I cannot picture a date like that anymore. Call me jaded  but I just think people use apps like tinder to "date". Im so glad I am happily married. Life is so better...


Same.  I cant imagine being single,  it must be so hard and frustrating and scary.  The people who use apps could be saying they are someone else.  That seems like a nice story though.  Have you seen the show "You"?  That was a creepy show!


I have not. Have you seen it? What was it about?


Its about this guy he seems totally normal,  meets a girl in a book store,  automatically likes her just from one meeting and instead of just asking her out,  he stalks her,  he watches her with other guys,  steals her phoneand breaks into her apartment and stuff.  They bump into each other again,  eventually start dating and fall in love.  But he still does those creepy things when hes not with her,  but when he is with her he is completely normal and charming!!!


That's so creepy!!! I could not imagine that level of psychopathy! That's basically schizophrenia... And to think I thought I was weird for looking at photos of the girls who dumped me as I threw them away.


yeah this is like other level crap.  Pretty freaky.  I am sure there are probably girls like this too,  but nowadays with technology pretty much anyone could be a stalker or creep.  This is why I cant imagine being single ever lol


Yeah. I always tell my wife that if she ever leaves, I am going with so don't get any ideas. I say that because I am never dating again. I supervise 30 millenials and their dating habits confuse me.


Haha same,  I am never dating again.  I wonder how long the couple were engaged for or how long they were together.  That seems pretty crazy to leave your wife after 6 days of marriage,  like could you know figure this our a week beforehand?


Right? I would be so mad if I dished out a bunch of my for my kid's wedding and their her husband of 6 days up and leaves her. It sounds like her 1 date was infinitely better than her 6 days of marriage.


I do watch tv. What about you, do you watch tv?


Yeah,  I would be pissed too.  So confusing.  Glad she had a good first date,  I bet she wont be rushing into marriage anytime soon.


No. It says she is 33 and not in a rush to get too involved. I remember my first date with my wife was to miniture golf. What did you do?


We had met each other a few times before our actual first date,  but my husband took me to go snowboarding and an all you can eat sushi place,  I love sushi!


Nice! Are you good at snowboarding? I would have wiped out and looked like a goof. She would have left me on the hill, snowy and broken.


hahaha,  yes actually I am pretty good,  it was his first time snowboarding and he fell a lot lol but he knew I loved it.  He was pretending he was ok,  but the next day he told me he had bruises lol


HA! A male ego is a prescious thing, and usually bruised for some dumb reason. Nice chatting with you.


Yes I love watching good movies and shows.  Did you know there is an episode of the simpsons that Bart doesnt appear in or mentioned?  That is real interesting!


That's crazy. I would love to watch that episode. I consider myself a big fan of the show an have never noticed a show he is not in. I wonder what show he is missing from. Do you know?


I have no  clue!  Definitely something to look up later.  Have you ever watched that 70s show?


I have. I really liked that show. I thought it wasinventive and brought a lot of thought into the show. everyone seemed to do really well after that, except for Eric Foreman.


Yeah i wonder why,  he was the main character lol


I read at the time that he was a diva on set. He did not get along with the others and had an attitude. Not sure that is true but that was the rumor. I havent liked him sense though... I guess I was influenced. Did you read that crazy story about the rom-com?


I guess the show released in the Uk and it was the same script and got cancelled after 10 episodes,  weird.  No,  I didnt hear about the rom com?  what happened?


In my article, it was Section 1. It's about a blind date that went really well. The schocking part is that the girl on the date was married before and her ex-husband left her after 6 DAYS! What a jerk bag!


It was a lot of bandwidth.  Also, YouTube is another social media juggernaut that consume that much bandwidth.


Yes, Netflix and YouTube account for half of all internet traffic in North America. I think Netflix will eventually have to drop their DVD rentals, as it costs them 20 times more to mail out DVDs then what they spend on bandwith for people watching their content.


I concur.  Also, Netflix spends 20 times more on postage than bandwidth


Yes, that's what I mentioned - postage is what they spend mailing out DVDs. Imagine though, Blockbuster, the video chain, could have purchased Netflix for $50 million, but they didn't.  Netflix is now worth $2 billion. Ouch!


I think they did not foresee the future potential of Netflix.  What a loss, ha.  Btw, did you know that Tom Hanks is the highest all time box office star


Yes, Blockbuster really missed the boat on that one. I'm surprised that Tom Hanks is that popular out of all the other movie actors out there.  Although, I heard the man who started Netflix racked up forty bucks in late fees on Tom Hank's movie Apollo 13.  That's why he started Netflix!


I have not seen a new movie played by Tom Hank for a while.  is he retired?


I'm not sure.  The last one of his that I saw was the one about the murder in the museum in Paris. I forgot the title. Weird how some movies are blockbusters immediately, and some over time. For example, Sleeping Beauty was considered a box office failure when it first came out. Disney, who made the movie, even thought about closing up their animation studio because of it!


In my opinion, the popularity of a movie depends on variety of factors, and timing is one of the factors.


Yes, but think about this. The movie Silence of the Lambs came out on Valentine's Day. That's terrible timing! Not a date movie, But it made over $270 million dollars at the box office. Oh, and by the way, that Tom Hank's movie I saw was called The Da Vinci Code. Did you see it?


I love watching movies, especially good ones.


Thank for your information.  Btw, nice chatting with you.  Have a happy holiday


Maybe next time we can talk about horses! lol


I used to watch a lot of movies, but not nowaday because of not having time lately.  Btw, what type of movies do you like


I really enjoy foreign movies and dramas. I don't really care for too many comedies. Have you heard of this new film called Black Klansman? It's directed by Spike Lee and supposed to be about a black cop that goes undercover in the KKK.


Never heard of that movie.  But I like the work of Spike Lee so far.  Do you watch movies on TV, netflix, or others


I used to go to theaters a lot. Then I started renting videos at Blockbuster. But now I totally watch movies on Netflix.  Did you know Netflix is worth $2 billion dollars? Blockbuster turned down the chance to buy it!


Never heard about this fact.  I could not believe the success of Netflix, and I believe its value will keep increasing in the future


I'm worried about Netflix, though. They are producing more of their own movies and content, but they are racking up more and more debt, too. They owed like $21 billion in 2017 and now they owe $16.8 billion more.


I am wondering why they need to borrow money to make movies.  Did they gain dividend making those movies


They need new content to keep their viewers. Did you know that in North American, 33% of all bandwidth is being used by Netflix accounts?


I loved NWA's straight outta compton, nothing better than being a high schooler back in the day bumping that lol! They went platinum


Yeah, didn't know how well that album did.  I used to like beatboxers.  Always found that fascinating, how they could create all those rhythms without any accompaniment.


for sure, I practiced that and got decent at it and busted it out sometimes at parties lol. Did you ever hear about the twins from japan who released an album at 100?


That sounds awesome.  I've got to look that up.  Seem like it of "cultural significance" for many cultures!  I think rap's even pretty big in Korea.


I heard about Korean rap, they have rap battles that are compliment battles. I would like to see that


That sounds cool.  Guess rap is a legitimate form of music.  I know my dad hated it.  But hey, the Library of Congress seems to think it's a worthy art form.  Think they deemed Tupac's music as culturally significant.


That is a good feat by Tupac, making rap music significant. My dad hated it too lol. Did you ever watch the rugrats movie, Busta Rhyme was the voice of Reptar


Really? That was the dinosaur thing right?  Kind of "bad boy." Speaking of which, isn't that the name of P. Diddy's record label?  Sorry like I said, I'm pretty square.


Yea lol, the dinosaur. I think it is lol, bad boy records. It was so nice chatting with you!


Nice chatting with you as well.  Gonna go look up some LL Cool J and Run DMC now.  Take care.


I'm on it quite a lot.  My kids still like Psy's Gangnam Style video.  So weird.


I will too! loved those rappers! Enjoy your weekend!


lol what a great dance! I heard that song almost broke youtube!


Can't believe how popular that was.  My daughter's also a Justin Bieber fan.  I'm unfortunately am not so we get into arguments sometimes about what she's watching.


lol I disliked that video when it came out, I am with a lot of people because that is the most disliked video on youtube lol


You're talking about Bieber's song "baby?"   Yeah, I didn't like that song either.  I've been trying to find older albums on youtube.  Stuff like Linkin Park or Reel Big Fish.


yea, terrible song lol. I loved Linkin Park, especially Hybrid Theory


I heard it's the best-selling album of the 21st century.  You listen to anything in particular?


Just rock and some rap here and there. How about you


Been trying to revisit some older rap groups.  I was pretty square in my younger days so didn't listen to it much.  Was told NWA's Straight Outta Compton is a classic.


Hi Turker, are you familiar with Steven Spielberg?


Wow what a loss, did you know Steven Spielberg still make millions from star wars because a bet from George Lucas in 1977?


Yes I read that. I did not know that he Directed The Color Purple. Saving private ryan was one of my favorites though.


Either me I just recently saw color purple and it still a good movie like  I have seen it for the first time.


You see how big Oprah is now right? She was wonderful in that movie.


Yes she was, do you usually purchase your tickets from the box office or purchase online?


I always buy it online. I try to avoid missing out on big titles like star wars. Pick it up at the theatre.


Did you know that more than 80 percent of the earth natural forests already been destroyed?


Yeah I read that. And we continue to use our resources like we dont have a clue whats going on. If global warming hits us, think of the already 71 % water covering earth. It will be catastrophic


Yes you are right, we can't see it because most of the water is underneath us.


Oooo imagine the animals in the unexplored water world we have not seen yet. 4.5 million years old and the world has animals in its oceans for quite some time now. Like the lizards.


Hey. Steven Spielberg is one of the most popular directors. Seen so many of his films.


when the earth was first formed a day was only 5.5 hours long. It was nice chatting with you, have a good night.


Yes you are right, have you seen E.T? if yes, did you like the movie, I know it's an old movie.


Yes it is an old movie. I like older movies. I remember when the game for the atari came out, they literally had to mass dump the product  in a field somewhere.


Yes I heard about that, but I wonder if the atari could have been recycle, just to think about all those Items were destroyed.


Yeah. its funny that he made all these movies here for all humans to see. Here on planet earth. A 4.5 million year old rock. I wonder if aliens seen our movies?


yes you are right, I really like all the Jurassic Parks, I have watched those movies several times.


Dude!!! Tell me about it. Its crazy that Tom hanks made so much money. Making 8,5 billion worldwide and wasnt in any of the sagas. not in star wars and not in jurassic park.


Yes Tom Hanks made a lot of money also, did you know Steven Spielberg played the clarinet in jaws?


That is so cool how invlolved he is. I read that a movie named trojan wars costed $15,000,000 to make and only made $309. I need to find out what movie that is lol


Do you consider yourself a religious millenial?


They probably didn't play his music in Canada back then as they are required to play much more Canadian music than anything else.


Probably not. Did you know The hudson bay region of canada has been found to have less gravity than the rest of the earth?


I did not know that. I have been cut off from the world as I listen to classical music for free via the internet


You mentioned Jupiter earlier, Jupiter saves earth from many asteroids heading towards it! Pretty cool!


Wow. Have you listened to the weekly news program from Finland? Its pretty popular


I haven't. I listen to mostly rock music. A hanson song became a most requested track on a chicago alt-rock radio station because djs did not reveal the band.


Hanson?  Wow, that brings back some memories.  Mmmm, bop!  lol


Haha. Yeah, I didn't realize they were still around! Did you know The irish prime minister visits washington to meet with the us president every st. patrick's day? Seems like he would have better things to do that day.


I did not know that. It would seem as though there are more important reasons to visit U.S than that.


Seriously! There are summits for everything. The 2010 global tiger initiative summit in russia pledged $330 million donor dollars for tiger conservation.


I'm not sure what that is. Do you listen to the radio much?


There was a bad accident recently with a tiger at a conservatory recently with a 20 year old intern


Me too. I didn't realize how much goes into creating sound waves, very intricate stuff!


I actually heard one of the Jupiter storms the other day for the first time on my AM band in the car.


That's so neat! There is a radio station that translates solar activity into sound and you can listen live to the sun's music, too.


Do you know what channel? I would like to listen to those waves


I don't, but you can probably google it. Radio has sure changed over the years, in the 1930's, one of the most popular radio acts was a ventriloquist!


I remember my great grandfather telling me how he made his first radio during WWII


That's pretty neat! In 1948, half of all radio time was filled by Bing Crosby. I didn't realize he was that popular in his time.


How's it going, do you watch Horror films? The first ones were inspired by Edgar Allan Poe and Mary Shelley


I have no clue, probably something to do with psychology that makes abstract art more enjoyable after a horror movie


I bet. You know what else is scary, Treasure Island by disney only made 309 dollars on a 15000000 dollar budget!


Yea, that is pretty horrible. Treasure Planet by Disney was also a huge box office flop


sorry I meant treasure planet lol. Silence of the lambs came out on valentines day, imagine that date? lol


Well it couldn't of been that bad since Silence of the lambs made 270 million at the box office


for sure, I mean bringing your date to it! Almost as crazy as disney almost shutting down their studios because of sleeping beauty failing


That is crazy. Do you like Tom Hanks, he's grossed over 8.5 billion at the box office


Man, he should be in every movie at that much money! Youre guaranteed to make money at that rate i think


Yea, Tom Hanks is the highest all-time box office draw


That is amazing, great actor! good chatting with you!


I love horror movies, I am a stephen king fan!


It's kinda strange Stephen King considers bambi a horror movie


Right, it must have made him so scared as a kid. I think about the shining sometimes, good movie. The boy in the movie didnt know it was a horror movie until years later


I'm surprised the boy from the shinning couldn't figure out he was in a horror movie from the scenes with the bloody elevator and creepy twins


right, or the guy breaking down the door. I wonder how the movie was at the box office


Probably pretty scary, apparently you can burn more than 180 calories watching a horror movie


Dang I need to watch like 10 per night for my diet since I don't do anything else lol


Watching horror movies also makes viewing abstract art more enjoyable too


I wonder how that works, do you know the science behind it?


What other shows do you like? or used to like on Netflix?


I really like their reboot of Full House, Fuller House. I think it's a really cute sitcom. and I really enjoy their marvel ventures.


I liked those too, its a bad thing they got cancelled, Daredevil was great I also love Iron Fist


I did not like iron fist. I thought it was kind of boring and Danny's character seemed whiny. big shame about daredevil though. they have some good comedies too. insatiable was hilarious.


I never saw Insatiable did it also got cancelled?


no I don't believe so. I really hope that it gets another season soon. they have a lot of really funny british sitcoms that are netflix originals too.


Sounds like a great show, I might give it a try, how about The Simpsons do you like that show?


I do. I didn't watch it much growing up... I know they have so many episodes i have probably only seen like 10% of them.


Theres so much episodes that makes sense, I watched the show at the beggining maybe the first 300 episodes or so,


yeah it is def an iconic cultural piece of work.


My brother does and I use his account. I can't believe that blockbuster passed up deals to buy them for 50 million...especially cause now they are worth like 2 billy.


They are my favorite American family although Family guy is another great show.


They gave up on the deal of their lifes, I guess the CEO of  Blockbuster had no vision and thats why the stores are almost gone


I think all of them are gone by now. I guess it is a little more reasonable if streaming wasn't popular back then and it was just the DVD service. their streaming now makes up for 33 percent of bandwith usage at night for america.


Wow 33% of all the bandwith thats a lot,well the service has about 59 million subscribers in the US only so the numbers do add up


137 million world wide. They even started making their own content a few years ago in 2012, I think that is one of their best business moves. I know stranger things is really popular and I loooved it. so nostalgic.


That is a great show, the cast is pretty food, Winona Ryder, David Harbour many great actors


david harbour is a great actor. one time he was in shakespere in the park.


He is a great actor, did you know that the show Stranger Things was actually inspired by Elfen Lied, an anime


that is interesting. I love that they use the font from dungeons and dragons too. lots of nerd stuff that i grew up with, love it. netflix really changed the way tv is consumed and the way people advertise...it's a lot harder to do mass advertising when its a paid subscription like netflix.


What do you think about the Falcons? I think they are a good team but with tough luck


Yeah, he retired and never fumbled the ball cant think of other players that have that record also


Certainly not most quarterbacks - not even the amazing Tom Brady


I am not a big Patriot fan but i apparently like him more than his high school coach did.  He was never allowed to play!


What! that's crazy, coaching is tough, maybe they won without Brady and the other QB was also good


Nope - the team lost every game and failed to score even a single touchdown all season!


I would of coached differently, they had a legend on the bench and didn't use him, do you know who Alex Smith is?


Yeah he got his BA in just 2 years and then started working on a masters degree, talented and smart player


That is impressive - almost as impressive as the deaf quarterback


Yes I do not follow the Falcons much - I prefer college football - they have more fun like painting locker rooms pink


What did the deaf QB do? what was his name?


I do not know his name but I do know that the huddle was invented so that the other teams could not read their signals.


Thats a funny anecdote, I wonder what teams that visit Iowas University think about them,


Did you know that Georgia Tech once won a game 222-0?  I wonder how many people were still in the stands at the end of that one!


Wow, 222-0 who loses by that much, I bet it was a boring game,


No doubt - and they did not even have ESPN's yellow line back in 1916


So maybe Geogia Tech cheated, ESPN won an Emmy because of that line


Yeah.  Of course back in the day bowlers made more money than football players.  That is pretty crazy


It is crazy, I bet theres a huge difference now in favor of football players, did you ever watch Benjarvus Green Ellis play?


Sounds random but it makes sense, it's the fastest number on the rotary phone. Have you ever owned an Iphone?


Yes.  It's scary to know that it had more computing power than the US nuclear ICBM deterrent.


I know right, either the Iphone is too powerfull or there is something really wrong with our nuclear deterrent


Cables that carry internet and phone communications are only 2.7 inches in diameter.  They must be fiber-optics...


They must be really strong in order to survive those conditions, can you imagine the consequences of them getting broken,


That would be a mess.  People would have to go back to libraries.  There are actually more libraries than McDonald's in the USA.


More than Mc Donalds no kidding, did you hear the story of that man who was falsely convicted?


Yeah, he studied law in the library until he could prove his innocence 10 years later.


He sure took avantage of his time in there, I think its great how he helps others now


Yeah.  It was cool that the PM of UK donated 32,000 books to found a public library -- he moved them on foot.


Not as much as I used to.  Have you read Ender's game?  It's suggested reading at the USMC.


That sounds like a lot of hard work, I guess he had a big desire to share knowledge with others, he was 85 years old too so impressive and generous action.


No havent read that one, I hear Starship Troopers is another recommended book


Yes, it's recommended on 3 of the 5 branches of the military.  I  guess it's the branches that fight giant bugs.


I guess those books contain great strategies in them, do you like Cs Lewis and Tolkien?


I loved Tolkien's Hobbit books. Most of Lewis' stuff was for the theater?


Yeah, both are part of movies now, they used to be friends and had poetry competitions, they seem fun


Maybe it was an early form of rap?  I can't believe people were having a moral panic because people were reading novels in the 18th century.


Yeah that is crazy, I guess not everyone is prepared for knowledge and the 18th century is a clear example of that


New York's area code in 212 because it was easier to dial on a rotary phone.


Did you know the emperor of Japan is also a scientist and still publishes papers?


For some reason I have no problem believing that. The 50 billion gone from the olympic funds is nuts too.


Yeah, I don't understand how money can just disappear like that. The fact that 35 percent of the financial assets of modern Russia were controlled by 110 oligarchs tied to Putin just is like wow. This is not a good situation.


It's not at all. The fact that he has the nerve to claim russia is democracy is laughable.


Speaking of democracies... so a president is considered the head of the government in republics. It is interesting he is not called a president. Probably because he isn't one


Very, very true. Can we also just talk about how the first president of Zimbabwe was called president banana?


Yeah, that is hillarious. But then it is Zimbabwe. What about the first president of Indonesia realeasing 3 pop albums while in office. Pretty neat!


That one is very cool.  I don't know how he found  the time. Did you know the president's guest house is larger than the white house?


I did not before now. This seems odd, but I guess its true. I have never seen the White House before so I wouldn't know. Its interesting that in 1805 the runner up of the election became vice president. I don't know how that would work nowadays.


I don't think it would go over very well anymore. I also didn't know jfk was one of the wealthiest presidents in history.


Washington and Jefferson as well. They don't stick out as wealthy to me.


I did not. It is awesome that although he has such a high position, he also writes and publishes them. Scientists are fascinating. I also didn't know the world wide web was invented by a scientist either.


Scientists are fascinating. Harvard scientists have even managed to store a gif animation of a horse galloping IN  the DNA of bacteria


That was something I found really interesting as well. I read that Jazz music has roots in West African culture, and European military band music. Do you like Jazz music? It is nice to listen to. I played in Jazz band in High School


I do love jazz. I took jazz dance lessons for almost 20 years! Even Pakistan has a jazz orchestra.


I read that. Music is something most everyone can enjoy. Even Clint Eastwood. It is funny that trumpet players grew goatees for comfort when playing. I play clarinet, so I don't know how that would correlate. It is amazing how Jazz changed from the years in how it was performed and combined with other types of music


I played clarinet as well! I know what you mean there. It's truly a great genre of music and I see why it's considered one of Americas original art forms.


What about this authur Karen Dawisha. She has a lot of guts to write about Russia and Putin. She seems like a very strong women, and very confident and intelligant


She definitely had a backbone and we need people like her. I can't believe Cambridge University Press refused to publish it.


I cannot believe he has 40 Billion dollars in watches


hey did you hear theres a theory that there is only one electron in the entire galaxy?


haha neither do I, I do like the drive through, can't believe it was invented in 1975


Yes for the military of all things!  The coolest thing I just learned a couple of years ago was that the arrow next to the pump signal on your car tells you where your gas cap is


ya that is super useful, also useful would be a flamethrower on my car! that is actually legal in south africa


Have a flamethrower on a self-driving car - that would be killing it.  Of course if I drive in India I need a car like an Audi with an extra-strong horn because I will need it!


haha you would need that ya! and yes I would definitely use that flamethrower for getting the ice off my driveway right now haha


I hate the cold - I don't know if I could handle space.  Moon dust even causes something called moon hay fever!


wow that is scary! Also scary iss taht astronauts can't whistle in their spacesuits, I wonder why?


I have never heard that.  But I do know that even if you are in the space station, you are still allowed to vote!


that is good to know, I think it's cool that they are developing drop pods to deploy military units from space, tahts like from a videogame!


That is cool.   It is interesting trying to simulate weightlessness in movies - the apollo 13 cast did 612 takes aboard a zero gravity plane..


No I have not.  That seems pretty insane.  I do know that the universe used to not be see through at all


ya that is cool, thats a great movie btw, one day I hope regular people like you and I can travel into space to experience that!


no I didn't, but I do know that Elon Musk thinks the whole universe is made up of a hologram


That is bizarre - I have heard that the entire universe may exist inside of a black hole.  Makes your head spin!


ya its crazy but I don't know how that works, also how universes are evolving, apparently through natural selection, just crazy!


I love thinking about this stuff - there is a cold spot out in the microwave background which might link to a parallel universe


ya that is crazy, also crazy that it has only been about 400 years since we discovered that the earth revolves around the sun and not the otehr way around!


And the people who said that were almost killed for stating those beliefs!  I just love the fact that the deepest sound in the universe is emitted by a black home!


haha wait a black home or a black hole lol? do you drive a car btw


Yes I have a black smart car!  Not quite as fancy as google's self-driving cars, but I don't need an "aggressive" mode


YESSSSS. Bart is one of my favorite cartoon characters of all time


Did you know there is only one episode where he is not mentioned or makes an appearance?


Nope I never knew that which is your favorite character on the show?


Between simpsons and southpark which one do  you personally enjoy more


I would have to pick South Park. Are you a fan of Dance?


Yea I love both justin timberlake and chris brown


Me too. Did you know Bruce Lee was also a great dancer?


He moved really smooth while fighting in films so it definitely makes sense


I'm doing amazing today how about yourself, Do you like watching tv shows like Family guy and south park?


True that. It was nice chatting with you!


I love south park! Did you know when South Park aired its family guy episode finale the producers received flowers from the simpsons crew?


South park is necessary for pop culture those 2 guys that made that show are legends. Did you know they write the episodes about events that are currently happening so they will add in last minute references to current events as soon as they happen


I did know that. Are you more of a South park or Family Guy fan?


I actually love both, they are 2 different styles of shows family guy relies on flashbacks while south park is based on the current state of the world which one do you enjoy more


I like south park a little more. Did you know Pokemon has over 750 episodes?


I am an original pokemon fan ever since i was a little kid the orginal pokemon gold from gameboy was my favorite did you ever have the chance of playing it


I was never to into the pokemon games for some reason. 50 episodes for 16 years straight is pretty impressive though.


It was the best, Ash, Misty and Brock, kids now will never know what it was like when Pokemon took over the world.


I much less, we pay for it at the end. Everyone is responsible for their actions, but I find it disgusting that there are so many unscrupulous people


Me too....it makes it difficult sometimes to be a decent person when it seems like there are so many other people who don't care to take advantage of others.


Yes, exactly. And the thing is that you can not stay behind and have to defend yourself. At least this is hard for me, but you have to know how to act


I know what you mean. I'm afraid to go out by myself at night, even if I'm just walking down the street to the store...I've had some scary experiences and it's made me want to learn how to protect myself, in case it happens again.


Well, it usually happens. I also work hours, I left quite late on the street. Even once my car was damaged and it was a problem


Last year I had a different job working night shift at a hotel and I am very glad that I work during the day now...we had a problem with cars getting broke in to and the owner started letting us park inside the garage at night, luckily.


Well, luckily I have learned my own defenses and I also have my merits with weapons


I think I may want to get a stun-gun or pepper spray, for self-defense. I'm too afraid to use a gun I think.


Well, it's not bad after you get used to it. At least you would not to take life, I have practiced to give in key points of defense


That's true. I suppose it wouldn't be that bad if I got used to it...I may go to a range or see if one of my friends can show me, it would probably make me feel more comfortable.


hey, so have you heard anything about this stuff with Bill Cobsy's trial?


Well, if we knew more about who we are both, I would invite you to one. But luck, it was a pleasure


oh my gosh, well, it's pretty messed up. Cosby's defense team called a witness to the stand, and this witness testified about one of the women who claims Cosby assaulted her ... this witness testified that the woman in question confided her plans to try to "set up a celebrity" with a fake sex-assault story.


What a problem, it seems that a whole conflict was created.


I know, it makes you wonder, doesn't it? It hasn't played out completely so it's possible that SHE is the one who's lying. What a crazy mess.


All a confusion. They should be more cautious


I tend to want to believe someone who says that they have been assaulted like that...I think it makes victims of assault look bad if a person thinks that they can make an allegation like that if it isn't true.


Yes, some do not think about what they do or are very ruthless, we ourselves damage the world more with what we do


Very true. It seems like it's very common for people to be less caring for others and more concerned with themselves. Like they've been taught that kindness is a weakness or something! I don't understand it, personally.


Haha, funny! Would you upload your mind to a memory stick? Some people want to do that!


I sure would. If I could be immortal, that would be awesome.


Hilarious. I'm still not sure how you can build a computer by using minecraft building blocks.


Me either. So do you think elections should be done electronically?


I'm not sure. I usually just mail mine in. LOL


I'm not sure either. What i do know is we should not go back to the way it was before 1805, where the runner up automatically became vice president.


That would be hilarious if it worked that way though. Imagine the debacles on tv every night.


I know it would be very entertaining, more entertaining than the president of indonesia releasing three pop albums while in office.


Imagine the cable news every night if they did that here. It would be freaking hilarious.


Yeah, I would totally be glued to the TV!


Smoking near an Apple computer voids their warranty, by making it a biohazard. Not sure if it is the same for an iPhone


Yeah, that sounds like a weird rule to me. Doesn't seem very customer friendly.


Right. So speaking of computers, would you buy a computer that ran on water? It was invented in 1936 but I guess that it did not stick.


Interesting, I might. I can believe that the russians did it.


Someone built a computer using nothing but the basic minecraft building blocks. Not sure what that really means since I don't use Minecraft.


That's crazy, Ive never even played the game minecraft, have you?


No, I haven't. It seems kind of boring. Computers have progressed so much though. The space shuttle's general purpose computer runs on 1 mb of ram.


Interesting, I wonder if smoking voids the shuttle warranty, lol.


I have no idea actually. When purchasing online, do you ever read the terms and conditions?


Never! Do you? It shouldn't even count as a binding contract if it's boilerplate they know nobody will read.


I never do either so I surprised that actually 7% of people do


Probably over-reporting because the people taking the surveys think that's what they're supposed to say.


I guess so, there is always bias. DO you use Facebook much?


I'm not on it at all -- I like Twitter better. Do you?


I do not use it anymore either. But do you know why it is blue?


Yeah, because of Zuckerberg's red-green colorblindness. It's funny because everybody else is going to a blue color scheme too to look more like Facebook.


Yeah that is true. And they like button is for some reason in a state in germany


I think it's because the algorithm was promoting neofascist content somehow and violence was going up there. Or maybe that was YouTube.


A lot -- I'm a freelance writer, so I use it for research and to promote my writing. How about you?


Oh I see, I did not know that. Super nice chatting with you


Oh that is cool. Do you know what the hamburger button is?


Yeah, the little menu icon with the multiple lines? I vaguely remember it being called that, but I never think of it that way. I'm glad there's a download of the entire Internet; I wonder how often they update it.


Yeah that is pretty curious actually. And they have a copy of it in the Library of Alexandria, just in case


I hope it never happens -- seems pretty unlikely, as many redundant communications lines and server capacity as there is.


Yes I hope so too. DId you now we can actually develop addiction by clicking on the internet?


Yeah, it's the reward center in the brain -- gets that dopamine running, just like when pigeons keep clicking the lever to get more food pellets.


Yeah that makes sense. And we have gone so far now technology wise, that there is 3g cell service in Everest


Yeah, I wonder how they manage that. Did they lay fiber optic lines by air, or is there a satellite uplink?


did you know that Tom Cruise spent ten million dollars to make a bunker that protects him from aliens lol


yes that is sad, also crazy that when the earth was made a day was only about 6 hours long, thats a super fast day!


Wow, also interesting is the core is molten lava but the caps are ice!


ya that is interesting, it's scary to me that we wilsl run out of helium by the end of this century, I know that it's very important for manufacturing electronics


That cant be good, hopefully they invent a way to create it.


yes I agree, crazy that we will run out of helium but humans have only been on this planet for about a minute if you count the planet's history as a 24 hour day


That is not very long at all! There is a planet where it rains glass!


ha that would be wild to see! I wondder if that planet has aliens? I guess firefighters are trained on how to treat aliens in case they ever visit, which seems like a waste of time haha


I guess better safe than sorry, Jupiter's moon would be considered a planet if it orbited the sun.


that is crazy, also with venus, I don't know if you know, but it has no seasons and is the only planet to spin clock wise, the rest spin counter clockwise


I did not know that, The name of Jupiter's moon is Ganymede, kind of odd huh?


I did not, I wonder if it was from the star that flickers some people think it is aliens!


that is very odd, I don't know who dreamed that up but I would have come up with a better name myself!


that would be scary! according to the xfiles, aliens would colonize earth in 2012, at least that never came to pass!


ah interesting, I guess the alien figures from the Aliens movies were based on sea creatures from deep in Earth's ocean


that is weird, did you know that it might be aliens, Astronomers have discovered a system that is 455 light years away with the building blocks of life?


I believe it the universe is huge, earth is also 4.5 billion years old.


that is crazy, I didn't know that uranus rolls around sideways in its orbit instead of just spinning like Earth does


Interesting, What is kind of sad is that 80 percent of earths forests have been destroyed.


Yeah, I didn't know that. Do you believe that only dogs and humans instinctively understand pointing?


I did not know that. Looks like elephants also understand it.


Interesting, I think it is not true. What about chimps?


Not sure about Chimps. There's 12 different blood types that a dog might have.


Yeah, that is pretty crazy, that is a lot more than humans. Did you know google prefers dogs to cats?


That's funny. I would have to agree with Google. I like dogs much more than cats.


I don't have a preference to be honest, but cat hair bothers me a bit.


Yea my wife is allergic to all animals with fur. Dogs are actually not color blind like many people think.


I didn't know that, do you know which colors that they cannot see?


I do not. It says they can't see as many colors as humans.


Hello - I went to college and got a degree so I do. What about you?


Yeah, that is pretty weird. Well, nice chatting with you.


Me too, I enjoyed it. Did your parents give you a to do list when you went?


They did not. I didn't go to college until I was 22 because I was in the military.


I didn't go until later either, so my parent didn't give me a to do list. Did you know in South Africa it is legal to equip your car with a flame thrower?


That's pretty crazy. It says because of the common carjackings.


Yeah, I guess they have a real problem over there with them if they are allowing that!


That would be scary. I would want to be armed all the time. The trunk of a car is called a trunk because older cars actually had wooden trunks in them.


Yeah, I wonder what that looked like? Probably pretty weird.


I bet it looked really weird. Cadillac was named after a French explorer. That person also founded Detroit.


I would love to see that! I bet it's so neat.


What do you know about LeBron James? talking about people that makes money like crazies.


I don't know a lot about him, but he's the only one that makes more money than Judge Judy!


Yes, I was reading that he rejected a 10 million offer from reebok, later he accepted 90 Million from Nike, and as far as I know, he had some tennis shoes named after him!


Wow! He really made the right decision there. I heard he was popular even in high school.


Well, some people are lucky. I have never seen anything like that, not even close!


Me neither! He was even in a cartoon called Space Jam


Yes, he and Warner Bros just signed a new deal, what lucky guy!


Geez!  I didn't know that kickball is also called soccer-baseball in Canada,


That's pretty interesting. I learned a lot! Thanks for chatting and have a nice night.


Yeah, me too. Some guy found baseball cards in his grandpa's attic worth $3 million


wowwwww, I would have loved to see that.  I am reading about Judge Judy, have you seen her?


Not in a long time. I heard she makes a lot of money, though!


Yes, 123,000 dlls per episode. Can you imagine that? I guess Carol Burnett never made that money. What do you think?


She probably barely made that in a year. She was the first to guest star on Sesame Street though.


Yes, loved Sesame Street! I was reading about Robin Williams, he was one of the starters performing voices in animated films, I miss him so much!


He was really good! I remember when he voiced the Genie in Aladdin.


Awwww! I wonder if he visited the Pixar Studio, that Secret Room that they have.


I really enjoy baseball!  How about yourself?


My favorite sports to watch in summer are soccer and tennis.  I love it when the World Cup takes place in June and July.  But it is also nice to sit outside at a baseball game for the experience and ambiance.


I do enjoy soccer also!  A fun little fact for you, Kickball is also called soccer-baseball in Canada!


Wow, that is funny.  Did you know that baseball managers wear uniforms too, because they could also play for their team if there was a need, like if someone was hurt.


I didn't know that is the reason!  I wonder if one ever had to play? Up until 2005, it was a married couple that scheduled all 2430 MLB games each year.  That kept them busy.


That is cute.  Do you ever like to watch the stars in the summer?  Did you see the eclipse last summer?


I love watching the stars!  And I also did catch some of the eclipse, how about you?  Did you get to see the eclipse?


I did see a part of the eclipse.  It was really cool.  I think there is another one in a few years.  Did you know that the planet Venus doesn't tilt, so it never has any seasons.  I think watching an eclipse is much better in summer than winter.


I agree, the warmth helps also.  There is a dark sky park that I like to go to for a little mini vacation up in Mackinaw.  I didn't know Venus has no tilt!  But any how, it was nice chatting with you!  Have a great night!!


Thanks, same here.  As far as seasons go, I like driving my car the best in summer, although the car can get hot.  Did you know that McDonalds drive thrus began in 1975 as a way to serve soldiers who couldn't leave their cars wearing army fatigues?


I love it! And I love vacations!  What about you?


I do too! Unfortunately being an adult, Summer feels so much shorter than it use to when I was younger!


Same here, but I enjoy having breaks and vacation time spread out over the near.  What about you?


I do also!  I like having a break around the fall, around the spring, and of course around Christmas!


I think it is important to have breaks scheduled throughout the year.  For example, working in the winter can seem long and dreary if you have no time off.


I definitely agree!  Being from the Midwest with our pro longed winters, I am ready for Spring!


Same here. It is true that summer seemed longer when I was a child, but due to the cold weather in the Northeast, I enjoy my summer weekends off a lot.


I bet you do!  Definitely appreciate the warmer weather!  One thing though that I am not too fond of is the humidity we get here and states like Indiana get.


What sports do you like to watch in the summer?


I mean even istanbul has a vending machine to release necessities for the city's strays for recycled bottles. Does the us have lots of strays?


That is a great inniciative, clean street, happy dogs, happy citizens, I guess everyone wins.


When I walked my dog, I tend to wear boots since I sometimes run with my dog and have bad experience with sandals


Yeah I can see your point its better to wear shoes or boots you never know if you will need to chase them, strange fact but boots were invented by surfers


Can you imagine life before boots? I heard farmers used turkeys to walk back in the 18th century


Didn't they put little custom boots on the turkeys like the little shoes on dogs today?


Yeah they did, poor turkeys they sure suffered a lot, 250,000 defenceless turkeys


They had a 3 month walk. Tough enough for the farmers and much worse for the turkeys themselves.


I agree, in 1838 a man stood still seven minutes on the street and ended up being the firs man photographed by accident


Dogs are my favorite pet so I guess I do, what about you?


I didn't even know that! In any case, thank you for the interesting chat.


They are man's best friend and our unique associate allow us to be closely attuned to each others behavior


I agree with you there, did you know dogs are the only animals with elephants to understand pointing


I'm sure pointing is a vital means of communication when dogs perform a large range of roles from protection to assisting police and military


They do, they also provide joy to sick kids, I guess thats why Google prefers them over cats, a dog can save you a cat would just ignore your call of distress


Personally, I think that dogs have better personally than cats, but then again some smaller dogs are crazy. I guess I am open to most animals, but what really depends is their personality


They sure are loyal to its owners and loved ones that is a trait I repect and like about them.


I was surprised to learn that dogs have 12 different blood types and they can donate blood to eachother. I wonder why I never considered it before


That is suprising, I have a dog and wasnt aware of that fact I might take him to a blood drive so that he can make a small difference in the life of other dogs.


I am not quite sure either.  I do know 15% of the tea party movement identified as democrats


That's quite low! Are the presidents now typically republican or democratic?


It seems that it has alternated every 8 years for as long as I can remember paying attention to who the president was,


Speaking of American presidents, Did you know the wealthiest president in history was jfk?


Ya, in fact. Washington and jefferson were the second and third most rich. Inflation must be crazy since these are all presidents from a long time ago.


Very true, I think a lot of it was in terms of land ownership too.


They didn't use the land well did they? The president's guest house is larger than the white house!


I can only assume that it is the place where they can house many dignitaries, and other heads of state at the same time, so it might be like a mini resort?  But I'm really not sure.  Ill have to look into that.


That's a great idea. There are a lot of weird facts about past presidents online.


Not really, but I know the basics around the left and the right.


One weird fact about our government is that Elmo has testified before congress.


Ya that sounds weird and funny! Anyways, it was good chatting with you, have a nice day.


I think Id put myself in the same boat  It just gets too negative for me sometimes.


I do prefer the Democrats over the Republicans though, especially because of the US's current president.


You are not alone there.  I tend to bleed a bit blue.


Did you know the consistent use of blue and red colors only stared in 2000.


I was surprised by that.  I had thought they had been around forever!


Ya nowadays presidents believe so strongly in their beliefs. There hasn't been a US president that wasn't a republican or a democrat since 1853.


That just shows you the two party system has been around so long, it is going to be even harder to break!


I agree, the democratic party has been around since 1828, I don't know when the republican party formed though.


Are you a House fan? Hugh Laurie earned 700 thousand per episode. That's insane.


Classic elitists attitude. I'm trying to find the site that has radio dramas you can listen to for free.


Apparently they exist. At one time they were the height of entertainment but I do not know if they would hold up now.


I like the old radio dramas, I think they were the original podcasts. Jim Carrey refuses to do dramas, due to his belief system that prevents him from doing anything that doesn't project positivity. Yet, he's married to someone who I personally don't think embodies that value.


I had no idea he was remarried. He's been married a lot. Also his new Showtime show looks pretty dark and dramatic to me.


I haven't seen anything on it. I was reading about how the trunk of your car is called that, due to the old cars havin a wooden trunk on the back.


That's very interesting. I did not know that. I wonder why the British call it a boot?


That would be interesting to find out. I never knew that McDonalds invented the drive-thru due to the soldiers not being permitted to get out of their cars while in fatigues.


I did not know that either. I watched the movie The Founder recently about the beginning of McDonald's but it did not cover that. It was a really good movie though and I recommend it.


I will look for it the next time I'm looking for a movie. Interstingly, it's perfectly legal in South Africa to have flame throwers on your car. I wonder if that's where Elon Musk came up with his flamethrower stunt a few years ago.


That sounds like a Mad Max society come to life ha ha.


I'm not but my parents are so I am a little familiar. That's a huge paycheck. I did not realize it had that big of an audience.


Thank you for chatting with me this morning, it's been fun. Have a wonderful day.


It must still have a large one, as it's still on Netflix. Michael Caine only enrolled in drama in school because there were girls in the club.


I'm not surprised. He always seemed very charming. Do you enjoy reading fiction?


I do. I will read almost anything, really. I think it's hilarous that a judge once tried to ban sci-fi comics, because it had a black character.


WOW! That's a level of racism I was not familiar with. I'm glad you said tried meaning it was not successful.


I enjoy Vonnegut, Orwell, Ira Levin, Poe, Stephen King, lots of different books. Speaking of Poe, he wrote the oldest known example of a cyborg in fiction.


I think Poe wrote a little about everything. He was a mastermind. Have you checked out the wiki that ranks fiction characters according to their powers and abilities?


I have not but I might seek it out later because it sounds very interesting. Apparently George RR Martin despises fan fiction but to be fair he takes so long to get a new book out that fans have to do something to entertain themselves.


Hi there ! Looking forward to chat with You ! ;)


It's a Bohemia Table Tennis Club in Long Island NY. I actually have all my gear with me today at work and I go right after ;)


That is very cool! We don't have any table tennis clubs near where I live. I wish we did!  Do you watch much television? I've been a fan of shark tank for a while but never knew that a lot of the deals made aren't actually carried out.


I never knew what that is till recently where it's always on when I'm on a gym. What's the main thing You like about it ?


I like that people who have dreams can get the help they need to make their dreams a reality, or at least I thought they were getting that help.


Sure, but those three... judges - take a huge cut from their ideas...


Sometimes they do and sometimes not.  I guess it's a win for the people regardless because they can get some publicity for their products.


Yeah I guess You're right... but some ideas are so ridiculous - it seems like they just want to be on tv...


I suppose so at that.  What do you think of Shakespeare?  Did you know that all but one of his plays has been made into a movie or tv show?


He can be a little dramatic ;) lol - Really there is still one they haven't use ?


I was surprised to learn that too. I have to wonder though, why not use it. It's called the Two Noble Kinsmen.  Maybe people nowadays are more interested in shows like the Simpsons. Do you watch that?


Hi, you as well.  Were you a fan of Maria bueno, the Brazillian tennis star?


Wow - people should use it and make a movie based on that :) I used to watch Simpsons ;)


I agree. I'd like to see what it is all about.


I love table tennis, but I must say I don't know much about Mrs. Bueno...


I love table tennis too. Did you know that in regular tennis a player could use anything as a racket up until the year 1978?


That's really cool ! Imagine media coverage if Mrs. Williams would come to play with a cooking pan ! lol ;)


I know!  The funny thing is I've never heard of anything odd being used before.  I would like to see some film footage of early games to see if they used strange items.


You know how people were in old times.... everything needs to be proper and serious ;) I don't think there was many players that stood out ;)


That's true. I didn't think about that!  You know, back to table tennis for a moment, I always thought it was called Ping Pong. I had no idea until recently that that was the name of a company!


Ping Pong was a name of the company ? I didn't know that... we call it ping pong for fun, but at the club we use proper name - table tennis ;)


I've always called it Ping Pong.  What kind of club do you go to?


My favorite brand is Toyota, because they are reliable, and no I don't know why it is called a trunk. Because it looks like one ?


well old cars had wooden trunks in the back to carry their stuff, and the name just kind of stuck I guess


Oh yeah, where I live, we "bar" the door, because in olden times,  you would use a bar to jam the door so no one would enter.


haha ah ok that also makes some sense, have you ever played the videogame gran tourismo btw? for the playstation


I did play 20 years ago. It did not made me a better driver, the cars would not take damage.


haha ya I don't know how Jann became a professional racecar driver just from playing it, ya he beat 90k people but videogames aren't the same as real racing


He must have crashed his car, and be surprised that it would not function afterward. He would have made a great politician.


haha good point! did you know that President Buchanan actually had a boyfriend? I didn't know that


I did not know that. I don't like politics in general, but do like politics in ancient Venice, politician were selected with a lottery.


haha thats an interesting way to do it, did you know that Chicago being called the Windy City was because of the boastful politicians and not from actual wind lol


hey there, no I probably wouldn't I already have a car and I use it to go to drive throughs quite a bit haha


Oh, that is sad. But they should have chosen their politician with a lottery, like Venice, it could not have been worse.


ya thats true, why do you think that Kentucky politicians must swear that they have never been in a duel before they begin working, that seems outdated haha


Yeah, It is quite a risk, even if it is the car of an old man who just died.


ya I agree, can you believe the car was invented over 100 years ago? It was first patented back in 1886


Yeah , That is quite a lot time ago. Who patented it ? An american ?


it was a German I think, his name was Karl Benz


From the Mercedez-Benz brand ? I thought it was an american company that would patent it, like Cadillac.


I think you're right about Mercedes-Benz, but no the name Cadillac comes from the french discoverer Cadillac, he discovered detroit


But Cadillac is an american brand,  do you have a favorite brand of car? Ford ?


yes thats why its surprising, well I have a VW so it is probably my favorite, what about you? And do you know why the trunk of the car is called the trunk?


Are you a Notre Dame fan?  They are 4-0 but not everyone is convinced of their talents.


They must have done enough to get the security in.  One team in 1965 kept playing football even while their science building was burning down behind them.  I wonder if anybody was inside of the building?


I hope not, that sounds dangerous. The huddle used in today's games actually resulted from a deaf quarterback to prevent other teams from reading his hand signals


That was genius!  Did you know not many quarterbacks are left-handed?  Kellan Moore is the only one in the NFL.


I wonder if the defensive plays are adjusted to accommodate that fact of ball being thrown from left-handed quarterback


I'm not sure.  Are you a Kiss fan?  They bought into an arena football team.  Then they offered Tim Tebow a contract.  I hear he is playing baseball


I heard about that, so Tim Tebow doesn't play football anymore?


I'm not sure, but Baker Mayfield was going to be a gamer and probably wisely chose University of Oklahoma instead.  He could beat anyone in halo 3 he claims.


Seems like he knows what to do after he retires or is ever injured from playing. Alex Smith as well, he even went on to get a master's degree before being drafted to the NFL


He was a smart guy.  Passed so many AP tests in high school that Smith.


Yeah, but even then, top bowlers in 1960s made twice as much as top football stars, I find that a little hard to believe


I actually am not a Notre Dame fan, but judging from that winning record, I think I am convinced. Do you think its because of luck or skill?


I wonder why throwing a ball was so much more attractive than watching kicking and scoring a goal.


Yeah and watching the offensive team line up directly behind the offensive line to follow the leader, or quarterback


That is exciting and the QB has a lot of responsibility


Yeah, I admire Tom Brady's leadership skills


Nice Chatting!  Good luck to Brady at the Superbowl!


Dexter Williams ran a 45 yard drive to make a touchdown for them in a victory, but came off a suspension of four games.  I'm not sure why he was suspended but that can't help the team to have players with that happening to them.


Maybe it's because of drug related issues, I was recently reading another news article about football player who was suspended because of that. Do you have a favorite college football team?


I like Penn State, but I think it would be fun to visit the University of Iowa with my daughter.  It might just inspire her to play football in college as they painted their locker room for the visiting team pink.


Haha, that would be really neat. I don't think there is a rule that restricts females from playing.


The quarterback often is the key player in the game leading the team in offensive plays.  However, for the Junipero Serra High School jv football team they had Tom Brady on the roster and failed to start him and lost every game that year not even getting a touchdown!


That's proof of Tom Brady's greatness, he is considered one of the greatest quarterback of all time and I agree with that statement. Can't wait to see him play next week.


I'm more an Eagles fan, but not proud of the fact they needed a temporary court set up at their stadium for six years due to fan behavior.


How rowdy do the fans get? I have never attended a live football game but would love to attend one but it's surprising to find out that 14 of the world's 25 largest stadiums belong to college football teams!


Are you a baseball fan? What do you think about Max Scherzer and his fastballs?


I see, a friend told me it was because they could also play if needed, and I didnt know that! Yankees do have a strong brand though.


Wow, I didn't think the managers would be potential players too. I guess it's always good to have a backup for your backup.


I guess it is, its a sport with many curious facts like Don Mattingly a Yankees player that got suspended for a crazy reason, want to know what that reason is?


Ok so apparently he had a weird hair and he refused to get a haircut, he got suspened because of that, I bet half the players of many teams would get suspended because of that now a days lol


If you'd given me a thousand guesses, hair probably wouldn't have been one of them. Seems ridiculous unless it wouldn't fit under a baseball cap or something!


Yeah seems like a ridiculous reason I totally agree with you.


Want to know something even funnier? The baseball team in a city near where I live, the Isotopes, is named after the team in the cartoon The Simpsons.


That is really funny, Ive always liked The Simpsons, its crazy how much a TV show can influence our minds, are The Isotopes good?


They're decent, only a minor league team, but they're fun to watch regardless.


I haven't watched much baseball, but I read something recently about Max Scherzer with almost 100 mph fastballs. That's crazy fast!


Im sure they are, there is a person that invented a fake press pass to get season tickets, I wish I could do that lol.


Yeah, so much power and a great technique to achieve that, to think he started out in the Boston Red Soxs back in 96, so much talent.


What team does he play for now? Still the Red Sox?


I think he plays for the Washington Nationals now, he is a pitcher there.


I bet the Red Sox regret letting him go right now! I've heard of the Nationals; they seem to have a pretty well-known team.


I bet they are, and Im not sure how they are doing this season but they sure have a great pitcher, I dont think many pitchers can achieve that speed.


Most cars don't usually reach that speed, much less a pitcher. It's incredible what the human body can do with the kind of training that sports requires!


The human body is incredible I agree with you, Ive always wondered why Baseball managers also wear uniforms.


It's probably for team brand recognition. It identifies them as a team representative, and it's also good advertising. As I recall, the Yankees focus so much on the "team" aspect that they have the logo without the player's name.


yeah I guess they like to promote local and national talent


ya that is Important I guess, can you guess the only president ever to have a PHD?


Hmm I am not sure about that. who is it?


ya it was Woodrow Wilson, and that was in the early 1900's


wow good for him. president of indonesia is a pop star


haha ya that is cool, the idea I like in Guatemala is that presidential relatives cant run for president


I like that rule. and the president of zombabwe is called Banana


ya that seems like a crazy name, also sad is the last president to speak a language other than English was FDR


yeah, that is true. have you visited the white house?


I haven't no, have you? I did hear that the guest house is bigger than the actual white house though?


hey, yes I do, have you ever heard the station that turns solar energy into sound?


That is pretty impressive. Jupiter also has radio storms


ya I plan to listen in on that sometime, did you know Bill Murray did a voice on the radio back in the 70s?


well, all you have to do is tune into am radio


ha yup exactly, did you ever like any Bing Crosby music?


I am not sure I have heard his music. do you listen to canadian radios?


can't say that I do, and ya he has great music but I guess back in the 40's his songs would literally take up over half of all radio playing at any given time


wow that is amazing. in canada you have to play 40$ canadian music


ya I heard about that, I can't think of any good Canadian artists, so ya that sounds awful to me haha


hi hows it going?  did you know that Target Use to be called Goodfellow Dry Goods?


Yes,  their clothing has definitely been updated,  they have a way better selection of clothing for all.  It is actually stylish and like you said good quality!


Definitely! I heard that Apple corp had a clothing line in 1986...I never knew that.


That's interesting,  I wonder what it looked like!  I also never knew Pilgrims only wore black for special occasions.


Really? That's interesting! There's so many different Brands of clothes now it's crazy, I see commercials all the time on TV about another new Brand or style lol


yeah I know right,  so much to keep up with!


Exactly, I love it though! My daughters love the Hollister Brand mostly but I shop at Target a lot lol


lol I shop at Nordstrom Rack a lot,  but I do love Target and JC penny


Oh I love Nordstrom Rack, I always spend way too much though lol...There is a store in Alabama that only sells clothing and electronics from unclaimed baggage from airports lol Crazy!


That's amazing,  I would definitely shop there,  can you imagine all the cool stuff people leave in unclaimed baggage?  Probably some rare finds!


I know, I would love to go there too, good deals I bet!


Hi! Really? That's funny! They are doing really good right now!


Well it's been good chatting with you.  gotta run.


Yeah,  they also price match Amazon.  I didn't know.


Really??? Hey I did not know that, hmmm I may have to use that trick lol


It looks like every state except Vermont has a Target lol That's an interesting fact!


Wow! That is! I love Target so I am not surprised lol. They are the 8th largest retailer in the US!


Right! There is a state senator that has to work at Target to makes ends meet! How weird is that haha


Wow,  I wonder what state,  and why he has to do that if he is a state senator?  lol But I guess if you need a second job,  that one probably has a lot of good perks!


Exactly! I hear they are good to work for. They have such good prices on their clothing and pretty good quality as well.


Yeah, it seems like the team had a real curse on top of them, the Woman's World Cup had a higher rating that the World Series.


Well the World Cup does just come around every four years, so I can see how it would be popular on TV


I guess that makes sense still World Series is really popular in the states and woman's soccer team arent as popular.


Well baseball is not as popular as it was back in the day.  Too many things are competing for viewers time


I guess its not, there are a lot of sports out there, I do like the Yankees and the history the team has


They have the most wins in history by a large margin


Did you hear about Bill O'Reilly and how he invented a fake press organisation to get season tickets


He is a well known yankee fan.  I would not put it past him


Maybe he found another way to get tickets by now and what about Don Mattingly interesting how he got suspended


They have a strict dress and apperance code on the Yankees.  He should of gotten a haircut.


I love baseball.  Opening day is only 2 weeks away


Yeah I wouldnt fight against the team and just get one already, anyway its been great chatting with you today.


Only 2 weeks away wow I am really exited, I mostly watch the World Series though.


Well there have been some pretty memorable world series over the years.  It was first held in 1903


Wow so more than a hundred years since the first game. Did you like Babe Ruth?


I mean, I never saw him play live, but I do think he is one of the best ever.He helped make the Yankees a powerhouse


Yeah event the bests make mistakes he cost his team the title back in 1926


Yes, Babe tried to steal second base and it did not work out well


No it didn't work well at all. The Cubs were the first team to win the WS back to back, I guess that didnt work for them either


And that was the last time they won until 2016.  Quite the long layoff


I have a love/hate relationship with running, but I can appreciate people who can do it and do it well like Donald Ritchie


Maybe the problem is that shoes in modern times aren't the same quality they used to be. I've heard that shoes from 5,000 years ago actually perform better than what you buy at the store now


That is surprising seeing as some shoes now that are considered to have complex construction and made with expensive material can cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars.


Then again, some of those are high fashion shoes that sell for exorbitant amounts of money. I've never had too much problem with smelly shoes, but if I ever do, I'm putting tea bags in them to absorb the odor


I have had problems with some really smelly shoes, usually when they get wet.  I will need to try the tea bag thing next time it happens.


If it works, it's a cheap solution, though not as cheap as the shoes Stephon Marbury promoted, but wasn't paid to endorse. Maybe it's because they sold for only $15


Maybe those are the same shoes Steve Smith leaves on the field after each game to raise awareness to the homeless people without shoes.


I wonder if he buys his cleats in bulk. He probably doesn't choose his cleats based on fashion, but more about function


Most likely, thats how I treat my shoes.  They are for comfort and function and doesnt matter how they look, or if they are popular.


I wonder which shoes are the best for traveling around the world. King Kalakaua of Hawaii probably had a good pair on his trek to become the first king to travel around the world


They would have to be pretty durable, there are some places like Mackinac Island where motorized vehicles are banned.


Same here, I have run one marathon and never plan to again, I couldnt imagine being an ultra runner


That's a lot of walking and biking to places. I wonder how healthy they are in comparison to other places


I'm surprised that someone who runs so much died at 73. I would have thought he would have lived longer from being healthy


I dont think they every released an official cause of death, but yes, somone who could run 3 marathons a day for 10 days straight certainly must have been in tip top shape.


Maybe all the running was hard on his heart. He's from Scotland and never ran a race in his kilt. I'm not sure if those are very aerodynamic


They do seem like theyd be very heavy, especially to keep up that 7 minute per mile pace - even when he was running 100 miles.  I cant even do that for one mile.


I guess that's how he got the name "ultrarunner." It's kinda gross, but one of his secrets was urinating while running rather than stopping at the portable toilets


That was one part of running I could never do, I didnt want the urine soaked shoes.  Plus it just sounds gross.


That's a convincing enough reason for me to never pursue running at that level. I wonder how many pairs of shoes he would go through compared to ballet dancers. At the professional level, they may have to use four pairs in only a week


That is hard to believe, I wonder why they havent made them hold up better for the dancers.  That would be pretty expensive.


Hi, have you heard about Central High School?


I did read that somewhere and I believe it was a feel good story about difference races.


Yes, and sadly, this new spirit dissolved a few years later when a new alumni board said they wouldn't be giving anymore money to Cardoza students.


Yeah, I believe it was because of the amount of money for awards spent in 2012.


It seems that some people just did not want to let go of the old, segregated spirit of their school, which is sad.


It is really sad. I believe the reporter that followed this story kept in touch through the alumni mailing list and noticed more and more consisted of a large amount of obituaries.


I'm happy that most of the aging alumni seemed to be okay with leaving segregation behind.


Me too, it's a nice thing to see a group of people come together and remember where they came from.


I felt that a lot of them were coming together and remembering where they came from but also changing for the better


Defiantly. I love their motto: tenax propositi. which means Stay steadfast to your endeavors.


The youngest surviving alumni are now in their 80s. It's interesting that they still get together.


The alumni association president says it's better to keep getting older than not!


Central high alumni continued to mourn the passing of their school


Why was that? I know it was a secondary school for whites.


I'm not really sure. It seems that they mourned for their school but eventually alumni dwindled and remaining funds were given to Cardoza students.


Oh that is right! I seen something somewhere where the school gave $22,000 in scholarships.


So it looks like there was a happy ending after all though some might have still been sad over the loss of their school.


That makes sense, I can understand why people would be upset about the loss of their school.


Some board members thought it was time to disband while a few did not disagree and hired a lawyer.


i guess we dont want to use the icm deterrent to crunch data. LOL congrats on the distance learning degree. penn state is not cheap.


Do you have any kids, I recall when I was in school we'd "duck and cover" in Nuclear War Drills (like hiding under the desk would save us from a mushroom cloud) and now the kids do active shooters drills. I'm happy my kids grew up between those eras and didn't have any mortality drills at school.


in the future, the kids will have to do AI drills. the AIs will come after us and the kids will have to be prepared.


Haha...yes a sci fi dystopian nightmare. At least we have cell phones to check up on the now. Ironic to me the phone cable carrying all the traffic across the oceans is only 2.7 inches in diameter, I guess with fiber optics you don't need much but that is astounding.


it is astounding. i guess nothing really damages the cable often. i wonder how they fix something way down there.


Diving bell? AT&T submarine? Did you see where Pink Floyd turned a 'grand houseboat" into a recording studio on the Thames. Seems like there might have been some wild river parties on the Astoria as they called it.


i bet they did. id pay money to go to one of those parties. i wonder how much "recording" they did out there.


I'll bet it wasn't the most efficient use of studio time. Then again, if Eddie Van Halen set his studio speaker on fire recording "Beat It" maybe it would have been better if they were on a boat on a river for musician safety and ease of extinguishing the blaze.


everywhere he went after that, they had a fire extinguisher. he was a fire hazard. Eddie Very Hazardous.


Haha...yes. Are you old enough to have used a rotary phone, interesting NYC got 212 because that is the easiest number to dial. I guess they thought that one out, not logical numeric grid across the US.


Back in college I strummed some tabulature's, but playing isn't what I would call it. I was a Who fan back then and saw Pete Townshend smash a few,  did you know Mattew Bellamy from Muse holds the smashing record? Do you play?


everything is politics and preference. anyway, great chat!


i used to play i werent no account at it. i didnt have the musical sense. i wisht i did. i do like my music.


Yes, did you know Brian May of Queen both has a PhD in astrophysics and uses English coins for a pic, you'd think with a PhD you could afford a pack of guitar pics.


he has his scientific reasons i expect. he must know that the sound it makes is distinct. brian is a genius type.


Yes, I liked them back in the day. Our Jr High Music teacher used Bohemian Rhapsody to teach us musical composition, pretty impressive in retrospect. Isn't it shocking the Space Shuttle ran on 1 mb of RAM, that's amazing to me. memory being so cheap now and so much money in the shuttle depending on 1 meg of RAM.


the programmers must have been pretty good about memory usage. that is a tight space. i assume that the commputer did not run on water.


Yes, that Russian water computer sounds unique, I wondered myself how it worked. Are you much of a computer person? I have a Data Science degree and have done some programming, but thankfully didn't smoke. Crazy that would void the Apple warranty making it a "bio-hazard".


you have a degree in data science? where did you get it? has it helped you get a job? I think that the hipster apple users would want to vape. can they do that?


No, it actually was a advance my career at the same company I worked out. I do a lot of reporting and data crunching now I wouldn't have done before and higher pay, I got it at Penn State distance. Along with the 1 MEG on the shuttle, you see where an iPhone has more computing power than the entire US ICBM deterrent. That is scary.


Hey there do you like watching football? Did you see one team painted their locker room pink?


That's a good question. I also don't think that Japan used a married couple to schedule other baseball games haha. The MLB did up until 2005


I know that's crazy. Of course baseball and football can't compare to high scoring like basketball unless you count the 1916 Georgia tech game.


No not at all. yes it's crazy that the highest scoring game was 222 to 0. That is a major blowout!


I know right. I wonder if the other team was even awake?  I'm just glad ESPN came up with the yellow line for first downs on football games.


Yes that was a great invention! I didn't know that the New Zealand basketball team is "the tall blacks". That name seems offensive!


It does haha. But you have to admit throwing a 9.4 inch diameter ball into an 18 inch hoop has to require massive precision.


Oh I agree. Did you know that the inventor of basketball was a losing coach? He was the most losing coach at his entire University's history


I know, that sucks for Kansas. Of course when he started he was using peach baskets not a goal 10 feet high like today.


That makes sense. What doesn't make sense is that the New Zealand basketball team is nicknamed "the tall blacks"- that seems really offensive.


It does. But what really confused me is how so many places consider different sports football.


I know that's a tactic to intimidate the other team. I'm more into basketball since in 39 out of 50 states a college basketball or football coach is the highest paid state employee.


Yes I've always wondered about the name difference between the United States and the rest of the world. I personally like American football though. I can't stand soccer


Did you know that the dog was disallowed in basketball for a while? I guess Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was just too good


Yea I couldn't imagine a basketball game without a dunk. Dis you know that the supreme court has a basketball court on the top of their building


That's really crazy. I do think it's funny that it's called "the highest court in the land". I wonder if they ever played basketball games to decide a court case haha


That would be interesting to know...lol Hey did you hear about the man who found 3 million dollars worth of baseball cards in his granddads attic


That's amazing! You know what I don't like? Kickball in Canada is called soccer - baseball. That name sounds really stupid haha


I would be so confused if someone said that. I think it's odd how popular baseball is in Japan.


I do too. Apparently they are shocked that it is America's national Pastime and not Japan's haha


Yea I'm not sure if the team managers in Japan can actually play in the game if needed like in American teams or not.


There's about 20 quintillion animals on earth! That's a lot. What kind of animals do you have?


Cats, Dogs, Fish. I wish I could have more pets. There are 1.5 million different species but about 1 million are bugs. I guess that means I'm not fond of 2/3rds of all species.


Do you animals have white patches on their forehead? They get that when they are domesticated.


Interesting. I did not know this! There is so much information out their on animals. Sometimes I wish I was a zoologist.


The loch ness monster is a protected species!


Yes I read that, it has been for a long time. 1900 something I believe is when they protected them. I guess that's the reason I never pursued zoology. While it's interesting it's just so much reading.


You would like Germany then. They are the first country in the world to universally give animals guaranteed rights!


I've been there before. It's very nice. Lots of great ways to travel across the country trains, boats, planes it's also very bike friendly which is a good way to explore.


I would love to visit there. What part would you recommend?


Start in Berlin and then see where that leads you. You might want to check out some books on Germany first though there are lots of good recent travel books you can download.


I'm fine. Do you like to travel? What is your favorite method of travel? I prefer to fly even if it can be a headache.


I hate to fly (fear of crashing) but it is my favorite form of travel because of the ease. Do you have a favorite airline?


Not really I just take what's cheapest. For long distances it's best though. For medium distances train is fine. I was really surprised to learn iceland has no rail service, but flights there are so cheap it was still easy to move from city to city.


Me too! did you hear about the train stuck on the tracks for 36 hours in oregon last week?


Yes that is a long time to be stuck. I'd really like to go to Japan this year but it's so expensive. Never mind flying or taking the train just to drive across mainland japan you will incur more then $300 in tolls!


You could go to Mackinac island. They do not allow cars!


I actually only live a few hours away from there but I've never been. Might be fun to take a horse drawn carriage.


I did a google search of the real estate there and it's pretty nice. Like $1M homes...


Wow. I would have thought it would be real cheap since it's so isolated. The only thing that sucks about traveling is leaving my animals. Animals are so interesting.


I think its a risk altering things like breast-feeding


It is scary right, have you ever tried separating two phonebooks with overlaped pages? apparently is impossible


No, i haven't even thought about doing that, that is crazy.


Somewhat, I like to escape everyday life every now and then.


I see well you should read some of Sr. Winston Chuchill's novels, he won a nobel price for his pieces


I have read his work and think it's amazing. You should go to Sacramento public library. They allow patrons to checkout items they find useful but don't need for long term use.


I might check it out, im in need of a sewing machine so that sounds like a great idea, hope they can borrow it for a long time


It might be possible. Did you hear about the man that was falsely imprisoned?


I did, what he did was impressive many would just cry and wait for the sentence to be over, I think its great how he helps others now


Yeah, 10 years he studied law, very impressive.


I know, especially if you are taking certain medications. I believe the baby got ill.


Very impressive indeed if you ever want to become a writter you should go to Norway, they really support writters there.


Yeah that is a sad thing. it seems the baby was sick because of that, maybe the doctors didnt follow the protocols


It is very sad. I don't know if you live in New York, but the area code is 212 because it's the fastest to dial on a rotary phone!


Oh so thats why its 212, I guess it makes sense did you ever used one of those phones? it took forever to dial


My grandma had one, it took forever to make a call, have you ever had an IPhone?


Ok so apparently an IPhone has more power than the entire USA nuclear icbm deterrent, I dont know if its scary or awesome


Are you comfortable talking about the government?


Isn't the white house more for show? That's why it has twin buildings and its guest house is larger than the main part


What do you mean it has twin buildings? It's a residence, office building, and has a museum.


I mean that there are identical white houses in ireland and france. same construction anyway


Same architect, I think. They (the white house) still use floppy disks for storing files. I don't even know where to buy them.


Well floppy disks are so ancient they are ironically a good security measure


Such a weird one. I wonder if they are stored in the Presidents guest house, since it is bigger than the White House?


I mean even the nukes are run with floppy disks which are practically impossible for hackers to hack into unlike sometimes the newest of software and tech


George Bush installed solar panels, I wonder if they are still there?


They probably are. I see no reason to take then down


trump takes everything down. I find it hilarious that teddy roosevelt banned christmas trees.


Sure, I think trump should be President Banana, instead of the President of Zimbabwe.


I wonder if they still can't bring christmas trees into the white house? Thanks for chatting and I hope you have a nice day.


What do you think about Trump insulting immigrants?


I don't like him. I wish he hadn't been elected.  His propaganda needs to be censored.


It's sad that he used to make so many offensive comments about immigrants.


Yep, and he's not even among the top three wealthiest presidents.


Regardless, it is sad how he and hillary were the only candidates for the last election


I agree. I think we need to have a president and the vp be the runner up, like it used to be.


I wouldn't want hillary and trump to have the two highest positions of power though


I'm more concerned that it took the Secret Service four days to realize bullets had struck the White House.


Jeff Bezos, is a great CEO, Amazon has become a giant of the industry


I hope that as well, would be nice but its hard to live up to a leyend like Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes were more popular back then or at least it seems that way


I wonder if the Looney Toons will be a part of it this time, I dont know if kids will recognize them like our generations did.


I agree, I dont think they do, but maybe they will go crazy about LeBron, you know that tickets to watch him play when he was in highschool had a cost of 100-120 dollars


That is crazy.  They must have known then where he would end up


I think they had a pretty good idea, talent like that one is a once in a life kind of thing


There will always be greats, they might not just be from your hometown.


Yeah, but not as good as LeBron, I think he's the best player in history of the game, he and MJ.


Yeah could be, both are really skilled but MJ had something else, had a magical touch no other has


Very true.  He had that star power.  His shoes are still so popular.


It truly has.  And to think it started out as an online book store.


Yeah, the Air Jordans, never bought them though, seemed to expensive at the time.


It did theres still place for improvement, Bezos can learn from shows like The Decision and make his empire even bigger


Well LeBron James made that a big deal, frankly I dont care where he plays, but it raised a bunch of money for charity.


He is one of the best paid celebrities, he's not only a great athlete but seems to be growing in the celebrity area as well


He does seem to be doing some good off the court as well, his charity helps a lot of kids get an education


I heard he raised 6 million with that show, The Decision, so yeah, an admirable person, a role model


He has been called a traitor for the amount of team jumping he does though.


I dont agree with that, we all look for whats best for us, I am exited for his upcoming movie, Space Jam


I hope it can live up to the original.  That was the highest grossing basketball movie of all time.


I haven't seen a lot of the Marvel movies,was it good?


Awesome!! you know hasting got the idea after he had to pay a large late fee.


I heard it was a $40 fee or so. I feel his pain. I did that a time or two myself back then.


Finally it got so bad i just had to find another store to rent from, haha! of the 137 million subscribers you mentioned, i believe that about 58 million are in the US.


That's cool that they have a large international presence. They have offices in Japan and Brazil, too.


Yeah that's right and i think their first series was called Lilyhammer. an oxymoron if i ever heard one.


Since then it's like they have a new show new movie every other week.


It certainly seems that way. Some of them are really good, though! It's been nice talking to you, Have a great weekend!


Me too! They have so many subscribers that they take up around a third of all bandwidth used at night!


That's a lot, apparently they and youtube make up half of internet traffic during peek time in North America.


That's incredible. I only started using them a few years ago but I think they've been around since 1997.


I've been a loyal customer since then and they have come a long way from the B-movie streaming they use to do.


Yeah, they have a bunch of original series now!


I know blockbuster has to be kicking themselves for not purchasing when they had the chance.


Definitely! They could have bought it for only $50 million.


Right and to think they are worth 2 billion. I just watch the avenger infinity war on there. im a big marvel fan.


Wow, that is a great invention... great for the mind and body!


I would like one of those, lol. Interestingly enough, Darrell Green would stuff tootsie rolls in his socks before games, claiming they aided his speed.


hahah that is pretty funny, did you know there were socks designed to wear with sandals? I think that looks awful.


That look really needs to go away. I find it intereseting that the Japanese used to put chili peppers in socks to keep toes warm. I'm tempted to try it.


I would! I heard that the fun water balloons were designed by an inventor trying to create a special sock


I think that's something we can all get behind, lol. The inventor of braille, perfected it when he was 15.


Cool , he was a genius. did you know socks were even used to improve audio


I don't think there was something that socks could ever not do. There is a red deer in New Zealand that has fiber that is softer than cashmere, and at three times the price.


They did put a sock on phonographs to muffle the sound


I didn't know that Amazon created a font specially for kindles. It's called "bookerly".


I do. It's interesting that President Johnson's wife taught him to read, as he never went to school.


Cool! so much to talk about.. have to let you go, nice chat


Wow, I never heard before!! that is very nice. Do you know who Anne Jones is?


She has the world record for speed reading! 4700 words per minute!


That is amazing. Is she a silent reader? That is a "new" thing that started in the middle ages.


Evidently, only the most skilled readers could read silently. That must have been the philosophers and scholars.


ok, interesting! Did you know reading cause "moral panic" in the 18th century?


That sounds weird. Almost like the school that replaced desks with reading bicycles. I guess their test scores vastly improved.


wowww, never knew that. do you know jim carrey?


Sure! He was great in the movie, The Mask....among others. I dont see him in as many shows as of late. I wonder why?


he has moved away from dramas because they do not convey positivity


Good for him!   Hey, did you ever watch that show called, "Ikea Heights" ?


It was a melodrama filmed entirely in a Burbank Ikea store, without the store knowing!  Pretty wild,. You could be an employee at Ikea and not even know you are a TV star!


wow, that is very different. do you like dogs?


I love dogs. I have a GSD.  Did you know a dog can learn over 1000 words?


that is remarkable. and they understand pointing


Sure do! And in Moscow, some of them have learned how to use the subway!  I hope they share their seat!


Absolutely! I enjoy dramatic stage and screen productions as well as radio programs. How about you?


Wow, hahhaa that is a good one. nice chat


Yeah, Hugh Laurie is great! Do you know if he teaches masterclasses for drama students like Patrick Stewart?


I have not heard of him doing that but you never know. He got paid enough to just live now


I'll say!  He does not need to teach with all his money. Do you know how much he was paid to do the show, House?


Yeah he was paid $700 000 per episode, that is insane


Nuts!  I wonder if he ever did any Soap Operas? You know why they called them Soap Operas?


Because the daytime TV shows were often sponsored by soap companies because housewives were the audiences, and they did the family laundry.


Do you still use a library?  I do and I love it.


Yes!   Switching gears lets talk about congress and/or the president...Did you know that in 1916 the first woman was elected to congress before she even had the right to vote in a national election.


I know.  What is awesome too is that the US congress has played a Republicans vs Democrats baseball game annually every year since 1909.  The Republicans are leading by 3 wins.   That's a neat tidbit.


That would be a funny sight to see!  Almost as good as Elmo testifying before Congress.


I dont know, but he is the only non human to do so.


Did you know that the top 3 wealthiest presidents in the US history were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson?


Trumps not on the list?  Thats hard to believe.


I think I've read he is number 1 now.  I think what I read is outdated.  I was also reading about the first president of Zimbabwe.  They called him president banana! lol


His name was actually Canaan Banana.  So not like it was an insult.


I have been there less and less, I have just purchased a lot of books recently


Interesting!  Did you know that the president of Indonesia released 3 pop albums while in office?


Me too!  I wonder if they are on youtube?  I have to get going.  It was nice chatting with you!


Nice.  Going to the library has saved me probably thousands of dollars over my life.  I love physical media like books, cds, and movies.  Before the days of the internet the library was my lifeline.


I also prefer to hold a book.  I think it is cool that the Norwegian government buys 1000 copies to put in libraries.


Yes.  That is pretty good for the authors of the books. There are more libraries than McDonalds in the United States.


That really gives me hope, we just got to get people to use them


Yes.  I agree.  Over half of adults have library cards.  So, they seem to be hanging on.


There is even a library of things in Sacramento.  You can borrow things like sewing machines.


Now that sounds like a really good idea.  I hate when I have to buy something expensive that I'll only use 1 time.


Yeah, or find someone to borrow it from.  Especially for objects that are a bit more rare.


Hello there, do you follow football at all?


I can hardly believe that, it doesn't even sound like a game.  It just sounds like a team ran from endzone to endzone.


So, how about you?  You got any teams or players you particularly like?


Yeah I am a Packers fan and was a huge Brett Favre fan to be honest.


Oh, that's neat!  Yeah, football is pretty popular these days, even though it's been going through a bit of a slump with all the latest controversies.  Did you know at one point though, bowlers made more than football stars?  Find that hard to believe.


I think that is hilarious!  But, it just goes to show just how much football has grown since then.


So, how about movies?  You watch a lot of movies?  I do when I get a chance.  Mainly horror and comedy, but I do catch dramas on occasion.


Yeah I do like to watch movies, there are some really good drama movies.  How about you?


You know actor Michael Caine?  They say he became an actor because all the prettiest girls in his school were in drama class.


I think that is awesome, funny what a simple move years earlier will do down the road.


Speaking of celebs, wonder what's up with Jim Carrey.  I've heard his new "belief system" prevents him from playing in movies that don't project positivity.  Did he convert to something I wonder, or is it just a personal belief system?


Not too much TBH, but I do find some of the little facts and details about it to be quite interesting.  Like the pink locker room... LOL.  Heard about that one?


I am not sure, but I think he has put in his time to choose whatever projects he wants now.  Anyways, good chatting with you, I hope you have a good day!


Yeah I think it was the university of Iowa in the visitors locker room if I'm correct.


Yeah, that's it!  A funny little way to try and psyche out your opponents, I think.  They did a study once wher ethey painted a weight room pink and found the lifters couldn't lift as much weight as normal.


That is too funny, I wonder who ever came up with that idea to try in the first place.


No clue. But I bet they had a good chuckle about it!  How about you?  Are you a big football fan?


I am a pretty big fan both of american and world football, do you have a favorite NFL team?


None in particular.. more familiar with certain players than I am teams.  For instance, I admire how former patriot qb Benjarvus has NEVER fumbled the ball in his entire NFL career.  That takes a  lot of skill!


That is just crazy for a back to never fumble once!  That takes an incredible amount of skill and concentration.


Pity Cumberland didn't have him on their team when they played Georgia TEch back in 1916.  They lost that game 222 to ZERO.  TWO  HUNDRED AND TWENTY-TWO.  Either GT was REALLY good or someone just wasn't trying that day!


How many zeros are in quintillion? Because I hear that there are about 20 quintillion animals on Earth.


Interesting. Well, that was the prehistoric times.


Yes, so true. If you haven't been, would you like to visit one of those caves if you get the opportunity?


To be honest. I do not think I have the courage to go by myself.