I love cats but that surprises me. I know that the first cloned pet was a cat.


First cloned pet was a cat.  What, there was a spot of sunshine without a furball at the end.... a box that sat on the floor empty.  It is illegal to keep rabbits in Queensland, unless your a magician.


That is a super strange law. I wonder why that is? I was saddened to learn that there are more tigers living as pets in the United States than there are tigers living in Asia in the wild. We really need to protect them better.


The Queensland law is because rabbits are invasive and have no predators.  Wipe out farms and such.  For the same reason, it is illegal to own a pet hamster in Hawaii.


That makes sense. So weird that they would have no predators. Speaking of more exotic pets, Theodore Roosevelt had over 20 pets including a bear and a hyena. How in the world o you keep those dangerous animals?


Theodore was a rough rider.  I am sure he was tougher than the bear.  Jimmy Carter had solar panels installed on the white house... Preserving the environment is a good thing.


He was tough. Carter has done so much good work since his presidency. He is a very good person. Did you know that Roosevelt was also a conservationist and banned Christmas trees in the white house?


Roosevelt banned Christmas trees.. seems odd.  The solar panels installed by Carter were removed by Ronald Reagan.  One step forward, one step back.


Very sad to hear that. I don't understand why you would do that. Apparently the white house still uses floppy disks somewhat for storing files? I don't know when the last time I saw one of those was.


One more little bit about the white house. Jimmy Carter turned the thermostats down to 65 in the winter of 77.   I saw a usb floppy drive connected to an android phone work in a video.


I do love dogs.  They are so funny.  Imagine a show on BBC about dogs for dogs, by dogs.  Who is a good boy?


Wow! That's crazy. I didn't know they still made them. I was shocked in 2011 when it took them four days to discover that there were bullets stuck in the white house. That's terrifying!


Yes, living at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC seems like an iffy thing.  Good for being on camera, bad for being shot at.


Apparently. You'd think they would be more on top of it with all of the secret service.


I can imagine that. A lot of people leave their tv on for their dogs when they are gone. Did you know that there are 12 different blood types for dogs?


No, I had no idea. Do you believe dogs can learn 1000 words and are better at reasoning than a chimp?


I did not know that. So that confirms my belief that they are choosing not to listen to you when they don't want to ha ha. Dogs are smart, along with elephants they are also the only animals to understand pointing.


Dogs were selectively bread of millennia to produce certain traits.  I wonder if a dog can be stamped non GMO.  Ha, I kid. No dog listens until a treat is involved.


I agree. They listen quickly then. I had heard before that dogs were color blind and always questioned it because I've had dogs that seemed to like toys of specific colors. It's not true, they can see colors just not as many as us.


I imagine taste is the big driver for dog toy choice.  I know some dogs in Moscow are smart enough to use the subway.


That's amazing. I know that in Istanbul they have vending machines that release food and water for stray dogs which I really like and wish we would implement here.


That is a cool thing to know.  As good as dogs are, the cat is the most popular pet in the world.


I love the internet. Its a huge connection of computers and networks


That is crazy to think. Know any shows that I can binge watch?


Old SNL episodes are a good place to start! Weekend Update debuted on the very first episode so you can catch up on witty news-cycle dependent humor.


I can try and find the one episode where Bart neither appears or is mentioned in the simpsons. That should take some time


Nice. In the first 400 episodes of the Simpsos, Homer has held 188 different jobs. So, you can devote the next few years of your life by binging on the Simpsons and keeping track of Homer's employment status.


Theres over 16 years of pokemon to watch


True, and those little creatures sure are great actors, but maybe not quite as god as Shakespear. You know, the only Shakespear play not made into a film or TV was called, "The Noble Kinsmen" I look forward to when it is made into a Simpson parody.


South Park got flowers from the simpsons crew when it aired its family guy parody


Nice. Producers of the Simpsons are classy people. Did you see that Twilight parody on the Simpsons, where the role of Edward Cullen was voiced by Daniel Radcliffe? It was a riot!


Definitely. I can't remember, but do the Simpsons have a dog? AKA canis lupus AKA the domestic wolf...


Do you spend more time on the internet or on your television watching televised programming?


Santas little helper! he was a greyhound dog


I watch shows on the internet now. To many ads on tv


Interesting. I stream TV and internet programming too, although networks are finding ways to load their net episodes with advertising too. And with competition for bandwidth, my internet slows down sometimes and negatively effects the stream. Astronauts in space have faster internet than I do.


Which is crazy considering they were able to put 3g service on mt everest too. Why cant they fix our speeds


Right on! Someone watching Neopets is lowing it down for the rest of us. In 2001, Neopets was all the rage, and fourth most trafficked site, four spots ahead of Google. How things have changed!


The library of alexandria has a saved copy of the internet. Including neopets


I wonder if they have my internet profile? If they cannot restore that, how else will I be able to egosurf?


Maybe you can read the full terms and service when buying a product like 7% of the people on the internet instead


Sounds as exciting transposing War and Peace into binary code. Of course, since humans are responsible for the minority of activity on the internet, outnumbered by automated programs, there probably is a bot doing that task as we text...


Nah he never got to do anything that cool.  It was smart of him to use the underdogs artists to work on an underdog superhero movie.


Yeah well it worked out since it is the 2nd highest grossing animated movie.


That is amazing.  Great entertainment is able to the attention and interest of an audience.


Thats true. Did you know the incredibles is actually set in the 1960s.


I guess I was so into the characters, I did not even notice!  Samuel Jackson and Craig T Nelson did a great job.


I didnt really notice that in the first one. Except maybe the woman who makes the costumes. She seemed like she was from a different time a little bit.


The character Violet was played by a political commentator and author.


I heard that to. She is pretty talentd as well.


Well you are gonna have to watch it soon.  Take care!


I will do that next chance I get. Have a good one.


It is an excellent movie.  It is about a family of superheroes but their enemies have turned the public against them


I saw the first one. I heard there is actually a incredibles 2 that was in video game format. Have you seen or played that one.


I saw the first one in 2004.  My brother actually worked for Pixar back then who produces it.


Wow thats pretty cool. Did you get to see it early or anything like that. I would think that would be a really cool job.


Not really, he just worked on the software for the animation.  The best job would be writing and directing like Brad Bird did.


That would be a cool job. that Brad Bird is a pretty creative guy huh. Multi talented.


He even did the voice of a female character, Edna because they could not find anyone who could do it better!


Yeah I heard that. He used artists that were likely to quit or fired from pixar, He believed those were the only people who could create what he needed for the movie. Was your brother one of thoe. Lol.


Yes, wall street doesnt care about main street though. people need jobs.


True. Some people, like Mark Zuckerberg  and his buddies at Harvard made their future. Creating Facebook was innovative and created jobs for themselves and others.


It was a great innovation on their part. changed the internet forever! i hear that the kids are migrating to other sites though.


True. Myspace is making a name for itself, so much so that they turned Facebook's $75 million buy out offer down.


I probably would have made the same mistake. who knew that FB would be this big? Hard to imagine.


Yep. Sometimes it is the ideas no one believes will work, like Netflix. Who would have thought it could replace cable for so many viewers. It eliminated a lot of video rental services as well.


Yeah, the market changed amazingly. maybe the same thing will happen to Netflix though. i wonder when that will happen.


It's likely to happen eventually, but for now they account for 33% of bandwith in North America from 9pm to midnight. That is a whole lot.


I used to contribute to that bandwidth usage. i dont use netflix now though.


I still like Netflix. There are so many big tech giants. Google has got a lot of attention too since it was founded in 1998.


Yes, I love it. It is amazing how tech companies have rallied the stock market. Too bad it didn't last.


I wish that i had bought their stock many years ago. oh well. Anyway, great chat!


It was fun to chat. Have to admit, I agree with you. I wish I had bought stock from some of these companies.


You too! Take a few minutes to enjoy a good movie, Netflix style.


If you are bored, stop by and see if you get a chance to see google's latest crazy stunt like the time they used hundreds of goats to mow their lawn.


For stock options, i will become a goat.


the stock market cannot keep going up. it has been 10 years since the last recession. it was time for things to drop.


Yeah. People tend to pile in to the successful stock at the same time and then bale out at the same time when things look a bit off.


Yeah, the crowd is fickle. it is greedy and fearful. do not follow the crowd.


Some experts consider the tech giants, "800-pound gorillas".


Yeah, they drive a lot of the market, but they attract too much attention for their value.


That is so true. They are really different though. Apple is celebrated as the first to surpass $1 trillion in market capitalization. They get props for that.


Yeah, apple is huge. bigger than exxon. amazing feat! I wonder how close amazon is.


Good question. I'm not sure. But Wall street thinks the world economy is weakening. That is always a concern.


I just read a section on comedy which states that the python program was partly named after Monty Python. I love how they did that!


he had a lot to overcome and still won an Oscar. I've read in other articles that the Oscars are pretty racist too, not recognizing talented individuals due to their race.


There are definitely some problems. A woman has never won best cinematographer, or even been nominated.


that's some crazy stuff. It even must be frustrating with Roger Daekins for being nominated 13 times and never having won


And the guy who was supposed to be the cinematographer for Spartacus didn't actually do the work and won the academy award.


I'd be pretty angry if that happened to me lol. Have you heard of Gavin Free before reading about him?


Yeah he did slo-mo cinematography on Hot Fuzz.


interesting, Hot Fuzz was a good movie. I thoroughly enjoy comedies


Yeah it was. Comedy is a great art form. It all started back in ancient Athens.


Its interesting how the change of definition of "planet" meant that Pluto was no longer a planet.


I'm still bitter about that. I never want to visit the one that rains shards of glass at 4500mph.


Yeah the programming language I think is what you mean. Classic comedy. Kung Fu Hustle is a brilliant comedy also.


thats such an unusual characteristic of a planet. Sounds like complete chaos there lol AND it's 2000 degrees farenheit. insane.


Maybe we'll make it to Ganymede someday. It's a Jupiter moon big enough to be a planet.  Cya!


I've actually never seen it, whats it about?


It's a wacky cartoony slapstick comedy. Bill Murray loves the movie too.


i'll add it to my list of movies to watch. Bill Murray is such a great comedian, unfortunately I don't think he's been in movies as of late. Green lantern is on my list of movies to watch too, weird to think that it was initially going to be a comedy


Yeah I think Jack Black was supposed to star. Hard to believe that 3rd Rock beat Seinfeld for best comedy in '97 at the golden globes


I've actually never even seen an episode of 3rd rock. Seinfeld was revolutionary, are you more of a Seinfeld or Friends fan?


Seinfeld by far. Friends doesn't hold up very well for me. I wonder if it would have been one of the 100 shows Comedy Central cancelled over the years if it had been on that channel. You? Friends or Seinfeld?


perhaps! I'm actually more of a Friends fan myself lol. It's interesting how much tv shows and movies have changed over the years. Even just through more advanced filming abilities and styles. Shout out to James Wong for pioneering the use of wide-angle lenses amongst other things


He was quite the pioneer despite the racism.


Did you know that Bruce Lee was also a dancer?


I know i heard that, humble beginning. He played the Mouse King, i would have like to see that.


Be interesting that's for sure.  Don't think of him and ballet mixing.  Are you a basketball fan?


A little don't get to watch anymore. How about you?


This is about the only time of year I watch it.  Did you know that the US Supreme Court building has a basketball court on the top floor and is known as the "highest court in the land"?


Funny, Kareem Abdul-jabbar is responsible for the dunk going away for almost a decade.


I remember that because he did it so much.  Crazy.


Right ever advantage right. Do you know who the inventor of basketball was?


Wasn't the guy who invented basketball?  His name escapes me...


Well he created it and is the only loosing coach in Kansas state history. James Naismith.


That's his name!  ...and how ironic!  In 39 out of 50 states the highest paid state employee is either a college football or basketball coach.


I didn't know that!  What kind of dancing did he do?


Yeah there is so much money in sports it's kind of ridiculous. Do you know what they call basketball players in New Zealand?


What do they call them?  Curious to know before I have to go.


Well they are called the tall blacks, not sure that would work here. Nice chatting with you my friend!


Whoa....no way that would work here.  Have a good one!


He won the Cha-cha Championship in Hong Kong in 1958. Guess there correlation between dance and martial arts.


I can see that!  Makes sense.  It must be tough to be a ballet dancer I would think.


Yeah i hear they go through 4 pairs of pointe shoes a week. Sounds painful.


Ouch!  both on the feet and in the pocketbook.  lol


Right, lol. Did you know Michael Jackson had a patent?


I didn't know that.  What did he have a patent for?


You know that long lean he always does. Apparently he created a device that let him do it.


Interesting.  Speaking of ballet .... Tupac once danced ballet in high school in the nutcracker.


Yeah, I think he is too stuborn and does whatever he wants. His guest house is larger than the white house its hard to believe he's not on that list


I guess it's kind of ironic that a man who owns all those hotels lives in a house smaller than his guest house haha. I bet he'd prefer an authoritarian regime where he could be a dictator who's just called a president.


Yeah I agree it is ironic indeed, you know that up untill 1805 the runner up of an election would become Vice President!!!


Can you imagine Hillary Clinton as Trump's VP? Now that would be some can't miss entertainment! That would definitely hold the national audience's interest.


We would have a civil war almost every week lol, its a good thing that has changed now, in my opinion Trump should use his time to record pop albums instead of trying to build an expensive and useless wall


Yes, The President Show on Comedy Central actually had a Christmas special that featured a fake Trump holiday album. If he didn't spend so much time on Twitter, maybe he could release 3 albums like the president of Indonesia has while in office


That would be a great idea I might buy the album and maybe Trump will make it to the top 3 rank with the money of the sales


Yes, that would be one way to make money. Did you know that Ronald Reagan was once rejected for a movie role because he didn't look presidential enough? I wish that had happened with voters and Trump!


That is ironic lol, and I hope Trump doesn't get re-elected. I really don't understand why people vote for him.


I hope not! The first president of Zimbabwe was called President Banana, and based on the little I've read about him it seems like he wasn't a very effective leader and the country is still negatively impacted by his time in office.


I do! I love game shows and sitcoms, but I am also a big fan of some cartoons.


So enough politics and more entertainment, did you ever own a nintendo system?


I did a long time ago, and SNES, too. Too bad they stopped making those consoles.


Yeah they stopped making them back in 2003, its a shame but theres more advanced systems now


Yes, they display far more than the 54 colors the original had.


I really like American Dad, but some of the older episodes of South Park are really great. Did you know that when they aired their Family Guy episode, they received flowers from the crew of The Simpsons?


I did not, it seems like they have a good relationship, thats great they are rivals but no need to fight


I think it's a pretty well-shared opinion in the cartoon world that Family Guy is a lazy show because so much of its humor is non-sequiturs. Have you ever watched Pokemon?


I have, got to catch them all right? seems a bit impossible at this point


Yes, kind of like 'catching' all of the undocumented immigrants, as some might put it. Did you see any of the President's speech on border security on TV today?


I did, it seems like a waste of money to me, nor really worth it, do you support Trump?


Definitely not! It's odd that he claims he knows how to run a country on the basis that he's a rich businessman, and yet he's not even one of the three wealthiest presidents (JFK, Washington, Jefferson)


Wholly Molly! That is a lot, do you know why?


Maybe they just were not up to what they wanted? Just guessing though


Interesting. By the way, do you watch TV?


No, it is horrible. I used to a long time ago when it was funny. What about your?


I watch the Weekend Update sometimes which is the longest running skit there


Yeah, I know it. I remember when Dennis Miller used to host it. That was when it was good. Now, eh....


I used to when I was younger, not so much now. Well, nice chatting with you!


I sure do. Did you know Chapman from Monty Python was a doctor?


No, I didn't know that. Are you a Bill Murray fan?


Yes he gave up his practice to turn to comedy. Yes I sure am


Interesting. I liked the movie Groundhog day, have you seen it?


Nice I do not think I have seen it, it is any good?


It's pretty good. Not as good as Stripes though.


I don't anymore. I heard they cancel too many shows. Any idea how many?


They have cancelled more than 100 since 1989


Canadian regulators must've been going crazy.


haha well at least if theyre that mad they can just tune into a station with solar activity


Well, if they plant a flag on Jupiter, that may fulfill the 40% Canadian music rule.


I dont know  much about that, but I know Canada pays Urkraine for Ukrainian based songs


Whoa. Surprised there is a market. But some people still listen to classical Latin, so who knows


I love Latin music. Can you believe Shakespear's two noble kinsmen isnt a movie yet? I always thought that was one of the better ones


Yeah...the simpsons without bart episode will probably become a movie before another Shakespeare play does...they way things are going these days


I can totally see radcliffe voicing edward cullen in the simpsons though, I think he would've done a better job than the movie actor


Give Ringo Starr a shot. He pulled of Thomas the Tank Engine.


I didn't know that! Youd think it'd go to Homer, he did have 188 jobs by the first 400 episodes


I do, though I wish I could afford to do it more. Funny that planes traveled faster in the 60s though


Wild. i'm going to check that out no. Nice chatting with you.


Would love to check out the Ukraine. But Putin is making that a funky choice.


I would be terrified with all the propaganda, seems too dangerous with so much emphasis on war


Yeah. But they are ironically more friendly to westerners now...as an unintended consequence of Putin's anti-Western propaganda


Haha I feel like he shouldve seen hat coming with all the disapproval. Have you ever stolen a gnome? I have once but Id never think of returning them like some apparently


I've never seen a gnome. Maybe in the Netherlands once....but I was on a bus going 160 mph.


Dude props. What about couch surfing? Theres a website for that now, really puts a spin on hitch hiking


Can potatoes surf? Cause I'm doing a Pokemon marathon...750 episodes


Thats impressive and makes me feel like a bad 90s kid. Though I still love Bing Crosby, crazy how he filled more than half the radio time in 1948


hey there what do you think of our government and constitution


haha you'd think so, maybe he should make a pop album, he could call it president banana and vp plantain! haha


That's funny.  I cannot imagine how someone can run a country and release albums.  I don't know how they would find the time.  Of course not all Presidents have the same amount of power, it depends on the country.


yes I agree, can you believe the runner up used to become the VP in the USA? That is so wacky


Up until 1805, right?  I kind of wonder if that wouldn't be a better system in some ways.  Maybe there would be less animosity since they would be forced to work together.


ya I would like to see Pres Trump and VP Hillary, it would either be hilarious or horrible haha


Yeah, I can see the downside potentially.


do you know the top 3 richest presidents btw?


If I remember correctly it was JFK, Washington and Jefferson.  I am surprised it was presidents from long ago and not more current.


I know and I was surprised Trump was not on the list, very strange!


Can you believe that the Guest house is actually bigger than the white house?  I would like to see that since the white house is huge.


I think that like everything, there is good and bad to it.  The bad for example, I find it odd that the US government owns 86% of Nevada.


ya I need to go back and see it, I only was there once back in middle school


Yeah, I went quite a while ago as well.  Well, it was nice chatting with you.  Have a good day.


wow that is scary, good to know that norway donated 1 billion dollars to the amazon rainforest though


It is nice to hear of a government doing something positive.  The government can be quite complicated.  Usually it consists of legislature, executive and judiciary.  I can see how things can get very confusing very quickly.


oh ya for sure, imagine the complicated scheme the guy who sold the eiffel tower used, he sold it not once but two times haha


Wow, that is amazing.  How can someone even manage to pull something like that, and twice?


I know right, did you hear how the gov had a plan to destroy wikileaks?


Yeah, ironically Wikileaks is who published that.


haha yup, do you know who President Banana is?


Wasn't the President of Zimbabwe called that?  You think that is weird, did you know the President of Indonesia has released 3 pop albums, while in office.


that is true I suppose, Hip hop really exploded here in america though, very different culture than most places


Yes, especially in New York City, my favorite place. Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens were huge for hip-hop. Followed by California.


That is for sure, do you appreciate rapping or DJing more?


Rapping for sure. DJing isn't really as much as skill as it used to be. You?


I agree with you, I almost feel like we are being close to not having any more rap beats left to make without getting very complex, I was thinking about that the other day


It's so true. I just heard that new Cardi B song that samples "I like it like that". Like that's what they are down to using lol. You read any good books recently?


I like to read some of CS Lewis' work, he was a great guy, pretty much invented the "you laugh you lose" challenge


It's funny in the 18th century people were worried about the spread of the reading of novels


that is true, makes you wonder what our choices will look like years from now!


I don't know. I hope they read though, I think the complex cognitive process is a useful exercise for the brain.


Hey, I'm doing pretty well. How are you?


Oh for sure, I think just basic communication is important, and comprehension of language is too, unfortunately it is not taught enough in our schools in my opinon, or not taught correctly


I agree. It requires practice at a young age. Even if it's just reading novels for fun, it's good for everyone.


I am surprised Ender's game was suggested reading for the Marines, I need to read that, I watched the movie, it was okay


I am doing well! Are you a fan of hip hop? I am a pretty big fan myself, its been around since the 70s


I do. I'll add a caveat that I'm a white guy and 90's grunge is my favorite type of music, but I'm into everything. I don't know much about the history though, especially the stuff in the 70's but I loved rap from the 90's and early 2000's.


I have heard that Mcdonalds used to pay artists for referencing the big mac in their music!


Doesn't surprise. You still artists doing stuff like that today. I wonder who referenced McDonalds? Not Eminem, Jay-Z, or Nas. I could see Lil' Wayne.


I could too haha. Muhammed Ali is regarded as a hip hip pioneer because of the poems he wrote, he probably did not talk about mcdonalds though haha


Definitely not. Did you know after the US, France is second largest hip hop market in the world? I remember Tony Parker, the NBA player put out a rap album in French.


that is very interesting, I wonder why it caught on so well in france but nowhere else?


I don't think NBA player's do well with music, but I think the reason is that he's actually French himself. Hip Hop is usually about your culture so it would make sense.


Hi how are you? Do you like watching the NBA? I like it because it is considered the premier basketball league in the world.


That's awesome! What do you think of the Warriors? I'm not a fan but Stephen Curry is amazing.


Yes he is big on charity which is awesome - for every 3 pointer he makes 3 mosquito nets get donated to families in Africa.


So cool. Can you believe they earned 12 million by losing game 4 of the finals. Makes me think about whether they actually tried to lose.


Wow!  I guess for more games for tv? It is interesting that number 1 picks in the draft do not win a lot of championships - only 3 in the last 20 years


True. Makes sense Lebron was one of the,. Irving also makes sense but Bogut is kind of a surprise.


Did you know that there were two pairs of brothers playing together in 2013?


Oh yeah the Curry's and the Thompson's! Amazing how genes make some siblings so talented.


Did you know that in 1975 they had to play their home game at the cow palace?  Their arena had been booked up for other events.


Nice name The Cow Palace lol. The Warriers were initially founded in Philly but moved to the bay area in 1962.


Man this great jazz song just came on the radio - made in New Orleans.  Are you a fan?


Yes I am a fan of the Spurs.  The NBA has the worlds best paid athletes.


Oh heck yeah. I lived in New orleans and loved jazz. Developed from roots in blues and ragtime it is a very cool and unique sound.


I know.  There is a lady in Harlem who holds free jazz concerts in her apartment ever sunday.


Thats awesome. Clint Eastwood is a fan too. makes me like him even more. Have a great day :)


Nice. Yeah although I wouldn't complain, they still make a pretty penny. Hard to believe it's been around since 1946!


Yes it merged with the National Basketball Association in 1949.


Oh interesting. Some players make a lot. Iverson is going to receive 32 million at age 55 from Reebok!


Wow!  The players definitely have sponsors.  Air jordans were banned by the NBA but Michael Jordan wore them anyway and Nike paid his fines.


Good publicity for them! Physicists showed that shooting granny style provided the best technique for free throws but it looks so stupid no one uses it!


Yes Looking cool is important.  Reggie Miller tried but kept failing - he was always overshadowed by his older sister in high school.


Wow that must have been a competitive upbringing! Tim Duncan was smart though and stayed in college to finish it out despite being offered more money in the NBA.


Yes and he went to my Alma Mater!  Wake Forest!  He was a Demon Deacon like me!


hey there, do you have much interest in music?


Interesting one. Have you heard of compliment battle?


No, but if it's a rap battle where people compliment each other, that would be legit


I think that is what it is. Must be fun, like the judge in Michigan who read the ruling rap style


I mean, the Pokemon theme song has a rap in it. The rapper is the same one in Michael Jackson's "Black and White"


Sometimes. I would like to learn how to drive a stick shift sometime. Classic cars are cool too. I guess there was a barn full of classic cars in New York that a man discovered


Those must cost a lot nowadays. A man became a professional race car driver by beating 90 000 peopme in gran turismo


That's pretty crazy. I've heard there's an "aggressive" mode in Google's self-driving cars


Wow, interesting. Apparently the drive thru came about because soldiers were not allowed to get our of their cars when wearing their uniforms in the 70s


Wow. That's an interesting rule, but I can understand the safety issue. In Ohio, it's illegal to warm up your car


I do like music, but there's so much out there that I feel like I can't keep up. I recently heard something about an artist known as Serpentwithfeet


Wow good one. It was nice chatting with you


Yeah, that is true, people come up with all kinds of names. What kind of music do they make?


R&B, I think. Many are impressed with his vocals and ability to sing with vibrato


I'm not a big fan because it's often hard to understand, but it does take skill to do it well. There's a rapper who raps in sign language because he's deaf. That's something I would like to see


Me too that sounds really interesting. THe music that Tupac made is actually in the library of congress because of cultural significance


I can see that. I wonder if he's referenced McDonald's in any of his songs. He would have been paid $5 for every reference to a Big Mac


No, but I do wonder where the name came from. Childish Gambino's name came from an online name generator by the Wu-Tang clan


Hi! Did you know the Prime Minister of Australia's position isn't actually in their constitution but only exists through custom? I find that surprising!


Does he really? I think he's a great actor. Although I'm not sure about his directing skills as I still haven't seen The Brave that he directed back in 1997!


No I've never even heard of that movie. I do know that gives a good actor, I loved him in Edward Scissorhands even though he only said 196 words


That is weird to have so few lines like that! I can't believe Gene Wilder didn't watch the Willy Wonka remake because he didn't want to be disappointed in Depp. That is a little disappointing to me.


Yes that is disappointing. I hope that Johnny Depp goes through with making a biopic about dr. Seuss. That would actually be my first choice for a person to play him


Agreed. That would be cool to see. I mean, I think that film would earn him another academy award nomination. I mean, He's already been nominated for three!


Yes that is impressive! He seems like a nice guy, he adopted a one-eyed horse in one of his movies because they were going to put it down, that's nice thing to do


That's a very nice and humane thing to do! He's certainly come a long way since his rise in the 1980s with 21 Jump Street, hasn't he?


Yes absolutely! It's crazy that he was born in 1963, I remember when he was just a young man


Absolutely! Back when he was just becoming a teen idol before going on to win Best Actor at both the Golden Globes and the Screen Actor's Guild Awards!


Yes absolutely! I never knew that he was actually named John Christopher Depp II though. I wonder if his dad was also an actor?


Wow I didn't know that. I also didn't know that the Prime Minister selects and then can dismiss members of the cabinet. I always wondered what they did


I wonder that as well now that you mention it! Hey, maybe one day he'll run for a position in the government! Ha! I'm sure he's wise enough to know each government has a constitution in place which as you know is a statement of its philosophies and principles! Well it was great chatting with you! Have a good evening, friend!


It's a little strange, isn't it? But on a lighter note, a radio station prank called Queen Elizabeth II back in 95, pretending to be Jean Chretien who was the Prime Minister of Canada back then. Ha!


That is very strange. Do you know who Helena Bonham Carter is? She was in the Harry Potter movies, but anyway she is the great-granddaughter of a prime minister


Is that so? I wonder if she used her family to become an actress? Ha! Well in Japan, their Prime Minister sends their residents a silver cup when they turn 100 to celebrate it. Problem is, so many are turning 100 now, they're having to find ways to make cheaper cups. That's a good thing though!


That is a good thing! What do you think about Wikileaks by the way? Apparently the government try to destroy them, but Wikileaks just leaked their plans LOL


That's kind of ironic, isn't it? I wonder if Wikileaks will tell us what the government does with the 86% of Nevada's land that they own?


That is a good question. Maybe it is Area 51 that they own haha? It's also crazy to think that Norway donated a billion dollars to help save the rainforest, I wonder if they own the land or just donated it


That's a good question. I'm glad they're taking action to protect the rainforests though! Did you ever hear about the guy in France who posed as a government official and sold the Eiffel Tower twice? It's like how did he pull that off? Someone like him could sell fire in hell! Ha!


Haha yes a very talented salesman for sure! Definitely a scam too. What do you think about the actor Johnny Depp by the way? He likes to live in France


Pretty crazy the Orson Welles and Ernest Hemingway got in a fight.


Yeah.  I watch a lot of live concert vids on there as well as sports, comedy, etc.  Wish youtube was around a long time ago.  lol


In 2007 youtube consumed as much bandwidth as the entire internet in 2000


It's the second largest search engine too on the internet.


Yeah I can believe that too. The very first video uploaded was a guy talking about an elephant.


Really?  lol  I found a lot of good new bands on there.


I watch a lot of guitar lesson videos. There are 70 full episodes of the joy of painting on the official bob ross youtube channel.


LOL  Bob Ross!  Did you happen to see the Deadpool trailer where he acted like Bob Ross?


I did. Hilarious. Love Deadpool. Google bought Youtube in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion


I like that youtube has a partnership with Hulu, etc. now too


I didn't know that. I had Hulu but decided to cancel it.


Yeah that's crazy. I heard his last film was saved by Netflix. Did you know they have a movie that is nothing but a long video of a fireplace?


It gets expensive.  We have it, but we've been thinking of getting rid of it.  There's only so many hours in a day to watch tv.


I didn't know that.  I believe the film they saved came out Nov. 2


Yeah I didn't see it. They also hire of team of taggers whose job is to watch the movies and tag the content


Interesting.  Did you know that Netflix and Youtube make up half of peak internet bandwith in North America?


I can believe that. I watch Youtube more than Netflix myself. Netflix originally pitched their streaming idea to Blockbuster. We see how that ended.


lol.  I hear that.  I can't imagine any companies still in the movie rental business.  That's how Netflix started taking business away from Blockbuster.  But, I don't even know that many people that watch dvds anymore.


It's all digital now it seems. Netflix has around 150 movies with 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. Although I can't always rely on their ratings myself. Interesting still.


I think I'll have to try to check out the Orson Welle's movie just to see what it's about.


It does sound interesting. Crazy that Youtube started off as a dating website.


Lazy Lester, a Louisiana-born singer and harmonica player whose rough and rollicking style of swamp blues influenced musicians on both sides of the Atlantic, died Aug. 22


Country music legend george strait and the wealthiest man in the world jeff bezos are cousins. There are only 2 african americans in the country music hall of fame.


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


Country music legend george strait and the wealthiest man in the world jeff bezos are cousins.


Reel big fish re-recorded all of their hits for a best of album after losing the rights to their old record label?


The fender stratocaster was intended for country music.


Lester worked construction, cut timber and drove trucks. In 1975?


which evolved parallel to hillbilly music from similar roots, in the mid-20th century. In 2009 in the United States,


he moved to Pontiac, Mich., where he met blues promoter Fred Reif.  Article Section 4


Queen's guitarist, brian may, has a phd in astrophysics.


the 1988 Blues Foundation award as Best Contemporary Blues Album. In 2015, Lester was inducted


But he also drummed on cardboard boxes and beat rolled-up newspapers against the studio walls in place of snare drums.“I’d just grab whatever was in the studio and try to get a groove going


The fender stratocaster was intended for country musi


Despite being released over 40 years ago, the dark side of the moon was still one of the best-selling albums of 2014.


And though Lester, born Leslie Johnson, protested in one song, “they call me Lazy — goodness knows I’m only tired,


Lester’s first vocal, “I’m Gonna Leave You Baby,” came out later that year.Lester claimed that he wrote or co-wrote most of the songs he recorded but had to give all the writing credit and publishing royalties to Miller, the studio owner


but I didn’t have an idea it would be so big,” Lester told the San Antonio Express-News in 1999.


A popular Texas band, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, recorded three of Lester’s songs and revived interest in his music


The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings. It is typically played with both hands by strumming or plucking the strings with either a guitar pick or the finger(s)/fingernails of one hand,


An album is a collection of audio recordings issued as a collection on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium


Brian may, guitarist for queen, uses coins, especially the english sixpence, as guitar picks.


Did you know that facebook's like button is illegal in part of germany?


It truly is and then again it can be kind of simple. I always wondered how  google maps knows about traffic and I recently learned it is just by seeing how fast android phones are moving on the road.


on 2013 google went down for five minutes. When a big system went down it make a big changes


Oh I totally agree with you on that.  You know, Google seems like it's been with us forever but it was just founded in 1998.


Yes every one in world use google at least once a day. When you ask some one something like address, any doubts they say" Just google it"..


Google is a part of everyone's lives.  And to think it was just a couple of Ph.D. students at Stanford that started it all.


every big thing start with a small steps. like google, apple, facebook


Yep, facebook was started when Zuckerberg was in college too.


Nice chatting with you as well.  If you have an iphone you have more computing power than the entire us nuclear icbm deterrent by the way!


I know! It is surprising but true.  The german state of schleswig-holstein deems the like button illegal.


Well i don't know but I think he suffers from some sort of color blindness.


he suffers from red-grenn colorblindness


I guess that explains why facebook is blue then. I always assumed it was just someone's favorite color.


So what do you think of google?  It's a pretty powerful search engine you know. One search requires more computing power than it took to take the astronauts to the moon back in the day.


It's really big and powerful system in the world


hi how are you? do you follow basketball?


I think his playing style is not flashy. he shoots 3s. that is not what most teams look for.


Speaking of 3 pointers, he donates 3 mosquito nets for each 3 pointer.


He is a great guy, on and off the court! I bet he has donated a ton of nets at this point.


Right. Have you heard of his brother Seth Curry?


Oh, yeah, he has a brother. i dont know much about him.


Yeah his brother is Seth Curry of the Portland Trail Blazers. He used to play for the Santa Cruz Warriors along with Klay Thompson's brother.


Well, it is a small world, isnt it. I guess those guys are good players too.


Yeah and what's funny is their brothers Steph and Klay were playing on the Golden State Warriors at the same time together.


Yes, those guys play so well together! the splash brothers. anyway, great chat!


I don't really, though I think it's a fun game to watch. How about you?


Yes, i enjoyed chatting! Have a good day!


I sometimes watch. i like to go to games, but they are expensive. i try to watch the finals.


Are they expensive because of basketball player salaries? Speaking of salaries, Stephen Curry only made the 4th highest salary on his team in 2015 even though he was the MVP


Yeah, the salaries are high, and the teams need to charge quite a bit because the arenas are small. steph gets money from other sources. i dont think he minds as much.


Yeah, sponsorships are important. 30 years ago Spencer Haywood chose $100,000 over a 10 percent stake in Nike. Had he taken the stake it would be worth $8.62 billion.


I guess he needed the money. 10% of Nike. that is insane. he could have started his own country with that moneyLOL


Maybe $100,000 seemed like more back then, at least I hope, haha.


It was a lot and he might have worried about not getting anything, but 10% is a nice chunk. oh well.


I wonder what kind of sponsorship Steph Curry has. It's surprising that he didn't get any college scholarship offers from a major conference school and wanted to play at Virginia Tech.


Well, we wil see. did you hear about that rule for the new orleans cheerleaders?


No, I didn't hear about the rules, do you know what is the rule? Is this a new rule?


yeah they cannot eat in the same place as the players


Do you know why can't they eat in the same place as the players? Wow, that surprising to me.


yeah I do not know. and the worst part is that they have to leave if they are there already eating


What about if they have paid already, I wonder if they get their money back, that will be only right and who will be responsible for the return of their money.


yeah I hope at least that happens. strange rule. the good think about nfl is that they now use tracking chips in the padding


Yes, they can record players every move on the field, that's great.


yeah for sure. do you know who baker mayfield is?


I am not sure, is he a coach or a player, I don't know I am just guessing.


Yes, I like to watch football, did you watched the superbowl?


He is a player, a quarterback. nice chat.


I did. did you know there are only 11 minutes of gameplay?


I heard that, but that is hard to believe, because 11 minutes is too short of time to be divide into four quarters.


Yeah but there is a lot of waiting around and they do not account for that


I figure just to run the ball, kicked and tackle should take longer than that.


Yes, but I didn't know that this been approved already. I wonder how a 250 to 300 pound player is going to feel hitting any woman, expectually if she get Injured.


I do not know, but there is no written rule that prevents them from playing


Wow I can't wait to see a game with women playing, I hope it doesn't be like the race car driver, Dana Patrick.


That's a good question. They are probably expensive.  Have you heard about that state in germany making the like button illegal?


No, but that is half the fun of it! Burger King had a fun FB promotion. Did you hear about it?


Burger King was offering FB users a free Whopper if they unfriended at least 10 people. It sounded pretty funny.


I think I would too, just because of the humor. Did you know founder Mark Zuckerburg is red green colorblind? That is why FB is primarily blue.


I didn't know that.  To be honest i just accepted it as blue and really never thought about why it was.


I can't imagine it any other color really. Some places are using FB for business. Iceland is giving people the chance to rewrite their constitution via FB.


i'm not sure how i feel about that.  To me, facebook is entertainment. I don't know about using it for something so important as that.  What do you think?


Same. I like the entertainment aspect. I am not sure I like the idea of putting my opinion on such a public venue associated with something so important.


Yes, I love it! Can't believe I've been using it since 2-4-04!


That's a good point too.  Being so public with political opinion may not be a good thing for people.  Well, it looks like it's time for me to go now.  It's been nice chatting with you!  Have a great day!


I know what you mean. It's hard to believe it's been around for so long now!  Mark Zuckerberg and his friends definitely knew what they were doing when they created it.


Yes, and I bet they are happy they expanded it to include not just college students, but anyone in 2006 that claimed to be at least 13 years old.


I imagine so.  The company was valued at $104 billion back in february 2012.


That's a lot of value. I bet Myspace wishes they would not have turned down the offer to buy FB for $75 million in early 2005.


You know that's right!  Hey, you know you mentioned that anyone claiming to be at least 13 could register with the site a bit ago.  Did you know that that depends on the laws where a person is at?


Oh, that makes perfect sense. Also, I guess FB makes most of its profit from the ads that appear on screen.


I've heard they do.  I'm glad they do too. I would hate to have to pay to use the site.


I would not want to either. I wonder how much their stock costs now. They started selling it fairly recently.


Hi there! Did you know that giant lizzards live in Florida?


No, I would not. I feel bad that the kids are scared to go outside. Monitors eat small mammals, usually rodents, but could eat a small dog.


oh wow a small dog that is pretty horrible if you have a pet would not want them to get eaten


The lizards will also give a nasty bite to people. A lot of times the owners can't handle them and release them to the wild.


I would assume that and seem the trapper was having a hard time just catching it


I'd say. It sounds like it is teens letting them go,


it could be but  but they still call it the lizard king which is cool


Yes. The whole problem is like a horror film meant to elicit fear. Did you know Stephen King was scared of Bambi?


that is interesting I would not thought so it is interesting especially with all the creations he made


I was scared of it too! It is said if a person watches a horror film before seeing abstract art they get more from the art.


it is also interesting that the scream movie was suppose to be a horror movie


that is good to hear what about the name bamboo for the lizard king?


I did not know.Onto other animals, dogs are wolf ancestors. Scary!


that is scary but also cool that your pet could be some big wolf


Yep. Fish are crazy too. The black swallower can eat prey 2x its length.


that is interesting I wonder what they like to eat


I'm not sure, but I know fish only "drink" water throught their skin.


it is interesting about dogs that they can learn over 1k words and reason better than chimps


That is amazing. Dogs also have 12 different blood types.


that is good to know and how dog sin moscow learned to use the subway


Nice! Dogs do provide a lot for humans such as hunting, herding, pulling loads, police assistance and companionship.


my dog is just my pet but I do like learning about interesting facts about them


Yes, I have heard of that one. It terrorized a FL family. Is is said to be 100 pounds!


it was good to learn about dogs and lizards and especially the films


even if king was scared of bambi it is a film I have never seen


I still think that scream is a great look into the genre of horror at that time period


it is also cool that it is a runner up to the komodo dragon


Yes, those kinds have an excellent sense of smell. It has a forked tongue and the family said it looked like a dinosaur.


that is cool also it would seem to make a pretty interesting animal I assume to look up close


Oh, I bet. The family it terrorized had just seen Jurassic Park, so when they saw the lizzard outside thy screamed.e


yea it would freak me out too especially knowing that they climb trees


Me too! The family said it was sunbathing and did not appear to be afraid of people.


oh interesting what do you think about the boy keeping the lizard?


I don't know about you, but I still think it's incredible how much the internet has become integrated into our lives


People are even worried about it causing traffic jams that could last for days and backups at the ferry ports. That's a lot of chaos


I know right! And I understand a lot of British retirees live on the continent and between pension disruptions and banking law changes they could be left in a bad situation.


People are worried enough that the secretary released several advisories for the businesses and citizens on how to navigate the changes


Wow I hadn't heard that. What really has me worried though is fear some experts have that cutting Britain off from cross-border databases could make it easier for terrorist suspects to get in and out.


Not only that, but some of Britain's own citizens living in Europe could lose access to their own banking


Yep, it's a bad situation alright. It just amazes me how integrated British businesses are with the EU. Leaving will be like cutting off a limb for some of them.


Some of their own politicians have their own doubts about the situation, and many suspect the poorest will be the ones affected the most


The poorest always seem to get the worst in these situations. Oh well, March is less the a month away, so we will soon see what whether the Brits will descend to anarchy or ride it out.


And it seems that it's too late to reverse the situation at this point


They may have an option to rejoin in the future, but at that point the damage will already be done :/


I know what you mean! But I have to admit it is great to have all kinds of information just a click away.


At least the government is doing something to help people prepare for the possibilities


At the same time, the action of clicking on links can cause reactions in the brain that lead to addiction


I suppose that's possible. But I think it's worth the risk :) In fact I just spent an interesting hour researching the Brexit issue.


It's definitely an interesting issue, considering how big of a deal it is to leave the European Union


I just don't think the people who supported it thought it thru. Now there is a chance their economy could implode if they don't make deals before the exit? Kinda defeats the purpose...


Not just that, but even their organic farmers that have the EU logo would need to make changes. It affects smaller businesses in their economy too


More proof that they didn't think! Honestly, I can understand wanting economic freedom but have a good contingency in place! Even their secretary of trade has complained.


It even affects the sandwiches given to those in the British Army because of the importation of things with a short shelf-life


Right and getting out of season produce will cost them big. People are always so gung-ho about changing the status-quo, that they often rush change. They would have been better served to have deals in place before they announced the departure.


Hello how are you doing?  did u know that The 3 horizontal line menu on apps and websites is called a hamburger button.


I love those!  They do a skit like that on some tv show,  maybe Ellen or something its hilarious,  I lose everytime.


Oh that sounds really funny!  Do you ever speed read?  The world record is 4700 words per minute


No way.  if i speed read I miss a lot,  guess Im not good at it.  Also,  im in love with audible I can listen to it anywhere!  Thats super impressive!


Yes, I love the audibles too.  So fun on car rides.  Starship troopers is the first sci-fi novel on reading lists for five us military branches.  I haven't heard that one though, have you?


never heard that fact before today.  Ive watched the movie a bunch though! Ender's game was suggested reading for many military organizations, including the united states marine corps


not so surprisingly, moral panic broke out because of people reading so many novels


Why though lol dont people want more people to read lol


I guess kids today would have liked that rule


Transhumanists want to upload their minds to computers and memory sticks.  Sounds like a black mirror episode lol


Not sure if its possible, but who knows?  Did you know the internet was used since 1980's by academia?  I never saw it till the 90s


No, but it kind of looks like it.  Interesting too is that you can get an addiction from clicking links


I wonder if theres a support group for it,  considering its a real addiction.


maybe.  It's a little late though because even 1 year olds use phones.  funny to think, but there is a library in alexandria that saved a copy of the internet in case it burns down however that happens i don't know


thats awesome!  even though highly unlikely lol There is 3g cell service and internet capabilities at the peak of mt. everest.


Wow I guess if you climb there you want to brag about it with a selfie.


haha right!  Gotta take a selfie and post it!  Maybe not from space though The space shuttle's general purpose computer runs on 1mb of ram.


in '36 russians made a computer running on water.  Sounds like a piano I played that needed to be watered.


lol Someone built a working 16-bit computer using nothing but the basic minecraft building blocks


That sounds cool.  C.S. Lewis and Tolkien used to have laugh and lose competitions with each other. Funny huh?


Im tired of the mass shootings that occur in the US, it shreds families into pieces and they cause a lot of suffering


I guess SNL is a good show I do like it as well, I like that it also informs you about politics, you follow politics?


Sometimes I follow politics. Other countries might have some ideas that we can use. In Guatemala close relatives of former presidents cannot run for president. That would certainty change the way the US elections work.


I guess thats a good rule, that can prevent dictadors or authoritarian regimens from taking the power, Trump has a guest house that bigger than the White House.


Trump must not be happy about that! Unless he can rent it out.


I bet he has the money to keep it running and not break a sweat, although I am suprised to hear his not among the top 3 wealthiest presidents in US history


I think that Washington and Jefferson owned a lot of land. In contrast, the only president with a PhD was Woodrow Wilson. Not many presidents like him anymore.


I agree not many like Wilson in US history, at least we dont have a president that is know for realeasing 3 pop albums while still in office


Pop albums? That sounds funny. Maybe Trump can work with Kanye on an album. The last US president to speak a foreign language fluently was FDR. Language skills would go a long way to improving relations with other countries.


That would be funny for sure lol, we could maybe call Trump president Banana one day or any other funny nickname


Yes, that would be good. Five presidents have been elected while still losing the popular vote. I wonder if he is in that number.


I hear you. I don't know what can be done. Either the guns laws have to be changed, or police need to be posted in more places. The political situation is untenable.


Trump calls journalists the enemy of the American people,  regularly. This behavior does not promote civility. I think the discourse has lost all quality.


I agree there must be a change in office soon hopefully Trump wont get re elected for another term.


Actually, I'd love to see Trump get another turn. It's been extraordinarily entertaining to watch the world burn. I enjoyed chatting! Ta!


It would be entertaining but the country will suffer the consequences eventually, I guess not everything is bad about Trumps period in office.


I agree with you, something must be done about it, although its hard to believe what news tell us these days as most people believe that 80 of news mostly in social media are biased or misinforming


They believe 44 percent of the news they get directly from newspapers, television or radio is misinformation. I'm not sure what misinformation is though. Incomplete? Directly opposite the truth? I don't know how people can know for sure, but the source could have an agenda without anyone knowing.


I think that information is a powerful weapon and organizations might bend it from time to time for their own benefit, its hard to know whats true or what the hidden agenda is.


Even news organizations have trouble figuring out what is what. Fox News threatened to sue the Simpsons  to stop them from parodying its  anti-democratic party agenda.


That is crazy, isnt The Simpsons like the emblem show of Fox? I mean they almost created a channel that was only about The Simpsons.


I know that the network gets a range of viewers, but the median viewer age for Fox News is 68 years old. Probably different from the Simpsons viewership. A channel with only the Simpsons might get a bit boring.


It might, I love the show but watching it all day can be a bummer, and the channel has a lot of viewers, more than CNN and MSNBC combined,


I tend to watch comedy shows to get my news. Some are pretty good. "Weekend Update"  is the longest running skit on SNL, but I prefer other shows.


yeah that would be incredible. d o you like dogs?


Yes, I like dogs, I have a german shepard, but I also will like to have a husky if I live in the mountains.


That is really nice. they can have one of the 12 types of blood


Do you have a dog, If yes what breed of dog and his name?


I do not unfortunately for now. Maybe later. Dogs can also donate blood that is so cool


Wow, that is cool, do you know any of your personal friend's dog that donated blood?


No, none that I know. In Istanbul they have vendin machines that dispense food and water for dogs


Ok, do you like horse, If you do, have you rode a horse before?


I have ridden a horse before and they are my favorite animals. How about you?


Yes, I rod a once, I was raised on a farm and all my friends had a horse except me.


Yes, I watched the movie several times and for me it was touching.


THey are such gentle creatures. Nice chatting with you.


Yes it always is. did you know the founder of Hershey was going to be in the ship but had to cancel due to work


No, I didn't know that, are you aware if or not the titanic was found in real life?


Yeah and there are even picture of the iceberg that sunk the titanic


Leonardo DiCaprio is one of my favorite actor, do you have a favorite actor?


I do not think I have a favorite one but he was soo good in the titanic


If you had to bucket list, what will be number on your bucket list?


travel the world and explore as many countries as possible . and you?


About the same travel the world, visit places that I have never visit before, no matter how far.


hey do you like Horses? I do but I am allergic to them haha


ya he had a $40 late fee for keeping Apollo 13 too long haha


Wow i liked that movie but not that much, haha. As of 2018 Netflix has over 137 million subscribers worldwide.


that is impressive, and about 60 million of those are in the USA alone! also crazy they only started creating exclusive content about 7 years ago


Yeah i think Lilyhammer was the first. I've never seen it you?


nope never even heard of it haha, I did hear that they lost a lot of subscribers the other month when they raised their prices, did you hear about that?


I did but for those of us who had been there from the beginning they didn't. They quickly changed their tune though. they do come out with a new movie or tv show every other week seems like.


ya it seems like it, do you know about fish? I did eat some fish today myself haha


I like fish to eat. never had them as pets though not even as a child. Apparently the oldest goldfish lived 43 years.


have you ever eaten a seahorse? I guess they are the only fish to have a neck haha, they are super small though


No Seahorse entrees for me my friend. Apparently there is a type of fish that lives on land all its adult life.


haha that is true, I want them to do more research on the jellyfish though, we need to learn how it is immortal!


ya it's rough, but I didn't know that clint eastwood was allergic to horses like me haha


As much of a cowboy that he played you would never know it. do you watch Netflix?


I do have netflix I love stranger things! did you know they take up about a third of internet traffic?


They come along way i still have them and was with them since they started in 97. Wish i had purchased some stocks back then.


ya and I bet that Blockbuster must be regretting not buying them back for only 50 million!


Yeah now that they're worth billions and blockbuster is pretty much non existent.


right that is shocking, did you hear the story of what made the founder of netflix start the business?


I think it had to do with a late fee or something like that. what a way to get inspired.


How's it going, do you watch youtube? It was created in 2005


It's crazy how Netflix and youtube make up half of peak internet traffic in North America


Half the internet traffic? wow that is a lot, well the service has a ton of subscribers


Yep, they also have bad stuff too like the most dislike youtube video "Baby" by Justin Bieber


I didnt like that video at all so it makes sense.


Do you play video games much? The NES was so popular it wasn't discontinued until 2003 in Japan


I used to, I had the original NES system, it was nice,  it only had 54 colors but that was more than enough


Yea, sounds more entertaining than watching chickens which people in Britain did around 50bc


They did? that sounds really boring lol, I would rather kill myself than have that as my main source of entertainment


Yea, Caesar was surprised that the British didn't just eat the chickens lol


I bet he was lol, that is a suprising fact even now, there are some weird people out there


Well it was nice chatting with you, have a good one


Yea, google bought youtube in 2006 for 1.65 billion, that's crazy


That is crazy, the company is worth so much money now, its the second largest search engine out there, after Google of course


Yea, so many companies like BBC, Vevo, and Hulu have partnerships with youtube to show some of their content


It was  created by 3 former PayPal employees, they had a great vision of the world for sure


Yea but I bet they never envisioned upgrading they view count integer to 64 bits because of Gangnam Style lol


That video was so funny lol, police also have their own version of the service


How ya doing? Have you heard of the author Henry Thoreau? His novel about trees sounds exciting.


Yeah I would like to know that myself. There is even a planet where shards of glass precipitate sideways at 4500 mph! Sounds like a  warzone over there!


OUCH!  The universe is really an amazing place!


Yes it is. Uranus actually rotates sideways and rolls around the sun instead of spinning!


Hmmmmm... i wonder why?  Is it really a planet or just a giant rock?


Yeah I would like to ask an astronomer that. Do you like AI? It is becoming so smart these days. Stanford has free AI classes to learn more.


Oh really... AI is really cool!  I want to take those classes!


Yeah it would be worth it. Facebook is even developing AI tools!


I am sure they are... to further steal our information i'm sure!


Haha yes. Mark Zuckerberg needs to learn some things about privacy. They are apparently designing it to learn more about user emotions, identify objects in photos, and predict user actions.


That stuff is interesting and scary at the same time!


Yeah it does... who would of thought a book about trees could be interesting?!


Agreed. AI is also crushing all human records solving puzzles as well, which would be expected. Have a good weekend!


Yeah my thoughts indeed. I love trees and nature. It's a shame that more than 80% of our forests have been destroyed.


Yeah i agree... i really hate when they build developments they chop down all the trees leaving none! :(


Yeah so sad. Earth is always changing. By the end of this century it will be helium free!


That's weird that the hudson bay area in canada has less gravity?


Oh I didn't know that. What is crazy is that a day used to be only 5.5 hours when the earth was first formed.


No that would change a lot for sure! I love looking at the stars too. Astronomers detected building blocks of life in a planetary system 455 light years away!


Really... how is it possible to see and collect data from that far away?


I do not have the album.  Do you like the dark side of the moon?


I still have that on old vinyl as well as my original Michael Jackson album with 'Beat It" on it.


I like "Beat It".  Apparently, two identical twins from Japan released a rap album when they were 100 years old.


That's amazing, probably would have been funny to listen to them rap.  Do you know Eddie Van Halen set the studio speakers on fire, when he recorded the guitar solo for  "Beat It"?


If you could understand the language, it would have been funny.  I did not know that Van Halen was involved in "Beat It" music production.


Yeah, Van Halen and Michael Jackson are the 80s to me.  Eddie is a very talented guitarist.


I agree with you.  Eddie is a talented guitarist. Are you familiar with Pink Floyd, another talented guitarist?


Yeah, Pink Floyd is one of the all great bands of all times.  I love them.


Yes, I still have my original vinyl, Dark Side Of The Moon album.


I may listen to Linkin Park and Pink Floyd music when I take a break later.


Cool, sounds like a fun afternoon. Well, it's been nice chatting with you fellow music lover.  Enjoy the rest of your day , friend.


I do but I bought them a long time ago.  I now download music online.


Me too, the old vinyl albums are the best.  The artwork always catches my attention.


I own a lot of vinyl albums. I'm old, lol.


I am old also.  Lol I do know some of the newer stuff like NWA's Straight out of Compton.  I hear that it was the first album to reach platinum status without the support of airplay or a major tour.


It is amazing that they could be that successful without airplay support and major tour.


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


Yes I do know.  Linkin Park is one of my favorite bands.


That's cool, you must have contributed to that stat, then.  I can't believe The dark Side of the Moon, was still one of the best selling albums in 2014?


That much!!! Holy cow! I wonder how much the pink paint iowa used to paint the visitors locker room cost?


I wonder if baseball stadiums cost just as much?


No, not in college, They do not need the infrastructure that foot ball needs, in terms of seating.


Really? I though even college baseball have large stadiums. In any case, did you know a typical season uses up to 160k baseballs?


That many! I went to a big ten school and they had maybe 100 people at the games. It was sparce...


Really? I imagined college baseball to be 3rd, only behind football and soccer, having at least several hundred to a thousand


Not at Illinois... There was a guy who found $3M in baseball cards in his grandpa's attic!


Man it seems like forgotten attics are actually treasure troves. While I enjoy baseball, it seems they haven't done a good job making it far for women. A 17 year old female pitcher was banned from professional baseball after she struck out babe ruth and lou gehrig


Banned for that? Are attics going to be the new storage unit?


Perhaps. On a different note, baseball have more fair rules to keep players from making bad choices. For instance if a player catches a baseball in their hat, the opposing team gets 3 bases.


Well thank you. Do you enjoy any sports?


That would make it more fun. Nice chatting with you!


I especially enjoy football and baseball. Do you enjoy any in particular?


I really enjoy those. I like college and the NFL.


Football and the nfl are both very popular in the US. 14 of 25 of the largest stadiums belong to college football teams.


Wow, I did not know it was that many. I know Michigan and OSU have huge stadiums but I am not sure I could name more. Maybe Oklahoma, Texas, Alabama???


I mean a high school football stadium in texas with 18K seats cost 60 million to build. Imagine how much it too to build those big college stadiums.


Yeah! College teams have huge boosters though. Like Oregon has Phil Knight and Oklahoma State has T Booke Pickens...


These stadiums sure are a large investment. Even the huge american flags alone are 50k a pop


Hey there do you ever watch the NBA? NBA stands for National Basketball Association by the way


Haha I do like that a lot LOL. I can only imagine those old judges playing basketball over court cases haha. Do you think that they actually play?


I don't know, lol! I know alot of professionals play basketball on their breaks at work.


haha do you? Like who? I just know that the inventor of basketball was actually a losing coach, the only losing coach in the course of the University of Kansas history


Very interesting! Where I work out at the YMCA, there is a group of doctors that play basketball on their lunch break. Good daily exercise and good for your heart!


Oh that makes sense. Did they ever dunk the ball by the way? Apparently Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was so good that they banned for dunk for about a decade when he played LOL


lol! I don't know. Did you know that New Zealand has a basketball team?


I did hear about that. I guess they're called the"tall blacks" as a nickname? do you know why that is? I don't think that name would fly in the United States LOL


No, I dont think so either. Highest paid state employees are in college basketball/ football as coaches.


I don't know what to think about that. I think that states should be using money to help people more not to be paying basketball coaches, but that's just me. Did you hear about LeBron turning down 10 million dollars from Reebok back when he was 18?


I feel the same, paid to much! Yes, I saw that, interesting In case of getting hurt, it was smart on Tim Duncan to finish school first. Great chat!!


Yes I do, do you? I enjoy going to the games!


Yep I agree haha. That's why I like the Spurs, I think that like you said, Tim Duncan is really good and made the right move


Who's your favorite team? Apparently there is only one team that is in Canada, I think that's the Toronto Raptors right?


Think so, I like a few, Lakers is one of them!


I like the Lakers too! I also like the Pistons because I'm from Detroit haha. Do you like Allen Iverson?


Detroit,  Great! yes, Lebron James raised 6 million for charity!


That's awesome! He was doing the charity for the decision right? I can't wait until they make the Space Jam Sequel and he's starring in it LOL


I know , will be good!  That was great!!


Did you ever see the original? I left it as a kid haha. Didn't know that LeBron James is the highest paid celebrity ever, only Judge Judy comes in a close second apparently


She makes a lot of money! The highest Court in the Land, is an interesting name for the US Supreme Court building! On the top!


We definitely need gun control.  The mass shootings like in Thousand Oaks are out of control.


I know I love how they play undercover!  That is so funny!   I just wish more African Americans got into the music - there are only 2 in the country music hall of fame


Yeah, and they are painters. LOL But they are probably better represented in the dance hall of fame!  Michael Jackson, Tupac, etc...


Yes there are a lot of great dancers for sure.  Bruce was even a championship dancer!


Bruce sounds like a dancers name, but Bruce Lee could cha cha his fist right through someone's chest and rip out a beating heart. Now that is dancing.


Definitely!  Though some of the hardest dancing is done by ballet dancers!  They can wear out 4 pairs of shoes a week!


And more if they have bad hygiene. I wonder how many shoe Tupac went through in a week when was a high school ballet star in the nutcracker?


Good question!    I am a horrible dancer - I think most babies who spontaneously dance when they hear music do it better than I do.


Maybe, you can open the fridge, and open the jar of mushed bananas. Let's see them do that! Maybe that is how the 1st President of Zimbabwe got the name, President Banana?


I know that is crazy!   Trump looks kind of like a banana too.  But he has not released 3 pop albums like the president of indonesia did!


It is said that the President's guest house is bigger than the White House, but I wonder how it stacks up to Vista del Lago?


Ban assault rifles if you must, but don't touch my bazooka. That's my mode. In fact, I wrote a country song to that effect.


I am not sure.   I was not aware that Washington and Jefferson were 2 of the top 3 wealthiest presidents!


Eat that Trump. Wouldn't it have been funny if the election rules of 1805 were still in place? Then our VP would be named Clinton. The media would love that!  Nice chatting with you!


Yes bazookas would be harder to carry around for sure.  The guy who shot up the synagogue did not even have one of those.


Yes, but he was armed with a dull moil and kippers.   Dangerous weaponry indeed. I don't think he was a country music star...


That is true.  George Strait and Jeff Bezos are cousins - wonder if he gets a markup on his music on amazon?


Nice.  Henry Ford helped finance the promotion of country music. Maybe Bezos will follow his footsteps...or twosteps...


I love the bluegrass style of country music - especially Appalachian folk


Yeah, but you don't hear much Fender Stratocaster in hillbilly music, unless the strings are rusty...


That is true.  But I like the Irish and Celtic fiddle tunes, which adapted nicely to American style songs.


Celtic? Is that like U2 music? You know sometimes, they play undercover as country music group, The Dalton Bros?


How's it going, do you listen to radio much? It's quite complicated how electromagnetic energy waves are transmitted into sound


Yea, I guess it is popular in Finland since it has been broadcast since 1989


That is a pretty good run. I read that George Strait is  related to Jeff Bezos. Cousins. I bet  he helps sell his music.


I never knew Bezos was related to George Strait, I guess there may be a conflict of interest


Yea but it's not as bad as Henry Ford who promoted Country due to his fear of Jazz music


Not as wild as an iphone having more computing power than a nuclear icbm deterrent


That is amazing. I would never think anything like that.


It's ironic how far technology has come yet it is still impossible to separate 2 phonebooks with overlapping pages


That is kind of funny. Tech has come a long way and I am expecting  some great advances in the future.


Yes. I listen often. Yes its complicated. I never think of that. I guess  i take radio for granted.


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Yea I guess I do too consider WWII soldiers had to make their radios out of a pencil and razorblade


I have heard that before. I really want to see how that is done. Maybe you tube can show me how.


Sounds like a fun weekend project. I'd also like to know how to pick up Jupiter's radio storms with an AM radio


Maybe you tube can how to do that as well.


Yea you can youtube radio dramas too or just find this one site that streams thousands of episodes for free


Yes. Some of those radio shows are interesting.


Yea, I'd prefer them over listening to the all classical latin program "Nuntii Latini", I'd fall right asleep listening to that


I dont think I would care for that show either.


Me too; I stream just about all of my media; No more TV for me; I cut the cord a long time ago


i cut the cord literally in the late 90's once i started to realize the commercials were coming sooner and stayed longer i said enough with it


wow; I admire you for that; I wish I would have thought of it back then too to save myself a lot more money


it didnt save me much, i ended up just renting and buying my movie collection. by 2002 i had over 4000 movies and getting 7-10 more every week


I did the same; I rented when I couldn't afford to buy but I built a huge library of movies over the years.


know anyone whos won an award for tv or movies?


Daniel Day Lewis has won an academy award 3 times


and you actually know him? my aunt won 3 emmys over her career as a new broadcaster in


yes and no, its cool she won, but she is a horrible stuck up person, thinks cause she is so well off now she is better than everyone else, price of fame i guess


no not really. i dont have hbo so i dont watch, you?


I think I have only watch about  a few minutes of it; I don't get it or like the genre


i tried to read one of the books and it was crazy to follow, im more likely to watch documentaries or movies


Same here. I like HBO for some of the other things they air but not GOT.


i dont even know what else they air, i truly dont watch much tv at all. maybe the simpsons once a while


I have watched the simpsons since I was a kid; Bart himself has only missed one episode this whole time; amazing!


i know right, seems crazy to have him in almost every one then to forget him completely in that one


Do you still watch things on traditional TV?


over the air maybe once or twice a year, i refuse to pay for a cable package to essentially pay them to advertise stuff to me


Amazon is the multinational technology company focused on e-commerce and cloud computing.


Yes. It make more comfortable and make me feel better. No tension to parking the vehicle in traffic areas.


No dealing with crowds either.  Did you hear about amazon's first ever customer?


I do.  I've heard that you can use a radio to hear storms on Jupiter. That is something I am going to look into doing soon.


Yeah. We are able to hear the sound of the storm only by am radio.


I think that is really cool.  Do you like to listen to the radio?


Yes. It is very entertaining and news update is very quick.


That's true, it is.  I've heard there's a news program in Finland broadcast in classical latin every week.  That could be interesting.


There is a website you can listen to episode of classical dramas. In second world war, we can hear the news only through radio only.


Radios were definitely important back then. I think the military would even use them to broadcast encoded messages.  Classical dramas from back in the day were very good too.


Amazon is a fantastic company, isn't it?  They are so successful in both areas.


Something interesting of note, in ww2 soldiers made simple radios out of pencils and razorblades.  I think that's impressive.  Well, I've got to be going now.  It's been nice chatting with you!  Have a great day!


Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994. It is the largest internet retailer in the world measured by its revenue. The second largest employer in US.


It's hard to believe that it's been around for so long!  Back in 1994 it started as an online bookstore and now look at it.


Hard work and availability of the products make them biggest internet retailer and Amazon prime videos are also available to watch movies.


True. Amazon has their own studio now for movies and tv shows.


They improving the mode of delivery the products around the world. All products like dress, watches, shoes etc are available to customer. All the products in single room which really amazing.


It is amazing. I like how they have a contract with the post office to deliver their packages on Sundays.  Getting their stuff to their customers fast is obviously important to them.


It is really good. Amazon sells certain all the home need products, the world largest provider of cloud infrastructure services. Do you like online shopping ?


I love online shopping.  Do you?  With all of the different products Amazon sells and at great prices they make it fun.


Do you like playing golf?  I do but always seem to end up in the rough or the sand trap


I am a Wake Forest fan since I went there, but we rather suck.  Unlike Kansas which has only had one losing coach in its history!


But, it's so ironic because that one losing coach was the actual inventor of basketball, James Naismith, himself.


That is funny.   The coaches do get good money - in 39 states they are the highest paid state employee!


The football coaches get paid just as well.


Probably even more than the Supreme Court Justices !  They have their own court but I am sure only play for fun.


Ah, "the highest court in the land", do you think RBG shoots any hoops?


She is pretty short but I would love to see her try!  She would definitely not fit in with the New Zealand team - they are known as the tall blacks!


How racist! That wouldn't fly as a name in the good ole USA.


For sure.  There are so many good African-American basketball players - Kareem Abdul-Jabar was so good that he got the dunk banned in college basketball


That's true, it was banned for over a decade.


Yes.  I am not so good - I have to shoot granny style!


Yes - the average golf course uses around 312 thousand gallons of water a day - that seems like a waste


It is such a waste, but there's a golf course in Dubai that requires 4 million gallons of water a day!


That is nuts - especially for a desert country.  Golf courses in this country take up more land than Rhode Island and Delaware put together.


That's alot, but many people enjoying playing.Do you know Samuel L. Jackson puts a  golf clause in his fim contracts?


Yeah he is a big fan - he gets to play twice a week during production!


The perks of being a movie star!  Babe Ruth was once America's most famous golfer or so I've read.


He was probably good at that too.  Though I do not think his body type would have been good for basketball.


I don't think so either.  Do you watch much basketball?


Wow.    That explains the density!    How long was an earth day when the planet was formed?


I know it was much shorter something around 6 or 7 hours only if I'm correct.  Imagine if it was still that short!


That would be quite different!    Speaking of planets, did you know Jupiter has radio storms!


Yeah I think because Jupiter is so large and the storms are so strong they can be picked up by am radios here!


Very cool.   I wonder if the signals interfered with soldiers foxhole radios from WWII


I have heard of those, aren't those the ones they used to make using a razor blade and a pencil?


Yes, those are the ones.      Many of the classic radio dramas they listened to are now saved on a website.


Yeah I think that is so cool, aren't you able to listen to most of them for free as well?


Yes.    It must be a shock to Canadians, since their radio must contain 40% Canadian content.


Yeah I have heard that before too, I wonder what the Canadians think of that, I bet they would prefer it to not be that way.


Hello there, I think it is the third from the sun.  Did you know the earth was formed over 4.5 billion years ago?


It is their law.   Well, now you've got me curious.    I'm off to listen to that weekly news program all in classical latin.


Wow, that's a long time ago.    What do we call the earth's only natural satellite?


I think that would be the moon, if i'm correct.  Did you know that the earth is the densest planet in the whole solar system?


Cool!    There is a lot of water on the Earth.    Do you know what percentage of the surface is wet?


There is a lot of water, I think it is over 70% or something like that, but I'm not too sure.


That is a lot!    What happens to that water in the polar regions?


I'm pretty sure it stays frozen, but not as much as it used to because of global warming.


That is troubling.    What is the core of the earth made of?


I think the earth's core on the inner most part is solid iron.  Then I think it has a liquid outer that makes up the magnetic field. I might be wrong though.


Such a shame to hear of the college players suicide.


Suicide still ranks second as the cause of death for many young men aged 18 and up.


That's horrible. So much tragedy. We are on this earth for only a moment in time it seems.


His teammates were able to bounce back and do fairly well in the Holiday Bowl against Michigan, though they ended up losing sadly


I read that too. He completed 130 of 179 passes for 1,176 yards and 7 touchdowns.


I would have loved to see them beat Michigan for sure.


Me too! Hilinski was a great quarterback!


I really couldn't name only 1 haha who is yours?


Oh yeah, great choices! Tom Brady is insanely talented.


I hope he doesn't retire. He actually sat the bench in high school


Leaf and Bledsoe also showed their support for him and his family too


Yes, It struck so many with sadness and confusion.


Leaf had also attempted suicide too and can certainly relate to  what the young man was going through at the time.


Yes I heard that too. I think many can relate, sadly. He did leave a suicide note and I don't know what that stated. Do you?


No. Bledsoe reiterated the importance of reaching out to someone when you are going through tough times


Exactly, many stated reaching out is a sign of not weakness but strength. Too sad that so many feel there is no hope.


Hahaha I guess he knew what he was after, good for him. DO you enjoy radio dramas?


I've never actually listened to one, but I hear there is a website online where you can listen to some old ones for free, have you ever tried that?


Yeah that is pretty cool. No I have not yet. Do you know who Jon Hamm is or have you seen any of his movies?


isn't he in the show mad men? and wasnt he formerly a high school drama teacher?


Yeah that guy. Yeah he was a teacher and one of his students was Ellie Kemper. I think she is super funny


ya she is in the office shes awesome! do you like any comedies btw?


I do, they are my favorites. What do you think about bromance comedies?


I think they're ok, I liked harold and kumar myself, the rest of them like the hangover weren't really funny imo, what do you think about ryan stiles


Great comedian, I guess it was worth it for him to drop out of high school


haha ya I agree, what do you think of the movie kung foo hustle? I guess bill murray likes it, and I think hes hilarious, so I guess I shoudl watch it haha


hey yes I watch them from time to time, they are my favorite kind of movies, you?


I liked the movie but the guy claims it is the best comedy of modern era. Not sure how much I agree there


ok, I guess I should see it anyway, do you know who demetri martin is btw? I have no idea but I guess he was accepted into law school but left to pursue comedy


Nice me too. Did you ever watch House MD?


ya I've seen tht before, I like Hugh Laurie no one could play the role like he did, I'm glad he makes 700k an episode he deserves it haha


Yeah he did such an amazing job for sure, great show too. Do you like JIm Carrey?


he's ok, I liked him in the 90's but I don't think hes made a good movie in a while, you?


Well he said that he will not do dramas anymore because they do not display positivity


ya, I never thought those were his best movies personally, did you like Michael Caine? I liked him in austin powers 3 haha


Yeah he is a great actor. Do you know why he decided to become an actor?


haha ya I think he was chasing girls! all the cutest girls were in acting classes so he joined, I can't blame him haha


Are you comfortable talking about politics?


They voted to rename their garbage dump after fred durst.


I guess they really don't like fred durst?


I guess not. Did you know that not all men in the UK had the vote until 1918?


I sure wonder why. Well the indian government set up a polling booth in a forest full of lions for a single voter. I guess votes matter that much there


Right? After all it is an important decision to select the president


Very true. Do you know the top three wealthiest presidents?


I know washington was quite affluent. Not sure about the rest though


I didn't realize JFK was so wealthy. In any case, thanks for the informative chat.


So what do you think about the current state of voting?


I think that it is awesome that astronauts can vote from space/


I feel that people should vote more in the usa. Do you think there should be mandatory voting?


I 'd rather just talk about the history of voting and fun facts.


Oh okay. Well a interesting fact, though not fun, is that 34% of the black population in alabama can't vote permanently


That is sad that they have permanently lost the right to vote.


I suspect it's due to the racism in our criminal justice system.


I agree. Have you heard of the funny vote in austin texas?


Hello there, do you watch many baseball games?


That is awesome.  Did you know a man once found a 3 million dollar baseball card collection in his grandfather's attic?


Wow! why can't stuff like that happen to me. Apparently Japan feels like they invented baseball or something.


Yeah Japan has always been passionate about the sport.  I think a lot of young people growing up thinking they did invent it.


Yeah I am, I always think of that movie Mr. Baseball when I think of Japan and that sport.


I never saw that. Did you know trump does not rank in the top 3 wealthiest precedents.


Yeah I read that, I didn't know that those other 3 were, maybe JFK i did.


Yeah him Washington and Jefferson were the wealthiest.


Yeah that is a pretty interesting fact I must say.


Apparently the president of Indonesia has 3 pop albums.


Not really bout i'm familiar with the sport.


Yeah they must have sold really well too!  Nice chatting, have a nice day.


Did you know the rule on baseball managers and their uniforms?


Is it because they are technically able to play.


Good call!  I never knew that, I think that would be so cool if (barring a major injury) a manager had to bat one day.


Yeah and run his own basses. ha! Kickball is also called Soccer-kickball in Canada.


I think that is so funny, I wonder why they didn't come up with something different, that's such a long name!


Right! Apparently there was a married couple who scheduled 2430 major baseball games.


That is an incredible feat, I wonder what ever got them that job in the first place?


How's it going, did you know in most systems a Prime Minister is the presiding member and chairman of the cabinet?


Lol, probably not. Did you know a radio station pranked called Queen Elizabeth II?


I heard about that, I think they did it back in 1995 correct? They were pretending to be the prime minister of Canada


Yea, I wonder if anyone pranked called the Indonesian president who released 3 pop albums


That's a good question LOL maybe they could ask him to perform one of his famous three pop albums for them over the telephone LOL


I wonder if the first President of Zimbabwe President Banana was a singer too


Yep that's a good question haha. Also, what do you think about the original rule for vice president swear the runner-up in the presidential election would become the vice president instead of just outright losing


I can see the logic, it be entertaining if the runner up of the presidential election became vice president today


Yes Hillary Clinton as the vice president would be entertainment but also it would be very crazy because nothing would ever get done LOL


They could release a pop album, maybe with the President of Indonesia


Yes they should do it in the guest house to LOL apparently the guest house is bigger than the actual White House itself for some reason


I didn't know that. I didn't know either that Armenias Parliament recently rejected the new prime minister of their country, that seems really scary


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Yea, the demonstrations of 100,000 people against Nikol Pashinyan is really scary


Yep I agree. I'm just glad that we don't live in that country haha. And yes the vote in Parliament was 55 to 45


Yea, Pashinyan is calling for peaceful protests but I don't see it not turning violent


Yep I agree with you. What do you think about prime minister's by the way? Apparently the Prime Minister of Australia isn't even in their Constitution


I thinks it's cool that the UK's Prime Minister's cat has the offical title of Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office


Haha I love the name LOL what do you think about Helena Bonham Carter? She was an actress in the Harry Potter movies and she's actually related to the prime minister of the United Kingdom during World War 1


That's pretty cool, so is receiving a silver cup from Japan's Prime Minister when turning 100


Yep I want to get one of those silver cups haha. In the United States they would ever have to make too many of those though unfortunately I think we're really fat here


So you said you liked baseball so maybe like the Yankees? what are your thought on the team


I like the Yankees.  There's some odd stuff with them though.  I mean, did you hear about the two pitchers that swapped families permanently back in 1973?


I didnt, why would they do that lol, that is really odd I have to Google that


It is really odd but I guess it was the 70s  so who knows.  I've even heard there is a"lost" yankees player.  That is especially odd to me.


What does that even mean, a ''lost'' Yankees player? can you elaborate more about it


I really can't, sorry. I just heard that one thing, a lost player.  No one ever expanded on it to me.


Oh I see, well nothing Google cant solve then,  you know  a player got suspended because he refused to take a haircut


His name was Don Mattingly, crazy right, that happened back in the year 1991


You know, I would have thought it would have been much longer ago than that.  I guess I just figured there were stricter rules on hair back in the day.


I do like baseball. I can't wait for the season to start. Do you like baseball?  Did you know that it evolved from a game in England?


I guess so, still sounds a bit stupid to suspend a player just because of that, I think he was a key player for the team so yeah.


I do like the game, yeah, and no I didnt know that, I wonder why its not popular in England then


I don't know.  Baseball is a form of an old bat and ball game played there back in the mid-18th century.  It's weird that it's popular in the US and especially Japan and not there.


It is odd, maybe as odd as the managers wearing uniforms in the field,


I've always wondered why they do that.  I assume it's to show team membership but I don't really know.


Its because they can also play if they think its the best thing, if the need arises they can step into th field, did you hear about that man that found 3 million dollars worth of cards in his attic


So a manager can play?  I didn't know that.  If we are talking about the same man he found old baseball cards, right?


Yeah he found card that belonged to his grand father, they were just hidden in the attic, crazy luck right!


Definitely!  Those cards had been hidden away since the 1940s!  I guess the people living there either never went in the attic or never looked around.


Yeah about Billy Bean and how he put together solid teams on a low budget. Great movie.


Yeah, I saw it. Did you know that Kickball is called soccer baseball in Canada?


Haha that's weird. I guess it's the  closet thing they have to actual soccer. It's probably too cold up there. Do you remember Shaq in the NBA?


Yeah, he would always get fouled at the end of the game.


Lol yes. He was a pretty poor shooter. Apparently he only one 3-pointer his entire career. He must have been pretty surprised.


They used to call it hack-a-shaq when they would foul him. It was pretty cool to see him break the backboard a couple of time.


Yeah, the hack a shaq. I remember that, it was hilarious watching him try to hit free throws. Well, nice chatting with you!


Yeah there are still some guys that can't hit free throws. Even LeBron has been pretty bad lately. Same, have a great rest of your night


I am, I'm a big sports fan in general but I do like basketball. Long time Knicks fan here. How about yourself?


I don't follow the NBA close enough, but I had a pair of Jordans when I was younger.


Those are still prominent but a lot of these guys have their own shoes now. Did you hear about the guy who turned down a 10% stake in Nike?


I do, I used to play when I was younger.


I'm a Yankee fan but I'll watch any game that has some top pitchers playing against each other. Do you root for a team?


I root for the A's, but haven't paid a lot of attention last year.


Ah they usually draft and development talent well. They also have a good eye for free agents. Have you seen the movie Moneyball?


Have you ever added to the history of DC seafood by eating at the Wharf neighborhood?


No, I've never been there.  It sounds very nice; I love the atmosphere of the wharf and the smell of the sea. I love to eat fish.