Yes, i think it is 13 hertz. probably a frequency of earthquakes and stuff.


Interesting. But at least we can run far. We are the best distance runners.


yes, we can keep going over long distances. that is how we spread around this planet so fast.


Some football players have high running endurance. Do you watch football?


I try to watch the super bowl. other than that, not much. You?


Yes, i love to travel. usually i dont have the time and money for it though LOL


Yeah I think I will go watch some last season highlights now. It's amazing how much it's progressed since the 60s though. Back then top bowlers made twice as much as top football stars. Have a good night!


I know the feeling haha. So sometimes i do day trips or staycations. Would you travel on a commuter bus that can go 160 mph?


I would rather do the staycations. A commuter bus that gets me to work that fast? Sounds great! as long as safety is not a problem


Do you like to travel by car or plane in general?


I prefer plane for long distance, train for shorter distances. cars are ok for a quick trip.


Yeah, and I especially wouldn't want to drive in a car across japan. The highways are all tolls so it would cost more than $300 to travel across the country.


Yeah, the tolls are high. But the roads are good. the trains are an excellent alternative.


Yeah, speaking of which, Iceland doesn't have a public rail and most icelanders who don't have cars use domestic flights to travel between major towns.


That is amazing. i think that the terrain and geography of the country must be tough for railways. i dont know


I love Japanese ballgames. They have so much fun. It's like a rock concert. If you ever get board, youtube it. It's so fun!


ok I'll check it out! and ya apparently theyre shocked baseball is the nation pasttime of America


I was shocked to learn that up until 2005, a married couple created the schedule for all the MLB teams.


ya that is wild, almost 2500 games that they had to schedule, I wonder why they stopped?


Probably too hard with the advent of multiuse stadium and software.


ya true, do you ever listen to the radio?


ya I do on the way to work, did you know that you can make a radio out of a pencil and razor blade?


I had no idea. I would probably cut myself trying to change the station...


haha good point, ya its called a foxhole radio, no idea how it works but it sounds crazy


hey I'm good, do you follow baseball at all?


ya I follow it a bit, did you know baseball managers can actually play for their team if required?


HA! I would love to have seen Sparky Anderson or Lou Pinella take a few hacks. Although today's manager's are in pretty good shape.


ah ya I would laugh to see that, kind of silly in canada that kickball is called soccer-baseball, doesn't roll of the tongue haha


No it doesn't, but it's Canada so they would be so cute about it.


haha true, can you imagine being like that one guy and finding millions of dollars of old baseball cards in your attic?


That's be great! Do you watch sunday night baseball with Jess Mendoza?


nope cant say that I do, I do know that baseball is crazy popular in Japan though


Somewhat. Did you know Kanye did a mock on SNL about interrupting an award show before it happened?


Wow. She sometimes walks backwards so they cannot take her picture


Cool. She has a private jet and own a hangar at the airport in Nashville


Nice. She once dressed up as Olaf for Halloween while on tour


Cool. She accidentally released 8 seconds of white noise and it topped the charts in Canada


Cool. She is wealthy now but also came form a wealthy family


Wow. DO you know she removed her music from Spotify?


Ye all the time. Do you know who invented the dial phone?


Because she does not think music should be free


No idea. Do you know why NY area code is 212?


Hmm not sure. THe inventor was an udertaker who though the phone operators were rerouting his calls to his rivals


WOw cool. The phone cables are only 2.7 inches wide and lay on the bottom of the ocean


I wonder how they do not get tangled on animals that live there


Good points. Did you ever use a phonebook?


No I have not, Dolphins can also communicate through a phone with each other


Cool they are smart. Phonebooks, if to of them get stuck together you cannot separate them


Nice. Hey Lamarr helped with the invention of the cellphone, gps and wifi


Did you know that Trump cancelled his trip to Ireland because of his climate policies?


Definitely.  They were really happy to have Obama visit though, and love having American presidents stop by, so it's a shame that this is pulling them apart from what used to be a very positive experience.


Or at least recognizing that we recognize the entire world's loss during WWI.


Yeah, really.  Wow, did you know the first president in Zimbabwe was called President Banana? Hahaha


That's funny! I did not know the presidents guest house is larger than the white house


No way!  That's crazy.  Wow, apparently the runner up for the presidential race used to automatically become the vice president... imagine Trump with Hillary as VP?  Haha!


would certainly spark discussion! I also see the president of indonesia has released three music albums while in office.


Oh my god!!  That is crazy... Teddy Roosevelt banned Christmas trees from the white house!


I wonder if he wanted fake trees instead of cutting them down?


I'm not sure... it;s something about being a conservationist, but you'd think that plastic trees are way worse for the planet than cutting down real ones.. plus you can replant Christmas trees, so who knows.


Very surprising, and hard to believe, the white house uses floppy disks for storage too.


Yea, sounds like they were planning to protest a variety of things involving his administration.


Yeah, that's absurd.. well, I guess they can't be hacked?  Anyway, nice talking to you!


It's crazy he was supposed to go for a memorial for WWI, and this came in between that.  It's very sad.


I would rather him face that some people don't like his policies than not go and honor history.


Me too.  Ireland claims to be an open and tolerant nation, so I wonder why Trump is backing away.


i wonder if Paris intended to protest too?


It's possible.  Apparently opposition from Ireland towards the US is very unusual, so I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of countries and cities that normally agree with the US are starting to disagree as well.


They even call the invite to trump unnecessary, unwelcome, and unwise." I guess thy are ready to wait another 2-6 years.


What a mess.  Well, at least Ireland is only directing their anger towards Trump and not the American people as a whole.  That wouldn't be fair.


Yea, I haven't heard of anything bad coming from Ireland, though they largely keep to themselves.


Did you know President Obama was an attorney?


Yes, I knew they did that. I am very happy they got ride of that rule because it really would be a problem today. Hillary and Trump would butt heads often.


That's true. While campaigning in southern states hillary clinton would adopt a southern drawl.


Yeah, she is a bit of a chameleon when she was campaigning. I think it's interesting that she did a lecture with Steven Hawking.


Interesting.The top three wealthiest presidents in american history were jfk, washington, and jefferson.


I'm actually surprised that JFK was one of the richest presidents. The again there was a president in Zimbabwe called President Banana so I shouldn't be surprised.


That's funny. The Kennedy family is still very rich.


Yeah, I thought you would find that funny. Another funny fact is the indian governemnt removed all the coconuts from the trees surrounding one of Obama's destinations just in case.


That's silly. Even sillier a dictator can be called president.


I agree, I think dictators are one of the reasons America has been in a perpetual war for 17 years. It's like Afghanistan will never end.


Yes. Did you know Hillary clinton was president of young republicans in college?


I don't see what was so "good" about it. By 2014 most Americans didn't think it was worth the cost and I agreed.


Very sad. Nice talking with you. Take care.


I actually had no idea she was the president of young republicans. I also didn't realize she was a lawyer until recently.


I heard she had a grammy because of an audio book, but to be honest I never listened to it.


Me either. It's called "It Takes A Village".


I can't say the title sounds very interesting. I'd rather look at Google Maps to see President Obama at the White House.


You can do that? The president of indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office.


Yeah, you can see Obama if you zoom in on the white house. I didn't realize the president of Inodnesia was a singer. That is interesting yet strange.


Yes, sometimes, presidents become celebrities and vice versa. Speaking of vice, until 1805 the runner up in a presidential election automatically became the vice president.


What? No way. That is nonsense. Politics, really.


Yes, he seemed to make a career out of restricting the rights of women, even criticizing the  long term use of contraception.


Things people believe, really. On a more fun side, are you a fan of music?


I am, I like all different types of music and artists, from Taylor Swift to Korn, to some rap groups like RTJ.


Taylor Swift has really made a name for herself and a lot of money. she owns an airport hangar in nashville.


She really has, she was even the youngest person to be signed by Sony/ATV. I think it's amazing she has an entire airport hangar!


Yeah and on top of it, a $40 million private jet. I guees the needs the hangar to keep it there.


You can't really fault her for that. Plus she just seems like a really funny person, especially when she does things like walk backwards to not have her photo taken.


Hahhaa true. Her album Fearless was the best selling on in 2009


Yea, I think it won four Grammy Awards. She really puts out great stuff.


I do, I feel that knowing what politicians stand for is very important to participating  in voting and things of that nature.


very true. It was nice chatting with you.


I agree, a must. Did you know that every president with a beard has been a republican?


I did not, did you know that there was a large ideological shift in the Republican party in the 1930s?


Did not know that. Funny thing about some presidents. Harry truman refused to be photographed in Disneyland on the dumbo.


That  is pretty interesting, I would much prefer something like that making headlines about a politician rather than some of the things we are facing now, such as the women's rights that representatives like Dave Brat were trying to make.


Yeah, that is so true. Speaking of governments, did you know that wikileaks published the plans of the government to destroy it?


Wikileaks published it's own plans to destroy the government, or the government's plan to destroy itself? If it's the latter hopefully it's not because more women are taking seats in government.


Wikileaks published plans that the government had made to destroy wikileaks.


Wow, that is quite a large scandal. Speaking of scandals, have you heard that Delegate Marshall argued for a law in which he called some cases of incest "voluntary"?


It is only available in the states so I am assuming they may use spotify for when he travels internationally.


Pandora has a negative worth. I would expect them to be positive with a revenue of 274 million.


Taylor Swift pulled her music from spotify because music shouldn't be free but has it on pandora? Hmmm...


Given that pandora captures the essence of music, I would think taylor would want her music played there.


I guess that makes sense. They stream stand up comedy too so that may change their fortune.


I like giving a thumbs up or down so that pandora can personalize my playlist. What kind of music do you give positive feedback on?


I like rock and anything that keeps me going throughout the day. I do like pandora's algorithm though. What do you listen to?


I like everything except for country. I listen using the web browser. Do you use the web or the app?


I pay for a spotify subscription and usually use the app. I find it more responsive. You?


I use the web at my desk at work. I love it!


I am just thinking about the state of union from trump last night. Heads of states are generally referred to as presidents.


How did you like the state of the union? I did not watch it. I watched many of Clintons and Bush's but trailed of in obama's white house.


I caught bits and pieces. I would love to visit the white house. There are replicas in Ireland and France.


That's weird. I wonder why they feel it necessary? If something happens to ours, can we fly one in?


I would hope for a christmas tree! Teddy Roosevelt did not permit christmas trees for the holidays in the white house.


Makes sense. He created the national park service and national forest service. He was an environmentalist.


He would have approved of Bush 41 putting solar panels on the roof!


Yes he would have. I do not think the secret service was around so he would have to spot shoots at the white house himself.


I wonder if pandora streaming is allowed at the white house. It is powered by music genome project.


Hey, do you know if Craig T Nelson is still doing the voice over for the Dad in Incredibles 2?


Yeah. It must have been a Playstation game, because the Nintendo was discontinued in 2003, and the first movie did not come out until 2004.


Yeah probably or Xbox game, maybe it was on both platforms


I miss it too, I guess I can always buy a used version online, I dont have the time to play it anymore so thats a negative aspect


Yeah its my favorite genre in fact, are you into it?


Sure. I even entered a Steve Martin Look-a-like contest once. I lost to Bill Nye the Science Guy...


So you look like Steve Martin? thats funny I guess Bill Nye is the copy of the guy so unfair competition there


He had better nerd glasses than I did.  Oh, well. I guess I will have to just entertain myself by breeding chickens like the early Brits...


Can you imagine feeding chickens for entertainment?


Yeah he is, he is part of the cast and the voice is the same one


My wife loves her chickens. I love BBQ chicken.  Bill Murray loves Kung Fu Hustle. We all have our vices.


We are creatures of different tastes, I love BBQ chicken as well dind like Kung Fu Hustle so yeah, a lot of choices different preferences.


Awesome!  He and Holly Hunter were terrific in the first one.


I know right, they stole the show, Samuel L Jackson was also great


He was the ice dude, right?  I hear they added Bob Odenkirk to this one.


Yeah Frozono is the name of the character and I woner what role Bob plays, he was great on the Breaking Bad series


I don't know. One of the other voice artist!  Right after Antonio Apostrophe!


Yeah and also Craig T. Nelson, Catherine Keener, there are also more new members to the cast


Well, I am looking forward to seeing it. I guess it is not technically the sequel to the first movie, since there was a video game made after the movie, but I never saw the video game.


I never saw the game either, I wonder if the same voices apply for the game, that would be awesome


Hey there! Have you heard of the disturbing scandal involving the  Minnesota legislator and his daughter?


That's good to know since the majority is American artists.


Yeah, I imagine they dominate a lot of radio stations. I wonder what kind of candian artists they listen to.


That would be interesting to find out. Maybe they play a lot of classical canadian music like that one website lets you listen to?


Maybe! Soldiers in WW2 made simple radios using a razorblade and a pencil! Incredible!


That's awesome! I'm sure that cut dcown the boredom and depression


Yeah, you would definitely be desperate for basic entertainment i'm sure. Do you ever use Facebook?


Yeah, i use my facebook daily. I have been a member of Facebook since 2010. And you?


Yeah, ive been a member for a while, but I only get on every few days now. It's become pretty frustrating to use after all the ads got put on there.


Yeah, but you can customize your page to turn ads off.


I haven't messed around with it too much, but I will check it out. Myspace turned down and offer to buy facebook for 75 million in 2005.


If it's that disturbing he should probably face criminal charges.


Yeah, i bet MySpace is kicking themselves in the butt now too haha


Yeah, for sure! I think facebook is worth around 600 billion now!


haha anything is possible nowadays! Well, it was great chatting with you, i gotta run. Have a great day!


I agree but like all crimes guilty until proven innocent no matter what the alleged crime is.


That's true. Very strange story none the less. Do you listen to the radio?


Oh yeah, i have my radio blasting every day all day!


Did you now Jupiter radio storms can be picked up by AM radio?


WOW Really? That's incredible! And Jupitor is so far away too!


Yeah, it is pretty amazing! I wonder what it sounds like?


I bet it sounds just like static because that is all you hear on the Am dial nowadays haha


LOL. I wonder if we've ever heard it and not realized it. According to candian law requires at least 40 percent of the radio to be candian artists.


Yeah pretty smart guy I must say. Do you also use youtube much?


I do actually, It is the second largest search engine n the net


Yes it sure is. Did you know why they had to up their view count originally?


Yes it was all about Gangnam Style, that song is something all right


Yes it sure is. Do you know which is the most disliked video in there?


Yes it is Baby by Justin Bieber, I wonder how many views it has though


Yeah good point. Youtube nnd netflix make peak internet traffic in north america


I am not surprised actually. Have you heard of Bluetube?


I have actually, it is kind of like the youtube of police, right?


yeah and they have video of police stunts and such in there. Pretty cool


Hi there, yes I do. About 20% of their songs have never been  played


Yeah that is. And all this came from three former Paypal employees, smart guys


WOw that is a lot of songs, I think it totals to 4 million


Yeah that is a lot. They have audible watermarks to in the songs, pretty cool


Yeah that is cool. They do that in iTunes as well as Spotify


Yeah. For musicians to earn minimum wage they need to get over 130000 listens in spotify


That is a lot of listens in a day. A band once made $20000 from spotify for a silent album


Oh yeah them and they used that moned to fund a free tour


Nice good choice. Do you know who developed Spotify?


Yes it was the same Swedish programmer that de
veloped utorrent


I heard that too, Bill Murray said it was comedy gold, I will have to check it out


I think Bill is puling somebodys leg. Bill is a kidder, he really is. I never met him but I heard things.


Ha, it is the ultimate joke! Ever seen 3rd rock from the sun?


Is that a reference to earth? I have seen the earth. LOL


lol! it was a show in the 90s that beat seinfeld one year at the golden globes


The fix was in then. There aint no way that Seinfield could lose that show. No WAY.


For sure, I think they won too many in a row it was time for another show to steal one year. It was funny from what I remember, but I don't know what it was about.


I think it was something about space aliens and two FBI fellows that hunt them for profit and sport.


I wish it was on netflix, I would watch again. That makes sense! Good chatting with you!


It has been a time, it has. I enjoyed the chat, thank you.


I did not watch Oscar. I was indisposed. Did you watch them?


I watched here and there, they are getting worse and worse. I usually watch comedy central during that time


Comedy Central should host the Oscars. That would get rid of the Oscars once and for all.


For sure, it would actually be funny to watch. They would probably cancel it like 100 other shows were cancelled since 1989.


I think CC has probably had it in for comedy since the beginning.


My favorite show was Chappelle Show, they need to bring it back!


I think Dave ran off tp Africa or something.


Yea for sure, poor guy. Fame does that to some people they can't handle it. Ever seen Kung Fu Hustle?


I have never seen that movie, though I heard it is quite funny. Is it a comedy, right?


hey did you know our sun is really white and only appears yellow from our atmosphere?


oh wow I did'nt know that, and ya the sun is literally hot plasma so its crazy that lightening is hotter than that


That's amazing. Apparently lightening can strike 50 miles away from a storm, so you really have to be careful!


oh wow that is scary, what doy ou think would win in a fight: lightening bolts or flame throwers? I guess flame throwers are legal in south africa haha


It's fun thinking about all those warm things in the middle of winter! Did you know it's illegal to warm up your car in Ohio when it's cold? That stinks


that would not be good! And ya I would use the flame thrower right now to melt the snow on my lawn!


Haha. Excellent plan! These days, some cars are driving themselves! The google self driving cars have a setting called aggressive mode! Scary


wow that is crazy, nothing beats teh drive through for cars though, it was invented in 1975 by mcdonalds


Great invention! And only about 65 years after the first cars were available.


haha ya, it seems so obvious! It's nice though because it was created to help out military men and make it easier for them to get McDonalds


That's pretty cool! Hard to believe people used to get around in horse drawn carriages with how prevalent cars are now.


No, I didn't know that. I did know that it's bigger than 100 times the Earth's size, though


right, and it's funny that they still car the back of the car a trunk, that was taken from old cars having wooden trunks in the bcak


yup the sun is huge, but not as big as teh largest star in our galaxy, that one is 1 billion times bigger!


That's hard to imagine! The sun is the source of a lot of our energy.


it is, whats crazy is that it only needs 1 second to produce enough energy for us for 500,000 years, if only we coul capture it


Wow! That's amazing! Helium was discovered on the sun before it was discovered on the Earth.


that is crazy, and ya the sun is super interesting, it's diameter is 100x that of earth and the mass is 330,000 times that of Earths


I didn't know that. There is a radio station where you can listen to the solar activity as "music". I wonder if my car gets that station.


haha I'll have to check that out, just be careful in a rain storm, I uges a lightening bolt is literally five times hotter than the sun!


Yikes! I can't imagine how hot a superbolt is, then. They are 100 times as powerful as a regular lightening strike.


Yeah I know Japanese people are really into baseball.  Did you watch the world series this year?


Yes.  The American League champ plays the National League champ and the NL is not doing so well lately.


Yeah my team was one game away from representing the NL in the series.  Did you know that Babe Ruth was caught stealing to end game 7 of the series way back in 1926?


That was not a good baseball decision trying to steal that base.


No that doesn't sound like it.  But I think he made up for it quite a bit.  Do you know who the first team to win back to back world series was?


Yes.  The Cubs.  The last time they won, the Ottoman Empire still existed.


Yeah good call.  Are you a fan of the Cubs at all?


I do like them.  Their stadium is so old and so classic.  I guess what I said about the Ottoman Empire was wrong.  They won in 2016 also.


Yeah they did, maybe that was the last time they won their back to back series.


I live in Phoenix and the Diamondbacks won in 2001.  I could not imagine going 108 years without winning like the Cubs did.


Yes.  I was an assistant scout for the Phillies years ago.  Did you know that a married couple scheduled all 2430 games for 24 years until 2005?


Yeah our manager was a hero for you in that final game back then.  Well I haven't seen one in my lifetime I am ready!  It was nice talking with you.


Wow, that is pretty cool.  And no I didn't know that but that is very interesting.  I wonder how they ever got that job?


I don't know, but it must be complicated since there are sometimes concerts and other uses of stadiums.  Also, it's too cold in some ballparks early in the season.  There is a form of baseball played with a kickball in Canada.


Yeah that is true, the weather is unpredictable and some stadiums don't have roofs.  Yeah I think it is called soccer-baseball or something like that.


It is odd that managers wear baseball uniforms.  Coaches in other sports don't wear uniforms.


Yeah it is odd, but do you know why they might wear uniforms unlike other sports?


I have read that they can actually enter the game but I am not sure that I believe it.


Yeah that is right, technically they can play if they need to.  Wouldn't that be fun to watch your team's manager play and bat.


Some would do well because they were recently players, but sometimes they are over 60 years old.  Some of Japan's baseball fans are surprised that it is such a big deal in the US.


hi how are you? what do you think of elon musk?


he has been quite generous. i think we need more people like him in the tech world.


More people like him in the world, the goverment should be more like him we would have a better economy then


yes, the sharing economy can help us grow quickly. it might help to encourage sharing among tech leaders.


I hope we can learn from Elon Musks example, for a better future of our country,


yes, we have a planet running out resources and time. we have so many people. how many more elon musks will come along?


I hope a few more, more than want to make a difference, so what do you think about the Chinese goverment, they seem to censor a lot of things


I figure they worry, and they think that censorship is the answer.


That sounds about right. Can complain about something that doesnt exist. LOL Anyway, great chat!


Its been a great chat I agree, I  hope the goverment can change hopefully in a future we will have better leadears and maybe Elon Musk can run for president one day


I think his a genius, many people might hate him but I think he is really smart, what about you?


Yes, i hope so too. Have a great evening!


he is a genius. i like him because of his ambition. he is trying to do things that other companies refuse to try.


Yeah like the race into space, if he has the money then let him help, Space X is a great company.


it is great. it inspires people to be ambitious. and tesla, the electric car company.


Thats another great company he also owns paypal so his a born entrepeneur


he really is a serial entrepreneur. some people want to get rich. he wants to create.


Yeah, he just want to discover I guess money isnt important to him now, he even took a $78 million payut in his salary back in 2014


yes, i think he wants his business to grow and succeed. i think he is not driven by money. he will succeed because he is not blinded by greed.


I agree, he wants to make mankind better, he is an explorer, he doesnt want to patent any of Space X's tech


I like classic Ford Mustangs from the 60's.  Now I wish I could also have a Cadillac.


Nice, Cadillacs were named after some french dude i think, do you know his whole name?


I believe it ws Antoine De La Mothe Cadillac - the same guy who was the founder of Detroit.


That is awesome, sounds catchy! Speaking of Mcdonalds like you mentioned before, they created the drive thru for cars back in 1975


I didn't know it was then.  Why did they put them in at that time?


I think it was something to do with soliders and not being able to leave, that was smart of Mcdonalds


Interesting.  I always wondered why the back of a card is called a trunk.  You don't happen to know do you?


Yes.  In the old days cars would carry wooden trunks on the back of them...hence the name trunks!


Hello!  Yes.  I've played it from time to time since I was a kid.  I even have played the McDonalds monopoly game.


Lol, me too. It gets so frustrating sometimes! I heard a game lasted 70 days one time.


Whoa!  Too long for me!  Monopoloy was oringally intended to be a teaching tool about the injustices of capitalism.  Never knew that.


I didn't either, and the frustrations probably too lol


lol yes.  Nicolas Cage convinced Johnny Depp to pursue acting while playing a game of Monopoly!


Dang, I bet that was an interesting game. Hope they didn't play it in North Korea or Cuba, it is banned there


haha  I didn't now that!  I was surprised to find out is find out it was created in 1903.


dang that is so long ago! IT was also banned in russia and china


Wow.  maybe because the economic concept is domination of a market by a single entity?


Hi. Do you follow politics?  Texas elected their first female governor before some states had even ratified the 19th amendment!


I am not sure if this is cool or not but in 1934 north dakota's governor seceded from the union after declaring martial law.  In all honestly, until I learned that i had no idea that a state had done that since the civil war.


Haha yea that's odd. Soldiers in WWII made radios using a razorblade and pencil.


That is pretty impressive, not to mention creative! I wonder how they thought that up.  I assume since they did it that it works so kudos to them!


Yea that's pretty genius. In Canada, all radios are required to have at least 40% of the music played in Canadian.


That makes sense. You'd think they would play that automatically without there having to be a law.


Then again a radio station in Finland broadcasts a news special in latin every week.


That's pretty drastic for Finland. Did you know there hasn't been a single US president who wasn't a republican or democrat since 1853?


I did know that.  Did you know that the red and blue colors of the parties just started in 2000.


Hello - I do follow politics a little. That's pretty cool Texas elected their first female governor before some states ratified that amendment.


I tell you something odd that i recently found out.  Part of the tea party think of themselves as democrats.


She was only the second woman to be governor in the nation. As for governors standing out, Ralph carr was the only governor to oppose japanese internment during ww2.


That's interesting. I saw that Arnold commuted 3 hours everyday when he was governor of California.


I have heard that too and it's great that he chose where he wanted to live and all but it's really not so great that he commuted every day by private jet.


Yea I wouldn't like to commute by private jet everyday. I feel like that would get old after awhile.


i don't think it would get old but it would be very costly for tax payers unless he paid for it himself and it would hurt the environment.


I agree - it would be very expensive to do that everyday. Did you know Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be heard by an AM radio on Earth?


I do know that and I have done some research in just how to pick them up by am radio. I think it would be interesting to hear something from another planet.


Golf is a good low impact exercise. DO you golf?


No, I have never known how to play, seems like a boring sport to me but I know many people are sick fans.


Yeah not really my thing either. Although apparently Samuel Jackson loves it so much he has it in his contracts to let him play golf during productions.


Really? that must be really expensive, Babe Ruth was a golfer as well.


Yeah apparently. I'm more of a guitar player myself. Brian May is not only a great guitarist but also an astrophysicist.


Brian May played/plays in Queen right? he must be one of the few that has a PHD.


Yeah, he plays the guitar with a six pence coin. WHich is cool.


I see, one of my favorite guitarist is Eddie Van Halen.


He's awesome. He apparently set his speakers on fire recording his solo for Michael Jackson's Beat It.


Thats crazy! so much power in those hands lol. Matthew Bellamy, the guitarist from muse hold the record for smashed guitar on a tour.


Yes I do, I am thinking of followting the recomndations and start out with light cardio three to four times in a week, what about you? any goals


Seems like he needs some anger management. Maybe record an album in a nice calm place like the floating studio Astoria.


He sure does, guitars will think about messing with him twice though lol and yeah I heard Pink Floyd recorded some themes there.


Run a half-marathon soon. The trick to working up to it is consistency and increasing by at most 10 percent per week.


Thats great! how many km are in a half-marathon? I think its a good strategy to just add 10


13.1. Doesn't hurt to vvary things up too. Throw some light cardio in there too, 20 minutes a pop three times a week.


Yeah, because you can get injured if you start with more than three times as well, I think ill let soreness indicate when to increase weights or cardio.


Yeah, it's not hard to get to 150 minutes a week if you take it easy and spread it out.


I know, and when you think about it it doesnt take much time just have to incorporate them as habits in your routine.


Yep, the key is doing things that you can incorporate into a life long habit. DOn't compare your progress to others.


I agree, everyone has a different body so I am going to listen to mine and try to progress, getting faster, stronger.


Yeah, that's a lot, but I suppose they dance a lot. How many hours does it take to do that?


A lot more than I am willing to put in, which is exactly 0, unless there is an open bar at a wedding, then I will dance! Ii want to use the machine michael jackson uses to do that extreme lean.


I love TV. Maybe too much. What about you? Do you like tv?


I do, I think it is great. Did you know there are 750 episodes of Pokemon?


I think my son has watched almost all of them. And I have also picked up that many of his pokemon cards...


I haven't seen any of the Pokemon, but I did play Pokemon Go for a bit.


My son so wants to play that game. I would rather have him watch thomas the tank.


yeah, I heard that has Ringo Starr in it, is that true?


Yes, that is true. And George carlin and alex baldwin both voiced Thomas too.


I do but I am not coordinated so no one likes to dance with me.


Interesting, I like both those actors. Well nice chatting with you.


Babies spontaneously dance when they hear music.


Do you remember that Ally McBeal baby that danced. It took the nation by storm. I am not sure why I thought of that. I am not pleased with myself right now.


No, I don't remember that. Did you know that Tupac danced ballet in high school?


So I just embarrassed myself for no reason? HAHAHA... I had no idea he danced in high school. I wonder why and if it helped.


Hilarious, well he was also really big into poetry if I remember correctly and he started his career as a back up dancer.


Like J-LO? Wasn't Bruce lee also a dancer?


I think he was. Technically, that style of movie is considered a dance.


I read that ballet dancers can go through 4 pair of shoes in a week. They just don't make em like they used too...


President Banana? High praise indeed. How do you think he got that name?


No kidding! Oohhh....not sure on that. I also learned that the US president's guest house is bigger than the white house. An I though the white house was big!


The guest house has all the parties. That's where Drake and them like to hang and bust rhymes.


haha-I bet they do! I know they all like to golf. The only sport that does not use a standardized playing area.


Golf? The president loves golf. He just added a golf simulator to the WH, bigger than the Obama one.


What?! I did not know. Ha. I know the average golf courses consume over 300k gallons of water a day.


That sounds totally necessary in a world that's losing fresh water! Well, maybe I could like on a golf course to meet my water needs.


Not as bad as one golf course in dubai that uses 4 million gallons a day. Wasteful!


I guess Dubai must get a lot of rain. Not! Strange that the desert has golf like that.


I hear they are over the top! Did you know that Babe Ruth was once america's most famous golfer?


I am. Wondering if you know who Drake, the Canadian rapper is? Also know as Aubrey Drake Graham.


The Babe could hit any ball as far as the eye could see. He was tremendous. He could eat a hot dog at every hole. Anyhow, great chattin with ya, enjoy the day!


Drake is a fellow from Canada. He raps the rap music. He is def and dope.


Yes! An actor as well. He appeared on Degrassi but departed in the early 2000's.


Degrassi, that infernal show about the Canadians in school? That was an attempt to undermine US culture.


That I am not sure of as I am not good with shows. I was surprised that he was 25 when he graduated High School!


He was a little slow. Plus he wrote his term papers in rap. That is non-standard, even at Canadian high schools.


Haha-good point! Moving on, Did you know that JFK, Washington and Jefferson were the top three wealthiest presidents in history?


I'm glad it isn't Trump, I don't like him. I don't think he'd take kindly to finding out he isn't the richest.


That I'm not sure about. I learned that the first president of Zimbabwe was called president banana!


How's it going, do yo like guitar. It's pretty challenging fretting the 6 strings on them


Yea, I like Nwa's straight outta compton, it was the first album to go platninum without airplay or major touring


That is amazing considering it was before the internet! Two identical 100 year old twins from Japan released a rap album. I think that's awesome.


Lol, that's pretty funny. Did you know Reel Big Fish re-recorded their best of album because they lost the right to their old record label?


Wow, that is pretty smart. Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory is the best selling 21st century album. Do you like them?


Yea, Hybrid Theory was a good album but I didn't know it was the best selling in the 21st century


Dark Side of the Moon has still been one of the best selling in recent years though it was released over 40 years ago.


Yea, I stream that album on the internet all the time. Did you now clicking too many links can cause addiction?


Well don't click on the hamburger button on apps and websites


Ah, the 3 horizontal line menu. I never knew it was called that! Well luckily even when I decide to climb Mt. Everest I can get cell service up there.


Yeah I never quite got the hang of playing the guitar. Brian May has an interesting way of playing the guitar, with an English sixpence.


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


That's interesting, I heard Brain May has a PhD in astrophysics


Yeah I wonder if that ever came in handy for him.


Maybe. Did you know Matthew Bellamy holds the world record for most guitar smashed on a tour. I would like to set that record


Haha, I think if I had a guitar I would try to cherish it though smashing guitars does seem stress relieving. Well at least that was intentional. Eddie Van Halen set the studio speakers on fire when he recorded the guitar solo for "beat it"


Lighing speakers on fire sounds like it would be stress relieving too


Haha true. I tried to look up if it was intentional or unintentional and seem to be getting conflicting stories.


Well Pink Floyd's guitarist intentionally turned a houseboat into a floating recording studio


Nice! Seems like that would be calming. Do you like rap music?


Do you like soccer, do you follow the MLS?


Yeah Mesut Ozil thats the one, he donated his 300,000 euros bonus so that 23 children can have surgeries


That is awesome. I'm watching Jon Stewart right now. Do you know he was a football player in college?


I didnt know that I wonder if he was any good


He played in the Pam American Maccabi Games in Brazil so I guess he was pretty good.


I guess he was, haven't heard of that tournament but Brazilians take soccer seriously.


My favorite team is Barcelona and national team the US and then Argentina, do you have a favorite team?


No, I don't, but I like the new mascot for the Philadelphia Union.


Phang the Snake, sounds like an awesome New Mascot!


Yeah, apparently he has a mohawk and legs.


I don't really, how about you? I think as Americans we are the only ones who call it soccer. Soccer was slang for association football.


I'm excited to watch that new mascot in action. Mascots are a thing of the MLS, though. Either way, its been really fun chatting with you.


Yeah, I'm confused as to whether it's a snake or a lizard. I'll have to go research that now. Nice chatting with you.


Im a big fan of the sport I  really like it and the MLS is getting better as the years go by, it will soon be one of the most popular sports


Maybe I'd be more interested if they did the variation of soccer where three teams face off at the same time. Actually, that sounds quite confusing.


That sounds like an interesting variation of the game, I am a fan of the sport but that's new to me


I guess I am probably missing out. Soccer makes more money than all other major sports combined.


I guess its because the game is played in more that 200 countries and also has more than 250 million players more than the other sports combined


Yeah it definitely is the world's most popular sport!


It is, did you watch the 2014 World Cup? a player did a great deed with his bonus from winning the cup


I did not watch it. Was that Mesut Ozil?


Hi there. You a fan of cinema? It is derived from a Greek term meaning "movement"!


Yeah I have no idea to be honest. Never seen it but I am curious. I know the Simpsons Movie had him. It did well at the box office. Tom Hanks is the highest box office star ever!


I don't think I ever saw the Simpsons Movie. I stopped watching around 2002 when I thought they'd jumped the shark.


Oh yeah that's fair. Disney once considered shutting down their animation studio after Sleeping Beauty was a Box Office bust!


That's wild. That's one of the worst examples of short-term corporate thinking I've ever heard of.


Yes I agree it is. On the other hand, Trojan Wars was a massive bust with a 15 million budget that didn't even make close to that in the box office.


Have you ever seen treasure planet? I never heard of that one. But I've seen some box office flops I thought were pretty decent movies.


Nope never seen it but it sounds cool. Some films surprise the box office like Silence of the Lambs!


Yeah, and Captain Marvel has done really well despite all the GamerGate/ComicsGatepeople who were trying to sabotage it.


Yes did you see it? I am wondering if I should go. The projection and analysis of box office earnings is very important for the industry.


I really should. I haven't seen many superhero movies. I think the first Spiderman was the most recent I've seen.


I am. I don't watch a lot of films these days, so I need to find a good streaming service and get back in the habit. How about you?


Oh wow yeah you have some catching up to do! The box office stats I was referring to is predominant in the Hollywood movie industry but not so much the independent studios. Well it was lovely chatting with you!


Yeah good idea, Netflix is always solid! I like cinema. No woman has ever been nominated for the academy award for best cinematography!


That's outrageous. Do you watch much TV? I wonder why the British version of That 70s Show failed.


Must not have translated well even though it was remade verbatim!


Yeah, maybe the actors weren't a good fit for the show.


Possibly. Have you seen Days Like These aka the UK That 70's Show?


No, I haven't. But apparently I didn't miss much. Have you?


Nope I never watched it for the above reasons that we talked about lol. There was a cinematographer, Roger Deakins, who was nominated for an oscar 13 times but never won!


That seems to happen to people in a lot of categories. Do you know which Simpsons episode didn't mention Bart at all? I should Google that.


I went to Oklahoma University.  Are you familiar with Baker Mayfield?


He is a rare one.  I also saw that his highschool team did not put him in a game as the back-up QB even though they never scored a touchdown.


Bad choice.  The first NFL game was played on an 80 yard long dirt field in 1932


It really took a few decades for the NFL to make real money.  Now, my next door neighbor, a running back made 7 million in one year and I made about 4 million in my whole life.


Yes, but probably the body takes a pounding in that year


No doubt about that.  He now coaches running backs for a pro team.  That is a much easier job on the body.


Yes.  did you know that since the cleveland browns came back in 1999 the quarterback with the most wins in their stadium is pittsburgh's ben roethlisberger


That is sad for Cleveland.  At least they won a basketball title in the meantime.  I live in Phoenix and we have only had one big league championship in history. MLB World Series in 2001.


The Yankees probably have the monopoly.Did you hear that NFL quarterback Russell Wilson is still under a major league baseball contract despite not playing regular season games since 2011


No. That is odd.  My college QB this year, Kyler Murray won the Heisman and yet has signed a baseball contract with Oakland.


Probably loves the sport and has the talent.  Superbowl winning quarterback brad johnson is the only quarterback in the NFL history to throw a touchdown to himself.


No, I don't know much about football.  Is he a football player


I am sure that play was not designed that way.  I am going to go now.  Nice talking with you.


Yes. He won the Heisman Trophy last year.  He is mentioned in Section 2.  He now plays for Cleveland Browns


Concussions can be serious I understand.  Seems like now the football players have to be taken to the locker room for concussion evals if unable to stand or falls after being hit in the head.


Yes!  And it's about time.  I have a Pastor who used to play in the NFL.  He now has CTE and has donated his brain for study after his death.


wow.  Newton had an abrasion over his right eye from his hit.  Evaluation for a concussion requires analysis now of a broadcast video and an exam by a medical team familiar with the player


Yes.  There was controversy about that injury.  He is a tough QB and has some major collisions.  It seems he was handled properly.


Did you know that the NFL uses tracking chips embedded in players shoulder pads to record players every move on the field


No.  That is news to me.  But it seems like good use of technology.  It is a multi-billion dollar sport so it is worth the investment.


Just seems a bit robotic to me though.  Did you know that Tom Brady was picked 199th in the 2000 nfl draft


Can you believe that guy who found $3 million worth of baseball cards his grandfather's attic?


Wish I'd been him. I'd take a Hughie Jennings or Johnny Evers card from the really old days! Today, it seems computers are making a lot of baseball decisions. What do you think about this?


Got it. But they don't have hunches about how good a rookie might become...


No, probably not. Though computers are crazy complex and control a lot more than we probably realize; I'm sure there's a formula.


Facebook's got a few. Don't get me wrong. I'm glad computers run my smartphone and microwave.


You know, one day, we may be able to upload our minds to computers and memory sticks?


Far out! But we may just have ventured way out there into a fantasy future, Captain Pichard. You know?


Haha, did you know someone has actually been knighted for being a comedic fantasy writer?


They do that a lot in Great Britain. I'm glad for the guy, though. There aren't too many Isaac Asimov-type original minds out there.


Yes, and youth/hs player. Still love the game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball," to quote Bull Durham's catcher, Crash.


Well, there was that janitor from Chicago who wrote over 15,000 pages of a fantasy manuscript with over 200 watercolor illustrations.


Paul Simon sings a song about that; it's called "Re-Write". Wonder if that guy's writing was any good? If not, the story sounds sad to me.


Or not. They discovered everything after his death. Maybe it gave Affleck and Damon their inspiration for Good Will Hunting?


Anything's possible when you "go where no one has gone before" (Star Trek Generations).  Fun chatting with you.


Nice. I didn't realize baseball managers could technically play.


Ask Pete Rose. Think he was the last player-manager. They included Joe Torre, Connie Mack and The Babe!


I had no idea! Makes sense why they are always in uniform, I guess.


Yes, but it would be rare for a manager to play today. Don't know if they play in Japan...


I'm not sure either. I know baseball is very popular there, though.


Absolutely. Only ever see Japanese pitchers, mostly, on American teams. Do you have a favorite MLB team you follow?


I like the Dodgers and the Rangers. You?


Was growing up when the MN Twins won the Series in '87 and '91. Still hope to see them win big again.


Hello, do you play American football at all?


Ah, I should go check that out. Did you know that an iphone has more computing power than all of the US nuclear icbm deterrent?


Wow, that's very amazing. I wish we could turn computing power into power that could be used for electricity in housing. Do you remember the old rotary telephones?


Yep, and New York's area code is 212 because it was the fastest combination you can dial on those telephones.


I heard that too, but why isn't it 121, then. I think maybe because of when you have to dial one before the area code on the phone? But I thought that was a new thing? I'm really not sure.


I am not sure as I have never owned one of those phones, although it must have been very annoying to carry one of those phone books.


Have you heard the rumor about how if you overlap pages of two phone books together they are impossible to get apart? I'm not sure if that's true...what do you think?


I agree with you, there are probably really strong people out there that could tear them apart!


Yes, or some really smart person who could figure out how to get the pages apart one by one, maybe. When I was in high school one of my classmates said she'd called Justin Bieber.


Well, I do not think that that is very believable. Anyways, thanks for that chat!


Well...it was a prank she'd played on us all. She really had called Justin Bieber up on the phone, but it was just an ordinary guy with the same name as the star Bieber. ty too., cya


No, but I used to as a kid. What about you? Haven't heard much about football in the news lately except about how Justin Bieber partied with Beckham and other Giants players in Miami?


Really? I did  not know that! Did you know that Green-Ellis is the only left handed quarterback in the entire NFL?


I think it was in Miami...either that or West Coast Hollywood area. I did not know that about Ellis. That's pretty unique! Oh, I forgot to mention Justin Timberlake was also in the mix. lol


Ah, bowlers also made twice as much as football players back in the 1960s.


Wow, that'a amazing! I like to bowl more than I like to play American Football. Air conditioning is nice when it's hot. Once I was bowling and was interrupted by a phone call.


Ah, engineers also make more than NFL players in a lifetime.


That's amazing.How are football players supposed to sustain lifestyle after they are too old to keep playing? Have you ever seen Gaelic Football?


Most of these sports players end up going bankrupt after a few years into retirement. Also, I have not seen Gaelic football.


It's a a really interesting type of football. It looks like regular soccer, but the players pick the ball up like American Football. It's really amazing to watch, you should see it sometime.


Did you know that the sun takes up 99.86% of the mass of the solar system?  Really large, huh?


Really?  I like books a bunch but like exercise too.  Reading is a complex brain process decoding symbols into meaning when you think about it. Challenging for some.


Do u speed read? The world record for speed reading is held by anne jones, with a reading speed of 4,700 words per minute


Not really, but I'm pretty fast so maybe?? i wouldn't know how you tell.  Reading can be an escape for some but different for different people how they see things or don't see things


i do audible mostly,  I can listen anywhere its so convienent.  Cs lewis and tolkien held "you laugh you lose" competitions when reading terrible poetry


Yes, that is fun to listen to books.  Moral panic spread in the 18th century when people started reading.


I wonder why,  reading is good for people lol


Who made that rule?  I guess a little bit of everything in moderation people think.  But what about those who are so frustrated by reading?  However, reading opens up a whole world of knowledge to people and sharing of ideas across cultures


There are no concrete laws in reading, but rather it provides readers an escape to produce their own products introspectively. This promotes deep exploration of texts during interpretation.


Are you a football fan (soccer)?  Over 250 million players in over 200 countries play being the most popular sport in the world


Not really.  Not really football,  but I pay attention to the Niners.  Soccer makes more money than football, basketball, baseball, golf, tennis and hockey combined.


That is interesting.  Gigantic.  The sun is actually white, only perceived as yellow because of atmospheric scattering


A nice gesture was when Mesut Ozil donated his eur 300000 world cup victory money to pay for 23 children's surgeries in Brazil


Never knew that.  The sun, though is only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star discovered in our galaxy even though so massive


Thats crazy!!  also,  On july 11th, 2011, neptune completed its first full orbit around the sun since its discovery in 1846.. what a slow orbiting planet!


Wow.  I wonder who sits and stares to figure this out


Right!  Its really interesting though.  Facts I never knew about,  Im learning so much from these chats.


Yes, fun stuff.  One lightning bolt is hotter than the surface of the sun 5x hotter


Thats insane,  Cant imagine what those people that have been struck by lightning felt like,  eek.


really burnt unfortunately, may lose limbs from all that energy


Crazy!  Do you like books? When you zoom into the white house on google maps you can see barack obama


Do you have a dog?  I do, but I didn't know that they had 12 different blood types.


Teddy Roosevelt had over 20 pets including a bear and hyena.  No wonder there is a "teddy bear"


20 pets, wow. Although, in Japan there are more pets than children. That is even more devoted to pets.


Drama is a favorite of mine.  Hugh Laurie impresses with having made $700,000 per episode


That is an incredible amount. I like drama too. Apparently Jim Carrey doesn't make dramas anymore do to his beliefs.


If you like radio then you can access it online for free.  There are thousands of episodes.


Episodes of what kind of radio? Do you know that mime is considered a form of drama too?


Sorry, radio dramas are online for free.   Mime seems very dramatic and is huge non-verbal language.  Speaking of Drama, Michael Caine became an actor because all the pretty girls in school were in drama club


I guess mime is a language. That's funny about Caine. Micheal Hamm taught drama at his old high school.


Jon Hamm did and one of his students was actually Ellie Kemper from the office.


Makes you wonder how connected Hollywood is. But then, dramas are influenced by collaborative productions.


I do not have a dog, but that is a lot of blood types. Apparently, dogs and elephants are the only two animals that understand pointing.


It's like anywhere else I guess where connections help. If you are a doggy, it helps to have connections too.  In case a dog needs blood, they have doggy blood drives for dogs.


I don't know if my dog responds to this, but apparently dogs and elephants are the only animals that instinctively understand pointing.


Funny, that is what I said. Google prefers dogs to cat apparently, which if funny since cats seem more popular on the internet.


Dogs aren't really color-blind.  I wonder who spread that rumor?


Well they see less colors, so probably people misunderstood it and thought they only see in grey.


If you go to Istanbul, they have vending machines for dogs.  Bring along plastic recyclables to help the stray dogs get food and water dispensed.


That is nice that they do that. Do you like cats. Apparently the first cloned pet was a cat they named "copy cat." That's cute.


Not too much due to allergies in the family.  But apparently people keep tigers as pets in the US and there are more than living in the wild in Asia.


That's too bad. It is scary to think of a neighbor having a tiger. In Boulder, Colorado, people do not own pets. They are only their guardians.


I suppose you know that there are 32 teams in the NFL?


Sure is!  The New Orleans cheerleaders cannot eat in the same restaurant as an NFL player.  If one comes in while the cheerleader is eating, she has to leave.  Probably a rule requested by the player's wives.


That's pretty crazy, but understandable. Out of all the quarterbacks in the NFL, only one is left handed. That is surprising


I played defensive back in high school.  It is hard to catch one from a lefty, it is spinning backwards.  An NFL game only has 11 minutes of action yet they work out nearly year round to be in shape for that.


Only eleven minutes?! I've played a flag football game that had more action than that. There was a Super Bowl winning quarterback who threw a touchdown pass to himself


There is always some play that one has never seen before.  I went to Oklahoma University and a recent QB there, Baker Mayfield, almost quite football to play competitive gaming.  He won the Heisman in football


Apparently there's another Heisman winner, Lamar Jackson, who has recently been signed on as the Raven's quarterback. He set records while he was in college


Imagine being a high school coach of a jv team that loses every game, never scores a touchdown and your back-up QB is Tom Brady and you don't put him in for a single play.  It happened.


That's crazy. I guess that shows that most don't peak in high school. There's a quarterback who is in the MLB under contract even though he hasn't played a regular season game in years


This year's Heisman winner was also at Oklahoma.  He has a 4.66 million bonus for baseball but may go in the NFL draft as well.  Alex Smith took so many AP tests in high school that he was a junior in college when he enrolled in college.


The quarterback is definitely one of the determinants in how well a team will do in the season. They touch the ball probably the most of all the players on the team


I knew there were a lot, but I don't think I knew the exact number. That makes sense though with how it's separated between the NFC and AFC


Well, the center touches it more since he sometimes hikes it directly to a running back.  However, the QB has the most meaningful touches.  Nice talk!


Yes.  To increase TV revenue they added a bye week for each team so there are 17 weeks for each team to play 16 games.  More TV revenue.


That makes sense though. The Super Bowl is a big deal and is one of the most watched sporting events of the year


It usually is on the first Sunday of February, just like it was last week-end.


The first playoff game was in 1932 and took place in Chicago. Now it's become a big deal to most Americans


It is a social event with lots of Super Bowl parties.  12 teams make the play-offs and then it boils down to the 2 in the big game.


One cool thing they do is embed chips in the shoulder pads to keep track of the players on the field. That makes it easier to keep track of stats and plays


That is an innovative use of technology.  Women are okay to have as players according to the rules.


It's hard to imagine men and women tackling one another in that way. One of the coaches was a rocket scientist before he started coaching in the NFL. That definitely a change of career


I mean I only watch FOX for the news lol. I watch all kinds of other channels.


oh I was gonna say! I thought you only watch Fox News 24/7 haha. Did you know the video game journalism website is owned by the same peple who own Fox News? I thought that was a crazy fact


haha. That's interesting about the video game journalism. Crazy fact for sure. I also saw that Fox threatened to sue the Simpsons in order to stop them from political agendas.


yea the Simpsons are in some sort of weird grey area where they are on Fox, but are 100% allowed to insult Fox and dont get into trouble for it. I guess the money the show makes it too important to try to censor them


Haha yep all about the money. Did you know the white house has twin buildings in Ireland and France?


I wonder what it could be used for. France almost makes since theyre such a close ally, but Ireland? thats odd to me


Yea it's very odd to me as well. I saw that George W. Bush has solar panels added to the back of the white house.


what a guy! Being green before it was all the rage. Thats a good idea to set a precedent for all future presidents. Something they should change though is their use of floppy discs for file storage. Still? those things died years ago!


good morning, I'm doing just great. having my morning coffee. how about yourself?


I'm doing good myself - thank you! Did you know Fox discussed a cable channel that would only air the Simpsons?


I did hear that! I would have loved that, it's one my favorite shows ever. Out of all of the 30+ seasons, theres only 1 episode that doesnt feature nor does it mention Bart at all


I know. Even though you would think it, the Simpsons isnt even the show with the most episodes ever. A lot of animes have even more. Like Pokemon has over 750. It still running today which is crazy to think about because I watched it when I was a little kid


Oh wow, that is crazy. I saw that Fox is watched more than CNN and MSNBC combined.


I believe it, with all of the sensationalism surrounding them and their "face" Sean Hannity. Do you watch Fox News at all?


I do watch Fox News. It's the only channel I really watch. What about you?


you really only watch the news? I watch all sorta of stuff. I usually tend to avoid the news because the anchor is almost always trying to push their politcal agenda on you, even when the story has nothing to do with politics


Yes they are adorable. I helped nurse one back after it hit a window during highschool


oh that is nice of you. they are also little stealers of spiders webs


the spiderwebs and then they go and fix their nests


Oh that is interesting. Very resourceful, yet kinda mean too. Then again nature is pretty messed up yet wonderful. I mean birds fly, which had been a dream for most of human history


yeah. and they are so smart  in australia. some species can mimic camera and car sound alarms


I am not sure but good for them to have learned how to do that


So when bird watchers hear sounds of cars beeping and doors being unlocked, it is basically birds?


hahah yes. do you like going to concerts?


Sometimes if the concert is nearby and I really like the artist. How about you?


I enjoy a wide range of hobbies such as listening to concerts, but I am curious to learn more about bird watching. Could you tell me more?


yeah, it is really cool, we try to find them in the area whether by spotting them or listening to their sound and then classify the sound


I mean you must be very passionate about birds to do so. Are you intrigued by their color, form, ability of flight, or other aspects?


for sure. their bones weigh less than their feathers


Do you often travel to see the birds or do you go to the same places?


around the same places really. would love to see those birds that travel from canada to mexico without stopping


Do you ever collect anything from birds?


very generous.  I think he only like 5th higest paid player on the team


Yeah, I wonder why he is not paid more, he is definitely the star of the team!


The warriors have a lot of good players now.


True, but I still see Curry as the star. Did you know that the Warriors earned 12 million dollars after losing one game of the NBA finals?


I agree, and that was for losing one game. Imagine how much they made from winning a game!


In 1975 the warriors played at the cow palace because their arena was booked with another event lol


I do, my favorite team is the golden state warriors. What about you, do you like basketball?


Same the Warriors,  but I dont watch it that often.


Ah, who is your favorite player on the warriors. Mine is Steph Curry.


Yes!  Curry for sure!  Did you know he grew up in the same town as Lebron James?


Ah yes, that was in  Akron Ohio right? I should go visit that place sometime.


Really? I never knew that! Steph Curry also donates three mosquito nets to Africa for every three pointer he makes!


I agree, although that is also very generous of Steph Curry.


Thats neat. I wonder if they spend more on that then they do postage. Which is 20 times more than they do bandwidth


ya that would add up fast! I like good movies, I guess Netflix has 150 movies with a perfect 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, I need to watch them all


That's a good amount of movies. Are any of them walt disney movies?


ya I'm not sure but I bet there are some there, do you ever download movies illegally? I guess Netflix looks at the number of downloaders and will put those epopular movies on their network


I wish more companies would do something like this. It's better than just fining everyone


yup I agree, pretty funny that netflix wanted to merge with blockbuster to become their online streaming service, and they got laughed out of the office lol


Could have bought a $2 billion company for $50 million


haha yup thats true, do you like the disney company? THey are coming out with their own streaming service btw


Yeah which is unfortunate. I liked that they were on Netflix


ya it will be so many streaming services if they come out, did you know their company makes about 1000 dollars a second though?


hey I haven't seen it no, I know that Mowgli is the main character, and I did see the old one before, what about you?


That is really amazing. Have a good day!


Im in the same boat. They say the new one is just as visually stunning as the old one


ah interesting, ya I like the old one, it's interesting that this one uses CHristian bale as a voice I like him


He helps bring a more adult audience I feel


ya thats a good point, how did you see the movie, did you see it on Netflix?


I did. There are a lot of other thing to watch on netflix like Daredevil or the Punisher


ya I need to check those out are they any good? have you ever seen the Netflix movie that is just a video of a live fireplace? that sounds relaxing


That sounds really interesting. I wonder how many of those people are a part of the 33% of bandwidth usage in North America


ya I wonder if most of that bandwidth is just from fireplace videos haha, do you know that netflix pays people to just tag the content of netflix videos? they're called "taggers" haah


I heard it's terrible to work there! I wish I was the first person to make a purchase from Amazon back in the day!


You could have a building named after you! I would rather have amazon prime for life.


But you can at least brag about the building since everybody has Prime haha.


Yes, that is true. I wonder if people know his name. maybe he got stuck with a warehouse job too LOL


They probably told him it would be the best job in the world, jokes on him though haha. I like using Google a lot as well.


I use google a lot. google is a dog company. i approve.


I approve with two thumbs up! They also like goats too and let them be their landscapers haha.


do the goats get stock options? if so, sign me up!


They are probably more well of than we are lol. Well it was nice chatting with you!


yes, i enjoyed chatting with you. Have a good day!


Doing well too! Do you like to use Amazon?


I like to use amazon sometimes. it can be quite convenient. You?


It really is. I do too, been getting just about everything from there now haha. Even on Sundays!


I am amazed that the USPS delivers on sundays. i thought those guys would never work on sundays. they must get triple overtime.


My day was a postman but he never had to go out on Sundays. It is usually the part time people that got paid 16 bucks an hour to go do it. Kind of sad if you ask me.


Ok, so it is not expensive for the post office to deliver. i guess part timers need the work. It is probably better than the amazon warehouse.


Yes I agree, unless you want to walk 7 to 15 miles each day working haha.


i guess it keeps you in shape, or it kills you. one or the other. i dont think the pay is good either.


A 90 day suspension isn't as harsh a punishment as some of those people have been getting.


Not to mention integrity. If a punishment is good for one offender, it has to be good for all offenders. Regardless of their talents.


Yes, absolutely correct. It is mentioned in that the Post is considering termination as well. This is all based on verbal misconduct not physical. Maybe that's why the leniency


That's a good point. There's a big difference between verbal and physical. It's kinda hard to judge without knowing the details.


Yes, it does make it difficult. It is a difficult topic since it is getting harder and harder to figure out what is appropriate behavior. And most of this people that are accused are used to a different work culture


That's the biggest thing, I think. A lot of things that might have been harmless jokes in the past are considered serious offenses by some people now. It's all about knowing the people around you, I suppose.


Yeah, I agree. The present workplace has become very conscious and delicate. Like did you read the fact how soldiers used to make radios in WW2. Now everything is a tweet or post away


Yeah, things have definitely become more simple. I wouldn't know where to start making a radio if I just had a razorblade and pencil on hand.


Haha, me neither. We have become spoiled by technology. That is curios though to see how they actually made the radio, and what quality it had


It definitely is. I imagine the quality wasn't great, but it's pretty amazing if it even worked.


Yes, and I like the name foxhole radios. Now we can stream High definition images on our cellphones. Entertainment has definitely changed as well


Yeah, it does seem to soft for such a respected News Paper


It has, and gets more advanced every day!


Yes, a long way from when Cesar found out about the chicken in Britan


I imagine the chickens prefer being entertainment over food!


I'm not familiar with him, but I guess he does good work, according to his credentials here. That must be why. They don't want to lose his work.


Me, neither. Still, this should not be a reason to tolerate such behavior. Considering that the Post has been one of the leaders in exposing it


Yeah, exactly. Any other workplace, and the offender would be out of a job instantly.


Yes, that's my train of thought. Reserving such a special treatment for him only diminishes the value of future articles on the subject.


It absolutely does. It's hard to condemn something if they don't do the right thing when it happens in their house.


Yes, same thing that the Times did with their reporter. Netflix at least removed Kevin Spacey right away from their shows. That's a company doing it the right way


Yeah, and they even did another season of his show without him, to wrap it up for the viewers. That's a lot better than just dropping it and acting like it never happened.


Yeah, you got give Netflix the props deserved for such action. This actions by the news papers show a lack of morality.


70% of Nevada is a lot of land. The federal government should either transfer that land back to Indigenous nations or charge market rates to extractive industry and use the revenue to pay everyone a Citizen's Dividend.


Me too. The cost of solar energy seems to be going through something like Moore's Law, so hopefully when most of the current coal generating infrastructure is ready to retire there'll be a big tipping point to solar in a short time.


Yeah I think they are getting so small and more powerful that they are building roads with them.


Printable solar panels are also cool. I think the main bottleneck is storage tech now, so hopefully they'll find ways to make batteries a lot cheaper.


Yeah good call, the battery technology is really what needs to advance, and and easier system for disposing of them.


Those lithium batteries for cars seem to be a big improvement.  Hopefully the US economy will be less dependent on cars though.


Yeah I agree, I hope we can get away from cars or at least gas powered cars.


And get back to the kind of community layouts before the Model T, when they started designing towns around the car.


The history of the car is very interesting, I think most people think that Ford invented the auto.


He did make them really cheaper -- I think the biggest innovation he made was introducing tools that could cut hardened steel instead of hardening it after it was cut and warping it, so the parts were really interchangeable and didn't have to be hammered into place.


Good call, I would have to agree with you on that, you sure know your stuff.


Hey I think that is a great idea, I would totally support that.


Cool! What do you think of Congress trying to protect war criminals from the Geneva Convention?


I think its very interesting, I wonder if other governments around the world would do the same.


I'm sure some have -- but I assume it's governments that commit the worst war crimes that exempt their people from accountability.


That is most likely true as well.  Did you know about the Norwegian government donating a billion to help save amazon rainforest?


That's excellent! Reforestation is really important. I recently read that rewilding the world's previously forested areas could suck a decade or more worth of CO2 out of the atmosphere.


Yeah it sure is, wow that is crazy.  I think that is one of the most important issues we face as a planet.


Same. I'm really optimistic at the progress we'll be able to make once we reach the tipping point, but fearful we won't reach that point quickly enough. Really cool about encoding a horse .gif in a DNA molecule. Nanotech is amazing.


That is amazing! I am hoping all of those advancements in technology can help save our planet in general.


yeah, probably. Did you know there is a website where you can listen to thousands of classic radio dramas episodes.


Yea but I dont really have a huge interest in radio dramas. Have you ever been to the site?


No, I don't like radio dramas either to be honest.


i think theyre kind of boring, put me to sleep


Did you know the White House twin buildings in ireland and france.


I had heard about that before. Do you think they also have solar panels like the ones George W put up?


I doubt it. Did you know the first president of Zimbabwe was President Banana?


hahahaha thats a hilarious name! Do you think thats his real name or a nickname?


wow, can you imagine being named Banana?


sure am! Im also up for a good drama film. what about you?


If it is my real last name, I can totally imagine it. Nice chatting with you.


yea I really like him in that tv show, House


It was a pretty good show. Are you a fan of Jim Carrey?


i like both his comedy films and his drama films, its upsetting that he wont make any more dramas though since his belief system prevents him from acting in a movie that doesnt project positivity


I think his comedies are better anyways. Do you know why Michael Caine decided to become an actor?


haha good plan! i bet there were tons of babes in his drama class


Yes that was back in 2011 and it will end with season 8


Yes they had a good run. Do you like cars?


I love cars. Do you know when the drive thru was invented?


Yes that was because soldiers were not allowed out of cars in their fatigues


Yes. Do you know why the trunk of the car is called that?


Yes because old cars used to have wooden trunks


Yeah. Do you know how Cadillac got its name?


That was after the founder of Detroit, de la Mothe Cadillac


I have seen some episodes. The great grandson of Dickens plays in it


Yes quite fitting too. Nice chatting with you.


Yes that is Harry Lloyd, and he plays Viserys Targaryen


Yes. And alos the grand daguhter of Charlie CHaplin


Yes. Did you know Arya is becoming a popular name in the US?


Yes and it is all because of Game of Thrones


Yeah. Have you seen the Game of Lions show on Nat Geo?


Yes that it follows the lives of lions like they do on in Games of Thrones


Yeah pretty nice. Do you know when the Game of Thrones started?


Hi! Are you a fan of baseball, got any favorite sports teams?


Oh yeah, I heard about that. I wonder if thee were collectible cards and females did make it to play on the male dominant teams, would the cards be as valuable as other cards or extra valuable, like a man found three million dollars worth of cards in his grandfathers attic!


For some, unless its the attic of a hoarder. I wonder whether other sports team have requirements like baseball managers where they have to wear the uniforms because they have to play if the need arises.


I still haven't seen the manager ever play. Are managers bench players?


Don't think so, but some of those managers aren't in great shape to be playing on the fields, if anything, they should just forfeit the game to save the managers from embarrassment.


True. i was surprised that if a player catches a ball in their hat, the opposing team gets 3 bases


Yeah, I have yet to see that happen on tv nor have seen anyone attempt to do that. In Japan, baseball is also considered one of its national past time by how popular it is there.


I personally don't find watching baseball games to be entertaining although I do enjoy baseball. Games here are fundamental different in atmosphere as asia


Yeah, when you have much more physical games like football and basketball, baseball and even golf can be quite boring. Even the broadcasting of the World Series is boring to me unless the marine corps did something like they did in 1992 world series where they carried the Canada Flag into the stadium and it was upside down!


I wonder if it would be more exciting if the dodgers finally win a world series champion. they have more losses than any other team


I like baseball, but I don't really have a favorite team. Do you?


It sure has been a while since the Dodgers won. Have a good day


Don't have a favorite team either but my friends are huge Red Sox fans not sure if it's because they have gone on to win nine world series championships or what but with those stats, seems like a great accomplishment.


Well they have an amazing performance. Did you know Lebron James partly own the boston red sox?


Oh really? I didn't know that, that must be a great investment! Lots of fans have superstitions surrounding games, do you have any?


Not really, the only player I'm familiar with is Babe Ruth who was caught stealing to end the game and lose the world series in 1926.


Well it has its pros and cons. After a 17yr old female pitcher struck out babe ruth and lou gehrig, she was banned from pro baseball


I wonder how that banning action would fare in today's world and society, you think it would receive negative press?


I think it would. Most men sports leagues don't outright ban females. They usually just have very difficult requirement to meet for females like the nfl


I did not know that Fox News was so popular, more than CNN and MSNBC combined.


And their rhetoric is more violent, the guy who the the Pittsburgh shooting did not become anti-semitic by himself. He was reading and listening to this stuff.


True. Social media and certain news are responsible because they don't address complaints or disable accounts that engage in fear-mongering.


There is that, but also, the president should take the leadership for those issues. Being the head of the state, those kind of problems should be his priority.


Yes, the president has the authority to speak about these issues since the president is seen as the head of the government.


It in the case of the US, the role of the president is not ceremonial, it is even more important.


The president's role is important even though sometimes people don't take the president seriously. Did you know the president of Zimbabwe was called president banana?


I think it was just the first president who was called like that. I don't think it caught on, even less after the introduction of the term "banana republic" which is derogatory.


Oh yeah, it was just the first one. I also didn't know that the president of Indonesia released 3 pop albums while in office. Imagine if the president did that here?


It would give him another source of revenue, so he could be the wealthiest president in history,  beating JFK would please him I am sure.


Yeah, and I'm sure the radio would play his music here and in Canada as well, despite their law in Canada about the radio playing Canadian music


Me too, I also did not know that Fox news threatened to sue The Simpsons. Even though it's a comedy cartoon, they took it seriously.


It would go in the 60% of foreign music. Thanks for the conversation.


Maybe they are more focused on a republican agenda than giving news. It was created by a republican strategist.


That does not surprise me. Both sides are guilty of pushing their own agendas but it seems like the right-wing have been becoming more violent. There has been an uprise in antisemitism among the right-wing.


Yeah, I did not know that those groups were targeting campuses to recruit.


Yeah, it's really bad because they are still young and impressionable. It seems like right-wing nationalism doesn't make sense since almost all Americans are foreigners. Some government officials perpetuate nationalism.


I don't think making sense is important for those group, they are blaming Georges Soros for funding the immigrant caravan. It does not make any sense but it fits their agenda.


That's true. They want to amplify right-wing nationalism and antisemitism but they want to be blameless if people become violent as a result of their agenda.


That's their paradox, they promote violences and hatred, yet they don't want to be blamed, like want happened in Pittsburgh.


Yeah, it seems like more people are becoming more radical. It's not rare to find a radical left-wing or radical right-wing on campuses as well.


He must have had a good endorsement deal!  lol  Switching gears....did you know the first American car available to the masses was the Model T built by Ford in 1908?


Yeah, I heard about that... I remember Ford famously said, "They can have any car color they want so long as it's black!"  LOL.


lol  The old cars a long time ago used to carry wooden trunks on the back of them and that's how the back of a car became to be known as a trunk.  Interesting.


I can top that... check it, it's LEGAL in South Africa to put FLAME THROWERS on your car to prevent carjacking.  Man, how bad must the problem be if the government's like, "You want a flame thrower?  Sure, go ahead!"  It's like something out of GTA!


Hahaha  That would be nuts.  Cadillac was named after the french explorer who was the founder of Detroit - Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac.  I never knew that.


I didn't know that either... did you know pro race car driver Jann Mardenborough choose to become one after beating 90,000 people in the game Gran Turismo?  That's wild... beat all those people and think, "Hey, I should try this for real!"


That's a pretty neat story!  I wonder when McDonalds added drive-thrus for cars?


I think it was 1975 or so. They did it to accommodate soldiers because they couldn't get out of their cars while wearing fatigues.  Weird to think that's what started the whole drive thru thing.


That's pretty neat.  Thanks!  The first patent for a car was in 1886.  I didn't realize it was that early.


Jumping track a bit, are you a fan of wrestling?  I used to watch it a lot when I was younger, but haven't for awhile now.  But I am familiar with some of the stars and stuff...


I like listening to them!  Dunno too much about them though.. how about yourself?


I used to watch it back in the 80s before it exploded in popularity.  The Turkish national sport is oil wrestling where they douse themselves in olive oil and then wrestle!  lol  I have to get running.  It was nice chatting with you!


I love listening to them too!  Did you know that Eddie Van Halen recorded the guitar solo for Michael Jackson's Beat It?


No, I did not know that!  That's pretty cool.  I'm told that Brian May, guitarist for Queen preferred to use coins to play his guitar instead of picks.  Dunno if that would make it easier or not...


That probably gives him a unique sound?  He also has a phd in astrophysics.  Incredible.


Wonder how he went from having that degree to deciding, "Hey, you know what?  I think I'll play guitar in a band!"  Wonder if that's covered in that movie about Queen they just made...


I'm not sure.  I haven't seen the movie yet.  I'm kind of thinking not because from what I know about the movie they don't cover everything.  The movie ends with their performance at Live Aid but the band still was active after that.  Maybe they did that to leave room for a sequel?


Maybe, I dont know.  It's on my list of "Films to See" though.  Personally, one of my favorite Queen albums is A Kind of Magic, it wasn't their most popular one though, but still... had a lot of good tunes!


Yes!  I agree!  I got into them kind of late.  A guitarist from Pink Floyd once turned a houseboat on the River Thames into a floating recording studio.  I bet that was fun to record on.


I wonder if recording on the water gave the music a unique sound.  Here's a nutty stat: Matthew Bellamy from Muse holds the record for most guitars smashed on a tour... dunno off-hand how many he smashed though, I'd have to google it..


hey there did you know the sun is actually white and not yellow


I agree, do you like birds? I ate a chicken today haha


Ha! I do love birds (and chickens as well). My favorite bird is probably the hummingbird. I like to observe them a lot. Sometimes you can see them stealing spiderwebs as they like to use webs to repair and construct their own nests.


haha sounds like the spiders need spider police to prevent web stealing! I always wanted to eat a dodo bird except they're extinct haha


I wonder what they would taste like? Did you know the Dodo birds were actually a subfamily of pigeons?


ya so I was thinking, they would taste like a pigeon maybe? so Maybe I should try pigeon haha


Ha! Maybe so! Most birds' bones are so hollow, the feathers weigh more than the skeleton so you wouldn't have to worry too much about the bones! Ha!


haha good point! I wish I could fly from alaska to mexico and not sleep, like some birds can


No kidding! It must be nice, right? I guess when you rank as the most successful class of tettapoda, you don't need much sleep. Ha!


haha true that, I'd be scared to live in Australia, can you imagine a car alarm going off and then you discover its only a bird haha


That's almost unbelievable, isn't it?  Plus chainsaws and camera sounds! It's like how on earth do they do that?


I did not know that actually. That's crazy as it does look yellow. I know one thing - a lightning bolt is actually five times hotter than the surface of the sun, which is crazy!


haha I know I wish I had that talent! Or the talent to make the sound of a camera, that could be used for evil haha


that is crazy, its about 5x hotter actually, roasting!


So true. Crazy how it's hotter when the sun actually produces enough energy in a single second to meet our planet's needs for 500,000 years!


that is crazy, also crazy is the sun is 100x the diameter of the earth, and somehow the mass is 300,000x greater! Its Massive!


Wow! That doesn't surprise me though considering  it's 1 billionth the size of the largest discovered star in the galaxy but it is still fascinating!


yes very! do you like the planet Neptune? I still miss Pluto myself haha


My favorite planet is actually Jupiter. In fact, if you have an AM radio, you can pick up Jupiter's radio storms.


wow I'll have to try that out! and ya I guess Neptune just completed a full orbit around the sun, it takes over 100 years for a full year on Neptune


Is that so? That's amazing! Had to have been the first full orbit since it was discovered in 1846, right? Truly amazing!


How's it going, do you use Spotify? I had an account since in launched in 2008


Yea, I usually watch it between 9pm-12am helping to take up 33% of bandwidth in north america


Me too, occasionally. The guy who started Netflix did so after he racked up $40 in late fees on a VHS rental of Apollo 13.


Lol, that's crazy, and then Blockbuster declined to buy netflix multiple times for only 50 million


I know. I would be kicking myself right now if I was Blockbuster. But they had several offers so totally their loss.


Yep, blockbuster could of owned a company that along with youtube makes up half of peak internet traffic in North America


True, Netflix already has 137 million subscribers worldwide, probably more than that now. That is a lot!


Yea and Netflix is available in places like Brazil, India, and South Korea


Correct, but not available in China, Syria, North Korea, and Crimea. Wonder why? Probably government oversight.


Probably, maybe they don't like Netflix original content like Lilyhammer


Could be. :) I don't understand why it spends so much on postage though. I don't know anyone who still orders dvds.


Hi, I do not but I do love music. It seems Spotify does have lots of songs since there are 4 million that haven't even been played yet.


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Yea, that's 20% of Spotify's catalog lol


That's crazy. In order to earn minimum wage, musicians on Spotify have to get 130,745 plays per day.


I wonder how many plays it takes to earn 20,000 like that band who used it to fund a free tour


Good question. The main developer of Spotify is Swedish. Must have been a smart guy.


Yea Ludvig Stigues, he also was a programmer for Utorrent


Do you know what utorrent is? I have never heard of it?


Yea its an app that allows you to torrent  music, not sure it's quite as legal as spotify though


Oh, ok! How about Netflix? Do you have an account? I've had one for a while now and it has helped me through a lot of boring times.


Hey, anyone out there? Anyone under the sun?


Yep... BTW: I meant 100% cotton... Hard to do with polo shirts that actually have a tennis history and not polo...


side stepping here to how odd is it they mention King they mention the shining but not how much the man hated the movie of his book.


Hmmm. Weird.  Weird is fitting for King novels.  I read a short story by him, Apt Pupil, and it keeps me out to this very day.


i read that in high school right after the movie was released, i was freaked out too.


Keeps – creeps… Yeah, I can handle Cujo but that was too real... I think I burned more that 180 calories...


right, same here, im great with everything else of his but the reality of how quickly people fall into those situations still


Not big on the horror genre in general...  Like the Shining, I'll never drink Red Rum...


lol, i wonder how they got the number of cal. burnt. is it just the average the body uses naturally or is it from the jump scares i wonder


Maybe some kind of FitBit... Do you think it's possible to do a waterphone solo?


yes completly in fact, there are several people out there who make music with only found sounds already i bet they already did something


we all are since its 109 times earth size


That amazing... Puts a new spin on the "alternative" genre... Nice talking to you.


Yes, it's huge in comparison.  One second of its energy would power us 500,000 years. So long fossil fuel...


except it takes those same fuels to make renew able fuel sorces like solar panels. sucks


Always a catch... Speaking of hot things, do you iron your own clothes?


no anad reading about shirts im glad i dont,


Yeah, iron tragedies... Oh no, not the Oxford cloth!


blue shirts and khaki pants, i wonder if they were all properly pressed before hand


One can only hope... I avoid 100% like I avoid bad alcohol like grappa and kombucha


lol, id avoid that weird living biohazrd too.


Hello, do you listen to much radio at all?


I agree, trump loves it so I hate it. Interesting that the same company that wanted to play the simpsons, also wanted to sue them


I know! That is so odd!  I mean why not just tell the simpsons what to do?  Fox owns both.


for sure, I didn't know nixon had a hand in creating fox news, make sense why it is so biased


I never knew that either. It was very surprising.  Did you know that Poe wrote the oldest known example of a cyborg?


I was just thinking about that too, how did he even know about what it would be like, a cyborg I mean


It does make you wonder!  I wonder what his cyborg was like and what even made him think of it.


there was like literally no technology back then besides basic electricity, nuts to think about


I'd like to know what story he used it in.


Only when I am driving to and from work, I like the oldies. Did you know jupiter has radio storms that we can hear on earth


I did not know that but I think it's really interesting.  I wonder how to use an am radio to pick them up?


I am sure it is a lot of trial and error, maybe youtube has a video or two to help


Good idea!  I think it's also interesting that a radio can be made using a razorblade and a pencil!


They must have been desperate for news from home during WW2


I imagine so.  Desperation can be a catalyst for a lot of inventions.


I agree, do you watch fox new at all? interesting they wanted to create a channel that just aired the simpsons.


I watch it every now and then. I always heard it was very biased but when I watch all I see is fair reporting.


Hey there do you drive a car? First car was created back in the1800s


How are those? I've always wanted to listen but just never had too much time. And yes I know they're free so that is a good thing that the Price Is Right haha


They are great. You can find anything on the internet. I try not to get too click happy because it can cause a real, measurable addiction.


I heard about that! Do you like Jim Carrey by the way? I haven't liked his movies in a long time. I guess he's not making dramas anymore


I do like Jim Carrey. He won't make anymore dramas because they are not inline with his belief system. He wants to do things that project positivity. Which is a good thing.


How often do you use the internet by the way? I know I'm using it right now haha. But yeah I literally use it everyday


Every day for work and leisure. If it disappeared, I don't know what I would do! Well, I guess I could pick up a copy from the Library of Alexandria


Haha yeah hopefully they have a good backup LOL. I like knowing that they have 3D cell service at the top of Mount Everest. That way I can do a selfie or SnapChat up there haha


It's amazing how far the internet has spread. We've come a long way. Everyone is connected in some way...and you never know when you might be teaching the next famous person


No you're right! Have you seen what a hamburger button is online? It's that button that looks like three horizontal lines. They have it everywhere period. And the name makes me hungry


back to hamburgers! i love it. You can hope in your cadillac and get one at the drive thru in mcdonalds and thanks Karl Benz and Antoine de la moth Cadillac for the privilege


Yes, I do drive a car! I didn't realize that the first car was patented by a German man, Karl Benz


Haha I love that! I definitely need a hamburger right now haha. Did you know that only 7% of people read the whole terms of service when they visit a website. That is kind of high in my opinion though haha


Yes and he later became part of the company Mercedes-Benz. Hard to believe the Model T was created back in 1908. Genius


That was over 100 years ago. It's crazy how far cars have come since then. If you live in South Africa, you can even attach a flame-thrower on your car so it doesn't get carjacked!


That's awesome! I would totally make burgers or something with that flamethrower LOL but I also probably would not go to South Africa


Thankfully, you can drive yourself over to McDonald's for a hamburger instead of using a flamethrower! They've had drive-thru's since 1975 so soldiers could order their food without getting out of their cars in fatigues.


That is really nice of McDonald's to make that. Do you know the history of the trunk of a car? Apparently they would use wooden trunks back in the day and then the name stuck


What were they using in Europe where they refer to the trunk as the boot? LOL. I suppose it's because cars took so much longer to be adopted in Western Europe then in the United States


LOL that's a good question. That could be. Do you ever watch dramas? I know I have Netflix personally


I do watch Netflix, but I also listen to old classic radio dramas from a website I found online


Hey there do you ever listen to the radio? Like on your way to work or something, that's the only time when I do it


Yes it is. They made them in World War II actually. That use a pencil as the diode, and then they use a razor blade as well. I don't know how that turns into a radio though LOL


Me either, but I guess it worked! If you are into classic radio dramas, you can listen to them on a website for free!


Well I didn't know that. I'll have to check that out. Do you speak classical Latin by the way? There's a station in Finland that plays classical Latin news on the radio


Nope, but is really cool. It's amazing how many stations are on the radio.


Yes I agree with you. Although not all of them are good haha, like the Jupiter radio or the classical Latin haha. Do you ever watch television by the way?


How often do use the telephone by the way? Do you ever use one that's at your house, or do you just have a cell phone


I only have a cell phone. I got rid of my home phone a long time ago. Do you know why a New York's area code is 212?


Oh, I seen that a few days ago, I believe it's because it was easier to dial on a rotary phone.


Yeah I usually listen when I'm cleaning the house.