We were going to be at Universal the week Florence hit, I was surprised that all of the parks closed for it. Evidently, Big Hero 6 was completely done on a supercomputer.


I wonder if it would run on the 16-bit computer someone built out of basic Minecraft building blocks?


That's interesting, I didn't hear about that. Of course, I only recently learned that Minnie Mouse's name is Minerva.


Really? I like Minnie better.  Did you know Bill Nye was a science consultant for Disney's Flubber?


I did. He did a show at Disney once. I also didn't know Where Wall-E's name came from. It's surprising they are still finding creative ways to name characters after Walt.


He deserves the recognition.  I'm an engineer that would have liked to be one of his "Imagineers".


My youngest is hoping to do one of their internships, she wants to be an artist.I didn't know that Disney owns ESPN.


Good luck to her.  Disney's all over the entertainment world it seems. Pixar has done some great CGI stuff including Wall-e.


I prefer Pixar before Disney. I think they had better movies. Weirdly, smoking near an apple computer voids the warranty. It's a biohazard.


I wonder if that's an "Apple PC" thing as opposed to reality.  I also wonder if Jobs was one of the transhumanists the uploaded their mind into a computer.


Probably him and Gates both. It's hilarious that bowlers in the 60's made more than football players.


Things have changed.  I can't believe my alma mater can up the score on Cumberland 222-0 in 1916.


That is impressive. Mine has a pink locker room for our visitors. I'm sure they appreciate the ambiance of it all.


Hee. You've been excellent.  Thanks. Have a great rest of the day.


Do you think sexual misconduct allegations fall along partisan lines?


I think it is an issue for everyone to be concerned with. I think it's too pervasive in society and was actually just harassed in the last conversation I had.


It was harassed? How come, I wonder what other people's opinions about it are. Do you mind sharing?


The dude was just making inappropriate comments about women in the NFL.


No matter what people believe about the issues surrounding Kavanagh and Dr. Ford, it is very wrong to treat a woman and call them offensive names like that.


Thank you. It is crazy how much it is entangled in society Harvey Weinstein has had so many allegations


It is sad and very alarming to see people mock tense situations like sexual harassment, I believe the president does that to a certain extent as well.


no doubts about it. I can't believe he's even nominating kavanaugh to the court.


Yeah, the president is supposed to be a leader but his actions haven't warranted any great leadership skills in my opinion. This is the case where I hope the runner up in a presidential election automatically became vice president like back in the 1800s, I wonder how that would've worked out since the runner up is someone from the opposing parties. Maybe there'd be some sort of checks and balances in place.


yeah and i think the way the news is so left or right winged is messed up too. Fox is too conservative and they dont report facts, in my opinion.


Fox definitely is a biased news channel, maybe it has to do with the fact that it was created by a Republican media strategist and Nixon. I always have to change it in the apartment gym because that's the only channel people watch here.


true. Nixon was a different kind of conservative though, he actually had a lot of programs that helped peoples welfare. It's so twisted. it's for old people who dont have a progressive way to think the average age of their viewers is nearly 70 years old.


That's the best way of describing that news channel! I've never heard of the gaming site IGN, but apparently it also owns Fox, I wonder if the games are conservative as well. Do you know?


that is interesting. I didnt realize they owned it. I think they cover all games though. fox confuses me because it's a subsidiary of the fox entertainment group and not all of their stuff is so biased and right winged


Yeah, perhaps it has something to do with leadership. I've learned that great leadership goes a long way but when you have a president focused on proving his wealth, then his agenda gets distorted somehow. The top three wealthiest presidents in American history are actually JFK, Washington, and Jefferson. I wonder if that's adjusted for inflation too?


thats a good point. do you have a favorite president? mine is Lincoln and FDR. FDR was the last person to speak a foreign language fluently in the presidency.


I liked Obama but because I really find his ability to capture the audience through his speeches is great and worth paying attention to. I also like him because Michelle was also a great role model to the public as well. Which foreign language did FDR speak fluently?


Oh wow, I guess as some would like to call "The Romance Language". Fashionistas can tell whether or not you got your clothes tailored by looking at the collar gaps on your clothes, I don't think any of my clothes are tailored.


I am learning to sew to tailor and make my own clothes. i think it is interesting how clothing is different through cultures. the greeks made clothes out of asbestos!


Oh wow, I've attempted to hem my own jeans once and that was a disaster. How are you learning to sew and tailor? From asbestos? I hope they know there's a health risk to that! Would people buy asbestos clothing?


i dont think people will buy them now that they know about it. I am really just teaching myself...i watch a lot of youtube videos and trial by error.


Wow, that's talented! I wish you good luck in those endeavors.


I do, mostly because it was created by a Republican media strategist.


That is great news! It is watched more than MSNBC and CNN combined.


Did you know they belong to 21 Century Fox?


Yes, part of the FOX Entertainment Group.


Did you know they almost made a channel for the simpsons?


Wow! I knew the Simpsons were popular, but not that popular!


Funny because the once threatened to sue the simpsons


Yeah, I think the Simpsons were making fun of  Fox's anti-Democratic agenda.


News should not have agendas....guess they made up with the simpsons.


They must have.I think it is kind of fun that Fox news survived even though one of its creators was Richard Nixon.


Wow thats bananas.  By the way, Zimbabwe had a President by that name...Banana


Oh nice, makes what our President gets called a little less extreme. I'm just glad that the loser of the Presidential election no longer becomes VP. Someone was thinking in 1805 when that changed.


Yes, two enemies running the country is not good.


I could not agree more! I'm just glad to be a part of the post 1805 generation.


Yes where presidents can have albums like in indonesia


That must be entertaining. Speaking of entertaining, the President's guest house is bigger than the White House. I guess that takes care of his entertainment responsibilities.


Yes, the Blair House.  It is mostly red brick too.  Take care and good night.


Oh sounds nice. You have a good night too. Nice chatting.


Hello,  no I havent watched that show,  any good?


It's ok.  It is popular.  Fox news is watched more than CNN and MSNBC combined!


Wow thats a lot of viewers.  I heard fox news threatened to sue the simpsons.


They were pissed because the simpsons were parodying its famous anti-demogratic agenda.


lol  That's funny.  Fox news corp. almost created a cable channel that would only run the Simpsons.  Fox must have really been mad at the creators to try to sue them since they worked with them already. lol


Yeah and since its one of there more popular shows.


Yes.  Did you know that Richard Nixon had a part in creating Fox news?


Yep.  Are you a fan of clothing?  I am.  I try to wear it as much as I can.  lol


Yes,  I like clothing.  You try and wear as much as you can at once??


Oh yeah...even layers upon layers in the winter. lol  Did you know that pilgrim clothing was full of color and they only wore black and white for special occasions?


Yes,  In the winter is a must.  I have those insulated jackets.  Really helpful if you live in really cold weather.  Thats weird I guess tv has just misled us into thinking they always wore black lol


lol Yes. ...and I know!  Same with school...they always made us think black too!


I never knew apple made a clothing line,  I wonder what kind of clothes they sold.


I didn't know that either.  I bet that stuff is worth some money now.  There is a store in Alabama that sells only clothes and other items found in unclaimed baggage at airports.  Maybe they have some Apple clothing? lol


Maybe,  that seems like a good business,  I bet they get a lot of good stuff in left over luggage.


I know right?  Fashion aficionados look for collar gaps in clothes to tell you get your clothes tailored or not.  They would laugh at my clothes.


Oh wow,  I wonder why that is important to know.


I'm guessing because they probably know a lot about it. It's been fun chatting with you!


Yeah, I do and it seems that the presidet and French president might have one.


What do two presidents talk about within a bromance? I cannot see a bromance between the two...


Yeah and now Trump said that Macron's European army proposal is very insulting so if there was a bromance it might not survive.


Seems like a pretty shallow bromance if it cannot stand a few misslies and the threat of destruction. The way he has ostracized Merkel seems like he shouldn't loose any more leader's friendships...


Apparently they shared an awkward long handshake that was all over the news.


I feel like he shares a lot of awkward with a lot of people. He's not even the wealthiest president!


Apparently i that handshake, they were shaking hands for six seconds and their knuckles turned white and jaws clenched. Trump tried to let go twice but Macron would not let go. How odd.


HA! Are you suggesting two "alpha" males are being weird when egos are involved? Never...


I just think they are public figures so they should be able to put their egos aside in public. Haha.


The president of Indonesia has released 3 pop albums. I had no idea. Can you imagine if Trump did that?


Yeah, at least our president isn't doing that. Wonder if the albums are any good.


I do not want to find out! Maybe he can record in one of the two identical white house buildings in ireland or france.


Speaking of the white house, I did not know that the presidential guest house is bigger


I know there are not christmas trees in the white house. Teddy Roosevelt banned them!


Interesting! George Bush had solar panels put back on the White House. I guess someone had taken them down.


They took them down before or after Bush? Are they still there?


I guess they took them down before him since he was the one to put them back. I think they might still be there but I'm not sure.


I find Bush to be an underrated president, with the whole Iraq war shading his entire presidency.


Yeah, interesting that he was into solar panels. On another note, the White House is behind on some of their technology. They still use floppy disks for file storage.


That seems dated. Nice chatting with you!


What do you think about the Miss America pageant over the years?


I don't know what to say about that.... I guess it's cool? What about you?


I say let people do what they want.  If people want to enter and people will pay to watch, have at it.


What gets me is that when I was a teen, the contestants seemed to be sophisticated women, now they seem to be children.  Of course, that has to do with me.


Yeah you're right about that.  I guess the times are different now. Back in the 60s they wore sexy swimsuits  but now a lot of people aren't as interested in that


It does seem like there are some girls who still want to participate in pageants now.


Yeah you do have a point.   So why do you think people are attacking it now?


Social media gives people a platform to attack almost anything.  It is just a matter of which stories the national media picks up.


Tell me do you think if we had social media back in the 60s people would still attack the Miss America pageant?


I don't think so.  We were a more religious society back then.  I think that Don Rickles was the leading edge of coarseness in our society.


HAHA yeah he was...  On another note did you know that in 1975 Mcdonald's added drive-thru for soldiers who wasn't  allowed to get out of their car while wearing fatigues?


That is great marketing.  Provide what the customer needs.  It is something how that caught on so well.


Yup,   so have you come across any interesting articles?


I find it to be incredible that flame throwers are legal in cars in South Africa.


wow flame throwers on cars sounds intense


While our most expensive possession is usually a house, most of the people there have a most expensive possession of an Uzi.  It is scary.


Yeah that's crazy, and you said you been over there?


Yes.  And we were told "Do not take a cab from the airport"  We had to be picked up by someone we knew.  At the time, 20% of the population was HIV positive.


Wow... So  that whole flame-thrower being legal is true?


No doubt.. The gated communities were surrounded by walls with constantino wire. Intruders would crawl through the gates behind cars when they would enter.  I need to go now.  Thanks for the conversation.


Good and you?  Do you watch football and did you know there are different kinds of football?


I like to watch football,especially the playoffs. Yes, I guess the name "football" is used for many sports around the world. How about you?


I like football, american football that is too.  It's gotten to be very popular I think.  Back in the 1960's bowlers made more than players and now look at what players make!


The media really have changed the image of football. The number of expensive stadiums around the country is astonishing.


Oh I agree with that.  The size of those stadiums is astonishing too.  ESPN won an emmy just for creating a yellow line on screen to show first down markers.


I find that line quite useful for following the game. Seems like such a small thing, but I guess it was revolutionary.


I like it to but an emmy?  My point is that football is important to a lot of people and the media make it so and it's important to the media.


A mutual admiration society. I think it's funny that the University of Iowa's locker room for visiting teams is  painted pink. I wonder whether that has any effect.


I've heard about that too!  I think it might have a humorous effect. The guys have to laugh about it.  I'd like to see the georgia tech-cumberland game from 1916.  It's the highest scoring game ever.  Georgia tech defeated cumberland 222-0!


I wonder if anyone bet on that game. What was the spread?


Who knows! I feel sorry for anyone that did bet on it!  I am thinking that cumberland had no defense whatsoever, not to mention offense. They didn't score at all!


Cumberland is a small school and I think Tech was a powerhouse at the time. Changing subjects, did you know that Apple had a line of clothing in the 80s? That seems odd to me.


I didn't know that and it does seem odd. I wonder why they don't sell them anymore.  I find it interesting to learn that north korea has a clothes line  but puts made in china on the labels.


I think it's illegal for US goods to be made in North Korea because of sanctions, so they spoof the source as China. The store in Alabama that sells clothes, cameras, etc found in unclaimed baggage at airports sounds like an unusual venture. I wonder whether they have to buy the stuff first.


Oh, that makes sense.  They probably do have to buy it first.  Everyone's got to make a profit don't you know.  Have you heard about people looking at collars to see if your clothes are tailored or not?


I guess the eye of an expert can see a lot in little details.


I suppose so.  Speaking of experts have you ever heard of Phil Collins?  He recorded the tarzan movie soundtrack in not only english, but italian, german, spanish, and french.


He has fans around the world, and is clearly a skill linguist. Well, I enjoyed chatting! Have a good day!


You are right.  Did you know that Steven Spielberg plays the clarinet in the jaws soundtrack?


I know some stuff. Did yiu know ever republican president has had a beard?


Cool. And since 1853 the president has either been a republican or a democrat


yeah that is quite true as I never hear of other presidents


Yeah exactly. Do you know when both parties started using red and blue colors?


Yeah pretty recent. Did you hear of Truman not having his picture taken on the dumbo ride


Yes he did not want to be associated with the republicans in any way


Yeah. Do you know who the wealthiest us presidents are?


Yeah, do you know what the first president of Zimbabwe is called?


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


I guess they get a lot of people there during the year


True, do you know who the VP used to be elected?


Yes that was the runner up that was bumped to that position


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


I guess so. It was nice chatting with you


yes I have a jetta, do you ever go through the drive through?


yes I do, did you hear the history of the drive through


ya, mcdonald's invented it actually, they made it for the soldiers in uniforms


Wow that was nice of them. I wonder when the trunk came into existence?


ya I don't know, but it sounds like a fire hazard to have a wooden trunk on a car back in the day


Plus if you had a flame thrower on your car, it was a recipe for disaster!


or a recipe for fun, depends on your perspective haha!


I read a story in maxim years ago about that and they also had huge swords that would cut the carjackers legs off. What would be the worse way to go?


haha well I think either way that sounds horrible, probably burning would be worse for me, what do you think


I think burning too. I can still function with no legs but to lose all my nerve ending and have months of rehab would be awful.


yup, plus I have seen burn victims and their faces and skin always make me sad


Did you know NYC's area code is 212 because it is the easiet to dial.


Haha I did, yes 212 is the fastest number you can dial on a rotary phone!


haha I've played with one, I only have a cell phone right now, what about you


Me too. I had a rotary growing up and it was the worst when you misdialed and had to start over or your finger slipped...


haha sounds horrible! what do you think of fish? I like to eat them


They are delicious smoked. Nice chatting with you!


Hi I am somewhat. DId you know Hillary Clinton was the leaders of young republicans once?


That's a surprise since she is a Democrat now! It reminds me of how Donald Trump was once a Democrat.


I guess things and political views change over time. They still play a game of baseball though every year


The baseball game is a great way to keep tension down. Politics must be stressful, and a fun Republican-Democrat game is probably a relief compared to a congressional debate.


Yeah exactly, I guess that is why it has been going on for over 100 years now


I wonder what they did before then. There hasn't been a president that wasn't a Republican or a Democrat for over 150 years, so the two sides have obviously been each other for longer than a century.


Yeah that is true. Do you know who was the first senator to be arrested for civil disobedience?


It was Weicker Jr and the protested the apartheid in 85.


Wow, I'd never heard the name before, but he had a good reason to protest. I had expected something a lot pettier, but that's something I can appreciate.


Yes exactly me too. Ayn Rand , the poster woman for the Tea Party was on social security and Medicare


I've read some of Ayn Rand's books. She had some very extreme views. I'm not sure she could even be classed as a Republican, despite being part of the Tea Party.


Yeah that is true. Do you know who proposed the guaranteed minimum income?


I don't. Was it a president or a congressman?


It was a president, a republican, Richard Nixon and he was the only one to do so


That's a surprise. I'll bet the origin of the guaranteed minimum isn't something people talk about much, considering what happened with Nixon!


I guess not. Did you know Wilson has a PhD, and the only president to do so?


I didn't know that. What did he study for his PhD?


I have no idea actually. In Guatemala relatives of a former president cannot run for that position


That would cause problems here, considering the Roosevelts, the Bushes, and the Clintons!


Have you ever tried to sew yourself an outfit? Maybe some clothes like jeans or a shirt?


Never I just buy them. You? I never knew apple had a clothing line!


I bought a sewing machine but haven't had time to use it yet. I wonder what would happen if FaceBook make a clothing line?


That's a really great question. I think it's interesting that rip curl makes clothes in North Korea, I didn't think that was allowed.


I didn't even know North Korea would be interested in making clothing for anyone but themselves. I recently saw a documentary about traveling there.


Yeah it looks terrible there. They have to say on the label that the clothes are actually made in China.


I can't wait to my my own clothing! I originally bought the sewing machine to just embroider stuff. I'm sure I won't be anything like designer Marine Serre, but I'll try.


Wow good luck! Apparently pilgrim clothes were very bright!


Meant to type "make my own clothing." If the pilgrims could make their own clothes so could we, right? I remember my Grandmother sewed some...


Yes for sure. Thats cool it runs in your family then. There is a store in Alabama that sells stuff from unclaimed baggage!


I heard about that! I wonder if they ever come across any designer stuff that's worth a lot of money? I hear that designer Marine Serre makes some really unique fashion items.


Yeah her Spring/Summer 2019 show sounded like it was recieved quite well.


I really love her idea about what she's making right now. Her clothing is supposed to be athletic but fashionable at the same time.


Very cool. She is very idiosyncratic in her creativity. Both body conscious and multi functional.


She's making such unique clothing that I've heard she's actually got evening gowns made from sports jerseys.


Awesome. Definitely figured out how to move street style forward without disconnecting it from its roots.


I think she's taken the idea of recycling clothing to the next level. It seems like she's dominating on the runway right now, and she's a newcomer!


True. Serre stands out because she has the craftsmanship to make her fantasies a reality.


Yes, and speaking of fantasy, her outfits are so lovely and feminine while not being too out of control; one could wear her clothing out and not look  ridiculous.


Yeah good point. I wonder what soundtrack she used for her fashion show? One of the most popular soundtracks was from O'Brother where art thou.


That's a really great movie! I've always loved the soundtrack from the old movie Legend!


Yeah it was good too. Phil Collins Tarzan soundtrack was also epic. It was in a ton of languages! Nice talking with you have a great day!


I love clothes. did you know that Pilgrim clothing was full of color ?


Wow. did you know that An african tribe still wears victorian clothes


Cool. I would like to see some clothes from Apple on day


It is dangerous to work for Bulletproof clothing mogul, miguel cabarello


I wonder why ? Rip curl makes clothes in north korea yet the label says made in china


Cool. Its because miguel cabarello shoots all his employees in order to test and enforce quality control on his wares.


That is scary. Fashion and style aficionados look for collar gaps on your clothes to tell if you get your clothes tailored or not. I wonder why.


The greeks literally made asbestos clothing and it was almost as valuable as gold! Clothes that will kill you lol


A funny one is how People used to do their laundry in old faithful; they put their clothes in the geyser and it would erupt with clean clothes


That is funny. Lets talk about music. Steven spielberg played the clarinet in the jaws soundtrack.


Cool I loved Alicia keys song on the men in black soundtrack


That was a nice soundtrack. Phil Collins speaks lots of languages. he recorded the english, italian, german, spanish, and french versions of the tarzan soundtrack


How cool. I never knew that Michael jackson helped write the soundtrack for sonic 3


I remember that game the music was nice. Daft punk negotiated the tron legacy soundtrack over a pancake breakfast where they wore their trademark robot helmets


Yes and Rage against the machine's contribution to the godzilla soundtrack criticizes the film itself.


Do you like Football ? The university of iowa's locker room for visiting football teams is completely painted pink


I wonder why ? Snoop dogg wrote a fight song for his son's high school football team


in the 1960's one would make more bowling than playing football


That is like how The highest paid across all u.s. department of defense employees are three football coaches of the service branch teams


Did you know every president that has had a beard has been a republican?


That's weird. I always think of very clean cut men when I think of Republicans or presidents, for that matter. That said, the president of Indonesia has 3 pop albums, so, crazier things have happened.


Wow can you imagine Trump singing pop, he's not even one of the three wealthiest presidents.


Ha! Yeah, it was shockingly two of the founding fathers!


And the rock star JFK, lol! can you imagine if the rule from 1805 was still imposed. Trump and Hillary what a reality show.


Right? Maybe Hillary would let him stay in the guest house. It's actually bigger than the main house, anyway.


I'm sure he would insist, lol! I didn't know that fox owed IGN, did you?


No. I try not to pay attention to Fox, other than Bobs Burgers an The Simpsons. Did you know they toyed with the idea of having a station that only played the Simpsons?


Wow was that after they tried to sue them for parodying it's famous anti-democratic party agenda?


I'm not sure, but I'm not surprised by that information since it was created by a Republican media strategist, Richard Ailes, and Nixon.


Right the two Richards, lol! It still amazes me that Fox is watched more than cnn and msnbc combined.


That is pretty crazy, especially for a company under the same umbrella as a gaming website, IGN.


They broadcast primarily from a studio at 1211 avenue in new York city.


Even though they're based in New York, they still broadcast to 86 countries and overseas territories.


Still i like MSNBC much better. Did you know that the republican party is referred to as the GOP?


I did. Did you know that the political parties weren't grouped into red or blue before 2000?


I heard that seems like its been around a lot longer. Yeah and Truman would ride the dumbo ride for fear of supporting the republicans..


I can't believe there hasn't been a US president that wasn't a Democrat or Republican since 1853.


Me either, and the last time there was a republican elected with out a bush or nixon on the ticket was 1928. i assume there excluding trump.


I wonder if Trump would've gotten along with the first president of Zimbabwe, he was called President Banana. Imagine what people would come up with for nicknames of American politicians!


Too Funny!! The president is a common title for head of state in most republics. Nice chatting with you too.


I need to run to Target later - did you know that Target is over 100 years old?


hi how are you? Really? that seems too old. where did it start?


It started as Goodfellow Dry Goods back in 1902 in Minneapolis!


oh, ok. that makes sense. i didnt hear the name target until maybe 20 years ago. i guess they have grown from 1902 then.


Yes - did you know they haven't sold any tobacco product since 1996?


i guess that is a matter of principle because there is a lot of money in cigarettes.


Yes for sure.  Its funny they have a store in every state but Vermont!


isnt that where bernie sanders is from? hm. suspicious coincidence! LOL


For sure.  I just learned that Best Buy and Target will price-match amazon - I need to do that moree.


i have never tried that, but I should. that is a good idea.


Did you know that there is a state senator who also works at Target just to have enough money to live on?


that is amazing. why target? i would think that there are other jobs out there that pay better.


I am not sure.  Maybe selling herbal supplements?  Did you know that 80% of them do not actually contain the advertised herbs?


I am not surprised. there is no regulation of that stuff. it could contain dog food for all we know.


No doubt - the government should monitor it - I bet Norway does - their government actually donated 1 billion to help save the rainforest


they did a great thing there. they make money off oil in the north sea. they want to help save the planet.


Yes.  And they are not scam artists like the French guy who managed to sell the Eiffel Tower twice!!!!


I would like to meet that guy! Maybe he could help sell all that govt land in nevada.


Yes!  86% of the land is owned by the government!  Crazy


What are they doing there? Secret experiments? LOL Anyway, great chat!


hi, do you know much about world presidents?


I know a little bit, I heard that the president of Indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office!


That is quite something. do you know who the wealthies us presidents are?


JFK, Washington, and Jefferson I believe. It's hard to imagine that Trump isn't even in the top 3.


Yeah I know but I guess we have to take inflation in consideration


I guess so, did you know that the first president of Zimbabwe was called President Banana? I wonder where he got that name?


Yeah I wonder if maybe that actually means something in their langue


I'm not sure. Did you know that until 1805, the runner up in a presidential election automatically became the VP? Can you imagine Hillary being in office with Trump now?


No I cannot imagine that at all actually. did you know the guest house is larger than the white house?


That has to be pretty big, because the White House is huge!


Yes and they must get a lot of guests so si guess they need it


I heard that the government owns 86% of the land in Nevada. That's pretty crazy!


I know and I wonder what they do with all that land though


I'm not sure. I know there's a few military bases out there, and Area 51, maybe there's another 50 areas there too.


So maybe for that. Do you ever shop at target?


I do sometimes. Did you know that they will price match with Amazon?


That is cool. There is only one state that does not have Target and that is vermont


I wonder why? I figured it would be Arkansas because that's where Wal-Mart was founded.


I do not know why though. Senators apparently have to work at atarget to make ends meet


I don't understand that. I thought they made good money. I've never noticed that Target doesn't carry tobacco products.


I thought so too. I wonder why they do not sell tobacco though?


Maybe could be that. Nice chatting with you.


I watch Netlfix all of the time actually.


Nice. It account for 33% of all bandwidth across north america in the morning


Wow! I knew is was used a lot but not that much. I did know that Netflix and YouTube combined make up half of peak traffic in North America. That is some serious traffic to those sites. \


Yeah they have both become really big. Netflix stills spends more on postage than bandwidth though, about 20 times more


I'm shocked that they still send out that many DVD's. I dropped that part of the service years ago and  I don't know anyone else that still has it.


Yeah exactly, who knows what they are shipping. DO you know how Netflix was invented, or why?


Yeah the guy who invented it was not happy that he has to pay a VHS late fee and it is all history from there


It was certainly a fantastic idea. Do you know that Blockbuster had a chance to own Netflix?


Yeah and they passed on that for just $50 million. They could have made billions now


What a horrible business decision that was. Now they only have one store left. A bit off topic but do you use the internet a lot? I am online all of the time in some way.


I use it all the time actually. Do you know what the hamburger button is?


It is the three horizontal line menus on different apps


Oh wow, I didn't know there was a name for that. Did you know that you can get internet service on Mount Everest?!


Wow we have reached that far now. A copy of the Internet is saved in the Library of Alexandria


Whoa. How is that possible? I can't imagine how much storage space that would take.


Yeah exactly. Did you know who can develop addiction from clicking too much on the internet?


I did not but I have certainly gone down the internet wormhole myself and not realized that hours have passed so I can see that.


Yeah exactly, it is easy to get distracted. Nice chatting with you


I used to subscribe to them but not anymore.  I do watch some of their productions.  It's like Blockbuster, it's sort of a gone thing for me.


Yeah, speaking of Blockbuster, too bad that they passed on the chance to buy Netflix back then


Yeah I bet they would like that back.  There is only one Blockbuster left in Bend, OR.  People from all over have their picture taken in front of it.


Cool, did not know that. Did you know Netflix account for 33% of bandwidth in north america?


Wow, that's a lot.  I believe it since YouTube and Netflix combined make up half of peak internet traffic in North America.


THat is insane. Still Netflix despite all that bandwidth spends more on postage


I guess some people are reluctant to stream.  I think it's funny that the founder of Netflix was inspired to create it due to a late fee.


Yeah go figure, and look at them now a $2 billion company


Yep. Blockbuster just didn't seem to roll with the times like Redbox and Netflix.


Yup. Do you know what the hamburger button is?


Yeah, those 3 little lines icon.  I'm sad to learn that Gene Wilder died in 2016.  I loved him in Blazing Saddles among other movies.


I am not sure if I know him. And apparently you can develop addiction by clicking too much  on the internet


If that's the case, I must be an addict.  Things have advanced so quickly.  It wasn't that long ago that New Yorkers were dialing 212 for their area code on a rotary phone.


Yeah that is true. Do you know why that area code stuck with NY?


It was easier to dial on a rotary phone. Now, an iPhone has more computational power than that of the US nuclear ICBM deterrent.  Scary...


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


Very, very rarely. I'm one of the 93% that doesn't.


Yeah me too. And apparently there is 3g service in Everest now


Maybe it is making its there up there. Nice chat


Do you have a Facebook account by any chance?


I do, I have had one for about 10 years now, seems like forever. how about you?


I do and for a long time also. Did you know that you have to be 13 to set up an account? I did not know until recently that there is an age restriction.


i had no idea. I know way back you needed a @harvard.edu email to make an account, then that changed to just .edu email, and now its open to everyone


I did know that it started at Harvard from the movie The Social Network. Were you aware that MySpace could have purchased Facebook?


for only $75 million too! Tom must be kicking himself right now for not buying it when they had the chance


Yes it was such a horrible business decision. It happened in 2005 also which I feel had to have been very close to the rise of Facebook and the decline of MySpace.


thats around when everyone in high school started to make facebooks and instead of myspaces. its almost funny the timing of it


It is. Do you know why their color scheme is blue?


Mark is partially color blind. I always wondered why it was like that. Blue just seems to work though, its a nice color on the eyes


Yes he is red-green colorblind. I also agree that the blue color scheme is very pleasant so I am glad that had to go with that.


imagine if it were all red? that would just look awful after looking at it for long periods of time


I agree. Did you know that Iceland is rewriting their constitution through Facebook by taking public suggestions? That seems a like a bad idea.


how are they going to filter out the trolls? so many people go on facebook just to be mean and trolly, they better have some sort of plan or else it is going to be a huge disaster


I absolutely agree. It's hard for me to even go through comment sections. So many people will not take it seriously.


my faith in humanity was lost when Linkin Park's hybrid theory was the best selling album of the 21st century


What?! That's crazy! I would have thought it would be something with much more staying power like The Beatles.


right?? or even some sort of pop album by one of the more popular ppop artists of the time. i am so surprised by that


Yes like Michael Jackson would not surprise me either. Interestingly, Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd was still one of the best selling albums in 2014.


which is very shocking to me. I know its good and still holds up, but best selling?


Apparently every new generation since discovers it and loves it.


Not really. She is talented performer, no doubt, but I can only handle so much of her at one time. You?


I agree, and I think it's interesting how she's best-known for "My Heart Will Go On." I guess some of her fans on Twitter were coming up with names for her mixtape


Even after 40 years, I would rather listen to the Dark SIde of the Moon than to Dion. It was still one of the top albums in 2014... Timeless!


Or Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park. That album is one of the best selling of this century for a reason


Yup. I wouldn't mind hearing Celine Dion try to make a rap album, but I don't think she would even be as good as those Japanese twins that released their first  rap album at 100 yrs old.


That's one way to celebrate making it a century! They were alive during both the Word Wars and could have rapped about it


I wonder if their album was a rip-off of NWAs "Straight Outta Compton?"


I've never listened to that album, but enough people did that it went platinum without airplay or a tour to boost its listeners. It's the first to do that


Impressive!  I wonder if it comes in vinyl?  I miss my old 33rpm record player...


It might since that seems to be making a comeback. I'm glad we've moved on from audio cassettes though


Mine are all stretched out. Eating Whoppers makes me giddy. I earned a free one through a Burger King promotion by unfriending 10 people on Facebook.  Harder than you might think. Especially for me, since I had to first find 10 friends…


Was it that long ago that they did the promotion? I can't imagine how many people were on Facebook back in 2006 when the age was lowered to 13


Not me. I avoid Facebook as much as possible. I might even move to the German state of Schleswigholstein, where the FB "Like" button is illegal!


I don't mind it as much. At first the ads were annoying, but I guess that's how they make most of their revenue. I'm trying to remember if MySpace had ads


I will ask my dog. He was the only member of my family that had a Myspace page. Can you believe MS had a chance to buy FB and balked?  Now MS is history and FB is big brother.


$75 million might have seemed overpriced at the time, but by 2012, Facebook was worth $04 billion


Makes me sad. Iceland is rewriting their constitution using Facebook so that the public can weigh in on it. It will be interesting if it is actually helpful, or just a frpe zone..


At least the people are getting a say, and it's less time consuming than other options. It's interesting how Facebook has changed the way we live


Yeah, but it feeds the addiction to clicking that we all have. FB is mostly blue because Zuckerberg is colorblind. Imagine if he had been totally blind...


He would have hired someone else to do all the work for him. Or someone else would have created a different social network. Who knows? It's hard to really know "what if?


What if I hadn't asked that question? What if you weren't such a great sport? What if I wasn't ending this text session?


Hello, yes as much as I can. Have you ever been to Japan?


I have but fortunately I did not travel by car because they highways are all tolled lots of money to pay


Yes I heard it will cost you $300 to cross the country in a car so good decision on your behalf


Yeah thanks, I agree. I would like to ride on the 160 mph bus that the Dutch are making though


Oh that sounds amazing. In Mackinac Island they have banned motorized vehicles now


Nice, that sounds pretty peaceful except for the horses and the carriages I guess


Yup it sure does. In Iceland there is no rail so people have to figure other ways of transport


Yeah they have to travel by plane if they do not have a car


Yeah got to figure out something I guess. Do you know who was the first king to travel the world?


I think it was the king of Hawaii, King Kalakaua, if I am not mistaken


I sure do. I like to watch shows like Simpsons and That 70s Show, and you?


Nice, I love SImpsons too. Did you know Bart did not appear in one episode?


Yeah and the interesting thing is that he was not even mentioned in it at all


Yeah strange. The 70s Show flopped in the UK because they put it out there verbatim


Well different country, different humor. Did you ever watch Pokemon?


I watch some of them. There are apparently 750 episode out now


Yeah they have been on air for 16 years now so that makes sense


Yeah exactly, they are everywhere now too, video games and such


Especially with Pokemon go, they have taken over


No I can't say that I do. I don't have cable but I watch The Simpsons sometimes with my friends at their house, what about you


I like the simpsons, apparently there is one episode where bart isnt mentioned or in it


Yeah I want to see that episode, I also want to see the episode where South Park makes fun of Family Guy, and apparently The Simpsons Creator sent them flowers afterwards, that sounds interesting


Yea that was an awesome episode. I can see the love there! Do you watch pokemon much?


I have watched it from time to time. I think there are over 800 episodes now aren't there?


about 750, I think I watched that many as a kid for sure lol


I only watch The Originals when I was a kid, I'll never be able to catch up AKA "catch em all" haha


for sure! did you ever watch thomas the train


Yes I've seen that show. I watched it a lot as a kid, I think George Carlin did narration on it isn't that right?


I think so! and ringo starr did some and alec baldwin. I would be interested to watch again


Yes I agree! they each did about 52 episodes I so there's a lot to watch LOL


wow that is so many! do you like to travel at all?


Yes I do like to travel. I just got back from Florida actually, what about you


Nice me too, just booked a flight to brazil. I want to go to iceland next


I heard that Iceland does not have public rail, and so you have to take flights to hop from City to City, hopefully you can do that that sounds annoying to me


true, i hate flying more than I have to. Apparently in michigan there is a place that has banned motorized vehicles


Yep I'm from Michigan and actually I have been to that Island. It's called Mackinac Island and the whole island smells like horses, unfortunately I'm allergic to horses LOL


lol! i wonder if people are in shape and healthy from walking also


Yep I could see that, cuz yeah there is no Uber haha. Did you hear about the first king to travel around the world?


Telephone is a device which connect two or more people to have conversation.


Yes. The telephone have microphone to speak and earphone which reproduce the voice in the distant location.


Yes,  I use it sometimes,  I am really used to texting nowadays


Nowadays, people are using mobile phone for comfortable purpose and mobile internet connectivity also. Some government office and Private office using Digital telephone.


Yeah some people even have video phones too.  Its amazing how many ways we can connect with people and it started with the telephone.


Yes. We can contact any person from different part of the world, which is possible through Telephone. In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell invented it.


I learned that dolphins also communicate with a sort of telephone,  they also seem to know who they are talking to.


It is very interesting to know. Development of telephone result in development of internet also. We use broadband width through the telephone lines only.


Did you know that there is no correlation between cell phone service and bars of service?


There is no connection between cell service and those "bars"


No. Both are leads to addiction and affect the health.


Continuous use of internet leads to addiction, which affect  your eyes and brain very much.


Oh ok thats good to know.  I was saying that those "bars" that we always refer to at the top of your cell phone has no relation to cell service isnt that funny.


Oh ok thats cool,  I actually didnt know that,  which is why I thought it was funny


Email is the communication service which is available in internet. It reduces the usage of postal service now days.


Oh thats great,  did you used to mail a lot of letters?  I only really used mail for bills,  but now I can pay everything online pretty much lol


Online shopping is available today with the help of  internet, we can purchase any product from any countries. It is very amazing.


Yes,  I definitely use the online shopping very often lol Hey thanks for chatting,  have a good night.


Bezos is the founder of Amazon. com,  he flies very often in his own jet.


It must be nice having your own jet.  It makes sense he has one though, because there has been more than 20 locations executives had toured for their second headquarters.


Yes, with  more than a dozen flights in a month, geez, that would be so cool!


Yes doing that he made multiple trips to Boston, Dallas, Miami, the D.C. area and New York City.  Definitely staying busy with those flights.


He owns a home in Beverly Hills, I don't see why not, he has more than enough money, it looks like he is the richest guy on Earth.


Yes I believe he is.  His Audible division is based in Newark, maybe he'll by a home there just to have a place to sleep because he can.


Yes, he started Amazon in 1994, what a lucky idea! now, he is based in Seattle, Washington. But I think that Alibaba Group is richer than Amazon, it most be, it serves Asia and all the rest of the world.


Yes, I've heard the Alibaba is larger than Amazon in terms of total sales.


Is curious, last night I was investigating something on Alibaba, the problem is that takes almost a month to send you something. Amazon is a lot faster.


I heard they are slower in terms of the shipping, unlike Amazon.  That is also another reason Amazon is looking for its second headquarters.  To be faster.


Yes, besides Amazon will arrive to the point that all the packing will be done for AI.  Do you like to travel?


Yes I do!  I like to travel by air, but it is actually 10% slower than it was back in the 1960's!


Really? I would like to travel to Japan, but it seems that they have a lot of tolls, and is pretty expensive to travel across it!


Yes, it would be expensive! I guess watching something about Japan on TV would be a little cheaper.


Hahahah, yes, do you like to watch the Simpsons? in one episode, nobody knows anything about Bart. I would like to watch it.


I do like the Simpsons!  That sounds like a conspiracy haha.  A fun little fact is Daniel Radcliffe voiced a Twilight parody on the Simpsons!


And Ringo Starr and Alec Baldwin doing the Thomas the Tank Engine's voice! cool! I would love to be there and watch them.


Yes that would be neat!  Another funny thing about Homer is that he held 188 different jobs in the first 400 episodes.


hahahahaah, yes, he is always pretty busy! by the way, The Simpsons crew sent flowers to the Family guy's last episode, so cool!


Haha I heard about that!  Haven't watched that one yet!


Me either. Well, last I knew, Amazon is not going to pay taxes this year, would be this true?


I also heard that is true!  Well have a good day!


I do, I love to travel. Though I don't think I could do that bus in the Netherlands designed to travel 160 mph.


I couldn't even imagine going that fast in a bus. It would be so scary. I'll stick with Mackinac Island where it is all horses or bikes.


Oh yeah, that's more my speed! I can't believe that's been going on in Michigan for over one hundred years!


That's really neat though. It shows respect for tradition instead of just trying to make everything bigger and faster like with some mass transit systems.


Iceland also doesn't have a public rail service.


I could see why they wouldn't need one. They have quite a few flights between most towns and travel that way. I don't think most of them have cars either.


Could you imagine living in Japan where all of the highways are tolls? It's getting to be like that in most of North America, practically.


If it means that all the roads are well maintained then I'm all for it. Some of the roads around here get just gnarly by the time the winter is over. It could be a good way to raise revenue.


That's true, but it costs $300 in tolls just to cross Japan and Japan is much smaller in comparison. It could make traveling pretty expensive.


It really could. I would probably start living vicariously through those travel shows that are all over netflix and prime.


I already do that! I'm a huge fan of Amazon. I can't believe it's been around for over twenty years now.


That does seem just crazy. I remember back in college being able to order just books on amazon. Now I can get just about anything delivered to my house.


In just a matter of a couple of hours! Did you know IMDB has owned Amazon.com since 1998?


Huh that actually explains one the prime movie features. If you click down when you are watching a movie it will give you the IMBD profile of everyone in that particular scene.


All about that synergy! Amazon also has a brand called AmazonBasics that sells knock off versions of products like light bulbs.


That is pretty neat. I like off brand stuff. It is always just as good and about half the cost. I wonder if that accounts for a lot of their new sunday deliveries.


I can't believe they got a contract with the USPS to deliver on Sundays! Hopefully, they're getting paid well, but at least it created jobs.


It seems liek amazon is doing a really good job of that. Particularly in their warehouses. The workers there not only get a job but stay super healthy with all the walking they do.


I'm not sure if they're paid very well to walk 10 miles a day, but maybe a lot of people enjoy it. You could eat practically whatever you want with that lifestyle! You'd need to!


Totally. I guess they could use their prime whole foods discount for some good food. Well it has been nice chatting with you. Have a good evening.


Jeff Bezos is surely a genius, Amazon is a great company I just love it


Me too i think he should run for president.


He should, I think he would transform the country, the worlds walthiest person and the owner of the washington post


Indeed he already has his own jet. I hear they're looking for there second headquarters and are going to add 50,000 new jobs.


Sounds great, 50000 new jobs, thats a great way to provide, to think the company started back in 1994 and now its a giant


Yeah it already provides 563.000 jobs currently.


Well Amazon sells, books, tablets, tech, groceries and just about anything so yeah that requires a lot of labor


The first amazon customer had a building named after him.


Sounds like he got a great bargain, imagine having a building named after after a $28 purchase, just crazy


Right, I hear that working in the warehouse you can walk between 7-15 miles a day or per shift.


Those workers must be really fit, that seems healthy but also really tiring, walking 15 miles in a day, thats a lot


No, I didn't know that, do you use their Amazon basics line of products?


Depends on what it is. They have an agreement with the US postal service to deliver on Sundays.


That must be a multi million dollar contract, do you like to travel?


When i can i love to travel, i'm in Vegas now. How about you?


Im at home wishing to be at Vegas now lol, I love to travel as well but dont have the resources now to do it


You got to just do it! i would love to visit Japan, everything except those tolls.


I would love to visit Japan as well, but those $300 tolls do seem excesive,


Do you know who the first king to travel around the world was?


No, maybe the king of Spain? am I right?


Well it was actually the king of Hawaii but that was an Excellent guess my friend. Nice chatting with you.


Oh the king of Hawaii, thats so great, he is a lucky or was a lucky guy,


I have used Lyft before, but only a couple times. How about you?


I use them all the time, good thing there's a 24/7 Uber Lyft service coming to the D.C. area


I'm surprised there wasn't one yet! I bet that will help everybody out a lot! Do you own a car?


I do have a car but I prefer to take an Uber at times, it helps me organize my day on the way to work, do you have a car?


I do too! I wish I could use it more, but I live like 30 minutes from work so it isn't economical to take it. I can't believe cars have been around since 1886!


Thats a long commute! and yeah the first model was a Benz model many think it was a Ford.


I would have thought that but the Ford didn't come out until 1908! Do you know how Cadillac got it's name?


It was named after the found of Detroit, French Explorer Antoine de la Moth Cadillac. Say that ten times fast lol.


Oh I see, so it was named after him, makes sense most of the car brands are  named after a guy or inventor.


Yes you're right! Do you like to travel?


I love traveling I do it once a year, what about you?


Where is the coolest place you've been? I do. I don't know if I would want to travel the whole way across Japan though.


The coolest place has to be Argentina I really loved that country and also Ecuador, what about you? and Japan seems like a great destination.


Awesome! I would say Italy. I do want to travel to South Africa and see those flamethowers people put on cars!


We would be in so much trouble if the same rule applied in America lol, did you hear about people stealing garden gnomes before travelling.


I agree there are too many crazy people here haha. I didn't hear that! Where at?


They return them apparently its a big deal all over the world, sounds  like a cool tradition, they return them to the owner with photos of the gnomes travels.


That would be fun to do! I am going to look into that. It was nice chatting, have a great day!


Hello.  Do you remember the news story about a false missile alert in Hawaii last January?


Yeah that was crazy. The phone alert. And it specifically said it wasn't a drill-wow!


That was crazy!!  You would think that the government would have some redundancy in the system so that one person could trigger an alarm.  How do you respond?  Is the missile nuclear?  That is an egregious and unforgivable mistake!


Seriously! I would be so scared. I tink it's great to have a government to warn us of these things but it really shows anyone can make mistakes.


Again something that serious needs a fail-safe, like a 2-key system to activate in which the government officials are needed to activate.  Once that alarm is sent across the telephone, you can't take it back!  Following up with an "oops" message would lead to more chaos.  Government has its purpose, but often the bureaucracy trips over its own feet.  An then there are those who fake being government reps in scams!


Yeah good point. Do you think the government should have less control than it has now? The US government owns 86% of land in Nevada, I never knew that.


I knew that, but a lot of it is for military training and also contains uranium ore.  Outside of Las Vegas and Reno, the population is pretty sparse and scattered.   What do you think of WikiLeaks and its philosophy of exposing government secrets?


I think it was good and bad. The government obviously needs to keep certain information classified but other times they should be more transparent. I think wikileaks was a big gut check for the government to show them the importance of telling the truth and protecting classified info more carefully. The internet is a crazy thing.


Well, someone apparently leaked to WikiLeaks the government's plans to destroy WikiLeaks?  Hilarious.  I agree some things, mainly sensitive and strategic need to be classified, but I think it is abused too much for political purposes.  With the internet these days, once something is leaked, there is no pulling it back.


Exactly. The internet is even powerful enough to cause addiction that is measurable in the brain.


I got rid of my landline phone and go with cellular for personal / business and internet phone as my "office" phone or a psuedo landline.  So, no matter where I am, I am able to get calls and faxed on my internet phone number on my laptop.  Do you still use a traditional landline phone service?


Good idea! I do not. It's outdated and I only got soliciters calling me. No reason to have one anymore.  Especially since an iphone has more computing power than an entire nuclear icbm deterrent.


With a smartphone, you can do almost any common computer task.  I still use my laptop a lot because I have fat fingers and could never write a report on my smartphone even though it has the capabilities.  I like the way a smartphone can be turned into an internet hub.  That way, with my laptop, my office is anywhere.


haha. The phones are getting bigger and bigger though. Yeah that's a good point. The internet is everywhere now. And luckily the library of alexandria has saved a copy of the internet just in case.


Even Mt Everest has cell telephone and internet in case you want to send a selfie from the peak!!!  Do you do much shopping on the internet?


That would be epic. I shop on the internet quite often, much more convenient than having to go in the store. When buying stuff online I hate how they have that long page of terms and service. Apparently only 7% of people actually read them.


Because the terms can vary from vendor to vendor, I stick to a few sites I trust rather than buy from anyone on the internet with the best price.  Use to, you could shop on the internet tax-free.  Those days are gone with Amazon and others collecting sales taxes online.  Some of the things the government waste our tax dollars on are ridiculous, like a study of shrimp on a treadmill!!!  Yet, every now and then they do something good like Norway donating 1 billion to save the Amazon rainforest.


Yea it seems like every week research is contradicting itself. But one thing we should all agree on is saving the environment like Norway. That is so amazing. The government needs to focus more resources on that for sure.


Even nonprofits are challenging us to do more.  Did you know UNICEF has a program where they donate a day of clean water for every minute you don't use your cell phone?  I wonder how they figure that out?


Yeah that is also a great initiative. I think that is a positive note to end on! It was great talking with you have a great day!


Same to you, and I hope the government wises up and develops a more bulletproof plan to control the alerts they send to our phones and the internet so we do not have another HI scare, at least in my lifetime!


Some stuff. DO you know what wikileaks is?


Yes the website that exposes government secrets


Yeah and once they exposed how the government tried to destroy them


Yeah. Did you know the government owns a lot of land in Nevada?


Yes they own 86% pf the land but it is all desert there


Yeah that is true. Did you hear of that guy that sold the eiffer tower twice?


Yes he was good at impersonating officials that is why


Yeah. Did you hear what the Norwegian government is doing to save the forests?


Yes they donated $1 billion. DO you use your phone much?


All the time. Do you know why the NY area code is?


Yes that is because it was easy to dial in a rotary phone


No but I hear if they get stuck together, they cannot be separated


Yeah it seems so. UNICEF donates clean water when we do not use the phones


I wonder how they do that so we might be able to help more


Yeah. Do you know how much computing power an iPhone has?


All the time, it has become necessary. Nice chatting with you


Hey there. Do you use Amazon often? I use prime all the time. It's hard to believe it's been around since 1994.


Hello, I do use it and I have prime as well.  Yeah crazy how long it's been.


The company even owns a publishing arm, a film and television studio, among many other things.


Yeah I think most people don't know about all the things they own, and that will continue to grow i'm sure.


Yeah definitely. And they also on IMDb which came as a surprise to me. They acquired it back in 1998.


That I didn't know either.  Do you know that the first ever Amazon purchase was?


I'm not sure what the first ever purchased was. But I do know that the first customer got a building named after him.


That was it!  They paid $27.95 I guess to have a building named after themselves.


Very cool. I would probably do the same. Amazon warehouse worker sure to walk a lot. Between 7 and 15 miles each day all a part of their daily shift.


That is quite a bit, I wouldn't think a warehouse job you would walk that much.


Yeah they will probably be replaced by robots soon enough anyways. The USPS has a contract with Amazon to deliver packages on Sunday. That explains why i get mail on Sundays!


That is pretty cool and yeah I remember one day getting a package on Sunday and I'm like, cool!


Yeah pretty awesome. I almost don't watch TV anymore because I use Amazon prime so much. But are used to watch the Simpsons. Never seen that episode where Bart wasn't present though.


Yeah I was a huge Simpsons fan in it's prime.  It must have been a later season in which they aired that episode, I don't think I have seen it either.


Yeah interesting. Pokemon was also very popular to amounting to 750 episodes. I can't even imagine making that many. Let alone watching.


That is crazy, I don't know how you can still come up with new material for that many shows.


Yeah I definitely agree with you there. I also like South Park. When South Park aired its final Family Guy episode the producers received flowers from the Simpsons crew.


That is really funny, I know those guys at South Park will make fun of just about anything too.


Ha ha yeah they well. No boundaries for them. I wish that 70s show was never remade in the UK. Didn't sound like it did that well.


Yeah it sounds like it just bombed, I wonder why?


Yeah maybe because they renamed it two days like these. Well great speaking with you today. I hope you have a good rest of your day take care.


Yeah it was fun chatting with you, I hope you have a good day as well!


I am. It's so convenient! I didn't realize that had been around since 1994!


Can you believe that his first customer has a building named after?


I do think it was pretty smart that they mad a deal with the post office to deliver on Sunday


Yes, that's awesome. They started as an online bookstore, only.


I would like to be a worker that walks 7 to 15 miles a day!


That's great exercise. Amazon is the largest internet retailer!


Are you a traveler? I love to travel and just got back from Paris.Can you believe that the first king to travel around the world was from Hawaii?


That's amazing! All of japans highways are tolls, and it costs more than 300$ to travel across the country.


Wow! I have been to Mackinac Island. There are no cars. Just horses and bikes.


Most Icelanders without cars use domestic flights to travel between major towns. I can't imagine having to fly everywhere.


That is so isolating. I think it is cool that the dutch are creating a commuter bus to travel at 160 mph! Superfast metro!


That's effective travel! Travel is the movement of people between distant geographical locations.


Are you a TV person? I love streaming. I used to watch Ringo starr with my sons watch Thomas the Tank. he was mr. conductor.


George Carlin and Alec Baldwin also narrated lots of episodes!


It was very cute but I don't know how PBS got them! I also can't believe that there are over 750 episodes of Pokemon. OMG!


It is also amazing that Bart Simpson is in every episode of the Simpsons except 1!


True! They remade That 70's show in the UK and it was cancelled after 10 episodes.


Do you watch Fox News? I didn't know it was owned by Sean Hannity


Not usually.  I get my news on the internet.


Yeah me too, for the most part. I like the Skimm a lot, especially because it gives links to the longer articles on topics I'm interested in. Fox News is very supportive of conservative activism now.


I hear that IGN and fox news are owned by the same company.  That's cool.


Yeah IGN is a gaming website, right? That's interesting. And whatever Fox is doing, I guess it's working, because Fox News is watched more often than MSNBC and CNN combined!


Wow that is impressive.  Fox news threatened to sue the simpsons before.


That's so interesting, especially considering that the Simpsons is aired on Fox!


I know right,  and probably make them a lot of money!  Guess they didn't like them making fun of them.


If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen I guess! Did you know they actually discussed the possibility of creating a channel exclusively airing the Simpsons?


Oh wow,  that would be amazing,  but now that we have streaming it might not be profitable.  Maybe they should just allow streaming on their website.


Yeah agreed. I hate it when they only show a few recent episodes on major channels and you can't stream all the episodes. I wonder how often they make fun of the president on the Simpsons?


Haha there has to be someone out there who is counting.


Yeah definitely. There are so many random fun facts about the position of president. Did you know that everyone called the first president of Zimbabwe "President Banana"?!


It's not like they were making fun of him though, that was his last name.


I had no idea. Still, pretty interesting! Did you know that the vice president used to always be the runner-up of the presidential election until 1805?


yeah that would probably not fly now lol they would not be a good team.  I cant imagine them agreeing on anything.


Yeah, Clinton and Trump would be an atrocious combination. I wonder how that used to work out! I find it interesting that Trump is not one of the top 3 wealthiest presidents in US history.


Oh he's number 1 for sure,  he is far wealthier than any of our presidents.


I don't know if he is, I'm pretty sure it's JFK, Washington, and Jefferson! But who knows, I guess


Yeah he is!  I have looked it up a few times before.  I believe according to Google it was trump,  then Washington and then Jefferson.  I cant imagine it has changed in a few months lol


Yeah I'm sure not! Must be a mistake on my information source's part!


Maybe.  Anyways,  its been great talking to you!


Hi, sometimes, but I had not realized that it is more watched than CNN


Sometimes here too.  I was surprised to see that.  I didn't know that the IGN gaming website was owned by News corp. who also owns Fox news.


Some former employees have claimed they have to give the news in favor of the conservatives


That doesn't surprise me at all.  At one time Fox news almost created a cable channel that would only air the Simpsons.


And at the same time they wanted to sue them because of a parody they did to their democratic agenda!!


I wonder how that worked since they owned the Simpsons? lol


i should say anti-democratic agenda!! hahaha  A lot of people receive Fox news in their homes. In 2015 there were almost 95 million households


lol  That's probably why the are watched more than CNN and MSNBC combined like you said earlier!  lol


Exactly!! Have you ever been at the white house?


No.  But, I wish I could visit there.  Have you seen it or know any interesting facts about it?


I went once and you know , I just learned there are twin houses in Ireland and in France!


Oh wow.  I wonder what they use them for?  Teddy Roosevelt was such a staunch conservationist that he banned Christmas trees from the White House.


I did  not know that... and if you happen to see solar panels in the White House, is because George W. Bush had them installed!


Nice!  Hopefully, they didn't get hit by one of the bullets that struck the White House on Nov. 11, 2011.  It took the secret service 4 days to realize the white house was shot at.


Pretty delayed! Did you know it was designed by an Irish architet called James Hoban?


I never knew that.  You would think the white house would upgrade in how they store files.  They still use floppy disks.


Wow, I have not seen one of those in at least 20 years! hard to believe!


I know.  lol  I think I might have some still somewhere packed away.  Did you know that the US presidents guest house is larger than the White House?


Wow, must be super large!! talking about presidents, did you know what the president of Indonesia did while in Office?


He did something good! he recorded 3 pop albums! Well It was a nice chat , have a good one


Hi there , do you know much about the presidents?


Good afternoon, I know a little.  How about you?


Yeah me too , some stuff. Do you know who the three wealthiest ones in the US are?


I read somewhere that JFK, Washington, and Jefferson made that list.


Yeah, good for them I guess. Do you know the name of the first president of ZImbabwe?


Yes that was him indeed. Did you know the white house is smaller than the guest house?


I have heard that before, but I don't know if I agree with it.  The White House has many underground levels, they must not be calculating them into measurements?


I am not sure but that is why they claim. Did you know the president of Indonesia is a pop star?


Wow, didn't know that.  I wonder if I would recognize any of his Pop hits?


Hmm myself I know that I don't but he has already released 3 albums so maybe he is good


He might be good and we are just missing out.  On a different note, do you watch Fox news?


I do sometimes. Did you hear they want to have a channel just to air the Simpsons?


No, I haven't heard that, but I like the Simpsons, so I'd probably watch it.  I read that more people watch Fox news than CNN and MSNBC combined.  WOW!


That is a lot of people. DId you know they own the gaming site IGN?


No, I didn't know that.  I'm not much into gaming.


Yeah they seem to have spread out there too. Do you know who created Fox News?


Yes, I heard it was Richard Nixon and Richard Ailes.  But, I sure didn't know former President Nixon had anything to do with that.  Did you?


Yeah I did not know either. Fox also tried to sue the Simpsons in an attempt to try and stop them from parodying their anti-democratic agenda


I can see Fox doing that, everyone is so quick to want to sue over some of the silliest stuff.


I know, I guess that is why everyone has a lawyers sitting in the background. Nice chatting with you


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Hey how are you doing? Did you watch the White House Correspondents' dinner this year?


I did not. I have lost interest in hearing WH correspondents grandstanding. In this partisan environment, I think this tradition should be canceled.


I think so as well. It used to be fun it seems but not so sure anymore. I think Trump is hosting a rally on April 28th for it?


Smart move. There is a not-to-merry a war between Trump and the press corp, and by holding a rally, Trump wiil be seen as in touch with voters, while the press corp will look out of touch in their ties-and-tails outfits.


Pretty much how it goes unfortunately. Journalists do not give false stories but it seems like there is an attack on journalism.


The President of Zimbabwe is called President Banana. That is far better coverage than what the press corp has given Trump. Some deserved, some not.


For sure, do you watch Fox News or a different channel?


I watch many different sources. I find it fascinating how differently they will cover the same story. I saw this as a child years ago, how mainstream coverage is often sensationalist, while if you find a better source, where the whole issue is discussed instead of just a editor-selected segment, then the impression given is much different. Almost looks dishonest at times,, but it seems to stem from intrinsic bias.


For sure, it's a pretty significant phenomenon that the US is going through right now with the media. People should be able to trust the media but there's such an attack on it that people are not sure what to believe and what not to believe. I'm sure we've seen this a bunch of times before in history don't you think?\


We are in a diferent era, where Presidents find it useful to release pop music albums while in office to help their causes. Where Presidents end-round the Press corp and go straight to the people on Twitter. These are new feature of an old problem, Bias has been around forever. It is just more blatant now.


The people that pretend that they don't have bias really mess it up too, willfully uninformed people are no help. Watching SNL and they're talking about the owner of the day spa that had the illegal sex trafficking was friends with Trump and that he is signing bibles, it's pretty messed up.


Ever watch the movie, Idiocrasy?  We are moving in that direction.  The Fox News channel considered suing the Simpsons. I would have loved to hear Homer's rebuttal...


I have, it truly feels that way. Probably has to do with Fox News being watched more than CNN and MSNBC combined.


I think what is worse is that if you add up everyone that watches the news, it only amounts to a fraction of the bigger majority that spend all their time on Facebook, Netflix and video games.


For sure, I'm surprised Bush put those solar panels on the back of the white house. Wish that would be subsidized for the rest of the USA too.


I wonder if solar panels were also put on the twin White House buildings in Ireland and France?


Yah, that is interesting. I wonder if President Banana from Zimbabwe does that too?


LOL  The White House still uses floppy disks.  I wonder if those solar panels were the same ones used by Jimmy Carter, or if they updated the tech?


I wonder if that is because floppy disks are pretty secure? I'm not really sure, Teddy Roosevelt banned christmas trees from the white house, I can get behind that haha.


He was quite the conservationist!  It was a principled stance.  We could use more of that in Washington...


Most definitely, great chatting with you though. I'm going to take off and go to bed, have a good one!


The white house for being the home of the president has some very odd quirks.


Yeah, I heard they still store files on floppy disks.


That seems really strange to me. Maybe it is for security reasons?


I bet you're right. George W. Bush had solar panels put on the White House. Good to see he was into renewable energy.


I am so happy that someone thought to do that. It has to be a huge amount of power going through there for all the systems and security not to mention the sheer size of everything.


Definitely. In 2011 it took the secret service four days to realize that someone had shot at the White House. That's scary!


I don't understand what took so long to figure that out. I wonder if the first family ever goes and stays in the guest house since it is bigger?


Or wonder how often they stay at the twin buildings in Ireland and France? I didn't even know till recently there were twin buildings in Europe.


I didn't either. At least we can be thankful that the president isn't putting out pop albums.


Haha. That's true. Like the president of Indonesia, who's released 3 pop albums since he's been in office.


I think that there has to be a little narcissism when it comes to holding political office. They want to be seen and in charge of all things. If that isn't happening enough they do something sensational.


Agreed. Like, the first president of Zimbabwe's name was ... wait for it... President Banana.


I have no idea! The top three US presidents were JFK, Washington and Jefferson. Who knew?


I wonder if it was money they made or if it was inherited? Seems like trump would be on that list.


I don't think Trump has as much money as he says he has. Did you know it used to be that the runner up in the presidential election became the VP... can you imaging Trump and Clinton sharing the same White House? Don't think that'd go well.


Well since guest house is bigger than the actual white house maybe one of them could go live out there. Of course they would still have to speak to each other. I think they used to be friends so maybe they could figure it out.


I'd hope so. Teddy Roosevelt was such a conservationist that he banned Christmas trees from the White House.


I think Teddy Roosevelt is my favorite president. He did so much for this country and was really an all around decent guy.


I like him a lot too. One of the greats. Guess that's why he's on Mount Rushmore.


I wonder if those faces will ever be added to. Seems like history would pick out a few and maybe put someone else up there.


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.


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.


yes I did, from the outside of course. how about you?


I did visited till now, am new here, will plan to visit this summer.


Nice. Look for the guest house too, it is bigger than the white house


sure thanks, first I am enjoying the snow .. am from India , I am very excited :)


nice. do you know who the wealthiest presidents are?


I think trump only right, But i like obama a lot , white house still using floppy disks.. looks crazy


haha it does. actually the wealthiest were jfk, washington and jefferson


oh okay, Why bush used solar panels on whit house, any idea, but sunlight is very low here compared to India


Well at least they generated some green energy that way


yes climate change is dread to our environment, we should go with the nature to save the earth


yes for sure. did you know roosevelt did not allow christmas tress in the white house?


May be , he dont want to be more religious. Do you watch fox news


Not really, I feel some of the media are really biased. do you?


Media is trying to influence people, they are feeding our minds very negatively, lot of competition between news channels, now-a-days i hate news channels


yeah, but fox is still really big, more than cnn and msnbc combined


Now fox is focusing on gaming sites too, do you play video games


I play from time to time. I hear the same company own a gaming website


I play mobile games, do you about the incident bullets had struck the white house on nov 11, 2011


yeah and they did not know for four days. nice chat


Do you have a favorite drama show or movie?


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


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.


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


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


Good morning. Have you ever seen the White House? I never have. But apparently it has twin buildings in Ireland and France.


Good morning.  Actually I have been, when I was a school kid we went on a field trip.  It's kind of smaller than you would think and the president's guest house ie even larger than it.  I didn't know about the twin builds, though.


Oh that's cool. The White House still uses floppy disks and part for storing files. I think that's kind of funny.


I do too, wonder what they could possibly be storing on a floppy?  How many rolls of toilet paper were used during the Carter administration? lol


Ha ha I would like to know that too. Surprisingly Bush had solar panels put back on the White House. I wonder who took them off?


No telling which President did that?  I think it's a good idea to have them, very green and they conserve energy.


Yeah I very much agree with you. Teddy Roosevelt didn't seem much fun though banning Christmas trees and everything.


If they were thinking, they could have used smaller potted trees, instead and just planted after Christmas.  Lots of people do that, now.


Yeah thats a good idea actually. Back in 2011 it once took the secret service four days to realize a bullet had struck the white house. Not a good look for them!


No, that wasn't a good look, I agree.  I hope they have ramped up their security a little better than back then?


Me too. Maybe the president did something about it. The top 3 wealthiest presidents of all time are JFK, Washington, and Jefferson.


I know Trump would have!  Speaking of him, I know he got left off that list, he's got piles of money!


Yeah he is filthy rich!! I bet he should be on the list. I wonder if the Indonesian president made money from his pop albums?


I heard about him being a Pop star and made 3 albums while in office. Good for him.  Wonder if he was any good?


Yeah I would like to hear his stuff. Do you like comedy? Demetri Martin must have been smart to be accepted into Harvard Law!


Must have been, Harvard only takes the best and brightest. I was shocked to hear he left because he got bored, but I'm glad he did!


Yeah definitely a good move for him that paid off. Ryan Stiles is another dropout but from high school.


I love Ryan Stiles on, "Whose line is it, anyway?"  So smart and funny!


Yeah very tricky on that show! I like comedy films because they usually have a happy ending.


Have you watched any of the bromantic comedies?


Ya! One of my favorite was The Hangover!


Hello hows it going?  i had no clue the white house has others in ireland and france.  weird.  I wonder what they use it for lol


I wonder if they ban christmas trees from those houses like Teddy r. did


Hmmm, I wonder! The WH still uses floppy disks for storing information, interesting!


And they can be destroyed or stolen....funny thing I heard was 1st president in Zimbabwe was called president banana haha


yeah I know right,  i wonder if that was his actual name lol also,  the president guest house is larger than the white house!


What?? Why would it be that big? That's just crazy lol. So do you like comedy films at all? I love them and there's some good ones!


Great! Do you have a favorite? I like so many!


Same here too many to choose.  I like " I love you man" " liar liar" " get him to the greek" " the hangover" the first one, all of the marvel movies,  "smallfoot" how about you?


I love those movies! I have seen I love You Man many times, I love Will Ferrell, Seth Rogan in NEIGHBORS WAS HILARIOUS...


I loved the Hangover as well, my all time fav is 40 year old Virgin...lol gotta love to laugh!


I don't really remember that one except the commercial lol


Oh well you should watch it because it has a lot of the same characters in as I love you man, so funny.


Oh good,  that was a great cast!  I really like Forgetting Sarah Marshall too.


Yes!!! I love that movie...again great cast! Just like This is 40


That movie was amazing!  I think I love you man is my all time favorite though!  Its been fun chatting!


I was reading that the white house has twin buildings in ireland and france


Very interesting! And how about that Michael Wolff scandal?


I actually don't know alot about that.  could you tell me some stuff


It seems he was staying in the West Wing.


He wrote a book titled "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House". He told staffers he was there to write a book on the first 100 days of the White House transition.


So he wrote negative stuff and now they are upset with him Im guessing.


Yes, it made the White House look inept and amateurish.


I see that everyone each thought the other person had approved his access and didn't check to make sure it was ok.


Thats crazy.  I don't know how everyone could just let him have full access.  I mean I would think you would want to make sure nothing negative gets out


It seems he had just enough information from Trump and others to look like he was there to make corrections in news articles that had come out making a mockery of the president.


Then you worry that any information now in the white house is susceptible to getting out


On a lighter note, did you know that Bush had solar panels installed on the back of the White House?


no that is interesting. New technology and old technology.  I read that the white house still uses floppy disc in part for storing files


Very interesting fact! Did you ever hear of President Banana?


Wasn't he the first president of Zimbabwe?


YEs, you are very up to date on your presidential facts! On an unrelated subject; do you know that The Third Rock from the Sun won the Golden Globe?


Yes, he beat out seinfeld, friends and frasier.  that is really good!


I have never watched it but it must be a really good series to have won!


Did you hear about the Civilian DC police department employee being charged?


I did. To me it sounds like something that would have happened back in the 20s in chicago or something. Not something you would hear about these days.


Yeah your right, what a world. Apparently she was indicted on 13 counts of Obstruction and 1 count conspiracy.


Well she accessed password protected files and gave reports to the man charged with murder. How could she think she would get away with that?


Right, no wonder her attorney decline to comment.


His girlfriend was also indicted. I guess all three of them were texting back and forth trying to get him off.


People watch way to much tv and think they are Mission Impossible material or something.


I guess that is true. Im not sure what you are trying to say.


Just that people think they can get away with anything, This was such a stupid thing to try in my opinion.


It really was. Im sure they keep track of who gets into the password protected files at the police station.


Dealing with a bunch of genesis, lol! Hey you know that the storms on Jupiter are so strong they can be picked up by AM Radio.


Thats awesome. There is also a radio station that translates solar activity into sound and you can listen to the suns live music.


Wow i wonder what the sun sounds like? You know Canada has a law that 40% of music played on radio has to be in house.


Not sure tell me more. Have you ever heard of the hamburger button?


Apparently a Hanson song became a most requested track in chicago. Only because they didnt reveal who sang the song though.


Oh ok, You know in WW2 they made radio's out of a pencil and a razor blade.


Yeah that's pretty cool if you ask me. I would think it would be pretty nice to be able to listen to the radio in a time like that. Just to take you mind off of it all.


Yeah i'm sure they were named Foxhole radios, pretty fitting considering. Did you know that Elmo appeared before congress?


Oh yeah. Thats cool. Stephen colbert went to congress in character defend immigrants


I'm trying to figure out how there was a female who was the first mind you to be elected to congress but still didn't have the right to vote.


That is a mystery. You would think that would be reversed. Did you know that congress can declare someone an honorary citizen. It has happened 7 times.


No i did not know that but it's interesting considering the Immigration issues we are having. Apparently there is Fantasy Congress like Football.


Thats awesome. Well Im gonna have to be getting off here Nice chat.


Nice chatting with you my friend. Congress has had a baseball team since 1909. Dems vs. Reps


Do you like to listen to the radio? I heard soldiers used to make their own and called them foxhole radios.


Makes sense to get over boredom. I do listen on the way to work mostly


There used to be a good morning radio show where they'd make prank calls with this person named Carmen. It was one of the funniest ones like it I've heard. Do you like those radio shows?


I do! I listen to a station here in Minnesota mostly for the morning show. It's funny for a little bit.


I've heard about a radio station where you can listen to Jupitors's storms, but that seems hard to believe! Have you heard of this?


I think it somehow picks up the sounds of the storms there on Jupiter and other places in outer space too and then it makes the sounds into music. I think I'd be interested in hearing the storms unedited, too! What about you?


I would love to hear it, might be soothing.


I like how in Canada their radio station must play at least 40% Canadian music. Good spirit!


Interesting. Theres also a site to listen to classic radio dramas free


Did you used to watch Sesame Street? I heard that Elmo testified before the US Congress and was the only non human to do so. Kind of funny!


That's cool. Looks like Congress players a baseball game every year and they are pretty even at only three wins apart.


That sounds pretty fun. I wonder if they have family picnics, too? I've heard that the senate has a candy desk. I wish we had that in college! The Congress is smart for allowing it.


I bet they do! Apparently "fantasy congress" exists where people draft members based on success.


I've heard of that, and even a fantasy spelling bee thing. It's strange what people come up with...sort of like how now our iPhones have more power for computing than some of the US's nuclear deterrents.


they need it! Have to go off satellite and to space and back!


Speaking of satellite, I though until recently that most all our technology was that now. I was reading about ocean life and saw that we still have phone and internet data cables on the ocean floor!


I know, and what will they do if it gets damaged? I never knew our phones were dependent on cables underwater. Salt water dissolves stuff fast, too! Hope they switch to satellite soon!


Or good at repairing them. I don't think I'd want a job for the telephone company that involves diving to the bottom of the ocean, though. Not even if the pay was good! I'm going to go list to the radio, now. ttyl


Did you ever have an old rotary phone?  I was always jealous of NY having an area code of 212 - much easier to dial than my 804


The phone has come a long way since the rotary. Its not just used for long distance voice communication anymore


That is for sure.  It just has always amazed me that the phone and internet cables across oceans are only 2.7 inches in diameter!


Actress hedy lamarr helped invent the cellphone Wi-Fi and gps in the 1930s


in the 1930s?  I had never heard it was that old!   I do know an iPhone has more computing power than all of our nuclear arsenal - that is scary!


Did you know dolphins can talk on the phone? that's pretty smart


Really?  On the phone?  How on earth does that work?


Not sure, but they also can tell who they are talking too


Wow that is truly bizarre.  I know that Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child for every minute you do not use your phone - no clue how they know though!


I think every should help out on that cause!


For sure - especially Congress!  They definitely talk too much!


Yes they do! And not enough actions! States can force congress to call an amendment-proposing convention if 2/3s of the states agree


Yes I am interested in playing fantasy congress - where you can draft members of congress


That sounds interesting. How do points work?


The points are based on their legislative success.