I'm not sure about that even if the US does interfere in too many countries, the functions exercised by the president varies according to the type of government we have which is a semi-presidential republic, I think.


Yes, so just your opinion, do you think that this is best for the US, I do support Trump on some of his decisions.


What is "that' you are referring to for what is best for the US?


The decision about the wall and just in general, most things he does, I realized that not everyone's going to be satisfied.


I think the way Trump acts when not getting what he wants is not warranted. I also think that building a physical wall may help with the perceived issues to some extent but when there's a will there's a way.


Yes that's true, but I almost stopped voting because presidents were making promising to the people and never no changes, so I know we need someone with power.


hahaha he must be a genius to get away with that not only once but twice


Yeah, that is a dangerous person on some level. Maybe a wikileak employee?


hahaha maybe you never know. do you know the norwegian government donated $1 billion to save the amazon


No way, that would be a great place to live if you care about social issue such as the environment. Unlike the civil uprise in Niger. The antisocial imposing laws believed to be by some.


yeah they have done so much to protect the environment globally


Okay. Well, since October opponents and supports have been taking to the streets to protest or support the tax law that will subsidize  the countries utility companies.


yeah a lot has been going on for sure. did you know congressmen have their own subway lines?


No, I never heard of that what do you mean?


they ride a separate subway when going from the capitol and the house


That is interesting, I had no idea. What a good idea for keeping them safe from random people not authorized to be there. I remember when the congress was playing the annual baseball game when someone shot at the congressman and hit one. They had to all run and hide anywhere they could.They continue to play baseball each year though. It is still an annual event.


I have been trying to learn about  Niger's political climate and what the country is experiencing but I also love to study american presidents too. What can you tell me?


well, do you know who the wealthiest us presidents are ?


I am thinking that Trump would be one of the wealthiest. The government is wealthy, the government actually owns much of Nevada.


Yeah he is but considering inflation he is not in the top three


Oh, okay. Hmmm? Maybe JFK and Washington if we are going back a ways. I am trying to remember the presidents and their personal wealth and social standing. Since they are the head of state I would imagine all of them wealthy on some level.


yeah you are right, the third one would be jefferson too


Oh, that makes sense. Cool fact about american history. I like to also learn about Wikileaks and the fact that the government tried to destroy their plans.


yeah and they caught up on that and published it all


I like the story that are hard to believe for instance a man impersonated a government official  to such a level that he was able to sell the eiffel tower not once, but twice. Hahaha. I don't know who would fall for that.


Apparently his wife helped learn math and reading, now that's special. Have yo ever heard of Miguel Cabarello?


That is a supportive wife!  No never heard of him


Apparently this guy make bulletproof clothing  and the employees have to get shot to test them out. Not me no way!


Damnnnnn,  I hope they get paid a crap ton of money risking their life like that.  Definitely not worth it to me.  Did you know Apple used to make clothing?


I did not wow i guess its good to diversify. a man once wore 70 articles of clothing to avoid having to pay baggage cost. lol.


Geez,  I guess its worth it depending on how much the baggage fee is lol


right, he must have looked very strange that's a lot of clothing, lol. There's an Africn tribe that still wears Victorian clothes, the style of their former German occupiers.


Like, on purpose?  or was this donated to them??  Seems a little hot in africa to be wearing victorian clothing lol


Ha to funny! Well it's got to be better than wearing asbestos like the Greeks use to, lol.


I do but mostly i listen to audibles. How about you?


Right.  Apparently,  pilgrim clothing was full color they only wore black on special ocassions.


Well apparently ppl use to clean their clothes using old faithful by putting them into the geyser and waiting for it to erupt....


Oh wow,  thats interesting,  but a good idea,  water pressure.


did you know that Facebook has done psychological experiments before?


Yeah it affected real world voting behavior in millions of ppl during 2010 congressional elections.


Wow Thats crazy.  Its been excellent chatting with you,  thanks for all the info,  learned a lot!


Ah same here,  I love audible.  i still read some books though.


Yeah i miss the turning the pages, something about holding the info in you hands, you know?


Yeah,  i dont like when the book is heavy though,  or having to read near a light,  or the book being bent outta shape if its a paperback lol


Yeah that can be annoying. You know the guy that invented braille perfected it when he was 15, wow impressive.


that is amazing!  What an invention too,  not they use it everywhere.  Anne jones ca read 4700 words per minute!!!


wow is that the record for speed reading, i bet it is? Do you know that silent reading is a recent phenomenon?


Really?  Thats weird lol In the 18th century there was a moral panic because of people reading a lot of novels lol


Wow! You know Andrew Johnson never attended school in his life.


Yeah, that is pretty crazy. I'm not even sure how that is possible?


Me neither. I also don't know how the space shuttles general-purpose computer runs on 1 Mb of RAM.


I'm not sure either. It seems like a small amount of ram.


Yes it does. Do you like reading fiction? I kind of like reading things that are not based on history or facts.


I'm not a huge fan of fiction. Did you know there is a wiki that ranks fictional characters based on powers?


I would like to see that. Edgar Allan Poe wrote the oldest known example of cyborgs in fiction.


That would be pretty cool. I wonder what the best fictional character is on the wiki?


Yes I bet superman is up there. Probably Thor too. Julius Caesar wrote fan fiction of Hercules in his youth. He definitely got started early.


Superman definitely has to be up there if not number one. Well nice chatting with you!


A judge in the 1950s tried to ban a work of science fiction because it featured a black character. Glad times have changed. Nice talking to you too!


Yes I love computers. I can't imagine my life without one. In 1936 the Russians made one that ran on water.


Interesting. If you think about it, a lot of power comes from water.


Yes such as hydropower. Apple computer's seem to be quite sensitive because if you smoke near an Apple Computer it voids the warranty.


Interesting. That doesn't sound true, but I wonder if it is the same for the iphone?


I don't know what you mean? There is a group called transhumanist's that want to upload their minds to computers and memory sticks!


That sounds pretty cool. I would do it, would you?


I don't know sounds kind of creepy to me! Almost like the work of fiction! Like something from someones imagination!


I think it would be pretty cool. Do you play minecraft?


I have in the past. Kind of amazing someone built a working computer using only the mine craft building blocks.


Hello,  did you know an iphone has more computing power than a U.s. nuclear deterrant?


Lol me either,  I wonder why they call it a hamburger.  I have never tried to separate  2 phone books,  but that is good to know!  another pro for internet!


Yeah, besides with internet you have access to many books instantly, do you like to read? the fda burned a lot of literature to censore some things from the public.


That is a bit extreme lol I do love to read.  Right now I mostly do audible though.  How about you?


I love to read, I wanted to be a writter when I was a kid, there is an annual competition in which you have to come up with the worst oppening sentence to a book or novel.


lol have you ever participated in the competition?


No, havent participated but I think it would be fun and difficult as well.


Sounds very difficult.  It is interesting that Winston churchill won a nobel prize in lit.


I wonder what piece of literature made that happen!  literature was an olympic event before.


That is crazy,  doesn't seem like a typical olympic sport lol


Yeah, also architecture, music, painting and sculpture, I dont see them as sports either.


I did not know that, that is crazy! so much power in a little thing.


Yeah.  More like art. well its been great chatting!


I know,  technology is amazing.  Especially these smart phones are like little computers.


It is amazing, it has its pros but a lot of cons as well, many people get stalked because of the internet, I would be scared to be in that situation.


That is true,  but there are cons to everything.


Youre right, did you know there is a copy of the internet stored? it would be terrible if we lost internet forever.


Yeah I read that too,  That would be devastating lol I cant imagine having to do actual leg work o find things out.


Yeah I know, and I wouldnt be able to communicate to a lot of friends and family, there would be a lot of economic losses.


Yeah,  and we would have to look things up in the phone book too!  Did you the 3 horizontal line menu on apps and websites is called a hamburger


Did you know its impossible to separate two phonebooks that have their pages overlaped together, I know its a difficult scenario but internat saves us from this, and I didnt know about the hamburger menu thing.


Did you know that 86% of the land in Nevada is owned by the government?


I don't use apple for my computer, but I have an iphone.


I think it is unsettling that transhumanists want to upload their minds to computers and memory sticks.


Interesting. I didn't know that. Apparently you can build a 16 bit computer using nothing but Minecraft building blocks.


I am not sure what that means. But I know Minecraft is a popular game.


Yeah, I don't know what it means either to be honest. LOL


I have never thought of a microwave being a computer.


Me either. Well just don't smoke near it!


Want to hear something funny? The first president of zimbabwe was called president banana.


Hilarious, I wonder if that is just a jesture to be kind or poke fun at him.


Not sure. I like when presidents have side hobbies. The president of indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office.


No, I did not. That is crazy. I usually do not think of the government as land owners.


Hilarious, I wonder where he finds the time?


Me either, I guess it's not well traveled!


I find it inspiring and uplifting when you hear about the government giving back. In 2008, the Norwegian government donated $1 bn to help save the amazon rainforest.


Wow, that's a lot. I wonder why they did that.


Probably because its the right thing to do! Did you know that the top three wealthiest presidents in american history were jfk, Washington, and Jefferson.


No, I didn't know that. Do yo like using computers?


Yes, I am always on the computer. I would like to try the computer that was ran on water in russia.


Did you know smoking near an Apple Computer voids the warranty?


That is scary. Good thing that I do not smoke around my computer.


You much of a football fan?  I don't watch it much myself, but I find a lot of facts about it pretty neat...


Yeah, all the "set up" time outs, coaches talking, the huddles... it all adds up.


It really does, do you know how the circular huddle was created?


A deaf quarterback created it to prevent the other team from stealing his hand signals.


Oh, yeah, I think I remember reading about that somewhere.  That's pretty neat!  Do you know they keep tracking chips in the players shoulder pads during the game to record their movements?


I heard about that.  I think they also use it for safety things like to see when a player is taking really hard hits to the head.


Not only that, but they've also got one in the ball, keeping track of it's position, speed, and all that.  Bet that's handy for determining how far it gets thrown and stuff.


Yeah and how fast it is going.   That is all useful in helping to practice and setting pitching machines to not wear out the QB's arm


It's a pity they don't have a function to tell how much the ball is inflated, otherwise they could have avoided that "deflate gate" scandal that happened a few years back... (dunno fi you remember that or not.)


I do.  Tom Brady and the Patriots were under fire for that.


Im in the same boat.  No cable for me so many games go unwatched.


Tom Brady!  Sidenote, guy was born the same year I was, 1977.  You know that guy has supposedly never eaten a strawberry in his life?  Wonder if he's allergic or something...


I heard that too, he must be allergic, I dont eat them all the time, but I have eaten some,  That might be the key to his superpowers.  lol


Superpowers yeah, they say he threw a record 50 touchdown passes in the 2007 season!  He's gotta be doing something!


Definitely!  Great Chat, but I must get going.  Have a good day!


Did you know that there could actually be female players?  There's technically no rule in the NFL against it, so long as they meet the physical requirements.


Those requirements might be pretty physically rigorous.  Plus have you heard how they treat the cheerleaders?


No, how do they treat them?  With respect, I'd hope.  Cheerleading is actually pretty tough, there's more injuries in it than any other sport.


They are not allowed to eat at a restaurant if a football player is there and if one walks in they must leave.


Wait, I think I heard about that... wasn't that just for New Orleans cheerleaders though?  Hopefully that's not true throughout the NFL...


I dont know if it is or not.  But I really think that is the wrong way to treat people.


Yeah, I have to agree.  You know what else is kind of crazy? For the length of the game, there's only about an average of 11 minutes of live gameplay.


And it takes SOOOO long for that 11 minutes to happen too.


yeah , to think trump is not in there, pretty surprising


I would feel rich if I were staying in the president's guest house. it's bigger than the white house!


Yeah they must get a lot of guests. Do you know what the president of zimbabwe was called?


Yeah me too, I wonder if it means something else in their language


Speaking of odd things relating to presidents, Ronald Reagan was rejected for a movie role once because he didn't have the "presidential look" according to an entertainment executive.


Wow, well at least he became a president in real life. good for him


Yeah, and I believe he was a successful actor too. Bill Nye got his break by winning a steve martin lookalike contest


Hahah that is so funny. Did you ever play nintendo?


Yes, I did. I had the original, which only could display 54 colors


I prefer to listen to music online. speaking of which, there is a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free.


Yeah that is so cool. nice chatting with you.


That is cool. Do you ever listen to them?


I haven't yet. speaking of classical things, a finnish radio station broadcasts a weekly news program in classical latin.


Wow. I would not understand a word of it. Did you know you can listen to Jupiter's stors in am radio?


Interesting. that sounds like it would be annoying, haha. if you are in canada, all radio need to have at least 40 percent of the music played be canadian.


I guess they really like to support local and national talent


yeah, speaking of music from foreign countries, the president of indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office


Wow, a star president. good for them. Do you know who the wealthiest presidents in the us were?


i have heard jfk, washington and jefferson so i guess that accounts for inflation.


That is interesting. Do you  know Demetri Martin? He wrote a 224 word palindrome poem before


Yes, that's would be hard to do since a palindrome is a word that reads the same either way: forward or backward like Hannah, kayak, etc.  Did you know that the Japanese alphabet when recited in order forms a poem?


Really? I did not know that. Do you like Pixar? Their studio has a room that is visited by celebrities a lot


Yeah, celebrities get all the breaks, did you know that Judge Judy makes $123,000 an episode on her show? That even more than Lebron James makes.


That is a lot of money. Did you know Robin Williams in Aladdin was the first to start the trend of celebrities doing voices in cartoons?


Yes, I heard that.  Did you know that Carol Burnett was the very first celebrity to appear on Sesame Street?


Interesting. I like her. Ethiopia has a celebrity tv chef that believes he can fight the country's hunger issues by encouraging people to eat more diverse food.


Yes, I did hear that, too. That sounds like how you introduce babies to different kinds of foods. At first, they don't want to eat it or even try it but then they give in. Speaking of babies, did you know that babies spontaneously dance when they hear music, is that precious or what?


Wow that is amazing. Did you know Bruce Lee was a great dancer and won the hong kong cha-cha championship that happened in 1958.


Wow, I never who have guessed that. He did move with grace and style if you think  about it.  Michael Jackson was a great dancer as well. Did you know that he used a device to help him achieve some of the extreme leans he used in his dance moves?


Hi, do you like poetry, celebrities, or dance?


That is pretty cool. Did you know professional ballet dancers can go through 4 pairs of shoes in just one week? That is a lot of shoes.


Yes, and ouch, a lot of hurt toes. It's been real chatting with you. Have a good one.


Yes, he disappeared for a while but then returned. What I really enjoy is poetry. Poetry is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language such as sound symbolism and metre to evoke meanings.


Poetry also derives from a variant of the Greek term poiesis which means the word "making"


Poetics focused on uses of speech in rhetoric, song, drama, and comedy.  Many kindred forms of resonance may exist between individual verses in their patterns or rhymes or rhythms.


Cool. Most of the hobbit's names were taken out of an old poem from Iceland called "dvergatal"


That's interesting, a lot of modern poetry reflects a critique of poetic tradition, playing and testing among other things, the principle of euphony itself, sometimes altogether forgoing set rhythm or rhyme.


Cool. Do you like Edgar allan poe? He only received 9 dollars for his publication of the raven


That was probably a lot of money back in his day.  Did you know that there's a poem when read normally is depressing but when read backwards is inspiring?


Well apparently like you said it's from when we were animals and fish.


Did you know the Loch Ness Monster is a protected species?


No protected from what? How's protecting have the world doesn't even believe it exist?


I dont know, I guess if you think you find it you cant kill it?  I listened to a podcast about it and the Yeti and the real reasons behind them.  It was really neat.


When they went public they were worth 104 Billion.


And to think Myspace didnt jump at the chance to buy when they offered in 2005


Yeah i know they could have obtained it for a steal, only 70 million at the time.


Did you hear about the Burger King promotion?


For the whooper for a penny, if you downloaded the app at McDonalds?


Well, that one too.  But the if you unfriend 10 people you get a free whopper.


Sounds like they're haters. Do you know why facebook is blue?


I think it is because Zuckerburg has red-green color blindness.


That makes sense. There's a place in Germany where the like button is illegal.


I heard about that.  I wonder how that works?  If I go there will mine not work?


Good question, but remember it's germany- some one's probably watching you there, lol. Just kidding.  Apparently Iceland is rewriting their constitution!


I thought it was Russia that was always watching... lol  That is cool Iceland is letting people have feedback via facebook


Yeah i'm torn between this it's either a really good idea or a really bad one. Hard to believe FB has only been around since 2004.


As long as it is just input and suggestions I think it might be safe, anything else, nope.  I got facebook in college when they just rolled it out for Universities.


Most of them i can do without snakes. there are over 20 quintillion individual animals on earth.


That must have been cool, nice chatting with you.


Snakes are just so misunderstood. Most of them are pretty nice.


Yeah ok,lol! Someone told me that domesticated animals develop a white patch on the forehead.


Hmm  That is interesting.  I wonder if in generations of domesticated animals that has been a thing?  Like modern day cats, been domesticated for years, will they still have it?


Apparently germany was the first country to give animals constitutional rights.


That is really neat.  Did you know hiccups area holdover from when animals used to have gills and lungs?


I heard that, not sure i can get with that. there are over 1.5 M living animals species.


Hiccups are a spasm of the diaphram muscle, why it starts to spasm, I dont know.


Hey there! You ever watch Dancing with the Stars?


Gotta go look up Bill Bailey to see what else he did.  I always wondered what kind of formal training Michael had.  Did you know Tupac actually danced ballet?


I think he was a tap dancer. I heard he did that in high school or something, he was in the Nutcracker of all things!


Man if Tupac were alive, I think I'd want to see him on dancing with the stars.  I'd definitely phone in my vote for him.  Though I always wonder how much the judges vote weigh in the final score.


He probably would have been on that show for sure! Do you still have a landline telephone?


Ha.  As a matter of fact I do.  One of the few I suppose.  But not a rotary!  Though I think that would be cool for nostalgia's sake.


Wow! I would have guessed no lol. I still remember all of my friends landline numbers and that was from 20 years ago!


That's great.  With cell phones no days, don't think anyone memorizes numbers.  I actually remember using a rotary phone when I was a kid.  Always hated numbers higher than 5.  Took so long to dial.  Read somewhere New York has  the 212 area code because it was the fastest number to dial on a rotary.


I don't know anyone's cell numbers lol, I would be screwed if I lost mine. 212 would be easy to type


So did you spend hours on end talking to your friends on the phone?  I remember calling my friends I heard a really cool song on the radio and tried to blast it so they could hear it on their end.


For sure, and doing party lines and awkwardly asking my school crush's mom to speak with her daughter, which song?


Can't remember exactly.  Was something like Supersonic.  Ha!  I always stole my dad's radio to use.  He use to listen to classic radio dramas.  Miss those but I think there's a website that has a lot of those archived.


interesting, it was great chatting with you!


Yeah, a big fan.  Was kind of upset last season.  There seemed to have been some gender bias in the beginning with only women getting voted off for the first few weeks.  But there may have been other factors.  Did you watch any of last season?


I liked watching Kareem Abdul Jabbar dance, he is so tall! I wish he moonwalked.


Ha!  I think I saw that season.  There's always a lot of athletes.  There was some NFL player on last season.  Think it was someone named DeMarcus Ware.  Anyone else you've seen on the show?


I can't name any off the top of my head. Emilia Clark knows how to dance, she did the funky chicken during her audition for Game of Thrones!


That's so cool.  I like her.  Did you know Bruce Lee was a great dancer?  Read somewhere that he won the Hong Kong cha cha championship in the 50s.


I bet he was, he was a freak athlete! I didn't know michael jackson didn't invent the moonwalk, some other dude did


Really?!? That's shocking!  I think everyone thinks he invented it.  Did read that he had a patent on a device used to achieve that extreme lean thing he does.  Think you see it in the Smooth Criminal video.


I still remember seeing him bust it out for the first time at a concert, it gave me chills, so smooth! Bill Bailey introduced it


Hello,how are you this evening? Do you like sports?


Did you know when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was is college his overuse of the slam dunk caused it to be banned for over a decade?


Oh so he was the one that got the move banned from college, I sure missed it, good thing its not banned anymore


Another basketball fact is that the inventor of basketball James Naismith is the only losing coach in the University of Kansas's history.


He is the only losing coach?lol that is ironic, how can that be!!!


Right? Did you know that college football or basketball coaches are the highest paid state employees in 39 out of 50 states?


I didnt know that, thats interesting, I guess the rest of the public employees are underpaid, you know that vasectomy rates increases during March


Wow crazy. There is a basketball court on the top floor of the Supreme court building? They call it "the highest court in the land" lol.


The highest court in the land! what a nice name, I wonder what kinds of competitions they have there, maybe a tournament between judges and convicted felons lol


Lol. Did you know that in a Pro hockey game a player will lose up to 8 pounds in one game?


8 pounds really? I guess I need to learn to play hockey, that way I can loose weight fast lol


Im great, and yeah I do like to watch sports, basketball, hockey, soccer and even swimming, what about you?


I guess, lol. It's a hard game. It's been nice chatting with you.


It is a hard game, our olympic team lost to a highschool team once, that must had sting.


I like sports, football, hockey, soccer I also find swimming interesting as well.


You like swimming too? nice, then you must know Michael Phelps


Yes, I enjoy watching the Olympics and have seen quiet a few of his races. Did you know that there is a type of swimming where the swimmer has their hands and legs bound and they swim like a dolphin?


I didnt know that, and yeah he kills it at the olympics in fact he has more gold medals than 80% of the countries in the history of the games


Wow,incredible! I know that the US has almost as many gold medals in swimming as the rest of the world combined.


That is a lot, well if Phelps has more than 80% of the countries it makes sense, we have great athletes in our country


I agree, it is incredible to witness them doing their best, and then beating. Always improving. Did you now that Cornell requires all students to pass a basic swimming test before they can graduate?


No I didnt know that but I think thats a great thing that gets kids prepared for an emergency


Democrats and Republicans and all the controversy, what are your thoughts?


That would be a chaos, did you hear about the president that released 3 pop albums while in office


Yeah, talk about a fun party! I wonder if I made a little radio out of a blade and pencil like the soldiers in WW2 used to, if I could listen to his albums?


I dont think so, you might find his greatest hits online but I doubt they are on the radio, but who knows, if soldiers could make radios like that anything is possible


Yeah, there's a lot of things like that you can get for free online. I think there's one where you can stream a bunch of old radio dramas.


That sounds like a site I would like, did you know that some of the storms of Jupiter are so strong they can be picked up by a radio!


I don't know if that says more about how strong the storms are on Jupiter, or how crazy radio technology is!


I think a bit of both, there is also a radio station that broadcasts news in latin,


I think I've heard about that. It's from Finland? They've apparently been doing it since 1989.


Yeah thats right, its seems like a boring segment but I guess it has a group of fans after all its been around almost 30 years


Yeah. I guess there's a fan of everything. In Canada, it's a law that almost half of the music on the radio played has to be Canadian. Talk about pride.


I think it's all pretty silly, but we have a civic duty to vote to get our thoughts heard. Like in Austin, when they voted to change the name of the dump to Fred Durst.


I think thats a great law that promotes local talent, Canada has good artists, Drake, Bieber.


That sounds messed up lol, they must hate Fred Durst, Astronauts can vote from space!


Just shows how important voting is, I guess! Apparently, the Indian government will set up a polling booth in a lion-filled forest for a single voter.


Seems like a lot of trouble for just one man, 34% of the black males in Alabama lost their right to vote permanently


That's terrible. I wonder why. That's hardly even considered a democracy.


I agree they should have the right to vote, 34% is a significant number that can alter an election


Definitely. I mean, the government is far from perfect. In the beginning, the US Vice President was the runner up to the President. Can you imagine how dysfunctional that would be?


Really dysfunctional, there would be a lot of problems in office or maybe it can bring the parties together


Yeah, could you imagine a President Hillary and a Vice President Trump? Since she technically won the popular vote, I mean.


I remember taking that ride and was sick from it when it shook you all over the place lol. I think I'll let someone else go to mars haha.


lol, you must of got on the rougher side!! The pressure on your chest in unreal!!


For sure! Can you believe the sun is only one billionth the size of the biggest star found in our galaxy?


That is beyond what I can visualize!! How do you feel when you hear, If the earth entire history was viewed as a 24 hour period, Humans would only represent 1 minute and 17 seconds!!Omg


I think I can hold my breathe just as long in that comparison. That is nuts!


Ha, ha, ha. Good one!! I think I can too! Do you believe the earth will be helium free by the 21 century?


That is sad, what about balloons and clowns!?!


Yeah, not sure about that one?  It is sad that 80% of the earth's natural forest have been destroy. Takes time to replant and grow!


Now that is even more sad! We definitely need to do something about that. Had a great time chatting with you!


Great!! and you? Are you into the Solar System? I am watching Nasa live!! got 46 minutes for the rocket to go up!! So exciting, getting dark.


I am! What are you watching it at? Do you know where they are launching from?


I pretty sure its here in Florida on Nasa live on today's date!! They have just cool, relaxing music going while its getting ready!! Oh, on my phone!!


Oh nice! My organization is the one who maintains the launch pad if it's going out of Cape Canaveral! I wonder where it's going?


Oh, interesting!! I get so excited when they go up. I think its for supplies again! Usually I can run out the door and see it. lol Haven't heard anyone talking yet to find out the details .


I wonder if that mars colonization project in 2023 will happen? Do you know how they will fund it?


lol, yes, I heard it was by a reality TV show! Go figure!! That's going to be something else!!


I can't wait to watch it. Countdown starts now lol!


Me too! 37 minutes!! Did you know you can fly to mars under 2 or 3 days if you fly under constant 1g accelaration? I think that Mars ride at Epcot lets you know how it would feel!


have you had someone put a lighter near your ear to heal an earache?


yes it sounds like it. especially that exhibit portraying his mother who committed suicide and abusive father


Very sad indeed!  I liked the piano analogy that expresses that children are like piano's that just because you have one doesn't mean you can play (or parent).  It reminds me of the hindenburg tragedy.  They brought aboard a 356lb grand piano on the flight.


The Hindenburg crashed and caught fire.  Some climbers found a piano on top of Britain's highest mountain in 2006.  I know the Hindenburg piano caught fire, but it makes you wonder how a piano made it to the top of a mountain.


it sure does, and do you think the piano caused the plane to crash or it was just an odd coincidence that it was aboard?


The piano didn't cause the crash or else it would be famous like the piano used to record 2 famous songs the Bohemian Rhapsody and Hey Jude.  Those songs are amazing.  I wonder what songs the BBC broadcasted in 1930 instead of news reporting.


i know do you think it was classical music? It must have been something to appeal to the masses


I am not sure, but the news must have been really dull to end up playing piano music.  Too bad we don't do that today.  We should also be allowed to equip our cars with flame throwers to prevent carjacking like in South-Africa.  Now that is newsworthy!


haha that would be newsworthy, and dangerous! yikes


Yes!  Good things our trunks aren't made out of wood anymore or that could be a serious fire situation.


according to the article, the author's father would roll up newspaper in a cone and light it thinking it would heal the earache


Wow!  I am thankful my parents didn't follow traditions to cure earaches.  I wonder if he has an exhibition in Baltimore at the Parenting: An art without a Manual.  Sounds like that father should have his own display!


haha seriously! what do you think are some of the things on display there?


Remember the Simpson's?  Homer and Marge?  I can picture lots of displays with some of their antics through the years.  I am sure it's full of well intentioned unconditional loving parents who made innocent mistakes or had crazy fears.


yes i'm seeing now the the exhibit is both heartbreaking and hilarious, it must span all sorts of parenting debacles


Absolutely!  Typically, anyone can be a parent.  Even Charles Manson had a son.  I can't imagine growing up under his shadow.


whoa i didnt know he had a child! did the child even know him?


I don't know, but there is an exhibition that uses art to portray families like his and other dysfunctional families.  I have heard it is an emotional exhibition.


HI there... I am learning to play golf and guitar. Do you play?


What! 86%? No, I had no idea but it makes sense they would keep it a semi secret. I want to hear about more countries that donate to things like the rainforest. I think Norway did that.


You are right. That was nice that they did that.


Yeah, it sure was. They donated $1 billion dollars! Awesome number.


Yes, they did. Quite different from what the man in France did. He sold the Eiffel tower not just one time, but two!


HA, that would be a funny guy to know and listen to tell stories! I have been thinking September means golf, golf courses and sports clubs. I want a fitness routine that prevents me from overdoing it.


I'm sure he's fun. So do you play guitar? I really like Queen's Brian May. It's pretty amazing that he has a PHD in astrophysics.


Yeah, guitar is a good workout of the mind! I can barely spell astrophysics! Ya know Eddie Van Halen recorded the guitar solo for the song Beat it. The one song by Michael Jackson.


Eddie actually set the studio speakers on fire during the recording!


No way, that is crazy and just as crazy as their music! I had read that Matthew Bellamy holds the record for the most smashed guitars.


Soubnds like he is a pretty crazy player, but I have not heard of him before.


No, I don't play either, but they are interesting. I just can not believe how much water golf courses use.


Music world is so vast. I had a great time chatting with you, thank you so much.


It was nice chatting with you too! Thanks.


I know, right! I think they use about 312,000 gallons a day! America has  a bunch of courses, too.


Yep, that's how much they use. The total space taken up in America by golf courses is more that the space of RI and Delaware combined.


Oh man! That is an amazing fact! I really want to visit a course in Dubai that requires 4,000,000 gallons a day. I can only imagine how pretty it must be. I think a famous baseball player was a golfer, Babe Ruth?


That is way too much water if you ask me.Yes, I've heard that Babe Ruth at one time was America's most famous golfer.


Yeah, that is a good point the water seems excessive. Yeah, Babe Ruth and Samuel L. Jackson were both golfers.


I have heard that Jackson has it written into his move contracts to let him play golf two times a week.


That would be a super cool contract! He strikes me as a serious contract kinda guy. I was reading the other day that Wikileaks was publishing contracts that the government had that shows they were planning on destroying Wikileaks. Spy verse spy, sort of .


Yeah, I'm sure he is a contract expert. LOL on the Wikileakes. Did you know the government owns 86% of the land in Nevada?


My boot and shoe supply is limited.  I have some work shoes and some running shoes, and one pair of dress shoes.


I've tried the trick with the tea bag and smelly shoes, it does remove the smelly odor, replaces it with Earl Grey.


How cool, I'll have to give that a try, I have a stinky pair of gym shoes!


So Nokia use to make boots, difficult to see how they got into phones from that.


Rubber boots to be exact, and I think they still make them, too!


Probably best to stick with the boots.  The whole Smart Phone thing has left Nokia behind.  Maybe they need to pull themselves up by their boot straps.


That phrase got its start by meaning to do something that is pretty much impossible.  At this point, I think Nokia has lost the phone game!


Thinking about that phrase you can see what it's original meaning was.  Maybe it changed because no one has boot straps now?


That's true.  Do you know that pro ballet dancers can go through 4 pairs of pointe shoes a week?


Yes, I do.  I wondered when they would stop their lifetime refund guarantee.  People nowadays are just plain crooked.


A week!  I'm glad my daughter gave up dance after just a few sessions.  Have a good day, nice chatting.


I was only just made aware of that offer.  There are always people willing to exploit a system like that.


But, to go as far as to buy things at a yard sale and try to return them, that's just taking it to a new level of exploitation.  A crook will always be a crook, for sure!


This kind of promise works well in a small group, but once it goes national you lose the personal connection, and some will exploit it.


How true.  On a side note, do you own any UGG boots?


Not my style.  I see them around all the time now, are they comfortable?


Yeah, they are very comfortable and quite warm.  Do you know they were invented by surfers?


Looking at Uggs I would not associate them with surfing.  I suppose they keep you feet warm?


Yes, the surfers would put them on after leaving that cold ocean water, to warm up!


I liked some of his music but he was a master that's for sure.  Did you know he recorded the guitar solo for Michael Jackson's "Beat It" and when he did he set the studio speakers on fire?  That's a true story by the way.  He blew the tubes in the amps and sparked a fire.


That is one heck of a story!  I wonder why I have never heard about that?  Sounds like an all time great one.


Yes.  Even more incredible is he did it for free as a favor for Jackson and asked nothing in return.  Anyhow...Do you know who holds the record for most smashed guitars on a tour?


That sounds like a wild record, but I can't say that I know who it is.


Matthew Bellamy from the band Muse holds the record.  To be quite honest I don't know who he is. LOL


Well now that you say that, I don't know who he or Muse is to be honest, but thats still some record!


Yes.  He must have a good endorsement deal. lol   Pink Floyd's guitarist turned a grand houseboat on the River Thames into a floating recording studio called the Astoria!  Do you like to read or watch fantasy related things?


That sounds like a wild recording studio!  And yeah I really like to read fantasy novels.  How about you?


I used to when I had more time.  I thought I was supposed to get more free time the older I get but it seems like it's the opposite. lol  I thought it was interesting that a single fold in the brain makes the difference between perceiving reality and fantasy.  It was nice chatting with you this morning!


That is just too crazy, the human brain is amazing!  And same here I hope you have a good day!


Big fan here!  Do you like Queen and their guitarist Brian May?


Yeah Queen was a great band, so much good music.  I am a fan, how about you?


I like them but didn't get into them until the early 90s.  Brian May uses coins for guitar picks!


I think I have heard about that, so weird.  I think he prefers his english sixpence lol.


Yes!  I think something that is amazing is he has a phd in astrophysics.  All I can say is wow!


Wow, I didn't know that about him, very impressive to have the time while touring and recording to do that.


I know.  That's incredible.  Were you ever an Eddie Van Halen fan?


I wasn't a big Van Halen fan, but Eddie himself, was a master of the guitar in my opinion.  How about you?


The White House also has two twin buildings so the one in Atlanta isn't the only one.


Right,  cant remember where they are, do you remember?


One is located in Ireland and the other one in France, they must be amazing but not as awesome as the original one


Wow thats cool,  I wonder what they use it for.


No idea, maybe important people of the government live in there, I wonder if they have solar panels like our white house does


I think Ronald Reagan removed those though


He did and the George W. Bush had them placed back on the White House one thing is certain there has been a lot of controversy because of those panels.


Oh ok!  I recently found out that you can mail a birth announcement to the white house and they will send you a congratulations card!  That is awesome.


That is awesome Im about to be a father for the first time so I think I will test that theory I would love to have a congratulations card from the White House


Congrats!  When is the baby coming?  My sister is having a baby in May,  Im gonna look up the address for her so she can get a card from the white house too!


I think its really cool that the presidents guest house is bigger than the white house!


The baby is coming around September, thank you very much, and congratulations as well I bet everyone is excited, I wish you the best of luck, its been great chatting


That is cool, must be a really nice place with a lot of art and history in it


Yes.  I also hear that the only u.s. president to have a phd is woodrow wilson.


He must had been a really smart president did he ever record a pop album? the president of Indonesia did, in fact 3 of them


I dont think he did lol Thats impressive!  I wonder if it was any good!


I bet he was, he did make 3 albums so he must be quite the pop-star, maybe he can record an album with Trump some time.


Oh my,  I hope not lol Did you know the last president to speak a foreign language was FDR?


Really FDR? I guess he was really smart as well, there should be stricter requirements for presidents in our country, running for office is no joke


I hear there is a replica of the white house in atlanta which is built as a private home.


I wonder if animals in New Zealand fear snakes because they have none there.


It must be a paradise for people who hate snakes. I mean in some places there are flying snakes.


I guess that makes legless lizards not seem so scary.


I mean I'm fine with reptiles if they can't bite my arm off or they don't have poison. Although I fear crocodiles like poisonous snakes, I never knew crocodiles are more closely related to birds than snakes.


I like observing animals and all the neat things about them, but there's nothing like relaxing to some smooth jazz!  I would have loved to see the free jazz concerts in Harlem hosted by a woman at her apartment the past 20 years.  Some famous people even have been there.


Jazz is very intriquing as it maintained its core essence all the while abosorbing and drawing from different national, regional, and local cultures to adapt unique styles. Even in Korea, jazz bars are quite popular.


I wonder why growing goatees adds comfort to jazz trumpeters.  I played the trumpet, but I don't see the connection.


Perhaps it is a cultural phenomenon, a symbol of their art?


Maybe Clint Eastwood understands as he has enjoyed jazz all his life.  I didn't know he played the piano


Jazz is now a major form of musical expression with many famous players such as Clint Eastwood. As you said, perhaps he would understand. After all, it seems like he is a man of many talents and understanding.


Personally, I like most animals, regardless of whether they are cats or dogs. I admit however that the history of man and dogs are a long and interesting one.


I wonder what a jazz orchestra sounds like?  They have one in Pakistan.  Would they have violins in jazz?  Nice talking to you!


Who would've thought that man's best friend would truly be man's best friend and be able to get blood transfusions?


Honestly, I don't know why the concept that animals can give eachother blood transfusions never occured to me. However, dogs have adapted very well to living with humans.


The stray dogs are spared in Istanbul due to generous recyclers who put0 their recyclables in a machine that dispenses food and water to them.


That is very fascinating. Considering how many people love their pets, I think that would definitely motivate some people to recylce more. I didn't get to ask, do you like most animals like dogs or snakes?


I sort of like dogs, but snakes no way!  I respect that they are such stealthy animals that can swallow prey bigger than their heads though!


Personally, I am okay with reptiles like snakes, but I do feel that you can't get as close a bond with them than other mammals. This may be due to the inherent fear of snakes wired into the brains of mammals. For instance, you have seen those videos of cats being scared of cucumbers?


My dog is afraid of vacuums.  So maybe they look like snakes with all those hoses.


They probably don't understand what vaccums are. If I didn't know what vaccums were and this weird thing made weird noises and sucked air, I would be scared of it too.


Do they already have google fiber on the ISS? lol


I'm not sure how they manage that... In Finland, everyone has to right to an internet connection.  I wonder how that is working out.


It probably makes the population alot smarter all around because they all have the constant access to information


I suppose but there is the social network and porn factor... I think it's probably a good idea.  Did ya know that Win 95 was the 2nd most installed software in 1995?


I'm not going to lie. Windows 95,98,2000 were all on fire up until XP the king of them all then I felt they just started going down hill with vista and windows 7


Vista was definitely a downer.  The should have had Ada Lovelace help with it.  She's the woman that wrote the 1st computer algorithm.  I wonder what it did?


Maybe some sort of math function I think thats what computers originally solved


Dunno.  I do know that Lou Reed and his wife held a high frequency concert for dogs.  There's a walk on the wild side...


I love dogs so I really appreciate the man for taking the time to do that


I love them too. Did you like Abba?  They turned down $1B to do a 100 concert reunion tour.


Yeah.  I used to listen to the Grateful Dead a lot. I liked John Barlow's advocacy of an open internet.


Yea abba made alot of music for movie soundtracks thats where i heard lots of their stuff


my girlfriend moons ago liked them.  I kinda tolerated it. Great chat!  Thanks.


I loved jerry garcia, they have always been very supportive of peoples individual freedoms. What are some of your favorite songs?


"Tennessee Jed", ... just about every song on Europe '72.  I didn't know Barlow and Wier went back so far -- to going to school together.


I didnt know that either I would have thought they met when they were both like 20 years old but i never expected since that young


I also can't believe Barlow dabbled in GOP politics.  I guess it makes sense if you're a freedom lover.


Exactly the dead were very proactive they didn't just lay down stagnant and just talk the talk they went into action


Yep, that's true.  Seem like most of their music was live recording too.  Too bad Jerry isn't around.  He would be all over the internet, even more so than now.


Omg if he was on the internet he would be one of those living legends from that era still around like tommy chong


Hee.  Maybe he could go on the ISS where he would have faster internet.


Hi there! Any plans for the weekend, maybe something cultural like a play or dance performance?


I'm sure a lot is lost in translation, especially given that blank verse doesn't carry over rhythmically haha. So much about him is unknown because he was a commoner, so who knows if he was even cool with his words being translated.


Do you have a favorite Shakespeare play that enjoy?


So, I am less than enthusiastic because I took a Shakespeare course in college and ended up liking his works less than I did initially because the professors who team-taught it presented opposing interpretations.  But a Polish composer liked Hamlet so much that he donated his skull to the Royal Shakespeare Company in hopes that it would be used as the skull of Yorick--talk about being a fan!


Oh wow, I would be really interested in classes where the professor takes an opposing view contrary to what everyone thinks. That's really impressive, I recently read that more football players who have passed are donating their skulls for research as well. I think there is an association between head injuries and behavior with football


Football is definitely tough (physically) on the brain. I imagine one would struggle with a Shakespeare play after a few major concussions, maybe even making a phone call!


Yeah seriously! Speaking of telephones, the area code for New York is 212 because it was the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone back in the day. I wonder how many people know what rotary phones are these days.


Yeah, I know how to use one, but most kids these days have never even opened a phonebook! Apparently it is impossible to separate two phonebooks whose pages simply overlap, I guess because they have so much friction from the paper.


Oh wow, I agree, a lot of kids probably didn't know that people used to make a living from selling ads in phone books! We have come so far these days! I wonder if people knew that Unicef donated a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute someone did not use their cell phones, how many people who participate, what do you think?


I think that's a tough sell for a lot of people because they use their phones so much, which is a shame. An iPhone has more computing power than the entire US nuclear ICBM deterrent, so I guess you can't blame a generation that has such easy access to information all the time.


That is a lot of computing power, but in this digital age, I guess that's much needed since no one has the patience anymore! We even have cables laying across the ocean floors, I guess that's what we need to brace ourselves for 5G evolution!


Yeah! That does sound like a fun way to spend the weekend, though I'll stop myself from attempting the infamous Michael Jackson leaning dance move since he uses a patented device for it, what about you?


I think the cables are there to stay because of how difficult it is to send data over the air over long distances. 5G is actually going to consist of a lot more small, local devices transmitting data than huge cell phone towers every couple of miles, so at least that eyesore will be eliminated gradually!


Oh ok I need to read up on that to stay informed! Thanks for the great insight!


I'm probably sticking to dramas on TV haha. It's crazy that he patented a device for a move--he was a businessman too! Speaking of people with multiple talents, did you know that Bruce Lee was a champion cha-cha dancer?


Though I don't think anyone has attempted to recreate that iconic move, perhaps to avoid paying any licensing fees or something. For some reason, cha-cha dancing and Bruce Lee don't seem to belong in the same sentence, just like Tupac and ballet is surprising to me too!


Well, even babies dance spontaneously when they hear music, so it must be hardwired into human behavior.


Babies dancing to the beat is so cute and fun to watch but ballet dancers going through four pairs of shoes in a week, ouch!


Yes, that sounds hard, both on the wallet and on the body. I bet they go through less shoes than Shakespeare went through pens, though--he wrote 39 plays!


That's a good conclusion. I had no idea that it was Shakespeare who invented the names like Miranda, Jessica, and Olivia. I think Jessica is a very common name.


He certainly was creative, but who knows how they were even pronounced originally. Some of his rhymes and puns don't work with modern pronunciations, so the meaning isn't quite the same.


That's a good point. His plays have even been translated into all types of languages but I am curious to see how the terms he coined like "good riddance or laughing stock" are translated in other languages and whether or not they convey the same meaning.


Hey there! What are your thoughts about the republican party?


So I guess polarization has always been a thing. Not always the case, though. Michael Jordan once wouldn't endorse a democratic candidate, because "republicans buy shoes, too."


That is smart marketing for Jordan.  The Senate is more collegial because of the 6 years terms.  The House turns over rapidly.


Speaking of the senate and marketing, I guess the candy desk at the U.S. senate office has only candy made in Pennsylvania.


Guess it's Milky Ways, Mars Bars, and Jellybeans.


Yep.  The gavel in the senate was used for 165 years before Richard NIxon broke it.  I wonder if he was angry.


Probably. Speaking of Nixon, did you know that the Nixon-Kennedy debate was the first televised presidential debate, as opposed to radio?


That is interesting.  Nixon had a democrat do his make-up.  He "won" the content of the debate but looked so awful that the TV broadcast swung the contest for Kennedy.


Yes, exactly what I was going to tell you. Maybe a radio debate would have been better for the guy!


That is a tough one.  Kennedy won, but then did not live for his 4 year term.  There is a federal law in Canada that radio stations there have to play at least 40% Canadian music.


It has a great history.  It was anti-slavery before the Civil War.


That's crazy. Oh, by the way, if you're looking to listen to radio dramas for free, there's a website where you can do so!


That would be a real throwback.  I am old but not so old that I listened to radio dramas in my lifetime.  Nice chatting!


Yes, agreed. Speaking of republican history...the last time a republican was elected president without Nixon or Bush on the ticket was in 1928. Crazy!


That is true until 2016.  Trump and Pence broke the pattern.  Every president with a beard has been republican.


That's weird. Wonder why that is. Coincidence?


I think so.  There are so many beards nowadays that the pattern may be broken in a few years.  However, the democrats will probably nominate woman until they elect one, so that'll probably change things.  That use of red and blue to mean GOP and Democrat is a recent development, only started in 2000.


That is really surprising. I could have sworn that the red and blue association existed when I was a child.


I remember in 1996 one network used the exact opposite colors.  As I was channel surfing on election night it was confusing.


How interesting. Crazy how much politics have changed.


No doubt about it.  There is so much polarization now.  Both parties used to work together better for legislation.  However, Truman would not be photographed with Dumbo at Disneyland because he would not be seen with an elephant.


Did you know that it is impossible to separate two phonebooks that simply have their pages overlapped together.


wow I did not thought about that. Since we are chatting about fact do you know that an iphone have more computing power than an entire nuclear icbm deterrent


That is kind of scary! I wonder how they found that out!


I also make the same question to many facts! But is unbelievable how the internet and phone connections cables runs thru the ocean by just laying on top of the ocean floor just like that being that so important in our lives now a day


Do you like Bruce lee movies? He was a great dancer back in the 1958.


I heard he won the hong kon cha-cha championship.


I really can't imagine him dancing cha-cha but it is true he was very versatile


at least he did it without any devices like Michael Jackson that had a patent on a device to makes his extremes leans dances


I never knew that! What a talented person. Have a nice day.


Me too! Did you know that the dutch are creating a commuter bus designed to travel at 160mph.


wow that is very fast and I think somewhat risky.


I would like to try it! I am sure it is an efficient way to get around.


Do you know that Iceland do not have public rail services most of the Icelanders flight between major towns


when I travel to New York I learn that New York area code was 212 because it was the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone


Wow! I never knew that. I wonder what year that was.


I think it was very long time ago since the used to use rotary dial phones


Hi!  Do you ever read columns like Ask Amy?


I also wonder if they ever mess with the phone cables just laying on the ocean floor?


I imagine that could happen. There is a luxury phone maker that hires the London symphony orchestra to record ringtones.


I wonder if that was before or after the iphone, or if that is for a landline phone.


I am thinking before the iPhone. The 1930's actress Hedy Lamarr helped to invent the cellphone.


Wow. I didnt know that.  Thats pretty cool.  It was in the process long before it became mainstream then!


I agree. There is almost no correlation between cell phone connection quality and bars of service.


That one struck me hard.  I always thought there was!  Little do I know.


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


Its not my favorite sport, but yes.  I think it is neat that Lincoln was an amazing wrestler.   I never would have guessed that!


I think it's interesting to watch. Never would have guessed that about Lincoln.


Plato was a professional wrestler before becoming a philosopher too!


Very cool to know. Well, it was great talking with you. Have a good day.


Sometimes, if they catch my interest.  Like this one about hoarders.


That sounds interesting to read. Do you know much about the telephone?


Some odds and ends, but how they work still baffles me.


Same here. The inventor of the telephone was actually an undertaker.


I heard about him.  he thought operators were directing his business elsewhere.


Yep lol. Dolphins can communicate over the telephone which is really cool.


That is neat.  I wonder if they know which dolphin is on the other end, like they recognize their "voice"


They are very smart animals so that's a possibility.


Yep.  Are you a fan of clothing?  I am.  I try to wear it as much as I can.  lol


Yes,  I like clothing.  You try and wear as much as you can at once??


Oh yeah...even layers upon layers in the winter. lol  Did you know that pilgrim clothing was full of color and they only wore black and white for special occasions?


Yes,  In the winter is a must.  I have those insulated jackets.  Really helpful if you live in really cold weather.  Thats weird I guess tv has just misled us into thinking they always wore black lol


lol Yes. ...and I know!  Same with school...they always made us think black too!


I never knew apple made a clothing line,  I wonder what kind of clothes they sold.


I didn't know that either.  I bet that stuff is worth some money now.  There is a store in Alabama that sells only clothes and other items found in unclaimed baggage at airports.  Maybe they have some Apple clothing? lol


Maybe,  that seems like a good business,  I bet they get a lot of good stuff in left over luggage.


I know right?  Fashion aficionados look for collar gaps in clothes to tell you get your clothes tailored or not.  They would laugh at my clothes.


Oh wow,  I wonder why that is important to know.


Hello,  no I havent watched that show,  any good?


I'm guessing because they probably know a lot about it. It's been fun chatting with you!


It's ok.  It is popular.  Fox news is watched more than CNN and MSNBC combined!


Wow thats a lot of viewers.  I heard fox news threatened to sue the simpsons.


They were pissed because the simpsons were parodying its famous anti-demogratic agenda.


lol  That's funny.  Fox news corp. almost created a cable channel that would only run the Simpsons.  Fox must have really been mad at the creators to try to sue them since they worked with them already. lol


Yeah and since its one of there more popular shows.


Yes.  Did you know that Richard Nixon had a part in creating Fox news?


Hi, how are you? Do you like television?


The first eight seasons of the Simpsons were great. They invested a lot in the writing. I think they have run out of storylines. I haven't seen a funny one in a while.


Yeah, me neither. So, then, what about dogs? Dogs are good. Do you like dogs?


Oh yeah!  Definitely a dog person... i have one my self... can't stand cats!


I'm not a cat person. Cats are indifferent to me, and I'm indifferent to them.


Very much so!  Oh my... did you see they have dog blood drives?


I've heard that! I wonder if the dogs are scared of needles. Do they get treats? They should get treats.


I am sure they get treats!!!  All good dogs should get treats :D


I would want a treat too. Potato chips? Anyway, great chat!


Not sure potato chips are good for dogs!  LOL


I used to watch a lot when I was a kid. Now I don't. I find it's boring and not flexible.


Very true!  It's so predictable honestly!


I would rather go to YouTube than watch TV. Why are there so many episodes of Pokemon? Is it really that interesting?


LOL... i have no clue!  I have never watched it!


I have never watched it either. It's for kids. Noisy, bright, confusing to me.


That's one way of putting it for sure!  But then again you could say the same thing about South Park?


South Park is popular for making fun of social groups, politics, culture and what have you. Lots of difficult story writing there.


That's true... but the simpsons do the same thing and have been doing it wayyyy longer than south park!


How are you doing? Are you a Stephen King fan? He released a new book 'The Outsider' to mixed reviews


Yea, he also wrote six non-fiction books, I never knew that


I did not know either.  His work was rejected numerous times before he became famous.


He also played in a band with Matt Groening, the creator of the Simpsons


I did not know that.  He was so talented. Did you see his movie "the shining"?


Yea I saw it a few years back, I know it was mentioned in other movies too, most of his books are connected


I did not know that most of books are connected.  His books were adapted into movies. Did he direct the movies?


I don't believe so, I just thinks he sticks to writing, he wrote around 200 short stories


Thanks for the info.  Why did he use a different name for some of his books (i.e., richard bachman)?


I don't know, maybe he uses a different name base on the genre, his books range from horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction and fantasy


He is really talented.  You said that other than writing books, he also played in a band?  What instrument did he play?


I have no idea, I will have to google it to find out what he played in his band


Yea he has some good movies, he's published 58 novels so I'm sure they will make a lot more soon


When was the Outsider made?  Did you watch that movie?


I'm not quite sure when King wrote it, it recently was published. I don't think they've made a movie yet


His books and movies were often scary.  I do not like scary and horror movies/books.


I like them sometimes. King said the first horror movie he saw was Bambi


I do not understand.  Why Bambi?  I saw "the shining" - it was good but scary.


I don't know, I guess he get's scared from unusual thing. Ronald McDonald was one of the inspirations for It


He sold more than 350 million copies of his books.   That was amazing.


i wonder if i heard enough music. maybe that was it. maybe i missed by window. oh well.


Yeah, maybe. I know they smile more when they hit the bet.


I use smile when i hit a bet too. LOL i heard that tupac was a dancer back in high school.


Yeah, I think he danced in the Nutcracker in HS.


I bet he was really good too. he was a backup dancer for digital underground later on. by the way, are you a fan of snakes?


No. I'm not crazy about snakes. There's no snakes in New Zealand.


so ive heard. i guess i would move there if i had a phobia of snakes. i have never seen a flying snake. that would be frightening.


No, basically they;re legless lizards without limbs.


oh, ok. The fear of snakes is hard-wired  in human brains. i guess that makes sense. we needed it for evolution.


Yeah, can you believe that crocodiles are more closely related to birds than to snakes.


I like to watch it. I know Bruce Lee was a great dancer and he won the Hong Kong Cha Cha Championship in 1958.


i guess scales and feathers are analogous? i never know they were related. Anyway, great chat!


i cant say that im surprised. he must have had a great sense of rhythm. i bet he was a real ladies' man.


Yeah, I bet. Did you know ballet dancers can go through four pairs of pointe shoes in a week.


if i were a dancer, i would go through a dozen. LOL. i cannot dance. really.


Me too! Did you know Michael Jackson has a patent?


is that the patent on the shoes for that special lean? he really was a genius.


It was a device used to achieve the extreme lean in some of his dance moves.


yeah, thats it! i was never any good at dancing. i wonder if you have to start when youre young.


Well, I know babies spontaneously dance when they hear music. Maybe the better dancers heard a lot of music when they were younger.


I heard it was because he believed that the operators were directing his business to his competitors.


I have as a kid, i remember when touch tone became the thing.  And the phones were connected to the wall!


I have two left feet.  Lol.  But Bruce Lee was an excellent dancer, as was Tupac!


Haha same here. Hard to believe he was very good at dancing too.


Did you hear about Michael Jackson's special shoes?


I have heard he had a patent on them. I guess they make him lean very far to the side.


Yeah, and I guess I thought he was doing that on his own as a kid.


Yea probably. Well, it was good chatting with you.


I have very little.  I mainly play wind instruments.  One of the Three Stooges was actually a very accomplished violin player!


That's interesting I had no idea. The world record price for a violin bow is $182,500.


For just a bow!  That is crazy expensive!


I agree! Do you know much about the telephone?


I know that my iphone has more computing power than the Us ICBM deterrent.


That's kind of scary to know. Did you know dolphins can communicate with one another over a phone?


Really?  Like they know which other dolphin is on the other end?  That is mind blowing!


That is mind blowing. The inventor of the dial telephone was an undertaker.


Have you heard about the Disney-Fox merger?  Comcast has dropped their bid.


I have heard that Frozen was the first animated Disney film directed by a woman.  That is so great!


Frozen is great. The movie Up was another great hit for the company.


I agree.  Did you ever play Nintendo?  It could only display 54 colors.  Man we have come a long way!


Yes, loved it. Yes it was a form of entertainment and delight.


Caesar reported that people bred chickens for entertainment in Britain.  How crazy is that?


Weird, they consider the nfl entertainment rather than a sport.


Bill Nye the science guy got his break in entertainment because he looked like steve martin.


He does, television has been used as a mass medium for news and entertainment.


Television is also used as a mass medium for advertising.


Yes, most deals on the tv show shark tank are never enacted!


Interesting. Disney was to pay 71.3 billion dollars.


Really? I have seen that show a few times.


That's a ton of money.  Their initial bid was $52.4 billion


Yes, they would get film, television studios and lots of cable channels.


Disney's stock has gone up to $112.13 after closing up 1.3% on Thursday.  So apparently investors like this deal.


There is also a battle between Comcast and Disney.


Do you watch Netflix?  Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO, said they are still the king of streaming entertainment.


Yes love it, they do face some outside challenges.


Speaking of Disney, Lion King was their first movie to be translated to Zulo.


Walt Disney Pictures is regarded as one of the big six studios.


That would be one confusing game! Would you ever want to be a country that hosts the world cup? They net no economic gains at all!


No, it sounds like a bad deal to be honest.


It really does, you see all of those abandoned stadiums and venues and think what were they thinking!?! Do you like the drama genre?


Can you believe Michael Caine became an actor because the pretty girls at his school were in drama class?


I can believe it. I didn't know Hugh Laurie made so much playing house.


I didn't think it was that good of a show, and it was on Fox lol. Good for him though! 700,000 dollars is a good salary!


I watched the first few seasons, but like all sitcoms I got tired of it.


I agree you can only go so far into things. Have you ever listened to a radio drama?


No, I haven't. But I heard there is a website where you can listen to it. Nice chatting with you!


I'm going to check it out. Nice chatting as well! Have a great day!


I do like to watch it when the tournament comes on, how about you?


Did you know that the city set to host the 2022 FIFA doesn't exist yet?


That is crazy, I've heard nothing but bad things in Qatar going on with that! It was good to see the US got 3rd in the first tournament ever!


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


I believe it since it is a world sport! We only call it soccer because it's slang for association football!


Yeah, I can believe it too. It is pretty popular outside of the U.S.?


Oh for sure! It is played by 250 million people in over 200 countries!


That is is. Apparently there is a variation of soccer where 3 teams face each other at the same time.


Hi, there. How are you today? Have you seen the movie Incredibles II? I've heard good things about it.


That's great! He must be quite talented.


He is really funny!, talking about Movies and TV shows, do you like 90's sitcoms?


Yes. I used to watch Seinfeld quite a bit.


Me too, I enjoyed watching Frasier, Seinfield, and on friday nights really late, third rock from the sun, did you ever watch that one?


No, I didn't see 3rd Rock. It was popular, I know.


With great actor like Joseph Gordon Levitt, he was like 10 years old


He has had quite a career. Did you know that Ronald Reagan was once rejected for a movie role because an entertainment executive didn't think he had "that presidential look."? Strange.


Wow I guess he was born to be a president, but I agree It was strange!! Did you watch green lantern?


Well, I enjoyed chatting! Have a good day!


You too! It was great.. many movies to watch , specially comedies!


I suppose they put a lot in the scripts and casting because so much has to go into the animation.


Yes, It took 13 to see part 2, because the first was released in 2004, but it was really worth it!


The present day events of the Incredibles are set in the 1960s. That's a great period for clothing and architecture.


Yes , they managed to do it great. The images and the music is great.. remember the character Edna Mode?


She is one of my favorites! did you know who did her voice?


Um, some really old person? A famous actor?


It was the movie director! Brad Bird! He could not find someone more suitable!


Good morning. How cool are fish? They don't even have any limbs or digits.


I would love to see that. The zebrafish must be important in the medical field because 84% of genes known to be associated with human diseases have counterparts in this fish.


That is interesting. The last president who could speak another language fluently, was FDR. I wonder if there is a common DNA sequence for languages within the Zebra fish?


Oh wow that's a good question. Maybe the Democrats will find that out one day. 15% of the tea party movement identified themselves as Democrats in fact.


Interestingly enough, the economy does better when there is a Dem POTUS.


Very interesting. Don't tell FOX News that though. They once threatened to sue the Simpsons in order stop them from parodying their agenda.


Yet, Republicans are supposed to be more educacted than Dems, and they can't recognize satire?


Yes they just can't take a joke. Consistent use of red and blue colors for Republicans and Democrats only started in 2000.


Really? Seems like it has been longer than that. I wonder if any Republicans know that Reagan was once a Dem?


I agree. Yeah I bet they didn't know. Surprisingly he actually campaigned against high corporate profits and low wages.


Do you think he was a backer of the (defeated) bill that proposed a constitutional amendment for congressional term limits?


Fish are weird, lol. Especially the one that lives on land it's adult life, how is that even considered a fish?


Good question I'm not sure. I find it quite odd that there hasn't been a US president who wasn't a Republican or Democrat since 1853. It was great chatting with you today.


Yes I don't know. They must still need water right? Have you heard of that jellyfish that is immortal? How do they know?


That can't be right, as they literally evaporate in the sun.


True But I think it implies that they must stay in the water.


When it comes to "science", you can never really determine what they mean. They are always changing their minds. It's cool that a Koi lived to be 226 years old. I wonder if it's owner made provisions for it in their will? The way some people do with their parrots.


Yes very true.Things change all the time.That's a good question I'm not sure. A seahorse is the only fish to have a neck.


That's so weird, I had to look up a photo of a seahorse to see if that is correct. A common goldfish lived to be 43 years, my kids can't even manage to keep one alive for 43 days.


Haha well I am sure they are trying! The black swallower fish can eat prey twice its own length and 10 times its weight.


Wow. That's interesting. Evidently, there is a fish that has a transparent head. That would be something to see in the wild.


That is awesome!  His music is in the Library of congress.


Seems right, they some not discriminate based on the genre of music.  If it is important then it should be in.


I agree, it is a part of our culture and history.


Is the library of congress a place you can go in?  Or is it more of a virtual thing?  I wonder what it means for his music to be there?


I dont know.  I think it is like a place for records, Im interested to find out.


I used to live in DC, you'd think I'd know.  I don't really know about these murals that people mention.


I visited once, I dont think I paid attention to that.  I wish I had.  How do you find them?


As with all things now, social media.  The only mural I recal was one for a bar there called Madams Organ,  it was located in a part of town called Adams Morgan.  The mural was a bit risque.


There are apparently pink bubbles leading you to another one near First Street NE


It kind of brighten the place up, and something to talk about.  When I was there they placed these donkeys and elephants all around the city, representing the two political parties.  Different artists decorated them.


To be honest I don't think much of her, in that she rarely crosses my mind.  That Poker Face was good, but's about it.


That is neat!  Where I live horses are a big thing.  So those are around the city and decorated too.


Well it was good speaking to you, I'm going to go on Spotify now and search Mumble Rap.


My favorite was Bad Romance.  Did you see a Star is Born?


I have not, I do know of it, isn't it about the fourth time this movie has been made?


I dont know.  It might be.  I heard she won some awards for it.


I know it up for an Oscar, I think it might have won a Golden Globe.  Does Rap interest you?


I like the old school stuff.  Not to much into the current Mumble Rap


I have no idea what Mumble Rap is, I must be showing my age.  How about Tupac?


Mumble rap is where it is kind of rap but you cant tell what they are saying.  LOL   I like Tupac


Doesn't seem much point to that.  I once did a book event with Tupac's mom, Afeni Shakur, when she was promoting it.


So, the hat makes Kanye feel like superman.  A comic book hero.  I wonder if he would get the irony.  I wonder if the irony was in a rap song would it hit more.


If you could understand the words.  I have trouble with that.  IN sweden it is illegal to name children metallica, superman, veranda, ikea and elvis..  Wonder why?


If your name was superwoman, and you were young child, it might make you.... a lot more likely to jump off a building.  The problem with my middle name of Ikea is mostly meatballs.


Maybe.  Didn't think of that.  Only $130.  paid for exclusives to superman in 1938.


1938.  that seems like a dated concept.  What does a modern super hero look like.  Are there any new comic book heroes?


I often wonder what kind of lessons can we learn from some one that predates computers and the internet.  Brainiac was the made up name of a villain,  not a smart person.


There's probably many lessons out there.  He is a good guy in supergirl!!


Does supergirl TV show still run? Superman once wielded Thors hammer.  Not because he was super, but because he is fictional.


Not sure.  Would black panther be considered a newer superhero?


Here too.  Maybe we should both eat a few big macs!!


No.  Black Panther hero pre dates the black power group. So long.


Big Macs are ok.  The quarter pounder with bacon and cheese is good.  Filet-O-Fish is one of he best things on the planet.


So..the Trumpster seems to like his fast foods!!  That explains that belly.  lol


Yes.  Michelle Obama tried to motivate kids to exercise, eat right.  Trump is more of a french fries are my friends kind of guy.  Salad bad.


Well I guess as long as Trump is here, those gaseous cows will still be making burgers?


Gassy cows?  I see that Kanye West has been talking about his MAGA hat again.  A special hat that gives powers.


Do you know I haven't seen on yet outside of TV?  Gonna have to get me one and see if I feel like superwoman since he feels like superman!!


I do not know anyone who would wear one.  It might be nice to have, stick in the back of a closet, bring out for the kids.  Once, there was a orange man int he white house.  He brought us many many changes.  He was a hero to reporters and rappers alike.


Korean rappers call rap compliment battle.  Gonna have to check that out.


He seems to be a good dude though. He adopted a horse that was going to be put down.


That's sweet!  Remember when he was in trouble with Australia for illegally bringing dogs across the border?


Yes, that was funny. Did you see his mea culpa video? He was with like the prime minister doing a PSA.


I wonder what all the meetings were leading up to their final "truce". I wonder what his next project is going to be.


I did not know he was doing a biopic on Dr Seuss.


Yeah, that was news to me.  Very curious to see how they blend the reality with the world of Seuss.  Or if it's going to be straight biography style.


I heard Dr Seuss didn't like kids. Seems weird for someone to start a children's book empire when they don't like kids.


Man, I wonder what kids would think if they knew that.  It actually kind of makes me sad to know that now. Also, makes me want to see this movie.


I heard that he spends like $50K a month on wine too. He also bought a cannon to shoot an authors ashes out of?


Well, I guess since he's been raking in the cash since the 80's, he gets a little out there with how he spends it.  Doesn't he live on a private island or something?


I am a huge fan of his, actually.  What's your favorite Johnny Depp movie?


He has like 10 castles. Nice chatting with you!


I loved him in the pirates of the Caribbean. You?


I would have to say mine is Chocolat or Cry Baby.  What did you think of the Willy Wonka remake?


I was such a huge fan of the gene wilder one that nothing stands up to it, in my book. I do not think I ever saw chocolat. What was that about?


It was about a woman and her daughter who owned their own chocolate shop, I want to say in the 1950's. Depp plays a gypsy man who falls for the woman.


And you said it was good? Gene wilder couldn't watch the willy wonka remake for fear of disappointment.


Well, they were big shoes to fill. At times I feel like I shouldn't have seen it either.  Were you a fan of Edward Scissorhands?


I did not see that one. I know it but didn't see it. Was it good?


It was really good and maybe one of my favorite films visually.  Depp really talk much, he only said 196 words!


The Hammer?! Yeah, he cool yo. I figure he could dance better than Robin Williams.


He was famous for that so yeah I guess. Did you ever use a rotary phone?


Yes, I had the chance to do so at a museum of technology. The phone required that the user push a dial around. That is amazing. I did not think that such technology was possible.


I know, we had one when I was little and it was fun to use it. It took forever to make a call though


Yes, the dialing and the conversation were about the same length. You needed to plan for dialing the call. Forget about international calls. Too long!


And too expensive too. Dialing 212 was the fastest one and that is why it was new york's area code


I think that other area codes got screwed on that deal! Why should NY get the shortest!


I guess it had the most people even then. Did you ever use a phone book?


Yes, I have. I am not ashamed to admit it. Yo dawg, it been real yo. Thanx for the chat yo. Take care!


Me? Oh, I'm pretty good. Do you wear trousers? Many people do, these days.


Yeah, they are comfortable and convenient. There is a town that prohibits saggy pants


Saggy pants?! Not really a good style. I figure that a law could be in order there. Would you sue a dry cleaners for $67 million though?


no that does not justify it in any way. some ancient countries like romans saw pants as a sign of barbarism


Pants are barbaric! I would wear a skirt every day if I could! But I ride a horse to work and for my job, so I'm stuck! O tempora! O mores!


haha there you go. did you know how they designed Aladdin's pants?


They looked at saggy pants, then designed Aladdin's pants. Aladdin was the original sagger!


It seems like they were modeled after mc hammer. Do you know mc hammer?


Hello,  do you play fantasy sports? I hear people even fantasy spelling bees lol


I loved the gameboy. It was so convenient taking it everywhere,  the games were simple back then anyways.


Yeah, i think that nintendo always designed great games for their hardware. they knew how to squeeze performance out of it.


So do you like reading? i try to read a lot.


what kind of stuff do you read? fiction? non fiction?


I like fiction,  sci fi,  mystery.  How about yourself?


I like non fiction mostly, though sometimes i read sci fi. Who is your favorite author?


Too many. I read so many books. Did you know the fastest speed reading is 4700 words per minute?


I cant imagine that the person retains all that information. i guess it is good for the general idea. Anyway, great chat!


hi how are you? i dont know how to play fantasy sports.


Do you like entertainment?  The nintendo entertainment system was discontinued in 2003!


I think it is amazing that it lasted that long. I didnt really play it much.


I think that the games were of high quality. great design, mediocre hardware.


It was enjoyable when it first came out.


Yeah, i preferred later system. I liked the genesis and the SNES more.


The nintendo entertainment system could only display 54 colors.


It was fairly weak. so was the gameboy. it had four palettes of four colors. terrible.


Hi - have you seen the Incredibles 2 yet?


HAHA that's hilarious. Wonder what they did with them for entertainment?


ya I don't know, maybe they made them fight I'm not sure, do you like comedy movies?


ya I love them, I love Billy Murray movies like Ghostbusters especially, have you seen the movie kung fu hustle?


Bill Murray is hilarious, but not so sure on his opinion of Kung Fu Hustle. I didn't think it was that funny.


ya I thought it was ok but not a "supreme achievement", I do love Seinfeld though I can't believe it lost a golden globe to 3rd rock from the sun


That's really hard to believe that it lost to 3rd Rock. I loved Seinfeld and Friends.


yup I agree with you, I even like Frasier, do you like Monty Python the comedy group?


I am not a fan of Monty Python. Funny that the Python programming language was partly named from it though.


ya I never knew that and I am a programmer! I first saw monty python on Comedy Central, the only thing I like on there now is SOuth Park though


ya I did see that, I thought it was ok, I do like the director Brad Bird what about you?


I think he is interesting. Hard to believe he is the voice of Edna Mode.


haha ya I didn't know that, also didn't realize it is supposed to take place in the 60's, it has an older aesthetic but still advanced technology


That's pretty cool. Hard to believe a sequel was out 13 years before the movie.


ya the first one doesn't seem like it came out that long ago but it did haha, apparently there was a videogame sequel called Rise of the Underminer, I never knew of that


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


ya I like the a lot, I have a switch and just started Zelda, I even played zelda back in the 80's on the NES, only had 54 colors back then haha


I haven't played a Switch before but I hear they are fun. I saw Japan discontinued Nintendo back in 2003.


ya its impressive that the system lasted that long, I'm just happy we don't use Chickens for entertainment like Britain did in 50BC lol


I think this is where the Web comes in. Relevant information can be a click away. Still, people need to read intelligently and be cautious about accepting information just because it's written on a Web site.


Indeed. Fake or sponsored news are growingly identical to real news so it is getting harder for consumers to distinguish. Also, not all news sources are unbiased. Because reading requires creativity and critical analysis, consumers must practice deep exploration of text during interpretation to get to the truth of the matter.


Unfortunately, I don't think people have much incentive to keep digging for more opinions and facts. They would rather find information that supports their beliefs and biases and then stop there. It takes a lot of effort to mull over new information and change your thinking.


True, but just because it is easier doesn't make it right.


Human beings too often follow the path of least resistance, whether right or wrong. I wonder how long it took Anne Jones to get up to reading 4,700 words per minute. I wonder how often she changes her thinking about issues.


It probably was no easy feat since most readers, even avid ones, would have trouble reading and digesting 4700 words per minute. Speaking of reading, did you know silent reading is a recent phenomenon?


I was surprised by that. I wonder how people would read in the presence of others. Maybe if there were few books available, one person would read aloud from the one book and others would listen.


Silent reading was a skill only the most most skilled readers of the middle ages could do. Not many people were educated in the past. Even in the case of President Andrew Johnson whose wife taught him how to read and do math.


Schooling has really changed the access to information that people have, just not their ability to make sense of it. I wish there were a way that schools could encourage constructive discussion.


I believe that the difficulty with that is education is subjective and the whole process is essentially an experiment. If we wanted any real change, we would require or incentivize the government or the standardization board to overhaul the entire system.


Not really. I tend to watch dramas or read more. How about you?


I see people starting new schools instead of trying to fix the existing ones. I think it's hard to make a huge system serve the students first. Usually it's the people running the system whose needs get met.


I agree. People continue starting new schools, but lately many have been shutting down because of lack of students. We should be putting more focus on quality than quantity. Thank you for this discussion.


I used to listen to the radio when I was younger. Now I just use the Internet. I think that radio is a dying medium.


Well although radio waves are still being used to a large extent in space exploration and technology, radio as a form of entertainment and communication is a dying medium as you mentioned. People prefer to communicate by telephone and watch entertainment with pictures on tv. However the content of radio or tv are similar in certain regards such as dramas.


The narratives are probably structured similarly across media. It would be interesting to compare the classic radio dramas preserved on the website with the TV dramas of today.


I believe the way classic drama would be communicated would be similar to reading as it would be filled with rich vocabulary to be more descriptive to paint a picture, unlike tv shows that literally have picture.


I guess people respond better to pictures than words, especially when the people are good-looking. Voice just doesn't have the same charm.


I think part of it has to do with watching tv, most people can just relax and shut down their mental processes, but reading is a complex cognitive process to derive meaning from symbols, requiring comprehension of abstract concepts and understanding.


Reading has fallen out of favor. Oftentimes to understand the issues discussed on TV news shows, viewers would have to read background information. As a result, most people know only what is discussed, which is usually shallow.


I agree. Personally I listen to audio books instead of reading. However, if the shows were willing to discuss the background first or provide a link to listen to the finer details, it would help people get a better understanding as well.


Are you a fan of those Star Wars movies?


I once heard that the man in the Vader costume, David Prowse, was upset they didn't use his voice.  He has a strong regional British accent, it just would not have sounded the same.


Agreed! I read somewhere that in 2013, Star Wars was the first film to be dubbed in the Navajo language.


Shows you how big of a movie it is.  Do you like the spin off movies?  I really like that Rogue One movie, I found it more gritty than the newer ones.


Really, I like anything Star Wars. You know Star Wars holds a Guiness World record for most successful film merchandising franchise?


I used to have these collectors cards from 1977 that came with chewing gum, a full set.  I learned over the telephone a few years back that my dad had thrown them out while organizing the house.


Oh man, what a bummer.  Sucks for you! That could have been some bank.


I don't want to look it up on Ebay since I'll be very upset.  I think that is where Lucas made all his money, in merchandising.


He has lots of money, that's for sure! On a side note, been to any concerts, lately?


Not as many as I used too, that Star Wars concert in the park was the last.  I used to live in DC where there were a lot more venues, where I live now is kind of isolated.


Sadly, me too.  I rad somewhere that the Ramones had played a total of 2,263 concerts, they toured almost non stop for over 20 years!


Yes, I am.  Guilty as charged, I have loved them since I was a child.  How about you?


Fair play to them, committed to the cause.  My wife is a big Pink Floyd fan, saw them play in London once.  Not in a roman amphitheater though.


I love Pink Floyd, too. Well, it's been nice chatting with you, I need to get to work, now.  I'll talk to you later, friend.


More so when I was a kid, I saw the first movie five times in the theater.  The second set, or prequels, soured me somewhat.


Oh, you're telling your age! I still can't believe 20th Century Fox was convinced that Star Wars was going to flop.


There's always stories like that, like the person who rejected the Beatles, or Blockbuster not taking the chance to buy Netflix.  It turned out well for Lucas though.


Yes, it did, made him a billionaire after he decided to forgo 500,000 dollars to direct in return to keep the licensig and merchandising rights for himself.  Smart man.


My son is the big fan now.  Last summer I took him to an outdoor concert to watch the movie while an orchestra played the music.


Oh, how cool was that! You sound like an awesome parent.


We have an outdoor concert venue near us, we're just lucky to have the opportunity.  It amazing that a 40 year old movie can still inspire kids so much.


Yes, that's great.  I was shocked to read that James Earle Jones wa only paid $7500 to record all of Darth Vader's lines for Star Wars.  He's such an icon for the franchise.


If there was no internet, that might cause the end to humanity.


Oh oh.  You probably then would have like the Facebook promotion that Burger King had going on.  Are you familiar with it?


Yeah!  I need to cash in on that one.  I could definitely lose a few people for a whopper!


Me too!  Iceland is rewriting their constitution via Facebook and is allowing the public to make suggestions and alterations.  Kind of neat.


Yes!  I can't believe it's already been 15 years since Facebook was founded in 2004.  Time is flying.


Wow.  Im getting old....  Ive had Facebook all of those years.  Got it when I was in college.


Crazy.  Even crazier is how Myspace turned down an offer to buy Facebook for $75 million in early 2005.  Hard to believe it was worth that much after just 1 year of being around.


I think I am on the internet 24/7 so yes! lol


True.  It has been great chatting but Ive got an appointment.  Have a great day!


Lol, same here.  I may or may not be addicted.


Oh oh that is a real addition that you might have.  I'm afraid to say that I also suffer from it.  It's an addition that's caused by the constant novelty from clicking links on the interent.


Well if mturk counts a good deal, then I am definitely addicted.  I mean i wouldnt need it at the top of Mt Everest... wait they have internet there?


I wouldn't have had to have been one of the people who had to build that cell tower! lol


Ha!  I dont read the full TOS though, it detracts from valuable link clicking time!


I'm guilty of that as well.  I wonder what we would do in case the internet burned down?  I hope they have a backup plan.


They do, its in the Library of Alexandria!


Whew.  I was worried there for a minute. lol


I think it is fascinating that President Obama could still be President even if he was born in Kenya like Trump used to claim.


She definitely was a politician from the start.  Not loyal to party or accent.  Whatever people think of her she did  serve our country from 1993-2016.  That is quite a long time.


yes, its hard to believe that she has sewrved as the First Lady, a Senator, Secretary of State as well as a Presidential nominee.


Maybe she lost because she served for too long.  People knew too much about her.  President Obama only served for 3 years as a Senator before he won the Presidency.


True. Its hard to believe that Franklin Roosevelt vetoed 635 bills and Obama only 2.


Sometimes I have to zoom into the white house on google maps to catch a glimpse of better times when Presidents compromised instead of vetoing everything.  I wonder if wealth plays a part?


The top three wealthiest presidents in american history were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson.


I didn't realize that!  Do you think they were offended when they discovered the guest house is larger than the white house?  It is probably the first time they received the smaller living quarters.


I know its hard to imagine as huge as the white house that the guest house is larger. Its amazing to look at all the guest that have visited the white house one of them being Steven Hawking.


Absolutely!  I wish I witnessed the Stephen Hawing lecture hosted by President Bill and Hillary Clinton.  I bet it was fascinating.


I'm sure Hillary was very involved giving her experience as a public speaker, a lawyer, and a writer.


I do as well. I find it interesting how candidates change their attitudes and even accents when speaking in different states.


I enjoy talking about Presidents, but I have to run.  Thank you!


Absolutely like Hillary Clinton and her southern drawl while in the south.  I wonder if people find it appealing or demeaning when they hear it?


I find t demeaning personally. She obviously has the ability to speak very well considering she won a grammy for best spoken word album


Exactly!  The President of Indonesia should have received a grammy for his 3 pop albums while in office.  I still can't believe they stripped the trees of coconuts when President Obama visited.  He should make a pop song about the missing nuts!


I agree! its amazing how much the secret services protect the presidents. Obama's code name for them were renegade.


I suppose Renegade is better than being called President Banana like they do in Zimbabwe.  Can you imagine answering to President Banana?