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14 hours ago, macy37 said:

Just like Edinburgh then. Full of pricks. 

I always thought of Perth and Edinburgh as smaller opposites of Dundee and Glasgow. Smaller, snobby, marbles in the gub English twats everywhere in P+E and grittier, friendlier working class types in D+G. I stayed in Dundee at the start of adult life, married a Dundonian, worked in and around the place and contrary to Kumnio's belief I actually liked the place. Dinna' tell Killiefaetheferry.... :ph34r:

I notice the difference still when I return for Scotland trips. The stuck up, clique whankks are still those same Perth Tartan Army groups, give or take one or two guys.

I know who, I'd rather socialise with and it's not those from my ain toun. 

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2 hours ago, sbcmfc said:

What you talking about?

:lol:

The burd sitting behind Nicola Sturgeon.  You are no doubt younger and better looking than Marky, who isnt, but he seems to have a way with wonen, as his 3 wives will testify.

'Sheikh Marky ' as he is known to his friends. And its no cos he's loaded ?

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To further back up my Perth gripe, only just now have I been removed from a Perth scenic picture group pish thing on Facebook. All because I commented on a pic of the army marching through Perth. I only called them murdering barstewards. Guess where the snooty admin cow is originally from? Nottingham. :rolleyes:

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I've never understood a lot of peoples disdain for Edinburgh. Glasgow is a better city, there is no doubt about it, but Edinburgh has it's charms, lots of great pubs and restaurants, lovely buildings and an excellent transport system that s hits all over ours.

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3 hours ago, TDYER63 said:

The burd sitting behind Nicola Sturgeon.  You are no doubt younger and better looking than Marky, who isnt, but he seems to have a way with wonen, as his 3 wives will testify.

'Sheikh Marky ' as he is known to his friends. And its no cos he's loaded ?

:lol:

get you now, I ducked out that thread, because politics is/are boring.

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1 hour ago, sbcmfc said:

:lol:

get you now, I ducked out that thread, because politics is/are boring.

Now that's interesting.

"Politics" is an uncountable noun. A noun that has no plural form. It cannot be used with a/an or one.

So "politics is boring".

Except it's not.

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1 hour ago, sbcmfc said:

:lol:

get you now, I ducked out that thread, because politics is/are boring.

Not when  you have Gail to gawk at. Spare a thought for us women, I didnt join the SNP for the annual totty calendar thats for sure . 

 

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On 2017-5-22 at 6:21 PM, TDYER63 said:

Not when  you have Gail to gawk at. Spare a thought for us women, I didnt join the SNP for the annual totty calendar thats for sure . 

 

There's a totty calendar ?!?

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How many people are aware two natural burns, the Camlachie and Molendinar, still run beneath the city streets and flow into the Clyde ? Both covered over in the late 19th Century.

Pictures of the Molendinar from a few years ago 

http://catchingphotons.co.uk/blog/miscellaneous/the-molendinar-burn/

I'm a really sad bästard so I find stuff like this fascinating. :lol:

Glasgow truly is a magical, mysterious and deeply romantic city. :wub: Beat it Venice !

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On 22/05/2017 at 1:35 PM, TDYER63 said:

The burd sitting behind Nicola Sturgeon.  You are no doubt younger and better looking than Marky, who isnt, but he seems to have a way with wonen, as his 3 wives will testify.

'Sheikh Marky ' as he is known to his friends. And its no cos he's loaded ?

What a ridiculous notion that someone on here could be better looking than me.

I accept he's probably younger than me, but I've got Gail pinned as liking the more mature/experienced man. 

Gutted to hear sbmfc didn't return to that thread. I thought he'd shat it from my big Paisley hard man threat! :mad:

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14 hours ago, fringo said:

 There's a totty calendar ?!?

Alas,  no.

I  did  put the motion forward at conference under the 'equalities' banner, and as a way to inject more cash for the party, but unfortunately it was defeated. There was concern that Angus and John in leather chaps and lederhosen would be too much of a distraction for Nicola, and detract from the day job of  puffing her chest out and incessantly talking about independance. ☹️

Foodbanks and now this. It really is an unfair world. 

 

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13 hours ago, Marky said:

What a ridiculous notion that someone on here could be better looking than me.

I accept he's probably younger than me, but I've got Gail pinned as liking the more mature/experienced man. 

Gutted to hear sbmfc didn't return to that thread. I thought he'd shat it from my big Paisley hard man threat! :mad:

If there was a 'mature ' contender I may agree.....

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8 minutes ago, TDYER63 said:

Alas,  no.

I  did  put the motion forward at conference under the 'equalities' banner, and as a way to inject more cash for the party, but unfortunately it was defeated. There was concern that Angus and John in leather chaps and lederhosen would be too much of a distraction for Nicola, and detract from the day job of  puffing her chest out and incessantly talking about independance. ☹️

Foodbanks and now this. It really is an unfair world. 

 

Eh?

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I've been having doubts about living in Scotland for a while and maybe i'm playing devil's advocate a bit but I'm beginning to really feel Glasgow and a large part of Central Scotland in general is an absolute shiteehole.

Compare Glasgow to most continental cities and it's humming.  We can't pretend otherwise.

We have very, very few open terraced social areas.  A few dirty seats on Dumbarton Road, a cosmopolitan scene does not make.  Apart from one 50 meter pavement, Ashton Lane, where else compares to ANY bar area in other European cities.  Ashton lane is a bog standard street in a lot of places.

Apart from maybe the MELA in Kelvingrove, are there any well attended community led cultural events? Celtic Connections is too exclusive and corporatised.  Compare to other events in Europe and it doesn't come close.  The Galicians come to make money out of it but compare to what they do over there and it's cringey.  You hear about Jazz and Comedy festivals but you hardly ever see much really going on.  They try to do something like Octoberfest and the council strikes it off.  Even that was a rip off from somewhere else.

We're more likely to give a food licence to a kebab shop than showcase our own quality food. Foreign people come to the city and don't think Scotland has any food.

The GOMA is full of the dreg 'works' nobody else in Europe wants.

Argyle Street is full of bird shitt and dirty buildings.  Buchanan Street is probably just about okay.  I think Glasgow really lacks one pedestrianised non- exclusively shopping street.

The pavements are narrow, broken and dirty.  Commercial bins are just left on the main streets within the showcase city centre area.  Rank.  Buses come up and down most of the main avenues non stop. There's literally a motorway going through the middle of the city.

The main thoroughfare into the Southside goes through Eglinton toll, Tradeston.  They're not even dumps.  They're desolate no man lands from something out of the Eastern Front.

The River Clyde upgrade is what... a few muddy grassy knowles and some grafitti'd barren walkway overlooking more corporate buildings.  

They don't even let people celebrate new year in the main square like every other city in the world. Embarrassingly, we pretend we have hogmanay traditions.  They're only traditions if you still do them.  Nobody in Glasgow does anything worth commenting on. 

I am fairly well engrossed in the city; i have a wide social group and make the best of it.  But it's an absolute dump when you step back.

It could be a lot better.  The people are generally quite friendly on the round but I've found that in most places I go.  It's not unique to Glasgow.

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