Me too. My dream is to retire to a slow moving coastal town where the biggest decision I have to make is determining which local dinner I will eat at. I'm a ways away from that!


I hope to get to DC one day to visit the wharf and taste some of the delicious fish. I might go this spring; the weather will be nice for walking around the wharf and taking in the sights and smells of all the history.


I agree. I wouldn't mind catching a Nationals game either! Check out that 7th inning stretch!


Yes, I would imagine that everyone love to do the stretch at the game.  The legend is that President William Howard Taft started the tradition there. I can see why he stood up to stretch, baseball games can get lengthy sometimes.


Yeah. That's why I drink so much at games... I have to get up and go to the concession stand! HA!


In class they also studied interesting facts about presidents. Did you know that the presidential guest house is bigger than the white house? That's crazy!


That's gotta make Trump angry! He could get into pop albums like the president of Indonesia!


That's hilarious! I'm surprised that Trump hasn't made any pop albums since he's been a reality TV star already. That could be an avenue when he leaves the white house.


In class they also discussed the history of clothing. Did you know that humans are the only creature that wears clothes? I didn't know that, ha ha.


I think they should put pants on horses... my son asks too many questions at the petting zoo.


The class learned that we wear more or less clothes depending on the circumstances.  For instance if it's cold we wear more and if it's hot we wear less.  Also different cultures wear different types of clothes.


Pilrims clothing was colorful and only wore black for special occasions...


That's interesting because I always have thought that Pilgrims dress was very boring. I didn't know that they wore colorful clothing! That gives me a whole new view of the Pilgrims.  They're not as drab as I had pictured them.


I know! I thought the same thing. I think Hollywood has warped our perceptions of a lot!


In class they apparently also learned that there is a store in Alabama that just sells stuff from unclaimed baggage at the airport. It's hard to believe that people would leave there things at the airport. I wouldn't do that.


Neither would I. I wonder what's the craziest thing they have?


There's probably a lot of interesting things to be found there. I love to go to second hand stores and look for treasures.  Well, I think we have completed enough "turns" now and so we can say goodbye. Thank you for chatting with me today. Take care.


Do you listen to Suff you Missed in History Class? I listen to a lot of podcasts but not that one...


We're at 8 so we have 2 more. Did you know there is a jellyfish that is immortal? Kind of like this chat?


Okay, jelly fish are kind of gross. What is amazing is the black swallower fish. It's hard to believe that a being can eat something that's twice it's length and ten times its weight and survive. It must get heartburn. It would be so heavy, how could it still swim?


HA! Heartburn... That's funny. I heard that some snakes can eat humans whole!


The zebrafish facts are also very interesting. I worked at a university and the researchers there work with zebrafish a lot. Now I know why; 84 per cent of their genes can be related  somehow to human diseases.


I read the notes. I read that former president William Howard Taft started the baseball term "7th inning stretch."


Wow, I did not know that. Did you know that John Quincy Adams skinny dipped in the Potomac river?


Yes, it's a funny story.  A woman named, Anne Royall, wanted an interview with so she went to the river and sat on his clothes to force him out.


Ha! That would be so embarrasing... She's now seen negatively though. Seems like good old fashion journalism...


That would certainly be embarrassing.  I think she was very brave to do something like that to a president. I guess she got a story!


Have you ever seen the Great White Hope?


No, I've heard about it, but I've not seen it. It sounds like a great play as it received many awards. I will make a point to see it if I have the opportunity.


yeah me too. did you ever use a rotary phone?


yeah my parents had a few in their house,  it was really annoying.


hahah same.  Especially,  when calling long distance.


yeah Ive used phone books.  apparently it is impossible to separate  phone books,  have you ever tried?


I have never tried it since I do not have two, nor 1 actually


I recently learned that the sun is actually white,  interesting huh


yeah , our perception of it is so wrong then


yeah i know right,  and no one ever corrected us lol


Hello,  yes I like horses.  Did you know clint eastwood is allergic to horses? lol he does so many western movies .


haha I think so too. icelandic horses have a fifth speed


That is really neat,  although I am not well educated on horse gaits.  I hear dalmatians are known to calm and protect horses.


I cant imagine riding a horse to school,  depending how far the school is.  I took some horse riding lessons and only after an hours my legs were sore.  2 kids rode horses to school and got suspended.


yeah I do not get why they were suspended though. do you use your phone much?


Yes,  everyday actually.  How about you?


Hi, how are you today? I guess Taylor Swift did a remake of "Earth, Wind and Fire." Oh boy.


Oh? Which one? She was only 14 when she broke into Nashville. Was the youngest Album of the Year Winner.


Wow that's inspiring. She dressed up like Olaf, it was Halloween.


Oh. Interesting.  she once released 8 seconds of white noise by accident.


She comes from a wealth family and grew up on a farm.


Really? Well she has her own wealth now. Flies around in her own jet, with her own hanger at Nashville.


Yeah that's ritzy! The farm she grew up on was an 11-acres tree farm.


Do you know where in PA? She is only 30 years old. she should stick to writing her own songs. ;)


Yeah that may work for her. I don't know where in PA. I do know she once donated her entire proceeds.


She seems to be a giving person. Seems to be getting into political rhetoric.


Being famous i would imagine it changes and shapes the person you become.


Im fine thanks for asking. Not Taylor again. Have you heard the song?


That seems sadly true in most cases. Well, thanks for sharing. I learned a lot.


No I didn't even know she remade it. Man that a 1970's great and some things just shouldn't be redone.


Right. It's a classic. I heard there was a lot of negative comments from other singers.


I can see that. She covered the song September, right?


Right. I didn' know that she was from Pennsylvania. She's usually pretty good.


I have to confess i don't think i have heard any of her music. I did here that she walks backward to keep from having her picture taken.


Really? Weird. She won't allow her music on Spotify because it's free listening.


I guess she's all about the money, then. Apparently she dressed up on one of her tours like a disney character.


Apparently, he is the highest paid actor! At $700,000 per year.


There are free website you can listen to free classical radio dramas.


Yeah, I'm not a fan of radio dramas are you? Do you have a favorite one?


I like the classical touch. I watched serial in olden days.


Interesting. Did you know Jim Carrey doesn't make dramas anymore?


She is a multi-talented personality. She has released a variety of products including the 2014 mobile game kim


Yeah, she is. Her Dad was part of OJ's legal team.


Kim was the author of the book "Selfish"


No, I read the news about the Royal family.


I've never read it, but she has done well for herself. Well nice chatting with you.


Apparently Meghan and Harry watched a dance performance by Jukebox Collective.


Harry watch dance with his fiance in south wales this month. Its very nice to spend time with loved ones.


Yeah, I agree. Are you a fan of Anne Hathaway?


I like her. Harry and megahan markle might be the biggest of big name setups.


Yeah, I think so, but I think the 1st in line Prince William is more famous.


Sure. Drama is the very nice to watch play, comedy, ballet etc performed in theatre.


Nice, so how much is $1 worth in Canada?


Not worth much, but what a good trade.  Can you guess what is under a basketball court in a sport stadium?


Hilarious, that almost sounds like a fantasy!


Speaking of fantasy, did you know that author Terry Pratchett was knighted for his "services to literature."


He probably was knighted by the queen of England since this the only country that knights people.  She knighted Elton John.


I am as serious as a janitor in Chicago wrote 15,145 page fantasy manuscript with over 300 watercolor illustrations which was only discovered after his death.


Not my favorite.  My grandfather is a major fan.  He was telling me that a man found three million dollars worth of 1900s baseball cards in his grandfather's attic.


I love it. I was a pitcher, I think people that don't like it are crazy!


What do you think about hockey?  Did you know that an average professional player can lose up to eight pounds in one game?


Well Canada is the only country in the world with two national sports Lacrosse and Ice Hockey.


Interesting, both are really cool But hockey is better, I guess they couldn't decide!


Very interesting.   One time a hockey player was traded for $1 in 1993 and won four Stanley Cups.


Hm, quite true. but why is it called the boot in england? what are they up to in that country?


But they are too civilized for flame throwers...  I'll have to check with my FaceBook crew to learn the ways of the British Boot


You would keep your flamethrower in the boot, like a civilized road warrior. they are rules to road combat.


Of course. We are not animals... We only eat them. At bURGER kING, THEY ARE HAVING A PROMOTION: DROP 10 fACEBOOK FRIENDS AND GET A FREE WHOPPER.


I would totally do that, if i had a facebook account. make a bunch of fb friends, then unfriend them for tasty calories.


If I had a Facebook page, I would "like" your comment. While this button is illegal in some places in Germany, we westerners still type on the wild side...


I think that germany is a bit extreme about the like button in that case, but i worry that people spend too much time on social media.


Occasionally, Facebook can be used for good (only occasionally). Iceland is rewriting it's constitution and is usig facebook to enable citizens to make suggestions and comments


Its good to get suggestions but i wonder if people could hack the system and make every thursday free ice cream day.


I like that... We can start the petition for the new Amendment... Thou shall partake of the frozen cream custards on Thursdays, courtesy of Trump...


No. I prefer helicopters, but they are a little out of my budget. I might like my car better if I could equip it with a set of those flame throwers that are legal in South Africa!


Yes, that would be great! Anyway, great chat!


I am off to do some freestyle Korean rap, complement battle, and the first compleent with be sent your way! Adios!


yes, a helicopter would be cool but a car with a flamethrower would rock.


It would be a high end one, stylish, probably run on expensive fuel. Elon would make an electric powered one. LOL


Detroit was founded by te French explorer, Antoine de la mothe Cadillac. Today's explorer, Space X takes, off using flame throwing rockets. Does that count?


Ok, that is pretty close. will a city on mars be named after Elon, i wonder.


Sure, if he can get there first, but he may be greeted by Chinese and Russian toll booth attendants asking him what's in the trunk?   Do you know what the trunk of  the car was named for?


If it was an elephant we were talking about, the rear compartment would have a totally different name!  Cars used to be equipped with wooden trunks secured to the back of the vehicles. Some elephants come with wooden trunks too, but they rest on top...


Hi. Do you enjoy basketball at the college or professional level? I


Yes, and the professional players make a lot of money.  I think NBA is even more prosperous than the football leagues. Of course, they play a lot more games than in the football season.


that's true. but funny enough, Soccer actually brings in more cash than pretty much all others sports put together, including basketball and football. I could hardly believe it!


Really? No wonder every boys dream is to play professionally. Not only the money, but the glory. And that's not all, players like Jordan and Iverson signed contracts with shoe giants and make a lot more money just advertising the shoes.


Exactly! Not to mention they even go on and do things like insurance commercials too! I found it pretty interesting that the inventor of basketball, James Naismith, was the only coach in the history of the University of Kansas that was a losing coach....and he actually invented the game!


That is strange. I guess he didn't have the best players. It is interesting though how those who make so much money are happy to use some of it to benefit others.


It is. You mentioned earlier that Fernando stayed in school instead of the NBA, ironically, the Spurs basketball player, Tim Duncan, did the same thing. He stayed all 4 years in college, instead of straight to the NBA. Not many would do that.


True. I remember Tim Duncan. My boys were in high school during his early years and they loved the Spurs. I think it's funny that there is a basketball court on the top floor of the supreme court building. I wonder who uses it.


I know! It's termed 'the highest court in the land', so I guess some of the Supreme court judges have a bit of a sense of humor. But, I'd have a hard time picturing them in teams, sweating and dribbling the ball! Ha


Funny!!! Did you know that there is a soccer game where three teams play each other at the same time? That sounds confusing!


I would definitely be confused. I didn't even realize until recently that Association Football was actually soccer! Apparently, there are a large amount of Americans who consider 'soccer' to be slang for Association Football, but it isn't what I would think of as a slang term for it.


I'm not picky about either. I usually watch more of the NBA, if I watch. Jordan was a great player, and he actually was banned by the NBA to wear them in games, but Nike paid the fine for him to do it.


True. Well, it was great visiting with you. Thanks for sharing.


Interesting. I really admire young men like Maryland's sophomore, Fernando, for staying in school instead of pursuing an NBA career that  early.


I know, that takes some strength to pass up. Isn't he from Angola? I bet he is amazed at what he's achieved here.


Yes. He started out as a soccer player, but always had the NBA as a goal. Perhaps he will enter the NBA draft next year after succeeding in another year of college ball


I think so. I believe he's very close to it, as they will be making decisions about the 2019 draft in the next few months.


It seems he and his coach have a very good relationship and respect for each other.


They do. Fernando really seems to put an importance on his teammates and fans feelings, so I think that's pretty awesome. Not all athletes are like that, they can be very self-centered and egotistical.


That is true. He is ranked second in rebounds and is known for his dunking. That's really funny since Kareem abdul-jabbar caused the banning of dunking in college basketball. I think he broke too many hoops. Ha


wow! It's amazing though, that in around 40 states, that college football and basketball coaches are the highest in pay as a state employee. That's unbelievable to me!


What.  The puck must have traveled at an incredible speech to cause such fricition


Probably. Did you know Snoop Dogg wrote a fight song for his son's foot ball team


I heard about those songs, but I have never heard the songs myself.  These songs must be hilarious and interesting


A high school football stadium in Texas cost $60 million to build


I am wondering where that stadium is so that I want to play on that field for just 1 minute.  Hahaha


Allen, tx. The big flags at the games weigh 1,100 pounds!


It must cost them a lot of money to build such flag.  Btw, did you know that ESPN won an emmy award for the creation of the superimposed yellow line representing the first down line for the nfl games


The highest paid coach are from the armed forces teams


I love the Olympics. So diverse and the bobsledder from Jamaica wants kids to see someone like him.


ohh, I see.  Btw, nice chatting with you.  Enjoy your holiday


I agree with your point there.  Olympic games have the ability to unite people together


The usoc director says they are not where they want to be quite yet.


in your opinion, the game will be better or worse in term of competition and peaceful purpose of the game


I think with all the negativity in the world. The Olympics is what brings us together. Do you like hockey?


I have only watched a handful of games.  But I like other sports like football, basketball, tennis.  You?


I like hockey. Not very many African Americans play hockey. The US hockey team lost to a highschool team 6-3


Wow, that is bad for a pro hockey team to lose to a highschool team


Yes it is. In 1930 a goalie caught fire after a puck hit a box of matches in his pocket.


The soundtrack of a movie is a really big deal!


I loved that soundtrack, really inspiring actually, Batman Begins is one of my favorite movies


Yea the Batman and Marvel movies are really good. It's crazy Sony rejected Marvel's offer to buy all it's characters for $25 million


Sony must be regretting that decision each hero is worh like 20 times that amount know, that was a great bargain


Yea, I bet Sony is kicking itself for only pay 10 million for Spiderman back in 1998


I liked the first two with Tobey McGuire


I liked them as well but I have to say im digging the new version more, Im exited to watch the Spiderman movie after Infinity War


Yea I hope it's good, maybe the hero owned by both Marvel and DC   called Access will make a cameo


There is also a hero called Blue Ear, have you heard of him?


Isn't Blue Ear the hero with hearing aids?


Yea, on the Jaws soundtrack Spielberg played the clarinet


Yeah the same one, Marvel created the character to help a kid that didnt want to wear them.


So his not only the director of the movie but was also one of the musicians? thats awesome


Did you ever listen to the O Brother, Where art thou? soundtrack, it is certified 8 times platinum


No not really Im not familired with that soundtrack I am with the one of the movie Tron Legacy,


Wasn't Daft Punk involved with the Tron Legacy soundtrack?


Yeah they netgotiated the terms of the soundtrack over pancakes, they even wore their robot helmets, hell of a breakfast


Interesting. I never knew Phil Collins worked on the Tarzan soundtrack, wasn't much of a good movie


I heard he recorded the sountack in 5 different languages, talented guy


The batman begins soundtrack was pretty good, I never knew the track titles were names of bat genuses


hey did you know the three horizontal lines you see all over the internet is called a hamburger button? That term makes me hungry haha


haha ya wouldn't surprise me, he is nice I guess he gave a fan in a wheelchair a microphone at his concert one time


I think that he is a musician that define the genre and for that he has my respect.


yes I'd agree with that, he is very opinionated like how he interrupted Taylor Swift at that one event


Do you like any music of his in particular?


well I do like some songs, like I like the song GOld digger, it ws written in a minor key which is apparently rare


I agree that that song was quite unique for the stated reason. I wonder if he also uses facebook


ya I don't know, I know he does use twitter though, did you use myspace when it was around?


No. I bet myspace regrets not buying facebook for 75million early on


oh definiteyl, do you know why the Facebook "like" button is illegal in that one German state? that seems werid


Perhaps they don't like how people are becoming more superficial? Like that black mirror episode on social media


ah interstings, ya I haven't seen that show iss it any good? I've heard good things


oh I use it all the time, I probably have an addiction from clicking link so much, which apparently is a thing


Do you ever read the full terms when buying a product of service online? I try to, but I almost never read it all in depth


ha no I never do, I'm shocked that 7 percent of people actually read those, that seems high actually imo haha


I sure am happy there is a backup of the internet considering how vital it is to daily life


yes I wonder how much space that takes up, and how often they back it up, it would be horrible for the entire internet to go down but at least you could get cell service on mount everest!


I hope they update the saved copy in the alexandria library often


do you like Kanye West at all? Apparently he thinks AIDS is man made


He is free to think what he wants but it is a shame he think so.


I heard about it.  Yes, it was indeed funny.


Plus back in 2001 a Michigan judge delivered her ruling in the form of a rap when trying a suit against rapper Eminem.  I would like to see that one on Youtube.


Is it on Youtube?  I would like to see it.  I want to see Eminem's reaction to it.


NO. I just said that I would like to see it there.  Before he became a rapper, Eminem's true dream was to become a comic book artist.  His favorite superhero was Spider-man.


He can still do it.  It will be easier now since he is already famous.


True, he could still do it. He has the money for sure. Eminem is ok.


I like a few of his songs.  I might like Korean rap music better if I can understand the languages - complimentary words instead of insults.


Yes, Korean rappers invented a new type of freestyle called the "compliment battle." Sounds interesting but I've never seen it.


I have not seen it either.  You must use google translate to understand though.


I plan to try that soon.  Sounds educational.  Did you know that rapper Big Sean had a GPA of 3.7 and turned down a scholarship to Michigan state before being signed by Kanye West?


Yes, a little bit.  I know Kanye West is a rapper and he's about 40 years old.  Apparently, he's rethinking his philosophy of life and is questioning the value of money itself.


I heard about it.  I'm sure he was happy with his choice.  Anyway, I've go to run.  Nice chatting with you.


He says that money is not worth more than time and friendship.


Yes, I heard he reactivated his dormant Twitter account so he's back on tweeting again about his more recent music.   For example, he tweeted on Wednesday that "once you start moving in love the universe will assist you."


He changed quite a lot.  I used to dislike him.


He can't be all bad, he once gave his mic to a fan in a wheelchair at a concert.  That was nice of him.


Yes, I heard about that.  His music genre is rapping - is that correct?  I'm not a fan.


Yes, Kanye West has been a frequent source of controversy for his conduct at award shows, on social media, and in other public settings as well as his comments on the music and fashion industries.


I know.  I understand that rapping is a musical form of vocal delivery that includes rhyme, rhythmic speech and street vernacular.  I have never liked rap music.  How about you?


Some of it is ok. I don't like all of it. Rapper Busta Rhymes voiced the Reptar in the 1998 Rugrats movie. I thought that was funny.


Really that is amazing. ESPN won an Emmy for the superimposed yellow line


Yeah. Did you hear NFL is using tracking chips on the players now?


WOw cool. Did you know that women can play in the NFL?


Nice. THe tracking chips are being used to collect information like velocity and rotation and such


Nice, I wonder if they can use that to make the game safer


Good point. Did you know Matt Patricia used to be a rocket scientist


Wow that is such a huge career jump, amazing


I know. Do you know when the first NFL playoff game was played?


I actually do not know that, when was it?


It was back in 1932, very long ago. Nice chat


I sure do. Snoop Dogg once wrote a song for his son's team


WOw. U of Iowa painted the visitor locker room pink


WOw I wonder if that is supposed to have some impact on the players


I wonder too. Bowlers made more than football players in the 60s


Yeah I guess it was a more popular sport back in the day


True. Do you know the highest score in college football?


Yes it was 222-0 and that was in 1916, do you know who was playing?


Yes it was Georgia Tech that made history with that win against Cumberland


Yeah. Did you know that more than half of the largest football stadiums are in the US?


Hi, are you a dog person? Dogs are the only animals other then elephants that instinctively understand pointing.


Yes actually, it's great. Did you know Gal Gadot didn't even know she was auditioning for Wonder Woman. She thought it was for Catwoman lol.


Wow how'd she miss that..lol. I think she did a good job i was skeptical at first. Now it's the highest grossing female superhero movie.


Yeah she's really an interesting person outside of being an actress. She served in the Israeli defense force for 2 years! She might not be wonder woman in real life but she can still take on bad guys.


Yeah that's awesome i did not know that. i think the film grossed nearly or helped the dceu push pass 3 billion.


That sure is a lot of money! It's interesting how the character of Wonder Woman has progressed over the decades. Not sure if you ever read any of the old comics, but when she first appeared in the justice society they made her their secretary! that wouldn't fly these days.


Your Right!! did you know that apple had a clothing line?


Yes actually! They are worth mega bucks these days. I recently got into vintage clothing, well I discovered some old clothes I had are now worth money lol. No apple shirts anymore though.


Ok? Anyway my dog is really barking, I think someone is walking to the door. Either that or he just wants food.


Dogs are very good friends i miss mine. In Istanbul they have a vending machine that releases food and water for city stray's.


I am and that's pretty cool. I know there are 12 different blood types for dogs and that they can donate.


And people here forget about their dogs in their cars and they die. I wish they had stuff like that here. Anyway I should be going. It was nice talking with you. I learned a lot more about dogs.


Yeah that's horrible but they often forget about their children too. that's a shame! Anyway nice chatting with you!


That is crazy! I've been reading a lot about dogs lately but I did not know that. Obviously humans have had dogs around a long time but I'm surprised they are the first domesticated. I would have thought cats.


Did you know google is a "dog" company.  It's even in their code of conduct.


Yes! When I googled information on dogs that came up! I guess because dogs perform so many roles for humans. They are more like "man's best helper" then just "friend".


Your right., hunting, police, and military to name a few.


Yes. It's crazy to think how many have actual jobs. It's much more common today to see people with service dogs also.


Yes that's true. I just found out that dogs are not really color blind. Did you know that?


Yes, but I don't think their vision is as good as ours at least as far as seeing colors.


Your probably right but i always thought they were completely color blind. Did you see the wonder women movie?


They can actually see as many different colors as humans!


Istanbul has a vending machine that releases food and water for stray dogs.


That's a good idea. It says they do it in exchange for plastic bottles. Good way to help the environment.


I agree, they should do this in every country!


Google states in  their code of conduct that they are a dog company!


I do although I am allergic to them. Do you?


I would rather have a dog. Do you use social media?


I do use social media. It was good talking to you!


Me too! I do not have one though, do you?


I do not have a dog. I had dogs growing up but my wife is allergic.


Oh man, did you know dogs have 12 different blood types?


Wow that's crazy. I did not know that! I saw that dogs and elephants are the only animals to instinctively understand pointing.


That is funny, I don't even understand pointing.


Haha yea it's pretty cool they can understand that. Dogs are not color blind either.


hey did you know that Kanye West thinks that AIDS is a disease that was man made?


huh ya I have never seen him, I did hear that a creed concert was so bad one time that they were sued because of it haha


That must have been awful.  It generally costs money to file a lawsuit.  I have heard of concerts being performed in ancient Roman amphitheaters.


yes I think Pink Floyd did that once, I actually like Pink Floyd a lot, I wonder if they recorded that concert I bet it was awesome


I agree that Pink Floyd is excellent.  The concert was in 1972, so the recording quality might not be too good.


Ya that is true, I wish that kind of music were still popular, modern music isn't as good in my opinion, it's all done on computers and people don't play real instruments as much, there is no modern equivalent to Pink Floyd or Led Zeppelin


I hear you.  I also like Queen and the Eagles.  Those concerts must be exhausting. Linkin Park played 324 in one year.


Yup I like those bands too, that is crazy, also crazy that the Ramones played a total of 2,263 concerts over a period of 20 years, that is so many concerts


Travel is tiring enough.  Travel then put on a show and you are really spending energy.  I don't think that many of today's venues will last as long as the ancient Roman amphitheater that is still being used today.


yes traveling is exhausting, I just got back from Omaha which I travelled to for work, with the airplanes and time difference and everything, you just want to curl into a ball and sleep haha


Yes.  The ozone at 35000 feet also drains you.  Did you know there is a Korean RAP where 2 people throw compliments at each other.  Strange battle.


No.  I did not.  He is an unusual man.  His "Gold Digger" is in a minor key.  Also unusual.


haha that is a funny idea, a "compliment battle", I like that more than the a dissing battle that you usually see, also a Michigan judge rapped her ruling against eminem, I think that judge has too much time on her hands


A judge seeking publicity.  An interesting compliment would be Trump and Pelosi since they dislike each other so much. I wonder if they would have anything to say!


haha man even if it were silent I would still love to see that compliment battle, you've got an idea for ratings gold right there!


hmm I didn't know that, I play piano so I guess I should have paid better attention haha, I guess he also gave his mic to a fan who was in a wheelchair at one of his concerts


Pretty neat!  He marches to his own drumbeat.  He has led changes in hip-hop and pop music with his leadership.


ya he does, I love that did mocked himself on SNL for interrupting an award show, which ended up being 2 years before he did that with taylor swift in real life haha


That is a surprise to me.  Do you know how old he is?


Is he like 41 or so?I know he is older than me, I do like the music videos that he does they're always unique and intriguing


That sounds close to correct.  You know, a concert is live music in front of an audience.  Have you been to any in the last couple of years?


I have been, I like music festivals more that concerts personally, I was in Lollapalooza for the past couple years and it was awesome, what about you?


Wow.  That is a good place to be.  I heard Garth Brooks in one of the larger concert venues, a stadium.


I cannot believe they can make that whole journey.


Yes it is truly amazing. I am sad to learn that human activity threatens 1200 bird species.


That is crazy! I wonder if there is a way to fix it.


I hope there is. I wonder if the birds ever get too hot from the sun? The sun is actually white not yellow!


Yes, because of atmospheric scattering it looks yellow.


Very cool. It produces enough energy in 1 second to meet the needs of our planet for 500,000 years!


That is crazy! Have you heard about neptunes full orbit?


Yes it just completed one in 2011 for the first time since being discovered in 1846! Very cool.


That took awhile! Do you know how hot a lightening bolt is?


Seriously! Not exactly but apparently it is 5x hotter than the sun so that sounds incredibly hot! I really enjoyed chatting with you!


Hey yes but they are kind of outdated. On am radios you can sometimes hear radio jupiter storms!


Me too! I am going to do more research on the lightening.


I wonder what a radio storm from Jupiter even sounds like? Static I guess?


Yes great guess! Maybe it sounds like a bird chirping lol? Speaking of birds, hummingbirds steal spiderwebs to build their nests.


That is very innovative! Did you know the dodo bird is extinct?


That is sad to hear. I was shocked to see that it is a sub-family of the pigeon!


Yes, it makes sense that they are in that family though. They look very similar.


True. I need to lookup what a dodo bird looks like. Birds have hollow bones which explains how they can fly so well.


I cannot believe that their entire skeleton weights less than the feathers.


Yes amazing fact. Some birds can even fly from Alaska to Mexico without sleeping thanks to those light bones.


I would pay to hear that album. But he's friends with Kanye so he could get some help...


hahahaaaa.. Well played!  They would probably interupt each other all the time!


Oh geez that would be such an annoying session. Can you imagine being the audio engineer on that project. It might not be worth it.


LOL... yeah... he would quit!  Kanye, Trump and the president of Indonesia making an album together!!!


It would be the one thing that would unite the world. It would be a glowing contribute to world peace for them all.


HA! I am not sure how to go on with this chat after that...


LOL... well... just remember... Could be worse.


Doing good... Never heard of the TRump show, have you?


Seems like the perfect dismount... Nice chatting with you!


I have not. I wouldn't mind seeing it though, just to see what it was about...


It's saying even the lovers and haters of trump are saying he is getting a lot done.


Not sure about a lot. I do think his message is getting lost becuase of the messenger. He lost a lot of capital because he is the messenger.


Well... he doesn't get much support and very hard to get things done and be positive to your outer circle when everyone wants to report what he isn't doing or what he's done wrong


The 2020 election should be interesting... At least he doesn't have any more skeletons in the closet...


LOL... yeah that's for sure... but than again, the media is very creative


Yeah. Did you know he's not even in the top 3 of presidential welath?


I did see that!  I can't believe that!  Maybe he should make pop albums to make mmore money like the president of Indonesia?


Disney probably would look to buy Netflix using some leverage. They could start their own channel, too. Disney and Netflix have very different approaches to entertainment.


That's true. I wonder how it would affect Netflix's sales though if suddenly all their disney movies were gone and the original series based on Marvel characters disappearred.


Good point. I don't know Netflix makes a lot of its own content. I don't know how much that accounts for their viewing.


I want to know how a person gets a job tagging netflix content. That seems like one of the funnest jobs in the world. Getting paid to watch movies? Yes please!


Netflix still spend a lot of money on postage. I wonder who still needs DVDs/Blu-Ray sent through the mail.


Someone who refuses to get internet or has no access to decent streaming? It seems to be available in some poor parts of Europe so maybe that accounts for it.


That's true. I guess the company has over 100 million subscribers worldwide. Some of them will have bad (or no) internet.


What I am curious about is what 150 movies have 100% from rotten tomatoes? I don't think I've ever seen a movie with a 100% from them.


I've seen a couple, but usually the number of critics is low. I think those are not the most popular with viewers but with critics.


I find that I always enjoy the movies that the critics hated. I find critic reviews something I view with skepticism because they can be so pretentious.


Yeah, they seem to review movies for other critics. Well, I enjoyed chatting!


I love movies. Netflix is my jam when I can't sleep at night.


Do you watch in the evening. Netflix uses a third of North American bandwidth at that time.


I do watch it quite a bit at night. Netflix does seem pretty popular. Their own series always seem to gain awards.


Blockbuster really screwed up when they declined to buy netflix for $50 million. netflix is now worth $2 billion.


Blockbuster definitely screwed up on that one. Imagine the super company they could be today if they had a little forward thinking.


Blockbuster is down to one store. Maybe they shouldn't have charged Reed Hastings all those late fees and inspire him to found their demise.


I wonder if netflix is going to strike a deal with disney to keep all the movies or if disney is still going to make its own streaming service?


President Trump has been a very polarizing figure in many ways, including how he deals with the media.  Have you been interested in Presidential politics recently or for a long time?


I'm sure there would not be enough seats in the whole White House if they allowed everyone to have a place.  Have you ever been able to tour or visit the White House yourself?


No unfortunately not but I did see it once from afar. I read George W Bush reinstalled solar panels on the white house


Yes, When I read that it made me curious as to who had FIRST put the solar panels on?  Would it have been as long ago as President Carter?


Carter definitely seems like the obvious choice but were solar panels around during his presidency?


That was my first question as well.  I know that when I was in grade school (1980's) my friend's family had solar panels.  They were huge - took up most of the side of the house - almost 1.5 stories tall.  If it was that long ago, I'm sure they were not as efficient (or as nice looking) as they can be now.


Yea, if they were around during Teddy Roosevelt presidency then I would say him, he was a staunch conservationist


That's very true.  He was always one of my favorite Presidents - because of his personality and his environmental sensibility.  I appreciate that he liked nature and wanted to preserve it without feeling that conservation meant you should never touch or interact with nature.


Yes, Teddy was definitely a character lol


I once traveled to South Dakota and saw a "statue" of Teddy made of butter!


I'm always reading up on politics, I know Trump had issues with cnn reporters such as April Ryan


Do you know if there were similar, if less publicized, issued between previous Presidents and reporters?  I can't think that people disagreeing with the President is new.


Well I know Nixon had issues with some reporters but not he wasn't as overt as Trump


Seeing how people in the public eye have become very rude (both the president and the media in some cases) makes me feel very old.  I just don't think that people should be disrepectful of each other.  And I also believe that you can disagree on a wide variety of topics but do so with respect.


Yes, it's unfortunate with the 24/7 news cycle has changed the way people behave and treat each other


If there were 24 hours worth of "news" to report, it might be different, but my first impression of most "shows" on CNN, Fox, etc is that they are not news at all, but opinion, editorial, and posturing.  But no one makes them put a warning label on the shows like they do on Diet sodas.


Yes, I don't think reporter and the president should be arguing or having a president revoke a press pass either


It must be hard, as a journalist, to try to get a whole story when you just get to ask one question - so I can understand the instinct to try to ask more and try to get into a discussion. But I've also wondered how open and transparent the whole press pass and access process is.  I have heard about reporters from non-major or new reporting media having a lot of trouble getting into the press pool.


Unfortuantly I think they only cater to national news networks and maybe the DC area news


Hi.  I don't know what I'd do without a telephone.  Did you know an iPhone has more computing power that the entire U.S. nuclear deterrent?  Wow.


I have do idea.  I wondered the same.  So do you like to go to concerts?  I guess the prolific Linkin Park did 324 concerts in 2001 alone.


Yes, I am a concert goer.  I love to hear that live music being played in the big venues like the sports stadiums and amphitheaters.  Now, that's entertainment!


Cool for you.  I guess the Ramones toured constantly for over 20 years and did 2,263 concerts.  I now know why they wanted to be sedated.


Hmm, me either. That was one of their biggest hits, too.  Yes, concerts are held in a wide variety and size of settings from private houses and small nightclubs to the large multipurpose buildings.  Some of them are indoors and some of them are held outdoors.


I guess Lana Del Rey has a stalker idiot that was going to kidnap her at a concert.  Have people always been this crazy or is this a recent thing?


No doubt always been this crazy, there's just more people now.  Back in 2002, a Creed concert was so bad that four concert goers filed a lawsuit against the band.  What did they get, I wonder?  Their ticket money back?


Good point, more people... Sounds like a frivolous thing to me.  As for people with mental health issues, we need to be more proactive... This guy gave plenty of clues, concerning videos, locked up 5 times...


Yes, our justice system has a few loopholes in it I would say. ARRESTED: Michael Hunt, for aggravated stalking & attempted kidnapping w/a weapon.  Clearly something more should be done about people like him.


Yeah, the cops did a good job once they got a tip but there should be some kind of database where they wouldn't need a tip.  It's the same way with these school shooters. Oh well, hard to do without creating a police state.


Yes, every viable solution seems to have its big drawbacks, doesn't it?  If you are a celebrity and in the spot light, you have to put up with a lot and Lana Del Rey is certainly no exception to that rule.


Yes, that says a lot about both things doesn't it?  I agree, my phone is my lifeline as well.  It's funny how vulnerable they seem to be.  The cables carrying phone and Internet data across oceans are only 2.7 inches in diameter and just lay on the ocean floor.


Yeah, it's a deep and complex problem.  I want to thank you, you were an excellent chat partner.


Must be fiber optic... Did you know that the NY area code is 212 because it was easier to dial with rotary phones?  Is that lazy?


Might have been back in the day!  How about Unicef?  They will donate a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute you don't use your cell phone.


Mighty nice of them!  It is said to be impossible to separate two phone book with their pages overlapped.  Really, not even with two big tractors?


Good point.  Do you do Facebook?  I am an avid user and goto my FB page everyday.  It started back in 2004 and I've been on it ever since.


Yeah, I use it to stay in touch with people.  It has many uses now.  Iceland is using it to re-write their constitution.


Yes, can you imagine?  And Burger King gives a free whopper to anyone who unfriends 10 people.  Gee.


Why would they do that?  Do they hate Zuckerberg?  I guess he suffers from red-green colorblindness.


Yes, but that's not reason to hate.  I found it hilarious when Facebook's "like" button is illegal in the German state of Schleswig-holstein.  What's up with that, lol?


yes, Ahead of Game 1, Johnson chose to combat the Warriors' strengths by sitting Dampier in place of the 6-8 Devean George, what do you think?


Seems legit. Steph Curry is a beast. He also is a humanitarian. Donated mosquito nets to families in Africa.


yes, what about The National Basketball Association?


National Basketball Association has 30 great teams. One of the 4 major professional sports leagues in America.


Also The NBA is an active member of USA Basketball (USAB), which is recognized by FIBA (also known as the International Basketball Federation) as the national governing body for basketball in the United States, do you agree?


100 percent. NBA was in in NY City in... Highest played players too


definitely agree with you. Did you know thatReggie miller, nba hall of famer, couldn't escape his older sister cheryl's shadow while in high school. on january 26, 1982, he scored a career high 40 points. he tried bragging about it on the car ride home, only to find out cheryl scored 105 points and broken 8 national records?


I loved Reggie and I find it odd his sister could ball just as good as him.


And do you like air jordans? I adore them


My brother really likes his brand. I like Lebron's shoes personally.


Good morning... Just catching up on sports... Do you watch the NBA?


cool. I like them too lol. considered the best basketball player in the world and regarded by some as the greatest player of all time, James' accomplishments are extensive and include four NBA Most Valuable Player Awards, I adore Lebron, my most favorite player ever


Lebron is just has a great personality and he's so down to earth. He loves to the game too.


Gortat been consistent for two seasons but will the Wizards change the lineup at the last minute for the playoffs?


i think yes. Tuesday night after the Game 2 loss, Brooks alluded to the possible change by responding to a question about Scott's success in the backup center role. what is your opinion?


I kind of agree. Although I would be personally afraid it would go terribly wrong. In game 4. Bogut was replaced and they won. I guess, that can throw off the players.


me too...Gortat has been the one constant in the Wizards' starting lineup over the past two seasons under Brooks, not missing a single opening tip. so let's see what will happen next


Might as well take a risk. Lebron is looking good this season. He's so focused. Whose your favorite player?


Lebron for sure, and what about coach? Coach Steve Kerr?


I really like Doc Rivers. There are 30 teams so it's a bit hard for me to pick.


I do but mostly now a days it's audible. You?


A very long time ago. Did you know FDR was fluent in another language?


I can believe it. I thought W. Bush was too, but maybe he isn't.


No but he dodges shoes like Neo from the Matrix.


I thought the Starship Troopers movie was campy but good. Never read the novel.


Apparently it's required reading for the military. Did you know there was a President that never attended school?


I can believe that. Did you see Ender's game?


I think it completely sucked, but apparently the military likes it.


That does not inspire confidence. I was not aware that JP Morgan bailed out the US government.


I am, he also tried to support the stock market in the crash of 29.


Well it's amazing to me that the only President in history to have a Phd was Woodrow Wilson.


Hilarious, I wonder if that is true though. I thought that Truman might have had one.


Only 5 presidents have won without the popular vote.


Interesting, I'm surprised its not more given the concentration in the coastal areas.


Yeah, hey did you know that Abraham Lincoln was the first president to be photographed and his suppose it killer was in the picture?


No, I didn't know that. Did you know the president of indonesia released 3 pop albums?


I wonder if they were any good, a would suspect that at least the first 2 were since he made a third.


Hi, Did you know the dutch are creating a bus that goes 160 mph?


Seems a little odd, but no stranger than Iceland not having public rail service.


During the age of discovery, ships released rabbits onto islands to provide a future food source for other travelers


Really? That is pretty interesting stuff. Did you know 85% of land in Nevada is owned by the government?


Another thing that is interesting is a guy managed to sell the Eiffel tower...twice. He pretended to be a government official.


Thats so weird how does that even happen lol J.p. morgan bailed out the u.s. government in 1895


I don't know I guess it just goes to show the government has serious loop holes in them. There are some good ones though. Norwegians government donated a billion dollars to save a rain forest.


Thats awesome! The government has actually shut down 17 times over the past 37 years. it happened 3 times in 1977.


I had no idea that happened. Wikileaks published the governments plans to destroy Wikileaks.


Astronauts on the international space station have faster internet than most americas do at home.


Oh nice.  Didn't know that.  Did you know The Chinese government has censored the word 'censorship'


I'm actually not surprised by that, they have great connections. Like people sitting at the peak of Mt Everest since there is 3g internet service up there.


Really? I had no idea. Makes me not want to travel there.


Also, The us government publishes the full names of anybody who chooses to renounce their citizenship


That is a little strange. I guess it's no stranger than needing to pay over $300 to travel across japan.


I think it would be better to do natural travel. Like on the Mackinac islands. It bans motorized vehicles.


People steal garden gnomes, take them traveling, and then return the gnome, with photos, back to the owner.


Really? That is a little odd.I wonder why they do that?


Yeah it was in tribute to Walter Elias Disney, how sweet of them


I do sometimes. DO you know when it was founded?


I want to say in the early 2000 but not sure exactly. Did you use Myspace ever?


Yes it was 2004. Yes I used Myspace for a bit before facebook era


Yeah too bad they did not buy facebook when they could for just $75 million


Because Mark is colorbling and cannot see green and red


Yes. The like button seems to be illegal in parts of Germany.


Hmm wonder why. In Iceland they are using it for something big, do you know what?


I did and loved it. Did you know he is the wealthiest superhero?


Yes to rewrite the constitution. Pretty crazy.


Yeah even beating Tony Stark and Batman, for a whooping $500 billion


Yeah that is a lot. How about DIsney movies?


I like many of them actually, DO you know the real name of Minnie Mouse?


Yes it is Minerva but I like Minnie better


Me too. THey have a culture there where they hide mickey stuff on all things disney


Hmm creative. Do you know who Bill Nye is?


Yeah that is the Science Guy and he worked with disney on the Flubber


Yeah that is pretty neat. Do you know what the name wall-e is a tribute to?


Hello, have you ever worked in a book store?


Wow that is crazy, seems like a mean judge to me.


Seems so, but the history of science fiction is very interesting.


I tend to agree. I didn't know Aladdin's pants were modeled after MC Hammer, you can't touch that!


I think it's crazy that women couldn't wear pants in Paris until 2013.


Seems so. Probably a pretty unofficial ban in modern times.


Yeah, I don't think it is true. I know a lot of french people.


I'm sure they probably knew nothing of the "ban" since it seems quite ridiculous.


Yeah, perhaps it is one of those old laws that is still on the books. WE have some weird laws in the U.S.


Actually, I did for a brief period. We didn't have many romance novels though.


Yeah, in Arizona there is a specific law against feeding garbage to Pigs.


Really? That is interesting. I'm not into romance novels myself. In fact I don't think I have read any of the ones that they are talking about.


Same here. It's mainly women who purchase romance novels, with 80 percent of copies being purchased by females.


I'm actually surprised the number is only 80%. I do like the movie Starship Troopers, I think it is a pretty good sci-fi flick.


Yeah, it is. It is based on a book, but was made into a movie. They have 3 sequels to it as well.


Did you see that a judge tried to ban a science fiction comic in the 1950s?


I didn't realize that, what was his reasoning?


The comic featured a black character, which was his only reasoning.


Did you know that soccer makes more money than football, basketball, baseball, golf, tennis and hockey combined?


Not really.  Do you mean soccer or football?  HAHA


LOL. I know. It is funny how many times it gets confused. But it's usually said foobau...LOL


Yeah theres many variations of the sport lol easy to get confused, theres soccer, rugby, gaellic football.


Do you like dogs then? I am a dog person


I love dogs. I have recently done some dog sitting. Easier than owning one and you get paid.


I guess getting paid is a big advantage dogs are high maintenance at times


They are loyal animals, did you know that Google prefers dogs than cats and they state this in their code of conduct!


I didnt know that but I guess it makes sense, soccer is a really popular sport played in over 200 countries and with 250 million players


I guess both are really popular animals, I have to go know but thanks for the chat


I would have never guessed. Jon Stewart was a skilled soccer player in college. Is he that comedian?


Yeah the one from the Daily Show I think I wonder if he ever played the variation of the game with 3 teams.


I do like to play soccer its one of my favorite sports, do you know who Ozil is?


He is a German soccer player he won the 2014 World Cup with his team and donated his bonus so that 23 children could have surgeries in Brazil


That is so wonderful. It's good to hear a sweet story like that.


He has a great heart, so do you also like American football?


hello, do you know who Stephen Curry is?


Yeah that sure is. The woman went on to break 8 national records. I guess talent runs in that family


Nice one. There was a coach who was fined just because he said there should not be any games played during Christmas


Hmmm did they really have to fine him though. Iverson on the other hand seems to be doing pretty well with a contract he signed with Rebook


Did not know he was signed with Rebook. must be a nice contract there.


It sure is, they pay him $800 000 every year until he is 55 and then a lump sum of 32 million


WOw the guy is good for life then. Do you ever follow the games of Golden State Warriors?


I know they played the home games in a cow palace because their arena was booked for other stuff in 1975


Wow, cool. Their star, Curry only made the highest 4th salary in the team


Interesting and yet he is the star He also partakes in a foundation that donates mosquito nets to Africa


That is very nice of him. The GSW are looking to move to San Francisco in 2019 for the season


Yup the guys is a legend now in the NBA. Do you know why he signed with Under Armor?


Oh wow I wonder why though. They earned 12 million by losing 4 games inthe last season of the NBA


Wow so win or lose they are still making  money


I do not know about that actually. DO you know what his first name is?


Well it was because of a glitch that Nike kept on they PPP with the name of Kevin Durant in it


Oh I see, that is a big mistake on their behalf. He was born in the same place as LeBron


Nice, maybe there is something there that makes for great players.


It could be, that is in Ohio. Do you know who Reggie
 Miller is?


Hmm I am not sure actually. I know that Tim Duncan stayed in school and then went to the NBA


Good for him, he managed to do both well I guess. Reggie is a great player but was always under the shadow of his sister


Wow that must have been rough. Most NBA players file for bankruptcy after they retire, that is pretty sad


The NFL is one of the major sports league in North America.


Yes. Want to lift the trophy is the single thought in your brain and you can handle the pressure situation.


Tom Brady is sure good under pressure, he has more super bowl wins that some entire franchises.


It is very interesting. Handling pressure is very difficult in this game.


I cant believe Brady was picked in 6th round!  He is such a valuable player.


Bill Belichick is the best coach forever. He also check the injury report of Tom Brady every week.


I dont know why he lists Brady though, especially when he seems to be in good heath.


Tom brady has never eaten a strawberry in his entire life.


Maybe that is the secret to his super powers!  Or he is highly allergic.


The circular huddle used in today American football was created by Paul d. hubbard, a def quarterback


I heard that, it was to prevent the opposing team form stealing his hand signals wasnt it?


It is, the first playoff game was in 1932.


Yeah. This type of tactics are used by Quarterback only.


Well Mat Patricia is a coach in the NFL who is actually a rocket scientist, so no doubt he has come up with some pretty creative stuff.


So was the person who wrote his college fight song, sort of...  Have you heard about it?


No. Brady was drafted by the patriots in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft.


It includes terms like sin, cosine, tangent, and six digits of Pi.


Very nice chatting to you. Have a great day.


The NFL formed in 1922, it was agree to merge with AFL in 1966.  The NFL has highest attendance compared to other sports.


But soccer makes more money ironically world wide.


The NFL regular season starts from September to December, each team want to play 16 games.


Doesnt that give them one bye week also.


Green Bay Packers won 13th time championship.  There was no written rule against female players.


That is true, I dont know what a female would want to play in the NFL with how they treat cheerleaders.


All are equal but they want to fit to the game. Very aggressively want to win the game. Keep focus on the game.


It is true you do have to focus on the game.


Hello, did you know that JFK, Washington, and Jefferson where the three richest Presidents in history.


Yes, I think that is great.  I think it is good that there are more libraries than Mcdonald's in the US.


In Sacramento you can check out more than books, even sewing machines.


Really, that is cool.  Are you a Tv fan.  I am a huge tv and movie buff.  Did you know that there is only one episode that Bart Simpson did not appear in or is mentioned.


No, I had not heard that. I wonder why they decided to omit him. Are you into Pokemon? Apparently there are over 750 episodes of Pokemon!


My son loved Pokemon when he was young.  He loved Thomas the Tank engine also.  George Carlin, Alec Baldwin, and Ringo Star all narrated Thomas for at least 52 episodes.


Sometimes when a show is good they try to remake it. They tried to redo that 70s show in the UK, verbatim, and it only lasted ten episodes


Guess they like different things over there.  I heard the Simpsons crew send the producers of South Park flowers when they aired its Family Guy episode finale.


I think it might have just been because the remake wasn't as good. It will be interesting to see if libraries survive in this age of internet and television.


I know, I will be surprised if it does.  The television can transmit in monochrome or in colour.  It can also be in two or three dimensions and sound.


We have come a long way from those large cathode tube tvs


That is surprising to me. When you're a president you get to live in luxury. But did you know the guest house is larger than the white house?


Well, thanks for the chat.  Happy New Year.


No, I didn't know that.  I did know that the President Banana was what they called the first President of Zimbabwe.


I wonder why they would call him that. Apparently being president could be good for your music career. The president of Indonesia has released three pop albums while in office


I wonder if Trump sings, lol. I think we should go back to when the runner up for President was automatically the Vice President.


Wow, that would be very interesting. People would be forced to get along somewhat.


I think that could be very useful.  That is how they did it until 1805.


Yes, then different parties would work together. Have you been to a presidential library?


No I have not.  Speaking of libraries and books, if you publish a book in Norway, they will buy 1000 copies and send them to libraries around the country.


That seems really helpful to new authors.


I wonder also, if so I am going to Chicago o Hare and getting what i can


Jordan and Nike clothes. I like to be comfortable, how about you?


I like jeans since they last so long and are usually comfortable unless skinny jeans


For sure, I can't wear skinny jeans, I am over that now lol. I like khakis too


I could never get into khakis. Felt too stiff


Jeans is that feeling for me, i am too restricted!


I understand, but as long as the jeans aren't tight and too constricting, they feel smooth for me. Kind of hard to put into words


That is true, maybe I need looser ones. Good chatting with you!


I enjoyed chatting as well. Thank you for your time


Not really, but any cloths is better than no clothes right?


for sure lol, I don't have a favorite either, for all I care I could wear pilgrim clothing and be fine


Well I wouldn't take it that far. They sure loved their buckles


Apparently they only wore their "pilgrim" clothes at special occasions


Really? My kindergarten years were all a lie


ha I was thinking the same thing. Back in the day apple had their own clothes, ever worn those?


Nope. Did they just have the apple logo?


I am not sure, I wonder if I could find some on ebay. Or at a store in alabama who sell unclaimed baggage.


Shame. I had a Blockbuster close to my home. Now it is an empty building. And today, Netflix and YouTube account for half of peak internet traffic in the US


And it also accounts for 33% of the bandwidth during the times of 9pm to 12 am in North America


Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph must be proud!


They must, they have built an empire I hope it doesnt go down, the streaming service Disney is launching will be a tough competition


Sure. There are lots of competition out there. I enjoy watching a lot of comedies they have on Netflix. I think there is a Demetri Martin comedy special available on Netflix now. He is awesome. He dropped out of law school out of boredom to start his career in comedy.


I might have to watch that one, Im going to search it in the IMDb data base


That's a good place to find out info!  The Shawshank Redemption is a highly rated movie on IMDB, which was not initially recognized in the theaters.


I really enjoyed that movie, so good, the plot, the actors, just wonderful, its actually my favorite all time movie


Well, it is the highest rated movie on IMDB, so there are a lot of folks that agree with you!


Have you watched the movie? if not you should really watch it


I am a Netflix user, what about yourself?


Many times and I will likely watch it again soon. It is always enjoyable to watch.  Nice chatting with you!


Yup. It's available worldwide, except for China, Syria, and North Korea. So, I should be good for a long time!


Yeah it was more than 137 million subscribers around the world so that tells you something about the success of the brand


Yeah, and with them in 2012 becoming content-production enterprise as well, they have solidified their long term success.


I heard they have a lot of debt too, did you know how Netflix got started? there should be a movie about that I would watch it on Netflix of course


Of course we would!  I hear that the company started because the founder was fed up with late fees of VHS rentals. Seems like ages ago....


Yeah a $40 late fee that broke Blockbuster, isn't that ironic


Blockbuster had more than one chance to buy Netflix, but they choked. And now Blockbuster, who could predict their own demise, will forever be known for their lack of foresight.


I know right, they owned the business but they didnt have the vision to keep on going, they had the chance to buy the company as low as $50 million, its a lot of money but now the company is worth $2 billion


Do you have a Facebook account by any chance?


Yes he is red-green colorblind. I also agree that the blue color scheme is very pleasant so I am glad that had to go with that.


imagine if it were all red? that would just look awful after looking at it for long periods of time


I agree. Did you know that Iceland is rewriting their constitution through Facebook by taking public suggestions? That seems a like a bad idea.


how are they going to filter out the trolls? so many people go on facebook just to be mean and trolly, they better have some sort of plan or else it is going to be a huge disaster


I absolutely agree. It's hard for me to even go through comment sections. So many people will not take it seriously.


my faith in humanity was lost when Linkin Park's hybrid theory was the best selling album of the 21st century


What?! That's crazy! I would have thought it would be something with much more staying power like The Beatles.


right?? or even some sort of pop album by one of the more popular ppop artists of the time. i am so surprised by that


Yes like Michael Jackson would not surprise me either. Interestingly, Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd was still one of the best selling albums in 2014.


which is very shocking to me. I know its good and still holds up, but best selling?


I do, I have had one for about 10 years now, seems like forever. how about you?


Apparently every new generation since discovers it and loves it.


I do and for a long time also. Did you know that you have to be 13 to set up an account? I did not know until recently that there is an age restriction.


i had no idea. I know way back you needed a @harvard.edu email to make an account, then that changed to just .edu email, and now its open to everyone


I did know that it started at Harvard from the movie The Social Network. Were you aware that MySpace could have purchased Facebook?


for only $75 million too! Tom must be kicking himself right now for not buying it when they had the chance


Yes it was such a horrible business decision. It happened in 2005 also which I feel had to have been very close to the rise of Facebook and the decline of MySpace.


thats around when everyone in high school started to make facebooks and instead of myspaces. its almost funny the timing of it


It is. Do you know why their color scheme is blue?


Mark is partially color blind. I always wondered why it was like that. Blue just seems to work though, its a nice color on the eyes


Sir Winston Churchill won a nobel prize for literature.  I never knew that.


Oh wow I didn't know that either. There is an annual literature contest that challenges writers to come up with the worst possible opening sentence.


Neat.  Speaking of contests...literature was once an olympic event from 1912 to 1952.


That's very interesting. Romantic kissing is a new development.


Who would have thought that?  It was rarely mentioned in Greek Literature.


I know of him, but wouldn't say I know much about him.  He coined some popular phrases that are still used today.


He invented the names Miranda, Jessica, and Olivia.


I never knew that!  Interesting!  He was alive at the same time as Pocahontas and they died only a year apart.


I'm not huge into science fiction. What about you?


Not much.  Starship Troopers however is the first sci-fi novel that's on the reading lists of 3 of the 5 US military branches.


Oh wow I'm surprised. The world record for speed reading is held by Anne Jones. She read 4700 words per minute.


That's fast!  Bet she read a lot of books!  The FDA once burned 6 tons of literature in act of US censorship.


That's a lot of literature. In the 18th century there was a moral panic because of the spread of the reading of novels.


Interesting!  I wonder if any of those were burned by the FDA? lol


How's it going? Are you a NBA fan? there's a total of 30 teams in the league, the New York Knicks are my favorite


Yea, what's even more crazy is he's apparently the 5th highest paid player on the Warriors


I would have thought he would be the highest paid


Yea, the 2015 season mvp, the best player in the league isn't even the best paid player on his own team lol


That is a shame, that shows you how unstructured some contracts can be.


Yea, that's messed up. If I made a lot of money I'd like to travel a lot but I'd probably avoid Iceland, they have no public rail service


I actually think Iceland would be beautiful to visit but very cold. Ughhh


Yea and Iceland would probably be very expensive if you have to take domestic flights to travel between major cities


That would be very expensive, I don't understand how they can afford that method of travel.


Well in japan it would cost $300 to travel across the country using the highway due to tolls


That doesn't surprise me, everything in Japan is expensive.


I am an NBA fan.  The Knicks are my favorite also.


Yea sounds like it, I wonder how much it will cost to ride the 160mph commuter bus the Dutch are creating, sounds fun


That really does sound fun, I imagine it could be quite dangerous also.  Still sounds like fun!


Yes, fun and dangerous, perfect combo. Well I have to go, nice talking with you


cool. Did you know NBA players are the world's best paid athletes? I guess it makes sense since there's only like 11 player or so per team


I figured they were the highest paid.  It is crazy the amount of money they make.


Yea plus they make money off shoe endorsements.  Iverson makes 800,000 a year off reebok until he turns 55


And can you believe he gets a 32 million dollar lump sum at age 55.  That is nuts!


Yea but 800,000 and 52 million lump sum Iverson gets seems a little below average compared to the shoe deals Lebron James and MJ made


He actually gets a 32 million lump sum, but overall yes it is low compared to Jordan and Lebron.  No one will ever top Jordan's amount made off J's


What's crazy is Nike's pitch to Curry, they didn't even take Durant's name off it's reused presentation, I'd be pretty mad if that happened to me


I would be also, no wonder why he went with UA.  I like Curry but his shoes are not the best looking.


Hi, how are you doing tonight? Do you follow basketball?


Born in 1984, so he should turn 35 at the end of this year. That's pretty old for the NBA. I expect that he could leave while he's on top. He has the cash.


I don't remember. He left and came back for a while when he was an owner. That did not work out. He should have stayed retired.


Oh yeah, I forgot about that. How much does LEbron make?


He must make over $100 million from endorsements alone. Salary, I don't know.


WOW! I wouldn't even know what to do with all of that money. What team does he play for now?


He moved to LA. He's on the Lakers. I don't know how long the contract is.


Interesting, I'm not a huge lakers fan to be honest. What about you?


I don't like LA and I don't like the teams from there. Usually teams in big cities have a lot of money to buy the best players. Creates an imbalance in the league.


Yeah, if I had to pick a california team, I would follow the Golden State Warriors.


I like GS. They hadn't won a championship since 1975, so they were due.


Yeah, that's pretty cool of them. Well, nice chatting with you.


I sometimes follow basketball. I usually try to watch the playoffs.


Yeah, me too. I don't usually watch the normal season.


Do you follow LeBron James? He must be 35 by now.


I do, I think he is a good player, what about you?


I'm amazed at how much money he has given away. People compare him to MJ, but I think off the court, King James has a better rep.


He might. I'm not sure, I more of an MJ fan to be honest.


I figure that LeBron will have to retire in the next couple of seasons. He can make a transition to film career I suppose.


Do you think he is that old? I thought he was in his early thirties.


That game I think is the best game of all time.  Nintendo also produced a lego knock off when they were a toy company.  Interesting.


A lot of companies have made lego knockoffs.  Never as good as the real thing.


No.  lol  So do you like snakes?  I'm not a fan.


I am not afraid of them, but I would not have one as a pet.


There is a genus of flying snakes that can launch themselves at prey.  H*** no!  Yikes!


That is awesome.  Now that sounds like something you would see in a Mario Game


Yes!  lol  I think I like New Zealand a whole lot better because there are no snakes there!


Maybe because something bigger and scarier ate them all.  Think about that possibility.


Yikes!  lol  The fear of snakes is hard wired not only in human brains but also in monkey brains.  I knew I always shared a lot in common with monkeys.  lol  I had fun chatting!


Yeah me too.  Try not to worry too much about snakes


Oh yeah I did.  I still do.  One of the best gaming systems ever!


I won't I promise! lol Have a great night!


Nice!  I can't believe they have been around over 100 years.  They were founded as a playing card company in 1889!


How far they have come.  I think they made a wise choice focusing on video games.  Mario and Zelda made them billions


Oh yeah!  Nintendo has a market value of over $85 billion dollars!


They made enough money to buy the Seattle Mariners.


Yes they did!  Because they own them there is a 3DS app that allows you to order food direct to your seat!


Wow, you can play Pokemon and order a hot dog at the same time!


Yes! lol ...and you can use the handheld console that Nintendo released in 2001 specifically for Pokemon. lol


I think one of my favorites has to be Super Smash Brothers.  It is such a fun game and it is great to play at parties


hi, do you know much about the president?


Yeah, I use it all the time. I use programs all the time too. I use my microwave everyday and that is because a computer controls it. Computers are every I look in my house. Robots and computers-aided designs are in most every electronic now.


that is very true. did you know apple voidds the warranty if you smoke near their computers


I have never heard of that, hmmm? That must be in the small print. It must be because smoking is a biohazard of sorts.


yeah I think that is the reason too but I had not heard of it before either


Pretty interesting for sure. I learned that someone built a working computer from 16-bit computer using nothing but the basic minecraft building blocks, truly amazing. A long time ago in 1936 the russians also built a computer that ran on water. The race to build computers was on.


and it still seems to be. do you listen tot he radio much?


I often listen to a website that has thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas and its all for free. I appreciate the fact that the website offers it for free.


yeah me too that is really nice. you can also catch Jupiter's storms on the radio


I have enjoyed that recently. I wish I could understand the latin channel. Since 1989 a finnish radio station has broadcast 'nuntii latini'


Well, I think i am learning more everyday. I respect the office of the presidency. I visited to White House an noticed how much larger the guest house seemed to be. I was looking from far away though.


that is amazing wonder how many listeners they have. nice chat


yeah that is strange, maybe they just get a lot of guests


Hmmm, that is an observation for sure. I am fascinated by the wealthy presidents which were JFK, Washington and Jefferson. Do you know anything about the presidency?


I know the president of indonesia is a pop artist


Oh really? How stange for sure. The first president of zimbabwe had the nickname Banana. What a hoot. I don't know how to take a president serious with a nickname like Banana. It reminds me of a kids song.


Yeah they guy went on to release three albums


Release albums? Weird. The U.S used to have some interesting procedures for electing the president. The runner up was automatically the vice pres. until 1805 when it changed and became the way it is today.


Yeah glad it changed otherwise I could not see Trump and Clinton working with each other


No, that would not be a good match, infact. I totally agree with you on that.


Hi. It's a good thing that someone like Bill Cosby, a respected actor, has been exposed as a sexual predator.


I wonder why that pantsuit issue even existed. Of course Hillary Clinton is well known for the pantsuit queen.


I don't know, but the senate has a great responsibility, being tasked with electing the Vice President if neither of the candidates receives a majority.


Really? That sounds weird. A VP needs to be behind the man in the oval office. A senator can even have an absent senator arrested and brought into the assembly when a vote is being held.


Yeah, they were serious about that rule too, literally carrying in a senator one time!


It wasn't until 1913 that senators were elected officials. Before that, a senator was appointed by the legislature of each state.


It was interesting to learn that the Vice President is the President of the Senate.  I don't always realize how little I know about how my country operates sometimes.


How true. The creating of the Senate is one of the first established in the US Constitution, by Article One.


Imagine if we lived on Jupiter.  Jupiter has such different weather than earth.


I suppose that's true, since it is not adaptable to human life. The electromagnetic energy must be very strong, I've heard they can be picked up by an AM radio.


Yeah, it's almost like a miracle we can find a way to know, on some level, what's happening on a place so far.


Yeah, his behavior in the court room was despicable.  He was laughing!


Well, thanks for a very interesting conversation. Have a blessed day.


Sometimes people think their fame will protect them from their crimes done in secret.


Yeah, nor will his suggestion that he is a victim of racism protect him, considering the prosecutor was African American.


Right. Everybody wants to play the race card. If someone is guilty, race doesn't matter. That prosecutor was very good. Six women accused Cosby, evidently they were very believable.


I am glad he has no chance of escaping from justice.


I agree. Many famous people have been brought on charges of sexual crimes, some have gotten off the hook, I think Cosby expected to be one of them. Unfortunately, some are accused just in an effort of destroy. I speak of Kavanaugh.


Sometimes when world events are becoming so out of control and hard to process, I like to let my mind focus on different things.  Like how Richard Nixon cracked a gavel that, until to that point, had been used by the U.S. senate for almost two centuries!


Oh how crazy. Did you know that it wasn't until 1993 that women protested the "no Pantsuits" rule in the senate?


It is so inspiring when people stand up for themselves.  I think they the people that do stand up are great role models.


How you been? do you listen to rap. I listen from time to time and find it fascinating James Brown had a great influence on early rap


No, I don't get it on any of the tv channels but I hear degrassi is really popular in Canada, at least before Drake left before 2007


I wonder if  Drake is popular in Korea, they have a type of freestyle called compliment battle


Korea has some weird rules lol they dont allow songs that are negative and for a long time most of their songs honor their country so its no surprise that they have that type of style lol


Yea Korea is a weird place lol. Rip curl makes clothes in North Korea


Pilgrim clothing was full of color. they only wore black for special occasions.


I never knew that. I also never knew apple had a clothing line in 1986


I'll have to google it. I never knew people check collar gaps on your clothes to tell if they are tailored


Never knew that either,  I wonder why that matters. There is a store in alabama that only sells clothes, cameras, etc found in unclaimed baggage at airports


Hello, how are you?  yes I do,  not all the time though. That is interesting.  what a great influence! Did you know The rapper drake graduated high school on october 2012 at the age of 25.  Thats a long time to be in high school.


I wonder how much profit they make from selling unclaimed clothes


No I figured he graduated much younger. I like to listen to tupac, his music is in the library of congress


Thats cool! During a uk tour in 2011, drake spent an "obscene amount of money'' on first editions of children's classic books 'charlotte's web' and 'winnie the pooh'.


Interesting, I didn't know he was into children's books. Eminem was into comics


After hearing eminem's verse on drake's song forever, kanye west took two days and cancelled appointments to rewrite his.


Lol, that's hilarious. I wondered if Drake did a song with Busta Rhymes, he would probably think it was cool he did a voice in the rugrats movie


That is very cool! The rapper drake visited drake university in the middle of the night after students gave up trying to get him to visit during a tour stop.


Lol, that's cool of him. I wonder if they talked about his time on Degrassi


maybe,  have you ever watched that show?


What forms of entertainment do you enjoy?


No. I genuinely think paparazzi are jerks


Agreed.  Still, it would be nice to have her $40 mil jet and personal airport hanger in Nashville. Right?


Let change the subject to something more profound and significant... Haave you ever read "Starship Troopers"...after all, it is on the reading list of 3 of the 5 military branches, so it's gotta be good, right??


I have read it as well as Ender's game. Both great books


Did you experience a "Moral Panic" from those novels like so many did in the 18th century upon reading novels?


I would love to attend one of those "You laugh, you lose" contests made famous by CS Lewis and Tolkien. I could end up being the biggest loser!


Indeed. It would be really fun to watch. Kind of like harmon's quest


Oh, and it would be really lovely if they speed-read their horrible poetry out loud! I don't know if they could achieve the record 4700 words per minute laike Anne Jones, but it would be fun watching them try!


I breed chickens. Just kidding. I enjoy movies, radio, and music. A good movie soundtrack really hits the spot!  What about you?


Thanks. Maybe I could get a job with Steven Spielberg... He can play the clarinet like he did for the soundtrack of Jaws, and I can pretend to be talented.  What do you think?


I always like it when the director or producer directly plays a part like stan lee


Yeah, or M. Night Shamalan (spelling?). I alsolike it when celebrities mock themselves, like Kanye West did on SNL. Although Taylor Swift may not have enjoyed that...


You gotta have a sense of humor about these things!  Like when Taylor Swift acceidnetally release 8 seconds of white noise, which ended up topping the charts in Canada! Tat is a great commentary on what Canadians enjoy about Swift music...


Maybe. Do you think her proclivity to walk backwards to avoid having her photo taken is brand-building?


Hello there, how are you doing today?  Are you a big rap fan?


Yeah I'm sure he would give that a try if someone asked.  Did you know a Michigan judge once rapped a ruling in a suit vs. Eminem?


Lol, that's kinda unprofessional. I wondered what he was arrested for, maybe he equipped a flame thrower to his car like it's legal to do in South Africa


Yeah that sounds like a real life grand theft auto, or better yet a real life twisted metal, do you remember that game?


Yea, it was pretty fun. I wonder if there's any jobs you can get for beating 90,000 people like Jann Mardenborough did in Gran Turismo to become a professional race car driver


Yeah I wonder what other jobs there are out there, wonder if I could get a pro football contract from playing FIFA? lol


Lol that be cool. Apparently you can hear radio storms from jupiter from a regular radio


Very interesting.  I also know that there is a website where you can listen to tons of old radio dramas for free.


That's interesting, I wonder if they are forced to have at least 40% of the shows be from canadian artists


Yeah like in Canada, I don't think everyone would agree that is a good law, but maybe the Canadian musicians would.


Well I guess it's better than listening to a program in classical latin like 'nutil latini' in Finland


Yeah I listen to the songs from the 90s. I never knew that it was influenced by ancient Egyptian practices


Yeah I would have to agree with you on that one for sure.  Well it was nice talking with you today, I hope you enjoy the rest of the day.


Nice, yeah I like early to mid 90's rap the best.  And that is awesome, I never knew that.


Yea, I guess the first rapper was DJ Hollywood from Harlem, I didn't know that


Anthony Holloway, he was probably a super cool person.


I'm a big Tupac fan, nice to see his music is in the library of congress of cultural significance


Yeah Tupac was really good, and that is a very cool fact about him I would agree.


Yeah, I like eminem too, I guess it's a good thing he never became a comic book artist.


Yeah imagine if he would've been a pro comic book artist? Wonder what type he would have written?


Well his favorite superhero is Spiderman, so maybe he could work on that


I hope they hit the beat because baby smiles are the best!


they are! I need to test this theory with my friends newborn! do you know how drivethroughs were invented?


I doo not know why but I think McDonalds did it.


yeah they did, back in 1975, they did it because soldiers couldn't get out of their cars while wearing their uniforms


I wonder why they didn't want soldiers to come into the restaurant?


well i think it was a military rule where the soldiers couldn't get out of the cars, they must have changed the rules since then


So it was more about accomodating. That's nice.


ya I agree, did you know it's legal to put a flame thrower on your car in south africa?


I would be so afraid to drive in South Africa? What if your car exploded?


haha good question, I would use the flame thrower to melt all this snow where I live though haha


hi I'm good, did you know that Bruce Lee was an accomplished dancer? He won a cha cha championship haha


HA! Brillliant. I would too! Nice chatting with you!


HA! Maybe that is where he got his awesome karate footwork.


haha it could be, I dated a ballerina and she had great footwork but messed up toes, professional ballet dancers can go through 4 pairs of shoes a week


That's gotta be expensive! How much are ballerina shoes? Especially if they are good but not great. The great ones probably have shoe deals...


ya they aren't cheap I can tell you that, do you like Michael Jackson?


I respect his talent but am not a huge fan of his. I will jam to him int he car though.


ah ya well he was a great dancer, and ya he has a patent on that leaning device he used for his signature move


I had no idea that was a machine. He didn't invent the moonwalk and now I am questioning his talent.


yup that is true, apparently babies will start do dance when they hear music, I wonder if they would like michael jackson or modern music more


What do you think about Trump's performance at Helsinki against Putin ?


Maybe during a g20 summit in Washington, there would be a shortage of presidential suites and a president would want the guest house of the white house.


Makes sense. I'm wondering about the President of Indonesia. He released 3 pop albums while in the office. Looks like funny guy haha


Yeah, you don't often see a president with artistic talent, and he did released 3 album, the first one must have been good to warrant the others.


We don't know actually. Maybe the first album was slof out because of state people, all rich people, etc. He decided this is success!!! haha


Well presidents decide a lot of things, the first president of Zimbabwe decided that he shall be called president Banana. lol


Sorry about mistakes. Just typing to fast... Yes, I guess he is really funny guy! I didn't know all Presidents with beard were Republicans...


So Trump is not a true Republican ? It seems that McCain would have agreed with that.


Well, he is strange Republican haha I'm independent, so I don't really care, but in my opinion he is something different. Friend of mine, who is Republican, doesn't accept him as Republican


The party has changed a lot since its conception, it was a anti-slavery and pro-economic reform. Now it is an anti free trade party.


It's just difficult to believe it was actuallu liberal party. So significant transformation after 1932.


Hey! I honestly don't remember it very well. I didn't find something specific in the summit. They didn't reach any agreements, right?


Yeah, that the game of politics interests change just to be elected.  It also became more conservative after 1964.


It was nice to talk with you. Have a great day!


I think some reproach him to be too soft on Russian issues, which goes against Republican ideology.


Right! I forgot about it. Some people noticed he didn't mentione Ukraine, etc. Well, it's true. But I've never believed that Trump is pro-Russian. How about you?


I think he is a businessman at his core, he must have seen the cold war as a waste of money, he does not see Russia as a foe.


True. I guess it's just sort of respect of politician, who is stronger than him. Trump doesn't see such people in the United States. I also surprised that Trump isn't in a list of top 3 wealthiest presidents. It's quite surprising.


Yeah and two of them are really old.  I wonder where their money comes from.


Btw, I've read that US President's guest house is larger than the White House. Do you know where is the guest house is located? I even didn't know there is the guest house


I have never been in Washington. And who would want to be in the guest house ? Hotels have a better service, but less security.


True. I have no idea who is staying in this guest house. It seems logical to say President from all around the world. But I'm sure they prefer president suite in expensive hotels hahaha


Did you know humans have lost their half their body hair 240,000 years ago?


I'm not sure, but I know it is true because they do that in the movie Hart's War.


Wow! Sounds like something MacGyver would do.  Its incredible that we can pick the radio waves or signal from Jupiter's storms.


Yeah, I hear it is on the AM radio, I'm wondering what it sounds like?


I wish i knew.  Have you ever listened to classic radio dramas.  I downloaded a few Dragnet episodes.  It was interesting


Nice. Did you know Freddie Mercury used the same piano as Paul McCartney?


Yes, very interesting.  I wondered if he bought the piano or perhaps they were friends and Mccartney gave him the piano


I'm not sure. But it was the same one used to record Hey Jude.


Did you hear about the climbers who reached the top of Britian's highest mountain and found a piano???   I wonder if people brought it up in pieces and assembled up there as kind of a prank


I wish i knew.  I am going to search for more information about it on the internet after this chat


Nice. well it was nice chatting with you.


Humans are adapted for hunting too, that I though was neat.


It is.  I wonder what the specific sound frequency is that causes fear in humans


I'm not sure. Is there one, and if so, I guess it is very high pitched?


It seems like a weird fact.  I wonder if we get more of a sense of unease than actually fear when we hear the frequency.


Yeah, there are lots of weird things. Almost all animals synthesize their own vitamin c.


I wonder if the enzyme was always defective or was there some point humans could produce their own vitamin C


I'm not sure. Did you know you can make a radio using a razor blade and a pencil?


No, i certainly did not.  I find that one a little to believe,  Any idea on how it works?


I have no idea. I suppose they get exposure for concernt tickets and endorsements which seems to be where they make their money now since album sales are down so much.


That is true. Their merch and touring definitely has to be the cash cow. I wonder how many people were shocked that that Alex kid admitted everything was fabricated..


I'm not familiar with Alex Kid. What was the scandal there?


He was one of the children who "wrote a book" about dying and seeing Heaven. "The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven". It was published in 2010.


I do remember that scandal now that you say it. I'm thinking the parents had a lot to do with that and shame on them. While we are talking about crazy facts, did you know that you can put flame throwers on your car in South Africa to prevent carjacking?!


I did now that actually! I did not know that Google's self-driving cars have an "aggressive" mode though. Sounds disastrous.


That sounds very dangerous. Do you know why the trunk of your car is called a trunk?


I do not know. Why is it called the trunk?


It's because old cars had actual wooden trunks in the back. That seems like a huge pain to deal with.


I had no idea! A wooden trunk sounds like a ton of splinters waiting to happen. Thank god that changed.


I agree. I also can't believe that the drive-thru was invented by McDonald's in 1975. That's so recent. I can't imagine fast food places without drive-thrus.


Did you know that they launched in 2008? It does not seem like that service is over 10 years old.


I did not know they launched in 2008. I had thought they launched in 2013. Interesting the CEO was the CEO of uTorrent in 2006.


Oh I remember the days of UTorrent ha ha. I did not know it was the same person. Did you know that 20% of all of their available songs haven't been played once.


I had no idea either but not surprised. No, I did not know that either! I do remember the Taylor Swift drama.


I remember that also. I wonder why she only took them off Spotify but not Pandora. She coldn


She actually has her music back on Spotify. She just did not put her newest album on there for a month or so. I guess that was her condition?


I guess so. I'm surprised they put them on there since in order to make minimum wage an artist has to have 130,745 plays per day.


Now I see why they do not want their music on Spotify. Who is getting anything from the service other than the customer??


Hi Turker, what is your favorite car, American built car?


Yes you are right, seem like there should be less crashes now, since technology improve from back in the days.


Yep.  I think it's cool that Louis Braille invented braille for the blind when he was only 15!


Yes that is cool, the majority of the time people that do those type of things usually a family member or a close friend is or was blind, fifteen is young, that's Interesting.


Makes sense... It's amazing that Dolphins can communicate over a phone and know who they are talking to!  Go Flipper!


That is amazing, I knew that some people understood what Dolphins are communicating, but now over the phone,wow.


Pretty soon they will be driving cars.  Surely Ohio would permit them to have pre-heated tanks in their cars.


Yes, did you know New York area code was the fastest number to dial using a rotary phone, Do you remember the rotary phone?


Oh yeah, I remember.  I don't remember hearing that President Andrew Johnson never went to school and his wife helped teach him reading and math.


I never heard about that either, well I guess a person can become what they want to if they try hard enough, he became president.


Yep.  Personally, I'd rather invent something cool like the rotary phone or maybe the dolphin cell phone.


I have many but I would have to go with the Corvette.  I would just have to remember not to warm it up in Ohio.


It still amazed me, a phone for dolphins. It was nice chatting with you.


Why did you say that? I never been to Ohio before, I passed through, but never been there.


Ok, I always was a ford person since I was old enough to drive, I like trucks.


I have an F150... Have you ever heard of "Ask Amy"?  She handles problems like Dear Abby.  Things like how to get one's kids to meet the new wife.


No I have never heard of Ask Amy, I always hear Dear Abby. Did you said how to kids to meet new wife?


How to introduce kids to a new wife.  Did you know that in 2017 there were no major airline crashes?  I feel safer...


Oh yes, I just quite a few parent go through that, getting their kids to like the new wife. no I didn't know that, wonder what change?


Probably just luck... Like no correlation between cell phone connection quality and "bars" of service.  Quality must be just luck.


That is like the kleenex issue! Tennis is pretty much large scale ping pong!


Totally! Kleenex and Reynolds Wrap are brands that are so well known, their genre of products are known by the company name.  Kind of like Association Football is known just as football, even if it's not a part of the Association.


Apparently we call that soccer because it was slang for Association football!


Huh. I did not know that. I always wondered where the term soccer came from.


there also is a version of soccer where 3 teams play at once!


Hmmm. If soccer players run an average of 7 miles per game, and they add a third team, I wonder, will that make them run closer to 10 miles?


most likely! that is a lot of running! a lot of people play though, over 250 million


It's amazing. All those people who play, but there are still some who shine.  Rodney Wallace, for example, made 101 international appearances over 14 years.


he represented his country well! that is a lot of games!


I agree. He was born Costa Rican, but he has become an American.


I'm good thanks. I was reading about tennis recently. Didier Drogba  is a soccer player that stopped a civil war in his home country.


that is a great thing for him, I am sure that was one of his dreams. hard work pays off!


I read the other day that they have used helicopters to dry off the fields for tennis


Wow. It's really amazing what they will do for professional sports. And yet grunting in tennis can be considered cheating.


Really? I think they do that like every hit!


Maybe it gives them an advantage! I know a black man won in 1968, and none have won since, that is odd


I am not sure to be honest... I have also heard a tennis player invented the polo!


That makes me curious about who invented table tennis.  Apparently Ping Pong is the name of the company that sells table tennis equipment. It's not the name of the game. I was surprised when I heard that.