glasgowken wrote:yoker brian wrote:glasgowken wrote:Cheeky whipper snapper, I bought the first ticket ::):
And here's the evidence
My hair is never usually that shiny, must be the tar ::):
Archangel Tar with a hint of JoJoba
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glasgowken wrote:yoker brian wrote:glasgowken wrote:Cheeky whipper snapper, I bought the first ticket ::):
And here's the evidence
My hair is never usually that shiny, must be the tar ::):
yoker brian wrote:Dexter St. Clair wrote:I still hate journalists and people who should know better than to refer to The Underground or The Subway as the Clockwork Orange.
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I agree with you Dex - as a born & bred Glaswegian,who can remember his last trips on the old pre-modernisation system, to me it will always be The Subway, I point blank refuse to call it The Underground or Clockwork Orange and god help anyone who has the audacity to even mention the words "The Tube" in my vicinity!
The Egg Man wrote:I'm disappointed to read the Subway upgrade plans only include disabled access to St Enoch and Govan stations.
Disabled folk are being treated as second class citizens yet again
mrsix wrote:The Egg Man wrote:I'm disappointed to read the Subway upgrade plans only include disabled access to St Enoch and Govan stations.
Disabled folk are being treated as second class citizens yet again
Whereas I do agree that it is a shame, I don't think there's a lot that can be done at most stations as the platform layout rarely corresponds with the surface Station footprint above ground. It would be impossible to put lifts in for instance on the 'Island' type stations as the end near the station is the stairway and the other end is a trainlength away under other buildings. At the other stations, at best on some you might be able to sink a lift shaft and tunnel to the nearest platform.
I don't really know what you could expect them to do or how many extra tens of millions it would cost. There would also be a issue of wheelchair users on trains in emergency situations or breakdowns, the trains and tunnels are small enough as it is and they would have to be carried out.
Dexter St. Clair wrote:Why don't we just issue jet packs. it would be cheaper and they would be even more independent?
In a list of priorities for those with mobility issues where does a lift at every subway station sit?
Some way after proper access to buses?
Enough of a supplementary benefit for daily use of a taxi/
Maybe stopping the cuts in benefits they already receive?
Moving to a place with flat streets and everything you ever need within the range of a mobility scooter (troon?)
Having their families pay a higher council tax too pay for this.
I won't be syurpried if teh Nats include this in their pie in the sky manifesto.
Josef wrote:Dexter St. Clair wrote:Why don't we just issue jet packs. it would be cheaper and they would be even more independent?
In a list of priorities for those with mobility issues where does a lift at every subway station sit?
Some way after proper access to buses?
Enough of a supplementary benefit for daily use of a taxi/
Maybe stopping the cuts in benefits they already receive?
Moving to a place with flat streets and everything you ever need within the range of a mobility scooter (troon?)
Having their families pay a higher council tax too pay for this.
I won't be syurpried if teh Nats include this in their pie in the sky manifesto.
Your final point would be deeply silly in and of itself even if it weren't rendered almost bizarre by the fact that it comes at the end of a disagreement between the two known HG staunch Labour Unionists.
Mori wrote:
yoker brian wrote:Dexter St. Clair wrote:I still hate journalists and people who should know better than to refer to The Underground or The Subway as the Clockwork Orange.
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I agree with you Dex - as a born & bred Glaswegian,who can remember his last trips on the old pre-modernisation system, to me it will always be The Subway, I point blank refuse to call it The Underground or Clockwork Orange and god help anyone who has the audacity to even mention the words "The Tube" in my vicinity!
the researcher wrote:i reckon he must be the only person in the glasgow area thats never been on the subway ::): ::):
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