I know that sounds crazy.  Do you like dramas?  I read that Jim Carrey doesn't make dramas any more because of his belief system.  It prevents him from playing in movies that don't project positivity.


I don't agree with Jim, but he has been doing film for a long time. He probably wants only projects that he believes in.


yes, probably so.  I saw that Michael Caine became an actor because all the pretty girls at his school were in drama class.


He knew what he was doing. He went for it! Anyway, great chat!


Hmm..I guess we just wait for it to signal the end


Yes, I know what you are talking about but for some reason they haven't generated on


Maybe we are suppose to keep talking but normally its 10 chat turns


I have a DONE button here. I've never had it not appear after 10 turns. Odd.


Hmm..I wonder if something is wrong with our hit


Not that I've seen with other HITS today. Let's just keep going.


I have no idea what else to say.  Do you like radio drama?  I think that might have been fun to listen to back in the day


I would have liked to listen to "The War of the Worlds"  broadcast


I can't imagine how everyone got so caught up in it


I'm not exactly sure what to do b/c it isnt ending


I keep hitting the done button. Have you pressed TAB twice after entering text? That highlight the DONE button for me.


Hey do you live in Washington DC? Apparently they're expecting a mix of rain and also light snow


I have family near there. Apparently there's another storm coming not to later after that one


Oh wow that's crazy. I know that I'm in Michigan is really cold right now but it's not raining or snowing. Well let them know that the temperature could dip into the twenties or low 30s


Yea it's pretty ironic that February was warm but March is gonna be cold in DC


Yep I agree with you. We need more sun! Did you know that our sun is actually white and not yellow?


Yea, I heard the yellow appearance is due to atmospheric scattering


Yep you're right. I also heard that a lightning bolt is five times hotter than the surface of the Sun, that seems insane because the sun should be incredibly hot


Yea but I can see how lightning is hotter than the suns service considering the surface isn't the hottest part of the sun


That makes sense then. What is crazy is that the diameter of the Sun is about 100 times that of Earth, that's so massive that it's hard to comprehend


Yea what's even crazier is the sun is only 1 billionth the size of the largest discovered star in our own galaxy!


That is crazy! I wish that we could harness some of the sun's energy, one second of energy would actually power our whole planet for  500,000 years


Yea, I wonder how long it would take people to figure out how to harness the Sun's energy like that


Yep that would solve a lot of problems. What do you think about neptune? apparently it takes almost 100 years to make a complete orbit around the sun


It's a shame that the person who discovered Neptune didn't get to see it complete a full rotation around the sun


Nope you're right. On a different note, what do you think about the company Amazon? They actually created a clock that was built into a mountain, I'm sure one day they will create a planet out of nothing LOL


It's weird Bezos would build a clock into a mountain, I wonder why he did so


Yes that wonder that too, I also wonder why he named a building after the first person to buy a product on Amazon, that was a weird thing to


Yea and the customer only spent 27.95 on amazon too


Yep not even a lot of money, what do you think about Amazon delivering on Sundays by the way? I'm glad they have that special contract with USPS


Yea that's cool but I wouldn't want to work in an Amazon warehouse and walk 7-15 miles per shift


No I wouldn't like that, but it would make me lose weight LOL. What do you think about IMDb being owned by Amazon, I never knew that before


I know Brady can occasionally blow it but he didn't for me.  I'm a Chiefs fan...


Even as a Chiefs fan, do you think that Tom Brady is the greatest quarterback of all time, has he is commonly referred to.


He's one of the best for sure.  I go back to Johnny Unitas as a kid so that's a tough call.   All kinds of variables like Kellan Moore being left-handed.


Apparently, Kellan Moore is the only left-handed quarterback in the NFL, I wonder if the defensive plays factor in that fact and are adjusted.


Probably, maybe its like baseball and pitchers and batters play R/L-handedness.  Speaking of Brady, I didn't know he played at U of Michigan.


Yeah, could be to the team's advantage. Yeah, I didn't know that, did Brady play at UMich on a scholarship?


Probably... He was a 6th round draft pick in 2000.  I do like Boston but I'm not sure I've ever been to Foxborough where the Pat's play.


Me neither but the Gillette Stadium in Foxborough seems like a giant stadium. Have you ever seen a live professional football game?


Yes, the Falcons and the Chiefs.  I like college better, like Georgia Tech.  They could use a Brady QB however...


Haha, I agree, I really enjoy going to college football games. Although I never knew that the huddle was created by a deaf quarterback so other teams could not read his hand signals.


Didn't know that either... I thought it was because they couldn't hear.  QB's have to scream to be heard in most stadiums.  Some QBs are smart like Alex Smith who got a bachelors in 2 years.


That's surprising, it seems like the focus on athletes isn't about school but rather heavy emphasis on sports so to see him go on to get his master's degree, is very surprising to me.


I agree but some are both jocks and academics.  I wonder if Brady was?  I do admire him he's seen hard times like to 41-33 loss to the Eagles.


I definitely think that his leadership and tenacity and the so called "Patriot Way" can really shape people and lead them to their championships but his wife makes more than double Brady's salary! I thought she was retired!


What doe she do?  I wonder if she makes more the Belichick?  He's the winningest coach in the NFL for the postseason.


She's a super model, whatever that means. Belichick is a great coach, they make such a great duo. Can't wait to seem them play next weekend.


She sounds super expensive... Yep, they seem to work together.  I think they'll win.  The Rams, unlike to Eagles, won't rattle the Pat's.


Seriously! I hope so, I mean he has won five Super Bowls! That's a great stat!


It's times like these that I feel for the Browns who haven't won a playoff since 1995. Wow.


It's been that long?! I had no idea! Wasn't their coach Belichick back then?


Don't know but that has to be one sad dog pound... I do know that only the Bills have as  many Super Bowl losses.


Now, that's a stat I think no one wants to have haha. Any player you like in particular or don't like? There must be a reason for all those losses, but they did make it to the super bowl which is no easy feat.


Yep.  Stage fright?  Don't know... Brady didn't throw 30 TD passes in a season until 2007. The he went to 50.  Go figure...


Ooh, that's actually a very good reason and with great stats to back it up! Not only that, you're going against the best of the best, so it could be immensely intimidating.


Yep.  I think Brady's a late bloomer.  He's an inspiration to old guys like me.


Haha, he is an inspiration but also intimidating when I reflect on my countable accomplishments


Yes, and he's married to a high earning model!  Some guys have all the luck.


and he's also quite handsome, I might add


Yeah, rub it in... Hee.  Nice talking with you!


Hello, I'm doing great and staying warm in this arctic freeze. How are you? I could use some sun right now, did you know that the sun is considered a star in the solar system?


I remember reading that. I too have a nice arctic cold. did you know Chicago is colder than antarctic? I do because I worked out this morning and it said -24 on my truck...


Yes, I saw that on the news this morning, oh my goodness, there's actually a negative in front of that! With these drastic temperature changes, one day, the sunset might become blue, just like on mars.


Yeah, it's cold. At least it's not flooding like in DC


I did not know it was flooding in DC, why is it flooding?


Intermittent downpours in the afternoon caused issues. Although I think this is from the summer as it says a high near 80. That's 102 degrees hotter than I am right now!


Wow! I think that'll do it. Considering that the sun makes up 99.86% of the mass of our solar system, why don't we feel any warmth these days?


I also read on Apple news that it's so hot in Australia right now that snakes are cooling off in toilets!


Haha, that is so smart! Oh that makes sense, they are in the opposite hemisphere. Wonder when Amazon will start diving into weather business, their logo of pointing to a to z means that its in their business scope right


Bezos actually built a clock into a mountain. Weird...


Oh wow, wonder if its Alexa compatible. Do you read ebooks on kindles? Amazon created a new font called "bookerly", but I don't find it any different from previous versions.


I do. I like the basic one that is just grey screen. You?


Yes, that one is quite travel-friendly. What I don't really like is Amazon's patent on 1-click buying which Apple actually pays a licensing fee for. It makes purchasing way too convenient


It has caused me to buy too much. They also own IMDB


Me too. I find IMDB to be quite useful too for gauging whether or not the movie would be enjoyable for me. I also like Amazon's low-end products sold under its in house brand AmazonBasics.


I use it to place a face to a movie. I can always picture a movie the person was in but not the actual movie.


I see, I might actually try the price match feature offered by Best Buy or Target one day, I had no idea they would price match with Amazon


I did not know that either. I will use it from now on...


Hopefully it'll be super simple and hassle-free.


It's currently snowing. ugh lol  Do you use Amazon Alexa to get your daily forecasts?


I don't though I use Amazon for other things. The sell video downloads, software, video games, electronics, apparel,food, toys, jewelry and other things. I've bought a little of everything from them it feels!


Me too.  I was just curious.  I'm afraid of using the Amazon Echo because I've read things about eavesdropping.


Right, it is pretty creepy. Amazon also is the largest cloud infrastructure service. Do you remember that day when the whole internet basically crashed because AWS was down?


I actually do remember that!  Did you ever buy any of their low-end products under it's in-house brand AmazonBasics?  I never have.


I have, hah. I have bought sheets. They were okay but kind of hot as I remember? I'd love to work at the warehouse packaging items. I'd be in better shape. Their workers walk between seven and fifteen miles a day.


Nice!  That would be the perfect way to get paid and stay in shape wouldn't it?


Right, it would be. I am just too lazy to apply though haha. Vicious cycle. I kind of wish I was Amazon's first customer.


The closes warehouse my me is over an hour drive away otherwise I would think about working there at least part time.  Why do you wish you were the first Amazon customer?


The first Amazon customer spent $27.95 and got a building named after him.


Nice!  Did you know that Best Buy and Target will price match Amazon?  I didn't know that.


That is cool for those who like to shop in person! I didn't know that.


Amazon hold a patent on 1 click buying and apple pays them licensing fees.  They are making money everywhere.


I didn't know that. They are taking over the world! I wonder what the 18th century people would think since they had moral panic over the spread of reading novels.


Yikes!  That sounds like chaos.  An elementary school replaced desks with reading bicycles and test scores skyrocketed.  That's kind of neat and something I never heard of before.


I kind of want a stationary bicycle with a laptop desk attached. Have you see those? I think that would be cool and good for health and focus.


I haven't but that is something that I would be interested in.  I'm going to have to look that up.  President Andrew Johnson never attended school in his life.   His wife helped him to learn math and how to read.  That's amazing.


Quite interesting! And the on the other hand, we have speed readers who can read at 4700 words per minute. I wonder how they verify that.


I don't know but I would be able to read a lot of books if I could read that fast!


Would you read poetry if it was terrible? CS Lewis and Tolkien held a you laugh you lose competition for bad poetry.


I just read the DC weather forecast for today.


It looks like it is milder for a few days, but that still seems cold to me.


Though temperatures are quite cool, there is a lot of sunshine. I wonder if it feels warm enough under the sun.


Perhaps.  You still have to wear a jacket though, I'm sure.


What is the weather like where you live?


It is sunny today. I live outside of Dallas (a suburb)


It's sunny where I am too. I think yesterday the high was 75, and it's December! We had a Christmas party and it was actually too hot in the sun.


I am in Phoenix, Arizona. It's usually too hot for me, any time of the year.


I used to live there.  By the way, are you familiar with Amazon Alexa?


I am familiar with it but I do not use it.


I do not use it but am thinking about buying one.


It seems like it would easily give you the forecast every day.


I wonder if Amazon has sold many of them.  It sounded very popular.


It does seem popular but I prefer to look up my weather and get all my information by just looking up on Google.


I guess so.  Do you know that Amazon CEO built a huge clock on a mountain that would last for 10000 years?


I heard about that but am still confused as to why he did that.


It's interesting that the first Amazon customer got a building named after him.


I know.  Anyway, I need to go.  Nice chatting with you.


Hello,  did you know that the sun is actually white?


I did not know that. That's one more thing it has in common with Jeff Bezos.


lol right. I feel like our elementary teachers should have mentioned this at some point,  kinda feel dumb for drawing all those yellow suns.


Better than a yellow jeff bezos. I drew ligthening bolts red. i wonder if thats accurate


lol I do not know.  I hear the sun is only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star in our galaxy!  That is crazy!


It produces enough energy in 1 sec to meet our energy needs for 500K years. Some one lean to harvest this thing!


I know right,  solar panels arent enough!


you'd think bezos would take some time out of building clocks into mountains to figure this sun energy thing out.


I wonder what the significance is of putting it into a mountain lol I like that amazon has a contract with the post office to deliver on sundays.


judging from recent news, the amazon postman definitely rings twice. Bezos must feel as hot as a lightening bolt


I didnt know amazon owns IMDB, I use that all the time to look up movie info.


First books, now movies. They are controlling everything. There's sort of a 18th century-like moral panic about them.


Amazon is amazing.  I use a lot of their services.  Did you  know that amazon warehouse workers walk between 7 and 15 miles every day?


wow. but yeah...software, tvs, furniture, food, etc...they gotta cover a lot of ground.


I love their service audible too,  its so convenient since I drive a lot.


kindle is great. One cna read a lot faster. not speed reading fast like anne jones' 4700 words/min, but fast nonetheless


Thats is unbelievable,  that is way too many words lol


yeah, one wonders if you can keep a sense of creativity and critical analysis reading that fast


Yeah,  it doesnt seem like you can actually understand or process what the reading material is about.


yeah, you're like a lightening bolt, you may be 5x faster  but then you are gone


Hello!  Did you know that the sun is actually white?


The sun is so amazing, but not even the biggest star that we know about!


I agree! The sun also produces enough energy in one second to meet the needs of our entire planet for 500000 years!!!!


Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could harnes that one second of energy, and stop destroying our planet?  I wonder how much a lightning bolt compares to that one second, since it is 5x hotter than the sun's surface.


So true! Would be awesome to harness that energy!! Also crazy that it is stated that is a nearly perfect sphere! Do you watch the bachelor?


I used to watch the bachelor, but I stopped once it started feeling like the same show every season.  Are you a fan?


I think I watched one year. Im amazed that people can get into it and that folks reallly think it can find you true love. I would not want to compete on national tv for someones love. And then the fighting they do on there.


It is really horrible.  I think the early shows were more genuine, people wanting to be on TV but also wanting to find someone special.  Now I think people just want the fame and attention.  It is very sad.  What is your favorite kind of entertainment?  Drama, comedy, etc?


I like drama I really like the new show a million little things or something like that.


I haven't seen that.  I was into Mad Men when it was out, did you know that John Hamm used to be a drama teacher at his old high school?


I had no idea!! Did you know there is a website online where you can listen to thousands of classic radio dramas for free?


That would be so interesting, though the quality is probably lacking.  I've heard there were some grate radio dramas back in the day.  But yeah, apparently Jon Hamm taugh Ellie Kemper in his trama class, she's Erin from the Office.


Thats pretty cool!!! Lol Michael Caine became an actor because the prettiest girls in his school were in the class!! lol


Haha, that's a good idea!!  I like that Jim Carrey doesn't make dramas anymore because he prefers to promote positivity!  It's nice that he does that...and has the option to do that!


Yes you dont mind many famous celebrities sticking to their values. I admire him!! How abot Hugh laurie being paid 700,000 per episode of house.....


That's insane!!  But I guess the show was popular enough to warrant that kind of money?


I guess so! What is your favorite kind of drama, is tv shows? I also think plays are pretty good too!


I like dramas a lot, but I mostly watch comedies.  How about you?


I really am into dramas and maybe some action. Do you like poetry? the earliest form of drama


Ah, no, I never was able to understand poetry.  It was nice talking with you, have a great rest-of-your-day!


Hello, did you know the sun is actually white?


Hi, how are you? No, I did not know that, that is a surprise to me!


It only looks yellow because of atmospheric scattering.


that is really cool, i recently learned that lightning bolts are apparently 5x hotter than the surface of the sun


I know, I wonder how it even gets that hot like that, so far from anything as hot


Yeah,  incredible.  I didnt know the sun produces enough energy in one second to meet the needs of the entire planet for 500,000 years!!!  Everyone should be switching to solar!!


holy cow, that is almost incomprehensible, that is just so much energy


I know right,  in one sec,  That is crazy!


For sure. and then, even that is small, the sun is one billionth the size of other stars in our galaxy


Yeah,  its really amazing.  I also learned that neptne completed its first orbit in 2011


really? that is quite a long time, like 150 years since the last


Since discovered in 1846 I guess.  Yeah its a slow orbiting planet lol


speaking of long times, i found out that IMbd has been owned by Amazon since 1998


I really love that app,  I use it all the time.  I didnt know amazon owned it though.


me neither, they are huge now though, their workers do a lot of work too, walking between 7 and 15 miles a day


I wouldnt mind that,  thats pretty awesome,  get an exercise while working lol


i guess, but i think it would get frustrating after awhile, a lot of work


Did you know the usps has a contract with amazon to deliver on sundays?


no i did not, but i suppose that makes sense, i have gotten packages from them on sundays before


Thats pretty amazing,  I love getting packages on sundays!  Its been great talking with you,  excellent conversation!


Yes.  I guess the New England Patriots need to have a replacement ready for Tom Brady.


Yeah he is about to turn 41 and probably will retire in a few years, they must have a good backup plan


I have faith in the New England Patriots.  They are the only team to appear in the Super Bowl ten times!


I think they not only have a great coach but also good administrative staff, that is always important, what do you think about the new hires?


I think Sam Darnold would be a good quarterback.


Brandin Cooks also seems like a good player but I agree Darnold sure had a bright future in front of him, maybe the Pats will do that for him


I think Bill Belichick contributes greatly to the New England Patriots success.


I agree, he is a great coach, he has changed things for the team, what do you think about the whole Garoppolo case, I know Belichick want happy about that


I believe Robert Kraft lacked oversight in his decision.


So do you like Tom Brady as QB? I think the guy is a legend of the game


Yeah, he is amazing.  It is unbelievable that he threw 50 touchdown passes one year after never throwing more than 30 in any year prior.


It is right, that is a great record to have, he must earn a lot of money, I heard his wife earns almost double


Yeah.  It is interesting he never ate a strawberry in his life.


Yeah I wonder why lol, Its crazy how he was won the Superbowl or lost it with only 3 or 4 points of difference in the past editions


Tom Brady, as strange as he is, demands credit from the New England Patriots for helping them become such a successful team.


Did you hear how the author of Game of Thrones referred to the team?


I have to agree with him, they have dominated the league for a while now


The New England Patriots have such a rich and interesting history.


They do indeed, they have dominated the league in the past years and are the owners of the greatest comeback in Superbowl history, what a team!!


Have you heard of the blossom kite festival?


I think The Blossom Kite Festival, formerly the Smithsonian Kite Festival, is an annual kite event usually held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. in late March during the National Cherry Blossom Festival.


oh wow, that must be a cool site to see between the kites and the cherry blossom trees. have you been?


no I have not. Here in this article it looks liek the weather was going to be nice although a few days later there was going to be a winter weather advisory


the second part talks about getting forecasts from Alexa. Do you have a home device like an echo?


i don't either but i've used them before and they are convenient. how do you normally get the weather forecast?


I learn when the best time to check weather in advance is Yet the unflinching smiles of TV meteorologists often seem more like the grins back to the weather forecast and begrudgingly take note of their predictions for the weekend ahead.


so do you watch on TV? i normally get the weather from my phone or weather.com


Does weather.com make you the right decision?


usually weather.com is accurate, at least for predicting the immediate weather. it can be a little off when looking at the 10 day forecast


do you ever use amazon.com? it is the largest internet retailer in the world!


Yes, i use it. It is very useful for everyone.


The World's Most Innovative Companies 2018. Amazon is a cloud computing giant and the largest American e-commerce company.


yes it is...did you see the part about the CEO building a clock into a mountain? I wonder where that is?


i'm not sure where it is, but the article talks about it!


I enjoy being able to shop online. I use them every once in awhile. How about you?


Im a prime member, and often they are a life saver.  I love how I can even get things on sundays


Yes, I agree on that!  I didn't know Best Buy and Target will price match?


That is awesome for Best Buy and Target.  People are all about cheapness and convenience.


Helps read on Kindles and other digital screens. Wow, I didn't know the sunset on Mars is blue!


Ahh.  I know that the sun is white, but we receive as yellow due to scattering in the atmosphere.  I wonder why it is blue on Mars


Yes, I heard that too! I want to find that radio station where you can listen to the sun's live solar activity music!


I know!  That sounds so cool.  I wonder how they do that?  I know you can hear Jupiter's storms too.


Yes, its so cool! Did you know the equator rotates faster than the poles?


I guess that makes sense if you think about it, but is sounds somewhat shocking.


lol, I know... I live in the sunshine state, the weather has been beautiful! We do have to worry about the hurricanes each year!


Me too! The weather is great,  these temperature swings are killer.


Really, yes...Have to enjoy these next few months until it gets really hot!! I do enjoy a good rain though after a hot day!!


It is nice when it rains and then we have a cool evening.  It will be in the 100s soon enough


Yes, do everything in the morning and evenings. Time changes on the 10th! Do you like to read? I don't understand this recent phenomenon silent reading though?


We always silent read in school.  I have grown up with it, it is the speed reading that baffles me.


Yeah that's what I thought reading was? Yes, the winner of the speed reading contest, how do you understand what they're reading and how do they measure? lol Good chat!!


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


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


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


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


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


It has, Lathough Alibaba beats Amazon in sales.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Its only because of the atmospheric scattering that it looks yellow. It also has the the energy in one second to provide energy needs for 500,000 years.


Awesome!  It is the star at the center of the solar system.


True, it's only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star in our galaxy...just think of the universe.


Incredible.  It's a nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma!  That just sounds neat.  lol


It certainly the most important source of energy for life on Earth.


A lightening bolt is hotter than the surface of the sun...about 5 times hotter!


That is amazing. If they could harness a lightening bolt that would be amazing too.


I do. I love Amazon prime and I use it on my tv everyday and shop on Amazon too.


Same here.  I can't believe it's been almost 25 years since the company was started in 1994.


I never knew about them until about 5 years ago. I recently found out they own Imdb.


Interesting.  They probably own that site and direct people who look up the movies back to Amazon to buy the movies from there.


I'm sure. Amazon is very networked. You stay in shape if you work in their warehouse. You'll walk between 7 and 15 miles a day.


Nice!  I like the contract they have with the U.S. postal service to deliver packages on Sundays.


YES! I love that. For years you knew if you didn't get your mail on Saturday, you weren't going to see it until Monday.


Yes.  I think Amazon is probably playing a big part in helping to keep the postal system afloat.


True, it has been great chatting with you. I hope you have a fun day.


Amazon ceo Jeff Bezos built a clock into a mountain that should run for 10,000 years!  I had fun too!


I read that. My watch battery doesn't last more than a couple years.


lol Thanks for the chat!  Have a great day!


Oh yeah are used Amazon all the time! I love how they can deliver on Sunday because I have a contract with USPS.


That is awesome, I always see that happening, but didn't know how! I love Amazon too.


The Amazon warehouse workers work very hard and walk between 7 and 15 miles per day.


That is crazy to think that. You would think they would have a better system for them. I should work there to lose some weight!


Yes it definitely would. And 2015 Amazon became the most viable retailer in the United States in terms of market capitalization.


I am suprised it took that long, who did they beat, walmart?


Exactly right! Amazon is the third most valuable public company in the United States behind Apple and Microsoft.


wow, I bet they beat them eventually. Jeff Bezos is so rich! He even put a clock in a mountain that should run for 10,000 years!


I wonder where the clock is I would love to see it! Amazon even owns IMDB and they have since 1998.


Me too, I will have to check it on google. See! He is so rich they own IMDB lol


Yeah it really is amazing. I bet Jeff Bezos did a lot of reading as a child. The reading process requires continuous practice, development, and refinement.


Reading is great for development for sure. I think Amazon even started off as a book company before making it big, do you like to read?


Oh I don't think I knew that! Yes I love to read. It helps me identify the meaning of unknown words in some aspects.


I was big into starship troopers a little bit ago. I saw the movie and didn't know it was a book, great book!


Yeah I didn't know was a book either. Apparently three of the five US military branches recommend it be read.


That is hilarious to think that is the one book they choose. I think Ender Game may be another


Yes it is LOL! I have not read enders game either. I could read more books if I could just read as fast as Anne Jones who reads 4700 words per minute!


I don't believe that is possible. i need to see this in person with a book they have never read before! It was so nice chatting with you, I will go practice my speed reading!


Yeah she could even call the moral panic like what happened back in 18th century LOL! Great talking with you too I hope you have a great day.


pretty well and you?do you use facebook much?


Not really. Wish I had their stock. I can’t believe that MySpace turned down an offer to buy Facebook for $75 million. They must be kicking themselves now!


Oh I bet they are, they could have easily made billions now


Burger King’s promotion must have caught on with some hungry folks. Unfriend 10 people and you get a free whopper? I’ll make friends just to unfriend them.


Hahha that is one strategy. do you know why facebook is blue?


haha not it is because Mark is green-red colorblind


That sounds like Zuck. FB is used in unusual ways. Iceland is rewriting its constitution via Facebook. Gosh, I wonder if anything could wrong with that. Privacy problems? Hacking?


Yeah I can see many issues there but maybe it works for them


Contrasts with Germany's approach. Facebook's "like" button is illegal in Schleswig-Holstein. Preferences are verboten! You cannot like things! Perhaps they should have a hate button.


hahha I wonder why it is not allowed though. do you use facebook on comouter or phone?


I have a computer, but unfortunately, I'm not literate. I do not know how to read.


Did you know russians built a computer that ran on water?


That sounds like something Google or Tesla might try to attempt.


Yeah , you never know. and transhumanists are trying to upload their minds to the computer


I would never do that. No pleasure. I’ve had a wonderful time chatting with you this evening! Enjoy Facebook! In the future, maybe you can upload your mind to it.


I am not going to even attempt that. nice chat


Hi there, do you know much about the sun?


Good afternoon, I live in Florida, so yeah I know a little.  Lol how about you?


Yes me too. Did you know that in reality it is white and not yellow?


No, it's always looked yellowish orange, to me.  But, I guess that's where the atomspheric scattering comes into play and makes it appear white.


Yes. Do you know hot the sun is and how much of its energy we need?


A lightning bolt, I hear is hotter, but the sun is till super hot.  I read that it produces enough energy in one second to meet the needs of the entire planet for 500,000 years.  We really need to work on harnessing that energy.


Yeah that is awesome, if we could only figure a way to harvest that energy it would be awesome, you are right on the spot there. Do you know how big the sun is?


No, I'm not sure of its size.  Do you know?


It is actually one billionth of the largest star, that is small in that context


Yes quite a bit. It is a good service and now they deliver on SUndays


I've been shopping with them since the beginning, when they just sold books until now and I have never gotten a package delivered on a Sunday.  People keep telling they get their packages on Sunday, though.  Maybe, it's just not available in my area?


Oh I see, I get them where I live though. Did you know that Jeff built a clock in a mountain that is supposed to run for 10 000 years?


I heard about the Long Now initiative.  I read up on it and it's an interesting project.  Glad that Jeff is spending his riches on such a worthy endeavor.


Yes that is awesome. They named a building after their first customer too


Imagine, spending $ 27.95 and getting a building named after you?  Wonder what they bought?  It had to have been a book, because that's what they were when they first started out, was an online bookstore.


Yes exactly, good thing they honored the person that started shopping there. Did you know they also own IMDB?


Yeah, I heard they owned it since 1998, I use it mainly for trivia and to read reviews.  How about you?


Yes me too. DO you enjoy reading in general?


Yes, I do.  I'm an avid reader and bookstore junkie.  Mostly non fiction, though.  Do you like to read?


I love to read. Have you ever read Starship Troopers?


No, I've never read that book.  Have you?


Yes it is a good book and recommended by some military branches as well. Nice chat!!


Hey there! Are you an Amazon user?  Can you believe it's been existence since 1994.


Hi, I am an Amazon user.  I didn't know it had been around for so long.  Personally, I think Jeff Bezos is brilliant for starting that company.


Did you know it started off as an online bookstore?  What kind of stuff do you get from it?


I think I had heard that before.  It even has it's own publishing company called Amazon publishing.  I get all kinds of stuff from it.  What do you get?


Kinds know it for its tech stuff.  I get Prime so I'm usually doing video streaming or downloading.


I use Prime too and do a lot of streaming.  I store stuff in the cloud and had no idea until recently that Amazon's cloud is the world's largest.


Yeah, I had heard that.  That's pretty surprising.  I would've thought that would be Google.  I haven't delved into it yet but have you tried their Echo devices?


Not yet but I do have a fire tablet and fire tv.  I've also tried their grocery side and gotten food from them too.


I heard there are Whole Foods benefits for being a prime member. I have to check that out.  So Amazon delivers the food to your door?  Heard they have a contract with USPS to deliver even on Sundays?


They do and it's so convenient.  Those warehouse workers really do a great job considering they walk between 7 and 15 miles a day during shift.


I'd love to get some exercise while working.  That's sounds like a great time saver.  Sadly, Amazon is just my source for spending money.  Considering how much I spend, I'm surprised they're not the largest internet retailer in terms of sales.


I hear you there. I spend quite a bit on their site too. I spend a lot more than the first customer who only spent $27.95.


I heard about that.  Didn't he get a building named after him?  Guess Amazon's rich enough to do random things like that.


He did and they are. Bezos built a clock into a mountain that should run for 10,000 years.


That's insane.  But for the most part, Amazon's pretty practical for me.  I managed to buy a lot of Christmas gifts from Amazon for the kids like  toys and video games.  Did you get anything on your Christmas list from Amazon?


I did. I got some home decor stuff I had been wanting.  You know, Jeff Bezos founded the company on July 5th.  Clearly he was not tired from the 4th of July celebrations.


Ha! Amazon did save me from Super Bowl celebrations.  I'm not a big football so watch some Amazon shows like that Jack Ryan series instead.  Dang it. Forgot the actor's name.


I think I know what you're talking about. The guy used to be in that show the office I think.  What I need now is an Echo so I can ask Alexa!


Yeah that would be helpful.  I usually go to Wikipedia or IMDB.  I read somewhere Amazon even owns IMDB.  Man they're everywhere.  Wonder where their headquarters are?  Think I need to get a job there.


They are based in Seattle, Wa but have offices in some other towns.  I think they are about to build an office this year maybe somewhere.


Seattle huh?  Don't think I'd get a lot of sun there. Would miss the bright yellow sunshine.


I would too.  Even though the sun is only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star in our galaxy it is still big and bright to me.


Wow, that make me feel so small. A billionth of the biggest star huh? Still pretty darn strong considering it can produce enough energy in one second to meet the needs of the entire planet for 500,000 years!


Cold!!! Really cold. Like 5 degrees. What about you?


It is not that cold, but it was cold a few days ago. Then it snowed a lot, and this afternoon, we might get rain.


Eastern Canada, do you enjoy reading when it is cold outside ?


Holy heck! I do like to stay inside when it is cold and sometimes I read. What about you?


Sorry, I meant reading inside, while is cold outside. I don't think books were meant to be read in the snow, rain, freezing rain, or whatever is falling from the sky.


No, although the kindle white paper is now water proof. Do you read a lot?


I had an old Kindle, I read a lot of classics on it, there are practically free or literally free sometimes on amazon's website.


I search there every once in a while to find a deal or free books. I have a ton of books in my kindle library but have only read like 10. I kind of feel like a loser not reading a ton.


Read at your  your own beat, there is no professor to scold you if you don't finish your book. It takes practice to read fast.


I know! I am such a slow reader. Do you read fast?


I wish I could read fast and I wish I had more time to read. I read 15-25 minutes per day. It takes me 3-4 weeks to finish a book.


That's more than I have read. My wife finishes 3 books a week. Maybe that's why I am so self-consious about it.


You can make her feel slow by saying that the world record is 4700 words per minute.


Maybe she is the world record holder and never told me! It would just serve as a motivator for her to get even faster...


Is her name Anne Jones ? If yes you could put a generator on your books and sell the electricity. Do you enjoy reading ?


I do enjoy reading. I like business books and personal growth. What about you?


As I said, I read classics, but also I read a comic from time to times. And more recent novels. I read also scientific books about data analysis but it is not a hobby.


Do you read Calvin and Hobbes? I love that comic...


I have read a few on them but on the internet. The comics that I read are more adult, but I do enjoy the comic strip from time to time. Peanut was really good.


What's the weather like in the summer where you are?


Not nearly as hot as it's supposed to be in DC!  Upper 90s I hear.


Yeah, it is also hazy and humid. The humidity makes it so uncomfortable.


Totally.  Wasn't it the late John Candy who said "It's not the heat, it's the humidity?"


Yes, it was. Hopefully everyone in DC has an A/C!


I feel bad for them if they don't.  You gotta remember to get lots of water.  It's heatstroke weather for sure.


True.  I tend to make my plans for early in the day because it only gets hotter as the day progresses.  Something close to 90 by midmorning!


That is a smart thing to do. I would think it would be better to go out at night but the moisture levels creep back up at that time so it's hard to breathe.


Absolutely.  The air is stifling.  That definitely leads to fog in the morning.  I think that's pretty but those lower clouds can cause issues.


Those working outdoors have to be extra careful as these are really dangerous conditions.


Oh my god, I know!  105 to 110 degrees.  That's crazy.


It's also good to use portable fans or cooling chamois. What exactly is a chamois by the way?


Good question.  Isn't it some kind of goat.  An adorable goat?


Well, that is an interesting mental image I am getting, haha.


Ha!  I guess it can also be a kind of light leather?  I googled it real quick and yes, it is a goat, but also a kind of leather.  Although I wouldn't mind a cooling goat...  a goat walking around with a portable ac on it's back tending to my every whim.


Oh, yes, chamois! But I thought those were mostly used for cleaning the car! The goat would be an awesome idea. Points for style, too. It's crazy how powerful the sun is. But it's only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star in our galaxy. I can't even wrap my mind around that!


I know.. It is much bigger than a goat.  It makes up 99.86 percent of the mass of our solar system.  Goats probably don't even makeup .01 percent!


Haha. And in one second it makes enough energy that is needed to meet the needs of the planet for 500,000 years. It's good that some have started harnessing solar power for their energy needs.


That is amazing.  But I bet DC cant help but be frustrated with the sun for putting a heat wave on their Fourth of July festivities.


That is certainly true! I hope everyone has fun and stays safe!


The sun sure is interesting im amazed with how much power it produces


I mean it produce enough energy in 1 sec to meet the needs of earth for 500K years!


Its amazin right! to think there are bigger stars out there in the universe one 1 billion times bigger than our sun


Considering the sun accounts for 99.86% of the solar system's mass, I wonder how much mass those stars must have


They must be really massive for sure, a curious fact is that lightning bolts are actually 5 times hotter than the surface of the s un


Considering people can survive lightingbolts, I wonder why we can't survive on the sun?


I guess because of all the mass the heat just accumulates and turns out to be much more hotter, but it would be interesting to google it.


It is also interesting that the sun is actually white and is perceived as yellow because of the atmosphere. In fact, it is blue during sunset at mars


I guess theres a lot of things they dont teach us at school why not just tell us its white, its kind of confusin later on


I mean we always perceive it as yellow so it would be confusing either way. Besides yellow is a nice color. Can you imagine a kid's drawing with a bland white sun?


It would be kind of boring, Neptune took a long time to complete one orbit around the sun that is another cool fact, more than 70 years


I enjoy reading about such facts. I would recommend you check out a book called a short history of nearly everything. Wonderful book


I will look it over for sure, any ideas as to where I can get it.


Amazon is a good choice. While they are the largest internet retailer, they started as a online bookstore so they have an impressive collection


Ok, I have a prime subscription so that can work for me, its amazing how Amazon has groen, from a bookstore to a giant that makes Walmart sweat.


Like you say, they came from humble beginnings. Did you know their first customer has a building named after him? he only spent 27.95


That sure is a bargain I would spend $27.95 just to have a building named after me


I enjoy using amazon since they have a contract with USPS to deliver packages not only quickly but even on sunday


I guess they move a lot of traffic and USPS couldnt afford to lose the business Amazon brings, you know the CEO of amazon built a clock on a mountain, its supposed to last for many years.


They probably have more money than they can spend.


Yeah I agree, Amazon owns a lot of companies, Imdb is one of them so the CEO must be loaded with cash.


In any case, thank you for the enjoyable chat.


Man how about this weather, sounds like DC will see spring and it isn't even january


highs near 50 was insane today, in iowa it was 38


Tomorrow's weather will be pleasant. At least it will be partially sunny.


yes, partial sunny in the winter makes so much of a difference, no snow hopefully.


Even if it snows the impacts should be relatively minimal.


I agree ,it has been way to warm for any snow to stick, so much for a white christmas


Did you know that the sun accounts for about 99.86% of the total mass of the solar system?


that is crazy, what is more crazy is a lightning bolt is 5x hotter than the sun


It produces enough energy in one second to meet the needs of the entire planet for 500,000 years.


wow, crazy that neptune just completed its first orbit of the sun since 1846


I didn't know Jeff Bezos built a clock into a mountain that should run for 10,000 years.


I didn't know he started "amazon" in 1994 and alibaba outsells them


That's sad. At least Amazon has a contract with postal service to deliver packages on Sunday!


that has helped business greatly, but USPS is losing money on the deal. I didn't know IMDB is owned by amazon the last 20 years


The world record for speed reading is 4,700 words per minute!


Yeah definitely. Reading terrible poetry sounds boring.


i agree ha, good talking with you, happy holidays


Not much anymore but I used it all through middle and high school.


I heard Burger King once held a promo where you'd get a free whopper if you unfriended ten people!


Maybe some people put ten people they didn't know on and then unfriend those. The founder, Mark Zuckerburg is colorblind.


That would've been really smart. I actually knew that one! That is the reason Facebook is blue.


Myspace turned town an offer to buy Facebook. Wasn't Myspace red, too?


I think it was black, I don't remember much red. How much was the offer?


I heard it was $75 million. I think just a few years ago Facebook was work over $100 billion, too!


That is crazy! I read somewhere that the like button is illegal in schleswig-holstein, which is in Germany.


Yes, I guess it caused quite a bit of drama! Then again in Iceland, they like it so much they are rewriting their constitution on it.


Honestly, they are insane for that. Whatever floats their boat, I guess. haha


Despite possible drama, I do love to be on a computer. Did you know that it only takes one mb of ram to run the space shuttle's general computer?


Wow, I think my computer has at least 8 GB of ram. Russia made a computer in 1936 that just ran on water!


They must have had great anti-freezing technologies! Speaking of great technology, did you know a teen recently designed an app for walking home alone?


Oh yeah! It's called Self Travel I think, I thought it was such a good idea.


Yes! It was part of an App Challenge to help encourage kids to be familiar with or enter the technology field. I really love that idea!


I do too, it's such an inspirational thing for children than to be on social media all day.


I heard in the App Challenge you can work as an individual or group, so if friends can work together it's eliminating an excuse to not learn just to hang out with friends.


I believe it only took her 40 hours to design the app and her mom thought she was on Facebook for all that time!


Well if you have to be using "screen time" I can't think of many better ways than making an app for people to be safer.


Good Morning.  Just finished placing an order with Amazon.  Their founder, Jeff Bezos, has been in the news a lot lately.


Yeah. Even with giving up half his stuff, he'll still be in the top 10 richest list...


And his ex wife will be up there too.  He Founded Amazon in 1994.  It doesn't feel like that long ago.


The first amazon.com customer spent $27.95 and got a building named after him. I wish I had a building named after me...


I just wish I had 1% of his fortune.  And it's crazy to think that Alibaba Group is even larger.


I know. I wanted to buy into Amazon at like $500 per share and now it's at like $1800. I kick myself everytime I am looking at the ticker and it comes up. I did get Alibaba early in that process....


That was a smart move.  I try to buy on the dips as well, but Amazon is so expensive.  Did you know their warehouse workers walk between 7 and 15 miles each day?


I worked at Office Max warehouse and I believe it. The worst part is the summers when there's no air and you're just sweating! Amazon ceo jeff bezos built a clock into a mountain that should run for 10,000 years.


If he has that kind of money, you'd think he's finalize his own delivery fleet.  As of now he has the USPS delivering for him on Sundays.


Yeah... He has enough to buy IMDB. I had no clue...


They sell everything:  toys, electronics, furniture, food, jewelry.  I even bought a big screen tv from them.


Did you really buy a TV from them? White glove service too?


Yup, 65 inch Samsung.  Pretty sweet set.  They brought it in, unwrapped it, put it on the stand, and took away the packaging...  They also sell low-end products under the name Amazon Basics.


I was going to order a TV from them but got cold feet and didn't pull the trigger. I do like their Basic stuff... In 2015, Amazon surpassed Walmart as the most valuable retailer in the United States by market capitalization. Amazon is the third most valuable public company in the United States (behind Apple and Microsoft), the largest Internet company by revenue in the world, and after Walmart, the second largest employer in the United States.


Pretty amazing statistics.  I wasn't aware they were the world's largest provider of cloud infrastructure.  They are just going to grow bigger and bigger...


I know. They are now looking at empty Sears stores for their Whole Foods stores...


I heard that as well.  Well, it's been a pleasure speaking with you.  I hope you have a great weekend.


Cs lewis and tolkien held "you laugh you lose" competitions when reading terrible poetry


I was unaware of that.  I did know though that speed readers can process over 1000 words per minute though.


How many can they comprehend though... I would only get about 4 words...


Yeah, me as well.  Gotta run and get some stuff done before the NFL games come on.  Have a good day.


What do you think about John Candy's quote about not being the heat but the humidity?


I agree with that.  The humidity is what makes it hard,  it feel just thick,  where as heat is just crazy hot.  Do you know much about the sun?  The sunset on Mars is actually blue!!!  Amazing!


That would be an spectacular view! and I know the sun is only one of billions of stars in the universe, crazy how little we are.


Yes,  so tiny in the universe.  Did you hear about the radio station that you can listen to the sun?  That is so cool.


I actually did hear about that station, too sad no one is going to be able to listen to it as they would certainly die, the sun is actually white!


I know right!  why wouldn't our school teachers correct us when we were drawing yellow suns.


Yeah! that is totally wrong they should definitely correct that.


They sure do, there's a lot of things they don't teach at school for instance that a lighting bolt is hotter than the surface of the sun.


Yeah,  I cant believe its that hot.  the sun takes up like 99 percent of the universe,  its huge!


I think its only of the solar system, but it is crazy! it has 330000 times the mass of earth.


Oh oops I must have read it wrong.  sorry.


I'm getting interested in this topic, I feel there is much I don't know, I might buy a book via Amazon.


Amazon is amazing!  Love shopping there,  and I love prime.


I love prime as well, did you know the CEO of Amazon built a clock into a mountain that is supposed to run for about 10000 years!


Yes,  I wonder if really will.  and what is the significance for putting it at the top of a mountain?


I'm not sure but if it runs for 10000 years then there must be something to it.


Yeah probably.  I didn't know the arrow in the logo meant something lol


I  didn't know it meant something either, I bet Jeff Bezos didn't think it would become so big the first time he sold something via amazon.com.


I'm sure it has grown beyond his dreams.  I wish I could think of something like that lol  I didn't know best buy and target will price match.


I know, me too, I would have so much money now, it is a great business.


I am doing great, just searching some stuff on Amazon that I may buy, how about you?


What is looking good on that tonight? I just watched a movie on Netflix.


Nothing really, looking at some books maybe. I like reading. Amazon started off selling books


They sure did! I wish I was their first order though, I would have had a building named after me!


Right, that would be awesome, it only cost 27.95 to get that honor!


I need to start jumping on new companies and be their first buyer haha. I didn't know they owned IMDB as well!


I wonder why they ever bought it, what was the benefit to buying it. Maybe just to show off their wealth


Maybe or steal data to what movies we are researching lol. I do like the contract with the post office for sunday delivery though!


For sure, nothing better than getting mail 7 days a week for a short cost! Did you know warehouse workers walk like 7-15 miles per day


That is crazy! I wish I did that, but not at the Amazon Warehouse haha I'm sure that's a really tough job!


I bet it is, I would be in such good shape, I wouldn't be the chubbier compared to my twin anymore lol


Oh cool! Do you have a twin in Colorado?


No he lives in the Bahamas currently, why Colorado? Is that where Amazon is


Yea my twin lives in Colorado, he is kind of a tool, he would be perfect for Amazon to buff his ego up. I love to read how about you


I love reading about how the older twin is much cooler and smarter than the younger twin.


Yes, what book is that, the number one selling fiction book?


I have no comeback. Can you believe the record for speed reading is 4700 words per minute?


I still don't believe that. I bet if I picked a book out randomly it wouldn't be near that.


The Patriots are a real power house team in the NFL.


They no longer play in Boston anymore.  They are based in Foxborough.


Yes, I knew they no longer played in the Boston area. It seems like almost a given that the Patriots will be in the Super Bowl or the playoffs ever year.


They have been there so many time that they have lost four times, as many as the Bills.


I'm normally not a big Tom Brady fan. But, I might have to change my opinion about him, since he came out of the Big Ten.


He didn't seem that good when he was playing with Michigan.  Who knew?


I don't remember him playing with Michigan actually.


As good as Brady is, his wife makes twice as much money as he does.


That's funny, isn't it? She owns hotels and some apparel lines, too.


When Brady was on his JV high school team, he didn't even get a start even though the team was winless.


At Michigan, he was the backup quarterback, and he even had to fight for his starting spot, too. I wonder what pushed him over the top.


Maybe it's because he has never eaten a strawberry.


LOL! Maybe strawberries are his cryptonite!


He and coach Belichick together have won five Super Bowls, that's a lot.


It is a lot. He has been to the Super Bowl eight times. I wonder if the Patriots will make it again this year.


If Brady wins one more, he will break the tie with Charles Haley for most Super Bowl wins.


That's awesome. Maybe that is the reason Tom Brady is waiting to retire.


When he does, he has his supermodel wife Gisele Bundchen to go home to.  Not a bad way to retire.


Nope. And, I'm sure he will be doing a bunch of commercials and spots like Peyton Manning.


Or maybe he can master video games and become as good as Baker Mayfield


That could be! It's been fun chatting with you!


Good Morning!  One of my kids is doing a science project on the Sun this week.  The magnitude of the sun is mind boggling!!!


The magnitude of the whole universe is mind boggling. It's hard to comprehend that the sun is much smaller than many of the other stars even in our own galaxy.


I know right?  Our life force could be dwarfed to the tune of a billionth in scale - it's almost incomprehensible


Yes, the thing it is responsible for all life on Earth is just a small piece of the Universe. Apparently it makes up 99.86% of the total mass of our Solar System


Some of the facts my kid dropped on me about the sun was eye opening, including the creation of time - days, years, etc.  Why we think the sun is yellow.  I hope she gets an A!


Sure sounds like he will. Good luck to him! Do you think we will ever get to Mars and colonize it? The sun doesn't keep them quite as warm.


I wonder why we can't colonize the Moon first - before going all the way to Mars, essentially a one way trip.  Wouldn't the Moon be a great test run and better than the ISS orbiting the Earth?


I think the moon just has less resources than Mars. It's just a rock. I could be way off on that though. Gravity must also be stronger on Mars.


Fair points - but the Moon doesn't rotate, meaning there is constant sunlight and darkness on half/half of the satellite.  In addition to being a lot closer, it could be a great tourist destination for the rich and powerful!


Haha all fair points. I think the rich are going to start going up into orbit for fun soon anyway. I think Richard Branson and possibly Amazon are working on that.


I think Branson, Bezos, and Musk will get it done way before the government/NASA do!  Amazon will probably have same day delivery to the Moon for Prime members!!!


I wonder if the government is ever going to break up Amazon. They literally have their hands in everything.


NYC/Brooklyn did void the contract for HQ2 because of the kickbacks and tax exemptions there - that was pretty surprising and a little controversial because of the timing of the action.  Amazon doesn't pay many taxes to begin with (and neither does the billion $ NFL).


It's funny I'm from around the area where Amazon wanted to move in LIC, New York. The opposition was just a small group. Kind of unfortunate


Small yet influential?  I'm more a fan of their movies/shows than their shopping carts!


The wife loves Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, I like The Patriot - have you seen them?


The girlfriend also loves Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. I'm not a huge fan. Haven't seen the Patriot, but I love Bosch and Man in the High Castle. Have you seen either of those?


I have, but I need to pick and choose with limited time in the evenings.  Bosch is on my watch list and I will look into Man in the High Castle - thanks for recommendations!  It's been great, and productive chatting with you today!!!


Bosch is also based some books that are really good. I think there's like almost 20 of them. Nice chatting with you as well!


I'd really like to read more, like I used to before the kids came along.  Thanks again!


I am good.  The forecast for DC tonight is not too great - possibly snow


Yuck! We got a dusting today and I am pretty much done with winter. It can go away now. Do you like winter?


I am not a big fan of snow.   I like it that our forecast is going to end up in the 50's-60s


Im in chicago and I would like high 30s at this point. A week or two ago we had temps at -30!


Yeah I am not a polar vortex fan!  Chicago should move closer to the sun - a perfect sphere of hot plasma!


It's actually white too! I would have never guessed it!


It is about 109 times larger than earth - and about 330k heavier  - that is huge!


Yeah. But a lightning bolt is hotter than the surface of the sun. That seems odd.


Wow that is pretty crazy.  Did you know that on mars the sunset is blue?  I wonder why that is


I had no idea. I bet it looks pretty. Neptune sure takes its time going around the sun!


How long does Neptune take?  I did not realize the sun rotates as well.


It completed its first full orbit in 2011 since it was in 1846!


Wow.  That is pretty nuts.  Just as nuts as a radio station that plays the sounds the sun makes!


It is the most important source of energy for life on earth! It deserves its own radio station!


No doubt it is important, but for many of us amazon seems almost as important.  I buy everything from food to books to toys there.


No but that would have been cool because I would have had a building named after me


I would drive by it just to check in! I would also brag to all my friends. They would think I am obnoxious!


laugh.  I love amazon's logo - they really do have everything from a to z


Hello there, I do like to read but wish I had more time to do more.  How about you?


I like to read but I'm sooo slow at it. I wish I could speed read sometimes. Can you speed read?


No I can't, but do you know how many words per minute the fastest reader can read?


I think it's 4,700 wpm and it's a record held by a lady to boot!


Holy cow! I don't understand how anyone could make sense of that many words that quickly.


Me neither! I wonder what kind of books she practices with. What types of books do you like to read?


I like history and mostly factual books, but I also like fantasy, Tolkien was really good.  How about you?


I think I like non-fiction the best too. I order a lot of cooking books off amazon, because they deliver so fast. Did you know they have a special deal with the postal service for sunday delivery?


Yeah cooking books are really helpful.  And yeah I think I read about that, very interesting.


I do but not too much, how about you, do you have a favorite author?


I like a lot of food writers but you mentioned you liked Tolkein. Did you know that he and Cs Lewis used to read bad poetry to each other and play "you laugh you lose"?


I think that is hilarious that they did!  Oh to be a fly on the wall watching those two go at it would be gold!


I'd love to learn how to read braille, I wonder if the translation is any different because things like sign language tend to be similar to short hand


That would be very cool to learn how to do that, I give all the respect in the world to those that have to read like that.


If you think about it braille is around all kinds of places though so once you got started I might be easy to practice


Yeah I bet you could practice most places that you go.


I've never seen a book in braille though, I wonder how they maintain all the bumps


I don't think I have either, I just wonder how they get started learning that, like where do you start?


For those who can hear I guess there's just a lot of conversation about it maybe? Or could it be like learning to play an instrument?


Yeah that is probably true.  Well it was nice chatting with you, I hope you have a good day!


The sun is just amazing, it keeps us warm and alive.


Yes! Made of about 73% hydrogen and about 25% helium and heavier elements in smaller quantities.


I didnt know that, the sun accounts for 99.86% of the mass of the solar system so hydrogen and helium are the most common elements in our system.


They are. Did you know that the sun is actually not yellow!


Yeah it is actually white, it is perceived yellow by us


You are right. The perception comes from atmospheric scattering.


Yeah, I wonder how other stars in the galaxy look. There are much bigger stars in out universe.


I know! Our sun is only 1 billionth of the size of the biggest star in the galaxy.


That is crazy, so do you use Amazon? I like shopping in their online store


I do use Amazon. It is super easy.I can not believe it has been around since 7-5-94.


Yeah almost 30 years do you like their Amazon Basics line?


It's a low-end product brand that Amazon launched. I like them. Some of them are pretty good and have a great quality.


I'll have to look into it. I like that the US mail has a contract with Amazon that has them delivering on Sundays.


What are your thoughts on the CEO of the company, Jeff Bezos?


I think he is very prosperous. I hope he is good to the warehouse workers seeing they walk between 7 and 15 miles a day per shift.


That is a big distance I think thats a good way to remain fit, walking is a great exercise.


I do too, but I am not sure I'd want to always do it.


I dont like to walk I prefer jogging or running or playing soccer as well, so I would like to work at an Amazon warehouse


Oh, that makes sense. I wish I would have been the first person to make a purchase on Amazon. That person got a building named after them after spending just $27.95.


Sounds like a great deal, the guy got his stuff and also a building named after him anyway it was fun chatting


Good morning!  Are you an amazon user?  I am!


Yup.  Pretty dangerous with the 1-click buying option.  I've used that way too many times!


Me too!  I can't believe it's almost been 25 years since Amazon was founded on July 5th, 1994.


Wow really.  It's been that long? What do you usually get? Been wanting to try their Echo product.


I use it a lot for gifts and their streaming service.  In addition to Fire TV, I also have a Fire tablet I got on there as well.


How is the Fire tablet?  Been also interested in the Kindle e-readers.


I love the fire tablet, if you have the streaming service you can watch fire tv through it anywhere you go that has a wi-fi connection.  Have you ever bought any AmazonBasics products?  That is Amazon's ow in-house brand of certain low-end products.


Haven't tried AmazonBasics.  I do have Prime. Love their films and tv shows.  Good to know about the tablet.    Love gadgets.  Heard that the Amazon Alexa device can receive daily weather forecasts.


Yes.  I forgot to mention that Alexa is on the Fire Tablet.  I didn't know that Amazon has owned IMDB since 1998.


Wow.  Didn't know that either.  I use IMDB all the time.  Love reading about all the movies and its casts. Don't do much fiction reading though I'm tempted to start George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones because I'm so addicted to the show.  You reach much?


Not as much as I like to.  I haven't read books like Starship Troopers or Ender's game.


Great movies though.  Been forced to read some science books to help my daughter with her project about the solar system.  She didn't believe me when I told her that the sun is considered a star.


Yes.  It's the star at the center of the solar system.


Yeah, key detail she really needed to get into her head.  She needs to add an interesting facts sheet to the project and found in our search that the sunset on mars is blue.  think that would look pretty neat.


That would look neat.  You can tell her too that the sun is a perfect sphere of hot plasma!  That might get her interested more in the sun.  Something about hot plasma makes it more interesting. lol


Ooh, that's a good one.  I think she'll like that one.  Tried to give her stats about how the sun accounts for about 99.86% of the total mass of the solar system but that went over her head.  Know of any other cool facts a kid might like?


I do!  The sun is actually white and is only perceived yellow because of atmospheric scattering!


Wow, you know your stuff!  I think she'll find that one interesting as well.  Guess I should try and order more kid friendly books from Amazon. I remember most of my shopping on Amazon used to be books.


Same here!  One more interesting fact about the sun is that a lightning bolt is hotter than the surface of the sun!  About 5 times hotter!  It's been fun chatting!


Hi, how are you doing? Do you use Amazon much?


I'm good, did you know that Braile was invented by it's creator when he was only 15?


The guy must have been a genius! I've never learned Braille, but I guess it must work well or they would have modified it.


ya I think so, it's a pretty genius invention, I'd imagine that Louis Braille went to school, unlike President Andrew Johnson who apparently never went to school in his life


And yet somehow he ended up president. School might not be all it's cracked up to be. Do you use Amazon? The USPS has a contract to deliver for Amazon on Sundays. I didn't think postal workers would work on Sundays.


I do order stuff from Amazon, but lately I have been buying more stuff from Best Buy and Target because they price match them now, and Amazon charges sales tax


Amazon has its competition. Other firms have figured out how to play the game. Amazon named a building after their first customer. What a strange honor!


ya I guess it's better than nothing! I never knew that the arrow that is in amazon's logo is meant to repressent that they have everything from A to Z, I guess that makes sense for their name to have both an A and Z in it


I always saw the arrow as a smile. I didn't think about A to Z. Hm. Interesting. The arrow should reflect how far workers have to walk daily. 7 to 15 miles? You'll always be in shape.


ya that is kind of a side perk actually, I think it's dumb that Amazon has a patent on a 1 click buying button, that seems so obvious


The lawyers always find a way! I guess another firm could fight them in court over it, but I wonder how much they would get for their effort.


ya I don't know, but I do know that Apple pays them a license fee for using that technology, you'd think if anyone would sue to fix that it would be Apple because they have teh money


I guess it's cheaper just to pay the license. Jezz Bezos built a clock that should run for 10,000 years. I wonder why he did that. Is he planning to be immortal?


ya that is wild I wonder what that's for,  I also like how Amazon invented their own font for reading text on digital screens, thats smart


The company really is dedicated to helping customers. They create all kinds of tech. It's amazing. But they don't treat employees well. Do you know anyone who works there?


no I don't, I know that my friend looked into doing delivery for them, you drive your own car and deliver packages, but it seemed like a lot of work and not enough pay


The people at the bottom really have to suck it up. The pay is low, the conditions are tough. Changing the topic, do you know much about our friend the Sun?


haha I like how you put it, our friend the son lol, well I do know that if you see a sunset from mars that the ssun appears blue


Romantic in a different way. The Sun is actually white, but I guess the atmospheric scattering on Mars is different.


ah that would make sense, it's a ball of hot plasma, I know that we are running out of helium on earth and the sun is full of helium, maybe we can harvest it from the Sun someday


that sounds like a pretty good job: helium harvester. Head out to the Sun, pick up a load, bring it back to earth.


haha yes like a truck driver only in space! then you could stop off on mars and see a blue sunset haha


How's it going? did you know the Sun is an almost perfect sphere of hot plasma?


Hi there. It must be so hot. It is only perceived as yelling because of atmospheric scattering.


Hot and large with a diameter 109 times the earth's


That is amazing. Yes to be exact it has a diameter of about 1.39 million km.


It's insane that the sun accounts of over 99% of the Solar System's mass


That is a big number. But did you know that the lightning bolt is hotter than the surface of the sun?


Yea I've read that before but I've also read the Sun's surface isn't even the hottest part of the sun


What is the hottest part of the sun then? Surprisingly the sun is only one billionth the size of the biggest star  discovered in our galaxy.


That is pretty crazy, so is the Sun being able to produce enough energy to power earth for 500,000 years in one second


Well let's try to harvest that energy! Neptune completed it's first orbit around the sun in 2011 for the first time since its discovery. I wonder when the next one will be?


That is insane, so is building a clock into a mountain like Jeff Bezos did


Yeah I wonder why he did that? Does he really need a clock that runs for 10,000 years. Probably just get it because he can.


Who knows, Bezos has probably gone a little crazy since starting Amazon in 1994


Yeah sounds like he drove his wife crazy but I was sad to hear about the divorce. Amazon warehouse workers walk between 7 and 15 miles each day.


THat's a ton of walking, I don't think I walk that much in a week let alone one shift


Yes sounds like hardwork. Did you know that Amazon owns IMDB since 1998?


No, that's pretty cool, i guess that's why the movies on IMDB link to amazon


Oh yes good point. In addition to watching movies I also enjoyed reading. I'm not a fast reader. Especially not as fast as the world record holder for reading who reads 4700 words per minute.


That's a lot of words, I wonder how long it would take Anne Jones to read the Bible


Yes probably not that long but I wonder how much he understands? She would probably caused a lot of moral panic in 18th-century at the rate she reads LOL.


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


hi how are you? how do you feel about football?


i am a huge fan of the Eagles, how about you?


I like to watch the superbowl. did the eagles win last year?


they did, it was an amazing time, they beat the new england patriots in a shootout


I think that it was a good game. there was a big comeback at the end, which is unusual in the SB.


that is for sure, every patriots superbowl is close, they are usually with 3 or 4 points, but we won by 8


The pats keep winning the sb. i would like other teams to have a chance. how many more seasons does brady have in him?


he was drafted in 2000 and is still chugging, he is so consistent and with good coaching, they are the winners nearly every year


Yeah, they will be competitive, but the injuries have to be a concern.


even still, since 2002, every championship game has had brady, manning or roethlisberger


Yeah, i guess the QB plays such a huge role. without a top notch QB, it is hard to win the SB.


that is true, you need a good quarterback who is enough to not hamstring your team


I think that the salary cap helps, but there are only so many QBs to go around. What about coaching? that matters too.


that makes a huge difference, that is why the pats are so good, bill belichick has so much success, he is coaching genius


Yes, but didnt he get busted for cheating? does he often work in a gray area?


he certainly does, but even with that, it is hard to discount long term success


Yeah, you could not just cheat and win. you have to have something more. I guess Bill will be in the game many more years.


he probably will be, and even though brady has been here for 20 years, he still likely will stick around for awhile longer


He could retire and live on his endorsements and his wife's salary. anyway, great chat!


yeah it was nice chatting with you so far, what do you think about Brady having a rule named after him though?


it is most likely the tuck rule which was enacted after the playoff game against the raiders in the snow


I'm a football fan, the last game I watched was the super bowl.


very good , hope you enjoyed the game. tom brady is very good


Yeah, he is a good quarterback. But he's not left handed.


Not really, I've never been very good. Did you Tom Brady's wife makes twice as much as him?


Yeah, real good I suppose. He's never eaten a strawberry in his life.


Might me , Hope he will taste the fruit soon... Do you know about The New England Patriots..


Do you know about the author of a games of thrones


Interesting. Well apparently the author called the patriots the lannisters of the NFL. Hilarious.


Yes.. Bill belichick is a super coach, he got 21 wins in football


That's true. He is a great coach. The bills are equal to the patriots in super bowl losses though.


the cleveland browns head coach was bill and their last win was in 1995


Yeah, I didn't know that. Are you a fan of the Browns?


I am not fan of particular team.. I love watch the game. I love cricket and basketball too


Nice, well Tom Brady never threw 30 touchdown passes prior to 2007.


Yeah sometimes coaches play a role. Bill gave a false injury report


Yeah, so the other team doesn't know if he is playing.


Are you a facebook user?  I check it daily.


Are you a fan of football? I was watching and Tom Brady kinda flubbed his teams comeback at the end of the game .


Yes I am.  I guess he did that since they lost last minute to the Eagles.


Yeah he is a great athlete and my favorite QB! I have heard he has more rings than the Mannings and a Roger Staubach combined


Yes, he's also been honored with four Super Bowl MVP awards which is the most ever by one person!


Exactly! He might be one of the greatest ever! But it is true he has to be in the game to play.


He is also the first and only quarterback to ever reach 200 regular season game wins.  Amazing.


Chris Long from the legals told a reporter that "It was bad for all of our health collectively" But when Brady Doesnt have the ball he cant hurt you


I knew the Cleveland Browns were not very good, but their last playoff win was in 1995 against the Patriots.


I have always heard from other fans that they are the team that gets the "participation" award lol.


Basically.  The Patriots are just dominating.  It's been said that the Buffalo Bills are equal to the Patriots in super bowl losses.  lol


George R.R. Martin said the Pats are like the Lannisters of the NFL


I didn't realize that Bill Belichick is the winningest coast in NFL post season football.  He has 21 wins - 20 with the Patriots and 1 with the Browns.


You know I can he has been around forever and the Pats are a force in the NFL. I wonder how much he is worth today.


So much money I am sure!  Brady too, although I see his wife makes more than double of Brady's salary!


I have heard that but I have also heard Tom brady has never eaten a strawberry in his entire life and im not sure that is even possible.


Totally agree with that.  How could one not eat a strawberry?  He had never thrown 30 touchdown passes in a season prior to 2007, but then that year, he threw a then-record of 50!


Yeah all of Bradys stats are impressive. I have heard that Kellan moore is the only left handed quarterback in the NFL .


That's interesting.  Impressive that Alex Smith received a bachelor's degree in 2 years since he had taken so many AP tests in high school.


Yeah but then there are guys like Baker mayfield who claim to be able to beat anyone at their school in Halo 3.


Baker Mayfield has always driven me crazy.  He once even considered quitting football to pursue full-time competitive gaming since he thought he was so good at Halo 3.


I know that is what I was talking about!


Interesting that the author of the game of thrones called the New England Patriots the Lannistors of the NFL.


Yeah But I told you that earlier. Have you not been paying attention to anything I have been saying?


Hello, How are you today? Do you use Facebook?


Yes, somewhat. I wonder how many people unfriended 10 people to get a free whopper?


I would have done it had I had the chance during the promotion.  I am sure there is 10 people I no long ever connect with or don't know why I friended in the first place


Too bad in Germany its illegal to use the like button!


I know, so if I travel there, will mine go away?


If you go there they need to let people know. It probably doesn't work or something.


Do you know why facebook is mainly blue?


I thought it was because Mark Zuckerberg has color blindness.


That's right.  Red-Green to be specific.


I think it a great idea that Iceland is allowing the public to make alterations and suggestions to their facebook constitution.


It is a great way to get people involved!  Kudos to them for thinking out of the box


yes, Did you know smoking near apple computers voids the warranty?


I heard that.  They consider it a biohazard.


How about that computer the Russians made that runs on water in 1936?


I know!  Why aren't we still working on that technology on a large scale?  Water Energy would be great!


I agree! How do you feel about the Transhumanists?


I try not to judge people too much, but I just cant get on board with them.  I don't want my inner most thoughts on a memory stick


lol, I don't either. We need some privacy, my goodness!!


I know.  Everything these days seems to be so accessible, something needs to not be.


I think so too! We need to protect it as much as possible! Good chat!!


Hi, how are you? do you like chatting about football?


I try to watch the playoffs and the superbowl. i didnt get a chance to see the SB this year though. You?


I saw it, it was a slow game to be honest.


Yeah, i heard. the game last year was better, if I recall correctly. What do you think of Tom Brady?


He's a good quarterback, but I'm not a fan.


I am not a fan either. he has six rings now? i woudl like to see some other teams win for once.


That is pretty good. I don't disagree, I get tired fo seeing them every year.


I guess this year there wasnt a cheating scandal though. that is pretty good. what did George RR Martin call the Pats? The Lannisters of the NFL? LOL


Hilarious. Tom Brady doesn't get injured a lot, that is a big deal for a starter.


Yeah, but Bill puts him on the injured list or something?


Yeah, they seem to stretch the rules a lot.


Yeah, that is what ive heard. but they win, and that is what people remember: who won.


Exactly, nobody cares how they win. Did you know Kellan Moore is the only left handed quarterback in the NFL?


is he still in the league? i wonder why only one. do coaches dislike lefties?


I'm not sure to be honest with you. Maybe he isn't.


There are so many lefties that pitch in the MLB. i figured that there would be more lefties inthe NFL.


I think they have to set up the whole offense around them.


I know that the blind side changes, and maybe certain receivers get favored. anyway, great chat!


Yeah, I think that is likely what it is. Nice chatting with you.


Hello there, do you use Amazon much for deliveries?


Hi, i do actually, i use amazon prime and you?


I sure do, it is very useful, especially around the holidays.


Exactly! Amazon is a great place to get exercise too because their employees walk up to 15 miles a day each shift.


I think I heard that before, sounds like quite a bit for someone who works a warehouse job, but I never have so I don't know too well I guess.


Do you know what the first ever Amazon purchase was for?


Yeah, it was something like a building named after him, right?


Yeah good call, it was a building naming rights (for some reason) and it was for $27.95 to be exact, strange to me.


Not too bad of a deal but a good investment i guess.


Yeah I wonder if the building is still standing.  Did you hear about Bezos building a clock in a mountain?


Yeah, i wonder where that clock is that would be interesting to see.


Well you have plenty of time to go and check it out, I guess it will last for like 10,000 years.


Yeah, time is definately on my side if it was actually built


On a different subject, did you know that our sun is not actually yellow?


That's true just like other suns in different galaxes


And ours is not that big compared to others, like one billionth the size of one in our galaxy even.


WOW and did you know that a lightning bold is 5x hotter than the sun?


I think I have read that, its crazy to think about that because people get hit by them and still survive somehow.


Yeah, i dont know how they got the logic for it either based on those scenarios


Agreed, well it's been fun talking with you, I hope that you enjoy the rest of the day.


Totally, it was a great chat! Have a nice day! Bye


I could use some sun today!  It is so cold.  Did yo know that the sun produces enough energy in one second to meet the needs of the entire Earth for a half a million years!


I did not know that,  I found it intersting is the sun's dynamo process for generating energy.


The sun is really white though but looks yellow.  I guess that helps though because all those kids drawings wouldn't have a sun as white crayon doesn't work too well!


Sorry about the error, I meant gravity not energy.  What about lighnting?  Considering its 5 times hotter, would it not be an interesting energy source to harnest?


If you don't get struck by it!  Do you like the planets?  Neptune completed its first full orbit around the sun back in 2011 since its discovery in 1846


That I do, except for the demotion of Pluto.  But even with the remaining 8 planets, the sun still outweights them by 99.86%


Although, the sun is only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star ever discovered in our galaxy.  I wonder if we could ever utilize energy from that other star?


Probably not likely in that it is light-years away.  Did you know that Amazon.com planning to deploy solar systems at 50 of its facilities globally by 2020?


What does that mean practically speaking?  I did know that Amazon workers often walk between 7-15 miles a day on their shift.  Sounds like a good job to stay in shape!


I am not sure of that, its probably hard on the joints walking the concrete floors all day.  But, they are getting more robotics.


You can even get a package delivered from Amazon on Sundays. Have you ever?


Yes, and love it.  I sometime wonder why others do not contract USPS to do the same.  Perhaps Alibaba.


My favorite book series is about time travel.  What do you like to read about?  Do you like Tolkien?  Apparently, he and CS Lewis used to have "you laugh you lose" contests when reading terrible poetry.


I am not big on Tolkien, but have devoured CS. Lewis.  Recently  I streamed Narnia on Amazon Prime


You can do so much on Amazon nowadays.  The company already has been around almost 25 years and now sells video downloads/streaming, MP3 downloads and streaming, audiobooks, software, video games, apparel, you name it


Its amazing, considering it started as an online bookseller.  I like the free ebooks and streaming media I get from Amazon Prime.


To think that if we were in the 18th century there would be moral panic about us reading or listening to books!


Undoubtable in the victorian age.  What I recently learned that a cult favorite movie "Starship Troopers" as first a book.


I suppose most movies are books.  Disney movies were often based upon books.  Are you a fast reader?  Anne Jones has the world record with 4,700 words per minute.


Not very fast, more thorough.  I tend to read twice before grasping.  I gues it is because of the complex subtlies of language.


If you are into sci-fi, Starship Troopers is recommended by 3 of the 5 us military branches.


Since we do not have a pro team in my state, I tend to follow my local collegiate teams.  But, I do play (not well) on an over 50s recreational league team.


Oh wow,  thats cool!  Did you know baseball managers wear uniforms because he can play if needed?


I did not know that.  I would be curious as to when that actually last happened since the managers are typically much older than the line players?  What I also find interesting about baseball is the collectables market.  Did you know that someone found $3 mill in baseball cards in his grandfathers attic?


Yeah,  that is pretty amazing!  what a find!


What I find interesting is that baseball is really big in Japan.  That might explain the import of Japanese players into the Major Leagues!  I had a junior high school teacher was not quite MLB material, but he did go play in Japan before returning to the US.


That is awesome!  Kickball is called soccer-baseball in Canada.  lol


What I sometimes find most entertaining about baseball is the drama between the coaches / managers and the umpires.  It adds another dimension to the baseball you do not get in other sports.  Are you into drama shows, either live, TV or movie?


Yeah I love drama shows,  how about yourself?


I tend to favor British TV / Movies.  We are really big into special effects and computer graphics.  The British shows rely more on strong acting.  Did you know that British actor Michael Caine became an actor because all of the prettiest girls were in drama class?


Lol sounds like a smart guy.  Apparently,  Jon Hamm taught drama class at his old high school.


I did not know that.  What I find interesting is that another British actor, Hugh Laurie is the highest paid TV drama actor at $ 700 thousand per episode for House.  That's unreal!!


I did not watch it that often, but he played an eccentric diagnostician that took only the most difficult cases.   As a side note, I also like old radio dramas, like Orson Wells War of the Worlds.  Did you know you can listen to old radio dramas online?


Yeah I read about that somewhere,  that is pretty cool,  not sure who would listen to that though lol


I am not much into going to movie theaters, considering I live about 40 miles from the nearest one.  Did you have an opportunity to see the Ted Kennedy drama, Chappaquiddick?


hmmm never heard of it.  Do you use IMDB?


I have from time to time, but I prefer the rating on Rotten Tomatoes.  Did you know that Amazon acquired IMDb?


Yeah I did.  I use it a lot I think it is fantastic,  it has so much more than reviews it has actors history and trivia and know facts and history and all the tv or movies the actor has been on before.  It is really helpful.


I do find the trivia on IMDb interesting.  Did you know Shawshank Redemption is the highest rated film on IMBb, but was a financial wash, making only 3 million more than budget?


No I didnt that is interesting.  Its been great talking to you,  have a good one.


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


Yes they can play if the team needs them to


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Hahha the guy really knew what he wanted


I have always been interested in historically based movies.  Do you like to watch movies based on historical events, like Chappaquiddick - based on Ted Kennedy's famous scandal?


Yes I have watched a few historically based movies. I think it would be interesting to learn about Ted Kennedy. Political scandals can make great movies.


I agree.  The frustrating part is when you're not sure what pieces are "Hollywood" and what are real.


I can understand that. I feel that IMDb can be very useful for getting more raw reviews of movies and could help find good ones. Have you ever used IMBd?


Yes, we use it all the time to determine when movies have too much inappropriate content, or to understand why certain movies are rated R.  We have teenagers and often R movies are OK for them, but sometimes not.


I see. I imagine it can be frustrating not knowing. Did you know it is now owned by Amazon? It was originally fan operated.


I didn't realize that Amazon owns IMDb.  It is so helpful, it is disappointing to know that it is now privately owned.  It makes me a bit concerned that what can be a really useful tool will be used to try to sell something instead.


Yeah it's harder to trust the reviews now. At least there is still a lot of information on the site. Are there any other movie review sites you use?


Not really, except to rely on other friends who see movies a lot.  That can be helpful, but less reliable if you want to see a movie early in its run.  How about you?


I like to find helpful reviews on social media and places like youtube. I think getting more personal reviews from individuals rather than from a central location is more authentic.


I do often go to see movies based on actors or directors whom I really admire, though.  I enjoy seeing Coen Brothers' and M. Night Shamilan movies almost without exception.  Are you drawn to the story more when you choose movies?


Yeah, I tend to watch movies based on recommendations or if I find one that may seem interesting. Do you watch many drama movies?


I tend to see more action/adventure or romantic comedy movies.  There can be so much "drama" in real life, it often doesn't feel like an escape to see it in the movies.


Understandable. I know that drama is popular on TV. Did you know that Hugh Laurie used to earn 700,000 for each episode of House?


I cannot imagine that sort of money.  I understand that actors don't have a job like most average people - and that they are technically "unemployed" when they are not actively in a movie or TV show - but that still seems extreme.


Yeah, it seems excessive. I suppose when you have an actor that has to play that role that is central to the show it's likely they will be paid quite a lot. Maybe Hugh wasn't interesting in playing the character anymore and needed more incentive? Hard to say, but sometimes the best things in life is free. There's apparently a website that lists thousands of episodes of radio dramas for free. I sometimes look for public domain movies, have you ever check out the public domain sites?


No, that is not something I have done.  But I have listened to some great classic radio shows.  They were really fun - with audio effects to convey suspense, comedy, drama.


That sounds fun. Sometimes it's worth it to experience older forms of entertainment for something different.


I agree.  There is a lot of entertainment out there that we miss out on because of our cell phones.


Ah yeah, do you ever look at art or go to museums?


I love museums, particularly science and technology museums where there is so much to do and learn.


What do you think about the Novel Literature prize being cancelled this year?


I think it's pretty intense, but I support the #MeToo movement so I guess I agree with the decision to put some space between the Nobel Literature Prize and the scandals


Yeah its weird how the prize got cancelled 8 other times but mostly due to war or mayor events, and the last time was about 6 decades ago.


I know! It really puts things in a global and historical perspective. Sexual assault and harassment is now being treated similarly to war and other major events. What do you think of the whole situation?


I think its as important, its not a victimless crime so it must be taken really serious, a point must be made.


I agree. I hate that it's become a partisan issue, people blaming it on the "sensitivity" of liberal democrats. Did you know that the Democratic party is the oldest active political party in the US?


I  didnt know that, thout since 1853 its always been either a democrat or republican in power.


Oh I'm not sure I guess. There's honestly so much flip-flopping between parties that it's hard to keep track of sometimes. Reagan was originally a democrat, Trump used to be a Democrat... I don't personally understand why it has to be such a big partisan divide. There's so many bipartisan issues, why do we need to divide like this? What do you think?


I also think there are too many interests at hand I think politicians should stick to a party. You know that 15% of the Tea Party Movements identify themselves as democrats


I did not know that! And yeah, I think there should be political parties but I think the two party system makes it hard for people not to become less in the middle when there's only two choices. But on some issues like sexual assault I feel like everyone should support the movement


I think that having two parties only divides people, its either red or blue but both parties actually have good ideas.


Agreed. I appreciate some of the ideas behind the party that I don't identify with. That's one of the reasons that the two party system irks me, because I really have to vote ONLY Democrat or ONLY Republican, there aren't that many politicians who clearly support policies from both parties except the smaller parties


Yeah so enough politics, tell me do you listen to the radio?


I don't really listen to traditional radio, I think music streaming platforms have really hurt that industry. I really only listen to Spotify now. They have really cool playlists, podcasts, and more. What about you? Do you listen to radio, and if so, what type of stations?