Glasgow... Is it going down the pan or is just me?

Originally Posted by Funkstar De Lux

Any time, my friend. I think you've just missed the Viking Festival, but Millport is nice on any sunny day!

Cheers mate

Originally Posted by trickii

Cheers mate i may hold ya to that - may bring my girlfriend one time to watch the re-inactment of the vikings landing or if im feeling really energetic cycle round millport - beautiful place

you cheapskate trickii you should have held out for Glasgow curry the curry capital of the known world. however we could all meet at Largs and all get a coffee off a FDL or a few pints and stay the night.

i suppose there are a few italains restaurants in glasgow but i onlt love 166's and just found out today I hate Italian washing machines...well i loved zanussi around 10 years ago so reliable and easy to fix but an indesit wd12 s is god i hate it ...all known electrical conventions are oot the windae zand it has an on board diagnostic socket and eeproms.....god i stopped learning at silicon chips 30 years ago.(the 14 pin DIL ONES)...i think pg likes an italian rest in glw.

Pomeo

Originally Posted by Funkstar De Lux

I live just down the road from Largs - what a beautiful place!

+1 to Largs ... absolutely gorgeous ... and the barmaid at the Hotel I stayed in gave an extra special service




(before I met my wife ...)

Originally Posted by Funkstar De Lux

Fast frank, the architecture in Glasgow is disgusting! A smattering of almost-old, semi-Gothic, towering building (underneath which sit, HMV, Zavvi, TopShop etc.), and new, plastic, shiny, 90's pish. I don't know mate, maybe it does come down to personal taste. And I'm not comparing Glasgow to any other Scottish/British cities, as I'm quite ignorant about them, however compared to just about anywhere else I have lived, Glasgow is almost third world. I do like the neds though, that's not the problem ;-)

Is this not the case for any city in the known world - old building modifed to fit "off the shelf" retail units? I agree with Frank, I think you're missing a lot. I don't like the neds though, ar*eholes

Glasgows a funny place. Its quilt work of good and bad areas. and on the pub level you have pubs you don't go into next to really good pubs on the same street. Glasgow as some amazing biuldings and its great that you can wander about the museums all day for free.

However I HATE the sandstone flats. they are to tall block out to much of the light and are very run down now.

Pleanty of trees though the city is very green. Funnily eoungh I think its the young kids in the summer that stir the neds! the schools are back and my area is all of a sudden gone back to being quite nice (with depressed educated children wandering about!)

Cheers Stuart

Originally Posted by Funkstar De Lux

the architecture in Glasgow is disgusting! A smattering of almost-old, semi-Gothic, towering building (underneath which sit, HMV, Zavvi, TopShop etc.), and new, plastic, shiny, 90's pish. I don't know mate, maybe it does come down to personal taste.

You forgot to mention Charles Renie McIntosh, Robert Adams etc, etc. As for them all having HMV, Zavvi and the like under them, then I'm sorry, but that's what keeps any city alive, Glasgow is, after all, the commerce capital of Scotland. Deprived in large areas yes.Third World I think people in the extreams of Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, South America.... Who may take issue with that.
Every one loves to knock Glasgow and I've never figured out why. Like you say, maybe it's a personal thing. I don't like London. I think it's too big, un friendly and cold. But there's loads of stuff I like, so, I put up with the bit's I don't. Relax, chill and don't take it so seriousley

p.s. The Blue Lagoon is probably the worst chippy i the world

Originally Posted by Fast frank

p.s. The Blue Lagoon is probably the worst chippy i the world

Bag of chips for a pound ... tasty. (just don't eat anything else )

I've just walked past the Blue Lagoon. But I don't think I've bought anything out of there for about 20 years. It is raining again.

I don't mind the Blue Lagoon... Although I did find bits of glass in a fish supper once Still, £3.20 per supper!

Originally Posted by bigredshaza

I've just walked past the Blue Lagoon. But I don't think I've bought anything out of there for about 20 years. It is raining again.

What do you mean its raining again? that would imply that there was a period where the rain stopped for it to start again? I must have been in the bath when this happened!

I went to Wagamama's on Saturday and it was hardly raining at all, much.

I lived and went to Uni in Glasgow since 1993 and then moved to the States in 2004. When I came back in 2005 I was pretty taken aback by what had happened. I used to own in the West End and within 4 weeks of being back, my car was stolen and used in an armed bank job!

There seems to be endless "faceless" buildings being thrown up all over the place in a bid to clean the place up but it just doesn't work. I eventually moved 15 miles out to the country and love it! BUT work in the city so still have to deal with some of the crazy sights and sounds. Have seen couples physically fighting and girls buzzing aerosols right outside my office and that is during the day right on buchannan street!

Am sad to see the city like this. Used to feel safe but now wouldn't even contemplate coming into town on a Saturday night - carnage! And don't even get me started on the neds!

ex-glasgow loving alfa-gal

Originally Posted by alfa-gal

Have seen couples physically fighting and girls buzzing aerosols right outside my office and that is during the day right on buchannan street!

I blame 'Fraser's' myself

Sorry, I must walk around with my eyes shut, 'Bit like you I live outside the city and work in the centre, but, other than the occasional noisey yoof, or street walker I don't see much atall. I must admit I haven't been on a night out for a good while though.

it's gonna be getting dark before 5pm soon, I'm gonna have to get tooled up for the walk home

Originally Posted by Sootmeister

it's gonna be getting dark before 5pm soon, I'm gonna have to get tooled up for the walk home

Pockets stuffed with fireworks?


alfa-gal where abouts in the country do you live? I have a burning desire to go back the country. As I say I'm not sure if its not becoming older.

Originally Posted by Fast frank

I blame 'Fraser's' myself

Sorry, I must walk around with my eyes shut, 'Bit like you I live outside the city and work in the centre, but, other than the occasional noisey yoof, or street walker I don't see much atall. I must admit I haven't been on a night out for a good while though.

Nobody would mess with you frank. not now that you seem to be amounting an army. I'm awaiting the announcement that Pomeo has been made a Gene