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LisaM

(27,759 posts)
82. December 17, 1903!
Fri Feb 17, 2017, 04:34 PM
Feb 2017

My birthday happens to be December 17th and back in high school, we weren't allowed to have Christmas parties, so our science teacher (physics, chemistry) got around it by sending out for doughnuts and celebrating the first flight every year! I remember it so well because he asked if there were any science milestones we could celebrate!

Kitty Hawk is also like NORTHERN North Carolina...not even close to SC titaniumsalute Feb 2017 #1
Yes, exactly. I hope people are saying this on Twitter (I don't have an account) but this shit anneboleyn Feb 2017 #4
yep it is.. samnsara Feb 2017 #10
Now what other event 157 years ago could we credit SC for? grantcart Feb 2017 #2
South Carolina in 1850... anneboleyn Feb 2017 #9
corrected it, not very good posting from phone grantcart Feb 2017 #16
1850 + 157 2007 Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #51
1860 grantcart Feb 2017 #66
Me either! Bad at math! anneboleyn Feb 2017 #94
SC: First in secession. mobeau69 Feb 2017 #67
This damn fool named Trump is so fucken stupid, absolutely lame and DUH! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2017 #3
Awesome. dalton99a Feb 2017 #5
Yeah it's right there on the plates. underpants Feb 2017 #8
Will Trump mention Boeing's plan to cut 8,000 jobs in 2017? oasis Feb 2017 #6
NOPE, just claimed that he saved "all the jobs" anneboleyn Feb 2017 #12
Those idiot workers at Boeing voted to keep it non-union. So I oasis Feb 2017 #31
ALL Southerners hate unions and claim to never want to belong to one jmowreader Feb 2017 #60
It looks like he took in the message about tooo much ME ME ME, I, I, I yesterday Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #7
Yes. It was so awkward - me...uh..uh..uh..we..uh..uh..me..me anneboleyn Feb 2017 #14
So dumb. The dumbest. C_U_L8R Feb 2017 #11
Someone told him in was in S. Carolina. He's seen that information around. Chiyo-chichi Feb 2017 #13
Yeah, somebody handed him something that said something. anneboleyn Feb 2017 #23
Did anyone just catch what he just said........ sunonmars Feb 2017 #15
Did he ask if Frederick Douglas was in the house? I am livetohike Feb 2017 #17
I guess no one got him a map underpants Feb 2017 #18
OMFG. What a total dimwit. Vinca Feb 2017 #19
EXCEPT THAT THE FIRST FLIGHT WAS IN KITTY HAWK, NORTH CAROLINA. Eliot Rosewater Feb 2017 #20
Now CNN praising him yet not one mentions the massive misstep. They protect him even when anneboleyn Feb 2017 #21
Before the speech and now they are pointing out that building a plane is complex & global Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #30
That's because there was no mis-step. Well, not counting yours. onenote Feb 2017 #88
SMDH. MrScorpio Feb 2017 #22
I heartily agree with you Mr. Scorpio anneboleyn Feb 2017 #26
I think I know what Ilsa Feb 2017 #76
Shaking My Damn Head. nt MrScorpio Feb 2017 #79
Thank you! NT Ilsa Feb 2017 #81
Someone must have told him this jimlup Feb 2017 #24
I don't think he likes traveling -- ironically, he is the biggest safe space baby I have ever seen anneboleyn Feb 2017 #28
The white house simply doesn't have enough lapfog_1 Feb 2017 #36
Are you kidding? Where would he stay out there? Naggs Head? Buxton? Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #40
If his family was going to vacation anywhere in NC, it would have been to Pinehurst jmowreader Feb 2017 #64
alternative facts 0rganism Feb 2017 #25
I have a feeling... Else You Are Mad Feb 2017 #35
And Oklahomans should be proud of the brave stand Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie made at the Alamo. Chiyo-chichi Feb 2017 #27
The Republicans' gerrymandering gets worse every day struggle4progress Feb 2017 #29
Doozy!!!! benld74 Feb 2017 #38
LOL flygal Feb 2017 #75
LOL. nt Ilsa Feb 2017 #77
He probably thinks GallopingGhost Feb 2017 #32
Fake News!!!! Else You Are Mad Feb 2017 #33
N.C. Claims Gustave Whitehead was first in 1901 njhoneybadger Feb 2017 #34
In his defense, he spent GallopingGhost Feb 2017 #37
I seem to remember him making this same mistake before mainstreetonce Feb 2017 #39
North, South, this is a FAKE distinction! JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2017 #41
what a fucking idiot gopiscrap Feb 2017 #42
There is a good reason they don't have that DFW Feb 2017 #45
AHA! NOW I know who Trump is consulting for these speeches. DFW Feb 2017 #43
And . . . Gamecock Lefty Feb 2017 #44
I'm pretty sure that's where the phrase.. Kensan Feb 2017 #53
SC put a plane in the air and made North Carolina pay for it! Orsino Feb 2017 #46
Lol! yardwork Feb 2017 #69
North Carolina, South Carolina, East Carolina, West Carolina... JHB Feb 2017 #47
was this clinton's fault as well? Ohioblue22 Feb 2017 #48
In the clip I saw, he very specifically refers to North Carolina onenote Feb 2017 #49
Does he know what state he is in? njhoneybadger Feb 2017 #58
Yeah, he says, "...next door, in North Carolina..." jberryhill Feb 2017 #87
He wasn't in North Carolina jmowreader Feb 2017 #65
He referred to "next door, in North Carolina" onenote Feb 2017 #70
Here's a pic of that "American" built Boeing airliner............ Bengus81 Feb 2017 #50
We're on the money. mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2017 #52
Hey! All those Carolinas look alike to me. MineralMan Feb 2017 #54
Trump may very well be the dumbest leader of a soveriegn nation Charles Bukowski Feb 2017 #55
Dear God! get the red out Feb 2017 #56
My thoughts exactly. I cannot believe anyone would advise him to OldHippieChick Feb 2017 #62
This message was self-deleted by its author PoliticAverse Feb 2017 #57
Wright bros, wrong state Brother Buzz Feb 2017 #59
Good one! red dog 1 Feb 2017 #83
He said NC in the repeat vid I watched. Where did he say SC?? Bengus81 Feb 2017 #61
Whip Smart SCROTUS research team he's got there! Native Feb 2017 #63
That won't go over well in NC or in OH. yardwork Feb 2017 #68
actually,we're the ones who risk looking bad here, since he didn't say what people are saying he did onenote Feb 2017 #71
Trump is an idiot Gothmog Feb 2017 #72
Yes he is. But in this case, the folks claiming he said something he didn't aren't so bright either onenote Feb 2017 #89
WHERE DID TRUMP SAY SC IN REFERENCE TO THE WRIGHT BROS FLIGHT?? Bengus81 Feb 2017 #73
I get why people would buy the idea he would make such a statement, but you're correct. He didn't onenote Feb 2017 #74
Because he is in South Carolina?! Whatever, the admins can close the thread. I listened to the anneboleyn Feb 2017 #90
You didn't listen very carefully then. onenote Feb 2017 #95
the trouble is just how believable it is! treestar Feb 2017 #93
He said NC re Wright brothers. Post should be removed. mahannah Feb 2017 #78
Totally get the caps Soxfan58 Feb 2017 #80
December 17, 1903! LisaM Feb 2017 #82
"next door, in North Carolina" jberryhill Feb 2017 #84
Fake news even back then..they got it all wrong in 1902 INdemo Feb 2017 #85
This message was self-deleted by its author INdemo Feb 2017 #86
FALSE James48 Feb 2017 #91
OMG when are they going to get it? treestar Feb 2017 #92
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