Reevesy Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 10 hours ago, ErsatzThistle said: Did you not give the wee wheelchair beggar man 50p for drugs a cup of tea then ? I always give them a Gregg's sausage roll instead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flure Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Glasgow had the baws to change the address of the South Africa Consulate to Nelson Mandela Sq. That was good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishcumnock Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 2 hours ago, Squirrelhumper said: Rich coming from somebody from Girvan! Even I thought that ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 (edited) http://www.scotsman.com/heritage/people-places/edinburgh-slavery-map-offers-glimpse-into-city-s-dark-past-1-4209670 Shameful. And as always they think their shite does not stink. https://stv.tv/news/features/1364494-the-interactive-map-highlighting-edinburgh-s-role-in-the-slave-trade/ "Edinburgh had the most claims in the country and certainly more than Glasgow, however, there were also many claims from the north east of Scotland." Oh dear... Edinburgh's shame indeed. This and the lack of a metro is damning. It just gets worse and worse the more you look into it. Thanks biffer for highlighting just how bad Edinburgh was involved in the slave trade - easily Scotland's most shameful city... SCOTLAND had one of the highest proportion of slave owners to the general populous of any nation during the 18th century, with people in Edinburgh twice as likely to own a slave as a person in Glasgow or London during the same period. In Edinburgh, one in 1,238 had connections to plantations compared to London where it was one in 1,721 people in the city. https://www.commonspace.scot/articles/8980/scottish-slavery-map-plotting-out-scotlands-past Edited May 18, 2017 by thplinth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
girvanTA Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 35 minutes ago, fishcumnock said: Even I thought that ! Best thing about cumnock, is that auchinleck is only 2 mins away. Pffft someone from cumnock trying to denounce another town.......the irony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShedTA Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Glasgow is a fantastic city - not quite up there with Edinburgh but its night life is better and so is the shopping (the wife said that anyway). worst thing about Glasgow is all the folk who go on about how great it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffer Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 2 hours ago, thplinth said: http://www.scotsman.com/heritage/people-places/edinburgh-slavery-map-offers-glimpse-into-city-s-dark-past-1-4209670 Shameful. And as always they think their shite does not stink. https://stv.tv/news/features/1364494-the-interactive-map-highlighting-edinburgh-s-role-in-the-slave-trade/ "Edinburgh had the most claims in the country and certainly more than Glasgow, however, there were also many claims from the north east of Scotland." Oh dear... Edinburgh's shame indeed. This and the lack of a metro is damning. It just gets worse and worse the more you look into it. Thanks biffer for highlighting just how bad Edinburgh was involved in the slave trade - easily Scotland's most shameful city... SCOTLAND had one of the highest proportion of slave owners to the general populous of any nation during the 18th century, with people in Edinburgh twice as likely to own a slave as a person in Glasgow or London during the same period. In Edinburgh, one in 1,238 had connections to plantations compared to London where it was one in 1,721 people in the city. https://www.commonspace.scot/articles/8980/scottish-slavery-map-plotting-out-scotlands-past Aye, slavery is Scotland's hidden shame. Glasgow and Edinburgh both at it, and that slave map shows owners all over the country. All of our cities were built on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffer Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 13 minutes ago, ShedTA said: worst thing about Glasgow is all the folk who go on about how great it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErsatzThistle Posted May 18, 2017 Author Share Posted May 18, 2017 5 hours ago, Reevesy said: I always give them a Gregg's sausage roll instead But what do you do if you give him it and he says he's a vegetarian ? Or he wants a steak bake instead ......... 1 hour ago, ShedTA said: Glasgow is a fantastic city - not quite up there with Edinburgh but its night life is better and so is the shopping (the wife said that anyway). worst thing about Glasgow is all the folk who go on about how great it is. Glasgow's pure dead brilliant byraway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShedTA Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 1 hour ago, ErsatzThistle said: But what do you do if you give him it and he says he's a vegetarian ? Or he wants a steak bake instead ......... Glasgow's pure dead brilliant byraway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 2 hours ago, ErsatzThistle said: But what do you do if you give him it and he says he's a vegetarian ? Or he wants a steak bake instead ... Or a Beefy Bake? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDYER63 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 If Scotland was a human body Glasgow would be the beating heart. Its heart may have a lower life expectancy than other parts of the country but it lives it to the full . I unashamedly love Glasgow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 On 17/05/2017 at 4:16 PM, ErsatzThistle said: Is Glasgow (Georgie Sq in particular) on a hot, sunny day not just the finest place to be on earth ? No. On 17/05/2017 at 4:16 PM, ErsatzThistle said: Embra, Aberdeen, Dundee, Perth - can you beat it ? No, Yes, No, No. On 17/05/2017 at 4:16 PM, ErsatzThistle said: Don't you love Glasgow ? I'm bred, so let's see who bites shall we ? No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffer Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Not enough has been made on this thread of Georgie Square. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErsatzThistle Posted May 18, 2017 Author Share Posted May 18, 2017 29 minutes ago, biffer said: Not enough has been made on this thread of Georgie Square. Georgie Sq is indeed magic. Fantastic. Ye cannae beat it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 6 hours ago, biffer said: Aye, slavery is Scotland's hidden shame. Glasgow and Edinburgh both at it, and that slave map shows owners all over the country. All of our cities were built on it. No no no. It is Edinburgh's hidden shame most obviously. More slave owners per head of population than anywhere else. More than London and far more than Glasgow. I am so glad you have raised this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindimoo Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 2 hours ago, TDYER63 said: If Scotland was a human body Glasgow would be the beating heart. Its heart may have a lower life expectancy than other parts of the country but it lives it to the full . I unashamedly love Glasgow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Well you would not want be a human body in Edinburgh without a beating heart for sure.. the body snatching fhucks that they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDYER63 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 1 hour ago, thplinth said: Well you would not want be a human body in Edinburgh without a beating heart for sure.. the body snatching fhucks that they are. Dont dis my poetry. Hell hath no fury like a menopausal mother ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flure Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 15 minutes ago, TDYER63 said: Dont dis my poetry. Hell hath no fury like a menopausal mother ? There once was a menopausal mother, Who had a Jersian brother She composed the odd ode But her output plateaued And now she hunts thplinth to smother Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDYER63 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 1 hour ago, Flure said: There once was a menopausal mother, Who had a Jersian brother She composed the odd ode But her output plateaued And now she hunts thplinth to smother ?, you are ao full of ( rhyming) shit . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flure Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Just now, TDYER63 said: ?, you are ao full of ( rhyming) shit . Thank you. Nicest thing anyone's ever said to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jersey Jim Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 On 18/05/2017 at 5:56 PM, TDYER63 said: If Scotland was a human body Glasgow would be the beating heart. Its heart may have a lower life expectancy than other parts of the country but it lives it to the full . I unashamedly love Glasgow. I pretty much agree with that, I also don't like Edinburgh as much as I used to after you and your hubby made us spend more time walking than actually drinking a couple of weeks ago. You are forgiven tho as the mighty Murn got the point we desired x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thplinth Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 22 hours ago, Flure said: There once was a menopausal mother, Who had a Jersian brother She composed the odd ode But her output plateaued And now she hunts thplinth to smother What an honour. Thank you Flure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jersey Jim Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 (edited) 22 hours ago, Flure said: There once was a menopausal mother, Who had a Jersian brother She composed the odd ode But her output plateaued And now she hunts thplinth to smother Jersian Brother more like a Jersian Bawbag Brother Edited May 19, 2017 by Jersey Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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