Yes this is a good example of why we need to have different political parties with different viewpoints and checks and balances in place.


It's surprising though that throughout history the Republican party has held the majority.


Yes, however, they have lost the popular vote in six out of the last seven Presidential elections.


That is very true. It's very surprising to me that Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican president.


Yes it is surprising to me as well. It was nice talking to you.


Yes, it's been a pleasure to discuss our country's history and our political parties' view points.


It seems like you cannot get away from this issue these days - or poitics in general.


No, this is one of the main issues debated between democrats and republicans.


That is true - every US president since 1853 has been either a Republican or Democrat.


Yea, it's interesting that the Whig party formed into the Republican party.


Yeah - it is interesting to look back at how both parties have developed into what they are today.


It's interesting how important gun control has become, but that's because we have guns like the AR-15


Also because of all the recent shootings - it really brings the issue of gun control into the spotlight.


That's very true. I also find it interesting that democrats just view guns as the problem and not the person committing the crime with the gun.


Hi! Have you ever ridden a motorcycle? Some people take cross country trips!


That would be a funny listen, he should do it! His rap name should be renegade because that was his secret service codename.


Thats actually a cool codename The Regae ft Snoop Dog


Yeah I could see them being popular. Even if he was born in Kenya he could still have become president. But I don't think he was.


I dont think he was either, he vetoed 2 bills while in office, not sure if thats a good thing


Well compared to FDR it was way less. Specifically 633 less!


So FDR vetoed 635 bills? now that sounds like a lot


Yeah it does. One thing I want to try is to see if I can see Obama on google maps when I zoom into the whitehouse.


Thats funny, maybe they updated that picture already, but I have to take a look at that


Yeah! I love the internet for things like that. The world wide web was invented in 1989 by an english scientist working in Switzerland!


He is going to be remembered for ever, what a great invention. Scientists makes our lives better


No not really, Im kind of afraid of them, dangerous machines


Oh yeah very much so. The term scientist wasn't coined until the 19th century too!


Harvard scientist also made an amazing advance, they stored the DNA of bacteria in a GIF


Yeah I agree. Very deadly and unsafe. What are your thoughts on guns in america? Some people are actually afraid!


I guess guns need to be better controlled, you cant take the guns away from people, thats a sure thing


Yeah that would never work!I think it would need to come from the president as they are considered the ultimate leader.


Yeah a president, dictator of authoritarian regimes leaders, I'm glad we have a democracy


Me too. There have been lots of rich presidents too. The top 3 in the past not including Trump I assume were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson.


I wonder if any of them are pop stars like the president of Indonesia,


Oh yeah the president who released 3 albums while in office! Obama would have been the closest to that because he was close with rappers and other famous people.


Can you imagine Obama in a rap album lets say with Snoop Dogg


Wow, that's not good. Do you like jazz music?


I do, I think it's really cool how Clint Eastwood is a jazz fan and has even scored several films including Million Dollar Baby. Do you like jazz?


That is pretty cool. There is a programming language in which the programs are written in musical composition with jazz-like harmonies.


Wow that seems interesting about the programs. I didn't know that. But random basketball fact, air jordans were banned by the NBA and Michael Jordan wore them anyway, probably because Nike was willing to pay the fine each game.


LOL that's hilarious! Did you know Pakistan has a jazz orchestra that's topping the charts?


I did not know that! I wonder what they sound like! And if they've ever stopped by that apartment in Harlem where the woman has held free jazz concerts every Sunday for 20 years. Seems like a lot of top performers occasionally stop by so this could be their venue!


That's pretty cool. Jazz musicians grow goatees to provide comfort when playing.


I did not know that but that explains a lot about jazz musicians I've seen. I'm really into the blues but recently found out that


I love blues music. Do you like country?


I love country music. I recently found out that European military band music is one of the roots for jazz just like the blues. The home of Jazz is New Orleans just like the US could be the home for country music.


Hi, I'm good. Was reading today that the inventor of basketball, James Naismith, is the only losing coach in the University of Kansas's history which is pretty funny.


Definitely! and if ever on the court, you should know it's been proven that shooting "granny style" is the best technique to score points on the line!


That's pretty ironic. Do you like basketball?


Not really but there are some pretty interesting facts about it. Like the US Supreme Court building having a basketball court on the top floor and having it known as "the highest court in the land"


That's funny! I saw that in 39 of 50 states, the highest paid state employees are either a college basketball or football coach.


That's crazy! I can't believe that! Another funny random fact is that the New Zealand basketball team nickname is the "tall blacks"


That would never fly in the US. People would be rioting over a name like that.


Right? They definitely would. Seems like a lot of people are rioting over the Wizards playing against the Bulls and their loss.


I don't watch too much basketball. Mainly just college. Never really got into the NBA.


Well the Wizards lost to the Bulls 113-94 and it's being called "unacceptable". It's like the team isn't even trying. They lost against the Heat too and it seems like these are 2 games they should have won.


Big time.  Now that they are out of business. lol  Netflix still spends 20 times more on postage than on bandwidth.  I'm surprised that many people still have the dvd subscriptions.


Nice!  Do you still watch television?  Did you ever see Pokemon?


I have seen it before. There are over 750 episodes, so it was hard to catch em all.


I bet.  Kind of an odd show.  Were you a fan of That 70s show?


Did you know that they remade it in the UK calling it "Days Like These" but it was cancelled after only 10 episodes?


I guess it doesnt translate well. I think it is about life in the Us in the 70s anyways.


Ture.  Did you know that there was only 1 episode of the Simpsons where Bart was neither mentioned or appeared?


I always liked homer better anyway. Ttyl.


Yeah I have in the past. I dont have it right now though.


I don't watch it much during the summer.  From 9 PM to 12 AM Netflix accounts for 33 percent of all bandwidth in North America.


You add youtube to that, and its half of the peak traffic in North America


We love our videos! lol  Netflix first started streaming in 2007 after being in the dvd and blu-ray rental business.


Yeah I heard he started the compny after being charge 0 dollars late fees on apollo 13


I wonder if it was from Blockbuster?  lol


It might have been they used to be everywhere.


Blockbuster passed up the chance to buy Netflix for $50 million and now Netflix is worth $2 billion.  Kind of ironic if that's the company that made him mad.  lol


I really like Abraham Lincoln for his work during the Civil War when he freed the slaves. I also like the stories about Theodore Roosevelt and how tough he was. Who is your favorite?


Abraham Lincoln and Obama are my favorite presidents.


We both like Abraham Lincoln! That is great. He was so important to America that he ended up on the penny.


Abraham Lincoln changed the world. The emancipation proclamation was symbolic in nature. it freed the slaves in the south. however, since the south was not part of the union, it had no effect in the south. however it made it clear to the world that president lincoln wanted slavery to end.


That's true. He was important to the whole world, not only America. The end of slavery in the United States sent a message to the world about what the country wanted, and the war to end slavery showed what it was willing to do to achieve that.


Yes, we will always remember him as  great man.


It would be great if we could have more presidents like him.


I think there were some good things and some bad things about his presidency, but I think he had good intentions for the country overall.


I don't listen to them much, but I like listening to music on the radio. What about you?


Okay. Do you know white house constructed started in 1792.


I didn't. It's strange to think that the first president lived somewhere else for part of his term! It's something I will read more about later. It was good talking to you!


I love radio programs.  And i love the white house.


Do you like the president, or just what the White House represents?


Yeah, I like presidents. I especially liked Obama- he was great president.


I like a lot of the older presidents. Washington was a great man.


I agree. All the Founding Fathers contributed a lot to the country, and several of them were president. It is fitting that the presidents have had the White House to live in.


Yes, Do you know the guest house is bigger then white house?


That's surprising. Maybe it is so large groups of visitors can stay there, while only the president and his family and helpers stay in the White House.


Hi. How are you ? Do you like comic books ? i very much do and my favorite ones are Marvel Comics


To answer your earlier question, i like Superman more than Batman. They are both good movies but Superman reminds me of my childhood and i love Christopher Reeves as Superman. Yes female hero are often called super heroine...i like wonder woman. That movie is on netflix


Is there a newer Wonder Woman? Thanks for the info! I will check out Superman maybe later today since I am having a lazy day. I am surprised but not surprised at the same time that netflix and youtube make up HALF of North America's internet traffic. People love watching stuff I guess!


Yes i think people like the ability to stream movies and videos anytime anywhere even on a cell phone, the technology has become so advanced that netflix and youtube are the modern day way to watch tv. i was surprised by how big Netflix is in other countries though I mean Wow , Their company  has offices in the Netherlands, Brazil, India, Japan, and South Korea.


Wow! That's pretty impressive, I wonder if that statistic applies across the world. Prob not though haha I can see why Netflix started offering everything online since they spend 20x more on postage than bandwidth!


i know, its a huge company. With 137 million total subscribers worldwide. I know other companies are starting to pop up now too such as Hulu..sling etc. but netflix is the best i think so far. so much better than renting videos.


Yeah, I have an Amazon Prime account so I watch on there too. It's crazy to think how much the world has changed in just the past ten years. I think that's when i got my first smartphone. 2009!


Is amazon Prime similar to netflix ? i thought Amazon Prime was just for shopping?


Yes! Well, there are a lot of different benefits that you get with the Prime account


Well I will certainly check out Amazon Prime, thanks for the tip. It has been a really nice and informative chat with you today. :)


I didn't mean to send that message so quickly, got a little click happy. I also subscribe to amazon Music but that's an extra fee every month unfortunately. Same to you, it's been nice talking with you. Have a nice rest of the day!


I am well, thanks! I have never really read comic books before but I learned recently that Marvel has been around since 1939 under the name Atlas Comics. I am more of a Netflix person myself haha.


Thank you. Have a good Day. Enjoy your superman movies


Yes, Marvel has been around for a long time, i was surprised to find out that Walt Disney Company acquired Marvel in 2009. Oh, and i also enjoy Netflix very much


It's good to know that a third of the bandwidth in North America is during the 9 pm to 12 am time slot. I wonder if that impacts the user quality, I am not very knowledgeable in that area.


So does that means most people are up later at night watching Netflix,? I think it is really cool how netflix was created because of a late vhs fee ...lol


Yeah, I think so. I would wonder if I watched at 2 am if movies would glitch less. I seem to have that issue sometimes but it could be my internet connection. That is cool and I can totally relate. I am not exactly good at remember to return things right away and always end up incurring the dreaded late fee haha.


Back to the topic of comics, it seems like Netflix has many shows about superheroes or stories based off of popular superheroes which makes it even more popular in my opinion. Considering there are over 300 registered superheros in the USA alone, that is alot to entertain us with.


I find myself watching documentaries a lot but am looking for new movies to watch! I will have to check out some of the Stan Lee superhero movies like Batman or Superman. Which would you recommend? Normalman sounds kind of funny too.


I like the disney descendants which is more of a teen or family movie but as an adult i still enjoyed it. It is about the kids of the villians.  What about the garfield spinoff named per force ? Maybe you might like that too. There is so much to choose from. I have not seen Normalman but it sounds very interesting


That sounds good, and family-friendly as well. I loved Garfield!! I wonder if Netflix has the old episodes, reminds me of my childhood lol. I also think female superheroes are awesome, so maybe I'll have check out some of those ones too.


Haha, absolutely.  He's very talented to say the least. The oscars were nominated for 9 emmys in 2013.


That is a bit weird. I also don't understand how the "70s Show" flopped in UK.


Yes, it is.  Jon hamm taught drama at his old high school. one of his students was ellie kemper, erin from the office.


I had a secret crush on her during the airing of the show. SHe is a great actor and must have had a great coach.


She is hilarious.  There is a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free


Sounds good but I am not much of a classical drama person.


Same here. They have come a long way from the Greek Dramas of 335 BC


Good morning. Are you still subscribing to cable television?


Absolutely.  Hugh laurie is the highest paid actor ever for tv drama, earning $700,000 per episode in house


I cut the cord last year. I have Netflix


I have Netflix as well.  Did you know that when south park aired its family guy episode finale the producers received flowers from the simpsons crew


I did not. I am a huge fan of South Park but not Family Guy.


I haven't watched either of them very much.  I watched a little South Park in the 90s.


I have Thomas the Tank on now for my young child. Great show for kids.


Yes, it is.  Daniel day-lewis is the only actor to win best actor at the oscars 3 times.


That guy is amazing. He should narrate a couple of kids cartoons


No, I didn't see it. Apparently when they won the 2016 series 5 million people celebrated.


It also was the first baseball team to win back-to-back world series. I actually didn't know it.


Awesome. They are one of the oldes teams.


True. As well as Atlanta Braves. It's wonderful!


I didn't know that. The Cubs were cursed in 1945 when they would let Billy Sianis stay in the stadium.


It's sounds like a mystery. Just difficult to believe lol


I didn't now they were known as the North Siders. Did you know that?


It's also new fact for me, I didn't know. Honestly, I don't have good knowledge in history of  baseball. How about you?


Sort of, babe Ruth was caught stealing to end game 7 of the world series and they lost.


Yes, I know that, but it was long long time ago. Even the Ottoman Empire was still in existence the last time the Chicago Cubds won the World series. It was also long time ago


Hey, I've played, but honestly not a big fan. How about you?


Yeah, I'm not a big fan of Chicago to be honest. But I'm happy they won.


I used to follow it really closely, and played in highschool. But they changed the strike zone to be smaller so now the games are less exciting to me because I was a pitcher.


Really? It's interesting. Do you know why baseball is popular in Japan?


No i don't actually, but I hear it is popular there. Do you  know why? I'm curious.


I honestly never heard about it, but read couple minutes ago. I'm wondering is it only Japan, but any Asian country as well.


Interesting, do you know if they play a championship game there? And if so, what is it called?>


I have no idea. But if so, why US teams don't play aganst Japanese? lol It could the World Cup like in soccer/footaball every January 4 teams from different continents play


I don't know, curious why we call it a world series but the two countries never play each other.


Absolutely. Have you read an article about Chicago Cubs recently?


Hi how are you doing! Have you seen the Incredibles movies? I have seen the first but not the second which is directed by Brad Bird.


I always wondered how he got famous since he doesn't even have a masters or doctorate. Apparently He looks like Steve Martin lol.


I honestly don't see it though, haha. Britain around 50bc didn't breed chickens for food but for entertainment, Caesar found out this when he visited.


Interesting I wonder what kind of entertainment. I know they still do cock fighting to this day some places. The ancient Greeks were the first to make comedic entertainment.


I'm sure that is what it was, I mean what else can you do with a chicken? Wow, the ancient greeks comedians, I would love to see the stuff they did.


Yeah me too! Even the public opinion of voters in Athens was influenced by political satire performance.


Did you ever see the green lantern? It was originally supposed to star Jack Black!


I did actually. Haha it would have been so good with Jack Black!!! Monty python was popular as well. The creator of python programming language named it to honor the british comedy group monty python!


Wow, so cool! Comedy Central have cancelled over 100 shows.


Jeez that seems excessive but I guess it's all about making that money. Hard to believe they have been around for so long seeing as they were created in 1989.


I know, I can't believe they have been around that long either. Have you ever heard of the show, 3rd rock from the sun?


I seen the first one too, but haven't got around to watching the second one. Apparently the current events in the movie are set in the 1960's.


No but I should watch it seeing how it won a golden globe! Well it was great talking with you have a nice day!


Oh I guess I never realized that. Brad Bird used artists who were likely to quit or be fired because he believed only them could create what he needed.


That is very interesting, he also plays the voice of Edna because the team couldn't find an actress who could do it better than him.


Wow lots of talent he has! Sarah Vowell, who voiced Violet, is a bestselling author of a historical nonfiction!


I didn't know that, cool. Do you play video games?


Yes I play xbox. I remember playing the old Nintendo though. It was awesome. Just back in 2003 it was discontinued though. How about you?


Yeah I did too, apparently it could only display 54 colors.


Jeez I remember it being a lot cooler than that lol. I like watching movies and hearing about actors. Ronald Reagan tried to act once but he was rejected because he didn't look presidential, isn't that funny.


That's cool, I didn't know he wanted to be an actor. Bill Nye the science guy won a lookalike contest.


Hi, how are you? Are you a baseball fan?


I wonder what Floyd hoped to achieve. I guess the acoustics might have been interesting. Still, how much did it cost to rent an amphitheater? Seems excessive.


Drugs explain a lot. Like the 2002 Creed concert that was so bad, concert goers filed a lawsuit against the band.


Hm. I wonder what drugs Creed took before that show. The fans are supposed to get high, not the musicians. I bet the fans would never sue Linkin Park.


Right. Linkin Park was always too busy to take drugs. They played 324 concerts in 2001 alone. Amazing.


I bet they could have retired after that concert. How much did they charge for a ticket? They must have been insanely popular to book that many shows. Creed could take a lesson from Linkin Park.


Yeah. I wonder if they ever played in that ancient Roman amphitheater in Croatia that is still a concert venue.


I bet Creed would still get sued, even if no fans attended. The neighbors would probably sue them. Are you a fan of Shawn Corey Carter, AKA Jay-Z?


Sure. Jay Z. He went tot he same high school as Busta Rhymes.


They had a rap battle in the lunchroom. I don't really know his music, but he certainly married up.


He put a ring on it.  DMX went to that high school too. I wonder if they had a rap battle too?


I used to be years ago when I was young. It's a nice team sport with much skill involved.


Rap battles galore, no doubt 'bout it yo. Well, it's been good chatting with you!


You too. Thanks goes out to my homie, Busta Text. Word.


I think it's funny how a married couple scheduled all 2430 MLB games until 2005. I wonder how they got that job.


Nice. Even the games played in Japan? Baseball is so popular there, Japanese fans are surprised to learn that baseball is America's game!


It's a deep part of their culture. The managers there wear uniforms as well, though I doubt they were ever called into play. That was probably a hold-over from the early days of baseball in the US.


At least they are respectable. In Canada, they call kickball "soccer-baseball"


That's a pretty goofy term. I guess ice hockey would be "ice field hockey" then.


Nice. An outdoor concert would be Field Lung Hockey. I wonder if The Ramones" ever played Field Lung Hockey in canada. They played over 2200 concerts over their 20-yr career.


They were absolute machines! I wonder when they managed to sleep, if at all. I wonder what helped them stay awake for 20 years straight.


I wonder if they ever played a concert in Pompei's amphitheater when it was empty like Pink FLoyd did.


Hello, How are you today? Do you use Facebook?


I think it a great idea that Iceland is allowing the public to make alterations and suggestions to their facebook constitution.


It is a great way to get people involved!  Kudos to them for thinking out of the box


yes, Did you know smoking near apple computers voids the warranty?


I heard that.  They consider it a biohazard.


How about that computer the Russians made that runs on water in 1936?


I know!  Why aren't we still working on that technology on a large scale?  Water Energy would be great!


I agree! How do you feel about the Transhumanists?


I try not to judge people too much, but I just cant get on board with them.  I don't want my inner most thoughts on a memory stick


lol, I don't either. We need some privacy, my goodness!!


I know.  Everything these days seems to be so accessible, something needs to not be.


I think so too! We need to protect it as much as possible! Good chat!!


Yes, somewhat. I wonder how many people unfriended 10 people to get a free whopper?


I would have done it had I had the chance during the promotion.  I am sure there is 10 people I no long ever connect with or don't know why I friended in the first place


Too bad in Germany its illegal to use the like button!


I know, so if I travel there, will mine go away?


If you go there they need to let people know. It probably doesn't work or something.


Do you know why facebook is mainly blue?


I thought it was because Mark Zuckerberg has color blindness.


That's right.  Red-Green to be specific.


How's it going? Did you know Amazon was founded in 1994?


I wonder what's up with the clock Bezos built into a mountain that is suppose to run for 10000 years


Yeah me too.  Why is it on a mountain,  why not a museum or something lol


Sounds like some type of conspiracy thing lol. Are you into swimming at all? Theres a swimsuit banned in the olympics due to 94% of the wearers wining their races


what?  thats crazy!  that seems unfair,  its the swimmers ability not their suit for the most part.


I think I heard their was some material in the banned swimsuits that did something like greatly reduce water resistance in the pool


I see.  Have you ever done the type of swimming where your hand and legs are bound and you swim like a dolphin?


Lol I've never bounded my hands and legs but I've tried swimming like a dolphin before


lol same.  Its really difficult.  Ive seen some youtube videos on it,  some people make it look easy lol


Lol I'm sure the dolphin swims are really difficult and you probably need to be in great shape to do it too


Did you know the U S has almost as many gold medals in swimming as the rest of the world combined?


Yeah,  I cant believe its been around so long already lol


Had no clue. Well I got to go, have a nice day


It's crazy they started selling books and now they sell everything to Mp3 dowloads to  jewelry


Yup.  Pretty much,  and they have created a lot of platforms to create jobs!  Theres amazon flex,  mturk,  amazon seller etc.


It's funny the first amazon customer only spent 27.95 and also got a builing named after them


I know,  lucky person!  amazon has a contract with usps to deliver on sunday!


I never knew amazon has a contract with USPS to deliver on Sundays, I still don't get my packages by then


lol yeah mine hardly comes in on sundays,  but I have seen it.


I'm just glad I don't work in an Amazon warehouse, I couldn't walk 7-15 miles a shift


I wouldnt mind it,  seems like great excercise while getting paid lol just wear comfortable shoes


I use it for everything. Looking stuff up usually. My kids use it or their school work. Stuff like that. It really is amazing you have all the knowledge in the world at your fingertips..


Amazing, yes. But controversial, too. If you were looking up maps, say, in Kashmir, the region both India & Pakistan claim, Google would tailor its maps to show only the country (I. or P.) where the browser is located. Selective information. Can be scary. Do you agree?


It certainly doesn't sound good. I guess goole used goats to mow the grass instead of hiring people. I think they could aford to give someone a job.


Certainly could. Do use another business giant, Amazon?


All the time. Especially around christmas. I get all kinds of deals for the kids .


Me, too. Do you remember, by chance, when Amazon was only an online bookstore?


I don't remember that. I remember when Jeff Bezos built that clock that is supposed to run for 10000 years though


Yes. Frivolous thing. Amazon's 1st customer spent $27.95 on book. Owner Bezos later named a building after the guy. What types of products do you tend to buy?


I usually buy electronics on there or electronic accessories.


My son does, too. Last question: do you think our government is doing enough to limit the power and influence of huge electronic companies like Google and Amazon?


Well, thanks, but tired of being targeted by scammers, who prey on people my age!


I think that it is up to somebody to come along and challenge those companies or they are going to be the biggest. I dont think the government needs to be in it.


That's an original viewpoint! Good to chat with you.


Thank you, and thank you again. Have a good one.


I can see how that would make a person tired. Maybe you could google how to get them to stop.


Fortunately I know enough to hang up, but lots of people don't. Cost consumers over $50M last year. Lots of tricks add up to lots of rip-offs. Heard of these schemes?


I have heard a little about them. It's messed up how people treat each other these days.


Agree. Why would scammers want you to purchase gift cards? (Latest scam technique).


I'm not sure. So do you usually use google when you search the internet.


Yes. Biggest search engine. Sure wish I'd invested in Google when they went public in 2004! You?


I wish I had to. a google search requires more computer power than it took to send neil armstrong and company to the moon.


Isn't that incredible? More power than sending 11 astronauts into space! Started, like most folks, I guess, by using Google maps. You?


I would have loved to have seen some of the storytelling they used to do for royalty. Im sure some of it was amazing to watch.


Oh yeah I bet it was so good, you had to be able to explain it well enough for people to form their own views, no tv or movies to help.


Exactly! Think of all the skills they developed too like dance and juggling not to mention the acting skills required for plays and whatnot.


Yeah that is very true as well.  Did you know that Ronald Reagan was rejected for a role once for not looking much like a president?


Wow really? I guess he showed them though. I think people nowadays forget that he was a successful actor before running for office.


Yeah I don't think most people know that, well especially the younger ones.


It is so weird how people in the industry break into different areas, like Bill Nye for example. He got into entertainment by winning a look alike constest. Now look at him


Yeah that is pretty funny how he got his initial break.  I remember watching him in school.


It makes me sad that he's changed. I always found his program super entertaining.


Yeah I haven't heard too much from him the past few years, I think those shows where you learned actual stuff were great.


Hello there, did you ever play Nintendo?


They really were! We need more of those nowdays. Well it has been nice chatting with you. Have a good evening.


Yeah it has been, I hope you have a good one too!


I have. I loved my nintendo as a kid.Duck hunter was the best. Did you play?


Yeah I remember playing duck hunter and the other shooter games with that gun.


It was the best. Even when the cartridges didn't work right. Hard to believe it has been 16 years since they discontinued them.


Yeah those old cartridges and you have to jimmy it just right.  Yeah they sure did have a good run though.


Amazing to think those old consoles only came with a 54 color display. Quite the difference from the ones now


Yeah that is crazy that is all there was, but 54 was enough to keep people entertained for hours.


So true and it for sure was better than watching chickens like the ancient british did. Can you imagine that being your entertainment?


I think that is pretty wild, I bet there are some really strange ways they used to entertain themselves way back then.


Hello there, do you listen to the radio much?


No I don't, but it sounds very interesting.  How did they do it?


They used a razorblade and a pencil as the diode.  Pretty inventive.


That is very inventive and rather genius actually.  I guess any kind of entertainment was cherished.


It was probably also a good way for them to get their news.


That too for sure, on a different subject, do you watch fox news at all?


I do not.  I tend to find them a bit slanted in their views.


I couldn't agree more, I didn't know how much more popular than the other networks they were though.


It is kind of shocking.  I think it is funny they threatened to sue the simpsons for how the parody them


That is too funny, and the fact that at one point they were considering starting an all simpsons channel!


I could get behind that, but likely only for a few days.


Sometimes, I would say Im more into podcasts, but I hear that Jupiter has some strong radio storms that can be picked up on AM radio


I could, but only if they promised to only air the first 12 seasons or so, after that, no thank you.


I havent watched much of the recent stuff as I cut my cable almost 3 years ago.


I think you are like a lot of other people out there.  Well it was nice talking, I hope you have a good day.


Yeah isn't that awesome, those must be some crazy storms!


How about you, what do you like to listen to on the radio


I do, I recently found a good local station that I really like, lots of oldies.


Im not a fan of some of today' music, so I would agree with you there..  There is a website where you can listen to radio dramas for free, if you enjoy that sort of thing.


Yeah I would totally agree there.  And that is so cool, I bet there are so many hidden gems you could enjoy.


There probably are, some like the Finnish station that has an entire broadcast in classical Latin, might be a bit hard to understand for most people.  lol


I agree, I don't think too many people understand Latin these days, I know I wouldn't have any clue.


Same here.  Do you know how soldiers made foxhole radios during WW2


Roger Federer is Swiss professional tennis player the world no. 1 position in ATP ranking records for 310 weeks.


He also along with two other men has accounted for 56% of grand slam titles.


He also won the "BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the year" award for four times. For his excellent performance and hardwork.


Did you hear how he received the biggest injury of his career?


Its very shocking. In 2008, Roger and Stan Wawrinka won the gold medal in doubles. Roger is the first living person in switzerland to be honored with an official stamp.


Wow.  In 2016, he was giving his daughter a bath and tore his meniscus.


He is a good human also. Roger Federer the greatest tennis player of all time. He is also called as the greatest player of the generation.


He is certainly talented.  In his career, he has been given two cows for some of his wins.


Roger and Rafael nadal competed in tennis on a special court which was half clay and half grass.


Yes. Tennis is a racket sports played against individuals and Tennis is a olympic sports played at all ages.


I heard about that, back in 2007.  I wonder what that looked like.  Good chat.  Have a good day!


I think it is heat that the iconic polo shirt was invented by a tennis player!  Lacoste's nick name was the crocodile.


There are four Grand slam tournament which is very popular. The modern game of tennis is originated in England.


Do you know how long the longest game of tennis lasted?


Tennis played in ancient period at 12 century. In modern used a helicopter to dry the grass tennis court. There are very aggressive fan for tennis.


The longest game of tennis was 11 hours long.  They had to spread it over three days!  That is crazy about the helicopters thought.  How inventive.


Five years ago, Nicholas Mahut lost the longest match in tennis history to John Isner.


That must have taken a lot of endurance to play.


They are fit and and energetic to play for 11 hours. It shows how they are fit for the game and playing very aggressively.


Hi Turker, are you a football fan, if yes, what's your favorite team?


Yes, that's what I heard and now he is one of the best player with six superbowl rings, that's a lot of money just setting there in jewelry.


He could probably retire today and just kick back and eat avocado ice cream. Tom has an NFL rule named after him. I wonder why.


I wonder the same thing, but it must be a good feeling for whatever reason he came up with that rule.


The Patriots under Tom and Bill belichick have either won or lost the Super bowl by 3 or 4 points in all 6 tries. I figure the recent one breaks that pattern.


Yes, what do you think about female players in the NFL, would you say 250- 300 lbs of force too much for them?


Probably. I guess she could be a kicker? Or placeholder? Don't really see the point.


Hahaha, that's the way I see it, that kick maybe to determine the game winner.


Yeah, it wouldn't work. It's not a game for women and that's fine. I figure that there are other roles in the game for women.


They can try their own WNFL like they did WNBA and see if that work out, I think a lot of people would find that interesting.


There is some sort of league with gals in bikinis. Not very serious. Anyway, thanks for the chat!


I sometimes watch football. Don't really have a favorite team. How about you?


Yes you are right, welcome, I enjoyed the chat.


Yes I do, Pittsburgh Steelers are my team win or lose, still my team.


The 70s were their era, to be sure. Who is their QB again?


Ben Roethlisberger is currently their quarterback now, I used to like Terry Bradshaw.


Terry does a lot of TV work now. He was a great QB. Do you remember any famous lefties in the NFL Kellan moore is the only left handed quarterback in the NFL now


The funny thing is that I never paid much attention to what hand they used, maybe I should have, I was more Interesting in the players performance.


Sure. That makes sense. Superbowl winning quarterback, brad johnson, is the only quarterback in nfl history to throw a touchdown pass... to himself. I'd like to see footage of that.


So do I, I wonder how he did that, he must have threw it in the air and turned around and caught it before getting hit.


I guess there is no rule against it. Judging QB talent must be hard. Tom Brady was picked 199th (in the sixth round) in the 2000 nfl draft


hi how are you? what do you think of this planet of ours?


Yeah, but it's like 900 degrees. a bit hot. the soviets send a probe there. it disappeared pretty fast.


maybe they can invent a space suit that could keep us cool. see humans are destroying earth but they should be taking care of it because it is the only place we can survive.


quite true. we need to think a bit more about the actions we have taken and how much longer we can keep doing the same thing.


yeah 71% of the earth's surface is covered with water


we need to preserve the creatures there as well. overfishing and pollution are terrible problems.


they are very serious problems, I really hope it gets better


Well, astronomers have detected building blocks of life in a planetary system some 455 light-years away. Maybe we could go there? Lets talk to Elon.


that sounds really interesting, I wonder if they have oxygen there.


I guess we could bring a converter. anyway, great chat!


well what can I say, humans destroyed 80% of the earth's natural forests.


Yeah, we are well on the way to destroying the last 20 per cent too it seems.


yeah apparently the earth changed a lot from when it was first formed, The days were only 5.5 hours long.


now it is just over 24 hours. soon it will be 30, 40 hours and the work day will be even longer. no thanks!


yeah well at the end of the 21st century the earth will be helium-free


maybe we can develop trees that produce helium! that would solve the problem. more forests, more helium.


yeah that would be good, but I'm not sure how that would work with all of this climate change


Yeah, we need more forests. or we could move to another planet. that might be easier. LOL


yeah we could move to Venus, it does not tilt so there are no seasons there.


Right? Sounds amazing. So are you a fan of The Academy Awards at all?


I keep up with them, I never knew it was 24 awards they gave out though, seems like more with how long the show is


I like the show but don't always watch, it is interesting that it was 1st broadcast on the radio in 1930!


Lol that's kinda ironic that they had to broadcast the oscars on radio and they didn't have tv back then.


HAHA! Very true but they probably went to the cinema. It wasn't on tv until 1953 and currently it is seen live in over 200 countries, very broad range of viewers!


Yep. Apparently Eminem has more oscars than Leonardo DiCaprio, Johnny Depp, Will Smith, George Lucas, and Bill Murray combined. I would have never guessed


Oh wow that's wild! Walt Disney still holds the record for most Oscars won...22 Oscars wow!


Nice. The oscars were nominated for 9 emmys, that's kinda meta.


cool! I did not know that, I love fun facts! I like to watch Television sometimes and watch reruns of that 70s show. Do you watch tv?


Yea, I like that 70s show but have never seen the uk version days like these


Doing alright, are you into Poetry? It derives from the greek term poiesis which means "making"


I haven't seen that either....it was cancelled after 10 episodes though so it must not have been too good.


No, especially if remade verbatim. Well I gtg, nice talking with you


I love poetry! There are many different types. Demetri martin wrote a 224 word palindrome poem which is insane!


Yes, I never knew poetry existed in prehistoric times, I wonder how they know it was poetry


They probably didn't at the time but as they researched the writings I bet they ended up putting a label on it.


I guess they are referencing pyramid texts from the 25th century bc


true! some poems originated from folk songs.


Interesting, There is a poem when read normally is depressing, but when read backwards is inspiring. I wonder which poem is that.


I have not heard of that but I think I will have to look it up! The alphabet in javanese when said in order forms a poem! How cool is that!


That's pretty awesome, I'll have to look more into the javanese alphabet


If you unfriended 10 people on Facebook, Burger King would give you a free whopper!  I think I would have had to delete a few people. lol


Wow, that is ridiculous.  On a separate note, did you know that the only US president to have a Ph.D. was Woodrow Wilson and the last president to speak a foreign language fluently was Roosevelt?  Crazy, huh?


Who is your favorite US president in history?


That's tough question...Probably Reagan since I've been alive because it sure seems like things were better all around in the 80's.


Interesting.  To change subjects, did you know that it is against the law to warm up your car in Ohio when the weather is cold?


I didn't know that!  Interesting!  Have you heard about the flame thrower cars they have in South Africa to prevent carjackings?  I sure wouldn't want to live there.  I would be afraid they would fall into the wrong hands.


No I haven't.  Wow, that sounds crazy.  Did you know that that Google's self driving cars have an "aggressive" mode?  They must use it in city traffic.


Oh boy...those self driving cars scare me.  lol  It's been fun chatting with you tonight!


Yes me too.  They don't seem like a great idea.  I am not sure I would want to ride in one.


Not really.  I use it occasionally, but I do not like their privacy issues and the role it plays in the whole fake news fiasco


No way Jose.  lol  I have to get going.  Have a good night and thanks for the chat!


I agree with you there.  I cant believe it's been around already for 15 years since it was founded in 2004.


I have had an account since it started.  I actually liked it when I used it from about 2004-2008.  I think its sad that 30 % of American adults use it as their primary source of news.


That is sad.  I don't even look at that garbage or all those useless memes.  It's a huge waste of time. I just use to stay in touch with close friends and family.


I used to use it to stay in touch with friends and family, but now I don't so much.


Aww.  Sorry about that.  If it makes you feel any better, I'm always the one reaching out to my family.  I rarely hear from them if I didn't initiate to reach out to them.  I wonder how Myspace feels now about turning down the chance to buy Facebook for $75 million in 2005?


I think its sad how Facebook can be used to manipulate people's feelings and opinions about political topics.


Yes.  Did you hear about the Facebook promotion that Burger King had?


One thing you can say about Trump: He is no robot! Am I right?


True. But I think the real reason Michael Jackson never built that root was because 86% of Nevada is owned by the US government, so there would be too much land to moonwalk around...


Wow. I had no idea the government owned so much land there. I guess outside of vegas there isn't much development though.


That's our government in action. It finds the most desolate, undeveloped, unihabitable wasteland and says, "We gotta own this!"  Hey, maybe we can get that french dude who sold the eiffel tower to come over and sell the Nevada desert for us?


That's true, and this has been going on so long you can't even blame this on Trump. Speaking of Trump and his "billions" did you know he's not even one of the 3 richest presidents?


That's "huge" ! Did you read that on Wikileaks? Did you read their other story about the Government's plan to destroy Wikileaks? That is one huge leak!


I did actually. Of course they couldn't actually destroy it too much information and they have too many supporters all around the world. It turns out Washington, JFK and Jefferson all had more money then trump, but at least in washington's case and probably the rest that must be adjusted for inflation.


You know who else was adjusted for inflation? The first President of Zimbabwe, the honorable President Banana!  He was an inflatable banana.


I don't know how anyone would take a president named Banana seriously.


His opponent was named Spinach. Most people would choose a banana over spinach. I wonder if he was a singing Banana, like that President of Indonesia, who produced 3 pop albums while in office?


Hah, I would guess he ruled with an iron fist. I read that about the Indonesian president, I thought it was a joke, turns it out's real and the albums are not bad either!


Did you know robots can be controlled by rat brains? That must be a fun experiment.


You are pretty good yourself! Nice chatting with you! I would vote for you for President!


For some people I know, rat brains would be an improvement... Some robots can debone a chicken better than me.  Maybe I could use those rat brains too!


Robots certainly have come a long way over the last 90 or so years. The original term means forced labor. Hopefully they won't revolt in the future.


That's OK. We still have Will Smith to beat back the robots. Although if Michael Jackson had his way, we would have a 50-foot tall moon walking robot roaming Nevada. I am not sure even Will Smith could have that...


It's a real shame Michael never got around to building that. It would probably still be a great tourist attraction today. He probably would have wanted to control it with a video game gamepad. The US military uses xbox 360 controllers to control an eod robot.


That's what they say, but I think they are really using those things to play xbox. I wonder if Craig Ferguson uses one to control his robot, Geoff Peterson? We'll have to ask the dude from mythbusters that built it...


Those guys could probably build a lifelike robot. I wonder how much longer until Robots walk among us. I saw people are referring to Theresa May as Maybot lol.


Nice. But why would anyone construct that face? You would think that if the Norwegian Government can donate $1 billion to save the rainforest, that Germany could afford to build a more attractive robot.


Perhaps. It would be nice though if more countries took that approach. To the environment I mean. The US does stuff like passing legislation that protects government employees from violating the Geneva convention. Not sure how that's even legal.


DId you know that Hugh Laurie is the highest paid actor in tv drama making $700,000 per episode in House?


Funny to think about, but two identical twins from Japan did a rap album when they turned 100 in 1992


Wow, that's interesting. I read Linkin Park's hybrid theory is the best selling album of the 21st century


I'm not familiar with Linkin park, but the dark side of the moon seems to have been timeless after 40 years still best selling in 2014


Yea that's impressive. NWA was able to reach platnium status without radio airplay or any touring which is impressive too


yes that is.  Vinyl LPs are still issued through album sales are mostly CD and MP3's in the 21st century


too bad they still don't release albums on audio tapes


Yes, I still have some with family birthday parties from the 70's recorded.  Special to me.  Used to rip though sometimes so thats probably why they went to CD and MP3's


Yea, It's funny that the band Reel Big Fish had to re-record all their his for a best of album


Drama comes from a Greek word meaning action


Interesting. Drama used to be considered as a form of poetry


No, I didn't know that. Did you know there is a website that you can listen to classical radio dramas?


The two masks represent traditional generic division between comedy and tragedy


interesting.  Michael Caine became an actor at his school because all the pretty girls joined drama club


Well I guess that is a good way to meet woman


jim Carrey doesn't make any dramas any more because he believes he should only play in movies that project positivity


That's too bad, he has some pretty good drama roles


Did you know that Harry Lloyd is related to Charles Dickens


No I didn't. Did you know Charile Chaplin's granddaughter is in Game of Thrones?


Wow, it runs in the blood.  There is a National Geographic show called game of lions following lives of lions like the game of thrones characters.


Lol that's awesome, I wonder if they place they shoot it at funds them like Ireland funds Game of Thrones


Earth is the third planet from the sun and it is the only planet to have water in liquid form.


Planet is a term that has been used since ancient times in the context of history, astrology, science, mythology and religion. There are five planets visible to naked eyes in the solar system.


Yep, I've seen all of the naked eye planets. Have you?


Yes, Venus rises before the sun, so early that it is called the morning star.


Ah yes! Have you ever seen Jupiter or Saturn with just your eyes?


It is small planet we can see them with the help of telescope.


Jupiter's moon Ganymede would be considered a planet if it orbited the sun. It's so big!


Jupiter is the only planet which largest amount of artfical satellite.


I think Earth is the planet with the largest amount of artificial satellites. Jupiter likely has the largest natural satellites, which we call moons.


Earth has only one natural satellite is moon.


Yes that's true. Sometimes the moon is called Luna. The moon is responsible for making the earth's tides, via the tidal bulge of the planet.


Yeah and Earth's surface is covered by about 71% water, mostly oceans.


Only 3% water is fresh water which is used for drinking. Earth has one natural satellite is Moon. The earth receives its light and heat from the sun.


Yeah and scientists say that earth will be virtually helium free by the end of the 21st century1 Crazy!


The earth spins on its own axis it causes for the day and night changes. If day in one part of the earth may be other part of earth have night.


Earth's axis is tilted with respect to it's orbital plane, producing seasons. Thank goodness for seasons. My favorite is Spring!


The layer of the lithosphere is the upper most layer. Almost 71% of earth surface is covered with water remaining 29% is of water. The polar region are covered with snow or ice.


Hm. The planet Uranus actually rotates sideways and "rolls" around the sun rather than "spinning" like other planets!


Very interesting. Already 80% of forest area in the world has been destroyed which results in global warming and climate changes and affects the green houses of the environment. Lot of pollution also.


Yeah, sadly mostly human activities are to blame for that, including massive deforestation for many reasons.


Did you realize Kim Jong Un  was born in 1983?


Then he just has to avoid Fleet Street, and hes all good!


That is right! It is good that him and Trump have been having talks. That hasn't happened in years.


Hopefully those talks are productive and are good for the US.


I hope so too. Did you know that the only US President to have a PHD is Woodrow Wilson? I guess you don't have to be scholarly to be President.


I think our current president really proves that one.


I agree with that. Did you know that 5 presidents have been elected while still losing the popular vote? The greatest margin was 10%.


Wow, I knew some lost the popular vote, but never knew the margin got that big.  Thats pretty incredible.


Yeah it is. Did you know Lincoln was the first president to be photographed for his inauguration and can you guess who else was in that photo?


It was John WIlkes Booth!    How creepy.


I did not, he's only one year older than me. One month, and one year to be precise.


I am curious to see where he was positioned in the photo, it is just so odd.


I would like to see that too. I'm going to have to research it.


I mean, was the assassination planed out further than we think?  I wonder if they are in other photos together too.


I'm not sure, it is kind of eerie. Well I think I am going to have to go look into this now. I hope you have a good night!


He is 9 months older than me.  Hes been running a country since 2011.  What have I been doing with my life..  lol


He's running a country while his older brother is going to Eric Clapton concerts. That doesn't seem right.


I wonder why his older brother didnt take over for their father, or is it not like that?


I'm not sure. His half brother was favored to be the heir but fell out of favor when he was caught with a fake passport trying to enter Tokyo Disneyland.


He is pretty violent, he even ordered his own Uncle to be executed.


I wonder if his uncle was a barber. I heard he cuts his own hair because he is scared of barbers.


Is that a fear from childhood?  It seems odd that one wouldnt overcome something like that.


It is kind of odd. I wonder if he watched Sweeny Todd? I heard that he is renovating their theme parks.


Hello there, do you like to dress up in costumes on Halloween?


I guess that he is so afraid of flying, he would hiked to the locations for filming during the Lord of the Rings wearing his whole costume!


Oh my gosh, that is really extreme! I did not hear that on the news, but knowing that some stations like MSNBC are 85% opinion, I am not surprised.


I think I have heard that, I didn't know how big Fox News really was as well.


Even though the average age is 68 for a FOX news viewer, I still watch because they only run on 55% opinion.


That is better than the 85% I'll say.  Did you know that Fox News is more popular than CNN and MSNBC combined?


No, but I can see why it would be. There are 86 countries or territories overseas worldwide that provide FOX coverage.


Wow, that must be why, I never knew that they were that big around the world.


Did you know that president Nixon had a hand in creating the network itself?


Oh, that is ironic considering his popularity. Although it is a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox.


I have always loved Halloween. I have heard during Comic Con Hugh Jackman walked around in full wolverine costume unnoticed.


Yeah that's what I thought as well.  Anyways, it's been nice talking with you today, I hope you have a good day!


That is pretty cool, that sounds like a fun Comic Con to attend.  Did you know that Panda researchers wear costumes to work?


No, but I guess if they want to interact with the pandas then it makes sense to wear a costume.


Yeah I think that is pretty wild that they would dress up in those suits to work with the animals.


I find it amusing that Gilligan aka Bob Denver dresses in full Gilligan costume to let make-a-wish kids rescue him from an island.


That is very cool, that sounds a bit like what Johnny Depp does, he sports his full Jack Sparrow costume for visits to sick kids in hospitals.


Speaking of acts of kindness, a guy that's Scottish has a homemade giraffe costume that he dresses in and does kind acts.


That is very cool, it sounds like costumes bring a lot of joy to a lot of different people.  Did you hear about the actor Sean Bean?


Hello there, are you a big fan of animals?


Do you know if that is why dogs and cats have those patches as well?


good question. In 2002, germany became the first country in the world to universally give animals constitutionally-guaranteed legal rights.


I wonder who represents them in court or fights for their rights when they are threatened?


lmao the lawyer could be a dog lol.  the 1912 scottish protection of animals act, the loch ness monster is a protected species.


That is nuts to me, I think the loch ness monster was really some greenland sharks that swam upstream and were spotted.


I think its a human in custom. did you know that humans will regrow a rib equally as strong as the original


Yeah the way that we grow back bones in an incredible feat if you ask me.


yhere is a sound frequency that causes fear in us


I never knew that, I wonder if they use that in horror movies all the time and we just don't notice it.


and we are adapted for persistence hunting making them among the best distance runners among all running animals.


wow I never knew The black swallower fish can eat prey twice its own length and ten times its weigh.


Not the fastest, but the longest lol.  Well it's been good talking with you, I hope you have a good night!


I think I have heard about that one, so crazy!  Some of the creatures in the ocean really amaze me.


yea and.A seahorse is the only fish to have a neck


That is crazy!  Those little things are really strange.  Do you know about the jellyfish that is immortal in a sense?


Did you know that There is a breed of jellyfish that is immortal


Yeah I have heard about those, I think they claim to put some of those in pills to help memory.


Do you like animals ? here are about 20 quintillion individual animals on planet earth.


That is pretty crazy to think about.  I find it interesting as well thinking about how they even determine that number in the first place.


lol me too. Animals develop white patches on their foreheads when they are domesticated.


Cool. DO you know which was the most popular hat in the old west?


contrary to common belief it was not the cowboy hat but the bowler hat


I know right? Do you know where the tipping of the hat originated from


Yes that was from back then when the knights lifted their visors to show friendliness


Yeah. DO you know the origins of the conical party hat?


Yes that was from the dunce hat that encouraged foolish behavior


Haha crazy. DO you know that panda researchers wear panda costumes?


Yes so pandas do not feel threatened I think. Did you know Sean Bean is scared of flying?


Yeah so much that he once hiked in a full costume to the filming site


WOw dedication and fear. Johnny Depp visits kids in hospitals wearing the Jack Sparrow costume


Yes I do. Do you know why the managers wear uniforms?


Yes because they can play of the team needs them to


Yeah. Do you know what kickball is called in Canada?


Yeah I guess it makes sense because it has elements from both games


Yeah true. Do you know who used to do the MLB schedule for 24 years?


Yes it was a couple who scheduled all games each year


That is impressive. Do you wear hats at all?


sometimes. In the UK they hat to wear top hats to make a point in the House of COmmons


Hi there! How are you? I'm hanging out watching Netflix. I just can not believe it has been around since 1997!


So along with no helium the Earth might no longer have natural forests either since 80% are gone. I don't even want to try and figure out what age I'd be at that time rate!.


80% That is sad, soon we wont have any tress, do you ever wonder about the dinosaurs? crazy how they used to live in our planet


Yes, and they were everywhere! There's a state dinosaur or fossil in all 50 states.


Woah that is impressive crazy how they appeared 243 million years ago, the Triassic period was a dangerous time


Even crazier is that although dinosaurs and people did not live at the same time, 40% of Americans think they did.


Too much Jurassic Park it seems lol, what's wrong with us!!! how can 40% believe that.


Yeah, it's a little much considering we know so much more than we used to.


Yeah, you know whats awesome that Canadian glow in the dark dinosaur coin


I have heard they have a glow in the dark dinosaur coin. I love that idea. It was good chatting! Have a good night.


Its been great chatting I agree a lot of cool facts, thanks a lot.


I love Netflix, a lot of interesting movies and content in there.


Yes, I agree. Back in the day it was all about renting at Blockbuster. I still am surprised that Netflix is worth $2 billion.


Its worth a lot of money but the company was like 10 times as much in debt so not everything that shines is gold


That is a lot of debt. Wow. Maybe its because they still spend less on bandwidth than postage.


That could be one of the reasons, I watched a documentary on planet earth the other day, our planet is just amazing


Yes, it is, I agree. So many amazing things our Earth does. I think its amazing that the Earth is only the third planet from the Sun.


The third planet but the only one with intelligent life, at least in our solar system, we will also be helium free by the end of this century


That will change a lot of birthday parties! It's crazy that the day was only 5.5 hours when Earth was first formed.


Many clowns will be sad that day thats a sure thing and thats amazing I would be over a hundred year by now.


Really, None of them? I thought it was before the year 2000 when they started using red and blue for the election.


I thought so too. It is kind of new. Did you know harry Truman did not want to go in the Dumbo ride when visiting Disneyland?  You know why?


Yes, he didn't want to be associated with the republicans. I didn't know Disney is related to the republicans?


I did not know that either, how is that?


At that time maybe it was. I didn't think it's that way today? not really sure.


It is because the Elephants, that is why he did not go in that ride. Did you know since 1853 there has not been presidents that are from a party different than republican or democrat


Well I believe that. That makes sense, of course. Its interesting since the 1900's 75% of the time the taller candidate has won.


Interesting.  I found funny the method of election they had in ancient Greece, it was by lottery


Yes, they believed it would lead to oligarchy. Good chat!!


Yes it has been cool.  I am happy to learn always about interesting facts, like the ones we talk about, google and history . Have a good one


Yes, all the time..Recently one of his founders Larry Page by Sundar Pichai


Google uses goats for mowing the grass instead of hiring people.


That is pretty wise, I like they think outside the box. Do you know how much computer power takes to do a google search?


I know its alot! They say its more power than it took Neil Armstrong to the moon!


Google did go down for 5 minutes on 2013


Yes it did and took 40% of the web traffic with it.


The IPO of Google was in 2004 and it became a company in 1978


That's interesting! Did you know every president with a beard was a republican.


That is funny! Did you know in Nevada there is an option to select None of these candidates when voting for president


How much do you follow national politics?


I agree, she is a bit of an enigma.  Yet, she is a child of social media, so I believe that plays a lot to her getting constant coverage.  Her twitter feed with her unfundable "New Green Deal" and other big $$ plans sends both the left and right to the battlelines!  But, for a newbie, she is pushing Nancy Pelosi further left, and I did not think that was possible!


Its a complicated issue I would rather talk about rappers, do you like the genre?


Not really, but I find interesting that AOC quotes Cardi B!   I did read up on Tupac, may he rest in peace.  I like the way the Library of Congress has his music in repository because of its cultural significance.


Tupac is one of my favorite artists, he is so talented, did you hear about that style of rap called ''compliment battle''


I had not until recently.  Apparently its and international twist on an American music genre from Korea.  What I find strangely amusing is a news article I read wear a Michigan judge rapped her ruling in a suit filed against Eminem.


Really? that seems really unprofessional of her, rulling in the form of rap? if you are a fan that ok but your job requires you to act in a profesional way


To me, all rappers I have heard about are from the left (or Democratic party) political spectrum.  Do you know of any Republican rappers?


No not really but I can tell you who is a republican, Dumbo, apparently Harry Truman refused to take a photo in the Dumbo ride because he didnt want to be associated with republicans


LOL.  It's just an elephant, but I guess since it was adopted as a mascot for the Republican, its in bad taste for a Dem to be seen with an elephant..  That's just taking it to far!!!   Well, I am a republican councilman from a small (pop 8000) town, so I can't rely on my stipend to pay the bills, so I have to go to my day job.  I am not quite sure were AOC, the Dems, and the Repubs will end up.  It seems like compromise an option these days.


It does seem that way, you know the last time a Republican got elected without a Nixon or Bush on the ticket was all way back to 1928


I like to keep updated, my favorite chanel for news is the Fox News channel


In a way, I glad we broke that trend and elected an outsider.  Trump is very far from perfect and he and AOC are complete opposites!  Trump is not your typical "Republican" on social causes but on economics he is in line with conservative economic principles of lower taxes.  Have a good day!


I agree, Trump is miles away from being perfect, his the author of many controversies we have faced in the last years, have a nice day, thank you.


I consider Fox News to be one of my favorite sources, but I always cross-check - just too much fake news out there!


I agree its important to cross-check news, did you know that Fox News has more viewers than CNN and MSNBC combined!!!


I'm not surprised.  All the others lean hard left.  Fox is the only one that leans center to right.  So for lefties you have news source options.  For righties, you have only one!  What surprises me is that it was created in part by Richard Nixon.  I just thought he resigned in disgrace and rode off into the sunset.  Unbeknownst to me he was still active and created one of the most powerful news organizations!


That does seem odd, maybe his no longer part of the network did you like the Simpsons? that was one of my favorite shows on the Fox channel


While Fox News and the Fox Channel are part of the same media empire, they are definitely no closely related siblings!  I wonder how they worked out the dispute in-house with regards to Fox News versus the Simpsons?


I think it was a threat, they didnt actually sue The Simpsons, they sure have a strange relatioship with the family, they wanted to sue them and then again they also wanted to give them their own channel


Yep, a bit like Sean Hannity going after AOC!  What are your thoughts about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?


I think theres too much controversy about the issue, many questions that remain unanswered such as how much money does she really have


Interesting! I do like small live performances such as at cafes and stuff. Betty Josephine Green was five feet tall and most guitars would have dwarfed her. She led a band from her DC basement but would go to play at prisons and retirement centers, for people who couldn't get out and enjoy music themselves.


Wow thats awesome of her. Do you like guitar? The les paul gibson guitar debuted back in 1949.


I wish I could play it! Some guitars are dangerous! Eddie Van Halen set studio speakers on fire when he recorded the guitar solo for Beat It!


Whoa that is crazy lol. Cornell University once built the worlds smallest guitar played by a laser!


I wonder if Queen's guitarist would know how to make one. Brian May has a PhD in Astrophysics.


Wow impressive. Funny you ask that because he built his own guitar out of parts from an old fireplace and his mothers knitting needle.


He also had an unconventional way at picking at the Guitar. He used coins.


Whoa. He was so smart. Most guitars have six strings and actually I don't know of any guitar that has more than that.


If I had a guitar that would be cool. I definitely would not smash it. Matthew Bellamy from Muse has the world record for most smashed guitars on tour.


Must all be for show. Do you prefer electric guitar which is projected through an amplifier and speaker or just traditional acoustic?


Hey yes I do! I love going to concerts and also informal ones like gigs!


Acoutic guitars are more pleasant to listen to for me.


Nice! I don't go to concerts but I would be interested in going to one in Croatia because they have an ancient Roman ampitheatre still used as a concert venue. That would be quite the experience.


Yeah that would be epic. Dave Mathews once rode a bike to his own concert!


I wonder where he rode it from! In 2002 concert attendees brought a lawsuit against Creed because they were dissatisfied with their concert!


Haha. That poor band. Deep purple broke the record for loudest concert in 1972.


Pink Floyd recorded a live concert at an ancient Roman ampitheater in Pompeii but there was no audience!


Wow they should have had an audience. Did you know Abba turned down 1 billion dollars to do a 100 concert reunion tour?!


Wow! The Ramones on the other hand certainly liked doing concerts. They did a total of 2263 concerts and were on tour for more than 20 years


Jeez. Must take its toll. The Foo fighters must also like playing cause they played so loud they caused seismic activity!


I had no idea. I bet it looks pretty. Neptune sure takes its time going around the sun!


How long does Neptune take?  I did not realize the sun rotates as well.


It completed its first full orbit in 2011 since it was in 1846!


Wow.  That is pretty nuts.  Just as nuts as a radio station that plays the sounds the sun makes!


It is the most important source of energy for life on earth! It deserves its own radio station!


No doubt it is important, but for many of us amazon seems almost as important.  I buy everything from food to books to toys there.


No but that would have been cool because I would have had a building named after me


I would drive by it just to check in! I would also brag to all my friends. They would think I am obnoxious!


laugh.  I love amazon's logo - they really do have everything from a to z


I am good.  The forecast for DC tonight is not too great - possibly snow


Yuck! We got a dusting today and I am pretty much done with winter. It can go away now. Do you like winter?


I am not a big fan of snow.   I like it that our forecast is going to end up in the 50's-60s


Im in chicago and I would like high 30s at this point. A week or two ago we had temps at -30!


Yeah I am not a polar vortex fan!  Chicago should move closer to the sun - a perfect sphere of hot plasma!


It's actually white too! I would have never guessed it!


It is about 109 times larger than earth - and about 330k heavier  - that is huge!


Yeah. But a lightning bolt is hotter than the surface of the sun. That seems odd.


Wow that is pretty crazy.  Did you know that on mars the sunset is blue?  I wonder why that is


Top of the morning to you. What are your thoughts on dance? I think it is a beautiful form of human movement.


Yes I think so. He portrayed the mouse King in a production of the Nutcracker.


that is hilarious, I would pay to see that! Speaking of Michael Jackson before, did you know he didn't create the moonwalk


Me too! I thought he created the moonwalk? Well I suppose he made it popular...


It was Bill Bailey that created it, a tap dancer of all people


Oh wow that is very surprising. Almost as surprising as babies spontaneously dancing want to hear music!


Mine does, she is 10 month and she can for sure bust a move lol


That's really cool. Do you think she'll grow to be a basketball player? In 39 out of 50 states, the highest paid state employee is either a college football or basketball coach.


I hope so, at least a coach so she can make good money. Are you a fan of basketball?


Yeah definitely. I love basketball. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was one of my favorite players to watch. His dunk got banned from college for over a decade. It was really nice talking with you.


For sure he was so tall. I enjoyed our chat also, enjoy your day!


I like to dance after a few drinks in me, I turn into a natural Michael Jackson! How about you


Awesome. Me as well. Can you perform his classic extreme lean?


If I had his patent device in my shoes at the time for sure lol!


Yes I wonder how we can get our hands on that device? Professional ballet dancers can go through four pairs of shoes in a week.


I wonder also lol. That is so many shoes! I think ballet is very expensive for that reason. Do you watch Game of Thrones?


So many! Yes I do. Great show. I love Khaleesi! They have great music in that show too but no dancing.


For sure, apparently Emilia Clarke had to do the funky chicken during the addition, I don't know how to correlates with the show lol


Ha ha well it must've worked because she got the part. Did you know that Tupac danced ballet high school?


I did not know that, is that a real thing about tupac?


Yeah, with Youtube and things like that. Do you own any snakes?


Nope.  Im like New Zeland, no snakes.  But I do have some friends who own them.


Interesting, I didn't know there were no snakes in new Zealand.


Im now sure why, maybe all the other animals ate them or something.  Have you heard of those flying snakes that can launch themselves at their prey?  That would be totally creepy


I dont know, all that I imagine is kind of like this cartoon character I saw once, Trogdor, That is what I think of.


Well, did you know there are legless lizards that aren't snakes?


Really?  Thats kind of crazy.  I wonder if they have the paired organs like snakes do.


I'm not sure, but at least they don't fly like some snakes!


If I ever ran into one of those flying snakes I dont know what I would do.  The fear of snakes is hard wired into both human and monkey brains.


I do, I have been a fan of the All I want for Christmas is You.


Yeah, they can be scary looking creatures, that is for sure.


That was a good album. I'm not sure if she has released anything recently though.


I dont know either, she does have an incredible vocal range though.  No other singer really has matched her there.


I'm not sure, but I know Glitter has gone to the top of the charts recently


Is that her new album? I wonder if it is doing better than Linkin Parks Hybrid theory.


It is one of hers, but not better than Linkin Park's that was the best selling album of all time.


Apparently, NWA's album was the first to reach platinum status without the support of airplay.


That is pretty incredible, now musicians have it much easier as distribution of music is easier, you dont have to go to the store to buy things anymore.


I sure do. Did you know he is going to be in the new SPace Jam movie?


Nice. He was offered a deal of $10 million from Reebok when he was 18?


Yeah because he said he is worth more and that Nike or Adidas will offer him more and Nike did a year later, $90 million


Wow, good for him. He also raised money once by televising the decision, a whopping $6 million.


Nice. He was really hated back in 2012 when he joined the Miami Heat, though.


Wow crazy. He is the highest paid celebrity as well


I sure do. Did you ever watch the Simpsons?


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


I sure do. Do you know who Tim Duncan is?


that is crazy but also so very much Homer


Yes a great basketball player. DO you know Reggie Miller?


He was good but his sister was always better than him and once broke 8 national records


Wow that is impressive. DUncan decided to stay in school and then go to the NBA


Good for him. Did you hear about that deal Iverson signed with Rebook?


I did not know he did that, did he get a good deal?


He sure did, $800 000 a year till 55 and then $32 million


I guess the X and 8 plus have no home button and no touch ID. I'm not sure how it works.


Oh I see.  did you know ny area code is 212 because it was the easiest to dial on a rotarty phone lol remember those?


Yeah, my parents had a rotary phone. Funny how phones have progressed. It's interesting that an iPhone has more computing power than the entire us nuclear icbm deterrent!


I'm kind of addicted to my phone. Maybe I should do the Unicef promotion that donates a day of clean water for every minute I don't use my phone.


Yeah would be a good donation!  I dont think I use my phone that much so I hope that people are getting a ton of water!


Haha. I want to get an iPhone Xs Max or Xs. Both of those have dual cameras. I think the pictures come out really cool, like DSLR quality.


Awesome,  I hope you get it!  Do you watch netflix?


It would cost all my savings. Hahaha! Yes, I watch Netflix. How about you?


Sure. I have an older model iPhone. how about you?


I am binge watching Good News. From 9 pm to 12 am, Netflix makes up 33 percent of all bandwidth in North America. I certainly am guilty of contributing.


I have an android but I just to have a iphone 4 a long time ago lol


I wish I could get an iPhone Xs Max. It sounds pretty cool! It has a 6.5 inch screen.


that sounds awesome!  did you know microsoft once held a funeral to mark the death of the iphone when it launched its own line of products lol


Ha, interesting. Have you heard of the game Send Me to Heaven? Wonder if anyone actually played it.


Ive heard of it,  never played it.  did you know women are more likely to own iphones?


Interesting. I wonder why. During the first live iPhone presentation the iPhone wasn't so great yet. Steve Jobs had a spare behind his desk to showcase it because it would run out of ram and crash frequently


lol I guess thats a good idea to have a backup reguardless,  if you are doing a presentation.


Yeah. Interesting how iPhones have progressed. it's interesting that iPhones don't have the home button anymore. When I think of iPhones I picture them having one.


Emma Gonzales is an inspiration to many young people.


I agree, fun fact about Black Panther but the hero is actually the riches one out there with a net worth of 500 billion dollars.


wow that is a crazy amount of money! Marvel really knows what they are doing with characters. They have come a long way from a struggling studio who could have lost their characters in a loan to merrill lynch.


They sure do, I like the Marvel universe a lot better than DC at least in movies, they get their inspiration from history as well.


Yeah they are amazing. And they aren't afraid to go with an unknown for a character either. The merchant elder is a woman who just sent in an audition tape. She was 88!


88 years old no kidding? its a good thing that they gave her a chance, I guess theres room for anyone in the Marvel universe.


I think their key to success is their diversity of characters and actors. They really find the right person for the role and dive into the stories that were in the comics.


Yeah they sure can, so do you like the NBA, do you like basketball?


Yeah I do. It is a great game and the skills of the players is a pretty cool thing to watch. Do you enjoy watching it?


I do like it, do you have a favorite team out of the 30 ones in the league, maybe the Canadian team ?


I like the smaller teams. I almost want to root for the Spurs just because of the smart decision of Tim Duncan to get his degree. I think more players should do that instead of going straight to the pros.


She is. I think twitter gives young people a voice. I just hope they use it responsibly and don't get sucked into the 15 minutes of fame aspect of it.


Tim Duncan is a really smart man, more players should do that I agree thanks for all the cool facts, its been a pleasure chatting with you.


Yes it has been a very education conversation. Have a nice day!


Sad how she was in a shooting and then emerged after that, I imagine that is a traumatizing event for anyone.


It would be terrifying. I think that she is making a good statement but I hope that she can listen as well as raise awareness. So many of these young activists don't know the laws already on the books and how they aren't being enforced so they call for laws that already exist and it diminishes their message.


I hope that as well, she is getting good critic acclaims from people over social media, one user even compared her to Joan of Arc.


As long as it doesn't eventually get buried on social media under more op-ed pieces about yoga pants and how women need to wear something more "appropriate".


Yeah I know but its kind of hard to blurry that now even celebrities had something to say, Chadwick Boseman also twitter something about the subject


He was the guy that played Black Panther right? He did such amazing acting in that movie!


Yeah thats the one, and it was an amazing movie Im guessing you watched it? Chadwick is a great actor


I've seen bits and pieces but haven't had time to watch the whole thing. He is fantastic in all of the marvel ones he has been in though. I couldn't imagine anyone else playing a better black panther.


I like the Lose Yourself song, its one of my favorite ones when I work out I also like Without Me.


I'm not sure. I really like Superman, Role Model and Sayin' Goodbye to Hollywood. There's a song that he did with Kendrick Lamar called Love Game which a lot of people don't know that is seriously underrated.


Yeah so on another topic do you like cars?


I drive one, but I'm not necessarily a car guy. I can appreciate a cool looking car though. Yourself?


I can too, one of my favorite brands is Cadillac


Ahh named after the found of Detroit. Cadillac is one of my favorite American cars, probably right behind Jeep. I wish I had a Jeep.


Yeah Jeeps are also really cool, they are expensive also I would like a Mustang or a Camaro as well.


Do you like to race cars? I definitely drive in the fast lane in the highway a lot of the time, but I'm no race car driver.


I like to watch car races but Im not a racer, Im a safe driver lol, its been good chatting with you tonight.


It's always good to be safe, but I don't think we need to equip cars with flame-throwers like you can in South Africa lol. Take care, nice chatting with you as well!


I'm more of rock guy, but I definitely like good rap. How about yourself?


Yeah that seems excessive, good thing they arent legal in America, have a good night, bye.


I do like rap yeah, it has a great rhythm and one of my favorite rappers is the late Tupac.


Tupac was awesome. What's your favorite Tupac song?


I like Hit Em Up, do you have a favorite song?


Yeah I really like Changes. Kind of a positive message. The opposite of Hit Em Up lol. It's kind of funny that Tupac actually grew up as a theatre kid not a thug.


It is funny, but I bet he was respected by his friends. Do you like Eminem?


I do. I really grew with Eminem at his peak. I remember trying to buy his albums and all the outcry from adults. He's a legend in my book. Do you?


I do like him, his a rap legend I agree with you there. He wanted to become a comic book artist once.


I could see that, based on the Real Slim Shady. And I think he's used comic book imagery in some of his videos. Do you have favorite Eminem rap?


hi, do you know much about world presidents?


Yes and they must get a lot of guests so si guess they need it


I heard that the government owns 86% of the land in Nevada. That's pretty crazy!


I know and I wonder what they do with all that land though


I'm not sure. I know there's a few military bases out there, and Area 51, maybe there's another 50 areas there too.


So maybe for that. Do you ever shop at target?


I do sometimes. Did you know that they will price match with Amazon?


That is cool. There is only one state that does not have Target and that is vermont


I wonder why? I figured it would be Arkansas because that's where Wal-Mart was founded.


I do not know why though. Senators apparently have to work at atarget to make ends meet


I don't understand that. I thought they made good money. I've never noticed that Target doesn't carry tobacco products.


I know a little bit, I heard that the president of Indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office!


I thought so too. I wonder why they do not sell tobacco though?


Maybe could be that. Nice chatting with you.


That is quite something. do you know who the wealthies us presidents are?


JFK, Washington, and Jefferson I believe. It's hard to imagine that Trump isn't even in the top 3.


Yeah I know but I guess we have to take inflation in consideration


I guess so, did you know that the first president of Zimbabwe was called President Banana? I wonder where he got that name?


Yeah I wonder if maybe that actually means something in their langue


I'm not sure. Did you know that until 1805, the runner up in a presidential election automatically became the VP? Can you imagine Hillary being in office with Trump now?


No I cannot imagine that at all actually. did you know the guest house is larger than the white house?


That has to be pretty big, because the White House is huge!


I find the idea that universes evolve through natural selection fascinating. I guess this refers to the idea of a multiverse that's constantly percolating new universes out?


Long, long ago -- like in the Pac Man and Space Invaders era. I never saw the appeal to be honest. How about you?


I used to play a lot of video games. But I don't really anymore. I played a lot when I was a kid. For instance I played the N64 game GoldenEye. Apparently a lot of the developers of that game that never even worked on a game before


I think it came out in like 1997. I don't know if you ever play the N64 but it was a great system. Have you ever heard of the Mortal Kombat games


I've heard of them and vaguely recall there being a movie based on them.


Yep there's a movie and a whole bunch of games. The first movie is good but the second one is horrible. I never really played the games, but they were very violent and they are the reason for the rating system that we currently have in video games


Wow -- I should google that. Reminds me of how the comics code came about in the 50s.


Yep it's the same kind of idea actually. And I know that Australia bans a lot of games. Which I think is funny, because they ban more games than even China


The EU also bans stuff, or they at least sensor games but not as badly as Australia. Have you ever been to a Chuck-E-Cheese before?


Yes I think so. The universe sure is interesting.


Never ate there -- I remember when they were called Showbiz and they had the hillbilly bears


Yeah, I've seen dumbed-down explanations of physicists' theories in pop science journals' saying that each one of those new universes that pops out as a big bang or while hole has its own laws, and the ones with laws that function well give birth to new universes on a similar pattern


Yeah sorry my last response was cut off early haha. But yes the universe is super interesting, and I even saw there is a theory that we exist inside a black hole. I wonder how that would even work


Same. Unfortunately my hard science education was lacking. One of these days I intend to read all the major popularized works on modern physics (Dancing Wu Li Masters, Tao of Physics, etc.) so I can at least get the Sunday supplement version.


Haha that's a good idea. Did you hear that there may be a parallel universe? There's a cold spot in the microwave background that scientists detected in space, and they think there's a parallel universe in there. I wonder if I will ever meet my parallel self haha


Wild. I never saw that. I love alternate history science fiction though. Do you?


I do like alternate history stuff, I think it's very fascinating. How many times have you ever folded a piece of paper in half? Apparently 103 is the maximum amount of times that anyone could do it


I've never tried. I wonder if it wouldn't depend on the size of the paper you started with, though?


I don't think so. I think it's just an overall rule. Have you ever played a video game before?


That's wild.  The sun is the center of the solar system.   That's all I know.  LOL


Haha. Apparently a lightning bolt is about 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun! That's scary!


I'd buy that.  I have personally put lightning rods in the Florida sand in order to make lightning glass.


Oh wow! That is beyond cool! I'm pretty into space, sorry for all the facts. Haha. It's all so interesting to me! Like the fact that on July 11, 2011 Neptune completed it's first orbit around the sun since it's discovery in 1846. Wow, that must be such a cold planet to be on!


Space is cool.  After all people have been known to worship the sun.  Hell, isn't there a basketball team named the Suns?


Yes! It's a good sun, we owe a lot to it! It's only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star discovered in our galaxy. That's mind blowing!


Isn't the sun just a huge ball of hot plasma?


Yes it is! It's 330,000 times the mass of earth! It's so big and warm! Also it's by far the most important source of energy in our solar system. It's the star of the show. Haha


LOL.. Nice pun!  It certainly produces enough energy to meet the needs of the entire planet.  Good talk!


Haha Thank you! :) Yes it was very nice chatting with you! Have a wonderful day! Goodbye! :)


Yes I do! Probably more than I should! What about you?


About the same.  Who are some of your favorite actors / actresses?  Robin Williams is one of mine.  He started the trend of famous actors doing voice overs from animated films.


Oh definitely Robin Williams is up there in my top 5! Oh yeah, was that when he did Aladdin?


I believe so.  One of the actresses that I don't personally like is Judge Judy.  I can believe she get paid as much as she does.


Yeah, I heard she is the second highest paid celebrity. It's so hard to believe! Who watches that show I wonder.


I don't know... its not me!  Going to show my age but Carol Burnett is also one of my favorites.  Can't believe she was the first celeb to appear on sesame street.


Haha, I love Carol Burnett and Sesame Street! I mean obviously I don't watch Sesame Street these days. Haha. Are you into astronomy at all?


Not from a scientific aspect.  I do like star gazing though.


Oh me too! I have so many things to say about space! For example, the sun is actually white. It only looks yellow because of atmospheric scattering.


Have you heard of or seen performances by the standup comedian Natasha Leggero?


Do you  have a favorite comedy series or movie?


Well, I do love Seinfeld. I think it's one of the greatest shows ever, but did you know that in 1997 it lost the Golden Globe for Best Comedy to 3rd Rock From the Sun?!


I did not know that.  I tend to favor the Brits in both comedy and acting.  It is more actor performance and less special effects.  Monty Python is a great Brit classic comedy and has a computer science 'nerd' salute with the "Python" programming language!


Interesting! The Green Lantern film was supposed to be a Comedy starting Jack Black. That could have been pretty interesting, don't you think?


it definitely took a hard turn from the original plan.  How are you with a still / video camera?  I jokingly claim that they invented digital cameras just for me because I am a horrible photographer.  I can take 100 digital pics to get 1 good one!


I can take a photo, but I'm not cinematographer! Did you know the word cinematography used to refer to the art, process, or job of filming movies, but now it just means "motion picture photography"?


I did not know that.  What I find intriguing is that no woman has ever been nominated for an Academy Award for Cinematography.  Do you think it is because is was a male dominated profession for the longest time?


I heard that. Other than the obviously gender-specific awards, like Best Actor, it's the only Oscar category that has never nominated a female contender!


Well, time are changing and it was worse in the past.  James Wong Howe was an Oscar winning Chinese American cinematographer who did not become an American citizen till 1943 and and his marriage to a white woman was illegal until 1948 because of racial statutes.  I glad those days have been largely eliminated.


Wow! That is shocking, since 1948 is really not that long ago. There's nothing comedic about that!


I have! I like her, and her husband Moshe Kasher, who is a fellow comedian. What do you think of her?


No, not at all.  In the recent Oscars, Glenn Close has a record of 7 Oscar nominations and no wins.  Did you know cinematographer Roger Deakins has that  beat with 13 nominations and no wins?


Poor Roger Deakins! What about the guy who was cinematographer for Spartacus. Stanley Kubrick took the camera away from him and did it himself! Even though he did almost none of the work, when Spartacus won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, it went to the credited cinematographer.


I wonder how that feels, getting the award but not doing the work.  Well its been good chatting with you.  It's Mardi Gras time down here so I will head down the festivities this evening.  I will even try my hand at "cinematography' since my youngest is marching in the parade.  No promises if it will be any good.


Good luck with your cinematography! Have fun!


I seem to have a vague recollection of her on the Chelsea Handler show but have not kept up with her.  She and her hubby got a late start on the kid thing.  From what I read, it gave her a new line of jokes for her routine.


Yeah. She had her first child at age 44. Her comic voice has evolved over the years, and she definitely joked extensively about her then-impending motherhood in her "The Honeymoon Standup Special."


it has also seemed to have added a new line of anti-men jokes.  Have you seen her Netflix special?


Oh yes. It was released in April, so I've seen it a few times now! I really love watching Netflix, do you?


I have both Netflix and Amazon Prime and have cut the cord!  Did you know that Netflix spends 20 times more on postage than bandwidth?  I wonder if that is still true since they have (or in the process of) ending the DVD mail service.


That seems crazy! Especially since from 9pm to 12am, Netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwith in North America!


Well Blockbuster really screwed up when they passed on buying Netflix for $50 mill.  Its now worth $ 2 billion.  I can't remember when I last saw a Blockbuster store!


No kidding! They have so many subscribers, that if you combine Netflix and Youtube, that makes up half of peak internet traffic in North America! And they have so much content these days


That sounds vaguely familiar but I am not sure. Pomegranates are supposed to be a mood booster as well.


The pomegranate was the symbol of life and marriage in Ancient Greece and because Persephone ate some of Hades seeds, she had to remain in the underworld for part of the year. The myth then says that because she does the goddess of Earth gets sad and that's why we have winter.


Interesting! In Ancient Greek mythology there were immortal Gods right? Well there is actually a jellyfish breed that is immoral.


They are a very uncomplicated creature, they are mostly water so there isn't a big risk for injury and disease like with humans.


Sorry, I mean immortal not immoral haha! Yeah, you're right but it's still a fascinating concept. I like seahorses a lot. They are the only fish to have a neck.


The male seahorse also gives birth to and cares for the young.


Neat! I would stay away from the black swallower fish. It can eat prey ten times its weight.


I wonder how big that fish is, I bet it's no match for us or we would have heard about it by now.


I believe it's a deep sea fish so we never come across it. Have you heard of the zebrafish? It has 84 percent of genes known to be associated with human diseases.


I have never heard of that fish, I wonder if it's close relation can help us scientifically/


I have not had a lot of pomegranate to know if I like it or not for sure. Do you?


Right, it might house secrets that we still need to discover.


I like it but it's kind of difficult to get the seeds out for the amount of fruit you get. But they are good for taming inflammation and are good for health in other ways.


It always did seem like a lot of work. I know they have recently made a big push into the drink scene because of these benefits.


Yeah, have you tried POM? I always am kind of wary of mass produced juices though.


I have not tried it because I am not a big juice drinker. I find that they tend to be overly sugary.


Right, I agree. I feel that sometimes they don't include the best part of the fruit either.


Yes I like to have the fiber from the fruit itself as it helps with the amount of sugar you ingest while eating it. You lose that in juices.


Right. Some people think separating the pomegranate seeds from the membrane can be therapeutic. Um, I'm not sure about that for me. It just frustrates me and I get bored. Haha.


I don't think I would enjoy that. I have always enjoyed the Greek myth about the pomegranate though, are you familiar?


Are you interested in knowing about the earth?


That's better than the US Government. They passed a law in 2006 where government employees couldn't be prosecuted for violating the geneva conventions


The government makes up some scary rules. They also tried to destroy Wikileaks so Wikileaks published the government's plans to do so. Funny.


The government often do questionable things. Like Thomas Jefferson, one of US's presidents created his own bible by using a razor to cut out parts.


That sounds worse than Teddy Roosevelt and John Quincy Adams electing not to use a Bible at their swearing in ceremonies.


The bible is very important, it has an estimated sale of over 5 billion copies!


Before 1963, students in the US would often read from the Bible as a normal part of their elementary education


That would explain why the bible is considered the most influential book of all time.


Indeed. It's interesting how different Christian denominations can't agree on what should be included in it though.


They disagree about what should be included in the canon.


Yes, there are overlaps between denominations though.


I don't think about the earth that much but it's an amazing place. I don't feel I have time in the mere 24 hours in a day. But when Earth first formed, a day was only 5,5 hours long.


Well that was a good talk, have a nice day!