I would happily sign away my free will for eternal bliss. Is that what FB promises?


Just the opposite - FB promises an eternity of jealousy and self loathing because Becky and Donna - your FB "friends" have better vacation photos than you


Yes, cyber jealousy is the worst. I figure that if people turned off and tuned out they would be happier.


I'd rather Turn On, Tune In, & Drop Out!


I aim at becoming Timothy Leary one of these days.


Zuckerberg has nothing on Leary - spiritually that is.  I would have loved to intern for Albert Hofman!


I would too, if I knew who that was. I trust your judgment, TIm.


Just another scientist on the level.  This has been one of the most enjoyable and interesting chat's I've had in a while - thank you and I hope you stay safe on the Internets!


The Internets are rife with danger! You stay safe yourself, Dr. Leary! Do not fear the face-eating monkeys!


I hope it never comes to that, and if it does - we will always have Alexandria for a clean reboot!


Oh, that myth about Alexandria! That is a hoax to get you to pay dues to them! Don't fall for it!


I wouldn't trust them either and would enjoy watching the internet burn down irregardless - have a great night friend!


Yes. I am . Just read about Phil Neville, the coach of the England women`s team.


Yeah, I am sure there is a small bit of regret on the part of the country for hiring someone who is insensitive to women


Totally agree. He was perhaps not the best choice. His previous twitter history is pretty hackneyed and horrific.


I am surprised he has not come out to apologize or reaffirm his view of those he coaches.


Yes. Agree. And others have knocked Neville for his sexists social media presense.


He tried to hide his true feelings by deleting his twitter account.


Well. I say that he has never coached women, and never been more than just an assistant coach for professional men`s teams.and it was only for few years by that.


So you do not feel he is qualified to coach the team?  Do you think they should have found a woman to coach the team?


Based on his work history, yes. Despite the  huge growth in the women`s game in recent years, this highlighted that we do not have enough female coaches at the highest level, unfortunately.


I am sure they could have found someone who doesn't engage in misogynistic and sexist comments.


The Football Association," Kick It Out CEO is not a fan of his either.


Yes. Besides soccer makes more money than football, basketball, baseball, golf, tennis and hockey combined, facts.


The team deserves much better considering they reached World Cup semifinals in 2015 and currently sitting at No. 3 in the FIFA world rankings


Yes, agree. Besides the FIFA World Cup  is association played by the senior man national teams.


I would like to see the women's team reach gold at the next world cup in Japan


Well, I know that city which is set to host the 2022 qatar fifa world cup final does not yet exist..


Do they still plan on having air conditioning in the stadium there?


I'm a fan ever since I was a kid.  I'm a big stats guy.  I find it incredible that former Patriots RB Benjarvus Green-Ellis has never fumbled once during his career.


Wow, really? That's interesting. He must be pretty good. I did hear some university painted their locker room pink for the visiting team.


I wonder why they did that?  Maybe for breast cancer awareness?


I hadn't thought of that! I thought maybe to intimidate the other team?


lol  In the 1960's top bowlers made twice as much as top football stars of that era.


Wow! I think Bowling used to be huge. Could you imagine watching that for 3 hours! lol!


lol  Be like watching paint dry.  Might have been like watching when Georgia Tech blew out Cumberland by a score of 222-0 which was the highest scoring football game ever in 1916.


That would have been a game to see! Espn won an emmy for superimposing the yellow line on TV. Isn't that crazy?


It is.  I like that line they came up with.  Did you know that in other parts of the world what the US calls soccer is actually called football?


I did know that! It's very confusing though. I think I watched a FIFA world cup game once and found that out.


Americans call it soccer because it was slang for association football.


I had no idea! in 1930 the Us made third place in FIFA.


Nice.  Soccer is so popular that it makes more money than all of the other major sports combined.  Surprising.


I didn't know that! Where do you think the next FIFA world cup will be held?


I believe it's in 2022 in Qatar but the city for where it's going to happen doesn't exist yet.


I have no idea.  lol  The host country won't make any money though because there are no economic gains for countries that play host to the Olympics of the World Cup.  I find that hard to believe.


Me too. What about tourism? The women who play in the world cup have never placed lower then 3rd. Go girls!


Nice job!  I have to get going.  It was nice chatting with you!


I am good, how are you?  Yes I do.  Do you watch soccer at all?


i try to watch the world cup. the play is so high at the world cup. well worth the time and attention.


Yes it is.  Do you know of the debate between Americans and the rest of the world?


no, what is the debate? i have not heard of this.


In most other countries, soccer is referred to as football.


Yes, the name football makes much more sense. soccer? odd name, odd origin.


It is a British word that was used until the 1980's.


Oh, i thought that americans made the word from "association football."


Nope, apparently it is a British word.  Part of it is Americans do not want to relinquish the football as it is an American sport.


I see. do you watch the world cup? i find it is a lot of fun.


I do sometimes.  Did you know that soccer makes more money than football, basketball, baseball, golf, tennis and hockey combined?


Yeah, i believe. how many billions of fans are there? it is insanely popular. people play it as children.


Yes it is, and they do.Did you know there is variation of soccer where 3 teams face each other at the same time?


no i did not. that sounds almost impossible to play. how do you win? how many referees are there?


I have no idea,  I honestly just heard about it recently.


what about the world cup? did you know that the 2022 cup is in qatar? isnt that one of the hottest countries on the planet?


Probably.  I know that the city that it is in does not exist yet.


that sounds like an expensive cup. why would they want to build a whole city just for a tournament? seems extravagant. Anyway, great chat!


good morning, are you a fan of rap music?


Yes.  I actually live in washington dc so I am well up to date on MLS and DC united


Did you hear about the issues with SoccerPlex?


Yes, the new stadium was a big deal here, both good and bad


There needs to be some kind of compromise.


Yes, what do you think is the best thing to do.  What about the football portion?


Well, the referees need to be treated better.


I like the world cup and some MLS teams, DC United and Portland Timbers.  What do you think of Eryk Williamson?


I have no idea who he is. Is he any good?


Check article section 4, he gave up his spot on the MNT.  Do you like football?


I don't watch that either. Are you excited for the Super bowl?


I am excited for the NFL playoffs.  I am a huge Eagles Fan.  They won the super bowl last year.


They are in the playoffs, they play Sunday at 4:30pm.  Do you have a favorite team?


I don't. I heard the XFL is making a comeback. Do you think it'll be successful?


not sure, if it is on when the nfl is in off season then yes


I'm a pretty big WWE fan so that's how I know.


I would give it a watch and see, I know the last one bombed.


Yes of course! Did you watch the Superbowl this past weekend? There are varying degrees of the word 'football', like in Australia, I think it's called rugby.


I did watch the Superbowl, it was really exiting, what about you? and I didnt know that, I wonder how much money rugby makes,


Despite the controversy, I enjoyed the halftime show as well. I'm not sure how much rugby players make, but it seems like the players make more from endorsements rather than from their salary for being on the team


I bet not as much as soccer, as soccer makes more money than football, basketball and like other 3 more sports combined.


Oh wow, probably because it is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries, seems like a slightly less dangerous sport than football


Yeah that makes sense, its a game played worldwide and really popular a player even donated his $300000 World Cup winning bonus so that 23 children could have surgeries in Brazil


That is so commendable! People who use their platforms to do good for the world really deserve their successes!


I agree, if you make so much money then the least you can do is give back to the community soccer players make crazy amounts of money


Yeah, I agree instead of spending it lavishly at nightclubs or other stuff I see in the news. I wonder if the variation of soccer where 3 teams face each other make the same amount of money as others


I dont think so, I havent seen a game of that variation so I guess not, so we were talking about football at the beggining, do you  have a favorite team? is it AFC or NFC?


NFC! I really love the Dallas Cowboys since I grew up there but since moving to the north, I feel a bit awkward to sport a NFC team haha, you?


I am a fan of the Patriots so AFC for me lol, you know ESPN won an emmy because of the yellow first down line.


They are a really great team, I like watching them play too, they have been in the superbowl numerous times though, it's almost 'expected'. You can win awards for that? I didn't know that!


They are a great team Im so happy they won this Superbowl althought the game was a bit boring, and apparently you can lol,


Yeah it was, I wanted to see a game like last year. Do you think they purposefully play a certain way to keep advertisers happy and make more money?


Im not sure about that after all there is too much at stake, I would limit my gameplay and risk losing.


No, I have never placed a bet on a sporting event, what about you?


No I haven't either, but must be risky. especially when you have players who never fumbled the football in their entire NFL careers like Benjarvus Green-Ellis


I know! I actually became a fan of the Patriots because of him, he is a great player and must be the only one to have never fumbled the ball in NFL.


No I can't say that I do haha. I think soccer is really boring, what about you?


Are you kidding me? I love soccer, its the greatest sport ever lol, its played in over 200 countries and the World Cup is really exciting


Yeah I get it. It's also makes more money than every other sport put together LOL. I just think it's so boring to watch, and the scores are so low. Did you know there is a soccer variation where three teams play, maybe that's the one for me LOL


Could be and I respect your point of view, it would be interesting to watch 3 teams playing at once,


So I take it you're going to watch the World Cup though? I would watch it if the USA were in it, what is your favorite team by the way?


Its going to be in the USA by the year 2026, my favorite team is Argentina, mostly because of Messi


Ok that makes sense. Are you going to watch the one in 2022 in Qatar? Apparently the city for that game hasn't even been created yet, I wonder why they even offered to host these big games like the Olympics too, apparently there is no net benefit to the city, they end up just losing money which is sad


I guess they are just crazy about soccer, and yeah stadiums are really expensive and you have to make sure you meet all the requirements, that costs a fortune as well


Yep I agree. I would watch it like I said if the United States were in the World Cup, apparently they got third place back in 1930, so I would have watched it back then LOL


Too bad the USA didnt make it to the 2018 World Cup, the womans team is a lot better, they have made our nation proud since 1991


Yep that's very impressive. I wonder why the men's team isn't as good? What do you think about American football by the way?


I think its because the lack of popularity in the country and also because other countries dont support the womans team, I love American football, do you find it boring as well ?lol


Haha well I don't really like any sports, but I do think that American football is more interesting than soccer, that's just my opinion though, I did like the Patriots winning this year at the Superbowl and I like that they have a player who's never fumbled the ball, have you watched the Super Bowl?


I did watch the Superbowl this year, I am a fan of the Patriots so I was happy with the outcome, the game was a bit boring though, I expected a lot more from that game,


Yep that's true. It was slow but I did like the Patriots winning in the end, I'm so glad that yes esPN won that award for creating the yellow line on the first down marker LOL that makes game so much easier to watch


It does make the game easier to watch, I think its fair to win an Emmy because of a contribution like that one.


Yep I agree. Do you ever go bowling by the way? I think that the top Bowlers used to make more than the top football players back in the day


That is crazy!! I guess football wasnt popular back then, I love to go bowling Im terrible at it though


Yeah I'm not very good either haha. Did you hear about the player for the patriots who has never fumbled the ball? I wish I were as good at bowling as he was at football LOL


Yeah the famous Benjarvus Green-Ellis, what a player, he sure had a lot of talent, too bad he retired from football.


He's a soccer coach, coached the USA team and also the Los Angeles team


I gather since he coached the usa team he's pretty good then?


He's been successful, got the USA team to the last 16 rounds of the soccer world cup in 2010, by that stage you typically only have the best teams left in the contest.


That's really impressive!  Sounds like he knows how to coach to make players be their best, to get the best out of them.


For the most part.  He got hired by a British team a few years back, Swansea City, but only lasted a few games before being terminated.  They didn't really give him a chance.


That's too sad.  Did any other countries hire him?


Not that I'm aware of.  He's still highly regarded in this country.  Los Angeles is a new team, expansion team, they really wanted him.  Even before they started getting players.


Perhaps he'll coach the world cup again and beat France. They're the current champion you know.


Yes, they have an excellent group of young players.  Next World cup will be in Qatar.  The one after that, I believe, will be in America.


Qatar! i heard they are building air conditioned stadiums that are solar powered!


It's meant to be ridiculously hot there in the summer.  There was talk of moving it to the winter but that would have played havoc with other competitions going on.  America will be  a better place for it than Qatar.


Well those stadiums are going the reduce the temperature by 20c.


Which do you prefer, soccer or football?  Or do you not care.  The English always get upset when the hear the term soccer used, they say it's football.


I think of it as soccer.  I've been told it's actually association football and soccer is just slang for it though.


I understand there is a version of the game where three teams compete instead of two, That would be very confusing to watch, and probably play.


I'd still like to at least try and watch it though just to see how they do it!  Soccer players run around 7 miles during a game so that would mean 3 teams of people running all at the same time.


That's a long way to run, especially as a lot of it is sprinting.  It's not like football where you have a play and then everyone stops, especially if there is a commercial break.


True.  Soccer is the world's most popular sport though.


Yeah, just about every country in the world plays it, I think over 200 nations enter the world cup in its initial stages.


Except for Greenland.  Apparently they don't have enough grass for a soccer field.


Do you think you are addicted to Social Media?


Do you feel urges to use social media more and more over time?


I do. I guess I am addicted. I've heard about a treatment center in Seattle that treats kids addicted to the internet


Wow i'm sorry people will pay for anything whatever happen to a good hard stern talking to?


If you're addicted then I'm not sure how much that would help.


Your right just seems like to me parenting has gone by the wayside. did you know that an iPhone has as much computing power as a icbm deterrent?


It doesn't surprise me. Did you know everyone in Finland get internet if they want it?


Wow that sounds cool. I hear that the internet and phone cables are stretched across the oceans floor.


Yeah. Do you remember the website Neopets?


It was a website where people took care of digital pets. It was more popular than Google in 2001.


Oh i think i know what you are talking about. I remember something like that. Did you know that there is a copy of the internet?


Well i'm not sure but the internet is constantly changing so it sounds strange to me.


Do you know how Hedy Lamarr is? I heard she helped create Wi-Fi and GPS.


I hadn't heard that. Do you use Facebook?


I was never a fan. It doesn't seem like a lot of people are either. A lot of divorces are because of it


Yeah i was told that the term Facebook was seen in a lot of the divorce documents. That's a shame!


Were you on Facebook when it was first starting?


No actually i did get on until a year ago or so. How about you?


I was never on it. It's been nice talking to you. Take care.


Yea, I enjoy gridiron football and australian rules too


Did you know there was a game 222-0 in college.


Yea, Georgia tech creamed Cumberland, too bad they didn't have tv back in 1916


Did you know his iowa locker room painted pink?


Yea, Iowa painted the visitors locker room pink I guess to try and get an edge


Did you know female can play if eligible?


haha.  Did you know espn invented the yellow line?


Yea and even got an emmy for the yellow first down line,it changed the game


did you know there are chips in the footballs


Yea, I wonder if they have any stats that help explain how Benjarvus Green_ellis was able to not fumble the football in his career


Thats crazy.  Did you know pro bowlers made more than pro footballers back in the day?


Yea, I guess bowling was more popular in the 1960s than football


Yeah probably haha.  Did you know soccer makes more money than all the sports combined.


Yea, Soccer is pretty popular, they have players in over 200 countries and dependencies


Played by 250 million players in over 200 countries!


Yea, it's pretty weird that the host city of the world cup doesn't experience economic gains considering how popular soccer is


In most countries they call it football!


Yea and "soccer" is consider slang for Association football


Hey, yes I do. Did you know U of Iowa visitor locker room is pink?


Wow I wonder why that is really. In the 60s bowlers made more money than football players


Wow and now engineers make more money over their lifetime


I guess it makes sense since they have longer careers too


Yes that is a good point. Do you know what the highest score in college football is?


Yeah it was Georgia Tech beating Cumberland 222-0


Yeah what a game that must have been. ESPN won an Emmy once, do you know what for?


Yeah it was for the yellow superimposed line. I like it, makes game watching much better


Yeah I agree there with you. Do you know who Benjarvus Green-Ellis is?


Yeah he was a Patriots rb who never fumbled the ball in his career


Yeah and that is just amazing. Do you watch soccer at all?


I watch it sometimes. I know the sport makes more money than some others combined


Yeah there is a lot of money in there. Jon Steward was a soccer player too. WHat a talent


I wonder if he made them laugh. Heard he represented US in the pan-american games


Haha that is a good point. A German soccer player donated his winnings from the World Cup


Yeah that was Mesut Ozil and he helped 23 kids in Brazil with that money


Yeah so heartwarming. The US women's team seems to be doing well not placing under third


Yeah and on the other hand, men are not doing that great, only in the beginning


Yeah that is true. Keeping the balance. Do you know where the 2022 World Cup will take place?


Yes in Qatar but the city has not yet been built.


Hello, i'm not that much into Soccer but i do like to watch Fox Sports


Do you have a favorite sport to watch on there, or do you watch it more for their TV personalities?


I like to watch American football and their personalities


Have you heard that Fox Sports has incorporated an all-woman announcing crew into their team?


Yeah, but its only for one game of the dc united match


It's still an interesting move on their part. Maybe they're trying to get more women interested in their sports coverage.


I do agree that it was a great change especially when the women announcers have the experience


That's true, each of them had a background in soccer as well as some network TV experience.


Yep, so they were a perfect match for the match haha


That's a good way to put it! Having women who are part of the sport might help reduce anyone's skepticism about their aptitude for the sport announcing job.


I wonder if they'll move on to bigger sports announcing jobs. Maybe they could cover a FIFA tournament someday.


Its possible. So do you like American football too?


I do! I watch it more than I watch association football. What about you?


I love it too with all of the action it includes


Same here. I tend to watch it on ESPN more than on Fox Sports, though.


Me too especially when espn utilizes a yellow line to indicate a first down line that they won an emmy for!


It's funny how such a simple addition to viewing a football field was award-winning, but it's been so useful over time that it's clear why it deserved it.


Yep, makes me think why wasnt it developed sooner! haha


There always has to be a first time for everything! It was great talking to you. Hope you enjoy the next game you watch!


Do you like soccer? its one of my favorite sports


I do like soccer, otherwise known as association Football.


Its a nice sport right, I can believe its played by more than 250 million players, that is a big number, speaks of the popularity of the game


It is so popular that it actually makes more than hockey, football, baseball, and basketball combined


It makes sense, soccer is played in more that 200 countries, did you watch the World Cup last year?


I did.  I saw France when it all last year.  One day USA will win hopefully


That would be nice, the World Cup will be in the US by the year 2026 so maybe thats our chance to win


THe USA women seem to do better in the World Cup overall.  They have finished third or higher for the last several years


Yeah since the year 1991 I think, I hope the mens team can reach that level of success one day


I think it is interesting that there is a version of soccer that 3 teams play each other


That would be interesting to watch, do you know who Ozil is?


Yes, he is a German player who is very charitable.


I think he has a great heart, donating his whole bonus so that children can have surgeries, that is very nobel


Yea, he is very charitable.  It is good for the sport


I guess its positive for his image I agree, do you who Jon Stewart is?


He is the former Daily Show host.  He was a talented soccer player in his younger days


Yeah thats correct, apparently he used to be a skilled player back in the day,


He played in college and at the Pan American games


Oh I see I bet he is a  big fan of the sport, strange how the World Cup doesnt bring economic gains to the hosting countries, it promotes a lot of tourism so thats weird


I would imagine it helps promote the country and adds prestige to the area


Yeah right? I would imagine many economical benefits not only for the country but for the citizens of each city, more sales more money,


Hello,  I dont watch it much, but I enjoy it.  Did you know its also called association football?


Yes, i have heard the origins of the name. interesting that americans did not use the word football, but i guess it was already taken.


Can you believe that soccer players run an average of 7 miles per game?


That sounds about right. a lot of running. those folks are in good shape.


Yeah, it is a great game for getting in shape. lots of movement. plus it is popular all over the world. far more popular than other sports.


I hear New Zealand was the only undefeated team in 2010 world cup


Not the country that i would have expected to go undefeated. i guess great things come from small countries.


The 2022 World cup is in Qatar. That is an odd choice for a cup. it seems to hot and is not really a soccer country.


yeah wow.  My brother in law in the army just came back from there.  Now its going to be a destination to see soccer lol


Yeah, they will build a city for some venues. seems a bit expensive, but the country has oil money.


I see.  there was only 1 group in the world cup history to end with a 4 way tie


That is amazing. there is some luck to the bracket you get put into. you dont want to draw germany right away. saudi arabia is a good one to be with.


I do like american football. i dont watch much. try to catch the super bowl. You?


I like it,  I just dont watch it much.  Did you know those giant flags at the stadiums are 50k to make!


Oh, those big ones that weight like a ton? Yeah, im not surprised. they are hugh!


Quite heavy. must take a bunch of people. Anyway, great chat!


Hello, are you particularly interested in politics?


Yes. I am but I am not radical about it. Are you interested mostly in your local politics or in the national scene?


I'm really just getting into it! I think a lot of things about presidents in general are fascinating. For example, did you know Trump isn't even one of the three wealthiest US presidents ever?


I saw that 2 of the wealthiest are our first and second presidents. I assume they have calculated what they would be worth in today's terms.


Ahh that makes more sense. Trump is probably more concerned with in house affairs anyways, although he's probably up to something humorous no matter what. I wonder if he'll ever make music! I know the president of Indonesia released three albums in office.


If Trump could make money off of it, I"m sure he would try it! I wonder what type of music their president recorded?


I believe it was pop! Must be hard to take him seriously after that. Although I feel worse for the first president of Zimbabwe, who was literally President Banana.


Right! I'm assuming maybe that was an affectionate nick name though if not, I bet they didn't call  him banana to his face.


I'm sure they didn't haha. A lot of changes have happened with presidential systems. We used to have the runner up in elections automatically become the vice president, it's a good thing that changed.


You know, I think that might be a really good idea. That way, we wold have a much more balanced president and vice president team. They would each have their own ideas, obviously if they were running against each other. One could live in the bigger guest house and the other could live in the white house!


Is the guest house really bigger? That's surprising. Ivanka Trump probably uses it, then again, I heard her company is shutting down so maybe she wouldn't need it any longer.


Ha. Did you see that the White House has a twin matching building in France and Ireland? I didn't know that.


That must be confusing! Although I'm sure you shouldn't ever be able to confuse them. I know our White House uses floppy disks, I wonder if the others are more advanced.


Yes, I can't imagine why they still use floppys and how do they even read them? At least Bush had solar panels but on, to bring the White house a little  up to date.


Definitely shows progression, at the same time I question how advanced our White House is in general. I believe on 9/11, it took them four days to even realize they had been struck by bullets, that's frightening.


I think that was on November 11 according to the article. But what happened on November 11? I'm not familiar with an incident on that day. Are you?


I am not! It certainly sounds scary. I personally think it's scarier when presidents have too much power and bring their personal beliefs into office. Like Roosevelt banned Christmas trees because he was a conservationist.


Yes, I understand he was our most ecological president. He was responsible for adding most of the national parks that we have today. Or at least he was instrumental in getting so many of them registered. We saw an interested program about the national state parks and how they got started.


I didn't know that! I wonder who is considered more influential in terms of making us more ecologically friendly, him or Bush for installing solar panels.


Probably Teddy. You mentioned Ivanka's clothing line before. I thought it was pretty funny that Apple tried their hand at a clothing line back in 1986. I bet those clothes would be collector items now, if you could get your hands on some!


I'm sure! There's a special store in Alabama that only sells clothes from unclaimed baggage in airports, if I visit maybe I'll be lucky enough to find Apple clothing there. Anyways it was nice chatting with you, have a good night!


Im doing great did you hear about James Shar Jr and his act of heroism?


I did. Pretty amazing. Did you know the top 3 wealthiest presidents is JFK, Jefferson, and Washington.


And what about our current president? he owns a guest house that is bigger than the guest house, hotels and is richer than God, or so it appears to be that way


lol yea he is very rich! The first president of Zimbabwe was nicknamed president banana.


Really Banana? is that a real fact? thats funny lol


It's a real fact. Until 1805, the runner up for US president was automatically appointed vice president.


That would be a lot of trouble now, good thing Hillary and Trump are on opposing sides and not working as a team


That would be crazy to have them working together like that. The president of Indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office.


Seems like he has a lot of free time I would be worried as a tax payer, the president has released 3 pop albums but the hospital is still under construction


I agree. Did you know the white house has twin buildings in Ireland and France/


No I didnt know that, I do know it has solar panels thanks to George W. Bush


That's a good idea. The white house still uses floppy disks in part for storing files.


That seems a bit primitive, floppy discs? I wonder why


Not really sure other than maybe they are super secure.


They might be, I guess thats a good reason, did you know that Teddy Roosvelt banned christmass trees from the White House


That's interesting. I also saw that it took the secret service 4 days to realize bullets had struck the white house in 2011.


I bet someone lost their job that day lol, 4 days thats a long time they are supposed to be an elite unite


I bet so too lol. I bet Roosevelt was a conservationist too and didn't want trees to be cut down for Christmas.


Yeah he was quite a character, did you know apple used to have a clothing brand?


Jos Roozen seems like quite a guy, a lot of knowledge about plants and gardening indeed.


yes I think he developed an interest in saltwater fish of all things, saltwater fish actually drink water through their mouth while freshwater fish absorb water through their skin


I heard that too, he had the equipment needed to house them, it seems like it wasnt an easy task., to bad he died at age 70


that is too bad, did you know there is a breed of jellyfish that is genetically immortal and could potentially live forever?


I didnt know that, it would be interesting to run some experiments and see if it can be applied to humans, the seahorse is the only fish with a neck


yes that would be interesting, I wouldn't mind living forever haha, I wonder what qualifies as a neck haha


It would be interesting to research zebrafish as well, I think they could be the answer to many health problems.


yes I think they did research and 84% of human disease genes are associated with zebrafish, like did we evolve from zebrafish? What is the relationship??


I dont know, I think its the counterparts like in the cure for the diseases,


ya that sounds like it would be really useful, did you know that a phone today has more computing power than all of the icbm deterrents for nuclear missiles in the USA?


Do we really have so much power in our pockets? that is crazy, its amazing how tech works though.


ya I don't know if it's great that we are so advanced, or scary that that is the score of our nuclear deterrent haha


I agree lol, there must be some serious flaws there, you know its impossible to separate two phonebooks once their pages overlap


that is crazy, and did you know that there is a cable that moves internet and phone data across the Atlantic ocean? It's only about 3 inches across, crazy!


It must be really strong, only 3 inches? sound like it can break easily.


yes that's what I'd be worried about personally, that's a lot hanging in the balance on such a thin cable, and what if a boat crashed into it! it seems like it is so precarious


I know but if it hasnt break then I guess it must be almost unbreakable and really expensive


did you know that the area code of new york was chosen because it was the fastest number to dial by rotary phone? It's 212 haha


I didnt really give much thought to that, its amazing though how we can hear radio waves, phone waves even if we are really far apart.


yes radio is amazing, also amazing that you can create a radio out of a razorblade and pencil like they did in wwii


I wonder who came up with that idea, definitely a skill that can mean the difference between life and death.


I do. Im learning latin. And theres a finnish station that broadcast "nuntii latini" weekly


Oh nice I do not speak it really. I wonder how many listeners they have


I am curious as well. I wonder who listens to jupiters radio waves as well.


Yeah I guess you can catch those on am radio


Its crazy how simple it is to make a radio. During ww2 soldiers were able to make them using pencils and razorblades


yeah those are the ones they called foxhole radios


I do actually, a small aquarium but I do not have a fish with a neck


Seahorses, Im surprised they are the only fish with necks


Did you know only saltwater fish drink water?


Yeah freshwater ones get it through their skin via osmosis


I wonder how it feels to an immortal jelly fish


Yeah I wonder too about that. DId you know we are closely associated with zebrafish?


Yeah we share 84% of our genes pretty crazy


I guess that is why there are so many studies going on there with those fish


I do a smartphone, not one of those rotary phones


212 was used for new yorks area code because it is the fastest to dial on a rotary


Yeah that makes sense. Nice chatting with you :)


Trump and intensity, they sure go by the hand


Unfortunately they do. What do you think the worst thing he has done so far?


There are some aspects of his democracy I don't agree with, like foreign affairs, what about you?


There are too many to name. But I also disagree with the foreign policy


Not helping it at all and then his attacks to the press, thats  also pretty bad


The border tension has been awful and has sadly cost lives as well. All for a wall


Yeah I agree, it broke my heart when I heard the phrase ''Stop breaking up families at the border'' so sad


2,000 kids were taken from their families and put in detention centers


Thats a lot of them, in May 50,000 peoole got arrested crossing the border,


I know right, its about time Im just preying he doesnt get another term a lot of people seem to like him still


Its crazy that 5 presidents have lost the popular vote and were still elected including the current one


It is its also crazy that a president realead 3 pop albums while in office, seems like he had a lot of time


At least they are not playing golf all the time


Well yeah, theres is also a president called Banana, he is the first president of Zimbawe in fact


It surprised me that thats his actual name! Not a nickname like president orange


That is surprising and a good president nickname would crack me up


Lincoln was the first guy to be photographed at his inauguration. John wilkes booth was in the photo. Talk about foreshadowing


Thats is scary, taking a photo next to your killer, I bet Abe didnt saw that coming


Did you know the first number the white house used was 1?


No didnt know about that theres a lot of interesting facts about the White House and presidents thanks for all the facts its been great chatting with you


I have always wanted to tour the White House.  There is so much history there, ever since John Adams starting living there in 1800


Agreed, I was there once long ago. Adams may have been president!


I think it is interesting that they still use floppy disks for storing files at the white house


How is that possible? Also, I've often wondered why some countries have a premier, others a president. I guess some have a chancellor.


And some countries have presidents, but they are more cerimonial.  They do not have any real power


Sometimes not a bad idea! I wonder what Washington and Jefferson worth would be today, in today's dollars.


With inflation, it is very possible they are worth more than President Trump


Funny that the president's guest house is larger than the White House.


Sounds like a good host.  George W was responsible for making the White House more green.  He had solar panels installed during his tenure


Yes! I hope that's still there.  Hard to imagine the white house having stables for horses.


Where else would Teddy Roosevelt park his horses?  He loved his animals


Good point! I wonder how hard it is to update the White House now that is has a steel frame. More importantly, I wonder how the WiFi is there.


I bet the wi-fi is pretty restrictive.  For security purposes I imagine most things are hardwired.


True. Let's hope so. I'm worried that it too the secret service 4 days to discover bullets struck the white house in 2011.


That is concerning.  I know it is a big house, but come on


The secret service had a bit of a rough patch there. Odd that republicans are the only bearded presidents. Good Jeopardy question.


Now I am picturing trump growing a beard.


Nope. Can't imagine it. And I have a pretty good imagination. Although, I see Junior is now sporting a beard.


we've behaved so well! Was worried how this might go!


I'm good, thanks for asking.  Do you follow politics?


I used to follow a lot more closely than I do now. Do you follow politics?


I tell you, it's gotten to the point, I have to watch CNN and Fox news, just to try and decide for myself, which ones are lying.  Lol


Ha! I hear ya. It irritates me that I teach my children to play nice and learn how to work with others and cannot use the US gov as an example of that.


That's so true! You know the use of the colors, red and blue to symbolize the different parties, didn't come about until 2000.  And I think that's when it started getting very partisan, then.


I do too. I was just telling a friend last night that I think it came from George W Bush's approach to the gulf war and lack of intelligence on Saddam Hussein


You're probably on to something with that theory.  You know there hasn't been a US president that was neither a Republican or Democrat since 1853?


Wow. I know it is hard to get elected outside of the two parties but since 1853... long time!


Yes, it is.  What's more surprising, is that I read in the newspaper last week that the last time a Republican got elected to the US presidency and there wasn't a person named Nixon or Bush on the ballot was 1928?


That can't be true, can it? I need to look this up. In 1957 Truman would be photographed on the dumbo ride so he wouldn't be associated with republicans.


I disagree with Truman's behavior!  But, that foolishness still goes on.


Yeah. But now it's more like intervening so your son-in-law can get national security clearance against the state dept better judgment.


Well, I don't think Trump was elected, because he's an intellectual.  I'm sure in his mind, he didn't really think anything of that.  He knows Jared as Ivanka's husband and the father of his grandkids, so he must be an ok guy?


This whole trump investigation has jaded my perspective on the american political system. It just seems so much different than the idealism I was taught about in school. Maybe that's my naivete…


Do you first remember when Trump started calling out Fake news?  There was nobody that really knew what he was talking about.  I heard, he's making that up!  Now, everyone knows what's going on.  Media can say whatever, with anonymous sources and get millions of people to believe their truth.  It's propaganda, pure and simple.  You have to stay on top of things and evaluate everybody's angles.  Everyone is not right and everyone is not wrong.  There's always a little something  going on.


Do you believe mainstream media like CNN, NY times, Washington post?


No, they spew continuous hatred, towards Trump, at all times.  24 hours 7 days a week, nothing but hate.  I'm old enough to remember Walter Kronkite just reading the news, no biased opinions voiced!


Do you think that Trump tells the truth then or is he biased too?


Sometimes, he's not perfect, by no means.  But, I do think his heart is in the right place and he really does want to Make America Great Again, especially for his grandkids.  I think he's trying to leave a legacy for them to be proud of.


I hope he makes America better! But it is still great! Nice chatting with you!


1600 Pennsylvania Ave... Why do you ask?


I was reading about history from John Adams.


Nice. I am too. I find the topic really interesting...


I heard that there are similar buildings overseas.


Yeah. That's weird. I wonder if any of our buildings have replicas overseas. It'd be weird to run into a Mt Rushmore in Greenland...


I think a White House in France makes more sense than George Washington carved into foreign rock!


HA! Yeah... So what building would you like to see in another country?


Well, the Eifel tower has its replica in Las Vegas.    I think more countries should replicate the use of solar panels like George W. Bush did for the White House.


that would be the enviromentally smart thing to do, especially with yesterday's news of the oceans being warmer than ever before.


Given his reputation, it is kind of Ironic that Teddy roosevelt was a staunch conservationist and banned christmas trees from the white house


Yeah. But didn't he create the national forest service or am I thinking of someone else?


I am not sure.    I do know he created the Bull Moose Party!


Nice. I have a pair of Bull Moose shoes. I googled it and he did create the NFS and NPS.


Do you know the functions exercised by a president in other nations?     The national park service does not seem average for a leader like that.


I do not, unless it is a dictatorial regime, then they can do what they want. I feel like a lot of Europe is like the US, since we modeled our gov after theirs...


I heard that the first president of zimbabwe was called president banana.    Funny, but a little disrespectful!


That's bananas! Sorry, dad joke. What was the alternative name? President Peach?


Someone could make a comment about carrots and the fellow from the GOP, but that would be untoward.


HA! I am all for the untoward and more importantly, the jokes...


Well, there hasn't been a president outside the parties since 1853, so there is plenty of room for jokes!    Thanks for the chat!


Wow, more Trump bashing, how novel. I just was gagging reading an article, "Has Trump finally gone to far?"  I my opinion, it's the biased press that's going too far.


They use the PC term "undocumented immigrants".


I agree with you! Its called common sense for your country. Not lies.


They lament about kids being separated from their parents.  The same exact policy was being used during the Obama administration.  One can prove that a million times over and the press still paints it as a Trump thing.  Sick of this nonsense.


I think the whole country is!  Just pay people to tell lies in hopes someone will agree with it.


It's about hate and not wanting to accept election results.  The article goes on claiming that Trump has failed to secure the border without naming why it's failing resistance from Dem's and certain GOPmembers.  I think they care more about money and their ability to hold office than they do for the safety of Americans.


I think they have so much to hide,money to lose, and its been going on for so long. When it does all come out,  its going to very bad!


Now the separation of kids from parents is a crisis.  I remember one Trump bashing article on this issue.  I had pictures of where the kids were kept during these separations.  I came out later that the pictures were taken during the Obama admin.


I know , no one believes it Everyone knows and is upset too! .Well Bush put those solar panels on the white house.lol


Hee, yeah.  I just get sick of being lied to... Enough on that sordid business... Did you know that the top three wealthiest presidents were JFK, Washington and Jefferson?


I know , I'm surprised Trump wasn't listed I know they owned alot of land back then.


Me too.  Maybe Trump should pump out 3 pop albums like the president of Indonesia.


lol, so silly. Hes far to busy and smart for that! lol


I suppose.  I can't see him singing anyway.  I'm an (I) but it's interesting that there hasn't been a U.S. president that wasn't a (D) or (R) since 1853.  I think parties divide the nation too much.


I agree, plus there both on the same side. Alot of them are anyways. It was democrat for a long time.


Yep. I can't believe the red/blue colors for the parties only goes back to 2000.


I know, I always saw red and blue before that?


Me too.  I also can't believe that the White House still uses floppy disks.  A guess they are easier to burn.  Are they still using Apple IIs?


lol, I know was thinking the same thing. I don't know? Praying things get better! Great chat!! Have a nice day!


Thanks, I'll pray too. You've been great.


Good Morning! I'm not much interested in the White House, but I do root for President Trump


So do I.  I hope he succeeds with some of his initiatives.  I wonder if he'll want to take the solar panels off the back of the white house that George Bush had installed.


Wow...I didn't know George Bush did that to the White House! Bush was a decent President.


I liked Bush, the younger one.Even with all of his wealth though, he is not one of the top three wealthiest presidents though.


I never knew that either...any idea who the 3 wealthiest were? I'd say Reagan may have been one of the richest Presidents, though I could be wrong.


Actually they were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson.


Really? Woulda  never guessed Washington and Jefferson were rich Presidents. I'd say that the President of Indonesia may be rich after releasing 3 pop albums! LOL....could you see President Trump releasing a pop album?


He'd probably like that.  He could make fun of all his opposition in the songs.  He might even reference the president of Zimbabwe, named president banana.


I'd like to hear Zimbabwe pronounced in a song...lol. But Trump is doing okay for the Republican Party. At least unemployment is down and there's been no terrorism in the United States for a long while.


With the Republican Party being one of the two main political parties in the US, Trump is a definite to be running for the presidency again in 2020.


I'm sure he will run again for President under the Republican Party; if they don't  cave in to all the media pressures.


It took the secret service four days to even realize bullets struck the white house in 2011.


Again, I couldn't agree more with you! having Hillary Clinton as President would've been a huge mistake.


Totally agree.  I've even heard a few rumors that she may try to run again, but I doubt that would happen.  With all of the ultra liberal new congressmen, its kinda like a throwback to the old Bull Moose Party.


Agreed! I remember when I was younger taking a trip to Washington DC and seeing the White House and other places; I loved the Smithsonian Institute. Have you ever been to the White House or Washington?


I have.  I actually live in northern MD, so pretty close by.  I've never visited the white house though, but have heard that they still use floppy disks for storing files.


LOL....Yes, I've heard something about that also. You''d think with all that money that they could afford better technology at the White House to store their data files.


For sure.  Did you know that until 1805 the runner up in a presidential election was automatically the vice president?  Can you imagine Trump and Hillary having to work together?


That would've been hilarious! Well, it's time I start getting my day going...but it's been nice talking to you about the White House, the Presidents, the Republican Party...and Hillary Clinton. Anything else you'd like to add?


How do you feel about boarder security and the fact families are being separated at the boarder?


That is a difficult issue since mistreatment of children is sad and may be comparable to what happened in Nazi concentration camps when you see that  2000 kids were taken from their families


It is mainly the treatment of the kids, who have no clue what is happening to them that bothers me.  Even the first lady is against it from the children standpoint.


It is very sad and I see why the New York Daily News has headlines "Callous. Soulless. Craven.  Trump."


It is really accurate in this case.  In all cases I think you should never punish children for what adults do.


Even Trump supporters are against it as the New York Post doesn't support the breaking up of families at the border.


Even Franklin Graham, who typically supports him calls it disgraceful and terrible.  Im not sure why he doesnt get it.


Bush describes how it take us back to times of Japanese Americans in the World War II.  What is the solution?


I'm really not sure.  We need some policies, but we are currently going about it all wrong.  The whole shutdown for a wall thing is not helping anything either.  Our country is in a sad state.  I was speaking with someone from Germany the other day, and he said that they make fun of our president all the time.


There were 50,000 people arrested in May for illegally crossing the U.S. border with Mexico.  Do other countries have that amount of influx?


If so we dont hear about it.  Those numbers have grown 3 times since May of 2017, why now?


I'm not sure why having more arrests shows he hasn't secured the border though.  It sounds like there is more accountability doesn't it?


It does sound like there is more accountability.  Its a shame his party refuses to break ranks so to speak.  Not one has joined Sen. Feinstein in the Keep Families Together Act


How does that practically happen I wonder if they are arresting people where would they put the children?  On a different note, George W. Bush seemed to start some environmental trends installing solar panels back on the white house.


I wonder if they were on there before, and had been taken down previously?  Who wouldn't support solar energy that is already installed?


Good question.  Teddy Roosevelt was into conservation and he was in office long before Bush.  He started by banning Christmas trees from the White House.  I wonder if that rule still exists?


Not from all the photos Ive seen, maybe they aren't live trees , though.  One think that really strikes me as crazy is that it the secret service four days to realize that bullets had struck the white house.  So much for security.


Well considering they still use floppy disks for storing files at the White House, I'm not surprised.


I didnt even know they still made floppy disks.  I mean that cant be at all efficient.


Well Truman didn't like Republicans and wouldn't get photographed on Dumbo in 1957 so he wouldn't be a Trump supporter either.


I would say he would wear blue, but the colors red and blue werent actually used to describe or associate with particular political parties until 2000


It sounds like Truman wouldn't grow a beard, because every US president with a beard has been a Republican!


Did you know the GOP was liberal until Barry Goldwater in 1964.


I did not know that. Very interesting. There hasn't been a president who wasn't a republican or a democrat since 1853.


Wow, that's going way back.  I'm an (I) and I don't like political parties.  It divides the country and people fight more for their parties than the do for what's good for the country.  Did you know the 3 richest presidents were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson?


That's in interesting fact. I bet Trump will be on that list as well. He's very wealthy.


Yeah, I thought so too. I wonder how the pres of Indonesia is doing money-wise - he/she has 3 pop albums out...


LOL wow. That's funny. Can you imagine Trump being a pop star?


He has done TV but not by singing.  Crazy that up until 1805, 2nd place in a presidential election got VP. I can't see Hillary and Trump working together.


That is crazy. That would be a nightmare to have them both working together. No way it would work out.


For sure... I just learned that prior to 1963 it wasn't uncommon for students in the US to be required to read from the Bible in school.


That's awesome. I wish they still instilled that in today's society.


Me too. I think it would improve the current state of public education. Did you know they think the Tower of Babel is in Iraq?


Yep. That would be cool to find it. I've been to Iraq twice during the war. Was in the Marine Corps.


Thanks for your service and I mean it!  I wonder why Teddy Roosevelt and J Q Adams didn't get sworn in on a Bible?


Thank you! I wonder why they didn't either. Apple only became known as an apple because the word malus means both apple and evil.


I'm sure T. Roosevelt was a Christian, so I don't get that.  Did you know the red and blue didn't come about until 2000.  Like red and blue forces, no wonder why, without press, the GOP got red.


Interesting. Did you first president of Zimbabwe was named president Banana?


Yeah,what's the story behind that I wonder... Funny, every president with a beard has been a republican.


That's funny. The presidents guest house is actually bigger than the white house.


They must have a lot of guest.  Funny, Thomas Jefferson created his own Bible by cutting out parts he didn't like.


HAHA - I don't think it's supposed to work that way!


I agree.  Thanks again for serving our country.  You were an excellent chat partner!


Are you comfortable talking about the government?


For sure. They are everywhere after all. Even on WIkileaks pages


How comfortable are you with the current government?


I am not okay with it but it is what it is for now. I am more comfortable with the Government of Norway for donating all that money to save the Amazon rainforest


I wonder how effectively that amount was spent. Hopefully it wasn't lost in government bureaucracy.


I hope so too. Do you know who the wealthiest presidetns in the us are?


Yes and JFK and Jefferson are the other two. Well, that is taking inflation into account


I wonder too. Did you know the president of Indonesia is a pop star as well?


Not sure about it, I have not heard it actually but he has already released 3 albums


Hahah good point. Did you know the white house is actually smaller than the guest house?


It is probably to look better to guests and diplomats


Could be that. Do you know how the vice president was elected prior to 1805?


Yeah, I wonder how that would have worked out today. Did you know congressmen ride separate subway lines?


I am just happy that both trump and hillary aren't in the highest position of power together.


Yup, we all are I think. Their parties play a game every year though of baseball since 1909


Oh that is pretty cool. In any case, thanks for chatting.


I don't, I listen to Pandora. Do you like Spotify?


I do. I pay for the commercial free version. I know it is a waste but this is my only vice. I also listen all day at work. Do you listent to pandora a lot?


Sometimes, but thank goodness they don't broadcast in latin, talk about LAME!


Yeah. I would have no idea what they were saying. I can barely understand english... I wonder if I could understand jupiterian?


I don't know. Did you try listening to the Jupiter sounds on AM radio?


I have not. I wonder what it sounds like or if soldiers could it them with their razorblades and pencil radios.


Interesting, I wonder how they made it switch inbetween AM and FM?


There is a website where they broadcast thousands of old radio shows for free. My dad would love that.


Old ones. Like from when there were only radios and everyone would gather around it for a night of listening.


Both. Some were really funny, for the time, while others were dramas. Do you know about the war of the worlds?


I do, I saw the movie, but didn't listen to the broadcast. What about you?


I have heard about it and listened to Radiolab podcast about it. There were actually like three others. One in Latin America so infuriated the people, they burned the radio station down when they were told it was a hoax.


I use youtube to learn how to cook and fix stuff around my house. WHat about you?


I watch it all the time, for videos, instruction stuff, all sorts of things to be honest.


That's cool. It is the second largest search engine in the world.


Yeah, I can believe it. I use it all the time. Well, nice chatting with you.


I have been trying to learn about  Niger's political climate and what the country is experiencing but I also love to study american presidents too. What can you tell me?


well, do you know who the wealthiest us presidents are ?


I am thinking that Trump would be one of the wealthiest. The government is wealthy, the government actually owns much of Nevada.


Yeah he is but considering inflation he is not in the top three


Oh, okay. Hmmm? Maybe JFK and Washington if we are going back a ways. I am trying to remember the presidents and their personal wealth and social standing. Since they are the head of state I would imagine all of them wealthy on some level.


yeah you are right, the third one would be jefferson too


Oh, that makes sense. Cool fact about american history. I like to also learn about Wikileaks and the fact that the government tried to destroy their plans.


yeah and they caught up on that and published it all


I like the story that are hard to believe for instance a man impersonated a government official  to such a level that he was able to sell the eiffel tower not once, but twice. Hahaha. I don't know who would fall for that.


hahaha he must be a genius to get away with that not only once but twice


Yeah, that is a dangerous person on some level. Maybe a wikileak employee?


hahaha maybe you never know. do you know the norwegian government donated $1 billion to save the amazon


No way, that would be a great place to live if you care about social issue such as the environment. Unlike the civil uprise in Niger. The antisocial imposing laws believed to be by some.


yeah they have done so much to protect the environment globally


Okay. Well, since October opponents and supports have been taking to the streets to protest or support the tax law that will subsidize  the countries utility companies.


yeah a lot has been going on for sure. did you know congressmen have their own subway lines?


No, I never heard of that what do you mean?


they ride a separate subway when going from the capitol and the house


That is interesting, I had no idea. What a good idea for keeping them safe from random people not authorized to be there. I remember when the congress was playing the annual baseball game when someone shot at the congressman and hit one. They had to all run and hide anywhere they could.They continue to play baseball each year though. It is still an annual event.


hey there, do you know much about politics?


Well, a little bit. I know a lot of trivia about Congress in particular, such as the republicans and democrats play a baseball game against each other annually!


and the congressmen get their own three subway lines to move beweeen the capitol and the house and senate offices


I assume that's for protection? That would make sense.


Probably so that they are not threatened in public spaces. do you know the only non human to testify before congress?


Oh yes, I heard that it was Elmo! I don't know the circumstances though.


Me either I want to know what Elmo testified about.


Haha, yes! I'm also interested in farming. Do you know anything about farming or agriculture?


I know some things about it and how technology has changed it a lot


Yes, and I know the government has implemented lots of policies that have hurt some farmers, like peanut farmers.


Yeah that is really said as we are depended on them tp get our food.


Fortunately the Freedom to Farm Act that was created in 1996 has really eliminated some of the worst programs that affected farmers.


but still wasteful farm subsidies remain the greatest block of freer trade


That's true. Did you know that 86% of the land in Nevada is owned by the US government?


It is a dessert so I am not sure that they do with that land really


I've been hiking in several parts of Nevada and it's beautiful. I like that they own it and don't allow people to build on it so there is more natural land for us to explore.


yeah considering their is so much urbanization happening now. good for the


Definitely. Reminds me of the Norwegian government donating 1 billion dollars to help the amazon rainforest


that is indeed a lot of money. do you know much about farming?


Well I do know a couple of peanut farmers but I don't know a lot of details!


there were so many rules that restricted farmers in their work. it does not make any asense, we need them and the food


That's so true. Well it was nice talking to you


Some stuff. DO you know who the wealthiest three are?


Yes that is JFK Washington and Jefferson


Yeah. Do you know the name of the first president of Zimbabwe?


Yeah. Did you know the white house is smaller than the guest house?


Yes I guess they get a lot of guest there and need the room


True. Do you know how the VP used to be elected?


Yes that was the runner up that moved into that position


Yeah. Did you know the president of indonesia is a pop star


Yes and has already released three albums


I do sometimes. Linkin Park payed 324 concerts in 2001


Nice. ANd the Ramone toured for a whole 20 years


Yes and they played 2263 concerts during that time


Yeah. A creed concert was so bad once that people sued them


Yeah. In Croatia there is an ancient theater where bands can have concerts


Yeah and they have one like that in Pompeii as well


Yes Pink Floyd played there once I believe


Yes they did but there was no audience at all and it was a live concert


Are you a Linkin Park fan?  They are great. They played 324 concerts in 2001. I still can´t believe it.


I am I think they are one of the best bands ever, too bad the leading singer committed suicide, maybe the toll of many concerts made him fall into depression.


so sad  that most of the singer end up committing suicide. on the other hand I heard that Pink Floyd recorded a live concer in Rome with no audience.


So sad right, many artists commit suicide in the end. Did you hear about that terrible Creed concert back in 2002


I heard that goers file a lawsuit against them. But I don't know why.


It was a terrible concert, some friends attended and they regret it big time. I am a big fan of the band so I found that really suprising.


We all have our own bad day. Have you heard about Ramones?


Curiosity. I heard they played  over 2,000 concert, so I wonder if they are good.


They are great and really over 2000 concerts? I never had the chance to see them live, too bad, I wish I had that chance.


they must have been pretty good them. Piano is my favorite instrument. I heard that once a group of climber found one on top of a mountaim, but I don't know if it was true though.


Woah that's odd, how did a piano get there lol and who took the trouble to get it all the way to the top. People are crazy.


jajjajaj. Hard to believe right.  there is also an aluminum piano


I heard about that its really light considering its a grand piano, it weights about 356 pounds.


didn´t know how many pounds, but knew it has to be really heavy.


I am not sure, but I think is someone related to Paul Mccartney. I am not sure about it though.


No, he was the lead singer of Queen well he used the same piano McCarney did to record Bohemian Rhapsody.


Good to know. Did you know about the president that released 3 pop albums. I don't remember  what country is he from, but still so different.


Really? 3 albums? woah he must be quite the popstar back in Indonesia, he can always make people buy his albums lol


hahahahahha... Agree.  I have to go now, but see you later.


Hey there! Have you heard about the crazy things President Duterte has been doing to the media in the Philippines recently?


Yeah Ive heard, seems like freedom of the press is coming to an end in the Philippines, he denounced all mayor news outlets there.


So sad, especially considering how he already took down that one newspaper, the Inquirer.


Yeah I heard that was his first target, sad how some presidents want to keep the people in the dark. Freedom of speech is a human right.


I agree! But did you hear their House of Representatives is trying to pass a sham bill to suppress speech even more?


Yeah I did hear about that I think its so wrong and we must join and do something against that.


It seems too risky for me though. The president has endorsed killing journalists who spoke against him in the past. Wouldn't that scare you?


It sure would, but strength is in the numbers if we remain quiet then consequences will be far worse.


You have a point there. Maybe we should call up the president of Zimbabwe to help! I heard their first president went by the title of President Banana haha.


That's funny I thought it was a nickname when I first heard about President Banana, seems like his real name is Caanan Banana, his name even rhymes.


Wow, that is wild. Do you think members of Zimbabwe's congress also have food names? Do they even have a congress?


Maybe they do, maybe Plantain is a big name for another politician, maybe we will see a President Apple one day.


That would be delicious. I just hope he - or she - would donate some money to help save the environment like Norway did back in 2008. President Apple needs to save the world!


Yeah maybe President Apple can save the day some time, and the president of Norway sounds like a great person, donating $1 billion to help the amazon rain forest.


Much better than our current roster of presidents I must say! If only "fantasy" presidents was a thing like fantasy congress is. I'd draft President Apple in a heartbeat!


Sounds a bit boring, a fantasy congress league, wouldn't like to play that. Cool fact about Elmo and the congress, he is the only non-human to testify in congress.


Who is Elmo? Isn't that the puppet? How did he testify before congress? Did a demon possess him??


I have no idea, seems like the congress is a circus at time, that doesnt make sense at all but apparently is real I had to Google that.


It really is a circus. It's like one of Congress's baseball games they play each year, but with real lives on the line.


I know right. The first woman elected to congress didnt have the right to vote at a national election at first.


The world really is crazy. But sadly, I have to get back to it. Thanks for chatting though. Hope to see you survive your protest in the Philippines!


I hope that as well together we are stronger and we can make a difference. Cool chatting with you also thanks for all the cool facts, bye.


Michael Cohen said he was in contact with Russians to build a Trump hotel in Moscow during the 2016 campaign.


I thought he was going for 'politiacal synergy.' Lol.


He was convicted of lying about it to Congress, and will be going to prison.


I heard about that. I am not that really into politics. Are you?


Not really.  I tend to live my life with the mute button on regarding what politicians say.  But it's hard to miss the stuff everyday about Trump, Russia, etc.


That it true. I do know that federal prosecuters recommended a substantial prison term on Dec. 7.


They are making a big deal out of it.  the big deal was about Russia altering the election.  But this is about a hotel.


Very true.  That's an issue when you have a businessman as president.


I thought it was interesting that the government has shut down 17 times over the past 37 years.And 3 times in 1977. I thought it was a recent thing.


It's hard to tell that the government is even shutdown right now.  I think it's only a tiny part of it.


Well, it hasn't hit the massive general public yet. Public parks and airport lines mostly. If it hits food stamps and other 'necessities', then it will hit the fan. What do you think about the plans to advance a real estate project in Moscow?


I don't think anything is happening in Moscow at the moment.  Once Trump was elected, everything ground to a halt.


I am not sure that the Russians would go for another Trump hotel now anyway.


The Russians got what they wanted.  I don't think they care which party runs America.  They are having fun sowing doubts within the American public.


Well, as Trump gained traction, Putin at least appeared to grow more interested in him. I think that Putin wanted Trump in at least.


Did you know that Trump isn't even in the top three wealthiest presidents?  They are Washington, Jefferson and JFK.  I don't recall anyone being upset that JFK got rich from daddy's money.


Huh, I did not know that. Did you know that Facebook did psych experiments in 2010 that affected the 'real world behavior' of voting Americans during the 2010 congressional elections?


Google can affect elections too by placing search results for desired candidates at the top.  Much more dangerous than Russia!


This is fairly interesting to me because the history of "President" as the name for a chief of state is something I researched years ago.


yes indeed. Would you like to share some interesting stuff you learned?


Mainly that before the US constitution it was always used for the presiding officer or first among equals in a plural executive body, so it doesn't give much strength to those arguing for a strong Executive branch.


that's interesting. Its interesting that the functions of a President vary according to the type of government.


Yeah, I think France tried to split the difference between a ministerial and presidential system.


It's interesting also that a dictator of a one-party state can be named as a President also.


Yeah, dictators like to adopt the titles of republican forms of government. Caesar adopted a lot of titles from the Roman Republic.


Speaking of France, an interesting fact involves a man who sold the Eiffel Tower twice by impersonating a government official.


LOL. That sounds like the stories about the Brooklyn Bridge in the US. Also a guy that sold the Clampets a bunch of stuff in LA including Griffith Park on the Beverly Hillbillies.


The Clampets sound like they were richer than the President, although the President's guest house is bigger than the White House.


I think their fortune topped out at $60-something million, but by today's standards that would be what -- 200 or 300 million?


That's impressive. Its good to know that with all the trouble going on between Democrats and Republicans, every year they play a baseball game against each other for fun.


I vaguely know something about that, but not much.


There also is a Fantasy Congress that exists with members of Congress are drafted.


No kidding? I can imagine the epic battles LOL.


Me too. The Republicans are leading by 3 wins against the Democrats in the baseball tournaments that they play yearly.


It's actual members of Congress on the teams, like a factory league?


I think it might be where players can DRAFT members of Congress and earn points based on the success of legislation. Sort of like Fantasy Football.


Ah, I meant the baseball team. But the fantasy Congress sounds cool too!


Yes, indeed. Anything to have a little fun is always good.


I'm not sure what to make of our government structure in the US these days.


the three branches? do you think we need to restructure a bit?


I think we could do with some new blood in the congress for sure. It almost seems like a legacy system at this point.


it definitely is, we need some young people in there that understand what people today actually need from their government. theyve been playing baseball games against each other since 1909 and it seems like a lot of the members today may have been in that first game...


LOL so true. Even our presidency needs some younger blood. I think the best chance we ever had as a country was when a younger man was in office like JFK.


Obama I think was good too. He was decently young and decently in touch with things. JFK was definitely a good age though. People just dont take young people seriously


No they really don't and I think if we are going to move forward as a country we need that. Someone who is in touch with the world today and not completely off in their own little world.


like the Orange Bufoon we have now... it makes the country look bad when he rants on Twitter


Yeah it is cringeworthy to say the least. I'm not opposed to a president using social media because that is the way of the world but it needs to be well reasoned thoughts not rage typing. Could be worse though-he could release a pop albumn.


good point, it could be slightly worse haha. He could be called president banana like the one from Zimbabwe


I'm surprised that he isn't on the list of the wealthiest US presidents.


Trump? yea this list must be old...unless he isnt as rich as he claims


Either one of those is entirely possible. Speaking of wealth I wish our government would take some of theirs and follow Norway's lead on helping save the rainforest.


does Norway have rainforests? this is news to me


No they donated one billion dollars to save the amazon rainforest. I think that is awesome of them to think that globally.


yea it sure is. Especially because people are always saying that rainforests are the "lungs of our planet." we need to work together more not race each other in making a bigger missile


Exactly. I saw a picture the other day of the earth from space. I think we tend to think of it as it was back when we were in elementary school all green. There is a shocking amount of brown space now. It was actually pretty terrifying.


its all brown because the world is full of you know what


Tends to happen when we have governments that think it is okay for their own employees to violate the geneva convention and they pass laws to protect them.


that and when we have people leading a country who try to sell the Eifel Tower. Twice


How the heck do you get away with something like that?


Did you know that, according to Canadian law, 40% of the music on the radio must be by Canadian artists? That would explain why Drake is so popular.


No I didn't actually it seems like that might be the case for Justin Bieber as well his song 'baby' is the most disliked video on youtube


It was, up until a few weeks ago. Now, YouTube Rewind 2018 holds that record. Do you think that YouTube will be replaced soon, as much as creators are hating it?


oh that's good to know I wasn't aware. No I think that people will copy off of it like the police officers have Blutube there will be other knock off youtubes but nothing quite the same to replace it all together


Yeah, but people once viewed Netflix as a Blockbuster knock-off. Now, there is no Blockbuster. Netflix and YouTube account for half of all internet traffic in North America now.


That's true! Youtube has been evolving though which is a good thing Youtube Premium offers ad free access and exclusive content


I use AdBlock. Haven't seen an ad in years. Do you like classic radio dramas? You can go to archive.org and listen to thousands of classic radio dramas for free.


I haven't ever listened to one to be honest I like some tv dramas such as house it's one of my favorites. I see why they pay Hugh Laurie 700,000 per episode


Makes you wonder why he's not still making "House" calls. Bad pun. Did you know that Shawshank Redemption has held the #1 spot on IMDB for over 15 years? Have you seen it?


That's funny I have seen it such a touching movie. I wonder where the actors all got their starts. I've heard actors like Michael Caine joined drama class because of pretty girls


So Michael Caine is really like his father of Austin Powers character. It's sad to think that Psy's Gangnam Style had so many views, that YouTube had to upgrade. I didn't like that song. Why so popular, I wonder?


I know right! Imagine a world where youtube is the second largest search engine and people use it for that


Imagine it? We're living in that world. Things like that must be what pushed Jim Carrey over the edge. He said he no longer makes dramas anymore. I hate that, because Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Truman Show were amazing!


His faith prohibits him from doing dramas they are not conducive to positivity


Yeah. I say he was pushed over the edge, but he's woke. Jupiter's storms are strong enough to be heard on am radios. Must be the ONLY thing playing on am radio today.


You're probably right! radio waves are so interesting soldiers in wwii used to make simple radios out of razors and pencils it's where the term foxhole comes from


Now they would probably just text. Crazy how less than 100 years ago, so many people were fooled by a radio broadcast of the fictional War of the Worlds.


Well to be fair they did use an actor who sounded convincingly like FDR


People are still easily fooled today. Every news station caters to the political affiliation that views them. Did you know that Mr Rogers always mentioned he was feeding his fish, so blind viewers would know?


I did not how thoughtful of him. do you think there are radio forms of his show available on the website?


Probably not. He never did radio. Google has ruined YouTube, in my opinion. What do you think about that?


oh I didn't know that. How so? I think they work together wonderfully


I feel like they turned it into an ad-hungry corporation that controls what the content providers are able to post, and censor or block them from receiving ad revenue.


Hello there, did you know the white house is smaller than the guest house?


I had heard that.  I think the guest house is newer.


Yeah it is. I wonder id the pop star president of Indonesia has ever stayed there


I haven't heard.  Did you know that Hillary Clinton was the president of the young republicans in college?


Wow that is pretty ironic considering she is such a strong democrat nowadays


True. In another irony, the only president to propose a guaranteed minimum income was a republican, Richard NIxon.


Go figure. Did you know that all republican presidents have had a beard?


That is odd.  I have a beard and I am a republican too!.  There is a republican versus democrat baseball game every year that has been played by congress people since 1909.  The republicans are ahead by only 3 games.


Wow that is a long time, what a tradition. Did you know Truman refused to be photographed on the dumbo ride?


Well he did not want to be associated with the republicans in any way and given the logo, he just wanted to stay away


Makes sense, even though it is a little too sensitive.  I have had democrat chat partners who got mad when I told them that the republicans were founded as an anti-slavery party.  I don't get mad at any accurate history.


Well it is a good thing that we can all share our opinions, we all have our own preferences. How about the Bible, have you ever read it? Are you religious?


I have taught the Bible to adults for over 30 years.  I study it 6 hours per week to prepare my lesson.  The name comes from Koine Greek.  It communicates the most important message on the planet to me.


Oh cool. Did you know Thomas Jefferson created his own version of the bible?


Yes.  I think he will pay price for that.  The book of Revelation states that all the plagues of the book will be visited on anyone who adds to or takes away from the book.


Did not know that. Apparently the tower of babel is based on a real building in modern day Iraq


Yes.  I have seen photos of several of those towers.  There have been over 7000 languages in our lifetime but some are disappearing now.  The Mandarin symbol for the word "ship" consists of a container, the symbol for "people" and their number for "eight"  So, a ship is a container of eight people.  That is how many people Noah had on the ark.


Wow, never heard of this before. That is so interesting, so much history involved in there. I am assuming you also know that malus means evil and apple.


I do.  Of course, I think it goes back to the early understanding of the Garden of Eden.  I don't know if Steve Jobs would have picked the name Malus for his company.


Yeah probably not, but then again there is no way to know for sure now. It was nice chatting with you


Lots! Lucky to have come from a family that was very into music. Did you know Linkin Park played 324 concert in 2001? That seems like a crazy schedule.


No I didn't know that. That is very impressive! The Ramones played like 2200 shows in about 20 years. That's also impressive!


Yeah, and most of those shows were probably at little club, unlike Linkin Park. In 1972 Pink Floyd recorded one of their concerts at the Roman Amphitheater in Pompeii, and there was no audience.


That's really weird. I hope that they recorded it so I can see it haha. Did you know that there was a Creed concert so bad that they got sued?


I'd imagine all the Creed concerts were probably that bad. In 1930, the BBC couldn't find anything to report on for the news, so they broadcast piano music instead. Can't imagine that happening today!


Know that would never happen! The piano was created in the year 1700. I actually play the piano, what about you


I took piano lessons for several years. I wouldn't say i can play though. More like tinker around on it. The Hindenburg had an aluminum grand piano that weighed only 356 pounds.


That's pretty cool. I would like to play that actually haha. Do you like Queen? Freddie Mercury used the piano that Paul McCartney had previously used to record Hey Jude


That's cool. I do like Queen. In 2006 climbers reached one of Britain's highest mountain tops and found a piano! Wonder if it was dropped out of a plane or something.


That's crazy! I also didn't know that there's a song that is used to stress test pianos. It's called the circus galop


Yeah, I've read about that... it's not playable by any human. Pretty crazy.


What do you think about the president? Also do you know who the top three most rich presidents were?


You don't even want to get me started on 45. JFK, Washington and Jefferson? The first president of Zimbabwe was named President Banana. Wonder if that was his given name or he chose it to be funny.


Haha that's a good question. Another good question is why is the guest house bigger than the White House itself. That seems so stupid


Agreed. Except I guess if you have so many guests at once they would all need a room. It used to be that the runner up for president became the VP. Um, I pretty sure that would be a DISASTER today!


LOL that would be a disaster today! Also a disaster would be if the president released three pop albums like the president of Indonesia did LOL


Haha. I'm honestly surprised he hasn't released an album.


Haha that's true. I am shocked he was not one of the top three most wealthy presidents. you would think that he was


Yeah, but I guess when adjusted to inflation, the others were richer. Plus, they never had bankruptcies and probably had no debt. Who knows.


Yep that's probably true. president banana is such a weird name. I wonder if he will make a pop album haha maybe he can hang out with Trump and do that LOL


I do use it for home improvement. Do you watch it?


I watch it for leisure a lot. It's got some pretty interesting stuff if you look hard enough. Have you ever seen the first Youtube video ever uploaded?


It just a video with a young guy talking about an elephant for about a minute.


The innocence! I feel like it is more jaded now. Am I off on that?


It's definitely different now. It seems more capitalistic now, only putting the same certain people on the front page. It used to be a dating site when it began.


It's also the second largest search engine. Since google owns it, that makes sense.


Absolutely. In 2007 YouTube used as much bandwidth as the entire internet in 2000. That's crazy!


Baby, by justin beiber is the most disliked video on youtube. Haters gonna hate...


Haha, I wouldn't gave guessed that. I guess Youtube doesn't have Beiber fever. I wonder what the most liked video is..


It could be gangnam style. That was so popular they had to switch to 64 bits...


I remember when that song blew up. You couldn't get away from it! Did you know there are 70 full episodes of the joy of painting with Bob Ross?


I had no idea it was that many. I do not think I have seen the show though. I just know about it...


I think I might have watched a few episodes on tv when I was younger. Do you listen to the radio ever?


I use Spotify a lot, but I sometimes listen to it. The most popular radio act in the 1930s was a ventriloquist. I wonder how that worked.


Did he get lazy at times and just not bring the puppet? It sounds like it was just a one person show with a voice actor.


It does sound that way! There's a radio station that translates solar activity and you can listen to the sun! Sounds pretty cool!


What do you think about the Niger protests?


They seem to be getting worse. What's your opinion?


I think they are getting worse as well, speacilly witht hthe protest on march with 11 thousand protesters.


Oh, that was bad. The capital was so filled with them.


There seems to be a lot of protests from 1997 to 2017, so its not a new problem, I wonder why there is so much discomfort among citizens.


Well, there is so much cost in their living. They feel threatened


I see, I guess we dont have those problems although the US owns 86% of the land in Nevada, makes you wonder how much control they have over us.


Yup. The US passed some legislation that would protect governemntal employees from lgal action for violating geneva conventions


Did you know that a man in France impersonated a government official and somehow managed to sell the Eiffel tower twice.


That's funny. Did you know that Wikileaks published the government's plans to destroy them?


I actually did hear about that, its crazy how Wikileaks makes the goverment go crazy, all those secret exposed.


Yeah. Makes me think they might become tyranical.


makes you wonder what else they are hiding, if they are willing to go to such lenghts to destroy wikileaks there must be some dangerous secrets.


Yeah. Fantasy congress exist, where players draft members of congress and points were based off legislative success.


That is a fun fact, another fun fact is that Elmo is the only non human to testify in congress.


Wow. That would be an interesting case. Also, Congress has a baseball game. republicans vs the democrats


I wonder who has the  most wins, it must be more than a game for them.


Its tight since I heard they have been playing for over 100 years, nice tradition, sport unites us all.


Yes, it does.  There are three subway lines exlusively for congressmen to move between the capitol and the house and senate offices


I wonder how they have access to these subway lines, sounds kind of unnecessary.


Hello, are you particularly interested in politics?


I am about average in my interest in politics. Although, I do find it interesting that we have not had a President since 1853 that wasn't Republican or Democrat.


I didn't know that! A lot of things have remained stagnant in politics, the last time we had a Republican without a Nixon or Bush was 1928.


Wow and I just learned that every US President with a beard has been a Republican. Fascinating.


That's interesting! Maybe that's why sometimes Republicans try to not fit every stereotype. Like Harry Truman didn't want to be photographed on the Dumbo ride in Disneyland so he wouldn't be associated with Republicans.


I don't blame him. People would definitely look too far into it. Kind of like how the color of the tie you wear matters but the colors "red" and "blue" for the parties only started in 2000.


That's surprising! I thought that was a thing from day one, as old as the Bible even.


Thomas Jefferson had his own version of the bible and cut out the miracles and resurrection. Wonder what type of information he did find valuable.


It's interesting how much information must overlap between the Bible and other books like the Hebrew Bible and Greek Septuagint.


Do you know the Greek word for apple? Because the word apple only come around in the 4th century. Malus in Latin meant both apple and evil from the bible.


That's interesting! A lot of things from the Bible have a place in our culture today, like Teddy Roosevelt and John Quincy are the only presidents who didn't swear in on a Bible.


Wow. How interesting. I wonder what they swore on?


Maybe they didn't swear on anything? Or maybe they constructed their own thing to swear on. Like Thomas Jefferson  created his own Bible by cutting out a lot of parts with a razor.


That is possible. Jefferson seems like he did what he wanted. He was one of the top three wealthiest Presidents in history.


I wouldn't have guessed that, do you know who the rest of the three are? I would have guessed Trump would be there.


The others were JFK and Washington. It must be based upon how wealthy they were relative to the time period.


That's surprising, but I guess if it's by inflation that makes sense. I wonder if that irritates Trump, or the fact that that the U.S. presidential guest house is larger than the actual White House.


Well in my opinion he still has it better off than being named President Banana like the President of Zimbabwe.


I think that might make it harder for some people to take him seriously. Likewise with the president of Indonesia, who released 3 pop albums while in office.


It was great chatting with you and learning new fun ideas.


Sometimes I do, sometimes not. What about you?


I do like to follow it specially with all the blurry lines they tend to pass, like how they planed to destroy Wikileaks


Interesting. Did you know that 86% of Nevada is owned by the government?


No I didnt know that, seems like the own most of the land in the state, that seems a bit unfair.


Yeah, I think a lot of it is for military and national parks.


And maybe lots of it for illegal black sites, if you're into conspiracy theories and all.


Yeah, could be. Did you know a man in France managed to sell the Eiffel Twoer twice?


Twice? I guess the phrase a sucker is born every minute applies to his victims, still impressive he managed to do that


Two of them actually did you also hear about the Norwegian government and how they donated $1 billion to save the amazon rainforest


Interesting? Is that because they are such an oil centric economy?


I have no idea about that but could be maybe they are feeling guilty about something but its a great thing to do


Yeah, I'm not sure. I'm fairly certain their economy is fossil fuel based.


So what do you think about our president, interesting how he's not in the ranking of the richest presidents of US history.


I think he actually is, and it is just an error.


Could be, did you heard about president Banana from Zimbabwe, I think thats a funny name


Yeah, apparently that is his real last name. Did you know that?


Yeah I actually had to Google that his name is Cannan Banana, couldnt believe it at first thats almost as odd as the president of Indonesia and his 3 pop albums


I wonder where he finds the time, you have to wonder if they were good albums. Well, nice chatting with you!


Yeah maybe he doesnt know he also has to run a country lol. its been great chatting with you also have a nice one.


Very much. I don't go to concerts though. For some reason (with a few exceptions) I think of the studio version of a song as the "real" version and hate the crowd noise in live versions. Are you a concert-goer?


I would like to go to concerts, but it is too much of a hassle to plan and go


I agree. I'd much rather just have a tab open on YouTube, or listen to a bar band performing while I'm sitting and drinking a beer.


Is there concerts you would be interested in going like a linkin park concert?


I didn't even know they were still performing to be honest, although I love listening to their stuff from the turn of the century. They're like a holdover from the grunge days of the 90s. Anyone you'd like to see live?


I used to enjoy some of the live shows on Austin City Limits. I saw Robert Plant with a pickup band doing some old LedZep favorites, but he didn't have the pipes to hit those high notes like when he was a young buckaroo.


At least it was like a creed concert, where it was so bad it was sued


I would expect that being so bad they get sued is just the baseline for Creed. "Eddie Vedder called -- he wants his voice back."


I heard it was because some member simply slacked off and refused to play on schedule or at all


So they were even worse than usual, LOL. I'll bet a Ramones concert would've been fun to attend.


I wonder if Pink Floyd intended that "concert" to have no audience? If it was just a recording session at a location chosen for acoustics, it would really just be a studio session.


Perhaps it was just a milestone in their career. I mean if you were a musician, wouldn't you want to play in a majestic roman amphitheater


Good point. Roman ampitheaters seem to be a popular venue for concerts -- just look at the one in Croatia.


I mean it has history, looks majestic, and it makes music better, What is there not to like?


On the subject of history, I suspect the statistics on presidential wealth are outdated. A billionaire would probably top the list today.


I am sure they took inflation and stuff into account. I am not surprised washington ranks amongst the highest


Possibly. Hard to say how old the info is though.


True true. Either way he was very wealthy. In any case, thanks for chatting.


Hi, I do when I have the chance yes! I like piano jazz. There was one on the Airship Hindenburg that was made of aluminum and only weighed 356 pounds!


That's a clever idea, although I wonder if the altitude affected the tuning. Speaking of altitude, in 2006, a group of climbers found a piano at the top of the highest mountain in Britain.


I guess it's a pretty good practical joke. In 1930, the BBC must have thought it was funny when they decided there was no news worth reporting and played piano music instead one day.


Right, seems like it was a lot of work. Wonder if the piano was up there playing circus galop when no one was looking. Circus galop is a piece that is for stress testing auto pianos and cannot be played by humans. Gee, I wish there was a day without news these days.


Yes, the news cycle is just saturated with ridiculous drama created by Congress and the President.


We're lucky that we don't use the system where the runner up became the vice president anymore. There would be even more drama.


It would be entertaining. It's kind of similar to the fact that the President's guest house is actually larger than the White House.


Well I guess we can be happy that our president is not releasing pop albums while in office like the president of indonesia does.Haha


Considering he gave a 2 hour performance at the CPAC over the weekend, I think he'd really enjoy giving a concert!


Actually I can just imagine it, to house music!


There's definitely an audience, although maybe there'd be some disappointed concert goers who would sue for it being so bad, like 4 people who sued Creed in 2002.


Wow! I bet the Ramones had much better concerts since they played a total of 2253 concerts over 20 years.


That's over 100 a year, although only a fraction of the 324 that Linkin Park played in 2001 to promote their debut album.


I'm not too into concerts though I think I'd love to see one at an ancient roman ampitheater. There is still one in use in Croatia.


That would be Romantic, pun intended haha. In 1972, Pink Floyd actually recorded a concert at an ancient Roman amphitheater in Pompeii with no audience, to preserve the ruin, I imagine.


Wow, wish I could have been a fly on the wall!


Yes, insects and rodents were the only ones who got to see that live. haha


Do you like concerts? I like small indoor ones, not those that are at arenas or large ampitheaters.


I like ones in medium venues. Nice chatting!


Hello, do you watch any Youtube?  Youtube has been in business since 2005 and Google bought Youtube in 2006 for US$1.65 billion. Wow.


Mass shootings have become a political football.  Guns vs. No Guns... I think the problem is deeper than that.


I agree, but there should be a bigger control  guns are our rights but filters must be applied


If guns are outlawed, only the non-law-abiding will have them.  It's a complex problem starting with violence in the media.  Guns have been around since our country was founded.


Its a complex issue, criminals will always find the way to get their hands on guns, this has been a popular topic over the years, many pros and many cons


The shootings do cause a run on guns but that's only because people think the gov't will have a knee-jerk reaction.


Thats not the way to prove things, the media also has the fault, news outlets tend to give shootings a lot of importance


The media and polls use it to their own ends.  Truth is a casualty.  I just read a really biased op ed that claims the right benefit from these shootings.  Crazy...