Nice that is cool. If two phone books are stuck together there is no separating them


Wow that is neat. Nice chatting with you


I love dance. DO you know which dance EMilia Clarke did when the auditioned for the GoT?


I have no idea, was it something funny or silly?


You can say that, she did the chicken dance and the robot dance


Haha that is awesome. Bruce Lee was a great dancer too and a cha cha champion


Wow nice. In one episode, Mr Rogers learns to breakdance


Nice. Ballet dancers go through about 4 pairs of shoes in a week


That is a lot of shoes and money. Did you know parrots can dance in tune?


Nice. Babies are good at that too when they hear music


Nice. The first moonwalk was by Bull Bailey and not Jackson


Al the time actually. do you know why the NY area code is 212?


That is because it was easy to dial back in the day when they had rotary phones


Yeah pretty cool. Did you know the cable that sit in the ocean that carry the phone lines are only 2.7 inches in diameter?


Yeh I wonder how they do not get tangled to the animals and break off


I know right? Have you ever used a phonebook?


I have not but I hear that if two of them get stuck they cannot be separated


WOw interesting. Did you know that UNICEF donates clean water when you do not use your phone?


WOw I wonder how that works or how they even track that kind of stuff


I sure do. there is a species that can eat prey twice their size


Yes sometimes I do. DId you know in Norway if you publish a book the government buys the first 1000 copies of it


Oh yeah that is the black swallowfish, I guess it is in the name too


Yes and they give them away to the libraries in the country


Yes such a good plan, support the author and the libraries as well


Yes I know. There are more libraries than McDonald's in  the US


I like that fact because it means that there is hope that people will read more again


Yes agreed. Have you heard of the Library of Things?


Yes that is in Sacramento where you can check out other things you need besides books.


SO nice. A man in prison once used the library to learn and prove that he is innocent


WOw that is impressive. DO you use your phone much?


Well at least they generated some green energy that way


yes climate change is dread to our environment, we should go with the nature to save the earth


yes for sure. did you know roosevelt did not allow christmas tress in the white house?


May be , he dont want to be more religious. Do you watch fox news


Not really, I feel some of the media are really biased. do you?


Media is trying to influence people, they are feeding our minds very negatively, lot of competition between news channels, now-a-days i hate news channels


yeah, but fox is still really big, more than cnn and msnbc combined


Now fox is focusing on gaming sites too, do you play video games


I play from time to time. I hear the same company own a gaming website


I play mobile games, do you about the incident bullets had struck the white house on nov 11, 2011


yeah and they did not know for four days. nice chat


yes I did, from the outside of course. how about you?


I did visited till now, am new here, will plan to visit this summer.


Nice. Look for the guest house too, it is bigger than the white house


sure thanks, first I am enjoying the snow .. am from India , I am very excited :)


nice. do you know who the wealthiest presidents are?


I think trump only right, But i like obama a lot , white house still using floppy disks.. looks crazy


haha it does. actually the wealthiest were jfk, washington and jefferson


oh okay, Why bush used solar panels on whit house, any idea, but sunlight is very low here compared to India


Hello.  I've been watching some basketball lately. Did you know it was formed in 1946?


Well that's impressive.  Did you know that Stephen Curry's first name is actually Wardell?


The new zealnad baskeball team are nicknamed the Ttall blacks"


The new zealand baskeball team are nicknamed the "Tall blacks". Thinking of politics and such I've heard that the US Supreme Court building has a basketball court in it.


The main North American league is the WNBA is the strongest European clubs participate in the Euro league women.


Well that is interesting.  All of this started because James Naismith invented a game.


Only the early stage many clubs are started, Due to his hardwork it become the national game of the nation.


I wonder how he came up with it. I mean, everything is so exactly measured.


The basketball world cup and Men olympic basketball  tournament are the major international event attract top national team.


Did you know that even though Naismith invented the game he is a losing coach?


Its very bad time to basketball. It make me very worried.


Yes, Mostly five players on each side at a time fall into five positions player.


I like that some players still get their education like Tim Duncan did.


That's right.  Those players if they play for the NBA are the best paid athletes in the world.


Its very hard to play NBA they have worked very hard and they are playing for the nation.


That's true.  However, there is a team from Canada that is in the NBA.


Shooting "granny style" is the absolute technique to consistently score points on the line.


I've heard that!  I think that some scientists or something proved that it works best.


Markkanen will break the three-point record by a 7-foot rookie in less than 42 games.


Really?  What team does he play for?  I just started watching but I am familiar with Stephen Curry.


How's it going do you like rap? It's precursor came from West African Griot tradition


No, was she the judge in the suit filed against Eminem?


No Jason Paige is a singer, he is the rapper of the Black and White Pokemon song.


Oh I had no clue. Did you know Busta Rhymes did a voice for the Rugrats film?


I didnt, I used to love the Rugrats great show as a kid, the world's faster rapper is called NoClue


I never knew that, maybe I'll youtube him, sounds like it will be better than Drake's "hotline Bling" song that sampled "Why we can't live together"


So you like Drake? he used to have a pair of solid gold Air Jordans, he must be a real fan of the game and of MJ to have those shoes, they are really heavy too


Not really, it's sad he didn't graduate high school until he turned 25


I guess the phrase it's never too late really applies to him, good thing he made it though.


Yea, it's kinda odd he spent a bunch of money on classic children's books though


That is odd, maybe he didnt have a good childhood and was trying to make out of it. Did you know he found fame as an actor as first.


I do like the genre, not my favorite bit it has a nice beat, I'm guessing you do


I like the older rappers like Tupac Shakur, It's cool that his music is in the library of congress


Tupac is the best, he changed American culture thats a sure thing its a great thing his music is in there.


Yea, I like the old eminem music too, funny he wanted to become a comic book artist as a kid


That is funny, good thing he decided to become a rap artists his songs are pretty good,. there is a deaf rapper.


I never knew there was a deaf rapper,, I have heard of Korean rappers engaging in compliment battles


Yeah his name is Singmark, he rhymes with sign language and really?compliment battles? that sure sounds weird


Yea it does sound strange, so does a Michigan judge delivering a ruling in a rap


That sounds really unprofessional do you know who Jason Paige is?


he was probably inspired by what he saw. plus he probably wanted to get away from all those tourists.


Probably so!  What do you think of radios?


i like the radio, but i dont listen to it now. it is a democratic medium, but the internet is more so.


It can be useful. I've heard that you can hear storms from Jupiter on it.


i havent had much interest in the storm on jupiter. are they good? catchy melody? LOL


I don't know.  I'd like to hear them just to see what they are like. It's got to be better than all the news and such on nowadays.


true. probably better than the top 40 too LOL. i think radio news is a bit more balanced too.


It probably is in Canada for certain.  They have a law where at least 40% of the music has to be Canadian.


that is a way to protect the market for local talent. with the internet, i dont think it matters much now. anyway, great chat!


Good point.  With the internet you can listen to old radio dramas from days gone by even.


Hi. I am good. How are you?  I do like to travel.  I would love to travel to Iceland even though it has no public rail service.


Yes, that would be good for nostalgia. the good old days of radio. no video distractions.


It could fire the imagination just by listening to the radio.


iceland looks great! i bet they have buses, cars and horses though.


I don't know.  Supposedly most residents take flights to travel between major cities.


i guess the terrain is bad for rail. too difficult. small planes could be perfect.


I think you might be right. Which would you rather do?  Iceland with it's flights or Japan? All of the roads in Japan are toll roads and it costs more than $300 to travel across the country.


Japan has great rail system and a great highway system. easy to get around. not cheap though.


Yeah, that's for sure.  I like Mackinac Island, Michigan.  They've banned motorized vehicles and most people travel by horse drawn carriage or bike.


I hope they ban cell phones too. people need to disconnect from tech. cars are one thing to leave behind for a while.


That would be nice except in cases of emergencies.  You know, the first king to travel around the world was king kalakaua of Hawaii.  I wonder how he did it.


Gross! you can listen to free music too! June 15 Of Tomorrow Galloway Street and South Dakota Avenue NE; Fri., 6-8 p.m., free. D.C.-based band Of Tomorrow blends a variety of styles - rock, funk, reggae, hip-hop, soul and more - into a cohesive whole.


That's neat. I like music. Did you know that Aerosmith made more money from guitar hero than any album?


I had no idea! Seattle quartet Kuinka plays an exuberant brand of pop music, bouncing through styles, instruments and moods so quick that it can be hard to keep up.


That sounds cool! Led zeppelin decided not to title their fourth album, to confuse the hated rock press.


Bill murray thinks kung fu hustle is "the supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy".


Haha. Evan almighty is the most expensive comedy ever made, with a budget of $200 million!


I wonder how much it made? It was a good comedy!


I don't think I ever saw it! "the empire strikes back' was nominated by the writers guild of america for its best comedy award in 1981.


The green lantern film was originally going to be a comedy starring jack black. I would have loved to see that!


Me too! Parody subverts popular genres and forms, critiquing those forms without necessarily condemning them.


I loved this one too. So good! 3rd rock from the sun won the golden globe for best comedy series in 1997, beating seinfeld, friends, and frasier.


That's hard to believe with how popular they were! Thanks for chatting!


no, i would love to though! 8 things to do in D.C. from June 14-20


It looks like there are several comedy shows there. Do you like comedy?


It has been 37 years since a comedy won the academy award for best picture.


apparently this guys album was debuted at No. 1 on iTunes' comedy albums chart


That's pretty cool. I didn't realize Drew Carey was in the Marines for 8 years and that's where he started telling jokes.


me either! I loved his show, Cleveland rocks!


It was funny! The early comedy cinema joke of slipping on a banana peel was a reference to slipping in horse manure.


Hello,  how are you?  Do you like Youtube? Netflix and youtube together make up half of peak internet traffic in north america


You have to have control!  No butter,  just popcorn lol


No, buttery movies is the best part of watching movies, haha


Haha Danny, the boy from the shining, did not know he was acting in a horror film until several years later.


I find that interesting. I wonder if the set was scary for him at all. I wouldn't want a kid to be traumatized.


I'm sure he's fine,  he got over it with the piles of money he made.  He probably went to Disneyland lol


I'd like to get a waterphone so I can play suspensful creepy music just like in the movies, but randomly at home.


thats creepy.  I hope you live alone lol.  I found out on the Warner Bros tour that the creepy sounds from Walking Dead is just some guy eating chicken lol


No, I do not. It would be fun to play that trick on my family. And that is awesome about the chicken. I'd love to be the chicken eating person behind the sound effects.


I know right,  that sound like a job im qualified for!


Did you think Bambi was scary? I watched it as a kid and thought it was when the mom got shot. Apparently Stephen King thought it was scary when he watched it as a kid, too.


I do like YouTube though I prefer to watch Netflix more.


I though it was extremely sad,  but not scary lol anyways good talking to you.


I like both.  Police actually have their own youtube called blutube, where they share law enforcement videos.


That is pretty funny. DId you ever watch Justin Bieber's "Baby" on YouTube? It's the most disliked video!


I did.  I didn't think it was that bad lol


Yeah, it is pretty catchy. Do you like watching horror at all?


Haha, I know what you mean. You should try watching horror before viewing abstact art. It will help you enjoy the abstract art more.


I like this fact better Watching horror movies can burn up more than 180 calories.


But if you eat a lot of popcorn like I do it's probably counterproductive.


Yes very true! The like button is illegal in one of the states in Germany.


I wonder if that's a translation issue? Facebook engineers actually originally wanted to call it the "awesome" button--I wonder if that would have been acceptable.


It very well could be. I never even thought of that.


I'm sure they're more liberal when it comes to other medium of communication, like radio.


I bet. Facebook is blue because Zuckerburg suffers from red-green colorblindness.


I know that kind of colorblindness is almost entirely restricted to males; did you know that facebook actually has 56 custom gender options in addition to male and female?


I did not know that, how different from the two options we've always been restricted to.


The world is not so black and white anymore; it was much simpler in the days of radio. Back in 1948, it's estimated that Bing Crosby recordings filled more than half of radio airtime,


I agree. It's definitely an ever changing environment.


Yes, before the internet, the dial tone on the phone was actually in the key of F to help people tune their guitars.


Hi there! I do, but much less frequently than I used to. I miss the day when it was restricted to college students! That's how it started: just some Harvard kids, then Boston-area schools and the Ivies + Stanford.


That's a cool way to how it got started. I saw MySpace turned down an offer to buy Facebook for $75 million back in 2005.


Yes, and by 2012 at its IPO it was valued at $104 billion--big mistake!


That's a huge mistake and very big loss of profits for them.


It's a big profit for divorce attorneys, though; a third of all divorce filings in 2011 contained the word "facebook", so it's definitely playing a part in the dissolution of relationships.


I bet it is. That's pretty funny. I bet so many couples fight over Facebook.


Well, 30% of American adults use it as their primary news source, so they're probably starting their drama on there, too.


That's interesting. I feel like it's full of fake news.


It is a good medium for that, since there's so many users, and I bet plenty of them are fake, too. There are more users on facebook than there were people in the world 200 years ago!


Wow, never heard that before! Maybe there was a problem with too many people using their hat? Some advantage? Hmm...


Lol its weird. Would be entertaining though.


So why did kickball never catch on as an adult professional sport? In Canada they call it soccer baseball. Makes sense.


That sounds really fun actually. I wonder why too.


If you were a baseball player would you choose familiarity to chance? Brandon Kintzler had a few offers but returned to the nationals to a non glamorous seventh inning role.


Maybe didnt want to leave for his family?


He said he didn't want to have to get to know everybody again. Sounds like something I would say haha.


Same here! I've moved a few times. Settling down is difficult lol


Right. He's like I just got done doing it. I don't want to do it again. Ha. He also mentioned feeling less stress so I guess that is important to him. I can relate.


Absolutely, and the money is probably still quite good.


I do sometimes How about you? I see the albuquerue isotopes named their team after the baseball team on the simpsons.


Yeah, his two year deal is worth up to $15 million. Well, I think I'm going to go off and do a little more research. Have a good day!


Interesting. i have not heard of them. That's funny! I always found it funny as well how baseball managers wear uniforms. They do this because they are technically able to play for their team if the need comes up.


Didn't know that. I wonder if a manager has ever had to fill in!


I was wondering that too! I also was wondering if there are any baseball cards in my attic. A man found three million dollars worth of baseball cards in his grandfather's attic.


Hah. I collected baseball cards before. They are worth very little though fun to collection if you like the players.


I wonder if they have baseball cards in Japan too? It is also a very popular sport there.


I am sure they do. I wonder if the statement about catching a ball in your hat is real lol


Apparently catching a baseball in your hat gives the opposing team three bases. Huh?


Hi there. Did you know that 80% of the earth's natural Forrest have been destroyed?


Well ballet dancers go through 4 pairs of pointed shoes a week.


Tupac used to dance ballet in High School!


And he portrayed the Mouse King in the Nutcracker. You just never know do you!


You sure don't. Michael Jackson patented a device for a certain dance move.


It let him do the "extreme lean" which was a move his used in some of his videos.


Oh ok i know what your talking about. Apparently Baby are natural dancers.


I have seen babies start to dance when they hear music! It's very cute!


It is, There were two identical twins in Japan that released a rap album when they turn 100 years old back in 92.


Wow, that's pretty cool! I wonder how it sounded?!


I didn't know that, but that's sad! Makes sense since there are almost 8 billion people on earth using those resources.


I can't even imagine. Nice chatting with you.


Yeah and apparently the figured out the a day was only 5.5 hours long when the earth was first formed.


That's strange to think about. You would only have to work for about an hour or so per day, though!


Now that sounds cool! Apparently the earth will be helium free by the end of 21st century.


I guess no more helium balloons, then. The Earth is 4.5 billion years old, so I guess some of these things lasted a long time.


Yeah and apparently us as humans if the earth were viewed as a 24 hour period would only represent 1 minute 17 seconds.


That's incredible to think about. I guess some people enjoy studying stuff like that. I prefer to do less serious things, like dancing. Do you like to dance?


Apparently not as much as Bruce Lee who won the Hong Kong Cha-cha championship.


Yeah, that was way back in 1958. I wonder if there's a video of it somewhere.


Have you ever been horseback riding? Horses are odd toed ungulate mammals.


Did you watch sesame street as a kid? My favorite episode was the one with carol burnett. She was the first celebrity to do a cameo.


She was awesome! Celebrity trivia is great too!  Here is one about Justin Bieber, a 30-year old guy who was banned from Facebook simply because he shared the same name as the famous Beiber!


Do you watch judge judy? I am not a fan. I'm shocked she is the second highest paid celebrity.


Really?  Almost as shocking as to learn that Paris Hilton was in the 2007 Guinness wold book of records for being the "Most underrated Celebrity"


Paris has the cutest dogs! Her simple life show was funny.


Cute as a Penguin? The Penguins of Madagascar, the movie, had a running joke of hiding celebrity names in the dialogue. I'll have to watch it to see if I''m listed!


That's another great movie. I miss robin williams. He was great in aladdin when he voiced the genie.


Yes, indeed. Warms my heart thinking of him. Also warms my heart to learn tha John Cena has granted more Make-A-Wish wishes than anyone else at 400!


I love to see celebrities doing charitable work.


Yeah. I wonder if Jena Marbles has done any? She makes over $300,00 per year from her YouTube channel!


You make them sound so romantic! Yes, I have ridden the Equus ferus. You?


Just a few times in summer camp as a kid. I would like to ride an icelandic horse for its fifth speed of speedwalking.


Nice. I would like to catch one of the truly feral horses left, Przewalski's horse. Just so I can say that I did of course.


Lipizzaner horses turn completely white by age 6. That would be a sight to see!


Type slower. There is an extensive, specialized vocabulary used to describe horse-related concepts, and I am a novice. Be gentle.


Have you ever seen the horse at the FSU games? Football is a fun game of kicking a ball to score points.


I have not seen the FSU horse, bt I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express. Did you know that horses, sharks, and orangutans are all ticklish?


That is fascinating! I would be scared to tickle a shark and get bit!


Let the orangutang do it and use the horse to escape... Unless you are in Iceland and on an Icelandic horse, because once an Icelandic horse leaves Iceland, it can never return.


They'd need more than a flash drive.  I've just start a Netflix account, have you used it in the past?


I am a subscriber yeah, I cant believe how much debt the company has


I guess they feel they have to spend money to make money.  Eventually they will have to make a profit.  It doesn't seem that long ago that they were just a company you rented DVD's from through the mail.


I guess they have the potential but there are other streaming services out there that can be a threat, did you watch the movie Black Panther?


My son watched it a few weeks back, I kind of dipped in and out of it without watching the whole thing.  It looked interesting, I wonder if will win Oscars tonight?


I think the movie has a decent shot, interesting fact but Black Panther is actually the richest superhero


I though that Iron Man guy was meant to fairly rich?  There's so many of these super hero movies now it is difficult to keep track.  Black Panther seemed novel tough.


The net worth of Black Panther is $500 billion, Tony Stark has a net worth of $100 billion and Bruce Wayne $80 billion, and yeah its hard to keep track I agree


I wonder how much the bosses of Netflix have?  I think that Amazon founder, is it Bezos, has more money than the Black Panther.  Maybe he should become a superhero.


He has the money to do it, he can buy a really expensive super hero suit,


Yeah I have, Samuel L Jackson is on that movie right?


He'd have to come up with a good name, something to do with Amazon?


Mr, Amazo, The Amazon, Amazman, probably not the best names just brainstorming here


I heard so much about it, especially when it was coming out, but I've never seen it?


I didnt like it, its about a terrorist attack on a plane but they use a bomb that releases snakes, seems too unreal to me


Seemed over the top, but I thought that was the gimmick.  Like those Sharknado movies.


Yeah I guess so, do you use the internet a lot?


Probably more than I should.  Difficult to recall life without the internet, and all the things you can get because of it.


The internet is a great invention I agree, good thing there is a copy stored in the library of Alexandria


I'm not sure what that means, do they update it regularly?  I like being able to stream movie now, get them when you want it.


I think they do, they must, it must be a big file, imagine storing all the info out there,


Yes. I have seen him in the Drew Carey show and Two and a Half Men. He was very funny in those shows.


For sure, I loved those shows! He was in whose line is it anyways, the ultimate improv show!


Oh yes I have seen that show. He is very funny because the show is unscripted. Is this correct?


Right and Drew Carrey used to be the host of that one. Great entertainment! Have you seen Green Lantern?


No I haven't but do you recommend any bromantic comedies for me to watch?


IT was supposed to be a comedy with Jack black, but was an action film with ryan reynolds. I loved Pineapple Express, I recommend that bromantic comedy for sure!


Okay thanks I will go ahead and watch it. Thanks for the recommendation.


You are welcome! Did you ever watch Evan Almighty?


No. I haven't watch this movie is it good?


IT was pretty good, had a lot of stars. It is the most expensive comedy film ever made at $200 million! You should check it out, it was so nice chatting with you!


I love movies, especially comedy! How about you?


I will. Thank you so much for chatting with me, it was fun. Bye!!


It was very fun, thanks! Enjoy your night!


I usually watch action movies. Could you tell me what the main emphasis of comedy in movies is?


has a huge emphasis on humour. It makes me laugh and it makes me feel good about myself. Action films are also great too!


Thanks. Is it true that the first silent movies that came out were comedies?


I think it was. I just remember Charlie Chaplin movies were comedies. It is amazing they didn't even need to speak and it was funny. Have you ever watched Comedy Central?


I watched Comedy Central very rarely in all honesty. Charlie Chaplin movies were very funny indeed.


I loved them. Comedy Central is great here and there, but they keep cancelling the good shows.


I'm sorry to hear that. Do you know the actor that dropped out of high school in order to pursue a career in comedy?


I think it was Ryan Stiles. That guy is hilarious. I think he is one in a million to be successful for dropping out, I wouldn't recommend it. Do you know him?


Hello there, your thoughts on Ed Sheeran?  I think he has a pretty good voice.


I have heard that it was King Kalakaua of Hawaii.  Must have been before Hawaii became part of the United States.  Thank goodness for the internet.


Right, lol! Apparently Mackinac Island, MI banned motorized vehicles for 100 years.


Well that would not work in Holland.  They are making buses that go 160 mph!  That is crazy!


Wow not sure i would want to get on that. It might as well be a train.


Well on another note, I am glad the internet exists.  They even have internet access at the top of Mount Everest.


Really that sounds cool, still not going up there though, the mountain win! Are you apart of the 7% that reads the terms and condition from internet purchases?


No I rarely read them sadly, I probably should more often.  What about you?


No my friend we are both 93%'ers, lol! You know they have copied the internet some how!


Yeah I heard there is a copy of the whole thing in Alexandria.  I wonder how many gigabytes it is and how often it is updated.


I would think it would have to be updated pretty frequently by the minute. Wouldn't you? It's all ways changing!


I know he is a singer/writer but I'm unfamiliar with his work. I know he thinks Eminem is his biggest musical influence.


Agreed, thanks for the chat, have a good rest of the day!


You too, hope to chat again soon. Those 3 lines on the menu app is called a hamburger button, lol!


Well he is English and was born in Halifax.  Some suggest he has a better vocal range than Freddie Mercury of Queen.  I am not sure about that though.


Wow he sounds gifted to say the least. He wrote and recorded the song in the Movie the Hobbit. I hear in just one day!


True, I wonder if you could travel across the country of Japan in one day.  It costs 300 bucks in tolls though!


Yeah i think that's ridiculous! So Edward attended the academy of contemporary music in Guildford.


Yeah, he actually wrote the song "Love Yourself", but decided it wouldn't fit his album so he sent it to Justin Bieber who rolled with it.  What a nice guy lol


Sounds like it. Do you like to or have you traveled?


I have traveled a bit, though I have never been to Iceland.  Apparently people take planes between major towns there.  You?


A little not out of the country yet though. You know who the first king to travel around the world was?


HI! I love to watch pixar movies. I wonder what they have in their secret room?


I do like Kelly Clarkson. Do you think shes ever opened for herself like U2 at a show?


I don't know, she has a great voice so that's why contestants feel pressured to choose her as a coach on The Voice.


I would want to go with who is the best singer in that game! I wonder how much they get paid per episode? less than Judge Judy i bet.


Indeed. Country music used to be called hillbilly music until the 1940s.


Thats Funny! I do like country music though.


I hear it on the radio. Do you know that a canadian law requires at least 40% of the music played to be Canadian!


I did hear about that. I wonder if there are a few black Canadian country singers?


So far there are only two african americans in the country music hall of fame.


I know i would think there would be more.


I wonder if they played the fender stratocaster which was intended for country music?


Sounds mysterious. Did you know the Celebrity status is often associated with wealth?


I would have never guessed that! Have a great day!


One last fact about radios there is a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free.


I would love to do that while at work! it would  make it so much better


Indeed I agree. Soldiers in WWII made simple radios using razorblade and pencil as the diode, dubbing them foxhole radios.


I didnt know that! Judge Judy would know all about that with her 123k per episode!


Great for her! Carol Burnett was the first celebrity to appear on Sesame Street!


I didnt know that! I liked robin williams as genie in Aladdin! i didnt know that started the trend though!


I haven't watched it before. What is it?


It's a celebrity coached singing competition. There are "fights" over the country singers.


oh, what kind of fights? Funny to know that ive heard of George strait for a long time but never knew he was cousins with jeff bezos.


Oooh weird. I guess that all the aspiring country singers on The Voice want Blake Shelton as a coach, but Kelly Clarkson "fights" with  him over these singers.


No I do not think so. Have you heard of compliment battle?


Uh, no. Not much of a battle, if you ask me. How do they determine the winner? The more gracious person?


Hahhaa i guess. do you know busta rhymes?


Don't know the man. Is he a rapper of sorts?


yeah he is and he actually voiced the reptar wagon in the rugrats movie


Does he look like a wagon? Could be some sort of typecasting.


I am not too sure actualy. DO you like Linkin Park?


I have never been to Linkin Park. Is it nice? Lots to do there?


Actually it is a music band their album is the best selling one for 21st century


Huh. Never heard of 'em. I guess they must be good.


Hi, how are you? I'm not really much of a rapper myself. Do you rap? Can you spit mad fire yo?


They are super good. that album was hybrid theory


I guess the kids must love them. I don't know their music. I'm too old. What about NWA?


I do not really know them. Nice chatting with you,


I am not sure, unfortunately he is dead but his music is in the library of congress


The Library of Congress likes rap? I never knew they listened to that music in a library. Usually libraries are quiet.


Actually it is there as music of cultural significance


Oh, so there isn' a boom box in the library? Tupac must be disappointed. He could have been a judge, considering that judges delivers verdicts in rap form sometimes.


I know . did you hear about that judge in Michigan?


Was that judge's name Tupac? That would be a heck of a coincidence.


I love the Star Wars series - I remember seeing the first 3 as a child


Yes the studio thought the movie would be a flop so they gave him merchandising rights!  He was smart!


He was really smart! Speaking of Star Wars and outer space, what do you think about the planet Earth?


I am worried about it with global warming.  We could move to Venus but I think I would miss the change of seasons there


Yes I would miss the change of seasons, I would also not want to live on Uranus because it rotate sideways and rolls around LOL


That might make you dizzy!  Scientists have detected building blocks of life 455 light years away - I have no idea how they could detect that though!


No I wondered about that too! Don't know if I would visit that, or if I would visit the planet that is raining glass they both sound dangerous LOL


Jupiter's moon would be big enough to be considered a planet if it orbited the sun.


That is interesting. Do you think they will ever have concerts in space? I know I went to a lot of concerts this year


Bet you did not go to as many as linkin park played - they did 324 concerts in 2001


wow nope I didn't see them all, I have seen the ramones though, they did about 2200 concerts in 20 years which is insane


Yes I love those movies too. Do you really think that Star Wars Episode 1 was about President Trump though? That seems far-fetched


That is crazy.  At least they played good concerts - creed played one that was so bad that 4 people with tickets filed a lawsuit


lol I would be so embarrased, I just wish I could have seen that pink floyd concert back in 1972, they did a concert with no audience for some reason!


That does seem very far fetched.   I did not realize there were 9 total episodes!  No wonder it was the Guinness record holder for most successful film merchandising


Yep you're right about that! What did you think about episode 1 though? I actually like it more than the newer movies like The Last Jedi which I think is horrible


I did like episode 1 but only saw it once so I am a bit fuzzy about it.  I liked James Earl Jones in the original - rather funny he only got $7500 for recording his lines


That is really crazy! You think you would have been paid a lot more, but that is a lot per hour, he only worked for about 2 and 1/2 hours


For sure.   I had no idea that the film had gotten redubbed into Navajo - that is an unusual choice!


absolutely! what do you think about Marcia Lucas she doesn't get any credit in terms of star wars lore, but she made a lot of good editing decisions


Yes thank goodness George made a good choice in who to marry!   She even won the academy award for editing


That's really awesome for exclamation mark did you hear how George Lucas became a billionaire by the way


Have you been using any streaming services lately?


I think it's something all ages can enjoy. You have any favorite actors?


I actually like some of the ones they mention here, jude law is good looking and i think johnny depp does and amazing job at acting, especially when playing eccentric characters. How about you?


Yeah I'm a big fan of Johnny Depp. I remember watching him in the 80's when he starred in the TV show 21 Jump Street.


I wonder what I first saw him in...hmmm. I like when he plays interesting characters like in alice in wonderland or him as Jack Sparrow. Do you watch any other tv shows like the office?


Not that I can think of. You have something in mind that you enjoy?


I really like the office, and I saw that Jon Hamm taught it at his old high school and one of the girls from his class was on the office! I just found that interesting. What other actors do you enjoy?


Haha he is a great comedy actor. did you watch any holiday movies? It talks about one here called the princess switch


Yeah I've heard about it. Seems like a pretty cool Christmas romance movie.


I love Christmas movies! I'm adding this to my list for next year. It seems like we are out of time. It was great chatting with you :)


are you referring to things like netflix? If so, I've been using that and Amazon Prime. What about you?


I'd say Netflix is my favorite because they've been around the longest. They were founded in 1997.


I think it is also my favorite. I wonder how you get a job there as a tagger! That sounds quite fun


I wonder how many subscribers they have. You have any idea?


It says 137 million worldwide and 58 million just here in the US. Have you heard of this show in the first paragraph at all? Fantastic Beasts


Yeah I've heard about it. I don't have any kids so I'm not sure if I'd enjoy it. What about you?


I never heard of it but I was just reading it is the prequel to Harry Potter. Did you ever get into that series?


I had a girlfriend that loved it so I watched many of those films with her.


i've read the books, seen the movies, and visited harry potter world. I'm wondering if I would find this show appealing! Do you think it only attracts younger kids or would 30-somethings like it too?


Morning! Wow, I haven't thought about sports since high school. I didn't realize competitive wrestling really is.


Yes! I heard he has the biggest and most muscled hands in the world. Mind-boggling, I wonder what he looks like. I'd be kind of interested to watch a wrestling match. Do you prefer something more like competitive wrestling, or something more like the wrestling  you see on TV?


Yeah not only a champion but a bodybuilder as weell and I prefer competitive wresling better, what about you? any preferences?


I feel like if I was going to watch it, I'd prefer competitive - it seems more real and less like a show. Not that there's anything wrong with a show, but I think I'd rather see the competition than the show. I think it would be cool to watch that Wrestler of the Year, Curtis, in action.


It would be interesting indeed, do you like any other sports? Im a basketball fan as well.


Well to be honest, I'd definitely watch basketball over wrestling. I love the fast pace. And I just learned that there's even a basketball court on the top floor of the Supreme Court building. How cool is that!?


Yeah me too, I like basketball better, and really? I didnt know that, it must be a really cool court, I wonder if they host tournaments in there


I hope they do - if not, seriously, why do they even have it? Maybe the Justices take their recesses up there and Ruth Bader Ginsberg can actually dunk the ball! Haha! It's great exercise. Do you play at all?


I used to play it but not anymore, now I just watch it lol, there is a team called Tall Blacks in New Zealand, that sounds racial.


It really does, doesn't it? I wonder if it's just a cultural difference and maybe they don't feel that way in New Zealand. You know if you said that in the U.S. you'd go viral for all the wrong reasons! I guess the New Zealand team must just be extremely tall, eh? I had no idea the dunk shot got banned from college basketball for a while, did you know that?


Yeah, you could get in a lot of trouble for naming a team like that, and I didnt know that either, I wonder why they decided to ban the dunk shot lol, its one of the best moves in basketball.


Apparently its as competitive as other sports, I just to wrestle in high school so it would be nice to remember those times.


Definitely super dramatic, a good crowd pleaser, lol. I'm going sign off after this, great chatting with you!!


Its been great chatting with you as well, I will go and watch some basketball videos in YouTube now.


Oh did ya?  I was never very sporty in high school, but I had a friend who wrestled and I remember how he was always so concerned with his weight and trying to make sure he kept in the right weight class. Seemed a very strict kind of sport, like you need to be very diligent to participate.


Yeah I can see why, you have to mantain a certain weight, have you seen Marvin Joseph? he is a grea wrestler, one of the best I have ever seen.


I haven't heard of Marvin Joseph as a wrestler - I'm sorry to say the extent of my knowledge about wrestling is pretty much limited to The Rock. But I just learned that even Plato was a pro wrestler before he became a philosopher. Do you think it's the kind of thing you can pick up again, like riding a bike?


Sorry I mean River Curtis, I got confused with the reporter from the Washington Post, Curtis won the Wrestler of the year award, and I think it is, it might be harder than riding a bike again but the body has memory and with hard work its possible


Do you think if you had kids you would encourage them to try out wrestling? I can't tell if it's something that would be great for teaching determination and self-control, or if it could lead to eating disorders and the like. If you could do it all again, would you still have wrestled?


I think I would, I just to like it and maybe my kids would too, I would want them to play sports thats for sure, you know Lincoln was a wresler, he is on the hall of hame even


It's so weird to think of these serious people once being wrestlers. I mean, you have them on the one side, and the other end where folks in Turkey are dousing themselves in oil to wrestle - that oil wrestling sounds more like a spectacle than a serious sport but I guess to each his own, lol.


I agree, it was suprising to me to learn that Lincoln was a wresler and a good one as well, you know who Denis Cyplenkov is?


Who starred with Lady gaga in the new A Star is Born?


She is godmother to his son.    A better choice than her favorite band Iron Maiden!


I also have no idea whatsoever who that band is! I must be out of the modern loop!!


Perhaps they should do a soundtrack like Gaga and Cooper!


Anything!     Film soundtracks are big business.    The o Brother soundtrack is certified 8 times platinum.


I had no idea! My favorite sound track of all time is Grease.


Cool.    I was surprised to learn Steven Spielberg played the clarinet for his own Jaws soundtrack.


Me too! Is there nothing that guy can't do??


He might have trouble recording in five different languages like Phil Collins did for the Tarzan soundtrack.


I also had no clue before that he did that. That's amazing!


Too true!     Thanks for the chat!    I think I'm going to go listen to some classic radio dramas for free on a website!


I wasn't at first! She was so out there but eventually her voice totally won me over and I love her now! Some of her songs are overplayed and annoying but she's great!


Thanks.      I find it ironic that she was on MTV before she was famous!


I have no clue what that show even was that they said she was on!


Boiling points.     I wonder if her good friend Elton John ever appeared on that show.


Doesn't seem like something he would be interested in, ha ha! I had no idea they even knew each other.


Did you hear what it's legal to have attached to your car over in South Africa?


I saw a flamethrower is legal. Apparently, to deter carjacking.


Lol yeah that's right! Sounds like real life Twisted Metal if you ask me.


I do like to, but don't get to do as much as I would like, how about you?


I love traveling, but I'm in the same boat with having a family now. The Dutch are creating a bus that goes 160 mph.


That just sounds very scary, I don't know if I would ride in that.


I don't think I would either. Too fast for my liking.


Yeah way too fast to be moving on the ground anyways.


Hello there, I do like cars, I think classic cars are cool.  How about you?


I love cars as well. I like motorcycles better though.


Do you know when the first car was ever made?


I read that it was in 1886 by some German inventor.


That's a good man right there. Did you know the trunk of a car got its name because older cars used to have wooden trunks?


I think I have read about that before, not much of a safety feature lol.


I agree. Cadillac was named after a French explorer.


That is true, I think he ended up founding the city of Detroit as well if i'm correct.


That would be nice,  I have never brought her to donate blood yet.  Dogs and elephants understand pointing.


Yeah that's shocking you would think that gorillas would also understand pointing because they should be smarter than dogs or elephants, I was also shocked to learn that dogs are not actually colorblind, I don't know why everyone says they are


Yeah they just cant see as many colors as we can.  what kind of dog do you have?


Well we used to have a husky. But we don't have her anymore unfortunately, she was actually really awesome! did you hear about what is stanbul trains dogs to do in their city by the way?


Im sorry to hear.  Yes,  we should totally do that in America!  I see so many homeless people with dogs,  it would be great if they could recycle to feed their dogs, and other strays.


Yes I agree! By the way, do you have a Facebook page for your dog haha? I know that some people do, I try not to use Facebook myself though


No,  she doesnt have a facebook page,  she just shares with me lol


Haha that's funny! I also think it's funny that the Facebook like button is banned in schleswig-holstein, which is a state in Germany, I wonder why


I dont know,  maybe they have something against hitchickers?  thumbs up?  or maybe what it represents?


Haha yes I don't know! But I do know that I wish that Burger King still had its free Whopper promotion running on Facebook haha, did you hear about that?


Hi there I do! I really like the poems by Edgar Allan Poe and the movie The Shining, have you seen that movie?


Yeah for sure,  I would trade in a few friends for a free whopper lol Its been really great chatting with you,  have a good one .


I havent,  is it good? The one with jack Nicholson?


Yes it is. There's a little boy in the movie called Danny, and I was happy to learn that while he was acting in the movie he never knew that he was making a horror movie haha he would be scarred for life


Yeah I hope he only learned when he was an adult.  That could be terrifying!


Yep I agree! Last time I watched the movie The Shining I had to cuddle with my dog haha do you have a dog?


I do have a dog,  she is 2, Yuki. Shes is the best!


I like that name! I also like how dogs are man's best friend, and I never knew that they actually have twelve different blood types


It means snow in Japanese lol she has white fur and I love snowboarding, so its fits. That is interesting,  I never knew that


Yes and I also have dog blood drives! I hope they give out treats afterwards!


maybe a lot of they all speak Latin lol did you know there is a website that has thousands of classic radio dramas you can listen to for free?


I would like to know the average age of the visitors to that site. I can't imagine young people listening to old radio shows.


lol probably not thats probably why it is free.


I like country music,  but I dont follow it enough to know a lot aboutit how about u


I'm not really a country fan. I was surprised to learn that the stratocaster was design for country music. It really caught on in rock.


Yeah that is interesting.  I hear U use to open for themselves and dress up in costume.  thats pretty funny


U2 probably got bored with the same old music and wanted to have some fun. I understand the desire for variety. They probably had enough money.


I didnt know country musician george strait and jeff bezos are cousins that is interesting fact.


I wonder if Jeff is a fan of George's music, or if George gets a special deal at Amazon.


I used to listen to the radio a lot. Not so much now. You?


not really,  I listen to audio books and pandora mostly.


Yeah, I usually use Youtube. Canadian law seems a little restrictive, with the requirement that at least 40% be Canadian. What do you think?


I think that is a little too much justin bieber for me lol


Yeah, I wonder how they deal with the Internet. No way to regulate content on there easily.


I guess it would be, but they want to ensure that Canadian artists are heard and supported. But with the Internet, there is no guarantee of exposure. Would you listen to the news in Latin?


Maybe if I understood Latin.  If it was canadian,  wouldnt it be french?


English or French. But a Finnish radio station has broadcast a weekly news program in Latin since 1989. How many listeners are there in Finland for that?!


hey did you know the richest superhero is black panther?


ah I mean I like metallica and guns and roses a lot, but ive heard them so many times I've been diving into lesser known 80s bands recently


Do you consider Metallica and G&R classic rock? What 80s bands?


I do, you could say metallica is more metal but they got to be more rock-like in the 90's, I like thompson twins hold me now, I've been listening to that a lot recently


That's interesting... I am 40 and think of Led Zepplin when I think classic rock. Is this an age thing?


ah it might be haha, or maybe i'm just wrong, I do love led zepplin though, pink floyd is also amazing


Pink floyd is my favorite band, or should I say the one I consistently listen to and do not get bored with. I can listen to them all the time whereas other bands I turn off after a while...


oh wow interesting, ya I got into them and I think their animals album is super underrated, like you don't heard songs from that album on the radio at all


No, that's one of their sneaky albums. Dark side of the moon is the commercial hit but the others are just as good.


yup dark side and the wall are the ones that everyone knows, but they're so overplayed that I got into their other stuff which you're right is just as good if not better


It makes me sad that artists like them wouldn't be successful in today's market.


I did not. I found the article on Paul Rand humourous!


nope people don't like that kind of music unfortunately these days


don't think Ive seen that article what does it say?


"On Saturday, Ryan tweeted and then deleted this: "A secretary at a public high school in Lancaster, PA, said she was pleasantly surprised her pay went up $1.50 a week ... she said [that] will more than cover her Costco membership for the year." The responses were not kind... Twitter is the best and worst!


lol ya that is not a lot of money, oooof what a disaster haha


I know. Here's a response: If she's 30 and saved that 1.50 until she's 65, thats $2,750. Totally makes up for losing Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, which is how they are planning to repay the 1.5 Trillion they added to the deficit


haha ya politics is a joke, I try not to read the news because i'ts too depressing, other thing I can't believe is that linkin park's "hybrid theory" is the best selling record of the 21st century, that is also scary to me


Really!? I love that album. Like the one with Jay Z too.


oh really, ya I just don't like lincoln park, thats just me though I'm more into classic rock and 80's music


What is your band? I listen to classic rock a lot at the gym.


Are you a fan of Star Wars in general? I liked the first three films myself.


I enjoyed them in their early years, but my interest kind of faded.  They call it a space opera, a play on the term "soap opera".  It is the highest grossing film series of all time.


That makes sense. Yeah, the term space opera is better. It's not sci-fi, not like 2001:Space Odyssey. I enjoyed the rousing adventure of the early films. I'm impressed by Marcia Lucas' contribution.


Yes.  I think it is an art form unto itself.  Also, it set a Guinness World Record for merchandising, with theme parks, toy, books, TV shows, video games and more.


The world loves Star Wars. I have little interest in all the extra films that Disney is grinding out. Too much too fast. Too much supply, not enough demand.


Well, I don't know what other generations want, but if they don't make money, Disney will stop.  Apparently Marcia Lucas mad several editing contributions to the original film that made quite a difference.


She had great story ideas. I think George has a lot of imagination, but he needs guidance, as we all do in creative endeavors. Nothing is done solo these days.


That is true.  God used over 40 authors for the 66 books of the Bible.  James Earl Jones only made $7.5 thousand for voicing Darth Vader.


He must have gotten residuals. If not, he made money on the next films.


His voice is a gold mine.  Someone dubbed Star Wars in Navajo in 2013.  That was the first film dubbed into a Native American language.


Pretty good.  Can you believe that the Trump tariffs are adding some credibility to Star Wars?


Likewise.. I meant now, not " not"  Likewise!


What? That's funny. Which Star Wars movie?


Star Wars: Episode 1- The Phantom Menace.  The episode starts with the words that trade route taxation is in dispute.


Oh, I see. Yeah, I could see the connection with Trump. But there has always been trade friction. COuld be any president frankly.


Most US Presidents have not done much about tariffs.  However, tariffs have never escalated to a shooting war.  Economists are not that violent.


True. I hope that it doesn't come to that. The planet probably can't take too much war.


I believe that even China will pay their $250 million in tariffs rather than have nuclear bombs on their country.  They won't have to either.  They will just have to treat us more fairly.  Anyhow, it is neat to see a movie become relevant like this.


And certainly not the movie that I would have expected. Star Wars just seemed to be about the Force and stuff. Hm. Interesting connection.


Exactly.  Somebody was doing more thinking that we thought when they mentioned tariffs.


They really found their place since since they went into streaming, did you use Netflix at the time they sent DVD via mail ?


I had a friend who did. no late fees. good system. beat the hell out of blockbuster.


Blockbuster is not more, they should have accepted the offer to buy Netflix at 50 million.


they really should have. no bb is no more. just a memory of foolish hubris.


They should had smaller late fees, that is what inspired the founders of Netflix.


yes, that is true. i bet they made a lot of money off late fees. it became punitive.


It became hubris like you said. Internet came and somebody had an idea. do you think you are addicted to internet ?


I figure that at this point, i am. i have no choice. i need to use the thing all day and now i cant quit LOL


But each time you click something, something happens, it can be addictive for the brain.


Yes, if it releases a chemical for pleasure, it can become addictive. Anyway, great chat!


i used to watch it. it was great. do you watch it?


I still watch it, a international movie from time to time, but I did not watch 13 reasons why.


13 Reasons Why is a series about the suicide of a teen girl. It was very popular.


Whoa. that sounds quite serious. i bet it was popular but maybe a bit difficult for some viewers.


They had add bunch of warnings before the show, they added a guide for the parent to help them to talk about the subject with their kids. And you what do you have watched on Netflix ?


i saw stranger things a while ago. that was fun. i watched it at a friends house. Oh, and House of cards.


Netflix it really popular, it account for 33% of all content seen on internet in the US in the evening.


I bet! people love video. they love entertainment on demand. plus netflix makes a lot of original content.


He played it smart, he paid a little money to keep the licensing and merchandising rights to himself. $500 000 well spent


No doubt!  Do you like going to concerts?


I do actually, but only when I have time. DId you know Linkin Park played 324 concerts in 2001?


I didn't know that.  Wow.  That's a lot of concerts in one year.  The Ramones played non-stop over 20 years playing a total of 2,363 concerts.


That just blows my mind, did they not get tired? Wow. I wonder if they played in the ancient theater in Croatia?


They might have!  lol  Pink Floyd played at an ancient


Yeah they did but the theater was empty, no audience. Wonder how that idea came about


You knew about it!  cool!  Sorry I hit the enter button by accident.  In 2002 the band Creed played a show that was so bad that 4 of the concert goers filed a lawsuit against the band.  They must have been really, really bad.


No worries. Yeah, I am glad I have never had such an experience at a concert, at least so far. Speaking of music, did you know that Spielberg was the one to play the clarinet in the Jaws soundtrack?


I had no idea!  The soundtrack to O'Brother Where art Thou? is cerfified 8 times platinum!  Loved that movie and the music in it.


Yes I am.  Been a fan since a kid!  George Lucas created a monster when he made the first Star Wars movie in 1977.


Yeah that is true, they did a great job there. Nice chatting with you


And it also holds the Guiness World Record for the Most successful film merchandising franchise. That is mind blowing


I believe it!  In 2018 the franchise was estimated to be valued at 65 billion dollars!


That is amazing. Did you know his wife made major changes to the film that led to her winning an Academy Award?


I didn't know that.  She was in the right place at the right time. lol  When it was released, 20th Century Fox thought it was going to flop.  Boy were they wrong.


Yup pretty wrong about that one. It ia also the first major film to be dubbed on Navajo.


That's interesting!  James Earl Jones only spent 2.5 hours recording Darth Vader's lines for the original movie.  Pretty fast worker.


Yeah and he only made $7500 from it but I wonder if he got any royalties after


Good question.  I'm sure he had to have made something.  The franchise made George Lucas a billionaire!


Hi, do you read the full terms when you buy something online? I never used to until I got burned...


Good morning and thank you for chatting with me today!  Are you an American Idol fan?


I do think they are that popular and I listen to many of their albums.Did you know that the fender stratocaster was originally intended for country music?


Nope, had no idea.  I actually enjoyed some of Linkin Park's work, just surprised they had the best selling album.


A surprising factoid I have learned is that back in 1992 a set of identical twins released a rap album in Japan when they turned 100 years old. I could only hope to be able to carry any tunes at 100 let alone think about actually remembering all the words at that age.


Ha, that is absolutely amazing.  Same here, I would love to do something similar at that age.   I wonder is that album is on youtube?  What would your genre be?


I have not looked to find it but think I will this afternoon; if nothing else will be interesting to see them not acting their age. I do not really have one particular genre of music as I like just about all music to some extent, I find I like most listening to Harry Connick Jr. and John Maynor


That's funny, I know Harry Conick Jr. but never listened to his music.  I've listened to countless John Mayor songs, has a great sound.  Ever been to any of those 2 concerts?


I have not been to a concert for either but would love to be able to go one day. Do you have a favorit genre of music?


I am mostly a hip-hop, r&b, and soul kind of guy but I mix in a bunch of everything.  My favorite at the moment is listening to the soul of Sam Cooke and Stevie Wonder, love their sound and music.


I totally agree I too love soul music, it just has a way of calming my thoughts as well as makes one think about the tone as well as the words.


Completely agree.  Soul is calming and soothing, but also uplifting and makes ya feel good.  Thanks for the chat and good luck to ya.


No, not really, I only watched a little of the first season.  The only reality shows I watch are sports.  How about yourself?


I agree and you have a good day as well.


Thanks, appreciate it.  Now, I'm going to look up the 100 year rappers from Japan and see if they are better than me, bye.


I agree again, headed to do the same thing.


I like to watch reality shows such as Idol and Survivor. I also like to listen to the radio, do you listen to the radio very often?


Yes, I enjoy listening to the radio, music and sports.  As far as Idol goes, did you watch the season Trent won?


Yes; I did watch it. I also felt he did a good job. Did you know that during WWII soldiers used pencils and razor blades to make makeshift radios and called them foxhole radios?


No, I did not know that.  I knew soldiers created radios but not with pencils and razor blades.  Technology finds a way through anything.  Back to idol, why do you think Jennifer Lopez did not think Trent sounded country?


I think it all came down to personal choice for each judge; perhaps she felt he did not have the tone of a country singer.


Glad Trent was able to prove her and probably others wrong.  Do you think Finland has a large Latin culture?


I would agree; and yes I do think Finland has a large Latin culture. I know that since about 1989 a radio station has played a weekly news program entirely in classical Latin.


Interesting, I learned something new today.  What are your thoughts on Linkin Park's "hybrid theory" being the best-album of the 21st century?  Were they really that popular?


No, because soldiers werent allowed to get out of cars while wearing their fatigues, so I guess the whole thing started because of them back in the year 1975


that is strange. i see soldiers in their fatigues now. i guess times have changed. but good for mcdonalds anyway for helping the troops


They have changed for good and another cool fact is how flamethrowers are allowed in cars down in South Africa


That would be cool. people would not mess with you on the freeway. pedestrians would make way for you. cool


That would be awesome and plus they can also help you with snow and cold weather.


Yes, melt the snow, clear the streets. a pretty boss snow plow. good idea.


Maybe we can start with a campaign to make them legal over here as well, that will reduce car theft for sure


Yes, it would make the thieves wary of cars with flame throwers. plus it would be cool to show off.


It would be cool just as cool as Jann Mardenborough the pro car driver.


I wonder how that guy did that. 90000 games? how many years is that? Anyway, great chat!


hi how are you? i do like cars. i dont have one right now. You?


I know right, picking up your skills in that way, beating 90,000 people. Its been great chatting I agree hope you have a great night.


I do have one, its amazing how much time it has passed since the first mass produced model back in 1908


Yeah, the ford model T? or model A? that was a great car. the common man could buy it and fix it.


Yeah the T Model, the first model to be mass produced and then the first car was created in 1886


The model T! thats right. the first car was the benz. what a great inventor. every car company owes him a debt.


We sure do, and we also owe McDonalds a big debt, do you know why?


Um, because they created the fast food that has conquered the planet in the name of America?


Theres that and also because they created the drive thru, interesting story in fact


That is great! why did they create drive thru! because there were too many cars for the parking lot?


This is ironic, Ronald Reagan was rejected for a movie role because he did not have a presidential look.


I thought The Simpsons would make way more episodes than Pokemon. They both just keep going and going.


Yea, apparently they make like 50 episodes a year of pokemon, the Simpsons only do like 30 lol


My bad. There are new episodes for Pokemon and Ash Ketchum is still ten years old.


So is  Bart lol. I use to like that 70s show, it's funny they had a UK version called days like these that only lasted 10 episodes


I have never watched that 70s show, but I'll try to check it out on Netflix. Anyways, The Office had the version here and in UK (I'm guessing on the country).


Yea, apparently the Lion King has a version that was dubbed in zulu too


That's cool. Speaking of disney, Frozen was directed by a woman.


I'm surprised that was the first disney movie to be directed by a woman considering how many movies disney has made since it was founded in 1923


True, in the 70s, animation frames were recycled.


Yea I've heard of that too. I didn't know Wreck-it-Ralph started development in the 1980s


Lol, yea but I wonder how old Reagan was when he was rejected for that role, not too many young looking presidents


Wow, I thought they started in 2011 or something like that. It was nice chatting with you.


Well, look at Obama, he was a young President.


I guess so. It's interesting how people got started in entertainment. like Bill Nye winning a steve martin lookalike contest


Well, he kind of looks like Steve Martin. All he needs to do is to dye his hair white.


I wonder  if Bill Nye has a good sense of humor like Steve Martin too


I suppose, I prefer watching other shows, South Park is pretty funny, they did a good job  parodying Family Guy, the simpsons crew sent them flowers as thanks


Even the Simpsons were funny. There was an episode where Bart was not even there.


That's still a lot of episodes with Bart in them. not as much  as the 750 pokemon episodes but close


Hahhaha good point but wow good for them. Do you like Tupac now that we speak of rap music?


I never really got into his stuff. He was a legend that died too young.


That is true and I guess that is why his music is in the Library of Congress


He speaks of the American experience, and is a representative of the rap culture.


Very true. How about eminem, do you like his music?


I don't really know rap. I know that he was in a movie about rap. Did a good job, if I recall.


Yeah it was a movie about his life. Apparently he wanted to be a comic book artist originally


That's a creative profession! He would have done well at that too, I suppose.


I think so and his favorite character was Spiderman. Have you heard of Compliment Battle?


No, I haven't. That's a strange "battle."


Hi! Yes, I do enjoy music. How about yourself?


Yeah I think so too, just complimenting each other. Did you hear of that judge who delivered the ruling in the form of rap?


That's a laugh. Why would a judge do that?


Because he was trying a suit that was against eminem


Yeah me too. Do you have a favorite album by an artist of a band?


I don't really have a favorite band or album. I like rock, pop and jazz. You?


Nice. My favorite I think is Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park


Isn't that one of the best selling albums out there? I don't know LP, I hear good things.


Yeah they are amazing and it is the best selling album of this century actually


That's great! I know that their singer died. A shame, really.


Yes it is too bad. Did you hear about those twin artists in Japan who are over 100 and released an album?


Thats astonishing. 100 years old and rapping? They must be fierce. I wonder what they rap about.


Hi there!  How much do you know about Amazon?


I didnt know that.  It is crazy to think that Amazon started as a online bookstore.  It certainly has flourished.


Agree, I didn't know Frozen was first animated Disney movie directed by a woman.


Wow, that took a long time, I would have though a woman would have directed much earlier.  I heard Frozen 2 is in the works.


I know I was surprised too! Wonder how many of those will be made. Little girls just love that movie. Have you been on that ride? I have at Epcot, its was good.


I havent, haven been to Disney parks in years.  I have friends who have little girls and they watched Frozen non-stop.  I bet that ride was awesome.


Cooling after walking in the heat! Do you like baseball?


I watch mainly during World Series time.  You?


Yes, I enjoy it! I didn't know the managers can play in the game.


I heard that, thats why they wear the uniforms.  I wonder if that ever happened where they had to play?


I know, I haven't seen it. How lucky to find baseball cards in your grandfathers attic worth 3 million dollars! Good chat!!


Some, Disney wants to sell their channels? How about you?


I didnt know Disney wanted to sell their channels, they own so many!


Suppose to be deciding, they want to sell in a bundle. Its not accepted yet.


They have been cutting edge, on so many fronts.  The lion king was the first to be dubbed in Zulu for its African release.


Yes, My Goodness, Amazon warehouse workers don't need a gym membership with all the walking they do.


7-15 miles, thats more than I walk in a day.  Even on an active day.


I know.... $27.95 to get an Amazon bldg named after you. Only if your the first customer. Lol


That would be awesome!  Amazon is a powerful company, they even got the the USPS to deliver packages on Sunday.


I think the post office would like to get more days. I read amazon takes 1.50 from each pkg.USPS.


me too. Did you know he graduated high school when he was 25?


True. Did you know the song Hotline Bling is sampled from another song?


Yes that is from the Why we can't live together song


Yeah. He also showed unexpectedly to Drake University where they though he would not


Yeah they had already given up after asking repeatedly for him to come


Yeah. During a tour he bought lots of books of Charlotte's Web and Winnie the Pooh


Yeah he is a great player but his sister was always better than him


I love it. Did you know CLint Eastwood also loves it  a lot?


Yeah she broke 8 national records in a single game


Yes true. Did you know a woman has concerts in her house everyway?


Yeah in Harlem, and famous people have stopped by


yeah. DO you know which country has the best jazz orchestra?


Yes that would be the unexpected Pakistan


Yeah. Do you know why the trumpeters grow goatees?


Yes it s more comfortable for them to play


How's it going, have you've ever read Shakespeare? He was an English poet and playwright


Patrick Stewart is great. Michael Caine use to take drama classes in high school just to meet girls


Haha that is funny. I can't blame him though. I never watch soap operas though do you? They were named that because soap manufacturers would always put advertisements during them


Nope, but I have listen to a few radio dramas, there's a website that streams classic ones for free


Yes I'll have to check that out. I also want to check out Emilia doing the funky chicken dance during her audition for Game of Thrones LOL there must be a video that somewhere online


I wonder if they have videos of Bruce Lee winning the cha-cha championship in 1958


Yes I would look that up too! I would also check out the first ever video record of the moonwalk which was by a dancer in 1955


That's crazy, I always though Michael Jackson invented it, he did patent a device that let him to the extreme lean in his dances


Yep he's a great guy. I also want to see a video of mr. Rogers, he learned how to break dance in one of his episodes, I bet that's hilarious


Sounds hilarious. Did you know professional ballet dancers can go through 4 pairs of shoes in a week?


No I didn't know that! But there are also ballet shoes that will make a drawing based on the dancer's movement, I want to see what one of those drawings looks like


Yes I actually like Shakespeare a lot. I really like the movie Titus, which is based on his play Titus, have you seen that?


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


No but I'll have to check it out. It's fascinating how many popular phrases came from Shakespeare like "Good riddance"


Yes he was very much ahead of his time. Interesting that he married a girl named Anne Hathaway when he was 18, and now that is actually a famous actress LOL


I never knew that, Shakespeare also invented the names Miranda, Jessica, and Olivia


He was definitely a great person at inventing words. He would also do things like make grammatical errors to heighten people's attention to what was going on


Pretty smart. Did you know Andr Tchalikowsky donated his skull to the royal Shakespeare company in order to be used as a prop?


No that's kind of scary and morbid though haha. Do you like the dramas that Shakespeare would create though? I like dramatic TV like the show Mad Men with Jon Hamm


Yea I like house with the highest paid actor Hugh Laurie


Yes he does great job. I also like Patrick Stewart a lot, and he actually teaches master acting classes in the UK at the moment


I'm not too sure on that one. Did you know that Nintendo can be displayed in 54 colors?


No I did not. I usually watch streaming gameplay of Nintendo players on YouTube.


I saw that Nintendo was discontinued in Japan in 2003.


Really, I guess that makes sense if the Playstation is made there and much more popular.


Yep definitely. I saw that Ceasar bred chickens not for food, but for entertainment.


What kind of entertainment can a chicken provide?


That is terrible. I could see it happening though back in those days.


Yep I could see that happening as well. Did you know YouTube is the second largest search engine on the internet?


Hello - I follow college basketball but not the NBA. What about you?


I enjoy both; I really like watching basketball live and in person.


Did you know the supreme court building has a basketball court on the top floor?


I had hear that, I love the name they gave to the 'high court'.


LOL yes that's a good name. I saw the New Zealand basketball team name is called the Tall Blacks.


Don't they have a Rugby team named All Blacks?


Not sure on that one. I don't really know much about Rugby.


Many coaches are among the top paid employees in their respective states


That's pretty amazing. There's only one coach with a losing record in Kansas's history.


Yeah, I guess Jackson's llama being in the studio took precedent.


Freddie Mercury seemed to like Elvis better than Jackson. He wrote a song "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" as a tribute to Elvis.


Everyone loved Elvis. His daughter was even married to Micheal jackson.


And so they come full circle. The two greatest American singers have a family connection!


Pretty much. Have you seen Forrest Gump?


It is great, I loved it and there is someone impersonating the voice of Elvis in it. It was Kurt Russell of all people.


What genre is the movie? Would you call it a drama?


Well, some of them can be dramas. But then you have drama TV shows as well.


I don't watch TV much. I like listening to music better than watching TV.


Like, Bohemian Rapsody is a drama movie, since we were speaking of Freddie Mercury.


Speaking of music, are you a fan of Elvis?


Elvis is one of my favorite musicians. My favorite song he did was "American Trilogy."


Nice. Apparently music was the only class he failed in school.


That's ironic. Elvis is one of my favorite singers, but I also like Michael Jackson.


He was a legend in deed. He was a huge simpsons fan and even wrote the song "do the bartman"


I did not know that!  My favorite Jackson song is Thriller. I really enjoyed the video for that song.


Yeah, he was involved in a lot of stuff, even the soundtrack for sonic 3


That duet he was supposed to do with Freddie Mercury which was canceled would have been epic, I wish that could have happened :(


Hi there ! Looking forward to chat with You ! ;)


Naah man, I didn't know that ;) I never liked rap - no offense, I didn't find it... well - musical enough ;)


TO each their own. I got into it because I liked Tupac and his lyrics and poems. There where two identical twins from Japan that made an album at the age of 100.


I will never understand that ;) ( the "Tupac" thing )  - 100 years and they made an album ? music album ? Do You know what kind of music ?


Lol. Foreign rap is not my cup of tea but good for them. Did you know that Darkside of the moon is still one of the best selling albums even being 40 years old?


Thank God we're talking about music finally ;) Well I'm not surprised it's a great album and after all those years I still can't get enough of it - I just bought a vinyl like 2 weeks ago... do You like Pink Floyd ?


I do I am pretty eclectic. What is your favorite song?


from that album ? I think "Breathe" and "Time"  I do love The Division Bell and "High Hopes" on that album. Plus entire "The Wall" ;) what's Yours ?


From darkside of the moon I would agree with breathe and over all Pink Floyd song Idk there are so many to pick just one


You are absolutely right my friend ;) I hope Roger Waters will do another tour in US, I want to see him again ;)


That would be awesome. What other music do you like?


I love Joe Bonamassa, Nirvana, Dire Straits, Metallica, -recently I've discovered Black Country Communion and Kingdom Come ;) and if You like something really peaceful I recommend Loreena McKennit ;)


I think it is interesting how people can vary so much. Even with my kids. My oldest likes rap and pop, my youngest likes pop and my 4 year old likes rock and classic rock.


oh good for them :) my daughter when she was like 1, she was always falling asleep to Metallica ;) it was her lullaby :)


Nice, he is like rock radar. He always finds good music on the radio. The other two just want to listen to uptown funk on repeat


that's ok, what's most important is that they like music - taste will probably change once or twice in their lives ;)


Hey it was great chatting with You today, thank You ;)


By any chance You're Linking Park's fan ?


I do like Linkin Park may favorite CD was hybrid theory. what about you?


I like a song or two - yeah -  "hybrid theory" is the best-selling album of the 21st century - pretty amazing. Do You have a favorite song ?


My favorite on that album is In the End.


YES ;) mine too. That vocal was amazing ! ;)  was... such a shame...


It is really too bad. What other music do you like?


Mostly classic rock, blues. Some metal or Celtic folk - how about You ?


I have a pretty diverse taste in music. Rap, R & B, Classic Rock, pop ect. I was really into rap as kid did you know the Nwa's straight outta compton was the first album to reach platinum status without the suppor airplay.


I know the Loch Ness monster is a protected species. Does that help? I wonder if it has a white patch...


haha hmmm I'm not sure about that. No one has really domesticated him just yet! Unless they're acting like having him as a tourist attraction is domesticating him. In other incredible facts I was surprised to learn that Jupiter's radio storms can be heard on AM radio! What do you think they sound like?


Like Kazoo from the flintstones... That's my best guess. What do you think?


hahaha yeah I think it would be really hard to decipher. I suppose if it is considered a storm it would sound kind of like inclement weather here on earth.


Astronomers use it as white noise to fall asleep to?


Well considering they're the ones who most likely discovered it I wouldn't be surprised if they listen to it regularly. Radio waves overall are quite interesting. I always wonder how many frequencies I can hear out of the possible ones there are which I am not really aware of how many. Do you happen to know?


I have no idea... Although I do know humans can regrow a rib.


Bodies being able to regenerate is really fascinating. I have a cut on my hand that is taking forever though! It seems crazy that a rib can grow in just a short 2-3 months, but a cut on my thumb is taking more than a week. I also find it fascinating that most other plants and animals can make their own vitamin c, but we can't.


It's what makes oranges so tasty! Mmmmmm vitamin C...


Since it's a defect in our genes I wonder what part of our evolution was the cause.


I'm doing quite well, how about yourself?


Domestication... Nice chatting with you!


I am well, thanks. I was surprised to hear there are 20 quintillinion animals on the planet.


Yeah I was quite surprised with that as well. Although I'm more curious to know why animals develop a white patch on their head when they become domesticated. Do you have any idea why that would be the case? My cat actually does have white patches on his face.


I have no idea but that would explain the white patch on my head after I got married...


hahaha See I would assume that is a result of stress. It would seem animals would lose color based on a stressful life if it coincides with how humans live. But aren't animals in a much more stress free life in a domesticated setting? I am really intrigued by this! I am starting to wonder if the list of facts are actually factual now that I think about it...


But animals do not know any different way of living so their stresses are only when they are being hunted.


I suppose that is true as well... Now I'm also curious if this applies only to animals with fur or if this would also apply to animals with more fleshy surfaces. Like if you were to domesticate a dolphin for instance, would it develop a white, shiny forehead?


I am not sure. What about lizards? Do you think they would? Would albinos make better pets?


haha are albino lizards more domesticated? Are they more content? We need answers! haha Insects are considered animals in this case. I wonder if they go through the same process. Speaking of insects I think it's insane that there are 1 million species of insects! That means there are only 500,000 non insect type animals. Creeps me out. Do you think they're mostly microscopic insects?


What a tragedy that someone was murdered over a pair of shoes!


That's true, and with endorsements from professional athletes it makes them an aspirational product


Michael Jordan often represents Nike. Kids love him.


Yeah!  (Loved him in Space Jam)  I always thought it was neat that they used him as the Air Jordan logo


Did you know that wasn't even how he jumped when he played basketball?  He was doing a ballet jump!


I did not know that.  Thank you for informing me since he is one of my favorite athletes.


It's fascinating how specialized our footwear is to be tailored to different sports.  Like cleats!  Who would have thought?


True.  You seem knowledgeable about shoes.


A little bit!  I've worn many throughout my lifetime.  I even used to do ballet, did you know that professional ballet dancers go through a new shoe every performance?


What else can you tell me about Michael Jordan?


I cannot believe that regular people spend a lot of money on shoes.


He made more money from his Air Jordan royalties than he ever did in his entire NBA career!


I did not know that.  Going back to your previous question, I did not know about ballet dancers and new shoes for his or her every performance.


I read that Marbury promoted inexpensive ballet shoes.


Yes!  And wasn't even paid to endorse them


Me either!  I understand that it's a status symbol, but that's ridiculous


I don't know about that, I do sympathize too but I don't think his mother is at fault


She was not at fault.  In general I would not want to buy my kids fancy shoes or cars that would attract attention from bad people.


That's true, especially in a high-crime area like D.C.


I understand!  It's strange how footwear is considered a cultural phenomenon these days


It has to do with marketing by shoe manufacturers, such as Nike.


Hi are you a big fan of google?  They have really became one powerful company.


I'm going to have to look that book up.  I'm not familiar with him or the book.  Speaking of books, I didn't know Kristen Stewart co-authored a paper about AI.


Yeah, you should read the book.  Learning how to make teams work together more productively is useful because companies perform better when their teams are more motivated I guess.


I'm going to look it up when we're done here.  Are you a big Amazon user?  I am.


Yes, I use Amazon all the time.  I suppose it's hard not to use Amazon either.  They are the largest internet retailer in the world.


I agree.  I didn't know that they also owned IMDB since 1998.  Probably so they could direct people to buy the movies over at Amazon. lol


Yeah, it seems like they are grabbing the market anywhere they can, from books, entertainment, and much more.


They even have their own in-house brand called AmazonBasics, which sells low-end products.


They even control more than it seems because they are a cloud provider.  It's almost like they are becoming the internet.


It's kind of sad that all these brick and mortar stores are closing because of all this technology.  Amazon has a contract with the US postal service to deliver packages on Sundays now too.  Pretty soon groceries will be coming to your doorstep too.


I think we should maintain a keen perspective on all the technologies that we are creating.  Risks and dangers should be constantly assessed.


I use Google every day.  It is hard not to.  When Google is down, almost all web traffic is down also.


I agree.  I'm surprised at how many people are using the grocery shoppers now.  I was in Walmart the other day and I was amazed at how many workers were picking items for customers.  We know someone who does it and the Walmart they work at there is enough demand for 4 full time employees to do nothing but shop all day.  That to me is just craziness.  I have to get running.  I had a good time chatting with you.


Yeah I had a good time too.  Have a good day.  Bye!


Yes!  I can't believe they have been around over 20 years already since be founded in 1998.


An innovative company, they are.  They once used live goats instead of people to mow their lawns!


That is kind of neat.  I'm surprised I haven't seen that happen before.  When there is a disputed border, google maps will tailor their maps to the claims of each country where the interenet browser is located.  Weird and kind of odd fact.


Technology is progressing so rapidly.  I think it is an interesting that what we refer to as AI constantly changes.  What was considered AI before is normal now.


AI has really come on strong in the last 2 years.  AI crushed all human records in the puzzle game "2048".


I think it is an important idea to focus on the human aspect as we become more technologically advanced.  That's the focus people in Silicon Valley are taking.


I agree.  Facebook is developing an AI desinged to understand user emotions, identify objects in photos, and predict users actions.


I admire John Doerr for writing a book about how to make people work together more productively.


Do you fear that you have mold where you live ?


I know Kinder Eggs, I live in Canada, they never were outlawed here.


Yeah, they have something similar here (US) but I'm told they're not the same.  Something about the toy being a choking hazard got people worried... I dunno.  Hey, did you know only 7 percent of people read the FULL terms when buying a product or service on the internet?


I am in the 93 %, they are too long, do you read them ?


I skim it, and look for key phrases like, "Give u your soul" and "Organ harvesting" etc.  :)


Sometimes, I read it, mostly when I install "free" software. Just to see if I install also spyware.


Yeah, we gotta watch that free stuff.  Speaking of stuff to watch, did you know the sun is actually white?  It only appears yellow because of atmospheric scattering.


Yeah, atmospheric scattering is also the cause of our red sunsets.


They say the sun's energy will undergo a radical shift in a mere 5 billion years, so make your plans accordingly!  :)


In what sense, will we receive more or less heat from the sun, maybe we should harness the energy that is in a lightning bolt, it is 5 times hotter than the sun.


Considering how hot the sun is, that's so mind boggling but yeah, it's hotter by a long shot.  Although I did some research once and the whole "catching a lightning bolt and using it for energy" thing wouldn't quite work out.  Still it's a neat subject to contemplate.


You know, what, actually I do!  We've had problems with flooding so, I always have this worry some mold might have developed somewhere I can't readily see it.  Gives me the creeps!


The solar system is well named, the sun  represents 99.86% of all mass in the system. It would be weird to name it the Neptunian system.


Speaking of Neptune.. did you know on July 11th 2011, it completed it's first full orbit around the sun since it was discovered in 1846?  That's one looooong revolution!


That is over 150 earth  years, don't get a mortgage from a banker on Neptune, your grand-grand-grand-children will still have payments.


HAHA, that's true!  And what's even crazier is as big as our son is, it's only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star discovered in our galaxy.  I can't even imagine something on that big of a scale!


I wonder how much more energy than our sun it produces.


Again, couldn't imagine.  Well, hey, it was really awesome chatting wit hyou!  I hope you have a great day!


They could be in your attic if it is not well ventilated.


Yeah, I've heard about that.  Luckily our attic is in the garage where I don't go much... hehe.  I'm told you gotta watch out when seeking home improvement advice from the internet.  Course, I think that goes for ANY advice you seek from the internet, period.


Yeah, your are right, the internet multiplied our sources of information, but not our sources of verification.


Did you know that the novelty from constantly clicking links can cause addiction measurable in the brain?  So, it really possible to become addicted to the internet!  (I think I might have that problem some days..)


Yes, every time you click at something something else happens, it can be quite addictive for the brain that likes stimulation.


I think one "unofficial" sign you're addicted if you get up early in the morning just to check your email.  (Or perhaps in today's world, your phone!)


I like receiving email, but I dread work emails, I think it balances my addiction.


Haha.  I'm told young kids can get addicted to Youtube videos of people buying and opening those Kinder Eggs.  You know, the candy eggs that got a toy surprise in each one?  I'm thinking, "Is that all it takes to make a hit Youtube video?  Gotta try that sometime..." :)


You're so right.  Nobody else could have said,"  Luke, I am your father", quite like him.  lol


Speaking of Luke, did you know he was originally written as a girl?


Yeah, I had heard that about Luke.  Did you know that the original light saber prop used by Luke Skywalker is inside the International Space Station?


I wonder if the astronauts are allowed to play with it


I very much doubt that. Lol I read somewher that you can rent an overnight stay in Luke's boyhood home in Tunisia for $10.00.  I wonder how many die hard fans have did that?


For only 10 dollars Im sure a lot. Luke is a pivotal figure in the Rebel Alliance


Star Wars fans are a fanatical bunch.  I should know, I'm one.


Do you think in todays age the script of vader being lukes father would of been able to be kept a secret like it was?


No, times have changed and integrity and honesty went out the window a long time ago.  You would have to force everyone to sign a ginormous gag order under penalty of imprisonment to keep a secret now.  And even then that wouldn't stop some people from gabbing.


Have you watched any of the star wars movies on netflix?


No, not on Netflix, I have boxed sets of all the movies.  Well, it's been nice chatting with you about Star Wars, but I need to go walk my dog.  Talk to you later, friend.


The star wars movies have made a combined 8.5 billion dollars. Thats incredible


Yes, it is.  It holds a Guinness World Records title for the" Most successful film merchandising franchise."


Thats crazy. I wonder if Fox regrets giving Lucas the merchandising rights


Ooh, I bet they do big time.  Huge mistake on their part.  I can't believe they thought it would be a flop.


$500k cost them billions and made George a billionaire himself


I'm happy for him.  What I find interesting is that James Earl Jones only took 2.5 hours to record all of his Darth Vader lines and only got paid $7500.00.


That is crazy to think about! And the movie wouldn't be the same without his voice.


Al the time. Do you know why the NY area code is 212?


Yes that is because back then with rotary phones was an easy number to dial


No but I hear of two of them get stuck togerther it is impossible to separate them


Wow. Do you know what UNICEF donated clean water when we do not use the phone?


Nice, I wonder how that works though Maybe we all use it less then


Yeah true. Do you have an iPhone or an Android?


I have an Android. Do you listen in spotify?


Sometimes. THey have one fifth of the songs that have never been played


WOw that is a lot. They have audible watermarks on their songs


I love it. DO you know why the managers wear uniforms?


Wow. The guy who invented spotify also invented urtorrent


Yeah because they can play of the team needs them


Yeah. DO you know what kickball is called in Canada


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


Yes it was a couple and they schedule 2430 games each year


Yeah impressive. Did you hear a guy found a bunch of old baseball cards and made a fortune off of them?


Yeah he made 3 million, great find in the attic


Good morning. Do you like to travel? If so how do you like to travel by foot, car , train, boat, airplane or other means?


Yes, I know. There are about 20 quintillion individual animals on planet earth.


Wow that is amazing! some countries have worked for animal rights, like Germany.


Yes. Germany did it right. Speaking about animal rights. Did you know that under provision of the 1912 scottish protection of animal act, the loch ness monster is a protected species?


That is cute, I do not think the Loch Ness monster can get a white pach on its forehead, do not think would be easy to domesticate!


Yes, I agree with that. By the way do you like to read? I know that reading requires creativity and critical analysis. And there are no concrete laws in reading.


That is right, it promotes creativity which is great. It has not been looked with good eyes always! In the 18th century reading novels literally caused moral panic!


Yes, I know. I need to better my reading skills, because Anne Jones holds the world record of speed reading, 4,700 words per minute.


So cool, she got a world record, but beware of writing bad poetry !


Yes, thank you.  The reading process in general requires continuous practice, development, and refinement. That is what I need as of now, as I see myself slacking.


If you had written bad poetry, they may had read you at the "you  laugh you loose"competition


Hi I love to travel!! Any type of transportation and always eager to try something new!


That is for sure, lol... Hey, thank you for a conversation. Have a nice day.


Yes. I always wanted to go visit Japan. By the way did you know that a lot japan highways are tolls, and it cost more than $300 to travel across the county?


wow, that is pretty expensive, but I think is worht it to do it at least once. Have you heard about a bus that the Dutch are designing?


Yes I did. By the way speaking about train system. Iceland has no public rail service and that most icelanders without cars use domestic flights to travel between major towns. I would like to go there as well.


Yes, is nice to see all those different ways of traveling... Did you heard the bus will go at 160mph? that is pretty fast


Yes it is.  This reminds me of the  king Kalakaua of Hawaii who was the first to travel around the world. How hard it must have been for him to get to a certain destination?


I do not know , but I want to follow his example and travel all around the world!


Yes, defiantly, me too. Do you know anything about zoology, the study of the animals?


Well, I know a little, I love animals though..and i know there are a lot of species! It is estimated that there are more than 7 million species and they keep discovering new ones.


I played table tennis a bit but only casually. I never had regular access to a table to get a lot better.


Did you know that a black man won the 1st us open tennis title.


Yes it was Arthur Ashe who is a legendary tennis player


Really. Its sad that no black man has won one wince.


Yes I would be curious to know if any other black players have come close or if there has been a lack of black male tennis players since Ashe won.


Im not sure. I will have to look it up later.


The Williams sisters are two black athletes who have dominated the tennis scene for years however.


I would bet that Serena could probably beat a few of the men on the circuit!


I dont know. She got beaten pretty good by Karsten braasch and he was ranked 203rd


I'm sure it's not easy but maybe a lower ranked player. It was nice talking tennis with you.


I try to watch tennis when I can but I don't follow it too much.


I enjoy watching some of the major tournaments including Wimbledon. I did watch that super long match John Isner had.


It was but it was spread out over a couple days. They had to suspend play a few times.


That is the longest match in history if Im not mistaken.


It was, it was an earlier round match to, not ever for the championship!


I used to be pretty good at table tennis myself


I have an iphone and that is about all I know, I barely even know how to use it. What do you know?


LOL!  Did you know the first one was launched on June 29, 2007?


I never knew that! It felt like it was yesterday. I do know that they sell for good money now on ebay


Yes they do. Apparently women are more likely to own one than men.


I bet, my mom just upgraded her 4 last week, it makes sense lol. Did you hear what steve jobs did when he introduced the first iphone?


Didn't he have to keep switching with an identical one to keep it from crashing?


right, that is embarassing, but he did a good job because I don't think many people noticed


I doubt they did.  Did you know Microsoft held a funeral for the iPhone when they launched their own phones?


lol, what a way to launch their phones! I wonder who is winning in sales though


I know.  Last I heard, Microsoft has killed off their phone line.  So I guess Apple won!


No, I prefer Prime video. Do you watch Netflix?


That is awesome! I will never give up my iphone! It was so nice chatting with you, enjoy your weekend!


I have never seen prime video. I love netflix. Netflix from 9-12am accounts for 33 percent of bandwidth in north america


That is crazy!  Did you know that combined with YouTube, they make up half of peak traffic in North America?


wow, I did not know that. I account for both of those lol. Did you know Netflix is like 21 billion dollars in debt


I am not surprised.  Did you know Blockbuster declined to buy Netflix for $50 million?