yes it did, twins in Japan released an album at the age of 100


I go sometimes. Did you know Ramones toured for 20 years?


Yeah and played a total of 2263 concerts during that time


that is a lot. Linkin Park also played 324 concerts in 2001


Wow that is a lot indeed. In Croatia there is an ancient theatre where band can have concerts.


Same in Italy , there is one too. Pink FLoyd once played there


Not really but I know it is pretty popular and you?


Yeah but without an audience, that is strange


Yeah sometimes I play. There are more positives moves in a game than atoms in the universe


Nice one, THe president of the world federation thinks it was invented by aliens


WOw. Judit Polgar beat a family friend at a game by not even looking at the board


Wow intelligent kid. There is a negative correlation between a good chess player and the IQ


Wow interesting. Do you know where the game was invented?


Yes in India during the Gupta empire and was improved by persians later


hey there what are your thoughts on the USA congress right now


ah Ill have to check it out, how often do you watch youtube?


Not as frequently as I used to, but probably a couple times I week. Definitely not enough to get through all 70 episodes of The Joy of Painting that are available on the site, although I imagine some users could.


what is surprising to me is that youtube is the 2nd largest search engine, second to google probably


Yes, it was smart of them to buy it in 2006 for only $1.65 billion; they have great synergy, and it definitely helps that other media companies have developed partnerships with them.


oh for sure, crazy that it started back in 2005, that seems so long ago


Yes, I remember both YouTube and Facebook becoming a big thing back in those days at pretty much the same time; did you know that Facebook was initially limited to Harvard students?


ah yes I did know that, also their like button is somehow Illegal in one of the German states, weird


That's odd; the Like button was also originally going to be named the Awesome button, which seems kind of silly!


haha ya that definitely sounds dumb, did you do the facebook burger king promotion back in the day?


I don't think I've ever engaged in any promotion on Facebook; it kind of bothers me that it's basically an ad company and profiting from our personal information, but I guess that's a form of currency.


I think it's an exciting time, with so many women like Ocasio-Cortez getting in the game


ya, if you unfriend 10 people you got a free whopper, pretty funny!


yup a lot of interesting people for sure, did you know congress members have subway lines exclusive for their use in DC?


That's crazy, I wonder how they'e accessed. I guess that's one of the perks of the job, like naming honorary citizens, even though that's only been granted to 7 people.


ya did you hear that repubs and dems play an annual baseball game?


That's interesting. I wonder if they have Facebook groups, too haha?


ya I don't know they must, but ya Republicans are up by 3 games overall which is interesting


I guess they're winning somewhere. Did you know that they used their override power to pass the Volstead Act after President Wilson vetoed it? That's a win.


huh I didn't know that, what ws the Volstead Act?


It's what started Prohibition. There's actually a whole documentary on it; I wonder if excerpts are available on YouTube.


did you know that john mccain was once on jeopardy 1965


i wonder how many people voted the "none of these candidates" option when he ran on the nevada ticket.


Yeah I wondered about that too. I probably would not use it myself because I would just vote for someone that I liked. Did you know with John McCain that you was actually born in the Panama Canal Zone


Yes I think he was. He also had a media reputation for being called a"Maverick"


i recall that was a big part of the 2008 elections where obama prevailed.


Yep I think you're right. He was actually a former military officer and served as a US senator from 1987 until he died in 2018


in the current turmoil it stung to lose an unlikely semi ally. in ancient athens there werent elections cause they thought it would lead to oligarchy. they did it by a lottery system. imagine that


Yeah I don't know about using a lottery system that sounds very dumb to me, but it is interesting that 75% of the time the taller candidate will win the presidential election


thats an observation for sure. i wonder how that would change with voter reform and fairer votes in the electoral college.


Yes I'm not sure, but it is an interesting statistic, what are your thoughts on the fact that in 2012 us International election observers were banned from viewing the polls in 9 US states


No I didn't know about that. Have you ever heard of Michael Trister by the way? He was a civil rights lawyer and died recently


Yes I wonder why that happened, it also makes me sad that our elections max out at 63% turnout that seems low


yes, pancreatic cancer. he did a lot of work with desegregation.


Yes he sounds like a great guy, also he lived until he was 77, which is a good life I think


i loved that he was a lawyer for planned parenthood and unions too.


He also helped a lot of people, for instance he created guidelines about lobbying and what each other's about election Law and Order to do the best job for advocating for the different causes


yep. and he did so much worked with Mississippi Center for Justice. they do so much work opposing racial and economic injustices.


Back to John McCain no, did you know that he voted against a Federal holiday for Martin Luther King


I did. he had some problematic votes and opinions while he was serving as a senator.  i think he is also one of the few senators to cameo in a movie.


Yes you're right he made a cameo in that movie"Wedding Crashers" I always thought that movie was pretty funny


Hello!  Have you ever heard about people in Britain breeding chickens for entertainment?


Really?  That would be awesome!  I can see myself punching the button to shoot the flames. I agree with you though. I don't see how it works to stop the carjacking but it is still pretty cool!


Picture this, just launching through the plains with a lion after you!


That's pretty wild!  Say thinking about video games a bit ago, did you know that a guy became a professional race car drive after beating 90,000 people on a video game?


Wow, he must have really loved that game. That's so cool!


i know.  He loved the game and then got a great job for it!  Just think, with cars you can either get a great job or shoot people with flame throwers lol!


Seriously though cars are a big part of our lives and they shape our lives too.  Just look at McDonalds. The whole reason there is a drive thru is because they invented it so soldiers didn't have to get out of their cars.


That is so interesting, I always thought it was because it would be more convenient.


I had thought that too.  I definitely never knew McDonalds invented it.  Get this, they did it in 1975. For some reason i assumed drive thrus had been around much longer.


Wow, you would think so too, especially with drive in movie theaters.


Oh yeah I believe I learned about that in History, it was a weird fact my teacher told us. Something about Caesar visited Britain in 50bc.


Right.  I think it surprised him to find that the chickens were bred for entertainment instead of food.


Definitely. I guess there is all kinds of entertainment out there, anything that can hold people's attention.  I like to play video games.  I thought it was sad that the NES was discontinued back in 2003.


Did you know that it could only display 54 colors?  Back then that was fantastic and nowadays people are shocked that that is all it could do.


I know, I mean nowadays there are so many types of electronics, I can't imagine what the gaming world will be like in a few more years.


I know what you mean.  Everything changes.  Back in the day a car trunk referred to a wooden truck on the back of the car and now it refers to a metal part of the car that I really can't describe other than to say trunk lol.


That's crazy they just used wooden trunks. Apparently it's legal to attach flame-throwers to the back of your car in south Africa? I don't understand how that prevents carjacking, but okay.


I have no idea and the worst part is that they have to leave mid meal too if they walk in


So sexist and rude, it really has no place in the NFL and should go by now


I do from time to time. I like to do most of my online shopping on Amazon


Yes me too. Did you know Jeff built a clock in a mountain somewhere


Yeah and it is supposed to run for 10 000 years but not sure of its purpose though


Yeah me neither. Either way they are nice that they deliver on Sundays too


Yeah that is true and their workers walk up to 15 miles a day


Yeah it explains how busy they are and how they got to the top of the game now


I do a lot actually. Did you know women can play too?


Yeah since 1998, they are just everywhere


Yeah pretty sweet, if they make the cut they play and there is no stopping them


Yup. Did you know there are only 11 minutes of game play in a game?


And yet er are glued to the tv for hours to an end, go figure


Yup exactly. They are using tracking chips on the players now in the field


Yes and they can track stuff like rotation and velocity and others. WOnder why though


I hope they can somehow use them to reduce the concussions that the players suffer from


Yeah that is a good point. Did you hear about that rule for the New Orleans cheerleaders?


Yeah that is so wrong at every level, Why can't they eat in the same place?


Hey do you watch basketball? You know, the NBA?


Yeah I agree. If you're paying millions of dollars, I would definitely shoot in the most optimal way possible haha. Kind of like Allen Iverson, he makes so much money he should probably shoot granny style LOL


Yeah I think Reebok would have liked him to shoot it that way if it would have scored him more points! Lol.


Haha I agree with you. Maybe they would have paid him more than $800,000 a year? That is so much just from being a sponsor, that's crazy!


Yeah the big thing is the big payday coming when he turns 55, and they owe 32 million.


Yep and he can finally relax haha. Do you like Michael Jordan by the way? What do you think about Air Jordans, the shoes, I always wanted a pair


Yeah I was a big fan growing up, I think I might've gotten one pair.  Interesting about them when they first came out though.


Yeah I'm curious as to why they were banned, you'd think that all shoes would be the same, so I don't know why they did that, but it is funny how Nike just paid the fine and kept Michael Jordan wearing them on the court LOL that's the way to do it


Yeah I don't think the reasoning behind the ban were very solid.  It was just gold marketing for Nike basically.


Do you listen to Jazz by the way? I've never really gotten into it myself, it seems kind of like foreign music almost, you just can't put description on it imo


Jazz is quite a different type of music than most pop stuff. It is very interesting though I will say.


Hello there, I do follow it yes, how about you?


Yes I think so. I guess it started in New Orleans in the late nineteenth century, and was mostly African-Americans who played the music. It developed from blues and Ragtime, I wonder what Ragtime music is, that's the type of music no one listens to anymore


Yes I followed from time to time. My favorite team is the Pistons, what about you? Do you have a favorite team?


You had a couple good years a few years back and then some really good ones earlier on.  I'm a big Bucks fan, we're going good so far this season.


Haha I hope so! Did you know that the NBA adopted their formal name back in 1949? That's when they merged with the competing League the National Basketball League


I think I have read that before, back in New York City if I'm correct.


Yep you're right. And that's where their current head offices are too, New York, New York. Interesting that their entertainment and TV studios are located in New Jersey though.


That is true, I really wonder what some of those original founders would think of the game today.


Yes I agree with you. I also wonder what they would think about shooting a basketball granny style haha, Apparently that is the best way to shoot


Yeah they would probably wonder why everyone isn't doing it.  I would think more pro players would use it, if it really is the best way.


Do you have a favorite drama show or movie?


Hard to believe the guy from House makes so much money per episode


Yes, there are characters that earn too much money right now, that make me wonder ... What will they do so well to get paid so much? Because I think that for that money, I would do it better


It's a bit weird how the Greek meaning of Drama means action. Kind of an opposite in my opinion.


Well, it's kind of confusing. Although it makes sense, if you think about it, everything has an action, but this is in its entirety. You have to put drama in everything, that is, an action for everything that shows the drama. I hope you understand


Jim Carrey is more known for his comedic skills rather than his drama skills


Well of course. This character is for me the king or one of the kings of comedy. I've seen all your comedy movies and it's something that makes you want to keep watching


Jim Carrey is best know for his role in Dumb and Dumber, a classic comedy


Yes, you have 90% of taste, I imagine that there are exploited your acting skills


Have you watched any dramas on the internet?


Yes, when it provokes me. As you know, television has its programming and there are movies that I've wanted to see again in drama, so in my free time I take advantage and search the internet


Yes, I have many favorite movies, although not a lot of drama. I love comedy and fiction more. What is yours?


I am going to watch Bird in Box, a new drama on Netflix. It is getting good reviews and is popular.


Probably Silence of the Lambs its more of a tragedy though


Well, we all have a unique taste. I have seen movies with drama like battle navar or attack to the angels, the invasion and they are wonderful movies


I wish Jim Carrey would do a drama, he is a good actor


Yes, excellent actor, has made very good movies.


WHen I was in school, JOn Hamm came into the school to give us a few lessons in acting


Go lucky! That's fantastic, at least you did not have such boring classes


I would have preferred to get lessons from a legend like Michael Caine


Well, there are many things we would like, but not all of them are possible, sometimes not even one.


I do. Mostly the older stuff though. Today, I don't like much outside of Kendrick Lamar.


NWA's Straight Outta Compton was an impressive album.


Yes, that's a classic. Plus it gave us Dr. Dre.


Did you know it was the first album to reach platinum without a major tour or much airplay?


I haven't yet, no, but I heard it was great.


Me either. I'd like to check it out. Do you remember that band Creed?


Apparently one of their concerns was so bad that 4 of that people that attended sued them for it lol


Hey there! Who doesn't like music? I like everything rap, rock, pop, and on and on. You?


I don't blame them, Creed is terrible. Anyway, have a good night!


I do, too. Do you listen to albums more or like going to concerts? I don't go to concerts as much anymore now that I'm older.


Me either I've seen some good ones. I saw Tom Petty maybe like seven years ago. You have any memorable concerts?


Probably Stevie Wonder. That was a great show. I saw Linkin Park probably back in 2001 when they played over 300 shows.


Stevie Wonder? Wow that's awesome. I saw the Global Citizens Festival in Central Park. It had the Black Keys, Foo Fighters and Neil Young. Pretty solid. Can't say I'm a fan of Linkin Park.


Apparently, their Hybrid Theory album is the best album of the 21st century so far.


What?! I wonder whose standard that's according too. I certainly don't think that's accurate. I'm sure we could both name a ton of better albums.


I don't think what's better really matters, it's about sales and fads, I guess. Dark Side of the Moon was the best selling album in 2014, randomly.


Probably as a re-lease or re-mastered or something like that. Do you like rap and hip-hop at all?


Well we sure do get a lot of benefits from calls to internet from a cable not even 3 inches across


So true. Did you know Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child in need for every day you don't use your cell phone? Wonder how that works.


I have no clue. How would they even track everyone?


No idea. When rotary phones were in use, New York's area code was the fastest number to dial.


In any case, it is amazing how much smaller the world became after telephones were developed


Agreed. Phone books got bigger though -- you can't separate two phone books with their pages overlapped together. I'm going to have to try that one.


Now that phones are like little computers I'm sure you can have a digital phonbook in them


Yeah, I was just thinking it might be hard to even find two phonebooks.


But I think I saw a person ripping phonebooks with their bare hands! That's impressive I say


Definitely! Another random fact -- Aladdin's pants were modeled after MC Hammer. Who knew? Haha.


As much as anybody, I guess. I heard McDonalds added a drivethru in 1975 for soldiers who were not allowed to get out of their cars in fatigues.


LOL, that is hilarious. I always though Aladdin was made before MC Hammer?


Hammer first came out around 1987. I think Aladdin was a few years later.


The modern car, developed by Karl Benz, has revolutionized and shaped our society today.


It's crazy to think how much it has become a integral part of our lives. In South Africa, you're allowed to equip your car with a flamethrower to deter carjackers. Now that's revolutionizing society for sure.


Well our economy and infrastructure is in large part developed for the use of cars. I wonder if the flamethrowers are meant to be a boobytrap or a defensive measure for the user


Either way, sounds like some Mad Max stuff to me. The name Cadillac came from the French explorer who discovered Detroit. Cool tidbit.


Especially the mass production of the model t made cars much for affordable and widespread. I wonder if Ford or Benz's contributions to car are more highly regarded


That's a good question. I feel like here in the States we certainly hear more about Ford. In 2014 it was estimated that 1.25 Billion vehicles were on the roads around the world.


True. I hope you don't talk on the phone while driving


Only through the bluetooth. And only when needed. I hate talking on the phone. The iPhone has more computing power than the entire US nuclear deterrent. Might be time to do some updating.


I don't know. Because some times only i hear the radios.


Yeah I don't think I would like it but I bet the Canadian bands sure do.


I like rock bands. rush and nickelback are awesome.


Yeah Rush is a good band, they still play a lot of their songs on the radio.


Yeah, that's a great news. You like cooking?


Yeah I do like to cook quite a bit, how about you?


I love cooking. My favorite chef is Anna Olson. She was great.


I have never heard of them, I will have to check them out sometimes.  Do they ever do shows on the radio?


That's too bad, I wonder what a radio cooking show would sound like anyways.


Hello there, yes, I am a big movie fan not so much dancing though.  How about yourself?


Yeah I know it, but have never been.  I think it would be fun to visit though.  It was nice talking with you, I hope you have a good day.


I am crazy about movies.  I like horror  movies. specially conjuring movie.


Yeah those movies are pretty good. Do you listen to the radio much these days?


Not much. But sometimes i listen the radio.


I found a really good local station that I really like.  Did you hear about the Canadian law?


The canadian legal sysstem has its foundation in the english common law system, inherited from being a former colony of the united kingdom and later a commonwealth ream member of the commonwealth of nations.


Yes that is true, no I'm saying the Canadian law about radio?


I guess at least 40% of the music they play on Canadian radio has to be Canadian.


Hi, I am a huge football fan. We love the Packers. How about you?


Yeah, that would be a nightmare. I don't think they would allow that today for the sportsmanship of the game.


Did you know theres only one left handed quarterback?


I never knew that, wow. I had noticed that dance is similar to football in terms of being choreographed. Dancers like Bruce Lee used it in their film and enter competitions too.


Yeah I cant believe he won a cha cha competition.


I know it what a weird fun fact about him.lol I learned recently that Michael Jackson had a patent on shoes for his dancing.


Oh thats cool, Im sure Michael Jackson has a lot of patents on his moves and clothing lol Did you see that series that came out Leaving Neverland?


No, I really want to see that though, just out of curiosity. Another singer that was also a dancer was Tupac. He was in the ballet Nutcracker n high school.


It was devastating,  I cant get it out of my mind.  yeah I did hear that, that is pretty awesome!


Ha, yeah people and their path to fame is crazy. The OU QB Baker Mayfield was going to become  a professional gamer and not pursue football at one point. That is scary! Thanks for the fun chat I really enjoyed it.


Hello, I watch some football, im not a huge fan.  I like the niners.  Did you know that in the 60's top bowlers made almost twice as much as football players?


Noway! I never heard that but totally believe it! I am a huge college football fan too, we love OU.


Oklahoma University is the college team we follow. We watched Baker Mayfield play all the way through school. It was a lot of fun watching him get better every season. I am more of a bowler in terms of ability.


Oh nice!  have you ever visited the university of iowa's opposing team locker room?


No, we have never traveled that far before?


Ha, that is hilarious. It must be to get into their heads before the games start! I love it. Ya know the highest game ever scored was 222-0. Crazy,huh


Hi, how are you tonight? Do you like animals?


They don't spook around vehicles? That's good. You don't have a horse do you? Seems expensive.


No, but my daughter has a friend that has like 10 and it is very expensive.


No, that would be cool. I like that it takes about 6 years for them to turn completely white.


I guess those horses require special training. I've never seen them. I think they're in Austria.


I don't know. Did you know that the black swallower fish could eat prey twice its length and ten times its weight. It must have a big mouth.


And a gut that expands tremendously. After it eats, what does it do? Binge on Netflix?


Funny. I think its strange that Google prefers dogs to cats and they have it specifically written in their code of conduct. What if you do not like dogs can you not work for them?


Sure, just don't bring your cat! It must be tough if people are allergic to dogs.


Good. Yes I do. I always had pets. I had a seahorse in my tank growing up. Did you know it is the only fish that has  a neck.


Well, I enjoyed chatting with you! Have a good night!


It's just after the SEND button. It should become active after 10 turns.


You had a pet seahorse? Cool! Did you ever have a pet dog?


I did. I had quite a few. My girls have 2 cats now.


Did you know your dogs' blood types? Do most owners?


No but I did have a dalmatian named spot growing up. I was surprised to find out the reason they are associated with fireman was because they protect horses. Im not seeing the connection.


I think Dalmatians are often deaf, so they are not bothered by the sirens. In the old days they used horses, which would get spooked by the noise and flames, I guess.


And what is funny is Clint Eastwood who has done a million movies with horses became allergic to them later in life. I get it though my daughter got allergies at 18 from stuff she ate her whole life.


That's strange. i wonder what causes the body to do that. IDid you hear about the two high school students who rode their horses to school on 'no vehicles to school day'?


That must have made the school mad. Here in Florida people ride horses everywhere.


Hi there, are you a frequent traveler? Any place you like to go?


I like wolves but I like dogs better haha. I guess apparently dogs have a dominant paw like how we have a dominant hand haha


Interesting! I also see that Scotland treats the Loch Ness monster as a protected species!


That's cool I hope he's real LOL. what's weird in Switzerland there's a lawyer who will represent in animal in court. I wonder how that works


Probably for property right.. I hope. I also see that some animals develop white patches on their foreheads when domesticated


That's really weird! Also weird is that animals can have different dialects depending on their geography. you'd think they all sound the same


Interesting! people can develop accents pretty quickly too


That must be what it is animal accents haha. Did you hear about the special Bridges the Netherlands is constructing?


Yes they made bridges that connect Wildlife. This helps to keep the animals from being hit by cars which is really nice


I do travel a lot. I travel for work mostly though. I use a lot of planes and we also Drive sometimes. What about you?


Good! I've hit a couple deer here in the midwest!


Not a whole a lot. Mostly via car. I see that traveling across Japan can cost at much as $300!


That's insane! Have you ever used Airbnb? I guess there's another site like that but instead of renting a house you can just rent a couch lol


Definitely heard of it. I have tried to use it and will be attending a bachelor party soon using an AirBnb. Have you use one?


Yeah I use them all the time. I think it's way better than staying at a hotel. Have you ever stolen a garden gnome?


That's oddly specific, and no. Not while sober. You?


Haha no I haven't. I just know that sometimes people will steal them take pictures of them on the trip and then return the garden gnome along with the pictures to the owner. That's a really weird thing to do I was just curious if you knew about it haha


That's actually really funny. There are about 20 quintillion individual animals on earth. I wonder how many are ants?


I wonder that too! What is your favorite animal by the way? I guess in terms of species that are about 7 million different animals right now


Hi! Are you a fan of horror films? I like to watch horror as part of a work out routine as you can burn over 180 calories watching horror movies, surprisingly enough!


Wow! I can't either. Time certainly flies, doesn't it? I wonder if they used a waterphone to make any creepy metallic noises in the movie like most horror and sci-fi films do?


That sounds like a neat instrument to have around during halloween. lol  The writer of the Rocky Horror Picture show is the voice of the dad on Phineas and Ferb.


Ha! Is he really? That's kind of funny. I wonder if that is on Netflix? Speaking of Netflix, are you one of the 137 million subscribers worldwide? I'm proud to say I am one of reasons Netflix accounts for 33% of all North America's bandwidth from 9pm to 12am. Ha!


Hahaha Yes and I am guilty of taking up some of the bandwidth as well!  lol


There's no shame in that! Can you believe that Netflix actually spends like 20 times more on postage than on bandwidth? That is crazy!


I'm surprised that there's that many people still renting dvds through the mail?  lol


No kidding! I also think it's crazy both YouTube and Netflix make up half the peak internet traffic in north America. That's a lot of traffic for two services. Ha!


I believe it because I also am a heavy youtube user. LOL  I find it ironic how in 2000 Netflix proposed that Blockbuster should use Netflix as it's online service and Blockbuster laughed them out of the office.  Now Blockbuster is out of business.


That is ironic and kind of sad, really. Oh what might have been, right? Well speaking of YouTube, I want to check out this new Korean freestyle rap called the "compliment battle". That sounds interesting. Are you a fan of rap, by chance?


I am and that sounds funny for some reason.  I'm going to have to check out Noclue.  He's the worlds fastest English language rapper and rap at a rate of 14.1 syllables per second!


I do like them!  I'm going to have to start watching more of them though if I can lose some weight while doing it.


Now that takes some serious talent! I'll have to check that out myself! I also want to check out the Rugrats movie as Busta Rhymes apparently voiced the Reptar wagon. I want to see if I recognize his voice. Ha! Well, it was nice chatting with you today! Hope you have a great day, friend!


I remember him voicing that part!  It was nice chatting with you!  ...and you have a great day as well!


Agreed! If you also check out abstract art after watching a horror movie, they say you'll enjoy it more as well!


Interesting.  ET was originally supposed to be a horror movie.


Was it really? I could not see it that being scary! Something else I find crazy is the boy from The Shining named Danny didn't actually know he was acting in a horror film until years later. It's like, how did he never figure that out?


It was originally written to be that, but they changed it.  I wonder what that little boy was thinking during the filming? lol


Same here. He must have been completely distracted the entire time. You know, Stephen King once said Bambi was the first horror movie he'd ever seen and was terrified when he watched it. I don't know whether to take that seriously or not. Ha!


Hmm...that's funny.  Coming from Stephen King I think I would believe he was serious.  He has a unique twisted mind. lol


Indeed he does! I wonder if any of his work was inspired by legendary authors like Bram Stroker, Edgar Allan Poe and Mary Shelley. I say that because horror was initially inspired by their literature.


I don't think I've ever heard him mention any of them.  The 1996 horror film Scream was originally supposed to be title Scary Movie.  I can't believe that movie came out over 20 years ago!


that is a nice shout out to walter disney. I like the other shout outs too, there is a subculture dedicated to finding hidden mickey mouse images in disney things


Speaking of mickey mouse, Minnie mouse was short for Minerva mouse.


no way, all these short names, I never knew that! I wonder where the name Minerva went


I used to love listening to Rap music, not so much anymore, but still enjoy it. How about you?


I do not listen to them too much as I prefer other types of music.


I like Korean Rap, they have compliment rap battles lol


Ah, the infamous k-pop. I have listened to some of that here and there.


Me too, even North Korea has a form of kpop. It was so nice chatting with you!


It was nice chatting with you too! Thank you for you time!


I am, my favorite movie is probably Lion King. What about you?


Lion King rocks! I think they are making a new one really soon. I liked Beauty and the Beast and even Moana was great


I really enjoyed the soundtrack of Moana. Beauty and the Beast also had a pretty good one.


For sure! Did you ever watch Big Hero 6?


I have, it was an excellent movie. What about you?


I liked it a lot, I never knew it was Disney too much while watching it, apparently it was rendered with a 55,000 core supercomputer


Talk about high tech! Bill Nye was a scientist consultant for Disney's flubber!


no way! That is awesome, I never knew that. lol. Bill Nye is the man!


Pixar also named wall-e after walter elais disney.


I like to sometimes yea, i read a lot of graphic novels. what about you?


I don't read too much anymore, but I used to read a lot of war novels.


I like a guy named Johnny Clarke. What about you?


That's good. The world record for speed reading is 4700 words per minute. That's fast!


per minute? how do you comprehend that fast i wonder?


I don't even know how that works to be honest.


thats like, almost  80 words per second! i cant imagine being able to read that fast


i find Physics interesting, but it was never my best subject in school. what about you?


I like physics as well. Kim Jong-Un has a degree in physics.


does he really? I wonder if that's wy he likes nuclear stuff so much


Haha right! Pixar spent 3 years studying physics of curly hair in order to render Merida's hair in the movie Brave.


thats so much effort to animate some hair in a movie, holy moly. can you imagine that being your life for those 3 years?


I agree. The universe could have come from nothing without violating physics.


Stephen Wolfram, the dude that invented Wolfram alpha, wrote 3 physics books by age 14. That kid must have been some sort of savant


Wow, I bet he's very smart. Ancient Chinese dye use on the terra cotta army might lead to a breakthrough in quantum physics.


i cant eve begin to imagine why haha the two seem completely unrelated


I would too. The longest match in tennis history went on for 11 hours!


And this match was spread over 3 days. I wonder who played?


Wow I can't believe that! Do you know much about telephones?


Yes, I like telecommunications, I have worked with phone companies, for a few years I worked with the phone company from New York


Did you know New York's area code is 212 because it was the fastest numbers to dial on a rotary phone?


I did not know before but it cool to know. did you know unicef would donate water when we do not use our cellphones?


I didn't know that either. An iPhone has more computing power than the entire US nuclear ICBM deterrent systme.


that is crazy i would not have guessed that. Do you like books?


Me too , since I was a child i always wanted to read something, did you know that there is a children's book that has less than 50 words?


Me too! The matches are so exciting,  but I did not know one lasted 11 hours


Wow that's crazy! Did you know Polo shirts were invented for tennis players?


that is true and were designed by a player named Rene Lacoste, they are so popular


They are very popular. Do you wear Polo shirts?


i like them, they are super comfortable but no extremely informal. i like the Crocodrile  logo from Lacoste, now I now it was Rene's nickname


That's cool. A black man won the 1st US Open in 1968.


That is cool, I would like to see that happen again, since then it hasn't.


Yeah and I think soccer is slang for it. I think we're the only ones that call it soccer.


Yep. Soccer makes more money than most sports combined world wide.


Yeah, it is the world's most popular sport. Wonder why it's not so popular in the US


Not too sure, but I think it's taking off more in the US.


Maybe I'd like the version where three teams face off at the same time. Or, maybe not. That seems confusing.


That would be very cool to watch. Jon Stewart was a skilled soccer player at one point in time.


Yeah, I heard he represented the US at the Pam American Maccabi games in Brazil in 83.


Yep, which is really cool. Do you follow celebrities?


I don't really. I'm surprised that Judge Judy is one of the highest paid celebrities.


I can't believe she makes $123,000 per episode.


Yeah that makes her the highest paid celebrity after Lebron James. I'm in the mood to watch some daytime tv now. See you later!


Not that much though sometimes I watch the World Cup. The US got 3rd place in the first FIFA world cup in 1930.


That's good they got third. I saw the city set to host the 2022 Qatar World Cup does not yet exist.


Interesting! And there are no net economic gains for countries that host the world cup or Olympics.


I think that is odd. I would think they would bring in a bunch of tourist income. Guess that's not the case.


Right, well at least it brings awareness to the city for future tourism.


I agree. The Hungary national football team had one defeat in 6 years and that was in the World Cup final.


More people should pay attention to the American women's soccer team. They do really well.


I think so too. Did you know soccer is actually called association football?


Yeah.  They would be my favorites on tv.  Seinfeld is probably at the top of my list.  How about you?


I have.  Those include really tight buddy movies, don't they.  Do you like those?


I kind of like them they can be very funny sometimes, like the hangover


I have never seen that.  Aren't there like 3 Hangover movies?


Yes there are but the first one was the best still


That's what I've heard.  How about Pineapple Express?  I've heard that it's pretty funny, but I've never seen it.


I have not seen it either. Do you know ryan stiles?


Yes!  He was on Whose Line Is It Anyway, wasn't he?  A very funny guy!


I like some tv.  Even though I hate to admit it, South  Park is one of my favorite shows.


Yes. he is funny. nice chatting with you


That used to be one of my favorite shows.  I like how Simpsons crew sent the South Park producers flowers after their Family Guy episode.  I don't like Family Guy much at all.


They are so nice that was very thoughtful of them to do that. Do you know the character Bart?


I do. He's been in every Simpsons episode except one.  That's a lot of episodes.


I know and he was not even mentioned in that one


Did you ever watch That 70's Show?  I didn't really like it.  Apparently they didn't in the UK either.  It's remake there was cancelled after only 10 episodes.


I kind of liked it , in the UK they made it verbatim that is why they did not like it


Yeah, it may be hard for them to understand that part of American culture.  I wonder it other shows like Seinfeld or Third Rock from the Sun fared better there.


I love baseball cards and have a good collection, i sell them on ebay. Someone made 3 million dollars selling some they found an their attic


Wow that's crazy. What are some of your prized cards?


I have a Mickey Mantle Rookie card and a tobacco card from 1911. Crazy old and so awesome!


That is pretty old! I remember my friend having some old wax packs with the gum that disintegrated and I thought those where old. Weren't there baseball cards from the 1800s too?


I don't think so, maybe a few. My dad all the good ones but his dad made him throw them away because they were "worthless"


Yeah that is how it goes sometimes. You happen to have any moe berg cards? He seems like quite the character.


I heard about him, but I don't. Maybe my next in the collection


Yeah I herd he also worked as a spy for the US government during wwII


man he does it all! Maybe he was a scientist too, who knows lol


It's possible, he understood several languages and would spend his free time at museums.


Man, this guy is awesome! Good chatting with you!


I like Paul Rudd, isnt he in a baseball movie coming out soon?


Yup. Despite being unimpressive as a player he is quite a popular entertainment figure.


for sure, I like the Paul Rudd ant man movies


I haven't seen many of his other movies but I am interested in this one. I do enjoy history.


me too, especially regarding scientists and the world wide web


Interesting enough, the baseball player played by paul rudd also had a law degree.


What a smart guy then! Baseball is great, you can sell baseball cards for a lot of money


Oh yeah? I never collected baseball cards when I had the chance. Do you have any?


Ah, well maybe you should check it out. I wouldn't consider it a horror movie so It would be right up your alley.


I'll think about it I like disney type of movies they are nice and peaceful to watch


Hmm, what do you think makes them peaceful to you? I would argue the opposite actually. Especially most Pixar movies, they may have a happy ending but they are usually quite chaotic.


The happy endings and the fairytales make me feel peaceful and happy to watch.


I see, do you follow the academy awards at all? Speaking of Disney films, Beauty and the Beast was the first animated feature to be nominated for best picture.


Yes I do follow the academy awards and Beauty and the Beast was one of the best remakes from two years.


Yeah the remake was decent. The original was the one nominated though, since it's inception the Oscars have given out 3,072 awards. Beauty in the Beast did not get the best picture win.


Yeah I know which was a major disappointment.


I believe it was given to Unforgiven that year, which was Clint Eastwood's Directorial and actor vehicle about the west.


No absolutely not I only like the romance, and action genre.


That is unfortunate I read an article about Stephen King and the horror genre and thought the way Netflix has been producing his work has been interesting.


Yeah I've heard and also read that people say Stephen King's work is great but I'm just not really into it at all.


Yeah I find his work really good. You might be interested to know he says the first horror movie he ever saw was Bambi as a kid. Sometimes it's all about perception.


Isn't Bambi like a childrens movie or something how is it scary?


I think one of Bambi's parents are killed tragically which is true to most disney movies.


oh I see I just don't find it to be a horror film like how King stated.


Well a horror film is simply a film that elicits fear, I can absolutely see how Bambi could fit that genre to a child.


I've never really seen it before so I'm not really sure.


That's too bad. I think that working from home could be a perk that would attract workers. Even at work places, people can shirk. No incentive to work hard if the boss isn't nice.


Very true. IT securtiy in Washington are not allowing people to access government servers from their wifi either. Making it tough on a lot of people.


The govt needs to control access to its systems, but the workers should have a way to get in to get work done. Govt jobs have less appeal because of this.


I agree. Did you know that wiki leaks published the plans the gov had to destroy wikileaks?


That's ironic! I bet Wikileaks has all kinds of interesting gov't plans.


I bet too! Did you know that the govt owns 86% of neveda? I had no idea!


I think the govt control the land for minerals and air space and such.


I think they run cattle there too. A man sold the eiffel tower 2x!


Yeah, people will buy anything. Say, I got a bridge in Brooklyn that you might be interested in.


Sometimes I get to telecommute. Do you get a chance to?


I think Julianie is trying to sell it to me too!


Well, there's a lot of money in bridges these days. The market is hot! Don't miss your chance! You might find a bunch of classic cars on the bridge that you could sell.


wouldn't that be fun! The trunk of your car is called that because old cars used to have wooden trunks on the back.


That makes sense. Well, thanks for the chat!


I work from home, so I guess I do every day! I'm surprised some bosses don't like it.


The bosses are worried that people are goofing off at home, getting drunk, etc.


Keeping vehicles off the road is a good incentive though.


I would say so, too. I think that there are so many benefits to telecommuting, probably for office workers that need quiet places to think.


and not as many interruptions! It is so easy to work from home now.


The other choice is to let people commute at different hours, like 10:30 a.m.


That would be interesting. the dept. of education is making it harder to telecommute. Thats too bad.


How are they making it more difficult? I think with traffic congestion, the govt would want more people off the roads.


Some, not as much as I use to. When I have time, I'm on the internet, where I can look up shows I like. I do have cable but I rarely use it.


yea me too. I was a fan of pokemon back in the  day. they have 750 episodes


Yes, it was always on it seems. Do you remember Thomas the tank engine?


I used to love that show, did you watch it?


No, I wasn't sure what it was? Was it a children show?


Yes it was a book too. Thomas the train was like blue and gray. I think there were famous people who played his voice here and there


Yes, Ringo Star was one of them. Do you watch football? The NFL's average live game play is only 11 minutes!


That is insane. that means like everything else is almost 3 hours. Talk about boring if you think about it! They need a woman to play


Yes, there is no rule against it! Good chat!!


I love dogs, you know who else likes dogs, google!


Yes, I read that too! I didn't know that they had blood drives though, did you?


I didn't. That is helpful because I think dogs have 12 different blood types


Yes, interesting. Its good to know dogs are not color blind! I wonder which colors they see most?


For sure! we were taught wrong growing up


Yes, I thought it was black and white growing up.


I agree lol. Did you know dogs and elephants are the only animals that respond to pointing


Yes, isn't that interesting as well. I wish we had those vending machines here in the US with food and water for dogs in exchange for plastic bottles. That's such a good idea!!


for sure, I would be donating left and right. I love dogs! Do you watch TV?


Wow, I had not clue. I love that movie and pretended not to cry when I was like 13 when I saw it. I was not successful!


I wonder how far in advance they plan the toys so they are out in time before the movie is released?


Sorry I hit the enter button by mistake, and I think they plan toy production even before a movie starts, its a million dollar industry so they must have an important input on the characters of a film.


I wonder if they ever have changes to the charatcher and it hurts the toy production line. I can't believe wreck it ralph was started in the late 80s.


Wow I recently watched the movie, didnt realize the character is that old do you like computers?


I do, it is allowing me to chat with you today!


Its been nice, well you know that the space shuttle runs on only 1mb of ram


If I were an astronaut, I am not sure I would have a lot of faith in 1 mb of ram. Nor would I trust a computer that ran on water.


Yeah I agree lol, computers and water dont mix, I bet thats why there arent water based computers in the market


Hi im great, do you like Walt Disney Pictures?


I do. I have loved them since I was a kid. What about you?


Me too, I think Disney is a great part of my childhood for sure and I also like the new movies, did you watch Frozen?


I have a 5 year old and 7 year old so I have watched it more than I have wanted. Have you seen it?


I have a lot of nephews so I get the feeling lol, the film was directed by a woman, and shes actually the first woman to direct a disney animated film


Amazing right, I though there were at least a couple more female directors but well its a start.


I feel like a better, feminine touch was appearent with how the film was created and executed. Two females were the heros without the need of a male hero. I loved it as a strong message to my 5 year old!


I agree with you, another great movie is The Lion King, you know it was the first movie ever to be dubbed to Zulu!


What did you think of the Wonder Woman film in 2017? Do you think it lived up to the hype or was it a flop in your opinion?


Well I could see why they wouldn't buy it. At the time MySpace was the only real social media platform. Face Book was nothing more than a website for Harvard students when it was made. I wouldn't of bought it either.


schleswig-holstein in Germany made the like button illegal


I don't blame them. I'm sick of seeing their like button too. I think Burger King hated them too. They gave you a free whopper if you unfriended 10 people.


that's interesting. the reason for the blue color scheme is because zuckerburg suffers from colorblindness


Really? That is actually surprising. Just as surprising as Iceland rewriting their constitution via Facebook. I wonder if they regret doing that.


Let talk about Superheros next, in the united states there are over 300 of them


You mean fictionally right? Not actual people? I figured about 90% of super heroes were created here in the states. 300 seems to be fairly low. I guess the rest are unregistered.


I like the idea that there is a series dedicated to fixing the collateral damage caused by superheroes.


Really!? I'll have to read that. Do you consider Batman a super hero? I don't considering super heroes normally have some kind of super human ability.


that's is a tough one, maybe I do overall. There is a normalman superhero which is interesting.


yes, lets talk about wonder women. It earned a lot of money, being the highest grossing superhero origin movie and WW1 movie


Oh that is the guy that actually didn't have any super powers right? I think everyone on the planet was super human except him. Seems interesting. I wonder what he did.


me too, the loss of Stan lee is huge since he wrote 15 dc comics


Yeah, The guy lived  a long life and his work will live on as long as people read comics. He was a national treasure in my opinion.


Agreed he also re-imaged batman and superman


Yeah, but I feel that the reason it was so high grossing is because of the hype built around it. You know, first female super hero and all that nonsense. I think it was too over hyped.


interesting, 2017 was the first time since 1958 that the 3 highest grossing films had female leads


True, but they this movie wasn't the only female super hero film. I mean they had a lot of different ones since 1958. I mean Cat Woman was one of them and ironically enough Gal Gadot though she was auditioning for cat woman.


yup, she also was in the Israel defense forces for two years, that must have helped her also


Yeah, I wonder if she actually saw any kind of combat or if she was just in the reserves or something. I thought she played the role decently, maybe her military training was a help to her.


yeah, the character came a long way figuring she started as a secretary when she first joined the justice society.


Yeah I think she joined in 1941. I think the movie just came out at a good time. All the other movies like star wars and beauty and the best just wasn't very good overall. Wonder Woman was kind of the only other practical choice at the time.


Lets talk about Facebook next. Myspace could have bought Facebook for 75 million , i'm guessing they regret that choice not to


Yeah. I can go through a pair of gym shoes every 3 months and theirs last 5000 years?


Yes hard to believe. Speaking of gym shoes, if they begin to smell you can just throw some teabags in them to spruce them up a bit!


Nothing like a little chamomile tea to freshen up the old gym shoes. I wonder if that actually works?


Exactly I would be curious to know myself. There was a NFL wide receiver who left his cleats on the field after every game to raise awareness for homeless people without shoes.


That seems nice unless you know that he also broke the jaw of 2 teammates in fights.


Wow I didn't know that. That is brutal. Do you like to travel? The first king to travel around the world was the king of Hawaii.


I do like to travel. Mackinac island has no cars. That would be nice.


Yes I think it would be cool to travel by horse drawn carriages or bikes.


I looked it up on google and that is a really nice area. Million dollar homes and beautiful scenery!


Wow that sounds very pleasant. I also want to go to Iceland but unfortunately there's no public rail service. It was great to talk to you today.


Not usually. But I know people ask a lot of questions likeWhat to do with old shoes.


As a male, I feel like I avoid some of those ethical and moral questions.


Yes me as well. I think it would be nice if we didn't have to wear necktie and other uncomfortable things to work.


HA! I do not wear ties. My employer is lucky if I wear pants! Just kidding. I am lucky that I get to wear a uniform, khakis and a employer issued polo. I do not have to think about what I wear int he mornings.


That sounds quite comfortable. What kind of shoes do you wear with that outfit? Shoes can be used for both fashion and protection. They're quite versatile.


Right now, I am wearing Reeboks, casual. It is nice. Occasionally I wear fancy dress shoes and my feet kill after work.


Oh nice those must be very comfortable. I bet they last pretty long especially longer than professional ballet dancers who go through four pairs of shoes a week.


They do. Although those cant be too comfy either. Maybe if they are 5000 years old?


Yes isn't it funny that 5000 year old shoes perform better than modern shoes?


Do you know which newspaper Charles Krauthammer worked for?


In part, yes.     It is ironic that Fox News Corp thought of doing a Simpsons-only channel years before FXX.


Well, I think al media outlets are flawed. Fox devotes 55% of it's time to opinion, and MSNBC dedicates 85% to opinion. What happened to the days when media used to just report the news. Now they make up themselves.


Well, when your highest elected official is akin to President Banana of Zimbabwe, what can you do?


Well, President Woodrow Wilson was that last PhD, so it would be nice to see a more educated person in the big chair. Someone brilliant, someone concise and respected. I suggest we open up a campaign to elect the late Charles Krauthammer. A dead guy would be an improvement over almost all of the bozos in Washington.


Amusing.    I'd like to see a current President record 3 pop albums like the President of Indonesia


Yeah, and I bet they sang in a foreign language too! The last US president to speak a foreign language fluently was FDR.  It's like a superpower.


True, although if we still operated by the old rules, where the runner up became Vice President, even superpowers would not help.


VP Hilliary would be quite a change. Her pant suit collection would not have been allowed in the Senate had she served there before 1993. Think of the fashion trends we would have been deprived of!


Too true.    Trousers are an essential part of life today.    A DC judge even sued for $67 million when a pair of his were lost at the dry cleaner!


I wonder what he left in the pockets?  Or maybe they were super valuable because they originally were those indestructable pants that the Incredible Hulk always used to wear!


He published in teh Washington Post, but also was a fixture on Fox news. I loved CK. He was thoughtful, original, insightful, and concise.


True.    The character might've worked better in Roman times, were pants were considered a sign of barbarism.


Interesting. It was probably because each pair of pants has it's own fly, and barbarians attract flies..


Funny guy!    Since pants came into vogue due to horse riding, and horses and flies go together, makes sense!   Nice chatting with you!


A smart guy.    He died too young - do you remember at what age he passed?


At the age of 68, an age that is creeping up on me too. CK lived with a disability and still rose to the top echillon of his profession. Pretty inspiration, especially for us old folks!


I know he had been paralyzed for quite awhile.    Do you know how that happened?


A diving accident I think. I didn't realize it when I first heard his commentary. I, like others, was mesmerized with his intellect, and did not even notice a disability.  He was wheelchair bound.


I know he didn't talk about it for a number of years.    Over a decade, but I'm not sure exactly how long until he broached the subject.


I don't know either.  There are a lot of journalists with disabilities that admired the man, and I can understand why.  I especially enjoyed watching him on the Special Report round table discussions on Fox. His brilliance shined there.


Well, as good as he was, many might say working for Fox news is not a good way to make a reputation as a real journalist.


What, are you saying that the network that threatened to sue The Simpsons is not always focusing on the right thing?


Wow, more Trump bashing, how novel. I just was gagging reading an article, "Has Trump finally gone to far?"  I my opinion, it's the biased press that's going too far.


Hee, yeah.  I just get sick of being lied to... Enough on that sordid business... Did you know that the top three wealthiest presidents were JFK, Washington and Jefferson?


I know , I'm surprised Trump wasn't listed I know they owned alot of land back then.


Me too.  Maybe Trump should pump out 3 pop albums like the president of Indonesia.


lol, so silly. Hes far to busy and smart for that! lol


I suppose.  I can't see him singing anyway.  I'm an (I) but it's interesting that there hasn't been a U.S. president that wasn't a (D) or (R) since 1853.  I think parties divide the nation too much.


I agree, plus there both on the same side. Alot of them are anyways. It was democrat for a long time.


Yep. I can't believe the red/blue colors for the parties only goes back to 2000.


I know, I always saw red and blue before that?


Me too.  I also can't believe that the White House still uses floppy disks.  A guess they are easier to burn.  Are they still using Apple IIs?


lol, I know was thinking the same thing. I don't know? Praying things get better! Great chat!! Have a nice day!


Thanks, I'll pray too. You've been great.


They use the PC term "undocumented immigrants".


I agree with you! Its called common sense for your country. Not lies.


They lament about kids being separated from their parents.  The same exact policy was being used during the Obama administration.  One can prove that a million times over and the press still paints it as a Trump thing.  Sick of this nonsense.


I think the whole country is!  Just pay people to tell lies in hopes someone will agree with it.


It's about hate and not wanting to accept election results.  The article goes on claiming that Trump has failed to secure the border without naming why it's failing resistance from Dem's and certain GOPmembers.  I think they care more about money and their ability to hold office than they do for the safety of Americans.


I think they have so much to hide,money to lose, and its been going on for so long. When it does all come out,  its going to very bad!


Now the separation of kids from parents is a crisis.  I remember one Trump bashing article on this issue.  I had pictures of where the kids were kept during these separations.  I came out later that the pictures were taken during the Obama admin.


I know , no one believes it Everyone knows and is upset too! .Well Bush put those solar panels on the white house.lol


Hi! So, I was not aware that the movie "Frozen" was the first Disney film to have a female director! That is actually pretty cool info. I have never watched it, myself, but now I might have to get around to doing that. :-)


Ha. Yeah. He looks NOTHING like Steve Martin to me. As a sidenote, I can't EVER say Bill Nye's name without doing the little "Bill Nye the sci-ENCE guy" chant afterwards.) haha. And I hate when people talk about him without context because I always want to confuse him with Bill Nighy, which is pronounced exactly the same way), but they are two totally different people.


Yes, I always have to say "the science guy" too! Have you seen his show on Netflix, "Bill Nye Saves the World"?


I have not! I'm not even sure I've heard of it, which is crazy because I watch Netflix WAY more than any normal person should. Haha. Is it like an older version of the kid's show? Or is it something totally different?


No, the audience for his new show is really for adults that watched his original show as children.


That is kind of what I meant. Sorry. I didn't word my question well. Haha. But still, that sounds super cool. I might have to check it out. I have been watching "The Umbrella Academy" the last few days. My son and I are about 5 episodes in so far. We LOVE it. I guess Netflix is having to find some alternative superhero shows to cater to the superhero-loving crowd now that Disney is pulling all of their Marvel stuff off Netflix for their own streaming service.


Is the Umbrella Academy mostly for kids? I don't have any children, and while I do like Disney, my tastes in TV usually lean more towards sci-fi/fantasy.


Not at all! In fact, the language is a little rougher than I like my kid hearing, but he is 13, and I am sure he hears worse at school. No, it is more of... well... I'd say it has a bit of an x-men vibe to it, but it is quite a bit darker than X-men. But the basic idea is the same - 7 individuals born with extraordinary abilities are taken in by a rich, eccentric man who trains them to fight evil. But if you like sci-fi, you'd probably enjoy it. It has a lot of time travel elements to it, too. VERY interesting show.


Cool!  I'll have to add it to my watch list then. Thanks for the tip! Did you see the part of the article where it says the original Nintendo could only display 54 colors? It sure seemed like it was a lot more at the time!


I DID know that. I'm a huge video game nerd, so I love game trivia. Haha. Of all the things that have improved with time, video games are one of the things that amaze me most. We went from Pitfall on the Atari - a little BADLY DRAWN man running constantly to the right with an occasional jump thrown in - to games like Skyrim and World of Warcraft. It amazes me that it started out so humbly.


Cool! Yes, and then think, even before Pitfall, we had Pong! We've come a very long way in what seems such a short period of time, but well, it's been over 40 years since Pong came out.


That was news to me too! I was also shocked to hear that they renamed Frozen and Tangled to avoid "feminine" titles. How stupid is that?


You're right. You're absolutely right. I had forgotten about Pong. haha. Still. The advancements there amaze me! Well, I have to say, I have really enjoyed talking to you today. :-) I'm going to run out and grab some lunch before I have to go tutor some high school kids for after school tutoring. :-) I hope you have an amazing rest of your day and a great week!


I had a great time talking to you as well. I hope you have a great rest of your day and week as well.


Ha. Yeah. That is absolutely ridiculous. And what exactly constitutes a "feminine" title? I mean... Sleeping Beauty? Pocahontas? And then even things like "Snow White" and "Cinderella". Everyone knows those are FEMALE characters, so yeah. I don't get that at all.


I wasn't surprised that Disney recycled a lot of their animation in the 70s. I noticed that even as a child.


I never really noticed that myself, but now it is suuuuuuuper obvious. Instead of making new films, they are putting all of their energy into live action remakes of the classics. I know they are making a new Dumbo, a new Lion King, and a new Aladdin, right? I'm sure there are more.


Yes, that's what I've heard too. I'm not sure I really think they should be remaking classics, but maybe that's just me. I was surprised Wreck-it Ralph was in production in the 80's!  That movie took forever to release in that case!


YES! That was crazy!!! I mean, I enjoyed that movie. (I have a son, so we watch more of the rough and tumble shows than we do the princess films.) I liked it, and he loved it, but I certainly didn't see anything in it that should have taken 30 some odd years to make. haha. I haven't seen the second one yet, but I'm anxious, too. Considering the first one took 3 decades, I'm surprised they put out a sequel so soon.


I guess they must have changed the plot a bunch or had to go back to the drawing board, so to speak, when the technology advanced...repeatedly. Ha. I guess they have it down now to release a sequel so quickly. but wow..3 decades. I can't even imagine.


Yeah. That blows my mind, too. I mean, some of the best movies I've ever seen didn't even take that long. I don't know. I'm a huge Game of Thrones fan, and as quickly as they turn that stuff out - and keep the quality amazingly good .... well, it is just hard for me to imagine a cartoon taking so long. I didn't realize that the guy that voiced King Candy in that one also voices so many different Disney characters. The only think I really knew him from was that series with Eliza Dushku, "Dollhouse." I had no idea he voiced characters, too.


That was a surprise to me as well. Did you see that Bill Nye got his break in a Steve Martin lookalike contest? How cool is that?


lol, yes, or that your president released 3 pop songs. Like they should be too busy.


It's crazy that the last US president to speak a foreign language fluently was Roosevelt.  You'd think more presidents would speak foreign languages with how much they interact with foreign leaders.


Yes, I agree. I can't believe it took four days in 2011 to know that the White House was struck with bullets.


That's scary... I bet someone got fired over that.  I like that Jimmy Carter turned down all the thermostats to 65 degrees during the winter of 1977.  Sounds like he's warm natured like me


lol, I know. I can't see the White House not having Christmas trees like when Teddy Roosevelt was president.


Me neither; that seems depressing.  It's cool that you can mail a birth announcement to the white house and they'll send you a congratulations card back.


Yes, I like that too. Did you know the White House has twin buildings in Ireland and France?


That's really cool; does anyone live in them?  There's also a replica of the white house in Atlanta which was built as a private home.


Really, interesting. I wonder if additional solar panels have been put on the White House?


I doubt it... After Jimmy Carter put them in, Ronald Reagan took them out.  If Al Gore had been elected president, the entire white house would be covered in solar panels.


Hi!  I watch Fox news sometimes, but I'm not a huge fan.  Even though I'm a conservative, I don't care about news outlets that are obviously biased.  How about you?


The same. Interesting about the Simpsons only airing on a created cable channel.


That is funny; I think Fox actually owns the Simpsons too, which is ironic.  I do like that Fox news has only half its airtime dedicated to opinion, unlike msnbc that is 85%


Yes, I know. Its interesting that more people watch Fox news than CNN and MSNBC combined.


Right, as biased as Fox News is, CNN and MSNBC can be worse at times.  In 2015 the median viewer age for Fox news was 68 years old.  Do you think that number will get lower or higher?


I believe both. Most conservatives watch Fox news. I did not know Richard Nixon was one of the creators.


Me neither.  The President seems to primarily watch Fox News.  Did you know the only US president to have a PHD was Woodrow Wilson?


No, I did not. How would you like your president to be called banana?


I don't think I would like that at all either... He might  prefer to be called a banana rather than orange though! haha.


Hey, did you know the reason NYC has a 212 area code is, is because it's the fastest number you can dial on an old rotary phone?


Yes the multiplayer games are fun. It really is such a good invention and it's free. I actually wish there was a pay version with less ads. I understand on screen ads is how they make money but at times they get annoying.


They are very annoying.  Amazing how far they have come!  A music protocol was used for networking the first multiplayer first person shooting game.


Interesting. You know it's been almost 7 years since facebook went public and I still haven't got around to buying stock. I really should.


I can't believe it has been that long.  From almost selling for $75 million to being worth over $100 billion, wow!


I wish they'd add old games to their multiplayer games. sega genesis games like streets of rage, or snes games too.


I remember playing both Sega and SNES.  I also remember the fateful Halo 2 server shutdown from 2010.  Wish I knew that if I left the console on, I could have played for another three and half weeks!


Good times. Golden Eye was the first multiplayer game I played but it was in person not online. Apparently they added this feature last minute. We probably wouldn't remember the game today if not for it.


I loved Golden Eye and Mario Kart.  I could play those for hours.  Rare and Nintendo were not even aware that multiplayer mode was being added!


I bet they are happy it was added! Who knows how much longer it would have taken for nintendo multiplayer to catch on. In fact I think I'm going to go hook my n64 up now.


I saw a kiosk selling old Nintendo systems and games in our mall the other day.  That would be a fun way to spend the afternoon.


Hi, no I did not think of that, but excellent thought.  Speaking of phones, it is amazing that an iphone has more computing power than the entire us nuclear missile deterrent system!


I still have lots of old games. I'm going to go play them now. Nice talking to you, bye!


Nice talking to you!  I am going play some NBA 2k19 against the AI-controlled computer opponent that does not have the advantage and flexibility of human thought!


Yes phones have really progressed, nowadays there are people who haven't even used land lines never mind rotary phones. Iphones are all they know.


Yes.  Everyone has become so reliant on mobile phones.  It is nice to see Unicef offering to donate a day of clean water to children for every minute your cell phone is not used.


I wonder how they keep track of that? Nowadays no one using their phones for calling. I almost never do. Facebook for me is the preferred way of keeping in touch.


Yes, use Facebook a lot too.  Great way to keep in touch.  I can never get over the fact that Myspace turned down an offer to buy it for $75 million!!


Now the company is worth billions. It's really interesting that the reason facebook is blue is because Mark Zuckerburg is partially color blind. The blue is so iconic now.


The blue is totally iconic.  People are so reliant on Facebook that Iceland is using Facebook to rewrite their constitution!  I can't even being to imagine that comment section.


Wow, but reading the comments is half the fun. Unless you see stupid comments your friends make and then you have to unfriend them. Remember when burger king gave out free whoopers if you unfriend 10 people?


I do not remember that, but it's hilarious.  My wife plays so many games on Facebook.  It is pretty awesome that she can play multiplayer games over the internet with her friends or strangers.


I agree lol! We could send Trump to Jupiter and still hear him crying on am radio


I dont think youd need a radio to hear him from there. His voice is pretty loud as it is.


and he will sniffle the whole time, so annoying! ha. We should call him president orange since Zimbabwe's president is called president banana


I could see a tasty fruit salad coming out of their meeting together. Maybe discuss ways to make pop albums for profit.


LOL that would be fun to watch. Almost another fiction book in the writing. Do you read?


I tried to read in the past, but i wasn't really good at it. I stick mostly to pictures and such. Do you like the reading?


For sure, I mostly do articles that are real and not fiction. I could try sometime soon again I think.


I try to read things with few words and fewer syllables if you get my drift. LOL. Pictures dont have spelling so there is no concern there.


lol, me too! I get your drift! Good chatting with you!


Yes, it has been chatting. I did enjoy much. Time has drifted past. Thankfully!


I am not really a Trump fan, do you like him?


Ha I don't like him either, I am glad he isn't one of the three wealthiest presidents


I think that he will cook the books to game the stats. He could also find a way to make money while president.


Yeah, I don't agree with how he does things. He needs to get off twitter and use the radio


I think that the radio is a good way for him to communicate. Especially if he records some music.


For sure lol, imagine if it was like the past where the loser in the presidential race became vice president!


The system would work now because nothing would get done but we could laugh good at the hijinks and antics. That would be rich.


For sure, oh well I wish right now was like a fiction book and not real life lol


I think Trump could release pop albums. Other presidents have done as much. It would help him get cash together for his next campaign.


True. Henry Ford probably was not motivated by musical taste, but other factors. Jazz is America's contribution to music. Country is fine, but there's plenty of room for other genres.


Yeah we need more crossovers...like Eddie Van Halen doing Beat It


Yes, people advised him not to do it. They said it was not his kind of music. I thought it was an awesome crossover and I'm glad he played with a pop star. No loss of reputation at all.


MIchael Jackson was cunning. With Eddie van Halen doing a solo he started getting played on rock stations...and MTV


I bet he did. I wonder what other guitarist he could have chosen, if Ed had said no.


Maybe Queen's Brian May? He had brains too...Ph.D in Astrophysics


I don't know if his playing is fiery enough, but he was a very melodic player. Why does he use coins? What's the physics behind that choice?


That's a question for Pink Floyd. BTW, which ones Pink?


The eternal question. Which one *is* Pink? They all are. Anyways, I enjoyed chatting, Pink. Have a goodnight.


One more thing before you go...Eddie Van Halen set the speakers on fire!


Ok. I got a lotta drama going on.  Perhaps not drama at the level of Aristotle's Poetics, but drama noetheless


Drama is the spice of life. Or maybe spice is the drama of life? I dunno.


maybe pretty girl are the spice of drama. i'm sure MIchael Caine would agree


Michael Caine knew what was what. I'm not sure that I agree with Jim Carrey's thinking about drama.


Yeah. All positive all the time isn't something to aim for.


Drama can have positive outcomes, and comedy often comes at the expense of others.


County music sometimes comes at the expense of others. There are only 2 Af Am in the country music HOF


Country certainly hasn't been the genre for Af Am. I would guess it's as asymmetrical as rap and R&B for white people.


Well Henry Ford financed Country Music due to his fear of Jazz's urban decadence. Maybe if Oprah financed Rap out of fear off...you get the point


The NBA is one of the major professional sports leagues in US and Canada.


I love basketball. How about you? Did you know that the league banned Air Jordans when they first came out?


I also like basketball. It is the US favourite past time sports. In 1920 there are many professional basketball team in towns, cities of US. This lead to the growth basketball.


That is true. It has really grown over the years. I think the athletes are just amazing though. They can just do awe inspiring stuff out there.


The US supreme court building has a basketball court on the top floor known as "the highest court in the land"


That would be cool to go play some basketball there huh.


The New zealand basketball team are nicknamed the "tall blacks".


That sounds a little racist. What if the tall blacks basketball team is actually a bunch of short white guys. I think then it might even be more racist.


Did you hear about the shoe deal Allen Iverson signed back in 2001. He made out pretty good on that one.


That is true. It is composed of 30 teams in the United states and Canada.


He played 14 NBA season. His nickname is "The Answer".


Yeah. he was awesome. He had that crossover that nobody could guard. He even broke Jordans ankles.


He is very aggressive, some athlete more involved in the game.


He sure is. Well its been good chatting with you. Have a great day.


The league founded in New York city on June 6, 1946.


Have you heard of cheryl miller. She once scored 105 points in a game. On a night when her brother reggie scored 40 points.


It is very interesting. "granny style" is the best technique to consistently score points on the line.


I heard that. I never got the granny shot down myself. I could shoot free throws pretty good regularly though. I think it just looks too goofy to become main stream.


LeBron James is the professional basketball player of the NBA.


That he is. Did you know that lebron signed a deal to do a new space jam movie. That is awesome. I loved the first one.


He is the greatest player of all time. He was the hold many awards of all time. He is the all-time NBA playoffs scoring leader.


If it was me I would pick Jordan as the GOAT. Thats just me though. However Lebron does make more money than judge judy which is saying a lot.


Hi, how are you? Do you listen to the radio?


How much water actually gets donated? People are addicted to their phones. I figure that people can't stop even to eat, sleep or drive.


It's true, people are totally addicted. I'm not sure how much exactly, but even a gallon is helpful.


True. We should be more aware of the plight of children in other countries. And of our addiction to phones.


We should. Did you know in South Africa it's legal to equip a car with flame throwers to prevent car jacking?


I know that SA has a problem with car jacking. Flame throwers sound a bit extreme and maybe dangerous to pedestrians.


And to wildlife! But it has to be a dangerous place to live. It took a while for cars to be accepted in Western Europe and other parts of the world. The US rapidly adopted cars to quickly replace animal drawn carts.


Yes, I figure that the US is the leading car country on the planet. That's good and bad. THe traffic, the pollution. We could use some public transit.


Or some animal drawn carts haha. I would ride a horse to work. Or through a food drive thru. McDonald's added the drive thru in '75 for soldiers who couldn't get out of their cars while wearing fatigues.


I thought the drive thru was much older. But I guess that McDs had a lot of soldiers that wanted their food. Anyway, great chat!


Hey, I'm great thanks! Yes I do! Did you know that according to Canadian law, all radios are required to play at least 40% Canadian music?


That makes sense. Canada has a small market with few of its own artists. They want to make space on the airwaves.


I agree! I just never knew that. I love free stuff, there's a site where you can listen to thousands of classic radio dramas for free.


I wonder who visits that site. Older people? I would expect the younger generation to watch videos.


I'm not all that old, but I would definitely check it out. I bet it was interesting to listen to a show, rather than to watch it. It's a good way to develop the mind and the imagination.


It is good for the imagination. They had to be quite creative with voice and sound and music.


Definitely! Technology has come a long way in a short amount of time. The iPhone has more computing power than the entire US nuclear ICBM deterrent!


The ICBM missles are probably running on quite old tech. I guess it's good enough, but I hate for something to break or go wrong.


Me too. We've become so reliant on technology and our cell phones. UNICEF even recognizes that and will donate a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute someone doesn't use their cell phone.


Hey there do you have any questions or thoughts about the sun haha?


Well maybe you saw that right there. And I know that a lightning bolt is hotter than the surface of the Sun like you said also our son is only about 1 billionth the size of the largest star in our galaxy. There must be some energy we can Harvest from somewhere


There is evidence of methane-based life on Titan, a moon of Saturn. This is a fascinating find for those colonists bound for Titan. Maybe they can bring back methane for our gas stoves.


Yeah I like that idea. I know that cows have a lot of methane too. Maybe we can Harvest that somehow haha


The sun produces enough energy in one second to meet the needs of the entire planet for 500,000 years.What would we do with all that energy though? We'd have no place to store it. We'd have to turn on all the air conditioners and space heaters just to use it up.


Haha well that's something I can get behind because I don't like being hot. What do you know about the moon? The highest point on the moon is literally higher than Mount Everest


Well, yeah, it's out in space, that's why it's higher. Speaking of high, how high was the UN in September of 2010?


Haha what do you mean? I didn't hear anything about that. But I do know that there is evidence of life on the Moon of Saturn. The name of the moon is Titan and it would be methane based life


The UN appointed an official ambassador to extraterrestrials in they case they ever make contact. I suppose the life on Titan could count.


Oh I see what you're saying. That guy must have a really boring job haha. Also I guess NASA was originally going to put a un flag instead of a USA flag when they landed on the moon.


That would have been terrible. USA USA USA. Anyhow, it's been an exciting chat, one for the ages, something for the record books.


Hi, how are you doing this fine evening? I have a query for you too. Which is your favorite place: the sun, the moon, or the earth? Each has its charms and attractions.


Oh definitely haha. Also good to know that moondust can cut through Kevlar. Be careful and watch out for that haha


Haha I like all of them. They are all very important. However I am partial to the Earth haha what about you


The Earth has been a home to me for many of these past years. I cherish it, but it is just a way station.


Well it's pretty crazy that 80% of Earth's forests have been destroyed. Very sad actually


Only 20% more to go, then we will have completed the task before us. In other news: A lightning bolt is hotter than the surface of the sun, about five times hotter. That’s pretty hot, but is it hot enough to power our civilization? Can it generate enough gigawatts for time travel?


Haha great question. I wish we could do an experiment to find out. Did you know the earth when it was formed, that a day was only 6 hours long


Soon, with the way things are going, the day will get to about 40 hours long and we'll have to 32 of them. Might be time to consider going to Mars. Or the moon.


Yep I could see that happening actually. Also we're losing helium very quickly. I guess we'll be out by the end of the 21st century. That is scary


The sun has helium. Maybe we could outsource supply to people living on the sun. I'm not sure about their racial policies though. The sun is actually white, only perceived as yellow because of atmospheric scattering


Astoria is a floating house boat that Pink Floyd turned into a recording studio. That was not in their bio!


I love pink floyd almost as much as I love Tony Stark. His engineering talents are out of this world!


So is MySpace turning down an noffer to buy facebook for $75M. What were they thinking?


That is nuts! Facebook has been so popular since mark zuckerberg started it in 2004.


He is color blind so he made the primary color blue. Who knew?


Interesting! Can you imagine if the like button said awesome instead? that would be odd.


I dont think it would have the same effect if it said awesome... Do you?


I don't. I much prefer like and I think the many users would agree. It is a huge news resource for 30% of users.


I feel like 30% is too many people using it for news. What happened to CNN or Fox or MSNBC?


Very true. It is irresponsible to rely on social media for news. But it is relevant in divorce, as 1/3 of filings refer to facebook.


I'm just relaxing and playing my guitar. It has six strings and I'm using a guitar pick.


Nice. Have you ever set speakers on fire?


I have not! Have you? I often play the f chord, which is also the same as the dialtone.


I have not. I cannot play the guitar. How long have you played for?


It has been about 15 years. Mine is average sized, but I would love t play the world's smallest guitar that Cornell built.


I would be afraid I would break it.... Brian May had a degree in astrophysics.


Brian May seems like the kind of guy that would like Iron Man. Jon Favreau did a great job directing that film.


Brian May also uses coins as a guitard pick. I wonder which one he uses?


His ability to build guitars from old parts around the house is impressive.


Hello did you kow the sun is actually white


yeah did you know that jupiter storms can be heard on the radio?


Yeah, i think you can hear solar activity. I wonder if those storms are interesting to listen to.


I dont know,  I imagine it to sound like static sounding lol


I bet it is more interesting and informative than a news show in Latin LOL


Haha maybe!  considering I cant understand Latin,  I would prefer the the jupiter storms


Yeah, me too. Or maybe some old radio dramas. those have their own charm.


I have never listen to any of those dramas,  any good?


Some are interesting. War of the Worlds is a good one. classic.


Oh Is that a movie too?  Ive heard of it


Yes, it is. originally it was a book, then broadcast on the radio. people thought it was real, not a story. very funny.


Yes, if you view the sun from the moon, it is white. there is no atmosphere on the moon. we get it as yellow here.


Thanks for the info.  Its been great chatting.


Yeah I wish I learned that a long time ago lol


Yes, the sun is an interesting star. it has most of the mass in the solar system, but that is not surprising. it creates the orbits of the planets.


I like the fact that the sun can produce enough energy to meet the planets needs for 500,000 years!  How can we harvest that energy more lol


I wish we could capture and store all that energy. it would be great! we need more solar.


yes definitely!  It should be something that everyone invests in.


Yes, i think some places on the earth are ideal for solar. The suns shines there a lot.


I hear neptune made its first orbit of the sun in 2011


Neptune is a slow planet, one that is not in a rush to get places. I wouldnt want to visit neptunre,.


Yeah, I had all types of animals. One time I bought a ferret, that didn't go over so well because they smell.


I got a kick out of the ferrets at the pet store. They were all sleeping lying across one another like kittens, only they were so long and thin they looked like strands of spaghetti.


Yeah, they are expensive. My parents hated that and took it right back.


Sounds like you've had bad luck with pets. I inherited a feral cat colony when my mom died, and got them all spayed and neutered and moved them onto my place. They're really a lot of fun.


Nice. Did you know that a seahorse is the only fish to have a neck?


It's definitely got an unusual shape for a fish. Interesting how all land vertebrates have four limbs because we're descended from lung-fish with four weight-bearing fins.


Interesting. I didn't know there was a jellyfish that was immortal. Did you?


No. I remember reading there were sharks that were practically immortal though.


Interesting, I wonder what type they were. Well, nice chatting with you!


Do you like snakes? I see a fair number of them where I live.


It is 10 and out, well anyways. Nice chatting with you.


Interesting. I had a ball python when I was younger.


Sorry I didn't see your question about fish, btw. I've tried to keep goldfish as pets several times over the years. I had a pet corn snake once too. How big was your python?


It wasn't that big. I kept bringing it to school so my parents made me get rid of it. It was an albino ball python. I could put it in my pocket. LOL


My corn snake was a little under a foot long. It died because it wasn't warm enough in my house during the winter, but not cold enough for it to fully hibernate. I see a lot of snakes here, mostly after my cats kill them.


That sucks. So the ball pythons when they are with their owner will roll up into a ball the size of your palm. So I could just put him in my pocket.


I assume there was a negative reaction to bringing him to school, LOL?


No, everyone thought it was awesome, but they kept calling my parents. So I had to give him back to the aquarium I got him from, but when I was inside I secretly bought an iguana. LOL


They were probably sorry they didn't just let you keep the python.


Oh wow that's crazy. In 2008, the Norwegian government donated $1 billion to help save the Amazon rainforest.


I think thats praiseworth, more goverments should do the same and try to protect out planet, we have limited resources afterall


I do, interesting how the radio works, it carries waves in form of information, it looks simple but theres a lot of science behind the inventiion


Yea I love the radio. Jupiter has radio storms so strong they can be heard on Earth.


That must be amazing, a bit boring after a while but I like astonomy


I bet it's very boring lol. In Canada, all radios must play at least 40% of the music from Canada.


What do you think about this law? seems like local talent is supported over there


I think it's a decent law. I guess I'm not opposed to it.


I think it helps artists grow and develope their carrers, there are some great artist from Canada so I guess its paying offf


I like to stay involved I am afraid ot those deaths over in Maryland and North Virignia


I do too. Wikileaks published the governments plan to destroy Wikileaks.


I think thats funny and also ironic, seems like Wikileaks is one step ahead of the govenmet


I think that's funny too. Did you know 86% of the land in Nevada is owned by the government?


No I didnt know that, 86% of the land! thats a lot, there must be a couple blacksites there


I bet lol. In 2006, the US passed a law protecting the government employees from being prosecuted from violating the geneva conventionsl.


I think that law protects a lot of corrupt polititican I do not agree with it, did you hear about the man that sold the Eiffer tower twice?


I did not hear about that. How did that happen?


He posed as a government official and found two suckers that feel for it


Hello, have you ever spent money on lottery tickets?


really?? I watched all of them but for me they are not horror movies, they are disgusting, like the house of wax


Horror films can be much more than just blood and guts though


yes that's what I'm trying to say, i like mysterious horror movies, like the one with Nicole Kidman, don't remember the name of the movie though. Did you know that Watching horror movies can burn up more than 180 calories.?


No, that is a weird fact. They say Stephen King was scared of bambi too which is very hard to believe


My wife has an X1 I bought for her last year


I have M6 blue color, I bought it this year and it is really amazing though gas is too expensive for it lol  Did you know that Mcdonalds' added drive-thru in 1975 to accommodate soldiers who were not allowed to get out of their cars while wearing their fatigues?


I had heard that before (drive thru). Wife's BMW has all the bells and whistles like GPS and in car entertainment


No but my wife spends money on the lottery every week which I support.


yes. did you know that The nintendo entertainment system was finally discontinued in september of 2003 in japan?


really, nice, As a married couple, have you ever worked out how much money you're each allowed to spend on fun without the other one's approval?


No not really. She usually just spends a couple of bucks. Hard not to play when the amount reaches over a Billion dollars


oh now I got you lol. Sometimes I also buy lottery tickets but not that much. People regularly lay down cash on things their spouses could reasonably argue are throwing it into the trash. manicures, sports tickets, car washes, smartphone upgrades lol


I could never write to a columnist to air my disagreements with wife to ask for advice especially when it does not seem like a big deal like the article suggests


Yes I am totally agree, She spends a lot of time on social media?


The columnist ended by saying that the reader quit being so petty...lol


lol do you like horror movies? which one is your most favorite?


Hi, do you know of a 30 year old still living with their parents?


Yeah, he seems like an entitled jerk. Just wanting the spotlight!


I would change the locks and cut off contact if he was my son.  Sometimes tough love is the way to go.  Everything else has not worked yet.


Me too! It still must have been hard for them to sit there and watch this. I have a son and daughter and would be heart broken to do this.


Yeah but hopefully you would never be in an extreme situation like this.  It takes a certain type of person to do this to their parents


Probably more than I should.  I really enjoy sit coms like South Park


Me too, although I am a simpsons fan more than south park.


Well both shows have done well.  The simpsons have been on for 30 seasons or more and South Park at least 20 seasons


Did you know that when south park aired its family guy episode, the simpsons sent them flowers


I would imagine that their is a mutual respect between all of those cartoon shows since they all work in the same field


I have a cousin that moved back in with his parents after some financial issues.


Agreed. Plus they are legends and they can't get too angry at comedy legends. Nice chatting with you!


Did he sue them when they asked him to move out?


Uh no, he was not asked to move out.  Its not like that one case in New York that was in the news.


I can't believe he asked for a 6 month eviction. Even by Illinois Standards, that's a lot!


The whole situation is embarrassing for everyone involved.  Not to mention it is going to make holiday dinners very uncomfortable down the road


Right? I think he was totally immature and entitled to do that. All of that because he loves his parents and wasnt ready to move out.


I do not think it is because he loves his parents.  I think it is because he is lazy.  He had a poor work history.


It does say he supports himself with his own business, although he wouldn't elaborate.


Except it sounds like he doesn't have a  business if he is using his family's money and interrupting their lives.


I didn't know that.  I wonder why?  Do you know who the car brand Cadillac was named after?


Yes...the French explorer Antoine De La Mothe Cadillace, who was also the founder of Detroit.  You win a high five!  lol


Nice. Speaking of Cadillac, there was a New York man who found a barn full of classic cars on his property


Yea, I'd love to find just one regular car, let alone a barn full of classic cars. I wonder who was the original owner


I don't know. I'm going to have to look that story up.  How about cars equipped with flame throwers?  They are legal in South Africa to prevent carjackings.


I wonder if Google self-driving cars employ flamethrowers when they go into aggressive mode


Hahahah That's funny!  How about Jann Mardenborough.  They became a professional race car driver by beating 90,000 people in Gran Turismo!


That's pretty crazy, not as crazy as an elementary school replacing their desks with reading bicycles


Yea, I like Benz, I never knew that Karl Benz patented the car all the way back in 1886


What a great idea to stay in shape!  I have to get running.  It was nice chatting with you!


Whoa.  I didn't know they were created that early.  I know Ford made the Model T in 1908, which was the first car available to the masses.


Yea, it's crazy that it took a while for other parts of the world to switch over from animal-drawn carriages


Speaking of the old days of cars...do you know how we came to call the back of a car a trunk?


Because the old cars used to carry wooden trunks on the back of them!


That's crazy, did you know in Ohio it's illegal to warm up your car?


It is? lol I was originally from there.  Never knew that law!


Lol, well now you do. Did you know that audi have to create a new horn the withstand heavy use for their cars sold in India?


Did you hear that Scott Kelly had 7 percent of his genes that did not return to normal after his long stint in space?


Other planets look so different than earth too.  Our 71 percent of surface being water makes us look blue.


Yes. And that water is so important to Earth's history! Life first appeared on Earth in oceans. It happened within the first billion years of Earth's history.


It is kind of sad that all helium will be gone by the end of this century.  No inhaling from a balloon and talking in that high pitched voice.


So, we're running out of helium, and forests on Earth, huh? More than 80% of Earth's natural forests have already been destroyed! Things sure are changing on Earth.


I really enjoy breathing that oxygen that forests produce.  Thank goodness for algae that produces it also.


If we relocate, at least we already have an Ambassador to Extraterrestrials. Did you know the United Nations appointed one in 2010?


I hope they did it on April 1.  That seems appropriate.  Earth is the largest of the 4 terrestrial planets.  What are the other 4 planets made of?


I don't know, and I'm not getting on a space shuttle to find out! I can't imagine going that fast. I'll stick to my slow travel, by foot bicycle, automobile or train. Did you hear the Dutch are creating a commuter bus designed to travel at 160 mph? Too fast for me!


Wow! That is fast.  I drove one of my cars at 161 MPH for about 15 seconds once.  One feels like you are about to go airborne.  I have enjoyed talking with you.  I've got to walk a ways to my mailbox soon.


He's the astronaut that had the 340 day mission to the International Space station, right?


Yes.  Apparently the 7 percent headline is "fake news"  The real difference is more subtle.


I've read there have been articles claiming that he and his brother are no longer identical twins now! Haha! However, yes, I did also read further that this amount of change is not really biologically possible.


Yes.  They needed the data because manned flights to Mars will take 3 years.


Yes. It's important for them to further understand the body's reaction to space if we're going to send people on longer and longer journeys. They say that what's been changed in Scott are within tehrange of a mountain climber, scuba diver, or other human under stress. So maybe it will be safe for us to get to Mars.


When you say "us" you can count me out, LOL. Did you know that the earth rotates around the sun in 365.26 days, making leap years every 4 years except for years dividable by 100 that are not dividable by 400.  That is not 1800, 1900 but yes for 2000


Interesting. Do you think there are Leap years on Mars? When Earth was first formed, a day was only 5.5 hours long. Say maybe in a few million more years, we won't need Leap years on Earth anyway!


Good point.  They adjust that atomic clock every once in a while for stuff like that.  Fortunately the gravitational interaction with the moon stabilizes the Earth's orientation on it axis.


Time is such a funny thing. If the Earth's entire history was viewed as a 24 hour period, humans would only represent 1 minute and 17 seconds!