Nice, did you have a favorite world cup team?


Not really. To be honest, I would think it is USA or Brazil.


Me too! i was all about Brazil since the US didn't make it. I watched it with my in-laws from Brazil and it was such a good time!


I have a lot of friends from Sao Paulo, that's why I follow it.


That is where my wife is from, small world! Did you ever hear about Mesut Ozil?


No, I don't know what that is. Is it a place?


It is a german soccer player. He donated his world cup winnings to pay for surgeries for kids from Brazil, really nice1


Oh, it's a player. Nice, well I'll have to follow him then. Well, nice chatting with you!


It was nice chatting with you also! Enjoy your day!


You too, hopefully the weather starts warming up!


How do you feel about "speaking ill of the dead"?


I have no thoughts either way. What is speaking ill of the dead?


When you talk bad about someone who has died.


Oh, i guess you shouldnt do that. once they are dead, they are gone and cannot defend themselves. that makes sense.


Apparently it has become a problem recently because of the internet.


Yes, i bet in some cultures you must be careful about showing images and discussing the dead.


They have done studies on celebrity deaths on facebook showing people speak ill of the dead more.


Yeah, people show no couth or manners with regard to celebrities. celebrities are not people, there are images.


It's apparently worse for celebrities. People are more respectful of regular people.


That is terrible. celebrities die and do not choose how they die. I guess that people have no sense of right or wrong.


Who do you think to blame? People? Facebook? The internet?


I figure that people enjoy anonymity and say horrible things without consequence.


This is true. Facebook has ended up with a lot of pull though. If they put up a guideline banning it, people may not do it as much. Bet MySpace is angry they passed the chance to buy Facebook in 2005.


i woudl probably have made the same mistake. who knew what facebook would become.


It has definitely become a big deal. Some countries laws even include facebook. In Germany the "like" button is illegal.


Germany is pretty staunch about people liking things. they do not like positive emotions in that country. contagious.


LOL!! That must be it! Iceland is using facebook to rewrite it's constitution. Now that's something. That really says how big Facebook has gotten. How many people do you think put in input and don't even like there?


I bet they all vote to make Thursday free ice cream day. That would be good for a country named Iceland.


Never even thought of that! Then again who needs ice cream when you can get free whoppers! I'll delete 10 people.


Yes, that would work. unfriending people in Iceland might be a problem. Not enough population.


There's enough world population. Hardly anyone's friend list is just people they know anymore! Trim the fat LOL!


Trim the fat in order to get fat? Yeah! Great chat!


Good chat! Look up and see if that whopper deal is legit LOL! FREE FOOD!


Remember not to speak ill of the dead, bad omen.


I will not. Unless I am speaking about myself.


Hopefully you aren't talking while you're dead.


It would be a scientific marvel. Maybe Harvard Scientists would study you too.They managed to put a gif in DNA. They can do anything.


They can make talking about the dead ok on the internet.


No, only the scientist who walked on the moon can do that. He even defies gravity! LOL


Only Michael Jackson can really moon walk. It has been a nice chat...


Yes, i have pressed DONE about ten times so far.


Well now. I wonder how this ends. How do you feel about hostage situations LOL!


Hi, do you enjoy tennis?  Let's start off with a definition.  Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players (doubles).


I do, my brother is very good at it. It is awesome that a player invented polo shirts


Yes, I heard that famous player Rene "the crocodile" Lacoste invented Polo shirts, Awesome.


It sure is, he made a whole brand out of that, amazing stuff


I agree.  Did you know a black man won the 1st US Open Tennis title in 1968 and no black man has won it since.


that is odd, during a bad time in history no less, good for them, hope someone else wins it soon!


Yes, talking about back in the 60s, they used a helicopter to dry the grass tennis courts for the 1969 US Open.


really? that seems kind of like overkill to me but what do i know


Actually, the longest match in tennis history went on for 11 hours and was spread over 3 days.  That was a really long match, gee.


I would have fallen asleep watching that, why did one of them not just give up or something, gee whiz


Tennis is a cool sport and apparently one can learn it quickly.  US Open quarter-finalist Gael Monfils beat the "Roger Federer of paddle tennis" after learning how to play just days earlier.


Maybe that is like a version of ping pong? I know tennis takes a lot of practice, my brother used to kill me and I never gained ground


Have you ever played soccer or association football?


I have played american football, but not soccer, no. Have you?


No, I haven't played either but I am a woman so, that's my excuse. Did you know that soccer makes more money than football, basketball, baseball, golf, tennis, and hockey combined?


Really? That is insane, I know it is the largest sport, but not that large. Our American womens soccer team is very good though!


There does exist a variation of soccer where 3 teams face each other at the same time.


Really? That seems like it would be very hectic, I would want to try that one of these days


Well, soccer is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries making it the world's most popular sport!


It makes a lot of sense though because it is so easy to play, you need a ball and an open area pretty much , makes it very accessible. Well, nice chatting with you


I love to watch some good comedies on television.  Do you?


Friends and seinfeld were some of my favorites on NBC.


Those were good ones. I feel like Seinfeld holds up well but Friends, not so much... Did you watch the office?


I never watched the office but I did like Parks and Recreation.


I love that show too! It was so well written. So funny. I can lose a whole day watching that show.


Yes.  NBC seems to have a lot more dramas now like Chicago rather than comedies.


I do not think they can compete with Netflix's comedies or movies so they had to go dramas.


Yes they have Will and Grace on Thursdays but not much else


Is the reboot as good as the original? I really liked the original but havent seen the reboot.


I have not seen the reboot either but it got adopted for a new season.  NBC did have a bunch of failed comedy shows compared to the other networks.


They just picked up Brooklyn 99 so that's a new comedy they got! What other ones?


They have a backyard bar comedy called Abbys which is also new.


Really? Have you seen it or is it just a pilot at this point?


I have not seen it but it was picked up at midseason,


I will have to check it out. I had not heard of it. Do you watch shows like the voice?


I sometimes watch shows like the voice - they can definitely be interesting.  The Olympics definitely helped NBC get some good ratings as well.


I have only seen the voice like once. My wife watches it so I will get some of it but I dont watch those types of shows. I do love the olympics though!


Yes.  I do prefer comedy - I love bromantic comedies like Harold and Kumar and the hangover.


The first hangover was brilliant but the next two.. woah!


Yes.  And I agree with Bill Murray that the Kung Fu hustle was amazing in comedy!


I was shocked to learn that Jim Carrey no longer does dramas. He is talented but I feel he is a little off...


I do too, it's sad that there's not as many comedies on NBC like there used to be. They had Seinfeld, Friends, 30-Rock, The Office, Park and Rec, now it's mostly dramas.


I agree. Are you familiar with the comic Demetri Martin>


I've heard of him. He was on the Daily Show. Wasn't he going to Harvard before he got into comedy?


Yes. Harvard law actually. He left because he was bored and pursued comedy. Can you imagine?


Wow, well he made good gamble. Ryan Stiles dropped out of high school to pursue comedy.


I remember him, he was on Whose Line Is It Anyway. I didn't know he dropped out.


He's hilarious on that show. I have to admit I do like the genre called Bromantic comedies, Harold and Kumar, The Hangover, and Pineapple Express are some of my favorite movies.


I like them also. I Love You Man is another example that I really enjoyed.


That was a good one. Did you ever watch 3rd Rock From The Sun in the later 90s?


I didn't really like it, but it won The Golden Globe for the best comedy series in 1997. That's surprising considering the competition. It beat Seinfeld, Friends and Frasier!


I was never a fan of Frasier but I would easily pick Seinfeld or Friends above 3rd Rock From the Sun.


Are you a Bill Murray fan? I love Bill Murray?


How can anyone not be a fan of Bill Murray? I like that he thinks Kung Fu Hustle is "The supreme achievement of modern age in terms of comedy."


As much as I love him I'm going to have to disagree with him on that one. It's a bit too zany for me. Do you like Monty Python?


I do like Monty Python. It's ironic that I'm learning computer programming. There's a language that I'm learning called Python. It was actually named partly in honor of Monty Python.


I just learned that recently. I love that it's named after that and I don't know how I never guessed that or put it together.


I had learned it recently, it's pretty interesting. Did you know that "The Green Lantern" was originally going to be a comedy starring Jack Black? I wonder if they were trying to make it like Deadpool?


Well honestly it couldn't have made it any worse. I'm glad that Ryan Reynolds did get to do a properly good superhero movie with Deadpool later after that.


I wonder what Jim Carey's belief system is.


Oh, he does not makes any drama anymore... did you ever see one of his drama ?


I don't know if the Truman Show counts as drama or not, but I saw that. Sorry I didn't see you'd already asked a question -- I don't have TV so I don't know much about any of the new shows. Used to love Seinfeld tho. Did you watch that?


I watched  that every Thursdays, is was a great comedy night, Friends  also played on Thursdays. But now I watch mostly Netflix, but also comedies on Netflix.


Yeah, I should try to stream more TV shows. I watched a couple of episodes of The Expanse on Amazon but that's a lot of money per episode.


Drama are "hot", I have heard that "This is US" is quite popular, have you seen it  or heard of it?


No, never heard of it I'm afraid. I'm way behind on most shows.


I wonder who watches TV nowadays, with all the advertisement, yet their must be a lot, there is a lot of new shows every years.


Yeah, I need to look into the prices of streaming services. Might not be too expensive with a subscription.


For me it is worth it, it is the price of a movie ticket, so if I see one film during the month, my subscription is worth it. Do you like comedies ?


I like comedies, some more cerebral, some more low brow like Harold and Kumar. Did you see that movie ?


Never did. My favorite comedy was Brazil, which was made by Terry Gilliam of Monty Python.


Do you like Bill Murray ? He is quite funny.


Yeah, he's one of my favorites. He likes to walk up to strangers' tables in restaurants, grab food off their plates and whisper "No one will ever believe you."


He knows a lot about comedies, his favorite comedy is Kung Fu Hustle, have you seen it ? It is quite good.


I haven't, but on his recommendation I really should! I saw a video of him interrupting a TV weatherman and doing his own impromptu "forecast," and it was hilarious.


That sound funny, when did that happened and where can I see it ?


I think it was back in the 90s. I should try to Google it myself.


Cool, at the other side of the laughing spectrum, besides sci-fi dramas like the Expanse, do you like other dramas ?


Very few. I like a lot of sci fi and horror, so I guess that counts as semi-drama. Nice chatting!


Hello, how are you today? What types of movies do you like to watch? Do you like comedies at all?


Hello. I am fine and you? I love comedies because I love a good laugh. How about you comedies or dramas?


I prefer comedies. I mean I don't mind dramas but I also like a good laugh as well.


Me too. Have you ever seen the movie Kung fu hustle. Since Bill Murray thinks so highly of it, it kind of has me curious.


I've actually never seen it. I would be curious to see it too since he says it's the best comedy ever. Have you ever heard of Demetri Martin.


I have years ago. I remembered he had a show on comedy central and was everywhere once upon a time and then suddenly he was gone. I wonder whatever happened to him.


Yeah. I used to watch his specials all the time and then he disappeared. I always thought he was pretty funny.


I was really shocked to find out that Jim Carrey doesn't make dramas because of his belief system. I knew he didn't want to be typecast as the funny guy anymore, so that was interesting to learn. Are you a fan of his?


I kind of like Jim Carrey. Some of his movies are pretty funny but some of them are a little over the top. I didn't know about the whole drama thing or belief system either. I know he's real into making art right now. i feel like he does paintings a lot now instead of the whole show business thing.


Yeah I have seen his art. I like it. I know he is in a new show I think on Showtime but it didn't really look like a comedy to me. Maybe more of a black comedy so maybe that isn't really a drama to him. Did you watch 3rd rock from the sun?


I've only seen a few episodes of that. I saw that it won some golden globes though for best comedy series. I could never really get into it. Did you ever watch it?


I used to love it back in the days, but I haven't seen it since I have been an adult. I didn't really know other people liked it as much as I did. I was surprised to see it beat out so many big hitter's when it comes to comedy. Were you a House fan?


One of my friends loved that show so i would watch it with them sometimes. It's crazy that Hugh lLaurie made $700,000 an episode. that is a crazy amount of money.


It really is. I watched it but I wouldn't say I was a huge fan of it. It's weird seeing Jon Hamm in a drama when I remember him being on 30 Rock from the sun. He's a funny guy. Have you ever seen that show?


I have sen it a few times. I never could really get into that show very much. I did see that it was a Golden Globe for best comedy series though.


Great show but it wasn't for everyone as it was kind of weird. Have you ever seen Mad Men? I knew it was a huge hit when it was out, but I have never seen it but I have heard good things about it.


I only saw like the first two episodes. It was okay but a little boring for my taste. I guess I have trouble following through on watching shows regularly. Haha. I feel like it's hard to find shows that I really like a lot.


That's why I love comedies because since they are shorter they are easier to get into. You should try Brooklyn nine nine, great show and really funny. Have you ever seen the hangover movies?


Yeah. I did like the Hangover movies. They were real funny. I will try Brooklyn nine nine. I have heard it's a pretty funny show. I do like American Housewife right now. It's on ABC and it's a pretty good show.


I love American Housewife! I was a fan of Katy Mixon from Mike and Molly and am glad she has her own show now. Brooklyn nine nine is a show you really should give a try.


Okay. i definitely will look for it. Well I have to head out here. It was a pleasure chatting with you.


I do too. I was surprised to learn there are 97 million prime members!


Jeff Bezos built a clock into a mountain that should run for 10,000 years.


That's so cool! The first amazon.com customer spent $27.95 and got a building named after him.


You can do what you want as the worlds richest man


Prime customers spend an average of $1400 a year compared to non-prime customers spending $600, so they're going to continue to make tons of money!


I need stock in Amazon.  I remember seeing that the first customer spent $27.95 on Amazon.  They named a building after him.


It's come a long way since then! United states postal service has a contract with amazon to deliver your packages on sunday.


Good, I may need my stuff on Sunday, lol.  Did you know that as part of their daily shift, Amazon warehouse workers walk between 7 and 15 miles a day


Wow! I believe it. I didn't realize Amazon has been around since 1994!


Another company I love is Netflix.  In 2016, they released 126 original movies and series.


I wish I had time to watch more on Netflix. They have 137 million total subscribers worldwide.


But even with all those customers, as of 2017, they had $21.9 Billion In debt.


Wow! they spend 20 times more on postage than bandwidth


That sounds like a lot.  I remember years ago, Blockbuster had a chance to buy Netflix for $50 million.  Should have done it becuase Netflix is now worth $2 Billion.


Big mistake! You mentioned original series earlier, their first series was Lilyhammer in 2012.


I didn't know that. I did know that Reed Hastings, how started Netflix got the idea after racking up a $40 late fee on a VHS copy of Apollo 13.


I don't blame him. Those late fees were a pain!


I know.  IMBD, which I use all the time, has been owned by Amazon since 1998.


I didn't realize that. Amazon owns a lot! They are also s the world's largest provider of cloud infrastructure services.


Well, thanks for the chat.  Happy New Year.


Yeah quite a bit, from the AmazonBasics line as well


Me too! I know I can trust that line. I have found some counterfeit stuff so I know amazon basics is there to help me.


Yeah that is true. Did you know Jeff built a clock on a mountain?


Really? Does it need batteries? How long will it last?


It seems for 10 000 years. I do not see the point of it though


Yeah. the dutch are creating a bus to go 160 mph. I would not take it. I would get sick!


Yeah that seems really fast for sure. In Iceland there is no railway


Cars and those that do not have cars they take short plane trips


Wow. Seems very inefficient but they would know better than I. Did you know mackinac island is car free??


Yeah and all other motorized vehicles, must be so quiet there


I would love to live there. Could you live without a car?


I think so as far as things are not too far. Do you know the first kind to travel the world, who it was?


It was actually the KIng of Hawaii, ,King Kalakaua


Wow! When did they have a king? Who was the queen? Was there a prince or princess? Moana...


Maybe that was her. It must have been back in the day. Did you ever use Blockbuster?


I did. I also used something before that. It had western doors... There were sinners behind those doors!


Too bad Blockbuster did not buy Netflix when they could. Nice chat :)


I do, because I buy a lot from amazon. it is such a big company now


Me too! I order from them several times a month. I first got Prime when I was a student. I wish the price hadn't gone up.


Yeah me too, but they have grown so that makes sense. to think it all started as a book store


Right?!?!  Now, it's the largest internet retailer in the world in terms of revenue.


yup. and jeff has decided to build a clock in a mountain


I guess if you're a billionaire, you can put a clock wherever you want lol! That clock is supposed to run for 10,000 years. I wonder if Amazon will still be around when it finally stops?


that is a good point there. yeah he is rich that is true.


They are so powerful they even go the Postal Service to deliver on Sundays. I always forget about that and am surprised when I get a package on a Sunday.


yeah that is so cool the demand must be so high. have you trie amazonbasics?


I think it's kind of like their generic store brand isn't it? My paper shredder is AmazonBasics, but I was never sure exactly what that meant.


it just means they are cheaper and not as high of a quality but I find them just fine


Yeah, my shredder has been fine. I feel kind of funny having Amazon Prime and also Netflix, since I get movies on both, but I guess it's a splurge. Do you watch Netflix?


yes i do, it is so convenient and still pretty cheap.


Absolutely! I guess I shouldn't be surprised that we both have it: apparently it accounts for 1/3 of all bandwidth in N. America from 9 PM to 12 AM.


not surprised though. you can get a job with them as a tagger to watch their content


Really? That's interesting. I wonder what you tag?


I am not sure, they must have words that you use


Yeah I guess. I'm old enough to remember when Netflix actually sold DVDs. Although I never bought any. I didn't sign up for it until after they started streaming in 2007


and they still spend more on postage than on bandwidth, trange.


Oh wow. I wouldn't have guessed that so many people are still renting from them when streaming is so much easier


Hi I saw that the Republican party has been around since 1854. That's a long time what do you think?


I think that the Republican party had changed in a century and a half. It is no longer the party of Lincoln. More the party of Lincoln Continental.


I like that. Lincoln Continental haha. Very strange that every president with a beard has been a republican though haha


I guess clean-shaven men and women look young and inexperienced. Hillary should have growed a beard.


Well wasn't she a republican back in college apparently haha. Maybe she shaved her beard and then became a Democrat haha. And I guess there hasn't been a president who wasn't a Republican or Democrat since 1853


That whole red/blue scheme is a recent invention. I did not know that. The media has pitted us against each other for their own amusement.


Yep I can see that perspective. I always thought that it was always red and blue but apparently that started in the year 2000. What were your thoughts on Harry Truman?


Harry Truman dropped a couple of A-bombs. Nobody could call him Dumbo.


Haha good point. I just think it's weird he wouldn't get his picture taken with a Disney character. Although I do get it. Did you know Bruce Lee was actually a very good dancer


Bruce Lee defeated almost every one of his dance partners within the first five minutes of a dance competition. No one could dance with him. He was invincible.


Haha they should make a movie about that. The Bruce Lee cha cha championship of 1958, but yeah martial arts really is just a bunch of dance moves if you think about it


Quite true. I'm a terrible dancer, and a worse matrial artist. I would go through a dozen pairs of ballet shoes in a week.


I don't be so hard on yourself. I'm a horrible Dancer too! What makes me happy is that Michael Jackson patented is extremely in dance move. It was like a device he made. That was definitely his move


He experienced gravity a little less than the rest of us. I would probably go through seven pairs of those shoes in a week though.


Well I dated a ballet dancer in the past actually. She didn't go through four pairs but she did go through pairs of shoes a lot. Also her toes were always messed up


That is not a pretty sight. Good thing you didn't need to look at her feet too much. Did she do much reading? Reading is good for the feet, I've heard.


Haha I didn't know about that. I don't do much reading myself I do like audiobooks though. What about you?


Audiobooks are a good way to read without reading. I think it's a breakthrough for people like me.


Oh definitely. I can't stand reading a book from a physical book haha. did you ever read the book Starship Troopers? Or see the movie


That's a novel by Heinlein. Lots of action, death, and infestation. Definitely a book for young adults and reprobates, so I have read it.


Oh I'll have to check it out. I think it's so funny that there was a moral Panic back in the 1700s because everyone was reading


Good morning and thank you for chatting with me today! I find when I get up in the morning I like to turn some music on and dance a bit with exorcise then get my day started. Do you like to dance or exercise?


yea I like to dance a bit in my free time. Like babies, I sometimes spontaneously break out into dance when I hear musoc


That is comical ! I am afraid I have two left feet therefore I only dance when I know for sure nobody is watching. I do love to go to the ballet and my favorite to watch is the Nutcracker! Do you know ballet dancers can go through four pairs of pointed shoes in a weeks time?


That is such a high number, and with ballet shoes being not so cheap and ballet dancers making not so much money, I wonder how they stay afloat!


I have often wondered the same thing!! Did you know that the late Micheal Jackson has a patent on a device that helped him lean while doing some of his dance moves?


are you telling me he cannot do that move naturally??


I would find it hard for anyone to lean that far and not smack the ground. Even Bruce Lee was a great dancer; so much so he won awards in 1958 in Hong Kong for the Cha-Cha dance.


speaking of a surprising dancer, Tupac danced ballet in High School!


Yes, I was aware of the as he played a part in my favorite ballet; the Nutcracker!!  Do you like to read?


i love the Nutcracker too. what was your favorite character from it?


Clara has always been my first favorite then follows the mouse king.


I like the Mouse King too. Tupac played him!


Yes, he did!! Do you like to read books?


I do like to read, Starship Troopers, which is on the military reading list, is one of my favorites. What about you?


I am currently reading a book that is autographed to me by the author called Hiddensee; which is a tale of the Nutcracker by Gregory Mcguire.


hey thats great. Did you hear about Anne Jones?


I am not sure what exactly you are referring to can you explain it a little further please.


Anne Jones, she holds the world record for speed reading right now. Apparently she can read 4700 words PER MINUTE


WOW!! that is a bunch of words and how do they know she read each word? I mean how for certain is word was read and lines not passed over or something?


I always wondered how they test that accurately. Maybe with some sort of comprehension test?


Possible I suppose with testing but that seem odd to me that someone would want to read that fast. I also find it odd that a competition was help for reading bad poetry when one laughs they lose.


I think that poetry contest would a lot of fun to participate in


I agree and think poetry can show and tell a lot about a person and one's feelings; happy, sad, indifferent.


I agree. I'm going to go read some now. Nice chatting with you!


Hi there! How are you today? What do you like to do in your spare time? I like to read.


I do love to read. What's your favorite thing to read? Books?


I just like to read in general. It's hard to believe that in the 18th Century there was a moral panic because of the spread of the reading of novels.


That's pretty funny! I hope not too much bad came of it. I would like to try some audio-books, but ultimately my favorite is to read a hard copy book. Just something about it is great.


I seem to read the most online or from magazines.


I read news online from time to time. Also some trivia. I learned that the Republican red Democrat blue thing has only been around since 2000. Did you know that?


Oh, that is surprising to hear! I know there has not been a President who was not a Republican or a Democrat since 1853.


It's hard to believe our Government has had the same main parties in office for such a long time. Did you know Republicans started out with views more like Democrats?


Yes, I've heard. Such a rivalry between the two.


Definitely a political dance. Do you ever watch dancing with the stars on TV?


I do. It is so cool! Did you know Bruce Lee was a dancer?


I didn't know that! Very cool! I heard that Tupac was in ballet dance in high school, but that sounds too funny to be true!


Yeah, Bruce won the Hong Kong Cha-Cha Championship in 1958. I heard Tupac did take ballet in HS.


I guess it was for a Nutcracker production and his dance part was the mouse kind. That must be a very popular family holiday video in his family!


I would have liked to see that performance, that's for sure!


Meant to say mouse king. I heard Patrick Swayze is a good dancer too, but most of us know that from that famous Dirty Dancing movie he was in.


I have still never seen that movie. I need to though. Did you know Michael Jackson has a patent device?


Yes I did hear of that. I didn't know what it even looked like and so I looked it up and it's a type of shoe he used for his dance that lets you lean forward to appear to defy gravity. Would you try them?


I think I would, they sound cool. Besides I don't think there's any other way I would be able to achieve an extreme lean like he could with it.


I was always better at reading than I was at dance despite taking lessons as a kid. I'm going to go read this book by Michener now, ttyl!


I do, unfortunately. I'm practically addicted.LOL


Lol then aren't you glad there is a copy of the internet just in case it burns down.


I have trouble believing that. How could anyone make a copy of the whole thing? Sounds fishy.


Well apparently the library of alexandria has a copy


The Library of Alexandria burned down many centuries ago. I wonder why it would backup the internet.


Yes, I understand, but the logistics of making a backup of a huge system that changes all the time sounds improbable.


I think they would just keep the backbone of the internet so we can build it agin


I guess, but why Alexandria? Why Egypt? It seems strange. How often does the backbone change? It sounds like a made-up fact.


Perhaps. Well the current internet is built about several ancient networks developed by a dozen or so universities


Yes, so I would expect multiple backups of information that could be used in combination to reconstruct the information on the Internet. One repository would be risky and inefficient.


I usually look up information for work. I use email. I don't put a whole lot of private, personal stuff up. You?


Google has been a godsend. I use that so much in my daily life. How did I get anything done before google?


I didn't. I even use it too look up stuff about the earth


That is a good place to learn about our home. The earth has been a great place to live.


I guess we could go to Mars. Soon Google will have a map of that. You could pick out a good neighborhood. Anyway, great chat!


Hi, did you know that when the Earth was first formed, a day was only 5.5 hours long?


That is crazy, a lot has changed in the last 4.5 billion years! The earth is so fascinating.


Yes.  I didn't know that we are going to run out of helium by the end of this century!


Wow at least I won't be around for that lol, what will they do with balloons?!


I guess go for the glory (and fire) like the Hindenburg - use hydrogen.


True, I hope that doesn't go up in smoke also. Have you ever seen that video, you should google it


I have before... "Oh the humanity..." Things have changed.  A single Google search takes more computing than sending Neil Armstrong and  11 others to the moon.


That is crazy too! technology is getting faster and faster. Did you hear that google went down in 2013 and like 40% of web traffic went with it


Yeah, I don't remember that... It's wild that Google Maps calculates traffic by using existing Android devices moving down the road...


that is funny, I never knew that! Did you ever hear about who cuts their grass at the headquarters?


It used to be goats I think.  I'm not sure they still do that.  I can't imagine the vet bills and accidents.


That is a good point. I hope they just don't kill the goats when they fail. It would probably look better with humans and they defintitely have the money for it!


Did you know there is a 3g cell service at the top of Mt. Everest?  After the climb, it would be handy to have a pizza delivered...


lol, that would be awesome! I bet it is for safety and all the instragam people that want to show off lol


Are you familiar with Elon Musk and Space X.  I guess they are going to test a new internet strategy: beaming it down from space.


Wow, that would be interesting. Will it be better and faster, my internet sucks now lol


It promises to be more reliable and faster. There are some issues with space junk in getting this test done.


That is a good point, there is a lot of space junk that could interfere with it. I wonder if they would have that in the terms of service, and no one would read it.


I'm sure there are many issues to iron out.  Google has been thing about using satellites and even balloons for years.


right, that is a good point. That is why people are paid the big bucks. Did you know only 7% of people read the terms of service.


Yeah, and I'm usually not one of that 7%.  They should provide a summary for non-lawyers like me.  Thanks for the chat! You were great!


Hello,  how are you?  The 3 horizontal line menu on apps and websites is called a hamburger button.


I have trained many people on that convention.   I wonder if it is universal including places like India.


hmmm I don't know.  Constant novelty from clicking links on the internet can cause real addiction measurable in the brain


I wonder if responses also can show up as adddiction.


I'm not sure,  if so I hope they have support groups for these!  The current library of alexandria has a saved copy of the internet in case the internet burns down.


Do that means anything we posted will be forever?


lol doesn't bother me,  but some people should be concerned. There is 3g cell service and internet capabilities at the peak of mt. everest


That seems like another useless thing.   Not sure how the "internet archive at the Alexandria library" works given the constant changes.


Well,  people need to take selfies and post it when they actually achieve getting to the peak of Everest lol


I wonder if anyone fakes it, claims to have done it.   Do you think it is easier in theu or winter to go to the peak of Mt. Everest?


I have no clue.  7% of people read the full terms when buying a product or service on the internet.


I believe that is also a culturally influenced fact.   Reading instruction manuals before using a product is very common in Japan.


Good to know.  A single google search requires more computing power than it took to send neil armstrong and eleven other astronauts to the moon


Well the calculations for the moon are pretty simple.


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


Which assumes that Android is the dominant platform.


Also,  if Google is tracking all Andriods thats a little scary.


Yes, especially if they will sell the information to others people.   I am sure that some divorce lawyers in Silicon Valley would be very interested.


On 16th august 2013 google went down for about five minutes, and took 40% of web traffic with it.


I wonder how much of Google's traffic is search and how much is other stuff.


Good how is the internet working for you today?


Good, what kind of internet do you have? I have DSL


I have the kind my internet provider gives me. It's comcast so... I really do not know. I do know the three lines are called a hamburger.


I have been thinking about how people get the internet when theyre in remote places -I know there are plans to expand the use of satellite internet


There's 3G on the peak of Mt Everest so I think it is working!


Yeah I dont know how that gets there if its satellite or something else. I read Google was using balloons to try to make broadband more accessible in remote areas.


That's innovative. I wonder if it will work. It may cause addiction from all the clicking though...


I think the problem with balloons is they are hard to keep up, so its makes it less reliable than satellites, which can cover large areas more easily


I would find the lack of internet in some places a peacefulness I would look forward too at times.


True, but sometimes say there is a natural disaster in a rural area, communication can be difficult


Yeah. As a city guy, I can forget about the rural communities.


Yeah, especially places where the terrain is mountainous or hilly and it is hard for cell phone signals to reach


That's my blind spot. I guess I was thinking more about a nice vacation away from the hustle and bustle of the real world. How long do you think these balloons would last?


I cant imagine they would last more than a few weeks before they are blown away or deflate, even if they were up high


I wonder how long weather balloons last... I think those are pretty durable, right? Why not just build a tower?


I think the challenge of a tower is you have to go there and maintain it, as opposed to being able to just put something in the air


good point. I hope there is something they can do to help! Any ideas?


I think that eventually we will figure out a solution to connect most areas, but I wonder if trying to cover the whole planet is a good use of resources


I enjoyed Patrick Stewart in the role of Captain Picard.


Yeah I did as well, I thought that was a good show when I was growing up.


As to his acting abilities I thought he did a fine job, though at first, I was doughtful if anyone could be like Kirk.


Yeah I would have to agree, did you see any of the films?


Most of them, yes. I think I missed the last one.


I have seen the first 3 I think, but not too sure it has been quite a while since I did.


As a kid, I got a toy communicator and phaser for Christmas. I really liked those.


That is awesome.  Did you know that the first interracial kiss to be aired on tv was on Star Trek?


Yes, The show was very forward thinking. They had a crew made up of many different races and everyong, for the most part were portrayed as good and competent people.


Yeah I agree with you on that.  Speaking of television, do you watch the show Shark Tank?


Only occasionally, and it has been a very long time. I think it is a pretty interesting show though.


Yeah I guess most of the deals that are made on that show are never actually enacted.  I thought that was interesting.


Yeah same here, did you know that the 'weekend update' skit on SNL is their longest running?


I did not know that. I do know that when I was in school, many kids tried to reenact many of the skits. That is how I was introduced to SNL. It was normally on too late for me.


That is funny, I had older siblings who liked it so I got to stay up to watch it.


I remember as a kid, sneaking to stay awake to watch shows. like The Love Boat or Fantasy Island.


That is awesome, that is a little bit ahead of my time, but I have seen them both.


Long gone days. One more recent show my wife and I liked is Raising Hope. It was kind of a silly show.


Yeah I have seen some of that one, it is pretty good.


We like all the characters, but especially Maw Maw.


Have you heard of the film series Star Trek?


Didn't the tv series only go on for 3 seasons until it was canceled?


wow. it seems longer. Martin Luther King was involved.


Ya, the tv series began in 1966 and ended in 1969. Only 3 years.


Ya, the flip phone design was inspired by the communicator that they used.


I like the doors on the shops too..though the design didn't catch on as much.


Also the door sound they used was actually just a piece of paper being removed from an envelope.


Crazy. There are so many reruns that it feels like the show ran forever.


The reruns were the reason why the movies were created.


Makes sense. are there south park or simpsons movies?


No, the reruns of the star trek tv series persuaded Paramount Pictures to make the Star Trek films.


I wonder what the reruns of pokemon will do. There are like a bazillion of them.


Well there are 750 episodes of pokemon, that'll take a long time to get through them all.


yeah...better stick to Thomas the Tank Engine...only 52 of those


Did you know that Ringo Starr, George Carlin, and Alec Baldwin have all narrated Thomas.


I thought I heard Donald Trump. But I certainly did not hear any dirty words.


Well hopefully we can find out more about the actors, it was nice talking to you.


Yeah..if not there is always the 70's show...as long as we are not in the UK.


Hey how are you doing, you a big Natalie Portman fan?


Hi! Hope you're doing well!  I am a huge fan of Natalie Portman! But I am surprised that she was upstaged by Raffey Cassidy in Vox Lux. I've never even heard of the young actress! What about you?


I've never heard of her either, I'm sure she's got to be good to upstage Natalie Portman. Very cool. What is Vox Lux? Is it a movie?


It is an R rated film that I've heard is disappointing. Unfortunately, they say it doesn't really have the energy to say anything interesting or really anything that makes sense, which is disappointing!


For sure for sure. You listen to a lot of music by chance too? Either in person at a concert or download and buy albums?


I actually love the album Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park! In fact, it is the best selling album of the 21st century and I can see why because it's so amazing! What about you?


It's a fun album, I definitely listened to it a lot in the mid 2000s, I think that is when it first came out. NWA was a great group too, the movie was really good.


Agreed. Did you also know Straight Out Of Compton was the first album to hit platinum status despite no airplay support or major tours? That is really impressive!


Wow, definitely really impressive, especially with the challenges they faced. Reel Big Fish re-recorded all their hits for an album, I never knew people liked them that much. Do you like them>


I didn't know people liked them either as I had never heard of them. Can you believe The Dark Side of the Moon was still one of best selling albums in 2014 despite being released over 40 years ago? That goes to show good music never dies!


Oh wow, that's crazy. I wonder if it won any of the other years in between?  Wonder if Judge Judy bought it with her money she makes !


Ha! She could afford several albums making $123k per episode, couldn't she? Crazy to think she's the highest paid celebrity, second to LeBron!


Oh wow, I really didn't know that. LeBron is about to be a billionaire, that's crazy, happy for him!


Indeed. He deserves it! I wonder if he's visited Pixar's secret room that celebrities often visit?


Me too, I wish I could go see it. It'd be cool to just see the celebrities there haha.


No kidding! Ha! I tell you something I would have like to have seen in person is that concert Creed put on back in 2002 that was so godawful, a few fans in attendance actually filed a lawsuit against Creed. I can't imagine a concert being that bad. Ha!


Haha, I can't remember being at that bad of a concert. Pink Floyd played in 1972 to the ancient roman amphiteather, that'd have been wild.


Agreed it would have! Another one that would have been wild to see was The Ramones while they played a grand total of 2,263 concerts almost nonstop over the course of 20 years!


Oh wow, I wonder how they got the "energy" to do all that lol.


Thats a good question as it had to take a serious toll on them! Just like Linkin Park, I wonder where they got the energy to play 324 concerts in a single year back in 2001?  Of course, it was due to the success of their debut album, so perhaps they were motivated by success!


Oh wow, that's nuts. I'm going to take off though, great chatting with you! Take care!


I am a dog person and apparently Google is with us, they like dogs as well and they are a dog company


Google has the right idea. Dogs are great companions, perfect for an office. they help lower stress


They are loyal and also really smart animals, they can understand pointing and they can also see color.


I guess they are one of the few animals that can understand pointing. they see some color, but not as much as humans. still, its good enough LOL


Yeah they also have 12 different types of blood, thats a lot more than humans I think and they will continue to evolve maybe they will be able to watch the world in full color eventually.


Yes, that would be great! they could enjoy doggie TV shows more LOL. 12 types? i wonder which is most common


I have no idea, I have to take my dog and get him tested there are also blood drives for dogs


i have heard of those! i wonder if the dogs get special treats after donating blood!


I bet they do, you have to keep dogs motivated just like in Istanbul.


I think that is a great system! giving the dogs food and water for collecting recyclables.


Yeah, keeping the streets clean and then also keeping the doggies happy. Do you have a Facebook account?


Really you dont? how come? I do have one, mainly to keep in touch with friends and family.


i am concerned about privacy and data usage. it seems like fb uses your data in ways that you dont expect


Yeah, privacy is breached on the site, still its a useful tool to keep in touch with others can't believe its been more than 15 years now.


yeah, it seems like such a basic part of peoples lives, but it doesnt feel that old. i hear the kids are moving away from it though


Really? is there another social media out there? I guess Facebook time might be over or maybe they will just buy the company just like they did with Instagram.


i dont know what the kids are doing these days. i guess they would know whats out there. anyway, great chat!


I have to ask my nephew about that!  and it has been a great chat I agree, hope you also have a great day friend.


Good to hear, yes, I own 2 dogs.  How about you?


i love dogs, but i have never owned one. what kind of dogs?


I have a 12 year old yellow lab and a 10 year old yorkie/poodle mix.  I love them both, dearly!


they both sound great! they are not young. I guess that you have had them for years. Loyal companions. do you know their blood types?


Yes, they have both been very loyal companions and def are man's best friend.  I don't know their blood type and was shocked to learn recently that dogs can donate blood to other dogs.


Yes, that is very cool. maybe your dogs could be donors. i hope that the dogs at the drives get lots of treats.


I know right! You know I used to think my dogs saw things in black and white, but now I've learned that dogs can see color, just not as many different ones as a human, but they are not color blind.


They enjoy color tv programming just as much as you! So put on the DVD of Lady and the Tramp! Your dogs will love it.


They probably would!I hear that Google is supposed to be a dog company.  Their code of conduct specifically states that, supposedly.  Have you heard of that before?


Ive heard it, and i understand why. dogs are great in an office. they are friendly and they reduce stress. cats, on the other hand, well, they can be independent.


I know, my cat passed away last year and she was 15 years old.  Very good cat, but she was independent, so much so, that you usually only saw her when she came to pat on the door at breakfast and at night for dinner.  Very different than my dogs who want to be with you at all times!


Yes, cats can manage their own affairs very well. i think that for some people, the cat is the perfect pet.


Funny story and kind of sad too , I think my poor, old cat got Alzheimer's.  She normally would come and knock on the door at breakfast and dinner to be fed.  Well, towards the end of her life she got really fat from everyone feeding her, because she was always knocking on the door, like she forgot that she had already eaten? lol


i know that animals can get pretty smart about begging for food from guests. cats at shops and libraries will meow at visitors to try to get treats.


Have you heard about the program in Instanbul to help the stray dogs?


The one with the vending machines? I think that was a clever way to feed the dogs and clean up the city. Good for them!


I know sounds like such a good program, we need it here in America!


We could use it in many of the big cities. Anything to clean things up! Anyway, great chat!


Great chatting with you, as well.  Enjoy the rest of your afternoon, friend!


I haven't heard of Vox Lux, but after learning about Natalie Portman's character in the plot, I am intrigued and will watch it. Have you seen it?


So have you seen Vox Lux? The movie seems like it's a drama film with music as well, I never knew she could sing.


No not yet. I would be interested in seeing Jude Law in it as well.


Yes, Jude Law is in there as well, I can't remember the last time I saw him in a film, it was a while back! I am a bit excited to hear the music that Sia has written, I am also a big fan of Sia's.


They say she does a better job in the play than Portman, correct?


Sia is in the movie? I thought she only wrote songs for the film?


Yeah, do you like films/musicals or that are music based? It always seems like these movies for people wanting to make it big always have ruthless managers and Vox Lux is no different with Jude Law's character


No not really but Jude Law does do a good job playing Natalie's manager.


How so? Does that mean that you have seen the movie?


Just the trailer. Jude is always powerful no matter the character he is playing.


I see. I can't believe Linkin Park played 324 concerts in one year! That's almost one concert everyday! It must've been hard to keep track of where they were and what time zone they were in.


I can't believe Abba turned down so much money for little work


Who is Abba? How much money did he turn down and for what type of work?


They are a classic band from 70s. They turned down $1 Billion


that is a lot of money to turn down! Wonder if there are any regrets! How come they turned it down?


Probably too hard on their bodies at this stage and maybe too many conditions for the money. I think Deep Purple holds records that they don't think they can break


Oh, that makes sense! It's insane how much these celebrities make! Judge Judy makes over $120K per episode! She's the highest paid celebrity after Lebron James


I would think that players on the Warriors would make just as much if not more these days.


Haha, probably more! Celebrity status is associated with fame and public attention and I admire those celebrities who use it as a platform to do good for the world.


Time to watch my fav youtuber jenna marble.


Hi there I do! I really like the poems by Edgar Allan Poe and the movie The Shining, have you seen that movie?


I havent,  is it good? The one with jack Nicholson?


Yes it is. There's a little boy in the movie called Danny, and I was happy to learn that while he was acting in the movie he never knew that he was making a horror movie haha he would be scarred for life


Yeah I hope he only learned when he was an adult.  That could be terrifying!


Yep I agree! Last time I watched the movie The Shining I had to cuddle with my dog haha do you have a dog?


I do have a dog,  she is 2, Yuki. Shes is the best!


I like that name! I also like how dogs are man's best friend, and I never knew that they actually have twelve different blood types


It means snow in Japanese lol she has white fur and I love snowboarding, so its fits. That is interesting,  I never knew that


Yes and I also have dog blood drives! I hope they give out treats afterwards!


That would be nice,  I have never brought her to donate blood yet.  Dogs and elephants understand pointing.


Yeah that's shocking you would think that gorillas would also understand pointing because they should be smarter than dogs or elephants, I was also shocked to learn that dogs are not actually colorblind, I don't know why everyone says they are


Yeah they just cant see as many colors as we can.  what kind of dog do you have?


Well we used to have a husky. But we don't have her anymore unfortunately, she was actually really awesome! did you hear about what is stanbul trains dogs to do in their city by the way?


Im sorry to hear.  Yes,  we should totally do that in America!  I see so many homeless people with dogs,  it would be great if they could recycle to feed their dogs, and other strays.


Yes I agree! By the way, do you have a Facebook page for your dog haha? I know that some people do, I try not to use Facebook myself though


No,  she doesnt have a facebook page,  she just shares with me lol


Haha that's funny! I also think it's funny that the Facebook like button is banned in schleswig-holstein, which is a state in Germany, I wonder why


I dont know,  maybe they have something against hitchickers?  thumbs up?  or maybe what it represents?


Haha yes I don't know! But I do know that I wish that Burger King still had its free Whopper promotion running on Facebook haha, did you hear about that?


Yeah for sure,  I would trade in a few friends for a free whopper lol Its been really great chatting with you,  have a good one .


Hi! Yes I like dogs, I think they're very interesting creatures. What about yourself?


I love them. do you know dogs have 12 types of blood


I didn't know that! I've heard they can actually donate blood at special blood drives, I'm sure that makes it more complicated.


Oh absolutely, they're useful and smart creatures. Maybe that's why Google prefers dogs over cats?


Yeah they even have it in their code of conduct


They probably appreciate dogs' intelligence. Dogs are one of just two animals that instinctively understand pointing, I believe.


Dogs are also not as color blind as we make them out to be, I believe they can see colors, just not as many as we can.


yeah I guess that is a misconception. do you ever buy from amazon?


I do! I like them because I think I can still get packages delivered on Sunday. What about you?


Yeah I like them because their service is really good. did you know the first customers got a building named after him?


Certianly must feel like a good investment. On the other hand, Imdb was acquired by Amazon a long time ago I believe, a good investment on Amazon's part.


definitley yes. and the ceo even built a clock in a mountain that is supposed to run for 10 000 years


Jeff Bezos certainly is useful wow. Maybe he should spend more time caring for workers though, I know Amazon warehouse workers have to walk between 7 and 15 miles every day, that seems way too much


That just means they are super busy and have to run around all day


That's fair. Have you ever gotten a book off of Amazon? I like reading a lot in general.


Yes, I have plenty of times. I mean after all that is how they got their start.


People are certainly passionate about reading. The world record of speed reading is about 4,700 words per minute, I can't imagine retaining all that information.


That is mind blowing. Nice chatting with you


The information about how Amazon started is really interesting considering how large of a company it is today.


Yes. It is. I read that Amazon shift workers walk between 7 and 15 miles on a shift!


That is a lot of walking to make sure our orders are all handled! I did not realize that the US Postal Service delivers on Sundays for Amazon too.


Amazon is the second largest retailer to Alibaba Group in total Sales. The fact that he went from selling books online to selling everything online is amazing!


You're right. It must be amazing to start out selling one product and then morph into a tech giant and become the largest internet retailer in the world.  I wonder how much larger it will get now that they have their own publishing company, Amazon Publishing and their own studio, Amazon Studios.


I was not aware that they also own IMDB. My son has an IMDB as I am sure every aspiring actor does. They are to retailing what Microsoft is to tech.


I also did not know Amazon had acquired IMDB, that is interesting. I wonder where the clock that Jeff Bezos built into the mountain is located. That must be really cool to see.


I was thinking the same thing! I think he is a bit scattered lately. He and his wife is divorcing and he bought the washington Post. Newspapers are dying! Any way funny that this all started with books. Did you know that the record for speed reading is 4700 words per minute?


So interesting! No I did not know that was the speed reading record- that is very fast! I don't think I'd be a good consumer of literature if I attempted speed reading! It's interesting to think of consumers of literature as creating visual images that make sense to them in the unfamiliar places the texts describe.


I think it is funny how in the 18th century there was a moral panic that so many people were reading novels. for shame! ha!


If only they could see today where everyone is reading! Did you know that military branches have reading lists?


I was aware of that. That is how Tom Clancy first got published through a military publisher.  The Fact that CS Lewis and Tolkien held you laugh you lose when reading terrible poetry is funny.


I agree that is funny; it was probably hard not to laugh judging from the title!


Are you a dog person? did you know dogs were of the first species to be domesticated?


I do like dogs! I did learn that in school. It's so cool that they have been selectively breed for so long now that their diets now thrive from being starch-rich which is not adequate for other canid species.


Only dogs and elephants have the natural ability to point!


So interesting! I was unaware that dogs can donate blood for other dogs. How crazy is it that there are 12 different blood types in dogs!


I had never heard of that, however Google is a dog friendly company and not cats.


I wonder how that made it into Googles code of conduct! What's really cool is that in Istanbul you can put a recycled plastic bottle in and get food and water to give to stray dogs. Such a great idea!


Also all these years I thought dogs were color blind. It turns out they are not. Who knew?


I thought the same thing! I thought they were colorblind as well. It's great to learn some new things.


Hey there, pretty well, how are you. Are much a fan of technology?


I am well. I am a fan of technology but wish I knew more. Are you?


Yeah, I guess nowadays it is becoming important too. Did you know that UNICEF donates clean water to children when you do not us ethe cell phone?


I did not. That is really nice of them. I wonder why they think it is worth people not using their call phones for?


I am not very sure of that. Apparently since we are talking about phone New York's code is 212 because was the easiest to dial in a rotary phone.


Did you ever have a rotary phone? They were the worst!


We did have one when I was very little. I found them fun to play with tough. But yeah, it took forever to make a call.


And if your finger slipped... oh boy, you had to start over. At least we have moved on from that. I wonder how llong the cabels are in the ocean?


True.They must be super long to have to cross an entire ocean. And talking about rotary phones, remember the phone book and how useful they were once?


Yeah. They were thick too! I just got one and it was like 1/2 an inch thick. It went right into the garbage...


Yeah not sure why they still make them, it seems like everything is digital now. There must be people who still use them. Apparently you cannot separate two of them if their pages overlap


With the advent of the iPhone phone books are obsolete. They have more computing power than the entire US ICBM detterent. Seems kind of shaky.


That is something. Do you listen to music much?


Yes, a lot. Do you have a favorite genre of music? Any classic music in there?


Yes, I listen to Baroque. It helps me concentrate. You?


That is very true. Yeah I like it too a lot. I attend classical music concerts quite often. Do you have a preferred instrument?


I like trumpet. I used to play because of my love of jazz.


Oh how nice. Good for you. Einstein once said that great scientists are artists as well. he used to play violin and piano.


did you know in the 1700s there was a moral panic about how many poeople were reading books haha


Hi! No I didn't, that's interesting. Are you a huge book person?


no I'm not personally, I listen to a lot of audiobooks though, I think reading is boring what about you?


I think it certainly can be! The idea is interesting though, there's no concrete laws in reading.


ya, I tried to speed read once, I couldn't retain any information, it's crazy that the record for speed reading is 4700 words in a minute


But the thing is it's not a representation of intelligence! Andrew Johnson never even went to school yet was able to learn how to read.


that is crazy, have you seen the movie enders game? I guess it's on the recommended reading list of the marine corps, I didn't like the movie personally it seemed anti-military to me


No I haven't! I wouldn't even think they have a recommended list like that. Reading is surprising some times. It's definitely improved a lot too, in the middle ages silent reading wasn't even a thing!


ha it would be horrible, imagine going to a library to read but everyone was reading out lout! how could you concentrate?


Exactly! Good thing they didn't have those back then. Maybe libraries aren't the answers, an elementary school once replaced desks with "reading bicycles" and test scores were amazing.


that is a good idea, have you seen Starship troopers? that movie is violent but its based on a book, and apparently that is also on the militarys reading list


I have not! It seems like an interesting adaptation though. I should get the book on Amazon, they seem to have invested a lot into the reading experience.


ya, did you know that the owner of amazon built a clock in a mountain? apparently it will run for 10,000 years


Wow, that's some type of innovation for sure! He seems to care a lot about improvement, they actually have a separate website just for returned items to sell!


that is crazy, one of my favorite things about amazon is that they deliver packages on sunday now, which is awesome


They certainly are committed to the user experience, even their name is meant to imply they have everything from "A" to "Z".


ya that actually makes sense, it's crazy that an amazon warehouse worker can talk about 15 miles a day just for work, thats a workout!


Poor guys! Anything for the best product I guess right? They even got a patent on 1-click buying, that doesn't even seem allowed.


ya I'm shocked that exists, I think it's crazy that amazon owns imdb, I didn't know that, they are buying up everything


Oh I'm sure they are, they're stepping out of their lane all the time, they even developed their own font!


that is impressive, also impressive is the first person who bought a product from amazon, he got a building named after himself


I have very little.  I mainly play wind instruments.  One of the Three Stooges was actually a very accomplished violin player!


That's interesting I had no idea. The world record price for a violin bow is $182,500.


For just a bow!  That is crazy expensive!


I agree! Do you know much about the telephone?


I know that my iphone has more computing power than the Us ICBM deterrent.


That's kind of scary to know. Did you know dolphins can communicate with one another over a phone?


Really?  Like they know which other dolphin is on the other end?  That is mind blowing!


That is mind blowing. The inventor of the dial telephone was an undertaker.


I heard it was because he believed that the operators were directing his business to his competitors.


I have as a kid, i remember when touch tone became the thing.  And the phones were connected to the wall!


I have two left feet.  Lol.  But Bruce Lee was an excellent dancer, as was Tupac!


Haha same here. Hard to believe he was very good at dancing too.


Did you hear about Michael Jackson's special shoes?


I have heard he had a patent on them. I guess they make him lean very far to the side.


Yeah, and I guess I thought he was doing that on his own as a kid.


Yea probably. Well, it was good chatting with you.


Hello, yes I do! I'm a House fan, and can see why Hugh Laurie made 700K for each episode.


Yeah that is a great show for sure. How about That 70s Show, did you ever watch it?


I  have. I heard there was a British version, that didn't do too well.


Yeah they had to cancel it after 10 episodes because they made it verbatim and did not take


Interesting. Since so much of it is based on Americana, I wonder how that translated abroad. Jim Carrey doesn't do dramas, because of his belief system.


Yeah I guess he must have had some sad run ins and now just wants to focus on positive things


Have you been to Japan? Most of their highways are toll roads, it's crazy expensive to travel there.


Yeah I have but I did not travel by car so I am glad I was able to save those $300


I haven't been yet. I have been to Iceland, and they do a lot of flying over there, as there aren't any trains.


I guess it is a small city and I am assuming the flights did not take very long?


It depends on where you are going. They really need a bus system, like the Dutch are building.


Opps meant to say small country there. But yeah a 160 mph bus would make that commute much better


Yeah, it is small. Beautiful though. Reminds me of Mackinac Island in the summer. Without the horse-drawn carriages though.


It must be still very nice there though to have that peace and quite. DO you know who was the first king to travel the world?


Yeah it was king kalakaua. Wonder how long that took him.


I don't know, but that would be a great way to see the world. Iceland uses a lot of boats too.


Yeah I would like to do that too. How about video games, do you play much?


I do, I've been playing Vault 76 today. I was surprised to learn that Tom Hanks' brother does Woody's voice in games and merch.


Yeah that is pretty cool. And funny how they were initially called cathode ray tube amusement devices.


I would, but I can't go very far because I have responsibilities that prevent it. I like taking day trips by car. How about you?


I like that too, its expensive to so at Japan though, tolls are really expensive


Yeah, I don't have a problem with highway tolls, but I think they should come mostly from weight-based tolls on trucking since they cause almost all the highway damage.


I agree, they do the most damage on roads, did you know Iceland doesn't have a rail service?


I only found that out recently. I wonder why? You'd think there would be at least enough population centers to pay for some kind of light commuter rail.


I know right and travelling by air all the time must be really expensive as well


It must be or maybe gas is cheaper out there, I wonder how much flights are worth


They'd be pretty short flights, so hopefully not too expensive.


I bet costs are reduced with volume, do you like to play video games?


I am, funny how video games were called Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Devices


Yeah, that must've been a long, long time ago. Vacuum tube screens haven't been around at all for a long time, LOL.


It does seem like it lol, do you know who Jim Hanks is? apparently his the voice of Woody in video games


I never heard of him. I don't even know who Woody is, I'm afraid.


Really? Woody from Toy Story, the cowboy? well Jim Hanks is Tom Hanks brother


Oh, that Woody -- I know the cowboy from the movie, but not the video game.


Yeah the same one, you know that its illegal for kids under 16 to play video games past midnight in South Korea?


That's amazingly paternalistic. I wonder how they think they can enforce something like that?


Maybe fear is enough, but I agree it must be hard to enforce that, you know its been a great chat I really enjoyed talking with you


Hello, how much do you know about the sun?


I know the the sun is in the sky and it is hot and it it in the center of our solar system and you do you like knowing facts about the sun ?


Did you know it isn't actually yellow? All children's drawings of the sun is wrong


From the surface of Earth it is yellow. If there were children on the space station, you could scold them for having a yellow sun, but not Earth children. But it must be special in space, a white sun is like a really bright light bulb.


I read it was due to atmospheric scattering.


The more atmosphere the sun goes through, the redder is gets, that is why sunset are red.


Interestingly, the sun is blue from mars


That is probably also because of atmospheric scattering, the less atmosphere there is,  "bluer" is the sun, until there is not atmosphere and the sun is white. What is your favorite fact about the sun ?


How it can produce enough energy to meet earth's needs for 500k years in just 1 sec


That is impressive, the solar is so big it is difficult to understand its scope. Like Neptune has recently completed its first revolution around the sun since it was discovered. 1 Neptunian year is equivalent to around 150 earth years.


And how the sun is only 1/billionth the size of the largest star


Yeah. In another set of ideas, do you still have a landline ?


By curiosity, the phone was so important and now the landline has almost disappear, like why the 212 code was implemented, because of rotary phones.


Man I have never used a rotary phone, but it does look cool


It was very long to use, dialing a 9 could take 3-4 seconds. And if you had friends living in an area where the are code was 819,  it was very long.


But even with cell phone now, we rely on cable tech to transmit data. The cables that cross the oceans are only 2.7 inches thick, that it is thin for the length needed.


It is amazing how much we can do thanks to such a thin cable


Yeah technology is great, an IPhone has more computing power than the nuclear launching system of the US. It was build in the 60s, and it cannot play Angry Birds.


It is impressive nonetheless. In any case, thanks for chatting.


hi; how important do you think it is for a person to vote in elections?


It is important if they want their voice to be heard.


there was a recent election where i live and one of the candidates called way too often.  it was a taped message; sometimes after 9:00.  has anything like that happened to you?


It happened once or twice.  I then stopped picking up the phone.


i understand.  the candidate who was doing that lost the election by a small margin.  would you ever consider doing any type of political canvassing; whether it be door to door, or phone calls, or social media


i am as well.  i did work for zogby international, the pollster, but that was not really canvassing.  that was getting information from potential voters.


I read an article saying that astronauts were able to vote from space.  I wonder how they did that.


yes i have heard of that.  i don't know how that could happen.  maybe they just told someone on a connection who they chose to vote for.  that's tough to figure out.  and i find it almost amazing that about a third of the men in the UK had the right to vote until 1918, amazing.


The astronauts could say it orally but then it would be public.  Shouldn't it be confidential?  The UK story was very interesting.


i was thinking the exact same thing.  voting is definitely supposed to be private.  the UK situation is very revealing.  it just shows that things we take for granted were once difficult to attain.  look at the U.S.  i think about 60% of registered voters take part in presidential elections. so when you consider non registrants, that percentage goes way down.


no. i'm here in the central part of New York State.  this state always votes democrat in national elections by a wide margin. changing the subject for a bit, did you know that the sun is white?


No.  I thought it was yellow.  Please tell me about it.


i am amazed. i would have bet money it was yellow. i guess it is only perceived as yellow due to atmospheric scattering.  i bet very few people know that.


I'll bet.  I did not know it until you told me.


i also didn't know that the sun is very small...tiny in fact..compared to the biggest star in our galaxy.  if i knew that, it was a long long time ago when i was in school.


I did not know either.  Also, I thought that nothing was hotter than the surface of the sun.  I was wrong.


i always assumed the sun was the hottest thing.  tell me about that.


lightening bolt is 5x hotter than the surface of the sun


i never would have even considered that.  switching gears again, i grew up in new york city so i find it interesting that their area code of 212 was designed because it was the fastest number to dial on an old time rotary phone.  who knew? surely not me.


Why do you think New York was so lucky to get that number?


most likely because that city has so many people.  it may still have the most people in the U.S, it is either #1 or #2 with along with los angeles.  so the phone company was doing all those people a favor of convenience.


Interesting.  Something new I learned from you.


the "rotary phone" brings back memories.  all these technological changes...so amazing how we move from one thing to another and we get more and more advanced with technology.


You seem to know a lot of interesting things that I have never thought about.


i do some reading.  here is a memory: i clearly remember getting my first phone when i lived with my parents.  and it had the # button.  i had absolutely no idea what it was all about.  now it is common place.


I need to research more about lots of interesting things.  Nice talking to you and thank you for your valuable and interesting information.


I don't, but many famous people were wrestlers before moving on to other pursuits, one of which was Plato.


That is fascinating. In Turkey oil wrestling is a national sport.


I can't imagine how hard it would be to wrestle while covered in olive oil!


yeah that must be very slipppery for sure


Apparently the guy who designed for Jimi Hendrix and Aerosmith also had a knack for designing wrestling gear for Macho Man.


Even Abe Lincoln is enshrined in the wrestling hall of fame


I guess he wrestled about 300 times and only lost once. That's impressive


That is for sure. And a guy who particpates in wrestling has  the most densely muscled hands in the world


That makes a lot of sense. I wonder what percentage of wresting is competitive versus theatrical


I am not sure about that actually. do you watch much wrestling or other things on tv?


I tend to watch a few shows, but I stream it after it airs. Have you ever seen one of the over 750 episode of Pokemon?


Yeah some of them. They have been in air for 16 years. that is a long time


The Simpsons has a lot of episodes too! And of all those, only one is completely absent of Bart in both appearance and mention


Yeah I wonder which episode that is. Did you ever see That 70s show?


I watched most of it. I heard that the UK remade it word for word. I wonder if the references went over well


They certainly did not since it was cancelled after just 10 episodes


On the same level, I wonder what those in the UK think of country music, especially since it has the nickname "hillbilly music"


Yeah , I wonder too. did you know jeff bezod and george strait are cousins?


I wonder if Jeff Bezos helped out his cousin with his wealth. I know Henry Ford was a fan of country music and helped finance its spread


yeah Henry was afraid that jazz was going to take over so yeah


There's even a guitar specifically created for country music


I've been getting out and canvassing in my neighborhood lately.  Have you ever done that?


No, I cast my vote only but i watched candidates canvassing.


It's good you vote.  Part of getting out and canvassing is making sure people are registered to vote.  I've spoken with not yet registered 18 year olds and helped them navigate the process!


The candidates express their own political party policy and make the people to cast their vote. Candidates first want to know the rule of the election.


That they do.  Did you know that nearly 35 percent of the Black males in Alabama cannot vote?  It's appalling.


Astronauts vote from space. Do you know ?


I did know that.  It's so weird but I guess it makes sense.  Every vote is important!  That's why it's so strange that it took til almost 1920 for all men in the UK to get the vote.


The biggest misunderstanding about canvassing is that it's about changing people's minds. It's about expressing the policy of the political party.


Exactly.  And sometimes you get shoo'd away and sometimes they can be rude.  It really all depends.  Takes strong skin to do it!


Now days, parties use social media to canvas voters. Sometimes, they use phones and text messages.


True but the personal conversations are worth as much as thousands of retweets!  It can be so effective!


Telecommunication is very important- it makes us easily accessible.


It does, but it's certainly not the only way to canvas.  They still utilize phones!


Sure, many of them use social media. They play a major role in deciding who wins.


They do.  It's efficient, quick, universal, and has the most effect.  But there is no replacing human interaction.


The Sun is actually white only perceived as yellow because of the atmosphereic scattering.


Yep.  It's not even the biggest star in our galaxy.


The earth is also a planet. Moon is the statellite of earth.


Yes it is.  And the sun has almost 110 times the diameter of the earth.


There are so many galaxies in the universe. We are part of the milky way.


Yes we are.  And the sun is at the center of our solar system.  Like a beacon.


Yes. Nine planet revolves around the sun in eliptical path. The gravity of the sun holds the entire solar system.


Lovely to talk to you, but I fear I must be going now.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


I agree. Do you know much about the internet?


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


I love YouTube. I pretty much watch it everyday. Did you know it is the second largest search engine on the net?


I did not know that! I was watching last night and someone named Pewdiepie was on. Something about fighting with his brother!


LOL that's funny. Justin Bieber's baby song is the most disliked video on YouTube.


I have no idea lol. Did you know Netflix and YouTube make up half of the peak internet usage in North America?


I have read that. Do you watch Netflix? It's a great platform.


I love Netflix. I have an account through T Mobile. What about you?


I love it too. I'm one of the original cord cutters and they are the reason why! I usually just watch it thru my internet.


That's awesome. Police actually have their down YouTube called BlueTube which is a way to share law enforcement videos.


I will have to look that up! I wonder if a private citizen can watch it?


I highly doubt they can. The Gangnam Style song got so many views on YouTube that they had to upgrade the view count to 64-bits....LOL>


Oh wow! That is so awesome to know! I once read that constant clicking of the internet buttons can cause addiction.


I bet it can. Did you know the 3 horizontal line menu on apps and websites is called a hamburger button?


I had no idea. How fun! Did you read that Pixar has a secret room for celebs? How odd!


That's really cool. I love Pixar. They make such high quality movies.


I think so too. Did you ever watch Sesame street?


I used to watch it back when I was little. What about you?


i did. Seems funny to see Carol Burnett on it. She was one of the first celebs to be on sesame street.


That's awesome. It was good talking with you!


I do! I like to watch how-to videos on home repair and cooking. What do you enjoy watching on the youtube?


Mostly for ripping songs and fixing stuff like my car or computer.


That is a good use for it. I too use it for music when I want to see a musical act. Do you have a favorite genre?


Mostly instrumental now music has changed so much. You?


On youtube, a lot of Ray Lamontagne, gas light anthem, and a few others. I am usually on Spotify though.


Yeah and google bought them for a whooping 1.65 billion.


I think the founders could retire nicely on that. Geez...


right! that was back in 2006. You tube has a partnership program as well.


Well it's where other media sources allow certain shows to be played. Like hulu and bbc.


That's good for the viewer! The first video was about a dude talking about an elephant. Seems a little dull.


Yes it does, lol. They are the second largest search engine on the web.


They are owned by google so that makes a little sense.


Yeah that was a good purchase. Justin bieber's baby is the most disliked video on youtube.


Wow i never knew that glad they moved in another direction. Police have their own it's called blutube. Heard of it?


no. I do know that fire has had one for a long time! they use it to teach across the world. Our mistakes are your learning opportunities.


Well i guess that makes sense then. do you know what a hamburger button is?


A delicious three line button? Nice chatting with you! It's been fun!


You too thanks! In parting im a part of the 93% of ppl who do not read the terms and conditions on internet purchases, lol.


Hello, do you know much about the US Senate?


hi how are you? i do not. i should be ashamed.


No worries. Did you know they used the same gavel for 165 years until Richard Nixon cracked it?


Oh, that Nixon!  He could get a bit excited in front of the senate. I hope he paid for a new one.


LOL. Women were not allowed to wear pants on the senate floor until 1993.


I think that was a shame. why? what does it matter? soon, there will be transgender people in congress. the rules will always need to change.


Not sure why it really mattered. Such an odd rule.


originally there was not a womens room in the senate. the first women senators had to go across the street.


Did you know Michael Jordan said he wouldn't endorse black democrat Gantt because republicans buy shoes too.


I think that is short sighted. People look to MJ to lead.


I do like horses. i have never ridden one. i would love to sometime.


I love horses too. Icelandic horses have a 5th speed called Tolt. It's speed walking for horses.


i did not know that horses had speeds LOL i guess that makes sense. gallop, trot, etc.


LOL me either! Clint Eastwood is actually allergic to horses.


he was in so many cowboy films. that is strange. i think that must make him sad.


I agree. Two high school students once rode their horses to school when they had a no vehicles to school day.


that is a great idea. i think that smart alecs like them make school fun.


I used to listen to the radio. I dont listen much now. You?


I do everyday still. Well, it was a pleasure talking to you. Have a good day.


Hi. It's a good thing that someone like Bill Cosby, a respected actor, has been exposed as a sexual predator.


Yeah, his behavior in the court room was despicable.  He was laughing!


Sometimes people think their fame will protect them from their crimes done in secret.


Yeah, nor will his suggestion that he is a victim of racism protect him, considering the prosecutor was African American.


Right. Everybody wants to play the race card. If someone is guilty, race doesn't matter. That prosecutor was very good. Six women accused Cosby, evidently they were very believable.


I am glad he has no chance of escaping from justice.


I agree. Many famous people have been brought on charges of sexual crimes, some have gotten off the hook, I think Cosby expected to be one of them. Unfortunately, some are accused just in an effort of destroy. I speak of Kavanaugh.


Sometimes when world events are becoming so out of control and hard to process, I like to let my mind focus on different things.  Like how Richard Nixon cracked a gavel that, until to that point, had been used by the U.S. senate for almost two centuries!


Oh how crazy. Did you know that it wasn't until 1993 that women protested the "no Pantsuits" rule in the senate?


It is so inspiring when people stand up for themselves.  I think they the people that do stand up are great role models.


I wonder why that pantsuit issue even existed. Of course Hillary Clinton is well known for the pantsuit queen.


I don't know, but the senate has a great responsibility, being tasked with electing the Vice President if neither of the candidates receives a majority.


Really? That sounds weird. A VP needs to be behind the man in the oval office. A senator can even have an absent senator arrested and brought into the assembly when a vote is being held.


Yeah, they were serious about that rule too, literally carrying in a senator one time!


It wasn't until 1913 that senators were elected officials. Before that, a senator was appointed by the legislature of each state.


It was interesting to learn that the Vice President is the President of the Senate.  I don't always realize how little I know about how my country operates sometimes.


How true. The creating of the Senate is one of the first established in the US Constitution, by Article One.


Imagine if we lived on Jupiter.  Jupiter has such different weather than earth.


I suppose that's true, since it is not adaptable to human life. The electromagnetic energy must be very strong, I've heard they can be picked up by an AM radio.


Yeah, it's almost like a miracle we can find a way to know, on some level, what's happening on a place so far.


Well, thanks for a very interesting conversation. Have a blessed day.


How's it going? Are you into dancing, it often has aesthetic and symbolic value


I'm not really much of a dancer. It's kind of interesting, but not my favorite art form.


Yea, I like martial arts, it's funny Bruce lee was also a cha-cha championship


Bruce had great body control. He probably could have done the Olympics too.


Yea, I wonder how many Shoes Bruce went through if ballet dancers go through 4 a week


Bruce could probably dance barefoot. He could have danced ballet too.


I wonder how well Bruce could do the extreme lean that Michael Jackson used a patented device to do


Bruce wouldn't have the patent, but I bet he do something pretty close.


Probably not, it's shocking how many people have taken ballet though, Tupac even did it and played the mouse king in the nutcracker


Tupac was interested in art in many forms. I wonder if anyone has a recording of him dancing ballet.


It's possible, maybe someone posted a video on facebook since it was founded in 2004


Facebook has so much stuff on it. I don't use it much, but I understand the attraction.


Yea and facebook makes a killing off advertisements, enough to be valued at 104 billion


Boy, those Myspace folks must be kicking themselves now. $75 million? That's nothing!


Yea facebook really screwed up not coughing up that $75 million in 2005 to buy facebook


Iceland seems to be embarking on a bold project with their constitution.


Yea but I don't think it's a good idea to use a medium such as facebook to rewrite a constitution, I don't think Iceland is pretty smart for that


There could be problems. Hackers and such. Apple had a clothing line in 1986. I wonder if Facebook will ever have one.


I hope not, maybe they could get Rip Curl to making clothing for them using North Korean workers


I think that must be a legal violation. You can't do business with North Korea.


I use it to stay in touch with friends who live far away.  ...like college friends who live in Japan, etc.  Did you know that 30% of American adults use facebook for their primary source of news?


I know right?  There are more people on Facebook than there were people in the world 200 years ago!


Did you know that Facebook engineers originally wanted to call the "like" button the "awesome" button?


Yes. I'm surprised it's already been 15 years since Mark Zuckerburg and his roommates founded Facebook on Feb. 4, 2004.


And it has come a long way as a company worth billions


No doubt.  Facebook was valued at $104 billion when they had their intial IPO in 2012.


I bet myspace sure regrets not acquiring FB


Oh yeah for sure.  Do you like to wear clothing?  I do!  I wear it as much as I can.  lol


Well I don't go out nude so ya I guess I like clothes lol


LOL A man once wore 70 items of clothing in a Chinese airport so he could avoid paying the bagging charge. That's funny!


Well the sad truth is the american airlines are an oligopoly so people are being charged $30 for the 1st bag


True!  People used to do their laundry in old faithful, they put their clothes in the geyser and it would erupt with clean clothes.  That seems odd.  You would think they would blow away and get dirty when they came down. lol


I would like to try it just to say I did it.


Yes!  The greeks made asbestos clothing and it was almost as valuable as gold!  I wonder how many of them got sick from wearing them?  Crazy.


I mean considering people used to use lead, I guess ignorance is bliss. Anyway, thanks for chatting


It was a good chat!  Have a good evening!


I do but I only use it for news and customer service issues.


I do too actually. I can't believe Myspace turned down an offer to buy it back in 2005!


What is myspace lol.  Only 75million I heard.


You never heard of MySpace? How old are you lol. Yes that is pennies to what it's worth now!


Too old, that was a joke because they disapeared.  I think 104 billion now.


oh lol! That's a lot of money! I'm sure they were mad at Burger King for running that unfriend promotion.


I would do it, I like Whoppers better than some people!


You and me both haha. Did you know Apple had a clothing line back in 1986?


I think they better stick with phones and pcs


I agree on that one. I wonder how long it lasted!


Probably 1986 only lol.  A store in alabama sell lost clothing and camera from airports lasted longer


I don't know how I would feel buying something like that haha. I'm sure they are honest about them though instead of North Korea putting Made in China tags on their clothes.


That is funny.  I guess Chinese manufacturing is an upgrade there?


Haha most likely. I would have liked to see Tupac do ballet in high school.


I agree! Kicking butt on the dance floor in the hong kong championships!


He was a master of movement in many human forms.


I would have loved to meet that guy! I wonder if he patented any dance moves like Michael Jackson did.


Oh yeah, the device he did the lean with in Smooth Criminal!  Awesome move!


I follow quite a bit! What about you? I recently followed Stormy Daniels and her friend who confirmed Stormy's affair with Trump. She defended her efforts to get out of that  $130k hush agreement made before the election.


I heard she wanted to be on the Apprentice too.


Do you also follow the YouTube celebrity Jenna Marble? It's crazy she earns over $346k annually from her channel. I need to start a YouTube channel now!


I dont.  I need to start a youtube channel.  I could leave my current job for that.  Thats crazy.


Agreed. But I respect celebrities like John Cena because he holds the celebrity record for wishes granted with over 400 for the Make A Wish Foundation.


That is amazing.  As a cancer survivor myself, things like that are important.  Especially when it comes to kids.


So very true and congratulations on surviving yourself, my friend! You, like Cena, are an inspiration to many! But since we're on the subject of celebrities,  I loved how Paris Hilton was in the Guinness Record Book for most overrated celebrity in 2007!


I didnt know being over rated was something you could even measure.  I wonder who won it next.  Kardashians, Kanye?


No telling! Ha! Maybe even Justin Beiber? Speaking of which, did you know a guy named Justin Beiber was banned from Facebook just for having the same name as the singer? That's just flat out wrong.


Yeah, I didnt know they could do that.  I wonder if the singer had any influence in that.  He seems to be a bit ego driven.


You are right! I wonder if his name was hidden in the dialogue of Penguins of Madagascar since the film had a running joke, hiding the names of celebrities in the dialogue!


I love the penguins!  Robin Williams lead the charge of actors voicing animated characters.


That is awesome! Do you also like the rapper Drake? He actually had a cameo in Beiber's music video "Baby".


Ive heard of Drake, but didnt know he was in the Bieber video


He really found fame playing a rich guy named Jimmy who becomes a paraplegic and pursues a career in music in the Canadian teen drama called Degrassi.


I guess that is why he finally graduated high school at 25.


Wow! At 25? That's insane! And now, he went from graduating high school at a very late age to owning a pair of solid gold ovo Air Jordan 10s that weighs roughly 100 pounds. Can you believe that?


I couldnt see any use for those.  But that is pretty incredible.


Same here. Like old phones, they're useless. Speaking of phones, I think it's crazy there's really no correlation between cell phone connection quality and service bars. I always thought it was!


Same here.  I guess I ll have to be more observant!  Anyway, Ive got to go!  Nice chat, have a great day!


all the time. DO you know why NY area code is 212?


It was because it was quick to dial on a rotary phone


Yeah. THe phone cables like on the ocean floor and are very slim


Yeah I wonder how they do not get tangles to the animals though


Hmm good point. Did you ever use a phone book?


No I did not but I hear if two of them get stuck together they cannot be separated


Yes. UNICEF donated clean water when we do not use our phones


I wonder how they do that as if we know, we can help more


Exactly. DO you have an iPhone or an Android?


I have an iPhone. Do you know how much computing power they have?


More than the icbm deterrent. Do you like Drake?


I do . DO you know what his full name is?


Yes it is Aubrey Drake Graham and he is Canadian


Yeah. Do you know how old he was when he graduated?


Yeah he was 25 and that was back in 2012


Yes I do, they have a secret studio for celebrities only


Yeah. Did you know RObin WIlliams did the voice of Aladdin?


Yes and he started the trend of celebrities doing voiced movies


Yeah. Did you know LeBron is the most paid celebrity?


Hello, do you know who Dennis Rodman is?


Yes, I remember when he played for the Chicago Bulls.  he had a rough "street-style" game.  Also known for multi-color hair, tats, and more piercings than I could count.


No, just followed the Bulls when I lived and ChiTown and Michael Jordan was king.  Rodman was in some way then and now comic relief.  What do you think about his infatuation with N. Korea?


I think that he's entitled to his opinion after all he is one of the few to know both Trump and Kim Jong, I heard he's been to North Korea a couple of times so there must be a reason behind his infatuation


Apparently basketball is big in N.K., although Kim Jong Un does not necessarily have the physique for basketball.  N.K. basketball rules differ from the NBA.  For example, a short outside the 3 point line is worth 4 points if its all net.


I heard a team of North Korean basketball was set so I agree, it seems like Kim Jong likes the game a lot


Apparently so, but with Kim it is hard to tell fact from fiction.  Per the "official" story, Kim learned to drive at 3.  Seems a bit outrageous.   Don't you find it a serious laugh that he was voted sexiest man alive by Onion?


That seems unreal, I think that is fake, and it doesnt surprise me


Well Rodman thinks he can be the bridge between Trump and Kim.  Rodman knows Trump from his "Apprentice" days and considers Kim a friend.  But how can Rodman be friends with Kim?


I agree, I wonder how old Kim Jong is though, thats a fact thats not available on Google.


Again, that is part of the "official" N.K. story of Kim.  I found it extremely humorous that Rodman gave Kim a copy of Trumps book "The Art of the Deal" during his 2017 trip to N.K.  Do you think Kim used the ideas in the book when he met with Trump during the Singapore summit?


Yeah I heard about that I think it was about the time that college student was released, maybe Rodman had something to do with it?


If he did, then his "basketball diplomacy" was a total flop.  Warmbier was essentially barely alive and brain dead when he was medically evacuated.  It seems like Rodman cannot gracefully give up the spotlight - he may have an infatuation with being perceived as nationally / internationally significant.  Rodman may have a permanent place in NBA history, but I don't see him as a diplomat.


Thats sad, I feel terrible for his family, I  wouldnt be friends with someone like that, returning a poor kid in those conditions feels evil.


I agree.  N.K. seems to take an extortionist approach with dealing with anyone other than the Communist nations (mainly China) that keep it afloat.  Considering how they consider U.S. an evil, I am surprised with their love of basketball and the NBA.  It apparently started with Kim's father, Kim Jong Il.