I have when I was younger! Thomas and Friends has 516 episodes as of now, so that's not too shabby either! Did you know that Ringo Starr, George Carlin, and Alec Baldwin all have narrated the show for at least 52 episodes each??


I did not know that. In fact, now I want to go back and watch some of the episodes just to see if I recognize the voices now! Speaking of voices, I do enjoy listening to the radio. There's also a website where I enjoy listening to tons of classic radio dramas and it's all free!


That's so cool! There are so many cool facts about radio. Did you know that soldiers in WWII would make simple radios (called foxhole radios) out of razorblades and pencils? That's so cool. Or did you know that Jupiter has radio storms that can be picked up and heard by our radios?


Wow! I wasn't aware of either of those facts. That is mind blowing. I do know that in Canada, by law, radios must play at least 40% Canadian music but that pales in comparison to the facts you listed! Wow!


That's so interesting! I didn't know that one. To my knowledge, Canada isn't notorious for its good original music, so I wonder what they play on their radios all day.


You travel much? Want to try out the 160mph commuter bus the dutch are working on?


I would love too, as Japan's toll roads are so expensive if you want to really see the country.


I'm heading to Japan in May, I'll stay off of the toll roads and use the trains


I wish Iceland had a train, you basically have to fly everywhere.


I need to go check out iceland before I get too old. Guess I'll rent a car or fly everywhere


Macinac Island is lovely, you can't travel by car though. You can bike it very easily.


I would love to travel around the world, like the last King of Hawaii did. I wonder if he traveled exclusively by boat?


yeah he died in 1891, pretty sure he either went by boat or jet pack.


I feel sad when I realize that sometime in the near future, there won't be any unconacted tribes left in the world.


There's still an island off the coast of either myanmar or indonesia that kill people if they venture onto the island. I dont think you have to worry about them.


I do worry about the ones in Brazil, Their new president is enacting awful policies that endanger them.


Is he behaving differently than previous administrations?


This one is taking all of the protections of the Amazon, and rewriting policy that threatens it's survival. He's called the Brazilian Trump.


That sounds awful, although I am a fan or Trump


Are you a football fan? I'm not, but I cannot believe ESPN won an Emmy for that superimposed yellow line.


Yeah ESPN is political now; I don't like it.


It's owned by Disney, so maybe they used their imagineers?


What doesn't make sense, is the U of IA visiting locker room being pink. Is that supposed to be some form of intimidation?


yeah they should paint Oregon beavers locker room pink for both teams


Maybe Cumberland too, they did lose 222-0 to Georgia Tech.


Think anybody was still watching that game after the first 50 were scored?


I don't think so. I have to get going, you have a wonderful night.


Hi, how are you? what do you think of the internet?


I think it is ok, maybe a bit addictive though.


yes, i have gotten quite addicted to it. it is a good thing that i can keep finding interesting things on the internet.


I have checked to see if my info is being used by some sites. but i dont look for myself. You?


Nah, I don't like to look myself up on the internet.


Do you believe that there is a backup of the internet somewhere out there?


I think there is one in Alexandria, and we always have the wayback machine.


I wonder how one goes about backing up the entire internet, which is always changing. seems hard.


Yeah, I'm not sure. I be google has a copy too.


Google probably has a lot of data, but i cant imagine everything being backed up. Do you read the terms of service ever?


Every now and then I will. But I hear only 7% of people actually read them.


Im surprised that it is that high. i figured 1 percent maybe. i dont usually read them myself.


Yeah, I don't read them all that often either. Humans are the minority on the net anyways.


Yeah, ive heard that. bots are out there doing their thing, and we just happen to visit their domain.


Yeah, they do a lot of the trading in the stock market, that is for sure.


I would love to get my hands on that kind of tech. but i guess only the big banks can afford it.


Yeah, it is more like larger hedge funds like Citadel. It doesn't work that well anyways.


I go more for the buy and hold strategy. patience pays off, i find. anyway, great chat!


Yeah, it tends to work the best. That's what I do too. Nice chat.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


I'd like to go to Mackinac Island. They don't have trains or cars. You can travel by horse drawn carriages or bikes.


I would love to spend a week there and unwind. i figure that it is a good way to slow down for a while.


Yeah, I think so too. But I'd also like to travel around the world. The King of Hawaii was the first to do that, Kalakaua.


That is the wisest thing for a king to do. see the world. understand other peoples. understand the place of your country in this world.


Yeah, you are right. Sometimes I'm scared to travel, I fear the worst There is actually a sound frequency that causes fear in humans.


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


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


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


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


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


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


Hey there do you drive a car? First car was created back in the1800s


Yes, I do drive a car! I didn't realize that the first car was patented by a German man, Karl Benz


Yes and he later became part of the company Mercedes-Benz. Hard to believe the Model T was created back in 1908. Genius


That was over 100 years ago. It's crazy how far cars have come since then. If you live in South Africa, you can even attach a flame-thrower on your car so it doesn't get carjacked!


That's awesome! I would totally make burgers or something with that flamethrower LOL but I also probably would not go to South Africa


Thankfully, you can drive yourself over to McDonald's for a hamburger instead of using a flamethrower! They've had drive-thru's since 1975 so soldiers could order their food without getting out of their cars in fatigues.


That is really nice of McDonald's to make that. Do you know the history of the trunk of a car? Apparently they would use wooden trunks back in the day and then the name stuck


What were they using in Europe where they refer to the trunk as the boot? LOL. I suppose it's because cars took so much longer to be adopted in Western Europe then in the United States


LOL that's a good question. That could be. Do you ever watch dramas? I know I have Netflix personally


I do watch Netflix, but I also listen to old classic radio dramas from a website I found online


How are those? I've always wanted to listen but just never had too much time. And yes I know they're free so that is a good thing that the Price Is Right haha


They are great. You can find anything on the internet. I try not to get too click happy because it can cause a real, measurable addiction.


I heard about that! Do you like Jim Carrey by the way? I haven't liked his movies in a long time. I guess he's not making dramas anymore


I do like Jim Carrey. He won't make anymore dramas because they are not inline with his belief system. He wants to do things that project positivity. Which is a good thing.


How often do you use the internet by the way? I know I'm using it right now haha. But yeah I literally use it everyday


Every day for work and leisure. If it disappeared, I don't know what I would do! Well, I guess I could pick up a copy from the Library of Alexandria


Haha yeah hopefully they have a good backup LOL. I like knowing that they have 3D cell service at the top of Mount Everest. That way I can do a selfie or SnapChat up there haha


It's amazing how far the internet has spread. We've come a long way. Everyone is connected in some way...and you never know when you might be teaching the next famous person


No you're right! Have you seen what a hamburger button is online? It's that button that looks like three horizontal lines. They have it everywhere period. And the name makes me hungry


back to hamburgers! i love it. You can hope in your cadillac and get one at the drive thru in mcdonalds and thanks Karl Benz and Antoine de la moth Cadillac for the privilege


Haha I love that! I definitely need a hamburger right now haha. Did you know that only 7% of people read the whole terms of service when they visit a website. That is kind of high in my opinion though haha


Hey, how are you?  Do you like to travel?  I love it in all forms: walking, biking, driving, flying, and boating!


Hello, I'm good thank you. I love to travel. Did you know the Dutch are creating a bus that goes 160 mph?


That sounds scary!  I prefer something like Mackinac Island where motorized vehicles are banned.  That would be fun to visit!


That would be very cool to visit. What state is that in?


It is in Lake Huron and part of Michigan.


Very cool. I'd love to visit. All of Japan's highways have tolls so it would cost about $300 to cross the country.


That is not cheap!  Although better than Iceland where they do not have rail service and most people are forced to fly between the major towns.


That would be terrible to not have a public rail system.


Agreed.  Maybe they should run!  Humans are among the best long distance runners among all animals.  That is surprising when you think about it!


I didn't know that. Very interesting. The first kind to travel the world was from Hawaii. Maybe he ran everywhere lol.


Haha, that would be tough from Hawaii!  I wonder when that was?  Probably not long ago relative to the fact humans started exhibiting modern behavior all the way back 50,000 years ago.


Wow I didn't know that. Very interesting. I saw humans lost their body hair about 240,000 years ago.


I am curious to know why more animals have not lost their body hair.  Some funny differences like that with humans like the fact animals and plants can synthesize their own vitamin c, but we cannot.


That's very interesting. There is a sound frequency that causes fear in humans.


I would like to know if that would work on me!  Are you a football fan?  I love football!  I am a Bears fan!


I love football. I'm a Bengals fan. I saw Iowa painted the opposing team locker room


That is some great subtle gamesmanship!  It is funny the word football can mean so many different games and is defined by what region you are in at the moment.


I agree. In the 1960's the top bowlers made twice as much as top football stars.


That is hard to even comprehend now!  Almost as tough as hearing that Georgia Tech once won a football game 222-0!!


I can't believe it. I would hate to be on Cumberland's team. Talk about depressing.


Yes, that would be a hard one to come back from!


I agree. Well, good chatting with you. Have a good one.


Yes, not as much as I use to. I have cable, but not alot of time. Do you?


I do not watch much tv either.. I did like the Simpsons though!! they were fun


Yes, I do too! There is only one show Bart wasn't in or mentioned. Haven't seen that one.


That is kind of strange... good is only one where he does not appear.. did you know when the simpsons crowd sent flowers?


I heard that too! The producers at the finale, very nice.


Yeah! I agree, do you remember Thomas the tank engine?


Very cool that Ringo Starr George Carlin and Alec Baldwin have narrated it!


Each one did at least 52 episodes each!!


That's alot!! Did you know there are over 750 episodes of Pokemon?


I did not, but that is just to much, that is enough for 16 years of episodes


lol, true. Did you know there is a fold in the brain that makes a difference in fantasy and reality?


Wow that is great and at the same time deep and not easy to understand. I like to watch fantasy movies and read fantasy books!


I do too. The car brand name Cadillac was named after a french explorer.


That is right, I learned that recently, his name was Antoine de la mothe cadillac, interesting name!


Really long..... he founded Detroit!  Do you know why they name the back of a car trunk?


I think it has to do with a wooden trunk that cars had in the back, isn't it!


Yes, great! makes sense doesn't it. lol How do you feel about having a flame thrower attached to your car?


I would like to!! But I would have to go to South Africa, to be able to do that!


lol, true, I think they have a problem with carjacking!


It is like an action movie, It is completely legal to use for protection! Well it has been nice chatting with you!


Ha, I could visualize that! Good one. Good chat!!


Hello! I'm great how are you? Do you like TV?


I'm good, thanks for asking.  Yes, I like tv, my favorite show is The Walking Dead. How about you?


I love that show! I love TV as well. We are currently watching Sherlock.


Cool, that's a good show, too.  Ever watch the Simpsons?


I have! I think it's awesome that Homer has had 188 jobs through the first 400 episodes. Do you?


I can only ever picture him working at the nuclear plant. lol


Me too! I know he was a mascot once and in a circus another time haha. They get so many guest actors to voices on that show.


It was a good show that I watched a lot when I was younger.  Don't ever remember the episode everyone talks about Bart was neither seen or mentioned. Did you see it?


No I wish I did so I can say I did! I want to see the treehouse of horror where Daniel Radcliffe voiced Edward Cullen haha.


I didn't see that one either!  There's so many other good ones, though.


Have you ever seen any of the lord of the rings? I love those movies.


That is correct! It's the only movie that was a fantasy to win an academy award for best picture!


I seen those movies. Loved the character played by Vigo Mortenson, can't think of his name, I think he died though. It's def a fantasy movie!


I'm not sure either, but there is an actual university where you can study things like Tolkien!


That's awesome, I'm sure they have lots of students.  They are probably just as fanatic as the Harry Potter Potterhead fans!


Oh I agree! Have you ever watched the show Shark Tank?


Yes, they have really good ideas on there!


I never thought this but apparently most deals made on that show never take off.


That's a shocker! Well, it's been fun chatting with you.  I hope you enjoy the rest of your day.


Did you know that McDonald's added drive-thru in 1975?


Yes, the military still has that rule about getting out of your car in your fatigues.


Ah I see.  Now it is the only way to get food lol.


I would think it was because wood was more available.


And wood is why they name it trunks lol.


1908 Model T...I don't think I would have been part of the mass.


Ford has a lot to do with American history!


I've had 3 Ford Mustangs. I loved all of them.


Cool!  I wonder why the rest of the world took so long to accept cars back then


yeah, probably not a lot of roads...now we all depend on cars


Yes, need more feet for sure except for transportation of good as our economy depends on cars for that.


Yes, then we need trucks and trains and boats.


Sure do.  Glad cars were invented for more than transpiration of people now.


Yes, I love all the different means of travel. It was nice chatting with you. Have a great evening.


It's amazing how far technology has advanced.  It wasn't even that long ago - within a few generations - that we didn't even have telephones.  Now the US nuclear icbm deterrent is much weaker than an iphone!  A iphone!  It doesn't even seem possible considering the size of the hardware involved.


In such a short amount of time, we've become so dependent on our phones that Unicef started offering to donate water to an underprivileged child based on how many *minutes* you don't use your cell phone.  To me, that seems like interaction is one of our highest priorities, but if we're spending that much time on our phone - to even spur these initiatives, then are we distancing ourselves from each other instead?


I know I use  my phone a lot. It hard to step away from it. It like having a mini computer in your pocket.  Do you use your phone a lot?


It depends.  I frequently use it for work, but I'm active and spend whole days away from any screen or communication device.  I use it more as a radio on those days than anything else.


Yeah, I love listening to NPR.  Speaking about radio I  read an article that Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up  and heard by an am radio.


It's so interesting to me that radio can pick up sounds put out from space by modulating energy waves, but phone and internet data needs cables.  Granted, those cables are less than 3" in diameter and lay across the entire ocean floor - but still!  I'm not sure how cell phones compare to those types of phone lines, though.  They must use something similar to radio technology.


Hmm, that's informative.  It's funny you know in New York the reason their area code is 212 is because it was faster to dial the number on a rotary phone. Now that's old technology.  When you were speaking on phone lines you remember me of that.


That's funny!  We adapt our technology to what matters to us, though.  We've evolved phones from primitive rotary phones that based numbering systems on speed to cell services that connect us so clearly and quickly.  And I think radio technology, went beyond just transmitting information to fuel our love of something much less practical..  our love of music.  Without music, we wouldn't dance!  And everyone - from babies to Bruce Lee loves to dance!


I'm sorry for those typos smh....   Yeah  I agree. Yeah I just read somethingabout Bruce lee being a great dancer. Who knew Hahaha. I also heard that MJ patent a device that helped him with one of his dance moves. That crazy lean he did back in the day on  "Smooth Criminal", I think?


Oh man, that's a throwback!  Yes, Bruce Lee won a cha-cha championship!  You don't usually think of cha-cha when you think of a world-renowned martial artist.   then again, you probably don't think of ballet when you hear Tupac rapping!  But, next time you do, imagine him as the Mouse King from Nutcracker, because he actually did that!


Oh it was a cha-cha championship. Yeahhh I heard about Tupac playing the Mouse King from The Nutcracker HAHAHAH.  I still can't picture that lol


It's funny, but it's a lot of hard work, too.  I have to give him a lot of respect.  Ballet isn't an easy sport at all.  Dancers work so hard they go through 4 pairs of pointe shoes in a week!  He obviously has the drive, even though it seems a leap (ha ha) from ballet to rap, that dedication and focus drives both pursuits.


Oh yeah  I wouldn't down play it. I wonder how old he was when he played the Mouse King?


High school, actually.  That's also impressive, that kids can be so focused and driven!


You're right about that.  I wonder was Jada Pinkett also in the play with him. I heard they were best friend in highschool and both were in  Drama class together.


Ha!  So they probably used the phone to talk about his dancing in high school and now she can listen to him on the radio!  :)


lol I'm sure it was a rotary phone back then.


It very well may have been. If thy were in drama together they probably would like those old class dramas.    They can kick it old school and listen to classic radio dramas and relive "the good old days" - there's free websites for that - but they could afford it either way!


lol yup... Well it was nice talking to you!


Don't forget to stay off your fun and donate water!  :)


Hey there! You ever watch Dancing with the Stars?


Yeah, a big fan.  Was kind of upset last season.  There seemed to have been some gender bias in the beginning with only women getting voted off for the first few weeks.  But there may have been other factors.  Did you watch any of last season?


I liked watching Kareem Abdul Jabbar dance, he is so tall! I wish he moonwalked.


Ha!  I think I saw that season.  There's always a lot of athletes.  There was some NFL player on last season.  Think it was someone named DeMarcus Ware.  Anyone else you've seen on the show?


I can't name any off the top of my head. Emilia Clark knows how to dance, she did the funky chicken during her audition for Game of Thrones!


That's so cool.  I like her.  Did you know Bruce Lee was a great dancer?  Read somewhere that he won the Hong Kong cha cha championship in the 50s.


I bet he was, he was a freak athlete! I didn't know michael jackson didn't invent the moonwalk, some other dude did


Really?!? That's shocking!  I think everyone thinks he invented it.  Did read that he had a patent on a device used to achieve that extreme lean thing he does.  Think you see it in the Smooth Criminal video.


I still remember seeing him bust it out for the first time at a concert, it gave me chills, so smooth! Bill Bailey introduced it


Gotta go look up Bill Bailey to see what else he did.  I always wondered what kind of formal training Michael had.  Did you know Tupac actually danced ballet?


I think he was a tap dancer. I heard he did that in high school or something, he was in the Nutcracker of all things!


Man if Tupac were alive, I think I'd want to see him on dancing with the stars.  I'd definitely phone in my vote for him.  Though I always wonder how much the judges vote weigh in the final score.


He probably would have been on that show for sure! Do you still have a landline telephone?


Ha.  As a matter of fact I do.  One of the few I suppose.  But not a rotary!  Though I think that would be cool for nostalgia's sake.


Wow! I would have guessed no lol. I still remember all of my friends landline numbers and that was from 20 years ago!


That's great.  With cell phones no days, don't think anyone memorizes numbers.  I actually remember using a rotary phone when I was a kid.  Always hated numbers higher than 5.  Took so long to dial.  Read somewhere New York has  the 212 area code because it was the fastest number to dial on a rotary.


I don't know anyone's cell numbers lol, I would be screwed if I lost mine. 212 would be easy to type


So did you spend hours on end talking to your friends on the phone?  I remember calling my friends I heard a really cool song on the radio and tried to blast it so they could hear it on their end.


For sure, and doing party lines and awkwardly asking my school crush's mom to speak with her daughter, which song?


Can't remember exactly.  Was something like Supersonic.  Ha!  I always stole my dad's radio to use.  He use to listen to classic radio dramas.  Miss those but I think there's a website that has a lot of those archived.


interesting, it was great chatting with you!


Wow did you ever hear about Shawn Grate, the serial killer from Ohio?  He sounds like a horrible man.  Sure glad they caught him.  Scary.


Yeah that does sound really scary. You know they said he was good looking, that would help a serial killer.


I would think so. A charming man would be more likely to attract a woman, I guess.  I just have to wonder though what goes through a killer's mind.  I know there is a special coming up on the television on a serial killer and his mind.


Yeah I heard he bragged about the women he killed. And he even pled guilty during his trial as well. Pretty horrible that he brags about his killing.


I don't understand that lack of feeling for another's life. He could be up for the death penalty depending on what the jury decides.  I guess, I would be ok with that for a convicted serial killer.


Yeah. People think a killer is some shady looking dude, not someone who can charm the pasts off of anybody. Just goes to show you don't know people just by looking.


That is for sure. Doesn't matter what kind of clothes they wear.  Could be dressed in stylish, fashionable clothes, or could be in rags.  It is hard to tell something just by it's appearance.  I mean who could imagine that a little i-phone could be as powerful as it is. Things sometimes aren't what they appear.


Yeah, it isn't like how it is on TV. Heck on TV even if they're completely crazy they don't brag about their kills. But hey they can run cables on the ocean floor for internet so things aren't how they look.


Yeah, I never could have imagined I could converse with people in other countries on the internet because of a thin cable on the bottom of the ocean.  Our world is getting smaller. We even watch the same TV shows as some of the other countries.


Yeah. Although the UK version of that 70s show only lasts 10 episodes before it was cancelled. I guess some things don't travel well, or mabye they did a bad job remaking it.


I wonder about that.  How do other countries see the USA's television programs and our humor. Like you said the 70's show only lasted 10 episodes.  I wonder though how some of our shows last as long as they did.  There are over 750 episodes of pokemon and I have never seen one.  I never have watched a full south park either


Yeah the USA makes all kinds of TV and it's intresting to see what the rest of the world thinks of it. Other countries like the Simpsons for example.


True.  I hope other countries don't see all women like Marge and Men like Homer.  Or use their clothing styles as examples of our US clothing styles.


Yeah or assume all american kids are like Bart. There's only one episode Bart isn't in or mentioned at all, so they see him a lot.  Some things are like Hasselhoff who is much more popular in Germany and Austria than the US.


Hey Bart is kind of the main character I guess.  I am glad that not all our kids are like him.  Television has come a long way in providing us with news and entertainment.


Yeah TV has come a long way since then. It was impressive how it went from black and white to color pretty fast. I wonder what TV might come up with next.


And the size of the TV.  I was watching a neat show the other day of TV and it was talking about the different market areas for clothes.  For example we have some great catalog stores that sell warm down coats, but they don't see in countries in South America.  I guess not much need for a parka except maybe in the mountains.


Yeah there isn't too much of a demand for some products in some places. Though I heard that unicef will give clean water to kids in need for NOT using your cell phone. And cell phones seem to be populaer even in third world countries.


Sounds like a good program.  Our kids are pretty attached to cell phones.  Providing clean water to impoverished kids is awesome.  Wonder how much water UNicef has given away.  Did you know the maker of I-phones used to even have a clothing line?


An apple clothing line huh? Wow. At least they didn't make apple apple juice. But hey there's a stone in Alabama that sells unclaimed clothes from unclaimed bags in airports.


Lol  that's a good one.  Don't think I would like their apple juice. It's been nice chatting with you.


Thank you. It's been nice chatting with you too. Just don't try to separate two phone books with overlapped pages.


LOL  I will try that to night.  Might be up all night, but will video it on my iphone if I get it done.


Yeah. Those iphones got a lot of power. More than the nukes the us has, apparently.


Did you hear about that serial killer Shawn Grate?


He is a serial killer that is goog looking, Shawn Grate a normal citizen


yikes, those are the scary ones, easy to lure people. How did they catch him?


He attracted women with his looks, seemed normal and then he would lure the and kidnap them


Dang that sounds like something straight from television. Do you watch much television?


Me too, I love the animation shows like south park and family guy. Do you ever watch those?


I used to love them havent watched them in a while both are really funny TV shows


For sure, did you ever watch the south park making fun of family guy?


I think I did, it was a long time ago though, so funny, I like when they mock celebrities and also other shows


yea it was awesome, they were calling family guy out for stealing stuff from the simpsons. The simpsons liked it so much they sent south park flowers as a thank  you lol


I bet they have a great relationship with each other, another series I liked was that 70s show


I loved that show, it is on netflix now. I heard there was a UK version of that show that didn't do too hot


The remake was really bad so bad it got cancelled after only 10 episodes


yikes, I wonder how many careers that killed. Probably a different style of humor that the UK doesn't like


Yeah I think so, did you also watched Pokemon back in the day or even now?


I used to watch Pokemon religiously, I wonder if they ever caught them all


I dont think so there are a lot of Pokemons now, 150 seemed like a lot at the beggining


right, I think I saw there was like 750 episodes so I hope they did lol! It was so nice chatting with you!


Yeah thats about it, its been 16 years of Pokemons, and its been great chatting with you thanks,


Somewhat but I prefer Netflix. That fact that tv is a medium for mass advertising is something I don't like about it. You?


Oh for sure but I guess it is how they pay the bills.  Have you seen pokemon?


That is how they make me pay the bills lol! Yes but I haven't seen all 750 episodes!


If you started today and watched one a week, it would take nearly 16 years lol


Wow, I will not be attempting that lol. Have you seen that Simpson's episode that didn't feature Bart?


Yeah I can't believe it, he is the main character! Thomas the Tank Engine is a wholesome show with some impressive narrators!


Yes plus Alec Baldwin and George Carlin!


I heard each did at least 52 episodes too


That is a lot of narration! Did they do it in person or over the telephone? Apparently an iphone has more computing power than the entire US Nuclear ICBM deterrent!


Scary actually.  Hopefully it is better now


Yes I would assume it is. The cables carrying the phone and internet data across oceans are only 2.7 inches in diameter.


Yeah isn't that surprising. Apparently on a rotary phone 212 was the fastest number to dial and that's why it is New York's area code!


Would it be faster if it was 222 or 111?  Did you know it is impossible to separate two phonebooks ovelapped?


Good question I don't think so though. I would like to try to tear those phonebooks apart but I wouldn't be able to find phonebooks anywhere!


Funny, I get Spanish phonebooks dropped off here yearly, I will send you some haha.  You have to overlap the pages though


Haha Spanish phonebooks? Oh I see. Well apparently UNICEF has a program to provide water to children in need but I don't know how to enroll. I will go find out. But in the mean time it was great chatting with you!


Alright, expect a heavy delivery tomorrow lol.


Did you know that soccer makes more money than football, basketball, baseball, golf, tennis and hockey combined?


I didnt know that but I guess it makes sense, soccer is a really popular sport played in over 200 countries and with 250 million players


I would have never guessed. Jon Stewart was a skilled soccer player in college. Is he that comedian?


Yeah the one from the Daily Show I think I wonder if he ever played the variation of the game with 3 teams.


I do like to play soccer its one of my favorite sports, do you know who Ozil is?


He is a German soccer player he won the 2014 World Cup with his team and donated his bonus so that 23 children could have surgeries in Brazil


That is so wonderful. It's good to hear a sweet story like that.


He has a great heart, so do you also like American football?


Not really.  Do you mean soccer or football?  HAHA


LOL. I know. It is funny how many times it gets confused. But it's usually said foobau...LOL


Yeah theres many variations of the sport lol easy to get confused, theres soccer, rugby, gaellic football.


Do you like dogs then? I am a dog person


I love dogs. I have recently done some dog sitting. Easier than owning one and you get paid.


I guess getting paid is a big advantage dogs are high maintenance at times


They are loyal animals, did you know that Google prefers dogs than cats and they state this in their code of conduct!


I guess both are really popular animals, I have to go know but thanks for the chat


I didn't know there were any episodes where Bart didn't appear in the Simpsons.


That is interesting, I know homer had over 188 jobs in the show!


That's a lot of jobs. For some reason, I can only remember him working at the donut factory.


I remember him as being a nuclear plant worker!


With Mr. Pickles, I think was his boss' name. Homer is his own kind of celebrity.


Mr.burns I think! that is for sure, lots of celebs are in the show though, Daniel Radcliffe was in an episode!


Who was Mr. Pickles? Did I just make that up? I remember Crusty the Clown a lot. I do remember a lot of "celebrity" guest appearances, too.


I remember Crusty as well. I loved the Treehouse of Horror episodes though


I only vaguely remember those. My spouse and my stepson used to be big fans of the Simpsons, but I haven't watched it in a long time. I also really liked the Family Guy.


That was a good show as well. What do you think about Rudolph the reindeer?


I loved that cartoon. I am really surprised to learn that people think it's about racism. I disagree. I think it's actually about bullying and not fitting in.


People think it is about racism? how so? I do see the bullying aspect though


I guess because he has a red nose. I think it totally does not make sense. It's right up there with saying "Baby It's Cold Outside" is about sexual harassment.


I think people did not understand the time that song was written, and the context of it,  people are odd


I agree. I think it is more about a flirtation between a man and a woman. I can still see those things happening now. I guess, for a while, they were telling college kids they had to ask permission to kiss each other.


People are odd, but i guess to other people, I am odd, so it is what it is. I see no issue with the song though


I don't, either. They say that "A Christmas Carol" is also about bullying. I thought it was more about a lost soul.


I never saw that one, but they might be complaining about a few too many things


I agree. I have enjoyed chatting with you, and I hope you have a Happy New Year!


Did you hear about the Rudolph cartoon controversy this last holiday season?


Yes,so ridiculous! True Rudolph was bullied but it's a classic....I guess I never really thought about it.


I never did either. People were going so far as to say it was racist and homophobic which I don't get at all.


People get overly offended. I try to stay out of it but sometimes it's hard to do. They are calling Rudolph public enemy no 1.....Don't understand.


Wow! I try to be sensitive to everyone's feelings but that's a little far. As much as I hate to ever agree with Tucker Carlson on anything ha ha.


Haha, right! Even people getting upset over Starbucks cups, lol, that was all over the news and talk shows. So silly!


That was also ridiculous. There's plenty to get genuinely upset about without looking for little things. Do you watch a lot of TV. I know I watch way too much.


Exactly, like getting upset over the song, Baby it's Cold Outside.....haha. Yes, I watch some tv but mostly movies or listen to the radio....how about you?


I agree. Yes I watch a lot of TV and movies. I also listen to a lot of Podcasts. Do you like The Simpsons?


Simpsons is a great show! I remember one episode that didn't have Bart in it one time, that was strange!


It is strange but kind of surprising with as long as it's been on. When South Park aired their Family Guy episode, The Simpsons crew sent them flowers which is hilarious.


Awe! That's cute lol, I also like That 70's Show, they tried to remake it in the UK but it got cancelled lol.


Overseas remakes are usually terrible. The only exception I can think of is The Office. Have you heard of Thomas the Tank Engine?


Very true! I don't like remakes. Yep, I have heard that Ringo Starr along with George Carlin and Alec Baldwin all  narrated Thomas the Tank Engine over 52 times each! Crazy!


It is crazy. Those are big names for a kid's show. You said earlier that you like the radio right?


Yes, love the radio! I heard on an A.M. station you can hear sounds of storms from Jupiter, I want to find that station!


Wow! That's amazing. Apparently you can make a primitive radio with very little. WWII soldiers would make them with a razorblade and pencil.


Wow, that's amazing! I didn't know that. I remember hearing about Stan Lee's death while listening to the radio that day, so sad he was a comic book legend!


It was very sad. He created so many iconic characters. I heard that he ended every phone call with "excelsior!"


Yes, I heard that too. What a huge loss. So interesting that the 1st comic came out way back in 1933, so much has changed since then.


Wow! I actually would have thought that they would have been even older considering how long we've had literature. I learned that DC stands for Detective Comics and I wonder why they chose that?


I know! I think because comics had a lot of detective genres back then, not sure. Comics are not that funny anymore.


I'm sure you are correct. Yeah a lot of them are gritty and adult now.


Did you see Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer as a kid? I saw it on TV many times. It's in the news for upsetting people, I guess.


I only saw it once. Why is it in the news?


I think someone posted a satirical post on Twitter about it, and then it was wrongfully taken seriously. I heard someone explaining it on the radio. It seems like people have gone crazy over it all!


Interesting. I don't  use twitter all that often, do you?


Never anymore. I'm glad I'm not part of a crowd if they're really all that silly. When I saw Rudolph on TV as a kid, I got that he was made fun of and then redeemed himself by doing a good deed.


Hmmm. What about comic books, do you like them?


I do like them but have never had the time to really get into any. I like how the TV show The Big Bang Theory includes comic book "nerds."


Yeah, that is pretty cool. Apparently google purchased the domain name gmail.com from Garfield comics. LOL


I love Garfield! I'd watch the Garfield and Friends show every Saturday morning on TV as a kid! I hope Google paid a good price to use gmail.com from Garfield!


Yeah, I can't remember his sidekick's name. Do you?


Odie the Dog...and Pookie his teddy bear which I nicknamed one of my dogs after! Oh, don't forget Nermal!  I see I should have gone to Michigan State...they have a comic book selection that's the largest in the World!


Did you know that Marvel Comics spent 10 years convincing the U.S. government that X-men aren't real?


...and my confidence is the US just jumped...down! I like how comic books can be described as having juxtaposed panels. Juxtaposed...do you ever use that word irl?


Yeah, I've used it. Do you like the radio?


That's smart of you! What was the last sentence you used it in? I love the radio, and also pandora. I like how soldiers made foxhole radios, too.


Apparently they made them out of a pencil and razorblade.


The sentence you used juxtaposed in last was about pencils and razor-blades? I'm dying to know. I wonder if the soldiers had to arrange themselves so that the radio was juxtaposed to them?


I'm not sure. Are you a fan of bill murray?


I do like Bill Murray. I think I first saw him on TV as a kid in either Groundhog Day or Caddyshack. If you got to see him would you impress him with the use of the word juxtaposed?


I like Groundhog day. I don't think I would worry too much about the usage of Juxtaposed. It's fairly common in the industry I work in to use that term.


Sorry for focusing on that word so much...we had a whole discussion on it in one of my college classes. Most people never heard it. I like rare things. I'd really like to find some old, rare comic books to read!


I like baseball and football. I'm not a big fan of basketball. How about you?


To be honest I am just a casual sports fan. I liked going to baseball games as a kid.


Football games are too expensive to attend so we just sometimes watch on TV. Do you think the first female NFL player is likely to be a kicker? It's fun to know that they don't actually have a restriction on gender.


Watching games can become a fun event. I think it is unlikely that their will be a female NFL player. A sport that is played in the Olympics usually produces great young players from both sexes. The restriction is interesting.


They do have some gender issues though. I was so surprised to see that the New Oleans Saints make their cheerleaders leave a restaurant in a player comes in, but not the other way around.


Yes, but the average lifetime earnings of an engineer is higher then the average lifetime of a NFL player so woman are better off becoming engineers. lol


That's a great point there! I don't think being a cheerleader is such a great thing anyway. I guess the reason why the games have so many stats now, is because of the chips that are in the player's uniforms and the balls. It gives the commentators a lot to talk about.


They love to just talk and talk and then hear themselves talk again. I do like to hear about the human drama like the stories behind players like Eli Manning and Peyton.


You are right about them TV has made a big difference in the game of football. It's amazing that the game play actually only last 11 minutes of the whole game!


When there are only 11 mins of game it is up to the commentators to create the drama. It is almost like they follow a Greek drama script.


Yes! They are like the Greek masks of Comedy and Tragedy! They can be funny even if your team is losing, which is a tragedy for you!


A drama can be performed in a play, opera and even on television sports.


It's interesting that Jim Carey wont play in dramas anymore because of his personal belief in always being positive. I guess I like him in comedy anyway!


He is now doing tv and I wonder if he is now making more money then Hugh Laurie. He once held the record for the highest paid actor in a tv drama.


I don't know. that's a lot of cash. House is still a really popular show. I've only seen a few episodes but I didn't really get into it too much. Have you ever listened to any of the old radio dramas? I've heard some but didnt know you could still listen to them.


I liked House a lot when it was on TV. It was a very unique show at the time. I have not heard the radio shows from the websites but I have heard a few from other sources. They can be compelling.


You mentioned the Manning family earlier. I guess Eli is the youngest one to play football. I wonder if there will be a third generation of Mannings coming along soon. I assume Peyton has kids by now?


They are an interesting family. I know that Eli Manning was a genius with a high iq level. I am sure that was passed down to the next generation.


Probably so. Maybe they will become those high paid engineers we talked about instead of football players! Ha! I bet the students on Ole Miss' campus wished Eli's number was higher than 10 so they could drive faster!


I recommend being an engineer over a football player any day. I was lovely chatting with you. have a nice day.


I'm doing well myself - thanks for asking. Do you like drama?


Did you know Hugh Laurie is the highest paid actor ever for a tv drama. He earns $700,000 per episode.


Yes. The pay scale has gone up a lot over the last 20 years


For sure. Jim Carrey doesn't make dramas anymore due to his belief system.


I agree. There is a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free.


Michael Caine became an actor because all the prettiest girls at his school were in his drama class


I saw him on some show talk about that a while ago.


Did you know Jon Hamm taught drama at his old high school and one of his students was Ellie Kemper?


Me too. The NFL has no written rules against females playing.


yes. I know. but i don't know if they meet the physical requirements


Kind of like them being in the military infantry role. I don't think that would work too well.


They are capable of playing sports in womens leagues such as basketball. Ive seen some pretty good womens basketball players


The TV show House was interesting. I used to watch it and I do not watch much TV at all. $700000 per episode is a lot.


I'd rather watch the Redskins and Saints play football on Monday night


Not a sports fan at all. I guess the season will be ending in another month or 2.


Yes it is and the Giants are still ranked at the bottom of the league at 28th for rushing.


What does rushing mean? Football is too complicated for me, lol


It is where the running back carries the ball. Saquon Barkley does is a lot for the Giants. He was drafted to fix offensive deficiencies for the Giants


Each player does have a roll to play and yet they all must work together. Sounds like the Redskins are doing good.


A little better but the Eagles are doing much better than just two years ago.


Oh the Eagles, from PA. Didn't they win the superBowl?


They did. This year though is a different story especially for those teams who started 1-4.


I did not know that the players have tracking chips in their shoulder pads. I wonder if this helps learn about things.


I think it helps to collect stats much easier


I would think so, that is good. Do you go to many games or watch on TV? Did you see the Redskins game on Monday ?


No I missed it but I heard it was lopsided.


Interesting. Sounds like there were several interesting games over the past weekend.


It strikes me as odd as how bad Eli Manning is compared to his older brother Peyton.


I guess it is not in the genes and it is in the individuals ability. He is a genius so maybe he should not be a Football player and do something else lol.


Very interesting, they certainly do have family ability. I have heard their names so they must have been popular.


I don't know how popular you can be with a first name of Elisha as a boy


LOL, true, that must of been a difficult thing to deal with. I can understand his use of Eli


It will be here soon! I hope it is a good game and I hope your favorite team wins!


Did you hear about the shooting at the Capital Gazetter Newspaper? a real tragedy


Yes, it was.  I can sympathize with the writer of the article when he said that he was feeling like a kid.


Yeah its a great analogy, shootings in school are so common I can relate to the fear,


Is the shooter, Jarrod Ramos alive or dead now?


Im not sure, he did kill five people but think he was alive as he is considered the suspect of the crime


I see.  What was the reason why he was so angry?


He had a beef with the Capital Gazette for years, it has something to do with that, there is a paper about him that he found unfair or at least that my understanding of the facts


I thought that it had to do with the current political situation.


No apparently it was a personal thing, sad how 17 school shottings happened in the year, thats one per month


A lot of crazy people out there, the media also gives them a lot of attention so I think its their fault in a great scale as well


Some crazy people want to be famous. You are probably right that the media gave too much attention to this type of events.


Yeah do you have a Facebook account? I think social media can also have a positive side


Yes, I have a Facebook account.  Apparently, a third of all divorce filings in 2011 had the word "facebook".


Oh, thats bad, many of them probably started with Facebook, I guess they need stronger passwords for their accounts lol


Apparently, 30% of American adults use Facebook as their primary source of news.  It's not good because some news could be fake.


A lot of fake news out there so yeah I can see your point, Burger King had a great whopper promotion, that was nice, it involved unfriending 10 people on Facebook


That was not nice of Burger King.  It should be the other way around - help to promote Facebook and ask for some advertisement money.


Yeah I bet its that way now, did you hear about Iceland and how they are using FB to change their constitution, I think its great they ask people for their opinions


No, I did not know that.  Facebook became so popular that there are more people on Facebook than there were people on earth 200 years ago.


Its a popular site, it has many dangers inside but also a lot of benefits, you can keep in touch with your loved ones so thats a great thing


Some stuff. I know that is is white but we see it as yellow


yes that is all due to atmospheric scattering


Yeah. Lightning bolts are hotter than the sun


Yes it is 5 times hotter to be more exact


Yeah. Did you know it produces enough energy in one second to last us half a million years?


Yeah that is amazing, if we could only harvest that somehow


I know. Did you know it take Neptune forever to orbit around the sun?


Yeah they have been tracking it since 1846 and it just completed one in 2011


Yeah that is a long time. Do you know how big is the sun?


Yes one bilionth of the size of the biggest star


Yeah pretty small considering what is out there


True. Do you know the diameter of the sun?


I do not know that but it must be big. Do you know its compositiom?


I do not but the diameter is 1.39 million kilometer, 109 times that of the Earth


WOw that is a lot. It is mainly composed of hydrogen and helium


It is because Mark is green red colorblind


Yes, The like button is illegal in parts of Germany


Hello,  Yes I do watch some TV,  how about you?


Me too. Did you ever watch the Simpsons?


Yes, I used to watch the simpsons a lot,  I hear Homer had over 180 jobs lol


THat guy honestly. There is an episode where Bart did not appear at all


Lol that is really funny,  hes like one of the main characters, that is hilarious.


I know right? ANd strangely he was not even mentioned


Yes and I liked it but I heard it really flopped in the UK


Yeah that is sad,  only after 10 episodes too.


Yes I guess this is what happend when you remake things verbatim in another country


Right,  maybe they should have changed the dialogue to appeal to the British audience.


I haven't watched a full episode of pokemon,  but the kiddos used to have it on sometimes.


Well I was surprised to learn that there are 750 episodes now, that is a lot


I know, it took them 16 years of air time to put those out


Yeah. On another topic, do you like cars?


Me too they are super handy nowadays. It was nice chatting with you.


I do. It is my preferred search engine. What about you, do you use it often?


Same here.  Did you hear about that one time it went down and took 40% of web traffic with it.  I bet people were freaking out


Yeah. If you could not use google, what would you use? I am thinking FireFox...


Maybe, but all the web that goes though google was probably not accessed.


That would be worrisome. It seems like an older company but it was only founded in 1998...


Wow, it does seem like an older company, but 1998 was 21 years ago, so I guess it is.  That makes me feel old


I know! I feel really good and then something like that comes around to make me feel old. That and music award shows. I have no idea who any of those bands are...


I know.  I teach middle school, so I feel somewhat relevant.  Otherwise I left wondering too.


That's funny. I work with high schoolers and I am lost on what they are talking about.


Some of it is so out there, so when they leave i do google it.  Some things Id rather not know.  Like all of their youtubers.


Did you read about Google changing the boundaries for land disputes? Seems passive...


I did.  I guess they dont want to get involved.  They should just go with whatever border is set, and if it changes, then change it.


It makes both side happy! I think they should be able to fix it though.


I agree.  But their technology is also used to track devices on the road to provide traffic updates.


Yeah. Although it is nice to have the data, I do not like being tracked.


Me neither, its probably in that terms of service none of us read.


Like the 7% of the people who do not read it. I don't read them either.


Me neither.  did you hear about the UK version of that 70's show


Only lasted 10 days or something. Nice chatting with you!


Did you hear about the parents that biked 10,000 to see their child compete in the Olympics?


yeah that is so cool. Those people in Switzerland must be in such good shape. They definitely took the scenic route.


They did, that is definitely commitment!


Yea sounds like the Olympian who competed knows how crazy their parents are ha ha. Although they did have to take one flight to bypass North Korea!


I heard she finished just our of contention, in 4th.


Bummer. So close to getting a metal. I'm sure her parents were still so proud though. I love watching the Olympics. I usually watch on TV as TVs are basically everywhere these days.


They really are.  Do you watch the Simpsons?


Yeah are used to love that show. I also like that 70s show.


Yeah it sounded like a real flop. I am glad I never watched it.


Yeah only 10 episodes.  That is what you get when you make a show verbatim.


Yeah it clearly didn't translate well. You mentioned the Simpsons. Did you know there was an episode where Bart didn't appear?


I heard that, you think that episode would be memorable, but I cant seem to recall it.


Yeah I should look that up on Google. In fact, a single Google search requires more computing power and it took to send Neil Armstrong and other astronauts to the moon.


That is so hard to believe.  Going to the moon is no easy task.


It definitely is not. It would be so cool to go there one day. I didn't know that YouTube is owned by Google.


Wow they must've been so smart. Everyone uses Google. It once went down for five minutes and it took 40% of web traffic with it.


I bet everyone was freaking out too.  The internet is so important.  Google also uses Goats as lawnmowers.


That is so funny I would love to see that. I wonder how much money they save by not hiring people to mow their lawn's?


Probably enough to make it worth it, plus they have goats, that would be so cool!


Yeah that would make breaks a lot more fun. When there is a disputed border Google maps Tailor's it's map to the claims of each country where the Internet browser is located. I think that's an objective way to do things.


Good morning! If you use an Android device, you are contributing to the traffic on  Google maps, as they track how fast android devices are moving.


Good morning!  That's interesting!  Google once used live goats instead of people to take care of the lawn around their headquarters.


Yes, they did. That sounds like it would be a fun place to work. I think it's interesting that they don't get drawn into land disputes. Instead, they tailor their maps to the country where the IP address is located.


I agree.  I don't know what would happen to the internet without google.  In 2013 google went down for 5 minutes and took 40 percent of the web traffic with it.


That's kind of scary to know they have that much power. Then again, a google search has more power than what it took to put men on the moon.


True!  I used to see those google mapping cars driving around, but haven't seen them recently.


I haven't either. I always thought Henry Ford invented the automobile, I guess that honor goes to Karl Benz.


I didn't know that.  The trunk of cars are called that because old cars used to have wooden trunks on the back.


Is that leftover from the days of horse drawn carriages and carts?


lol  It must have been.  The car brand Cadillace was named after the French explorer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac who was the founder of Detroit.


I've been to Bell Island, in Detroit. It's where the founder built his home. I still think they should come out with a flamethrower option, like they have in South Africa, where it's legal.


LOL I could only imagine!  Jann Mardenborough became a pro racer by beating 90,000 people in the video game Gran Turismo.


That's a good game, but I prefer Need for Speed. I love how adaptable McDonalds is. They came up with the drive-thru, due to soldiers not being permitted out of their cars while wearing fatigues.


I believe so. Are you a Simpsons fan? There is only one episode where there is no sign of Bart, not even his name is mentioned. Of course, I haven't seen it.


I love the Simpsons!  I don't recall that episode.  I'm not into Pokemon but I see that there's 750 episodes of it.  That equals out to about 50 a year for 16 years!


I would never be able to binge watch all of those. Thomas the Tank, sure. Especially if George Carlin is doing the narration.


Alec Baldwin and Ringo Starr also narrated it.


I never knew that.  I couldn't imagine what people would do if they had to have watched television like they did back in the 60s and 70s...and even the 80s.


I think I would like it, if That 70's show is any indication. There is even a British version.


I didn't know that.  I'm going to have to look that up.  Thanks for passing that along.


You are most welcome. Thank you for chatting with me this morning, have a lovely day.


Yea I watch South Park all the time, it's funny that The SImpsons workers sent them flowers for parodying Family Guy


haha yes that is quite nice of them though


Yea, did you know there's only one episode of the Simpson's that doesn't feature Bart? They have over 600 episodes I'm surprised it's not more


Yeah me too. Pokemon has more than 750 of them


That's nuts Pokemon has 750 episodes and hasn't been on tv as long as the Simpsons


I wonder how long Thomas the Tank Engine has been on, they've had 52 episodes each of Ringo Star, Alec Baldwin, and George Carlin voicing Thomas


I am not sure but that is a very star studded show


Yea, That 70's Show had a lot of stars too, I don't think the UK version did though, it only lasted 10 episodes


nope it was shown verbatim and people just did not like it


That's crazy. Are you into cars or videogames at all? Jann Mardenborough became a pro race car driver by beating 90000 people in Gran Turismo


That is amazing actually. do you know how cadillac got its name?


Something to do with a explorer who founded Detroit I believe


I wonder if they sell flame thrower equipped cadillacs in South Africa since it is legal to mount flamethrowers onto cars there


Yes I wonder that too. do you use google?


Yes everyday, it's fascinating my google searches require more computing power than apollo 11


yeah that is crazy. do you know how they track traffic?


I hear they use Android devices of it's users but that can't be too reliable, can it?


hi, I do from time to time have you ever seen the show shark tank?


I have only seen a few episodes of it. I like the SImpsons


ya I like the Simpsons, I think it's funny Daniel radcliffe did a voice on that show actually


Yeah celebrities are everywhere now. DId you know Bart was in alll but one epsiode?


no I didn't, was that a mistake haha? I do know that Homer had almost 200 different jobs in teh first 400 episodes of the simpsons though


That is crazy about Homer. I am not sure about Bart thought


ya, do you follow Shakespeare at all? I guess only one of his plays has not been turned into a movie or TV production


He was a popular guy so that makes sense. Did you ever watch Pokemon?


I did, I think there are like 750 episodes now right? i only watched a few as a kid, what bout you?


Yeah only a few, me too. They have been around for 16 yeARS


wow that is a long time, do you have a car btw? the first car was made back in the late 1800's


I do have one. They have come a long way. Do you know why the trunk is called that?


no I haven't heard about that, why is it called that?


Because old card used to have wooden trunks in the back


ah I see, I live in Michigan which is close to ohio, but it is apprently illegal to warm your car in Ohio, glad thats not the law here!


Yeah, wow. DO you know how the drive thru came by?


I think Mcdonalds made it right? Wasn't it for the military or something?


Yes because they were not allowed to leave their car at that time in their uniforms


ah that makes sense, do you use google or bing for your searches?


I oprefer to stick to Google. Do you have a preference?


well Google gives better results but I use bing because they pay you per search actually


Oh cool, some incentive there. Nice chatting with you


I like sport cars and SUV's. Do you know why Cadillacs are named like that?


I think it has something to do with the founder of the city of Detroit. My favorite kind of car is the one with the flame throwers. You could have awesome street wars in those things.


That is like been in a movie. You have to go to South Africa and you can do it legally.


Well, then we could have awesome street wars in Joberg. It might be good to practice on a video game system before going into a flamethrower war.


Like Jann Mardenborough, he became an expert in gran turismo, he did beat 90000 people and then he became a professional racer


90000 seems like a pretty high bar. If it were 10,000 maybe I would do it. I wonder how long it took beat 90,000 people.


I must have taken a long time, but in his case, the time he spent playing video games was worth it. By the way, do you like Mc Donalds?


I eat there from time to time. I prefer other fast food.


Ok, good. Did you know they did add drive-thru since 1975?


I didn't know they added them so late. I thought that McD's had drive-thrus before then.


They did not and seems they did not do it just to make it convenient, it was due to soldiers not been able to get out of the car when wearing their fatigues!


I expect that soldiers were some of their biggest customers. Certainly the idea of a drive-thru caught on.


It was a great idea. We all benefit from that. Do you use your cell phone a lot?


Not really. i find it to be a distraction


I found it interesting that UNICEF donates water when people do not use their cell phones.


I wonder how successful that program has been. People are addicted to their phones!


Too much, I totally agree with you. I remember when we used rotary phones!


Rotary phones were a real pain. It took so long to dial. And then people didn't have message machines.


Did you know that 212 which is the are code of New York is the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone?


Yeah. I bet they have long area codes in places like Alaska. Nowadays people use their phones too much. I think it might be better if people talked to each other more.


It has changed so much in a short time. We used landlines for a long time, pretty much since early 1900 and some still use it.


Landlines have their advantages, but also disadvantages. It's easier to set up a cell system in a developing country than run lines everywher.e


That is interesting. Well , you have a good afternoon.


Yes I do. DO you know why started the drive thru and when?


Yes it was started by McDonald's in 1975


Yeah and do you know how that came about?


Yes the soldiers were not allowed out of the cars in their fatigues at that time


Yeah. Do you know why the trunk of the car is called as such?


Yes Do you know how Cadillac got its name?


Yes after the founder of Detroit de la Mothe Cadillac


Yeah. Do you know how Jonn Mardenborough became a professional car driver?


I love it. Have you read starship troopers?


Yes I have and it is recommended by the military as well


Yes same as Ender's game, have you read that?


I have and I really liked it. Do you know who Tolkien and CS Lewis are?


Yes they use to have you lose you laugh competitions with each other


Yes and that was over really bad poetry, must have been fun for them


I bet. There was moral panic because people were reading in the 18th century


Yeah and now is the complete opposing kind of moral panic


i do! I own a 4 weeheled motor vehicle. I bought my very first brand new car back in 2014. How about you?


My ford is an antique. It is a replica of the first car Ford made, a Model T


Yes. The Mercedes is about 12 years old now.


thats cool. Do both cars have a trunk? is the Model Ts made out of wood like they used to?


No, it does not have a trunk but I am glad they got rid of the wooden trunk.


how about flame throwers? does either car have that nice feature installed? Theyre legal in South Africa apparently


I think they are illegal here too because I can't find anyone to install one on my car.


you just might not be asking the right people!


I went thru the drive thru last night at McDonalds and picked up dinner in my Mercedes


the very first one was added in 1975! I cant imagine what it would have been like without one. it seems like a staple nowadays


It is so convenient especially for the military


speakng of Military, did you know Starship troopers is the first sci-fi novel to be on the reading list of 3 of the US military branches? thats crazy to me


its about a space military shooting and killing giant bugs, its crazy and a notoriously campy movie


Fits well with the President's desire to have a Space Force.


haha that was my first thought when I heard about the Space Force


They should make the President read it too since he is in charge of military.


Hi Turker, what is your favorite car, American built car?


I have many but I would have to go with the Corvette.  I would just have to remember not to warm it up in Ohio.


Why did you say that? I never been to Ohio before, I passed through, but never been there.


Ok, I always was a ford person since I was old enough to drive, I like trucks.


I have an F150... Have you ever heard of "Ask Amy"?  She handles problems like Dear Abby.  Things like how to get one's kids to meet the new wife.


No I have never heard of Ask Amy, I always hear Dear Abby. Did you said how to kids to meet new wife?


How to introduce kids to a new wife.  Did you know that in 2017 there were no major airline crashes?  I feel safer...


Oh yes, I just quite a few parent go through that, getting their kids to like the new wife. no I didn't know that, wonder what change?


Probably just luck... Like no correlation between cell phone connection quality and "bars" of service.  Quality must be just luck.


Yes you are right, seem like there should be less crashes now, since technology improve from back in the days.


Yep.  I think it's cool that Louis Braille invented braille for the blind when he was only 15!


Yes that is cool, the majority of the time people that do those type of things usually a family member or a close friend is or was blind, fifteen is young, that's Interesting.


Makes sense... It's amazing that Dolphins can communicate over a phone and know who they are talking to!  Go Flipper!


That is amazing, I knew that some people understood what Dolphins are communicating, but now over the phone,wow.


Pretty soon they will be driving cars.  Surely Ohio would permit them to have pre-heated tanks in their cars.


Yes, did you know New York area code was the fastest number to dial using a rotary phone, Do you remember the rotary phone?


Oh yeah, I remember.  I don't remember hearing that President Andrew Johnson never went to school and his wife helped teach him reading and math.


I never heard about that either, well I guess a person can become what they want to if they try hard enough, he became president.


Yep.  Personally, I'd rather invent something cool like the rotary phone or maybe the dolphin cell phone.


It still amazed me, a phone for dolphins. It was nice chatting with you.


Yeah it's one of my favorite hobbies. What about you?


I do like reading,  but I am really into audio books right now,  just because I dont have time.


I guess you're not a fast reader. Did you know that the record for reading speed is 4700 words per minute?


Oh that means I am not a fast reader??  didnt know that.


Are you much of a car person? I bet you don't know who Cadillac was named after.


Someone who's last name was Cadillac?? lol  I find it weird that Jann mardenborough became a pro race car driver by playing a lot of games of gran turismo video game.


You're correct. It was named after French explorer Antoine de la Cadillac. Video games have become much more realistic so I believe it. A lot of people are afraid of new technology.


I recently learned mc donalds invented the drive thru in 1975 for soliders,  nowadays everyone can use that service.


I didn't know that. Did you know at one time Philadelphia banned phonographs from a city park because they might disseminate disease?


Oh no,  never heard of that.  I did hear that in south africa it is illegal to equi your car with a flame thrower.


That sounds like overkill. Do you know anyone with a fear of new technology?


A lot of older people I know seem to think it's making people dumber. I recently saw a magazine with a cover that said "Is Google Making People Stupid?"


I dont know if it makes people stupid,  definitely makes people lazy.


New things always seem to scare people. During the 19th century when chess was becoming extremely popular Scientific American worried that it was robbing peoples minds of valuable time better spent elsewhere.


have you watche Black Mirror on Netflix?  Its about the future and technology,  but with a dark spin.


No i haven't but I'll probably check it out soon. Imagine how scared some people were when cars first became popular or bicycles.


They were probably excited that they wouldnt have to ride horses anymore.


Princeton University's dean decried cars for eroding moral standards because young people could drive somewhere other than church on Sundays.


Thats interesting,  its been good chatting.


I love reading too. I loved starship troopers and the movie also, ever read it?


I never read it, but seen the movie.  I see that is on the reading lists of 3 of the 5 US military branches though.


Yea that is interesting, I wonder why that is.  I was into the Enders game series.


I saw that too, but didn't read it.  It's also on the military reading lists.


Speaking of the military, did you know McDonalds invented the drive thru for people in the military back in the day


I didn't know that.  Why did they invent the drive thrus for the military?


Back in the day if you were in uniform, you couldn't leave you car with it on. So hence the drive thru allowed them to get food


Who would have thought that?  Do you know that the Cadillac was named after the French explorer who was also the founder of Detroit - Antoine de la mothe Cadillac?


I love me a nice cadillac, I never knew the car brand was named after that guy. What a great honor! Do you know why the call trunks trunks?


I'm not sure.  Why are they called that?


because they used to have wooden trunks in the back for the old cars, kind of interesting lol!


Makes sense.  I would like to see one of the cars from South Africa that are equipped with flame throwers.


that would be so awesome lol, I think there should be other alternatives to stopping people from robbing you that aren't as dangerous


I agree.  Imagine if those cars got into the wrong hands?  Total chaos would erupt.


I bet, it would be like the movie Death Race lol. did you hear about the person who became a professional racer after beating like 90000 people in gran turismo


I just read that.  Jann Mardenbourough!  What a story!


I used to love playing that game on playstation 2. I wish I would have known that and became famous doing that also! It was so nice chatting with you!


Did you know that that Ford made the Model T in 1908?  It's been fun!


I didn't know it was that early, wow! Have a great night!


BIG time reader!  It was my most fervent desire as a small child to learn to read as all the adults in my house did.  I particularly like sci-fi like Starship Troopers (required reading by military).


I was more into sports as a kid and hated reading but now I regret that immensely.


They say you are either a reader for pleasure or a reader for information.  In the 18tth century pleasure reading was suspect, there was a 'moral panic' because of the spread of reading novels (but of course that was mostly by women).


I guess  its the later for me. I still don't have an intense desire to read things


Out of 5 children I was the only BIG reader but I can't come close to Anne Jones with a reading speed of 4,700 words per minute!


so you have done a lot of cognitive development then?


Yes I have.  I am enchanted by CS and Tolien's competitions of 'you laugh you lose' when deliberately reading terrible poetry!


As a member of the miltary, I was forced to read Ender's game.


Were you a Marine?  I've heard it's required reading for them.  Didn't you enjoy it?


It was ok. No, I am in the Navy. I am a Seaman.


Oh, like currently you're a Seaman?  How cool.  Do you read on paper, Kindle, PC or telephone?


I read it on my laptop. Its to hard to read on my phone.


It sure is hard to read on the iPhone, I close one eye to do it.  Did you know UNICEF will donate a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute you don't use your cell phone?


When is that?  How long does the fundraiser go for?


I don't know how long it is or how you apply or how they figure out when you're not using your phone but it is pretty neat of them.


I think so too.  I hope it will help curb use of cell phones while driving.  You know, being a military person I bet you can appreciate why McDonald's started the drive-thru.


Definitely!  Do you still have an old style house phone?


Nah.  I know you're supposed to in case of disaster but I don't need the extra expense.


Well, thanks. Mcdonalds' added drive-thru in 1975 to accommodate soldiers who were not allowed to get out of their cars while wearing their fatigues. I have a theory, see if you agree, this would have been at the end of the Vietnam war or after it when the US was anti-war. Do you think that was the reason for the drive thru?


I have heard that too, that was nice of them. I think so as well, plus it might make a good publicity stunt


Yeah. I heard that the other day and had no idea and it really bothered me until I thought of the Vietnam war, which explained it...


Yeah that is an odd year to implement it I suppose


Speaking of odd... It is legal in south-africa to equip your car with flame-throwers to prevent carjacking.


I have heard that as well, that is a real good indicator of what it is like over there


That would be the worst! Not sure I would ever car jack


I get it. Carjacking is scary, cars are not cheap by any stretch!


The car brand cadillac was named after french explorer antoine de la mothe cadillac who founded detroit.


that is very interesting, who thinks of these last names though!


I am not sure, it would be interesting to find out though... New york's area code is 212 because it was the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone


that is interesitng, did they have to bid for that area code you think?


No, East coast bias... Plus they were probably the first to get phones so they just chose it...


That makes sense, it was a big city even back then. I have heard Unicef donates water to children for not using your phone


Wow, that's really generous. I wonder what the criteria for the donation is...


I am not sure, I need to look into it, I barely use my phone!


You could help thirsty kids! The cables carrying phone and internet data across oceans are only 2.7 inches in diameter and just lay on the ocean floor.


really? that is very surprising to me, maybe sharks break the internet haha


I think we could all use some time away from screens so it may be a welcome site...


I agree, but that might cost people money, so lets be better under our own power!


Just what I buy and wear. I am no fashionista though. Do you like fashion and clothing?


I'm not really big into it. Did you know pilgrim clothing is very colorful?


I did not know that. The movies and tv have them wearing drab clothing all the time. That's not true/


Yep. It says they only wore black on special occasions.


Wow. I see apple had a clothing line in 1986???? I had no idea!


That's funny. I'm guessing it didn't do to well?


Probably not. They have watches now so maybe they are dipping their toes back into it? Can you imagine the fashion Apple designed in 1986?


I can't imagine it. There is a store in Alabama that only sells clothes, cameras, etc. found in unclaimed baggage at airports.


I wonder what the one item is that either shocked them or they kept for themselves. Would you shop there?


Not too sure. I don't think I would want to shop there. What about you?


I don't think so either. I can't stand second hand clothes but understand some people need to shop that way. I couldn't wear those shoes either!


For sure. Do you know much about presidents?


I little as well. The top 3 wealthiest presidents are Washington, JFK, and Jefferson.


I wonder where Trump is on that list? Zimbabwe has president banana.


I bet he is on the top of the list and that the list is just outdated.


I wonder what the income would be on 3 pop albums if you were the president of indonesia?


I bet it's pretty high. Imagine if Trump was a pop star?


I would prefer not to think about that, ha! He would be at the top of the Russian charts though.


Hi there! Did you know there was only one Simpson's episode where Bart did not appear?


I did know that. The episode was 4 women and a manicure. Do you like the Simpsons?


I do too! I wasn't able to watch the first few seasons because my mom didn't let me. I did catch up! Do you have a favorite character?


I like Santa's little helper. Hey, so when South Park put Family Guy on they sent flowers to the cast of Simpson's.


Ha! That's funny. There have been a lot of famous people that voiced Thomas the Tank. So strange...


Tell me who! That is a cute show. And how about Pokemon. It had 750 episodes! I never saw one.


Ringo Starr, Alec Baldwin, and George Carlin (RIP). I would love to see Carlin voice it as his comedy act. WOuld be great watching Thomas do it...


Yeah, Carlin was funny and very controversial. I understand they did 52 episodes each.


Yeah. That's a lot of episodes for those big of stars. I wonder how many days they did it over?


I don't know. Did you know UNICEF had a thing going where they would send a bottle of water to a child in need for every day you don't use your cell phone?


Wow... That's really altruistic. I wonder how many people would be able to go one day without their phone? Would you be able to do it?


Heck yeah! I would like to go without my phone! And poor Stephen King was afraid of Bambi when he was a kid.


I know! The king of horror writing. Do you think that helped him become a better writer or pointed him in the right direction? I bet he burned some calories!


Like 180 of them. Who knows what's in that man's mind! Do you view abstract art before watching one of his movies?


No, should I? I do appreciate art a lot!


I'm sorry, I have that backwards. Suppossidly if you watch a horror movie before viewing abstract art you will enjoy the art more.


Wow, I will have to try that before I go to the Art Museum. The majority of the creepy metal noices are made by a waterphone. I had no clue.


I'd like to see a waterphone. The kid from the Shining didn't know he was in the movie until several years later. That's probably best he didn't know.


Yeah. I can see someone getting messed up being in a seriously disturbing film. I guess that happened with Jim Carrey and Andy Kaufman when he did that film.


What film did they do that mes+C1047sed them up?


Man on the Moon about kaufman. There is a doumentary on Netflix about his transition while he played Kaufman called Jim and Andy.


I have it up next in mu que. Nice chatting with you!


I love watching films but not so much tv


What genre do you enjoy? I like horror films


I do not like horror films.  I actually do watch some saturday night live.  i love the skits, but I miss the old school cast.


Unlike most genres, horror films are usually a hit or miss for me. I feel that horror is a very subjective thing


I understand what you mean about horror films.  I feel like momento was intended to be a horror film, but turned out to be an intellectual and interesting film not so much horror.  So I agree they are hit or miss.


Did you know in some films, the actors themselves didn't know they were performing in a horror movie?


I have read that, but I didn't know before reading the knowledge.  I also read that some movies were thought to be scary, but ended up being horror.  that seems crazy.


I mean I can see why stephen king would be terrified of bambi considering that if you don't gloss over that it is a disney film, it is quite dark


A lot of the disney movies are scary and dark.  The wicked stepmother who locks Cinderella up in the tower.


Well a lot of them are toned down versions of their german counterparts


Interesting.  I didn't know that.  Where did you learn that information?


I learned it in high school. For instance, since the stepsister's feet were too big to fit in the glass slipper, one girl cut her heel and the other her toe to fit


Wow.  That feels like a horror movie to me.  And so dark and depressing.  Thanks for telling me that.  I think I'll stick to my romcoms.


Well even though it is a bit dark, I think it is interesting to learn the origins of all the disney classic


I agree.  I just had no idea that was where that came from.  I feel like those could be categorized as a horror movie that wasn't supposed to originally be considered a horror movie.


True. Like I said, I feel most of what we consider to be horror movies are highly subjective


Have you seen any other horror movies as of late?  I feel like every other commercial is some crazy horror movie including kidnapping or some other craziness.  I recently saw a movie ad about an older woman who acts nice and then tortures people.  I think it was called Greta.


I saw the elevator. it is an old horror movie that was so bad it is better know as being hilarious


Well I try to steer clear of horror movies altogether.  I remember watching Halloween in high school and practically throwing up.  And that movie was so ridiculous.  So It's better for me to watch fluffy movies or dramatic movies.  Nice talking with you.


Hello!  Do you know much about the history of clothing?


I know quite a bit, actually. I know there was a man who wrote 70 different items of clothing in a Chinese airport just to avoid the bagging charge. Ha! What about you?


Wow!  lol  I know that Apple had a clothing like in 1986.


Did they really? That seems unusual for them! Did you know there's a bulletproof clothing mogul named Miguel Cabarello who tests the clothes by shooting the employees to enforce quality control on his wares? That is scary to me!


Whoa!  I don't think I would want to be one of the employees.  Hope that had a good quality control team!  lol  I was surprised to find out that Pilgrims clothing was full of color.  I'm so used to them being portrayed wearing black and white.


Same here. It seems like everything you see pilgrims in, they're always wearing black/white. What I find funny is people actually used to do their laundry in old faithful. They'd stick their clothes in the geyser and when it erupted, it would spit their clothes out clean. That's hilarious. Ha!


Hahahahaha I can picture them shooting up into the air.  Funny stuff!  Something on another funny note...the first president of Zimbabwe was called President Banana!


Ha! You're kidding me? That's embarrassing. Speaking of presidents, isn't it surprising Woodrow Wilson was the only US president ever to have a PhD?


Yes!  I never knew that.  The top 3 wealthiest presidents in American history were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson.


Wow! Now that is a surprise. Just like when I found out that FDR was the last US president that fluently spoke a foreign language. I just always assumed they all spoke different languages.


Interesting!  The president of Indonesia released 3 pop albums while in office.  Must have had a lot of free time on his hands.


Ha! No kidding. I wonder if he won the popular vote unlike 5 different presidents here in the US who were still elected despite losing the popular vote. One even lost by 10%!


I'm not sure!  He obviously didn't work on his politics 100 percent of the time.  lol  Speaking of US presidential elections....did you know that up until 1805 the runner up automatically became the vice president?


Really? That sounds like a mistake. There would be chaos if they did that today. Ha! On a related note, Guatemala doesn't legally allow close relatives of former presidents to run for President. Perhaps America should look into doing that as well! Ha!


That would be a real mess if that was today.  I could see Hillary and Trump brawling.  That's a good law Guatemala has!  That should be passed down to corporate run companies as well!  Do you use Facebook?


I do use it a lot, actually. What about you? It's hard to believe Facebook has more users than there were people in the world 200 years ago, isn't it?


I'm not thrilled by it.  But I do use it to stay in touch with people.  Burger King had a promotion where if you unfriended 10 people on Facebook you would get a free whopper.  I would have done that in a heartbeat.


Same here. Without a doubt. Ha! I think it's kind of scary that 30% of the adult population in the US uses Facebook for their primary source of news. I can't trust half the stuff I read on there and don't see how anyone else does!


No way!  I buzz right by that garbage.  Did you know that Facebook is primarily blue because Mark Zuckerburg suffers from red-green colorblindness?


I wasn't aware of that but it makes sense. You know another crazy fact is back in 2011, a third of all divorce filings in America actually contained the word Facebook. That is sad, really!


That doesn't surprise me at all.  Sad reflection of where society is now.  I've known quite a few people I've worked with who got themselves into trouble by getting involved with members of the opposite sex from Facebook.  It's a shame.  I have to get going.  It's been nice chatting with you!


No but I did hear they played to the largest MLS crowd in Georgia


Yep they did. I don't watch them personally though. I also don't watch association football AKA soccer, do you?


No, soccer isn't that popular in the US,  the game didn't sell to well in Annapolis


No I think soccer is really boring. I can't believe either that it makes more worldwide than all other sports combined, I don't see how that's possible


Yea I find it boring too, maybe the soccer variation with 3 teams would be fun to watch


Yeah we can only hope! I do remember Jon Stewart on The Daily Show, apparently he was a big soccer player back in the 80s which I didn't know


Yea I read that Jon Stewart played soccer in college back in the 80s


What do you think about the soccer player who donated his World Cup bonus to pay for the surgeries of 23 children?


It was a great thing to do, Mesut Ozil seems like a real stand up guy


Yes I agree, that's a great way to spend $300,000 which was his bonus amount


Yea it is. Do you travel much? The first King to travel the world was King Kalakaua of Hawaii


Yes I travel a lot for work actually. I've always wanted to go to Japan, but I don't like how all of their highways have tolls, that sounds expensive


Yea, $300 to travel across Japan is expensive


Yes I agree, I want to travel at 160 miles per hour like the Dutch bus theyre planning, that would make my visit to japan super fast


Iceland should look into some type of public transportation, it most be real expensive to rely on domestic flights to travel from town to town


Yes the plane situation their sounds really expensive and very wasteful. What do you think about Mackinac Island though? They don't allow any cars on the island


It's kinda ironic that Mackinac island banned motorized vehicles when MI is known for making so many cars


Yes you're right. I actually live in Michigan and I've been to Mackinac Island. I'm allergic to horses and the whole Island smells like horse poop LOL


That's a shame, I'll make sure if I go it will be a round trip and not one way


Yes definitely. How often do you watch football by the way? Would you ever watch a game that had female players?


Hi, I am good.  How are you?  Do you like to travel?  I've heard that the dutch are building a commuter bus that can go 160 mph!


I do like to travel. Have you been there before?


No I haven't but it does sound interesting.  Have you been there?


No. I have only been to Mexico internationally... Do you travel a lot?


No, not much.  I do some national travel although I haven't been to Michigan as yet.  Mackinac island with their ban on motorized vehicles sounds interesting.


Yes. I have never been there but looked it up and it looks awesome. They have really nice homes too!


So you've been to Mexico before. Do you watch soccer any?  I've heard that soccer makes more money than football and other sports all put together.


Yes, I do watch it but the european league. I know it makes a ton of money. I wish I could get in on the money!


I wish I could too.  Are you a fan of german soccer player msut ozil?  I heard he donated the bonus he got for the world cup to pay for some children's surgeries.


That's nice of him. Not many people would have done that... I can't believe DC united played in front of 72K.


Well soccer is considered the world's most popular sport after all.


They also played in front of 4K that same week! It needs some help in the US...


Did you know there is a variation of soccer where three teams play each other at once?


I did not know that. I wonder how that works...


Who knows?  I'd like to see it though.  You know the nfl has 32 teams and soccer has 250 million players.


I had no idea about the 250 million soccer players. That's a ton!


that really is.  i never knew until recently that soccer was called association football.


I had no idea Jon Stewart was that good. To play in college is an accomplishment.


That is definitely good.  Hey, did you know that all of japans highways are toll roads?


Hi. Actually, I don't. But did you know that Myspace turned down buying facebook in 2005?


Wow I bet they are kicking themselves now. They really miss an oppurtunity with that one since it is worth billions now .


Yeah I agree! It's crazy. And burger king once had a promotion where you could get a free burger if you unfriended 10 people.


Oh that is terrible. Who would drop friends on social media just to get a burger? It should only be used for good things like what Iceland is doing with their constitution.


Yeah you're right. It shows how obsessed people can get with social media. But for a state in germany, the like button doesn't exist. maybe this cuts down on how addicted people become to fb.


I could see that. So many people just click like and never interact with others. If they didn't have that option they would actually have to talk.


Yeah, I agree. Did you know that the reason fb is blue is because the creator suffers from a form of colorblindness?


Yeah he has red/green colorblindness right? Makes sense why it is all blue then. I figured it was because it is an eye catching color.


Yeah I would have thought the same thing! There are some things that I never knew that surprise me, like the fact that when fb was first created, it was only offered to Harvard students.


I think originally it was going to be just a social media thing for the students at college to connect. I'm certainly glad they opening it up to others because it makes keeping up with family and friends very easy.


Yeah, and they wouldn't have been as successful financially, I'm guessing.


I'm a little disappointed in the Facebook news features lately. It seems to be very polarized one way or the other. It is all fox new or CNN. I would much prefer a neutral outlet.


I'm the same. CNN is clearly left-sided, where FOX is known for being anti-democratic.


They really are. It has quite the viewership though. They get more people watching them than both msnbc and cnn. That is quite a lot of people.


Wow, yeah, that is a lot. And they air in 86 countries across the world.


Explains some of the anti american sentiment in other countires is that is the impression they get of us. There is so much yelling and anger on that particular news channel.


Yes there is, and a lot of criticizing towards so many groups of people. They even threatened to sue the simpsons for making fun of them...when it's their own content!


Wow that makes no sense at all. I thought they were all about creating a cable channel to constantly stream the simpsons?


Yes that is true as well. they're all over the place. I wonder if it's always been so crazy since it was created by Richard Nixon and Richard Ailes.


I'm guessing that is the reason they don't want people to know that. I don't think american would look kindly on it for being started by them. Well it has been nice chatting with you.


Yes, I use Facebook. Every day but with caution. lol


Nice. did you know Myspace had the chance to buy it and didn't?


No, I didn't know Myspace had that opportunity. I bet they wish they had. I was surprised to learn a third of divorces in 2011 had the word Facebook in their filing, though. Did you know that?


Wow, what? It is literally everywhere. Do you know why it is blue?


I'm not sure why it's blue, do you know the reason? Maybe something to do with Mark Zuckerberg starting it at Harvard originally?


It is actually because he is red-green colorblind


Wow! Didn't know that. What do you think about Nike's choosing Colin Kaepernick in their latest ad campaign? Do you think they've sold more shoes because of it?


I do not know about that but I support their decision actually. did you hear about burger king's promotion?


Well, I sincerely respect your opinion on Nike, I have to confess I threw out my Nikes to honor the deaths of my four relatives killed in war.


Yeah, and I respect that as I have people in my family too that have fallen but it is what it is. do you have a favorite news channel?


Cool. When I do watch cable news, it's Fox News. I just haven't had time lately. I started tuning out of Fox News a bit when they started to sue the Simpson's cartoon. What news do you like to watch?


I do not really like politics much so I kind of stick to netflix and watch shows only. have you heard of IGN?


No, I haven't heard of IGN. What are they? I just heard something really surprising, did you know the NFL has a rocket scientist as a coach?


Oh cool who is that? And women can play if they qualify actually


Matt Patricia is the guy's name, he was a aeronautical engineer before he started coaching. Really? Women can play? That's wild!! I haven't heard of any women playing, have you?


No I do not think any have tried to get drafted but if they want they can.


They sure have come a long way in the NFL since the first playoff in 1932 in Chicago Stadium. I just can't see a woman out there playing, to be honest.


yeah well, you never know. do you know about that rule for the new orleans cheerleaders?


No, I don't know much about cheerleaders, what rule is that? Do they have tracking chips now like all the players and footballs on the field?


They are not allowed to eat in the same restaurant as the players. go figure. nice chatting with you


I am a huge Fox News fan. What about you?


Personally I try to read the wall street journal or new york times. I want to ask why people try to get news from facebook or fox


I try no to get the news from Facebook, but the titles are really worth clicking on. Fox is a legit U.S. pay television news channel... I don't understand the latter remark.


Well I agree that fox is legit and it has great news. However, I am worried by Fox's political agenda.


That they are a Republican based? The news network was created by republican media strategist Richard Ailes and President Richard Nixon.


Yes, the last time there was a school shooting, fox let the elected officials basically bypass the critical questions


School shooting seems very common now and days. I feel numb just hearing about it.


I understand the feeling but we shouldn't be. There has been so many unfortunate shootings but what has come about it and changed to prevent it?


Well I think with the advent of social media and growing population, news hit the circuit pretty quickly, and people are just getting peer pressured into wanting to rage it out on society.


I personally think that the news should try to be unbiased. Perhaps I'm naive but I really dislike bias news, fake news, and paparazzi


No one wants to really hear dry news. That's what NPR is for. Any no one really listen to NPR news except for podcasts... Even so, they select which news they think is worthy enough.


Why does unbias news have to be dry though? Perhaps it is consumer behavior that drove some news outlets to be bias, but some news outlets were created and meant to be bias


It's dry because there's no spice to it. After a while it will become numb. People listen to news to understand what's going on in the world to see if it affects them, if it doesn't, it just goes in and out as quickly as spoiled food. There's a reason why fox news is more watched than cnn and msnbc combined.