I heard that too, that President Bush was very saddened. Really? Wow, you would think President Trump would be the wealthiest!


I thought so too (re. Trump) but an article stated otherwise.


That's just strange lol. So do you usually vote during the presidential elections? I always do.


I missed the last one.  Do you know that the first president of Zimbabwe was called President Banana?


Hahahaa, I have heard that somewhere before, so funny but wonder what it means. I think it is interesting that astronauts can vote from space, it is everyone's right to vote for the president!


I heard about it.  I wonder how they did that.


Pretty interesting! I like to vote it makes me feel I have a little bit of a say, but you can only try I guess. I find it funny that they built a guest house at the White House that is actually larger than the White House....seems pretty strange.


I read that 34% of black male population in Alabama has lost the right to vote permanently.  I think it is because of mass incarceration.


That is horrible, not right at all. Speaking of presidents, there have only been 2 presidents who did not use a bible to be sworn in....do you know what they use if they don't use a bible?


I don't know but I am curious to find out.  I will research the topic on the internet.  Anyway, I've got to run.  It was nice chatting with you.


I am great! I heard about that cardiologist who was shot and killed by someone on a bike who had been following him, so sad! It happened in Houston.


I read about it that.  How did the police catch the killer?


They haven't yet as far as I know, They have a good description of him he had a big green backpack on I guess which made him stand out,


This doctor was the late President Bush's surgeon.


Yes, I read that...he must have been a good surgeon. Just out trying to save lives everyday and gets murdered, so awful. At least a witness was there with the victim while he lay there, but he died shortly after.


His wife said that her husband worked very hard to save other people's lives. He left the world too early.


Way too early, this gun violence is just an everyday occurrence these days. Shortly after his death they put up a sign for gun reform and put flowers all around.


President Bush was still alive when his surgeon was killed.  He spoke highly of his doctor.  Speaking about presidents, do you know that jfk, washington and jefferson were the top three wealthiest presidents?


Hello. Are you a fan of Facebook? Seems like it's been around forever but it actually launched in 2004.


Oh really? That would make it a bit more interesting I don't know if I would've participated then. Iceland actually uses their Facebook to allow people to make suggestions and alterations to the constitution.


If used correctly it can be a good thing but it seems lately it's just been a tool to spread misinformation.


Yeah I completely agree with you. Back in 2012 the company was valued at $104 billion. But I bet that has gone down since people lose faith in it regarding the fake news controversy.


Yeah, I would have liked to see have seen something come from the Congressional Hearings on how they use our data. Some of these companies really need to be checked on their policies and practices.


I totally agree with you. It is a shame that they could potentially have an influence in elections. During the 2012 US elections international electoral observers were blocked from the polls in nine states.


It definitely led to me being a lot more wary of things I see on social media, I have done a lot of independent fact checking on things I see people post.


Good for you I wish more people did that. Interestingly enough Nevada is the only state to have a none of these candidates voting option for presidential elections.


I know in my state you can opt not to vote for any candidates in a race but it does not really register as you saying I don't like any of them. It looks more like you just skipped a section.


Oh interesting. The voter turnout for US presidential elections hasn't reached 63% in the last 100 years. I wish it would.


I think that it should be a national holiday. Although I suppose more people would use it for vacations than actually voting.


Yes I remember when you had to have a college email to register to use Facebook!


Yeah unfortunately I think you would be right. Since 1900 the taller candidate has won the US presidential election 75% of the time. Well it was nice chatting with you have a good day.


Yeah I remember that too. MySpace actually turn down an offer to buy Facebook back in 2005.


Do you like Facebook? I don't really use it that much anymore.


Yeah I don't use it that much either. Apparently the Facebook like button is illegal in a certain German state.


Yeah I'm not sure. Facebook's founder Mark Zuckerberg suffers from red green colorblindness and that is why Facebook is mainly blue.


I have a friend that suffers from that as well. The NFL had a game where one team wore all red jerseys and one team wore all green. They got a lot of criticism for that because of people who had the disorder.


Oh wow I didn't know that that is kind of funny. Burger King once had a promotion where if you unfriend 10 people on Facebook you get a free whopper. I would definitely have participated in that!


I did not and I kind of regret it! I know the people you unfriended would actually get a message letting them know you did so for a burger.


Disney is my favorite company, I love Mickey, Minnie and well many of the franchises


Thats because it was rendered using a 55,000 core computer just imagine the quality of the images that computer can process


Wow that is crazy! We have come so far in technology even in the last few decades.


We have, its amazing, did you ever watched the movie Flubber, just remember a cool fact about the movie


I saw parts of it but never the whole movie.


Well the science consultant in the movie was Bill Nye the science guy,


I used to watch his program all the time as a kid.


I used to watch it as well, it was one of my favorite shows, really informative and you could learn a lot


I don't have much time to watch tv now so I spend  a lot of time listening to the radio.


Did you ever listen to that site with thousands of free drama episodes? I hear its pretty good


No I haven't but that seems like the type of site I could really get into. I wonder if it is just new ones or if they have the old dramas too.


I can't say I'm the biggest fan of disney. I used to like them but I don't like all the new rebranding they are doing.


I have no idea, I just heard its a great site I want to try it out myself, on the plus side its free so nothing to lose right


I can respect that, I guess classics are always better, cant believe its almos 100 years since the creation of the company


That is quite a long run for a company. I'm sure they will be around for another hundred especially with having the marvel universe and star wars now.


Yeah those were great investments, Marvel more than Star Wars but still I heard they are also launching a streaming service so that will be great


Makes more sense than them having their stuff spread all over other services. I wonder how it will affect the original content netflix produced though.


I think it will maybe people will justhave both, I am exited Locki is one of the series and also The Scarlet Witch, Im a big Marvel fan


I don't mind marvel. I wish they were really diving into the universes and all the parellels but I'm sure that will take time.


It will take time and maybe the will, that new streming service might just accomplish that did you ever watch the movie Big Hero 6?


My kids absolutely adore that movie. I'm shocked at how realistic the graphics are even for disney.


I agree. To change subjects a little. Did you know that you can't separate two phone books that have had their pages overlapped?


I guess I've never tried to separate one. I've also never had to call NY's area code on a rotary phone, but I guess 212 is the fastest area code, so NY got dibs


I have actually heard about the telephone books before, and tried it. You really can't pull them apart.


That's funny. Did you know that the entire US nuclear ICBM deterrent has less computing power than the iPhone?


What? Now that's really scary. I wonder if they have considered upgrading their system?


It might no be necessary. Nowadays, we're all addicted to our phones due to that computing power to the point that UNICEF will donate clean water for every minute you don't use your phone


I don't find myself that addicted to my phone. Sometimes I wish they didn't have cell phones. I remember a time when you could actually be left alone.


Back in the days before Facebook. I have a love/hate relationship with social media


I think I know how you feel. I got really bad with facebook for quite a while. I was afraid that I would miss a comment so it was really taking up a lot of time.


I wonder if living in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein would help with notifications since the "like" button is illegal there


Sure! You know, sometimes I wonder if dating apps are doing more harm than good


It might. Burger KIng had a promotion where you would get a free whopper for unfriending 10 people. I wonder if you could do that more than once. I could unfriend enough people to eat for about a year.


I'm still trying to figure out how they verified that. I might go look that up right now. Have a good night!


I think like most things it has it's bad and good points. I think it's good for some people to meet, but you just have to be really careful.


One girl attacked her boyfriend with a sword when she found the Tinder app on his phone


That's getting pretty radical, but some people get really jealous.


She had the samurai sword taped to the side of the bed and waited until he was asleep. That's definitely premeditated


Lucky for him that she didn't actually kill him, and actually lucky for her.


It's a good thing he was able to talk her into calling the police. She pleaded not guilty


Yep. The guy was actually excited about the whole thing. He said it was a lot more exciting than playing games. I think perhaps he needs some help.


I think they both need help in that case. Neither of them were likely in the mental state to be in a healthy relationship\


Hi! Are you a fan of college sports? I remember from that movie, Rudy, that Villanova University has a really intense football team and culture surrounding it.


Hi Turker, do you have a landline phone, If yes, do you used it?


No, I never read it. Is it Interesting? I like reading news and comic books.


well I have seen the movie, and it is definitely anti-military so that is why that is shocking haha


I believe a person that reads a lot learn a lot, I would like to be one of those people, I try but I get sleepy and boring.


yup same here, I think it is super boring haha, have you seen or read Ender's Game? Its a movie and a book


No I haven't, but it sounds Interesting. I planned to look into that and read the book.


have you read Lord of the Rings? I guess the author would read terrible poetry and laugh at it haha


Yes, I read it also I saw the movie, I like those type of movies. I think I saw the the lord of the rings twice.


ya that is a good movie, I tried to read those books but to be honest they were so long I literally did fall asleep haha


Do you believe the world record speed reading by anne Jones, 4,700 words per minute? how is this possible.


ya I think thats bs, I tried speed reading and I never retained any info, can you believe there was a moral panic because too many people were reading 200 years ago?


can't say I do no, but did you hear the story about how New York got its area code?


Wow, that's hard to believe, It was nice Chatting with you.


Yes, because it was the fastest number to dial on rotary phone, but I don't understand that, I thought all number seven digit.


haha ya thats a good point, but also wild is that the cable running across the atlantic that does telephone and internet is inly 3 inches thick!


Wow that I didn't know. I have a landline phone, because It Included in my package.


ah that makes sense, ya I have an iphone and apparently it has more computing potential than the entire USA nuclear deterrant system haha


Wow, I never a an iphone before, they are good phones. back in the days the landline phone was an open and public phone with a single line.


an interesting didn't know that, do you do any reading at all? I only do audiobooks myself


I do very little reading from books, I like to read online Information. I don't like to read a book if it is thick.


no I agree with that, ahve you ever read starship troopers? I guess its on the military's recommended reading list


The Silent Saturday sports movement is big in D.C.


I hope it spreads nationwide.  Parents need to be reminded that this is for the kids to learn and grow.


One parent was recently interviewed after one of the games and they said they really enjoyed the idea and the result it brought


That's good. I've heard it makes players communicate more. In this day and age that is a very good thing.


Its also good that they let the kids enforce the rule of being silent rather than the referee


Definitely.  It seems very empowering for the kids all the way around.


Leagues in Colorado have been doing it for years and they do it once or twice a year


I didn't know that.  Another good idea could be to film the parents during games and then show them what they do.


I think it would bring a lot of self reflection and a little embarassment to over the top type parents


Yes it would. I know these Silent Saturdays have shown some parents just how bad they have been.


I am  headed out to the field to start a Silent Saturday with my community this weeked


No, thankfully. I don't know if I could handle the other parents constant screaming and criticizing children and coaches


I heard about "Silent Saturday," where parents are muted. i think that is a fantastic idea.


I think I will recommend it for the league in my neighborhood too


I've been to children's baseball games and it's very stressful listening to parents in the stands.  Soccer must be stressful as well.


Maybe they should try it for baseball games too. The kids can make sure the parents play by the rules too.


Yes. Silent Soccer gives children the chance to think for themselves as it should be.


Coaches are limited to in how much they can help the kids, they can only encourage them


I like the idea of the coaches encouraging like you said before.  I think the whole thing makes better players.


only 11 minutes woah, thats not much at all, games last 2-3 hours,


Yeah, there is so much that goes into it with such little actual game play. New Orleans saints cheerleaders and players are not allowed to dine together. Very strange.


That is strange, I don't like that rule I hear that cheerleaders have to leave if a player arrives at a restaurant so unfair.


Yeah, I wonder why it was made up or if it's even enforced. The university of Iowas visiting locker room is painted pink!


That's funny, that would confuse a team or two lol, being all pumped up in a pink locker room that is funny.


I think I read once that pink it a calming color, they use it in some jails too. The highest score in a football game was 222-0. Ouch.


222-0 woah!! that is a humiliating defeat, the other team was blind or thought they were scoring in the wrong direction.


Yeah, I can't imagine what was going on to lose that bad! The top bowlers in the 1960s made more than the top football stars. Times have definitely changed.


They made more money really? I guess that score makes more sense now, did you hear about the Emmy ESPN won back in the day?


I haven't heard about that, how did they manage that?


I don't really watch it much, how about you?


They won the Emmy because of the creation of the yellow first down line, anyway its been great chatting with you.


Interesting! Nice chatting with you too!


Yeah a lot of cool facts and thanks for that I feel a lot smarter, have an nice night.


I do, I love the sport, so the NFL has 2 divisions NFC and AFC


Interesting, so the National football conference and the American football conference. And they play against each other it seems.


Well 16 teams in each division, the play against each other and then they face the champion of the other conference in the Super bowl so its AFC vs NFC in the end.


That sounds pretty interesting! Apparently the NFL has no written rules about females joining.


Really? so females could also play? that is a bit unusual I don't think I have the stomach to watch that.


Yeah, but they would have to be pretty strong to meet the requirements I imagine. I wonder if there have been any females in the NFL?


I don't think so I haven't seen one at least. Interesting how players have tracking chips in their shoulders


Yeah, that is a bit strange. Also very interesting how there's only actually 11 minutes of game play!


I agree. Did you know that Fantasy COngress actually exists?


I've heard of that, I guess points are based off legislative success?


Yes and they actually draft members of the congress, pretty cool


Did you know the first woman was elected to congress before she even had the right to vote?


That just sounds so strange. Did you know Elmo once testified in front of COngress


I didn't know that. I wonder what that's all about?


I am not sure either but ELmo is the only non-human to do that


That's pretty interesting. Did you know that the senate used the same gavel for 165 years?


Yes and it was Nixon the one that cracked it after that long


I heard that in 1988 a senator invoked an obscure rule to allow the sergeant-at-arms to arrest absent senators and bring them into the chamber for a vote?


I know a little bit about them. Do you know where the term came from?


Yes they arrested one of them once and brought him feet first, crazy. Nice chatting with you


Yes that goes back to the Middle Ages and originally denoted a parley


Yep and it is derived from the Latin word congressus.


Yeah. Did you know congressman take different subway lines?


I didn't know that. I guess that's to keep them safer going between the capitol, the house, and senate offices?


Yes I guess so, they cannot blend with the general public


Did you know that they have played a Republicans vs. Democrats baseball game annually since 1909?


Yes and the republicans seem to be leading the way right now 3 points


I think that would be interesting to watch.


No, why? Is it because Zuck can't see properly?


It is. He has red-green colorblindness. It works for me though because I like the color scheme.


Interesting, does it say why instagram is designed the way it is?


No, I am unaware of why the design of instagram is the way it is. I find it very strange that there is a German state where the Facebook like button is illegal. What could possibly be the reasoning for that?


I'm not surprised, have you been to Germany?


I have not but I think it would be very fun. Did you hear about the Burger King promotion involving Facebook?


Yeah, I participated! Just kidding, but you have to wonder what BK has against facebook.


I was wondering the same thing. What could they possibly gain by rewarding people for unfriending people on Facebook?


I'm not sure, but it is a good marketing campaign to get attention I suppose. I mean heck, we are talking about it.


That's true. Completely off topic but do you find fish to be interesting?


Vaguely. There's been so many recently. Was that Florida?


Yeah, I'm a huge fan of fish. I had tropical fish when I was younger. Well, nice chatting with you!


It was in Florida and hit the Panhandle on Oct 10 near Panama City.


I think I remember it better now. I think it did a lot of damage and essentially shut everything down. There was panic and looting if I remember correctly.


Yeah, it did. Apparently a lot of the people down there had to dig their homes out the surroundings.


That's terrible. This is totally off subject but do you have a Facebook account?


I don't. I got rid of it a long time ago, it became boring.


I'm thinking about it because it's just so toxic now. Did yo know that MySpace turned down an offer to buy Facebook for $75 million in 2005?


yeah, I can believe it. But if they had bought it, it may not have become the success it is today.


True. If it had stayed the same they made a terrible business decision. Do you know why Facebook's color scheme is primarily blue?


Most politicians can also Pile if Higher and Deeper (PhD)... but can he sing?  The President of Indonesia released 3 pop albums while in office!


I doubt so, most US presidents don't even speak a foreign language fluently, the last to was FDR


Well, the top three wealthiest presidents were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson. They could afford to buy a translator...


Yes but were any one of the 5 presidents to be elected by still losing the popular vote


I don't know, but until 1805, the loser in the presidential election automatically became VP, so that must have made things interesting!


That is pretty crazy, like John Wilkes Booth being in Lincoln's inauguration photo


I wonder if he stayed at the guest house while he was there? It is bigger than the White House you know!


Lol, that would be pretty funny. Did you know Hilary Clinton was the president of the young republicans in college?


That is probably because every President with a beard has been a republican. She was keeping her options open.


I think Nixon was president during that time, he was the only president to propose a guaranteed minimum income


Yea, it's pretty crazy a chimpanzee got 400,000 votes in a mayoral election


Yeah. Before Trump, 1928 was the last time a republican was elected president without a Nixon or Bush on the ticket.


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Finally, a candidate I can get behind!  Citizens of Austin voted to have a dump named after Fred Durst.


Pretty funny, I never knew that Canada was a US state it would only have 50 electoral votes


Funny!  If there is such a thing as Canadian Astronauts, I wonder if they would be able to vote from space like the US astronauts do?


That would be pretty cool. Did you know in 1957 JFK voted against the Civil Rights Act?


How times change!  34% of black males in Alabama have lost their right to vote. What happened to "count every ballot?"


In 2000,  40 percent of voters voted to keep a ban on interracial marriage


Well, in Zimbabwe they elected someone they call, "President Banana"


That's pretty cool, did you know that Woodrow Wilson was the only President with a PhD?


Hello,  how are you doing ? There's a wiki which ranks fictional characters according to their powers and abilities.


Thats cool,  I guess I've always wondered that,  just never enough to look it up lol The world record for speed reading is held by anne jones, with a reading speed of 4,700 words per minute


Thats crazy and I used to think I read fast. The longest piece of fanfiction is four million words and is about Super Smash Bros.


haha that can go on forever,  so many characters! Cs lewis and tolkien held "you laugh you lose" competitions when reading terrible poetry


Haha, i would have loved to see one of those competitions. In the middle ages only the most skilled readers could read silently.


me too.  hmmm don't most people read silently?


Thats what I always thought but apparently its a new phenomenon.


Ender's game was suggested reading for many military organizations, including the united states marine corps


Good book, President Andrew Johnson never attended school, his wife taught him.


Wow.  I don't even know how home schooling works,  can you get a degree that way?


I think you can but I'm not sure either. I'll ask my friend who was homeschooled.


HI, I'm good. Oh really I didn't know that, thats interesting. Did you know that in the 1950s a judge tryed to ban a comic because it had a black character in it?


Thats ridiculous!  I had no idea.  This is interesting :Edgar allen poe wrote the oldest known example of a cyborg in fiction.


I had no idea he wrote about a cyborg, thats awesome. Speaking of writing, a fiction story that is 100 words long is called a drabble.


Wow,  I always thought that word was just slang.  lol Julius caesar wrote fan fiction of hercules and oedipus in his youth.


I had no idea fan fictions been around for that long! George RR Martin began writing by selling stories for pennies to other children.


Thats awesome,  he knew what he wanted to do at a young age and even made money!  George rr martin despises fan fiction, saying that it is copyright infringement and a bad exercise for aspiring writers.


Wow, I never knew! I don't think I agree with him on it being a bad exercise though. Actors Jon Hamm and Patrick Stewart each were drama teachers at one point.


No I dont agree either.  Thats cool,  they seem like they would be good at it. Starship troopers is the first sci-fi novel on the reading lists of three of the five us military branches


I didn't know that, I'll have to check that book out sometime. The name soap opera came from the dramas being sponsored by soap factories in the past.


Yeah, the price seems reasonable. He will also play with his three younger brothers


I'm sure the show will be incredible. just love the sound of acoustic guitars. I tried learning to play the guitar once but I wasn't coordinated enough to get both my hands cooperating at the same time.


My hands were not big enough for the guitar we had and my parents did not want to get me a different one. :( Must be nice to be like Matthew Bellamy and to have a lot of extra guitars on hand. He has the world record for most smashed guitars on tour


No kidding! When I tried learning to play we didn't have a guitar pick around so I tried to use a coin like Brian May from Queen.


Interesting! Did you know that Brian May has a PhD in Astrophysics?


I would not have guessed by looking at him! Speaking of crazy antics by guitarists, did you know that Eddie Van Halen set his studio speakers on fire when he recorded beat it?


Another crazy thing is the grand houseboat that was turned into a floating recording studio by Pink Floyd


I guess when you put out such successful albums, as these bands have, you can afford to do whatever you want! I wish I didn't miss the vinyl days. Growing up in the audio cassette and CD era just wasn't the same.


Speaking of successful albums, do you like Linkin Park? Their album Hybrid Theory is the best selling album of the 21st century


I'm more of a Pink Floyd fan. I think the fact that Dark Side of Moon was one of the best selling albums of 2014, 40 years after its release, speaks to the pure gold that the album truly was.


The guitarist? Yes, I am a huge fan of his work!


That is pretty cool! I'm more interested to listen to album from the 100 year old idential twins from Japan.


He says that he has a new batch of songs that he is ready to turn into a finished project


Yes, I can't wait to hear his latest songs. I can't believe that he has had the opportunity to work with so many amazing artists.....Springsteen, Neil Young, Bono! What an incredible career he has had already.


Yeah, and his 2014 work Face the Music, has received accolades from Young, Springsteen, Bono, Bonnie Raitt, Elvis Costello and more


His career is so unique, in that he sings and writes his own songs, in addition to playing with all those big names. I think the fact that he embraces being a band member instead of a band leader speaks to what a team player he is and also shows his versatility as an artist.


Yes, he is glad he has been able to thrive in both roles and says one role helps the other


I love that his mother attends his shows too. Can you believe she is 91 years old?


That is cool that she is still up for that!


I'd love to go to his upcoming show at The Birchmere!


Hey how are you doing, do you have kids that watch Sesame Street?


I did not know that, Baldwin is hilarious with his trump impersonations. You big into cars?


I am, actually, although I wouldn't want to own a car in south Africa where it's legal to equip them with flamethrowers in order to prevent carjacking. That's a little disturbing. What about you?


That's crazy. McDonald's added a drive-thru for soldiers who can't get out of their cars while in uniform. That was pretty cool to find out.


Wow! That is cool! I assumed drive-thrus were always around. I also think it's cool that the Cadillac brand was named after the French explorer who founded Detroit, Antoine De La Mothe Cadillac!


Very cool, would never have guessed that. Jann Mardenborough beat 90000 people in a video game and became a race car driver, that's pretty cool too.


Yeah that takes some serious talent, doesn't it? Wonder how Jann would feel if his race car alarm was mimicked by one of those Australian wild birds that can mimic car alarms along with chainsaws and camera sounds. Ha!


Tons of talent for sure, that'd be crazy, birds are pretty cool as well. Go from a hummingbird to an ostrich!


I wonder if Jim ever made a dodo bird. Speaking of which, did you know they were actually a sub-family of pigeons? That's surprising, Isn't it?


Very surprising to say the least. I might spend the rest of the evening listening to some Johnny Cash music, he's a famous musician if you were not aware.


Yeah Cash is awesome and a true legend! I wonder if he was into birds? I'm sure he loved hummingbirds and I personally think it's funny they like to steal spider webs to use as parts to build their nests with! Ha!


I used to love watching Sesame Street myself! How about you? I was surprised to find out Caroll Spinney was the performer behind both Big Bird as well as Oscar the Grouch!


That's so nuts. I'm going to head out though, it was great chatting, take care!


Hey, I'll tell you something else that's nuts: there are birds that actually fly from Alaska to north Mexico without even sleeping during the migration process. Now that, I certainly couldn't do. Ha! Well it was great chatting with you as well! Have a good evening, friend!


Oh, I have something else that will blow it as well: the bones in most birds are so hollow, their whole skeleton actually weighs less than their feathers. I bet their bones are very fragile!


Oh wow, I never would have guessed that, crazy how small a hummingbird is, 2 inches!


For sure me too, I can't really remember what it was all about, I wasn't sure if kids today still watched it or not. Jim Henson sure was a genius back in the 60s.


Indeed he was! Sesame Street is a great show. I'm also a huge fan of The Simpson's as well. There's even an episode where Bart never makes an appearance nor is even mentioned that I still want to see. I bet it's weird never seeing Bart!


Bart sure was a rebel that liked the attention. I never knew there were 750 episodes of Pokemon, I love that show.


I know, right? What gets me is Pokemon has over 750 episodes yet the UK remake of 70s Show lasted only ten episodes. That's kind of sad, really!


I wonder what the 70s were like in the UK haha, That was 50 episodes a year for 16 straight years, thats crazy for a cartoon show.


Indeed it is. Do you also like South Park? I think it was nice of the Simpson's crew to send the South Park producers flowers after they aired the Family Guy episode!


That was pretty funny, hopefully they all laughed about it. Who was your favorite south park character?


I honestly liked them all. I also liked Thomas the Tank Engine as well. In fact, did you know George Carlin, Alec Baldwin and Ringo Starr narrated 52 episodes each?


dang, I remember saturday morning cartoons. Did you ever watch that 70s show?


Yes! That show was hilarious. Too bad the sequels and spinoffs tanked so terribly.


right, I heard the one in UK only lasted 10 episodes, and that 80s show was a bust too!


I think the UK one probably wasn't as popular because it was a very american humor show not really the british dry wit.


For sure, there is two different kinds of comedy right there. It is just like the office in british vs american


I think the british office was on for ages longer than the american one. I never really got that one. Designated survivor is a good one though.


Never heard of that one, what is that about?


It is about a man who becomes president after the capitol is blown up.


I will have to check that out. Speaking of capitol hill, are you a trump fan?


I respect the office and what his intentions were but I'm not a fan of how he is going about it. What about you?


I do enjoy watching television. What about you?


That is a great way to put it. I think if he released an album like the president of indonesia did he would be more popular, lol


I dont' think the US would handle it well if he did that. He is already controversial. That might push his advesaries over the edge.


I love my TV shows. I like south park, you ever watch that?


South Park always annoyed me. I have watched quite a bit of pokemon though.


For sure, when south park made fun of family guy, the simpsons sent them flowers. I like pokemon too


I have kids so I watch a lot of cartoons mostly on PBS like wild kratts and Thomas the tank.


nice they ever watch some of the 750 episodes of pokemon. I love thomas the tank also!


I like the ones narrated by Alec Baldwin the best. He just has one of those voices made for narration.


Nice, I liked those a lot. Mine was Ringo Starr ones, he has that thomas the tank type voice


That's true. Very gravelly and engine like. It is crazy how far tvs have come even in just a few short years though. I remember watching cartoons in black and white.


Did you hear about the son who asked his mom to prom? I think that's kind of weird


Yeah cars have a great history. Also it's interesting how the name Cadillac came about, it was from the Discover who discovered Detroit, his last name is Cadillac


The car manufacturers have shown amazing creativity with names and features.  One brand that introduced a car into the Indian market had to install a heavy duty horn since those drivers honk constantly.  I think it was Audi.


That is pretty funny. Indians must use their horns a lot, on a different note, how often do you use your phone? Do you use a rotary one in the house or do you just have a cell phone


I do have a rotary phone, I think it's in a box in the garage along with a lot of "classic" electronic stuff.  I should get it out and hook it up, I'm pretty sure the local telco still supports those old things. For everyday use I have a cell and for fun there's a Lego push button phone too.


Haha the Lego push button sound sounds cool. I only use a cell phone myself, it is funny though how New York got its area code due to the rotary phone though


Phones have been so ubiquitous for a long time so there has been a lot of cool history.  My Lego phone has the buttons made like square bricks and some extra bricks in a drawer to play with while making a call.   Supposedly Dolphins can communicate by phone and evern recognize their "friend" on the other end.


Is pretty cool. I also think it's cool how UNICEF will donate clean water for every minute you don't use your cell phone, since I don't use my phone 24 hours a day I should be doing that to get these kids some water


UNICEF is a great organization but I don't get the deal.  If I'm asleep and my cell is off, am I donating?  Maybe Drake should donate his 100 pound gold sneakers and help get a lot of clean water.  After he's loaded.


Haha yeah that's a good point. I think you could do a lot more good with that, what is crazy is that your cell phone actually has more computing power than the nuclear missile deterrent system


So instead of worrying about how many bars my phone is showing, which doesn't really mean anything, I should use it to stop nuclear war.  Sounds reasonable to me.


Yes, I did.  I guess she missed her first one since she had just had the new son and didn't have much money.  It is interesting that the mom accepted the invitation.


Haha makes sense to me. It actually scares me that the cable that runs internet between the United States and Europe is only about 3 in thick, what happens if Jaws bites it in half LOL


Yes if I were Mom I would have been embarrassed to embarrass my son LOL but that's just me. Do you drive a car by the way


As little as possible.  I mostly prefer to get around on my bicycle.  Cars are very convenient but they alos destroy the world with all the pollution.  And some drivers are so aggressive and crazy, I guess that's why Google's self driving cars have an aggressive mode.


id be scared to drive a car that had an aggressive mode LOL. But I would also be scared to be in South Africa with a flamethrower on top of my car which is legal there


Oh, you're just making that up.  I've been to South Africa and I think most people just have guns.


Haha I know it is actually legal, but what do you think about how cars got named trunks in terms of the back of where people store stuff


Makes sense to me.  In those days when you traveled by ship you could bring a lot of stuff and the big boxes were called trunks.  The brits call it the boot.  Not sure why


On a slightly related note, did you ever play the video game Gran Turismo? It's a racing game where you drive cars


I don't think so, I was doing Crazy Taxi for a while since we had one at work.  It was fun and to make it even better you could choose your own vehicle, from the original Benz  Patent-Motorwager from 1886 or a 1908 Model T Ford to new cars.  Lots a fun.


But I won't prevent cars exploding. Others countries have different problems than ours, in India cars needs to have a car horn that would sustain constant use, Audi leaned that the hard way.


Not anymore, too much randomness. But a lot of people like it, Nicholas Cage and Johnny Depp.


I haven't played in a long time. But I remember that McDonalds used to do specials with it.


I remember that, it was quite popular, and there were prizes associated with the promotion.


Yeah, that was pretty cool. Interestingly it was supposed to be a tool to teach about injustices related to capitalism.


Maybe that why the game seems unfair, once you have enough money, nobody cans stop you.


Yeah, that is true. Apparently the longest game lasted 70 hours.


Was it worth it ? At least, the game was useful in WW2, it helped allied POW escape.


Those are like scooters, but electric right ? Nah, I live in a suburb, almost a rural area. There is not need for scooters there. And you, do you use them ?


I wonder how that happened? Well, nice chatting with you.


yeah, they have them where I live. I don't use them though.


I have heard of problems with them, like riding on bike paths. Is it a problem where you live ?


They have some problems but nobody has been hurt on one yet. That will happen eventually though.


I think they are. People ride them without helmets and on the street. It is only a matter of time.


They they seem really popular, and fast, it is not like when the automobile was introduced in 1886, were the were rare and slow.


Did you know in South Africa it is legal to equip your car with a flame thrower!


Why would they allow flame throwers on cars ?


Hi, how are you? What do you think of the president?


That would make for an interesting dynamic. Many interesting news stories. Plus nothing would get done.


Haha I agree. Can you imagine President Trump and vice president Hillary Clinton? There would be so much drama the unbelievable


They would gossip and backstab the entire time. The entire planet would not be big enough for the both of them.


LOL I like the way you think. What do you think about our planet though? Only five planets in our solar system are actually visible to the naked eye from planet Earth


that makes sense. I heard that they have discovered new planets that were out there in our system but completely invisible. It's interesting that Venus does not tilt, so consequently, it has no seasons. it is the only planet that rotates clock-wise.


Interesting. It sounds boring though I would never want to live on that planet haha. I also would not want to live on the planet that has glass raining sideways and is 2000 degrees Fahrenheit LOL


Yes, that would put a damper on your social life. The commute would be tough too.
Astronomers detected building blocks of life in a planetary system some 455 light-years away. I wonder what that is like.


I wonder if it has human-like people on it. What do you think about the planet Uranus? I always laugh when I hear the name LOL


Your-AY- nus. +or+ Urine-ous. Either way, you got the front or the back of the body. Always good for a giggle from the junior high school crowd. But planets are a serious business! LOL


LOL I like that joke haha. Why do you think Uranus rotates sideways and rolls around the Sun! It must have something to do with its name LOL


But I think he says a lot of interesting things. I was shocked to learn that he's not one of the top three richest presidents though


Thank you you too, don't forget to wear shoes! They're very important for protecting your feet


I figure those guys during colonial times had wealth in the form of real estate. Probably nowadays worth billions.


Yep I agree. Also Washington and Jefferson had slaves which probably helped. I wonder why they built the White House to be smaller than the actual guest house?


Which was built first? The White House might have started small because the staff was not so big. The guest house might have come much later. I don't know.


Yes I'm not sure, I do know that the president of Indonesia released three pop albums though, do you think Trump will do the same LOL?


Trump might explore a different idiom. Maybe a beefcake calendar? Maybe a poetry collection? He has an expressive soul.


Anything is possible haha. what do you think about President banana of Zimbabwe by the way?


The man will always be remembered. He had quite an a-peel! LOL


LOL I like that joke! Do you think we should go back to how presidential elections used to be? Back in 1805 the runner-up would become the vice president


How you been doing? Have you heard about Jim Dutcher and his wife who studied wolves?


Yea, it is unfortunate that Iowa denied them permit renewals after six years


It is sad, something good though is that they were able to document what they experienced, making 6 books and 3 television documentaries. I would like to see them.


Me too, there isn't much interesting shows on tv anymore, just like 750 episodes of Pokemon


I'm really enjoying a lot of series that are on Netflix, Do you watch Netflix?


Yes, I watch a lot of reruns of that 70's show. They made a UK version called "Days like these"


Wow, I didn't know that, I will have to look for it.  I watch a lot of Netflix Original Series and Movies, they are getting pretty good at making the movies.


Yea. I don't watch it as much anymore as I use to although I prefer it over tv which is a mass medium for advertising


Wow you are right.  I use our DVR to record shows so I can fast forward through commercials, and the commercial breaks are 5 to 6 min long now.


Yea, a bunch of commercials and non-stop news


I'm getting to where I don't watch the news anymore.


Hello, I'm good thanks. I have never heard of them before, tell me more please.


No, sometimes I'll watch tv with my kids, they like thomas the tank, I find it great Ringo Starr did the voice for 52 episodes.


Well Jim Dutcher lived amoung a pack of wolves for six years in Iowa and observed many things about them


I see that his wife eventually joined him in living in the wild.


Yea, they wrote about acts of wold devotion, compassion, and rivalry. It is very interesting stuff


Jim Dutcher built a 25 acre enclosure on the forest service land in 1990 to start rearing the wolf pups to create a pack.


That's awesome and nice of him to do. Him and his wife slept in an enclave with wolves


The actually built the enclave to live in inside the 25 acre enclosure, that is brave of them.


Yea, especially allowing Jamie to enter the birthing den, I'd be pretty scared to try that


That is so true! I see that in the state of Idaho, there is no area that is protected for wolves, in 2014 there was only 650 wolves living in the state. wow.


Did you know the Republican Party is also referred to as the GOP (Grand Old Party)?


Me too, I think Obama was a great leader and delivered speeches very well. I also liked Michelle too, she contributed to so many wellness programs! Do you know how those presidents became so wealthy?


I'd guess Washington and Jefferson from politics and farming, as well as family inheritances. JFK just came from a rich family. I love Michelle too. She is definitely my favorite First Lady! Did you know the White House guest house is bigger than the actual White House?


Oh yeah and probably something to do with owning tons of land too probably and sadly back then slaves as assets! I wonder when the president and the first lady bicker, whether or not they get stranded to the guest house, not a bad place considering it's much bigger!


Haha. So true. Speaking of bickering, it used to be that the runner up for president became Vice President. Can you imagine Hillary and Trump in the same White House!


I'm truly wondering how that works because the runner up for presidency is usually the opposing party! If that happened for the past election, I think we'd also be in a state of national emergency and shutdown probably.


Yeah. And maybe nuclear war inside the white house! The president of Indonesia has made 3 pop albums while in office. Glad Trump is not going that route.


I think I'd get the goosebumps from listening to pop albums made from presidents. Perhaps Kanye West would convince Trump to make a pop album so that he could stay in the grandiose guest house?


Haha. Hopefully Kanye has learned to stay away from Trump. The first president of Zimbabwe was named President Banana. Wonder if that was his given name or he chose it when running.


Yeah! What does one do to warrant such a nickname, my creativity is generating from the types of nicknames we could give to President Trump, but I'll keep those to myself for now.


Well, if they had President Banana, we could try to think of a fruit-based nickname for Trump as well.


I've heard that. It's crazy to think that there hasn't been a president who wasn't democrat or republican since 1853. Maybe time for more than two parties?


You read my mind! I think Alec Baldwin does a great impression of Trump on SNL!


That might change with the upcoming election in a couple of years, seems like people are tired of both parties.


I'd say I'm wholly tired of one party, tired of a few people in another. : ) Consistent use of red and blue to identify the parties was not used until 2000. I swear I remember this when I was a kid, but guess not.


Lol, I hear you on that! Yeah that seems fairly recent but then again it's been almost twenty years! I wonder when the animals (donkey and elephants) were introduced then because I remember that to be a long time ago as well.


Yeah, agreed. Harry Truman wouldn't ride the Dumbo ride at Disney because he didn't want to be associated with the GOP -- so the elephant donkey has been around much longer.


That's interesting, do you know how the Dumbo ride at Disney and the GOP are related?


Dumbo is an elephant. Elephant = GOP. Don't think they are actually related Just the symbolism of the elephant.


Oh ok! I forgot dumbo was an elephant! Good call Mr. Truman! Do you have a favorite president?


Hmmm. That's a tough one. Probably Obama or Lincoln, neither of which are among the three wealthiest presidents. That would be JFK, Washington and Jefferson.


Hi how are you today, Do you know what the 5th planet in the solar system is?


I do. You're so right they said jobs never knew too much about coding it was Wozniak that really moved that aspect forward.


Woz was the tech head, but he didn't know how to build a business. I like reading, but I don't think I could ever hit 4,700 words per minute.


That's an insane amount that has to be a machine reading at that speed. How fast do you estimate you can type.


I don't know. Without mistakes? Maybe 40 wpm. If I don't worry about typos, probably 50-60 wpm.


Thats definitely faster then me i still poke at the keys lol i feel like i might be way faster on my phone


I don't like the interface on the phone. Plus it's harder to read. I much prefer the computer. Have you read Starship Troopers?


Nope i haven't but i did see the film it was very good with its special effects for its time period


I liked the book when I was young. It's on the reading lists of some of the military branches.


I have friends in the military and they really like to listen to jocko willink do you know who he is?


Don't know. Is he a member of the military? Ender's Game was suggested reading for many military organizations. Military books seem to be popular with the military.


The fifth planet in the solar system is Jupiter. I have never been there, though I hear it is quite nice.


Yup i think he was a member of the seals and now he has a podcast he was a big guest on joe rogans show on youtube


Elon musk is supposed to be developing a way to travel to outer space for regular people who can afford it


I wonder where they would go. Just into space? To the moon and back? I guess it's good for bragging rights, but probably not interesting. Except for weightlessness.


I think in 2017 he announced his ultimate goal was to take a flight to mars and he hopes to reach this by the early 2020's


I guess you could go there, but what about getting back? And how long would you stay there? Seems risky.


Did you see the car he sent out that is currently orbiting in space? lol elon musk has crazy ideas but he makes them turn to reality


He really does push forward. A lot of people talk the talk. Not him. He makes it happen. I would like to see him reach out to Mars.


Steve jobs and elon musk have been some of science and technologies greatest recent minds


Elon is more technical than Jobs, I think. Jobs was great at marketing and design. I think they both were quite ambitious. Do you read much?


yea that kind of stunk, but it was good and so suspenseful! The stranger things font is the same on used on the dungeons and dragons player handbook from the late 80s


Oh that's really cool. The actress who portrays 11's mother on Stranger Things has lived her whole life without legs. Very cool that she was able to be on the show.


Wow, that is very inspiring to hear that. I liked David Harbour as hopper, he was really good


Yeah he was my favorite character. Apparently he tore his Achilles while playing the character a Achilles in a Shakespeare production. How ironic.


wow lol, that is very ironic. Did you ever watch Lilyhammer on Netflix?


It is an old mafia guy who moves to lilyhammer to start a new life. I watched 2 seasons, it was netflix's first original they made.


Oh awesome. In their effort to create and produce new content, secure the rights for additional content, and diversify through many countries, they have racked up billions in debt.


Yea, hopefully it works out in the end. They are worth like 2 billion right now! It was so nice chatting with you!


That is incredible and I believe it. But they have 21.9 billion dollars in debt lol. Hard to believe! But it was great chatting with you too! Have a good day partner.


Yeah I love Netflix. You? I am so glad they expanded the business to streaming media in 2007 because that is all I use now.


wow that is so much debt, they should erase it soon hopefully! Have a good day also!


For sure, I just left cable and depending on that. I love watching it at night after 9pm, Netflix accoutns for 33 percent of bandwidth during that time


Congrats on leaving cable LOL. Yes and along with YouTube they make up half of pick Internet traffic in North America.


dang, that is crazy lol! Did you ever hear how netflix started?


No I'm not sure how? I do know that they released 126 original series and films in 2016 more than any other network or cable channel.


They guy was sick of paying blockbuster fees and started this instead. Then blockbuster had the chance to buy netflix and they didn't, and we know what happend there!


Oh man I bet he is haunted by that every day LOL. Well one of my favorite Netflix series is the stranger things I love how it is set in the 1980s. Have you seen it?


lol for sure! I loved stranger things, that was so thrilling I watched both seasons in like one week. Are you a fan?


Awesome. Yes me too can't wait for the next season. Counting down the days LOL. I wish the second season lasted more than nine episodes.


HI, did you know the sun is the center of the universe?


It is! Amazon warehouse workers walk between 7 and 15 miles each day as part of their daily shift.


Wow, who needs a gym when you have a job like that.  I just  recently found out Amazon owns IMDB, I had no idea.


me either! do you like to read? Reading is the complex cognitive process of decoding symbols to derive meaning.


I love to read.  It is good for your brain because it reuires continuous practive and refinement.


thats right!  Reading is a means for language acquisition, communication, and sharing information and ideas.


I always thought speed reading was fascinating.  Did you know the speed reading record is 4,700 words per minute!


I don't know how you can comprehend what you read at that speed!


I don't know.  But reading is so complex and everyone has their own interpretation of what they read which I think is why reading is so great.


Thats true! Did you know that Starship troopers is the first sci-fi novel on the reading lists of three of the five us military branches?


That is so crazy and kind of neat.  I suppose there is some military information in the book that they can connect with.  Ender's Game is also on the military's suggested reading for many branches.


I knew it was the center of our solar system, I didn't know it was the center of the universe.


I know, have you ever read it? I haven't.


I have not, but maybe I should if it is that highly suggested.  Maybe I will go look for it now.  Thanks for talking with me.


I am always surprised how large it is, 109 times the diameter of the earth.  That is huge!


it really is!  amazon is  the largest Internet retailer in the world


Wow.  That doesn't surprise me.  I can't  believe is was only founded about 25 years ago, back in 1994.  It has grown so quiclkly in such a short time.


It has, Lathough Alibaba beats Amazon in sales.


Wow, something I have never even heard of.  I am amazed that Amazon was able to make a deal with USPS to deliver on Sundays, the only company I know of that has that service.


Me too. Ticks off the mail carriers though! Especially in my little town.


I would imagine it would.  Amazon has grown so large.  They own a publishing company, film and TV sudio and produce their own elctronic devices.  It is pretty amazing.


Yeah what a fortune. In Japan it is a super popular sport


Yes and they cannot believe we have it as a pastime here


Yes I love it, Laurie made $700 000 per episode in that show


Yes I love him. Do you know why he does not do dramas anymore?


Yes it is because they do not project positivity, which is true


Yes. Do you know why Michael Caine became an actor?


Yes he was chasing all the pretty girls and they were all in drama class


I love it. Do you know why the managers wear uniforms?


Hahha the guy really knew what he wanted


Yes they can play if the team needs them to


Yes. Do you know what kickball is called in Canada?


Yes. Do you now who did the scheduling for MLB for 24 years?


Yes it was a couple and they scheduled all  games each year


That is crazy, what a career that must have been for them


Yeah. Did you hear a guy made 3 million from old baseball cards?


Yeah they were his grandfather and he found them in the attic


which surprises me , I always thought that that was something that pretty much everyone had touched upon in their time in office at least a little bit


Yeah, I was surprised too. Another surprising fact: Tea Party/GOP poster child Ayn Rand was on Social Security and Medicare.


wow. I never cared for her books, did you?


No. Couldn't even finish the one I started. Canada's first official currency was playing cards! Now that's cool.


sometimes i wish they still used stuff like that! id be rich! haha


Haha. Hawaii passed single payer healthcare in 2009, but the governor wouldn't sign it into law. If only the rest of the country would follow suit - and then pass it into law.


yea I wish we had single payer, my health insurance is so complicated sometimes. people shouldnt go broke over a doctor visit


Totally agree. It's ridiculous that we don't haver it in this country. Someday, I think. Hopefully.


Some candidates are pushing for it! sadly those guys dont win office


Yeah. In Kentucky, you can't take office if you've ever participated in a duel. Maybe that's what we need more of in politics today -- duels.


Good morning! Are a fan of The Simpsons? Fox News once tried to sue to get the show to stop parodying them.


imagine that? haha duels in court would be hilarious


I love the Simpsons! not so much Fox news though, they deserve to parodied


They practically ARE a parody! Do you remember their version of the Daily show from 2007? Man, it was terrible. Really, really terrible. It was canceled after 13 episodes.


with Jon Stewart? the one on Comedy Central?


Yeah, fox tried to copy it with their own show called the Half Hour News Hour.


oh I thought you were saying The Daily Show was bad and got cancelled! yea Fox should not have copied that show. Did you know Fox News and IGN are owned by the same company?


I did not know that. But I'm sure Rupert Murdoch owns dozens of companies I don't know about. Another thing I didn't know -- Hillary Clinton was the president of the You ng Republicans in college.


wow! her views sure have shifted a lot since then, huh/


I'd say. Nixon actually proposed a guaranteed minimum wage, the only president to ever do so.


Do you play an instrument? I used to play the guitar, but could never get good at it. I wonder if I could play the banjo.


Yeah, Eastwood also played the piano and scored several films.


I heard that including Million Dollar Baby. That was a great movie! Now I need to go back and watch and realize that he scored that movie.


It's a little odd that he is a fan, considering that it began in African-American communities in the late 19th century, and Eastwood is notoriously racist.


I heard that Jazz trumpeters grew goatees to provide them comfort when playing....do you really think that helped?


I'm not sure, but just like jazz, I guess a goatee is just another way of expressing yourself.


Probably. Do you know why New York's area code is what it is?


I believe it was because it was the easiest to dial on a rotary phone. Why do you ask?


I just thought it was interesting. That is what I heard too. I think it is pretty cool that UNICEF will donate a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute you do not use your cell phone. I wonder how they know?


I'm you can download an app, maybe? Iphones are super powerful. They have a lot of computing power.


They amaze me. I had no idea until I read about it that there are cables carrying phone and internet data laying across oceans.


I don't play any instruments. I flunked the recorder test. I stink. Banjos are cool. I had no idea that there were different types of banjos!


Yeah. The cords are only 2.7 inches in diameter!


That is nuts. I had no idea there were cables laying on the ocean floor.


They're beautiful, too. The gourd banjo has skin stretched over it and the gut strings. so it makes a deeper sound.


I prefer the guitar. Did you know that eddie van halen recorder a guitar solo for "beat it" and he set the studio speakers on fire.


Yes I did! Crazy. Guitars have 6 strings to a banjo's 5, so there's more sound to vibrate and create more complex sounds.


I can't believe that Brian May of Queen has a phd in astrophysics.


He also likes to use coins as his guitar picks.


Crazy right? I can't believe that. Did you know that Pakistan has a jazz orchestra that is currently topping the charts?


That's cool. Evidently, Clint Eastwood is a huge jazz enthusiast.


That is cool. Did you hear about the harlem woman who has held free jazz concerts at her apt. every sunday for 20 years?


Do you like comic books and are you a fan of Stan Lee?


Yep, that's true.  Back when a trunk in the trunk may have been the case.


i wonder how that name really happened. in the uk its called the boot. LOL


In S. Africa, it's legal to have a flame-thrower on one's car to prevent carjacking.


i wouldl like to see one in action. how much does it cost? do people ever get hurt? what do the cops do? many questions


I don't know to all of 'em.  I've never been there.  I didn't know the Cadillac's name was connected to a French explorer.


i did not know that. i guess he must have been famous in detroit then.


Not that he'd claim it... Do you read a lot?


i tried to read a lot. i enjoy it and find it a good way to keep the mind sharp. you?


I read more from a computer screen than paper.  I can't believe there was a moral panic in the 18th century because people were reading novels.  If they could see us now!


poetry was the stuff of morality. novels covered all sort of base behavior.  LOL. anyway, great chat!


i dont really read comic books. i do like stan lee.


The same here... He ends every phone conversation by saying "excelsior".  He's made appearances on The Big Bang Theory.


excelsior! that is a great way to end a convo. i should start doing that. he was a legend. i bet the fans of BBT loved seeing him.


Yeah he was great.  He put out a restraining order on  Sheldon.  The Michigan State U. has the largest public comic book collection in the world.


im glad that someone is preserving them. i think that they have value as literature. it is not typical literature but it is creative.


I agree.  I am also grateful that McDonald's started drive-thu's in 1975.  Originally it was for soldiers.


I thought it was older than that. i guess people just parked and ate inside. thats interesting.


I know from movies that the 50's had people getting served in cars by people wearing roller skates.


the car hop? yeah, i guess so. people had time to sit and eat. now we need to eat and drive.


Do you know much about football? I feel like being an american I should know more than I do.


At least the patriots treat their cheerleaders well


That's true. The cheerleaders in general get poor pay. The job looks glamorous but it's pretty hard. The NO Saints probably use tracking chips to track where cheerleaders are going as well.


If I had a job where someone told me I had to leave simply because a player of the same team came in, I would be so ticked.


I don't know how often that happens though. Probably the team had problems in the past, so they wanted to prevent them. Maybe romantic relationships between players and cheerleaders?


who knows...There is a lot of money going around the NFL for only 11 minutes of game play.


On a per-minute basis, that's a pretty good job.


Very true. If they could stretch their careers out longer they would make bank. Too bad there is such a short shelf life on pro players.


It's probably better to be something like an engineer: educated, plus few injuries. Not many cheerleaders though.


No but not having brain damage from concussion would certainly make up for that.


That's true. The NFL has come a long way. In 1932, the first playoff game was played on an 80-yard dirt field. Now, the giant stadiums are the norm at every level of ball.


Hi, how are you? Football is a complicated game. Lots of rules, plays, strategy. One of the most important positions is quarterback.


It is amazing the money they pour into those stadiums. Our state put one in a while back and the taxes were insane.


Tom Brady seems to be really good even though a lot of poeple don't like him.


I think they resent his success. Plus NE Patriots have been caught doing some suspicious stuff. The NFL has only one left-handed QB. A bit surprised by that.


I wonder if left handed quarterbacks are more successful like left handed baseball players. Something about them just throws the rhythm off and they can get more plays.


I might require the other players to adjust to the QB. I don't know. There are lot of lefty baseball pitchers, so I would have expected more QBs like that. Only two Africa-Americans have won the Super Bowl.


I think the Patriots are like the Yankees but for football. They are great but everyone loves to hate them.


They have a lot of money now too. Tom Brady has done many things, but he has never thrown a TD to hmself. Only Brad Johnson has done that.


Last night's superbowl with them was a yawn fest to say the least.


The SB gets so much hype.It's pretty hard to live up to. Until last night, the Pats have won or lost Super Bowls by 3 or 4 points.


hi how are you? do you listen to the radio these days?


It  is all right. we gotta go fast here. the server keeps acting up and i have lost lots and lots of work. The foxhole radio! Genius!


Ugh It's doing that again? Ok.  I'll go fast then like when I used to have a rotary phone and had to dial fast.


Yeah, it gets hinckey and i get angry. the rotary phone? Yeah, i used one. very very very s l o o o o w


Yes.  lol  New York's area code is 212 because it was the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone.


Yeah, the new yorkers got lucky on that one. i bet the people in alaska got the slowest one. LOL


LOL  The cables carrying phone and internet data across the oceaons are only 2.7 inches in diameter and just lay on the ocean floor.  That's a lot of cable!


Yes, i guess that is why it needs to be so thing. it is incredibly long and must cost a long per meter.


Yes for sure.  An iphone has more computing power than the entire US nuclear icbm deterrent.  That's a lot of bang for something that fits in your pocket.


That is true. plus the ICBM deterrent does not do text messaging very well. Anyway, great chat!


Ha!  I'm going to be like Eddie Van Halen when he set the studio speakers on fire recording the guitar solo for Beat It... so I'm going to beat it now.  Just beat it.  lol   It was fun.


Hello!  Yes I do!  I haven't listened to any classic rado dramas thorugh lately.


Yeah! LOL Please go beat it! Have a good night!


I havent listened to any myself in a while. what about the news in Latin? have you caught that recently?


The last time I listened to Nuntil Latini was back in 1989, which is ironically when a Finnish radio station started broadcasting it.


I think it is amazing that it has been around since 1989. there must be a ton of listeners and supporters for that thing to stay around for decades.


I would say so.  Probably the same amount of people who go looking for the website where you can listen to thousands of free classic radio dramas.


I would rather do that because at least i could understand. or maybe just tune in to storms on jupiter. LOL


LOL Those have to be some strong storms to be able to pick them up on AM radio...next time I'm driving through Canada.


Yes, the storms on jupiter have to be canadian, at least 40%, or the govt will be angry. LOL


Ahh...you got what I was saying. I hit enter before I was done. lol  Soldiers in WW2 made simple radios using a razorblade and pencil as the diode, dubbing them foxhole radios.


Ouch, that hurts.. Talking about being highly paid, do you remember judge Judy?


I do remember her? I'd she worth a lot? Hopefully she doesn't go bankrupt or endure financial stress like 78% of NFL players after retirement or broke like 60% of the players!


Do not think so. But did you know she gets paid $123,000 per episode?


Wow! That is a ton! She could join Shark Tank with that kind of money. Ha! Speaking of Shark Tank, did you know most deals made on the shoe are never actually enacted, sadly?


she is the highest paid celebrity except for Le Bron James, he earns more than her


That must be nice! One thing's for certain: they're doing better off than Homer Simpson did in the first 400 episodes where he held 188 jobs. Ha!


LOL, talking about the Simpsons, did you know there is an episode where Bart does not appear?


Is there really? I'd like to see that one. Did you also know Daniel Radcliffe voiced the Edward Cullen parody in the Simpson's episode Treehouse of Horror XXI?


I had no idea. I did learn that Ringo Starr, Alec Baldwin and George Carlin narrated Thomas the Tank for many episodes


Did they really? Makes me want to go back and watch the show to see if I recognize their voices. Ha! Do you also watch SNL? If so, Weekend Update actually debuted on the first episode and also happens to be their longest running skit!


Hi! I do as a matter of fact! I was one of the 18 million that the finals averaged in viewership since 2010. Ha! What about you?


Cool. I enjoyed chatting with you. Have a great day


Great chatting with you as well! I'm off to read Two Noble Kinsmen! Speaking of which, it's the only Shakespeare play that has yet to be adapted for tv or film, surprisingly enough! Have a great day!


I'm pretty sure I was in that group too. One of the payers I admire very much is Le Bron James


Same here, actually. I also admire how he has a photographic memory which helps him remember exact in game scenarios throughout his career. That's like a super power. Ha!


It is a gift!! Did you know people paid between $100 to $120 to watch his high school matches!


That doesn't surprise me, honestly. But then when he left Cleveland, they sold his posters for $17.14 to reference Benedict Arnold's birth year, sadly.


Wow! did you now he helped raise 6 million dollars for charity when televising the decision


That is awesome. He is a true humanitarian. He was also smart when he rejected Reebok's  $10 million deal when he was 18. He knew Nike or Adidas would offer more and sure enough, Nike offered him a $90 million deal less than a year later!


That was so brilliant, good for Le Bron.  Someone who made a sweet deal was Allen Iverson. Did you know reebok offer to pay $800,000 every year and when he reached 55 he would get $32,000,000. Nice!


That is a sweet deal! Unlike Spencer Haywood not accepting an original offer in Nike holdings that would have been worth over $8 billion!


HI, how are you? What do you think of this planet of ours?


It would be good to do so, but I wonder if it is too late for most of humanity. The oceans will rise, the planet will change its envirnment.


Especially if the polar ice caps keep melting at the rate they are.


That process is never going to reverse itself. When the aliens finally visit us, they will be shocked at what we've done.


They will be, they wont think we are the intelligent life theyve been looking for,


We will have someone to deal with them though. The UN appointed official ambassador to extraterrestrials in they case they would ever make contact with earth


That must be a hard job to explain to your friends.  LOL


What does that guy do all day? Watch the skies? Brush up on intergalactic language?


Watch netflix and hope that nothing happens... again.


Netflix is entertaining but probably has outdated shows for preparing for the alien invasion. Anyway, I enjoyed chatting!


I love it, I wish we would stop destroying it though


Humans are unique. Will we have any forests in 100 years? I wonder


Probably not weve already destroyed 80 percent of them.


That's scary to think that we're destroying our home. Other changes are happening too. Earth will be virtually helium-free by the end of the 21st century


I heard that, what are the ramifications of that?


I think that we can get helium from fusion reactors. I don't know when those will be available. Not sure why we're losing helium.


Neither am I but, we need to fix it fast.


We haven't been here that long and we're making tremendous changes. If earth's entire history was viewed as a 24 hour period, humans would only represent 1 minute and 17 seconds.


That is really bad.  We really need to tap in to the renewable energy, sun and wind especially.


Hard to believe that it was 13 years before the incredibles sequel came out!


A local store to us has a huge touchscreen with a version of it. I could play that for hours with my kids.


LOL. That's great. Good to see a new generation enjoying the old games.


I think we are missing that in entertainment nowdays. It is all about the new flashy thing that is going to keep someone's attention.


Yes, entertainment changes and people get bored even more easily. It's funny that Ronald Reagan was once rejected for a movie role because an entertainment executive didn't think he had "that presidential look." I wonder what the presidential look was back in those days.


I think he was probably too handsome for them. I think they had the idea that a president couldn't have movie star good looks. He became a great one though.


Maybe makeup could have helped Reagan become presidential. Bill Nye "the science guy" got his break in entertainment by winning a Steve Martin lookalike contest.


See that surprises me because I thought that Bill Nye was popular before Steve Martin. Back before he got crazy his show was pretty good.


Good thing he wasn't on Comedy Central. Comedy Central has cancelled over 100 shows since its creation in 1989. Why hasn't South Park gotten canceled? LOL


Who knows. That show is my least favorite form of comedy I have ever seen. Actually I don't even think it should be considered comedy.


I don't know how many more seasons they have in them. Anyway, I enjoyed chatting!


I guess they needed to come up with a good story. Those films will be around forever, if they're good.


Yes it has been a fun conversation. I love hearing others viewpoints on things.


True. Animated films are my favorite. especially if they are funny.


I figure they invest a lot in the scripts and casting because so much has to go into the animating.


That's true. But it has brought in a ton of money to the studios but it is pixar so of course it was wonderful.


Not as much as I used to. I used to play nintendo all the time as a kid though.


I played video games as kid. Now, I don't have the time. I'm amazed that the Nintendo Entertainment System could display only 54 colors.


Makes sense though because the programing just wasn't as sophisticated as it is now. No matter how many colors Duck Hunter was still awesome.


People loved that game. Very simple but very challeging.


Hi how are you, What brands of cars have you found the most reliable?


Taco bell is the best late night that drive thru is always packed. I haven't had an uber take me through a drive thru yet but i would definitely buy him something to eat when i do lol


Oh man I never thought of that! I should have been offering my uber drivers food! Game changer! haha Did you know in south africa it's legal to trick out your car with flamethrowers to deter carjacking? I wonder if that's outside or inside the car? And would an uber driver use those if you didnt offer them taco bell


Go on youtube and look at the video of joe rogan talking about the flame throwers they shoot out of the sides of the car


Oh man there's video?! I HAVE to look this up. I can't imagine living in a place where the car theft situation is so serious that you're willing to set people on fire over it


It looks like it would be terrifying being in a car loaded with tanks that can explode into flames at any moment


That's what I was thinking! I wonder if when Karl Benz invented the modern car in 1886 he imagined that it would evolve in to a crazy weapon with dragon breath!


He probably never imagined there would be an electric verison that drives all by itself while the driver sits back and just watches the car steer


I still can't believe it! It give me the creeps even when I see it movies. How do you feel about it?


I feel like maybe in 10 years we can trust it but its still very new technology we have to give it more time to develop definitely seems like 'alien technology'


I wonder if certain places will be more open to it than others. Western europe was heavily anti-car for a while, some places still are really and prefer bikes


I don't know that I've had much luck with American brands. The car I've had that's lasted the longest without problems is Suzuki. How about you?


Its probably because its very congested so there is no space for cars to drive with all the people walking around


American cars are not long lasting at all they used to be in the 70s but those days are long gone. Japanese cars like mazda, honda, subaru and toyota are at the top of the list for quality and long lasting lives


That's interesting. Did you know that old cars used to have wooden trunks stuck to the back, so that's why we call the storage part of a car a "trunk"


I didn't know that at all, which kind of car did you learn to drive in?


A chevy Malibu. Man could that thing take a beating! I was always afraid of going through drive thrus because I thought I'd knock the mirror off!


LOL classic i learned to drive in an old buick with roll up windows those old first cars brought lots of adventures


Did you know that McDonalds added the drive thru so that soldiers who weren't allowed to leave their cars in their fatigues could enjoy their food? Most people take advantage of that so they don't have to get out of their pajamas now I think haha


I love the drive thru it's so quick and convenient when its cold or raining outside. Whats your fav fast food restaurant


I probably love taco bell the most, it's great to soak up booze if you've had a few too many. I've had many an uber driver take me to the taco bell drive thru haha. Ever tried that one?


He's being held up as the only NFC East QB ahead of Alex Smith.


Wow. Brady is considered to be the biggest "steal" in the history of the NFL Draft.


So I've heard.  Alex Smith and Kirk Cousins are aiming to be top dogs now.


Carson Wentz is the only NFC East quarterback who ranks ahead of Smith.


Oh, you're right!  They think he's an upgrade over Cousins.


Cousins signed an $84 million guaranteed deal with the Vikings.


So I heard.  Did you know the football 'huddle' came about because of a handicapped QB?


Makes sense; he didn't want people to see his hand signals. Thanks for chatting!


Did you know the NFL has one Canadian team?


Seldom.  I do know something about Tom Brady though.


First his wife Gisele makes more than double his salary.


Wow! I heard he's never eaten a strawberry in his life!


I heard that too.  In 2007 he threw 50 touchdown passes.


After never having thrown more than 30 before that season!


Right!  He's listed every week on the injury report, injured or not!


That's a good strategy on Bill Belichick's part.


that is true, I'm from detroit and I have heard that, he was a famous explorer apprently


did you know that earth is over 4.5 billion years old?


Wow, that is unreal! McDonalds did not have a drive-thru until 1975 because of soldiers in their fatiques.


you're right, it was a nice gesture though, they weren't allowed to get out of their cars back then


Interesting, Also, because of wooden trunks that were used on the back of cars is why we call the back trunks


ah interesting, well it makes me sad I guess that 80% of earths natural forest have been eliminated idk about you


also a shame is that Earth will be out of helium by the year 2100, I dont know what we'll do


Agree, we better figure something by then.


Yes, I love him and all his movies? do you?


its sad how little humans have been on earth, if history were a 24 hour day, then we would exist for about a minute and a half


ya he seems like a nice guy, probably because he will not play bad guy roles ever haha


Yes, I know. Some of my favorites are Cast Away and You've got mail. They are classics! do you have any?


I do I like Toy Story and Catch me if you can, I guess he's the highest all time box office movie star too


Yes, Its so interesting when the earth was formed the day was only 5.5 hours long.


ya do you think earth days will get longer over time? Will we have a 30 hour day eventually?


Could happen, omg! that would be weird., So is that its possible to have in your car a flame-thrower legally .


yes it is if you're in south america! I could use that right now for the snow haha


Ha, ha, ha, yes! So the name of the car brand Cadillac was from a french explorer.


Hi, do you like football? and by football I mean soccer just to be clear.


That's a good name. France is a great team but they are smart not to host the world cup themselves even though people would go crazy. No host makes any money and then you are left with so many abandoned buildings afterwords.


That is true, same goes for the Olympics, the Olympic villages are often left in ruins just years later due to no use.  It is too bad they dont turn those in to housing for less fortunate people


They try but sometimes the buildings are not suited for it, and lots of shady construction too. Fifa doesn't help out much too they only care about the tournament not what happens afterwords.


I can totally see that part.  trying to get things built fast, and not correctly.  While the American men dont fare too well, the American women are certainly a dominant force on the soccer scene


Yes, the women do much better then the men. Although way back at the start, the us placed 3rd in the first world cup but that was back in 1930.


Wow. I didnt realize that that was the only time they placed.


Yeah before my time. It's amazing that the women's world cup only started in 1991. Women have been playing just as long as men.


I would have thought it started sooner aw well.  I guess the large call and finding hosts didnt happen until later


You'd think they could use the same venues. There's always some kind of drama with the world cup. Speaking of dramas and I know this is off topic but I just read Jim Carrey doesn't take rolls in dramas anymore because of his belief system.


That would be smart.  Like one country could host the men one year and the women the next.  They might actually turn a profit that way. Hmm.. they should put us in charge.


I do, I always played as a kid, and I watched the entire world cup this past summer


They should! but it's a big responsibility. People are still mad in Russia from the last one. Anyway I gotta get going. Have a good day.


Cool! Me too. It's amazing America has the audacity to call their random game football as well. 250 million people play football all over the world that's more then the US population.


I know, especially where there is so little kicking in that game.  Soccer makes more money than most pro sports combined,


It's because it's played so many places. It's so much bigger then other sports. People play in over 200 countries!


I wonder how often that version where three teams face each other is played


Probably not that often, they should build a 3 team field in qatar for the next world cup since nothing is built for it yet.


They do have a little time since the last one just happened, but they should probably get on that soon, especially if construction moves there like it does in the US


They've got time. I think france will again be the team to beat even if their players will be 4 years older.


They always seem to be a dominant team.  I like how they would refer to the Austrialian team as the Soccer-Roos


You and your whole family probably!  Ive never been to the white house but Ive seen pics, its huge lol


Awesome. What do you think of the president of Indonesia? He has released 3 pop albums while in office.


That's impressive, run a country and make 3 pop albums.  Multitasking!  lol


Haha, right! Hopefully he was actually running the country and not just making the pop album! I would be more entertained if the runner up still became the vice president though. Though, it probably would not be the brightest idea.


yeah Hillary and trump wouldnt make a good team. '


I know, haha. Do you think the government should care about the environment? In 2008 the Norwegian government donated  one billion dollars to help save the Amazon rainforest.


absolutely.  The government should be very involved in the enviornment


In Nevada 86% of the land in Nevada is owned by the US Government. I hope they are taking good care of it.


Its probably all the military bases and stuff.


Hello,  yes I like the radio when I can listen to it.  I use pandora or audio books a lot though lol


There is a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free.


Would you listen to a weekly news program conducted entirely in classical latin? I wonder how many people can actually understand that.


I cant understand latin so it probably wouldnt be very beneficial to me lol I hear soliders use to make radios with just a razor and pencil.  How do you even do that lol


Maybe you can look it up on Youtube!  Youtube has everything lol


Yeah, I probably could! I just learned that the three wealthiest presidents are jfk, washington and jefferson. I'll have to Google that to confirm.


I saw that too,  but Im pretty sure its Trump,  then Washington and then Jefferson.  i hear the president guest house is bigger than the white house


True! Netflix is great for watching shows. I just finished the Umbrella academy. It was so good! Do you watch netflix?


I used to watch. Now I find that it sucks up too much time. I'd like to avoid any distractions. But Netflix really is good. I'm glad they are making content.


Me too. Netflix has 137 million subscribers.


And it will only grow. People like the convenience. Even people getting Netflix in the post will eventually migrate.


I'm surprised they still mail DVD's. They spend more on that then anything else.


Yeah, I believe it. Some people don't have good bandwidth in their location. I guess it's a matter of time. I hope Netflix doesn't collect info like Facebook.


Me too, although they must because they give you recommendations on movies and shows.


I guess that could be used to profile people. They collect info to help you enjoy their product more.


they recommended pokemon to me once, it was terrible the first time around.


I figured you for a Pokemon person! LOL. I guess the algorithms needed tuning.


I do not use Facebook. It has poor policies about privacy. Do you use Facebook?


I do, but with the knowledge that they have poor policies. It looks like the CEO's of facebook want people to pay for using it though.


It would certainly change the way that people used it. They would demand more, but probably some people would "cut the cord."


I think there is far too much advertising on the site as it is, but they want to increase that too. I wish there was another forum like facebook, but a little more private.


You mean like Myspace? I never used it, but it seemed more benign. People want to communicate without wondering how their lives are being monitored. The way you and I are being monitored during this very chat.


Very true! Just like this! Have you cut the cord on cable?


Yeah, a long time ago. I find it's expensive and the cost keeps going up. Tired of my addictions hurting my wallet.


You and me both. I do watch Netflix though. Well worth it. Do you think myspace regrets not buying facebook?


I guess, but then again, would Myspace have succeeded as well? Maybe. Maybe not. Hard to say.


Hello! Did you know Myspace turned down an offer to buy facebook for just 75 million in early 2005.


I did not know that! Tupac danced ballet in high school and played the part of the mouse in the Nutcracker!


Who would have thought that?  Interesting.  Michael Jackson has a patent for a device that helped him get that extreme lean he had in some of his dance moves.


That's very interesting. He was a very good dancer! Professional ballet dancers can go through 4 pairs of shoes in a week! I'm sure that can get very costly!


I bet.  I wonder if they have to pay for them or the ballets they work for have to pay?  Do you wear alot of hats or know any history about them?


I usually wear hats when its cold, but not much outside of that. Tipping of ones hat originates from knights raising their face visors to show friendliness!


Interesting!  The most popular hat in the old west was the bowler hat and not the cowboy hat.


I wouldn't have guessed that! In 1908 a law passed to limit the length of hat pins in case of them being used as weapons by suffragettes.


I never would have thought about them as being used as a weapon.  Up until 1998 British politicians had to wear a top hat if making a point of order in the house of commons.


Very interesting! The party hat originated from the dunce cap as it was worn at parties to encourage foolish behavior.


That's funny!  In the past hats were an indicator of social status.  Kind of odd.


Hello!  Wow did they miss the boat on that.  Bet whoever made the decision regrets it!


That's pretty interesting! It was great talking to you! Have a nice day!


I'm sure! I think facebook is worth over 600 billion now.


Holy smokes!  Burger King had a promotion where if you unfriend 10 people on Facebook you got a free whopper.  Wonder how many people took them up on it?


Wow! That's a strange promotion. I would have probably taken them up on that, I need to clean out my facebook friends!


I wish I knew about it.  I would have done the same thing.  lol  Facebooks "like" button is illegal in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.  Wonder why?


That is pretty weird. I wonder why too. Facebook is primarily blue because Mark Zuckerburg suffers from red-green colorblindness. I never really noticed how blue it was!


I never noticed either.  Do you like dancing at all?


I don't really dance, but I like watching youtube videos of dancing sometimes!


I can't dance either.  I try though at weddings etc. lol  Did you know that Bruce Lee was a great dancer and won the Hong Kong cha-cha championship in 1958?


Yeah I think that is fair as they put a lot of work into that as well


True I agree,. Did you know the president of Indonesia is a pop star?


Yes and he has already released 3 albums while in office


Yea. Did you know that congressman take separate subway lines?


Yes that is how they move safely between the capitol and the house and senate


yeah. Both major parties play a game of baseball each year since 1909


Yeah and the republicans are actually leading in that game by 3 points


Yeah. Did you know Elmo testified in front of the COngress?


Yes and that makes Elmo the only non-human to have testified there


yeah. Did you know women were elected in Congress before they were allowed to vote?


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


Yes some things just seem really backwards. Nice chatting with you


Yes that is JFK, Washington and Jefferson


Yeah. Do you know what the first president of Zimbabwe was called?


Yes I wonder if that means something else in their language too


Good point. Did you know the guest house is larger than the white house?


Yes I guess they get a lot of guests there and need the space


Yeah I guess so. Do you know how the VP used to be elected back in the day?


yes that was the runner up that moved into that position


Yes, crossovers between art forms can broaden audiences and bring about conversations. The phrase "rap" began as a term meaning to converse in the African American lexicon of the 1960s, so it's great to see it can bring about conversations between cultures and people these days.


Yep, Korean rappers developed a new form of freestyle rap called "Compliment Battle."  I think rap is banned in N. Korea.


Haha, I bet Gangnam Style is banned there, too. It's not like regular citizens have access to non-state media there, anyway. There censorship of culture in general would prevent rap from developing.


I think it's funny that in 2001, a Michigan judge delivered her ruling with rap.


I don't think that was very professional.


Did you know that cops have their own YouTube called "BluTube"?  If it contains videos of arrests, I could see that blowing up on them.


Yes, it could be even worse if they post rap battles that they get involved in. That would get a lot of dis-likes in public opinion, maybe even as many as the most disliked video on YouTub, Justin Bieber's "Baby."


Poor Justine.  Maybe he should have become a comic book artist.


Well, he does have plenty of illustrations on his body nowadays--probably trying to imitate rappers that he admires! Maybe he also admires comic book heroes the way Eminem does and could add a Spiderman tattoo.


I didn't realize Drake was so young, only graudating HS in 2012.


I don't know anything about him but I do have a few rap-like songs.


I think that's indicative of the fact the he was a child actor and just took a long time to finish-he was born in 1986.


The precursor to rap is a West African griot tradition.  SO long, nice chat!


That's an interesting perspective. Did you know that Tupac's music is considered culturally significant by the Library of Congress?


I do know that Eminem's dream was to become a comic book artist. I don't think that would have become as lucrative.


No, at least not in the age of digital music and YouTube. With Netflix, it makes up half of peak internet traffic in North America!


I can believe that.  Video, particularly HD and more, eat up bandwidth fast.  I bet they are constantly upgrading like Psy had to...


I imagine that they have vast server farms to host all of that data. It can't hurt that they have access to Google's IT infrastructure since they were purchased by them in 2006.


It's more about how many Mps they can push... They need to since YouTube is the 2nd largest search engine on the net.


Yes, the bandwidth required makes the whole net neutrality issue so interesting. Imagine if ISPs didn't just prefer certain content providers, but preferred certain types of actual content as well! It would be like censorship.


Giving the gov't any control over the internet is beyond stupid.  I think it's cool that Busta Rhymes did the voice of the Reptar Wagon in the 1998 Rugrats movie.


I hope he can do that. Do you know who the first celebrity to appear on Sesame Street was?


Interesting. I would have never guessed. Do you like Nintendo?


I used to play mine all the time. I actually bought one of the last systems when they discontinued them in Japan in 2003.


I loved mine too. It was the first system I grew up with.


It's funny that it could only display 54 colors, but it was so fun.


That is funny. Crazy how much technology has advanced since then.


Yeah it is crazy, I feel like systems now can display endless colors.


For sure. Did you know Bill Nye got his break by winning a Steve Martin look alike contest?


Hello, I loved Full House growing up. What about you?


I've seen younger pictures of both of them, and I can totally see that now. I wonder if the rejection of a movie role for like having "that presidential look" inspired Ronald Reagan to run for president?


That's hilarious that happened. Well, it was great talking with you. Have a good day.


I did too. It seems to me ever since that show people have been obsessed with the Olsen Twins.


I agree. Did you know Pixar has a secret room that is used by celebrities?


That's pretty neat. I wonder if Judge Judy has ever been there. Did you know that she makes $123,000 per episode!?


She makes so much money it's crazy! Did you know Robin Williams was the voice of the Genie in Aladdin?


I did know that. He was the first to start the trend of celebrities performing voices in animated films.


That's pretty cool. Sad to have him go out the way he did. I always liked him.


Yeah, it was definitely heartbreaking. He seemed like such a good person and a kind soul.


I agree. Ethiopia has a celebrity chef that claims he can combat hunger by encouraging everyone to eat more diverse foods.


Good afternoon, hope your day is going well!


Very true, and the Shohei Ohtani two way experiment is on hold, could be great in the long run


Baseball is a sport that seems to be dwindling in popularity, unfortunately.


Popularity is difficult to gauge in regional areas where there are no allegiances - Fantasy sports may be keeping baseball alive


That is fair. I love fantasy basketball.


Interesting, I would think fantasy basketball is third behind football and baseball


That is probably true. I love basketball.


Basketball has been hard for me to get into lately because the Suns are a dumpster fire...


Ever since Nash left they have been bad, unfortunately. They have a promising future, though!


It's been a while and looks like they'll have another lottery pick this year.  Great chatting with you!


Great chatting with you too. I am a huge Heat fan, myself.


I hope yours is going well, too. Baseball is generally played with a bat and ball.


At least the Heat have had recent success and something to cheer for, LeBron, D-Wade, Rings!


They do! I am so happy for it. They are in a little rebuilding era right now, though.


And the East is a little easier now with LeBron out here in the West


Baseball is my favorite sport out of the big four - AZ Diamondbacks are my team


Apparently baseball managers are technically allowed to play for their teams!


I love that tidbit - Pete Rose, was the last Player/Manager I believe


Baseball is also incredibly popular in Japan. Many people don't realize it is an American past time.


It's surprising that more Japanese Baseball players don't have success in America, like Ichiro did


The Japanese are generally some of the best in the world.


I think the pitchers from Japan have outperformed the hitters, but it's a small sample size


I know that Ichiro was very successful. And Matsuzaka


Yeah, you are correct. i think the owners are joseph s. lacob and peter guber.


On a side note, did you know that shooting" granny style" is the absolute best technique for scoring points on the line, but players refuse to do it, because it looks stupid?


Hey, if it scored the points, I'd do it regardless of whether it looked stupid or not! Lol


Yeah, i love movies. Specially action and comedy movies.


That's cool.  I hear that Warner Brothers and Lebron James have signed a deal for a " Space Jam" sequel.


I love mission impossible and mr.Bean movies. Because the movies are very interesting.


Nice, I like those movies, too.  Getting back to Basketball did you know that some of Lebron James' high school basketball games would attract 1,750 attendees, with tickets costing $100-120 each?


Lebron James was a great basketball player. His salary was 3.57 crores.