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Abernathy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 7:24 pm

kreuzberger wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 5:58 pm Au Cointreau!

There is a fairly large Italian community in Glasgow, having initially settled in Paisley. Many have roots in the Garfagnana city of Braga in norther Tuscany. Braga is exquisitely lovely. Paisley, perhaps less so.

Not just initially. My sister, from Paisley (but who now lives in Inverkip) married a man from Barga. Some years ago, they both took my wee mammy on a visit back to Barga. It’s a beautiful town, with many Scots cultural connections, but alas, Mum didn’t fully enjoy the visit because the language barrier sometimes left her feeling a bit stranded.

I’d not necessarily disagree with you on the relative aesthetic merits of Barga and Paisley - Barga is magnificent, but don’t be dismissing my home town. It has some magnificent architecture.

Bones McCoy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 7:30 pm

Some imposing mills, an Observatory and a massive Railway station (through no connecting service to the nearby Railway).

Abernathy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 7:24 pm Not just initially. My sister, from Paisley (but who now lives in Inverkip) married a man from Barga. Some years ago, they both took my wee mammy on a visit back to Barga. It’s a beautiful town, with many Scots cultural connections, but alas, Mum didn’t fully enjoy the visit because the language barrier sometimes left her feeling a bit stranded.

I’d not necessarily disagree with you on the relative aesthetic merits of Barga and Paisley - Barga is magnificent, but don’t be dismissing my home town. It has some magnificent architecture.

[I thought it was cos Ibrox Asda wouldn't riskk stuff that the Bishop of Rome might nibble/]

Dr Mcoy wins the “The Spot the Bloke being too clever” award

Bones McCoy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 7:28 pm

Oboogie wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 6:28 pm

kreuzberger wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 5:58 pm Au Cointreau!

There is a fairly large Italian community in Glasgow, having initially settled in Paisley. Many have roots in the Garfagnana city of Braga in norther Tuscany. Braga is exquisitely lovely. Paisley, perhaps less so.

Which is why it wouldn't be regarded as "foreign food", which was Watchman's point.

I thought it was cos Ibrox Asda wouldn't riskk stuff that the Bishop of Rome might nibble.

satnav wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 8:45 pm A member of the Trump cult was on the news earlier saying that it was unfair that Trump was fact checked and Harris wasn't. I think the interviewer want to say that may be that's because Trump is a serial liar but in the end he bit his lip and gave a more measured response. In a similar vein I've seen plenty of memes along the lines of 'Fact Checking is the new censorship'.

I think last night was the most rattled I've ever seen Trump in a debate. It reminded me of when Johnson used to get up at PMQ's chuntering about being cross-examined by a barrister. I reckon he will chicken out of future debates and rely on lots of rallies in swing states preaching to the converted.

Andy McDandy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 9:34 am BBC said that he was repeatedly rising to the bait Harris offered up. If he'd stuck to "I have a plan and it'll be paid for by these tariffs", it would have been dull but he might have managed it. Instead we got surly grandad at Thanksgiving/Christmas wittering on about any old shit.

Crabcakes wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2024 1:36 pm I get all the appeal to people whose education was effectively denied them by previous generations of GOP arseholes, but even so - I can only assume a lot of people who will vote for him have never actually seen him speak, or at least have never really listened. Because he is well past the stage where he just doesn’t make sense. At all. It’s just absolute gibberish.

And even someone lacking an education would be able to recognise someone who literally cannot answer questions.

Maybe tonight will shift things and he’ll look as old and lacking in faculties as he quite obviously is, and it will be impossible to ignore against Harris.

THE FIRST LEADER of post-Saddam Iraq was a white American in khaki chinos, a navy-blue blazer, and combat boots.

During his time in Baghdad, Bremer lived in what came to be known as the Green Zone, a fortified, ten-square-kilometer compound nestled into a bend in the Tigris River. Completely surrounded by blast walls and barbed wire, the Green Zone was the safest place in the city, home to soldiers, private contractors and mercenaries, civilian administrators, translators, and other Iraqi support staff. Many of them never set foot outside the Green Zone while in Iraq. Why would they? Outside its walls, the streets were choked with traffic and debris, the brutal heat was inescapable, and the risk of being kidnapped or caught in some firefight was high. Inside, however, were all the amenities of home: air-conditioning, swimming pools, movie nights, laundry service, bars, a dance club, and boxes of Frosted Flakes at the breakfast table. Bible study happened on Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. The “Hash House Harriers” organized group runs around the compound. Women deployed to the Green Zone (there weren’t many of them) sometimes packed hot pants and heels for dancing at the al-Rashid on weekends.

Abernathy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 9:18 pm @ Kreuzberger :

The name of the own is Barga, not Braga. Sorry to pull you up, but you’re a serial offender.

kreuzberger wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2024 12:20 pm

Abernathy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 9:18 pm @ Kreuzberger :

The name of the town is Barga, not Braga. Sorry to pull you up, but you’re a serial offender.

Just the once, m'lud and that was a slip of the fat fingers. (I Town my own mistakes.)

here is a fairly large Italian community in Glasgow, having initially settled in Paisley. Many have roots in the Garfagnana city of Braga in norther Tuscany. Braga is exquisitely lovely. Paisley, perhaps less so.

He also claims that his great-grandfather was actually on a passage from Braga to America, but when they berthed at Gourock, they were told that they had arrived at their destination and slung off the boat. I believe that one, too.

Abernathy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 8:10 pm

Bones McCoy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 7:30 pm

Some imposing mills, an Observatory and a massive Railway station (through no connecting service to the nearby Railway).

Not forgetting the 12th century abbey, the finest gothic revival church in Europe, the glorious museum and library, the Russell Institute building, the town hall, the original John Neilson school building, and numerous other examples. Even Gilmour Street railway station is one of the nicest in the country, though I’d not call it massive (not sure what you mean about no connecting service to the nearby railway). We can gloss over the shit eyesore shopping centre built over the river in the 1960s.