That is true but they usually make so much money on the gate.  A Creed concert was sued because it was bad.


Thats does not sound like Creed. I always was a big fan of theirs.


I dont know much about them. Are you interested in animals? I was reading facts and find it interesting that domesticated animals develop white patches on their foreheads. I guess like cats, dogs, and horses?


I am not big on cats at all. I am allergic


I am sorry to hear that. Can you believe that Germany gives animals legal rights?


I have taken a few lessons but my family members play. Amazing that it does not have a standard playing area.


Probably good idea for their protection.


Yes, you can get a completely unique experience each time you play


The average course uses over 300000 gallons of water a day. That is tremendous!


That is where Golf Courses really get a bad rap. They need to find ways to cut back on the water


Yes Especially the course in Dubai that uses over 4 million gallons a day. I did know that Samuel L Jackson has a clause in his contracts to play golf twice a week.


That's silly. All courses should be limited to 9 holes to save space and water


Amazing that the courses in this country could cover two states! But it is nice to have green spaces in otherwise urban areas.


You have to be fairly good to get the ball in the 4.25 inch cup on the first try


So True? Are you a music fan? I enjoy concerts. Did you know that Linkin Park played 324 concerts in one year?


I am reading a great new book called The Last Cruise.  Have you read it?


Yes Jazz started in the African-American communities in the late 19th century.


well you said that you listen to jazz, have you heard of Pakistani jazz? apparently they have songs that are topping the charts right now


I have never heard of them!  I did know that goatees started being popular in jazz because it helped provide comfort to the guys playing the trumpet.


huh I didn't know that, it makes sense though, have you seen trumpet players cheeks? when they play for so long their cheeks get super puffy during performances


Yes.  I wonder if there is a jazz band in the book The Last Cruise?  It would not surprise me.


Do you like bill murray? he apparently loves the movie kung fu hustle, I saw it a while ago but it's been a while, I remember thinking it was ok but not amazing


Yes I love Bill.  He makes great comedy films which I enjoy laughing at.


Ya what is your favorite movie of his? I like ghostbusters and caddyshack probably the best, rushmore is really good too


I think Caddyshack most likely - it is a timeless classic of Bill murray's.


Yup, Rodney dangerfield is amazing in that movie too, its a comedy that is still funny even today, lots of older movies just don't hold up


no I haven't, what is it about? someone's last cruise vacation? haha


I love Sitcoms as well.  Seinfeld and Friends are two old classics.


The story starts in California with the ship sailing off on its last cruise.


Doesn't sound that interesting, does it get better? did you see there is a harlem woman who holds free jazz concerts in her apartment? Been doing that for 20 years apparently


No I did not know about her.  I definitely like jazz though - especially the original New Orleans style jazz


I need to get into jazz, I like Clint Eastwood and apparently he was a lifelong jazz enthusiast


Yes.  Jazz has changed a lot over the years from swing bands to more bluesy, from danceable music to a more musician's style music.


Who would you say I should start listening to? I did see million dollar baby and apparently clint eastwood did the score for that, I remember it was jazzy


I would start with Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington - they are famous ones.  Miles Davis as well.


Ok cool I'll check them out, apparently Jazz started in teh late 19th century, I wonder what the earliest examples of it were like, it sounds like they existed before the recording of music was possible


Interesting, well dogs can understand pointing instinctively, did you know that?


I bet they are tuned into all kinds of human communication. Tone of voice, expression.


Interesting. What about dance, are you interested? Tupac was a dancer.


I am a terrible dancer. I shouldnot dance within 200 yards of another person.


I was a Tupac fan, I remember when he was a backup dancer for Digital Underground.


Wow, the guy really had a lot of talent. I think he died far too young.


Yeah, he was pretty good. I didn't know that Michael Jackson has a patent on a device to help with his dance moves.


He was a real innovator on the dance floor and in the studio. I never saw him live. Pity.


Me either, I was too young. Apparently Bruce Lee was also a great dancer, did you know that?


Bruce had tremendous bodily control, but it also takes a sense of rhythm to dance. He was unique.


I enjoy eating fish! LOL. I do not have feelings either way about fish in the ocean.


Yeah, he was pretty good. Well nice chatting with you.


Did you know there is a breed of Jellyfish that is immortal?


That sounds like a terrible life! Boring, just floating around, watching reruns on TV.


Hilarious. Did you know that a Seahorse is the only fish to have a neck?


That is interesting! I wonder why they are the only ones. What is your favorite fish to eat?


I personally like sushi and sashimi, that is a variety of fish.


LOL. I like salmon and tuna. Do you like dogs? Not to eat.


I think dogs are cool, aren't they color blind?


They are not completely color blind. They have great ears and noses though.


Not anymore, but apparently you can hear Jupiter's Radio storms on AM radio.


You can wow? they must be really powerful then, hate to be stuck in Jupiter


Did you know that during world war 2 you could make a radio out of a razor blade and a pencil?


I didnt know that, sounds like a great skill to have,


Yeah, I also saw that in a movie called Hart's War.


I didnt watch that movie was it good? would be nice to watch those foxhole radios


It is a pretty good movie, it stars Bruce Willis.


I have to watch that one, what do you think of that Canadian law the one that requires 40% of the music to be Canadian


Interesting, sounds like sort of a weird law. What if their music is no good?


I know right, but it does promote local talent and thats a good thing I guess


Its one of my favorite bands, yeah, do you like them?


Yeah, but it is sort of a weird rule. Well, nice chatting with you!


What did you think about their album the Hybrid Theory?


I thought it was pretty good. Apparently it is the best seller in the 21st century.


It is, it had great sounds in it I also like The Dark Side of the Moon, that was another great album in the history of albums


I heard it sold pretty well in 2014, is that true?


It did, its one of the best selling albums to the day,


What about the radio, do you listen to it?


I love it. THere is a wiki page that lists the characters based on abilities and powers


Nice. Do you know who wrote the oldest cyborg in a fiction?


Yeah. Caesar also wrote some fiction when he was a young boy


Yes he wrote about Oedipus and Hercules primarily


Yeah. George Martin really does not seem to like fan fiction at all


Yes he thinks that it is a copyright infringement and bad practice for writers


Yeah. A judge once tried to ban a fiction novel for a racist reason


Yeah the character was black. Did you know panda researchers wear panda costumes?


Yes a lot of it. do you ever watch the SImpsons?


I guess pandas are sensitive if outsiders are near them


I guess so. Johnny Depp wears his Jack Sparrow costume and visits kids in hospitals


Yes I did and there was an episode where Bart did not appear


Yes and strangely, he was not even mentioned at all in it


Yes but I heard in the UK did not go very well, cancelled after 10 episodes


Yes it was all because they remade it verbatim


I have seen some episode but they have too many, 750 of them


Yeah they have been on air for 16 years, that is amazing


Hello. What do yo think about racial profiling? I think if you are going to profile, you shouldn't race to do it...


Then they could all sing songs together, and release pop albums with their songs of unity, like the President of Indonesia.


Maybe more fun is just what they need. Counties always need a good strong pop music culture to support the masses musical tastes.


Sorry about my cynicism. I binge-watched "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and it brought out my inner curmudgeon. I should just mellow out and put on the official business attire of Hawaii, the Aloha Shirt!


I love that show, and your cynicism is just funny. You appear to be mellow as it is.


I gotta tip my hat to old Larry David. Seinfeld, and then Curb... Quite a track record. You know, tiipping one's hat originated from the custom of knights to lift their face shields to show friendliness. I tip my hat to you friend.


Thanks, I have to wonder if Jerrys Puffy shirt cost as much as Mark Zuckerbers plain gray shirts at 300.


There's a fashion trend to consider... As is the most popular hat in the old west--not the cowboy hat as you might imagine---but the old Bowler hat!  I think society would be much friendlier if we all wore bowler hats!


Bowler hats just make you smile when you see one. I think everyone would be laughing and having a good time whilst wearing them.


Yeah, I get the same reaction when I wear my dunce cap out in public. Smiles and laughter from everyone I see. Some confuse it with a party hat and an intention to behave foolishly, but my dunce hat is a serious fashion statement which says, "I'm and idiot." I wear it with pride.


Or it says you dont give a flip what other people think of you. I must get one too.


I think there is more than just racial profiling. I think there is age profiling and other profiling that goes on. Lets get them all out there. What do you think?


If you do, you'll never wear your top hat again with tails! That is unless they bring back that old british parlamentary rule that required brit politician to wear Top hats if making a point of order. I say all the politicians should join me and proudly wear their dunce caps! We are laughing at them anyway!


I say bring back the wigs and power, then we will really laugh at them.


Nice...as are you! Thanks for the friendly banter, and hats off to you!


Hats off to you and a huge cloud of powder to you!


I must now depart and go and wear my hat with pride. You could guess my profession from my hat. It's a Captains hat. I play with bathtub boats for a living. chow.


Oh, you mean like income profiling? Maybe that is why so many politicians want to separate our money from our wallets, to make the world a better place. The richest three presidents were among the most beloved: JFK, Washington, and Jefferson. Today, somebody would accuse them of being too rich to be president.


Or how about age profiling. Like your over a certain age, you are now unable to do a job or be promoted, which is ridiculous.


That would be me. old and ridiculous. Maybe if we develop programs through the boys and Girls clubs, then we could all become friends and nobody would ever have a bad feeling again. I'm too old and too cynical to believe that, but I acknowledge that age-ism is real, as is racial profiling. But is never as simple as  politicians would like to suggest.


I agree I am old too and the realities of life are certain people in certain places do certain things. You cannot not categorize people and not say, people who pays their bills might be a better choice for a mortgage then someone who didn't.


With difficult questions like this, I like to ask myself, "What would President Banana, the first president of Zimbabwe, do?"


Until 1805, the runner up in the US president's race would automatically become VP. If that rule weere still true, the VP would be Hillary. I am sure the tone in Washington would be so much better if that would be the case.


I loved that in the past someone from the other party was your VP. Why was that changed I wonder. We might be better off.


I sure do. Van Halen once set the speakers on fire playing his


Yeah pretty amazing. Do you know who Brian May is?


Yeah he is the guitarist for Queen and also an astrophysicist


Yeah what a career on both ends for him. He also uses a coin instead of a pick


Yeah pretty different.Did you every play Nintendo games?


I sure did up until it was discontinued in 2003


Yeah me too. It only had 54 colors in it, pretty low number


Yeah I know yet it was so much fun. DO you know who Bill Nye is?


THe Science Guy of course. DO you know how he became famous?


Yeah he won a Steve Martin lookalike contest


I sure do. CLint Eastwood seems to be a lot into it as well


Hahah yeah that is a good one. Even Reagan tried his hand at acting


Yeah but it seems he did not have the looks for it, to play the president


Yeah, and he was played in many awesome movie like million dollar baby


Yeah. A woman holds concerts of jazz in her home every day


Yeah that lady in Harlem. SOme famous guys have stopped by too


Yeah pretty awesome. Do you know which is the top charting orchestra in jazz?


Yes of all places it is actually Pakistan, lots of talent there


Exactly. Do you know why trumpeters have goatees?


Yes because it is more comfortable when they play


Yeah it makes sense. Do you like guitar?


Hello my Friend?! Are you a fan of "Frozen" the movie? I personally Looooved it!


Oh my! thats awesome! I guess im not too surprised since the company was founded in 1923!


Almost 100 years old. The Mouse House will soon have a century behind it.


Wow, well its maintained its popularity very well! I mean there is a whole subculture dedicated to finding hidden mickey mouse images in all things disney


I've never looked for the hidden images, but I imagine they are there! It's part of the playful nature of the company. It wants to create many layers of fun for the viewers.


Yes, and thus I'm not surprised they're so succesful. That's very creative and engaging, and keeps viewers interested and coming back... genius!


It's ironic that Walt Disney was fired from his job at a local newspaper in Missouri for ''not being creative enough.'' I guess his genius was not recognized because he was ahead of his time.


Wow! well see, that's why I believe in perfect timing sometimes there are better opportunities ahead of us. amazing!


Are you interested in dogs? They are quite clever. Dogs can learn over a thousand words and  reason better than chimps.


Yes! I sometimes Love them better than people... they are just full of Love. Did you know there are 12 different blood types that a dog may have and dog can donate blood at dog blood drives! I love them even more!


That's great! They also have 'eureka moments' and enjoy the experience of solving a problem  to obtain a reward. Much like people!


I have not seen the movie. Is it animated? Is it for kids?


Yes and they understand by pointing! How cool is that? Thats how I get my dog to get my slippers! Anyway, fun chatting with you! Namaste :)


both! lol, although Im not a kid so I guess for all haha, I did take my kids to see the movie though. It came out in 2013 and earned over 1 billion dollars


That's great! I must be a wonderful film. It's a disney film, yes? Lots of songs?


That is correct! produced by Walt Disney Animated Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was so cute! They also remade Rapunzel as Tangled, have you seen that?


I have not. I guess the story is basically the same as the fairy tale? Girl with long hair in a tower?


Yes, another of my favorites! How about you? What do you like to watch?


I enjoy watching comedies and dramas. I sometimes watch animated stuff, but not usually.


Me too, Mysteries or psychological thrillers are great, but animated is one of my favs to watch with kiddos although everyone knows Minnie mouse did you know minnie is short for minerva?! mind blown


I did not know that. I'm not surprised that Disney makes about $1,110 per second. That's a lot, but reflects the success of the brand.


I didn't know that. So Ludvig strigeus also made spotify?


Correct. Do you think that people should be fired for what kind of music they are listening to over the speakers at work? I guess some campus baristas were listening to a song with inappropriate lyrics on Spotify and all of the staff on that shift got let go.


I think the person who play it should have been fired, but not the uninvolved parties


I think it was a playlist by spotify so it may not have started with that song. When a complaint was made the song was immediately turned off.


Then I don't think they deserve to be fired. It is not like they were watching netflix on the job


And also there were no policies regarding the type of music played. So maybe they need to institute a policy and then if people violate it, they can be fired.


Well if it is the automatic playlist on spotify they can't know someone will complain till they do.


Yeah and now Duke faces criticism for freedom of expression


Well it isn't Duke's fault. This just feels like something that got blown way over proportion. The official is free to comment that it was bothering him and it should have ended with the employee simply playing another song.


Yes, I agree. That would have made it a lot simpler story. There are also complaints of reverse discrimination.


Yes, I do. How about you? Do you like Spotify?


In any case, I hope they sort it out and why people have to make things so complicated for no good reason. I enjoyed our chat and I hope you did as well. Have a nice day.


I saw the appeal, but never dedicatedly used it. How about you?


I listen to Youtube more. Spotify has four million songs that haven't been played once. That's 20 percent of the songs they have


Yet at the same time, a band got 20K from a silent album


That is cool...I wonder who was listening, because musicians need to get 130,745 plays per day on spotify in order to get minimum wage. And by the way, what is a silent album?!


I'm pretty sure its a recording of no sound


Haha, wondered if it had some secret meaning. So I guess there are audible watermarks on universal group's songs on itunes and spotify so people don't steal them.


Maybe it just let people clear their minds, similar to white noise?


Hmm, I will have to look into it. Did you ever use utorrent? The same person who made Spotify developed it.


i never saw that but i heard about it. was that a retrospective on something?


Yep. Police have their own version of youtube called blutube. I wonder who came up with that name.


yeah, it does have a strange sound to it. i would wonder if it had adult material or soemthing. i wouldnt think the police.


The video gangnam style had so many views that youtube had to upgrade to 64 bits!


i think its funny that that song got so popular. i dont know it at all. it is for a different generation.


Well, this generation its all about despacito. That video got over 5 billion views! thats over 5/7 the earth although I  am pretty sure that many individuals have watched it many times


5 billion?? i wonder who is watching it that much. I like to look at the older stuff because im older. i dont relate to the new music at all.


I am not a music fan although I do watch some music from time to time. What is your favorite song?


i like songs from the 70s and 80s. rock and pop. i dont have a favorite. Anyway, great chat!


Yes, thank you for your time, it was awesome chatting with you!


I occasionally go, although I normally do not have time. What about you?


i usually dont have time or money, but i do like to go to concerts. i went a lot when i was younger.


Ah. Do you ever watch the concerts on youtube if they are posted there?


i dont watch concerts on there. i do listen to songs on youtube. many old songs from long ago are on there.


So do I. Youtube is the second largest search engine on the internet! I believe that only google is larger than youtube!


google owns youtube, i think. i bet they share search engine technology.


Probably. Netflix and youtube make up over half of the internet traffic in North America


do you use netflix? I used to, but I don't now. Youtube is free. plus there are things you can downvote. Justin bieber's "baby" is the most disliked video on youtube


Actually, it has been topped by youtube rewind 2018. That video has at least 15 million dislikes!


Good for him! I would like to see him portraying the mouse king in a production of the nutcracker.


I bet that would have been cool.  For someone with such a tough guy exterior he sure did have the grace.


I agree. Did you know Michael Jackson has a patent?


Yeah for some special shoes for those leans.


That is crazy! I would love to try on a pair.


Same here.  Give that lean a try and see what I can do!


Very true. Speaking of shoes, do you know how many pairs professional ballet dancers go through in a week?


Yes! I wonder what makes them go through the shoes so fast. Maybe they should be reinvented.


Or come up the a thing that you can wrap around them and just change out, Like athletic tape or something.


Yes!  It is amazing, although I m not very good.


Yes, I am going to go look into new shoe solutions. Have a nice day.


Same here! I have no rhythm, unlike Bruce Lee.


He is one of my martial arts idols!  I never knew he was a good dancer too!


He won the Hong Kong cha-cha championship in 1958!


That is pretty amazing.  Mr. Rogers once did breakdancing!


I would love to see that! I am sure it was very funny seeing an old man break dance.


I heard about that. Interesting that he danced ballet in high school.


He did, and he studied Jazz and poetry in this life too!


Hello, Cars are certainly popular throughout many places of the world. Did you know that in South Africa it is legal to equip your car with a flame thrower to prevent carjacking. Wow!


I never knew all of this interesting stuff! WWII soldiers made radios with a razorblade and a pencil, they do not have to do that any more.


That is so creative of them to do that actually. Do you like radio dramas?


Good for them! Oh, yes I do like radio dramas. I do not hear them though,.


Well, if you ever change your mind, there is a radio that plays a bunch of them for free


I will have to look for that. I just learned that the president of Indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office. Must be his side work. Good for him!


Yeah, good for him. Do you like pop music?


I like some of it. I am more of a classic rock fan. I wonder why scientist have voted "we are the champions" as the catchiest pop song ever.Scientists study everything.


Nice, I can see why that is though. Do you know which band is the most popular in North Korea?


I just learned that it is a K-pop girl band called Moranbong band. I wonder if Kim Jong-un listens to them.


I bet he does, they are the most popular band in the country


Yes, that is quite interesting since they can be dangerous. Do you know how cadillac got its name?


I think so too. Well it has been nice chatting with you. I have learned so many new things. Have a wonderful evening.


No I do not know the answer to that. Do you know?


It got the name after the founder of Detroit


Interesting. I read that McDonald's added drive-thru in 1975 because soldiers were not allowed to get out of their cars while wearing their fatigues. I remember when they did not have drive thrus but never knew why they added them.


Yeah that is interesting and more interesting how they never went away and we have adopted them in our daily life now


Yes it is. I guess soldiers can get out of cars now while wearing fatigues lol. Radios are still around, even with all the newer technology. Did you know in Canada the radio stations have to play at least 40% canadian music.


Wow, that is interesting. And if you listen to am, you might catch Jupiter's storms


Wow I will have to try listening to that some time. Can you imagine listening to news in Latin. That is a hard language to learn.


That is for sure. And if you like to tune in, there is that radio in Finland


That's pretty cool of him to do that.  I feel terrible when I see homeless people.  I can't even imagine what goes through their minds every day.


Same.  I wonder if he raises money to buy shoes to give away?


He must.  I'll have to look it up.  Sephon Marbury promoted a line of shoes that retailed for $15 and he wasn't paid to endorse them.  I wonder if those were some kind of shoes for charity as well and that's why he did it for free?


I wonder.  Do you prefer American football or soccer or both?


I prefer soccer.  I especially enjoy watching the World Cup games, both the men's and women's World Cups.


I'll watch the world cup games.  I wonder why americans call it soccer but the rest of the world calls it football?


Probably because elsewhere in the world they don't really watch American football.  Rugby is popular around the world though. What is your favorite American football team?


My favorite team is the steelers.  Do you know what the highest scoring football game ever was?


I think it was in 1916 when Georgia Tech beat Cumberland 222-0!  Crazy!   No mercy for the other team!


A decent amount.  What about you?  Do you have a shoe preference?


Did you know that professional bowlers in the 1960s made 2 times more than current football stars? Bowling must've been real popular then.


Wow.  It was along with baseball and horse racing.  Thanks for chatting!


Not really.  I do have a problem though and maybe you can help me out.  My feet sweat really bad and they make my shoes smell really stinky.  Do you know of any tricks or tips I can do to help get rid of the unpleasant odor?


You can place dry tea bags in shoes and they will absorb the bad smell.  For real.


Thank you so much!  I was about to pass out from the stench.  I wonder how they know that 5000 year old shoes perform better than modern shoes.


They must have tested them.  Leather shoes can be really resilient.


I bet.  Pro ballet dancers can go through 4 pairs of pointe shoes in a week.  I bet that gets expensive.


Yes, but if they are professional, I think the ballet company pays for the shoes.  Do you prefer functional shoes or decorative fashionable shoes, or both?


I'm a mixture of both.  Seems like the big money I spend for nice shoes ends up being a waste though because then I don't wear the shoes.  lol


Ha ha.  I like to buy moderately expensive high quality shoes on sale because they last longer.  Did you know that NFL player Steve Smith leaves his cleats on the field after every game to raise awareness about homeless people without shoes?


Thanks.  Apparently, Comedy central has cancelled over 100 shows since its creation in 1989.


Right.  3rd rock from the son won the golden globe - I was surprised.  I did not like that guy - I forgot his name.


Johnathan Lithgow! He's been in a few things since.


Not Jonathan.  What I meant was the guy who imitated Trump.  What is his name?


Alec Baldwin? I also see that Disney almost shut down their studio after sleeping beauty failed


Thanks for the info.   I did not know that about Disney and the Sleeping Beauty.


I could name more than one! apparently the green lantern was supposed to be a comedy with jack black.


I have not seen the green lantern.  So, who starred in it then?  Is it a good comedy movie?


It's good. I don't remember who stared, but not jack black.


Me too. I haven't seen either in forever, but Seinfeld is a classic. What's your favorite episode?


I used to watch Seinfield reruns over and over again.  Is it still on as reruns?  If so, which network?


Probably TBS.I also watch Office reruns. Have you seen a good movie recently?


Well, I watch Frozen with my grand daughters.  Can you suggest a good comedy movie?


Hello! Are you a fan of Winter? Imagine being  hiker and run into the cascades and think your gonna die. oh my, What an interesting story. Do you hike?


definately! and there are 12 different blood types that a dog may have, dogs can donate blood at dog blood drives


that is crazy, I love that dogs drink on the bottom of their tongue, that is so different from us


Dogs are awesome! they cant see as many colors as humans BUT they are NOT colorblind. I wonder how that works for them.


ya I guess they just see more limited colors, its cool that dogs are smart enough to use the subway ssytem in russia, I cant even do that


haha, Ther are amazing animals! No wonder society has given them the sobriquet "mans best friend" not only can they take the subway but they aid disabled people, assist police imagine the dog that has to sniff drugs all day... cocaine especially i wonder if it has the same effects on humans and maybe thats why the dog is now able to help the military, hunt, herd animals, pull roads, they are even therapeutic... shall i keep going, dogs are awesome!


I agree! I like how they can be so different in size and shape too! from big huskies to little tiny pugs, so cute!


I can talk about how amazing dogs are, all day. Dogs are so smart, dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to understand just by pointing


I know, I lovve them, so glad they are the most widely abundant terrestrial carnivore :) haha


Even Google prefers dogs to cats. their code of conduct specifically states that they are a dog company


haha thats awesome! do you use facebook btw?


can't say I like hiking myself, its kind of exhausing haha what about you


Yes, I do mostly to keep up with the Family. Did you know they launched   in 2004? It feels a lot longer!


I prefer doing it from my Kinect, get the "feel" you know, warm and safe. Im not sure how others do it, Some have considered hiking the 2650 mile trail. no, thank you!


haha yup I agree! also, do you like dogs at all? Or cats


Yes, I do I love my canine, Chato, did you know canines are considered to form part of the wolf like canids. Do you know any fun facts?


ah that is interesting, ya they came from wolves and theyve been around humans so long that they are finely attuned to human emotions


Ive heard of the term Sister Taxa as modern wolves are not closely related to the wolves that were first domesticated. Which implies that the first species of the dog is extinct! unbelievable


wow thats crazy, I like that Russia has a tomb on the unknown dog, that is nice of them to honor dog research subjects


Right! or we can be like Istanbul! did you know they have vending machines that releases food and water for the city's stray dogs in exchange for recycled bottles! That should be implemented in the States. How cool.


haha thats a good idea, weird that Dogs can learn a thousand words and are better at reasoning that chimpanzees


Are you a fan of Game of Thrones? It's won a ton of awards.


I think he needs to go a very different direction in life at this point. No network can save him. I am surprised that Netflix isn't in China, though I guess the gov't wants to have its own Netflix-style channel to capture all the profits.


Netflix has nearly 137 million subscribers worldwide. That is a lot in just the short time its been operating


The stock has gone through the roof! I think that other companies will follow suit. Too much opportunity to distribute shows to a hungry public


Together with You Tube, they take up nearly half of the internet traffic each day


I wonder if the Internet will ever just get overwhelmed with all the traffic of people bored at work watching movies.


I am curious to know what there plans are for the future considering they took on more than $2 Billionn in more debt?


The company is worth more than $2 billion in stock valuation. I don't know how much debt they have. It's ironic that Blockbuster turned down the low price of $50 mill. Oops.


HOrrible business decision there. Now look where Blockbuster is nowadays.


They are down to two shops in the world. Businesses like to cling to the old model of doing things.


I am a huge fan of Netflix and have been a subscriber long before they made it to the top over HBO


No, not really. Isn't it helping Netflix become the #1 streaming service over HBO?


I wonder who the next challenger in the Internet market will be.


I think GoT is HBO. The next season will be the last one, so I don't know what HBO is going to do to replace it. Probably there will be prequels and such.


Maybe that is why they are still on top but Netflix will soon overtake them if thats the case.


Netflix has been great. It accounts for so much internet traffic! People want their TV, it seems.


I liked House of Cards. Too bad about Kevin Spacey. I think that the show could have kept going if he hadn't done what he did.


He was just in court for his initial appearance. I wonder if he will  ever have a show on Netflix again?


I doubt it. He'd have to start his own network to get a show. I was surprised that Netflix spends more on postage than on bandwidth. There are over 100 million subscribers, too.


Netflix didn't approve of his weird home video he posted online on YouTube either. It seemed odd and sad.


Hahaha, that is so cool. Apparantly all coconuts in India were removed when Obama visited just in case.


That's taking precautions to another level.  Funny they didn't do that when he visited Hawaii all the time.  Maybe that's why his secret service codename is "renegade."  Playing it dangerous with those coconuts!


Hahaha true. I do not know what the whole fuss was about when he was elected president and some were saying he was not even born in the US. he could still be the President.


Yeah, that's Trump again.  Trump's initial foray into the political scene was that whole "birther" movement.  Sigh... If only Hilary won the election instead of Trump.


Yeah. She has been in politics for so long, you really cannot beat the experience with anything. She even won the grammy for the best spoken word album for the "it takes a village"


Wow, didn't know she won a grammy.  Wondering if she had an accent.  Vaguely recall her adopting a southern drawl when she was campaigning in the southern states.


How cool. And to think she was a president of Young Republicans in college.


That's pretty surprising.  Can't picture her as anything but a democrat.   I mean she's had so many roles in her lifetime.  Politician, diplomat, writer.  Am I missing anything from her resumer?


Yes true, she is very accomplished. She even worked with Stephen Hawking and her husband when he lectured at the white house.


Funny, if the election were before 1805, she might have been vice president.  Read somewhere that the runner up automatically became VP.


Hey there! Man, are you following all the things going on with Trump?


Yeah, how things have changed. Really nice chatting with you. Have a good one.


Well sometimes it is not up to me. I mean politics is all over so I would say, 50% of it. How about you?


Some of it.  The thing with that porn Stormy Daniels is pretty crazy.  I'm mean he said he knew nothing about his lawyer's payment to her to keep quiet and then he changes his story?


It is politics, apparently this is how it works. Speaking of presidents, did you know that the first president of Zimbabwe was called Banana


That's funny.  I'm sure many have called Trump bananas for the way he thinks.  Did you know he's not one of the top three wealthiest presidents in American history?


Yeah that is mind blowing. I mean, the guy has so much money yet there were other presidents who had more than him.


Think I read that the wealthiest were JFK, Washington and Jefferson.  While I think Trump likes the wealth, I think he likes "celebrity" more.


Most definitely. Speaking of Trump, the white house where he lives is actually smaller than the guest house. That is crazy.


That is crazy.  It might gnaw at Trump that if you zoom into the White House on google maps, you'll see Obama.


Hey there how should you watch the NBA? They are apparently made up of about 30 teams


I wish I had some. It's funny that they were actually banned by the NBA and Nike just kept paying the fine so Michael Jordan could wear them during games


That is crazy. Ha Ha!!! I didn't know that they were actually banned.


Yep they were bad haha. What do you think about Tim Duncan? Apparently he gave up the draft in order to stay in school and get his degree, and only after he got his degree did he start playing professionally


Wow!!! That is interesting. I guess he wanted to get his degree first which is very good.


On a related note, do you ever watch basketball? I really like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and I never knew that he was so good at the dunk that they actually banned it in college basketball for like 10 years haha


I watch basketball every week when the game is in season. I can't believe that the dunk got banned from college. What were they thinking?


No that's like a signature move in basketball haha. Did you hear about the basketball court at the Supreme Court building by the way? Its on the top floor


No I didn't know this. Do you happen to know who the inventor of basketball is?


Yes I think his name is James Naismith right? And he was apparently not that good at basketball LOL his coaching career  made him the only losing coach in the entire history of his University


You're correct. Do you happen to know which University was this?


Wow!! That a lot of teams. Do you happen to know when the league was founded?


I think it was the University of Kansas actually, do you ever watch international basketball games by the way? Do you know what the nickname of the New Zealand basketball team is


I don't really watch international basketball at all. I don't know the nickname of the New Zealand basketball team, what is it?


yes they're nicknamed the "All Blacks" I don't know why that is I don't think that name would pass muster in the United States LOL


I agree. That is a very strange nickname for a basketball team.


Do you know what the hamburger menu is when you're using an online website by the way? Apparently it is the button with three horizontal lines on it. The name makes me hungry though LOL, great chat btw!


I think it was founded in New York back in 1946, they actually started with the name The Basketball Association of America instead of the NBA by the way


I didn't know that, very interesting. Did that particular league merged with another league at some point in history?


Yes they merged with the NBL. And now they are located in New York, New York


Oh! Thanks. I heard that Allen Iverson signed a lifetime endorsement contract with Reebok. Do you know how much did they pay him?


I think he gets like $800,000 a year! Which is a lot I'm sure you just not worry about money, I also think it's crazy that the best way to shoot a ball is granny style according to physicists


That's interesting but why do NBA players refuse to do it?


I don't know probably because it looks stupid haha. Did you ever wear Air Jordans as a kid by the way?


Do you like to travel?  The Dutch are making it easier with a bus that can do 160mph.


I don't even know what a waterphone is.  I did learn that Edgar Allen Poe is considered "horror".  I remember the "Tell Tale Heart."


I loved his books and it funny how modern horror is inspired by him


Yeah, its too bad he died so young.  Love him... Ii wonder if people would read him and then go to a modern art museum


Are you a transformers fan ? This is a billion dollar franchise


It was a little before my time.  I'm more of the "Tonka" generation.


I am the transformers generation from the 80's. I collected the toys but did not see the movies


That's too bad... Their cgi effects are good and they take the time to do it right.  Up to 38 hours a frame.


Optimus prime keeps duing but is always in another movie. How does this work lol


Dunno.  There is no shortage of explosions, that's for sure. It's been nice chatting with you!


Nice chatting with you as well. Hope to meet you again


That is interesting. and It cost a lot to travel in Japan


Many yen huh?  I wonder about Iceland.  They have no public rail service, no cars -- only horse-drawn carts or bikes.  Plus one has to dodge volcanos.


I would love to live there. I love to fly


Better pack a coat... Did ya know that the first king to travel the world was a Hawaiian named King Kalakaua.


I wonder how long it took King Kalakaua to travel around the world


I have no idea.  If it's one of those canoe things, I'm guessing quite a while... Do you like horror films?


I love them. I also love to burn calories while looking at them. Do you like them ?


Not really -- only if there is a cute girl latching on to me... Can you beleive Stephen King was once afraid of Bambi?


that is too funny. I learned that the music is played using a waterphone


Yeah, Did you know Transhumanists are trying to upload their minds to the computer?


I wonder how one would even go about doing that


no idea. do you know what the real name of minnie mouse is?


Yes her name is Minerva but I like Minnie much better


Me too. They have a culture of trying to find the hidden mickey in disney things


Yeah. Do you know how the rendered the Big Hero 6?


Yes they ysed a 55 000 - core supercomputer


Yeah. Did you know Bill Nye was consulted for FLubber?


Yes a lot, Do you know why NY area code is 212?


Yes I do. Did you know the space shuttle uses a super small computer?


Yes because it was easier to dial on a rotary phone


Yeah those were not a lot of fun to make calls


Yeah so small. The russians made a computer that runs on water


yes that was i  but not sure what happened to it


Me either. DId you know someone built a computer using minecraft building blocks


Yes it was a 16-bit computer and that is cool


I have a PC. If you have a Mac better not smoke near it


Hello there, do you follow basketball much?


Holy crap I never heard about that, what a crazy deal! Very interesting reading about those missed deals.


Hey, did you hear that Golden State is making a move to San Fran in 2019?


No I didn't hear that either, that is pretty wild as well.  They have been the most dominant team the last few years.


And speaking of deals, did you know that Curry, arguably the star of the team, only gets the 4th highest salary?


I didn't know that, did you know that he was born in the same city as Lebron?


No. Talk about a shadow!  Poor Curry. He went to Nike to have a promo deal presentation, and Nike botched it so badly that he left and went somewhere else. The PowerPoint presentation made to him had mistakenly listed other players names on it instead of his... Epic fail!


That is a crazy story I never knew that, wow!  Yeah that was a total fail.


This, after he had the unfortunate situation in college, where NONE of the major conference schools offered him a scholarship. That might put a chip on his shoulder...


I'm sure he used that for motivation to get to where he is now, which is probably going to be the best shooter ever.


Good think he has not made him bitter. He is part of a charity that donate mosquito nets to protect families in Africa.


That is very cool, I have heard that too.  Well it's been nice chatting, I hope you have a good night.


Yeah I used to play a lot but now just watch.  My favorite team is doing really good too.


I hope you are better off than most NBA and NFL players after they stop playing... More than half are either broke or bankrupt!


I think I heard about that.  It sounds like the average earnings of a good paying job are more since the careers are short.


Yeah. That's why it was so smart for Tim Duncan to stay in college four years rather than jump early to the NBA. Things worked out well for him with the spurrs, but many players get injured or let go and they have no degree to fall back on...


That is very true.  The smart ones get endorsements if they can like Iverson.


That is an aberration. Nobody else gets a sweet deal like him. In fact, his deal means nearly a million per year for 30 years, and then a $32 mil lump payout when he turns 55, and those are dollars that are NOT in circulation for other players to get endorsements.


Yeah isn't that wild, I bet Reebok thought they were signing the next Jordan, which obviously they weren't.


Imagine how Spencer Hayward must feel. Back in the day he was offered a 10% stake in Nike and he turned it down for a mere $100k  His stake would be worth almost a billion dollar today!


Hahaha how do you protect something no one has really seen. I guess just in case it surfaces. Do you know why we have hiccups?


It's very silly. No I don't but I'd like to never have them again ha ha.


True, they are no fun. But we still have them because they are an evolutionary holdover when land animals had lungs and gills


Very interesting. Speaking of evolution did you know that humans may have lost their body hair as recently as 240,000 years ago?


That is actually very recent, super interesting. Do you know why we are also good persistence runners?


I did not but I guess it makes sense with hunting and evading predators.


Yeah, it certainly explains a lot there. Too bad we are the only ones to not be able to make vitamin C and need to rely on lemons and supplements


I never thought about that. I assumed all animals got their Vitamin C from their diet. Apparently it's just us.


Yeah we seem to be the only ones. I wonder what that sounds frequency is that causes fear in us


I did not know there was one but I would guess it would be a sharp, jolting sound. They like to use sharp sounds in horror movies.


I absolutely love animals! How about you?


That is very true, I bet it sounds something like that. Nice chatting with you.


Me too. Do you know how many individuals animals are there on this planet?


I heard it was around 20 quintillion which is a number I cannot even wrap my head around.


Me either, it is one too many zeroes for me. Do you have a pet?


Yes I have two cats. I love all animals though. We feed some outside strays as well.


Oh that is so nice of you. Apparently when domesticated animals develop a white patch on the forehead. Have you noticed that? I do not think I have seen it in my dog.


I have never noticed that. I wonder if it's faint and down on the skin? I will be on the lookout now. Did you know that Germany has become the first country to give animals legal rights?


Yeah and they went as far as including it in their constitution. I think we really need to do that here as well


I absolutely agree. Currently we only classify animals as property which is sad. Did you know that the Loch Ness monster is a protected species ha ha?!


Hi! What kind of music do you like? I enjoy country. It originated in the southern US around the 1920's!


Yeah that would be nice to see what they sound like. I'm glad I don't live in Canada where they require 40% of the radio to play Canadian music.


They get to jam out to all that Bieber and Celine Dion.  Lucky them.  However, it does give some other artists a chance to get on the radio


Yeah I forgot they were Canadian. I think its cool soldiers used to make a shanty radio called the foxhole.


I know, I dont think I could even do that with lots of materials available, much less using a razor and a pencil.


Same with me I would like to see it done though. I don't really understand how a radio used electromagnetic energy to actually produce sound.


Sound is so complex.  Just even understanding how we perceive sound is beyond me.


Yes agreed. But I'm glad someone figured it out. So I can listen to country music. Which actually originated from folk music of working class americans!


That is neat, I heard it was from the 1920s where it evolved.


Yeah! U2 once did a country music while dressed in disguise!


I didnt know it was that old.  I personally am a hard rock fan.


Yes it is! Two identical twins from japan once released a rap album at 100 years of age. Crazy. Nice talking with you!


Oh nice that is a cool genre too. I wonder if there are more african americans in rock and roll. Because there are only 2 african americans in the country music hall of fame.


I never thought of that.  George Strait and Jeff Bezos are cousins.  Small world


Whoa no way that is surprising! The fender stratocaster was intended for country music. What else is it used for I wonder?


It waas a very popular model guitar, even non country stars used it.


Oh I see. Do you listen to rock on the radio?


I do! I enjoy several stations.  One I dont think I could get in to is that one in Finland that broadcasts  in classical Latin.


Yeah that is odd. I wouldn't use the free website to listen to classic radio dramas either even though they are free.


However, those radio storms from Jupiter sound interesting, but only for a little bit.  Id check those out.


Hey there, do you have much interest in nature?


Old school but there must be a good reason for it. speaking of the white house, it has twin buildings in ireland and france.


I wonder why that is and who built them.  I used to live in DC, we always looked forward to see the tree go up around the White House.


I do not know actually and I wonder also who lives there. Well good you got a chance to see it now. Apparently Roosevlet banned them from the white house


Yeah, bit of a conservationist.  Just like the Norwegians, they donated a billion dollars to the amazon rain forest once.


That is a  lot of money. On the other hand the US government has really shifted their focus towards protecting their employees from prosecution if they violate geneva conventions


I wonder if it's against the Geneva Convention to see national monuments.  A man in France pretended to work for the government and sold the Eiffel Tower, not once but twice!


That is just insane, wow. Do you know when the White HOuse started getting used as a president's house?


I understand since John Adams.  Isn't he the second president.


That house must require a lot of maintenance. I wonder if they still have the solar panel that George Bush put back in it?


'd like to think of Bush up there installing them himself, with his tool belt on and cursing as things don't go right. You'd think it would be a Democrat putting up solar.


About the same as the average person.  I don't mind a short hike in the woods, or sitting by a river trying to catch some fish.


Hahaha well there you go. It was nice chatting with you. Have a good one


Nice, sounds fun. Did you know that there are species of fish that can eat prey twice their size?


I'd like to see what they look like after a meal.  Like I feel after Thanksgiving.


Hahaha so true. Yeah, they are called the black swallower, how fitting their name.


Is a jellyfish a fish?  I heard there is one that is immortal!


Yeah that is the one species of jellyfish that scientists have been studying for so long trying to crack their secret. I guess sometimes it is hard to tell what a fish is, like the seahorse.


I just don't know how you know something is immortal.


they must have studied them for so long. same as they do a lot of experimenting with zebra fish.


Speaking of science and up to date technology, it turns out the White House still uses floppy disks.  to store date.


I think so.  In Croatia, there is an ancient roman amphitheater that is still being used as a concert venue.


Do you think they would let creed play there?


I am sure as long as they are willing to pay.  Creed had a concert that was so bad that people filed a lawsuit against them.


I guess you are right, pink floyd played there with no audience!


I heard that they did that in 1972.  I wonder why they did not want to have no audience.


I dont know.  Linkin park did 324 concerts in 2001


That was a lot in one year! I think it had to do with the success of their first album.


That was a lot!  Was it within a year though?


Linkin Park did 324 in one year - Ramones probably did less on a yearly basis.


That is almost one daily, crazy.  Take care and nice chat


It was nice chatting with you too. Have a nice weekend!


What topics are you interested in discussing?


Piano is fine.  Did you know there was an aluminum grand piano?


Yes, I heard one that was built for the lounge of the airship Hindenburg that weighed only 356 pounds. That was very light for a grand piano.


Seems like it would slide around on the airship then lol.


Yes, I would think so. I also enjoy piano concerts. Do you like live music performances?


Love them.  I like band Concerts mostly.  You?


I went to see a piano concert by John Legend in the past.  Yes, I enjoy good piano concerts.


Lucky!  I bet he would sound good in an acient roman amphitheater


Yes, but we lost a rat or muscat species in Australia last week to climate change. Extinction is real.


True and only getting worse, I fear.  Def climate change affecting many species around the world.  I only recently found out that hiccups are a holdover from early evolution when early land animals had both gills and lungs.


I think it is going to be up to the Billionaires like Jeff Bezos to make changes. If he can build a clock in the side of a mountain that will last 10,000 years he can put some money towards preventing climate change.


Amen to that!  Speaking of Amazon do you realize that the average Amazon warehouse worker walks between 7 and 15 miles each day as part of t heir daily shift.  Wow, no after work gym time needed.


Yes, I wonder if they knowingly created a healthy work atmosphere. I have heard that their offices in Seattle are innovated and started the casual work place that is now popular in all businesses.


They probably did.  It's just a good thing all the way around.  I read somewhere that the first Amazon customer spent $27.95 and got a building named after him.  Have you heard about that?


I am going to spend around the same amount for my next purchase. I wish I would get something more then just a t-shirt for the money.


I hear ya on that!  I'm old enough I can still remember when Amazon.com was just an online bookstore, long before it blew up into what it is now.


Ya, then you could buy downloads and anything else you might want to get from any store. Do you like the google home or the Amazon echo?


Google home, only because I got it as a gift from my daughter, I don't know too much about the echo.  Which do you have/


I have Google Home because my husband like the google interface. I do not know which is better but I do know once you choose one you are have to go all the way. We are now moving into the light bulbs being controlled by google.


That is so true!  Kind of scary when you stop and think about it.  Well, it's been nice chatting with you this afternoon, friend.  Hope you get to enjoy the rest of your day and keep loving the animals!


I love dogs and any animal that can speak with their eyes. Did you know that Germany has given animals constitutionally-guaranteed legal rights.


Yeah, I had read about that.  They did that in 2002.


I guess I am an animal person. I became a vegetarian as soon as I was old enough to be responsible for my own meals.


Oh, how cool!  I know it's the right thing to do, but I would find it so hard.  Good for you!  Do you realize the loch ness monster is a protected species?


I love the Scottish! I guess we have a responsibility for the animals we love. Did you know that animals who are domesticated are the only ones that get a white patch on their heads,


That's fascinating, though I'm not sure why they get a white patch?


Maybe so we can identify them as belong to us. I will have to look that up on Google to be sure.


Me too, Ill have to find, I'm too curious , now.  I was shocked to learn that there are 20 Quintillion individual animals on the planet, right now.


Hello,  did you know the norweigian government donated money to save the amazon?


He simply used his skills, confidence, and charisma to make it appear as if he truly was a government employee finding an alternative to scrapping the eiffel tower due to the high maintenance costs.


Yeah,  maybe he took acting classes or he is knowledgeable in that area.


I wonder what he would say are his key advice when pulling a successful con.


Have you ever seen that movie Focus?  That was very enlightening inside view on a con artist's life.


I never have, but it sounds intriguing. Could you elaborate?


The movie goes more into misdirection when doing a fast con and how they practice.  In a long con,  they do mind tricks and make the person think its a great idea,  they do so much research and planning its amazing.


Wow that is fascinating. I guess these skills would make conmen masters at social skills, appearance, and research.


While I must admit I don't have much familiarity, I do admit I like cars.


Yes! I just happened to read up on it recently. It is interesting the choices various governments make regarding the environment.


the drive through was invented in 1975!  its been good chatting!


I also read recently that nevada is mostly owned by the government.


I wonder what the government plans to do with so much land in Nevada. Since it is mostly barren, I'm curious if they use it for bases and weapons testing.


Speaking of the military, how comfortable would you be with the fact that the US passed legislation to protect government employees from being prosecuted under the geneva convention?


I am not sure,  what do you think of it?


Well, I am honestly conflicted. On one side, it is good to know the government is backing its employees and people regardless of how grey their actions. On the other, there is a reason the geneva conventions were created and passing legislation means we have potentially violated it.


I see,  I don't think I know much about politics or this topic.  That is interesting though.


I concur. Btw, since we are on the topic of government and to get off this grave topic, have you heard that a conman managed to impersonate a government employee and see the eiffel tower?


That's amazing!  It is good to hear nice things!  There is so much negative stuff online/social media.


I agree, but it's always nice when there is something heartwarming.  Like there is a dad who still takes a stuffed turtle to work that his daughter gave him.


Right!  i recently read about that,  really sweet!


I guess she was two and they thought it was a whale, but it 's still a great story.


I am a big fan.  I didn't get to watch all of the playoffs, but took in as much as I could this past weekend.  What about you?


No I hardly watch football,  unless its the niners or the super bowl.  I dont even know who is in the playoffs lol do you?


It's a little easier now because we are just down to four teams and both are the top seeds.  New Orleans and the LA Rams for the NFC; Kansas City and New England in the AFC.  Winner plays in the Super Bowl!


Oh ok awesome!  Did you know Benjarvus green ellis never fumbled in his nfl career?


That is an impressive achievement!  There aren't many that can claim that, but I do believe he is retired from the NFL now.


Hello!  I do like animals and have a pet dog.  What about you?


I also have a dog!  Yes I love animals,  did you know that the loch ness monster is a protected species?


Wow!  I wonder what lengths Germany would go if "Nessie" was in that country since they actually gave legally guaranteed rights to animals.


I can't believe there in 20 quintillion animals!  How many zeroes is in quintillion?  I never even heard of that word lol.


That is crazy and obviously means a lot of 0s after that 20.  I bet there is a subreddit for about every species though.


Probably!  Only like half of the people on reddit actually vote!


Maybe if the elections were held on Reddit we would have better turnout?


Haha right!  Its funny that the first comment on reddit was a complaint!


Sounds about right!  At least it isn't all negative.  There is a subredit that actually summarizes the nicest things done on Reddit.


And he was pretty young by then, he was just 18


Maybe he thought it was either or for his choosing. Anyways, Judge Judy makes way more money!


I remember when Lebron played for Miami Heat, now the LA Lakers are so lucky to have him!


Lebron definitely deserves to be in the LA Lakers! He's doing well!


He has won many awards , even two olympic gold medals, and he is only 34 years old!


Also, he received 3 All-Star Game MVP awards and an NBA scoring title. Now, he definitely deserves to be in the Lakers. I bet his teammates from the Heats respect him.


back when he was in high school people were already paying between $100 to $120 to see him!


Do you think he was a senior when this happened? I thought about it since he accepted a deal with nike that time.


He must have been and more that 1750 people attended, that is crazy, he was just a kid.


He is living his life and still to this very day.


Yes, I do. I find it crazy that there are 30 teams in North America.


It was cool that the NBA was funded on June 6 1946, we are now able to enjoy the competition! It was nice talking to you.


Do you recall the name of the basketball team in Canada is?


I wish I could remember, but talking about players, Le Bron James is thought to be the best player ever!


He had a new deal with "Space Jam" which was such a great movie!


That is pretty cool!! I remember the one with Michael Jordan. did you know Le Bron raised 6 million for charity?


He is such a generous man. No wonder everybody looks up to him as a legendary. He accepted a $90,000,000 offer from Nike.


Wow, and he had rejected a $10 million offer from reebok before, he thought he could get more, and yes he did!


Very true.  Maybe people in the past have used the method that WWII soldiers did with the pencil and the razor blade.


That sounds like a great survival skill, do you  listen to the radio much?


On occasion, mainly podcasts.  I would like to hear the radio storms that Jupiter has though.


That would be interesting  I agree, would become boring eventually but can make you imagination fly


Very true.  They do have a website with classical radio dramas too, its even free.


Is it free really? does it have a lot of content usually the worse episodes are the only free ones


I dont know, I havent personally checked out, but if they are all older it is public domain, so it would all be free.


I see, I must Google search for that site then, do you agree with the Canadian rewarding local music in their radio stations?


I think it is good, but to require 40% is kind of crazy


Seems a bit excesive but I respect the law, you promote local talent and then great artists can be formed


I  think the internet is a great invention and I love it, what about you?


Very true.  It would also give lesser know local artists a chance against the big stars.


I agree, big stars are famous already so its hard to compete with that.


I know I am a bit of a slave to it.  It is fantastic what we are able to do.


I know right, we can tranfer data, music, videos, large file, the internet is just amazing


It is, There is even a copy in the Library of Alexandra


Thats a great thing I guess, the internet is neccesary now I cant imagine my life without it


I know.  There is even 3G service at the top of MT Everest.


Theres signal on top of Mt. Everest! wow thats the highest mountain in the planet, crazy how signal gets there


Yeah, but it is great so you can check in when you reach the summit, because as we all know it isnt official until it is on facebook... lol


Thats amazing, I would like to take a selfie after achieving a goal like that, not many make it to the top


hi how are you? Do you listen to albums these days?


I do not see the value in old recordings on old media. they are warmer because of the high end roll off but i figure you can emulate that with software.


I think so too. Are you old enough to remember 8 track tapes?


I do remember the 8 trax. i never owned one. i guess they sounded better? seems to be expensive but not that much better.


No they didn't sound better. But at the time it was the first media that you could play in a car. We thought they were great. But they really sucked.


Yeah, people like convenience more than quality, i think. the walkman was convenient but the sound was limited.


Yeah, I think they just didn't have enough power to generate good sound. But I think the ultimate is still the reel to reel if you don't mind the space they take up.


Wow, that is an expensive setup. I would rather have something convenient. i like sound, and appreciate good sound, but i dont have the money for the high end. LOL


I don't either. But I think recording studios still make the initial recordings on these devices.


I thought things would be digital now for convenience. Anyway, great chat!


Yes. Thanks for the chat and have a good evening.


Hi, I'm good. Yes I listen to albums. Are you familiar with the Moody Blues?


Yes, i am! wow, that is going back a ways. what album?


I go back a ways. The Dark Side of The Moon was one of the best selling albums of 2014.


Yes, it was a great album and continues to get new fans every year. Have you tried the dark side of oz, since you go back a ways?


Watch the Wizard of Oz. at a certain point in the film, turn on Dark side as the soundtrack.


Okay I'll give that a try. Given how quickly we have gone from records, to tapes, to Cd's, how long do you think is will be before Cd's are obsolete?


No need for physical media soon. i figure people will not want to own stuff that takes up space.


Exactly. But there are still people who think that 33's have a better sound. I'm not one of them. What do you think?


Hello, did you know the car Cadillac was named after a French explorer by the same name?


Thanks, I can't believe that Korea has rappers that perform what's called "Compliment Battle" style rapping, funny


Yeah, and Tupac's music is in  the Library of Congress under "Cultural Significance"


Eminem, the rapper, wanted to be a comic book artist before his music career.


And the judge trying his case in 2001 sang the verdict in rap!


Funny, can you imagine hearing that come out of a judges mouth in a courtroom?  The birth year of the "Modern" car is 1886.


It was only 1908 before they became widely accepted in the US replacing horse drawn carriages..


The Model T came out in 1908, it was one of the first cars available to the masses by Ford company.


Hey back to rap music for a moment; did you know that the Rugrats Movie Reptar Wagon had voiceovers by Busta Rhymes?


I didn't know that, interesting! Also James Brown like to interact with his crowds between songs at his concerts.


Smooth! They way I heard it was that he would interact with Muhammad Ali and the bands at that time.


Or that the trunk of the car is called trunk because cars used to carry wooden trunks on the back?


Yes, this is true. The African griot tradition was the precursor to modern rap.


wow, that's interesting.  I didn't know that about Trunks!


Ha and it's legal to add flame throwers to your car in Africa to prevent carjacking!


That is insane!  Also, McDonald's added the drive thru in 1975 so Soldiers who couldn't leave their cars due to being in uniform could order food!


Hmm, very interesting! Soldiers in WWI made radios out of razor blades and pencils!.


That's hard to imagine, I wonder how good those radios were???  I guy who play the video game "Gran Turismo" became an actual professional race car driver because he beat 90,000 people in the video game!


Did you know all radios in Canada are required to play at least 40% Canadian music? Or that the storms on Jupiter can be picked up here on am radio?


I didn't know that, it seems like I don't know much!  Ha ha.  There's a website dedicated to Free programming of thousands of episodes of old Classic Radio Dramas. I can't imagine having to listen to TV, and not watch it.


Wow! You DO know a lot! There is a radio station in Finland that broadcasts a weekly program entirely in Latin! Or if you prefer you can pick up free classic radio drama on the web.


Interesting. What do you know about machine learning?


It is learning done by machines. Beyond that, not much. You?


They have an algo that can mine rap lyrics and write their own.


That is very cool. Soon we will not need rap artists. We can have the machines do it for us.


Hilarious. Yeah, it will be like that Beastie Boys song Intergalatic.


Yes, that would be great. What else do you know that is interesting about machine learning?


Apparently there are "are you human " tests that aid in the design of machine learning.


Yeah, turing tests. this whole things we're doing right now is part of that study. Anyway, thanks for the phat chat!


Right, that is what they are called. Nice chatting with you too.


Yes, I do. I dont often have the time or money to travel but i really do enjoy it.


Me too. Did you know in Japan every highway is a toll?


the high speed highways impose a toll. the roads are not crowded though. you get what you pay for. did you want to go to Japan?


I want to visit. Did you know that Iceland had no public rail service?


Yes, i did know that. Japan on the other hand has a tremendous rail service. if you plan to visit, the rail system is better than the highway. however the air travel in Iceland is probably cheaper.


Did you know that bird's bones are hollow?


Yes, I did. they are stronger because they are hollow. lighter too. Did you know that birds have regional accents according to scientists?


No, I didn't know that. I also didn't know the feathers weight more than their bones.


I guess that is also true of crows, which are among the most intelligent of birds, and are even capable of imitating human speech.


I was wondering!  I guess by the title it's the last game so it sounds like it might be interesting to find out why and such.


Hoboken is in Jersey and the jets are new york?  interesting


Maybe the author assumes they'll move someday.


He wrote the game of thrones.  I asked Alexa lol


The author that wrote about the super bowl wrote the game of thrones?  Wow!


He's a Jersey boy.  Guess that explains that.  And what about the football team named Beloit Fairies?


I didn't know there ever was one.  Fairies aren't a good mascot for a football team.


They were the first team to ever beat the packers.


Well that definitely says something.  What happened to them?


No I don't.  But I like seahawks!  lol  Guess they're really sea gulls  lol


Too bad they didn't stay around.  Well, it's time for me to go.  It's been nice chatting with you!  Have a great day!


Some of those team mascots are on the odd side!  So I guess you don't watch the superbowl in February each year?


I actually lose interest when they get political.  I used to like the packers because they were community owned.


That's one of the reasons I liked them too. Still do actually.  They're the only team that is community owned you know.


Kinda the same as supporting small businesses.  Gonna have to read that short story "the last superbowl"


It's a story about a game taking place in 2016 between the packers and the hoboken jets.


1975 by george r. r. martin.    the hoboken jets are fictional I think  lol


Animated superhero film are very interesting to watch because they need lot of creativity to design such a character.


Amazing ! Kung fu panda is the most liked movie by main people around the world.


I dont know if I would go that far. Its ok I guess. My son likes it


Entertainment is a form of activity which holds the people's attention and make them joyful. Entertainment varies from culture to culture, there are so much entertainments like story-telling, dancing, drama etc..


So true. What kinds of entertainment do you like.


Watching short videos, animated movies, listen to music and sports. What about you ?


Its really very amazing. Peoples attention is held by different hings, because individuals have different preferences in entertainment, most forms are recognisable and familiar.


I know right. Have you ever seen kunk fu hustle.


The movie won "The supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy".


I didnt know it won any award. I know Bill murray thought that about the film.


Thats true. Plus they are usually very funny or action packed. My son loves them.


Comedy is used in ancient Greece, to influences the public opinion of voter was influenced by the political satire performed by the comic poets.


How interesting. Well you have a good one. Gotta go. Bye.


All the kids are loved it. Sometime it make more enjoyable to myself also. What about you ?


Yes I do. I also like comedies. How bout you.


Comedy is work generally intended to be humorous, stand-up comedy.


Are you a fan of Jack Black I like his movies.


Yes, The comedy term found in Ancient Greece which is dramatic performance to make the people laugh and make the people think.


Wow. Jack black supposed to be in the green lantern film. He was also in kung fu panda an animated film.


lets talk about hockey, Canada had a great winter Olympic season in 1924 scoring 132 goals total


yeah, when they switch to basketball the hockey ring stays under the basketball court


I wonder if you can feel the temperature of the ice through the temporary court?  It's time we came up with a new sport, ice basketball, the same basketball just on ice.  Then they would not have to keep switching the court from one to the other.


Lets talk about the Earth next, it is the third planet from the sun and formed 4.5 billion years ago


I guess the rotation of the earth has slowed, a day used to be 5,5 hours,  a work day would have been shorter then.


yes, the earth has already lost so much of its natural forests, around 80 percent of them


From what I hear on the radio it's still losing more, and quickly.  I was also aware that we are losing helium, need to think more carefully about those birthday balloons.


I did not know that either, The earth by the end of the 21st century will be virtually helium-free


I've heard it a while back, I guess you can't make helium, and when it's released into the air it escapes our atmosphere, never to be seem again.


If you put the earth's history in a 24 hour period, humans only represent 1 minute 17 seconds


I can never comprehend these time scales, lie the size of galaxies, and distances in light years.  Just too vast to process.


Are we talking the ice form or the field form?


yeah, the Earth's surface is mostly water, being covered by 71%


ice form, Lacrosse and ice hockey are both Canada's national sports


Two national sports.  That seems a little greedy.  I've never been much of a skater, a few times when I was a kid, but never got into it.


They are the only country in the world that has two national sports


Lookin at it on TV I'd imagine those guys must sweat a lot in all that clothing, even if it is on ice.


There was a hockey player that was traded for a $1 in 1993


I could have bought him.  Not sure what I'd do with  hockey player around the house, maybe laundry.


maybe, 8 pounds is the amount an average professional hockey player losses each game.


That's  a lot, you could make a lot of money by marketing a diet plan that loses 8 pounds in a single night.  You could have a nice big dinner after and not feel guilty, a fish supper maybe?


hey there did you know washington was one of the top 3 richest Presdients?


ya apparently there was a couple switches thorughout the time of the Republican party, and it is still perplexing that the red/blue split onlly started in the year 200


and I did not know that the red and blue colors only started in 2000.


nope very weird, also weird that President Truman wouldnt get his pic taken with Dumbo


I always thought that elections are rigged anyway.


it could be I'm not sure, but ya Truman didn't want to be associated with Republicans appanretly by not getting a pic with dumbo


that that seems very dumb, and ya I guess the Rep. party was started way back in 1854


Well at least we are democratic instead of a dictatorship nation


ya that is true, also true is that every president we've had has been either a Dem or Rep. since 1853


I wonder what the other party was before that .


ya I think it was teh whigs or something, but it is bettr than what they had in ancient athens, did you hear about that


Yes I did. It was nice chatting with you good night.


yup he was, do you know how he made all his money?


no I dont really. How did he make his money ?


oh I don't know I was asking, i think his grandpa was actually running booze during prohibition but I don't knwo for sure


I would love to hear the president of indonesia's pop albums


ya maybe they are really good? maybe trump and Kanye should collaborate on one together and outdo hiim with 4 albums!


Thats a very good one. Does trump have a beard ? He is republican and I cant recall


haha no he doesn't but apparently he should! maybe he will grow one


Its interesting how the parties changed in the 1960's


And it has 137 million subscribers so yeah, I bet they are regretting it big time, Blockbuster is almost gone now


Yeah,is Blockbuster still around at all?


I think there are a few Blockbuster stores left, not sure though, Netflix sure spends a lot on money on postage


Yeah, I heard they spend 20 times more on postage than bandwidth.I had forgotten they still have the DVD option.


I didnt know about their DVD option but I guess the company started out that way,


Yeah I remember getting DVDs before the streaming option got good enough. I am surprised they still have the DVD option!


Maybe they will cancel that option soon enough, their first series was Lilyhammer


Interesting! They have 137 million subscribers worldwide and counting, with 58 million being in the US.


Thats a lot of subscribers, they also have a lot of debt, and the competition is growing, I hope they can stay in business


Do they have a lot of debt? Wow. They are available worldwide except in five countries.


I do. From 9 pm to 12 am, Netflix accounts for 33 percent of all bandwidth in North America. I am part of it, haha.


Yeah China, Syria, North Korea and Crimea, their losses are big.


I have to say I am a part of it as well lol I am one of the millions of subscribers around the world


And during peak time Netflix and YouTube make up half of peak internet traffic. Do you use Youtube as well?


I do yeah, but I use Netflix a bit more what about you?


I use Youtube for music and watch other content on Netflix. I used to use Blockbuster. Did you?


Me too, then they got excessive with their fees and costs so I decided to buy a Netflix subscription.


Yeah I guess that is how Reed Hastings had the idea to start Netflix. He racked up a $50 late fee on a VHS copy of Apollo 13.


Thats crazy, I bet Blockbuster regretted the day they charged such big fees to its customers, it really made us ran away


And I bet they regret declining several offers to buy Netflix for $50 million. It is now worth $2 billion.


yeah , we'll have to wait and see. do you go on facebook much?


I don't really to FB much. I know that it is popular and has been used for many things. Worth quite a bit now, I suppose.


Oh yeah for sure. did you ever use myspacE?


I never used it. I guess it was a lot like Facebook: make friends, get info and news.


yeah and they had the opportunity to buy facebook and did not


I bet they are kicking themselves about that! I think it's funny that Burger King had an "unfriend" campaign. What was the purpose of that?


I really wonder about that too, not sure though


I would have made 10 friends just to unfriend them for the Whopper. Iceland has embarked on a bold project to rewrite its Constitution.


hahah there you go.do you know why it is blue?


I never really thought about it. Why is it blue?


Not much. It's usually in the sky every day. I don't really talk to it frequently, but I guess it has a pretty good personal life.


because Mark is colorblind, green-red. nice chat


did you know it is white but we see it as yellow


The atmosphere really creates an illusion. I've heard that the sunsets on Mars are blue.


that must be really cool and different to see


I wish we could harness the energy of lightning. I might help solve our energy needs.


yeah that is amazing, all we have to do is catch one of the bolts


Still, the sun produces a lot of energy. We need to find more and better ways to capture it. The sun might not be that big, but it has a lot to offer.


it sure has, all we need is 1 second of its eneger and we are good for 500 000 years


That would a terrific feat! Even if we capture just a bit, we might get a 1,000 years' worth.


It was named after the found of Detroit, French Explorer Antoine de la Moth Cadillac. Say that ten times fast lol.


Oh I see, so it was named after him, makes sense most of the car brands are  named after a guy or inventor.


Yes you're right! Do you like to travel?


I love traveling I do it once a year, what about you?


Where is the coolest place you've been? I do. I don't know if I would want to travel the whole way across Japan though.


The coolest place has to be Argentina I really loved that country and also Ecuador, what about you? and Japan seems like a great destination.


Awesome! I would say Italy. I do want to travel to South Africa and see those flamethowers people put on cars!


We would be in so much trouble if the same rule applied in America lol, did you hear about people stealing garden gnomes before travelling.


I agree there are too many crazy people here haha. I didn't hear that! Where at?


They return them apparently its a big deal all over the world, sounds  like a cool tradition, they return them to the owner with photos of the gnomes travels.


That would be fun to do! I am going to look into that. It was nice chatting, have a great day!


I have used Lyft before, but only a couple times. How about you?


I use them all the time, good thing there's a 24/7 Uber Lyft service coming to the D.C. area


I'm surprised there wasn't one yet! I bet that will help everybody out a lot! Do you own a car?


I do have a car but I prefer to take an Uber at times, it helps me organize my day on the way to work, do you have a car?


I do too! I wish I could use it more, but I live like 30 minutes from work so it isn't economical to take it. I can't believe cars have been around since 1886!


Thats a long commute! and yeah the first model was a Benz model many think it was a Ford.


I would have thought that but the Ford didn't come out until 1908! Do you know how Cadillac got it's name?


Hey, have you ever been to a concert? Linkin Park played 324 concerts in 2001 alone.


I hope that doesn't happen. They're so smart that they can be trained to bark like a dog.


Really? a shark that barks I have to look that up lol that is amazing


And they don't have rib cages, so their weight on land can crush their own body.


They dont? I guess they are fragile animals on the surface, I like dolphins better although sharks are rescuers too, I would totally freak out


I've heard that sharks have rescued sailors before. I don't know if I believe that. Maybe if they were Nurse Sharks. ahahaha


Maybe lol, so what other animals do you like or find interesting?


Personally I really like elephants. How about you? And apparently there are about 20 quintillion individual animals on planet earth. I've never even heard that high of a number before haha


I liked lions, find them so interesting, and woah that sure is a big number there are 7 million species in the planet


That's a lot! Did you know that the Loch Ness monster is a protected species?


Really old Nessie is protected? well I think thats great, I think the Loch Ness Monster is a myth but who know.


I have, I didnt make it to their concerts but I really liked the band and 324 concerts in a year Woah!!


Who knows! Scotland seems to believe in her! Well this was a great chat!


I would like to see the Loch Ness monster some day, anyway its been a cool chat I agree have a nice day bye.


Me too. And the Ramones played 2263 and toured nonstop for 20 years!


I did attend one of their concerts, really good show, I liked them, do you like the band Creed?


I wish I had. Not really, and I heard Creed was sued by their fans. Is that true?


It is true, 4 concert goers sued the band I guess the concert was terrible, its a shame I used to love that band


That's bad haha. I'm not really a fan, but their music makes me nostalgic. I am a big fan of Pink Floyd. In 1972 they recorded a live concert with no audience in an ancient roman amphitheater.


Pink Floyd is one of the greates musicians in the history of man kind! he is a really talented and I heard about that concert too bad it didnt have an audience


Agreed! Great band. Off topic, did you know sharks evolved earlier than trees and dinosaurs?


Really? I guess they must be the older species around, really ancient and powerful and we are about to extinct them with all the hunting


Yeah, maybe they need to copy what they do in Ireland and France and build twin buildings for safety. I wonder if that is better use of funds than building a wall?


You might be right, I am so sick of all the talk about the wall and all the fuss, seems like it is so pointless, if criminals want to enter or bring what they can, they will always find a way.


I couldn't agree more with you on that. Like in France, a man impersonated to be a government official and managed to sell the Eiffel tower, not once, but TWICE! If someone is going to do something, I think nothing's going to stop them.


Exactly!  Tells you everything you need to know about criminals doing what they will to get what they want, sometimes they get caught, but they will always try.


Yeah totally! Are you familiar with the Geneva Conventions? I am not too familiar and was wondering why the US passed legislation that protects government employees from being prosecuted for violating the Geneva Conventions.


I am not too familiar no, but I also wonder that as well.  Sounds a bit fishy to me to be honest.


Yeah, it seems rather risky giving that kind of 'immunity' t anyone!


Yeah and to be an official, and to be granted immunity seems way too fishy.  They should be held to a higher standard if they are officials.


Maybe there's records of the potential impact of that on Wikileaks since they were so brazen to publish secretive documents related to the government's plans to destroy them. How do you feel about Wikileaks?


I am not too sure how I feel, but it does show how easily those documents can get out, so I think it is good that they brought it to the attention of the government.


Hello there, I do follow, but not super closely, how about you?


Yeah, I learned a lot through the Snowden movie, wasn't too familiar with the story or news articles seemed biased until I saw that movie, but still have some degree of doubt and does raise a difficult question.


I still have to watch that one myself, but anyways, it was nice talking with you today, I hope you have a good day.


Yes, same here, only watched the recap of the recent State of Union address. As advanced as technology is these days, the White House still uses floppy disks for storing files! Possible security breach perhaps?


That is so hilarious, I don't even think you can buy those at a regular store anymore!


Yeah, Amazon probably doesn't even carry them anymore! There was one president who got with times and that's George W. Bush who had solar panels installed on the back of the white house.


I had read that before, I also heard there were other presidents who took them down, and then put them back up.


That I don't know, but that is why they say Bush put them 'back' on.


Oh ok! I see. Well seeing that the secret service took four days to realize that bullets had struck the white house, I think they need to reevaluate their team and security processes.


That is just too crazy, I wouldn't feel very safe if I was the president and it took them that long.


I agree on that one. I wonder how long it lasted!


Probably 1986 only lol.  A store in alabama sell lost clothing and camera from airports lasted longer


I don't know how I would feel buying something like that haha. I'm sure they are honest about them though instead of North Korea putting Made in China tags on their clothes.


That is funny.  I guess Chinese manufacturing is an upgrade there?


Haha most likely. I would have liked to see Tupac do ballet in high school.


I agree! Kicking butt on the dance floor in the hong kong championships!


He was a master of movement in many human forms.


I would have loved to meet that guy! I wonder if he patented any dance moves like Michael Jackson did.


Oh yeah, the device he did the lean with in Smooth Criminal!  Awesome move!


I do but I only use it for news and customer service issues.


I do too actually. I can't believe Myspace turned down an offer to buy it back in 2005!


What is myspace lol.  Only 75million I heard.


You never heard of MySpace? How old are you lol. Yes that is pennies to what it's worth now!


Too old, that was a joke because they disapeared.  I think 104 billion now.


oh lol! That's a lot of money! I'm sure they were mad at Burger King for running that unfriend promotion.


I would do it, I like Whoppers better than some people!


You and me both haha. Did you know Apple had a clothing line back in 1986?


I think they better stick with phones and pcs


I am a big fan of the Marvel comics! The Avengers is really great.


Noway, what a trip! How would you someone not watch their own work? I am big on watching them with Netflix. Netflix is fast and has super bandwidth.


oh definitely, didyou hear about how Netflix was started? like what inspired its creation?


No, I am not sure how they started. I do know I am one of 137 million total subscribers now.I can remember when they first started and we would order and mail the dvd's back and forth through the mail.


haha ya I remember that, it makes sense they  switched to digital, I guess Netflix spends 20x more on postage than on the streaming bandwidth


Man, thats a lot. I heard that the only places that don't have Netflix is North Korea, Syria and Crimea. That sounds about right when you think of North Korea and how oppressed they are.


ya, that would make sense, anyway the funny story on how netflix was started is the creator was charged a $40 late fee for Apollo 13, that is a good movie though!


Oh wow, that is a funny story. I guess everyone in the world gets late fees, not just me! lol.


haha yes I haven't gotten a $40 late fee though, do you like Marvel or DC more btw?


Oh man that is a hard question to answer. I don't think I can choose today. I like the characters that was created for kids with poor hearing though, I like the social aspect of Marvel Worldwide inc.


ya that is true, I like batman but besides him I only like Marvel, funny that there is one character shared by both Marvel and DC


ya I agree, did you hear that due to the avengers there was an increase in shawarma sales haha!


Oh cool, okay I really like Batman and Robin too. I never forget about the sidekick. Walt Disney acquired Marvel and he branding has just become a 2 billion dollar venture.


ya I remember that, it was back in 2009, seems like a while ago but it has definitely paid off!


Oh awesome! Ha. It was shot with an imax camera, the entire movie! That's just one reason it was spectacular. Imax theater movies are amazing but sometimes make me dizzy.


ya sometimes it is too overwhelming, did you ever watch the show recess? the girl who voices gretchen voiced the waitress in the Avengers


Yes, I loved Recess! I didn't know that, how cool! The Avengers- The Age of Ultron was the nineteenth film.


ah interesting, did you watch the original incredible hulk from the 70s btw?


Heck yeah, I was a big fan of the Hulk. I watched the show religiously every week! My cousin was related to the guy who played him but I cant remember his name.


haha ya his name was Lou Ferrigno, and he actually appeared in one of the avengers movies!


Oh yeah, I sort of remember that. How cool! I am into reading the Marvel comics too and really enjoy all the characters and the themes. In 1998 marvel offered the rights to sony for all the characters for $25 million but they only wanted Spiderman for $10 million because they claimed thats the only one people would care about.


haha that's funny! did you know the guy who plays jarvis's voice? I guess he has never watched an avengers movie haha


You said that you used to order DVD's by mail.  Do you know that Neflix is currently spending more money on stamps than on bandwidth?


Thats really neat information to know considering the amount of bandwidth that they use in North America


At certain time (9PM to 12 AM), they use 33% of all bandwidth in North America.  That was a lot!


That surprising, but it makes sense because that is when people would be relaxing and watching TV


I agree with you!  As long as they do not hog the bandwidth during business hours, I would not complain.


Thats a very good point!  Its amazing how streaming has changed the way we watch TV & movies since 2007


Netflix expanded its business that year.  They introduce streaming media for the first time.


Yes they did, its hard to believe that it was already 12 years ago


I know, right.  Time flies so fast.  China and North Korea do not allow their people to have Netflix.


Wow, very interesting!  I wonder if that will ever change


Hi, Yes I do.  I really like Orange is the New Black


Not in my lifetime.  I am old LOL.  I've got to run now.  Nice chatting with you.


I heard about it but I have never seen it.  I was surprised to know that Netflix had 137,000,000 subscribers worldwide.


Wow, you should see it.  It is great.  Do you have Netflix?


My daughter does.  I watch it from time to time.  I will certainly watch it as soon as I have time.  I did not know that people still rent dvds via mail.


I did not know that either.  That is how I used it first.


They offered to sell their company to Blockbuster.  Do you know that?


Yes, its hard to believe that Blockbuster never took advantage of it. So many blockbuster stores are closed now


It was offered for $50 M only.  The current Netflix value is over $2 billion!


I know, 2 billion and its only growing since they been making their own series since 2012


Festivals are really nice I remember going with my parents when I was a kid, really fun


I regret not going to a Linking Park concert, that is one of my favorite bands, they performed 324 concerts in 2001 and I couldnt make it


That is a lot of concerts in one year. I wanted to go hear the ramones who toured almost 20 years nonstop with over 2000 concerts under their belt


Thats a lot of concerts as well, they must have spent all their time touring, travelling around the world.


Ya. Personally as long as it's not a creed concert or heavy metal, I think I would enjoy it


Yeah I heard Creed had a terrible concert back in 2002, they even got sued because of their poor performance


4 concert goers sue the band, you know theres an ancient amphitheatre in Croatia that is used as a concert venue still


That sure sounds like an amazing place to hold a concert


I know right, a lot of history present at the amphitheatre, Pink Floid hold a concert without an audience once


They did that at the roman amphitheater right? I wonder if just no one came or if they just wanted to play at such an amazing venue for themselves. I know I would


Yeah that happened at a roman amphitheater, it was back in the year 1972.


Just local festivals, I want to go to The Shift festival of American Orchestras, that seems like quite a show


Could you tell me more about the Shift Festival? I heard the main focus was creativity


I sure can, so 4 American orchestras are playing on the festival, the music is great and presenters a re good as well, all the orchestras are famous and skilled so I can see why the main focus is creativity


National Symphony Orchestra, Albanys Symphony, Fort Worths Symphony and theres even dancers from the texas ballet


That sounds like quite the lineup. Do you enjoy going to such events like concerts?


It does sound like an interesting lineup, worth every penny, and yeah I like concerts


Any in particular you want to or wished you went to?


I honestly didnt know it was about WW1? Gal Gadot thought she was auditioning for cat woman!


That's funny! Ha! She did serve two years as a soldier for the Israeli defense forces so she was perfect for the part, in my opinion!


Definitely helps play an action hero. Did you play the original Nintendo?


I used to a long time ago! What about you? It's crazy to think it only displayed 54 colors back then. And we never even realized it!


I was like 6 years old. Couldnt tell. Even some of the NES games are still fun to us now!


Agreed! I can't believe it lasted until 2003 when it was discontinued over in Japan. I figured it was discontinued long before that!


No kidding! Speaking of entertainment, did you ever hear Ronald Reagan was actually rejected for a role because a movie executive didn't think he looked "presidential". That's an epic fail!


I bet their desire for a look changed - he looked a bit younger!


True. And then Bill Nye won a Steve Martin lookalike contest which gave him a break in the entertainment industry. Honestly, I don't think they look alike! Ha!


Hi! I am. Although I enjoyed MySpace more than I do Facebook. I can't believe MySpace declined an offer to buy Facebook back in 2005. Oh what might have been! What about you?


I use it most days. Amazing to think about how much money they turned down, though given how MySpace is doing now, they might have not turned it into anything.


That is a good point. I can imagine it being a variety of colors other than primarily blue since Zuckerberg is red/green colorblind.


Pretty well known for hat now. Apparently BK also made a promo to unfried 10 people for a free whopper. Would you do it?


Oh, definitely! Ha! I'd do it in a heartbeat! What about you? Also, it's too bad America can't be like Iceland and rewrite our own constitution so we Americans can make suggestions on alterations and such!


Iceland also has far fewer people, though it would be an interesting process. Would you participate?


I definitely would. But you are right. There are far too many people in America to take suggestions from. How do you feel about the like button being illegal in Schleswig-Holstein?


That's sorta weird, reducing basic interactivity, but to each their own. Did you see the Wonder Woman movie?


I did and thoroughly enjoyed it! I couldn't believe it was the highest grossing ww1 movie of all time though!


did you know that fourteen of the 25 biggest stadiums in the world are linked to american football teams


yes, I wonder if that makes them more or less likely to win, I would get mad and play better personally.


Football has come a long way. Bowlers in the 60s used to make more than football players. What?!


that is wild, also wild that the highest scoring football game was in 1916 with a score 222-0 haha