Well I can understand despising fan fiction but I don't agree with copyright infringement unless people are selling their work


Yeah I think that's a very weird opinion, did you hear about the judge in 1950? He wanted to outlaw a comic book because there was a black character in it


That's pretty messed up lol, I wonder where his court was located and if that had anything to do with his dislike of the comic with a black character


Yeah I don't know it is really weird thing. By the way do you ever watch South Park?


Yea, all the time. The South Park episode where they made fun of family guy was hillarious


How's it going, have you ever played with Legos? I never knew the company that owns them is from Denmark


That's pretty cool, I wonder if their are any good lego books.


I'm not sure but if all the lego bricks produced were shared out equally every single person on earth would own 86 lego bricks.


Nice. Have you've ever read Starship Troopers? It's on the reading list of the US military


No, I haven't.  I do know that in the 18th century there was a "moral panic" because of the spread of the reading of novels.


I wonder what made people in the 18th century have a moral panic lol, maybe it was because most people couldn't read


That could be. It's hard to say.  Do you like the library?  Did you know that a library collection includes not only books but periodicals, newspapers, manuscripts, films, maps, prints, documents, microfilmn, CDs, cassettes, videotapes, DVDs, Blu-rays, e-books, databases and other formats?


Yea, in Norway if you publish a book the government buys 1000 copies to put into the library


That is great. Did you know that there are more libraries than McDonalds in the US and over half of all adults have a library card?


Lol no but it's good to know theres more libraries than McDonalds


I was surprised at that myself. Did you know that a man falsely imprisoned for 10 years spent most of his time at the library to study law and prove his innocence, and then became a lawyer to help free other people who have been falsely convicted?


Yes, The cool thing is that Legos are too much fun. Lego pieces can be assembled and connected in many ways to construct objects including vehicles, buildings, and working robots.


Nope, glad he got out. Well it was nice chatting with you


Yea, they have been one of the best toys since Legos came out in 1949


I agree and they also support movies, games, competitions as well as six Legoland amusement parks. These have all been developed under the Lego brand.


That's pretty cool. DId you know only 18 out of 10000000 lego bricks produced are defective?


That's a great percentage of low defects.  To top that off, legos are so consistent that they allow these bricks manufactured today to interlock with the ones made back in 1958.


That's pretty cool, they also treat their employees well, in the german lego factory some even got a 14 karat gold lego brick


That is awesome.  Did you know that a German graffiti artist painted a 250 square meter bridge to make it look like it was made out of legos?


No but that sounds like a nice piece of art, I wonder if drivers were scared to drive on the lego looking bridge


I know, right?  Lego is now investing millions to ditch their oil-based plastics in search of an environmentally friendly alternative.


I had no idea motion smoothing was such an issue in the minds of celebrities like Tom Cruise.


Yes, do you think you will follow Tom Cruise's recommendation to turn off motion smoothing on your TV?


When south park aired its family guy episode finale the producers received flowers from the simpsons crew


That's nice. Sounds like the entertainment/film industry is very congenial.


Seinfeld has a net worth of roughly $820,000,000. more than tom hanks and tom cruise *combined*.


There's only one episode where Bart does not appear! Who knew!


'the last samurai' is plural and refers to the last clan of samurai and not just tom cruise's character.


Robin Williams was so wonderful. I learned he is the one who started actors being voice actors.


he last samurai' is plural and refers to the last clan of samurai and not just tom cruise's character.


70's show was remade verbatim in the UK - funny cause it's like the Office.


do you know There are so many crises in the world that it’s sometimes hard to keep track of who is shilling for which cause.


Just goes to show originality isn't everything!


Definitely! For example, I wasn't aware Tom Cruise was shilling for the cause of reducing motion smoothing.


Wow, 750 episodes of Pokemon sure is a lot. I didn't know they made so many.


It's hard to believe Judge Judy is one of the highest paid celebrities.


Pixar studio has a secret room that we can sadly never visit since we aren't celebrities!


The motion smoothing is already disrupting our entertainment


hey there! Let's chat about Netflix. Did you know it accounts for 33% of all bandwidth in North American between 9PM to noon?


That is so interesting! Did you hear what Iceland is doing in regards to rewriting their constitution?


I saw they were doing that through Facebook. Very strange I think.


I think so too! I guess it gives every citizen the opportunity to make suggestions and alterations though.


That's a good point. Do you like Google?


I think Google does a great job for the most part! I can't believe it has been around since 1998!


I think they do too. A single Google search is more computing power than it took to send Armstrong to the moon.


That is so crazy, but yet again we get like a million results in less than a second! I think it's funny how they do their landscaping!


I do too. Google maps calculates traffic by tracking how fast Android devices are moving.


That is interesting, yet scary because they are basically tracking our phones haha. Anyways, great chat!


I agree it's scary too. It was good chatting with you as well!


Hello, I'm great. How are you? Do you have a Facebook account?


I'm well too! I do have one how about you?


I do as well. Did you know Myspace once turned down an offer to buy them out for $75 million?


I bet they kick themselves in the butt every day because Facebook is worth 104 billion dollars now!


I would be so angry at myself. The like button is illegal in one of the German states which is really odd.


Well it is Germany and they are always so serious lol. Did you ever partake in the Burger King promotion for facebook?


I did not, but I heard if you unfriend 10 people, they would give you a free Whopper.


That would totally be worth it. I would be eating so good lol!


Me too. Facebook is blue because Zuckerburg is colorblind and can't see red-green.


Hello there, do you listen to the radio often?


Yeah I do like poetry, but I don't think I read it as much as I would like to.  How about yourself?


I'm impartial to poetry, I like reading novels fiction and nonfiction more. I also enjoy soundtracks, Steven Spielberg played the clarinet in the jaws soundtrack, as if he wasn't talented enough already.


Wow, that is so interesting I never knew that and I love that movie.  Sometimes the soundtrack really helps a movie a lot.


Yes I couldn't' agree more! Like the movie Frozen, that is an epic soundtrack but don't think it has beaten the soundtrack to O' Brother, Where art thou?" which has been certified platinum 8 times!


That is a great movie and a great soundtrack.  That has my favorite scene of any movie in it as well.


Which scene is that? Are we still talking about Frozen, if we are, then yes, I think the whole movie can be considered my favorite scene.


No I was talking about O' Brother, in the record company studio, but I heard Frozen is good too.


Oh ok! Well that was embarrassing haha. It's interesting to read about how all these celebrities dabbled into their careers, like Micahel Caine became an actor because all the prettiest girls were in drama class. I think that totally paid off and is a great motivator.


No you're fine lol, and yeah I think that is crazy how a small move back then for a different motive turns out to be career shaping.


Haha, thanks but to turn down movies like Jim Carrey did because his belief system prevents him from movies that don't project positivity, that takes a lot of gut


Hi! Yes, I listen to the radio during my commute, I wish there were more stations offered where I live though. Do you?


Yeah it does, well it was nice talking with you today, I hope you have a good day.


Yeah I do too, I recently found a good local station that I like.  I listen when commuting as well.


Do you prefer radio shows that talk about music, gossip, entertainment news or radio with strictly music or other radio shows that talk about sports, news, etc.?


I like music stations mostly, but I think that satellite radio offers a ton of good choices as well.


Yeah, I agree but in Canada, all radio stations are required to have at least 40% of the music played be canadian, I wonder what that means or whether or not it just means the artist has to be from Canada or something


Yeah they probably do it so the Canadian bands get enough airplay.  I bet they like it but don't know if the public does so much.


Maybe the public is already used to it, if not, there is a website where people can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free, I wonder what radio dramas are, are those considered podcasts?


That sounds so cool, there are probably so many great ones that people have never heard before.


Yeah either way, radio dramas are still considered a mode of performance and a genre of poetry, do you like poetry?


I have seen maybe 50 of them, but that is it


Yeah me too, not too many. Did you ever watch Thomas the Tank?


Yes, Alec Baldwin did the voice for about 52 episodes of it


I do. Did you know George Strait and Jeff Bezos are cousins?


Small world. THere are only two african-americans in their music hall of fame


Yeah too bad. Henry FOrd funded country music for fear that jazz would take over


Wow. U2 once opened during a concert for themselves but they were in disguise


Yes they posed as the Dalton Brothers from Gavelston Texas, that was in 1987


Yes funny. Did you know the fender stratocaster was for the country music


Yes I do. DId you ever see the SImpsons?


WOw so much cool stuff. So nice chatting with you.


Yes I do. There is an episode where Bart does not appear


Yes and he is not even mentioned in it too


Yes I have seen it but it did not do well in the UK


Yes they cancelled it after 10 episodes because it was made verbatim


Yeah. Did you know there are 750 episodes of Pokemon?


Yes and they have been on air for 16 years


Yeah , have you seen any of the episodes?


I know right, so do you like Drake? that Canadian musician?


I do, actually! I just can't believe he graduated high school at the age of 25 back in 2012. What about you?


That is crazy, I bet he grew in a poor family, I do like him, think he has a lot of talent


He does. I like how he visited Drake University right after the students there gave up on trying to get Drake there during a tour stop!


Canada has great artists, do you follow Justin Bieber as well?


You're right, Canada does! I do also follow Justin Beiber and not the Justin Beiber who was banned from Facebook just for having the same name as the singer. That was just wrong for Facebook to do that.


It was, why ban that other guy, he is the author of the most diliked video in Youtube I guess a lot of haters out there.


So true! But can you believe Beiber has yet to have a number one single in both the US and Great Britain?


Yeah, I guess he is more popular in other countries, sounds like he has a great heart as well he granted 200 wishes in the make a wish foundation


That is very admirable! So nice of him to do that! I'm glad he gives back after becoming the first artist to have seven songs from a debut chart on the Billboard Top 100!


I do, actually! What about you? I love Golden State's new championship rings and how they have a bristly texture with a perfect circle at the top to match the Oracle Arena!


He is the first artist really? wow that is impressive, I like his music,


The Oracle Arena is impressive, I heard the diamonds are vast like 74 diamonds


They are! It is so beautiful! So do you have a favorite? I like Tim Duncan because I admire how he elected to finish four years of college before joining the NBA. He sacrificed money for an education!


I like Tim Duncan as well, I  think he made the right decision, I also used to like Michael Jordan,


Same here. In fact, did you know Air Jordan's were actually banned when they were introduced but Nike paid the fines each game so Jordan wore them anyway? That was a great way to market them!


I didnt know that, they paid for the fines? wow I bet those shoes generated lots of money a fine didnt matter


Agreed! Well speaking of basketball, I heard that physicists have proved shooting granny style is the best  technique to score points on the line. However, NBA players refuse to use that method because it looks stupid. Can't say I blame them!


I would use that technique if I earned as much money as they do, wouldnt mind looking stupid


You're right about that! After all, they are the best paid athletes in the world by average annual salary  so they shouldn't worry about looking silly or stupid.


Hey thats good enough nice definition of a waterphone, it makes creepy metallic sounds, Did you know you can burn 180 calories watching horror? lol.


That wasn't sarcastic, was it? lol Are the calories burned while watching a horror movie having to do with you jumping out of your seat or is it actually just emotion/mental?


Good question i would think all of thee above. Have you ever watched the movie the Shinning?


I love that movie! Do you like it, too? I looked up that waterphone for making scary horror movie sounds...I actually like those sounds. Does that make me weird?


Not at all after all you like watching horror movies. The kid from the shining never knew he was in a horror until he was much older.


I wonder what he did think, though, and didn't he have lines to memorize? lol I bet a new startup business could be a spooky gym to scare you into getting into shape! I wonder if there's a gym based horror film?


That would do it, to funny! Different note did i tell you that tupac also dance ballet in high school?


Are you sure that wasn't in a horror film? lol I did hear that and also that Bruce Lee and Patrick Swayze were also good dancers. Walking is much easier for me than dance, though.


I should hope so buddy, lol. I don't blame you though i got two left feet as well. Tupac was in the production of the nutcracker he played the mouse king.


That sounds cute. So does the part about the mouse king. I wonder if you can see or buy footage of that on Amazon or eBay or something?


Ah yes, is that the Amazon guy? I heard about his clock being built into the side of a mountain and I am quite jealous!


Might be able to find it on youtube. You know that professional ballet dancers go through 4 pairs of pointe shoes a week.


They probably have Amazon Prime merchant accounts just to keep up in stock to have enough shoes for the month. lol They are so graceful and dedicated dancers! I did some ballet as a kid but liked horses more.


well 10,000 years is a long time. How about having a building named after you for being the first customer!


That's pretty cool, too. Was that around the time people were getting paid to advertise companies tattooed on their foreheads? That was almost like a horror film when I heard about it.


Now that i'm not aware of, sounds horrific. Did you now that Amazon owns IMBD since the late 90's?


That's a great website for finding a good movie to watch! I love horror films and I think that's how I heard of the Hostel movies. Have you ever seen them?


My wife an i braved the first one, not big on horror. I heard that Bambi is considered stephen kings first horror film he watched.


I heard that and ironically, as a kid, I felt the same way. I remember the Fox and the Hound was really sad for me, too. I've seen all 3 of the Hostels. The second one was the best. Maybe I like horror because I'm thankful it's not happening to me right now.


Not for sure but I guess working underwater? Horror movies involving water are usually super scary, thinking about it. The Descent is one with some water involved.


Not a fan of Creed, but I've seen some pretty bad shows - bad sound, drunk singers, etc.  And like you said, if it was an expensive ticket, maybe they felt like they didn't get their money's worth!


I've  never seen drunk singers lol. the ramones toured almost non stop for 20 years. that sounds like it would get boring


These days, I think the bands / artists make more money touring/playing concerts than they do on record sales.


I can see that because people don't buy records they just download.


$ for downloading a song is way less than in the old days paying for an album


the prez of indonesia had 3 pop albums while in office


What?  I couldn't imagine Trump trying to be a rock star!!!!


ahahahahaha but he is a genius!! a bet if you asked him he already recorded 6 albums!!


I wonder if Trump will ever be listed as one of the wealthiest presidents, along side JFK, Washington, and Jefferson.  He'll need to release his taxes first!


Yes!  That would make the campaigns so much more interesting!


Not really a fan of today's Country but my dad and granddad listened when I was growing up - I like some of it


did you know george strait and jeff bezos are cousins?


That, I did not know - My granddad was a George Strait fan, and I liked him too


Hes pretty good for older country music.U2 use to open for themselves dressesd in disguise as a country band. lol you would think people would recognize their voices


I think most people don't pay much attention to the opening band, but yeah - you would think someone would notice!


linkin park played 324 concerts in 2001. how did they still have a voice after singing for almost a year straight


That's a lot of shows - I think I may have seen one of them in 2001!  Do you go to many concerts?


I used to but they have gotten way too expensive over the years. In 2002 a creed concert was so bad that concert goers sued lol. I wonder what they did that was so bad?


I hope that they get the chance to do so. music should always build on the inspiration that has come before.


That is a powerfull instrument there, so did you hear about the group of climbers that found a piano on top of a mountain?


why would anyone put a piano on the top of a mountain? who would play it? who would tune it? strange.


I know right, that is so strange, and its not a small mountain its the tallest mountain in Britain seems like a really hard job


I guess you could use a helicopter? if you had one. plus a spare piano. plus a strange sense of humor.


Still what is the point lol, seems expensive and unnecessary I sure the people who did that had their reasons, they wanted to play a prank on everyone


sometimes the brits can be a bit eccentric. A more practical approach is the  aluminum grand piano built for the lounge of the airship hindenburg.


It probably is the lightest around. and for a good reason. that is a grand piano! LOL Anyway, great chat!


Well maybe its light for a grand piano lol, and I agree the chat has been great, have a good night,


I like the piano, its an instrument with a lot of history almost 320 years old


it is a wonderful instrument. the universal instrument, suitable for every occasion. i wish i could play it.


Its hard to play, do you know who Freddie Mercury is?


yes, i am watching a movie about him right now. he is the fellow in the band queen.


um, yes he was in a band called Wings. LOL


Well interesting fact about Mercury and McCartney, they used the same piano to record hit songs, Bohemian Rhapsody and Hey Jude respectively


That is great! I bet that piano has some market in its keys. i wonder what kind of song i would write on it.


I tell you something that piano must be worth a lot of money, many artists would like to record a single in it


Hello Friend, do you like to do a lot of reading?  Reading is a complex cognitive process of decoding symbols to derive meaning.  It is a form of language processing.


Yes, and as of 1991, Creighton hosed Utah in the longest softball game in NCAA history, lasing 31 innings.


Are you kidding? I wonder how many hours long that was. I sure would not want to sit through that!


Me either.  Did you know that the YMCA invented volleyball, softball, and basketball?


Really, that surprises me. I am shocked that the first sporting  event shown on ESPN was a slow pitch softball game


Add to that, Jose Canseco claims to hold the record for the longest softball homerun at 622 feet.


Holy cow that is one heck of a hit! The name softball came about because the ball used to be soft. Not anymore!


Ouch. Do you like fish?  Did you know that the black swallower fish can eat prey twice its own length and ten times its weight?


I find them fascinating. Did you know the seahorse is the only fish to have no neck?


No, they are the only fish to have a neck.  Did you know that fresh water fish only "drink" water through their skin via osmosis, while salt water fish also drink water through their mouths?


I wonder what it looks like for fish to actually drink while in water? Did you know that there is a jellyfish that is immortal?


Yes, I've heard that.  Did you know that 84% of genes known to be associated with human diseases have counterparts in the zebrafish?


Ew. That is really weird! Good chatting!


I have read a lot in my lifetime. I even took speedreading in high school.  Did you know that the  world record for speed reading is held by Anne Jones, with a reading speed of 4,700 words per minute? Now, that's fast.


Now that's a lot of words!Did you know Starship Troopers is the first sci-fi novel on the reading lists of three of the five US military branches.


Yes, I knew that but I've never read that before.  CS Lewis and Tolkien held "you laugh you lose" competitions when reading terrible poetry.


I bet that sure would have been entertaining to watch.


Yeah, and so would have back in the 18th century when there was a "moral panic" because of the spread of the reading of novels. Wow.


It sure is crazy to think how people used to live and think. It's hard to believe people that could have been so narrow minded could do things like create games, one example being softball. It was invented in Chicago in 1887.


Yes, very interesting. Softball moves at a faster pace than traditional baseball and there is less time for the base runner to get to first while the opponent fields the ball.  Yet, the fielder has less time to first while the opponent is running down to first base.


And to think it is mostly women playing! As of 2014 the average salary for a pro SB player ws between 5-6k


do you like Pink Floyd? Apparently Dark Side of the Moon is still a top selling record even after it's been out for forty years!


haha yes you did say you play accoustic, I have an electric guitar it's a Paul Reed Smith, accoustic guitars have bigger strings dont they? So you have to press the strings down hard and it takes more force when you play?


I don't feel much of a difference and some payers use picks, some use coins, and others just use their hands to play the guitar


ah I see, yes Brian May from Queen used a coin I think, he also has a PHD in astrophysics which is very wild to me


But if you are planning on bashing guitars, it doesn't matter if they are electric or acoustic. For instance Matthew bellamy holds the guinness record for most guitars smashed on tour


yes that is a weird record to have, I wish I had a twin and did what two twins did in Japan: record a rap album when they turned 100 haha


That's cool.  I wonder if they burst the studio speakers on fire like eddie van halen when he recorded beat it


yes thats a good question, what I can say is that in Canada forty percent of all radio has to be Canadian content, so I don't know but it sounds like a lot of that radio would not be that good haha


Did yo know that you could make a with just pencil and razorblade? I wonder how that works


ya I don't know how that works, I think they did that in WWII and called it a foxhole radio, but ya I wish I knew how to do that


I bet they used the foxhole radio to send communications in morse code


I feel that they are quite innovative and great artists. Their guitarist even turned a grand houseboat into a floating recording studio


I could see that, I doubt they would want to listen in on the weekly news program from Finland that conducts radio broadcasts entirely in Lain however


True. I bet they would prefer to listen to thousands of classic radio dramas for free


Yes, I'd even prefer to listen to the Jupiter radio storms than a Latin news program personally haha


wow that is cool, I wonder if that hosueboat still exists? I would definitely visit it! that is history right there


It was called the astoria. You could look it up


ya I'll check it out, apparently it floated on the River Thames in England, I'll have to take a trip there, maybe it is still on the river


As a fan of Pink Floyd, do you play an instrument as well such as the guitar?


well I do have a guitar and drum set, I am the best at playing the piano though, that is what I like the most, what about you?


I have a passing knowledge of the guitar. I prefer acoustic over the amp.


ah interesting, have you ever played the guitar so hard that it set your speakers on fire like Eddie Van Halen did? haha


Fortunately since I play acoustic which focuses on using the hollow chamber of the guitar to generate the wonderful sound, I never had an amp and speaker, which is only used for electric guitars, burst into flames.


I actually agree.  Apparently Saints cheerleaders can not go to the same restaurants as NFL players.


I find that disturbing as it is a free country, they should be free to choose when as well as where they want to eat despite the location holding an NFL player at the time they choose to go to the same location.


I agree.  Even though the NFL is so rich, an average lifetime earnings of an engineer is more than an average nfl player.


I feel that riches are the personal choice or lack there of of any individual no matter the field in which one works. Living within one's means can prove that.


On occasion I have listened to the radio. I usually listen when I am doing household chore's or running on the beach.


I also listen when i exercise.  I've heard that soldiers in WW2 made radios using just razorblades and pencils as the diode.  I am not that creative!


I as well as not that creative but feel the out of need creativity is born. WW2 soldiers used what they had available to accomadate their needs at the time.


Canadian Radio is different than American it seems.  There is a Canadian law that requires stations to play at least 40% Canadian music.  Not sure I like that.


I would have to agree; I would think it would be up to thew listener to make the music selections on his or her personal radio. In turn, leads me to wonder how that law would be enforced is one is using such things as head phones?


I personally do not know him but he is a football player for the Patriots team.


I have no idea.  I do think the law is a great overstep however.


I agree!! Personal selection is personal choice of one's personal space as well as environment.


Yep.  Apparently he was complaining on a local sports talk radio show.  He believes the patriots don't have enough offensive weapons.


There inlays the problem with sports; it is not one team one fight moreover it is a bunch of people trying to standout for the better on themselves and not the better of the team in question.


That may be true.  But is seems like his brother Chris knows what he's talking about.  He played in the NFL for 3 years as well.


Even as his brother plays in the same sport I feel he too is looking for the light to shine on him and him alone, not so much as on the entire team. if one player plays bad then the team as a whole must compensate. they should all be portrayed as equals no mater the position.


I suppose that is true.  Although Chris did say once Julian Edelman comes back things should get better.  That is pretty good praise.


I agree a good praise; however again; that is shining the light on one player along to carry the team when in fact it should be a team effort to carry the ball not just one player.


The NFL has no rule against female players.  Do you think we will ever see one?


A female player just has to meet the requirements to play.


Hi. You hear about that shopping mall who hired a hawk to rid itself of the pigeon problem?


Good question but I'm not sure. Hummingbirds steal spiderwebs to construct their nests!


I think that hummingbirds are thieving birds! Why must they take from the humble spider, our friend?


Haha yes they must love the web. They are not considered mans best friend like a dog is.


Dogs do not steal spider webs either. I appreciate their integrity.


Me too. Dogs are not color blind but they can't see as many colors as us.


I am proud of my color seeing abilities, but dogs can hear and smell better than me. I think that dogs are a great addition to any war party.


Yep absolutely right. I think it's cool how dogs were bred from wolves!


I think that we have found a true friend in dogs. I think that the wolves are jealous of our friendship with the dogs. They should be. Dogs have it pretty sweet.


Yea no doubt about that. Dogs perform many roles too from hunting to herding to friendship!


I think that they should help us with financial advice and taxes more. Anyway, great chat! Woof!


Hello, how are you? I did not hear about the shopping mall that hired a hawk to rid itself of a pigeon problem.


Yeah and remember google is also a dog company! You too bye!


Yeah they used it 12 days a month and it decreased the pigeons from a few dozen to just a few!


That is great! The hawk was a terrific hunter! I would hire that hawk to get rid of my neighbors!


Haha me too. Birds are great. Some birds can migrate from alaska to mexico!


I figure that I could too if I had enough time. But I would have to sleep on the way. I couldn't stay away. The trip is too boring.


Yes good point. Most birds have hollow wings.


I think that the bones are hollow because they are lighter. Coincidentally, they are also stronger. My skull doesn't work the same way though.


Yes neither does mine! The only known bird without wings are the extinct moa and the elephant birds.


The moa and the elephant bird? What is an elephant bird? And how big are its poops? Good thing it didn't fly!


I don't know how I feel about recent slang being added to the official Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. How do you feel about this?


Hi there did you know that the US Senate used the same gavel for 165 years?


Wow i didn't know that. Also a shame that 34% of black males have been permanently unable to vote in Alabama.


I agree that is sad. What makes me laugh though, is that the citizens in Texas voted to rename a garbage dump in Austin to"Fred Durst"that's definitely a diss on him haha


Yeah it is. You know there hasn't been a US president who wasn't a republican or Dem since the mid 1800's.


No I didn't know that. I think it would be interesting to have more political parties in the United States though. Another interesting thing, is that every president with a beard has been a republican, I wonder why that is haha


Wow no republican has been elected with out a bush or Nixon on the ticket since 1928. That sounds oddly weird to me.


That is really weird. Although I think that information is old, because Trump was elected and he's a Republican. What is really crazy to me, is that the red and blue colors for Republicans Democrats only started in the year 2000. That seems like it's been that way my whole life, but apparently not


Yeah you would think it's been a lot longer than that. At least to my relocation.


Yep I agree. Do you remember Harry Truman? He was president in 1957, and a Democrat, and so he wouldn't get his picture taken with Dumbo because Dumbos an elephant aka a republican lol


How ridiculous! If didn't want a picture with dumbo so what how does at 60-70 years old. haha!


Haha I know right! does that mean that a republican shouldn't get a picture with Eeyore because eeyore is a donkey LOL I mean anything is possible now


I think I heard about that! And then one day Richard Nixon broke it LOL he truly is the master in the art of ruining things LOL


Right! There have been 16 US republican President. Apparently that's the most from any one party.


That is interesting. Also interesting is the evolution of the two parties. it's even crazy that the Republican party started back in 1854, and before that they were known as the Whigs


To Funny! Apparently the Senate set up a rule that the Sargent of Arms could round up missing members and carry them into the Senate chamber.


Wow that's interesting. You know what I want to do though? I want to raid the candy desk that's in the Senate, they have a lot of good stuff like milky Way's and Mars Bars and jelly beans lol those are my favorite


Right, haha! It's a shame that women weren't allowed to wear pants on the Senate floor. At least not until 1993, wow!


That is insane! I'm glad that they fix that because that seems really silly, also I like Michael Jordan's quote. he says that he won't endorse a Democratic candidate because"Republicans buy shoes to"I wish more celebrities would follow in his footsteps


That's some kind of sentiment, kind of confusing, why not just say he's a Republican, lol!


Haha that's true. How often do you vote by the way? Did you know that astronauts vote from space?


Wow that's pretty cool. The indian Government set up a polling booth in the forest, it was full of lions.


Well that's cool. And they did that all for just a single voter too! Did you know that in the United Kingdom, not every man could vote until 1918, that's not a long time ago


HAHAHA. Me too! There's a famous piano that played freddy mercury and mccartney!


I heard they used that same piano to play Hey Jude and Bohemian Rhapsody.


That's true! I would sell that so fast... There's also a song composed solely for stress testing a piano!


That is so cool! The Circus Galop, i think I have heard that before!


I wonder if that is on spotify. Ringo starr is on spotify and has also voiced Thomas the tank. Who knew?


I used to watch Thomas when I was younger! I preferred to watch Pokemon though. There are 750 episodes of Pokemon


I think my son has watched all of those. So much pokemon!


I definitely haven't watched them all! Ha! Another thing I liked to watch was the Simpsons. I used to watch with my parents.


I love the simpsons. Do you have a favorite episode?


No, I don't, but I love Bart. There is only one episode where he doesn't appear and isn't mentioned.


I am well, thanks. Do you play any instruments?


I used to play the piano when I was younger. How about you?


On the top of Britain's tallest mountain there is a piano. Hikers discovered it in 2006. Wonder who put it there!


A piano player? Imagine taking your first date mountain climbing and being a piano player. Such a good move!


Seems like a lot of work for the people who hauled it up there. And it's funny nobody knew who had put it up there. I think it would be cool to listen to live piano music while in the sky. The airship Hindenburg had an aluminum grand piano. It weighed only 356 pounds.


that is funny. Who doesn't see a piano going up a mountain??? I hope they took the light one, 356 pounds????


Haha, probably not, I think it was a regular piano! In 1930 the BBC thought that there was no news worthy news so they put on piano music instead. Sometimes I wish that would happen in the modern day!


The Rockets are the best offensive team this season


He did? I dont know much about him before the NBA just that he was born in the same town as Lebron


I also know that many players and analysts have called him the greatest shooter in NBA history.  Do you agree?


I do, he is really accurate, he owns the 3 point score shot, what about you? do you agree with them?


Yes, also agree.  I think he is a great shooter.


I just hope he stays on the NBA for a long time, it seems like retirement is far, so I will just enjoy him play,


He has really helped the Warriors.  He led them to their first championship since 1975.


Seems like he did a great job, he lead the team to 3 finals and won 2 of them, quite impressive I must say


His records are very impressive.  He also became the first player in NBA history to be elected MVP by a unanimous vote.


Really the first one? wow!! so his been a great player since the year 2015


A great player indeed.  The warriors also broke the record for the most wins in an NBA season en route to reaching the 2016 NBA finals.


Really?  Well the Rockets and the Golden State warriors will meet in the western conference finals on monday night.


I guess the Rockets have to worry about him and his 3 point scoring ability, but the Warriors have to be carefull with the great offensive the Rockets have, either way it will be a close game


Sounds like its going to be a great game,both teams are at a peak, the best two teams in the NBA


Yes, the warriors haven't faced a playoff challenger as good as the rockets since coach steve kerr took over in 2015.


It's going to be challenge for sure. I like Steve Kerr he is a great coach, so he might come with a strategy to win the match


It will be a good game for sure.  Did you know that the Golden State Warriors are planning to move to San Francisco for the 2019 season?


I didnt know that, the are in the San Francisco bay area now right?


I am not really sure.  They aren't a team I really follow.  I just know more about Stephen Curry.  Did you know that he didn't receive any college scholarship offers from a major conference school?


He didnt? thats strange considering he led his team to a back to back title 2017 and 2018


I know right?  He wanted to play at Virginia Tech.


In Istanbul they have vending machines filled with dog food. Worst trail mix I ever had!


LOL. Well, it wasn't designed for tourists! I guess you learned your lesson. Still, thanks for helping keep Istanbul clean!


I didn't see the label on the container until too late. I guess I am a bit blind. Some people think dogs are color blind, but it's not true. They are just programmed to see fewer colors than we are.


They have good ears and noses, so I guess they don't need color as much as we do.


Yeah, and they can even thrive on a starch-rich diet. I know this because my dog eats every potato chip I drop!


Well, your dog can't help. I would the chips off the floor too! They're CHIPS. Can't go to waste.


5 second rule doesn't work in our house.  The dog is too quick!  It must be in her blood. You know dogs have 12 different blood types? They will eat even more!


They have blood drives too. I would reward the pooches with potato chips. And not from the floor neither!


You might be the next dog whisperer!  Dogs can fill the role of a human in hunting, herding, pulling loads, protection, assisting police and military, companionship, and in helping the disabled. That is more than most of the people I know!


We don't deserve dogs. Anyway, thanks for the chat! Enjoy your dog!


Yes, I really like dogs, though I don't own one. You?


I will thank you. And when the time is right, consider getting a white GSD!


I have an esquisite Canis lupus: A white German shepherd dog. Great animal!


Wow, sounds beautiful! Smart dog? Well trained?


Absolutely!  Runs rings around other breeds I have owned. Literally. The dog is non stop motion.  You know, they say dogs and elephants are the only animals that instinctively understand pointing, and it is true! My dog points at her dish when she wants me to fill it!


Does she pick it up in her mouth and throw it angrily when you're late with dinner? LOL I've seen dogs do that. They get so indignant!


Different breed of animal, those kind of dogs. LOL  I'll have to get her to Google that later. Google loves dogs, and dogs apparently love Google!


Google is great. I think dogs are calming and fun in an office. Cats, not so much. Too finicky.


Cats are good if you like the kind of animal that looks at you and thinks, "If I was big enough, I would eat you..."  I find fish to be more calming than cats.  Nothing like a nice gill-bearing aquatic craniate floating in a pool of stagnant water to add a touch of class to the office!


True! They still have the mindset of their predator forebears. I figure cats are independent. If people want pets like that, cats are great.


Hi, how are you? Do you like to use the Internet?


that would make sense to me. i guess they need a speedy link to send and receive data. do you believe in extraterrestrials?


Yeah true. I do although we have never made contact. Even the ancient greeks wrote stories about them!


i guess the skies seemed mysterious to them too. what is up there past the stars? they must have wondered. i figure that one day we will make contact, but not the way we expect.


Yeah I don't think we will. The president of the world chess federation believe chess was invented by aliens. That is certainly an odd theory lol.


why aliens? it is not such a strange game. simple pieces, simple board, simple moves. complex strategy.


Yes my thoughts precisely. Well at least we are prepared. The UN has a contingency plan just in case!


I dont have too much faith in that. the UN doesnt speak alien. And they would probably protect themselves.


Yeah agreed. Maybe the USA needs its own plan? The sequel to charlie and the chocolate factory has aliens!


What? that is strange. Aliens in a chocolate factory? Why? I guess the kids like aliens? Why not zombies? Anyway, great chat!


Haha yes I question that same thing. They are all hypothetical life forms indeed. You have yourself a good rest of the day now.


Hey. Yes I love the Internet. They carry so much information and resources and services.


Bye now! Also the vatican owns its own observatory. I wonder if its secretly for finding aliens...


i worry about the internet. i think that it could be addictive and that i might lose myself in it. the clicking, the constant clicking.


That is definitely a valid concern. What is weird is that humans are the minority on the Internet outnumbered by automated software programs.


i did not know that. we are monitored all the time. even these very chats that we do could be handled by bots in the future. then what?


Yes that's a good question I'm not sure what would happen then. One cool thing is that in Finland everyone has the right to an Internet connection.


i think that is great. people need to be connected for work and school and also to make friends. maybe not bot friends though.


Agreed. When people look themselves up on the internet it is called egosurfing. I wonder if bots egosurf lol?


that would be funny. comparing themselves to other bots. the narcissstic bot. that would be their downfall


Yeah it would! What is crazy is that astronauts in space have faster internet than most american homes!


Hey how are you? How did you feel when you read Sugarland is back together?


True, I never thought of that until I saw a video of how they are laid. I thought it'd all be by satellites now or something, it's just crazy how it's just there. I wonder what would happen if we saw something similar on Mars but it was billions of years old ?


Phone lines on Mars from an ancient civilization? Sounds like a great book or movie. The cables are pretty small as well, only like 2 or 3 inches around. They're thousands of miles long though.


Yah, the universe is billions of years old and has started over at least 10 times according to some scientists, it's just hard to think about. I wonder how often they break?


I've heard they break all the time and sometimes pirates or trolls break them too. But they're easy to fix, I've heard. The phone and internet companies always have repair boats ready.


I wish people would not do that, I wonder why it is so hard to seperate two phonebooks that simply have their pages overlapped together?


Hmm... yeah I wonder on that one as well. I've heard that fact a few times before but I'm not sure why it's the case. Mabye if they are all overlapped at once the effect multiplies?


I'm sure it does, maybe a lot of friction or something too?


Not sure... though I do know how an iphone can have more power than the US ICBM department. I phones are new, while the nuke's computers are from the 70s or something so they can't be hacked by modern technology.


That's pretty interesting, I never really thought much about that to be honest. It's been great talking with you though, I hope you have a great rest of the night!


Thanks to you as well. Hope you have a great rest of the night as well.


They got back together? That's great news. It's nice they worked out those differences and decided to make music together again.


Thanks, you too, it was great chatting, take care!


They did, Kristian bush  and Jennifer Nettles were at the 2018 CMT music awards. I never knew they broke up to be honest.


Yeah I heard they released a new album, "Bigger". I think that means they have 6 albums now. Hope it's good.


Yah, I saw on my stubhub app they were playing at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas a week after releasing their new album. Netles seems pretty progressive, hopefully she can make the fans think outside the box too!


Yeah, I heard Nettles said that Art was intended to be polarizing and provocative. But I also heard their current tour also uses their top hits from before as well and they say it fits with their new stuff.


That's pretty cool to think about, art is supposed to be polarizing but so many people want it to just be what they're all about. Stuck like Glue is a really good song! Do you think you'd go see them on their tour called "Still the Same Tour"


Yeah that might be fun to see the "Still the same tour". I could hear their new album too - though it's funny they're still called albums after going from records to cds to digital like today.


For sure, did you see the area code for New York, it's 212 becasue it was the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone. I wonder how I got my area code of 563


There's all kinds of strange things about phones like that. There's litterally phone lines and internet cables just lying on the ocean floor and used for international calls.


Hello - how are you? Can you believe that google has been around since 1998?


Yeah now Amazon has it's hand in just about everything... publishing, film, tv, electronics...


warehouse workers walk between 7 and 15 miles a day!


USPS has a contract with amazon to deliver on sunday


The first amazon.com customer spent 27.95 and got a building named after him - that's pretty crazy


that is, now they are largest internet retailer in the world


Yes - I know I am a very regular customer. Just about everyone I know is...


wow, long time, it takes more computing power for a single google search then it took to send men to the moon


Wow - no surprise then that when it went down for 5 minutes in 2013, 40% of web traffic went with it.


i believe it, high tech but they have goats "mowing" their lawn


I have always thought that was cool - I want goats to mow my lawn haha


yeah:) their complex is nicknamed googleplex


Google maps calculates traffic by tracking how fast android devices are moving on the road.


interesting, another huge company founded a few years before google, amazon in 1994


It is a huge company - Amazon has owned IMDB since 1998.


hard to believe they started out just selling books


Yeah. I do like Justin Trudeau from Canada. Seems like a good dude.


I don't know much about him.  Why do you like him?


I do. Just seems like a nice guy with good values.


I don't think I share some of his values, but if he is willing to be blunt with Putin, I'm happy for that.  What do you think of Kim Jong Un's pop culture obsession?


I know he loves the US culture. He watches old US TV shows.


While it could be childish, I like that he can enjoy things and be personable in that way.  Too many US politicians are unrelatable.


He was voted most sexiest man alive by the onion, china totally believes it. I can see the parades now...


Hahaha.  I do wish he could take a joke better ... like with "The Interview", he could gain some real points for just taking a joke.


HA! I forgot about that movie. Remember the consipiracy with that?


Yeah, it was just weird how it was coming and then, it just released without going to theaters. Was there more to it?


Good.  Did you hear that there may be a second US-North Korea summit in the coming months?


I did hear that. It should be interesting. Did you find anything interesting in the article?


I think using a "movie trailer" to kickstart a negotiation, and such a fragile one, is a good idea.  No doubt they are used in many business proposals across the world.


Yeah, I too thought that was inventive. I guess it makes sense based on their shared love of pop culture.


Right.  It may not be in keeping with the stoic image of most international politics, but I like that it breaks the mold. At the end of the day, will it be effective?


I am not sure. WHat are your thoughts on it?


I think it's going to be a long process.  Like a dance.  NK has a long history of having to "stand up" to "the world" and that is a huge ship to turn.


Or the relationship between Canada and Russia: During the brisbane g20 summit, when putin shook the canadian prime minister's hand, the latter said "i guess i'll shake your hand, but i have only one thing to say to you. you need to get out of ukraine."


It's important to lay out your position.  Televising not just the handshake, but also that message is greatly important.


Hello!  what forms of entertainment do you like?  Have you ever played Nintendo?


Nice!  Yes....he had them banned from the White House because he was a big conservationist.


I guess Bush was too  with his solar panels


Yes he was.  I believe Reagan had originally taken them off (after Jimmy Carter had put them on lol)


I did not know that, I also like that the presidents guess house is bigger than the white house.


I didn't know that.  Wonder why that is?  I think I'm going to have to look up the first president of Zimbabwe and see what he looks like.  He was called President Banana. lol


I know lol That's why I want to look it up. It made me curious.  What do you think of the president of Indonesia?  He released 3 pop albums while in office.  Sounds like he should have been focused on his country to me.


They must be if he made 3 of them.  His fans must have bought them I would think otherwise he wouldn't have made them. lol


I was surprised trump did not make the top wealthiest presidents


I grew up playing Nintendo but I have not played for many years, how about you?


I agree with you.  I think I've read where he is the wealthiest president we've had.  Maybe the facts are old?  I have to jump off here.  It's been fun chatting!


lol I grew up as well playing.  I remember the day we brought up the oringal system that could only display 54 colors.


I remember those, but the ancient Britons use to use chickens as entertainment so I guess we have come a long way


lol  I was surprised to find out that they finally discontinued it in Japan in 2003.  That must have been when they switched over to the Game Cube.


must be, but I did not know the white house still uses floppy disks.


Isn't that crazy?  I was surprised to find out that the white house was shot at on Nov. 11,2011 and it took the secret service 4 days to realize it.


I guess they did not get their annual bonus


Hahah  Did you know that the White House has twin buildings in Ireland and France?


I have been to both, but I did not know that Roosevelt band christmas trees


Hello,  do you know much about cinematography?


Yeah thought that might have been a coincidence.  I guess comedy central has not been doing great,  It has cancelled over  shows!


That or they're picky.  Bill Murray isn't so picky.  He thought the "Kung Fu Hustle" was super great.


I am an amatuer astonomer and Jupiter's moon Ganymede fascinates me since it is big enough to be a planet.


Another one is that Uranus is actually rotating on its side.  Many think it was involved in a major collision.


Oh thats interesting.  and the accident threw it off axis?  If it rotates on its side,  does that mean there is an area that doesnt get any sun?


Yeah, the sunlight is in weird time patterns on the poles. I guess the building blocks of life (e.g., RNA) have been detected on a planetary system 455 light-years away.


Do you know what planet it is where shards of glass rain sideways in 2000 degress fahrenheit?


I would guess one of the outer ice planets - probably Neptune.  Venus doesn't have seasons or that kind of wind.


Not really, I'm an avid movie watcher. I have heard of Roger Deakins who constantly is getting nominated for awards.


Thank you.  You were a great chat partner.


Oh ok,  I havent heard of him. Thats great though,  hes been nomiated  times.


Do you like visiting D.C.?  They have over 250 restaurants and a Summer Restaurant Week.


I have never been there. I did read that recently.  Did you know no woman has ever been nominated for the academy award for best cinematography?


That will probably change soon.  I didn't know Stanley Kubrick was involved with Spartacus.


Yes.  I can't believe the Green Lantern was going to be a comedy with Jack Black!


Yeah thats weird!  Not sure it woldve made it better though lol


Couldn't have hurt much. :) I was surprised to know that the Python programming language was, in part, named after Monty Python.


Hi. Do you like to travel? And whats your favorite mode? I like car trips


I do not like them. I would much rather watch Bambi which apparently terrified Stephen King. He said it was the first horror movie he saw. Do you like horror movies?


Thats funny, the movie was a bit dramatic but I wouldnt call it a horror film lol, watching horror movies is a great way to lose weight


I just learned that you lose 180 calories. I believe it. I should probably watch a horror movie before viewing abstract art, it will make the art more appreciated.


I heard that was well, I think I will test that theory this weekend, good exercise and great artwork


I have seen the Shining. I appreciate that the young boy in the film did not realize he was in a horror film until many years later.


Danny boy yeah, that movie was a classic, my favorite horror movies include zombies


It probably used the instrument called a waterphone. The majority of creepy noises from horror films are made by it.


Oh so its called a waterphone, a coomon name for an instrument with some of the scariest sounds.


Well thanks so much for chatting, I learned a lot about travel and horror films.


I have learn about those two things as well, thanks, bye,


I love to travel I like to travel by car or train, I love to watch the landscape, nature as I go by


Keep learning about fun and exciting things!


I would love to go to Mackinac Island in Michigan. Even though car travel is my favorite, they banned motorized vehicles for over a hundred years and you get around by bike or horse drawn carriages.


That sounds like a really relaxing destination you can save toll money that way, Japan has highways with expensive tolls in them


I just learned it costs more than $300 to travel across the entire country. I would much rather travel by a Dutch Bus that goes 160 mph.


Thats a lot of money for tolls, and that bus sounds like a great way of transportation, fast and you can still admire the view


It sounds a lot easier than travel in Iceland. They have no public rails so if you do not have a car your next best bet is air travel between major towns.


That sounds expensive as well, and what about the kind of Hawaii?the first king to travel around the world!


I would have thought England with their advanced navy. Some travel seems easier than travel with TSA. They have a lot of rules but they are available on facebook messenger and twitter from 8AM-10PM if you had questions.


Nice to know about that, so do you like horror films?


For sure, I used to love that show. I don't like Trevor Noah, how about you?


It was a big transition, and I do enjoy some of his takes and bits, but I do not watch nearly as much as I used to.


I agree, did you ever watch 3rd rock from the sun?


I knew of the show and understand it was a big success, but I did not watch regularly.  I was/am more of a Seinfeld fan!


Me too, still am. I used to watch it but never understood it. Would make more sense now. They beat seinfeld and other shows in the golden globes!


Maybe up to that point, Seinfeld had won so much that the GG's said lets give another show a trophy!


For sure, seinfeld is comedy gold, like kung fu hustle I guess!


Gold Jerry, Gold!  I saw Kung Fu Hustle and didn't understand the hype and acclaim - from some comedy giants?!?!?


lol, I still have to see it to make my decision, good chatting with you!


Good morning!  Comedy is one of my favorite genres of movies too.  What would be your favorite comedy movie?


Me too. I love me some Bill Murray, but Step Brothers is a classic!


Yes - Bill Murray will go down as one of the best ever!  Step Brothers was great - Will Ferrell is right up there with BM, but has a long way to go!


For sure, Bill Murray is still funny. Do you like comedy central?


I used to watch a lot of CC when I was younger and there wasn't so many options for entertainment.  I do like the Celebrity Roasts they air but not too familiar with their current shows


For sure, I loved the roasts. my shows keep getting cancelled! There has been 100 cancelled since 1989.


That's a lot of cancellations, and I wonder if it was due to lack of interest/viewers or for financial reasons?


Im guessing financial, there were some really good shows cancelled I feel.


Not cancelled, but I know the Daily Show w/ Jon Stewart was the big show that really got CC on the map


I believe it. Apparently Neptune just completed its first orbit since it was discovered, crazy!


That is cool. A lightening bolt is 5x hotter than the surface of the sun!


Wow, I can't believe that. I wonder if it could power the clock that Bezos stuck in a mountain?


By striking it? that might destroy it. haha but that is crazy he has that much money.


Yeah, I didn't know they owned IMDB, did you?


I recently found out about this, I believe they owned it since 1998.


Interesting. If you work for the Amazon warehouse, you walk between 7 and 15 miles each day!


That is a lot of walking! Amazon apparently has a contract with USPS, making the postal service deliver packages on a Sunday.


Yeah, doesn't seem fair to regular taxpayers like us. Why can't we get that deal?


Me too. Did you know the dutch have a bus that can go 160mph?


Wow, that is really fast. Maybe Iceland can learn from them, they don't have a rail service and have to travel by domestic flights.


No, I think it would be fun to visit, I had a friend go there and they said it was extraordinary.


Interesting. Did you know that the sun is actually white?


No, really? I wonder why it is yellow to us.


I think it is likely due to the atmosphere.


Oh okay. Speaking of the sun, apparently it can produce enough energy for the entire planet for 500,000 years in just one second!


Yeah and I agree, they put a lot of work when running as well


True. THe first president of Zimbabwe was called Banana


Cool. Did you know the president has either been a republican or a democrat since 1853?


Nice I guess we really never hear of other parties


Yeah true. Did you know that every republican president seems to have a beard?


Interesting. Do you know when both parties started using the red and blue colors?


Yes that was pretty recent actually, around 2000s


Yeah. Did you know that truman refused to be photographed in the dumbo ride?


Yes he did not want to have anything to do with republicans


Yeah that is pretty extreme. DO you know what wikileaks is?


I know some stuff. DO you know who are the three wealthiest us presidents?


Yes the website that exposes secrets , it is pretty cool. Nice chat today


Yes that is Jefferson, JFK and Washington


Yeah. Did you know the white house is smaller than the guest house?


Yes I guess they have a lot of guests there and need the room


Yeah true. Did you know the president of Indonesia is a pop star?


Yes and he has already released 3 albums


Yeah he is good at juggling both of those positions


yeah. Do you know how the VP used to be elected?


yes that was the runner up who moved into that position


Not really.  I've read some interesting facts though.  Such as all of the Hobbit's characters names were taken out of an old Icelandic poem called "Dvergatal"


Interesting. There is a poem when read normally is depressing, but when read backwards is inspiring.


I'm going to have to look that up.  Sounds interesting.  The javanese alphabet when recited in order forms a poem.


That's pretty cool. Demetri Martin wrote a 224 word palindrome poem once.


That sounds impressive!  Edgar Allen Poe only received $9 for the publication of his poem "The Raven"


Interesting to know. Did you know Lion King was the first Disney film to be dubbed into Zulu for its African release?


I didn't know that.  I bet the Zulu's loved that.  During the 1970's Disney recycled a lot of their animation cells, which resulted in some movies having identical scenes!


That's very interesting. I wonder how that works having identical scenes?


They probably had to make them fast so people wouldn't notice.  lol


That's good. Did you know Abdul-Jabbar's dunk was banned from college basketball for a decade?


I didn't know that.  I remember him for his hook shot.


Me too. Naismith is the inventor of basketball and is the only losing coach in the University of Kansas's history.


LOL How ironic is that?  In 39 out of 50 states the highest paid state employee is either a college football or basketball coach.


That's pretty crazy. The US Supreme Court has a basketball court on the top floor.


That's pretty neat!  There is a team called the "tall blacks" in New Zealand.  Yikes.


Hey there do you ever watch the NBA? I guess their headquarters is located in New York


I do! He's really awesome of course. I'm very happy they're making a Space Jam sequel to, and he's going to be in it


Im really exited about that movie, did you watch the original Space Jam movie with MJ


I did. I really like that movie a lot! That's why I can't wait to see it. Also crazy is that LeBron James's High School would charge a fee to see him play, between 100 and $120 per ticket


It is crazy! he was in high school and people were already going crazy about him, 1750 atendeees at 100 a ticket, thats a lot of money


He must have been amazing even in high school haha! He also seems like a nice guy, he gave $6 to a charity


He has a great heart although $6 million must be like pocket change for him, he signed a deal with Nike for $90 million when he wsa about 18


Yep he definitely is rolling in money haha. I love that you turned down the 10 million dollar offer, only to be offered the 90 million and accepted a year later that's smart


That is smart, I would have taken the $10 million, good thing he didnt, he is the highest paid celebrity so thats something


Yep he was definitely smart to wait haha. hav eyou ever watched the FIFA World Cup?


I have, soccer is my favorite sport, the 2018 World Cup was full with emotions, did you watch it?


I do like the NBA, and I didnt know they had their headquarters in NY, thats and interesting fact I  guess


No I don't really watch it. I don't really like soccer personally. I guess at the United States isn't very good right now? I know that they did win third place in the first FIFA World Cup though


Yep I didn't know that either. I also didn't know that Allen Iverson makes so much money from Reebok LOL $800,000 per year


Thats a lot of money, he also has a clause that states that he will receive a payment of 32 million once he turns 55


Yep I don't think that guy has to worry about money ever again LOL. What do you think about Air Jordans by the way?


I agree lol, his all set up for life, I think the Air Jordans are great shoes, I love them.


Have you ever worn them? I know they're expensive. Also they were originally banned by the NBA


I have, really comfortable shoes, and really they got banned? I cant recall a game with Jordan without wearing those,


Well they put a fine out if you were to wear them on the court. And apparently Nike would just pay the fine so that Michael Jordan could keep wearing them. That was some great marketing


They must had made a killing with those shoes to be willing to pay the fine every game, do you like how LeBron James plays?


Dance can be characterized in so many different ways.  It is really an interesting art form.  I think I once heard that dancing is like a form of remembering and at the same time a way of forgetting.


It really is an interesting art form, it is so fluid and is always changing.  That is an interesting thought too.


Have you ever played a music instrument or sing?  I tried making rap songs before, and played drums and guitar a little.


I have played the guitar a little bit, I mostly just play Syd Barrett covers lol.  Drums are really hard to play I give you credit.


I didn't progress very far though, I stopped soon.  I like Syd Barrett.  The word "rap", before it was used to describe music, meant to lightly strike.


That is interesting, did you know that McDonald's ran a promotion that payed rappers $5 every time they referenced a Big Mac in their music?


That is amazing!  Rappers can rap fast, so a lot of references to Big Mac can be put into one song, I imagine.


Oh yeah, I would say big mac a few times in my songs to get $5 lol.


It's funny that a judge once delivered her ruling by rapping in a suit filed against Eminem.  Eminem must have appreciated that.


That is really funny, I wonder what he thought about it.  Do you know who the fastest rapper is?


Hi there, I do like dancing, I'm not very good but it's still fun.  How about you?


Close, I guess it's Noclue, who raps at 14 syllables per second somehow.


Wow!  Well it was nice chatting!  Have a good day!


Yes I do too.  Bruce Lee was a great dancer.  I guess that is logical that he would be, since fighting requires dexterity of movement.


Yeah he was and that is a good point, I guess he was super good at the cha cha lol.


I am not good at dancing.  Babies actually dance when they hear music.  I wonder if I ever danced when I was a baby, and if I did how it looked.


I think I have read about them doing that, I wonder how early it starts for them, possibly before even being born!


What kind of music do you like to dance to?  I have no preference.  The rapper Tupac danced ballet in high school.


I like all different stuff, 50's and latin music are super fun to dance to.  I heard that, I wonder if theres a Youtube video of Tupac doing ballet lol.


Dancing ballet must be hard.  Ballet dancers go through several pairs of pointe shoes in a week.


That is pretty intense, that sounds like they really torture their feet, I bet they are not soft.


Hello,  how are you?  Do you like golf?  The average american golf course consumes around 312,000 gallons of water per day.


definietly,  those sound very relaxing.  did you know The u.s. president's guest house is larger than the white house


I have heard that, and that is interesting! I wonder why though lol....Interesting that in Guatemala close relatives of former presidents cannot run!


Yeah,  what if leadership ran in their family.  That's kinda mean.


The president of indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office


HAHAHA, wow that's awsome I wonder if the albums did well! We have only had 1 president who spoke a foreign language which was FDR...I wonder what he was fluent in.


I think it was French or German,  Or possibly both.  One of those!


Until 1805 in the us, the runner up in a presidential election automatically became the vice president.


Seriously? That's interesting I wonder what changed it....


Hi! I am not much into golf but know the sport. The USA has more golf courses than the rest of the world combined!


Me too,  that would be really awesome.  Although I don't know if Hilary and trump would make a good team lol Its been good talking to you,  have a good one!


Thats crazy!  I like miniature golf but I'm not into regular golf. Golf courses in america make up more land space than rhode island and delaware combined


Wow, that's a lot of space! I like miniature golf too! Did you know Antarctica has a disc Golf course? Who knew?? lol


Thats makes sense!  I didn't know that either though lol There is a golf course in dubai that requires 4,000,000 gallons of water a day!


Oh my!!! That's a lot of water! I didn't know this but the military operates 234 golf courses!


They have a golf course on like every base I think.  Thats a lot of golf!  Samuel l. jackson puts a golf clause in his film contracts that allows him to play golf twice a week during production.


Oh wow, haha that's awesome I bet for him! I think every president we have had plays Golf so it must be relaxing lol it makes me irritated lol!


Yeah,  i would choose to go snowboarding once a week lol


I would rather do anything else lol....Sit and listen to the radio is way more relaxing!


I am glad that we have other ways to get music though. I like YouTube.


Very true, it is such a fantastic resource.  You can find anything on there.


Netflix and Youtueb together make up half of peak internet raffic. Admittedly I contribute to that.


I can neither confirm nor deny that I might have netflix on right now...


Haha, funny! I was just watching Youtube before this. It's the second largest search engine on the net.


Psys Gangnam Style nearly broke Youtubes counter!  They had to update the amount of digits views were allowed.


I sometimes watch Gangnam style, admittedly. I think it's one of the only dances I can do. That and chicken dance.


Justin Bieber is a good dancer, though I do not like his songs. His song baby is the most disliked video on YouTube


It is a rather annoying song, so I can see why people might not like it.


I do, usually while driving.  Nothing like that Finnish station which broadcasts in classical Latin though.


Oh, no. Now the song is stuck in my head. I am totally not going to listen to it right now. Have a good night!


Ha, I wonder how many people can understand that!


Probably the people who make the broadcast and maybe a few catholic clergy.  lol


Haha! So there's a website where you can listen to classic radio dramas for free. Not sure if that would interest me either.


Im with you there, nor would the 40% Canadian music if you live in Canada.


Haha I can only think of Justin Bieber and Drake, there's more?


Haha, true! I like her. Don't know if I would listen to her all day though. I would love to know how to make a foxhole radio like soldiers did in wwii.


Me too.  I have a whole world of things at my disposal and I dont think I could do that.


Hello there, do you travel much for work or for fun?


I guess they banned all motorized vehicles there over hundred years ago, and it still stands today.


That is very bizarre. How do people get around in that island?


They mostly travel around by bikes and old horse drawn carriages I guess.


Wow. That is interesting. I guess that island has difficulty adjusting to the modern times.


Yeah well I think they want to keep it that way to be honest.  I think it keeps that old fashioned feel.


You could be right because I believe that people there are use to do things a certain way and they don't want to change it. I can understand that.


Yeah I think it is really cool to be honest.  Have you ever wanted to visit Japan?


Yes I always wanted to visit Japan but I never had the time to do so. How about you, have you visited Japan at all?


No, I would really like to go, despite the flight, but I heard that they have expensive tolls across the whole country.


Yes you're right!!! I heard that it costs more than $300 to travel across the entire country.


I do travel for fun at times. How about yourself. Do you travel at all?


Yeah it does!  But, I have heard that the roads there are all in really nice shape and it is a breeze to drive.


That is very nice. It was nice chatting with you as well and I hope you have a great night!!! Thanks


Same to you, I hope you have a good night!


I use to travel a bit when I was younger, but don't really have the means or the time to now, but I do like to take a small trip every summer.


I heard that Iceland has no public rail service whatsoever.


I think I have heard that from a friend of mine that traveled there as well.  Sounds like it is just flights to get around to the major cities.


That is strange but then again Iceland is a small country.


Yeah it sure is, speaking of small, did you know that the first king to travel all of the way around the world was king Kalakaua from Hawaii?


No. I didn't know this what an interesting fact. I didn't even know that Hawaii had a king.


I thought that was really interesting as well.  Did you hear about the travel rules on another island, Mackinac island?


Yes. Did you know Baker Mayfield wanted to become a gamer?


Yeah he says he is good at Halo 3. Did you know women can play in the NFL?


Yes there is no rule against them playing


yes they are good to go as long as they meet the requirements


Did you know there are  only 11 minutes of gameplay in a game?


yes but we are in front of the tv for hours watching it


Engineers make more than the football players in the long run


Yes but they also work longer so have more time to make money


True. Did you hear of that Saints cheerleader rule?


Yes they cannot eat in the same place as the players


Yes so sexist it need to go. Nice chatting with you


Yes I do. He was a backup QB in high school


Yeah and he got never started even the team was doing bad


Yeah their loss. DO you like Alex Smith?


Yes he is good in the game and also finished college in two years


Yeah and then began his masters degree before the pick


Yeah. Do you like know of that deal that Iverson signed with Rebook?


Yes he is getting $800 000 per year till he is 55


Yeah he is pretty set for like one can say


Yes! He voiced the Reptar Wagon! Everyone is into rap, even babies!


Haha, I think he was just really big in the 90s. Did you like Eminem when he was popular?


Yeah! You know, before he became a rapper, his real dream was to be a comic book artist?


Apparently, his favorite hero was spider-man. I wonder if he was any good at drawing? He certainly has the writing part down.


Did you hear about the Michigan judge who delivered her ruling as a rap when she was trying a suit filed against Eminem? Do you think she owned any of his albums?


She must've been a fan, or just had a really good sense of humor.


I guess so! I can picture her at home, kicked back, listening to one of his albums on vinyl. Do you like listening to vinyl?


I do, I still have several. I have Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and it's amazing. How about you?


Dark Side of the Moon! I have that one, too! Did you know that it was one of the best selling albums of 2014?


I did. NWA has had a great album. Anyway, it's been a fun chat!


I do like listening to rap. It like a way of communicating.


Oh yeah! Straight Outta Compton was the first album to reach platinum status without airplay or a tour. I'm gonna go throw it on the record player now. Have a good night!


It was truly an original! Enjoy your night!


It really is. I love exploring rap; the content, the flow, the delivery. It really is a unique way of communicating. Did you know it originated in the West African griot tradition?


Yeah, it's been around for such a long time and has such a rich culture.


It does. You know, Tupac Shakur's music is in the Library of Congress of "cultural significance". He deserves to be there, if you ask me.


Absolutely. He was incredibly influential to the history.


No doubt. I wonder if any of Anthony "DJ Hollywood" Holloways tracks are in there? Have you heard of him?


He was credited with originating the idea of rhymes over a beat, essentially. Another influential character in the history.


Yes! He's from Harlem. Lots of good rap from New York. Busta Rhymes is from New York, too. Are you familiar with any of his work?


Haha, he was popular when I was younger. Remember when he did the Rugrats movie theme song?


And Busta rhymes voiced the reptar wagon from the rugrats movie.


Have you heard of the original "rapper" DJ Hollywood?


I think so, he is credited for originating rap.


Ah, Korean rappers also invented a new type of freestyle.


I hear it's called a compliment battle, I wonder what they do?


Well I am assuming that they would be rapping in Korean. Maybe similar to K-Pop?


Well, since it's called a compliment battle, they probably find interesting ways to praise each other.


Ah, that makes more sense. Anyways, thanks for your time!


No, but I know a decent amount about it.


Ah, did you know that Bruce Lee won the Hong Kong Cha-cha championships?


It was back in 1958, I did not know he could dance!


Well, Tupac also danced ballet back in high school too.


Really? I did not think someone like Tupac would dance at all, and to think that he did ballet!


He portrayed the mouse king in the production of  the nutcracker.


His music is also in the library of congress of "cultural significance" I wonder who decided that!


Lots of rappers have weird pasts. Eminem's true dream was to be a comic book artist.


Yeah. Cable news can get really bi-polar. It seems to go further and further out. Republican leaning shows are starting to go further right and democratic shows are going further left.


They have to get more and more sensational to keep their viewers.  It's funny, at the YMCA I kind of pick which treadmill to use based on witch TV it is front, I do have my favorites.


Make sense. I am lucky that the gym I use has tvs on them. That's been a good thing. Plus, I usually bring my ipad to read books on.


I actually switch off the TV in the machine, I find I keep looking down at it, and then I see how far I have to go.  I try not to know because sometimes I get disheartened if it's further than I thought.


HA! I have been known to put a towel over that. I get too depressed and usualy just stop shortly therafter.


I sometime listen to the radio on the treadmill, if I can find something really engrossing it can make the time pass quicker, I just need the right entertainment.


Me too. I listen to a lot of podcasts on the treadmill. I also read and listen to classical. I am weird.


Hey whatever works.  In past years I've been training for marathons on the treadmill in winter, I'd have to do up to sixteen miles once or twice, any entertainment to make the time pass is appreciated.


16 miles! Nope... I can't do 2. I can cycle all day but I cannot run for the life of me.


I know, I live in a cold place and can't get on the streets until at least late March.    I'm just glad I don't do sixteen miles in front of Fox News.  That would really ruin my day.


I wouldn't say I was into fitness, but I do like to stay active, I run a lot.


Me too. I go to the gym but my gym has not banned cable news.


It's cold here so I currently use the YMCA while the kids are swimming, the Y always has cable news on, Fox and also CNN.


It's cold here too. Been a LONG winter. I wonder why the gym banned it. Was it on communal tvs?


I assume so.  My guess it was provoking heated arguments between people of differing opinion.   or people were complaining about the fact that one particular channel was on.


I feel like LIfetime is a good gym that wouldn't have that type of tension but today's politics has people HEATED!


I see one Harvard study said that three minutes of negative news in the morning made people 27 percent more likely to say they had a bad day.


I am surprised it is that low. I get really upset watching the news, and not just politics. The murders too. I am from Chicago and the deaths need to stop.


Personally I stay away from cable news.  With 24 hour news they have to fill the time so it makes everything seem worse, people get needlessly scarred.   But I'm not denying what is happening in Chicago.


those companies cant see what these little upstarts can become. they often think they can do it themselves. one day it might have to facebook and netflix though.


disney is trying to start their own streaming service and I think netflix is going to lose the rights to their movies\


netflix has had an advantage for so long, that they had to expect others to enter the arena. disney has so much content.


yeah they have content but I don't see it succeeding because it won't have variety. DVDs aren't THAT outdated. did you know that frozen was the first disney film directed by a woman? I think thats wild.


yeah, women get overlooked by hollywood. that movie really did well too.


super well. women get overlooked by all of society for the most part.


yes, i guess if the movie did badly, they would blame it on the fact that the director was a woman. it is a double standard.


i wonder who creates the toy ideas for it more, men or women. the toy industry gets involved with the toys before they even start the animation on the film.


yes, the movie becomes a marketing springboard. it was like that so much when i was young. Anyway, great chat!


yes thank you for chatting. have a good night.


I like google well enough, I remember when Yahoo! was the popular search engine. now they make up for like 40 percent of web traffic


Yahoo has had its day, now it is just not the big deal anymore. I like that google is a dog company.


theyre a goat company too. they once used 100 goats to keep their lawns kempt.


the lawn goats! i would be a lawn goat if i could get stock options LOL. I bet the goats are pretty happy there.


I would probably be a little uneasy on that campus if there were loose goats. thats funny about the stock options the founders own 14 percent of the shares that google has.


they have so much money, its beyond imagination. i guess they can do anything they want. The company is so important to daily internet. On 16th august 2013 google went down for about five minutes, and took 40% of web traffic with it.


i bet it is even more now. especially with all their apps like maps. they use how fast linked devices are moving to calculate real time traffic


that feels like an invasion of privacy for them to use my data that way. but i understand that it can help.


they cram a lot of stuff into those privacy consents. ive always been surprised google never bought out facebook. i know myspace turned down purchasing them for 75 million in 05. LOL like blockbuster did with netflix.


I really not did get into them, But I would consider them an art form


It could be. At the same time it would be easy to define popularity of such art. For example, it could be a reason why the rating system was involved in video games.


Maybe I will just go to the fanfest and try the Pitching tunnels, can you throw well


Ok. Do you watch or play any sport? Like softball or baseball?


I only play have you heard of any of these players like, Davey Johnson?


Yes. He played in 1970s, right? Or maybe 1960s... I don't remember.


I have no clue, But I love the name Rollie Fingers.


Baseball is fun to watch. I like it. However, I always have difficulties to hit a ball hahaha


maybe you should go to the show you can get a medal Maybe


Medal would be too much significant achievement. The Chicago Cubs were the first to win back-to-back world series and haven't won since. My luck is about the same lol


Thank you for your time but I must go now


I guess its where the hall of famers meet, At first I thought it said hall of farmers, lol


Ok. I honestly never heard of. Do you play video games?


No, But I did not know they were first designed for the military


It could be for training purpose. I'm wondering why Australia has more banned games than China... It means some US games also banned... It's quite strange.


it is like kids in korea being banned playing games after 12


after or before 12? If after 12, why is it so? I used to play a lot when I was child. I'm not surprised that video games make more money abbually than all films from Hollywood.


But would you categorize them as an art form?


Interesting question. I don't think this is any sort of art. It could be kind of sport. I more support this point of view. How about you? What's your opinion?


You know there is no legitimate way to watch the World Cup in Saudi Arabia, they must resort to pirated TV.


I don't watch women's soccer but I believe you when you say they are good. Did you know that there are 750 episodes of Pokemon?


Lol, I don't watch women's soccer either, but I think I'd prefer that over even 1 episode of Pokemon. The women's team hasn't placed lower than third since 1991. I'm pretty sure the men's team didn't qualify for 2018.


Americans will never win as long as they call it soccer. The game in 2018 with France was incredible. I would like to see them crush Russia again.


I've heard the argument that our best athletes don't play soccer. I don't know if that holds any weight though. It's crazy the US isn't bigger into the largest global sport.


Do you think Saudi Arabia will beat Russia when they play?


I think it's happened already and Russia did win. Russia is a much better team. It's Saudi Arabia's first time making the tourney in 12 years. Did you know Jon Stewart played soccer in college?


yeah, I heard that Jon Stewart went abroad to play in some country.


I miss him on the Daily Show. Comedy Central had some quality shows between that and South Park in it's heydey. Were you a fan?


Yes, I love South Park. And Family Guy. I loved the crossover they did. Did you hear the Simpson's sent them flowers because of it?


I did. That was a great episode. They made fun of the Simpson's in an episode as well.


That's crazy, but I don't blame them. Are you a soccer fan? I wouldn't want to miss a World Cup game. Especially if it's the first in 12 years.


I am a soccer fan. I am glad I don't live in Saudi Arabia, as I don't have to worry about some grudge with another country, like Qatar.


Yeah Saudi Arabia shouldn't rely on a Qatari network. Especially with the instability in that area. Wasn't Qatar suppose to host the World Cup soon?


Yes, I heard Qatar is supposed to be hosting the World Cup in 2022. Maybe it is a conspiracy to get more attention for Qatar and their new city.


I heard they were huge labor violations in the construction for the World Cup in Qatar. Kind of a bad look for what's suppose to be the most prestigious football tournament.


Qatar is trying to shut down beoutQ because they didn't think $35 million was enough to broadcast to Saudis. I'm not sure if they are concerned about how they look.


True. And apparently there's really no economic benefit for the hosting Fifa World Cup. I wonder why these countries compete for it.


From what I understand Soccer makes more money than football, basketball, golf, tennis and hockey combined. Maybe the country doesn't benefit, but somebody is.


Somebody must. The players do. Have you watched the American teams? Funny how much better the women's does compared to the men's.


I agree. Do you know much about the internet?


I don't know a lot about the technical side but I use it enough to be very familiar with it.


The 3 line menu on websites and apps is called the hamburger button.


I did learn that when I designed a website once. It was a fun name for that, I thought it would have been just called the menu button.


Very fun name. Only 7% of people actually read the full terms when buying something online.


I don't think I've ever read the full terms before. Companies make them so complicated on purpose.


I never read them either. Did you know there is 3g cell service at the peak of Mt. Everest?


I'm sure they had to get service up there so people could post their selfies!


LOL. The library of Alexandria saves a copy of the internet in the event it were to burn down.


I'm sure there are a lot of things online people would want to burn down and lose. It must take up a lot of storage to back up the internet.


I do, although lately it seems like the content they're suggesting for me is what they want me to watch and not really geared toward my interests.


I bet it takes a ton of storage. It was good chatting with you. Take care and have a good day!


I love YouTube. Did you know it's the second largest search engine on the internet?


I did not know that, I would have guessed it would have been Bing or Yahoo.


I would have thought so too. I saw Netflix and YouTube make up half of the peak internet traffic in North America.


That doesn't really surprise me since they offer some of the top video options online. I know I use Netflix a lot.


I love Netflix too. Justin Bieber's Baby song is the most disliked video on YouTube.


I wonder if that many people dislike it or if it has become a fad to make it that way?


Not too sure on that one. I saw the police have their own version of YouTube called BlueTube.


That is an interesting way to share tips and help each other out!


I am surprised that today's athletes have surgery on their knees all the time and that is not a deal killer like it used to be.


How about shooting granny style being the most proficient I would love to see them do that in a game.


I would much rather sign that contract Allen Iverson signed...


I cannot believe that 800,000 a year and 32 million at the age of 55.


I know. I hope he has a good finance person... Michael jordan's son cost his school a $3 million adidas contract when he insisted on wearing his father's line of Nikes


But I like that Tim Duncan stayed in college for four years instead of jumping to the NBA. That must have been hard.


Tim Duncan is a different dude. Plus wake forest was really good. He made it to the final four so I am sure he loved it.


So he is more of a experience guy than a money guy. I wonder what other guys in the NBA waited to play.


There are a lot but not many any more. Most of them want the jump to the NBA to start the clock on their rookie contracts, they are for 4 years. Then they are 22 and have a huge contract infornt of them. It makes sense but weakens college ball.


I wonder how many washout after 4 years and have no huge contract at 22. But got a taste of the good life and can go back.


More than people know. Especially the guys drafted in the 80s and 90s because they had small contracts compared to today's player.


I know. I find that weird. Same with pitchers and Tommy John surgery.


Do they get a retirement check after 4 years that would be a good useless fact to know.


Has surgeries gotten so much better that it can create a good as new player? Derrik Rose seemed to have many knee surgeries.


I think so but there are some exceptions like Andrew Luck and his injury two years ago. Derrik Rose seems to have gotten right this season and he might make the all-star team...


I wonder long term in retirement if all of these injuries come back to haunt the players?


I know a few players are just wrecked with daily pain, especially football players and tall basketball players. Knees are always hurt.


I did not know that NBA players are the worlds best paid. I would have guessed NFL.


No, it's funny when the MLB and NBA guys get monster contract to read what the football players say. They're jealous!


But NFL games are so unaffordable to go see. NBA games you can get in the nose bleeds for about 30.


It's about the TV contracts. The NBA has 41 home games that has 41 tv games. Also, the NBA has a stronger players union and gets a higher percent of the revenues than the NFL.


I'm not sure, I guess the stations are constantly playing Drake, Celine Dion, Bieber and the like.


Interesting. Do you think it is because they need help getting fans?


That or they want to support their national artist.


Yeah, that is true. It has to be better than the all latin channel. LOL


That is true, haha. Especially if it's news, like the Finnish radio station that has broadcast "Nuntii Latini" since 1989.


Exactly. I wonder if you can hear Venus on the AM radio?


I'm not sure. I wonder what makes Jupiter so special?


Probably the storms if I had to guess. Well, nice chatting with you!


Nice chatting with you too. I hope you have a good evening. Check out the website where you can listen to thousands of classic radio dramas for free!


Yeah, all the time. Did you know you can make a radio out of a razor and pencil?


My grandpa actually taught me how to do that. He said they made them in World War II.


Interesting. I saw it in a movie called Hart's War.


Yeah, that movie is not too bad. Did you know you can hear Jupiter storms on AM radio?


I didn't know that. I'm going to have to try to find that on my way home.


Yeah, I'm not sure what station it is on though.


I'll have to do some research. Did you know that in Canada, by law all radios stations are required to have at least 40% of the music be Canadian artist?


Wow. I see that she was on boiling point before becoming a star.


Do you have a favorite Lady Gaga song? I would say mine is probably "Applause" which came off of her 3rd album, Artpop. It's kind of a weird album, but I love the song.


I like poker face because everytime my son hears it, he asks "Hey Dad- how do you wake up Lady Gaga? Poker face!" And then I giggle.


That's a classic! I enjoyed her performance of that song at the Superbowl a few years ago.


I did too. Do you remember her jumping from the building? She did it without fear, navy seal style!


Yeah it was awesome! I'm a big Lady Gaga fan. She has sold over 27 million albums. I saw her in concert and it was amazing.


Nice. So do you like her favorite band too? Iron Maiden???


Ha nope...definitely not an Iron Maiden fan. Are you? I do love Linkin Park though and they actually hold the record for the best-selling album of the 21st century.


I do not like Iron Maiden. Im more into mellow and alt rock. Although Linkin Park is on my list...


Yeah I love Linkin Park. I usually prefer pop or rock music. Another interesting fact about albums, Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon was on the list of best-selling albums in 2014.


Good! How are you? Did you know that Lady Gaga's real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta?


Nice... I love Pink floyd. Nice chatting with you!


It is! Her name was originally going to be Radio Gaga (like the Queen song), but a predictive text changed the word "radio" to "lady."


Seems like a good way to choose your name... She's so big that the LAPD asked her to tweet about road work? Come on LAPD...


Wow that's bizarre. Have you seen her in the movie A Star is Born? It is actually the 3rd version of that movie and also stars Bradley Cooper.


I have not seen the movie but I just heard the second one was not very good. Have you seen any of them?


I haven't. I would like to see the latest one. Lady Gaga said she relates a lot to the character, because both of them struggle with who they really are and who they think they should be in the spotlight.


I can see that. If someone is really shy, I can see them using an alterego to go on stage with...


Yeah I definitely think she does that. She actually started out writing songs for other artists like Britney Spears and the Pussycat Dolls. Akon is actually the artist that discovered her!


Do you have kids or a lot of experiences watching them?


Teaching still helps for everything really... I am grateful to McDonald's for the drive-thru thing and that they did it for soldiers.


I just wish I lived in South Africa.  Their cars can have flame throwers to ward off theives.


Yeah, I have to admit that would be a deterrent.  Can't see it on a Cadillac.


I can imagine that would cost a pretty penny to get those installed on cars.  Like they aren't expensive enough with fuel, repairs, and insurance


Not to mention the puzzled looks from the mechanic.  Like horses?  Icelandic horses have a 5th speed called "tolt".  We didn't have that on the ranch where I lived.


You know I have never been on a horse, but I think they are amazing creatures.  They are used so many different ways


They are very intelligent.  My dad used to ride horses to school in Texas. I guess students get suspended for that now.


They would look funny to see horses in a school parking lot that is for sure


They would be eating grass around the school.  Like dogs, it seems like they are always hungry.


Well, they are incredibley fast and I imagine have a high metabolism.  They need a lot of energy


I do, lots of nephews and neices.  You always have to be on guard.  Kids can get into danger very quickly


Good point.  Did you know that MySpace rejected an offer to buy Facebook for $75M in 2005?  That's pennies to what it's worth now.


Yes, and now myspace is a thing of the past.  Funny how things work out


Yes, for sure.  I have 3 that are adults now.  There were times when I wondered if that was going to happen.  Luckily, no major food allergies.


I have a cousin with peanut allergies.  If he ingests just a little bit he swells up in a matter of seconds.


I had a roommate in college that was like that. I've never thought sunscreen was like a shield but I did reach the point that one has to let kids take risks.


True, life is all about risks.  You hear about all these bad things happening in the news and you want to protect the kids from everything.  It is a natural feeling


Yes, being overprotective doesn't allow them to grow.  Like teaching them to ride a bike, it's a risk but one worth taking. Bad allergies are scary ...


I think teaching them how to protect themselves from bad allergies such as nuts is the best way to go about it.  As well as teaching them basic common sense.


That last one, common sense, seems to be more innate than learned behavior.  At least that's my experience. Did you know the trunk of one's car was named that because people literally used to put trunks in them?


That is something I did not know.  I guess that makes sense


Hi, do you have a means of transportation like a car?


That must help them to fly even easier!  I thought I noticed a hummingbird while I was driving to a concert this past weekend.