True.  I think Bieber is kind of like a religion for teen girls.  So, what do you like to watch on TV?


I like cartoons or the food network.  You?


I do enjoy cartoons.  Food network would be trouble for me.  The best thing is Thomas the Tank engine.


Yes.  Ringo was very relaxing.  I am not sure I have heard an episode narrated by George Carlin.  They might be good, but I think of him as up, energetic, wild.


I think wild would be a good description.   Ive got to get going, have a great day!


Right, avoid the seven words you can not say on TV. Good day.


Hello. Do you like TV? I don't watch it as much anymore because I'm tired of watching commercials. Too much mass advertisement.


I agree with you on that one! I did watch the Simpsons and South Park back then.


Yes me too both great shows. There is only one episode of The Simpsons where Bart neither appears nor is mention. But I don't think I've seen it.


I wonder if you don't even notice it watching it in real time because you get so into the show?


Maybe so. Have you ever watched pokemon? There are over 750 episodes.


I used to as a kid back in the day. There were only like 150 pokemon at that time haha. That is like 50 episodes a year for 16 years straight!


Yes now there are so many! It was a great thing as a kid. Do you like drama? The term Drama is Greek in origin and means action.


I do like them. I can't believe how much Hugh Laurie made on House!


Yes he's the highest paid actor ever for TV drama earning $700,000 per episode. I think he deserves it.


That's a nice paycheck! I wonder how he got into acting? Was it like Michael Caine?


Yes I wonder as well. I think it's funny Michael Caine when into acting for the girls!


I would too if there were cute girls in my drama class lol! I wish I would have taken Jon Hamm's drama class though!


Yeah me too. He's one of my favorite actors. Ellie Kemper was lucky to have him as a teacher.


I agree! She's had some success for sure! Have you ever listened to any radio dramas?


Definitely. In the past I believe I have but not so much anymore. If I did like radio dramas I would definitely use that website that has thousands of episodes for free.


Me too! Free is best! Do you know some of the celebrities that voiced Thomas the Tank Engine?


Free is always best. Yeah I do know some of those celebrities. I think I would most like to hear the narration by Alec Baldwin because he is one of my favorite actors.


Me too! I think it's cool they do that! Have you ever seen that 70's show?


Yes I used to love that 70s show. Ashton Kutcher was one of my favorite characters. I have never seen the UK version days like these however.


I've never heard it either, but maybe because it lasted only 10 episodes in the UK!


True I guess it's not even worth seeing. They should not have remade it verbatim they should've switched up little bit. Well I had fun talking with you today. Hope you have a good one.


I agree! I had a nice time chatting too, have a great day!


What do you think about students in the US studying the Bible in school prior to 1963?


It's interesting, but not all too surprising. I'm curious as to what caused the shift in 1963 that stopped the mandatory studying of the bible.


Well I think that the 60's was sort of a hippy era so perhaps people were becoming more liberal and wanted to become more secular to be open to everyone. It's not uncommon for people to drastically mess with religion in different times throughout America.


That's true, the 60s was the beginning of a cultural shift, particularly in regards to religion. I find it very interesting that students were required to read the bible, but Teddy Roosevelt didn't use one at his swearing-in in the early 1900s.


Exactly, and even way back in Thomas Jefferson's time he was making his own Bible by cutting out supernatural parts so it sounds like American leaders have been radical about religion for a long time which makes the 1963 date seem practically late, although personally I wish we could still learn about the Bible in schools.


Right. Today, almost all aspects of religion have been eliminated from schools, everything from removing references in the pledge, to plaques referencing religion. A lot of moden day curriculums don't even teach about different religions.


It seems unfair that other books are a part of the curriculum but the Bible which is objectively the best selling book of all time is not allowed to be taught.


It seems negligent not to teach students about large swaths of history, such as is learnt from religions, particularly the Bible. It teaches a lot of history that is interesting and important.


Yes that's true at the very least it could be taught as just what it is, a historical account dating back centuries and containing early Hebrew and Christian teachings- people don't have to become religion necessarily just to learn about the history of such a prominent belief system.


I agree. There's even more mediums for teaching religious ideologies through television, radio, and the internet. There's little excuse to limit the education of the Bible or any of religious text.


Exactly, but instead shows like Pokemon have hundreds of episodes and people send flowers to the creators of South Park, because that is what is popular on television I guess.


750 episodes of Pokemon! That's crazy, that's almost an episode per pokemon, I think.


Haha, that's a funny point! And that is apparently equal to fifty episodes a year for 16 years straight! No wonder kids these days are huge Pokemon fans, it's been around their whole life!


That's a crazy thought. A lot of kids literally don't know life before Pokemon! I miss the old days of radio dramas, it left so much more to the imagination than television does.


Oh well if you enjoy those radio dramas you would be happy to hear that there is a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of old dramas for free!


That is exciting! I will have to check it out, I hope they have 'It's A Wonderful Life' and 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.' Those are some great radio dramas!


I hope they do! Did you know that there are actually radio storms on the planet Jupiter that you could hear on an AM radio?!


Really? That's fascinating. I had no idea that radio waves could travel so far!


I know, I didn't either! And soldiers have been able to pick up radio signals with makeshift "foxhole radios" so when you think of it radio is something that has probably always existed and been able to be interacted with.


Very interesting. Today when radio is mentioned people always think of music rather than dramas or communication. Did you know that Canadian radio requires 40% of their music to be Canadian?


I watch a little bit of television, what about you?


I watch TV, I like cartoons for adults like South Park.


South Park is pretty good and funny. I haven't watched it in a long time. Did you know there are over 750 episodes of pokemon?


That is a lot, are they good ? I was too old when it aired to appreciate it for what they are, a kids show.


I never really watched Pokemon. I'm too old for that too. Did you know there is only one episode of the Simpsons in which Bart is not in or mentioned?


I have watched a lot of their episodes, yet I don't remember that one, it must a been a recent one, I have stopped watching the show a few years ago.


I don't remember that one either. Do you like cars?


I don't own one, but I like cars, they are like horses for the modern era.


Yes they are lol. The trunk of a car used to be called that because it was actually a wooden trunk.


Cars are an old concept. Yet the names don't change a lot, Benz is the inventor of the modern car, and people still drive Mercedes-Benz.


Yep that's a cool stat. Cadillac was named after a French explorer who founded Detroit.


I think it is a nice homage to the guy, and it is also a classy name. Do you like the brand Cadillac ? I don't think I'll ever have enough money to buy one.


I like some Cadillac's, but will never be able to afford one lol.


I wonder if they sell Cadillac in South Africa, they give the option to add a flame thrower, it is legal there.


LOL that's hilarious! I guess carjacking is a common thing over there. I'd probably want to be armed in some way.


I guess flame throwers are good against carjacking, but they are bad against your car exploding in an accident.


haha exactly! Did you know more than 80 percent of the Earth's natural forests have been destroyed?


That is sad, and frightening at the same time. Trees were on Earth a long time before humans, it could impact us.


I totally agree. I read that when the Earth was first formed, a day was only 5.5 hours long.


It must have been special, so a 10 hour sleep would last two days ?


I guess haha. It was good talking to you!


I have since it was black and white in the 1960's.


Right now, I like Bluebloods and Madam Secretary.  But reality shows like "Shark Tank" are not so real since most "deals" don't really get done.


Oh I havent seen those,  but I hear bluebloods is good.  I dont watch any reality shows.  I am currently watching The Flash and catching up on The Walking Dead.


You have lots of episodes for The Walking Dead.  Now all TVs are at least in color and they have always had sound.


im on season 8 of the walking dead,  I am almost caught up.


I see.  You know that Homer Simpson had 188 jobs in his first 400 episodes.  How many have you had?


lol that is really bad turn over,  he is not a good employee.  i have had about 10 jobs I think.  How about you?


I have had about 15.  It is hard to count when one gets a second title in the same company.  Do you watch Saturday Night Live?


No I dont.  i have seen a few episodes,  funny skits.  Do you watch that show/?


I have watched it for a few years, stopped, started again, stopped, etc.  Their "Weekend Update" news segment started in their first episode and is the longest running skit.


Thats good for them.  That means it is doing really good.


Exactly.  Did you know that the first car was patented in Germany in 1886, making a car over 150 years old?


Wow,  is it still running?  I hear the drive thru was invented in 1975,  that has been a very convenient service!


It sure has!  It was invented for a narrow reason, but now has a very wide market!


did you know that more than 80% of the earths forest has been destroyed?


No. But I can imagine that before Europeans came to the Western Hemisphere, a squirrel could go from coast to coast in the US without ever touching the ground.


The earth is almost 4 times as dense as the sun.  Scientific facts are interesting.  I have learned a lot by reading articles the last couple of weeks.


That is interesting.  Great talking to you!


I love to read!  Im mainly into non fiction!


Me too! I may be a slow reader considering the world record for speed reading is a speed of 4,700 words per minute!


That is ridiculously fast!  I couldnt imagine reading that fast!


It would be nice, I could get so much more done in a day! In the 18th century there was a "moral panic" because of the spread of the reading of novels! Ha. I can't even imagine what other normal or good things they thought were immoral back then!


Or just even not wanting the knowledge to spread.


I've never read Ender's game. I wonder why it's suggested reading for many military organizations, including the USMC.


I did!  It was a great book, but I am not sure why it qualifies as military reading.


Hm, maybe I'll check that one out! Also starship troopers is the first sci-fi novel on the reading lists of three of the five US military branches. Have you read that one?


I havent, but if the military recommends it, it might be a good read.


Yeah, there's another one I may check out. Do you have a car? I don't at this time, but I'm going to need one soon! I am so sick of walking everywhere!


I do, I recently lost function in my right foot due to cancer, so I even got it adapted so I could drive with my left.  It is awesome.


Oh wow! I'm so sorry to hear that! But I had no idea they could adapt a car to a left foot! It's amazing that you can do anything with your left foot! My left foot is like my left hand, useless. Haha


I thought mine would be too, but when your right doesnt fight for control it is easier.  lol


Oh yeah! I can see that now! So, the cadillac was named after a french explorer Antoine De La Mothe Cadillac.


That is interesting, I always thought it was named after someone who invented the car.


Good thing they didn't name the car Mothe, I guess. Haha


True, no one would want one of those.  LOL


Haha! It's legal in south africa to have a flame thrower on your car!


I am glad thats not a thing here, some people have some serious road rage!


Absolutely! Also car jackings here aren't THAT bad! Haha


Did you hear why the drive through was invented?


Because soldiers couldnt get out of their cars in their fatigues.  McDonalds created the first one.


Yay! McDonalds! That ended up working well for me! I prefer drive-thrus! Thank you for the great conversation! :)


I love to read, definitely not a speed reader though


Me neither! I can't believe someone can read 4700 words per minute!


That is crazy I wish I had that reading speed in school.  I would have gotten a lot more done.


You and me both lol. Have you read Ender's game or starship troopers?


Ive read Ender's Game, not Starship troopers though.  Not sure why they are on military reading lists.


Maybe because they defy the odds to beat the enemy? I loved the movie Starship Troopers haha. Do you own a car at all?


But in Ender's game that is not how it ended.  He saved the alien life.


Interesting, I've never seen or read it lol.


It is a good book and movie.  Id recommend it.


I will definitely look into it! Can you believe they put flamethrowers on cars in South Africa!?!


Car Jacking must get pretty bad there.  Id definitely want one if that was that big of an issue.


I agree, can you imagine having them on our cars here in the US? lol that would be crazy!


Road Rage would surely get out of hand, some one steals your parking spot, just torch them.


There would be nothing but burn marks all over parking lots lol. Do you know how Cadillac got its name?


Yeah, from a French explorer, I always thought it was a car makers name like Benz


Same here. I can't believe the car was invented by Benz in 1886. You always associate the car with Ford!


I always did, I just guess Ford was the first to mass produce it.


I'm sure! Do you know there are 1.25 billion cars in the world!


That is sure a lot!  Good thing they invented drive thrus for all those cars.


What would we do without them! Anyways, I had a great chat with you, have an awesome day!


Kind of disturbing that Starship Troopers is assigned military academy reading. Ender's Game is at least a little less toxic.


Hello! That's interesting, are those both assigned readings on the military lists? Wonder why they have them in the first place.


They both involve strategic thinking in wartime situations. But at least Ender feels guilty about committing genocide, while Heinlein's characters are cheering it on.


Ahh that's interesting, regardless I think reading lists are important. Although maybe the military should use "reading bicycles", they used them in an elementary school and test scores greatly improved.


I remember how angry I used to get at the idea of summer reading lists. I didn't read Watership Down till I'd been an adult a long time, and I noticed the book was on the high school's mandatory summer reading. If I'd been forced to read it like that I'd probably hate it to my dying day.


Oh that's interesting! I think reading lists aren't diverse enough, they should have monster stories too! It's funny to think George R.R. Martin started writing by selling monster stories for pennies huh!


Interesting. I think Stephen King also started out really scraping by as a writer, trying to sell short stories for pretty low amounts, before he hit it big with Carrie.


I didn't know that! On the other hand a lot of successful people are never involved with reading. President Andrew Johnson never learned reading until his wife taught him.


I didn't know that. A surprising number of people today can't read and manage to fake it somehow.


Definitely, and most have no excuse. Even Louis Braille, who invented the braille reading and writing system, was able to perfect it at the age of 15.


I don't know how much they're to blame TBH. Teachers have such high student ratios, and schools take such a one-size-fits-all approach in processing students without regard to their learning style, I'm not surprised a lot of people fall through the cracks.


That's definitely true, at least they've instilled the quality of silent reading, which is always helpful. Back in the middle ages, only the most skilled readers were able to read silently.


That really surprised me when I first learned it. It must have made for a lot of distraction when several people were reading in the same place.


Oh I'm sure it was. They must have had to drown it out like radio noise. On that note, are you interested in radios at all?


Not a whole lot, but by brother-in-law is a former radio DJ who's fascinated by the history of radio, and has a collection of the old radio serial programs. Are you?


I like listening to old radio programs as well! One of the most popular acts of the 1930s was a ventriloquist, that's incredible to me!


Yeah, that's hilarious. It doesn't seem like anyone could get much out of that on the radio.


I used to listen to the 1970's Fantastic Four radio show! I recently found out Bill Murray actually voiced the Human Torch.


That's amazing! I love Bill Murray. One of the best comedians ever.


Oh I love him! It's surprising how many people get their start or at least become famous over radio. Like Bing Crosby recordings filled over half of all radio time allocated to recorded music in 1948.


Imagine Top 40 radio today giving half its time to one artist! Nice chatting with you.


Not as much as I used to, I've lost control of the TV to the kids.


Ha.  I cut cable, so I rely on Netflix a lot.  I was always a big Simpsons fan.


Same here, lost the cable about two years back, use both Prime and Netflix and save a bundle every month.  I liked the old Simpsons, not so much the recent ones.


There is only one Episode where Bart isnt seen or even mentioned.


I wonder how they did that, he seems integral.  I tend to watch one drama over a few weeks and then move on to another.


Did you see House, it has been off the air for a while, but I loved that show!


I used to watch it with my wife, I was not that bothered by it.  I think she really liked the main actor.


Hugh Laurie was great!  He is the highest paid actor for a TV drama.


There are quite a few seasons of House, he must have done very well for himself, set for life.


Agreed.  Do you know why Jim Carrey doesnt do drama anymore?


Does he still do comedies?  Many of these comedians start out in goofy roles and then want to become legitimate actors in dramas.


I think he does, he only wants to portray positive things in his acting.


are you a frequent Facebook user?  I have an account but rarely use it.


I feel like I am on it all the time.  I cant believe Myspace declined to buy it in 2005, what a mistake.


Someone made a bad choice.  I tend to stay away from it because I think if I started I'd never escape it.


It is hard, I manage several businesses on it, so I cant ever get away.


You must close your eyes and still see Facebook blue.  We'll all probably use it more and more, I hear Iceland is using it to rewrite their constitution.


They are, what a neat way to get everyone involved.  Burger King is even hopping in on the craze.


In kind of a cheeky way, yes.  I kind of like the contrariness of getting people to unfriend.


I know at least 10 I could get rid of for a whopper.  LOL.  Have a great day!


Fires in the streets. Smashed windows. Flipped cars. Light poles toppled by alcohol-fueled crowds. Philadelphia awoke this morning


Its sad to see people destroy their hometown after such a momentous occasion


Why do fans care so intensely about their teams? What is going on in their brains after a win or loss? What circumstances make a riot more likely?


Researchers believe its the effect the mob has on each person that brings out the violence


And when American sports fans riot, it is almost always in celebration of a victory rather than a defeat. Why do fans feel so strongly about their teams? "We're social creatures. We have a need to belong," said Daniel Wann, a psych


The need we have for a sense of belonging can be detrimental when you find yourself in a crowd after a championship win.


And when American sports fans riot, it is almost always in celebration of a victory rather than a defeat. Why do fans feel so strongly about their teams?


Where else are you going to find total strangers hugging all over each other than at a major sports team win


Trying to measure that effect, Hirt conducted a study in the 1990s on college basketball fans


I understand the need and desire to celebrate but not the pole climbing


They think they're anonymous," said Jason Lanter, a psychology professor at Kutztown University who has studied celebratory fan violence for more than a decade.


Are celebrating your teams win in the streets right now?


"For a certain subset of sports fans, witnessing violent sports is not enough to reduce 'such energy to tolerable levels,' and only personally experienced 'aggressive acts'


Did you celebrate the Philly Super Bowl win last year with the crowd?


Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified


I realize that but do you get caught up in all the excitement of your team winning a championship?


Kareem abdul-jabbar's dominant use of the dunk got the shot banned from college basketball for over a decade


When was the dunk reinstated in college basketball do you know?


Kareem abdul-jabbar's dominant use of the dunk got the shot banned from college basketball for over a decade.


In 39 out of 50 states, the highest paid state employee is either a college football or basketball coach.


Yes all the time. Do you know what a hamburger button is?


that is the three horizontal line menu in the apps


Yeah. Did you know you can get addicted to clicking on the internet?


Yeah I can see that if you spend too much time in it


Yeah. There is a copy of the internet in the library of Alexandria


WOw how do you even save a copy of the internet though


Yeah good point. There is 3g cell service on everest now


WOw that is convenient I guess. Do you ever read the terms when you buy online?


Nope I do not , I guess I am not in the 7% of those who do


I did not but I hear it is the reason why NY area code is 212


Yeah it was the easiest to dial on those large phones


Yeah, how about the phone books, ever used them?


I have not actually but heard they cannot be separated once stuck together


Yeah, I want to see that happen. UNICEF donates clean water when we do not use the phone


I want to know how they do that as it is a great initiative


Yesh exactly Did you know the iPhone has more power than the us icbm deterrent


Wow that is a lot of power, kind of scary


Yeah it is indeed. Do you listen to the radio?


I do actually Did you know in AM you can get Jupiter's storms?


Wow that is impressive I wonder what sounds like


Good morning!  Do you listen to the radio any?


not too much, im more of a podcast guy. do you?


I hear you.  Radio can be interesting though.  They say that the storms from Jupiter can be heard on an am radio.


the radio is fascinating, i dont understand how it works. this is the perfect example of how wild it is


I'm not sure how it works either.  I know it uses radio waves to carry information.


did you know theres a site where you can listen to thousands of old radio drama episodes for free?


No I didn't know that.  I'd like to look that site up. Some of those old dramas were pretty good!


I guess those radio dramas and talk shows sort of live on in the form of podcasts if you think about it!


Yes they do.  The internet has continued the lives of a lot of old things other than radio.


it is. did you know the peak of mt everest has 3g coverage? haha


I didn't know that and I would really like to know how someone got coverage way up there!


it seems like the interent reach far and wide....and high these days


Yes it does.  It's come a long way from it's early use by schools in the 1980s.


only 7% of people ever read those terms of service. i wonder what were signing away


I have to admit that I very rarely ever read them. If the terms are from a known company I just skip or skim over them.


I have literally never ever read them! aint nobody got time for thtat!


They are pretty long and drawn out!  Say did you know that the constant clicking on links can cause real addiction?


that makes sense if you think about...some people get addicted to that instant access to kowledge and information


Yes they do.  All of that information is completely safe by the way from going away.  The library of Alexandria has a saved copy of the internet.


we might need more backups! we cant lose all that knowledge. i wonder if it updates in real time


I don't know. I would like to know that too.  I would also like to know how the library stores it.


I  think the internet is a great invention and I love it, what about you?


I know I am a bit of a slave to it.  It is fantastic what we are able to do.


I know right, we can tranfer data, music, videos, large file, the internet is just amazing


It is, There is even a copy in the Library of Alexandra


Thats a great thing I guess, the internet is neccesary now I cant imagine my life without it


I know.  There is even 3G service at the top of MT Everest.


Theres signal on top of Mt. Everest! wow thats the highest mountain in the planet, crazy how signal gets there


Yeah, but it is great so you can check in when you reach the summit, because as we all know it isnt official until it is on facebook... lol


Thats amazing, I would like to take a selfie after achieving a goal like that, not many make it to the top


Very true.  Maybe people in the past have used the method that WWII soldiers did with the pencil and the razor blade.


That sounds like a great survival skill, do you  listen to the radio much?


On occasion, mainly podcasts.  I would like to hear the radio storms that Jupiter has though.


That would be interesting  I agree, would become boring eventually but can make you imagination fly


Very true.  They do have a website with classical radio dramas too, its even free.


Is it free really? does it have a lot of content usually the worse episodes are the only free ones


I dont know, I havent personally checked out, but if they are all older it is public domain, so it would all be free.


I see, I must Google search for that site then, do you agree with the Canadian rewarding local music in their radio stations?


I think it is good, but to require 40% is kind of crazy


Seems a bit excesive but I respect the law, you promote local talent and then great artists can be formed


Very true.  It would also give lesser know local artists a chance against the big stars.


I agree, big stars are famous already so its hard to compete with that.


Hello, do you follow politics very much. Did you know FDR vetoed 635 bills as President, Obama just 2 and Trump not a single bill yet.


It sounds like the congress is slowing down and not submitting bills to be signed or vetoed.


Yes, good point. With gridlock there may be a huge difference in bills compared to the depression/New Deal era. Did you follow the Trump Kim Jong Un second summit? That turned out to be "Much Ado About Nothing", Lisa Monaco reports Kim will never give up nukes as they're the safety net to keep in power, thus he's rational for holding on as to them as long as he rules.


I believe that Kim is behaving rationally to some extent.  If he was deposed some how, he would looses his life in short order.  Do nukes really help him hold power though. I do not see that.


Well, you look at Gaddafi being overthrown with Western air-cover and assistance in Libya after he gave up his nuclear program vs. Kim holding onto power and very nervous because he has nukes, I think that what Kim see's in having nukes. I don't really feel confident in the best decisions for the future involving that regime. You wonder what the CIA and FBI and Homeland Security know about North Korea's cyber and other threats to us.


Ah yes, the cyber threat.  It is easy to sell the fear of the unknown.  Perhaps Kim would like some passes to Disney Land in Europe in exchange for the nuke program.


Haha, if you look at the guy, his haircut and suit he looks like a Disneyland Character. Did you see where the President of Zimbabwe was called "President Banana"; maybe a fruit moniker would be more apt for Kim.


I like to think the Zimbabwe presidents first name was Top.  I read somewhere that Kim distrusts barbers and cuts his own hair.  I wonder what weight motor oil he uses.


Funny, yes. I also read he brought all his own food and cooks to cook the food at the aborted last Summit with Trump as he's afraid of being poisoned. He must not sleep well at night fearing Chefs and Barbers. Did you read where two of the three most wealthy Presidents were Washington and Jefferson (JFK being the third). Sound like Plantation Owner was a fairly lucrative position given all the Presidents we've had including the self-described current billionaire.


It must be difficult to adjust for inflation from president washingtons time.  I never learned in school that until 1805 the runner up in a presidential election became the vice president.


Yes, imagine if that law hadn't been changed. We'd have Trump/Hillary as President/VP; that sounds like a nightmare. Did you see where the President's guest house is larger than the White House, had that law still been in effect my suspicion is that where VP Hillary would have based her operations from.


The Trump/Hillary presidency would be more entertaining than what we have now. That would inconceivable. I think Kim finds himself in a no win and is riding the tiger.


Haha, yes, but did you see where the President of Indonesia released 3 pop albums in office, I doubt he was orange but he had to wear some makeup if he took the Presidency Pop Tour on the road.


It speaks to the popularity of the Indonesian president.  If there was an unpopular president who released an album it would do poorly.  He could even get Kanye West and still flop.


I'm unaware of his record sales or popularity of his music in Indonesia or elsewhere, but it is certainly an oddity.  Did you know if you zoom in on the White House on Google maps you see former President Obama?


Renegade is visible?  No, I had no idea.  Obamas secret service code name was renegade.


Yes, odd to me. He seemed like a fairly intelligent soft spoken man, less renegade than scholar or statesman. I wonder if the price of coconuts and coconut oil plunged when he visited India, they actually cut down all the coconut trees surrounding one of his destination in case he would be injured in a falling coconut accident, that would have been freakish.


May I disagree with some things.  A code name that is not in line with who you are is probably a good thing.  44th would be a bad code name.  The coconuts were removed from the tree.


Yes, at for all the birther non-sense he was a legitimate President because his mom was a US Citizen, why didn't they say that on Fox News, I despair.


It makes me wonder.  A citizen is a citizen. Unless your trying to appeal to the voters.  It is just easier to say, yep, born here.


Well, thank you for for the discussion. I didn't know that Jupiter has radio storms so strong that can be picked up by am radio. I'm old enough to have owned and listened to am radio in the 60's and I thought all the static was just a cheap radio, now I see it extraterrestrial.


And to think those radio waves are passing through you.  The waves are lovingly caressing your nostrils, wrapping around your fillings.  Have a good day.


Have you read much about Barack Obama? I didn't realize that he's named after his father


I haven't studied him closely, but I learned recently that his Secret Service Codename was renegade.


I mean, I would use a name that legit too. During his time in office, he only vetoed two bills. Compared to FDR's 635, that's very low


Given the government division, that's really surprising.  Of course, we've come a long way from when the vice-President was always the runner up from the Presidential election.  Maybe if we went back to that system we'd have more bipartisanship.


And possibly a lot less would get done. I wonder whose idea it was for the White House to be smaller than its guest house


Perhaps it was Washington given that he was one of the wealthiest presidents.  He might have not needed a big house given that he knew he'd be returning to his own mansion.


He's not the only one who was wealthy. The whole Kennedy family seems to have had a lot of money for JFK to have been in the top 3 wealthy


Kennedy is a very presidential name.  As was Washington.  Not like Zimbabwe, who had a first president named Banana.


But in their culture, it was presidential enough for him to be elected


Very true.  Much as in our culture, we have elected a Hollywood star twice now.  Course, Indonesia's president actually produces music while in office.


He would write his own campaign music to get people to vote for him. If it's catchy enough, it'll get stuck in their heads


Yep, and maybe make it on the radio.  Everyone can find a way to access the radio, like the soldiers in WWII who made radios out of a razor blade and pencil.


You could probably even find it online. Even the classic radio dramas can be found for free online


Yes, which could come in handy if you're in Canada.  Apparently, Canada requires 40% of the music played to be Canadian.  I'd get pretty tired of Alanis Morisette 40% of the time.


That's not the only Canadian artist. If we though "Call Me Maybe" was overplayed in the US, how much more would it have been played in Canada since she's Canadian?


I didn't realize she was Canadian, too.  Well, any of it would be better than Finland, where they play their weekly news entirely in classical Latin.


It's just one station, but I can't imagine how it's still going. More people must understand Latin than we realize


Yeah, most people have something interesting that we never knew.  Like Teddy Roosevelt, who apparently didn't want to be sworn into office on the Bible.


There was one other who didn't. There are all sorts of weird things, like how Obama could have still been President had he been born in Kenya


Or McCain or Cruz, who were all born outside the US.  Perhaps one day there will be a President who was actually born in Kenya.


I'm not sure how that works, but I guess I'll have to research that more


I wonder if a rotary phone would still work if I hooked it up in my home?  That would be fun to try.


Hello there, that would be fun to try again.  I remember using those when I was little.


Did you have one on the wall in your kitchen?  We did, bright yellow.


Yeah we did, ours was on off yellow, more of a tan or light brown though.  Remember calling other people and the line always being busy at some houses?


These days the phone and TV are all kind of merged.  My iPhone supposedly has more computing power than the nuclear icbm deterrent.  I wonder how they measured that?


Yeah the phone, tv, and computer have all merged basically.  Yeah that is an interesting fact and thats true how do they measure that?


If you ever get a chance to go to the Computer History Museum in Mt View California they have a missile computer on display, I think from a Polaris submarine.  Not much too it really.


That would be pretty neat to go see if you are in the area.


It seems such a waste all the internet and compute power that we spend on games and just fooling around.  Like Netflix and Youtube make up half of the internet peak traffic in North America.  Just think if all that power was spent, say, like curing cancer.


That is a very good point, and what if instead of all of the hype for popular people, we hyped up people that contribute actual meaningful things to help others.


You mean like celebrities and singers?  Really what do they do that is of any use?  But we love 'em all anyway.  Like Ringo Starr narrated so many Thomas the Tank engine shows.  And we love him for it.


Well that is really cool, no those people bring a lot of joy and amusement, I meant more like reality stars and such.  But yeah that is really cool, I didn't know that!


Those "reality" shows are a real waste.  Most of them anyway.  But a good movie can be a real treasure.  The Netflix founder got mad after getting a $40 late fee for Apollo 13 that he had rented.  I guess he was watching it over and over. So he founded Netflix.  Now he can watch whatever he wants.


Isn't that a funny story, and to think that Blockbuster had a real chance to buy Netflix but turned it down.


So many missed chances in Silly Con valley!  And big winners too.  Like did anyone think the Simpsons would become such a perennial hit?


Right, I used to love that show, until about the 12th season or so, then I felt the writing went downhill.


There's only so much the writers can actually do, week after week.  Bart himself has appeared in every show except one.  I suppose we could use all this compute power to track shows like who's in what episode etc.


Yeah I wonder what episode that, and you are right we could easily use all this power at our hands.


Let's get all 137 million worldwide Netflix subscribers to watch all the Simpson's episodes and record every character.  That would be a hoot!


Yeah that would be quite a feat as well!


Sign me up.  I'll take the free Netflix subscription in return for doing the work.


Hey same here, well it was nice talking with you today, I hope you have a good one.


Yes, I am! I can not believe it was founded in 1997. Doesn't seem that long ago!


I know!  They now have 137 million subscribers worldwide!


Yes, and I'm one of them. They did not expand their business until 2007 when they added their media streaming service.


What year did they expand to the streaming service?


Per my last message, it was in 2007. Then they expanded internationally in 2010 with streaming in Canada followed by Latin America and the Caribbean.


Ahhh...ok...lol. My fingers typed faster than my mind. I'm surprised to see that Netflix still spends 20 times more on postage than on bandwidth. I don't know anyone who still subscribes to the DVD rental business part.


I find the story of how Netflix got started amusing.  Reed Hastings started if after racking up a $40 late fee on a vhs copy of Apollo 13.


Oh, now that is funny. I find it amusing that Blockbuster declined several offers to buy Netflix for $50 million.


Wouldn't that be funny if the place that fined him that late fee was Blockbuster?  lol


Yes, it sure would be. Hard to believe that now Netflix is worth $2 billion.


I be Blockbuster is kicking themselves.  I literally just read that there is just 1 store left in something like Washington state I think.  Netflix now takes up to 33 percent of all bandwidth in North America from 9PM to 12 AM.


Yeah, I bet they sure are. Hard to believe that Netflix and Youtube together make up half of peak internet traffic in North America.


Yes, same here. Netflix was founded in California. It seems like a lot of the good ideas are from there.


Yes.  I agree.  Speaking of founded...I can't believe that since it was started Pokemon now has over 750 episodes!


Yes, that is a lot. My kids liked it. They liked the Simpsons too. One episode of the Simpsons Bart was not seen or mentioned. It was weird.


I wonder why they wrote him out of an episode like that?


Maybe they did it just to see if people would notice. Who knows?


Maybe.  Or the voice actor wasn't available for that episode?  I didn't know that there were other people who did the voice for Thomas the Tank.  In addition to George Carlin, Ringo Starr and Alec Baldwin did it as well.   In fact, all 3 did the voice for at  least 52 episodes each.


I can't believe that! And to think of all the Thomas episodes I've seen! Nice chatting with you today!


It was fun and nice chatting with you too!


Hello, yes I have a Ford Fusion. What about you?


I own a cadillac actually. Have you heard what is it named after?


I heard it was named after a French explorer. Heard he founded Detroit too.


Yep his name is Antoine de la mothe cadillac, cadillac rolls off the tongue better lol. I think Ford was founded in Detroit also


Very cool. The trunk of a car was named that because older cars actually had wooden trunks.


wow, didn't know that. I wonder if it was easy to break into trunks back in the day


I bet it was super easy. In South Africa, it's legal to equip a car with a flamethrower.


I heard that, must be a lot of carjackings. Would you equip the fusion with one?


I would love to have a flamethrower haha. What about you?


lol me too, put that sucker on my prius, make it more intimidating lol! I can show it off on Facebook then


Yep, I don't use it as much anymore like I used to, but it is ok. Did you hear myspace turned it down?


I saw they turned it down for $75 million.


Yea, I wonder how myspace is doing. Facebook is worth like 104 billion dollars right now!


I bet they are really kicking themselves in the you know what for passing up on that offer now.


right, I bet really bad lol! Did you ever participate in the burger king promotion?


I did not, but I would have loved to. Would you have?


If you deleted 10 friends you got a free whopper. I wanted to delete like 1000! lol, it was so nice chatting with you!


That's awesome. I would have loved to do that.


Enjoy your day, unadd some friends, lol!


Hi there! How are you tonight? I'm good. I am hanging out watching TV tonight.


Hello,  I am great,  how are you?  thats good,  watching anything good?


Just watching a little bit of it all.I like the Simpsons. I was not crazy about the episode where Bart was not seen or talked about though.


Yeah I used to watch that show,  I dont think I ever seen that episode.  I hear that Homer had like 180 jobs lol


Oh wow! That is a lot! I wonder if he ever worked for the Government?


Doubt it lol Did you know there are like 750 pokemon episodes?


Yes! There are enough to play just about an episode a week for 16 straight years. I have seen many.


Yes, more than I need to see and I've seen a lot. As many kids shows as I've seen, when I was watching I never realized that Ringo Starr narrated Thomas the Tank Engine.


That is interesting.  I think my nephews used to watch that lol


My youngest did. Even George Carlin and Alec Baldwin have narrated the show. I wish I would have realized this when I was watching instead of finding out later.


Do you use phones a lot?  An iphone has more computing power than the entire us nuclear icbm deterrent?


I don't think I'm ever without access to a phone.


Unicef donates a day of water to a child in need for every minute you do not use your phone.


Oh, that is a good idea! It's just amazing that the whole US Nuclear ICBM does not have as much computing power as an I phone.


Yes, I was agreeing with you. Such an awesome piece of technology.


Yeah its kinda scary how much tech is in a phone.


I agree, and to think the diameter of the cables on the ocean floor that carry internet and phone data are only 2.7 inches in diameter.


Its pretty interesting that they just lay on the ocean floor,  I wonder if they are concerned an fish or sea animal might chew through it.


It must work if that's the way it has been set up. Have a good night!


Its ironic how that 13 year old girl got killed


Are you talking about Sandra Parks?  She's the girl that wrote about gun violence and then got shot.


Yeah the same one, a real tragedy, hopefully something can be done about this im sick of all the gun violence in the country


I know what you mean and it is sad to hear, not just about her but about everyone that has been involved in gun violence in some way.  What makes Sandra Parks story really sad though is that she was in her house when she got hit by a stray bullet from outside.


Yeah a strayed bullet, Im afraid, we are not even safe at home now,  I might have to read her essay ''The Truth'' it might make me cry


What can really make you cry is that she was shot during the Thanksgiving holidays.  Now, for the rest of their lives her family will have to relive that every Thanksgiving.


Yeah that would ruin the holidays for anyone, I cant imagine the pain her family felt and is feeling right now.


As I remember the story I think that the shooters were just randomly firing shots into houses.  I can't believe someone, any human being, would think - hey, let's just fire shots at that house over there!


And she didnt die right away, so sad when she told her mother ''Momma, Im shot. Call the police'' that just broke my heart.


Oh I know!  I remember hearing about that.  I know there are two sides on the issue of gun control.  Some say get rid of guns some say to keep them. In this instance the shooter was a convicted felon illegally in possession of a gun. Even with gun control, as there is for felons, he still had one.


Yeah i guess its really hard to control who buys guns in this country, good thing the police catched them, they had two guns right?


I believe so.  Say, how about something a little happier to talk about?  Do you use facebook?  Did you know that it was launched back in 2004 on the 4th of February?


Yeah I agree, the topic is too dark, lets change it, and yes I am a Facebook User since 2014, and really that long?


Yep, really that long ago!  It is truly amazing that a little site started by some college students has turned into a global phenomenon.


It is, I bet they didnt know how big it would get, did you hear about the promotion Buger King had on the site?


I can't remember.  What was the promotion about?


if you unfriended 10 friends you would  get a free Whooper burger


That would be cool! i would unfriend people for a free burger!  That reminds me of Germany. There is a state in Germany that makes the like button illegal.


Yeah, I know I would too, Facebook has a big influence, I wonder why the like button is illegal over there.


I don't know.  It seems kind of rude to make it illegal to like something.  You know, facebook is worth $104 billion dollars.  Maybe they should by the state and change the laws lol!


I agree lol, that would be a good idea, and $104 billion no kidding! thats a lot of money!


Hello,  did you know mcdonalds added a drive thu in 1975?


I thought it was before 1975. I figured that people had cars and there was a problem with parking.


Oh, that makes sense. i guess the soldiers had some rule about going into restaurants?


I think they couldnt get out of their cars while wearing fatigues.


That makes sense. i dont think that rules still applies though. i see troops in their fatigues.


Yeah i dont think so either.  Lucky for us the drive thru stayed lol


Yes, it is an institution in the US. we dont have to ever leave our cars. we can be immobile our whole lives.


we have adapted to the new environment. the car, the radio, the facebook. we will live out of lives and know nothing else.


Did you know it is legal in south africa to equip your car with a flame trower?


I guess if I could afford it i would get one. it sounds effective, and fun! LOL


lol I would get one if I lived in a place that snowed lol


Yes, clear the roads fast! You could hire out your services to melt snow.


You could have a whole fleet of flamethrowing cadillacs. Clear the roads in style!


Yes, why not use the best for flamethrowers? no reason to be cheap. you'll get tons of business


I was thinking subarus,  those arent cheap,  I need awd as well lol


Ok, you might want cheaper vehicles for discount services. Anyway, great chat!


Nice chatting with you,  have a goood one.


Hey did you hear that new song on the radio today?


What is it called?  Did you know that there is a website that you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio drama free?


Closer by Halsey and yeah we have come a long way from soldiers making radios from razorblades and a pencil.


You are right, but that was ingenious!  Jupiter has radio storms really strong and you can hear them on am radio.


Even if you could hear them you'd still have to listen to canadian music in Canada because they require 40% of the music played there to be canadian.


Wow!  Do you go on Facebook?  They had a promotion where if you unfriend 10 people you get a free whopper.


I don't use Facebook too often but that Whopper sure sounds good on a ride home in my car.


Facebook is mostly blue because Zuckerburg is red-green colorblind


Didn't Myspace turn down an offer to buy Facebook back in 2005?


Yes, for $75 million I bet they regret that.


Facebook is weird I heard you can't use the like button over in Germany because it's illegal.


That is very odd.  Iceland even decided to use Facebook to rewrite their constitution. That sounds risky.


Yeah I think I'm going to move to South Africa at least I can put a flame-thrower on my car there!


Wow, sounds impressive!  Did you know that McDonald's added their drive-thru to accomodate soldiers not allowed to leave their cars wearing their fatigues?


Of course I knew that but bet you didn't know the trunk of a car is called that because old cars use to have actual wooden trunks on the back.


How about those Caddy's?  The Cadillac was named after a French explorer Antoine de la mothe and he had founded Detroit!


Caddy's are cool but what about beating 90,000 people in the game Gran Turismo to become a professional race car driver?


I think that would be fun :)  On a tragic note, how sad it was that a girl who recognized gun violence in her neighborhood and wrote about it actually became a victim to it.


Yeah I heard about that she got killed by a stray bullet, it's awful man.


Her mother was so sad, she said that her chest felt like a boulder is smashing down on her heart.  What a wonderful girl her teen must have been.  So sad...


Yeah I will catch you later man going to go put money in the GoFundMe.


Great! Hope you're doing well! Did you hear about Jonathan Bennet ambushing police in Charlotte? That was an intense situation!


I did not hear about that. What happened?


The police were searching for him as he was wanted as a murder suspect. He found the cops one night and ambushed them.  But in the end, after more than a dozen bullets flew, Bennet was fatally shot!


Why would he ambush cops? It seems that he got what he deserved. Had the cops done something to him?


They were hunting him because he murdered his girlfriend in the presence of their 3 year old daughter. So terribly sad. I heard about it over the radio. Do you like listening to the radio?


I don't listen to the radio now much. I used to when I was young. Now i use the Internet. You?


I still enjoy listening to it. I like to break out the old AM radio sometimes to see if I can listen to Jupiter's radio storms. Sometimes they're strong enough to hear from an AM radio.


I wonder if they're really interesting to listen to. Better than talk shows on the radio? Maybe.


They are very interesting indeed! Hey, at least we're not listening to Canadian radio where 40% is required by law to be Canadian music. It's like how would they even know what music is Canadian and what isn't?


I think the criterion is whether at least one of the group members has Canadian citizenship.


True. Either way, the radio is great entertainment. Speaking of entertainment, I remember being entertained by the original Nintendo Entertainment System and the 54 colors it could only display! Ha!


The NES was basic, but it had good games. And plenty of longevity too. That system was around for along time. I bet they sold millions of systems.


Indeed they did. It was truly a great form of entertainment. Mucj better than what Caeser said about the British when he visited in 50bc: They bred chickens for entertainment instead of food. I'll take the original Nintendo over that any day! Ha!


But perhaps chickens have more than 54 colors. LOL. The NES lasted until 2003. That's longer that I expected.


Ha! Agreed! Almost as unexpected as an entertainment executive telling Ronald Reagan one time that he didn't think he had that presidential look. That was an epic fail on that executive's part!


I guess at the time the presidents looked quite different. Maybe they looked like Bill Nye.


And Bill Nye became famous because he won a Steve Martin lookalike contest. How weird? Ha!


He could be made to look presidential perhaps. A Trump lookalike contest?


Maybe so! You never know, right? Heck, maybe someone can even be made to look like the founder of Detroit, French explorer Antoine De La Mothe Cadillac who Cadillac also named their brand after!


Never knew that! Anyway, thanks for the chat! Have a good evening!


Its wild, isn't it? Speaking of Cadillacs and cars, the trunk of your car is actually called a trunk because older cars had wooden trunks on the back of them! Well, I enjoyed chatting with you! Take care!


Hi there do you know that Jupiter has radio storms


Radios falling from the sky? Sounds terrifying! LOL. I know what you mean. I did not know that.


no we can just hear them in am radio..  its too strong


I bet they sound better than a lot of the caterwauling they call music these days.


soldiers had t make radios using razor blades during world war to hear music


Was that to hear music? I thought they would listen to the enemy and such.  I guess they needed to have fun too though.


they named it foxhole radios  it has a pencil and a blade


That's a perfect name. I can imagine it easily. Did they have to listen to local music though?


ITs beacuse of soldiers drive thru was invented by MC Donalds Looks like many inventions are built for army later used for people in general


According to canadian law, all radios are required to have at least 40% of the music played be canadian. I figure troops in foxholes have to do the same. LOL


Fiinnish radio has a latin newa show.. not sure how Finns know Latin .


I guess there are a lot of poindexters there that love dead languages. Maybe they got nothing to do in Finland.


Do you know that car was first patented under name Benz patent Motorwagen


Every carmaker in the world owes it all to Benz. A genius company.


yes Karl Benz was a great inventor that to in 1886 wow


Did he put flamethrowers on the cars back then?


no i guess its just South African evolution


There must be some serious problems if they need flamethrowers. I would like to see one of them cars in action.


yeah would be a good adventure to be in one such car


I would love to take one to the drive-thru. They won't mess up your order then. LOL


did you know that at most about 63 percent of people end up voting in a USA presidential election?


The US has a terrible turnout for elections. One of these days there might be some ugly consequences when people don't vote.


yes I agree, what is strange is that in 2012, international election observers weren't allowed to view the polling in 9 states, I wonder what was going on


Elections will need to change. I don't know what can be done. It's interesting that the taller candidate has won 75% of the time. Maybe basketball players should run for office?


haha that is a good point, they do need to change but I don't think we should do what they did in ancient athens, aka using a random lottery to appoint officials


Elections have led to an oligarchy in the US. It's interesting. I wonder how much better a randomly selected president would be.


haha that is a good idea, I wish we could do that experiment actually, I do like in Nevada that there is an option to vote for none of the candidates instead of letting people make in uninformed decision


I like that option. Often we don't like anyone, and want to lodge a protest vote. I would rather have everyone show up to the polls and vote that way. Then politicians would take the people seriously.


yes, what I didn't know was that Trump wouldn't be in the top 3 most wealthy US Presidents list, I wonder if this is adjusted for inflation?


It must be. I know that Washington and Jefferson owned a lot of land. JFK's family made their money from running alcohol during Prohibition.


ah yes I remember reading that, also crazy that the white house guest house is bigger than the actual White House itself! Crazy


Trump has not put the Trump sign on the guest house, though I guess he could put it up on AirBNB.


haha, what would be wild is if Trump released 3 pop albums like the President of Indonesia did, now that would be a wild thing


The president of Indonesia probably required radio stations to play the tunes. Trump could play his pop songs at his rallies. He could team up with Kanye West.


haha that's true they seem to be getting along, what is crazy is if we still used the old rule of the runner up becoming the vice president, can you imagine president trump with a vice president hillary clinton?


I don't think that would work out very well.


What I can't figure out is why the first president of the country Zimbabwe wanted to be called President Banana, just doesn't sound like a cool name haha


I bet he LOVED that name. That is just the name that people would give the president of an African country. I wonder whether observers get blocked from the polls in African countries.


that's a good question, and I wonder if he were the taller candidate between everyone that was running? that would fit with the statistic that the taller person wins more often in these races


I wonder whether that stat applies to women. I would imagine that women are evaluated differently than men.


that is a great question, I think they need to do more research on this subject or look at winning politicians in other countries


Are you comfortable talking about politics?


Yes, a discussion on politics is fine with me.


What do you think about the election system?


I think the election system is about as effective as it could possibly be. I sort of wish we could go back to how it was prior to 1805, though.


Do you think the US should make voting mandatory? Attendance is abysmally low


No. But I do think we should go back to the way it was prior to 1805.


The Vice President was elected a lot differently, they were the second highest vote for the Presidential race.


Well I think that is interesting, but I wouldn't want both trump and hillary to be in the highest elected positions of power


Do you know who the richest three American Presidents have been?


Yes, the other two were Jefferson and JFK.


Hmm jefferson I understand, but never thought of jfk that way


Well, here's another fun fact for you -- since 1900, the taller candidate for President has won 3/4 of the time.


I'm sure it does, usually the better looking candidate wins, don't you think? Except for Zimbabwe's first President, that is, President Banana.


Personally I am sad that the only candidates were trump and hillary during the last election. The election for president shouldn't about appearances or who would be less worse


You're correct about voter turnout, by the way. In the last 100 years, the turnout has never surpassed 62.8% of eligible voters. I think the third party tends to empower weaker candidates times, too, though.


It is a shame that a 3rd party has never won in US history, though it has come very close before


I'm curious about elections in Nevada because they alone have a "none of these candidates" option when voting for President.


I wish I had that option, though I wonder what would happen if everyone voted for none of these candidates and it was a tie between reps


Right! Good thing Nevada is the only state that has that on their voting ballots. Well, it's been fun talking to you.


What do you think about the tweet the Russian Embassy posted?


It is kind of fun.  Emoji of a space ship and some photo.  Not serious at all.  Twitter is not meant to be serious.


Yeah I guess Twitter is informal but it can have serious repercussions still.


There are a lot of reasons for a helicopter to be around DC.  The DC police had one up for a possible robbery.  I guess it could be real event taken the wrong way. Serious it is.


It seems a bit too unrealistic to me lol like a Tom Clancy novel.


Yes, like a novel. Did you know that the Russian Foreign Ministry put a april fools joke on the answering machines... Press 3 to request election interference. Thats a good one.


It didnt sound like the Russian foreign ministry is full of surprises,


Oh Russians, always having fun.  Not like in the US where a cat named Hank was running in the Virginia Senate Election.  He got third.


Thats too bad I was cheering for Hank, probably would have done a better job than most politicians.


The cat would have been cool!  It is a odd thing how how we pick elected officials.  Apparently the faster blinking person has lost every presidential election since 1980.


I bet thats a signal our subconcious picks up, you know that the Iphone has more computing power than the us nuclear icbm detterrent all combined!!


I wonder how that can be.  It is no small feat to hit a moving target with a missile.  Let alone a few hundred targets.  I belive the Iphone thing.  There is little correlation between cellphone call quality and the bars of service.


I know I would have thought it required something a lot more powerful than an Iphone and I wonder why is that


I do not know.  Perhaps that rule that says computing power doubles and cost halves very year.  I have a fun piece of trivia about phones.  The dial phone was created because an business thought the operators were routing calls to competitors.


Oh how interesting, I have one for you too, do you know why the area code of New York is 212?


I would guess that the early idea was numbers like 313, 414.  NY was first, so 212.  In 1930's an actress helped invent cell phone wifi and gps.  way to go Hedy Lamarr.


No, the correct answer is because it was the fastest number to dial back when rotary phones were used.


Well, that sounds reasonable.  No idea why or how such things happen.  Kind of like the Hedy bit of trivia.


Yeah I guess its just  because of coincidences of life, kind of like why the guest house of the current president can be bigger then the White House.


The white house has some thick walls.  Ha.  Lincoln was the first president to have a photo taken for inauguration.  Want to know the freaky part?


In that Lincoln photo was John Wilkes Booth.  Always a bad sign when you have three names.


Oh, I bet Lincoln didnt know the guy next to him was going to eventually kill him.


Yes.  You?  I used to watch the Simpson and how that mentions or shows the character Bart in all but one episode.


That's pretty interesting! Did you ever watch pokemon?


No.  Maybe my kids.  I understand that there are over 750 episodes.


I watched it growing up, it was pretty popular in the early 2000s. I believe it was supposed to have ended some time ago.


Did you watch the 70's Show?  They tried it in the UK and it was cancelled after 10 episodes.


Interesting, I have watched it. I think they tried to make an 80s show too and it flopped.


An 80's show?  Speaking or TV, I can't believe Hugh Laurie makes $700K per episode for House.


Yeah, that's an insane amount. I read he limped with different legs throughout the show and no one noticed.


Ha.  That's funny.  It's also funny that Michael Caine became an actor because there were cute girls in the drama class


Jim carrey doesn't make dramas anymore because of it his positive belief system. He seems like a pretty happy, positive guy.


He's better at being goofy anyway.  I may go back in time and listed to classic radio dramas on the internet.


Sounds like an interesting concept. Jon hamm taught drama to Ellie kemper from the Office in high school.


I'm trying to figure out who Jon Hamm is... I didn't know drama is considered a genre in poetry...


He is best known for his role in Mad men. Do you like basket ball?


Not really... I prefer football.  The highest paid state employees in 39 of 50 states are football and basketball coaches.  Glad we have our priorities straight...


Yeah, seems excessive. The inventor of basket ball is the only losing coach in uni of Kansas's history.


He should have invented some different rules.  I can't believe the Supreme Court Building has a basketball court on top. No wonder it takes forever to get a ruling.


The new zealand basketball team are nicknamed the tall blacks. I'm not sure how to feel about that.


There would be demonstrators and lawsuits in the crazy USA.


Yeah, were a little lawsuit crazy here. Well, it's been nice chatting with you!


Hey there did you follow the most recent election? What do you think about choosing a president through just a lottery system?


I think it is a terrible idea, but i'm not too political to be honest.


Yep I think it's bad to. Apparently that's how they did stuff in ancient Athens though. It just doesn't seem very smart to me


Interesting, have you ever used a rotary phone?


Yes my grandma used to have one actually. They were very old and very hard to use in my opinion haha. It would take forever to dial a number, do you know the story on why New York's area code is212?


I had one growing up, but I would think 0 woulbe be the fastest?


You would think that, or you would think 111 would be even faster. Do you know about the cable that connects the USA to England by the way?


I'm not sure, just dialing 0 seems pretty quick, right?


Yeah you're right, but I think they wanted the area code to be three numbers so I don't know how you would dial 0 0 0 haha. Do you have an iPhone or an Android by the way


Hilarious! Did you know the president of Indonesia released 3 albums while in office, and one was called "Screw the President?"


No I didn't know that. Are those actually good songs? I'm wondering if he made a lot of money from them? I do know that he's not one of the richest presidents of all time


I made up the last part, but yeah, he made 3 albums!


Haha Oh I thought you had some hidden knowledge LOL. Do you have any knowledge on why Trump is not one of the top three richest Presidents by the way


I think it is because they can't actually verify his wealth, but I could be wrong. He ain't poor, let's put it that way.


Yep I agree with you there. How often do you use a telephone by the way? I know that I use my cell phone all the time, sometimes I check it literally all day long


I agree. Do you have a Android or a iPhone by the way? And iPhone has more power than the entire US nuclear missile deterrent system apparently, Androids are probably similar


Ipone, ....I can believe it. We need to update our ICBM, or is it IMDB? Get it! Hahaha


Haha I like that! What do you think about the cable that connects the USA to Europe? It connects our internet and also our telephone service, it's only 3 in thick! What if a shark eats it LOL


I think it is totally awesome! Without that how could we bail those clowns out of starting another world war? Didn't they start 2 already?  Freaking clowns....so much for european sophistication...


Haha that's a good point. What do you think about UNICEF donating clean water for every minute you don't use your cell phone? I certainly don't use mine 24 hours a day, so I guess I should be doing that to help people


A cell phone but not a landline - how about you


I used to have a landline growing up, it was a rotary. Guess what the fastest number to dial was?


Oh new york area code. I'm glad we have upgraded to cell phones since then


Yeah,me too. Did you know an iphone has more computing power than our Nuke deterrent?


That's pretty crazy. Also crazy that the cables carrying phone/internet data across oceans are only 2.7 inches in diameter and just lay on the ocean floor


I can believe it. As crazy as it sounds, it also sounds pretty freaking cool.


Yeah - I'm surprised it works so well with cables just laying in the ocean


Yeah, well I read about how they laid oil lines across the English Channel for WW2, so I'm not that surprised. In fact, if you trade currencies they call the the USD/GBP exchange rate "The Cable" for that exact reason (there is a cable on the ocean floor).


That's pretty cool - I never knew any of that


Yeah, so if you watch CNBC and they reference the "Cable." that is what they are talking about.


Cool. Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child for every minute you don't use your cell phone!


Interesting, how do they track that though?


I'm not sure - it isn't something I have looked into. You probably have to register your phone or download an app I would guess.


Yeah, that is what I'm thinking as well.


Have you ever tried to separate 2 phonebooks that have overlapped pages? apparently it is impossible


Me either. I tested it. Well, nice chatting with you!


Hey did you know Trump isn't the wealthiest president ever?


Huh. I would have never guessed that. Navada is the only state with "none of these candidates" on the ballot. Seems weird.


Seems like a good option to me. Apparently the taller candidate usually wins, like 75% of the time when running for president. Perhaps Nevada should just have a box for "tallest candidate" and make it easier.


That would make it easier. And as a 6'6" person, I would probably win so I am all for it!


You have my vote. In Athens they would appoint some officials by lottery.


Oh geez, doesn't seem to meritous. What's next, rock/paper/scissors?


I think it was to prevent an Oligarchy. Hard to make plans for domination if you have no idea who will be in control.


that's true. Did you know NYC's area code is 212 because they are lazy?


On an old rotary phone that 212 would be easy to dial. It pays to be the Big Apple I guess.


Oh yeah, attached to the wall. Not much to it. Now an iPhone has more computing power than our nuclear arsenal.


Yeah! I used to make mistakes or my finger would fly off the dial and I would get so mad! Now it probably more than a space shuttle too!


Hah! I remember being so excited to answer the phone and now Unicef will donate water for every minute you stay OFF your phone.


I would be more than happy to stay off my phone. The water would be a bonus!


Yeah it would. I heard the Zimbabwean president was called President Banana. Perhaps Trump could have a nickname too?


A proper noun and a descriptor, I like it!


I speak English good! The president of Indonesia has released 3 Pop albums. Perhaps Trump could do some cool jazz?


Like Clinton. They could jam together! I do not think anything could go wrong!


I enjoy watching south park reruns on tv.  Have you seen any?


I also like the simpsons.  I was surprised when Bart was not on one of the episodes.


Oh really, I had no idea. I know Daniel Radcliffe voiced edward cullen on The Simpsons episode Tree House Of Horror xxi.


I did not know that.  Do you watch tv often?


Every once in awhile. I like dramas. Do you?


Laurie made $700,000 per episode playing Dr. House.


Wow, that is crazy! Patrick Stewart teaches drama classes in the UK.


I am not familiar with him.  Was he in a tv series?


He is mainly in Star Trek, but I have mainly watched him in X-men and American Dad.


I see.  Other than watching TV, do you like to play basketball?


I never really played, but I do enjoy watching. What about you?


I play a bit just for fun.  Do you know that the dunk was banned from college basketball for more than a decade?


Because Kareem abdul-jabbar dominated the games too much using the shot.  It was considered unfair.


That's crazy. Fun fact, vasectomies increase during march madness!


What was the reason for that?  It sounded interesting.


So that men can stay home and watch basketball for a few days!


That was a silly excuse.  I was surprised to know that football and basketball coaches are the highest-paid state employees in 39 states.


That is surprising! Also, Basketball was invented at the YMCA.


I did not know that. Thank you for the info.    I have got to run now.  It was nice chatting with you.


I actually enjoy the food and tailgating, not the game itself lol


Yeah, I'm not such a big fan either. But I am looking forward to Superbowl.


I feel the commercials aren't even good enough anymore. Did you know Kiss bought into an arena football team and offered a contract to Tim Tebow?


I did not know that. We really love our football. 14 of the world's largest stadiums are belonging to american college football teams.


Yes, we do. One time I heard that the American Flags cost $50k each. The amount of cash invested into The NFL is obscene. Although I do find it amusing Iowa's visitor's locker room is all pink.


and football wasn't always that popular. Bowling stars used to make twice as much as football stars


I wonder what will be popular in the next 50 years in terms of sports and even communication methods. New york's area code is 212 because it was the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone - Kids today don't even know what a rotary phone is!


iphones have completely revolutionized the industry. An iphone has more computing power than the entire us nuclear icbm deterrent.


iPhones are overrated in my opinion, and the ability to actually socialize is being lost.


That is true. For every minute you don't use your cell phone, Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child in need.


While some people may need to be prompted to put their phones down, it's equally disturbing UNICEF isn't automatically doing what they allegedly do with funds.


That's true. Do you still use the phonebook?


No, I do not. I haven't had a landline since 1996 yet phone books are indeed still delivered. I'll have to test the notion that it's impossible to separate two phonebooks that simply have their pages overlapped together. Maybe there's a YouTube video I can fish up on that?


That seems it would be annoying if there really was a page that you wanted to see.


The phone book was "the" source of info not that long ago.


Yes, I remember using the phone book. Kids these days might wonder why they are necessary.


My kids certainly don't have a clue haha. They are extremely familiar with the ocean though, and I told them the comm cables are 2.7 inches in diameter and just lay on the bottom of the ocean floor. That got more of a reaction than anything.


That is interesting! I wonder what would happen if those lines got destroyed.


That would be incredibly disasterous for many people however, I would relish in having just a few days of silence :) I've started turning my cell phone off the moment I leave work and it's odd to hear people say, "I tried to call you!" only to hear it was over something that was trivial and is old news by the next morning.


I have my notifications off on my applications so I only check them when necessary. I figure if it's important, people will call.


Yes, football is my favorite sport. My favorite team is the new York giants, do you like football?


Did you know that circular huddle was created for a deaf quarterback so the other team could not read the quarterback's hand signals


No I didn't know, that is great information, thanks for sharing. Did you know the quarterback is usually the leader of the offensive team?


Yeah, they are the most important players of the team.  Did you know that Kellan Moor is the only left handed quarterback in the nfl


really? i didn't know about it but thank for letting me know i like to know everything about football. do you know the NFL is one of the four major professional sports league in north America?


Yes, it is one of them, and it is the most favorite, according to the pool


yeah personally it is my favorite. I want to say something about my favorite quarterback, do you know that his first name is Elisha ?


who is it, and which team does he plays for


he is a quarterback from New York giants. he has a brother playing in the NFL too, his name is Peyton manning. Eli and Peyton manning father's was also a quarterback in the nfl he was great player


Ohh, I see. I know him.  I do not know if he is still an active player.  Btw, do you know the quarterback Alex Smith of the  Redskin


yeah he is still active. That's why my favorite team is the new York giants because I'd love to be their quarterback. Yes Alex smith took so many ap test in high schoo,l he entered University as a junior. the quarterback received his bachelor's degree in two years and began working on a master's degree


Alex Smith is a brilliant person.  too bad he suffered a horrible injury recently


yes he is a great example for everyone in this country. do you think the nfl has no written rule against female players; women would in fact be allowed if they met the league's eligibility requirements


I find this fact confusing because football is a violent game, and people assume women need to be protected more, which may or may not be true.


The juniperro Serra high school jv football team recorded a historically bad season in which they failed to win a game or even score touchdown yet they never attempted to start their backup quarterback.


I concur.  Also, there are only 11 minutes of gametime in a nfl game


oh yes i know that. i want to know more about this beautiful game. do you know the circular huddle used in todays american footballs was created by paul d. hubbard, a deaf quarterback. so the other team could not read his hand signals


That fact is very fascinating to know, and it is very effective while the game is playing


yes I know that so true. I really hope you watch a Eli manning game one day, he is a genius


nice chatting with you.  Have a happy holiday


nice chatting with you too. have a great day with your family and have fun watching Monday night football


I sometimes follow football. It is an interesting game. You?


Sometimes, if my team is in it.  They havent been recently though.


I try to watch the big games like the Super Bowl.


Same here, I missed it this year though.  The Patriots won... again...


I usually root for the underdog. I guess the underdog did not win this year.


Same here.  Did you know the Eagles had a temporary court set up in their stadium because of their fans poor behavior?  People getting bent out of shape over a game.


They are passionate. It is like a religion. It is played on Sundays. It is a substitute for politics.


It is.  Tom Brady even has his own method the TB12.  It is like his religion.


I guess that every great player is asked to start his own religion. He certainly must have a number of followers.


There are some people who consider him a Messiah.  Going a bit far for my opinion.


I agree. He is just a football player. There is no need to worship him. There are plenty of other deities around.


did you know Kiss bought an arena football team and offered a contract to Tebow?


KISS probably wanted to cash in on the football craze. For a while LA didn't have a team. I don't know how much money KISS made.


Neither do I , I dont know how popular arena football is anymore.  I dont hear much about it.


I think that the NFL has expanded so that other leagues cannot take the fans away. Longer season, more teams.


True.  People tend to be loyal fans, even when their team is bad.


That is also true. NFL is older than other leagues, so the fans have been following longer.


Very true, I know my family has rooted for the Dolphins forever, no matter how bad they are.


They were great back in the 70s. Now, not so much. Their time will come again though. Anyway, great chat!


Hello, are you a fan of American football?


I do not know very much but from the little I do, I enjoy it. I really like learning fun facts like Eli Manning has a genius level IQ.


He's a pretty good QB. They are the leaders of the offensive team and often call plays in huddle.


I know mostly about quarterbacks. I was surprised to find out there is only one left handed quarterback in the NFL.


Really, that's surprising. Did you know the huddle was created by a deaf quarterback so the opposing team couldn't read his hand signals?


That is very interesting. It's good that huddles are so effective. We may not know what is going on inside a huddle but NFL does know every move on the field from tracking chips inside shoulder pads.


That is pretty amazing. I didn't realize that the average nfl game only has 11 minutes of live game play. On TV it feels like they last forever.


It certainly is not the fastest moving game. Neither is baseball. There is a quarterback that is still under control with MLB despite not playing a game since 2011.


I think it is cool that girls can actually play in the nfl as long as they meet league eligibility requirements.


That is great to know. That anyone can be involved. There is even a coach who is a rocket scientist.


True, though the fact that the NO Saints' cheerleaders are forbidden from eating in the same restaurants as nfl players seems a bit odd to me. What's going on in New Orleans?


That is odd. Some things can be improved. Like the fact that only 2 African-American quarterbacks have won the Superbowl. That number seems very low.


Sure does seem low. Going back to Manning, did you know his dad Archie was also a NFL quarterback?


I didn't but I did know of his brother Peyton and there is one other brother Cooper.


And they are/were all QB's? They must love the game.


I found out that Cooper had to quit football before his college career due to spinal stenosis. Who knows how great he could have been.


Wow, they actually changed the speed limits on some roads at Ole Miss campus to honor Archie and Eli.


That is pretty cool. It is funny how they always say after the Super Bowl "I'm going to Disney World." They get paid to say it but I would say it for free because I love it there so much!


How's it going, Do you watch football much? Alex Smith of the Redskins is good at avoiding turnovers


I don't follow football much. Who is Alex Smith?


He is a QB for the washington Redskins who replaced Kirk Cousins when he left


Ok, don't really not the Redskins. I guess this guy is a phenom or something?


He's good but not great, he did have a 3-0 edge in turnovers against the Panthers


The Panthers are the team to beat? Are they good in turnovers?


Not exactly the team but their qb Smith is


Oh, ok. Is Eli Manning any good? Is he famous?


Eli was ok for quite a few seasons but this year he's not having a good year


Oh, well. I guess we all get old. He has been in the league for a while, yes?


Yea like 15 years, he was drafted in 2004


Wow.That's a long career. Maybe he should retire?


Yea it's probably a good time, his brother Peyton retired a couple years ago


Ok. It runs in the family. Probably time to leave if the clock has run down.


Yea Eli has won 2 super bowls and was a first round draft pick, he had a great career


Don't stay past your time. Leave while you're on top. Enjoy the feeling of being a winner.


Yea, he's not playing as good as the fourth round pick of the same draft Philip Rivers currently


Well, that's his cue. Time to take a bow, and exit left.


Yep, maybe Eli should just spend more time with his father Archie Manning now


Good suggestion. Always spend time with family when possible.


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


I do, my team is in the AFC, what about yours?


I do not have a favorite team but just watch the games sometimes. did you know women can technically play?


I didnt know that I did know about the sexist rule the Saints have, it just makes me sick


Me too, I find the worst part to be the one when they might be mid meal and have to leave


Yeah thats really unfair, football is a beautiful game but that angers me, just like theres only 11 minutes of actual game play, all those ads make me angry


Yeah and we are glued to the tv for hours to and end and in the end it is 11 minutes


Yeah, I agree, NFL has tracking chips on their players


Yeah I guess that makes it more convenient for them to track their movement


Its unbelievable how tech affects sports, the football also has a chip and all kinds of cools stats are recovered from them


Yeah he used to be a QB in the Cowboys, now he runs the offensive plays, why do you ask?


he is also the only QB that is lefthanded


Interesting so no other lefties on the league!! I wonder why is that, do you know who Baker Mayfield is?


Ok so he is a QB and he once considered quitting football and pursuing a career in the video game business..


Wow, well good that he stuck to football because it worked great for him


Yeah Im guessing it did, football players earn a lot of money so yeah,


Yeah, how about eli manning, do you know him?


Yeah his a great QB he has a genius level IQ so that's impressive.


Hello - yes, I love football. What about you?


Me TOO! Did you know the average game has only 11 minutes of actual gameplay?


That's just crazy. They need to come up with a better way to speed the games up instead of them lasting 3 hours.


Yeah, they do. It is mostly just watching people stand around on the sidelines and commercials.


Haha yea pretty much. Did you know Baker Mayfield once considered quitting football to pursue competitive video gaming?


No, I'm not even that familiar with who he is. What game was he good at?


It said Halo was one of the games he's good at.


Wow, I've never played that. I suppose he could have had a great Twitch account then. Some of those people make really good money.


Oh yea I heard some make a ton of money. Alex Smith took so many AP tests in high school that he entered college as a junior.


Wow, did he end up getting his masters early?


Not sure on that one. Did you know the NFL has no written rule against female players?


Interesting. There were  a few female kickers when I played high school at other schools.


I remember there being some female kickers back when I was in high school as well.


Yeah, there was a female kicker in Ace Ventura, right?


Yep I believe so. Been a long time since I've seen that movie.


Hilarious. Did you know Eli Mannings first name is Elisha?


Haha I did not know that, but that's an odd name for a guy.


Yeah, he is a good QB though. Apparently he has a genius level-iq.


I've heard that as well. I think he has 2 super bowl wins.


Yeah, I watched at least one of them. Why do you suppose the NFL puts tracking chips in players shoulder pads?


Hi, yes I do. Did you know what women can play too?


yeah as long as they meet the requirements. Pretty cool  hope to see that happen soon


Me too. Did you know engineers make more than the players?


Yeah that is pretty neat but I guess it makes sense since they have longer careers


Yeah that is a good point. The average game play is only 11 minutes so I guess they still get paid a lot for that time


Very true, so short and yet we are glued to the tv for so long waiting for the game to end


Haha so true. Did yiu hear about them using tracking chips on the players?


Yeah they are tracking velocity and speed and such. Hope they can use that to make the game safer


I hope so too. that would be neat. Did you hear about that rule for the New Orleans cheerleaders?


That is sexist and needs to go. Why cannot they eat in the same place?


Yeah and the worst part is that they have to leave mid meal if the players walk in


That just does not sound right. Do you know who invented the circular huddle?


Yeah it is a pretty cool story, it was Paul Hubbard who was deaf and invented it so the other team would not be able to tell what he was saying


Yeah it is pretty cool. Do you now who Alex Smith is?


For sure, the guy finished college in two hears and had an amazing football career


That is true, he planned ahead, took many ap tests in high school


And Baker Mayfield considered quitting football to become a competitive player


Well good he stuck with football though. He still claims to be really good at Halo 3


Yeah and that he can beat anyone at U of Oklahoma at it


Yes, talk about self confidence. Maybe he is that good


Yeah! Did you know that his first name is really Elisha? I've never heard a football quarterback with that name!


That's an interesting name.  Never heard of that (or form of that) for a guy.  His dad was in the NFL too right?  Archie I think?


Yes, and he's also got an older brother Peyton Manning who was also a NFL quarterback. Cool family, right?


Yeah! Peyton's considered by many to be one of the greatest passers ever!


Plus, Eli is not only a great quarterback, but I hear he's got an IQ considered to be genius.


Must be interesting at family gatherings huh?  Wonder if they have a sister?  Did you know the NFL has no written rule against female players?  Would've been interesting to see a female Manning in the NFL


That would be great! Their family is so great that a Mississippi campus has speed limits representing Archie and Eli's numbers.


That's funny! Do you know if Archie was also a quarterback?  Can you imagine 3 men in a household, all used to calling the shots?


Yes, all quarterbacks, I can't imagine! lol  Football can have some weird rules. I hear cheerleaders of New Or Saints must leave a restaurant if the football players show up.


That seems pretty rude! Wonder how they enforce that.  I heard the NFL uses tracking chips in players shoulder pads for stats.  Maybe they use one off the field to track them as wel!


That's a lot of tracking. I wonder how much memory it takes just to track all the moves in one football game?


Maybe not so much.  Heard that an average NFL game only has 11 minutes of live gameplay. Actually that's more than I watch of the Super Bowl. Ha!


Yes, it seems like during any NFL game on TV there is much more time spent on commercials than actual game-play. Then they favor players on coverage.


I'm sure the Mannings have gotten a lot of coverage.  I know Peyton's been in the Super Bowl.  Do you know if Eli was as well?


I'm not sure but they're from the south I think. That's where a pretty funny Adam Sandler football movie takes place, too.


Was that the Longest Yard?  Liked the original that starred Burt Reynolds.  Was Adam Sandler the quarterback in the movie?  Vaguely remember him being on the offensive line.


That's a good movie, too. But I was thinking of Waterboy. I think there are quite a few football movies out, but I'm not sure if there is one about the actual NFL?


Ah Waterboy!   That's right. "You can do it!"  There must be a movie about the actual NFL.   The NFL's 17-week regular season should provide enough fodder for a Hollywood script!


Well, the Mannings spent time in California where all the movies area made. Too bad they didn't do a star quarterback football movie that's so bad it's good..like the "Sharknado" movies.


HEY! Do you know who Adrian Peterson is?


Of course...For several years, he was the best RB in NFL.


Not a big football fan but just found out he played for the Washington Redskins


Sports can reflect real life.  His is a veteran who shows young players how to deal with things when nothing goes right.


Thats soo cool! Love when ppl use their platforms to help others


Yup! Did you know that Eli manning has a genius IQ!


Yes.  He and his brother Peyton have a Superbowl Ring.  Alex Smith another QB skipped his freshman year in college and still got his bachelors in 2 years!


DANG! I would have never known. I'm super shocked to find out that Eli real name is Elisha.


And their father who also played quarterback was named Archie.


Did you know that there is a road dedicated to Archie and the speed limit is 18mph same as Archie jersey's number.


That is kinda fast to drive on a school campus lol.  Guess that is why they changed it to 10mph to honor Eli and prevent accidents haha.


lol. Are there any female NFL players? Apparently there arent any rules against women in the NFL.


No but there are female refs and coaches now.  Maybe one day.


Idk....from a woman's perspective....it all seem to dangerous.


Yeah, maybe getting tackled by 280lbs of pure muscle running 20 mph is not healthy for anyone.  At least there is really only 11 minutes or real gameplay in a game.


11 mins or not...I'll pass.lol Also the lifetime earning of an engineer is higher than that  of an NFL player.


Yeah, the average span of an NFL career is only 3-4 years and that is a rookie contract.  If they can make it to 5th year is when they get paid.


No, not really, I know about the president and vice President. I have heard about affordable care act.


Yeah I feel that is so important and we really need it. do you know who the 3 wealthiest us presidents are?


Yes, I think I do, JFK, Washington, I forgot the third president.


Would you believe this that donald Trump is the wealthiest president and Lincoln was one of the poorest.


Yeah , I guess we have to take inflation into consideration


Yes you are right. Lincoln was the first President to be photographed for his inauguration.


Oh did not know that. did you know the white house is smaller than the guest house


Yes I did, do you happen to know what state the guest house is located? I have lived in DC, but I have never seen the guest house.


I really do not know and I wonder how many guests they get for it to be that big


Wow, I wonder the same thing, last year I think when Clemson beat Alabama in college football, the team had dinner at the white house or guest house and Trump gave them fast food, when they were expecting a meal.


I do not find that very appropriate of him. DId you know the president of indonesia is a pop star?


No I didn't know that, did you know how he became a star? Did he starred in a movie?


I have no idea. I guess he was a music artist before becoming a president, do not know the details though


No i don't but I will read upon it. Ronald reagan was a republican and end up a democrat.


Same with Hillary clinton, she was a republican in college


You are right, did you fully understand how the affordable care act? affordable care act was expensive to have for most people.


I still do not know the whole details about it. do you know much?


I know that it started by president Obama. Trump and the Republican attempt to dismantle it. The payment cost more than most people regular Insurance plan.


oh wow, did not know that. DO you listen to the radio?


I once had my personal plan and search into that program to see if I can get my payment cheaper and the rest I read it in the past. It was nice chatting with you.


Yes I watch football every week and weekend its on TV.


The Bears is my favorite team of all time!  I have been to several of their matches!


They seem like a decent team. I would have to go for the packers. I love that they play in an outdoor stadium. It takes guts to play in the snow.


I really dislike the Packers!!!!  They are one of the Bears enemies and I cannot support them nor associate with their fans!  Sorry I am a bit of a sore sport when it comes to matches between the Bears and Packers.  I lived close to Chicago growing up and still do and I seek out their matches every year.


That's cool. I am more interested in the statistics and data about football than the actual teams. I want to see some of the info from the chips they put on the players and the balls.


Stats are great to go off of to.  I love stats.  Without them it would be hard to predict which teams will match up with each other prior to the years beginning of Football.  I am a major fan so its nice to stick to the stats.  Do you like Eli Manning?


I don't mind him. He seems like quite the player.


I think he is quite a good player to.  Eli Manning was born to play football!  He and his brother both were made to play.  He did play college football for a bit.  Did you know that?


No I didn't. Wasn't his dad a football player too?


Yes I believe that he was a player also.  Did you know that Eli has a genius IQ???  He must really love playing football.  At least he will always have his IQ to fall back on when he is no longer able to play football.  Though I honestly dont see that happening any time soon.


I could see him being one of the former players that takes his intelligence and turns it into a career with sportscasting or maybe improving the safety of the sport in some way.


Yes that would be great that he could fall back on his intelligence.  Sportscasting is where its at!   Thats where many greats end up at when they finish their football career.  He has a great mind and it will make an even greater announcer some day.  I agree that improving sportscasting and improving safety is a good idea!


There are so many concussion injuries that lead to long term brain damage. I think more could be done for the former players as well as current ones in the ways of medical support. Especially since if they don't get endorsement deals they aren't really bringing in tons of money.


Yes I agree there are far to many concussions in football today.  There has to be a way to prevent them.  I agree more could be done for the former player and current ones to help assist in eliminating concussions.  Do you know much about quarterbacks and what they do?


They are pretty much the leader of the team right? It seems like all the plays center around them.


Yes they are one of the leader of the team.  They are referred to as QB usually.  Generally speaking a Quarterback is the one who lines up behind the offensive line and they throw or run the ball depending on the situation.  Did you know that the QB touches the ball nearly every offensive play???  Thats insane!!!!


Wow I wonder how that reflects in the earnings? You would think with that kind of ball time they would be the highest paid on the team.


I honestly couldn't tell you, as I dont really pay attention to salaries as well as earned income from football matches.  I do disagree that they are tax free.  Thats just crazy how they are like that.  Any who what do you know about American NFL?  Did you know that women could play football if they really wanted to?????


wow I think that would be awesome for the league. I would love to see a woman kicker. Maybe someone from the soccer team could transfer over and do some damage.


Are you comfortable talking about the government?


I don't generally like to talk politics because most people have different beliefs but I can.


How familiar are you with government elected positions?


For US based politics I am very familiar, with international politics only for some countries.


How about domestic, like the position of governor


Yes I am familiar with that position, I have met my governor a handful of times.