Yes I love Nintendo. Did not know that the system can only display 54 colors.


I did not know that, that is a cool fact. too bad it was discontinued in japan in 2003


yeah i do. how about you? do you know how he got his break in entertainment?


He won a steve martin look alike contest!


that is such a strange way to get into the industry


Ronald Reagan was rejected from a movie role because he did not look like a president!


haha that is so funny because he then became a real repsident. good for him.


Very funny. I think Bill Nye should run for president!


I wish I did more, I listen to a lot of educational podcasts though. Do you?


people love him so yeah. nice chatting with you


i love reading. I am not as fast as anne jones though


4700 word per minute is very fast. I probably can read that in an hour!


I know that is way too fast. cs lewis and tolkien apparently held you laught you lose contests when they read bad poetry


I watched that, it was very entertaining.


it is trange how in the 18th century there was a moral panic becuase people were reading nivels


Probably because the governments wanted to maintain control.


yeah and to think nowadays we have a crisis where people do not read anough


At least there are other ways to learn for people like me who don't love to read.


Hi. Do you like to go to concerts? Live performances in front of an audience.


Well no one got to see them in 1972 when they recorded a live concert in an ancient roman amphitheater in Pompeii with no audience.


True. I have a dvd of that performance though, its fantastic.


That is so cool. I would love to see a band in a venue like that. In Croatia they still use a Roam amphitheater for concerts.


I would love to go to europe for some concerts. Those old venues are so much better then the cavernous hockey areas so many bands choose to play in north america.


I feel like they don't make music like they used to. Despite being released over 40 years ago, Dark Side of the Moon is still one of the best selling albums.


I still play it all the time. I have an original pressing copy. LP's are great.


And we talked about Linkin Park before. Their album Hybrid Theory is the best selling album of the 21st century.


Yeah it's a great album. Still sad about Chester.


It really is. Some artist leave us too young. Thank goodness we always have the music. Well thanks for chatting. I learned a lot of fun new information today.


Have a great day. I love talking music anytime.


Hi, I do. I've seen Queens of The Stone Age 53 times! Pearl Jam more then 20, and 100s of other bands.


Keep enjoying music and be sure to see your favorite band in a Roman amphitheater!


Wow! You are a great concert goer. You must hold some type of record like the Ramones. They played a total of 2263 concerts.


Wow. Never got to see them as they were before my times. I've seen Pearl Jam cover I believe in miracles many times though.


That is very cool. The Ramones toured for over 20 years. I am bummed I missed those 20 years.


Me too. Even CBGB's no longer exists anymore. I did at least go there when it was still a bar but didn't see anyone play there.


A band that comes pretty close to that record is Linkin Park. They played 324 concerts in one year alone!


Sadly Linkin Park is another band I never got around to seeing. I always thought there would be more time.


I agree. One band I am glad I never saw is Creed. They played a concert so terrible in 2002 that 4 concert goers filed a lawsuit against the band.


LOL. Last I saw Scott Strapp or however you spell his name was really struggling. I saw Roger Waters recent tour and I was really impressed. Never got to see Pink Floyd though.


I did like South Park when it came out in the 90s.  Over the years I haven't had time to watch it.  I did see their Family Guy episode.  When they aired it the producers received flowers from the Simpsons crew.


That is pretty cool. I also like how there is an episode of The Simpsons where Bart never appears, I think they just forgot about him on that one LOL


Yes I listen to rap from time to time, used to listen to a lot of Eminem back in the day, what about you


Yes.  Not as much as I used to.  Did you know that Eminem's dream was to become a comic book artist before he became a rapper?


No I didn't know that. But I did know that his favorite superhero is Spider-Man, I wonder why he never made any raps about him


Interesting.  Yes...you're right too.  That would have been a good fit on a soundtrack.  Busta Rhymes voiced the Reptar wagon in the 1998 rugrats movie.  I didn't know that.


No I didn't know that either. I'll have to watch that movie again, speaking of Eminem no, did you hear that in a court case the judge actually delivered her verdict in the form of a rap to him


lol  No. I didn't.  That's really funny.  Korean rappers invented a new type of freestyle called "compliment battle".


I would listen to that. I think it's a much more positive thing to rap to personally. do you like Tupac Shakur by the way?


Yes I do like comedies a lot, apparently sound, when it became big in the 1920's, helped to make sure that the comedy genre took off


I did like him.  Did you know his music is in the library of congress?


I did know about that, I think it's really awesome! Have you heard of That 70s Show? it doesn't have any rap, but they tried to adapt it to the UK Market LOL and it definitely failed after only 10 episodes


I didn't know that.  Demetri Martin was accepted into Harvard law, but left out of boredom to pursue a career in comedy.  I'm not familiar with him are you?


No I've never heard of him, I've also never heard of Ryan Stiles, do you know who that is? Apparently he dropped out of high school


I don't know who he is either.  lol  I do know who Bill Murray is and he thinks Kung Fu Hustle is the supreme achievement of the modern comedy age.  Must not have been too good though because I don't know that movie. lol


Well that movie is actually kind of funny, I would recommend seeing it, but it's not better than Ghostbusters or anything like that. What did you think about these TV show 3rd Rock From the Sun by the way


I will have to check it out then.  I liked that show.  I like goofy comedy. lol  They won the golden globe for best comedy series in 1997.


That's impressive, but I do prefer Seinfeld and the show Frasier, so that's why I'm curious why that particular show one that year


I'm guessing that the other shows probably won the award before 97 and they probably decided it was time to let someone else win. lol


LOL that must be what happened. What else do you watch by the way? Do you like South Park


Did you hear about that serial killer Shawn Grate?


I think I did, it was a long time ago though, so funny, I like when they mock celebrities and also other shows


yea it was awesome, they were calling family guy out for stealing stuff from the simpsons. The simpsons liked it so much they sent south park flowers as a thank  you lol


I bet they have a great relationship with each other, another series I liked was that 70s show


I loved that show, it is on netflix now. I heard there was a UK version of that show that didn't do too hot


The remake was really bad so bad it got cancelled after only 10 episodes


yikes, I wonder how many careers that killed. Probably a different style of humor that the UK doesn't like


Yeah I think so, did you also watched Pokemon back in the day or even now?


I used to watch Pokemon religiously, I wonder if they ever caught them all


I dont think so there are a lot of Pokemons now, 150 seemed like a lot at the beggining


right, I think I saw there was like 750 episodes so I hope they did lol! It was so nice chatting with you!


Yeah thats about it, its been 16 years of Pokemons, and its been great chatting with you thanks,


He is a serial killer that is goog looking, Shawn Grate a normal citizen


yikes, those are the scary ones, easy to lure people. How did they catch him?


He attracted women with his looks, seemed normal and then he would lure the and kidnap them


Dang that sounds like something straight from television. Do you watch much television?


Me too, I love the animation shows like south park and family guy. Do you ever watch those?


I used to love them havent watched them in a while both are really funny TV shows


For sure, did you ever watch the south park making fun of family guy?


Wow!  I just learned some interesting information about Clothing.  I had no idea that there was a line of apparel that was produced in North Korea and then marketed as coming from China.  Fascinating!


The size of Target really is shocking.  They are doing an excellent job of Targeting the 20 and 30 year old crowd and that must be really helping their sales.  Marketing lines off the Gaines' duo was super smart!


We do all our Grocery shopping there.  I heard that Target and Best Buy will price match Amazon.


Oh that is interesting!  I didn't realize that Target would price match to Amazon.  I just price matched from Best Buy this past weekend and it saved me over $100.  Truly a blessing.  I wonder if the underemployment issues will start to decline as those larger businesses grow and the weaker ones close?  Seems like the larger stores will hire more people and reduce the unemployment also.


Good for you.  I thought Target was in every State bit Vermont does not have one.


Wow that is unusual.  Do you think Target will open more stores to include Vermont and maybe help their employment issues?


I would think so.  Also, target doesn't sell cigarettes.  They havent had tobacco products since 19960


I had no idea they were tobacco free!  I'm happy to hear that the momentum is in their favor for growth.  Lots of small towns could benefit and also drive down prices!


Yes, they could.  There is a state senator who works at target to male enough money to live.  Good for them.


I'm impressed that the senator is choosing to work there, he must be exhausted though.  I never realized that Target was the 8th largest retailer in the U.S.  I knew they were big, but I had no idea that were THAT big.


Switching stores, did you know Apple had a clothing line inn 1986??


No I didn't.  That really is surprising!  I wonder what caused them to leave that market?


well, thanks for the chat.  Happy New Year.


Were you aware that the fashion and retail industry allow such misleading information to exist? I knew there were grey areas, but it surprised me.


That shouldn't be allowed.  I saw that target is T a


I agree, fraud is not alright.  You mentioned that Target is T a.  What does that mean?


Target is at a 13 year high in sales growth.  Home goods and toys are leading this.


Oh yes!  Target really had amazing growth.  I think I might be contributing to their success a bit with my spending!    The Home Goods selections at Target probably do drive a lot of their sales.  They are affordable and trendy.


Toys r us closing and other company bankruptcies helped


I completely agree that the closure of competitors must have contributed to Targets success.  Along that thought, did you hear about the underemployment issues that are still burdening families?  So many people are becoming frugal and it's causing a lot of store closings, since they are shopping more at Target and Walmart etc.


Yes, I have heard.  Target is the 8th largest department store retailer in the US.  It has 1822 stores in the US.


So, been reading about Netflix, man wish I had that service again, had it YEARs ago when it was DVDs..


Yes, she is very attractive! Have you seen any good movies lately?


No I have not, what do you think about Selena Gomez I think she is doing well to have picked up her life after Justin Bibier's  break up


I admit, I'm not exactly a fan of her music, but I'm happy to hear she's doing well.  She seems like a nice young lady.


Do you know demi lovato? seems Selena and her have been in  show business since childhood. They both appeared on Barney and friends back in the days


Not too much, I know she was rushed to the hospital not too long ago due to a suspected overdose.  Hope she's doing okay..


I learnt she is going star in a movie called spring breakers


Yeah, I saw part of that, it's a pretty trippy film, she plays a girl who become a bank robber over Spring Break


Nice , I wonder what we would have done without the internet, Life would have been definitely boring. What do you think?


Oh, man, I can't imagine life without the internet.. even though I spent first 18 or so years or my life without it... LOL


Thanks to the government I learnt it was their research that has eventually turned into something wonderful. I love my country


Well they have totally changed the way we watch movies and the good thing is everyone is on it except you :)


Although sometimes I do think, "All this knowledge available on the internet and I'm using to watch cat videos..."  LOL


just imagine how difficult school would have been without internet


Yeah, you'd have to go to the library for everything and do lots of research.


Well, it's just money is kind of tight right now, even at just $8 a month.  I've heard they got a lot of good original series though...


ok, I wish one can share subscription then it would be easy. Do you know that one can access netflix from everywhere except china?


Yeah, China's weird that way.. the government isn't big on certain types of movies and series and stuff. I have a theory on that...


i am of the opinion that most people on netflix are youth between the ages of 16-26..This is because it accounts for a whole 33 percent of internet usage in north america can you believe that?


Yeah, that makes sense to me, young people like to watch a lot of television (or should I say shows).


I am happy that it's an American company, kudos to Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph


Yeah, entrepreneurship is always a good thing!  Do you have any Netflix series you like to watch?  I'm interested in Stranger Things.  Heard it was really good...


I watch my all time favorite Friends on Netflix, I love Jennifer Aniston. She is my dream date


Do you like country music? If so you may know who Scotty McCreery is!


He has a great voice and I dont know but he just remind me of past times, I also like Linkin Park, his album Hybrid Theory was one of the best selling albums of the century


I like country music, but I was surprised to find the henry ford thought of jazz to be urban decadence and supported country music to counter it instead


I see that is interesting, it seems like it didnt work as Jazz is very much alive and kicking


Personally I am a fan of both. I usually find the best in music, except heavy death metal. That just is painful to hear.


I agree, death metal is just too dark for me, you know that the fender stratocaster was actually meant for country music


I wonder if the instrument reached its true potential in country music or in rock and roll


I think its used mostly for Rock music, its a great piece of instrument for sure, you know that there are only 2 african americans in the hall of fame of country music!


I wonder if it was due to talent or prejudice. In an case, I still enjoy country music


I do too and who knows I havent seen many african american artists either so maybe thats one of the reasons


That also makes sense. In any case, it was a wonderful experience to chat with you about country music


I have a passing knowledge. I think I heard his name, but am not too familiar. Tell me more about him


It was great chatting and remember to keep an eye for Scotty McCreery he is a great musician and I bet you will like his songs


I will heed your advice and check him out after this chat. I hope you have a nice day.


Ok so he is a country artist, his got a great song called ''Five More Minutes'' and some other great songs as well, his an artist to keep in mind


Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't he appear in american idol?


Yes he actuallly won back in the year 2011 and his been working with the Universal Music Group ever since.


Do you know of any other of his achievements?


He has pretty good songs I guess they count as achievments, songs like ''See You Tonight''


Did he record any particularly famous or good albums?


Clear as Day, that album was pretty good it had a great debut, it debuted in place #1 in the Bilboard 200


I also enjoy music albums like hybrid theory and dark side of the moon. What aspect of his music appealed to your like of country music?


Do you like watching a horror films? Also do you think Bambi is a horror movie haha


Haha I love buttery popcorn! I also eat popcorn when I watch Netflix. Do you have Netflix


Yeah, I watch it every night before bed. I'm not alone. From 9 pm to 12 am Neflix accounts for 33 percent of all bandwidth in North America.


Wow that's a lot! They also spend 20 times more money on postage than on the actual bandwidth costs. Did you hear the story about how Netflix was started?


I totally forgot about the mail option. I heard that Reed Hastings got a late fee and was inspired.


Yep it was a late fee for the movie Apollo 13. That's a great movie but a $40 late fee would definitely make me mad LOL


Haha, well I bet he is grateful for the late fee now since Netflix is now worth 50 billion dollars!


Oh for sure! crazy that Netflix has about 140 million subscribers right now too. They also started by selling DVDs and by renting them as well. But they stopped selling the DVDs in order to just focus on renting


Interesting! So they must just sell the DVDs wholesale? I bet Blockbuster is kicking themselves for not buying Netflix


Oh I bet they kick themselves everyday haha. Are you going to watch the Academy Awards?


No Im not much into those type of shows. How about you?


Well I do remember Bambi being scary when I was little, when the mom got shot! I don't like horror films, as I dislike being startled. How about you?


I'm interested in who wins, but not really because I've seen the movies that were nominated haha. I won't watch but I will see the final results. What are your thoughts on Daniel Day-Lewis?


I really don't know who that is, haha. I don't know celebrity names. I do know that he must be a good actor as he won the oscars 3 times.


Yes I don't really see the appeal myself. Stephen King thanks Bambi is a horror movie. It is very disturbing especially if you're a kid. Have you seen the movie The Shining


I am not sure, I might have. It's surprising that the boy from the Shining didn't know he was acting in a horror film. I hope that means that it was not scary for him.


I think that's what it means yes. I'm glad he wasn't Disturbed after making that movie. There are definitely some messed up scenes in there. have you ever used a water phone?


Right? No, I haven't used a water phone. I want one so I can discretely follow people around making noise on the water phone.


Haha. I guess that instrument is used for making a creepy noise that is used in horror movies or something? They should play that in art museums. Apparently if you watch a horror movie before you view abstract art you enjoy the art a lot more


Interesting. I think when movies have the waterphone sound it makes it less scary because I know to anticipate. It's when something suddenly jumps out at me that scares me.


that would scare me too. but those scares is what makes you burn calories. You can burn up to 200 calories watching a horror movie


Unless you eat a ton of buttery popcorn like I do!


Oh, so sad, and how famous  is his poetry today! did you know poetry is so old, It can be found in Pyramide texts dating back to the 25th century BCE?


That is amazing! I wasn't aware of that! I also think those poems are amazing that when read normally are depressing, but backwards are inspiring and motivational!


Wow I have to try that! And also reading the javanese alphabet which forms a poem too!


I'd like to read that one. Also, Demetri Martin once wrote a palindrome poem that was 224 words. That is pretty interesting!


Yes it is! Talking about arts, do you like ballet?


I do, actually. In fact, I think it's interesting that pro ballet dancers often go through 4 pairs of pointe shoes weekly. How about you?


I love ballet too! and i was surprised of how many pairs of shoes they use!! they should probably get 5000 year old shoes, because they work better than modern shoes!


No kidding? I should invest in a pair of those old shoes, then. Ha! But if they're that old, we may want to drop a dry tea bag in them to absorb the nasty odor. Ha!


hahaha that is right . Have you heard of what NFL player Steve Smith does after every game?


Yeah, I think it's a great thing he does leaving his cleats on the field to help raise awareness of the homeless who have no shoes. That is very kind of him!


Hi! I love baseball as well as kickball aka soccer-ball as they call it in Canada. Ha! What about you?


It is! well I think it has been a nice chat! I did learn some cool stuff


Agreed as I have as well! And I'll leave you with one last cool little fact about Stephon Marbury: he promoted a shoe line that retailed at $15 even though he wasn't paid to endorse them. That was pretty cool of him to do. Well it was great chatting with you! Take care, friend!


I like baseball and all sports in general. And you know what, I used to play kickball as a kid!!


That's awesome! I couldn't believe that the Japanese baseball fans were surprised to learn baseball is America's national pastime. I'm equally surprised to learn they were surprised


That is a suprised cycle! Did you know why baseball managers dress in uniforms during a game?


It's because they actually can play if needed. Can you imagine an old manager out there catching fly balls in the outfield? That'd be hilarious! Ha!


Yes, LOL, and I don't remember that happening! did you know what a very lucky man found in his grandfather's attic?


I heard it was $3 million worth in old 1900s baseball cards that were hidden there since the 1940s. It's like, I need to start checking attics then! Ha!


You never know what you ca find!! Nice hidden inheritance from grandpa!!


No kidding! May even find some old Edgar Allan Poe literature. Speaking of Poe, did you know he only got  $9 for the publication of "The Raven"? That is truly unbelievable!


Hey how are you, did you watch 13 Reasons Why by chance?


I've never see that, they spend 20x more on postage than internet, that's pretty crazy to me.


That is crazy I agree so interesting how the internet makes all of this possible.


For sure, there's a measurable addiction of people clicking links, people love their instant gratification, me as well.


I guess the internet can be really addictive. Humans are the minority in the internet actually we are outnumbered by software problems.


Software problems? What do you mean by that?


I meant programs, not problems, sorry. There is more software than humans.


Lol I could see that, it's crazy to think what humans do and then what programs do. It really blows my mind, you ever think you're living in a program right now?


Haven't really thought about that this might all be a simulation interesting theory.


It kind of freaks me out the more you think about it to be honest. It's pretty crazy.


It is crazy, well I'm real if that serves as comfort lol, do you know how the act of looking oneself on the internet is called?


I did, I loved that series kind of dark but great. Did you watch 13 Reasons Why


Are you real? That's what a bot would say though right?


I guess thats possible I could be a bot as well. anyways this bot is tired and its kind of late so it was gret chatting with you.


Me too, haha, great chatting with you too. Take care and have a good night!


I did, I couldn't finish the first season, it seemed to almost glorify suicide and what not. I'm not sure if it was the best message for people. Netflix has some great shows though.


Its really dark, not a show for everyone but it gets interesting later on and then kind of addictive and really sad.


For sure, that makes sense. Netflix and Youtube make up half of the peak of internet traffic, I could see a lot of people getting addicted to it.


Thats a lot, can you believe Netflix has more than 137 million subscribers already?


Oh wow, that's pretty crazy. i guess they make up 33% of all the internet bandwith in North America at night.


I know right, did you know that in the year 2000 Netflix proposed a deal to Blockbuster and they just laughed at them? well Netflix sure showed them


Netflix showed them for sure ha, the internet definitely helped them, I can't believe Blockbuster didn't see the writing on the wall.


Yeah the company has grown a lot over the years. There is a boring movie in Netflix about fireplaces.


Hey! How're you doing? Did you know that Earth is over 4.5 billion years old?


It makes me wonder where all the other animals are that we haven't found yet. I wonder how many there were back when there were more forests. I wonder what other adaptations we have as humans that are similar to the affect of gills on us.


That is a lot to think about.  Like you said, a lot of those species live in the oceans I suppose.  Most animals on the planet are alike in consuming organic material, breathing, and moving.


Right. And like us most reproduce sexually. What do you think about Germany being the first country in the world to universally give animals legal rights?


i like it but to a certain degree.  i mean, I do think animals like my dog for example should have rights.  I don't think dogs should be abused and such but on the other hand I think it can go too far.  Animals raised for food for example should only have certain rights.


I agree. I think farm animals and pets should have basic rights, protecting them from cruelty. What about wild animals?


Wild animals should be protected as well except for the ones that people hunt for food.  What do you think about the Loch ness Monster being a protected species?


I think that is incredibly hilarious! I thought the loch ness monster was a myth! I mean, I suppose all myths have a basis in fact, but it's still weird. And Scotland still hasn't changed it. What do you think about there being 20 quantillion animals individually on Earth?


I can't even imagine that many but I suppose it is true.  All you have to do is look around in daily life and there's animals from insects on up everywhere.


Ones that we can't even notice because they are so small. And ones that come out in different seasons. Did you know that Venus does not have seasons?


I do think I have heard something about it before.  That just seems so odd and also so boring.  Nothing on Venus ever changes.  It rotates different than all of the others as well, except for uranus that is.


Hi, I am doing great! How are you?  I did know the Earth is old but I didn't know it was that old!


Yea I thought that it was pretty weird how Uranus rolls versus rotating. I wonder how we'll every explore space, what with some life being up to 455 light years away.


i know what you mean.  First we need to decide what is a planet and what is not.  Pluto was a planet and now it's not.


I'm doing pretty good too. It's been a nice, relaxing day. I feel like knowing how old the Earth is, it's kind of sad to think about how much humans have damaged it.


I never really thought about it like that but you are definitely right.  I mean, right now over 80% of natural forests are completely gone.  I wonder what our planet would be like with them intact.


Lots more foresty! Haha. I feel like the loss of trees has really damaged the Earth's ability to cope with CO2 emissions. If there were more trees, we probably wouldn't have such an issue.


No, we probably wouldn't at that.  It might make a difference with helium as well.  By the end of the century the planet will be completely devoid of it.


I wonder what is causing the helium to go away? I know that the CO2 emissions are causing fluctuations in temperature, and melting of the polar ice caps, but what is responsible for the helium?


i don't know to be honest but it seems like everything on the planet is connected in some way so the forests probably have something to do with it.  Doesn't it seem odd though that the planet is over 70% water and yet the trees are so very important?


I do think it's odd, but it kind of makes sense then that the oceans hold most of the world's organisms. I think it's amazing how diverse the population of animals is. They can range in size from fractions of a meter to over 110 ft.


It is amazing.  We don't even really know about all of the animal species on the planet.  Less than 2 million have been described and there are over 7 million in total.


Yeah only a few, me too. They have been around for 16 yeARS


wow that is a long time, do you have a car btw? the first car was made back in the late 1800's


I do have one. They have come a long way. Do you know why the trunk is called that?


no I haven't heard about that, why is it called that?


Because old card used to have wooden trunks in the back


ah I see, I live in Michigan which is close to ohio, but it is apprently illegal to warm your car in Ohio, glad thats not the law here!


Yeah, wow. DO you know how the drive thru came by?


I think Mcdonalds made it right? Wasn't it for the military or something?


Yes because they were not allowed to leave their car at that time in their uniforms


ah that makes sense, do you use google or bing for your searches?


hi, I do from time to time have you ever seen the show shark tank?


I oprefer to stick to Google. Do you have a preference?


well Google gives better results but I use bing because they pay you per search actually


Oh cool, some incentive there. Nice chatting with you


I have only seen a few episodes of it. I like the SImpsons


ya I like the Simpsons, I think it's funny Daniel radcliffe did a voice on that show actually


Yeah celebrities are everywhere now. DId you know Bart was in alll but one epsiode?


no I didn't, was that a mistake haha? I do know that Homer had almost 200 different jobs in teh first 400 episodes of the simpsons though


That is crazy about Homer. I am not sure about Bart thought


ya, do you follow Shakespeare at all? I guess only one of his plays has not been turned into a movie or TV production


He was a popular guy so that makes sense. Did you ever watch Pokemon?


I did, I think there are like 750 episodes now right? i only watched a few as a kid, what bout you?


Did you know that the government owns like 85% of Nevada??


Is this a thing in the movie? I have never seen The Hulk...or whatever it is called.


ya its a comic character, hes also in movies now, I don't like the movies though haha


There is more than one movie with the Hulk in it?


ya there are like 5 at this point I think, too many to keep track of haha


did you know that women couldn't wear pants in the Senate building until like 1993


Wow. I did not know that. I wonder what happened that they decided to finally make that change. 1993....just wow.


ya that is sad but at least its been fixed, also I guess women couldn't legally wear pants in paris until 2013 lol


True. Better that it has finally changed than to not have changed at all. I guess same for the women in Paris because holy cow.


I know right, do women always have fly's on their pants? I'm not a woman so I don't know haha


wow that is crazy, the government is weird I guess a rich billionaire bailed them out back in 1895


haha oh ok, well I gues the fly is technically the cloth flap and not the zipper itself, good to know


I will stick to calling the fly the zipper instead of the cloth flap LOL


lol good plan, well watch out for the fly and flies and keep a lookout for illegal pants haha


the government was out of money and so JP Morgan gave the USA a loan


Hopefully he got his money back then LOL


haha I would hope! did you know the only president with a PHD was Woodrow Wilson?


I had no idea. But did you know that Aladdin's pants were modeled after MC Hammer?


wow didn't know that, how often do you wear trousers btw? I wear them everyday haha


LMAO I wear them everyday. I guess we are extreme barbarians according to the Romans.


haha ya exactly, also I want the Hulks pants, apaprently they are indestructible


Hey...do you like Hoops? I saw some old clips of Kareem dunking.


yeah. i like their cheerleaders too. except the saints ones, you never get to see them in restaurants where the players are.


I think that's so ridiculous, what If they already paid for their food before the players arrived, or with their family.


yeah...they should at least put tracking chips on the players so they can warn the cheerleaders.


Yes you are right, just not on the field. Do you believe there are only 11 minutes of live football?


thats crazy. no wonder engineers get paid more


Yes you are right, but how is that possible, with four quarters in a game, quarterback time, run time, kick time and tackle, it just doesn't even out.


someone should investigate and make a film about it. maybe put in on netflix...they got a lot of eyeballs watching


Yes you are right, did you know Netflix spends 20 times more on postage than bandwidth?


Yes, what do you think about female playing in the NfL against 250 and 300 lbs mens?


Yes I do, I wonder that the dunk got banned from college basketball?


hey...if they are fast enough to dodge players in restaurants, they could probably do it on the filed too


Maybe true, but If there aren't any hitting the rating will drop and If there are hitting the lawsuits will rise, It was nice chatting with you, have a good night.


yeah, it did. crazy. wonder what James Naismith would think.


Yes, because he Invented basketball and was the only losing coach in the university of Kansas history.


I wonder how much they paid him bqck then. Nowadays the highest paid state employee is often the college Hoops coach


Wow, I am not sure' but I pretty sure it properly average out for today's pay.


maybe. if not he should make a federal case out of it. After all scotus has a basketball court on its top floor. so he's got a good shot at winning


Yes you are right, did you know the New Zealand basketball team nickname the tall blacks?


Wow, I would say maybe, I was thinking that properly applied for college. Do you like NFL football?


They have a great defense; Donald on the Rams is being considered for MVP


I'm not familiar with him.  What position is he?


Lineman; Brady is a QB on the Patriots and is the GOAT!


I think Mahomes might be having a better year than Brady but that's just my opinion.


Mahomes is the real deal; Much more so than Mayfield or the other young QBs


Oh yeah! I forgot about Mayfield! He is having a great year too! I mean, Cleveland has finally won some games this year!


I just don't like his cockiness as a young rookie; Leadership requires some humility and dignity


I agree with that.  I don't think he's as bad as Johnny Manzel was though.  I think Mayfield will learn and grow.


I think there are a lot of overrated QBs as of late but definitely not Mahomes


He has been a surprise to me. I mean, I knew he was good but not that good! I find myself wanting to watch Chiefs games just because of him.


I am.  I think Patrick Mahomes dropping 375 passing yards is impressive!  Are you a fan?


I fell out of the chair when I saw his no look pass; no QB has ever done somehting like that!


That's trusting your receiver right there.  I like how he can throw on the run and with either hand-impressive!


Yeah I saw a couple of left handed tosses. A bit awkward but they worked.


So long as they work that's all that matters!


I am a new fan of his for sure, he is amazing


I agree.  The AFC looks like Kansas City will be the winner and the Rams look like the class of the NFC to me.  What do you think?


I am a fan ot the lineup of the Chiefs but not a fan of the Rams at all; I want to see Brees or Brady grab another title


The Patriots are good but they have some losses this season.  Drew Brees would be nice to see win if the Saints can beat the Eagles this weekend.


I think they can; Philly's QB looked vulnerable this past weekend and only got the win by the inch of the field goal pole and crappy kicker


True. I still can't believe he missed that kick! Such a dissapointment!  I know Dallas is in the mix but they play the Rams.


LA has been looking week; Dallas' QB has been strong as of late, should make for a great game.


I honestly don't know much about the Rams other than their record.  I assume they are good and yeah, Dallas had a great game this past weekend so it should be good to watch.


Hey did you know that no woman has ever been nominated for the Academy Awards for best cinematography?


How's it going? Did you know that Astronauts vote from space. Pretty cool


Probably has to do with opinion pieces like coverage of the NRA


Maybe more Americans are getting interested in politics. More are becoming political activists too.


Yea, politics can be interesting. Did you know the top 3 wealthiest president were JFK, Jefferson, and Washington?


Interesting. The president's guest house is larger than the white house. I'd love to stay there haha


I wonder if President of Zimbabwe President Banana has ever been in the US guest house


Or the president of Indonesia. What do you think of him releasing three pop albums while in office?


I think the President of Indonesia must of been a really good pop singer or a dictator if he was able to release 3 pop albums


Yeah I wonder how popular the albums were. In Indonesia I believe the runner up in a presidential election automatically becomes the vice president. We used to do that in the US till 1805. What do you think about if we did that today?


I think if the runner up became vice president today the white house would be a great reality tv show


Yeah I think you are right! The news depresses me. I'd rather watch a concert. I like LInkin Park a lot. They played 324 concerts in 2001 alone. I didn't get to see any though


Nice! The government of India also helps people who can't vote easily. They set up a polling booth for one person in a forest full of lions.


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Voting is important but I think I would just stay at home one election day if their where lines outside my house lol


Not all men had the vote in the UK until 1918. That's surprising.


Yea that is kinda of strange considering the UK seemed to be more progressive on that stuff, I wonder why not all the men weren't allowed to vote


Voting had lead to some pretty weird things. Do you know Fred Durst? The citicens in Austin tx voted to rename their garbage dump after him.


Well I think we can agree that voting a dump Fred Durst is something democrats and republicans can agree on


Haha, funny. So I hear there are a record number of women running for office now.


Yea but it's a shame that things like 34% of black men in alabama losing the right to vote still occurs


That is sad. It's interesting that subscriptions to traditional newspapers have skyrocketed.


hey my friend, do you ever watch any television?


ya he's a cool dude I like him, have you ever seen the show That 70's Show?


Yes, I liked the cast of that show. It also depicted the time period perfectly.


ya I liked that about it, but they tried to remake it in the UK, it got cancelled after only 10 episodes haha


That is interesting. The show was all about the cast.


ya maybe the cast was bad, do you use Facebook? I know I have an account but don't use it


I Have two facebook accounts. I use one for personal and family and another for a website but I don't use them very much anymore either. I would not trust it to use as my primary source of news.


nope I don't like facebook much, its funny how its colors are blue because the creator was colorblind


That makes sense for a colour blind person to choose one colour in their design.


yup I agree, and ya myspace turned down buying facebook for only 75 mil back in the day, they must be pretty upset now


That was a straight loss for MySpace. It is so big that more people are on facebook then there are people in the world 200 years ago.


I like to watch the news on the television and only a few other shows like the Simpsons.


wow that is crazy, I would totally do the Facebook Burger King promotion btw, I would get rid of all my friends online for a whopper im starving haha


ah yes, did you see the one episode where bart neither is talked about nor appears?


No, I did not think that was possible since Bart Simpson is the star of the show. Well. Homer is also the star because he appeared in over 400 episodes.


that's true, do you watch South Park, I loved that episode where they roasted family guy and the simpsons crew sent them flowers afterwards


I do not watch South Park but I love SNL and Shark tank.


thats cool, I loved the Pokemon series as a kid, apparently they have over 750 episodes now


I don't have that much time to watch television because I work so hard at my job.


that makes sense, have you seen Thomas the Tank though? I guess George Carlin did the narrator voice for a bit


Did you know Bill Murray voiced the voice of the Human Torch in the fantastic four radio show. He is one of my favorite comedians.


that is interesting! Did you know that Jupiter's moon Ganymede would be considered a planet of it orbited the sun?


Oh wow that's pretty cool! Did you know that you could fit every other planet between the earth and the moon?


I did not know that! My mind is blown! I know that astronomers detected building blocks of life in a system 455 light years away


Woah! There is also a planet that orbits four stars.


Wow, I bet in North Korea, they think the whole world orbits them. Kim Jong-un probably told them that!


That is funny! I'm not too familiar with him. But I know he is young. He was born January 8, 1983.


The onion voted him the sexiest man alive, which was a complete joke, but China believed it!


Gross haha! He is the grandson of the first leader of North Korea.


Yea and a complete lunatic. He killed off most of his own family.


That's sad. I wonder how long he will stay a leader.


Hi! That is a hard question. I think he's arrogant and a jerk but I do like some of his ideas. Are you?


Hopefully not long, good chatting with you!


I too, he is not this genius he talks about, he is a complete idiot, sorry


Haha! Do you know who the only US president was to have a PhD?


That is so interesting, you would expect more! Did you know that JFK , washington, and jefferson were the richest presidents ever?


Oh wow! Do you know what an alternative name for our planet is?


I am not sure, what is it? the blue planet??


Besides Gaia, it is also known as tellus and telluris.


I read that, since 1900, the taller US candidate has won the election 75% of the time. What does that say about our society and how superficial we can be?


I can't tell you the last time I listened to radio. Canada requires, by law, that 40% of music played, be Canadian. Poor Canadians! So much Bieber, Drake, Celine Dion, and Bryan Adams.


I listen to NPR mostly so I get all the political happenings and opinion via radio/podcasts.  Did you know soldiers would make their own 'foxhole' radios?


I read about that. They'd use razor blades and pencils. Creative. Do you listen to am radio? If so, then you may have heard some of Jupiter's radio storms, which our am radios here on Earth can pick up.


I've heard of Jupiter's radio storms but I'm a FM listener since it's pretty much only NPR I listen to.


If you're into classic radio dramas, there's a website where you can listen to thousands of classic episodes for free. My friend would love that, as much as I wouldn't.


Yeah, you could probably hear Howdy Doody and the Green Hornet.  There's a Finnish radio station that makes a weekly news program entirely in classical Latin (a dead language).


I wonder why they call it a "dead language" when it's still known and used. I guess it would have to be widely used. It's not technically dead, though, if it still has a pulse.


I believe because it is not used in everyday conversation and written communication.  There must be an audience for it though because that Finnish station has been doing it weekly since 1989.


Must be. I miss the 80's. Voter turnout hasn't breached over 63% in the past 100 years. I wonder if we'll ever come together and achieve anything as a species, 100%?


I think a lot of people are disillusioned.  The mid-terms had a pretty good turnout.  People who are riled vote.


It says we are more concerned about what is on the outside than the inside.  I'm certain the prettier/more handsome candidate wins more than others as well.  I like the lengths India goes to for it's voters, setting up a polling booth in a forest full of lions for one voter.


Yeah. It feels as though our vote doesn't count. In lighter news, Austin, Texas citizens voted to name their garbage dump after Fred Durst. That poor garbage dump!


Yeah.  They could do more to encourage voting, make it a national day off for ALL with pay and/or establishing internet/smart phone voting.  Some people really get the evil eye from the boss when they take time from work to vote.  Great chatting with you.


I know, right? It's almost as if India DOESN'T want people to vote. Nevada is the only state to have a "none of these candidates" option in the voting booth. I would have used that option in 2016, had I lived there.


I wonder how the astronauts get to keep their ballot secret when voting from space.  I always assumed they would do absentee ballots before they took off.


You would think so, but they could be easily tampered with, if they did. 34% of black males in Alabama permanently lost the right to vote. I wonder why?


I suspect because they were convicted of a felony.  Not many people know that in England men couldn't vote until 1918 unless they were property owners.  WWI put an end to that.


34% felons? That doesn't sound right. I'll have to look it up. So WWI had some positive results, I see.


That's actually a pretty common reason in a lot of states.  They are working to relax that in some places.  Our prisons are full of men (especially) who haven't got the right to vote.  During the 2012 elections in the US internatonal electoral of servers were blocked from the polls.


I wonder which states they were blocked in? We should take a cue from ancient Athens, and appoint our officials by lottery. Much better than by height.


Anyone can rise to the job before them attitude!  Maybe.  Do you follow election results on the radio by chance?


He is and I have no idea, I would be afraid to ask him lol


Yes, he could crush your skull like a peanut shell. LOL


He could and without any effort, do you like football as well?


I sometimes watch NFL. usually try to catch the superbowl.


I love the Superbowl, its so exciting, do you have a favorite player? mine is the QB


I like defense more. it is challenging to anticipate the plays of the other team.


I guess defense is also cool, a real strategist can win the game, do you know who Alex Smith is?


He is a QB and also a really smart man. He got his BA degree in just 2 years and then started working on his masters degree


Wow. that is fast. he must have a great tactical mind. perfect for QB. Anyway, great chat!


I dont really know wrestling. Do you like it?


Yeah I bet smarts come in handy once on the field and I agree it was great chatting with you, goodbye.


I do like it yeah, Abe Lincoln was also a wrestler.


The man was huge! I wonder how good he was. i thought wrestlers were usually shorter.


Maybe they made an exception for the president lol Plato was also a professional wrestler.


Back in those days, i bet the greeks embraced sport as essential to the full life. I think it is great to exert yourself physically and mentally.


I guess its a great way, I haven't practiced the sport personally but I think its great. Do you know who Denis Cyplenkov is?


He is the arm wrestling champion and also a body builder, he has the most densely muscled hands in the entire world.


the man must be a monster. i wonder what you do to get your hands like that. are there special exercises?


Hi there! Hanging out today. Just got back from getting groceries. Love listening to music when I drive. Love hip-hop. It's hard to believe it has been around since the late 70's!


I can see that. The world record for speed reading is held by Anee Jones with a rate of 4,700 words per minute.


Wow that is amazing I don't even think I could do 1000 words per minute. I like to enjoy reading. Interestingly enough silent reading as a recent phenomenon.


I don't either. OMG I can not imagine listening to people read out loud all the time. I would be crazy!!


Yeah that would be so annoying LOL. I love that even blind people can read to using braille.


I do too. I was amazed as a kid when I heard about braille. Did you know that Starship Troopers is the first sci-fi novel on the reading list of three of the five US military branches?


Oh no I didn't know that that is very cool. I should read that book. The creator of Game of Thrones begin writing by selling monster stories for pennies to other neighborhood children. Look at him now.


Oh, that's funny. I wonder how old he was when he did that?


Yeah good question I don't know. President Andrew Johnson never actually attended school his wife helped him learn math and reading. What a good partner.


Hard to believe that was a non-issue. Good thing reading success is measured as comprehension. His must have been high.


Yeah I agree with you I bet it was. Do you ever read comic books? Marvel once spent 10 years convincing the US government that X men are not human LOL.


Awesome, I love hip-hop too. Hip-hop music has a large vocabulary of any popular genre of music.


I did when I was a kid. I know Michigan State University's library  has the largest publicly available comic book collection in the world. Nice chatting with you! Bye!


Yes, it does. In 2005 Mcdonalds paid hip hop artists when they mentioned Big Macs in their songs.


That is very smart of McDonald's and good publicity. Muhamed Ali was actually regarded as one of the earliest pioneers in hip-hop.


I didn't know that. Was that before he was a boxer?


I would guess it was during although I'm not sure. The band Vanilla Ice who sang ice ice baby was the first hip-hop single to top the Billboard charts.


I used to love that one.France is the second largest hip hop market in the world.


Oh really that is surprising! It is commonly argued as to whether hip-hop started in the south or west Bronx. I think just saying it originated in the Bronx is good enough.


I am sure. So I also like to read in addition to listen to music. Did you know that in the 18th century there was a moral panic because of the spread of the reading of novels?


Wow I would like to learn more about that. Reading is very powerful though it promotes deep exploration of tax during interpretation.


I know what you mean! To tell if your clothes are tailored or not! Could you listen to a free classic radio drama station?


i would love to listen to radio dramas. I've seen some of them on old movies and they sound really good!


Very relaxing! How about having a flame thrower in your car? Like in South Africa!


i've heard about that before. They do that to ward off car jackings. I just don't see how it works though.


Pretty scary, Wooden trunks is why we call the back of the cars, trunk? never knew that!


so I've heard that the whole reason we have drivethrus are because mcdonalds wanted to help out some soldiers back in 1975.


Yes, they couldn't get out of the car in them. Soldiers made radios out of razor blades and pencils!


Didn't they do that back in world war 2?  People back then were very resourceful!


I suppose you would at that!  Have you heard that you can hear storms on Jupiter with an am radio?  I would love to try that!


Hello, I am good.  How are you?  Did you know that Apple had a clothing line in 1986?


Yes, that's very exciting!!Can't imagine beating 90,000 people in a video game. Great chat!!


No, I didn't very cool! I didn't know pilgrim wore color? Though they wore a lot of black and white?


i didn't know that either! I had always thought it was black and white too.  I wonder why movies show them that way.


I know, I have never seen a lot of color. That's weird! Wonder why Rip Curl allows China on their clothes?


Isn't Rip Curl the clothing line from North Korea?


lol, could be. Bet that store in Alabama is full!


A store in unclaimed baggage at the airport. Now I will be looking for collar gaps, lol


So the airport has a store where they sell the stuff they find in unclaimed baggage?  I'm not sure how I feel about that.  Why look for collar gaps?


Yeah. Did you know Uranus rotates sideways?


yes and it rolls instead or rotating around the sun


Yes and it is good. it is also recommended by military branches


Yeah same with Ender's game, military loves that too


Right. Do you know who holds the record of speed reading?


That would be Anne Jones at 4700 words per minute


Yeah. Did you know in the 18th century there was moral panic because people were reading novels?


I do. Did you know JUpiter has a moon that if orbited the sun would be a planet?


Yes and now we have the opposite panic, for the opposite reason


Yeah sadly. Do you know who Tolkien and CS Lewis were?


Yeah=. Did you know that Venus does not tilt?


Yes and that is why it does now have any seasons


Yeah and also it is the only one that rotates clockwise


Yeah. There is another planet where it rains shards of glass


Yeah and that is at speeds of 4500 mph in 2000 degrees fahrenheit


Yeah Did you know they have found building blocks of life in another planet?


ye and that is really far from here, some 455 light years away


I don't keep up on many TV shows, but every once in a while I see clips of various performances from artists on The Voice


It's always cool to see people with talent succeed and create music that others enjoy listening to. Maybe one day she'll have as many hits as Kelly Clarkson or Lady Gaga


I think she will, she is a young artist and the only way is up, theres people in the industry that want to work with Cartelli so it would be a good thing to keep her in mind


Definitely. Many that we know today started out on a TV show. Did you know that Lady Gaga was on an MTV show called Boiling Points before her career took off?


I didnt know she was on a show before becoming famous, I guess thats why shes a good actress, the latest movie she was in was pretty good.


She started out performing as a teenager doing similar things to Cartelli. She dropped out of college to pursue music


I guess she took the right decision as she is now loaded with cash, she is the godmother of Elton Johns son, I bet that wouldnt have happen if she remained in college


I'm sure it wasn't easy though. She got her foot in the door through songwriting for a label first


I bet it was a hard road to success but most artists have to face difficulties,


But it's paid off. Now she has so many Twitter followers that the LAPD asked her to tweet information about road construction


Yeah I guess it did, do you like pop music?


I think The Voice its a great show, I like it and think there are a lot of telented people in the show, I liked Brynn Cartellis performance ons season 15


I do enjoy most pop music, but it depends on the artist. Sometimes I'll even listen to K-Pop from countries like North Korea


I've heard she's also the youngest winner on the show and the judges all wanted her. She must be very talented


Really the youngest one? I gues she made history then, I guess 15 years old is a young age, I meant I liked her performance on Season 14, I got the seasons all mixed up lol


People with that much talent and confidence at a young age are very rare. Many think she'll be a game changer when it comes to the success of the winners on the show


I guess it does change things, usually older artists have a better preparation and have more experience, she had a tough competition, Spensha Baker, Kyla Jade, Britton Buchanan, all of them great artists.


I think it helps that she was coached by Kelly Clarkson though, despite it being Kelly's first season as a coach. She's been through a similar process before and seen success


She did have a great coach, maybe Kelly was the perfect coach for her, she might have gone through similar problems in her carreer.


Some of the past winners have some quality music, but I think may have high expectations for this winner


I agree with you a song that I liked was Walk My Way, she said that its something people are listening to now, the tune can be heard in ratio stations and also on iTunes as well as other music servies


Everything nowadays is fake news, if you don't like something just yell fake news.


That is part of the reason I stay away from it.  How much of that do you think is any good, or worth your time?


I actually watch a lot of business and entrepreneur,type videos on there.  There's a ton of great content and I've also used it to fix my car and riding lawn mower.  Those videos literally have saved me well over $3,000 in labor charges alone and the parts were dirt cheap and not marked up if I had someone else do it.  Youtube is the 2nd largest search engine on the net as well.


You're right, I just see too many cat videos, or people falling off things.  I also use it when I need instruction, like how to attach a flame thrower to your car.


lol  Netflix and youtube together make up half of the peak internet traffic in North America.  That means half of the people online are just watching videos.


I probably contribute more through Netflix than Youtube.  I's nice to watch what you want when you want, rather than having to wait like we used to.


That's one of those videos I looked up when I heard everyone talking about it.  Watched it once and then moved on


It got so many views on youtube that they had to upgrade the view count integer to 64 bits.


Do people like him make much money from Youtube, does he get paid per view?


Oh yeah.  I know an autistic kid where I work...he has a video game channel where he just shows him playing video games.  He makes a few hundred dollars per month off of his videos and it's based off the view count and how long the people watch the videos.  Police have their own youtube called blutube!  It's been fun chatting!


lol Yes.  Wikileaks published the governments plans to destroy wikileaks.  Not sure if that's fake news. lol


That's a good story, some real news in fact, I hope a least.  Good talking to you.  Have a good day.


Ah but if you are the government you just say it's fake news and hope no one digs deeper.


True.  86% of the land in Nevada is owned by the US government.


You know what I say to that, fake news.  There is no such place as Nevada, just a government conspiracy.


lol  In 2008 the Norwegian government donated $1 billion to help save the Amazon rainforest.


You know what I say to that, actually I'll stop now.  That is very generous of them, since it is such a small nation that must be a fair bit per capita.


A fair, usually to catch on some clip I hear everyone talking about.


There are more than 400 hours of content uploaded to youtube each minute!


I just read about this chick named Anne Jones who could read 4,700 words per minute


Yeah, reading novels getting popular in the 18th century cause such moral outrage?


Yeah a moral panic because of the spread of books but anyways do you like hockey?


no, I'm not Canadian. So I didn't grow up with it being my national sport.


I see well I love hockey and yeah it is more a Canadian sport than American, I also like lacrosse


yeah, Lacrosse is popular in Canada too, right?


Yeah Canada has two national sports one is the previously mentioned hockey and the other is lacrosse


Did you know a professional hockey player will lose up to 8 pounds in one game?


That sounds like a physical demanding sport, 8 pounds in a game! I have to start playing hockey lol


yeah, I would be lousy. I heard about a guy who got traded for $1 and then went and won four Stanely cups. I would probably be a waste of a dollar. LOL


I agree lol, that must be the cheapest transfer ever, I bet the other team regretted that decision


Thats crazy fast! I wonder how they meassure that, I heard she holds the World Record of speen reading


Yeah, we're the only country that refers to our sport as Hockey. Everyone else is talking about field hockey.


yeah, I don't know. What do you think she read? I bet it was sci fi. Ender's game and such. It's required reading in the military


Not sure, but that sounds like a great book I saw the movie and it was pretty good, I liked it


Yeah. Who is your favorite author? I really like Tolkien. He and CS Lewis use to hold competitions together.


Mine is George R.R. Martin, he is agreat author and think that is funny, I wonder who was the champion among those two


The competition was "you laugh, you lose". They were really good friends.


Sounds like they were or are, not sure if they are alive anymore, Starship Troopers is another great book for millitary personel


Yeah that one is on the reading lists in the military as well.


Did you hear about the moral panic back in the 18th century, crazy how books can cause caos


back in 1975 right? Crazy how world renound a drive through is now!


I guess now people are just lazy to leave a car :)


i think so too, it is crazy how long the lines get, but cars are warm or cool in different seasons


True. But back in 1975... I think this idea was genious at this time. Absolutely not standard approach


for sure, it took from 1908 to 1975 for someone to think that idea up!


I've also read that 5000 years old shoes perform better than modern shoes. And I'm wondering what do they mean by "perform" and why is it like this.


yeah i thought those shoes were just cloth pretty much... maybe they last longer?


well, we don't know about modern shoes. Can it make 5000 years? Just not enough time :)


that is very true haha, i loved when marbury had his $15 shoe line so people could afford them


That's right. It's easy to purchase for everyone with this price.


Hi, I'm good. I've jusr read something interesting. For example, Apple had a clothing line in 1986. Did you know that?


that is very kind of him since jordans are often over 200 dollars these days


I did not know that, did it ever catch on?


No idea. But it could be interesting if hi-tech companies would do something similar now.


for sure, clothing is an interesting topic though, pilgrims very rarely wore black for example


True. There is a store in alabama that only sells things found in unclaimed baggage at airports. I'm wondering if such store is only in Alabama, what they do in the rest of airports?


that is so odd, they sell anything in the bags, might make them a lot of money!


does it go to federal budget or state budget... hm...


True. It is also a possibility. I also didn't know that McDonalds added drive-thru becuause of soldiers who were not allowed to get out of their cars while wearing their fatigues.


I wish I had the knowledge about football.


Do you watch it often? I tend to watch the Super Bowl and some games here and there. Compared to many of my other friends though, I understand the game better and have a better memory when it comes to know the Super Bowl is always the first Sunday in February


The only time I watch football was the Super Bowl because of the commercials.


That's how most people are. The parts of the game I don't fully understand are all the rules and penalties. Tom Brady and three other players have NFL rules named after them


I find it funny that Tom has never eaten a strawberry. Maybe he's allergic.


I think it's also interesting that when he was drafted, it was in the sixth round. I guess no one anticipated how great of a quarterback he would be


I think there's still some debate about that. Either way, he's a good player. Good enough that he is one of two quarterbacks to win the Super Bowl in his first season as a starter


He and the Patriots have been setting records, especially with this new win under their belt. I think it's interesting that the team is named after a whole region rather than a specific city. Their stadium is in Massachusetts


He's not my favorite, but I will admit that he is one of the best NFL quarterbacks. Did you see him win his sixth Super Bowl?


Interesting. It was nice chatting with you.


Definitely. I enjoy learning and conversing about new things


I watched the Super Bowl. It was not what I expected.


I know what you mean. Did you know the first NFL playoff game was on a dirt field in a Chicago Stadium in 1932?


Especially since every NFL season lasts 17 weeks. It's hard to even remember players that have been retired for a few years with the Patriots winning so many Super Bowls lately


The Patriots also drafted a German citizen into the NFL. I think his name was Sebastian Vollmer


Bill Belichick was coach for the Browns before the Patriots, and that was that team's last playoff win and his only win not part of the Patriots


is very interesting to read about the car history and many different trivia about it , for ecxample to know that macdonalds added the drive thru because of the soldiers who were not allowed to leave theur cars while wearing their fatigues


Very neat and patriotic. The car brand cadillac was named after french explorer antoine de la mothe cadillac who founded detroit.


i wasnt aware that in southafrica u can equip ur car with falme throwers to prevent car jacking


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


country music is a mix of different sounds like celtic and irish with traditional english ballads


I enjoy country music.  Real country music like George Jones is my jam.


what about U2 disguising and play in texas 1987 as the dalton brothers


Haha, that's cool.  I don't know much about U2.


i love them ! i wasnt aware that there is only 2 african american men in the country music hal of fame


Yeah, me either.  Probably one of them is Charley Pride.


oh ok  ,well , it has been nice talking to u


I think it's important to have our gun rights and to do what we can to help to lower the crime.


i think has to be more strict , theres a lot the surgeons hasve to do to fix wounds made by guns


Danny, the boy from the shining, did not know he was acting in a horror film until several years later.


i know , i mean i would try to hide to my boy what was exactly going on to protect him , and what about burning a lot of calories by watching horror movies ? thats amazing


Haha, that is crazy.  The majority of creepy metallic noises in scifi or horror movies are made by an instrument called a waterphone.


i didnt know that if u watch horror movies beofre u view abstatrct art u wl enjoy the art more , ill do that next time


Stephen king was terrified as a child when he saw the movie bambi, calling it the first horror movie he saw.


Well, I don't have kids so this article is not very interesting to me


Or that he had to have a penname after being caught drinking during prohibition!


Not exactly the picture of a children's author!


I knew he was scared of kids, but I didn't know he invented the word nerd.  Thats kind of interesting


Whoa look at the Netflix facts. 33% of all bandwidth in North America.. not sure how I feel about that


And with youtube they take up half of internet traffic in peak time.  that is crazy, I had no idea


Jesus that sounds unhealthy, not gonna lie.


I love netflix, but I feel like someone needs to challenge them so they don't take over everything


Yeah, I'm a fan of the new movies they're helping produce that wouldn't get produced otherwise, but they're definitely get too big in entertainment


I didn't see that Blockbuster could have bought them for a lot less than they are worth today.  Could have saved them


Yeah, Blockbuster was a big part of my childhood. Too bad! And if Reed Hastings had been better about late fees, the world might have been completely different!


We could look at it as a few movies that are "family-friendly," and why they are considered to be that.


Well the one with date-rape and suicide ideation doesn't sound like something I would take a kid to see


True, but maybe a young teen, since that sounds like a lot of kids' realities.


Maybe.  I'm so glad a grew up before social media


Same. I can see good sides to it, though. Like if you're a bit of an outsider, it's easier to find a community through social media/online. Seems like the case for Article Section 4.


Did you see the, Jim carrey doesn't make dramas any more because his beilef system prevents him from playing in movies that don't project positivity?


Yeah! Knew he changed his views on a few things, but didn't know that.


I'm curious as to what belief system that is though.  He was gotten a bit wierd


Yeah, I think he's basically Buddhist or something like that, but not in a structured way. I also didn't know Dr. Seuss was so educated..


Hi there. Do you know much about the US Congress? The term originally was used to signify a parley during battle in the Late Middle Ages.


Yes I am beginning to be convinced they should privatize. More freedom would allow them to do the things that any normal business would do in times of low volume.


Including go out of business?  At one time, it was an essential service to deliver mail.  I am surprised to learn that federal workers do not have the right to collective bargaining, yet join a union.


Yeah it may be time we change that. But it would face strong opposition from Congress.


Private sub way lines?  I had no idea.  The post office will deliver packages on Sunday.  Thats flexible I think, compared to years ago.  I think the question of essential service is not trivial in this matter.  E file taxes?


I have no idea honestly. I will leave it up to Congress to decide. That is their job. There is even a fantasy congress where you can draft members of congress!


Hah.  If the function of the post office can be replaced by email, then it can die.  I wonder if fantasy leagues can play out historical votes.


That would be kind of fun. Because points for the fantasy league are based off legislative success. So it might be easy to predict if it used historical data.


President Wilson vetoed the Volstead Act.  Congress passed it and Prohibition began.  My fantasy congress would never have passed that.


Yeah I totally agree with you there. Who do you think is going to win in the Republicans vs Democrats baseball game this year? Well I enjoyed chatting with you today.


That is a big game.  I would say the team with the youngest average age. It has been a good chat.


That is interesting, considering how the battle rages on today.  An issue before congress is the privatization of the US mail service.  Thoughts?


Good call. Historically the Republicans win! Have a good one.


Yes very true. I don't think it should be privatized. The postal service doesn't need greater freedom like some say.


It would seem that the government control has held costs down, perhaps if private they would be bought by Fed Ex or other carrier.


Yes. And a privatized Postal Service may have substantially lower cost structure but that is just theoretical.


the parley about this in the Senate has about 50 votes against.  The congress has 239 against.  I expect this number to increase.


Yes me too. It doesn't surprise me that the Trump administration is pushing this though, as he is a businessman.


Yes.  Cutting cost, or the potential drives the change from trumps point of view.  The labor leaders of the postal unions are saying no to privatization. It is not clear to me why labor opposes.


I think it's because some people think it would harm the industry in general and thus put an undue risk on the millions of US citizens who work for the Postal Service.


So, returns the essential question, should the postal service operate at a profit, or a break even?  Force them to profit and service cuts are inevitable. Risk goes up.


I wonder how you do that with Unicef?  That sounds like a great social program if it could be implemented.  How can they keep track?


good question, i seriously don't know how they would track that , maybe there's a way to join a program or something so you can link your phone. Otherwise, i really dont know how they can do that


Everything is fast-paced in New York, even the area code dialing.


most of all there, there's so many people trying to make business the technology there has to be the fastest than in any other place, good speed internet


Crazy how technology is so small now like the iphone computer power.


soon everything is going to be with holograms


oh i already saw they are doing all that , theres many articles about that


How in the world?  But, technology is always evolving like from LP to CD to MP3


it actually kind of easy to do now if we already dealing with the technology we are dealing with , is just a projeccion u send from ur phone


Oh yeah, like cassettes as well , those were good times. You could actually hear the music with no filters


Oh, sounds like Quantum Leap.  The Holograms I saw in Dallas 20 years ago were really cool.  Creativty never ceases with the human spirit starting with music and going to infinite places.


What do you think about the Dark side of the Moon still one of the best-selling albums in 2014 even though released over 40 years ago?


that tells you something ... people can still recognize good music, good lyrics, and just the simple but amazing sounds of the guitars, piano, etc. Now there's too much electronics involved


Yes, how true.  I find it interesting how genius the musicians are especially knowing now that Queen's Brian May has a phd in astrophysics.


lots of those people have a lot of knowledge , i think back then u have to have to prove not just with how much u can sell but with the quality of ur work how good u are


Some were a little out there though.  Eddie Van Halen literally set his speakers on fire when recording the guitar solo for "beat it."


linkin park was and still is one of my favorite bands , kind of sad lyrics but good music at the end


Fun!  Did you see that cables carrying phone messages across the ocean by internet are only 2.7 inches in diameter?  I wonder how they just lay on the ocean floor with it so deep and all?


i thought but those I'm guessing so many cables around the ocean one day that might cause problems? idk i like that unicef would donate clean water if you don't use your phone


I live not too far away from Allen.  The community is affluent.


As Americans we really take football seriously. The highest paid in the US Department defense are three football coaches from services branches.


Yes, we take football too seriously.  Do you know the football team that has the highest score ever?


Georgia tech defeated Cumberland 222-0 in 1916.


Wow, I should look up more facts about that at my library. Do you go to the library sometimes?


Not anymore.  I used to go there often when my kids were much younger.


I sometimes borrow DVDs from the library as well as books. Many public libraries in the US also have video games to attempt to lure teens into the library. Apparently it was worked and more teens are actually checking out books.


That was good.  Apparently, there are more libraries than mcdonalds in the US.


I'm glad we have access to so many libraries. Didn't used to be the case. UK Prime Minister William Gladstone founded a public library at age 85. He hauled his 32,000 books over 3/4mile with a wheelbarrow.


I don't really, only during the Super Bowl. How about you?


When did it happen?  Couldn't he use a car instead for transporting the books?


This was in 1895. Well I got in the mood to go read a book. I'll be heading to the library. Bye!


Cool. 14 of the world's 25 biggest stadiums belong to American college football teams.


I did not know that.  Do you know that University of Iowa painted lockers for visiting football pink?


Interesting. Do they have humongous american flats at college football stadiums?


yes, sorry. The huge flags they have at football stadiums weigh 1100 pounds. They cost $50,000 to manufacture.


I heard about it. Which football stadiums have that type of flags?


I am not sure. I wonder if the high school football stadium in Allen, TX has one. It cost $60 million to build so they might have invested in a big flag too.


That was the worst or when you stayed up too late and that stupid blender info commercial came on you knew it was over. I guess you could always listen to the radio and find some classic dramas there.


I like some, have you heard of the Dead South, that's about the closest I come to country.


I have not. Jeff Bezos is cousins with George strait though!


That's interesting, did you know it actually originated in  the southern United States in the early 1920's.


I did not. I did read that there are only 2 african americans in the country music hall of fame.


Really? Do you know who they are? I did not know that.


I am not sure but I would like to find out... Google here I come!


Did you know pixar has a secret room that is visited by only celebrities?


I did not know that. I wonder what is in that room?


Me too, well its been good talking with you, have a great night!


I am doing great as well. Do you like many drama's?


I do, I am more of a horror buff but House was one of my favorite of the categories.


Did you know house was one of the highest paid drama actors! Hugh Laurie! Who knew!


Yea he made 700k per episode! I could only imagine what to do with that money.


I was shocked to learn judge judy was second with $123K. WOW!


That is shocking, I hated when that came on when I was a kid and nothing else would be on tv.


I know, right. It was like when soul train came on on saturdays. You knew cartoons were over!


Yeah and I wonder how many people really get to play there


good point. Do you know what the NZ team is nicknamed?


Yes they are called the tall blacks, so weird


I know. Do you know who Reggie Miller is?


Yes he is a NBA hall of famer but his sister was always better than him in the sport


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


I know right? Did you hear of that deal Iverson signed with Rebook?


Yes and ow he gets $800 000 a year from them until he turns 55


Yea and then a lump sum of $32 million after that


I sure do, Do you know who Kareem Jabbar is?


Yeah the guy is pretty much set for life with that deal


Yea he played it smart. Nice chatting with you.


Yes the guy that used the dunk shot so much it got banned


Yeah. Do you know who invented the game?


Yes that was the coach at U of Kansas, James Naishmith


Yes and also the only losing coach there


Yeah true. The coaches are the highest paid anyways in most states


Yeah that is true. Have you heard of the highest court in the land?


Yes that is in the top floor of the US supreme court


Hello there, are you a fan of jazz music?


Yeah he is, and he is still going strong despite being up there in age!


Back to jazz, did you know that there is a women who lives in Harlem who has held free jazz concerts at her apartment every sunday for 20 years?


Oh geez... that is awesome for her and the community!


Yeah I figure her neighbors must be ok with it because 20 years of Sundays is a lot!


This is true!  I can't believe Pakistan has a jazz band!


I didn't know that before today, I guess they are pretty good as well, I will  have to check them out if I can.


Yeah or I'm sure I could find something by them on YouTube.  Do you use YouTube for music much?


Oh yeah!  You tube is awesome for music!!!


Yeah I use it almost everyday.  They have so many rare videos and recordings, it is so great. Well it was nice talking with you, I hope you have a good day.


Nice! Do you know that jazz originated in New Orleans during the late 19th and early 20th centuries?


No i did not!  But i can definitely see it coming from there!  Do you like Jazz?


I do like jazz, I really like how each instrument has its own section for a solo during most songs.  I think that is really cool.


WOW... that is cool!  Never even given that a thought how they do that!  DO you think the solos are strange?


No, I think the solos are the best part, they give each performer the chance to spread their wings a bit in a sense.


Yeah... definitely allows creative freedom!


Exactly, did you know that Clint Eastwood is a huge jazz fan? He even scored several of his films.


Oh really?  I did not like that!  I really like Clint Eastwood!  He's a great actor/director


Looking at an old events listing, I see that Bloomingdale's Boundary Store welcomes Eagles fans for its Superbowl party.   Do you remember when the Eagles were last in the Super Bowl?


I would not have thought so either.  I really liked John Lithgow in the "3rd Rock from the Sun".  I think many were surprised when it beat Seinfeld, Friends, and Frasier for the Golden Globe for Best Comedy Series in 1997.


It is surprising 3rd rock beat out Seinfeld and Friends, their 1997 seasons are some of the most popular


3rd Rock was a bit more slapstick / physical comedy while the others were more humor / word play.  I guess it just went over better with the Oscar voters.  Do you watch much network TV, or are you like me and have cut the cord?


My roommate pays for tv so I watch reruns of that 70s show, I never knew there was a UK version called 'Days Like These'


I did not think a $100+ cable bill was worth it, so I get local news / weather with an over-the-air antennae and stream (Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime) for the rest.  No commercials, watch when you want, and pause when you want.  Its great when the youngest insists of Thomas the Tank Engine.  Did you know Ringo Starr, George Carlin, and Alec Baldwin all narrated many episodes of Thomas?  Carlin and Baldwin surprise me since they have salty tongues -I guess they cleaned up their language when narrating children shows!


Especially Carlin, but I wouldn't mind seeing him doing some bits as Thomas the Tank Engine


Were you every a fan of the Simpsons?  Bart is so essential to the show that only one episode exist where Bart does not make an appearance or is mentioned!  Duuuh


Yea, I like the older Simpsons episodes, apparently they sent flowers to South Park after they aired an episode making fun of Family Guy


We obviously have comedy in the live and recorded arts.  But it seems a dark comedy in the making the way our national government is functioning.  If George Washington were alive today, what do you think he would make of it?


Well I know Washington was against political parties so he would be very disappointed with the way the country is now


Back in 2017, I'd love to try one of Bloomingdales $12 cheeestakes


We are in complete agreement on that point!  What I recently learned is that by law, GW was made a 6 star general posthumously.  I always through 5 star was the highest rank possible.  They made so he can never be out ranked by anyone past or future.


That's pretty cool. Well it was nice talking with you


Well its shows how little I follow pro football.  I am a season ticket holder for my alma mater, the LSU Tigers.  I lived in the DC area about 10 years ago and you could always find things to do.  Did you every have an opportunity to live or visit there?


I've visited before, the 100th anniversary of Benstien's birth sounded like a fun event to go to


Absolutely.  I always enjoyed the outdoor concerts with the National Symphony Orchestra at Wolf Trap Farm.  We always go the cheap seats, spreading a blanket on the hillside.  What intrigues me is the beer and stouts mini-festival at Pike and Rose.  Thankfully they have a good mass transit system so you do not have drive home after sampling many brews!


Yea Pike and Rose's beer sounds good but pretty pricey at 10-12 dollars a drink


That's Washington D.C. prices!  What about the Puppy Bowl at Dodge City.  It seems just to be a play on words with $5 "Puppymosas".  D.C. has a wide range of eateries, including a respectable Texas style smoked BBQ at Texas Jack's.


Dodge city sounds good, $6 bloody marys isn't too bad


Are you much into comedy?  When I lived in the D.C. area, date nights at time included the comedy play "Shear Madness" at the Kennedy Center.


Yea, I like watching comedy films like harold and kumar and Pineapple Express, I never knew they were called Bromantic comedies


I found the article about humans to be super fascinating. I could not believe it was only 240,000 years ago where we lost all the body hair.


Yes, I would love to learn more about our Earth.


Just saw the natural selection theory about universes. That's kind of unexpected.


I am much more interested in the Earth than the Universe. Interesting when the earth first formed a day was only 5.5 hours long.


That makes sense, it was smaller, hotter and unfinished. The Earth's orbit would have been much different.


yes, but I would have thought maybe 12 hours, but I did not think things were that short.


I would have guessed a little longer too. But a planet goes through a huge amount of changes in 4.5 billion years.


I know crazy that humans have such a short existence in all that.


It took that long for Earth to be a place where we could survive.


Are you a believer in the big bang theory or are you spiritual and religious? Just out of curiosity?


I believe in science. And nothing in the bible actually says the age of the Earth or that Adam and Eve weren't early humans.


Well, the Earth was much colder then, it would have still been needed.


Did you find anything interesting about the article? What was your favorite?


I was surprised by the fact about some stars being so cold humans could touch them.


Yeah, I was also suprised by that fact, as well as interested about the theory that there is only one electron in the universe.


Yeah, I knew the stories about Kepler and Copernicus, but the facts below were pretty interesting.


It's sad that 80 percent of the earth's forests have been destroyed.


Sad and dangerous to everything living on the Earth. The Earth being helium free sounds alarming too.


Yeah, at the rate at which we are destroying the earth and the elements are getting scarce. It makes me very nervous for future generations. We should be doing more to prevent it.


True. Hmm, wish they had said a little more in the Earth facts.


Yeah, he is pretty good. Did you know it is legal in South Africa to equip your car with flame throwers?


That is awesome! and so dangerous! do you like cadillacs?


I don't know much about them, how did they get that name?


It was named after antoine de la mothe cadillac, the founder of detroit, it is nice of them!


I think so, it is very french sounding. Do you ever go through the drive thru?


I do, but I'm not sure how they got their start. Do you know?


They were started at mcdonalds in 1975. They were created because people from the military couldn't leave their cars wearing uniforms. That is an interesting start to them!


WOW! That is pretty cool. Do you eat a lot of McDonalds, I love the Big Mac.


I love their new chicken tenders. I don't mind waiting 20 minutes at the drive thru for them. Good chatting with you, go get a big mac!


I'm a fan, some of the newer stuff though I don't like all that much.


I was a busta rhymes fan in the past, he was reptar in the rugrats movie


I remember he sung on that song scenario.


I am trying to remember it, I am remembering a great song lol!


Yeah. Did you know Tupac is in the library of congress?


I heard that, he is under some different genre, do you know which kind?


nice, Tupac was so good! I like listening to him on youtube and watching his videos.


Its crazy some of the contracts now though. Lebron has a lifetime contract with Nike. Suppose to be like a billion dollars


Yeah! I think he will be the first athlete to make over a billion with income. That was a goal when he was still in HS.


Its crazy how it all started with Mj's shoes. He was the first player to have his own shoe. And they were banned at first


That's the fruit from the forbidden tree! I know sneaker heads that spend thousands annually on shoes, Jordans in particular


REALLY! That's nuts! What's your best pair? Do you still have them?


There was a year of the rabbit jordans that came out in 2011. But there were so many. I have given up most of my collection


I find sneakerheads interesting. My one friend has over 10K in jordans...


Its an addictive hobby. Too bad most of us dont have the lifetime contracts as well


If you did, you could get those Js. I think $32M would buy a lot of shoes!


I like all sports. When I get bored, I usually watch sports. It's what I do. What about you? Do you like sports?


Yes it would. Tim duncan gave up money to stay in college 4 years


That was a bold move by him but he's a different cat. Nice chatting with you.


I love watching the NBA. There are some very good athletes that play


I agree. I really like LeBron James. Do you like him?


I do. He is probably the best player right now. Not quite as good as Michael Jordan, but still can put on a show


Yeah. I feel bad for the bad rap he has gotten. He seems to be doing the right things and he is still getting bagged for it.


Oh yeah. He has handled the pressure very well though. Being tooted as the chosen one since high school cant be easy.


I agree! And he has not gotten into any trouble off the court. It's a shame he receive this hatred.


It is just like Allen Iverson. He brought a very new style to the NBA at the time. Did you know hes still getting paid by Reebok?


He signed a lifetime deal worth $32M. Almost as much as Jordan makes on shoes!


That seems like the dumbest rule I've ever heard.  Michael Jordan once was asked why he wouldn't endorse black democratic candidate Harvey Gantt in a North Carolina senate race and Jordan responded "republicans buy shoes too"  lol


I love how he speaks his mind. Have you heard about the candy desk tradition?


I haven't but I remember we had one in elementary school.


Oh cool. Well the US Senate candy desk is currently supplied with candy made in Pennsylvania including Milky Way bars, mars bars, and jellybeans.


Nice!  That's pretty neat they still do that!   Consistent use of red and blue colors for republicans and democrats only started in 2000.  I remember them using the colors before that though.


Yeah that seems pretty recent. I think it's interesting how the republican core base shifted after the Civil Rights Act of 1964!


I agree.  The Southern states became more Republican and vice versa for the North.


I didn't realize that the Republican Party was founded by anti-slavery activists.


I didn't know that either!  Did you know the first president of Zimbabwe was called President Banana? lol  It's been fun chatting!


That is hilarious. I wonder if they have any other nicknames for any other presidents? Great talking to you as well partner. Have a good one.


Yes I think it's important to stay up-to-date. The Republican Party currently controls the presidency. Or should I say the Grand Old Party!


lol  Did you know that every US president with a beard has been a republican?


That is a very interesting fact. They're currently having some trouble though. The president's former personal lawyer is pleading guilty to fraud and breaking campaign finance laws.


I saw that!  Not looking good.  There hasn't been a US president who wasn't a republican or a democrat since 1853.  I think we might see a different party within the next 20 years.


I would love to see a different party. In the past the runner up in a presidential election automatically became the vice president.


Isn't that interesting.  Wonder how Trump and Hillary would have gotten along?  lol


That would have been hilarious. They would cause havoc in the Senate. The Senate is widely considered both a more deliberative and more prestigious body the House of Representatives.


Yes...the senate used the same gavel for 165 years until Richard Nixon cracked it!


Wow I bet Nixon was so disappointed. Women were not allowed to wear pants on the US Senate floor until 1993.


Hi there! HOpe you are having a good day. Have you checked YouTube yet today?


I guess that is all the land they use for the Air Force testing. I know the runways and test sights take up a lot of acreage.


Have you heard about the man you sold the Eiffel tower not once but twice impersonating a government official.


Yes, I've read that before! Super funny that he was able to convince two different people, that the tower was for sale! I'm impressed by the Norwegian government, that they gave 1 billion to another country to save the rainforest!


interesting, the government planned to destroy Wikileaks and Wikileaks published it


I have mixed feelings about Wilileaks and all their involvement in governments. How do you feel about that?


same, lets talk about google next, google maps uses device movement to calculate traffic


I think it's so funny that they used goats to keep the lawn tidy instead of mowers for a while! That's very eco-friendly of them, right?


Google maps even tailors its maps when showing disputed borders


I guess that is something they can easily do since they can tell where the user is located. Makes it very politically correct.


When google went down for five minutes in 2013 it took 40% of web traffic with it


Yes today, a lot of people use YouTube as a search engine making it the second largest


Yes, I saw that. So that means they control 40 % of web traffic. I wonder who has the other 60%?


yeah, it requires a lot of computing power to perform a good search


Yep, who knew that people making videos of their day, could get them to the second highest search engine! Looks like Netflicks and YouTube get most of our attention!


I would not think Justin bieber has the most disliked song which is "baby"


I was wondering what that was? Sorry to say I am not a fan, too much. So 'Baby' is a song? Do  you know why is is so disliked?


I dont, there is a law enforcement version called blutube


Yes, I see that. That's a cute name. I wonder is anyone can see the videos or only if you are official law enforcement?


me too, They had to upgrade the view count integer due to Psy's gangnam style


Yea, also don't know who that is! I guess I'm not hip. If Google bought YouTube for 1.65 B, in 2006, I wonder what it would sell for today?


Lets talk about the government next, the government owns a lot of land in Nevada, 86%


What do you think about this incident with officers shooting their guns though windshields?


I wonder how I can tune into that station, what do you think about that Canadian law that requires 40% of the music in radio stations to be of Canadian origin.


I have to look into Canadian music. The only Canadian musicians I know of are Drake and Justine Bieber, haha.


Yeah i cant recall more Canadian musicians, do you like to travel?


Yes, I do when I can! Would you take a dutch commuter bus designed to travel at 160 mph?


No I think I prefer the bus thank you, 160 mph seems dangerous.


I probably would not want to travel by land in Japan...the tolls cost more than $300 traveling across the country.


That is a lot of money, I would rather take a plane, do you know Iceland doesnt have a public rail system, they usually take flights.


Interesting. Would you like to live somewhere where motorized vehicles are banned? That is the case on Mackinac Island.


I think I would, maybe not forever but Im guessing its a really relaxing place to be at,


Right, I would definitely go there for a visit.


It seems like that could be dangerous but I guess they are being trained to shoot through their windshields if necessary.


It's located in the US and homes are really expensive so it would be a good idea to just visit the place.


I think its the right course of action if they are under fire as well, afterall police have to defend themselves as well,


True. But a deadly force instructor said that it's better to only drive when you're driving, and to only shoot when you're shooting. But sometimes I guess shooting through the windshield is the only option, especially if there are bystanders


I agree, a bullet can always hit a bystander and shooting through the windshield is a way to protect them, although it can be dangerous like the vehicle that crashed into the elementary school after receiving fire.


The officers can also get injured. They can get hearing damage and windshield fragments could hit the officer


I agree its not an optimal way of shooting a gun, there are many issues and problems by adopting this kind of shooting technique.


Yeah, you have to consider the angle of the windshield, the caliber, type of round and distance to the target. It's a lot to consider.


I agree, its a lot to think about, I wonder if they teach officers how to make a radio out of a razorblade and a pencil, just like soldiers had to learn back in WWII


Hmm, not sure. Speaking of radios, I guess it's possible to hear Jupiter's storms on the am radio.


Hi how's it going! What kind of music do you like? I remember when I used to buy cd's, and it's still hard to believe that vinyl's are still being used today!


I don't know any other state that they control land. Maybe Puerto Rico or Guantanamo Bay? I think the government should do more for the environment like the Norwegian government who donated 1 billion to the amazon rainforest.


I was very impressed by this. It's very nice step. And Norway isn't big country. If you count 1 billion per capita of Norway's population, it will be huge money!


Yeah it shows they really care which is great. They are very smart to do so. Meanwhile our government is just trying to keep it from being shutdown!


Yes, the United States has huge debt. To spend 1 billion for the amazon rainforest could not good idea under such debt lol


Yeah I don't think they could justify doing that. I just saw a video of this Hawaiian man and he was wearing a Hawaiian shirt which is considered business attire in Hawaii, must be nice!


I didn't know that. I want to live in Hawaii. In fact I've never been there. Have you?


Hawaii is beautiful I have been there 3 times you should definitely go! Definitely get a Hawaiian shirt! In China the gangs used to layer as many shirts as possible and pop the collars.


It's interesting! I didn't know that polo shirts were originally invented for tennis, but it makes sense.


Yeah, kind of like a classy sort of club sport. I wonder why they aren't called tennis shirts then since polo players adopted them later.


Hey, I'm good, thanks. How is your day? Yes, I'm also old enough to remember CD lol