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Also keen to bag St Peter's. st peter's is looking in definitely worse condition than it was a few months ago. visit it now before it deteriorates much further. just uploaded a few more photos of it here, from a visit on monday: http://www.uer.ca/locations/viewgal.asp?locid=20354&galid=11298

Do Not Pass Go - quite good on obscure london history

If council tax is based on the value of your house, how does that work if you're renting a flat in a building of flats or a flat in a house? Also, I guess you get a monthly bill? then it's still based (roughly) on the value of the property, and is to be payed for by whoever lives there - you don't ...

you always start with Tori Amos?

would this be anything to do with the fact they tried to sell it for property development 2 years ago, and it would seem didn't find any takers? [scroll down about half-way here: ] http://www.rampantscotland.com/let020223.htm maybe getting consent to knock down a listed building will allow them to s...

That cheap shop, Lidl, were advertising Digital Cameras for about £169. They look alright - anyone got an opinion on them? looks shite (Nytech - who??), despite being 4mega pixel. for the same money, you could get a 3.2 megapixel olympus: http://www.dabs.com/uk/channels/photoandvideo/digitalcameras...

you'd also have Council Tax to pay. this is based on the value of the property you're staying in, and I'd guess you'll be in Band D or E on this chart: http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/html/council/dept/fs/counciltax/charges.htm getting a bit political, it's probably going to be phased out in the next few ...

have you seen the film "Man Without A Past", by Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki? the main character ends up homeless, and manages to get a container to live in, rented out by a corruptable security guard who has a small village of tenants living in shipping containers: http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt031...

Sounds good... now was there an OLD cafe on London road that we could maybe decend upon for lunch...coffee...tea and scones??? I'm sure Duncan mentioned one somewhere... yep, i forget the name (it's in the Boni's Cafe thread), but it's just on the corner at the Saltmarket. home of Glasgow's Fish Te...

a few of my favourites: Chinese take-away in the gorbals that's since had a makeover: http://www.duncancumming.co.uk/photos/pandaHut.jpg Near Glasgow Green: http://www.duncancumming.co.uk/photos/strippingService.jpg And my personal favourite, at Partick Cross: http://www.duncancumming.co.uk/photos/d...

this is definetely the best of the free mapping sites. multimap is too slow. streetmap's not bad. the best feature of getamap is, click on the link to get a printable copy. find out what the url of that image is, then save it to your pc (they're only temporary copies, so don't last forever). tadaa, ...

Sharon, i think you need to do a series on the classy old cafes in Glasgow. As well as Boni's, can I nominate: University Cafe, Byres Road (my local, the takeaway does probably the best value pizzas in Glasgow) Vald'oro - London Road (went in here for a fish tea on Sunday) Jaconelli's - Maryhill Roa...

that last photo is freaking me out a bit. it looks like you've taken two photos from the same spot, but at seperate times. one the old decayed building, the other painted white with some posters stuck up. then done some clever digital manipulation. but i know that's not what you've done... it's like...

anyone know what the deal is with tunnels under the old Rottenrow site? I was walking past during the demolition, and the builders had painted large signs saying things like "caution: tunnel underneath here!", etc. it could be either rail tunnels (Queen Street to High Street perhaps?), or wasn't the...

Sharon wrote:Duncan...not fancy it?

not sure if i can make it. feeling knackered from walking around in the rain most of today (8 hrs UE mini-marathon), plus got some things that need to be taken care of. let me know how it goes...