Turkmenbashi
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According to my mum I met Mike Tyson in Braehead about 20 years ago. I vaguely remember the event but still not sure I believe it was actually him. Though my mum and sister insist it happened.
Met Billy Connolly at some point in Glasgow
A very drunk Kevin Bridges once jumped on me on Byres Road.
Cycled into Mikael Lustig in Gent.
Met Swedish rapper Timbuktu in a sandwich shop in Malmö
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1 hour ago, Donathan said:
How have Oostende managed to buy him for €1.5m and flip him for €10m within two months?
IIRC a loan to buy deal initially, for €1.5 million, so at the end of the season took Celtic up on the offer (I think for there record transfer fee), with the intention of perhaps selling for more anyway.
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Just now, GordonS said:
So what petty, juvenile reason do they have for not allowing away fans this time?
Celtic refused to guarantee an allocation for when they next play at Parkhead
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1 hour ago, RossDee01 said:
Anyone had any issues with tests? Basically my girlfriend tested positive on Sunday and we live together in a 2 bed flat so it was pretty certain that I was going to pick it up despite our best efforts to stay in separate rooms. I’ve done daily lateral flows and a PCR on Monday all which have been negative. Developed a bit of a cough yesterday morning and as the day progressed i started feeling gradually worse and by 9pm I felt horrendous. Woke up this morning feeling so bad that I couldn’t even face going to a drive through or walk in test centre so ordered a home PCR test kit. Like I said I have been doing daily lateral flows, the latest one this morning when feeling like dogshit and all have been negative. There’s no way I don’t have it.
My flatmate and his girlfriend both caught covid, they continued going to work despite having all the symptoms because they both had multiple negative LFT results. Eventually after 6 days they both took PCR tests and were positive.
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For Guatemala I would nominate the race Walker ahead of the footballer. No nothing MMA so can't comment on that. But no win for the footballer
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Karagounis I would say is definitely not Greece greatest athlete. A number of the non-footballers listed are better options
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2 minutes ago, Ross. said:
I’d say the UK has a far bigger issue with racism, both overt and covert, but having grown up in and around Glasgow you switch off to a lot of it. I tend to notice that stuff a lot more here, probably because I am somewhat of an outsider here myself, even if I’m much less of an outsider than others, if that makes sense.
This could also possibly be true in my case
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23 minutes ago, Michael W said:
It's quite striking the amount of times racism had been mentioned in this thread as a negative feature of countries, especially in developed ones.
Is it noticeably worse than it is in the UK/Scotland in isolation, or is it more open/overt racism? Genuinely curious.
A lot of little comments about Moroccans/Turks which I can't say I hear equivalent in Glasgow about any minority, as regularly or openly. I also didn't experience the same in Sweden: From what I gather from speaking to people is the nation is still a bit traumatised from the terrorist attacks a few years back. And my girlfriend mentions that she used to experience regularly creepy behaviour from Arab guys when just walking down the street, which she even admits has made her a bit racist towards them.
It is also noticeable from electoral results with Vlaams Balang doing very well here, and it was noticeable in lockdown where in my mostly white neighbourhood there was parties but no enforcement, whereas my friend who lives in more mixed neighbourhood mentioned the police were constantly punishing people for breaches.Also people get very sensitive when you criticise Zwarte Piet.
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At the minute I don't really count as I am currently in Glasgow, but hopefully by the end of the year if all goes to plan I will be back in Belgium.
Basically went on Erasmus to Sweden when I was 19 and had a great time. I was quite actually at how few people did Erasmus as I was very keen to do it.
Then just before Brexit I was hoping to go abroad again, was mostly hoping to go to Scandinavia or Germany. Ended up in Gent in Belgium by random chance I found job basically taking over to get training there for a year before returning to work in an office in Glasgow.
Gent was decent enough but was quite happy to return to Glasgow as I felt I done it. Then just after lockdown 1 was finished and I was due to leave Belgium about 1-2 months later, I was on tinder hoping for one final shag. I was successful, but in the end she is now my girlfriend and I am planning on returning because of that.
Positives: Good beer, fries and cycling and better weather. Beautiful city as well
Negatives: Racism (and I am in probably the most liberal city in Belgium), bureaucracy, expensive
What I miss about Scotland is just going to the pub with mates, although that seems to be getting less and less often these days
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25 minutes ago, Jan Vojáček said:
I've booked a wee trip down south on the train for later this month. Am I correct in thinking that, as soon as we cross the border, I can take my mask off?
Not fancying wearing it all the way to Newcastle tbqh.
If you have food and drink you can take your mask off before the border
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That is me vaccinated
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9 minutes ago, oaksoft said:
I am pretty sure that in oil and precious metal production, we typically don't have all-out gang wars with live decapitations of still-alive and conscious rivals being posted all over the internet.
Always happy to be proven wrong.
"two young working class lassies trying to make a few quid". Another one trying to portray them as victims.
Coltan mining in the Congo which we require for laptops/mobile phones has all of that. OK I don't know if they are posted all over the internet because I am not a fan of watching that stuff, but the human rights abuses are comparable if not worse.
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2 minutes ago, jimbaxters said:
Deal needs to be done between U.K and E.U., eh? I'm doomed then!
Also, what do you mean by the last sentence? There must be checks surely?
If you are unlucky you will get a phone call kindly asking you to obey rules. Also need to spend about £170 on a couple of PCR tests beyond that you will fine doing as you want.
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4 minutes ago, jimbaxters said:
Thanks.
I've mentioned this before but I was only given one jab then issued the EU Green Pass due to the fact that I had Covid in March. This article keeps quoting "double vaccinated". Do you think that's the same?
I wouldn't be confident that it is. I think unless a deal is done between the U.K. and the EU, to recognise each other covid passports, you will need two jags. Although I guess you would just need to speak to your gp about it.
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Just now, jimbaxters said:
Has there been any indication about the UK allowing vaccinated EU residents in without quarantine?
If you are a British national you should be fine by the end of July. No foreigners allowed yet though
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I am voting for the tennis player. Worlds best at doubles is still the best at something.
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About 5 years ago I drunkenly bought this off eBay for about £20, probably my best drunk purchase ever.
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4 minutes ago, welshbairn said:
First signs of Wembley effect kicking in?
I needed to book myself a test today and it showed that every region in England except one (East Midlands I think) had no capacity for testing today anymore.
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Just now, PedroMoutinho said:
Sturgeon called Sarwar ‘irresponsible’ yesterday for suggesting reducing the dose gap so not sure how she’d manage to u-turn on that one.
The only way she could get away with it is if, the JCVI change there view. Which probably isn't happening
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More than one person I know has had to miss there first appointment because they have tested positive in the last 28 days, wonder if the high case rates, especially amongst younger people have an impact, with people missing because they are positive.
Also it is fucking stupid that we are sticking to the 8 week interval which no other country seems to be doing. I can understand if the supply isn't there, but since it is, we should.
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10 minutes ago, Les Cabbage said:
The time has come….the time really has come.
After 18 months of avoiding it and a few scares I think I’ve finally picked up the virus, pain in the arse because I was due my first dose on Tuesday.
Mrs tested positive on a lateral flow on Thursday (despite a negative on Tuesday) and was last with her Wednesday so would be amazed if I don’t have it, also feel like I’ve been hit by a train and was also only able to get 2 hours sleep last night.
Strange thing is I’ve had 2 negative lateral flows although still awaiting my PCR test, it is possible that I’ve just convinced myself I have it.
Don’t really have a cough though, bit of a sore/tickly throat, headache, really really sore back and had a temperature last night although that seems to have eased.
See you on the other side.
Both my flatmate and his girlfriend both got two negative Lateral Flow tests while clearly positive. Went about there normal business for a week before taking a PCR test to confirm they actually had it.
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One of my mates caught covid in May (very mildly), and he was telling me he was told to wait 90 days before getting his first jag. This was the first I heard of this, is it true? Or is he talking shite
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