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  • I don't think it's such a foreign concept to want to support people who I know and have had experience with. by tman612 (Sat 5th Jan 2019 7:53pm)
  • I will most certainly check that out. Thanks! by tman612 (Sat 5th Jan 2019 8:49pm)
  • Thank you! Glad he's got other places, but worried about the staff. Would love to find out what's happening. by tman612 (Sat 5th Jan 2019 8:49pm)
  • I'm so glad this is going somewhere. Watched him earlier from the post on this sub. Absolute creep. He needs jail time. by tman612 (Thu 10th Jan 2019 8:51pm)
  • but will they keep the 'people make glasgow' banner? by tman612 (Tue 15th Jan 2019 9:57pm)
  • The high street *should* be reinvented as a place that provides experiences rather than physical items - restaurants, bars etc. by tman612 (Thu 7th Feb 2019 3:26pm)
  • Glasgow is Glasgow and that's why I love it by tman612 (Fri 8th Feb 2019 5:52pm)
  • I'm a close personal friend of Stephen's, and last night at a private Hollywood dinner, invite only, he told me he's quite looking forward to coming back to Glasgow. We arranged to meet up for a glass of Cava (or two!) when he arrives in the 'gow, as I call it. by tman612 (Wed 20th Mar 2019 1:56pm)
  • you should ask the guy who works in Missing Records under Central station by tman612 (Thu 21st Mar 2019 9:54am)
  • It's a direct quote from a Limmy sketch by tman612 (Wed 17th Apr 2019 11:32am)
  • People on that floor sit at lunchtime with their legs stretched across the whole corridor so you have to step over them to get by. by tman612 (Fri 10th May 2019 9:52am)
  • go on facebook marketplace/gumtree and meet someone to collect one, ask to do a test wash, promptly leave. repeat as necessary. by tman612 (Mon 3rd Jun 2019 7:55am)
  • Charging for pride is ridiculous. Turn it into a free parade run by the community from the green to kelvingrove then let us have a drink in the park. Fuck all the management. by tman612 (Thu 6th Jun 2019 6:34pm)
  • God will be telling him “I don’t bite” in heaven now. by tman612 (Tue 18th Jun 2019 2:17pm)
  • He was murdered at the weekend by tman612 (Tue 18th Jun 2019 2:25pm)
  • [Yes, sorry to be the one to tell you](https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/17713360.the-big-issue-tributes-to-paul-kelly-after-death-in-knightswood/) by tman612 (Tue 18th Jun 2019 2:26pm)
  • 2009 - 45p by tman612 (Fri 2nd Aug 2019 8:23pm)
  • This would’ve been cumbernauld so I suppose that’s not unexpected haha by tman612 (Fri 2nd Aug 2019 8:32pm)
  • and far worse by tman612 (Wed 28th Aug 2019 11:06am)
  • [Queuing round the side of the building](https://i.imgur.com/pfuhFot.jpg) by tman612 (Tue 3rd Sep 2019 11:11am)
  • The Hamster Shop! HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA by tman612 (Sun 8th Sep 2019 5:20pm)
  • does this mean donald trump is going to be in glasgow days after he loses the election? by tman612 (Wed 11th Sep 2019 5:28pm)
  • mate by tman612 (Fri 27th Sep 2019 11:33am)
  • they really do only have one joke huh by tman612 (Sat 5th Oct 2019 6:03pm)
  • glasgow city council... corrupt??! it can’t be! by tman612 (Tue 8th Oct 2019 11:43am)
  • oh, yay. 🙄 by tman612 (Wed 9th Oct 2019 3:23pm)
  • if by “sympathised” you mean “had civil discourse in order to attempt to win them over to a pacifist agenda” then you’re right, although those are quite different things to be fair by tman612 (Thu 14th Nov 2019 7:52am)
  • someone I know got a Cineworld pass and ended up seeing loads of films they never would’ve otherwise during his breaks. by tman612 (Sat 16th Nov 2019 9:32am)
  • it may be because i actually am cheap, lousy and gay, but yeah sing the taggart line. anytime i hear someone sing along to this song its always a straight person getting too much joy from having an “excuse” to say the word faggot. by tman612 (Mon 2nd Dec 2019 6:35pm)
  • I live in a constituency where the Tories have zero chance of winning, so i’ll be voting Labour because I believe in the manifesto. It’s an SNP safe seat though so it’s more for my own conscience than anything else. by tman612 (Tue 10th Dec 2019 3:48pm)
  • for the record, mhairi black has a good record on trans rights and i wouldn’t mind voting for her if i had to. much better to have her as your mp than say, joanna cherry. by tman612 (Tue 10th Dec 2019 4:28pm)
  • I’m in Cumbernauld, where the Tories are a distant third. Even if the SNP and Labour votes split they couldn’t win. The tory candidate didn’t even bother showing up to hustings. by tman612 (Tue 10th Dec 2019 6:42pm)
  • I suppose I was only talking about the issue of trans rights there, having never had to vote for her I’ve never *really* looked at her wider principles. by tman612 (Tue 10th Dec 2019 9:38pm)
  • are you one of the people who sits on this floor with their legs stretched along the whole corridor so you have to step over them to get by? if so please stop, thanks. by tman612 (Fri 10th Jan 2020 11:42am)
  • This is terrible, terrible news by tman612 (Thu 16th Jan 2020 10:09pm)
  • Many years later, I saw Dylan at the Armadillo. He came out on stage and sat a piano without acknowledging the audience, then played two hours of new material and about three famous songs, which sounded nothing like the originals. Very bizarre overall. One of the best nights of my life. by tman612 (Sun 19th Jan 2020 1:14pm)
  • Oh where’s it moved too? Used to go here all the time but haven’t been in ages by tman612 (Fri 24th Jan 2020 7:54am)
  • Seems to be a turning circle for cars that don’t realise only taxis and buses can go along that road by tman612 (Sun 9th Feb 2020 1:12pm)
  • I remember reading a story on here of a guy who went back to her house after a night out and she apparently had a cardboard cutout of herself in her bedroom by tman612 (Sun 9th Feb 2020 1:10pm)
  • The fanciest Tesco I’ve ever seen by tman612 (Sun 9th Feb 2020 4:45pm)
  • damn, i wonder if you’ll still be able to walk through it to quickly get to the food court bit by tman612 (Sat 29th Feb 2020 8:14am)
  • congratulations for turning it around /u/ShetlandJames, you are the winner of the argument by tman612 (Tue 3rd Mar 2020 8:56am)
  • agreed. people are going mad on facebook, talking about boycotts and stuff. not sure how many of them actually use this shop but it seems like their business will be affected anyway. by tman612 (Mon 16th Mar 2020 9:10am)
  • [Special Occasions](https://i.imgur.com/6UZBIki.jpg) by tman612 (Mon 16th Mar 2020 10:01am)
  • making passive income on owned property isn’t a proper job by tman612 (Thu 2nd Apr 2020 1:42pm)
  • my dad told me he used to listen, and people would phone in and say “hello is this dr dick?” and when he’d say aye they’d go “YER A BASTARD!” and then immediately hang up. always a funny story. by tman612 (Mon 1st Jun 2020 9:53am)
  • > You can’t just erase the parts of history that you don’t like. why not by tman612 (Thu 4th Jun 2020 11:17pm)
  • Burn some incense by tman612 (Sat 1st Aug 2020 6:59pm)
  • to suppress their perverted sexual urges by tman612 (Mon 28th Sep 2020 9:34am)
  • It’ll be taken over by the nuns by tman612 (Sat 3rd Oct 2020 4:40pm)
  • i mean, the wise thing would be to avoid a mass gathering in the freezing cold on a normal day let alone during the worst part of an ongoing pandemic by tman612 (Sun 3rd Jan 2021 6:30pm)
  • the virus made my uncle so sick he died by tman612 (Mon 4th Jan 2021 3:11pm)
  • Based on the way people in this sub were talking the other day, this could be bustling full of people safely enjoying themselves because COVID doesn’t exist outdoors by tman612 (Tue 5th Jan 2021 4:16pm)
  • I’ve seen several from people posting pictures of cats that come into their garden looking for the owner... as if it’s not normal for outdoor cats to wander into gardens. by tman612 (Tue 19th Jan 2021 11:32pm)
  • She’s a great queen but I am very much over RuPaul’s “Scottish” accent by tman612 (Thu 28th Jan 2021 7:49pm)
  • amazing views from floors 8 to 10, if you can get in by tman612 (Fri 5th Mar 2021 11:53pm)
  • yes by tman612 (Mon 8th Mar 2021 4:23pm)
  • I used to occasionally drink Irn Bru but haven’t touched it since the recipe changed for no particular reason, I just never got around to it. Will the 1901 recipe taste like the original to me? by tman612 (Wed 24th Mar 2021 2:17pm)
  • if you make fun of american culture i think you’ll get the crowd on your side. the only way they’d be dicks is if you embodied the loudmouth american stereotype. but self deprecation should be good. by tman612 (Wed 21st Apr 2021 11:31pm)
  • Hi there matey by tman612 (Sun 30th May 2021 12:29am)
  • They’re too busy protecting us from the dangers of quiet couples drinking canned cocktails in the sun by tman612 (Thu 1st Jul 2021 1:15pm)
  • Can I help you mate? by tman612 (Thu 15th Jul 2021 5:56pm)
  • Sorry by tman612 (Thu 15th Jul 2021 6:47pm)
  • No, never been there. If I did I’d give you an answer though, instead of responding like a prick like everyone else in this thread. by tman612 (Thu 15th Jul 2021 6:51pm)
  • I just wanted to know if anyone happened to have been in recently and could answer the question, it’s not that deep! by tman612 (Thu 15th Jul 2021 6:59pm)
  • Interesting, thanks by tman612 (Thu 15th Jul 2021 7:22pm)
  • OMG what a loser by tman612 (Tue 20th Jul 2021 1:44pm)
  • And if he said “yes”? by tman612 (Tue 10th Aug 2021 10:58am)
  • Obama is not on your side, BlankVerse, unless you are very, very wealthy by tman612 (Mon 18th Oct 2021 11:49am)
  • You are a good person! by tman612 (Mon 25th Oct 2021 4:51pm)
  • …okay? by tman612 (Mon 25th Oct 2021 9:04pm)
  • christ by tman612 (Wed 1st Dec 2021 10:15pm)
  • The Sauchiehall St McDonald’s has recently been renovated and is a reliable shout, although staff can be a bit prickly after 10pm. by tman612 (Tue 28th Dec 2021 2:53pm)
  • How do you feel about this? by tman612 (Sun 13th Mar 2022 11:15pm)
  • Wear an N95 that provides increased protection to yourself even if you’re the only one wearing one. by tman612 (Tue 29th Mar 2022 3:05pm)
  • I’ve also seen this person carrying placards about being “banned from society”. I didn’t know anything about it but interesting to hear the consensus seems to be mental health issues. by tman612 (Sun 17th Apr 2022 9:03am)
  • We ought to take after Greater Manchester by tman612 (Wed 4th May 2022 7:26pm)
  • And on this note, the line L makes an angle of 30° with the positive direction of the x-axis. What are everyone’s thoughts on the equation of the line perpendicular to L, passing through (0, -4)? by tman612 (Thu 5th May 2022 2:30pm)
  • > Strathclyde Police have powers under Section 54 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 to request buskers to stop such activity How old is this document by tman612 (Sun 5th Jun 2022 7:05pm)
  • Fair enough by tman612 (Sun 5th Jun 2022 7:16pm)
  • Waterstones cafe on Sauchiehall St by tman612 (Fri 17th Jun 2022 4:44pm)
  • Waterstones cafe on Sauchiehall St by tman612 (Fri 17th Jun 2022 4:43pm)
  • Just walk down Buchanan St and hand your CV into some shops by tman612 (Tue 21st Jun 2022 12:18pm)
  • Triple vaxxed and ready for a forth when they give it to me, plus being young without any pre-existing conditions and having had COVID relatively recently i’m not wearing one too much these days, though I still keep a clean N95 on me in case I get on a particularly busy bus or subway. I think the general consensus is most aren’t but it’s still a common-ish thing to wear one. I certainly don’t think twice when I see someone wearing one even in a quiet shop, and I doubt the majority do. It’s very much your choice at this point. Anyone who takes an issue with it is an idiot. by tman612 (Fri 24th Jun 2022 11:17pm)
  • What streets? by tman612 (Fri 24th Jun 2022 11:20pm)
  • [Available for free here ](https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/book-coronavirus-vaccination/) by tman612 (Sun 10th Jul 2022 1:39pm)
  • Why? by tman612 (Wed 17th Aug 2022 5:16pm)
  • To me, it always feels soulless. Just rows and rows of fast fashion and other miscellaneous tat. But if you’re into that thing - what’s even the point of going there? Aren’t most of the shops also available in the city centre? At least there you can also go to restaurants and cafes by tman612 (Sun 4th Sep 2022 12:21pm)
  • Fair point by tman612 (Sun 4th Sep 2022 12:57pm)
  • There is a place in Liverpool that does pizza by the slice with a bit of a kick to it. I had a normal slice of margharita and I felt it. Not super spicy by any means, but a bit of a warmth. I can’t remember the name of it now, but it was a available on UberEats near the China Town area of Liverpool. by tman612 (Mon 5th Sep 2022 12:39am)
  • Would love Waterstones Sauchiehall to open later, the cafe closes at 5 or 6 I think currently? by tman612 (Mon 5th Sep 2022 1:07pm)
  • Stagecoach just as bad, and (although he’s recently left) I had the privilege of giving my money to a homophobe whenever I buy a ticket. Awful all round by tman612 (Sat 10th Sep 2022 8:58pm)
  • They sell toast in costa?? by tman612 (Sun 18th Sep 2022 10:23pm)
  • Curious too. Had to wait 8 mins at Kelvinbridge then was kicked off at Govan due to maintenance issues, although a new train arrived two mins later. Didn’t see any cops tho. by tman612 (Tue 20th Sep 2022 11:38am)
  • QUESTION - does anyone know if the Tesco multivitamin, which contains Vitamin D among many other things, is as good (or better)? by tman612 (Sun 2nd Oct 2022 7:44pm)
  • Funny you say this as just the other day I was stood at the flagpole at Glasgow uni at like 20.15 and I could hear the sound of an ice cream van in the distance. I guess it wasn’t particularly late but it was so dark that it was pretty creepy. by tman612 (Tue 11th Oct 2022 9:47pm)
  • ELI5? by tman612 (Wed 26th Oct 2022 4:49pm)
  • Subway card, £3 a day for unlimited travel. by tman612 (Tue 1st Nov 2022 11:09am)
  • That’s for a paper ticket, if you have a smart card which you top up, it gets capped at £3 per day by tman612 (Tue 1st Nov 2022 11:24am)
  • Be fair to OP, they just copied and pasted straight from Facebook by tman612 (Sun 6th Nov 2022 10:19pm)
  • There should be public seating in the main square of Scotland’s biggest city. by tman612 (Sun 6th Nov 2022 10:16pm)
  • Really dislike crossing the various roads that are adjacent to Byers Rd, so this sounds like a welcome improvement. by tman612 (Tue 8th Nov 2022 3:47pm)
  • There will come a time when I move house and never need to get that godforsaken bus again. On that day, I will commission an artist to create an oil painting of one in flames. Fuck the X25. by tman612 (Tue 15th Nov 2022 4:55pm)
  • > The tap on tap off system that First has is also rolling out across the other operators in the next year or so This is what I like to hear. Any specific info/links relating to Stagecoach W Scotland implementing this? by tman612 (Fri 2nd Dec 2022 6:09pm)
  • Interesting! by tman612 (Sun 4th Dec 2022 12:34pm)
  • Aye, why not? Just fuckin do it by tman612 (Sun 4th Dec 2022 11:08pm)
  • Any recommendations? by tman612 (Mon 5th Dec 2022 9:52pm)
  • The people who frequent this area are very busy and don’t have time to fuck about by tman612 (Wed 14th Dec 2022 3:08pm)
  • Whereabouts in the city centre or west end can I go to get toast and butter for breakfast - other than my house? I’m thinking like a cafe you’d see builders in, where they probably do full English but also let your order just toast by tman612 (Sat 31st Dec 2022 11:57am)
  • Spoons West George St, The Society Room by tman612 (Tue 17th Jan 2023 9:11pm)
  • I’m honestly appalled at the other comments here. T2 has been a staple of our Golden Z for over ten years, and not only will this news leave a gaping hole in the Street Buchanan, but it will also have an impact on unemployment in our city. by tman612 (Wed 18th Jan 2023 12:45pm)
  • Is it permanently closed? I’ve only been once, last month. Weird vibes. No music, BYOB, absolutely dead quiet on a Saturday night a few weeks before Christmas. Something just felt off about it. by tman612 (Fri 20th Jan 2023 5:11pm)
  • Nice to hear from you Aziz by tman612 (Thu 26th Jan 2023 4:55pm)
  • There used to be a website yermaw.com, and when you went there, it was just a picture of some guys maw. by tman612 (Thu 26th Jan 2023 4:55pm)
  • I’m not a fan of pranks, they rub me the wrong way. by tman612 (Fri 27th Jan 2023 8:44pm)
  • Here’s an idea - maybe we should have a TfL style unified ticket system that accepts Express Travel Cards via Apple and Google Pay. by tman612 (Fri 27th Jan 2023 8:43pm)
  • Sounds like a Russell T Davies Doctor Who episode by tman612 (Sun 29th Jan 2023 11:24pm)
  • You seem to know a lot about the Subway - what’s your source? by tman612 (Mon 6th Feb 2023 11:48am)
  • They don’t have power to will more money from Hollyrood. They’re protesting a lack of funding from the government. by tman612 (Thu 16th Feb 2023 4:16pm)
  • Buffer Zones would go a long way by tman612 (Sun 26th Feb 2023 1:29am)
  • They should sell the recipe to the highest bidder by tman612 (Sat 4th Mar 2023 12:08am)
  • Ebay right now mate by tman612 (Sat 4th Mar 2023 1:14pm)
  • Still do this when I forget my SPT card, and have also been the recipient a few times over the years. by tman612 (Fri 10th Mar 2023 7:18pm)
  • Travel your own route if you feel uncomfortable with the examiners route. They legally have to drive you home wherever you end up. by tman612 (Wed 15th Mar 2023 12:16pm)
  • glasgow by tman612 (Sat 18th Mar 2023 6:42pm)
  • If you’re looking for the southside, I highly reccomend Tenement Barbers in Battlefield by tman612 (Mon 20th Mar 2023 3:23pm)
  • Fuck David McLean by tman612 (Thu 23rd Mar 2023 2:23pm)
  • He now teaches at the school, and has a thing for one of his sixteen year old students. [Source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory’s_Two_Girls) by tman612 (Thu 23rd Mar 2023 5:52pm)
  • Starbucks in Cineworld by tman612 (Sat 25th Mar 2023 2:09pm)
  • The one in the station costs more by tman612 (Sat 25th Mar 2023 2:05pm)
  • That’s why I will never stop going to Cineworld Renfrew St. That and my Unlimited card, of course. by tman612 (Sun 26th Mar 2023 5:12pm)
  • If only there was a trendy new cocktail bar promoting their opening day to scare these people into thinking they’ve been ticketed by tman612 (Sun 26th Mar 2023 7:59pm)
  • Spend enough time in or around the St Enoch centre on any given day and you’ll see him - he wears a big white coat by tman612 (Sun 26th Mar 2023 8:00pm)
  • Yep just out of shot on the right by tman612 (Sun 26th Mar 2023 9:06pm)
  • The one star Google reviews are something else! Her replies are so defensive, major red flag by tman612 (Mon 27th Mar 2023 6:45pm)
  • This is exactly the kind of memory I was hoping to trigger with this post. Thank you for sharing by tman612 (Wed 29th Mar 2023 11:12pm)
  • Yes. He never came back to Glasgow either by tman612 (Mon 3rd Apr 2023 8:44am)
  • If it makes you feel any better, my experience with Stagecoach has been exactly the same by tman612 (Thu 6th Apr 2023 9:06am)
  • No, once you have accepted the glasses you are legally required to keep them. It’s also not possible to sell them on as they will be tailored to your eyes - so no good to anyone else. by tman612 (Sat 8th Apr 2023 7:30pm)
  • University Cafe. I actually don’t know but I imagine they’d do a good one by tman612 (Thu 13th Apr 2023 5:59pm)
  • I can recommend Beancross Farm in Polmont by tman612 (Sat 15th Apr 2023 2:01pm)
  • DELETED This is in a weird bit of town. The whole area is a mix of old granny style houses and soulless new builds - very odd feeling. by tman612 (Sun 16th Apr 2023 8:22pm)
  • [Source](https://www.instagram.com/p/CrG2G1IMuzl/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=) by tman612 (Sun 16th Apr 2023 8:20pm)
  • To be fair, it was a Paramore gig by tman612 (Tue 18th Apr 2023 11:20am)
  • DELETED I’m actually just a guy by tman612 (Sat 29th Apr 2023 1:16am)
  • Seen ‘Polite Society’ at Cineworld Renfrew St last night. Ironically, two old dears spoke through the whole thing, talking to each other about what they were seeing as if they were in the comfort of their care home communal area. It was extremely annoying, but I just shot them a few dirty looks and tried to ignore. by tman612 (Sun 30th Apr 2023 1:45pm)
  • What’s Temple like? by tman612 (Sun 7th May 2023 11:46am)
  • South west - no by tman612 (Tue 9th May 2023 5:53pm)
  • Anne Widdecombe. Really interesting Louis Theroux documentary on her. Very odd woman. Also ghoulish. by tman612 (Wed 17th May 2023 3:47pm)
  • If this is true, she’ll clock on eventually. Smoking a spliff out the window is **NOT** an effective smell reduction technique, and maws always know. Speaking from experience. by tman612 (Wed 17th May 2023 7:40pm)
  • Bin! by tman612 (Sat 27th May 2023 12:37pm)
  • To be fair - he’s not a junkie. He *used* to be a junkie by tman612 (Sat 27th May 2023 12:36pm)
  • It’s still worse having a motorway running through the city than flattened empty space by tman612 (Sat 27th May 2023 12:35pm)
  • The old firm, Scotland’s shame. Fuck em both. by tman612 (Sun 28th May 2023 10:10am)
  • Love this, they look like Minecraft paintings by tman612 (Sun 28th May 2023 12:24pm)
  • Will you shut up, man by tman612 (Sun 4th Jun 2023 12:06pm)
  • because you’re embarrassing yourself by tman612 (Sun 4th Jun 2023 1:51pm)
  • Other end by tman612 (Tue 6th Jun 2023 2:37pm)
  • I’m inclined to agree. There’s an unfortunate and noticeable lack of spaces where you can go without the expectation of spending money. by tman612 (Wed 7th Jun 2023 12:18am)
  • Glas-go by tman612 (Thu 8th Jun 2023 11:32pm)
  • Everyone is saying Banksy this and Banksy that. But no one is saying worship this, and Jericho that! by tman612 (Thu 15th Jun 2023 1:56pm)
  • Recommendations for areas that are close enough to desirable areas like Shawlands but aren’t going 20% over? Not limited to southside, Shawlands was just an example. Only looking for a modest one bed flat by tman612 (Mon 3rd Jul 2023 9:55am)
  • Glasgow has a similar bin near Buchanan Bus Station and possibly outside Central Station as well. The options were ‘Lewis Capaldi’ or ‘Paulo Nutini’. It may have resulted in increased littering. by tman612 (Wed 19th Jul 2023 4:24pm)
  • Can we go in here? What do I need to do to go in here? by tman612 (Fri 21st Jul 2023 12:33am)
  • I went to Silverburn and it was incredibly immersive, screen was mind blowingly big, and the sound was unreal by tman612 (Sat 29th Jul 2023 2:19pm)
  • Screen is significantly smaller than Silverburn! But heard from friends that the 70mm is amazing and worth it. The seats are probably about the same, maybe a bit less comfy at GFT. But I wouldn’t say they were particularly comfortable at Silverburn either. Everyman (sofas) and Vue St Enoch (recliner) definitely win on that front by tman612 (Sat 29th Jul 2023 2:18pm)
  • Thank goodness our democratically elected Prime Minister has today declared that he’s “on motorist’s side” so we’ll never have to experience this woke tyranny again by tman612 (Sun 30th Jul 2023 7:43pm)
  • On through Glasgow Cross where tall cranes – always a sign of vibrant economic activity - are busy constructing new retail developments which are already altering the skyline of this old street. Even at this late-afternoon hour the streets around the Merchant City are beginning to shimmy with early arrivals for the saturnalia which will convulse them from now until dawn. It’s here though, where you see the fault-lines between the fierce pride of the people and civic neglect. On a pedestrianised stretch of John Street, adjacent to the City Chambers, the buildings look smart and elegant and cafe bars with outdoor seating channel a sultry mid-European ambience. But at the point where the Council’s responsibility starts is where the problems are all too evident. Cigarette ends and fast food wrappers are scattered and it’s clear no effort has been made to clean it. Yet, as Kenny Fraser, a local shop-worker points out, “the place will be manicured for next week’s bike race”. On the Buchanan Street steps a loud cockney agitator is transmitting conspiracy theories about 9/11, Covid and Big Government. “Am oi roit,” he shouts after each slogan. A wee Hare Krishna man pauses and asks me what’s going on. “We’re all going to hell,” I say. “Be at peace,” he says. And now I’m at the start of Sauchiehall Street. Is it my imagination, or is this much-maligned, promenade looking busier than I’ve seen it in years? Yet, you simply can’t escape the hollowed-out façade that disfigures almost the entire north side. Here there used to be Greaves sports emporium, Victoria’s night-club, Marks & Spencer. Further up, ten or so ghost properties, including the old ABC, tell of the damage caused by the art-school fires. I start counting the empty spaces and arrive at 26 by the time I reach the motorway. No unforeseen circumstances or natural disasters; no pandemic or adverse market forces can explain why Glasgow’s most venerated thoroughfare has been permitted to fester like this. It’s a slight on the character of those cheerful, optimistic, resourceful Glaswegians I met on a Saturday afternoon who each day strive to make their city look its best. At the mouth of Woodlands Road, signifying your official West End, there’s an immediate change, like crossing over from one country to another. The cars are newer and bigger; the coffees are artisan and the pavements are cleaner. Here be man-buns. A stag party sidles by, not yet sparkled and offering apologies. There are art galleries. The smell of fried onions and kebab sauce has been replaced by that of scented candles and essential oils. The fruit comes in wooden boxes that sit outside shops and not at the bottom of Bacardis. And I now know where Cail Bruach is. On Byres Road it looks like someone's done a Boys From Brazil number on white dudes under the age of 30. They’ve all got beards shaped to the same, universal set of facial coordinates. They’re all called "bro". But it’s still Glasgow. A little less jaggy, perhaps than the streets on the other side of the city and with the confidence that money brings. There’s a short story by F Scott Fitzgerald, called The Lost Decade. It tells of a man – once an alcoholic - beholding his city and its people with the clarity that comes from sobriety. On Saturday I walked through Glasgow and paid attention for a change. There’s a lot that needs repairing in my city, but its soul remains intact. by tman612 (Tue 1st Aug 2023 11:20am)
  • AS the wind whipped through the Barras’ lanes and wynds, a coat-rail broke loose from its bearings, spilling fake furs onto the ground. Three of us ran towards it: one to catch the runaway vessel; the others to fetch up the garments and brush them down. The vendor was a handsome woman, her features marked by kindness and valour. She thanked us all. “I’m normally chasin’ moonbeams, no’ coatrails,” she told us. Just round the corner, I catch the tail-end of a conversation which finishes with the observation that their friend has been “punched in the heid too many times”. Another of their acquaintances seemed to have had rather a lot to drink the previous night, but it’s not sufficient merely to say that he was drunk. Rather, he was “walking through a bouncy castle”. People from around here like to paint pictures with their conversations. This is my first proper visit to the Barras since my parents brought me here on rainy Sunday afternoons, looking for bargains with what they had left from a mortgage that was beginning to choke them. The place is buzzing and there are echoes of its post-war peak. Arnold, whose stall sells Scottish memorabilia both old and modern, agrees. “There’s been a bit of a revival, ma man. It’s really starting to pick up again.” His friend agrees: “There’s a good vibe here, although maybe a bit different from what it used to be. There’s a lot of young hipsters mooching around now, but that’s brilliant too. “We’re just trying to prepare for that cycle race next week. It’s going to cause chaos round here. We’re more concerned about that than what people think of a few empty shops in Sauchiehall Street.” Glasgow’s famous weekend street market is the first stop on a walk that took me from London Road in the east end of the city to Byres Road in the west. Glasgow has taken a battering in recent months as dozens of commentators and political actors have suddenly become concerned at signs of decrepitude in the city centre. So, I wanted to walk through my city at street-level and listen to what the people who live and work here think about the fuss that’s being made about their neighbourhoods by "Concerned of Nuthatch Avenue, Bearsden". Glasgow is the largest and most important city in Scotland. Almost half of the country’s population live within an hour’s drive of it. It’s been home to some of the UK’s most deprived neighbourhoods for more than a century. Yet, only now, it seems, have the country’s political and media elites decided that it needs their attention. Most of them would get a nose-bleed if they’d to venture beyond the High Street on the eastern approaches to Glasgow. The threatened withdrawal of late-night bus services and the introduction of the LEZ zone have stiffened the post-recovery challenges of Glasgow’s hospitality sector. The boarded-up shop-fronts of Sauchiehall Street, the city’s flagship boulevard, seem to channel a spirit of decay. I’ve been critical of how this street has been brought to such a parlous state and so perhaps this makes me part of the hand-wringing pile-on to which Glasgow is being subjected right now. Maybe it’s time though, now to shut the f**k up and cease the narrative that the city has suddenly become a bomb-site. In families, we’re allowed to criticise our own, but when outsiders dare to do so it’s an entirely different matter. Starting at Celtic Park, the walk back along London Road towards Bridgeton Cross brings you rewards if you’re prepared to look hard enough. Less than a generation ago, these streets were described in apocalyptic terms: the worst in this category; the ugliest in that. Now, you’re greeted by rows of well-designed social and affordable homes not dissimilar to those which have transformed the Gorbals over the park and across the river. A group of volunteers are loading racks of school uniforms into the Kindness shop. This is a street team that supports homeless people in Glasgow and Laura McSorley, its founder, is driven by boundless optimism. “The school uniforms are for families who find the shop prices too steep,” she tells me. “People round here are so generous, even the ones who are facing their own challenges. You don’t have to look far to see big hearts in Glasgow. Sometimes I feel we’re too down on ourselves.” Other treasures, previously unseen become apparent on the way down to Glasgow Cross. I stop at a copper public artwork by Iain Kettles called Cut From the Factory Floor, which references the patterns used in the old Templeton Carpet Factory across the road. At an entrance to Glasgow Green, there’s another little landmark I’d previously missed. It’s a paved monument dedicated to Maggie McIver who founded the Barras market. Just beyond it is the People’s Palace. Have you seen what they’ve done with the landscaping at the People’s Palace recently? It’s magnificent. The old Doulton Fountain is in full spate, making it impossible to light up a cigarette on the benches beside it. Thomas and his family, down from Riddrie, is explaining its history to them: “Who needs to go to London when you’ve got this on your doorstep,” he says. by tman612 (Tue 1st Aug 2023 11:20am)
  • The shortsightedness of some of the general opinions about this whole thing have been really embarrassing. Like all cities, Glasgow and its local government have many problems. But things like this are cool as fuck, and the attitude that everything is shite is in itself a problem. by tman612 (Sun 6th Aug 2023 11:29pm)
  • Fuck the Tories by tman612 (Mon 7th Aug 2023 11:15pm)
  • There’s always Starbucks at the top of Sauichehall St, open till 9. by tman612 (Wed 9th Aug 2023 3:38pm)
  • Decent content, 6/10 by tman612 (Wed 9th Aug 2023 3:37pm)
  • I’ve taken so many pictures leaving the pub that look exactly like this by tman612 (Wed 23rd Aug 2023 2:18pm)
  • The Traveline Scotland app looks like it’s not been updated in about ten years, but the data is accurate and it contains every mode of transport across all of Scotland. I don’t think it accounts for ticketing, but it’ll tell you the fastest and most efficient way to get from point A to point B, mixing modes of transport if necessary. by tman612 (Mon 28th Aug 2023 12:37pm)
  • That’s unreal! I’ve never seen anyone actually smoke on a bus, imagine having the audacity to do that (especially weed!) Seen loads of vaping though, especially kids who can’t be any older than like 14. Also the pandemic of people listening to tiktok/shite music out loud which is another thing I just can’t imagine how someone (sitting there alone!) would think is okay by tman612 (Tue 29th Aug 2023 12:57pm)
  • Codfather Maryhill Rd by tman612 (Fri 1st Sep 2023 12:06am)
  • City in motion https://preview.redd.it/810rq74pf2mb1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8e5462449b27ada36b9482ab92a619b2b2a313bc by tman612 (Sun 3rd Sep 2023 5:17pm)
  • I grew up in Cumbernauld and my childminder took us a different route to school for a while because of reports of a flasher at a specific underpass by tman612 (Tue 5th Sep 2023 7:38pm)
  • Anyone who reads the Sun should be sentenced to permanent “steps in a wet bit of the bathroom floor just after they’ve put clean socks on” syndrome by tman612 (Tue 5th Sep 2023 10:07pm)
  • Back when we had taste. Scotland as a whole has a design problem - ugly government and council branding, signage, etc. by tman612 (Wed 6th Sep 2023 9:37am)
  • Simply call the new Govan/Partick bridge the “Sir Billy Connolly Bridge” to make up for it by tman612 (Thu 7th Sep 2023 9:40am)
  • this reads like a facebook comment on a glasgow times article by tman612 (Sat 9th Sep 2023 12:11pm)
  • Question- is the multi-operator ticketing just a means for the private bus companies to protest against regulation of buses, so they can basically say “look we’re doing something and it’s not that bad really is it”? by tman612 (Sat 9th Sep 2023 5:24pm)
  • I heard the US force suspected terrorists to get the last X25 back to Cumbernauld on old firm day as a means of torture by tman612 (Sat 9th Sep 2023 5:23pm)
  • wallace st flats by tman612 (Thu 14th Sep 2023 4:07pm)
  • i kinda see where you’re coming from. it looks like a parallel universe version of what you described by tman612 (Fri 15th Sep 2023 11:41pm)
  • This is super interesting. Thanks for the detailed response! by tman612 (Fri 15th Sep 2023 11:55pm)
  • Ron’s Quality Snax - East Kilbride. Not glasgow but close by tman612 (Tue 3rd Oct 2023 2:05pm)
  • Where was it? by tman612 (Sat 7th Oct 2023 10:58am)
  • it’s a joke - let’s see her go the way of kinga the minga by tman612 (Mon 9th Oct 2023 12:32am)
  • Does this 90% not need to get up for work in the morning? by tman612 (Thu 12th Oct 2023 11:01pm)
  • I had no issues with Slater and Hogg Shawlands. by tman612 (Fri 13th Oct 2023 8:49pm)
  • I agree, it would be nice on the island platforms to have somewhere to sit, especially with the occasional long wait for the next train. But I wonder if it’s too narrow of a space to be “safe”? by tman612 (Mon 6th Nov 2023 10:57pm)
  • the m8 effect by tman612 (Sat 11th Nov 2023 12:14pm)
  • If there’s no specific tap off bit, do you always just tap off at the driver? by tman612 (Sun 12th Nov 2023 12:45pm)
  • Thieves have marked this property, they will be back this evening to kidnap the occupant’s dog. Beware. by tman612 (Tue 21st Nov 2023 4:15pm)
  • 15 out of 15! Took me a minute to remember Kinning Park, I thought I might've been missing another 'street' one in the Southside, but I managed to picture it being close to Cessnock and it reminded me. Long live the Subway! by tman612 (Fri 24th Nov 2023 6:29pm)
  • Let’s not forget that while the Glasgow Subway is old, it’s NOT the oldest cut and cover underground rail in Glasgow. That title belongs to a section between High St and Charing Cross. All of these things will form part of the Clyde Metro by tman612 (Sat 25th Nov 2023 2:18pm)
  • This was good, glad I resisted the urge to turn it off when the guy said they were going to “glasgee” by tman612 (Sun 26th Nov 2023 10:13am)
  • Makes sense by tman612 (Sun 26th Nov 2023 7:42pm)
  • that’s a man in a costume by tman612 (Fri 1st Dec 2023 10:37pm)
  • Where was this pic taken from? I wanna see them with my own eyes by tman612 (Fri 8th Dec 2023 11:38pm)
  • Thank you 🙏 by tman612 (Sat 9th Dec 2023 10:43am)
  • Wondering if i took my last journey on the old rolling stock today..! by tman612 (Sun 10th Dec 2023 9:08pm)
  • A decision was made to retrofit them with driver cabins for the time being. So for the next few years(?) there’ll still be a driver, even though they are capable of self driving. Eventually, platform doors will be added in each station, and the drivers will be removed, which should in theory allow for longer opening hours. by tman612 (Mon 11th Dec 2023 7:19pm)
  • He sleeps on top of a [pile of money, with many beautiful ladies](https://youtu.be/GO0JaecRWy0?si=N6_HFepvwY-Xx2Vu) by tman612 (Mon 11th Dec 2023 11:28pm)
  • The underground doesn’t go as far… BUT it’s not England by tman612 (Mon 11th Dec 2023 11:30pm)
  • A possible solution to that would be skipping some less used stops that are fairly close together anyway. I don’t think it would be awful if it skipped, say, West St, Cessnock, and Kelvinhall on a Sunday. That’s six less staff members you need to bring in (minimum two per station) by tman612 (Tue 12th Dec 2023 1:12pm)