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One year in Glasgow

One year in Glasgow ... and things become normal and you stop writing about them. Like, say, how the trendiest as well as warmest piece of clothing in Glasgow by a long shot is the beer jacket. And how next in this ranking come the beer tights. This, however, might indicate that some Scots have an alcohol problem. Which they do. Which is why men sometimes provide such entertaining , if in a wholly unintentional way, company. (A good way to travel back to the naive mind of a year ago, however, turns out to be simply to enhance the experience. And the best way to enhance the experience of seeing scantily clad Scotswomen wobbling about (often barefeet due to excessive heel-caused pain) next to equally wobbly Scotsmen, is a nice walk along Sauchiehall street after clubs' closing time. Sauchiehall street is where the aptly named Garage and many other similar venues spew out hordes of teenage girls in glittery/flowery/tight/tiny/all of the above dresses on stilts clinging to the sho