EPISODE · Jan 10, 2016 · 29 MIN
Whaling Scam and a Hoax
from The Chris and Sam Podcast
SummarySam has pretty much cut out all news watching and news apps lately and has suffered no great ill effect from not knowing what has been happening.Obama’s people don’t know how to trim their YouTube video, instead just skip forward to around 35mins or so. Live streaming of Lemmy’s funeral is going to occur, is this the new thing for celebrities when they die?Sam hasn’t seen the Young Ones, Chris fills us in with his old habits with only 2 TV channels.Dihydrogen monoxide leak hits the Waikato River, with a warning going around on social media about it, we fill you in with what that means for you.Sam has a plan that ties in with Hamilton being the so-called Christmas city, but there are reasons he can’t say much about it right now.A whaling scam has happened to an educational establishment here locally, find out how they got fleeced out of $100,000 dollars. Chris wonders if he could become a scam artist online.Sam got some new glasses that came to the grand total of $56 from Zenni OpticalChris finally got an update about some Kickstarter he backed many years ago called Punk Mathematics.We marvel at the Amazon Dash button, something to help make your life easier and also points out just how lazy human beings have become.Sam read the Nigel Latta book into the dark lands, quite scary book but also very good.Chris has been working non-stop on his presentation he is going to be doing at the start of March. Plus a laugh of Chris’s makes an appearance in this episode.LinksObama’s Speech on GunsWater hoax hits HamiltonThe Young OnesTe Wananga falls for Whaling ScamZenni OpticalPunk Mathmatics KickstarterAmazon Dash ButtonInto the Darklands and Beyond Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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SummarySam has pretty much cut out all news watching and news apps lately and has suffered no great ill effect from not knowing what has been happening.Obama’s people don’t know how to trim their YouTube video, instead just skip forward to around 35mins or so. Live streaming of Lemmy’s funeral is going to occur, is this the new thing for celebrities when they die?Sam hasn’t seen the Young Ones, Chris fills us in with his old habits with only 2 TV channels.Dihydrogen monoxide leak hits the Waikato River, with a warning going around on social media about it, we fill you in with what that means for you.Sam has a plan that ties in with Hamilton being the so-called Christmas city, but there are reasons he can’t say much about it right now.A whaling scam has happened to an educational establishment here locally, find out how they got fleeced out of $100,000 dollars. Chris wonders if he could become a scam artist online.Sam got some new glasses that came to the grand total of $56 from Zenni OpticalChris finally got an update about some Kickstarter he backed many years ago called Punk Mathematics.We marvel at the Amazon Dash button, something to help make your life easier and also points out just how lazy human beings have become.Sam read the Nigel Latta book into the dark lands, quite scary book but also very good.Chris has been working non-stop on his presentation he is going to be doing at the start of March. Plus a laugh of Chris’s makes an appearance in this episode.LinksObama’s Speech on GunsWater hoax hits HamiltonThe Young OnesTe Wananga falls for Whaling ScamZenni OpticalPunk Mathmatics KickstarterAmazon Dash ButtonInto the Darklands and Beyond Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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