" address it's accessed via the middle pedestrianised sections. The lowest of these are a pain in the arse as they are accessed by the same corner close doors as the lowest "terraces", and you also need to get buzzed in twice; once through the corner access close and once again into the actual building. The higher numbers are a little easier as you can access the middle pedestrian bit on foot to get right up to the building you need. There are a couple of sneaky "terrace" addresses that are hard to find. Most of the "terraces" are accessed on the front at the road, but a couple are accessed from the rear. The "hack" to the harbour (as well as much of the city centre because of the 1-way system) is just memory. After doing it a bunch of times you will start to just know what ones are what. by Torran_Toi (Mon 4th Jan 2021 6:50am)
  • That's definitely part of it, aye. There's also a number of folk that have never heard of the White Cart or even knew we had more than the Kelvin and Clyde. by Torran_Toi (Mon 4th Jan 2021 8:05am)
  • I've just had this conversation with my partner. She had fell into the mob outrage from Facebook and was banging on about the council not gritting the pavements and she was absolutely flabbergasted when I asked when did people stop gritting their own wee bit in front of their house out of the yellow bins? It used to be a case of if I did the wee bit in front of my house and my neighbour did the bit in front of his and you do the bit in front of yours and all the shopkeepers did the bit in front of their shops then the whole pavement network would get done. And if the yellow bin is empty you can also go get salt from the depots. I can't think of where they all are, but I've collected salt before from the Riddrie Depot just at Jessie's Bridge. As I just said to her, just because we pay council tax doesn't mean the council have to do the thing for you, but they provide the stuff for free to do it yourself. by Torran_Toi (Tue 5th Jan 2021 6:40am)
  • Storage heaters can get right to fuck. Costing a fortune even after following every bit of advice I could find online. Finally decided to just buy a calor gas heater. by Torran_Toi (Tue 5th Jan 2021 12:51pm)
  • Golf is a tory sport? Suppose we better tell all the working class blokes to sell their golf clubs then. by Torran_Toi (Tue 5th Jan 2021 12:57pm)
  • Another poster has linked you to a night latch (colloquially known as a Yale, even if it isn't even branded as Yale), but those automatically snap into locked when you shut the door. The way you describe it by locking it on the inside by turning something on the inside and locking by key on the outside sounds more like a thumbturn euro cylinder, which is a standard eurolock like the ones you find on every UPVC door, but one side is key and one side is a little knob. https://www.toolstation.com/era-6-pin-euro-thumb-turn-cylinder/p12588?store=CV&utm_source=googleshopping&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=googleshoppingfeed&gclid=CjwKCAiAudD_BRBXEiwAudakX_4rpWLrGbQe_EJdGoTidJpz1fyD8CbM9bSDo6gzE5L8SIpp4hGmiBoCQScQAvD_BwE If that looks right, then you will probably also need one of these sashlock cases that you fit into the wooden door then fit the eurolock cylinder into the case: https://www.toolstation.com/euro-profile-sashlock/p11830?store=CV&utm_source=googleshopping&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=googleshoppingfeed&gclid=CjwKCAiAudD_BRBXEiwAudakX2wxcS-nMArwqMh37wVNwsU0M6pX3rh-Fe0xqXfFPdiqhNGNd2q1fhoCYI4QAvD_BwE by Torran_Toi (Tue 5th Jan 2021 1:09pm)
  • We're supposed to hand it in at a police station. The booking offices take nothing to do with these kind of things, so it's often pointless phoning them. If Glasgow, all lost property handed in at the stations makes it way to the lost property office down on Saltmarket. The old city morgue building in front of the courts. by Torran_Toi (Tue 5th Jan 2021 6:28pm)
  • The problem with this idea is that the kind of large area you are looking for will likely be covered in untouched, fresh snow, which is safer and less hazardous than regular wintery roads. Fresh snow is far, far easier to drive in than messed up, compacted, trodden on and driven over mush. Snow is also far, far easier to handle a car on than ice. You're less likely to spin out of control on fresh snow as you actually get decent traction on fresh snow because snow sticks to snow. This is the principle behind snow socks and winter tyre glue. I'm not saying don't do it. What I'm saying is don't let it lull you into a false sense of security. If you go find an empty car park and drive around it for a while in the snow you might come away from it thinking you've bossed it, but then back onto regular mushed, compacted, icy roads you might not be ready for the unexpected. If Covid would fuck off I would say the best thing any inexperienced driver should do is book themselves some time on a skid pan for some winter driving tuition. Money very well spent. And the best tips I can give you just so you have them in your head are: a) The most dangerous bits of road where you are most likely to spin out are bridges. There are a lot of bridges that we cross over without even realizing it. Bridges over railways, bridges over small waterways, bridges over pedestrian tunnels, etc. Basically anywhere that cold air can circulate underneath the driving surface will be the most slippy bits of road. Try to never touch your brakes when going over a bridge in this weather. It's usually brake action that causes a spin. b) Learn to control your engine speed using the gearbox and clutch. Don't rely on just your brakes to bring you to a stop. Move down your gears... 4, 3, 2, 1. At each lift of the clutch (slowly lift) 'engine braking' will slow you down so that you are relying on your foot brake less. c) Even above zero degrees can be dangerous - again, especially on bridges. Around 4 degrees is when black ice patches can form on the roads. Not a major concern this week, but try to remember for future that anything less 5 degrees requires you move into winter thinking when driving. D) The only real way you will learn how to control your car during a spin with absolute confidence, is by physically practicing it by putting it into a spin and regaining control. I do not recommend you do this in an empty car park! Go to a skid pan and do it in the practice cars instead. by Torran_Toi (Fri 8th Jan 2021 1:13pm)
  • I knew a couple of Jambos. Nickname for Jamie. by Torran_Toi (Sat 9th Jan 2021 10:04am)
  • I know a Ped, but he's late 50's. I had no idea that it had fell out of fashion. If I met a Peter today I would probably end up calling him Ped at some point. Well, maybe not now after this thread, lol. by Torran_Toi (Sat 9th Jan 2021 10:06am)
  • It's said that sunbed shops are often fronts. Sunbeds, taxis, snack vans, coin operated launderettes, car washes ... not always the case, but are often an easy way to clean dirty money. by Torran_Toi (Sun 10th Jan 2021 12:54pm)
  • Hire a van or phone a rubbish uplift company. I've never noticed one way or the other, but I don't think you can go in on foot to the dumps/recycling. by Torran_Toi (Mon 11th Jan 2021 4:29am)
  • GCC always try to snatch as much money as they can from wherever they can; and have no shame about it. by Torran_Toi (Mon 11th Jan 2021 3:38pm)
  • Definitely fight it. The council have tried to do things that fuck people over all the way through this pandemic. In my industry they tried increasing the fees they take for licencing and inspections and also tried to keep their new policy that we all had to have a a new SVQ at the cost of £400 while the course providers and SQA put the courses and test centres on hold. We have had to fight GCC multiple times throughout this past year. Threatening them with legal actions. Unions get involved all up in arms. Every snidey thing the council have tried to do to our industry has successfully been reversed, but only because we fought it. They will try their luck with things in the hope that nobody stands up to them. Get onto whatever trade bodies you can, the SSSC, join a union, send emails, letters, get stuck right into them and don't let them say no. by Torran_Toi (Mon 11th Jan 2021 4:00pm)
  • Yellow warning for tonight apparently by Torran_Toi (Mon 11th Jan 2021 5:52pm)
  • You do if you book it in in advance. by Torran_Toi (Tue 12th Jan 2021 1:13am)
  • There are resident falcons nesting on the sides of the steep hills at the Falls of Clyde down in New Lanark. The waterfall walkway has signs along the path telling you about them. by Torran_Toi (Tue 12th Jan 2021 1:16pm)
  • I actually don't think the weather is a bad enough reason not to have these, but I really do think they wouldn't last long before getting ruined by graffiti and vandalism. by Torran_Toi (Wed 13th Jan 2021 4:34pm)
  • Extremely unlikely to be mosquitos in your close (tenement stairwells are called closes). I would put money on that being "Janny Long Legs", which is like a crane fly. Completely harmless. by Torran_Toi (Wed 13th Jan 2021 4:30pm)
  • I might be wrong, but that's not a usual amount. Band D should be 183 a month and Band E should be 236 a month. So, at 218 I would guess that you are Band D or lower and have a debt getting added to the bill or you Band E or above and already getting some kind of discount. Is it possible that your dad was getting council tax benefit? If so, then his bill would always have been that amount, but a chunk of it was getting paid by his benefits so it would seem like it was cheaper. You'll need to reference his old bills to work that out. Barlanark or whatever area doesn't matter. It's mostly based on the property value. Band E (which works out at £236 a month for council tax) is for properties with a valuation at £58k to £80k, which is probably right for a lot of property in the deep east end. by Torran_Toi (Wed 13th Jan 2021 4:45pm)
  • Yeah. I don't know the science behind it, but it was drummed into me by my maw and gran that you need to open your windows now and again to a) prevent dampness and black patches appearing on the walls, b) prevent your house ending up stinky, and c) prevent the neighbours from talking about you behind your back. by Torran_Toi (Wed 13th Jan 2021 5:03pm)
  • All I can say is try not to sweat it and just tell them you don't have experience, but are really keen to learn. Everybody goes into a first job in a new game without experience. I went into my first bar job without experience. Then went into an admin job with the NHS without experience. Became a taxi driver without experience. Sure, experience and qualifications matter at times, but if you don't have any then you just have to roll the hard six and just go for it. Most people go into bar work without experience. It's an industry with pretty high staff turnover. by Torran_Toi (Thu 14th Jan 2021 3:40am)
  • These days might be a bit different in the age on social media, but normally these kind of jobs you would give places a phone and ask if they had any jobs going. by Torran_Toi (Thu 14th Jan 2021 3:25am)
  • I knew someone that stayed in the homeless place on Oxford Street. I think the rent was something like £25 per week. by Torran_Toi (Fri 15th Jan 2021 1:08am)
  • It's not actually a Glasgow thing. Most Glaswegians say it as 'roll n sausage', with the n being a contracted 'and'. HOWEVER, 'roll on sausage' is the way it is said in a lot of other parts of Scotland outside of Glasgow. You don't even need to go very far to hear it. My partner comes from Wishaw and she says it as 'on'. Roll on Sausage. Piece on chopped pork. Toast on jam. (Also note that 'on' is pronounced like 'oan', so it's said like 'a roll oan sausage'. It gets even more weird than that though. Her: Do you want a piece? Me: Aye. Her: What do ye want it on? That last question really means 'what do you want on/in it?'... Every so often I will answer it literally by replying "on a plate", to which she will go "aye, haha, dead funny, ye know whit I mean. Are ye wanting a piece on pork or chicken?" by Torran_Toi (Fri 15th Jan 2021 6:26am)
  • No, it isn't. Dentists have been able to do routine work on the NHS since around early December, including aerosol generating stuff like fillings. by Torran_Toi (Fri 15th Jan 2021 6:36am)
  • Some new builds might be banded higher. There's actually a few pockets of very decent housing in Barlanark. Also a few Victorian mansions in that area as well. Yeah, the 1991 thing applies to a lot of property, but for property built since then the valuations will be more up to date. A lot of redevelopment has happened in this area since 1991. by Torran_Toi (Fri 15th Jan 2021 6:45am)
  • Another couple she does are "roasted cheese" instead of toast'n'cheese/cheese'n'toast and "pie paste" instead of puff pastry. It's really interesting how differently people talk over such relatively small geographical distances. by Torran_Toi (Fri 15th Jan 2021 8:40am)
  • Opposite direction, I think. I think this 'roll on/piece on' thing starts around Motherwell and then eastwards. Inverclyde usually do the 'roll n slice' thing. by Torran_Toi (Fri 15th Jan 2021 6:16pm)
  • That was a brilliant watch. Really interesting. Thanks for that mate! by Torran_Toi (Fri 15th Jan 2021 7:47pm)
  • It doesn't make sense at all. You can see all the regy plates by simply walking down the street. by Torran_Toi (Sat 16th Jan 2021 1:30pm)
  • My maw has a "Chorkie", which is a Chihuahua crossed with a Yorkie Terrier. It's a brilliant wee dog, but, aye, it's a mongrel. When did we start naming mongrels with fake breed names? by Torran_Toi (Sat 16th Jan 2021 3:52pm)
  • Might also be a sign of dehydration. Are you drinking enough water? by Torran_Toi (Sun 17th Jan 2021 10:52am)
  • The restaurant staff don't have access to your personal information on UberEats as far as I know. They only get your forename and first letter of surname (eg. John S). by Torran_Toi (Mon 18th Jan 2021 4:37pm)
  • Is it not the other way about; that the weather in Glasgow is localised? I always thought Glasgow was wetter than everything that surrounds it because the city is inside the Clyde's valley while all the sattelitte towns are built on the peaks. by Torran_Toi (Tue 19th Jan 2021 7:36pm)
  • Are you sure? My gran has had her first dose and she's not in a care home or anything. Doesn't even have anything medical related to put her in high risk. Pretty healthy and lives in her own house. The only risk factor for her is her age (80 odds). by Torran_Toi (Tue 19th Jan 2021 7:42pm)
  • Yeah. Glasgow. Same story as /u/macdangerous. She got a phone call from her GP and was was asked if she could get to the clinic before the end of the day. by Torran_Toi (Tue 19th Jan 2021 11:08pm)
  • Aye. I know a couple of people from Shotts that say it's snows there in July. Probably a bit of exaggeration, but they do get more snow than most of the central belt. by Torran_Toi (Tue 19th Jan 2021 11:10pm)
  • I notice it's addressed for the cash room and the envelope is bulging. That's not an envelope full of cash is it? Would I fuck be sending an envelope of cash with the word cash on the front via Royal Mail. by Torran_Toi (Wed 20th Jan 2021 6:46pm)
  • Leaving it out lets it dry. by Torran_Toi (Wed 20th Jan 2021 7:29pm)
  • Ah. Cool. Thought maybe it was a fine getting paid. by Torran_Toi (Wed 20th Jan 2021 7:27pm)
  • I was talking to a security guard in the taxi one day and he said something that changed my entire perspective on shoplifting. He said depending on what kind of stuff a person is trying to steal will depend on whether he turns around to pretend he didn't see it. An obvious junkie stealing hardware or whatever is a shoplifter and he'll pull them. But, someone stealing fanny pads, nappies or a bag of pasta is a poor cunt struggling to survive and has run out of options. He had no problem turning a blind eye to someone just trying to feed themselves or making sure their baby had nappies. I always had the "all shoplifters are cunts" attitude, but he really turned me around on it and made me realise that some people are just that fucked in life. by Torran_Toi (Thu 21st Jan 2021 3:47pm)
  • What the fuck is this thread? Did I just orb back to the Victorian era? by Torran_Toi (Fri 22nd Jan 2021 4:49am)
  • The current rules are a wee bit fucked up. Cycling for exercise from Cumbernauld to Glasgow would be illegal as you have to cross over council boundaries. But, you could do Cumbernauld to Motherwell via the A73 (through Airdrie, Chapelhall, Holytown, etc), which is about the same distance/time, but because you never leave North Lanarkshire that journey would be legal. (I have no idea if you can get a train back from Motherwell to Cumbernauld though. If you can't then you could cycle half the distance south, like just before Chapelhall (ish) and turn round and cycle back). by Torran_Toi (Fri 22nd Jan 2021 10:56am)
  • It really is a shite road. A billion shades of grey the entire length. by Torran_Toi (Fri 22nd Jan 2021 11:30am)
  • Anybody else remember when there was solid white dug shites all over the city? by Torran_Toi (Fri 22nd Jan 2021 11:58am)
  • The last "big" thing I remember was Saint Patrick's Day on the 17th of March. I was working that night and remember it being quieter than previous years, but there was still stuff happening. I don't know if there was any live music happening that night, but all the pubs still had green bunting and people going about. by Torran_Toi (Sun 24th Jan 2021 11:13pm)
  • Ooft. No! Ruchazie is rough. Personally, I would rank Ruchazie as the worst area in the east end. Sure, you'll have loads of decent folk living there and will even see families, but it's not a decent place. High levels of anti social behaviour and drugs. Virtually zero investment has been made in Ruchazie over the years. I grew up in Easterhouse when it was rough and also lived a few years in Cranhill... I wouldn't even entertain the idea of moving to Ruchazie. by Torran_Toi (Mon 25th Jan 2021 5:57am)
  • That's not a homeless camp. That's just a jakey drinking spot in the woods. There are a number of spots where this happens. Some guys just didn't grow out of the phase of building dens and forts, basically. It's a place where they can meet up and hang out and get pished where they are unlikely to get hassle off the police. by Torran_Toi (Mon 25th Jan 2021 6:05am)
  • You're also quite near the council's own MOT centre. It's just 5 minutes or so over in Polmadie. Might be a pain the arse dealing with the council's place because of Covid, but they are still open. If it's just an MOT you need they are a safe bet because they play by the book and have no financial incentive to fuck you. by Torran_Toi (Mon 25th Jan 2021 6:10am)
  • Probably as bad as each other to be fair. by Torran_Toi (Mon 25th Jan 2021 10:51am)
  • Just a wee FYI. It's illegal to drive with that particular fault and it's something that police very often check if you get pulled over. Can result in 3 penalty points and/or a fine. by Torran_Toi (Mon 25th Jan 2021 11:36am)
  • All ages, yeah. by Torran_Toi (Mon 25th Jan 2021 12:09pm)
  • Also, the AA stars come from the Automobile Association. The Michelin and AA guides first started so that drivers had a list of good food places to visit when travelling; and the Michelin guide started out as nothing more than a way to encourage drivers to drive more so that they would wear their tyres out quicker to increase tyre sales. by Torran_Toi (Tue 26th Jan 2021 1:17am)
  • Could that have been Springburn Park? There's a wee nature reserve bit up at the back and I think the fenced off bit you are talking about is the Scottish Water Reservoir. It's not a pond though, it's underground, but it is still all fenced off and if memory serves it was tall and wooden. by Torran_Toi (Wed 27th Jan 2021 2:01am)
  • Challenge accepted. In no particular order (and having broken the Seven Lochs Park down to it's old individual parts) (and including the major graveyards and minor greenspaces): 1 Robroyston Park 2 Broomfield Park 3 Springburn Park 4 Eastfield Park 5 Saracen Park 6 Cowlairs Park 7 Ruchill Park 8 Dawsholm Park 9 Maryhill Park 10 Knightswood Park 11 Govanhill Park 12 Molendinar Park 13 Riddrie Park 14 Glasgow Green 15 Netherton Park/ Temple Park / Temple Recreation Grounds 16 Cross Park 17 Kelvingrove Park 18 Yorkhill Park 19 Pollok Park 20 Bellahouston Park 21 Alexandra Park 22 Hogarth Park 23 Queens Park 24 Kings Park 25 Linn Park 26 King George V Park 27 Eastwood Park 28 Lochar Park 29 Rosshall Park 30 Cathkin Park 31 Myrtle Park 32 Elder Park 33 Cardonald Park 34 Festival Park (nee Cessnock Park) 35 Blairtummock Park 36 Barlanark Park 37 Barrachnie Park 38 Mount Vernon Park 39 Tollcross Park 40 Auchinlea Park 41 Budhill Park 42 Cranhill Park 43 Garrowhill Park 44 Victoria Park 45 Richmond Park 46 Cathkin Braes 47 Darnley Mills Park 48 The Trinley Brae 49 Cluny Park 50 Sandyhill Park 51 Greenfield Park 52 Croftcroighn Park 53 Beardmore Park 54 Maxwell Park 55 Plantation Park 56 Dowanhill Park 57 Old Station Park 58 Naseby Park 59 Hayburn Park 60 Lauderdale Park/ Novar Park 61 Auldhouse Park 62 Barrowland Park 63 Titwood Park 64 Huntley Park 65 Gorbals New Park 66 Gorbals Rose Garden 67 Citizen's Rose Garden 68 Possil Marsh 69 Mansfield Park 70 Thornwood Park 71 The Spiral Hill 72 Toryglen Park 73 Holmlea Park 74 Glasgow Botanic Gardens 75 Garscadden Burn Park 76 Crookston Wood 77 Castlemilk Park (Castlemilk Wood) 78 The Hidden Gardens 79 Drumchapel Woods (Including Cleddans Burn Park) 80 Bailey Moss (Now part of the Seven Lochs Park) 81 Hogganfield Park (Now part of the Seven Lochs Park) 82 Craigend Wood (Millennium Forest) (Now part of the Seven Lochs Park) 83 Cardowan Moss (Now part of the Seven Lochs Park) 84 Todds Well (Now part of the Seven Lochs Park) 85 Auchenshuggle Woods 86 Mall's Mire Woods 87 Saint Peter's Cemetary (Old Dalbeth Park) 88 Necropolis (nee Merchant's Fir Park) 89 Western Necropolis (Lambhill & Saint Kentigern's Cemetery) 90 Southern Necropolis by Torran_Toi (Wed 27th Jan 2021 5:42am)
  • This is a much better route than going along the Clydeside like others have suggested. The route along the Clyde is going further south than needed. u/talldaveos route here is much more of a beeline. by Torran_Toi (Wed 27th Jan 2021 6:04am)
  • > half of Richmond Park has already been built over. Richmond Park is still the same size today as it always has been. The "Richmond Park" housing development hasn't been built on any of the park itself. It's been built over the old housing estate of Oatlands. > All signage has been removed from cranhill Park There was a plan to redevelop Cranhill Park a little bit. They were going to un-culvert the Light Burn that has been buried underneath it and do some landscaping stuff, then reintroduce water voles to the area. I don't know if that is still going to happen, but it might be the case that the signs have been removed as part of a planned rebranding as part of all that. > croftcroighn Park They were doing works in Croftcroighn Park to improve ground drainage and were going to redo the paths. Both Cranhill and Croftcroighn Parks were supposed to get redeveloped to link better with Hogganfield. You know, thinking about it, these two parks might end up getting rolled into the Seven Lochs scheme. > Sandyhills park is currently a building site. They are putting in a new footbridge and un-culverting the Tollcross Burn here. There is a decent bit of investment going into the east end parks right now. by Torran_Toi (Wed 27th Jan 2021 8:20am)
  • That was probably the Camlachie Burn you were following, which is visible in sections around Greenfield and Springboig. The Camlachie rises around Springboig Avenue (Springboig probably gets it's name from this) and meanders west through Greenfield, to Low Carntyne, to the edge of Shettleston, to the edge of Parkhead, to Camlachie (Forge Retail Park), changes direction sharpish to south west to go down into Bridgeton then pours into the Clyde at Glasgow Green just north of the sports complex. The Light Burn would rise from the ground just north of the Cranhill high flats (on what was once known as Sugar Rolly Mountain), then meanders it's way south through Cranhill park, over Edinburgh Road then through Greenfield, then through Low Carntyne until it merges with the above mentioned Camlachie Burn about 200 meters east of Carntyne train station. The other burn mentioned, which goes through Sandyhills Park, the Tollcross Burn. That rises just to the south of Easterhouse train station then meanders from there down into Barlanark, to Sandyhills, to Shettleston, to Tollcross, to Braidfauld then pours into the Clyde near Cuningar Loop. (Not just an expert on roads and area names ;D ) by Torran_Toi (Wed 27th Jan 2021 10:36am)
  • Finally registered a domain name and bought some hosting to start a blog/info site. by Torran_Toi (Wed 27th Jan 2021 12:35pm)
  • Thanks, man. Will do. by Torran_Toi (Wed 27th Jan 2021 2:31pm)
  • It'll be the kind of stuff I've been posting here, but (hopefully) more fully fleshed out. People have been saying for a while that I should write a book or do something like this, but I've never fully been sold on it. Then last night as I was typing out a list of 90 of the city's parks and greenspaces and then, this morning, writing comments describing the underground routes of our culverted burns I realised I actually do have a lot of useful and entertaining information. Also, most of the stuff I share has been compiled from multiple, disjointed sources. A lot of it has never been compiled into a single place yet. I've been sharing it all in titbits and letting it all get buried and lost in a Reddit graveyard. I've decided that I want it all in a permanent place, compiled and organised, and in article/essay form. by Torran_Toi (Wed 27th Jan 2021 2:44pm)
  • Camlachie is where the Forge Retail Park is and a little bit surrounding it. Camlachie as a name has been replaced by bits of Parkhead, Dennistoun and Barrowfield. by Torran_Toi (Wed 27th Jan 2021 3:03pm)
  • **Springburn** - Depends where. Steer clear of Lenzie Terrace and the streets immediately surrounding the Glasgow club/swimming pool. The streets near to the college are ok. Keppochhill is also ok. Stay away from anything near any high flats. I'd also say stay away from everything branching off of Hawthorn Street. **Low Balornock** - Balornock is mostly fine, but has a couple of sketchy pockets. Stay away from the high flats at Edgefauld Road. All the streets between Springburn Park and Broomfield Road are decent enough. **Riddrie** - Good. Everything west of Cumbernauld Road is desirable. I expect prices in this area to go up in years to come. The "gentrification sprawl" will extend to Riddrie once it has finished in Dennistoun. **Haghill** - I would avoid. It might seem like an extension of Dennistoun, but it's still a bit rough. **Parkhead** - Will highly depend on what street and your neighbours. Don't write the area off completely, but do your homework on each specific street and close before deciding. **Camlachie** - Historic place, name hardly used today. Most of Camlachie is now the Forge Retail Park. The only bit of Camlachie that still has houses today is the southern fringe of it, which would be known as Barrowfield today. Nowhere near as bad today as it used to be, but I would still avoid. **Bridgeton** - Seems to be on the up. Can get noisy/busy. Decent access to city centre. Excellent access to Glasgow Green. Plenty of amenities. Early signs of gentrification happening here. **Mile End** - This is in Calton. Not a terrible bit, but you could do better. **Dalmarnock** - Bridgeton,Dalmarnock ... Tomato, Tamata. **Shawfield** - Not sure if any housing exists in Shawfield. Nearest would come under Oatlands/Richmond Park or Bridgeton/Dalmarnock. **Polmade** - Mostly industrial. Can't picture any housing that would actually come under this area. **Oatlands** - Decent. Most estates agents will list this as Richmond Park. Modern housing stock. A wee bit disconnected amenity wise though. **Hutchesontown / Port Eglinton /Laurieston** - Lumping these 3 together as they are all the same and are all near each other. Rough around the edges visually, but decent enough. Safe enough. Good access to City Centre and the South Side main drags. **Tradeston** - Mostly industrial. The major housing development in this area would be the infamous Wallace Street flats. Some people will tell you it's all good, but I would still avoid Wallace Street. **Kinning park/ Plantation (adding Cessnock to this)** - Good. Easy access to the subway. Reasonably good access to city centre. **Finnieston/Sandyford/Anderston** - Very Good. Finnieston has loads of good pubs and good food. Excellent access to city centre and west end. Maybe pricey, but worth it. **Park district** - upmarket, a bit swanky. Save yourself a few quid and do Woodlands instead. Woodlands is right across the road from Park District with most of the same benefits without the silly money. **Garnethill** - the northwest corner of the city centre. Nothing bad to report really. **Blythswood** - western and wouth western side of city centre. It's horses for courses, but personally I don't think the city centre is worth living in these days. Better off going 5 minutes in either direction out of the city centre. **Woodside/Northwoodside** - Mostly fine. Steer clear of the high flats though. **Rockvilla** - You won't find estate agents listing under this name. **Keppochill/Petershill** - "East Springburn" if you will. Nothing to write home about, but decent enough. You can do better, but can do a lot worse. **Sighthill** - not much here just now. It's all being redeveloped and rebuilt. Time will tell if it's a place to be or not. **St Rollox** - No houses here really. St Rollox (or Saint Roch's) is the area occupied by the big Tesco, Costco and the old railway works. Nearest houses would be Royston, Sighthill and Springburn. **Garngad** - Name not in use anymore, other than the Garngad pub. It's all called Royston now. Royston is a bit rough. **Dennistoun** - Good. I'd personally recommend staying north of Duke Street, but others may disagree. Good access to city centre. **Calton** - There's some good housing in Calton. A couple of rough bits. Overall, it's ok, but honestly, if you're looking at Calton I would say just go for Dennistoun instead. **Merchant city** - The eastern side of the city centre. All good. Maybe a bit noisy in places at times. **Balgrayhill** - The high flats in Springburn. I'd say avoid. Had myself a number of incidents dropping off customers here including being assaulted. **Barmulloch** - Avoid. Very, very schemey. **Blackhill** - A wee bit rough around the edges, but it's decent enough. I would say if you're not familiar with Blackhill /Provanmill then it's not really for you though. **Cowcaddens** - Mostly fine. Ugly as fuck, but you shouldn't have problems here. Excellent (walking distance) access to city centre. **Townhead** - Decent enough. Big influx of students in recent years. Excellent (walking distance) access to city centre. **Port Dundas** - Mostly industrial, but you do have Speirs Wharf, which is a bit upmarket. They are also building some housing on Dundashill. From what I gather it'll be a bit upmarket similar to Speirs Wharf. by Torran_Toi (Wed 27th Jan 2021 3:45pm)
  • Reservoir in Lethamhill? I didn't know that one. by Torran_Toi (Wed 27th Jan 2021 3:53pm)
  • The gatehouse to the abattoir. [Here's how it looked back in the day](https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3219/3148219142_f685d24bca.jpg?v=0) by Torran_Toi (Wed 27th Jan 2021 4:09pm)
  • I'm guessing here, but I think they would do it similar to how the electrical safety reports are done. An electrician doing an inspection won't open up every single light switch and socket when doing the visual checks. If there are 10 sockets he will check, say, 3 at random and then mark on the certificate that a 30% sampling was conducted. Similarly, a survey won't look at 100% of the joists. They will look at what they can. Maybe lift a few floor boards to manage a look at a percentage of the joists. by Torran_Toi (Thu 28th Jan 2021 9:35pm)
  • Hi mate. Thanks for offering to help me get set up. I'm tech savvy and able to muddle my way about with some html, CSS and even a little bit of PHP. Understand how backends work to a degree...things like SQL databases, etc. I've set up websites for a couple of things in the past... a company site for an old employer, an SMF forum for a hobby group, I am an amateur though and my abilities in everything above is limited to editing and hacking ready made systems. I've chucked WordPress onto the new site, but I'd rather use something else. Wordpress is fine in a pinch, but I always seem to smack hard against a limitation somewhere along the way when using it. It's also nearly always painfully obvious when using Wordpress as all the themes and templates all seem to have the same looks and feels. What out-of-the-box solutions would you recommend for a CMS these days? I won't need it to do anything majorly fancy. The biggest demand I have is that I want it to look nice and not be a total pain in the arse to modify. It'll be for article writing. Not quite a blog, but blog-like. The things I like about Wordpress is the ability to categorise and tag the articles. As as example I have written a draft article on "Cleddans", which is an area on the edge of Glasgow. The article has a section on the Cleddans burn, detailing its route. Then there's a section on Cleddans farm, which is the site of an ancient Roman Fortlet where they found some stone tablets. Then a section on the now demolished Lillyburn high flats, which were sometimes called the Cleddans Flats and where the most notorius, crime riddled part of Drumchapel in the 80s and 90s. So, the article obviously covers several distinct topics, but all relate to the overall title: "The area of Cleddans". The thing I like about Wordpress is that I can tag/categorise that article under "Burns and Streams", "Drumchapel", "Forgotten Place Names", "Areas of Glasgow", "Historical sites" ... that kind of thing. So that when somebody searches for Drumchapel that article ends up in the results as well as any other article with the Drumchapel tag. So, with all that in mind, what CMS system do you think would suit best? Something that looks good design-wise, and has the sort of article/blog sorting and searching as described above? If you want to take a peek at the early stages of the site just now, which has a loooong way to go... www.mungosfire.com (the "brand" will be Saint Mungo's Fire, inspired from the legend of Saint Mungo magically starting a fire from frozen branches). The draft article on Cleddans is there. On that... I suck at artwork. Do you know anybody that might be able to help out with the likes of site logo/header banner/things like that? Thanks in advance mate. by Torran_Toi (Fri 29th Jan 2021 2:56am)
  • Daylight savings is a different argument. This was about switching from local sundial times to a national mean (average) time. by Torran_Toi (Fri 29th Jan 2021 9:06am)
  • People just wanted "local time" to remain as it was. We are talking about the transition away from sundials here, when Edinburgh, Glasgow and Ayr all had different times because the sun moves east to west. When mean times were adopted some people resisted the change for no other reason than they were resistant to change. We seen the same attitudes with decimalisation of money. by Torran_Toi (Fri 29th Jan 2021 9:04am)
  • Indeed. And here we are 173 years later and Scotrail still can't make them all run on time. by Torran_Toi (Fri 29th Jan 2021 11:31am)
  • > But painting over bog standard plain magnolia and putting it back the way it was is unlikely to be a problem. We had an absolute bawbag of a landlord years ago. Magnolia walls and biscuit carpets. Every single room the same. It was just too much. We decided to add a bit of warmth and painted the living room. Nothing gaudy, nothing distasteful, just a nice mauve colour to get a break from living in constant creamy beige. We knew we would have to put it back before ever moving out, but a tin of magnolia isn't expensive, so whatever. Anyway he came round a while later for an inspection, as they sometimes do, and he blew his fucking stack at it. Completely unreasonable and over the top response. We responded by being equally as unreasonable and gave our notice then fucked off. Can't be paying hard earned money to total dickheads just on principle. Left him with the mauve walls. He tried to keep the full deposit, but I contested it for receipts because I had a funny feeling the prick was just going to keep the living room mauve and walk away with a full deposit. He got to keep £40 and we got ourselves a better landlord who didn't have a problem with us doing whatever we liked. by Torran_Toi (Fri 29th Jan 2021 2:31pm)
  • That's weird. I just mentioned the sugarolly mountains in a post on here a few days ago. Comes from sugarolly water, which was a homemade drink made by mixing liquorice with water (or lemonade). I imagine the waste mounds got their name by either having a smell similar to liquorice or because they in some how looked like liquorice. The latter is the more probable, because they were a weird grey colour with big black streaks. The sugarollys were covered and built over by the Cranhill high flats, but the waste existed in the area for donkeys years afterwards. I remember as late as the late 90's there were a few spots around Cranhill that had this think, waterproof, slippery, sludgey coating that just would not be shifted. Rain didn't dissolve it. If we got it on our clothes the clothes were fucked as you just couldn't wash it back out. The patches of slime where a permanent feature until the most recent rounds of demolition and rebuild. I imagine if you took a spade to the grass near the high flats and dug a few feet it wouldn't take long to find some. by Torran_Toi (Fri 29th Jan 2021 3:15pm)
  • Found some photos of them for anyone interested: [Photo 1](https://farm66.static.flickr.com/65535/5430443235_087c21c360_b.jpg) [Photo 2](https://farm66.static.flickr.com/65535/5431049960_c3bdcbb9ec_b.jpg) [Photo 3](https://farm66.static.flickr.com/65535/5430438627_5ef2ea1948_b.jpg) by Torran_Toi (Fri 29th Jan 2021 3:33pm)
  • > it turned into greenish streaks on his skin Quite possibly hexavalent chromium. That nasty stuff is also the cause for the bright green water that you could see in the Polmadie Burn (The Jenny Burn). by Torran_Toi (Fri 29th Jan 2021 3:36pm)
  • Yeah, 1951 for the water tower. by Torran_Toi (Fri 29th Jan 2021 7:58pm)
  • Yeah, probably. From the time this photo was taken, it must have been roughly 10 years for the high flats to end up built here. by Torran_Toi (Sat 30th Jan 2021 5:59am)
  • Technically, this might actually be allowed. People are allowed to gather for volunteering opportunities. I'm not sure how it would fly seeing as this is quite ad hoc and not organised through, say, a charity or an official volunteering organisation though. by Torran_Toi (Sat 30th Jan 2021 8:54pm)
  • Yep. A fire in the roof space I'm hearing. by Torran_Toi (Sun 31st Jan 2021 12:52pm)
  • B&M and The Range? by Torran_Toi (Sun 31st Jan 2021 4:02pm)
  • Hear Wishy a lot. Also hear some folk pronounce it like Wish-uh by Torran_Toi (Mon 1st Feb 2021 11:15am)
  • Easterhouse = The Big Egg Also the individual parts of Easterhouse have nicknames associated with the old gangs and young teams: Torran Toi, Aggro, Den Toi, Provy, Bal Toi and The Drummy. Barlanark = Bar-L (and a bit of Barlanark gets called Calvay) Garthamlock = The Gyto (pronounced like Jit-toe) Gartcosh = Garty Ruchazie = The Ziggy Dennistoun has a sub-division called The Drives. Townhead used to get called the Toon Toi, but not heard that one in donkey's years. The bit of Possil east of Saracen Street, south of Hawthorn Street, north of Keppochill Road and west of Carlisle Street is called The Jungle. Hamiltonhill get called Hammy Hill. In Maryhill, you have the Botany (pronounced Butney) roughly where the Garbraid Church is. Them you have The Valley, which is centred around Collina Street. Gilshochill get contracted to Gilshy. Wyndford sometimes gets called The Barracks. Drumchapel is The Drum. There's also a bunch of local names for particular landmarks, known mostly to the people living locally. Things like Jenny's Bridge for the bridge where Gartcraig Road crosses over the M8. The three east end water towers (1 in Cranhill and 2 in Craigend) get called the Three Sisters. by Torran_Toi (Mon 1st Feb 2021 11:39am)
  • Another couple from the Wishaw area are Gowky for Gowkthrapple, The Bing for a small woodland in Newmains (named after a coil pit bing) and The Honky for West Crindledyke in Newmains. by Torran_Toi (Mon 1st Feb 2021 11:45am)
  • I've not heard of the Metal Brae one before. I'm guessing this is because all those prefab houses in Springboig were clad in corrugated metal? by Torran_Toi (Mon 1st Feb 2021 12:40pm)
  • That's a pretty good song. Nice one. I know this will sound mental to most folk, but I really like the sound of your snare drum. Very nicely compressed. by Torran_Toi (Mon 1st Feb 2021 6:55pm)
  • The mix was fine mate. Drums maybe are a tad quiet, but I thought it might have been intentional. Compression on them is spot on though. by Torran_Toi (Mon 1st Feb 2021 8:49pm)
  • Thought of another one, kind of. Not really a nickname, but more just a local pronunciation. Barrhead = Bawrheed / Borheed (sp?) by Torran_Toi (Mon 1st Feb 2021 11:14pm)
  • lofr by Torran_Toi (Tue 2nd Feb 2021 12:39am)
  • Naw. There's nothing even close to an L sound where the R should be. It's more like the R is nearly silent, kind of cut short and got stuck in the throat on the way out, but it's still an R sound. I get what you mean with the W thing, but writing Drumchapel like that make it look like it would be pronounced as drum-chap-ewe. It more of a hard O sound and again the L is nearly happening, it's just getting cut short in the throat. by Torran_Toi (Tue 2nd Feb 2021 12:31am)
  • I grew up in Easterhouse and lived there most of my days. If I ever move back to Glasgow then it would probably be Easterhouse I go to. It's really not that bad. Still shaking off a reputation from absolute years ago, but in reality it's fine. The area these days... no different to, say, Maryhill, Shettleston or Bridgeton in terms of safety. by Torran_Toi (Wed 3rd Feb 2021 8:43pm)
  • LOL. These things are extremely unlikely to happen to regular Joe Citizens though. Unless your selling speed for the organised crime families I'm pretty sure you don't need to worry about that level of violence happening to you. by Torran_Toi (Thu 4th Feb 2021 1:18am)
  • Same. Fucking love coffee, but it fucks my whole digestive system up. As does fried food, spicy food and sugar. Basically, all the good stuff. by Torran_Toi (Thu 4th Feb 2021 11:59am)
  • Yeah, you can. I've done this with TalkTalk a couple of times. During the booking process they ask you for your 'move in date' so that everything is set up beforehand. Getting a day booked only a week in advance might be impossible though. by Torran_Toi (Thu 4th Feb 2021 12:19pm)
  • Statistically, Dennistoun is the worst area of the city for smash and grabs. Particularly the area around the Necropolis and GRI. by Torran_Toi (Thu 4th Feb 2021 3:23pm)
  • Hard to tell on the video what kind of speed the camera car is doing, but the only reason I can imagine the white car to give way like that could be because the camera car came off that motorway slip fairly fast causing the driver of the white car to think the camera car might have been about to just keep going into the roundabout without stopping. by Torran_Toi (Thu 4th Feb 2021 5:20pm)
  • Not sure what areas you want for this, but hopefully these help. Jumping to the front of my mind would be Glasgow Green. Almost all flat with only one path that is a hill (and that path is avoidable anyway). This is probably your best bet. Knightswood Park and Garscadden Burn Park are flat, but fairly small. Most of Pollok park is flat. They often use this park for 10ks and fun runs due it's large flat areas. Hogganfield Loch is flat. Quite a nice loop around the loch, but not sure if being that near water with a 3 year old on a bike is the best suggestion. by Torran_Toi (Thu 4th Feb 2021 7:21pm)
  • Nothing much wrong with Carntyne. Much like all of the east end the big complaint will be lack of pubs and restaurants. Don't go with newspaper headlines for this stuff. You'll be bound to find scary stories for just about every area of Glasgow if you tailor your searches. A search for "Violence in Partick" will no doubt give loads of results for sectarian clashes and pub brawls. Because this is the second time this week where a thread like this has came about where folk on r/Glasgow have came to tell people that the east end is some kind of war torn hellhole, and because it's annoyed me ... The crime stats that get published every year list the east end areas lower in the tables than used to be. Last year the number one areas on the list for crime was ANDERSTON AND YORKHILL! Dennistoun was in the top ten, coming BEHIND HILLHEAD. Yep, Hillhead, in the "west end", ranked worse than Drumchapel and Maryhill. Just saying this because I think some folk around here need a bit of perspective. The east end is not some kind of terribly dangerous no-go zone. It's a massive part of the city where thousands and thousands of ordinary, normal people live, work and bring up families. by Torran_Toi (Fri 5th Feb 2021 12:38am)
  • It's the same with most of the stations. A lot of them are all right on the very edges of the areas they are named after, which leads to a lot of confusion over what area is actually what. The reason is because the railway lines themselves form a lot of the modern day boundaries from one area to the next. In this case, Carntyne is immediately north of the railway line and Shettleston is south of it. Obviously, this actually means the station is in both areas, with one platform being in Shettleston and the other platform being in Carntyne. Further along at Shettleston station the same happens again. The railway line borders Shettleston and Budhill with one platform being in Shettleston and the other being in Budhill. The same thing repeats itself all over the network. This leads to "Carntyne Station isn't in Carntyne" and "Jordanhill Station isn't in Jordanhill" and so on, but the right answer is that one half of the station usually is in the area it is named after. ...Don't get me started on the likes of Charing Cross and Singer! by Torran_Toi (Fri 5th Feb 2021 12:16am)
  • Topalabamba is on UberEats. by Torran_Toi (Fri 5th Feb 2021 2:49pm)
  • Coia's Cafe on Duke Street has a wee selection of Cubans. by Torran_Toi (Sun 7th Feb 2021 12:32am)
  • My guess is that they are using an AI bot in the first instance. Uber do this for their driver support now and it's a total pain. At first glance it seems like you are talking to a human, albeit one that's slightly daft, but after going round in circles on any issue more complicated than breathing it starts to dawn on you that you are talking to a goalkeeping bot. You basically need to spam it over and over with nonsense until it gives up and passes you onto the "specialist team", which is where the humans are. Uber support was always frustrating and useless, but these days it is just painful and infuriating. It can takes days to sort out what should be simple fixes, going round in circles, stuck in a loop with its bot software. I can only imagine that if Uber do this then a company the size of Amazon, with all its money and resources, would be using a system like this too. by Torran_Toi (Sun 7th Feb 2021 12:04pm)
  • u/Weeuniqueeo has the right answer. If you're getting a lot of condensation then you probably need to open the windows a bit more than you do. The seals being draughty is a separate fault and won't be causing the condensation. Having your windows kept shut all winter with the heating cranked up full blast is the problem. As he points out, anytime you cook, dry clothes, run a tumble dryer, take a shower, etc the windows need to be open. A daily airing is also useful. Best to do it in the mornings for a couple of hours, especially in the bedroom. This will let moist air escape and prevent patches of damp on the walls forming. by Torran_Toi (Sun 7th Feb 2021 5:26pm)
  • Couple of others have said it already, but those streets you list are not too great. by Torran_Toi (Sun 7th Feb 2021 8:27pm)
  • Haha, yeah, I've had the same experience. Had a problem with damp patches on the walls and ceilings and got a guy out to look at it. He told me all the stuff I was doing wrong like drying towels on the radiator, keeping the windows shut all the time... explained the rough basic science behind condensation and how while we were talking and breathing we were creating moisture in that very minute. Just like you it was all clicking into place and I was trying my best not to seem like a fanny, but I guess at that point the jig is up. The funny thing about it is we can all probably remember times when we were kids and our mums and grans would have the windows open to give the place an airing, even in the winter when it was freezing cold, but somehow along the way we all mostly forget about it by the time we get our first flats. by Torran_Toi (Mon 8th Feb 2021 12:54am)
  • It's a legal requirement over there, I think, yeah? Where it's actually illegal for employers to contact you for work stuff outside of your contract hours? by Torran_Toi (Mon 8th Feb 2021 2:57pm)
  • Tullis Gardens is actually decent enough. Bridgeton itself isn't bad these days. A bit rough here and there aesthetically. Bridgeton can get a bit noisy and busy, especially on match days and on Orange Walk days, but you shouldn't hear any of that from Tullis Gardens being off the main road. Yeah, IF I were to be looking at Bridgeton then Tullis Gardens would be on my list, as would Silvergrove Street. by Torran_Toi (Mon 8th Feb 2021 5:53pm)
  • South Park is fine. North of the main road in Darnley proper is rough as a badgers arse though. by Torran_Toi (Tue 9th Feb 2021 2:15am)
  • I can have a gang of bored taxi drivers down there asap. Let's turn Saltmarket into a massive snowball fighting arena. by Torran_Toi (Tue 9th Feb 2021 12:33pm)
  • I have a high back just now and it's fucking brilliant. The deeds don't really say what we can and can't do with it, just mentions stuff like shared access. I'm theory we can do whatever the fuck we like out there, but I would always just have a chat with the neighbours and stuff to make sure nobody takes any huffs about anything. Also, don't do anything that punctures the roof or can be seen to have even come close to puncturing the roof else first time theirs a leak you'll be getting the blame. by Torran_Toi (Tue 9th Feb 2021 12:39pm)
  • If a delivery driver has that much of an issue with it then he won't bother going out to work in it. The drivers that decide to go out and brave it... well, fair play to them... They want your work! by Torran_Toi (Tue 9th Feb 2021 2:00pm)
  • Thanks for your custom! We really appreciate the work these days. by Torran_Toi (Tue 9th Feb 2021 2:12pm)
  • I've been with TalkTalk since about 2012 or 2013. Never once had an issue. Is it possible your problem is just local to you, like a router or cabling problem? by Torran_Toi (Tue 9th Feb 2021 9:55pm)
  • Aw, I see. No clutch for the engine braking. Hadn't even considered that as my thinking is trained to driving manuals. Automatics still have low gear though... the stick goes 1..2..D..R..P Still, holding the brakes on like he did is what caused him to go sliding sideways. If he released the brakes after going into the slide he might have been able to steer back to the middle of the road. by Torran_Toi (Wed 10th Feb 2021 3:45am)
  • I don't get what your asking? Does the Tesla have some kind of weird snow mode or something? ?? by Torran_Toi (Wed 10th Feb 2021 3:36am)
  • Brake lights glowing red. SMH. Don't hold your brakes on like that. That's how you lose control. Go into second gear and let the wheels roll... lightly pump the pedal, on and off, then drop into first gear and use engine braking to slow down at the give way. If you do all that and still go into a slide, then make sure you are near enough to the kerb so you can grind the tyres along the stone to slow down and then jam the wheel in towards the kerb to stop. by Torran_Toi (Wed 10th Feb 2021 1:37am)
  • Well, "automatically brake" isn't quite right. The brakes on a Tesla are the same standard brakes you find on any car and will only engage when the brake pedal is pressed. Regenerative braking does not equal automatic braking. That statement comes from Tesla themselves. They do slow down quicker than a normal car when not accelerating though, with the effect being similar to braking with around 1/4 the braking power of a normal combustion engines car, but it's mostly down down the electric motors winding down, which is a similar enough effect to engine braking when you think about it. The brakes themselves though do not engage. The pistons only press into the brake pad when the driver presses the brake pedal like usual. The advice, apparently, for driving a Tesla in snow and ice is slightly different than I said above, but the same concept applies. Instead of the driver feathering the brakes and not ever turning the steering wheel while brakes are applied the driver in a Tesla should do the "opposite"; that is feather the accelerator and don't turn the steering while not pressing the accelerator. Brake lights coming on... Fair enough. That apparently happens whether the brakes are being pressed or not, but watching this video... Look at the front wheels. They completely lock and stop spinning. That would only happen if the driver had his foot firmly pressed on the brake pedal, which is definitely what caused the car to lose control and start skiteing sideways. by Torran_Toi (Wed 10th Feb 2021 12:41pm)
  • In the video with the Tesla there's a gritter in view at the bottom of the hill. by Torran_Toi (Wed 10th Feb 2021 12:49pm)
  • Yeah, that's how I see it. The woman screaming like a banshee caused the driver to overreact and slam the brakes on, which in turn made him lose control. by Torran_Toi (Wed 10th Feb 2021 12:47pm)
  • An effect similar to engine braking does occur though, due in part to the regen system and also in part to the electric motors winding down when power isn't sent into them. by Torran_Toi (Wed 10th Feb 2021 12:46pm)
  • > There's a sort of 'fuck you trying to make it look nice' attitude going on. 100%. I always remember this time when I was standing with a couple of other taxi drivers outside our cars on Pitt Street having a smoke. When I finished mines I walked about 15 feet to put the doubt in the bin. Did it without really thinking about it just because. The other drivers all reacted badly though giving it things like "check out Mr conscientious". It wasn't even a playful slagging. There was real and visible contempt in their faces and tone. Definitely a sort of 'fuck you' behind it. I don't fully understand it, but I think it might be some kind of attitude like 'Do you think your better than me? Do you think you're some kind of hoity-toity snob?' sort of mindset. > I think when people ... see you picking up then they are less likely to drop I agree the reverse is actually more likely. On that night, after I used the bin, the other guys made a big show of throwing their fag-ends on the ground as a further kind of "get it up ye". by Torran_Toi (Wed 10th Feb 2021 10:56pm)
  • This is really a failing of the factor. Should this not be a case of them pressing ahead with the work regardless of the neighbours' refusals and then chase them for their share in all the usual ways any unpaid debt gets chased? by Torran_Toi (Thu 11th Feb 2021 2:17pm)
  • Fuck me. I remember this time last year and working the Chinese new year. The calm before the storm. This has really just hit home hard with me that it's been an actual full year of pandemic fuckery. How time flies. I mean logically, of course, I know we have all lost a whole year, but somehow, the fact that an annual event has come back around... I don't know, it's making me feel it, not just know it; that we have all lost an entire year in a blink of an eye. by Torran_Toi (Thu 11th Feb 2021 11:46pm)
  • Phone around mate. My dentist is pretty much back to normal, albeit with extra PPE and sanitising, etc. Basically, we are in a place now where normal dentist stuff is allowed, but it's up to individual practices to decide if they have the big baws or not. (Also maybe an element of some dentists out there ripping the piss so that they can charge more on private rates). by Torran_Toi (Fri 12th Feb 2021 5:04am)
  • ABS Scotland, 101 Centre St, Glasgow, G5 8BU. (Tradeston area) by Torran_Toi (Fri 12th Feb 2021 6:25pm)
  • A wee bit of fun trivia. The loch at Strathclyde Park is not natural and was man made in 1975. It was created by rerouting the Clyde, which runs nearby, to basically cause an intentional flood. The site of the loch was once a village called Bothwellhaugh, which was all demolished in the 60s to make way for the creation of the loch and country park. The name of Bothwellhaugh survives as the name given to the sports pitches next to M&Ds. Every year the past residents of Bothwellhaugh, who were all forcibly decanted to neighbouring areas, meet up in the park for an annual get together. by Torran_Toi (Sat 13th Feb 2021 2:01pm)
  • If it's happened before it is most likely an allergy. by Torran_Toi (Sat 13th Feb 2021 2:11pm)
  • Ah, The Palais. That nickname, in turn, came from the actual Hamilton Palace, which was a massive country house that was in the area until the 1920's. One of the grandest estate houses in Britain and residence of various Royals, Duchesses and Dukes before it fell into disrepair. Yeah, the village was pretty much fucked. Even if they didn't pull it all down it would have crumbled to the ground eventually anyway. Built on old coal mines that we're constantly filling with water, so subsidence, etc. by Torran_Toi (Sat 13th Feb 2021 11:02pm)
  • as u/verygneiss says, the site is marked on old OS maps as the Knightswood Mineral Depot, but I suspect the fancy fences and gates that you mention predate the depot. Not marked on the maps at NLS is that before this was a goods depot, it was the site of The Skaterigg Brick and Tileworks. I'd say the old architectural ironmongery probably comes from that. by Torran_Toi (Mon 15th Feb 2021 9:12pm)
  • It became Balsa for a while after it was B&L. Above was De Quincey's, which became Bouzy Rouge, which became Gin71. It was the Bouzy Rouge era that saw the basement level converted to kitchens as BR was a restaurant. (And for anyone that thinks Brahms and Liszt was named after the old composers, it wasn't. It's Cockney rhyming slang for pissed; as in "I had a few pints and staggered home Bramhs and Liszt". by Torran_Toi (Fri 19th Feb 2021 5:18am)
  • Centre Court was a bit further up than that. It was just about facing The Garage, a door or two away from Nice'n'Sleazy. It became BOX. The one your describing sounds like where The Blue Arrow is, which was The Hippo Taproom before that, and Bier Hof before that. by Torran_Toi (Fri 19th Feb 2021 5:38am)
  • The pavement and foundations on motorways are far thicker than on a normal road. Normal surface roads only have a pavement of about 2 inches on top of a foundation of 5 to 10 inches, while a motorway has a pavement of about 10 inches and a foundation of about 20 inches. The materials used are different as well. The pavement on a normal road is tarmac or asphalt while motorways have concrete pavements. They are built to entirely different standards. Another factor is that motorways (and Trunk roads) are looked after and maintained by private firms awarded contracts by Transport Scotland while the normal city roads are looked after and maintained by Glasgow City Council. The issue there is obvious. by Torran_Toi (Fri 19th Feb 2021 5:57am)
  • We've lost LOTS of great pubs. The city centre used to have way more pubs than it does now. They've either been converted to restaurants or are boarded up and abandoned. by Torran_Toi (Fri 19th Feb 2021 2:52pm)
  • If it wasn't Bier Hof you're thinking of, could it have been The Brunswick Cellars? That was on the other side from the ABC, but a little further along back towards Hope Street direction. It's the only other basement pub on Sauchiehall I can think of. I can't picture the vodka bar, no. Any idea what it was called? by Torran_Toi (Fri 19th Feb 2021 2:50pm)
  • I can't, mate. Not ringing any bells at all that one. by Torran_Toi (Fri 19th Feb 2021 2:57pm)
  • Had a Google for it. It was in where Bar Budda ended up. There's a place on Gallowgate with the same name now. I wonder if it's the same outfit and they just move about a lot? by Torran_Toi (Fri 19th Feb 2021 3:13pm)
  • Emergency gas works by Torran_Toi (Fri 19th Feb 2021 3:11pm)
  • Folk have said "Soo'side" ever since I was a wee guy. It makes me think of pigs these days though, as Soo is the Scots word for that. So, the Soo'side, in Scots, is the Pig-side. by Torran_Toi (Sat 20th Feb 2021 9:26am)
  • https://www.scotslanguage.com/site/email/id/2066 The most common time you hear/see it is in butcher shops that sell "Soo Lugs" (Pig ears) It, undoubtedly, comes from the English word 'sow', but today the Scots word 'soo' refers to either gender of pig. by Torran_Toi (Sat 20th Feb 2021 9:14pm)
  • Current rules allow you to go out for exercise and you're allowed to go up to 5 miles from the council boundary to do it. Nothing stopping you going to the countryside for a walk right now. by Torran_Toi (Sat 20th Feb 2021 9:24pm)
  • City council recycling centres: Dawsholm, 75 Dalsholm Road Queenslie, 90 Easter Queenslie Road Polmadie, 425 Polmadie Road Shieldhall, Renfrew Road by Torran_Toi (Sat 20th Feb 2021 9:57pm)
  • Before everyone freaks out at that... there are seven poultry workers who caught bird flu from chickens, but have all recovered. And, while the bird flu has passed from bird to person, there is zero evidence just yet to say that it can pass from human to human. by Torran_Toi (Sat 20th Feb 2021 10:02pm)
  • They used to do this at Provan Hall / Auchinlea Park in Easterhouse. When we did it they had railway folk in one room doing a talk about railway safety, another room with the Fire Brigade doing the fire safety stuff, then a mock mugging took place in the park and a bit on a bus where the window is panned in and an on the bus unconscious with his head burst open. by Torran_Toi (Sun 21st Feb 2021 6:31am)
  • > They used to do this at Provan Hall / Auchinlea Park in Easterhouse. Looks like they did it in different places around the city, but the east end one was probably Provan Hall / Auchinlea Park in Easterhouse. by Torran_Toi (Sun 21st Feb 2021 6:36am)
  • Ha. The mock mugging. Yeah, the whole point of that bit was to teach us what to look out for as a witness, phone 999, etc as you say, but when they came to Easterhouse it didn't go to plan. Our wee group reacted by giving chase to the mugger. Half way down the path he turned around and fake stabbed us all. by Torran_Toi (Sun 21st Feb 2021 6:35am)
  • Don't think that's the case. ScotGov website, under the heading for "Travelling around Scotland" says "you must, by law, stay at home unless you have a reasonable excuse", then on the same page it gives the following in the list of reasonable excuses: "local outdoor informal exercise such as walking, cycling, golf, or running (in groups of up to 2 people, plus any children under 12, from no more than 2 households). Exercise can start and finish at a place in your local authority area (or up to 5 miles from the boundary of your local authority area), but you should travel no further than you need to reach a safe, non-crowded place to exercise in a physically distanced way." I might be wrong, but my reading of the guidance says you can use public transport to reach the starting location of your exercise session, which can be up to 5 miles from your council boundary. by Torran_Toi (Sun 21st Feb 2021 8:29am)
  • Not the same as not allowed though. by Torran_Toi (Sun 21st Feb 2021 12:56pm)
  • Fahrenheit's for wankers. by Torran_Toi (Tue 23rd Feb 2021 11:34am)
  • It's becoming a sort of repeating r/Glasgow joke. He posts the temperature of day in Fahrenheit every so often and then some folk come along and sling some patter at him. by Torran_Toi (Tue 23rd Feb 2021 2:06pm)
  • HA! I've completely misread it then the past couple times this has happened. I thought you were posting the temperature on-site as there was always a few people slagging you for using F after you done it. I thought there was some kind of joke happening. SMH. by Torran_Toi (Tue 23rd Feb 2021 3:15pm)
  • Yep. Imagine how bad Possil, Milton and Springburn would become if they had to have their own localised budget? Would be a disaster. by Torran_Toi (Tue 23rd Feb 2021 3:24pm)
  • It's sounds true. I'm active in my union and it certainly sounds like the kind of thing that would happen. Anything, ANYTHING, that ever so remotely threatens our members' jobs gets pounced on. by Torran_Toi (Tue 23rd Feb 2021 10:31pm)
  • £290,599,200 from CT + £1,294,594,000 from Gov comes to £1,585,193,200 Take that away from the total budget of £2,545,594,900 and you get £960,401,700 Is this £960,401,700 what the council brings in directly? Is there a way to see how that breaks down? ie: How much of that is property rentals; pub, nightclub, food and taxi licences; Council MOT centre income, parking permits and fines; renting out George Square and Glasgow Green for events, et al.? by Torran_Toi (Wed 24th Feb 2021 1:16pm)
  • I found it. It's in the third document down and not in the one titled Budget where I was looking. Yeah, the £960,401,700 figure is right, but they keep it quite vague on the breakdowns, calling it service income or customer/client receipts most of the time without really specifying for what. by Torran_Toi (Wed 24th Feb 2021 3:30pm)
  • > Would you say carntyne is safe enough for a single female living alone? Yes. by Torran_Toi (Thu 25th Feb 2021 11:18am)
  • Roast beef, cheese and jalapenos. In a crispy roll. by Torran_Toi (Thu 25th Feb 2021 5:02pm)
  • Methadone dispensary. by Torran_Toi (Fri 26th Feb 2021 10:28am)
  • This game of sodjies has got too weird. by Torran_Toi (Sat 27th Feb 2021 5:27pm)
  • > curry pot on Dumbarton road +1. That place is nice. by Torran_Toi (Sat 27th Feb 2021 8:54pm)
  • Marketing. New Gorbals is just the old Gorbals, but new. I'm expecting to see "New Sighthill" soon. by Torran_Toi (Mon 1st Mar 2021 2:15pm)
  • Thanks for that. So, they are going for a whole new name for the area then. People will probably still be referring to it as Sighthill for a number of years to come, but I do see why the council and developers would be trying to change the area name completely. by Torran_Toi (Mon 1st Mar 2021 6:43pm)
  • It's built into the slope where all the trees are to the east of the main house. So, with your back to the access road with the house in front of you, it's in amongst the trees to the left. There are two ancient yew trees, much older than all the other trees (and older than the house itself). Look for those and head to them and the bunker is just about there. by Torran_Toi (Mon 1st Mar 2021 11:57pm)
  • Anybody else remember Dunns-ade? I can't even remember what it tasted like, but do remember loving it as a wee guy. by Torran_Toi (Tue 2nd Mar 2021 11:37pm)
  • Still being made then! Fantastic. I'll need to have a look for it. by Torran_Toi (Thu 4th Mar 2021 2:59pm)
  • Appin Road is Haghill, not Dennistoun (even if the Estate Agent says otherwise). You'll hear loads of folk telling you to avoid Haghill, but these days it's probably not too terrible. It's still a low income area with a fair amount of anti-social behaviour going on though. It will largely depend on your luck whether you knock it off or not with getting good or shitty neighbours. by Torran_Toi (Thu 4th Mar 2021 5:40pm)
  • I've never heard of this kind of thing before. I don't think you'll find very many of them about in Glasgow, but having a quick Google, it looks like there is one on Maxwell Road that looks legit. by Torran_Toi (Thu 4th Mar 2021 7:21pm)
  • +1 for Riddrie. Similar enough to Dennistoun, better and quieter than Haghill and more reasonably priced. It's just a matter of time before Riddrie starts getting classed as "North Dennistoun" by the estate agents and the prices creep up. Best bits are to the west side of Cumbernauld Road as the other poster said (Dinart, Don, Nith, Leader, Gala, etc), but still decent enough to the east side of the main road around about the Vogue Bingo. Just stay clear of Lethamhill Road and Spey Street. by Torran_Toi (Thu 4th Mar 2021 7:37pm)
  • lol. Indeed, mate. by Torran_Toi (Fri 5th Mar 2021 4:31pm)
  • This was my first thought too, but a pound shop opening 6am to midnight? I think it has to be Asda or Tesco. They are the only two that have opening times like that. by Torran_Toi (Tue 9th Mar 2021 6:26pm)
  • Whoever it is won't be targeting the car driving demographic. They are most likely targeting the Townhead student halls. by Torran_Toi (Tue 9th Mar 2021 6:33pm)
  • 85 seats on the full council. 43 needed for majority. SNP 36 / Labour 29 / Conservative 7 / Greens 7 / Ind 4 / vacant 2 Executive Committee is usually 19 seats elected proportionally, but the system would have given SNP majority control of that committee despite not having a majority of the overall council, so an amendment was passed to add extra seats for the other parties resulting in the SNP being the biggest minority party. That committee is now 23 composed as: SNP 11 / Labour 8 / Greens 2 / Conservative 2 by Torran_Toi (Thu 11th Mar 2021 9:30pm)
  • We do have Special Constables, which is a volunteer force. Not sure if they have a difference uniform or not though. by Torran_Toi (Thu 11th Mar 2021 11:10pm)
  • Ta. by Torran_Toi (Fri 12th Mar 2021 12:13am)
  • I've just rode into Yoker on Train Simulator and nothing prepares you for this. I cheered, I shouted, I fist pumped the air, I cried, I stood and cheered. It's absolutely everything you hoped it was going to be. by Torran_Toi (Sat 13th Mar 2021 5:17am)
  • This is how to do it. I did a LOT of research into soundproofing when I was setting up the acoustic treatment for my home studio. It worked out far cheaper (and better) to add new layers on top of old. The floor was much easier than the ceiling for obvious reasons. I would also say make sure you include an air gap. So, batons slightly wider than the foam panel so that there is a gap of air between the foam and the new gyproc. A lot of sound acoustics guys do it like that. Without the air gap you still get some sound bleeding through through via acoustic vibration. Having an air gap further dampens the travelling waveform of the noise. by Torran_Toi (Sat 13th Mar 2021 5:30am)
  • They'll be on their holidays. They get a wee calf every year. by Torran_Toi (Sat 13th Mar 2021 4:07pm)
  • Correct. It's also just outside the Glasgow boundary. Yoker station is actually in Whitecrook. by Torran_Toi (Sat 13th Mar 2021 4:23pm)
  • > So the police will allow drunk men to run around threatening people and damaging property but won't allow a vigil. The Rangers crowd wasn't 100% male. It isn't right to compare the two events while framing one as all male and one as all female. The football gathering was wrong for a whole different set of reasons. by Torran_Toi (Sun 14th Mar 2021 3:47pm)
  • This is where I'm from! My username "Torran Toi" is what the area gets called by the young team. It's not a great area. They pulled down most of the flats and replaced them with we semi-detached houses, so it looks kind of nice, but it's still a bit of a hole. This wee pocket of Easterhouse is where you will still find the tracksuit ned dressed as if it's still the late 90's and early 2000s. Anti-social behaviour is rife. I moved away about 5 years ago after being here all my life and I've literally lost count of the horrible things I've seen. Watched a guy chop a dog up with a sword in the street just before I moved away. Loads of noisy parties which always ended up with police showing up. Drugs are still rampant. Young teams roam the streets looking for trouble. It is not somewhere I would be happy with my gran living. Not at all. by Torran_Toi (Tue 16th Mar 2021 3:54pm)
  • Aye. Two guys were out walking their dogs (both unleashed by the way), came past each other and the two dogs got into a dug scrap. One guy went mental at this, ran into the close and came running back out with a machete and starting swinging and hacking at the other guys dog. Fucking surreal sight. Dog didn't die as was seen again afterwards. by Torran_Toi (Tue 16th Mar 2021 8:52pm)
  • Amongst themselves mostly, but still make life a misery for most of the folk around them just trying to get on with life. by Torran_Toi (Tue 16th Mar 2021 8:55pm)
  • Probably find quite a few Ebeneezers up there with it being a Jewish graveyard. It was a common enough Hebrew name back in the day. Thinking about it now, there's maybe a wee bit of anti-Semitism going on with Charles Dickins with him making the bad guys have Jewish names like Ebeneezer Scrooge and Fagin. by Torran_Toi (Thu 18th Mar 2021 11:31pm)
  • Top line? Take the running costs back off that and your closer to min wage. by Torran_Toi (Thu 18th Mar 2021 11:41pm)
  • I'm not sure what bit is what. I think one part is Jewish and the other part is Catholic. Not 100% sure though. I do know the crematorium gets called the Catholic Crem though. by Torran_Toi (Fri 19th Mar 2021 2:24am)
  • The Necropolis basically sits on the remains of a prehistoric and extinct volcano. The hill is made of dolerite and the sill extends a fair distance east, under Dennistoun and towards Carntyne. It was formed by volcanic activity and then later shaped by glacial movement. by Torran_Toi (Fri 19th Mar 2021 9:35pm)
  • Also why Collegelands is called Collegelands. by Torran_Toi (Fri 19th Mar 2021 11:45pm)
  • You can get lucky and get a place at the same value as the report; or even a bit below. However, anywhere between 10% to 20% over is what you'll find happening more often than not. It's a rotten state of affairs because, as you say, you need to be able to pony up the extra cash to get on the ladder. by Torran_Toi (Fri 19th Mar 2021 11:56pm)
  • Brilliant! We recently found some old memory sticks during a wee lockdown clear-out. Plugged them in expecting to find a bunch of mp3s or old work stuff (that stuff was there), but also some videos of a birthday get together with the whole family with my partner's mum and dad who both died two years ago. They were singing and dancing with all the weans. Happy tears that night. by Torran_Toi (Sat 20th Mar 2021 12:45pm)
  • A batch of blades is probably a lot cheaper than the cost of getting stickers printed. by Torran_Toi (Sat 20th Mar 2021 9:30pm)
  • Completely agree. A lot of the problems are actually rooted in the Civil Service; the folks with cushy permanent jobs that do all the background work without having to worry about getting elected. Our union deals with the Council a lot and most of the stonewalling and incompetence comes from admin and office staff, not the actual council itself. by Torran_Toi (Mon 22nd Mar 2021 10:09pm)
  • I would also add 'arrogant' to that list of descriptors. by Torran_Toi (Mon 22nd Mar 2021 10:13pm)
  • > As soon as there is people being paid and others who are not it is simply extortion in my eyes. That would disqualify most charities as well. Charities (or, at least, the big charities) normally have salaried executives and staff. by Torran_Toi (Wed 24th Mar 2021 5:57pm)
  • Portion of curry sauce from takeaway. Microwave and chop up a Mathiesons smoked sausage. Chuck them together. You're all welcome. by Torran_Toi (Thu 25th Mar 2021 11:43pm)
  • Driver here. Loads of places do this. From the likes of Frankie and Bennies right down to local takeaways. One of the weirdest ones is Mecca Bingo. They are on the apps listed as Cluxx Chicken and as Harry Ramsdens. From the customers POV it looks like your ordering from Harry Ramsdens, but it actually just Mecca Bingo chucking Harry Ramsdens branded frozen fish in a fryer. The most outrageous one I know is 'The Vegan Chippy' on UberEats. There is no such actual place. It's actually just The Kent Road Chippy in Anderston/Finnieston pretending to be "The Vegan Chippy". The "vegan" food is getting cooked in the same fryers as the regular food!!! That last example aside, why would restaurants doing this not be allowed? There is no restriction in UK law when it comes to trading names and none of them need to be registered. Only the parent company needs registered. So, like Torran Restaurants would be the registered entity for tax purposes, but Torran Restaurants could have multiple trading names , all not registered. All the law cares about is that all the income is reported from all the trading names on the parent company's tax returns. by Torran_Toi (Tue 30th Mar 2021 7:58pm)
  • Possibly. It just looks like it all comes from the one fryer when they are bagging things up. Hope I'm wrong. by Torran_Toi (Tue 30th Mar 2021 8:48pm)
  • I'm not clued up it, but it doesn't strike me as false or misleading advertising. The product the customer gets is what was displayed to them. False adverts are more about the product than who does the selling. I think a similar enough analogy here would be pen names and stage names. It's not fraud or false advertising to use different names, but selling someone a product that turns out wildly different to how it was advertised is. by Torran_Toi (Tue 30th Mar 2021 8:53pm)
  • I understand that point of view. All-in-1 type places have consistently proved to be rank rotten over the years after all. I might be wrong in how I'm looking at it, but I can't see how this is vastly different to any other form of private labelling. Like how Tesco beans are not made by Tesco; they are made by Heinz and labelled as Tesco. Or, how all the big television brands all have their TVs made by the same factory somewhere. Or, how Nicky Clark hair straighteners are actually made by Alba, which is owned by Sainsburys. We know these games of parent company vs child company vs sister company vs subsidiary vs trading name all exist. They exist in pretty much every industry. I don't see this thing with the restaurants as a whole load different. Is it just because it's food? Is it because it's local and just feels closer to home? (Not being a dick. Actually asking. I'm interested to find out why people see this as negative). by Torran_Toi (Tue 30th Mar 2021 10:17pm)
  • You're right. I have no proof at all for what I claimed. Comment edited. by Torran_Toi (Tue 30th Mar 2021 10:24pm)
  • This reads like most of the communication I've had with the council. I always get the impression that the council have a different interpretation of 'consulatation' than the general public do. The public think that consultations are where we get to speak with council officials, get our points across and give the council some input on how future plans could and should be devised, while the council see consultations as sitting down with the public to inform us about what plans have already been devised. Someone mentioned above about a single issue party. Have you (op) considered forming some kind of committee led community action group? Taking your one man project and building it into an organised team with a dual mission of (i) organising and performing clean up days, and (ii) political lobbying and PR. Might be worth thinking about. I'm sure you'll have no shortage of folk wanting to help get such a thing organised and off the ground. by Torran_Toi (Thu 1st Apr 2021 1:23pm)
  • Yeah, I seen your comments on it in the previous thread. Then the reply you sent me in PMs... yeh, that's what got me thinking it for you; that a committee or something similar might be good for you where people with different skillsets and abilities take on specific roles such as one or two political minded folk for dealing with council, one or two PR minded people doing media and press, a social media guru, and obviously, ground team doing the cleanups, etc. This is how we work in the trade unions. Another guy's strengths fill my weaknesses. I do most of our committee's council facing work these days, but I can't go on tv or radio interviews because I turn into a nervous bumbling cabbage, so we have a couple of guys that live for that kind of stuff but they have zero time for dealing with council committees. by Torran_Toi (Thu 1st Apr 2021 4:58pm)
  • What would be great is if we could have "The Glasgow Party", filled with passionate people who want to work for Glasgow and local issues only; with it specifically written into the party constitution that they would never, ever seek seats in Parliament and are not to ever become a national level political party. For Glasgow, by Glasgow. by Torran_Toi (Thu 1st Apr 2021 5:00pm)
  • We will need our PH cars and taxis to be LEZ compliant very shortly, and there is a push towards moving the whole fleet to electric. It'll take time, but plans are being made. They are just about to announce that the car park underneath the Kingston Bridge (between Anderston Cross and the Clyde) is going to be converted into a taxi-only electric charger park. We are currently in the final generation of diesel/petrol taxis. by Torran_Toi (Sun 4th Apr 2021 6:28am)
  • Soutra, Fastnet and Longstone Flats. Cranhill. Those mounds in the foreground are part of the toxic waste SugaRolly Mountains we were talking about on here a couple of months or so ago. by Torran_Toi (Tue 6th Apr 2021 9:48am)
  • Doesn't specifically mention a place in Glasgow, but we all grew up learning: Skinny Malinkey Long Legs, Big Banana Feet, Went tae the pictures and couldny find a seat, When the picture started, Skinny Malinkey farted, Skinny Malinkey Long Legs, Big Banana Feet. by Torran_Toi (Mon 12th Apr 2021 3:21pm)
  • Or a black Hackney taxi. You'll grow big totty baws overnight and you'll never give a single fuck about what people think of your driving ever again. by Torran_Toi (Wed 21st Apr 2021 12:51pm)
  • 1. Tighten the rules on councillor expenses. 2. Procure less expensive software ​licences. ​ 3. Pay cuts/freezes at the executive level. by Torran_Toi (Wed 21st Apr 2021 1:02pm)
  • I think you're mixing this up a bit because the body was reported to have been found near Celtic's training ground, which today is near Lennox Castle, but at the time was in Briadfauld/Parkhead. He was found on the Clyde Walkway on the other side of the water from Cuningar Loop. by Torran_Toi (Thu 22nd Apr 2021 2:54pm)
  • I worked it out from Wikipedia. Wiki says it was on the Clyde Walkway near the Celtic training ground. The stretch of walkway at that section faces Cuningar Loop. by Torran_Toi (Thu 22nd Apr 2021 5:38pm)
  • Where did it go? >_< by Torran_Toi (Fri 23rd Apr 2021 6:58pm)
  • Did anyone save the map before OP deleted it? Highly interested in seeing. by Torran_Toi (Fri 23rd Apr 2021 7:01pm)
  • The map has been deleted now, but Big Egg is 100% a name for Easterhouse and is used in conversation there. by Torran_Toi (Fri 23rd Apr 2021 7:00pm)
  • From the comments I'm guessing it was mostly shite? by Torran_Toi (Fri 23rd Apr 2021 9:50pm)
  • > What legal right do the polis and/or the city council possess...? Many powers... but, chiefly, Sections 112 and 116 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act are probably most relevant in terms of what rules the council can put in place. Someone else can weigh in on the questions about police. by Torran_Toi (Fri 23rd Apr 2021 10:06pm)
  • I'd say it's not about stop/search or stop/account, and more about enforcing conditions of entry. Similar to how bouncers can search you on the way into a nightclub, the police are enforcing the council's conditions of entry to the park. by Torran_Toi (Fri 23rd Apr 2021 10:13pm)
  • > Your bags can't be searched outside a stop and search If it's about enforcing 'conditions of entry' I think they can. Same way security at a gig or bouncers at a club can have a look through someone's bag. Police here are not "stopping and searching", they are enforcing conditions of entry. Hence why OP was free to walk away without the bag being searched if they wanted; it was only going to be searched as a condition of getting into the park. by Torran_Toi (Fri 23rd Apr 2021 10:18pm)
  • A public area that the council has the power to enforce management rules on (Civic Gov Act), including conditions of entry. by Torran_Toi (Fri 23rd Apr 2021 10:23pm)
  • Agree with that to be fair. Yeah, seems they are enforcing a condition of entry that doesn't exist. Unless, a temporary condition has been put in place and just can't be found easily online yet? by Torran_Toi (Fri 23rd Apr 2021 10:23pm)
  • I don't know what the specific law is on flying drones, but photography, itself, in a public place isn't illegal and photographers don't require your consent to take your photo. Different story once on private ground though. by Torran_Toi (Sat 24th Apr 2021 12:08am)
  • Not even a sea shanty in sight? by Torran_Toi (Sat 24th Apr 2021 12:13am)
  • No, I wasn't particularly meaning CCTV. More meaning that cameras have become ubiquitous overall in that they are attached to phones, laptops, tablets, etc. The point I was trying to make was there seems to be a contradiction between how ubiquitous cameras have become and the growing feeling of weirdness about being filmed or snapped. by Torran_Toi (Sat 24th Apr 2021 12:46am)
  • [Do you mean this building?](https://www.google.com/maps/@55.8719278,-4.2179632,3a,43y,161.62h,108.66t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1szYH4mPLl1oLIdrxNyXnIdg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en) If yes, nothing special about it. Just some ugly architecture choices. These were built around 2005 or so by Blochairn Housing Association. Locally known as "the dookit" because it somewhat resembles a DIY dovecot. The bit of ground they are built on is the old Tarmac yard. by Torran_Toi (Sat 24th Apr 2021 3:03am)
  • > photo on profile Yes, those are prefabs (prefabricated). Someone else posted a link to the BISF houses. It is one of those, but at some point has been clad in that sheeting. by Torran_Toi (Sat 24th Apr 2021 4:24pm)
  • Also on that page: "The new Level 3 guidance which will come into force at 00:01 on 26 April has still to be updated" The ScotGov website is currently displaying what Tier 3 is today, not what it will be on the 26th. by Torran_Toi (Sat 24th Apr 2021 6:39pm)
  • OP asked both. > What legal right do the polis and/or the city council possess...? by Torran_Toi (Sun 25th Apr 2021 12:11am)
  • > X Litter cleaned up properly X Pot holes mended X Graffiti clean up I hear you. But, we will never hear these promises come from Holyrood candidates. These are council issues. MSPs are always quick to say 'not my concern, contact your councillors' on council specific stuff, while councillors do the same in reverse when it's a government issue. We will probably hear these kind of pledges made next year when the 2022 council elections come. by Torran_Toi (Tue 27th Apr 2021 3:04pm)
  • The interesting thing about it is that there is nothing on this gravestone other than the symbols; no names to identify whose grave it is. Usually, symbols like that on a gravestone without names/identifiers is marking a mass grave of plague victims. by Torran_Toi (Tue 27th Apr 2021 3:12pm)
  • Maybe roadworks due to start. Any wee council notices taped to a lampost on the street anywhere? by Torran_Toi (Tue 27th Apr 2021 4:50pm)
  • Naming and shaming a dodgy business isn't doxing. by Torran_Toi (Tue 27th Apr 2021 5:20pm)
  • Yeah, it's incredibly tight. Shouldn't be 3 lanes at that section. by Torran_Toi (Thu 29th Apr 2021 9:22am)
  • Interestingly, this leads itself to the origins of the insult "a wee hairy". It was originally used to insult folk that didn't wear a hat, so were seen to be going against the grain. Over time the meaning has obviously evolved, but that's where it came from. by Torran_Toi (Sat 1st May 2021 11:10pm)
  • If we went back in time and asked the planners if they had built it properly they would say something like "yes, we built it properly, but the residents are not acting according to how we have planned it". The reason the likes of Easterhouse was built without amenities is because the planners thought that people would 'just' live there and then would travel in and out the city centre for amenities. Their vision was that the city centre would be the active hub. They never intended the housing estates be anything more than housing estates. It probably baffled the hell out of them when people started demanding local amenities instead of just travelling to the central hub they were trying to design. They eventually capitulated and built local amenities, but funny enough, in the long term, it rebalanced. People began using the city centre as intended and stopped using the local amenities. Most of the things they built, community centres, pubs, small shopping arcades, all have since shut down through lack of use. by Torran_Toi (Thu 6th May 2021 6:57pm)
  • City tickets allow you to travel about in the city zone, but not out to the local zone. You need to get on and off inside the city zone. Local tickets allow you to travel about in the local zone (which is outside city boundaries), but not into the city zone. You need to get on and off in the local zone. To travel between city and local zones you need a Network ticket. by Torran_Toi (Sat 8th May 2021 7:41pm)
  • Don't know on that, sorry. It's been a few years since I took a bus. From memory, taking the x11 from Wishaw to city centre, a Network ticket 1 way single was around a fiver... Compare that with the locals to work out the answer maybe? by Torran_Toi (Sun 9th May 2021 8:32am)
  • Great prices. How much to include the dog? by Torran_Toi (Sun 9th May 2021 1:53pm)
  • Most drivers give zero fucks about the ratings tbh. Caring about Uber ratings is a bit like caring about Reddit up/down votes. There's not much point to them at the end of the day. by Torran_Toi (Tue 11th May 2021 1:51am)
  • Figure 8 flex, or figure 8 power lead. The plug bit at the appliance end resembles a figure 8, so that's what they seem to be called. by Torran_Toi (Tue 11th May 2021 4:50pm)
  • Royston usually is. Loads of Irish tri-colours along Royston Road, green bunting etc. by Torran_Toi (Fri 14th May 2021 7:42pm)
  • It means the person is mocking something or someone in whiny, baby voice. Like when say to someone "your an idiot" and they hit back with the exact same thing in a whiny voice "yOuR aN iDiOt". by Torran_Toi (Sun 16th May 2021 9:57am)
  • Looks like it. Believe it or not, as the crow flies, Ben Lomond is only about 25 miles from you there. by Torran_Toi (Tue 18th May 2021 7:08pm)
  • Yep. It'll be this. OP mentioned mortgages above, so looks like a majority of the close is now owned flats. by Torran_Toi (Tue 18th May 2021 7:38pm)
  • Most certainly is an area name. Named after a standing stone that was once on the spot known as Cross-Stobbs Cross. The general area had several standing stones: The Arthurlie, Capelrig, Steed-Stane Cross, Cross-stobs, and a little further along, the Neil’s-stone (a la Neilston). The Cross Stobbs pub didn't invent the name for itself. It named itself after the area name. by Torran_Toi (Sun 23rd May 2021 2:03am)
  • Well. Guess I now know when I'm aiming to book my holidays for. Fuck try to drive a taxi when this happens. by Torran_Toi (Fri 28th May 2021 9:19am)
  • Amazing how the city changes over time. Townhead was terrible about 15 years ago. The "toon neds" ran wild around there and was bad with junkies. Starting changing when they pulled down the big homeless hostel where Dobbie's Point is now. Anyway, today, loads of students and safe enough. by Torran_Toi (Thu 3rd Jun 2021 5:13pm)
  • It's supposed to be 2 queues though. Use both lanes to make 2 smaller queues rather than one larger queue, then merge in turn/zipper merge just before the bus lane. No need to leave the other lane completely empty. by Torran_Toi (Tue 8th Jun 2021 1:58pm)
  • But the highway code doesn't say sit in a big queue. It says use all available lanes and road space then merge in turn. People should be using the empty lanes to create 2 shorter queues instead of one massive queue, and then merge when the marking on the road change from long to short (when the lane becomes an actual slip... Green cats eyes, short lines, etc.) by Torran_Toi (Tue 8th Jun 2021 2:02pm)
  • It's a bit of both. Yes, don't fire along the slip lane exit as if it's an open lane, but people still 'get into the queue' too early. They should keep using the left lane until it becomes a slip lane (road markings change from long to short with green cats eyes). by Torran_Toi (Tue 8th Jun 2021 2:06pm)
  • I don't use bin bags for anything. Everything straight in the Wheely. Gets a lot more in it as bin bags just create loads of space filled with air. But, we do have a guy in North Lanarkshire that follows the bin lorry with a jet wash in a van and washes the inside of the bins after they are emptied. by Torran_Toi (Tue 8th Jun 2021 2:12pm)
  • Just pours out. by Torran_Toi (Wed 9th Jun 2021 10:35am)
  • Sorry. Didn't think to mention it. Was more concerned about letting folk know it was happening and to apologise for a wee bit of hassle later. Protesting the lack of support for the trade over past 14 months. Taxis not eligible for same business grants as other businesses with fixed premises. Coupled with the council's hand being constantly out asking for money to flow in the other direction. Basically, demanding a little bit more help. Seeking suspension of Licencing fees or extension of expiry dates, seeking vehicle age limits extended, and access to the council's discretionary fund for some financial support. Sorry for quick reply, about to head to it. If you check out adcu.org.uk and go to the news page, our branch chair posted a response to Kate Forbes which sums it up better. by Torran_Toi (Wed 9th Jun 2021 11:42am)
  • Thanks! I drive Uber so thanks for the custom :) by Torran_Toi (Wed 9th Jun 2021 11:59pm)
  • I drive Uber Private Hire :) Today was a mix of all companies. Uber, Network, GlasGo and hackneys. 4 Different unions represented as well. by Torran_Toi (Wed 9th Jun 2021 11:54pm)
  • Aye. Personally don't like what most hackney guys get up to either. The hackney drivers that joined in with our protest yesterday where getting all kinds of abuse from the hacks sitting on the ranks as we passed. Angry that hackney taxis had joined in a protest with us private hire cars. by Torran_Toi (Thu 10th Jun 2021 4:12pm)
  • Kind of impossible since we are paid directly into our banks by Uber. by Torran_Toi (Thu 10th Jun 2021 8:04pm)
  • The under-declaring thing is blown way out of proportion. It was something that happened like 20 years ago. For quite a few years all the firms have used GPS recording and apps and tamper proof meters. Uber pay right into your bank, but even before that when I was with Network it would have been the most stupid thing in the world to dicky the tax return seeing as your earnings reports are all recorded and given to you by the office. The issue with the SEISS is that it was 80% of profits. Or in other words it was your take home wages. It didn't cover the business expenses which had to still keep getting paid. What drivers have been asking for for the past year is access to the same business funds that the vast majority of other businesses got access to, but we got denied simply due to the fact we don't have premises. The owner of a small shop got business grants as well as an Seiss, while we only got the Seiss. So, no, we certainly didn't benefit from it because we had to use it to pay the business bills. I don't think people realise the huge cost of running these cars. We are talking like 500 to 600 per week before a penny of wages is made. Just because we were allowed to keep working is the problem. It's being used as against us, but we have been going out for 10 to 12 hour shifts and only turning over 30 quid most days. That's a huge hole. We've only been working to put a tiny dent in the costs. Our savings have been obliterated and all past profit destroyed. A vast number of guys have had to leave the trade (see all firms are on a massive recruitment drive due to shortage of drivers as we come out of lockdown). The 2 lots of taxi grants worth £3k total only cover around 2 months worth of loss. Our insurance is about 2.5k to 3k a year alone. This has been going on for 14 months. Wales paid their drivers over 8k so far and vow to continue looking after the trade. Ireland have been generous also. by Torran_Toi (Fri 11th Jun 2021 3:01pm)
  • A good bit before that. I'm nearly sure that bridge has had barriers since at least 2000. by Torran_Toi (Sun 13th Jun 2021 7:09am)
  • lol. Sorry, it totally does happen. I've lost count of the number of times that wee guys in the street have randomly shouted 'oy specky' at me. Loads of times. It's just what wee dicks in Glasgow have always done. Spend time showing off to their pals shouting fatty, specky, baldy at people for a laugh. by Torran_Toi (Mon 14th Jun 2021 5:20am)
  • A barra is a wheelbarrow, not a barrel. :) by Torran_Toi (Fri 18th Jun 2021 10:49pm)
  • Or, See what thought did; stuck a feather up its arse and thought it could fly. by Torran_Toi (Fri 18th Jun 2021 10:47pm)
  • For anybody that would think this is an eyesore and would get their NIMBY Knickers in a twist over something like this ... I think it should be noted that this small area appears to be completely litter free. Serious kudos to the folk using this space. You are obviously looking after it and keeping it maintained and clean. by Torran_Toi (Sun 20th Jun 2021 10:22am)
  • Don't know about the card game, but an uppy doonie has always meant a quick swig out of someone elses bottle of ginger. 'Can I get a drink of yer ginger?' 'aye, but just a quick uppy doonie so ye don't get slabbers in it'. ... And never drink someone else's once you get to the slabber line clearly marked near the bottom of every bottle. by Torran_Toi (Sun 20th Jun 2021 4:04pm)
  • Just for fun... [As far as I know, this is the last surviving Internacionale sign in the city](https://www.google.com/maps/@55.8725639,-4.2230207,3a,75y,229.68h,88.35t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s1B7Cqklp7QhI5c-3MdNrxQ!2e0!5s20160601T000000!7i13312!8i6656) by Torran_Toi (Mon 21st Jun 2021 3:13pm)
  • Always nugget. by Torran_Toi (Tue 29th Jun 2021 11:38pm)
  • Indeed. by Torran_Toi (Sun 4th Jul 2021 7:48pm)
  • The vets on Annfield Place in Dennistoun deal with reptiles and exotics. I don't know about these days, but they were always known as 'the' reptile vets. by Torran_Toi (Wed 7th Jul 2021 3:37pm)
  • Just go into the court payment office and pay cash in person. by Torran_Toi (Fri 9th Jul 2021 9:56pm)
  • Fox mating season. by Torran_Toi (Fri 16th Jul 2021 7:07am)
  • Needs to be pre-booked with the dump and then take along something like a council tax bill along with the van hire agreement/ by Torran_Toi (Mon 19th Jul 2021 12:05pm)
  • What you need to do is find out the home address of your nearest Tory councillor, then find a flat next to them and just move there. There's a fair to middling chance the nests around that street have all been destroyed. by Torran_Toi (Mon 19th Jul 2021 12:10pm)
  • There's no law limiting passenger numbers. All firms, except Uber, are leaving it to driver's discretion, so you will have some drivers take 3 and some take 4. When booking on the phone you just need to tell them that they need to send a driver that will take 4. Uber is an outlier. They have made it a rule that drivers are only to take 3 in the back. by Torran_Toi (Thu 29th Jul 2021 10:22pm)
  • Have you seen this yet? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXfkwyVW1_E by Torran_Toi (Sat 7th Aug 2021 10:27am)
  • Was it Ripley's? Or was that the name of the dance hall? by Torran_Toi (Mon 9th Aug 2021 5:08am)
  • Mr McKinley's. Yes, it was right on top of where the Tesco is now. The ShopRite became a Kwik Save for a wee while I think? by Torran_Toi (Mon 9th Aug 2021 9:47am)
  • It's actually both. The fare dispute part is civil, but the act of not paying the full taxi fare Is actually a criminal act known as "bilking". The police are usually very supportive when it happens and passengers often get criminally charged over it. by Torran_Toi (Sat 21st Aug 2021 2:03pm)
  • Problem with taxi driving is that new entrants now need to have SVQ certification. That plus the application process itself taking almost a year... It takes a new entrant about 18 months to get licenced now. by Torran_Toi (Sat 11th Sep 2021 6:52pm)
  • The taxi and private hire driver shortage isn't going to be fixed anytime soon. New entrants now need an SVQ qualification before applying for their licence and the licence application process then takes 9 to 12 months. It's basically a 2 year hurdle to get new drivers in the door. by Torran_Toi (Sat 11th Sep 2021 6:50pm)
  • Technically, that is Anderston. Anderston includes most of what we call the International Financial District these days. Anderston extends in both directions from Anderston station. The Anderston Shopping Centre sort of sat somewhere around Cadogan Street. by Torran_Toi (Sat 25th Sep 2021 3:20am)
  • Gerrymandering? Probably not gerrymandering in the usual negative sense, rather probably to even out the population of the council areas? I imagine including the likes of Rutherglen and Cambuslang into GCC would have "overpopulated" Glasgow compared to the neighbouring councils. by Torran_Toi (Tue 5th Oct 2021 5:45pm)
  • Especially during COP26. Most of the drivers I've spoken with are all planning holiday/down time during COP as we all think it won't be worth working during it. by Torran_Toi (Fri 8th Oct 2021 6:32pm)
  • It's not actually because of tax. Well in some cases it will be, but in the majority of cases it's nothing to do with hiding the money. Even with cash, drivers can't really hide from the tax man anymore as every job is logged in computers and apps these days. All it takes is a click of a mouse and the tax man has the driver's job history be it cash or be it card. The problem with cards is that the firms take the payments and hold it for up to a week (in some cases longer). While that might not sound like a big deal (like 'wait till the end of their month for wages like everybody else'), the issue actually is without getting paid today, there is a chance you can't work tomorrow. If all the takings keep coming in by card, then before the driver reaches the payout day he'll probably not have enough money available for that daily fuel cost (or a bunch of other things that they might need instant money for - puncture repair, blown bulb, quick hoover or car wash). Even Uber, who takes cards 100% of the time, recognised this particular problem and now allow drivers to cash out their balance with an instant bank transfer up to 5 times per day. I used to work with the local firms and taking cards was brutal. There were shifts I would go home with nothing in my pocket because the little bit of cash I took had to go back in the fuel tank. Drivers these days don't make big bucks and pretty much live week to week hoping that nothing ever goes wrong and that they take enough cash to be able to keep running for the rest of the week while being able to eat. You would think then that moving over to Uber would be horrible for drivers that detested taking cards, right? But, no. Since moving over to Uber I don't have that same worry and am completely happy taking card payments on every single job because doing so doesn't come with the risk of getting skint mid-week like it did with the local legacy firms. by Torran_Toi (Wed 13th Oct 2021 6:58pm)
  • Misreporting earnings wasn't the issue and just plays into old stereotypes. The problem was that the SEISS grants were based on trading profits only (or in other words on take home pay). It didn't take into account the cost of business. Meanwhile, business grants (which were to cover cost of business) were only available to businesses with fixed premises. Taxi drivers don't have fixed premises. Compare with, say, a self employed hairdresser or whatever. They got the SEISS which covered 80% of their take home wages (the trading profit) and also got to claim business support grants on top of that to cover things like rent and bills on their physical shop. But taxi drivers couldn't get that second part. We only got the SEISS (the wages), but nothing to cover the costs of the vehicles (our version of premises). This meant drivers had the choice of sinking their SEISS into keeping the cars on the road or keeping the SEISS and giving up the cars. That's the long and short of it. Some taxi grants eventually did come (a year after the pandemic started), which was too little and too late for many. The problem wasn't unique to taxi drivers btw. The exact same problem was felt by driving instructors and any other kind of mobile business without fixed premises. by Torran_Toi (Wed 13th Oct 2021 7:11pm)
  • Yeah, it does happen, but I still reckon the majority of driver don't take cards because they need the money sooner than they get given it. It's not the same as waiting on a monthly or weekly payday. We do need cash flow to keep those wheels turning. Sure, having a decent float in the bank eliminates the problem, but like I say, most drivers these days are week to week just trying to make the ends meet. The problem with firms withholding card payments can cause drivers real dilemmas. by Torran_Toi (Wed 13th Oct 2021 7:21pm)
  • Private hire driver here. My car is £180 per week to rent. Then you need another £100 to £130 for fuel. If you are with a local firm (not Uber) then its another £130 to £150 for radio rent. Add in some car cleaning and the odd emergency tyre change and stuff ... It's a WEEKLY break-even of around £500 before you make a penny to take home. When drivers say they NEED the weekend to make money, what they mean is they NEED the weekend to make wages. The rest of the week you are working to cover the costs. by Torran_Toi (Wed 13th Oct 2021 7:30pm)
  • Correct. Which is why we are now seeing Tribunal cases spring up where drivers are challenging these firms over sham self-employment and fighting to be recognised as workers (see recent cases vs Bounds Taxis, Addison Lee, and even Uber) by Torran_Toi (Wed 13th Oct 2021 7:39pm)
  • Well...yeah actually. I volunteer with one of our unions and a lot of drivers have to come in for help on some pretty basic stuff. A lot of them struggle to fill in their licensing application forms, some can't do their tax returns, some don't even fully understand what self employment really means. It's sad to say and see, but this particular trade is comprised of relatively low educated people with not a lot of options in life. A large number of drivers come into this game down on their luck and scrape by from day one. It's hard to get ahead of the curve when you start out with very little and there's not much opportunity for any kind of upward mobility within the trade. If the starting point is get a loan from friend to buy your first week in, then it's very likely they will be trapped in a weekly cycle of just making enough to buy another week and live off what is left. by Torran_Toi (Wed 13th Oct 2021 7:55pm)
  • Yeah, I don't think you bothered to take on board that not all drivers are tax dodgers, but ok. by Torran_Toi (Wed 13th Oct 2021 8:13pm)
  • I agree. Most drivers should not be self employed at all! The real criminals in this equation are the firms that misclassify their drivers as self employed so that they can dodge their responsibilities and liabilities as employers (avoiding employer's national insurance, PAYE and pensions). They have their drivers sign up to be self employed when these people have no business being self employed, but then control them as if they are employees. Drivers, by and large, should be classified as limb-b workers. They don't come into the trade as entrepreneurs looking to run their own franchises, they are just guys looking to drive people around for a living. When you look outside the UK, to Europe, you see that virtually all taxi drivers are not self employed, but rather are employees of their taxi firms. It should be the same here. by Torran_Toi (Wed 13th Oct 2021 8:32pm)
  • There isn't a dispatch system in modern existence that doesn't record distance by gps. "As Directed" means nothing really as the mileage of every trip is recorded regardless of addresses or lack of them at the time of booking. They don't need to raid taxi offices. One driver being audited only has to have their PDA checked. All the jobs are logged in there with the gps recorded miles. There is no hiding the jobs under the mattress. Off the books jobs, piracy and cash tips. Yes, that can be hidden. Everything else is all recorded on the driver apps now. by Torran_Toi (Wed 13th Oct 2021 8:44pm)
  • Yeah, they can do ok with the apps. I struggle to make sense of the economics of it sometimes as they get paid more than just the delivery fee. When you pay £2 to £3 for delivery fee, the driver/rider doesn't just get that fee, they get paid per mile and time (plus surges). I've seen some really, really silly ones where I got paid around £10 for like a 1 mile delivery. This is why a lot of taxi and PH drivers left the trade and won't go back. The financial turnover for doing food delivery with these apps is comparable to taxi driving, but without the same costs. So, either, you end up with a better profit margin for the same hours or you can make the same as you did before but by putting in less time. ... Food delivery insurance is cheaper than taxi and private hire insurance, you can run about in an older, cheaper car as you don't have the same vehicle age limits imposed on you, and you can do it without the taxi licensing and inspection costs. Plus, you don't need to put up with the same people problems like belligerence, racism, vomit, COVID ... it's all a bit of a no-brainer. Basically, Covid/Lockdown forced a whole load of taxi/ph drivers to a different game, and it woke them up to how shite the trade actually is. I don't blame them for not wanting to go back. I doubt I ever will. (Although, for clarity, I no longer drive at all right now, neither taxi or delivery. I went in a different direction completely and now sit at a desk and I'm a whole lot happier for it, with better money, and much, much more job security). by Torran_Toi (Sat 16th Oct 2021 6:46am)
  • New test. Drivers now need an SQA qualification to hold the licences. It's not terribly expensive at £400, but considering the past 2 years where drivers went through a massive period of making fuck all at the same time as the council demanding the test fee ... (not to mention the lost time of having to do the study hours and do 9 assessments) by Torran_Toi (Sat 16th Oct 2021 6:50am)
  • > Good for them. Although the majority of people don't get wage rises or reviews, I've been on the same wage for 5 years. What about people in service industry jobs who can't strike? Organise with your colleagues and fight for better. Join a trade union (a strong union for your sector). Start having meetings together, raise public awareness, collectively negotiate with management, and when you can't get what you deserve take action together. by Torran_Toi (Sat 16th Oct 2021 6:20pm)
  • Like a million other things wrong with Glasgow, the blame lies with the council. They attach a 2am curfew on the licences. by Torran_Toi (Sun 17th Oct 2021 7:10am)
  • I stopped accepting McDonalds orders not long after starting as well because of the unpaid waiting time. If places don't have the order ready for you going in then you will definitely go below minimum wage. by Torran_Toi (Sun 17th Oct 2021 8:35pm)
  • It's the [Bell's Bridge](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/B65HMB/bells-bridge-armadillo-river-clyde-pacific-quay-to-stobcross-quay-B65HMB.jpg) by Torran_Toi (Mon 18th Oct 2021 3:21pm)
  • On your specific questions... Who pays me? Short answer is the passenger does. How it works is you register as self employed, you take the money from customers each time you take them somewhere, and then you pay the firms for access to their bookings. The company acts more like a middle man booking agent / aggregator. So, you pay the company a rental to access their system (around £150 per week these days) or in case of Uber a deduction of 25% on every job. Then all the money you bring in from customers goes to you. The taxi companies get what you pay them as a driver, the driver gets the fares. You are also liable for paying tax and NI. Who sets my hours? You do. You are self employed, so it's entirely up to you when and where to work or not. You do need to be out full time hours to make it work, but the flexibility is good in so far far as you get to pick and choose your start and finish times. Taxi Vs private. Two entirely different trades and require different licences. Taxis can be rank up and take random hires off the street. Private hire must always be pre-booked in some fashion. Renting cars. Cars are available from around £170 per week going up to £250 per week for people carriers and exec models. Someone below said it works out better if you own the car. Only very marginally. That per week rental includes almost all your costs like vehicle licence, insurance, excise duty, servicing, MOTs and ALL repairs. If you own a car then all those costs are on you. I rented for years while my dad has always owned. When you stack or figures next to each other at year end, they are generally only ever a few hundred quid apart (which is eye opening as I used to think the car rental guys made a fortune, but they don't unless they have decent sized fleets). Another aspect is the councils plate cap. They are not issuing new vehicle licences until the numbers drop below the current cap. This means you won't get your own vehicle plated anytime soon. I imagine when it opens back up that the waiting list is massive and the cap will kick back in almost instantly. Your only option really is to rent. Part time. I did a break down in another part last week. You need to be pulling in around £500 per week to break even before you start making wages (a bit less with Uber... Probably around £300). It's not really feasible to do the job part time. It's kind of all in or nothing. Currently it's taking around a year to get into the trade. Council are taking around a year to process applications (this will improve post covid but not by much... Pre covid it was 6 to 9 months.) Before you apply you need to sit and pass the new SVQ certification. This course costs £400, but you can hand that by making use of £200 ITA. It's 9 assessments in a variety of topics and including 1 practical (wheelchair handling and loading). Someone said below that this is not a job, it's a lifestyle. A million per cent agree with that. You do end up sort of working every waking hour to make it worthwhile financially. End up most of your mates will be other drivers because it's the only social life you can get (between all the hours, plus taxi drivers work when everybody else is at play. Football on.. you will be working. Gigs and events.. Working.. Nightlife and pubs.. Working.) ... It's definitely a way of life more than a job. Is it worth it? Not anymore. Fares are terribly to low. Joe public (sorry guys) want it dirt cheap. But it's too cheap. We are getting around £1.50 per mile (ish) just now... It was around £1 a mile 20 years ago! So, factor in the high cost of living, the high cost of motoring, the fact that with every gate increase comes with rent increases, rate of inflation, etc etc.... Drivers have not had a pay rise in real terms for over 2 decades. We need to see fares at £2 per mile and minimum fare set at a fiver asap. Public don't want to pay it though. Funny thing is, if Uber would set the rates like that then they could largely dump the price gouge that is surge and then everybody wins. Anyway I'm off point. To answer your question, is this something to do part time? No. You need to decide you want to commit to it as a career change then go for it. Alternatives. As said courier work. Sign up for as many as you can. Uber Eats, Just Eat, Deliveroo, Amazon Flex. Get on all those systems. Then you can do them all as part time as you like and make a decent side income. by Torran_Toi (Thu 21st Oct 2021 3:41am)
  • That's exactly how it works. They will take the cost of that trip right back of their tax bill. by Torran_Toi (Sat 23rd Oct 2021 6:37pm)
  • Be fantastic to see who lasts the the pace. World leaders bowing out after 6 stops while Strugeon and Boris move onto a second lap. by Torran_Toi (Sun 31st Oct 2021 10:48am)
  • Have you tried the Mitchell Library for the plans? Pretty sure they should have them. by Torran_Toi (Wed 3rd Nov 2021 10:14am)
  • Because the drivers are self employed. The firm's can't control where and when the cars will be at any given time. Honestly, pre-booking doesn't do anything to guarantee a thing. by Torran_Toi (Wed 3rd Nov 2021 10:22am)
  • There was a period that they were dull orange in colour due to being rusty. Could you be remembering them being rusty and in need of paint? by Torran_Toi (Wed 3rd Nov 2021 6:32pm)
  • Not just delivery. McDonalds have different prices as you go about the city for some stuff. The franchised ones get to set their own prices. by Torran_Toi (Fri 5th Nov 2021 10:14pm)
  • Most of the east end. Places like Easterhouse, Tollcross, Shettleston and Barlanark are all still suffering from a reputational hangover from the 80's and 90's. Yes, a lot of it is still ugly as fuck, and yes, there are some small pockets that should still be avoided here and there and diligent recon should be done before moving in, but by and large, the east end of today is fine. by Torran_Toi (Sat 13th Nov 2021 10:52am)
  • I reckon the dessert shops are laundering, but not in the 'cleaning dirty proceeds of crime' fashion. I guess they are used as a funnel to lower VAT liability from a second business. These dessert places generally seem to be ran by a group of folk that run some other nearby business like a kebab shop a few doors away (or in one outrageous example on the south side ran by the same crew that runs a car wash). So, say the kebab shop or car wash turnover is £100k per year, they take 50k of cash and rinse it through the dessert shop. So, instead of 1 business with 100k turnover you have 2 with 50k turnover. At 100k turnover the business would need to be VAT registered, but 2 businesses at 50k turnover don't need to register for VAT. That's my theory on it anyway. Might be wrong as fuck. by Torran_Toi (Sat 13th Nov 2021 3:36pm)
  • The only reason I can think of is that the business owners don't want to be charging VAT to remain competitive. Kebab shop sells kebab and chips at a fiver while undercutting their nearest competitor at £5.50 ... They want to keep their kebab and chips at £5 instead of being forced to charge £6. by Torran_Toi (Sat 13th Nov 2021 6:09pm)
  • Any scheme boozer will tick the box for you. Loads of pubs outside the city centre all filled with 30+ every night of the week. by Torran_Toi (Tue 16th Nov 2021 7:55pm)
  • Newton Mearns or Bearsden. by Torran_Toi (Mon 22nd Nov 2021 2:24pm)
  • I'd say u/Alarming_Mix5302 is about spot on with Langside and Battlefield. I'd define Langside as being east of Kilmarnock Road and west of Millbrae Road, south of Langside Avenue and north of the water. Battlefield, I'd say is east of Millbrae Road and west of Holmlea Road, south of Battlefield Road and north of the water. Then, immediately north of Battlefield, and thus north of Battlefield Road, would be Mount Florida (which, confusingly, is where Langside College actually sits, although very historically the exact bit of land the college sits on is actually Clincart Hill). This whole bit of the southside is quite dense in the modern age, and all the old villages have grown and rolled into each other without a lot of definite boundaries. Basically, the lines we draw in the sand, so to speak, are only really there because as the old villages grew we sort of decided each one stops where both started to touch each other. As to your other areas... well that gets a wee bit messy because the motorway comes crashing through giving us modern physical detachments. The line between Bellahouston and Dumbreck is easiest to define as it would follow an old county boundary line. That would place Bellahouston to the west of Dumbreck Road and north of Mosspark Boulevard. However, a little spur of Bellahouston also juts out to take in the bit north of Dalkieth Avenue, so includes the likes of Beech Avenue, Urrdale Road, Rowan Road, et al. and very strictly speaking also crosses the motorway until it hits Maxwell Drive to take in Academy Park and Gower Street. The western edge of Bellahouston would originally have been in line, roughly, with the western edge of Bellahouston Park where it met a historical area known as Wearieston. However, the Bellahouston Estate gobbled Wearieston up, so the western edge of Bellahouston now sort of ends at Corkerhill Road. South of Bellahouston (and south of Mosspark Boulevard) is Mosspark. Most interesting, is the northern edge of Bellahouston. The top half of Bellahouston Park appears on old maps as Ibroxhill. However, I think in the modern age we can safely say Paisley Road West is the boundary. The lands of Dumbreck ... Again following the old county boundary, we can accurately place Dumbreck east of Dumbreck Road and south of Dalkeith Avenue. The eastern edge is tricky though. It should really be Saint Andrews Drive, but because of the motorway, people would probably kick me square in the nuts for trying to tell them that Sherbrooke Avenue and Maxwell Drive were in Dumbreck and not Pollokshields. We might just need to settle for saying the M77 is the modern boundary with Dumbreck on one side of it and Pollokshields on the other. But then again, as u/eenbiertje points out, "Pollokshields West" is a nonsense, so maybe, just maybe I can convince some of you that Pollokshields West is actually Dumbreck East. You even noticed yourself that Dumbreck Road appears to be in the wrong place. Pollokshields then would be east of Saint Andrews Drive (but, as above, some will say the motorway). The defining line between Pollokshields and Cessnock is long gone, but it would have been the old Glasgow, Paisley and Ardrossan Canal. Roughly and loosely, the canal would have ran the route of the railway line there. Again, we have a motorway making an arse of it here. So, Cessnock would be north of the rails and Pollokshields south of the rails. The western edge of Cessnock is Copland Road (don't remember how I know that, but I remember reading about that a long time ago and it just is). The eastern edge of Cessnock is defined on old maps as in line with Lorne Street with the Plantation Estate immediately east of Lorne Street. And, the same old maps very clearly show Cessnock as going right up to the Clyde, so would be what we call Pacific Quay and Festival Park today. But, again, like Langside and Battlefield, the areas here have morphed over time and have had motorways smashed through and have experience Clydesdale redevelopment, so it can be difficult pinning an exact modern boundary down there. by Torran_Toi (Thu 25th Nov 2021 3:23am)
  • Yes, Dumbreck Road appears to be in "Pollokshields West", but I would argue that Pollkshields West is a fictional bastard that should not exist. Pollokshields West really is the east side of Dumbreck. Don't worry about the railway station and post office names. There are countless examples all over the city of stations and businesses naming themselves after areas they are not actually in. by Torran_Toi (Thu 25th Nov 2021 3:33am)
  • Do not overly concern yourself with what some things are named after. Many of them are just wrong. There are loads and loads of examples of the railways naming stations however the hell they like with no regard to where they are actually situated. Langside station is not in Langside. Jordanhill station is not in Jordanhill. Possilpark and Parkhouse Station is not in Possilpark. Charing Cross Station is not on Charing Cross. And then, Singer station ... there is no such place as Singer! It's named after a sewing machine factory that isn't even there anymore! Then the council made an arse of trying to force name changes in the southside at one point. They even put up street signs with area names written on them that didn't match the actual areas, only to be forced to take many of them back down after some local uproars. You also have examples of businesses doing it wrong such as Asda Maryhill, which is in Summerston. The railways, the council and many businesses have as much to answer for as estate agents when it comes to trying to force area name changes. It's all a bit of a bugbear of mines as over time it destroys community identities and makes it harder for people to learn their local histories. by Torran_Toi (Thu 25th Nov 2021 3:45am)
  • Pollokshaws East could even be Auldhouse. it's a 50/50. Half of the station sits on the edge of Auldhouse and the other half sits in Shawlands. by Torran_Toi (Thu 25th Nov 2021 4:32am)
  • Different Auldhouse. There's a small area called Auldhouse which would be the rough triangular shape bounded by Nether Auldhouse Road on it's south edge, the water on it's west edge, and Kilmarnock Road on it's east edge. You'll find Auldhouse Park in that wee bit. Most people would probably class it as Newlands, but Auldhouse does appear on the taxi dispatch systems as it's own zone and it does have it's own history of sorts being named after the nearby Auldhouse Mansion, the oldest house in the southside dating back to 1631 (confusingly, though, Auldhouse Mansion actually sits in the Eastwood area). by Torran_Toi (Thu 25th Nov 2021 3:28pm)
  • Thing is there is no official boundary lines, so a lot of it will come down to matter of opinion. Personally, I say Cathcart doesn't start until you cross the Cart's waters. by Torran_Toi (Thu 25th Nov 2021 3:30pm)
  • Like I say, the M77 creates a new defining line, so it definitely feels like Pollokshields west is Pollokshields, but before the motorway was built it wouldn't have felt as isolated from modern day Dumbreck. Dumbreck would just have kept rolling on until you hit St Andrews Drive. Same sort of thing with the M8 between Charing Cross and Anderston Cross. The presence of the motorway makes it feel like Anderston stops when you reach the 6 lanes of concrete, but Anderston does sit on both sides and stretches into the city centre a wee bit. Similar thing with Pollokshields. It used to be considered smaller, but as soon as the motorway cut Dumbreck into two, it feels like Dumbreck stops at the motorway, but it really shouldn't. by Torran_Toi (Thu 25th Nov 2021 3:35pm)
  • We do get up there on occasion, yeah. But, I have no idea where the lines would be. I always sort of just guessed that Chryston was on one side of the big main road and Muirhead on the other, but the locals might have different ideas on it. by Torran_Toi (Thu 25th Nov 2021 3:42pm)
  • Google map labels are wild. They have area names that don't exist and put most of the real ones in the wrong places. I have no idea what sources they use to come up with their labelling, but it's nowhere near correct. There isn't any single definitive map of the districts and neighbourhoods. Part of the issue is some of the names come from old villages, but some of the names come from church parishes, but some of the names come from police districts, etc etc... many different sources and a lot of the time they overlap each other. Then you get modern day vs historical arguments. Then people being adamant on a particular street being in a particular area because the estate agent said so or because it might increase house value by a few quid. I do have my own google map that I made for fun after trying my best to draw all the sources together. It's as good as I can get it, but I know a few thousand Glaswegians would look at it and argue that it's wrong. by Torran_Toi (Thu 25th Nov 2021 3:48pm)
  • Well, it's not that I'm wrong; it's that we are both right depending how far back you want to go with sources. As you say Pollokshields was laid out in the 1800s. But, before that 'The Lands of Dumbreck' are marked out as covering most of what we now know as Pollokshields West. The canal cut through the Lands of Dumbreck rather than forming it's edge (except it did mark it's northern edge with Cessnock). This is the case with almost all area boundaries. They morph and change over time. The answer to where they lie will always be different depending who you ask based on how far back someone wants to claim we should look. My argument is that Dumbreck existed before Pollokshields did and that Pollokshields was built over the top of half of Dumbreck, and that we should not have forced the renaming of the land, but I admit it's wholly academical and that virtually all people today see it as Pollokshields. by Torran_Toi (Sat 27th Nov 2021 8:36am)
  • There is only one place in the whole city that I know of that does something like what you are looking for. Vito's on Edinburgh Road in Easterhouse. Their deep fried pizza is like nothing you get anywhere else and is fucking amazing. by Torran_Toi (Sun 28th Nov 2021 5:41am)
  • Can confirm. We were rammed with railway contract work last night. by Torran_Toi (Sun 28th Nov 2021 5:51am)
  • Following that previous talk, the recent merger of Network, Hampden, Glasgow Private Hire, Southside Radio Cars to form the superfirm GlasGo has led to the firm not collecting the card payments on behalf of drivers. Drivers now have now been issued with card machines linked to their own accounts and are now being paid out rapid (2pm next day). It should lead to an increase in drivers accepting cards. I know I don't grudge it like I used to knowing I'll see the money appear tomorrow. Has made cashflow and balancing week to week much easier. by Torran_Toi (Sun 12th Dec 2021 10:15am)
  • Ah mate. Work is ok just now. Wildly off topic but things are shite though. Just broke up with my partner of 8 years and I'm gutted. by Torran_Toi (Tue 14th Dec 2021 1:58am)
  • There's a little known bit of legislation called the Civic Government (Scotland) Act: Booking Office Order (The order). This wee weird bit of law allows a licenced driver to take their own bookings without a booking office involved so long as you are only taking bookings for less than 3 cars, and the bookings are not taken whilst engaged as a driver (ie. You can't book with a driver directly whilst he is in the car, but you can book with a driver directly if he is sat at home and he takes the booking over the phone or whatever). Myself and a few drivers I know from our union do our own airport transfers and stuff this way. All that preamble is to say I don't mind taking the booking and that'll guarantee my car will be there at exactly the time you need it for. PM me with your details and I'll give you a quote. Cash or card in car. by Torran_Toi (Thu 16th Dec 2021 5:33am)
  • I'm in quite a number of taxi/private hire groups on multiple platforms and can safely say the vast, vast majority of drivers are absolute wankers. Sometimes makes me wonder about myself..... O_O by Torran_Toi (Fri 17th Dec 2021 7:53am)
  • If you ever want to go for one of those hikes with somebody give me a shout. Sounds like we could both do with it and be able to talk about how we're dealing with stuff and shit. A bit like mutual aid? I don't know. I'm here anyway mate. by Torran_Toi (Mon 20th Dec 2021 9:48am)
  • Thank you 😊 by Torran_Toi (Mon 20th Dec 2021 9:53am)
  • Cheers for the advice. I hear you on that. The thought of moving on or even just trying to get a shag isn't appealing to me anyway right now. I'm in that "I'll never love again" stage. by Torran_Toi (Mon 20th Dec 2021 9:52am)
  • Possibly. I'm torn over that. Torn over most of it. I don't know if she just needs time and space first though, which is what I've decided to do... Let Christmas and New Year get out of the way, and try to reconnect in a few weeks and see if there's anything left to rebuild from. by Torran_Toi (Mon 20th Dec 2021 9:50am)
  • Thanks. by Torran_Toi (Mon 20th Dec 2021 9:58am)
  • I'm not sure. Nobody ever really owes anybody anything in life. She obviously said more to me than I've posted, but the general gist is she is unhappy and things don't feel the same way they used to feel, she doesn't feel what she used to feel, and she doesn't see a way to get it back. What I heard between the lines without her saying the words was "I just don't love you anymore". There's absolutely nothing I could say in the heat of the moment to have changed her mind or feelings on that. Plus, I have to appreciate just how hard breaking up with someone is too... Maybe she doesn't know what she doesn't know herself yet and doesn't have the words. by Torran_Toi (Mon 20th Dec 2021 9:56am)
  • Thanks. Funny enough when I feel really low I've been reading about people who have went through much worse than me (like Keanu Reeves for example) just to get a bit of perspective back. by Torran_Toi (Mon 20th Dec 2021 10:00am)
  • Cheers mate. It is what it is. Which sounds quite dismissive and negative I guess, but it's the start of me moving towards acceptance I think. Thanks for tagging out to me. Legends the lot of ye. by Torran_Toi (Wed 22nd Dec 2021 3:02pm)
  • I remember this. Was on the front page and I want to say it was the Evening Times, but could be wrong on that. I can't remember a rough date, but would have to have been around 25 years ago maybe? Maybe even more. Picture of Kingston Bridge breaking in the middle with cars plummeting into the Clyde. by Torran_Toi (Wed 22nd Dec 2021 3:50pm)
  • Oddly, the festives have helped. Having those big milestone days have helped me by breaking up the time. "Just need to get to Christmas"..."just need to get to Hogmanay". It's the thought of January that I'm dreading. Just a big long month with nothing to break it into sections. by Torran_Toi (Tue 28th Dec 2021 3:40pm)
  • Apologies. Our Union (ADCU) staged a protest against our exclusion from business support during the hospitality nightlife restrictions. Trade badly affected and nothing put in place to help mitigate the economic effects. I was there. Great protest. The union reps were called into an emergency meeting with some Scottish Government officials within hours of the protest ending. Kate Forbes now looking into things to see if a support package can be announced. by Torran_Toi (Fri 31st Dec 2021 6:33pm)
  • Upvoted for the use of Camlachie. by Torran_Toi (Fri 28th Jan 2022 5:32am)
  • As a driver, I can confirm, the control staff cannot track the car's location in real time. Network used to be able to, but now that it's all merged, GlasGo controllers can only tell what zone a driver is in by looking at a list on the screen (eg. Dennistoun = 4 cars, Easterhouse = 6 cars, etc), but can't actually see an exact location for each specific car. The new system is beyond bad, for both drivers and passengers. by Torran_Toi (Mon 14th Feb 2022 1:27am)
  • White Elephant/ Roseland then went onto become Rooftops and then Moon. It is now currently a hole in the ground after burning down alongside the next door Victoria's. by Torran_Toi (Wed 16th Feb 2022 10:13pm)
  • As said, taxi drivers are required to pass a topographical test. However, the test isn't ANYWHERE near as difficult as the London Knowledge. I've got a copy of the guide around here somewhere and it's less of a knowledge test and more of a memory rote test. It can be studied and passed without ever having driven the streets. The test does not include any element of testing route or route planning knowledge. Questions are multiple choice and there are three types of questions. The first set of questions asks what area a street can be found in (What area would you find Alexandra Parade? A. Dennistoun, B. Cranhill, or C. Shawlands). The second set asks what streets a street connects to at both ends (What does Alexandra Parade connect to? A. Balornock Road and Standburn Road, B. Cumbernauld Road and Castle Street, or C. Maryhill Road and Balmore Road). The third set of questions concerns landmarks and POIs (Where would you find The Devoncove Hotel? A. Argyle Street, B. Trongate, or C. Sauchiehall Steet). It only concerns itself with major main roads. For example, if it wants to ask about Dennistoun then it won't ever ask about side streets like Findlay Drive or Bathgate Street, only ever the main roads like Duke Street or Alexandra Parade. Don't get me wrong. It's not piss easy. But it is NOT overly difficult unless you struggle with memory. The point I'm making though is it doesn't actually test a driver's knowledge of the city's streets as much as they pretend that it does and, as I said above, it does not teach or test any form of route planning whatsoever. Private hire drivers don't need to sit and pass this test though. I know plenty of taxi drivers and private hire drivers. Some PH drivers are shite at street knowledge and routing while some are experts. Same goes for the taxi drivers. *** There is a new qualification though that all drivers, both taxi and PH, need to do now though. It's an SVQ level 5 in "Professional Taxi and Private Hire Driver". All drivers entering the trade need to have the certificate to get a badge and all existing drivers will now need the certificate at their next renewal. The course costs up to £400 (around £200 with an ITA grant) and there's 9 modules covering stuff like health and safety, licensing and legislation, customer service, etc. However, this course and qualification does not cover anything to do with street knowledge or route planning. *** Your last question, would it be beneficial to have such a test done properly across both sides of the trade? Hmm, nah. Maybe before the age of sat-navs and app based dispatch it would have been useful, but we are now decades too late. I really don't think it's all that necessary. I think standards in the trade do need improved, but street knowledge isn't the problem. Bad attitudes, stinky vehicles, stinky drivers, illegal touting and plying, uninsured pirate journeys, terrible service, poor and dangerous driving skills ... these are the things that need improved, and the new SVQ is aiming to deal with these issues. That course has it's flaws though, but hopefully over the next year or so we might see positive results come because of it - either in the form of standards improving in the fleet, or it forcing the absolute arse holes out of the trade. by Torran_Toi (Thu 24th Feb 2022 3:42am)
  • Yeah, Reds was the nightclub upstairs. by Torran_Toi (Wed 2nd Mar 2022 6:29pm)
  • The massive ones with red lights out near Shotts and Harthill? That's the Blackhill tele masts. They look a lot closer than they are. It's where all the television magic comes. by Torran_Toi (Thu 3rd Mar 2022 7:42pm)
  • Following the case of Robinson-Steele v PD Retail Services and other cases [2006] in the European Court of Justice, rolled up holiday pay is not, strictly speaking, permitted; payment for holidays should be made when the actual holidays are taken. The argument against the use of rolled up holiday pay is that workers are deterred from taking holiday as they are not being paid directly for it. The European Court urged EU member states to take necessary steps to end the practice. Notwithstanding the European Court’s stance, the UK government has not put in place legislation prohibiting the use of rolled up holiday pay, although it does in non-statutory guidance, state that any contract which includes rolled up holiday pay should be renegotiated. (source: https://www.davidsonmorris.com/rolled-up-holiday-pay/#:~:text=What%20is%20rolled%20up%20holiday,their%20holiday%20is%20actually%20taken.) So, it's not technically illegal yet in the UK per legislation, but if you went to ACAS they would very, very likely side with you and force the employer to reverse course. I would check out your options with ACAS https://www.acas.org.uk/ ... You could probably get this sorted using early conciliation service, which doesn't cost you anything. by Torran_Toi (Tue 29th Mar 2022 8:15am)
  • Top bit of Dundas Street, not the bottom bit. From West Nile Street, turn onto Bath Street, go under the Buchanan Gallery overpass thing, then turn right into Dundas Street. by Torran_Toi (Sat 9th Apr 2022 5:25am)
  • Indeed. The Scottish Private Hire Association - it has quite a bit more than a handful of members and is on par in numbers with Unite's Cab Section. by Torran_Toi (Fri 15th Apr 2022 4:31am)
  • Honestly, without exaggeration, anything less than 12 hour shifts in this game and you're not making wages. Shifts like that are the industry standard. Drivers typically do 60 to 72 hours per week. (Source. This is my life. FML) by Torran_Toi (Mon 18th Apr 2022 12:41am)
  • I was working with GlasGo over Christmas and New Year. It was a shitshow. Drivers were just as raging as you were. I was with Network PH before the big merger. Every year before this they gave the account drivers a scheduled run for the festive season. We would know in advance what our whole day was and what our jobs would be. Post-merger they just left it to chance and put the NHS account jobs out on the board with the public hires. It was a fucking mess. There has been a steady stream of drivers each week leaving GlasGo because of all kinds of problems. It's not sustainable. Things are going to reach a real breaking point. by Torran_Toi (Mon 18th Apr 2022 12:50am)
  • It's the time of year. Easter holidays. My game (taxis/private hire) is pretty dead this week as well. Comes with the territory in being self employed. You try and make good bank when it's good to carry you over these inevitable (and often predictable) slow patches. by Torran_Toi (Thu 21st Apr 2022 5:15am)
  • Pre-book with an airport transfer firm. Yes, you pay a bit more, but these guys guarantee to show up on time. This is a somewhat hidden niche in the private hire trade where individual drivers or small groups of private hire drivers set up their own micro-firms and take their own direct bookings. Most of them like sticking to airport work for a variety of reasons. Their outfits are small and they only take on as much work as they can handle, but this means they can pretty much guarantee the booking times on all their pre-booked work. check out: https://glatransfers.co.uk/ or Google airport transfers by Torran_Toi (Sun 3rd Jul 2022 4:51am)
  • They'll take any booking. The airport transfers thing is just marketing, but at the end of the day this is just a private hire driver taking their own bookings without being tied to the traditional firms. by Torran_Toi (Sun 3rd Jul 2022 9:33am)
  • Nope. I just know who they are. by Torran_Toi (Wed 6th Jul 2022 5:56pm)
  • If you check my post history, I made a reply a week or two ago on this. Check out airport transfer companies. The one I know and trust is www.glatransfers.co.uk - you pay a bit more, but it's fixed price and you're pretty much guaranteed that the car will show up on time. Unlike traditional private hire and taxi, with airport transfers a pre-booking is actually treated as a pre-booking! by Torran_Toi (Wed 13th Jul 2022 10:39am)
  • From the Briggs, go down Springburn road, then take route Hawthorn Street > Bisland Drive > Queen Margaret Drive > Byres Road > Beith Street. Skip onto the Expressway, slip through the Clyde Tunnel, then up a bit and onto M8 westbound, exit at airport. It's sounds complicated, but it's actually a really easy route and the one that taxi drivers would probably take if there's motorway problems. This way is only 12 miles / 30 mins. For comparison, the route via Milngavie and Erskine Bridge is around 20 miles and will take around 45 mins. by Torran_Toi (Tue 9th Aug 2022 6:48pm)
  • Uber is private hire, so like any other private hire they can legally operate anywhere in the country, as long as certain conditions have been met, regardless of which council licenced them. A private hire cannot sit about in an area they are not licenced in to wait on jobs, but they can pick up and drop off outside their licensed area as long as: a) they were sitting waiting inside their own licenced area when an out-of-area job was accepted, or b) while they are still on a job which is ending outside their area, they can accept a follow on job starting in that area, or C) After they have completed an out-of-area job and are on the way back to their own area, can accept a job starting in the area they dropped off in or in any area they are passing through while returning. The whole idea is so that drivers and controllers can limit how many miles a car is running about with empty seats. If a Glasgow driver runs out to Edinburgh with a bunch of passengers, ideally they would be able to line up a job from somewhere in that rough area coming back towards Glasgow. Or say a passenger from Aberdeen is flying into Glasgow, they could have an Aberdeen driver come to Glasgow to pick them up and take them back up north. Now, all that said, Uber is actually fairly restrictive to prevent drivers abusing the system. To be able to accept jobs picking up at the airport, drivers need to wait in a waiting area in Hillington Industrial Estate. Long story short. Yes. Uber drivers (or any private hire firm) can pickup at Glasgow Airport regardless of where in the country they are licenced from. by Torran_Toi (Sun 4th Sep 2022 10:12pm)
  • I'm not sure that the Lord Provost can be categorised as the highest ranking politician. The position of Lord Provost is ceremonial. Their job is simply to convene the council and do some ribbon cutting. I've always thought of the Lord Provost as like the Monarch's representative to the Council. Sombody to open a new Tescos when the Queen/King is too busy. The actual highest ranking politician would be the Leader of the Council, which is Susan Aitken (SNP). by Torran_Toi (Sat 19th Nov 2022 6:28am)
  • FYI, the Newton Street hub was built for commercial vehicles (taxis, private hire, couriers, work vans, etc). Eventually, the council will be putting in a barrier system so that private cars can't go under the bridge. by Torran_Toi (Mon 2nd Jan 2023 8:08pm)
  • Yes. Great to see a map including Townhead right down to George Street properly. Fantastic. by Torran_Toi (Tue 10th Jan 2023 2:26am)
  • Because, hate the artist, don't hate the art. by Torran_Toi (Sat 11th Feb 2023 8:43am)
  • Fair warning. This method does run the risk of being charged with contempt of court. by Torran_Toi (Sat 11th Feb 2023 8:41am)
  • > have I just dropped my life savings into a house that's about to be across the street from a scheme full of arseholes? You also wrote "have I just dropped my life savings into a house that's about to be across the street from a scheme full of arseholes?" ... Just saying. by Torran_Toi (Tue 18th Apr 2023 6:18pm)
  • GlasGo do have surge pricing. Pretty much every company has surge pricing these days. GlasGo, Uber, Saltire .... by Torran_Toi (Tue 18th Apr 2023 6:15pm)
  • They've had it for a while. It doesn't work the same way as Uber's does though and is at the whim of management if when it gets turned on and off and by how much. It appears on the PDA meter as a multiplier when in effect. by Torran_Toi (Tue 18th Apr 2023 6:24pm)
  • Just so you are aware, plenty of taxi and private hire drivers are on the constant lookout. by Torran_Toi (Wed 19th Apr 2023 4:35am)
  • Private hire driver. Roughly 50k after expenses. by Torran_Toi (Sun 14th May 2023 8:11am)
  • Yeah. 50 hours a week spread over x5 days of about 10 hours. Turning over around £30 an hour for around £1500 per week. 48 weeks over the year for an annual turnover of a bit over 70k. Rented vehicle is £180 per week over 50 weeks, so deduct 9k. Couple hundred a week on fuel and a tad more for valeting, etc to leave a pre-tax profit of around 50k. by Torran_Toi (Mon 15th May 2023 5:15am)
  • Well done for bringing me out of my r/glasgow retirement. So, The Molendinar (or Molly) does indeed "flow", albeit undergound for almost all of its course. It begins at Hogganfield Loch where it crosses under Cumbernauld Road and runs under the ground where the old B&Q used to be, sharply changes direction and heads in the direction of the graveyard between Hogganfield and Blackhill. Meanders its way down to Molendinar Park where it is visible. Runs its way towards Royston, works it way under the old gas work yards, and then towards the Milnbank end of Dennistoun. It runs under Alexandra Park Street near Coventry Drive where there is a plaque on a wall saying something like "Underneath this point runs the Molendinar Burn". It then runs under the houses somewhere around Ballindalloch Drive. Continues running roughly parallel to Alexandra Parade, immediately north of the Parade. Runs underneath the Arnold Clark and the industrial units next to it. Makes a sharp bank at Wishart Street, runs down underneath Wishart Street and under the Bridge of Sighs, then makes a funny wee forward and back meander into the Tennents Brewery yard and back out, runs under Duke Street just the the side of the old Great Eastern Hotel building (comes out of its culvert at this point and is visible, but hard to access (this is the bit you mention above)) ... Runs along towards the Barras. Runs right underneath Molendinar Street and Spoutmouth before making its final meander towards the Clyde where it spills in just before the weir. I can go into much deeper detail if required. Fire any questions you like this way. by Torran_Toi (Mon 22nd May 2023 9:41am)
  • Some scat ootside the flat by Torran_Toi (Wed 14th Jun 2023 10:13pm)
  • OP, that'll be www.saltireprivatehire.com by Torran_Toi (Wed 14th Jun 2023 10:20pm)
  • ...early in the corning by Torran_Toi (Thu 15th Jun 2023 5:52am)
  • Is this not the new cameras that catch drivers fiddling about with their phones while driving? by Torran_Toi (Wed 5th Jul 2023 5:59am)
  • Insert obligatory 'at yer maw's hoose' joke here. by Torran_Toi (Wed 26th Jul 2023 2:33pm)
  • Slightly off topic, but went to Buck's Bar for the first time recently and fuck me are their chicken burgers insane. Good quality and the size of them are bonkers. by Torran_Toi (Wed 26th Jul 2023 2:31pm)
  • I think the Chunky Chickens are all independently owned and franchised. by Torran_Toi (Wed 26th Jul 2023 2:30pm)
  • Crest, yes (kinda), but the motto isn't there, which is 'Let Glasgow Flourish' (or in full, "Lord, let Glasgow flourish by the preaching of the word"). by Torran_Toi (Wed 2nd Aug 2023 1:08pm)
  • According to my old da, in the old days, catholic schools taught the alphabet differently from protestant schools and depending on how you would pronounce the letter J gave away what foot you kicked a ball with. by Torran_Toi (Fri 6th Oct 2023 3:52am)
  • McCormack's Music on Bath Street Missing Records at Parkhead Forge by Torran_Toi (Sat 7th Oct 2023 3:46pm)
  • http://www.gerryblaikie.com/westend/north_kelvinside.htm This page has all the answers by Torran_Toi (Sat 11th Nov 2023 3:00pm)