Yeah he is going places!  his teammate said he's 160 pounds, but he's going to try to run you over lol


When he first emerged he ran 1412 yards and made 20 touchdowns even though he only had about 12 carries per game.


The more i read it more impressed by him. He does not fit the stereotype of a star high school running back. But he is a winning lottery ticket for a public school team such as Falls Church.


His teammates realize that he is a special guy.


Yeah he diffiently seems like the star of the team.His teamate said “He looks in the mirror and he probably sees Shaq "


Yeah he definitely seems like the star of the team. His teammate said he looks in the mirror and he probably sees Shaq. He very rarely gets tackled by one guy despite his size.


yeah His coach has went on record saying HE HAS to get the ball 30 - 40 times a game atleast. seems like they are using him as the work horse of the team


Unfortunately, it doesn't seem that bigger college programs were interested in Marshall.


Yeah but for what i read he does not seem to be really upset about it so that is good


Hopefully larger colleges and the NFL realize his talent as time goes on.


Yeah maybe he can get with Iowa. I have heard their locker room is painted pink


Marshall is said to be the best football player that came out of his school.


I beleive it he is a very well rounded athlete and his run is next to none


Yeah, if he was on Cumberland's 1916 football team, they probably wouldn't have lost 222-0!


I have seen that game I think on youtube. that game still holds the world record for most points scored in one fame


I would like to see how that game went down.


Doing well, I was just reading some football facts, did you know there are many different sports that are called football with various rules?


Yes I saw that the university of iowas locker room is painted pink for its visiting teams.


I guess that's one way to psych them out, do you know Georgia tech once won a game 222-0?


Wow thats amazing I wonder if that was the highest scoring game ever?


I believe it was, happned in 1916 against Cumberland


I rarely watch football but it is very helpful to see the line on the screen to know where a first down is


I love it, I've been a reading teacher for years and I always tell my kids books are so much better than movies because you can watch it in your head and not miss any deatails.  I love that it is not like math with only one right answer, everyone gains unique things from it.


Absolutely. Do u know the record for speed reading is 4700 words per minute. Thats a lott!


I can't imagine they are acturally comprehending, I believe it was Anne Jones who did that, amazing that people once panicked because reading novels became a common thing to do.


Yes another interesting fact I learned recently was that google maps calculates traffic by tracking how fast android devices are moving on the roadways.


That is interesting, did you know google makes it maps so the borders show up how each country claims they are


No Thats interesting too. I bet the average adult could learn a lot just from google maps lol


The amount of knowledge is crazy, a single google serach takes more computer power than it took to send Neil Armstrong to the moon.


Yea thats amazing no matter how you look at it.


Do you know there are 2 scify novels that are on required reading lists for military branches?


Yes I love it one of them is the Starship troopers lol


I like that one, but have not read the book, they also require Ender's game which is actually a childrens book but some children's books are quite good.


Hi. Do you use facebook?  Did you know it was launched in 2004?


Mark Zuckerberg and some friends of his.  They were all students at Harvard at the time.  It was launched on February 4, 2004.  Seems like they should have had some sort of celebration on facebook Monday to celebrate.


Yeah, well!  Facebook is in trouble isn't it?


If you mean for not doing a celebration I suppose but if you mean something else I don't know.  As far as I know it's doing well.  It is valued at over 100 billion dollars.


Yeah, but they sold facebookers private information


Oh yeah!  That's right! They sure did! I forgot about that.  They are in trouble.  Perhaps countries will be like the german state of schleswig-holstein and make things about facebook illegal.


I think we should!  I don't like facebook... or i like to call it... FAKEBOOK!


I liked it when I first joined years ago but not so much now. Now it's gotten to be somewhat depressing and full of drama and yes, a lot of fake status updates.  Maybe Burger King should have another promotion about unfriending people and getting a free whopper!


Oh really... that's awesome!  I did not know about that.  REmember mySpace?


I remember it but I never joined. Where you on it?


yeah for a little... did you hear that they had a chance to buy facebook for 75 million back in 2005?  Dummys!


Oh, that's terrible for them! I bet the owners kick themselves every day for that one lol!  You know what is a little bad about facebook?  Anyone claiming to be at least 13 years old can sign up.  That means, my 10 year old niece can lie and get an account.


oh yeah, i know and have seen it done!  They are very enethical, which is crazy!  Because in this country today, everyone overreacts to the smalles of things... Yet, facebook is still up.


That's because a lot of people are  nosey and  feed off of drama-even fake drama.  Otherwise they'd be marching in the streets complaining about how bad it is.  Zuckerberg and friends were really genius in developing it.  I heard they started it at harvard and then branched out to other schools at first. I wonder how they got the other schools on board.


EXACTLY!  We have truly become a narcissistic nation and it's sad and nobody really realizes and Facebook does not help!


You are so right!  Facebook just makes a profit off of it. They say they make most of their money off of advertisements so think about all of the companies paying to be on facebook because they know how people are and they want to profit too.


Yup... and the same companies are the same ones banning actors because of their opinions


That's so true!  Basically it's all about money, any way they can get it.  I mean, facebook had the largest valuation to date for a newly listed company when it went public.


Yeah i know.  This stuff frustrates me!  And i bet Zucherburgh is an aweful person in real life too!


Who knows, he might be.  I do know's he's partially colorblind/


I do like it!  I can't believe the league was founded so long ago back in 1946.


i don't watch that much. maybe I would watch more if they shot free throws granny style. It's the best technique to consistently score points on the line.


I love that shot!  Did you ever own a pair of Air Jordan's?  They were banned by the NBA but Jordan wore them anyways because Nike was willing to pay the fine for each game.


Yes, I do. I love how they look. Speaking of sponsorshops, Allen Iverson has one with Reebok that pays him $800,000 a year until he is 55. Then he'll get a lump sum of $32,000,000.


Wow!  That is one sweet deal. He is set for life.  Tim Duncan of the Spurs sacrificed money and stayed in college for four years instead of going directly to the NBA.


I like that, that he had that discipline, and a backup plan!


Yes!  Did you watch a lot of tv in the 90's?


Yeah, I really liked watching Pokemon when I was younger.


I saw it when my kids were watching it.  I can't believe there is over 750 episodes of Pokemon.


Yeah, that is a lot. I don't think I'll ever catch up. I like the Simpsons a lot too. I have watched it since childhood.


Do you like Bart? there is only one episode where he doesn't appear and he is not mentioned.


Yes! lol I was going to put that but I hit the enter button by accident.  Did you ever watch "That 70s show"?


I did! In the UK they tried to make it verbatim but I guess it didn't have the same appeal as it was cancelled after ten episodes.


Yes, but I try not to use it too much. BK had a promo where if you unfriend ten people you get a Whopper. They need to bring that back, haha.


I would have taken them up on that for sure!  As of Jan. 2018 there are 2.2 billion active users on facebook. That's insane.


I was hesitant to switch over from MySpace to FB. It's funny because they declined an offer to buy FB.


Big mistake on Facebooks part.  Facebook is primarily blue because Mark Zuckerburg suffers from red-green color blindness.  It's been fun chatting!


Yeah, I thought FB was boring because of the colors, now I know why. Nice chatting with you!


Hey there how much do you like football? You ever watch High School football


Not since I was in the band in high school, or my brother played a few years after that.  I do watch some college ball though


well I just know that Dakwandre Marshall is a very talented high school player, he rushed over 300 yeards in four straight games


That is some incredible talent.  Has he signed with a college yet?


No I don't think so. But someone definitely should sign him. What do you think about a locker room that was painted pink?


I think it is a nice little tactic to get in the heads of other players.  But it wold only work for so long.  Once you know about it, it's not such a shock.


Yep I agree. Do you like bowling by the way? You ever watch on TV


I have watched in passing a few times, it is pretty incredible how talented they are.  I on the other hand am only good a wii bowling.


Haha you like wii bowling, but yes bowling in the 60s meant that you made twice as much as a professional football player


I wonder what the pay was to have that kind of gap?  Was bowling really that popular?


Yes I think so! it was primitive back then though. They didn't even have a yellow line showing first downs in football games, ESPN had to invent that


I remember watch games on it prior to its invention.  They tried something similar with hockey, a blue or red laser following the puck around.  That didnt catch on though.


Don't think so I remember that as well. what do you think about the highest scoring football game of all time?


I dont even know how one team could score that much 222 Points?  THats amazing


Yes I agree. I bet the partying at Georgia Tech was incredible that day! How often do you use Google by the way?


Every day!  It is crazy that it requires more computing power for a single google search than it does to send people to the moon.


That's really crazy! I also can't believe that Google went down in 2013 and took about 40% of all web traffic with it.


I would believe it.  It is one of the most powerful engines out there.


It's very powerful and they're also very smart. They use Android devices to track how fast people are moving on roads, and then use that data to update Traffic systems on the road


That is genius.  I love traffic updates.  It really helps me be efficient with my drive.


Yes I always use Google to make sure I'm at my destination as quickly as possible, do you ever read any books like Starship Troopers by the way?


Are you a big fan of shopping online like on eBay or Amazon?


Yes. I shop regularly on Amazon because of their return policy and quick shipping. Crazy to see how much Amazon has grown.


Definitely amazon prime is a lifesaver when you need something delivered quickly.


For sure. Interesting facts about Jeff, with the clock on the mountain. That is quite something.


He has built an empire he is the steve jobs of online shopping, do you know in which year he started amazon?


According to the article in 1994, so that is not too long ago considering how much it has expanded


Do you know in which year amazon also acquired the movie review site IMDB?


I guess I do now, in 1998, but I actually had no idea that they owned it


Do you know where jeff bezos was born and grew up?


I am not sure, but he is from one of the Eastern states but I do not know which one exactly. Do you?


He was born in New Mexico but he spent his child hood between houston texas and miami Florida.


Oh cool. And then thanks to internet, look at where he is now. I guess internet has revolutionised all our lives, not just his.


It definitely has think about it the mturk platform is thanks to the genius of that kid that was born so many years ago in new mexico.


Most definitely. Did you know that the 3 horizontal line on apps and menus is called a hamburger button. That is so catchy and genius.


That's one of the best things about the people who develop apps they like to throw in little things for people who pay attention to notice. In video games its called easter eggs.


Oh that is cool, I did not know that. I am wondering where that guest house is of the president. I mean, it says it is bigger than the white house


It says that the Blair House is composed of 4 buildings and is located between Pennsylvania ave and jackson place


Cool. TO be honest, the white house was not as big as I thought it would be when I went to visit it. In pic and video it seems so much bigger.


I know and the funniest thing is its not even in a safe part of the city there's alot of crime around that area lol


Do you ever read the terms and conditions when purchasing online? It seems like 7% of people do.


South park an episode about this exact thing lol nobody takes the time to read all that who knows how much damage we have already done by pressing I agree


Hi there. Are you an NFL fan? I always respect the coaches highly.


I am a fan. It blows my mind that the average game only has 11 minutes of live gameplay.


Yeah I know seems way longer. Do you think a girl will ever play? There is no rule against it!


I bet soon a female will play since their is no written rule against it.


Yeah maybe but I'm not sure. There are sixteen games in a season.  That can be exhausting.


I wonder how the men would handle tackling.


Yeah good question. The NFL actually uses tracking chips in the helmet and shoulder pads.


I can't imagine the amount of data that must collect.


Yeah so much I imagine. The New Orleans Saints cheerleaders can't eat in the same restaurant as the players.


Yeah probably the coaches. Do you watch tennis much. Serena Williams is very well known and she is very smart!


I am impressed she can speak fluent french and italian.


Yeah very cool. She is also the co owner of the Miami dolphins so must be a football fan!


Yeah I bet she is. She even won the Australian Open while 2 months pregnant. She is a beast!


She is a beast! I cannot imagine all the exercise while pregnant.


Yeah seriously. I bet her child will be fit as well. She also won the Australian Open when she was ranked 95th in the world. Never count her out!


That family has good genes! Venus is also a great player.


Yeah she is. They bet they could beat any man ranked 200 or worse!


Very much so! She only ranks behind Graf and Martina Navratilova in total weeks at number 1. Have a good one.


Hello, dis you know that JFK, Jefferson, and Washington are the three richest Presidents in American history?


I just read that as well! I'm surprised no one has surpassed Washington and Jefferson more recently. Did you know the first President of Zimbabwe was called President Banana? not sure if thats just a nickname or his real name haha


That is funny.  I heard somewhere that the White House is actually smaller than the US Presidents guest house.


Yeah thats kind of strange- I wonder why there is such a large guest house? Maybe to host multiple guests or something


I guess so.  i also like that until 1805, the runner up in the Presidential election automatically became the Vice President.


Yeah that was interesting- I wonder how difficult it was for opposing candidates to have to work together after being elected. Did you also read that the Indonesian president has released 3 pop albums while in office? Thats kind of funny to me


I wonder if Trump can sing, lol.  Changing topics a little, are you online a lot?  WWW Stands for the World Wide Web.


Hah! I would love to hear that! And I actually had no idea thats what WWW stood for- did you know that the button with 3 horizontal lines is called a hamburger button? Now I finally know what to call it lol


No I dis not.  If you ever climb Mount Everest take your phone.  They have 3g cell service and internet ability at its peak.


Thats kind of cool- maybe for safety reasons? Or maybe just a weird fluke. Did you know only 7% of people read the full terms when shopping online? I'm definitely not one of that 7% haha


I am not either.  There is actually a saved copy of the internet in case the internet burns down.  That's a good idea.


Thats crazy to me...I wonder how much space it takes up. And I wonder how often they have to update it to stay on top of growth. Do you shop on Amazon?


I use Amazon weekly.  Did you know that Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon built a clock into a mountain that should run for 10,000 years.


same here! And I was just about to say that- I think he has too much money if he can do something like that haha did you know USPS has a special contract to deliver their packages on Sundays?


I figured because I get their packages on Sunday.  The first customer on Amazon.com had a building named after him.  He spent $27.95


I'm not sure Ive gotten a Sunday package so I was surprised. I read that too...and I'm kind of jealous! Is it a building at Amazons headquarters? Or maybe a warehouse? Did you know warehouse workers walk 7-15 miles each day while working? Thats insane!


That is a lot of miles.  I didn't know Amazon.com has owned Imdb since 1998.


Thats interesting...although I feel like they own everything so I'm not too surprised! Like what can't Amazon do anymore, right? lol


I know, Jeff Bezos is amazing.  He started Amazon in 1994.


Its been around a lot longer than I thought! Its amazing he's grown it so extensively- kindle, fire TV, echo...crazy! Do you use any of their devices?


Hello, do you play American football at all?


No, but I used to as a kid. What about you? Haven't heard much about football in the news lately except about how Justin Bieber partied with Beckham and other Giants players in Miami?


Really? I did  not know that! Did you know that Green-Ellis is the only left handed quarterback in the entire NFL?


I think it was in Miami...either that or West Coast Hollywood area. I did not know that about Ellis. That's pretty unique! Oh, I forgot to mention Justin Timberlake was also in the mix. lol


Ah, bowlers also made twice as much as football players back in the 1960s.


Wow, that'a amazing! I like to bowl more than I like to play American Football. Air conditioning is nice when it's hot. Once I was bowling and was interrupted by a phone call.


Ah, engineers also make more than NFL players in a lifetime.


That's amazing.How are football players supposed to sustain lifestyle after they are too old to keep playing? Have you ever seen Gaelic Football?


Most of these sports players end up going bankrupt after a few years into retirement. Also, I have not seen Gaelic football.


It's a a really interesting type of football. It looks like regular soccer, but the players pick the ball up like American Football. It's really amazing to watch, you should see it sometime.


Ah, I should go check that out. Did you know that an iphone has more computing power than all of the US nuclear icbm deterrent?


Wow, that's very amazing. I wish we could turn computing power into power that could be used for electricity in housing. Do you remember the old rotary telephones?


Yep, and New York's area code is 212 because it was the fastest combination you can dial on those telephones.


I heard that too, but why isn't it 121, then. I think maybe because of when you have to dial one before the area code on the phone? But I thought that was a new thing? I'm really not sure.


I am not sure as I have never owned one of those phones, although it must have been very annoying to carry one of those phone books.


Have you heard the rumor about how if you overlap pages of two phone books together they are impossible to get apart? I'm not sure if that's true...what do you think?


I agree with you, there are probably really strong people out there that could tear them apart!


Yes, or some really smart person who could figure out how to get the pages apart one by one, maybe. When I was in high school one of my classmates said she'd called Justin Bieber.


Well, I do not think that that is very believable. Anyways, thanks for that chat!


Well...it was a prank she'd played on us all. She really had called Justin Bieber up on the phone, but it was just an ordinary guy with the same name as the star Bieber. ty too., cya


Do you know many facts about the presidents?


I know a bit, there is a president that released 3 pop albums while in office so thats a cool fact.


Awesome!  Was that the president of Indonesia?


Yeah the president of Indonesia that is correct


Nice.  Up until 1805 the runner up in the US presidential elections automatically became the vice president!  That wouldn't work now that's for sure.


Really the runner up? Im glad that has changed wouldn't like to see Trump and Hillary working together.


No way. lol  The US presidents guest house is larger than the white house.  Wonder why?


Maybe because of all the visitors Trump gets in the year, did you hear about president Banana?


I didn't hear about him.  What's his story?


None, just that I find his name funny, he was the first president of Zimbabwe


Nice!  lol The top three wealthiest presidents in American history were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson.  Do you know much about congress?


So no Trump in that list? he is one of the wealthiest presidents also maybe he is #4


I think this list might be from before he was president.  I would think he would be in the top 3 for sure.  Elmo is the only non-human to testify before the US congress.  That is odd.


The only one? how can a non human  testify lol, that is really odd the congress is a real circus at times.


I know right?  In 1916 the first woman was elected to congress before she even had the right to vote in a national election.  I had no idea women couldn't vote then.


That was a time were sexism was  allowed everywhere that makes me a bit angry


I'm going to have to look that up because I never knew that.  Do you remember rotary phones?


I do, my family used to have one, it sucked when a number had a lot of 9s


lol  New York's area code is 212 because it was the fastest number to dial on rotary phone!


Oh that makes sense now, I thought it was kind of a random number, iPhones are really powerful phones


yes they are.  They have more computing power than the entire us nuclear icbm deterrent!  I have to run.  Hope you have a great day!


I am well, thanks. Did you know there were subway lines to move congress between the capitol and their offices? I had no clue.


I had no idea. I wonder if that is for protection or something. The Elmo thing was more of a shock to me. I wonder what that was for?


Puppet rights... I am surprised to see the first woman elected in 1916...


I guess Elmo does need protection like everyone else. The first woman in 1916...that is insane. AND she didn't even have the right to vote...


Yeah. Us men can be morons. See Me Too...


This is true. I noticed that New York's area code is said to be 212 because of the rotary phone. Why New York though LOL


Have you ever played fantasy congress? You draft members of congress and get points off of legislative success. Seems like a fun game for High School Civics...


Not even once have I played fantasy congress. I did not know that was a thing. It probably would be good for high schoolers.


I cannot believe the cable in the ocean are only 2.7 inches in diameter. Seems too thin!


2.7 inches for cable in an ocean does seem unstable. I guess it is as strong as two phone books put together.


Or one's will to not use their phone for a few minutes so that Unicef can donate a day of clean water to a child in need.


The Unicef thing was actually really neat. Clean water for not using a cell phone sounds like a good exchange!


If I am unicef though, if someone doesn't stay off their phone, I would feel guilty about not giving water. Your going to let a kid die?


I don't think Unicef would refuse water just because someone is using their phone. I am not sure how that would work or works.


I listen to NPR and during their drives, when they have matching donations, I always wonder if they don't get the match if they don't hit the target goal. Seems mean...


I am pretty sure the point is just to get awareness and people involved in other ways. At least that is what I would think UNICEF and other places are trying to do.


I am probably overthinking this. That would be the first time I would be accused of that!


Maybe the president of Indonesia can step in to save everyone with the 3 pop albums. Then UNICEF can be let off the hook LOL


Hello. Do you like watching basketball? One of my favorite players was Reggie Miller, even though his sister may have been better than him.


Hey, yeah I am a huge fan too. Yeha in highschool Reggies sister out played him and even created more records, broke more records.


That is unbelievable. I can't believe she scored 105 points.


Wow, that is insane! I guess he was in high school in 1982 and his career high was 40pts.


That is impressive no doubt. Iverson was also so good with his crossover. He cashed out with Reebok!


Yeah, big time money. He was paid $800,000 per years til age 55.


Amazing. The final lump sum of 32 million is gonna be nice.


Right, man thats a lot of money. What a smart guy to get that type of contract! I learned recently that its been proven that the granny style shot is the best. Did you know that?lol


Haha according to physicists yes. It would be so funny to see players use it.


Right! They could use it because it's legal but I have heard that they are too embarrassed of looking stupid on the court.lol


Yeah I would have to agree! Air Jordans were apparently banned I wonder why?


Oh I remember that, it is because they wanted them to wear Nike. However Michael Jordan would wear them anyways.


Yeah and Nike covered the fine. Good publicity for them I suppose.


Yep, that is a really good point. Any sort of controversy is usually good. Ya know Tim Duncan skipped out on the money and went to college for four years. I think education is important so that was smart.


I think that is a really smart choice. College sports is huge too. 39 out of 50 states have the highest paid state employee being a college football or college basketball coach.


Oh man, I never knew that. Then education is even more important in the long run. I like Kareem Abdul too and he was banned from dunks in college, I think?


Yep I totally agree. Yeah for over a decade. Must have been a monster dunk!


Ha, ya right! The man who invented the basketball was James Naismith and he is the only losing coach in the history of the University of Kansas. That would be kind of a weird personal history for him.


That is ironic. There is even a bball court on top of the US supreme court building!


Oh wow, I have learned about that too. The highest court has a court, lol. I am looking forward to watching Joel Embiid's career too. He is 7-foot 2 and has ridiculously diverse skills.


That is gonna be fun to watch. The New Zealand team calls themselves the Tall Blacks!


I used to, now I rarely watch. I still like to play though ;)


I am amazed at how much the players are paid to play.  While I do agree that the level they play at requires a great deal of skill, it still blows me away how much some of their contracts are worth.  When they start talking millions, it just floors me.


No, I hear You - especially when some of them never finished high school...


Basketball is big around here since I live near the city where our NBA team plays out of.  I just learned that the NBA has been around since the 1940's.  I had no idea it was so recent.


Yeah, and the front seats on major games cost so much that only celebrities can afford. I remember I always liked to watch cheerleaders


Well, when the players and coaches are making as much as they are, they have to pay them some way.  I think the coaches make almost as much as the players themselves


No way... :) I always thought the coaches didn't contribute much :) Those players know how to play without them :)


It seems that way sometimes.  I wonder if coaches have contracts like the players do.  Can you imagine having a 4 year contract but getting 10's of millions of dollars, on top of that all the product endorsements.


I think they do, I'm not sure... yeah - they earn quite a lot... its insane when You compare that to what we earn... quite depressing :)


So here's a funny bit of trivia.  Did you know that Jordan was banned from wearing air jordan's to games when they were initially released.  How weird is that.  Why would they ban a shoe from a basketball game?  Maybe they are that amazing.  haha


Maybe it was making him taller ? lol, I really don't know;)


The funny part is, he still wore them to games because Nike paid the fines.  I guess the fines are worth it so you can sell more shoes.


Good old Nike :) I wonder how high was the fine ? It couldn't be a lot ;)


I wonder how the league affords to pay their players so much money.  It seems like it would be difficult to meet those obligations.


I guess from TV broadcasting and commercials... gadgets selling online, I'm not even sure ;)


I don't really understand the players switching teams all of the time.  Wouldn't it be hard to change teams and then start playing against your old team mates.  And then how do the fans stay loyal when the players change?  I admit, I am not much of a basketball fan myself.


in that world, sometimes it's all about the money. Just like political parties... even if they don't even believe in what they preach, they are getting big bucks for it ;)


Well, maybe I will give basketball another shot.  Thanks for talking with me about basketball.  I always like to hear what other people think about the sport.


My pleasure, it was always a big part of my childhood. Matches with friends, movies, games on tv, even computer games :)


Yes I am, what about you? do you follow the NBA?


From time to time, I am not a fan or anything. DO you have a favorite player?


I like Lebron, his really skilled and possible the best player ive seen, him and Jordan, what about you?


I do not have a favorite one but I hear they are the highest paid players i the world


I bet they are, basketball players win a lot of money, did you hear about Allen Iverson?


His contract with Reebok? He is making a lot of money


Yeah the same one, he has a great endorsement it seems, $800000 a year and then a big payday of $32 million


That man in taken care of. Same with Michael Jordan and is work with Nike on the AirJordans


Yeah i heard Nike didnt care about the fine and decided to pay it, I bet they made a lot more by selling the shoes.


Exactly they had to balance somehow. THen you have the guys like Duncan who passed on a a lot of money to finish his degree first


He sure missed 4 years of a great NBA salary, it was a tough decision not sure if I would have take the same choice he did, I wonder if players ever shoot the ball ''granny style'' it works for me


And scientists have proved that it is the best way to score but players seem to be embarrassed to do it


Yeah it does look silly, still, if the results are positive why not use the technique.


Exactly. Have you heard of Reggie Miller?


Yeah he is a hall of famer, great player


As good as he is, his sister was always better


She was? I haven heard of her before, what is her name?


Cheryl. Yeah apparently she broke many records in basketball


She did? I might look her up later, Reggie Miller is a great player so its hard to imagine someone as good as him I guess basketball rans in his blood.


I know it is a family things I guess. It was nice chatting with you.


Not much, but I used to play basketball a lot.


I don't really either, apparently this is a big deal though. The last thing TV viewers want to see is James Harden sitting on the bench at the end of an NBA playoff blowout.


I can't believe that dunking got banned in college basketball for ten years. It's such an iconic thing of basketball.


Why did it get banned? apparently there is a huge point span when it comes to basketball games either.


Kareem abdul-jabbar used it and dominated basketball for a while. So they banned it. Apparently, that got over turned at some point.


I had no idea! Three of the five games between the Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers were decided by at least 19 points, and the average margin of victory was 15.2 points.


Yeah the points can get crazy. I don't watch it much. But, I do watch a lot of South Park.


Is that still on? Reggie miller, nba hall of famer, couldn't escape his older sister cheryl's shadow while in high school. on january 26, 1982, he scored a career high 40 points. he tried bragging about it on the car ride home, only to find out cheryl scored 105 points and broken 8 national records!


Yeah it is. I enjoyed watching the episode where they made fun of family guy.


I could never watch Family guy. I thought the title was a misnomer. 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.


It was such a great episode. The creators of The Simpson's sent them flowers after it aired.


huh. 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.


Seems like they would adopt it. If its that much more accurate.


you would think! Tim duncan of the san antonio spurs sacrificed money and stayed in college for four years instead of going directly to the nba.


That's really great. I love the fact that Air Jordan's were banned but Micheal Jordan wore them anyway.


thats fun! Ringo starr, george carlin, and alec baldwin have all narrated thomas the tank engine for at least 52 episodes each


I love George Carlin. He is one of my favorite comedians. I may have to go watch an episode he narrates just to see what it's like.


He was always so funny! There is only one episode of "the simpsons" where bart neither appears, nor is mentioned


I never seen that episode. Or, maybe I have, and just never noticed the lack of Bart. I can't believe they made a whole episode like that.


me either! 70's show was remade verbatim in the uk. 'days like these' was cancelled after 10 episodes.


Me and my wife still watch That 70's show. It's one of our favorite TV shows.


It is alot of fun! There are over 750 episodes of "pokemon." that's about 50 a year for 16 years straight.


Good morning.  Are you a basketball fan?


No.  But I watch games with my daughter who loves basketball.


Did you know there are 30 teams in the NBA, 29 in the US and 1 in Canada.  I just heard that.  I didn't know until recently there was a Canadian team in the NBA.


No, I did not know that there was a Canadian team in the NBA.  Interesting to know.


I think I would watch more basketball if the players all shot granny style.  which is funny because it has been proven to be the best technique to score points.  Of course players wouldn't do that, because it looks so funny.


True.  They want to look professional.  I did not know that NBA is a men's professional league.  I thought it was often to female teams too.


Yeah, I think they have their own league.  Basketball players are some the highest paid people in the country even among athletes.


Wow, I did not know that.  I thought football players were the highest paid people.


Even the basketball coaches are higher paid as well.  The inventor of Basketball was actually a coach for University of Kansas


It was, and he is the only losing coach in the history of University of Kansas.  Ironic, don't you think?


I agree with you - it was ironic. Do you know that In 39 out of 50 states, the highest paid state employee is either a college football or basketball coach?


Oh, you are right.  I thought it was the players.  I guess I can see why people would aspire to coach basketball.  I imagine you have to know a lot about the game though.


I wonder if you had to be a former player in order to become a coach.


I feel like it would help.  I don't know all the rules myself.  I know that there are 2 teams with 5 players on the court for each team.


Do you know that the supreme court building has a basketball court on the top floor?


Wow, they must really like to play basketball.


I never heard any of the supreme court judges play basketballs.


Maybe they really like to pretend they are a basketball player like Kareem Abdul-Jabar.  Did you know he dunked so often, he got the shot banned from college Bball for a short time.


I heard about it?  Do you know the reason for it being banned?


I guess because he used it so much and he was so good at it.  It's not the only think banned in Basketball.  The NBA banned air jordans when they were first released.  That seems silly.


That was silly.  Michael Jordan decided to wear them anyway because Nike would be glad to pay for the fines.


I suppose shoe sales are more important and probably pay more than having to pay those fines.


True.  Anyway, I've got to run.  Nice chatting with you.


I love the sport. Do you like the movie SPace Jam?


Yes I do. DO you know who Kareem Jabbar is?


I have heard of him. SPace Jam is the highest grossing movie as far as basketball is considered


WOw cool. Kareem used the dunk shot so much that it got banned for a while


Wow nice. Did you know that basketball was invented in the YMCA?


Yes and it was by a guy who was a coach at U of Kansas, James Naismith


Nice, I guess he worked at both places or there was some cooperation there


Maybe. He was also the only losing coach at the University, ironically


WOw that is ironic. Did you know that SHaq only scored one 3 pointer in his career?


Wow interesting. Coaches in the US are some of the highest paid employees


No surprise there. DO you watch much tv?


Quite a bit. I like to watch shows like the SImpsons, and you?


That is nice. Do you ever watch the Weekend Update on the SNL?


Nice I like that one too. In the Simpsons there is an episode where Bart does not appear


Wow strange. Weekend Update is the longest running skit in the SNL


I have seen some episodes, it is nice and quite funny


Yes but in the UK it flopped after 10 episodes because they remade it verbatim


I guess that does not work very well in general. Nice chat


Hey, I don't follow it that much. Do you?


Only enough to really know the basics.  I heard playoff games are getting lopsided.


Oh really? How come? Does it have to do with all the blowout games recently?


Yeah, I guess, some of the margins were around 22 points apart.


That is crazy, I wonder if any players used the granny style? It's a highly effective method apparently.


Probably not, they thing it looks "stupid" while really having a low free throw percentage looks worse in my opinion


Yeah I guess it kind of does look silly.


Banning Air Jordans was also silly by the NBA.


I believe so too, I mean it's just shoes? Jordan didn't care because he wore them anyways and Nike paid for the fines.


I believe it. I wonder if it's more than what Reebok is paying Allen Iverson?


It might be, but Iverson is getting paid pretty, especially for not really having a pair of shoes that everyone is itching to get


He's getting paid 800,000 a year until 55 since 2001, I wonder how old he is now.


Im not sure, but when he hits 55, 32 million.  not a bad payout if you ask me.


Nope, Tim Duncan didn't care for the money though, he stayed in college for four years instead of going straight into the nba.


Which is good, so many players go bankrupt 5 years after retirement.  Poor Money management.


Absolutely, for Reggie Miller it was was about getting out of his older sister's shadow.


Cheryl was incredible!  100+ points per game!


Yeah I know! Poor Reggie though tried bragging about his career high of 40 points but Cheryl scored 105 and broke 8 records.


He certainly made a name for himself though, in the hall of fame and everything!


Yeah, definitely a good thing. Well It was nice talking to you, I've got to fix breakfast now, bye!


Yeah I watched it all the time when I was a kid.


Did you know when south park aired its family guy episode finale the producers received flowers from the simpsons crew.


There is only one episode that bart neither appears nor is mentioned. I wonder if people noticed.


I can not believe that there are 750 episodes of pokemon.


Same. That is about 50 a year for 16 years straight.


Thats a lot of episodes. The younger generations seem to watch it a lot.


I am so happy TV is now in color. I cannot imagine only watching black and white.


Yeah but back then they had never seen anything like it.


I do not always think that tv is more then just entertainment, its about advertisements.


Thats so true. They make a lot of money with those ads and commercials.


I wonder how much TV brings in each year.


I do! I love March Madness. Are you excited for it?


I also like the NBA. Did you know that the NBA was founded all the way back in 1946?


That's not that old. I thought like the 1910s. Who is your favorite NCAA team?


I like Michigan, but I think it was cool that Northwestern was in the tournament a couple years back lol


I am fron Chicago and an Illini fan. That was the only thing we had on NW, they never made it to the dance. And now we suck at everything. Fav NBA team?


This is embarrassing but I like the Knicks! It's less embarrassing now than in previous years, but still...


HA! Were you one of those fools tempted by the Phil Jackson hiring?


Honestly I'm barely a fan, it's mostly out of loyalty to New York! Do you know anything about Markieff Morris?


I know a little. he has a twin and plays for the Celtics, I think. Well one of them does.


Yes, his brother Marcus is on the Celtics. Markieff is on the Washington Wizards. He did a Q&A with some kids and got really personal with them about his life. Did you hear about this?


No. I know they are pretty unsensored though. That goes back to his College days in Kansas.


Yeah he did this UNICEF event for the Kid Power Bands initiative and did a Q&A where a kid asked him if he thought he'd still be on the streets if he hadn't played pro ball


At least he was honest about it. It may be something the kids need to hear.


Yeah I agree. And another kid asked if he ever thought about quitting the sport and he said he honestly did, but he has to provide for his family so he doesn't. He said he was just exhausted.


Have you been paying attention to them this year? They both sound exhausted.


I haven't paid them much attention. Are they good? As in, are they major players for their teams? I'm betting so. Did you know his first paycheck in the NBA was $189,000?!


they are both like 6th men. Not great but good role players. That's more than I make in like 5 years!


Yeah I know, right? And that's interesting. Yeah he seems like a great role model for the kids, I can only imagine what he's like for his teammates. They have their own foundation, the Family Over Everything Foundation. Good for them!


It sounds like they are trying to do more than basketball. Admirable... Nice chatting with you!


Sometimes, I do but rarely. How about you?


I watch a pretty good bit of it. It's sad that the WNBA doesn't get as much love as NBA. They just can't seem to get a winning formula to win over fans.


Half of the league's 12 teams are losing money.


It's sad, I wonder how long they will keep it going? They did seem to do better in attendance in 2017. There was an average of over 7,700 fans per game. That's the highest since 2009.


That's horrible for a professional athlete. It's barely more than the G-League players make.


They think part of the issue may be that they need to move the season to a different part of the year.


They would probably do better in the summer, there's not much going on and basketball fans would like something to watch during that time.


Yes, moving the season to the fall would carry risk because football dominates then and NBA starts in October or November.


They just need a better marketing plan. Maybe connect with younger basketball fans to give them inspiration and help boost viewership.


Right. It could just be a marketing problem.


Did you know that in 39 states the highest paid state employee is either a college football or basketball coach?


Interesting. Speaking of college, I think it is cool that Tim Duncan of the spurs stayed in college for four years instead of going right to the NBA


That's awesome that he did that. He can definitely be a role model for his younger fans. It'll show them that an education is more important than going to the NBA.


Right, and that it is good to have a backup plan. After five years of retirement, 60 percent of players are broke.


That's crazy, you'd figure that they'd learn from other's mistakes. Allen Iverson signed a lifetime deal with Reebok, he gets $800,000 until he's 55. That's a smart deal.


And NBA legend made a not so smart deal. He chose $100,000 up front over a 10% stake in Nike. Had he accepted the stake, he would have 8.62 billion now.


Ouch that's not a smart move. I bet he's kicking himself now.


Right. Speaking of deals, did you know that most of the deals on Shark Tank are never enacted?


yes I am, I like that the granny shot is technically the best shot in the game haha


It's easy enough! Just doesnt work often in a competitive setting.


well what about for free throws? I would laugh so hard to see people doing that


They sure could! If it works, it works! the inventor of basketball is the only losing coach at Kansas Unviersity.


ya that is shocking, youd think hed be the best! Did you hear about how great Reggie Miller's sister is at basketball


well I guess he scored a career high of 40 points in one game, and on the same day she scored 105 points haha


That's 103 more points than I've ever scored in a competitive basketball game! What's your favorite team?


lol, ya I like the Pistons but only because I'm from Detroit, what about you? There are a total of 30 teams


Timberwolves, though I don't watch at all to be honest.


ya I rarely watch it, I did like watching MJ back in teh day, crazy that they tried to ban the Air Jordans


They dont really specify why, which is kind of unusual. Unfair advantage or wrong logo?


I think unfair advantage, and Nike actually started paying the fine so he could keep wearing them


MAkes sense to sell sneakers. What's your favorite TV show?


well I like South Park and I used to like the Simpsons, what about you?


Both, Simpsons has become old. did you know that they only made one Simpsons episode without referencing or showing Bart?


ya that is crazy, did they just forget to include him? oh I also watched pokemon as a kid, you?


Probably wasnt releavnt. I watched some Pokemon, got more into it a few years after as I Didnt have a gameboy.


ya, I loved it but theres just too many episodes now, over 750 at the current moment!


Telephone is a device which is connect the two persons to conduct a conversation when they are far.


Lets talk about telephones, the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone is 212


Technology make us to communicate easily and covey the message in any part of the world.


yes and the cables that go across the oceans are only 2.7 inches in diameter


Today We are using mobile for multiple purpose but in the olden days used for only speaking. People are in mobile timing was increased and speaking with friends and family is very reduced.


yeah and the entire us nuclear ICBM has less computing power then an iphone


Sure ! The cable carrying phone and internet data, Mostly cable internet is very fast.


UNICEF has a program they run that rewards you not to use your cell phone, they donate clean water in exchange


The president of Indonesia has released 3 pop albums in office.


Yes, lets talk about Presidents next, Washington was one of the wealthiest presidents in history


Yes, The US president guest house is larger than the white house.


They used to have the runner up of the election become the vice president


Its very interesting. The role of president is more important in the function head of the government.


they called the first president of Zimbabwe banana


The president is the head of state in most of republics.


Lets talk about shoes next, ballet dancers go through a lot of shoes , sometimes up to 4 in a week


Steve smith leaves his cleats in the field after every game to raise awarness to homeless people without shoes.


you can use dry tea bags to remove odors from shoes and gym bags


The design of shoes has varied from culture to culture.


interesting. Modern shoes perform worse then shoes that are 5000 years old


Sandals may consist of only a thin sole and simple strap may be sold at low cost.


There are shoes like steel-soled boots that are worn for safety reasons


Did you know that Myspace turned down the opportunity to buy Facebook?


I heard that, what a lost opportunity.  I bet they regret that now.


I'm sure they do. Apparently the like button is illegal in a part of Germany.


That's crazy, kind of line the 56 gender options that Facebook now offers 58 if you include male and female.  I am all for respecting gender identity, but 58 is crazy.


Yeah tell me about that's ridiculous. The name of that town in Germany was Schleswig-holstein. Say that ten times fast, haha!


Id try, but I m not sure I can get through it once.  Lol.  Did you know Facebook originally wanted to call the like button the Awesome button?  that would be cool.


Ok kinda corny. I hear Facebook is being used to re-write a a countries Constitution..


Really? wow!  that is kind of crazy.  I know a third of all divorce filings in 2011 contained the word Facebook.  It is really such a part of out lives.


People need to keep there personal business of Facebook. Burger king was given out free whoopers if you unfriended 10 ppl.


Burger King and Wendys are notorious for trolling on social media.


Need to get a life. Did you know Mark Z has trouble seeing red and green which is why the like button is blue.


I had heard that.  that is a neat fact.  he certainly was innovative.  Im definitely in that 30% of people that use it as their news sources.


Yeah the world is getting smaller and smaller. Did you know that the nfl has only produced one left handed quarterback.


that sounds like a shocking stat, but I guess with the percentage of the population that is left handed and the percent that plays in the NFL I guess it isnt so crazy


Yeah it's crazy, when i was a kid i hated that the ball spun the other way.


I never thought about that.  Never played football beyond some flag football, or once tackle football before a band practice...  Did you know those giant american flags they use before games are about 1,100 pounds?


Darn!! No i didn't. The Patriots had a former RB that never fumbled the ball in his career.


Wow!  That is pretty incredible.  Maybe thats part of why they have been so dominant in the mast years.


Past years they just one the super ball again, give somebody else  a chance will you! haha


I think that is why despite being called America's Team, they are also universally hated.


Right. Hey you the Iowa State university coach had the visiting footballs team locker room painted pink.


I had heard that, as some sort of intimidation tactic.  Seeing as they are not so dominant, I dont think it is working too well


Too funny!! Top bowlers made twice as much as top nfl players did back in the 60's


Wow. If they were paying bowlers that  they couldnt have been paying NFL stars that much.


Well you might be right. nice chatting with you.


Hi, I use phone every single minute. Because it's my third hand.


Yeah I guess we all do nowadays. Do you have an Android or iPhone?


I have a android phone. And i think it released 2006


Nice. Apparently an iPhone has more computing power than the icbm deterrent.


Yes, I like apple iphones. The apple brands are great quality and awesome products.


Yeah and they have come a long was since then. Did you ever use a rotary phone?


Rotary phone was awesome. But i don't use the rotary phone.


It is too outdated. Do you know the why NY's area code is 212?


Because it was the fastest number to dial on the rotary phone


yeah they are interesting. Did you know the guest house is bigger than the white house?


Yeah, I know. The guest house was purchased by the U.S. government in world was II.


Did you know the president of Indonesia is a pop star


I think the president of indonessia is a Megawati sukarnoputri.


I do not know his name but the guy is a pop star with 3 albums under his name


Okay. The world was II is very harrable.


Hello.  I used to, but I haven't used it in years.  What about you?


I used to use it a lot as well. Now I just use it to message people. It's crazy that it's been around since 2004. I started using it around 2008.


Between you and me, I'm not thrilled with Mark Zuckerberg, but I can't deny how successful it has become!


It's amazing that Facebook had the largest valuation for a newly listed public company, 104 billion!


Wow!  To think Myspace, which I think is no more, could have purchased it for $75 million.


Yes, some people are sure kicking themselves for that decision! I wonder why the Facebook like button is illegal in Schleswig-Holstein, a state in Germany


That's a great question.  Another might be why Burger King gave out free whoppers to people who unfriended 10 people on Facebook.


That is true. I wonder who thought of that and why. Wouldn't it be better to make friends in order to share the promotion?


You would think!  I wonder how many unfriended me for the deal?


Haha...maybe some people unfriended me for free. Iceland is even using Facebook to rewrite their constitution, allowing the public to make changes and suggestions.


I am not sure I would be as trusting if it was in the US.  Maybe most of us will just be watching some brand of football anyway?


Football has gained so much popularity over the years too. Before, bowlers made twice as much as the top football stars.


It certainly has come a long way from it's prehistoric roots where some sort of ball game seemed to take place in many different parts of the world.


Speaking of prehistoric roots, apparently hiccups are from early evolution when land animals had gills and lungs.


Interesting and today animals have guaranteed rights in places like Germany!


And in Scotland, the loch ness monster is a protected species under the 1912 scottish protection of animals act!


I wonder if any other legendary animals have similar protection?


Do people actually believe the Loch Ness Monster exists? Anyway, humans are the only animals who enjoy humor and wordplay. The Style Invitational is one that seems a little too complex for me.


It's definitely pretty deep.  I did find the winner pretty funny -- Loose Cannon: Excrement: Gross domestic product.


Oh, that is funny! I get it now! It's a little too much thinking for me.


I'm a fan of the sport, do you follow it on Facebook?


While I enjoy watching it occasionally and have passing knowledge of football, I don't follow it on facebook. I know a bit about players like RB Benjarvus green ellis who has never fumbled a ball in his whole nfl career.


I've tried to watch a few games though Facebook. I'm looking forward to the superbowl. I didn't know that 14 of the largest 25 stadiums belong to American College Football teams.


I myself never knew that. Did you know the highest score ever was 222-0?


Funny that you mention that, I did know that. I wonder if the song that Snoop Dogg wrote for his son'ts high school football team was broadcast on Facebook?


I am sure there were plenty of responses and posts on Facebook. I mean facebook has become a social media and social networking platform whose company was valued at $104 billion at its IPO. I bet myspace regrets refusing to buy facbook for $75 million. Oh wait they no longer exist


They probably do, I am curious to see if Facebook goes the way of Myspace, a lot of my friends don't use it, but they do use Instagram.


I believe Facebook has a good business model and after acquisitions have a diversified revenue stream. Although I wonder what Facbook did to burger king that prompted them to have a promotion to give a free whopper for unfriending 10 people on facebook?


Burger King does those promotions for all types of things, I think it is a great promotional technique.


Still makes you wonder why they targeted facebook. However, I think that facebook still has considerable power since iceland is using facebook to rewrite their constitution to gain access to public opinion.


I'm not sure why either, I found it curious. I think it is interesting that there is a lawyer in Switzerland who represents animals in court, I wonder if he advertises on Facebook?


I wonder what such lawyers had to do to universally give animals constitutionally guaranteed legal rights in germany?


I'm not sure, but it sounds hilarious that lawyers can do that. I wonder if that is the same as in the U.S.


Well there are cases, I'm not sure if in the us, where very rich seniors pass on their entire inheritance to their pets. I'm sure those pets have lawyers lol


I was unaware that a jellyfish is biologicially immortal, I didn't think such a thing existed.


If I remember correctly, jellyfish can revert to a younger version of itself, turn old again and repeat this process continuously. Also since they go through different phases, when they form polyps they are all essentially clones.


Hmm, that is interesting. I have never heard of this, so technically they are immortal then!


I guess biologically alive, but then again it makes you question their sentience and whether they are truly alive?


Interesting concept, I don't think they are sentient to be honest, I was surprised about the immortality though.


I agree. Nature is amazing, demonstrated by creatures such as planaria or water bears. In any case, it was fun chatting about immortality with you.


How's it going, do you use Facebook? It was launched back in 2004 by Zuckerberg and former classmates


It's crazy how much money facebook makes now, it was worth 104 billion in 2012


Yeah, not bad for something worth $75 million in 2005!


Yea, I can't believe myspace turned down the offer to buy facebook back then


I remember when they first IPO'd, I thought they were so overvalued, and couldn't imagine they would do so well.  Now it is worth over $450 billion.


Yea, it's surprising how such a website with such a simple blue layout can make so much


Are you a fan of football?  I knew that soccer and american football go by football, but didn't realize rugby does too.


Yea I watch American football, I'd like to try play Rugby or Australian rules football though


Not me.  It looks pretty rough.  Have you ever heard of Gaelic football?  I don't even know what that is.


No I've never heard of Gaelic football, they must play it in Ireland


I wonder how the pay for top football stars compares with the top bowlers these days.  I learned that back in the 1960s, the bowlers actually made around twice as much!


Bowling must of been much more popular in the 1960s, at least more popular than football if they made twice as much


Yeah.  I believe now american football is america's most popular sport.


Popular enough to win ESPN an emmy for creating the yellow first down line


Do you think Australian rules football is the most popular sport in Austrailia?  I think association football is pretty popular in a lot of countries.


I know it's popular in Australia but not sure if it's more popular than soccer


I wonder if animals play any sports with each other (in the wild, not for humans).


It's possible, there are 20 quintillion individual animals on earth


Holy cow!  That is a lot.  It is hard to imagine there is enough room for all of them.


Lol, yea. Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Hey there!  Have you read "Fire and Fury" yet?  A lot of excerpts of it are coming out and supportive of impeaching Trump.


I have not.  However, a lot of money is being made by many on Trump tell alls.  The assertion that he does not read is interesting.


Haha, it is interesting.  I am surprised he does't stay in the guest house given that it is actually larger than the White House.


I understand, but neither is as large as the home he left in Trump Tower.  In some countries, the president is only the head of state and not head of the government like we have in the US.


Yes, there are a lot of interesting presidents around the round like Indonesia's president.  He actually released 3 pop albums while in office!


Well, people were serious about Oprah running here.  She can't sing but she is another performer.  She would be great as the head of state, but the more prominent role of head of government would be a problem.


Yes, I am not sure I can get behind that.  I wonder how her wealth stacks up against the wealthiest presidents in American history.  They were Jefferson, Washington, and JFK.


I am curious about that too.  His financial statement that he filed to run for president showed a net worth of over $10 billion.  I don't think that JFK had that much.


I think it is all adjusted for inflation because there is no way Washington had that much money.


True.  The Washington and Jefferson amounts undoubtedly had to do with real estate.


A lot has changed since then.  Before 1805 the vice president was the runner up in the presidential election.  Can't even imagine that now!


NO!  Vice-President Hillary Clinton would mean that arguments with Trump would abound.


Haha, no doubt!  I need to move to Hawaii and not worry about it.  The official business attire there is the aloha shirt.  That would be great!


I have done business there and it does not cost much to buy a few Hawaiian shirts and have a business wardrobe.  As a contrast, in Britain, the dress shirt has cuffs on the sleeves as a must.


Yup, large differences among cultures like in China during the cultural revoultion.  They had a trend that involved layering shirts, as many as you could, and popping collars!


That sounds sweaty and uncomfortable.  I guess you heard that the pall bearers at Billy Mays' funeral wore shirts just like his.


That is a nice touch!  I did not learn until recently, the whole reason polo shirts were invented were for tennis.  That is surprising!


It is!  They were invented by Rene Lacoste which is why the Polo brand has that little crocodile as a logo.  He was known as "the crocodile"


Interesting, I have some Lacoste shirts.  I did not know that polo shirts in general were invented by him!


To change the subject, have you every used a rotary dial phone?  The dialing is so slow.  They gave New York the 212 area code because it took less time to dial it.


I do not think I have used one I can barely remember if I had!  That is fun fact!  It was a pleasure speaking to you!


Yes,  It is entertaining. Bruce lee once won a cha cha competition!


I've heard that. I'm sure he had some fast moves.


Ballet dancers go through 4 pairs of shoes!  That is insane.


Yes, it would seem to be a very expensive activity.


Speaking of ballet,  did you know Tupac used to take ballet classes?


Yes, he is very talented to be able to act in the Nutcracker too.


i hear babies spontaneously dance to music.


Yes, we all have a beat we want to follow. It makes them smile too.


I know listening to music still makes me smile inside.


Music is great,  I love listening to it while snowboarding.


What type of music genre do you listen to while snowboarding? I'm sure it's fast.


It doesnt have to be fast,  I like anything that sounds good,  I have a mixture of music, rap, dub step, disney, dance music, country, soundtrack stuff.


Do you like the snow? I live in Florida where it is usually warm.


lol yes,  I really like snow.  Florida is cool,  at least you have Universal studios and disneyworld right there. Really warm though.


It is about an hour from where I live. You have to watch that you don't get heat exhaustion here.


I like to watch movies. I do watch the news for a few minutes but usually it is the same so I turn it off.


awesome, do you have any favorite tv shows?


The Good Doctor. It was great chatting with you. I hope you have a nice evening.


I'm certainly not good at it but I appreciate people who are.


Nice, did you know tupac was a dancer too?


I had heard that he studied various arts but I am very surprised to learn that he was a dancer. He could have done so much more. He had raw talent.


Yeah he actually danced ballet, go figure


That's very shocking. Michael Jackson was an amazing dancer. Did you know that he had a patent on a device used to perform his signature lean?


I did not know that I wonder if it is still around, the device?


I'm sure it is. I knew there had to be a bit of a trick to that. I feel bad for ballet dancers feet. They go through 4 pairs of shoes per week!


That is crazy. Babies apparently spontaneously dance to music


That's amazing. I knew they seemed inclined to dance quite early. Did you know that Bruce Lee could dance?


And he eve won a cha-cha championship in dance


Very impressive. Do you happen to watch a lot of TV? I watch way too much.


I watch it from time to time. I like the Simpsons so I watch the tv for that


Did you happen to catch the episode of South Park where they made fun of Family Guy and pointed out that their format ripped off The Simpsons?


No I did not actually did you know Bart did not appear in only on episode


I did not. That's surprising with as long as they've been on. After that South Park episode aired The Simpsons crew sent the South Park crew flowers ha ha.


I know haha that is funny. Did you ever use a rotary phone?


Did you know that is why NY got its 212 area code


I believe it was because it was the fastest number to dial on those phones. I recently learned that the cables that carry our internet and phone data across the ocean are only 2.7 inches around!


I wonder how long too. Nice chatting with you


Hi, how are you tonight? Do you like footbal, either American or the other kind?


I actually like American football yes. I don't like soccer though haha. What about you?


Why don't you like soccer? Too slow? Not enough blood? haha


Haha yes you could say that. I just think it's really boring haha. But to each their own, did you know that the top Bowlers in the 60s made more than the top football players back then


Bowlers were lucky that the NFL hadn't really appeared yet. TV could focus on bowling. Now, there's no way. Not enough blood and violence in bowling.


Yep I agree, watching bowling would even be worse for me than watching stalker LOL. Did you hear about the highest scoring football game ever?


I probably was like a bowling scores. That would be college ball, too. Lopsided teams?


I think the teams were definitely lopsided haha. Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland, it would have been really annoying to be a Cumberland fan that day LOL


I guess someone in scheduling really screwed up there. Why play such a good team? Silly.


Yep it doesn't seem fair. Do you ever watch football on TV though? You know the yellow line that marks the first down on TV broadcast? That was created by ESPN


I've seen that line, plus other things like field goal distance and red zone and stuff. I thought it would be obvious to add these things with computers.


Yep you think so. It does seem very obvious so I don't know why they won an Emmy, but I guess they did so oh well haha.


ESPN must be so proud of that award too. What will they do as a followup? Haha. Do you get a chance to do much reading?


I do some reading from time to time. I saw the movie Starship Troopers but never read the book. Apparently it's recommended reading from the US Military


Heinlein was the author. He was in the Navy, so he wrote a lot of books with a military theme.


Add that makes sense. Did you ever read the book Ender's Game? I heard that that was a good book, but I didn't like the movie Personally


The book was great! I didn't see the movie. I think some books just don't translate to the screen very well. The Tolkien books were pretty good on the screen, though.


Yep very few books end up transferring well to the screen, you're right. When you read do you speed read by the way?


No, not really a fast reader. I think it could be beneficial in some situations, though I wonder how much you retain.


Yep, I remember trying it and I couldn't retain anything, that's why I don't believe the world record. There's no way you could retain anything reading 4700 words per minute


I guess you get the gist, and that's enough for some things. But trying to learn complex material? No way.


Yep I think you got a point there. Did you hear there was a moral panic in the 18th century, there were too many people reading lol I guess that is not a big deal anymore


Good morning!  Do you watch american football?


Yes I do, Im a fan of the sport, are you?


I am a fan also.  I especially like college football.  The highest scoring game ever was a college football game.


Yeah I heard about that game it was Cumberland vs Georgia Tech right? can remember the final score though


You're right it was.  I think the final score was 222-0.  Georgia tech won if I remember correctly.


Oh, I remembered that game now, it was a humililating loss, maybe Geogia tech had many players like Benjarvus Green-Ellis


That would have been humiliating to be sure.  Who is he?


He used to be a running back for the Patriots, they guy never fumbled the ball in his entire career


Now that is impressive.  I bet he made a lot of money unless he played back in the 1960s. Back then bowlers made more than players if you can believe that!


No he retired back in the year 2011 and I bet he made a lot of money, do you like the news network ESPN,


I do like ESPN. I watch it quite a bit.  Do you?


I do as well, its my favorite news/sport channel, did you know they won an Emmy bacause of football!!


No I didn't. Was it due to their coverage of games?


No, it was because the invented the yellow first down line, I guess its an important invention for the game so it makes sense


I agree, it does. I like the yellow line. Not only does it let me know where the first down marker is but it makes the game more exciting when you know just how far a team has to go on a play.


I agree, its a great contribution and the game wouldnt be the same without it, do you like other sports? maybe soccer?


I've watched a few soccer games,mostly during the world cup.  Are you a fan?


I am a big fan, my favorite sport, the World Cup was a big deal for me, too bad the US didnt make it


Soccer is extremely popular though. It makes more money than football, basketball, golf, tennis, and hockey combined!


It does make a lot of money, its also played in more than 200 countries so maybe that why the game moves so much money.


You are probably right about that.  Have you heard about the soccer type that has three teams playing at the same time?


Hi there! Are you a fan of football? Either soccer or American football, or even Rugby, since it varies what football refers to, depending on what country.


Hi there, yes I watch soccer and the NFL, tow of the highest paid sports I guess, with soccer leading the way


Yea, they make a lot of money. It's surprising that in the 1960s the top bowlers made twice as much money as the top football players.


That is insane, cannot imagine it. Things change over time though. Did you hear about that player who donated his earnings from the World CUp?


Yes, Mesut Ozil. Very generous to donate his entire 300,000 euro bonus.


Yeah and helped all those children in Brazil. DO you know why it is called soccer in the US?


I didn't know it before, but apparently it's slang for association football? That seems a stretch to become soccer, but I guess people started using it!


Yeah. Even Jon Steward was a soccer player. I cannot imagine that but seems he was good at it too


Yea, I didn't he was good enough to represent the US at the Pan American Maccabi games in 1983.


Exactly, good for him , what a talent. Heard there is a variation of the sport where 3 teams play at the same time. Wonder how that works


Yea, I wonder if there's a triangular field or something, because it's usually a rectangular field with a goal at each end. I imagine the field would need to change.


Yeah I think so too, good point. How about the NFL? Did you know U of Iowa's visitor locker room is pink?


Yea, I've heard of a few teams that try to mess with the visiting team through the locker room. I'm a fan of the NFL as well - one of my favorite teams is the Patriots. They used to have a running back, Green-Ellis, who has never fumbled in his career!


That is so amazing, wonder how he managed that. Apparently the highest recorded score is when Georgia Tech beat Cumberland 222-0.


Yea, that's crazy. That's got to be over 25 touchdowns, although I'm not sure what kind of rules they had back then in 1916.


Yeah that is true. Rules could have changed. Did not know until now that ESPN won an Emmy for the superimposed yellow line


Yea, that's definitely helpful during football games, but I'm surprised that won an Emmy too. It would be difficult to tell where the first down line would be without it!


Yeah that is true, it is super helpful. On another topic, do you enjoy reading?


Yes, but haven't had much time to lately. One of the books I had read when I was younger was "Ender's Game", which has been suggested for lots of military armies, apparently.


I have not read that one, maybe I should check it out. Same as Starship Troopers, it is in the reading list of three out of five military branches


Yea, we should all read more. I can't believe there was a panic about the spread of reading in the 18th century. What could they have against it?


I know. Now we have a panic because not enough people are reading. How times have changed. Nice chatting with you


did you know that 212 is the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone? that's why it's the New York area code


I didn't know that. Telephones are a miraculous device that permits conversation among various people despite vast distances


yes that is true, I guess the cable that connects across the atlantic ocean is only about 3 inches in diameter. Crazy that something so thin is what connects the continents


The technology in phones have come a long way. For instance, an iphone has greater computing power than the entire us nuclear icbm deterrent.


yes that is kind of interesting and also scary, are you from the USA? apparently women were not allowed to wear pants in the senate until 1993 which is crazy


I am and that is quite bizarre, but there sure are some obscure rules. For instance, 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. One even tried to escape and was caught and carried into the senate


yes that is very strange, also crazy that Richard Nixon broke a gavel that was 165 years old, that would suck!


That was a piece of senate history. I wonder what nixon did to break it?


Ya I wonder if he was hitting it really hard? or he was using it gently and it just broke because it was so old. I wonder if there is a video of it?


Another interesting piece of history of the senate is the candy desk. The senator sits at a desk near a busy entrance and keeps a drawer full of candy for members of the body


haha that makes me hungry, I wonder what kind of candy is in that drawer. What is your favorite candy? I like Reese's peanut butter cups and snickers


They have milky way bars, mars bars, and jellybeans. All which are my classic favorites. I also enjoy gummies.


oh wow those are tasty, I like gummies, what is crazy is that Trump wouldn't be considered one of the top 3 richest presidents, I wonder if that is adjusted for inflation or not that might be why


Speaking of presidents, did you know that the president of zimbabwe was called president banana?


I didn't know that, did you know the indonesian president made 3 pop albums? I wonder what would happen if Trump made a pop album


But speaking of US presidents. did you know that until 1805, the runner up of a presidential election automatically became vice president. That means if this was a continued tradition clinton would have been VP


no I didn't know that, that would be so crazy to have Hillary Clinton as the VP, there would be so much more drama with Trump


I don't think allowing both of them to be leading the US would be a good idea. Perhaps funny to watch, but with disastrous consequences.


yes it would make a good tv show but it would not be good for making policy, also crazy is that the president's guest house is bigger than the actual white house, like how is that possible?


Perhaps they thought that they had to be extravagant and welcoming to guests and foreign powers to have better relationships and demonstrate their wealth


yes I think that is what it is, I will have to check it out the next time I am in DC just to see the size difference


Hey I'm good. What do you think about Tom Brady?


I think he is the greatest QB ever and that he is pretty boring. What about you?


He is a great quarterback. He's kind of weird to though haha  since he's never eaten a strawberry


Who doesn't eat strawberries? They're so good! I make strawberry protein shakes almost every morning.


Tom Brady! Also I know that he doesn't eat tomatoes. Have you seen the video of him kissing his son?


No. Was it weird? I feel like he would be a weird dad...


It was really weird! You definitely need to check it out on YouTube. It is interesting that his wife makes more money than him


Yeah. One of the perks of being a super model's husband.


Haha that's true. Crazy that Tom Brady threw a record 50 touchdown passes. I know that's the current record


Yeah. That was the year they had Randy Moss. He is the cheat code.


Haha Randy Moss is awesome! I guess he won his first Super Bowl when was a starter. Kurt Warner was the only other person to do this


I love Kurt Warner's story. Such a good guy. I wonder if they have a pink locker room.


Haha that's a good question. Do you like romantic movies at all? I like certain actors like Michael Caine I think he's really good


I watch them because I love my wife. I do not enjoy them.


Haha that's funny. Well have you ever tried listening to classical radio dramas with your wife?


No. That's where I draw the line (unless she tells me to listen, then I will listen). Have you ever listened to them?


I think so. Wasn't War of the Worlds one of these? I guess people were throwing themselves out of buildings or something when it was on the radio haha. But there is a website online where you can listen to this stuff for free


Jon Hamm taught drama at his old HS> He taught Erin from the office.


That's cool! I never knew that. do you like Jim Carrey?


I think he is a talented actor but I am not a huge fan. What about you?


No I don't like his movies anymore. And he said he'll never do a drama again.


Yea I watch the nfl everytime it's on. I get a lot of Patriots games near my house, seems like Tom Brady isn't enjoying football as much


I've heard so, hard to believe at 41 years old and 18 years in the NFL he's never tried a strawberry


yeah i wonder if he is allergic or just never wanted to try one


Well he plans to retire at 45 so I wonder if Brady will try a strawberry thern


maybe. his wife though makes a lot more money than him


Yea she makes a lot of money, I guess Brady doesn't want to retire because he's a very competitive person


I guess. did you know his coach lists brady on the injury report every week?


Yea, I believe they always list a possible shoulder injury everyweek for Brady


Sometimes, I use to watch reruns of House, Hugh Laurie made 700,000 an episode


That show was so good. No wonder he mad that much money


Yea, Jim Carrey made a couple drama movies but stopped because he doesn't think they have a positive influence


yeah , well he is a good comedian so he should stick to that


Michael Cain is a good drama actor, he got his start acting in high school drama class


yeah because all the pretty girls were in that clas


Ellie Kemper also took drama classes in high school too


yeah and guess who her drama teacher was?


yeah he is so funny, I guess that is why she is so funny too


Yep. Well I got to go, nice talking with you


I did not. Wow! I hope they are safe. Do you know who Tom Brady is?


He recently said that parts of football were not fun. I wonder why?


I wonder why. He is so famous though and he makes so much money.


Yeah. I think it has to do with deflate-gate and how he was treated by the patriots.


Oh I see. That makes sense then. He has apparently never eaten a starwberry.


But they're so good. Does he know what he is missing out on?


I use them in my protein shakes, So good! I heard he eats avocado ice cream. Have you ever had that?


Oh wow yes it is really nice. do you watch dramas?


Me too! I loved that show. I aspired to his level of snarkiness.


WOW! I would do 2-3 episodes and then retire to a nice coastal town and eat lobster rolls all day!


Oh yeah that would be nice. Do you know why Jim Carrey does not do dramas anymore?


Hey, how's it going over there? You good?


Very.  Do you think championships in pro sports are paid fairly?


If they are making too much, the marketplace will tell them. As of now, everybody is getting paid.


I am comfortable myself.  If you can draw the eyeballs, you get the bucks.  It has always been that way.  The Lakers and Celtics have won 33 of the 72 titles in the history of the NBA


Big market teams can afford marquee players. It's not really fair, but the league can put a tax on teams to try to even things out.


The NFL does the best job of balancing the payrolls.  But, the Patriots have more than their share of championships.


Years ago, the Pats were the worst. The 49ers were great. Things change. Soon Brady will retire and a female QB will take his place.


Perhaps, but even the move to shorter QBs is remarkable.  The NBA has 29 team in the US and 1 in Canada.


Canada is lucky to have that. I think the league needs to consider a team in Mexico. Mexico has people. People can become fans. Fans pay money.


Great point.  You need to get on someone's marketing staff.  I have a buddy who schedules NBA refs and works at the HQ in NYC.


That's a great job! Does he get to meet players like LeBron?


Absolutely.  He sometimes travels with the commissioner and meets everybody.  Once the guys are scheduled, administration is not too difficult.  Have you seen players shoot "granny style?"


That underhanded thing? Yeah, it's weird looking.


It is, but physicists have proven that it is the best way to shoot free throws.  Players don't do it because of their egos.


Physicists should try playing basketball, then they'd understand. Ego is an important part of the game.


Heh heh.  Great point.  Air Jordan's were banned by the NBA, but Michael wore them anyhow.  NIke paid a fine for each game.


I bet Nike arranged that well in advance. Publicity from every angle.


Exactly.  It was probably better for them to pay the fine than if the NBA had overlooked it!


People take note, the shoes sell. People watch the games just to see what's going to happen.


Yep.  I went to the University of Oklahoma and they are one of only 4 schools that use Jordan Brand jerseys.  "There is only one Oklahoma" It attracts recruits.


Interesting. Thanks for the chat. I'll catch you later.


Isnt that for wolves?  I recently learned that dogs have 12 different blood types!


Yes, dogs are related to wolves.  Google is a dog company  according to their code of conduct.


I have heard that!  That is really awesome,  they even let their employees take dogs to work.


Dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand pointing.


That is really interesting,  I feel like my dog is the exception lol


Dog are not color blind either.  A lot of people think that.


You know there are countries that have vending machines that dispense dog food and water for stray dogs?


Yes,  in exchange for recycling!  We should totally do that in the states!  A lot of people still do not recycle!


Yeah but America has dog pounds. I guess dogs are still mans best friend.  lol


Ooooh,  burn!  lol I definitely think dogs are mans best friend!  they are so loyal and giving.


Its amazing that dogs vary so widely in shape, size and color.


Some.  TV has come a long way from the huge console black and white TV's from my childhood.


yeah seriously.  I hardly watch any shows that are on tv anymore,  I cant be told to be home at a certain time to catch a show anymore lol I really like the netflix service and others.


I was in the Marine Corps when the first Simpsons show aired on TV.  But since then there has only been one episode that Bart neither appears in or is mentioned.


Nice.  Thank you for your service!  I havent seen that episode or I havent noticed that bart was missing lol great show though.


Thanks... I enjoyed serving. When South Park aired its Family Guy episode the producers from the Simpsons sent flowers to the other crew.


Thats really awesome of them.  Its been great talking to you,  have a good one!


Hi.  Do you know that Mcdonalds was the first fast food company that created drive-thru?


I didn't know that, but they'd probably have been my first guess. What made them come up with the idea?


In order to accommodate soldiers who were not allowed to get out of their cars while wearing their uniform.


Wow, that's actually a really wholesome reason. I didn't know soldiers used to have that rule.


I did not know either.  Also, do you know why the trunk of your car is called that?


Does it have something to do with old storage trunks?


It is because old cars had wooden trunks on the back.


That makes a lot more sense than my second guess about elephants carrying things with their trunks! Cars are a lot more convenient than riding elephant-back, I'd say.


I agree with you.  Also, I always associated the name Cadillac with America.  I was so wrong.


They are by it was named after a french explorer who founded detroit.  It was his last name.


No wonder Detroit has such a big auto industry if Cadillacs were born there.


Yes. Cadillac was built in the US only originally.    Could you tell me interesting facts  related to other topics?


Well, thinking of what you said about soldiers, did you know that dogs have historically been used to aid humans in a variety of jobs including the military?


They're called man's best friend for a reason. Hunting, herding, companionship, therapy, dogs have done it all with us for a long time. Have you ever had one?


I have a dog that I adopted from a rescue center.  Dogs are very helpful in aiding disabled and blind people.


It's wonderful that you adopted a rescue. Dogs do so much for people that it's nice to give back!


I agree with you.  I just read that dogs have 12 different blood types.


Wow, that sounds like it would make things a lot more complicated than humans with four blood types! I wonder if they can donate.


They can.  They donate blood at dog blood drives.


That's amazing. I've never seen one, but I can only imagine a waiting room full of fluff balls waiting to donate for their fellow dogs.


Anyway, I've got to run.  Thank you for responding fast.  Nice chatting with you.


i am with google on this one. i prefer dogs in an office. good for morale.


for sure, I love dogs in the morale boosting kind of way. They have 12 types of blood they are so awesome!


i wonder how they donate blood. do they use a big needle? are the dogs scared?


Right, it is sad because dogs can't say they want to or not, scary


true. i hope that they get lots of treats after donating blood. they deserve it. they are good dogs!


For sure, I would give them so many. I like that in Istanbul they give food and water to stray dogs through a vending machine


that is great! i know that they also love cats in istanbul but the cats wont collect bottles. too finicky lolol


lol, no they wont, they will make humans do it! lol! Do you watch much television?


i dont. i used to when i was younger. i found it was a waste of time. most programs were boring and bad.


yea I used to watch pokemon a lot as a kid, apparently there are 750 or so episodes


i never saw it. it looked too busy, like a commercial for toys or something. i guess kids love it.


Yea lol, I loved it. I loved it almost as much as south park and family guy at the time.


really? ok. i love south park. great show. always current. very incisive commentary on society. I am amazed they have been able to keep going so long.


For sure, it is great. One time they made fun out of family guy and the simpsons crew sent them flowers


i think the south park guys made fun of thelack of story structure in FG. the simpsons people appreciated that very much.


For sure, speaking of the simpsons, there is only one episode where bart isn't in it and not even mentioned! It was so nice chatting with you!


yes, i heard of that episode. something about four women and a something? i dont remember. anyway, great chat!


I never knew the title, I will check it out, bye!


Fine. Did you hear about the CDC researcher that left work ill and then disappeared?  Scary...


I did hear about that. That is worrisome.


Yes, he was working with Zika and Ebola.  He was pretty high ranking too...


He was really well respected in Atlanta too making the 40 under 40 list. I wonder what happened...


His sister is worried and the last time she talked to him he didn't seem like himself.


His wallet, keys license and car were still at his home. That's really strange.


Yes, and he seemed to have professional and personal issues.  The Atlanta police can't seem to find him.


I cannot imagine what his coworkers are going thorough either. He wants to help others, which is strange for him to go missing.


Yeah, his family said the it was unlike him to just vanish.


His dog was left unattended. That's sad too! Do you have a dog?


No but I have access to one for my daily K9 fix.  Did you know dogs drink with the underside of their tongue?


I didn't. I know they have 12 blood types though! Seems like a lot.


Yep.  Some dogs in Moscow can use the subway.  I wonder if I could do that there?


Use the subway, sure! Google prefers dog to cats and has state so in their code of conduct.


Interesting. Do you watch the Simpsons?  Poor Homer has had 188 jobs in the 1st 400 episodes!


I do love that show. That seems like a lot of jobs! There's only one episode where bart is not in.


Wow. There is only one Shakespeare play that has not been adapted to film or TV.  That's a measure of success.


I know. I had no idea. dogs are not color blind. I thought they were!


Me too.  Did you know it's illegal to warm up your car in Ohio?


I like south park and family guy, also the office. How about you


I like The Simpsons, such a great show, Bart is my favorite


for sure, I heard there is one episode he wasn't in throughout the whole series, have you heard that?


I have heard of that episode, its pretty rare, he is not mentioned either looks like the writers wanted to punish Bart Simpson.


lol that is a good way to put it. Did you hear what the Simpsons crew did to south park's crew?


No I didnt? what happened with those crews?


The simpsons crew sent the south park crew flowers as a thank you for defending them against family guy. Great episode by south park for sure!


I bet! I didnt catch that one, did you ever watch that 70s show?


I used to love that show, it started so many careers, did you like it?


I liked it yeah, fun show to watch so popular there was a remake in the UK


I heard about that now, I don't think that one did so well. Maybe only lasted 10 episdoes?


Yeah only 10 episodes and then it got cancelled I guess some remakes are actually really bad, that one is a perfect example


yikes, you're right. I think the humor style between the UK and the USA are different. I think of the Office in that way


I guess it is, so do you listen to the radio anymore?


I love the radio, it is how I survive my commute to work, you?


I listen to the radio every day on my way to work as well,  cool how soldiers make radios back in WWII


I heard about that, weren't they called foxhole radios? I wonder how they worked


Yeah foxholes, and I bet they served they purpose and also that they saved lives during war time


I am sure they did. It was so nice chatting with you, enjoy your night!


Hello! Do you like to listen to the radio?


Yea radio is pretty cool, you can pick radio storms from Jupiter on AM radio


I wonder what that sounds like? I am assuming it would just be static.


Probably so but I'd imagine the radio storms would have some high pitches too


Very true. Are you familiar with Canadian law about radios?


Yea, Canadian radio must play 40% of songs by canadian artists, I guess that's a lot of Bieber lol


I wonder who their main artists are! Very true, I bet they do play a lot of justin bieber.


I don't know what sounds worse, that or listening to Nuntii Latini in all classical latin


Do you know how long they have been broadcasting nuntii latini?


Since 1989, too bad my mom never played Nuntii Latini when I was a baby, maybe it would make me smarter


I agree! I cannot believe a weekly news program in classical latin is still around.


Yea, they still have some classical radio dramas available for free online too


Yes, I think you need to go to special website. It is good that it is free because I doubt they would get a lot of business.


Probably not since they are old enough to have been played on foxhole radios WWII soldiers made


Do you know how they made foxhole radios?


With a razorblade and pencil as a diode, I want to try that later today and see if I can get it to work


I am sure it would take a lot of research but seems so simple.


Yea, I wonder if the razorblade and pencil could be used as a tv antenna, maybe at least get monochrome images


I also wonder who came up with the name foxhole radios.


Who knows. Do you watch The Simpsons? There is only one episode Bart isn't mentioned in


I have watched the simpsons. I am going to go look into finding that website! It was nice talking to you.


Hey how you doing? Have you ever seen the White House? I have never been to Washington DC myself.


I haven't been there either but would love to go someday!  The term "White House" is often used as a metonym for the president and his advisers.


Oh that is interesting. Did you know there are twin White House buildings in Ireland and France?


I had no idea.  I wonder why?  Teddy Roosevelt was a staunch conservationist and banned Christmas trees for the white house.


Wow that doesn't seem very fun. George Bush had solar panels put back on the White House luckily. The more energy you can save the better!


I agree!  I was surprised to find out that the white house was shot at on Nov. 11, 2011 and it took the secret service 4 days to realize it.  Scary!


That is very scary indeed. I am sure that was a big news story on TV. Although I prefer to watch shows like Pokémon. There have been over 750 episodes of that show.


Crazy.  Did you ever watch "that 70s show"?


Yes I loved that show. Can you believe they did a UK remake?


I would be curious to see it.  It's called Days like These but it was cancelled after 10 episodes.


Must not of been very good. My suggestion would be not to remake it verbatim.


I agree lol.  There is only 1 episode of the Simpsons where Bart neither appears nor is he mentioned.


Oh wow I wonder whether producers decided to do that? When Southpark aired its final Family Guy episode the producers received the flowers from The Simpsons group.


That's funny!  Do you know who the 3 narrarators of the Thomas the Tank engine were?


Oh yes I did hear that Ringo Starr, George Carlin, and Alec Baldwin have all narrated that show.


Yes!  They all did it for at least 52 episodes each!


That is a lot of episodes. I wonder if they ever broadcasting on the radio? There's actually a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free.


I'll have to look that up.  I also want to look up how to hear the Jupitar radio storms that can be picked up on AM radio.


Yes that sounds very interesting. I wonder what it sounds like? Isn't it cool that soldiers used to make a radio using a razor blade and pencil. It was great chatting with you today.


Yes!  The called them foxhole radios!  I had a good time!


Have a good rest of your day. Maybe one day we will see a fox hole radio!


I watch a lot of TV.  Color TV.  Dialing for dollars is searching for me.  I wait for delivery each day until 3.


Hopefully next week is your week!  I love cartoons, they are probably my favorite!


My friends all drive porsches, I must make amends.  I too like cartoons.  It is funny to think that Cartoons and religious programming are about equal.


Really?  I didnt realize religious programming had that many viewers.


Crowd drawing evangelist Billy Graham would crusade.  It was popular, but I have no numbers.


I guess Billy Graham and company do draw big crowds, they have huge followings across the world.


Billy seemed to be a moderate in the crowds.  He said, "We are a secular country by our constitution." The man deserves some recognition for these words.


He really does, that is a hard thing for people to realize and admit.


It is a controversial topic that gets many people over excited. I like to listen to the radio.  Did you see that Janis Joplin song lyrics were being used?


No, I must have missed that.  Tell me more.


Janice wants the lord to buy her a Mercedes Benz. Popular song that pokes fun at some televangelists.  So, the song covers Billy, radio and TV.


Ahh.  I missed that one.  I guess I dont listen to as much radio as I used to.


Radio waves are received by a tuning antenna.  A radio converts  into a usable form.  Right now, the radio waves are all around us.


They are, I heard that you can even hear storms on Jupiter on certain AM stations.


It is interesting that Canadian law says 40% of all content must be Canadian.  They have so many country and western singers by law.


But there is always Drake, and Justin Bieber.