Another big concern is how volatile the attitudes and opinions of young people are.  It seems like there is a story about a school shooting or suicide on a regular basis.  The world seems to be getting worse for our children.


I agree it does seem to be getting worse, shootings, tornados, house fires, theres just too many things that can happen, inteternet, child molestors who do we protect our children?


Even the wholesome things are dangerous for children.  Football for example was always a favorite past time.  Now new studies are showing the damaging effects of brain trauma and concussions.


Yeah I have seen the movies and I do worry about concussions, my son loves the sport and its hard to take that away from him


Facebook is also extremely dangerous!  Lots of volatile opinions and bulllying


He could have chosen 10% stake in NIKE and if he had accepted that , you know how much that would be worth today?


Well, yo are right, he would have $8.62 billion ouch!


Well he has a brother named Seth Curry and Mychel Thompson, are you referring to any of them?


His name is actually steph curry not steven.


Yeah. I dont hardly watch anymore but I like it.


did you know 78% of players go bankrupt just 2 years after retirement?


I didnt know that. Thats kind of sad when you think about it.


Yes, very much and also about 60%  are broke after 5 years. I think they need some financial guidance!


True. not all of them can sign a shoe deal like jordan or iverson did huh.


There is a player, his name is Tim Duncan he did not go directly to the NBa but went to college first for 4 years, I think that was good!


Yeah but if he had gotten hurt in college and missed his chance at the nba. That would have been bad as well


Good it did not happen.  I think Spencer Haywood did not make a very wise desicion to accept $100,000 up front, you know why?


Hello, How are you today? Do you enjoy Drama?


Oh, I like him!! He was good in Harry and the Hendersons! My kids would watch that movie over and over! Yeah, 3rd Rock won a Golden Globe i 1997.


i think I remember that. Didn't it beat out Seinfeld and Frasier?


Yeah, it did Friends and Frasier too! I liked all those shows.


Me too. I also liked that movie you mentioned, Harry and the Hendersons. It was great!  Some movies and tv shows are just so good that they stay with you.  I guess for Bill Murray that would be kung fu hustle.


lol, yes! oh gosh, he's so funny! So was the kung fu hustle!


He has said that it's the supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy.


At the time it was! and still is very funny!!Ryan Stiles dropped out of high school to pursue comedy!


No,It was another funny comedian. Did you know a moon of Saturn, Titan has evidence of methane based life! Very interesting!!


That is interesting! I wonder what is there.  I like Mar's moon, Phobos. I think the fact that it's 1/3 hollow really brings questions to mind.


Hello! I am good! How are you?  Yes I do like drama.


Really, I didn't know it was hollow? Very true. Just looking at Steven Martin use to make me laugh back in the day! I think he does alot of writing now! Good chat!!


Yeah, there are some that believe it could have been made by aliens.  It's been good chatting with you too. Have a great day!


Great!! That's good! Did you know there is a website where you can listen to classic radio drama?


No I didn't know that!  That would be cool to check out. Some radio dramas from the old days were really good.


I agree, I want to try it. Its free too!


That makes it even better!  Have you ever watched the show, House?


Yes, pretty good! Hugh Laurie got $700.00 per epidsode! Wow!!


That makes him the highest paid actor ever for a tv drama.  Impressive!


Yeah, surprising the amount, my goodness! Did you watch 3rd rock from the sun?


Yes I did.  I loved that show! John Lithgow was so great in it!


Thats a long time, maybe the team hasnt realiazed that yet lol or he has a really good contract


Yeah sure is nice to have options lol. Kellan moore is the only left handed QB in the league currently.


The only one in the league? I wonder if being a leftie is somehow a disadvantage to the game.


Yeah most of the plays must be centered around being right handed. Baseball is popular too with over 160,000 bats used in an entire season!


Baseball is another great sport I do like it, not only its popular in the US but it has a lot of fans in Japan


Yeah Ichiro was one of my favorite players and still is! The cubs was the first team to win back to back world series.


I heard they had a though time after that win, the team even got like cursed, do you collect baseball cards?


I believe it! Yeah I used too! you? Have you heard of that female pitcher who struck out babe ruth and lou gehrig? Not sure if I believe that...


Havent heard about her, if its true then that would change baseball histoy forever and yeah I collect cards, theres an interesting fact about them a really lucky man


A really lucky card? Have you ever heard of the rule of catching a ball with your hat makes the other team receive 3 bases?


Yeah I do. Not so much the Mets but I think it's funny Tebow almost played on opening day for them.


Is that a rule? I have to Google it, I have never seen it I wonder if it ever happened.


I thought it was a bad move, I agree with Mike Francesa, but who knows maybe Tebow will show everyone


Yeah it could happen. I think it's good he is starting in the AAA then if he proves himself he could move up.


He won the heismen trophy right? so that must mean theres a lot of talent hidden inside


Yeah exactly. I also like the NFL and wish Tebow stayed in that league. Crazy that the first NFL game was played back in 1932.


Do you have a favority NFL team? AFC or NFC?


Yeah my team is the Seahawks. you? Russel Wilson is the man and he still is under an MLB contract!


Mine are the Patriots so AFC, and he ist? I wonder why, thats an odd fact


Yeah and he hasn't played a regular season game since 2011.


Have you noticed that Tom Hanks is never a bad guy in his films? Apparently he refuses to play the villain role.


Yea, life is just not fair sometimes. In 1975, soldiers weren't even allowed to get out of their cars while wearing their fatigues, so that's why places like McDonald's added a drive-thru.


Wow! Really? That makes sense, I suppose! Speaking of cars, did you know it's perfectly legal for south Africans to carry flamethrowers in their cars to prevent carjackings? I can't believe it!


That is crazy! I suppose that would have been really bad for everyone if that happened back in the old days when the trunks were actually wooden.


Ha! No kidding! Wonder if Karl Benz ever envisioned that when he first patented his Benz Patent-Motorwagen?


Probably not! It would be quite a stretch to go from the Ford 1908 Model T, which was replacing animal-drawn carriages and carts, to cars with flame-throwers on them.


That's so true. And by the way, are you familiar with the Cadillac brand? Did you know it was named after the guy who founded Detroit - Antoine De La Mothe Cadillac?


Yea, Cadillac makes nice cars. I think a lot of car companies have roots in Detroit - that must be why it's called the Motor City.


Agreed! I suppose the Motor City is the main reason why the US adopted and accepted automobiles much faster than it did in Western Europe.


Yea, the US has always had a passion for cars, but Britain does too. A British guy named Jann Mardenborough became a race car driver after beating 90,000 people in the video game Gran Turismo.


That is wild! All because of a video tame? That's rare to have two types of talent like that. If they ever make a movie about his life, perhaps Tom Hanks could play the role of Jann! Ha!


I actually never noticed that but come to think of it, I can't recall him ever playing a bad guy. I suppose when you're the highest ranked box office star of all time, you can play whatever role you want!


Same to you! You know, Tom Hanks can almost always end his emails with a pun. Too bad we can't do the same! Ha!


Yea, I had to think about that one. I guess it means he can always say T. Hanks!


Yea, I didn't realize he had the highest worldwide earnings in film - $8.5 billion!


That's insane, isn't it? Must be nice! Ha! You know, he once refunded a couple's ticket price after they complained about the movie Larry Crowe. I suppose it's easy to do it when your films earn that amount of money!


Yea, and I assume he must have a lot of pride in his work. He's had enough great performances though - especially when he played Walt Disney. I'm surprised it was the first time any actor portrayed him in a film.


Same here. Really hard to believe that! So what's your favorite Tom Hanks movie? Mine would have to be 1995's Apollo 13 as I've always been fascinated with space and astronauts. I always wondered if astronauts voted early or late and come to find out, they actually vote from space! Weird, huh?


I would probably say Castaway is my favorite. Yea, I'm not sure how they get their vote from space - through NASA? There are some even weirder voting environments than space - apparently Indian government has set up booths in a forest full of lions.


Thats a good question regarding how they actually vote. And speaking of which, 34% of African American Alabamians have lost the right to vote. I wonder how and why that is?


Hm yea that's a surprising large percentage - they lost the right to vote permanently too. It seems to be due to incarceration - you can't vote if you'


That is true! I didn't consider that. The voting issue always seems complex. In fact, up until 1918, not every male in the UK had the vote either!


Did you know that dogs have 12 different blood types?


I don't know.  The emperor of Japan is a scientist and publishes papers.  He must have a lot of influence in various realms.


Interesting, Harrison schmitt was the only scientist to walk on the moon.


And scientist john von neumann could by the age of 6, divide two 8 digit numbers in his head and converse in ancient greek. I wonder how that happens.


Good gracious, what a brainiac.  The world wide web was invented in 1989 by an english scientist working in switzerland for the cern, a european state-funded research organization.


I don't know how they did it, but scientists at Harvard stored a gif animation of a galloping horse in the dna of bacteria


That's nuts.  Many scientists have advanced degrees in an area of science and pursue careers in various sectors of the economy such as academia, industry, government, and nonprofit environments.


Scientist wasn't a term until the 19th century


Really?  On another note, Google prefers dogs to cats. their code of conduct specifically states that they are a dog company.


Does that mean they donate more to dogs?


I'm not sure on that.  Dogs vary widely in shape, size and colors.


Hello, wow no I didn't. Istanbul has a vending machine that releases food and water for the city's stray dogs in exchange for recycled plastic bottles.


I don't know how, but there are more tigers living as pets in the US than living wild in Asia.  I didn't even know you could have one as a pet.  Sounds Dangerous!


Good idea!  Dogs and elephants are the only animals instinctively understanding pointing.  I wonder where that leaves monkeys?


Good question.  Dogs are not colour blind, but cannot see as many different colours as humans


When they first cloned a cat, they named it copy cat.  Haha


Haha, that's good stuff there.  It is not legal to "own" pets in boulder, colorado, but you may be their "guardian."


I wonder what the difference is?  Teddy Roosevelt had over 20 pets.  I didn't know this, but he had a bear (teddy bear).


Wow, that's an interesting fact.  Check this out. In japan, there are more pets than there are children under 15


wow, that's a lot of pets. Do they have 1 child laws too?


I've heard that.  Are pets also used in their meals?


wow, talk about ruining it for your team! Was he a yankee at the time or a red sox, I can't remember


Had to be a yankee since Ruth was playing in the 1926 world series


true, lol duh! Do you know why baseball managers wear uniforms?


Because the manager can technically play in the game, I know Pete Rose did a few times as manager


wow, that makes sense! I played semi pro and my manager jumped in a couple times, he was like 50 at the time!


That's pretty crazy. Do you know up until 2005 the MLB schedules were done by a married couple?


What do you mean, they went to the games until then or they created the schedules?


They would make the schedule for all 2430 mlb games


wow that would be so crazy and intense. I would like to be part of that though some day. I wonder who makes  them now. Good chatting with you!


Nice chatting with you too, I think I'm gonna try to look for old baseball cards in my attic


Yea I watch it during the world series when the AL champion faces off against the NL champion


Nice I enjoy watching the world series, my favorite team is the Red Sox, they won it this year!


Yea, they've been pretty good, kinda crazy the NY Giants refused to play them in the 1904 world series


wow, I did not know that. Did you know the red sox have lost every game on ben afflecks birthday since 1997


No, I guess Ben Afflecks birthday is bad luck for the Red Sox


I guess so lol! Do you ever collect baseball cards?


Yea but I never found 3 million dollars worth of cards in an attic before


Me too lol, talk about retiring early, wow! I wonder what cards he found in there. Maybe a babe ruth?


Possibly. It's crazy Ruth ended game 7 trying to steal home in the 1926 World Series


Wow i would like to read that one. There is an alphabet that when recited in order forms a poem. I for get which one.


To this day poetry influenced our perceptions. For instance, all the hobbit's character names are derived from the poem dvergatal


Now that i did not know. Do you like dogs?


Who doesn't? I think that humans can bond with most animals, even crocs, but the level of intimacy is different from that of dogs since dogs and humans have evolved side by side to be better attuned to one another


I agree for instance did you know that dogs have 12 different blood types and they donate blood?


I did. I was surprised I never thought about animals donating bird before I learned that fact


Then I wonder if employees can bring their dogs to work every day?


Apparently they've even written it into their code of conduct.


Well I guess Google simply acknowledges that dogs are man's best friend


Well thank you. Do you have any hobbies?


I always believed that dogs were color blind but that's not entirely true.


I think they can only see less colors like blue and yellow


Yeah they can't see as many colors as we can. Nice chatting with you.


Funny you mention it i use to write a little poetry. how about you?


I used to do a little poetry in high school, learning about allusions, symbolism, and all the other poetry jargon.


Wow that's taking me back. Poetry dates back to prehistoric times.


Poetry was first written by the Greeks I believe. Perhaps earlier, but I don't think we have any other ancient written works dating prior


The earliest western poetry was written in Sumerian.


Was it as complex then as today? Using rhyme, rhetoric, and other literary devices?


One was called the Epic of Sundiata an example of griot court poetry. This was in Africa.


Writing poetry is definitely an art. For instance, there is poem that when read normally is depressing, yet backwards it is inspiring. Perhaps embodying the silver lining to a negative situation.


He was good with $$, not unlike Tupac...who did ballet.


I didn't know he did ballet.  Bruce Lee was a great dancer and won a Hong Kong cha-cha championship in 1958!


Apparently, dancer can kick some ass. Babies spontaneously dance when they hear music.


lol  Profesional ballet dancers can go through 4 pairs of pointe shoes in a week.  I wonder if Tupac wore those?  lol


Probably. He was mouse king in the Nutcracker. He could break some balls


LOL  On a different subject, did you know that Edgar Allan Poe only received $9 for the publication of his poem "The Raven"?


Wow. He should've moondanced instead. Or at least write a poem going backwards.


haha  There is a poem that if you read in normally is depressing but if you read it backwards it's inspiring!  That had to be tought to write.


Sounds like something the Beatles would do. Michael Jackson owns those rights too.


Yes he was smart to buy those rights!  Have you ever heard of the Javanese alphabet?  I've never heard of it.  When recited in order it forms a poem.


Hello!  Yes I do.  He is regarded as the greatest writer in the English language.  Are you a fan?


I'm going to check it out now. Take care!


I find him to be like poetry...it takes a while to get. I saw Macbeth at the Folger Theatre and enjoyed it.


How neat!  He coined a lot of popular phrases we still use today such as "good riddance" "laughing stock" etc.


Really? I hear he invented the name Miranda. Who knew he influenced "Sex and the City".


Wow.  I didn't know that!  Did you know that he was alive at the same time as Pocahontas?


Wow. Too bad they didn't meet. I'd like to see Pocahontas play Lady MacBeth...though I don't think they allowed women onstage back then.


I'm not sure.  Ironically both of them died only a year apart!  Do you like dancing?


I like slow dancing with my gf. I can't do Michael Jackson-like extreme moves.


lol Me neither.  Did you know that he had a patent on a device that he used to get those extreme leans in some of his moves?


Yes. Do you know who the three wealthiest are?


Yeah. DO you know the name of the first president of Zimbabwe?


I wonder if that means something else too in their language


Good point. Did you know the white house is smaller than the guest house?


I guess they get a lot of people there and need it


Yeah I guess. The president of Indonesia is a pop star


And has released 3 albums already. Nice chatting with you


Same here and keep an eye on that pop star


All the time. Do you know why the NY area code is 212?


Yes it was easy to dial in a rotary phone


No but if they get stuck together there is no separating them


Yeah. Did you know phone cables are only 2.7 inches wide?


Yes and they lie on the bottom of the ocean floor


DO you know how much computing power an iPhone has?


Yes more than the US icbm nuclear deterrent


Hello there, do you watch many comedy films or tv shows?


Did you ever watch the show, Third Rock From the Sun?


I have seen a bit, but I prefered friends


I think a lot of Friends fans like yourself were upset when 3rd Rock won the golden globe for best comedy back in 1997 over their show.


Honestly, I don't really follow the ceremonies like the golden globe, but hearing it now ya its a shame


Same here, I am not the biggest awards show fan, I think its all rigged by a few people.


Do you know how many shows the network Comedy Central has cancelled since 1989?


Yeah I guess it is over 100!  That is a lot of cancelled shows!


Is there any show you felt was unfairly cancelled?


I'm not sure, I'm sure if I went through a list there would be one or two that I wished they never had, how about you?


Well I'm not sure who it was by, but I felt that firefly was canceled too soon. In any case, thanks for chatting.


Yeah I love a lot of 70's and 80's comedies, how about you?  Do you like Bill Murray?


He was in some good movies from that time period.  Do you know what he said about the movie Kung Fu Hustle?


That it was an amazing achievement right?


The movie? I'm not sure, I saw a few minutes of it myself, did you ever see it?


Well Bill Murray said it was the supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy.


True.  With physics being so broad it is hard to see how you can study it.  Yet, it's one of the oldest academic disciplines, perhaps even the oldest.


Yes, I agree, the oldest. Did you know there is a wiki that ranks fictional characters by their powers and abilities.


No I didn't.  Did you know that cyborgs aren't really all that modern?  Edgar Allen Poe wrote the oldest/first known example of one.


I saw that and was surprised.. Military branches have a list of sci-fi novels to read and Starship Troopers is one of the first.


I've never read that but I think I saw the movie Starship Troopers.  Since fiction is any story of the imagination I guess that the author had a pretty good imagination!


I would say so. Was it a good movie then?


It seems like it was if I remember right.  I am a fan of science fiction.  I heard about a judge trying to ban a comic back in the 50s because it had a black character. I'm very glad that we have progressed away from times like that.


Oh, I agree with you. I like some science fiction In the 18th century they had a moral panic from reading novels. How sad is that!


Definitely sad!  I wonder if they knew that Julius Caesar wrote fan fiction of hercules and oedipus when he was young!


Really, Now that's interesting Its been a nice chat!


Yes, I enjoy reading, Do you like to read too?


On the other hand George RR Martin hates fan fiction.


Yes I do.  I read slow though, no where near the world record for speed reading of 4700 words per minute.


lol, I can not read that fast either. I can't understand how they understand what they are reading that fast.


I can't either.  Reading success is reading comprehension not glazing over words.


Very true. Well who knew Kim jong-un has a degree in physics!


I certainly didn't.  Physics is so broad and yet so important as a topic.  I mean, Pixar studied the physics of curly hair just to get one of their character's hair right in the movie brave.


I know, that surprises me. That's alot of time on curly hair.


It really is, especially just for an animated movie.  Then on the flip side you can think about the creation of the universe and say it could have come from nothing and not violated physics.


That's a good way to put it. It is so vast and unbelievable.


Hello! Do you like to listen to the radio?


I agree! I cannot believe a weekly news program in classical latin is still around.


Yea, they still have some classical radio dramas available for free online too


Yes, I think you need to go to special website. It is good that it is free because I doubt they would get a lot of business.


Probably not since they are old enough to have been played on foxhole radios WWII soldiers made


Do you know how they made foxhole radios?


With a razorblade and pencil as a diode, I want to try that later today and see if I can get it to work


I am sure it would take a lot of research but seems so simple.


Yea, I wonder if the razorblade and pencil could be used as a tv antenna, maybe at least get monochrome images


I also wonder who came up with the name foxhole radios.


Who knows. Do you watch The Simpsons? There is only one episode Bart isn't mentioned in


Yea radio is pretty cool, you can pick radio storms from Jupiter on AM radio


I have watched the simpsons. I am going to go look into finding that website! It was nice talking to you.


I wonder what that sounds like? I am assuming it would just be static.


Probably so but I'd imagine the radio storms would have some high pitches too


Very true. Are you familiar with Canadian law about radios?


Yea, Canadian radio must play 40% of songs by canadian artists, I guess that's a lot of Bieber lol


I wonder who their main artists are! Very true, I bet they do play a lot of justin bieber.


I don't know what sounds worse, that or listening to Nuntii Latini in all classical latin


Do you know how long they have been broadcasting nuntii latini?


Since 1989, too bad my mom never played Nuntii Latini when I was a baby, maybe it would make me smarter


He is getting paid until he reaches 55 and then he gets a huge lump multimillion dollar payment


I couldn't imagine!  That is just crazy.  I also didn't know that air jordans were banned but Michael Jordan wore them b/c Nike picked up the fine each game


I remember that. Now the NBA has Air Jordan logo everywhere.


yes, how funny.  You said you like Lebron James.  Did you know that Judge Judy is the highest paid celebrity after Lebron James


I found that hard to believe that she makes that much compared to some of today's NBA superstars like Kevin Durant.


I actually was thinking the same thing!  Who knows.  I also read that some of his highschool games the tickets would cost b/t $100-120 and would attract 1750 attendees.  do you know if that is true


That was a good indicator that he would attract a lot of attention the world over.


Warner bros. signed a new deal with him to make a "


Do you know when the movie is supposed to be released?


no I am not sure but i'm sure if it stars him it will be popular


I actually don't watch alot of basketball.  I was reading the article that was talking about interesting facts on the NBA and one of them I thought was funny about shooting granny style


It definitely is a more accurate way of shooting.


I use to shoot that way when I was a kid but my brother refused to let me keep doing it and he showed me the "proper' technique


I was always a fan of Reggie Miller and his shooting style. His sister is real good too.


Yeah apparently she might have even been better than him.  I think it is admirable that Tim Duncan of the spurs sacrificed going directly to the NBA and finished college instead


I was never a Allen Iverson fan. I hate that Reebok gave hime a lifetime contract.


That is crazy!!  Talk about financial security.


I do, kinda. I like her as a person. She seems humble and very likeable


Yea, she also walks backwards around paparazzi.


She was born and raised close to where I grew up in Pennslyvania too


Yes, I know more than most would about the state. There are some big snakes there.


What kind of snakes are common to Tennessee? Rattlers? Bull snakes?


I had a bull snake in my yard last year, a big one too.


No but there are some snakes outside around where I live at.


I let him be and just watched him slither through my backyard


It appeared as so to me. I stayed far away from him because of how big he was.


Did you ever about them snake whistling people?


They are considered legless lizards. I like lizards but not snakes


Iguana by far. I almost bought a baby one yesterday. I was looking at Chameleons too


Would you ever consider owning a larger one like a crocodile?


Heck no. They are illegal too, aren't they?


Oh I didn't realize they were illegal to own.


They are more closely related to birds and I only like parrots for birds, and the bald eagle of course


hi how are you? do you like our friend the sun?


Solar is the way to go. we need to get as much electricity from light as possible. Petroleum is running out.


Yes true.  Did you know the sun is 1 billionth the size of the biggest star in our galaxy?


i knew that our sun was a modest star. not that big. but the sun does its job and i dont complain.


The planet neptune completed its first orbit in 2011!


nepture has always been a bit of a slow coach. A bit far from the action.


yeah,  I wonder since it moves so slow,  how long its days are.


Some planets dont rotate, some dont have a tilt so there are no seasons. we are rather lucky.


Yeah I cant imagine not having any seasons,  that would be a little depressing.


Yeah, plus Venus is like 900 degrees. that would put a kink your vacation plans. LOL Anyway, great chat!


Yes,  its been an excellent chat,  have a good one.


Hello,  yes I like the sun,  how about you?


I do like our friend the sun. he is friendly and warm and shows up most days.


Yes, i have seen pictures of the sun from the moon. no atmosphere on the moon, so the sun is bright white.


I recently found out that a lightning bolt is 5 times hotter than the sun.


The surface of the sun is cooler than the interior. if we could just harness that lightning!


The sun produces enough energy in one second to meet the needs of the entire planet for 500,000 years


If we could just capture all that energy and store it somewhere!


Yeah exactly,  like a better version of the solar panel.


Well, if you are ever a panda researcher, I hope you are into role-play because panda researchers wear the costume.


I find it funny that Hugh Jackman wore his Wolverine costume at Comic Con and nobody noticed him. Everyone is dressed up there though. So I guess it makes sense.


I wear the wolverine costume on a daily basis. Is that weird? Like Johnny Depp traveling with jack sparrow? Oh wait, that's super cute.


Well when I was in high school people called me Wolverine a few times because I kept a big beard.


It wasn't because of the antimantium skeleton?


Nope. All because of the beard. It's amazing what a beard can do. Did you know the Hulk has indestructible pants?


It's one of his super powers. I think it's strange too.


You too. Thanks so much for chatting with me.


I am well, thanks. Are you a fan of tomb raider?


I like how the franchise has been sexed down. I felt bad for it when it came out the first time.


I prefer the video game myself. I got the game that came out in 2013.


I feel bad for the actress who had to play her in the video game. Sexism.


I didn't think about sexism or anything like that. I just liked playing the game.


OK, so maybe I am over thinking this. Let's relax it a little. Did you know the uniforms worn by the alliance on firefly were left over from starship troopers?


Hi Are you a big fan of Netflix!  I love to bin watch it during the winter.


Awesome!  He refuses to play bad guy roles in films, which is interesting.  He got his start not far from where I live in Cleveland Ohio.


That is cool. I loved him in A League of Their Own. "There


I loved that movie and I surprisingly really loved him doing the voice of Sheriff Woody in the Toy Story movies.


(Sorry about the short message, my finger hit enter!!). I have a hard time picturing Woody voiced by anyone else. I loved him in Cast Away. He lost so much weight making that movie. Gave the film a lot of depth.


Yes!  That was a great movie.  A lot of people bag on it and I don't get it.  Did you like him in Saving Mr. Banks?


I haven't seen it. That is the one he is playing Walt Disney, right? It didn't seem to be my kind of movie.


Yes.  He was the first actor ever to play Walt Disney in a mainstream film.  I think he's working on a Mr. Rogers movie that's supposed to come out this fall where he plays Mr. Rogers.


Interesting. I can see him playing Mr. Rogers. I don't watch that many movies (at least recently). I spend more time playing video games. I've logged a number of hours on Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo. Did you know the original Nintendo Entertainment system was only discontinued in 2003?


Nice!  I didn't know it went that long.  I had the original one that displayed only 54 colors.  Then I had kids and we progressed right through the systems...lol  Super Nintendo, Game Cube, Wii, Playstation lol  I don't think they ever had xbox.


Lol. I never owned a PlayStation, just played on friends. My kids played Duck Hunt on my NES until 2015! Now, I just play on my PC. My kids are always on their phones. Who would have thought we would have access to an arcade worth of games on a calculator sized device?


I don't watch Netflix, but I do bing watch a number of different shows.


Classic!  First game I ever played.  I can't believe your system still was going strong then.  Crazy!  ..and you're right about the phones!  hahaha  It's been fun chatting with you!  Thanks for the Nintendo Duck Hunt flash back!


Do you watch youtube?  Netflix and youtube together make up half of the peak internet traffic in North America.  I binge a lot of shows as well.


I've used youtube a lot. I didn't realize they had that much of the internet traffic. They really did fill a hole in the market. I love the new content that Netflix has produced.


They do have.  I'm currently in the middle of watching Blacklist on there.  Not a Netflix original.  I love that show.  Wish I would have discovered it sooner.  I still can't believe that Blockbuster passed up the chance to buy Netflix.


That doesn't surprise me. Frequently companies have been run out of business by competitors they had a chance to buy, but are too confident in their own product. Did you know that Reed Hastings started Netflix after getting $40 in late fees on a vhs?


I didn't know that.  I wonder if the late fees were from Blockbuster?  lol  That would be funny.


Lol. It would be. Did you know that Tom Hanks is the all-time highest grossing box office star? $8.5 billion worldwide... Wonder how much of that comes from residuals on Netflix!


lol probably a lot. That's a lot of money.  I love Tom Hanks.  I find it funny he always ends his emails with a pun.


And he is such a nice guy, he personally refunded the price of a couple's movie tickets because they were disappointed in Larry Crowne.


I would like to listen to it out of curiosity. do you read comic books?


No, I did when I was little. What about you? Do you like DC or Marvel?


I like them both, I like superhero books and movies so yeah. do you know Stan Lee?


Yeah, he used to end every phone conversation he had with the word "excelsior!"


the guy was a legend. do you know what DC in DC comics stands for?


It stands for detective comics, so their name is redundant. Detective comics comics.


that is so cool. I guess nowadays we can find so much info on Google alone


Yeah, and a lot of us use it. One day Google went down for five minutes and took 40 percent of web traffic with it.


that is crazy. do you know how they calculate traffic?


Through Android phones. I wonder if you have to consent to that or it does it automatically


Sure, I do. How about you? I like Tupac. His music is in the library of congress of "cultural significance."


Maybe there is some fine print in the phones when we get them. nice chat


yeah I can see that, the guy made revolution with his music. do you like him?


Sure, and I also like Eminem. How about you?


Yeah me too. did you know he wanted to be a comic book artist originally?


Yeah, I heard that. Glad he didn't. I heard his favorite character is Spiderman.


Yeah, I guess he can still do that if he wants. do you know busta rhymes?


I have heard of him. He played the voice of the Reptar Wagon in the 1998 Rugrats movie. I guess rap has become very mainstream. A Michigan judge delivered her ruling in rap form when trying a suit against Eminem.


I would have liked to hear the ruling. do you know about compliment battle?


I heard they do that in Korea. Would you watch or listen to one of those?


Good morning!  Have you seen the Incredibles 2 movie?


I would be curious to know.  What was the name of that game?


I believe the game was The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer.


Nice.  So that came out then a year after the movie was first released in 2004?


That would be correct, 2005.    Do you like video games?


I do like them!   I used to love playing Nintendo when I was younger.


Did you know the NES could only display 54 colors!


I didn't know that.  But, it doesn't surprise me.  The games have come a long way since then.  I think they stopped making Nintendo gaming systems in 2003?


Maybe if they made some comedy video games, the system might have stayed around.


As long as Comedy Central didn't own it.  They have cancelled over 100 shows since they first were created in 1989!


It is a good thing they didn't have golden globe winner 3rd rock from the sun in 1997.


Yes.    I love everything Pixar is a part of doing!


Yes!  lol  I loved the corny comedy from that show.  I have to get going.  It was nice chatting with you today!


The director for the 2nd movie actually used artists who were either likely to quit or get fired from Pixar.


Cool.   Do you know who wrote that movie?


It was written by Brad Bird!  He also was the directer and provided the voice for Edna mode in the movie.


That is fascinating stuff.    My favorite character is the one voiced by Samuel L. Jackson in that film.


Nice!  Did you know the girl who does the voice of Violet ...Sarah Vowell...is also a political commentator and a bestselling author of historical non-fiction?


I had heard that.     Bob Odenkirk as the bad guy is perfect casting!


I agree!  I like Craig T. Nelson and Holly Hunter's voices.  They fit the characters well!


I wonder if all the actors did the voice for the Video Game sequel from 2005.


How's it going? did you know the Sun is an almost perfect sphere of hot plasma?


That is insane, so is building a clock into a mountain like Jeff Bezos did


Yeah I wonder why he did that? Does he really need a clock that runs for 10,000 years. Probably just get it because he can.


Who knows, Bezos has probably gone a little crazy since starting Amazon in 1994


Yeah sounds like he drove his wife crazy but I was sad to hear about the divorce. Amazon warehouse workers walk between 7 and 15 miles each day.


THat's a ton of walking, I don't think I walk that much in a week let alone one shift


Yes sounds like hardwork. Did you know that Amazon owns IMDB since 1998?


No, that's pretty cool, i guess that's why the movies on IMDB link to amazon


Oh yes good point. In addition to watching movies I also enjoyed reading. I'm not a fast reader. Especially not as fast as the world record holder for reading who reads 4700 words per minute.


That's a lot of words, I wonder how long it would take Anne Jones to read the Bible


Yes probably not that long but I wonder how much he understands? She would probably caused a lot of moral panic in 18th-century at the rate she reads LOL.


Hi there. It must be so hot. It is only perceived as yelling because of atmospheric scattering.


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Hot and large with a diameter 109 times the earth's


That is amazing. Yes to be exact it has a diameter of about 1.39 million km.


It's insane that the sun accounts of over 99% of the Solar System's mass


That is a big number. But did you know that the lightning bolt is hotter than the surface of the sun?


Yea I've read that before but I've also read the Sun's surface isn't even the hottest part of the sun


What is the hottest part of the sun then? Surprisingly the sun is only one billionth the size of the biggest star  discovered in our galaxy.


That is pretty crazy, so is the Sun being able to produce enough energy to power earth for 500,000 years in one second


Well let's try to harvest that energy! Neptune completed it's first orbit around the sun in 2011 for the first time since its discovery. I wonder when the next one will be?


Hi, do you have a dog or do you like dogs?


Yes, that's a lot more than humans have. Actually I also found out that dogs are not actually color blind but cannot see as many different colors as humans.


That's interesting another cool facts is that dogs and elephants are the only animals to understand pointing I guess both are really smart.


They probably are both very smart, indeed. Also, did you know that Google prefers dogs to cats? Their code of conduct specifically states that they are a dog company?


I did know, Google is a dog company, I think that's great as I said before I am a dog person.


I like animals in general as long as they are not going to hurt me in anyway.  There are so many animals in the world.  Did you know that it's estimated that there are over 7 million animal species?


7 million species wow that is amazing, well it does make a bit of sense taking into account there are 20 quintillion animals in our planet


Yes, and talking about domesticated animals, did you know that sometimes animals develop white patches on their foreheads when they are domesticated?


I didnt know that, I have to check that fact I will have to check my dog like right now and see if its true


Ha, ha, ha.  Did you also know that hiccups are a holdover from early evolution when early land animals had both gills and lungs?


No I didnt know that either you sure know a lot about animals, cool facts, I bet you dont know this but in Germany animals actually have constitutionla rights


I do, I am a dog person, what about you?


Yes, good to know. Good to chat with you as well.


Yes, I like dogs and found that the Crufts dog show in England was quite the show.


I though it was an interesting show as well, 21,000 contestants and only 6 finalists


Yes, I thought it was interesting to learn that many flat faced dogs like pugs, bulldogs, and Pekingese cannot breathe properly let along go for a walk or chase a ball without gasping for air because they have unnaturally shortened airways.  I had no idea.


I had no idea either, you can learn a lot of cool facts in the dog show


Actually, the description of each breed's physical attributes prevents unhealthy exaggerations.


Seems like you know a lot about dogs, I like bulldos myself, they cannot breath properly that must suck


I know a little. I found out the dogs have 12 different types of blood and that dogs can donate blood at dog blood drives.


Thats a lot more than humans right? I guess thats because dogs vary a lot in size, traits, colors


I wonder how long a performance of just the highlights of Wagner's Ring cycle would be?


That is terribly sad. Do you prefer concerts in big arenas or nightclubs?


I've been to both and like the big arena perhaps a little more. How about you? Much more fun. Though a nightclub can be more close up and personal


I love smaller shows. I went to one in someone's living room once. It was really memorable and weird.


I bet that was awesome to experience. Do you like any classical music?


I do. I prefer the secular kind, rather than the liturgical. What about you?


I too like the secular kind as well. It is interesting to learn that classical music concerts really got the audience loud and wild. For classical music you would think everyone is quiet.


I'd love to see a wild classical concert! I'd quite like to hear some computer composed classical music. I've read that that's happened.


Agree I may have to find some computer composed classical music and take a listen. It is cool how they use the classical music to deter crimes  in public places.\


Music soothes the savage beast. It would certainly make me less likely to vandalize. Not that I would, mind you, but I imagine it would be quite calming.


I agree they have a study showing that it resulted in fewer assaults and robberies. That is pretty cool.


I'm not sure but would be interesting to find out. Do you like Orchestra music?


It is. I'd like to go to a place where classical music is just piped in throughout the city.


They should play it throughout every cities across every country maybe we could have more world peace.


I agree! Maybe not Wagner everywhere, though. It's quite dramatic stuff.


Probably need to stick to the liturgical classical music instead :)


It's okay. I like classical music, unlike those teenagers in Australia, being driven away from a shopping center because they're playing classical music!


That is crazy they were driven away for that. I love Pink Floyd. In the 70s they recorded a live concert with no audience!


That's fantastic! I'll bet the people at the Creed concert in 2002 wish they'd done the same. Can you imagine a show so bad you want to sue the band?


I can only imagine, that had to have been really really bad! I like creed though too, so can't see how that happened.


I've never seen them. I hate that I missed seeing the Ramones. They toured constantly and they never came close enough to me.


Yeah that would be a fun concert. I can't believe they toured non stop for 20 years, that is tiring.


And they often hated each other. Still, that constant touring has to be awful. I can't imagine doing a show every night, like Linkin park did in 2001. I mean, they had a few days off, but still. That's a lot of shows.


Way too much for normal people, I don't see how they do it. Very sad we won't have any new Linkin Park music with the death of the lead singer. So it's good they got a lot of concerts while they could


Good morning to you. Do you ever listen to the radio? I think it's so cool how it uses different properties of electromagnetic energy to transmit waves through space.


Yeah good point. I wonder if fox news ever had a radio show? They once discussed the possibility of creating a cable channel that would only air the Simpsons.


i would think that fox has something on the radio for its listeners in cars during commutes. i guess a Simpsons channel would ok. a website would be better.


Because then you could watch whenever you wanted to. Fox News is very popular it's watched more than CNN and MSNBC combined.


yes, there is a big following in the us. i figure that the country has gradually shifted to the right.


Yeah it seems that way. The fox news network was created by Republican media strategic asked Richard ailes and President Richard Nixon.


they wanted to have an ally in the media to put their perspective out there. i am tired of listening to news in general. it always has an agenda.


Yeah I wish news just inform people of what's going on. Another thing I didn't know is that the gaming website IGN is owned by the corporation who runs Fox news.


fox is much bigger and more powerful than a lot suspect. murdoch has an empire. the radio is just one part of it, as it the news arm.


Yeah good point. I didn't know they provide news to 86 countries!


it is the network that americans probably know best, and the world knows it well too. Anyway, great chat!


radio really is a cool medium. it is still valuable to use, though most people prefer video. it dont listen now as much as I used to.


They even threatened to sue the Simpsons once! You too bye !


Very good point. They have a lot of variation on the radio too. In Finland they have a weekly program in Latin.


news for Latin fans? sounds like a tiny audience, but then again, its finland, so maybe there are many fans


Yeah I would like to know more about that. There's also a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free.


i wonder who visits the site.its a great idea to preserve older media but i think the younger generation prefers video. maybe researchers like the site.


I would have to agree with you there. I don't think a lot of young people use the radio. Back in the day it used to be so popular. Soldiers even made their own.


soldiers in fox holes can be quite inventive, i bet. the situation pushes them to be creative.


Yeah I bet they were very desperate. It is kind of annoying when the radio becomes static but maybe that is just Jupiter having a radio storm.


jupiter does get quite stormy at times. i figure that its good to have neighbors, but not when they have loud parties.


Hello, How are you? Do you enjoy reading? I love to read and use audio books too!


Ha, ha, ha that sound about right!! Yeah, would like to know the brand he is wearing?


Mine's Fruit of the Loom.  I am deeply grateful for whoever invented the t-shirt.  It was invented in 1904 for guys like me that are sewing impaired.


Yes, I buy that brand too! lol How do you feel about Rip Curl has their clothes made in North Korea but their labels say China?


I think it's very strange, I wonder why it's like that!


Very true, and we allow people to use them. Did you know gang fashion in China is layering shirts. lol


That wouldn't work in Atlanta of Hotlanta as it is known.  I wonder if that guy in the Chinese airport was in a gang?


Ha, ha, ha, that's what I was thinking, He was a gang member... Nothing new for him...In Hawaii, they dress so casual in office attire, instead of a suit, they wear the Aloha shirt.


I like that. So do you think kids have a legal right to protest during the school day? I didn't feel like I had that right when I was in school


That's true, same in my day. Its just ridiculous!! Not very smart! In one state they want 16 years old to vote. Its getting out of hand!!


I used to read more before internet stole my brain.  Funny, only the most skilled readers in the middle ages could read silently.


True! I think these kids need a wake up call. I worry they aren't going to be able to cope when they grow up! Thinking everyone know Polo shirts were invented for tennis. Maybe not! Great chat!!


Yeah, I've never played polo in mine.  Thanks and keep the faith.  You were great!


That is strange! It too is funny in the 18th century reading novels was a moral panic!


I think I'm having a moral panic with everything that's going on these days.  "Old Hickory" never attended school and was helped to learn the R's by his wife.


I know how your feel, everyday its something upsetting!!  Aww, I didn't know that is nice about Old Hickory!!


Wow, a man wore 70 items of clothing in China to avoid a bagging charge.  Times must be tough over there.


Did you know that people used to d o their laundry in Old Faithful?


No, that's interesting. Makes sense, kind of. lol Did you know apple had a line of clothing in 1986? I never saw any of it.


I don't remember it either.  I guess the plain grey shirt Zuckerberg wears costs him $300-$400?!


Yeah, a lot of those actors get political. I'm not familiar with who Jon Hamm is, who is he?


He's an actor that played in Mad Men. Did you know that there's a website where people can listen to 1000's of episodes of classic radio dramas for free?


Oh, I know who he is. He taught Drama at his old HS for a job?


Yes. I don't know how some TV series have not gone to the theater. Some actors, Tom Hanks in particular, earn a ton. His lifetime earnings are over 8.5 billion.


WOW, I can believe that, his films are pretty good. I like Forest Gump.


I think my favorite was Wilson. Did you ever see Disney's Treasure Planet? It was one of the most expensive box office flops of all time!


LOL, I liked that movie too. It was pretty good.


It was. Hard to admit but about the only thriller I enjoyed was Silence of the Lambs that came out in 1991.


I am! I love that drama can also include radio drama.


I like that one too. It was pretty good. I think that was Anthony Hopkins. Well nice chatting with you.


Interesting, did you know that Hugh Laurie was the highest paid actor for TV?


No I did not. What does he play in, do you know?


He was on the show House, it was a drama.


Okay. I don't think I saw that. I know Michael Caine became an actor at his old HS because all the prettiest girls were in drama class.


Interesting, he is a pretty good actor as well. I liked him in batman a lot.


I did too. Funny how life's choices work out. Jim Carrey doesn't make dramas anymore because his belief system prevents him from playing in movies that do not project positivity.


Interesting, I think he was better at comedy to be honest, what about you?


I liked him until he got too political. Did you know that Jon Hamm taught drama at his old HS and one of his students was Ellen Kemper from The Office.


Do you know about the singer Ariana Grande?


Well, although pilgram clothing is full of colour, I don't think it's her style.


Not her style? Ok. How about old Apple-branded clothing from the 1980s?


Hmm, sounds fun but I guess it didn't really become popular. Maybe it could've done better if someone like the president promoted it.


No. I think the President shops at that store in Alabama that only sells clothing found in unclaimed baggage at airports. But the President is an enigma to me.


Did you know the US president's guest house is larger than the white house?


Yeah, but is it big enough to house Ariana Grande and kanye West at the same time?  If so, then maybe Trump can record an album while he is in office, like the President of Indonesia!


The president of Indonesia must be very innovative to release 3 pop albums while in office.


I wonder if he has a catchy stage name, like the President of Zimbabwe: President Banana?


That was only the first president, but still an interesting name nonetheless.


Well, I think Trump should role out a line of clothing too. He coul dhave it made in Korea, since he seems to visit there often, but he just needs to make sure ti is not labeled "Made in China" like the Rip Curl brand!


That doesn't sound like a bad idea! Anyways, good talk. Have a nice day!


She was born of Italian Heritage in Florida. I don't know when  she start began her career though.


I knew she is on Nickelodeon, but I did not know she was  a singer.


Well, she started on Nickelodeon, but now she is a singer and sometimes an actress.


Well her full name is Ariana Grande-Butera, so I guess it is part of her real name.


Someone told me she was hit by a hockey puck. Is that true?


They say she was 5 years old and she was the first one to be hit by a puck in the Florida Panther's current arena.


Well, that is one way to get attention... Another is through wild outfits. Does she wear wild costumes or anything? Maybe a Pilgrim outfit?


I love it. DO you know which is the last game made for PS2?


Yes that is FIFA 14 which is in all three consoles


Yeah. THey are also being used to research black holes


Cool. Grand Theft auto when played in a music player it turns into a soundtrack


Wow that is pretty genius that is has two functions in one CD


I know right. The US department once used many of them to build a supercomouter


I love comedy, my favorite genre, and you?


Yes me too. Have you seen Kung FU Hustle?


I have. Did you know Bill Murray thinks it is the funnies movies of modern age?


All the time. Do you know why the NY area code is 212?


Yeah I do not get it but maybe he thinks differently


That is because it was easy to dial on a rotary phone?


Yes that is it. DId you ever use a rotary phone?


I did and it was too funny. Did you know the phone cables at the bottom of the ocean are only 2.7 inches wide?


Yes that is not very wide at all and how do they not get tangled?


I wonder too. DId you know UNICEF donated clean water when we do not use our phones


I wonder how they can do that, would be nice to know


I agree so we can figure a way to contribute more to that


The US President, Barack Obama, served as President from 2009-2017, but it seemed like he was President for much longer than that...


Nice. They probably were not there long enought to get a thumb drive the from the Russians containing viruses intended to spy on them like the Russians did during one of the G20 summits..


Spain is the only country that has been a permanent guest at every g20 summit, but they have a government's policy to not request official membership


Right. I guess they have commitment issues...LOL... Kind of like during the Brisbane G20 summit, when the Canadian Prime minister greeted Putin by saying, "I guess I'll shake your hand, but I have only one thing to say to you. You need to get out of Ukraine."


Did you see the facts about Barack Obama?  When you zoom into the white house on google maps you can see barack obama.  This is hilarious!


His entire Presidency was unusal, and Google must agree....LOL...Franklin D. Roosevelt was much more deserving of a nod from Google, after all, he vetoed 635 bills while in office. Obama only managed to veto just 2. What did he do with his time?


Right. A game he picked up while in Kenya maybe? He did visit India though.  In preparation for the meeting, the Indian people removed all the coconuts from nearby trees to protect their visitor. Now that is hospitality!


Yeah.  President obamas secret service codename is renegade


Perfect, right? Renegade is a great nickname for a President who was a trailblazer of sorts. He was the first African American electeted to the Presidency.


Yes. He previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois (2005 to 2008).


I know right!  The top three wealthiest presidents in american history were jfk, washington, and jefferson


Yes he did. And since he was born in 1961, he was a relatively young President too.


Definitely. Not bad for a guy with the middle name, Hussein


Interesting, but I wonder if this is still true given that Trump is the current President.


Oh right,  he is very wealthy even before he was president.  i wonder how old these factual sections are


Right. I am also interested in how the Presidency of the US has changed over time.  Some things have changed, like how it used to be that the runner up in th eelection got to be the Vice President. If that were still true, Hillary Clinton would be VP...


That is true.  The first president of zimbabwe was called president banana


President Banana...now that is an original name. I wonder if he ever visited the US. If he stayed at the guest house he would have been in a house bigger than the White house. I wonder where it is.


haha yeah. The president of indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office


Maybe he will do a remix of "Gundam style"?  Maybe we can organize a meeting between Presidents Obama, Banana, and the Indonesian singing President. We can call it "Summit for the encouragement of Banana Republics"


haha In 2007, australian satire group the chaser successfully impersonated the canadian motorcade to enter the secure zone of the apec world leaders' summit, and were only caught when one man stepped out of the car dressed as osama bin laden.


I think I heard, they tried to remake it in the UK but it got cancelled right?\


Yeah after 10 episodes, I guess it was a failure, remakes tend to be really bad


yup, also the name wasn't as good, days like these just sounds a lot dumber than That 70's show haha


Yeah, I agree, why not keep the name, do you also listen to the radio?


I do sometimes, I still think it's amazing that radio waves can carry that information, what about you?


I agree, its amazing how the radio works and intriguing how we discovered the waves and learn to use them to transmit info


yup, also crazy how we can pick up Jupiter storms on our radio, just tune into an AM channel!


That must be an interesting frequency to listen to, it must get boring after a while


not as boring as the all latin channel in Finland, now that would put me to sleep


I agree I wouldnt understand a word of it but it seems to have an audience its been on air since 1989


I do like watching TV, do you have any favorite shows?


also boring would be canadian radio, it has to be 40% canandian in origin! sounds bad! haha


I do I like south park, the simpsons, and I used to watch Pokemon as a kid


I just to love Pokemon as well, its amazing how tv technology has advanced I used to watch Pokemon in an old TV now I have a LED TV and the show looks much more better.


I know right it was awesome! Hard to believe there are almost 800 episodes now! I'd never be able to "catch em all" haha


Yeah I agree, too many Pokemons by now, do you know theres an episode in The Simpsons without Bart?


I did! It's the only episode like that apparently, you dont' see bart and he is not mentioned, weird!


I know right I wonder what are the resons behind that episode, did you also watch that 70s Show?


I have seen it, the dad is amazing in that show, what about you?


I agree its really funny I like Fes, he just cracks me up, you know there is a remake for the show


Celebrities like to play golf, like Babe Ruth, he was the most famous golfer.


back in his day yea, but nowadays there are so many more famous players


Do you like to watch golf ? Or just play Mario golf ?


watching it is a snooze, i prefer to play it. you?


I don't like watching golf as entertainment, as you said, it is boring. But each person has his preferences, in Roman times, people bred chicken for entertainment.


If you were bored of your chicken, you could eat it.


well i guess thats a big upseide to it haha. Did you know the original NES could only show 52 colors?


I though it was 54, but I am really impressed what they could do with only 54 colors. maybe that is why they still sold it in 2003.


youre right! it is 54. It was a huge success in its day


Sure do! I try to hit the links at least one weekend a month. do you?


What was you favorite game on the Nintendo entertainment system ?


I was big fan of the MegaMan games. How about you?


I liked racing games, but Mega Man was a really good game. I always started with metal man.


gotta get that Metal Blade as early as possible!


Yes, I do, I like being outdoors, and I like that each course is different.


I also loved playing Mario Golf as a kid back in the day


Yeah, playing golf in videos games could solve the water consumption issues of golf.


yea i bet it uses a lot of water for the sprinklers to water the course


In the US a course uses 312000 galons of water every day. It is kind of wasteful, doesn't it ?


thats insanely wasteful. I hope they recycle their water somehow!


I don't think  they can recycle the water once it is on the course, but rich people like to play golf, there is a golf course in dubai.


Sam Jackson gets to play often, he makes sure his film contacts allow him to play twice a week


How's it going, use facebook much? It's quite sad facebook is surveying users about news articles now


Yep, Myspace could of bought a company worth 104 billion now just for 75 million, they screwed that up


Yeah, they really did, I bet they are regretting not buying the company to this day. Zuckerberg really showed them.


Yea, now people are doing things like rewriting Iceland's constitution on facebook while myspace is barely relevant


I think its interesting how some countries like Iceland are using the site, I think its a good idea to take peoples ideas into consideration.


Schleswig-Holstein would beg to differ, the like button is illegal there


It is? really? I guess they are not big Facebook fans over there.


Maybe they don't like the blue web design Zuckerberg created due to his colorblindness


Thats a valid point, so what are your thoughts on Google? the company has grown a lot since its creation back in 98


Well the search engine is great but I don't like that Google maps uses android devices to calculate traffic


That is a bit invasive, they can track your location and all, your cellphone can get hacked and then a stalker will know your every move


I use it yeah, mostly to keep in touch with family and friends abroad, I did hear about the simple 2 question survey the site has


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Yea, I think facebook's 2 question survey is just a PR move, I mean critics are right to point out how simple it is


Yeah I think that as well but it can really work to stop fake news at the site, theres a lot fake news in the FB site


It's kinda silly how Facebook and Google are having issues finding fake news, maybe they should train people to find it instead of using algorithms


I agree, they are having a lot of issues and many people have them as their main source of info.


The funny thing is Facebook survey doesn't have an "I don't know option", looks like the data from the survey will be bias


It does look that way, did you ever hear about that whopper promotion? the one that was on and consisted of deleting friends.


Yea, I've deleted 10 friends on facebook before but never got a free whopper lol


I guess the promotion is no longer on lol, Facebook is worth a lot of money by now, Myspace had the chance to buy it at some point


that seems small, but they spend so much time waiting and standing, it makes sense that its only 11 minutes.


Yeah, I think that's one of the reasons I'm not a real big fan. Did you know that Brady's wife makes more than twice his salary. I wonder what she does.


i think that she is a model? maybe tom should have become a model.


Now that's an interesting thought. Her name is Gisele Bundchen, I'll have to look her up.


she makes a lot of money, but i wonder how long her career will be. i guess they have no money worries.


I wouldn't think so. There is no rule against women being in the NFL. Do you think they should be allowed?


maybe not tom brady's wife, but i guess a woman could play. she would need the size and speed i think.


Are there any women soccer players in the mens league?


I dont think so. Generally the imbalance is too great physically. Anyway, great chat.


Yes thanks for the chat. Have a good evening.


what is your favorite sport? i like soccer a lot. it is also called football.


Mine is baseball. Do you follow NFL football?


i try to follow around the playoffs because the tension and energy are high. You?


Mostly during the playoffs also. What do you think about Tom Brady at 40 years old winning his six super bowl.


the guy has a secret recipe or something for staying young. he has done quite well even though he wasnt recognized at the beginning.


He has a book out that says how he stays healthy. He attributes part of it to avocado ice cream.


that is an odd dietary choice. i dont know why that would help, but i dont question him. he seems to know how to win.


Right, you can't argue with success. I understand there is only 11 minutes of actual play during a game.


I wonder how they got that job and why they shy'd away from it. That would be so fun!


Indeed it would! Can you imagine scheduling teams like the Cubs? That would be so cool. Speaking of the Cubs, it's shocking they haven't won a World Series since becoming the first baseball team to win back to back World Series'!


They won it a few years ago, but it took them like 100+ years to do it! Did you watch the world series this year?


I wasn't able to, sadly. I guess I'm part of the reason why the women's world cup had higher TV ratings in the US than the world series did.


me too lol! I followed it online mostly. did you hear how babe ruth lost the world series in 1926?


I did, actually! I heard he was caught stealing to end game 7 and his team was only down by one run. That had to have been so disappointing!


for sure, I am sure that is after they won a bunch of world series already, so probably showing off lol


Ha! Maybe so! But can you believe that the Marine corps carried the Canadian flag into the stadium upside down during the 1992 World Series? That's embarassing. Ha!


That would be so embarrassing lol, canada is too nice! It was so nice chatting with you!


Indeed Canada is very nice! I personally think the entire planet would be nice if over 80% of the natural forests hadn't been destroyed. That's so heartbreaking! Well it was nice chatting with you as well! Hope you have a great day, friend!


Hi! I love baseball! In fact, I also love soccer-baseball as they call it in Canada as well. Ha! What about you?


lol, I never knew that! I like watching baseball. Do you have a favorite team?


I like them all, really. So did you know baseball managers only wear uniforms because they can play for their team if needed? I'd love to see one of those old managers get out there and play. Ha!


That is awesome, I have seen it before on my old semi pro team I played on. The coach was 50 and we had too many hurt people lol


I bet that was a sight to see, wasn't it? Almost as fascinating as finding $3 million worth in 1900s baseball cards in your grandfather's attic like that one guy did. It must be nice!


Right! Talk about early retirement! Do you collect cards?


I should start, or at least check some attics. Ha! On a similar baseball note, can you believe the Japanese baseball fans were surprised to learn baseball is America's national pastime? The fact that it surprised them surprises me. Ha!


Right lol! I used to collect and had some good ones, never 3 milllion worth though! That surprises me too, how did they start the game since america invented it


I know, right? You'd think they would have known that! But then again, I didn't know until recently that a married couple scheduled all the 2430 games played for 24 years until 2005. That must have been a cool job!


How you doing? Have you heard of Fangoria, the horror magazine?


Yea, and apparently make you more likely enjoy abstract art too


I like that it overlaps a lot with fantasy and sci-fi.


I guess so. I find it quite funny that the actor who played Danny in The Shining didn't release he was in horror movie until much later.


A lot of the people involved in the original Exorcist didn't think it was considered a horror film either.


Lol, I wonder what all these actors from The Shining and Exorcist thought they were starring in.


I guess "Scream" was a bit more straightforward, as it was originally titled, "Scary Movie".


Yea I heard that too, then the Scream spoof called itself Scary Movie. Did you know the creepy metallic noises in horror films come from an instrument called a waterphone?


I didn't, how funny. I wonder why it's called that!


I don't know but it make a good ringtone, especially on an iphone that has more computing power than the US Nuclear ICBM deterrent


Did you know there is a luxury ringtone maker that hires the London Symphony Orchestra to record its ringtones?


I recently read something about that! Apparently, it's been around since 1979.


I had no clue, I will check that out. Well it was nice talking with you


Yea, it's pretty cool Fangoria relaunched just in time for Halloween, perfect timing


Definitely. Are you a fan of the horror genre?


Yea, I love watching horror movies with supernatural and macabre themes, you?


Totally! Did you know Inception was supposed to be a horror film? It evolved to be a suspenseful heist thriller.


I had no clue. I know that Stephen King considers bambi a horror movie, but I disagree with that lol


Oh, I can understand that! I remember being terrified when I saw it as a child. ET was also originally scripted to be a horror movie.


Wow, I never knew that, they went a 180 on that. Did you know watching a horror movie can burn 180 calories?


That makes sense. I'm sure things that elicits fear produces a lot of adrenaline.


me too. I am excited and looking forward to wonder woman 2


I think it's interesting that the prequels that were released as follow-ups to the Original Star Wars weren't as profitable


I know, I guess everyone just really loved the trilogy


I'm glad there won't be another trilogy of 50 Shades of Garbage movies haha


Oh yes, no thank you, I do not see the point of that. did you know that Gal Gadot who plays wonder woman served in the israeli defense forces?


It's always nice to see someone bring some street cred to their art by having real life experience, right?


of course. and she did not even know she was auditioning for wonder woman


That's pretty crazy! Some say the Dakota Johnson got her role in 50 Shades through nepotism, but she actually ended up carrying the films.


You never know I guess what goes on behind the curtains


Yes, especially on set. Apparently the author of the books and the director of the movie could not agree on a common vision for 50 Shades as a film.


I do. I actually saw 50 Shades of Grey with a friend for Valentine's Day in IMAX.


that must have been tough and taken time to figure out. it was nice chatting with you


that was a huge box office hit. do you know who is the highest all time box star?


tom hanks, and I am not surprised he is a good actor


He is very likable and doesn't take on bad roles, so he should be one of the top earners, even though less skilled actors can manage to do pretty well.


that is very true. his movies seem to always have a good morale about them


Do you think he would have brought anything to the table in an action film like Wonder Woman?


oh for sure, wonder woman is the highest grossing superhero origin movie


I'd like to see more female-led movies top the box office, how about you?


I did not know that either!! that is really neat. Remember Tarzan, I really loved Phill Collins performances for that movie!!


Yeah. I think Phil Collins is seriously under rated. I think he is really talented.


Yes I admire him a lot, and it is so cool that he recorded in 5 languages!


Batman begins must have been fun to record. The title of each track was the name of a genus of bat.


That is so neat! those are details that make you enjoy the movies even more. Did you watch Tron,? It has a unique soundtrack!


I have not seen it. Tell me about the soundtrack.


It is very sci fi, and super inspiring. It is made by daft punk, I love that duo!


I love that they negotiated with their robot helmets on. Seems like something they would do.


Incognito style!! and very simple, they just needed a good breakfast with pancakes to say yes


Did you watch the Chapelle Show? The one where Prince made them pancakes after a basketball game?


No, that sounds interesting. well it is time to go. It was really nice chatting with you.


Very much, I was so excited to learn that "/hybrid Theory"from linkin park has been the best selling album in  the 21st century!!


Yes, I had many and also vinyls and the Cd's


What di you do with all of those items? I just threw away my CDs about a month ago, at least the crappy ones.


I even remember the 78 rpm records, and I loved the books they cam in, they were sort of phtograph albums, with artist's pictures, it was really cool!


I wish the music had that today. I remember reading the CD jackets as soon as I got them. I can remember checking out artists mentioned in my favorite ablums.


That was a beautiful part of it. Also really beautiful are soundtracks!!


Spielberg played the clarinet on the jaws soundtrack???? How did I not know that?


that is awesome, Power to the people! I wonder if they are getting crazy ideas lol. Did you ever hear of Burger Kings Promotion?


I never heard of that, but it would be something I would be willing to do. What about you?


If you deleted 10 friends from your facebook, they gave you a free whopper! I wish I could've done it like 10 times


I love animals, especially dogs! Do you?


Me too. Did you know there are 20 quintillion animals on Earth?


wow, that is so many. I wonder how many different species there are, do you know that?


Wow that is so many! It was so nice chatting with you!


It was also good chatting with you! I saw hiccups are from early evolution when land animals had both lungs and gills.


Hello, yes I use it a little bit. What about you?


I do here and there also, definitely not as much as some of my friends to.


Did you know MySpace turned down an offer to buy Facebook for $75 million back in 2005?


I heard that, that is crazy! Now facebook is worth like billions and billions of dollars!


Yep they are worth a ton. The like button is actually illegal in one of the states in Germany.


I wonder how that is, maybe something with censorship? What do you think


Possibly. I saw Facebook is blue because Zuckerburg can't see red-green combinations.


That is crazy, I never knew that. I always thought they could use extra colors in it, makes sense now


Iceland is rewriting their constitution via Facebook.


Yikes, that would be rough in Canada, it may be bieber hits all the time lol


I know, maybe that is where America needs a wall, to keep the Canadians fleeing Beiber out.  LOL


Lol! Very valid point, I like your thinking! Have you heard of foxhole radios?


Yeah!  Those were some smart soldiers!  Give me a whole bunch of things and I still couldnt do that.


Right, I wonder how they even came up with that. Probably some smart engineer on the battle front


Probably, but you would likely be surprised what you can do when pressured.  It is like MacGuyver!


For sure lol. They must have had some down time lol. Do you ever watch soccer?


I love soccer!  Its probably my favorite sport!


Nice, who were you rooting for in the World Cup since the US didn't make it yet again


Australia, the SoccerRoos!  However, the US Women always make it and place!


right, the US women's team puts the men to shame. I was rooting for Brazil this year, they were close! It was so nice chatting with you, enjoy your night!


I love listening to the radio on my morning commute. Mostly rock music


Rock is my favorite too I ve taken to a lot of podcasts recently.


Nice, my brother always talks about the Joe Rogan one. I have to check them out, I never really got into them. What do you recommend?


There is an entire series called Stuff you should know, stuff your mom never told you, and the one I have been listening to right now, The end of the world as you know it.  They are all pretty awesome.


that sounds really good, I will have to check it out. I listen to radio dramas here and there on long trips, I recommend those also


Those sound interesting.  Ive always enjoyed theater too, so that might be interesting.


They sure are. Did you know you can get radio storms from jupiter on AM radio


I heard that.  I havent had the chance to try to listen yet, but I think that is pretty fascinating!  Still might be better than that 40% of Canadian radio that is Canadian...


Another shooting at Walmart....so sad to see these things happening


I know I have been trying to get one installed in my mercedes but no one does that where i live.


It's really a great idea.  Back in the "good ole days," we had them in the truck and it was easy to settle disagreements and cook weiners.


Too funny!  I might trade in the Mercedes and go with a Cadillac. I love the name and the quality of their cars


Yes, they are top notch.  Levi made bing crosby a denim tuxedo after he was turned away from a hotel for wearing jeans


I thought Bing was more well known for his sport jacket than his jeans


Squirrelly men wear skinny jeans.  Skinny jeans can cause nerve damage


The worst jeans ever made IMO. They remind me of the early days of jeans with hippies.


Lol.  Too funny.  They are soo goofy looking.  Vans, north face, nautica, jansport, timberland, lee jeans, wrangler... are all owned by the same company


I did not know that! I despise Wrangler and Lee jeans but love my levi's


Yes, it is sad to hear about these things.  Do you think the world is getting worse or we are able to see it easier now that cameras are everywhere and the internet it available to all.


I didn't think you could get them in stretchy?


It was nice to read that a bystander stepped in an prevented more people from losing their life.


Amen to that.  Mcdonalds' added drive-thru in 1975 to accommodate soldiers who were not allowed to get out of their cars while wearing their fatigues.


I thought maybe you had left in your car to go get something to eat at McDonalds...lol


Yeah, sorry about that.  I was lost in my office.


I have a GMC truck but the car brand cadillac was named after french explorer antoine de la mothe cadillac who founded detroit.


I have a really old mercedes and a few parts to a Model T that I am trying to restore


That's cool.  I remember restoring the model T days.  Those were glorious.  It is legal in south-africa to equip your car with flame-throwers to prevent carjacking.


Yes it is.  It's a creepy movie.  It was made in the 70's I believe.  It has creepy music.  It has metallic noises you hear in horror movies.  These sounds are made with a waterphone instrument.


Interesting. Did you know the original Star wars trilogy netter 1.3 billion in today's dollars?


Wow that is a lot of money.  I wonder if Star Wars will ever beat the worldwide film earnings Tom Hanks has earned.  He's earned 8.5 million dollars in film earnings.


I'm not sure, but to be honest, the first 3 were the best ones. The rest are just trying to relive the hype.


Well I think Disney is doing a great job with Star Wars.  I just hope they don't have another movie flop like Treasure Planet.


I haven't seen that one. I didn't know the Lord of the Rings were losses for the company.


I didn't believe the Lord of the Rings were losses.  Those movies were very successful.


Yeah, that doesn't sound truthful to me. Are you a Chris Nolan fan?


I don't know who Chris Nolan is.  Is he an actor?


He's a director, he directed Inception. He actually meant for it to be a horror film.


I can see how that movie would be considered a horror film, but it's not like Silence of the Lambs.  That movie was a box office hit and made over 270 million dollars in 1991.


Yeah, I liked that movie. That is CRAZY! Great film, Hopkins is a good actor. Well, nice chatting with you!


Yes love those movies.  Did you know that watching a horror movie can help you burn more than 180 calories?


No, I didn't. I wonder why that is? Fear?


Yes.  I believe your heart pumps faster and you might even sweat a bit.  The king of horror Steven King was terrified as a child when he saw the movie Bambi.  He called it the first horror movie he ever saw.


Hilarious, but I can also see how people would think that Bambi is a horror film.


Did you ever watch the movie The Shining?


Is that with Jack? No, I haven't seen it. Is it any good?


I watched a few years back.  Yes it has Jack Nickolsen in it.  The movie is great.  Danny the little boy in the movie didn't even know he was acting in a horror movie until years later he found out about it.


He is a great actor. Is it a horror film?


Wow!  I didn't know that.  That's a lot of cash!  The Ramones played 2,263 shows over a 20 year span.  Bet they didn't come close to making that for their entire career.  lol


Haha that's a good point! Do you ever listen to Foo Fighters? Apparently their concerts were so loud they show up on seismic monitors


I do listen to them!  Dave Grohl is actually from not far from where I live and his grandparents, parents, aunts, and uncles still live there.  He comes home a lot.  The Foo Fighters even played a show at a local record store.  It's on youtube look up foo fighters niles, ohio and you can watch it.


Wow I'll have to check that out. Do you play any instruments by the way? I personally play the piano


I play guitar.  Tried piano but for some reason I couldn't get it.  Thought I wouldn't have a problem because of the guitar.  But, I was wrong.  Did you know that Freddie Mercury and Paul McCartney used the same piano to record their hits "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Hey Jude"?


Wow that's very cool! Also cool is that steam pianos are a thing, you can actually hear their notes from miles away


I am going to have to look those up.  Sounds interesting.  They made an aluminum grand pianno for the lounge of the Hindenburg and it weighed only 356 pounds.  I wonder if it went down when the ship crashed?


That would be sad if it did go down with the Zeppelin, very strange that Richard Nixon could play the piano and actually did a performance for The Tonight Show


I never knew that about him.  I wonder if that's on youtube?  On April 18, 1930 the BBC decided there was no news worth reporting so they broadcasted piano music instead.  lol


That seems really nice! I wish they would do that today, what do you think about the mysterious mute man who they found in England and he could only communicate through with a piano, that should be a horror movie


yes I do love concerts, I want to see the concert put on by 81 year old Philip glass


Wow.  I never heard that story.  That's actually pretty interesting.  I have to get running. It was nice chatting with you today!


Is he the one that is playing at the Kennedy Center?


yes he is, it sounds like hes been preparing for this concert for a long time. I just want to support him because he's getting old


Sounds like a good story he has.  In Croatia, there is an ancient Roman amphitheatre that is still used for concerts.  That would be interesting to see a show at.


Yes I would love to visit there. I would also love to go to a dog concert LOL apparently they play high frequencies that only dogs can hear


lol  That's interesting!  Would be funny to see the dogs reactions.


Yep I wonder if they would enjoy the music? Do you enjoy Abba's music by the way


Hahaha I do because I grew up in the 70s and when I hear them it takes me back to being a kid.


Yep I like Abba a lot, it's crazy that they turned down a billion dollars to do a 100 concert tour


Yeah his the one, I wonder if the poem is good. Do you like Lord of the Rings?


To be honest I do not even know what a palindrome is but it sounds impressive. I do like the Lord of the Rings.


I dont know either lol but it does sound impressive and almost all of the Hobbits names were taken out old poem called Dvergatal.


They do have some crazy names. Have you heard of the javanese alphabet?


No, what is the Javanese alphabet? no idea about that.


When it is recited in order, it forms a poem!


It does? cool I wonder if thats a coincidence or was done on purpose. there is also a poem with a different meaning if you read it backwards.


I heard it is depressing if you read it normally and inspiring if you read it backwards.


How can a poem have opposite meanings like that? I guess it required a lot of hard work, you have to play with words to make it sound good.


I do! Proabably my favorite work of Shakespeare.


It does sound difficult, complex and also really creative its genius when you think about it, I really liked chatting with you by the way


Me too! I am going to go look into writing poetry.


Yeah its dark but at the same time intriguing and with a lot of passion, the cry for freedom, love, rivalry


Very true. Are you familiar with a lot of poetry?


I do like poetry, Edgar Allan Poe is one of my favorites, do you like poetry?


Sometimes. I often find it hard to understand. Do you know how much Poe received for the raven?


I bet he received a lot of money for that poem, I have no idea but Im guessing thousands of dollars?


He actually only received $9 for the publication.


Only $9 is that true? woah sounds like someone ripped him off, do you know who Demetri Martin is?


Is he the person that wrote a 224 word palindrome poem?


What kind of comedy do you like ? I like satire.


When it was cancelled, it was before the era of memes, so its popularity was underground, when it was popular on the internet, they brought the show back. It was surprising, most cancelled shows never come back.


Yes! it was very depressing because family guy saved me from depression.


It is a good show, with a lot of funny moments. Do you watch any show with actors, like Friends, or Seinfeld ?


So you don't any comedies with actors ? Nothing from Comedy Central, they produce a lot of shows.


I don't watch Tv often so I wouldnt know.


It is OK, you don't have to watch everything, most people don't that's why Comedy Central has cancelled over 100 shows since 1989.


Hahaha! thats very funny! hahahahahaaha!!


It is thought to be funny, and tougher to stay funny. 3rd Rock from the Sun won the Golden Globe for best comedy, beating Friends and Seinfeld, and no one is talking about it now.


I really like dark humor and ironic comedy


Keep watching things that make you laugh, it is good for the health, happy holidays.


On what kind of media (TV, movies, streaming) ? I like movies, those starring Bill Murray are my favorites.


I like ironic memes on social media and I usually use instagram, facebook, and twitter for this


A good part of memes are based on TV shows and movies, don'T you need to watch TV and movies to appreciate them ?


I do watch movies, mostly classics from the 70s and 80s and occasionally new movies whose genre I like. But a lot of memes I like aren't from TV shows or movies at all


Indeed, they are based on viral videos, but some are based on TV shows like South Park on comedy central,  do you watch that channel ?


Nah i only watch good shows like Family Guy


Which is a comedy, since when do you watch Family Guy ? I have watched before it was cancelled. I was sad when it happened.


I watched the first episodes about 5 years ago. very cool.


Apparently the upper limit for considering a vehicle to be a car is 8 passengers including the driver.


I think it is held by the driver.  It is an intimidating weapon.  Have you attended any concerts in the last couple of years.  Of course that is live music in front of an audience.


I have seen a big flamethrower, but how would the driver be holding it? Companies should create cars with flame throwers installed. Anyways, I attended venues, but I do not think they count as concerts. If I went to a concert, I would definitely go to a Wiz Khalifa concert.


I have not been to one lately.  The last one I attended was Andrea Bocelli.  In 1972, Pink Floyd recorded a live concert in an ancient Roman amphitheater without an audience.


I love Andrea Bocelli. I watched the Christmas special from Disneyland and I think he was singing a duet with his son. I love how his son is following his footsteps. They are both great singers. Well, he "recorded" but was it really necessary to be in a concert? Or do you think there was a studio within the concert?


I have watched the Christmas concert on YouTube.  I think it was recorded live.  The Ramones performed over 2200 concerts.  That must have gotten old for them.


They need to rest it off to make some time for an album, which I bet they did.


I am sure you are right.  I hope they enjoyed it and it was not just greed.  Linkin Park played 324 concerts in one year.  That is a heavy dose too.


Again, the band must be tired and give more time for some albums.


True.  I heard Garth Brooks in his latest tour.  He did large venues which are called arena concerts.  It was surprisingly good.


I am guessing that the arena concerts are, also, called venues. Therefore, I have been to a concert before.


Well, they must be skinny people fitting eight people in a car.


Ha!  I got the truth out of you like a detective on TV.  I have enjoyed talking with you.  Take care!


I suppose bigger ones are vans or trucks.  The German Karl Benz patented the first car in 1886.  Of course there are still cars with that Benz label today.


Maybe, these cars are from the Ford Motor Companies. The cars must have big space.


Yes.  Ford invented mass production which made the cars available to many more people.


Animal carts and carriages were replaced and accepted by the US. The rest of the countries took a while to adopt it.


I think that is because our distances are longer than other countries'.  MacDonalds invented the drive thru for soldiers who could not get out of their cars while in uniform.


Well, this generation, you see soldiers going down to McDonalds.


The rules must have changed.  I have been to South Africa and it is legal there to have a flame thrower in your car to resist car jackers.


A flame thrower to prevent car jacking? How is that possible? Do you think someone is in the car with the flame thrower or is it placed in the car with no one holding it?


I guess that makes sense. Not sure if switching between normal shooting and granny style would be comfortable though


I'm not sure, but it would have worked for Shaq.


He is consider by many to be the greater shooter in nba history


Personally, I like Lebron James. He is a legend


Really? How so? Personally Lebron James fascinates me since he has photographic memory which lets him relive every game he has every played or watched


I find it a good advertising strategy. Wouldn't buy one myself though


I admit the designs are nice, but the premium is a bit much for me


Yeah, nowadays they are absurdly expensive.


Aside from the shoes, do you watch the nba?


Yeah, did you know shooting granny style is the best?


Yes, but I can't imagine it being practical, especially given defenders


That is an interesting question. The Earth rotates about 366.26 times during the rotation of the sun.


Yeah, that's a day longer than I thought. We have a 365-day calendar year plus a leap day every four years. I wonder if there's a misprint.


You never know there so much controversy around this subject some believe the earth to be 4.5 b years ole other no more than 10,000.


Yeah, I was raised in a fundamentalist family so I'm more familiar with that latter view than I'd like, LOL.


I hear you me too. However they did make a good point if you believe in creation. God made adam and eve fully formed but to a scientist they would appear to be grown even though they were only a day old.


And created with navels too, I was told.


Don't know why they have them but like i said surrounded by a lot of controversy. On a lighter note did you know that Bruce Lee won a dancing contest.


No, but I guess it stands to reason -- martial arts and dancing involve similar skills, after all.


Yeah i guess your right, it was the Hong Kong cha cha. Did you know Michael J has a patent on a device that helped him do one of his dance moves.


I vaguely recall that. I wonder who owns it now.


Not at all -- not much of a sports fan at all. Are you?


Probably Chris tucker or eddy Griffin, lol! Did you know tupac danced ballet in high school?


When i'm able to watch. Iverson signed a liftime contract with reebok in 2001 for 800,000 a year until 55 years old.


That's a lot of money. I'm alarmed that 80% of earth's original forest coverage is gone. I read that rewilding could absorb a huge amount of CO2 from the atmosphere really quickly, so I'd like to see more of that.


Yeah and apparently the earth will be helium free by the end of the 21st century.


I wonder why that is? Must be because they're collecting so much for industrial uses.


Maybe. I'm told that the earth when first formed a day was only 5.5 hrs. long


Yeah, I guess the moon's tidal forces gradually slowed it down since then.


Also if the earth's history was 24 hour period then humans would represent 1:17.


So if we've got a billion years or two that the earth is habitable and our species survives, think how long our future is compared to the past.


Did you know that the romans thought that wearing pants was a sign of being barbaric?


True.  Maybe he needed money.  Did you know the three most wealthiest presidents are Washington, Jefferson, and JFK?


I didn't know that. Trump isn't among the richest presidents? That sure is surprising!


I know, it surprised me too when I heard that.  Another thing that surprised me was to learn recently that lee jeans and wrangler are owned by the same company.


They are? I wonder why they keep the brands apart, I wonder why there is a small pocket in most jeans


I wonder why they do too.  They make them seem so different from one another and yet they are the same.  I think that Vans is also owned by the same company.  I've always thought that small pocket was for money.


I might have to google that later, and yeah I did know about that. Apparently Vans, Nautica, Jansport and other brands are part of the same company.


That's just so odd to me.  I know that jeans are denim usually but even though they can be made from cotton or other materials to me they are still jeans.


I know they are just jeans to me too apparently they have a long history, theyve been around since 1871


Yeah, I think that Levi Strauss and some other guy invented them.


Yeah it was Jacob W Davis I wonder when jeans became popular though!


I did not know that. That's funny. You know Aladdin's pants took inspiration from MC Hammer.


Really?  I just always assumed that was a representation of what was worn back in the day.  I always thought the British invented trousers but I've heard recently that it was actually someone in East Asia.


They didnt? I thought they invented them too, you know a judge sued a dry clean business for more than 67 million just because they lost his pants.


I bet the judge won too considering they are a judge.  Collinsville, Il has a law prohibiting saggy pants. I wonder if they enforce it!


Could be, but it seems a bit excessive after all a small business doesnt have that kind of money, and that law is absurd lol


I don't know. I think it's unfair to sue the small business but the law about saggy pants could be a good thing.  Then again if you wear too skinny of jeans you can get nerve damage.


Thats interesting, I wonder how they came up with those laws, some governments are just weird, like the president of Indonesia, he released 3 albums while in office.


Sounds like he may be a fun politician.  Leaders, presidents that is, have different roles depending on the government and country they are in.


Sounds like it and also sounds like he had a lot of free time, I would be worried if my president dedicated his time to pop music.


Hi, are you into cars, radios, or clothing?


Gee, he must have breathed, ate, and slept Grand Turismo video game.  Although I see the connection, that had to be some feat he pulled off.


For sure that is a lot of people. Do you listen to the radio much in your car or otherwise?


Yes, I always listen to the radio in my car. Radios are pretty sophisticated  and transmit waves through space such as their amplitude, frequency, phase, and pulse width.


Yeah they are. You can actually hear JUpiter's storms in AM radio.


I didn't know this before but just found out that when radio waves strike an electrical conductor, the oscillating fields induce an alternating current in the conductor. And that's how the information in the waves can be extracted and transformed back into its original form.


Wow that is a lot of physics and it is pretty cool. DO you know how soldiers made foxhole radio during WWII?


Yes, they used a razor blade and pencil as the diode. I'd like to make one of those too just to see if I could get to work.  I did know that there's still a lot of retro stuff out there that you can access. For example, there's a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free.


Yeah that is pretty sweet, I have not tried it but it sounds neat. In Canada, the radios are required to play 40% canadian music as per the law


Yes, and since 1989, a Finnish radio station has broadcasted "Nuntii Latini" a weekly new program conducted entirely in classical Latin.


I wonder how many listeners they have really. DO you like plain color clothing or colorful ones?


I love cars. Do you know how Cadillac got its name?


I like more colorful clothing, myself. I just found out that Apple has had a clothing line since 1986.


Yes, I heard that it got its name as a name-sake from a french explorer named Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac who actually founded Detroit.


Yeah that is pretty fitting. Do you know why the trunks of the cars are called as such?


Yes, a trunk in a car is called a trunk because old cars used to have wooden trunks on the back. Cool.


Yeah, pretty fun. Did you know you can put flame throwers in your car in South Africa?


Yes, how radical is that?  Apparently it's legal to do that in order to prevent car jacking.  Did you know why McDonalds started the drive-thru windows?


Yeah that was to accommodate the soldiers who were not allowed to leave their cars in uniforms


Well not in fatigues which i guess are uniforms as well. Did you hear about Jann Mardenborough and how he became  a professional race car driver?


Right. Yes he beat 90000 people in gran slam turismo, that is pretty impressive


I did not know that. I did see Myspace turned down an offer to buy them back in 2005 for $75 million.