That makes sense to me, most of the things they talked about were about being an American teenager in the midwest. Seems like they should have changed it at least a little. 10 episodes is so little though


I agree with you on that.  ell, it's been nice chatting with you this morning, I need to get to work, now.  Enjoy the rest of your day!


Yes, I watch a little.  My favorite show is The Walking Dead.  Do you have a favorite?


I've never seen the walking dead somehow! My favorite show right now is probably The Good Place. When did you start watching Walking Dead did you start early in?


Yes, I've watched since it started.  It's a good show.  Did you ever watch The Simpsons?


I used to watch it many years ago, it's been on a long time hasn't it?


Yes, I remember watching it as a kid.  I hear there's supposed to be an episode where Bart is neither seen or mentioned, at all.  I've racked my brain and I can't remember seeing that episode.  Have you seen it?


I've heard that too! I wonder if it was an episode all about Lisa or something. They use her often to really drive a story. Although I can't imagine seeing an entire episode without Bart


He's the star of the show.  I even had a talking Bart doll with the pull string, as a kid, that said, "no way man", and Aya karumba, etc.  Wouldn't have thought he would not be in an episode.  I'll have to research some and find it to watch!


I wonder if the writing team has changed much after all these years and all these pop culture changes. Things are much more gross and aggressive now in the post Family Guy era. Did you know that when south park aired it's family guy episode the simpsons writers sent over flowers for some reason


oh yeah?  I will definitely try and check that out!  Is it on Netflix or Amazon?


I think you can only watch it on youtube. It is interesting but also quite weird because the guy who made the book was very strange.


Well... i like strange and weird!  That means it's not cookie cutter like so much stuff out there today!


Yeah now if only Hollywood would stop making movies based on books without any regard to the actual source material, that would be really nice.


Hahaaaa... so true!  But i really do not see that happening.  It's an easy way to get content and get it to the theatre!


I think tv handles fantasy and book to screen works much better than movies do. Like game of thrones based on a song of ice and fire is fantastic. The Expanse is also fantastic and its going to be on amazon soon. Besides the original lord of the rings movies, not including the hobbit, and harry potter, I don't like when Hollywood does fantasy based on books.


Yeah... i can imagine!  Is that because they leave a lot of content out?


Well i don't think its about the amount of content but more so the person who decides to bring it to the screen. the reason Harry Potter stayed so true to the books is because Rowling had a very large hand in helping make the movies, and with Lord of the Rings Peter Jackson was a huge fan of the books long before he made the movies.


Yeah... i see your point!  Do you watch much television?


I watch some netflix and some hulu every now and then. I just finished the second season for The Handmaids tale.


I don't play any fantasy sports, but i do read a ton of fantasy books.


Cool... well it was great chatting with you!  Enjoy your day!


I just finished the last expanse book called Persepolis Rising, its the book series the tv show is based on, and before that i read through the song of ice and fire books.


Oh.. never heard of them!  Not much of a reader :(  You ever read Terry Pratchett?


Yep I have read the Colour of magic and Thief of time.


WOW... you read a lot!  Did you like it?


Yeah I liked both of those books and keep meaning to read more of his stuff, just have not gotten around to it. Yeah I have been reading at a pretty constant rate since i was in middle school and found harry potter and the first Eragon books.


I admire you for that!  You ever heard of the "in the realms of the unreal?


I have actually watch that documentary. Its a pretty interesting watch if you have 2 hours to spare ha.


hey there, do you use the telephone much?


They are an extinct species by now, sadly, and they are actually in the family of pigeons


I know that many species go extinct every year. It's remarkable how many actually. I always have music playing in my house or on my outdoor speakers and enjoy watching the migration. I was listening to the soundtrack from Princess Bride today.


Nice. Did you know that spielberg played the clarinet in the movie Jaws?


No, I never heard about that but that is super cool. I like random facts and info from soundtracks. I love Rage Against he Machine and they played for the soundtrack Godzilla. After the movie was done they talked poorly about the movie, I guess they hated it.


Wow. Have you ever seen the movie Tarazan?


No, I have read the book and probably heard the soundtrack though. I recently watched Sonic 3 because MIchael Jackson helped write it. I like his music a lot.


Apparently for Tarzan, Phill Collins recorded all the versions in english, italian, french, german and spanish


Super cool. I wish I knew more languages but I need to spend more time studying, I guess. I have wasted my time playing fun games like Donut County. I end up playing for hours because I get involved in the story line.


I have never played it. what is the game about?


It is a complicated story about a callous worker. I was charmed by the soundtrack and the ability to smash drones. The small puzzles are also a draw for me. Very fun and a little bit of a rabbit hole.


Not as much as my cell phone but occasional my phone doesn't have service and I will.


I must give that a try then. Nice chatting with you.


Yes, a long time ago though. That's all we had. Have you used one? The inventor of a dial phone was an undertaker, actually.


I used to use them for a bit. DO you know they are the reason for NY's area code?


No, I have no idea why New York have area codes or anywhere else really. Do you know why? I just know that the telephone converts sound into electronic signals via cables and produces sound.


I think the area code was so people know where they are making a call to. Yeah, NY's code is 212 because it was the easiet to dial


Oh, okay that's a cool fact. I never knew that is how they determined area codes. I have been enjoying the outdoors lately and have been loving the bird migration.


Nice. I really like birds too. Have you heard of a species of birds called the Dodo?


I have heard of them but don't really know much about them. I was studying the ravens because they avoid conflict and it is amazing.


Speaking of the Lipizzaner horses, did you know it takes about 6 years for them to turn white?  They are either born totally brown or black.


Now days, cops are using horses it is very amazing to see it.


Yes, it is. I read that there is a sound frequency that causes fear in humans.


Germany became first country in the world to constitutionally guaranteed legal rights.


That's right.  Did you know under the 1912 Scottish protection of animals act, The Loch Ness monster is a protected species?


If destroy any species can cause the breaking in the food web. It affect the eco-system very much so only the government take steps to protect them. we should also try to protect it.


Yes, we all have a responsibility to help keep the animals safe.


We should plant trees also it provide space for birds also.


So true, my friend!  It has been estimated that there are over 7 million different animal species on Earth!


Very interesting. The study of animals is called zoology. It is used to deal with animal disease also.


You're correct.  Well, it's been nice chatting with you this morning. I hope you enjoy the rest of your day!


I'm good, thanks for asking.  Do you like horses?


Yes. Horses species are evolved over 40 to 55 million years ago. Human domesticated horses for many purpose like travelling and carrying goods.


I like horses too!  I hear that the only true wild horses are the Przewalski's horse.  Did you know that?


Its very interesting. Horses mainly used in riding, agriculture and competition purpose. In olden days it is used in warfare and travelling. It speedy escaped from its predators.


Yes, I agree with you about that!  On a side note, do you know that there are about 20 quintillion animals on planet Earth?


Iceland horses have fifth speed, they are basically speed walking horses it very difficult to run in ice.


That's funny, I've seen those little horses and they are too cute!


They are pony. When they are big use it for riding. Lipizzaner horses, known for their classical performances.


Hello, How are you? Do you enjoy football?


Very smart!! Did you know as far as loses the New England Patriots and the Buffalo Bills are equal?


No. I didn't know this, very interesting.


Do you like avocado ice-cream? Apparently Tom Brady loves it!! lol


Yes I knew this about Tom Brady. I have to try it myself. I'm very sure it will taste great. Do you happen to know who is the quarterback with the most wins inside the Cleveland Brown home stadium?


No who? Tom Brady as a 16 season starter has the most in history for 8 Superbowls!!


It is none other than Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.


Yay!! Very cool!! Isn't it interesting about how the circular huddle got started? Paul Hubbard a deaf quarterback.


Wow!! That is quite surprising to say the least.


Now when I watch them do the hand signals, I will think of him!! Baker Mayfield loved that Halo 3 game!! In college he felt no one could beat him!


I read that somewhere as well. He was great at that game. Do you know who is the only left handed quarterback in the NFL right now?


I'm doing very well. Thanks. I do enjoy football a lot. Who is your favorite team?


Yes, that would be Kellan Moore!! Can you imagine never tasting a strawberry? Tom Brady must have an allergy to it. Good chat!!


You're correct. It was very nice chatting with you as well!!! Bye


You too! Have a great day!! I think I have a Nintendo entertainment system somewhere in the house? lol


Ha Ha!!! Thanks. You have a great day as well!!! Bye


Ditto!! Not surprised it only had 54 colors.


I know it had very few colors at the time. You have a nice day and thanks for chatting with me!! Bye


I like the New England Patriots, and have been going to the Tampa Bay Bucs for years!! Who do you like?


I'm a big fan of the New England Patriots and we won the Super Bowl. Yeah!!!


Yes, I agree!! I saw Tom Brady the next day at Walt Disney World in the parade!! Very cool!!


You did. That is awesome. Tom Brady is fantastic quarterback and a great guy. Did you happen to watch this years Pro Bowl?


I had to watch it later as I was working!!  Did you know Tom Brady is the first and only quarterback to reach 200 regular season wins!!


I did know this. I love Tom Brady. Did you know that Matt Patricia is the only rocket scientist coaching in the NFL?


Yes, I have heard of that!! Very interesting,


Yeah!! In fact he was working as an aeronautical engineer that graduated from rpi before becoming a coach.


Hey there have you ever seen the movie 2001 A Space Odyssey?


That was nice of them! I remember seeing that episode and it was really funny. Do you use a computer by the way?


Oh, yes. I love computers and learning about them. In fact, I found out recently that the Russians once made a computer back in 1936 that ran on water. That is amazing!


That is amazing! I wonder how they did it, I also wonder how a space shuttle can only run on one megabyte of ram, my computer has 16 gigabytes LOL


I know, that is truly puzzling, isn't it? Hey, speaking of which, someone built a 16 bit computer using only basic building blocks from Minecraft. Ha!


That is really cool! I wonder how they did it though, do you have an iPhone by the way? Don't let anyone smoke near it, Apple will void the warranty because they think that is a Biohazard


That is crazy. But they know more than we do apparently. Ha! That's almost as wild as these transhumanists who want to upload their mindminds to both memory sticks and computers. Like, how does that even work?


I wish I knew! But it is a good idea, I will do that if it's possible LOL. What do you think about our sun by the way?


I'd be lying if I said it wasn't my favorite star in the solar system. Ha! What about you? I also found out recently that he's actually a white color and not yellow. Atmospheric scattering makes it appear yellow, crazily enough!


LOL it's definitely my favorite and most useful star. It's crazy though that a lightning bolt is five times hotter than the sun, you wouldn't think that's true


I know, right? It's also crazy that it produces enough energy in a single second to meet our planets needs for 500k years. I'm surprised we haven't found a way to fully utilize the sun!


Yes and I loved it. What about you? It's so hard to fathom people streamed out of the world premiere before the film was even over and 241 left early the next night in New York!


Yeah we should learn how to utilize that energy. That would solve a lot of our problems. Also scary is that our son is one billionth the size of the largest star in the galaxy, that is a huge star LOL


I know! LOL. I do love Stanley Kubrick movies. I think he was a massive Talent. What about you


Agreed he was. I absolutely love watching his movies on TV! Speaking of TV, are you a fan of the Simpson's by chance? There's actually one episode where Bart never makes an appearance nor is even mentioned that I still want to see! I bet it's weird!


That's crazy! I really need to see that episode. I also loved Pokemon on TV as a kid. They have almost 800 episodes now


That is crazy, isn't it? Meanwhile, the UK remake of 70s Show lasted only ten episodes. That's hard to believe!


I agree! I like the show in the United States, it's funny that it wasn't so popular overseas though. Do you like George Carlin by the way?


So true! I do like Carlin by the way. What about you? In fact, he along with Alec Baldwin and Ringo Starr narrated 52 episodes of Thomas the Tank Engine! I kind of want to go back and rewatch it just to see if I recognize their voices. Ha!


That is awesome! Yes I love George Carlin, and I should check out Thomas the Tank Engine, each person apparently narrated at least 52 episodes of person


Agreed. Do you also like South Park? I say that because we talked about the Simpson's earlier and their crew actually sent the South Park producers flowers after they aired the Family Guy episode. That was nice of them!


For me it is worth it, it is the price of a movie ticket, so if I see one film during the month, my subscription is worth it. Do you like comedies ?


I like comedies, some more cerebral, some more low brow like Harold and Kumar. Did you see that movie ?


Never did. My favorite comedy was Brazil, which was made by Terry Gilliam of Monty Python.


Do you like Bill Murray ? He is quite funny.


Yeah, he's one of my favorites. He likes to walk up to strangers' tables in restaurants, grab food off their plates and whisper "No one will ever believe you."


He knows a lot about comedies, his favorite comedy is Kung Fu Hustle, have you seen it ? It is quite good.


I haven't, but on his recommendation I really should! I saw a video of him interrupting a TV weatherman and doing his own impromptu "forecast," and it was hilarious.


That sound funny, when did that happened and where can I see it ?


I think it was back in the 90s. I should try to Google it myself.


I wonder what Jim Carey's belief system is.


Cool, at the other side of the laughing spectrum, besides sci-fi dramas like the Expanse, do you like other dramas ?


Very few. I like a lot of sci fi and horror, so I guess that counts as semi-drama. Nice chatting!


Oh, he does not makes any drama anymore... did you ever see one of his drama ?


I don't know if the Truman Show counts as drama or not, but I saw that. Sorry I didn't see you'd already asked a question -- I don't have TV so I don't know much about any of the new shows. Used to love Seinfeld tho. Did you watch that?


I watched  that every Thursdays, is was a great comedy night, Friends  also played on Thursdays. But now I watch mostly Netflix, but also comedies on Netflix.


Yeah, I should try to stream more TV shows. I watched a couple of episodes of The Expanse on Amazon but that's a lot of money per episode.


Drama are "hot", I have heard that "This is US" is quite popular, have you seen it  or heard of it?


No, never heard of it I'm afraid. I'm way behind on most shows.


I wonder who watches TV nowadays, with all the advertisement, yet their must be a lot, there is a lot of new shows every years.


Yeah, I need to look into the prices of streaming services. Might not be too expensive with a subscription.


Yes to prevent them from carjacking. Do you know what wikileaks is?


Yes the website that displays secrets of the government


Yeah and once revealed documents that showed the government trying to destroy them


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


Yes 86% of it but most of it is desert anyways


True. DId you know a guy in France sold the eiffer tower twice?


He was just really good at impersonating officials I guess


Yeah. Did you know the Norwegian government donated money to save the Amazon rainforest?


Yes they donated $1 billion, that is a huge amount.


I know and hope it gets used properly. Nice chat


I love cars. Do you know when the drive thru was invented?


Yes that was in 1975 by McDonalds, way back


Yes and do you know why it was invented?


Yes because soldiers were not allowed out of the cars in fatigues


yeah. Do you know why the trunk of the car is called that?


Yes that was because old cars used to have wooden trunks


Yes. Do you know how Cadillac got its name?


Yes after the founder of Detroit, de la Mothe Cadillac


Yeah. In south africa you can hook up flame throwers to your car


Have you ever heard Linkin Park's "Hybrid Theory" album?


It's a shame. We name everything. But the moon just gets howled at... Saturn's moon, Titan, shows evidence of methane-based life forms. It got lots of media coverage. If the life forms are intelligent, maybe we could develop some trade with them. We could send them all that methane produced by cows. Win win.


Ha! We name things and the internet renames them... Ah, Boaty McBoatface. The best name never used. Well I hope they don't discover/announce oil on it. Otherwise we'll have our first space war before we even get to Mars!


I wonder if the dust on mars is as dangerous as the moon dust. Have you heard of this> Moon dust is tiny, an extremely sharp  shards of rock that are so dangerous, they even have an ailment named for them: moon hay fever!


I had no idea! It makes sense though. Wouldn't that have to be kicked up though? Since theres no wind on the moon? Speaking od rocks, Apollo 11 astronauts actually had to declare their moon rocks to customs!


They probably got taxed for the moon dust on their shoes too. Moon dust is supporsed to be so dangerous, it can penetrate kevlar. Thiere has got to be a use for this stuff. Soon we will be mining the moon. But who owns the moon?


As sad as it is, you're probably right. Kevlar? That's wild! I'd like to think no one is so brazen to think they own the moon. Although it's probably considered international property or something stupid like that.


Yeah. When Apollo 11 was preparing for their voyage, they had discussion as to whether they should plant a United Nations flag instead of a US flag. If I planted a UN flar and someone asked me "whose flag is that?" I would answer, mine…


No kidding! Not to mention even the moon is sick of us humans since it's actually scooching away from us! It moves away at about the same rate as our fingernails grow! I mean, it's not much, but it sounds like it's consistent.


So much we don't know or understand. Like, did you know the highest mountain on the moon is almost 2000 meters higher than Mt Everest? I would live to ski down that puppy...in slow motion for like, 5 hours...


I had no idea! Just don't try and jump and do tricks since I'm pretty sure you'd just float off into space!


At night, I point up at the moon, and my dog instinctively looks up at the moon and smiles. Now I know why. Dogs and elephans are the only animals that understand what pointing means, but I have never tried pointing around an elephant. So much to do, so little time.


That's a cool fact! Not even my toddler always understands pointing. Three year olds are so frustrating to me. My dog, for all his pluses, just doesn't care. Do you think wolves understand pointing then?


Good question! I'll ask Google later. After all, Google has stated that they prefer dogs over cats. So they should know...


When did they do that? I know that dogs can learn over 1000 words and they *say* dogs enjoy problem solving. I call crap on that though, my shiba just doesn't care like I said!


We'll have to Google that later too. I have to fly, but it has been nice chatting. I will leave you with this question: If dogs can donate blood at a doggie blood drive, what kind of snacks do they serve afterwards? My dog want to know.


It has been, nice talking to you! Hmm... Probably doggie treats and dog-safe human food!


Leaving as I sing, "All and all it's just another brick in the wall." Chao!


It is said to be the best-selling album of the 21st century, but I have never heard it.  You think I should give it a listen?


Absolutely. It's Linkin Park's first album, so if you've heard any of their later stuff, it has a more rock vibe than the recent things have had. Apparently there's a trend to match a cocktail to an album, so now I'm wondering what drink would go with Hybrid Theory.


That's wild! 100-yr-old Japanese twins put out an album recently. I would guess the drink that goes with their music is juice.


Haha, basically! Or maybe some wine. Speaking of albums, did you know that Aerosmith made more money from Guitar Hero then they did on any album? Isn't that crazy?


I would not have predicted that one. I would also not have predicted that in 2014, Dark Side of the Moon from Pink Floyd would still be one of the tops albums sold. Are they still touring?


I don't think so? Cover bands still play all their songs all the time. Speaking of the moon and the darkside, I can totally believe that some NASA interns stole moon rocks and then tried to sell them! Personally I'd just keep them


I wonder if the rocks from Mar's largest moon, phobos, look differnt that the rocks from our moon. And why doesn't our moon have a name?


Hmmm... maybe they're just different kinds of astroid or whatnot? Probably because we couldn't agree on a name!


Wow I wonder why Orange is the new black is so noteworthy. I have never seen one episode, have you?


I wonder if it would be the same Netflix with Blockbuster or would they just kill it like Microsoft and Facebook do when they buy a company.


I think it would be different maybe not as successful as it is now, Reed Hashings is a geniurs though.


Sort of like Steve Jobs, they are willing to try the things that others don't or wont.


Yeah like that, have you seen House of Cards in Netflix?


I have not nor Hemlock Grove. Is it possible to see outside of Netflix?


Yeah I bet there are a couple of sites to watch them, one thing is sure they have altered tv forever


Yes now you have to pay for it, instead of getting it for free over the airwaves. But there was never free phone service. Or free newspapers.


Yeah, there are a lot of expenses behind transmitting those waves so I can see why its never goin to be free, did you know Netflix spends more in postage than bandwith


I did not know that they are still paying for postage, that is bizarre. I would stop that, wonder why they allow it to continue. Maybe they are thought as future online customers.


They must have their reasons, did you ever watch Bill Nye The Science Guy?


I have, I like it, too bad the series got cancelled.


Yes I have watched him before, very interesting man.


Well he has a show on Netflix now, he won a Steve Martin lookalike contest as well.


So orange is the new black is a reference to being in prison is like being black? What is your take on the title?


I think its because of a fashion reference and because its a womans prison, I think the show has an interesting plot.


I think netflix follows a good buisness model where it continually evolves and content creation with shows like House of Cards and OITNB. Too bad China and Crimea are missing out!


I agree, Netflix has sure change thigns I love the series they releases with Kevin Spacey and overall it has great productions.


Funny thing is, I don't have a netflix account and got rid of my overpriced cable years ago. Do you have a netflix account?


I do have one, Ive had it for about 2 years now, before that I liked to rent movies at Blockbuster.


I used to rent at Hollywood Video and they did get me for some late fee's. I always felt like getting those movies back on time was always weighing on my mind.


I see, that sounds like a bummer, so Blackbuster had the chance to buy Netflix for 50 million, I bet they are regreting it now


yeah of course. do you know much about earth?


If its history was viewed as a 24 hour period, humans would only represent over a minute. That is so sad that we are destroying earth in this small period of time.


I know, 80% of the forests are already gone


I guess days were only 5.5 hours long when earth was formed, but still. We are a tiny speck of time on Earth's history.


Yes we sure are and so glad days last longer now because that would be depressing


Yeah, I cannot get enough done in a 24 hour period! Haha. Do you think we will ever make contact with aliens?


I am not sure but if we do now we have an ambassador


I wonder if some disease will wipe us out before then. There's a book I want to check out, More Deadly Than War, where the Spanish flu, which killed 50 million people worldwide, is explored.


yeah those were scary events in our human history for sure


The author talks about the way the disease traveled from ships to patriotic parades. Yuck. I think I'm just going to live in a bubble, thanks. He talks about how we should create better public health systems to combat future epidemics.


To get around, yes. Haha. I like to use my car to go through drive thrus, which were invented to help soldiers who were not allowed to get out of their cars in their uniforms


Yeah, we have gotten better thankfully at that. nice chat


yeah that is actually nice of mc donalds to do that


Yeah, unfortunately the drive thrus have made a lot of Americans like myself, more lazy. Haha.


that is true, it has made us all lazy. do you know how cadillac got its name?


It was named after the French Explorer who founded Detroit. Speaking of what things are called, a trunk of your car is called that because old cars used to have wooden trunks in back.


that is cool. do you know who jann mardenborough is?


yeah and all he had to do ewas beat 90 000 pn a online video game


Sorry, I guess he still is a race car driver. That's awesome!


Hi there. Do you like to play video games?


No, it just takes me a while to think of what to say. Do you ever play dance video games?


No, but I enjoy dance performances. Did you know Tupac was a ballet dancer?


That is neat. Speaking of ballet dancers, they can go through four pairs of pointe shoes a week. Sounds painful and expensive!


Yes, that does, I agree! I think its cute that babies hear music and spontaneously dance.


When they hit the beat! So babies can hit the beat but it seems like a lot of us adult forget how to, haha.


I know I have a hard time! When babies hit the beat it makes them smile.


One thing that makes me smileis Michael Jackson's dance. I didn't know that to achieve lean he used a device which he patented.


That was smart. those moves were pretty extreme, so that explains a lot of how it was done.


Right. Bruce Lee was another great dancer. He won a Cha Cha championship.


Did he really? Where did he do that? In the USA? Sounds like he is a multi-talented guy.


I used to play them when I was younger. I was never good at Tetris though even though it is one of three best selling video games of all.


That was in Hong Kong.Now I want to see if there is any footage of him dancing. Have a good day!


I was into Tetris for a while. My mom got addicted to it and stole my Gameboy a lot. I wonder if she started seeing tetris blocks in her sleep. That happens to some people who play tetris for an extended period of time.


That is so weird! As an adult I wish i was good at Tetris when I quit smoking or trying to diet because it can offer a quick fix when people are struggling to stick to working on either.


Yeah, and they also will regularly identify tetromino shapes in real life like in patterns on buldings or in layouts of boxes. Haha, hilarous.


Okay, well then maybe I'm not so sad that I am not good at it. I would not want to deal with that.


Right? Haha. I didn't know that Tetris was actually from the Soviet Union. I thought it was just part of the Tetris design where there were Russian buildings.


Yes, Alexey Pajitinov was the original designer and programmer.


You mentioned that Tetris can help with addictions. Well it can also help with PTSD. So if you can deal with seeing Tetris shapes everywhere it might be a good option for PTSD.


Oh! I'm glad you're still here. I thought you were gone. Well, that is great for PTSD sufferers.


Yeah and now I am concerned about the upcoming one since the city does not even exist yet


That is really concerning. I guess it's going to be in 2022? I don't even know where Qatar is on a map haha.


We'll have to wait and see. And the countries that host have no economic gains


Nope that's what I heard. So I don't even know why they do it. I do like knowing that the USA got third place back in 1930. That was the time of the first World Cup


Yeah that is interesting and now the women's team is actually much batter


Heard that since 1991 the women's game hasn't placed below 3rd. That is impressive. I wonder why the men's team is not as good LOL


Yeah I do not know either. DO you have much interest in cars?


Not really. I used to be a lot more interested but now I really use my car just to get from A to B. What about you? How often do you drive your car


ALmost every day, I need it to get to work. DO you know how Cadillac got its name?


I think it was from an Explorer right? He was French and he actually founded Detroit?


I don't really like soccer to be honest with you. I think it's really boring. What about you?


Yeah and his name was Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac hence the name. Nice chatting with you


I actually like. Did you know it is the most profitable sport?


I think it's soccer right? Apparently it makes more than all other sports combined? What do you think about soccer though?


Well I like the game itself and really enjoy it during the World Cup. Do you ever watch it


I've tried to watch it. I just find it so boring. I think the one with three different soccer teams playing at once though could be interesting. What about you


Yeah I actually have never seen that but would like to


What's weird to me is that soccer is called soccer because that was slang for association football. I don't watch soccer but I do think it's weird that Americans are the only ones to call it that. I think the name football makes a lot more sense. What about you?


Yeah it makes perfect sense so go figure, seems like the word football can take many meanings depending on the country


Yeah I agree with you. Have you ever watched the FIFA World Cup before? Apparently there have been 21 and its total history


I have recently become a soccer fan.  I never liked it growing up, but I have gained a new appreciation for it.  Do you follow the sport at all?


I would say that i still follow basketball more than soccer.  I played it as a kid and it always interested me.  Are you a fan?


No, I actually grew up in the UK before moving here.  Basketball is not a big thing there.  I may have been good at over six foot four.  Soccer is still my thing.


Well they both take a lot of skill to perform well and require a lot of cardio.  I guess there is a version of soccer where 3 teams face each other at once


Could be confusing for both fans and players.  The FIFA World Cup will be in the US in 2026, gives you some time to really get into it.


Yes, I bet it will increase interest in soccer in America.


I think the US will have a very good team by then, more and more kids are playing it.  The will surely make it to the finals in Qatar in 2022.


That is pretty optomistic.  I would not put money on the US doing much, but I am hopeful


If the women's team can be so successful there is no reason the men can't be too.  The women have never been worse than third.


True, I do think that one day the men will be able to play with the bigger countries, but I just not sure if it will be by 2022.


Maybe we just need to find more European players with American fathers.


As a matter of fact I am quite a fan of soccer, what do you follow?


True, if we have a bunch of Europeans on the US team, then we have a good chance!


Hey, if a small nation like Hungary, or even Iceland recently, can be successful then so can we.  Iceland only has 300,000 inhabitants I believe,


True, we should be able to come up with a decent team with all of the athletes we have in this country.  It's been fun talking soccer with you.  Have a good rest of your day.


I really started getting into it during the last World Cup.  It is amazing that soccer makes more money than football, basketball and baseball combined.


I suppose because it is world wide.  Shame the US did not make it to the last FIFA world cup.


Yeas, it is unfortunate.  The US Women's side of things seem to have done a lot better in the Cup over the years.  The men's team has a ways to go to catch up


The more popular it becomes the more kids will play.  It's funny how two players born in England can play for America, but I guess it depends on the parents.


That might be the best way for US soccer to get a boost.  Just like there are a lot of good European basketball players that come over to the states


Yes, you want to be with the best to test yourself.  Do you follow English soccer?


I do.  To be honest, there are so many teams overseas that it is hard to keep track.


I guess pick the ones with American players on them, like Tottenham, although they have loaned Carter-Vickers to Swansea.


They did have quite a bit of money ($126 million) with player salaries, but it's all about being smart with your money in the NBA.


Yes it seems that that money was tied up in salaries for 11 players


They had an opening for two more players with an opening for maybe one quality free agent?


It seems that the Wizards had to wait a bit and the players they can afford aren't that great.


You have to be careful.   There is so much money in the NBA though.  Retired Allen Iverson is set to get a lump sum payment of $32 Million from Reebok when he reaches 55 all thanks to his basketball prowess!


Wow. Apparently Lebron James rejected a $10 million dollar offer from Reebok when he was 18.He thought Nike would offer him more, which they did, a year later. $90 million!


It pays to be a good basketball player!  Nike knows a good deal I guess and was willing to pay Jordan's fines when he wore them and they were initially banned by the NBA


Yes, it seems the sponsorships are where most of the money is.


Though what they make per game isn't too bad.  The Golden State Warriors earned $12 million for losing game 4 of last years NBA finals!


In 2015 Stephen Curry was season mvp but only made 4th highest salary on his team. That has probably changed by now!


I do like to watch basketball but I wouldn't consider myself a huge fan. What about you?


I watch when I can, but was a bigger fan in the 1990s. I guess I am just not a huge fan of the Golden State Warriors' dominance or LeBron James either.


I wonder why LeBron James went to the Lakers


I believe he felt he achieved most of what he wanted so why not try it in a mecca like LA?  I guess when you have four NBA MVPs, you can make those decisions.


Apparently LeBron Jame's decision to sign with the lakers caused a ripple effect across the league


Interesting, though it seems like the Golden State Warriors are still the team to beat.


Apparently Houston has a chance of standing up to the Warriors


You might be right.  A team with Harden and Chris Paul who feels there is some unfinished business.


It seems that the Wizards have little wiggle room to land a good free agent.


Stephen Hawking was a genius, the intellect he had....


And also kind of scary, computers may take over the world at some point that really scares me


Yes it is. We can not let that happen.In 1995 the number one video game was doom. lol


That was actually a great game!!! do you have an apple computer by chance?


Yes, I do! do you, how do you like it? Guess legos bricks were pretty important for housing the first google computer.


Yeah apparently legos and computers are a good mix someone also built a computer using minecraft building blocks, not exactly legos but I guess it can work either way


makes sense. Love the name Karma for co-founder of Reddits cat,


No, I used to its a popular service though, theres even a magazine based on the site called The Redditor


Yes, Did you watch neopets website around 2001?


No, not really, what I can tell you is that the first comment on the site was a complaint about reddit itself.


Too bad he died at age 76 although with all his health problems I am surprised he even made it that far.


I know it was hard to watch him that way. Makes sense Astronauts get faster internet service than us.


I guess they need it up there, more than we do, the internet is one of the best inventions ever


Yes, the name "egosurfing" is perfect for looking oneself up on the internet.


I guess the name makes sense, computers are another great invention


Yes, Of course, everyone in Finland has free internet connection.


They do? well thats a great thing, the internet is like a basic service now


So were outnumbers by automated software programs, believable!


hey did you know there is a theory that theres only 1 electron in the whole galaxy?


ah I went to Omaha actually, its pretty cool over there, I guess the dutch are making a 160mph bus, Id ride that!


That does sound pretty cool, a bit scary, but yeah I would give it a go.


have you ever been to Japan? i guess they have all tolls for their highways


I have never been, but have friends who have, they say they road are super nice, but it is expensive to travel there.


ya it sounds like it $300 to travel across the whole country


Yeah that's way more here but I can only imagine the difference especially places where it gets super cold.


ya like iceland, I guess they don't have rail so they fly from city to city


I think it would be so cool to go there.  My friend went and the pictures are insane.


ya my friend went she said it was awesome, she travels more than the king of hawaii haha


Lol, that is awesome, well it was nice talking with you today, I hope you have a good day.


Hi there, I think I have read that, very interesting.  I think it is fun to ponder some of those theories.


have you heard Elon Musks theory of everything?


No I haven't, I bet it is pretty interesting though.


ya he thinks everything here is a hologram aka vr, hes very convinced haha


That is just too crazy, but I guess there never is a theory that is too crazy.


would you ever touch a star? I guess some are cold and you could actually touch them


Oh yeah I would touch one if I had the chance, that would be cool.  I wonder if VR will let us travel to stars one day.


ya I would like that, do you like to travel though? I travel a lot for work


I do like to but don't get to as much as I would like to.  I went to Canada last year for a camping trip that was fun. Where have you been recently?


Hey did you hear how Trump called illegal immigrants animals recently


Yeah that's interesting, I don't know that there is that much good Canadian music but I don't know because I don't live in Canada LOL what do you think about a radio station that broadcasts news in classical Latin


I figure that there is not much to do in Finland but study dead languages.


Haha that's a good point. What about the website where you can listen to classic radio dramas for free? Do you think those are any good


They are old but probably an interesting study in media. How to convey drama and suspense with voice, sfx, and music.


Yeah they are definitely a little bit ancient but there could be something good in there, what do you think about the president? I already know you don't like him but do you know who the top three richest of all time were?


Not him. He probably would insist that he is the top three himself. All three spots. Probably JFK. His dad made money on liquor during Prohibition.


Yeah I could see that, and I think the other two actually had slaves so I'm sure that helps, what do you think about the president of Zimbabwe though? You think he's rich


He has a silly nickname- I wonder if he is rich. Would be worth looking into, since Zimbabwe is such a poor country.


Yeah I think you're right. Do you think we should go back to the 1805 rules for vice president though? We would have vice president Hillary Clinton right now if we did


It could work...NOT. It would be funny but a waste of time. Then again, govt is often a waste of time. Anyway, great chat!


Hi, how are you? Did he? I'm not surprised. He shoots off his mouth a lot. He probably call them something different next time.


Thank you you too, and watch out for imposter white houses, they have twin buildings of it both in Ireland and France, don't get confused LOL


Yeah he was referring to the MS-13 gang people but still that's quite a thing to call a human being in my opinion


Yes, but his followers love to hear him spout that kind of insult. It doesn't hurt him. It solidifies his base, so he doesn't stop.


Well do you ever listen to him talk? For instance on the radio?


I don't go out of my way, but he seems to infiltrate every medium. Twitter is the worst.


Yep he's all over Twitter. I want to listen to Jupiter make a radio storm on the a.m. Radio though, I haven't heard that yet


I wonder what it sounds like. Probably better than Trump's noise.


Haha yep I could see that. Do you ever listen to the radio in Canada? Apparently 40% of all Canadian radio needs to be of Canadian origin


That is CanCon. The Canadian Content law. It protects Canadian artists, I guess. But with the Internet, who knows.


Babe Ruth was caught stealing a base and then his team lost back in the year 1926


Yeah talk about blowing the world series for your team - in game 7 even!


I know right, he still was considered a legend, things could have turn out differently if he didnt had the guts to steal that base


Yes.  baseball is not as popular as it once was though - the womens world cup had higher tv ratings than the world series


It did? Wow, that is suprising, womans sports usually dont get support at all


yes as little as foreign sports!  During the 92 series the us marines carried the canada flag into the stadium upside down!


I wonder why, do you know the reason for that?


An accident I think!  They were clueless.  I hate the Yankees because they win so much.  Do you like them?


I like them yeah lol, did you know theres a Lost Yankees player!!


How did they lose him?  I knew that two Yankee pitchers swapped families permanently.  Not sure what was up with that!


I do - it was my favorite sport as a kid.  I even knew the married couple who scheduled all 2000+ games every year


That is werid, I can undertand if it was a temporary thing but making it permanent, wow, I bet they hated their families


I didnt know about them, I guessed they had a talent for that, can you imagine the time that would take!


Yes it was a lot of work.  I just wish my grandfather had saved baseball cards - one lucky man found 3 million dollars worth of them in his grandfather's attic


3 million dolars no kidding! that is awesome, what a lucky break he had,


For sure.  Wonder if baseball cards exist in Japan?  The game is really popular there as well


I bet they due, they really love the sport our there, do you have a favorite baseball team?  I like the Yankees


I am an Atlanta Braves fan but I could not help but love the Cubs when they finally won the World Series a few years ago


Yeah I bet they were really exited, they could lift that curse finally


Yes they won back to back world series and then never won again for years


They do. Speaking of, in 1973 two Yankees pitchers swapped families permanently!


Um how would that even work? Like they married each others wives and raised the others kids? So strange!


I guess. I have no idea why they would do that. Bill O'Reilly made up a fake press organization to get Yankee's season tickets while he was in college.


Given the price of yankee tickets that is one way to get in I guess. I wonder if that started his love of news as a career.


That's a good question but I also can't believe it worked. Did you know that until their recent win the last time the Cubs won a World Series the Ottoman Empire still existed?!


Makes sense. I might not know a ton about baseball but i know that the cubs  are always the underdogs.


Definitely. They were also the first team to win back-to-back world series but then they never won again until the recent win.


You have to wonder why when teams like the yankees win all the time. Is it the money in the team or lack of players? very strange.


There is no salary cap in baseball and they have all of the money. They should cap it like the NFL does.


That would be a good thing. I think it would increase the excitement of the game because you would have more evenly matched teams.


I will watch it if it is on but I don't follow many teams. Do you know a lot about it?


I agree. They've been among the leaders in attendance since 2011 and you know that's because they always win. I think that would level that out as well.


Not a lot but a little. Did you know that baseball managers wear uniforms because they are technically eligible to play if they need to?


I wouldn't have guessed that. I always thought of the managers as those out of shape guys who yelled at the players.


Me too. Did you know that baseball is hugely popular in Japan?


That I did know. They have some great teams over there. I think they were surprised at how popular it is in america as well.


Yes they are which is so strange to me. Did you hear about the guy who found baseball cards in his grandfather's attic?


Weren't they worth a few million dollars? Could you imagine finding something like that!?


Yes they were. 3 million to be exact. That would be amazing!


I wonder if there were a lot of Yankee cards in there. They seem to be the powerhouse team of baseball.


Hey there!  Wondering if you have a favorite music album.  Not sure if younger generations nowadays know what albums are.  Everyone just knows singles I guess rather than a group's collection of songs.


You know, it's a bit cliche but my favorite is Eddie Van Halen.  Even though I'm a fan, I didn't realize until recently that he did the guitar solo in Michael Jackson's Beat It!


Sure am.  Being a guitar fan, I love how country music uses all forms like acoustic, electric, steel.  I really like the steel guitar sound.  What part of country music do you like?


I don't listen too often, though I did do a project on country rock in college and learned about rockabilly, which was pretty interesting.


That must have been interesting.  I've heard the term hillbilly used in association with country music sometimes.  I guess it takes some of its roots from Appalachian folk music?


From the reading, interesting to see that henry ford wanted to popularize country music out of fear for jazz.


That's funny when you think of it now.  Scared of jazz music.  Music I was scare of?  NWA's Straight Outta Compton.  Their rap album just felt really angry.  But what was scarier was it reach such a great success in popularity.


Some people really appreciate angry level music, just like I feel like country songs are overly simple or sad sometimes.


I know what you mean.  Songs of the American working class or cowboy ballads.  Have that down trodden feel.  Even upbeat stuff like Achy Breaky Heart has a downer theme to it too huh?


Exactly. It says the opposite of how it really feels.


I honestly dont have one, mostly because most CD's have a couple good songs. How bout you?


Yeah, kinda masks the sentiment.  Speaking of "masks," I read that U2 disguised themselves and performed country music as the opening act for their own concerts.  Wonder how that rock crowd felt about the country music.


You know, I used to think that albums were just vinyls, but I read that collections on cassette tapes, CDs or other mediums can be considered albums.  I used to listen to my Footloose soundtrack on vinyl.  What CDs did you have?


I just had a handful. Currently Collective Soul, Foo Fighters, and Linkin Park (which is apparently also the best selling album of his century)


Really, I wouldn't have figured Linkin Park.  Weird.  Have you moved from CDs to MP3s?  Seems as though much of music has moved that way in the 21st century.


I only have CDs for the vehicle, which doesnt have AUX, USB or bluetooth. I do stream often though when on computer or phone. Dark Side of the Moon was best selling for 40 years. Incredible.


I think that's just great.  I did the whole synching Dark Side of the Moon with the Wizard of Oz thing.  Pretty creepy how well it matches. But I'm more of a Queen fan.  Did you know Queen's guitarist Brian May has a PhD in astrophysics?


Sounds about right. Multi-talented. He also uses coins for picks.


That's pretty creative.  I guess that's better than using your own fingernails as some people do.  Figure that could really crack your nails after a while.  You got any favorite guitarists?


I think Dave Grohl is pretty talented, though he isnt actually an especially outstanding guitarist.


THe guy is pretty much set for life with all that money


Yeah. Do you ever practice the granny shot?


Yes and it is the best one to score but players do not practice it because it looks funny


Yes I do. Did you know he wanted to finish college before he went to the NBA?


Yes smart kid to managed to achieve success in both


I sure do. He is going to be in the upcoming Space Jam movie


Nice. He is also the highest paid celebrity right now


Yes he is making more than Judge Judy and she makes $123 000 per episode


I sure do, DO you know how many teams are in it?


That is a lot of money. It was really nice chatting with you.


Yes there are 30 teams and just one of those is Canadian


He is a good player but his sister was always better than him


Yeah the once broke 8 national records when she scored 105 points in a single game


Yeah impressive, so much talent in a single family though


Yes true. Did you hear of that contract that Iverson signed with Reebok?


Yes he is making $800 000 per year with them until he is 55


Yeah and then he gets a sum of $32 million after that


Hello!  Would you rather eat a fish or have one as a pet?


And since humans lost their body hair 240,000 years ago, they have been embarrassed for over a minute.


I never thought of it that way. Early hominins are in several ways more similar to ancestral non-human apes, are less often referred to as "human". I wonder what their hair was like.


One of the eternal mysteries of life. Here is another: There is a sound frequency that induces fear in human. How is it that my wife can sustain that frequency for days at a time.


It sounds a lot like my wife. It must be a female thing. I bet that's why goosebumps evolved. Goosebumps are an evolutionary trait used to make fur stand up to make an animal appear larger.


That thought gives me goosebumps. Fortunately, humans are also the best distance runners in the animal kingdom. So, when something big enough to give you goose bumps crosses your path, you can high tail it out of there and put some distance between you and the offender. This tactic does not work with wives. They know where you are going before you do.


That's true about wives. Did you know that human fingers contain no muscles and are controlled by muscles in the arm and palm by tendons? My wife must have very strong palm muscles because she is always pointing the finger at me.


Goosebumps again. Despite all our dialogue on wives' abilities, it is still true that women motivate us in positive ways also. Like the actor, Michael Caine, who only joined drama because he thought the girls were hot. The things we will do for a good woman.


I guess that's why they call it "Mad Men." John Hamm used to teach drama at his old high school. One of his students was Ellie Kemper, who played Erin from the office.


Nice. It is good to be a paid actor on a sit com, getting a regular pay check. Hugh Laurie, star of the show, House, pockets a cool $700k per episode. I need a new job...


That's a lot of money. My wife would probably spend it all. I would have to get a second job such as teaching. Patrick Stewart teaches master classes for drama students in the UK.


I think I'd rather eat them, although goldfish are known have lived up to 43 years! That is one old pet!


Make it so number 1. It's been nice chatting with you!


A 43-yr old goldfish would turns some heads. And since the seahorse is the only fish with a neck, is could turn their heads too.


Speaking of seahorse, have you ever seen a barrel eye fish. This fish has a transparent head. It should be called a "no-see horse".


Nice! Jellyfish are pretty transparent, and there is a breed of jellies that is immortal. So you can forever never see-ums!


That would be crazy to live forever. Jellyfish just have to make sure they don't get stranded during a tide. Since they are 98% water, they evaporate in the sun.


The very thought makes me thirsty' Yom know, freshwater fish only drink through their skin, but saltwater fish can also drink by mouth. But even if the fish is fully hydrated, if they wash up on the beach, they stink.


That's interesting that they only drink through their skin. That would be an interesting trait for a human. Apparently, humans are the only mammals that cannot breathe and swallow at the same time.


That would be a callange. Here is another challenging puzzle: the black swallower fish can eat prey ten times it's own weight. The trouble is, black swalower fish don't know how to weigh themselves...


The Black Swallower fish is essentially approaching infinity! That is a large amount! Speaking of large amounts, if you consider the entire history of earth as a 24 hour period, human history would only make up 1 minute and 17 seconds.


Maybe, its mother dies in the movies, children don't like to know that. But children don't know anything about horror, the actor that played the kid in the shining did not even know that he was in an horror film. .


haha well thats good he would probably be creeped out, do you know if they used a waterphone in that movie? Its an instrument that makes creepy sounds


do you know a movie where it was used ? I don't watch them, a just a very few of them.


they use it in horror and scifi movies actually, but I don't know which ones exactly


Do you watch a lot of horror movies ? I don't they stress me out, they can burn up to 180 calories. That is half a hamburger, a small one. I would not eat a big one before seeing a horror movie.


haha, well I need to watch more to lose some weight! also I guess you will appreciate abstract art more after watching a horror movie, which is interesting


Why is that ? Maybe because it makes you me alert. I prefer things that relax me, like traveling.


ya it must be, and yes I like to travel I'm traveling 4 hours north tomorrow morning, would you ride a bus that goes 160mph?


If it was on rails, I would not mind. But that is called a train. 160 MPH on public roads is dangerous.


ya that does seem fast, I would be annoyed to travel to japan and try to drive on their highways, they are all apparently toll roads


haha only at parties, did you know that Bruce Lee actually won a cha cha championship? He was a great dancer


That is a lot, such for a small country. Imagine that for the US, it would cost 30 000 $.


lol you're right, japan is small and it would cost $300 to travel across the country, who knows what it would cost here!


I am not surprised, kung-fu is like dancing, with more pain.


haha I like that, ballet dancers go through pain too, a professional can actaully go through 4 pairs of shoes a week


Why nobody has invented something more durable ? 4 a week seems wasteful.


haha I agree with you, do you like Michael Jackson though? He actually patented his extreme leaning device that he uses on stage


That is smart from his part, he would not want to see copycat, it would cheapen his moves.


haha no I agree, did you ever listen to Tupac? hes a hardcore rapper but apparently he did ballet in high school, thats unexpected!


Dancing is an important part of our culture, like horror movies, do you like them ?


yes I like horror movies, do you think that Bambi should be considered a horror movie? Stephen king does hhaa


Hi, how are you doing tonight? Do you use YouTube?


That's a great way to share information. I wonder if we can get on there.


I have no idea. It's called blutube and they share law enforcement videos.


Do you like robots? Michael jackson planned to build a 50 foot tall moon walking robot to roam the desert sands of Vegas. Rich people do odd things.


I find them very interesting. Wow! That would have been insane. Who in the world would want to do the upkeep on that?


Better to invest in robots that can debone a chicken with surgical precision. That would be useful.


That would be very useful. Are you familiar with Grant Imahara from Mythbusters?


I've heard the name. I've never seen the show.


It's a great show. Well he actually created the robot sidekick Geoff Peterson for Craig Ferguson.


That's great! Robots have so many practical uses. The  military uses an Xbox 360 controller to control one of their EOD robots. I guess troops know the Xbox controller well.


I guess so. I think the XBox controller is the best console controller. Did you also know that robots can be controlled using rat brains?!


We will soon have  rat-robot cyborg overlords.


I guess so. The robot even changes personality depending on which rat brain is being used!


Youtube is the second largest search engine on the net. That make sense, considering the amount of stuff on there.


I wouldn't expect it to be that big as a search engine. I'm sure Google is number one but I would have expected number two to be maybe Yahoo or something similar.


True. Justin bieber's "baby" is the most disliked video on youtube. Do people dislike the video, or him?


I'm not sure. It is awful but there are such horrible musical performances on YouTube that I would not expect it to be number one.


That would probably be Psy's Gangnam Style. It got so many views on youtube that they had to upgrade the view count integer to 64 bits.


Wow! That's pretty terrible also. Were you aware that YouTube and Netflix combined make up half the peak internet traffic in North America?!


I'm not surprised. People love Netflix. They can get stuff there that they can't get on YouTube.


It is pretty great.Did you also know that Police have their own version of YouTube?


How's it going, have you've ever been to Reddit? It has 542 million monthly visitors


I can't believe Mt. Everest has 3g service


I wonder how and why? Ha! But it's too bad we can't be like Finland where everyone has the right to an internet connection!


That sounds good but I wonder if more people from Finland are addicted to clicking links on the internet


They could be! Or even addicted to looking up themselves which is basically known as "egosurfing".


I wonder if Finland also has the 3 horizontal line menu called the hamburger button


Maybe so? That's a funny term though, isn't it? Ha! You know what gets me is humans are actually outnumbered by automated software programs on the internet. So we are the minority, really!


Yea and only 7% of people actually read the full terms online, that might lead to something bad


Agreed. Sadly, I'm even guilty of that. Then again, I hate Captcha as well but I understand it's necessary. Speaking of Captcha, did you know it's an acronym for Completely Automated Pulic Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart?


I hate captchas, I wonder if they will update it for the transhumanists who plan to upload their minds to computers and memory sticks


That's a great point! I wonder if that ever crossed Ada Lovelace's mind when she wrote the first computer algorithm?


Wow! That is amazing! I never knew that! I do know about the code Reddit where everything you see appears as c# code. That's pretty cool!


Doubt it. Well I have to go, nice chatting with you


That's cool, I guess that's one of the reasons Reddit is the number 3 most visited site in the US


I suppose with those numbers, it's easy to see how the site raised $200 million for a $1.8 billion valuation with Advance Publications being the majority stakeholder!


Yea, it's funny that only .53% of people who visit reddit vote for content


Ha! That is funny. I tell you something else I find both ironic and funny is the owner has a cat named Karma. Ha!


It's also ironic the first comment on reddit was actually a complaint about the site


Ha! Imagine being that person today! Did you know the name Reddit itself is a portmanteau of read/edit? That makes a lot of sense regarding the name!


No, I never knew that, I also didn't know theres an online magazine called the redditor


I didn't know that either, actually! I wouldn't mind reading that sometimes. Since we're on the subject of the internet, I can't believe astronauts on the international space station have faster internet speeds than the majority of us here in the US do. That's just sad!


hi there, do you know much about the presidents?


Oh my. George Bush was the one that requested solar panels be brought back in the house


Reagan had them taken off after Carter put them up. I don't know what Trump did.


I am not sure either. the white house still uses floppy discs


Floppy disks are so old that maybe few hackers can beat them. Or gov't budgets don't allow for anything else. I don't know. I'd love to see the old system in the US, where the runner up in a presidential election automatically became the vice president


Yeah I am not too sure why but maybe they are safer. Did you know Roosevelt banned christmas trees from the white house?


He was a conservative, big on conservation, established national parks and such. He thought that future generations should have access to America's natural beauty.


Yeah and there indeed are some amazing parks in the us


A man in France impersonated a government official, and sold the Eiffel tower. I wonder if I could sell a national park to someone.


I really wonder how can one person get away with that not once but twice!


He was good enough to do it once, so he figured he'd try again. Some chutzpah! Well, I enjoyed the chat. Have a good night1


Just some facts. Like trump is not the wealthiest president


I was surprised! I thought he'd be near the top of the list. I guess Washingon and Jefferson owned a lot of land.


yeah I guess that is where their wealth came from.


Do you think Trump will follow the example of the President of Indonesia and release 3 pop albums?


I do not think so. I want to listen to that guy's songs though


He probably makes money by making the radio play his tunes. Did you know that the presidential guest house is bigger than the White House?


they must get a lot of guests and I guess they need to feel comfortable there


Trump must be jealous. He probably could put a Trump sign up on the guest house and rent it out to supplement his income.


ah I'll have to check that out, can you understand latin? I think it's a Finnish radio station correct?


I am studying latin so I am trying to learn more any way I can. I also listen to a website that plays thousands of classic radio dramas.


well I think Id rather listen to the radio waves of Jupiter than either of those haha


Oh, ya that would be super cool too. I was in Canada last year and they force the radio channels to play Canadian music 40% of the time. It was sort of odd.


that is strange, I'm not familiar with Canadian music. I'd like to listen to Jupiter though


I really didn't like any of it and thought it was odd and uncomfortable. I was more interested in who was the president of the country or the history of Canada.


did you hear in latin who the top 3 richest presidents are by chance?


HAHA,,, actually, I bet its Trump, Clinton and Bush. That is my best guess, in english.lol


haha, well its actually jefferson, washington and jfk! Very strange that its not trump right, I don't know how to say that in Latin haha


Yeah, Latin is harder than it seems.lol I bet we I could sign a pop song before I could speak in fluent latin.lol


ya, I watch Fox New and MSNBC sometimes too. Do you?


haha that could be the next big thing! instead of making pop songs like that indonesia president, do some latin ones, maybe a duet with Trump too!


ya I will watch Fox news sometimes, I guess it is watched more than msnbc and cnn combined


Oh, wow. I can believe it since Trump won the presidency this time. I know Fox was created by a republican.


ya it was started by Richard Ailes and Also Richard Nixon apparently


Oh, hmm? Okay, cool. The gaming site IGN is also owned by he news corp who owns Fox. I like gaming so that's an interesting cool fact.


ya I like ign I didnt know that, very silly fox was going to sue the simpsons to stop them from making fun of them, like doesnt fox own the simpsons and also fox news


What a weird world we live in. In fact 81% of tv watchers receive Fox news. That is a really high percentage.


yes that is a ton, do you listen to radio at all? I think fox news is even on there as well


Yep, I listen to Fox on the radio too but more than that I listen to this really cool latin channel. Its been playing a classical latin program since 1989.


I have seen it and I like it so I wonder why it failed in the UK after 10 epsidoes


Well they made a mistake by making it verbatim and it backfired, Humour is different there.


that is true. Did you ever watch Pokemon?


I have seen some episodes but not all of them, there are too many, 750 of them


Yeah that is a lot, it took them 16 years to put those out there


True, that is a long time. Do you use your phone much?


I do a lot actually. Did you ever use a rotary phone though?


Nope did not but it sounds like it took forever to make a call with them


Yeah and that is why the NY area code is 212, it is quick to dial


I do actually they are pretty good. They have a secret studio where only celebrities can get in


haha that makes so much sense, smart people. Nice chat


Wow I would like to get there too. Did you know Robin Williams did the voice of Aladdin


That is pretty cool and I guess that was the beginning of cleebrities doing voice movies


yeah it seems. do you know who Judge Judy is?


Yeah she is so popular and makes so much money, only surpassed by LeBron


LeBron is the man. Do you watch much TV?


I do actually. Did you ever watch Simpsons?


I do and I love it. Did you know Bart was in all but one episode?


yeah and he was not even mentioned in it. I wonder what that is all about


Do you enjoy traveling.  I would like to go to the Netherlands where the Dutch has a bus that can go 160 MPH.


Same here but I have my old boots... Maybe you can buy them from Apple if they start making clothing again like they did in 1986.


Whatever boots I buy, it'd better not be made out of asbestos, the material the Greeks used to make clothing, because then I'd be paying for gold!


You might want to avoid Rip Curl.  They are N. Korean that falsely use China as a cover.  As if that's much better...


I am surprised that that an african tribe made the style of clothes of their former German occupiers their own style.


I'm surprised at how durable military clothing is and their wide use of wool.  One guy had a wool coat that weighed 8 pounds!


I wonder if any africans within that african tribe that was occupied by Germany dissented from wearing victorian clothes because they anyone who does as a traitor.


Probably and payed a dear price.  I'm not a big shopper.  Maybe I should buy military coats because the last longer.  Actually, all military stuff does, even their buttons.


Yeah, I imagine military clothing would be especially durable because they have to design it to withstand all kinds of conditions.


Yeah but I wonder if old soldiers can still fit in them.  I guess one soldier could as he wore the same shorts he did at his retirement ceremony some 50 years later.


I like the name the military gave to their special developed cold weather boots, "bunny boots", kind of a friendly and cute sounding name, for a group that is trained to kill.


Yes, I would like to travel a lot more.  Travel is so easy and normalized now, there's even a website where you can find people that will let you stay at their house as you travel!


That does seem a little weird.  Thanks for the chat!


Yes, thank you too.  Have a good day!  Bye!


Yes.  Did you know the 1st king to travel around the world was king Kalakauua of Hawaii?  Hawaii has a king?


Yeah.  Another piece of interesting history is that rabbits were once released on islands to provide future food sources for other other travelers.


That's thinking ahead... Better than leaving toll booths like Japan.


I believe travel is a great source of enrichment and education.  There is so much to talk about when one returns from travel.


So, do you wear boots often.  Funny that Nokia go its start making rubber boots.


No, not often.  I am aware they have many uses though.  The military developed a boot that can be used in temperatures almost 60 degrees below zero.


Have you heard of Ugg boots?  I guess they were invented by surfers to keep their feet warm after surfing.  I was surprised at how cold in water was in S. CA.


Yeah, that is smart.  I would like to go hiking more, I haven't been in decades, and I know I will need boots for that.


Hey how's it going? Did you hear about the police arresting the man who made threatening tweets against the football coach Jeff Brohm?


Yes I do that is a fantastic show! love it! Alec Baldwin has been funny recently impersonating Trump. Baldwin also narrated thomas the tank engine for 52 episodes!


Yes, I heard about Baldwin and Thomas, the tank engine.  Back to Saturday Night Live, apparently "weekend update" that was started on the first episode of SNL, is their longest running skit.


Oh yeah I love that skit! Really funny! Do you like superhero movies? I think Thor is definitely one of my favorites. The Thor film in 2011 was directed by Kenneth Branagh, I though he did a great job.


I have not seen the Thor film.  I heard a lot about it from my son.  Apparently, the spaceships were named after classic Australian Holden cars.


Oh thats cool! I actually rode in a Holden when I visited Australia and I had never heard of them prior to that. Apparently Tom Hiddleston gained 50 pounds of muscle in hopes of being casted as Thor but he ended up not getting that role. Bummer.


That was sad.  Tom should have tried to gain weight after he got the part.


You're right. Hollywood is tough for sure. Apparently 80% of the dialogue in Thor Ragnarok was improvised in order to create a loose collaborative mood. Maybe more films should use this technique because it worked really well.


What I mean was "gain weight" - sorry it's getting late in New York.  Tom Hiddleston was in the movie though, right?  But he was not Thor.


Correct. He played Thor's brother names Loki. He still did a great job and I am sure he is happy to be playing that part. It is hard to beat out Chris Hemsworth!


I need to watch this Thor movie.  I watched Incredible Hulk and I enjoyed it a lot.  Did you see Incredible Hulk?


Yes, I did.  If the coach wanted to stay with Boilermakers,  it was not  his business. I wonder how the police found this guy.  Do you know who this guy is?


Awesome yeah I did I loved that movie too! I think you would enjoy Thor as well! It was nice talking with you, have a wonderful evening!


Yes true good point. Not sure just some fan. Apparently after all that happened at the university, classes would still be held that Friday. So I'm glad it didn't cause too big of a disruption. People get angry so easily these days. Especially over football!


I agree with you especially with the popularity of online media.  The guy's lawyer said that it was just a joke.


Yeah it is hard to know what is a joke and what isn't. The internet is so new and unpredictable. I remember when we just had tv to worry about! I liked the Simpsons-and there is only one episode ever where Bart never appears!


Are you serious?  It was impossible for Bart not to appear in the Simpsons.


lol yes he was definitely the main character! I also like that 70's show, which was apparently remade in the UK.


I did not know that 70's show was remade in the UK.  Back to the Simpsons, apparently Homer has held 188 jobs in the first 400 episodes.


Wow either he is very ambitious or cannot hold a job for the life of him! Another big popular show was Pokemon with over 750 episodes. Wow that is hard to believe!


That was hard to believe.  All my grand kids know all about Pokemon. Do you watch Saturday Night Life?


HA! The ignorance of youth. I knew it well. He also came up with heart of hearts and laughing stock!


I wonder if he came up with 'To be or not to be.' That's either Hamlet or Macbeth.


We could look it up but that might be going on a "wild-goose chase"!


Haha. He was certainly a prolific writer. Never boring, either. He even invented names.


Miranda, Jessica, and Olivia.Those names are still popular.


Yeah! Olivia seems like a really popular name too!


I like to see Shakespeare in an era appropriate language and accent. I have seen several plays where they try to modernize it. That doesn't work. I like the costumes too.


Did you see Romeo & Juliet with Clair Danes and Leonardo Dicaprio? I had a hard time following that!


I did like that. I think if you read the play first you can follow it better. I don't know how the actors memorize all of those words and still say them with a clear meaning.


Good Morning. Have you heard of the book 'Clock Dance?'


No. I love murder mysteries and that's usually what I read but I have not heard of the author or the book.


I usually read biographies and business books so this is out of my depth. Have you read shakespeare?


I like Shakespeare. I would rather see it as a play than read it. Gives it so much more dimension. What do you think?


I had to read it in high school and couldn't follow it. I eventually got it on tape and read and listened, which helped but I still couldn't comprehend like I do other books. I would prefer to see it in play form too.


I find it amusing that Tchaikowsky donated his skull to the royal Shakespeare Company to be used as Yorrick.


Shakespeare coined a lot of phrases. Did you know he coined Good riddance?


My son always uses that phrase. I will have to tell him Shakespeare invented it. He won't believe me because his is the only generation to come up with anything good. lol


It definitely did.  Do you know how much James Earl Jones was paid to record Darth Vader's lines?


I believe it was $7,500, and he just spent 2 hours and a half doing so


Isnt that crazy?  Some of those lines are so iconic, and he got so little for them.  Shame.


I agree, it is basically nothing.. Did you know George Luca's wife influenced the star wars movies a lot?


Yeah, didnt she receive an editing award too?


She got an award for editing!! I think she made an important contribution.. good job


She definitely changed some parts significantly.  It would have been far different without her.


Yes, she did major changes.. and is interesting George did not get the award for directing!


Eminem has more oscars than George Lucas!  That is hard to believe!


Wow, and he has won more awards than Leo Di Caprio, Johnny Depp and Bill murray combined


Hi, Yes I am a star wars fan!!! Since I was a kid. What about you?


I didnt realized he had any at all, I wonder what they were all for.


Have to check!! Do you know who has won , best actor 3 times?


It is Daniel Day Lewis, what an accomplishment


It really is!  It has been great chatting, but I must go.  have a great night!


Yes!  Mostly when it comes to the Original trilogy.  Those are the best.


It is amazing how star wars was created long time ago , in 1977 and with a movie made last year , the star wars fever is so alive!


It has to be one of the most sucessful franchises ever.  40 years and still has a great following.


It is incredible that the first eight films were nominated for academy awards, they were able to  create wonderful productions!


The total value of the franchise was about $65 billion.  It will definitely always be a legend!


And 20 century fox though star wars was going to be a failure!!


I heard that, apparently so did Harrison Ford, I heard he didnt want to be credited in the film initially.


Is that right! Well, good for George Lucas because this poor vision from 20 century made him a billionaire


Yes indeed. I think I read somewhere that the average lifetime earnings of an engineer is more than those of an NFL or NBA player. So staying in school makes sense. Especially since players get hurt all the time and some never get back in the game. Been some gruesome injuries lately.


Yes and TBI is a scary problem in the NFL


Their heads get too big sometimes too and they think they can get away with all kinds of stuff. You would think all that money would make them super cautious. But, I hear about criminal activity all the time, such as with Aaron Hernandez.


Guess that's why there aren't any women NFL players, lol. Although, if they met the requirements they could be!


I agree. As a woman they should have equal rights. What league is your favorite?


I personally don't believe in the equal rights thing, and I'm a woman! As far as a favorite league, my favorite team is the New Orleans Saints. They have awesome cheerleaders too, but some of the rules they have to follow are ridiculous. They aren't allowed to have any kind of social contact with the players!


well any last thoughts before we disconnect?


Nah, I enjoy talking the sports thing once in a while, so I enjoyed chatting. Makes me seem like I actually know what I'm talking about, ha ha.


I was listening to talk radio and heard that the highest paid state employee in most states is the football or basketball coach!


Yes I saw in section 2 that iverson got a lump sum for 32 million


I think they get paid too much! But I remember from the Kavenaugh hearings that even the Supreme Court justices like to play the b'ball. They have their own court called "the highest court in the land", lol!


haha. What did you think about section 3 basketball?


I've never been a real fan of basketball, I'm just amazed at how crazy some people are about it. But also, the skills, like Kareem Abdul-Jabarr's dunking skills!


haha. I think it was cool how his shot got banned from college basketball.


He must have been too good! Personally, I admire the guys that stay in school before going to the NBA. Seems like they are looking out for the future.


How's it going, DId you know in most of the world hockey refers to field hockey and not ice Hockey?


Yea , usually before catching South Park reruns. Did you know the simpsons sent the South Park producers flowers after the Family guy episode?


No I didn't hear about that! Did you see that episode? Was it any good?


Yea, it was 2 South Park episodes but it was very controversial because they mentioned Muhhammed in it


Oh wow that is interesting. Speaking of controversial, did you know that George Carlin actually did a narration for the Thomas the Tank Engine kids TV show


I heard that, so did Ringo Starr and Alec Baldwin for 52 episodes each


Yep you're right. you said you watch The Simpsons, did you see the episode where Bart does not appear? He also isn't mentioned in the whole episode


Probably not, theres just too many episodes of The Simpsons, Pokemon too, they have over 750 episodes


Yeah I do like Pokemon though! What about concerts have you ever been to a concert before?


A couple. I would of loved to see the Ramones, they played 2,263 concerts as a band


yes I wish I saw them and I also where should I sell Lincoln Park before their singer passed away, they did about one concert per day back in 2001


No I didn't know that. So apparently you like you said, there are different types of hockey, what is interesting to me is that Canada has a national sport. One of them is hockey and the other is lacrosse, no one watches lacrosse though LOL


Well I have to go, nice chatting with you


It is kinda funny lacrosse is a national sport of Canada considering how cold it get there


Yep that's true, hockey is probably their national sport because it is so cold in Canada, I can believe too that a hockey player can lose up to eight pounds in one game, both from the physical activity and the cold


Yea hockey is a very demanding sport physically but a loss of 8 pounds in a game is still a lot


Yep I agree, I wish I could play hockey because I would love to use that exercise to lose 8 pounds LOL. Did you hear about the hockey player who was traded for a dollar?


Yea and he ended up winning 4 stanley cups so he can't feel that bad about the trade


Nope I can't either! I'm also happy that instead of having to build two stadiums, you can just swap between a hockey rink and a basketball court


Yea but I hear that arenas that have both basketball and hockey teams the ice quality isn't as good when under the floor


Oh I didn't know that. Do you ever watch games on television by the way?


Hey have you seen the new Netflix special Nanette


Oh yeah I know who that is now. Do you ever watch Netflix by the way? I can't believe they have 140 million subscribers around the world


I feel like everyone I know has Netflix. It almost seems like that number should be larger. I bet Blockbuster feels silly for declining offers to buy Netflix.


Yes they definitely should have bought them for only $59 when they had the chance LOL


And to think it all started just because there was a $40 late fee on Apollo 13.


LOL yep that isn't expensive late fee though. What do you think about comic books? Do you ever like to read them


I don't know much about the comics. I do know that Stan Lee created most and he ended every phone conversation with the word "Excelsior!"


Yep he was awesome! do you ever go to Michigan by the way? You could visit the world's largest public comic book collection at Michigan State University


That would be fun and I could impress everyone when I say DC Comics really means Detective Comics Comics.


Yep now you know haha. I think it's sad that Marvel had to publish a "generic comic book "in order to trademark names like "superhero"


Very smart. Well thanks so much for chatting. I learned a lot of new and interesting information.


I have not. But I do enjoy watching Netflix. I certainly account for the 33% bandwidth in North America from 9PM to 12 AM.


Yes I learned a lot about comic books, also the fact that they got popular back in the 1930s and that was a long time ago


Haha yes I agree, apparently this Nanette special though is like a comedy stand-up routine, I might check it out it sounds pretty good


They have great comedy specials. There is just too much to watch. I guess thats why Netflix and YouTube make up half of peak internet traffic in North America.


I see that. What do you think about the movie Kung Fu Hustle? Apparently Bill Murray loves it


I have seen it. I though it was good but it is not my favorite. Comedy is very subjective. 3rd rock from the sun won Best Comedy beating Seinfeld, Friends and Frasier and I think all of those are much funnier.


Yep I agree with you. I think Seinfeld is the best but Fraser is also good, did you know that Harold and Kumar started the genre of bromantic comedies


That makes sense, I can see the formula of the movies like the Hangover and Pineapple Express.


Yep that's for sure. Do you know who the actor Ryan Stiles is? I don't know and I haven't heard of him, but he apparently dropped out of high school to go after his comedy career


He is one of the comedians from Whose Line is it Anyway? I am not sure who Demetri Martin is but he left Harvard Law for comedy.


Hello, how are you? Do you have any pets?


Interesting. I did not know that. What else do you do in your spare time?


Well I read and watch a lot of movies. Have you ever seen the movie Starship Troopers? It was based on a book and the book was apparently on the US military reading list


No I don't think that I have. I like to read as well, I like to read poetry also. Did you know that CS Lewis and Tolkien used to have a competition where they read really bad poetry and tried not to laugh.


I would feel bad if I knew that they were laughing at my work LOL. Did you hear about speed-reading though? Apparently the world record is almost five thousand words a minute


Wow that's incredible that a person can process that much that quickly. I really liked Edgar Allan Poe growing up. Do you know that he was only paid $9 when his most famous poem the raven was published.


No that's really sad. I also think it's sad that there was a moral Panic back in the 18th century, people were scared that so many people in the general public were reading novels LOL


Oh wow I never knew that. Did you know that most of the Hobbit characters names are from an Icelandic poem called dvergatal.


No I didn't know that. I also didn't know that Ender's Game the movie was based on a book, I thought that the movie was really bad LOL hopefully the book is better


I saw that one, it was okay. I bet the book is better. It has been nice chatting with you.


Thank you you too. And it is shocking that it's also on the reading list for the United States Marine Corps!


No I don't. But I used to have a pet fish when I was a kid, what about you?


That one does seem weird, but I didn't know they even had a reading list.


Yeah you wouldn't think so, and I don't know if you've seen the movie but it's not exactly pro-military either, great talking to you though


I have had many pets over the year, but currently only have a salt water aquarium. Was yours freshwater?


Yes I think it was a goldfish LOL. It's not as cool as a black swallower fish though, those fish can actually eat animals that are twice their length


That's cool, I wouldn't want one in my tank. I have been thinking of doing another tank of just seahorses. They are really neat creatures and the only fish with a neck.


Yeah I think seahorses are really cute! Also I think that we should do more research on jellyfish, there is apparently some kind of jellyfish that is Immortal and I want to be immortal LOL


Yes I have heard of it, it is like phoenix and restarts its life. We need to study it more!


Yep I agree! Did you know that freshwater fish drink water through their skin? I wonder how they can do that, I wish I could!


Oh wow that's weird I didn't know that. I thought that they sip water like my saltwater fish do. So interesting.


Yeah I think so. Also have you ever heard of the zebrafish apparently 84% of human disease genes also have counterparts in a zebrafish, we should study them to


For sure, I never knew that lol. I couldn't get hyped up for classical music even though it is good stuff lol. Do you watch dramas at all?


I do, actually. There's also a website that has thousands of classic radio dramas for no charge I enjoy visiting from time to as well! What about you?


Wow, I will have to check that out. I used to watch House all the time, ever seen it?


I did hear Hugh Laurie's the highest paid tv drama actor. He apparently made $700k per episode for House. That is just insane. He obviously isn't hurting for money, is he?


that is so much money! Lets hope he isn't, House was on for a long time I think. Are you a fan of michael caine?


Yes, I love Michael Caine! Can you believe that he only became an actor because he said all the prettiest girls at his school were drama students? I should have taken drama classes, then! Ha!


Me too! I am sure he got all the pretty girls when he became a famous actor lol


No kidding! Speaking of schools and drama, did you also know John Hamm was a drama teacher at his former high school and Ellie Kemper from The Office was a student of his? It's a small world!


No way, very small world. I like both of those actors and I am watching the office right now lol. It was so nice chatting with you today!


That's cool! I just wish Jim Carrey would make more damas but he refuses since it goes against his belief system that prevents him from acting in films that don't project positivity. That's kind of sad but understandable. Well it was very nice chatting with you as well, friend! Hope you have a great weekend!


Hi! I love concerts, actually! Although I'm glad I didn't attend that Creed concert back in 2002 that was so godawful, some of the attendees actually filed a lawsuit. That's embarassing. What about you?


That is smart, I like funny Jim Carrey the most. Have a great weekend also!


That is hilarious, I wonder what the verdict was lol. I went to linkin park in 2001, I was at one of the 324 shows they did that year


That's so awesome! I hope to one day see that ancient Roman amphitheatre in Croatia that they use as a concert venue. I bet it's amazing!


That would be cool and expensive to go to I bet. Speaking of roman amphitheatres, did you hear about the pink floyd concert at one?


I heard they recorded a live concert at an ancient Roman amphitheatre in Pompeii way back in 1972 but didn't have a live audience! Thats kind of odd, Isn't it?


Very odd lol, I wonder if it was for a new album they were creating


That's a good question! I also think it's cool that over the course of 20 years, The Ramones played 2,263 concerts and toured nearly nonstop. That takes some serious stamina!


That takes so much! I wonder when they stopped or why they stopped. Too much money made maybe?


Or they could have been exhausted. Ha! On a similar note, did you know that classical music concerts had wild, moving audiences who were also loud during the performance? That seems like it would be a major distraction!


Hi, how are you? What do you think of the president?


They both have been bought and sold by special interests. Until 1805 in the us, the runner up in a presidential election automatically became the vice president. I wonder if that would improve things now.


Can you imagine in Hillary was VP right now?!?!?!?!  Pence is a wet paper bag, but very quiet (too quiet?) and Hillary would be riot in that position!


Pence is the experience politician and maybe the adult in the room, but I think he gets shouted down a lot.


I think he is just a culpable for not standing up for what he allegedly believes in and letting this administration operate with a blatant disregard for decency and humanity.  Although, what I do know about Pence, maybe it's better that he sits in the corner quietly!


I would hope that he could restrain Trump on the crazier things, maybe get him to not spout off on Twitter so much.


If he keeps incriminating himself on Twitter, the Mueller report will never be complete!  Sometimes the daily events in DC remind me of a Simpsons episode - where truth is stranger than fiction....


Yes, they predicted that Trump would be president. Matt Groening has a crystal ball. I wonder if Lisa will ever be president.


Lisa would be the best president in history!  Would Bart be Sec. of Education?  Homer Sec. of Energy?  Maggie?  Marge?  Santa's Little Helper?


LOL. Yes. It would be interesting. Bring Grampa back to life and he would complain that Hoover should be in office again.


Right!  It's amazing how culturally relevant that show has been and continues to be.  Feather in the cap for getting under Fox "News" skin to the tune of a lawsuit against their parody!


Good morning!  I think the president is a con, cheat, racist, and mentally challenged....


Yeah, why would they sue? It makes them look bad and gives the Simpsons even more credibility!


Must have hit too close to home with their anti-Dem agenda and did't like being exposed.  They are an entertainment program anyways so why do they even care?  So ironic that they are the original Fake News and now they & Trump try to use it in reverse


I don't trust any news source at this point. They report the words of people that are biased and then add their own bias. Truth? Facts? What are those?


Totally agree!  It's difficult to get the facts and truth these days - that's the end game for all the politicians...  Hey - in case this chat ends abruptly, it's been really great chatting with you today!


No, please, tell us what you really think! LOL. Yes, I understand how you feel.


Ha!  There is comfort in anonymity and I realize the country is divided, I just hope it's not 50/50 and a change is coming - although I have my reservations


I don't particularly like Trump either. The country is divided, but I think the next election will be a telling one. I'm surprised that Trump is not one of the richest presidents.


I think he's not as rich as he claims to be, partially why he wont release his taxes.  But also because in the private sector - it benefited him to modify his net worth in certain situations


Yes, and I think he is using the presidency to benefit himself and family even more. That bothers me.


Most things about this president bother me - the roll back in EPA regulations, the unabashed nepotism, the attacks on the media and our country's intelligence agencies - could go on and on and on and on


I wish that he would get something done and move forward instead of destroying what exists. It's frustrating. What nickname should he have?


in my opinion it should be something having to do with orange. I totally agree with you and I was hoping for a real tax cut for the middle class by now.  I also want to point out that I am not any happier with the 2 parties in our current government. Both Dems and Republicans are doing a terrible job


Me either, the original is always the best.  What I didn't realize is that with Valentine's Day coming up soon, Silence of the lambs came out on Valentines' Day 1991.


I heard they made $270 million in the box office.


That's  alot of money and a very scary movie.  I read somewhere that Tom Hanks is the highest all time box office star, with over $8.5 billion worldwide.


He is in so many movies. I am not surprised. It was shocking that I learned trojan wars had a budget of $15,000,000 and only earned $304 in the box office.


I heard it was $309, but what's 5 bucks, anyway.  Lol Did you know Disney considered shutting down their animation studio after Sleeping Beauty flopped at the box office?


I am surprised they considered shutting down. But I am not surprised that Sleeping Beauty was unsuccessful. I was not a fan of that movie.


It's surely not my favorite Disney movie, but I'm glad they didn't shut down, they have really cranked out the classics of my childhood.  Do you watch any tv?


Yes, I love TV. I heard that Hough Laurie gets $700,000 for every episode in house. I would not know what to do with all that money.


Me either, but he's worth it.  I never knew he was British until I heard him being interviewed one time on tv and he was speaking British and I was like OMG, I would have never known, he's just that good.  House is one of my favorite tv shows, though.  I wish it was still on.


Yes, I did not know that either. Erin from the office was taught by Jon Haumm.


That's an interesting tidbit.  Well, it's been nice chatting with you this morning, I have to go and walk my dog.  Talk to you later, friend.


Yes, I I'm a Potterhead.  I love all things Harry Potter.  Read all the books and seen all the movies.


I am a big fan too! Unfortunately, I have not read all of the books, but I have seen all of the movies. Can you believe that she was denied from 12 publishers before she found one!?


That's so funny.  Wouldn't you hate to be one of the 12 publishers that turned that down.  Ooh, what a BURN.


So true. I honor her ability to continue trying and not accepting defeat. That is definitely not easy.


She's a strong lady for sure.  She demanded that Harry Potter be filmed only in Britain with an all British cast, too.


I love that about her. Also, I did not know she turned down Michael Jackson to do a performance! I bet he was shocked at the time.


I'm sure he wasn't too thrilled about that. I hate to hear that a new owl sanctuary had to be opened up to house all the pet owls abandoned by Harry Potter fans.  That's so sad.


Yes, that is sad. Hopefully they are happy in the sanctuary though! It was also interesting about how she did not want anyone to do a spin off of Harry Potter. I don't blame her though.


It's so sad to read about soldiers who were left over in the Korean war


I don't know if that has anything to do with it. I don't think many Democratic presidents would be willing to do what he's doing


The process of getting the remains (in exchange for money) has been going on with both Republicans and Democrats. I don't think it's about parties


That's true. But making a deal to ease sanctions wouldn't be done by everybody.


True. He seems to be willing to do things many other Presidents didn't, even things that were already voted and signed on


It's crazy that Koreans have to be separated even though they are the same people.


That's not the only time something like that has happened before. This is only different in that the US is still involved in some of this. There's still 7,700 Americans missing


I'm not sure if I feel bad for the missing Americans. They knew what they were getting themselves into.


Not all of them did. Do you know much about dogs?


Did you know dogs are considered a subspecies of the wolf?


They were also the first species to be domesticated. No wonder they're a favorite


I know, and it doesn't help that relations with North Korea have been all over the place