Went to the Fort today. It's an open-air mall. Lots of nice shops but no protection from the elements. What a cold place! 5C at lunchtime, but the wee street of shops is like a wind funnel and it was perishin!
And all around us were Glaswegians without jackets: guys wearing short sleeved t-shirts, lassies in shorts and see through tops. At least one of them I saw was turning purple in the cold. And it's not just in the east end you see this phenomenon. I've seen lassies in the centre of town plodding through snow in high-heeled sandals and guys at George Square in their vests in the pouring rain swinging their car keys - like 'I just parked my Porsche roon the coarner so ah don't need a jaicket.'
Is this why Glaswegians have low life expectancy? Does hypothermia get them rather than illness?
Meanwhile out here in leafy East Ren my neighbours are sewn into hats, gloves and scarves from September till May - and live to be 93.
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