Petty Things That Get On Your Nerves...

[Miguel Sanchez]

1 minute ago, Mark Connolly said:

Wankers and Gimps?

^^^ raging that the Byres Road Savvy Set have upped sticks and left him behind

[Mark Connolly]

Just now, Miguel Sanchez said:

^^^ raging that the Byres Road Savvy Set have upped sticks and left him behind

ByRo, if you don't mind

[TxRover]

On 12/12/2022 at 12:22, Sergeant Wilson said:

I'd say the biggest problem in Glasgow city centre, is not enough people live there. Workers will come and go, albeit in smaller numbers. But if more people lived there shops and pubs etc would be busy with residents. An effort to have affordable housing replacing redundant commercial space might solve the over and under provision of each type of property.

While it’s an interesting idea, the demographics are wrong. In the City Center, the weekday/working hours people support a totally different business and service ecology than 24/7 residents support, especially if you focus on the affordable housing. For affordable housing you need to locate in an area that is not within a food desert (and lovely term, designating a locale with no supermarket or similar grocery store within a reasonable distance) and that allows for the provision of social services (often required in affordable living demos) within a short distance. You also need employment, and while some of that would come hand in hand with the developments associated with the new residents, that wouldn’t be sufficient. Then you have the lack of transportation service outside “conventional” hours, where many people in affordable housing have jobs with non-conventional hours.

The more successful developments recently have tended to be more boutique, with a shopping cluster co-located with housing, but the housing has been for the upper middle and lower upper class, generally, as they also have the income to support the development overall. The provision of the core customer base encourages stores and businesses to locate in the area, which then results in more custom from people from outside the immediate area due to variety, however, this also results in a business mix skewed toward a more affluent clientele.

[Cosmic Joe]

21 minutes ago, TxRover said:

While it’s an interesting idea, the demographics are wrong. In the City Center, the weekday/working hours people support a totally different business and service ecology than 24/7 residents support, especially if you focus on the affordable housing. For affordable housing you need to locate in an area that is not within a food desert (and lovely term, designating a locale with no supermarket or similar grocery store within a reasonable distance) and that allows for the provision of social services (often required in affordable living demos) within a short distance. You also need employment, and while some of that would come hand in hand with the developments associated with the new residents, that wouldn’t be sufficient. Then you have the lack of transportation service outside “conventional” hours, where many people in affordable housing have jobs with non-conventional hours.

The more successful developments recently have tended to be more boutique, with a shopping cluster co-located with housing, but the housing has been for the upper middle and lower upper class, generally, as they also have the income to support the development overall. The provision of the core customer base encourages stores and businesses to locate in the area, which then results in more custom from people from outside the immediate area due to variety, however, this also results in a business mix skewed toward a more affluent clientele.

You haven't been to Methil recently have you? 

[TxRover]

24 minutes ago, Cosmic Joe said:

You haven't been to Methil recently have you? 

That’s not a City Center, that’s a open sewer., 

[Cosmic Joe]

Just now, TxRover said:

That’s not a City Center, that’s a open sewer., 

A bit harsh on a former coal mining community. 

[Newbornbairn]

Never the same since the Wonder Store shut 

[Cosmic Joe]

4 minutes ago, Newbornbairn said:

Never the same since the Wonder Store shut 

Or the demise of Oliver's International Hair Stylist.

 

Okay, cheating. That was Leven. 

 

 

[Empty It]

New minis being the same size and often larger than normal cars, the whole fucking point of the things is that they were MINI.

[scottsdad]

At work today. Nobody at home, and Evri have sent a picture of a parcel they delivered. Sitting on the front doorstep.

99% chance of it being nicked before anyone gets home.

[hk blues]

2 minutes ago, scottsdad said:

At work today. Nobody at home, and Evri have sent a picture of a parcel they delivered. Sitting on the front doorstep.

99% chance of it being nicked before anyone gets home.

Where do you live?

 

[Granny Danger]

1 minute ago, hk blues said:

Where do you live?

 

Falkirk.

[hk blues]

Just now, Granny Danger said:

Falkirk.

Not you.  We've seen your photos and know you're living in Beirut.

[coprolite]

On 13/12/2022 at 22:13, Cosmic Joe said:

A bit harsh on a former coal mining community. 

It’s harsh on upper Methil.

[Granny Danger]

12 minutes ago, hk blues said:

Not you.  We've seen your photos and know you're living in Beirut.

At least I’m surrounded by Arabs…

[jimbaxters]

22 minutes ago, scottsdad said:

At work today. Nobody at home, and Evri have sent a picture of a parcel they delivered. Sitting on the front doorstep.

99% chance of it being nicked before anyone gets home.

Assuming the driver himself didn't lift it straight after he took the photo.

[Richey Edwards]

26 minutes ago, scottsdad said:

At work today. Nobody at home, and Evri have sent a picture of a parcel they delivered. Sitting on the front doorstep.

99% chance of it being nicked before anyone gets home.

Hermes had a habit of flinging stuff into my garden without trying the door regardless of the weather then fucking off.

Edited December 15, 2022 by Richey Edwards

[SlipperyP]

1 hour ago, coprolite said:

It’s harsh on upper Methil.

Methilhill?

[welshbairn]

1 hour ago, Richey Edwards said:

Hermes had a habit of flinging stuff into my garden without trying the door regardless of the weather then fucking off.

I had a guy leaving a parcel on the ground outside our unlocked shed door in the pouring rain. Thing about all these delivery companies is that it's more about the individual worker than the firm they're employed by, it's worth complaining if you get an arsehole.

[Richey Edwards]

5 minutes ago, welshbairn said:

I had a guy leaving a parcel on the ground outside our unlocked shed door in the pouring rain. Thing about all these delivery companies is that it's more about the individual worker than the firm they're employed by, it's worth complaining if you get an arsehole.

They left a cardboard box around the back in the wind and pissing rain. I was at work, so the box had disintegrated by the time I was back. The front porch is sheltered, they could have at least sat it there out of the rain.