Remind me not to make an enemy of anyone carrying a goat. I wonder if that's where the saying being a goat came from. Like Ruth was the goat after losing that game.


That is convenient. In Mackinac island cars are not allowed anymore, just horses and bikes


It sure sounds like it. DO you like dogs?


I sure do. Did you know they can learn more than 1000 words?


Nice. They have 12 blood types and there are blood drives for dogs


Nice. Yeah and they can reason better than chimps


Nice. Did you know Google is a dog company?


They actually claim that? Did you know dogs can have eureka moments?


Nice. Yes they have it in their code of conduct


I do. Did you know air travel used to be faster in the 60s


Wow cool. The dutch are making a bus that goes 160 mph


Wow cool. Do you know why the baggage claim is so far?


I have no idea, there is a purpose for that?


Yes because that way they decrease the complaints from people


Nice smart. Did you know in Japan all highways are tolled?


Yes it can cost you up to $300 to travel by car around the country


Wow. Did you know you can find places to crash inn when travelling?


Yes, comedy is definetely one of my favorite genres, I like to laugh.


I always look out for Bill Murray movies, he's never failed to make me laugh.


He is crazy funny!! I do not know if you watch Osmosis Jones, that one is very good. I have to watch Kun Fu hustle


Can't say I know the last one you mentioned.  We have moved on a lot since the Roman times, the British used chickens for entertainment according to Caesar


It is hard to imagine that as entertainment! Did you ever play Nintendo?


A little, I never really got into those consoles.  My son is forever play Xbox for entertainment.


That was pretty fun , It only could display 54 colors, Im pretty sure the Xbox graphics are 100 times better


They are far superior, but people will still be entertained by the most basic of games.  Give someone a simple version of Pong and they'll still play for hours.


that is right I still own the Nintendo console, that one was discontinued in 2003. Mine still works and I use it sometimes, the kids love the games


I'm guessing soon games and movies will merge into one for our entertainment.  There was this show on Netflix over the Holiday where you could make choices about the character and what he does.


I watch movies now and again, when I get the time, weekends mainly.


Wow, inteactive! We it was a nice chat. Have a nice day.


The kids watched it on Netflix about two weeks back, I kind of dipped in and out as I was doing other things.


cool, there are some cool facts about the movie. the woman that voices Violet the teenage girl, is a political commentator, i found this funny


I didn't know that.  I recognized one of the voices, Violet I think.  Maybe that is the one you are talking about, I could place where I'd heard her.


cool, and the fashion designer, Edna Mode, her voice was made by Brad Bird the films director.. he did a great job


I would not have peg that character as having a voice done by  a man. I remember the original, that was fun, over ten years old I believe.


Yes i did like that one very much, it was back in 2004!! 14  years have gone by!


Is comedy your favorite kind of movie?  I like to be amused, especially after a long day.


There not? I always though they were, do you like sharks?


I really like sharks, they are so important


Yeah I gyess they are, you know they can also be trained to bark just like dogs,


yeah, they have no rib cages on land their weight can really act against them.


You know what else is interesting about sharks, in particular the great white shark, they congregate in the pacific ocen in an area called the white shark cafe


well good for them to have their own get together place


I agree, I hope their habitat is respected though, there are many shark hunters out there.


yeah i like them a lot. they have 12 types of blood


Wow! 12 different types!! that sure is a lot, I never had my dog tested but now that you mention it I think it would be a good idea


yeah they can help other dogs by donating blood


I think thats a great did, you know that with elephants, both are the only animals that understand pointing, dogs can be really smart at times


That is so cool. in turkey they have bottle drives thayt dispense food and water for the dogs


Thats a good idea to keep the streets clean and all,


yeah for sure. did you know googe prefers dogs?


Yeah, Google is a dog company, Amazon is a dog company as well.


Exactly. There's also a definite jealousy factor. I wish the early 2000s Eagles had been able to have been as dominant. We made the playoffs a lot but could never capitalize.


That is true, I remember those teams, McNabb had some really good years there.


Andy Reid and McNabb really made a good duo for us. Unfortunately they had to move on as it got a little stale in the end. I still find myself rooting for Andy in KC.


Yeah same here, I really wanted to see Reid and KC and their QB beat the Patriots and make the Super Bowl.


My ideal matchup would have been KC versus New Orleans. I would not have been upset if either of those two teams won. What a horrible call that was in the New Orleans game.


Exactly!  I agree and think there are a lot of people who share that view.  And right!! That was one of the worst blown calls of all time!


I could not believe what I was watching. I think I was just as upset as a Saints fan probably was. I wish they had some recourse to overturn that decision but the NFL would never allow that.


I think they might change the rules to be able to review any flags in the final two minutes of every game.  It will take more time but gotta get the call right.


Yeah I would trade some extra viewing time to make sure my team doesn't ever suffer the same fate as that. I wonder if they would be able to have a real time ref viewing these plays and making calls to help expedite the process.


I think they could, if me and you can see it on tv, and make the call in a matter of a minute or so, then they should be able to do the same real time in games.


Hello there, I am, but my team didn't even make the playoffs this year so that sucked, how about you?


With the level of technology we have today, there is no way it's not possible. It was fun chatting NFL with you, enjoy your day!


I am as well. My team made the playoffs and also recently won a Super Bowl so it's been a good couple of years for them.


Nice! I'm guessing maybe a Philly fan? I am a Packers fan, so it's been some years but was still nice winning one in 2010.


Yes I am an Eagles fan. We had a wild ride this season, I'm just happy we made the playoffs. The Super Bowl this year was a lot duller than Super Bowl 52.


Yeah it was, your team had one of the most exciting super bowls ever!  I was cheering for you for sure!


I think a lot of NFL fans were since we were playing the Patriots. Foles really made for a great feel-good story.


Yeah Foles played an amazing game, and one of the best plays of all time in a super bowl or any game. So much better than this years.


I do have to give credit to Brady and the Patriots as much as I don't care for them. Winning 6 Super Bowls is an amazing achievement.


Oh yeah same here, they will go down as the best franchise in NFL history, Belichick most likely best coach ever.  Have to respect it, don't have to like it.


Me either, It is a very lucrative sport and business still though


THat is true, they make more than some other popular sports combined


Yes. Don Stewart used to be a soccer player too for the US team


yes he represented the US in the panamerican games in Brazil in 1983


Yeah. DId you hear of Mesut Ozil donating all his winnings from the world cup?


Yes and that helped 23 children get medical care in Brazil


That is so awesome. Do you know why we call it soccer?


Yes it is just a slang that stuck around here


Yeah. Did you hear of that version with three teams?


Yes I have but I wonder how that works though, do they have three goals?


yes every time Do you know where it is taking place in 2022?


yes that will be in Qatar but the city for it is not built yet


Yeah Did you know US place thirds in the first fifa cup?


yes but it has been downhill for us since then unfortunately


yeah too bad, but the women's team is still doing well


There are no economic gains for the host countries though


And yet they bid to host it, I do not really get ut


I'm going to listen to am radio so I can try to hear Jupiter's radio storms.


I wonder how ancient people learned to navigate the stars, Babylonians were even able to track Jupiter with mathematical precision.


I was happy to hear something positive coming out of Iran. We always hear just the bad.


Must be rough to live in such a hated place.


I can imagine....And it is sad because no one chooses where they want to be born.


If we were born in Canada we'd be forced to listen to 40% Canadian made music when we listen to the radio.


That is not bad because other countries that are not democratic are worse. Think about countries such as Saudi Arabia


I definitely won the country lottery when I was born in the US>


ha ha ha. You certainly did. I once stayed in Dubai for a year and you were not free to wear clothing such as shorts. Buying alcohol was like buying drugs, if caught, you were headed to jail....OMG


Oh wow, that would be so hard to live with, but an enriching experience I'm sure.


Yes, it was. Oh happy holidays and it was great chatting with you.


Good day. Do you enjoy that kind of stuff?


Love it, astronomy, the study of phenomena outside Earth's atmosphere, is fascinating.


I took 1 astronomy class in college and I enjoyed it, I just didn't have enough time to dig deeper into it


I took astronomy too, I certainly didn't learn how to find a lost satellite like Scott Tilley did.


ha ha ha. Can you believe Kim jong-un has a degree in physics, imagine being his professor, would you fail him?


Of course not, he could probably get a degree in anything he signed up for cause no one would fail him.


That is what I thought too! So, Pixar studying the physics of curly hair for 3 years took my attention. Some people thrive for excellence, I'm impressed.


That's amazing, like the town, Saadat Shahr, that is nicknamed the "astronomy town", they actually kill all lights at night to view the stars.


WOW, I did not know that. There is a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free


I think I would rather listen to Linkin Park. They have the best selling album of the 21st century.


Reel big fish re-recorded all of their hits for a best of album after losing the rights to their old record label. That's dedication!


That is so interesting. Another group that did something unconventional is NWA. They reached platinum status without airplay or having a major tour.


Two identical twins from japan released a rap album when they turned 100 years old in 1992.


Haha, I would love to listen to that album. But I also want to listen to Dark Side of the Moon since it's so popular. It was released over 40 years ago but was still a best selling album as of 2014.


Love Pink Floyd... I think I may be the only non-drug user that likes them the amount I do. It's the only 60's band I like too.


Cool. Speaking of older music, do you still have any cassettes?


I do not. I do not think I ever had cassettes. My brother did. Now that I think about it, I did have cassettes.


I used to love to buy singles on cassettes! It was what I could afford with my allowance. I would listen and rewind over and over again. Cassettes are obsolete now but were used from the 70s all the way up to the first decade of the 2000s.


Hi, I am good thanks. Do you watch Netflix?


I do. I am not one of the 33% that make up the bandwidth but my son and daughter are. I am usually watching sports...


It is crazy that Netflix uses up so much bandwidth. Yet, they still spend more on postage.


I know. I wonder if that is still the case with no longer DVDs being a large part of their empire. After racking up a $40 late fee on a vhs copy of apollo 13, reed hastings was inspired to start netflix


I guess he tried to sell Netflix to Blockbuster for $50 million. Blockbuster must be regreting not buying, as it's now worth $2 billion.


Blockbuster only has 1 store left and it's in Alaska!


Wow, I did not know that. Youtube is another popular entertainment service. Together with Netflix, it makes up half of North America's peak internet traffic.


If only we could harness that power for good... Hugh laurie is the highest paid actor ever for tv drama, earning $700,000 per episode in house


A popular actor who only wants to project positivity because of his belief system is Jim Carrey. He doesn't act in dramas anymore because he can't act in anything that doesn't project positivity.


Have you heard much about the movie 12 Strong?


Maybe something in their bodies uses Vitamin D to strengthen their hair. There's a horse that turns completely white after 6 years, but is born black or brown


wow that is crazy, can you imagine if a human were born born black or brown and then gradually turned white, definitey that would be confusing haha


I know some people whose hair has done that though. Originally firefighters used Dalmatians to help protect and calm the horses


ah that is interestings, also I like how one horse has a peak power output of about 15 horsepower, you'd think it


That's interesting. I wonder where that terminology originated. It might remain just as much of a mystery as Clint Eastwood having a mid-life horse allergy


haha that is very mysterious! I would feel that it is a mystery why Patrick Stewart is teaching an acting class in the UK and not just retiring


I mean, he must be passionate about acting. I wonder what got him started. Hopefully it's because he loved it and not because all the pretty girls were in drama class like it was for Michael Caine


haha ya I hope not! have you heard of the show Ikea heights? It's apparently a show that takes place solely in an ikea store without the store knowing about it


I love IKEA! I've never heard of it, but it sounds like it would be an amusing show to watch. Apparently for every episode of House, Hugh Laurie earns $700,000, making him the highest paid actor in a TV drama


ya that is a crazy amount of money! And Jon Hamm From Mad Men used to teach an acting class, one of his students was Erin from the show The Office, crazy!


No I haven't, I just know that Chris Hemsworth is in it and he is awesome! What do you know about it?


I guess he was a great teacher. Jim Carrey won't even make dramas anymore because of his belief in positivity


I haven't seen it, but I think I remember the trailer. Some compare the dialogue to a video game though


ya apparently it contains war violence and has bad language. It's also rated R so its probably pretty gory I would imagine


It would be hard to have an accurate war movie that doesn't have some level of gore though. I've heard the horses and the terrain were good aspects of the movie


ya that is true, did you know that other than humans, horses, orangutans, and sharks are also ticklish?


Sharks are ticklish? I wonder who was brave enough to discover that one. Horses in Iceland are capable of speedwalking


that is interesting, also once the horse leaves Iceland, apparently it can never return, I don't knkow who enforces that haha


How would they keep track of something like that? There was a high school that had a "no vehicle to school" day, so two students rode horses. They were smart, but they got suspended


ya that is very rebelleous haha, one other thing with horses is that horse hair gets stronger the more sunlight the horse gets, definitely doesnt work that way in humans


They do, I've seen some people with ears so big they couldn't lean out the window of a moving car because their ears would beat them to death.


I was going to ask if you have a computer, but considering what we're doing it would be a redundant question.


Ha! No actually I don't have a computer, I am projecting images to you telepathically. I am also quite crazy.


Have you heard of these transhumanists who want to load themselves on to memory sticks?  My kids keep taking my sticks, I'd hate to be overwritten by some school project.


I have heard about that. But I don't really get the point.


I suppose it's a eternal life thing, doesn't seem like much of a life floating around a memory stick.  I guess you could program a world to exist in.  I may be no expert but I don't see it coming to reality.


Kind of sounds like the movie. It's on the tip of my tongue, but my brain crashed.


Wasn't Johnny Depp in it Transcendance , or something? We sure have come a long way from the Russians 1936 computer that ran on water.


That might apply, but I was thinking about the Matrix. We live in amazing times. I can't wait to see what they come up with in the next ten years.


Of course The Matrix, just like me to miss the obvious.  Whatever they come with don't smoke near it, it will just like with Apple and invalidating your warranty.


I can't think of anything better to do, can you tell me about animal, or poetry, or animals that read poetry?


I wonder how they would prove that. Would they swab the device for signs of nicotine?


At Apple they will have the iSwab to do that, just like any other swab, just more expensive.  Good chatting with you, have a good evening


Thanks. Good chatting with you and you have a good evening also.


Well, I can tell you that there are about 20 Quintilian animals on planet earth.


Did you count them personally?  I hate it when you are counting and someone interrupts, making you lose count.  I can't quite picture that number of animals


No, I started counting them but my magic marker ran out of ink and I lost track.


I love that the Loch Ness monster is protected by the government.  It, or he, or she, has been doing fine for millennia without the government.


I think we should protect big foot too. I think it makes perfect sense to protect something that we don't know exists.


It sounds as though the Germans are going down that path, animals there have guaranteed rights.  I wonder if they have access to lawyers to enact those rights.


I read that animals develop white patches on their foreheads when domesticated. I think human are animals but they don't have white patches.


Good point, you should find the researcher and put that to them.  I've heard that before, I think it's the same with floppy ears like you get on dogs.  And don't say humans don't have floppy ears.


Hi! Did you hear about the police officer who stole a vacuum and instant oatmeal from Walmart?


Haha! I didn't think of it that way! I guess in South Africa it is meant for live humans who might carjack you! You'd think that would have handled their carjacking problems completely!


Got a friend that lives in South Africa, I'll have to ask him about it.  LOL.  Speaking of cars, did you know McDonalds added drive thru because soldiers were not allowed to get out of their cars while wearing fatigues?  Thought that was interesting...


No I didn't know that! That is very interesting! Thank goodness for it, because I prefer the drive thrus! Since we areon the tpoic of cars,, :) I learned that we call trunks "trunks" because old cars actually had wooden trunks on the back of them. I'm too young to have known that without having randomly learned it. haha


Yeah, they can be handy to put stuff in, spare tire, clothes, a body, you know the usual.  :)  Get this, they named a Cadillac after the French Explorer who founded Detroit.  Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, I think was his name.


Oh wow, Jann mardenborough became a pro racer after beating 90,000 people at the game Gran Turismo! I knew I should have kept playing that game! lol, my job would pay more, that's for sure!


Seems like it'd take more to qualify you as a pro racer other than playing a video game, no matter HOW good you were at it, but I dunno... maybe he had an ultra realistic set up with faux steering wheel and stuff?


Ideally he would have but I can't imagine spending money on such stuff. haha too much responsibility! Still, I agree, that playing a game with your thumbs says nothing about how you handle a car! Were you aware that sharks have no rib cages?


Yeah, I heard something about that... they get out of water and their weight can crush their body because of it!  Be a gruesome way to go!  Weird to think how long they've been around.  Sharks evolved before dinosaurs and even TREES.


And sharks can rescue sailors and be trained to bark like dogs! Hm, that's worth looking into!


Weird... I wonder what a shark barking would sound like?  I have to look that up!  I'm told sharks have been even known to rescue sailors.  Although if I were in shark infested waters, I wouldn't look them for it!


I think I heard something about that, that's pretty crazy!  I mean, being a officer and doing that?  You think he of all people would know the possible consequences of his actions!


Shark infested waters like "The White Shark Cafe!" A place in the middle of the Pacific Ocean where sharks congregate! Yikes, my luck my ship would go down there. Hey, it's been a great chat! :D


Hey, you too!  You have a great evening!


I know! He even admits that what he did was stupid and out of character. I guess he had to resign from the police force and had to serve 3 years probation. That's a long time! Maybe he was desperate? With 2 jobs I can't see how.


Seem to recall he said he was paying his parents bills at the time, but I dunno... I'm guessing he got caught in the whole, "I won't get caught" mentality.  I've read that he also stole condoms from there too!  (Insert clever joke here) lol!


Haha yeah it's not like he was so hungry and only stole food! What a strange list of items to steal! A vacuum, condoms and instant oatmeal!? It's pretty sad actually! Yet KI still find it a little funny when I think of his "shopping list". ha!


Wonder how long he was doing it before he got caught? They say he also tried to boost an XBox system.  I don't know, it's just a crazy situation all around..


Oh yeah, it sounds like this guy had a stealing problem in general. In that case, I'm glad they caught him. I can't imagine a police officer doing such things but somehow he made it onto the police force. Hey, do you have an iPhone?


No, I don't... I have a Android.  They say women are more likely to own an iphone than men, but I'll resist the whole "women and phones" joke I could make because they're handy for anyone to have...


Haha yeah, not "this woman!" I wouldn't mind playing around with one to see what I'm missing out on, "if" I could afford it. It would be crazy of me to waste money on a phone at this point! I also have an android! They work perfectly fine. I just found out that's it's legal to have a flamethrower on your car in south africa! Wow! I kinda want want for in case of zombie apocalypse!


Well, cool as it is, I'm not sure how practical it'd be for a zombie apocalypse.  Remember, zombies don't feel pain!  So you'll just have a bunch of walking torches after you!  LOL.


Good Morning! I'm from Cleveland and used to love Lebron James!


OMG yes, I usually start with the Conferance Championships that are going on right now. So cool to see smaller schools with arena's of under 200 people in attendance fighting to get into the main March Madness field of 64


That's awesome, I've done it a few times, but I think I'm much better at video games. Lol


Video Games would me a lot less taxing on my gambling. I didn't do it this year, but last year I bet anywhere from $4-$20 on every single NCAA tournament game. It was insane. But almost $3800 last year, and ended up $4.00 ahead for the season...LOL


Oh my! My wife would not be happy, man. I better just stick to the video games.  Lol


Which is why I'm single....LOL. Nothing like being retired, betting some basketball games, cracking open some brews and not getting yelled at for it.


Man, I'm so jealous. Lol I did read that in South Korea it's illegal for kids under 16 to play video games after midnight.  That's so funny to me, because who is reporting them if they do?  Their parents or is there a video game police that tracks who's playing? I would have stayed in trouble as a kid if I lived there.


LOL.....I used to play video games back in the day, but I discovered a gambling site instead now. Though getting back to the NBA, Cleveland wishes Lebron James nothing but the best now. He got us to a couple of championship series and even won one. So, that's cool with us!


That sounds like a love/hate relationship you have with Lebron?


Always has been since he killed us by going to Miami for 3 years. You can always see right through Lebron James. He wants to do the right thing, but screws up doing it most of the time.


Ok, I understand.  Being that you're from Cleveland, did you ever attend any of his high school games?


Hi, you used to love him?  You don't think he's the GOAT? Lol


No, though I live about 10 miles away from where Lebron James went to school. He's a good story, and will be for a few more years. Good talkiin' with you this early morning....have a Great day!


LOL...I don't even know what the GOAT means, just heard it in the last 2 weeks. So stupid, Lebron is a good player and could never be a GOAT.


Greatest Of All Time.  I just thought he called himself King James?


Yeah, just saw that. Okay he's not the Greatest Of All Time, yet he's up there. He's got enough money, let him call himself whatever he likes I suppose. Michael Jordan still deserves the moniker of GOAT as he's got the rings!


I agree with you on that!   Michael Jordan is the GOAT in my mind.I still remember when the Air Jordans were banned in the NBA and Jordan wore them anyway, because Nike didn't mind paying that fine.


And that was cool of him. I love the fact that the garbage Lakers did everything they could to get Lebron James, and this is the first year he's gonna miss the playoffs. Cleveland laughs at Los Angelas. Lebron just wanted to relocate his family there for the weather.


Too funny!  You're right about the weather. You must watch alot of basketball?


Not too much NBA. I do love the NCAA College Tournaments though, so much more drama and teams to cheer for.


Do you get into the whole March Madness thing, filling out the brackets, and all?


Good evening.  I was driving around recently and went by a store my kids used to love Toys R Us, but it was going out of business.  :(


That is a fair point.  It keeps them off the internet at least and it's addictive qualities.  Even clicking links can lead to measurable addiction!


You can't escape your addiction at the top of Everest even. There is 3g cell service and Internet capabilities up there!


Wow!  Not that I will make it up there, but I guess I can post a selfie if I do!  I could title it "was this as high as the Tower of Babel" for those in my bible study, lol.


I think it’s interesting that Thomas Jefferson created his own version of the Bible, cutting out the miracles and the resurrection. I guess he wanted to understand the morality of the New Testament.


That is interesting, though he presumably used a normal one at his swearing in because only Teddy Roosevelt and John Qunicy Adams didn't use one.


Interesting. I guess they didn't want church and state together. Prior to 1963 it was not uncommon for US students to read the Bible as part of their elementary education. I assume both men got such education.


So many of those presidents were so well educated.  I wouldn't be surprised if they could read the Bible in Hebrew or even Greek!


The only president with a PhD was Woodrow Wilson. I wonder how many other presidents got advanced education.


I think a lot of the earlier ones definitely did even if they didn't pursue a doctorate.  Part of it might be that they were lawyers and not as much educators?


I think they should know language. Knowledge of ancient languages would be especially helpful with the Bible. An apple only became known as such when the Bible was translated into Latin in the 4th century, because "malus" means both apple and evil


I remember shopping there. It really was a magic place.


Really interesting that it took the Latin translation because it is seems like common knowledge now that it was an apple.  Though I think a lot of translations now just call it fruit.


That's a safer translation. Well, I enjoyed chatting with you! Enjoy your Bible study!


They really seemed to corner this specific market and kids will always want toys.  Do you know why they are having financial troubles?


My guess is Internet competition, plus bad handling of finances. Too much debt.


Come to think of it, with our Amazon Prime membership and free shipping, we make most of our purchases online.  It's like Toys R Us just missed out on that.


The Big Box stores weren't ready for the Internet. Amazon has changed the way people shop. In fact, the US postal service has a contract with Amazon to deliver on Sunday. I'm amazed.


Wow.  Amazon is doing well for itself that is for sure.  I didn't even realize that they owned IMDB until recently.


I've heard that they treat customers well, but the employees, not so well. Warehouse workers walk 7 and 15 miles  daily. Probably tough on the older workers.


Maybe that is a good thing though?  Keep them fit and healthy?


I suppose, but I wonder how often people get injured. It's good to move around, but at what point does fatigue become a problem?


Wow, I thought duels were allowed a long time ago?


They were. Who does that today? I find it fascinating that there are no Walmarts in New York City. There are five near me.


Good old Walmart.  lol I have just as many near my home.  New york City is peculiar, for sure.  I think Amazon is starting to find that out, as well!


I guess. I recently found out that chicago's nickname isn't from the wind, it's from the politicians. Ive been there countless times, and never knew that.


I always thought it came from the wind whipping around the buildings, I guess not. On a side note, have you heard anything about President James Buchanan having had a boyfriend?


I have, it was scandalous at the time. I can't believe people actually called him "his better half".


Wow!  never knew that until, now.  I'm sure that was quite the scandal. Getting back to hats, what do you think was the most popular hat in the Old West?


It was the bowler, lol. I saw that on Netflix.


Oh, I thought I'd stump you on that one.  lol


lol. I'm a Hell on Wheels fan. I think I googled why no one was wearing cowboy hats once. I still can't believe that they passed a law, limiting the length of hatpins.


hello. It's cold and frozen here, I wish we could have flame throwers on our cars, like they do in South Africa, it would really help with the ice problem.


They thought that women might stab them with their hatpins!  Too funny.  Well, it's been nice chatting with you this morning.  I've got to get to work, hope you enjoy the rest of your day, friend.


Yes, I'd like them on my car for when I'm in traffic! lol


What kind of car do you have? I only drive Cadillac, because I'm from Detroit.


Cool, I have a Benz.  I hear the cadillac was named after a French explorer that founded Detroit.


yes, it was. Do you have an actual wooded trunk on yours?


No, I think that was just for the old timey cars way back in the day.


That's too bad. Some things need to come back, like the practice of British politicans having to wear top hats, if they want to speak in the House of Commons.


I could agree with you about that.  It just shows respect, we need more of that in the world, nowadays.


Yes, we do. It's kind of ironic that Kentucky, you must swear an oath that you have never taken part in a duel before taking office. Does anyone even do that these days?


Hi there what do you think about the Republican party? It's definitely had a long history


What's interesting to me is that Ronald Reagan campaigned for the Democrats back in the day, he actually did not like corporate profits and low wages and was railing against them


Wow.  I think the lines of political parties are becoming more and more defined, and more people tend to go to extremes more now than in the past.


I agree, do you like any current celebrities? I know that Judy makes a ton of money and shes pretty famous


I do like some of the current celebrities.  I like Judge Judy's attitude and sarcasm.  I think its crazy that she is just under LeBron for highest paid celeb.


Yep you're right. He makes about $120,000 per episode, that's insane, do you like Robin Williams? I'm pretty sad that he's gone


I agree, I loved his work.  He was such a pioneer in the field.  He really started the trend of actors voicing animated characters.  It is a shame that someone who lit up the world of others was struggling so much.


Yep I agree with you. I wonder if he ever got to visit the Pixar secret room. They have a secret room just for celebrities, I hope he was able to


I wonder what their qualifications for celebrity are, like if the person has to be current, or from the US?


Yep that's a good question. for instance, there's a celebrity chef in Ethiopia. Would he be allowed to enter haha


From what I hear he is doing work towards fighting hunger in his country.  That would qualify him in my book, although I dont even know his name.


It certainly has, although I would say I align myself more politically a little blue.


I agree with you there, he's trying to help his countrymen to eat foods that are more diverse so that they can combat the hunger, but again I don't know if he's gotten access to that room, maybe we should start a fundraiser for that haha


Now I kinda want to become famous so I can go see that room.  Maybe its just a plain room with some couches and beverages that they play us so the rest of us wonder.


Haha yep or maybe it's just an empty room lol, have you ever seen the show Sesame Street, I guess the first celebrity ever appear on there was Carol Burnett


ya I agree, but what is interesting to me is that we have had a democrat or a republican always elected to president since 1853


I wonder if the two party system has always been that strong that a candidate from another party cant break through.  Like 15% of tea party supporters aligned themselves as democrats


That is interesting. Another interesting fact is that every president with a beard has been a republican. I wonder why that is


I dont know, I wonder how many that is, I know lincoln for sure,


Yep you're right. I know you said that you lean blue, I guess that red and blue has only been consistently associated with Republicans and Democrats since about the year 2000, I always thought it was a lot earlier than that


I did too, I wonder when the Donkey and Elephant came into play, if those are more recent too or if they have a history as well.


That's a good question. Also I heard that Harry Truman would not get his picture taken with Dumbo because he was a Democrat and obviously Dumbo is an elephant, that seems pretty dumb, would a republican not get his picture taken with Eeyore?


Im not sure, it might be something the Simpsons would parody (and subsequently anger Fox news)


Do you know many facts about celebrities?


That bummed me out when I heard about it.  I loved all the different roles he played and his stand up act was good too.


Yes he truly was gifted. I guess it's kinda funny I was somewhat complaining about celebrities taking voice actors jobs. Nowadays so many celebrities want to enter politics.


No doubt!  It's kind of funny.  Obviously, there is Trump and Reagan.  But there's been a lot of others...Arnold (gov. of CA).  Clint Eastwood was a mayor.  I remember Sonny Bono was maybe a mayor too?


Yes you're right! and with Trump's  "success" it's probably only going to get worse. It's not just in the US though. Indonesia elected a pop star as president. He's even released more albums in office!


I wonder if his albums were any good?  lol


Some people must like them. He's made 3 in office so clearly they are doing well.


yes...obviously they sell otherwise he wouldn't have made 3. lol  Up until 1805 the runner up in the US presidential elections automatically became vice president.  I wonder how that would play out today?


I don't think it would end well. It wouldn't be a bad idea to have the runner up work with the winner, but having them become vice president was probably a bad idea if they stopped doing it so long ago.


That's what I was thinking.  Kind of a different fact for a different country....we don't actually know how old Kim Jong Un from North Korea is.  I'


Personally I wouldn't believe almost anything we know about Kim Jong Un. They say he learned to drive at 3, how could he even hold the wheel? No information about him is reliable.


I know some, Lebron James is the highest paid which is not surprising given both his salary and endorsements. You will never guess who the next highest paid celebrity is. Unless you already know.


Could you imagine driving at 3?  You're right!  I've had fun chatting with you!


It can't be done. At least not in a standard car! Bye!


Hmmmm....I don't know who it is? Who is it?


Judge Judy if you can believe that! I mean I know a lot of people watch but still it's not that great of a show and it's on during the day.


Who would have thought that?  I do know that Carol Burnett was the first celebrity to appear on Sesame Street.


Interesting. I forgot Sesame Street had celebrities on it. Of course when I watched I had no idea who those people were!


Me too!  I remember that show in the 70s.  Pixar has a secret room that is often visited by celebrities.  I wonder why they get exclusive access?  Hmmmm


A lot of celebrities want to be in pixar movies. I think for them it's fun and a change of pace, however I'm sure actual voice actors get annoyed that they often use big name celebrities who are regular actors.


True!  Speaking of voice actors...Robin Williams was the voice of Aladdin.


Yes, he was one of the first big name guys to take on voice acting. Shame about him.


When Earth was formed, days were only 5.5 hours long. I can't even get much done in 24 hours. Haha.


The earth was spinning really fast. Did you know the cables carrying phone and internet data across oceans is on 2.7 inches in diameter?


That is cool how much things have progressed. An iPhone has more computing power than the whole us nuclear icbm deterrent.


Yeah, I remember having a rotary phone. Those took a long time to dial. NY's area code is 212 because it is the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone.


I liked those phones. I liked the sound they made.


True. I have a friend who still has a rotary phone, probably for the cool factor. For every minute you do not use your cell, unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child who needs it. I found that odd.


Yeah that is strange.  Why not just give them the water. I also found it strange that McDonalds' added drive-thru in 1975 to accommodate soldiers because they were not allowed to get out of their cars while wearing fatigues.


Interesting. Too bad it has backfired and made many Americans, like me, quite lazy.


Maybe they'll remove them as part of an exercise marketing strategy.


Haha, that would be cool but slightly annoying. I guess if I was around before 1908 I would be in better shape. Cars started to be available to the masses that year with the Model T.


Yes, I have two. Jessica Watson, mom to four and one in her heart, says she had a baby at age 17, and she was terrified. When she had her baby a decade later, she was terrified as well. She was saying that no matter what your age, parenthood is a crazy, terrifying but wonderful experience.


Yes, it scary.  Kids don't come with instructions.


Haha, yeah. That is true. But I think I'd be bored without them. I love doing kid stuff and having an excuse to. The other day I followed one of them through a tunnel at a park. Imagine how I would look if I did that without a kid? Haha.


That's funny.  Yeah, that would look weird. Jessica Watson is a good writer. It's easy to relate.


Yeah, I think so too. She says early motherhood is filled with big jobs and menial tasks. It's important to get these things right but can be hard. They can be corrected if you get them wrong at first.


Trial and error, that's how I learned, but I can't imagine myself juggling four, or two for that matter.


I feel two is a bit easier because they kind of entertain each other when I can't but yeah, four is a lot! I think it's important to teach our kids about taking care of the Earth. If earth's history was viewed as a 24 hour period, humans only represent a minute or so.


Yeah, we haven't been here very long. More than 80 percent of the earth's natural forests have already been destroyed.  I hope they don't go extinct.


hey there do you watch Netflix? I don't have them personally


haha I could use that right now, a flamethrower would be perfect for melting the snow on my driveway!


Thank goodness I live in Texas!  We had a little bit of flurries last week and everyone was crazy excited.  Do you keep winter supplies in your trunk?  Of course modern cars don't have an actual trunk like they did in the old days.


ya they are super old, it's cool it was Karl Benz whose name later became part of Mercedes-Benz


I have never heard of him.  I do know Cadillacs were named after the french explorer antoine de la mothe cadillac - that's the guy who founded Detroit.


yes thats, true, I live in Michigan and I never knew that, I live in a suburb of detroit actually


Cool.  I bet you have a lot of drive-thrus there because no one wants to get out of their car this time of year.  They were originally added by McDonalds for soldiers who were not allowed to get out of their cars while in uniform.


ya that is cool, I want to go to one now! what is weird is the guy that became a professional race driver by beating 90k people in a videogame! he must be good


Yeah you would think driving a car in a video game would be different than in real life.  Of course youtube has some pretty life-like videos nowadays so maybe its pretty real.


ya I agree, it's crazy that youtube is the 2nd largest search engine, I assume google is number 1?


Yes but google bought youtube as well!  Its probably because the vast majority of content on youtube is free.


I use a friend's account.  Does anyone actually use their own?  I just love all their original content - 126 original series and films in 2016 alone!


oh definitely, do you like Justin Bieber's song baby? I guess it is the most disliked video on all of youtube


That is awful for sure!  I understand why its so hated.Unlike Gangman style where they had to upgrade the view count number!


lol ya I'm with you there, pretty crazy that netflix makes up about of third of internet bandwidth in north america


I know!  But I am still amazed that they spend 20 times more on postage than bandwidth!  Who still gets dvds in the mail?????


haha that's a good question! i haven't used a dvd in 10 years, did you know Blockbuster turned down buying Netflix back in the day?


Yes!  They could have bought it for $50 million but turned it down!  Its worth $2 billion now!!!!!


that is crazy, did you hear the story about how Netflix was started?


Yeah he had a $40 late fee on a video!  Motivation to start his own company!  Gotta love that!


haha he got his revenge! do you drive a car? I guess they were created back in 1886 originally


I did not know they were that old!  But I want one like they have in South Africa which have flame throwers to prevent carjacking!  How cool is that?


I've got to admit that I was one of the people ridiculing Kim K for visiting the white house, but after hearing more about what she accomplished, I have more respect for her. How do you feel?


Well, our president has been accused of some bad behavior as well. I think in this day and age people are very sensitive about racism and sexism. If something like that is in your past, it will surface.


I think people are desensitized to our president. If a person with a clean image says something once it ruins them. If a questionable person in regards to morality says it dozens of times, people tend to tune it out


That's true, the media has beaten that horse to death. It's kind of sad really.


Well also most major media is bias for one party or the other


Yes, you're absolutely correct. it's tough to watch the news. Fox is so far to the right, and basically everything else is on the left.


It is kind of weird personally how presidents can still be elected despite losing the popular vote


Well I think we both have a decent knowledge of presidents. However, I don't really know all that much about the white house. Do you?


I don't know much about it either. Wasn't it burned down once? Maybe in the civil war? or perhaps the war of 1812?


Did you know there is a perfect replica in atlanta? Must make the owner feel like a president


I agree that here accomplishments merit some degree of respect. I wonder why people would choose to ridicule her


I did not know that. That's pretty cool. I was surprised to see they still use floppy disks. That's embarrassing.


I know that they use floppy disks for our nuclear silos. I think that there is a pro and con. It is such ancient technology, but at the same time because it is so obsolete, the system can't be hacked with modern technology


Yes, interesting, our horribly old tech is actually protecting us. Who would have figured. I just hope it's reliable. Are companies still manufacturing floppy disks?


That I'm not sure. In any case, I enjoyed our chat. I hope you have a great day.


I would think that people ridicule her because of the way she presents herself to the world, escpecially considering that part of her fame came from being in a sex tape. Do you respect her?


I think we shouldn't make a sex tape define her. Accept her accomplishments and her failures separately.


That's idealistic. I don't disagree, but it's just not the way this world works.


I understand and I too think it is realistic, but it seems that sometimes people tend to discount everything a person has done due to the most recent scandal. Sure what they did was wrong, but that isn't everything


That's definitely true. Look at the Governor of Virginia. People are calling for him to resign over the photo of him in black face. The photo was taken like 20+ years ago! He's a different person now. It's something Kim is going to deal with the rest of her life.


Didn't something very similar happen to the director of Guardians of the Galaxy?


I don't know about that one, but I know Hollywood definitely seeing a lot of problems. Do you know what the director is accused of?


He made a insensitive post several decades ago and he got in trouble for it


Are you a facebook user?  I check it daily.


lol me too! I have not read it but have seen the movie, you?


Yeah but i think i blocked it out, lol! Apparently it's required reading for 3 out of 5 of our military branches. They must know something i do not.


wow, I should check it out. Did you ever read enders game


No but i saw the movie are we forcing our military to read that as well?


I would, it may be needed for the new space force coming lol


Right and will let the children save us all! do you consider yourself a speed reader?


I am such a speed reader, it gets me in trouble, how about you


Please 10 minutes later i have to start all over, lol! You know what the speed reading record is?


I don't, what is it? I am interested and probably won't believe it lol


The world record for speed reading is held by a young lady named Anne Jones for reading 4,700 word a minute.


Netflix hulu movies mostly i listen to audio books. How about you?


I love playing nintendo still, do you ever play?


Not for a while, i don't get the time to. Look how far we've come though. Nintendo had only 54 colors.


For sure, think about how good we thought the graphics were back then. They just stopped making them in japan in 2003


Wow that's a long run for Mario, haha! Did you know that Ronald Reagan was turn down for movie role because they said he wasn't presidential enough.


That is too funny! If only they could tell the future lol. Do you know julius caesar?


Apparently he went to Britain and saw chickens being used as entertainment and was mind blown


Um i like my chicken fried with hot sauce, that about as entertaining as it gets. Have you seen or read starship trooper?


Who doesn't? Many of his films are now classics


Yes, they say that summer was considered at one time to be a bad time to release a movie in the theater because of low sales until Steven Spielberg released Jaws


That just proved there isn't periods of low sales, just low quality movies


Right exactly.  I just saw something I didn't know before.  Steven Spielberg actually played the clarinet in the Jaws soundtrack.


Don't you just love it when the director or producer plays a direct part in their film like marvel's stan lee


Oh I know.  I would always look for him in his movies.  This was kind of funny.  when Steven Spielberg rode Jurrasic Park ride on opening day he requested that he was let off before the 84 foot drop.


Wow it happens that fast?  I have never ridden it before.  I also saw that he makes millions still from Star Wars because of some bet he made with George Lucas in 1977.  I wonder that was all about?


They simply wagered a part of their earnings of their film


Oh ok that makes sense.  He sounds like a caring person.  I saw that after filming the Goonies he flew the entire cast out to Hawaii and surprised the director Richard Donner with a cookout


I like hospital shows or drama type shows.  Did you know that there is a website where  you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas.  That might be interesting.  I would love to hear "The War of the Worlds"


Sounds like a great guy to know. In any case, thanks for chatting.


Not really but I think dramas on the radio might be interesting.  I read that Hugh Laurie is the highest paid actor ever for a tv drama.  He earns $700,000 per episode on  House.


I also saw that Michael Caine became an actor just because the prettiest girls were in his drama class in highschool


Despite his reasons, you have to admit his acting is great


Yes for sure.  There are so many different types of drama.  For instance radio drama, drama performed on stage, tv drama, movies, and even drama set to music as in a Opera.  I more or less like them all.


I like how you can divide drama into comedy and tragedy, both bringing depth to the story


Yes that is very interesting.  Do you like Steven Spielberg?  He is considered to be one of the founding pioneers of the new Hollywood era and he is one of the most popular directors and producers in history


If you were the first Amazon customer you could have had a building named after you.


The guy only spent $27.95 to have a building named after him.


I know right, i wonder what building it was. They started as an online book store and later added videos.


Jeff Bezos built a clock that will run for 10,000 years, im told.


I think so didn't really understand it. that guy is trying to take over the world eCommerce though.


He is very ambitious.  Alibaba was ahead of Amazon though in terms of total sales.


Some how he got the postal service to deliver on sundays.


It was amazing that the postal service  was willing to sign a contract.


I know but they just say no ones home. they've gotten in a lot of trouble for that.


Do you know that average warehouse workers working at amazon walk between 7-15 miles per day?


That will certainly help with weight loss. I didn't know that IMBD was own by Amazon.


I did not know either.  They bought Imdb in 1998.


Yup! 4,700 words per minute is apparently the world record for speed reading.


That is amazing!  Anyway, I've got to run now.  Nice chatting with you.


pretty good. did you know that the word for a cars trunk originally is because older cars use to have an actual trunk attached to its back side.


I heard about it.  I found it interesting.


Cars names are basically the name of those that invented them Cadillac, ford ex..


I always thought that Cadillac, as a brand, was invented by an American.  I was wrong.


I believe it was a French explorer named Antonio de la mothe cadillac.


Yes, you are right.  Benz patented his benz motorwagen in 1886.


Yeah how about mc donalds drive thur was invented for soldiers who couldn't get out of the car with their fatigues on.


That was interesting.  They were the first company to have drive through.


You don't have to lie, that was a terrible question! I would have loved to learn capitalism that way. I had to learn when my lemonade stand lost all of it's investment due to no one passing my deadend street.


Lol. Haha tough life lesson. I wonder if any US presidents have ever played the game?


I am not sure. I bet JFK, washington and jefferson would dominate though!


Yeah I bet you're right especially the fact that they were the top three wealthiest president in American history.


I was surprised to learn Trump was not on that list. It seems like he should be. Although he has not released his tax returns so who knows...


Yeah he must be on that list. Luckily no USA president ever has ever released a pop album like the president in Indonesia.


If there is a president banana, he should have a food nickname too.


Ha ha yeah that would be a good nickname. I'm just glad we don't have a dictator like authoritarian regimes around the world.


Maybe we do, those are called president too. We may just have a shadow government.


Yes. I think our government does a decent job. I know each government has a constitution but I think ours needs to be updated.


Hey I'm doing well thank you. Have you ever played the game monopoly.? It is available in more than 103 countries.


Not on Facebook though. Nice chatting with you!


I have! I love that game, except when I lose, I get really competitive and may lose my temper. Do you like it?


Yes I like playing at two and I also get angry when I lose LOL. The longest game of monopoly lasted 70 days.


Wow that's a long time! Did you know you could get monopoly pieces by mail? I had no idea!


No I actually didn't know that but it's good to know. Monopoly was once banned in Russia and China. I wonder why?


My best guess, capitalism... Were you ever convinced to act while playing monopoly with Nicholas Cage?


Haha never but that's funny he did that to Johnny Depp!


Well, in all my times asking that question, Johnny Depp has been the only one flipped by Nick Cage. I wonder if there has been more than one that he flipped?


Good question. Monopoly was initially intended to be a capitalist teaching tool!


hey there have you ever visited a summit before?


oh wow I shoudl check it out, does it still only support 54 colors?


I don't know, it looks just like the old system graphics, so I am guessing it might.


ya it probably does, I'm just glad that we can play games and  not be forced to use chickens for entertainment like people did back in Caesars time haha


I cant imagine that would have provided much fun.  The NFL is technically an entertainment rather than a sport legally.


huh I wonder why, is that for taxx reasons? I think its funny Reagan was told that he didn't look presidential enough to play a president, talk about the wrong guy to say that to haha


That is sort of funny.  Little did they know at the time.


haha yup no one could have predicted, what do you think about bill nye the science guy?


I heard he was discovered due to a look a like contest


ya a steve martin contest! can you see the resemblance because I definitely can, thats what started his career


I think a younger steve martin maybe, not necessarily them now.  Maybe I should find a celeb I look like and get discovered for something.


I havent, either the meeting or the mountain type.


haha you should! do you listen to any music btw? do you have a favorite album


I do have a few, none of them are really popular.  But then again Aerosmith made more money from guitar hero than any album.


ya that is surprising, I want to listen to that twin album, two 100 year old japanese twins made a rap album in 1992, that sounds wacky


haha good distinction, well it's interesting that the first summit ever was the Geneva Summit in 1955, its shocking countries didn't do that earlier


True, there are some summits like the global tiger initiative summit in Russia that pledged $330 million dollars for Tiger conservation.


that is nice, but I heard that Russia also went to a summit and gave all the countries thumb drives infected with a virus, definitely not cool!


yup I agree, did you ever play the videogame eve online? they won a world summit award, thats really weird for a game to win something like that


I haven't.  I am not that into most video games, mostly mario brothers is my jam.


ya I liked playing mario on my nes back in the day, can't believe that system was around until 2003


They recently relaunched it in digital form.


Did You hear ? There are cat cafes in japan and taiwan where people can pay hourly to play with cats and have drinks!


One is a rat terrier and one is a pomchi. They are only lazy when they choose to be. I guess there are over 86,000 ER visits a year from people tripping over their cat or their dog.


Tripping? I have three dogs and I find it hard to believe.


I found that number to be a little high, too. I do accidentally trip over my dogs, because they are often underfoot. But, I also used to work for an emergency department, and I don't remember too many "tripped over dog" chief complaints.


naah, it's sounds made up. My chocolate English lab is in the same color as my floor, but I've never actually tripped over him... I kicked him couple of times by accident, but nothing more ;)


Do you apologize to your dog when you accidentally trip over him? I do. I even find myself saying "excuse me" sometimes to my dogs! LOL!


Of course ! I always say "sorry buddy, I didn't see You there" and I really think he understands :)


Me too. He doesn't say sorry to me, though, when he tries to push me out of bed at night. My other little dog hugs my arm while I am sleeping.


lol, that's awesome ;) I have two Polish Tatra Sheepdogs and when they are on my bad there is no more room for me ! lol :)


Our dogs lay between my spouse and I. They are our buffer zone. My husband used to wake up being mad at me, but now he can't be made because they are so sweetly laying there.


I actually saw something like on one of my favorite TV shows, Girls. I guess that is one way to get your pet fix in!


lol :) my dogs actually get off the bed by themselves because they are getting to warm and they love the cold :) lucky me ! :)


That's nice. One of our little dogs likes to lay under the blankets. Then, he wakes up in the middle of the night, all freaked out because he doesn't know where he is. I have to pick him up and hug him to calm him down. I think it's part of his plan!


It definitely is ! They are smarter than they seem ! ;) look out for that one ;)


Yes, he is a smarty pants! I hope you have a great weekend!


It basically looked like a daycare for cats only that served coffee and tea. It looked cute.


...but did all the cats got along with each other ? No cat fights ?


I'm not sure. I bet there had to be cat fights, because the cats were all walking around. Did you know that the house cat is the number one predatory animal?


I'm not sure what that means...  house cat is a house cat ;) he stays at home and licks himself ;)


I guess they are considered predators because they hunt other animals like mice and other vermin. Maybe their natural instinct is the reason there has not been a cat species extinction in 10,000 years.


...wow... not in my house... once I had a mouse and my cat just looked at it with boring sight... he didn't even move... lazy :)


My little dogs even caught a rabbit outside. I was shocked, because they aren't much bigger than a rabbit themselves.


Too bad the CEO of Mathas Table is stepping down, quality will be lost there for sure


I do, I think its a great place to shop, you can find just about anything there and to thing it all started with an online bookstore, its much bigger than that now!


Funny that they have their own font called 'bookerly'.


Yeah that is a curious fact, just like the first purchase ever made was of $27.95


I did not know that best buy and target will start to price match amazon.


I guess thats a good thing, keeps the competition going and saves us costumers a lot of money,


Amazon also has a site that sells returned and like-new items with discounts!


Really?  I might have to look over that, I might find great deals you know Imdb is also owned by Amazon!


Jeff bezos has accomplished a lot since finding Amazon in 1994.


He sure has, like that clock that he had built into a mountain, do you really think it can run for almost 10000 years?


Hopefully I live long enough to find out!


Only 6 years ago did she take the helm of the dc food pantry!


Yeah it seems like she has a good heart as well, did you hear about what happened with that child that was crying.


Apparently she was able to calm down the child!


Yeah but many CEOS would just keep going and would do what she did, why do you think she wants to leave Marthas Table?


I think it was probably a tough decision but Im sure it was for the best.


Yeah probably, shes 62 years old and running a company is time consuming maybe she just want to rest, shes had a great career.


It must be a hard thing to do, leave a legacy behind, its tough, so do you shop in Amazon?


I do, Im actually looking into starting an Amazon fba (ecommerce) business. Do you use Amazon?


Hi! Hope you're having a good day. Have you been following all the drama around Michael Cohen??


No idea! i'm not that technically savvy. I just upped the RAM on my computer at work though and i thought it was so high but then i just learned that the space shuttle's computer has 1 MB!!!


Hilarious, that is actually kind of scary though, isn't it?


very scary. What do you think about the people who want to upload their minds to computers? did you see black mirror? that happened there!!


I think it would be cool. If I could, I would definitely do it!


You think? it scares me that someone could hack into my brain and thoughts.


I think it would be cool to become an immortal computer, it would be hilarious.


Maybe, i think Trump would do it in a second too because he thinks his brain is so powerful. Did you know the president of indonesia released 2 pop albums? I'm not sure if that's crazier than a reality star becoming our president


I didn't, did they do well, or did they do poorly?


I don't know. I"m very curious!! I wonder if he made a lot of money. I didnt know the top three richest presidents were jfk, washington and jefferson. I'm shocked that trump isn't on that list.


Me either, but maybe he is and the list is just old.


That's fair. Can't wait to see all the wikileaks on trumps office. I think it's funny that they published an article about the governments plan to destroy them.,


Interesting, well nice chatting with you!


He's trump's personal lawyer. There is a lot of concern around privacy laws with him. It raises a lot of interesting concerns around digital files which could be violating privacy laws.


Interesting, is this the guy that was recording his clients?


I'm not sure. I didn't know the laws around searching through documents, did you know that if the authorities are trying to find a rifle, they can open large cases (like a guitar) but can't look at folders for example.


I can believe it. Apparently 86% of the land in Nevada is owned by the US Government.


really? who knew! the government has so much power. the government was able to pass legislation to prevent govt employees from getting in trouble for violating the geneva conventions!


I know that is crazy. Did you know smoking near Apple Computers voids their warranty, I wonder about Iphones.


No idea. Did you know someone built a 16-bit computer with nothing but basic minecraft building blocks.


No, I didn't even know that Minecraft could be used to build a computer, how is that possible?


Yeah I wonder if he is any good or if people listen to his music just because he is the president


Yeah, maybe they call him "President Banana" behind his back, like they called the first Pres of Zimbabwe?


Haha good point, maybe they do. DO you know much Obama?


Unfortunately, yes. When he visited India, they removed all the coconuts from around his destination.


Hmm interesting one. If you zoom in on Google Maps in the white house, you can see him there


While in office, FDR vetoed 635 bills during his presidency. Obama vetoed 2.


Yeah that is a huge difference. Do you know what his secret service codename was?


It was actually renegade, not sure who came with it though


It wopuld have been fun if the old rules were in place when BO ran for the president...the one where the runner up automatically gets to be VP.  Then Romney would have had to be Obama's flunky.


I like Korean freestyle complement battle. You?


Yeah that is an interesting rule they had then. It was nice chatting with you.


I have never seen or heard it but it sounds interesting. I like rap sometimes


I didn't know that Eminem dreamed of one day becoming a comic book artist. How do you like that street cred?


Yeah that is pretty cool. DO you like Tupac?


Ah, the artist listed in the library of congress under "cultural significance" is a mystery to me.


Yeah, I guess it was powerful music. A judge in Michigan gave the ruling in the forms of rap because it was a suit against Eminem


Nice...   Rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular...When it's put to music it can be spectacular.  Uh huh.


Yeah pretty awesome. On another topic, do you know much about presidents?


Yeah. The Pres of Indonesia released 3 pop albums while in office.


Up until 1805 the loser of the election became Vp. How crazy


We all should follow Nevadas lead with a "none of these candidates" option on the ballot


That would send a message, all right. I think people want their voice heard, but they feel mute in the political arena. A cat named Hank placed third in a Virginia senate election. That's an odd signal, but I understand the feeling behind it.


Yeah theres something wrong if a cat feels more qualified than a person. You think a lottery like in ancient greece  would work?


It could work in the sense that the rich do not control the process. However, who will run if things are random? There should be basic qualifications to take part in the lottery.


They were worried about an oligarchy. But they didnt consider the common man


We are all the common idiotman to somebody else out there. I would like gov't to get a few things done. Don't have to do everything. I think people expect too much of the POTUS. One person? Can't really do much.


I think our current POTUS thinks to much of himself at the moment...


What's his name again? I forget. He's not even one of the 3 richest. In Guatemala close relatives of former presidents cannot legally run for president. That rule would affect US politics mightily.


President banana? I might be getting it mixed up with another country's President though


Who knows. Anyway, I had a great time chatting with you! Have a good day!


I think that system would be great nowadays. The system couldn't work worse! It would be entertaining too.


It would be very entertaining. Im not sure how effective it would be. Even in 1957 President truman didnt want to be photographed on the dumbo ride because of republicans


Truman knew the impact of media. He was shrewd.


There does need to be a fix to the system. A person who wasnt a part of either the republican or democratic party hasnt won since 1853


That makes sense. Did you know that the only american president to propose a guaranteed minimum income was a republican, Nixon.?


I wonder if he was lying about that as well.


I heard that his economic advisers told him to go for it, so he did. Congress stopped it. I wonder how Hillary Clinton would vote now. She was president of young republicans in college.


And we wonder why people dont come out and vote. It hasnt been over 62.8% in over 100 years


People are disaffected. They have no faith in the system.


Good afternoon. Did you see how cold I was in D.C


There is a rapper that can rap 14.1 syllables per second


is that a record. The world record for speed reading is held by anne jones, with a reading speed of 4,700 words per minute


I do not know.  That is crazy,  I cant imagine reading that fast.


That's so fast. How is the that processed. In the 18th century there was a "moral panic" because of the spread of the reading of novels


haha why would there be a panic,  reading is good for people!


It was a long time ago. Starship troopers is the first sci-fi novel on the reading lists of three of the five us military branches


Yeah that was a fantastic movie!  I think Enders game is a recommended military book as well.


Yeah I did,  that is pretty cold.  Do you like Amazon?


Cs lewis and tolkien held "you laugh you lose" competitions when reading terrible poetry


I feel like that " You Laugh You Lose"  could totally be a game show based on this terrible poetry lol its been good chatting.


Amazon Is my favorite. The first amazon.com customer spent $27.95 and got a building named after him


That is awesome,  I wonder what the building is called and where is it.  lol I didn't know target and best buy price match amazon,  that is interesting,  they must be losing money since amazon came around.


United states postal service has a contract with amazon to deliver your packages on sunday


That is much appreciated!  I love when i get the notification that my delivery is delivered!


Amazon ceo jeff bezos built a clock into a mountain that should run for 10,000 years. How cool?


That is cool,  but what is the significance of putting it at the top of the mountain?  haha


No idea. Amazon started an online e book store.


Yeah,  I think that is how they started.  I used to always buy books from them,  but now I am really into audible and my kindle.  lol


Interesting, he is one of my favorite actors. He has movies of every Genre and I love his comedy films. He has recently been in a few movies on Netflix that I watched again like The Green Mile.


I've never seen that one, but I do like comedy. I've heard that originally Jack Black was going to star The Green Lantern as a comedy movie. That would have been hilarious


I love Jack Black! Oh, no...The Green Lantern was good the way it was. I think that was just playing on Netflix too. I like a lot of horror films as well, but I go to the theater for the good ones.I usually go to the box office to buy tickets in advance though.


Maybe if they created a parody, it would be the best of both worlds. Many box offices are now online, making it more convenient to purchase tickets ahead of time


True, I have used it before. I don't go to the theaters as much anymore since we have Netflix, I feel that theaters will die off eventually.


Maybe, but there are still a lot of people who go to the theaters because they don't want to have to wait to see a movie. One thing is for sure, I bet the owner of Blockbuster regrets not buying Netflix back in the day


Very true, but if they ever come up with a see a new movie now platform people will use it I am sure! I am sure Blockbuster is sad now! Losing out on a business worth 2 billion dollars....wow!


I'm not sure if that platform would exist though with how much money they make in the theaters versus streaming platforms. That platform would have to make the studios the same amount of money as a theater does, and it would take a lot to get the rights to all the movies


True, but into the future...I think something may happen, I guess we will see. I never thought we would ever be able to see each other on a phone face to face lol. Well for now Netflix is my favorite and I hope it doesn't go anywhere!


I don't think it will. With how much it's expanded into other countries and regions, I think it will be around for a while. Since it started creating its own content in 2012, I think it's consistent users have increased to watch Netflix Originals


Who doesn't like Netflix. Half of the peak internet traffic in North America comes from users on Netflix and YouTube. We sure like our videos and entertainment


True! I get hooked on Netflix originals. You can even watch TV shows. Well it has been great chatting!


Not to mention the comedy specials on Netflix


Right! Very true, great stand up comedy shows, love it all :)


Yes we most certainly do. Netflix was started by Reed Hastings, pretty smart man.


I remember when they started as the DVD rental service. The company spends more on postage than on bandwidth


That's weird. But I can see how. It was fun when we had to go to a store to rent dvd's, but Netflix has a bigger variety and genre's to choose from. I love comedy and they have a lot of that!


I think most do. Laughter is something enjoyed universally. I believe Netflix currently has Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The program was partly created to honor a British comedy group by the same name


Very interesting. I think Netflix has a huge selection of Disney films as well which I think many like. I think it is strange how Sleeping Beauty was initially a box office failure, can't imagine that.


Enough of a failure that Disney almost closed their animation studio. Even "Treasure Island" was an expensive box office flop to them. The movies that succeed more than make up for the failures though


Well, true...but Sleeping Beauty is a favorite now and has been for a very long time. I am sure Disney doesn't have any money problems. I heard that Tom Hanks is the highest all time box office star earning 8.5 billion worldwide!


He has been in many successful films. They use both number of tickets sold and the ticket sales to measure the box office business. Because the budget of Trojan Wars was so large in comparison to sales, it has earned only $309


Yeah me either so I surprised to learn that 7% of people actually do read them


That makes sense to me, some people are very concerned about that type of stuff


True. And nowadays seems we have 3g service in Everest, wow


wow really? I barely get that in my own house haha


Hahaha good point. ANd how do you even save a copy of the internet? there is one in the library of Alexandria.


That is insane, and they must add to it every day too!


Yeah maybe that is how it works. DO you enjoy music?


I do actually, I am a big rap and rock fan, what about you?


Yeah I like a bit of everything I guess. DO you like Tupac?


I like him a bit, I know he was a great poet and was murdered


Yeah that is unfortunate. His music lives on and is in the library of Congress though


Me too. DO you know what the hamburger button is?


No, I am not familiar with it, what is that exactly?


It is the three horizontal lines on the menu on apps


Oh, yes I am, I did not know the name of it though haha


Yeah it is a funny name. I guess we can develop addiction by clicking too much on the internet


I believe that, we are almost conditioned, the novelty from it is strong


Yeah that is true. When you buy online, do you ever read the terms and conditions?


I do sometimes, but more often than not I ignore it, I do not have that much time!


Given his reputation, it is kind of Ironic that Teddy roosevelt was a staunch conservationist and banned christmas trees from the white house


Yeah. But didn't he create the national forest service or am I thinking of someone else?


I am not sure.    I do know he created the Bull Moose Party!


Nice. I have a pair of Bull Moose shoes. I googled it and he did create the NFS and NPS.


Do you know the functions exercised by a president in other nations?     The national park service does not seem average for a leader like that.


I do not, unless it is a dictatorial regime, then they can do what they want. I feel like a lot of Europe is like the US, since we modeled our gov after theirs...


I heard that the first president of zimbabwe was called president banana.    Funny, but a little disrespectful!


That's bananas! Sorry, dad joke. What was the alternative name? President Peach?


Someone could make a comment about carrots and the fellow from the GOP, but that would be untoward.


HA! I am all for the untoward and more importantly, the jokes...


1600 Pennsylvania Ave... Why do you ask?


Well, there hasn't been a president outside the parties since 1853, so there is plenty of room for jokes!    Thanks for the chat!


I was reading about history from John Adams.


Nice. I am too. I find the topic really interesting...


I heard that there are similar buildings overseas.


Yeah. That's weird. I wonder if any of our buildings have replicas overseas. It'd be weird to run into a Mt Rushmore in Greenland...


I think a White House in France makes more sense than George Washington carved into foreign rock!


HA! Yeah... So what building would you like to see in another country?


Well, the Eifel tower has its replica in Las Vegas.    I think more countries should replicate the use of solar panels like George W. Bush did for the White House.


that would be the enviromentally smart thing to do, especially with yesterday's news of the oceans being warmer than ever before.


Hi there! You ever watch Fox News? I am curious to know because it is watched more than msnbc and cnn combined.


That is an interesting option as well. I mean having a wealthy president is no new thing. The 3 wealthiest presidents were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson.


The last two you mentioned probably became president because of past deeds, certainly Washington.  Little to do with their money.


Oh great point you raise. Do you think a US president will ever release pop albums like the Indonesian president did?


Somehow it might give me more respect for them, since it means they don't take themselves too seriously.  I can't think of one presidential candidate, past or present I'd like to hear sing.


Haha me too. I would like to imagine someone like Obama performing. That would def make Fox News Headlines. Fox once tried to create a channel only airing the Simpsons.


And fox News tried wanted to sue The Simpsons who are owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, is that what they mean when they say something it meta?


Yeah I think so. Apparently it was over a parody of anti-democratic party agenda. Typical.


The next presidential election seem to have started already, many Democrats are saying that they want to run.  I wonder if there will be someone new in the White House in two years?


Good question. I don't know at this point. The white house has twin buildings in Ireland and France.


It's a good job we don't have to vote to put someone in those buildings too.  There are already too many election campaigns and the TV adds that go with them.


I have seen it is passing but would never watch it due to my opinions on Rupert Murdoch.


Yes completely agree. One cool thing is George Bush put solar panels on the white house! It was lovely speaking with you. Have a nice day.


Yes true. It was created by Richard Ailes who was a republican media strategist. That explains a lot.


I know no news is ever impartial but both Fox news and MSNBC both start from a position and create their output around them.


Yeah that is not how it should be. They always have an agenda. Just so you know IGN is affiliated with Fox News...good to know if you don't agree with them!


I will look up IGN, not a gamer but best to be aware.  Bloomberg would be an interesting presidential candidate, he seemed okay as New York mayor.  In a middle of the road kind of way.


Yes very true. Yeah he would. I am weary of having another billionaire business man though...


And a media owner as well.  Difficult to run without money it seems.  I wonder how his journalists would report on him?


Yes you are so right. Yeah how would the reporters, who he is paying, ever say anything bad. Interesting.


Another one would be Zucker, CNN chief executive.  Not as rich as Bloomberg, but not many are, but with many media connections.


Yes and the way they hasve changed and emerged since records have been kept is amazing also.


It is.  It is interesting that plants are now having earlier leaf-out dates.


Over 1.5 million living animal species have been described—of which around 1 million are insects—but it has been estimated there are over 7 million animal species in total. Thats mind boggling. lol


It is.  I wonder how many are endangered right now out of that number?


Its hard to say but n 2002, germany became the first country in the world to universally give animals constitutionally-guaranteed legal rights. Thats pretty cool.


Boulder, Co legislated that you are your pets' guardian not owner.


Interesting I think that is great.What do you think?


I think that how we treat lower species has a great deal to do with how we treat other human beings.


Absolutely and the way people treat ani8mals says so much about them .


It makes us more human if that makes any sense at all.


I'm well and you?  I am not feeling though it's spring though.


Yes its odd seems as though spring has arrived


It's the shortest day of the year today.


Wow thats good I like when the days go much longer


Yes, it seems to improve productivity if not sleep.


I love when the plants emerge the best. Do u like plants?


I like plants, doesn't everyone?  I particularly like flowers.  Plants, animals, humans we all respond to the sun.


I love them. And the variables in the time everything springs up is amazing to watch


It is indeed.  The leave index for plants mirrors weather patterns.


I didn't know that. Or, that Netflix and youtube make up half of peak internet traffic.


Are you a fan of Taylor Swift by chance?


A little bit. She removed her music from spotify.


WIth all her grammy awards I guess she can be picky where her music is played nowadays


That's true! She owns a $40 million jet!


I always hate Kanye West for how disrespectful he was towards her


That was obnoxious and apparently he did an snl skit mocking himself for interrupting award shows... 2 years before the infamous taylor swift incident.


She is always at the top of  the charts when she releases a song


Sure is! She once accidentally released 8 seconds of white noise and topped the canadian itunes charts!


I accidentally came across it once and was left scratching my  head as to what it was exactly.


Time to go listen to some of her music now.


Me too! I didn't realize it's the second largest search engine!


The worst video on youtube is Justin Bieber's music videos


I would agree! YouTube started in 2005, 14 years ago already!


Its amazing how far and how fast they have come. Its the biggest streaming media service on the internet


Wow! Google bought Youtube for 1.65 billion!


Smart business decision. I was the biggest and most frequent viewer of Psy's Gangnam Style song


They had to upgrade the view count integer to 64 bits after that video!


The police have their own version of Youtube.


I like the as well, did you ever listen to their album the Hybrid Theory? its the best selling album of the 21st century


I loved that album. Crazy that's the best selling album of the 21st century. I would have never guessed.


Yeah, it is, and do you also know the album Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd?


I love that album and Pink Floyd. Did you know Aerosmith made more money from guitar hero than any other album?


I didnt know that, that is crazy, well that album by Pink Floyd is still one of the best selling ones to date


That's good. Led Zeppelin hated rock press.


They did? I wonder why, do you know why?


Not really sure. Do you like country music?


I love country music. Did you know the Fender Stratocaster was intended for country music?


Hello, yes, I love the radio. What about you?


I didnt know that, that is a great instrument anyways its been great chatting with you friend.


I do as well, interesting but theres a am radio station that picks up Jupiter storm waves


That is crazy. I guess the storms are so powerful on Jupiter that we can hear them here on Earth.


I guess they are, so what are your thoughts on that weird Canadian law?


I think it's really odd. Why make them play 40% of Canadian music?


I think its to support local talent but still 40% is a lot, what if don't like local talent.


I agree. Walmart sells clean versions of albums. Did you know that?


I didnt know that, do you have any favorite artists or albums?


Yes I do. Did you know he will be in the next Space Jam movie?


Yes I am excited about it. He is the highest paid celebrity


Yes he makes more than Judge Judy who makes $123 000 per episode


Yeah. He once raised 6 million for charity, heard of that?


Yeah. Even in high school many people came to see his games


Yes and they paid good prices,up to 120 per ticket


Yes. He once rejected a $10 million from Reebok when he was 18


Yes as he was convinced that Nike or Adidas would offer him more than that


Yes and he was right, Nike did offer him $90 million the next year


Yes I do. Do you know who Kareem Jabbar is?


Yes the guy that used the dunk shot so much that it got banned


Yeah. Do you know who invented the game?


Yes that was the coach at U of Kansas, James Naishmith


Yes and he is also the only losing coach in their history


Ironically yes. Coaches are the highest paid employees in many states though


Yes that is true. Have you heard of the highest court in the land?


Yes that is on the top floor of the US Supreme Court


Are you interested in the study of the universe/space?


what's an example of one of the cars/names? I'm not aware of this


The Mercury is the most known.  The Mercury program was the first NASA manned program.


oh! I guess that is a car brand. are there any others that come to mind?


Not offhand, no.  Although reading about it further, it seems they were just given Corvettes, so it may not have been such an advertising thing more than just being able to have the astronauts be seen with a new Corvette and use that as a status symbol.


true, and to show how elite those who traveled to space were


Personally, I'm not sure a new car would be worth the risk they took at the time.  Space is more of a passthrough, and not a destination.  I can't imagine having the military try and build stations for troop deployments in space.


i certainly can't either. and anything dealing with space travel feels way too risky to me still


The whole "nobody can hear you scream" concept bothers me a lot.  It's why they say astronauts can't whistle in space.  They can in their helmet, but no one outside it can hear it.


i guess that's why space food was invented too. well, the lack of gravity might have something to do with that too


I can only imagine the mess the first time food was attempted in space.  It was probably a bit of a surprise to have everything floating off uncontrollably.


On a macular level, yes.  But, I tend to not enjoy the sub-atomic conversations.  I much prefer the big picture of how it was formed.


haha yes it was! and i hope they didn't starve too much on that first adventure!


so do you know some of these fun facts that are listed? Like that some stars are cold to the human touch?


Yes, I knew that one.  Although, it would be impossible to actually touch given the gravity of the star.


that's true. since you know a bit more than I, what other facts can you share about the universe?


I know that even though technology continues to increase, it will never be possible to see further than 1/2 way across the universe due to expansion


This tends to be considered a part of the unobservable universe.  We know it's there, but we can never detect it.


i didn't mean to send that message so soon! I was about to ask you if you knew some of these fun facts, like GM used to give astronauts corvettes when they returned from space!


Ah, yeah, I had heard that at some point.  It was probably a good advertising campaign given the correlation of the cars to the NASA program name designations.


oh wow that is crazy, I wonder if they enjoyed it or not, I do know that dogs have 12 different blood types though and they have dog blood drives, that I think is something you don't hear about


I love dogs so much. I almost cry when I see a helper dog. I love their altruism so much...


ya dogs are awesome, I don't understand cat people. dogs actually love you while cats just tolerate you haha


My wife is a cat person. I have two cats and one pees all over the place. I wanna get rid of it but it's my sons cat and he will loose it if we get rid of it!


ya that is a tough spot! does your son like disney movies?


its intereting that PIxar has a secret room only for celebrities, but yes I really like Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin I'd say those are my favorite, what about you?


What are they hiding? Why can't us commoners look in there?


i know right! I don't like that idea of secret rooms haha, and apparently Robin Williams was the start  of the celebrity voice acting craze in animated movies


He was! I remember how well he did as the genie in Aladin. So good!


he did do a great job! I remember that after him doing that there was a rush of celebrity voice acting, so him doing such a good job definitely started that trend!


I do like a lot, I played the NES as a kid apparently it could only produce 54 colors


That's not a lot. I wonder how many today's consoles produce?


oh millions I think, the NES was finally discontinued in 2003, I think it came out back in 85 that is a long time!


I do like music a lot, I love pink floyd what about you


Love Floyd!!! Do you like music for dogs?


haha what kind of music is that? But I do like the album Animals by Pink Floyd, their song Dogs is great!


What a great reference! Nicely done. Lou reed and his wife held a high frequency concert for dogs!


Hello, How are you today? Do you like cars?


Wow, really, how exciting!! A good way to put it a free for all!


A handy thing to know, the little arrow next to the pump symbol  on the dash tells you what side of the car the gas cap is on.


I just found that out not too long ago! Never really looked. Maybe I did, but didn't notice. Now I do, thinking a lot of people may not notice too!


I don't know were I picked that one up, but it's surprising how many people do not know that. What do you think of self driving cars?


I'm not sure about that! I enjoy driving a car so that would take it away!!  Also I heard it had an acceleration button or something! OMG!! what a ride! scary!!lol


I think it is cool, but I agree I love driving and am afraid that people will lose the skill. Google's car has an aggressive mode supposedly.


Yes, its an aggressive mode! I will always want to be able to drive myself.


I agree, its a freedom I don't want taken away.


Yes, that's what I think!! Have you heard of the 100 year old twins from Japan releasing a rap album?


Wow, good for them. That must be interesting. Did you know that McDonald's has paid rappers for everytime they mention big macs in their songs?


Hello. Yes, I have always liked cars. I have a mustang convertible


No, really?? I have never heard of that! But, I'm not surprised!! Have you heard of a song with McDonald's in it?


I think I have heard it possibly but not that I remember what song I heard it in.


Yeah, I will now take notice!! Good one! Good Chat!!


Oh very nice! I bet you enjoy driving it!! Did you know the first car for the masses in the US was the Ford Model-T?


It is a very fun car to drive. Yes it was the first car made on an assembly line.


I am a BMW girl I'm on my 3rd lol 1886 is the birth year of the car when Karl Benz patented his Benz!!


Nice I like the M3 and the 7 series. Did you know that it is illegal to warm up your car in Ohio?


My husband likes the 7 series, a little too big for me. I am a fan of the M3 , perfect size and fun to drive also!


Agreed, one of my friends had an M3, we had a lot of fun in that car. Did you know that when Audi started making cars for India they had create a new horn to withstand heavy use.


lol, I have heard that, sounds like crazy drivers if you're using your horn that much!


Their driving is just a free for all, I don't know how their system works. Have you heard the story of the guy in NY who bought a house and in a barn it was full of classic cars? That must of been amazing.


Hi there do you like association football?


I am curious too. Do you know where the World Cup will take place in 2022?


I know that it is going to be in Qatar but I do not think they have the city ready for it yet


Yeah that is strange indeed. The US men's team got third place once in 1930


Yeah but after that it was all down. But the women's team is doing pretty well


Yes they have never placed below 3rd. so good for them


Yeah they sure are good. THere are no economic gains though for the host countries


And yet they bid to have it there, Hmm does not make much sense. Do you like tennis ?


I do , as much as I like polo shirts and we have tennis to thank for that


Yes that is true, Rene Lacoste to be more exact. Glad the other adopted the style too


Yes very true. Do you know how long was the longest match?


Hi there I actually do. Do you know why it is called soccer in the US?


yes it lasted 11 hours and they had to stretch it over 3 days


Yeah it is actually just a slang that stuck around


Yeah pretty interesting. Jon Steward used to be a soccer player too


Yeah he represented the US in the panamerican games in Brazil back in the day


Yeah pretty cool. It is a good sport to be in, they make more money than many other sports combined.


Yeah it seems that way. Did you hear that German player donated his earnings from the World Cup?


Yeah he helped 23 little children in Brazil, what a human being


Yeah very heartwarming. Did you know there is a variation of soccer with 3 teams


Wow that would be interesting to watch. Do they need three goals then?


I think originally it was going to be just a social media thing for the students at college to connect. I'm certainly glad they opening it up to others because it makes keeping up with family and friends very easy.


Yeah, and they wouldn't have been as successful financially, I'm guessing.


I'm a little disappointed in the Facebook news features lately. It seems to be very polarized one way or the other. It is all fox new or CNN. I would much prefer a neutral outlet.


I'm the same. CNN is clearly left-sided, where FOX is known for being anti-democratic.


They really are. It has quite the viewership though. They get more people watching them than both msnbc and cnn. That is quite a lot of people.


Wow, yeah, that is a lot. And they air in 86 countries across the world.


Explains some of the anti american sentiment in other countires is that is the impression they get of us. There is so much yelling and anger on that particular news channel.


Yes there is, and a lot of criticizing towards so many groups of people. They even threatened to sue the simpsons for making fun of them...when it's their own content!


Wow that makes no sense at all. I thought they were all about creating a cable channel to constantly stream the simpsons?


Yes that is true as well. they're all over the place. I wonder if it's always been so crazy since it was created by Richard Nixon and Richard Ailes.


Hi. Actually, I don't. But did you know that Myspace turned down buying facebook in 2005?


I'm guessing that is the reason they don't want people to know that. I don't think american would look kindly on it for being started by them. Well it has been nice chatting with you.


Wow I bet they are kicking themselves now. They really miss an oppurtunity with that one since it is worth billions now .


Yeah I agree! It's crazy. And burger king once had a promotion where you could get a free burger if you unfriended 10 people.


Oh that is terrible. Who would drop friends on social media just to get a burger? It should only be used for good things like what Iceland is doing with their constitution.


Yeah you're right. It shows how obsessed people can get with social media. But for a state in germany, the like button doesn't exist. maybe this cuts down on how addicted people become to fb.


I could see that. So many people just click like and never interact with others. If they didn't have that option they would actually have to talk.


Yeah, I agree. Did you know that the reason fb is blue is because the creator suffers from a form of colorblindness?


Yeah he has red/green colorblindness right? Makes sense why it is all blue then. I figured it was because it is an eye catching color.


Yeah I would have thought the same thing! There are some things that I never knew that surprise me, like the fact that when fb was first created, it was only offered to Harvard students.


I did not know that.  Thanks for the info!  On another topic, I was surprised to know that humans will regrow a rib equally as strong as the original one within 2 to three months after having it surgically shortened.


yes fingers are contorlled by muscles in the arm and palm pulling the tendons


It makes sense.  Apparently, there is a sound frequency that causes fear in humans.


may be . Even we cant burp in zero gravity


That was an interesting fact.  Another fact:  humans may have lost their body hair as recently as 240000 years ago.


goosebumps  is a trait to make the animal appear larger . loosing hair has reduced it effect in humans i guess


You are probably right. I heard that humans cannot synthesize vit c while almost all animal can synthesize their own vit c.


would have been one less job for us . we have to now eat fruits . but we can breathe and swallow at the same time animals cant do that


That was interesting!  I need to learn more about humans, animals and their differences.  I've got to run now.  Have a nice day!


Me too - I drive while listening to my favorite radio station.


do you know that there is a radio station that translates sun's activity into  sound


No, I did not. I heard that Jupiter radio storms can be picked up by an AM radio.


recently there is huge news coverage on immigration hurting US workers in radio have you heard those


I heard a little bit about it.  Please tell me more.


They have this study "Migration and Economy" where they are stating Immigration actually keeps economy up by 15%points


I am not sure if I understand various conflicting news.  I tend to avoid politics.