yeah i'm sure. technology is changing so much. What do you think about Tesla?


I like them, they seems to be making some really awesome cars. Do you know how Cadillac got its name?


Yeah from some french explorer. Have you ever been to Mackinac island in Michigan? They banned all cars there


I have not been but I can imagine it is super peaceful there


It is beautiful you're surrounded by water everywhere. Did you know all of Japan's highways have tolls?


Yeah and apparently it takes $300 to travel the country


Right, that would be a cool adventure to go on though. I want to visit Tokyo seems very cool.


I do like cars I think they are very cool and efficient. Do you own any?


It is such a cool city. Nice chatting with you.


Yes I own a crossover. Do you know how the drive thru was invented?


It was because of the rise in fast-food which is pretty interesting. Do you like to use your car to travel?


Very much so, hitting the mountains for hikes is the best


That is sweet. Going off-railing in a crossover must be great


Yeah it is pretty good. Now the dutch are working on creating a bus that goes at 160 mph


woah that is going to be crazy. The engines on cars have changed so much. Do you like electric cars?


I like them because they are better for the environment. do you know why the trunk of the car is called that?


I think it's because old cars used to have actual wooden trunks on the back. Pretty cool if you ask me.


I dont know about that lol but I do know that Kim was in one of the music videos of the band Fall Out Boy, I used to love that band


I don't know their stuff. I understand that she would bring attention to the video.


She is a curious character indeed, so do you like rap music?


I'm not really a fan of rap, though I can see it takes talent to do it well.


I agree, it must require a lot of talent, do you know who Eminem is?


Eminem is a famous rapper, though I don't his songs. I saw him in a movie called Eight Mile.


That was a great movie, sad how he had to struggle in the way he did, he almost became a comic book artist


He probably would have been a good one, though not as rich. He should start a comic book.


Now that he has the money it would be a good idea, maybe he can come up with the next Batman or Superman.


That would be good. Or many a hero rapper that does battle through fiery rhymes.


No, I don't. Who is that? What does she do?


Busta Rhymes is another talented rapper, he was he voice of the Reptar Wagon in the Rugrats Movie.


She's a singer, a pretty good one actually, she announced she is pregnant to the world during the Billboard Music Awards


Is she related to Bruce Jenner at all? Or did she succeed on her own?


Yeah I think Bruce Jenner is her dad, I think it was a mixture of both, having a rich and influential dad can always help


Rich kids get advantages. It doesn't bother me so much when they actually have talent. So she's related to Kim Kardashian then.


Yeah the Kardashians are her half sisters.


Kim Kardashian used to be Paris Hilton's personal assistant.


I think she's famous because of her dad, you know he was part of the defense team of OJ Simpson.


Yeah, I saw a show about that. David Schwimmer was the dad. I think the family was different before the fame. Now Kim has a book about her being "a trailblazer of the ‘selfie movement'". titled: Selfish. ??? LOL.


Hi there! Not sure about you, but it's been cold where I live but I'm glad to see the birds coming back!


I do. I like to keep up with what's going on. I know the FOX news channel is watched more than CNN and MSNBC combined.


Wow.  That's probably because 94,700,000 US households receive Fox news.  lol


That could have something to do with it! I know at one time FOX was going to create a cable channel that would only air the Simpsons.


I bet that would have been succesful.  At one time Fox news threatened to sue the Simpson in order to stop them from parodying its famously anti-democratic party agenda.  That's odd because I thought Fox owned the Simpsons?


I thought so too. I like FOX because it was created by republican media strategist Richard Ailes and President Richard Nixon.


I didn't know Nixon was involved.  Interesting.  The gaming website IGN is owned by News corp. which also owns Fox news.  Do you still listen to the radio at all?  I do.


Yes, I listen often. In fact there is a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free.


I'm going to have to check that out.  Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio!


Wow! I would have never guessed that. Canadian law requires that at least 40% of music played be Canadian.


That's kind of neat.  Gives some people in Canada the chance for their music to be heard.  Since 1989 a Finnish radio station has broadcast a weekly news show called "Nuntii Latini" conducted entirely in classical Latin.


You and me both!  I'm in North East Ohio and we're still in the teens here today with snow on the ground still.  I can't wait to see the birds come back.


I wonder if there's a lot of people there that speak Latin? Well, it was good talking with you. Bye now.


Some birds fly from Alaska to Northern Mexico without sleeping while migrating.


That's incredible. I live on a big lake south of Lake Erie.  I love the migrating season because we see ducks that we normally don't see here.  In most birds, bones are so hollow that the entire skeleton weighs less than the feathers.


That is hard to believe! Did you know there are birds in Australia that can mimic the sound of cameras, car alarms and chainsaws?


That would be kind of creepy to hear!  The extinct dodo bird is actually a sub family of pigeon.  Wasn't the dodo from Australia?


It might have been. I've heard that hummingbirds steal spiderwebs to construct and repair their nests.


LOL  on a sad note human activity threatens about 1,200 species of birds.


Awww. That is sad. The digestive and respiratory systems of birds are adapted for flight.


I didn't know that.  Do you watch Fox news at all?


I guess it is a small city and I am assuming the flights did not take very long?


It depends on where you are going. They really need a bus system, like the Dutch are building.


Opps meant to say small country there. But yeah a 160 mph bus would make that commute much better


Yeah, it is small. Beautiful though. Reminds me of Mackinac Island in the summer. Without the horse-drawn carriages though.


It must be still very nice there though to have that peace and quite. DO you know who was the first king to travel the world?


Yeah it was king kalakaua. Wonder how long that took him.


I don't know, but that would be a great way to see the world. Iceland uses a lot of boats too.


Yeah I would like to do that too. How about video games, do you play much?


I do, I've been playing Vault 76 today. I was surprised to learn that Tom Hanks' brother does Woody's voice in games and merch.


Hello, yes I do! I'm a House fan, and can see why Hugh Laurie made 700K for each episode.


Yeah that is pretty cool. And funny how they were initially called cathode ray tube amusement devices.


Yeah that is a great show for sure. How about That 70s Show, did you ever watch it?


I  have. I heard there was a British version, that didn't do too well.


Yeah they had to cancel it after 10 episodes because they made it verbatim and did not take


Interesting. Since so much of it is based on Americana, I wonder how that translated abroad. Jim Carrey doesn't do dramas, because of his belief system.


Yeah I guess he must have had some sad run ins and now just wants to focus on positive things


Have you been to Japan? Most of their highways are toll roads, it's crazy expensive to travel there.


Yeah I have but I did not travel by car so I am glad I was able to save those $300


I haven't been yet. I have been to Iceland, and they do a lot of flying over there, as there aren't any trains.


What's your favorite music from a movie, book, or TV?


Indeed.  Kind of odd how people vote some times.  Think how the 2016 election would have gone if the presidential runner up became the vice president. Thats how the system was in 1805. President Banana has a mushy record on some things.


LOL. I would like to see political somewhat opposites in office together, though we do have to face that american politics arent as varied and polar than other countries.


It is kind of funny to think, half of all voters will be disappointed in any election.  The president of indonesia has released 3 record albums while in office.


He gave the people what they want, a catchy beat they can dance to. The guest house of the white house is larger than the white house.


The thickness of the walls. Whats more of a surprise, 86% of Nevada is us government owned, or a man in France sold the Eiffel tower twice?


That's a lot of gov land in one state. area 51


Sand.  Lots and lots of nothing. If a man in Nevada managed to sell the Eiffel tower that would be something remarkable.


The soundtrack to JAWS.  Did you know Steven Spielberg played the clarinet in it. Funny, funny stuff.


What is it?  Wikileaks publish something?


He is a talented man! Phil Collins recorded Tarzans sound track in multiple languages. Also talented because that sounds difficult to get the emotions right.


Whats weird is I have no idea what the tarzan soundtrack would sound like. English, Italian, German, Spanish or french, no idea at all.


I don't speak anything but English, so yeah,  I get it.


Even with it in english, I have no idea.  I wonder what Daft Punk people look like.  The Tron soundtrack, I think I know.


Sounds about right. I'm very impressed that the "o brother, where art thou" album was 8x platinum, though it was good, catchy music


Yes, what an odd thing.  Must have hit the right combination of new trendy people who buy everything and people that like the genre of music. The obrother soundtrack helped the film a lot.


Yes, a big name helps a lot.  Speaking of big names, the first president of Zimbabwe was called President Banana.  I hope he was the tops.


The fact that Amazon workers walk 7-15 miles a shift is one of the most damning things I've heard about them.


I didn't know that IMDB was an Amazon subsidiary. I guess the reviews give them some crossover business.


Yeah, and I like horror movies especially. Now I've got to try the thing of watching a horror movie before I view abstract art, LOL. Do you?


I liked a few but not a particular fan of the genre. Looking back at old films, I can see why Stephen king was terrified of bambi


I never even saw that movie until I was an adult, but the way the death of Bambi's mother was framed definitely seems like it could be traumatic for a small child.


Well I like how horror movies can burn up to 180 calories. Maybe that will be a new fad diet


Dunno how much that is above base metabolic rate, but I'm sure a lot of folks would see it as a selling point.


I didn't even know there was a instrument called waterphone before I learned that it was used for those creepy metallic noises in horror films


I should google that to find out what it is -- I'm not even sure what kind of noises it makes.


It is the shrill reverberating kind of sounds in the movie


As a company Amazon has a come a long way as a online bookstore to the largest online retailer it is now. However, you don't hear many good things about worker conditions for amazon


Yeah, it just doesn't bring anything to mind. Nice chatting!


Yeah, they're notorious for the stuff about workers peeing in bottles or wearing diapers.


I think I heard that yes the working conditions are terrible, but they also get relatively higher pay than other similar jobs


On the customer side they do a good job. They even have a USPS contract to deliver your packages on sunday


Yeah, although I'd give that up on the customer side so postal workers could get Sunday off like they traditionally do.


Well if I got paid enough for it to be worth it, I may not mind. Did you know that amazon's first customer has a building named after him for spending 27.95?


I didn't know until just now. I doubt I could do the Amazon warehouse work. I can do short bursts of heavy lifting and hauling, but being on my feet for hours at a time makes my legs go numb.


True. The people probably get really fit, unlike most desk jobs where people gain weight


Hi do you know that baseball is so popular in Japan


Got it. Is there another form of entertainment that you like?


pokemon maybe  but its like 750 episodes .. huge task to complete


I'd never make it. Speaking of that, a lot of those Japanese h.s. kids don't make it to US major league baseball entertainment, either. Too many pitches can ruin a kid's arm.


yes might have a huge impact on health later It is like abusing the kids


Agree. It is abuse. In US Little League, the max pitches is 60. In h.s., I think it's 80 pitches, then a new pitcher must come in. I like our system. Gives talented kids a future, don't you think?


yes there should be a limit . these kids are too young to take decisions on there own


Definitely agree, since Japanese h.s. coaches use kids' wins as a stepping stone to college or pro baseball. Guess I don't like who they're stepping on, you know?


in most states highschool pitchers can throw upto 120 pitches at most..  800 is just too much


Yes. Even in the majors, coaches get concerned if pitchers throw more than 100 pitches in a game. Still love baseball, though, just not Japanese youth baseball!


Yes. But controversial, too. Understand young high school pitchers have really high pitch counts- all to win.


there is a folklore so popular about a legend


Yes, as a h.s. player in Japan, Daisuke Matsuzaka hurled that many pitches. Is that too much, do you think?


DO you know that baseball coaches wear iuniform because they an play if needed


Right. Last manager who did it was back in the 70's: Pete Rose. Do you have a favorite MLB team?


no i dont  watch baseball much. I am more of a simpsons viewer


Got it. Bart appears on almost every episode, doesn't he?


Hello, do you want to chat about the President, Library, or Barack Obama?


Strange as it may seem, did you know that the US president's guest house is larger than the White House? I would love to see that.


I wonder why that is? You would think that it would be the other way around.


I know, right? Do you know anything about libraries?  Did you know that there are more libraries than McDonald's in the US and over half of all adults have library cards?  That's a good one.


I have a library a half block away from my house and McDonald's is about 4 blocks. My library card has expired.


Mine expired years ago, since the Internet I don't need it anymore.  The Sacramento Public Library started a "library of things" and allowed people to check out short-term use items like sewing machines.  That's a cool idea.


That really is a great idea. I don't think our library does that.


Many good ideas are out there! If you publish a book in Norway, the government will buy 1000 copies and distribute them to libraries throughout the country.


What if it is a bad book?  It would seem to be a waste of paper.


You've got a good point, hopefully they do a good job of screening them first.  Also, the Norway government will buy 1,500 if it's a children's book. I don't have the specifics on that one either.


I'm not sure what the purpose of that would be. What if no one wanted to see it.


Your guess is as good as mine. Well, it's time to say goodbye, nice chatting with you.


Ok, Presidents it is.  Why don't we start with the definition?  The president is a common title for the head of state in most republics.  In politics, president is a title given to leaders of republican states. The US is a republic so it suits our leaders to a "T".


Did you know the first president of Zimbabwe was call President Banana?


Yes, how funny is that?  Did you know that the three wealthiest presidents in American history were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson?


Yes, I wonder how much money they had in comparison to the amount of money people have now?


I'm not sure but I bet we could figure it out if we put our minds to it.  Did you know that up until 1805 in the US, that the runner up in a presidential election automatically became the Vice President? How would that work in today's world?


Would it have been the runner up in the same party as the winner or the people with the most votes? Could you imagine Trump and Hillary working together.


Wow, that would be something to watch.  I'm not sure about the details, again we'd have to Google it but it sounds interesting.  On a lighter note, did you know that the president of Indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office?  He was singing all the way to the bank, I bet.


That's funny. Trump has been on a lot of reality tv.


It sure doesnt, its been a long time since the creation of the show I still love Pikachu though, that little yellow rat is the best.


I guess they tried a UK version of the 70's Show and it was cancelled after only 10 episodes.  I kinda liked that show...


I liked it also, sounds like the remake was bad. Do you like Tom Cruise by the way?


It depends on what he's in.  Risky Business was good.  He spent 2 years learning Japanese for a movie so he is a dedicated actor.


I guess he takes his roles in movies really serious, that's why his one of the highest paid actors out there, he is also an odd character


Yeah.  I guess spending $10M on an underground bunker qualifies for that.


Yeah, good to know his protected against an alien invasion he could be the last man standing.


Wow, Seinfeld is worth $820M which is more that Hanks and Cruise combined... Lot's of money just to act...


That is a lot of money I agree, I wonder why, Seinfield only had the one show, maybe he was rich before acting.


I don't know.  High Laurie is also rich.  He makes $700,000 per episode!  I never watched House...


Yes, back in the 1990's. I really never watched things she was in like Melrose Place.


That is a lot of money, he is one lucky guy. He is really talented to, its been great chatting by the way.


Yes, a lot of money.  I like Michael Caine.  He got his start taking a drama class because it had a lot of cute girls.  Seems like him.


Sounds like things really worked out for him lol he is a great actor and I bet he got plenty of girls.


Yeah, maybe Jim Carrey should have tried that. Later.


Yeah now I don't think she's a very good example or role model. I feel like celebrities tend to think they are entitled to everything, some of them are really spoiled.


I hate the ones that lecture us on politics when the can't even run their own lives.  I don't even remember Locklear in "Spin City".


I cant recall that either, I remember her guest appearances on the show Scrubs, used to love that one.


I miss Scrubs... I remember her on that.  I also remember her marrying Richie Sambora and a few DUIs.  I don't think the marriage lasted long.


I dont think it lasted long either, seems like a dysfunctional couple.  She has been linked with some stars like Matt Harmon and Tom Cruise


Her frequent visits to rehab probably has something to do with that.  I saw a recent picture of her and she's aged a lot.


I guess drugs can do that to you, drugs and an unhealthy life style maybe her divorce made her age fast.


Dunno. I don't watch TV as much... Watching 750+ episodes of Pokemon doesn't really seem like a good way to pass the time.


Yeah, I had a bunch, sega, nintendo, wi, PS2....


I would stick with the PS. Hey fun fact do you know who was responsible for the dunk being banned for almost a decade?


You know it the jam master, lol!! Do you know who James Naismith was?


He invented basketball, he was a kansas university coach who apparently never won a game.


LOL, he must have really struggled then!


I know how do you create something and then be no good at it, lol! Hey at least he gave us a his legacy right.


That's true. Doesn't sound like it helps though. I've never heard of him.


Me either, maybe for that reason, lol. You know in 39 of 50 states the highest paid profession is a basketball or football coach.


I love to be entertained. How about you?


Interesting. Well, nice chatting with you.


You too!! I think some of that money should be allocated to the teachers and books and stuff.


Gladiator, What we do in life will echo through eternity, lol! Speaking of Romans/Greeks Caesar visited Britain in 50bc and found that they use chicken for entertainment.


Hilarious! By the way did you play nintendo?


Yes i loved the Nintendo and it's 54 colors display. We have come a long way!


That we have. Do you have a game system now?


PS4 and 3. How about you? Did you know Reagan got turned down for a role because they said he did not look presidential enough. How ironic!


Well, I'm looking at PS4 or XBox , but I really don't know which is better. Any opinion on that?


Have you ever had a gaming system before? PS Controllers were molded after Nintendo.


Yeah probably.  Although,  back in the 60's top bowlers made almost 2 times as much as football players lol must have been a good time to be a bowler!


i wonder how much money that actually was. twice a small amount really aint much. still, bowlers had the sexy build of the day. all the women, all the money.


Yeah times were different back then lol Do you know who Tom Brady is?


i have heard the name. he is the husband of some famous model, right.


Yeah,  hes a quarter back for the new england patriots. Yes,  his wife makes more than double his salary!  I wonder why he even plays lol why risk the injury.


He probably wants to be able to pursue his own interests


Wow.  ok.  The coach of the patriots lists tom brady on the injured list every week even though hes not injured I wonder why?


that coach is a sneaky one, he really is trying to fool the other teams, but he cant. he is like the boy who cried wolf. it wont work.


Yeah I hear the Patriots are cheaters,  I forgot why though,  someone told me recently.


there was a deflated ball. the coach stole some information. he was fined. i dont know why he had to do that.


i dont know the game very well. do you like football?


I watch a few games a year,  I dont follow it regularly.  Did you know the nfl puts tracking chips on the players and football?


the NFL wants to make sure that the players are where they are supposed to be. i wouldnt trust them either! as for the football, i dont know what thats about.


Its mainly used for tracking stats,  speed,  velocity,  position.


gotcha. the ball is also useful for understanding the progress of the game. i guess the fans like them stats too.


It looks like that a average football game has only 11 min of actual game play lol it takes 3 hours to get through 11 min?  lol


that is great. them players get paid so much on a per minute basis. that is what happens when unions get involved.


Yeah football generates so much money its crazy.  In 39 out of 50 states the highest paid employee is the college basketball or football coach!


the college game has been distorted by money. I figure that soon the degree granting aspect will be optional extra for more universities.


That's odd.  Do you know why we call the storage space in back of the car the trunk?


Wooden Trunks were carried on the back of cars. Easy way to remember!


It really is and makes so much sense!  It's a little different than figuring out where the name for the car brand Cadillac came from.


lol, True, My goodness he has a long name! Antoine De La Cadillac a french explorer who founded Detroit!


And absolutely no connection to cars or the car company whatsoever!  Well, unless you think about Detroit being where they were made back in the day I guess.


Yes, Detroit and Ford!! Do you enjoy Drama?


I do.  I use to watch the tv show House. Did you ever watch that?


Yes, good show, $700,000 per episode for Hugh Laurie! Wow


I heard that too! It's a good show but I don't know if he should be paid that much.


I agree, What's that all about! Highest paid actor ever, for a TV drama!!


Hello, How are you? I try to go by it most of the time. But every once in a while I give in. lol


He's the highest paid ever?  I don't know. I think there are some that are just as good if not better.  Anyways, it's time for me to go.  It's been great chatting with you!  Have a great day!


Same here. I heard that they invented the drive thru!  I had no idea!


In 1975, that seems along time ago. it was for the soldiers because the couldn't wear their fatgues out of the car. Glad that's not the case today!!


Yeah, it sounds really nice of them though, doesn't it?  Sounds like they were looking for a way to help out and the drive thru began.


Could be, the 60's was a hard time for vets with alot of people protesting the war. Great concept and money maker


True. I think it shows also how important cars are to us.  So many people own cars nowadays and use drive thrus.  Just think, it all started back in 1886.


Yes, the Benz!! The model T Ford in 1908 was accessible to the masses!


You know, for years i had thought that Ford invented the car until I learned it was Benz.


Seems cars took much longer to be accepted in Western Europe. They were still holding on to the horse and carriage.


That actually sounds interesting! I think I'd rather have my kids watch Pet Force though, Garfield as a superhero!


I wonder what Odie was like in that haha. I guess re-purposing or re-imagining characters is common; Stan Lee, the creator of Marvel, actually wrote 15 DC comics that re-imagined superheroes like Batman and Superman.


Interesting! I wonder why. Also, have you heard of real life superheroes? Apparently there is a website where you can register to be a superhero?


That's interesting, especially since there are over 300 registered (trademarked?) superheroes in the U.S.


Yeah, how weird. If there were actual superheroes on earth though would they cause a lot of damage? There was a comic series all about fixing the collateral damage from superheroes.


I guess that would make a good Netflix show, too; it seems like they'll produce pretty much anything these days.


I love the Marvel series on Netflix, more so than the movies.


You're not alone, apparently; from 9 PM to 12 AM, Netflix accounts for a third of bandwidth use in North America.


Yeah I am guilty of using up some of that bandwidth during that time. Surprisingly though Netflix still spends 20 times more on postage than bandwidth.


Actually, I haven't, but I heard the main character is an unconventional superhero.


I used to rent DVDs at Blockbuster, and VHS before that. I bet they regret not taking the offer to buy Netflix!


Supposedly the seasons are getting better and better and the third season is a winner.


I guess the hope is that a series gets better as it goes on, especially in a franchise as big as the Marvel universe that's part of something as huge as Disney.


Sony was offered to buy the characters for $25 million but they declined and only bought the rights to Spiderman. Bet they are regretting that now.


Yes, that was a poor choice. Apparently due to a contract from the 90s its signed with Universal Studios, even Disney can't use the major Marvel characters in its theme parks east of the Mississippi River.


Do you like DC as well? There is one character owned by Marvel and DC. It's only purpose is to keep the universes separate.


I guess there's a purpose for each character. Marvel even created a superhero just for a 4 year old boy who was uncomfortable wearing hearing aids.


That's cool! Blue Ear, right? I just heard about him.


Superheros really are inspirational, even it's one named "Normalman" who's just the only person on a planet of superheroes without superpowers.


Speaking of love stories, do you like the guitar or play?


I used to play the guitar. fun instrument. i never got any good though. You?


No I wish.  I wish I could play so well to set it on fire like eddie van halen did.


Eddie used to run high voltage through the amps and the tubes to get a hotter sound. I think that is what happened.


Wow. Queens Brian May has a phd in astrophysics!


The guy is a genius. He used all kinds of weird stuff for guitar picks too.


Yeah, it does give you a different sound, but makes it harder to play.


If I played I would smash more then Matt belemy who hold a guiness record for smashing them.


LOL Yeah, i wonder why he smashes beautiful instruments. Anyway, great chat!


hi how are you? i am not a fan of the genre. i do like some of them though.


Same here, I like the Horror parodies though!  Watching them can burn 180 calories


Parodies? Ok, i think i know what you mean. yes, those are fun.


Did you know Stephen King was terrified of the movie bambi?


I heard that. to be fair, that was a pretty scary movie for a child. the mother dies, there are creatures and hunters. King turned his fear into a career.


Yes his movies are thriller themed for sure


Yeah, he writes good stories. they translate to the screen well. The Shining. Excellent horror movie.


The kid who played Danny did not know he was in a horror.  Probably be design.


Maybe he was a bit slow? Maybe they wanted to protect him? i wonder. what kind of movie did he think it was? A love story?


Me either thats crazy!  Maybe they carb up before each game!


I sure hope so, Imagine how a player would look at the end of the season.


Yes I like basketball, NBA allen Iverson signed a lifetime endorsement contract with reebok for $800,000 a year until the age of 55.


Would you say the Golden State warriors is one of the top team in the nba?


Do you remember when Steph Curry was one of the best 3 point shooter in every game, he was the team?


Kinda.  i remember he was the most known,  now the warriors have a lot of popular players.


Yes, but do you think that Steph Curry play as well as he used to, especially the 3 pointer shoots?


Yes i like hockey, I like the hitting, but I don't understand all the rules.


I think he still does.  I think when he makes a 3 pointer 3 mosquito nets get donated to a charity in africa!


Yes I agree with you, It was nice chatting with you.


I dont know all the rules either,  but for the most part I like the sport.


Yes I agree, In 1924 the first olympic winter game score 132 goals.


Wow that is a high scoring game!  That is incredible. I hear a hockey player was traded in 1993 for $1,  he went on to win the stanley cup hahaha


that's amazing, I heard Tom Brady was a third round draft pick, and now look 6 rings.


Yes, he play for the New England Patriots, did you know Canada is the only country in the world with two sports lacrosse and ice hockey.


Thats cool.  I just learned that on average a hockey player will lose 8 lbs per game!


Wow, I can't Imagine if a player weight around 150 pounds and play several games, can you, Hahaha?


Yep it is housed at the library of alexandria.


How interesting. WWW stands for world wide web.


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


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


I wonder if the selfie count has gone up


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


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


I had no idea. To save which government.


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


it was nice talking to you. Have a great day


I wonder what they do with all that land


Thats probably were they keep the aliens now.


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


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


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


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


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


Did you know that the planet Jupiter has radio storms that we can pick up from Earth? You can hear them on AM radio


do you listen to country music? thats the one genre I don't really like, I guess Henry Ford liked it


I like Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson, "outlaw" stuff. But I prefer Jazz, which Ford thought was decadent.


Ya he was worried about jazz music taking over, I guess he didn't have to worry about that after we've seen what actually happened haha


I hear there are only two African-Americans in the Country Music Hall of Fame. I suspect the Jazz HoF has more than that.


oh ya I would think so, I buy stuff on amazon and I didn't know George Strait is cousins with Jeff Bezos


I would never have guessed that. Bezos is the wealthiest man in the world, but Strait probably does all right for himself money wise. Country is pretty popular.


ya I think so, I don't think either is hurting for money, could you imagine U2 wearing wigs and costumes and playing country music in disguise at a concert, that's so funny to me


I wonder if anyone in the audience recognized them. Maybe they booed because they were playing Country music.


do you follow politics? I guess Trump wouldn't be considered one of the top 3 wealthiest presidents, it must be adjusted for inflation


I'm not sure we know how much money Trump has. I'm surprised FDR isn't in the top three. His family was super-rich, or so I thought.


I wonder if they play Jupiter music, LOL? Canada radio is forced to play 40% Canadian music.


yes I thought so too, also crazy is that the presidents guest house is larger than the white house itself


What's even crazier is the VP used to be the election loser. So today, that would mean Hillary as Trump's VP. Not sure that would work.


haha ya I don't know that would be a lot of drama, can you imagine a TV show based on that? I would watch it haha


Maybe she'd invite the Dixie Chicks to stay in that huge guest house.


haha, was she a big fan of the Dixie Chicks? I actually don't know, I know Trump would have Kanye West spend the night which would be cool


haha, I wonder how you can make a radio out of a pencil and razorblade like they did in wwii, have you see that?


That's pretty creative. I guess you can use all kinds of things as an electrical conductor.


ya that is true, I guess they called them foxhole radios back then, that sounds like a useful skill if we had an apocalypse or something


I wonder if they were listening to "hillbilly music," which is what they called country music until the WW2 era.


ya I didn't know that, but hillbilly music sounds more interesting to me than the Finnish radio station that broadcasts everything in classic latin still haha


I can't imagine its very popular. There are also a website which has many of the old classic radio dramas. I wonder what's more popular today.


ya that sounds kind of boring haha, I actually have a fender stratocaster guitar, I didn't know that they were originally intended for making country music did you?


No, I think of the Fender Strat mostly as early Rock. Early country used acoustic and steel guitars and dobros.


I like Michael Jordan so I would pick him.  You?


I think MJ is my pick, he was unique in so many way I really enjoyed watching him play


Me too.  He brought joy to the game.  Lebron seems arrogant to me sometimes.


He does seem arrogant, did you know he turned down a $10 million deal from Reebook when he was 18


That is definite arrogance. I mean, you haven't even started playing professionally yet and you turn down millions of dollars?


Well turns out he made the right call Nike offered him a $90 million deal after that so arrogance can pay sometimes.


I guess so but it still seems wrong.  What's really wrong is how much celebrities get paid and which ones get paid the most.  He's the highest paid celebrity with Judge Judy next behind him.


I heard Judge Judy earns about $123,000 per episode so that is really impressive, a lot of money.


It's impressive and definitely a lot of money but should she really be paid that much?


I don't think so, seems like an excessive amount of money.  Celebrities get paid insane amounts of money


I do like basketball its one of my favorite games.


lebron especially gets paid way too much.  Well, I've got to go now.  It's been great chatting with you. Have a great day!


What do you think of James Naismith, the inventor of it?


I think his a terrible coach lol , he invented the game but is the only losing coach in the history of the University of Kansas


i totally agree with you. I have to admit that I am surprised though. Like you said, he invented it. It seems like he would know the game inside and out and be able to win.


Yeah he was the inventor after all. Do you like LeBron James?


Honestly I can't decide.  I know he's considered by some to be the best player in the world and perhaps of all time.  Do you like him?


I do like him but I dont think his the best player, there are other who are as skilled, he is pretty good though


Did you know he's going to star in the sequel to the movie space jam?


I dint know that, I really liked the first one so Michael Jordan vs LeBron who would win?


Have you read questions to Miss Manners?


No.  I haven't heard of a button up except when my parents wanted me to be quiet.


LOL.  Button down has collar tips that fasten to the shirt.


Where the collar tips dont fasten to the shirt.


I see.  That makes sense.  Have you ever used a rotary dial phone?  They were slow and New York was given the area code 212 because it was quick to dial.


I used one as a kid, I remember when touch tone phones became the thing!


Yes.  That seemed like a real advance.  You know that the overseas telephone cables just lay on the ocean floor.


Plus they are only 2.7 inches thick.  I also remember when cordless phones came into the world.


My first career was in the telephone company.  We though picture phone would set the world on fire.  Now that we have it at no cost on the internet, almost no one uses it.


Very true.  Have you heard the thing about separating two phone books being impossible?


I have.  I usually enjoy columns like that.


Yes.  I am sure that it has something to do with frictional force.  The actual telephone set has to convert audio waves to digital signals and then back again at the other end.


It was always complicated to think of that when it was a landline, but not that it is cellular, are people's conversations like literally hitting me in the head as it travels?


Yes.  Microwaves are everywhere.  Their power is very low however.  The industry was afraid of a bunch of brain cancer from the microwaves from the phone at your ears, but the fear has been reduced with texting.


Yeah, plus as a cancer survivor, the location of my cancer was no where near my head.  And the cure was actually radiation.  lol


I was just reading about one where a young woman was asking about a co-worker who made a comment about a customer wearing a religious shirt.  The writer was non-commital, but complemented the customer.  The co-worker criticized her because the co-worker was agnostic.


I kind of think that as long as we treat topics as taboo then we wont have understanding between one another.


Miss Manners essentially said to tread lightly on religion and politics.  I enjoy talking about them but have to know the other person well enough to trust them to stay civil.


Definitey, you can also speak about them with stating your beliefs, but not insisting that someone else is wrong at the same time.


Great point.  I love to understand the "whys" of other positions. Years ago when business suits were required in the US, I went to do business in Hawaii and found that Hawaiian shirts were okay for business.


I guess their name is true to their use.  Ive never been to Hawaii but really would love to go.


It is my dream location for vacation in the world.  I have been to about 10 countries.  In England, a dress shirt must have a cuff.


I have been to more countries than states.  Part of that was traveling for my masters.  So I saw some different attire.  DO you know the difference between a button down and a button up?


I bet it does, he wants to be #1 at everything. It would be cool to have a scientist as president one day.


The Emperor of Japan is a scientist, and he still publishes.


Woah that is impressive sounds like a smart leader. Did you hear about the achievement of those Harvard scientists?


Are those the ones who inserted the dna bacteria into a gif of a horse?


Yeah, I think thats really impressive, storing dna like that.


It is interesting. So is the fact that there was only one scientist to walk on the moon.


Only one really? he must be a really smart guy do you remember his name?


Harrison Schmitt. I always thought John Glenn was a scientist, I guess not.


I will Google him as soon as we finish this chat, there must be a lot more to Harrison Schmitt.


Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the creation of the internet. I wonder if they had a party at CERN?


I disagreed with him a lot- at this point, I would prefer anyone over trump. Even his dogs. It's funny, you can see him on google maps.


I bet they did lol, the internet has been around 30 years, I am glad it has been in my life. it was great chatting with you by the way


Yeah I dont like Trump either and that is funny, sounds like something he would do on purpose but Im guessing its a stange coincidence.


You really can't stage a Google maps drive-by, since they drive around with cameras mounted to their cars.


Yeah I didnt think so, cool fact but when Obama visited India all of the coconuts trees were removed for safety reasons.


The first President of Zimbabwe is referred to as President Banana.


I've never heard of the name Banana before.


Maybe things got lost in translation? It's still funny. So is knowing trump isn't one of the top three wealthiest presients.


Can be, would be funny to learn more about president Banana, and that is kind of weird, who is in that list?


Washington, Jefferson, and JFK. Which probably drives him crazy, lol.


Have you played any model of Playstation?


I believe that is because it had a DVD player. It was the first DVD player for most people I know because there was not much of a price difference between it and a regular DVD player at the time.


One of my room mates bought a PS4 because it was also a blu ray player and he wanted a new blu ray. He also played that consoule all the time!


Makes sense. We use ours for a lot of media. Do you also watch a lot of television. I watch way too much.


I am trying to cut out uneccesary TV from my life. I still watch it but am choosing some more worthwhile endevours. What shows do you watch?


Lots. Currently binging The Punisher. Did you know there is only one episode of The Simpsons where Bart does not appear and is not mentioned?


I did. It is the 4 women and the manicure. Good episode. I heard they canceled the Punisher on Netflix.


I had not heard that yet but I'm positive it's going to happen because they are slowly cancelling all of the Marvel shows since the Disney merger. Another Simpsons fact, they sent flowers to the South Park crew when South Park aired it's Family Guy episode which is very funny.


Wow. Do you watch the family guy or south park? Do you enjoy cartoons?


Yes I watch both. But they were spot on with their criticism of Family Guy.


I did not watch that one. what was the criticism about?


I used to play the original playstation. What about you?


How Family Guys jokes are basically a series of flashbacks and they ripped off The Simpsons for their format.


I've played them all. I enjoy them. Playstation 3's are currently being used to research black holes. I wonder how that works?


I do between my Playstation and XBox. Did you play the PS2 at all?


I think I had that one... I did not play much. Even in college I did not play a lot. I played a ton when I got my first job and moved in with my gaming friends. We played all the time. Left the bars early to play...


It is very fun. The last game for the PS2 was FIFA 14. It became the first game to span 3 console generations.


Wow, I had no idea! Seems like a good game to do that with. FIFA is crazy popular!


It definitely is. The department of defense also used 1760 playstation 3's to build a supercomputer. They are finding all kinds of uses for consoles.


That's crazy! PS2 is the best selling consoule to date. That just seems right.


Do you think weather forecast are usually accurate? because if you do, the DC area is in need of umbrellas.


I see, I didnt know IMDB also belonged to Amazon, the first costumer on Amazon spent $27  and got a building named after him, what a bargain!


It must have been a book. At that time, books were expensive. What kind of things do you buy form Amazon ?


I buy groceries, tech stuff, I dont really like buying clothes there but I buy a lot of things in Amazon, it has great prices and a wide selection of brands


I don't buy groceries, Amazon has not implemented this service where I live, nor the Sunday delivery of packages.


I see, well what do you buy in Amazon? you do use the service right?


Mainly to buy things like tools for the maintenance of my bike, board games and books (and e-books). Do you read books ?


I do like reading, do you have any recommendations?


I read classics since they are often free in e-book forms. David Copperfield is a great classic that has influenced a lot of authors. And you,what do you read ?


I just read Starship Troopers is an old book but I thought it was interesting, I like to read science fiction books.


Did you read Ender's Game ? It seems in the same vein as Starship Troopers.


Yes it is more and more accurate. In my opinion. Indeed, it looks like it will rain for the next days in Washington.


I havent, but now that I finished with Starship Troopers I might watch it, I thought the movie was alright hopefully the book is better.


Science-fiction books are also popular in the military, Starship troopers and Ender's Game are on the suggested list of the marines.


Yeah I heard they were on the list of recommendations, CS Lewis is also one of my favorite authors.


I did not read Alice in Wonderland , is it still good. Lewis and Tolkien met often, it is strange to think that that knew each other.


Yeah they actually had competitions on who would read laugh first reading terrible poems.


It looks like it theres a lot of clouds and then the forecast says theres going to be a lot of rain on Sunday, will just have to wait and see if its accurate.


It seems that you can have the weather on an Alexa device, did you ever tried it ?


I have, I actually have a Fire Tablet and Alexa is an upstanding gal, she delivers and is usually correct


I was asking more about how it was easy to use an Alexa device to get the weather, I don't think your tablet has enough computing power to do a weather prediction.


Oh I see,well maybe it got the forecasts from other sources, Amazon sure is a big company now a days, what are your thoughts on Jeff Bezos?


I think he deserve the success that Amazon has. For a big company it still has a relatively good reputation.


I agree, I think he is really smart the company has grown a lot and in a great part its because of him, it started as a bookstore but now it will sell just about anything


Yeah, I don't think I will ever use all Amazon's services even IMDB belongs to amazon.


Hello.  With as much as people use Google can you believe it was founded back in 1998?


You mean Garfield the cat?  Is that where they got the name from?


Im not sure about that, but I bet it wasnt patented,


Probably not.  Did you know that the way they use google maps for traffic is by calculating how fast android devices are going on the roads?


I didnt, that seems really invasive, I like the app and all but sometimes big companies violate privacy rights completely


Now that you mention it it does seem like an invasion of privacy.  I think it can also be inefficient.  What if there are more apple devices on the road at a particular time for example?


Yeah, thats a valid point, many people have Apple phones, Google must have a really big data cente


They definitely must at that.  They even keep tabs on country borders and locations of internet browsers. That way if a border is disputed they can tailor the map accordingly.


I bet I can google all kinds of interesting facts about humans, we are an amazing species


We are also interesting and unique.  We can be made to feel fear by a sound.


Really just by a sound? you know we are unable to burp in zero gravity environments,


Its been more than 20 years wow! it does seem like forever though


I did not know that but I do know we can regrow a rib.


I agree.  I wonder if Larry Page and Sergey Brin knew what they were starting when they created it.


I bet they didnt, the company has grown way beyond their expectatives, its a  billlion dollar company


And a huge part of everyone's lives. I mean, it went down for just five minutes back in 2013 and it took 40% of web traffic with it!


Wow 40%of the traffic, that sounds like a lot,


It really does.  I guess you could say google uses computer power in more ways than one though.  A single search on google uses more computer power than it took to send neil armstrong to the moon.


We have advanced a lot since then, do you use the g-mail service?


I do use that and you are right about advancing.  Do you use the gmail service?


I use it yeah, well interesting fact about the service but it was the name of a free email service in the Garfield's website


Hello there and good morning. Are you a religious person? I myself do not even own the Bible despite having over 5 billion copies sold.


Yeah they must've not sure what they use though. They have also made a lot of movies based on religious fact. Tom Hanks is actually the highest all time box office star.


tom has got the touch! he works with very good people too. i figure that his name alone is worth a lot audience for any film


Yeah definitely my favorite film of his was Forrest Gump. There have also been some box office flops like the movie Trojan wars. I have never even heard of it.


neither have i. it must have been terrible LOL forrest gump was based on a book whose author never saw any money from the movie.


i am not a religious person. i do not own a bible. it has sold quite well. the author must be rich LOL


Yes they must LOL. Prior to 1963 it was not uncommon for students in the USA to be required to read from the Bible.


the classroom certainly has changed because of court cases and such. i figure that there is value in religious texts but students should read a range of them


Yes I don't think it should be a part of education especially not elementary education.


elementary is a bit young, but high school students can read texts from world religions and understand their impact on the world. Thomas jefferson created his own version of the bible, using a razor to cut out the 'supernatural' parts, such as the miracles and the resurrection. maybe students could experiment the same way.


Yes that is true I agree with you on that. Apple only became known as an Apple when the Bible was translated into Latin in the fourth century. Quite interesting I didn't know that.


yes, the language of the bible reflects the history of language and sometime historical places and events. it is a historical document.


It definitely is he got that right. The biblical tower of babel was likely named after an actual building so some of it is based off real life situations.


i would love to visit the place and seen the tower that spawned the story. Teddy roosevelt and john quincy adams are the only two us presidents that did not use a bible at their swearing-in ceremonies. i guess they used a different document?


Yeah i think it was kind of smart on his part. He gets paid 800K a year until age 55 and then he gets 32M.


Nice.  I couldn't even imagine to be what that would be like.  The New Zealand basketball team are nicknamed the "tall blacks"  Yikes.  What are they thinking?


Right, Wow! Did you know that in 39 out of 50 states the highest paid state employees are college football or basketball coaches.


I wonder how the tax payers feel in those states or if they even know that fact?  lol


Yeah i'm sure there's a lot of kickbacks. Do you know where the highest basketball court in the land is?


That I've heard about.  That's on the top floor of the US Supreme Court building!  Do you remember Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?


That's right i thought the pun was pretty cool. The master jammer of course he's a legend.


Yes!  I have one more trivia "who is" question.  Ever heard of James Naismith?


I'm going to take a guess and say he was a basketball player earlier on in the invention of the game.


Yep!  He also was the only losing coach in the history of the University of Kansas!


Wow that sucks but at least he left us a legacy that is still thriving. Very nice chatting with you!


The irony of it!  ...yes I agree with you.  It was nice chatting with you as well!


Don't get to watch much, you? It's composed of 30 teams right?


Something weird happened there.  I don't mind LeBron James.  I'm originally from Ohio so I have a soft spot for him.  lol


Well i won't hold it against you, you gotta represent. They say playing with him is a gift and a curse.


True.  I'm reading that some of his high school basketball games would attract 1,750 fans and the tickets cost anywhere from $100 to $120.  That's true.  I remember the hype when he was in high school. I always thought then that he was over rated.  I was wrong!  lol


Well we will have to agree to disagree on that one. He's is talented but his character needs improvement in my opinion as not to offend, lol.


No biggie.  lol  I have too many problems of my own to waste time worrying about LeBron.  lol  Maybe Judge Judy will knock him off the top of being the highest paid celebrity.  Currently she makes $123,000 per episode making her the highest paid celebrity after LeBron.


Wow good for her she is hardcore and funny as all get out!! You know Allen Iverson signed a lifetime contract with Reebok?


I've heard of it.  Didn't he get big money?


What do you like to do for entertainment


I heard that before, I think they didnt think he had that presidential look lol, boy they were wrong!


Joke's on them... Did you know YouTube is the 2nd largest search engine on the net?


I never knew that. I am sure Google is the first. Did you get into the gangnam style trend?


Nope.  Nor did I get into Justin Bieber's song "Baby". I guess it must be bad, it's the most disliked song on YouTube.


Gangnam style almost broke youtube I heard. Baby was really bad, I think I disliked it on youtube ha


Ha. I've never heard it.  Netflix and YouTube combined make up half the peak internet traffic in N. America.  Hogs!


That is crazy, I am part of that mostly. Like right now lol.


Yeah.  Police have their own YouTube called BluTube.  I wouldn't want to show up on it.


Lol me too, that sounds fun to watch some training videos though. It was so nice chatting with you!


Did you know Bill Nye got his start by winning a Steve Martin lookalike contest? I don't see the match there.


I sometimes play Nintendo.  My original NES was cool but it only displayed 54 colors.


I don't either, maybe a very young bill nye. I will google it. Have a great weekend!


That is interesting, I wonder what the new consoles display for colors.


I don't know, probably more than 256.  I guess the original NES was retired in Japan in 2003.


That made such a long run, I loved playing nintendo, did you have a favorite game?


Not really... I liked sports games like basketball.  Did you know that in 39 of 50 states the highest paid state employee is either a football or basketball coach?


I believe that, our states are crazy about college sports. Did you know the creator of basketball was the most losing coach in Kansas history


Sadly yes.  Basketball is popular enough for the Supreme Court to have a court on their roof.  I can just see Ginsberg dunking one.


Ha and making the and 1! I think there is a name for that court if I remember right, highest court in the land i think


Ha.  They may be at their best on the court on the roof.  Funny, Ronald Reagan was once snubbed for a part playing a president.


Do you know anything about astronomy and the planets?


Maybe not Canada though, where all radios must play 40% Canadian music.


That is an odd law. Soldiers in WWII made radios using razorblades and pencils as the diode.


I wonder if one could build a guitar with crude tools like that.


I bet someone could come up with a way to do that.


It might not be able to set speakers on fire like Eddie Van Halen once did.


HAHA that's awesome! Pink Floyd's guitarist turned a houseboat on the river into a floating recording studio.


I wonder if smashing a guitar like Matthew Bellamy would sink such a location!


He is also a smart guy with a phd in astrophysics.


Wow - that's pretty amazing. I would have never guessed that.


Hello - I know a little bit. What about you?


I guess it might help.    Certainly more than classical latin, which is only useful if listening to a Finnish weekly news show!


Not too much, but have been wanting to learn about the earth.


Did you know that more than 80% of Earth's natural forests have been destroyed?


That is terrible!     Do you know how old the earth is?


I believe it is 4.5 billion years old.    Did you know in the early era of the planet, a day was much shorter!


That's a long long time! I did not know that either about shorter days. I saw that in 2010, the UN appointed an ambassador to extraterrestrials.


I wonder if extraterrestrials listen to radio storms from Jupiter?


I bet they do if they exist. Hard to believe you can hear them on Earth.


Have you paid much attention with what's been going on with Brexit?


I don't really follow them, not unless it's something large scale. That's probably why I was unaware that Wikileaks knew of the government's plans to destroy them. Unless that was a made up story


Funny how wikileaks posted the plan, that must have been frustrating to some, and I think the story is real I might have to fact check it later


I guess it's not as bad as the man who sold the Eiffel Tower twice by pretending to be a French government official


He must be a great con man, I have to give that to him, I bet someone felt really stupid after the purchase was done


Who has that much money and yet is stupid enough to fall for that? I wonder if it can even be sold


I know right, the face on the government officials must had been priceless, can you imagine that?


And to get away with that twice means there must have been at least two buyers


Yeah at least two suckers fell for that, really funny, I wonder how they felt after realizing they fell for that


But they're still wealthy enough to have thought of buying it. I wonder how much money it would take to buy the 86% of Nevada that is owned by the US government


I guess it would take a lot of money, it seems unfair for the government to earn that much land, people deserve a piece of land too, I pay my taxes on time that should count


Yeah a bit, do you think that theres reason to panic?


Maybe it's land used for Native Americans. Who knows what it's actually used for. At least it's not the case in all states!


There are a lot of logical concerns, enough that their government released documents to help with the transition


British official assured people it was unlikely, the tarifs and friction at the border sure generates trouble


Leaving the European Union will have repercussions whether it's well-planned or not. Some even fear a potential sandwich famine


I agree, its something that shouldnt be taken lightly, a divorce is always nasty, specially at that scale


And it affects those who have retired from Britain who live in Europe. Not to mention access to some bank accounts


Yeah theres about 250,000 British retiress living in Europe, that will take a toll on them


Since it happens officially in the next few weeks, I guess we'll see if the panic is actually legitimate or not


I guess things tend to be over dramaticed, do you follow the goverment?


I have a friend like that also, no shame in that. That is perfect though with your laptop because you can still communicate with others if needed. Do you do a lot of amazon shopping?


A fair amount, although they're another corporation I hate :) I get better deals on supplements and used books. How about you?


For sure, it was started as a book company in 1994


They're a good source of out-of-print stuff, for sure. Library Genesis is also good for obtaining "unauthorized" pdfs of a whole lot of books. I always check there before Amazon.


I will have to check that out, is that legal to use? I am taking my masters and books cost too much


The uploads are probably copyright violations, but I've never heard of anybody having trouble over downloading from it. And any academic book you want there's a better than 90% chance you'll find it there. Just Google "Library Genesis" to find mirror sites.


wow, I will do that, thank you! Back to amazon though, jeff bezos has a clock in a mountain that will run for 10,000, i wonder why


It sounds a lot like something called the Long Now Project that did something similar, IIRC.


I will have to look into that, that sounds interesting. I just googled library genesis. It was so nice chatting with you!


Likewise. But I don't think we're quite done yet.


Yeah, pretty much. I'm locked into a disturbing amount of their utilities. How about you?


I love Google, i can't stand other search engines like bing or yahoo


I refuse to use Bing because I despise Microsoft even more than Google.


lol, Google is incredible though, it requires more computing power for one search than it took to send neil armstrong to the moon!


Yeah, pretty much any kind of personal electronic device these days would put the supercomputers of that period to shame.


that is very true, a lot has come since back then. How about siri, are you a fan?


I don't even have a smart phone, so I've never used it. Have you?


wow, you are daring, i like it! I have an iphone but never use siri, I would rather just google something instead to be honest.


I'm not really daring, LOL. I just live in a 3G dead zone and I'm self-employed, so I just need a basic tracfone in case I have an emergency on my occasional trips to town. But my laptop is all the Internet connection I need.


Hi there.  How about George Bush's dogie Sully at his funeral.  He was raised through the prison program


And here I thought they just wanted that cookie!  Was reading about the political parties.  Interesting history.  They seem to have switched their ideals.


I remember learning about that too.  What do you think about Teddy Roosevelt forming his own party?


The progressives.  Isn't that what the liberal democrats today are calling themselves? The progressive left.  I just don't see any progress   lol


I don't either.  I think it's a little funny too how not only did they switch ideals but the parties also seems to switch sides of the country.


I guess I didn't pay much attention to that in school because I didn't recall it.  All I really remember is the domino theory.  Nam generation


I don't remember much either.  I did learn recently though that the only president to propose a guaranteed minimum income was a republican.


That's new to me also. I didn't realize that the red and blue colors were fairly recent.


I didn't know that either.  How recent are they?


2000.  I just took for granted that I didn't pay attention to elections and the media was making it easier by coloring the stated  lol


i know what you mean.  By seeing the colors I just thought they went with the parties and always had.


Hi! Sully was amazing!  He was so loyal right through the end.


Kinda like the weatherman making dressed characters with umbrellas and so forth.  ANyway  was fun chatting with you.


Fun chatting with you too! Have a great day!


I wasn't aware he was a service dog. He had followers too!  Probably facebook


I like that they found Sully another position, someone to help although in a way I think I may have kept him as part of the family.


I would have been tempted to keep him too.  I always thought of the Bush's with that Springer Spaniel


Oh yeah! I remember it.  Wasn't it named Millie?


Yes  I do remember Bush saying his dog knew more about foreign affairs then Clinton and Gore


That's funny!  I love dogs.  Did you know they can learn over a thousand words?


Maybe that's why mine looks at me like I'm nuts half the time.  They understand pointing as elephants do too!


I heard that they have "eureka moments" I guess like we do.  They like the experience of solving a problem to get a reward.


Hey what do you think about Gary Oldman? I personally think he's an awesome actor


Yep I agree. It's crazy that the Oscars were actually nominated for Emmys, that seems like it's self-serving almost LOL


yeah, the giant mutual admiration society of hollywood. lets celebrate ourselves! Wee!


Haha yes! and speaking of Oscar wins, stop how Eminem has more Oscars than Leonardo Dicaprio and Johnny Depp, which is insane to me because I don't think Eminem is that talented for an actor


i think he probably got it for writing tunes or something. he is a good rapper, but i figure that Leo and Johnny are due.


Yeah I agree with you. Do you want a car by the way? I just had to get my oil changed


I do want a car. cant afford one at the moment. i had a dodge long ago. the thing ran forever.


Well that's good. I wonder how long the Model T lasts? Do you think that they still run? Apparently they were first created back in 1908


i bet you can find them. i dont know what they do for parts though. interesting cars that made it possible for the common man to own a car.


Ya cars are interesting and so are laws in different countries, for instance and South Africa you can put a flamethrower on your car LOL


That would be great! i wonder how much it would cost to put one on a cadillac. Anyway, great chat!


Gary Oldman is the man! He has had some controversy around him though.


Yeah I can't believe that the name Cadillac comes from the explorer who discovered Detroit haha! I'll have to keep that in mind


Yeah I guess there's some controversy over whether he was physically abusive to his ex-wife. Do you think that actually happened?


it would not surprise me. there is a lot of domestic violence. i dont know if he has been violent with others though.


Yeah I think he's won an Academy Award didn't he? Did you watch the Academy Awards this year? Apparently there are 24 different awards that are awarded during the oscars


Yeah, it takes forever to get through the awards. i dont watch the show. he finally got recognized for churchill, right?


Yes I think so. One of the actors that I like best is Daniel Day-Lewis though, he's won best actor three times


He is just amazing. he was great in my left foot. he was also a boxer. Tom Hanks has two i believe.


Yep that's true and even Blazing Saddles was nominated for 3 Oscars which is crazy, you would ever see that movie get made anymore, it'd be too controversial


youre right it would NEVER get made. the humor cut to the bone, but that is why it worked.


Did you know Richard Nixon cracked the us senate gavel after being used for 165 years?


same, also only dem or rep president since 1853, time for an independent?


I agree with that, they have least funding though


true, hows this for voting, Indian govt set up poll in a forest with lions


they had one voter, talk about restricting the votes


Hardly feels like a majority.  Do you follow the Senate?


not so much, i like the idea of the candy desk where they keep a drawer of candy for the senators though


I love that idea.  As well as women staging a protest for pants suits.


yes, hard to believe they could not wear pants until 1993!


I was not aware of that, very interesting.  Are you really into politics?


just a little, i like to know whats going on


i live in Washington dc so its always on


i would not care for that, did you know astronauts vote from space?


That is awesome.  I am glad that they have the opportunity.  Do you follow the republican party?


yes, every president with a beard has been a republican:)


not sure how accurate that is, Trump does not have a beard


just meant the ones that have had a beard, it seems like red and blue has been used forever for rep & dems but did you know it only started in 2000?


I understand.  I thought the red and blue would have started earlier.  I feel like I have seen it forever.


How's it going, do you watch much tv? It's basically a mass medium for advertising


No, some shows don't even last 10 episodes like the UK version of That 70s Show "Days Like These"


I read where Ringo has narrated 52 episodes of Thomas the tank engine,


That's pretty cool and a nice way to give back I suppose, George Carlin and Alec Baldwin also narrated Thomas the Tank Engine too


I am surprised. I would not think Alec Baldwin would do Thomas the tank engine.


Yea Alec Baldwin is a loose cannon but I must admit he has a good voice for narrating shows like Thomas the Tank Engine


Yes. You are right. His voice is good for narrating shows.


Speaking of good voices did you know the president of Indonesia released 3 pop albums?


No. I had never heard that before. That is interesting.


I wonder if he ever visited the US, the guest house for the President is actually larger than the white house


Yes. That is something that I never would have thought.


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Do you watch South Park much? The producers of the Simpsons sent the South Park producers flowers after they made fun of Family Guy


I have seen South Park a few times. I like the Simpsons.


Yea the Simpsons are good, there is only one episode that Bart isn't featured in


That is Amazing. They have had quite a run.


Yea but not as much as Pokemon's run, there are over 750 episodes


Yea, Pokemon averages 50 episodes a year for 16 years


Yes, you dont see shows do 50 episodes a year anymore.


The president of Indonesia has released 3 pop albums. I had no idea. Can you imagine if Trump did that?


Yeah, at least our president isn't doing that. Wonder if the albums are any good.


I do not want to find out! Maybe he can record in one of the two identical white house buildings in ireland or france.


Speaking of the white house, I did not know that the presidential guest house is bigger


I know there are not christmas trees in the white house. Teddy Roosevelt banned them!


Interesting! George Bush had solar panels put back on the White House. I guess someone had taken them down.


They took them down before or after Bush? Are they still there?


I guess they took them down before him since he was the one to put them back. I think they might still be there but I'm not sure.


I find Bush to be an underrated president, with the whole Iraq war shading his entire presidency.


Yeah, interesting that he was into solar panels. On another note, the White House is behind on some of their technology. They still use floppy disks for file storage.


Yeah, I do and it seems that the presidet and French president might have one.


That seems dated. Nice chatting with you!


What do two presidents talk about within a bromance? I cannot see a bromance between the two...


Yeah and now Trump said that Macron's European army proposal is very insulting so if there was a bromance it might not survive.


Seems like a pretty shallow bromance if it cannot stand a few misslies and the threat of destruction. The way he has ostracized Merkel seems like he shouldn't loose any more leader's friendships...


Apparently they shared an awkward long handshake that was all over the news.


I feel like he shares a lot of awkward with a lot of people. He's not even the wealthiest president!


Apparently i that handshake, they were shaking hands for six seconds and their knuckles turned white and jaws clenched. Trump tried to let go twice but Macron would not let go. How odd.


HA! Are you suggesting two "alpha" males are being weird when egos are involved? Never...


I just think they are public figures so they should be able to put their egos aside in public. Haha.


The sun is actually white and not nearly as hot as lightning is


That is pretty mind blowing, didn't know that. I also didn't know the sun is almost 99.86% of the total mass of the solar system


Thats why the push for solar power recently because of its essential infinite amount is provides


another mind blow right there, how about our president, do you approve?


Sorry but I am definitely not a fan. I believe him to be very dishonest.


I agree with you, I wish we had better choices last election, did you vote?


I did not because I didn't like the choices. How about you?


yes I did, but sadly voted independent, so it was a vote basically for Trump, it was a joke of an election.


Sadly, that is so true. He doesn't have much time left I believe.


I don't think so either, good chatting with you and thanks for being fast!


good morning, how are you this fine saturday?


I am doing great, just doing some reading.


likewise, did you know the sun is the center of the solar system, what are the odds?


Lol. Isn't that basic astronomy knowledge?


True, but when you see it in writing it gets you thinking


Did you watch the recent coverage of the Mars landing?


no, I didn't know it was broadcasted, amazing things happening


As far as the sun goes, it is not actually yellow like most people think.


really, which color is it? It is blue on mars  I saw


I guess thats a good way to use the space available, do you listen to the radio much?


I used to listen to the radio when I was younger, but I now I just use the Internet. Youtube is my spot.


Youtube is great, although I listen to the radio on the way to work, there is station that has a classic latin program


That one  in Finland? I wonder who proposed that program and who listens to it.


Im not sure, I wouldnt understand a word though, that is a fact, there is a website were you can access thousands of free drama episodes


I wonder who listens to those shows! They're from the previous generation, who probably doesn't use the internet as much.


Yeah, I prefer to watch movies rather than listen to a drama show, changing the subject a bit did you ever play nintendo?


I never really played the NES. I did play the GameBoy a lot. What about you?


GameBoy is an icon, I had one too and yeah I did play the with the NES, too bad it got discontinued on 2003!


Did you really play the system until 2003? There were so many other great systems out there at that point. The NES had only 54 colors.


I don't know much about hockey. Are you a fan yourself?


No not untill 2003 but I feel sorry because it would be nice to buy one now and play all those classic games


No not really, I do like the Golden Knights though, they are having a great season considering they are an expansion team


I know that Canada has dominated the sport in the past. In 1924, the first Olympic winter games, Canada scored 132 goals and let in 3 in the entire ice hockey competition.


Yeah I guess Canada has a great hockey team, thats like their official sport, with lacrosse.


The only country with two national sports! Hockey is a tough sport! An average professional hockey player will lose up to 8 pounds in one game. I wonder if that's true for lacrosse.


I dont know, I think hockey is one of the most challenging games both physically and mentally, you know a hockey player was traded for only $1 back in 93


A $1? They must have thought he was worthless!


I agree but that same player won four Stanley Cups after that so they learn the hard way they gifted a really talented player.


I wonder who that was. The space for the rink is used efficiently. An ice hockey rink stays under a basketball court when switching sports


I did not hear about that. I did see that in South Africa, it's legal to equip a car with a flame thrower to deter carjackings.


Its legal wow! they must have a big car theft problem over there, going to such lengths seems excessive to me


I would definitely want to be equipped if it's that big of a problem over there.


Sounds like a great solution for snow, you know that its illegal to warm up you car in Ohio and theres a part of the world where I can equip my car with a flamethrower!!!


Wow, I didn't know that about Ohio and I live in Ohio. I always warm up my car lol.


I know right, I also warm up my car its part of my routine, so the first car to be massed produced was a Ford


No not really only that its a telecommunication device, I do know some cool facts though


New York's area code is 212 because this was the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone.


Interesting well here's another cool fact, the inventor of the dial phone was an undertaker that convicted telephone operators were rerouting his calls to rival businesses


I do, I am a fan of cars, a wheeled motor vehicle that gives you freedom, what about yourself?


I love cars too. I saw the trunk was named because cars in the older days actually had wooden trunks in them


Oh so that why trunks are called that way, what are your thoughts on self-driving cars?


I am a little skeptical of self-driving cars. What about you?


Im skeptical as well but it seems like the future is taking us there, I'm a bit afraid about the aggressive mode they have


Did you know Cadillac was named after a French explorer?


No I didnt know that either, after a Frech explorer, that is new to me, when did this happen?


It doesn't give a date, but this person also founded Detroit.


Oh interesting, did you hear about how entered the Indian market and how they had to design a special car horn


hello,  do you vote?  did you know Indian government puts their polling booth in a forst full of lions?  That is crazy!!


That seems so dumb to me,  are there not more important things to vote on?  Also,  that is so negative towards that person,  arent we voting to make things better,  for positve outcomes.


Yeah go figure. In Senate women were not allowed to wear pants until lately


Yikes they must have been cold!  I wonder why the topic of women wearing pants is such a big deal in that time.


Well, it is about equality and they must have opposed it until those two senators decided to protest by wearing pants. Good for them


Heres a fun fact,  Every us pres who had a beard was republican lol


Cool. And we have either had a republican and democrat president since 1853


Yeah thats interesting!  Looks like Truman refused to take a pic with Dumbo when he was at Disneyland so it wouldnt be associated with republicans.  Why does dumbo related to republicans?  do you know?


Yeah the Republican logo is an elephant and Dumbo is a baby elephant so I guess he did not want to be associated with that


I know right? Go figure. Did you know both parties adopted the blue and red as late as 2000


That sure is crazy and yes, I do vote. DO you? Astronauts are so cool, they vote from space


Yeah,   i thought that had been around forever lol I guess not.  Have a good one!


It sure does. In the UK not all men were able to vote until 1918


Thats weird.  I wonder why that was.  Did you know the us sante used the same gavel for 165 years!


Yeah until Nixon broke it. I wonder if they were mad at him for that


haha,  maybe he just had to pay for a new gavel.


Maybe. In Alabama sadly a large portion of the male balck population cannot vote


Wow,  permanently too.  I wonder if thats due to people in jail?  Maybe?


I think that is what it is. On the other hand in Texas seems people are more interested in voting to change the name of the garbage dump


No I did not know that. Do you know how amazon got started?


no I don't, I just know that Bezos started it, do you know?


It started as a book store and then slowly he built it up


ah that is cool, I do know they have a special contract to deliver on sunday with USPS


That is so cool, no wonder they can beat the competition. ANd they even own IMDB


ya, I didn't know that, they bought them in 1998, I use that site everyday!


well I do know there is a sound that will cause fear in all humans, its a certain frequency I think


I would like to know what that sounds like. And we can grow ribs in 2-3 months


ya that is crazy, do you think other animals cna do that? Could we harvest ribs from animals sustainably? haha


hey! I do like robots, theyre so advanced I guess they can now debone a chicken which is awesome


Well that would be kind of nice in medicine for sure. Nice chatting with you.


that is prettyy cool. And they can be controlled by using rat brains


wow that is crazy, I think its cool the government used an xbox controller to control an eod robot


Yeah that is. even Michael Jackson had an interest in them


ya its wild he wanted to build a 50 foot tall robot! Like is that even possible? And it would moon walk, sounds awesome!


it does sound very cool. do you ever shop on amazon?


I have used amazon yes, what about you? Did you hear about the clock the owner of amazon built?


Yeah I use it quite a bit. yeah and it is supposed to run for 10 000 years


ya that is crazy, back to robos though did you see that mythbusters actually created a robot sidekick?


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


W95 was huge for its time. It got delayed several times, but it was a big jump for Microsoft. I used it a lot myself.


Me too.  The first computer algorithm was written by a woman named Ada.  I wonder if that's where the name ADA came from in computing.


Yes, I believe so. There was a programming language called ADA. I never used it. She was very bright.


That's what I was saying.  It came from Pascal.  Bell distributed a manual cardboard computer to HS students in 1968 to teach them how that works.  I'd be interested in seeing that.


I see. Pascal and ADA are related languages. Is it in use now? I wouldn't expect so.


If I remember right, the gov't was pushing ADA.  There's probably a lot of legacy systems with it.  Did you know the first YouTube video was some dude talking about an elephant...


An elephant? Not ADA? LOL. I guess that makes sense. The first upload was probably pretty basic.


Now there are 79 full episodes of "The Joy of Painting" with Bob Ross.


Yes, that man is a legend! Encouraged so many people to try painting. There should be a paint program called Ross.


Yeah.  Did you know the PS3's only have 256MB of RAM?  That's not much...


Have you heard of visual novels such as "Stay" that run on game consoles like Xbox?


That's not much at all. I'm surprised. Anyway, great chat!


No, I have not. That sounds fascinating. How is that different from a movie?


You interact with it.  In fact if you ignore it, it taunts you.  Intruders invade and all kinds of things happen.


That sounds like a great way to have fun. I bet the story line is pretty good too. You don't kill things or earn points. Is it popular?


I would guess so, it's on many different consoles. In certain parts of the story there are minefields.


I guess I should look into this. Do you use Playstation?


No.  The most significant thing is that it can have different endings.


I don't really play video games much anymore. Do you? Do you use computers much? I do.


I use computers a lot.  Did you know Windows 95 was the 2nd most installed SW in 1995?


That's crazy it can only be displayed in 54 colors. Hard to believe how fast technology has advanced since then.


And it's only going to get more advanced. The Nintendo Entertainment System was finally discontinued in September of 2003 in Japan. Other systems must have attracted away all the NES followers.


Did you ever have a Nintendo system growing up? I remember that was my first gaming system.


I never had one, sadly. But they looked like lots of fun.


They were lots of fun. Did you know Ronald Reagan was once rejected for a movie role because he didn't have the presidential look?


I wonder what the presidential look was back in those days.


Lol...no idea. Did you know Britain back in 50BC bred chickens for entertainment and not food?


I guess they had plenty of animals to eat then. I wonder if people bet on the animals.


I was thinking maybe they were into cock fighting or something like that.


Perhaps. That would make sense. Well, I enjoyed chatting! Have a good day!


I'm great! How are you? Have you seen the movie Incredible II?


I'm doing great - thank you! I have not seen it, but I'd really like to.


Director Brad Bird intentionally used artists who were likely to either quit or be fired from Pixar; because he believed only they could create everything that he needed. I wonder what he saw in them.


That's pretty interesting. I saw that it was actually set in the 1960s.


That's a great period for clothing and architecture. Brad also got a chance to voice work. Edna Mode, the superhero costume designer in The Incredibles, is voiced by Brad Bird, the film's director.


That's really cool. Do you like entertainment?


I do at times. I mainly play PS4 with my son. What about you?


I don't really play much now. I played video games as kid. Now, I don't have the time. The Nintendo Entertainment System could display only 54 colors. I never knew that.


Only when it's funny, haha. what about you, ever seen 3rd rock from the sun?


I have not! They won the golden globe in 1997 for best comedy series!


They also beat seinfeld! That is impressive and I never would have guessed.


Right! You know there is a genre called bromantic comedies?


Those are my favorite. Especially Harold and Kumar and the Hangover.


The hangovers were crazy!! Do you like cars?


I do a little bit. I love how drive throughs were originally for soldiers.


Yeah that amazes me i would have thought they would have been around in the 50's. I do appreciate why they did it though. You know Ryan Stiles dropped out of high school to pursue comedy.


Demetri Martin also dropped out of school to pursue comedy!


Do you know if he is any good i don't recognize his name? Do you like Bill Murray i think he's strange but funny?


I do like him for the most part! It was nice chatting with you!


You too, I only asked because he thinks Kung Fu Hustle is the Supreme achievement of the modern age of comedy.


Yeah linkin park use to be one of my favorites. Do you like them?


I do, I saw them live once! Did you know their album hybrid theory was the best selling album of the 21st century?


Wow that's awesome, so sorry how things turned out for them. Even after 40 years the dark side of the moon is still one of the best selling albums of 2014.


They were amazing. Very sad about what happened.


Did you here about the 100 year old twins in Japan?


Yea they released a rap album at that age! Impressive.


Very i wouldn't mind watching them perform it but since it was in 1992 i doubt they are still around.


Hi, how are you? Are you interested in horses?


I'd never heard that. Maybe once they get out, they can't stand being there. Too small, too cold.


Surprisingly almost all modern thoroughbred racehorse are descendants of a horse named darley arabian


Really? I didn't know that. Dalmatians are associated with firefighters because they would calm and protect the horses. I thought any dog could do that, but I guess Dalmatians are suited for it.


Wow that is impressive. I wonder if the dalmatians working for firefighters wore their own versions of fireproof clothing


I don't know. They must be smart enough to steer clear of the danger. Maybe they stayed with the horses at the fire.


I wonder when people started putting clothing on animals though. Clothing serves many purposes from protection to appeal


I guess they want to make their pet look like a little person. Cute and stuff. I understand that animals can get cold, so clothing could help. Still, people can go overboard.


Well clothing has a very interesting history. Did you know people used to do laundry in old faithful the geyser?


I wouldn't want to get to close to that thing. It's on top of a super volcano, I believe. Plus the water is awfully hot.


Well when it erupted, it erupted clean cloths lol


I used to learn how to ride them. Interesting experience to say the least


The clothes would be beautiful for people no longer there. Can you believe that Apple had a clothing line in 1986?


I hope they didn't try to get the high margins they have for their phones on their clothing.


They certainly wouldn't have. Clothing is really a tight market. Little margin there.


But if you have a brand and limited quantity, you could increase margins. In any case, thanks for chatting.


I've never ridden a horse, well, except like a pony at a fair. No galloping.


Honestly, I am still surprised that horses are strong enough to carry the weight of humans and traverse for days. Can you imagine another human being able to do the same?


No, not at all. It's funny that two high school students rode their horses to school on 'no vehicles to school day', and got suspended. Well, that's not a vehicle, is it? Is there a school rule against horses? I wonder what state that was.


I think those are all fair points. The school should have no grounds to suspend them, unless someone got injured.


They could have just sent the kids home. I was surprised that Clint Eastwood, who has been on horseback in many of his movies, had a mid-life allergy to horses. I wonder how he developed that.


Well allergies are quite bizarre. My friend's father a huge lover of fish and I can't stress this enough. However, in his late 50s he developed a severe allergy to fish and had to stop eating them


I guess the immune system changes for some reason. That's odd. The body has been fine with it for so long. I guess change and development are normal. Lipizzaner horses, known for their classical dressage performances, are born black or brown and take about 6 years to turn completely white


It is a shame too since horses share quite a rare history with people as well are very unique animals. I wonder why once icelandic horses leave iceland, they can never return


I personally think that the news should try to be unbiased. Perhaps I'm naive but I really dislike bias news, fake news, and paparazzi


No one wants to really hear dry news. That's what NPR is for. Any no one really listen to NPR news except for podcasts... Even so, they select which news they think is worthy enough.


Why does unbias news have to be dry though? Perhaps it is consumer behavior that drove some news outlets to be bias, but some news outlets were created and meant to be bias


It's dry because there's no spice to it. After a while it will become numb. People listen to news to understand what's going on in the world to see if it affects them, if it doesn't, it just goes in and out as quickly as spoiled food. There's a reason why fox news is more watched than cnn and msnbc combined.


I understand what you are saying, but don't tragedies affect people regardless of whether there is spice or not? I don't think a news outlet should shirk responsibility?


But if you hear it everyday, it becomes the norm, and unless it's happening in your backyard, it becomes the case of it doesn't affect you. That's why many people block political news or even anything negative that doesn't line up with their agenda on Facebook.


I guess we can't change how our minds work, but it is still a shame that after all the shooting and all the protests, nothing really has come of it


Big issue I see are the lobbyists. They control a lot of the politicians.


Isn't the bigger issue that so many people in the US don't vote? If they voted in an informed matter lobbyists, wouldn't be so powerful. Same for unions


Even if you vote for the desired official and they get elected, doesn't mean they can get what you want done. They are still pressured by the lobbyists. Look at big pharma, look at NRA, look at the wall!


I am a huge Fox News fan. What about you?


Indeed, you make some very strong points. I am not saying that they wouldn't still be pressured, I'm simply saying that the whole set of circumstance would fundamentally be different. In any case, it's not like I hope for world peace with this chat, but I had fun chatting with you. I hope you had fun as well.


Personally I try to read the wall street journal or new york times. I want to ask why people try to get news from facebook or fox


I try no to get the news from Facebook, but the titles are really worth clicking on. Fox is a legit U.S. pay television news channel... I don't understand the latter remark.


Well I agree that fox is legit and it has great news. However, I am worried by Fox's political agenda.


That they are a Republican based? The news network was created by republican media strategist Richard Ailes and President Richard Nixon.


Yes, the last time there was a school shooting, fox let the elected officials basically bypass the critical questions


School shooting seems very common now and days. I feel numb just hearing about it.


I understand the feeling but we shouldn't be. There has been so many unfortunate shootings but what has come about it and changed to prevent it?


Well I think with the advent of social media and growing population, news hit the circuit pretty quickly, and people are just getting peer pressured into wanting to rage it out on society.


Yeah , is it that one that is referred to as the highest court in the land?


It is. Quite funny if you ask me. Did you know the NBA used to be called the NBL?


No actually I did not know that. What did that stand for?


It stood for the National Basketball League. Have you ever been to an NBA game?


Oh ok that makes sense actually. I have a couple of times. Do you know who the best friend of Jordan is?


No I actually don't know that. Who would that be?


Is the limo driver that gave him a lift when he went back to CHicago in '84


Wow that is very interesting. Did you know there was 1 Canadian team in the NBA?


Yeah, the only one. Even Kim Jong Un seems to have been obsessed with Jordan back in school


I think everyone did back then. Did you know Jordan almost ditched nike?


Hey there, I am actually a very big fan of the NBA. Do you have a favorite team?


I guess the design was not good at all. Nice chatting with you.


I do not but watch the games from time to time? DO you know Reggie Miller?


Yeah. Reggie Miller is a Hall of Famer in the NBA and was often overshadowed by his older sister Cheryl. Do you know who Michael Jordan is?


Yeah he is the legend of NBA and also a great businessman after that deal with Nike


Indeed he is. Did you know which NBA team he owns?


Actually I do not. Do you? The Bulls? I know Air Jordans were banned when they came our first, in the basketball court


He owns the Charlotte Hornets. I did not know that about Air Jordans. Did you know that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar got the dunk banned in college basketball for a decade?


That is insane, he was just too good at it I guess. Do you like Iverson?


I love Allen Iverson. He's one of the best players of all time. Did you know the Supreme Court has a basketball court on their top floor?


Yeah, i am a great dancer. ballet is my specialty. Just like tupac.


Yeah I hear he used to dance in high school


Yes, he was a ballet boy. he has grace and style. He was the king of mice.


Was he?  I thought he was in the nutcracker?


Yes, he was the mouse king in the nutcracker. he was dope.


He probably was a good dancer from a young age. even as a baby. i was not.


Some people have a natural talent some have to work really hard at it.  Do you like i[phone?


I dont have an iphone. i find the smart phones to be a distraction. Anyway, great chat!


I do not like to dance. i am a terrible dancer.


Yeah he won a cha cha competition in 1958


He probably had a great sense of rhythm. he killed onthe dance floor! well, not literally.


Then he went on to movie stardom as a martial artist. so, do you like basketball?


Somewhat.  I like watching it sometimes.  Also, did you know professional ballet dancers go through 4 pairs of shoes a week?


If i were dancing ballet, it would be a dozen pairs a week.


Hey! Hope you're having a great day.  Travelling on a bus that goes 160mph would be really cool


Japan has nothing but toll highways...no thanks!


it would cost 300 bucks just to drive across the country


And with the cost of gas that would be an expensive drive.


some are pretty interesting, like how it effects how you perceive art after you watch a film


the kid from the Shining had no idea he was in a horror film, I wonder what they told him it was lol


How did he not realize with all the screaming and running he had to do?


Yeah it would.  How are you going today.


I'm good.  I didn't know I could get in a workout by watching a horror film