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by **Cap** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 3:11 pm

Reh Kimon. I say it as it is. The good and the bad.

by **Me Ed** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 3:12 pm

kimon07 wrote:
Me Ed wrote:I detect a hint of jealousy here from the Greek wannabies.

At least it hasn't been over 2000 years since the British achieved anything of note.

Fernando Alonso, just a few days ago:

I don't really understand politics but it is true that the situation is not great in Spain; but a Spanish driver in an Italian car, designed by a Greek man (Nicholas Tombazis) winning in Germany. It´s great", he said.

http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showth ... ?p=1032209

Nicholas Tombazis (born April 22, 1968 in Athens, Greece) is the chief designer at Ferrari. He was employed at Ferrari as chief aerodynamics before leaving to work at McLaren in 2003. He returned to Ferrari on March 1, 2006, to become chief designer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Tombazis

I Know you will feel stupid now. But you should not. You should be proud of your descent.

(unless, of course, you are descented from those kilingirous who didn't have private toilets and bathrooms in their homes till the late '70s).

You must be proud to have scraped that one out of nowhere, but I thought we were talking major, and I mean MAJOR achievements, in the sense that if Greece had to define itself in the modern age, such as an Olympic ceremony, can it come up with something tangible other than relying on the achievements of its ancient ancestors from millenia ago.

The fact is that the British can but the Greeks simply cannot.

by **Hermes** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 3:22 pm

Me Ed wrote:More British achievements, still waiting for a major Greek achievement in the last 2000 years ...

Sir Isaac Newton, inventor of modern calculus and gravity.

Isaac Newton did not 'invent' these things. He discovered them, writing in Greek and Latin and building on ideas first developed by Ancient Greek mathematicians and philosophers. So this 'British achievement' was only made possible by astonishing Greek pioneering thinkers hundreds of years earlier...

by **Me Ed** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 3:22 pm

Sir Jonathan Ive, designer of the MacBook Pro, iMac, MacBook Air, iPod, iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad.

by **Me Ed** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 3:27 pm

Hermes wrote:
Me Ed wrote:More British achievements, still waiting for a major Greek achievement in the last 2000 years ...

Sir Isaac Newton, inventor of modern calculus and gravity.

Isaac Newton did not 'invent' these things. He discovered them, writing in Greek and Latin and building on ideas first developed by Ancient Greek mathematicians and philosophers. So this 'British achievement' was only made possible by astonishing Greek pioneering thinkers hundreds of years earlier...

It's well know that Sir Isaac Newton humbly said, "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants".

by **boomerang** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 3:30 pm

Hermes wrote:
Me Ed wrote:More British achievements, still waiting for a major Greek achievement in the last 2000 years ...

Sir Isaac Newton, inventor of modern calculus and gravity.

Isaac Newton did not 'invent' these things. He discovered them, writing in Greek and Latin and building on ideas first developed by Ancient Greek mathematicians and philosophers. So this 'British achievement' was only made possible by astonishing Greek pioneering thinkers hundreds of years earlier...

...i am amazed the greek wannabies overlooked this crucial evidence...

by **CBBB** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 3:33 pm

kimon07 wrote:
Me Ed wrote:I detect a hint of jealousy here from the Greek wannabies.

At least it hasn't been over 2000 years since the British achieved anything of note.

Fernando Alonso, just a few days ago:

I don't really understand politics but it is true that the situation is not great in Spain; but a Spanish driver in an Italian car, designed by a Greek man (Nicholas Tombazis) winning in Germany. It´s great", he said.

http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showth ... ?p=1032209

Nicholas Tombazis (born April 22, 1968 in Athens, Greece) is the chief designer at Ferrari. He was employed at Ferrari as chief aerodynamics before leaving to work at McLaren in 2003. He returned to Ferrari on March 1, 2006, to become chief designer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Tombazis

I Know you will feel stupid now. But you should not. You should be proud of your descent.

(unless, of course, you are descented from those kilingirous who didn't have private toilets and bathrooms in their homes till the late '70s).

He didn't, and that was in Hackney!

by **Lordo** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 3:36 pm

here is the title song, how greek is that.

by **Get Real!** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 3:38 pm

Thank God for the inclusion of Mr Bean; someone that everyone recognizes and loves, because the rest of the show was crap!

Only the Chinese and Russians know how to put on gigantic elaborate shows that can be observed and appreciated from a distance.

It’s the combination of synchronized color, lighting, and formations that make such spectacular shows… something the Brits are clueless about.