I am happy to say I have an I Phone. The US Nuclear ICBM Deterrent does not have as much computing power as an I Phone.


Same here. I think that is crazy! Did you know UNICEF donates a day of clean water for every minute you don't use your cellphone?


No, I did not. But who do they donate the clean water to?


children in need, I'm guessing across the world maybe?


Oh, okay. That's nice. Have you ever used a rotary dial phone?


I sure have. The fastest number to dial on a rotary phone for an area code was 212 so it was assigned to New York.


Good morning! I am good. I'm thankful that the sun is shining.


That all makes sense now! Anyways, had a great chat with you. Have an awesome day!


It's a little cloudy here, but still trying to shine! I didn't know it was actually white!


Yes, the atmospheric scattering is perceived as yellow.


Interesting! I can't believe the amount of energy it puts off as well!


I am sure what ever the amount of energy it sure is a lot.


It produces enough energy in one second to meet the needs of an entire planet for 500,000 years!


Wow! That is a lot. It is most definitely the most important energy source for life on Earth.


Oh for sure! It takes up 99.86 percent of the mass for the solar system too!


That is a lot, but I know it is about 330k times the mass of the Earth.


Thank you.  By the way, do you have any knowledge how does radio work


I have minimal knowledge. All I know is that it emits wavelengths on a specific part of the light electromagnetic spectrum. Can you help me elucidate the mechanisms?


I just know it works on a basic mechanical wave.  That is all I know


Ok. It appears it uses a transmitter to emit the waves, and an antenna to receive them.


Got it.  By the way, what is your major in science, if you do not mind


I am a pharmaceutical scientist. I am no longer in school.


I see.  I major in biology, and I want a career in healthcare but not sure which one.


Ok, That was my major. I will say that no matter what field you choose, you have to break in to the field first, which is a pain. Do an internship now before you leave, or you will regret it.


2nd year into my biology bachelor degree


What school? Do not be afraid to switch majors. The business degrees make more money. And you might have a better chance with a biochem or chem degree


Thank you for your advice and opinion.  Nice chatting with you.  Have a happy holiday


that is great.  Do you know that the Sun is white, not yellow


Yes! It emits all forms of wavelengths on the light spectrum.


How do we only perceive the light yellow color, do you know


I believe I know the underlying mechanism, but I may be shaky. It has to do with the rods and cone in our eyes that respond to specific bands of wavelengths. A specific combination will be processed by our brain and perceived as yellow. Yellow does have a corresponding wavelength as well.


I see.  It is a very thorough explanation.   I am wondering that if the Sun's energy could provide our earth's energy need for 500000 years for just one second of emitting its energy, we should invent some device to  obtain this energy


It already exists, thankfully. You can purchase your very own solar panels which convert sunlight into useable electricity. I am more concerned about helium, we are running out.


could you further elaborate on helium, its uses for example


Besides balloons, it is used in many commercial applications as well as scientific and medical applications. By the end of the century, we will have depleted our resources.


Space and the universe are fascinating subjects. Would you agree?


Did you know that Eminem's dream was to become a comic book artist?


really? he's far from that dream. I wonder if he'll ever settle down and start drawing some art


It's a good question. He's certainly been successful in his chosen profession. Did you ever see the Rugrats movie?


i saw the original one and then the 2nd one, Rugrats in Paris but thats it. did you?


I only saw the first one. Did you know that Busta Rhymes voiced the Reptar wagon in that movie? I don't know how I didn't recognize that voice immediately.


i dont think the wagon even talks from what I remember! that reminds me that Bruce Willis voiced Spike the dog in the first few Rugrats episodes


I don't remember that. I will have to look that up on YouTube to refresh my memory. Did you know that Korean rappers invented a new type of freestyle rap?


yea its a compliment battle! a far cry from the regular rap battles we are used to over here in the US.


I can't imagine how that would work. I understand the concept but it practice it seems absurd to watch.


I think it would be wholesome and fun! nice to see some people be nice to each other for a change. Thats a much nicer rap than that judge that delivered a ruling to Eminem in the form of a rap


I agree, the universe is just so vast, there is so much we dont know about it. Scientists even think it is always changing, much like life on earth does


That is so cringe worthy. Why would she do that? It's embarrassing.


There is a theory that universes evolve through natural selection. I wonder what traits determine the weak and the strong components?


big planets absorb small ones? a giant Death Star shoots its enemies with a big laser? anything is possible


Very interesting. There is also a theory that there is only one electron in the universe which I find very confusing because every atoms contains electrons.


i also heard that it might be all just a superhologram, I think Elon Musk believes that


That's crazy. He's a bit out there himself but he does genius things. Did you know that there are stars cold enough to be touched?


they can be touched? I always thought they were just gas and light!


Me too. Totally off topic but do you like rap music?


yea I enjoy it!. Even tho Tupac is in the library on congress, he isnt nearly my favorite rapper. I like more melodical stuff


Hey there. I noticed that traveling has been more difficult these days. Do you travel too?


He was the first king to travel around the world, not sure whats his name but an adventorous guy


Oh that's cool. I would like to know the guy who impersonated a government official and managed to sell the Eiffel tower. He didn't do it once but twice. What a crazy interesting type of guy.


Thats funny, who would fall for that lol, I guess the phrase a sucker is born every minute has never been more correct


Yep, too funny. I learned that the Norwegian government gave and donated 1 billion dollars to help save the rainforest. That is just one more place I would love to travel. Hopefully, not losing my luggage along the way.


Yeah one can only hope, I hear some airlines will cut you checks if thats the case like Collins, he got a check of $230


Oh, that is good news. Those are good stories for such a bad situation.


Yeah they are good news I agree, at leat they recovered some cash although $230 doesnt seem like enough


That is good point. I didn't really think of it that way. The liability limit is about $1600 for domestic and over seas. So your right that is a small amount.


I think its a good thing airlines are upgrading their systems to prevent this from happening anymore.


I do like to travel, I hate it when my luggage gets lost, just ruins my day


There is an advocacy group ran by Elliot  he is a co-founder of the Travelers United. He wants people to email him.


If my luggage gets lost I will email him for sure, sounds like he really cares about others.


Oh, for sure mine too! I want to visit the Mackinac island because they have banded motorized vehicles, neat huh.


That seems like a really nice and relaxing place, away from pollution and just a simple place


Yes, good point. They use horse drawn carriages and bikes. No pollution there at all. They Have done it for hundreds of years too.


Sure sounds like a beautiful place, what about Iceland? have you ever traveled there?


Never been there but I know they have no public rail service. That is kind of intimidating to me.


It is, flights are expensive I guess, so its an expensive destination kind of like Japan and all the tolls they have


Yeah its like over $300 for the tolls in Japan. Its very expensive to travel around. I was thinking about you comment on losing luggage and i recall that the airline typically wait several weeks to make sure its really lost,ugh.


That does seem expensive, I want to be like the first king of Hawaii and travel around the world


I would say that Brady is a good quarterback who landed in the perfect system. His stats aren't as flashy as Rodgers, Manning, or Brees but there is no denying that he's a big game QB.


I was always a Peyton fan. The guy was so dedicated to his craft, but I admire that about Brady too.


Yes as much as I don't like him, it's hard not to recognize his place as the greatest QB of all time.


I say it is his decision to avoid strawberries.  I would like to see a statistician compare strawberry consumption vs NFL titles. Those stats would be about as meaningful as any...


I wonder why he has never eaten one? They're one of my favorite fruits!


I'm a nutritarian, and berries are among the most revered of super foods. Strawberry extracts have even been used to inhibit cancer growth in laboratory studies. Brady doesn't know what he is missing. He probably has a allergy to them or something,..


That would definitely make sense because I know they are one of the best fruits to eat because they aren't as sugary as others. I love mixing a nice bowl of different types of berries and sometimes add them into my water.


I want to be o your team!  I eat a bowl of mixed berries even morning, lightly sprinkled with lime juice. You know, Brady never threw for more than 30 touchdowns before the 2007 season, and then he threw for 50. I wonder what he ate that season?


It definitely wasn't strawberries! I know he has his own nutrition line now. I wonder if I can throw for 50 touchdowns after eating that.


He also has a supermodel for a wife. That doesn't hurt him any! Especially since she makes more $ than he does!


Yes, I am. Do you follow all the QB controversies?


That's a nice safety blanket to have. It was fun talking QBs with you! Have a great day!


What do you think about the Cousins/Smith controversy with the Redskins?  Do you agree with Coach Gruden and feels Smith is a better fit for them, or do you agree with the NFL Insider rankings?


Well Cousins is on Minnesota now and Alex Smith might never play again after a gruesome injury. Washington is in big time quarterback trouble now.


Who would you blame for that? Dumb luck, or bad planning?  Smith is a pretty smart guy, having rec'd so many AP credits in high school that he started college as a junior. Was trading for him a good move?


It was and it was also just bad luck that he was injured. Then he unfortunately had an infection in the hospital that complicated matters.


Who are the Skins huddling up around now?


For the end of last season they had Colt McCoy who also suffered a season ending injury, and Josh Johnson was a Free Agent most of the year.


Sounds like a nightmare.  If only the skins could have the kind of QB security that Patriots have known for so long!  Do you think it is because Brady is as good as the stats suggest, or would you credit Coach Belichick for making the right moves> I know it is not a simple either/or decision, but which would you credit most?


I bet they developed it very quickly after that haha. Do you have amazon prime?


I do. Amazon has come a long way from being an online bookstore


I agree! I wish I was the first customer to buy books from them!


They do so much now. Online retailer, electronics even cloud infrastructure services


They are going to be running the world soon! They even have a contract with the post office!


Its a font amazon created specifically to be easy to read on digital screens


Interesting I'll have to look into it! Anyways, nice chatting with you!


silent reading only became a thing recently


A little Frozen. Have you seen that movie?


That is crazy to think, even the moral panic caused by reading novels was recent too. Have a great day!


I have as well. I wonder how much of the Snow Queens fairy tale made it into the movie


I'm sure a majority of it! Can you believe Elsa was supposed to be the villain?


That would have changed the story completely! How crazy


I agree! Thank you for the song "let it go" that was uplifting haha.


The movie caused an increase of 153% for flight searches for norway. Hope they were ready for that!


That was probably the most money tourist industries made that year lol.


The animation team was sent to jackson hole, why to experience going through deep snow


I bet they do, you have to keep dogs motivated just like in Istanbul.


I think that is a great system! giving the dogs food and water for collecting recyclables.


Yeah, keeping the streets clean and then also keeping the doggies happy. Do you have a Facebook account?


Really you dont? how come? I do have one, mainly to keep in touch with friends and family.


i am concerned about privacy and data usage. it seems like fb uses your data in ways that you dont expect


Yeah, privacy is breached on the site, still its a useful tool to keep in touch with others can't believe its been more than 15 years now.


yeah, it seems like such a basic part of peoples lives, but it doesnt feel that old. i hear the kids are moving away from it though


Really? is there another social media out there? I guess Facebook time might be over or maybe they will just buy the company just like they did with Instagram.


i dont know what the kids are doing these days. i guess they would know whats out there. anyway, great chat!


I have to ask my nephew about that!  and it has been a great chat I agree, hope you also have a great day friend.


I am a dog person and apparently Google is with us, they like dogs as well and they are a dog company


Google has the right idea. Dogs are great companions, perfect for an office. they help lower stress


They are loyal and also really smart animals, they can understand pointing and they can also see color.


I guess they are one of the few animals that can understand pointing. they see some color, but not as much as humans. still, its good enough LOL


Yeah they also have 12 different types of blood, thats a lot more than humans I think and they will continue to evolve maybe they will be able to watch the world in full color eventually.


Yes, that would be great! they could enjoy doggie TV shows more LOL. 12 types? i wonder which is most common


I have no idea, I have to take my dog and get him tested there are also blood drives for dogs


i have heard of those! i wonder if the dogs get special treats after donating blood!


Hello there, do you enjoy comedy movies or tv shows?


I used to love watching those movies as a kid.  I think that is a really cool tribute too!


So true! So speaking of comedy, did you like Incredibles 2? I enjoyed it even though the present day events were set way back in the 1960s!


Yeah I thought it was pretty good, and I thought that was cool it was set back then.


I think it's funny the Director Brad Bird only used artists who were likely to be fired or quit Pixar because he believed they were capable of creating what he needed. That was smart of him!


That is pretty wild, and I guess he also did one of the voices in the movie, probably saved some bucks.


Yeah, he probably did. Did you know a sequel came out in the form of a video game 13 years before Incredibles 2 that's called Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer?


No I never knew that, that is kind of crazy though, there are probably some conspiracy theorists out there talking lol.


You maybe right about that. Ha! Speaking of video games, did you ever play the Nintendo Entertainment System? It's hard to believe it could only display 54 colors!


I used to love playing that as a kid, we played whole seasons of Tecmo Super Bowl with all my friends. How about you?


I loved it as well! In fact, I can't believe it wasn't discontinued until 2003 in Japan. I figured it was long before that!


I do enjoy them both. What about you? I love Comedy Central but hate that they have cancelled over 100 shows since the network began in 1989.


Yeah that is one hell of a run for a video game system!  Nice talking with you today, have a good one!


I really love comedy both in movies and tv.  That is a crazy amount of shows to be cancelled!


Agreed. Can you also believe the Green Lantern movie was initially going to be a comedy with Jack Black? I would have like to have seen that!


That is pretty funny, yeah I would have seen that!


Did you ever watch 3rd Rock From the Sun? I was so happy when it won the best comedy series Golden Globe back in 97. It had some stiff competition but still won the award and they deserved it!


Yeah I used to watch that shows years ago when it was still airing.  I think there are a lot of friends fans who were upset, I don't care for friends myself.


Neither do I, honestly! What about Kung Fu Hustle? I kind of agree with Bill Murray when he basically said it's the supreme achievement of modern age comedy.


I think I read about that back when he said it, I think he was being super sarcastic.


Maybe so! Are you also a fan of British comedy group Monty Python? The Python Programming Language creator basically named it that to honor the group! I thought that was cool.


Have you heard of the Boskin Commission on inflation? I hadn't heard of it before, but it sounds very interesting!


People definitely have huge egos...but only 7% of us read a terms and conditions document when it's provided to us!


That's sad.  But, I am not one of those 7%, oh well. Humans are the minority on the internet, outnumbered by automated software programs.  Let them read it.


I much prefer seeing things in person anyway, versus trying to look things up on the internet. I love traveling!


Me too.Do you know that craze where people steal garden gnomes, take them traveling, and then return the gnome with photos, back to the owner?


I do! I think it's a cool idea! I would love to do that - maybe travel the world with one like King Kalakaua of Hawaii!


I had that happen to me before, kind of creeped me out, until I found out it was my neighbor that did it.  lol Now, I'm cool with it. Speaking of travel, do you know that air travel is 10% slower than it was in 1960s in order to save on fuel costs?


That is very interesting! I wonder how that works in Iceland, where there's no public rail service and most Icelanders use flights to travel between towns!


Wow, sounds kind of hard to get around in Iceland.  There's a website for people that will let you crash on their couch while you're traveling.  That's kind of creepy, isn't it?


It kind of is! I don't know I would do that while traveling - although I would like to go to Mackinac Island, where motorized vehicles are banned.


Yeah, I wouldn't do that at all. Mackinac Island sounds like a lovely place to travel to.


Yeah, I heard about that commission, it's headed by Stanford economist, Michael Boskin.


I agree - the ban has been in place for over 100 years!


Wow, a real step back in time.  Well, it's been nice chatting with you this morning.  I need to go wash my car.  Talk to you later. Have a good day, friend.


It released its findings about inflation in 1996 - saying it was overstated by 1.1%!


Yeah, I believe that to some extent.  Do you realize that the astronauts on the international Space Station have faster internet than most Americans?


Wow! I suppose that makes sense because of all the satellites! You can even get internet at the peak of Mt Everest!


And yet here I sit with my crappy connection speed..lol I hear in Finland everyone has the right to an internet connection.


That is awesome! If the internet ever goes down - the Library in Alexandria has a saved copy!


Well that's nice to know.  Remember neopets?  Back in 2001 their website was the 4th most trafficked website on the internet, 8 spots in front of Google.  Those little things were addicting.


Apparently when you click on links in the internet, you can actually become addicted to the novelty of it all!


I could see that happening to a lot of people.  Especially the ones that go "ego surfing", the act of looking oneself up on the internet.


I recently read that some scientist theorize that universes evolve through natural selection (AKA survival of the fittest) like species on earth.  I wonder how that is possible considering universes do not have the same attributes as living creatures.


At our local university, Univerity  of Louisiana, we have an ongoing series, "The Othello Project".  I went to one of the performances where Shakespeare was put to dance.  It was an interesting interpretation.  Are you into dance?


Not really. Did you know pocahontas was alive the same time as shakespeare


When I first heard that, I had to look it up to confirm.  I would have thought Shakespeare would have been older.  Two performing companies are putting on Shakespeare's Henry V which has French Lords kindling a campfire.  Others have adapted Shakespeare based in an underground gay club.  I am having trouble visualizing those,  Sometime these modern interpretations totally change Shakesspeare's intent!


I picture shakespeare sitting there in a big heavy victorian coat by a piano. With candles to light the room and he iswriting music with a quill.


The performance that I am most intrigued by is the one playing at Gallaudet University.  I am really intrigued how they would adapt Shakespeare to a deaf audience!


Just a lot more dancing and gestures instead of words. I dont find that difficult to fathom.


Speaking of dance, I often find it interesting that persons you typically do not associate with dance are actually very good if not professional dancers.  Like Bruce Lee, the martial arts champion, who won a Honk Kong Cha-Cha championship!


I could see a martial artist to be good on his feet.


I could to, but martial arts is much more fluent and unpredictable since you are sparring and do not know your opponents next move.  Dance tends is choreographed and you are with a partner and not an opponent.  But, I guess dance in is our blood.  Babies spontaneous dance when they hear music and smile more when the lock onto the beat!


All my kids have loved music. Even as babies they would nod their head when music was playing.


Well the universe is made up of planets right. So the bigger planets suck the smaller ones in and consume them.


Mine too.  My youngest just decided she wants to try ballet.  Did you know Tupac danced ballet.  That's something that does not immediately fit with the image of a street rapper!


So those with the strongest gravitational fields win?  I guess with dark matter, anything is possible.  What about the theory that the universe may be one giant superhologram?  Seems too farfetched.  if I am in a superhologram, then why do I bleed if I am not real?


I am with you there. I dont think we are living in a hologram


There are some weird concepts out there, like the theory of only one electron in the universe.  I can't see anyone believing that one.  After all, electricity is excited electrons.  If only one electron exists, then we would not be having this electronic chat!


Switching to something more tangible, have you seen any modern interpretations of Shakespeare?


I havnt but I have used som of the phrases he coined.


So have I and I have also unknowing named my daughter a Shakespearian name, Olivia.  Its amazing his impact outside of the performing arts!


My daughter is named olivia as well, and I have a sister named jessica


no i have not. i would like to see a place with no cars. sounds peaceful. now just get rid of the cell phones. LOL


It does sound like a nice place, no pollution in the air and with clean air, do you use the internet much?


I do, unfortunately. i cannot quit. i am stuck in internet purgatory.


Same here, its a real addiction and I love it!


I think i need to unplug for a while. I need to find a balance in my life. the internet is overwhelming. too much information. too much distraction


I agree, theres a lot of distractions in the net, maybe you can use an app for that, do you know how the 3 horizontal line menu is called in an app


i have heard the name. the sandwich button?


Thanks! the hamburger button. that makes sense. Anyway, great chat!


Yeah makes me kind of hungry, its almost lunch time so Im taking a break, thank you very much its been a great chat


I love to travel, I have to do it at least once in a year


I hope you have a great day as well and thanks for all the info its really appriciated bye


i would love to travel. i travel when i have the time and money. which is not often. LOL


Well there are cheap ways to travel I wouldnt recommend Japan, tolls are really expensive


maybe i could avoid the roads. i know that japan has trains. i would like to visit japan.it looks interesting.


Yeah that can be a great way to travel around, Iceland is another great destination although there's no rail service over there


I wonder why that is. maybe the terrain is bad for rails? they must have buses and stuff.


Yeah maybe most people travel by air so that sounds expensive


that does sound expensive. i wonder how far the cities are from each other. it looks like a small country


I think its small, who knows maybe its cheaper than taking a bus in the states, have you ever been to Mackinac Island?


Hi, are you aware of Imran Khan's Pakistan?


Yeah. My parents had one growing up. My finger would slip and it wwould take forever to redial... You?


Yes, those things were so slow. 9-1-1 took a while too LOL


Yeah. Can't be too hurried while your life is on the line or it will take too long.


yes, you want to connect to the operator so they can hear you gasping your last breaths. LOL.


Ha! The cables carying phone and internet accross the ocean are only 2.7 inches?


i think that is fiberoptics. carries a lot of signals. probably very expensive. plus not too much at the bottom of the ocean.


The iphone has more computing powerr than the nuclear icbm.


Yes, plus the ICBM deterrent does not handle text messaging too well. maybe we should upgrade them to iphones?


I am sure it has to do with a lack of hacking ability.


I know nothing about it. I know pakistan. who is imran khan?


I am not sure but it sounds like the winner of a power struggle in pakistan.


I think that pakistan is probably trying to rid itself of extremists. i hope that khan can do something about that.


I reads like he is a freedom fighter tired of the political pressure put on the press...


I hope that pakistan can join the rest of the world in trying to stop terrorism. Religion is a source of that kind of extremism.


I agree. Do you have a house phone still?


I do have a house phone. it is a good backup. redundancy can be helpful.


Did you know new york's area code is 212 because it is the fastest number to dial?


That was on the old rotary phones! did you ever use one?


Did you know that chickens were originally bred for entertainment and not food in britain?


Ya I do like that, I remember reading that in japan they trained the crows to pick up cigarette butts in return for food, it seems very genius and everyone wins


That is an interesting fact. The way dogs have evolved is interesting. That they are so attuned to human behavior and able to thrive on a diet rich in starch is something that I didn't know. I'm not a dog person myself. I like them, but my cats are good companions and seem to understand what I'm saying as well as any dog would.


see I am a dog person, I never understood the appeal of cats, it's like you're paying for them but they don't show you love like a dog does haha, also wild that dogs can donate blood at dog blood drives, I never thought that was a thing


Yes, that was surprising to me that dogs have a blood bank that they can donate to. My sister is a dog person. Her dogs can be very protective of her. My cats do seem to know when I feel bad, and they try to comfort me. They have their own personalities and do understand when I say no.  I've had dogs but something always happened to them, so I believe that I'm bad luck to them.


Did you ever play videogames? I had a nintendo as a kid, I never realized they could only display 54 colors, it seemed like a lot more


I've played some, but my eyesight is limited, so I never could do fast moving games. I would have thought that there were more than 54 colors myself. The graphics are so good it's like watching TV.


Ya it's amazing the NES lasted as long as it did, apparently they were finally discontinued in 2003 in japan which is crazy


My girls had a Nintendo when they were kids. They really enjoyed the Mario games, and I enjoyed watching them. Yes, it is crazy that they were discontinued, because I know a lot of people had the system. Seems like they would have continued improving them. What do you think about Ronald Reagan being rejected for a role because he didn't have a presidential look? That's sort of wild, since he was elected president and I don't remember anyone saying that he didn't look like a president.


Ya, I already liked in Back to the Future, when Marty goes back in time no one believes him that Ronald Reagan will become president, apparently Back to the Future was one of Ronald Reagan's favorite movies


It's one of my favorite films too. I don't think anyone thought that an actor would run for president, much less get elected. He was a good actor, and a decent president.


No, I didn't know that chickens were originally bred for entertainment, but I can believe it. I have chickens, and they are very entertaining.


Ya I agree with that, we've definitely had worse presidents, the 80's were a great decade in my opinion


Ah thats interesting, do you eat their eggs or what do you do with them


Yes, I eat a lot of eggs, and give away many. I enjoy watching them interact with each other, especially when I give them food scraps.


Ya I eat a lot of eggs too, do they understand pointing? I'd assume not since only dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to understand that


That was a fact that I wasn't aware of. I thought it was interesting that Google considers itself a dog company. I also thought it was pretty surprising that dogs have 12 different blood types.


That is interesting, one thing about dogs is I always thought dogs were colorblind but I guess they can see colors, just not as many as humans can


I wonder what colors they can see. What did you think about the woman with twins and a child with cerebral palsy. It sounds like her life can be very interesting. I think she handles it well.


I'm not sure that sounds like a lot of things for her to deal with, so she is handling it well? I think it's awesome that in Istanbul there are vending machines that give food and water to stray dogs in return for them bringing plastic bottles


That would be an effective way to keep the city cleaner and to take care of stray animals. It sounds like something that big cities should try, especially those that don't have some sort of animal control.


RIP Billy Mays! I like how polo shirts were originally invited for tennis players.


I didn't know that!  I know the tshirt was invented in 1904 and was marketed to bachelors who couldn't sew or replace buttons.


That would be the market I would have been in back then haha. I wish I would have invented the Ugg boots back then too haha.


Yes!  When we're they created?"  I think they have been around since the 1800's?


They were actually invented by surfers to keep their feet warm on the beach after surfing!


Nice.  I'm thinking of a different boot then.  lol  The late musician Prince was a fantastic bowler and wore knee high furry boots while doing it.


That would have been a sight to see! The first person ever to be photographed was actually getting his boots cleaned.


I think I've read about that before and have seen the picture.  I think it was in Paris, France.


You should google it.  It's pretty neat.  They are really tiny and didn't know they were in the picture.


I do!  I have one and have had one all my life since I was a kid.


Oh nice! Me too! Google even prefers dogs to cats lol.


Nice!  Some dogs in Moscow have learned to use the subway!


Well those dogs are definitely smarter than me lol. Dogs aren't color blind either, just don't see the same thing we see!


I wonder why they always have said they are? lol  I always find it amusing how a dog drinks with the underside of their tongue.


That is so cool. Dogs are so smart for sure! Dogs and elephants are the only animals that understand pointing.


Cool!  Russia has a tomb of the unknown dog as a memorial for canine research subjects.  Kind of sad.


It really is. I just love dogs haha. Did you know in Hawaii the office attire of choice is the aloha shirt? Talk about comfy!


Nice!  Sign me up!  lol  At Billy Mays funeral the pallbearers wore blue shorts and khaki pants.  Kind of casual and different.


Do you know many facts about the presidents?


Nice!  lol The top three wealthiest presidents in American history were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson.  Do you know much about congress?


So no Trump in that list? he is one of the wealthiest presidents also maybe he is #4


I think this list might be from before he was president.  I would think he would be in the top 3 for sure.  Elmo is the only non-human to testify before the US congress.  That is odd.


The only one? how can a non human  testify lol, that is really odd the congress is a real circus at times.


I know right?  In 1916 the first woman was elected to congress before she even had the right to vote in a national election.  I had no idea women couldn't vote then.


That was a time were sexism was  allowed everywhere that makes me a bit angry


I'm going to have to look that up because I never knew that.  Do you remember rotary phones?


I do, my family used to have one, it sucked when a number had a lot of 9s


lol  New York's area code is 212 because it was the fastest number to dial on rotary phone!


Oh that makes sense now, I thought it was kind of a random number, iPhones are really powerful phones


I know a bit, there is a president that released 3 pop albums while in office so thats a cool fact.


yes they are.  They have more computing power than the entire us nuclear icbm deterrent!  I have to run.  Hope you have a great day!


Awesome!  Was that the president of Indonesia?


Yeah the president of Indonesia that is correct


Nice.  Up until 1805 the runner up in the US presidential elections automatically became the vice president!  That wouldn't work now that's for sure.


Really the runner up? Im glad that has changed wouldn't like to see Trump and Hillary working together.


No way. lol  The US presidents guest house is larger than the white house.  Wonder why?


Maybe because of all the visitors Trump gets in the year, did you hear about president Banana?


I didn't hear about him.  What's his story?


None, just that I find his name funny, he was the first president of Zimbabwe


Yes Absolutely Soccer is the worlds most powerful and very popular sport.


there is a variation where 3 teams face each other at the same time, that could be fun


also soccer is played in 200 countries/dependencies


Yes Really True Because Very Popular for this game.


there was a german player that donated his world cup bonus for 23 surgeries for children, cool


Yes Correct. he donated for 23 surgeries for children.


Yes Correct Around 200 Million Players in The World


hi, did you know the earth is 71% covered with water?


unfortunately, 80% of our forests have been destroyed


Hmm,  i think 18.7 Million acres per year.


wow, polar regions are safe they are covered with ice


the U.N. appointed an ambassador for extraterrestrials in 2010


maybe some time appointed an ambassador for 2010.


did you know soccer is the worlds most popular sport?


Well amazon workers are notoriously over worked


Amazon has made some strides towards being devoted to the customer.  Having a contract with USPS so that packages can be delivered on Sunday is great.


Ya their customer services and service in general are great


Do you like dogs?  I think a dog is a man's best friend.


I can see why considering their long association with man


I think our shared history explains why dogs seem to be so in tune with human behavior, even understanding pointing


Yeah.  They have helped us with so many things throughout history.  I wonder why we first chose to domesticate the wolf and not other animals.


Perhaps to help with our hunter/gather life style?


Maybe.  It's a relief they can handle all the starch in our diet.


Yeah, I use Amazon a lot.  It has come a long way since being an online bookstore.


Indeed. In any case, thanks for chatting.


I agree. They sure have diversified to a substantial extent to be the largest online retailer


Also, Netflix and Youtube are huge.  Blockbuster for sure is sorry it didn't buy Netflix before it got huge.


Well they don't even exist to regret it now


Yeah.  Now Netflix is almost everywhere on the world except for a few countries.


Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon is a genius, he built a clock that will run for as long as human history has lasted so far!


I guess that is the kinds of things you do if you have more money than you know to spend


Yeah.  Imagine the health benefits Amazon warehouse workers get from all the walking they do on their job.


That is awesome. By the way, would you ever ride a bus that goes 160mph?


Yea, sound like a 160mph bus would be fun to ride


It reminds of that movie speed with Keanu Reeves. Have you seen it?


Yea, Speed was a good movie but they were going 100mph slower than the Dutch bus


LOL, that is true. Did you know in Japan there are tolls on every highway?


Yea, it's quite expense if you want to travel across Japan, it would be $300 in tolls alone


Wholly Molly! That is a lot just to drive, reminds me of D.C.


Well it's probably much more expensive to travel in Iceland since most people use domestic flights to travel


Hmm, they don't have roads there? That seems so weird. Well, nice chatting!


Iceland has roads but to public rail service. Have a nice day


I'm a fan of a lot of Google's stuff but I really dislike their Smart Compose feature on Gmail


I'm not a big fan of the Smart Compose AI, I don't like the suggestions they have to responding to an email


Yeah, that seems sort of weird, they implemented it last year, right?


Yea, it's pretty ridiculous it suggested a person reply "Awesome" when reading an email about a ill friend


Hilarious, I know. I don't like it one bit. I accidently hit it the other day. LOL


Yea, companies are so focused on trying to innovate their products and service they release useless things like multi blade razors


It's pretty crazy in the 1800s they invented an alarm clock with an illuminated dial by attaching a match to it!


Yeah. I do not pay much attention to twitter though. I feel like people wear masks on there. You know the real them is in there but your not sure where becuase they are showing something else.


I don't understand why she was being accused of child abuse and pedophilia?


I am not either. I think it is one of the made up stories from Russia, Like Hillary killing 10 people...


Apparently an author, Crokin, claimed that an emoji proved a link between Teigen and a secret society. Be careful with that pizza emoji!


I wonder what pizza roll emojis would do? A smaller, more convenient secret society that will burn the roof of your mouth with inferno hot filling?


Haha! Right, she could just legitimately like pizza! Pizzagate believers think that many Democrats and Hollywood elite are a part of the secret society.


If this secret society serves pizza, I want to join. Do you think people like Lou Malnati are part of the secret society?


I'm not familiar with him either, sorry. Haha. It seems as if Hillary Clinton is standing up for her


Lou Malnati's is a famous pizza place in chicago. It's so good! Hilary is standing up for her?


Oh, yum! Love New York pizza. Yeah, Hillary says she has never bothered to report threats against her but is reporting ones against Chrissy and her daughter.


HAHAHA. That's funny... Have a great day!


No, not really. It seems like there is a lot of controversial stuff on there. Have you heard of Pizzagate?


I have. It seems like such a 2019 thing. Did you know about it?


I might have vaguely heard about it. I heard it was discredited though.


Yeah. I find Chrissy to be funny so I knew she would have a good response. She has really gotten popular!


Who is she exactly? I'm not too up to date with my celebrities


She is an SI swim suit model but I know her from the Dan Patrick show where she used to be one 1 time a year. She was really funny.


I hear she is opinionated and has even been blocked by the president on Twitter!


Hey you like listening to music? Linkin Park was so good, there album was the best selling album of our century.


No I never have what's that? Sounds like a Reel Big Fish song or something!


you watch wizard of oz. at a certain point in the film you start dark side. it matches up with the movie almost like a sound track. never tried it myself.


That is epic. I am going to try. Speaking of the moon and darkside of it...1938 meters is the highest point on the moon!


that is quite high. i wonder how many mountains on earth are that high.


I don't think any because that is even higher than mt. everest!


wow, that is tall! i bet it would be dangerous to climb even in low gravity. the moon is dangerous.


Yeah good point. Moon dust is also dangerous and can cause a disease in humans!


i bet it can. boy, you wouldnt catch me living on the moon, dark side or other! that is too dangerous for me. plus there are no hospital up there!


Yes good point. Not now atleast lol. Moons largest moon phobos, is 1/3 hollow! How do they even know that!


i guess they see how it moves and guess how much mass it has. then they figure it must be hollow. not enough mass for the volume. anyway, great chat!


yes, i do like to listen to music. i have not listened to the Lincoln Park. they must have a great album then. they toured a lot too.


True. I'm also glad there is an American flag on the moon! Good chatting wth you too, have a great day will ya!


Yeah they did. NWA's straight outta Compton was also well received if you like rap!


NWA? they have a controversial name but they were tremendous. i figure they must have sold a million albums.


Yeah their first album reached platinum without a major record label.


They had real talent. They knew what a lot of people wanted to hear. They were cool.


Yeah they were awesome. Almost as awesome as releasing a rap album at 100 years old like those twins in Japan.


they must spit mad fire about arthritis and social security! LOL


Ahaha no doubt! Wonder if they will be as popular as the Dark side of The Moon...probably not!


Dark side of the moon! a classic album that will never stop being popular. i have you ever tried the dark side of oz?


Hi.  I heard an interesting fact recently.  Did you know that the three richest presidents ever were washington, jefferson, and jfk?


Elephants represent the republican party.  Donkeys represent the democratic party.  There hasn't been a president from another party besides those two in over a 100 years now.


I was about to search it, but now I recall. Maybe he thinks that it would be an insult to the republicans.


Could have been.  It's weird about the donkey and elephant symbols but they've been around for a long time. The colors red and blue only started really being used in 2000.


Blue for the democrats and red for the republicans.


Right.  A lot of old things from the past are still relevant today though.  For example, radios can be used to pick up storms on Jupiter.


That is crazy. Well, there is technology that can detect that with radio waves or electromagnetic energy.


Yes, and radios can be so simple.  Back in World War 2 soldiers made radios by using razor blades and pencils.


That is interesting. They named them foxhole radios.


I guess that fits.  You know, those old radio dramas are still relevant today too.  There's a website the has thousands of episodes people can listen to.


Hello, they must have accomplished to people's satisfactions.


Free is always good.  But radio in some countries still has to obey laws. Canada has a law for example, that all radio stations must play at least 40% of the music in Canadian.


Well, that makes sense. They have to keep their culture and heritage alive.


True.  So even radios have something to do with history.


Of course they do. It was nice chatting with you.


I guess so.  You  know, in different countries a president has different roles and functions.


I bet they do. The first president was named president banana in Zimbabwe.


I wonder what his role was?  Our country has an interesting history. I mean, up until 1805 a president's competition became his vice president. Imagine how that would be now!


I wonder that as well. There would be a lot of work. It is odd that President Harry Truman did not want a picture of him on the Dumbo ride to the Republicans. I wonder why.


Oh yeah! That's another interesting tid bit from history!  I always heard it was so he would not be associated with republicans.


Is there a symbolism behind dumbo? Was he embarrassed?


I assume it was because dumbo is an elephant.


This is random, but elephants represent good luck.


I got why Bert and ERnies sexuality matters to LGBTQ people. what about you?


Congress keeps trying, Even in Obama era he said the internet was a basic human right.


no doubt i mean people can live without it but i have definitley learned alot more with the internet in my life though


me too. Here's a little nugget for us though..Constant novelty from clicking links on the internet can cause real addiction measurable in the brain!


yeah i can see and did you know there is a cold spot in the cosmic background that people think is a way to a parallel universe


Wouldn't that be cool? I think that might explain the Madela effect that everyone talks about! The current library of alexandria has a saved copy of the internet in case the internet burns down.


and i think it is neat the universe is believed to exist inside a black hole.it kinda scares me thinking about it


Blows your mind, doesn't it? So does this! There is 3g cell service and internet capabilities at the peak of mt. everest. I can't get 3G where I live!


Now this, I'm not so sure about. There are scientists who theorize that universes evolve through natural selection much like different species do on earth.


it amazes me how stuff like that works annd humans r the minority on the internet is crazy too


How can we be the minority? what is the rest on the net?


we are outnumbered by automated software programs


Oh my. I never thought of that. Essentially A.I.The 3 horizontal line menu on apps and websites is called a hamburger button.


This is a great article. I mean, you kinda knew as a kid watching them, but this is pretty cool to read.


I always thought they were just best friends roommates i never thought of them as gay it wasnt a big deal about gay straight when i was younger so i never thought about it that way


me either really, but there were always adults around me questioning it. My children are grown now, bit I agree that tv programs do need to be inclusive. It's wonderful to see someone like myself being represented, why wouldn't they?.


I agree if people need to think that these stories are like them to be happy then that is ok no one should ever be ashamed of who they r


I also have a little bit about comic books..Comic book legend stan lee ends every phone conversation he has with the word "excelsior!"


LOL I did not know that and that the marvel comics took so long to convince nthe government that x men werent human


Thats fun! Marvel published a "generic comic book", in order to trademark the names "super-hero" and "super-villain"


thats cool! and i like that finland has a right to the internet why dont we?


maybe throreaus writing is too existential or too advance for your classroom?


Oh absolutely. It's too existential and too advance for my simple mind as well.


lol, well thankfully we're reading things such as Because of Winn Dixie and The Whipping Boy.


I love love love Because of Winn Dixie!!! Do you ever discuss Earth and how it's the only planet to house life?


Yes! That was the part of all of the information that I could relate to. We've been studying the solar system.


Oh how sweet - that's a great age to start talking about the Earth axis and rotation (spin) using a basketball and fun stuff!


I can totally see how Jupiter saves Earth from so many asteroids.


It is the largest planet with so many rings. I can picture it spinning slapping asteroids back the way they came.


That's a great visual - and I guess probably true! Our earth has so many issue now with climate control and losing forests.


I agree. It's an ever changing earth so everything else is changing too.


yes everything is ever changing - don't know that it can be linked to just one thing.


"You could fit all the planets in between earth and the moon and still have room left over to spare." Now that's interesting!


that is fascinating!   and the fact that 70% of earth is still covered with water / oceans.  So much to explore


It is. However, I'm not one who would want to go to outer space or question the universe. I appreciate it as an amazing mystery.


I agree - there are some things that don't need answers or to be explored but just to be seen as is and enjoyed.


I absolutely agree. As for AI, I'm not sure how I feel.


he won a novel about neirology was a Nationa Book Award


it's been great talking to you!  Merry Christmas!


I thought it was rather odd that he considered a chestnut tree as having feelings.


yes totally - very odd but maybe wanting the Earth to have a true 'voice' through his books?


That is a possibility. He seems like a very intelligent man.


He was an amazing writer and his novels really changed American literature.


I've never been much for reading other than college text books and professional books (for my profession).


I'm a teacher. It's always changing so never gets boring.


Hello. Do you prefer either republican or democrats when voting?


I guess at the end of the day we are all human so any system we create is inherently flawed despite the best intentions. In any case, both republicans and democrats have their history of pros and cons such as the republicans being initally founded by anti slave activists, economic modernizers, and etc


Yes, but things like gerrymandering have gotten out of hand.  The GOP seems to be willing to "bend the rules" on things like gerrymandering in order to stay in power.  Also, the Electoral College seems to me to be way out of date. Don't you thnk we should abolish that?


From my current limited understanding I do support your point, but I think to have a solid view, I need to learn more in depth about the current situation to make a decision I won't regret


That's fair.  I do think in this current climate we have to educate ourselves as much as possible.  It's not impossible to change the Constitution, which would be required in order to get rid of the Electoral College.  Until 1805 the runner up in a presidential election automatically became vice president. That was a good change, don t you think?


Well I know when people wrote the constitution, they knew that times would change, just not how it would so inherently the constitution is fixable, leading to amendments. Also normally i think that traditions would be a good idea, but I personally would not want that both trump and hillary to be president and vp


Speaking of Trump, I didn't vote for him and never would. I think he's destroying America.  Being as you lean GOP, do you  think he's doing a good job?


Although the republican party is holding the presidency of trump, I don't think as a president he is doing very well. There are some good things that are an indirect consequence like his unpredictability, but that is a double edge sword for both US and other countries


I don't think we need a double edged sword in the White House.  I think we need someone who is solid, predictable and reasonable.


We would need respectable, solid, and predictable people to be running in the first place unlike the last election. Sometimes votes don't seem to matter since people can become president even when losing in the popular vote


That's because of the Electoral Collge. It allows the person with FEWER votes to win.  It's wrong.  I agree with the Democratic party, "stop the madness".  Time for some big changes, I think.


Hello.  I would rather not answer that. Are you comfortable answering such a question?


I personally understand why everyone gets a vote, but I feel all votes should be the same. At the same time, who gets to decide whose vote should be valued more right? It is a grey line


There is an important idea that it should be "one person one vote".  Why should any vote be valued more than any other?  It seems we agree on this, but I don't understand the idea that there's a 'grey line'.


Well I feel that all votes should be equal, but people should be required to do a certain degree of studying or have unbiased education. It seems a bit unfair how the vote of a person who did the research is equal to someone who just randomly chose


Unfortunately that's not the American way.  Stay frosty, my friend!


In any case, it was fun to think in depth about politics. Thank you for the wonderful chat.


Well I'm still deciding. Currently I am more republican of the two simply based on the party's ideals and side on hot issues, but I wouldn't say I am a fervant republican. I often care more about the candidates than party, but the last elections candidates weren't favorable


Interesting.  So you favor the Republicans on issues, but don't care for most of the candidates?  Did you vote in the 2018 midterms?


I could not since I was out of the country at the time. I wonder if we will ever get a president from an unaffiliated 3rd party who isn't republican or democrat? We still haven't


I think it's unlikely.  There hasn't been one in over 100 years. And the government is set up to be a two-party system.  Do you think having lots of viable parties would be better?


Not really, but as I said I care more about the candidate. If memory serves, I think I learn that Roosevelt came remarkably close


I have an idea, I think billionaires shouldn't be allowed to run for president. JFK was one of the wealthiest presidents, and he was only a millionaire. What do you think?


Well this might be a digression, but according to plato, the most idealistic of rulers/presidents would be philosopher kinds who have the mental capacity, wisdom, and experience, but wouldn't have worldly affiliations or possessions to influence his judgement.


Not a digression at all!  I think big money is what has destroyed politicians today. It is what's allowed all three branches of government to be Republicn right now. I wonder if there should be safeguards against THAT!?


Car is automobile motor vehicle used in now days make our travel more convenient.


I can't understand it. Please say it properly.


On Youtube, Justin Bieber's song "baby" is the most disliked video. I think that is so funny. He used to be such a Youtube sensation.


Youtube provide stage to expose their talent via short films and useful share website.


That's right. How interesting that Police have their own Youtube called Blutube. They show law enforcement videos on there. I never knew that.


Youtube is the second largest search engine on the net.


That's so interesting. Netflix and Youtube both make up half of the peak internet traffic in North America.


They are creating peak internet traffic in all over the world. It is uploaded by individuals video for education purpose.


They definitely make a lot of money that's for sure. Google bought the site in November 2006 for $1.65 billion. I bet they are glad they bought it now,


Gangnam styl got so many view on youtube that they upgrade the count integer to 64 bits.


I remember watching that. Its so funny. I think its so interesting that three Paypal Employees created Youtube in 2005. I bet they are rich now.


It really does. Speaking of convenience, McDonald's add a drive-thru in 1975. It was meant to help soldiers that weren't allowed to get out of their cars while in uniform. That's so interesting.


Sure it is used earn many people uploaded for the video for education, medicine to earn the money.


US only rapidly adopted the cars in the world. The largest people have own cars are in US only.


Yes, they replaced carriages and carts. I am so happy they replaced those with cars, I couldn't imagine using a horse drawn carriage to travel around


In 1886 modern cars are manufactured by German inventor Karl benz.


I wonder if that's were the Mercedes Benz comes from. I think its so interesting that the trunk of cars are called that because they were at one time wooden trunks.


Sure ! German invented all the luxury cars. In 1908 Model T, car manufactured by the Ford motors company.


Yes, the Model T was one of the first cars that because mass accessible. I am wondering if that's when mass production began of cars, with the Ford company.


Youtube is the biggest social media and video sharing website.


They really are. I find it hilarious that Justin Bieb


Did you know the White House still uses floppy disks?  How low tech...


I probably should cut back on my clicking... Do you like to travel?  I want to ride on the 160 mph bus the Dutch made.


I do, but no way on that bus! I'll stick to Mackinac Island where there's been a motorized vehicle ban over 100 years.


That would be cool too.  Anything but Japan's $300 in tolls to cross the country.


I have heard that every single highway in Japan is a toll. Must be pricey to commute to work.


And inconvenient... Iceland sound cool although I would miss the freedom of having a car.  I guess they fly everywhere.


Yes, with no public rail service I guess that's the only option.


Funny, the first king to go around the world was Hawaii's King Kalakua.  Hawaii had or has a king?  Hmmm.


Oh I wonder. It is pretty amazing that travel can be considered anything from waling to flying on a plane.


I guess moving is travel... I heard the Library of Alexandria has saved a "copy of the internet"?  I doubt that.


Oh, I've heard that too. They save a copy in case the internet burns down. Sure sounds weird.


I wonder if they do so to be in control so files don't get into the wrong hands. Did you know France and Ireland have buildings that are twins to the White House.


Yeah and impossible... It fluctuates a bazillions of terabytes a day.


Huh. I don't know that much about it. It was nice chatting. Have a good night.


It makes no sense unless one wants to lose important data.  It took the Secret Service 4 days to realize that bullets struck the WH?


That is a little scary! I wonder if that was a recent event?


I happened in 2011.  Good that George W. Bush had solar panels put back on the WH.


So that was a recent event. Good on the solar panels. Christmas trees were  banned at the WH by conversationalist Teddy Roosevelt


That's weird.  Also weird is that there is a 3G cell service on the top of Mt. Everest in case you need to order takeout.


Weird! I use the internet all the time. As much as I use it I just learned the hamburger button is the three line menu on websites.


yes, it makes me hungry.  Wow, only 7% of people read the full terms when buying products and services on the internet.  I'm one of those 93%.


I am too. I bet I'm one of the people addicted to the internet since constant clicking causes addiction measurable in the brain.


I agree. Did you know the top three wealthiest presidents were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson?


That surprises me about Washington.  I guess it could make sense with Jefferson. Doesn't he have that home called Monticello?  Washington though, he was just a general back in the day.


Not sure about the home called Monticello. Did you know the first president of Zimbabwe was nicknamed president banana.


I wonder if they had a different meaning for banana?  Hey, I do know that the president of Indonesia made 3 pop albums while in office!


That would be hilarious if one of our presidents was a pop star.


I can't think of any that would be good at it.  They seem to all be good at fighting though so they would be great for being president before 1805.  Up until then the runner up for president automatically became vice president.


I can't imagine Trump and Clinton being our president and vice president.


I know what you mean.  The country can't seem to get anything done now  so if that was the case they'd really never get anything done.  The idea of letting the runner up be vice might work in other countries though.  The role of president varies depending on the type of government a country has.


Yea for sure. The presidents guest house is actually larger than the white house.


That is a surprise. Do you think that back in the day they meant to keep building the white house but never got around to it so the guest house is bigger?


Hello, it's going pretty good.  You?  I'm actually sitting here researching how to hear storms on Jupiter on my radio.


Haha that's pretty crazy they have storms that strong that can be heard on Earth.


Apparently they do.  The word is that a person can use an am radio and pick up the sounds.  I'm not sure exactly how yet.


That would be cool to find out. Did you know that in Canada, all radios are required to have at least 40% of the music from Canada?


I didn't know that but it makes sense. I mean, it's a Canadian station so it should play Canadian stuff.


I agree. Soldiers in WWII made simple radios using a razorblade and pencil as the diode.


Seems like I have heard that before. I'd like to research that too and see just how it's done.  Simple objects from home that can make a radio?  Could be interesting!


That would be cool to try out. There is a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free.


I would love to do that!  Radio dramas from back in the day were made to fire the imagination, at least most of them were.


i guess the jokes were good? the voices were good? it is funny what entertains people.


Yes. Bull Murray voiced a human torch back in the 19770s.


Bill Murray is a comedy genius. he should do more voice work. i bet he could have done radio shows back in the day.


Yes, probably. He voiced the human torch in the fantastic four radio show. I guess radios were much bigger back then.


Yes, it is true. we could go to the internet archive and see just how many show there were.


I do not follow kanye much. he believes odd things like AIDS is man made or something.


Yeah. Taylor Swift is in fact two inches taller than kanye.


She sure is a tall gal. Kanye really should not have taken that mic from her. Anyway, great chat!


Yes, great chat! Thank you for you time!


I am good, I do enjoy the radio, although I only listen to it on the car. What about you?


i dont listen much now. the radio was great growing up. now i spend my days using the computer.


Ah, same. I spend a lot of time on my computer and my phone as well.


the radio is great for commutes. I think that people should get off their phones. distracted driving is a problem.


Agreed, although listening to the radio while driving is not distracting. It is when you are are your phone, that you become very distracted.


yes, the radio is perfect. people want to text and stuff. i guess they could listen to radio storms on Jupiter too.


The radio is good, but the ads that play on the radios are very annoying. They play for so long that you have to change the channel, which will further distract you from driving.


true. i guess pod casts are a better way to go. would you listen to the news in latin though?


Nope, I cannot understand latin. Did you  know that the most popular radio acts were ventriloquist? I wonder how they even knew he was one.


Hi! Have you ever had to deal with kids going through puberty?


Parents who love their children and raise them right are heroes. It is not easy to deal with children when they are going through puberty, but we all have to do it.


We should try our best. All in the hands of god only.


Following the example of god is probably a good way to think about raising children. Patience and love will help both parents and kids get through it.


Yes. Love can change anything in the world. We must be patience too.


I think that it helps to see children grow up after you have cared for them. It feels like a reward to help them and then see them become wonderful adults.


Its our duty to make them good human and want to serve the society.


That's true. Children are the future of society, so raising them to be good people will make the world a better place.


In olden days, clothing is refers to cover the body from the sun rays and insects. But now days it was more fashionable.


Clothing is a good thing to talk to kids about too. I also love to shop for clothing for myself. I like comfortable clothes that look good the best.


You prefer online shopping or went to purchase ?


It very difficult to handle. Mostly they playing games and not focused on studies.


I like to go in person to purchase so I can try things on. I still like to look around online, though.


I agree. It can cause a lot of anxiety for a parent. Kids get very emotional at that age, and they will argue about anything, even what clothes they wear.


They need mobiles and want to spent the money in the unwanted things. Mostly they are uncomfortable with their studies and teacher. It is very very difficult to handle this situation. They need bike also without drinving license.


How do you think parents should handle them when they are like this? It is sometimes hard to talk to them about it.


In the kid itself we must follow the rule and regulation, if they enter into puberty it is easy to handle them otherwise, the situation is very worst.


Discipline is a good idea. It can help them get used to behaving well even when they are going through puberty and feeling so many emotions.


Firstly, we want to be patience and talk to them very polite and spend time with them when ever we are free. while talking with them we make them comfortable.


That is a great idea. Teaching them that we care about them can help them feel like we understand them. Being polite will make us a good example for them too.


They always copy all the habit from their parents only. They are real heroes.


Have you ever heard of Wayne Rooney? A major soccer sensation that plays for the DC United.


I do like to golf.  I didn't realize they took so much water.  I live in Augusta GA, home of the Masters,  and it rained a lot there...


yeah, in Dubai it is even worse, one course needs 4,000,000 gallons a day


That's what happens if you build a course in a friicken desert. I'd hate to get that water bill.


yeah, I did not know that Babe Ruth also played golf and was america most famous golfer


He didn't look like an athlete but he excelled at everything.  Did you know that an iPhone has more computing power that the entire US nuclear ICBM deterrent?


yes lets talk about telephones next, the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone is 212 which is New York's area code


The cables used to cross the ocean are skinny at 2.7 inches in diameter!  That doesn't seem sea worthy.


UNICEF has a program that they donate clean water when you don;t use your cell phone for a minute


I don't know, two phonebooks with pages overlapped together are impossible to separate


no I have not. Speaking about soccer , it is payed in over 200 countries and is the most popular sport in the world


Sounds trickey.  Nice chatting with you!


Yep, I've heard that.  I really don't get much out of it.  I find it boring like all the tabloid coverage of this Rooney guy.


interesting, soccer also makes the most money compared to other sports like football and baseball


Yeah it's a big business.  Rooney will be expensive like picking up a Brady in American football.


another name for soccer is association football, but Americans use the slang word soccer


Slang?  It was the official title of the sport for all of my years... It seems to have Muslim ties in some parts of the world.


there is a form of soccer where 3 teams go ageist each other at the same time


That might spice it up a bit.  To me, watching soccer is a lot like watching golf. There are more acres in golf courses in the US than RI and Delaware combined.


yes lets talk about golf next, courses use a lot of water a day averaging 312,000 gallons


Are you interested in politics? I definitely am.


Can you imagine that now? We are so partisan. Would it be a complete disaster or would it force us to work together more and not vilify each other as much?


I thought the same thing myself.  I'm wondering if it would work better and force them to stop fighting among both parties.  Although it could have the reverse effect too and cause chaos. lol


Very true. I would be very curious about that. Did you also know that the president of Indonesia put out 3 pop albums while he was in office?


Now that sounds funny.  I wonder how the country was doing while he was recording those.  lol  Did you know that Hillary Clinton won a grammy for best spoken work album?


I did not. Do you know what spoken work it was for?


Yes.  It was for the audio recording of her book "It takes a Village".


I don't remember that book but I will have to look into it. Did you also know that if you zoom into the white house on Google maps you can see Barack Obama?!


I didn't know that.  I'm going to have to try it!  I like President Obamas secret service codename - Renegade.  (Cue the Styx song....lol).


Ha ha, I did not know that. I guess if you're picking one you might as well pick a cool one. Did you know that he only vetoed 2 bills while in office?


I didn't know that.  I see Franklin Roosevelt was the opposite of Obama and vetoed 635 bills.


I am!  I love learning new facts about the presidents, etc.


That is an insane amount of bills. That actually might be a bit of overreach. It was very nice chatting with you. Have a good day.


Do you know what the first president of Zimbabwe was called?


I know it had something to do with a fruit.


He was called president banana. What a funny name for a president.


lol That's it!  The top 3 presidents in the American history were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson.  I believe Trump is now in that list.


Hahha...yes....my fingers were going faster than my mind! lol


Ha ha. No problem. Did you know that the guest house is larger than the white house? I wonder why.


I didn't know that.  Up until 1805 the runner up in the US presidential race automatically became the vice president.


Hi there! How's it going? Are you a baseball fan?


That's smart to front load it. It's crazy how much these guys get to play baseball. It's not even as physically demanding as football, basketball or hockey.


I agree with you completely. Those sports are way more physical than baseball. Did you know that the Dodgers have lost more world series championships than any other baseball team?


They've been around so long, it makes sense. I think they lost a lot of them to the Yankees. It's funny prior to the cubs just winning recently the last time they won before that the Ottoman Empire still existed.


Ha Ha!! The Dodgers are bad. They were crushed by the Red Sox


I hate how good Mookie Betts is. I think the Yankee's will give the Red Sox a run for their money this year though.


I believe that to be the case. The Yankees are very talented club and always gave a hard time to the Red Sox whether we played them here or at Yankees.


Have you been to Fenway Park? I actually saw a game there on a trip to Boston. It's a really cool stadium.


I have been to Fenway Park a few times and its really nice and especially when we play against the Yankees. I think the Padres will be fine because their ownership is investing .


Well I don't know if you heard, but the Padres did just sign Manny Machado this year. I think his contract was like 300 million for 10 years.


You're correct. They are building the team and I think they will do well in the long term but as far as them making it to the World Series, I'm not too sure about that.


Hi. I'm doing very well thanks. I'm do watch baseball on occasion and I'm a casual fan.


I don't think they have the pitching yet. That's so important for winning the World Series. Anyway it was nice chatting with you, enjoy the rest of your day!


You're correct. It all comes down to exceptional pitching to make it to the World Series. I was very nice chatting with you today as well. Have a nice day!!!


Do you root for a specific team? Long-time Yankee fan over here.


You probably won't like this but I'm Red Sox fan. I heard that Eric Hosmer signed with the San Diego Padres  for $144 million in an eight year contract.


Haha you're right I don't like the Red Sox. Yes I believe the Hosmer contract was last year. I think that's going to end up being a bad contract.


Me too. I think its too much money for a player that has proven himself. He is a 28 years old and he plays in the first base position and he did very well as a Royal.


By the end of that deal he will be in his mid to late 30's and nowhere ear as good. Definitely an overpay. Not as crazy as those Machado and Harper deals for over 300 million though.


No nothing like that. He has won 4 Gold Gloves in his career and I will like to see him in a Red Sox uniform.


That's true the Red Sox only weakness now is 1st base. Who's their starting, Mitch Moreland?


You are correct. I also heard that Hosmer will be making $20 million over each of the first 5 seasons with the Padres.


I have no idea about magic, maybe Bobby Richardson is also cursed, he is the only person to win the MVP award and the lose the series


that is a shame. The new york yankees suspended don mattingly because he refused to get a haircut. Does that seem fair?


No, it does not seem fair at all, there is also a Lost  Yankees player


Lost? How did they lose him? that sounds almost intentional. What about bill oreilly? he has been pretty sneaky too.


I have no idea, I think it means a player in the Lost series, and what about him? what did old Bill do this time


Oh, he pretended to be a member of the press while he was in college in order to get season tickets.


Oh I heard about that, thats so funny, best part is that it worked, he fooled many and got to watch the games for free


ol Bill is a cunning one. you gotta keep a close eye on him. maybe if he had worn a uniform, he could pretend to be a manager.


He could just to get season tickets I know I would, he sure pulled a fast one on many


I guess i was never tempted to get season tickets, but if I were, i would probably stray into the chicanery that bill committed. his sin is the sin that i would commit, were i in his shoes. Anyway, great chat!


Sure. baseball is intersting. i try to watch the world series. you?


I guess we are different that way lol, I would follow Bills footsteps and get me free tickets and I agree its been a great and fun chat thank you very much, bye.


Me too, interesting how the cubs were the first team to win them back to back and then had really bad luck some would say the team was cursed


I think that they suffer a curse. what can they do to lift the curse? is there a spell to cast? A sacrifice to make?


I dont know, thats an interesting question maybe sacrifice a goat and call it a day? do you like the Yankees?


I am not a yankees fan. could we sacrifice another goat against the yankees?


Sounds like a solid plan, you get the goat lol


I figure that there must be something that can both lift the cubs curse and transport it to the yankees. Who has the most world series thus far?


I have no idea, I would have to say the Yankees,


Yes, i think the Yankees have the most. Is this the result of voodoo and witchcraft? if so, then it can be undone through voodoo.


Definitely not carrying that up in my pack, even if my girlfriend insists on taking it with us.


Amazing sound though from strings being struck by hammers.


Yeah, tons of intricate parts.  Did you hear that Freddie Mercury and Paul McCartney both recorded some of their famous music on the same piano?


Yes, hey jude was performed and recorded with that piano


Such talented musicians, the both of them.  I would have loved to see Freddie in concert!


Yes nothing like live music in front of an audience.


Not like the one concert Pink Floyd recorded Live, no audience!


I love the piano!  I am not able to play well though.


Yes, that is right!  Great chat, have a good night.


I took lesson but dropped out. Its been around since 1700


There are pianos everywhere.  There was even one on the Hindenburg.


Wow, thats nuts.  Did you know there are aluminum pianos?


I heard they weigh 356 pounds.  Seems like a lot but pretty light for a piano.


I wonder if those are also at the top of mountains, like the one in Britain?


I heard about that in 2006 when climbers found it


I wonder how it got there.  I mean it is not like they are small...


i enjoy the game but i am not passionate about it. some people keep up with everything going on. i just cant muster the passion. i try to watch the world series.


I think I had more interest when I lived in DC, when I was there was when they got the Nationals started up, it was all new and exciting.  When I moved away I lost touch somewhat.


yeah, the local team has an energy and following that can be fun. go to a bar and watch the game. i dont have that near me.


Did you ever collect those Baseball cards when you were younger?


i did collect them! i liked to learn about the players. it was good. i dont have them anymore. i wonder if they would be worth something.


It's amazing that a small piece of card can gain so much in value.  I understand that collections can go for millions.


yeah, i bet. but you have to take care of the cards. they need to be kept in a safe place.


So, would you have a favorite team?  A fan of any of these so called cursed trams?


um, no i dont think my teams are cursed. you might like the cubs and the red sox? who else is still cursed?


I guess both of those curses have been shown to be ineffectual, or have a time limit.  In fact, based on those two teams, it seems it's good to have a curse associated with you right now.


I do like to read, when I get a chance.  Seems lately that I don't have enough time to read what I want.


well, i guess they could hire an old gypsy woman? How does one get a curse? Anyway, great chat!


Good talking to you, hope you find time to get involved in a good book.  Good bye.


yeah, i hear ya. i would like to have more time to sit back, relax and read but i have other things. the internet is a distraction. i need to unplug. LOL


What kind of things do you like to read when you have time, novels or non-fiction?


i try to read nonfiction. i like to keep up with science, tech, and politics. you?


I typically read fiction when reading books and the stuff you mentioned I read online.  I know there are lots of books about Baseball, you interested in those?


i read books about sports when i was a kid. do you have a recommendation?


No I don't, I just recall that when I worked in a book store there were so many books about Baseball, more than any other sport.  It seems Baseball fans like to read.


baseball, the national pastime. i figure that people love to read about the history of the sport and the great players.


I know people can be obsessive about Baseball, I once went to a Nationals game with a person and that is all they could talk about.


Yes, very much. I still own the 1985 console. I think that was discontinued in 2003


Even if it can only display 54 colors is so much fun. My kids love it!


It's crazy how much technology has advanced since then.


We had a lot of fun with nintendo, we had many options, not like 50BC when they had to play with chickens!


Haha - I wonder what they did with the chickens. I really hope they didn't make them do anything that would hurt them!


I hope they did not, that would be cruel... Talking about retro, did you ever watch third rock from the sun?


I have not seen it, but hard to believe it beat out Frasier, Friends, and Seinfeld for a Golden Globe back in 1997.


It was a lot of fun, Joseph Gordon Levitt was about 10 years old! I like those other sitcoms a lot, friends , frasier!


I loved those sitcoms. Did you see Comedy Central cancelled 100 shows since it's creation?


That is a lot, I think doing comedy is not that easy! Did you ever watch Monty Python?


Yes, I love animation movies, have you watched the incredible 2?


I love animation movies too. Pixar movies are my favorite. I haven't seen the Incredibles 2 yet. What about you?


I love Pixar!!! I did watch it, It was really funny..We had to wait 13 years but it was worth it


Haha yes! Hard to believe Edna Mode's voice is the director Brad Bird.


That is so cool!! I had no Idea Brad Bird did it, It looks he could not find anyone as funny as him


Haha yep. Hard to believe the present day events in the Incredibles 2 are set in the 1960s.


That makes it pretty cool!! I did not know that last name is of that family is Parr


I didn't know that either. Do you like Nintendo?


Have you seen the "Handmaid's Tale: The Musical"?  It has the actress that played Rory on the Gilmore Girls.


It's a classic... It's funny that two 100-year-old twins from Japan released a rap album.  It's never too late!


No way! Amazing how free music is. Too bad most  of the 21st century's focus has been on cd's and MP3 formats.


I guess technically, "album" just means a collection, like a "photo album."  Are you into the Spider-man movies?


I am not sure if I have seen any but I like Spidey. I know in the 90's Joe Perry from Aeorsmith performed the opening.


I used to listen to Aerosmith.  I can't believe the military is trying to get soldiers to have Spider-man capabilities.


No kidding? I know the late Stan Lee was supposed to get 10% of net profits made on his characters, but producers of the first Spiderman movie claimed it made nothing despite making 800m and paid him nothing.


That's not cool.  He made several appearances on The Big Bang Theory.  I didn't know he died.  Sad.


Yes, recently. Very sad. A talent lost. Did you know Marvel hosted a public wedding in 1987 when Spiderman married Mary Jane?


No.  Great wedding I'm sure... DId you know that the Green Lantern film was originally going to be a comedy with Jack Black.  Couldn't have hurt...


No, but I've heard of it. I like comedy.


Thanks for your help.  You were excellent!


I guess it has many interactions that follow the news cycle.  That's one way to remain contemporary.


Oh. ok. I like comedy. I know Comedy Central has cancelled over 200 shows since 1989. That's a lot of laughs lost.


They must be a bit picky.  I would like the see the Handmaiden's Tale at the Kennedy Center.  BTW: I like comedies too...


I would say. I'll have to check out that movie.


I love/loved Monty Python.  Funny that the name was borrowed for a computer language.


Did you know Linkin Park's "Hybrid Theory" is the best selling album of the 21st century?


No, but I love albums. I know the Dark Side of the Moon was still a best seller in 2014 despite being over 40 years old at the time.


Hey there Hoss and do you watch TV? I usually watch TV or Netflix


No I don't really watch any place to be honest with you. Just TV mostly. I do like that show That 70s Show though, have you seen that?


I have seen it actually a few times. I also watch plays sometimes but did not know that all but one of Shakespeare's works have been turned into plays


That is interesting. I do like Shakespeare one of his best Works was the movie Titus by the way, have you seen that movie?


I am not sure if I have seen that one. How about Shark Tank, do you ever watch that?


I have seen shark tank before. Do you like that show? I heard that most of those deals were fake, what do you think


I have only seen it a few times and now that you are mentioning this fact I think it was a good decision from me to stop watching it, so fake


Yeah I agree with you. I'd rather watch Thomas the Tank Engine it's probably a lot more realistic LOL did you know that they had a lot of famous narrators on that show


Oh that is cool. Was Daniel Radcliffe one of them? I know he did the voice of Edward Cullen on the Simpsons parody


No I don't think he was, but some other guys that were were Alec Baldwin, George Carlin, and Ringo Starr. I love George Carlin so I might watch some old episodes for him


Oh that is a cool cast for sure. Back to Netflix, do you know how they decide in European market what shows to purchase?


Hello there, yeah me too, plenty of tv for me. I like watching shows like Simpsons


No I don't what do they do? On a different topic, how often do you wear shoes? I know that I wear shoes almost every day unless I'm being lazy LOL


Yeah I like The Simpsons a lot. Have you seen the episode where Bart does not appear? I hear that he doesn't show his face and he isn't even mentioned


I have not seen that one but I am really curious about it. Do you ever watch the SNL?


Yes I've seen SNL before. What about you? I can't say it's my favorite but I like the old ones, like in the 90s with Adam Sandler, what about you?


Yeah I used to watch it too but not so much anymore. Apparently the Weekend Update is the longest running skin in it


Oh wow that's interesting. I do like that segment, I bet they had that since the first episode. Do you ever watch South Park though?


Only sometimes. In the SImpsons though, Homer held as many as 188 episodes in just the first 400 episodes


That's incredible, imagine if that were like real life LOL! You would definitely have to write a book about all those jobs. did you know that the creators of The Simpsons sent the creators of South Park some flowers? Do you know why they did that


I wonder if that was ironic in any way or just for wrapping up things. How about plays, do you ever watch them?


Hi there!  Do you follow or enjoy tennis at all?  I play it a lot more than I follow it, but I do know that Roger Federer has the most Grand Slam titles in history!


Yes, while bathing his daughters of all things.  Crazy!


Really? I thought it was during a match, tough way of getting injured


Yea, no kidding.  Tennis players are usually in such good shape too.  The longest match ever went on for 11 hours over the course of 3 days!


11 hours and 3 days wow!! both players could get injured in the way


Yea, you would think that is borderline dangerous!


That shouldnt be allowed anyways, do you know the tennis player Gael Memphis?


I have heard a story of him beating the best paddle player in the world after just learning how to play.  Is that true?


First time hearing about it, if its true then its really amazing


That is remarkable.  The sport used to be a lot more influential than it is today.  I recently learned polo shirts were originally invented specifically for tennis!


Thats a new one, who invented them do you know?


I do, Juan Martin del Potro is one of my favorite players, do you know who he is? and Federer is a great player as well I really like him


Rene "the crocodile" Lacoste!  What a name!


Probably the creator of the Lacoste brand, either way his contribution is great I love to wear polo shirts.


I do not know much about Juan Martin del Potro.  I do know that he is Argentinian and a former US Open champion.


His a great player  he has played against Federer a couple of times, he was the champion back in 2009 as well


He is a good example of determination.  I know he had some struggles with wrist injuries and had to have a lot of surgeries.  To reach the pinnacle of the game after that is incredible!


Its been hard, 4 surgeries can really make you quite, but I guess it paid off and with hard work he was able to make it, Rafael Nadal also had a new injury


Nadal is a great player too.  Crazy to think that 56% of grand slam titles have gone to him, Djokovic, or Federer since 2000.


Really talented players, legends of the game, Federer is the first person in Switzerland to be honored with a official stamp


That is great.  He has held the #1 spot in the ATP rankings for 310 weeks!  That is Tiger Woods type stuff!


Yeah definitely, a low point in his career was 2016, he suffered a big injury then


Are you a rap fan? I haven't listened to a lot of new artists these days.


It would be cool, I know a lot of celebrities have recently done some comic book work like Kevin Smith.


REally? the guy from Jay and Silent bob?


Yes he is a big time comic book fan. He even has a show about them on AMC called Comic Book Men.


I had no idea! I'll have to look that up! Did you hear Rapper tupac shakur's music is in the library of congress?


I did not know that, I wonder how much music they store. I did know that they house a lot of movies and select more each year.


Yep. They say it's culturally significant. I wish we could see what all they have in there!


I'm sure there's a list of what they house somewhere. It might be a lot of reading though!


true! would take a lot of time! I hear Korean rappers have started something called compliment battles!


Those would be funny to hear! I wonder if I can find them on YouTube?


I bet you could! You'll have to let me know if you do! Do you know any of Kanye wests music?


Not really. I hear a lot of them are getting arrested!


I do, he has some interesting songs. It was fun talking music with you!


There have been a few arrested recently but it hasn't been as crazy as the old East Coast, West Coast war.


What is that? Something between rappers?


There were rappers on the West Coast (California) and East Coast (New York) who did not get along in the nineties. This led to the murders of Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G.


Oh my gosh. Thats terrible! I wonder why the rapper community gas so much drama? I read where rapper TI got arrested for public drunkeness.


In this specific case there was a belief that before they were artists they belonged to rival gangs. This helped fuel the drama as opposed to a lot of rappers now who don't come up through the gang lifestyle.


Thats probably a good thing! I do like Eminem, but he has quite a checkered past too.


I am also a fan of his, I like that he doesn't hide the fact that he did some stuff he is not proud of and owns up to it. He has turned his attention toward being more politically motivated these days. It's an interesting change in his songs.


I like it. He originally wanted to be a comic book artist. I wonder if he will pursue that?


Hello, Lets talk about Facebook. Myspace could have purchased Facebook back in 2005 for 75 million.


At one time you could unfriend 10 people and receive a free whopper from Burger king.


Sorry, I mean I've seen pages on Facebook that are about cannabis.  Yeah, that incentive from Burger King was probably a result of people fearing Facebook getting control of our lives.  Personally, I try to limit my use.


Lets talk about google next. The way google maps handles calculating traffic is by seeing how fast Android devices are moving on the road.


I feel somewhat shammed because Google Moon previously used pictures of cheese for close zoom levels.


They have used live goats in the past to take care of the lawns compared to hiring people.


That is quite creative.  Giving new employees a beanie cap to wear sounds fun too.  I think it would be quite an experience to work at Google.


I agree. They moved their headquarters to Mountain view, California in 2004 the same year they offer their IPO


I use Google everyday.  It's hard not to use Google.  Cloud computing certainly contributes to their huge presence.


A lot of people use it, in 2013 is went down for only 5 minutes and 40% of web traffic went with it.


That is amazing!  I like the name of their headquarters in California, Googleplex, it has a colorful sound.


Yeah, and now it's such a huge company, with more people on it than there was people in world centuries ago.


When google created the conglomerate in 2015 called Alphabet, Larry page became the CEO. Nice talking to you today.


I enjoy the color blue but Facebook is that color because Zuckerburg suffers from color blindness.


Yeah, the color blue has really bore an association with Facebook for me over the years.  It's surprising how many people rely on Facebook for news.


The minimum age to join Facebook is 13 , this started in 2006


Yeah, but it varies a little bit depending on the locality.  I personally don't rely on Facebook for news.


in 2012 Facebook held its initial public offering and the company was valued at 104 billion.


It's interesting the "Like" button was originally desired to be the "awesome" button.  I imagine "awesome" would have been clicked a lot less times than "like" because "like" is more broad.


interesting. In the German state of schleswig-holstein the like button is illegal.


I was surprised to learn that advertising cannabis is illegal on Facebook.  However, I have seen pages on Facebook that are about Facebook.


did you know that Hugh Laurie is the highest paid TV actor ever?


I dont' know, I tried to watch that movie and it was almost so bad it was good, it made me laugh at the badness, so in a way it was a comedy to me haha


Do you watch Amazon Prime videos?  They have a hit called "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. "  Alex Borstein won awards for her roles in it.


I haven't seen that, I do like Alex Borstein she was hilarious on Mad TV, what is this amazon prime show about?


Borstein plays a stand-up comic manager.  A character named Miriam is  a mother of two who is supporting her family after the dad walks out of the picture.  Many people are impressed with the show.


Wow I will have to check it out. Did you ever watch Jim Carrey back in the day? I guess he doesn't want to make dramas anymore because they don't project positivity, but those were the roles I liked him best in


I might download some of his flicks on Amazon.  They have so many options to buy.  I find video games, software, electronics, furniture, toys, video downloads, audiobooks.   The list goes on and on. Do you like Amazon?


To be honest I don't like Jeff Bezos. But I do buy stuff on amazon. i don't use amazon prime for movies or anything like that. But I can understand that some people do.What about you?


Sometimes I do.  I can access just about anything I want on Amazon.  Amazon actually has a


Ya I can access about anything I want, I built my own movie server, so I have movies of all types, even horrible movies like Sister Act 2, just in case I ever want to watch it haha, did you know Ryan stiles dropped out of school to start a career in comedy? That takes a lot of guts


Either guts or not thinking straight.  Do you follow soap operas?  They're named after the fact that soap companies sponsored.  I never knew that!


haha I didn't know that either, but it makes sense because they were played while housewifes were at home, that actually makes a lot of sense


he made $700,000 per episode of House which is insane, can you imagine making almost a million dollars an episode, why would you ever stop working haha


Speaking of dr. shows, Graham Chapman who was of Monty Python actually was a real doctor before getting into comedy.  That must have been hard giving up.


Ya it seems like those traits would be mutually explusive, also Demetri martin was accepted into harvard law, but left to start a comedy career because he was bored


It takes someone special to be appreciated in comedy.  Comedy Central already cancelled 100 shows since coming into existence in 1989.  Sounds like a tough business, but if you succeed you can do well.


That is crazy, but yes I remember them cancelling a lot of programs I liked actually. Thats about when I stopped watching them and cancelled cable haha


A lot of money is spent on comedy in the movies.  Evan Almighty even spent $200 million dollars.  I wonder how much they made as a profit.


That is a crazy amount, I have never actually seen that movie have you? I heard good things but that is a lot to spend on a comedy


Do you believe that Green Lantern was going to be a comedy originally?  I'm not sure of any superhero movie comedies, are you?


Harry Styles from One Direction appears to be branching out.  He is producing a sitcom on CBS


I have to say I am more of a comedy fan.  I like satire and parody


I used to watch a lot of reruns from the 90s, like friends and seinfeld


Both great shows!  I still watch them sometimes.  Do you use Facebook/?


Doesn't everyone.  I am pretty sure that anyone 13 and up has a facebook account


Some of my relatives dont actually,  its to hard for them to understand even though I tell them they can see what the rest of the family is doing lol.  One of my aunts doesnt even have internet. hahahah


I think it is funny that myspace had a chance to buy facebook back in 2005 but they declined


I know right,  what a missed opportunity!


Now the company is worth over 100 billion and just going up further


Yup!  Fb engineers wanted to call the "like" button the "awesome " button lol I prefer awesome


Thats cool..  do you like drama tv or movies?


And the like button is actually illegal in a german state


I do.  I prefer dramas with a little comedy


I actually like the new Magnum PI.  It has action, drama, and comedy.


The only thing about this Magnum PI is he does not have a mustache like the Tom Selleck version


Awww well that kills it lol I hear the term soap opera because shows were being sponsored by soap manufacturers lol


Yeah I guess so,  Ive always wondered lol


I did not watch the oscars....seems really just a political event now


LOL, that is too funny! awards for everyone who's anyone


I think back in the day before idiot punks like Spike Jones and their warped politics, the Oscars were probably OK.  Like 1938 when Snow White won awards.


yeah back then it was respectable. Now it's just political event. Maybe they should go back to radio like when they first aired in 1930


I meant Spike Lee... I guess this year it was "hostless".  I don't blame them after Jimmy Kimmel.  I would let Kimmel host a cockfight.


Did you see what Spike Lee was wearing? He looked like the driver for the Joker in batman.