RE: UKHA - The Christmas meet???

["Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

I thought Glasgow was a most confusing city ... I only went up to see the
guy who was selling the projector but given that it was a 900 mile round
trip I went up on the Saturday, stayed the night and drove back the next
day.

On the Saturday I went into "town" for a look around, there I
found more
people sitting in shop doorways that I usually see in London, I had more
people come up to me asking for money for a cup of tea than I have ever had
before. (I look a scruff too so it's not like I was walking around like
some
loaded Southerner.) At the same time as this I saw some guy bottom out an
Aston Martin Vantage over a raised pedestrian crossing and a brand new
Ferrari parked at the side of the road directly under some scaffolding
where
a building was being renovated. Quite a lot of contrasts. Oh yeah ... and
the one that made me grin ... I saw this absolutely stunning young lass
walking along with her mates, absolutely drop dead gorgeous. She was
stuffing her face with chips from a greasy bag and shouting at her freinds
for nicking all the f****g sauce. You just wouldn't see that around here.

None of that is a criticism of Glasgow but just an idea of the contrasts
that I saw and which stuck in my mind in - what - the two or three hours
that I was wandering around there.

Phil

-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Lowe [mailto:ian@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 02 December 2000 10:01
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] UKHA - The Christmas meet???


> Yeah, Glasgow, nice place to visit - wouldn't want to live there ...
> DOH!

Ahem?

"Glasgow" is a sprawling city with a few dives you wouldn't wish
on your
worst enemy, a lot of mediocre areas that are fine but most people would
want to move away from, and several complete gems that are a total delight
to live in!!

Please don't make such sweeping condemnations of my city!

Besides, didn't you get to see the massive regeneration that has been
happening in the city centre lately?

Ian.







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