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Airbus A380 completes historic 1st flight
Daytona Beach News-Journal Online ^ | April 27, 2005 | By LAURENCE FROST

Posted on 04/27/2005 6:21:34 AM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican

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To: orionblamblam

You tyalk like my grandma that was born in 1908 and would never leave Norway because she thought the rest of the world was chaos. Well thats your choice. There is so many wonderful places to go in the world. Thailand, Spain, Ireland, Australia, Dubai, Prague. I have travel and lived in the US for four years. A good experience. I am a curiuos person so I like to experience different cultures. I liked Las Vegas. Stayed there for six days and drove around for a week in Arizona. I have been to the midwest, New Orleans. Soon I will visit my friend in New Jersey. He loves to travel abroad.


201 posted on 05/02/2005 6:10:07 AM PDT by tomjohn77
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To: Dave Elias
You poorly researched posting debases the biggest achievement of the S, which is a free market and a free society.

Major modern inventions by the US:

Television - Nup, The Russians (a workable set) and the British (a scheduled TV broadcast service)

PHILO FARNSWORTH - AMERICAN

Telephone - Wrong an Italian invented this in Cuba

ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL - AMERICAN

Airplanes - OK

WRIGHT BROTHERS - AMERICANS

Electronic Computers - The British

ENIAC - AMERICAN (Sorry, I should have stated PROGAMABLE COMPUTERS)

Light bulbs - The British

THOMAS EDISON - AMERICAN (Although I can see how one could argue Joseph Swann)

Telegraph - The British

SAMUEL MORSE - AMERICAN (Remember Morse Code?)

Internet - OK

SOME GUY AT THE PENTAGON - AMERICAN

Cell Phones - The Finish

EDWIN ARMSTRONG, BELL LABS - AMERICAN

Radar - German

Actually, Radar is a British invention, but a Hertz did come up with the theory.

Nuclear Power - Nup, The Soviet Union had the first nuclear power plant

EXPERIMENTAL BREEDER REACTOR 1 - IDAHO, AMERICA

Nuclear Weapons - OK

MANHATTAN PROJECT - AMERICAN

Rockets - Chinese (this is frankly quite bizzare inclusion in your list)

ROBERT GODDARD - AMERICAN (I was thinking modern rockets, not fireworks)


Major European inventions:

The Car


What's bizarre to me is your attempt to rewrite history.
202 posted on 05/02/2005 7:30:29 AM PDT by oldleft
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To: tomjohn77

> You tyalk like my grandma that was born in 1908 and would never leave Norway

Here's a hint: the US is a LOT bigger than Norway, far more diverse in terms of ecology, climate, culture, language, thenicity, etc that even all of Europe... and with absolutely no need for a passport.

> There is so many wonderful places to go in the world. Thailand, Spain, Ireland, Australia, Dubai, Prague

Ever neeb to Salt Lake City, UT, Monterray, CA, Silvis, IL, Mt. St. Helens?

> Stayed there for six days and drove around for a week in Arizona.

Just a *week*? Way to waste an experience.


203 posted on 05/02/2005 9:04:40 AM PDT by orionblamblam ("You're the poster boy for what ID would turn out if it were taught in our schools." VadeRetro)
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To: RedBloodedAmerican

This plane is as phony as the European Union.


204 posted on 05/02/2005 9:08:05 AM PDT by hgro (ews)
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To: orionblamblam

Well i lived and studyed in the US for 4 years. Been around. A lot to see, but there are more interesting places around the glob


205 posted on 05/02/2005 10:14:13 AM PDT by tomjohn77
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To: tomjohn77

> A lot to see

More than a ifetime's worth. Europe has nothing good to offer that cannot be found in the US, except for simply being different. The Alps have nothing on the Rockies.


206 posted on 05/02/2005 2:21:08 PM PDT by orionblamblam ("You're the poster boy for what ID would turn out if it were taught in our schools." VadeRetro)
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To: orionblamblam

Okay I mention many places outside Europe that are interesting. Acctually I want to see other parts of the world than the US and Europe. Dubai, Australia, Thailand, Japan, China, South Africa, Brazil. Acctually Dubai is a favorite among many Norwegians. My cousin went there on his wedding trip. Looks awesome and it has the only 7 star hotel in the world etc.


207 posted on 05/03/2005 4:26:02 AM PDT by tomjohn77
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To: tomjohn77

> Dubai is a favorite among many Norwegians.

Indicating a defecit in Norway. What makes you think the US is similarly handicapped?

> it has the only 7 star hotel in the world

Whoopee. I prefer little out-of-the-way motels, to tell the truth. Best place I ever stayed was not some 7-star monstrocity, but a house converted into a boarding motel for loggers in the Oregon back woods. No passport needed.


208 posted on 05/03/2005 7:24:19 AM PDT by orionblamblam ("You're the poster boy for what ID would turn out if it were taught in our schools." VadeRetro)
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To: orionblamblam

Guess you tell my friend that is a hard core bush supporter from New Jersey that he doesnt love his country because he likes traveling outside his country. By the way I love out door life too. Logg homes are great, but I also like nice new buildings and other nice things. By the way in Dubai they are building so many cool things. Right now they are building artifical Palm islands that will be covered with nice buildings. Many stars have already bought apartments there. By the way there are things that can be view outside the US that the US does not have. Colloseum in Rome, Eiffel Tower, Taiwan tower, Wall of China that my father visited on a business trip 2-3 years ago etc. You like logg homes I like more things. Its your choice and I will not argue that. I think you are missing out of a lot of experiences, but thats my opinion. Well nice talking to you. Have a nice week.


209 posted on 05/03/2005 7:50:38 AM PDT by tomjohn77
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> Logg homes are great, but I also like nice new buildings and other nice things.

The US has quite a number of nice new buildings and other nice things. Doesn't Norway?

> By the way there are things that can be view outside the US that the US does not have. Colloseum in Rome,

The US is *packed* with sports arenas.

> Eiffel Tower, Taiwan tower,

The US has towers galore. Ever been to the Space Needle?

> Wall of China

Lot's of walls in the US.

> I think you are missing out of a lot of experiences,

What makes you say that? I vacation in the US. It will take me the rest of my life and then some to see even a fraction of what the US has to offer. That being the case, why should I spend my money in foreign nations when *this* nation has more than enough to offer me?


210 posted on 05/03/2005 2:39:39 PM PDT by orionblamblam ("You're the poster boy for what ID would turn out if it were taught in our schools." VadeRetro)
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To: oldleft

I think it's easier to become an educated engineer or scientist in europe while it's easier to start - up in the US.

We can't perform like we do without our economic and scientific global network.


211 posted on 05/11/2005 5:08:34 AM PDT by patience+plumpudding (All fun and games until somebody loses an eye)
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