Alert Mongoose Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 To me the fact that the high street is dying is no great tragedy. People do need to get together and decide what to fill the areas with though. Some careful planning will be needed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John MacLean Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 The only thing that bothers me about wearing a mask is the fact that my glasses steam up while I do so. I'm not totally blind without my specs but reading anything is all but impossible which makes browsing the bookshelves in the likes of Waterstones a tad tricky. The though of picking up a Dan Brown novel by mistake fills me with horror almost to the same level of horror as actually having to read one would induce. That aside its just one more thing to learn to adjust to, at least in the short to medium term. We've already adapted to some things that just 4 months ago might have been considered unthinkable. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 1 hour ago, D.A.F.C said: It was on the way out really anyway. They built a new shopping centre and couldn't even fill it. Most shops from the high street just moved in there or to a bigger and cheaper out of town option. A street at the bottom of the town is now coming through being derelict and is just filled with hairdressers, salons or tattoo shops. Theres one good beer shop and a clothes shop. That's all dunfermline has now. Sounds exactly like Falkirk. They built the Callendar Square shopping at the bottom of the High Street in the mid 90’s and looking back it almost seemed to kicked off the slow demise of shopping in Falkirk. In not far off of 30 years, only the multi-storey and the TK Maxx (which is now at the retail park) are the only parts of that shopping centre that’ve ever had much footfall. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Willie Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 14 hours ago, Todd_is_God said: Why does winter automatically mean its coming back btw? I've never understood how people who haven't been able to predict almost anything correctly so far can be so certain what is going to happen in 5 months. Pot, kettle.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 2 hours ago, doulikefish said: Cant wait to see all the clips of folk refusing to wear a face covering today A friend texted his shock at this mandatory rule that has come into place today. He was asking if he'll be compensated for buying the mask. I expect much more extreme cases than that though. 2 hours ago, Detournement said: Pure Dead Miserable will be our new national slogan. You're the most miserable c**t on here... 2 hours ago, Detournement said: In Scotland it's more likely people just won't go to the shops and this will be binned when retail sales jack knife. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Wee Willie said: Pot, kettle.... Unfortunately for you, Willie, a fair few of my predictions were correct. But whatever makes you feel better x Edited July 10, 2020 by Todd_is_God 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKMAN Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Cartels in Mexico have bought up all the supermarket and warehouse stocks of goods, and are handing out food parcels to the poor during lockdown. Sinaloa Cartel are giving out packages with El Chapo’s face on them. Some bois. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Aldo Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Cartels in Mexico have bought up all the supermarket and warehouse stocks of goods, and are handing out food parcels to the poor during lockdown. Sinaloa Cartel are giving out packages with El Chapo’s face on them. Some bois. The next series of Narcos sounds shite. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 14 hours ago, Tynierose said: There will certainly be the usual array of flu strains doing the rounds. This particular strain of covid will evolve no doubt. If the virus can't be eliminated which we know it can't realistically. You would have to lockdown the country for a year to all tourists, close the border or hope for a vaccine. Winter is of course when services are stretched the most so if the lock down is going to mean that an end result is an overwhelming in Winter then would it not have been better to have had more cases during the summer when services are less stressed. I don't know tbh, devils advocate time. Anyway we will just have to see how things pan out next couple of months and hope that it will actually here last year and more people have had it than we think. The big issue is of course we don't know accurately. I don't think we know anything accurately (about Covid-19). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pcplum Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 2 hours ago, mizfit said: I very rarely go into Perth city centre unless it’s for a trip to a restaurant or a bar. So wearing a mask in retail shops Won’t bother me when I have to make a trip to get some things next week. Been wearing them when I go to get the food shop for a month, I’m in and out of Aldi or Morrison’s within half an hour, it really doesn’t bother me. However, the only thing that annoys me is when I’ve not shaved for a while it can be a bit irritating. We’ll shave you manky bugger. -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 56 minutes ago, Hillonearth said: an old style butchers where OAPs still insist on buying "thur butcher meat". I agree with a lot of what you say, but that's an odd comment. A butcher offering traceable, local meat and game will surely be a winner. Certainly better than the plastic wrapped, pink stuff on offer in supermarkets. I'd like to think shops that provide a first class service and goods will survive. They might need to fully embrace Internet ordering and delivery but I'm sure given the way food outlets have taken that idea on board so might others. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 2 hours ago, Tynierose said: I'm pretty sure that if a condition of being able to go and watch football was a mask then there would be no real dissent. Struggling to see the issue with compliance for going into a shop tbh, its not as if its for all day. It's because it's Wee Krankie who's told them to do it. That's literally the only reason. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 1 hour ago, 8MileBU said: Count yourself lucky that it took until COVID to speed up the process of your town centre’s demise. No need for a global pandemic over here. Falkirk Council just needed a few imbeciles in an office several years ago. The state of Falkirk Town Centre has very little to do with Falkirk Council. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty dingus Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 Greenock town centre is like a scene out of Silent Hill. If it's not junkies getting in your face it's chuggers, It's that shite even the pound shop closed down. It was sold off years ago to some mob who decided to hike the rents and rates so loads of shops left. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hard Graft Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 7 minutes ago, Gaz said: The state of Falkirk Town Centre has very little to do with Falkirk Council. It will all be okay when they spend £30-50 million on Cecil's Castle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 I don't think we know anything accurately (about Covid-19).Exactly. Even with hindsight we still don't know enough about it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 It's because it's Wee Krankie who's told them to do it. That's literally the only reason.That's H_B's reason. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 12 minutes ago, Hard Graft said: It will all be okay when they spend £30-50 million on Cecil's Castle. How much is the new building projected to save each year in running costs from the buildings it will be replacing? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 12 minutes ago, The Skelpit Lug said: I agree with a lot of what you say, but that's an odd comment. A butcher offering traceable, local meat and game will surely be a winner. Certainly better than the plastic wrapped, pink stuff on offer in supermarkets. I'd like to think shops that provide a first class service and goods will survive. They might need to fully embrace Internet ordering and delivery but I'm sure given the way food outlets have taken that idea on board so might others. I singled out that kind of butcher as it's an odd survival of the old-style specialist shops where most of the others have fallen by the wayside. Certainly the ones local to me seem to largely be patronised by the 60+ age bracket, so I wonder how much longer they'll last. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Maturin Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 9 minutes ago, Gaz said: How much is the new building projected to save each year in running costs from the buildings it will be replacing? The proposed costs are 53.7m with an annual saving of 300k. In view of the maintenance costs of the existing buildings this will no doubt increase year on year. They also plan to sell 6 or 7 buildings which will also contribute. Positives will see a huge increase in footfall in the centre of town, and with things such as the library being more accessible is good planning. The worry now though is that if a long term plan sees more office workers staying at home more often then some of the benefit of increased footfall is lost. Then there is the big question, can they bring it in on budget. I think the benefits outweigh the negatives tbh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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