I believe it was in the middle of the 20th season. It was an Episode called "Four Great Women and a Manicure" or something close to that. Lisa and Marge went back in time and played as historical women. So it was mostly about them.


Which is your favorite character form the simpsons?


Bart for sure. I actually have a collection of Bart memorabilia and an embarrassing Bart tattoo. HaHa! What about you?


I love both homer and krusty the clown I also love the shorts they watched with the cat and mouse what were they called?


Hello, are you a fan of American football?


True, though the fact that the NO Saints' cheerleaders are forbidden from eating in the same restaurants as nfl players seems a bit odd to me. What's going on in New Orleans?


That is odd. Some things can be improved. Like the fact that only 2 African-American quarterbacks have won the Superbowl. That number seems very low.


Sure does seem low. Going back to Manning, did you know his dad Archie was also a NFL quarterback?


I didn't but I did know of his brother Peyton and there is one other brother Cooper.


And they are/were all QB's? They must love the game.


I found out that Cooper had to quit football before his college career due to spinal stenosis. Who knows how great he could have been.


Wow, they actually changed the speed limits on some roads at Ole Miss campus to honor Archie and Eli.


That is pretty cool. It is funny how they always say after the Super Bowl "I'm going to Disney World." They get paid to say it but I would say it for free because I love it there so much!


I do not know very much but from the little I do, I enjoy it. I really like learning fun facts like Eli Manning has a genius level IQ.


He's a pretty good QB. They are the leaders of the offensive team and often call plays in huddle.


I know mostly about quarterbacks. I was surprised to find out there is only one left handed quarterback in the NFL.


Really, that's surprising. Did you know the huddle was created by a deaf quarterback so the opposing team couldn't read his hand signals?


That is very interesting. It's good that huddles are so effective. We may not know what is going on inside a huddle but NFL does know every move on the field from tracking chips inside shoulder pads.


That is pretty amazing. I didn't realize that the average nfl game only has 11 minutes of live game play. On TV it feels like they last forever.


It certainly is not the fastest moving game. Neither is baseball. There is a quarterback that is still under control with MLB despite not playing a game since 2011.


I think it is cool that girls can actually play in the nfl as long as they meet league eligibility requirements.


That is great to know. That anyone can be involved. There is even a coach who is a rocket scientist.


Video games did evolve a lot, the Nintendo Entertainment System could only display 54 colors. Have you ever had one ?


I kind of skipped that system, had an Atari back in the day, and a Playstation and Xbox now, probably have a few more colors, not sure how many.


The NES was special, they continued making them until 2003. That's like as if Sony still produced PS2 today.


Now that I recall my Atari, wasn't there an ET game that is supposedly in a landfill somewhere?  It didn't live up to the hype.


It must be really bad, it they decided to dump the cartridges instead of selling them. What kind of movies do you like ?


I can watch most things, I tend to watch comedies with the kids nowadays, but when the kids are in bed I can watch just about anything before falling asleep half way through.


You could watch old Ronald Reagan movies they could help you sleeping , he did not get a role because he did not look presidential.


There's a joke there somewhere.  Just watched that movie White House Down, lots of action but predictable.


They could have moved to the guest house of the White House, it is bigger than the White House itself.


If you've never seen it, it is a little smaller than you'd imagine.  But how much room does a President need.


I have passing knowledge of hockey, but to say I like it would be gong to far.


It depends how much money he has, TVs are big.


Well they are now,  when I playing my Atari they were much smaller,  Have a good day.


Have a good day, maybe they have an Atari in the white house, they still use floppy disks.


Did you know that the Washington Capitals won the Stanley Cup last year ?


I was not aware of that until you mentioned it,  I used to live in DC, I should be aware.


Do you remember when the Red Skins won the Super Bowl in 92 ?


I arrived there in '95, so a little before my time.  I don't think anything major was won in my time there, we did get a new baseball team.  I should have focused more  on the Capitals.


IT was just to ask if you went to the Parade in 92, they said it was low key compared to the one in 88, with 600 000 people attended, it was wild, 31 people were arrested.


DC is a funny place, very few people there are from DC, usually they are there for work or school.  I guess if you won it in '88 winning it a few later isn't such a big deal.


So, if sports are not your forte, what is you favorite form of entertainment ?


I'm not completely anti sports, originally from Europe so soccer is my thing.  I enjoy movies and TV, can't get to the TV now since my son is playing Fortnite all the time.


Really? I didn't realize he was that young. So funny.


Yeah it is. I guess they were expecting him to be bigger and didn't want him running off to Nike.


Yeah, that is pretty funny. He was good at one point wasn't he?


Yeah he was a dominating player, he was just on a subpar team in a tough conference.


That's too bad. Are you a fan of LeBron ?


I am. I really want to see this new "Space Jam" sequel.


It sounds pretty cool, but I'm not so sure that I would want to watch it.


I really liked the original so I want to see how it compares. I'd be amazing if Bill Murray is in this one.


Yeah, I like Bill Murray, he was good in Groundhog day. Well, nice chatting with you.


Nice chatting with you. We got done pretty reasonably quick. I hope you have a good day!


I am, I like the mid 90s players. Jordan, Iverson, Reggie Miller.


He's such an iconic player! Did you know Air Jordan's were banned when he first started wearing them?


I did, apparently Nike paid the fines too. Good marketing effort.


Yeah that was a good investment there. Unlike Reebok and Allen Iverson's deal. I wonder who came out ahead on that?


They're paying him $800,000 a year until he's 55, then paying him a lump sum of $32,000,000. I don't see Iverson's selling that much.


Hilarious, he has to be close to 55 already, right?


He's got a quite a few years left to go. He's 43 and will be 44 in June.


I hope they sanitized those cloths. I am all for thrift stores but who knows where they have been or why they are unclaimed


I would guess left behind or lost and no one came back for them. I've done that once. I left a backpack and knew it had nothing valuable in it so I did not go back for it. I wonder if it ended up in Alabama!


Would you wear clothes made in north korea? Rip curl makes cloths there but labels say they are made in china


Ha, well that's interesting. I guess I'd still wear them. So I guess people in high society still get clothes tailored? Fashionistas look for collar gaps to tell if you get your clothes tailored or not.


I wonder how the collar gaps would indicate if it is tailored or not?


I'm not really sure. I guess the Pilgrims still made clothes by hand. Don't you imagine them wearing long black clothing? Apparently that's not the case. Their clothing for full of color.


I think it may be because children always are taught that they wore black with buckles


Haha, you are right! I remember that. Speaking of traditional clothes, women were not allowed to wear pants on the U.S. senate floor until 1993. That seems fairly recent.


Well personally I found myself asking if that is fair. In school girls are allowed to wear pants and dresses, while boys only wear pants. I'm not saying that I would want to wear a dress but it just didn't seem fair (though not really worth mentioning) perhaps that is the influence of society on my perspective. I think I am just overthinking it


Hmm, that is a valid point. I personally dislike dresses and would be very uncomfortable in them. I know a little boy who wears a dress though (not sure how I feel about that) so society is progressing.


It's okay. I did go to a superbowl party last week. What about you?


Speaking about clothing, I personally find it amazing that people still wear dresses when it is so old outside for the sake of fashion.


Unfortunately I was unable to attend, but I heard the performances were rather disappointing.


I'm not sure since I was busy pigging out. HA! It's amazing how much football popularity has grown. In the 60s bowlers made twice as much as top football stars.


True, it is so popular that espn won a emmy for creating the yellow line representing first down line which makes it much easier for the audience to digest the situation


Yeah, that has helped me out for sure. Do you have any football themed attire?


Not really. I don't follow teams, but focus rather on players. While I understand why some people like collecting football clothing, it is not something for me. How about you?


No, I don't. Would you wear a clothing line by Apple though? Apparently  they had on in 1986.


If it had a great design and fairly priced I probably would, but I would not pay a steep premium like on their phones for just the logo


Do you go to thrift stores ever? There is one store in Alabama that only sells clothes and other items that are found in unclaimed baggage.


I am watching the news on television right now - do you remember when all of the tvs were black and white?


That is true.  I have spent a lot of time these days listening to classic radio dramas - there is a website with a huge collection.


Interesting! I don't listen to the radio much though I would love to learn how to make a foxhole radio like WWII soldiers did.


Yeah I do not understand how a razorblade and a pencil can turn into a radio!


I also am amazed that Jupiter has radio storms so strong that you can hear them on an AM radio.


That is pretty insane.   But it is probably better than listening to Latin like one station in Finland plays.


Yeah I wonder how many people can actually understand it or even want to listen to it.


I have no idea.   I might prefer Canadian music - 40 % of all music in Canada has to be canadian!


So I have to look up more Canadian artists because all I can think of is Justin Bieber and Drake!


Yeah - you might look that up on the Internet - this global network is amazing


Yeah, I will have to. Interesting that anywhere in the world pretty much we can get reception, even on Mt. Everest!


I don't remember that though I do remember having one black and white tv. Interesting that before WWII the TV was not commonplace in homes.


That is pretty awesome.   The internet is pretty addicting though - the constant novelty gets to you after a while.


Yeah, I think I might have an addiction to clicking-it is a real addiction!


Yes radio was the only game in town back then.  I love Pokemon and I am thinking about binge-watching all 750 episodes this weekend.


Is that even possible in a weekend? Seems like it would take a while! That's a lot of episodes! I don't like cartoons really but I do like the Simpsons.


Yes they are great.  They even sent flowers to the producers of South Park when the show ended!


I like Bart a lot. There is only one episode where he didn't appear and wasn't mentioned.


That is weird.  I wonder why?  My kids always loved Thomas the Tank.  Did you ever see that?


I was wondering why myself. I used to watch Thomas when it was still stop motion. Sad now that it's CGI, not quite the same. Interesting that Ringo Starr, Alec Baldwin and George Carlin have all narrated at least 52 episodes each.


Wow!   That is a lot.  I used to love the 70's show but it was apparently not a hit in the UK.


I think the reason why is they tried to re-do it verbatim. Maybe a lot of jokes didn't translate. The actors might not have been as charismatic either!


haha we need some pics of King Kalakaua riding a sweet zeppelin!


You know, in 2010, the UN appointed an ambassador to extraterrestrials. He has a Zeppelin too.


ya thats cool, what will you use to keep your zeppelin bouyant when the earth runs out of helium in 2100?


Cow farts. I have been experimenting with this concept, and I have some promising early results. My bigger concern is that 80% of the earths forests have been destroyed. Cows like forests.


haha nice, maybe we cna have a race, you in your zeppelin and me in Iceland taking planes to travel between the major cities because they don't have rail services


Ok. But if I leave for Iceland today, I should be there in 2067. Good thing our days are longer than they used to be when the world was new. If I was operating on 5.5-hour days, I don't think I would agree to go to iceland.


haha yes well humans have only been on this earth for about 1 minute if you count all of planet's history as a 24 hour period haha


Is that calculated in  5.5-hr days, or 24-hr days?


ah haha that would be on a 24 hour day, Id have to do the math to recalculate for the 5.5 hour day haha


Well, according to radiometric dating, the earth is 4.5 billion years old. I don't know how they use radios to calculate the age of the earth, but my Zeppelin has a radio... So, I'm set..


No, I own a Zepplin. Better mileage, but going through the McDonalds drive thru is a challenge...


haha you got it all, well make sure to recommend that mcdonalds builds a drive through for your zepellin!


ya its funny the drive through has only been around since 1975, I wish I had a zeppelin haha


My biggest complaint: no trunk. Cars originally had awooden trunk on the back of the vehicle, and modern cars are equipped with a rear space called the trunk. Can't fit a trunk on the back of my Zeppelin.


haha that and fear of a fire consuming it haha, watch out for visiting south africa, there its legal to put a flame thrower on your car!


Thanks for the heads up!  I hear Cadillac is going to come out with a Zeppelin, named after its founder, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac. It will be called the Fat Moth..


haha that sounds awesome! have you eveer played the videogame called Gran Tourismo?


No. But I have been to Mckinac Island. You know, the one where motorized vehicles are banned. I use the hand crank on my Zeppelin when there.


lol your zeppelin can do anything! where else do you travel and would you use your zeppelin even if you had a bus that could go 160mph?


Nice. My Zeppelin only goes0.160 mph, so I don't go anywhere quickly. But King Kalakaua, the first king to travel the globe...used a Zeppelin.


I would say that it's a cheap ploy to put the opposition in a softer mood. Can't imagine it works now.


Do you prefer to watch the games on tv or listen to them on the radio?


Prefer the TV. The radio is great for talk shows and for music. And maybe the occasional weekly news program in classical Latin.


I would love to find the am station where you can hear the Jupiter radio storms. That's crazy!


Probably better than most of the top 40 these days. The kids have their preferences, though. I guess Jupiter storms are old school.


I wonder if classic radio dramas could ever make a comeback?  They say everything eventually comes back in style right?


I wonder if that's true in an age of video. Maybe researchers and professors will take an interest.


Maybe that's something that someone at Harvard can re-develop and look into and test it with Harvard students, much like Mark Zuckerberg did with Facebook


Put the Zuck on it. See what happens. Maybe get Burger King involved with a promotion  for a free whopper.


Burger King doesn't need the promotion, they already give enough money to Facebook with their advertisements


I do! I never knew about the Like button being illegal in Germany! Do you use Facebook?


I don't. Never really saw the appeal, but I understand it helps people stay in touch. Myspace made a blunder. How much money did they miss out on?


They could've bought it for 75 million and now it's worth 104 billion!  Do you watch football?


I sometimes watch. It's an interesting sport.


Do you watch American football, soccer, or rugby?  I didn't know an emmy could be won for a line LOL


I watch American football around playoffs, and the World Cup for soccer. I guess the line was an big breakthrough for the game.


I like it when I watch on tv.  What do you think about the University of Iowa having a pink locker room for the visiting team?


Oh no,  never heard of that.  I did hear that in south africa it is illegal to equi your car with a flame thrower.


That sounds like overkill. Do you know anyone with a fear of new technology?


A lot of older people I know seem to think it's making people dumber. I recently saw a magazine with a cover that said "Is Google Making People Stupid?"


I dont know if it makes people stupid,  definitely makes people lazy.


New things always seem to scare people. During the 19th century when chess was becoming extremely popular Scientific American worried that it was robbing peoples minds of valuable time better spent elsewhere.


have you watche Black Mirror on Netflix?  Its about the future and technology,  but with a dark spin.


No i haven't but I'll probably check it out soon. Imagine how scared some people were when cars first became popular or bicycles.


They were probably excited that they wouldnt have to ride horses anymore.


Princeton University's dean decried cars for eroding moral standards because young people could drive somewhere other than church on Sundays.


Yeah it's one of my favorite hobbies. What about you?


Thats interesting,  its been good chatting.


I do like reading,  but I am really into audio books right now,  just because I dont have time.


I guess you're not a fast reader. Did you know that the record for reading speed is 4700 words per minute?


Oh that means I am not a fast reader??  didnt know that.


Are you much of a car person? I bet you don't know who Cadillac was named after.


Someone who's last name was Cadillac?? lol  I find it weird that Jann mardenborough became a pro race car driver by playing a lot of games of gran turismo video game.


You're correct. It was named after French explorer Antoine de la Cadillac. Video games have become much more realistic so I believe it. A lot of people are afraid of new technology.


I recently learned mc donalds invented the drive thru in 1975 for soliders,  nowadays everyone can use that service.


I didn't know that. Did you know at one time Philadelphia banned phonographs from a city park because they might disseminate disease?


I did and it was a scary movie. Do you like drama?


Yes I did. Did you know Laurie made $700 000 per episode there?


Wow tthat is amazing he was really good in nit though


Yes I do. Do you know why he does not do comedies anymore?


Yes because they do not project positivity


I listen to them sometimes , there is a free website for those


Yeah that is nice. Do you know why Michael Caine became an actor?


Yes he was chasing the pretty girls who were in drama class


I like it a lot. DO you know which movie King thinks is the scariest?


Yes that is Bambi, I do not see how though


Me either. You burn more calories though watching them


Yes I know, DO you know how they make the creepy noises?


Yes they use an instrument called a waterphone


Yeah it is really creepy actually however it works


Yeah it is. Did you ever see the Shining?


Cool! Very interesting! It's crazy that the NFL consists of 32 teams! That's a lot. Football is amazing


Yes, too much. Hey, what do you think about field football?


I like it! I like all sports really. I think which type of football you like depends on the area you live in. I like them all.


Well, maybe it's in the area. I am more fond of this type of football in general, but I also enjoy other


Did you know the highest score of a football game was 222-0 that's crazy! Back in 1916.


Wow, that team was very mediocre. They would be playing with cones, hahahaha


HAHAHA, That's true! I think it's funny that University of Iowa painted the locker room pink for the visiting teams, so funny!


Hahahaha yeah. They like to make them big rivals to provoke. Although everything is part of the show


Very true! It's very interesting to know that Bowlers....made twice as much money as football stars in the 60's...weird!


Hey, what do you think about what the famous David Beckan did in our country with the stadium I think?


I don't know too much about that. but we need to keep watching football for sure! It has been great chatting! Have a great day!


Happy New Years! Do you like football? Did you know Aaron Jones carried the ball 17 times for 107 yards!


Yes, I really like soccer. What a good move this man made


Definitely! The Green Bay Packers are a very good team.


Yes, they are a great team I think. I have others but they are doing so good.


Well, I have many favorites, in fact I enjoy more to see the best ones than to rival them


Yes! Very true although Prime pick success rate: 5-7 Green Bay Packers (-1) at Detroit Lions Pick:


Sports commonly called football in certain places include association football (known as soccer in some countries); gridiron football (specifically American football or Canadian football); Australian rules football; rugby football (either rugby league or rugby union); and Gaelic football. These different variations of football are known as football codes.


So cool. The sun is so amazing. The fact alone that it produces enough energy in one second to meet the need of the planet for 500 000 years is mind blowing


i never knew the sunset on mars was blue. that's pretty cool


Space is so amazing. And to think that the sun is only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star discovered, yes to fundamental for life on earth.


yea. there is so much that is undiscovered in space its incredible.


i am. i love the bird facts as well. i love birds.


I read an interesting story the other day about dodo, the already extinct bird in the family of pigeons. They looked really cool.


i remember seeing somewhere that if they were going to clone something that was one of the things they were going to bring back. the dodo.


That would be interesting. I mean all birds especially the ones that migrate long distance like form Canada to mexico without sleeping, just amaze me


yea they do all of that just from instinct.


I found it interesting that hummingbirds steal spiderwebs to repair their nests


i like that birds have regional accents apparently. like the birds in brooklyn sound like they're from brooklyn.


And how their bones weigh less than their feathers. I guess that is why they can fly so high and fast.


Yeah me too, I try to do as many visits to galleries as I can, especially when I am travelling, you know, exploring local art


i live in new york so there's so many good art galleries around me.


Oh nice, you are lucky in that sense. I loved checking out the National Art Gallery in Washington. So convenient that it is free


art should always be made readily available to people for very low or free cost. like music and books too.


Yeah, they are so educational and offer a different point of view. How about space and solar system, do you have any interest there?


i do like space. i was enjoying the facts about the sun.


So cool, especially the fact that it is white but just appears yellow because of the atmospheric scattering


i was actually about to look up the radio station that broadcasts the solar sounds into music.


Hello, do you use the internet much? I know thats an obvious question considering the time and age we are on


I liked his show it was fun and also informative, do you think he looks like Steve Martin?


Not really, I have heard that is what helped rise him to fame, he looked so much like Steve Martin and won a look-a-like contest. Those were some weird times to have a Steve Martin look a like contest ha.


I guess Steve Martin was really popular back then lol, he even got his break in entertaiment because of that contest,


That's funny. Bruce Lee was not only a martial arts expert but he also was a great dancer and even won a championship, who would've known.


He did? wow, that is impressive I guess martial arts and dancing are closely related


For sure, lots of skill work needed. Just like gymnastics, cheerleading, figure skating and marching bands, got to have rythym.


Not really to be honest ha, just in social events like weddings with my wife.


I see, well I do like to dance and apparently babies love it too


They do ha, I wonder if they do it on purpose or if it is truly spontaneously? They smile though and thats awesome when they hear the beat.


I do for sure, it's an amazing invention, definitely progressed civilization so much. It's crazy to think that it all began commercially in the early 1990s@


Its an spontaneous thing, they like it more when they hit the beat, music runs through our veins


That is pretty cool to know. I am going to take off though, it was really nice to chat with you. Take Care


Interesting facts, I feel a lot wiser now thanks a lot for the chat and have a great night, bye


It has changed the world. We woulnd have Netflix, Spotify, Google and many other services without the net. I think its one of the most valuable inventions in the history of man kind


What do you think everyone was doing back then  before they created the internet? It's so revolutionary! Did you know the Library of Alexandria has a saved copy of the internet in case it breaks down?


Well people bred chickens for fun thats one of the things, lol


Ha, were you a big Nintendo fan? Did you know the last one was made in 2003 in Japan?


I used to own the original system the one with 54 colors, really nice console


Wow, 54 colors was probably so much back then. I thought they were 8 bit for some reason but I was way off.


Only 54 colors, still I liked the games, I actually like the whole Nintendo franchise,


I was more of a sega fan to be honest and that went on to playstations. I did watch a lot of Bill Nye growing up though, he was so cool and smart.


Wow.  Up until 1805 the runner up in the US presidential elections automatically became vice president.


That is interesting because they probably had very opposing views.


I bet they did.  The President of Indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office!


I love when presidents do things like that! Makes them seem like normal people.


Yes!  I just read that the white house has twin buildings in Ireland and France.


I never knew that. I have been to ireland and did not see it. I wonder where it is.


I'm not sure.  I'm going to look it up later today.  The white house still uses floppy disks for storing files.


That is shocking. I have never used a floppy disk!


I remember them...I even used the big ones before they had the smaller ones.  Teddy Roosevelt was a staunch conservationist and banned Christmas trees from the white house.  That was a good thing.  I had fun chatting!


You too. I am going to look into getting a floppy disk.


I love president facts! Do you know the three wealthiest presidents?


I don't know them.  Is Trump one of them?


Surpsingly no! It was JFK, Washington, and Jefferson.


Interesting.  Do you know what they called the first president of Zimbabwe?


I heard he was called president Banana! I wonder why?


You got it!  I have no idea why they called him that.


Have you heard about the US president guest house?


I didn't even know that there was a presidential guest  house.


Me either. But apparently it is larger than the white house.


Did you know the Justin Bieber songs? Specially his famous song baby baby song.


Did you also know that the first Amazon.com first customer spent $27.95 got a building after him? that's something to think about.


I think the first customer was john wainwright.


Oh ok, did you know a single Google search required more computing power that It took to send Neil armstrong and eleven other astronauts to the moon?


I don't either, do you used google alot? Is google one of your most used website for such as YouTube and maps?


Yes, i used google alot. It's very useful.


Chief executive founder of Anki robots want families to sit down and debate do they prefer a cat, dog or a robot.


Cozmo is not only a must-have toy for all kids aged 8 and up. The robot was very safe.


I think the message was talking about adult robots and robots that used manufacture, as I saw on TV once.


No I didn't know that, I did like his songs when he first started singing as he got older, I got a little less Interesting.


Okay. I also watch tv and social medias only.


I am not too familiar with the letter RBMG, was that his girlfriend? What does RBMG mean?


Taj Mahal is bigger than the white house.


Wow, I didn't know that, did you know the president's guest house is larger that the white house? What do you think about Robots?


i think president's guest house is small


I have lived in Washington DC and have never seen the guest house, but I was shock when I read upon it. Do you think it dangerous for men to built robots like human to go into dangerous places?


Did you know that Amazon ceo built a clock into the mountain that should run for 10,000 years?


I think that Hoth can be a ice world. That would be cool.


Wow. It really gets me thinking about 80 percent of that natural forest been destroyed. And the world is running out of resources smh.


We have done a lot of damage to out planet in our short time here as humans.


71 percent is covered with water already. We got to get a ticket to mars with elon musk lol


The prices of the tickets will be like 200k. Speaking of money. Star wars franchise is estimated at 65 billion dollars


And Star Wars is only going to grow.  Lucas gave up more directing fee to keep all the merchandising rights... made him pretty rich.


Yes. I like how Lucas swerved on 20th century fox and in return became a billionaire


His wife has even won awards for her work on the movies.


People couldnt wait to see star wars when it came out. The dubbed it in navajo into a native american language.


Wasnt it the first film to have that done too?


And Tatooine a desert, sounds like they are perfect opposites!


I believe it was. A Franchise like that, no one wants to miss out.


You too!  Have a great night, sleep well!


By the end of this century , we wont have any helium. Thats scary.


It really is, I was listening to a podcast, they mentioned helium in the air prevents particles from colliding that could develop tiny black holes.


Wow thats cool. Cant believe star wars came out in 1977. Old as heck.


Yeah, and when I talk to some teenagers these days they think I, II and III are the OG.


Thats right! lol Im trying to think who James earl is. only paid 7500 buck. Not bad for 3 hours  but compared to the actors and actresses pay now! What a difference


He said the most memorable lines in all of the films!


So I was reading, the earth is 4.5 million years old smh. Its hard to imagine that on a timelapse gravitating with the moon and sun.


It is old, and in the beginning an earth day was only 5.5 hours.


It's interesting, but I also find it kind of sad that they mimic human made objects. Birds are amazing to me! Some birds fly from Alaska to Mexico, without sleeping when migrating!


That is amazing for an animal to do that, sleeping is necessary, some animals sleep for crazy periods of time!


It would be pretty neat if we evolved wings from our forelimbs! Birds are called Aves sometimes, which makes sense since we call large bird houses, aviaries.


That would be really wild, and I didn't know that, it does make sense though with the aviaries.  And, aviation is air stuff too.


Ah yes, aviation as well! That one slipped my mind somehow! My favorite birds used to be penguins, but they almost don't even seem like birds to me!


I would agree, penguins seem like a different breed in general. I think birds are the closest living things to dinosaurs to be honest.


Yeah, in hindsight and without DNA, if we'd have known that some have feathers and some fly, and some lay eggs. Maybe we could have put two and two together, after all!


That is probably true, I just think you can really tell when you look at a birds feet, they look like how dinos did.


Oh yeah and their cute little legs! They all kind of remind me of tiny dinosaurs! Emus remind me of pretty big dinosaurs! I'd love to have one as a pet! Their eggs are huge compared to a chicken's eggs!


Yeah good call they sure do to me too!  And yeah those eggs are massive, I know people eat those and ostrich eggs.


No I haven't but I have memories of friends who did when I was growing up.  How about you?


Yeah, it would be really interesting to taste an ostrich egg! Hey, it has been so nice chatting with you! I've got to get some chores done. I hope you have a wonderful day!


Ok sounds good, yeah it was fun, I hope you enjoy the rest of your day!


Yes, I have had pet birds. I've had cockatiels, parakeets, and some fancier parrots when I was a kid. Did you know the famously extinct Dodo bird, is closely related to the pigeon?


That is awesome, so you are quite the bird expert.  I didn't know that, very interesting though.


Haha! I know a few fun facts about birds. Such as in most birds the bones are so hollow that the feathers weigh more than the entire skeleton!


That is awesome, I guess it makes sense though when you figure they have to be able to stay airborne.


Apparently, humingbirds steal spiderwebs to construct and repair their nests. I was always curious how they built such strong little nests!


That is so cool, I love learning about how different species in nature interact with each other to help themselves.


Yeah, we are learning so much about so many things, these days! There are birds in Australia that can mimic the sound of car alarms, cameras and chain saws. I wonder if they are mockingbirds.


That is awesome, and yeah good one.  I wonder why they would mimic them as well?


I'm not sure to be hoenst. But did you know that siri was supposed to be for android originally?


That's surprising but I did know that Siri uses Bing search engine over google as its default search engine.


I would love to work at Google some day even if it means being called a 'noogler' and have to wear a propeller beanie cap because that's what new google employees are all succumbed to.


Well apparently the guy from the weakest link does the voice.


Oh ok, the American voice of Siri is a voice actor named Susan Bennett, she's also the terminal voice for Delta Airlines, I wonder whether she negotiated a licensing or royalty fee for her work.


I didn't know that. What type of roles has she been in?


From what I read, Delta Airlines, subway terminals, voice of Siri, etc. I'm guessing any commercial voice you hear in public places might be hers.


Hi! I use Siri sometimes by accident or sometimes when I am driving and can't take my eyes off the road. However, I do use Alexa around the house. Do you?


OMG, that is awesome. I bet Amazon workers are tired after walking 7-15 miles each day.


They are definitely tired, but on the bright side, they probably don't need gym memberships because they might be in great shape!


That's true. The first customer spent $27.95


I've never used it, it is hilarious, because I have an iphone. I don't have alexa, I'm scared it will spy on me.


Oh, yeah, usually Siri is turned off for me like on my other Apple devices, but I have found that it sometimes comes in handy for phones when driving although most of the times it's quite frustrating because they don't understand me and do something else. Considering Siri's best skill is being a musicologist, I will have to try out that feature some time.


It scares me, I was unaware that Apple had something called the Homepod.


Apple has restricted the scope of the HomePod's intelligence, considering that Siri gets things wrong about 10% of the time. It's nice that they built the technology so that everyone is treated the same, which raises privacy concerns because anyone can ask to read owner's messages.


Yeah, do you use Cortana? The microsoft thing?


No, but I find it to be very annoying. They took away the search functionality for that.


Oh, I'm not too familiar with that. What do you mainly use it for?


What do you think about the net worth of Kylie Jenner?


I saw that on Facebook, did you know that Myspace turned down an offer to buy facebook for 75 million.


no i didnt, haha I bet they are kicking them selves, because facebook basically made them irrelevent.


They sure are regrettin it lol, specially with the networth of Facebook now a days, I think Mark Zuckerburg is a great entrepeneur.


yes for sure. Did you realize he is red green colorblind, so thats why things are mostly blue?


I didnt know that, I thought it was a marketing thing, I did hear about the Burger king promotion, too bad I didnt spot that one.


yea I never heard about that, but I am not a fan of BK any how


I like McDonalds more, but who could turn down a free burger lol.


good point. What do you thing about  Patricia Heaton's support of Kavanaugh?  I think Its great to remember that these people are just people as well.


I didnt really hear about that, could you tell me more about it?


basically there was an article written  and she just pointed out that it was written to show the personal side of him. It was an article that said he was a great dad/ carpool guy.


Oh I see thats interesting, it was nice chatting  to you, I will definetely use those anecdotes next time Im having dinner with family or friends, interesting topics.


Yeah, she definetely is, although I think that part of her health is actually self made, I think she does work hard.


I would agree, she has worked for it, it wasn't totally handed to her on a silver platter.


Yeah, its crazy how she was 21 when she became a millionare, I like the analogy with Lebron.


yes its perfect. Did you see the police video with "Uptown Funk"?


The one of Bruno Mars? I haven actually seen that one, have you? did you like it.


I Havent either, but i love Bruno Mars, his songs are great, I am sure i would like it.  my nephew sings that song, hes 5 its so cute


Yeah he does have some pretty decent songs,Ive heard the Uptown Funk video has over 30 million views, thats crazy.


I didnt realize that.  I didnt realize that he started out as an elvis impersonator either!


Hello there, do you play many video games?


Yeah I do watch tv, a lot of sports, I have not gotten into that show though myself.


It's pretty intense. A lot of Drama too. Rumors are Rick leaves.


Yeah I know it is one of the top drama shows on television the last decade or so.


Do you think we humans could ever turn into zombies?


No I don't think so, I know some people are freaked out about CWD in deer and how it could spread to us though.


Yeah it's huge around here. Big hunting state. Although I did read that human fingers have no muscle. Yet some people are fast pulling that trigger!


Yeah I live in a huge one as well.  And wow I never knew that, very interesting.


Did you know we can't breathe and swallow at the same time?


I think I have read about that, an evolutionary trait when we got lungs I believe.


We are the only extant species to clothe ourselves too. Really interesting. We use our fingers as tools!


No not too many. My kids certainly do! How bout you?


Yeah so interesting how things evolve to suit environments.  Well it's been very nice talking with you, I hope you have a good day!


I used to when I was younger but don't anymore.  Did you ever have a Nintendo?


No, but my boys did. They absolutely loved it. I think it was a n64. did you?


Yeah I had one of the original ones they finally stopped making in 2003.


Wow! Did you keep it? Did you play mortal combat on it?


Yeah I still have it, no, Mortal Combat was not made for the original, I did play plenty of that game on the Genesis though.


The n64 is prolly worth some money now! Video games make more money then movies do!


I think I have read that, very interesting.  Did you know a game designer calculated we play about 3 billion hours of games a week as a whole planet?


No! I had no idea! Do you watch any Tv? I've started the Walking Dead.


hi how are you? what do you think of our friend the Sun?


Yes, if we can capture that, it could be good too. i think solar is the way to go. the sun helps us that way every day.


Yea the sun is so massive, 99.86 of the solar system's total mass


Yes, it is a hog when it comes to mass, but that does help with the graviy and the orbits.


Yea, it's insane since its discovery Neptune has only completed one full orbit in 2011


Nepture is a slow poke. It has never managed to keep up with the team. Maybe next century it will get with the program.


Maybe one day it will get 3g cell service like the peak of Mt Everest


Yes, the 3g on Nepture for the kids to take their selfies. Be the first on your block to get a Neptune selfie!


That's the future, only 7% of people on Neptune will read full terms of purchase online


Yes, it will probably be even lower at that point. and the neptunians wont care. they want that 3g.


Maybe the Neptunians will be the ones to burn down the internet and humans will finally get to use the Library of Alexandria's internet backup


Massively large and scary while being the most important energy source for life on Earth lol


That is a good point. Anyway, great chat!


Yes, it comes by every day to make its presence felt. I ignore it and hope it goes away, but it is a persistent bugger.


The Sun is hard to ignore, its diameter is 109 times that of the Earth


it really is quite big compared to our measly planet. but not as big as other stars in the galaxy.


Yea there's a star a billion times larger than our sun in our own galaxy, pretty anxiety inducing thinking of its sheer size


Yes, we are lucky to have a reasonable sized fellow in our midst. it gives us enough, but not too much.


Yea, the sun produces enough energy in one second to meet the Earth's energy needs for 500000 years


If we could capture and store it all, then we would be set.


Yea maybe one day, or maybe we can get energy from a lightning bolt which is 5x hotter than the sun's surface


Indeed, he suffered from red green colorblindness which is why facebook is primarily blue.


Very interesting, you buy a lot of things from Amazon? Seems like it is getting too big to be good.


I do, what about you? Amazon is now a cooperation worth over 1 trillion dollars!


That is so crazy. They have that clock Bezos built on a mountain to last 10,000 years.


Wow! The first customer only spent $27.95 and got an entire building named after him!


Really, I would like to see the constitution that Iceland is rewriting on facebook, allowing the public to make suggestions and stuff.


Yes, but every single referendum could cost the government millions if not billions. It is just too expensive.


I did not know that, I wish I would have invested in them in 2012,  would be rich now.


Burger King had an odd promotion where you get a burger if you unfriend people on facebook.


That was pretty neat, I would have had a lot of whoppers. Do you know the name of the star at the center of our solar system?


Facebook, the American online social media and networking company from Menlo Park? I do not anymore. What about you?


Well, is it not called the sun? Anyways, thank you for your time! It was nice chatting with you!


That is true, it is the sun. It was great chatting with you too, have a great day.


I have an account, although I use Instagram more frequently.


Me too, I like instagram mainly for the memes. I can't believe Myspace turned down the offer to buy facebook for 75 million in early 2005.


I bet they regret that now, although Facebook's stock dropped by 10% in just one day.


I wonder if that was last year during the congress, hearings, I'm sure no one was hitting the like button for that, even if it were legal in the german state of schleswig-holstein.


Speaking of that button, it was originally going to be called the 'awesome' button. I am glad that it was not called that because that is too cringy.


Ha, I dont think I would ever be hitting that button, BK had that promotion where every 10 friends you delete you get a free whopper. Id have a ton of them, I always purged my facebook when I was on it.


Did you know that Mark Zuckerburg suffers from partial colorblindness?


I did not know that, what kind, red-green or some other sort of colorblindness?


I would never go to a bieber one, youre right lol. I did see the ramones before and linkin park, as long as other. You?


I do not get to go as often as I used to, family duties, and also feeling old among all the young concert goes.


me too, having a kid stops everything. I went to linkin park in 2001, they had 324 total concerts that year!


That is dedication, I should imagine they had no family commitments.  If they did I would assume they had no family by the end of it.  There were several bands I'd always see in concert every time they came around.


Right, same with the ramones, they toured lke 20 years straight


In the age of the internet and Youtube you can do one show and then broadcast it.  Still, there is nothing like being up close and personal with the music.


Right and getting your ear drums blown out by the speakers!


That I did not like, I'd have the ringing in my ears for a day or two after the event.  I should imagine both The Ramones and Linkin Park were loud concerts.


For sure, but they were great shows. unlike a creed show where 4 people sued them after for a crappy show lol


I wonder how bad it would have to be to sue, I think you are taking your chances any time you buy a Creed ticket.


I use it, but I would not say I was a fan.  my son uses Youtube all the time.


Lol, they would have to put it there. I am going to check it out. It was great chatting with you, you have a great day


I'm going to look at the concert listings now and get a babysitter.  Have a good day, goodbye.


My daughter does too, I like it for some things. Were you ever into the Gangnam style phase?


It kind of passed me by, I recall when it was all the rage, and I did look it up on Youtube out of curiosity.


I had to do it at a wedding reception, it sucked. I wasn't a big fan, apparently it almost broke youtube


That's sounds painful you doing the dance, not the breaking of Youtube.  There's the problem with Youtube, you do one embarrassing thing at a party, and the next thing it is on line for all to see.


lol and millions of people to say the least, and you don't get money for it lol! You know what video sucked was Baby by Justin bieber, i think it is the most disliked video of all time


I wonder how he feels about that?  To be honest it is probably jealousy as much as anything, there must be way worse than that on Youtube.


For sure, bieber was on fire at that time lol. I know i disliked it, probably because of jealousy lol


Do you go to concerts, I'd imagine you wouldn't go to a Bieber one.  Don't his fans have a name for themselves?


Wow. Not sure I would ever want that. There are 20 quintillion indivudual animals on earth. I wonder how many zeroes?


I have no idea lol!  It makes sense though that there are so many.  I just think about my daily life and everything I see from insects to birds to any other animal and that's quite a bit just in my life.  You know i've heard that animals from different regions have diailects or speak different langauges.  I guess the animals around me may talk the way that the people do here!


How about this... Zimbabwe has a president called "President Banana." I hope that has to do with fruit production


Oh my goodness! I hope it does too!  That would be so humiliating otherwise.


Or just really enjoys bananas on cheerios. Who knows!


Perhaps so!  Did you know that the last president in america that could speak a foreign language was franklin roosevelt?


I wish I were surprised. The man was well cultured. Surprised noone between those speaks anything


It surprises me i have to admit.  I recently learned to that the only president that to have a phd was woodrow wilson.  What has happened to our presidents through the years?


More were business people than academics, in truth.


You are probably right about that.  Business people and family members.  Guatemala won't let close relatives of presidents run for president.


Hi. It's hard to choose. I like so many. I mean, after all there over 7 million different species on the planet.  If I had to pick off the top of my head I would say dogs, horses, and killer whales.  What are your favorites?


I find wolves to be amazing animals, though am equally amazed to find the Loch Ness MOnster is a protected species.


I like wolves as well.  I've heard about the loch ness monster being protected.  I wonder if Scotland did that just in case it is ever discovered it will already be protected.


Another good idea is what the netherlands are doing.  They are building special bridges for wildlife so they can cross roads without being hit by cars.


That's quite cool. Germany also gave animals constitutionally guaranteed rights


I think I saw something about that on the news.  That is a great idea so long as they don't take it too far.  Did you know that there are some animals that can live forever?


There is a type of jellyfish and a lobster that are considered biologically immortal.


The fines were probably well worth it for the amount of free marketing he got from using that tactic, have there been other brands who have tried that strategy?


I do not think so. I just found out that the US supreme court have a basketball court at the top floor known as the "highest court of the land". I found that pretty funny.


That's hilarious, what a funny pun! I wonder if any of the justices play ball up there, they seem to be pretty old to be using that court though. If anything, I think they should try the granny style of shooting!


Haha. Who is your favorite sport? Mine is Basketball.


That's mine too! New Zealand basketball team are nicknamed the "tall blacks", that seems a little racist to me.


That is slightly racist. I wonder why. In 39  out of the 50 states, a college football coach or a basketball coach are among the highest paid jobs. I should be one of them when I grow up.


Yeah, that wouldn't be a bad job but I'm sure it is highly stressful! Especially if you're like James Naismith who is the only losing coach in the University of Kansas' history!


The person who invented basketball is the only  losing coach in the University of Kansas's history. Talk about ironic.


Seriously! I like to watch the game on my iPhone, did you know Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute you don't use your cell phone, where do you sign up for that?


Wow! Thats amazing. I am not sure where to sign up but I sure want to.


Yes, I like Stephan Currey. What about you?


Yeah me too, that is a great thing, sad to think some people don't have access to clean water.


Me too! Not only is he a great player but he seems to be a fun guy to hang around with off the courts! Wonder if he has an endorsement contract like Iverson which is worth millions!


Speaking of the NBA, did you know that it is composed of 30 teams? Only one of the thirty teams is from Canada.


Really? so that must mean that not every state has their own team like I thought! Which team is from Canada?


The Toronto Raptors. They are my favorite team. Which one is yours?


Oh yeah! Sorry I had a duh moment just then! I like the Lakers, but can't believe granny style is the absolute best technique to consistenly score points according to physicists, I wonder why they don't employ that style of shooting?


Probably because it takes a long time to wind up. Did you know that Air Jordans were banned in the NBA?


They were? Are Air Jordans still banned in the NBA nowadays?


I am not sure. However, Michael Jordan still wore the Air Jordans to NBA games and he paid the fine every time.


Yeah, I had heard that, but I don't think it has affected his pocketbook, much! lol


No kidding! Ha! But him leaving was so bad, a captured Al Qaeda member wrote letters of disgust even telling his lawyers LeBron should apologize to the City of Cleveland!


Boohoo, that man could care less about what a captured Al Qaeda member said.  Lebron has made bank and continues to make bank.  Doesn't matter if you hate or love him, he still makes that money.  He's the highest paid celebrity and makes more than Judge Judy.


So very true! I just hope he doesn't go broke five years after retiring like 60% of all NBA players do, sadly enough.


Nah, King James is smarter than that.  He's not going to end up a statistic!


Let's hope not! I tell you another smart guy was Tim Duncan. He elected to stay in college instead of going directly to the NBA sacrificing money to do so!


Well, now that was probably smart on his part.  On a side not, have you heard about the Supreme Court's basketball court on the top floor?  It's known as the highest court in the land. Lol


That's actually kind of funny! Ha! On a related note, basketball as well as volleyball were both invented at the YMCA! I thought that was interesting!


That is very interesting, I thought James Naismith invented basketball?


I guess he invetend it at the YMCA! Ha! What else is interesting that many people don't realize is Shaq has only recorded one 3 point score in his entire career! That is unbelievable!


Hi! Hope you're doing well! Did you hear about LeBron telling reporters how mature his two boys are? I was surprised he said both he and his wife share wine with them!


Yeah, I hear that physicists have proved that shooting granny style is the most consistent way to score points on the line, but the players won't do it, because it looks so stupid.


I suppose since NBA players are the best paid athletes in the entire world by average annual salary, the last thing they want to do is look stupid. Ha! Well it was great chatting with you! Take care!


I know that shocked me too!  wow a 11 and 14 year old drinking wine, not my style of parenting, but to each his own, I guess.


Ha! So true! So are you a basketball fan? I am and I also love the movie Space Jam. I can see why it's the highest grossing basketball movie of all time!


Yeah, I do like watching a little basketball every now and then.  I hear that Warner Bros. and Lebron James have signed a deal for a Space Jam sequel.  It'll probably be a moneymaker, as well.


I'm sure it will! But even if it somehow doesn't, I'm sure it wouldn't affect Lebron's bank account. He was wise to reject a $10 million deal from Reebok expecting Nike or Adidas to offer more which they did less than a year later. $90 million in fact!


Yes, he was smart and at such a young age when he signed that deal with Nike.


Indeed.  Now he's regarded as the greatest basketball player of all time by many and has won 4 MVP awards, 3 NBA Finals MVP Awards, 3 All Star MVPs and 2 Olympic Gold Medals!


Yes, he is a valuable player.  Did you know tickets to some of his high school games sold for $100- 120/ apiece?


That doesn't surprise me, honestly! But sadly, he was so hated when he left Cleveland for Miami, his posters were marked down to $17.14 referencing Benedict Arnold's birth year.


Hello. Do you like watching basketball? One of my favorite players was Reggie Miller, even though his sister may have been better than him.


Yeah I would have to agree! Air Jordans were apparently banned I wonder why?


Oh I remember that, it is because they wanted them to wear Nike. However Michael Jordan would wear them anyways.


Yeah and Nike covered the fine. Good publicity for them I suppose.


Yep, that is a really good point. Any sort of controversy is usually good. Ya know Tim Duncan skipped out on the money and went to college for four years. I think education is important so that was smart.


I think that is a really smart choice. College sports is huge too. 39 out of 50 states have the highest paid state employee being a college football or college basketball coach.


Oh man, I never knew that. Then education is even more important in the long run. I like Kareem Abdul too and he was banned from dunks in college, I think?


Yep I totally agree. Yeah for over a decade. Must have been a monster dunk!


Ha, ya right! The man who invented the basketball was James Naismith and he is the only losing coach in the history of the University of Kansas. That would be kind of a weird personal history for him.


That is ironic. There is even a bball court on top of the US supreme court building!


Oh wow, I have learned about that too. The highest court has a court, lol. I am looking forward to watching Joel Embiid's career too. He is 7-foot 2 and has ridiculously diverse skills.


Hey, yeah I am a huge fan too. Yeha in highschool Reggies sister out played him and even created more records, broke more records.


That is gonna be fun to watch. The New Zealand team calls themselves the Tall Blacks!


That is unbelievable. I can't believe she scored 105 points.


Wow, that is insane! I guess he was in high school in 1982 and his career high was 40pts.


That is impressive no doubt. Iverson was also so good with his crossover. He cashed out with Reebok!


Yeah, big time money. He was paid $800,000 per years til age 55.


Amazing. The final lump sum of 32 million is gonna be nice.


Right, man thats a lot of money. What a smart guy to get that type of contract! I learned recently that its been proven that the granny style shot is the best. Did you know that?lol


Haha according to physicists yes. It would be so funny to see players use it.


Right! They could use it because it's legal but I have heard that they are too embarrassed of looking stupid on the court.lol


yeah and he must have been so happy to be able to do that


Yes, I am sure he is very grateful for being able to be apart of the movies. The Lord of the Rings films came out during that time and I always though he would also make a great Frodo.


ohh yeah that is true. do you know where hogwarts is located?


yeah, many people think it is in England actually


I is a very English novel so I can imagine why people would think it was located there, not as English as Tolkien and CS Lewis novels.


true. the character of troll was actually named harry potter back in the day


I think you are confusing the Lord of the Rings with the unauthorized harry potter sequel.


Yes, I like to check on the background of artists but I worry it is not always accurate so I just use it for more common information.


Yes, I like to read before I go to sleep.


that is very true, it is relevant. nice chat


nice, me too. did you ever read the starship trooper?


I never read the star ship Trooper but I do like science fiction novels. It is not my first choice for a genera but I enjoy all fantasy.


yeah , me either but is it in the reading list of three out of five us military branches


I don't think I would like a military recommended novel which would focus on battle strategies. I prefer Harry Potter.


nice, that is a good one. did you know the actor who play malfoy was caught trying to steal the wand?


I would hope they would let him have the wand anyway. I would imagine those actors deserve the memorabilia.


i think so too. when daniel won the part of harry potter, do you know what his reward was?


I think his parents let him watch Faulty Towers. I am only vaguely familiar with the TV show but I would imagine it is still a fun classic show in the UK.


Nice. The first customer got a building named after him after he spent less than $30


WOw nice. They also have a website where they sell the returned stuff discounted


Nice, that is a sweet deal. They deliver on Sundays too now because of a deal with USPS


THat is so convenient Do you know what the arrow in their logo represents?


Oh I do not know that actually, what is it there for?


Well it means that they offer everything from a to z


That makes sense. Their warehouse workers walk up to 15 miles


That is a lot. BestBuy and Target price match with Amazon


That is a sweet deal. ANd Amazon also owns IMDB since 1998


THey are everywhere really. DO you like robots?


Most of the time now, my favorite shop is amazon, and you?


I sure do, they are becoming part of our lives


Me too, it is so awesome. Do you ever shop the AMazonBasics line?


Yes they say the quality is not that great but I find them to be quite good


Yeah me too. Did you know Jeff built a clock on a mountain


Oh neat. They also created a new font just for kindle and similar devices called bookerly.


Neat. Yeah Jeff built it and it is supposed to run for a 10 000 years.


WOw that is too long. They also hold the patent on the 1-click buying


Wow they have done everything. Do you know how much the first customer spent?


I do not know that but I know that because of the patent Apple has to pay amazon to use the 1-click buying


hey my friend have you ever been to a summit?


I did know that, thats why I don't shop there haha, do you LIke NWA?


I used to listen to them when I was younger, I doubt that album would have been sold in a Walmart.


nope definitely not, I guess they got to platinum status with an album even without any airplay


I can believe that. They were super popular when I was young. Do you like Chuck E Cheese?


I did ya when I was a kid, I loved the games and pizza, you?


I do too. But I thought the band was a little weird. LOL


ya the robot stuff was scary, did you ever play a Nintendo as a kid?


Yeah, I did. IT was pretty fun. I played Mike Tyson's Punch Out


ya I did too! shocking that it could only output 54 colors, I remember the graphics being good


Yeah, they were good. In fact I thought they were great.


No, I have not. Have you? Seems like it would be fun?


well just be glad you had a nintendo and not chickens like in 50BC haha


no but I want to, I guess the first time summit as a term was used was in 1955


Yeah. Did you know that they had a gathering of world leaders at the World Tiger Summit.


no I didn't, but I know that after the Cold war summits beame the standard for global conferences


Did you know Thom Yorke is credit with playing Laptop on some radiohead albums.


ha thats funny, do you like that album? I know that I really like Hybrid Theory myself by Linkin Park


I thought it was good. But I think Aerosmith made more money from guitar hero alone than any one album.


that would sadly not surprise me, and ya the Hybrid Theory album is the best selling album of the 21st century so far


Interesting, I wouldn't have guessed that. Did you know Walmart only sells clean versions of albums?


Hi, how are you doing this fine evening?


A musician needs  130,745 plays per day  to earn minimum wage. How many musicians actually succeed in doing this?


I am not so good on word problems, especially when put on the spot, hahaha.


I think it's probably out of reach of everyone except the biggest stars. Spotify has 4 million songs that haven't been played. 20% of all their catalog. I wonder what happens to the rights to those songs.


Wow, I guess they would have to contact the owners of those songs or just don't used them. Maybe I am wrong, just my opinion.


I'm impressed that Linkin Park has the best-selling album of the 21st century. I thought it would have been a Beatle's album.


Yes, back to your question, do you think that Spotify have permission to play those songs. Four million is a lot of songs.


I think Spotify puts them up for people to listen to. No one listens to those four million. Still, can Spotify sell them to others for other purposes (commercials)? Otherwise, they just take up space.


I think only if Spotify brought them from the owners, If not, I think Spotify would need permission.


I understand the draw of the site. Most artists are not like NWA. They will not have hits without airplay or a tour.


That's true, what do you think silent album means.? A band earned $20,000 for Spotify for silent album.


I am doing good, do you like to the radio?


No sound. Just blank. I think it was a prank that succeeded despite itself. Anyway, I enjoyed chatting!


I used to listen to the radio when I was younger. Not so much now. You?


I listen to the radio only when I am riding and boring.


Boring, as in the Boring Company that Elon has? Or bored? LOL.


Bored, what you do in place of listening to a radio, watch TV?


I usually go on the Internet, probably Youtube. I listen to talk shows there. I haven't looked for the shows in Latin that is broadcast in Finland. Boy, I bet that's a rockin' good time.


Yes, I do that a lot listen to songs and movies on the Internet. It's so much easier when using my computer.


The computer is universal. Do you use Spotify at all? I don't really know the site.


I have heard of the site, I have viewed it, but never signed up to use the site.


Hello.  Do you like snakes?  I recently heard that there are no snakes at all in new zealand.  That is a country I would like to go to!


That's true.  I would like to know how they move too.  I would really like to know why they aren't snakes.  I wonder exactly what is the criteria that determines what is a snake and what is a lizard.


Agreed.  Another interesting fact is that crocodiles are related to birds more closely than they are to lizards and snakes.


Now I would really like to know how that is possible. I mean crocodiles have scales, live in the water, they are green, and so on.


Yeah I think it has to do with dinosaurs.  I know birds are the closest we have to them, and crocs are not far behind.


Interesting.  Scientists also say that the fear of snakes is hard wired into our brains for some reason.  Get this, they also say it's hard wired into monkey's brains too.


That is too wild, I wonder if it's because we are closely linked with chimps and all.


It could be because snakes, the big ones like pythons, terrorized them too back in the day.  I guess snakes would have been exceptionally large in prehistoric times.


Yeah imagine the size of some of those, and I always think of all the crazy water creatures as well.


I do too.  Perhaps the new mascot for the Philadelphia Union, phang the snake, isn't too far off from real life.


That is true, do you follow the MLS much?


Hello there, I am not a big fan of snakes no, and really? That is a very strange fact.


I don't actually.  I just heard about their new mascot recently.


It really is. I had no idea there was a place on the planet where there were no snakes.  Have you heard about flying snakes?


Same here, and what!? I have never heard of those, but I think I'm glad i've never encountered one.


Me too!  Yeah, I've heard about some type of snake that can launch themselves at their prey. Can you imagine having a snake launch itself at you?  Horrible!


Yeah, you forget to feed it one day and then at night it just jumps outta the cage at you.


Hahaha! That would be awful!  It is amazing that they can do it considering they most snakes have only one lung.  I would think they would need to in order to get the breath to move like that.


That is interesting as well.  Do you know there are legless lizards, which are not considered snakes though?


I did not know that.  What are they considered then if they are not snakes?  Are they called lizards?


Yeah still called lizards I guess.  I wonder how they move around or why they aren't snakes.  There are so many weird creatures on this planet.


I enjoy watching south park reruns on tv.  Have you seen any?


I am not familiar with him.  Was he in a tv series?


He is mainly in Star Trek, but I have mainly watched him in X-men and American Dad.


I see.  Other than watching TV, do you like to play basketball?


I never really played, but I do enjoy watching. What about you?


I play a bit just for fun.  Do you know that the dunk was banned from college basketball for more than a decade?


Because Kareem abdul-jabbar dominated the games too much using the shot.  It was considered unfair.


That's crazy. Fun fact, vasectomies increase during march madness!


What was the reason for that?  It sounded interesting.


So that men can stay home and watch basketball for a few days!


That was a silly excuse.  I was surprised to know that football and basketball coaches are the highest-paid state employees in 39 states.


That is surprising! Also, Basketball was invented at the YMCA.


I did not know that. Thank you for the info.    I have got to run now.  It was nice chatting with you.


I also like the simpsons.  I was surprised when Bart was not on one of the episodes.


Oh really, I had no idea. I know Daniel Radcliffe voiced edward cullen on The Simpsons episode Tree House Of Horror xxi.


I did not know that.  Do you watch tv often?


Every once in awhile. I like dramas. Do you?


Laurie made $700,000 per episode playing Dr. House.


Wow, that is crazy! Patrick Stewart teaches drama classes in the UK.


Hello, have you heard that one of the chicago cubs have an employed pitcher with 6 fingers?


I bet they get as much compensation as the other team players.


They are very fanatic for their team should win. You ever played baseball ?


I hardly play baseball. I watch the game whenever there is a Giants game coming up.


The Giants. Unless, you're talking about sports. My favorite sport is basketball.


Kickball is also called soccer baseball in canada.


Yes, have you ever played kickball? Physical education teachers let the students play kickball in the states, as well.


Do you think that baseball started in Japan or the states?


United state national sports is base ball. I know it.


No, The cubs are one two major teams in chicago.


I see. Nice to talk to someone who has a good knowledge on baseball.


I am guessing the second one is the Atlanta Braves.


Yes, The chicago cubs won the 2016 world series, people celebrated in the streets, making largest gatherings  in human history.


Well, they were the first team to win straight on the world series til 2016.


The chicago cubs were the first team win back to back .


That is true. However, the Chicago Cubs were somewhat "cursed."


For this only the cubs did not play in a world series again until 2016.


It was right after a refusal towards a man with a smelly goat going into the stadium.


Yes, I hear the new. Baseball managers wear uniform because they are technically able to play for their team when need arises.


I think so, but some think Trump is a stable genius who is so smart....


He likes to think so! I think there's a saying that goes something like anyone that thinks they're a genius probably aren't.


Fish are pretty cool! The ocean is fascinating! Did you know there are immortal jellyfish?


Right, I don't want to cross paths with one of those jellyfish! There has to be a way to kill one


Right lol! Did you know the only fish to have a neck is a seahorse?


That's pretty crazy. I guess now that I think about it, no other fish do have necks! The oldest goldfish lived until 43. I think mine lived a year.


wow, mine was 2 weeks from the fair lol! It was so nice chatting with you!


Not at all, especially after this whole wall thing. Are you?


right, I agree with you 100%! I think he needs to release a pop album like the president of indonesia, this may help in his popularity


I think you have the right idea! I can only imagine what Trump would look like singing pop! Lol.


Right! Imagine if it was like the old times where the runner up became vice president. Imagine that reality show in the making!


The tensions would be high! The last us president to speak a foreign language was FDR. You would think it would be more common.


Wow that was a long time ago! Do you think Trump is one of the richest presidents now.


I do, I believe some others are jfk and washington!


I think so too, if we ever get to see his tax returns we will know what his actual worth is lol


Key word is if! The only president to have a PHD was wilson. Maybe we should start requiring higher education to avoid people like Trump!


It is. I know a lot of places that use goats but I am also into nature facilities as a job..


Wow, that's cool! Speaking of Google, do you use it? They went down for five minutes in 2013 and took 40 percent of web traffic with them.


I was probably on it at that time. I would love to own their stock though! It's trading aroun $1.1K


The original creators still own 14 percent of its shares and have 56 percent of the stockholder voting power.


That's a lot of money! I would take half of that and be happy. I can't believe it was only created in 1998!


Yeah and now they control a lot of things which is actually pretty scary. They monitor traffic by tracking how fast Android phones are moving down the road.


They monitor a lot more than that! They measure eberything! And amazon too.


Yeah, they are powerful indeed. And it requires a lot of power to operate .One search needs more computing power than it took to send Neil Armstrong and the other astronauts to the moon.


That's a lot of power! I would be worried if I were armstrong though!


Would you ever take a self driving car? Isn't Google making those?


I wish. I am somehow able to dress my kids really well but I look like a slob.


No and yes. There are too many ethical questions around them. If your car were to hit a group of 7 year olds walking accross the street or crash into a median and kill you, what would you do?


Right, and there have been deaths already by self driving cars. How scary! I wonder if back in 1908 when the Model T was introduced if they could fathom that we would be headed in this direction. Speaking of which, got to take a drive now. Have a good day!


Me too! Mine has more to do with my height than anything else. I am too big to be a fashionista!


Do  you have to get your clothes tailored? Fashion aficionados look for collar gaps on clothes to see if clothes are tailored or not.


I do not, I am 6'6" and cheap. Not a recipe for being a fashionista. I would hate to be the fashionista to look at that though.


Some of my friends who are really stylish shop at thrift shops. Though I'm not sure if you'd find much in your size. There's a store in Alabama that only sells clothes and other things found in unclaimed baggage. Would you consider shopping there? I feel like I was wearing stolen goods haha


I would feel like I was wearing clothes from a hobo! I hate hand me downs As the youngest of 7, it's the worst!


Maybe better than wearing Rip Curl though? They make clothes in North Korea but the tag says Made in China!


I feel like that is illegal. A way to get around the embargo


Right, sounds like it. Speaking of legalities, is it really legal to mow your lawn with multiple goats? Google did that one time. I think that is pretty neat actually.


It was dubbed in Zulu for release in Africa...that good!


I wonder if they had a new respect for Lions being in Africa haha


I cant believe that the development of the film wreck it ralph started in the 80's


Hard to believe Disney only took its curent name in 1983


Pixar and Walt disney Studios are under the Big Six


It is just Hollywoods biggest 6 studios.


Gotcha.  That makes sense that they are under that them


I actually really enjoy disney!  How about you?


When I was a kid.  In the 70's hey recycled frames


Did you know frozen was the first animated disney film directed by a woman


Oh wow, that is neat.  I loved that movie.  I bet the toys came out before the movie!


i think toys always come out before the movie,  they gotta get the children hooked first lol The kids will drive the parents crazy until parents buy the toys lol


Funny, I would want to see the movie then choose.  Have you seen the Lion King?


Yes what a great movie,  they have a lot of good songs as well


Tours don't take long 1-2 hours max.  Teddy Roosevelt started our National Park System.  I guess as a conservationist, he was against tree murder.  Things that other presidents have done include Carter installing solar panels, Reagan taking them off, and Bush (1st) putting them back on.


Oh, that's great insight! Solar panels were already invented back in Carter's days, then why is the White House still using floppy disks for storing files, I'd imagine it'd be hard to find those on the market these days.


I actually have an unopened box of 5.25 inch floppies in the attic from about 30 years ago!!  I wonder why they still use floppies?  Perhaps for security since it can't be hacked if its not online.  Still, I wonder how they buy computers that still read floppies?


If the white house is using floppies for that reason, then we are definitely very prone to security hacks and breaches! I also had tons of floppies in storage but the Marie Kondo trend made me toss them away since I have no way of seeing what's on there with updated computers these days.


With this chat about travel and computers, do you have favorite internet travel sites you use for personal and/or business travel?


To look for itineraries or to help me budget or?


Booking, budget, or just dreaming.  With the internet, you can always take a "virtual vacation" should you not have the time or resources to travel.  They even have cell and internet service on top of Mount Everest.  So, if you ever get there, you can send me a email with a photo attachment as proof!!!


Haha, I think I shall hope to travel to my bucketlist destinations in real life, but you're right, without the funds, I can only enjoy a virtual vacation! I don't think I'll survive those harsh climates and those altitudes!


Same here.  The internet has also really transformed shopping.  I dislike walking stores and travelling from one store to another to compare.  So, I can comparison shop from the comfort of my living room.  Did you know that about 7% of people read the contact terms when buying online?


I definitely fall out of that 7% range, why do you think people take the time to read the full contract terms and conditions?


Yes, I love to travel, some of my bucketlist destinations include Austria, New Zealand, Iceland but Iceland doesn't have any public rail services so that might be an expensive trip. You?


I personally fall into the 7%.  I shop at very few sites (Amazon,com, Walmart.com,...).  I may have read the terms at one time, but now I just click away.  Did you know that clicking links on the internet can cause real measurable addictions?


Oh wow! I skim through it but definitely don't read everything. Are there rehab facilities that treat the clicking addiction?


I am a consultant to the Navajo Generating Station on the reservation in Arizona and at the same time live in Louisiana.  So, for about 1/2 of the year I live near the swamps and the other half I live in the desert. about 8 miles from the Grand Canyon.  But I have Japan on my bucket list.  All major highways in Japan are toll roads; it cost more than 300 to drive cross-country.


Oh wow, I was recently in Phoenix Arizona and I really enjoyed the Botanical Gardens there, but sounds far from natural from the climates you live in. Oh yeah, I do want to visit Japan some time too, I especially love Japanese foods. Japan sounds very expensive to travel as well!


Perhaps, but I like the concept of toll roads; let the users pay rather than general tax funds.  We might have better highways if we had more dedicated toll roads.  I like to cycle a lot and get to do quite a bit on the rez.  Did you know that Mackinac Island (MI) banned autos and only allow bikes and horse carriages?


That's a great way of thinking. I'm not too familiar with Mackinac Islands, but it sounds like a place where one can get in touch with nature and maybe try snorkeling or something.


I have not been there, but I heard it is beautiful.  Have you ever had the opportunity to tour the White House and the National Mall?


No I have not, but I know that Ireland and France have twin buildings as its white house! Is it to accommodate the guests or something?


Tours of the White House are somewhat limited and superficial, more so after 9/11.  But it's still worthwhile.  Its interesting to study how Presidents try to put their mark on the White House, like Teddy Roosevelt banning Christmas Trees from the White House!  Thankfully future Presidents restored the Christmas Tree!


How long do the tours take? Yeah! I wonder why Roosevelt decided to ban Christmas trees, is it because he was allergic or that way people didn't feel obligated to give gifts perhaps?


Yeah, I wonder if someone won something for the hockey puck thing?


That's a good one too.  I don't know how many times I used to look for the puck and now its so simple.


Yeah, pretty crazy. Did you know Kiss bought an arena football team?


Yeah, I think it was a bad idea, but it isn't my money.


Theres a football stadium in texas that costs 60 mil to build!


Interesting. Do you know what team it is?


No,  its a high school football team lol


Interesting. That is a big expensive stadium for high school. Well, nice chatting with you.


Sometimes,  Im not a huge fan though.  How about yourself?


Thats cool.  Did you know those huge flags at football stadiums are about $50,000 to make lol


OMG, that is ridiculous. How much do they weigh?


over 1,000 pounds,  that is such a random question lol


WOW, that is pretty heavy. I wonder how they get them up there?


Interesting. Did you know ESPN won an emmy for their first down marker?


I think thats great,  super useful to see that digital line on tv for people at home.


I see.  Is that a big deal?  What is suppose to happen?


It is just a jest to the visiting team. Because catching a home run ball is big deal but not big enough if it is not the home team's home run.


The largest gathering of people was when the cubs won the world series in 2016 , 5 million people celebrated.


Wow that is a lot of people. Well the city of Chicago has twice the chances to win the World Series because they have two teams, the Cubs and the White Sox.


Did you know that in a typical seasons approximately 160,000 baseballs are used in the league.


That is insane!  I hope they get a discount on baseballs lol


A fact I just learned but really enjoy is there was a pitcher that struck out both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in succession. They were banned from professional baseball and it was a 17 year old female!


Wow that is really impressive,  I wonder if she is a professional now,  that had to turn some heads!


She probably could have been one of the greatest players. Well thanks for chatting, I learned a lot today.


I do not know much about football. I think I know more about baseball. Like the Chicago Cubs were the first team to win back to back world series and did not win again.


Same here,  a lot of fun facts!  Good conversation!


I think you're right. Did you know they used to be the Chicago orphans and not the cubs?


I think I read that recently,  that is a weird mascot lol


I agree. I wonder if they were still called the Orphans when Ronald Regan was a radio broadcaster for the team in the 1930s.


A really fun fact is that the Chicago Cubs have employed pitches with 4, 5 and 6 fingers on their pitching hand!


Wow,  thats crazy!  I dont think I have ever heard of that.


Neither have I. I did know that at Wrigley Field where the Cubs play that if the visiting team hits a home run, Cubs' fans will throw the ball back on to the field.


Hey how are you doing, you a big Natalie Portman fan?


Oh wow, that's crazy. I wonder if it won any of the other years in between?  Wonder if Judge Judy bought it with her money she makes !


Ha! She could afford several albums making $123k per episode, couldn't she? Crazy to think she's the highest paid celebrity, second to LeBron!


Oh wow, I really didn't know that. LeBron is about to be a billionaire, that's crazy, happy for him!


Indeed. He deserves it! I wonder if he's visited Pixar's secret room that celebrities often visit?


Me too, I wish I could go see it. It'd be cool to just see the celebrities there haha.


No kidding! Ha! I tell you something I would have like to have seen in person is that concert Creed put on back in 2002 that was so godawful, a few fans in attendance actually filed a lawsuit against Creed. I can't imagine a concert being that bad. Ha!


Haha, I can't remember being at that bad of a concert. Pink Floyd played in 1972 to the ancient roman amphiteather, that'd have been wild.


Agreed it would have! Another one that would have been wild to see was The Ramones while they played a grand total of 2,263 concerts almost nonstop over the course of 20 years!


Oh wow, I wonder how they got the "energy" to do all that lol.


Thats a good question as it had to take a serious toll on them! Just like Linkin Park, I wonder where they got the energy to play 324 concerts in a single year back in 2001?  Of course, it was due to the success of their debut album, so perhaps they were motivated by success!


Hi! Hope you're doing well!  I am a huge fan of Natalie Portman! But I am surprised that she was upstaged by Raffey Cassidy in Vox Lux. I've never even heard of the young actress! What about you?


Oh wow, that's nuts. I'm going to take off though, great chatting with you! Take care!


I've never heard of her either, I'm sure she's got to be good to upstage Natalie Portman. Very cool. What is Vox Lux? Is it a movie?


It is an R rated film that I've heard is disappointing. Unfortunately, they say it doesn't really have the energy to say anything interesting or really anything that makes sense, which is disappointing!


For sure for sure. You listen to a lot of music by chance too? Either in person at a concert or download and buy albums?


I actually love the album Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park! In fact, it is the best selling album of the 21st century and I can see why because it's so amazing! What about you?


It's a fun album, I definitely listened to it a lot in the mid 2000s, I think that is when it first came out. NWA was a great group too, the movie was really good.


Agreed. Did you also know Straight Out Of Compton was the first album to hit platinum status despite no airplay support or major tours? That is really impressive!


Wow, definitely really impressive, especially with the challenges they faced. Reel Big Fish re-recorded all their hits for an album, I never knew people liked them that much. Do you like them>


I didn't know people liked them either as I had never heard of them. Can you believe The Dark Side of the Moon was still one of best selling albums in 2014 despite being released over 40 years ago? That goes to show good music never dies!


Hi, how are you tonight? Do you like the piano?


Hm. I guess we're writing a duet right now, then, huh?


Ha! No kidding! Since we're on the subject of music, do you like concerts as well? Lou Reed and his wife held a high frequency concert for dogs back in 2010 and to me, that was very kind of them!


I wonder if they dogs appreciated it! LOL. I think it's an interesting idea. I haven't been to a concert recently. No time or money.


I understand completely! I was always a fan of Abba and was surprised to learn Abba actually turned down $1 billion to do a reunion tour for 100 concerts. That is truly unbelievable.


They have to put it behind them. They don't want that life on the road. The money is good, but I think they're tired.


Agreed and you are right about that. Did you ever hear the story of the girl who was on her way to a Dave Matthews concert and saw a cyclist stranded? She stopped to help him and surprisingly enough, the cyclist was actually Dave Matthews. Talk about weird! Wonder if he gave her free admission? Ha!


That sounds like something Dave would do. That is an odd coincidence. Almost fate.


Exactly. So are you also a movie fan? I couldn't believe John Carter broke box office records over in Russia after it bombed for Disney!


I guess the Russians were looking for something in the film that US audiences didn't like or see. I haven't seen the film.


Maybe so. Since we're on the box office subject, did you know Mortal Kombat II was the first ever game that actually surpassed box office sales at Hollywood?


Hi! I do actually! I even loved the steam pianos that once existed and were audible for miles. How about you?


Yes, the game was intensely popular. It was so good, as good as the arcade version, IIRC.


Indeed it was! Can you also believe the Lord of the Rings trilogy was a massive box office success but despite that, it still managed to make huge losses? That is just sad, honestly! Well it was great chatting with you! Take care, friend!


I had not heard about the steam pianos! That sounds interesting! I do like pianos.


Did you ever hear the story of the mute man they found in 2005 wandering around the streets of England who could only communicate by a piano? It was sad but also fascinating!


That is an odd story. I wonder how he "communicated?" It sounds like Sideshow Bob on the Simpsons.


So true! Did you also know that Richard Nixon once wrote a piano concert and actually performed it live on The Tonight Show?


The guy was bright and talented. I didn't like his politics, but he was capable. I guess he had a musical side as well.


I agree and suppose he did! On a related note, I think it's also fascinating both Haydn and Mozart owned a piano made from the exact same tree. Would I love to get my hands on either of those pianos!


That's amazing! I guess the tree had some magic in its boughs.


I'm sure it did. I'd also like to get my hands on one of the first typewriters that was made as it was at first called a literary piano, oddly enough.


I think people are frustrated with the system. They want change, and they need to be part of a movement for that.


Seems like there is a movement nowadays for just about everything. I wonder if there is a movement in Canada to back off on the law requiring at least 40% of the music played on their stations to be Canadian.


The gov't wants to preserve a market for home-grown talent. There is something similar in France. The US talent is just so dominant.


That makes sense.  In 1995 a radio station actually prank called Queen Elizabeth by pretending to be the Canadian Prime Minister.


Jean Chretien? Yes, he had a strong accent. The Queen probably couldn't recognize the real one.


I'm surprised she would even answer her own phone.  I would think that she would have someone do that for her.


Well, the pranksters probably faked their way through the Palace switchboard and got to the Queen. Boy, those Canadians! They're scamps!


Ha!  Something I heard recently that I was not aware of was that the prime minister in Japan sends every citizen that turns 100 a silver cup.


I think they will have to rethink that system. Far too many old people in Japan. The gov't will go bankrupt.


For sure.  They needed to find a way to make cheaper cups.  Well, it's been nice chatting with you.


Ok, how about you?  Just listening to President Trump speak about the wall and the budget funding deal.  The Democratic Party (one of the two major parties) will surely not back this.


this report is crazy.  the reporters are so confrontational.


I don't think anyone can back a wall. I think they will back border security which is something achievable through many routes.


I guess that depends who you speak to.  I know the Democratic Party backs a socially liberal platform preferring to spend money on social programs.


At one point, Ronald Reagan actively campaigned for Democrats and railed against high corporate profits and low wages. He probably liked social programs then.


Democrats or Republicans, did you know there hasn't been a President from another party since 1853?


I'm not surprised. The funding and backing are too important to success. I know that one guy is trying this time as an independent. I don't think he'll do it though. Too hard.


I agree, just not the support needed to elect an Independent. I have a feeling it will be the "red and blue" of the Republican and Democratic Parties for quite some time.


People like simple systems. and it's easy to decide with just two. You are on my team, or the other team. My team won or lost. Good vs. Evil. Right vs. Wrong. Simple narratives are easy to sell. Still, 15% of the tea party movement identify themselves as Democrats. There is some nuance.


I'm surprised that the Democratic percentage of the Tea Party is that high.  I had no idea.  They seem to have slightly more traction than some of the other paties like the Farmer-Labor Party n Minnesota and the Nonpartisan League in North Dakota.


How's it going? Did you know that the Universe could be just a giant holgram?


No, that's pretty crazy, I wonder if they asked Kim Jong-un to help since he has a degree in physics


hahahaha It was for Maida's hair in "Brave" very different hair from Kim's... but maybe he helped with some knowledge


Maybe Kim could explain how the universe was able to come from nothing without violating the rules of physics


hahaha that would not be easy! Talking about Pixar, did you ever hear about their secret room?


Yea, I heard Pixar let's celebrities visit it


I saw it in the extras of Toy Story, its cool! do you know about the highest paid celebrities?


A little, I know Jude Judy is the highest paid before Lebron James


wow that is crazy!! how much does she make?


Jude Judy is paid 123,000 an episode for her show


Wow that is a lot! Do you know Rbin williams was a pioneer in voicing characters for animation movies?


Hi, Wow that is a hard concept to digest! Did you know it may be possible to touch a star?


Yes in Aladdin. Well I have to go, nice chatting with you


No I had no idea, that would be awesome though as long as the star isn't too cold


They have confirmed there are cold stars and can be touch by our hands


That's pretty cool. I wonder if it has anything to do with the region of space that may be pulling galaxies outside the observable universe


Wow the universe is so marvelous and complex, there are many theories, for example that there is only one electron in the universe!


That would be insane if there is only one electron in the universe, it would mean I wasted a lot of time in chemistry class


That is a crazy theory! I totally agree. It is good there has been curious people like the Greeks, Copernicus, Newton.  Not always right but opened the way for research!


Yea, it's interesting that the Universe may have evolved through natural selection like the species on earth


All this has to do with Physics... did you know Pixar studied the physics of curly har for 3 years?


Whenever I have a day off, it's hard to not let all the time pass by in indulging in entertainment


If it's the Nintendo 64 system, I can understand. I'll still jump at the chance to play those games such as Mario Kart, despite the system only displaying 54 colors


oh yea every n64 game i loved. i still play ocarina of time.


What's interesting is what entertainment looked like years before technology. Around 50BC, the inhabitants of Britain bred chickens for entertainment rather than food


i read that. imagine being so bored your entertainment is pregnant chickens.


Chickens aren't pregnant, but rather are one of the species that lay eggs. I'd be curious to see how many of the 7 million species of animals lay eggs


20 quintillion animals on earth. i never knew


And most of them all move, reproduce, and breathe oxygen. The ones that are domesticated have patches of white on their foreheads overtime


i was really surprised by that. i had to go look at my cats.


I guess those zoologists know a lot since they study animals. Supposedly hiccups are even derived from when land animals still had both gills and lungs, yet it's still something we experience today


yea just being lazy sometimes is the best thing.


I don't either, but it can be entertaining watching others who get them often


Although, not all forms of entertainment are lazy. Even things such as music, theater, and storytelling are considered entertainment, but those require effort


And the range of audience can affect it as well. One thing that's nice is how adaptable entertainment has become in our culture


yes. i was just reading in the animals facts that the loch ness monster is a protected species. thats pretty hilarious.


Yeah, I heard that once. I think the act is in Scotland, which isn't where I thought the loch ness monster is. Animals have constitutionally guaranteed rights in Germany


Germany does a lot of things right. but then they also have those crazy restrictions against some movies and forms of art. crazy.


That's true. They're not the only country to have restrictions on things though. On the other hand, sometimes things are more popular in other countries. The Nintendo system wasn't discontinued in Japan until late 2003


yea i guess people just kept playing in for various reasons. i cant imagine how. there were two systems after that by then.


Are you comfortable talking about the government?


I mean other countries have 90% turnup so...


I know that Australia requires people to vote. That is a good way to get a govt of the people.


I mean I like how the current government balanced freedom with absolute state authority, but the dominance of only 2 party has lead to some issues being argued over just for the sake of a political agenda rather than the people


Yes, the politicians serve themselves first, then the people a distance second. Or third. Actually, do they serve us?


I wonder if the structure in plato's republic would resolve any of our current problems


Philosopher king? SOmething like that? I wonder. I like the lottery system of Athens.


Well basically, those who can't have can rule. But those who don't rule can have.


Oh, no plutocracy then. Renounce possessions and assets and you get the reins of power.


Basically ya, it tries to remove any external forces that would motivate rulers to make selfish choices I guess. Not sure how it would work out though


I figure there would be quid pro quo, not immediate, but after the fact, once the rule left. No way to stop corruption without watchers. But will watch them? Anyway, great chat!


Sure, I'm up for talking about anything. What do you think of our president and our govt?


What do you think about the statement, the people want to be kept secure and safe, but don't want to know how it is done


I think that it makes us guilty of all kinds of things that we might not want to take part in. We're adults. We can hear the truth.


True but lately, I have been growing feeling that ignorance is bliss to an extent. A bit worried where the current government is going