The Bad News Report

[Nick2]

Dayton, we get it. You haven't been relevant since 1903. You don't have to write letters to us about it.

 

[QCxpat]

15 hours ago, KJHburg said:

Well we could put First in UPC Bar code,  First in Astroturf,  First in AIDS drugs, First in Container Shipping, First Golf Rush in US, etc. but they just dont fit as well.

how about this First in Control Alt Delete function! 

NC compiled a list for the Amazon pitch here it is

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/north-carolina-highlights-innovations-to-attract-companies-including-amazon-to-be-its-next-first-300556176.html

Yet Ohioan continue to come to " NC by coming en masse every summer to each one of our beaches including the "windy hills" of Kill Devil Hills that is on the Outer Banks. From Currituck to Brunswick county Ohioans are a HUGE part of tourism dollars and not to mention visiting our mountains and our Piedmont.

 

"North Carolina is home to some pretty neat inventions! From delicious soft drinks, to miniature-golf,  even machine guns, this state has some outside-of-the-box thinkers.  Of course ‘first in flight’ is the most famous Tar heel invention but check out these fourteen inventions to see just how much our great state has contributed to modern-day life." 

1. Cheerwine, Salisbury, 1917

2. Vicks VapoRub, Selma, 1890

3. Pepsi-Cola, New Bern, 1893

4. Texas Pete, Winston-Salem, 1929

5. Putt Putt Miniature Golf, Fayetteville, 1954

6. Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Winston-Salem, 1937 

       This one's for you, KJ!

7. Universal Product Code, or Barcode, Research Triangle Park, 1969

8. Another RTP invention, Ctrl+Alt+Del.

9. The Gatling Gun, 1861

10. David "Carbine" Williams, firearms inventor and designer, Cumberland County

11. Headache Powder. Durham, 1906

12. Overalls, Clinton, 1859

13. 'Lady Edison' or Beaulah Louise Henry, her inventions include bobbin free sewing machine, the "photograph," and a vacuum-sealed ice cream freezer, born in Raleigh 1887

14. Aviation, 1903, Kitty Hawk

 

Link: https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/north-carolina/inventions-nc/  - "Most People Don't Know these 14 Famous Inventions Came from North Carolina," by Emory Rakestraw, 04/04/2015

Edited October 11, 2018 by QCxpat

[elrodvt]

Home of vapo rub would be pretty funny.

[QCxpat]

1 hour ago, Seabrooke said:

Am I wrong or don’t we already have First in Freedom plates based on Meck Dec? 

You're right  @Seabrooke  Designed by license plate collector and NC historian Charles Robinson, the First in Freedom plate design recognizes 2 important events: (1) the signing of the Meck. Dec. on July 20, 1775, and (2) the Halifax Resolves on April 12, 1776.  These 2 events are commemorated on the NC State flag as the first steps toward independence from Great Britain during the early stages of the American Revolution.

          

Link:   https://www.ncdot.gov/dmv/title-registration/license-plates/Pages/first-freedom-plate.aspx

Edited October 11, 2018 by QCxpat

[KJHburg]

Or about First in Pepsi  too.   Even though I am a Coke guy.

[Nick2]

First in Ohioan relocation?

[DanRNC]

ctrl + alt + del was, in fact, not invented in NC but Florida. 

[elrodvt]

1 hour ago, KJHburg said:

Or about First in Pepsi  too.   Even though I am a Coke guy.

I'm not surprised you're a Coke guy. Have to burn off the burgers somehow. :-)

[QCxpat]

11 hours ago, DanRNC said:

ctrl + alt + del was, in fact, not invented in NC but Florida. 

EXCELLENT CATCH!  Here's the correction from the March 5, 2018 News and Observer.

Raleigh N&O excerpt:  "Turns out the iconic computer reboot command ctrl+alt+delete wasn’t invented in Research Triangle Park as the state advertised.  But its inventor did move to RTP about 15 years later, if that counts.  The inventor, David Bradley, is well-known in computer history for his pioneering role as well as for his ctrl+alt+del invention, which he says was a solution to a problem that took about five minutes to figure out.  Bradley followed IBM to RTP in the mid-1990s, where he worked until he retired in 2004. He also taught at N.C. State University.  Reached by email on Monday, Bradley confirmed he invented the command in 1981 in Boca Raton, FL. "

Link:  https://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/article203595559.html - "Oops. NC needs to delete ctl + alt + delete from list of state's inventions," by Craig Jarvis, March 5, 2018.

Edited October 11, 2018 by QCxpat

[KJHburg]

Well give it to Boca to come up with that.  I will return Control Alt Delete to Palm Beach county.  To the Rat of the Mouth I apologize. 

[deleted]

19 hours ago, CLT2014 said:

They kind of have a point. Our role in flight was geography. Not intellectual capital.  Everything was designed and built in Ohio. We just had wind. 

All true (though we had wind and the dunes).  But it really doesn't matter at this point.  Nationally, it's what we are known for and most of these things are kind of silly anyway.  Those plates are great though and should not change.  It's a top 5 plate (only Colorado is inarguably better, IMO).

[nicholas]

On 10/10/2018 at 6:01 PM, KJHburg said:

Well we could put First in UPC Bar code,  First in Astroturf,  First in AIDS drugs, First in Container Shipping, First Gold Rush in US, etc. but they just dont fit as well.

how about this First in Control Alt Delete function! 

NC compiled a list for the Amazon pitch here it is

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/north-carolina-highlights-innovations-to-attract-companies-including-amazon-to-be-its-next-first-300556176.html

Yet Ohioan continue to come to " NC by coming en masse every summer to each one of our beaches including the "windy hills" of Kill Devil Hills that is on the Outer Banks. From Currituck to Brunswick county Ohioans are a HUGE part of tourism dollars and not to mention visiting our mountains and our Piedmont.

 

"North Carolina: First In Safe-T Cones"

They could put a traffic cone on the license plate.

[11 HouseBZ]

21 hours ago, nicholas said:

"North Carolina: First In Safe-T Cones"

They could put a traffic cone on the license plate.

Better yet, put Traffic Cone (Barrel) Man on the license plates. 

[KJHburg]

Not sure where to put this but on the list of the Best Places for Singles out of 182 cities ranked   Charlotte ranks.........#69   

Hotlanta is ranked #1 LOL
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-worst-cities-for-singles/9015

[Dale]

9 minutes ago, KJHburg said:

Not sure where to put this but on the list of the Best Places for Singles out of 182 cities ranked   Charlotte ranks.........#69   

Hotlanta is ranked #1 LOL
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-worst-cities-for-singles/9015

Apparently, I had to overcome daunting odds in finding my wife here.

[Temeteron]

36 minutes ago, KJHburg said:

Not sure where to put this but on the list of the Best Places for Singles out of 182 cities ranked   Charlotte ranks.........#69   

Hotlanta is ranked #1 LOL
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-worst-cities-for-singles/9015

For the gay scene Charlotte should be last place.  

[Crucial_Infra]

Amazin officially announces NYC and Arlington, VA with new operations center to be located in Nashville 

 

[Dale]

After endless pomp and drama, Amazon picks the region it wanted all along. Throws a flyover city a bone.

[Temeteron]

14 minutes ago, Crucial_Infra said:

Amazin officially announces NYC and Arlington, VA with new operations center to be located in Nashville 

 

 

2 minutes ago, Dale said:

After endless pomp and drama, Amazon picks the region it wanted all along. Throws a flyover city a bone.

They just wanted the free press and attention. SMH. Nashville can suck my left toe. 

[deleted]

1 hour ago, KJHburg said:

Not sure where to put this but on the list of the Best Places for Singles out of 182 cities ranked   Charlotte ranks.........#69   

Hotlanta is ranked #1 LOL
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-worst-cities-for-singles/9015

69 for singles...heh, heh.  Could be worse.

[sclark]

Looks like Apple has chosen Austin for their big expansion. FWIW, I never thought we could land this, but I thought the Triangle had a chance. 

https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/13/18139009/apple-billion-dollar-austin-campus-us-expansion

 

Edited December 13, 2018 by sclark

[rancenc]

2 hours ago, sclark said:

Looks like Apple has chosen Austin for their big expansion. FWIW, I never thought we could land this, but I thought the Triangle had a chance. 

https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/13/18139009/apple-billion-dollar-austin-campus-us-expansion

 

In essence this is just an expansion of their current operations in Austin....probably cheaper for them in the long run

[navigator319]

8 minutes ago, rancenc said:

In essence this is just an expansion of their current operations in Austin....probably cheaper for them in the long run

Not exactly..   15k jobs 1 billion investment.  yes its close to their current and synergies I'm sure played a part but its big.

NC left out in the cold other then data center expansion to what they already have in the foothills 

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/13/apple-to-invest-1-billion-in-new-austin-campus.html

Edited December 13, 2018 by navigator319

[KJHburg]

5000 jobs and could possibly grow to 15,000. Important to note they have 6200 employees in Austin already.  I think it more of going with what you know https://www.statesman.com/news/20181213/apple-plans-new-1-billion-austin-campus-5000-more-jobs   I thing I noticed it says the average salary in Austin is $58,000 which sounds like a lot more customer service jobs (in the facility they have now) 

Though this would have been fantastic for the Triangle  but NC and the Triangle are doing fine with lots of bread and butter expansion.  Home grown Pendo in Raleigh is adding 590 jobs there and the overall the state added 109,000 jobs in 2018 and should add 120,000 in 2019 (see my post in Good news) 

[kermit]

The worst part of the announcement was that  Apple also announced:

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The company also announced plans to establish new sites in Seattle, San Diego and Culver City and expand in cities across the United States including Pittsburgh, New York and Boulder, Colorado over the next three years

This was a serious middle finger to NC (CBJ Said  ‘Apple snubs NC’ in its headline). Multiple sources are suggesting that we are not as done with HB2 as we thought we were:

From this morning’s Business NC email update:

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Several state business leaders in recent weeks told me they were worried that Apple CEO Tim Cook remained wary of North Carolina's tolerance for diversity after the HB2 debate. He's a Duke graduate who knows lots about our state.

Given that Apple was looking for a suburban office park setup (what we do best) and we couldn’t land it this bodes poorly for attracting any socially aware company.

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2018/12/apple-to-build-new-campus-in-austin-and-add-jobs-across-the-us

 

Edited December 13, 2018 by kermit