That's pretty funny! The us supreme court building has a basketball court on the top floor known as "the highest court in the land"


Wow! Nba player allen iverson signed a lifetime endorsement contract with reebok in 2001 that would pay him $800,000 a year until he reaches age 55 to where he would then receive a final lump sum payment of $32,000,000.


That's amazing. James naismith, the inventor of basketball, is the only losing coach in the university of kansas' history.


That must be sad for him.  Physicists proved that shooting "granny style" is the absolute best technique to consistently score points on the line, but nba players refuse to do it because it looks stupid.


Interesting! Air jordan's were banned upon introduction by the nba. however, jordan wore them anyways, as nike was willing to pay the fine each game.


Yeah Nike is willing to pay for advertisement! Kareem abdul-jabbar's dominant use of the dunk got the shot banned from college basketball for over a decade.


Too funny! The league adopted the name National Basketball Association on August 3, 1949, after merging with the competing National Basketball League.


That's very interesting!  In 39 out of 50 states, the highest paid state employee is either a college football or basketball coach.


BA players are the world's best paid athletes by average annual salary per player!


Wow more than football? The new zealand basketball team are nicknamed the "tall blacks"


I was surprised too! Tim duncan of the san antonio spurs sacrificed money and stayed in college for four years instead of going directly to the nba.


NBA Entertainment and NBA TV studios are directed out of offices located in Secaucus, New Jersey.


Cool.  Did you know Bruce lee was also a great dancer and he won the hong kong cha-cha championship in 1958.


I know right,  I hope theres a video floating around somewhere!


That would be awesome! I learned a lot. Thanks for chatting!


Hi there! Watching a bit of racing today. I love cars! Cars came into global use in the 20th century and developed economies depended on them.


Oh nice. Yeah I like cars too. 1886 was considered the birth of the modern car!


That's cool! One of the first cars accessible to the masses was the 1908 Model T.


Oh nice what a classic. I also like the brand Cadillac which was named after the founder of Detroit.


I like Cadillac too. McDonalds' added drive thrus in 1975 to accomodate soldiers who could not get out of their cars while wearing fatigues.


Glad they did now they are everywhere! The trunk is called that because it used to actually be a wooden trunk!


Oh that is cool. In South-africa it is legal to equip your car with flame throwers to prevent carjacking. Sounds like good entertainment.


Yeah I would love to see that. Like an action movie! I like playing car racing videos but I never knew people like Jahn Mardenborough could use them to become pro!


Amazing what people can do. In addition to cars I am a mini fan of video games. I know the Nintendo entertainment system (NES) could only display 54 colors.


Wow. I loved that system so much despite that underwhelming stat. Japan finally gave it the axe back in 2003!


I can see why. It was a bit of a dinosaur. So I like movies as well. Hard to believe that former President Regan was rejected for a movie role because he did not have the "presidential look". I guess he proved them wrong!


Yeah he definitely did. I would love to see that entertainment executives face when he got elected!


Me too. Hilarious, I'm sure. Not sure if you watch Judge Judy, but she makes 123k per episode!


Jeez that is hard to fathom is she that popular?! I find it interesting how entertainment has evolved over the years. It can be adapted to suit any scale.


I would agree. Have you heard of Bill Nye, the science guy? He got his big break by winning a Steve Martin lookalike contest.


Yeah I used to watch his show! Glad we have tv now. People in 50bc bred chickens for entertainment!


Oh that makes me glad to have TV. That had to have been a long time ago!


Yeah apparently that's what Caeser observed when he went to Great Britain for the first time.


Oh wow. I'm glad that entertainment has evolved and can be adapted for all!


Yes I agree. I understand the point of it is to keep an audiences attention, but they have achieved that so well. Sometimes I just can't look away.


Well nice chatting with you. Have fun watching cars which replaced those old horse-drawn carriages.


Hello there, I do like basketball, how about you?


Yes I do.  Did you know that the dunk shot got banned from college basketball for over ten years?


I think I have read about that before, I think it was one of my favs Kareem abdul-Jabbar that was the cause of that.


I think you're right.  I'm glad it's not banned any more. It really adds excitement to the game don't you think?


Yeah it sure does, and now the game is moving away from the basket and going for a lot of 3-pointers, funny how the game evolves over time.


True. I like those too though.  Have you heard about the inventor of basketball, James Naismith?


I have heard about him, I think he was a really good college coach as well if I'm correct.


Not really.  Oddly enough, he's the only losing coach in the University of Kansas's history.


Oh, well I guess I am wrong then lol.  That is still impressive that he created the game though!


Yes it is. The game is technical to if you think about it.  Everything is so precisely measured and such.


That is very true, did you ever hear about the court they have on the top floor of the US supreme court building?


Yeah its nicknamed 'the highest court in the land' what makes me think is that I wonder how much $ has been bet on some of those games!


Lol! I never thought about that but I'm sure they have bet quite a bit!


Do you know what the nickname of the New Zealand national basketball team name is?


I didn't even know New Zealand had a national basketball team!  I guess basketball is global.


Yeah they do, I think basketball is no longer the US game, even in the NBA some of the best players are foreign, my fav team has the most likely MVP this year and he's not from the US.  And the name of the New Zealand team is 'tall blacks'.


Sounds like New Zealand is not as stressed about offending people as the States are.  Speaking of the nba, do you like tim duncan?


No, I don't think they have that in mind, I think it has to do with the jersey colors honestly, I know the rugby team wears all white jerseys and their nickname is, 'the all whites'.  And yeah he was one of the greats, Spurs.


i like him because he chose to stay in college instead of going directly to the nba.  It's really impressive!  Well, it looks like I've got to be going now.  It's been nice chatting with you!  Have a great day!


Not really,  I dont follow it much,  i watch once in awhile if the warriors are playing.  What is your favorite team?


My favorite team is the wizards. Did you know Air Jordans were banned when first introduced?


wow I did recently read something like that.  do you know why?


I'm not sure, but it was probably one of the greatest marketing ploys ever!


tim duncan sacraficed money by statying in college instead of going straight to the nba


Interesting, do you know what he studied?


Cool. Do you like Bruce Lee? I heard he was a great dancer.


Yeah love bruce lee,  hard to imagine him as a dancer,  or chacha dancer even lol


Hilarious. Apparently he won the Hong Kong Cha Cha championship.


Guess he was really good!  Tupac was in ballet class in high school lol


Nice, it doesn't surprise me, he was real artsy.


I wonder how many shoes he went through,  looks like ballet dancers go through 4 pairs a week!


Babies like to dance too,  they spontaneously dance when they hear music.


Interesting, what type of dancing do they do? They can't walk!


Dancing can kinda mean anything that involves moving your body to a beat I suppose.  I am no expert,  but in the car I find myself dancing with my shoulders if a good song comes on.


Yeah, I guess that's true. Maybe somebody could patent that like MJ?


I doubt anyone would want to steal my moves lol


Hilarious. Well, it would be great if you could patent dance moves like MJ and get rich.


Yeah, it would be. Well nice chatting with you!


Is the library one of your favorite places to go to?


I used to go to the library when I was younger. Not so much now. How about you?


I used to too! I went there because there are certain events. Now, I do not. I hardly go to the library. I rather stay at home to study.


Libraries have had such an important purpose historically. Ships visiting the ancient city of Alexandria had to surrender their books for copying. Owners got a copy while the originals were placed in the library of Alexandria.


That is true. Where is this city of Alexandria?


In Egypt. There was a famous library there that burned down. Libraries have changed with the times. Many public libraries in the US have video games to lure teenagers into a library. That certainly would have gotten me to the library. More teenagers are coming to the library and books are getting checked out more than before the gamers arrived.


Maybe, Egypt had a thing against libraries. I recently went to a library and there was an Xbox console. What is the point though of the library?


I suppose it depends on the population and the country. A Malawian teenager taught himself how to build a windmill out of junk and bring power to his village. Where did he learn to do this? Books at the library.


Are you interested in presidents? The president of Indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office. Those would probably be available in the libraries in Indonesia.


Well, I do not support the president of today. I am looking forward to the votes. The Indonesian president seems like an Asian version of Kanye West.


Maybe Trump and Kanye can collaborate on dropping some mad beats yo. The US president's guest house is larger than the White House. Trump must be ticked off that he missed out on that deal.


Recently, they were talking in the White House.


I guess they could find a musical match and get some beats out. Other countries have the right idea about the presidency, I think. Guatemala has a law that close relatives of former presidents cannot run for president. In the US, that would put a damper on the aspirations of Clintons and Bushes.


They should join this app called "Tik Tok." They can be a classic duo. That reminds me of working environments. I rather work in a diverse office than with relatives because it can get a little difficult.


That's true. Five presidents have been elected while losing the popular vote. Is Trump in that group? Will he get elected next time the same way? I wonder. If he does, his relatives will still be in the White House with him. Nepotism is rife there.


Trump should be in that group. I hope he does not get elected.


The only president to earn a PhD was Woodrow Wilson. Will we ever have someone like that again? Or is it just a media circus?


Well, there should be other presidents that are way smarter than Trump. I feel that this is a joke, a media circus.


Would be great to see a prez that spoke a foreign tongue. The last president to speak a foreign language fluently was FDR. Probably French.


That is true. Well, it was nice chatting with you.


Most of them, yes. I see that space jam is the highest grossing basketball movie ever. Great movie too!


I agree. I played some basketball in high school but most probably unlike hall of famer Reggie Miller's sister Cheryl who was pretty darn good.


I haven't heard about her? How good was she?


Well going back to 1982 when Reggie scored his career high of 40 points; he tried bragging about it only to find out sis scored 105 points and broke 8 national records.


geez, I also see that both volleyball and baskeball were invented at the YMCA.


Really, didn't know that. Did you know that the inventor of basketball (James Naismith) was the only losing coach in Univ of Kansas's history?


At this point, they are a pretty successful basketball score so not to surprising! Also funny to see that vasectomy rates in the US rise during march madness.


Wow, that is weirdly crazy. I like it that physicists have actually proven that shooting "granny style" is the best technique to consistently score points on the line. I would do it. :)


That's about the only way I would make a basket too haha


Maybe some Air Jordans would help though they were banned by the NBA. But Jordan wears his and Nike just pays the fine each game.


Well worth the ads. I see that Shaq only hit one 3 point shot his whole career!


Whoa, that is disappointing. Maybe he should have had Kareem show him how to dunk.


They are quite definitely good at one or the other often!


Yeah. Hey how smart was Allen Iverson?! He signed a lifetime endorsement contract with Reebok in 2001 so he gets $800 grand a year until he gets 55 then a lump sum of $32 Mil.


I would say so. I would maybe stick to being coach though (if I was any good). In 39 of 50 US states, the highest paid state employee is either a college football or basketball coach.


Crazy. Because they are state employees!


True but I guess NBA players are the world's best paid athletes so there's that.


Not sure on that one! Nice chatting. Have a great day!


I was readind interesting facts about dancing. did you know that Michael Jackso actually had a patent for a device he used to accomplish that extreme lean he used to do?  Odd!


Really! That's cool! I love watching good dancers. Did you know Tupac danced in Ballet in high school! He was the mouse in the Nutcracker!


I can't imagine that!  Love the Nutcracker! Ballet dancers sure go through a lot of pairs of pointe shoes. So rough on their feet...


I love Ballet but wow, I could never put my feet through that agony! I think it is cute how babies smile more when the hit the beat while listening to music! So cute!


Yes,  many people lose that sense of rhythm as they age, including me!  Bruce Lee was so graceful. He said that he imagined moving as if he were water. And he did.


I love to dance! Not in front of anybody though lol....Bruce lee? Wow that is awesome I did hear he won a championship doing the cha cha in 1958 how cool is that!


He was multi-talented for sure. I loved his movies. The one where he fought with Kareem was amazing. Do you like basketball?


I do like basketball! I am not able to follow it much but love the game, I have heard that NBA players are the highest paid athletes in the world. That's pretty cool!


They play alot of games and the pace is grueling. But so is hockey, so I am not sure the NBA players should get more money.


True, I love hockey too. It's funny that Air Jordans were banned but Jordan wore them anyway! Nike had to pay a fine every time he wore them!


I am sure that they did not mind since he has made them multi millions over the years. I think it is funny that the players won't shoot granny style because it looks stupid. We used to do it when we were kids!


I bet they don't mind at all haha! And that is pretty crazy, who cares what you look like if you make the shot!


I agree. Speaking of Kareem, I had no idea he got the dunk shot banned from college  for over a decade, because he did it so much. That is truly silly...it's fun!


It is the best! That makes no sense that they banned it, if it works why not!  I heard Allen Iverson signed a life long contract with Reebok and he gets 800,000 a year until 55 then a lump sum of 32,000,000


So much money! Don't you think that is part of the reason all those designer sports labels are so expensive?  Like Under Armour, etc...?


Exactly! I believe that 100% for sure. The NBA has to make that money somewhere!


Do you think it is true that the Supreme Court building has a basketball court on the top floor? That sounds fake to me! Can you imagine any of those folks playing basketball?


Haha! I heard that too and thought, no way lol! I cannot see them going anywhere near a basketball court...I may have to research that lol


Might be worth it! They certainly have better things to do with their time!


True! I picture them in long robes that the judges wear and suites running around up there hahaa, could be true I suppose!


Stress relief?? Hey, last fact..did not know that James Naismith invented basketball AND was the only losing coach at KU..


WoW! That is too funny, poor guy lol! Hey you have a great evening! Been great chatting! I need to go Google that court they say they have! Bye!


Jeff Bezos, is a great CEO, Amazon has become a giant of the industry


It truly has.  And to think it started out as an online book store.


It did theres still place for improvement, Bezos can learn from shows like The Decision and make his empire even bigger


Well LeBron James made that a big deal, frankly I dont care where he plays, but it raised a bunch of money for charity.


He is one of the best paid celebrities, he's not only a great athlete but seems to be growing in the celebrity area as well


He does seem to be doing some good off the court as well, his charity helps a lot of kids get an education


I heard he raised 6 million with that show, The Decision, so yeah, an admirable person, a role model


He has been called a traitor for the amount of team jumping he does though.


I dont agree with that, we all look for whats best for us, I am exited for his upcoming movie, Space Jam


I hope it can live up to the original.  That was the highest grossing basketball movie of all time.


I hope that as well, would be nice but its hard to live up to a leyend like Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes were more popular back then or at least it seems that way


I wonder if the Looney Toons will be a part of it this time, I dont know if kids will recognize them like our generations did.


I agree, I dont think they do, but maybe they will go crazy about LeBron, you know that tickets to watch him play when he was in highschool had a cost of 100-120 dollars


That is crazy.  They must have known then where he would end up


I think they had a pretty good idea, talent like that one is a once in a life kind of thing


There will always be greats, they might not just be from your hometown.


Yeah, but not as good as LeBron, I think he's the best player in history of the game, he and MJ.


Yeah could be, both are really skilled but MJ had something else, had a magical touch no other has


Very true.  He had that star power.  His shoes are still so popular.


Yeah, the Air Jordans, never bought them though, seemed to expensive at the time.


Good. Lebron James bout a 16,000 square foot mansion in LA, that must be nice to live in.


No, not the 23 million it cost to built Lebron's mansion, I'm still working on my first million


Nice. I hope you get there. What is the best part of his mansion, in your opinion


Probably the soundproof theater and the wine cellar Lebron put in there


Yeah, I would make use of both of those, often. Good call. I would also add the cigar bar.


Lol yea the cigar lounge does sound nice with the casino air purifying technology


I cannot fathom that type of wealth and power. It would be crazy...


Lol, Nike must be paying him a lot of money if his bedroom has a private service entrance


I heard he likes to save money though. He used the free Pandora app because he didn't want to spend money on the monthly service.


I'm sure he has enough money to buy the company, his first shoe deal from Nike got him 90 million


Warner bros and lebron james have signed a new deal for a "space jam" sequel. That's gonna make him a ton of money.


Yea but I don't think it will be that great with Lebron, the first Space Jam wasn't really that good and it had Jordan


Yeah, but he's still going to get paid and probably points on the back end.


Yea, if I was him I would buy one of those South African cars equipped with a flame-thrower


Yeah. He's probably got a staff to beat people up though. So are you a Jordan guy?


Yea, I watched him deny my Knicks a championship throughout the 90s, I mean Lebrons good and I'm glad he got Cleveland a championship but he's not as great as Jordan


Lol, I remember all the old basketball games on the nintendo that only had like 54 colors


You ever do any dancing?  I'm not much of a dancer myself, although years I took a course in ballroom dancing.  Thought it'd be a good way meet girls and overcome my shyness...


Hi! I love to dance! I was reading that the Maryland's womens basketball team does a dance routine before a game, how cool is that!


Really?  That's neat!  I bet it helps them limber up and get preparing for the big game!  Isn't that the same team where one of their members was out with a torn ACL?  My niece had one of those.  Not fun!


...sorry misread...they do the dance after the game lol...I am not sure on that but very possible...basketball injury's are common.


They've got an interesting Junior Guard on the time.  She's from Slovenia.  I had to look that up, it's a country in the Balkans, Europe.  Sounds pretty exotic!


Wow, it does sound awesome! I was reading that too, very interesting. I guess Blaire Watson did have an an injury and had to have surgery! ouch, like you said, not very good to have an injury like that!


It'll be interesting to see how well they do for the next season.  So, you love to dance huh?  That's neat!  Did you know Bruce Lee was a champion cha-cha dancer?  Probably helped out with his martial arts skills.


Haha, really? Bruce Lee? That is awesome! I do love to dance but never took lessons, wish I had gotten into modern dance. I have a friend who dances Ballet and they have these slippers that make drawings og their dance movements, so interesting and smart!


That's cool!  I didn't know that about the ballet slippers.  Did you know that pro ballet dancers can go through about four pairs of pointe shoes in a week?  I imagine they get a LOT of wear and tear, especially in the tip of the toes.


Wow, i could never do ballet, has to be very painful. I have heard that some basketball and football players will do a dance class, I guess it helps them in many ways. I guess they want to be the best like being in the NBA which pays their athletes the highest of any other organization.


Not to mention all they can make from sweet, sweet endorsement deals!  Just in shoes alone would probably net you a really big amount.  I've read that Allen Iverson gets paid 800,000 a year from Reebok and then will get $32 mil when he turns 55!


Yes! Those endorsements are huge! About 30 years back Mba Legend Spencer Haywood decided to take 100 grand up front over getting a piece of Nike holdings.....and if he would have taken the Nike offer of shares it would have been worth over 8 billion dollars.....wowza, he made a bad choice, can you imagine???


Oh, yeah, he's gotta be kicking himself for that one!  Hey, speaking of shoes, did you know Air Jordan's were banned at first by the NBA?  But Jordan would wear them anyway because Nike was willing to pay the fine!  Dunno what the fine was, but I just find that hilarious.  It's like, "Oh, yeah, fine us!  It's still good advertising!"  LOL


Hahaha! I would have done the same! I am sure the money he made was a lot more than any fine. Isn't it interesting that Volleyball and Basketball was invented at the YMCA? I had no idea.


Wow, i did not know that.  It's interesting they both have a similar origin.  You know, personally, volleyball is one of the sports I enjoyed playing when I was younger.  Not too good at it though, always hit the ball too hard, sent it out of bounds. LOL


I love Volleyball! I guess I was an ok player back in school but haven't really played since. I was on a girls basketball team in highs school though and loved it. Didn't pursue it after school but still play for fun.


Yeah, all my nieces and nephews play basketball as well as other sports.  I guess I'm the one that missed out on most of those genes.  Hehe.


Lol, that's cool! I am sure you can handle a game of basketball for fun! Good exercise for sure, just like dancing lol there are so many types to choose from. I remember hearing about an old episode of Mr. Rogers that he actually learned to break dance on that show, haha....Wish I could have seen it!


Mr Rogers breakdancing?  Wow, I can't picture that... I try and my mind just blanks.  LOL.  I don't know though, I'm not the most co-coordinated, so I think I'd be doing a lot of "traveling" instead of dribbling!


It would definitely be a sight to see him break dancing haha! I am not that coordinated either but I don't let it stop me hahaa, I probably get people to laugh hahaa.....kinda like how parrots are able to dance it makes everyone laugh!


Oh, I've seen lots of parrots dancing vids on youtube, they're funny.  They say even babies will dance when they hear music, that's gotta be adorable!


I have seen so many of those video's, so cute! And yep, babies do keep up to the beats when music is being played, so cute as well, I agree! We have a parrot and he dances and I taught him to sing Another One Bites the Dust! Hahaha, cutest think ever!


Oh, that is awesome!  You taught a parrot to sing?  I can't tell you how cool I think that is!  Speaking of dancing babies, I remember seeing a vid on Ellen of a toddler in a car seat asleep, then they played "Gangum Style" and it woke up and starting bobbing around!  So funny!


Hahaha! Too cute, I love Ellen shows. My parrot dances more than sings, but all you have to do is play a song over and over for them everyday and they eventually pick it up, not the entire song but the chorus, so cute, and he looks like he is doing the funky chicken dance hahaa.....it has been great chatting with you!!


Well, again that is awesome!  Great chatting with you as well! :)


I watch it sometime but I am more into the NBA, and you?


Me too actually. Do you know who Reggie Miller is?


Yeah the NBA guy who never managed to be better than his sister


Yeah she scored 105 points once in a game and broke 8 national records


Yeah what a talent all within a single family


I know right? Do you know who Allen Iverson is?


Yeah he is the guy that signed that contract with Rebook


Yeah he is make tons of money , $800 000 per year


yeah and then after 55 about 32 million , what a deal


I know. Do you know the granny shot style?


Yea it is the best one to score but players do not use it much


Yeah because they think it is funny looking


Did you know AIr Jordans were initially banned in the NBA court?


Yeah but Nike was willing to pay the fine each time so it was all good


Yeah they must have made so much from the sales and it was nothing for them


Yeah. Did you know Duncan stayed in school first?


SMart guy he got both a career and a degree


I love it. Babies love it too since they dance to is as soon as they hear it


yes and they smile more when they hit the beat


I sure do and he is going to be in the next SPace Jam movie too


Yes I heard that. And he makes more than any other celebrity


Yes more than Judge Judy who makes $123 000 per episode


That is impressive, he has established himself pretty well


Yup. He also raised $6 million once by television the decision


Yes. Even when he was in high school many people came to see him


Yeah and the tickets were pretty expensive up to $120 per ticket


Yea and multiple that by 1750 people, that makes for a lot


Yeah. Did you know he refused a $10 million offer from Rebook when he was 18?


Yeah but that was only because he was sure Nike or Adidas would offer more


And they did, Nike offered him $90 million instead


I do, a lot. Do you know when the drive thru was invented?


And do you know why they came up with that ?


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


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


Yes because the old cars used to have wooden trunks


Yeah and it just stuck around, nice chatting today.


Hello, do you use Amazon? I've thought about working there as a picker but I believe you have to walk between 7 and 15 miles a day!


I do use amazon. I love it. Do you use it or just wanna work there?


I love Amazon Prime. I don't really want to work there since it sounds really stressful. I enjoy shopping on Amazon especially during the holidays. Apparently USPS has a contract with Amazon to deliver packages on Sunday. I wondered how that worked.


I remember a few years ago when they went public I was going to buy a bunch of stock at like $300/share. It's now around $1900. Im an idiot!


Oh wow, I wish I had bought some as well.  It's amazing what Jeff Bezos has been able to develop since he founded it 25 years ago!


Yeah. His wife filed divorce and they got married 26 years ago. She gets half!


I read that! I can't even imagine. Did you know that the first Amazon customer got a building named after him? That would be cool.


Yeah. Imagine taking your kids there. And there's my building... They also own IMDB.


Ha ha, yes, that would be the best $27.95 ever spent. I had no idea they owned IMDB. I love that site. I use it a lot when watching movies (coincidentally on Amazon Prime.)


Yeah. I use it when I can picture a face but not a name or their previous work. It drives me crazy not knowing


Me too! Do you ever watch Judge Judy? She's actually the highest paid celebrity after Lebron James. That's crazy!


I do not watch judge judy. I will catch Maury and his DNA tests when I am at the gym. I get sucked in all the time. I am weak!


Oh I am too. I get sucked into train wrecks. Yeah, she makes $123,000 per episode.


I would do like 8 episodes a day and then go buy a new condo in a beach front community!


Gosh, me too! Except maybe the mountains. Did you ever watch Pokemon?


I did not but my son does and I feel like I watched by proxy... Did you?


I think Pokemon started when I was a kid, but apparently they put out 50 episodes a year for 16 years. My son was sort of into Pokemon for awhile.


I find pokemon cards all over the house! That's a lot of pokemon episodes!


My son went through a phase of collecting them. He still has them in piles in his room in random places.


Ive washed about a dozen of them. I really do not like them when I am cleaning them out of a wash basin.


I understand that. I have done the same, but that seems to be life with a boy.


What forms of entertainment do you enjoy?


Hi! I do enjoy both Netflix and YouTube above all else. I'm part of the reason they make up half the peak internet traffic in north America! Ha! What about you?


I mainly use youtube to watch animal videos


Its the second largest search engine on the net. There are certainly all kinds of videos on the site!


It is quite surprising that justin bieber's baby is the most disliked video on youtube. I may be not a fan, but it seems quite infamous


Agreed. That is hard to believe of all the content on YouTube, one of his videos are the most disliked. Then again, PSY's Gangham Style video got so many views, YouTube had to upgrade the view count integer to 64 bits!


I have actually. In fact, I like to break out the old AM radio every now and again and listen to those Jupiter radio storms. What about you?


While I as interested in the applications of radio in deep space exploration, I haven't really used it much myself


If you like radio plays, you don't even need a radio to listen to them. There's a site that has thousands of classic radio dramas for absolutely no charge!


BTW how advance does a radio have to be to hear jupiter radio storms? they surely have to be stronger than the foxhole radios of wwii


No kidding! That's back when they made basic radios using pencils as diodes and razorblades. My how the times have changed, right?


Indeed, the earth and history on earth sure has changed much over the years


No kidding and it'll continue to change as well. In fact, they say the earth will be basically free of helium when the 21st century ends.


When we run out, I wonder if we would be able to artificially create it


That's a good question worth looking into! It's also sad knowing over 80% of our natural forests have been destroyed. That's something impossible to artificially create, sadly.


All this in the 1 minute that humans represents of earth's entire history


Sad, isn't it? But speaking of time, isnt it crazy that when the planet was formed, a day was only 5.5 hours long? Imagine if we had to live like that now. It'd be impossible!


Well two whole days of sleep actually sound wonderful atm


Ha! Tell me about it. But like we said, a lot has changed since the earth was formed over 4.5 billion years ago. And here we are today with 7.6 billion people living on the planet and depending on the biosphere and natural resources for survival.


In any case I hope in the next minute of Earth's history we will change it for the better. Thanks for chatting.


Im doing great, what about you? do you ever wonder about earth and all the amazing things that involve it!


I am doing pretty good and yeah I think about that kind of thing all the times


Its amazing how earth is 4.5 billion years old,


Yeah it really makes me wonder what all went all before we got here cause that is alot of time its pretty crazy that 71% of the surface is water


I  know right, I wonder how scientists can tell the age of earth, 4.5 billion years seems an exact number,


Yeah I agree with ya where does that number comes from


I think it's because of the carbon 15 test, but there's a lot of science behind that, to think we are only the third planet from the sun


Yeah that is crazy.. I still am a firm believer in pluto being a planet lol... ya know if earths history was viewed as a 24 hour period humans would only represent 1 minute and 17 seconds..


1 minute 17 seconds doesnt seem like a lot but our histoy sure is long and with a lot of spcial characters in it, you know the earth is 4 times denser than the sun!


I didnt know that thats pretty crazy by the end of the 21st century earth will be helium free


It will? wow, I wonder if we are doing something about it, doesnt seem like a valuable element but still, do you use YouTube?


Yeah I know it is on the periodic table lol and yeah i use it to play music videos sometimes


You know that site began as a dating website!


Really that is pretty crazy!! I know the police have there own youtube called blutube where they share law enforcement videos


No, I didnt know that either, one thing is sure, Youtube is a great service and has grown a lot since it got started, even having their own service for police, that is amazing


Yeah it is really handy you can look up instructions on how to do anything


I agree, the first video uploaded to the site was of a guy talking about an elephant, that seems kind of random


That is random lol.. Now adays anyone can be youtube famous


It has become a common phenomenom YouTube is far more interesting than radio, do you listen to the radio anymore?


Only when I am in the car then half the time I have pandora playing lol. The radio used to be really popular


It used to I agree, theres a station that translates solar activity into sound, that must be an awesome station to listen to


that would be pretty cool.. jupiter has storm radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by am radio


Thats cool I would like to listen to that, Jupiter Storms must create an interesting sound.


Hello there, I think it is the third from the sun.  Did you know the earth was formed over 4.5 billion years ago?


Wow, that's a long time ago.    What do we call the earth's only natural satellite?


I think that would be the moon, if i'm correct.  Did you know that the earth is the densest planet in the whole solar system?


Cool!    There is a lot of water on the Earth.    Do you know what percentage of the surface is wet?


There is a lot of water, I think it is over 70% or something like that, but I'm not too sure.


That is a lot!    What happens to that water in the polar regions?


I'm pretty sure it stays frozen, but not as much as it used to because of global warming.


That is troubling.    What is the core of the earth made of?


I think the earth's core on the inner most part is solid iron.  Then I think it has a liquid outer that makes up the magnetic field. I might be wrong though.


Wow.    That explains the density!    How long was an earth day when the planet was formed?


I know it was much shorter something around 6 or 7 hours only if I'm correct.  Imagine if it was still that short!


That would be quite different!    Speaking of planets, did you know Jupiter has radio storms!


Yeah I think because Jupiter is so large and the storms are so strong they can be picked up by am radios here!


Very cool.   I wonder if the signals interfered with soldiers foxhole radios from WWII


I have heard of those, aren't those the ones they used to make using a razor blade and a pencil?


Yes, those are the ones.      Many of the classic radio dramas they listened to are now saved on a website.


Yeah I think that is so cool, aren't you able to listen to most of them for free as well?


Yes.    It must be a shock to Canadians, since their radio must contain 40% Canadian content.


Yeah I have heard that before too, I wonder what the Canadians think of that, I bet they would prefer it to not be that way.


It is their law.   Well, now you've got me curious.    I'm off to listen to that weekly news program all in classical latin.


How's it going? Did you know Amazon was founded back in 1994? I never knew it has been around that long


Wow! I didn't either! I do know it's the largest internet retailer on the planet, at least measured by revenue and market capitalization but behind Alibaba in total sales.


The first amazon customer got a building named after him for spending only 27.95, I wonder what he purchased


Ha! Well, at least we know it wasn't the clock Bezos built into that mountain that apparently will run for 10,000 years - not for $27.95.


I wonder why Bezos built a clock into a mountain that will run for 10,000 years, it seems kinda pointless


Agreed. But with that kind of revenue plus having contract with the US postal service for Sunday deliveries, you can do what you want even if it makes no sense!


Yea I guess so as long as you have the warehouse workers walking 7-15 miles each shift


That's sad. Great exercise though. Maybe he should expand those warehouses to where they can put cars in there to drive the workers around. But if that happened, let's hope the south African employees don't equip their cars with flame throwers as that's perfectly legal there in order to prevent carjacking!


Maybe Bezos can start manufacturing flame-throwing equipped cars in the US, I'd buy one


Ha! No kidding! If we were in older times, we could easily store them in the wooden trunks that cars used to have in the back, which birthed  the name "trunk" for our cars today.


I wonder if you could become a pro driver after playing Twisted Metal like Jann Mardenborough did after beating 90,000 people in Gran Turismo


Oh yeah! Was it Twisted Metal or Gran Turismo? Either way, That is one talented individual to be able to skillfully do both racing and video game racing!


I wonder if their are games that will help you to travel to new places Like Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac who founded Detroit


Good question! Or even games that take you what it was like in 1975 when McDonald's introduced the drive-thru for soldiers who couldn't get out of their vehicles when wearing fatigues?


It's interesting that Cadilac founded Detroit yet motorized vehicles have been banned on Mackinac Island MI for over 100 years


That is crazy? Do you know why they're banned? I bet Karl Benz wasn't expecting vehicles to be banned when he first introduced the Benz Patent-Motorwagen in 1886!


No clue, apparently Iceland doesn't have much cars or public rail service and domestic flights are used to travel between towns


Wow!  Maybe they'll follow in the footsteps of the Dutch since they're creating a commuter bus that can travel 160 mph!


That would be cool, Japan might want to try that too since travelling across the country by car will cost more than 300 in tolls


Yikes! That's a lot of money! Heck, did you know the first king to travel around the world was Hawaii's King Kalakaua?


I had no clue. Well I have to go,nice talking with you


Have you heard of Amazon host cities?  I wonder where they'll go having been kicked out of NYC by a well known politician?


I am not sure. It is crazy how they are expanding so fast.


Have you ever been to Seattle? I guess Amazon really transformed that city.


I have not. It is sad that locals think it might not be for the best.


It's become a different environment  where PC rules and common sense is overlooked.  I did like the grunge music in the 90's.


I would love to listen to Seattles local music.


Yeah.  I miss Nirvana.  It sounds like Seattle has a lot of anti-material and rich people mixed together.  Mopeds, dented cars and BMW SUV's all in the mix.


I wonder how that dynamic mixture works? Two opposites living together.


I had a buddy that lived there and it didn't work well.  Seattle is very left and politics seems to be in EVERYTHING. Funny, the rich are despised but where would they be without the infusion of money and jobs?  I'm no fan of Bezos however...


Not as much as I used to.  Why?  Did you know Bezos built a clock in a mountain that should run for 10,000 years.  Wouldn't the money for that waste of money be of more use to the poor?


Cars are interesting. It is illegal to warm up your car in ohio. I would hate that in the winter.


an unexperienced government strikes again


True. I am surprised not more people steal cars that are heating up, since the keys are in the ignition.


It wouldn't be a problem for a farmer in rural Ohio which is most of Ohio.  Did you know the trunk of a car is called that because people literally used trunks?


I wonder what year they decided that would be the term.


Slang's hard to pinpoint.  I'm guessing the 1920's.  I am grateful to McDonald's and their drive-thrus.


Me too. Makes it quick and convenient to order food from a car.


Do you like to travel.  It would be cool the see the Dutch train that can go 160mph.


I love to travel. That would be a really cool thing to experience.


Hello. I find that kind of stuff interesting. I like to watch documentaries. Did you know that when the earth was first formed a day was only 5 and half hours long?


I heard that, it must spin slower now.  Im listening to a podcast about our universe, it is really interesting.  The earth has been around for a long time


Yes about 4 and a half billions years. I do find it really interesting, but it can make you feel so insignificant.


It really can especially considering humans represent such a small part of Earth's history.


Yes have you ever watch Cosmos? Earth is densest planets in our solar system.


I have.  It is so fascinating.  I love  Neil de Grasse Tyson


It is I have been wanting to watch it again. I remember when they showed the earths entire history was viewed as a 24 hour period  humans are only in the last 77 seconds.


That is incredible, we sure have innovated a lot, but also destroyed 80 percent of the forests.


Wow that much?That is really terrible. There are over 7.6 billion people on Earth that depend on the Earths resources.


It looks like Helium will be gone by the end of the 21st Century


I thought I heard that. The earth is the largest of the four terrestrial planets.


And the first that could actually sustain life, the others would be way too hot.


Life appeared in the oceans around 4.1 billion years ago.


The podcast I was listening to today said there were also three different versions of human, one of which was the neanderthals.


Did you know that the UN appointed an ambassador to extraterrestrials just in case we make contact.


I head that.  It must be a hard job to explain to your family and friends.


I know right? But at the same time the universe is infinite, we are only a time speck. There could be another planet somewhere that has some form of life.


It is quite a possibility.  What if the other life is also in search of us and just hasnt found us yet, or isnt evolved as we are but will eventually get there.  SO MANY QUESTIONS!


I know, anything is possible. It has been nice chatting with you!


Hey do use Amazon? I have Amazon Prime personally.


I love amazon from Basics to eberything else


Did you know that Amazon was started in 1994 by Jeff Bezos? It's also based out of Seattle Washington


Yeah the guy has come a long way. And now he built a clock on a mountsin


Do you know why he built that though? I know that it'll last for 10,000 years but it seems like such a waste to me


I really wonder about that too. Did you know the first customer only spent less than $30


That is crazy. And then he got a building named after him! That seems like a bargain! Do you like how Amazon also delivers on Sundays now?


I love that they have that contract with the US Postal service


Yep that is saved me plenty of times haha. Would you ever work at an Amazon warehouse by the way?


COnsidering they walk so much, maybe just to keep in shape too


That's what I think haha. If I walk 15 miles a day I would be in great shape haha. Do you ever use the site imdb.com?


I do. Did you know amazon has owned it since 98?


I didn't know that. I used that site almost every day! How often do you drive your car? Cars typically at 4 tires and can transport people


I use it every day to get to work and back. Do you know how cadillac got its name?


Wasn't it the last name of a French explorer? I think he founded Detroit right? I'm from Michigan but I still don't know haha


Yeah it was Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac


Did you hear about the guy that played like 90,000 people in the video game Gran Turismo? Apparently he became a professional race car driver afterwards. How does that happen!


I have no idea, maybe it was an exception. do you know why the trunk is called such?


I think it's because old cars used to have wooden trunks right? That sounds like such a fire hazard LOL especially if you live in South Africa where flamethrowers are legal and you can put them on your car LOL


Oh yeah, out those two together and you have a disaster waiting to happen for sure


Oh for sure haha. Do you ever travel? I travel a lot for work. Mostly I travel by airplane. What about you


Yes, Condoleezza Rice is now fixing the NCAA, helping to reform College Basketball.


She was the secretary of state.  I did not know that she was involved with the NCAA affairs.


I didn't know that was she was either, I think the best bet is using the ruling for basketball, that baseball is already using...young players have a choice to choose to go pro straight out of high school or go to college and stay a minimum of 3 years. I'm all for higher education.


So, please tell me what she is trying to accomplish?


Well I think it's restructure of the process of young athletes that go college and barely "skirt" by on their grades, it doesn't help the student at all, so the choice I described above would give the student a choice to go directly to NBA from high school and not have to pretend to like college


I'm pretty sure that Condoleezza Rice, is just now starting to work on this issue, Did you know that in the game Baseball, the manager wears a uniform at the game just in case they may be asked to play for their team?


I did not know that.  I am sure that not all managers are eligible to play though.


That is what I thought, Up until 2005 a couple that is married, scheduled all 2430 major league baseball games for each year,


I wonder why they had to be married?  What was the reasoning?


Wow, in 39 out of our 50 U.S. states, the employee that is paid the highest wage as a "State Employee" is either a college football coach or a basketball coach.


That was new to me.  Why would they (the coaches) want to be state employees though.  I would think that they could make more money doing something else related to sports.


true, also did you know that in 18th century England, people played Bat and Ball games and later the game became popular in the U.S. and was called Baseball?


Thank you for your info.  That was interesting.  I thought baseball was originated in the US.


So did I! Also NBA player Allen Iverson actually signed with Reebok in 2001, a lifetime endorsement contract that would pay him 800,000.00 per year and I big lump sum final payment at age 55 of 32 Million!


That was a lot of money.  Is Iverson retired from basketball?


Not sure, probably close to retiring. In Texas, the San Antonio Spurs team player Tim Duncun passed up an NBA contract but chose to go to a 4 year college first.


Perhaps college is more important Duncun.  I would not pass up lots of money though since the opportunity might not happen again.


Me too, Did you know that the FBI revealed that it had findings of corruptions among shoe companies and agents and a few big time college coaches, I guess some sort of money scheme to endorse or kickbacks?


That was news to me but I would not be surprised to know.  Anyway, I've got to run now.  Nice chatting with you.


I am good. I am about to watch space jam. It made lots of money


Its with Michael jordan. Shaq only made 1 3 point shot ever.


Really? I know there was not an emphasis on the 3 ball then but only 1?


Only one. I did not know the NBA been around since 1946


It was invented by Naismith, the losingest coach in Kansas basketball history! Change the rules so you win more!\


Thats right. Most of the players go broke after retirement. They should save money.


I know. In 39 of the 50 states the highest paid state employee is the football or basketball coach.


wow. The chicago cubs Won the world series a few years ago. Thats my team.


2016. They were the 1st to win back to back, but they did win again after that


They won in 2017 too? Wow,that's impressive.


A girl pitcher struck out babe ruth and lou gehrig.


Wow, that is impressive. Baseball managers wear uniforms in case they have to play. Can you imagine maddon playing?


so Derek Jeter thinks Bryant Gumbel is weak lol


No. I saw that interview on real sports and it was so goofy. It was almost flirting... Really weird.


I guess but since he has been with the marlins, he has stepped in it a lot. Not with the yankees though.


I like that Tim duncan finished school before the NBA. That was smart.


Yeah. I think it also helped in providing him with a well rounded basketball game too!


I do think that no one shold play on Christmas day.


Hi.  Looks like basketball is the right choice today.


Yeah did you hear about the NCAA lately?


It is the National College Athletics Association, I think.  Is that right?


That is correct basically they are the college program  for sports and it also includes the basketball, Suprisingly the FBI revealed that there was corruption in the NCAA. Corrupt connections with the shoe companies, agents, and coaches!


Shoe companies?  Well, if you can not trust shoe companies, who can you trust.  College ball is a great place for the NBA to look at talent.


Well although theres great talent theres been some unethical decisions. And no punishment has been givne. The NCAA doesn't seem to be stopping the corruption taking place. IF they don't stop it it will get worse.


So is part of this money paid to players, who take phony classes?  There is a solution for that, the student body must get involved.  Players must take the same classes and get decent grades.


Correct, and because they haven't done anything rules have been put in place for students who have no intention of pursing their educational career. Supposably the game could be more popular if they went to college and a rule was enforced for them to study instead of getting straight into the NBA at 19


It would seem that only a few teams are made from fake students.  But rules must be applied evenly.  There are no easy fixes.  I do not want a minor league for  basketball.


Well in the past five years actually almost half of the five star recruits and more then half of the one and dones have gone to just five schools.  The NCAA could use the rule already in effect for baseball but for basketball, like the rule that a student coming from high school or entering college must stay a minimum 3 years


I would hope the student player is motivated to stay.  Education is never a bad thing, unless you're young.  And you can make millions playing ball.  What does Condoleezza Rice have to do with any of this?


I don't know what Condolezza Rice has to do with this I do know that people write to her most likely because she has the power to change the rules in the NCAA, but that last part is just speculating.  NBA allen iverson actually signed a deal with rebook to pay him 800k a year until hes 55 then at the end recieve 32 million in a lump sum! I guess you could start your own education facility what that kind of money.


I think Condi is associated with the FBI.  They are the ones revealed findings of corruption.  Thats a stunning amount of money to pay any one person.


From personal knowledge I believe shes a politician, which does relate her to this.  NBA is an active member of USAB (USA basketball) which is also recognized by the FIBA (international basketball federation)  That is a huge amount! The nba is on the most four major sports and NBA players are the worlds best paid atheltes by average salary


I once attended a college basketball game.  Its funny how the game means so much to some and almost nothing to others.  More fun to play with friends than watch.  Have you ever owned Air Jordan sneakers?


Thats true that some people really care and some don't about basketball. I've always liked jordans, but lately i've been buying them to resell. Not a big fan of the NBA, but since people are they are willing to wait in line for shoes and create bots online to try to get them. I wouldn't be suprised if the shoe companies are a part of the corruption, they are pretty unethical since they use offshore labor!


It seems likely that shoe money leads to corruption.  Air Jordans were banned by the NBA.  Jordan wore them anyway and Nike paid the fine.  Not corruption, but the league was ineffective in rule enforcement.


Oh thats interesting did not know they were banned was that a specific type of air jordan or all of them? Maybe they were a specific color, He probably made his fine back by the exposure of the shoe. Yeah i believe the NCAA needs to enforce their rules more so the FBI and governing bodies don't have to get involved/ Nba explotiation is not new i guess


I have no idea about the color.  Nike can probably make any color desired.  Maybe people like Tim Duncan could help in some way.  He stayed in school for four years instead of going directly to the NBA.


So like one time people were getting killed over this specific colorway and thats why they got banned. I could get on really offtopic about jordan. If the nba followed baseball rules are learned from them, they would probably have less issues.


I see.  Well, if physicists were cool, "granny style" would be a thing.  Talk to you later.


Cheryl Miller was robbed out of a life time of earnings by being a woman.


Yes I am a fan I like baseball too are you a fan


I love the game, two teams, five players each and a rectangular court, sounds simple but its a great and complex sport


That is so true. It does seem simple when put like that.. Its main objective is to shoot a basketball through your defenders hoop.. which is mounted ten feet


Do you like the dunk shot? its one of my favorite moves in the game


Yeah it looks awesome I wish I could do that but Im 5 foot short lol.. that Kareem dudes dominant use of the dunk got the shot banned from college basket for over a decade


Its amazing how a player can have that much influence over a game, there is a team called the Tall Blacks in New Zealand, that sounds like a racist name


Yeah that is pretty racist.. There is a basket ball court on the top floor of the US Supreme Court building.. It is known as the highest court in the land


That is a great name I would like to play there some day, you said you liked baseball, any favorite teams?


I like the Cubs how about you? In Canda they call Kickball teh soccer baseball.. I mean it techinally has the same rules lol


I like the mets and thats funny, soccer is soccer and baseball is baseball why mix both in one?


I have no clue but Kickball is pretty fun to play.. my son collects baseball cards I dont think he has any of value but I think they will be one day.. There was a guy that found baseball cards in his granpas attic and they where worth over 3 million bucks they where cards from the 1900s


That guy was really lucky! its amazing how a married couple scheduled all the 2430 games of the MLB  for 24 years, sounds like a lot of work to me.


Yeah that would be a lot of work.. pretty cool that it was couple that did it.. Did you know that the managers where uniforms so if they need to play they can.. I didnt know a manger could actually play


I didnt know that either, it would be interesting to watch them play, baseball is a popular game not only in the US but it also has a lot of fans in Japan


Yeah that is suprising... do you know why baseball players chew alot of gum? I have always wondered that


Not sure, sounds like an interesting fact to reseach though, do you follor Tim Ducan of the Spurs?


Yeah he has his head on straight lol He stayed in college instead of going directly to the NBA.. The league adpoted the name National Basketball Association on August 3rd 1949.. thats my birthday :)


Wow that is cool, mine is on August 23, 20 days later, Jordan was another great player, did you ever wear one of his shoes


no I havent had a pair of jordans.. im more of a boot wearer..


I see, well Air Jordans are really comfortable, they actually got banned in the NBA, but Nike paid the fine and Jordan wore them anyways.


I enjoy watching, but I don't get to very often. We have a local team that I've taken my kid to a few times. How about you?


I am a fan but not a diehard fan, I love the sport, you know a player was traded for only $1 once, he then won 4 stanley cups


That's so weird! I bet they were sorry they got rid of him!


Yeah and for only a buck, someone got fired for sure lol, you know that players lose up to 8 punds in a single game I might start playing hockey lol .


That sounds like a brutal diet! lol. I've been to concerts at the stadium where our team plays and often wonders what they do with the rink when they're not using it.


I think that ice rings become basketball courts when there's no hockey


Cool. I was reading the other day that there are actually three kinds of hockey. Are you a big reader?


What are the three kinds of hocky could you tell me please? and I do like to read, Im not a big reader though.


Field hockey, ice hockey, and something called bandy. Have you ever heard of bandy?


I havent, I might have to google it later, speaking of books, literature, you know the FDA burned a whole bunch of them.


Wow that's really a Fahrenheit 451 situation there! I read that book in high school and never forgot all the book burning. How about you?


Well they burned six tons of books so thats definetely a big fire, and I like it, you know there is contest for the worst oppening sentence in a book or novel


Yeah. I think one year the winner was "It was a dark and story night." Which is funny because that's the real opening line of a kids book I read years ago.


That is funny and it doesnt seem that bad either lol, I bet I could do a better job at comming up with a bad oppening sentence.


whoops I meant "stormy" not "story." I'm a huge reader, but I've never read Winston Churchill's book that won the Nobel prize. How about you?


I didnt know that either, he must have some good litereature pieces then, you know that literature was like an olympic sport before 1952


I can't image that today. Just think of the TV commentary: Well, Bob, it looks like she's writing. Words. On paper. Back to you Bob!


Lol that would be so boring, I wouldnt watch that, architecture, music, painting and sculture were other olypic events.


It is! I wonder why they arent olympic events anymore, maybe because they were boring and not really sports


I'm good!  Do you know many facts about the president?


I know a few.  The only president to have a phd is Woodrow Wilson.


Very interesting! Jfk, Washington and Jefferson were the three wealthiest presidents!


Nice.  I wonder if Trump is in that list now?


I wouldnt doubt it. I love that the first president of Zimbabwe was called banana!


That's great!  The last US president to speak a foreign language fluently was FDR.


That is ridiculous! It is hilarious that the presidents guest house is bigger than the white house.


I wonder why that it is?  In Guatemala close relatives of former presidents cannot legally run for president.


That is a weird law. Are you a fan of hockey by any chance?


I watch it every now and then.  I like to see the one game they play outdoors every year in the NHL.  That's neat I think!


I agree! I like hockey. It is Canadas national sport!


Yes it is!  I live in extreme Northern Ohio on the shore of Lake Erie back in the day when we still had tvs with rabbit ears I was able to pick up Canada's Hockey Night in Canada during the week.  I loved it because it was their version of Monday Night Football.


That makes sense. I did not know that players lose up to 8 pounds per game.


Yes!  That's a lot of skating and dragging all that padded weight around.  lol


Seriously! It is probably 8 pounds of sweat.


lol  In the 1932 summer olympics, India beat the USA 24-1.  Ouch.


That must have not been fun. A player was traded for $1 and ended up winning 4 stanley cups!


Interesting!  In 1930 a goalie caught fire during a game when a puck hit a pack of matches in his pocket!


Nice chatting with you too!  Have a good one!


DId you know that JFK, Washington and Jefferson are the three wealthiest potus of all time


hi how are you? yes, i have heard that. trump must be ticked off about that.


Yeah. He might be the poorest. Maybe he could record a pop album to make ends meet


Yes, those pop albums are the way to go. he could work his way up the rankings. then he would get some respect from the history books.


He'd have to have a cool album name, that would be easy for the President of Zimbabwe to come up with


Lol. maybe he can get a nobel in literarture for his lyrics...like Bob Dylan did. Churchill has one of those and Trump like to model himself after him.


I think trump is up for the peace prize? not kidding. he keeps talking about how PM Abe in japan nominated him? I dont know what is going on, but it worries me.


Oh yeah, I forgot. Meanwhile N.Korea keeps building nukes...as the US sleeps, to echo a line from Churchill...who never won the Peace prize.


Yeah, that was strange. one for literature? i guess he wrote some good books. Oh, and that war things, yeah he did that too.


Is there a Nobel War Prize? There were olympic medals for literature though.


no, but he worked hard to bring the war to an end and defeat the nazis so i figure that should get some recognition.


And he did it in a way that would make the literatti proud...or whatever the term derived from "littera" is.


He definitely deserved the presidential whole guest house when in the USA...which is larger than the White House.


How did it get so big? And why? is there where JFK and LBJ went for assignations?


I think they went to hockey games for that. Only Canadians there.


LOL. that would be funny. "Nobody hear but Canadians! We're safe!"


Yes, they had to choose two sports in canada. one was not enough. hm.


That's a lot of sticks flying all over the place. Nice chatting with you.


Do you watch basketball, i don't get the chance to anymore.


Do you know where the highest basketball court in the land is located?


You guessed it they have a court on the roof nicked named the highest court in the land, haha!


I do not know who came up with the idea.  Do you know who invented the basketball?  It's a trivia question from me.


James Naismith was the inventor. Ironically enough, he's also the only losing coach in the Kansas's university history.


You are right!! Yay.  Apparently, the use of the dunk got the shot banned from college basketball for over a decade.  Would you like to know the reason?  I'll bet you know cuz you are smart.


Well you got me on this one but that sounds like a long time to go with out dunking.


Because Kareen Abdul Jabbar was too dominant when he used the dunk.


Ok that makes since, haha! Apparently the New Zealand basketball team is named the tall blacks.


I heard about it.  Do you know the reason.  I do not think you could use that name in the US.


Right i'm not sure seems strange. Did you know 39 out of 50 states the highest paid is either a  football or basketball coach.


Yes, I do.  I wonder why they are paid much more than the average state employees.


Funding and scholarships my friend. Did you know that kickball is also called soccer baseball in Canada?


How about this a man found 3 million dollars of baseball cards in his grandfathers attic.


Such a lucky guy.  I think I should look at our attic because my grandparents used to live at our house.  Apparently, baseball is so popular in Japan that they are surprised that it is also the America's national pastime.


Wow so they think they love it more than we do! Who think a game played with a bat and ball would become so popular.


Baseball managers wear uniforms because they can play for their team if necessary.


Wow a wonder if theres ever been a situation where that has happened. do you know?


I don't know.  I will research about it later.  Anyway, I've got to run.  It was nice chatting with you.  Have a nice day!


No, but I did read about the NBA as of lately. What about you?


I like it about the same as basketball.  I dont follow either too closely though.


Well, I've also watched sports like basketball and baseball, but never was that interested. I did play soccer when I was young.


Same here. I was never tall enough to really succeed at Basketball.


Sometimes sports are too dramatic for me too. I read about Derek Jeter disrespecting Bryant Gumbel.


It is really rude to go on another person's show and insult them


Sounds like he's bitter about his Marlins team being like $400 million in debt. How would anyone ever recover that amount of money?


Especially when you arent that good and your farm team is the worst in the league.


Jeter really must have mad what's left of his fans upset, too. He was pretty childish talking to Gumbel. Very unprofessional.


I agree.  When things are bad, just admit it.  Some stars never learn class because people have always accepted them treating others like crap.


On a lighter note, have you heard that scientists said that shooting basketball granny style is the best way but players think it doesn't look cool?


Yeah, I heard that.  Crazy.  Id be willing to do whatever got my team to win.  Even if it made me look a little silly.


The NBA is very powerful and rich, it seems. One of the players got around thirty two million for his contract with Reebok.


And thats on top of 800,000 per year until he is 55.


Yeah, and that's just an NBA player getting contracts with huge companies. Just think of the owners of NBA getting contracts.


Rarely one will sacrifice money like Tim Duncan did to get a college education.


Oh, was Tim Duncan an NBA player. I'm not sure if most NBA players go through college or not?


Some do, some like LeBron James go straight from HS to the NBA.


That's interesting. Maybe the NBA should have a class for the players so that they can manage the money they earn at an early age through sports to last their lifetime!


That would be smart!  Its been nice chatting, but Ive got to get going.


All this chatting about sports makes me want to go play something...not sure it it will be baseball or basketball...maybe just a nice hike in sporty clothes!


Hi. I find the game fascinating. There are so many good players. It is really fun to watch since it is such a fast paced game.


I love the NBA too. I saw that Reggie Miller has a sister who is better as basketball then he is.


Oh wow that is cool! I bet growing up they played a lot. It probably helped him become the player that he became. I wonder if she plays for the WNBA?


I bet. I think she does play in the WNBA, but not 100% certain on that.


It is sad to me how many of these players lose it all once they stop playing. Except for a select few with endorsements after they retire most of them go flat broke once they are off the teams.


You would think they would offer some sort of financial advisor for these players knowing the stats of what happens. I think they should be required to get a degree before playing pro. That way they can have something to fall back on.


I think that would be a good idea for the league. Did you know Air Jordan's were banned, but Jordan still wore them and had Nike pay the fine?


Nike certainly knows what they are doing. I wonder if Spencer Haywood is still kicking himself for accepting $100,000 instead of those 10% shares. He lost out on billions.


I bet he is mad at himself for that. Did you know Jabbar's dunk was banned in college for about 10 years?


I can't imagine the pro games without the dunk. It is iconic to the sport. I always like seeing them shoot free throws though. Those take some skills.


I love watching the dunks too. In 39 of 50 states, the top paid employee of the state is either a college basketball or football coach.


That makes sense when the schools get all that prestige when a player from there goes pro. They probably want the best of the best.


Definitely. The New Zealand basketball team is nicknamed the Tall Blacks.


Hmm that seems like a very controversial name given the times that we live in. Hopefully uniform choice prompted that and not something racially motivated. Have you ever seen Space Jam?


I love Space Jam. I saw Lebron James might be in the sequel.


That would be awesome. It has the honor of being the highest grossing film of all time. There is just something hilarious about it that stands the test of time.


Yeah it is a lot of fun to watch. I think the minors are more fun to watch than the pros but it is still a good time.


I like the minors as well. Well, have a good day. Pleasure talking to you!


I do.  In fact I like basketball in general.  Never was much of a player though


I like watching it, but I too, was never a great player to be honest.


I have seen the Harlem Globetrotters play a few times in persno.  That is a site to see.


I saw them too. They are pretty cool to watch.


They have a good record.  Their opponents, the Washington Generals, have only won 6 times out of 13,000 games


Interesting. I often wonder why they never go pro?


They are pro.  They get paid.  Do you have a team you follow in the NBA?


I always liked the Spurs.  I was a big Tim Duncan fan.  One of the best ever


Yeah, I liked them when I was growing up. I liked the Admiral personally.


It is sad to see that almost 60 percent of NBA players go broke after they retire.


That's too bad, but maybe they aren't paid enough?


Maybe.  But I think it is more of a matter of being bad with money.  In the NFL 75 percent go broke


All in all, I think I would rather be in baseball.  That is my favorite sport.


Yeah, it is much easier on the body, unless you are a pitcher.


I know some catcher who would disagree with that.  They get beat up all the time


Yeah that's true. Similar problem, pitchers have the shoulder, catchers have the knees. Well, nice chatting with you!


It is amazing that 160 thousand baseballs are used in a MLB season


That it is. I can believe it. Well, have a good day, take it easy!


I am, I'm a big sports fan in general but I do like basketball. Long time Knicks fan here. How about yourself?


I don't follow the NBA close enough, but I had a pair of Jordans when I was younger.


Those are still prominent but a lot of these guys have their own shoes now. Did you hear about the guy who turned down a 10% stake in Nike?


I do, I used to play when I was younger.


I'm a Yankee fan but I'll watch any game that has some top pitchers playing against each other. Do you root for a team?


I root for the A's, but haven't paid a lot of attention last year.


Ah they usually draft and development talent well. They also have a good eye for free agents. Have you seen the movie Moneyball?


Yeah about Billy Bean and how he put together solid teams on a low budget. Great movie.


Yeah, I saw it. Did you know that Kickball is called soccer baseball in Canada?


Haha that's weird. I guess it's the  closet thing they have to actual soccer. It's probably too cold up there. Do you remember Shaq in the NBA?


Yeah, he would always get fouled at the end of the game.


Lol yes. He was a pretty poor shooter. Apparently he only one 3-pointer his entire career. He must have been pretty surprised.


They used to call it hack-a-shaq when they would foul him. It was pretty cool to see him break the backboard a couple of time.


Yeah, the hack a shaq. I remember that, it was hilarious watching him try to hit free throws. Well, nice chatting with you!


Yeah there are still some guys that can't hit free throws. Even LeBron has been pretty bad lately. Same, have a great rest of your night


How's it going, DId you know in most of the world hockey refers to field hockey and not ice Hockey?


No I didn't know that. So apparently you like you said, there are different types of hockey, what is interesting to me is that Canada has a national sport. One of them is hockey and the other is lacrosse, no one watches lacrosse though LOL


It is kinda funny lacrosse is a national sport of Canada considering how cold it get there


Yep that's true, hockey is probably their national sport because it is so cold in Canada, I can believe too that a hockey player can lose up to eight pounds in one game, both from the physical activity and the cold


Yea hockey is a very demanding sport physically but a loss of 8 pounds in a game is still a lot


Yep I agree, I wish I could play hockey because I would love to use that exercise to lose 8 pounds LOL. Did you hear about the hockey player who was traded for a dollar?


Yea and he ended up winning 4 stanley cups so he can't feel that bad about the trade


Nope I can't either! I'm also happy that instead of having to build two stadiums, you can just swap between a hockey rink and a basketball court


Yea but I hear that arenas that have both basketball and hockey teams the ice quality isn't as good when under the floor


Oh I didn't know that. Do you ever watch games on television by the way?


Yea , usually before catching South Park reruns. Did you know the simpsons sent the South Park producers flowers after the Family guy episode?


No I didn't hear about that! Did you see that episode? Was it any good?


Yea, it was 2 South Park episodes but it was very controversial because they mentioned Muhhammed in it


Oh wow that is interesting. Speaking of controversial, did you know that George Carlin actually did a narration for the Thomas the Tank Engine kids TV show


I heard that, so did Ringo Starr and Alec Baldwin for 52 episodes each


Yep you're right. you said you watch The Simpsons, did you see the episode where Bart does not appear? He also isn't mentioned in the whole episode


Probably not, theres just too many episodes of The Simpsons, Pokemon too, they have over 750 episodes


Yeah I do like Pokemon though! What about concerts have you ever been to a concert before?


A couple. I would of loved to see the Ramones, they played 2,263 concerts as a band


yes I wish I saw them and I also where should I sell Lincoln Park before their singer passed away, they did about one concert per day back in 2001


Well I have to go, nice chatting with you


Hi tucker, what do you think about the us president, do you think he is doing  ok job?


I don't know I don't really get involved with politics, but I do know the top 3 richest presidents and apparently Trump isn't one of them which is surprising


No, it's JFK, Washington and Jefferson, I am sure about JFK, but wondering about Washington and Jefferson.


ya I was thinking that the list must be adjusted for inflation, also weird that the white house is smaller than its guest house


True, do you have any Idea where the guest house located?


no I don't actually, last time I was in DC was for my middle school trip, what about you?


No, I am not sure, I have lived in washington dc and maryland, seen the white house many times, but never the guest house.


what do you think about the pres. of indonesia releasing pop albums? Do you think Trump should make an album with Kanye? haha


HAhaha, It wouldn't surprise me if he does, that will be entertaining and will blow youtube up.


haha maybe the royalties from it would bump him into the top 3 wealthiest presidents haha


I pretty sure it would, I wonder how the name banana came about for the president of Zimbabwe?


ya I wondered that too, and does he have like a vice president Plantain? haha


That what I believe, this is the first I heard of this president.


what are your thoughts on the election rules change of 1805? apparently the runner up would become the vice president


I would think that was fair, that way both runners will win a position in the house.


ya, imagine the chaos of Trump and VP Hillary, so I don't know, do you know who the only non-human to testify before congress was?


You are right, I haven't thought about it that way, they couldn't agree on anything and nothing will get done. the entire term they serve maybe fighting.


ya I could see that, and yes Elmo actually testified before congress and was the only non-human ever to do so


Oh really, I enjoy reading about Chief Justice John Roberts, he always seems like an easy emotional person.


oh? what did you read about him, I just know that the us congress has annual baseball games and the republicans are leading by 3 wins overall


I didn't know that much about him, but few late night comedian tease how he cry on most Issues.


ah I didn't know that, do you play fantasy football? apparently there is a fantasy congress that people also bet on


Have you heard about the red mass? Apparently it's a special mass that they hold for the Supreme Court


Yes, held in DC at St. Matthew's Cathedral. Seems to have been controversial mass this year. What do you think?


Yes it seems very controversial especially since they were trying to confirm Kavanaugh at the time. Have you ever visited the United States Senate before


The Senate chambers? No. Never was inside St. Matthews, either. Do know Kavanaugh was accused of sexual assault by h.s. classmate in '80's. Don't know where that allegation stands. Do you?


No I think they determined it didn't happen, but I'm not a hundred percent sure on that it's crazy that there is a candy drawer in the Senate with unlimited candy LOL I want some of the Milky Way is right now


Been there since '68. Maybe the jellybeans are an homage to Ronald Reagan, who kept a jar on his desk. Have you ever witnessed a Senate session?


No I haven't. I only know that there are two senators per state so there are a total of 100 senators in the chamber


Right. Powerful chamber of Congress since 1789. Did you know Nixon cracked the gavel that had been used for 165 years. Heard about that?


Haha I did hear about that that's very sad because that is a good history that the gavel had, what do you think about why Michael Jordan would not endorse a Democratic candidate? I think it was smart that he never picked a side with politics


Yeah, but savvy to say, Republicans buy shoes, too". His $$$ sponsor, Nike, must have loved that.


Yep it's better if celebrities just don't get involved, but I was shocked to learn that women could not wear pants in the Senate until about the year 1993, that seems very stupid


Agree. In 1993, 1st lady Hillary C. was occasionally wearing pantsuits. Trend change, and celebs affect those changes....Agree?


Yep I could agree with that. What do you think about the top three most wealthy presidents though? Shocking that Trump is not one of them


We don't know. He wont make his tax returns public. Fishy.  Washington & Jefferson made $$ as slave owners. JFK's wealth was built on his father's businesses, especially liquor sales. JFK submitted tax returns, though.


Yep that's true. I wonder if president banana of Zimbabwe is Rich from bananas LOL maybe we should see his tax returns


What do you think about the president of Indonesia by the way? Maybe he is Rich from the three pop albums that he wrote while in office to LOL


Heard about that. If referring to the current Pres., I don't know much about him.


Yeah I don't know much about him unfortunately, I do know that we used to have a different role for vice presidents, did you hear about the rule change back in 1805?


Sort of recall. Jefferson was re-elected in 1804, but think the runner-up may have been James Madison. Now, at least, we can vote for a ticket, Pres. & VP candidates. Better, don't you think?


Yep I think it's better this way. Emagine with President Trump and vice president Hillary Clinton, you would have so much drama


Hi there. Do you know much about the US Congress? The term originally was used to signify a parley during battle in the Late Middle Ages.


That is interesting, considering how the battle rages on today.  An issue before congress is the privatization of the US mail service.  Thoughts?


Yes very true. I don't think it should be privatized. The postal service doesn't need greater freedom like some say.


It would seem that the government control has held costs down, perhaps if private they would be bought by Fed Ex or other carrier.


Yes. And a privatized Postal Service may have substantially lower cost structure but that is just theoretical.


the parley about this in the Senate has about 50 votes against.  The congress has 239 against.  I expect this number to increase.


Yes me too. It doesn't surprise me that the Trump administration is pushing this though, as he is a businessman.


Yes.  Cutting cost, or the potential drives the change from trumps point of view.  The labor leaders of the postal unions are saying no to privatization. It is not clear to me why labor opposes.


I think it's because some people think it would harm the industry in general and thus put an undue risk on the millions of US citizens who work for the Postal Service.


So, returns the essential question, should the postal service operate at a profit, or a break even?  Force them to profit and service cuts are inevitable. Risk goes up.


Yes I am beginning to be convinced they should privatize. More freedom would allow them to do the things that any normal business would do in times of low volume.


Including go out of business?  At one time, it was an essential service to deliver mail.  I am surprised to learn that federal workers do not have the right to collective bargaining, yet join a union.


Yeah it may be time we change that. But it would face strong opposition from Congress.


Private sub way lines?  I had no idea.  The post office will deliver packages on Sunday.  Thats flexible I think, compared to years ago.  I think the question of essential service is not trivial in this matter.  E file taxes?


I have no idea honestly. I will leave it up to Congress to decide. That is their job. There is even a fantasy congress where you can draft members of congress!


Hah.  If the function of the post office can be replaced by email, then it can die.  I wonder if fantasy leagues can play out historical votes.


That would be kind of fun. Because points for the fantasy league are based off legislative success. So it might be easy to predict if it used historical data.


President Wilson vetoed the Volstead Act.  Congress passed it and Prohibition began.  My fantasy congress would never have passed that.


Yeah I totally agree with you there. Who do you think is going to win in the Republicans vs Democrats baseball game this year? Well I enjoyed chatting with you today.


That is a big game.  I would say the team with the youngest average age. It has been a good chat.


Good call. Historically the Republicans win! Have a good one.


Whats up? Have you heard that more than 80% of Earth's forrest's have been destroyed?


Yes,  sad. When earth was first formed a day was only 5.5 hours long


Wow! I never knew that, must of been real close to the sun or was spinning much faster.


Yeah super short days.  I wouldnt mind going to work for only 2 hours though! Earth will be virtually helium-free by the end of the 21st century


That's amazing but bad news for ballons. Did you know the United Nations appointed an ambassador for extraterrestrials?


Thats interesting.  Hope they speak alien.


Maybe aliens already visited earth before humans, in Earth time we've only been around for one minute and 17 seconds.


It is legal in south-africa to equip your car with flame-throwers to prevent carjacking.


Nice! I wonder if Karl Benz envisioned that when he invented the car in 1886


Doubt it!  flame throwers?  they must have a serious car theft problem


The car brand cadillac was named after french explorer antoine de la mothe cadillac who founded detroit.


I never knew Cadillac was a french name. I wonder if they had wooden trunks in the first cadillacs?


maybe they had luxury trunks like cadillac


I wonder if Cadillac's are popular in France since it was named after a French dude


I dont know.  Mcdonalds' added drive-thru in 1975 to accommodate soldiers who were not allowed to get out of their cars while wearing their fatigues.


Interesting, they'll probably make a dog-thru for man's best friend


No, but they have 12 different blood types so maybe they can sell their blood to make extra cash


thats true. Istanbul has a vending machine that releases food and water for the city's stray dogs in exchange for recycled plastic bottles.


That's awesome. I heard that google is a dog company


Hi there do you know much about politics?


I know some stuff about the senate, like the gavel that Nixon cracked


Yeah and it was old over 165 years, not too good for him


I know and they have a candy desk in there filled with various candy


Yeah they have candy from Pennsylvania only there though


Yeah all the good stuff like Mars, Milky Way and jellybeans, yumm


Yeah I know. Women were not allowed to wear pants in the senate until recently


Yes until those two senators rebelled by doing just that in sign of protest in 1993


Nice good for them to do so and open the door for other women as well to wear what they want


Exactly. Do you know who the wealthiest us presidents are?


That would be Jefferson, Washington and JFK


Yes Did you know the white house is smaller than the guest house?


Nice one, THe president of Indonesia is a pop star


Yeah and the guy has already released 3 albums, wow


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


Yes that would be the runner up that moved into that position


Yeah and I think that is fair because they work towards that a lot too


True. Did you know congressman have separate subway lines in washington?


Yeah that is how they move between the capitol and the house and senate offices


Yeah. Did you now republicans and democrats plat a baseball game each year?


Yeah and the republicans are leading the way by 3 points


I'm great! Do you follow the US Senate at all?


A little bit. Why? what's going on with the senate?


Women were not allowed to wear pants on the Senate floor until 1993. Strange. I don't know why.


Oh that's pretty sexist! I would never wear a dress or a skirt outside! It's simply not functional! I was reading about the 3 richest Presidents and Trump did not make the list! I'm shocked!


Trump is probably going to rig the numbers to move up in the rankings. And what about the guest house there?


Oh yeah! I heard that the white house's guest house is bigger than the white house! I'd just stay in the guest house since Presidents get away with so much anyway!


Trump would probably stick a TRUMP sign on it and rent it out.


So true! I never agreed with his actions. Hey, what can you do? now hes the prez....


Until 1805, the runner up in the US presidential election automatically became the vice president. That system should be reinstated. For laughs.


Oh that would have been so GREAT!!!! Trump should be more like the President of Indonesia! Maybe release a few pop albums while in office or do a reality show. "You're fired, love Trump".


The pop albums could happen. He's friends with Kanye. He needs a nickname though.


How about "you're fired!" He fires people after all. Woah! I just found out that the first woman elected to congress in 1916 didn't even have the right to vote in a national election yet! Thank goodness that times have changed!


Now I feel like Senators get less done than in the past. Also, they have a candy desk.


Oh candy is absolutely terrible for the health of anyone! No wonder our food pyramid is so wrong it's killing people! Personally I'd like to see a complete change in our Government. I don't want to hear about anything other than all the amazing things they are doing for homeless people, the planet, us, other countries. I tend to avoid the news a lot.


Some news from Congress is interesting. Elmo is the only non-human to testify before Congress. I would listen to that testimony.


I would as well! Sounds super interesting and entertaining. I'm definitely going to google that. haha


Yup. Enjoyed the chat! Have a good evening.


I love all animals and dogs are up there towards the top for me. Do you like dogs?


I like dogs. they are loyal companions. plus they dont talk too much.


Ha ha, true. Did you know that for dogs there are 12 different blood types?


I did not know that. i figure that dogs have many breeds. what type is the rarest? is that a good dog to own?


I do not know what the rarest breed of dog is. I'd be interested to know. I do know that as far as the blood types go they have blood drives which is great because they must need to keep a lot on hand with so many types.


I bet the dogs get treats afterward. they deserve it! i guess they dont mind the needles.


I hope they do. Did you hear about the vending machines in Istanbul for dogs?


I guess dogs dont carry much cash. Do they use credit cards?


Ha ha no. In exchange for recycled plastic bottles it releases food and water for strays.


I guess if i needed food and water, i know what to do. the dogs will help me, im sure.


I'm sure they will. Did you also know that elephants and dogs are the only animals to understand pointing?


I have never had to teach my pet elephant to point, but now that i know, it will come in handy.


It will. Dogs being color blind is also a myth which I always suspected.


Dogs are good with blue and yellow but not green and red. dont throw a red ball on the green grass.


Very interesting. Did you also know that Google states that they are a dog company?


They seem like a dog company. dogs make the workplace calm and stress free. plus dogs are good at testing.


I'm good with cats or dogs. On a completely unrelated note, I find earth to be fascinating. How about you?


I do find the earth to be fascinating and on a completely unrelated note. How long have you lived here on the earth?


Ha ha 37 years for me so far. Did you know that when first formed an earth day was only 5.5 hours long?


Yes, at this rate, the work day will soon be 20 hours. ill retire then. Anyway, great chat!


I sure hope not. Nice chatting with you as well. Have a good evening.


I know a little bit about them. Do you know where the term came from?


Yes that goes back to the Middle Ages and originally denoted a parley


Yep and it is derived from the Latin word congressus.


Yeah. Did you know congressman take different subway lines?


I didn't know that. I guess that's to keep them safer going between the capitol, the house, and senate offices?


Yes I guess so, they cannot blend with the general public


Did you know that they have played a Republicans vs. Democrats baseball game annually since 1909?


Yes and the republicans seem to be leading the way right now 3 points


I think that would be interesting to watch.


I agree. Did you know that Fantasy COngress actually exists?


I've heard of that, I guess points are based off legislative success?


Yes and they actually draft members of the congress, pretty cool


Did you know the first woman was elected to congress before she even had the right to vote?


That just sounds so strange. Did you know Elmo once testified in front of COngress


I didn't know that. I wonder what that's all about?


I am not sure either but ELmo is the only non-human to do that


That's pretty interesting. Did you know that the senate used the same gavel for 165 years?


Yes and it was Nixon the one that cracked it after that long


I heard that in 1988 a senator invoked an obscure rule to allow the sergeant-at-arms to arrest absent senators and bring them into the chamber for a vote?


Yes they arrested one of them once and brought him feet first, crazy. Nice chatting with you


Every time a new state is added to the United States, we gain two senators.


Yes, over 50 years.  If Puerto Rico becomes a state, we will have 102 senators


I don't see that happening especially with who the current president is


I agree.  Did you know that women weren't allowed to wear pants as a senator until 1993?


I remember that. It caused a big stink. I think sometimes our elected leaders are still stuck in those days still


But the senate does keep candy by the entrance to the chamber.


I am watching the news right now and a live stream of senate floor and I don't see anyone grabbing any candy from the dish at the moment. lol


Did you know that there are dedicated subways to shuttle congressmen between the Capitol and their offices?


I did.  I have been watching teh Senators this week take the hallway to the subway a lot on the media when they do interviews


Our current president is make life difficult for the Senate. Hemight be wealthy but he is no JFK or Washington for sure


They say that the richest presidents were Washington, Jefferson and JFK.  I wonder where Trump ranks..


But he still gets to keep the money.  And it used to be that the Vice President was the runner up in the Presidential election.  Can you imagine VP Clinton with President Trump?


He was elected because people were sick of Washington business as usual.  And we got someone who is the anti-Washington business as usual.


Good in concept but a horrible choice for a practitioner


It's been good talking to you.  Enjoy the holidays!


Do you follow sports at all? Are you a hockey fan?


Yes, I love sports and follow hockey sometimes.


Historically Canada has been a dominant team. In 1924, the first Olympic winter games, Canada scored 132 goals and let in 3 in the entire ice hockey competition. The world has been catching up though.


Oh, yeah. I love sports history. I did hear that the Captain Alex Ovechkin was quoted saying that he did not want to suck back to back this year. He didn't want to go down in history that way.


A hockey player was traded for $1 in 1993, he went on to win four Stanley cups. I guess that guy didn't want to suck either.


Ha! That sounds about right! I ha heard that the season ticket holders for the hockey team the Capitals were very excited about upcoming season.


I bet a lot of teams sell out. Small arena, but it has a dual purpose: An ice hockey ring remains under a basketball court when switching stadium sports


Yes, I really love concerts! I plan on seeing Elton John this month in Tulsa.


I wonder how he stacks up against Linkin Park. Due to the success of their debut album, they played 324 concerts in 2001 alone.


Yes, completely different types of music but should be great. I also saw the Ramones in Oklahoma decades ago. They played a total of 2,263 concerts over 20 years.


The Ramones must have discovered a way to live without sleeping. Maybe they played in Croatia. There is an ancient Roman amphitheatre that is still in use as a concert venue there.


Yeah, they played non stop for 20 years. I am not sure if they played over there but I had heard that Pink Floyd played in Pompeii for no audience once.


I'm not surprised. Floyd was pretty artistic. I bet they did a bunch of concerts, but not as many as the Ramones.


Yes, that is very true. The theater that they played in was an ancient roman amphitheater. That is pretty cool.


Yes, it is! I enjoyed chatting with you! Enjoy Elton!


Hi there. How often do you wear shirts? I wear them everyday haha


Did you see Billy Mays funeral? I guess all the pallbearers wore blue shirts and khaki pants that is so weird.


I didnt.  Do you know much about the us senate?  They had the same gavel for 65 years until nixon cracked it lol


That is funny haha. What kind of shirt do you think Nixon wore? I think it's funny that in Hawaii the official business shirt is the Aloha shirt


Probably a button down collar shirt?  I am not sure,  kinda weird to wonder what kind of shirt someone would wear.  In the us senate,  there is a candy desk.  snack time!


I could go for a snack! Do you like dogs by the way? They are related to wolves


I used to have a husky. Dogs are so cuddly and come in all shapes and sizes haha. I love that their man's best friend do you have any dogs


Yes we rescued a dog about a year ago,  shes amazing.  did you know women were not allowed to wear pants on the us senate floor until 1993?


Yeah that seems really dumb. Did you know that dogs have 12 different blood types?


I did,  they even do dog blood drives where dogs can donate blood!  Did you know that the presidents guest house is bigger than the white house?


No that's wild! Here's a question. Would you ever take your dog to donate blood at a blood drive?


I never have in the past,  but I would if there was some kind of emergency or call for it.  I guess im not that up to date on my local dog services. Theres a president in indonesia that released 3 pop albums!! lol


That is funny! Did you know that dogs are not actually colorblind?


i recently learned that  I always thought they were color blind lol


I thought that too! I guess they just can't see as many colors as humans poor dogs!


did you know there are 3 subway lines exclusively for congressmen to move between the capitol and the house and the senate offices?


No I didn't know that. I also didn't know that Google prefers dogs over cats. It even says it in their code of conduct


yeah my friend works for Google and he brings his dog to work everyday!!!  I wish I could bring my dog to work.