I think cars are going to change dramatically during the next century. Different fuel, AI controlled, less congestion on the freeway.


lol I never saw the show, that may be a good thing lol. How is he protrayed


He's just so indifferent to the entire world. (I have never seen it but have seen clips on sports shows).


nice I will have to check it out. Did you know how the huddle started?


There was a deaf quarterback named Paul Hubbard who used to hide his signs with the use of a huddle


Wow, I had no idea. There's only 11 minutes of actual playing time in a real game.


that is crazy. You figure there would be more being it is on tv like 3 hours lol


I know. I get mad when my DVRed simpsons does not start on time because football ran over. So irritating.


I agree with that! It was so nice chatting with you!


I love both the NFl and college football. Do you have a favorite team?


I am from Chicago so Bears and Illini. You?


Nice Bears fan, but an Iowa Hawkeye fan. At least you arent a saints fan, they require their cheerleaders to leave places when players come


I hate all big ten schools, it is hard wired into me but what you all do with the children's hospital brings a tear to my eye everytime!


for sure, I was part of the wave a few times, one game against the Illini last year also.


I bet we lost that one. I shouldn't say "hate" because all of the people are nice, especially Iowa. It just sucks when we always get crushed.


you did lol, Jeff George Jr threw like 4 interceptions. I agree with what you mean. Do you have a favorite quarterback of all time?


Jay Cutler. I know that seems dumb but I love how he is portrayed in his wife's show.


Yesh they allow horses though, it has been in effect for 100 years now


Yes it must be really quiet and peaceful there


Yeah. Did you know there is no public railway in Iceland?


Yeah so they have to travel by car and if not, then they have to fly around


Yes I do. DO you know who Reggie Miller is?


Yeah that is the guy whose sister is the Cal State LA womens basketball coach


Yes the woman broke 8 national records when the scored 105 points in a game


Yeah. Do you know about that deal Iverson signed with Rebook?


Yesh he is getting $800 000 every year and then 32 million after 55


Wow the guy is pretty much set for life then


I have not been but I hear it can get expensive to travel around there by car


Yes it can come up to be $300 because the highways are tolled


Yeah. Did you know the dutch are working in a fast bus?


Yeah it is supposed to go as fast as 160 mph, that is crazy for a bus


I know. Do you know who the first kind to travel the world was


Yes. Did you know in Mackinac Island there are no motorized vehicles allowed?


Yes they are that busy. DId you know they own IMDB as well?


I love them. They have a secret studio that us visited only by celebrities


Wow. Did you know RObin Williams did the voice of Aladdin?


Yes and was the first celebrity to start this trend


Yes. Did you know LeBron is the highest paid celebrity?


Yes he makes more than even Judge Judy who makes $123 000 per episode


Yesh . Did you knw Carol Burnett was the first celebrity to appear in Sesame STreet?


All the time. Do you know what the hamburger button is?


I sure do, I like Amazon the best, and you?


me too. Did you know Jeff built a clock on a mountain?


Yes and it is supposed to run for 10 000 years


yeah. Did you know they named a building after their first customer?


Yes and all he has to do was spend less than $30


Yeah. Did you know they deliver on SUndays now too?


Yes thanks to a contract they signed with USPS


Yes. Their workers walk up to 15 miles a day


Hello! Do you like the NBA? I used to play basketball. Apparently physicists say the granny shot is the best technique for a free throw!


Yes most likely. I wonder if they will ever make a movie about him. I like Disney movies. The Lion King was the first movie to be dubbed in Zulu for its African release!


I am not sure.  Perhaps he can get a cameo in the upcoming "Space Jam" sequel with Lebron.  But that's Warner Brothers.  What I find interesting is that ESPN is part of the Disney family.


Oh yeah true. Wow Disney owns so many things-and now Star Wars too. The first animated Disney movie directed by a female was Frozen! She sure set a high standard.


Frozen is one that I was really  worn out on!  It seemed like that was all my younger nieces wanted - frozen dresses, frozen dolls, frozen hair pieces.  The merchande made it big money.  Did you know that the toy industry gets involved in the animations before filming?  I guess that gives them plenty of time to plan the merchandising.


Oh I had no idea. All about making money I suppose. If you notice identical scenes in old disney movies it's because they recycled a lot of animation frames.


In the old days with manually prepared animation frames, I could see why - that's a really time consuming process.  But the modern stuff seems more unique.  Computer animation has really sped up the process.  But sometimes, it still take a long time for an idea to form.  Did you know that "Wreck-It-Ralph" started development in the late 1980s and when on for three decades and though 4 working titles?


No way. I should really watch that movie because I haven't seen it yet! I love visiting Disneyland which is right near the Disney Studios in Burbank California.


I have visited Epcot in FL, but that is the extent of my exposure to Disney theme parks and resorts.  Its such a behemoth that its considered one of Hollywood's Big 6 film studios!


Yeah I totally see that being that case! Epcot is cool though! Well it was nice talking with you have a great day!


Same to you.  I like the way they bought Lucas and Pixar, but did not mess with their winning formulas.  They know well enough not to mess with something that is working - shrewd business!


I am not much into basketball.  I followed Shaq when he was at my alma mater LSU and Michael Jordan when I worked in Chicago, but that's about it.  Did you know the NBA banned Air Jordan shoes but MJ wore them anyway?  Nike was more than willing to pay the fines for the free advertising!


Exactly! The subsidiary of the Walt Disney company is the main producer of live action films and it took on it's current name in 1983!


We will have to see what is next from Disney acquistion blockbuster will be!


Oh nice. Yeah LSU is more football oriented for sure. Yeah those shoes were nice. Iverson also made a lot of money-About 32,000,000 with Reebok!


That's a serious lump sum payout after getting $800,000 annual up to age 55.  Endorsements are big business.  Did you know that Nike blew the sales pitch to Stephen Curry so badly he signed on with Under Armour?


Whoa I never knew that! Wonder why it went so badly? I think it's interesting how players skip college for the NBA nowadays. Tim Duncan sacfrificed money to stay in college 4 years. Pretty smart I think.


We know what the star players make, but the journeyman and 2nd string players make a lot less.   Considering the short duration of a sports career, having a fallback plan, i.e. a degree, makes sense.    Stephen Curry played for Davidson College, and very small school in NC.  I wonder how the scouts were able to seek him out?  I had never heard of Davidson College till recently.


Yeah me neither. I guess if you work hard enough and have talent you will succeed. With a bit of luck too. He is a great player. The 2015 season MVP for good reason!


Well, he was really an outstanding player that major collegiate basketball schools, like Kentucky, missed.  He has really added emphasis on the 3-pointer as a game strategy and it shows in the MVP awards and the national championships.


Yea I agree. I bet the only time he was scoreless was back in Davidson when the other team double teamed him the entire game! Davidson still won though.


They may have shut him out by double teaming Curry, but lost by leaving his teammates open.  He really has made his mark on the NBA with 3 titles.


How are you? Did u know With over $8.5 billion worldwide film earnings, tom hanks is the highest all-time box office star.


Yeah read that too,  i cant imagine him in the marines!  I love his show " Whose line is it anyway?"


Yes, that is a classic.  I was shocked to see Evan Almighty was the most expensive comedy ever made.  It had a budge of $200 million.


Oh right,  I remember reading that.  Thats pretty crazy too,  but it probably all went to cgi,


I bet, but definitely not worth it.  A comedy has not won the Academy Award for best picture in 37 years.


Comedy central has cancelled over 100 shows since its creation in 1989


Man, the Dave Chappelle show on there was the funniest show EVER in my opinion.  Check this out.  In 1981, "The Empire Strikes Back" was nominated by the writers guild of America for its best comedy award.  Strange.


lol it definitely had some comedy aspects! Bill murray thinks kung fu hustle is "the supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy".


I read that somewhere.  I was surprised to hear that.  I know in early comedy, slipping on a banana peel was meant to mean slipping in horse manure.


Yes it is.  I am a fan of Satire comedy as well. That is when comedy is used to portray people or social issues as ridiculous or corrupt.


I think I read that somewhere.  I did know however that Even though John Carter was considered a flop for Disney, it did great in Russia, even breaking box office records


Disney considered shutting down their animation studio after sleeping beauty was a box office failure.


Good think it didn't.  If you take inflation into account, the original Star Wars trilogy made more money that the prequels in the US by $1,328,009,800.


wow thats crazy! The silence of the lambs came out on valentine's day in 1991 and had a box office of over $270 million.


I didn't know it did that good.  The first game to surpass Hollywood box office sales was Mortal Kombat 2.  I actually saw that one.  I was a huge fan of the game.


The game was awesome!  Still a classic,  the movie was not that great lol


The first one was I thought, but not the second one.  I was surprised to see that the Lord of the Rings trilogy made big losses even though it was a huge box office success.


Wow thats crazy!!  That was an amazing series!


I know, I am shocked it lost money.  I am also a humongous comedy fan.  Did you know that Drew Carey was in the Marine Corps for 8 years.  He would tell jokes to his fellow marines.


I love to watch movies. I like action, drama, and comedy, but not horror films. What about you?


Yes, I agree. I don't see Jack Black in that.  Proper casting is important in all movies, but especially the superheroes.


I can't get over Michael Keaton and "I'm Batman", that voice will always be Batman to me, but Christian Bale did  a decent job as well.


Yes. liked them both. Keaton the best. Did you see where Jim Carrey won't make any movies that don't reflect positivity? He always makes me laugh!.


That is cool, I like most of his movies though, I can't get into Dumb and Dumber, I prefer things like the Truman show.


Again, I agree with you. I liked The Mask too. I have seen Hugh Laurie be really funny too, outside of the House role.  He is also a great musician.


I didn't know he played an instrument, what does he play?


He is a great pianist and he has a couple of CD's out. Jazzy, soulful...he sings as well.


Hmm, I'll have to check it out, I like Jazz music, old Kenny G fan.  It's funny, Bill Murray, thinks Kung Fu, Hustle is the best comedy ever,  I disagree, but I did like Caddyshack and Stripes.


Loved Caddyshack! He is funny, but he can also do very poignant drama as well.


I loved the Zombie movie where he goes golfing during the apocolypse, cracked me up.  When you talk about comedies, I think I've seen every Friends and Seinfeld episode multiple times.


I love comedy, drama, and dramedy.  I read that Stephen King called Bambi the first horror movie he saw, that explains alot.   I like things like Love Actually but if I have to watch a scary movie, I want to see something like Bram Stokers, Dracula or World War Z, not the slasher ones.


Me too! Thanks for chatting with me. Have a great day...


You too, maybe I'll have time later to look up some new Jazz by Hugh Laurie.


Yes, I agree about the Slasher films. Did you know that those creepy noises in horror films are made by something called a waterphone?  Wonder what that looks like?


I don't know what a waterphone looks like, don't think I want one though,   Did you know Hugh Laurie is the highest paid drama actor, making 700000 an episode for House, I think I am in the wrong field.


House was one of my favorite shows, ever!  Actors get paid alot, but I would hate to never have any privacy.


That's the trade off for fame I guess,  I read that Michael Caine only became an actor because he thought the pretty girls were all in drama, I can see his face but can't think of anything he played in.


He has been in 60 movies. He was Alfred in The Dark Knight, and the other Christian Bale Batman movies. Do you like Marvel and DC comics movies?..


I do like them,  they say horror movies can burn 180 calories when watched but I think I burn more when watching all the Mavel and DC movies, I love the action in them.


Me too. I love the new Aquamam movie, speaking of.  Those movies are a combination of all three genres. A little horror, lots of action, some drama and comedy too.


That's what makes them so good, I haven't seen the new movie yet, looking forward to it,  Did you know Green Lantern was going to be a comedy with Jack Black and they changed it, I think for the better, how about you?


Hey have you ever seen Justin Timberlake in concert before?


I think it's a great album! It's crazy that it went platinum without getting any AirPlay or without them doing a tour


Do you think that the movie by the same name had anything to do with it going platinum?


Yes I think it went platinum before the movie came out haha. Have you heard about the famous Japanese rappers though? They are twins and also 100 years old


That's hilarious!  But it shows the international reach of pop music.  I remember South Korean "Gangnam Style" was big here, I believe in 2012.  Did  you N. Korea has its own girl pop band?


No I didn't, I wonder if there are any good? Have you heard them play any songs


No I have not heard N. Koreas "Moranbong Band".  For them to even exist they must sing praises of the Kim dynasty.  Switching to geeks, did you know scientist have voted Queens "We are the Champions" as the catchiest pop song of all time?


No I didn't hear about that. But it makes sense that song is always stuck in my head haha. Do you ever play the guitar by the way?


No.  I spent more time out hunting, fishing, roping, and riding.  But I do like to go hear the jazz / blues guitarists in New Orleans from time to time.  In my youth, Van Halen was one of my favs.  Did you know Eddie Van Halen recorded a guitar solo in which he set studio speakers on fire?  The song was "Beat It".  He sure beat up those speakers!!!!


I heard about that! He actually set the speakers on fire because his solo was so awesome LOL that's hilarious


What I never figured out is the acts that smash guitars.  I guess because I am a bit of a tightwad and would never intentionally smash something that cost hundreds or thousands of dollars.  Matthew Bellamy with use holds the Guinness World Record for that!


No.  I have not.  I am not really much into pop music.  It seems like he has been around forever.


Yeah I think that's a really dumb record, but I guess it's in the Guinness Book of World Records so oh well, what do you think about Queen's guitarist Brian made by the way? He has a PHD in astrophysics so he must be really smart


Yeah he's been around for a while, he's actually going to perform at the Capital One Arena very soon. His newest album is called man of the Woods by the way


Wasn't is previous album FutureSex/LoveSounds in 2006?  What is the reason for the long dry spell?


Yeah I don't know. I think he just needed some time to get his bearings. I guess a lot of people think that his songs feel empty in this new release though


Thinking back, about the only thing I remember about Justin Timberlake is NippleGate in the 2004 Super Bowl.  From what I read, in the interim has broken into acting, gotten married and became a father.  Do people think his songs are "empty" because he has changed his style or do they think he has lost his musical bearing?  His major life changes may have changed his musical perspective.


Yes I think is you could alter your taste in music will change. What do you think about albums though? Who made your favorite album


Pink Floyd "The Wall" is my favorite.  Did you know "The Dark Side of the Moon" is still one of the best selling albums after 40 years!  And yours?


Wow that's great! I also love Pink Floyd and I love Metallica, I know that my friend loves Linkin Park and they have a best selling album right now


I did not know that.  What I find interesting is the resurgence in vinyl LPs for audiophiles.  Most of my music is digital, except for some local Louisiana bands who never made it big.  I still have their vinyl albums and play them every now and then.  What do you think of NWA's Straight Outta Compton?


What do you think about the sexual assault allegations agains Brett Kavanaugh


I wonder why it was 1 lol, you know, women were not allowed to wear pants on the senate until the year 1993


That seems so antiquated but it was only in 1993!!! How weird is that?


I know it is pretty odd, thankfully things changed, so did you know Trumps guest house is bigger than the White House!


That seems odd... I am sure it upsets him too!


Yeah that might be upsetting to him, you know his not on the top 3 on the ranking of wealthiests presidents.


Maybe he could get a PHD like Woodrow Wilson!


Wilson has a PHD? thats awesome, you know what else is awesome, the president of Indoneisa released 3 pop albums


That's how Trump could make more! Release some pop albums. No one would make fun of him for it....


At least not for that lol, and also the first president of Zimbawe had a funny name, you want to know what it is?


I think there is something there but I do not think there is enough for him to lose his ability to be confirmed. You?


His name was Banana, so everyone called him President Banana! so funny!!


Yeah its already being called the most comprhensive review in the history of Supreme Court nominations, who knows if theyl find something else.


I heard that there is a machine that can detect lies know and the team that made it will run his testimony through it. It was on a RadioLab or Freakonomics podcast.


I think thats a great idea, he is denying all the allegations and if his telling the truth then theres nothing to be afraid of.


Yeah. I think there is a paradigm shift on acceptability, and rightfully so, and the older generation is getting caught in it.


I think there are too many interests at hand and Republicans might be defending Kavanaugh.


Yeah, I agree. The whole thing was a circus... Did you know Carter turned the thermostat to 65 one winter?


I didnt thats interesting, just like Bush put solar panels back into the White House.


I did not know that! The first phone number to the WH was 1???? Huh?


Hey there. I just learned that GOP stands for Grand Old Party. Very traditional sounding.


I love youtube! It is the second largest search engine on the net!


I watch Youtube a lot! Any little thing you want to find is on there! Google bought Youtube in 2006. Two huge platforms!


Yes they are. Gangnam Style got so many views that youtube had to upgrade the view integer to 64 bits!


Wow, I remember when that was such a huge deal! Interesting that Netflix and Youtube make up half of peak internet traffic in north america. That is amazing!


Yes people love to watch entertainment! Police actually have their own platform called blutube! I wonder how people can access that service?


That is awesome! The police really can benefit from that! I bet an average person can't use their site. I bet it helps them out a lot. My favorite thing to look up on youtube is music, I like the videos. Or the do it yourself video's, how about you?


I love DIY videos too, so helpful. I never use the like/dislike feature. But a lot of people disliked Bieber's "baby" video.


I heard that too, which seems strange that it was the most watched video for a long time back when it 1st came out. So many people getting wealthy by having a youtube channel and following....that's what I would like to do lol!


Yes it would be nice to get endorsed by youtube! You should do it! That way you can contribute to all that internet traffic! Well it was lovely chatting with you!


Yes, I have been looking into a subscription to a do it yourself type channel! I wonder if the Republicans and Democrats have a Youtube channel? It has been great! Have a great day!


That is exactly what I think too. The Republican party is old school so it fits very nicely!


There have been a total of 19 Republican presidents...the most of any party!


Wow, I didn't know that. Yes, the Republicans dominated politics nationally between 1860 and 1932!


They always emphasize their abortion position, which all stemmed from the monumental Roe vs Wade 1973 Supreme Court Ruling.


Exactly. This was their platform and their support grew its evangelicals, leading to complete alignment with Christian conservatism. A lot different from the Democratic party.


Yes a stark contrast to the Democrats. The two parties heritage goes back to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison's Democratic-Republican Party!


Yes, and the Republican party as of 2018 was the primary party of power in the USA.  Interesting though that there has not been a non republican / non democrat since 1853.


Yes I wish that wasn't the case. The more variety the better. 15% of the tea party movement identified as democrats!


I agree! I think we should all be open minded and not choose a side. the red and blue colors used for republicans and democrats only started being used consistently since 2000. I was watching some documentaries on youtube and it's all pretty interesting.


Haha that seems like a pretty dangerous eruption. Like all of a sudden it could explode and blast your clothes into the sky


Yea but I wonder if using a geyser would be able to get asbestos out of clothing


I imagine it gets almost everything. Except oil. Nothing gets oil out.


Yea, oil sucks. DId you know a man in China wore 70 clothing items just to avoid bagging fees


I wonder how he was able to fit into one seat. I would be annoyed if I had to sit next to him.


That would suck. Did you know airports make travelers walk farther just so they don't have to fetch baggage off planes faster?


That's interesting. Do you travel a lot?


I try to, it's disappointing to know air travel is down 10% than it was in the 1960s


That is disappointing. We wouldn't be able to see the world without like the king of Hawaii.


I wish I could travel like the garden gnomes people steal and take pictures of to send back to their owners


Not that much although I wonder what Miguel Cabarllo's bulletproof clothing looks like


I'd like to see Iceland. Apparently they have to use domestic flights to get around from town to town


That sucks. Well I have to go, nice chatting with you


Me either. I try to stay trendy and I appreciate the artistic side. What is cool is that humans decided at some point that clothing is necessary and we are the only species to do it.


Yea, although people like the Greeks didn't make the smartest fashion choices by putting asbestos into their clothing


Still, it's uniquely human and it varies greatly depending on body type, social and geographic considerations. Including the Greeks haha.


Ironically there is an African tribe that still wears victorian clothing even after the Germans who introduced it left


Did you know that the Pilgrims clothing was actually very colorful?


No, i figured it was just black. Did you know people used to use Old Faithful to do their laundry on?


Yep, people would just put their clothes on the geyser and wait for it to erupt


That is interesting too. I heard that in 1908 a law was passed limiting the length of hatpins.


They did that, so they wouldn't be used as weapons. Smart move.


Yeah it is. I'd hate to be stabbed to death with a hat pin.


That does sound like a painful way to die. I do like  the fact that Kanye gave his mic to a fan in a wheelchair once. He does have a few redeeming qualities.


Yeah he does have a few. He once did an SNL skit mocking for interrupting awards shows....2 years before the infamous Taylor Swift incident.


I have no idea what that is, as I don't pay attention to her either. I still find it mindblowing that Big Sean turned down a scholarship to Michigan, to go rap.


Yeah that is pretty good. He made a good choice I guess, he's one of the biggest rappers in the world right now. He can always go back.


Big Sean is? Weird, most have never heard of him. I do like Kanye's middle name, Omari,.


So his initials are K.O.W. That's funny!


I love the skits Saturday Night Live does of trump. The one of Brett Kavanaugh was hilarious, have you seen it?


I do, but I cannot tolerate Kanye West. I adore Tupac, and think it's interesting that the Library of Congress chose his music to be included because it's culturally significant.


Thank you for chatting with me, have a nice day.


I enjoyed it, I hope you have a nice day as well.


I agree, Kanye's old music was really good. He's just out there. Just like how he thinks AIDS is a man-made disease.


I just don't care for him. I would have loved to have been in the courtroom, the day a judge decided to give her ruling to Eminem, in rap style.


That would have been funny. Speaking of Eminem, did you know that his true dream was to become a comic book artist?


Yes, Spidey is his favorite. My brother used to love Rugrats when he was little, I only found out recently, that Busta Rhymes voiced the reptar wagon in the movie.


I didn't know that either. That's pretty interesting. Did you know that Korean rappers invented a new type of freestyle?


The compliment battle, lol. i would love to hear that. I love how people think the cowboy hat was the most popular in the old west, yet it was really the bowler.


Yeah, cowboy hats were more as working hats weren't they? Did you know that up until 1998 politicians had to wear a top hat if making a point of order in the House of Commons?


I did not. That sounds interesting. Much like the "tip of the hat" originates from Knights raising their visors.


I didnt know about it, but it would be interesting to find out why its illegal, do you know why Facebook has blue as its primary color?


Because blue is the coolest of all colors. I dunno. Why?


Not because blue is the coolest color of all lol, its because he suffers from colorblindness, I always though it was because of a marketing strategy.


Mark Zuckerberg has changed the way people see the Internet. Literally. Burger King had their promotion where you get a whopper for unfriending people.


I wish I would have seen that promotion in time, Ive always liked free food lol, and I agree Facebook is sure changing things a perfect example of this, Iceland.


Iceland is a small country and probably can collect feedback from citizens through Facebook. I don't think this would work in the US>


Probably wouldnt as there are too many different opinions, do you like to travel?


I love to travel, when I can find the time and money. Do you have any recommendations?


I would like to visit Mackinac island, I heard no motorized vehicles are allowed so if you want to get tuned with nature you should definitely look it up.


Good to get away from the stress of modern life. I wonder how the police, fire department, etc. deal with local problems.


No, I don't really know much about the sport.


I bet the crime rate is low, Im sure they have a sistem that works for them.


Well there is a Canadian pair that I follow closely, Keagan Duhamel and Eric Radford, you should watch them I bet you would like it.


Have they won any Olympic Medals? Are they still active in the sport?


Yeah Duhamel is actually the oldest person in the Canadian Olympic skating team to have won a gold medal.


That's great! Do you use Facebook at all? I'm not really into it, but I know it's popular with the youngsters.


I do use it, I am a Facebook user since 2005, right about when MySpace had the chance to buy it for a low price.


I wonder if there would be the same problems with FB if MySpace had bought it. $75 million is nothing for Internet businesses.


Maybe not, I think that Mark Zuckerberg is a great part of Facebooks success so who knows if it would be as popular as it is today.


It's funny that part of Germany outlawed the "like" button. I wonder what problem prompted that legislation.


Just got done watching the Incredibles 2, have you seen it?


No, I haven't I used to watch a lot of Seinfeld.


3rd rock beat seinfeld out for a golden globe in 97, i used to watch but never understood it


I guess that there were some politics behind that. Good thing 3rd Rock wasn't on Comedy Central. Comedy Central has cancelled over 100 shows since its creation in 1989.


yea that is crazy, I wonder if chappelle show was cancelled, that was my favorite


Dave quit. He was not prepared for success.


True, I think he needed a mental health break and moved to Africa


Yes, I heard that. Probably hard to know what to do. Most people aren't prepared for a sudden increase in wealth.


And all the "friends" that show up with it. Like all my nintendo friends when I got one back in the day


It was really good, better than the first. The game was fun to, it was made almost 13 years ago


I expect they invest a lot in the scripts and casting because so much has to go into the animation.


for sure, It is very costly. Do you watch comedy central>


I sometimes watch it. I try to catch South Park. What about you?


For sure, I love South Park! I hope they don't cancel it ever.


I hope so too. Bill Murray thinks Kung Fu Hustle is "the supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy". What do you think?


I think it is a different kind of comedy, what do you think


I cannot say that I agree with Bill on that one. I think he was being humorous. I haven't seen the film myself.


Yeah he did for 52 of them as did Ringo Starr and George Carlin too


Yeah pretty amazing. do you like horror movies?


Not so much but I know you burn 180 more calories watching them


Yeah true. King thought Bambi was the scariest movie ever


I guess the scene where the mom is killed terrified him as a child


That makes sense. You appreciate abstract art more after watching a horror movie


That is awesome. Have you seen the Shining?


I have not but I heard that little guy in it was very scary Have you seen it?


I have and the little kid Danny did not even know he was in a scary movie for years


Oh wow better off that way I guess. Do you know how they make the scary noises?


I sure do. Do you ever watch the SImpsons?


They use an instrument that is called a waterphone that makes creepy noises


Yeah I do not even know what it looks like but it sounds scary


Yes I love them. DId you know Bart was not mentioned in one episode?


Yeah and strangely enough he did not appear either at all


Yeah weird. Did you ever watch that 70s show?


I did and it was good but in the UK it did not do very well


Yeah because they rewrote it verbatim so it was bound to fail


Yeah they did 10 episodes but that is really nothing, too bad


Yeah I like it and hear Alec Baldwin did the voice for a few episodes


Do you think you are addicted to Social Media?


It was a website where people took care of digital pets. It was more popular than Google in 2001.


Oh i think i know what you are talking about. I remember something like that. Did you know that there is a copy of the internet?


Well i'm not sure but the internet is constantly changing so it sounds strange to me.


Do you know how Hedy Lamarr is? I heard she helped create Wi-Fi and GPS.


I hadn't heard that. Do you use Facebook?


I was never a fan. It doesn't seem like a lot of people are either. A lot of divorces are because of it


Yeah i was told that the term Facebook was seen in a lot of the divorce documents. That's a shame!


Were you on Facebook when it was first starting?


No actually i did get on until a year ago or so. How about you?


I was never on it. It's been nice talking to you. Take care.


Do you feel urges to use social media more and more over time?


I do. I guess I am addicted. I've heard about a treatment center in Seattle that treats kids addicted to the internet


Wow i'm sorry people will pay for anything whatever happen to a good hard stern talking to?


If you're addicted then I'm not sure how much that would help.


Your right just seems like to me parenting has gone by the wayside. did you know that an iPhone has as much computing power as a icbm deterrent?


It doesn't surprise me. Did you know everyone in Finland get internet if they want it?


Wow that sounds cool. I hear that the internet and phone cables are stretched across the oceans floor.


Yeah. Do you remember the website Neopets?


Is there any chance that you know much about basketball and the NBA?


It's amazing how much they relied on LeBron.  They've gone from being championship contenders to bottom of the pile.


I agree. Did you know Air Jordan's were banned in the NBA but Jordan still wore them and just paid a fine?


I must be nice to have that kind of money.  I respect that Tim Duncan who sacrificed money to play college.  Not many do that.


That's pretty nice. Do you like the Golden State Warriors?


I wouldn't say I was a fan, but I admire any team that is a successful as them.


I saw that Steph Curry plays a part in a foundation that donates nets to protect families in Africa from mosquitos.


Very commendable.  I'm sure they can afford it, they earned 12 million for losing a game once.


They make so much from sponsorship, like Jordan and his Air Jordan's, or Iverson  getting $800,000 a year until he's 55 even though he's retired.


That's crazy he's getting that much money and he's retired.


I do like basketball. Did you know Kareem's dominant dunk got the shot banned from college basketball for over a decade?


I wish someone would sponsor me with what I'm doing!  Nice talking to you, have a good day.


What was wrong with it?  I would have thought that as long as you were following the rules of the game you could do it any way you wanted?


Not sure what was wrong with it. The US Supreme Court has a basketball court on the top floor.


Interesting, I'd like to see those judges in their long robes playing basketball!


I hear that player, Markieff Morris, is draining his threes, curious term.  Do you know what that means?


I think it means he has been making tons of 3 point shots.


Do you have a favorite team?  I used to live in DC so I kind of like the Wizards.  Live closer to Cleveland now, plus my in-laws are from there, should I switch allegiances?


I like the Cleveland Cavaliers. I live in Cincinnati.


Wow, I didn't know that. That's cool!  Anyways, did you know that the world record for speed reading is held by anne jones, with a reading speed of 4,700 words per minute. That is extremely fast!


How can someone do that and remember everything they read?! I figure if we give her a test a week later, she forgot most of it.


Well, I don't know. I can read pretty fast myself, and I have somewhat of a photographic memory, so it's possible that she can remember what she read. Anyways, do you wear hats sometimes? I rarely wear it unless I go horseback riding, but ironically enough I found out that the most popular hat in the old west was the bowler, not the cowboy hat.


I dont usually wear hats unless i am out walking for long periods in the sun. i try to protect my skin from the sun.


Yeah, that's fully understandable! I'm glad that I don't live in Great Britain though, it turns out that if you were a politician at least until 1998 you would have to wear a top hat if you were making a point of order in the house of commons. I can't imagine that happening here.


they love tradition in that country. i bet they still have other hat-based traditions that would baffle us. if you play a trip to england, bring your hats! LOL


Yeah, for sure! What's even funnier however is that in 1908, a law was passed limiting the length of hatpins out of fears that suffragettes would use them as weapons.


I think that the gals needed a solid weapon to protect themselves! Give them guns, I say!


Wow, that's a tiny bit extreme, but anyhow did you know that tipping ones hat originates from knights raising their face visors to show friendliness?


yes, showing the face is a sign of friendship and respect. i understand their thinking. I would show my face, but it might scare people. that is usually why i keep my visor down.


i love to read. i think it is a great way to pass the time. Do you?


Oh ok I see. Well anyways, it was nice talking to you. Hope you have a good night!


Yes, I love to read as well when I have free time. Did you know that CS Lewis and Tolkien held "you laugh you lose" competitions when reading terrible poetry? Those two must have had a good sense of humor.


they were great writers, and they appreciate good literature. and bad writing as well, it seems. LOL


Yeah, for sure! It's kind of funny that reading novels is so popular now, because in the 18th century there was a "moral panic" because of the spread of the reading of novels.


yeah, back in those days, they loved poetry. it was a sublime art form, pure, good for morality. novels had things like sex (!)


Yeah, for sure! It is kind of interesting though. Have you ever read the novel Ender's Game? I heard that it was suggested reading for many military organizations, including the united states marine corps.


I have read it, but it was many years ago. i think that is a great book for military folks. it gets them in the military mindset.


Yeah, for sure! I also heard that Starship troopers is the first sci-fi novel on the reading lists of three of the five us military branches.


Heinlein was in the military and liked to write military themed books. it is a great book to prepare the troops for the alien invasion.


A week sounds like about right, I would go the Natural History Meseum for at least a day or two and then got to the iPic theater at least one, and also try the cuisine


I would try the National Portrait gallery too


Really, whats in the National Portrait Gallery? never heard of the place


Its part of the Smithsonian  with portraits of famous people


Oh I see, doesnt sound like my thing really, I would like to go an eat at the Kin Da restaurant in Takoma Park, I hear its delicious


I love Asian food so hopefully is good, tofy is one of my favorite foods and on the plus side, its healthy


Thats great, Im a vegeterain so Asian food has a lot of choices for me


I like it because for me, its different.


Yeah I wish I could go to the iPic theater and have Asian food while watching a movie there,


What would you do? I would like to visit the Natural Museum of History, seems like a rich place


I would like to look around. The Museum would be a good place to start


I think its one of the most visited atractions of the city, what else would you do?


I think I would walk around Pennsylvania avenue


Just watch the landscape the people around you? that sounds like a great idea over a coffee, there is a starbucks near there, great energy for a big walk


Yes. I think I would go to starbucks and Relax


I love coffee so that sounds like a great idea to me, so mutch to do at the D.C area one day doesnt seem like enough


Have you heard that the Orlando nightclub shooter trial is winding down?


Well the defense lawyer must do his or her best to present a defense with a chance of winning.  That is our system.  You do make a great point about sexism.


Now she says she wishes she would have informed the police about her husband's plans.  OK, yeah.


However, she was acquitted in March of last year.  Did you know that the slow rotary dial telephones took so much time to dial that New York was assigned 212 area code so it would dial quickly?


I heard that once.  The dial telephone was invented by an undertaker who thought operators were routing calls intended for him to a rival.


I know that undertaker story.. He was in Kansas.  Older phones and phones today convert sound into electronic signals and back again.


Sound reproduction on telephones is good enough for dolphins to recognize and communicate with each other.


I did not know that.  Phones only transmit about 3000 hertz.  The undersea cables are only 2.7 inches in diameter.


Phone service is optimized to sound humans can hear.  A luxury phone maker gets exclusive ringtones recorded by the London Symphony  Orchestra.


I have used custom ringtones, but I never paid more than 99 cents for one.  An iphone has more computing power than the entire US nuclear ICBM deterrent


Computers get more powerful all the time.  Both men and women can program them.  In fact, Ada Lovelace wrote the first computer algorithm.  They later named a programming language. Ada, after her.


Yes, that was disgusting.  One big question is whether the shooter's wife was involved.


That's a nice tribute, but programming languages don't last long.  Nice chat!


Yes.  That is actually the trial I had heard about.  I don't know the facts used to try her, but I hope justice will be done either way.


Supposedly, Omar Mateen first wanted to attack a Disney shopping complex, but changed his mind due to strong police presence.


Soft targets are a problem.  I have toured the underground at DisneyWorld.  If someone gets drunk on the property, he or she finds that he or she is soon underground a leaving the park without making a spectacle.


Noor Salman demonstratedly lied about number of things about her husband under interrogation.  Now she says she didn't know about the attack.


Again, I hope justice is done.  I have been a foreman on a jury in a capital murder case.  No one sees the facts that are legal to be seen except the jury.  As a spectator, I suspect her of being guilty.  She knew what he planned to do according to her statements after the fact.


She knew her husband was planning an attack in support of ISIS.


The defense is trying to paint Salman as unsophisticated.  Sounds sexist to me!


Hi, do you want to chat about cars, fantasy, or reading?


No, didn't see that one either.  Even back in the old days, authors had their little circles of influence though.  CS Lewis and Tolkien held "you laugh you lose" competitions when reading terrible poetry.


Yeah that's pretty funny. Did you ever watch a Jim Henson movie? I always thought that puppets were scary, and when he made the movie The Dark Crystal, he wanted to make sure that kids did get scared because he thought that was healthy for them


Gee, Jim, I don't think so.  Back in the 18 century, there was a "moral panic" because of the spread of reading novels.  Some people are out there.


That's crazy because parents would be so trailed if there was that much reading today LOL. I was amazed that the Braille language, which is the language that the blind can read, was invented by a 15 year old


Yes, even at 15, I guess necessity is the mother of invention just like they say.  Because reading is such a complex process, it provides readers with an escape to produce their own products, introspectively, sighted or not.


Yeah I could see that. It's crazy that there was a school that put reading bicycles instead of desks and the kids scores skyrocketed, I would just be annoyed having to Bicycle all the time LOL


Yes, I wonder if it would make the kids faster readers like Anne Jones, who holds the World Record for reading at 4,700 words per minute.


Wow that's crazy! It's all so crazy to me that silent reading is a recent invention. People used to have to read out loud, that would be really annoying to library LOL


Yes, that does seem strange but reading requires creativity and critical analysis so people that read literature deviate from literal words to create images that make sense to them.  Some people do "think" out loud and maybe that's what was going on when people read out loud.


Yeah I could see that. I can't believe there was a u.s. President who never went to school. He was Andrew Johnson and his wife actually helped him to do math and learn to read


Well let's chat about the bachelor. Have you ever watched that show?


Yes, if I remember correctly, he has some illness when he was a school aged kid and couldn't go to school but his wife helped him.  Awesome.  Nice chatting with you, have a good one.


I've heard a little about it.  On the second week of "The Bachelor," 15 women joined Arie Luyendyk Jr. for a group date demolition derby.


That's pretty crazy. My friend is actually on that show, he didn't win though haha. I also never knew that there was a Zoolander reference in that show, I don't usually watch it myself though


I don't know much about Zoolander either but I did hear that there's a people fantasy draft about the National Spelling Bee.


That sounds really weird. I don't do fantasy sports or anything like that myself. I don't even read fantasy like the Lord of the Rings for instance haha, and apparently there's a college where you can get an actual degree in studying tolkien studies which I didn't know


I like some fantasy but I just found out that there's a single fold in the brain that makes the difference between perceiving reality or perceiving fantasy.  That sounds slightly scary if that's all it is.


Well if you read fantasy have you ever heard of the janitor from Chicago? Apparently he wrote a 15000 page fantasy novel that was only discovered after his death


Yes, I heard about that.  The hidden talent some people carry around with them.  Other people are out with it like comedic fantasy author Terry Pratchett who was knighted for his "services to literature".


That's pretty cool I haven't heard of him though, have you seen the Return of the King? Apparently it's the only fantasy film to ever win the best picture Academy Award


I bet he is mad at himself for that. Did you know Jabbar's dunk was banned in college for about 10 years?


I can't imagine the pro games without the dunk. It is iconic to the sport. I always like seeing them shoot free throws though. Those take some skills.


I love watching the dunks too. In 39 of 50 states, the top paid employee of the state is either a college basketball or football coach.


That makes sense when the schools get all that prestige when a player from there goes pro. They probably want the best of the best.


Definitely. The New Zealand basketball team is nicknamed the Tall Blacks.


Hmm that seems like a very controversial name given the times that we live in. Hopefully uniform choice prompted that and not something racially motivated. Have you ever seen Space Jam?


I love Space Jam. I saw Lebron James might be in the sequel.


That would be awesome. It has the honor of being the highest grossing film of all time. There is just something hilarious about it that stands the test of time.


Yeah it is a lot of fun to watch. I think the minors are more fun to watch than the pros but it is still a good time.


Hi. I find the game fascinating. There are so many good players. It is really fun to watch since it is such a fast paced game.


I like the minors as well. Well, have a good day. Pleasure talking to you!


I love the NBA too. I saw that Reggie Miller has a sister who is better as basketball then he is.


Oh wow that is cool! I bet growing up they played a lot. It probably helped him become the player that he became. I wonder if she plays for the WNBA?


I bet. I think she does play in the WNBA, but not 100% certain on that.


It is sad to me how many of these players lose it all once they stop playing. Except for a select few with endorsements after they retire most of them go flat broke once they are off the teams.


You would think they would offer some sort of financial advisor for these players knowing the stats of what happens. I think they should be required to get a degree before playing pro. That way they can have something to fall back on.


I think that would be a good idea for the league. Did you know Air Jordan's were banned, but Jordan still wore them and had Nike pay the fine?


Nike certainly knows what they are doing. I wonder if Spencer Haywood is still kicking himself for accepting $100,000 instead of those 10% shares. He lost out on billions.


Are you much into the modern rap / hip-hop scene?


I don't listen to Nikki.  Did you see that she compared herself to Harriet Tubman and Rosa Park?  I don't agree with that.


No!! I did not see that!  Pink Floyd's the Dark side of the moon is one of the best selling albums ever. I love this album of his. Do you listen to him?


I remember going to a concert with the original lineup in the 1970s.  I definitely burned up a phonograph needle on that vinyl album!   Do you still have physical media such as LPs, cassettes, and CDs or have you gone all in on digital?


I still have cd's. I live in a very rural area that loses internet at the drop of a hat! What about you? I heard a pair of twins from Japan released a rap album when they turned 100!


I have a few vinyl albums of local artist artists that never made it big.  I had them converted to MP3.  I donated my CDs once I converted them to MP3s.   Back in the day, a act rose to the top based on radio airtime and concerts.  What do you think of NWA's album making it to platinum without a major tour?


I think it is awesome! I have a lot of music on mp3 too, but there is something about popping a cd in to hear it!  I don't use Spotify, do you?


No.  I am a tightwad, so I used iHeart; its free with MS Windows account.  But Spotify is king of the streaming service and definitely a "kingmaker" in helping acts rise to the top.  Did you know that 20% of Spotify's songs have never been played?  That's about 4 million songs!


That is crazy! I like youtube myself. I did not know this, did you? In order to make minimum wage and artist needs 130,000 plays on spotify! I'm a tightwad too!


That needs to be shared with those who want a music career.  They will definitely need a day job unless they hit it really big!  Are you into rap?  Did you know Tupac's (may he rest in peace) is in the Library of Congress because of its cultural significance?


I had heard that, I think it's wonderful! Did you know Busta rhymes voiced the reptar wagon in the rugrats movie? My mom and I were hypnotized by that show. We would sit and watch it with my kids.


No, but I know a lot about it from reading, what about you?


I did not know that.  I never got into rap; I don't carry an "urban dictionary" in my back pocket, so most of the time I do not understand the lyrics.  But it has caught on internationally, with Koreans rappers developing a freestyle rap called "compliment battle".


You too.  Now it is time to head off to the day job.


Me neither.  I am not into reality TV / social media drama.  But it seems Nicki Minaj feels she was dissed by the Jenner / Kardashian girls.


What does she think they did? I know she was fighting with Rapper Travis Scott earlier.


I am not sure.  Sometimes I think this drama and putting your life out on social media is to drive sales.  But sometimes I think they are just spoiled; like Nikki lashing out for a no. 2 debut of her "Queen" album on Billboard 200


It's really hard to understand why they do it, you are right. Why put your whole life out there like that? I guess Minaj is changing around her tour at the last minute too.


I am a Baby Boomer, so I remember vinyl albums and ranking based on radio airtime.  Now streaming media dominates.  Apparently  she has a beef with Spotify, think Spotify was punishing for releasing the album first on Apple Music.


That would make sense. I think I remember reading she was mad at Kylie Jenner for promoting her rapper boyfriends album.


She's also mad for Kylie / Travis Scott using their baby Stormi as a pawn in this dispute.  Supposedly Stormi is "ready for tour".  How ridiculous!!!


That is ridiculous! She's just a baby! Do you listen to music besides minaj? :)


Hi.  Do you still subscribe to TV (cable or satellite) or have you cut the cord?


Its an impromptu dialogue on the way to a coffee shop often in a vitage / classic car.  It went on for 9 seasons.  So are you a car, truck, or SUV person?


i prefer the car. i like cars, especially fast ones. i cannot afford one though! LOL


I live in a rural area (on the edge of suburbia) so I have a truck because I have some livestock.  In a bit of trivia, did you know it is legal to have flame throwers on your vehicle to prevent carjacking?  I wonder if auto theft is higher there than here?  It certainly implies it!


Well, one thing I cannot do with my truck is go thru the McD's drive-thru.  Its a Ford F-350 with dual rear tires, so it sits too far out to make the food / money exchange.  I thought McD put drive thru as a way to bring in more customers (and it did that too) but it was for GIs who could not get out of their cars wearing regulation fatigues!


that is great! good for mcd's. they were thoughtful of the customers that needed them the most. military food is terrible! and fast food is necessary for good morale among the troops! LOL


Now days, cars can come with built-in cellular service.  Do you have that and do you use it to stream TV in you car?


i do not but i think it could be a distraction to drivers! i would not want that. i am a bad enough driver as it is.


Very good point!  I don't have because of the cost.  If we go on a roadtrip, then I will download stuff to the Ipad for the kids, like Thomas the Tank Engine for the youngest.  Did you know that George Carlin narrated more than 50 episodes of Thomas?  I would have never thought that  given his salty tongue!


george carlin, the comedian? he is a great talent, but i hope he didnt use any of those seven words! LOL


i have cut it. i do not like to watch the tv. it is a distraction and a time waster. do you still subscribe?


True, he may be a beloved comedian, but I would have never considered him a narrator for a "G" rated young kids show.  Neither would have I thought Alec Baldwin to be able to hold his tongue and narrate Thomas as well for more than 50 episodes!


yes, alec would have spewed something hateful and then apologized right there on the recording. i guess they had to carefully edit the recording. LOL


Back to comedy and Carlin, are you a fan of British Comedy, like Monty Python?


I do like the Python. they made some great movies, like holy grail.


I liked it as well.  Interestingly enough, the creator of the "Python" programming language named it in part as a tribute to the Monty Python comedy group.


that is quite an homage. the inventor must have loved their work. anyway, great chat!


I have cut the cord as well.  I can get local news / weather with an over-the-air antenna.  I still watch via streaming (Netflix and Amazon Prime) - no commercials and I can stop at anytime or binge watch if I want to.  Did you know that there are more than 750 episodes of Pokemon.  That's more than 250 hours or 10 days of binge watching!


please do not binge watch pokemon. that will destroy your brain. you must resist! remain strong!


It is not something I would binge watch.  But some comedies are worth it (over several days).  Like "3rd Rock from the Sun".  Did you know it beat out Seinfeld, Friends, and Frasier for the 1998 Golden Globe for Best Comedy Series?


it must be a great show to binge watch. i will put 3rd rock on my binge list. it is not a new show, but it must be a classic


it ended in the early 2000s.  Another one I stream from time to time is the Simpsons.  When I am in the right mindset, it can be an entertaining political satire / comedy.  Bart is so essential to the show that there is only one episode in which he does not appear or is mentioned!


i will look for that episode! i wonder if it is really that funny without bart in it. he is the best!


I agree.  Earlier I brought up Seinfield.  Did you follow his series "Comedians in Cars" on Netflix?


i did not, but it sounds pretty funny. what do they talk about? seinfeld is a funny guy.


lol, that is funny. Are you a tupac fan for rapping?


I think he's ok. I'm more prefer Led Zeppelin though in terms of Music, apparently they didn't title their fourth album which is awesome


Nice, both are great. Tupac's music is in the library of congress under cultural significance


All that is interesting, just don't buy his albums at Walmart because they only sell the clean versions LOL


I would never lol! I would watch youtube instead for music. Do you use youtube much?


Yes I watch YouTube a lot. Did you know that YouTube actually started out as a dating website


WHAT? I did now know that lol. I wonder if it stopped when too many people disliked the baby video by Bieber lol


I wonder about that too, I don't know why they think it's such a bad song LOL. Did you know that the first video on YouTube to be uploaded was actually one of a guy talking to an elephant


I will look that up now! Good chatting with you!


Yes you too, make sure you look up some Bob Ross painting videos on YouTube as well LOL


Yes I listen to a lot of rap, I even listen to Craig Mack after he left the NBA, he became a rapper


I did not know he became a rapper! I loved NWAs album, they went platinum without air play or major tours needed!


Impressive! I also like the band Radiohead, did you know that the singer Thom Yorke was credited with playing the"laptop"on albums


I did not know that. I like them. Were you a fan of linkin park?


I like some of their songs. I was sad that the lead singer passed away, did you ever listen to Bob Marley by the way


yea it was sad. Their album is the most selling one in the 21st century


Wow that's impressive! Also impressive how Bob Marley has been on the top album chart for over 914 weeks


Dang, I did not know that. I love Bob Marley! I have his album. Do you like him


Yes, I think he's pretty good, right now his album is at the 69th spot.


I didn't but that sounds about right. How many fish are there?


Yeah, I wonder if it is more or less, I'm guessing more!


Even the Loch Ness monster is protected in Scotland!


Hilarious! Well, you have to assume it is the national mascot.


I don't know, but you would assume so, right?


Makes sense! Germanya lso gives animals constitutional rights


Yeah, I heard about that. Sort of crazy to think of things like that. Similar to what gills are. Well, nice chatting with you!


You too! I see that aniamls developed white patches to indicate domestication too


For the most part. I work in part with computers!


Yeah, I don't know if I believe that one! Good chatting. Take it easy!


I think a lot of people do these days. What about Apple computers?


My wife has one and I used to. smokinh near one voids the warranty.


That is so weird, right? I wonder if it is the same with iphones?


I hope not. I imagine people smoke more with their phone


That is true. Did you know in 1936 Russians made a computer that ran on water?


That's impressive. The space shuttles compute rused only 1MB of RAM. Must have been simple!


That is pretty cool. Makes you wonder what we need all of this computing power for then.


I'm also guessing that the space shuttle's computer wasnt asked to do alot. Did yo ukow there are mor than 20 quintillion animals individuakly on earth?


Interesting that migrants stay with Catholic Charities on the border, and they let them watch things like Disney movies on TV


I'm not 100% sure, but probably she is, I'm shocked to learn to that Wreck-It Ralph was started in the late 1980s and it has been in development for about 30 years


The sequel sure came a lot quicker than the first one.  I wonder what was holding it up?


Yes I don't know, but I only saw the first one and not the sequel to that movie, do you know that toy manufacturers get involved with Disney before the film even begins getting made?


In that case wreck it ralph toys have been in production for quite some time.  lol


Haha you're right about that! Have You Ever Seen The Lion King? Apparently it was dubbed into Zulu before it's released because that is an African language


It was the first film from disney to ever to be dubbed in that language too.


Yep I wonder if they still do that. On a separate note, what do you think about the president of Indonesia releasing 3 pop albums? should Trump Do the same?


Haha good point! I'm just shocked that he's not in the top three most wealthy presidents though, Washington Jefferson and JFK are the 3 by the way


Something tells me that data is somewhat outdated, it would be hard to believe he wouldnt be there.  But at least his last name inst Banana, like Zimbabwe's first president


Do they let them stay there because they dont feel that they are dangerous?


Yes you might be right. You also might be right that the guest house is smaller than the White House itself. I don't see how that should be possible


Yes I think so, and they're trying to help them so that they don't have a health issue from The Crossing. By the way, what do you think about the government?


I really kind of feel like we are headed in the wrong direction.


Yes well a lot of things that the government does are very scary to me, like how it owns 86% of Nevada, although I guess a lot of that is just desert or something


Is that where "area 51" is or maybe it is like nuc testing grounds?  But, I agree that is scary.


Best that could be. It's also scary that someone impersonated a government official in France and sold the Eiffel Tower twice, hopefully no one does that and sells the Statue of Liberty here


I cant believe someone was successful in that twice.  I mean, the same guy too...


He was very talented! Kind of like the director of the movie Frozen, which made a billion dollars I think, she was the first female director of a Disney movie


I am kind of surprised there wasn't one before.  Is she back for the sequel too?


And in that time, we've managed to destroy 80 percent of the natural forests. So sad!


That is super sad, and that's not something that you can just fix very quickly as well.


I'm sure we'll always have a problem with trees. I know we are going to be helium free by the end of the 21st century so that is sad as well!


That is wild to think, I wonder what the balloon companies will do to survive?


I wonder that all the town, and clowns haha. I guess I could do without them lol.


Lol, did you know that when the earth was first formed the days were only 5.5 hours long?


Oh really? That is nuts! I don't think I would ever get a good sleep back in the day! I wonder how it got to be 24 hours and stay like it?


Well i don't think it's staying like it, but maybe i'm wrong, I think in another couple hundred thousand years the days will be a bit longer.


I think you're onto something! I wonder if I will ever be the UN ambassador to aliens?


Lol, I wonder how much that job pays, that sounds like a pretty sweet gig to me.


Hi there, I am well thank you.  Are you interested in astronomy?


I think I'll look into it. It was nice chatting with you, have a good night!


I am! I think the whole universe is such a marvelous thing! how about you?


Yeah same here, I think it is all pretty amazing.


I would never want to be on that planet that has shards of glass traveling sideways at 4500 mph!


Holy cow, I wonder how they found that and then determined that is what happens there.


I was thinking the same thing. So crazy to believe there are that many planets out there! Even our planet is crazy!


Yeah it's crazy to think what is actually out there.  Even moons of planets can be pretty crazy.


I agree! Did you know if earth's history was view as a 24 hour period, humans would only take up 1 minutes and 17 seconds of it?


That makes you think how small we are in the grand scheme of time.


Yeah its so random.  I also learned that Homer has had over 180 jobs in the simpsons lol


he is such a loser. putting him in a job is a good way to show just how incompetent he is. there is so much humor in that situation.


yeah that is pretty funny,  but Homer is very, uh, special lol


Homer is one of the greatest TV characters ever. I think that he know how to read but he has no knowledge of literature.


I love reading. Reading is a complex process that requires many parts of the brain. I think that it is an excellent way to learn.


yeah absolutely.  Anne jones speed reads at 4,700 words per minute!


she must be very smart indeed. and her eyeballs must move at a mile a minute! but i have to wonder whether she can remember everything that she reads.


I know right,  what qualifies as speed reading,  does she understand everything she is reading.


Yes, it is useless to read fast but not remember anything LOL. Anyway, this was a great chat!


i dont watch tv too often. i sometimes watch at the gym when i exercise.


yes, i do remember the simpsons. i enjoyed watching that many years ago. do you watch the simpsons?


Not anymore really.  I read that there is an episode where Bart is not mentioned or seen.  Weird huh?!


yes, i guess there had to be one that he wasnt in. i wonder which episode it was.


And he is not in it at all? That is a strange name for an episode without Bart. Boy, those SImpson writers sure have an odd sense of humor


that makes sense. the simpsons likes to play with the audience. Oh well. LOL.


hey did you know only 7% of people read full terms when buying something on the internet?


ha funny, i did know they communicate with each other


Yep dolphins are really smart. Have you heard of the actress Hedy Lamarr? She was really big in the 1930s and helped to invent the cell phone, Wi-Fi, and GPS, I wonder why I never heard of her


no, i have not either. but how about comic book legend stan lee ending every phone conversation with 'excelsior'


That's pretty funny haha. Marvel Comics had to spend about a decade telling the US government that X-Men are not human, I wonder why they had to do that it seems really stupid


that is odd, michigan state library has the largest public collection of comic books in the world


Wow I should check it out, I have friends who go to Michigan State. Did you hear about the origin of gmail.com? Like where Google got it from


it could be interesting to see, i have no idea about gmail


Yes Google bought the gmail.com domain from Garfield actually, so Garfield was originally using that for there emailing Services haha


interesting, i just thought they came up with it


Nope apparently not, also I didn't know that Michael Jackson tried to buy Marvel Comics, he wanted to make a Spider-Man movie where he plays Peter Parker LOL


No I didn't know that. Kind of scary, but I definitely don't read those haha. Did you know that everyone has a right to an internet connectionk in Finland


Great talking to you, and keep in mind that DC Comics only paid $130 for the rights to Superman back in 1938 look for deals like that haha


i can say i don't read either, so they have a right in Finland, I wonder if it is free?


I would imagine that it is. Have you ever gone ego surfing? Apparently that is when you look yourself up on the internet, I have done that actually haha


yes, i've done that too, i did not know it was called ego surfing though


Yep it has a name I guess haha. Did you know that bots outnumber humans on the Internet by a significant margin. That's kind of scary


that is scary, how about constant novelty from clicking links can cause measurable addiction in the brain


I probably have that disorder actually haha. I wonder if astronauts get that? Apparently astronauts do have internet access and it's faster than anything that we have on planet Earth


i wonder, also there is cell service at the peak of mt. everest


That could come in handy if you needed Kim Snapchat at the top haha. Did you know that Dolphins can talk to each other over the telephone? and they know who they're talking to when they do that


Do you watch Fox News? I didn't know it was owned by Sean Hannity


Yeah agreed. I hate it when they only show a few recent episodes on major channels and you can't stream all the episodes. I wonder how often they make fun of the president on the Simpsons?


Haha there has to be someone out there who is counting.


Yeah definitely. There are so many random fun facts about the position of president. Did you know that everyone called the first president of Zimbabwe "President Banana"?!


It's not like they were making fun of him though, that was his last name.


I had no idea. Still, pretty interesting! Did you know that the vice president used to always be the runner-up of the presidential election until 1805?


yeah that would probably not fly now lol they would not be a good team.  I cant imagine them agreeing on anything.


Yeah, Clinton and Trump would be an atrocious combination. I wonder how that used to work out! I find it interesting that Trump is not one of the top 3 wealthiest presidents in US history.


Oh he's number 1 for sure,  he is far wealthier than any of our presidents.


I don't know if he is, I'm pretty sure it's JFK, Washington, and Jefferson! But who knows, I guess


Yeah he is!  I have looked it up a few times before.  I believe according to Google it was trump,  then Washington and then Jefferson.  I cant imagine it has changed in a few months lol


Not usually.  I get my news on the internet.


Yeah I'm sure not! Must be a mistake on my information source's part!


Maybe.  Anyways,  its been great talking to you!


Yeah me too, for the most part. I like the Skimm a lot, especially because it gives links to the longer articles on topics I'm interested in. Fox News is very supportive of conservative activism now.


I hear that IGN and fox news are owned by the same company.  That's cool.


Yeah IGN is a gaming website, right? That's interesting. And whatever Fox is doing, I guess it's working, because Fox News is watched more often than MSNBC and CNN combined!


Wow that is impressive.  Fox news threatened to sue the simpsons before.


That's so interesting, especially considering that the Simpsons is aired on Fox!


I know right,  and probably make them a lot of money!  Guess they didn't like them making fun of them.


If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen I guess! Did you know they actually discussed the possibility of creating a channel exclusively airing the Simpsons?


Oh wow,  that would be amazing,  but now that we have streaming it might not be profitable.  Maybe they should just allow streaming on their website.


Hi! I was just reading about how John Chapman who passed rescuing a navy seal will recieve the medal of honor, sad story.


Very interesting. I wonder if other presidents have White House type residence. I know there are 2 other white houses in Ireland and France.


That is funny, I also wonder if their guest houses are also larger than the white house.


I wonder that too, makes me curious to know why the guest house at the White house is so big, I thought the White House looks very large, so that guest house must be huge lol


Right, and I wonder what guests think when they come to stay here.


Probably pretty comfortable for sure! The White House has been home for every president since the 1800's so I wonder if that guest house was there back then or not.


I bet there was one, but not nearly the size it is today.


I would like to know who had the guest house built, interesting part of history. They even have solar panels so I am sure it has been changed throughout the years many times.


Yeah it sounds like some presidents have taken them down, and then they are put back up again, sounds silly to me.


Right! lol, they should just stay put. I am sure each president has done some type of remodeling to the White House. I wonder if they have music streaming into any of the rooms of the White House.....I am sure there must be relaxing rooms there so they can sit back and listen to the radio and put their feet up lol


Oh yeah I bet the relaxing rooms there are super nice, a lot nicer than the one I have lol.


Hello there, it sounds like he was a brave man who sacrificed himself for the good of others.


Haha, nicer than mine too :) I guess these days you don't need a sound system streaming music....I just put earphones in and listen to my favorite radio station haha. It has been great chatting! Nice conversation!


Same here, I hope you enjoy the rest of the day.


He definitely was, like so many who serve. After Navy officer fell from the helicopter Chapman and others decided to go back for him, even knowing it was dangerous. He does deserve the medal.


Yes I agree, he certainly does.  His family should be proud of his actions.


Definitely, interesting story for sure, Chapman will be the 1st member of the Air Force to get the medal of honor. ...he was the only American alive at the top of that mountain,fighting.... how terrifying.


That that would be extremely terrifying, probably running on pure adrenaline at that point.


Exactly, I could not imagine the fear. I am sure the entire country including the president were very proud.


Agreed, do you know much about other presidents around the world?


Not really, lol I read that one president in Zimbabwe was called banana....I wonder why or if that is an honor?


Yeah isn't that funny, I think it was because of his name but I might be wrong.


engineers are starting to cover places from sports to modern science. They have been improving drastically in every field, not just in sports.


yea, engineers made major improvements on video games, the first ones were called "cathode ray tube amusement devices" used by the military


yes and nowadays more complex and desirable games have been made by them like grand turismo and fortnite


Yea, Jane McGonigal claims people now play 3 billion hours of videogames a week


yes and games have enhanced so far that they are realistic like driving in a race with many tracks and cars which seem very real


Yep and video games use real voice actors now, like Jim Hanks in the toy story video game


these games have made kids very sober and they have become addicts to those games


Yea it has, theres one guy who beat 90,000 people in Gran Turismo and was able to become a professional race car driver


yes the craze for these type of games have increased a lot in youngsters and they are starting achieve many things that we couldn't at their  age


yea it is pretty crazy, like being able to put a flame thrower on you car like in South Africa


How's it going, do you like football? Redskins rookie Derrius Guice bought his mom a car recently


yes to avoid the cars from being carjacked they are using this method and it looks kind of cool and  like thug


Well I have to go, nice chatting with you


yes his mom was surprised seeing the white jaguar suv


Yea that was real nice of him. Do you have a favorite nfl team out of the current 32?


derrius guice bought his mom a new jaguar suv


Did you know the NFL has no written rules forbidding women from playing? I wonder what positions they would play


yes they will mostly play the goalie  things


It's kinda surprising that an engineer makes more on average in a lifetime than a NFL player


yeah as the need for space to live has increased due to over population engineers have gained popularity and fame


It is ironic that engineers design the tracking chips that are embedded in players equipment


OMG the sweetness has to make it kick in that much harder. mine is just ever clear ive never mixed it with anything sweet cause i know that would be deadly


Do you ever write on facebook after drinking everclear?


That right there is a deadly combination in itself its a recipe for embarrasment. I once called my exes parents 3am while i was blacked out they couldnt hear me because of the loud music thankfully lol


We make bad decisions and at least on facebook you can delete it lol


Yea but you cant delete the screenshot somebody just took of the embarrassing paragraph you just posted


that is true, like so many people forget that are famous, lol


Have you ever seen the videos of mark zuckerberg at a bbq where he just behaves like a robot in front of the camera lol


no lol, I will have to research those on youtube. I participated one time in deleting 10 friends for a free whopper at burger king


I would definitely give up 10 non active accounts for a nice whopper and a sprite lol


I would give up 100 for 10 whoppers! Good chatting with you!


Some weekends I'm up for it but i try to only drink tequila which doesn't give me hangovers


I like craft cocktails, Moscow Mule is my drink of choice, so sweet and sour but so good!


Have you ever given the very potent everclear a try?


O for sure! Those bring my back to college, how about you!


Omg yes it was a new years tradition in my 20's its like drinking gasoline


for sure, there is a drink you can make with it, I think it was jungle juice. I can't remember the ingredients of that craft cocktail


Whats the strongest drink youve ever had


Probably apple pie. It was everclear, apple juice and cinnamon and you boil it. VERY Potent, how about you?


How's it going, do you follow FIFA that governs the World Cup?


I know Qatar is hosting one in 2022 in a city still yet to be built


Why Qatar? that seems a strange country for a soccer tournament.


I guess Qatar must of gave fifa a lot of money to host the 2022 World Cup


Yea, sounds fishy. Soccer makes so much money, more than golf, baseball, football, and hockey combined


Yeah, the world loves soccer. it is played by men and women, young and old.


There's even a type of soccer where 3 teams play each other at once


how would that even work? what kind of rules are there? how many referees? seems strange.


I'd like to try it out, 3 teams against each other sounds pretty chaotic and fun


I guess so! i wouldnt know how to bet though! LOL Anyway, great chat!


I try to watch some games during the World CUp. the last one was fun.


Yea, I'm a little disappointing France won the 2018 World Cup


Who did they play in the final again? it was a small country, right?


Yea, I forgot who it was though, I know it wasn't Russia the host country


The French did quite well. The germans lost early on. the US didnt go at all.


The US never does that good, at least not since 1930 when they placed 3rd


The womens team tends to do pretty well. they are consistently competitive.


Yea, the womens' US team hasn't placed below 3rd since 1991


well, there's a good bet. i have to remember that next time the CUp rolls around.


Telephone is a device which connect two or more people to have conversation.


There is no connection between cell service and those "bars"


No. Both are leads to addiction and affect the health.


Continuous use of internet leads to addiction, which affect  your eyes and brain very much.


Oh ok thats good to know.  I was saying that those "bars" that we always refer to at the top of your cell phone has no relation to cell service isnt that funny.


Oh ok thats cool,  I actually didnt know that,  which is why I thought it was funny


Email is the communication service which is available in internet. It reduces the usage of postal service now days.


Oh thats great,  did you used to mail a lot of letters?  I only really used mail for bills,  but now I can pay everything online pretty much lol


Online shopping is available today with the help of  internet, we can purchase any product from any countries. It is very amazing.


Yes,  I definitely use the online shopping very often lol Hey thanks for chatting,  have a good night.


Yes. The telephone have microphone to speak and earphone which reproduce the voice in the distant location.


Yes,  I use it sometimes,  I am really used to texting nowadays


Nowadays, people are using mobile phone for comfortable purpose and mobile internet connectivity also. Some government office and Private office using Digital telephone.


Yeah some people even have video phones too.  Its amazing how many ways we can connect with people and it started with the telephone.


Yes. We can contact any person from different part of the world, which is possible through Telephone. In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell invented it.


I learned that dolphins also communicate with a sort of telephone,  they also seem to know who they are talking to.


It is very interesting to know. Development of telephone result in development of internet also. We use broadband width through the telephone lines only.


Did you know that there is no correlation between cell phone service and bars of service?


I just wonder who and how these things are come up with? For example; the president of Indonesia released three pop albums while in office, do they have that much free time as president to entertain the possibility of singing?


I have read that before.  Maybe he was in show business before he was elected.


I would think that is a possibility as well. Do you know the three most richest US presidents were that of JFK, Jefferson and Washington?


Yes. I read once that Jefferson was very wealthy.


I by no means want to be president I just want enough money that my bills are paid and I have enough left over to eat until the next payday. I do find it interesting though that the guest house to the White House is larger that the White House it's self.


Do you listen much to the radio? I do at times and find it interesting to know that in WW2 a radio was made by some soldiers from a razor blade and a pencil calling them foxhold radio's.


I have read that before. I keep meaning to look up on the internet how to do that.


I just find it interesting at some of things people come up with of the simplest things and make something functional as a result.


Good morning and well; thank you for asking as well as chatting with me this morning! Do you know that in 1936 a computer was made by the Russians that ran on water?


I guess when people have a need for something, they can get it done in most cases.


The mother of inventing is that of a need I was always reminded from my grandmother! Did you know that Jupiter has storms so strong that they can be picked up on an AM radio?


I did read that somewhere. I would like to listen to one of those storms on the radio.


I think it would be really cool to listen to as well. I mean compared to storm I have here as my own house at times would there be anything similar you think?


I do not  think we have anything similar on earth.


Just simple things I seem to wonder about at times I suppose, I mean is a storm here by any means the same as another planet? in a sense I would think yes but on the other hand maybe no? The basic foundation would be the same but maybe it is the level of actual waves of electricity would differ?


I think the  difference in the atmosphere would make the storms very different.


You are probably correct on that! I am going to have to investigate that further this afternoon I think and see if I can find that radio station and see if I can find the sounds of a storm on Jupiter and see how it compares to a storm here on earth.


Well its been nice talking to you. Have a nice day.


I agree; I hope you have a fantastic day as well.


Yes. Its amazing what some people can come up with.


I am having trouble twith the done button on my side. there may be a glitch.


I for one am not that smart but for some to build a working computer that runs on water or like another that built a 16-bit computer using the basic building blocks from the minecraft building game is amazing to me.


Its really something that they could build a computer from minecraft building blocks.


Do you know that computers by the apple corporation can be labeled as biohazard an d the warrenty becomes void if they are smoked around?


I have also heard that some transhumanists want to upload their minds to computers as well as to memory sticks; I mean how is that even possible or done for that matter?


You and I both; HA HA! I was reading a factoid book the other day of weird and interesting facts and do you know that the first president in Zimbabwe was called President Banana?


Hello there, do you listen to music much?


No I am not good, unless I have had a few drinks.  How about you?


I need more than a few drinks lol! I could dance like Bruce Lee then.


That is so cool the he was into dancing, but I guess martial arts goes hand in hand with being able to move like they do.


Yea, probably was super athletic. I wish I could dance like Michael Jackson and patent a move like he did


Oh yeah, that would be awesome to be able to move like Mike! He was the best.


I guess during that time 2pac danced ballet in high school and was in the nutcracker. That is the last thing I would expect from 2pac.


Same here, I wish someone had an old video that they posted to YouTube of that Tupac performance.


I agree, we could make an album out of it and beat linkin park's hybrid theory as the best selling album of the 21st century


That is surprising to me that they are the top selling, but they were good.


They were so good at one point, sad the lead guy killed himself.


I do, huge Ariana Grande fan, she is sexy! How about you?


Yes that was super sad.  Well it's been nice talking with you, I hope you have a good night.


Yeah she sure is, I really love music to be honest.  Did you know she co-founded a music group when she was 10?


I did not know that, which group was that?


I guess it was called, 'kids who care' and they performed for charitable events.


That sounds inspiring. I heard she was the first ever person hit by a hockey pick at the Florida Panthers games. She does it all!


Yeah it sounds like she sure does.  Did you know her anthem for women empowerment was written by 3 men?


Ha I did not know that, that kind of defeats the purpose of woman empowerment dont you think?


Yeah that makes no sense to me, I don't think men know how to best describe women empowerment lol.


for sure, lol, they would be biased making the song. At least I would! Do you dance at all?


I wonder! I'm sure it will be one day in the distant future. Maybe by then we won't exist, scarily enough the Earth might be helium free by 2100!


that is scary, almost as scary as the fact that 80 percent of earths forests have been destroyed, natural forests that is


I'm sure if extraterrestrials could see us, they'd be embarassed at how we've destroyed the Earth.


ya that's true, I think it's funny that the UN has a person that is the official ambassador to aliens, like that guy must do nothing all day


Haha or maybe he does things in secret, who knows? Maybe there are aliens, there are still galaxies outside the observable universe.


what is wild is that humans have only been on this earth for about a minute if you look at history as a 24 hour day


I bet in the future they'd have to adjust that to looking at the Earth's history as though it was 40 hours instead, as the length of one day increases.


haha that is true, did you know that over 70 percent of Earth is covered with water? I hope the aliens dont land in the ocean by accident


They'd probably be too smart for it haha. Maybe they're from one of the planets cold enough to touch by hand, and landing in water wouldn't matter as much.


haha true, do you think that the universe is made of a big hologram? I know that's what Elon Musk thinks


I am actually, computers are so crazy, did you know that russians actually made a computer that runs on water?


Perhaps! Everyone has theories that seem crazy, but people thought the Greek and Indian philosophers who made geocentric models were crazy too!


that's true, and there is a theory that there is only one electron in the entire universe, like how is that possible?


That's crazy, people really do innovate a lot. Someone once built a working computer using nothing but minecraft blocks, wonder how that's even possible!


I wonder that too, do you think that one day we'll be able to upload our mind to a computer?


I wonder! Perhaps a computer wouldn't be able to handle that much info. Even the space shuttle's computer only runs on 1 mb of ram.


ya that's crazy, do you have an iphone? apparently smoking near apple products voids the warranty


I wonder how often that's upheld! I doubt it, I'm sure smokers send back products without issue. It would be interesting to go back in time to before Earth had computers.


ya they claim that it makes their product a "biohazard" and that is why they void the warranty, ya it would be interesting if we had no computers for sure


Back then must have been so much different in general, when Earth first formed a day was only 5.5 hours long!


that is crazy, do you think the earth's days get longer and longer over time? will there be a 40 hour day eventually?


Yup. Do you know what the hamburger button is?


Yeah, those 3 little lines icon.  I'm sad to learn that Gene Wilder died in 2016.  I loved him in Blazing Saddles among other movies.


I am not sure if I know him. And apparently you can develop addiction by clicking too much  on the internet


If that's the case, I must be an addict.  Things have advanced so quickly.  It wasn't that long ago that New Yorkers were dialing 212 for their area code on a rotary phone.


Yeah that is true. Do you know why that area code stuck with NY?


It was easier to dial on a rotary phone. Now, an iPhone has more computational power than that of the US nuclear ICBM deterrent.  Scary...


Wowo, yeah that is. When you buy online, do you ever read the terms and conditions?


Very, very rarely. I'm one of the 93% that doesn't.


Yeah me too. And apparently there is 3g service in Everest now


I used to subscribe to them but not anymore.  I do watch some of their productions.  It's like Blockbuster, it's sort of a gone thing for me.


Maybe it is making its there up there. Nice chat


Yeah, speaking of Blockbuster, too bad that they passed on the chance to buy Netflix back then


Yeah I bet they would like that back.  There is only one Blockbuster left in Bend, OR.  People from all over have their picture taken in front of it.


Cool, did not know that. Did you know Netflix account for 33% of bandwidth in north america?


Wow, that's a lot.  I believe it since YouTube and Netflix combined make up half of peak internet traffic in North America.


THat is insane. Still Netflix despite all that bandwidth spends more on postage


I guess some people are reluctant to stream.  I think it's funny that the founder of Netflix was inspired to create it due to a late fee.


Yeah go figure, and look at them now a $2 billion company


Yep. Blockbuster just didn't seem to roll with the times like Redbox and Netflix.


You're right. Some studies show that this mood change also exacerbates the viewers personal worries that aren't even relevant to the news. This is why I don't watch a lot of news.


Yea, too bad Fox news corp didn't just air the simpsons, it would of boost a lot of people's moods instead


Yea but I usually avoid going in January, it's always crowded with so many people signing up for the new year


A lot of people like to watch cable TV when they are working out. But Life Time Fitness has banned Cable TV from its fitness centers


My gym is always playing the news, I wish they would play USA, A&E, and ESPN like Life-time fitness


Yes, Lifetime fitness just removed channels like CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and CNBC becaucse they are too politically charged.


yea, they could always watch it using WiFi if they really want to watch it


That is true. It just does not have to be on the big screens.


Seems like a lot of people don't like having the news playing on the gym tvs neither, glad it's not just me


Studies have shown that consuming emotional TV news can affect mental health and mood. What do you think?


I think watching negative things a lot will make you angry at the very least, I know fox news was created by republican Richard Ailes and they make a lot of viewers mad at democrats


Hey there do you like watching the NFL? NFL stands for National Football League


NFL Blitz was awesome! Yes that stat was created by Jane McGonigal. I hope that's not true honestly because that is a lot of wasted time haha


Yea, that's a crazy stat for just a week. Did you know that it's actually illegal for kids 16 and under to play video games past midnight in South Korea? I wonder if any one has been arrested for that.


Yes or do their parents turn them in LOL. Have you ever played a video game that used Tom Hanks as voice in it?


I remember playing the original Toy Story games when they first came out, but apparently Jim Hanks, his brother, did the voice for Woody in the video games.


Isn't that weird? Also weird is that video games were initially called"cathode ray tube Amusement devices" that doesn't make them sound very fun


Yea, no creativity on that name but I suppose that's because it's the military describing it. Are you a fan of racing games? It's cool to drive cars that may never get to try in real life.


I do like racing games. I really liked the San Francisco Rush series back in the day and also Granturismo. What about you?


I liked the Need for Speed series. I bet Karl Benz didn't imagine that people could drive cars in video games when he patented the first modern car.


No he would not have predicted that haha. Neither would Henry Ford when he invented the Model T back in 1908


Speaking of Gran Turismo, I can't believe Jann Mardenborough became a pro race car driver by beating 90,000 people in that game.


Yes, I like watching the NFL. Which of the 32 teams do you like best?


He definitely did! That sounds awesome! Would you ever put a flamethrower on your car?


Haha, maybe in South Africa where apparently it's legal. I think a lojack would be easier to prevent carjacking than a flamethrower though.


Haha I think you're right. I wish I had one so I could melt the snow right now haha.


Well I like the Patriots. You? I just like that they went all the time haha


I like the Patriots as well. Did you watch the Superbowl, where the Rams (champions of the NFC) played the Patriots (champions of the AFC)?


I did. The game was kind of boring. But that makes sense when the average NFL game only has about 11 minutes of gameplay haha


Yea, defense and low scoring isn't what most fans want to see. Although it's still pretty interesting when you have the tracking chips telling you all the data on the field now.


I bet they get a lot of interesting stats with those chips. I don't like that they can track every move of the player on the field. That seems kind of scary actually. What do you think?


I think it's similar to the chips inside the footballs. It can track the football players movement, like speed and location on the field, but probably not like the movement of their arms or legs. That would require a lot more chips I would imagine.


That's true. Do you ever play video games? Or football video games for that matter


I used to play Madden, but not so much anymore. I also remember NFL Blitz was a fun game. I guess I'm not contributing to the 3 billion hours of video games played a week by the entire planet haha


Good morning! How are you today? I am sure glad baseball season is back! Are you familiar with the game?


I am no sure. I know in Japan baseball is super popular.


I've known that for awhile. I'm surprised they don't know it is popular over here though.


Yes, I am. As a Cubs fan it has been difficult. Prior to the 2016 win the Ottoman Empire was still in existence the last time they won.


Interesting. Did you know the cubs were the first team to win back to back world series.


Yes! Did you know Babe Ruth lost game 7 of the WS in 1926.


Yes, and they were already down by one run. I guess someone had to be that guy.


Yeah, that sucks. He was a great player too. Well, nice chatting with you!


I wish I played, but only neighborhood games. Do you follow any baseball now? I find it amusing that MLB team managers wear uniforms because they can play if needed.


I follow the Chicago Cubs. Have you heard about the guy that found the hidden baseball cards?


Yeah, apparently they were worth millions of dollars.


Yes! Hidden away in his grandfathers attic since the 1940's. I wonder if the grandfather forgot them, or hid them so someone would get a big surprise?


I'm not sure. It has me thinking about the time my mom threw away my card collection.


Oh, hopefully no good ones. Isn't it funny that soccer-baseball is the name for kickball in Canada.


Yeah, that is pretty funny. Is it a big sport up there?


I really do not know and I wonder how many guests they get for it to be that big


Wow, I wonder the same thing, last year I think when Clemson beat Alabama in college football, the team had dinner at the white house or guest house and Trump gave them fast food, when they were expecting a meal.


I do not find that very appropriate of him. DId you know the president of indonesia is a pop star?


No I didn't know that, did you know how he became a star? Did he starred in a movie?


I have no idea. I guess he was a music artist before becoming a president, do not know the details though


No i don't but I will read upon it. Ronald reagan was a republican and end up a democrat.


Same with Hillary clinton, she was a republican in college


You are right, did you fully understand how the affordable care act? affordable care act was expensive to have for most people.


I still do not know the whole details about it. do you know much?


I know that it started by president Obama. Trump and the Republican attempt to dismantle it. The payment cost more than most people regular Insurance plan.


No, not really, I know about the president and vice President. I have heard about affordable care act.


oh wow, did not know that. DO you listen to the radio?


I once had my personal plan and search into that program to see if I can get my payment cheaper and the rest I read it in the past. It was nice chatting with you.


Yeah I feel that is so important and we really need it. do you know who the 3 wealthiest us presidents are?


Yes, I think I do, JFK, Washington, I forgot the third president.


Would you believe this that donald Trump is the wealthiest president and Lincoln was one of the poorest.


Yeah , I guess we have to take inflation into consideration


Yes you are right. Lincoln was the first President to be photographed for his inauguration.


Oh did not know that. did you know the white house is smaller than the guest house