Posted by: Sydney Meriwether, Glasgow on 11:10am Wed 2 Apr 08
[italic]Ehh... I'll take it that the ET is about to launch a Barrhead version of its community websites then.[/italic] ;-)
Ehh... I'll take it that the ET is about to launch a Barrhead version of its community websites then. ;-)
Posted by: John Hamilton, Pacific Quay on 11:20am Wed 2 Apr 08
The decline of the ET into the world's most parochial, trashy, tabloid evening paper continues...
What a ridiculous headline.
Bring back the Evening Citizen or let's hope a new evening newspaper for Glasgow and the west of Scotland can come into being soon!
The decline of the ET into the world's most parochial, trashy, tabloid evening paper continues...
What a ridiculous headline.
Bring back the Evening Citizen or let's hope a new evening newspaper for Glasgow and the west of Scotland can come into being soon!
Posted by: Stewie Griffin, Glasgow on 11:43am Wed 2 Apr 08
I thought April Fools Day was yesterday.
I thought April Fools Day was yesterday.
Posted by: Sydney Meriwether, Glasgow on 12:01pm Wed 2 Apr 08
[bold]For the ET, every day is April Fools Day!!![/bold]
For the ET, every day is April Fools Day!!! Posted by: The Missing City, Glasgow on 12:23pm Wed 2 Apr 08
[quote][bold]Sydney Meriwether[/bold] wrote:
[bold]For the ET, every day is April Fools Day!!![/bold] [/quote] Har Har Har
Oxford St in Barrhead? That's like saying Ayr is going to be the new Blackpool!
What will that do with regards to those marketing junkies who have put soo much hard work into making Braehead and Silverburn a success, what will it do to Paisley as the council there try to bring the place back up again?
Still, a new Tesco is probably what it'll end up being, so there really should be no worries - there no such thing as a town centre these days unless it's in the form a Tesco because usually there's nothing else around it as Tesco normally shuts everybody else down!
Sydney Meriwether wrote:
For the ET, every day is April Fools Day!!!
Har Har Har
Oxford St in Barrhead? That's like saying Ayr is going to be the new Blackpool!
What will that do with regards to those marketing junkies who have put soo much hard work into making Braehead and Silverburn a success, what will it do to Paisley as the council there try to bring the place back up again?
Still, a new Tesco is probably what it'll end up being, so there really should be no worries - there no such thing as a town centre these days unless it's in the form a Tesco because usually there's nothing else around it as Tesco normally shuts everybody else down!
Posted by: ex labour voter, glasgow on 12:30pm Wed 2 Apr 08
Can this pathetic excuse for a newspaper get any worse?
What about public toilets in paisley high st so wendy doesn't have to pee in the street.
Can this pathetic excuse for a newspaper get any worse?
What about public toilets in paisley high st so wendy doesn't have to pee in the street.
Posted by: The Missing City, Glasgow on 12:47pm Wed 2 Apr 08
[quote][bold]ex labour voter[/bold] wrote:
Can this pathetic excuse for a newspaper get any worse? What about public toilets in paisley high st so wendy doesn't have to pee in the street. [/quote] Aye Wendy Woo, she has no public loo and the mad coo needs a poo, so what can she do so we can all do the loo too?
She could take a tip fae the auld coo who sits oot her face oan the High Street, mad wi the Special Broo!
[italic]"Awrite Wendy doll how dae ye doo, this is how ah dae the loo, its so easy BTW even you can doo it too!"[/italic] ;-)
ex labour voter wrote:
Can this pathetic excuse for a newspaper get any worse? What about public toilets in paisley high st so wendy doesn't have to pee in the street.
Aye Wendy Woo, she has no public loo and the mad coo needs a poo, so what can she do so we can all do the loo too?
She could take a tip fae the auld coo who sits oot her face oan the High Street, mad wi the Special Broo!
"Awrite Wendy doll how dae ye doo, this is how ah dae the loo, its so easy BTW even you can doo it too!" ;-)
Posted by: The Missing City, Glasgow on 12:52pm Wed 2 Apr 08
[quote][bold]The Missing City[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]ex labour voter[/bold] wrote: Can this pathetic excuse for a newspaper get any worse? What about public toilets in paisley high st so wendy doesn't have to pee in the street. [/quote] Aye Wendy Woo, she has no public loo and the mad coo needs a poo, so what can she do so we can all do the loo too? She could take a tip fae the auld coo who sits oot her face oan the High Street, mad wi the Special Broo! [italic]"Awrite Wendy doll how dae ye doo, this is how ah dae the loo, its so easy BTW even you can doo it too!"[/italic] ;-) [/quote] The likelihood of this being that Wendy will be caught but the case will be dropped by the PF, whereas everybody else will receive a £50 or a grim 30 days possibly biting the pillow in the notorious C Hall at Barlinnie Mansions!
The Missing City wrote:
ex labour voter wrote: Can this pathetic excuse for a newspaper get any worse? What about public toilets in paisley high st so wendy doesn't have to pee in the street.
Aye Wendy Woo, she has no public loo and the mad coo needs a poo, so what can she do so we can all do the loo too? She could take a tip fae the auld coo who sits oot her face oan the High Street, mad wi the Special Broo! "Awrite Wendy doll how dae ye doo, this is how ah dae the loo, its so easy BTW even you can doo it too!" ;-)
The likelihood of this being that Wendy will be caught but the case will be dropped by the PF, whereas everybody else will receive a £50 or a grim 30 days possibly biting the pillow in the notorious C Hall at Barlinnie Mansions!
Posted by: The Missing City, Glasgow on 12:55pm Wed 2 Apr 08
[quote][bold]The Missing City[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]The Missing City[/bold] wrote: [quote][bold]ex labour voter[/bold] wrote: Can this pathetic excuse for a newspaper get any worse? What about public toilets in paisley high st so wendy doesn't have to pee in the street. [/quote] Aye Wendy Woo, she has no public loo and the mad coo needs a poo, so what can she do so we can all do the loo too? She could take a tip fae the auld coo who sits oot her face oan the High Street, mad wi the Special Broo! [italic]"Awrite Wendy doll how dae ye doo, this is how ah dae the loo, its so easy BTW even you can doo it too!"[/italic] ;-) [/quote] The likelihood of this being that Wendy will be caught but the case will be dropped by the PF, whereas everybody else will receive a £50 or a grim 30 days possibly biting the pillow in the notorious C Hall at Barlinnie Mansions![/quote] Whoops - almost forgot the word [bold]"Fine!!"[/bold] but I'm sure people who read this will be intelligent enough to understand what I was referring to - one rule for us, very different rules for them!
The Missing City wrote:
The Missing City wrote: ex labour voter wrote: Can this pathetic excuse for a newspaper get any worse? What about public toilets in paisley high st so wendy doesn't have to pee in the street.
Aye Wendy Woo, she has no public loo and the mad coo needs a poo, so what can she do so we can all do the loo too? She could take a tip fae the auld coo who sits oot her face oan the High Street, mad wi the Special Broo! "Awrite Wendy doll how dae ye doo, this is how ah dae the loo, its so easy BTW even you can doo it too!" ;-)
The likelihood of this being that Wendy will be caught but the case will be dropped by the PF, whereas everybody else will receive a £50 or a grim 30 days possibly biting the pillow in the notorious C Hall at Barlinnie Mansions!
Whoops - almost forgot the word
"Fine!!" but I'm sure people who read this will be intelligent enough to understand what I was referring to - one rule for us, very different rules for them!
Posted by: Sydney Meriwether, At home on 1:00pm Wed 2 Apr 08
[quote][bold]John Hamilton[/bold] wrote:
The decline of the ET into the world's most parochial, trashy, tabloid evening paper continues...
What a ridiculous headline.
Bring back the Evening Citizen or let's hope a new evening newspaper for Glasgow and the west of Scotland can come into being soon![/quote] Agreed, but the problem is that there are very few big businesses left in Glasgow ([italic]thank you New Labour[/italic]) who can pay big to advertise in any new local newspaper, so I don't see a decent rival coming in any time soon.
The ET itself relies heavily on council advertising and that's why the council has been able to turn the paper into what it is today.
The one opportunity ET has is to differentiate its product according to modes of delivery; it is quite clear that its online readership differs from the offline readership. Most regular posters here ([bold]who by posting earn money for the ET through increased ad impressions caused by increased interest[/bold]), won't continue to post if ET continues on its present course online, as well as offline.
John Hamilton wrote:
The decline of the ET into the world's most parochial, trashy, tabloid evening paper continues...
What a ridiculous headline.
Bring back the Evening Citizen or let's hope a new evening newspaper for Glasgow and the west of Scotland can come into being soon!
Agreed, but the problem is that there are very few big businesses left in Glasgow (
thank you New Labour) who can pay big to advertise in any new local newspaper, so I don't see a decent rival coming in any time soon.
The ET itself relies heavily on council advertising and that's why the council has been able to turn the paper into what it is today.
The one opportunity ET has is to differentiate its product according to modes of delivery; it is quite clear that its online readership differs from the offline readership. Most regular posters here (
who by posting earn money for the ET through increased ad impressions caused by increased interest), won't continue to post if ET continues on its present course online, as well as offline.
Posted by: slam, Glasgow on 3:10pm Wed 2 Apr 08
This paper is a joke
Posted by: expat john, Canada on 5:08pm Wed 2 Apr 08
It's still better than the crap we get over here....And I'm including the non-tabloid ones like The Calgary Herald!!!! That's why I still read The ET. That and to see Sydney's & Missing City's comments!!! ;-)
It's still better than the crap we get over here....And I'm including the non-tabloid ones like The Calgary Herald!!!! That's why I still read The ET. That and to see Sydney's & Missing City's comments!!! ;-)
Posted by: The Missing City, Glasgow on 5:28pm Wed 2 Apr 08
[quote][bold]expat john[/bold] wrote:
It's still better than the crap we get over here....And I'm including the non-tabloid ones like The Calgary Herald!!!! That's why I still read The ET. That and to see Sydney's & Missing City's comments!!! ;-)[/quote] Okay a bit of banter from time to time doesn't do any harm haha.
All the same, its only how I see things and what I think which I believe is probably just as much as Sydney, People Power, Yerauldda, Renegade and Ex-Labour Voter.
Cheers mate! ;-)
expat john wrote:
It's still better than the crap we get over here....And I'm including the non-tabloid ones like The Calgary Herald!!!! That's why I still read The ET. That and to see Sydney's & Missing City's comments!!! ;-)
Okay a bit of banter from time to time doesn't do any harm haha.
All the same, its only how I see things and what I think which I believe is probably just as much as Sydney, People Power, Yerauldda, Renegade and Ex-Labour Voter.
Cheers mate! ;-)
Posted by: Steven Glaswegian, Edinburgh (Unfortunatley!) on 5:38pm Wed 2 Apr 08
Anything that'll improve Barrhead has to be a good thing. And for those who are complaining about ET, if you don't like it, don't read it! MORONS! lol
Anything that'll improve Barrhead has to be a good thing. And for those who are complaining about ET, if you don't like it, don't read it! MORONS! lol
Posted by: stmonan, Glasgow on 5:40pm Wed 2 Apr 08
I think we should make Cathcart Road the new Broadway and Dumbarton Road could be the new Champs Elysees. Duke Street could be Las Rambles and we've already got Wall Street, according to this rag, where the call centres are.
I think we should make Cathcart Road the new Broadway and Dumbarton Road could be the new Champs Elysees. Duke Street could be Las Rambles and we've already got Wall Street, according to this rag, where the call centres are.
Posted by: The Missing City, Glasgow on 5:44pm Wed 2 Apr 08
[quote][bold]stmonan[/bold] wrote:
I think we should make Cathcart Road the new Broadway and Dumbarton Road could be the new Champs Elysees. Duke Street could be Las Rambles and we've already got Wall Street, according to this rag, where the call centres are. [/quote] No imagination or identity of our own - especially now on top of what you are saying, we now have the "Mardi Gras" festival of New Orleans and the soon to be Paddy's "Camden" market!]
It makes me cringe sometimes!
stmonan wrote:
I think we should make Cathcart Road the new Broadway and Dumbarton Road could be the new Champs Elysees. Duke Street could be Las Rambles and we've already got Wall Street, according to this rag, where the call centres are.
No imagination or identity of our own - especially now on top of what you are saying, we now have the "Mardi Gras" festival of New Orleans and the soon to be Paddy's "Camden" market!]
It makes me cringe sometimes!
Posted by: tam-m, southside on 6:35pm Wed 2 Apr 08
i heard on the grapevine that allison st is going to be the new royal mile.
i heard on the grapevine that allison st is going to be the new royal mile.
Posted by: expat john, Canada on 6:50pm Wed 2 Apr 08
[quote][bold]The Missing City[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]expat john[/bold] wrote: It's still better than the crap we get over here....And I'm including the non-tabloid ones like The Calgary Herald!!!! That's why I still read The ET. That and to see Sydney's & Missing City's comments!!! ;-)[/quote] Okay a bit of banter from time to time doesn't do any harm haha. All the same, its only how I see things and what I think which I believe is probably just as much as Sydney, People Power, Yerauldda, Renegade and Ex-Labour Voter. Cheers mate! ;-)[/quote] Too right MC. All the contributors you list are always worth reading. I might not always agree with everyone's point of view but that's the whole point of these things. Keep it up everyone...it's better than some of the stories to be honest!!!!
The Missing City wrote:
expat john wrote: It's still better than the crap we get over here....And I'm including the non-tabloid ones like The Calgary Herald!!!! That's why I still read The ET. That and to see Sydney's & Missing City's comments!!! ;-)
Okay a bit of banter from time to time doesn't do any harm haha. All the same, its only how I see things and what I think which I believe is probably just as much as Sydney, People Power, Yerauldda, Renegade and Ex-Labour Voter. Cheers mate! ;-)
Too right MC. All the contributors you list are always worth reading. I might not always agree with everyone's point of view but that's the whole point of these things. Keep it up everyone...it's better than some of the stories to be honest!!!!
Posted by: Ian, Glasgow on 5:00pm Thu 3 Apr 08
Now I wonder what the suburbs of Giffnock, Newton Mearns, Busby and Clarkston will say about all this money going to Barrheed?
Now I wonder what the suburbs of Giffnock, Newton Mearns, Busby and Clarkston will say about all this money going to Barrheed?
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