Lol that is really funny,  hes like one of the main characters, that is hilarious.


I know right? ANd strangely he was not even mentioned


Yes and I liked it but I heard it really flopped in the UK


Yeah that is sad,  only after 10 episodes too.


Flying with babies can be a difficult task


I do like to travel but dont get the chance to do it much, do you?


Yeah I am the same, don't have enough time these days to go as much as I would like to.


I know right, time is limited and then money is also limited what place in the world would you  like to visit if you had the chance to travel for free?


I think I would love to travel to Australia or maybe New Zealand, I think I would enjoy that.  How about you?


I would like to go to Japan, sounds like a great destination with a rich culture


Yeah that would be super fun, I have a good friend who has been twice and said it was amazing!


Wow, lucky person, I envy him/her, I hear the tolls are really expensive though


I have heard that too, but I guess the roads are in excellent condition.


They must be, the first kind to travel around the world was the king of Kalakaua, Hawaii, the guy must have had a lot of cool stories about the world


I didn't know that Hawaii even had a king that is so cool!


Yeah it sounds like people won't put up with a crying baby for very long up there.


It is really cool, a lot of interesting facts about travel, its been great learning from you, thanks a lot


Yeah same here, it's been fun and interesting, I hope you have a good day!


Its annoying and can disturb others in the plane the you get complaints from the flight attendants, so being prepared is a must


Yeah I think I read that babies weren't allowed to cry for more than 5 mins. on United flights.


But how can you stop them, it must be really hard to do so


Yeah and that is the real problem, is how do you control a baby way up there in the air where you can't just walk away?


Parents of newborn babies have it hard, I heard airlines often have to apologize to parents because of rude crew members


That doesn't sound like much fun to be those parents having to travel.


It doesn't sound like fun it sounds really complicated, I think airlines should learn from incidents like the one that happen in Bala


Yeah I would have to agree, do you travel much yourself?


Do you have a favorite album of all time?


I loved that album! They went platinum without much air time or major tours on that album


Me too, classic in my mind!  You know, I was shocked to find out that Aerosmith made more money off of Guitar Hero than any of their albums.  Isn't that funny?


That is so funny, I definitely was a part of that. I love guitar hero! I should create my own album making songs from that game lol


I liked it too!  How does Walmart make any money selling only clean versions of albums?


Right, I would never spend money on albums that were clean, I would just download the album from youtube.


Speaking of youtube, did you know it started out as a dating site?


I did not know that, I think it would have been hard to find someone to date on that. Did you ever use it?


Heck no!  I read somewhere that the first youtube video that was uploaded was of a man talking about an elephant.  I wonder how many views that got?


I don't know, I hope it is still up there, I will check it out. Good chatting with you!


Great chatting with you as well.  Enjoy the rest of your evening.


Good evening.  Yes, Michael Jackson's Thriller is one of my all time favorites.  How about you?


Nice I loved Linkin Park's hybrid theory, I think it was the highest grossing album of the 21st century. MJ was probably highest in the 20th century?


Probably.  Do you have any old vinyl record albums?


I do not, I wish I did. I have a gold jimmy hendrix record but that is it. How about you?


I have a big stack I inherited from my late father.  He was a true audiophile and had a good mix of classic rock, jazz, folk, you name it.  I love sitting and listening to them with all the clicks, pops, and white noise.  Looking at the album covers is pretty cool too, so of them are wild from the 60s!


That is an awesome collection, I hope there is not Taylor Swift in there, that would ruin the collection! What are your best ones?


The Beatles white album, sgt. peppers's lonely hearts Club, and Dark side of the moon.  No, Taylor Swifts in the bunch! lol


dang I am so jealous! NWA in there at all?


No, that's more my generation, though.  Straight outa Compton.


I thought it was hot where I live in the summer, but in Algeria it got up to 124 degrees!


Hahaha that is so funny! No, I had not heard of Google moon. By the way, a single google search needs more computing power than it took to send neil armstrong and the rest of the crew to the moon.


that is crazy! more power in your cell phone then for sure! speaking of phones I have an android that is owned by google, did you know that google bought gmail.com from garfield? it was originally an email service provided by garfields website


No, I didn't know that! So I guess your Android might tell Google maps how fast traffic is going on the road. That's how it calculates traffic.


that is interesting I always wondered that, do you use google for your searches? or another website?


I use Google. The results are much better. Apparently most people think so since one time Google went down for five minutes and took 40% of web traffic with it! how about you?


oh wow, ya I use Google and apparently google's servers use up 0.01% of the total world electricity, I can't decide if thats reallly high or really low haha


I think it's pretty high since they are one company. Yikes! Hey, but they do go green in some ways. I think one time they mowed their lawn with goats instead of lawnmowers.


haha well that's good of them, they do treat their new employees really weird though, they are called "nogglers" and have to wear propeller beanie hats when they work their first friday


Hmm, interesting. I do wonder what niche they will get into next.


ya I do think they have a lot of power at present, I don't know that I want them expanding out much further, they control a lot of information, do you do any reading in your spare time?


wow thats crazy! but that sounds good to me right now we have freezing rain over here!


I know. I feel the same way. I don't read as much as I should. I am usually just Googling random facts! Woops, maybe I should stop supporting them.


It is said to be the hottest weather ever there!


ya well I would love it personally, speaking of hot sun, did you know that there is a planet that orbits around four stars? thats more than star wars with the 2 suns!


Cool! Jupiter's moon ganymede would be considered a planet if it orbited the sun.


that is cool, I miss Pluto haha, also crazy you could fit every planet in the solar system between the earth and our moon


I know! Wasn't it sad when they sad pluto wasn't a planet? That is interesting about all the planets! Also, I know you mentioned it being ice cold where you are and wanting it to be hot. But how about too hot? Did you know there is a planet where shards of glass precipitate sideways at 4500 mph in 2000 degree fahrenheit weather?


haha ok yes I think that might be way too hot for me there haha, I prefer to stay on Earth I think, you know how people call earth gaia sometimes? well I guess other names like that for Earth are tellus and telluris for some reason


Neat! How many planets have you spotted? We can see five with the naked eye from earth!


oh wow didn't know it was that many, haha did you know that google created a version called google moon? where you could look at the planets surface? apparently early versinos of it used pictures of cheese for the ultra close ups haha


What do you think about Trump's economic advisor?


Oh so maybe that why, for security reasons they must keep really sensible data in them


Bush had solar panels put back on the white house.


I wonder who took them away? solar energy is the future so its a great thing he placed them back


I forget what president took away the solar panels.


I see, well did you hear about the incident the secret service  had?


I did. Hard to believe it took them 4 days to figure out it was struck by bullets.


That is a huge mistake, I bet someone got fired over that, how can it take you 4 days you are like the elite of the elite


Crazy to think. Did you know the top 3 wealthiest presidents were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson?


No didnt know about that, so no Trump in that list?


I bet he will be. The first president of Zimbabwe was named president Banana.


Hello, I think he is pretty good. What do you think? I also like Trump though.


That is funny, how can you name you kid after a fruit lol, anyways the chat has been really interesting, thanks a lot for your time


Haha that is funny. Well, it was good chatting with you. Have a good day.


I think his numbers are a bit off, but I do like Trump one of the best presidents ever


For sure. Did you know the white house has twin buildings in Ireland and France?


No, I didnt know about that, I wonder who lives in them?


Not too sure on that. Roosevelt banned Christmas trees at the white house because he was such a conservationist.


That doesnt sound like a good policy, many people like Christmas and respect the tree tradition,


I agree. The white house uses floppy disks for storing files still.


That tech seems kind of primitive I wonder why


I agree. I think floppy disks are very secure though and hard to hack.


Telephone is a telecommunication device which allows two user to have conversation.


Constantly using Internet leads to addiction, we use it for a purpose it is good.


Do you think there are any support groups for this addiction?


No, Unnecessary usage of internet leads to such addiction.


So if anyone forms this addiction,  there is no one to help?


Doctors are available to give advice, how to stop the usage of mobile phone. We must focus on playing, spend time with family members etc..


I thought you were talking about the addiction to the internet?  Theres an addiction to the phone as well?


Addiction to Internet is very dangerous.


Email is the important communication service available on the internet. It reduce the usage of post service.


Yes I think email is very convienent.  Its amazaing that someone can receive an email almost instantly!


Oh thanks for the info lol Did you know an iphone has more computing power than the entire us nuclear deterrent?


The main purpose of internet is Data sharing, we can share the files via through Email.


Thats great information,  its been good talking to you!


Its very shocking. The cables carrying phone and internet data across. Optic fibre cables are used in now days.


yeah they are only 2.7 inches in diameter


The telephone have microphone to speak and earphone to reproduce the sound in the distance location.


Such a great invention. Who invented the telephone>?


That was a long time ago,  good for him,  he basically changed everything by inventing it


It was further developed finally it is in mobile form today.


Have you ever used a rotary phone?  Ny area code is 212 because its the easiest to dial


I didn't know there were twins of the white house in france and ireland. Did you?


I would have thought trump and clinton would be on that list or even the Bush's


Probably. It might not be as up to date. Kind of like the floppy disks that the white house uses for file storage.


Haha yea that's funny. The first president of Zimbabwe was called president banana.


I wonder if that was his real name or just a nickname that his people gave him?


Imagine the nickname that the president of indonesia got for putting out his 3 pop albums!


LOL - I can't believe he was a pop artist! Did you know the US president's guest house is bigger than the white house?


I could see the purpose behind that. There are so many guests and dignitaries visiting all the time and they need a place to stay with their entourage.


Yes for sure. The senate used the same gavel for 165 years until Nixon cracked it.


Hello - I didn't know that either. Did you know Roosevelt banned Christmas trees from the white house?


How in the world do you crack a gavel? You have to smack one of those pretty darn hard to crack the wood.


I wonder why he did that. Was it for eco reasons or just because he didn't like them?


It says he was a very strict conservative.


He was quite the conservationist. He is the reason we have a lot of the state parks that we do.


Yes for sure. George Bush had solar panels put back on the white house.


I heard once that a previous president has put them on and then they were taken off by the next president and finally Bush put them back.


Did you know it took the secret service four days to realize bullets struck the white house?


That doesn't give me much faith in their abilities to protect our leaders.


Me either lol. The top 3 wealthiest presidents was JFK, Washington, and Jefferson.


I know! I have seen every episode of Friends. I still watch it when I can, such a great show. I have an App on my telephone that I can watch certain shows, especially while traveling by plane.


That is awesome.  I recently rewatched all of Friends on netflix.  I need apps like that for when I travel.  Ive been hooked on a few podcasts for now.


You do need to get an App, it is so handy. Especially comedy shows for when you are waiting somewhere, makes time pass by. So what type of telephone do you have?


Oh cool. I know many who have iphones. I am an android person myself. But any phone nowadays is amazing! So do you travel often?


I try, I do want to try that dutch commuter bus that goes 160, it wasnt around last time I was there.


Wow, that is a fast bus lol...they must have to strap you in at that speed! Better than paying high tolls like they have to do in Japan. I want to travel there someday.


Same here.  Also on my list is Iceland, Ireland, and Greece.


All great places to travel to! I would like to go to so many countries...and a few states on the east coast.


Id like to make it to the West Coast, lol.


I live on the west coast but have not been past Illinois lol...love it out here though.


Ive bees as far west as Indiana.  Im from Florida, so Id like to see some snow.


Oh, wow. I am originally from the midwest and moved west to get away from the snow lol...too cold! But the Ocean is amazing. Do you live by the water?


About an hour inland.  So enough out of the storm flooding/surge danger areas, but close enough to go for a day trip.


That's nice! I need to travel to Florida, I have never been there but have friends I video chat with on my phone so I get to see some of it lol. I hope you have an amazing day! Great chat! bye :)


I love comedy! My favorite genre of movies. How about you?


It is one of my favorites too!  I really enjoy some stand up comedy.  Did you know the Green Lantern was supposed to be a comedy?


I also love stand up comedy, I have been to many live shows. Really? Green Lantern? Hahaha, glad it is they way it is!


Jack Black was supposed to star in it too!  I cant imagine it any other way.


Wow, I love Jack Black but don't think that would have worked lol. Do you ever watched Comedy Central?


I have.  I do love some of their show.  They have cancelled so many though.


Yes they have, unfortunately! Such a great comedy show. I also like watching reruns of 3rd Rock from the Sun. But really loved Seinfeld!


Friends was my favorite sit com from that era.  I am shocked it lost to 3rd Rock.


I travel when I get the chance. Do you like to travel?


It was to accommodate soldiers because they could not get out of their cars in their fatigues.


I don't know why they were not allowed to exit their vehicle in fatigues at the time. Do you know why the trunk of your car is called a trunk?


Because its' the back end. Just like a butt. Did you know it's illegal to warm up your car in Ohio?


It's actually because there used to be actual wooden trunks in the back. I did not. That seems crazy because I live in Ohio and we all warm up our cars. You couldn't see in the winter if you didn't.


Do you know why the Cadillac is called a Cadillac?


It's named after the founder of Detroit Antoine De La Mothe.


Yes I like to travel, I've been many places.


Sorry I left the last name off Antoine De La Mothe Cadillac. Nice chatting with you.


Did you know that the Dutch are creating a train that will travel 160 MPH?


No I did not know that. But I do know about that hearse that carried Rosa Parks and Aretha Franklin. That thing was dope!


I did not know about that. Can you elaborate?


It was a white hearse from the 40's with a vintage slope to the back.


And the exact same one carried both in their funeral processions?


Yes, it was the same vehicle. I'd love to have one carry me one day, just like that.


That's pretty amazing. Speaking of cars, did you know that McDonald's invented the drive-thru?


Hello did you know that every president with a bread has been a republican?


Oh yeah,  what was his last name?  was it not a funny one?


I think it was the president of Indonesia. And the worst part is that he released 3 albums, he did not stopped at the first one.


Yeah that is really cool.  Did you kow the presidents guest house is bigger than the white house?


Was the guest built at the same time ? Maybe it was built later, when the country had more money.


Oh I have no clue lol Just a fun fact I read recently.


You can use Google to find all kind of facts, its search engine in very powerful.


Thats true a single google search requires more computing power than it took to send people to the moon lol


Computers were slow at the time, and they were so much bigger. They could not have been able to handle Google maps.


Yeah I hear google maps track traffic by how fast androids on the road are moving


It is so useful, I use it daily. I save so much time with it. Do you ?


Oh, yeah, so there's never been a bearded democrat ? I am surprised about that beards were very popular in 1800s.


Yes absolutely! Its been fun chatting,  thanks for the convo.


I thought that the bue/red thing in politics was old, but it only got popular in the 2000s.


Yeah  I didnt realize its so recent either,  that is pretty cool


In Canada. It is old, priests would tell people that if you voted red you would go in hell.


Sometimes politics are terrifying, sometimes they are funny, like the first president of Zimbabwe was named Banana.


That is a really unique last name lol I wonder if it is common in Zimbabwe?


Yeah, when I think about it, some last names even here are funny. I think it must be common. Unlike a president who does pop music.


Are you familiar with Native American books?


Interesting!  A judget ried to ban a science fiction comic in the 1950's because it featured a black character.


Wow!  We have come a long way, thank goodness.  The FDA also burned 6 tons of literature in an act of censorship.


I think I remember reading about that before.  Literature was an olympic event from 1912 to 1952.  I would like to see one of those gold medals.


I would like to understand the scoring.  I bet it was somewhat like Jeopardy.  I would also like to read the "best" of the "worst opening sentences" that people used to enter into a contest.


lol  That would be interesting.  Didn't Sir Winston Churchill win a nobel prize for literature?


That would not be my first guess, but I think you are right!   Based on literature, kissing is a fairly recent development.


You would think that would have been written about a long time ago.  Switching gears ... id you know that Apple had a clothing line in 1986?


People did not wear brands on clothing so prominently as they do today back in 1986.  So that was Apple being innovative in another field.


Surprisingly, the Pilgrims wore clothing that was full of color and they only wore black for special occasions.  I'm so used to seeing them stereotyped wearing black and white.


Me too.  You know that every human society has worn clothes.


I read a few in school.  I was raised in Oklahoma and many of my friends were of the Cherokee and Choctaw tribes.  I have heard of Tommy Orange's fiction novel about Native Americans.


I would hope so.  lol  I guess it depends on your body type, etc.


I suppose if the weather is perfect, a grass skirt might be enough, but it is still clothing.  Clothing is often gender specific.  Nice talking.


That's interesting!  He is a member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes.  I don't know much about those two tribes.  His book is about a boy?


Yes.  It is fiction however.  It provides insight into the challenges that the boy has in grappling with his identity.  We have a national history where many atrocities and slurs dot the history.


True!  I went to an indian reservation this past summer in New York.  It was the Seneca nation and I went through one of their museums.  They pretty much got kicked out of their land just like all the other tribes in the nation.


A people divided into tribes cannot stand against a unified enemy.  But, my wife's best friend has a Ph.D. and the government paid for all of her education because she is Cherokee.  But if one knows the facts, a lot of interesting history can be written.


Wow.  That's really interesting.  Hopefully Tommy Orange's book does well.


Books can be fiction with a lot of facts or not so many.  Wiki has an article where they rank fictional characters according to their powers.


Julius Caesar wrote fan fiction in his youth.  Never knew that he did that before.


I wonder how one would find a copy of it.  Imagine Edgar Allen Poe wrote about a cyborg a long time ago


It is.  I like that line they came up with.  Did you know that in other parts of the world what the US calls soccer is actually called football?


I did know that! It's very confusing though. I think I watched a FIFA world cup game once and found that out.


Americans call it soccer because it was slang for association football.


I had no idea! in 1930 the Us made third place in FIFA.


Nice.  Soccer is so popular that it makes more money than all of the other major sports combined.  Surprising.


I didn't know that! Where do you think the next FIFA world cup will be held?


I believe it's in 2022 in Qatar but the city for where it's going to happen doesn't exist yet.


I have no idea.  lol  The host country won't make any money though because there are no economic gains for countries that play host to the Olympics of the World Cup.  I find that hard to believe.


Me too. What about tourism? The women who play in the world cup have never placed lower then 3rd. Go girls!


Nice job!  I have to get going.  It was nice chatting with you!


I'm a fan ever since I was a kid.  I'm a big stats guy.  I find it incredible that former Patriots RB Benjarvus Green-Ellis has never fumbled once during his career.


Wow, really? That's interesting. He must be pretty good. I did hear some university painted their locker room pink for the visiting team.


I wonder why they did that?  Maybe for breast cancer awareness?


I hadn't thought of that! I thought maybe to intimidate the other team?


lol  In the 1960's top bowlers made twice as much as top football stars of that era.


Wow! I think Bowling used to be huge. Could you imagine watching that for 3 hours! lol!


lol  Be like watching paint dry.  Might have been like watching when Georgia Tech blew out Cumberland by a score of 222-0 which was the highest scoring football game ever in 1916.


That would have been a game to see! Espn won an emmy for superimposing the yellow line on TV. Isn't that crazy?


When you have it to spare it shouldn't be hard to share but i'm happy that he gives back as well.


Course, I find it simply amazing how much money these guys make in endorsement.  For example, some of them get paid over the money just for wearing certain brands of SHOES.


I know it's the way of the world give it to those who don't need it and take it from those who do...but i digress, lol!


For example Lebron had an offer for $10 million from Reebok he turned down, then a year he got a $90 million offer from Nike.  Again, we're talking shoes here!  Wonder if any famous non-athletes get shoe endorsement offers?  LOL


Right! that is very interesting what you said about the ribs growing back. the brain has the ability to reroute blood vessel in the brain as well. the human body is amazing.


Yeah, it is amazing!  They say the brain is a lot like a computer!  Speaking of, do you know the space shuttles general purpose computer runs on a mere 1MB of ram?  All this time and still so little memory!


Yeah i can't figure out if that's incredibly efficient or stupid, lol. You know if you smoke near apple computers it voids the warranty.


Yeah, I've heard about that.  They consider it a "bio-hazard". Makes sense to me!


Yeah your right actually! The Russian made a computer that operated on water. That sounds fascinating.


I heard someone made a working 16 bit computer using minecraft building blocks.  I'm not familiar enough with the game to know how that would work, but it sounds pretty amazing!


Yeah, I do.  There's certain aspects of it I can't really explain, but the basic principals I think are sound.


Yeah kind of ingenuous actually. That computer that ran on water was in 1936. Anyways nice chatting with you.


You too parting thought..If you could would you upload your mind to a computer if you could, like the Trashumanists want to?


Well apparently we lost our hair as recently as 240,000 years ago.


I started losing my hair about ten years ago... LOL.  Speaking of evolution, did you know we (humans) adapted for persistence hunting?


I did not know that i think it's pretty cool how animals can synthesize there own vitamin C. but we can't. Leaves some things to question.


I'm curious why that is... I may google it later.. I'm told our "modern" ancestors came about starting around 315,000 years ago.  So, we haven't really been around that long, relatively speaking


Yeah and I've heard of homo sapiens but I've never heard the term taxonomically before. Have you?


I'm not sure, I don't think so.  We do have some neat healing abilities though.  They say he can regrow a rib within only 2-3 months of having it surgically shortened.  Say, jumping tracks here, do you follow basketball any?


Not at all it boring to me don't have the patients. How about you?


I'm not the biggest fan of it TBH, but I do find some of the little details about it fascinating.  For instance, I really admire all the charity work LeBron James has done during his career.


hi how are you today? do you like reading?


Do you like Linkin Park? To me they're one of those bands at the turn of the century who were like a holdover from 90s grunge.


Yea, he created the original UK version of the office after his pop singer days


Interesting. Do you play any musical instruments? I've idly thought about learning the guitar for a long time, but never took any serious steps toward it.


I tried to play guitar a few times but I suck at strumming the strings and using both hands


Yeah, I"m pretty bad at coordination and multitasking so I should probably give up the idea too.


I'd like to be a rockstar and light studio speakers on fire like eddie van halen did for beat it


I used to imagine myself doing the Eric Draven guitar solo scene in The Crow, LOL.


Having a grand housboat on the River Thames like Pink Floyd's gutarist sounds awesome


I wonder if that was Gilmour. I actually dreamed about listening to him last night. But to be honest I thought Pink Floyd wasn't as good as a Gilmour-led group after Waters left.


Well maybe but they might still be preferred over the two identical twins from Japan who released a rap album when they turned 100


I like their first album hybrid theory which happens to be the best selling album of the 21st century


Yeah, they sound creative. Nice chatting with you.


Yeah, I loved it too. Also all the old album rock of the Progressive Rock era, when people really started listening to music as albums instead of singles. Did you ever do that trick with "Dark Side of the Moon" where you play it in sync to The Wizard of Oz?


If you start the album and the movie playing at exactly the same time, the coincidences between the songs and the movie scenes are pretty weird.


That is weird, not as weird as the President of Indonesia releasing 3 pop albums though


Well the President of Indonesia did release 3


I should do a YouTube search, now that my curiosity is aroused.


You should youtube Ricky Gervais too, he was a pop singer in the 80s


Yeah, talk about letting quality speak for itself


Exactly. Did you hear of those 100 years old twin musicians in Japan?


Yeah they have already released a rap album


I sure do. Did you know Bruce Lee was a dancer too?


Yes he even won a cha cha championship in 1958


Yes and he was in the production of the nutcracker and mouse king


Yeah. Babies are good at dancing when they hear music


Yes and they smile more when they hit the beat


I sure do. Have you ever listened to Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park?


Yes they are smarter than what we give them credit for


Yes it is the best selling album of this century after all


Yeah. Do you know who Reel Big Fish are?


Yes they lost the rights to their music and rerecorded their hits


Yeah. Have you listened to the album the dark side of the moon?


I have it was the best selling album of 2014


Yes but it was in fact released 40 years prior to that


Yeah. DO you know the album Strait outta campton?


Yes it is by NWA and it reached platinum without much advertising


good morning, are you a fan of rap music?


I like the world cup and some MLS teams, DC United and Portland Timbers.  What do you think of Eryk Williamson?


I have no idea who he is. Is he any good?


Check article section 4, he gave up his spot on the MNT.  Do you like football?


I don't watch that either. Are you excited for the Super bowl?


I am excited for the NFL playoffs.  I am a huge Eagles Fan.  They won the super bowl last year.


They are in the playoffs, they play Sunday at 4:30pm.  Do you have a favorite team?


I don't. I heard the XFL is making a comeback. Do you think it'll be successful?


not sure, if it is on when the nfl is in off season then yes


I'm a pretty big WWE fan so that's how I know.


I would give it a watch and see, I know the last one bombed.


Yes.  I actually live in washington dc so I am well up to date on MLS and DC united


Did you hear about the issues with SoccerPlex?


Yes, the new stadium was a big deal here, both good and bad


There needs to be some kind of compromise.


Yes, what do you think is the best thing to do.  What about the football portion?


Well, the referees need to be treated better.


The earth is an amazig place, I am thankfull its our home


I also like to travel and apparently the King of Kalakaua loved to travel as well


Yeah, I heard he was the first king to travel around the world.


I wonder if he ever went to Iceland, I hear its hard to travel inside there since there is no rail service.


Yeah, it's kind of a weird place to try and travel. Most of the people don't have cars and there is no public rail service, so they mostly travel domestic flights to travel between the cities.  It's crazy.


They must spend a fortune travelling kind of like in Japan, tolls can be really expensive there


More than $300 to travel across Japan.  All the roads are toll roads.  Now, I've been there a few times, so I know how much it costs!


You have been ther before? it must be amazing I envy yoy, I hope one day I can visit the country


Yeah, I've been a few times on business with my company.  It's beautiful and the people are super friendly and love all things American, especially Elvis! The place I'd like to visit next is Mackinac Island, MI.


Thats actually in the US, I hear thats a beautifull place, sounds a lot more affordable


I'm sure it is!  Motorized vehicles have been banned there for the last 100 years and I hear it's very quaint and charming.  Lot slower pace.


I love it too!  I'm sad that over 80% of the natural forests have already been destroyed.


The air must be pure, pollution free, a wonderfull place to live at, its been great chatting with you, thanks for all the cool facts


It's been nice chatting with you, as well.  Enjoy the rest of your evening.


It is sad, soon there will be nothing left, we should take action now and try to stop it


I hear you!  I was shocked to learn that when the Earth was first formed a day only lasted 5 1/2 hours.


And also 4.5 billion years ago, the earth has a lot of history


Yes, it does, but if you view it as a 24 hour period, us humans only represent like a little over a minute of time!


In in that minute we have altered earth in a devastable and destructive way,


I agree with you.  So sad.I just heard today that the Earth will be almost free of Helium by the end of the 21st century.  I guess no more balloons for future generations!


That will be a sad day, I agree, so do you like to travel?


I do not actually but I hear if they get stuck together it is hard to separate them


Yeah. Did you know UNICEF provides clean water when we do not use the phone?


Nice one. The cables for the phones are in the bottom of the sea and only 2.7 inched thick


Wow, how do the animals not get tangled on them?


Some of it, like TUpac and Eminem's music


Nice. Did you know Eminem wanted to be a comic book artist?


Yeah. Do you know what compliment battle is?


he is good. Did you know he went to high school with notorioug big and busta rhymes


That is the rap style they practice in South Korea


Yeah and they used to have rap battles in the lunch room


yeah pretty cool. Did you he pulled the AMerican Gangster album from iTunes?


Yes because he said songs should not be sold one by one


Yeah he compared it to movies where frames are not sold one by one


Yeah. He was also a ghostwriter for the SPace Jam soundtrack


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


That is because it was a quick number to call on a rotary phone


Hi! Are you familiar with the bible? It's crazy over 5 billion copies have been sold. I suppose that's why it's considered the best selling and most influential book of all time.


Yeah that had to be depressing for the filmmakers. Only a measly  $309 earned on a massive  $15 million dollar budget. That makes me want to cry just thinking about it. It certainly was the polar opposite of Silence of the Lambs which made over $270 million at the box office!


True, I was surprised Disney's Sleeping Beauty was a failure and considered shutting down their animation studio!


That is surprising! What a big mistake that would have been! Since we're on the subject of movies, did you know Jim Carrey refuses to do dramas now because of his personal belief system. He feels dramas don't project positivity. I think that's good for him, honestly!


Yes, I agree, He seems so depressed anyways to me. Michael Caine makes me laugh why he became an actor. I saw him an interview, he said one of his tricks is to not blink as much. lol


That's funny. Ha! But truthful it seems. Speaking of Michael Caine, you know he became an actor because he claimed all the prettiest girls at his high school were in drama class? That's hilarious!


That's what I meant so funny!  I'm not surprised. ha, ha, ha ,Hugh Laurie is making a huge amount an episode at $700,000.


Wow! That must be nice! He isn't struggling for money, is he? Ha! We talked about Michael Caine's high school, but John Hamm actually taught drama at his high school. Weirdly enough, Ellie Kemper from The Office was one of his students. It's a small world, isn't it?


Yes, it is. They all know each other. The office always made me laugh!


Agreed! I love both comedies and dramas. In fact, there's a website that has thousands of classical radio dramas you can listen to for free. That's amazing!


I've heard about that one. Free classic radio dramas. Good chat!!


Yes, I am. I believe it. I am surprised that Thomas Jefferson created his own version.


So true! And before I go, in terms of drama and in case you weren't aware of this, the two masks that's associated with drama actually represents the generic division between tragedy and comedy! I found that interesting. Well it was great chatting with you. Take care, friend!


I am as well. He apparently used a razor to cut out all of the supernatural parts. Do you think it would be called the "King Jefferson" version? Ha!


Oh my, I don't know. There were only two presidents that did not use the bible at their swearing in ceremonies.


Isn't that crazy? I also can't believe it was common for students to be required to read the Bible in school for their elementary education up until 1963!


Yes, I knew that. I would have liked to see the biblical tower of babal but not going to Iraq to see something like it!


Agreed. It would be nice to see but you're right. It's not worth it. Did you also know the word apple is known as Apple because the Bible was translated into Latin and the word apple means both evil and apple? I'll have to remember that next time I eat one. Ha!


I saw that, I didn't know that either. Interesting.I'm not surprised Tom Hanks is the all time box office star!


Agreed. He's a legend for sure! Maybe Disney should have considered him for Treasure Planet since it ended up being one of the most expensive box office bombs ever. Ha!


Yes, a better idea. How about that Trojan Wars That was a real winner. lol


I have been there once, apparently there is a guest house that is bigger than the white house, but I never saw it. I will have to see again


Wonder why it's bigger?  Maybe to leave a better impression on the guests?


I was thinking that same thing. Show off to the other heads of states. Did you know there are also white houses identical to ours in france and ireland?


I didn't know that.  I know the first phone number of the white house was just "1"


that is awesome, I wonder how many calls they got on accident back then.


Probably a ton I would imagine.  President Jimmy Carter used to turn down the thermostats down to 65 degrees during the winter of 1977.


WHAT! I would always have it at like 75 if i was president. Bush put solar panels on the back of the white house so I wouldn't worry about the bill lol


Me too!  Jimmy Carter originally put those on, but Ronald reagan took them off. lol


NO WAY! Reagan was an interesting president, the first movie star president! It was so nice chatting with you!


It was fun talking about the white house and the presidents!


Eh...I had high hopes.  But, he's let me down so far.


For sure, I think that is everyone's idea of him.  But he isn't even in the top three richest.


I agree!  lol  I wonder if he's in that top 3 list now though?


I wonder also, if only he released his tax information then maybe he could make that list. Do you know the president of zimbabwe has a nickname?


Isn't that funny how he made a stink years ago about Obama releasing information and now he doesn't do it?  What is the president of Zimbabwe's nickname?


Right. The guy is called president banana.


Hahaha The only president to have a PHD is Woodrow Wilson.  We've had more actors and reality stars as presidents than doctors. lol


that is so sad, but that is our country. You ever been to the white house?


I've never been there.  Someday I hope to visit.


What do you think about the comments Connie Chung made?


Yeah I guess its a good thing we have Google, and thats crazy, so much power, Google is definitely a giant


Yes, a single Google search requires more computing power than was needed to send Neil Armstrong and eleven other astronauts to the moon.


Thats unbelievable but I guess a Google search does take a lot of power, you know that Google came up with an interesting solution to mow their lawns


Are you talking about the time they used goats? That is awesome!


Yeah that same one, and its a really creative approach I have to give them that lol


Yeah, I like that they can have fun too. I'm not sure that I like the fact that they calculate traffic (and probably other things) by tracking the speed of Android devices.


I think maps is a great app but I get what your saying, having an app track your location is kind of invasive


Yeah. I find it interesting that Google Maps tailors the maps to each country's claim when there is a disputed border.


I guess the app has many uses, did you know Apple had a clothing line back in the 80s!!


No, I did not. Would you wear it?And would you wear Rip Curl clothes that say made in China but are actually made in North Korea?


I don't know. I think it's good that Me Too gives women a voice but I just don't understand how people take decades to do it. Something happened to me a few years ago and I reported it immediately.


I wonder why lol? they should say North Korea, maybe the labels are Chinese.


I agree, why wait, its been a really long time since it happen, 50 years almost


Pretty gross that it was the doctor who delivered her.


I know right, what kind of pervert does that, she was in college and I bey he was dead by the time she came forward


Yeah, I find it weird that she did not know what a gynecological examination would be like. I feel like Iwould have known the difference way before my 20s.


Yeah I agree, she does remember all the details though like how large the room was, the curtains, its a harsh trauma to hold for 50 years


It did seem that afterwards, since she could not even look at him,that she did realize what had happened. Maybe in the moment she just did not know what to do.


I agree maybe she was scared and didnt want others to know, I guess she was in  a hard position it takes a lot of courage to come forward.


I guess so. We didn't have Google to educate us back then. Now we rely on it so much for health and other information. On August 16, 2013, Google went down for five minutes and took 40 percent of web traffic with it.


True. Consider the guy in France that sold the Eiffel Tower twice by impersonating a government official.


That is nuts.     Perhaps the US government will actually sell Nevada, since they own nearly 90% of the state.


I think they control most of it for military purposes and such. They could sell the land and donate the proceeds to helping save the Amazon rainforest, just like Norway did.


I thought it might have something to do with their immunity from violating the geneva convention.


They probably need that immunity now, with Wikileaks telling a lot of government secrets.


True.    I heard Wikileaks published the governments plan to destroy Wikileaks.


I wonder how the government could destroy Wikileaks, which probably has lots of backups and hidden sites.


Perhaps they can use the fact humans are among the best distance runners!


We've very good at spreading out into new environments. But we still cannot synthesize vitamin C.


Yes, evolution sometimes results in things like a defective enzyme.


I've been thinking about birds a lot lately.    Do you know anything about their anatomy?


Well, I enjoyed chatting with you! Make sure you get plenty of vitamin C.


Thanks!    Stay away from the frequency that causes fear in humans!


I don't really know much about birds. I have heard that they have hollow bones.


True.  I've been reading about their high metabolic rate and four chambered heart.


I'm astonished that birds can fly from Alaska to Mexico without sleeping. I guess their brains must not require sleep.


They are really amazing.     Some wild birds in australia can mimic cameras, car alarms and chainsaws!


I'm amazed that their vocal cords can do what machines do. Hummingbirds make use of spider webs to build nests.


Well, anything that can evolve from a pigeon to a dodo bird must be very adaptive!


I guess every species needs to evolve and adapt. Humans do so as well. They have lost their body hair (or most of it) relatively recently.


True, and considering how government works, governing an organized community, humans need to be versatile, mentally and physically


I could see him drawing comic books. He could start a company now with all his money.


He definitely could. Did you also know that Busta Rhymes performed the voice of Reptar the wagon in the Rugrats movie?


I did not know that Busta did that. He must be a talented voice artist. I guess he can do just about anything with those vocal cords of his.


He does have an impressive voice and rapping speed. Did you also know that Korean rappers invented a new type of freestyle?


I would expect that there is a cultural difference that explains that. The Koreans must adapt the rap to their culture.


I would imagine so. It's called compliment battle. I'm assuming that complimenting each other instead of slamming each other. I can't imagine that.


I guess they must show respect for each other. The rap battle in which your glorious opponent is also worthy of respect.


It just seems so strange when I'm so used to rappers just slamming each other. I can't imagine that here. Do you remember NWA?


Yes, they could certainly spit fire and bust a rhyme. Were you a big fan?


Not a big fan but they certainly changed rap. Did you know that they had the first album to reach platinum status without airplay or a major tour?


They knew the beat of the street, the feel and appeal of the people in the hood. Anyway, great chat!


Yes they were very successful. Great chatting with you as well.


I liked 90's and earlier rap more. I'm not into much of the newer stuff.


I prefer melody and harmony. Who is your favorite artist?


I don't really have a favorite but I can discuss several that I find interesting. Did you know that Tupac's music is in the library of congress?


I guess the members of Congress sometimes request his tunes for listening to on the floor? LOL. I think that's great.


It is. His music is considered to have cultural significance. Do you know what Eminem wanted to be before he was a rapper?


Um, I don't know. An artist? A ballet dancer?


He wanted to be a comic book artist. He was a big Superman fan.


No I didnt. I wonder how they determine that?


I have no idea lol. It says they can't see as many colors as humans.


Thats amazing. What kind of tv do you like?


I don't watch much TV these days. What about you?


I do watch alot but my dvr is my saviour.


I saw that South Park aired a Family Guy episode and received flowers from the Simpsons crew.


Yes and out of all the episodes of the simpsons there is only 1 that Bart is not in or even mentioned.


That's pretty impressive considering it's been on for 30 years.


Yes I agree. And I cant believe how many episodes of pokemon there are. Its over 750. Wow


I'm doing good thank you. Do you like dogs?


Yes I love dogs. I just lost my pup last year.


Aww...sorry to hear that. Did you know there are 12 different blood types for dogs?


No I did not but I also had no idea that they had blood drives for dogs too. That is so awesome.


That's pretty cool. Istanbul has a vending machine that provides stray dogs food and water in exchange for plastic bottles.


Thats really neat too. Did you know that Google claims to be a dog company. Thats wild.


I saw that. I much prefer dogs to cats. What about you?


I love Animals. Isn't it amazing that there are more than 20 quintillion on this planet?


Right! I mean I guess some people like crazy pets. Teddy Roosevelt had something like 20 pets, even a bear and a hyena which is insane.


At that point you are really just a zookeeper lol.  Pets put people at greater risk in a disaster since they are more likely to stay put.  Didn't know that!


I didn't either! It makes sense though. I also didn't know there are less kids under 15 than pets in japan.


Wow, didn't know that! You can only own a rabbit in queensland if you are a magician


That's so weird. Similarly you can't "own" a pet in boulder colorado you are their "guardian".


huh, so strange.  Hamsters are banned in Hawaii.  I wonder why?


I think maybe because they are small, get loose a lot and become invasive.


I never thought about that.  Interesting!


Yeah sneaky little things. I mean we can just clone more cats to help I guess haha. Did you know the first cloned pet was a cat?


haha!  No, I didn't know that.  I have heard about people cloning their pets though its supposed to be super expensive


I agree animals are super cool.  That is a huge number!


Right I love my pup but I don't think I could afford that.


It really is! There are some crazy evolutionary traits out there, like animals only develop white patch on their forehead after they've been domesticated.


Yeah, that's cool.  They also speak different "languages" or "dialects"  I didn't know that!


It's so fascinating! and hiccups are an evolutionary hold over from when land animals had both gills and lungs.


Fascinating!  I also didn't that they had dominant paw like humans have a dominant hand


I didn't either. There are also some strange laws around some more mythical creatures. Like did you know the loch ness monster is a protected species in Scotland?


I think I had heard that before.  It's weird!  I remember reading that there are laws protecting bigfoot in a couple of states


There are it's crazy!  There are some crazy stats out there too, like there are more pet tigers in the u.s. than there are wild tigers in Asia.


Yep!  But why would anyone want a pet tiger lol.  why not just a regular cat...who won't kill you!


yteah that is quite a bit as it takes so much work


It definitely is. Are you familiar with Thomas the Tank Engine?


yeah. I hear many celebrities have voiced it over the years.


Huge names including George Carlin, Ringo Starr, and Alec Baldwin!


I don't want to have any but I think they are beautiful animals.


they surely are. in iceland they have a fifth speed which is considered horse speedwalking


I honestly did not know that horses had four speeds. Do you know why Dalmatians are associated with firefighters?


yeah apparently they can calm dwn horses


That's right. I was surprised when I learned that. I was also surprised that Clint Eastwood has had a horse allergy considering how many westerns he's been in.


I watch way too much tv. Are you a fan of The Simpsons?


I know that just blew my mind. Nice chatting with you


yes I am very much so. did you know Bart did not appera in one of the episodes?


I did not but with as long as it's been on the air I'm shocked that it was only one episode.


I know. Thos eguys have been on for so long. Did you ever watch pokemon?


I have played some games but not watched the cartoon. Haven't they had an insane amount of episodes?


Wow! That's a lot of episodes. Did you know that The Simpsons sent the South Park crew flowers when they aired their episode making fun of Family Guy?


that is so nice of them. yeah but pokemon has been around for  16 years straight


Wow! It doesn't seem like it's been that long. That means they air about 50 episodes per year!


Hey how you doing? Have you ever seen the White House? I have never been to Washington DC myself.


Must not of been very good. My suggestion would be not to remake it verbatim.


I agree lol.  There is only 1 episode of the Simpsons where Bart neither appears nor is he mentioned.


Oh wow I wonder whether producers decided to do that? When Southpark aired its final Family Guy episode the producers received the flowers from The Simpsons group.


That's funny!  Do you know who the 3 narrarators of the Thomas the Tank engine were?


Oh yes I did hear that Ringo Starr, George Carlin, and Alec Baldwin have all narrated that show.


Yes!  They all did it for at least 52 episodes each!


That is a lot of episodes. I wonder if they ever broadcasting on the radio? There's actually a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free.


I'll have to look that up.  I also want to look up how to hear the Jupitar radio storms that can be picked up on AM radio.


Yes that sounds very interesting. I wonder what it sounds like? Isn't it cool that soldiers used to make a radio using a razor blade and pencil. It was great chatting with you today.


Yes!  The called them foxhole radios!  I had a good time!


I haven't been there either but would love to go someday!  The term "White House" is often used as a metonym for the president and his advisers.


Have a good rest of your day. Maybe one day we will see a fox hole radio!


Oh that is interesting. Did you know there are twin White House buildings in Ireland and France?


I had no idea.  I wonder why?  Teddy Roosevelt was a staunch conservationist and banned Christmas trees for the white house.


Wow that doesn't seem very fun. George Bush had solar panels put back on the White House luckily. The more energy you can save the better!


I agree!  I was surprised to find out that the white house was shot at on Nov. 11, 2011 and it took the secret service 4 days to realize it.  Scary!


That is very scary indeed. I am sure that was a big news story on TV. Although I prefer to watch shows like Pokémon. There have been over 750 episodes of that show.


Crazy.  Did you ever watch "that 70s show"?


Yes I loved that show. Can you believe they did a UK remake?


I would be curious to see it.  It's called Days like These but it was cancelled after 10 episodes.


I wonder who decides what shoes they are allowed to wear in the games.


well jordan wore his own after getting them banned but some one paid the fines


That is interesting. Do you think the college coaches should be paid so much?


I heard that shooting granny style is the most effective way to get points.


That is true one of the best players did that i think his name was granny lol


Lol! Are you a Steph Curry fan? I hear he is pretty good!


That is pretty interesting! Does he still play for the Warriors?


I have enjoyed talking about basketball with you. Have a great night!


I don't know. I was surprised that he had a sister who was better at basketball than he was.


wow thats amazing. I will learn more about her


I have to admit, I don't really understand how the game is scored.


you throw a basketball in the basket and get 2 points not as hard as football to me


I read that the US Supreme Court building has a basketball court on the top floor. I wonder who plays there?


lol who would play there ? thats a good fact to know


Do you think giants like Amazon, Facebook, Google are now on their way down_


I bet they are regretting that decision with their lives now as the company is almost bankrupt, I think theres only a few left.


Yeah, video rental stores are sadly going away.. only ones we got around here is Family Video, and dunno how long they'll last.  Our local Hastings (video sales/rental/book/CD store) closed down last summer.  :(


Im sorry to hear that, well you can always subscribe to a streaming service, what I dont get is why Netflix spends 20 times more in postage than in bandwith


I just there's still alot of places with slow Internet service or people who prefer to watch stuff in their "comfy chair" in front of the TV instead of on the computer...


I agree with you there, so what are your thought on Google? I just learn how the Google Maps app works.


Oh, I like Google, it helps me find a lot of stuff quickly.  I remember the old days when we just want to KNOW things!  That or spend forever looking them up in the phonebook.  Nowadays a lot of businesses don't even LIST in the phone book.  Can you believe that?


Actually I can, theres no need with the internet anymore and phonebooks will eventually become obsolete, a siri google search requires a lot of juice


Trying to think what was the last thing I Googled... I think it was directions to a local business, but I could be wrong.  Although I do find it worry some that somewhere out there is a list of everything I've ever typed in to Google...  LOL


Yeah where does all that info go? it makes me worried about my privacy as well, Google used a hundred live goats once instead of mowning the grass of their headquarters.


It's all stored somewhere probably.Well, that's weird.  But hey, goats are really good at eating grass.  Course, I've heard that was mainly done in areas where lawn mowers were hard to get to.


I think Facebook might be sure, dunno about Google and Amazon, they seem to be about as big as ever (especially Amazon.)  But with all the privacy concerns, FB has definitely taken a hit...


I think its a really creative way to get things done lol


I agree, I dont think Google will ever go down and Amazon keeps on growing, I think Netflix might go down as there are more streaming services now.


That's true.. I mean, what is there?  Hulu, Amazon, Youtube Red... just to name a few.  Heck, I think Disney is coming out with their own service as well.  To get every show you might want to see, you'd have to subscribe to a dozen different places!


Yeah, I am exited about Disneys streaming service they have interesting series such as Loki and the Scarlet Witch, great series to start with


Huh, haven't heard about that one, sounds interesting.  Me, I've been curious about the show Stranger Things on Netflix.  Heard it was pretty good, but haven't watched it yet.  Do you get Netflix?


Yeah I am subscribed to Netflix, you know the service has 137 millions subscribers world wide and Stranger Things its a great serie, you should watch it, no regrets there.


Yeah, it's a REAL popular service.  Did you know from 9pm to 12am, Netflix accounts for like 33 percent of ALL bandwidth in North America?  That's just crazy!


I didnt know that, its kind of surprising, despite the amount of subscribers 33% is a big number for just one service.


Yeah, and get this, Blockbuster declined several offers to buy Netflix for $50 million, and it's now worth around 2 billion.  I bet whoever made that decision is kicking themselves.  LOL


Indeed. Also, did you know bruce lee was a great dancer


I am not surprised.  He had phenomenal coordination and dexterity as a martial arts star and I could see that translate well to dance.  Do you follow the reality show "Dancing with the Stars"?


I do not watch much broadcast TV, so I only have caught once or twice in passing.  I remember seeing / reading that "Bobby Bones" won recently.  Who is Bobby Bones?


So I wonder if it is a career changer if you win


I know some of the singing competitions are since the singers are aspiring to be stars.  But since these are already stars, it is probably just another feather in their cap.  I looked it up online and Bobby Bones is a syndicated country music radio DJ.  That's why he is not familiar!  He is generally heard and not seen and therefore would not be readily recognizable like a TV star!


i guess that makes sense that he is well known but not well recognized


Since you have only recently gotten into country music, have you listened to his show on the radio?


I still do when driving since I have an older truck with an AM/FM radio and cassette player.  Plus, we have local AM stations dedicated to local music and news.  Did you know that Jupiter has radio storms so strong you can pick them up on AM radio?  I am curios if astronomers can predict Jupiter's radio storms so that we can know when to tune in?


Some I do and some I don't.  Like when it comes to country, I like the older stuff like George Jones and George Strait, and Charlie Pride.  Did you know that only 2 black people are in the Country Music Hall of Fame.  I know Charlie Pride is one; I am curious as to who the other one is.


That sounds pretty cool. After this chat, I will look up some stuff on the radio. Thanks for the informative chat


Same to you.  What has peaked my interest is a website where you can stream classic radio dramas.  I hope they have Orson Welles "The War of the Worlds".  Take care...


I myself only have gone into country music recently. It has a very interesting history


It has an interesting past and evolution and in many areas (like mine) we have local stars who have not made it big nationally.  I was surprised to see that Henry Ford pushed country music with his money because he feared jazz's  "urban decadence"?  I, for one, like both country and jazz as well as other music genre!


I agree. I wonder what made jazz urban decadence


I am not sure.  I guess he might have thought the zoot suits and dance associated with jazz and big band music to be too extreme.  Are you much into dance?


I am not at all good at it, but I do go to some of our Cajun and Zydeco dancehalls to socialize.  I also at times take in dance performances at the local university.  Did you know that a pro ballet dancer can go thru 4 pairs of pointe shoes a week?


Must be a great business for whoever makes those shoes


I would think so.  I guess dancing is in our blood early on even if we are not good at it later in life.  Babies spontaneously dance when they hear music and then smile more when they sync with the beat!


I do, I listen to the radio on my way to work, what about you?


Yes I do, but there is also a website that you can go to listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas, for free.


Do you have the link for that site? maybe I can find it using Google, I love my drama podcasts


I would have to look for it, lol.  In WW2 soldiers made simple radios using razor blades and a pencil as a diode!  Some cool stuff there.


I bet that saved a lot of lifes back then, making radios out of meterials like that is really skillful.


Yes that is!  Do you follow much about the President?


I dont, I try to stay away from politics specially since Trump took office.


Yes he definitely isn't my favorite one either.


I wish he was a president like the one they have in Indonesia, a pop star + politic


That would be hilarious if he released a pop album!  The president of Zimbabwe was called President Banana.


Hello, do you like to watch the news?  More specifically Fox news?


It would, and really Banana? that hilarious!


I do, its one of my favorite channel, its a subsidiary of the 21st century Fox


Sorry about that. I watch that channel also.  I know it does its broadcast in New York City.


Yeah and in other 86 countries, its a really popular channel worldwide


Funny thing about Fox is that they once thought about having a cable channel that would only air the Simpsons!


That sounds like  a channel I would watch lol, the gaming site is owed by Fox


I would also like that channel!  People love Fox news so much that it is watched more than CNN and MSNBC combined.


Wow both are really big networks, those are high numbers there


Yes they are!  Do you listen to the radio at all?


Yeah that is pretty transparent. Have you seen the movie frozen?


Yes I loved it. Did you know the director is the first female director for a DIsney movie?


Yes and the film made more than $1 billion in the box office


Yeah . DId you know Elsa was supposed to be the villain?


Yes but when she sang the song and it was too uplifting, they changed that over


Yeah. Did you know Disney changed over many names for movies that were too feminine


Yes that is too bad though. They renamed Rapunzel to Tangled because of that


That is interesting. Did you know that Alan Tudyk has had a role in many disney movies


Same here and keep up with the DIsney movies, there are more to come


Yes I do. Did you know that they offered to sell to Myspace?


Yes for just $75 million and they did not take the chance


Too bad, they could have been making millions now


Yes it is because Mark is green red colorblind


Yeah. In parts of Germany, the like button is illegal


Yes and I wonder what prompted them to do that


Me too. Did you hear why Iceland is using it for?


Yes they are rewriting the constitution that way


Hello, How are you? Do you listen to the radio?


Yes, thinking it must be the military! Have you heard of area 51?


Pretty interesting!! I love the idea that the Norwegian government has donated 1billion to help save the rain forest!!Very cool


That is very nice,  I think all the countries should be donating to the amazon forest.  There are still undiscovered animals and insects in there


I agree,  they have done alot of research their! They probably know cures and not saying anything to the general public yet.


Hopefully!  I guess they might just be doing more testing on it lol


I'm glad we still don't use the runner up as our vice-president like they did in 1805.


yeah that could be very weird.  I dont think it would work with our current situation lol


I know never!! ha, There hasn't been a president who wasn't either a democrat or republican since 1853. Seem like a long time ago!


Wow thats a cool fun fact. Did you know the president guest house is bigger than the white house?


Hello yes i sometimes listen to it,  do you?


Yes, I did, that's interesting!! Did you know the Eiffel Tower was sold twice?


That is crazy!  Hows does someone even try that lol


Impersonating a government official!! Crazy!! Good chat


Great chat,  thanks for talking with me.


Yes, sometimes, not as much as I use to. I am usually using something on my phone


I hear jupiter storms can be heard on th Am radio station


Yes, isn't that crazy! I would like to hear that!! Soldiers in WW2 made radios out of razor blades and pencils


That is very impressive!  How does that even work lol


Not sure, they called them foxhole radios. Did you know in Canada, they have to play at least 40% Canadian?


Yes,  I have heard that,  I wonder what canadian music sound like.  I saw theres a website you can go to to listen to radio dramas too for free!


Yes, I would like to try that! Isn't it interesting that Wikileaks published the governments plans to destroy Wikileaks?


That is pretty funny.  The gov owns 86% of Nevada


Good evening!  Do you know much about Maryland's governor?


Wow!  We truly are a two party system, but don't try getting elected as president as a democrat with a beard.  So far all bearded presidents have been republican.


Im not excited about that,  I will never be president lol


It's crazy to think that red/blue connotations for the parties isn't even 20 years old.


Yeah it seems like that was always the case,  but I guess not.


The Bush's had a heck of a run with three terms.  In fact, before Trump, you'd have to go back to 1928 to find an elected republican that didn't have nixon or a bush.


Thats interesting,  do you know much about our planets?  The planet uranus rotates sideways instead of spinning.


Crazy!  Jupiter is so big that it has moons that would be planets if they simply orbited the sun and Jupiter.


That is cool.  there is a planet that shards of glass rain sideways at 4500 mph!!!  thats insane!


Wow.  There are some crazy planets out there.  Venus doesn't even have seasons because it doesn't tilt and rotates in a different direction than the rest of the planets that revolve around our sun.


That is really interesting. I heard that astronauts can vote from space, lol.


Not too much,  so you?  Did you know that ralph lawrence carr was the only governor to oppose the internement of japanese americans during ww2?


It's been fun chatting,  have a good one.


I didn't know that.  Maryland's governor, Larry Hogan, is a republican who was under some hot water for policies on climate change.


Thats interesting.  the beatles song"come together" was written for 1969 governor campaign.


Larry Hogan could probably have used the support of a group like the Beatles, but I'm sure he will be ok.  At least he isn't as bad as North Dakota's in 1934 who actually seceded from the US for a short time!


when schwarzenegger became governor of ca he commuted 3 hours everyday lol


Maybe so he could leave the office every day and say "I'll be back!"


Did you hear that Texas had a female governor before other states even allowed women to vote?


Yeah thats really interesting. did you know there hasnt been a us president who wasnt a rep or dem since 1853?


Are you aware of the music genre called jazz?


I think many of them became well known celebrities.


Clint Eastwood is a lifelong jazz enthusiast, pianist and scored several films including Million Dollar Baby.


Speaking of celebrities, did you know Judge Judy makes $123000 an episode.


Yes, how's that for a pay raise? Woohoo.  Did you know that Pixar Studio has a secret room that's visited by celebrities?


I wonder who visited it, I want to know what inside now.


Me too.  Did you know that Carol Burnett was the first celebrity to appear on Sesame Street?  Isn't that cute?


Thats interesting! Speaking of other actors, Robin Williams in Aladdin was the first actor to star the trend of celebrities being voice actors.


Yes, Robin Williams was a trend setter that way.  Did you know that a Harlem woman has held free jazz concerts at her apartment every Sunday for 20 years?


There were top performers stopping by sometimes even!


Yes, and even more interesting is that there's a programming language where programs are written in musical composition and function with jazz-like harmonies.


Yes, I like jazz very much.  Jazz originated in the African- american  communities of New Orleans.


That's very nice to know! Great chatting with you!


Yes, it originated there in the late 19th century.


There's all kinds of jazz, there's swing jazz, gypsy jazz, bluesy jazz, ragtime and European military band music.


Jazz was often played at faster tempos and used more chord-based imprvisation.


Uh-huh. True.  New Orleans jazz began in the early 1910s, combining earlier brass band marches, French quadrilles, biguine, ragtime and blues with collective polyphonic improvisation.  In the 1930s, heavily arranged dance-oriented swing big bands were the prominent style.


But by the end of the 1940s, cool jazz developed.


Yes, cool jazz developed with its calmer, smoother sounds and long, linear melodic lines.


Did you know that Pakistan has a jazz orchestra that is currently topping the charts.


Wow, that's awesome.  Jazz trumpeters grew goatees as it provided comfort when playing.


Hi.  Have you heard of "Porgy and Bess"?


Ha. Speaking of hard work and determination... Linkin Park played 324 concerts in 2001.


That is insane! That is a lot of work! And then you have ABBA who turned down a billion dollars to do a 100 concert reunion tour.


Wow, that a lot of $$$  It's kind of the opposite of Pink Floyd recording a live concert in an ancient Roman theatre with no audience and I assume no proceeds.


In 2010, Lou Reed and his wife held a high frequency concert for dogs. I wonder if that was a free event too? Crazy.


I wonder if the dogs were in pain... I guess Creed caused some pain.  One of their concerts was so bad 4 people sued them.


Yikes. Must have been really bad. I am not sure how the weather is where you are but here it is cold.Thank goodness I don't live in Ohio. Did you know it is illegal to warm up your car? I would die if I didn't have my remote start to warm up mine!


Yep, snow on the ground here.  I bet it was cold in 2006 when a group of climbers reached the top of Britain's highest mountain.  They found a piano there!


Maybe Richard Nixon could have played his piano concerto that he performed live on the Tonight Show. I bet that was something to hear.


I didn't know he played.  I wonder if he would have legalized flame throwers for our cars like they are in South Africa?


Doubt it but it sounds like those cars would be similar to the google's self-driving cars which have an agressive mode!


Isn't it the show on Broadway that is set in a black community in South Carolina? It sounds interesting.


Yes, it turns out George Gershwin used an opera singer named Todd Duncan from that production and really liked him.


Wasn't he from Howard? I heard that he was reluctant to join the cast but after he heard more of the new opera's music he changed his mind.


Yes and yes... He was afraid Gershwin was too "pop" and not enough opera.


I can see that. I heard that they wouldn't let african americans see the opera that had an entire black cast. There is something wrong with that!


Yes, but Duncan kept the pressure on until the theater gave in.  Good for him.


I agree! Thank goodness he stood up for what he believed in. I like how he wouldn't back down when they said they would just let them sit in the balcony. He still refused. Finally they caved.


Yeah.  Duncan lived to the ripe old age of 95.  Seems he lived a good life.


And was very admired. His grandson said that he always allowed him into his studio. He just had some rules: knock and be absolutely quiet. Love it.


I know right, its a good thing that has changed, do you listen to the radio?


I do, I like listening to the radio, there is an AM station that picks Jupiter storm waves.


That is really interesting,  I would like to listen to that.


I would like that as well, still haven't found it, I guess its only available at certain times of the year.


Oh that makes sense.  Soldiers used to make radios out of razors and pencils.


They did? that sounds like a nice skill for survival, making a radio that way.


Yeah,  I have no idea how they did that, super creative lol


It is creative, wouldnt have thought of that in a hundred years, nice way to make those radios, there is website with thousands of free drama episodes if you like those.


I dont think I have ever heard a radio drama before,  that is great to know though!


Hello,  i think its pretty cool that the president guest house is bigger than the white house.


You should really look some of them up, they are good specially if you are bored. It has been great chatting with you.


Maybe,  thanks for the recommendation.  Have a good night.


It is cool and also really surprising,  its a good thing we have a president other countries and nations suffer at the hand of a dictator.


Yes that is true.  The first president of zimbabwe was President Banana


Really Banana? that is a funny name, is that really his name or a nickname?


Funny name, his parents really pulled a good one on him, did you know that before the year 1805 the runner up of an election would become vice president.


Can you imagine Trump and Hillary in the same house? that would be a complete mess.


hey did you know that Thomas jefferson created his own version of the bible?


right that is wild, do you like Pixar movies at all? I know they haven't made a movie about the bible yet, but Dreamworks did make that movie about Moses in the 90's


yes, and I remember when Disney bought them, I think Pixar is ok but I like Disney better, I remember when Robin williams was asked to play the genie in aladdin, I think that was the beginning of getting celebrities to do a lot of animated roles


That is indeed true. I mean pixar studio is now well known to have a secret room often visited by celebrities.


yes, I think it's good that celebrities do stuff to just help out and be nice in general, like how Carol Burnett went on Sesame St. I guess she was the first celebrity to do so and started a trend


Do you follow any celebrities in football?


I can't say that I do, I don't watch much TV or follow sports, do you?


I have a passing knowledge. I used to follow green ellis since he has never fumbled a football in his entire nfl career.


Wow that is impressive, I think he used to play for the patriots didn't he? Do you think they will win the superbowl this year again?


I think the superbowl is still ongoing. In fact there is a match this weekend


I wonder how much of the bible was left after he "edited" the bible for supernatural parts


yes the actual superbowl is this weekend, the patriots won last year, people think they might win again, their quarterback is pretty old but he is really good, I don't know but we will see!


I agree. I had a wonderful time chatting about various topics. I hope you have a nice day.


Thank you, have a nice day too, aka a better day than cumberland when they lost 222-0 to georgia tech haha


yes I agree, and I wonder what the point of that was, also crazy that teddy roosevelt and John quinicy adams didn't use a bible during swearing in, I had no idea


Isn't that part of the tradition and essential part of being president? I wonder if that caused quite a stir.


ya, because I know if that happened today it would cause a stir, it must have caused an uproar back in the day, also before 1963 I guess it was very common for students to read the bible in school, that is definitely not the case now


The bible is an interesting topic. Did you know the fruit in the bible only became an apple after it was translated into latin?


wow I didn't know that, i wonder if they just picked a fruit out at random? like what if it were a banana or pineapple instead? that would definitely change the way people picture Adam and Eve haha


Apparently it was because in latin, the word means both apple and evil


ah I see that makes sense, did you hear of the tower of babel from teh bible? I guess the story was probably based on a real tower in Iraq.


I didn't know that. It is amazing how the bible is a collection of sacred texts which both inspire both the Jews and Christians regarding the relationship between god and people. Even more so if like you say you can find real references


Did you also know that there are 70 full episodes of The joy of painting on youtube also, i loved Bob Ross


There is?  That would be awesome.  He is pretty iconic, painting those happy little trees.


Yeah, he has his own channel dedicated to those happy trees!


I might have to check that out, see if I can paint along with him.


Cool, i'm sure he will be happy if you did!


Netflix and youtube together make up half of peak internet traffic.


That's pretty interesting since Youtube and Netflix are internet based companies!


I am always contributing to that, one way or the other!


Yeah me too and did you know that Youtube first started out as a dating website? Of course that makes sense since its name youtube


I love YouTube! I'm actually listening to music on youtube now haha Do you?


It is also the second largest search engine.


It has been great chatting!  I have to get going.


Ok, it was great chatting with you too! Have a great night, take care!


I listen to music, watch videos, just about everything!


Same here, i am on a horror fetish right now on youtube too haha


I cant say Im with you there, I dont care too much to be scared.


Yeah not everyone is i just like that Youtube offers horror movies!


It is really cool!  There is something for everyone, even for people who like Justin Bieber.


Yep, that is even how he got noticed was through youtube!


Although, people didnt care too much for his Baby, its the most disliked video.


Yea, do you blame people but they still wanted to watch his youtube video though haha


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


Yes it was easy to dial on a rotary phone


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


Yes and they lay on the bottom of the ocean floor


Yeah I wonder how they do not get tangled with the animals.


Yes and if two of them get stuck together it is hard to separate them


Yeah. Do you know how much power an iPhone has?


More than the nuclear icbm deterrent in the US. It was nice chatting with you


Some stuff. DO you know what wikileaks is?


The website that reveals government secrets right?


Yes and they published info that showed how the government is trying to destroy them


Cool. Did you know the government owns most of the land in Nevada?


Yeah I know. Did you hear how us is protecting their employees now overseas?


Yes they have a legislation even when they violate the geneva convention


Unfair though. Did you hear of Norwegians trying to save the Amazon?


Yes they donated $1 billion for that cause


I love this time of year. Baseball opening day is just around the corner.  Are you a fan?


Probably the strangest baseball trade in MLB history.


Haha that is very good. Speaking of strange the Ottoman Empire was still in existence the last time the Chicago cubs won the world series.


The Ottoman empire was in existence in 2016?  That does not seem accurate.


I think it was the World Series won before 2016. Because according the the facts the Chicago Cubs were the first baseball team to win back to back world series and haven't won since, with exception to 2016.


I have to respect Cubs fans for sticking with the team for 100 years of losing


Baseball is all about tradition. That is probably why a married couple scheduled all 2430 major league games up until 2005.


Can you imagine the planning and cost that would go into that?


They were great at managing it. I never heard of any mistakes. Speaking of managers. Baseball managers wear uniforms because they are techincally able to play.


Interesting.  Also baseball is just as popular in Japan if not more so.


That is interesting. It is so popular they are surprised to find it is actually America's national pastime.


I have been to a few games, mostly New York Yankee games in the Bronx.


A lot of Japanese players have gone on to have great careers in the MLB.  Ichiro is one of the best hitters of all time.


Well they Yankees are the most successful team of all time.  By far the most World Series wins.


Bobby Richard on the Yankees was the only person to win a World Series MVP despite losing the series.


I can imagine that was bittersweet for him then.  Did you go to old Yankee Stadium or the new one that opened in 2009?


I have been to both stadiums. I suppose I am one of the numbers that support the Yankees having the second highest attendance.


Are you a Mets fan too?  I know they are not as popular as the Yankees but they have a big following too


I am definitely a bigger fan of the Mets. I like underdog stories. I never knew in 1974 they shared Shea Stadium with the Mets.


I think the Jets and Giants played at Shea at some point to.  Lots of work for the groundskeepers


I bet. It was around the same time in 1973 that two Yankee pitchers swapped families permanently. How unusual.


I told a friend of mine, that with the entire nation as a candidate pool, those two were the best we could come up with. Makes me sad. We need more and better!


I am sure there is a lot of politics in just that alone


Yeah. I also do not like how the debates have devolved into name calling and grand standing. Just say what you will do without the name calling. And I am usually all for that!


Just the way politics are just makes the respective representatives just argue on certain topics for the sake of arguing


I would prefer if they put their heads together and help america. Instead they bring us down.


Speaking of unfortunate, did you know pokemon has 750 episodes?


My son loves that show so I have to watch it with him.


I see. There is worse news then. Pokemon has more than 1000 episode. Probably closer to 2K actually


WHAT! Sorry, I have not been a great chatter this time. I hope you have a great day!


Yes, it's an important topic and I'm glad we are having the discussion.


Not really. I am usually right down the middle on most everything. I may be fiscally conservative but I am socially liberal! It's a weird line to balance.


Personally I am pretty in the middle too. There are certain policies I agree with on both sides.


Agreed. Also, sorry, I forgot to ask you about your party affliation. Are you looking forward to 2020?


I usually try to look at the representative rather than just the party affiliation, though if I had to choose, I would say I am more republican


Me too. I will say I am not a trump fan though.


I agree. I was really disappointed with the last election candidates


Netflix and youtube together make up half of peak internet traffic in north america


Makes sense to me.  I use more Netflix bandwidth than I do YouTube


I use them both quite a bit.  Psy's gangnam style got so many views on youtube that they had to upgrade the view count integer to 64 bits.


It is amazing how some videos like that just click with everyone.  How about concerts.  Who have you seen in the last few years.


I haven't been to any concerts in the last few years. Did you know that Queen's guitarist, brian may, has a phd in astrophysics.


I sure did not.  However, I love Bohemian Rhapsody.  That was a game changer in music.  I have a Gibson guitar purchased in 1956.


That's awesome.  My grandpa had a Gibson.  My dad has a Fender.


It's an electric.  Black/white and gold plated


Very nice.  I can understand how Brian May could use British coins for guitar picks.  The coins are not all as stiff as US coins.


I use it a lot.  I listen to music using my speaker system for my TV


Oh wow, I didn't realize.  Thanks for the chat.


That's cool.  I use it a lot also.  Youtube is the second largest search engine on the net.


Have you ever uploaded a video there? I have not.


Yes, my family has uploaded about 8 videos.


Just some fun videos with my kids, etc.  They like to watch YouTube.  Police actually have their own youtube called blutube, where they share law enforcement videos.


My daughter's family does a light show each Christmas.  They have 2 seventy foot tall lighted trees and a bunch of other lights that follow music.  They have some videos there.


That's cool.  We have watched some of those type videos.  Very neat! Justin bieber's "baby" is the most disliked video on youtube


I guess that was a song.  I have never listened to a Bieber song.  I do understand why Netflix and YouTube use so much internet bandwidth.


Wow, I really hate these shootings.  This Capital Gazette shooting was bad!


Ya, but the sun is only one billionth of the size of the biggest star in our galaxy!


Now that's a big star! Neptune just finished its first rotation around the sun. Like 150 years!


That is a long time!  You ever read the book Starship Troopers?  It is on the reading list of three of the five US military branches.


I have not. I saw the movie though and that was a dumpster fire. Did you see it?


Ya, it is a guilty pleasure of mine!  Apparently the world's fastest reader can read 4,700 words per minute!


That's a lot of words! I read at like 50 words a minute. I am not a fast reader...


An interest in association football?  More commonly known as soccer.


A little. I know it is on before college football and the NFL so I will watch it while I wait for the games. Do you like it?


Yea sometimes.  Soccer makes more money than football, basketball and baseball combined.


Wow. That's a lot of money. I know it is the world's game.


Yeah. If I remember correctly, they didn't miss a paper though...


Americans call it soccer because its slang for association football.


I had no idea. That's weird. Especially since it doesn't sound like it.


Jon Stewart was also very good at soccer in college.


I read that and was shocked! He doesn't look like an athlete, let alone an elite athlete...


Five were shot dead in this horrific attack.  So very sad.


Yeah. This senseless violence needs to end. It bas become a plague on the country.


So true.  On a happier note, are you interested in astronomy at all?  For example, the Sun? Did you know it is actually white, not yellow?


I did not know that. I wonder why that is?


The atmosphere scatters the other colors, so we see yellow.


Huh... I had no idea a lightning bolt was hotter than the sun.


That is pretty amazing.  I've heard ts five times hotter!  But the sun still produces enough energy in just one second to meet the needs of our planet for 500,000 years!


Somehow we will find a way to screw it up... It is made up of plasma too. I thoguht it was gas.


Hey there what do you think about our current president? Do you know who the top three wealthiest presidents are as well?


It's a great question. I'm shocked that Trump is ok with that and doesn't try to build a bigger White House haha. What do you think about the rule for vice presidents before the year 1805 by the way


He probably doesnt spend any actual time there unless he has to be. Do u notice how his travel expenses are no longer included in the newscasts?


No I didn't hear about that. But it might make sense. Let me ask you this though, how often do you wear hats? I'm bald so I wear them almost all the time haha


No hats for me lol but I am balding quickly as well. LOL


Haha well do what I did and just shave the head and put on a hat LOL. It's interesting that there are so many purposes for hats, some are religious, and others are worn for certain professions


Yes Its definately a hats world. There are so many hats in the world.


Haha I agree with you. Did you know that British politicians wore a weird top hat, that was until 1998, not that long ago


Yes and dont forget the old feather in the hat which had actually been outlawed. LOL


That is funny and it was outlawed. Do you ever tip your head by the way? Apparently that is done by knights, in the old days, and they would do that with their visors to show friendliness


No lol i dont. Its been good talking to you.


It's been good talking to you. I always tip my hat when I'm in the presence of a lady haha. Just kidding LOL


I'm good, what did you think about my question though? Do you know who the top three wealthiest presidents are


I dont know what to think about the current president these days. Tell me the 3 you are referring to.


Yes the three most wealthy were Jefferson, Washington, and JFK, pretty crazy huh? Trump is not even in the top three


Yes that is crazy. I thought he was the wealthiest by far. I had no idea.


Yes I agree. What do you think about the president of Indonesia though? Do you think he made a lot of money when he released his three albums


No way. At least I would hope not. U never know these days though for sure though.


No I agree with you. But I bet that the guy who is president of Zimbabwe, president banana, is Rich. You have to be rich to have a name like that LOL


No doubt I agree. Now I wonder why the us presidents guest house islarger than the white house.


Did you know the creepy metallic noises are made from a waterphone? I had no clue?


I had no clue either, maybe Bambi had some sounds made with that instrument because if you ask Stephen King that was a horror movie.


I cried like a baby watching that movie. I was so sad when the mom died. I was 37 years old...


I did too! thats not a movie apt for children lol, changing the subject a bit, we sure live in an amazing planet


We do. Although it is in a little danger...


I agree, the resources are getting depleted in fact 80% of our forests are already distroyed.


Maybe we can get an abassador for the forests like we have one for aliens.


That would be a good idea, at this rate we will ran out of trees and that will be terrible,


We're almost out of helium too. I wonder if that is a resource that can be made in a lab?


I think some kind of synthetic helium can be made, it would be a good thing to research as we dont know what can happen if we ran out of helium


Hello im great, do you like horror films?


I do not. I get too scared... Do you like them?


I do like them well you burn 180 calories with each movie so thats a good reason to start watching more horror films


I will have to start incorporating that into my workouts. Crunches and horror films.


Yeah I mean its a great way to lose weight if you think of it, you know the movie The Shining?


Ok so if you ever watch it pay attention to Danny, he is the little boy, he didnt know he was acting in a horror movie until years later.


Do you think that was by design? His parents trying to protect him from the horrors of it?


Yeah I think they were trying to protect him, he was only a child and a movie like that could leave scars on him for life.


I really liked House, it was interesting and Hugh Laurie is great in it


I haven't seen House, but I did see The Birds by Stephen King.


Nice, I have not seen that one. Did you know Jim Carrey does not make dramas anymore?


No, I didn't know that, I've seen Jim Carrey in several comedy movie, he seems to enjoy those types of movies.


Yeah, he does not do drama because they don't project positivity


Oh, did you know that Hugh Laurie one of the highest paid for drama $700,000 per episode in house?


Yeah I am not suprised that show made headlines everywhere


Do you have a famous clothing designer like shoes and shirts?


No , I just prefer colorful clothing like pilgrims. You?


I like Nike's shoes and I always like to purchase Polo shirts whenever I can afford them.


Not that much, but I do have my opinion when the president speaks and what's going on.


Nice that is comfy. Nice chatting with you.


nice. Do you know how the vice president was chosen prior to 1805


No, I am not sure about that, but I think the Vice president chosen by the Senate. Maybe I am wrong.


actually it was the runner up. so either way they ended up with a position


Oh, thinks for the Information. I know most Information is personal, but do you agree with most of the president's decisions?


No not really. Do you like to watch drama?


I don't understand the question, will you please rephrase the question? I assume my answer would be no.


no, not really, but I will like to talk about it and learn. I do watch drama sometimes. I am always open for listening and learning.


Okay, I'm not surprised at all to hear that. Shoe companies have tons of money to blow! I know Alan Iverson signed a Reebok contract paying him $800k a year to 55 and then at 55 a lump sum of $32 million.


Yeah, that sounds like a horrendous deal. Does anyone remember his shoes?


I know I sure don't. I can think of a lot of player endorsements, but not his! I'm not a huge player, but I like to shoot around from time to time and I don't need any special shoes.


Well, apparently shooting granny style is the best technique.


Something tells me there's no chance an NBA player would want to use that method because they would think it would look stupid!


I think it might have been good for Shaq. LOL


Hilarious, remember the Hack-a-shaq thing they used to do towards the end of the games?


Because he couldn't make a free throw after a foul to save his life. So the other team would foul him towards the end of the game. Well, nice chatting with you!


Yes, yes, yes, now I remember. Too funny! Well, it was good chatting with you today!


Yeah, it is pretty hilarious. Have a great day!


I'm good. Are you familiar with basketball? And if so, do you have a favorite team? Mine is the Chicago Bulls.


I'm familiar with it. I don't have a favorite team though.


There are a lot of teams to choose from! There's a total of 30 teams, 29 in the USA and 1 in Canada.


Yeah, I usually follow the home team though and ours always stinks.


The Bulls are so so. The Golden State Warriors is quite a team. Hard to believe they earned about $12 million by losing game 4 of the NBA finals one year.


I can believe that. Did you know Air Jordans were banned when they first were introduced?


They were? I did not know that! So Jordan had a shoe he couldn't even wear to play?


Yeah, but Nike just paid the fine so he could play anyways. Pretty cool of them.


Fun fact: the top 3 wealthiest presidents were JFK, Washington and Jefferson. I'm skeptical, how to you compare a horse to a limo?


It must not have translated well culturally.  I wonder if Thomas the Tank Engine went over well in the UK?


Im not sure but with some of those big names like ringo starr and alec baldwin narrating thomas the tank for at least 52 episodes each is pretty good.


In the UK they could use Mich Jagger and Michael Caine... Do you like piano music?  I miss Freddie Mercury...


I like the piano. I like the idea bbc had in not reporting the news and broadcasting piano music instead. I think we could all use that instead of the news at times.


Particularly today's political and biased news... Wow, the Hindenberg has an aluminum piano that weighed only 356 lbs. I wonder how it sounded?


That is a light piano, probably the kind they used to put in britains highest mountain.


Maybe they moved the piano that Mercury used and McCarthy used to record Hey Jude.


that was a very special piano to have had 2 great hits reccorded on it.


For sure... I wonder what the song that is used to stress test pianos sounds like?  Flight of the Bumble Bee?


I dont know but it must be crazy if it is not remotely playable by humans.


And they accomplished that without releasing 3 pop albums while in office like inodesias president.


I was talking about the song "Flight of the Bumble Bee."  It is usually done on a violin. Thanks for the chat!


Not that we know of... I can see JFK pulling it off.  The question is if any of them had nicknames like "banana".


That wouldnt be a bad name for a pop artist. Must have been interesting to lose an election and become the vice president. Would you trust your vice president not to kill you?


No, if it was Trump and Hillary.  Funny that the White House's guest house is bigger than the White House.


haha that would be hillarious Trump and Hillary. Yea not sure how guest house being bigger than the white house works.


They must have wild parties there.  Or maybe a large Japanese delegation watching all 750 episodes of Pokemon.


Thats a lot of pokemon. Its crazy to believe in the simpsons there is only one episode that bart is neither mentioned or shown.


It's OK with me, my favorite is Homer.  I sort of liked the 70's Show but it bombed in the UK after only 10 episodes.


I think back there were less eyes on the personal lives of the president. Like even George W Bush has solar panels installed when he was living in the White House. A fact that no one seems to bring up


Ecological trends seem to come and go.  Teddy Roosevelt banned Christmas trees from the White House.


that seems ridiculous to me. almost as ridiculous as the White House still using floppy discs to store data


Technology lives longer than anyone expects.  I was surprised that television moved from analog to digital.


some tech stays around for awhile, like faxes, but other tech like TV moves so rapidly. Like just 60 years ago black and white tv was the gold standard


And CRT's were the television display technology.  Now it's LED.


i suppose the huge advances can be somewhat credited to how much advertises rely on tv to reach their customers


Television shows are a way that celebrities in other artistic areas can reach audiences.  Ringo Starr, George Carlin and Alec Baldwin each did over 50 episodes of Thomas the Tank Engine.


that's awesome to me, such unrelated people all ding the same show. Pokemon has over 750 episodes which is a crazy amount of content to have


But success isn't guaranteed.  The UK version of  That 70's Show was cancelled after ten episodes.


Donald Trump commuted Alice Johnson's sentence after discussion with Kim Kardashian West.


I didnt know they had their own version! I'll have to go check that out