It's about strategy and tactics, though I don't know how relevant it is to the modern battlefield.


Yes it seems like it would not be. Ender's Game was also suggested reading for military organizations.


It's also a story involving a lot of strategy and tactics. I think the military wants to pick stuff that troops will enjoy and understand. The Art of War might be a bit heavy for the average person.


Reading is fun, and fundamental! How are you today? Have you read anything?


I am good. I have read many, many books. Did you know that Winston Churchill won a Nobel Prize for literature?


I didn't know that! However, I'm not surprised. POTUS Andrew Johnson never  went to school. His wife helped him learn to read.


I'm very glad that someone did. Oddly, literature was an Olympic event from 1912 to 1952. How odd.


That sounds very strange! I've never heard that. I wonder why literature would be in the Olympics. Perhaps in combination with other activities, it would make sense to be in the Olympics. For example, an elementary school used reading bicycles and test scores went up.


That's interesting. I wonder why. It's not the only strange Olympic sport. During those same years architecture, music, painting, and sculpture were also Olympic events.


Romantic kissing is a fairly recent development, so I guess that wouldn't be in the Olympics yet. What about heavy metal music? Some guy in Texas teachers it as a form of literature. Could be in the Olympics someday.


That's a good question. I was saddened to learn that the FDA burned six tons of literature in an act of censorship in the U.S. That's upsetting.


Sometimes people think that they're helping when they don't realize that they are in fact destroying a legacy. I might not listen to heavy metal, but I wouldn't destroy it out of some sense of righteousness. Do you read non-fiction at all?


Im not sure. I liked the first Spcae Jam though.


It was a great movie, Im exited to watch the sequel, did you know that LeBron raised $6 million for a chariity, seems like he also has a great heart


Yeah that was pretty good of him. Even if the decision broke clevelands heart


Not everything is perfect as well, he had an interesting carreer, people plaid to watch LeBron play even when he was in highschool, tickets were expensive like $100-$120 a pop


Thats just crazy. I guess he was supposed to be the next MJ even back in high school though.


Yeah and I think he playes better than MJ, he even rejected a $10 million deal from Reebook back when he was 18


Oh that does it buddy. We cant be friends. Lol. Just playing but no way Lebron is better thaan MJ.


You almost broke my heart lol, Michal Jordan was a monster as well, it would be interesting to watch a match between the two


I think Allen Iverson could take both of them 1 0n 1 though.


Did you hear about his endorsement deal?


Good evening to you as well, do you follow the NBA?


Yeah he did good on that one. Set himself for life with that deal. Have a good one .


I agree, he set himself for life, a $55 million payday sure sounds nice.


A little bit. Not as much as I used to though. How bout you.


I do follow the game, 30 teams in total, many of them really good,


Yeah there are a few good ones at least.


29 are from the USA and the other team is from Canada


Yeah I believe the Raptors play in Toronto Canada


Do you have a favorite player? mine is LeBron James


I would say it is probably steph curry. He seems lke he has ice in his veins.


He is also a great player, I wonder if he will also be on the Space Jam sequel, I know LeBron is the leading actor but I guess other great players will be in the franchise as well


Hello. What was the most interesting fact about golf for you? I had no idea Babe Ruth was once the most famous golfer in America.


We are seeing presidental candidates becoming popular due to reasons outside of politics, I wonder if that is the case in Indonesia. Maybe he was elected due to being a pop star?


you bring a good point there! our president has been in a movie or two and in wrestling. you totally have a point


Do you believe that a man in France really tried to sell the Eiffel tower twice? That's crazy!


that is beyond crazy. the man impersonated a government official and managed to sell it actiually


Oh you're right! I thought he only attempted. That's very interesting considering most people know how much the French Government loves the Eiffel Tower.


whoever bought it though? did they bring a tow truck ? lol


It makes you wonder, it certainly wouldn't be easy to move haha


unless they wanted to  make the tourism money from where it is


Possibly, but then they would have to rent the land. Or maybe it came with the deal, haha. I wonder if it was another government that bought it.


hahaha I could name one or two governments who would fall for that scam


what was interesting for me is how much water per day the average american golf course consumes : 312000 gallons


At least the Norwegian government is doing something useful and attempting to save the rainforest!


I agree. That is a very large amount of water, especially the one in Dubai that is over 4,000,000.


yah! that is crazy. some people cannot find water to drink


Especially in desert regions like Dubai. Speaking of, Dubai is in the UAE which has a president. Although I think it's more like a royal family.


Yes presidents nowadays think they can rule countries more than they ever did before.


Agreed. It is interesting that governments are moving toward more authoritarian policies and governments in the last couple decades.


it is interesting president trump is not listed as one of the wealthiest


I was thinking that as well, maybe it is using outdated references or facts. I was surprised the president's guest house is larger than the white house as well.


well the president of indonesia had a lot of time on his hands to release 3 pop albums while in office


Hi how are you doing? The top three wealthiest presidents in american history were jfk, washington, and jefferson


I wish this were still in effect :Until 1805 in the us, the runner up in a presidential election automatically became the vice president.


Yea that would be nice although in Nevada you can vote for "none of these candidates" for presidential elections


I see,  I'm not sure if that's a good thing lol


I don't know, I bet a lot of people voted for none of these candidates in 2016


The success of venice during the middle ages has been credited to its system of government which selected politicians by lottery


That's interesting, Ancient Athens did the same thing


Politicians in kentucky must swear an oath that they've never participated in a duel before taking office


Lol, thats an interesting fun fact. Since 1900 the tallest candidate has won the presidential election 75% of the time


President james buchanan had a boyfriend whom other politicians referred to as "his better half"


I never knew any Presidents had boyfriends, I wonder if anyone in the public knew


That's surprising JFK was one of the wealthiest presidents, I figured there were more wealthy ex presidents than him


Maybe that has changed though,  we have a new President who is pretty wealthy!


Yea I forgot about that for some reason. The first president of Zimbabwe was called President Banana, I wonder how wealthy he was


I don't know if it's more amazing than the president of indonesia releasing 3 pop albums though


The u.s. president's guest house is larger than the white house


That's shocking, the guests have more room than the president!


I know right!  Maybe thats where President Banana would stay if he came to visit!


Lol, I wonder if James Buchanan's boyfriend designed it!


xbox one. I don't see them discontinuing that one anytime soon like they did back in the day with nintendo. Hard to believe it has been 16 years since they made them.


Yeah, it is hard to believe, any games to recommend?


We spend a lot of time playing Halo or ones based on Tom Clancy novels. First person shooter games get played a lot. Do you play much?


Oh cool. No, I only have PC based games, but not enough time to play them.


Do any of the PC games use Python programming?


Some of them might. I know how to program in Python. Personally, I think it is a little weaker than Java for a lot of applications.


True but the naming of it almost makes me want to use it anyway. I love Quest for the holy grail so the fact it is name after the comedy group makes it special to me.


Interesting. It was named after Monty Python?


Yes after the british comedy group. They have almost a cult following in the comedy community.


I did. I love that game system. What about you?


It is pretty cool that they did that though.


I liked it a lot. It only had 54 colors.


Really? It seems like more. Of course with those kinds of games you dont' really notice.


Yeah, it was a great game system. I still play Punch Out.


Which game was that? I don't think I ever played that one


Ah yeah I didn't spend much time on those. I was more of a mario fan. I wouldn't mind trying the incredibles game though. Sounds like it would be fun.


I liked the mario games too. Which ones?


Just the basic ones for nintendo. We didn't really have a ton of games because they were expensive. Nothing like the discontinued consoles but still pricey.


hi how are you? what kind of entertainment do you like?


He was a cunning little rodent. he knew what the kids wanted. video games. caffeine. pizza. loud noises. flashing lights.


Yes, plus Chuck E Cheeses had music, storytelling, drama, and different kinds of performances (the bears).


I never went. my family didnt have the money. but it looked absolutely enchanting.  What do you think of Bill Nye?


Bill Nye, the science guy? Love him. I heard his got famous because he was in a lookalike contest for Steve Martin.  Very funny guy.


I wonder who did the makeup for that. that was a tremendous job. LOL


I'm not sure but I heard that a Canadian entertainment company will be excavating in the infamous atari video game landfill for a documentary.


yeah, the ET cartridge dump. that was an interesting story. made too many cartridges so they had to bury them.


Yes, I bet it would be cool to work at one of these companies. Even Blizzard entertainment gives awesome swords and shields to its five and ten-year employees.


that is a great gesture to long serving employees. Anyway, great chat!


Entertainment has been and will be around for a long time to come. Yes, great chatting with you as well.


I like all kinds of entertainment. Since entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience, or gives pleasure and delight.


It will change. but i look forward to that. Have a good night!


yes, that is quite true. did you ever play nintendo?


Yes, even though nintendo only had 54 colors, I loved it.


the games were so well defined. the gameplay is what matters. the new systems are morepowerful, but the games must be good enough to win over fans.


Yes, that's true. But, even the Olsen twins purchased sole ownership of an entertainment company in 2004 so everybody wants to get in on it.


i did not know that. i expect they have a ton of cash. it is important to invest for the future. i guess they are involved in many things now.


Apparently, the Olsen twin bought the company in 2004 and turned it into a billion-dollar enterprise.


i guess i should invest in what they do. they must have the golden touch. some celebrities are quite clever at business.


Yes, even the "e" in Chuck E cheese stands for entertainment.


Are you a fan of the Golden State Warriors? They are from Oakland, California. Steven Curry is a pretty famous player for them.


Santa Cruz in California? It's beautiful there. Did you know John wall was number one pick of the 2010 NBA Draft? I thought it was someone else...


John Wall went though a lot as a kid. His dad died of liver cancer when he was only eight. He's overcome a lot to get to where he is today


What a good success story! I did hear he lived up to his nickname of "Crazy J" but I don't know what type of crazy things he did.


Whatever it was, he got to where he is because of his stepdad. He was the first in his family to go to college, and then his younger sister follow his lead.


Does the National Basketball Association have any college requirements? Or even high school? I never thought about that.


I'm not sure. I would think most of the players were in college, even if they didn't finish. Tim Duncan chose to stay and finish college before joining the NBA though


I heard physicists tested things out and discovered by shooting "granny style" you can score optimally. NBA players don't use it because it's not cool, though.


It's much more cool to dunk. The shoes are much cooler now than they used to be too. Nike used to pay a fine each game for Michael Jordan to wear Air Jordans because they were originally banned


I wonder if Nike and the NBA are somehow in business together making money. Seems like it's what most of the players wear.


I think it's more that the NBA finally gave up on banning them and all the players wanted them. They might actually be better for playing basketball anyway. I wonder if Reebok's deal with Allen Iverson was worth it. $800,000 a year until he's 55 and then a final payment of $32,000,000 is a lot of money


I've heard of them, but I don't keep up on basketball. I didn't realize Oakland is so close to San Fran, but it makes sense that the team would be named that


Oh I remember now. Reebok was so popular at that time from it all! Well, now I feel like playing basketball like a regular NBA player!


Yes, although I've never been to an NBA game. Have you?


No, I haven't. I do hear about Steph Curry a lot though. He's part of a foundation that donates three mosquito nets for every 3 pointer he makes. Those nets go to help families in Afirca


That's really nice of that millionaire to donate some nets for the poor. I didn't know Kevin Durant and John wall were so close, but I hear they were hugging after an NBA game.


Did they win or lose that game? Because by losing game 4 of the NBA finals last season, the Golden State Warriors earned nearly $12 million. For LOSING


Wow that is a lucrative team! I used to play basketball in high school. I was the second tallest girl in school, and the tallest has same name.


Wow, that must have been confusing! I guess it might also get confusing though with how many brothers there are who play basketball. The brothers of Steph Curry and Klayb Thompson played together at the same time they did


Was this in the NBA? I heard Reggi Miller had an older sister that played basketball in high school. He's a hall of famer!


It was on a team called the Santa Cruz Warriors, so I don't think so. Part of it might also be coming from tall families


Hey have you ever seen the TV show Barry on HBO?


Yeah I would imagine they're doing fine. I also Imagine That Jim Carrey is fine making only comedies from now on and not dramas, apparently dramas are not as positive and so he wanted to stop making them


I disagree with Jim. i think dramas can be positive and there is value to them.


Yes I agree with you. And I also agree with Michael Caine, when he started acting he was just doing it to me cute girls apparently LOL I can't blame him for that


I would have done the same thing, if i had been smart enough LOL


Haha I agree with you. Have you ever seen the show Mad Men by the way? The main star of that show who is Jon Hamm used to be a High School Drama teacher


I did watch Mad Men. Hamm was the perfect guy for that role. he looked like an ad man.


Yeah he was great in that show. Also one of his former students was Erin from the office which is interesting


Oh, yeah! Erin. I like her. she has a girl-next-door quality. i guess Jon did a good job teaching her.


Yeah I think so. I do like comedies though like the office, do you like Bill Murray? Have you ever seen the movie he recommends, Kung Fu Hustle?


No, i havent seen it. i bet it is good, but i think that bill was being a bit facetious. anyway, great chat!


Yes thank you you too! And I actually do like Kung Fu Hustle but it's definitely not the "Supreme achievement of the Modern Age" haha


Apparently it's a Twist between a drama and a comedy, and it's kind of a dark comedy, I haven't seen it but I heard it's good


Well it starts Bill Hader, I don't think he's that famous but he is apparently a celebrity haha. Do you ever watch any other dramas on TV?


I watched Game of Thrones. Do you like that show?


Yes I do like Game of Thrones. I can't wait for the new season to start in April! it's crazy that the lyrical style of the drama was actually created back in 335 BC


The final season of GoT. Everyone is going to watch. The Greeks really started a trend.


Absolutely! I wonder how much the Game of Thrones actors get paid, hopefully a good amount although they make as much as Hugh Laurie did in the TV show House


They probably get a range of payments, based on residuals and public appearances.


Have you heard of Chelsea Hodson before?


I wonder what the purpose was even back then?  I always get the hiccups during really tense scenes in dramas, ruins it for everyone.


It does, I  just hate hiccups, Germany is the first country to give animal constitutional rights, wonder how laws are affected by that.


I'm sure it just means you can't mistreat them.  The Scots have something similar for the Lock Ness monster, that might be taking it too far.


If Nessi is real, I think its a myth, they should send an exploration team and find out the truth about the Loch Ness Monster, truth or myth? what are your thoughts


I am going to put my money on myth, I'm sure the whole protected species thing was a publicity stunt.


Yeah I would think that is a safe bet looks like a lot of drama surrounding Nessie, do you like drama films, novels?


When the kids are in bed I like to fire up Netflix and find a ten part drama to keep me going for a few weeks.


Yeah I get the feeling, do you like the show House?


Back in the day, my wife liked it more than me, it was appointment television for her.


I see, well you must know the leading actor then, Hugh Laurie he gets paid $700,000 per episode.


No, haven't heard of her who is Chelsea Hodson?


It's amazing that they could pay him so much, you'd never think TV drama could have that kind of money.


I know right apparently drama TV moves a lot of money around, its been great chatting with you by the way.


Same here, have a good rest of the day. Bye.


Have a nice day and thanks for all the cool facts about animals and drama, bye.


She has written a book, a collections of essay's called Tonight I'm Someone Else


She seems like a really smart person do you think she likes animals? there are 20 quintillion in the planet so maybe she does


I'm guessing she likes some animals, but not all 20 quintillion of them.


Yeah there is a wide variety, 7 million species, I like dogs personally and also lions.


We have a dog, but no lions in this house.  My daughter likes to study animals, zoology I  believe it is referred to.


She must know a lot of cool facts about animals, maybe you can ask her if its true that animals develop white patches on their foreheads once they are domesticated


I believe that to be true, I think it is the same with dogs and floppy ears, wolves ears are rigid.


Could be, dogs have evolved a lot over the years we have as well, do you know hiccups are a hold over from early evolution stages


Hey there! Are you a fan of Aretha Franklin at all?


That is interesting. I wonder what the legality of that is? I would hate to keep track of all of those taxes owed!


Well if there is no documents for it I guess Franklin could get away with not reporting it


That's true, I guess. Hey, are you a Pink Floyd fan?


Yea, Dark Side of the Moon is an awesome album and still a best seller as of 2014


Yeah, and did you know they recorded a live concert back in 1972 with no audience?


That's pretty cool, I wonder where I could find the album Floyd recorded at the amphitheater in Pompeii.


Yeah, that's the one I'm talking about! I bet they only have it on vinyl. The acoustics in that ampitheater were probably beautiful.


Probably why in Croatia they still use their ancient roman ampitheater for concerts.


Absolutely. That would be a lovely venue for a concert. Anyway, it's been nice chatting with you!


Yea, hopefully creed doesn't ever play there, they are so bad even their fans sued them


Yea she was a great singer, kinda sad her funeral became a spectacle after she died at 76


Yeah, I heard that. Back in 2002. Well, enjoy your day! Don't listen to Creed, haha!


Have you heard about the concert that could potentially be released now?


Somewhat, it was in 1972 at a Baptist Church, right? Must have been a hell of a performance if they filmed it.


They did, and not only that, it was Sydney Pollack who shot the film!


Alan Elliott must have been thrilled to access the footage after Pollack's death


Yeah, and evidently Elliot was all geared up to present it in 2015 at the Telluride and Toronto film festivals.


It's a shame Pollack isn't credited as the director anymore, he did a lot of work for it


I'd love to be able to see it. I guess it's good to at least know he had some part in it.


Yea, it's interesting that Franklin only accepted cash payments for her contracts too


Two identical twins from japan released a rap album when they turned 100 years old in 1992.


No way! So cool! Walmart only sells clean versions of albums and if an artist refuses to make a clean version walmart will not sell it.


Rapper busta rhymes voiced the reptar wagon in the 1998 rugrats movie


Who knew?! Thom yorke was credited with playing the "laptop" on some radiohead albums.


Here's a fun fact, the founder of hershey's milk chocolate planned to sail home on the titanic but work luckily intervened


Wow! Amazing!The first movie about the titanic was released a month after its sinking, and starred one of its survivors


That's interesting.  The titanic is slowly being eaten away bacteria and will be gone in 15-20 years


That's sad. The company that operated the titanic is now a part of carnival cruise lines!


AHHHHHH!!!! Even when adjusted for inflation, the movie titanic cost more to make than the rms titanic


Incredible. I didn't know they had more lifeboats than legally required!


Yes, I do.Linkin park's "hybrid theory" is the best-selling album of the 21st century.


I didn't realize that. I also didn't know the person who created rap was Anthony "DJ Hollywood" Holloway.


Really?  I didn't know that either.  Despite being released over 40 years ago, the dark side of the moon was still one of the best-selling albums of 2014.


Very cool! Mcdonalds payed rappers $5 for every time they referenced big macs in songs.


I thought so. Also, The world's fastest english language rapper, noclue, can rap at a rate of 14.1 syllables per second!


Wow, that's wild there.Rapper tupac shakur's music is in the library of congress of "cultural significance."


Wow! I enjoyed his rap music. okay, the term rap is so closely associated with hip-hop music that many writers use the terms interchangeably.


Hey there do you use Facebook? What do you think about Mark Zuckerberg?


I would do that too. I wish I could do that right now and get some food I'm starving haha. What's crazy is that Facebook is valued at over 104 billion dollars. That could buy a lot of Whoppers!


I would use some of that billions for the Hershey pie too though.


Yeah I could see that too. Now what about Netflix do you watch Netflix at all?


heck yeah. I think its crazy that blockbuster didn't take them seriously.


Nope Blockbuster definitely made a big mistake there. Chance to buy them for 50 million and now Netflix is worth over 2 billion. Very sad


i thought it was cool that they track illegal downloads to know what titles to have.


I think that's a good strategy actually. I think it's funny that Netflix was started because the guy had a late copy of Apollo 13. That's a solid movie


I think i fell asleep when i watched it. i'm glad that they have so many movies with good rotten tomatoes ratings.


Yep that makes life easy for me haha very crazy that Netflix makes up about one-third of all bandwidth in North America. That is an insane amount


it is wild how much it is watched compared to traditional tv.


I think that he is a dude who is in charge of a massively different product that he anticipated


Oh I agree with you. I personally don't even watch normal TV I only watch Netflix at this point


Yeah I could see that. I also never knew that he was colorblind and that is the reason that Facebook is blue


Did you know that Iceland is writing their constitution on Facebook. People can make suggestions and also alter it on the Facebook page.


that is an interesting way to keep a living document. do they have age restrictions because you can be 13 and be on facebook legally.


That's a great point. We don't want people putting fortnite or something like a video game into the Constitution. did you hear about the Facebook promotion with Burger King?


their paid content can be out of hand. I usually ignore the ads.


I do too. What would happen is that if you unfriended 10 people on Facebook, then you'll get a free Whopper. Also the person you unfriended would be alerted to this unfriending and that they were only worth one tenth of a Whopper haha


thats funny. I would totes unfriend people for a whopper. i like whoppers way more than I like people.


Do you follow politics much? Every once in a while I'll see an article that catches my eye


His response to that was pretty funny. "Republicans buy shoes too." Politics is definitely about more than just skin color, that's for sure


Oh yeah for sure. And he is a businessman he was to think about that too. Did you know that despite his wealth Trump is not the richest president?


I guess some of the others were just as influential and wealthy. Sometimes we don't realize it due to inflation and the changing value of the dollar. Until 1805, the runner up was VP rather than the winning candidate appointing someone else


Really different times. There was some hierarchy there. Did you know that the guest house is larger than the white house?


I wonder whose idea that was. I wonder how many guests it can hold. Indonesia's President has hobbies on the side while in office and has released three pop albums


What a president. The president of Zimbabwe was called banana.


Maybe that was his favorite fruit. Many of our Presidents have had beards, and all of them were Republican. The Democrats are clean shaven


I wonder if they do that on purpose to keep up with a secret tradition. Did you know why Truman refused to be photographed with a dumbo?


Probably since the Republicans use the elephant as their symbol. The red and blue color associations are as recent as 2000


Yeah that is exactly. How strange of him. Do you know when the republican party was founded?


Yeah from time to time. Do you know much about the Senate in the US?


I know it has a long history and has changed much over the centuries


Not much, but I've heard there's been some hesitation about renaming an office building after John McCain


I wonder why though. I mean he was a republican so not sure why they are not moving ahead with that.


I think the problem is more that it seems like a rash decision because he recently died. They're more against the process than they are actually doing it


I guess I do not know enough about politics. I know that in the US Senate they have a desk with candy in it for people to grab.


Not just any candy, but the ones made in Pennsylvania. It's a long-running tradition, too!


Yeah good for them. They had a gavel that they used for 165 years until Nixon broke it


Wow. I wonder what was being discussed when that happened. Women have only been wearing pants on the Senate floor since 1993, and the only reason that changed was that two senators protested


I am glad they did, they should wear what they like, what is up with that. Did you know that Jordan was asked why he did not support a Democrat candidate?


Cadillac rolls off the tongue a little better lol. Is your car equipped with a flame thrower?


No it is not but I hear in South Africa you are allowed to do that


I heard that also! They must have a lot of car jackings there. I wonder how safe it is


Yeah too bad. On another topic, do you like the piano?


I used to play as a kid but haven't in a long time, I like it though, how about you?


Me too I love it. BBC once played piano tunes instead of the news


I am sure it was more interesting that day lol. Speaking of BBC, I saw that some climbers on Britains highest mountain found a piano at the top


Yes, I wonder who managed to put it up there though


Right and what their thinking was lol! It was so nice chatting with you!


I sure do. Do you know who invented the drive thru?


I am guessing it was McDonalds or Burger King, was I right?


Yes it was McDOnalds back in 1975. Do you know why?


wow, I do not know why, to build their profits from the lazy, lol?


It was because soldiers were not allowed out of cars in fatigues


that makes sense. That was great of them and look how far the have come. I love drive thrus. Do you own a cadillac?


I do not but do you know how it got its name?


I think it was named after the founder of Detroit, some French guy


Yeah his name was Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac , hence the name of the car


did you know that Queen's guitarist has a phd in astrophysics?


Ya that is really crazy, in rome there is an ancient roman theater that is still being used as a venue for concerts, that has probably had the most music performances in history


I bet it has.  Concerts are important. I just can't for the life of me imagine why ABBA turned down 1 billion dollars to play 100 concerts!


wow that is crazy, I'd actually go to an ABBA concert unlike lincoln park, who played 324 concerts in the year 2001, thats literally almost 1 per day


I would go to one too!  It's be cool if I could be like the woman who was on her way to a Dave Matthews concert and stopped to help a cyclist who turned out to be Dave Matthews!


that would be a cool thing to have happen, I wish I could have been there when eddie van halen set studio speakers on fire when playing a guitar solo, that is so metal


I wish I could have been there too! He's a phenomenal guitar player!  Do you have a guitar?  A lot of people do apparently because the les paul gibson es-175 has never went out of production!


I do have a guitar, it is a les paul, it's really nice but I can't really play it, I only know how to play piano, do you play any instruments?


No but i definitely wish that I did. I would like to play the piano or the saxophone.  I do watch music videos on youtube. I guess I helped it use as much bandwith as the entire internet back in 2000.


interesting, I think it's dumb that Justin Bieber's baby song is the song that is disliked the most on youtube, like its not amazing but its not that bad, just seems silly


It's probably due to people not liking him personally.  It feels like you tube has been around forever but really it just began back in 2005.


No, I had no idea!  I wonder if he could play the world's smallest guitar.  It was built by Cornell and is the size of a cell.


ya that's not that long ago, pretty crazy that youtube and netflix make up half of internet traffic, but I know I don't have cable and all I watch is youtube


I watch a lot on there too.  I think I may have even watched a joy of painting video from the bob ross channel!


wow didn't know that, I guess The queen guitarist also can play the guitar with coins as guitar picks, he sounds very talented


He does sound very talented.  Now, I think of it! If that's Brian May you are talking about, he built his guitar out of parts from a fireplace and a knitting needle!


wow that is cool, I guess matthew bellamy has a record for most guitars smashed on a tour, that seems like a dumb record its incredibly wasteful


It is wasteful I agree.  Deep Purple holds a bizarre record for the loudest concert ever and it was held in 1972.


ha interesting, almost as weird as pink floyd recording a live concert in pompeii, to no audience haha


That is weird!  Speaking of live and loud, the foo fighters played a concert that was loud enough to show up on new zealand's seismic monitors!


wow that is crazy, that's why I bring earplugs to concerts I go to, also in 2002 creed was sued because their concert was so bad, not surprising I guess haha


I can't imagine how you can prove a concert is bad enough to win a law suit!  Dogs have even went to concerts.  i mean, a man and his wife held a high frequency concert just for dogs!


I remember when an album was made of plastic. Now everything is digital, like Linkin Park's, Hybrid Theory, the best selling album of all time.


Nice. And even non rappers, like judges, get inventive when rap is involved. Did you hear about the judge who delivered her ruling in rap when she presided over a case involving the rapper, Eminem.


I bet she was bustin' mad rhymes and spittin' fire yo. That def justice and dope jurisprudence.


Word. Serves Emminem anyway, since before he became a rapper he wanted to be a comic book artist. I bet he wished he had chosen that as a profession as he listened to the judge get all busy with it.


I guess Eminem must be pretty good at drawing. Creative people find some outlet of expression.


True. His favorite superhero was Spiderman. I would have liked to see Emminem in a Spidy costume.


He would be a pretty edgy, urban Spidey. Not the nerdy type at  all. I think he could write a good rap for the soundtrack for one of the movie though.


Sure thing. I wonder if he ever performed in South Africa, the land where it is legal to equip your car with flame throwers as a deterrent to carjacking. Gives a new meaning to the term, Hot Wheels.


That would be a good street battle too: cars with 'throwers fighting until one explodes. Good times!


Then you can take your car through a McDonalds drive through--the place where drive through windows were invented--and offer to heat up the fries.


Going through the drive-thru with a flame thrower. McDonald's fries its burger. Burger King broils. Maybe McD's needs the flame.


I don't really know much about Linkin Park. Are they popular with the kids these days?


You'd have to ask a kid...I'm old enough to be a Grandpa. But some things get finer with time. Like The Dark Side of the Moon, released 40 years ago and still one of the best selling album of 2014.


There's something called The Dark Side of Oz. At a certain point in the movie Wizard of Oz, you can start the soundtrack for Dark Side and it synchs up with the film. I've never tried it.


Interesting. An old, old movie that still is interesting.  It's like those two identical twins in Japan who released a rap album at the age of 100. You caan't make this stuff up!


I wonder what they rapped about. Arthritis, spoiling your grandkids, ungrateful children, stupid politicians.


All timeless truths of life. Speaking of rapping and politics, did you know that Tupac Shakur's music is in the library of congress under "cultural significance?"


Tupac. Some say that the man is still alive and in hiding, maybe together with Elvis. It's great that rappers like NWA can go platinum without airplay. It's possible for artists to get recognition without depending on the system.


True. And rappers are so inventive too. Like the Korean rappers who inventeda new type of rap called, Compliment Battle.


That Korean rap (K-rap?) must be a product of their culture. Respect is important, so I guess they use compliments instead of insults.


Watch much bball? WHat do you think of the Cavs?


DOn't know for sure. Nike just payed his fine every night he wore them. Nice marketing.


it sure is ! It's nice to have a company like Nike to pay fines for You ;)


There's so much money in pro sports. The Warriors earned $12 million dollars LOSING game 4 of the NBA finals last season.


Yeah, and we don't know what happens behind the curtain... if maybe one team is paying something extra for the other team to win...


Makes you wonder about things. Only 3 of the #1 draft picks in the last 20 years have won a championship and they all played for either the Cavs or the Warriors.


cool beans :) Money is crazy in that business ;) Lebron james rejected a $10 million offer from reebok when he was just 18 - can You imagine being in a comfortable situation like that... ?


That is crazy. Allen Iverson signed with Reebok for life for $800,000 a year until 55 years old and then a cool $32 million payout after that.


Jesus Christ... I will never see money like that... pretty depressing :) I'm going to start practicing basketball starting NOW ;) lol


Yeah, sometimes they give back though. Steph Curry is part of a foundation that gives mosquito nets to protect families in Africa. For each 3 pointer the charity gets 3 dollars.


Mosquito nets huh ? :) Well I'm glad he gave back some of those 800,000 a month ;) lol


I don't watch much anymore... I used to. I still love to play. I haven't seen how they play... are they good ? worth the time in front of TV ? ;)


Lebron raised $6 million for is televised "decision" special. Not bad.


Lebron played for them but now he is on the Lakers.


You're fan of Lebron ? Or You just follow up because he's so famous and a skillful player ?


He's fine. I like Steph Curry too. He plays for Golden State.


I did. I was hoping at least one of the guys would shoot granny style at the free throw line. It's supposed to be the most accurate way to shoot from there.


Yeah right ? I know it look silly but I would LOVE to see some of those big dudes score some points granny style ;) that would go on Facebook ! :)


Hah! Did you know Air Jordan's were initially banned by the NBA but Jordan just wore them anyway?


Do You know why did they banned them ? Was he too high ? ;)


Whats up Friend? Do you like other humans?


oooohhh! Dream job! Do you remember the days of Blockbuster? they were offered to buy Netflix for 50 mill, now worth 2 Billion, and no Blockbuster!


Definately not a good call for Blockbuster.  I would hate to have been the one that passed on that deal.  They will never live it down.


Oh, for sure! They are such a big company. Between Netflix and Youtube together they make up half of the peak of internet traffic in North America.


Wow.  I believe it!  During the Christmas holiday we were playing their fireplace movie that is nothing but a fireplace burning for an hour straight.


oh yeah! I like doing that sometimes to set the mood...there is another to listen and see the ocean waves... when i need to mentally go to my happy place i put that on lol


LOL  I will have to look that one up!  The first series that Netflix self produced was called Lilyhammer.  I don't think I'


I never seen or heard of Lilyhammer... It feels like Netflix has been around longer than 1997


I don't think I ever heard of it before now.  lol  It does seem longer than that too.  As of Oct. 2018 they had 137 million total subscribers worldwide!


thats alot of subscribers... well too bad they could get China, syria, North Korea and Crimea on their side Netflix isnt available in those countries


Wow!  I didn't know that.  I wonder how many people still subscribe to their dvd mail subscription service?  Times are changing so fast soon dvds will be a thing of the past.


Of course!  Humans are the only mammals that can't breathe and swallow at the same time.


Not far from that vision... well now im gonna netflix and chill for a bit... it was nice chatting with you! have a good one


Well good! because we are unbeleivable and have come such a long way! Did you know the Modern homosapien began around 50,000 years ago?!


Wow.  That's a long time ago.  I wasn't sure exactly when.  I do know that humans can't burp in zero gravity environment.  lol


lol, I wonder who thought of that as a test to do under zero gravity haha thats funny! Also the fact that we are no longer hairy... well most of us anyway,  as recently as 240,000 years ago!


I know right? lol  Did you know that there are no muscles in human fingers?


No, isn't it unbelievable what our bodies can do if we really think about it? I mean we can grow a rib that was shortened within 2-3 months! *mind blown* not to mention our minds


Oh yeah.  Especially during the winter months.  I'll binge watch tv shows.  I would like to have a job as a tagger at Netflix.  They get paid to watch it and tag the content.


Hi there! Do you have any interest in rap/hip hop history? I just read that Tupac's music is in the library of congress due to is cultural significance


Didn't know that either! I agree, it would be really difficult. Did you read that "red" and "blue" were only consistently used for Republicans and Democrats starting in 2000? That seems so recent!


I actually was on a political website recently where they used red for Democrats and blue for Republicans; it was very confusing


Really? I would be really confused. Another fact I liked- every US president with a  beard has been a Republican. These bullet points are great to remember for trivia!


Apparently there were soldiers in World War 2 who made simple radios using a razorblade and pencil; I had no idea making a radio could be that simple!


I read that too! I don't know anything about radio technology, but that sounds pretty amazing! I wonder what they were capable of doing though as far as sending and/or receiving. Did you know that you can hear radio storms on Jupiter on AM radio? I wonder what it sounds like...


I hear that Jupiterian (Jovian?) music is really good too


Hahah must be why AM radio is so popular ;)


Apparently there is a government mandate in Canada that at least 40% of the music played on the radio be Canadian. I suppose that's due to national pride but it seems silly


That's strange. I wonder how that works if a particular genre doesn't have enough Canadian artists to fulfill that 40%...a lot of repeat songs I guess?


I imagine that there aren't enough Canadian rappers, the only one I can think of is Aubrey "Drake" Graham, which i suppose is a perfect segue back to the rap history subject


Hello! Sorry I took so long, I was reading. I have no interest in rap history but I suppose we'll talk about it anyway!


Hah there you go! I didn't know that was his full name though. I'm interested to hear a "compliment battle" in action. I read that is a new type of freestyle invented by Korean rappers


I had never heard of a compliment battle before.


Haha it sounds like it could be entertaining for a minute. I'll have to look one up after this! It looks like we've made it through all of our turns though. Good talking with you!


No problem! If there's anything else you liked more thats fine too!


The thing I found interesting is how the ideologies of the two major political parties has flip-flopped since the 1800s when democrats were conservative and republicans liberal


I thought that was kind of crazy too! It sounds like they were pretty dominate too.


I think Lincoln was probably the most well known republican president who was liberal


I agree- did you read about Roosevelt forming his own party after being rejected by the GOP? It sounds like that lead to a major turning point as far as the Republican party becoming more conservative


Yeah I hadn't thought about Roosevelt's actions leading to an ideological shift until now. I also used to think that "Bull Moose Party" was the real name of the party he created but apparently the real name was the Progressive Party


I never knew that either! I always remember hearing the name "Bull Moose" from school history classes. I also noticed that every president since 1853 has been either a Republican or Democrat- I knew Independents weren't popular...but not that unpopular haha


I don't think the other non-Republican or Democrat presidents were independents, I believe the major parties before then were Whigs and Tories. Nowadays it would probably be for an independent to be elected president without the support of a major party even if they were an excellent candidate


I liked Friends too along with Seinfeld and Frasier, which 3rd rock beat out all 3 of those shows in 1997 to win the Golden Globe for best comedy series!


Wow.  It has been 37 years since a comedy won best picture.


Crazy.  I was surprised to find out Comedy Central was created in 1989.  I don't remember seeing it until the mid 90s.


I probably wasn't allowed to watch it until the late 90's.  lol


lol  Nice.  They cancelled over 100 shows also since they were created.


Wow.  did you know Drew Carey served 8 years in the Marines?


I never knew that.  That's pretty neat.  He must be older than I thought he was.


It is claimed that that is where he jump started his comedy career.


That's interesting!  I loved the Drew Carey show.  I'm going to have the them song in my head now. lol  Do you know anyone that still has a rotary phone?


I haven't seen one in years now.  New York's area code is 212 because it was the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone.


I didn't think about that.  Its been great chatting today, but I gotta run.  Have a great day!


Ok.  I have to get going too.  You also have a great day!


I do like him, especially in Ghostbusters!


Yes!  He thinks that his Kung Fu Hustle is "The supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy".  I don't think I've ever seen it.


I haven't seen it either.  But I have seen Evan almighty and it is crazy that it has a budget of 200 million


Whew.  Probably for all the special animal effects.  lol  The Green Lantern was supposed to be a comedy starring Jack Black.  That probably would have been good.


I couldn't imagine it any other way that it was


I know.  I'm not sure why they changed it up.  Did you like 3rd Rock from the Sun when it was on tv in the 1990s?


It was pretty good, but it preferred Friends


Michael Caine became an actor because all the prettiest girls at his school were in his drama class


I saw him on some show talk about that a while ago.


Did you know Jon Hamm taught drama at his old high school and one of his students was Ellie Kemper?


Me too. The NFL has no written rules against females playing.


yes. I know. but i don't know if they meet the physical requirements


Kind of like them being in the military infantry role. I don't think that would work too well.


They are capable of playing sports in womens leagues such as basketball. Ive seen some pretty good womens basketball players


I'm doing well myself - thanks for asking. Do you like drama?


Did you know Hugh Laurie is the highest paid actor ever for a tv drama. He earns $700,000 per episode.


Yes. The pay scale has gone up a lot over the last 20 years


For sure. Jim Carrey doesn't make dramas anymore due to his belief system.


I agree. There is a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free.


I have yes, i watched it as a kid, there are like 800 episodes in total now right?


I have never seen it but yeah over 750 episodes, that is pretty amazing for one show.


ya, I love pikachu, id have enough episodes to watch 50 a year for 16 years haha


Yeah is just too crazy lol.  I have some nephews who are all about Pokemon these days.


ya my friends son is too, did you watch that 70's show at all?


Yeah the first few seasons are really good, I am from Wisconsin and spent time both in basements and partaking in similar activities.  How about you?


yes I like that show, I guess they remade it for the UK, it was stopped after 10 episodes haha


I think I read that, I heard they made it verbatim and yeah it bombed pretty bad.


yup, they shoudl have adapted it to the market I think, also the name stunk: Days like these haha


Yeah that name is really lame, it sounds almost like a really crappy soap opera.


Hello there, I have watched South Park before, I remember watching the first few episodes ever, how about you?


haha I agree, I think tomorrow I'll listen to some classic latin on that news radio station


ya I still watch it ive seen almost all of them, did you see the one where they make fun of family guy?


No I didn't see that one, but it sounds funny, I think the Simpsons people thought it was funny too.


oh ya they did, they sent the South Park creators flowers afterwards haha


That's hilarious, do you watch much Simpsons when it was first aired?


can't say I did, I'm more of a south park guy, but I know theres an episode where bart doesn't appear, right?


Yeah I grew up watching Simpsons I had older siblings, but yeah it must be in the later seasons because I have never seen that one.


ya I think so, I've never seen it but I wonder if they just forgot him haha


Right, have you ever seen the show Pokemon?


Wow , they make sure of every little detail! Have you ever been to Mackinac Island? it sure is special, you know why?


they did prohibit motorized vehicles, mostly yo see horse drawn vehicles


Interesting!  I would like that! That sounds relaxing and good for the environment. Air travel is up to 10% slower than it was in the 60s to save on fuel costs.


Oh really? wow i would had though It would be the opposite. but buses may get stronger, the dutch are designing a fast bus that will travel as fast as 160mph


Wow!  Have you ever watched Mr. Rogers? I did back when I was a kid.


There was one episode where he learned how to breakdance! I have to see that to believe it!


I never saw it either, talking about dance, did you know Bruce Lee is a great dancer?


No way! I would have never thought that! The first moonwalk was recorded by a tap dancer in 1955. I thought Michael Jackson invented it!


I do. I don't do it often enough but I really love going to new places. Did you know that instead of fetching baggage faster, airports just make you walk longer. It helps to stop the complaints.


I thought so too, I heard about MJ he patented a device that helped him do the extreme lean! It was nice talking to you


Yep. Do you know those garden gnomes. People steal them and take them traveling then return the gnome with photos back to the original owner!


that is funny, well i tell you my dream!! i want  to follow King kalakaua's example, you know how?


He was a king from Hawaii and he was the first one to travel around the world


Got it!  That  sounds great! Worse case there is a website for people who will let you crash on their couch while you are traveling. I am not sure I would like to sleep on a stranger


I do not think I would do that!But I would like to visit Japan and cross the country, though is expensive to do it, about $300 in tolls


Yikes I thought it was bad in the US!  I would like to visit London one day. Did you know that Queen Elizabeth II employs somebody to wear her shoes before her to make sure that they are comfy? What a job!


Hello im traveling to the DC area this weekend, have you been there before? maybe you can recommend me some attractioins in the area


I love to drink coffee, music + coffee just the perfect combination I guess I would go there, seems like a perfect match for me


They also have starbucks if the line is long.


I dont really like Starbucks that much, I prefer local shops, are there like any good museums there?


National Building Museum is also popular.


That sounds like a worthwhile attraction I didnt know it was located in the D.C area I have to check that one out


Any other recommendations? I heard there is a great Asian food place in Tahoma Park,


If you know about another place then I will appriciate it, I am a vegeterian so no meat for me


I heard they have 3 theaters that are amazing.


Oh thats great, I love Tofu, one of my favorite foods, thanks for all the recomendations my trip is going to be a lot better thanks to you


Really can you tell me about one? I love to watch movies


Imagination Stage is supposed to be great with kids.


That also sounds great, Im going with my kids so thats an attraction to keep in mind,


Thats by Dolcezza studio right? I have heard about those


Yes, they always update their flavors too!


Thats a good thing, keeping things fresh, do you know any great places to eat?


What do you think about the NFL week 5 tips?


I don't think women can meet the qualifications for playing.


I wonder whether they could have women in positions like punter and kicker. The women have been cheerleaders. Men could be cheerleaders too!


Yeah but cheerleaders dont get hit by others, but a punter or kicker might be a good position, you know ESPN won an Emmy for the ceation of the yellor first down line.


That yellow line is useful for viewers, who get only 11 minutes of action on average. How many minutes of commercials?


apparently 3 quarters of commercials and barely a quarter of actual gameplay, but it sure seems longer than that.


The game of football has come a long way. In the 1960s the best bowlers made much more than football stars. Nowadays, I wonder what the difference is.


Wow, I guess football wasnt that popular back in the 60s, you know a running back from the patriots never fumbled a ball in his entire career.


The guy must have had incredible hands or special gloves! I bet he was a good choice for fantasy football, too!


I bet he was, probably worth a few points, did you know the locker room for the visiting team at the University of Iowa is painted pink


I guess they're hoping to psych out the opposition.


I don't follow the NFL usually until around the playoffs. Are you a fan?


I am a fan, my favorite team is the Patriots and I will be rooting for them on Sunday.


Do you know much about the Packers? I've heard that they were named after a company.


A bit, its not my favorite team but I do know some interesting facts, and I heard it was an indean company


The team is named after a packing company, but it's owned by the community. A non-profit company that must make insane amounts of cash.


Well if its the whole community then that makes things easier but I agree, there must be a lot of cash involved and every game is sold out.


Sold old for decades! I wonder how they charge for tickets. Also, is there much else to do in Green Bay on a Sunday?


I havent been there but could be a boring place, the first team to beat them was the Beloit Fairies


I wonder who chose that name. The Fairies?Did you know that the NFL has no rule against women in the league.


I get it. I am grateful that it finally dawned on me that my friend was the one for me. I am glad I realized it before it was too late. Better late than never, I suppose!


That's true. I wonder how many weddings these days are playing Ed Sheeran songs. He seems to be quite a popular artist.


I would say maybe 70%. Sheeran is such a good songwriter. He writes amazing loves songs without being sappy.


I'm surprised he had such a hard time breaking into the music scene though. He is so talented. It sounds like it took him years to finally get people to notice how good he really was.


People probably thought he did not have the typical good looks singers/musicians have. I'm glad his talent carried him through


Me too. I think he will be one of those artists that really stands the test of time due to his range. His writing ability is amazing.


Absolutely. One thing he can NEVER be called is a one hit wonder. More like a hit machine! Good for him:D


It sounds like he has studied his craft extensively too. I think that is something that is going to set him apart when it comes down to music that is going to last.


You are right. He is a student of music. He has worked hard to be the best at his craft. He is a master of storytelling, set to amazing music.


I didn't know he wrote for the hobbit. I love the score to that movie.


I think I heard that too. Did you know that he was a guest star on Game of Thrones?


I did hear that. I think they pretty much introduced him and then promptly killed him off. Of course it is game of thrones so that is par for the course.


Don't you think it is interesting when people are in love with someone they have known all their lives?


I think it is really sweet. The best relationships are always going to be built on a foundation of friendship anyway.


I totally agree! Friendship is the basis for ALL successful relationships


I knew my husband for years and years before we even went on a date. I never thought of him as a romantic prospect though until it had been years.


That sounds like me too! I met my best friend when we were both in first grade. Now years later, after college we are closer than ever.


It is really nice. I think if more marriages today were founded on friendship instead of physical we would see the divorce rate drop dramatically. Everyone wants easy and not to have to put in the work of a real relationship.


That's the thing. It is tough being in a relationship. You have to fight for it. It is not sunshine and roses all the time. If you are friends, it makes it worth it.


So true. I think some of the sweetest weddings I've been to are people that have known each other for years and suddenly realized they are meant to be. It makes it even sweeter when they find each other again after a time apart.


Joke was on them. Apparently in Caesars day Britain used chickens for entertainment not food.


Love cars, my favorite is probably the Caddy. You


I'm not sure, there is something to be said for Mercedes Benz since the first modern car was patented by Karl Benz himself. They've probably had the most time to perfect the automobile.


You might be right. Let's not forget one of the first cars to be accessible to the masses was the Model T. American manufacture by Ford Motor Company.


True, but that was still 22 years after Benz's 'Benz Patent-Motorwagen'


True! Technology has brought us a plethora of inventions down through the years. I would have thought that the drive thru would have been a 50's invention. Instead Mc Donald's added in the 70's for Soldiers.


I have never heard that before, but that is surprising. I would have thought it was an older invention as well. Was it because soldiers couldn't get out of their cars if they were wearing their fatigues?


Yes it was, i think it was a nice gesture. The Cadillac was named after a French guy who apparently founded Detroit. Sounds strange as well.


That is a very nice gesture. I guess it makes sense that he founded Detroit given that the city has historically been an automotive hot bed. Speaking of strange car facts, apparently in South-Africa, you are legally allowed to equip your car with flame-throwers to prevent carjacking. That is insane to me!


I do on occasion. To be honest I prefer golfing 9 holes instead of 18 because I get bored after awhile.


Darn talk about a new kind of car alarm, they should call it burnt to a crisp.


Haha no kidding! Anyways it's been nice talking to you.


I have always wanted to play never had the chance to, only miniature. I hear it takes 312,000 gallons of water per day to keep a course healthy.


Wow, when you think about how many golf courses are around, that's a lot of water used just to maintain all those courses. Did you know that golf courses in America take up more land space than Rhode Island and Delaware combined. That's a lot of water!!


People really love their golf. As far as water goes there a course in Dubai that requires 4 Million gallons per day.


Speaking of golfing, did you hear about the new community they're building? Its called The Carlisle at Loudon Valley and it's nearby the  Brambleton Regional Park and Golf Course.


I haven't sounds interesting. Not as much as Babe Ruth once being Americans most famous golfer.


I love fun facts like that! I recently read that Bill Nye the Science Guy's first claim to fame was winning a Steve Martin lookalike contest


I heard that too but i don't think he looks anything like him.


I also heard somewhere that Ronald Reagan was once rejected from a movie role because he didn't have enough of a "presidential look"


Haha smart guy. Howe about JOn Hamm, he was a drama teacher


Yeah and one of his students was Ellie Kemper, she is so funny


I guess she had a great teacher to learn from how to be funny


Haha good point. Do you like country music?


I like some of the artists and songs and you?


Me too same. George Strait and Jeff Bezos are cousins


WOw small world. Henry Ford paid money to make sure country music is not taken over by jazz


Yeah but I think there should be room for all types of music


Yeah I agree. U2 once opened for themselves under the disguise of a country music bad


Yeah and the ame is so funny, the dalton brothers grom galveston, texas


haha they are just too funny and creative. The fender stratocaster was supposed to be used in country music


Yes , Laurie made tons of money there, $700 000 per episode


I love him ,Do you know why he does not do dramas anymore?


Yeah because they do not project positivity


I listen to them sometimes, there is a free website for them


Yeah that is pretty nice. DO you know why Michael Caine became an actor?


Yeah all the pretty girls were going to drama class so he followed them


A Canadian motorcade was impersonated at the ape world leader's summit. I wonder what compelled them to do such a thing


Good question. Putin dont like the canadian prime minister very much


Thats True neither do the Venezuelan Dictator. Talking about presidents I hope what is best for the people resolves itself soon.


I agree. I would like to hear the president of indonesias pop songs


Really? I did not know that he made pop songs? That is funny. They should have a presidents singing competition


Well it may not get him as rich as jfk, washington, and jefferson


I dont know. I do want to check out the Eve-online game.


What is that? Do you like online gaming?


I love gaming. It is a game that received a world summit award


Me too ! a g20 summit sounds interesting.


That is interesting. I recently started gaming.  What a funny name, President Banana


I love that name. He was the first president of zimbabwe. Have a good night


Is that a ticket you can buy on Ticket Master? lol


lol. nope. Maybe it will get me closer to being the president. I would love a guest house that is larger than the white house


That would be great! Its interesting that 3g peaks at Mt Everest


That is something. I wonder if we could get internet up there


I doubt a good signal can be maintained. It would be a good experiment though.


I wonder how large is the  saved copy of the internet ?


It must be huge but considering how well information can be compressed it must all fit in one normal sized room I presume.  Do you know where the Library of alexandria is?


Not really. It sounds like it could be in Europe.


Maybe some Air Jordans would help though they were banned by the NBA. But Jordan wears his and Nike just pays the fine each game.


Well worth the ads. I see that Shaq only hit one 3 point shot his whole career!


Whoa, that is disappointing. Maybe he should have had Kareem show him how to dunk.


They are quite definitely good at one or the other often!


Yeah. Hey how smart was Allen Iverson?! He signed a lifetime endorsement contract with Reebok in 2001 so he gets $800 grand a year until he gets 55 then a lump sum of $32 Mil.


I would say so. I would maybe stick to being coach though (if I was any good). In 39 of 50 US states, the highest paid state employee is either a college football or basketball coach.


Crazy. Because they are state employees!


True but I guess NBA players are the world's best paid athletes so there's that.


Most of them, yes. I see that space jam is the highest grossing basketball movie ever. Great movie too!


Not sure on that one! Nice chatting. Have a great day!


I agree. I played some basketball in high school but most probably unlike hall of famer Reggie Miller's sister Cheryl who was pretty darn good.


I haven't heard about her? How good was she?


Well going back to 1982 when Reggie scored his career high of 40 points; he tried bragging about it only to find out sis scored 105 points and broke 8 national records.


geez, I also see that both volleyball and baskeball were invented at the YMCA.


Really, didn't know that. Did you know that the inventor of basketball (James Naismith) was the only losing coach in Univ of Kansas's history?


At this point, they are a pretty successful basketball score so not to surprising! Also funny to see that vasectomy rates in the US rise during march madness.


Wow, that is weirdly crazy. I like it that physicists have actually proven that shooting "granny style" is the best technique to consistently score points on the line. I would do it. :)


That's about the only way I would make a basket too haha


Yeah, they could take more risks, but i guess they were risks at the time. i dont like censorship. i would like youtube to put up warnings but leave the content there.


Yeah seems like today everyone is so easily offended.


Yeah, well, there is power in sanctimony. WHAT DID YOU SAY??? Im offended!!! LOL


yeah, I reckon it pays to be a victim. I did not know that police have their own youtube called bluetube


I guess they trade tips on Blutube? I would love to watch.


yeah probably some good ones on blutube.


the latest weapons, armor, drugs, and vehicles. gangs and stuff. lots of fun. good for writing a screenplay.


Have you tried Youtube music or TV? wondering what others think of it.


I usually just listen to music on Youtube. i sometimes watch documentaries. Anyway, great chat!


I use it a lot. i listen to old songs and jazz albums. what do you tube on YouTube?


I mostly watch videos about investing and finance


That is great! a chance to study and learn. i think youtube is a great learning tool!


yeah, its a great learning tool for sure. Which old songs do you like the most on youtube? 60's 70's 80's 90's?


70s and 80s, though jazz from the 60s. what about you? what music would you listen to?


I grew up in the 70's and 80's and I still listen to the music from those decades.


Yeah, great pop and rocks tunes. I enjoy taking YouTube back on a tour of the past.


yeah I like watching the old comics from that era also. They were way more free then and didnt need to be so PC.


Yeah and that made him a billionaire, so that is good


Yes until it was discontinued in 2003 in Japan.


Yes the science guy. DO you know how he got into entertainment?


Yes he won a Steve Martin lookalike contest


Yeah. Even Reagan tried his hand at acting once and it did not go well.


Yeah he apparently did not look like a president enough


Yes I do. Did you know it uses more than one third of the bandwidth in the morning?


Yeah , he had the look to become a real one though


Yeah that is crazy. And with youtube they make half of peak internet


And they still spend more on postage than bandwidth


Yeah it is exactly 20 times more, strange


Yes before netflix. THey had a chance to buy it and passed on it


Yeah for $50 million they could have made billions now


True. Do you know how it all got started?


Yes the guy who started it got a late fee on a VHS once


Do you like to watch Dramas on tv. Hugh Laurie made 700000 for house. That sounds like a lot of money.


Yes, I thought she was great in a star is born. I like her version better than the original


Oh, me too.  It was a very good performance.   You know her name came from a predictive text glitch that kept changing radio to lady?


That's cool and to think she may not have had a career after her label dropped her. Akon helped her get with Interscope and he was off.


I know, what luck.  Bad mistake on Def Jam records, they missed a big star. I bet they kick themselves about that mistake.


So many people go to the Toronto Film Festival for the 10 day festival to see movies. That seems pretty cool


I know there are like nearly half million people that go to that every year.


I wonder how much people pay to go there for that long. But at least they get some good films from it that get nominated for oscars


I know right, probably takes a lot of money.  I just don't have that much time to devote to watching movies.Lol  On a side note do you know Jim Carrey doesn't make dramas any more because his belief system prevents him from playing in movies that don't project positivity?


Yes, I think Jim Carrey is better in comedy anyway.


Well, I'm sure he's so famous, he picks and chooses what he wants to do, anyway.


Yes, I do in fact like tv dramas.  Hugh Laurie is worth every penny, he's that good of an actor.


I have not seen much of him since his ex girlfriend commited suicide like 2 years ago.


Yeah, I think the family blamed him for that.  So sad.  Well, it's been nice chatting with you, I need to get ready for work.  I'll talk to you later, friend.


I watched a few episodes. He was good on house. I like that Michael Caine started acting class because all the pretty girls were in drama. Well that was the right choice , look at his career.


Amen, to that always go where the pretty girls are located.  I read somewhere that Jon Hamm taught drama at his old high school.


I heard that too and one of the girls from the office was in his class. That is good if she made it to tv


He must have been a darn good teacher. Lol


Lady Gaga seems to have a great music career. Did you know she was on the show Boiling Points on mtv before she was famous.


No, I didn't know that about her.  I know Elton John chose her as his son's godmother, though.


Yes, that is pretty cool. She can sing any music. I wonder if she would do a song with her favorite band Iron Maiden. That would be cool.


Well, that would be different, for sure.  Do you know that she acts in movies, too?


What was your view on the whole Kavanaugh debate?


At least it changed.  There are more and more women becoming Senators and Congresswomen.  Maybe one day there will be a president, whether from one or other side.


That's right, either Democrat or Republican, we just want who is best for the job. Michael Jordan knew that. He wouldn't endorse a Black Democratic Senator from North Carolina and when asked why he said, "Republicans buy shoes too."


I hear that Roosevelt banned Christmas trees from the White House, an you imagine the uproar if a President did that today.


People would never allow it. I wonder why he banned it? Maybe his conservationist nature. He would have liked the George W. Bush had solar panels put back on the White House.


The solar panels are funny.  Carter put them, Reagan took them down, Bush put them up, not sure of the current standing of solar on the White House.


How interesting. I did not know that. I also did not know that the White House still uses floppy disks for storing files.


There must be a reason for that, surely they have access to the most advanced technology?  I recall a story that when George W Bush moved into the White House the previous staff removed the W's from the keyboards.


What an odd time to be President. When he was in office four bullets struck the White House and it took the Secret Service four days to realize it.


Now we are the end I have to say I'm the father of a daughter and am very much against the new Justice, I find it scary on my daughters behalf that people can get away with what he may have done.  You may have a different opinion.


Thank you for letting me know your opinion. I was always taught to be kind and respectful to everyone I meet and to never intentionally hurt or lie. It's the rules I learned in Kindergarten and perhaps this country needs to look back and assess if we are doing our very best. Thank you for chatting.


I do not want to offer my opinion on such a sensitive topic. I do know some fun facts about the Senate though. Did you know they have used the same gavel for 165 years?


You too, have a good day, and decent future chats.  Good bye.


Institutions like that always have ways that date back years, just look at British parliament.


I kind of like the tradition. There has been a candy desk in the Senate since 1968.


I wonder who's got the sweetest teeth, Republican or Democrats.


That would be interesting to find out. Whoever sits near a busy entrance keeps a drawer full of candy, milky way bars, mars bars, jellybeans.


Is there a rule that the president is not allowed into the Senate?  Maybe it is to stop him diving into the candy.


I am not sure if the President is allowed in. I do know that the Vice President of the United States is the President of the Senate.


Yes, I know he gets the final vote if there is a tie in the Senate.  In days of yore the VP used to be the losing candidate in the election.  Don't think that would work now.


I am so happy that things have changed. Did you know women were not allowed to wear pants in the Senate until 1993 when there was a protest. 1993! Only 25 years ago.


yah and the president of indonesia has released 3 pop albums WHILE in office


Is it real?  By the way, are you a fan of Taylor Swift


I was until I knew she removed her music from spotify because "music should not be free"


Did you know that she had to walk backward to avoid having her photo taken


I think they can still take a good picture that way too


she is rich as well! she owns a 40 million private jet


money will be no issue to her.  She also came from a wealthy family


sometimes I look at those wealthy people and I thank god Im not as wealthy if thats how people become lol


there are pros and cons for everything.  I just want to be happy with what I have had


when kids have to question the president about why was a killer able to terrorize their school


It would be a challenge to answer.  Did you know that the only US president with a phd degree was woodrow wilson


I didnt know that . The U.S president's guest house is larger than the white house


That is a very surprising fact.  Also, the last president to speak a foreign language fluently was fdr


the wealthiest presidents are JFK, Washington, Jefferson. I thought trump would be lol


That surprised me too.  Where did they get their money from


inheritance probably. at least their name is not banana like the first president of zimbabwe


That sure is an interesting way to send off a family member. I guess they didn't want to falsely memorialize her.


I wonder if some of those are rescues and they are technically classified as pets. It would seem like there should be strict regulations to own one.


I agree.  I would be too scared to own something that could seriously eat me in my sleep, or any other time it pleased.


It's scary enough to think that my own dog probably is strong enough to harm me, let alone one of the top predators in the world.


Dogs do understand pointing, along with elephants.  They are the only two animals who have that instinct.  Id love a baby elephant, but they can get kinda big.


I've seen videos online where baby elephants interact with humans in a similar style to puppies. It's a definite bucket list experience for me!


Same here.  My girlfriend loves baby elephants, Ive tried to find a place we can go to have that experience.  I think it would be so cool, and a great surprise.


In looking some of those places up you want to find a place that is a rescue type facility. Unfortunately there are places that exploit the elephants and do not treat them well.


Definitely, not looking for somewhere they abuse the animals.  We're both big animal lovers.  I kind of like the philosophy in Boulder, CO where you can't own pets, but you are their guardian.


For me my pets have always been family. I care for them more than I do some people I know.


Definitely a lot more loyal and loving than people


I know, I couldnt ever imagine writing something like that about my family.  I guess I am lucky.


She's also a lot more straightforward. She wants food, to be pet, more food, and to play with her ball. No guess work needed there.


Very true.  Pets are pretty easy to please.


That's probably why they're so popular worldwide!


I feel the same way. I would rather just keep it brief and impersonal if I had hard feelings rather than publicly attack them.


It is said that you shouldn't speak ill of the dead.  I wouldn't feel like I needed to have the last word.


On a more enjoyable and lighter topic, do you have any pets? I have a dog.


I don't.  I am not home very much.  But I do love animals.  I would think of myself as a cat person.


Unfortunately I am allergic to cats so while I enjoy them in small doses, I don't think I could ever own one.


I always think it would be cool to own an exotic pet, although Id never want a bear like Roosevelt had.


I think he might be one of the few people who could pull off owning a bear. I would love to have one of the big cats as a pet but those are extremely dangerous as well.


There are actually more tigers living as pets in Asia than in the wild.  I never though people would seriously own them in masses.


Hello!  Have you seen the Incredibles 2?


Nice.  Did you ever have an original nintendo system?


Yep I sure did, still have my original nes and snes sitting in my closet, have not played them in years.


Nice!  I wish I still had mine.  The original one only could display 54 colors!


Yeah it.s crazy how far gaming systems have come. A lot of games on pc now could be almost real life.


I agree!  They discontinued to the Nintendo in Sept. of 2018 in Japan.  That must have been when they switched to the game cube?


I think you mean 2003, but the gamecube had already been out for 2 years prior to that, and they were no longer even making games for the nes or snes  in favor of the nintendo64 at that point, they just stopped making them all together in 2003.


Hahaha  Good catch! Typo!  Do you remember Bill Nye the science guy?


Yeah I like bill Nye but his netflix show really is not that great.


I haven't seen it.  He was discovered by winning a Steve Martin lookalike contest!


Yeah and did you know the green lantern movie was going to be a comedy with Jack Black as the lead. Probably would have been better than the Ryan Reynolds version haha.


Yes I have, I have two nephews that love it so I have seen it a few times.


lol  I didn't know that!  I have to get going.  It was nice chatting with you!


Awesome!  The first movie came out back in 2004.  Hard to believe it's been that long.


Yeah it was up for an Oscar a few nights ago but it was beat by the spider-man cartoon.


Nice.  Did you know that the present day events in the Incredibles is set in the 1960's?


That makes sense if you look at the art style and the surroundings in the movies, plus they are very James bond esque style.


Yes they are.  Never though of it like that.  Whe the directer made the movie he used artists that he thought were either going to quit or get fired by Pixar.  He must have thought they would have been more motivated to try to save their jobs?


I think he was thinking more along the lines of they didn't care. If you hire people that don't really care they are going to be more willing to do what you want regardless of consequence. He needed people who did not care about getting in trouble for doing what he asked.


I agree.  Did you know that there was a sequal to the Incredibles that appeared in video game formet?


Yeah i remember that game, it was on gamecube. The movie actually has quite a few similarities to it to.


Yeah. I am trying to figure out what she is getting at and can't figure it out...


I guess she had a netflix show a few years back but I had not heard of her. Her point is that good men have a different line when with friends, locker rooms, with wife, daughter, etc. She suggests that we cannot be trusted with that line (men).


I bet the same is true for women as well. Different around different people. Do you like comedy?


Sure! I don't agree with Bill Murray's assessment of Kung Fu Hustle.


I haven't seen it, but I think that Bill was pulling our legs when he said that.


That makes more sense... I have questioned that for a long time.


I don't usually watch movies on Netflix, but I know that there are over 50 mllion subscribers in the US. Quite popular.


Yes it is. I like a lot of their original content. Hace you seen any of their shows?


I probably have seen some of their films. In the evening, Netflix uses up 33% of North America's bandwidth.


Wow, that's a lot! Have you ever heard of Hannah Gadsby?


Haven't heard of her. What does she do? Who is she?


She is a comedian. She had some choice words for "good men."


These days, men get a pretty bad rap. Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby.


hey what are your thoughts on Pink Floyd?


I have facebook but I don't use it much no, what about you, I guess it's valued around 104 billion dollars


Too bad for myspace who did not buy it when they could


haha ya 75 million to buy them back in 2005 would have been a bargain


exactly, their loss. do you know why facebook is blue?


well I think it's because Zuckerberg is colorblind? did you know there's a state in Germany where the like button is illegal?


Yeah that is it. I wonder why it is illegal though and how they control people


right it is very strange, did you do the burger king facebook promotion back in the day?


Yeah defriend 10 people and get a free whooper? what was that about?


ya that would happen, and it would message your friend and say that you valued them less than 1/10 of a whopper haha


yeah. On the other hand Iceland is using it to rewrite the constituton


pretty cool, as cool as to play a concerts in an ancient amphitheatre without an audience?


ya I don't know how I feel about that I'd be scared personally, do you still have a landline phone in your house?


No that is gone for a while now. nice chat


haha that is cool, I hope they recorded it though I bet it was a great show, do you like any other artists?


ya I don't mind them, crazy that they played 324 concerts in an entire year, thats almost 1 a day!


I know they are so amazing, too bad about what happened though


what happened? I don't know much about them


oh that is sad I didn't know that, did you see that on Facebook? Or how do you get your news


It was all over the news but yeah I saw it on facebook do you use it much?


Hello.  Did you vote in the mid term election?


Yes, I heard the obscure rule that was invoked by a US senator.  Do you know which senators got arrested and forced to come to the chamber to vote?


Did you know astronauts voted from space. Not surprising when you consider some other voters are lost in space.


Yes, I heard.  I don't how how they do it though because they cannot just say it to the people on the ground.


That's a good point. Did you hear that Austin Texas voted to rename their garbage dump after fred durst. I wonder what he did?


Texans were going to vote.  Did it pass?  I do not know who Fred Durst is or was.  I'm sure it was someone important to Texans.


Yes they voted to rename the dump. I'm thinking he must have been a corrupt politician or something. It's not exactly an honor.


You are right.  It should not be an honor.  I do not want my name to be on a garbage dump.  I will research further out of curiosity.


I think I will too. Nice chatting with you, have a good night.


I did. I think it is very important for all of us to vote.


It is important. I also like trivia about politics. Did you know that the senate used the same gavel for 165 years until Richard Nixon cracked it?


I heard about it.  Why did Nixon crack the gavel? He was not supposed to use it.


I doubt that he did it on purpose. He probably just got carried away. But I'll bet he felt pretty bad.


I said earlier that voting is important.  In India, they went even further.  They set up a polling booth in a forest full of lions just to give one person the opportunity to vote.


I don't think we would go that far do you?


No, I do not think so.  Did you hear about the senate and their candy drawer?


Yeah, it must be nice. But I guess you have to give some of them free candy just to show up. Look at the Senator they had to drag in by his feet in 1988.


hi, how are you? what do you think of government?


yeah, that would be a crazy system now. constant fighting. they probably couldnt be in the same room together.


No they would kill each other if they had the chance, nice idea for a reality show though


Maybe they could do duets and release some albums? a rap battle or something?


Maybe they could, if they work together they can achieve great things they can alway ask the president of Indonesia for help


the pres of Indonesia probably could help them with their careers. he could be their agent.


He could, not many release 3 pop albums while in office so he definetely has the experience


I am amazed that the man had time for that. he must have been great at time management.


Or a terrible president I wonder if he and president Banana were homies


true. maybe he had his priorities mixed up! LOL. they could have been true friends. Pres Banana? what a strange name.


I know right they must really love fruit in Zimbawe,


I think the government is having issues right now, what about you?


I guess! LOL Anyway, great chat! Have a great day!


That might be a fun topic for a Google search lol and great chat its been good chatting with you as well, bye.


govt is definitely having issues. i figure that the next election will be an interesting one. Did you know that astronauts vote from space?


I didnt know that curious fact but 34% of the black male in population cant vote, they lost their rights to vote


something is quite wrong about that. how did that happen? i think that voting should be a human right. it is a democracy.


I know right, they should have their right to vote back 34% of a population can really affect the outcome of an election


yes, i bet it does. not really a democracy if many people simply can't vote. i would like that changed. we need people to vote.


We do, so what are your thoughts on the presidency, Im just glad we have a president and not a dictator


yes, i figure that the next election will be one that gets a lot of people voting, whether they like Trump or not. he certainly is a controversial figure.


That is a sure thing can you imagine Trump as president and Hillary as Vice president? apparently the runner up of an election was elected vice president automatically before 1805


no one knows. it is a secret. he has all of facebook stored in his head. he would recognize you on the street, or from the satellite feed he has.


Oh, boy, dont say that around him. you have no idea what an enraged zuck can do to a local populace.


He could track you down even to the top of Everest!


Yes, you have to turn off that internet connection when youre up there. no selfies either


What's the point of scaling the tallest mountain of the world if I can make duck face and post it on the Gram over my 3g connection?? Are we animals??!!


we are devolving. every day we move further from the light.


I'm also glad The Library of Alexandria has saved all my cat pictures in it in case the world pukes on itself and we lose the global internet.


Would we really lose it though if it is stored in the brain of the Zuck? He could sell it back to us. Anyway, great chat!


True, thank heavens for our robot overlords! Yeah great chat! Hopefully we've solved all the world's major problems.


Constantly. Hard to believe it began at colleges.


I will not be around to enjoy the Zucky paradise. Have a great day!


kids these days really can change the world from a dorm room. zuck is a genius. went to harvard too. now the whole world (except me) uses fb.


Well, mostly adults. Kids don't want anything to do with it any more. I wonder if Myspace is still regretting turning down buying it back in 2005?


i guess the kids have found the new flavor of the month. i bet that myspace wonders what might have been. so do I. maybe no privacy problems? LOL


Maybe. Maybe it would be less blue also.


true. the r-g colorblindness issue is not what i expected. can the zuck search for a cure with all his cash?


that could be true. a cyborg with a whole company to upgrade his AI regularly. yet he is still r-g colorblind. a weakness to make him seem more human?


Have you ever seen Keeping up with the Kardashians?


Yeah, that's a really lucky break for releasing a sex tape. I'm pretty sure her mom released it on purpose.


Maybe. I know Kim is on the 2015 Time Magazine's list of 100 most influential people.


She definitely has a lot of influence. She recently met with trump to discuss prison reform.


I did not know that, but good for her. I know she also has a book about how she is a trailblazer of the selfie movement.


Yeah, she's definitely a busy and hardworking person. Speaking of celebrities, did you know Judge Judy makes $123,000 an episode?


Holy cow! That is a lot of money! I wonder where she rates on Hollywood's likability "q score"? I know Tom Hanks rates a 48, while Kim's is a -71, which is hilarious.


I've never heard of a q-score, but it sounds really interesting. I think most of the Kardashians are probably not good in relations to likability.


I would have to agree. I know critics and admirers have described her as exemplifying the notion of being famous for being famous.


Yeah, she doesn't have a lot of actual talents. Just being wealthy and now famous. They are always coming up with new ways to stay in the spotlight.


Yes, I agree. Although she is reported to be the highest-paid reality personality of 2015 with her total earnings exceeding $53 million.


Yes, I know bits and pieces. I know Kim was born 10-21-80.


Yeah, I guess I would do some silly stuff like that if I was making that much money off of it. It was nice chatting with you!


Yeah, it's basically just her and her family doing everyday life things. Did you know she named her baby Chicago?


I did know. It is a nod to Kanye's hometown and the city is special to K & K  so the name is perfect because baby Chicago was hard to conceive so she is extra special as well.


That's a pretty sweet meaning. Did you know Kim used to be Paris Hilton's personal assistant?


I did know. That is how she first gained media attention but after her 2003 sex tape was leaked in 2007 she really became popular.


I know one of my kids used to play the Kim Kardashian app on their phone. I think it came out in 2014.


Sorry about that, I accidentally pressed enter. I haven't used the app, but I have heard of it. She was also in a fall out boy music video. I wonder which song?


I did not know she was in a music video. I know after the 2007 sex tape leak she and her family began appearing on E! reality TV show Keeping up With the Kardashians.


It must be hard to watch your first born or any of your kids go to college, hard to let go sometimes.


It does seem that way, McDonalds created a great service without knowing it would impact us all


Are you a dog owner?  Our dog likes going through the drive through of any business because there are treats to be had.  He especially likes the kiddie ice cream cones our local McDonald's gives him.


I am a dog owner, and that's great I wonder if McDonald's is a dog company, I know Google is one.


Yes I agree Google is a dog company, but I learned recently that dogs are not truly color blind, they just do not see all the different colors we see.


Yeah they can see colors just not as many as we do, dogs are really smart along with elephants they are the only animals that understand pointing, mine is not so clever though


Ha ha.  Our dog is very smart and can tell by the shoes we put on when leaving the house if he is going with us or not.  Also recently learned there are twelve different blood types found in dogs, and there is such as thing as a blood drive for dogs.


Maybe he can tutor my dog lol, and 12 different types of bloods, that's more than humans right?


I believe humans have three primary blood types, A, B, O but then each of those blood types then can be combined and also negative or positive.  I might have to take a trip to the library to find out the exact number, but pretty sure not twelve blood types in humans.


I see, so not as much as dogs then, its amazing how they evolved from wolves and now there are many different species around the world, dogs are loyal and that's why I like them more than cats.


Dogs were the first animals to be domesticated and certainly found a great place in the American household.  Much different than when dogs "worked" on farms.  I work in a children's hospital and we have working dogs there to visit with the kids.  Our dog would be too rowdy and too pampered to work.


I am surprised how fast time flies.  The article I read about the lady's first born leaving for college hit lots of my buttons when our two children left home.


I agree, well a lot of interesting facts about dogs I might go to the library and check out a book or two.


Its a lot to process, are you a parent? I can relate to the article my firstborn is soon leaving to college as well


I am the parent of two adult sons.  The are in their young 20s.  One visited us this weekend.  Adult children are enjoyable.  College life is certainly different than when I attended.


Oh I see so you must relate to the article as well, its hard when you are all alone in your home and your kids are gone


We downsized from our family home of 20 years in 2017, and enjoying living in a condo on the lake.  Busy during the summer, but quiet this time of year.


I see, so changing the subject a bit, do you like cars?


Yes I enjoy a good car ride.  I prefer to drive in rural areas and enjoy the scenery rather than in hustle bustle of city driving.


I enjoy to drive as well watching all kinds of different landscapes on the way, interesting but the trunk of the car got its name because of the old wooden trunks some cars had in the back


I find it surprising that drive thrus were not available until 1975!  I remember car hops bringing root beer floats to my parents car that was parked at the restaurant, but seems like drive thrus have been around forever.


Good morning. Do you follow politics at all? I think the presidential election is an interesting time for our country.


Lol could you imagine that! Fox news sure would go crazy over that. They actually once talked about creating a cable channel only airing the simpsons!


There are probably enough episodes.  I try to avoid New Channels, all of them.  With 24 hour news they don't have enough to talk about and repeat so much, and go over the same things with different people.


Yeah so repetitive. Fox news is a popular one though, watched more than cnn and msnbc combined.


I typically listen to the radio.  I find myself in the car a lot and have the radio going.


Oh nice. Radio is good as well but lots of commercials. If you like classic radio dramas there is a website where you can listen to thousands for free.


I wonder if any are any good.  Good or not, it's better than listening the sounds of solar activity that one radio station plays.


Haha oh yeah are you talking about when the radio picks up sound from Jupiter radio storms?


I guess there's one for Jupiter and one for solar activity.  Whichever, I can't see many advertiser wanting to be on them.  The other one I heard about was ventriloquism on the radio!


Oh wow how could that be an interesting radio show? Kind of sounds as abstract as having a show about Latin like they do in Finland.


I think I could do ventriloquism on the radio.  It's lie doing it on the stage but behind the curtain.  I used to do Latin in high school, maybe I should check it out.


I do, it can very contentious, though.  You always have to tread carefully when you talk presidents.


Yeah not a bad idea. I would also be interested to learn more about how the soldiers in WWII made a radio!


Exactly, good point. I am just glad we live in a democracy as opposed to a authoritarian regime with a dictator.


We should be grateful for what we have, especially compared to other.  Whoever becomes President, it is only temporary.  There will be another election.


I totally agree. the first president of Zimbabwe's name was Banana!


Is that where the term Banana Republic comes from?  I see that in Guatemala they don't allow family of presidents to run, that would end both the Clinton's and Bush's


Maybe it does! Yes it would. Whereas in Indonesia the president seems to be focused on becoming the next justin beiber!


Maybe Justin Beider could run for President here, although he's Canadian isn't he?  Maybe Justin Timberlake? We could do Presidential elections the way American Idol does.


Yeah haha that might just work. Back in the day the runner up automatically became vice president. That changed in 1805.


I can't see that working now, we'd have Trump and Clinton, I can't see that being a good working relationship.


I use Netflix a lot. Do you use Netflix?


Oh wow! They really missed out. Did you know that Netflix still spends more money on postage than bandwidth? 20 times more actually.


That's incredible! They used to sell DVDs in the beginning, which I didn't know.


I didn't either. Did you know why the founder decided to start the company?


I think he was upset about a late fee on a dvd rental, right?


Correct. He had a $40 late fee for Apollo 13.


Actually, I think it was a VHS copy, that was a long time ago!


It was VHS. Do you watch a lot of TV as well?


Not too much. I like comedies though. What about you?


I love comedies. Do you like South Park then?


I do, too. They have 137 million subscribers!


In that case, did you know there is only one episode where Bart is not mentioned and does not appear?


I heard that! I don't remember that episode offhand, though. Nice chatting with you! Have a nice night.


That's a lot. Hard to believe that they just started streaming original content in 2012.


Yeah. I think Lillehammer was the first original series. I haven't seen it though.


Me either but it seems like they have new original content every week now. They didn't even start streaming content at all until  2007.


That's interesting, since they were founded in 1997. I guess it was just DvD rentals for several years.


I had it when it was just DVD. I loved it then too. Did you know that it accounts for 33% of all North American bandwidth between 9PM and 12AM?


That's amazing! They tried to sell to Blockbuster a few times.


Blockbuster made a terrible business decision by not buying them.


Definitely! They could have bought for $50 million!


Are you a fan of either Fall Out Boy, Pat Sajak, Sting or Shaggy?


The game has changed a lot since 1924, the first Olympic Winter games, Canada has two national sports


In 1932 India beat the US 24-1.  That is a lot.


Really? India had a hockey team? and they managed to win against the US? I guess hockey wasnt a big thing at the US at the time