The last time I played Call of Duty was three years ago. Now, I only watch friends play it. I get headaches. Do you play it?


lol, yes I know, I do too! It can be hard on the eyes. Did you know there were 33 of those games?


I feel that everything is moving in one screen. I get dizzy. How long has Call of Duty been active?


Didn't know it has the best video game ending of all time, did you? Guinness book of world records.


Yes, I know.  Guess Germans can't like on facebook.


That is weird! How does the law find out though?


Who knows the facebook police, lol. Seahorses having necks is interesting. didn't know that. but they do look that way.


Yes, I am on Facebook. I hardly go on it though.


Really, yes I go on a couple time a week for the news and family., How about that burger king promotion.


Do you use Facebook for families and friends who are in another state or country? I do not follow Burger King, but I heard that you get a free whopper if you unfriend 10 people. That is messed up though.


lol, yeah I agree. yes and those that live by also. Didn't know Zuckerburg has colorblindness.


That is nice to keep families and friends close together through social media. I did not know that he has colorblindness. Is there something behind the blue color?


Not sure must be easier for him to see. Zebra fish are interesting.


I know red and green are tricky. Anyways, have you seen a zebra fish?


I probably have, can't remember have seen a lot of fish. Human diseases have counterparts in the zebra fish. The black swallower fish be a strong fish. lol


I did.  I can't believe it's been 15 years since the first one came out in 2004.


Did you like it? Because I was sick at this moment and wasn't able to go with friends.


It was funny for sure!  Did you know that the present day events of the Incredibles are set in the 1960's?


I've read something about it. Maybe it was huge success because of position of director Brad Bird? He used artists who were likely to either quit or be fired from Pixar. So there were motivated.


That's interesting.  I wonder how the artists felt about that?


I guess they just did their best despite all difficulties and concerns. By the way, have you visited museums in Washington, DC?


I've been. I've just read about National Building Museum, but I have no idea where it is located. However, I guess I visited all of them. Ok, never mind.


That sounds neat though.  You're lucky to have gotten that chance.


It was long time ago. Except comedies, what kind of entertainment do you prefer?


Hey! Yes, I like so much. In fact, about 50% of all movies I watch would be comedies. How about you?


I love watching comedies!  I would rather laugh more than anything.


It's good choice. Ok, it was nice to chat with you. Have a good day!


I love them.  Did you know that Comedy Central has cancelled over 100 shows since it was created in 1989?


Just difficult to believe, honestly. They didn't reach bankruptcy with such results? Really?


Crazy.  Did you watch 3rd Rock from the Sun at all?


I did.  It won a golden globe for best comedy series in 1997.


Interesting! I was too young at this time, but I guess it's not difficult to find online. I didn't know that the creator of python language for programming named it partly to honor British comedy group monty python.


I didn't know that either!  Did you know that the Green Lantern movie was originally going to be a comedy starring Jack Black?


It's really crazy! It's totally new information for me. By the way, did you Incredibles 2?


You would think she would since that's a lot of the income for singers now. Do you enjoy going to concerts?


Yes, how about you? I think Linkin Park is the band I've seen the most. They play a lot of shows. Or at least they did :( Sadly there will be no more.


I used to like it a lot but I don't enjoy the crowds quite as much anymore. I did hear that Linkin Park played 324 concerts in one year. That's insane!


Yeah I'm really going to miss Chester. They played some really great venues, I wish there were more dvds. In Croatia a roman amphitheater is still in use, I'd love to go there.


That would be an amazing place to attend a concert. The pictures, the sound, the memory. I would love to do that too.


I'm glad I got to see Linkin Park so many times when I did, since you never know when it will be over. I'm sad I never got to see the Ramones though. Before my time. They played over 2000 shows!


I would have seen the Ramones. They have very catchy music and I'm not even a fan of much punk. I had no idea they played that many shows. I know they played at CBGB's a lot so I wonder how many of those were there and how many were tours.


I think there used to be a sign at CBGB's how many times they played there. Of course like the Ramones that place is long gone now too. I'm glad Roger Waters still tours but it would be nice to see Pink Floyd again.


It's sad that it's gone. It was such a relic of a cultural movement. I would love to see Pink Floyd. Did you know that they filmed a concert with no audience?


Yes in Pompeii! I have the DVD. I believe it was just to have a chance to play in that historic roman venue.


Yes, musically and as an actress. I just heard a new extended version of a star is born is coming out. I can't wait to see the extra footage.


I'm glad they were able to do it then. It was very nice chatting with you. You have a great day.


I have not seen it at all but I am interested. It got a lot of acclaim. Do you know that Lady Gaga is the godmother of Elton John's son?


Yes, shes tweeted about him a lot. You should follow her on twitter she has well over 11 million followers and posts all kinds of neat stuff.


I just recently followed her so I missed a lot. Speaking of, did you also know that the LAPD asked her to tweet her followers about some upcoming roadwork?


I guess they have a lot less followers. Smart idea! She's come a long way since she was on boiling points.


I forgot that show existed. I had no idea she was on that. I'm sure she's a bit embarrassed about that now.


Maybe, you know it's funny I love her music but she's not really what I'd consider typical to what I listen to. Then I find out her favorite band is Iron Maiden and it makes sense.


I didn't know about that either. I usually prefer rock as well but I'm not against some catchy pop here and there to get my day going or to work out to. It has it's place for sure.


I just wish she'd tour more. I have seen a few of her concerts but there are not that many opportunties.


Yes and too bad it was discontinued in 2003 in Japan


Yeah I know. Do you know who Bil Nye is?


Yes that is the science guy. DO you know how he became famous?


Yes he won a Steve Martin lookalike contest


Yeah. Even Reagan once tried his hand at acting but it did not go well


Yes he was told he did not have the presidential look, wow


I sure do. DO you know who Demetri Martin is?


Yes he is super funny and he sacrificed Harvard for comedy


Yeah but he did well. Ryan Stiles also did that but with high school


Yes I do. Did you ever watch the show House MD?


Yes, Laurie made so much miney there, $700 000 per epsode


Yes I love him , he is so funny. Do you know he does not do drama anymore?


Yeah they do not project positivity and he does not like that


Yeah I can see that too. Do you listen to radio dramas?


Sometimes, there is a website where you can listen to them for free


Yeah that is cool . Did you ever play with a Nintendo?


Yes I did. Did you know it only has 54 colors


Hello there, are you a big tv fan?  If so, what is your favorite show?


Right, no I didn't know that, very interesting though.  I guess the president of Indonesia has released three pop music albums while in office.


ya that's crazy, I want trump to release a pop album, he's friends with kanye just think if they released a record together!


That would be insane lol, I think it would definitely sell tons even if it wasn't any good though!


ya I agree haha, did you know that FDR was the only recent president to speak another language besides english


No, that is very surprising to me as well.  Did you know the guest house at the white house is bigger than the actual white house itself?


no I didn't know that, I do like the idea they have in Guatemala, where the presidents relatives can't legally run to become president


That is a pretty good rule.  Keeps the family money out of the equation.


ya I agree, what do you think of the electoral college? I guess in the history of the USA 5 presidents have lost the popular vote but still won becuase of the electoral college


Yeah I think it is time to rethink how we do things but who knows.


who do you think the first president to get a photograph was?


I do like some tv, I like the simpsons, seinfeld, and south park, I guess they all begin with S's somehow haha, what about you?


That's a good one, I'm pretty stumped though lol.  Who was it?


haha well it was Lincoln and actually john wilkes booth was in the photo with him! scary!


Hey that is awesome, my favorite show is the Simpsons, but Seinfeld is close behind.  South Park is good too, I enjoy Always Sunny as well.


ah yes I like always sunny, I guess in the simpsons Homer had almost 200 different jobs in teh first 400 episodes


That is crazy to think about, I love the first 10 seasons.  I guess there is also one episode where Bart doesn't make any kind of appearance.


ya I think I heard of that, he makes no appearance and isn't mentioned, I wonder if they just forgot about him haha


Yeah that's funny to think about, it's probably in a later season as well.


have you seen the show shark tank? apparently most deals that they make are not actually enacted in real life, that seems like a let down because that means the show is basically staged


Yeah I have seen it and really? That is pretty sad, I bet most of the people who follow that show would be super let down yeah.


did you know that woodrow wilson had a phd? I wonder why more presidents don't have higher degrees like that


Do you play Nintendo games like Super Smash Bros?


They have a history with that having been founded in 1889 as a playing card company.


Yeah, and they made lego knock-offs which is kind of neat.


You can tell you're doing OK when you own a MLB team. Nintendo owns the Mariners.


Really? That's cool. I didn't know they did.


Did you know there are no snakes in New Zealand?  I wouldn't miss them too much.


Really? I know there are no snakes in Ireland. A neat fact about snakes, the fear of them is hard-wired in human and monkey brains.


It's true for me I think.  I used to catch them as a kid but not now. Speaking of Nintendo, the original NES only displayed 54 colors.


It wasn't discontinued until 2003 in Japan! I like the original, I wish I still had one.


Actually, me too. Maybe eBay?  I think it's funny the Bill Nye got his break my looking like Steve Martin.  Don't see it...


There are a few places around where I live that sell them, they are just too expensive. Steve Martin? I really don't see it at all. But Ronald Reagan was once rejected for a role because he didn't look "presidential."


I do! I have a Switch at home and was excited for the game to come out. Do you play them?


Funny for Reagan.  Thanks for the excellent chat!


I used to with my kids.  Maybe I should pick it up again. I guess the new one had all the older characters?


I think so. They added a few new characters too


What is "air dodging"? Does that mean you can dodge stuff in midair?


Yeah, I was never very good at it. I'm still pretty old school and just button mash most of the time. I think they are making it to where you can only do it so many times in this new game.


It seems like Nintendo really does listen to its customers.  They have always been a company that makes quality stuff.


They really are a great company. You know they you are getting quality when you buy something from them. They have a  market value of over $85 billion. Which is crazy.


Wow.  I know their consoles survived my kids so that's something. Some people think the games made for them can sometimes be too technical.


I can see that. I'm not a big gamer by any means, and sometimes the games are a bit much for me. I think though that they have to have some sort of balance so that the games are entertaining for all types of people.


Hey I like to watch Netflix, what about you? How often do you watch it


Yes I did that today actually haha. I even went to McDonalds. It's such a genius invention, I'm surprised it took until 1975 to get one made


Yeah , I guess we have the soldiers to thank for not being able to get out of their cars in uniforms


Yeah I guess the rule changed because I have seen soldiers outside of cars in their uniforms. So I guess that's good. I'm shocked that the name of the trunk has stuck around for so long, originally referred to the wooden trunks that they would put in the back of old cars


Yeah I know and I do not see it changing actually. Do you know how Cadillac got its name?


Yes, the city of Detroit was discovered by a guy whose last name was Cadillac. And then I assume that they just used that for the car company, does that sound right?


Yup that is it and that makes sense for them to get that name too.


Yes I agree with you. Have you ever played the game Gran Turismo for the Sony PlayStation? Apparently someone was so good they became a professional race car driver after beating 90,000 people


Yeah that was Jann Mardenborough, good for him, what a way to become a professional driver. In South Africa you can even put flame throwers in your car to prevent it from being stolen


That sounds pretty awesome actually LOL, I would take it out on picnics to cook my food and then also use it to ward off car thieves LOL


Hahhaha dual purpose. DO you use your phone much?


Hey there, I love Netflix . I watch most of the shows there.


Yeah use my phone basically every day. What about you? I don't have a house phone though, only a cell phone


Yeah me too only a cell phone and use it a whole lot.


Yes I agree with you. Have you ever watch the show stranger things? It's one of my favorites haha. Do you ever get the DVDs or just do the streaming


I just do the streaming but I know they still spend more on postage than on bandwidth


Yep you're right. I can't believe that Blockbuster decided not to buy Netflix when it had the chance haha, only for 50 million, I bet they're kicking themselves


I am sure they are , they could have in their hands a company that is worth $2 billion now


I know right, that's wild! Do you know how Netflix was started by the way? I think it's pretty interesting


Yeah the owner got a late fine of $40 and got tired of it. Good choice


How often do you drive your car by the way? I know that I drive mine a lot, I just was out doing errands earlier


Yea me too, to work everyday and then all the other stuff. Do you ever stop by drive thrus to grab stuff?


Do you enjoy reading? It is such a complex cognitive process that some people often take it for granted.


Yes I do! Clint Eastwood has a lot of horses in his movies but he is actually allergic to them.


That's pretty funny. I wonder if he developed an allergy from being on them so much in his movies?


Good question. I always wondered why Dalmatians are associated with firefighters, and it's because they would calm and protect the horses.


That's really cool. I always wondered that too.


Yes it really is a cool fact. Horses in Iceland seem to be special because they have a fifth speed.


That's funny. Looks like it was called Tolt and is a form of speedwalking for horses.


Interesting. Could imagine riding horses to school? A few high school students did that and they got suspended.


Haha that would be awesome. Do you like association football AKA soccer?


Yes I do. It is so popular played by 250 million players and over 200 countries.


I like it too. I heard they make more money than most sports combined worldwide.


Hello, yes, I love reading. Do you enjoy it?


Yes they make more money than football, basketball, baseball, golf, tennis, and hockey combine. Amazing! I really enjoyed chatting with you this morning.


Yes I do. I love exploring texts and interpreting the writing.


Me too. Did you know Starship Troopers is on the reading list for 3 different branches of the military?


I didn't know it was a book to be honest, I have just seen the movie. Enders game looks to be also suggested by the military.


I didn't know it was a book either. The world record for speed reading was 4700 words per minute.


That is so fast. I would like to talk to Anne Jones and learn more about how she does this.


That is very fast. There was a moral panic in the 18th century because of the spread of reading novels.


Reading is very powerful. CS Lewis and Tolkien held a  you laugh you lose competition when reading terrible poetry!


I'm sure it helped. Did you know that Air Jordan's were banned from the NBA when they were first released?


I didnt know that! I wonder why they got bannedmaybe they gaved the player an unfair advantage.


I'm assuming it's because of the endorsement is gave to Jordan. But he wore them anyway and Nike paid his fines. It was good publicity for them.


A company like Nike can definetely afford that, its crazy how this big brands can afford to pay big quantities of money to players.


I agree. Have you heard of Allen Iverson speaking of endorsements?


No I havent, what endorsements does Allen Iverson have?


He signed a lifetime endorsement with Reebok. It paid him $800,000 per year until age 55 and then a lump sum of $32,000,000! That's an amazing deal!


Thats a lot of money, I wouldnt know what do to with that much Money lol, do you know who Tim Duncan is?


Yeah the same one, so he sacrificed being a pro early for college.


Education is important. I'm glad it worked out for him.


Not as much as the NFL but it is a fascinating sport. Did you know that scientifically granny style is the most accurate method to score points?


Really granny style? I wonder why players dont shoot that way then.


They refuse because they are afraid to look stupid. They can't look cool shooting like that.


That kind of make sense but I wouldnt mind looking like a fool with how much pro player make.


Me either. Are you aware of Reggie Miller? He's a hall of famer?


Yes I am aware with him, he scored a carreer hogh of 40 points right?


He did. Interesting fact, in high school he was constantly overshadowed by his sister who broke 8 national records.


I heard she scored 105 points, I guess that competitive spirti between siblings is part of their success.


hey there what do you think of the game of baseball?


haha well I do like poutine, but I think that yes soccer-baseball sounds incredibly dumb haha


I wonder if they have poutine at American baseball games? I heard they started a poutine restaurant in California.


wow that sounds delicious right now, do you ever shop at Target btw?


I like Target better than Walmart, although I don't know about the corporations as a whole and how they do business. I hear more about Walmart being unfair...don't really ever hear that about Target but who knows, I guess...


ya I don't really know, I do go to target and apparently Vermont is the only state that doesn't have a Target in it


That's very interesting. I wonder why Target isn't in Vermont, yet. Also, I wonder if Walmart is in Vermont, now? Maybe they have Bi Mart...although it's not very upscale for Vermont!


haha that'd be funny to see! what is screwy is a state senator actually works at target in order to make enough money to get by


I heard recently that eighty percent of the supplements sold in places like Target contain NONE of the advertised herbs in them. We really need a better rules system.


wow ya I agree, that's really messed up, at least Target doesn't carry tobacco products that is good


Very true! I wasn't aware until recently that Target was originally named Good fellow Dry Goods! Now THAT is retro! hahah


Baseball is ok. I remember hearing my older relatives calling the World Series the Fall Classic. It sounds very retro.


haha definitely an improvement! pretty crazy that it has been around since 1902 and was founded in Minneapolis!


haha that is retro, I never knew that baseball managers could start playing if they wanted to, and thats why they wear uniforms


Yes I just recently learned that, too, and thought it was very interesting! It might be like an embarrassment to the team to have to bring in a manager like that, though. What do you think?


haha ya I would think so, can you believe that baseball is super popular in Japan, I had no idea


Yea, when I worked for Target a few years ago I remember they'd have Japanese baseball on in the break room along with other TV's with American Sports.


ah that is interesting, I wish I was like the guy who found millions of dollars of baseball cards in his attic, now that would be a surprise


As long as I'm not like the guy found in a beer cooler behind a concession stand at a baseball stadium. He was found just before a braves game, too.


ya I heard about that that was crazy, did you ever play kickball as a kid? I guess it's called soccer-baseball in canada


Canadians do have some different ways about them. Soccer-baseball does sound hilarious. So does poutine, though.


Haha right.  He recently was on SNL and at the end went on a rant while the whole cast was behind him,  as if he was speaking on their behalf.  It looked really embarrassing.


That's terrible! I wonder how he'd react if a government official started rapping to him like a judge did to Eminem?


I wonder what Kim has to say about all of Kanye's antics? She'll probably say anything for publicity as well, though.


Exactly,  they just love attention.  I'm sure she agrees with his views though,  she doesn't seem like someone who has strong opinions on a lot of things.  Well,  maybe like fashion and make up lol


They probably just text each other from opposite wings of their mansion on the latest iPhones.  I heard they have more computing power than the us nuclear icbm deterrent as a whole.


That sounds really scary actually.  What are they putting in these phones!


They definitely aren't like those old phones with the little finger holes you had to dial each number with and wait for it to wind back around.


Right,  the rotary!  My grandparents had those!  That was rough,  make sure you dont mess up when making a phone call from that!


I hear New York's area code 212 was picked because it was the fastest to make a phone call with.


I do enjoy some of it. Although, I recently heard a Kanya West song with lyrics comprised mostly of "poop" so he's definitely on my questionable list now.


Thats really cool,  but why does that state get the easiest one?  lol  Been great talking to you!


Oh wow,  I haven't heard this song before,  I gotta look it up after this.  Although,  I am not a fan of his,  I really dont understand why he thinks he is the greatest rapper ever,  I don't even like his songs


Sorry, I meant to say Kanye. My friends and I always say Kanya, though. The song is called Lift Yourself. I think he wrote it himself.


lol no problem,  I understood who you were talking about.  I just recently read that Kanye believes aids is a man made disease ....wow!


Pretty amazing! I also heard that he actually practiced interrupting at award shows before the Taylor Swift incident on SNL in a skit.


What,  really  I think That is so rude,  people will do anything nowadays to get on tv or attention on themselves!


Yes, like the time Kanye gave his mic from on stage to someone in a wheelchair?


I heard one time he got mad at the crowd because he was trying to get them involved by jumping or something and yelled at someone for not jumping with everyone,  only to find out he was yelling at someone in a wheel chair who couldnt jump around.


I remember that, now! Kanye seems to spread message about not following the crowd, too, ironically.


I'd be exhausted doing just about a concert a day, I like RATM and Breaking Benjamin too!


I know, especially Chester (RIP), he strained his voice so much , every single day. best live performers I know


Yes they were the best live performers, I agree. Speaking of a lot of concerts, The Ramones toured almost non stop for 20 years, my goodness!!!


I have heard that, they played over 2000 concerts, that is insane!


Creed was a good band for their first 2 albums, but in 2002 apparently 4 fans at a concert said it was so bad, they sued the band!


because of the music or did something happen at the concert?


I don't know, but it sounds as though the band was bad, I will have to look it up, I'm curious about that.


Me too, let me know what you find! The ramones really did have a great stretch though, wow!


When Eddie Van Halen recorded the guitar solo for Michael Jacksons Beat It, he literally set the studio speakers on fire!


I guess that was a bit of ironic foresight huh? That was a great song!


True and It's funny because I'm a metal head girl but I love just about every MJ song, lol.


It's hard to chose just one, I like so many different youtube channels. Did you know that youtube is the second largest search engine on the whole internet?


I take it google is the largest? Same company, that is very interesting!


Yep, also did you know that the police have "Blutube", where they share law enforcement videos with fellow officers?  Wow that would be something to watch!


I have heard that too! Apparently Netflix and Youtube make up half of North America's internet traffic!


That's a lot of video watching!  Did you know that the band Pink Floyd recorded a whole live concert for video in an ancient roman amphitheater in pompeii italy, with no audience at all?


Did they really? I know linkin park played an insane amount of concerts, but i did not know that!


Linkin Park is my favorite band, what's yours?


It may be breaking benjamin, rise against, then linkin park! but i admire that they played 324 concerts in one year!


I have a hard time watching the new seasons of american idol. some of the kids are super talented but most come across as bubblegum pop that won't last.


I think it dates back much further than that but the 20's are when it because popular. It seems to really resonate with a lot of americans. It speaks to the simple struggles we all go through.


I see, I wonder when it was actually created then, in 2009 it was the most popular genre in the USA.


It has such a broad definition about what is considered country that I think it makes it a little easier to be the most popular because it is a catch all category. I mean they even put certain irish fiddle tunes in there.


Really? Irish tunes and country music, that doesnt seem like a good mix but I agree, theres even an album called NFL country.


I think any genre can be translated into country. Even U2 gave it a go. They were actually pretty popular.


I might have to google that later, I love U2 so I can see why that country album was popular, I might look for it in Wallmart, they only sell clean versions of albums


I think what qualifies as clean is way different than it used to be. I remember when they came with a sticker warning that it contained strong language.


A warning was probably better but I think its important to censor certain aspects for kids, you know that Bob Marley has been on the album chart for more than 914 weeks and he still like in 69th position


Some music just seems to transcend the bounds of time. It speaks to a new generation in a special way each time. That is the beauty of music.


Yeah, I can see your point, you know that Led Zeppelin didnt name their fourth album in order to confuse the press


I watched last season, I think Trent Harmon was the winner, I like the show but dont have time to watch it myself sometimes


Really?I didn't know that. I wonder what the DJs called it on the radio or if they just went with the generic "untitled album" bit.


Yeah, that must have been confusing for all.


I find it hard to watch because these kids are pushed into roles that they just aren't ready for. They are trying to shape genres that they just only got to be a part of a few years ago.


I agree, the competition pushes them real hard and sometimes into roles they are not their best in although I did like the song Country by Keith Urban, he was great in that song


Country is a good example of them not understanding the genre. We have so much bro country because the history of folk and blues is lost on those who haven't studied it. It is all pickups, dogs and breakups.


I guess I see your point, what music genre do you like? I like rock, kind of like Aerosmith.


I am a huge country fan. I grew up listening to the old stuff like Hank williams and johnny cash.


Oh I see, you know that the Fender Stratocaster was originally made for Country music


I think a lot of instruments had their start in country music. There is something about a steel guitar that just can't be duplicated by a synthesizer.


I agree although country music has evolved a lot  since its creation in 1920.


Do you ever pay attention to the news articles about Trump's tweets?


That was his last name. I wonder if that's part of why people voted for him


might be. there was a guy in Indonesia who released 3 pop albums. not sure if that helped


It might have helped with re-election. He could win over the younger generation with some pop songs while campaigning for re-election


better than appealing to wikileaks like trump did. wiki prints all sorts of govt secrets...including the plan to destroy wikileaks


Not sure how accurate that one is. It's about as accurate as buying the Eiffel Tower from someone pretending to be a government official


He might have had better luck selling the twin to the White House that's located in France. It's more low key


I'd like to buy a duplicate of the white house guest house. i hear its huge


Which is saying something since on November 11, 2011, bullets hit the white house and the secret service didn't even know for four days. Imagine how long it would have taken on the guest house


crazy.  its like they are still using floppy disks there or something


Maybe the disks are more secure than other types of storage


I guess there's a lot of politics about his tweet in regards to supporting someone


yeah, he's not supposed to do politics on the  taxpayers dime. like he shouldnt use af1 to go to a campaign rally


The mix of politics and policy is a more modern issue that's come to a light a lot more since his Presidency


yeah, it now costs 206K / hour to run AFOne. So its no joke


Apparently both the Republicans and Democrats have had to reimburse a lot to the government the past two decades


well, guys like jfk could afford it. I'm not sure Trumps got the money


I wonder if Washington or Jefferson would have paid that much considering they're two of the top three richest Presidents


Well, not paying is for banana republics. I think the first President of Zimbabwe was actually called Banana.


What do you think about the release of that ISIS member?


No I havent been there but it must be a beautiful place, no motorized vehicles, nature all around, really relaxing place to be


I heard that and was wondering what it would be like.  I agree probably would be very relaxing.


I would like to go to Japan some day as well, I hear the tolls are really expensive to pay, so I have to save money for them


I would love to visit there as well!  I have friends there I went to college with that I still stay in touch with.  It would be nice to see them again.  The dutch are creating a commuter bus desinged to travel at 160mph.  I wonder how they could control that?


Thats really fast, 160 mph you would get to the destination in no time and enjoy the landscape on your way there


Yes it would.  Speaking of landscape....Did you know that 86 percent of the land in Nevada is owned by the US government?


No didnt know that, that seems unfair, owning all that land,


I know.  I was surprised.  In 2008 the Norwegian Government donated 1 billion dollars to help save the Amazon rainforest.  That's a lot of cash.  They must have some interest there to donate that much.


They must care about the enviroment I think thats a great thing to do, donate money to a cause like that one


I agree.  On a little different note...did you know that New York's area code is 212 because it was the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone?


Wow.  That's a tough call.  Sounds like he is in a pickle.  I don't know what to make of it.


No I didnt know that, interesting fact, convenient actually.


New cellphone, $4210 dollars and his clothes, sounds like ISIS and the US made a deal}


It does.  Kind of scary to think about.  It's hard to sort it out.  He was captured at a checkpoint in Syria and declared his American citizenship even though he grew up in Saudi Arabia and had Saudi citizenship.


Its a strange case, it seems like the man onjected this release, maybe he liked america? or was afraid of the consequences of his release


I'm going to guess he was afraid of what will happen when they release him.  I don't want to travel to Syria.  Do you like to travel?  I love it...just not to certain areas.


I do love to travel and I agree I don't want to visit Syria.


The first king to travel all around the world was King Kalakaua of Hawaii.  I wonder if he went there?  lol


Thats an interesting thought, I guess he did, maybe it wasnt as dangerous back then


It probably wasn't.   Have you ever been to Mackinac Island in Michigan?


How's it going, did you know fox news is provide in 86 countries?


That's crazy. It's crazy how much trouble people on news networks get into, like Tom Brokaw from NBC News


Well, this a crazy universe we live in.  Did you know that our universe may exist inside a black hole?


No I didn't, but I did hear that there is a theory that there is only one electron in the universe


Yes, I heard that too.  Add to that, the universe used to be completely opaque because there was so much plasma that light couldn't travel through it.


That's insane. Apparently there are stars cold enough to be touched by a human hand in the universe


And that the deepest note in the universe is emitted by a black hole producing a note 57 octaves below middle c.


The universe is very strange, especially if it turns out to be one giant superhologram


It depends on our definitions, really. If you could fold a piece of paper in half 103 times, it would be as thick as the observable universe.


That's pretty crazy although there may being a region in space pulling galaxies outside the observable universe


Yes, and there is a cold spot in the cosmic microwave background that has been theorized to be a link to a parallel universe.


Yes, I did know that and its broadcasted overseas territories worldwide with international broadcasts featuring Fox Extra segments during ad breaks.


Spooky. Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


It would of been cool if fox new corp created a channel that only showed the simpsons


Yes, I agree but Fox News threatened to sue the Simpsons in order to stop them from parodying it famously anti-democratic party agenda.


That's pretty ironic Fox would threaten to sue The Simpson when they share the same network


True.  In 2007 Fox News tried to have a conservative version of "the Daily Show" called "The 1/2 Hour News Hour" but it was cancelled after 13 episodes.


That's pretty funny it got cancelled but I'm not surprised it got cancelled, Fox news creators Ailes and Nixon don't seem like funny people


Yeah, not only that but in 2015 the median viewer age for Fox News was 68 years old.


Yet fox news is still watched more than cnn and msnbc combined


True. The percentage of airtime on Fox News dedicated to opinion is 55% and for MSNBC it's 85%.


Good morning! What do you think about the new Dragon's Breath stunt?


Anti-cigarette advertising works somewhat.    Perhaps a campaign on the video sharing sites like YouTube?


Maybe. Did you know that YouTube is now the second largest search engine?


Yes.     If Google is willing to pay nearly 2 billion dollars to own you, something is going right!


Yes, and they have Google to thank for their success now too. Guess what's the most disliked video on YouTube?


I heard it was Justin Bieber.    Maybe kids didn't appreciate his dance skills.


Interesting.    Speaking of dance,    did you know Tupac danced ballet!


Yes! He was the Mouse King in The Nutcracker.


Bruce Lee was also a dancer.    I guess you never really know where people start!


Who could have guessed frozen food could be so dangerous!


For sure! Well, it's been real. Have a wonderful day wherever you are!


Yes. It started at a highbrow restaurant in L.A. and spread to the malls. But a lot of the injuries are accidental. I can't believe they're selling liquid nitrogen at malls - and as a snack!


Dippin' Dots also use liquid nitrogen and have been around for years.


Yes, but Dragon's Breath seems to be more dangerous. There have been more injuries, from what I hear.


Agreed.     Anything where one must use utensils - or at least a stick is bound to lead to injuries.


Yes, and it comes with a lot of special instructions. No wonder things go wrong. Do you think it's irresponsible for them to be selling it to younger people or people who might not know how to eat it correctly?


Yes!      Chefs and bartenders have training.    Your average mall employee does not!


Right, and there might not be time to make sure people understand the instructions, considering how crowded and noisy malls can be. Do you think it should be allowed?


Probably not, but I guess it might be better to not make it seem attractive to teens so they will avoid it.


hey there do you like cats or dogs more?


wow I want one! I also want to live in the town with a cat mayor named stubbs! haha


That would be pretty cool, stubbs doesn't sound like it takes any guff from anyone!


haha no hes been the mayor since 1997, so he obviously is the boss!


Wow, thats quite the run in office.  I guess there is a bed and breakfast in Minnesota that offers you a cat companion for the night.


cool Id take a trip there, what other kinds of animals do you liek


I'm not too sure about animals I like most of them, I think fish are really cool too. How about you?


ya I like dogs and reptiles, also fish, I guess there are 20 quintillion animals in total on earth


That is crazy, I know that amount of insects outnumbers everything like crazy, I think ant are pretty fascinating.


they are, oh I also like the loch ness monster, I hope that since scotland passed a law protecting it that it could be real! haha


Yeah I love the show river monsters and he did an episode on the Loch ness monster.


Hello there, I am more of a dog guy, how about you?


haha thats cool I'll have to check that out, they passed the law in 1912 so hopefully hes still alive!


ya I am too, I don't like cats but its funny there is a cat cafe in asia where you can pay to hang out with cats!


That is pretty funny, did you know over 86,000 people go to the ER every year from some type of cat injury?


no I didn't, also whats funny is that a 15 year old cat has spent about 10 years of its life sleeping


Wow, I wonder how fat that cat is, I bet it is rather large.


haha ya I would like to see that, did you ever watch the movie the Godfather?


Yeah that is such a classic film, and the Godfather 2, how about you?


ya I like godfather 1 the best, but that cat thats in the first scene, I guess it was actually just a stray they found on set


Really I never knew that, very interesting.  I guess you can get glow in the dark cats in South Korea, I wonder what thats about?


Hey how often to use your telephone? I use my cell phone almost everyday, I don't even have a house phone anymore


Don't know how that theory works. but I do know that Elon Musk is really smart and he believes in the Hologram Theory LOL. I also want to find a star that I can touch with my hand that would be cool


That would be cool, I would like to take a selfie holding that star lol, and Elon Musk is really smart so that gives that theory points


Yep that's what I'm thinking haha. I'll leave it to the smart people to decide. Another cool idea is that universe is evolve through natural selection, just like how animals did. That's pretty cool to think about


It is a pretty cool theory, it makes sense if we evolve that way I guess its a legit hypothesis,


Yep I agree with you. Back to telephones though, do you know area code is 212?


No, 212? cant recall it, maybe its the area code for Miami?


Nope it's the area code for New York, and they chose it because it was the fastest number you could dial back on an old rotary phone. We don't use those anymore, but the number stuck apparently


Oh that makes sense, rotary phones were the worse, specially if you got the number all mixed up, it was a long process longer than the actual call lol


Yep I agree with you. They were so weird to use haha. What scares me though is that an iPhone has more computing power than our nuclear deterrent system. Like how is that possible? You think that the military would have the latest technology


That is scary! we should update our nuclear deterrent as son as possible, it seems like a higher priority than building a useless wall along the border


I use my phone every day I think its one of the best inventions ever!


Yes I agree with you. what do you think about the cable that connects America to Europe? It carries our telephone and also our internet data, it's only 3 in thick I just worry that a fish could bite through it LOL


I agree with you! I believe though, that an iPhone has more CPU power than the nuclear missile deterrent system, that seems really scary


That seems scary I agree just like the cables that carry phone and internet data in the ocen floor, they have a diameter of only 2.7 inches, that is really thin


That does seem really thin. Always wonder if a shark or something could just eat that cable in half haha. Have you ever seen two phone books that have their pages overlapped together?


I havent, phone books are outdated by now I dont think many people use them anymore


Nope I agree. I need to go to my grandma's house and try this out though. She has a bunch of old phone books and if you enter laugh the pages, apparently you cannot separate the two books after that


That would be an interesting experiment but anyways what are your thoughs on the universe?


Well I think the universe is very interesting. I like the different theories people have about it. One theory is that the whole universe is a giant hologram, what do you think?


I think that theory is crazy but I guess anything is possible even the theory of a single electron in the universe


More power than the us nuclear icbm deterrent.


Yeah I have an iPhone and I can't believe im packing so much power in my pocket, do you like to travel?


I love to travel...foot, car, plane, bike, boat, train, any!!!!


Sounds like you really like to travel lol did you hear about the commuter bus the Dutch are creating?


The bus is designed to travel at a speed of 160 miles per hour so thats really fast.


I dont know, but I did hear tolls are really expensive at Japan.


I heard 300 dollars worth to travel the country.  Nice talking to you!  Good night.


Yeah, that does sound expensive and it was great chatting have a nice night bye


I do its interesting how phones have advanced, now most phones are smartphones


Yes, back in New York on rotaries, 212 was their area code


212 why is that? that seems a bit random


They thought it was the fastest number to dial


Oh that makes sense, did you ever had a rotary phone? it took a century to make a call on those


I have played with them.  Did you know phone cables just lie on the bottom of the ocean?


I didnt know about them, they must be really big, do you know more about them?


That is thin!! those cables must be really strong, amazing how much power phones have now a days, iPhones are really powerful


Do you know much about the president or have any interesting facts?


I believe it as much kids have been watching it for about that long. lol


True! There is only one episode of The Simpsons without Bart in it. Wonder which one it is?


We'll have to look it up.  Did you ever watch Thomas the Tank?


No, but my kids did. I remember it having a lot of guest narrators.


Yes.  Ringo Starr, George Carlin and Alec Baldwin have narrated Thomas for at least 52 episodes each.


That's really cool. In England, they made a verbatim remake of That 70's Show. Seems like a lot of jokes would get lost in translation.


I think I've heard of that show.  It was called "Days Like These"


Ah, probably why it was canceled after 10 episodes. Haha.


Yes! lol Did you know that Carol Burnett was the first celebrity to appear on Sesame Street?


That's cool. Wonder what year that was? I started watching around 1976 when I was 1 or 2.  Robin Williams was the first celebrity to be in a Disney animated movie, which set the trend.


I know the top three wealthiest presidents were Washington, Jefferson and JFK.


I'm not sure what year.  I grew up in the 70s too.  That must have been when did Aladdin?  It was nice chatting with you!


Nice.  I wonder if Trump is now part of that list?


I'd bet not. Doubt he has that much in liquid assets. But maybe he could build his wealth by releasing some pop albums, like the president of Indonesia!


Really?  lol  Up until 1805 the runner up in the US presidential elections automatically became the vice president!


That would be a nightmare nowadays. Can you imagine Hillary and Trump sharing the White House? Haha.


haha Be good entertainment. lol  The first president of Zimbabwe was called President Banana.  lol


I wonder if that was his given name? The president's guest house is larger than the actual White House. That's sorta crazy. I guess they probably host a lot of people at a time.


I bet you're right.  Do you watch a lot of television?


Yeah, too much probably. Did you know there are over 750 episodes of Pokemon? That's close to 50 episodes a year for 16 years!


So I guess involuntary pornography like face swapping celebrity faces onto pornographic material is being banned.


Yes, that would be horrible. I wonder if a lot of these sites are changing just because of pressure from celebrities.


I don't think so, the law regards the face swapping as 'parody or satire' which is protected by the First Amendment.  I don't know what the motivation was except maybe to get on the good side of somebody and not have all their porn banned.


Celebrities get a lot of special treatment. There is a secret room for at Pixar studio that is often visited by celebrities. I wonder what it is like.


Yes, I wonder too as I read they go there often.  Did you know Robin Williams was the first celebrity to perform voices in animated films?


No, I didn't know that, but that makes sense. He was so funny.


He was.  I think it came from inner pain though.  So are you a big Reddit fan?


I never muched like Reddit. I can't get used to the format. How about you?


The format turns me off as well.  I only go there if I get directed by a search on a particular subject.  I don't get the voting, etc.  Also, some of those folks are a wee bit extreme.


That's true. I do end up there sometimes as well for one thing or another. And yes, I don't understand how people can spend hours there arguing.


Sometimes life events are such that you need an outlet where you can feel free to be ugly without consequences is my guess.  Also, I think a lot of people use the porn part.


From Reddit anyway - the deep-fake celebrity variety.  I think the rest of their porn is up and running.


It's funny that the first comment on reddit was a complain that it was going downhill, but that it is still going. Maybe see you there one day, or maybe not.


It looks like they are also targeting revenge porn or other faked images since their rules have been updated.


Yes, I believe you're correct.  I know Tumblr is banning all porn, real and faked.


Interesting. I thought that that is what a lot of people go there to look for.


Yes, that's exactly what people have commented.  Starbucks is installing filters so you can't watch porn on their wifi - which honestly, I can't imagine anybody doing in a coffee shop LOL!


Oh, yeah. I guess people like to watch porn anywhere. I noticed someone at the public computers of a hotel lobby looking at porn before. Do you think that all deepfakes should be eliminated?


I KNOW I would be upset if I were the victim of a deep-fake porn thing.  Wouldn't you be?


Yes, I would be. But if they are shut down in one place they will probably just appear at another place.


Yes, and it is so unfair.  There are few US laws to turn to when you are a victim, celebrity or not.  Can you imagine your boss seeing it!


yeah I guess. the cables that carry phone info are only 2.7 in diameter


Yeah and they just lay on the ocean floor how weird.  Nothing to hold them down or protect them from fish.


yeah I wonder how nothing gets tangled around them


Do you use Google?  did you know a google search takes more computing power than it took to send people to the moon?  crazy huh


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


they calculate it by moving cell phones that are on the road.


nice, how smart of them to use something that is already out there


I do use facebook.  I think its interesting that google doesnt mow their lawn but instead used hundreds of goats at one time.


Hello,  yes I use my mobile phone a lot,  never use my house phone though,  how about you?


no me neither. did you ever use a rotary phone?


I did,  my parents had a few in their house when I was younger,  I used it a few times,  really annoying especially if you mess up lol


haha it was difficult to place a call with them, took forever


Same here!  Especially if you have to dial long distance.  Lucky for Ny because they got the 212 area code which is the fastest to dial lol


I used to use those all the time. Had to,  no internet lol


yup. did you know if two of them stick together they cannot be separated?


lol I never tried,  but thats good to know!


Wow...did you know why McDonald's initially added drive thru's to their restaurants?


Oh that makes a lot of sense.  I didn't think about it that way.  Have you ever been to hawaii?  I did not know they had a king.


Had no idea they had a king. Explains King's Hawaiian rolls (not really)


I love all kinds of music.  Music is so important to me.  I mostly listen to hip hop or country.  I like when the music has a story.  I can relate to so much of it.  How about you?


I like old school rock. I was one also that bought Linkin Park's Hybrid theroy, which is the best selling album since 2000


I did not buy that album but I do like Linkin Park.  It is surprising to learn that they have the best selling album since 2000.  It's also surprising to learn that Pink Floyd's dark side of the moon was one of the best selling albums in 2014.  Their music is timeless.


Certainly is. I listen to them all the time on the radio/


I need to hear this rap album made by the two twins from Japan at 100 years old.  Sounds hilarious.  I am learning a lot about Japan today!


I hope to be able to speak still at that age!


I heard soldiers could not get out in their fatigues, good response by them. REading this, I kinda wish my trunk was still actually a wooden trunk.


Absolutely let alone make a rap album!  Impressive.  Did you ever listen to Straight Outta Compton?


Yes exactly!  I think it is so interesting that drive thru's were created just for soldiers to not have to get out in their fatigues. It would be funny to have a wooden trunk now.


Might not be as safe, though  not nearly as fun a being in south africa and having a flame thrower mounte to your vehicle


I did not know that Detroit was founded by Antonie de la mothe Cadillac.


Didnt know that either. Do you travel often?


I do travel every other month for work.  I usually take my kids on two vacations each year too.  I love to travel.


Cool. I don't travel alot out of the midwest, though I want to do so with the kids. I had no idea Japan charged around $300 to travel across country.


That is crazy! You could probably fly across the country cheaper.  They must have the best roads at that cost.  Have you ever been to Mackinac Island?  I can't imagine an island with no cars or motorcycles.


People must really like bikes there. I dont thik they have the best roads, just so many people they have to limit traffic.


I couldnt imagine a deaf quarterback, but there are many deaf athletes so i shouldnt be surprised.


Oddly in the nfl there is only one left handed qb, Kellan Moore


Is that a problem for teams? A lefties a challenge for designing plays?


I don't know, I figure if it was then a good coach would be able to turn a left handed qb into an advantage


I guess so? i don't know how hard it is for defenses to adapt to a new QB. i also wonder how big the advantage of the lefty is.


Probably a little similar to south paws in boxing, if there is an advantage


I guess the rhythm could be different, the choices of the QB would be unexpected. Unlike that pink locker room at U of Iowa.


You know if I was a visiting player in Iowa's locker room I would probably find the pink to be calming and relaxing lol


I guess. i wonder how many other teams have tried that technique. if it worked, everyone would do it.


I wonder if Georgia tech had any special techniques when they beat Cumberland 222-0


Yea I watch football all the time, it's a shame Alex Smith got injured but he can always fall back on something else considering he started his master's degree before being drafted


Yes, the players were twice as big, twice as fast, and ten times better. Anyway, great chat!


I bet that he has a lot of opportunities with his intelligence and motivation. I wonder what he will choose.


Yea Smith is incredibly smart, it only took him two years to get his bachelor's degree while he was playing college football


He did so many APs in high school. he is a focused individual. he is the ideal type for QB.


Tom Brady is also pretty smart but not his JV coach who never started him despite the team not winning a game


Yeah, the coach was probably playing favorites. TB was promising but needed his chance to show his talent.


Yea,the coach must be kicking himself for not seeing how good Tom Brady was after he won 4 super bowls


Yeah, I bet many coaches have done similar things because they had their favorites. Clutch players have to be put in clutch situations.


Yea, Paul D Hubbard was pretty clutch and invented the circular huddle


Yeah, did you know it only had 54 colors?


Still a lot of fun though. Do you know who Bill Nye is?


Yeah that is the Science Guy. Do you know how he got into entertainment?


Yeah the won a Steve Martin lookalike contest, I guess they look pretty similar


Yeah I know. Even Reagan tried his hand at acting once but did not go well


Yeah he did not have the presidential look, ironic no?


Very much so as he came to become a real life president


I do actually. Do you know why the managers wear uniforms?


That is because they can play if the need arises if I am not mistaken


A lot actually. DO you know the highest grossing all-time box office star?


Yes that is it. DO you know what kickball is called in Canada?


Yes that would be tom hanks with $8.5 billion internationally


Yeah pretty impressive guy. Do you watch disney movies at all?


I do sometimes. Did you know they were going to shut their movie studio after Sleeping Beauty flopped?


Yeah good thing they did not rush to that decision and kept going with movies


Exactly. The movie Trojan Wars was a total flip though, only earned $309 and cost 15 million to make


Oh that is a waste of money but Treasure planet was still the works for disney


Yeah it is. Did you ever play with Nintendo?


Yeah a lot actually until it was discontinued in Japan in 2003


no, plus its wild that netflix and youtube take up like half of all internet traffic


People crave distraction and entertainment. Netflix is in almost every country in the world at this point.


ya they have like 140 million subs and 60 million in the usa alone, thats nuts!


The money must roll in! China won't ever get Netflix. They'll try to come up with their own version. They don't like outside interference.


ya I think you're right, but at least they probably wont do the dvd mail thing, that costs 20x more than internet bandwidth


I guess some people don't have Internet access or don't know how to use computers. They need DVDs mailed.


ya I could see that, do you like fish at all? I ate trout yesterday


Fish are ok. Not my first choice. I definitely prefer it to horse.


haha me too, but I didn't know the seahorse is the only fish without a neck


The only fish with a neck. Usually fish do not have necks. Anyhow, thanks for the chat!


I used to watch Netflix. I don't watch much now. How about you? Do you watch?


thanks and watch out for the immortal jellyfish out there


ya I watch it for a few shows like stranger things, the first show they ever produced was called Lilyhammer apparently in 2012


I've heard good things about Stranger Things. Haven't seen it though. Blockbuster made a huge mistake passing up the chance to buy Netflix.


oh definitely, only 50 mil at the time now worth 2 billion, major mistake!


Now there are no more video rental shops. The technology changed because Reed Hastings got stuck with a late fee.


ya just to think, Netflix started over a $40 late fee for Apollo 13 lol


I figure that there will be a newcomer that displaces Netflix one of these days.


ya there might be, I know that disney is making their own version, I just don't know about so many services though


Disney is a juggernaut. They have tons of content. Plus they probably will not spend money on postage like Netflix.


Talking about stats, rb benjarvus green-ellis has never fumbled a football.


Yeah, another Patriot RB. Fun fact. Do you follow college football - or soccer?


Yeah.  The word football has different meanings depending on the region.


Absolutely. Region or country. In Australia, most football is rugby. Most worldwide "football" is soccer - way bigger than US football in terms of fans.


I find it somewhat ironic the huddle in today's football was created by a deaf quarterback.


Yeah. Had to hand signal. Makes sense. Did you notice not all teams huddle anymore?


Yeah.  To add to Gronkowski's glory, he was the second best run blocking tight end.


I know! Blocking for other RBs when the pass was not shot to him. Got knocked out of Jags game w/concussion, only few weeks before this yr's SB. But he played!


I guess though that the Patriots wouldn't be very negatively affected by his absence, because they have other good players that rank near his ability.


Agreed. Brandin Cooks and Danny Amendola come to mind. Brady can target other players, too. Deep offensive line!


Yeah.  Well thanks for the conversation.  Have a good day.


You bet. Hope you enjoy your fav sports!


No, but I find it interesting Tom Brady;s wife makes a lot more money than him.


Yes, but her beauty and sponsors will fade. His...who knows? After the NFL, he still has $$$ sponsors for decades!


Yeah, he is such a successful quarterback.


Right, as in THE most successful QB of all time now, with SB LII win (6 rings).


He is one of the only two players to have won five Super Bowls.


Now, six. Glad to see that his TE, Rob Gronkowski, won MVP this year. Brady's already won that honor in 4 other SB wins. Ever see Brady pass to Gronkowski?


No.  I have to say he assumes the leading role on a football team well.


Brady. You bet. Gronkowski, with his long brown beard, is pretty distinctive, too. Brady passes to him 19% of the time, which is a lot. No question Brady is a great team leader. Coach Belichick, too.


Do you know who the top 3 wealthiest presidents were?


I know, it's hard to think how things would have turned out. That's crazy. I heard that a D.C. judge sued a small dry cleaning business for over $67 million for the loss of a pair of pants. Those must have been some special pants.


Indeed they must have been. They could have been the Hulk's indestructible pants since that seems to be one of his super powers! Ha!


Did you know that Aladdin's pants were modeled after MC Hammer? I thought it would be the other way around?


I figured it would be the other way around too! You know, even MLB umpires are forced to wear black underwear in case the pants split! Ha!


Oh wow, I did not know that. Did you know that people started wearing pants because of horses? Mounted armies found that pants were more effective than wearing robes.


Actually, I did not. That makes sense though. Could you imagine wearing robes today? I mean, I can just see us on the phone wearing robes! Ha! Speaking of phones, I found out recently an undertaker invented the dial telephone because he thought operators were rerouting his calls to rivals. Ha!


I couldn't imagine that. We would be sitting around like the Dude from Big Lebowski. That's crazy though, I found out that an iPhone has more computing power than the entire US nuclear ICBM deterrent. That's crazy.


Oh wow! Speaking of iPhones, there's actually really no correlation between connection quality and service bars! Weird, huh?


Yeah that is weird, it's good to know though.


So true. We should thank Hedy Lamarr because without her, we wouldn't have cellphones or even gps and wifi!


I honestly don't know! Do you know? I know as far as PhDs are concerned, Woodrow Wilson was the only president with a PhD!


I couldn't imagine life without one. Great chatting with you!


They say JFK, Washington, and Jefferson but I'm not sure if that list is up to date or not.


True! And it's hard to believe of all the presidents we've had since FDR, he was the last to actually speak a foreign language.


Yeah it is, I guess Presidents aren't as scholarly as we would like to think. Have you heard that the president of Indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office?


No I didn't. That's kind of humorous! Almost as crazy as knowing the first president to be photographed for the inauguration was Lincoln and ironically, Wilkes Booth was in that very photo!


Could you imagine if any of our Presidents made an album, although Bill Clinton could have released a jazz album, he was pretty good on the sax. That's kind of chilling that they were both in the photo.


I didn't know Bill played the sax! That's pretty cool. Speaking of Bill, it's a good thing he was never president of Guatemala as close relatives of former presidents aren't allowed to run so no one in his family could if we were Guatemala.


That is true, we would have no Clintons, no Bushs, no Kennedy's, no Roosevelts.


Very true! No telling where we'd be today if that was the case. So many generations of politicians there. Who knows how differently things could be? Heck, women weren't allowed to wear pants on the Senate floor until 1993!


I want to know how they do that so I can help more there


Me too. the iPhone has more power than the nuclear icbm deterrent in the US


Yes sometimes. Day Lewis won the Oscar three times for best actor


Yeah that guy. Blazzind Saddles was also nominated for the of them


Yeah. Do you know who has the most Oscars?


Yes that would be Walk Disney with 22 of them under his name


Yes that guy has made it difficult for others to beat it really


I know. Eminem has more Oscars than Johnny depp, di Caprio and some other combined


That is mind blowing. Even the Oscars were nominated for 9 Emmys


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


Yes because it was easy to dial on a rotary phone


I did If two of them get stuck together there is no separating them


Yes I heard that too. Do you know how wide are the phone cables?


Yes they are pretty narrow only 2.7 inches wide


Yes and they lay on the bottom of the ocean floor


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


Good point. UNICEF donates clean water when we do not use put phones


Good morning! Do you ever shop on Amazon?


I believe it. I shop at Walmart but I like to shop online.  Truth is, Amazon ships UPS and Walmart doesn't.  Amazon gets stuff to you in a day or so.  Walmart doesn't do that either.


Exactly I prefer Amazon.  I just do Walmart for groceries.  I saw that Amazon is the third most valuable public company in the United States.


I guess that Google and Facebook are probably the top two.  Amazon might just move up though. They've got their own film and tv studio now.


Actually I read that they are behind Apple and Microsoft.


Really?  Well I'm wrong lol!  Well still, they might move up anyways!


Yes, they might.  They are the largest internet company by revenue in the world


And right behind Alibaba in total sales.  I wonder if that's due to the population size of China.


It might be.  I also saw that after Walmart they are the largest employer in the United States.


What do you think about the cashless stores they are starting up?


Well I guess most people dont carry cash so it makes sense.  I was reading that IMBD has been owned by Amazon since 1998.  I didn't know that


Yes, I love it!  It was founded by Jeff Bezos on July 5, 1994


I didn't know that either.  Sounds like amazon got into expanding early on. They were only a 4 year old business when they did that.  Well, I've got to go for a bit.  It's been nice chatting with you!  Have a great day!


Hard to believe it's been around so long! For some reason it feels new to me.  You know it started out as just a bookstore?


Really thats interesting.  The first customer spent $27.95 and got a building named after him.


He's a lucky man! And a smart one for buying from what was an unknown company at the time that turned in to the powerhouse it is today.


did you know that the United States Postal Service has a contract with amazon to deliver packages on Sunday


I did know that and to me, it just says exactly how powerful amazon is.  As far as I know, they are the only company that has that contract.


I think so.  I also saw that the workers for Amazons warehouse walk b/t 7 and 15 miles each dday


Well that's a good thing. It's a great way to get exercise and make money at the same time!


LOL exactly.  Did you know that Amazon passed up Walmart as the most valuable retailer in the United States


for sure, at least one game! Tom brady has never eaten a strawberry in his life, maybe that was why lol!


He probably has an allergy. i bet that runs in the family. he eats some weird ice cream too.


That is a good point, never thought of that. What kind of ice cream does he eat


i think he eats avocado ice cream. some strange flavor. he is vegan i believe.


I wonder if his wife makes him eat that. She makes like double what he makes in salary


She is a model. she probably does not eat very much or often. they probably have a similar diet.


I am sure you're right, they both are thin lol. Did you know the average NFL game only takes like 11 minutes of gameplay


That sounds about right. they stand around and wait a lot. the refs seem to confer a lot.


For sure, talk about boring at times lol. It was so great chatting with you about football!


Yes, i enjoyed chatting about football too. Have a good day.


hi how are you? i watch the NFL sometimes. You?


Doing well, I watch the NFL a decent amount. Of the 32 teams, is one your favorite?


I like the teams from the bay area. i liked the 49ers back in the day when they were great.


for sure, their quarterbacks have been great, Young and Montana were hall of famers!


yes, that was so long ago though. i guess that it will be some years before the 49ers see a dynasty again. now it is the patriots.


For sure, Tom Brady is too good! Who would have guessed he was a 6th round pick in 2000


no one would have suspected him of being such a champion. he started off slow too in high school


Right, I think their JV team didn't win won game and he was the backup quarterback and they refused to play him!


the coach didnt know talent. the kid has potential and nobody saw it. too bad. they could have won.


Do you subscribe to Netflix?  As of Oct. 2018, they had 137M subscribers.


I watch part of it then fell asleep.  I didn't know it was derived from Walter ELIAS Disney...


Yeah, that's a neat little factoid.  Another neat thing is they got all sorts of hidden "Mickeys" (ie Mickey Head shapes) all over the various Disney resorts.  People make it a game to find them.


Are they worth anything?  I didn't realize Minnie Mouse's name is short for Minerva...


No, they're painted on various surfaces, you can't really take them with ya (unless you chip them out of the walls...) LOL


I'm sure they wouldn't appreciate that.  I bet Netflix doesn't like paying 20 times more on postage than they do for bandwidth.


Yeah, that surprises me.  I didn't think too many still got the DVDs in the mail, but I guess there's still some people out where internet isn't so great so streaming isn't really an option.


Yeah, I was puzzled about that too.  Another weird theory: there is only one electron in the universe.  OK, this one is crazy...


I'm not even sure how that would WORK given what he know about atoms and stuff.  Unless they're trying to say the electron is so BIG that the entire universe is in it... (shrugs)


Yeah, it's crazy on the surface... Crazy like Disney's Big Hero 6 used a 55,000 core computer to render it.  Wow, I am typing this on a 4-core computer...  Humbling...


Wonder how long the film took to render on that thing?  Bet you could play a mean game of Fortnight (or whatever is big now) on a computer like that!  ;)


I used to, but I haven't been with them for awhile.  Might if I ever get some extra money rolling in.  LOL.  But yeah, it's amazing how HUGE they are!


For sure... That's one major computer... Thanks for your help.  You were and excellent chat partner!


They are!  From 9pm to 12am they use 33% of bandwidth in N. America.


Did you know the guy who invented it came up with the idea after racking up a $40 late fee on a vhs rental?  That's kind of funny!


Yeah.  Turning anger into riches.  I love it.  Later, Blockbuster declined several offers to buy Netflix for nothing compared to what it's worth now.


Yeah, I heard about that.  They were offered to buy it for $50 and they said no, now it's worth like $2 billion!  I bet someone is kicking themselves over missing out on that!


For sure... Here's a head-scratcher... Some people think the universe in one big superhologram...


Like something out of The Matrix?  Yeah, I guess it's possible, but even if it was there's no way to know, so you'd really just have to keep living "as is" (if that makes sense.)


I agree.  Did you know there are stars cold enough to be touched.  Does that mean cold fusion is a real thing?


That I can't tell ya... although I'd assume it just means there's stars out there that aren't very warm.  Good thing our sun isn't like that!  Speaking of space.. ever seen Wall-E?


Hey there, do you watch basketball much?  I admit, I'm not the biggest fan, TBH, but I do find some of the thing surrounding it rather fascinating.


Dunno if you could get into the NBA if you couldn't shoot.  hehe.  What do you think of what Tim Duncan did?  He stayed in college for four years instead going directly to the NBA...


I know shaq couldnt shoot a free throw hardly at all but he had a lot of other qualities that made up for it.


I didn't know that!  Well, my thought is that Tim did the right thing.  I mean, something can happen to your body at anytime, but if you have an education, you can always fall back on that.


I dont know if it were me, I would have went to the NBA and the took classes to finish in the offseason.


Yeah, I can see that point too.  Here's some irony for ya.. the guy who invented basketball, James Naismith, is the ONLY losing coach in Kansas's history.


Thats pretty crazy if you think about it. Did you know that air jordans were banned in the nba but nike paid the fine so Michael wore them anyways.


Yeah, it's like I was saying earlier, those shoe companies got deep pockets!  But I did find something funny in that whole situation.  Jordan probably being all, "Go, ahead, fine me!"  Wonder how much the fine was?


I have no idea. I think it was just a way for the nba to get a pice of that massive shoe deal.


Ah wouldn't surprise me.  Did you know Kareem Abdul-Jabbar used the dunk so much it was banned from college basketball for over a decade?  That's an incredibly long time!


I didnt watch basketball at that time, but think about how dominating you would have to be at something to get it banned from the game?


I love basket ball. My favorite player is cheryl miller. She once scored 105 points in a game.


I can't even imagine!  Well, listen it was GREAT chatting with you!  You have a terrific day!


Oh, wow, she sounds pretty awesome!  Think I heard about that.. she did that in high school right?


Yeah, and on the same night her brothe reggie miller scored 40 points.


Sounds like basketball talent runs in the family!  You know what I find nutty though is how much NBA players make from shoe endorsement!  Some of the deals are just amazing!


Yeah did you hear about alln Iversons shoe deal. 800000 a year and 2 million when he is 55.


2 million?  I thought it was 32 million... But yeah, all for wearing athletic gear!


My bad, I miss typed.  That is a lot of money though. So what do you think about shooting the ball granny style?


Well, I'm told it's actually the most effective way to score, but I can see why most of the athletics will NOT do it.  It would be kind of funny to see some of them trying it though!  Maybe they could do it for a charity event or something... hehe!


Well you would think some of the guys who cant shoot at all would at least give it a try.


Basketball season is upon us, And even the Supreme Court is playing the game. Did you know that the top floor of the Supreme court building has a B-Ball court dubbed "the highest court in the land?"


I did follow the career of San Antonio's Tim Duncan though. I really respected his decision to stay in college four years even though he could have jumped to the pros early. It certainly didn't hurt his career.


It didnt but he sure lost a lot of money because of that, not sure it was the right choice but it is admirable for sure.


I respect character more than money. Like Steph Curry of the Warriors, who donates mosquito nets to protect Africans every time he hits a 3-point shot. He may lose a little money, but he does a good thing. Gotta respect that.


That is admirable, did you know the Warriors earned about 12 million by losing a game


I guess that is the "gold" in Golden State. Stranger things have happened in Oakland, California.


Yeah, Oakland is sure a place of surprises and The Golden State warriors are also full of them.


Sure thing. Like when they played their 1975 playoff game in "Cow Palace" because their home venue was booked for something else. Strange.


I wonder how that went lol, and also in the las 20 years only 3 number one picks have won a championship.


And strangely enough, Golden State Warriors were among those number one picks. The force must be with them.


Basketball is sure a nice game, a field goal is worth 2 points and then 3 pointers are even more exiting.


I didnt know that! thats really interesting, other interesting fact is that the coach is the highest paid employee in a Basketball team.


Makes for an entertaining game to watch. Hey, thanks for chatting with me!


Especially in college b-ball. Speaking of b-ball, did you know that the inventor of the game, James Naismith, is the losing coach in the Univ of Kansas's history?


Really thats interesting, sounds crazy because he invented the game, there is also a New Zealand team called tall blacks, kind of racist


For sure! Even Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who got the slam dunk banned from college ball, would agree.


Speaking of bans the air jordans were also banned from the NBA but Nike paid for the fine and didnt care.


Nice.  Iverson signed a lifetime deal with Reebok in 2001 that paid him $800k per year until age 55, when ye gets a lump sum of $32mil, while  we are doing internet games for pennies...


I get you, life is unfair like that lol , do you follow the Golden State Warriors team?


No. I am not much of an NBA fan. I do shoot free throws Granny style though, since it is the method preferred by physicists.


Oh yeah, I wonder why pros dont take Granny Style shots ore often, that can be a game saver


I read that Wikileaks published the government's plans to destroy wikileaks. Seems a bit scary...


Interesting. What's your opinion about Wikileaks?


I think they have a roll in society, as fact checkers, but man, I do not think they should do it like they do.


I honestly more skeptical about government. They did many things illegally, but how can you fight for justice with government?


It definitely has some ethical concerns. I am generally trusting of the government but skeptical and will fact check at times to make sure I am being told the truth. I am from Chicago so I am always skeptical of elected officials.


I like Chicago, but I've been there only twice in my life. I also read that 80% of land in Nevada is owned by the US government. I'm quite surprised about it. Is it because there are a lot of military facilities in this area? Any idea?


Some of it is national parks but others is for military and other top secret stuff. Norway sent $1B to help save the rain forest.


That's right. National park. I didn't think about it. Norway has wonderful nature. It's one of the best places I've been. They so much concerned about own country.


I always wanted to visit norway. Is it worth it?


It's beautiful. In fact, it was very expensive. I guess even more expensive than New York, but summer is just the best time to visit. I like it. Btw, do you listen radio?


Hey, I'm good. How are you? Are you interested in politics?


I am, kind of. I pay a lot of attention to them, get really sad at the place politics has taken the nation, ignore them for a month, and then start the cycle all over again. What about you?


Yes, me too. I agree with you. Do you know anything about Uighurs in China and what's going on right now?


This is minority group in China. They are Muslim. Government take DNA collection, everyone has ID card and need to show it dozens of times per day to officials. Thousands in prison (they call it camp). They have limited right to do traditional things related to religious. It's sort of genocide


That's horrible. Why? Just because they are muslim?


I think yes. They have totally different lifestyle for centuries. It means they aren't really communists. So Chinese government says there is a lot terrorism. It may be true, because I know some of them were in Syria, but this is terrible way to manage a problem. I've never heard about something like this for the last 30 years. In 20th century there are some examples.


I had no idea that this still goes on. You hear about human rights violations in Syria and other contries and wonder how it still happens. How sad and disgusting!


True. It's quite sad. Have you read something interesting recently?


Hi there! How cool is it that the three richest Presidents in history were Washington, Jefferson and JFK?


It is interesting that in the year 2000 consistent use of red and blue colors for Republicans and Democrats started consistently.


oh really? that makes sense, i have seen those two colors my whole life, but I was very young then


Well, since 1853 there hasn't been a President that was not Republican or Democrat.


what party won the election before that, do you know?


I do not, but I would have to guess it would be an Independent, right?


I suppose so, it is crazy to think they have a chance to win, or did in the past, since we are so often a two party system


Yes I agree. The Republican Party has also been given the name the Grand Old Party, or the GOP and originally subscribed to liberalism.


I had no idea that was what GOP stood for, you learn something new everyday, genuinely. they should bring back the democrat vs republican baseball games


Oh, I didn't know they had those.That would be fun.


it was, they did it for awhile, the republicans are leading by 3 wins at the moment apparently


that is really odd, i take it that is adjusted for inflation? those are two different time periods


I'm good with that. There has been such a rivalry between the parties that Truman visited Disneyland in 1957 and refused to get photographed on the Dumbo ride to not be associated with Republicans


that is hilarious, what an odd hill to die on. but to each their own I suppose. if he was that invested he would not be in disneyland. But it has been nice chatting with you, have a great day!


I would have to agree for sure. Otherwise it would likely include our current President.


speaking of that whole thing, hillary clinton was the president of the young republicans club in college


No way! That is insane!! Even more crazy, before the rule changed in 1805 in the US the runner up in the Presidential election became the VP.


I actually think that is sort of a good idea, as long as they are not too upset about losing i suppose


Oh, I think it was a great idea to change.  We need more relaxed rules though. Ones more like Indonesia where the President has released 3 pop albums while in office.


that is hilarious, i wonder if they get a lot of play time on the radio over there!


Yes, I wonder. It would be interesting to find out.


it sure would I can imagine if Trump put out a rap album or something similar haha


Hi. Do you like style? I am still waiting for some animals to adopt clothing lol!


Yes they are comfortable. A collared shirt with sleeves and cuffs is what is typically called a shirt in Britain.


I also like wearing polo shirts, even though I have never played the sport


Yes me too. polo shirts were actually invented by a tennis player! Have you played tennis?


Not well.  Maybe we should all dress like Hawaii office attire.  An aloha shirt is much more fun than a suit and tie


I would be up for that! At Billy May's funeral, the pallbearers wore blue shirts and khaki pants.


Oh the OxyClean guy?  Yeah that was his standard infomercial uniform


Kind of a cool way to honor him. In China gangs used to layer as many shirts as possible and pop the collars!


That is a stupid fashion trend.  I am sure I have worn something equally dumb over the years


Yes me too! I wonder if the Indonesian president had an interesting fashion wardrobe? He came out with 3 pop albums and most pop stars dress quite flashy. Well thanks for chatting this morning.


I am not even sure what indoesian fashion trends are.  I imagine a bit different than western trends


Well, I would not hold your breath, I do not think animals like wearing clothes


Yes I bet they are. I also bet the fashion trend for Banana in Zimbabwe was eclectic too! Well thanks again for chatting, have a good one!


Haha nope they don't. The pilgrims wore clothing full of color and wore black on special occasions.


Its funny because all of the images in the history books show them wearing black pretty much all the time.


Yes they do. Rip Curl is able to make clothes in North Korea somehow. must be good for Kim Jong UN's economy!


I want to go shopping in Alabama.  They have a store there that only sells lost clothing from airports!


Whoa that would be fun to browse through. I wonder if they have any Apple clothing?


I don't think it did that well.  There were a lot of bad fashion ideas in the 1980s


Yes which explains why they didn't stick around! I like shirts because they are so versatile. I don't like wearing a neck tie because it's too tight around my neck.


I prefer button down shirts.  I generally wear them every day


Hey there what do you watch on television? I know I like to watch stranger things and South Park


I used to watch Pokemon as a kid. I really like Bulbasaur and Pikachu. Do you have any Pokemon that you love? I can't believe they're over 750 episodes at this point I'll never be able to catch up


Don't really know Pokemon. 750? That's it? I figured there would be more with the demand.


Oh really? I was shocked it was that many, Pokemon has been around for a really long time and I'm always amazed that it's still as popular, if not more popular than it ever has been


I guess I missed my chance. I was born too early. Do you listen to the radio at all?


I don't really listen to the radio no. I don't typically have to drive to work and even if I did I listen to YouTube stuff mostly, what about you?


I used to listen to the radio when I was young. Now I go to youtube for music and documentaries. There is a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free. I wonder who goes there.


Yep even though it's free I still wouldn't go there haha. There's too much other cool stuff especially on YouTube that I could be watching. And even YouTube is free. Do you know what a fox hole radio is?


I know what a foxhole is. It is something for war, so I guess a foxhole radio is something for soldiers.


Yep a foxhole radio is a radio made out of necessity using a razor blade and a pencil as the diode, although I can't say exactly how that would work


I guess it picks up vibrations that they can amplify. I don't really know either.


I haven't seen Stranger Things. Is that on Netflix?


What do you think about Jupiter as a planet? Personally I still am missing Pluto haha. But seriously you can pick up Jupiter radio storms on AM radio. When I'm bored maybe I'll try to pick them up sometime


It is on Netflix haha. I don't have cable personally. And I TV isn't even set up to get over-the-air free stuff haha what about you


I don't watch a lot of TV, but I do watch South Park. Keeps me up to date on current events.


Yep and they always have a good take on funny things that are happening too. Do you remember the one where they made fun of the Family Guy ?


Yes, I do. The manatees made up the stories. Basic random jokes were the result.


Haha that was awesome! I love that the creators of The Simpsons sent the creators of South Park Flowers after that episode, that is so hilarious


I think the Simpsons agreed about how stale the humor was on Family Guy.


Oh they totally did. Have you seen the episode of The Simpsons where Bart is not mentioned and he doesn't even appear? I've trying to figure out which episode that is, because I think I've seen them all but I don't remember that one


I don't remember the episode either. I wonder what other characters have been in every episode. Do you watch Pokemon? I've never seen it.


Wow, did he end up getting his masters early?


Not sure on that one. Did you know the NFL has no written rule against female players?


Interesting. There were  a few female kickers when I played high school at other schools.


I remember there being some female kickers back when I was in high school as well.


Yeah, there was a female kicker in Ace Ventura, right?


Yep I believe so. Been a long time since I've seen that movie.


Hilarious. Did you know Eli Mannings first name is Elisha?


Haha I did not know that, but that's an odd name for a guy.


Yeah, he is a good QB though. Apparently he has a genius level-iq.


I've heard that as well. I think he has 2 super bowl wins.


Hello - yes, I love football. What about you?


Yeah, I watched at least one of them. Why do you suppose the NFL puts tracking chips in players shoulder pads?


Me TOO! Did you know the average game has only 11 minutes of actual gameplay?


That's just crazy. They need to come up with a better way to speed the games up instead of them lasting 3 hours.


Yeah, they do. It is mostly just watching people stand around on the sidelines and commercials.


Haha yea pretty much. Did you know Baker Mayfield once considered quitting football to pursue competitive video gaming?


No, I'm not even that familiar with who he is. What game was he good at?


It said Halo was one of the games he's good at.


Wow, I've never played that. I suppose he could have had a great Twitch account then. Some of those people make really good money.


Oh yea I heard some make a ton of money. Alex Smith took so many AP tests in high school that he entered college as a junior.


He went scoreless in a college game though. They double teamed him. They still won by 30.


Yes, its an event around here.  What do you think of Brad Johnson throwing the touchdown pass to himself?


I was watching that game. He is so slow. What did you do for the game? Who were you rooting for?


New England, how about you? Didn't know Steph Curry didn't receive any college scholarships offers?


I am a bears fan. He is not paid really well. Only the 5th highest on the team.


Yes, we have a big day on superbowl an all day cooking and celebration party! How about you?


I did a big thing of jambalaya and jalepeno corn bread. It was just my family. Turns out none of them wanted my cajun food and I ate it by myself.


That sounds really good! We love stuff like that! Interesting Matt Patricia was a rocket scientist and coach.


Good, how about you? Do you like football?


I am well, thanks. I do like football do you?


That's good! Can you believe the first play off game was in 1932?


Wow, that's a long time ago! It has a 17 week season too.


Yes, There is only one left handed quarterback in the nfl, Kellan Moore!


Both Lebron and stephen curry were born in Akron. I knew lebron was but not steph.


Really that is interesting.  Yes and he donates mosquito nets to protect families in Africa, very nice!


I cannot believe he is the greatest shooter in NBA history!


Yes, and won the most valuable player award!


Are you familiar with J.R. Smith's celebration after the 2016 NBA Finals?


I think the way he plays is similar to how he behaves off the court.  I still can't believe the moment where he grabbed a rebound in a playoff game, held onto the ball, and didn't pass.  Lebron was livid.


I didnt watch that game really, Tim Duncan from the spurs sacrificed money and became a pro after college I think thats admirable


Duncan is definitely someone to admire.  I think that Nick Young could learn a lot from him.  Young needs to cut out the drama in his personal life, like cheating on his ex-fiancee Iggy Azalea, I think his game would be better.


I agree, I think he needs to change that attitude, some decisions are really poor like the one Spencer Haywood made 30 years ago


It is crazy to think about all of the characters that have made it through the NBA.  It reminds me of Allen Iverson.  He signed a really good deal with Nike that secured his financial freedom.


It was with Reebok.  My mistake.  Basically, Reebok would pay him $800k a year until he is 55.  When he gets to 55, they will give him $32,000,000.


Oh I see, but thats a lot of money though, Iverson is sure a lucky man, I wish I could have that amount of mone.


Me too.  If you look at the average salary per NBA players, NBA players actually get paid the best out of all professional sports.


They do? I guess that makes it one of the most popular sports then, its curious how most players end up bankrupt or under financial stress after their careers are over


I think I saw a bit of that, he went shirtless in the celebration


It is very curious.  That is why I think Allen Iverson's Reebok deal is so good.  It teaches players who may be wasteful to budget until they get older.


He should give some classes on how to invest money, I wonder how most players can spend that amount of money and become bankrupt.


Yes!  He went shirtless for days after winning.   Even President Obama told J.R. to "put on a shirt".


Thats funny lol, I didnt know about that, he posted a photo on social media thouh, he was shirtless in it


I think that J.R. Smith and Nick Young are friends.  In 2018, Nick Young was playing on the Warriors when they won the Championship.  He was so influenced by Smith that he walked around shirtless after winning.


Yeah I think they are, so do you follow a certain team on the NBA?


I generally will tune out until the playoffs.   The Warriors are my favorite team to watch.  I think he deserved the Larry O'Brien Trophy in last year's playoffs.


I think he deserved it too, the celebration was also expensive almost 400000 dollars in champagne bottles.


I wish I could just have a tenth of the money they spent on champagne.   I am sure J. R. wished that could have been him.  He didn't play well.


I didnt really follow JR this season but yeah I bet he wanted to be at the celebration, it must have been crazy and thats only what we saw on tv lol


Theres a store in alabama that sells items left at airports


Maybe they are trying to save parts of the environment like Norway was trying to do


True! I mean Norway donated 1bn to help the rain forest.


Maybe thats why trump is against the environment. He cant afford to help donate


Maybe so. Did you know that back in the day, the runner up in a presidential election became the vice president.


I wonder if that worked back in the day. It would not in todays age


It would not! I cannot see Trump and Clinton working together!


Congress can barely keep it together as it is!


The first president of Zimbabwe is called President banana.


I looked it up and that is his actual name not a nickname!


What? Really! I had no idea!! How fun to know that!


It was nice talking to you. Have a great day!


Wonder what the most valuable thing the found there is


Do you think it might be jewelry? I always thought pilgrims wore only black and white. But I guess they wore all kinds of color!


Black was only for special occasions! Maybe thats why thats all we saw


Oh! That makes sense! Did you know Apple made clothing in 1986?


Thats nutty. I wonder how overpriced a shirt was


I wonder if we found it at that store from the airport, would it be worth any money?


Maybe we can use the guy who was able to sell the eiffel tower twice!


There you go! I didn't know that Nevada is 86% government owned!


Good morning! How are you? Are you a Disney fan?


Oh, how sweet!  Now I'm going to have to call my son and tell him. We loved that movie. Sometimes I feel like I'm on the phone all day.


me too, where would we be without that invention! Did you know an iPhone has more computing power than the entire us nuclear ICBM deterrent system?


That is insane! Have you ever used a rotary phone?


I used to play around with an old one in my Granny's basement when I was younger, it was so cool. have you?


Yes, so you know how slow they were! The fastest area code to dial was 212 so it was given to New York.


i guess that makes sense! Everyone was probably calling New York back then, especially businesses


Yes, I am sure ! And since a rotary was slow they had to find a way to make a call quick.


Yes it was. So I guess if I stay off my phone a donation is made by UNICEF to donate clean water to kids in need. One minute=one day of clean water.


that seems doable! Especially since its for such a good cause. I think I could do that


Im doing well. Im a HUGE Disney fan. I love everything about it. How about you?


I think I could too! It was fun chatting today! Have a good day!


I like Disney too! Someday I hope to visit Walt Disney Studios in Burbank CA.


that would be awesome to go see some day. Did you know Minnie Mouse is short for Minerva Mouse? Im glad they went with Minnie, it sounds so much better


No, but I'm with you, I like the shortened version. Have you ever been to Disney and looked for the Hidden Mickeys?


I have! its a great time. Theyre really hidden in some of the most crazy places. Have you ever been?


I have been many times, but only after I heard about that! As a kid I loved the movie Flubber and liked the remake as well. It's fun that Bill Nye was a consultant on it.


Flubber is great. Did you hear about how Wall-E got his name?


No, I just figured it was the name on the contraption he was made of, right?


I always thought that too! But Pixar actually named him after Walter Elias Disney


Isn't that crazy! A lot of women still dont wear pants. And they have a candy desk in the senate. I'm like what?


It's like a bunch of school kids, hiding candy in class where the teacher can't see.I wonder if they let the president have his pick.


I bet he does! Did you know the republican party was founded by anti slavery activists?


No.  I's kind of funny that the roles have reversed.  The Democrats would see themselves as the party of social equality now.  In the sixties voters in the south moved to the Republicans because of the Democrats stance.


You are right, Every thing has flipped politically. I wonder about some of the things they support. Republicans are very conservative. Just like the Mormons.


I wonder where the red and blue thing comes from to represent the parties, I hear it's relatively new.


I think so. Did you know that every president that has had a beard is republican? How fun!


It'd be funny to see a beard on Trump.  It used to be the case that the runner up in the presidential election became vice president.  I'd love to see Trump and Clinton working together.


Oh my lord! Could you imagine! I wonder if Trump is one of the wealthiest presidents we had?


It's difficult to know since he won't release his tax records.  I know Washington and Jefferson were land owners, but I wonder where JFK got his money from.


Hi, tricky question.  I like following political news but talking it can sometimes be difficult.


Thats a good question. I might have to look that up.


I doubt he made money by making pop records like the Indonesian president.


Thats true! The Zimbabwe president was called president banana.


You right! I really liked John Mccain though. What about you?


The more time passes the more I came around to liking him, he seemed to do what he thought was right.  His brain cancer was a shame.


It really was. I guess he family thinks a building should be named after him. I think it should be. But it's named after someone who is tied to racial segregation. What do you think?


In my opinion it should be renamed anyway, whatever they call it.  It's amazing how politicians can tie themselves in knots over a simple renaming issue.


Thats true. What do you think of how Trump handeled Mccain's brain cancer and death?


Whether you like someone or not you have to be respectful of them.  It would be hard time for the family and to hear the president attacking him publicly can't be nice.