That's very well put. The republicans were shocked at Trumps behavior. I guess he blames Mccain for Obamacare. Did you know that the same gavel was used in the senate for 165 years?


Places like that love tradition, it's like the pants thing, woman not being able to wear them until 1993.


Here's my thing.  People say that only dogs and elephants understand pointing.  Okay, that's fine, but what about apes, monkeys and corvids?  They are all relatively smart, as animals go.  Seems to me that there would be some inherent pointing in there somewhere.


I would agree that that point is hard to believe. I know apes and monkeys are able to point as well.


The not being color blind part is interesting as well.  I had always been taught that dogs just see in shades of grey.


I need to start one of the vending businesses to provide stray animals with food and water in exchange for recyclables. Great idea!


It is a cool idea.  Too bad the animals can't pay for it though.  I know that crows understand barter, but I dunno about the rest of them.  It doesn't seem super profitable.


I would do it just to repay dogs for all the companionship they provide to the disabled. They are truly man's best friend in my book.


You do make a really good point.  I haven't seen Deadpool 2 yet. I sure do hope there are dogs in it.


Ryan Reynolds does a great job playing in Dead Pool. The movie is immensely popular


It sounds like it.  We are really looking forward to seeing it.  It sounds like a great comedy film.


It is hard to believe that it is already the 11th installment in the series by 20th Century FOx


Hello. Do you know the dog as the first species to be domesticated?


Yeah, they have done REALLY well with the franchise.  I'm excited for what comes next.


I did.  Had a discussion with a friend of mine about it last week.  They are all a bunch of little wolves.


Their ancestry does go back to the wolf but dogs are more suited for human companionship.


Yeah, they took a notion to getting access to food.  Cats never really changed, they are still just cats.  Mini lions and tigers, really.


My own dog is good for hunting and for protection. I have a Boston.


Then your dog would be welcome at Google.  They are apparently anti-cat there.


I heard that as well. Dogs are the perfect companion and well behaved if trained properly.


I had honestly never heard of "Dog Blood Drives" until today.  I really did not know that was a thing.


I found it surprising that dogs have 12 different blood types. My dog has never donated blood.


That would be nice! A man falsely imprisoned for 10 years spent most of his time at the library to study law and prove his innocence, and then became a lawyer to help free other people who have been falsely convicted.


I know. They should make a movie about this. At least there are more libraries in the country than McDonalds.


This is such a good idea! That the sacramento public library started a "library of things" earlier this year, allowing patrons to check out, among other things, sewing machines and other items that patrons may find useful, but don't need to own long-term.


That is not a bad idea. I could use a sewing machine for a few days actually.


And I have 2 of them. Would be nice to share. In 1895, uk prime minister william gladstone founded a public library. aged 85, he wheelbarrowed his personal collection of 32,000 books the ¾ mile between his home and the library. his desire, his daughter said, was to "bring together books who had no readers with readers who had no books"


I don't think this is true, but I read that the trunk of your car is called that due to the fact that old cars used to have wooden trunks on the back.


isn't that fun! The car brand cadillac was named after french explorer antoine de la mothe cadillac who founded detroit. All my male relatives worked in detroit.


I know that. I've been to detroit, they have a casino called Greektown there. Ever been?


I've been to Detroit, but never to a casino. Jann mardenborough became a professional race car driver by beating 90,000 people in the video game gran turismo.


Than cannot be true, but maybe it is. It surprised me that the sun is actually white, and not yellow. But I guess that makes sense since most stars look white at night.


Hi, how are you? Interesting article about saving tapes. I still have some.


I know that is wild! A lightening bolt is hotter than the surface of the sun, about 5x hotter.


I believe that, but I bet it is not as hot as the core of a sun where the fusion is going on. I'm surprised how small the sun actually is. It is only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star in our galaxy.


I have the same article. I don't have any cassettes, but I do have VHS!


Paula Fischetti of Silver Spring, Md., thought there has to be a better option than dispatching a box full of plastic to the landfill. She suggested "freecycling," which is offering the tapes to anyone who would take them.


I saw that. It reminds me of E-waste. I actually live in this area and have heard of the program. A lot of the material goes to the auto industry apparently.


I would love to have something like that here.Goodwill of Greater Washington. Of mix tapes, Brendan said, "While we will accept them if donated, they're probably not going to be sold as they are difficult to move.


That would be great. I didn't know the Library of the Congress is obsoleting all of their books for the blind, which are cassette tapes.


Oh no! But i guess they can get them online. avid said cassettes and their cases are typically made of polypropylene or polystyrene.


If you publish a book in Norway, the government will buy 1,000 copies and distribute them to libraries throughout the country apparently.


That would be fun! Did you know a single google search requires more computing power than it took to send 12 astronauts to the moon?


Does it really? That's insane. Not as insane as those "robo farmers" in Britain though. Farming by AI is a weird concept.


It really is! I'm sure farmers are liking it though because it's less intensive! Have you heard of the non-profit for the advancement of AI?


I have not. I don't know much about it, not enough to write a paper like Kristen Stewart did.


Did she have one published or something?


Yes, she did. Its weird that a chatter bot program fooled judges into thinking it was human.


Some AI bots are very hard to know that they are a computer so I believe it haha. Some can even beat human records in the puzzle game 2048.


I believe that, especially since I'm not very good at it, lol. A human team did beat a bot at Texas Hold'em though.


I think it's all luck! I can't believe how far AI has come though and curious to see the future!


I think it's awesome that an actress from the 30's played such a vital part in
 developing the cell phone She doesn't get very much credit though.


Hello. I'm trying to figure out if I ever had a g-mail account, before Google took it over.


I'm going to look into who that was, that is nuts! Anyways, I had a great chat with you, have an awesome day!


Are you talking about the email service from the Garfield website haha?


Yes, that was cute. Cuter than google using pictures of cheese for a close zoom of the moon.


I almost want to look to see if that is true haha. I can't believe it was founded in 1998, I thought it was the early 2000's!


I vaguely remember it being around in the late 90's. Every now and then, I like to do the "askew" trick on my young nieces, they don't know what to think, and it's funny watching them try to figure it out.


That would mess up anybody I feel. Thanks for that information, I'm going to go mess with some people. I would like to see the goats at Google!


I want to be a noogler for a Friday, and wear the beanie cap.


Netflix is an American media service found in 1997 by Reed hastings and Marc randolph.


Main Stories are copied and sells as a product from the leading company. Making the people to engaged in social media.


Yes, going back to the licensing point. Did you happen to watch That 70's Show? I think it's still streaming on Netflix.


Its very interesting. People are need entertainment to get out from their stress and to become happier.


Everyone needs to be entertained, that's right. Anyway, as I was saying.... They remade That's 70's Show for a UK audience and apparently it was cancelled after 10 episodes.


Television is a mass medium for advertising, news and entertainment. It become our basic needs. Now days, Reading habit is also reduced.


The medium is the message! Reading definitely has fallen out of fashion these days. Most would just prefer to stream television.


Entertainment is also a part of life. But now days, all are in social media they didn't share with their family members.


That's probably true. Thankfully I deleted all my social media accounts ages ago. I do spend way too much time on youtube and Netflix, though. I wonder what the next big streaming idea will be.


Amazing ! Pokemon series run for 750 episodes. For more than years.


That's quite interesting. Do you have a Netflix subscription?


Two decades Shocking. What your favourite program ?


I'm a big fan of American Horror Story. Most seasons I think are on Netflix now. How about yourself?


Comedy movie is my favourite and also Animated movie also.


Yes, How many hours you daily spend in social media for entertainment.


Far too many! I probably spend about 7 or 8 hours daily watching entertainment since I work from home.


Its ok. Netflix and youtube together make up half internet traffic in North america.


I find that really interesting! And to think blockbuster declined to buy it for only 50 million.


Yes, Many of people want entertainment and so many social apps are introduced make the cost low.


Yes. Although I have noticed they are raising the prices on subscription services like Netflix as the demand increases. It's probably because they're now producing content instead of just licensing it. Did you know it's available worldwide except in China, Syria, North Korea and Crimea?


Yes, It is available is some countries only now.  Now days Entertainment like Storytelling, music, drama, dance are reduced now days. The entertainment industry record this and sells as entertainment products.


Yes, we've come a long way since gladiators and Shakespeare.


Politics in this country are getting a little out of hand.


Reading that sounds like the start to a bad president joke. I'm guessing that is why they don't really advertise that fact much.


More than likely. I thought we were the only people to have Fox News, but it is broadcasted in 86 countries total!


I can't imagine people in other countries take it seriously although it would explain the anti american attitude that some countries have if that is what they see of us.


they probably watch it for a comedy show lol. Did you know the US Senate uised the same gavel for 165 years until Richard Nixon broke it? Probably why he started the network haha.


lol who knows. I wonder who started the candy drawer tradition. Seems like a good one to have to get through the drivel some people put forward in bills.


That is probably the best seat in the house! Especially during those long discussion and filibusters they like to do!


At least it is stocked with the good stuff from pennsylvania instead of some weird state specific candy.


or butterscoth candy lol. I would like to stay at the guest house at the white house as well, which is bigger than the white house itself!


That makes sense in a way because there are always so many guests and they probably each have their own security teams plus the regular staff.


I bet it turns into a hotel essentially when that happens!


They really are! The House and Senate needs to get their stuff together too!


For sure! Well it has been nice chatting with you. Have a good day.


Totally! It has become nothing more than a popularity contest and the country suffers as a result.


Well said, I think the country would be more united if the president released 3 pop albums like the Indonesian president did lol.


I think united in shock and a little embarrassment would be accurate. Can you imagine the reporting on that story?


Fox News would have a fun time doing that lol. I didn't know they were watched more than CNN and MSNBC combined.


Oh my Fox News would have a field day with that. I would have expected CNN to top that by itself. I wonder what caused the switch to Fox.


I wonder it was because of good shows on Fox meant people would switch to that? They tried to sue the Simpsons for parodying them, which would keep me away because I love the Simpsons haha.


Seems a little childish to threaten to sue them. The simpsons literally makes fun of everyone.


Exactly, I'm sure Fox News is all about going against freedom of speech but that is just me. I didn't know President Nixon helped start Fox News.


I know. Can you believe that? It sounds like a sick social experiment.


I've unfriended 10 people for free, I never knew I could get a whopper lol


Haha, yeah. Did you know there's a part of Germany where the "like" button is illegal?


Yea, in Scleswig-Holstein, I have relatives there I should try and find them on Facebook


Haha, well, they won't be able to "like" anything you post! Or I wonder if you can't "like" what they post? I wonder if it's just completely illegal and absent from the platform altogether.


I don't know but I don't want to get them arrested lol. Speaking of crazy laws, it is legal to equip a flame thrower onto you car in South Africa


They must have a super serious problem in South Africa for that to be a law!


Yea, good thing car trunks aren't made of wood anymore lol


No, that definitely wouldn't work well with the flamethrowers! Anyway, it's been nice talking to you today!


You too, I'm gonna read up on Jann Mardenborough and figure out how he bacame a professional drive from playing Gran Turismo


Yea, I started using facebook shortly after it was started in 2004, you?


Enjoy! I heard they beat out 90,000 people in that game!


I did, too. Back before kids as young as 13 could have one, and you needed a school email address. Can you believe it was only worth $75 million back then?


$75 million is still pretty impressive considering Facebook was only a year old at the time


That's true, but hardly anything compared to the $104 billion it grew to be worth in just 7 years.


Yea, myspace has to be kicking itself for not buying it in 2005


Yeah, especially since they inevitably couldn't compete with FB's popularity, I guess. Facebook has kind of taken over.


Yea, in Iceland they are using facebook to help rewrite the constitution, that would never happen on myspace


Haha, I'm not sure if it should be happening on Facebook, either! But I guess it gives the public more accessibility, and it is a very small country.


Yea but it's hard to take it seriously when such things as a promotion to unfriend 10 friends for a free whopper occurs


hey my friend do you like football at all?


haha thats true, I watched the superbowl on tv and it's crazy ESPN won an Emmy for creating that yellow first down line on tv


It is, the yellow line is really helpful when watching. By the way, I wonder if players for Army or Air Force have to go through the same military protocol as everyone else


oh interesting I didn't know that, also didn't know that bowlers were paid a ton of money back in the 60's, more than football players


Same, I had no idea about that. I also didn't know Alex Smith was such a smart guy.


nope lots of players are super talented, like I guess Baker Mayfield also quit football to play videogames full time


Yeah, they are really dedicated too. Apparently a high school team played as one of their school buildings was on fire.


wow that is crazy, were you aware the football huddle was created by a deaf man?


I did not know, but it sure is a useful concept.


ya, he would do it to block the other team from seeing his hand signs


Interesting, I also learned that there's only one left handed quarterback in the nfl right now. I'm surprised, and it probably gives them some advantage, don't you think?


Yes, I'm a pretty big football fan. What about you?


I was thinking that ya, I think his name is Kellan Moore


ya I liked the Patriots winning the superbowl personally, and they have a player who has apparently never fumbled a football in his whole career


Oh yes, I watched the Super Bowl too. I'm a Green Bay Packers fan though. Do you watch any college football?


can't say that I have, but I know the highest college football score of all time was 222-0 haha


Oh wow, that's a ridiculous score. I don't watch any college sports actually. Never heard of this Doc Bonner QB previously.


yup the gaem was between georgia tech and cumberland, definitely sucked to be a cumberland fan that day haha


Yeah, I bet football was way different in 1916. I don't think a score like that would be possible today.


no I don't think so, I know I'd leave the stadium, I'd also leave if I came in and my locker room was pink like aat iowa university haha


Haha yeah, that's clever. Apparently eagles fans are rowdy, didn't know that. It did take them decades to win a super bowl though


Hey there do you ever play golf? I personally think it's really boring


Haha yes I know that my friends use cards LOL so not necessarily go to walk for me. how often to use the Internet by the way? I know I use it right now and I'm using it almost everyday


Alot more than I should. I'm on it all the time. If not at home, or my phone. I watch no reg TV anymore. I watch all my shows on the internet now. I do like that.


Yes I agree with you. I don't even have cable personally. I do like knowing that I can get 3-g service on the peak of Mount Everest though. I definitely would post on Facebook LOL


That's interesting! Oh, I guess the constant clicking is what makes the addiction.  Crazy.


I probably have that haha. I know I like to click links and go exploring around the internet. But I don't ever read terms of service though. Apparently only 7% of people do


I believe the 7%. They make those terms so detailed and long, no one wants to read all that!  Who knows what they put in there!


I agree with you! And I've never read it so I wouldn't even know haha. I do like pressing the hamburger button though, have you heard about the hamburger button that you see online? The three horizontal lines?


I use that all the time, I didn't that was the name! Why hamburger?


I guess it looks like a hamburger? top and bottom line would be a bun, and I guess the middle line would be the Patty LOL? I don't know but it makes me hungry


I know, Lets hope the internet doesn't burn down so we don't have to go to the Library of Alexandria! lol


Yes, I  live on a golf course, lol.  I enjoy it,have friends that got me started. but I use to think it was boring,especially to watch on TV, the voices would put me to sleep!


LOL I hope you're right! I would not be able to get about my day without a working internet haha., especially I be missing out on things like email and file sharing


I agree with you! Do you know how much water your golf course uses by the way? Apparently the average golf course uses about 300,000 gallons per day


I know that is alot! Its usually recycled, doesn't smell that great.


Oh I didn't know that. But again I haven't really played, so I guess I wouldn't know that LOL. It's crazy that the golf course in Dubai, Saudi Arabia, uses for million gallons a day, but that is a desert so it makes sense


I know, that place doesn't care about how much anything is.lol Did not know Babe Ruth played.


No I didn't know that either. You was actually a very famous golfer, although I only know him from playing baseball. Do you like Samuel Jackson by the way?


Yes, I do! I think golf can be very relaxing for men and women. Its fun with all your friends. You might like it someday!


Haha yes, my friends always try to get me into it, but I just can't bring myself to play. But I will probably play one day haha. But yes Samuel Jackson loves Golf and actually puts it in his contract that he can play twice a week


I saw that, compared to the size of the United States, Rhode Island and Delaware aren't very big. Its good exercise if you walk, lol most people use the cart.


Yeah. the computer in charge of the space shuttle has a ram of only 1mb


Right  and now everything from a microwave oven to a remote control has a computer in it!


exactly. someone even built a 16-bit computer using only minecraft building blocks


And the first computer algorithm was written by a woman named Ada Lovelace.   She had a programming language named after her


It is said we do not know more about these people who built the foundations of important things


Absolutely. I love the fact that the first google computer at Stanford had enclosures made of Legos!


We have come so far from those days. Do you have much interest in the galaxy?


I do find stars interesting.  It is fascinating to consider stuff from outer space


Venus is the only planet that does not tilt to it is stuck with only one season all the time


Wow that is interesting.  I knew the Soviet Union sent a spacecraft to Venus in 1975


I do.  I love technology.  I would love to work for google.


So much cool stuff. It was nice chatting with you.


That would me amazing. YOu can maybe even play with the goats they hire to graze the grass


I am not so sure about being referred to as a noogler and wearing a beanie cap!


Hahaha. Apparently a single google search uses more computing power than sending Armstrong and 11 others to the moon


That is absolutely crazy.  I guess that is why google's data center uses about .01% of all total worldwide electricity


It would explain a lot. It once went down for about 5 minutes. Imagine if that was longer?


I love the fact that g-mail used to be a free email server on Garfield's website


Oh that is funny. Interesting thing about the borders and google maps too, adjusting them to what each country says


I did not know that.  Computers are amazing things and it is crazy to think about how much they have evolved since the 60s.


I love Bob Marley, I guess i like a lot of these people lol. How about you? Don't worry be happy!


I think his an inspiration to us all, well  his been on the album chart for 914 weeks and it currently sits at position 69


wow, sad he died so early. How about NWA, are you a fan of that rap group?


I am a fan of the group and yeah that was really sad, it was a tragic death.


For sure. NWA's album went platinum without major air time and tours.


It did? I guess that was a great album, do you know the band Aerosmith?


Aerosmith was great, I loved their guitar hero game!


That is a great game, love it, well the band made more money from that game than any of their albums.


wow that is insane. I wonder how much they made because I think all their albums were a complete success!


They were really successful, maybe they got bad deals out of them, they are a really successful band so something doesn't add up


Not really, I like the clean versions of the albums Walmart sells, what about you?


I agree, something is fishy, but then again one game costed as much as probably 5-6 albums. It was so nice chatting with you, enjoy your night!


i was big into linkin parts hybrid theory back in 2001, I even saw them in concert


That is a great band I really like them too bat the leading singer committed suicide. Do you like Led Zeppelin?


Right that was sad. They did like 324 shows in 2001 alone. I love Led Zeppelin, do you?


I love them as well, cool fact about the band, they decided not to name their fourth album in order to confuse the press.


lol that is awesome. They were famous enough so it didn't matter. I like it! Are you a Pink Floyd fan?


I am a fan, he is one of the greatest icons of music do you like him?


I agree, his album has been one of the best selling albums like 40 years straight


40 years straight no kidding, that is a long time, do you like Bob Marley?


Hi do you know who the 3 wealthiest presidents in American history are?


lol I hope not.  Teddy Roosevelt was a staunch conservationist and banned Christmas trees from the white house.  That was a good idea on his part.


W Bush ended up reinstalling Solar Panels on the whites house, surprised Al Gore didn't make Clinton do it


Yes!  You have a good point there!  It took the secret service 4 days to realize that bullets had struck the white house on Nov. 11, 2011.  Kind of scary to know they didn't catch that right when it happend.


Yea hopefully those Secret Service agents were fired after the bullets were found


Good thing!  Do you listen to Pandora Radio?


Yea, I never knew Pandora was only in the US though


I didn't know that either.  Taylor Swift removed her music from Spotify, but kept it on Pandora.  Wonder why?


No clue, she can't be making much from royalties consider Aloe blacc only got 12k for 168 million streams


Holy smokes!  Pandora now streams stand up comedy in addition to music.  It's been fun chatting!


You too, I'm gonna try and avoid Taylor Swift songs on Pandora


JFK, Washington, and Jefferson, all great presidents too


Nice!  The first president of Zimababwe was called President Banana! lol


I wonder if he visited the US president's guest house which is larger than the white house


He might have!  Up until 1805 the runner up in the US presidential elections automatically became the vice president.  Interesting.


It'd be funny if the runner up became vice president today, would make a hell of a reality show


No doubt!  The president of Indonesia released 3 pop albums while in office.  He could come visit the reality show.  lol


Trump would just try and outdo the Indonesian president and release 4 pop albums


haha The white house has twin buildings in Ireland and France.  Interesting!


I wonder if the twin white houses still uses floppy disks like the US White House does


hey did you know that Jupiter has storms you can pick up on your AM radio?


ya I like them as well, do you like the rapper Drake? He apparently graduated high school when he was 25


I really am not a fan but it's because I haven't really listened to a lot of his music yet.


ya I have heard some of his stuff, he spent a large amount of money on the first editions of winnie the pooh and charlottes web for some reason"


That is a trip! I guess he has some emotional attachment to the stories from childhood, I don't know? I heard that Tupac's music is in the library of congress of "cultural significance.


yes I did hear that too, what are his best songs do you think? I haven't listened to him much


I cant think of any titles but I do remember how they term rap was used and within recent years the term hip hop has taken over and is now interchangeable.


ya that is interesting I forgot about that, what was the original difference between rap and hip hop? Like what separated them initially?


I guess the time that changes music and opinions. The way people evolve over time, maybe.


do you listen to Busta Rhymes? he apparently did a voice in a Rugrats movie, talented guy!


I guess I have listened to him because I have watched Rugrats a thousand times with my kids. I think Rugrats came out in 1998.


Oh, wow that is super cool!  I like am channels when storms or bad weather is near me.


haha I used to watch that show as a kid! so yes I'll have to rewatch the movie and pick out his voice thats so crazy


haha ya I'm going to try to listen to it next time im driving to work! do you listen to radio at all


Yes, I love radio listening when I am at home or driving. It is fascinating how radios actually work. How they operate.


I agree, what I can't figure out is how a foxhole radio works have you heard of those?


Yes, those were incredible. I know that they used razorblades and a pencil as a diode. That is why they called them foxhole radios.


right, but like how does that work? how do you make a radio out of that? haha


They were smarter than I am, that's for sure! Radios use energy waves transmitted through space. When radio waves strike an electrical conductor, it cause an alternate current.


ah interesting thats good to know! would you ever listen to a classical radio drama? There is a free site online where you can do that


Oh, yeah. I am gonna give it a try. I really enjoy music and listen to a real wide range and mix of music. I like Eminem and Tupac for instance.


Hello, Lets talk about the internet. The name for the 3 horizontal line menu is a hamburger button.


Lets talk about computers next. the general computer on the space shuttle only has 1mb of ram.


More than we are using in today mobile phone. Computer is a device that can be instructed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations through computer programming.


there was a computer that ran on water which was made by the Russians in 1936


Early computer are used for mainly calculating purpose and developed of the technology we can use it many fields. Medical field plays a major purpose in the use of computer and help to the human also.


Be careful not to smoke around an apple computer because it will void the warranty


It is very interesting. Computer is used as a wide variety of  consumer and industrial purpose. In consumer point of view, it made easy accessible.


apple considered the computer a biohazard if you smoke around it, that is why the warranty is voided.


It is very difficult to use it. We cannot insert memory sticks in it.


there are people called transhumanists that want to upload their minds to computers


It have many hardware parts for the storage. Due improvement all are available in portably.


In modern internet is the beginning of the transition and development of commercial network result in digital money transfer due to internet.


Someone used basic minecraft blocks to make a 16-bit computer. It was nice talking to you


If you ever go to the peak of mt. Everest there is 3g cell phone service waiting for you.


The people use internet to buy product and sometime food also. It is the best friend to human and develop to it.


The Alexandria library keeps a saved copy of the internet just in case it burns down.


Amazing. In mobile itself we are using internet. It plays a important role in the world of tele communication. We can get current news immediately. We can surf through the internet for any other information.


I did not think many people read the full terms when buying online, but only 7% do


I do, people can suffer from addiction from clicking links on the internet.


Yes it also happening. We can use it in a discipline way it help to ours. Unwanted usage may harm to ourself and sometime nation also.


Hello, how are you. Did you know the sun is the center of the Solar System.  It is nearly a perfect sphere of hot plasma.


Really, that is very interesting.  President Banana was what they called the first President of Zimbabwe.


I am sure it's a funny story.  I wonder if President Trump can sing.  I saw that when the President of Indonesia was in power, he released 3 pop albums.


It's very strange that that would happen while someone was in power. Seems like something they would do before or after. I really doubt Trump can sing. The only president I can recall seeing sing ever was Obama.


Oh yeah, I remember that.  Something that I think would be useful today is that the runner up in the Presidential election automatically became the Vice President until 1805.


I was not aware of that either. That seems a little strange. They run against each other and talk about how the other is incapable and then have to work directly with that person who is then the second in line for the presidency? What a strange system.


Yes, but could be useful as well.  I am a big fan of charity and donations.  Socks are among the least often donated but are among the most needed items in homeless shelters.


Yeah I don't think I've ever seen a request for socks or know of anyone that donated them. I know that when chili peppers were introduced to Japan they were commonly put into socks to keep toes warm.


Really, I didn't know that.  The oldest pair of socks still around were designed for use with sandals.  That is pretty cool.


It is. That is not a style that is accepted now ha ha.


I was aware of most of that. I knew it appears spherical from where we are but was not sure how uniform it actually was. I do not that it is actually white and is only perceived as being yellow which is interesting.


Well thanks for the chat.  Have a Happy New Year.


Really, it's actually white?  That is cool.  One second of the Sun's power is enough to power the whole planet for 500,000 years.  That is amazing.


That is impressive. Solar power is such a good idea even if we just use it as reserves. I didn't think anything could be hotter than the sun but shockingly a lightning bolt is. It's roughly 5 times hotter!


I thought the sun was the hottest of all.  As big as we think the sun is, it's only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star that has currently been discovered in our galaxy.


That is hard to wrap my head around. I can't fathom the size of that. There are many space facts that blow my mind. Like space is ever expanding but I don't understand into what. What is in the space beyond currently? Nothing?


I don't either.  That is beyond my brain power.  I guess Neptune rotates slow.  In 2011, in completed it's first full order around the sun since it's discovery in 1846.


I knew it was the farthest from the sun so it would take a while but I had no idea it took that long. That means a day is 173 years?! That's crazy!


Switching topics, did you know that JFK, Washington, and Jefferson were the 3 richest Presidents in history.


I was not aware of that. I knew the Kennedy's were wealthy. I do know that the president's guest house is larger than the white house which is interesting.


Hello hows it going?  did you know there was a man in france who impersonated a government official and sold the eiffel tower,  twice?


Nope I've never snowboarded actually. I know my sister likes it a lot though. I guess I'll have to check it out. Are you a dog or a cat person though?


I love dogs actually.  How about yourself?


Yep I definitely like dogs a lot more than cats. I think cats are really stupid. I guess they were first domesticated about 9000 years ago to which is weird


That is weird.  I just learned that when a cat turns 15 years old it has spent 10 years of its life sleeping lol


Isn't that wild. Another reason why I don't like cats haha. Apparently they have cat cafes in Japan where you can get a drink and play with cats. They should have dog cafes, that is more up my alley


Same here.  Yeah,  in other places of the world they have like bird cafes,  meerkat cafes ,  raccoon cafes etc.


Haha these are all good ideas. You should patent those and make one haha, have you ever seen the movie The Godfather Part 1?


Oh they have a raccoon Cafe LOL I thought you were saying that they should have that LOL. Well anyway in The Godfather Part 1 there's a scene with a cat, and that cat was actually a stray, they just used it in the movie randomly


That's pretty awesome! That would take nerves of Steel! What do you think about WikiLeaks?


Thats good.. I hope the cat got paid! lol Its been good chatting.


You don't know what Wikileaks is? Well it's an organization or that you can leaked government documents and they will post it. Anyway the government was trying to shut them down and someone leaked that plan to WikiLeaks LOL


Ohh wow,  no I never heard of that.  That is pretty funny though lol


Have you ever been to Nevada? Apparently the US government owns almost 90% of it


Yes,  I have!  I go there often.  Oh yeah,  thats probably due to maybe military bases and stuff.  That makes sense though,  a lot of it is desert.


Yep I agree with you. I think it is mostly desert and that's why. Did you know that Norway gave the Amazon rainforest 1 billion dollars. They wanted to help save it


That is extremely generous of them!  Have you ever been to Norway?  I hear they have amazing snowboarding there.


I had a friend who went to Norway. She said it was awesome. Do you snowboard a lot?


How's it going? Do you stream music online? Spotify has been pretty popular since they launched in October of 2008


130,000 plays for minimum wage? Sounds like a ripoff for the artists, I wonder who get's the bulk of the money


I suppose the artists must make money on their songs from other places also.  Can you imagine getting enough plays from a silent album to earn $20000 from Spotify.  I don't know one person who would listen to a silent album.


Well technically I don't think anyone can listen to a silent album, I wonder if that 20,000 was made because no one had any idea it was playing


Lol.  Good Point.  Did you know that rap music is so ole that the word has existed in the British English language since the 16th century?


No, I had no idea. I guess that may explain why a judge in Michigan rapped a ruling in an Eminem court case


Really?  The Koreans have a form that is a "compliment battle"  I would like to see Trump and Pelosi engage in that.


If they had a korean compliment battle I think it would end in a stalemate


It would still sound better than Nicki Minaj's album "Queen"


I can't argue against that point.  Thanks for the conversation.


Actually, I just go to YouTube for music.  I have an old library of CD albums which is a collection of audio recordings.


I've gotten rid of most my cd's unfortunately, I do miss the old audio tape albums though


It is amazing to me that vinyl LPs are still issued today.  Audiophiles claim the sound is the best.


Yea I remember one of my old high school teachers telling me that vinyl LPs have the best sound quality, I do think they sound better than mp3s though


Yes.  That can be proven by examining the sound frequencies reproduced by each system.  Do you use the freemium Spotify service or do you pay for the premium subscription?


I have a free account but I haven't used it in years, I don't think it's worth it to pay a monthly subscription for improved audio or downloads


That makes sense.  I read that they have over 4 million songs that have not been played once.


Lol, that's 20% of their songs, I guess you can say mathematically those songs suck


Yes.  But there must be a gem in there somewhere!  Not many musicians must make minimum wage since it takes over 130000 plays per day to do it.


hey there, do you every do any shopping on amazon?


I had one in the early days, can hardly even remember it though, to be honest. did hear that Myspace could have bought facebook in the early days for 75 million dollars and turned it down. Bad business decision.


That is indeed bad business. Others like iceland are using facebook to reach to people to rewrite the constitution


I think thats just crazy. I mean its a good idea but it may be giving one company too much power of persuasion over people. I know they are making the posts, but you cant tell me if facebook wanted to they couldnt put the right ads in there to persuade people the way they want them to go with it. Not that Facebook would do something like that. Just a thought.


that is true, not sure how they are going about it. do you like to read?


I dont have anything against reading. I just dont read much. Unless you count bedtime for my son. I try to read a book with him every night before bed.


that is really nice. there is a woman who holds the record for speed reading.


Thats cool. I think her record is like 4700 words per minute. I wonder how they test it to be sure she actually read all she said she did for the record.


Maybe they ask her after, what she has read? Nonetheless that is really fast.


I would say she takes a comprehension test on what she read to make sure she read that much. Yeah that is fast though.


Hello, I use Amazon all the time. Its a lot cheaper to shop on there. That is if you dont mind waiting a few days for your item.


For sure. It was nice chatting with you.


That is true. But if it need be they will deliver on sundays as well.


Yeah thats helpful. I do most of my Christmas shopping on Amazon. Everything is so much cheaper. I got my kids these 7 foot bean bags with memory foam in them for less than 200 bucks. Great deal.


Oh yeah. Its funny how they started out as an online book store and became the worlds largest internet retailer, based on revenue and market capitalization.


Yeah and they are so busy now all the time that their warehouse workers walk 7 to 15 km a day


Thats not really surprising, I worked at a car parts factory delivering parts to the line and I pulled pallets at least 15 miles every day. I heard that Amazons first customer only spent around 30 bucks and they named a building after him. That would be cool.


yeah not too bad. the ceo of amazon built a clock in a mountain that runs for 10000 years.


Yeah that would be a facebook post if I ever saw one. Lol. Talk about making money. Facebook is right up there with Amazon in that regard.


I agree. Too bad Iverson's deal with Reebok didn't fare so well. They pay him $800,000 a year until he's 55. I don't think his shoes sell that much.


I heard he gets 32 Million at 55 though.  Thats pretty awesome.


Yeah it is. Did you like Reggie Miller? He was an impressive player on the Pacers.


He really was, he had a hard time getting out of his sisters shadow in high school, she was a force of her own.


Yeah, didn't she score like 105 points and broke 8 national records?


Yeah, all those points in one game too. There are teams that dont score that.


I know! She never played in the WNBA did she?


I though she did, but I could be wrong.  I dont remember when the WNBA came about.


It seems like she'd been a star if she did. I know she coaches college now and was on ESPN, I think.


A bit, I think I like college ball better.  You?


Yeah, well I have to get going. It was nice chatting with you!


I watch it from time to time. I do like Lebron James though.


He certainly is a talented player.  No wonder he is one of the highest paid celebrities.


He's even ahead of Judge Judy! I've heard that his high school games would attract almost 1800 attendees. Tickets were going for $100-$120 each!


That is crazy!  No wonder he rejected the deal for 10 million from Reebok at age 18


That was a good move. He's helped revive Nike. I heard that he's signed a deal for a "Space Jam" sequel!


I hope it lives up to the hype, the first was amazing.


I still watch the first one, and I'm 35. haha. I was a big Jordan fan as a kid, as most kids were. I heard that his first shoes were banned by the NBA.


Im 35 as well!  I loved Jordan.  Him and the Bulls were my team as a kid!  Nike paid those fines though.  Id say it did them well.


Hi there! How are you today, and what are you up to?


Funny that you say that. The use of red and blue colors for Republicans and Democrats only started in 2000.


Yea but unfortunately there hasn't been a president who wasn't red or blue since 1853


That does not surprise me.So much rivalry between the parties that in 1957 on a trip to Disneyland Truman refused to be photographed on the Dumbo ride as to not be associated with Republicans.


I think Truman was just jealous of Republican presidents being only ones to have a beard


Oh, that's funny. You might just be right!


Yea, I like politicians who buck the party line, like Ralph Lawrence Carr, the only governor to oppose Japanese internment during wwII


Wow. He took quite a stance.Did you know the Beatles song Come Together was actually written for Timothy Leary's 1969 California Governor Campaign?


Yea, John Lennon composed it for him, funny thing is Tim Leary ended up losing


Well, I guess it goes to show celebrity involvement does not guarantee success. Nice chatting today.


Unless you're Arnold Schwarzenegger, then you can commute to work by private jet


Not much, trying to find out how to pick up Jupiter's radio storms using a AM radio


Yeah, I heard he used a private plane to commute three hours a day when he was elected Governor.


I have heard that Jupiter has radio storms that are really strong, but wow!


Yea, I wonder if those radio storms can be picked up using a foxhole radio


I'm not sure, since those a re radios made with a razorblade and pencil by soldiers in WWII.


Maybe not, nowadays you don't even need a radio, you can listen to classical radio dramas online for free


That is a good benefit. I've heard that Canadian radios have special laws.


Yea, they have to play 40% of music made by canadian artists, I think I'll just play pandora if I'm ever in Canada


Yes, Sounds like a plan. Do you follow politics at all?


A bit although I'm not a fan of red or blue parties


Hello! Have you been to a library recently?


Sure. I have been to just a few, namely Foo Fighters, Snow Patrol, and Mumford and Sons. You?


I like concerts as well, been to more pop groups.  I also like going to summer concert series, kind of like a town hall meet up with a band in the summer


Sure, and better outside sometimes too. I forgot that I went to a festival near where I live for an outdoor flyleaf concert too.


I live in Washington DC, I hear about it all the time.  I follow it, but don't do rallies or anything.


Ah, I see that Elmo is the only non-human to testify before Congress... and probably did well


Hah.  I vote for midterms and national elections, but not much further involvement.


I have not, but I do walk by one everyday.  What about you?


With my daughter once in a while, though she goes to her school library more now. I understand Norway will buy 1000 copies of a published book and distribute to libraries.


That is awesome.  A new state of the art library was just built in my neighborhood.


It has a bunch of new technology in it, drones, coding equipment, etc.


Really? That's cool. I see sacramento CA also offers industrial items like sewing machines and other things like that, besides books.


cool.  They also have concerts there as well.


Very cool. Cultural experience at a library.


That's cool. Wait a second, I just realized that the star trek door sound is just a piece of paper being removed from an envelope. I have to listen more carefully next time.


see... again ingenuity.... LOVE IT!!!  How about the flipphone and now the apple watch... they were definitely ahead of their time!


It's amazing that the flip phone was inspired by Star Trek


yeah it is!  I loved the Next Generation.  You ever seen it?


Loved the movies too.. i actually have the box set


How cool. I think there are some movies I still need to catch up on. I hope they create a new series one day. Star Trek was actually cancelled in 1969 because of poor ratings but when the reruns became popular, Paramount decided to expand the franchise.


There are a bunch of spinoffs... i think there are like 5 different series after the original.  The recent movies are really good too!


I'm glad they decided to go on beyond those first three seasons after which it was cancelled.


yeah mee too... many celebrities have come from the shows... look how it launched patric stewarts career!


just a little bit of the article i just read.  How does he start out with an explanation to god with broccoli?


I wish I was a celebrity. Then I could visit Pixar's secret room!


It's a little bit odd. He says that if he holds a piece of broccoli, he wants his brain to be open to whether it will go up or down when dropped. He says that seeing God is similar.


Well he's never read the bible i guess?  We should go back to 1963 and require children in school to read the bible


He has read the Bible. He said one time when he was feeling spiritually lost, someone handed him a Bible. The page he opened to was one about worry, and he was feeling worried. So he believes that scripture can speak to you.


I know the scriptures can speak to you! I'd rather talk about star trek and how martin luther king Jr convinced the acotr to continue to play uhuru


I used to love Star Trek. I find it interesting that teleportation was only used because their budget couldn't afford having spaceships land on planets.


Love the ingenuity!  Do you like rage against the machine?


No, I don't really. I don't know much about them.


i do! And tom morello from rage against the machine was a trekkie and was lucky enough to be the show twice


Aretha Franklin's passing was quite a big deal from history, art, society, music on a lot of levels.


That makes two of us,but who really could imagine her life. Ironic and beautiful too she was carried in the same 1040 Cadillac that carried Rosa Parks, Daid Ruffin and Rev. CL Franklin. History and current all intertwined.


Right. lifestyles of the rich and famous. Did you know that Lou Reed put on a whole concert just for dogs? I like dogs but stars are nuts.


Haha, my wife loves dogs and will probably look  for the album if it exists after I tell  her. I think her influence on race was shown in all the athletes who attend, that surprised me.


I guess its especially fitting then, that she was carried in the same car as Rosa Parks.


Yes, as I mentioned her role in the 60's race movement, feminism and culture can't be understated.


She did good things with her success and fame. So many musicians aren't like that these days, unfortunately.


Yes, seems her generation had more of that than the current generation of stars. She was close to the community and her family so I think it kept her and her generation more grounded.


Right. We could use more like Aretha today


Ariana Grande got caught licking doughnuts at a doughnut shop. I used to see her on Nickelodeon, she has a kid's show on there.


She was amazing. I heard her funeral was quite a production. She was carried in the same white cadillac that carried Rosa Parks and her father Rev. CL Franklin


Yes, Nickelodeon and Disney kid stars often go onto fame with mixed results, unlike the gravitas of Aretha.


Yes, I think a lot of the new stars break through that way.


Yes, I was surprised her father was still alive as she's pretty old. She'd been out of the spotlight recently, i'm sure old and ill health but the turnout showed her impact on everything.


I guess Bill CLinton was there and spoke, but Obama did not go.


Yes, Obama had Rev. Sharpton read which I guess is good and I can't imagine Clinton missing a chance to shine in public, though he seems to appreciate music and black culture so I'm sure he was moved too.


Thats true. I know Rev Jesse Jackson, Smoky Robinson and Isiah Thomas were there and spoke too. I guess her family was fairly prominent in Detroit even aside from her fame.


Yes, what also was amazing was the diversity of music figures, pop, blues, jazz, sould; add in politics, music, religious, civil rights you had a very wide and diverse influence who paid tribute.


It was interesting to hear the quotes from the people in the community that had known her since she was a child, like the funeral director there. SO often, I guess, you forget that big stars like Aretha were real people with normal lives and childhoods.


Yes, and the mix of dad as her preacher and her dad in the community and what and who she grew up around sounded like an amazing surreal childhood.


It does. She must have had a really interesting life. I can't even imagine what it must be like to be so famous.


Hello. Do you like game of thrones? I love it.


Im not to sure. I just know how many oscars he has won. Blazing saddles was nominated for 3 oscars. I wonder if he was in that.


I am not sure, I have never seen that movie before, I guess it is worth a watch


It is worth a watch if you like that sort of movie. Eminem has more oscars than leonardo dicaprio, will smith, johnny depp, and bill murray combined. Lol.


really? Was that from his role in 8 mile?


I think it was. I dont think he was in any other movies was he?


not that I am aware of. Is there an award for good tv shows? I know pokemon was very popular for a long time


Yeah they made over 50 a year for 10 years. That's a lot. Over 750 episodes in all.


that show has been on since like 1998, that is a very long time to be on air


My son loves thomas the tank did you know that alec baldwin ringo starr and george carlin have all voiced the character for at least 52 episodes?


I did not know that, i think the biggest tv show is the Simpsons, are you a fan of that show?


I am not the biggest fan, but I tried to get into it when it first came out


I love the simpsons.  I also loved that 70s show.


apparently there is only one episode of the simpsons where bart is not shown or mentioned


I think I remember that episode. I better be getting off here. It was a nice chat though. Have a good one.


Did you know charlie chaplins granddaughter plays talisa maegr on the show?


I did not know that, I am not too familiar with Charlie Chaplin though honestly


I heard that Ireland finances the game of thrones because scenes get shot there which boosts tourism incomes.


that makes a lot of sense, my mom has been several times and always takes pictures of where the stuff was filmed


That's awesome. So do you regularly watch the academy awards?


I do, disney usually kills it, they get so many awards


Well Daniel Day Lewis has won 3 oscars for best actor. That is amazing. He is the only one to do that.


I have never even heard of him, what movies was he in?


All the time. Do you know how much computing power a search requires?


Yes more than it took them to sent Armstrong and 11 others to the moon


Yeah . Do you know how they calculate traffic?


Yes they take the average of android devices in traffic


Yes. Google once hired goats to mow the lawn instead of people


That is so cool and different and also more environmentally friendly.


True. Did you know they went down for 5 minutes in 2013?


Yes and it took down 40% of web traffic down with it


That just speaks volumes  on how heavy its use it


I sure do. Do you know what she sings if you ask her to?


Yes she sings the same song as hal 9000 of space oddysey


Yes. Do you know where siri sends the questions that we ask?


Yes to a database in North Carolina, pretty scary


Yes that is why IBM are afraid of what siri might say


And they are right to be afraid. DO you know who is the voice of Siri in the UK?


It is a male, the same guy that did the voice in the Weakest Link


Yes his name is Jon Briggs and he did not know he was the voice of siri


Yeah until he heard an iPhone commercial. Do you use Google?


Hmmm Not sure. I know a judge once sued a cleaning company that lost his pants for millions


It is just the flap that covers the zipper and that guy is just excessive


Yes it is indeed. In COllinsville saggy pants are prohibited


Wow they went that far. Women were not allowed to wear pants in the Senate until 1993


Wow glad that has changed. Did you know we wear pants because of horses?


Yes , mounted armies wore them as they were more effective than robes


Oh that makes sense then Hulk has indestructible pants


Well that is fitting otherwise he would  have to buy lots of them


Exactly. MLB umpires have to wear black underwear in case their pants split


I love them. Did you know it is illegal to warm up your car in Ohio?


Wow that sucks. Do you know how the drive thru came about?


It was McDOnald's who accommodated the soldiers who were not allowed the  leave their cars in fatigues


Oh that is so nice of them. A guy once bought an old bars and found a bunch of classic cars in it in NY


Nice find there. DO you know how Cadillac got its name?


I have no idea, it is a person or a thing?


It got its name from the founder of Detroit whose last name was Detroit. DO you like wearing trousers?


I sure do. DO you know what the fly on them is?


Hey how are you, big fan of Tom Brady by chance?


I don't really have a favorite team, I "play"  a lot of fantasy football though. The Saints got screwed over on that lack of pass interference by the endzone in the NFC championship.


They did? I didnt follow the NFC this season. Do you know who Matt Patricia is?


I do, he's the the rocket scientist right? lol


He is, rocket scientist and also an NFL coach, he must be really smart not sure if his a good coach though.


Me neither, did he play in the NFL too? I forget. I wonder what makes him a rocket scientist though.


I dont think he did, he was an aeronautical engineer before he joined the NFL, amazing how much time has gone by since the first playoff game.


For sure, it's been a hot minute. I always thought he was a former player, he seems pretty big. Did you know the Saints have explicit rules about the cheerleaders and players?


No, haven't heard about that rule before can you elaborate further?


They can't be eating in the same restaurant, even if they came separately. If a player walks in the cheerleader has to leave. I wonder how much that is actually kept up though.


That is unfair! how can the NFL allow that, so rude and so sexist. That rule makes me so mad.


I  am a big fan of Brady, I love the Patriots my favorite team, what about you?


For sure, me too. I'm going to take off though, great chatting!


I hope the NFL changes in the future but oh well its been great chatting I agree have a nice night friend.


Not really a huge fan of his, but I know he's definitely one of the best of all time for sure. More of a fan of the NFL in general. It's cool to see them win that many super bowls though!


I agree his one of the best all time and Im not saying that because Im a fan, if you look at his career his numbers are impressive.


No doubt, he's definitely one of the best, if not the best. I don't really care who says otherwise haha, if he had his ability in the 70s and 80s who knows how many records he would have broke.


Probably a lot more, Brady also has a lot of critics but he has showed them and proved them wrong at every turn


They're probably just talking heads trying to get people riled up, even if the game only has 11 minutes of actual gameplay.


Only 11 minutes really? that doesnt seem like a lot, last Superbowl was more than 3 hours long in total


It was, that was such a boring game haha. Saints should have been in it!


It was boring I agree, are you a fan of the Saints? if not do you have a favorite team?


i wonder how many more years he is going to be in the game. brady must be approaching retirement.


Yes, he is already 41 which is old for football players.


it is old. i know that he has a special diet and probably keeps in great shape but the body gets old.


He is vegan, i believe. he eats avocado ice cream? it is a strange diet, but it works for him.


That sounds disgusting but he is very healthy.


he is married to a gal that makes twice as much money as he does. i guess he could retire without a problem.


I can not imagine how much money they must have saved.


I bet he could buy part of an NFL team. that would be a good retirement.


hi how are you? not particularly. they keep winning the super bowl. i would like other teams to win once in a while.


I am going to go see how much he makes. It was nice talking to you.


I think that the QB and the coach have a special bond. they seem to understand each other in a way that few do.


You are right. Do you know what the author of game of thrones called the patriots?


Oh, george martin? probably something from GoT?


He called them the lannisters of the nfl. Not sure what that means though.


the lannisters are the evil family that always schemes and wins through treachery. didnt the patriots coach get busted for cheating?


I am not sure if it was for cheating. Bill Belichick has the record for post season though.


he has won a high number of post season games. he and brady will be in the hall of fame, no doubt.


Hey how's it going. What do you think of fish? I think they are pretty interesting. They don't have any limbs or digits for Pete's sake.


Yeah cool. Another interesting fact is that Zebrafish have 84% of genes known to be associated with human disease.


Oh wow, I wonder how that may be playing out with scientific advances in medicine and such. I'd definitely look into it, if I were aiming to cure human diseases. I think my favorite fish might be the barreleye fish, which has a transparent almost see-through head!


Whoa I need to look that fish up! Do you ever see fish videos on FB? I don't use facebook that much they just get too much money from ads.


Oh yeah. I had to stop using Facebook a long time ago! It feels like they are taking over the world! And I don't feel comfortable with that! Haha. I was reading about how one third of all divorces mention the word facebook in the divorce filings. That's just too much reach that facebook has in my opinion!


Yeah FB is influential in so many things. It has come a long way since 2004 when it was launched.


I don't like it at all! I mean, something like 30% of all American adults use it as their primary source of news! How scary is that? Haha. Not that I can't blame them for wanting more from news, than news stations on TV give. But getting it from FB! That's crazy.


Very scary. I wonder how different things ould be if Myspace purchased facebook in early 2005. They had the chance to buy it for 75 million!


Wow! Myspace really must regret their decision not to buy FB at this point, Crazy! I wonder how different life might be if instead of calling it a "like button" facebook called it "the awesome button" like I heard they almost did!


Crazy. Celebrties also use facebook a lot to increase their wealth! Well nice chatting with you!


Yeah , for sure crazy! I don't miss facebook at all! Plus it didn't increase my wealth. Ha! For sure, it was very nice chatting with you as well!


I adore fish! I've had many fish in my life. I've even had small sharks in my house,when I was a kid. I still have fish. Goldfish, koi, guppies, etc. Did you know the oldest known living goldfish was 43 years old?


That is epic. I want a big fish tank like that. Thats amazing. The black swallower can even eat prey twice its length and ten times its weight.


I would love to see that in action! It seems impossible. I'm not familiar with the black swallower. But I do know that Koifish which are related to goldfish, can live up to 226 years. Which blows my mind! What a long life!


Truly amazing. The only fish to have a neck is the...seahorse!


I love seahorses! What a neat fact! I had no idea! They are very hard to keep in a home fish tank but I've had some before. Here's a fun fact! Jellyfish are 98% water which is why they evaporate in the sun. Can you imagine being 98% water? Weird!


Haha that is hard to believe! There is apparently a jellyfish breed that is immortal!


That's just mind blowing! I think that aquatic life is truly amazing and so unique compared to other species of animals.For example, there's a species of fish that lives on land for its entire adult life! I'm not so sure I'd classify those little guys as fish even!


Wow yeah good point. I always thought freshwater fish drank water through their mouth but apparently that is only saltwater fish!


Hm, that's interesting! I should know more about that but I don't. I do know that some fish like goldfish and others can breathe atmospheric oxygen through their mouths which is pretty interesting.


I wonder how that came about with Burger King. Do you know why Facebook is blue?


I believe that the creator of Facebook is color blind.  So, he tends to not use the colors he can not see. Facebook is worth 104 billion dollars.  Nearly the 1/16 th the number of animals on the planet.


That is insane Too bad for Myspace who had the chance to buy it and passed on it for $75 million


Hard to believe a simple registry of name, occupation, schools attended and so on would be worth so much.  It must be the advertising and cookies.


I am sure that is it. Iceland seem to like it so much though, that they are using it to get feedback from people and rewrite the constitution


Good for the Icelanders.  I wonder if there will be a new super hero who uses Mark Zuckerburg as a mentor.  He would be called the Anti - Privacy man.  He would sell your data faster than a speeding millionaire.


Hahhaha that is funny. Did you know in Germany, in a state actually of it the like button is illegal?


It does not make sense why the like button is illegal in the state of Schleswig-Holstein.  Could it be that Germans have no sense of humor?


I do not know and then it is only that state, strange a bit but they must have their reasons for it. Do you know who was the voice of madame web in the 1994 spider-man series?


I have no idea who the voice of madame web was.  I be the person was in the broadway musical "spider-man:turn off the dark"


I like animals and spider man all in the same show.


It was the wife of Stan Lee, Joan B. Lee. What a team. Nice chatting with you


Ohh that sounds interesting. Do you know how many individual animals are there on Earth?


I would think there are a lot of animals on earth.  6.02 times 10 to the 23rd power?  I know that spider man appeared in a circus with some camels.  It was a wild show.


Wow that is one too many zeroes for me. Do you know why there is a hyphen in the name of Spider-man?


Stan Lee, the creator of Spider-Man wanted to differentiate from Superman.  Because the two are alike. I know that when a camel decides not to give rides any more it bucks.


Did not know that about camels, smart of them. Did you know SOny had a chance to buy almost all MArvel characters and only bought Spider-man?


It is kind of funny to think that 25 Million for a library of characters is cheap. Buying only spidy was a error on SOnys part.  Should animals have rights like in germany?


Yes most definitely, I would love to see that law here as well. Do you know why we still have huccups?


Hiccups are an evolutionary trait tied to unfriending 10 people on face book to get a free whopper.  I think animal rights would increase the cost of whoppers.


Hello, How are you tonight? Do you know the wealthiest presidents in American are JFK, Washington and Jefferson!!


Oh really, I didn't know when she was born!  Between my two children, the 80's were great!!


I agree with you! 80s is definitely full of great music haha, it's all so crazy that her first album went seven times platinum in the UK, that's very impressive


I remember that and felt she deserved it!!  Very talented!!


Yep I agree! It's crazy that she went to the same high school as Amy Winehouse, there must be something in that food or water in that high school that helps singing


lol, could be!! Did you know every president with a beard was republican? Surprising


That is shocking. It's also shocking that the Republican Party was started back in 1854, that's a long time ago


Yes, and democrat too!! I can imagine Harry Truman not wanting his picture taken while he was riding Dumbo the elephant while at Disneyland.


Yeah that seems kind of petty haha. It's also interesting how the different parties have appealed to different voter blocks overtime, for instance apparently in 2000 the Republican Party became firmly aligned with Christian conservatives


That's interesting and true!! Its hard to know what to believe in today's politics!!


Yes I agree! Politics are very tricky today. I miss the days of Theodore Roosevelt back in 1912, he created The Bull Moose Party which actually sounds interesting to me


No I didn't know that! I was shocked Trump is not on that list though, I was also shocked that the president's guest house is bigger than the White House itself, that doesn't make any sense


That's a good idea? What did the Bull Moose Party stand for?


Well I think it was more of a mixture between Republicans and Democrats at the time. So it was more moderate and plus the name sounds awesome haha


I know, I was thinking the same thing!! Did you know there hasn't been a president that was not a democrat or republican since 1853?


No I didn't know that. That seems like a long time, what do you think about the fact that back in 1805 the runner-up in the presidential election would become the vice president, that seems like it would create all kinds of problems today


Oh for sure, never work now!! Makes me think there wasn't enough qualified people then.lol


That could be it. what do you think about the president of Indonesia by the way? He made three pop albums while he was in office, maybe he is a rockstar over there haha


lol, maybe!! I would think he would be too busy for that!! lol Do you like Adele's music?


I like some of her songs. I like her song from the Daniel Craig James Bond movie, apparently he cried when he first heard it haha


Yes, I heard that too! She a great voice!  Her album 21 is the biggest selling UK album!!


That's impressive! It's also impressive that she was born in 1988 which means she's younger than me and also more successful LOL


Thats hilarious.  Kickball is called soccer-baseball in canada


I honestly dont know much about them to have an opinion.  I hear that in 1973 two pitchers swapped families permanently.  Thats weird, i wish i could read more about that lol


Yeah, same here. I heard they're also very concerned about their players' grooming.


That makes sense,  they have so many sponsors and generate so much money, might wanna be presentable.


In 1991 they suspended Don Mattingly because he didn't want to get a haircut


Bill O'Reilly created a fake press organization in college so that he could get season tickets to the Yankees.


The former Yankee Bobby Richardson is the only player to win World Series MVP even though he lost the World Series


I do. Did you know Hugh Laurie was the highest paid actor in TV drama history?


Wow,  thats impressive!  its been wonderful chatting with you,  have a great night!


Yeah wow thats a nice paycheck!  good for him!  I dont think I have seen his show though.  Is it any good?


It was called House. It's not on anymore, but it was very good.


oooooh ok,  I have heard of it,  it was very popular.


Did you know that baseball managers wear uniforms because they're actually eligible to play for their teams?


Yeah thats so interesting, since baseball teams have so many players lol


Baseball is really popular in Japan. They didn't actually know it was America's pastime first.


That's great! I did see her in that recent film. A Star is Born? I thought she did fine.


That is cool. She said she relatees a lot to the character she played.


I think she does. It felt like it was her, not just some character. I think that she will do more film work.


She said she was bullied when she was younger, just like the character in the film. Her only escape was music. How sad but hey, it worked out for Lady Gaga!


I bet she was bullied. She's not very pretty, but she really is talented! Is she married?


I don't know. I figure she is an interesting person and not just a pretty face.


She was on MTV's boiling points before she was famous. Do you know of boiling points?


No, I don't. Was this an important show? I never saw it.


I'm not really sure what it was about. She really struggled to get famous but it's cool that she succeeded. She went out to sing at clubs and pretended to be her own manager.


Sure. I'm actually listening to Michael Jackson/Justin Timberlake's Love Never Felt So Good. How about you?


I like her story. She deserves her success. Anyway, great chat!


Yeah, unlike her character in the film, she believed in herself


I do like music. I enjoy rock, pop and jazz. I'm not a fan of rap though. You?


I like all the ones you like, plus rap.So you don't like the sound of rap. But maybe you would like Signmark? He is a deaf rapper who rhymes in sign language.


That is righteous! I like that he has found a way to make music. I bet he busts rhymes pretty hard too.


I have appreciation for rappers who can rap really fast, though. There is one who can rap at 14.1 syllables per second.


How can anyone move their mouth that fast? Insane. Do people understand the words?


Right. And if I were rapping that fast, I would think, wait, what did I just say? Does it even make sense? Haha.


Yes, it could just be gibberish. Do you listen to Lady Gaga? I know a couple of her songs.


I am not really a fan but I like that she is cool towards her fans. She once bought $1000 worth of pizza for fans waiting in line for her.


I just had a long day of playing video games. How was your day?


I just love that movie. I love Pixar. Did you know that they have a secret room that is often visited by celebrities?


I did,  Ive always wondered what was in there lol I hope free sandwiches lol


I'm sure there are. Celebrities have a lot of perks. Wish I was one!


Robin Williams was the first actor to start the trend of celebrities performing voices in animated films.  That seems fun,  I wouldnt mind being a voice actor,  I do not want to be a celebrity at all,  just rich lol Seems like they have a tough life.


Yeah, but being rich takes a load of stress off of your shoulders. For example, Judge Judy makes $123,000 per episode!


Yeah thats why I would just want to be rich,  i dont care about being a celebrity at all.


Well, I guess normal people have it easy. We can just play video games all day!


Tom Hanks' brother does the Woody voice in the video games and merchandise.


Interesting! I guess kids in South Korea have it rough. It's illegal for them to play video games past midnight.


Wow really,  I had no idea,  I wonder how they regulate that


Hello,  sounds rough,  hope you can make it through the convo lol My day has been pretty great,  cant complain.  Did you know there is a planet where shards of glass precipitate sideways?


Same here! I think I'm going to go play more video games now. It was great chatting with you!


Did not know that! It seems to me that you are interested in space?


I like space.  Not enough to be hugely educated in it though lol I know Jupiter's storms can be heard on an Am radio though!  Never actually listened to it.


Do you believe that life exists outside of Earth? I'm on the fence, but I've heard that astronomers have some evidence of life 455 light-years away.


Yes,  I think so.  Its just weird that out of all those planets and space and galaxies that we are the only planet with life.


I agree. Sometimes I just look at the moon at night and think about how small we all are compared to what else is out there!


I know right,  just thinking about space and everything out there is very humbling.  We are so tiny.


We definitely are. Have you ever seen the movie Wall-E? Some of it takes place on a spaceship!


I have seen it but I dont remember all of it lol.


Hello, I figured JFK was one of the wealthiest presidents in american history


yes fox new corporation. Fox news is watched more then other like cnn


I find that concerning, especially since they were legally required to admit they are an entertainment channel rather than a new channel for the majority of the day to avoid lawsuits for false news reports.


i did not know that. It was originally created by president Nixon and Richard ailes


WOW! Also concerning. The median viewer age of Fox news is 68 so it 15 years os so I wonder what is going to happen?


I agree. I also did not know Ringo starr has narrated at least 52 Thomas the tank engine episodes.


That's interesting. I did not know he did voice work. Speaking of television, in the first 400 episodes of The Simpsons Homer held 188 jobs.


wow, bart is only missing form one Simpson episode


That's absolutely shocking to me with as long as that show has been on the air.


WOW! I had no idea it had been on that long. Apparently Weekend Update was on the first episode of SNL and is their longest running skit.


I am not at all surprised to hear that. I feel like they are the closest thing the U.S. has had to royalty.


the 70s show did not do well in the UK, it was cancelled after 10 episodes


It's rare for things to translate in an altered version overseas.


yeah I agree. I liked how the first president of Zimbabwe was called banana


Ha ha. I wonder how that happened. What a silly nickname for a president.


I would agree. I wonder how much the president guest house is used since it is larger then the white house


I was surprised to learn that there was a guest home. It makes sense but I went my whole life unaware of it somehow. Another shocking preidential fact, Lincoln was the first president to be photographed for his inauguration and john wilkes booth was in that photo.


wow I did not know that. I wonder how good the 3 pop albums are of the president of Indonesia


It's very strange to me that a sitting president of any nation would do that. Were you aware that only 5 presidents have been elected while losing the popular vote? Very interesting since I've been alive for 2 of them.


Yes it is interesting. I would watch the channel that fox was thinking of setting up just for the simpsons


The sun is just amazing, it keeps us warm and alive.


Yeah almost 30 years do you like their Amazon Basics line?


It's a low-end product brand that Amazon launched. I like them. Some of them are pretty good and have a great quality.


I'll have to look into it. I like that the US mail has a contract with Amazon that has them delivering on Sundays.


What are your thoughts on the CEO of the company, Jeff Bezos?


I think he is very prosperous. I hope he is good to the warehouse workers seeing they walk between 7 and 15 miles a day per shift.


That is a big distance I think thats a good way to remain fit, walking is a great exercise.


I do too, but I am not sure I'd want to always do it.


I dont like to walk I prefer jogging or running or playing soccer as well, so I would like to work at an Amazon warehouse


Oh, that makes sense. I wish I would have been the first person to make a purchase on Amazon. That person got a building named after them after spending just $27.95.


Yes! Made of about 73% hydrogen and about 25% helium and heavier elements in smaller quantities.


Sounds like a great deal, the guy got his stuff and also a building named after him anyway it was fun chatting


I didnt know that, the sun accounts for 99.86% of the mass of the solar system so hydrogen and helium are the most common elements in our system.


They are. Did you know that the sun is actually not yellow!


Yeah it is actually white, it is perceived yellow by us


You are right. The perception comes from atmospheric scattering.


Yeah, I wonder how other stars in the galaxy look. There are much bigger stars in out universe.


I know! Our sun is only 1 billionth of the size of the biggest star in the galaxy.


That is crazy, so do you use Amazon? I like shopping in their online store


I do use Amazon. It is super easy.I can not believe it has been around since 7-5-94.


Did you know that it's legal in South Africa to equip your car with flame throwers in order to prevent car jacking?


I know. And an iPhone has more computing power than the US Nuclear ICBM deterrent.


That is very hard to fathom. Maybe we should step away from our cell phones though. Apparently Unicef will donate clean water to a child who needs it for every minute you don't use your cell phone.


What! What a world we live in. Are you a Taylor Swift fan?


Nope, and never haha. I've heard that the concert goers are insane and her concerts are very expensive.


Yeah, apparently a lot of parents let their teens feel freedom for the night and wait for them in the parking lot.


My parents let me do that and I know that it was a mistake. There's a little too much freedom at a concert.


I don't see the appeal in being caught in swarms of sweaty people!


Or paying $60 for parking! Great conversation! Have a great day!


I can't believe some people make eight hour long trips just to get to the concerts.


That's crazy! We rely on cars so much-there are over 1.25 billion vehicles in the world.


Nor do I. I'd do that only for the Beatles.


1.25 billion. That's a lot. The trunk is called that because original cars actually used to have wood trunks on the back.


Cadillacs are cars with a rich history. They were named after French explorer Antoine de la mothe Cadillac who founded Detroit.


I wish I was good at the video game Turismo, because then I could become a professional racecar driver like Jann Mardenborough. He beat 90,000. I don't think I'll ever be that good though.


That's a pretty interesting career story!


Right!? And did you know that McDonald's added the drive thru in 1975 for soldiers who weren't allowed out in their fatigues?


That is so interesting. Even though now drive thrus contribute to our laziness.


Exactly. Maybe that's why 212 is NY's area code. It's the fastest number to dial.


It's surprising to think that fully automated switching systems started in the early 1900s.


If only I were in DC, I'd have twelve things to do.  I'll have to make a note for next time I'm there.


When I was a kid I had a lot, some of it might have been worth something now but my dad threw it all out when I moved out.


Bummer, haha! Did you know at one point 20th Century Fox thought Star Wars was going to flop?


Even if they had thought it might do well I can't imagine that anyone could have imagine the cultural phenomenon it would become, even George Lucas.


Yeah, but George Lucas did have faith. He waived his $500k directing fee in return for licensing and merchandising rights and that made him a billionaire!


There a few stories like that from the movie, I understand Alec Guinness got a share of the merchandising rights too.  And then there is the voice of Vader, James Earl Jones who got just $7,500.


Yeah, and interesting how James Cameron quit his job as a truck driver to enter the film industry after he watched Star Wars.


He had a more proactive response than me.  When I saw Star Wars all I did was buy another ticket to see it again.  I guess I just don't have the right attitude.


Hahah, right? So according to George Lucas, the entire Star Wars saga is told by r2d2 a hundred years after return of the jedi. I'm not sure I knew that.


That's too much detail for me.  I know some people get really into it and dissect every detail.  I'm happy to watch the movie and then move on with my life.  Like what can I do in DC next time I'm there.


I'd like to see David Bowie's band in DC. They are back out on the road.


Looks like they have a lot of fun there. There's a Winter Olympic celebration where you're supposed to wear Olympic sports gear or ski attire.


I've been to the Black Cat in Dc, it holds about 100 people, can't imagine they would play there.


Interesting. I'd like it if it was a small crowd in that setting. Well, going to listen to some music now. Enjoy your night!


I hope it is not in the summer, it can very hot and sticky, it is built on a swamp.


Haha, right. There's also a Chinese New Year Festival at the Smithsonian with CHinese acrobats, opera and more. Sounds neat.


I'm not sure if the drag queens are my thing, I might have to give that one a pass.


Haha, I think that would be fun, a unique Valentine's dinner where they pour drinks and serve dinner!


A long time ago I saw one of the newer Star Wars movie in DC, we went as much to escape the heat as wanting to see the movie.


I hear you. It's hot where I live. Star Wars as a combined box office revenue of over 8.5 billion!


Must be up there with the Harry Potter movies and those Marvel ones.  I used to love it when I was a kids, saw the first movie five times on the big screen


It's also the most successful film merchandising franchise. Do you have a lot of Star Wars merchandise?


Oh I never watched the office in the other version.


Don't lol, you don't want to. It is on netflix though, both are


You're welcome! Did you know from 9pm to 12 am netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwidth in North america


Thats amazing,  never knew that.  I do watch netflix a lot.


Me too and especially during those times lol. I am watching the office right now actually!


lol Im watching how I met your mother,  great show lol


Now yes, that is a great show. I remember watching that in college on netflix and saying to myself before bed, ok one more episdoe, then watching like 5 more lol


lol its so easy to watch a bunch and not even know how much time has passed,  especially those 30 min shows.


I agree, maybe I will turn that on next, I think it is on netflix also, it was so nice chatting with you!


I love watching television, how about you?


Yes,  I do as well. Watching anything good ?  I hear there are 750 episode of pokemon!


I used to love that show, I am sure I watched close to that many lol! i wonder if they ever caught them all!


I hope so,  that is quite the adventure.


For sure lol, were you into that 70s show at all?


I watcha few episodes of that one,  really funny.


me too, I used to love that show. So many people got their starts with that show. I wish the remake would have done better in the UK


Yeah I know so weird that the show that was a hit here,  flopped in the uk.  They do have a bit of different humor than we do though.


Yea for sure, it is like the office, funny american style, bad british style


Yes and it was a rap album out of all genres


Yes because Mark is colorblind for green and red


Yeah. In part of Germany the like button is illegal now


I really wonder what prompted that rule there


Yeah me too. Did you hear what they are using facebook for in Iceland?


Yes they are rewriting the constitution that way


I sure do. Did you know Lion King was dubbed in zulu?


I sure do. Did you listen to  Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park?


That is very fitting. It was nice chatting with you


Yes that is the best selling album of this century


Yes the band that lost the rights to their music so they rerecorded their hits


Yeah. Do you know which was the best album of 2014?


Yes that was the dark side of the moon which was released 40 years earlier


Yeah. Have you heard the album straight outta campton?


Of course, it reached platinum without much airplay


Yeah what a success. In japan twins released an album when they were 100


I do watch it on occasion. Do you know where is Netflix headquartered by any chance?


Oh! Thanks. I knew they were in California but I didn't where exactly. Do you know who the founders were?


Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph.  Did you not read it?


No. I didn't know the founders from Netflix. Is Netflix available worldwide or not?


No.  Not in china, syria, north korea, and crimea


Thanks. Do you happen to know when did Netflix expanded its business?


Thank you so much. I read somewhere that Blockbuster declined multiple offers to buy Netflix for $50 million. Is this true?


No. I don't to be honest but I do like drama.


That is too bad for Blockbuster because Netflix now is worth $2 billion.


Yeah I know right,  what a bad business move.  Its been good chatting, thanks.


Thats cool..still a lot interesting things about horror films though,  if you watch a horror movie before viewing abstract art you will enjoy it more.


I didn't know this very interesting. Also is very interesting to note that Danny the boy from the shining didn't know that he was acting in a horror film until many years later.


That is probably a good thing lol that movie is terrifying.


I personally didn't watch this movie and I'm glad I didn't.


another interesting fact,  watching horror movies can burn 180 calories!


Wow!!! That is something that I didn't know. Do you happen to know why would that be the case?


Maybe flexing of muscles when you are scared,  or being tense is alctually flexing muscles as well. That would be my guess.


That is a very good guess. I will have to agree with you on this one. Do you watch Netflix at all?


THat is mind blowing. Did you ever use a phone book?


A long time ago! Now you just google numbers!


Yeah If to of those books get stuck together, there is no separating them


I guess when you overlap the pages? I wonder who took the time to figure that out!


Yeah exactly, good point. Did you know UNICEF donates clean water when we do not use the phone?


That's great! Did you know more women have iphones than men? I wonder why


I wonder why too. Did you know during the presentation of the iPhone Steve Jobs had to have a few handy as they kept crashing?


That's sad. Amazing how far they've come from that first iphone that didn't even have 3G!


Yeah for sure. Microsoft once held a funeral for the iPhone when they released their phone


That's pretty funny. Do they even still make phones?


Unfortunately, yes. I have an iphone and use it way too much! How about you?


I am not sure , they probably do. Have you heard of the game Send me to Heaven?


Isn't that the one where the creators tried to get people to break their phone when they dropped it? Ridiculous!


Yes so glad Apple but a ban on that. Nice chat!!


Me too. Do you know why the NY area code is 212?


I think it's because it was easy to dial on old phones, right?


Yes rotary phones took forever to make a phone call, so that was smart of them


Hard to imagine a time before any type of phones, now everyone carries a phone in their pocket! I can't believe how many iphones there have been since the first one. Who can keep up?


Right? Did you know the cables that carry phone and internet data are only 2.7 inches wide


And they run along the ocean floor! That's amazing to me.


I know and I wonder how they do not get tangled to animals and stuff down there


Lots about phone technology is incredible. Like, an iphone has more power than the whole US nuclear deterrent!


Hi there! Are you familiar with You Tube?


I like the Simpsons a lot. There is only one episode where Bart doesn't appear and is not mentioned.


That is so weird! Did you know the Simpson's crew sent flowers to South Par's Family Guy when they aired the final episode?


I didn't know that. I wonder what that is about. When I was little my parents and I all enjoyed the Simpsons together. I also liked Pokemon. They didn't like that that much.


My kids like Pokemon. There are over 750 episodes. I wonder how many I've seen?


Yeah that's 50 a year for 16 years straight. Now my kids watch it as well.


Oh, no way I'd be able to sit through that many episodes. Of course, with You Tube I'm sure all the episodes are out there.


Haha, but you gotta catch all the episodes as well right? Just kidding, I would not want to watch all the episodes. Sounds like something out of a horror movie.


Well, on the bright side watching a horror movie burns 180 calories!


Not with all the popcorn I eat. Haha. I like the creepy metallic noises in horror movies, the ones made by a waterphone. I'd love to hide in the dark and follow people around with one.


Yes, I am listening to some music from it while not watching the videos. I think that the sound quality is much better than other places.


Not me, I'm way too chicken! Good chatting with you today.


Yes, I agree. You Tube is actually the second largest search engine on the net.


Yeah, it is used by a lot of people. Gangnam Style got so many views that they had to upgrade the view count integer to 64 bits.


Oh, that video was the worst!! I've heard Justin Bieber's "baby" is the most disliked video on You Tube.


It is pretty annoying. Netflix and YouTube together make up half of peak internet traffic in North America. Wonder how many people are secretly watching and listening to "Baby"


Haha-good one! Did you know that the police actually have their own You Tube called Blue Tube?


They use Blue Tube to share law enforcement videos.


Huh, interesting.Do you like to watch TV?


Yes it's so cool. Soccer players run an average of 7 miles per game!


7 miles per game thats a lot, seems really demanding, I have seen players run 11


Wow! And if you think the superbowl is big, it's smaller than the 3rd biggest soccer event!


I can imagine, more people like soccer and the Superbowl is more of an american thing, do you know who Mesut Ozil is?


No who is that? Is he a soccer player? Unfortunately Greenland can't join Fifa because not enough grass grows there!


He is a soccer player yeah, he donated his winning bonus back in the 2014 World Cup


Oh that is very generous of him wow. One soccer team deliberately scored on their own goal to advance in a cup match. Not sure the logic behind that!


It is, he has a great heart, and I dont see the logic behind that either, I have to look that up on Google


I love google! I also like watching the NBA too! I don't like the NBA for fining Stan Van Gundy for saying games shouldn't be played on Christmas though. But I really hope you have a good day it was nice talking with you.


Yeah I love March Madness! Vasectomy rates increase during that time lol!


I think the NBA is a great league, I like it, and its been great chatting with you too, have a nice day my friend.


I guess people go crazy about Basketball lol


Yeah. Apparently it's so that they can stay home, recover, and watch bball!


Sounds like a great plan, if your getting it done why not make it about that time


Agreed. Smart guys! Shaq scored a 3 pointer only once ever in his career lol!


Only one!! really?? wow I guessed thats why they teased him so much


Yeah exactly lol. I love that the YMCA invented volleyball and basketball!


Yep. Played by over 250 million people in the world, it is very popular.


Planets are just amazing, they are astronomical bodies widely available over the universe.


I think they might, I guess there is a more advanced civilization somewhere around the universe so thats possible.


I always wondered if they passed Earth by, deeming that we were not intelligent life because they are so much more advanced.


Yeah, they must be, who knows whats out there in the universe maybe we are the only intelligent species in the whole cosmos.


It is a possibility, and a scary one at that considering the rate we are destroying out planet.  80% of the natural forests are gone.


That is sad, humans have really damaged the planet and we've only exist for 1 minute and 17 seconds  of the history of earth


We have made so much development, but it has cost us so much.  The Earth will be helium free bt the end of the 21st Century.


Sounds like we need to protect or helium reserves, no more balloons or funny voices.


I can get behind that.  Those arent necessary things, however I think helium naturally is kind of.


Another amazing cosmic body is the sun, the mighty sun is the center of our system.


The sun is 25% helium.  And it is currently in its main sequence as a star.


They are, there might even some outside of Pluto!


The sun is great it keeps us alive and I hope we learn to use its full potential some day, anyway I really liked chatting with you


I enjoyed chatting with you as well!  Have a great night!


I bet they are, millions of planets across the universe I wonder if theres intelligent life in one of thsoe.


Same here.  Ive been listening to a podcast about that.  I think it is neat to ponder the existence of other life.


That sounds like an interesting podcast, funny how some moons would be considered planets if they orbited around a sun


Yeah.  I think it is neat how all planets rotate differently.  Like Venus.


Venus is beautiful but its a really hostile planet, there is a planet that has glass precipitation in it


And 2000 degree F weather!  That is just nasty.


It is nasty I agree, such a hostile planet, so astronomers found blocks of like in a system 455 light years away.


That is really neat.  Do you think maybe they are searching for us too?


I think that that is surprisingly practical for the ambiance. I bet blockbuster's ghost regrets not buying netflix


Ha, yeah!  I'm told they laughed the Netflix people out of the office when they made an offer to them.  They regret that decision for sure!


I mean if I could pay 50million today for 2 billion in a few years wow what an investment


Get this, Netflix has people on it's staff who's job is to watch the shows and tag the content (guessing with genre tags and stuff.)  Get PAID to watch Netflix?  Where do I sign up for that?  LOL


That does sound nice. I wonder if they will start outsourcing to us turkers?


Ha, we could only hope!  Course, if I had Netflix it wouldn't be just for the movies and tv shows, I think I'd try some of their original programming as well.  For instance, I heard the show "Stranger Things" was really good. Have you seen that one?


I have not, but I have heard good things about their original content lately.


Course, there's so many subscription services it's getting ridiculous.  Hulu, Amazon, Netflix, heck even Disney is coming out (or has it already?) with one for all their movies and properties.


Well I mean they have to at least match up to their competitors so it is understandable. All that is left for consumers is to see who provides the best service


Yeah, but it must suck if several of them offer exclusively shows/movies that you REALLY to see.  When it was all just Netflix, you pretty much could get whatever you wanted... Did you know Disney makes $1,110 per SECOND?  Wow... that blows my mind.


hello, I'm alright!  Have you seen the new Christopher Robin movie?  I heard it was really for the whole family.  I remember seeing the trailer where Pooh goes, "They say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day!" I thought that line was funny.


That is amazing. Disney sure has come a long way and while you don't really think of disney as a media company and more of a amusement park and animation studio, it is the largest media conglomerate in terms of revenue


I think it's crazy when you think about just how much STUFF they own now.  I mean, Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar, the theme parks.  It's like they're trying to completely take over the world!  (laughs nervously)


I agree it is the time of big corporations. I wonder if the tv show where the earth is ruled by corporations instead of countries will come to pass? In any case, thank you for the wonderful chat.


I thought it was a clever adaptation of a classic that help the now older audience reconnect and relate in order to reconnect to their youth, perhaps having imaginary pals of their own


Hmm.. sometimes I think all my pals are imaginary.  Sadly, I'm told the REAL Christopher Robin (who the books were based on) hated them and never took any money from them.  I find that sad, since his father wrote the books for him..


That is a shame. I wonder why the real chris hated them. Perhaps he wanted a father to be there for him rather than children books


I think maybe he felt embarrassed because the books were based so heavily on his life.  Did you know he died on Easter in 1996?  That was one year after I graduated from high school.  Man, I feel old!  LOL


Well I hope he at least found some solace in that it inspired and that it is a indispensable part of many children worldwide