haha it sounds like it, pretty scary though that the only difference between seeing fantasy as reality is one fold in the brain


Its a good thing we have that fold in the brain, there is a janitor that wrote a 15145 page manuscript but never published it, it was found when he died.


wow, that sounds intricate, it also had like 300 paintings, I wonder if it was really good or not?


I dont know, it was a long manuscript so there must be some good parts at least, who know maybe a movie is based on that manuscript or part of it.


ya they should do that! have you read anything from Terry Pratchett? I guess he was knighted for his work


well this must be an old article because it says the bills are in the playoffs LOL


LOL... yeah i thought the same thing... and the Browns were winless!


do you watch the nfl? This season has been wild


yeah i do... and i agree!  That's cool they use tracking chips in the pads and ball


it really is, they have so many stats from games that must be how they get some of them. which team do you like?


Eagles is my team who are part of the NFC


if i could give you a high five through the screen i would!!!! they are my team too! :D how do you feel about our big day on sunday!


Well, considering how bad the Saints beat us last game, lets hope that team has enough confidence to get through them... but the secondary still really concerns me!


yeah they are concerning. i'm trying to be positive, and looking at the saints last three regular season games gives me a SLIGHT bit of confidence. also the eagles seem to be peaking at just the right time


well... so far we are looking a gift horse in the mouth... so hopefully we can combine our luck with skill and we should have a chance!


yes! Needless to say, i'm going to be so nervous come sunday. what will you do for the game?


yeah me too!  Will be hanging with friends! funny how the first playoff game was in chicago


i know that game had me on pins and needles, i couldn't watch. i had to cover my eyes for the last play!!!


hahahaaaa... really?  iwas in shock!  Geez ben rothlisberger has the most wins in cleveland browns stadium since their reintroduction


that will change in the coming years! baker mayfield could be a real star for their team


yeah... but a QB does not make a team!  Matt Patricia is a rocket scientist!?!


he did do some amazing things in boston...


yeah true!  i guess we shall see!  I really wish they would extend the season to more than 16 games!


me too, but then think how many injured players there would be! even more than we have now which is already too many


Injuries are part of the game and part of their profession.  They know this going in, especially with the bigger they get, i think their bodies can't handle it and thats why they are getting injured more.


yeah and there are a lot of issues with brain injuries, hence the new rules this season. great chatting. GO EAGLES :D :D :D :)


Hi there, yes I do actually. Did you know women can play?


Yes, that is interesting. So is a New Orleans cheerleader in the restaurant at the same time as the NFL player!


Actually that rule about cheerleaders is so wrong in so many levles, especially when they have to leave mid-meal


I agree, crazy !  Interesting live gameplay is only 11 minutes.


Yeah that is so short yet the game is so long. Engineers also make more in a lifetime than football players


Yes, I believe that. The tracking chips are a good thing.


Yeah they must be getting so many statistics now like velocity, rotation and many more


Yes, The 300 watercolor illustrations called, "in the realm of the unreal" sounds really interesting.


Too bad it was discovered after the death of the janitor


I know, he worked so hard and long. The difference in the brain for reality and fantasy is a single fold, Wow!


That is pretty impressive. Did you know people do fantasy drafts for the national spelling bee?


Yes, Very nice to be Knighted for comedic fantasy!


I know, who knew? Would you listen to classic radio dramas for free?


Hmm I am not sure how I feel about them but I know there is a radio where you can listen to them for free


I do she is so funny. Do you know who her high school drama teacher was?


Jon Hamm, Did you know Michael Caine hardly ever blinks in his movies. lol


Oh wow, no did not know that. Do you know why he became an actor?


lol, funny reason, just because he liked pretty girls.


Hahah I guess he knew what he wanted. Nice chat


Hey there do you like dramatic movies? I know that I have some that I like like Shawshank Redemption for instance


Hi. Yes I like Shawshank. One of my favorite films. King has a great feeling for story. It translates well to the screen.


Yep I agree with you. I also like the show House. I guess Hugh Laurie was making $700,000 per episode when they were doing that


The guy really made that show. Without him, I don't think the other actors could have made it.


Nope I agree with you. It just wouldn't be the same. Do you like Jim Carrey by the way?


I think Jim Carrey is great. He does both comedy and drama well.


I agree with you. He said that you won't do dramas anymore though. It does not project enough positivity apparently


I disagree with him. Drama has both tension and release. Resolution can be positive and uplifting. Comedies can be sappy and empty. Both have strengths and weaknesses.


Yep I agree with you there. Maybe I should listen to some classic radio dramas. They have a website that lets you listen to those for free and there are thousands. I must be able to get some good vibes from them


I think there are some good radio shows out there, but probably young people today prefer video. Television is the modern medium


I agree with you. How much TV do you watch? I mostly just watch Netflix because I don't have cable


Netflix is a great way to go. I don't watch TV much. Usually when I'm exercising. I try to watch the news.


I try to avoid the news personally because I think it's depressing haha. But yeah I don't watch as much TV as I used to as a kid certainly. I do watch movies sometimes though, like Austin Powers 3 with Michael Caine


The news can be depressing. Comedies are a relief from the stress of the day. I never saw AP3 with Michael Caine. Is it good?


Yes it's actually incredible. It's better than the second one. Although I do like the first one the best, the third one is also really good. Michael Caine really makes that movie lol you need to check it out!


I'll check it out. Michael Caine became an actor because all the prettiest girls at his school were in drama class. I don't think he has the same appeal as he did back in the day though. Still, a classy guy.


Haha I agree he is a classy guy. Do you like Jon Hamm? I think he was from the show Mad Men


Yes, that was his breakthrough role. I know that he also taught drama, too.


Yep he did. He also taught Erin from the office in his drama classes back in high school haha who would have thought that


She must have been quite talented and I bet he was a great teacher, too. Her success says a lot about him.


Yep I agree with that. how often do you use the internet? I know that I use it almost every day. I also use the hamburger button almost everyday haha


Hello,  yes,  I do like drama films.  How about yourself?


I like them as well, also drama shows like House, Hugh Laurie is a great actor he eans a lot of money


Ive actually never seen that show,  any good?


Its great, I love the show you should try it out, he actually gets paird around $700,000 per episode, I wouldnt know what to do with that much cash


Im not sure, I used to watch it on TV but maybe, do you like Jim Carrey?


Yeah I love Jim Carrey.  I actually just wated Liar Liar again last night,  one of my favorites from him lol


One of my favorites as well, too bad he doesnt make dramas anymore but I have to respect his reason


Yeah,  I hear he is taking the positive roles now.  Which I think is fantastic!


Yeah positivity is a graet mindset to follow, do you like to watch TV?


A bunch.  Game of Thrones,  Westworld,  Homeland,  The flash,  FRIENDS, How I Met Your Mother,  some others too.


Those are pretty good, do you also like the Simpsons?


Do you have any favorites?  Yes,  I like the simpsons,  but I haven't watched it in awhile.


I like Arrow, Gotham and Lethal Weapon right now, and I used to be a big fan of the Simpsons, I hardly watch them anymore.


Those are good shows too.  Did you know theres an episode of the simpsons where Bart is not in or mentioned?


No I didnt know that, why would they take the star out of the show that doesnt make sense lol


It's probably just one of those things that writers like to throw in there, maybe they just wanted to see if we would notice lol I always thought Homer was the star lol I hear he had like 180 jobs on the show.


Thats really funny, Homer just kills me, his the best lol


How's it going, do you like football? Redskins rookie Derrius Guice bought his mom a car recently


yes his mom was surprised seeing the white jaguar suv


Yea that was real nice of him. Do you have a favorite nfl team out of the current 32?


derrius guice bought his mom a new jaguar suv


Did you know the NFL has no written rules forbidding women from playing? I wonder what positions they would play


yes they will mostly play the goalie  things


It's kinda surprising that an engineer makes more on average in a lifetime than a NFL player


yeah as the need for space to live has increased due to over population engineers have gained popularity and fame


It is ironic that engineers design the tracking chips that are embedded in players equipment


engineers are starting to cover places from sports to modern science. They have been improving drastically in every field, not just in sports.


yea, engineers made major improvements on video games, the first ones were called "cathode ray tube amusement devices" used by the military


yes and nowadays more complex and desirable games have been made by them like grand turismo and fortnite


Yea, Jane McGonigal claims people now play 3 billion hours of videogames a week


yes and games have enhanced so far that they are realistic like driving in a race with many tracks and cars which seem very real


Yep and video games use real voice actors now, like Jim Hanks in the toy story video game


these games have made kids very sober and they have become addicts to those games


Yea it has, theres one guy who beat 90,000 people in Gran Turismo and was able to become a professional race car driver


yes the craze for these type of games have increased a lot in youngsters and they are starting achieve many things that we couldn't at their  age


yea it is pretty crazy, like being able to put a flame thrower on you car like in South Africa


yes to avoid the cars from being carjacked they are using this method and it looks kind of cool and  like thug


Well I have to go, nice chatting with you


Yes. Big Ben and the Steel Curtain! Also like to hear stories about NFL players who give back earnings to good causes.


Did you hear about Redskins' rookie RB Derrius Guice's generosity off the field?


Contributed $1K to a former LSU trainer's GoFundMe campaign so she could finish college. She only asked for $5K; the other $5K she's working 2 jobs to earn.


That was good of him. Help somebody who is at least willing to try to help themselves


Agreed. RB Leonard Fournette, also an LSU grad. and Guice friend, contributed, too. The young woman, Jhane Garner, wants to be an NFL trainer someday. What does around, comes around, maybe?


Yeah I guess so. So what do you think about the prospect of a woman being in the nfl


Not sure. Do you think it would mean rules changes...like...what?


Well there is no rule against it. Do you think a woman could play in the nfl?


Yes, as a woman can make it in the Marine Corps, even in special ops. Wouldn't be as long a season as MLB, at least.


I would be surprised if a woman joined the NFL. But I suppose some would be physically able to meet the requirements.


Maybe not like my fav player, Saquon Barkley of the Giants (probably not for long). Exciting!


Are they going to get rid of him or something.


They'd be crazy! Just meant he'll move up to a better team. Have there ever been women players on football video games?


Hey there do you like watching the NFL? NFL stands for National Football League


Yes, I like watching the NFL. Which of the 32 teams do you like best?


Well I like the Patriots. You? I just like that they went all the time haha


I like the Patriots as well. Did you watch the Superbowl, where the Rams (champions of the NFC) played the Patriots (champions of the AFC)?


I did. The game was kind of boring. But that makes sense when the average NFL game only has about 11 minutes of gameplay haha


Yea, defense and low scoring isn't what most fans want to see. Although it's still pretty interesting when you have the tracking chips telling you all the data on the field now.


I bet they get a lot of interesting stats with those chips. I don't like that they can track every move of the player on the field. That seems kind of scary actually. What do you think?


I think it's similar to the chips inside the footballs. It can track the football players movement, like speed and location on the field, but probably not like the movement of their arms or legs. That would require a lot more chips I would imagine.


That's true. Do you ever play video games? Or football video games for that matter


I used to play Madden, but not so much anymore. I also remember NFL Blitz was a fun game. I guess I'm not contributing to the 3 billion hours of video games played a week by the entire planet haha


NFL Blitz was awesome! Yes that stat was created by Jane McGonigal. I hope that's not true honestly because that is a lot of wasted time haha


Yea, that's a crazy stat for just a week. Did you know that it's actually illegal for kids 16 and under to play video games past midnight in South Korea? I wonder if any one has been arrested for that.


Yes or do their parents turn them in LOL. Have you ever played a video game that used Tom Hanks as voice in it?


I remember playing the original Toy Story games when they first came out, but apparently Jim Hanks, his brother, did the voice for Woody in the video games.


Isn't that weird? Also weird is that video games were initially called"cathode ray tube Amusement devices" that doesn't make them sound very fun


Yea, no creativity on that name but I suppose that's because it's the military describing it. Are you a fan of racing games? It's cool to drive cars that may never get to try in real life.


I do like racing games. I really liked the San Francisco Rush series back in the day and also Granturismo. What about you?


I liked the Need for Speed series. I bet Karl Benz didn't imagine that people could drive cars in video games when he patented the first modern car.


No he would not have predicted that haha. Neither would Henry Ford when he invented the Model T back in 1908


Speaking of Gran Turismo, I can't believe Jann Mardenborough became a pro race car driver by beating 90,000 people in that game.


He definitely did! That sounds awesome! Would you ever put a flamethrower on your car?


Haha, maybe in South Africa where apparently it's legal. I think a lojack would be easier to prevent carjacking than a flamethrower though.


Haha I think you're right. I wish I had one so I could melt the snow right now haha.


I love working on my car. Did you know cars have only been widely available since the early 20th century?


I mean ever since ford created the assembly line


Yeah! The Ford Model T was one of the first cars that were accessible to the masses!


They were adopted rapidly in the United States, but in Western Europe and other parts of the world it took a lot longer for cars to be accepted. I guess they liked their animal drawn carriages and carts!


There is even an island that bans motor vehicles


Interesting! I guess they don't have any McDonald's drive-thrus there. Did you know those were added in 1975 to accommodate soliders who were not allowed ot get out of their cars while wearing their fatigues!


In any case, cars are amazing. Our entire infrastructure is designed to accommodate them.


On Earth it sure is. But what happens if we move to the "Red Planet" of Mars?!


I forget is mars' gravity greater or less?


Well, I don't know about that. I do know that the atmosphere is thin, and because of that, sounds on Mars have a high pitch than they do on Earth. Funny, huh?


I want to see the sun from mars. i heard it is blue due to atmospheric scattering


Wow! I didn't know that. If you fly to Mars under constant 1g acceleration, it will only take 2 or 3 days to get there! You can go check it out!


Perhaps in the next few decades, going to mars will be a viable option as a vaction


There is a project planned to colonize mars in 2023. Do you know how they'll fund it?


I think they tried to fund it by making a reality tv show. I think they recently ended that attempt


Interesting. I know lichens and cyanobacteria would be able to thrive on Mars, but I'm not so sure about humans!


Who knows maybe if we flew them to mars, new life would evolve there


Maybe some day we'll find out! At least we know it's a terrestrial planet!


Indeed. Anyway, it was my pleasure to chat with you.


Hey, Virginia Tech had a disappointing game. It's a real bummer!


VT has a nice team. They are having a really nice season.


Yeah, but the defensive performance this season has been looking a little rough. I think they are making the corrections and trying to turn it around though. One good thing is the Cavaliers stayed behind after the last game.


I cannot believe the Cavs beat Miami. Miami had a good team that day. Surprising.


Yeah, that's so true. Coach Bronco Mendenhall said the Cavs are progress though. Always believe the coach. HA


I think that was perry's first game as a starter. They had high hope for him but he hasn't paid off yet. They also almost lost Jeff Thomas to my Illini but managed to keep him.


Yea, right. Ya know Virginia permitted just 66 yards to Louisville in its ACC opener. But despite the uneven play, they ranked third in the conference in total defense! WOW


There has to be more than one left handed QB in the NFL, right? Seems like a low number...


I know right! Left handed quarterbacks are super rare. I am loving my Baer Mayfield, he's right handed though!


He almost quit foot ball to become a gamer. Seems like he made the right choice.


Yeah, Mayfield was going to pursue gaming and thank goodness he didn't do it! He was a first round pick for the Browns.


he was picked number 1 overall and made a ton of money. He's got the browns going in the right direction.


Yes, I am a huge OU fan so it is fun to watch Baker Mayfield in the pros. He jokes about being able to beat everyone at OU at Halo 3.


I have not played that one. Do you play video games?


No, I watch a ton of football! HA. I listen to music a lot too. Freddie Mercury is on right now.


Nice. I got Pink Floyd going, division bell. Someone mentioned it and I thought that sounded like a good album to listen to.


Right on! I love music and football. Freddie Mercury actually did a duet with Michael Jackson and MIchael insisted on bringing his llamas to the recording studio! weird, huh?


You don't bring your llamas everywhere you go? Seriously, what is the tipping point where you go from a starving artist to a dude that brings his llamas everywhere you go?


Yeah, good point. Super weird and funny at the same time. Another person who collaborated with Michael was Eddie Van Halen. He played the guitar solo in the song Beat it. He even played it for free of charge. Must be nice to be rich!


I feel like MJ was a weird dude. But he did not invent the moonwalk!


I know and I totally agree with that. He was really ahead of the time when it comes to music though. He was dubbed the "King of Pop" and really became an icon. He video for Thriller was iconic and epic too.


I watch pro football. Are you familiar with Kellan Moore?


No I'm not who is that? Is he a quarterback for a team?


He is and he is the only left handed quarterback in the NFL.


Oh wow that is neat. I wonder if that makes him a better quarterback like being a lefty in baseball gives you an advantage.


Good question. Have you ever heard of Brad Johnson?


Nope. I don't know many individual players by name. I would probably recognize their picture though. What team does he play for?


He played for the Vikings. He is the only QB in history to throw a touchdown pass to himself!


How in the world do you throw a touchdown pass to yourself!?


I don't remember how it happened but it did. My guess is it got bobbled and he just happened to be in the right place at the right time.


Probably. It seems like there is a lot of pressure put on a GB even at the high school levels.


Yes there definitely is. Only two Super Bowl winning QB's were African American. That's surprising when so many players are black.


They do seem to stick white men in the GB position. I wonder how much racism is prevelent in the team structure given how racially charged our society is today.


That's a good question because I have also noticed that most QB's are white. Did you know that Snoop Dogg wrote a fight song for his son's team?


That would be so cool. You would think with all this popularity that there would be more even distribution of the wealth to the players but it seems like the owners just line their pockets while the players only make a pittance. That must be why so many endorse products.


Endorsements seem to make a lot of money for players. I am very disturbed by the fact that across all US department of defense employees, the highest paid are three fottball coaches of service branch teams.


I don't know but I also know that the highest paid government employees in many states are college coaches so I think we are placing way too much emphasis on sports.


So true. I would love to see more emphasis on the arts. Can you imagine what would have been lost in the world of music if someone like say Micheal Jackson was pushed towards sports only instead of being allowed to sing?


I have a feeling his father would have pushed him into whatever he could have. I just recently discovered that he did not invent the moonwalk. That is so surprising to me.


That is surprising. It is so iconic to him. He was a unique and wonderful person though that changed the face of music forever.


Do you watch football?  The highest scoring game ever was back in 1916.


i think it was.  That is just incredible.  I would like to know if the game lasted as long as games do now or was longer. I don't know many details from it.


Well apparently there is only 11 minutes of live game play.


So in 11 minutes they scored over 200 points!  That would be amazing.  Maybe one of the teams should have painted their visiting teams locker rooms pink like the University of Iowa does.


To funny! did you know that bowlers made twice as much as top nfl players?


I did know that. Seems like I heard that bowlers were very popular back in the 1960s so they made more money than football players.


That's crazy! I think that high scoring game we were talking about was between Georgia tech and Cumberland.


Two college teams apparently.  I like college football.  Baker Mayfield, quarterback for the University of Oklahoma, is talented in more than just football.  He actually considered becoming a professional video game player at one time.


wow!  Did you know that ESPN won a Emmy?


No I didn't. What did they win an emmy for?  Was it for the show sports center?


No they created that superimposed yellow line to let watcher know where the first down was.


Really?  I like the yellow line. It's actually very helpful when I'm watching a game.  Speaking of things being created, did you know that the huddle was started due to a deaf quarterback.  The team he was on used a huddle so the other team couldn't read his hands.


I did not know that, that was smart. There was a former patriots player never fumbled the football in his career.


A player that never fumbled the ball at all?  Who was this and what position did he play?


Running Back named Benjarvus green-ellis.


That is impressive that a running back never fumbled the ball. He must be really good.  Does he still play?  I'm not familiar with his name.  What team is he on?


He was on the Patriots, since retired i believe. You know the NFL has only produced one left handed quarterback?


That I actually do know about.  It's kellan moore.  He's been in the news lately so I am familiar with him to a certain degree.


On a different note Michael Jackson wanted to build a 50 ft robot of himself to move around the Nevada desert.


Is that for real?  In some way it really doesn't surprise me though.  He was always doing some really strange things.


Hi there! So have you heard about the play Cry it Out? Not sure if you know but that is a parenting technique popular with some.


It's basically about choices in child rearing, like social circles and extreme costs of raising kids and keeping up with life.


I can certainly relate to all that. I have three kids.


I can as well. No easy task. The woman that writes the plays speaks of how pre-kids she never thought about what parents go through. Her name is Metzler. She has written for TV too/


I might have to check that out. May be able to get some pointers.


Ha! She says having a baby changed her and made her look at choices like going back to work parents have.


Well that is true I guess. Having kids changes everything.


It does! So moving to another topic, I LOVE cars!  The model T was the first cars available to the masses.


I love cars as well. did you know that cadillac was actually named after a frednch explorer who founded detroit.


Nope, did not know, that's cool! Did you know the trunk of the car is called the trunk because they used to have wooden trunks on the back?


Wonder why old henry ford didnt think about people needing a place to put their stuff when he made the model t


No kidding! So, now onto other tech, TV is pretty amazing. I am familiar with the show Thomas about the train, but had no idea Ring Starr narrated it.


i was unaware of that as well. My son loves thomas though.


Did you know there have been over 750 episodes of Pokemon? Enough for 50 a year for 16 years!!


Thats just crazy. I never got the pokemon thing. Guess That is something for the younger generations.


So-so, it's been around for a long time. I am surprised with the choices on TV that Netflix is so popular and has over 130 million subscribers.


I really like netflix. I think its because you can pause and rewind and choose exactly what you want to watch when you want to.


Agreed, although I wish they got new movies sooner. Hard to believe Netflix takes 33% of all bandwidth in North America from 9 pm to 12 am! Good talking to you.


that is pretty amazing considering all the other content that is available on the internet.


I dont really know wrestling. Do you like it?


I do like it yeah, Abe Lincoln was also a wrestler.


The man was huge! I wonder how good he was. i thought wrestlers were usually shorter.


Maybe they made an exception for the president lol Plato was also a professional wrestler.


Back in those days, i bet the greeks embraced sport as essential to the full life. I think it is great to exert yourself physically and mentally.


I guess its a great way, I haven't practiced the sport personally but I think its great. Do you know who Denis Cyplenkov is?


He is the arm wrestling champion and also a body builder, he has the most densely muscled hands in the entire world.


the man must be a monster. i wonder what you do to get your hands like that. are there special exercises?


He is and I have no idea, I would be afraid to ask him lol


Yes, he could crush your skull like a peanut shell. LOL


He could and without any effort, do you like football as well?


I sometimes watch NFL. usually try to catch the superbowl.


I love the Superbowl, its so exciting, do you have a favorite player? mine is the QB


I like defense more. it is challenging to anticipate the plays of the other team.


I guess defense is also cool, a real strategist can win the game, do you know who Alex Smith is?


He is a QB and also a really smart man. He got his BA degree in just 2 years and then started working on his masters degree


Wow. that is fast. he must have a great tactical mind. perfect for QB. Anyway, great chat!


Yeah I bet smarts come in handy once on the field and I agree it was great chatting with you, goodbye.


hi how are you? i do like cars. i dont have one right now. You?


I do have one, its amazing how much time it has passed since the first mass produced model back in 1908


Yeah, the ford model T? or model A? that was a great car. the common man could buy it and fix it.


Yeah the T Model, the first model to be mass produced and then the first car was created in 1886


The model T! thats right. the first car was the benz. what a great inventor. every car company owes him a debt.


We sure do, and we also owe McDonalds a big debt, do you know why?


Um, because they created the fast food that has conquered the planet in the name of America?


Theres that and also because they created the drive thru, interesting story in fact


That is great! why did they create drive thru! because there were too many cars for the parking lot?


No, because soldiers werent allowed to get out of cars while wearing their fatigues, so I guess the whole thing started because of them back in the year 1975


that is strange. i see soldiers in their fatigues now. i guess times have changed. but good for mcdonalds anyway for helping the troops


They have changed for good and another cool fact is how flamethrowers are allowed in cars down in South Africa


That would be cool. people would not mess with you on the freeway. pedestrians would make way for you. cool


That would be awesome and plus they can also help you with snow and cold weather.


Yes, melt the snow, clear the streets. a pretty boss snow plow. good idea.


Maybe we can start with a campaign to make them legal over here as well, that will reduce car theft for sure


Yes, it would make the thieves wary of cars with flame throwers. plus it would be cool to show off.


It would be cool just as cool as Jann Mardenborough the pro car driver.


I wonder how that guy did that. 90000 games? how many years is that? Anyway, great chat!


I know right, picking up your skills in that way, beating 90,000 people. Its been great chatting I agree hope you have a great night.


Hey have you ever seen the movie"Cry It Out"? Apparently it's supposed to be good


No, I didn't see it but I want to see it. I heard it was about a playwright named Molly Smith Metzler and when she was seven months pregnant, she moved to Long Island with her husband in the summer of 2012.


Yes I think you're right. She also had a daughter named Cora. I can imagine it would be hard to balance a child in a career like she talks about


Yes, after Cora was born, her husband returned to work and she was stuck at home without a car, without a job, and without a social circle.


Hopefully she could use a car to get around at least. Do you drive a car?


Yes, I do. Do you know why they call the back of our cars, trunks?


I think it's because older cars used to have wooden trunks way in the back, do you agree that we should not have flamethrowers on our cars like they do in South Africa?


Absolutely, we are lucky we have cars and don't have to waste so much time with animal-drawn carriages. If cars didn't replace them, we'd be late for work all the time!


Absolutely! Did you hear about where the car company Cadillac got its name from by the way?


Yes, I heard it was named after the same guy who founded Detroit.  A french explorer named Antoine De La Mothe Cadillac as a matter of fact!


Yep you're right! I live in Michigan and right by Detroit, and even I didn't know that haha


Did you know that the birth year of the modern car is 1886, when Karl Benz patented his Benz Patent Motorwagon?


No I didn't know that. I didn't know that cars were around that long ago, I did know that the model T was created in 1908 though


Yes, plus the Model T was an American manufactured car made by Ford Motor Company. Do you know why McDonalds added the drive-thru in 1975?


Yes they did it to help out Soldiers. The soldiers couldn't get out of their cars because they are wearing fatigues, but the drive-thru let them still get food, they must have changed the rules on soldiers and fatigues recently


Yes, I think they did.  Do you watch TV or Netflix?


Well I watch Mostly YouTube haha. But I will watch some TV from time to time, for instance I like the show South Park a lot, what about you


Yes, I do the same, I like South Park and the Simpsons, and Family Guy.


Yes and I love the South Park episode that makes fun of Family Guy, have you seen that one? The Simpsons creators actually sent South Park Flowers after it was aired LOL


Yes, I thought that was great.  Also, there was a Simpson's episode where Bart neither appears, nor is even mentioned.


Yes I need to watch that one. I also need to catch up on my Pokemon, I watched as a kid but now there are almost 800 episodes!


Yes, that's like about 50 episodes a year for 16 years straight.


no not really I don't like sports, I do watch football sometimes though, and I saw the superbowl, what aboutyou?


Some, I do enjoy football somewhat. THat yellow first dwon line got ESPN an Emmy believe it or not.


ya I think that was a genius invention, also genius was how Georgia Tech won the highest scoring football game of all time, 222-0! Thats a lot of points


That is. Have they ever heard of defense? Who was it they crushed?


ya they beat cumberland, I feel so bad for those fans! they must have been super dissappointed that day!


Money in the game certainly has changed also. In the '60s bowling pros mad more money than Football stars.


wow thats the opposite of today, how would you feel if you walked into a locker room and it was pink? the university of iowa actually did that to the opposing team


I'd be okay with that. Who cares what color it is. I bet Green-Ellis is payed well, having never fumbled before.


ya hes really good, I like the patriots so I'm glad he plays for them, how often do you use your phone btw?


To make calls, infrequently, to play games and surf Facebook constantly. My iPhone has more computing power than the entire US nuclear deterrent.


haha that is crazy! you'd think theyd upgrade it, have you ever put two phonebooks together by overlapping the pages?


well if you do that, you can't pull them apart! the friction holds the pages all together , it is impossible to separate them, maybe I'll try that with the phone books I have in the base


Yeah, have to get it a try. If I could even find any phone books any more. I should probably spend less time on my phone. Unicef will donate clean water to a child for every minute you don't use your phone.


ya I heard about that, I should do that to help people, have you ever made a call overseas? theres a cable that runs from the USA to Europe and it is only 3 inches thick!


That's pretty small! You'd think it would be thicker.


ya what if a shark bites through it haha! do you like the golden state warriors btw?


Not really, not my thing. Doesn't Steph Curry play for them?


yes he does, he helps a charity foundation too, when he makes a 3 pointer he donates a mosquito net to africa


I watch it a lot. Although it appears that the average game has only 11 minutes of gameplay.


Yeah it definitely seems slow paced which I dislike. I wonder how they tracked that, I know they use tracking chips in players shoulder pads and the footballs so maybe that's how they draw analysis.


Yeah, I heard that, do you think the teams share the information from the balls?


I wonder! I'm sure there's a science behind it and teams have their own independent analysts. Like I know Matt Patricia was a rocket scientist before coaching in the NFL, I'm sure that has it's benefits.


Interesting. I'm not familiar with him, was a he good coach?


I'm not sure! I'm not a huge football fan like that. If anything I'm more interested in individual players, especially quarterbacks.


Yeah, the QB is an interesting position. Did you know the huddle was developed so they could hide hand signals?


I didn't know that! That's a smart technique though, I wonder when that was invented. I know the first playoff game in the NFL was played on a dirt field, wonder if they were huddling even back then.


I think it was invented back when Hubbard played, so a long time ago.


Ahh that's fair, I bet it gave him some sort of advantage. Like Kellan Moore is the only left handed quarterback, I bet that helps him at times also.


Right? It's shocking how unique some parts of football are. Also, only two quarterbacks winning the Super Bowl have been African American, I would've thought a lot more.


Yeah, it is interesting isn't it? I would have thought a lot more, but then again the Patriots play in the bowl every year with brady it seems.


Ahah that's true, Brady sure is excellent too. Yet the distinction of throwing a touchdown pass to yourself is somehow only held by Brad Johnson, maybe Brady will one day though.


I have no idea haha, it's definitely not my realm. Are you a basketball fan as well by the way?


I watch basketball every now and then. It's just that the star players like Lebron are always concentrated with a few teams.


That's fair, I'm still a fan of individual players. Like Steph Curry I like a lot, he was sort of a dark horse when you think about it. He didn't even receive any scholarship offers from a major conference school


Really? I didn't know that. He's a great player. Well nice chatting with you.


Do you enjoy comedy? I like comedy films and stand up comedy.


I enjoy it, though I haven't seen too much of it. Do you have any favorites you'd recommend?


Many. I love Airplane, Shaun of the Dead, Scrooged, Groundhog's Day. Just so many. Have you heard of bromantic comedies?


I haven't. Are they anything like the "bro" relationship between the two main characters in the Scrubs sitcom?


Yes. It's a new term for comedies with that kind of relationship like Pineapple Express, Harold and Kumar, or I Love You Man.


It's a new term to me, but I can definitely think of examples that fit the name, so I see why they made it a genre, kind of like dramatic comedy or black comedy.


I love black comedies as well. Do you know Demetri Martin?


I've heard of him. The Daily Show, right?


I believe he was on it briefly. He had his own show on Comedy Central for maybe two seasons. He was accepted into Harvard law but dropped out to pursue comedy because he was bored.


I'd bet that a lot of people told him his plan to drop out of Harvard was crazy. It's almost like a real-life comedy that he turned out to be successful!


I'm glad he did or that would have been disastrous. On a similar note, do you remember Ryan Stiles?


Yes, that's him. He dropped out of high school to pursue comedy.


That's amazing; I'd be much too afraid to drop out! If I wanted to get into comedy or acting, I'd probably take lessons. Jon Hamm and Patrick Stewart have both been drama acting teachers, so maybe I'd get lucky.


I had heard that they had taught acting. Do you enjoy dramas as well?


I like classical drama, but I'm not as big a fan of the kind that's on TV in soap operas lately. It seems too cheesy and manufactured.


I'm not a soap opera fan either. Did you ever watch the TV show House?


I've only seen a few episodes, but I know a lot about it because my mom binge-watched it a few years ago. Wish I'd seen more, because I enjoyed Hugh Laurie's acting very much.


Well he did well for working on that show. He became the highest paid actor for a TV drama ever and earned $700,000 per episode!


That's incredible. The amount of money that goes into TV shows and movies blows me away. The most expensive comedy film ever made cost $200 million to create!


Wow! I can't imagine why a comedy would need that kind of budget.


Good, how about you? Do you like football?


I am well, thanks. I do like football do you?


That's good! Can you believe the first play off game was in 1932?


Wow, that's a long time ago! It has a 17 week season too.


Yes, There is only one left handed quarterback in the nfl, Kellan Moore!


Both Lebron and stephen curry were born in Akron. I knew lebron was but not steph.


Really that is interesting.  Yes and he donates mosquito nets to protect families in Africa, very nice!


I cannot believe he is the greatest shooter in NBA history!


Yes, and won the most valuable player award!


He went scoreless in a college game though. They double teamed him. They still won by 30.


Yes, its an event around here.  What do you think of Brad Johnson throwing the touchdown pass to himself?


I was watching that game. He is so slow. What did you do for the game? Who were you rooting for?


New England, how about you? Didn't know Steph Curry didn't receive any college scholarships offers?


I am a bears fan. He is not paid really well. Only the 5th highest on the team.


Yes, we have a big day on superbowl an all day cooking and celebration party! How about you?


I did a big thing of jambalaya and jalepeno corn bread. It was just my family. Turns out none of them wanted my cajun food and I ate it by myself.


That sounds really good! We love stuff like that! Interesting Matt Patricia was a rocket scientist and coach.


I am a football fan, yeah, what about you?


I love football, the university of iowa is my favorite college team, they paint their locker room pink for the visiting team


Do you know why? sounds like a funny strategy


Something about psyching out the other opponent right?


Must be, really funny strategy, football has variations like rugby and gaelic football,


I would only play football, those other ones are way too rough lol. Do you know benjarvus green ellis at all?


Yeah he used to play for the Patriots right? great RB


Yes, never fumbled ONCE in his career! That was amazing because he was there a while


Never fumbled? really? I knew he was good but thats impressive


That is so good, I feel people fumble too much now. They need to take notes from him!


The Patriots usually have great players so yeah, did you hear about the Emmy that ESPN won?


Yes, I think it was the yellow line that is digital, am I right?


Thats the one yeah, I think its of great importance of the game so well deserved


As a kid I thought the line was real! It is so helpful, it would be bad without it and confusing


It would right, another interesting fact is that top bowlers used to make more money than football players back in the 60s


Man it would have been nice to be a bowler back then, I wonder what the difference is now!


The sport is not as popular as it used to be, so maybe thats it, football has become really popular


I agree, that is a valid point. Did you hear about the game that was 222-0?


I did hear about that game, I thought it was an impressive win, it was back in 1916 right?


Yes, crazy game I would have quit after 100-0! Good chatting with you!


I do! I am a big eagles fan, what about you?


I watch it from time to time but I am not a fan per say.


I think there is a lot of interesting stuff that happens in the nfl. Baker Mayfield almost stopped playing football to play Halo 3 competitively


and apparently you can play if you are a woman too


I have heard that! Some players are very smart, Alex smith started college in his junior year from all the AP tests he took


I know, he graduated in two years. talk about talent and brains. good for him


He recently had a very bad leg injury which is unfortunate, hopefully he will recover fully


I hope so too. did you know about new orleans cheerleaders not being able to dine in the same restaurant as the players?


I have heard of that, why do you think that is the case?


I have no idea what they are trying to accomplish with that really. they let women play in the game but they cannot dine together. strange


Do you think maybe there was an incident that prompted it? Sort of odd for the saints to be the only team with that rule


It could have been too so now they want peace of mind about it. did you know in an avergae game there is only 11 minutes og gameplay


I have heard that as well, that is very crazy since the game is like 3 hours


I know. we are stuck to the tv for so long. and they do not make great money either.


I have heard engineers make more in their life than most NFL players, that is crazy!


yeah it is crazy, i heard one nfl player turned to teaching to make ends meet


that is sad in a way, they put their bodies on the line to make other people billions, but they can sometimes not get by


I know  so sad. do you know kellan moore?


apparently he is the only left handed quarterback in the nfl


Wow, I know Vick was left handed, I guess he is the only current one, good for him!


Yeah pretty cool. SO you listen to music much?


I do, I listen to almost every type of music!


some movie soundtracks are so cool. nice chatting with you


I don't really know a ton about it. The main guy is called the quarterback right?


Wow that seems like a lot of teams. You never really hear about some of them though. It seems like only a select few are really good and the others just are there.


That sounds like most sports though! Did you know there are no rules against women players in the NFL?


Really? I wonder why more don't try out. It seems like that would bring a lot of attention to the sport that would then bring in more money.


Maybe for a kicker position! That would be very impressive.


I think if they got some of the women soccer stars it could make for some amazing kicks. Do they not try because of the certain requirements?


Good question. I agree! NFL games only have 11 minutes of live gameplay. There is no reason many women athletes couldn't do that!


Totally! It seems like that should be longer though with how long the games are on tv. Maybe that is just when they are running around.


That is why I am more of a soccer fan. Did you know the average lifetime earnings of an engineer is higher than nfl and mlb players?


That makes sense. Engineers are responsible for so much when it comes to building safety. NFL and MLB are basically entertainers.


I'm guessing its also because they have longer careers.


That too. I think they players should be paid well though especially with all those injuries that they sustain.


I agree, did you know they put chips in their shoulder pads to record every move they make on the field?


That is really neat. I wonder if it is more for game play or if they want to see how they can improve the safety equipment that the players wear?


Good question, probably for gambling purposes or something.


That is sad. I think from a math standpoint it would be fascinating to see the data on that. I wonder if they put them in the footballs too?


Someone told me they do that also! Im sure tom brady already deflated the chips out of the balls.


Imagine if they put cameras on the balls and we got to see the path it took. That would be amazing to watch.


I love both the NFl and college football. Do you have a favorite team?


I am from Chicago so Bears and Illini. You?


Nice Bears fan, but an Iowa Hawkeye fan. At least you arent a saints fan, they require their cheerleaders to leave places when players come


I hate all big ten schools, it is hard wired into me but what you all do with the children's hospital brings a tear to my eye everytime!


for sure, I was part of the wave a few times, one game against the Illini last year also.


I bet we lost that one. I shouldn't say "hate" because all of the people are nice, especially Iowa. It just sucks when we always get crushed.


you did lol, Jeff George Jr threw like 4 interceptions. I agree with what you mean. Do you have a favorite quarterback of all time?


Jay Cutler. I know that seems dumb but I love how he is portrayed in his wife's show.


lol I never saw the show, that may be a good thing lol. How is he protrayed


He's just so indifferent to the entire world. (I have never seen it but have seen clips on sports shows).


nice I will have to check it out. Did you know how the huddle started?


There was a deaf quarterback named Paul Hubbard who used to hide his signs with the use of a huddle


Wow, I had no idea. There's only 11 minutes of actual playing time in a real game.


that is crazy. You figure there would be more being it is on tv like 3 hours lol


I know. I get mad when my DVRed simpsons does not start on time because football ran over. So irritating.


I agree with that! It was so nice chatting with you!


Hello, I'm great thanks. I love dogs. What about you?


i love dogs too. i dont have one. but i wish i could get one. i aint got no space for a dog.


Did you know there are 12 different blood types for dogs?


i did not know that. i think that dogs are amazing creatures. do they have blood drives?


Apparently, they do have blood drives which is really cool.


i would love to see one. i hope that the little fellows get plenty of treats for being so good.


For sure. In Istanbul, they have vending machines that dispense water and food for stray dogs in exchange for plastic bottles.


that is awesome. that is good thinking too. that person understood that dogs are quite smart and can learn knew things to help people and themselves. great!


For sure. Dogs and elephants are the only animals to understand pointing.


are elephants as smart as dogs? maybe. are they as good as pets? well...no.


I guess they might be. Did you know Google prefers dogs to cats and considers themselves a dog company?


that is a good thing in my book. i think that more companies should follow google's example.


I think so too. Dogs are actually not colorblind. Did you know that?


i figured that they must see some color. i dont know how much better human vision is though. their sense of smell is great though.


yes, i do like the radio. i dont think dogs like the radio though LOL do you like the radio?


LOL - I love the radio. I listen to it everyday.


i used to listen when i was young. it was the best entertainment. you could do other things at the same time.


I agree. Jupiter has radio storm so strong they can be heard on Earth.


i wonder what they sound like. maybe the dogs can make sense of the storms because i sure cant LOL dogs do like to watch tv though.


haha good point. It was a pleasure talking to you. Take care.


I love dogs. They really get to know you.


Me too and so does Google, they have proclaimed they are a dog company!!


I did not know that. The internet is bigger than TV and Radio combined.


That is true, I hardly watch TV but I remember  different shows I watched, like that 70's show,


Yeah. You can watch all the episodes of The Simpsons on the internet whenever you like, even the one with no Bart.


that is weird, but love to watch them from time to time. I would not watch pokemon, even if they have 750 episodes!


I wouldn't watch Pokemon even if Ringo Starr narrated it. I would listen to the Beatles on the radio though.


lol, I do not think Ringo would do it either, but he did narrate Thomas the Tank engine!


I wonder if Alec Baldwin's narration for that show sounds like his Donald Trump impersonation?


It would be good to check! but they did at least 52 episodes, It must have sounded good!!


Maybe if he did it with a Canadian accent he could get played on Canadian radio. They have a 40% Canadian quota there.


That is a high percentage and that is by law. But at least is understandable, imagine if it was in a language like latin


You'd have to go to Finland for that. But it's all Greek to me.


And it is broadcasted since 1989,there must be someone who actually listens to it!


Probably that's where Bart Simpson was that one time.


That is a posibility, but very remote. You know that I learned that in turkey, in Istambul you can find vending machines for food and water for dogs and they take plastic bottles as payment?


They should be free. Dogs help humans in many ways and don't charge anything.


Thy are man's best friend, they deserve our care and respect


Yes, they should not go the way of the extant gray wold.


I do not think they will ever be extinct, did you know dogs and elephants have something in common?


You got it , they seem to understand pointing. Well , it was fun chatting with you. Have a good one


I am not really a Trump fan, do you like him?


Ha I don't like him either, I am glad he isn't one of the three wealthiest presidents


I think that he will cook the books to game the stats. He could also find a way to make money while president.


Yeah, I don't agree with how he does things. He needs to get off twitter and use the radio


I think that the radio is a good way for him to communicate. Especially if he records some music.


For sure lol, imagine if it was like the past where the loser in the presidential race became vice president!


The system would work now because nothing would get done but we could laugh good at the hijinks and antics. That would be rich.


For sure, oh well I wish right now was like a fiction book and not real life lol


I think Trump could release pop albums. Other presidents have done as much. It would help him get cash together for his next campaign.


I agree lol! We could send Trump to Jupiter and still hear him crying on am radio


I dont think youd need a radio to hear him from there. His voice is pretty loud as it is.


and he will sniffle the whole time, so annoying! ha. We should call him president orange since Zimbabwe's president is called president banana


I could see a tasty fruit salad coming out of their meeting together. Maybe discuss ways to make pop albums for profit.


LOL that would be fun to watch. Almost another fiction book in the writing. Do you read?


I tried to read in the past, but i wasn't really good at it. I stick mostly to pictures and such. Do you like the reading?


For sure, I mostly do articles that are real and not fiction. I could try sometime soon again I think.


I try to read things with few words and fewer syllables if you get my drift. LOL. Pictures dont have spelling so there is no concern there.


lol, me too! I get your drift! Good chatting with you!


Yes, it has been chatting. I did enjoy much. Time has drifted past. Thankfully!


I am a big Golf fan.  I like the fact that each course is different and varied


I like gold as well. How often do you play?


Not as often as I like.  I think it is funny that Samuel L Jackson has a contract clause that allows him to play golf while filming movies


That is funny. It makes sense, it's a good way to lower your stress.


It is amazing how much water a golf course uses.  Around 312,000 per day!


Yeah, I heard that in Dubai they have a golf course that requires 4,000,000 gallons a day.


Dubai does everything bigger.  That is a very prestigious golf course


Babe Ruth liked golfing as well, I wonder if he was good at that too?


I am sure he enjoyed the course clubhouse


Yeah, he liked drinking.  I'm sure he was good with the woods. He could probably drive a golf ball pretty far.


I imagine so.  Golf is such a major sport that courses in the US take up more space than Rhode Island and Delaware put together


That's easy to believe. I heard the U.S. president's guest house is larger than the White House.


Speaking of people who play golf (Presidents).  Some presidents have other hobbies too.  The pres of Indonesia released pop albums while in office


It most be easy to run a country if you have time to do that.


Well in some countries, the president is more of a ceremonial position and does not do much actual governing.


That makes sense, sort of like the vice president.


Yes, and back in the day, the runner up for the presidental election was automatically placed as vice president


I like that, they should have never changed it.


I am not sure they would get along very well, since the candidates spend several months bashing each other


That's true, the VP also breaks ties in the senate. That's probably why they changed it.


That is very possible.  I think it is better for the president to choose his own VP.


I do like mini golf as well, watching the sport is a bit boring though


Watching Babe Ruth might have been fun. He used to be the most famous golfer in the USA.


He was? Babe Ruth as in the baseball player Babe Ruth?


Yes, I believe so. It might have been after his baseball career and I'm not sure how good he was. Samuel I. Jackson thinks golfing is important. He has a clause in his film contracts so that he can play golf twice a week.


He must like the sport a lot, golf courses consume a lot of water,


Yeah and that sounds terrible espeically because Gold courses in America make up more land space than Rhode Island and Delaware together.


They consume a lot of water aroud 312,000 gallons so yeah terrible, and that is crazy they also take up a lot of space


I wonder, if most presidents play golf. In Indonesia I don't think the president does because he is so busy releasing his pop albums while in office. Haha.


Thats funny! I bet he doesnt lol, good thing his busy with pop albums and not creating controversies with the media like Trump


Haha I guess, the music albums must keep him busy! Speaking of Trump, I think this list was probably written before he became president but the top three richest presidents in American history were JFK, Washington and Jefferson. I'm sure it accounts for inflation.


Yeah Trump must be on that list, maybe he is number 4, JFK did have a lot of money so makes sense he is #1


I can't imagine having a lot of money and still wanting to be president. I think I'd rather chill on a beach somewhere. Or maybe be a guest in the president's guest house which is larger than the white house.


Yeah being the president isnt an easy job the critics are everywhere, I would like to travel around the world


Would you go to Zimbabwe? They called their first president president banana. Not sure what the story behind that one is.


I guess his parents must have really liked bananas. I can't think of any other explanation.


Haha. Speaking of traveling, I would love to go to Canada. There, all radios need to have at least 40% of their music played be Canadian.


I guess thats a good law, local talent needs support to grow thanks for that cool fact and all the other great facts, its been awesome chatting with you friend


Nice chatting with you! Speaking of Canadian music, guess I'll go listen to some Celine Dion right now!


Thats a great idea I think I will do the same thing now, have a good day, bye.


I have played golf but I don't really like it haha. What about you?


I love playing, but we mainly play to drink beer and smoke cigars.


Are you good at it? It's interesting that the modern game of golf was invented back in 15th century Scotland


No, I completely suck and so do all of my friends. LOL


Haha well at least I don't feel so bad, did you know that Babe Ruth was actually an incredible golfer


Yeah, he was also really good at baseball, was a pro golfer?


Yep that's the same guy. One thing I don't like about golf is how much water it uses, the average golf course uses about 300,000 gallons of water a day


WOW! That is a lot. I heard there is one in Dubai that consumes 4 million a day. Crazy!


Yep that's a big waste of water haha. Golf courses actually don't take up that much landfill, all of the golf courses in the United States would make up Delaware and Rhode Island put together


Interesting. Did you know the First President of Zimbabwe was called President Banana?


No I didn't know that. You think that's his real name? It's crazy to me that the White House is actually smaller than the guest house next door to it LOL


It's his real last name, that I know for sure.


Wow well that's a cool name. can you guess the top three wealthiest presidents of the United States?


No, who are they? I know Trump's wiki says he is the richest.


I'm shocked he's not on the list. Actually its JFK, Washington, and Jefferson


Interesting. Maybe they are fake facts or outdated, who knows. Did you know the president of indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office?


No I didn't know that. I also didn't know that before 1805, the runner-up in the presidential election would become the vice president, talk about awkward


That would be so awesome if that is how it worked today. Hilarious!


LOL it would definitely be a great reality show LOL do you ever watch the news on the radio by the way?


Not really, I take a train to work. Nice chatting with you!


Hello,  how are you?  Do you like golf?  The average american golf course consumes around 312,000 gallons of water per day.


Hi! I am not much into golf but know the sport. The USA has more golf courses than the rest of the world combined!


Thats crazy!  I like miniature golf but I'm not into regular golf. Golf courses in america make up more land space than rhode island and delaware combined


Wow, that's a lot of space! I like miniature golf too! Did you know Antarctica has a disc Golf course? Who knew?? lol


Thats makes sense!  I didn't know that either though lol There is a golf course in dubai that requires 4,000,000 gallons of water a day!


Oh my!!! That's a lot of water! I didn't know this but the military operates 234 golf courses!


They have a golf course on like every base I think.  Thats a lot of golf!  Samuel l. jackson puts a golf clause in his film contracts that allows him to play golf twice a week during production.


Oh wow, haha that's awesome I bet for him! I think every president we have had plays Golf so it must be relaxing lol it makes me irritated lol!


Yeah,  i would choose to go snowboarding once a week lol


I would rather do anything else lol....Sit and listen to the radio is way more relaxing!


definietly,  those sound very relaxing.  did you know The u.s. president's guest house is larger than the white house


I have heard that, and that is interesting! I wonder why though lol....Interesting that in Guatemala close relatives of former presidents cannot run!


Yeah,  what if leadership ran in their family.  That's kinda mean.


The president of indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office


HAHAHA, wow that's awsome I wonder if the albums did well! We have only had 1 president who spoke a foreign language which was FDR...I wonder what he was fluent in.


I think it was French or German,  Or possibly both.  One of those!


Until 1805 in the us, the runner up in a presidential election automatically became the vice president.


Seriously? That's interesting I wonder what changed it....


Me too,  that would be really awesome.  Although I don't know if Hilary and trump would make a good team lol Its been good talking to you,  have a good one!


Hi, have you heard about Central High School?


Central high alumni continued to mourn the passing of their school


Why was that? I know it was a secondary school for whites.


I'm not really sure. It seems that they mourned for their school but eventually alumni dwindled and remaining funds were given to Cardoza students.


Oh that is right! I seen something somewhere where the school gave $22,000 in scholarships.


So it looks like there was a happy ending after all though some might have still been sad over the loss of their school.


That makes sense, I can understand why people would be upset about the loss of their school.


Some board members thought it was time to disband while a few did not disagree and hired a lawyer.


I did read that somewhere and I believe it was a feel good story about difference races.


Yes, and sadly, this new spirit dissolved a few years later when a new alumni board said they wouldn't be giving anymore money to Cardoza students.


Yeah, I believe it was because of the amount of money for awards spent in 2012.


It seems that some people just did not want to let go of the old, segregated spirit of their school, which is sad.


It is really sad. I believe the reporter that followed this story kept in touch through the alumni mailing list and noticed more and more consisted of a large amount of obituaries.


I'm happy that most of the aging alumni seemed to be okay with leaving segregation behind.


Me too, it's a nice thing to see a group of people come together and remember where they came from.


I felt that a lot of them were coming together and remembering where they came from but also changing for the better


Defiantly. I love their motto: tenax propositi. which means Stay steadfast to your endeavors.


The youngest surviving alumni are now in their 80s. It's interesting that they still get together.


The alumni association president says it's better to keep getting older than not!


Not really haven't heard any of his music. Isn't he with Riahna?


You mean dating? No they are not dating. Did you hear the song Hotline Bling?


I have not heard any of his music. I know he was born Aubrey Drake Graham in October of 1986.


He was. Well that song is actually sampled from a 1972 hot titled Why Can't We Live Together.


didn't he also make a mixed tap, room for improvement along with two other releases comeback season and so far gone?


I believe what you are referring to was called More Life. Did you also know that he did not officially graduate high school until age 25? I'm glad he made it a priority after success.


Yeah that was a good sound decision. Has he won any Grammy's do you know?


I believe he has won 3. Off topic, do you enjoy football?


I do, don't get to watch much anymore though. How about you? Did Drake do a song with Emeniem?


Eminem did a verse on a Drake song. Yes I do enjoy football. Engineers make more in a lifetime than football players. Which career would you choose?


Well for me i'll take 10-15 years and millions/retirement even though 40 plus and millions is respectable. How about you?


I would choose the engineer route. I wouldn't be risking injury and dealing with as much pain later in life.


I hear you like  i said respectable i guess i still want it all right now, lol. I hear Drake has a university named after him.


Ha ha. Well Drake University existed long before him. But I guess they had been begging him to visit and he hadn't so he showed up in the middle of the night. I'm sure they were extremely excited.


I bet! You know there is only one left handed quarter back in the nfl?


I did not. You would think there would be more but I can't immediately recall seeing a QB throw with their left hand.


The only other one i can think of is Michael Vik who doesn't play anymore.


It's been so long since I saw him play that I didn't remember that. Do you know why they circular huddle came about?


I just assumed it was so the other player couldn't see what the quarterback was doing.


It is technically. It was created by a deaf QB so that the other team could not read his hand signals. Nice chatting with you.


What do you think about the new plan of the Trump administration? do you think it could work.


I don't think it's going to work at all. For one thing, he's only implementing it on TV. What about the other mediums?


Yeah I agree, I think the fight against drugs is a hard one and needs a bigger action, I am worried about the side effects it can bring.


I'm worried that the consumers are not as informed about drugs and prescriptions. Also, many people cannot afford health insurance, so even with lower drug costs, they may still be too high.


I think that lowering the price on drugs will make the people consume more and wont change things it all, it will only make things worse.


What do you think is the problem we need to address then? They're not talking about illegal drugs, it's about prescription drugs.


Oh I see, I misunderstood it, and well then lowering prices can be a good thing, but I do agree resources should be focused on better insurance coverage.


I think private insurance companies and government programs like Medicare should work together to provide the best coverage for people, and not focus so much on making money. Generic versus name brand is just a label at the end of the day, what matters is whether or not the treatments and medications work.


I agree generic treatments are usually equally effective than the name brand products, the big issue here is how to bring those prices down, this has been a problem since Obamas administration.


I agree, the insurance companies want to make money and they're not going to lower costs on something that they know people need. I think the government should step in and enforce some laws.


We're on the same page, some sectors of the government and some people might not like that but we have to protect everyone, did you know that in Nevada 86% of the land is actually owned by the government.


I did not. In 2008, the Norwegian government donated $1 billion to save the Amazon rainforest. What if our government did something like that to help with medical costs?


That would be an excellent approach, not only our country but the top 1% can help, maybe even Trump can donate money for the cause.


I totally agree! However, the top three wealthiest presidents in American history were president a long time ago, so I don't know how much money Trump.


I heard that his guest house is bigger than the White House though.


I don't think that was on purpose though. I bet the guest house was built after the white house. I wish he had a cool name like the first president of Zimbabwe, who was called Banana


He should start working on a pop album like the president of Indonesia!


It would be cool if he hiked to the peak of Mt. Everest, they have 3G cell service and internet up there!


Do they? thats crazy, how can 3G signal get up there but it would be cool if he addressed the nation from there.


I don't know how it works but it's so cool! The current library of Alexandria also has a saved copy of the Internet in case it burns down.


I think thats a good idea, terrible things would happen if the internet went down, I dont even want to imagine it.


I love watching television, it's my favorite


did you watch any of the south park family guy episodes?


I did. Did you hear that When south park aired its family guy episode finale the producers received flowers from the Simpsons crew


yea, that is funny, i also heard that everyone was scared to call family guy out and that is why south park got flowers


That is really funny. Have you ever watched the show Pokemon?


I used to love watching that show as a kid, I didn't miss any episode! you?


I saw some of the show, but definitely not all 750+ episodes.


dang, didn't know they had that many, maybe i skipped a few. Do you watch other shows?


Not really. Though I do listen to the radio quite a bit. How about you?


yep, i love the oldies. Crazy to think jupiter has such big radio waves we can hear them sometimes here.


I know, right? It's kind of crazy that planets can be picked up by AM radio.


did you hear that if the whole  history of earth was played 24 hours a day, humans are only 1 minute and 17 seconds of that!


I saw that. Amazing to think how far we've come in such a short time. Speaking of which, when Earth was first formed, the day was only 5.5 hours!


the earth has come so far since then, good chatting with you!


Yeah, it has. And to think it could go even farther. Did you hear that we have an official ambassador to extraterrestrials?


I'm not sure, but I know he was appointed by the United Nations.


Good evening!  Just jumping on the internet to see what is going on.  I hope I am not addicted to it!


Haha :)  Good evening! I have accepted my addiction.


Lol!  It's all those links we get to press I guess.


Indeed!  So if I may ask, what do you think about the situation with Iran?


It seems like everything there is unclear and confusing.  Sometimes I forget what our primary policy is with them.  I believe there is quite a bit of unrest in the country now.  What about you?


I agree.  It is a mess over there.  With the revolutionaries in the mix, it is totally uncertain what will become of the state.


I thought a little bit about how it was in for Ceausecsu, former dictator of Romania, but I just don't think Iran will see the same sort of single mass event to get their aims.


I must agree again.  History has shown that a non-violent course of action has lead to successful revolution more than half of the time.  That path is much faster as well, usually it takes less than half as long.  My concern is their nuclear capability...


That is a legitimate fear, especially when relations are often cool with Iran.  One way for us to respond is to let the truth filter to Iranians who currently have a lot of internet related restrictions that may prevent them from hearing any non-Iranian perspectives.


Absolutely.  One thing I think we could be doing is providing access to the uncensored internet via satellite.  Whatever action the U.S. takes has to be done low-key.  The last time we messed around with their government, the Shah was overthrown for the current dictatorship.


Not one bit.  Now we have a hostile government and an Iranian population that is outspokenly against us.  I think giving them access to the internet would also help stimulate their stagnant economy.


Ever wish the world was just a simpler place?  Maybe having a President Banana, like Zimbabwe did, or maybe even an active president that has time to release pop albums like the one in Indonesia?


Now there is an idea lol.  Yes, a simpler world would be great!  I wonder if his albums were any good :)


LOL!  What if it was required of all tax payers to purchase, or maybe a sing-off national debate to help make the decision?  If it happened here, our ears would still be in pain though!


:P no doubt.  In Iran's case I think the balance between freedoms of the people and the authority of the state is skewed so badly that most Iranian's are simply afraid of persecution if they oppose it


I feel for the Iranians, but I would wish to trade places with them.  We definitely have problems, but hopefully revolution isn't around the corner.


We couldn't survive a new revolutionary war I fear.  The population is too divided and I believe it would degenerate into another civil war :/  At least the information we host online would be safe; the library in Alexandria has saved a copy of the internet.


True.  I'd like to think that if we can get 3g service on Mt. Everest, we can figure out how to solve the problems we collectively face as humans,


One would surely hope so.  It is amazing that we have coverage even in such a remote location. It would be a shock were we to have to return to the printed word for our information.


Time for dinner, but great chat!  Let's hope that things go as smoothly and non-violently as possible in Iran!


For sure!  Thier success or failure will have a notable effect on the stability of the region.   Well, thanks and enjoy you dinner!


Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment and current political news.


Indeed, but what do you think  about television personally ?


It's a mass entertainment medium, it attracts all ages, mostly children and kids are always watching it. It occupies most of their time.


I enjoy watching television, mostly drama and comedy, some sketch show like SNL for time to time. DO you enjoy watching SNL ?


I enjoy watching serials. It's very interesting to know next details about it. Nowadays teenager are on mobiles, they have no time to watch it. In olden days football matches were watched on TV. Its very amazing.


Have you ever watched the Simpsons ? It is a very popular show, there are more 400 shows.


Yes, Do you like pokemon ? The serial has been run for more than 2 years.


I am too old for Pokemon, even when it first came out. What do you like about Pokemon ?


It is Japanese anime serial. It is based on nintendo's video game series.


So, you like video game based serial ? I prefer dramas, even old one like Shakespear's plays.


It's very funny. Which are your favourite plays?


I like Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare is so good that only one of his play has not been on film or on television: The two noble kinsmen. That is incredible.


It very amazing ! No words to describe it. It is all time favourite to many of the world.


Indeed. Do you like Shark Tank ? the show where people pitch business ideas to potential investors.


Earth is the third planet from the sun in the solar system. The gravity of the sun holds the entire solar system. Mostly all the planets revolves around the sun.


OK. If you like facts, I was surprised that the density of the Earth is 4 times of the Sun, which is surprising and not surprising since the Sun is a ball of gas.


Mostly 71% earth surface is covered with water remaining 29% is land. The entire polar region is covered with snow.


Would like to go in Antarctica ? I would, it is so remote.  It must be peaceful.


The place is not suitable for human to live.


But there are research bases there ? I bet, Billy Graham would go preach there if he was still alive. Bye


What should Trump do about Iran's love of nuclear weapons? Personally I think The Obama Administration failed to act appropriately and by dragging their feet The USA's foreign relations are a hot mess now because of the lack of action for 8 years.


Everything he can to stop it.  I agree, Obama didn't seem sufficiently worried about the Iranian government aquiring nukes.  I am glad to see that Iran is revolting against their gov't.


I think Trump is great lol. I disagree with the idea that the USA is now toxic.


He's done a great job although it is seldom reported by the media. Trump should use the internet even more with inter-linked hypertext docs and more apps.


lol you're right - With a guest house larger than The White House I'd move in and teach him how to do so for free. :D


You could move to Iran.  The unrest there is country-wide.  I'm sure you could find something nice.


Nah. I've been to Utah and Nevada and that was close enough for me - Especially Utah. Nevada on the other hand... Did you know 86% of the land there is owned by The US Government?


Hee. Yep, BLM land... I think it's interesting that a study showed that nonviolent civil resistance is much more successful than violent ones (53% vs 26%)


Which really makes me wonder why in 2006 it became OK for US Government Employees to violate The Geneva Convention... Violent acts by Democrats are apparently acceptable.


That is weird.  Like the 1st pres of Zimbabwe was called "banana"


I wonder what "banana" translates into in their language... And I also wonder how someone in France could "sell" The Eiffel Tower TWICE. How does that happen?


I bet the Brooklyn Bridge has been sold a few times.  It's like U.S. foreign policy, the U.S. tries to buy democracy.  Our direct meddling, like in Iran, is toxic.


I'm sincerely happy The USA nixed the idea of the runner up in POTUS elections automatically become VP. Can you imagine the chaos The USA would be in if Hillary Clinton had not gone on to NY State instead?!


Can you see Trump working with Hillary?  I don't think they'd get along.


Yeah. I doubt she'd follow the email policies too. I bet the Library of Alexandria has saved copies of Hillary's emails. They allegedly have an entire copy of the internet saved.


I'm pretty sure she, eventually through pay-to-play would have beat out JFK, Washington and Jefferson as one of the top 3 richest presidents had she been elected.


You got that right. On the bright side, I doubt she'll ever be back in The White House to take tips from Indonesia and further embarass the country with her own pop album.


I wonder what she'd call her pop album? Anyway, she would have released all sanctions against Iran while furthering Obama's will to give Iran nukes.


LOL! Maybe she could have Pelosi do a drunken freestyle rap on one.


Pelosi is actually a Disney Animatron programmed by the DNC and connected by 3g.


I had no idea there was 3g service at the peak of Everest. I can't get service in the middle of Target at sea level.


Me either.  Some say Obama made concessions to delay Iran getting nukes.  More like he paved the way for them.  Delay?  He could have let Israel destroy their nuke making sites.


I wouldn't have minded having 8 more years of George W instead of Obama. It'll be interesting to see how Trump and Kim Jung Un's next visit goes. I heard they'll meet up in Vietnam. Wonder if Dennis Rodman and Jane Fonda will show up to protest?!


A lot of Americans are increasingly critical of celebrity leftists and their photo-op protests, just as a lot of Iranians are increasingly critical of Iran's legal code.


Wonderful analogy. As a music fan I really want to watch the Grammy's tonight but I just cannot handle the Hollywood spin on politics.


How many "Oh We Are So Great" award shows are there for the Hollywood crowd?  I think they should be sent to Nevada to hoe weeds in that 86% land with the big gov't they so love.


Speaking of Hollywood, I hear about the Kardashians way more often than I'd like to.


They're not my favorites either. I really need to go. Great talking with you.


Hi. Did you know 86% of Nevada is owned by the US government


I wonder what they do with all that land


Thats probably were they keep the aliens now.


Im not sure the government is competent enough for that. A man in france was able to sell the eiffel tower twice


Thats interesting I will have to look that up on the internet. Do ou use the internet much.


I do. It carries a vast range of information resources and services


It surely does. Did you know there is a copy of the internet in case it ever burns down.


That is a good back up plan. Because the internet is just a bunch of connections of computers


Yep it is housed at the library of alexandria.


How interesting. WWW stands for world wide web.


it really is world wide. even Mt everest has internet now


Yeah I heard there is actually 3g service on mt everest.


I wonder if the selfie count has gone up


Dont know but I bet the amount of FB posts on top of the mountain have.


Did you know that in 2008 the norwegian govenment donated $1billion to help save the goventment


I had no idea. To save which government.


it was nice talking to you. Have a great day


Do you watch a lot of television? I watch far too much.


I usually use netflix to catch things because I got rid of cable, but I too watch far too much of that.  I love SNL.  Especially the Weekend update


I try to keep up on that. Do you enjoy The Simpsons?


I do.  I didnt realize that Homer had 188 jobs in the first 400 episodes.


Wow! That's a whole lot of jobs. Did you know that there is only one episode ever where Bart does not appear and is not mentioned?


I had heard that, pretty crazy.  I guess its those little things over time that we dont realize.


I'm very surprised with so many episodes. Did you see the South Park episode where they made fun of Family Guy?


I didn't but I have heard about it.  I'm going to have to check it out.  Ive always been a fan of Family guy.


It's a good episode. The Simpsons staff thought it was funny enough that they sent them flowers. Granted they made fun of how Family Guy basically ripped their format off from The Simpsons.


I've always heard that accusation.  I guess imitation is the highest form of flattery.  Have you ever seen Shark Tank?


I have not watched an episode but I have heard of it and I know the premise.


I enjoy seeing what the entrepreneurs come up with, but  didn't know that many of the deals that they make are never actually enacted.


I was not aware of that either. That's unfortunate. Did you know that there are over 750 episodes of Pokemon?!


That is a lot of episodes.  I guess it has been going on for quite some time.  I never got in to it as a kid, but play Pokemon Go occasionally.


I have played that as well but was a little old to watch the cartoon when it started. For perspective that's about 50 episodes a year for 16 years straight. That's crazy.


So many things that run that long dont have near the success they have had.  That is like weekly episodes for 16 years, without missing any.  Crazy


Yes it is. I'm shocked. A little off topic but do you ever listen to the radio?


Not too much, mainly podcasts when driving.  But ive heard there is a radio station that translates the suns solar activity into sound so you can listen to the suns "music"


That is very interesting. Jupiter has radio storms strong enough that you can pick them up on an AM radio.


I didnt know that.  I wonder what that sounds like, or if I could even discern it from static.


That's a good question. I'd like to try it out myself.


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


Hi, how are you? I used to listen to the radio as a kid, but I don't listen much now. How about you?


Yeah I don't as much but still do when driving to and from work.  I like the local station I have here.


I usually go on the Internet. Usually Youtube to find music that I liked. I think radio is good for talk shows though.


Yeah I use YouTube all the time as well that is really good for music.  And I agree, the radio is great for those.


DJs can be pretty cunning. A Hanson song became a most requested  on a Chicago radio station because DJs did not reveal the band. The mystery got people interested.


That is pretty interesting just to learn about.  Did you know there is a website where you can listen to tons of old radio dramas for free?


I gotta wonder about the average age of the visitor. If they're elderly, I guess they are nostalgic, but probably don't use computers like young people.


Yeah I think that is probably true.  But it does give those access who have never heard many of them.


Old dramas probably had to be pretty inventive to attract an audience. No visuals, just voice and words.


That is true imagine how creative you had to be to only have that medium to use.


Still, some voices dominated the medium. Bing crosby recordings filled over half of the radio time allocated to recorded music in 1948.


There are times when i wish I would have grown up then and been able to listen to those live.


He was a great singer. There is a radio station that turns solar activity into sound. Probably better than a lot of the Top 40 music now.


Did you that the president of Indonesia has released three pop albums while in office?  I wonder how hard he had to work to get radio play with those?


I bet he passed a law that the songs have to get played.


Yeah or a law that says you have to buy all of my albums.


In Guatemala, there's a law that close relatives of former presidents cannot run for president. That law should be passed in every country. In Indonesia, the president's kids would have to give up their dreams of a music career too.


Yes, I can agree with you on that.  Yeah they would, that is true as well.


I didn't know that Congress or the president can declare someone an honorary citizen. I wonder what rights they get as honorary citizens.


Yeah I wonder too, maybe just for a day or something.  Well it was nice talking with you today, I hope you have a good one.


hello,  did you know the presidents guest house is bigger than the white house?


I did not know that.  He must really be a good host then


lol maybe.  Im sure there are people for that.  I doubt he entertains them himself.


Well he is rich so he probably knows how to throw a party.  Other rich presidents were JFK and Washington


Thats cool.  I hear the president of indonesia released 3 pop albums lol


I know right,  running a country and doing concerts.


I think Trump is too busy with China and North Korea to be recording any albums


I hope he never releases an album lol although he hasnt shown any musical talent so I think we are safe.


He prefers to express himself by Tweeting about Pakistan


Yes,  looks like he has a hobby already.


He does enjoy giving ultimatums, wanting to win


yup.  did you know there are are 3 subway lines for congressmen to move between the capitol,  the house, and the senate?


That way they can avoid Washington DC traffic


I wonder if they use the subway to go to their annual baseball game between Democrats and Republicans


hmmm probably!  I hear the first woman was elected to congress before she even had the right to vote in national election?


I bet that was an interesting election campaign


lol right.  Elmo is the only non human to testify before the us congresss lol


Everyday. On the way to work, on the way home, and sometimes on my headphones.


Nice! It's crazy how long the radio has been around and is still useful today. The fact about Canadian law requiring 40% of the music played on Canadian radio stations is Canadian.


Yes it is. Do you listen to the radio much. I am a huge sports fan, and I often times listen to the radio instead of tv broadcasts because of the great detail they provide. I am trying to send this message, but for some reason it won't let me send


I do listen to the radio, mostly the local station as I am driving too and from work and then on any errands.  I think you have to annotate your last message before it lets you send another.


Gotcha. I figured that out as my time was expiring. If I had a choice to listen to the radio though, I would do that instead of watching tv all day for attentive purposes. It is much more informative in my opinion. What do you think?


I think it is, I read the local paper everyday as well to keep up with the news.  I remember growing up it was all radio while driving around even at home.


The newspaper is awesome. I enjoyed reading our local paper an home as well. And reading the city papers in the DFW are and Houston area are awesome. I usually just get the Sunday paper now as I have no time every morning to look at it.


Yeah it is part of my morning routine that is for sure.  I just found a new local radio station a few months ago that is the best ever.


It is 99.9 near Milwaukee. They play a lot of oldies which I like.


The Brewers. Always been a bucket list item of mine to see a Brewers game. 105.3 The Fan for me. Cowboys Radio. The Dallas Cowboys.


Nice! I know some Cowboys fans.  And yes, the Brewers! I tore my ACL this summer and had surgery and let's say I had a lot of free time to watch them.


Ah. ACL injuries are hard to come back from. Had to do it years ago. Feel your pain.


Yeah it is taking a long time, and still a long way to go.  But anyways, did you know JFK was one of the wealthiest presidents?


No. Figures though. Love JFK history and all Kennedy History. Have you seen Chappaquiddick?


No I haven't, I'm assuming that has to do with the Kennedys?


Oh yeah. The youngest brother... I forget his name, but it is a great movie.


Ok cool, I will have to check it out thank you.  I think all the Kennedy stuff is interesting.


me too. All we have to do is 10 turns right? Hope you have a great xmas. and awesome new year.


Yep, it should let us submit soon. Thanks and you too, thanks for responding quickly.


Hi, did you know that the top 3 wealthiest presidents are JFK, Jefferson and Washington?


I read about it.  Is Trump richer than they were though?


That's what I thought also, I'm not sure of Donald Trumps approx value as far as his wealth?


May be the article was published before Trump became the president of the United States.  People did not like Trump's diplomacy style.


True, I see that the president of Indonesia recorded 3 pop albums while he was president, that's crazy!


It was amusing.  Presidents are human being.  Lincon wore John Wilkes booth during his inauguration.


I didn't know that.  It's surprising that the Blair house which is the guest house is bigger than the actual white house!


Thank you for your information.  Talking about president, FDR was the last US president who spoke a foreign language.


Really? I didn't know that. I see that the Character "Elmo" actually testified before U.S. Congress, the only non-human to do so!


I did not know that.  Perhaps congress can declare Elmo as an honorary citizen.


That's funny!  The U.S. congress has played Democrats vs. Republican baseball annually since 1909, that's interesting as well.


That was interesting - I did not know that.  The president and congress can declare someone an honorary citizen.


Yes, that is correct, they both can.  Did you know that the planet Jupiter has radio storms that are so strong, AM radio can pick them up and we can hear them? I wouldn't know would they would actually sound like though.


I wonder what they sound like.  Radio waves can carry various information.


Canada requires all radio station to play at least 40% of the music by Canadian artists.


Canadian government appeared to be protective of their culture.  Do you know that  the most popular radio acts of the 1930s was a ventriloquist?


I didn't know that, I have never seen a Ventriloquist act, have you?


I did on TV.  Do you know that there is a radio station that can translate solar activity into sound?  Weird.


That is weird, I didn't know that either, I'm learning a lot of new info today! Soldiers in World War II made radios out of razorblades and pencils, dubbing them "The foxhole radio", wow!


Wow, indeed.   Perhaps they were bored.  They could listen to Bill Murray voicing the human torch.


Ya right!  I don't see how that would have been possible to make only using those 2 items!


Hi, i use it but I don't think I am much of a fan.  Are you a fan?


I'm in the same boat.  I only use it to stay in touch with a few people and I could care less about all the other garbage on there.


More people should be like that. I've heard that of all the divorce filings in the country back in 2011, a third of them mentioned facebook.


It is shocking isn't it?  It's really shocking when you think that there are more people on facebook than there were people in the world 200 years ago.


I've worked with a few people who got themselves in to trouble on there.  I can't believe that company was valued at $104 billion when they had their IPO in Feb. of 2012.


Especially since they make most of their money off of advertisements.  I guess companies pay quite a bit to advertise on our facebook screens.


I agree.  Did you hear about the Burger King Facebook promotion they had?


Burger King would give you a free whopper for every 10 people that you would unfriend on Facebook. lol


That's kind of funny!  I wonder how you proved you unfriended people to get the free burger.


I'm not sure, but I know I would have racked up quite a few free whoppers.  lol


You and me both!  I'd have no problem with that at all lol!  Have you ever heard that the like button was originally going to be called the awesome button?


I didn't know that.  I see thoug that the like button is illegal in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.  I wonder why?


That is odd. I could see the anger/angry button being illegal but not the like button.  Maybe they think people are liking things they shouldn't like in the case of all of the divorce filings.


lol Maybe.  This is interesting...Facebook is primarily blue because Mark Zuckerburg suffers from red-green colorblindness.


i never knew that. Truth is though, I've never really thought about it. I just kind of blindly accepted it as the color and never questioned it.


I noticed it but never gave any thought as to why it was blue.  lol


Did you know that facebook has 58 gender options?


That is definitely quite a bit.  I've heard too that something like 30% of american adults use it as their primary source of news.  That being said, I'm going to go watch news on tv and not facebook.  It's been nice chatting with you!  Have a great day!


Yes I do but not very often. How about you? I feel like I spend more time on it still. So hopefully BK brings back the promo where if I unfriend ten people I get a free Whopper.


That would be great for me too, could get a few whoppers that way.


Or make the like button illegal, like it is in one German state.


I wonder why that is, I mean it is not like it is a dislike button.


Yeah, I'm not quite sure. Did you ever use Myspace? I didn't want to switch over to FB because I thought FB looked boring. FB is mostly blue because Mark Zuckerburg has red green colorblindness.


I did use Myspace, I think after facebook ironically enough.  What an oversight on their part to not buy facebook.


Yeah, they could have bought it for $75 million and now it's worth over $104 billion.


Most of that income comes from the advertising on the site.


Yeah, it is interesting that FB even allow marijuana advocacy and education in advertising on their site.


I find that they are pretty progressive with some of their policies.  Then sometimes they reject before and after fitness ads because they feel it is targeting people improperly.  lol


Yeah, and it seems that sometimes brand ads relating to marijuana get shut down unexpectedly on social media. FB and Instagram don't allow promotion of marijuana sales even though they allow information, not connecting to a product for sale. Seems like that's a tricky space to navigate.


Well it isnt legal everywhere, so allowing it is likely tricky in terms of sales.  They would likely have to check for dispensary and stuff like that.


For Instagram there were 16 accounts by Maryland cannabis sellers that had been wiped out. 11 were appropriate removedbut 5 were in error. Businesses are advised to closely follow the guidelines but I guess it's not always that easy.


As someone who has worked in social media advertsing it isnt easy.  Something you think is harmless and totally legal will get flagged for wrong reasons.


There was one medical cannabis provider that got their account up to 10,000 followers then they were shut down in error on Instagram. Sounds pretty aggravating.


It must be, they work hard to build that fan base.  Often spending a good amount of money to get their name in front of people


Yeah, and they can't desseminate this information through the tv so they rely on social media  lot.


Do you think in the future it will be similar to beer and other alcohols?


I hope not. I think marijuana is much less harmful than beer and alcohol, and even beneficial to some people's health.


I meant in terms of advertisement and consumption.


I was thinking about how there are restrictions on alcohol and cigarette advertising in some places and was trying to compare. Anyway, I've got to go now. Have a good night!


Hello,  do you like facebook?  Did you know that  Myspace turned down an offer to buy fb in 2005?  Huge mistake lol


I do like facebook. What other trivia do you know about them


hmm I recently read that in Germany the like button is illegal.  what do tey have against a thumbs up? lol