I heard that! I don't remember that episode offhand, though. Nice chatting with you! Have a nice night.


I find it neat that football is regional.  Some people think soccer, some people thing rugby.  But the game is still a ball and a opposing team.


Not really.  I will watch a game that I think is good.  The 1916 222 to 0 when Georgia tech beat cumberland would not count as good.


That probably was not a good game to watch at all, very painful even to hear about.


Do you think ESPN should have won an emmy for the superimposed yellow first down line?


I don't see why not, people have won awards for much less impressive deeds.  It's become so associated with the sport while watching on tv, I would say it was deserved.


It would seem that there are more winners and losers than just the team on the field.  ESPN and the NFL it self are money generating companies.  The talent like Benjarvus green-Ellis wins or looses.


Yeah, I agree with you.  Do you know he never fumbled a ball his entire career?  That's what needs an award.


Right, he takes the risk and does an amazing thing.  It is funny to think that soccer has more fans and makes more money than football, basketball, baseball, golf, tennis and hockey combined.


Yeah, it is hard to believe but it is so popular in the rest of the world, I can see it being a big money maker.In the 1960s the top bowlers in the US made twice as much as the top football stars.  Times change.


Bowling, the sport where drinking and nachos are encouraged.  Did you know John Stewart, the late night TV host played soccer in college?


I think I had read somewhere that he had represented the US at the Pan American Maccabi games in Brazil in 1983.  Multitalented guy, he is.


It would seem he is.  Soccer and foot ball are different games, but the end result is the same.  I would be tired running the field to put a ball into a goal at the end.  It is much easier without an opposing team.


That's so true, I was shocked to learn that there is a variation of soccer where three teams face each other at the same time.


It defies common sense in a way. I would like to see that game.  Is the field still a rectangle?


I'm unsure of field shape, it might be triangle shaped?


Well, 250 million people play the game.  You would think between us we would know someone that plays.  I do not.  You?


I've heard of German Soccer player, Mesut Ozil only because he donated hos 300,000 Euro World Cup victory bonus to pay for surgeries for 23 children in Brazil.


He sounds like a nice guy.  He must be good with the spherical ball and get along with his eleven teammates.


He must be.lol Do you know it is caleed soccer by Americans because it was slang for association football?


So, association football is another name for soccer?  Right. Hockey is another sport where the meaning changes based on location.  Most of the world thinks field hockey.  More running back and forth on a pitch.


True again, lots of running.  Gets the heart pumping.  Well, it's been nice chatting with you this afternoon.  I need to go walk my dog, I'll talk to you later, friend.


hey, im having a really good day what about you?


Good, thanks. Just a bit tired. Do you think our government is old?


I guess its 250ish years old, so kind of old but not really, what do you think?


Well, not very old considering ancient history. But I guess our government is one of the best. At least we have representation in our government.


yup I agree, this says republicans and democrats have had annual baseball games since 1909, and republicans are leading by 3, which I think is interesting


I guess it's good for comradery. I wasn't that aware of it until the shooting last year. I'm surprised that it began so long ago and continued.


ya that is crazy, kind of like the first woman voting in 1916, seems so long ago but not really


It was actually 1920 before women voted, but the shocking news is that in 1916 a woman was elected to congress. Now that is backwards.


ah I must have misread, ya that is really messed up it worked out that way, also how until 1804 the runner up would become the vice president, imagine the struggling because the VP does almost nothing


Oh, I know. What a mess it would be to have President and VP on opposite sides of the issues. That would be like having Trump as President and Hillary as VP. They would kill each other.


haha ya they would, almost seems interesting though, like I would love to see a tv show based on those two sharing power somehow haha


Wow. what a nightmare. Have you seen any good concerts lately?


not lately, although I usually go to lollapalooza every year, I didn't go this year, what about you?


I like to go to Christian concerts, but haven't been for a while. What kind of setting is lollapalooza?


ah it takes place in chicago, it has like 4 huge stages and different artists are playing at all times, lots of young people but I like it its a fun environment


Oh, got it. I've been to something like that a few times. Have you even been to an outdoor amphitheater? I've seen some in photos, and a sports stadium in Greece.


no I haven't but I've heard good things, how was that?


Fun. Did you notice that some of our presidents were very wealthy? I wonder about all the wealthy congress people and maybe they just can't relate to the average citizen.


I did know about that, i think i read the top 3 most wealthy were washington, jeffereson, and jfk, which shocked me that trump wasnt on there, but I think they're adjusting for inflation


Oh, yes. Maybe Trump just isn't in the equation yet. Bet he's right up there. Hey thanks for visiting with me. Have a blessed day.


It looks like the wealthiest presidents in American history JFK, Washington and Jefferson!


That's surprising! But not as surprising as facts about Indonesia's president - did you know that they have released 3 pop albums, while in office?


No I didn't, that's really interesting!  It almost seems like a conflict of interest, like he shouldn't be devoting so much time to making music.


I agree. I wonder if they're any good, and if he was a musician prior to taking office or if he started after being elected?


Good question!  Did you realize that there are actually subway lines that are only for congressmen?  Three of them.


I heard that! That's wild. I wonder how much they cost? Side note - apparently Republicans are better at baseball than Democrats! I feel like that's a surprising fact too haha.


That's funny!  The first woman was elected to congress before she even had rights to vote.


That's such a funny fact! It wasn't all that long ago too I guess. Are you a fan of going to concerts? Apparently in Croatia, there's an ancient roman amphitheater that's still in use. I'd love to see a show there!


That would be amazing!  Another fun fact is The Ramones toured for over 20 years.  I had no idea.  Ironically, I think they became more popular when they stopped being a band.


Yeah agreed! I can't imagine being on tour for that long. Did you see that Linkin Park played 324 concerts in one year? I feel like that much touring is hard work! Much harder than a desk job haha.


Very true!  It's a hard lifestyle.  So in 1972 Pink Floyd had no audience when he recorded a live concert in the roman amphitheater in Pompei.


Hmm, interesting! I wonder why they did that? Still not the worst concert ever - apparently Creed was sued for a terrible concert! I wonder what made it so bad?


I don't know, but I see they were actually sued for it.


Yeah, by four different people too! Do you think any other band has been sued for a bad gig?


I don't know, it's interesting though.  I'm trying to figure out what the article says about Elmo testifying in congress.


Oh yeah! I wonder what he was testifying about? And how? That's super weird. And seems like a waste of taxpayer dollars haha. Would you ever play fantasy congress?


No, I get confused about how congress and legislature works.  Looks like it's been around since the 1700's.


That's fair. It's interesting that the word congress was first used in the US government. It seems like an older term for some reason.


Yes it does.  The term has been adopted by many nations apparently.


Do you know how many nations have adopted it? It's weird that it's Latin in origin.


No, I don't know.  We sure have learned some interesting facts from these articles.  It was a pleasure chatting with you!  Have a Great night!


Hello,How are you? Do you like to go to concerts?


Yes, I've gone to lots and lots of concerts but none lately. How about you, any current concerts that you went to?


I too, have been to alot of concerts. They've seem to tour my area. The last one I went to before christmas was Rod Stewart.


Wow, I saw Rod many years ago but not lately.  I love concerts especially outside concerts at the amphitheaters. I remember seeing Van Halen at the Philadelphia Spectrum that was an amphitheater.  It was just huge and the sound was great.


I do too! I have seen the Stones a few times in amphitheaters, with fireworks at the end The whole thing is fun!


I know, right? I've even heard that the Ramones toured nonstop for almost twenty years.  They played a total of 2,263 concerts.  They must have been having some big fun!


I saw that, That 's one I haven't seen. They keep them busy! How about that ancient roman amphitheater in Pompei with Pink Floyd?


Yes, that was way back in the day in 1972. That must have been where they recorded "The Wall", that's my guess.


Could be!  with no audience, the sound there must be outstanding!


Well, I thought at an ancient roman amphitheater they saw all them bricks and thought, all-in-all we're  just another brick on the wall!  Even Linkin Park must have loved playing concerts because they did 324 of them in 2001.


Yes, I know about Linkin Park doing that many!  Makes sense....Well, guess Elmo is the only non-human before congress to testify! Who knew?


Now that is funny too! I love Elmo.  I heard they play Fantasy Congress where the players draft members of congress based off of their legislative successes. How lame is that?


I was thinking the same thing. So typical! Didn't know they had a yearly baseball game for both sides since 1908.


I thought that was since 1909 that the US Congress played a baseball game with the Republicans vs. the Democrats. I also heard that the Republicans were leading by three wins. Gee, how enlightening!


lol, yes it is nine, typo.  By three wins, interesting. The 13 British colonies chose the word Congressus in the 1770's


Yes, that word "Congress" means self-governing entities. Then in 1789 the term was also applied to the legislature of the US federal government. And now, that same term has been adopted by many nations to refer to their national legislatures. It's interesting to know the source and history behind it.


Yes, I read that! I would have thought there would be more Presidents added to that list than 3 for the wealthiest!


I agree. And exactly "how" did they get all their money? I know JFK inherited his from his dad's bootlegging business. I don't know where Washington or Jefferson got theirs


I think Washington and Jefferson owned alot of land! Good chat!!


Yes, I think they had land ownership in their pockets. Yes, good chat!


The soundtrack to JAWS.  Did you know Steven Spielberg played the clarinet in it. Funny, funny stuff.


He is a talented man! Phil Collins recorded Tarzans sound track in multiple languages. Also talented because that sounds difficult to get the emotions right.


Whats weird is I have no idea what the tarzan soundtrack would sound like. English, Italian, German, Spanish or french, no idea at all.


I don't speak anything but English, so yeah,  I get it.


Even with it in english, I have no idea.  I wonder what Daft Punk people look like.  The Tron soundtrack, I think I know.


Sounds about right. I'm very impressed that the "o brother, where art thou" album was 8x platinum, though it was good, catchy music


Yes, what an odd thing.  Must have hit the right combination of new trendy people who buy everything and people that like the genre of music. The obrother soundtrack helped the film a lot.


Yes, a big name helps a lot.  Speaking of big names, the first president of Zimbabwe was called President Banana.  I hope he was the tops.


Indeed.  Kind of odd how people vote some times.  Think how the 2016 election would have gone if the presidential runner up became the vice president. Thats how the system was in 1805. President Banana has a mushy record on some things.


LOL. I would like to see political somewhat opposites in office together, though we do have to face that american politics arent as varied and polar than other countries.


It is kind of funny to think, half of all voters will be disappointed in any election.  The president of indonesia has released 3 record albums while in office.


He gave the people what they want, a catchy beat they can dance to. The guest house of the white house is larger than the white house.


The thickness of the walls. Whats more of a surprise, 86% of Nevada is us government owned, or a man in France sold the Eiffel tower twice?


That's a lot of gov land in one state. area 51


Sand.  Lots and lots of nothing. If a man in Nevada managed to sell the Eiffel tower that would be something remarkable.


did you know that Pilgrims actually wore a lot of color and only wore those stereotypical black and white clothes for special occasions


That's news to me. did you know that there is a store in alabama that sells clothes, cameras and other stuff left at baggage claim.


ha no but I always wondered what they did with that stuff, I also didn't know Apple made clothes in 1986, I wonder if they're worth money


I didn't not know that. Rip curls clothes say China even though they are made in North korea


I wonder what types of clothes those are? Apparently polo shirts were invented by tennis players and only later were used by actual polo players


That's ironic. I didn't realize there was a difference in button up and bottom down shirts.


ya I never heard of that, I do love that in hawaii people wear those colorful aloha shirts insteada of professional suits haha


I just moved from Hawaii so I did know that lol. Are you watching the Superbowl this weekend. The highest scored football was 222-0


that's wild, I will be watching it but I don't really follow football, the Patriots should only give the ball to Green-Ellis he's never fumbled the ball in his whole career haha


They need him back on the team. In 1960 top bowlers made twice as much as top football players.


that is crazy, I guess one football team painted their visiting team's locker room pink, I wonder if that makes them more or less likely to win


I saw that it was university of Iowa. I wonder if they are trying to send a message to the them how some see it as a girly color


yes, if it were me I'd get more upset that they did that and probably play better football, but who knows, I'd be interested in their win/loss ratio


ESPN won an Emmy for making the yellow line that represents the first down line


that is wild, did you know that at the funeral of Billy mays all of thiss pallbearers wore khaki pants and blue shirts instead of suits?


I like how style changes over time, in china it was fashionable to wear as many shirts as possible and pop the collars haha


Fashion aficionados look for collar gaps on your clothes to tell if you get your clothes tailored or not


I have gotten into tailoring my own clothes actually, I use a sewing machine and hem my shirts so that they are more fitted, it works great! Have you tried this?


No I have not. I'm not good at sewing. I just read that the tennis player who came up with polo shirts nickname was the crocodile. Probably why there is a crock on the polo shirts


mmmm have you tried crocodile? They actually are related to birds more closely than lizards, and I can tell you that they do taste like chicken haha


Hi. It's hard to choose. I like so many. I mean, after all there over 7 million different species on the planet.  If I had to pick off the top of my head I would say dogs, horses, and killer whales.  What are your favorites?


I find wolves to be amazing animals, though am equally amazed to find the Loch Ness MOnster is a protected species.


I like wolves as well.  I've heard about the loch ness monster being protected.  I wonder if Scotland did that just in case it is ever discovered it will already be protected.


Another good idea is what the netherlands are doing.  They are building special bridges for wildlife so they can cross roads without being hit by cars.


That's quite cool. Germany also gave animals constitutionally guaranteed rights


I think I saw something about that on the news.  That is a great idea so long as they don't take it too far.  Did you know that there are some animals that can live forever?


There is a type of jellyfish and a lobster that are considered biologically immortal.


Wow. Not sure I would ever want that. There are 20 quintillion indivudual animals on earth. I wonder how many zeroes?


I have no idea lol!  It makes sense though that there are so many.  I just think about my daily life and everything I see from insects to birds to any other animal and that's quite a bit just in my life.  You know i've heard that animals from different regions have diailects or speak different langauges.  I guess the animals around me may talk the way that the people do here!


How about this... Zimbabwe has a president called "President Banana." I hope that has to do with fruit production


Oh my goodness! I hope it does too!  That would be so humiliating otherwise.


Or just really enjoys bananas on cheerios. Who knows!


Perhaps so!  Did you know that the last president in america that could speak a foreign language was franklin roosevelt?


I wish I were surprised. The man was well cultured. Surprised noone between those speaks anything


It surprises me i have to admit.  I recently learned to that the only president that to have a phd was woodrow wilson.  What has happened to our presidents through the years?


More were business people than academics, in truth.


You are probably right about that.  Business people and family members.  Guatemala won't let close relatives of presidents run for president.


I love cars. DO you know when the drive thru was invented?


Yes and do you know why they invented it?


Yes because soldiers were not allowed to leave their cars while wearing fatigues


Yeah. Do you know why the trunk of the car is called that?


Yes because old cars used to have wooden trunks


Yeah. Do you know how Cadillac was named?


Yes after the founder of Detroit, de la Mothe Cadillac


Yeah. Do you know who Jonn Mardenborough is?


Yes the guy that became a professional driver by beating 90 000 people on gran turismo


Yeah that is so cool. In South Africa you are allowed yo hook up flame throwers to your car


yes that us to protect them from carjacking


Yes all the time. Do you know why NY area code is 212?


That is because it was easy to dial on a rotary phone


No but I hear if two of them get stuck together, there is no separating them


Yeah. Do you know how much computing power an iPhone has?


Yes more than the us icbm nuclear deterrent


Yeah that is a lot, it is a bit scary to think about it


I am good.  It is amazing to me how much technology is intertwined in our daily lives.  People cannot live without their Iphones


I dont have an iphone. i understand how people get addicted to the things though.


Well, I meant smart phones and devices in general.  Smart phones have such amazing computer power nowadays.


yeah, i find that people are glued to them. not really a telephone anymore. no one talks on them! LOL


This is true.  We have come a long way from the old rotary phone!


Man, those things were sooooooooooooooo slow. I hated using them.


I think it is crazy that when google went down in 2013, more than 40 percent of web traffic was effected


Yeah, what are people going to do without the internet? how will they function? we are all doomed


I will give google credit for creativity however.  Instead of hiring lawnmowers, they use goats to eat the grass at their office


If the goats get stock options, you can sign me up! Ill eat grass!


I wish I had invested in Google when they first went public on 2004.


boy, you and me both. Amazon, netflix, there were a bunch that blew up!


Of course now Google and all of its interests are under the name Alphabet.


Yes, i bet that is for tax purposes and such. those guys sure are cunning. Now i really wish I had bought stock. LOL


Their headquarters is amazing.  It is located in Mountain View California and is dubbed the GooglePlex.


That is a great name! complex, googleplex, good pun. I figure that most people would love to work there.


They get great reviews on Employee satisfaction.  Larry Page has been running the company since 1998


I wonder how much turnover they get. people must want to stay and enjoy the dogs and goats.


They are known for a very good benefits package as well as solid compensation.


Hm. maybe i should apply? I have pretty good chatting skills LOL


Well I hope you have a good day.  Goodbye


Hello there, do you listen to the radio much these days?


I do try to, but I have heard there are huge pay gaps.


Yeah I'm sure there still are unfortunately.  Did you hear about the Canadian law regarding the radio?


Well I guess by law, there must be at least 40% of the music broadcasted be actual Canadian bands and acts.


I bet the Canadian artists all really love that rule.


I am sure. I sis not realize that in a survey it was found that women working in the art make 20k less on average than men.


I can believe that, it's so sad that pay gaps like that exist in most professions.


It is. A change in UK law required companies with more than 250 employees to disclose gender pay gaps. On average men made 30% more.


I can see that, I think it is time to make it illegal for those pay gaps to exist.


Agreed. Another study found only 28% of workforce in recording are women.


Yeah it sounds like the problem isn't just the pay either.  It sounds like women are subjected to daily things as well.


Yes. I have read that even when women are recording in studio they are told things like they don't need headphones as they will mess up their hair!


Exactly! I wouldn't want to have to listen to that type of stuff if I was a woman!


It stinks! So anyway, talking about radio, Jupiter has storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio!!


That is incredible!  Did you read about how soldiers used to make their own radios?


No! That's great! So similar to radio are phones. Ddi you know that New York's area code is 212 because it was quickest to dial on a rotary phone?


I think I heard that before, very interesting.  I wonder about all of the original workers putting up those telephones lines way up high, must have been dangerous.


I would say so! But no more dangerous than playing guitar. I have heard that when Eddie Van Halen recorded the guitar solo for "beat it" he set the studio speakers on fire! Yikes!!


That is awesome!  Well it was nice talking with you today, I hope you have a good day!


I do. DO you know when the drive thru was invented?


Yes , soldiers were not allowed out of the cars in their fatigues


Yes. Do you know why is the trunk of the car called that?


Yes because old cars used to have wooden trunks


Yes. DO you know how cadillac got its name?


It got the name from the founder of detroit, de la Mothe Cadillac


Yes. Do you know how Jann Mardenborough became a professional driver?


Yes he beat 90 000 people on gran turismo. DO you use your phone much?


Yes a lot. DO you know why NY area code is 212?


Because it was easy to dial on a rotary phone


Yes and I hear if two get stuck together there is so separating them


Yes. UNICEF donates clean water when we do not use our phones


I wonder how they do that and maybe we can help more there


Yeah true. Do you have an iPhone or an Android?


I have an iPhone. Do you know how much computing power it has?


Yeah that is a lot . Very nice chatting with you


Sometimes I get to telecommute. Do you get a chance to?


I work from home, so I guess I do every day! I'm surprised some bosses don't like it.


The bosses are worried that people are goofing off at home, getting drunk, etc.


Keeping vehicles off the road is a good incentive though.


I would say so, too. I think that there are so many benefits to telecommuting, probably for office workers that need quiet places to think.


and not as many interruptions! It is so easy to work from home now.


The other choice is to let people commute at different hours, like 10:30 a.m.


That would be interesting. the dept. of education is making it harder to telecommute. Thats too bad.


How are they making it more difficult? I think with traffic congestion, the govt would want more people off the roads.


That's too bad. I think that working from home could be a perk that would attract workers. Even at work places, people can shirk. No incentive to work hard if the boss isn't nice.


Very true. IT securtiy in Washington are not allowing people to access government servers from their wifi either. Making it tough on a lot of people.


The govt needs to control access to its systems, but the workers should have a way to get in to get work done. Govt jobs have less appeal because of this.


I agree. Did you know that wiki leaks published the plans the gov had to destroy wikileaks?


That's ironic! I bet Wikileaks has all kinds of interesting gov't plans.


I bet too! Did you know that the govt owns 86% of neveda? I had no idea!


I think the govt control the land for minerals and air space and such.


I think they run cattle there too. A man sold the eiffel tower 2x!


Yeah, people will buy anything. Say, I got a bridge in Brooklyn that you might be interested in.


I think Julianie is trying to sell it to me too!


Well, there's a lot of money in bridges these days. The market is hot! Don't miss your chance! You might find a bunch of classic cars on the bridge that you could sell.


wouldn't that be fun! The trunk of your car is called that because old cars used to have wooden trunks on the back.


That makes sense. Well, thanks for the chat!


Hello,  yes sometimes,  how about yourself?


Not really anymore. Did you know that soldiers in WW2 could make a radio from a Pencil and razorblade?


That is really amazing,  I don't even know how radios work so I probably couldnt do that lol


oooh is that with Tom Hanks?  Or am I just thinking every war movie is with Tom Hanks lol


No, it is with Bruce Willis and Colin Farrell.


It was ok, I recommend it if you like WW2 movies. Did you know that Jupiter has radio storms so loud that they can be picked up by AM radio.


Yeah I have never gotten the chance to listen to it though.  Have you?  Did you know theres a website that you can listen to old classic radio dramas?


Nah, I'm not interested in old classic radio dramas, are you?


Not really,  but thats cool for people who do!  And its free!


Yes,  I do like baseball.  How about you?


Yeah, i think it is a great game. I love it to be honest.


Nice, they were popular with Gwynn and Bonds, are you a fan of them?


Yeah,  definitely Barry Bonds.  In the past few years they have won a few world series so we are not totally loss without bonds lol


You are lucky, we never win over here. Nice chatting with you!


A bit, I watch it from time to time, if done right it can be amazing.


I have, I know the actor on there was paid very very well


Yes!  Hugh Laurie earned $700,000 per episode making him the highest paid actor for a tv drama.


that is very good money, you cannot go wrong with that kind of salary


Wish I made that! lol  Jim Carrey doesn't make dramas anymore because his belief system prevents him from playing in movies that don't project positivity.  Kudos to him for that! I like his belief system.


that really is awesome, we need more people like Carrey in the world, he is a good dude


I agree!  You don't happen to know of anywhere I can find classic radio dramas for free?


I do not unfortunately, I do not know too much about radio honestly


Ok.  Michael Caine became an actor because all the prettiest girls at his school were in drama class.  That's funny!


that is a smart man haha, there are  a lot of very pretty actresses, like Ellie Kemper for example!


I agree!  I loved the Office!  She once was a student of Jon Mamms' when he taught drama at his old high school.


It really is a small world, I wonder if he knew that he would be teaching such successful students


Probably not.  lol Are you a basketball fan?


I am, I am a huge Mavericks fan, are you a fan at all?


I'm a Celtics fan.  Do you remember Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?


I do, he was fantastic, I remember he got dunking banned he was so dominant


Yes!  The New Zealand basketball team is nicknamed the "tall blacks".  That wouldn't fly here in the states.


most certainly not, maybe it is a mistranslation or something along those lines


I'm a big fan!  Do you remember Kareem Abdu-Jabbar?


Yes, i am pretty sure he got the dunk banned in college because he was so good at it.


Yes!  The only losing coach in the history of the University of Kansas was the inventor of basketball James Naismith.  How ironic.


For sure, you think he could win at his own invention lol


Right?  lol  In 39 out of 50 states the highest paid state employee is either a college basketball or football coach!


That is crazy to think, do you know the supreme court has the highest court in the land in their building?


That's kind of neat!  I wish my place of work had something like that.


Right, my place of work does because I work at a school lol. Did you know New zealand has a team nicknamed tall blacks, kind of racist I think


Awesome!  ..and holy smokes!  That is!  That wouldn't go over well in the NBA.


For sure, the team would be kicked out lol, do you have a favorite NBA team?


I like the Cavs just because that is where I'm from.  However, I follow everyone close because I'm a fan.  Same for baseball and football.  I just love those 3 sports.


Poor Cavs, they aren't doing too hot. I was a big reggie miller fan in the 90s


lol  Sure seems like they stink without Lebron.  I remember him.  Played for Indiana.  Did you hear about how his sister outdid him?


Yea he was so excited scoring like 40 points and she had 105!


I bet he was quiet around the house for a few days.  No bragging  rights.  lol  Allen Iverson had to have signed the most lucrative endorsement deal ever when he signed with Reebok in 2001 to receive $800,000 a year until he reaches 55 when at that time he would receive a 32 million lump sum payment.  That's a lot of cashola!


That is so much, too bad he isn't keeping all that money, sounds like he is broke until 55


I really don't know how these guys burn through their money.  It boggles my mind.  Tim Duncan sacrificed money to stay in college instead of going right to the NBA.


I think Duncan did it for his dying grandmas last wish, so great! Good chatting with you!


That is awesome!  It was my pleasure.  Hope you have a great night!


did You know that Hugh laurie is the highest paid actor ever for tv drama, earning $700,000 per episode in "House" ?


no.  I did not know about that fact.  But he is one of my favorite actors


Yes, but I started very late - after all the seasons were aired already. I was never a fan of hospital dramas, but this one was awesome !


I like to play, but I rarely watch, why ?


I watch playoff basketball, almost every single series


Yep, I am a diehard fan.  Did you know that Space is the highest grossing basketball movie of all time


I don't think I've ever seen that movie...


i saw that movie a while ago.  Btw, did you know that vasectomy rate increase during college basketball tournament so that men can stay at home to watch the tournament for a more few days


this is true devotion. Would You ever do that ? ;)


I doubt it though because vasectomy has its risk, and I do not want to put someone in this situation because of my hobby.  Hahaha


Yeah, You're right. I guess it's not worth it :)


Did you know that both volleyball and basketball were invented at the ymca.  And I am wondering why it was so


They probably had whole bunch of people with too much time on their hands ;) lol


That makes a lot of sense.  And I think that is very much the reason


I wonder how You "invent" a game like basketball ;)


I do not know it either.  I believe the game's rules have gone through a lot of changes and modifications.  By the way, nice chatting with you.  Have a happy holiday


Interesting, John Wicks who is a U.K. pop genius once called Virginia home.


Don't think I've ever heard of him. Did you know that Myspace turned down an offer to buy Facebook for $75 million in early 2005?


Crazy, but there was no guarantee that Myspace would have been successful with Facebook.


Maybe so... Did you know that Linkin Park played 324 concerts in 2001? That's a lot of concerts!


No, Linkin Park was not big around here. But I hear that Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up by AM radio.


Those are some strong signals! I just learned that Pink Floyd recorded a live concert in Pompeii in 1972 with no audience! That would have been fun to see.


Aweomse! I never heard that before. I wonder if the Facebook "like" button is illegal there too?


Wow, I didn't know it was actually illegal anywhere. Wonder what the reasoning is?


I'm not sure, but it is illegal in the German State of Schleswig-Holstein.


Did you know that Mark Zuckerburg is color blind? Hence the blue coloring on Facebook.


No, I didn't. That is crazy. Is it just for certain colors?


I guess it's from red-green colorblindness.


Interesting, well at least he doesn't live in Canada, I heard they make you play Canadian music 40% of the time there!


I wonder how they check that? Did you know a simple radio can somehow be made with a razorblade and a pencil? Apparently soldiers did it in WWII!


I'm not surprised, this was in a movie I saw, I think it was Hart's War with Bruce Willis.


Will have to check that out. You can also check out a weekly new program conducted entirely in classical latin on Finnish radio!


I don't think I would listen to that, but it sounds pretty cool. There is also a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free.


Wonder if they're any good. Did you know that in Croatia, there's an ancient Roman amphitheater where you can still see concerts? Must be cool.


No, I did not. Do you think there are a lot of pictures on Facebook?


That is crazy! Burger Kins started a promotion where if you unfriend 10 people you get a free whopper, did you participate?


I used to play basketball at high school but I was not that good.  The dunk was banned from college basketball for a decade.


Really, that's interesting. Funny, the US Supreme Courts top floor is called the highest court in the land!


Yes, I heard that they have a basketball court on the top floor of their building.


No.  I would be interested to discuss the topic.


Really, I like women's basketball! Do you like drama too? Mime is so interesting to me.


I watch them on tv.  The person who played dr. House made 750000 per episode.


Yes, Do you play basketball now? I used to play with my brothers a lot. I loved it.


I do not.  I'm old now. James Naismith invented basketball at a YMCA location.


I saw that, I wondered who started it. I think volleyball was too! I think it was smart that Tim Duncan finished college before going directly to the nba.


He was lucky that he could still join the NBA after he graduated from college.  If I knew I would make a lot of money by joining the NBA, I might skip college.  The offer might not be given years later.


That's true, or if he got hurt. Do you like Erin from the office?


Yes, I did. Is the office still around?  Erin was one of Jon Hamm's students at high school.


My daughter watches it on the internet. Did you use the granny style in high school when you played basketball?


No.  nba players do not want to use the style because they think it looks stupid.


lol, I know, funny. Nike made a lot of money off those air jordan's!


Air jordan used to be banned by the NBA.  Nike kept paying penalties because Jordan wanted to wear the shoes during the games.  The penalty meant nothing to Nike since the shoes became very popular and had generated exceptional profits.


Yes, I know, smart move on Nike's part. Do you like JIm Carrey or Michael Caine's movies?


I prefer Michael Caine.  He joined the drama class because he wanted to meet pretty girls.  Anyway, I've got to run.  Nice chatting with you.


Yea, I'm a huge knicks fan but follow the other 29 teams in the NBA, you?


I personally root for the Bulls, have since Jordan played.


The game was so much better then, it's crazy that the Air Jordans were originally banned by the nba when they first came out


And Nike believed in Jordan and them so much they just paid the fines!


It was a smart move by Nike, Air Jordan made them billions of dollars


It certainly did, they are still popular today!


Yea and set the tone for people like Iverson to get lifetime endorsements with Reebok


He made out well with that deal, I dont think his shoes have sold nearly as well.


No when Iverson hits 55 he'll get a 32,000,000 lump sum regardless


That is pretty incredible.  If even take the $800,000 per year he is making, Even for just one year!


Yea, it's pretty crazy that Duncan never got a shoe deal but he probably didn't want one, he did sacrifice money to stay in college


That was likely the smart option.  Many players are bankrupt 5 years after retiring.


That's a shame, kinda like Reggie Miller getting out shined by his sister Cheryl when she scored 105 points in one game


Yeah, teams dont even score that, but he made hall of fame, so its all good!


I wonder if players would score more if they shot granny style since its the best technique according to physicists


Probably.  If shaq did that he might have been better at the line.  lol


Shaq would still probably miss lol. It's crazy that college basketball banned dunking due to how dominant Kareem abdul-jabbar was with it


I  know, I couldnt imagine it without the dunk!


I wonder if anyone ever dunked on the basketball court at the supreme court


Highest court in the land!!  Great chat!  Have a great day!


Yo dawg! What up? I do like me some of them hoops yo.


I have heard the dude's name. He changed it when he went Muslim, I think.


I do not know that but the guy was so good at slam dunk that the shot got banned for a while


The power-that-be did not like the dominance of a fellow of his background, so they banned the shot to keep him and his people down. But times have changed, and he and his people rightly reclaim that which is theirs.


yeah if you can manage to do it, then you should be allowed


Tru dat. The man had the talent, he should parade it. James Naismith, inventor of basketball, would say as much. Why do coaches get paid so much?


I guess it is an expensive sport to watch and they make a lot of money off of it


The money goes to the coach, so it ain't going to players. The fans watch the players. Something ain't right. Feels like a planation to me. Why the New Zealand team got to name their team Tall Blacks?


I have no idea but I do not think that would work very well here in the states


That's right. They should be the African New Zealanders or the New African Zealands or something. The NBA ought to get involved and straighten this mess out! They could talk to scientists about it.


Yeah well maybe it is a caring name. do you know/like tim duncan?


Tim and I weren't never really on good terms, if you know what Im saying. He didn't take my advice about college.


Did you propose to him that he drop out and join the NBA?


There ain't nothing but benjamins in this life. That college might help someone that wants to study granny style shooting, but it ain't for playas.


I guess they do not prefer it but I still think if it gets you the points then just take it


Basketball is an art form. The best players play with their heart, not their head. Tim Duncan learned that lesson late. He went to college to learn that he did not need college.


Well, he got both actually so good for him. I think he was a great player


The man has heart, but not enough soul. He lost his soul on account of school. Look at Michael Jordan. He knew what to do. Wore them kicks even though they was banned. Got paid.


Yeah well he was certainly smart about that. nice chat :)


Hello.  I love TV drama's and I can't believe that Hugh Laurie is the highest paid actor for a TV drama.  He makes about 700,000 dollars per episode on House.  Have you ever watched House?


WOW... that is hard to believe!  Yes, i have seen House, it's a pretty awesome show!  You ever listened to the old radio dramas?  Apparently you can listen to them for free!


Wow really!  I have never tried to listen to dramas.  I used to like watching Jim Carrey in dramas but he's retired.  He only wants to bring joy on screen.


Talk about drama?  How about dram that is in Basketbal, Like everytime you turn around Lebron James is brining drama to another team!


I love Lebron James and yes he brings the drama.  Speaking of Drama what do you think about the New Zealand basketball team nicknamed the "tall black"?


OMG... really?  That is crazy... you would NEVER get away with that in the states!  Did you see that 39 of the 50 states highest paid state employees are either college football or basketball coaches?


Well that's good I guess, but I can't help but feel sorry for James Naismith, the inventor of basketball.  He is the only losing coach in the University of Kansas.  Not a good legacy to leave behind.


Hey, at least he has the pleasure of claiming to be the inventor of basketball?  I wanna play basket ball on the "Highest court in the land" inside the supreme court building!!


That would be a great experience for sure.  I wish I could have witnessed Kareem Abdul Jabbar's dominant use fo the dunk.  I believe he got this shot banned from college basketball for over a decade!  Not cool.


I know right!  Crazy!  Not as crazy as ALeen iverson getting paid 800,000 dollars a year from rebok and when he turns 55 he gets a lump sum of 32,000,000 dollars... WOW!


That is an insane amount of money to play basketball.  Maybe Iverson is so good because he uses the "granny style" of shooting to consistently score points on the line.  Maybe those other NBA players that refuse to do it would be as rich as Iverson.


Yeah... it was an endorsement deal with reebok!  That's funny that reggie millers sister always scored more points than him in High School!


Maybe she was scoring so much because she was wearing Air Jordan's.  Did you know that Air Jordan's were banned by the NBA?  Jordan kept wearing them even if he was getting fined.  It was nice of Nike to pay that fine.


Never was a fan of Air Jordans!  My favorite basketball team is the 76ers, who is yours?


Chicago Bulls and it all stems from back in the day when Jordan played for them.


Ahhhhhh... yeah, he was definitely entertaining for sure!  One of the greats!  I thought the NBA started before 1946!


I thought so too, but I know that they adopted the name National Basketball Association in August 1949.  To think this happened after a few years after WWII.


I am sure it was a good idea, coming off of the strength of the war.


I am sure basketball was a way for people to come together and just have fun watching games.  Have you ever been to New York?  I know that there are many team offices in NY.


Very true!  Well, good chat... have a good one!


Good evening.  I can't say that I'm a big fan.  I know the basic stuff but that's about it.


I pay attention to basketball around the playoffs, which seem to last about half the season. Lots of money to made.


I used to live in DC so followed the Wizards for a bit.  Before the time of Wall and Gortat.


I don't know the wizards. Know a little about GS. They seem to have been on a tear for the last few years.


I have family from the Cleveland area, so I know how Golden State have had their number for the most part.


Right now LeBron is in LA. I guess Cleveland has to accept that the man has too many opportunities. Drama follows the man wherever he goes.


I remember them burning his shirt years back.  Like I say, I'm aware of stuff but not the details.  The drama I like is on the screen.


Basketball drama is usually off the court, away from the screen. In 39 out of 50 states, the highest paid state employee is either a college football or basketball coach. They probably can't touch Hugh Laurie though.


I should have played basketball considering those numbers.  I have the height, just not the skill.  I could do House for $700,000 though.


I figure you could get some acting lessons from Jon Hamm and Michael Caine. They'll get you up to speed.


I have seen some good acting on the basketball court when the odd player takes a dive.  I like that the New Zealand team call themselves the tall blacks, in reference to their rugby team, the all blacks.


I don't know whether that name would work in the US. The word "tall" is not politically correct. Some short people much dislike the name. Would you go to college instead of entering the nBA?


I'd love to have that choice.  I hear Allen Iverson still gets paid by Reebok even though he no longer plays.  He'll get it until he's 55.  I doubt Hugh Laurie still gets his money.


Iverson must have so many plans for that money. He could start a shoes company LOL


I heard a podcast a few weeks back about that granny style of free throw shooting.  Apparently some player did it for a number of years in the NBA and has just about the best percentage of anyone.


I think that was Rick Barry on the Warriors. He was a great player. Unorthodox but good.


I think you're right.  They said one of his kids plays college basketball and his dad has convinced him to do it.  I think I could look stupid for that success.


Well, points is points, so if your team wins, they'll be happy. More power to the kid.


Maybe these Wall and Gortat guys could have a free throw contest to sort out their disagreement.


Only granny style. That would make it worth watching. Anyhow, great chat! Have a great evening!


We definitely need gun control.  The mass shootings like in Thousand Oaks are out of control.


Ban assault rifles if you must, but don't touch my bazooka. That's my mode. In fact, I wrote a country song to that effect.


Yes bazookas would be harder to carry around for sure.  The guy who shot up the synagogue did not even have one of those.


Yes, but he was armed with a dull moil and kippers.   Dangerous weaponry indeed. I don't think he was a country music star...


That is true.  George Strait and Jeff Bezos are cousins - wonder if he gets a markup on his music on amazon?


Nice.  Henry Ford helped finance the promotion of country music. Maybe Bezos will follow his footsteps...or twosteps...


I love the bluegrass style of country music - especially Appalachian folk


Yeah, but you don't hear much Fender Stratocaster in hillbilly music, unless the strings are rusty...


That is true.  But I like the Irish and Celtic fiddle tunes, which adapted nicely to American style songs.


Celtic? Is that like U2 music? You know sometimes, they play undercover as country music group, The Dalton Bros?


I know I love how they play undercover!  That is so funny!   I just wish more African Americans got into the music - there are only 2 in the country music hall of fame


Yeah, and they are painters. LOL But they are probably better represented in the dance hall of fame!  Michael Jackson, Tupac, etc...


Yes there are a lot of great dancers for sure.  Bruce was even a championship dancer!


Bruce sounds like a dancers name, but Bruce Lee could cha cha his fist right through someone's chest and rip out a beating heart. Now that is dancing.


Definitely!  Though some of the hardest dancing is done by ballet dancers!  They can wear out 4 pairs of shoes a week!


And more if they have bad hygiene. I wonder how many shoe Tupac went through in a week when was a high school ballet star in the nutcracker?


Good question!    I am a horrible dancer - I think most babies who spontaneously dance when they hear music do it better than I do.


Maybe, you can open the fridge, and open the jar of mushed bananas. Let's see them do that! Maybe that is how the 1st President of Zimbabwe got the name, President Banana?


I know that is crazy!   Trump looks kind of like a banana too.  But he has not released 3 pop albums like the president of indonesia did!


It is said that the President's guest house is bigger than the White House, but I wonder how it stacks up to Vista del Lago?


I am not sure.   I was not aware that Washington and Jefferson were 2 of the top 3 wealthiest presidents!


Eat that Trump. Wouldn't it have been funny if the election rules of 1805 were still in place? Then our VP would be named Clinton. The media would love that!  Nice chatting with you!


I love it as well, do you have any favorite shows? I live the Simpsons and also South Park


I have a lot of favorites,  Game of thrones, westworld, homeland, the flash, how I met your mother,  the santa clarita diet,  walking dead,  ozark,  archer.  Too many to remember all I guess lol.  Yeah the simpsons were great.


Those are great shows I also like Arrow, Flash, Supergirl and many more, did you ever watch Thomas the Tank Engine


I remember it,  my kids use to watch it.


The show had great narrators, Alec Baldwin, Ringo Starr and also George Carlin.


I only seen a few episodes of it,  but I thought it was pretty funny!


I used to love it, well the show has a UK remake called Days like These.


I hear it got cancelled.  Thats a shame.


It is a shame, it got cancelled after only 10 episodes so maybe the remake was really bad.


Yeah,  but it says it was made exactly the same dialogue.  Maybe the british just dont get our humor lol


Maybe they don't lol, I have to watch that show and give my own verdict about it. Do you use Youtube?


Oh yea,  on a daily basis,  love youtube.  How about you?


I like it as well did you know its the second largest search engine out there?


Yes I did.  I think the first is Google.


Yeah Google is #1, well Google also owns YouTube, they bought the company back in 2006


Have you ever seen Justin Biebers video "baby


I have, its one of the most hated and disliked videos out there right? anyways its been great chatting with you friend


Thanks,  great conversation,  have a good one.


Hi there.  Are you a facebook user or fan?


No. I prefer Twitter. That way, i can follow Alec Baldwin, and be reminded that he used to be the narator of Thomas the Tank


That's right!  I remember George Carlin and Ringo Starr also doing the voice.


I love George Carlin. I miss him. I was watching That 70's Show the other day, and learned that they had a British version.


That 70's Show, lol. It was canceled in 10 episodes. Must have been horrid.


lol it must have been.  Did you know that there is over 750 episodes of "Pokemon"?


I did not, I have never seen Pokemon. That is decades worth of material though.


I only have seen it because my kids watched it.  Did you know that there is only 1 episode of the Simpsons where Bart doesn't show up or isn't even mentioned?


I did, and have seen it. It was a weird episode. Not as weird as the South Park family guy episode.


I never seen that one.  lol  Did they act like out Family Guy or something?  Do you watch youtube?


They roasted them terribly. Every now and again. I prefer Blutube, it's police videos.


I've never seen it.  I'll have to look it up.  Youtube is the 2nd largest search engine on the net.


And Bieber's baby is the most hated, lol


That's funny!  Psy's Gangnam Style got so many views that they had to upgrade the view count integer to 64 bits.


I have never heard that song, lol. I guess Iceland is rewriting their constitution on Facebook.


That's interesting.  Myspace one turned down an offer to buy facebook for 75 million dollars in 2005.  Big mistake on their part.


I haven't been on it in so long, that I almost forgot about Burger King's unfriending promotion.


Something about unfriending so many people, and you get a free whopper.


Nice.  I would have definately got some free whoppers.  lol


Thank you for chatting with me, enjoy your night.


If you mean American football, like NFL or college football,, then the answer is yes. I am less familiar with the rules of other forms of football, like Australian rules football or rugby. WHat's yopur thoughts?


Yeah I meant American football although rugby is pretty cool as well, similar to football in a way


Football is a great sport, and it has come a long way! You know, in the 1960s, the top pro bowlers made twice what the best football player made? How things have changed!


They did? that is amazing, football players earn so much money these days that is hard to imagine


Yeah. It is also hard to imagine watching a football game on TV without that superimposed yellow line on the screen. ESPN won an Emmy for figuring that one out. A big step from just an making real an imaginary line!


I think its a deserved Emmy, ESPN changed the game and it might seems like a small contribution but the game wouldnt be the same without it


Hard to imagine a game without it!  It is also hard to imagine what it would be like to stroll into the visitors locker room at the University of Iowa to find the whole locker room painted pink!


That must be odd for sure lol, just like Benjarvus Green Ellis, the player that never fumbled the ball in his entire career


For a running back, who was entrusted with the ball 20-30 times a game, that is pretty remarkable!


That is remarkable! changing the subject a bit did you know Apple had a clothing like back in the year 1986


Really? I would ave liked to see that! And I bet the fashion show was pretty interesting too!  I would say it was probably one step above Pilgrim clothing on the fashion scale... I wonder if the special occasion Apple clothing was black and white too?


That is an interesting question, the Apple logo has changed since then so maybe it had more colors, there is a store in Alabama that seels items from unclaimed bagged at airports!


Then you know it must be special!  I wonder if they have any of the Rip Curl clothing that is labeled "Made in China" even though it is actually made in Korea?


Thats odd, but who knows, Rip Curl is a popular brand so maybe,


If you think that's odd, you may like this bit of trivia: The US Senate did not allow women to wear pants in the Senate chamber until1993.  Of course, Senators are not known to be fashionistas!


Cool fact and since we are in trivia time did you know Michael Jordan didnt support a black democrativ candidate and responded with the phrase ''republicans buy shoes too''


Nice.  OK. How about this trivia: the Senate used the same gavel for 165 years until someone broke it. Care to guess who?


Let me see, if I had to guess I would say Obama, am I right?


Close! It was another former President...Richard Nixon!


It's okay. I did go to a superbowl party last week. What about you?


Unfortunately I was unable to attend, but I heard the performances were rather disappointing.


I'm not sure since I was busy pigging out. HA! It's amazing how much football popularity has grown. In the 60s bowlers made twice as much as top football stars.


True, it is so popular that espn won a emmy for creating the yellow line representing first down line which makes it much easier for the audience to digest the situation


Yeah, that has helped me out for sure. Do you have any football themed attire?


Not really. I don't follow teams, but focus rather on players. While I understand why some people like collecting football clothing, it is not something for me. How about you?


No, I don't. Would you wear a clothing line by Apple though? Apparently  they had on in 1986.


If it had a great design and fairly priced I probably would, but I would not pay a steep premium like on their phones for just the logo


Do you go to thrift stores ever? There is one store in Alabama that only sells clothes and other items that are found in unclaimed baggage.


I hope they sanitized those cloths. I am all for thrift stores but who knows where they have been or why they are unclaimed


I would guess left behind or lost and no one came back for them. I've done that once. I left a backpack and knew it had nothing valuable in it so I did not go back for it. I wonder if it ended up in Alabama!


Would you wear clothes made in north korea? Rip curl makes cloths there but labels say they are made in china


Ha, well that's interesting. I guess I'd still wear them. So I guess people in high society still get clothes tailored? Fashionistas look for collar gaps to tell if you get your clothes tailored or not.


I wonder how the collar gaps would indicate if it is tailored or not?


I'm not really sure. I guess the Pilgrims still made clothes by hand. Don't you imagine them wearing long black clothing? Apparently that's not the case. Their clothing for full of color.


I think it may be because children always are taught that they wore black with buckles


Haha, you are right! I remember that. Speaking of traditional clothes, women were not allowed to wear pants on the U.S. senate floor until 1993. That seems fairly recent.


Well personally I found myself asking if that is fair. In school girls are allowed to wear pants and dresses, while boys only wear pants. I'm not saying that I would want to wear a dress but it just didn't seem fair (though not really worth mentioning) perhaps that is the influence of society on my perspective. I think I am just overthinking it


Hmm, that is a valid point. I personally dislike dresses and would be very uncomfortable in them. I know a little boy who wears a dress though (not sure how I feel about that) so society is progressing.


Speaking about clothing, I personally find it amazing that people still wear dresses when it is so old outside for the sake of fashion.


Yes, I like to travel, I planned to take a month vacation in Las Vegas, NV in march, do you?


Oh that sounds like fun. Yes I try to as much as I can. Have you ever visited Japan?


Wow now, I have never visit Japan, what about you? I feel a little nervous thinking about a plane ride that far.


I actually have but did not know until now that had I travelled the country by car, I would have paid $300 in tolls.


Are you saying that one can get to Japan by car, wow, If yes how many hours is that and how many days it would take to get to Japan?


Well you can get the car across by a large ship, I was just referring to travelling with a car around the country. But yeah I wonder how long that would take to get a car shipped there


As you mention earlier $300 or more to travel across country. One day I hope to visit Japan, I will make sure I take lots of extra money with me.


Yup do that for sure. And if you go to Iceland make sure you rent a car there or just fly a lot


Did you know the dutch creating a commuter bus designed to travel 160 mph? I don't think I want to travel on a bus with that king of speed?


I actually want to try that. Do you know who the first king to travel the world was?


Yes If I am right, the first king name Kalakaua, I didn't know there are kings in hawaii, guess I never thought about it.


Yeah me either but so cool of him. How about tv, do you watch much?


Yes, when I am not working I watch TV in the livingroom and sometime when i am lying in bed. I try to watch news every night.


Oh cool. Do you ever watch shows like the Simpsons?


Yes, I have watch the Simpson and other shows like the Flintstones and Dad.


Nice. Did you know there is an episode where Bart does not appear and is not mentioned?


No I didn't know that. Did you know dogs have 12 different blood types and dogs donate blood to other dogs?


That is so cool. In Istanbul they have a vending machine where you put plastic bottles and then it dispenses food and water for the dogs,


Oh wow, I didn't know that. did you know dogs and elephants are the only two animals understand pointing?


Nice, that says a lot about how smart they are I am assuming. Nice chatting with you


Hello, have you ever experienced a hurricane before?  I have.


I haven't, which one have you experienced?


A few, but the biggest was Super Storm Sandy a few years back.  the eye went right over my house.  I also experienced Hurricane Florence more recently.


Dang that's crazy. How about that couple where Hurricane Florence made them move their dream beach wedding in North Carolina’s Outer Banks to a ballroom in Beltsville, Md?


Yup, I heard about that.  I live about an hour and a half north of Beltsville, MD.  It's a shame because the Outer Banks are very nice.


I've never been to the east coast besides Florida if you consider it. I flew out of Florida before last year's hurricane a couple days before it hit.


How did you travel to Florida, by airplane I presume?  did you know the Dutch are working on a commuter bus that can travel 160 mph.


By Airplane yes. Yes I saw that. I didn't realize All of japans highways are tolls, and it costs more than 300$ to travel across the country.


I guess there isn't much traveling in Japan huh.  those tolls are expensive.  There is one island that has banned motorized vehicles for over a hundred years now.


I'm sure that's a nice relaxing island to be on, but I don't know about traveling with horse drawn carriages.


The island's name is Mackinac island.  I guess those that live there like that way of life.


Good for them. Did you know there are over 750 episodes of "pokemon." that's about 50 a year for 16 years straight.


Wow, that seems like an awful lot of shows.  Alot more than "Days like these" which was cancelled after then shows.


yes that is crazy because there were so many episodes of That 70's show, the American version.


Yup.  Something else that I find interesting is that only dogs and elephants are animals that point instinctively


Google prefers dogs to cats. their code of conduct specifically states that they are a dog company. Do you have any dogs?


No, two cats, two kids, and one wife.  No dogs, but do find it interesting that dogs can see as many different colors as people can.


Yes that is interesting. I have one dog. Do you watch the Simpsons? I think it's crazy there is only one episode of "the simpsons" where bart neither appears, nor is mentioned


I used to but don't anymore.  Yes, Bart was a mainstay in most of their shows.  I bet they sold alot f advertising over the years during the Simpsons..


I bet they did, especially new televisions. Until the early 2000s, these were transmitted as analog signals, but a transition to digital television is expected to be completed worldwide by the late 2010s.


Very interesting fact.  It's been a pleasure chatting with you.


This Mueller guy is working fast, fast, fast.


Yeah, I'll give him that.  You by chance a fan of country music?  I'm not the biggest fan, but there's some groups and songs I like...


Not a huge fan..but I like the Fender Stratocaster


Yeah, I've heard it was intended for country music.  Did you know U2 started off as a country music band called "The Dalton Brothers From Galveston, Texas"?  I can't see Bono singing country tunes...


I've seen U2 live. They put on quite a show. Definitely better than Creed.


Yeah, I heard Creed once had a concert so bad they were sued by some of the audience members.  Can you imagine performing that badly?  Wonder if they had technical probs or if they were just impaired (or maybe both...)


They must have performed so badly even the groupies sued. I think The Ramones have stamina.


Yeah, I read somewhere they've been touring almost non-stop for 20 years!  Now, that's dedication to the craft!


Pink Floyd may not have toured much. But when they did they did it in style..like the time they played in an ancient Roman Amphitheater.


Yeah, that's pretty awesome!  I wonder if the acoustics in the Amphitheater made it sound better. I tell ya, talk about tours, one band I wish I could have caught on tour is Linkin Park.


I'm just a big fan of them.  Plus, they're sadly no longer with us (well, the leader singer anyway) so know I'll never get that chance.  You know they did 324 concerts in 2001 alone.


Well, you could always head over to Croatia and check out their ancient Roman amphitheatre thats still in use.


Hey, that'd be cool to visit!  Wonder what type of bands have played there over the years.


Probably George Strait. After all, Bezos could finance the whole gig.


Yeah, I heard they were related.  I imagine a guy like Bezos got all kinda of correspondence from "relatives" after he founded Amazon.  Hehe.  Did you know that Henry Fonda financed country music because he felt jazz music was "decadent"?


Henry Ford. Ha ha. He's one of those "very fine people"


He used to say, "You can have any color car you want, so long as it's black!"  He didn't like to diversify.  That's what lead to some of his biggest business failures.


Ha ha. Sort of ironic. No wonder there are only 2 blacks in the country music hall of fame.


I can say without Googling that one of them is probably Darius Rucker (formerly of Hootie and the Blowfish.)  Dunno off-hand who the other fellow is...


Well the president of indonesia has made 3 albums, so maybe its him.


Oh, you know what?  I was wrong, I just googled it!  Lol!  Yeah, that's pretty neat, can you imagine any the current or past US presidents making an album (either in office or out?)


Well Trump is a reality TV star. So thats close. Apparently he's not really that rich...which may be why he needs those Russian Billionaires.


You know what's really crazy, up until 1806 the runner up in the Presidental race became the Vice President.  Can you imagine all the conflicts and bitterness that would inspire if we still did that today?


Did they get to live in the guest house. Because its huge.


With the way some of them probably got along, you would hope they'd keep plenty of space between each other.  LOL


Hi, how are you? Did you get the Loophole article?


Hi. I did. I was more interested in the flag at Football games


I love watching the Flag ceremonies before NFL games


I do too. If the anthem singer can nail the anthem, I get goose bumps. Nothing better...


The ceremonies for this weekends games were good. One had Jimmy Buffett and the other had Melissa Etheridge


I saw Buffett and as a big fan, I was a little sad. Just not in his wheelhouse.


I didn't think so either. I was scratching my head after his rendition


I remember watching the Whitney Houston anthem and thinking it could not get much better. Also like America the Beautiful by Ray Charles...


Most likely better than Snoop Dogg's fight song he wrote


WHAT!?!?! Snoop has a fight song? I gotta YouTube that. Did you see him call the LA kings game the other day? Hysterical!


I did. Too funny. He needs to do a college game in one of the bigger stadiums next year.


Seriously! He's a huge USC fan so he could do their games. I would love to see it on HBO so language could be more colorful.


He could afford to buy them a new $50,000 flag to help him get invited to emcee the game.


Yeah. Or pay to repaint Iowa's locker room.


Very true. The Senate needs to end this shutdown quickly!


Yeah. It's getting sad. Did you see that 10% of the TSA called in sick over the weekend?


Its getting ridiculous. Maybe Michael Jordan can send the Senators a pair of shoes to influence them to reopen government


That would make me work on it a little more...


We need someone like Truman back in office to expose corruption and waste again.


Hello there, I am well thank you.  How are you today?


Yeah I'm a big movie lover, do you like horror movies?


I'm not a big fan of horror. Stephen King considered Bambi a horror movie.


I never knew that, thats hilarious.  I like horror movies, but they are really hard to do right, there are tons of bad ones out there.


Lots of bad ones, but some good ones. I liked The Shining, The Omen, and The Exorcist. What about you?


Good call, all three are really good and examples of movies done right.  I prefer the older titles as well myself.  Rosemary's Baby is always a fav of mine as well.


That was based on a book and directed by Polanski. Classic. It don't know whether I'd burn 180 calories, but I'd certainly enjoy the film.


Yeah I don't think that part is true but yea Polanski you are right for sure.  Any other good ones you can think of?  The original Texas chainsaw was pretty good.


I never saw that. I'm surprised that Danny from The Shining, didn't know he was in a horror film. I wonder what kind of movie he thought it was.


That is hilarious, yeah what part did you think you were getting into.  Tons of fake blood and what not, I'm sure a nice PG flick.


Do you use Google? It's funny that they used goats to keep their lawns neat.


Yeah I use Google quite a bit i'm sure, and that is funny but kinda cool, goats are awesome.


They are a dog company. They allow employees to bring dogs to work. When Google went down in 2013, 40% of web traffic disappeared.


That is cool as well.  And wow, that is an amazing amount of traffic.


One Google search requires more computing than it took to send the astronauts to the moon.


That makes you think how far technology has advanced over the years to where we are now.


Google can calculate traffic by tracking Android devices. Everywhere you go, you are being tracked.


Yeah that is a bit scary to think about.  You are being followed or watched digitally basically everywhere.


Google probably even tracks the goats doing the lawns. I'm surprised that Trump isn't one of three richest presidents.


Yeah they probably did, imagine all the goats that got fired for being lazy. Well it was nice talking with you, I hope you have a good day.


Interesting that migrants stay with Catholic Charities on the border, and they let them watch things like Disney movies on TV


Do they let them stay there because they dont feel that they are dangerous?


Yes I think so, and they're trying to help them so that they don't have a health issue from The Crossing. By the way, what do you think about the government?


I really kind of feel like we are headed in the wrong direction.


Yes well a lot of things that the government does are very scary to me, like how it owns 86% of Nevada, although I guess a lot of that is just desert or something


Is that where "area 51" is or maybe it is like nuc testing grounds?  But, I agree that is scary.


Best that could be. It's also scary that someone impersonated a government official in France and sold the Eiffel Tower twice, hopefully no one does that and sells the Statue of Liberty here


I cant believe someone was successful in that twice.  I mean, the same guy too...


He was very talented! Kind of like the director of the movie Frozen, which made a billion dollars I think, she was the first female director of a Disney movie


I am kind of surprised there wasn't one before.  Is she back for the sequel too?


I'm not 100% sure, but probably she is, I'm shocked to learn to that Wreck-It Ralph was started in the late 1980s and it has been in development for about 30 years


The sequel sure came a lot quicker than the first one.  I wonder what was holding it up?


Yes I don't know, but I only saw the first one and not the sequel to that movie, do you know that toy manufacturers get involved with Disney before the film even begins getting made?


In that case wreck it ralph toys have been in production for quite some time.  lol


Haha you're right about that! Have You Ever Seen The Lion King? Apparently it was dubbed into Zulu before it's released because that is an African language


It was the first film from disney to ever to be dubbed in that language too.


Yep I wonder if they still do that. On a separate note, what do you think about the president of Indonesia releasing 3 pop albums? should Trump Do the same?


Haha good point! I'm just shocked that he's not in the top three most wealthy presidents though, Washington Jefferson and JFK are the 3 by the way


Something tells me that data is somewhat outdated, it would be hard to believe he wouldnt be there.  But at least his last name inst Banana, like Zimbabwe's first president


Yes you might be right. You also might be right that the guest house is smaller than the White House itself. I don't see how that should be possible


How's it going? Did you know Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute you do not use your cell phone?


I did not know that! I wonder why it is that they have the resources to do so but aren't doing it already. Maybe to solicit more donations?


I have no idea, I wonder how Unicef even tracks how many minutes you use on a cell phone anyway


I would need Anne Jones and her reading speed of 4800 words per minute to read their terms and conditions, most likely. I am not one of the 7% of people who read terms and conditions on the internet. :)


No, I'm definitely part of the7% of people read the full terms when buying a product or service on the internet.


Really? You read all of the fine print? Reading does require critical analysis. Possibly my attention span is just too short for such.


If the library of alexandria has a saved copy of the internet, how often is that updated? And does it have things such as log ins and passwords? That's confusing to me.


I have no clue, maybe they use people who are addicted to the constant novelty from clicking links to help


*zing!* I'm not sitting in front of a computer for any longer than I have to and have to be being paid to do so. The idea of being addicted to the internet is above my head. Sounds like we're overdue for another "moral panic" in the 18th century upon the spread of novels.


Maybe, the iphone does have more computing power than the entire us nuclear icbm deterrent


Yes, because the internet carries far more information resources and services, like those used to take selfies in bathrooms and to send snarky emails back to your boss three doors away. All the ICBM deterrent does is protect us from, say, Russians.


But what is protecting the cables carrying phone and internet data across oceans?


Surely something top secret based off Starship Troopers, which is on the reading lists of three of the five US Military branches.


Ender's game is also suggested reading in the US Marine corps


The US Marines are a seperate species altogether. Vote MadDog 2020


Yes, I think MadDog is the only person who can separate two phonebooks that have their pages overlapped together


His Knife Hands could easily direct people to Mt. Everest to prove if there is actually 3g cell service there.


I'll be upset if Mt. Everest has 3g service and I can't get service up a tall hill


I really wish the hamburger button on websites was like a Staples easy button, rather than a line menu. A cheeseburger sounds great right now.


Me too, I think I'm gonna go find something to eat now. Nice talking with you


Excellent. Almost quitting time here as well. Leaving my  vast range of information resources and services on the information superhighway at my desk where it belongs.


Hi! Have you ever seen a psychic? I used to splurge $5 here and there when I was younger


I have actually, thankfully I didn't fall into a scam and lose 15,000 like that man did I was reading about! That's awful!


Yeah, I'm so glad I stopped seeing psychics lol.I was kind of surprised this happened in D.C.


I have had good experiences with psychics I like them, but yes, in D.C. and he was disabled which is even worse that she scammed all of his money. This man has a mental capacity of an 8 year old....sad.


I can't believe it took his family like a full four weeks to notice that he somehow blew through over $14,000.


I know! And how did they allow him access to that money? They should have dealt with his finances.


Well, he was living (assumedly independently) in D.C. and they were in Arlington which is close by...he had to have some access to his own money, I guess


True, but 8 year old mind? That's sad. The woman who scammed him tried to make it sound like she cared about him....people are evil.


Yeah, people suck. But she was smart in coming up with specifics...like saying his former co-worker was in trouble and needed money.


Exactly, guess that is why they are considered con artists....they are good at getting to people through emotions.


I hope he can get most if not all of his money back but since it was all legitimately withdrawn I'm not sure if he can. What do you think?


I doubt he can get it back, he made the choice voluntarily so he is probably out of luck, the courts could make her pay but that's not going to happen.


It's so sad that he just "wanted to be loved." That's worse than the money part of the story, in my opinion


It most definitely is! And she made him believe the ex co worker liked him in a romantic way....ugh so horrible.


Glad she's out of operation now. Apparently, all her ads were taken down (wonder why!)


Right! I hope she gets what she deserves. At least they did catch her, probably wasn't smart that she was using her phone and texting the victim.


Speaking of phones, I heard of a weird fundraising concept. Apparently UNICEF will donate a day of clean water for a child who needs it for every minute you don't use your cell phone. Any idea how to sign up for that?


I don't know how but I need to look into that as well! That is awesome! I guess since our phones these days have the internet I will Google it, hopefully get lucky!


Make sure you read the terms, though. Only 7% of people read the full terms & conditions when buying stuff on the internet!


Right! I am a skimmer lol....that's a lot of reading! unless you are Anne Jones who can speed read 4,700 words a minute! haha


The long terms & conditions belong in the 18th century to quell the moral panic that happened because SOME people were upset that OTHER people were......reading (gasp)


Yikes! I guess they didn't want people to know too much, or more than those in a panic....they just need to calm down and get into some ....you laugh you lose competitions .....like CS lewis and Tolien did haha


Seriously. Some people were more comfortable if the creativity of the masses was stifled


I know! Pretty sad. Well, it has been great chatting!


I like non-fiction.  Usually self development, mindset, or business like books.  You


Surprisingly, the same. I am reading the first 90 days now. I am switching jobs and needed some help.


That sounds like a good one.  One of my favorites is the subtle art of not giving a f_ _ _.  If you dont mind profanity.


Mark Manson.  It is a great book about really living your best life regardless of what others think.


I'll have to check it out. Is it fiction or non-fiction?


Non fiction.  I am surprised its not on the military reading lists.  Far better than enders game.


There was a moral panic in the 18th century so be thankful we don't have that.


For sure.  Reading is so valuable no matter what genre.


I agree. The world record for speed reading is 4700 words per minute!


I dont know my rate, but for sure it isnt anywhere near that fast.  That might be 5-10 minutes I am guessing?


Mine too! I was told to start smart with working out so I don't push my brain too hard.


However I think the you laugh you lose, poetry reading could be a lot of fun!


Unless you are the one being laughed at. And it's not just some schmoes laughing. It Lewis and Tolkien!


Yeah. I always wanted to party with a few authors. Hemmingway for sure!


He would probably be fun, same with Dr Suess.


Did you know reading is the complex cognitive process of decoding symbols such as letters to get a meaning?


i never really thought of it that way but it makes sense.


In regards to reading comprehension, this measures how much you can understand the symbols such as letters


personally i'm a slow reader because i want to comprehend as much as i can.  if you can't comprehend what you're reading you miss a lot.


I think slow readers absorb the most information from a sentence, like you said if your reading too fast you will most likely miss alot of information. I can speak for myself on that during exams.


absolutely.  i clearly remember my school days, so many years ago, when i'd be the last student to turn in a test.  i didn't want to miss anything.


Its funny that you say that, because my friends in class would always be the first ones to turn in their test. Later to find out that did worse than me, who stayed pretty much last in the classroom during the test.


and with me it still holds true.  even though i'm now in my 60s, occasionally i have to undergo some type of training courses and i am, almost always, the last person to turn in the evaluations, etc.  i take my time.


Most definitely, I like to reread over my answers and also the question to ensure it sounds valid. Also with essays that I write I will reread them over about three times to catch any errors I wrote.


very smart indeed.  no point in turning in your work before you have to.  do you do a lot of reading in your free time?


Yes, I do read alot in my free time but not books. I like to mainly read articles and such like informational posts on topics I am studying.


would you mind sharing with me what your interests are regarding the articles?


A lot of philosophy stuff and psychology readings. I also like to read investing posts.


very interesting! i took some psychology courses in college; extremely interesting.  also some philosophy courses which i struggled in.  i clearly remember taking  a course in psycholgy that dealt with kids.  real interesting


I have a bachelors degree in psychology and also criminal justice. I love reading how the mind works, but mainly pertaining to why people also commit crimes such as serial killers. Pretty odd stuff but I constantly intrigued by it.


oh very much so.  i wonder about serial killers once in a while; how a person could become that way.  psychology and criminal justice; very interesting.  there are few things as interesting as the mind.  such a complex marvelous type of machine.


well these days i think a lot about my wonderful fifteen month old granddaughter.  becoming a first time grandfather has been a marvelous experience.  i used to read a lot; not so much anymore i keep meaning to start but haven't got back to it yet.  i like some novels, some biographies and some history.


Thats so sweet! She is lucky to have you as a grandfather! I love history as well, mainly the roman and greek period.


that's very nice of you to say.  history is fascinating.  when you think about the roman and greek periods, what comes to mind?


The colossal wonders of the world they have built and also the technology that was innovated which surpassed their time of living by hundreds of years.


tell me a bit about the technology that was innovated.  we hear so much about technology these days.


technology like the aqueducts from the romans and the sewer systems in their cities showed the true innovation from that period.


fascinating.  they looked at a lifestyle and wondered how to update it and they succeeded just like in our modern times with the internet. constant progress.


I agree, kudos to them for thriving in such a period that was harsh.


it's something that is fascinating when i think that people had the same emotions such as fear and joy; yet they lived under such different circumstances regarding their physical surroundings.


Yes i do enjoy reading. I read quite a bit. You?


Yeah, i like non fiction. much more interesting to learn about reality and the world around us.


It really is, I dont understand why there was a moral panic about reading in the 18th Century


IN those days people thought poetry was the highest form of literature. they saw novels as a corrupting force. storylines involving disgraceful behavior.


Wow.  I didnt know that.  I understand that now.  Thanks for sharing, thats pretty cool.


Yeah, nowadays it is video games. Gosh, i played them as a child. i did not grow up a mass murderer. i guess i got something wrong. LOL


For real, however I always feel a strong urge to jump on turtle shelled ducks, and throw their shells at walking mushrooms.


Yes, LOL! i think that maybe violence on TV desensitizes us to violence. i think that FOX news turned out parents into the people that they thought video games would turn us into.


I agree with that.  We are so used to seeing it that we dont think anything of it anymore.


it is dangerous to think the media doesnt have an effect, but usually people imagine the wrong effect.


Reality has a much more powerful effect than any of the made up things.  It is reality that hurts us more.


Yes, the news probably does more to impact our perception. turn off the news and improve your mood.


Always. I think the internet can be very damning too.  There is so much at our disposal and not all of it is good.


Yes, people get overwhelmed by the amount of stimulation. they have trouble sifting through data for the truth.


And the worst part is when they cant tell the difference, and start passing off false information as truth.  People just dont know how to fact check anymore.


Yes, people want to believe the worst, and they want data that reinforces they beliefs. it is hard to accept being wrong.


I have seen so much of that recently, and people falling for it.


Yes, the facebook sources are irritating because they are misleading people and enraging them. people take guns and shoot up pizza parlors.


I have seen debates over things that have FACTUAL proof and people still not believing them because they believe that it is part of the "liberal agenda".


Yes, once something is associated with part of the political spectrum, people judge its validity according to that. Anyway, great chat!


I have on occasion watched and listened to politics but am not really a fan of constant battles of wills by those claiming to be in politics for the right reasons. You?


It often makes me furious but I am very interested. Do you have any guess as to who the 3 wealthiest presidents were?


I do watch some on the history channel as they have shows about past presidents and the three were Washington, Jefferson and JFK.


That is correct. How about the first president of Zimbabwe. Do you know that he was called?


I do as I found it funny they would call him the Banana president.  Do you know a man in France was able to sell the Eiffel Tower not once but twice by imposing a government official.


It is very funny. I actually did see that tower story on TV. I think it was Drunk History that I caught it on. What a crazy story.


I can imagine how the buyers felt when learning they did not actually own the tower. Do you know that in Nevada 86% of the land is owned by the government?


I did not. I am assuming that it's protected lands then. So much of Nevada is uninhabitable anyway.


I have only driven through Nevada so I found it interesting that much id owned by the government and not the people living there. I have also seen where the Norwegian government has donated so much to help save the Amazon Rainforest.


That's very nice. I'm always happy to see people or the government help worthy causes that aren't monetarily beneficial to them.


I agree totally!! I frequently try to pay it forward every chance I get because I feel one never knows how a small act of kindness could help or make a difference in another's day, week, month or life.


Everyone should try their best to live their lives in that fashion. Things would be so much better. On the flip side, did you know that in 2006 legislation was passed that would protect government employees from being prosecuted for violating the Geneva conventions?


I did know that and find it interesting that the same government will allow such events to happen and then protect those involved. Interestingly enough did you know Babe Ruth the baseball player was a famous golfer?


Yes I find it to be pretty disgusting. They should not be above the law in any way. I had no idea that Babe Ruth played golf.


I live in the south and Golf courses are everywhere here; they take up more space than Rhode Island and Delaware combined in America


That seems like far too much. I have also heard that the average American golf course consumes 312,000 gallons of water per day. That's so wasteful when so many people are without drinkable water.


I agree very much with you on that; very wasteful. I have heard of a golf course in Dubai that requires more than 4,000,000 gallons of water per day. I mean really do they have to water the grass that much?


I agree. I also believe Dubai is in the United Arab Emirates which is full of desert and could use that water for much better purposes.


I feel the same way, I think resources are being taken advantage of badly. I feel that those that play golf are not really caring of what it takes from other things to have nice green grass to put on. they just see the sport of it.


I don't think that they really think about it. I would place blame on them but much more blame on the golf course owners for being so wasteful.


There are a lot of fake animal myths out there!


Really? I'm sure there are with so many animals. There are over 1.5 million living animal species.


Wow that is a lot! Yes people think sloths are lazy because they move slow but there slow digestive system allows them to eat poisonous things.


That's pretty neat. Over 1 million of the species are insects! Yuck!


I do not like bugs! Yes the sloths slow digestive system also means they do not need many calories to survive


Also interesting! There are around 20 Quintillion individual animals on Earth!


It is! In 2002, germany became the first country in the world to universally give animals constitutionally-guaranteed legal rights.


I believe something similar should be put into place in the United States.


Not a bad idea. In Scotland, the Loch Ness Monster is a protected species!


That is interesting, has there ever been proof of that species?


Not that I know of! he chimpanzee grin actually is a nervous response. It's not a sign of happiness - it's actually a sign of anxiety.


Chimps do shake hands with each other and that is a sign of approval to them!


That's pretty cool. I didn't know that ostriches were assumed to be able to digest nails and keys! It's not true


I did not know that but I know that they swallow stones sometimes witch helps digestion.


Hmm. Hiccups are a holdover from early evolution when early land animals had both gills and lungs.


Wow hard to remember we have evolved from such different creatures!


Did you hear about that homeless veteran of war?


Yeah!!! I still can't believe that the whole thing was a lie.


Yeah apparently they were able to raise a lot of money with that lie, 400k


That is terrible. Do you happen to know how this whole thing started in the first place?


It started out with Johnny Bobbit a homeless man, they publish his story on GoFundMe back in 2017, it was all a ruse


So the couple and the homeless man were all in on the scam?


I don't think so, Bobbitt wasn't on the scam, he even sued the couple, he accused them of fraud and also of conspiracy


Interesting. How much time is the couple looking at in jail if they do in fact get convicted?


They could face a sentence of 10 years if convicted, that is serious time and I bet they have to give all that money back so sucks for them.


Yes. They did a terrible thing. They should be ashamed of themselves for scamming a veteran homeless man.


They should be ashamed I totally agree with you, using a person like that, mocking the military and mocking people that just want to help


I agree!!! Do you happen to know the branch of the military that Bobbitt served in?


Yeah he was part of the Marine Corps I think, sad how many veterans end with trauma like his.


Yeah!! So sad. Do you like Facebook at all?


I do, I like it although sometimes its invasive. I guess if you want privacy dont have a Facebook account


Yeah that's for sure. Do you know when its website got launched by any chance?


I do, it was launched on the year 2004 I think it was around February, its been more than a decade since its creation


Wow!! I didn't know that. How old do you have to be in order to be a registered user of Facebook?


I think you have to be at least 13 years old to register but you can always lie about it.


That is interesting. Do you know which year did Facebook started to sell stock to the public?


I have no idea about that maybe around 2012, no idea I would have to Google that, it was great chatting with you tonight.


You're correct!!! It was nice chatting with you as well. Have a nice night!!!


Hey how's it going. I really love learning about animals. There are about 20 quintillion individual animals on planet earth.


Hi there! I do too! Thats a lot of animals!


Definitely. And over 1.5 million living animal species have been described!


Did you know in Germany, animals have legal rights?


Yeah I think that is pretty cool. The Loch Ness monster is a protected species in Scotland.


Oh that's fun! Hiccups are a holdover from evolution! Think about that when you hiccup!


Haha maybe it will make me less annoyed! Apparently it's from when land animals had both gills and lungs!


Yeah occasionally I do! I just don't like how many ads and commercials there are.


I know it! Streaming services have made them obsolete. I do like to watch the simpsons though, how bout you?


Agreed. Yes the Simpsons was a great show. Did you know there is one episode that Bart didn't appear in?


I just heard that here recently, but I don't know if I saw that episode! Did you?


Nope I definitely have not because I would have remembered. Can't believe they remade a UK version of "That 70's Show" though.


Did you hear it bombed? It did not go over well there!


Yeah. Only lasted 10 episodes lol. Not too good!


Not at all. And there are 750 episodes of pokemon. my goodness!


Wow. Enough to watch 50 episodes per year for 16 years straight? Not my cup of tea!


not mine either! Although I do  love this internet!


Oh yeah internet is incredible. Private, public, academic, business, personal. It has it all!


There is so much information to be found just by a click of the hamburger button!


Haha yes you are right. It can even cause addiction measurable in the brain!


Isn't that weird? The library in ALexandria has a saved copy of the internet in case it burns down!!


Wow that is good to know. If you are ever on Mt. Everest there is even internet capabilities!


Hello, do you like to use drive-thru's of fast food restaurants? McDonald's was the first to add a drive thru in 1975 to accomodate soldiers who were not allowed to get out of their cars while wearing their uniforms.


That is crazy and makes me hungry for McDonals! I also didn't know flame throwers are illegal in South Africa on cars. That tells you someone must have used one at some point haha


Oh yeah! I could really use some McDonald's right now! Even with all the controversy surrounding the quality of McDonald's food, it hits the sweet spot for me every time. That is crazy but I think it is considered legal not illegal since carjacking is so prevalent.


Oh you're right it does say legal haha. Someone should use it and put it on facebook. It says mark zuckerberg is colorblind and that is why it is blue. Don't know how they didn't incorporate that into the Social Network movie


Oh wow! I didn't know that! But it's a nice color, I really did enjoy that movie, but I wonder how far from the truth the movie stretched in order to make it more entertaining. I bet MySpace investors are regretting their decision to buy Facebook for a mere $75 million.


Oh ya, that reminds me of time Blockbuster could have bought Netflix but just passed on it. Horrible decisions in retrospect but very interesting to think about.


Yes and now those companies turned out to be their largest threat. Iceland is so democratic and hip with letting the public make suggestions and alterations to rewriting their constitution, all the more reason I want to go visit Iceland some day.


ya my friend went there she said it was awesome and people were friendly, it's just pretty expensive, and wow I didn't know starship troopers is required reading in the military, never read the book but I like the movie a lot


That's awesome! Yes, very expensive! Me neither, I think I prefer film adaptations more than reading books, either I don't have the time or attention span, or its just an excuse for not reading.


haha no I feel the same, I do listen to some audiobooks but I haven't read an actual book in a long time, just don't have time for it


I love audiobooks and especially podcasts. The world record for speed reading is held by Anne Jones, with a reading speed of 4,700 words per minute. I wonder how much of what she reads is actually retained.


Ya I have that question too. I can speed read but I don't enjoy the book and barely retain anything so I think speed reading is mostly bs personally haha. It is interesting that there was a moral panic about the spread of reading in the 18th centure, definitely no moral panic now


That is a great trait to have, the ability to speed read. Haha, no such thing as "moral panic" for reading novels. I think there may be a "moral panic" for maybe Fortnite or something elese


haha ya I wonder if in the future they will bring up video games as a moral panic of our time and it will just be accepted in the future


It could be or whether or not in the future, Facebook's "like" button will become illegal such as that in the German state of SChleswig-holstein.


I read that and ya I was wondering what replaced it? Or are there just not buttons at all? I personally don't use much FB so maybe I should move to Germany


Maybe the heart button or something else. I wonder why it is illegal though, what the premise of that is. Haha, yes, or just make sure you get to claim your free Burger King whopper since you can apparently unfriend 10 people for free food.


Ya I don't know how I would feel if I found I was unfriended for a whopper. But I can think of lots of people I would do that too. I don't really like BK but I would eat a whopper if it were here right now haha


Haha, I agree. I wonder how Burger King fulfilled that promotion and how many people claimed it.


I think its important NBA values Christmas, after all its a day to share with family and friends.