People like Stanley Kubrick are just so amazing that they tend to keep getting nominated and winning I guess.


I can tell he is persistent and I admire that quality so much!! 13 nominations.


Wow that is a lot of times to keep going. You must really love your kraft at that point to not get discouraged even though you are still not winning.


I guess winning Is not that important for him, on the other hand some people had won many awards like Eminem, he has won more than many famous actors awards combined!


I wonder if he wins for his music used in movies or it they were all for his various acting over the years. He is so talented it could really be for either.


Yes , he is talented. Someone who has achieved a lot is Daniel  Day Lewis, 3 times best actor. I remember " Mi Left foot".. awesome performance.


Hi, I did not but I had in previous years, how was it?


He is quite the actor. I think of him as one of those that can really take on any role and make it a part of his character.


I didn't watch either. I can't seem to get behind handing out awards to overpayed entertainers. It is all an exercise in narcissim.


I actually like the show and the categories. I wonder why they are named Oscars if the designer was named George Stanley!


Maybe it was a nickname? I don't know. I wish they had better hosts though because it has gotten quite cringy in the clips I've seen over the years


I could be. Unfortunately today there is a lot of controversy because many issues like the sexual abuse accusations, that is pretty sad.


I'm glad that they aren't just continuting to give awards to predators though.


They better!! Many obstacles had to be overcome , for example rascisim, that a chinese named James Wong had to endure


He was a cinematographer who won an oscar and he was a pioneer on things like wide angle lensses,  low key lighting, crab dolly and more, he was a genious but even his marriage was considered illegal


Yup and the guy has already released three albums


Yes the website that exposes government secrets


Yes and they also released documents that show how the government is trying to destroy them


Yeah. Did you know in Nevada the government owns most of the land?


Yes they own 86% of it but it is all desert anyways


That is true. Did you know a guy sold the eiffel tower twice?


He was just really good at impersonating officials and maneged to do that


Yeah. Did you hear what the Norwegian government is doing to save the forests?


Yes they donated $1 billion for the Amazons


I do, DO you know who the wealthiest ones are in the US?


That is amazing. It was nice chatting with you


Yeah. Do you know what the first president of Zaimbabwe was called?


Did you know the white house is smaller than the guest house?


I am assuming they get a lot of people come by there so yeah


DO you know how the VP used to be elected?


That would be just the runner up going in there


Yeah. Did you know the president of Indonesia is a pop star?


I have a cellphone.  I do not have a landline anymore but I have a rotary phone.  They still work the same way in principle.


You do? Wow, that's awesome. Did you know that UNICEF  donates a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute you don't use your cell?


I did not, that's cool. We have come a long way from using birds to communicate over long distances, like a carrier pigeon!


Yes! We have come so far. Makes you wonder what it will be like 100 years from now. Did you know birds ...their bones are hollow? Their skeleton weighs less than the feathers!


That is pretty neat.  They are also inventive, for instance a hummingbird will steal webs from spiders to put their nests together.


Wow, birds are amazing. Some wild birds in Australia can mimic sounds of cameras, car alarms and even chainsaws! So interesting.


I do think it is interesting that there are birds that can't fly like penguins.  I wonder why they evolved that way?


It is interesting! I don't know but would love to find out. It's amazing too that the Dodo bird is actually a sub family of pigeons, so interesting!


I couldn't imagine flying to Mexico from Alaska without taking a nap, but birds can do that.  I can't do it on an airplane, haha.


Hahaha! Me either. Birds are awesome creatures for sure. I think it's crazy there are ten thousand living species!


I wonder what wings were before they evolved into wings.  I guess it makes sense they were limbs, maybe they were arms?  Who knows.


That is a scary thought, a bird with arms lol...maybe they are a type of fish which some are while others are not. It's also interesting how they lay hard shelled eggs.


It is a good thing birds don't have to carry our internet messages, telephone cables on the ocean floor take care of that.


I would my favorite album is Rush's 2112.  It is the first album I bought on CD.  What about you?


Love that one! I would have to say Pink Floyd. I am old enough I was buying vinyl in my teen years lol


So was I.  I had quite a view vinyl some I inherited that ran at 78 RPM and not the standard 33 which came later in 1948.


Cool, me too. It is crazy to think that The Dark Side of the Moon came out 40 years ago! I had a huge album collection. Loved them!


Did you ever get any Pink Floyd on cassette tape?


I did. When cassettes came out I bought all of my music on them. I wish I would have kept my albums though. They are still being sold but not very often anymore.


Yeah I think Dark Side of the Moon is still the best selling album of all time.  I bet a first edition album is worth some money now.


Yep, I bet it would be worth a lot! Still love that album. So do you have a smart phone and a landline telephone or just a cell phone?


How are you, do you like Rap? Rapper Meek Mill was recently released from jail and caught a 76ers game


I wonder if there is a video of that online, maybe the Library of Alexandria has it since they saved a copy of the internet


Right, lol! do you know what a hamburger button is?


the three horizontal line menu on apps and websites, by my browser just has 3 small dots, I guess it should be named a different button


Right i don't know why they named it that in the first place. Are you a 93%'er or a 7%'er when it comes to the reading of terms and agreements online?


Definitely a 93%, if it's more than a page long than I'm not reading the terms of purchase


Right i'm with you, lol. apparently there is a cell tower on top of Everest.


I guess it's pretty cool you can get 3g service on the highest point on earth


Yeah i guess your right about that. Do you like snakes?


Yea they're pretty cool, especially the flying snakes that launch themselves at prey


Well i guess i need to move to New Zealand, they don't have them there


I don't know who that is, i haven't listen to rap for years.


It is beautiful there. Well have a nice day, nice chatting with you


Have you ever listened to Tupac, his music is in the library of Congress


Wow! I did listen to him that's awesome. I heard emenim wanted to be a comic book artist his favorite character is spiderman.


Yea, I know eminem has been featured in some marvel comics like The Punisher, but I don't know if he was ever in Spiderman


I didn't know he was in the punisher. Have you ever heard of the Compliment Battle?


Yea invented by Korean Rappers, I would definitely not want to listen to any compliment battles even if it was Biggie and Tupac


Too funny!! I never knew that busta rhymes was one of the rugrat voices, now that's funny as well.


Yea, Busta had the honor of voicing the reptar wagon that didn't even have any speaking lines lol


I think that's pretty cool. Not as cool as the MI Judge that rapped her ruling to Emeniem though!


Hi, do you agree with Trump that products made in America will make America great again?


Me too, I took Spanish classes but don't know any Spanish people that I could talk to that didn't laugh at my attempts to talk to them so I quit trying.  Even still, speaking of the White House goings on ... it took the Secret Service four days to realize that bullets had struck the White House back in 2011. They must have been napping.


lol I took Spanish too but only learned how to say basic words.  That's scary that it took them 4 days to find that.  5 presidents have been elected while still losing the popular vote.  Isn't that what happened with Trump?


I'm not sure but I'm glad he won and not Hillary. Yeah, during the 2012 US elections International electoral observers were blocked from the polls in nine states, too.


I think one of the funniest elections is when a dog beat 2 people in a mayoral election.  The dog served as mayor for 13 years.  No idea where that was though.


I'd like to find out where that was too. I'll have to google it. Another interesting fact is that since 1900, the taller candidate has won the US Presidential election 75% of the time. Tell me there isn't election psychology!


Interesting!  The only US president to have a PHD is Woodrow Wilson.  I figured there would have been more than over the years.


Me too, who knows?  Did you know that Nevada is the only state to have a "none of these candidates" voting option for presidential elections?


I did not know that.  In Oregon all elections are conducted by mail.


That sounds strange. Another something that I just learned is that the White House has twin building in Ireland and France?


Neat.  I wonder if they were designed by the same person then?  Did you know there is also a replica of the White House in Atlanta that was built as a private home?


Hi I would hope so.  Hasn't really been a push for "Made in America" products in the 30 years since the 80s.


Yes, I think I've heard about that one. Well, it's been great chatting with you, have a good one.


It sounds like a winning idea if Trump can make it work. Trump has boasted that his administration created 8.7 million jobs since the 2016 election. If he can get that done, he might be able to pull us out of our slump.


I hope it will happen.  He won support in my area by promising to bring jobs back.  My area has been decimated my factories closing or downsizing since Bill Clinton was in office.  Trump won a lot of votes here by promising to bring jobs back.  So far he hasn't done it.  The closures continue as Chevy announced late last year they are closing their factory that makes the Cruze here.  All the employment numbers I see reported sure don't match up to what real life is like here in North East Ohio.


I think Trump is doing the best he possibly can with what he inherited from the last President. Even though he's rough around the edges, I can't say that I disagree with his positions on almost every point he makes. Manufacturing in this country started to go overseas over 30 years ago and its going to be hard to change employers' minds on how to re-do it the right way, the "Made in America" way.


Yes.  President Jimmy Carter was always trying to save money to help.  During the winter of 1977 he turned down the themostats in the white house to 65 degrees.


Yes, Jimmy Carter was a good president   More recently, George W. Bush had them put back on, too.


You must be talking about the solar panels he also had installed that Reagan removed?


Yes, Carter put them on then Reagan took them off and then George W. put them back on again. Wow, waht a roller coaster ride for those solar panels. Luckily, the White House is still located at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.


lol  The last US president to speak a foregin language fluently was FDR.  Wish I could speak another language fluently.


I have all of the streaming sites and i wish my son would help me pay for it lol


That is one of my all time favorite shows. I pay for hbo just for that.


Really?  Then it must be good!  How about Curb Your Enthusiasm?  Isn't Larry David connected to Seinfeld in some way?  That was an excellent show.


I think so. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is one of the funniest shows ever.


The women in that was on The Office, wasn't she?  I just realized that I know more about shows from reading about them than I do from watching them.  That's kind of ironic.


Yes she was kelly on the office.  people must stay in shape working for amazon


Yeah, that would be a physically demanding and fast-paced job.  But I wouldn't mind walking 7 to 15 miles per day for work, if the pay was decent, that is.


I have been ordering from amazon from the start. back in 95


It's so convenient.  It passed Wal-Mart in 2015 as the most valuable retailer in the U.S.  I don't think it will give up that title soon.


I like it because i get my packages on sundays


Yes, that is a great perk!  The contract that Amazon has with the USPS is win-win-win for everyone involved.


I've heard that it's a trend for young people to password share, something like 42% of those 21 and under apparently do it.


Stranger things seems cool. The 11 character seems cool


Amazon Prime Video is just not worth the money to me


I agree; $14.99 a month may not seem like much, but I would rather spend it on something else.


we do password share on hulu, but we have live tv with the works and share the price


Do you watch a lot of tv?  I don't often get a chance to, but I do like Stranger Things when I get the chance to see it.  It's definitely different.


I am going to check that out. I love almost every show on netflix


It's hard to imagine that Netflix is worth over $2 billion dollars.  That's a lot people just hanging out watching tv. :)


i believe it. They just raised my bill by 2 dollars


Did you ever get into The Sopranos?  That was so big years ago.  I never saw it, but I guess it was supposed to be "compelling."


Did you know that the sun is a star at the center of the solar system?


If you like that bit of trivia, you are going to love this: The water balloon was invented by someone who actually was trying to create a sock that could help prevent trench foot. He coated a sock with latex and then tested it for leaks by filling it with water. In ager, he threw one of the water-filled defective ones on the ground, and the delightful splash birthed an exciting new childrens toy!


hahahah That is great.  Socks are among the most needed items at homeless shelters, yet among the least often donated.  I'm going to have to remember that.  We like to donate to charities that help the poor, underprivledged kids, and the homeless.


Next time the collection plate comes our way, "put a sock in it!" That common phrase commemorates the old practice of stuffing a sock in a phonograph to muffle the sound. And today, it is commonly used to muffle know-it-alls... like myself!


Nice! lol You're funny!  I want to see what the oldest known surviving pair of socks that were designed to be worn with sandals look like.


Socks originally were made out of leather or matted animal fur. Occasionally, wives would make them from the hair they removed from their husband's backs.


Typically, shoes or boots are worn over socks, unless you are a sock puppeteer!


lol  I bet that was a pain having to hand knit socks before 1800.


Yeah. I wonder when wind socks were invented?


I think I knew that... But did yo know that the sun is actually white and only appears yellow because of atmospheric scattering?


That's a good question.  Maybe back in 1778 when the great English explorer James Cook discovered a body known as Cook Inlet in what is now Alaska and he used a wind sock to mark it?  lol  It's be a gas chatting with you!  Thanks for the laughs.


That's interesting.  The sun produces enough engergy in 1 seconds to meet the needs of the entire planet for 500,000 years.  I wonder how they know that? lol


They probably asked Santa... He circles the earth in one night, he probably goes to visit the sun occasionally, encirculing the nearly perfect sphere, counting solar flares and monitoring the magnetic field generated by the internal convection-driven dynamo process.


hahahaaha  speaking of going around....On July 11th, 2011 Neptune completed its first full orbit around the sun since it's discovery in 1846.


Rats!  I slept through it!  That makes me angry...hotter than a lightening bolt, which is already 6x more hot than the surface of the sun...


Boom!  lol The sun is only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star discovered in our galaxy.  Hope it doesn't drift our way....


Yeah. And since the sun is already 100 times the diameter of the earth, that would not bode well for our little planet.


We would be obliterated and wouldn't even know it!


But at least our feet would be warm. Speaking of hot feet, the when the Portuguese introduced chili peppers to Japa, they were commonly put into socks to help keep toes warm. That is called a hot foot!


Did you know Baseball managers wear uniforms because they are technically able to play for their teams?


Wow, not surprising. Maryland used to have a law like that.


I am around that area, so that makes a lot of sense. Vermont is the only state without a target believe it or not!


i am not sure, it is interesting, you would expect it to be Alaska or another low population state


Yeah, that is interesting. Did you know Kickball is also called Soccer Baseball in Canada?


no, but I suppose the name does make sense! I like baseball though, it is americas pastime!


Yeah, it is a good sport. It is also really popular in Japan.


I heard they are usually surprised how popular it is in America too!


Yeah, they don't know it is our national pastime.


I guess that surprises even me, football seems to be more popular from my anecdotal viewpoint


i did not knwo that actually, has that ever needed to happen?


Yeah, very true. The chicago cubs were the first team to win back to back world series. Pretty amazing.


I'm not sure, but it would be interesting if it did.


that would be, do you collect baseball cards at all?


I used to, how about you? It was incredibly popular when I was younger.


I never did, but someone once found 3 million dollars worth of cards in his grandfathers attic, what a come up!


WOW! Did you know Bestbuy and Target will price match Amazon?


no i did not, but amazon is usually very competitive, so that is impressive!


Yeah, it is. Target apparently doesn't carry tobacco products.


that is good, in my state no grocery store can sell alcohol


Hi there, looking forward to chat with You ! ;)


holy crap... I wonder if they come up with ideas like that by themselves or do they have like trained accountants to advise moves like that...


Probably had someone tell him that.  Laporta said she didn't believe such a loan existed


That's what I thought... people giving that kind of advises have knowledge that could make a regular person a millionaire within a week probably... ;)


Probably with enough crookedness they can do that.  Did you know that the top three richest presidents have been jfk, washington, and jefferson?


I've heard it somewhere... that was before they were elected a presidents right ? I don't know what professions they had...


I don't know, but probably Washington got money from all his quests for the king of England


What "quests" were those ? Sorry I'm from Europe...


I just mean when he led the British as a colonel in the British army


oh ok, did You know that pilgrim clothing was full of color. they only wore black for special occasions ?


that is interesting.   There is a store in alabama that only sells clothes and items found in unclaimed baggage at airports


Hi, did you hear that one of Paul Manfort's accountants said she went along with falsifying tax records because of fear.


lol...I wonder what are they doing when they find Gucci bag :)


I guess they make out pretty good!  In China during the cultural revolution, gang fashion included laying as many shirts you could while popping the collars.


It's crazy times when it comes to fashion... back in my days nobody cared that much about it...


Official business attire in hawaii is the aloha shirt not a suit and tie.  I think that i'd like that


ok no.... how does that work ? how do You falsifying tax records because of fear ?


She didn't want to confront a longtime client and tell the client her boss was a liar


Lots of money involved it seems. She had saved Manafort $400,000 in taxes


But she falsified the records... didn't they got caught ?


Well, Manafort is fighting bank and tax fraud charges saying he failed to pay taxes on millions of dollars he made from his work for a Russia-friendly Ukranian political party


...so he has a case in court... is that recent news ? I wonder if he will be punished... like... financially...


Sounds recent.  Manafort could not afford his taxes so he wanted to report a loan from an entity in Cyprus


Some people feel the holiday season begins right after Halloween.  Some though say December 1.  When do you think?


I don't know.  But there was a band that earned $20,000 from Spotify for a silent album and used the money to finance a free tour.  Interesting, huh?


I was wondering that too.  Did you know that 80% of the earth's natural forests have been destroyed already.  Sad.


that is sad! what do you think it would be like to have a day that is only 5.5 hours long?


Depends if I were sleeping or playing.  Earth will be virtually helium free at the end of the 21st century


yes i guess so! that will be a bummer, i wonder what else will change on this earth


Well in any case we'll apparently have ambassadors from the United Nations if extraterrestrials arrive


yes I saw that, I don't think I believe in aliens though. what about you?


i am from the school of thought that it begins around thanksgiving. what about you?


Don't think so, but who knows what's out there for sure.  Nice talking to you.


Yes, that is about right.  Put the lights up then and start hearing the music.


do you think mariah carey's song is a good measure of when the season begins?


Well it seems that more people need Mariah in their lives than usual around the holidays.


haha that's true! have you seen the movie mentioned in the article, Love Actually?


I don't remember that one. What was that one about?


it is a movie that takes place in the UK and follows a couple different storylines. i love it! actually, i missed watching it this year sadly


Is it a holiday movie?  Did you know that on Spotify a musician needs to get a little over 130,000 plays to make minimum wage?  That's a hard business.


it is a holiday movie! and is that total plays or does it have to be plays from different users i wonder?


Hi there! Watching a bit of racing today. I love cars! Cars came into global use in the 20th century and developed economies depended on them.


I can see why. It was a bit of a dinosaur. So I like movies as well. Hard to believe that former President Regan was rejected for a movie role because he did not have the "presidential look". I guess he proved them wrong!


Yeah he definitely did. I would love to see that entertainment executives face when he got elected!


Me too. Hilarious, I'm sure. Not sure if you watch Judge Judy, but she makes 123k per episode!


Jeez that is hard to fathom is she that popular?! I find it interesting how entertainment has evolved over the years. It can be adapted to suit any scale.


I would agree. Have you heard of Bill Nye, the science guy? He got his big break by winning a Steve Martin lookalike contest.


Yeah I used to watch his show! Glad we have tv now. People in 50bc bred chickens for entertainment!


Oh that makes me glad to have TV. That had to have been a long time ago!


Yeah apparently that's what Caeser observed when he went to Great Britain for the first time.


Oh wow. I'm glad that entertainment has evolved and can be adapted for all!


Yes I agree. I understand the point of it is to keep an audiences attention, but they have achieved that so well. Sometimes I just can't look away.


Oh nice. Yeah I like cars too. 1886 was considered the birth of the modern car!


Well nice chatting with you. Have fun watching cars which replaced those old horse-drawn carriages.


That's cool! One of the first cars accessible to the masses was the 1908 Model T.


Oh nice what a classic. I also like the brand Cadillac which was named after the founder of Detroit.


I like Cadillac too. McDonalds' added drive thrus in 1975 to accomodate soldiers who could not get out of their cars while wearing fatigues.


Glad they did now they are everywhere! The trunk is called that because it used to actually be a wooden trunk!


Oh that is cool. In South-africa it is legal to equip your car with flame throwers to prevent carjacking. Sounds like good entertainment.


Yeah I would love to see that. Like an action movie! I like playing car racing videos but I never knew people like Jahn Mardenborough could use them to become pro!


Amazing what people can do. In addition to cars I am a mini fan of video games. I know the Nintendo entertainment system (NES) could only display 54 colors.


Wow. I loved that system so much despite that underwhelming stat. Japan finally gave it the axe back in 2003!


Does satire originate from ancient greece?


I think so,  Caesar around 50bc bred chicken for entertainment, not for food.


That is what I was thinking. That's upsetting! Did you get to use the Nintendo entertainment system before it was discontinued?


Yes, I think my son still has one somewhere! I didn't realize it could only display 54 colors.


My how technology has advanced since then


Yes, a great deal! Have you seen any of the British comedy group Monty Python?


I love their movies like the holy grail or the life of brian. Have you ever seen an african or european swallow?


No, but I've heard about how funny they are. They sound interesting! Good chat!!


Yes, I do! Did you happen to see the Incredibles 2?


I would highly recommend them. Thanks for chatting.


Yes, were you aware there was a sequel to the first Incredibles in video game form called , " The incredibles rise of the underminer".


I'm not sure? The present day events of the Incredibles is set in the 1960's.


I like the sequels premise of restoring trust in superheroes


Yeah, I agree with you. Isn't it interesting the origins of comedy comes from ancient Greece.  Political satire was performed by comic poets at theaters.


Well comedy is an aspect of drama that brings depth


Yes, In ancient Greece they used dramatic irony to provoke laughter. Using it to portray persons or social institutions as ridiculous or corrupt.


Have you had any experiences with hurricanes?  Maybe hurricane Florence?


Really? I like Minnie better.  Did you know Bill Nye was a science consultant for Disney's Flubber?


I did. He did a show at Disney once. I also didn't know Where Wall-E's name came from. It's surprising they are still finding creative ways to name characters after Walt.


He deserves the recognition.  I'm an engineer that would have liked to be one of his "Imagineers".


My youngest is hoping to do one of their internships, she wants to be an artist.I didn't know that Disney owns ESPN.


Good luck to her.  Disney's all over the entertainment world it seems. Pixar has done some great CGI stuff including Wall-e.


I prefer Pixar before Disney. I think they had better movies. Weirdly, smoking near an apple computer voids the warranty. It's a biohazard.


I wonder if that's an "Apple PC" thing as opposed to reality.  I also wonder if Jobs was one of the transhumanists the uploaded their mind into a computer.


Probably him and Gates both. It's hilarious that bowlers in the 60's made more than football players.


Things have changed.  I can't believe my alma mater can up the score on Cumberland 222-0 in 1916.


That is impressive. Mine has a pink locker room for our visitors. I'm sure they appreciate the ambiance of it all.


Thankfully, no. I'm preparing to move to a hurricane area, though. I'm going to construct one of those mason jar barometers when I do.


Hee. You've been excellent.  Thanks. Have a great rest of the day.


Ha.  Good idea.  I moved to Georgia right when Hugo hit SC but I didn't have to pack and bubble wrap things.  I wasn't that close.


I remember Hugo. We received a lot of rain from it, here in Ohio. That was when I became interested in hurricanes, and their long reach.


Yeah, it was the only time my sun roof thing leaked.  I am amazed that with all our satellites and technology, we never seem to know where they'll hit until they are actually there.


If Russians can make a computer that runs on water, you would think weather predicting would be more accurate than what it is.


Amen to that.  I know they  are unpredictable, as was Florence, but c'mon the space shuttle can run on 1MB of RAM!


We were going to be at Universal the week Florence hit, I was surprised that all of the parks closed for it. Evidently, Big Hero 6 was completely done on a supercomputer.


I wonder if it would run on the 16-bit computer someone built out of basic Minecraft building blocks?


That's interesting, I didn't hear about that. Of course, I only recently learned that Minnie Mouse's name is Minerva.


Hello, did you know that the sun is only 1,000,000,000th the size of the biggest star?


It definitely will save us a lot of money. Not a big fan I know of it. However, it seems sexist to not have a nominated female.


I'm not surprised. Hollywood doesn't have enough female directors or cinematographers. Things need to change. One guy has been nominated 13 times and never won!


That is sad. Do you know who that person may be?


Roger Deakins. I guess he is well known, but probably hasn't played the political game well. Have you heard of James Wong?


I have not heard of James Wong. What was he known for?


James Wong Howe was an oscar-winning cinematographer who pioneered the use of wide-angle lenses, low-key lighting, crab dolly and deep-focus cinematography.


Wow, that is a lot of knowledge for the future of cinematography.


He was married to a white woman, but the marriage was not legal until 1948!


Interesting, where was marriage not legal?


I think in certain states, I don't know which ones. He was an American citizen by 1943, so it was entirely racism that made his marriage illegal.


Hi, how are you? That's amazing! The sun accounts for most of the mass in our solar system, yet it's not that big.


Well, good thing we are in the year of 2019. It was nice chatting with you.


I am doing good. Well, the sun is an obvious eye on Earth.


And most of us think that the eye is yellow. Actually it's white. The atmosphere makes the sun look yellow.


I feel that I am looking at an optical illusion. I thought the sun was hotter, but a lightening bolt is way hotter.


I think that's only compared to the surface of the sun. The interior is pretty hot. It would be great if we could capture more energy from the sun.


Well the interior is where the core of the sun is, therefore it will be hot. Isn't the core of Earth the hotter area? The sun could save up the bill.


The sun produces enough energy in one second to meet the needs of the entire planet for 500 000 years. Of course, we'd have to build a giant sphere around the sun to capture all of the energy coming from it.


If we could put giant solar panels in space, we could capture a ton of energy! That would be great! Are you interested in cinematography?


I do not get Kanye West - while a popular rapper he is odd


Maybe.  But he might have been able to become president someday - be the head of state of the US


Yeah I guess so. Speaking of presidents, do you know who is the only one to have a PhD in US history?


Woodrow Wilson if I remember correctly - smart man not getting a law degree like the others!


Yeah he sure was smart. IN Guatemala close relatives of the president are not allowed to run for the same position later


That is a good plan - it would prevent the Bush dynasties among others.  But in my opinion I find it funny how the president of Zimbabwe's name was Banana and our president's complexion resembles an orange


Do you know who was the last president that spoke a foreign language?


Roosevelt?  I am not sure on that one.  I do know that none of ours have released pop albums like the Indonesian president.


Yeah it was him. And wow about that star president. I wonder if he is any good?


I do not know - I will have to look for his albums on itunes..


Yeah I guess me too. Lincoln was the first president that they took a photo of at his inauguration


I agree with you there. Once in Jimmy Kimmel he talked to much they have to cancel the performance by Arctic Monkeys


That is pretty cool.  I knew that Washington and Jefferson were two of our richest presidents - its hard to imagine that back in those days


Yeah that is actually. It was nice chatting with you.


Wow - they did not have a hook to get offstage?  When Jimmy asked him why he thinks Trump cares about black people he was stunned and had no answer


Yeah well he had it coming. Did you know Evel Knievel sued him?


Yeah he was sued for reputation damage with the Touch the SKy video


Wow!    He is not too smart - he believes that AIDS was man-made


He has some interesting ideas sometimes. Did you know he did a SNL skit of interrupting awards before he did what he did to Swift?


I had not heard that.  I did know that Rapper Big Sean should have taken his scholarship to MSU rather than signing with Kanye


That might have been a better deal for him honestly. Swift is 2 inches taller than him.


Hello. Do you like Pirates of the Caribbean movies? Johnny Depp was epic in those. Nominated for 3 Academy Awards!


Haha so lucky!! Yeah I guess breeding over millennia really separates them.


They are so perceptive. I didn't realize that they're not actually color blind! They just can't see some of the colors we can.


Yeah I thought like you as well. Do your dogs mind riding in the car?


One hates it. The other has always gotten to go to fun places, so he thinks that's what we're always doing. He's a good goof ball. It amazes me that he gets what I'm pointing at. My cat couldn't care less!


Yeah I think it's funny how dogs and elephants only understand the whole pointing gesture.


I think I'd rather have a dog in the house! I think I could work at google, since they say they're a dog company. I wonder what that means, specifically?


Yeah not exactly sure. I appreciate what Istanbul is doing with their vending machines for the stray dogs though. Help animals and help clean up!


It's amazing! I wonder how many bottles they get in those vending machines that feed and water the strays? It's just lovely that that's a thing that happens.


Yes agreed. It would be even funnier if the animals learned how to pick up and deposit bottles! I just love all the roles dogs play for humans like hunting, herding, pulling, etc.


Mine are all about protection. One barks any time he sees another dog on TV! And at people out walking on the street, squirrels, the mail man, the garbage truck...he's very good at protecting.


They weren't my cup of tea. I did love him in Edward Scissorhands. He communicated so much with so few words.


Haha must make you feel very safe! So cool seeing so many dogs varying in shapes and sizes. Well it was nice talking with you have a great day with your pals!


True. Surprising he only actually said less than 200 words!


He's come so far since 21 Jump Street.  He certainly shoved off the teen idol mantle, especially after he directed The Brave in 1997.


Yeah I forgot he was in 21 jump street. Gene Wilder didn't seem to trust his portrayal of Will Wonka in the remake surprisingly.


Well, he did look like Anna Wintour in the movie. It was weird for me. Did he win an award for that one? He's won so many Golden Globes and SAG awards.


Haha good comparison. I don't think he did. He is also producing a biopic about the life of theodor geisel aka Dr. Suess.


That should be interesting! I wonder if Dr. Seuss had a dog?


Great question! I want a dog so bad. Man's best friend for good reason!


They're the best. I have two of them on the couch with me right now. One is snoring. It blows my mind that they were domesticated from wolves. My shih tzu is pretty far from a wolf.


I wish I oculd lose myself in the fun and be more fun. I take myself too seriously.


Yes, I do too! Do you like travel? I didn't know air travel is saving on fuel cost since the 1960's by slowing 10%.


I do like to travel but am afraid to travel internationally. Although if there were a bus that went 160, I might have to give it a try.


That would be exciting! I feel the same way. Oh no, google has a self driving car that has an aggressive mode!


I feel like everything has an agressive mode nowadays! And Im from chicago, possibly the most aggressive area in the nation...


Really, I'm in Fla. we have our areas. But self driving is scary! Since you live in the cold, why would it be illegal to warm up your car in Ohio?


Cause Ohio is crazy??? Florida has it's share of crazy! Where are you in FL? South florida has a bunch of stuff like bath salts turningn people into zombies!


Yes, I saw that with the bath salts. Crazy people everywhere. I live on southwest coast. Much calmer. Less crazy. Speaking of crazy, India must have crazy drivers to make Audi's horns extra loud!


I know, right! Imagine having a car horn that is not effective enough so you need to supercharge it!


I can just picture how bad it must be there! Going to check my car for the little arrow next to the pump symbol. Never noticed it before! Great chat!!


Great! and you? Do you like to eat popcorn?


I do like to eat popcorn! The buttery the better!


Yes, I agree. I can't image eating popcorn with chopsticks! lol


That would be interesting. I prefer using my fingers though. If chopsticks brought happiness though, I may give them a try.


That's what they say, doing something new brings happiness. lol


I think I may try something new then! I have tried using chopsticks with sushi and it only brought me humiliation. I am not good with chopsticks.


lol, I know you have to enjoy it if your trying something new! Doing something different with water is interesting. But, lapping it up like a cat doesn't sound fun.


Although if I walked in on you lapping up water like a cat, that would bring a ton of fun to me. I would loose it!


Ha, ha, ha. I know, right!  Restaurants are taking advantage of the novel idea with serving hovering in the sky or lying in beds. Who knew!


Same here,  That is really impressive though,  but im not sure how they know which subway to take lol


I also do not know why they would need to use the subway.


Probably because its faster to get around on.  Oh and where do they keep their subway ticket?  Or do dogs ride free?


Great question. I love that they experience eureka moments.


Yeah I never knew that,  thats pretty awesome.  Do you have a dog?


I do,  shes 2,  a rescue.  I think my dog is the exception when they say dogs an elephants can understand pointing lol shes obivious.


Thats funny. Do you consider dogs to be man's best friend.


Absolutely!  My dog is always there for me.  I just wish she would laugh at some of my jokes,  that would be amazing if dogs could laugh,  thats the only thing missing lol


Did you know dogs have 12 different blood types?


No, that is crazy! I wonder if they have their own version of O-.


lol maybe.  I havent really looked into it.  Did you know dogs can understand up to a thousand words?


I did know that. We should teach them more than just simple comands like sit and paw.


My friends dogs know like 50 commands!  Even the command dance!  lol


Dogs drink with underside of their tongue!


Yeah thats weird lol it looks weird too.


I am confused how dogs in moscow use the subway.


So far she has written about almost all of the national parks and from a Ranger's point of view.


That is a good story. nothing typical or cliched about that. has she won any awards?


I am not sure. I think she has. I usually read by author and I should know. I will have to look that up.


Do you read SF? The term "robotics" was accidentally coined by science fiction author isaac asimov in 1941.


I enjoy Asimov but that is not typically my genre. Some of the science fiction portrayed on the old Star Trek series is coming true. Look at their communicators for instance.


yeah, the imagination leads to the creation of the technology. sci fi is fun that way. imagine it, and then the engineers will come up with it! LOL


Poe came up with the term cyborg in one of his stories. I think he was a really creepy man but I would have loved to have met him. I like his poem 'The Bells' the best.


He only got a few bucks for the Raven. i wonder how much money he got in general for his writing.


Whatever he made I think was spent on alcohol and drugs. What a shame. Then again, maybe he would not have been a good writer if he had been a normal person. Also, I love that poem too.


True, it is a curse to be creative. it is hard to get into the creative mood. Anyway, great chat!


i dont. i do like to read. do you like romance novels?


No I think they are really boring. I like murder mysteries. The Brits write the best ones. Like Agatha Christie. I like to see if I can figure them out before the end.


yes, it really is a cognitive challenge. people like to form theories and test them as they read. i usually read non fiction though.


I will read a textbook if the subject is biology or a science. I haven't read too many since college. I also have favorites like The Lord of the Rings.


Yeah, that was a great series. i read that when i was young. it was like literature, but the story was not dry. the level of language was great!


Tolkein was an English Professor, I think. The English have more colorful words to describe things than Americans.


he loved language, including dead ones. he was a prof at Oxford i believe. they do love language more in the UK


Yes, you are right. Reading an American murder mystery is never as interesting as a British one. I do like Nevada Barr, though. She is an American Park Ranger and writes some very interesting mysteries.


I have not heard of her. She is a park ranger? that must make for some interesting stories.


Hmmm, did you participate in the burger king promotion?


I did not , not sure why they wanted people to unfriend others


Yeah, it is a little weird. I remember that promotion. How much is a whopper? $1.00?


I dont know anymore. The public in Iceland are making suggestions and alterations to their Constitution via Facebook.


I wonder if that is going to go over really well or not.


Myspace had an option at one point to buy Facebook for 75 million in 2005


Yeah, probably for the best, they likely would have ruined it. LOL


Facebook;s minimum age to join is 13 for the most part but variations and local law sometimes effect that also.


Interesting, I didn't know that they have a minimum. Is that for the US? Nice chatting with you.


Zuckerburg suffers from red-green colorblindness that is why Facebook is mostly blue, nice chatting with you also


I do, Lets talk about Snakes , in New Zealand they do not have any snakes at all


I've never heard that. That is pretty cool. So that's why it is blue and white. Does he know that?


I think he does, the like button is illegal in some areas in Germany. Nice chatting with you


No, but it is not surprising, it is a very isolated place.


There are snakes called flying snakes that are able to launch themselves at their prey


I dont believe they do. There are legless lizards , they are not snakes but lizards without limbs


THat's crazy. Apparently the fear of snakes is not hard wired.


I believe it is hard wired not only in humans but also in monkey's


I do, lets talk about that next , as of January 2018 they have more then 2.2 billion monthly active users


That is no joke!  I heard Jazz Trumpeters grew goatees because it provided comfort, I dont know if I agree with that comfort part.


I guess it kept around their mouths from getting sore from their instrument?


With the trumpet the mouthpiece doesnt usually go hat far, and hair could cause airl eaks and prevent a good seal


I don't know enough about trumpets or facial hair to comment. Haha.


I know a lot more about trumpet than facial hair.  LOL


Have you heard of Walter White? He has a new jazz album. I haven't heard of him.


I havent heard of him, but Id be interested to check him out.


I hear Pakistan also has a Jazz orchestra that is topping the charts.


Really? That's fascinating! Thanks for chatting, I learned a lot about jazz!


I do. It has been around since the late 19th century in America.


Even Clint Eastwood liked  jazz, and even played the piano.


Really? Cool! Jazz great Dizzy Gillespie ran for President in 1964.


He did?  I didnt know that!  That is so awesome.


Yes ,and his cabinet were all other jazz players, too!


Too bad they didnt get elected.  That would be awesome!  I could totally support them.


Me too! Also In 1964, Louis Armstrong knocked the Beatles off the top of the Billboard Hot 100.


Wow.  These are the facts I wish I had learned in my Jazz History class!


True! Ella Fitzgerald can sing two notes at once!


I tolerate his music but am not a huge fan of his antics. Are you?


Not that much. He gained recognition as an actor on the degrassi series.


I did not know that. He has won multiple grammys too!


Impressive! He played a paraplegic teen who pursues a music career.


He was a late bloomer. Didn't graduate high school until he was 25!


That is funny. He owns shoes that weigh about 100 pounds. weird


I hope he doesn't have to run in those shoes! He will not win any races.... He does like first edition books though. I wish I had a few of those titles.


Imagine racing someone wearing those shoes!


I cannot believe he has 7 number one albums. I had not clue he had that many albums!


Thats more than I thought. He also had a cameo in biebers "baby" music video.


I am well, thanks! Have you ever heard of Jack WHite?


Yea I here hes at the new orleans jazz festival on may 6!


That would be a good show. Do you like Jazz? I am a fan and would love to go to that!


Not so much but I would consider going if I lived nearby.


I used to like the white stripes. Everyone raved about Jack White and his then wife meg but I never was that into them but wanted to because they seemed to be trendy.


The white stripes are great! They're one of the most prominent rock bands in the world.


Yeah. Seems weird that a husband and wife with a drum set and guitar would be that great.


Did you know only saltwater fish drink water?


Yeah freshwater ones get it through their skin via osmosis


I wonder how it feels to an immortal jelly fish


Yeah I wonder too about that. DId you know we are closely associated with zebrafish?


Yeah we share 84% of our genes pretty crazy


I guess that is why there are so many studies going on there with those fish


I do a smartphone, not one of those rotary phones


212 was used for new yorks area code because it is the fastest to dial on a rotary


I do. Im learning latin. And theres a finnish station that broadcast "nuntii latini" weekly


Yeah that makes sense. Nice chatting with you :)


Oh nice I do not speak it really. I wonder how many listeners they have


I am curious as well. I wonder who listens to jupiters radio waves as well.


Yeah I guess you can catch those on am radio


Its crazy how simple it is to make a radio. During ww2 soldiers were able to make them using pencils and razorblades


yeah those are the ones they called foxhole radios


I do actually, a small aquarium but I do not have a fish with a neck


Seahorses, Im surprised they are the only fish with necks


I hear that there is a basketball court in the top floor Supreme court building and it's called the Highest Court in the Land.  Do you like basketball?


Eagles.  There was so much hope for them after winning the superbowl last year, this season has been a struggle and a little bit of an embarrassment!


That was a great Super Bowl though--I'm always happy when the Patriots lose, which made it that much sweeter. The thing I like about football is it seems like every team really could win any game if things break their way.


Agreed on both counts!  As much fun as it is watching the games I still think that there is entirely too much money wrapped up in pro sports.  The fact that a team like the Warriors can lose 12 million in one game is just crazy.


Very true. At least some of them are using the money for good. I saw Steph Curry is donating mosquito nets to families in Africa for each 3-pointer he makes. I think teams and players should be mandated to donate a portion of their salaries to help people who are struggling.


Agreed.  I wish the athletes or teams would share more examples of this kind of philanthropy.  In 39 of 50 states, the highest paid state employee is either a college football or basketball coach.


Why do you think those sports are so popular in the States and baseball has a hard time finding an audience?


Good question, it's a slow moving game without a lot of physical contact.  It could be that it's not exciting enough for most people.  People seem to rally around fights and physical contact.


I also feel like baseball doesn't have a big figure like Lebron James or Michael Jordan. I just saw that Jordan wore his Air Jordan's even though they were banned, and Nike paid the fine. Who do you think is the closest person to Lebron James in the NFL, in terms of being a spokesperson for the sport? Tom Brady?


Yes, we haven't had a Mickey Mantle type for a long time now because the players keep switching teams.  Brady might be that guy for the NFL, I can't think of anyone else.


It's crazy that Brady is so old though. I think the NFL needs a young up-and-coming star to carry the torch forward for the future of the league. Do you think the NFL is too violent, and that they'll do anything about it, or will it still be full contact in 20 years?


I don't follow basketball much, but I heard Kareem abdul-jabbar's dunking got dunking banned from college basketball. Do you follow basketball? Do you think dunking is fair?


I do think it's too violent despite the fact that equipment is constantly being upgraded for better protection.  I think this has gone the  wrong way and given way to more violent contact.


I follow it a little, more college than NBA.  I think dunking is fair even though only certain players can do it.


What do you think they can do to fix the competitive balance? Teams like the Golden State Warriors seems to stockpile stars and compete every year, and are rewarded for it. I saw the Warriors made $12 mil from losing Game 4 of the finals alone.


I think that's one of the greatest questions in sports.  Good players go to the good teams through a crazy series of trades.  I liked the good old days when a player stayed with one team for a long time.  Random question - do you know what the Granny style of throwing is?


Is that when you make a shot underhanded?


Maybe, I guess that would look like an old lady when a 7' athlete does it.  I just recently heard that term.  Allen Iverson is being paid $800,000 a year by Reebok until he is 55, then he gets a lump sum of 32 million.  There is too much money being spent on this.


I got into the wrong line of work I guess, that seems like a lot of money to make for someone who hasn't played in like 10 years. DO you watch any other sports other than basketball?


Agreed about the wrong line of work!  Right now I'm caught up in the NFL.  My home team is trying to make the playoffs.  You?


I used to watch it a lot but I'm a Jets fan, and they've been terrible for the last 20 years pretty much, so it's hard to get into the games. What's your home team?


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


one is Hockey right ? What's the other one ?


The other is  Lacrosse.  I believe Lacrosse comes from their French heritage.


I had no idea... Canadians are so good in Lacrosse ?


Must be!  National sport.  Did you know professional hockey players lose up to 8 pounds per game?  Wonder about basketball and swimming, how they measure up to that?


I thought swimming is the sport to loose weight the quickest ?


I don't know.  I do know there is one professional Canadian team that belongs to the NBA.


professional... basketball team ? sorry, didn't get that...


Yes, basketball.  I didn't know there was such a thing as 'bandy hockey'.


It seems like regular ice hockey to me as it is played on ice with sticks, the only difference is it uses a ball versus a puck.


No, not particularly though I have attended professional games and recall when Kareem's dunk shot was banned from college basketball.  I'm more into swimming.


I HAVE NEVER SEEN THAT ;) sounds very interesting. Are the goals the same size ?


I believe it was because he was the only one, or one of a few, who was tall enough to do it!  LOL.  Kinda like the extra fast swim suit that is banned from competition.


is that even possible ? The swimsuit ? ;)


Yes.  I believe it was Michael Phelps who used it.  It's super slick and I think might have some webbing in the hands and feet.  It's a FULL BODY suit. 94% of the wearers won at the 2008 Olympics!


Now it isn't.  At the time there was no prohibition.  I forget who the manufacturer is, hmmm.


I think the endorsements for an Olympic gold medalist is a big incentive to win.  Do you know Canada is the only country in the world with two national sports?


if you want to see barack obama, you can apparently just zoom into the white house picture on google maps


haha good question, I also like Pink Floyd and their album Dark side of the Moon is still a top selling record 40 years later


I guess every generation creates new fans. I know that Floyd recorded an album in an empty stadium.


that is wild, did you see the two japanese twins that made a rap album, I bet if they did a concert it would also be to an empty stadium haha


Are those the twins that are 100 years old? I bet they spit mad fire yo. Aerosmith keeps rocking too. They made more money on a video game than on their albums.


haha that is them, I think it's impressive that NWA released an album that went platinum without any airplay or a tour


The streets saw the talent and supported them. I don't think NWA could do a clean version for Walmart. Wouldn't be any lyrics left.


haha just release a blank cd! Do you do fantasy football? apparently they have fantasy spelling bees haha


I guess people will place a wager on anything. I wonder who majors in Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature in college. Seems like a waste.


that does, and yeah people even do fantasy politics and draft congress members, that just seems silly


People love risk and gambling. I'm not into politics enough to bet, but I think people that know the candidates can make some dough.


I think that's kinda cool. He also has an official sign in American Sign Language.


oh I bet, speaking of fantasy I think its interesting that a fantasy author was knighted because of how great his writing was


that is interesting, also I guess obama's codename by the secret service was renegade for some reason


I guess they pick nicknames that are amusing to them. I'm concerned that Goldman Sachs donated so much to his 2008 campaign. When the crash hit, he already owed them a lot.


haha well that would explain why none of those people were prosectured after the crash, and apparently even if Obama were born in Kenya he would still be eligible to be president


yes, as long as you are born to US citizens, you are a US citizen by birth, and that's good enough to be president. McCain was born in Panama. I don't understand the obsession with his birth certificate.


ya I'm not sure either, do you like music at all?


I do, I don't like LInkin Park but apparently their hybrid theory is the best selling album of the 21st century so far


Those guys did an insane number of concerts in the year following the release of that album. I wonder if they did a clean version of their album for Walmart.


That would be interesting. Imagine Trump as president and Clinton as VP.


I just think it would be funny, it would create endless news cycles.


Oh yea it would be crazy. The president of Indonesia released 3 pop albums while in office.


WOW! I wonder if any of them were successful, do you know?


It doesn't say. Do you listen to the radio?


Sometimes I listen to the radio, it can be good, and it can be bad.


Yea I listen to it during my commute to work. Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up on Earth.


Do you know what station it happens to be on?


No idea on that one. Soldiers in WWII made radios using a razorblade and a pencil as the diode.


I know. I actually think that was in the move Hart's War.


I'm doing good. Thanks for asking. Did you know the 3 wealthiest presidents were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson?


I'm surprised Trump is not in there, but perhaps it is true on an inflation adjusted basis.


I bet he will be on that list soon. The first president in Zimbabwe received an unpleasant nickname after a fruit


Not sure why, but definitely odd. The US president guest house is actually bigger than the white house.


Yeah, this is true. I've actually visited both of them on tours.


Oh that's pretty cool. In 1805, the runner up in a presidential election automatically became the vice president.


Yeah, that would be hilarious if it still worked that way. Imagine the cable news!


I actually never seen any of them either,  but my nephews watch it a lot.


Yeah I am exactly the same, they went crazy for Pokemon stuff this Christmas.  Do you watch That 70's Show?


I used to,  never finished it though.  Its great!  Have you watched it?


Yeah I used to watch it all the time when they first aired it. I thought it was a great show and was based on my area too.


Oh really?  That is pretty cool!  I hear they released the exact show in the UK!  it got cancelled though.


Yeah I think I read that somewhere before as well.  Back to Netflix though, did you know it makes up 33% of all bandwidth in North America?  That is a crazy amount!


That sounds right lol,  Netflix is huge!  I cant believe that Blockbuster turned down multiple offers to buy Netflix,  missed opportunity!


Yeah imagine the business now, Blockbuster would change names but still be alive, and they would have a lot of money!


I know right!  That would've saved blockbuster!  Instead they try and do their own streaming thing and failed hahaha


Yeah they definitely failed lol.  Did you know that is why Netflix was started, because of a late fee from a movie rental company.


Hi there, I do like Netflix, although I only use it when at other people's houses.  I have cable tv at my home.  How about yourself?


Yeah that is amazing,  I used to be late returning videos all the time,  why couldn't I think of this hahaha It looks like Netflix and Youtube take up half of internet traffic lol


Yeah I remember my friend's mom always yelling at them for late fees.  That is insane but still believable, so many kids now watch you tube!


i admit,  Youtube is awesome as well.  I am always looking up stuff.


Yeah it is the best for music in my opinion.  Well it was nice talking with you, I hope you enjoy the rest of the day.


Yes I love Netflix watch it all the time!


Yeah it certainly has changed the way lots of people watch tv.  Are you a fan of the Simpsons?


Yes absolutely! Love the simpsons,  havent watched in in awhile though.


Yeah I am a huge fan myself, I grew up watching it.  Did you know there is only one episode ever that bart doesn't  appear in it?


Yes,  I read that also!  Kinda weird but fun fact.  Bart is like the star of that show so thats messed up lol.


Yeah I am very curious as to what episode that is.  I'm guessing it is in the later seasons since I have seen every episode in the first 10 multiple times.


Did you know Pokemon has over 750 episodes!  That is a lot of dedicated time to pokemon!  lol


Holy cow, I have never seen one of those, that is an insane amount of episodes for a tv show.


Hello there, do you go to many live music concerts?


Yeah same here, the earlier stuff. Did you know some people filed a suit vs Creed because one of their shows was so bad?


That is crazy. Do you think it is based on social media wise? Or do you think something happened at the concert?


I think they just wanted their money back from the show being so lame.  But I'm not completely sure, it is funny though.


Well, the people performing must have not practiced a lot through the rehearsal times.


Yeah I guess so. The band Linkin Park played 324 concerts in one year alone! That is crazy.


Wow! That is crazy! How do they have that energy? They must've taken the Monster energy drink.


Yeah that is very few days off and with the holidays, that is so little!  I wonder which artist has played the most concerts ever?


Maybe, artists from Kpop have less days to rest due to vigorous rehearsals and concerts.


Yeah maybe it is one of those artists, I don't know any of them but do know they are popular.


Yes, Korean Pop Stars are popular. BTS Kpop group got famous in the USA this year.


Hello, I have not. The last time I went to a music concert was for a cultural concert about eight years ago. Speaking of concerts, did you know that Pink Floyd was performing at a live concert with nobody there?


Yeah I think people here are starting to enjoy that type of artist more. Well it was ice talking with you, I hope you enjoy the rest of the night.


Yeah I think I have heard about that one, do you know when that was?


Yeah good call, I think you are right. I want to go to more concerts this summer.


What kind of concerts do you have in mind?


I'm not too sure, but I have to find some friends to agree to go with, I don't like to go alone, or haven't yet. Did you know the Ramones have played over 2,000 concerts?


There are others that go alone to concerts. However, it is true that it is more fun with friends. That is crazy. They are dedicated.


Yeah they are, I wonder how many concerts the Rolling Stones have played, I know they are still touring.


I bet they are still touring. I think I am familiar with a few of their songs.


Yeah that makes sense, music cravings change so often. I also like Hybrid Theory but did not know it was the best seller of the century


Me too. I like Linkin Park but haven't heard it for a while. They have some good songs out on YouTube. I have to look up the "Straight Outta Compton" album and listen to that. I haven't heard it for a while.


Yeah I guess there is so much music everywhere now. DO you use your phone to listen to music?


Yes, I do.  I download to my phone and then put my songs on my iPod or another MP3 player and listen while I go for my daily walk in the neighborhood (except it's too cold now, lol).


Hahaa yeah it is cold here too. Well it is a good thing we are over the rotary phones now otherwise it might have been pretty difficult


Yeah, they would have been heavy to carry on my walk, lol.  Now, I've heard that an iPhone has more pure computing power than the US Nuclear ICBM deterrent.  That sounds unbelievable. It must be the new iOS on the iPhones.


Yeah I guess phones do so much nowadays so they must need all of that. Did you ever use a rotary phone or a phone book for that matter?


When I was a little kid I must have used a rotary phone although I don't remember doing it. I probably saw it but was too young to use it. I do remember the big phone books they used to have. They were huge.


Yeah and sometimes I still see them around. I heard that if two books get stuck together there is no separating them


That's true, you could not tear them in half either because they were way too thick for that!. Did you hear that the phone cable that transmits phone and internet data is only 2.7 inches big in diameter?


I used to play guitars back in my college days a little but never had time to practice so I quit eventually. How about you?


I wonder how that manages to stay in water for that long and be only that thick. Must be of high quality for sure.


Oh I see , no I do not know how to play it. At least not as good as to set the speakers on fire like Van Halen did


Yeah, Eddie was awesome back in his day. I saw him in Van Halen on his Jump tour back in 1984 so I am up there!  I didn't know Eddie played "Beat It' though.


Yeah that is pretty cool. And Brian from Queen's is actually a scientist too


Yes, Queen's lead guitarist is an astrophysicist ... that's wild. No wonder they are so GOOD.


Yeah go figure, good for him, a PhD at it


Yes, and what about Pink Floyd's floating recording studio called the Astoria.  That is wilder than something Frank Zappa would do!  Personally, I love music and cannot imagine my life without it.


Same here, totally agree. Speaking of music, do you have a favorite album?


That's a question. I have a new one everytime I listen to a great one. Ha, ha. It changes with my mood, I guess. Today, I was in Bob Dylan mood. Yesterday, it was Bowie, the day before that it was Pink Floyd. Dark Side of the Moon is still a favorite album of mine.


Hello and good morning. You a basketball fan? I used to play a lot. I like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar he was very dominant. His dunk was crazy.


Oh that's awesome. Still fun to watch live. ESPN actually won an Emmy for creating that first down marker.


I hope whoever came up with that idea got a big raise. It really helps viewership and is easy to explain to someone who doesn't know the game well.


Yeah I totally agree. College football is fun to watch too. The University of Iowa's locker room for visiting football teams is completely painted pink LOL.


I wonder if they thought that would play with their opponents minds before the game? I don't think it has worked out for them though.


Yeah I'm not sure? But they didn't really have a good team. High score ever in a football game was 222 to 0. I can't even imagine.


That was either a super fun game to watch or it eventually got very boring.


Yes I bet it was boring at the end. Tim Tebow is kind of an interesting story. He was once offered an arena football contract.


He was on my favorite team, the Eagles, for a little bit. He never got into a major game for us and then went to play baseball.


Yeah kind of a sad story with him. Suprprised he turned down that contract to play as it was KISS who offered it to him.


I'm not too surprised, the Arena style game doesn't translate well into the pros. Plus the arena league has had a lot of financial hardships since it's inception.


Yes I am a basketball fan. I follow the NBA more than I follow college basketball. Who is your favorite team?


Yeah that's true. It's deafly not the same as gridiron. Or Australian rules for that matter. Well it was really nice talking with you about football. I hope you have a great day.


Yes, Australian Rules is way different but pretty fun to watch. It was fun talking sports with you as well.


Oh nice. I like the Pelicans! you? Anthony Davis was great in college. In 39 out of 50 states the highest paid state employee is a college football or basketball coach.


I am a Sixers fan. It's a shame that Anthony Davis wants to leave the Pelicans. Jrue Holliday used to play for us before we traded him to New Orleans, I enjoy watching him play.


Yeah true. He is gonna shake things up. Do you ever watch basketball in the olympics? USA dominates but the New Zelaland team calls themselves the tall blacks lol.


I do like to watch Olympic Basketball, it's fun to watch the different styles played around the world. They took that nickname because their rugby team is nicknamed the All Blacks.


Oh got it. Interesting. Rugby is confusing to me I prefer American/gridiron football!


I have a few friends who played collegiate rugby so they explained some of the rules to me. My favorite variation to watch is called Rugby 7's. There are only 7 players on the field so it's a bit more open and they score a lot more.


Oh nice yeah I would definitely consider watching that. I think I like watching football on TV more so than live. The yellow first downline is very helpful.


I had season tickets for the first time this year, I didn't go to every game but it was a lot of fun to watch. Without the yellow line it was pretty hard to figure out if it was a first down.


Yeah, I remember that, but I can't remember why. Was it from switching teams?


Yes! Didn't know he had a photographic memory and can remember exact game scenarios.


No, OMG that is pretty cool. How far back can he remember?


I don't know a long time I guess. Growing up he was able to memorize moves and friends thought he was cheating!


Interesting, I wonder if he was any good at acting, like Hugh Laurie?


Probably could! Omg, In a Ikea store in CA is shot a show called, "Ikea heights':


Hilarious, I heard they filmed out there without Ikea even knowing?


I do, Hugh Laurie is one of my favorite actors.


I like him too!  Do you like Erin from the office? Nice chat!!


Yeah, It's a pretty good show. Take it easy.


Me too, I'm a big fan of MJ, did you know they banned his shoes initially?


I know, pretty crazy huh. It has to be one of the best endorsement deals in basketball history.


Agree! Guess a coach can get fined if  you say, " you shouldn't play games on Christmas Day!"


It had to have been a much better deal for Nike than the one Reebok got with iverson.


I know, Bet Spencer Haywood wished he took the %10 deal!


Yeah, I bet so. Such a good deal for some of these players, they make a ton of money!


Lebron James went thru a hated period in 2012.


I just don't see the attraction in horses.  I'd sooner walk.  I would like to play piano though, or any musical instrument.


I have always wanted to play piano.  I got a keyboard for Christmas one year, but just didn't have the discipline to stick with it.  I did play clarinet in junior high, high school, and a semester of college though for some reason.


That's me, I do it for three days and then forget about it.  I'd love to be able to play something like Bohemian Rhapsody.


Or Hey Jude.  They were recorded with the same piano.


My son loves that one.  I guess a piano costs about the same as a horse, you just don't have to feed it.


The keyboard I had was affordable, but it just didn't have the same sound or feeling when you played it.


Not made of aluminium like the one on the Hinderburg was it?


That one would have sounded weird I bet.  I wonder if any of it survived the crash.


I would imagine not.  More chance than a wooden one I suppose.  Did you hear about the one they found on a mountain top, that must have been a surprise!


Somebody had too much time on their hands to leave a piano on a mountain.  Just give it to me.


A little bit.  I have a really short commute though.


Someones idea of a joke,  Like you say too much time on their hands, and possibly too much money.  Have a good day.


About the same, I use the car to drive kids to school and back, and then wherever else they need to go.


I can take or leave driving.  I split it fifty fifty with the wife usually.


One thing I have to do tonight is drive the kinds to their piano practice.


The wife does most of the trips to karate class and dance class for the kids just because I work those evenings.


My daughter does Karate, twice a week.  Both kids do piano.  What my daughter really wants is a horse.


My wife would kill for a horse, but we don't have that much money.


I know what you mean.  It's not just buying the horse, but getting a stable, and feeding it.  They eat like a, well I guess like a horse.


I rode a horse a couple times, but I don't want to die.


No problem! It will be interesting to see what Facebook decides to do.


So, when are they going to actually do it?


It has been going on for about a year now it started around January 2018.


I see.  I just read something interesting about blue color on facebook site..


Blue color? What is that? That sounds interesting.


Zuckerberg has red and green colorblindness.


Wow! I never knew that! That is innovative.


I wonder if Myspace is still around.  It was offered to by facebook for only $75M in 2005


I think it tried to make a comeback, but I don't think it will ever be able to compare to facebook.


I go to the site once a day only.  I do not read facebook news very often.


Facebook was valued at 104 billion dollars in 2012, that has to be a huge hit for myspace.


I am sure Myspace owners were very regretful.


I bet so, they should have sold when they had the chance. 75 Million is a lot of money!


What do you think about Google as a company?


I love google! I would be lost without its search engine. Did you know that it takes more computing power for one google search than it took to send neil armstrong to the moon?


I use Google all the time.  I tried Bing in the past but I did not like it.  I wonder what happened to Larry Page?


I usually get a lot of my news from there, but I didn't realize how much face news was going on out there.


Facebook has started surveying people asking if they trust certain websites and also if they recognize the publisher. I think this is a nice idea.


Yes, I heard about it.  Is it a good thing?


I think so, because it is a simple way to figure out what sites are able to be trusted. People can share so many different things, it is hard to weed out all the fake news without help.


Do you think it will be effective in preventing fake news?


I think somewhat. It will still be challenging to determine what news they should distribute to global audiences. The audience can be asked if they trust the publisher, but not if they actually value the article.


Thank you for your explanation.  I think you are right.


I saw that Bryce Harper is inline to make a ton of money, almost getting close to Alex Rodriguez.


I don't think he did to be honest. Harper had a terrible year last year, I think his average was around 250, which is really low.


Just like Washington Nationals fan to know that! Apparently, they (you) are very knowledgeable.


I didn't know that in Japan baseball could potentially be more popular than in the US.


I think they're the only nation that have better players than the U.S. Imagine if we had a real WORLD series?


That would be pretty interesting, also interesting is that managers of baseball teams can technically play for their team if the need arises.


I wonder if that's ever happened? Maybe when Sandy Koufax refused to pitch on Yom Kippur!


That's a name I have not heard for a long time. I think he played for both NY and LA.


Speaking of old players, if either of us had saved cards from back then (and been alive back then), we couldn't racked up 3 million dollars, like some guy did when he found a bunch of baseball cards from the early 20th century!


Crazy, baseball cards hold there value for some of the really older ones. Nowadays, I'm not so sure though.


I think rare Pokemon cards might be worth more in these days.


Best news for him since those stupid "Make Baseball Fun Again" hats.


That's probably true, they publish way too many baseball cards now.


I remember when A-Rod was signing up, he go almost over $275 million in one year. Unreal


And now he's made $440 million altogether - so far. I wonder what he does with the bulk of his wealth?


I think some of these players spend a lot of their money relatively quickly. I'm not sure that Harper is worth it. I watch a lot of Nationals games.


How do you feel about Rendon getting let go from the team, then?


The negotiation with him went on for a long time if I remember correctly.


I'm a huge Yankees fan myself. Didn't know that the stadium was apparently good for left-handed people.


I've heard that. I've also heard the same thing about Boston's stadium.


Did A-Rod ever play for Boston? I forget...I know he bounced around earlier in his career,


Given she's on like 5 days a week, she is rollin in the dough! Do you know how bill nye got his break in entertainment?


Didn't he win a Steve Martin lookalike contest? I had heard that, but I don't see it. And what does that have to do with science?


That is right! I think he has a science degree maybe? Were you a fan of Nintendo back in the day?


Definitely! I can't believe it was discontinued in 2003. It feels like just yesterday.


I agree! I didn't now the original system could only display 54 colors.


That explains "Nintendo 64" which was my favorite.


I wish I owned one of those! Did you ever read into the history of Caesar around 50 bc?


Haha yeah. He said that the people bred chickens for entertainment and not for food. So were they pets, and did they have chicken fights?


That was probably the best form back then haha. Anyways, great chatting with you!


Hey! Doing well thanks how are you? Have you ever heard of or used Rotten Tomatoes, the site that rates movies and TV?


I'm great too! I have heard of it! Do you trust their ratings?


I do for the most part because they use movie critic reviews as well as viewers reviews like you and I. I didn't know that it was owned by Warner Bros, did you?


I didn't know that either! Spykids received a 93 rating on rotten tomatoes which was better than lincoln and the dark knight! Really? haha.


That's crazy. I don't believe it haha. I have Netflix and apparently 150 movies with 100% ratings on RT are available.


I'll have to look into that today! Can you believe no film based on a video game has achieved about 44 percent on the site? I kind of believe it!


Yeah they don't make them like they used to. Do you have a favorite celebrity? I love Robin Williams (RIP). he started the trend of celebrities voicing characters.


Wow that is so cool! I want to see Pixar's secret room that is visited by celebrities. I really don't have a favorite.


Me too! I bet it's really cool. I also like Judge Judy. Watching her show is a guilty pleasure of mine. She makes $123,000 per episode!


Do you take much interest in the first lady, now or in the past?


The only place they can escape the constant media is in the White House, or any other private residence they may have.


Very true.  If they did sneak photos they might catch her using floppy disks.  The white house still uses thos for storage


That would be scandal, they'd accuse her of being a technophobe. In the days of iphones I thought floppy disks would be non existent.


It really would.  A laughable one at that.


At least they are advanced enough to have solar panels on the building, Bush put them back after Reagan took them off.


I heard that, I wonder why Reagan took them off.  Solar is such a great benefit!


Probably making a political point.  usually everything Presidents do is to make a point.  Can't see any other reason.  Unless the reflection was getting in his eyes.


True, It was like good old Teddy banning Christmas trees, because he was a conservationist!


It makes sense if that is your belief.  Can you imagine the uproar now if a President did it today, the media would be full of their assault on Christmas and Christianity.


It would, unfortunately.  People just read into a situation only what they want to see.


Some, I always try to pay attention to whats going on in the world.


Well I need to go and get some clothing on, have a good day.


I always feel that the first lady is in position by chance, not act.  I know people like to know what they are wearing and stuff, but it seems trivial to me.


Very true, but no matter what they must conduct themselves with dignity, and their past all of a sudden becomes more in the public eye.  I never care who/what/where people wear.  Id rather see their actions.


The first lady is damned if they do and damned if they don't, get involved in policy that is.


It is sadly true.  Supposedly Melania wore a Jacket saying "I dont care.  Do U" to the boarder separated children


Probably not the best choice, but I'd hate it if every choice I made was monitored by hundreds of people every day.


Very true, It is hard to make any statement without a certain base of people hating on it.


The thing now that everyone has iphones and can take pictures of you every second of the day.


That does make things so much harder.  In the past, you might have to worry about some secret cameras, but mainly only got photographed  at big events.  Now it can be at the store.


The Braves sure are a pupular team, they seem to be well rested for the playoffs


Oh so the game originated in Japan? baseball card collectors can have a hidden fortune and people wouldnt know


The team that scores the most runs by the end of the game is the winner.  But when do the teams trade cards?  Seems hard to advance around bases and hand out cards.


I dont think they trade cards, well maybe many of them do, a man found 3 million dollars worth of cards in his basements, some can cost a lot


Are baseballs worth anything?  There are 160,000 baseballs used in a major league season.


I guess they are, specially important baseballs from decisive home runs or such,


I see.  Interesting.  So, for the Simpsons home town of Springfield it is not known what state they are in.  But the Simpsons minor league baseball team is the Isotopes. See what I am getting at?


Yeah I can follow,  the Isotopes were pretty bad in the Simpsons, I guess reality is not different lol


That means that the Simpsons are in New Mexico.  You knew that all this time.  Impressive.  Ronald Reagan was a radio broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs in the 1930's.


He was? that would be interesting to hear lol,their stadium got cursed back in 1945


Reagan must have had an interesting life. The Chicago Cubs used to be the Chicago Orphans.  Weird.  What happens in 1945?


Is that good or bad.  They have had no real good teams to play against.


The team got cursed back in 1945, a man named Billy Sianis wasnt allowed in and he cursed the team. The curse worked!!!


I think its a bad thing, practice is everything and not playing enough games can result in lack of chemistry


Thursday at 8:07 am eastern time, the Braves play their first playoff game since 2013.  Many new players going to playoffs for first time.


They have many young players so its going to be a great experience for them hope that they can make it


As long as they do not forget that runners advance counter clock wise around four bases to score a run, they will be fine.


Yeah I think they have a great team so as long as they remember the rules everything is going to be ok, the manager can always step in and play with them


I guess thats why the manager dresses like a player.  Is there really a rule that catching a ball in a players hat gives the other team three bases?


I dont know I haven't seen that, then again I dont watch many of the games, baseball is really popular in Japan so maybe they know if its true over there


Baseball came from Japan.  Makes sense.  The pitcher throws a ball which the opposing team tries to hit with a bat.


I've always found the different systems of government interesting, especially in how it's evolved over the years


That is a bit excessive. Another thing that I think is excessive are the $300 in highway tolls that it costs to drive across Japan


oh ya that is just silly, do you travel a lot? I guess planes are 10% slower today than the 60's to save on fuel


Interesting. Yet the Dutch are trying to design a bus that can travel at 160mph. Maybe that will replace some domestic flights


I would ride that! have you ever stolen a garden gnome? I guess people do that and then return them with photos of where theyve been haha


I haven't, but that's pretty funny. That bus might also be helpful in Iceland for those who don't have cars. Currently they use domestic flights to travel among the major cities


oh wow interesting but that sounds annoying haha, did you notice that airports put luggage claim farther from the travellers now? So instead of making it faster you just have to walk farther haha


Maybe that will be less waiting time for luggage. I wonder how much, if any, luggage King Kalakaua took on his venture around the world. He was the first king to travel like that


thats cool! Do you watch tv btw? like have you ever seen Shark Tank?


I've seen a few episodes of that show, and I've always wondered what happens to people after they make a deal


ya apparently those deals are almost never enacted, so that is disappointing kind of ruins the show if you ask me


yes I agree, Government can be scary though like how the Chinese Gov literally censored the word for censorship


Right. Kind of like the That 70s Show verbatim remake in the UK. They renamed it "Days Like These" but it didn't last past 10 episodes


no it was probably horrible haha, did you watch the simpsons? I guess homer had like 188 jobs in only 400 episodes haha


I mean, all governments have their drawbacks. I wouldn't want to live in Nevada where the government owns 86% of the land


no that sounds crazy, kind of cool though that Monaco got rid of income tax in 1869, they make a ton of money from the casino business apparently


Monaco is definitely on my list of places I want to travel to. France is another place. It's one thing for a man to sell the Eiffel Tower once, but to pull it off twice shows how well he is at impersonating government officials


haha that is crazy, very ballsy, I'm not ballsy enough to renounce my us citizenship, I guess the government publishes a list of the names of anyone who does that


They also supposedly had plans to destroy Wikileaks, according to an article published by Wikileaks


ah that is scary, did you know though that JP Morgan bailed out the USA back in 1985?


Sounds about right. One good side of governments though is that the one of Norway helped save the Amazon forrest by donating one billion dollars


ya that is good, crazy how often the gov shuts down though, apparently 17 times over the past 37 years, seems like a lot


I didnt get a chance to try out that 160 mph bus during my overnight in Holland.  It would have been so cool!


I would love that! Commutes would be so fast! No driving hassles! Great!


It certainly would have been awesome, especially as a tourist.


Have you been to Japan? All of Japan's highways are tolls, and it costs more than $300 to travel across the country.


No, but Id love to go.  Ill have to make sure to bring lots of quarters, or whatever their denomination is for that.


I think that it is electronic toll collection for the most part. I don't know. I would rather take the train there. Very convenient.


You couldnt take the train in Iceland though. Iceland has no public rail service and that most icelanders without cars use domestic flights to travel between major towns.


That is a bit of a deterrent.  But I think id be scared to drive in a foreign country anyway


In Japan they drive on the wrong side of the road, so there is that. You could honk a lot. That might help.


I do like to travel. However, I usually do not have enough money or time to travel. Do you like to travel? Where do you go?


That is what Ill do, just drive where ever I want and honk.  I do that here, so it should work well there too.  LOL  Have a good night!  Nice chatting!


I love traveling.  It has been a while for me, money, time, health.  I love Europe and hope to go back some day.


Where have you gone in Europe?i would love to go there too.


Germany, England, France, Switzerland, and Italy.  I loved it all.


That sounds great! I bet the food was great too. I think that the govts in those countires must be quite different too.


It was amazing food. The governments and people were a bit different, but not to the point where I felt confused.


That sounds good. A man in france impersonated a government official, and managed to sell the eiffel tower not once, but twice. Did you get a chance to meet this guy?


Nope, however I would have totally bought it.  Transport home would be a problem though.  You know luggage weight requirements....


You could have it shipped over on a boat I think. Transatlantic travel now is inexpensive.


So do you watch much football?  I enjoy watching NFL from time to time.  They have 32 teams.


I read that that average lifetime earnings of an engineer is higher than the average lifetime earnings of an NFL player and an average MLB player


Doesn't surprise me.  Many NFL careers are quite short.  The league does generate a ton of money though.  Even college football is about the cash.  14 of the 25 largest stadiums belong to College football teams.


Wow thats crazy!  I read something strange about the New Orleans Saints.  Apparently the cheerleaders can't eat in the same restaurant as the football players


That hardly seems fair.  I guess it is what it is though. I find it interesting that those huge American Flags can weigh up to 1100 pounds.


No way! That's a lot!  It even says that if they are already eating there and a football player walks in, they are required to leave.  Seems strange.


For sure.  I like football, but also chess too.  Do you play?  I think it would be interesting to see the 3 player chess game.


I actually have never played.  I did see though that there are more possible moves in a game of chess than there are atoms in the known universe.  Do you think thats true?


I find that hard to believe.  I've been playing since I was a kid, but don't play too often anymore.  I never knew that each pawn used to have it's own name.


I read that the president of the world chess federation believes that chess was invented by aliens.  LOL


That's just crazy.  Some magicians are quite good at chess.


I do like the NFL.  My favorite team is one of the AFC teams, the Baltimore Ravens.


I saw that the chess grandmaster Judit Polgar beat a family friend at age 5 without looking at the board.  Crazy!


That is crazy.  Well, it's been nice chatting with you.


They have a 17 week season that runs from early September to later in December.  I wonder if they are pretty tired by the end of the season.


I would think.  Maybe those fancy sensors and tracking chips they have embedded in their shoulder pads could give some insight.


Did you know that an average NFL game only has 11 minutes of live play.


I didn't know that.  It certainly seems much longer.  The NFL is coming up on a 100 year anniversary in not too long.  They started in 1932.


wow I didn't know it had been that long.  The biggest game is at the end of the season called the Super Bowl.


Right!  And it's normally played on the first Sunday in February.


It's played by one of the two leagues in the NFC and AFC


The Super Bowl is pretty amazing.  It's such a spectacle.  Hard to believe the first NFL playoff game was played on a dirt field.


Hello, are you interested in politics at all?


That's interesting, a lot of radio stations have their own agenda which is nice. A finnish radio station broadcasts a weely program entirely in classical latin.


I doubt they get many listeners, who can understand classical latin? There certainly is some weird stuff on the radio. I heard this one pop song and it turned out it was by the president of Indonesia!


Presidents are certainly hard to take seriously when they do things like that. Then again, hard to be taken less seriously than President Banana, the first president of Zimbabwe.


I'm sure he had ways of dealing with people who laughed at his name. The Indonesian president / pop star released 3 albums while in office so it wasn't even a one time thing.


That's interesting. I think a lot of changes have been made in general with presidents. In the US, the vice president used to just be the runner up.


Imagine if they still did that now. Trump would love it.


Oh I'm sure he would. Speaking of Trump, it's amazing he isn't even one of the three wealthiest presidents in history.


Really? I never would have guessed that. I know George Washington was really rich, so was JFK.


Maybe they refer to the three wealthiest based off of inflation, it would have to be like that.


Probably. I can't imagine 3 having more actual dollars than Trump. Apparently he wants to create his own "news" network since he hates CNN so much. If he did that he'd probably drop further on the list.


Hi, Yes. I listen to a lot of political radio shows.


I'm sure he is, I heard it's in his plans to destroy Wikileaks too, which was ironically outed by Wikileaks. Anyways, it was nice chatting with you, have a good night!


The radio is definitely censored to some extent though. For example, in Canada at least 40% of music played has to be Canadian.


I wouldn't exactly call that censoring but it is strange, but I guess it's how bands like Sloan and Our Lady Peace became so popular in Canada yet only achieved modest success elsewhere.


I wonder how the culture was back when radios were more simple. In WWII soldiers made radios out of just a razorblade and pencil.


I don't think radio technology has improved that much as far as amplitude. AM/FM stations still have really short range. A modest car trip and the local stations are already out of range.


At the same time, we can pick up radio storms from Jupiter, they are strong enough.


Oh right I have heard of people who do that. I think maybe it's because the transmitters only send the radio waves short wave, where as the radio storms on jupiter are naturally occurring and everything there is massive.


That makes sense. All I know is I don't think radio is enticing enough to pay money for. I go to a website that has thousands of free radio dramas.


I agree, free radio is fine. Pay radio just isn't significantly better. I was listening to one show where they were saying the Norwegian government donated a billion dollars to save the rainforests in the amazon. I wish other countries would take that approach.


hi how are you doing over there? do you like the Sun?


i guess that this can be a lesson to people who think that they can get away with horrible crimes. the pain he suffered must have been awful.


Yes.  On to something a bit less depressing... The sun is actually white and only appears yellow because of our atmosphere... I like yellow better...


yes, let's talk about the sun. he is gone now, so no worries. i like yellow too. warmer. friendlier.


Yep... All that's missing is the smile... In 2011, I guess Neptune finally made a lap after being discovered in 1846.


Wow, I didn't know Neptune was that slow


Yeah, it must be a day for slacker planets and stars... The sun does like to boast that it can produce enough energy in 1 second to meet the needs of the Earth for 500,000 years.


i think the sun has a good sense of its power. it is hard to contain all that energy. the sun is like a two year old on coca cola.


Ha.  I really need to go to S. Africa and get my car fitted for a flame-thrower.  It's legal there to prevent carjacking.


yes, that would be cool if it were solar powered. the power of the sun, stopping carjackings


I think the sun would be happy to help.  I didn't realize IMDB was owned by Amazon.  I better check, Bezos may own me.


Yeah, without it I'd be dead.  Our sun is only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star in our galaxy.  I wonder if it has an inferiority complex?


Soon, we will all swear fealty to Dear Leader Jeff. Anyway, great chat!


Yes, Bezos is the new King of America. Thanks for an entertaining chat.


the sun does not like it when you bring up its complex. wait till the sun goes down to talk about such things. thank you.


OK, I'll be more careful.  I less pleasant topic... Did you hear about the woman that attacked her ex-boyfriend with acid when he told her he had a new girlfriend?  It happened in the UK.


well, that is a great topic! i did not know about that. that is horrible. she really should be punished for that.


The judge gave her a minimum of 12 years in prison. The judge called it "an act of pure evil".


it was. god, why would someone do that? i understand anger, but to destroy a life...hm. i guess she will have 12 years to hink about that.


Yeah, she had bought the acid to distress some jeans and for a smell in her drain.


Yeah, the boyfriend spent months in intensive care... Not feeling sorry for her...


Yeah I use both actually, YouTube is such a useful product, if you want entertainment, or if you need help doing something.  Facebook is good for staying connected, how about yourself?


I'm more of a Facebook than a YouTube person, but my kids love YouTube! Did you know YouTube started as a dating website?


Yeah kids these days seem to love YouTube, and no I didn't know that, very interesting.


I heard somewhere that in 2007 youtube consumed as much bandwidth as the entire internet in 2000. I bet you 90% of that was kids watching other kids open toys haha