The totally off-topic thread

[Katie]

Delphi is an odd language to use for commercial software!

These days perhaps ...

 

[JessicaTam]

Delphi is indeed a strange speciality. Then again I did learn modula-2 in university, turbo pascal in high school and several other irrelevant languages during university and my career.

Hmmm, COBOL, Fortran, Pascal, Lisp (Scheme) for me - with C++ just becoming the 'in' thing before I left.

Edit: I nearly forgot, APL was my first language.

 

[markis10]

Excellent work by the french police to nab a member of the Pink Panther Gang wanted in a few countries that had escaped jail in May, they got him at home!

 

[TheRealTMA]

The pink slippers were a give away?

 

[Hvr]

The pink slippers were a give away?

They were just tu-tu much.

 

[Mal]

Home town could work but that could possibly mean a return to the 1hour each way daily commutes.

Adelaide is something of an unknown. I think it is much better than Brisbane and the people at face value appear better.

Apologies to Brisbane but I think not having exposure to Greek and Italian influence has done huge harm to the growth of the city. That is my humble opinion. I know those living here think differently but so be it.

There are quite large pockets of Greeks and Italians living in Brisbane. They haven't taken over suburbs though like has happened in Sydney and Melbourne.

 

[markis10]

There are quite large pockets of Greeks and Italians living in Brisbane. They haven't taken over suburbs though like has happened in Sydney and Melbourne.

The residents of west end might disagree , SA is not far behind Vic on % of population that are of Greek origin, followed by NSW and the NT.

 

[anat0l]

There are quite large pockets of Greeks and Italians living in Brisbane. They haven't taken over suburbs though like has happened in Sydney and Melbourne.

A whole bunch of my friends in high school were Greek, but apart from West End (and they all didn't live there), I don't know where they generally used to hang out.

Definitely unsure where the whole Italian zone is in Brisbane. We seem to have retained most of the Anglo-Saxon influence only, and then the rest is just new-ish (maybe laid back) Brisbane. Oh, there is Sunnybank for the Asians (as is Inala), but every major city seems to have an Asian zone, doesn't it?

 

[JohnK]

There are quite large pockets of Greeks and Italians living in Brisbane. They haven't taken over suburbs though like has happened in Sydney and Melbourne.

Very small influence.

 

[SeatBackForward]

You know there is a lot more to it than that.

Of course I do John, it was a cheap jib at the the "influence" aspect.

 

[Flashback]

A whole bunch of my friends in high school were Greek, but apart from West End (and they all didn't live there), I don't know where they generally used to hang out.

Definitely unsure where the whole Italian zone is in Brisbane. We seem to have retained most of the Anglo-Saxon influence only, and then the rest is just new-ish (maybe laid back) Brisbane. Oh, there is Sunnybank for the Asians (as is Inala), but every major city seems to have an Asian zone, doesn't it?

Winthrop. Campbelltown.

 

[medhead]

Apologies to Brisbane but I think not having exposure to Greek and Italian influence has done huge harm to the growth of the city. That is my humble opinion. I know those living here think differently but so be it.

Not being exposed to greek and italian influence? Are you kidding? Heard of the Coffee club? Greek! What about Paniyiri Greek Festival, Australia's largest cultural Festival!

Italian restaurant's everywhere. Italian's were a massive mainstay of the sugar industry.

 

[markis10]

Not being exposed to greek and italian influence? Are you kidding? Heard of the Coffee club? Greek! What about Paniyiri Greek Festival, Australia's largest cultural Festival!

Italian restaurant's everywhere. Italian's were a massive mainstay of the sugar industry.

Like Ingham??? Australian Italian Festival History

 

[anat0l]

Not being exposed to greek and italian influence? Are you kidding? Heard of the Coffee club? Greek! What about Paniyiri Greek Festival, Australia's largest cultural Festival!

Italian restaurant's everywhere. Italian's were a massive mainstay of the sugar industry.

Are you talking about The Coffee Club chain? Apart from being perhaps owned by a Greek, that's hardly brimming Greek culture.

Paniyiri is only one major concentration of Greek culture, that happens annually.

As for Italian restaurants everywhere - don't buy that. Anyone can open an Italian restaurant, and to be honest, good ones in Brisbane are far and few between.

You could argue there are lots of places to get kebabs in Brisbane, but I wouldn't attest that as evidence of significant cultural influence of the Turkish and/or Greeks.

Fact is, except for West End, where are the real concentrations or centres of Greek culture in Brisbane? Let alone Italian culture.

Only thing I can think of is that when the majority of Europeans came over to Australia after the war or so, not many of them settled in Brisbane. We probably had a lot more Asians come to Brisbane than the Europeans. Certainly being Brisbane in the old days, especially during White Australia, didn't help anyone who was another culture in Brisbane. Not sure about Sydney and Melbourne, but I couldn't have thought that we would've been anything but a xenophobic centre throughout White Australia and the period of JBP.

That all said, there are some good restaurants in Brisbane (may not be absolutely smashing, but quite good) which represent a huge number of cultures: Turkish, Greek, etc.

Like Ingham??? Australian Italian Festival History

And Ingham isn't Brisbane. Let alone what sugar industry does Brisbane have (apart from buying or shipping that sugar)?

 

[markis10]

And Ingham isn't Brisbane. Let alone what sugar industry does Brisbane have (apart from buying or shipping that sugar)?

Brisbane has a very rich history with sugar, with Australia's first mill at Ormiston, that legacy from an Italian perspective lives today in places like Bucci in James St & Ristorante Dell ‘Ugo at New Farm.

 

[medhead]

Like Ingham??? Australian Italian Festival History

Like the entire sugar industry from beenleigh onwards.

 

[medhead]

Are you talking about The Coffee Club chain? Apart from being perhaps owned by a Greek, that's hardly brimming Greek culture.

Paniyiri is only one major concentration of Greek culture, that happens annually.

Yes the coffee club. A major Queensland business started and owned by Greeks. I certainly was exposed to massive Greek culture during my uni years. Paniyiri is indicative of the strength of the Greek culture in Brisbane. Being possibly limited to west end doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

Sugar even extended to northern NSW and their was big Italian influence there. Ingram of course is one centre but its not just limited to there. Perhaps I was also lucky to have an Italian uncle.

Then do I mention Stefan. Both the coffee club and Stefan have had major influence on Queensland.

 

[JohnK]

Not being exposed to greek and italian influence? Are you kidding? Heard of the Coffee club? Greek! What about Paniyiri Greek Festival, Australia's largest cultural Festival!

Italian restaurant's everywhere. Italian's were a massive mainstay of the sugar industry.

There may have been a little influence here and there but it was nothing like Sydney, Melbourne and to a lesser extent Adelaide.

As I said earlier I think it was Brisbane's loss. You do not have to agree with me.

 

[anat0l]

As I said earlier I think it was Brisbane's loss. You do not have to agree with me.

He obviously doesn't, but just to satisfy my curiosity, what is the loss?

If it's true multiculturalism, then ah well.........

 

[JohnK]

He obviously doesn't, but just to satisfy my curiosity, what is the loss?

If it's true multiculturalism, then ah well.........

It is a combination of things.

Contribution to the development of many industries, contribution to economic prosperity, enriching cultures, food, willingness to work hard and succeed, bond of the family unit, influence in housing.

True multiculturalism is where the migrants assimilate and bring something with them to the existing culture.