That is true! It is surprising that seahorses are the only ones to have a neck!


Well, most fishes don't need neck, they are not standing on anything. What do you think about that ?


Well, a seahorse doesn't really stand, but has a neck. It is just interesting to think that there is a group of animals that do not have necks


They are kind of standing in water, turning your neck could be useful , to see predators from afar. The jellyfish is also special, one breed of jellyfish is immortal.


That is crazy to think that a jellyfish is immortal. I wonder what breed it is


Maybe a breed with a long grey beard....


It would have to be something to look on the internet for. Do you enjoy going on websites like google and using the tools located through the hamburger symbol


I love the internet, it is so useful, what is the hamburger symbol ?


It has the three lines- one in the middle, top, and bottom to access other features within the website. Google has one


Oh, that, I never thought about it, but know I totally see it. Do you have access to other networks on the Internet, like a university network ?


I do! I actually have access to 2 of them. How about yourself


I had access to my university electronic library with internet when I was a student, it was very helpful.


Yes, they can be. Did you have a University radio station when you were a student?


Yes, it was an Internet radio because they could not a have a license. If they did, maybe I could have picked it up with a radio made of a razor blade and a pencil, like the soldiers in WW2.


Oh wow. I could hear my Universities when scanning the radio stations in my car. The students could still test that result that the soldiers used to see if it still works


And you can pick radio storms with an AM radio. Strange to think something so far away can impact us.


Yeah, I did not know that was even possible! Who knew?


I wonder how it was discovered, and how they liked it to radio storms on Jupiter, I would have suspected my microwave.


Maybe I will listen to it this evening. Thanks for the conversation.


Good morning!  How do you feel about the safe space movement?


I honestly have never heard of it. What is it about?


It is where kids are to be free from bullying, and stuff like that.  Sometimes its blown out of proportion saying kids should have it easy, but thats not really the case.


I wouldn't think so. How does not allowing bullying make kids soft?


I guess they are claiming kids need to learn to deal with adversity and stick up for them selves.  I just think we all need to be nicer.


I got to agree with you. I had to tolerate my son being bullied. Once he stood up for himself it stopped. But it should not have happened at all. I think it's wrong.


I agree.  I teach martial arts, and we teach the kids to just be strong and confident, people dont pick on strong confident people.


Thats a great thing to do! I take kids fishing. Really get to know them in the county. Do you fish?


I do not.  I have a hard time touching them, so slimy.


They can be. The kids love it though.Did you know freshwater fish drink water through osmosis and not their mouth?


No, thats pretty cool!  I do know there is a breed of jellyfish that is immortal.


Isn't that wild! Scientists are studying it too! 87% of genes that are found in humans are also found in zebra fish.I wonder if they get the common cold?


Maybe, it could also help us cure things.  Maybe it can get on board with that jellyfish and we can start trying to cure cancer


God, that would be wonderful. I read that seahorses are the only fish that have necks too!


I guess I never thought about that before, but it makes sense.


Just a fun little fact I heard on the radio. Do you listen to the radio?


Sometimes, but more into podcasts right now.   There is so much variety on the radio though.


I don't listen to many podcasts. Is there a website for them? I've been looking to listen to Jupiters storms myself.


I just listen on an app called podcoin, you collect points for podcasts you listen too.  I want to hear Jupiter's storms myself.  I bet they are interesting.


I'll have to look into that, thank you. I did look up the website where you can listen to old radio dramas. It was really funny!


That is cool, Ill have to check that out then.  It sounded interesting!


I listened to a horror one. Laughed my butt off. They are like from the 30's. Did you know in canada they have to play 40% of canadian music?


I heard that, I guess they are Jamming out to Bieber and Drake all day


Hello, what do you think of theories regarding  children being too protected with "safe spaces"?


I can understand both sides of the argument. I think there's a level of safety that's good, but I think children gain strength from being exposed


I'm not sure if that really should apply for bodily harm. Children being intentionally left to be exposed to diseases and/or being beaten by parents certainly can never be positive.


Definitely not, but many children survived things that aren't even a problem anymore. They also didn't have the Internet, and thus were more active


I can see that, I've heard there is actually measurable addiction from clicking links on the Internet.


I've heard it compared to the affects of crack or meth. Internet connection nowadays is very fast, and yet the International Space Station has faster connection


Yeah it's crazy the places that have solid Internet, even the top of Mount Everest has good service,


Yet humans are the minority on the internet. There are more automated software programs using it


They're probably more smart and efficient too. Only 7% of humans actually read online terms and service.


That's not surprising. It's a right in Finland to have access to the internet


As it probably should be too. Sometimes I wonder if we'd be better without it. The library of Alexandria has a copy of the entire Internet.


With how addicted people are to it, it's hard to say. It has its uses too. I remember back when I used to spend a lot of time on Neopets. Apparently it was very popular in 2001 since it was the fourth most trafficked website


On another note, are you interest in radio as well?


I don't really listen to the radio much. There's a station that lets you listen live to the sun's music through translated solar activity


That seems impossible, but then again it eminds me of how Jupiter has radio storms that can be picked up by an AM radio.


I wonder what that would sound like if it were translated. Back in the 1930s, a ventriloquist act was one of the most popular radio shows, which doesn't make much sense to me


Yeah I wonder what the appeal was with that. Radio shows are simpler than we think maybe. Soldiers in WWII made radios using a razorblade and pencil.


I wonder how good the sound was. Back in 1948, it's estimated that more than half of radio time was filled with Bing Crosby recordings


It's interesting to see what radio shows are most popular in different areas. Since 1989 a Finnish radio station broadcasts a weekly program entirely in classical latin.


Interesting. When a Chicago radio station didn't reveal the name of the band, a Hanson song became the most requested track


That's funny! Probably wouldn't happen in other places. In Canada, at least 40% of all music played has to be Canadian.


There a many artists popular in America that were actually born in Canada. I wonder how many stations still do radio shows. The 1970s Fantastic Four show featured Bill Murray as the voice for the Human Torch


Good. Do you follow the President's babbling?


I do follow it a little bit, but I try not to get too upset about it.


I try not too as well but its frustrating listening to him make no sense.


I can understand that, I mean it also depends on where you are reading information he says. What is your main news source for information on the President?


I watch all the channels to try to get a more balanced view. I listen to the words from his own mouth mostly


I understand. It is important to get a balanced view as some news sources were actually created by republican strategists and President Nixon.


He is one of the wealthiest but certainly not as good at his job as Washington or JFK were


Believe it or not JFK, Jefferson and Washington were all wealthier Trump. Pretty crazy right?


Yeah. I think we should have a nickname for the President like the one they have for Zimbabwe.


Maybe something else for our president would be more appropriate in this case.


LOL, but sadly he was voted into office.


I wish we could have had the runner up in the oval office to keep him in check a bit more


Yes, that's the way it used to work. The runner up would be Vice President.


I wonder if he can sing as well as the Indonesian President?


I wonder, I head they have released 3 albums while in office.


Maybe he could show us his singing ability on a Fox morning show


Oh yes! But Fox doesn't need the rated as they are the highest rated news network. Maybe they should put that on CNN to boost ratings!


I only watch Fox News for the commercials and switch over to Simpsons reruns


Not a huge Simpsons fan. I don't know why they need a network that plays just reruns of the Simpsons!


Time to watch the President on Fox news.


Do you follow the news? I like the Fox news channel.


Hello,  not really.  Do you?  I heard the average age viewer was 68 years old.


I do, I like to be kept informed of latests events and Fox News was thinking about having a channel exclusively for The Simpsons and nothing else.


um that would be amazing!  Simpsons has to be one of the most viewed tv shows on Fox,  you would think.  Did you know there is only 1 episode that Bart is not seen or mentioned?


I agree, who hasnt heard of the Simpsons before, I just love that family and I didnt know that, seems like Bart is the one that gives the show essence.


Right!  Bart is almost the main character,  kinda messed up.


It is, well maybe the Simpsons are the reason why Fox is watched more than CNN and MSNBC combined.


probably.  Do you vote?  Did you know in the 80's a chimpanze got 400,000 votes in an election lol


Wow! thats a fun fact worth remembering, I bet it got more votes than some politicians, but I do vote, I think its important to do so.


Yeah its pretty funny,  who wood vote for a monkey lol and what if it won lol


That would be akward for the runner ups and probably would rule better than some of our politicians lol.


Yeah, people vote for crazy things sometimes like the people of Austin, Texas, they vote to have their garbage dumps renamed after Fred Durst.


Haha but did they win that vote?  That seems like an extreme action just to insult someone.


Im not sure but it seems like a lot of people supported that action, and I agree seems like an extreme action.


I read something interesting,  FDR was the last pres to speak a foreign language!


I didnt hear about that, could you tell me more?


Oh I see, well returning to the topic did you know that astronauts are actually able to vote even from space!


I did,  that is very considerate of their situation.  Every vote counts!


Yeah, who know maybe one day an election will actually be defined by one vote.


I am well, thanks! I am not sure they mean this type but do you like happy hour?


I do not really have one! Do you watch the news?


I do watch the news. I find it sad at times though. Do you watch it?


Sometimes but I try to avoid it because it is mostly depressing. Did you know Fox news discussed possibly making a channel that would only air the Simpsons?


They also tried to sue the simpsons for liable. Fox news was not happy with the way the simpsons portrayed them.


That is hilarious. Fox is watched more than cnn and MSNBC combined!


I would not have guessed that. Wow. With a median age of 68, that might not last long though.


Apparently they are the highest paid state employees in 39 states.


I found the percent of airtime for opinion on msnbc and fox news surprising. I thought it would have been reversed.


I do. Only missed 1 election in my life.


It is cool that astronauts vote from space!


That is cool. I have thought baout the logistics of that and cant figure it out.


It is also amazing that not all men in the UK had the vote until 1918.


Really! JFK voted against the civil rights act so who knows! Maybe some men just should not vote.


Take for instance Alabama's ban on interracial marriage. 40% voted to KEEP IT!


They really shouldn't! It was nice chatting with you!


Will you be watching the first round of the NBA playoffs that begins on April 21st?


Probably not though I might tune in to watch the Stanley Cup Playoffs though.  Probably will watch the Columbus at Washington game.  Do you like hockey or baseball?


Will the Washington Caps do well this year?


I'm not sure.  I'll watch because Columbus is playing and I lived there when I was younger.  I'm a big baseball fan.


I used to when I had time to play.  Babe Ruth was once America's most famous golfer.  Who would have known?


Interesting, he was such a great baseball player.


I know.  Right?  Samuel Jackson puts a clause in his contracts that lets him play golf 2 times a week when he's filming a production.


WOW, that is so cool. Normally when I play golf I drink way too much beer.


LOL I have a few friends that used to do that.  We won't talk about the shenanigans we used to get into on the course.  lol  Golf courses require a lot of water to maintain.  The average course consumers 3112 thousand gallons of water per day!


I know.  There's a course in Dubai that requires 4 million gallons per day.  Do you like tennis or football?


Polo shirts were invented for tennis players but later were adopted by polo players.  That's a little useless info. to share.  lol


Interesting, I didn't know that. Do you play tennis?


The only time I played tennis was in college.  My best friend and I would play but we were terrible and didn't take it serious.  Mainly did it to kill time on boring weekends when a lot of students went home.


Interesting, well they used a helicopter to dry the grass in 1969./


Wow.  I bet that dried it pretty fast.  The longest tennis match went on for 11 hours and was spread over 3 days.  That's crazy!


OMG, that is hilarious. I couldn't handle that.


Crazy. lol  It was nice chatting with you!  Enjoyed it!


Hello - I do enjoy sports. What about you?


I enjoy all spots from tennis to football. How about you? Any in particular?


I love football and baseball the most. Did you know Antarctica has a disc golf course?


It's golf with a frisbee basically. We have a few courses where I live.


Yes I think it's called that too. It's called frisbee golf in my area. You basically have a 9 hole course and throw frisbees into these cages.


That makes more sense. I never heard it being referred that way so I got confused with it being a type of golf where you use clubs to hit balls into a series of holes


Did you know there is a golf course in Australia that has a group of bull sharks living in one of its water hazards?


Well bull shark or crocs, both natural hazards of a golf course i guess


Yes lol. The US military operates 234 golf courses worldwide at a cost of $140,000,000 per year.


I understand the appeal of golf, but given the earth's finite resources it seem a bit wasteful from the land to the amount of water


Yea I agree. The United States has more golf courses than the rest of the world combined.


And the average golf course consumes 312 gallons per day. That is water that could save lives


Wow that's a lot of water. Do you like tennis?


I do, but I only recently learned they place tennis on grass


That's interesting. Until 1978, tennis players were allowed to use any object as a racket.


Anything? That is pretty cool. I can imagine people trying to use ladles and spoons for run


HAHA. Soccer makes more money than football, basketball, baseball, golf, tennis, and hockey combined.


While it doesn't feel like so in the US, it is on the international scale the most popular sport. In any case, thanks for chatting.


Did you hear about the son who asked his mom to prom? I think that's kind of weird


Yes, I did.  I guess she missed her first one since she had just had the new son and didn't have much money.  It is interesting that the mom accepted the invitation.


Yes if I were Mom I would have been embarrassed to embarrass my son LOL but that's just me. Do you drive a car by the way


As little as possible.  I mostly prefer to get around on my bicycle.  Cars are very convenient but they alos destroy the world with all the pollution.  And some drivers are so aggressive and crazy, I guess that's why Google's self driving cars have an aggressive mode.


id be scared to drive a car that had an aggressive mode LOL. But I would also be scared to be in South Africa with a flamethrower on top of my car which is legal there


Oh, you're just making that up.  I've been to South Africa and I think most people just have guns.


Haha I know it is actually legal, but what do you think about how cars got named trunks in terms of the back of where people store stuff


Makes sense to me.  In those days when you traveled by ship you could bring a lot of stuff and the big boxes were called trunks.  The brits call it the boot.  Not sure why


On a slightly related note, did you ever play the video game Gran Turismo? It's a racing game where you drive cars


I don't think so, I was doing Crazy Taxi for a while since we had one at work.  It was fun and to make it even better you could choose your own vehicle, from the original Benz  Patent-Motorwager from 1886 or a 1908 Model T Ford to new cars.  Lots a fun.


Yeah cars have a great history. Also it's interesting how the name Cadillac came about, it was from the Discover who discovered Detroit, his last name is Cadillac


The car manufacturers have shown amazing creativity with names and features.  One brand that introduced a car into the Indian market had to install a heavy duty horn since those drivers honk constantly.  I think it was Audi.


That is pretty funny. Indians must use their horns a lot, on a different note, how often do you use your phone? Do you use a rotary one in the house or do you just have a cell phone


I do have a rotary phone, I think it's in a box in the garage along with a lot of "classic" electronic stuff.  I should get it out and hook it up, I'm pretty sure the local telco still supports those old things. For everyday use I have a cell and for fun there's a Lego push button phone too.


Haha the Lego push button sound sounds cool. I only use a cell phone myself, it is funny though how New York got its area code due to the rotary phone though


Phones have been so ubiquitous for a long time so there has been a lot of cool history.  My Lego phone has the buttons made like square bricks and some extra bricks in a drawer to play with while making a call.   Supposedly Dolphins can communicate by phone and evern recognize their "friend" on the other end.


Is pretty cool. I also think it's cool how UNICEF will donate clean water for every minute you don't use your cell phone, since I don't use my phone 24 hours a day I should be doing that to get these kids some water


UNICEF is a great organization but I don't get the deal.  If I'm asleep and my cell is off, am I donating?  Maybe Drake should donate his 100 pound gold sneakers and help get a lot of clean water.  After he's loaded.


Haha yeah that's a good point. I think you could do a lot more good with that, what is crazy is that your cell phone actually has more computing power than the nuclear missile deterrent system


So instead of worrying about how many bars my phone is showing, which doesn't really mean anything, I should use it to stop nuclear war.  Sounds reasonable to me.


Haha makes sense to me. It actually scares me that the cable that runs internet between the United States and Europe is only about 3 in thick, what happens if Jaws bites it in half LOL


Did you hear about that boy who took his mother to the prom? Nice.


I did not, but I think it is the sweetest thing that a son would do for  his mom to finally go to prom.


Yeah. Turns out she never went to prom when she was in school, and her son gave her the gift.


It is a perfect gift. Whatever the mom did in the past was worth the gift of a loving child caring for his mom's enjoyment.


Sure. She was 36 when she went to the prom, and she was already a mother to her son when she chose to miss the prom the first time. Awesome story.


Remember, age is just a number. Maybe, to mom wanted to save money due to financial problems with her family.


Could be. Another reason I like the story is that the Mom was a single mom, as her husband split 8 years earlier. She must have sacrificed for her son, so, it is nice he recognized her with a prom invite!


That is the best gift that she has ever gotten from her son. I believe that he noticed how hard she sacrificed to give the best future for her son.


His biggest sacrifice was wearing green for the prom, which happened to be his mother's favorite color.


Did you think there was a great meaning behind that color?


It was the mother's favorite color. They ended up wearing matching outfits made by a relative. Another friend did Mom's hair and makeup.


This seems like a dream come true, indeed.


And it happened near Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love!


Really? I did not think that Philadelphia is the city of love. I feel that love is everywhere.


Just like the song says, "Love is in the air, everywhere I look around!" I wonder if Mother and son danced to a song by Drake at the Prom.


Who's lyric was that? That is funny. What if they danced to a song by Drake, such as Hot Line.


Love is in the air was by John Paul Young. I am not familiar with the song, Hot Line. Is is rap?


I will listen to that song. That is a rap song.


Drake was a teen TV star on the show, Degrassi befor he made it big in music.


Yes! I do remember! That was a great show!


I do have a car, it is a cadillac, how about you?


Wow a Cadillac? really nice car, I have a Ford


nice both solid cars that came from detroit! I think cadillac was the founder of detroit, some French guy


Yeah it was Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac the founder of the brand, and both are really great cars I agree with you


Nice, that is such a french sounding name lol. I wonder if he invented the word trunk


No, the word trunk comes from a different background, its because of the old wooden trunks use to had in the back


that makes more sense, I wonder if people broke into those trunks easier back then


Yeah also not the best material for rain so I guess those were cheap to make


lol that is a great point also! Did you know Mcdonalds created the drive thru


Drive thru are my favorites so I guess I have to thank McDonalds every time I use one, do you know why they invented it?


something about soldiers in the 70s if i remember right?


I will have to google that up then, crazy how its legal to equip flamethrowers in cars in South Africa


that would be so awesome, yet so dangerous, I need to youtube that lol!


I bet there are some awesome videos on the net lol, thank God they are not legal in America we would be in so much trouble


for sure, lots of accidents for sure lol. Do you use an iphone?


I do, my phone is an IPhone actually, why do you ask?


I heard the iphone has more computing power than the entire us nuclear icbm deterrent!


Wow that is crazy and also really scary, so I have more power in my pocket than the one the nuclear deterrant has


for sure lol be careful how you use it! lol! Good chatting with you!


I will lol, I dont want to cause any accidents or wars, good chatting with you as well.


So how do you feel about Drake the musician?


I used to like his older stuff! Before signing to Lil Wayne's label in 2009!


Yeah I have never really cared for him, and I can not stand Lil Wayne, but he did graduate high school in October of 2012 at the age of 25 so that is interesting.


Yeah interesting. I find it odd he has such an obsession with children's books lol.


Yeah and especially paying so much money for those specific books, Winnie the pooh I can understand, but not Charlottes web.


Haha I like how you draw the line! I think it's funny Drak visited the University sharing his name.


Did you know that after hearing Eminems verse on drakes song Forever, kanye west took two days and canceled a bunch of appointments to rewrite his?


Wow that shows how good of a verse it was lol. I personally thought Eminem had the best verse on that song.


I think Eminem has the best verse on any song he colabs on just because he is an insane lyricist, it would be really hard to find someone better to spit a line for your song.


Agreed. He is a beast. Eminem is from Detroit right? The home of the cadillac car brand.


Yes he was from Michigan, the area was actually called 8 Mile, like his movie, and he actually gives a ton of money to Detroit to help at risk youth. As for Cadillac, it was named after a french explorer Anoine de la mothe cadillac.


Oh awesome. Thanks for clearing that up. If Eminem lived in South Africa I bet he would have some flame throwers.


Man that seems like a really good way to melt the sides of your car haha.


Agreed haha. The trunk of the car is named as such because it used to be a wooden trunk!


That makes sense since older cars didn't have a trunk or even a hood, the motors just sat at the front of the car out in the open most of the time.


Oh very cool. Hard to believe the drive thru was invented back in 1975! Thank you McDonalds!


What is crazy is how the cables that carry phone and internet data are only 2.1 inches in diameter and just lay openly on the ocean floor.


Yeah hopefully sharks don't disturb it. Have you ever tried to separate 2 phonebooks with their pages overlapped? Sounds impossible...


Maybe a Chinese phone book, the ones here in the states are really not that big, i don't see how it would be impossible.


Looks like you accept the challenge!! I love having my iphone though it is so powerful!


Haha yeah it has more computing power than the entire us nuclear icbm deterrent, which is actually kind of scary when you think about it.


Yeah it kind of is. Can we really trust everyone with such a powerful device in their pocket? I will think about that. On that note have a great evening. Nice talking with you.


Hi, how are youse doing tonight? It's a great night for a chat"!


Hi! I am great! it is a good night to chat!


Do you know who Megyn Kelly is? I think she spells her name kinda weird


I do! Lo, yes it is different! I heard she doesn't have very good ratings right now since her interview with Jane Fonda, that's not good!


Well, isn't she the woman that got some sort of insult from Donald Trump while he was running for president?


I think so, lol....she had a long career at Fox news I guess so I would think Trump would like her.


Do you watch Netflix? I think that Netflix has a great lineup.


I love Netflix! I don't even have cable anymore, it is too expensive and I can watch anything really on Netflix.


I think Netflix has filled a hole. They will green light shows that cost under $10 mill. Hollywood won't take the chance. Can you guess how much bandwidth Netflix chews up?


They have! I believe Netflix takes up over 30% of bandwidth! Wow, that is a lot. Netflix and Youtube make up around half of internet traffic!


That makes perfect sense. The kids love their music, and adults need their video entertainment in the evening to relax after a day of humiliation by the boss. Netflix, thank God, Netflix and booze!


Haha, very true! A lot of people are very happy that Reed Hastings started up Netflix.


Reed got angry, and anger is the best motivator! He started a company that changed the world! Though the postal expenses are still a bit high.


Exactly! getting 40 bucks worth of late fee's from a rental...that always sucked! Too bad Blockbuster didn't buy Netflix when they had the chance.


A mere $50 million?! I have that RIGHT now. I could've bought them with my spare change. But Blockbuster is poorly run!


Yep, only 50 mil....pocket change! Blockbuster is long gone now! They had good video's but I always just watched television.


They have one store left. One store! We must keep it alive to remember the folly.


They do? I didn't know that, they are lucky to still be in business since Netflix is so popular!


At this point, there is little need to watch the TV. I guess if you like Pokemon, you got your options.


I still watch TV for 2 shows but everything else I will watch Netflix.


Netflix is the way to go. Until it isn't. Anyways, I enjoyed the chat.


Exactly, Netflix is the best! Have a great evening!


Hi, I am good.  How are you today?  I watch Netflix every now and then.  I know it's extremely popular. I think it has something like 137 million subscribers.  Do you watch?


i used to watch. it is a great service. not surprised by the subscriber numbers. netflix makes a lot of original content too.


Yes it does.  It has almost 150 movies available.


yeah, that makes sense. i wonder how good they are. im glad they are making stuff, but quality matters.


True.  You know, they have people working for them that just watch the content on the site and tag it.


i guess that job seems pretty cool, but i bet it gets boring after a while. watching tv all day could get mind numbing.


It really could, especially if like you said, you had to watch some low quality shows.  Still, it's got to be an easy job too mind numbing or not.


yeah, i wonder what you have to know or who you have to know to get that job.


I wonder where you have to be. I know Netflix has offices in several different countries. They're in the Netherlands, Brazil, and India for example.


yeah, the demand is insatiable. but other competitors are bound to show up. netflix dethroned blockbuster. the same will happen to netflix.


You know though, Netflix offered blockbuster the chance to work together and they turned it down.


yeah, BB really blew it there. but then again, they were huge at one time. they probably didnt see the potential for alternative delivery.


I guess they lacked vision.  They probably never dreamed that online streaming would be so big. Just like some stores never thought online shopping would be.


true. the world has changed so rapidly. I wonder what entertainment and shopping will be like in 20 years.


I don't know but Netflix will probably adapt. Just look at it's past.  It started with dvd sales and rentals but the founder decided to get rid of sales and focus on rentals.


yeah, thats the way to go. people usually dont want to own content, just rent it for a while. that makes sense.


Reed Hastings, the founder, new that way back before renting got so big and focused on it.  Now, the company is huge and successful.


The man must have so much money now. I wish i had bought stock 15 years ago. it has gone up and up. Anyway, great chat!


I wish I had too but I was like blockbuster I guess. I thought blockbuster was king back in the day.


They were the king. They got dethroned by an upstart, a usurper. Have a good day!


Yes they did!  It's been nice talking with you too. Have a great day!


What sort of TV service did you have growing up?


I did not have television service as a child. Did you use a television service?


Growing up, I lived 40 miles for a major city.  Then, we got over-the-air TV, when weather conditions were good.  Now I have COX cable.


That is very interesting! Do you use Netflix as well?


I use to, I use Amazon Prime.  Those subscriber fees (Netflix, Hulu,...) add up.  I did use Netflix DVD program until we were able to high-speed internet.


I forgot about the Netflix DVD program. Did you know Netflix somehow spends 20x more on postage than bandwidth?


That makes sense considering they discontinued the DVD program.   Most internet bandwidth is paid for by the consumer.  That's a boon for them considering they consume 33% of the internet bandwidth between 9PM and 12AM.


Wow! They are definitely making a killing. The founder actually started when he got a crazy late fee from the video store. He's come a long way.


They (and Amazon Prime) are a threat to traditional media now that they produce original programing as well as distribute content from others.  When do you think Netflix will get into news?


Good question. I think Netflix would need to buy out a major news corporation such as Fox, to be successful. Netflix doesn't really have a live audience. (Fun story, fox was cofounded by Richard Nixon!)


I did not know that.  Considering Netflix has deep pockets, I think they could pull it off if they develop a live streaming news channel.  But, I would have consider MSNBC more their style?


I'd agree Netfilx would be more similar to MSNBC. But I don't think the main problem would lie with Netflix but their user base. Perhaps a turn back to news reels before other programming, as they did in the early days of movies, would work though.


Basically, have an old news TV channel for historical content.  That's an interesting concept.  Have you upgraded to ultra-HD TV yet?


I don't own any TV, actually. I use only online streaming on a laptop. What type of television do you use?


I have a 5 year old Panasonic (and use a laptop as well).  Use to, you could hold on to a TV for 10-years (or till it died).  Now it seems they are obsolete in two years because the new models have better resolution, more apps, and digital assistants (Alexa).  I guess I am a bit of a Luddite and will hand on to my old TV a bit longer.


I think TVs last, there's just an obsession with "the next big thing". So while a TV is still working and high quality if it doesn't have the brand new feature it could be considered worthless.


I agree.  Considering the time-wasting commercials, I watch little live TV.  I let it reach a streaming service to watch w/o commercials.  Did you know the Simpsons has over 600 episodes, but only 1 w/o Bart?


That is impressive. Bart is so important to the show though. Did you know Fox considered a cable channel that would only air the Simpsons?


They do have enough episodes to pull it off.  Fox New's parent is an interesting beast considering they own FX, FOX News, and also IGN gaming.  I wonder how they mediate differences? Supposedly FOX News threatened to sue the Simpsons which was developed by FOX Broadcasting.


I've heard about that. Fox news and Fox entertainment (Such as 21st Century Fox) are quite different companies in values and programming.


Exactly, if they were a family, I doubt they could have a civil conversation over the dinner table.  Simpsons is more in the style of South Park and Family guy.  Did you know that Simpson crew sent flowers to South Park / Family Guy producers when Family Guy ended.  Do you think it was congratulations or condolences?


Good question! Possibly a little of both! Simpsons definitely has a better and stronger show, but those shows are both very popular.


Are you a PBS watcher?  I do for good British comedy / drama.  Kid's when younger were hooked on "Thomas the Tank Engine".


Quite! I love PBS and the British Dramas. Thomas is a great show for sure, but did you know they tried to remake That 70's Show for British audience? It did not work!


I found it interesting that Ringo Star, George Carlin and Alex Baldwin have narrated at least 52 Thomas episodes each.  How do you think George and Alex were able to keep a "clean mouth" for that many episodes of a children's show?


I think reading from a script definitely helped. That's many many episodes.


I do, I try to stay alert on current events, do you follow the news?


Yes, I do and I can't believe Megyn Kelly had the audacity to ask Jane Fonda such a blunt question of telling her to admit on TV that "she's had work done", how would you feel if you were in that situation?


I would feel cornered its not a question I would like to get asked, specially on TV, did you hear about the movie Our Souls at Night?


Yeah, Fonda displayed her feelings when she kept her cool and asked Kelly "we really want to talk about that now?", I guess it's those kind of questions that draws in viewers and ads. No I have not heard of that movie, is it any good?


I havent seen it either but it looks interesting, it has an original plot, two old people with an extraordinary relationship and how their lifes go


Is that a movie I'd be able to find on Netflix? It could be, considering that netflix and youtube account for half of peak internet traffic in north america.


Yeah it seems that way, its a Netflix film, do you watch a lot of TV?


Not as much as I do Netflix, do you? Even with over 750 episodes of Pokemon, I have yet to catch one of them, have you seen them?


Ive seen a couple of episode back when there were only 150 of  them, 16 years of Pikachu that seems like a lot


Never really jumped on the bandwagon for 70's show or "Days Like These" either, I wonder why the success for it in the US wasn't translated into the UK version, any ideas?


Remakes are usually pretty bad so maybe that the reason, the cast isnt as good as the original one and also the name was pretty bad


Oh ok, they definitely needed a new one, maybe if they incorporated the story of racking up exorbitant fees by returning VHS tapes late to Blockbuster and leading to the creation of a wildly successful streaming site, then that would've garnered more views.


I used to hate those late fees its a good thing Netflix exists now, did you know that Netflix has about 150 movies with a 100% rating on the Rotten Tomatoes site!


That's a lot, does that mean the movies are terrible? Or are the movies really good? I get confused on what a higher percentage means vs. lower percentage.


That means that the movies are great, few movies have a 100% rating, did you know that in the year 2000 Netflix was offered to Blockbuster and they just laughed at them


I wonder how they feel about that decision now. I'm glad they didn't end up taking up the offer, what if Blockbuster's tactic of charging excessive fees carried over to streaming. That would be bad.


It would be bad, Im glad there is a service like Netflix out there, it gives jobs to so many people, it even has a team of taggers.


That seems like an entertaining job, do you think Netflix still spend 20 times more on postage than bandwidth? I think a lot of people don't rent DVDs anymore, but I could be wrong.


They do? I though Netflix was an online only service, that is a weird fact, I saw this really boring movie the other day, it was an hour long of fireplaces for your home, total waste of my time


They originally sent out DVDs, I think that was meant for those fake fireplaces for staging rooms.


Hello.  Did you read the articles about the comedian from Nannette, Netflix, and television as well?


No, I haven't. I do enjoy watching Netflix though.


I do as well! I was surprised to learn that 20% of the bandwidth in north america between 9pm-12am is used on netflix- that's a lot higher than I thought.


Wow that is crazy. Youtube and Netflix make up half of the internet traffic in north america.


I believe that- mostly because my friends who have kids are always watching videos on YouTube and it keeps them entertained for hours


Same here! You remember Blockbuster right? Apparently they declined buying Netflix for 50 million and now Netflix is worth 2 BILLION!


Oh I remember Blockbuster- that could've been a dynamic take over to because to me, when Netflix first came out, the major drawback was that you had to wait for them to come in the mail.  I miss the employees choice section at Blockbuster!


I know, I forgot about Netflix sending movies and tv shows through the mail and now it is a huge company.


I honestly didn't even have my own Netflix subscription until too long ago- reading the article I had did make me want to go watch the Netflix special Nanette though.  I'm just glad I don't have to wait on the DVD


Yeah that is great thing. Do you enjoy comedy films?


I do! I find them a little easier to watch while I'm multitasking- more so than dramas.  Who's your favorite comedy actor?


I think Ed Helms is a good actor, he played in the Hangover movies.


Oh yeah- he was in horrible bosses, too, right?


Yeah he was, I loved those movies too. There is a genre called bromantic comedies, which the hangover and harold and kumar fall in.


That makes sense.  One of my from that genre ( I think) is I love you man!


Yeah I think I know what you are talking about. I like Bill Murray too.


Billy Murray is good, but honestly I haven't seen many of his movies. I think I saw Caddyshack many moons ago.


It's been a really long time I think since  he's been in  movie. I read somewhere he thinks kung fu hustle is the achievement of the modern age, in terms of comedy.


I have never seen that so maybe I am missing out.  Do you know if it's on Netflix? Maybe I will watch it tonight.


I'm not sure, it might be. You should watch the episode of the simpsons where bart isn't in the episode. I think the episode is Bart's Not Dead.


How's it going, do you watch Netflix? They've recently got 112 nominations at the emmys


I dont watch netflix anymore. i used to watch though.


I don't watch netflix as much anymore, there streaming collection isn't the same as it was since they started in 2007


Yeah, i quit because it was getting expensive and i needed the time for other things. i know that they create a lot of content.


Yea I'm not a big fan of their original series like the one they made in 2012, Lillehammer


I have not seen that series yet. i have heard mixed reviews. they did make house of cards


Yea, I guess that's one of the reasons netflix account for 33% of bandwidth between 9pm and 12am


Yeah, i used to be responsible for a lot of that usage LOL. it really is addictive. much better than TV. Blockbuster sure messed up years ago.


Yep, it's first mistake was charging Reed Hastings 40 dollars in late fees for Apollo 13


Yeah, angry people can be determined to change the world. and build multibillion dollar firms. LOL


Yep, if Blockbuster bought Netflix for 50 million there would be more than one store left today


Yeah, that one lone store in Oregon. BB thought that they would do what Netflix has done. Not.


I'm sure Netflix spends more on postage than blockbuster use to make in revenue loll


I guess some people dont have the bandwidth to stream movies.


There's still tv, I know Pokemon is still going strong with over 750 episodes made


I have never seen Pokemon. 750 eps? Who watches them all?


I have no clue but they're popular somewhere if Pokemon averages 50 episodes a year


That is one per week. Maybe i could do that.


There was a UK version of That 70's show that lasted only 10 episodes.


The casting was key. the lines are not enough. the actors are needed. anyway, great chat!


Hi! I do enjoy comedies. In fact, I enjoy all genres. I really loved the nine part history of world art called Civilizations on PBS as well. What about you?


I've never seen it. Did you know that Bill Murray thinks Kung Fu Hustle is the supreme achievement in comedy?


Ha! I wasn't aware of that but can't really disagree with him there! I wonder how he feels about Bromantic comedies like Hangover, Harold and Kumar, Pineapple Express, etc?


I do. In fact, I enjoyed 3rd Rock From the Sun. I'm so glad it won a golden globe for best comedy series back in 1997. It had tough competition but won and rightfully so!


I used to watch the Simpsons, there is an episode of him where bart neither appears nor is mentioned.


Is that so? I've never seen that episode but would love to. I bet it's weird not seeing him. I loved how the Simpson's crew sent the South Park producers flowers after they aired the Family Guy episode. Ha!


Yeah, that is pretty interesting, they must be pretty good friends I suppose.


Either that or they both hate Family Guy. Ha! Were you a fan of 70s show at all? I was curious to see the UK remake but sadly, it was cancelled 10 episodes in. I was pretty upset over that.


I was. I also heard that it failed in the UK remake, not a surprise though.


Hard to believe that failed 10 episodes in while Pokemon has filmed over 750 episodes which is basically 50 episodes for 16 consecutive years.


Yeah, that is crazy. even crazier is that I've never once seen it. But I've played Pokemon Go.


I haven't seen a Pokemon episode either. Maybe I can catch it on Netflix though? I mean between Netflix and YouTube, they account for half the peak internet traffic in north America so I'm sure they have some episodes of Pokemon.


Yeah, that is crazy, from 9-12 they account for 33%.


That and they actually spend 20 times more on postage than bandwidth. Can you believe that? Like, how is that possible? Ha!


I'm not actually sure that is true, unless they have to send a lot of letters in the form of bills.


Agreed! It's very puzzling. But regardless, do you think Blockbuster is kicking themselves today for passing on a chance to buy Netflix for $50 million? Especially considering it's worth  $2 billion today?


No, I don't think so. They probably would have run it into the ground. It doesn't make a difference.


Well it's crazy to think a $40 VHS late fee inspired Reed Hastings to start Netflix. Where would we be today had that not happened? Ha!


Yeah, that is pretty hilarious, if it is true. Well, nice chatting with you.


I don't usually watch movies on Netflix, but I know that there are over 50 mllion subscribers in the US. Quite popular.


Yes it is. I like a lot of their original content. Hace you seen any of their shows?


I probably have seen some of their films. In the evening, Netflix uses up 33% of North America's bandwidth.


Wow, that's a lot! Have you ever heard of Hannah Gadsby?


Haven't heard of her. What does she do? Who is she?


She is a comedian. She had some choice words for "good men."


These days, men get a pretty bad rap. Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby.


Yeah. I am trying to figure out what she is getting at and can't figure it out...


I guess she had a netflix show a few years back but I had not heard of her. Her point is that good men have a different line when with friends, locker rooms, with wife, daughter, etc. She suggests that we cannot be trusted with that line (men).


I bet the same is true for women as well. Different around different people. Do you like comedy?


Sure! I don't agree with Bill Murray's assessment of Kung Fu Hustle.


I haven't seen it, but I think that Bill was pulling our legs when he said that.


That makes more sense... I have questioned that for a long time.


All the time. Do you know when it was invented?


Yes that was back in 1997 by Hastings and Randolph in California


Yeah. Have you seen their movie, Fireplace for your home?


I have not seen that. Do you know how much bandwidth uses in the morning in NA?


I have no idea but that movie is just a fireplace for a whole hour


WOw that must be relaxing. They use one third of the bandwidth in the morning


Wow that is a lot. Have you heard of their job as taggers?


No but it sounds like it could be a cool job, what does it entail?


All you have to do is watch their content and tag it


Wow I want that job. They still spend 20 times more on postage than bandwidth though


Yes. Blockbuster laughed when netflix told them to focus more on online services


WHo is laughing now though. DO you like comedy?


I love it. Did you know Chapman from Monty Python used to be a doctor?


WOw that is cool. Demetri Martin dropped out of Harvard to focus on comedy


Wow. COmedy Central has been around since 1989, that is amazing


That sure is. Do you know what bromantic comedies are?


I am not sure I know what they are, is it a special kind of comedy?


Yes comedies like Hangover and Harold and Kumar and such


I had no idea that Netflix was worth $2 billion. Can you imagine if Blockbuster had bought it back when it was selling for $50 million?


My thoughts exactly. This has to be one of the worst business moves in history!


Think about it: we could be saying Blockbuster and chill instead...


I didn't know that there are more international subscribers than American subscribers - that, too, is very surprising!


I had heard of services similar to Netflix in other countries, like Fox in Australia, so I was surprised, too. Netflix has basically come to replace TV


I would imagine they will dump there DVD rental service soon since there postage costs are 20x more expensive than their bandwidth costs.


Yeah, that was interesting. Who do you think it still renting their DVDs other than the elderly, I suppose?


Well, definitely the elderly, but also real cinema buffs, as their physical DVD collection still far outweighs their streaming library.


I didn't think of that. Netflix has some of my favorite movies, but they don't have as many old movies as I would like.


Too be honest, if Netflix didn't have great original content, I could find other streaming services as well. What's your favorite movie comedy, to switch gears a little?


The movie Wet Hot American Summer. Pure comic genius. How about yours/


I haven't seen it - but heard about it. Probably This is Spinal Tap, although I'm sure there are others in contention that I'm not thinking about.


That's a great movie, too. How about older comedies like Charlie Chaplin?


I like Chaplin's Great Dictator. But frankly stuff like Chaplin and Buster Keaton is too slapstick for me Do you have a favorite bromantic comedy?


I Love You, Man was a pretty good one. I think slapstick was much earlier though


That's a good one. Certainly, the Hangover is a classic bromantic comedy, and Planes, Trains, and Automobiles is a great classic one, though a stretch for bromantic comedy, maybe.


I've never even heard of that one. Speaking of movies and shows, do you subscribe to TV service anymore? I feel like it's dying with all the streaming services available


Yes, I do get Comcast Xfinity, but I'm close to be a "cord cutter." I've used Youtube TV and it's pretty great. Do you do TV service anymore?


I used to until about 3 years ago. All the shows I loved like South Park are all available on-line.


Hard to believe that there is only one episode in the Simpsons where Bart doesn't appear or is mentioned. There must be close to 1,000 Simpson episodes, maybe more


I wonder if there are any episode where Homer doesn't appear? Probably not


Maybe in one of the weird Halloween episodes, but yeah, you're right - hard to imagine Homer not appearing in an episode!


I also love South Park. I love that the Simpsons crew sent flowers to the South Park creators for the Family Guy episode


Merry Christmas!  I am just about to watch something on Netflix.


Merry Christmas ! What are you watching ?


I was thinking of watching Stranger Things. Have you watched that series yet?


Yes I did. They did a great job showing the 80s :) music, clothing, etc.


I am looking forward to it.  Netflix has really come a long way in just a few years.


absolutely, from like 2 movies in 2016 they went to dozens in 2018. They're doing a great job !


I agree.  They haven't completely eclipsed HBO, but they definitely put themselves in front of nominations.


...but didn't GoT got the most awards ? I don't remember...


I know it is the banner program for HBO.  I bet GoT is expensive to make, but it is still doing really well.


yes, but sometimes the fact that Netflix has SO many tvshows, it doesn't mean that the quality is high as well...


I guess if you put a lot out, something is bound to be good.  Can you believe that between 9pm and 12am, Netflix accounts for one third of all North American bandwidth?


sorry I didn't understand that ? Netflix accounts for one third of all North American what ?


Bandwidth is how they measure things like internet/wifi usage.  So what it really means is a lot of people are watching Netflix each night.


I believe whatever network you are using measures it.  Regardless, it's crazy to think that Netflix was started by someone who racked up late fees on a movie rental.


movie rentals ? Is that who founded Netflix?


Now he probably sits on a beach ans drinking whiskey :) he doesn't have to work anymore :)


I know!  His company is worth $2 billion, and another company decline a chance to buy it for $50 million.


That was Blockbuster which used to be a movie rental place, but I believe is now bankrupt.


I don't know who initiated, but I know they thought $50 million must have been too much.  Have a Merry Christmas.


Hey do you like Vincent van Gogh? Apparently Willem Dafoe is playing him in a new movie called "an eternity's gate"


Oh, yeah. I like him. He was a wonderful artist. I like Dafoe too. He is quirky.


Yep I agree with you. He's pretty weird haha. do you like any comedies by the way?


Yes, I do. I like Bill Murray's stuff. He is good. I like bromatic comedies too.


Yeah Bill Murray is awesome, he recommends the movie Kung Fu Hustle, have you ever seen it


I have not. I think he might be pulling our legs with his review. I wonder if he really likes it.


Well I saw it and it is ok, but it's definitely not a supreme achievement in LOL unlike Seinfeld which I think is actually awesome


Not sure how 3rd Rock beat them. I guess it was a political decision. Comedy is tricky. That 70's show was remade verbatim in the uk. 'days like these' was cancelled after 10 episodes. I don't think it translated to UK culture.


No I don't think they got the humor. I'm shocked that yes 3rd Rock won the Golden Globe, I personally like Seinfeld friends and Fraser even more than 3rd Rock


Yes I watched from time to time. I can't believe there are 60 million subscribers in the United States alone! That's insane


People love Netflix for convenience and probably quality. They still mail out DVDs.


I heard about that, apparently it costs 20 times more to mail out a DVD than just to stream it LOL those poor people that still get DVDs in the mail


I think they don't have bandwidth in their area. Can't stream. Blockbusters really blew it by not buying Netflix.


Yep they sure did, originally they could have bought them for only $59 and imagine that now Netflix is worth two billion LOL


$50 million is a steal in Internet terms. Now they are huge. One day, though, some company might do the same thing to Netflix.


Yes I think Disney is coming out with their own version of Netflix actually. They are going to keep all of their shows exclusive to their platform. I don't think anyone is clamoring for Lillehammer, which was the first exclusive show Netflix produced, but they will be clamoring for Marvel movies


Yes, Disney is finally making the move to online. There really is a huge market for kids. They will watch on their phones.


Yep I agree with you, I'm just glad that Reed Hastings was charged that $40 late fee for Apollo 13, that's what inspired him to start Netflix


He wants angry and had a mission. Good for him. Now he must have insane cash.


Yep I'm sure, the other founder of Netflix, Marc Randolph, is definitely rolling in the cash to LOL


Hi.  Do you subscribe to Netflix?  From 9PM to 12:00 AM it accounts for approximately 33% of all bandwidth in north america


Yup. I am part of the Netflix traffic each night. You? Heck, I've even watched their infamous  fireplace film.


Yes we do.  I'm glad to be part of the Netflix traffic.


I'd love to work for them. Maybe I could get a job as one of their paid "taggers?


Why don't you apply?  Blockbuster did not want to buy Netflix for $50M when it was offered.


Epic fail!  Netflix suggested to Blockbuster in 2000 that is use Netflix as their online service and Blockbuster just laughed at them.  Look whose laughing now!


I know, right?  I did not know that Netflix still sends dvds by mail.  They spent 20 timer more on postage than bandwidth.


I never liked mail service delivered DVDs. When the postal service fails the user would get blamed for it. Today's streaming Netflix allows us to bypass the hassle.  So we can enjoy TV without concern over the mail service!


I totally agree with you.  I have never ordered DVD by mail.


It seems like that would be something Homer Simpson would do. You know, in the first 400 episodes of SImpsons, Homer held 188 jobs? I wonder if one of them was working for Blockbuster?


Probably.  I read about south park producers who received flowers from the simpson crew?  What was the reason?


Good question... I don't know. DId it have anything to do with the episode whre Daniel Radcliffe voiced a paraody of Twighlight's Edward Cullen?  I think the episode was Treehouse of Horro.


What other topics would you be interested in chatting?  I do not watch television, that is sometimes shortened to telly, any longer.


How about Shakespeare? The only one of his plays not adapted to TV or film was The Two Noble Kinsmen. Know anything about that?  Shame yo don't watch TV. You miss the cultural advantages of being exposed to the likes of Monty Python..


I only watch news via internet.  I heard of Monty Python.  Please tell me all about it.


British comedy band. One of it's players, Graham Chapman, was a medical doctor before he gave it up to focus on comedy.


Oh okay.  Back to Neflix, I did not know that it has more then 137 million subscribers worldwide.


Nice. You can watch some good old Monty Python films on Netflix, like Search for the Holy Grail. Did you know, the creator of the Python programming language named it in part to honor Monty Python?


I will watch Monty Python films on Netflix.  Thank you for your recommendation.  There are a few countries that do not allow Netflix, do you know which one they are?


No. Do you? I do know that in some European markets, Netflix monitors illegal downloads to decide which movies to purchase.


Two of them are China and North Korea. There are more, I think.  Anyway, I've got to run.  Nice chatting with you.  I wish I could be as funny as you are.  Good night.


Hello. Did you know there is a Bartless Simpsons episode?


Haha yes, learned that recently. The haha is for your use of "Bartless." Love it! Are you a Simpsons fan?


lol. That's the only way know how to describe it. Not so much anymore, I am trying to get into South Park, it's not working.


Then Family Guy probably isn't for you, either. SP did a Family Guy episode kind of making fun of them and the Simpsons crew sent them flowers for it


That's hilarious! I've been watching That 70's show, and learned that there is a British version.


Is the show being well received over there? Their brand of humor is very different than American humor.


It was canceled after 10 episodes, I'm not surprised as their humor is more on the drier side.


I wonder if they have Netflix or a different company that provides the same service?


I'm not sure, I know it is available in Brazil.


There's also still a Blockbuster in Brazil, believe it or not!


Is there really? I know they declined to buy Netflix, which would have saved their business.


There's a Blockbuster in Brazil and even one left in Oregon


I knew there was one in Alaska. I wish Thomas the Train was on it, I like the episodes narrated by George Carlin.


I think Ringo Starr also narrated at some point. I probably would've preferred George Carlin's voice to Ringo's


Yes, he did. So did Alec Baldwin. Those were good episodes too.


I never really watched it as a kid. I was big into Pokemon


I never was, thankfully my kids aren't either. Days Like These, is the name of the british version of That 70's show.


Oh, cool, thanks. I'm still very into Pokemon ;)


Some of them are ok. I liked the movie I Love You, Man but I didn't care for the Interview, which I saw recently. How about you?


Ah, yes. Seth Rogen and James Franco making weed and fart jokes the whole time, lol


My son recently watched Kung Fu Hustle, he didn't get any of the jokes, lol


Bill Murray holds that movie in very high regard, apparently, so I'm considering adding it to my list. Did you watch it with your son?


I've seen it before. I have to get to work, thanks for chatting with me.


I sure do. Did you know Chapman from Monty Python was a doctor?


No, I didn't know that. Are you a Bill Murray fan?


Yes he gave up his practice to turn to comedy. Yes I sure am


Interesting. I liked the movie Groundhog day, have you seen it?


Nice I do not think I have seen it, it is any good?


It's pretty good. Not as good as Stripes though.


I don't anymore. I heard they cancel too many shows. Any idea how many?


They have cancelled more than 100 since 1989


Wholly Molly! That is a lot, do you know why?


Maybe they just were not up to what they wanted? Just guessing though


Interesting. By the way, do you watch TV?


No, it is horrible. I used to a long time ago when it was funny. What about your?


I watch the Weekend Update sometimes which is the longest running skit there


Yeah, I know it. I remember when Dennis Miller used to host it. That was when it was good. Now, eh....


I used to when I was younger, not so much now. Well, nice chatting with you!


Hello there, I am well thank you.  Do you watch much television?


I watch a little.  I remember as a kid watching tv in black and white monochrome.  Do you?


Yeah I remember watching a bit on an old black and white at a friend's house when I was younger.  I watch a lot of sports now.


Yeah I sure do, my favorite team actually has the best record in the league right now, how about yourself?


That's cool.  My favorite all time player was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.


That's awesome, Kareem once played for my favorite team and won them a title!


Cool, his dominant use of the dunk, got it banned from college basketball for over a decade.


Yeah that is pretty funny looking back at it now, I wonder what those people who banned it would think of the game today?


They'd be shocked for sure.  Did you the know the Supreme court has a basketball court on the top floor and it's known as the highest court in the land?


I think I have read that before, what I want to know is what kind of bets are placed on those games!


Probably if the notorious RBG aka Ruth Bader ginsberg will fall and break her hip.  Sorry, I know I'm terrible.


That they might have bet on as well, and it's ok I like humor like that!  Too many people today are too wussy! LOL


Amen, you never know if you'll encounter a snowflake or two.  Lol  Do you realize the New Zealand basketball team is nicknamed the "tall blacks"?  How in the world is that allowed?


Yeah the New Zealand names for their sports teams are a bit weird.  I think their rugby team is nicknamed the 'all whites'.


And yet here in America, we can't even honor the indians by using a smiling one as the mascot for the Cleveland Indians. It's a good image, he's smiling, happy, and has all his teeth.  What's not to like about it, but oh, it's racist.  That's a bunch of BS.


Agreed, yes the native americans here were screwed over pretty bad but yeah really, the Indian logo is a problem?  It is a bunch of BS, like that Christmas song that was banned because now its sexist or something.


Exactly, I know what you mean.  Baby it's cold outside.  Somebody has way too much time on their hands to sit around and think that crap up.  Man, get a job. Do you watch any golf?


Exactly, and yeah I do watch a bit when I can, how about you?


Yeah, I watch and play.  I'm no good, but I keep trying.  I read somewhere that golf courses in America make up more land space than Rhode Island and Delaware, combined.


That is crazy! And yeah I tore my ACL and had to get surgery this past summer, so I didn't get out once!  Anyways, it was nice talking to someone with a sense of humor, I hope you have a good day.


Hey I actually have played golf. Even though I'm horrible haha what about you?


I have made noble attempts, but I am horrible.  Definitely not going to quit my day job.


Nope and what's weird with golf is that it doesn't use a standardized playing area. That makes it very different from a game like football for instance. Also I think golf takes so long. 18 holes takes a long time for me


It is a long time, Im sure If i didn't spend a lot of time in the sand traps, and other hazards the game would move a lot quicker though.


Haha you're probably right. I don't like that golf courses use so much water per day almost 300,000 gallons per course seems like a lot


I was really surprised when I heard that, I guess with the large amount of grass they have to keep in tip top shape it does make sense, but does seem a little excessive.


Yes you're right. there are a lot of golf courses thought. apparently all of the golf courses in the United States would take up both Rhode Island and Delaware put together


That is pretty large.  I wonder how many holes the one course in Dubai is that requires 4 million gallons of water a day.


Yeah see now that number is insane. Also insane is that Babe Ruth was a famous golfer! I only know him from the baseball records that he had


I didn't even realize that he played any golf.  It seems that there are a lot of other athletes that play golf semi-regularly.


Yes I think even Michael Jordan played golf right? What do you think about Samuel L Jackson? He has a clause in all of his contracts that allowed him to play golf twice a week


I guess when you reach a certain level of fame, you can ask for whatever you want, and those demands will be met.  I wonder how golfers get paid in comparison to college football and basketball coaches.


That's a good question. I do know that basketball players make a ton. I don't know how much Tiger Woods gets but I'm sure its a lot. do you ever watch basketball?


Usually only around tournament times, it seems to be the most exciting.  Plus I dont have cable, so it is when most games are for sure shown other places.


Yes I don't have cable either. did you know that the dunk was banned in college basketball for over a decade?


I head it was because Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was so dominant at it.  It would be crazy to imagine Basketball without the dunk.


I know right. It would be a lot less interesting in my opinion. Do you watch any television by the way?


Usually though Netflix, but I love Family Guy, the Simpsons, and shows like those


Yes I like those shows too. I especially like the one Simpsons episode where Bart does not appear and just never mentioned. I was very flabbergasted during the whole thing haha


I cant seem to remember that one, but since it is one of hundreds I  can see why.


Yes how many seasons are they on now? isn't it like 20 or 22 or something? They have more seasons than Pokemon does, and Pokemon has about 750 episodes


Hello, how are you? Do you follow any sports?


I'm good, well I don't but I do like the basketball they play in the Movie Space Jam haha


I like basketball, but I can't dedicate the time to watch it. I would rather play as well. My parents always watched golf when I was growing up, but I find watching it a bit dull.


ah, ya I think golf is boring haha, but it is interesting that Antarctica has disc golf, have you played that?


No I am not familiar with that. Did you know that Babe Ruth was a golfer, and was America's most famous golfer?


no I didn't I only heard he played baseball, also that the USA has more golf courses than the rest of the world combined apparently


Wow, did you know that there is a golf coarse in Dubai that uses 4,000,000 gallons of water a day, just a tad excessive.


ya that is a waste, also a waste that the military runs over 200 golf courses worldwide to the tune of 140 million dollars every year


Wow, not surprising but very wasteful. Even in America one golf coarse use over 300,000 gallons of water.


ya that is very silly, did you know that the YMCA invented both basketball and volleyball?


You don't say. I did not know that. In 39 of the 40 states the highest paid state employee is a college football or basketball coach,


that is wild, also wild that vasectomies go up during march madness haha


Weird, Did you know Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's overuse of the slam dunk got the shot banned from college basketball for over ten years?


haha I heard about that, seems crazy to outlaw the move, also crazy is Shaq only made 1 3pt shot in his whole career


Interesting. Did you know the supreme court building has basketball court on the top floor? They call it the highest court in the land, lol.


haha that is funny, I wonder if they ever decide cases by doing 4v4's with one person as teh ref


Lol, that would be a sight to see. New Zealand had a national basketball team, there nick name is the "tall blacks"


haha ya that wouldn't go over well in the USA, do you watch any Television by chance?


I would agree, lol. I do watch TV, what do you like to watch?


well I have seen the show shark tank, apparently most deals from teh show actually don't go through in real life


Interesting. I have kids and they watch THomas the train, Ringo Starr, George Carlin and Alec Baldwin have all narrated the show for at least 52 episodes each.


ya I remember seeing that, also I remember that homer had about 188 different jobs in the first 400 episodes which is crazy haha


So, you much of a fan of basketball or golf? I find it neat that Babe Ruth was once America's most famous golfer!  Guess that was before he found his niche in baseball.


I like basketball yeah, not a big fan of golf but both are great sports.


Basketball isn't too bad... do you know they have a basetball court in the Supreme Court building?  The call it "the highest court in the land".  Wonder who they get to play there?


I didnt, must be great to watch a game there and probably Lawyers vs Judges or Criminals vs Judges


Criminals vs Judges would be rather interesting!  LOL.  Speaking of high things, they say in 39 out of 50 states the highest paid state employee is either a college football or basketball coach.  Man, I picked the wrong profession!  :)


So did the inventor of the game lol, he was a basketball coach but a terrible one, how is that even possible! he made the rules for the game


Well, knowing how to play and being able to play isn't always the same thing.  I can tell you all the moves of chess, but there's not a lot of people I could beat!


Chess is a really challenging game, golf is also a challeging game


Always though golf would be cooler if they used hand grenades... but that's just me.  :)  Did you know Sam Jackson is a big golfer?  He requires his film contracts to allow him to go golfing twice a week during production!


He must be a really big fan then, golf couses require a lot of water, excessive ammounts of water


Oh, yeah, especially in Dubai!  The golf course there requires 4 million gallons a day!  I bet a lot of it evaporates in the heat!


4 million gallons wow, more that 10 times the water normal ones require,


I've read about this guy who's a diver for golf courses, he finds lots of balls (sometimes even entire sets of clubs!) when he goes down into the water!


He must have a lot of balls then, does he get to keep them?


Actually he cleans them and resells them to various golf shops.  Sounds like a neat way to make money.


It does sound like a great business idea, some balls must be worth a lot specially the ones used in pro tournaments


Especially if someone famous has used them, like say Tiger Woods or someone big like that.  Jumping tracks a bit.. do you watch much TV?


I do like to watch TV its one of my favorite forms of entertainment


Did you know That 70's Show was remade in the UK?  It was cancelled after 10 eps though...


The show must have been terrible, only 10 episodes! thats terrible how was it called?


They called it Days Like These.  Neatly enough, The Office is also based on a UK show of the same name.   It's had better luck though.


The Office is a great show, I like it a lot


Yes all the time. Do you know why the NY area code is 212?


Yes because it was easy to dial on a rotary phone


I did If two of them get stuck together there is no separating them


Yes I heard that too. Do you know how wide are the phone cables?


Yes they are pretty narrow only 2.7 inches wide


Yes and they lay on the bottom of the ocean floor


Yeah I wonder how they do not get tangled with the animals and such


Good point. UNICEF donates clean water when we do not use put phones


I want to know how they do that so I can help more there


Me too. the iPhone has more power than the nuclear icbm deterrent in the US


Yes sometimes. Day Lewis won the Oscar three times for best actor


Yeah that guy. Blazzind Saddles was also nominated for the of them


Yeah. Do you know who has the most Oscars?


Yes that would be Walk Disney with 22 of them under his name


Yes that guy has made it difficult for others to beat it really


I know. Eminem has more Oscars than Johnny depp, di Caprio and some other combined


That is mind blowing. Even the Oscars were nominated for 9 Emmys


Hello!  Did you know that the 3 wealthiest presidents in American History were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson?


No but I can see how JFK, Washington, and Jefferson are the wealthiest presidents if you adjust for inflation


True!  Up unitl 1805 the runner up in the U.S. presidential election would automatically become the vice president.  That would be interesting to see how that would work in this day and age.


Well if the runner up of the presidential election became vice president today it would make for a hell of a reality show


No doubt! lol  The first president of Zimbabwe was called President Banana.  I wonder how much grief he got over that name back then?


I don't know but if anyone deserves grief it's the indonesian president who released 3 pop albums


Right!  Sounds like he had too much free time on his hands.  Did you know that the U.S. president has a guest house?


Yea and the President's guest house is larger than the actual white house


Nice!  That's interesting.  President Obama's secret service codename is renegade.  That's kind of neat!


That is pretty cool, so is being able to see Obama if you zoom in on the White House in google maps


That's neat.  I'm going to have to try it and see.  He was the 44th president of the United States.


I never knew Obama vetoed just 2 bills during his presidency, I figure he would of vetoed more


Yes.  Seems low.  I bet he wouldn't have gotten along with Franklin Roosevelt who vetoed 635 bills.  lol


Wow 635 is a lot. I guess even if Obama was born in Kenya he would still be eligible to be president


Yes.  One time when he visited India they removed all the coconuts in the trees surrounding one of his destinations.  They must have thought they would be used against him?


I guess the secret service was worried a coconut would fall on Obama's head.


LOL  I think I remember a few years ago Keith Richards fell out of a coconut tree when he was trying to get one.


Lol that's pretty funny. Did you know in Korea they have a type of freestyle called a compliment battle?


I didn't know that.  Be curious to see what it's all about.  Before becoming a rapper Eminem wanted to be a comic book artist.


Yea I heard Eminem is a huge comics fan, his favorite superhero is Spiderman


Nice!  Busta Rhymes voiced the reptar wagon in the Rugrats movie.  I haven't heard his name mentioned in awhile.


Nice. Well I got to go. Nice chatting with you.


Nah Everything digital. I do think its a good ideal to keep one around though.


Yeah just for the nostalgia or catching the waves from Jupiter


Well you never know what will happen in the future. There is a radio station that translates solar activity into sound and you can listen live to the sun's music.


A few weeks ago I tried to make a foxhole radio using only a razorblade and pencil. It didn't work for me.


Sounds interesting. Radio is the technology of using radio waves to carry information, such as sound, by systematically modulating properties of electromagnetic energy waves transmitted through space, such as their amplitude, frequency, phase, or pulse width.


Did you know that Canadian citizens must listen to Justin Bieber music 40% of the time on their radios?


Didnt know that but i was told that 80% of radio played in Canada must be Canadian. not sure if thats true or not.


Do you listen to classical music at all?


I love classical music when i get a chance to listen to it. One of the most popular radio acts of the 1930s was a ventriloquist.


Same here. I listen to free stuff on the internet and stream other music through Facebook.


Facebook grew into a monster.  Facebook held its initial public offering (IPO) in February 2012, valuing the company at $104 billion, the largest valuation to date for a newly listed public company.


I signed up for Facebook about 5 years after they first got their start in 2004


I wasnt into social media a lot. i didnt sign up until a few years ago, if you can believe that.


I think Facebook is not likely to last if they keep up with violating the privacy of their users unknowingly and act like they did not realize what they were doing


Its all an act, once they went public it open them up. Its one of the ways the government gets its information. A third of all divorce filings of 2011 in the u.s. contained the word 'facebook


Mark is a very smart man but his company will quickly lose value if he doesnt start looking out for his subscribers. Most have stared a movement called "quitfacebook" over the recent drama about selling user information to Netflix and Spotify


Didn't know that. There are more people on facebook than there were people in the world 200 years ago.


Facebook dominated MySpace when it came out and now MySPace is a thing of the past. I wonder if there will be another generational platform soon


Well i guess its possible because technology is not slowing down at all. it will probably be virtual.


MySpace could have bought them out for 75 mil


I do not really use facebook that much.  But most everyone uses it at least a bit.


i do not have an account. I was concerned about privacy and security.


It does concern me as well.  30 percent of US adults use facebook as their main news sources.  Also concerning


Yes, how much real news is actually left on that site? How many facts get distorted? Yes, concerning.


Facebook has really come a long way since 2004 when it first came online.  Zuckerberg is worth billions!


Yes, but he is still colorblind! He should spend that money on finding a cure. LOL


I think it is strange to think that there are more people on Facebook than there were people on Earth 200 years back


Yeah, the population is growing so fast. Soon we will cover every inch of this planet. I hear that the kids are moving away from facebook.


Even if the kids do, the adults will still keep at it.  And they are the ones that have to money to buy things that are advertised on FB


Yes, it will be the social site for grandma and grandpa LOL The kids will want a space of their own.


It will be pretty soon that everyone will use social media for the majority of their communication.


Yes, i worry about that. people communicate to digital spectres on the other end, kind of like you and I are doing. seems...distant.


I mean, facebook has its uses.  It allows people to stay in touch that live far away from each other.  Also it is a good way for small business to get their name out there


Yes, that is true. i think for a commercial front end, it is useful. too many people put their lives out there. I want to avoid having my data used.


It is hard to believe that they almost called the like button the "awesome" button.  Does not really have the same ring to it


Yeah, that sounds like a millennial terms. Like is fine. Awesome is juvenile, too bro-ish.


Over 1/3 of all divorces have the word facebook in the paperwork.  That tells you that something has gone a bit crazy


Yeah, people leave a trail of deceit and infidelity on fb. Anyway, great chat!


Yes, it has been good talking about the facebook juggernaut that plagues the internet.  I wish I had invented it


I like Korean freestyle complement battle. You?


I have never seen or heard it but it sounds interesting. I like rap sometimes


I didn't know that Eminem dreamed of one day becoming a comic book artist. How do you like that street cred?


Yeah that is pretty cool. DO you like Tupac?


Ah, the artist listed in the library of congress under "cultural significance" is a mystery to me.


Yeah, I guess it was powerful music. A judge in Michigan gave the ruling in the forms of rap because it was a suit against Eminem


Nice...   Rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular...When it's put to music it can be spectacular.  Uh huh.


Yeah pretty awesome. On another topic, do you know much about presidents?


Yeah. The Pres of Indonesia released 3 pop albums while in office.


Yeah I wonder if he is any good or if people listen to his music just because he is the president


Yeah, maybe they call him "President Banana" behind his back, like they called the first Pres of Zimbabwe?


Haha good point, maybe they do. DO you know much Obama?


Unfortunately, yes. When he visited India, they removed all the coconuts from around his destination.


Hmm interesting one. If you zoom in on Google Maps in the white house, you can see him there


While in office, FDR vetoed 635 bills during his presidency. Obama vetoed 2.


Yeah that is a huge difference. Do you know what his secret service codename was?


It was actually renegade, not sure who came with it though


It wopuld have been fun if the old rules were in place when BO ran for the president...the one where the runner up automatically gets to be VP.  Then Romney would have had to be Obama's flunky.


Yeah that is an interesting rule they had then. It was nice chatting with you.


How's it going, are you interested in animals? There are over 1.5 million living species


It is going well, Yes I am Interest in animals, I love horses.


Horses are pretty cool, I remember as a kid I wanted to be a zoologist until I found out that they aren't paid much at all


Yes you are right, they don't make that much, I didn't know Insects considered animals.


Yea, it's scary that there are over 1 million species of insects


Yes, I haven't thought there were that many animals.


Individually there are about 20 quintillion individual animals on earth, I don't even know how much that is lol


either me I don't think that I can count that high, animals developed white patches on their foreheads when they are domesticated.


That's pretty interesting. Did you know hiccups are an evolutionary hold over when land animals had both gills and lungs?


No I didn't know that, I heard that animals like some fish was able to live on land for a short period of time, gill and lungs.


I wonder if the loch ness monster is considered to have lungs or gills, it is a protected animal in Scotland


Wow I thought the loch ness monster was a mist, I didn't know that tv sighting was real.


Probably isn't but is still protected just in case. Germany also has strong animal protections and have given animals universal rights


That's true in germany a person will serve jail time for failing to yield the right away for animals.


That's pretty extreme. The German state Scleswig-Holstein has a weirder law that makes it illegal to like things on facebook


Yes true, do you trust facebook, If you trust them, do you have a facebook account?


I don't trust them but have had an account since it facebook was created back in like 2004


I have an account also, but I don't post anything on it or login my account, I am business doing other things.


Yea I don't post anything personal or let my work see it. Facebook has been going downhill since they let 13 year olds create profiles in 2006


Did you know myspace turned down  offer to buy facebook for $75 million.


Yea, that was a bad decision. Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Hi!  Did you know that Busta Rhymes voiced a character on Rugrats?


Wow, I didn't know that. Rapper tupac shakur's music is in the library of congress of "cultural significance."


I've never really listened to his music, maybe I should check it out if it's so significant!?


It's pretty catchy but rough lyrics.  Before he became a rapper, eminem's true dream was to become a comic book artist. his favorite superhero was spider-man.


I could see that, he's skinny like spider man!  Did you know Korean rappers have a "Compliment Battle" kind of freestyle rap?


I know, it's nice that they rap nice things about eachother instead of insults!


When you zoom into the white house on google maps you can see barack obama


Is that right?  I'll have to give that a try!  I was surprised to learn that the wealthiest presidents in US history were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson.  I guess JFK wasn't a surprise, but the other two...


Yeah, me too.  I believe Trump is the richest.


I wonder...  Did you know the first president of Zimbabwe was called President Banana?  What a cute name!


Maybe they have a lot of bananas there?  I just looked on Google and I don't see Obama.  Am I doing it wrong?


I'd like to look also.  Maybe he's hiding.


Maybe!  Do you like voting for a vice president or do you think it should be like it was in 1805 - the runner up for president automatically because VP?


There would probably be a lot of arguing in the white house if you had two opposing sides trying to make decisions all the time...


So when Barack Obama visited India, they removed all the coconuts in the trees around his destinations.  Do you think they were affraid they would fall on him?


Good evening? Catch anything good on the radio today?


No, I haven't listened to the radio today. When I do, I'm usually an NPR person. How about you?


Oh, I'll listen to almost anything! Except maybe this station in Finland that has a weekly program conducted entirely in classical Latin. That might be over my head!


Did you know there was a Hanson song that become one of the most requested tracks in Chicago because the DJs didn't mention the name of the band?


Ha! Tricky! You can really listen to anything on the radio. Classical latin news, Hanson, or even radio storms on Jupiter. Did you know that ? Jupiter has radio storms so strong you could hear them on AM radio!


There's also a radio station that can translate solar activity into sounds so you can listen to the sun's music.


Wow. You know, soldiers in WWII made radios using a razorblade and a pencil. I wonder what
 kinda stuff they picked up?


The odds were likely Bing Crosby. He filled more than half of the radio time dedicated to music in 1948.


Wow! Is he Canadian? According to Canadian law,  radios are required to have at least 40% of the music played be Canadian.


Haha. Bing Crosby? No, he was an amazing singer from the US.


I couldn't remember if he was American or Canadian, but I can definitely remember his voice! He'd definitely go viral on Facebook if he was around today, don't you think


Oh, I'm not so sure anymore. His Christmas music is still regularly posted on Facebook.


Well I hope nobody in the German state of Schlesweigholstein is "liking" them, because the facebook "like" button is illegal there! I never would have guess that could be a law!


Originally, the engineers wanted to call it the "awesome" button, so I wonder if they would've been okay with that?


Haha! The "awesome" button?! It's crazy to think how common facebook feedback has become. Iceland is rewriting their constitution via Facebook! The public can make suggestions and alterations, right through facebook!


There are now more people on FB than there were people 200 years ago.


Wow! I guess that is why at it's IPO in February 2012 it was valued at $104 billion!


Apparently, a little over a quarter of American adults get their news from Facebook.


That is so many people! It's hard to believe that when it started, it was just limited to Harvard students!


When I first had Facebook, you had to have a school email and be over 18 years old.


I know! Since 2006, they've allowed anyone who claims to be 13 years old to register. Seems a little bit young to me. Especially since there are so many advertisements.


Definitely. Well, it's been nice chatting with you. Have a good night!


Great thanks! Yes I am. The earliest precursor of rap was in West African tradition.


Yes, it is a musical form of poetry. do you have a favorite rapper? i do not know the genre well.


Tupac is a classic. His music is in the library of congress of cultural significance.


He was an amazing talent. a great rapper and a dancer as well.


Yes very true. Today though rap is so closely associated with hp hop they almost mean the same thing.


I dont know how they differ, but I dont listen to either one. by the way, do you pay attention to politics?


Yes I keep informed! I definitely pay attention to what the president says as he is the head of state!


Yes, there are many interesting facts about the presidency. did you know that trump is not the wealthiest president?


Yes apparently the top 3 presidents ranked by wealth are JFK, Washington, and Jefferson!


I am not surprised by JFK. he got money from his father, who smuggled booze during prohibition.


Oh I never knew that interesting. The first president of Zimbabwe was called banana!


What a nickname. i bet he loved that! i wonder why banana, but fruit are as good a nickname as any, i guess. what about trump? should we give him one?


haha I think he has been given enough nicknames by the Dems. The president of Indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office. Wonder what he got done for his country though?


I guess he delegated most of the responsibilities to others. he needed to go stylin'.


Yeah that makes the most sense! Obama should have released an album! He had 8 years!


eight years is enough to get at least one album done, true. he could have teamed up with some musicians, and hit the charts.


Yeah that would have been funny to see. His secret service codename is Renegade.


That is a cool name. I wonder if he chose the name? What name did Trump get? Anyway, great chat!


Haha nice nicknames. He only vetoed 2 bills in all 8 years! Great chatting with you as well, have a wonderful day.


Only 2? that seems quite low. i guess he didnt need to veto. FDR was different, I heard. Have a great weekend!


Hey what do you think about Gary Oldman? I personally think he's an awesome actor


Gary Oldman is the man! He has had some controversy around him though.


Yeah I guess there's some controversy over whether he was physically abusive to his ex-wife. Do you think that actually happened?


it would not surprise me. there is a lot of domestic violence. i dont know if he has been violent with others though.


Yeah I think he's won an Academy Award didn't he? Did you watch the Academy Awards this year? Apparently there are 24 different awards that are awarded during the oscars


Yeah, it takes forever to get through the awards. i dont watch the show. he finally got recognized for churchill, right?


Yes I think so. One of the actors that I like best is Daniel Day-Lewis though, he's won best actor three times


He is just amazing. he was great in my left foot. he was also a boxer. Tom Hanks has two i believe.


Yep that's true and even Blazing Saddles was nominated for 3 Oscars which is crazy, you would ever see that movie get made anymore, it'd be too controversial


youre right it would NEVER get made. the humor cut to the bone, but that is why it worked.


Yep I agree. It's crazy that the Oscars were actually nominated for Emmys, that seems like it's self-serving almost LOL


yeah, the giant mutual admiration society of hollywood. lets celebrate ourselves! Wee!


Haha yes! and speaking of Oscar wins, stop how Eminem has more Oscars than Leonardo Dicaprio and Johnny Depp, which is insane to me because I don't think Eminem is that talented for an actor


i think he probably got it for writing tunes or something. he is a good rapper, but i figure that Leo and Johnny are due.


Yeah I agree with you. Do you want a car by the way? I just had to get my oil changed


I do want a car. cant afford one at the moment. i had a dodge long ago. the thing ran forever.


Well that's good. I wonder how long the Model T lasts? Do you think that they still run? Apparently they were first created back in 1908


i bet you can find them. i dont know what they do for parts though. interesting cars that made it possible for the common man to own a car.


Ya cars are interesting and so are laws in different countries, for instance and South Africa you can put a flamethrower on your car LOL


That would be great! i wonder how much it would cost to put one on a cadillac. Anyway, great chat!


Yeah I can't believe that the name Cadillac comes from the explorer who discovered Detroit haha! I'll have to keep that in mind


How's it going. Do you know it's impossible to separate two phone books with overlapping pages?


No I didn't know that. I never tried it though, I also didn't know that an iPhone has more computing power than our nuclear missile deterrent system, that's scary LOL


Yea it is really scary the Iphone has more power than the icmb deterrent


Did you watch the Academy Awards this year? I never knew that it is made up of 24 individual awards


I watched a little, I never knew the first reward was given in 1929


No that's a long time ago. And the first broadcast was on the radio in 1930, definitely before TV haha


Now the Academy Awards are broadcast in over 200 countries


Yes that's very impressive. Also impressive is that over 3000 Oscars have been handed out ever since the Academy Awards started


Yea and out of all those Oscars Daniel Day-Lewis was the only person to win best actor 3 times


Yes he's very talented. So is the actor and rapper Eminem, Who somehow has more Oscars than Leonardo Dicaprio and Johnny Depp


But not more than Walt Disney's 22 oscars


No Walt Disney definitely has the most,  and im even shocked that Blazing Saddles was nominated for 3 Oscars because you would not see that kind of movie made today


No but Blazing Saddles was hilarious and deserved those Oscar nomination


Yes I agree. Do you have a car by the way? You ever go through a drive-thru


Yea, I never knew Mcdonalds invented the drive thru in 1975


Yes they invented it because soldiers couldn't leave their cars while wearing fatigues, I wonder if that rule has changed because I see soldiers in fatigues all the time now


Must have. It's pretty cool you can legally equip a flamethrower onto you car in South Africa


That is really cool. I would probably take that on picnics to help make me steak sandwiches haha, did you ever played a video game Gran Turismo?


Yea a long time ago but I'm nowhere near as good as Jann Mardenborough


Yep that's the guy that beat 90,000 people and actually now races in real race cars professionally, what a lucky guy


Hello, I do sparingly. Definitely not as much as the 30% of adult Americans who use it as their primary source of news.


That is a high percentage. I hope they cross check sources.


I'm pretty sure it was never intended as a source of fake news, but where there's money to be made from advertising, there's room for misinformation. Facebook actually makes most of its revenue from ads.


Yes, through the years I feel like my newsfeed has been taken over my advertisements.


It seems crazy that it started out back in the day as a platform for just a select group of college students and now there are more users than there were people in the world 200 years ago, right?


Probably! Did you know Myspace turned down an offer to buy facebook?


That sounds like a terrible business move, although there's no way they could've foreseen it being valued at $104 billion at its IPO based on their experience with social media.


I know! They could have bought it for only $75 million!


That's probably how much in attorneys' fees divorce lawyers have earned as a result of all the relationship troubles it's played a part in; a third of all divorce filings in the U.S. in 2011 contained the word "Facebook"!


Oh wow! That is scary. Did you know the like button is illegal in german state of schleswig-holstein?


I wonder if there's a translation issue there? Seems like an impediment to free speech. Facebook engineers actually originally wanted to call the like button the "awesome" button--I wonder if that would've been acceptable.


I have never thought of that. The like button is so harmless. I wonder if they have a different version.


Maybe they have different gender options, too. At this point, there are 56 different custom gender options in addition to male and female.


Wow I did not know that! That is very specific.


Yes, it's very inclusive. There's so much information there these days, sometimes I just find it easier to watch non-news TV than keep up with everything on the internet.


My parents wouldn't let me watch it growing up for whatever reason, but I've come to appreciate it. Fun fact: in the first 400 episodes, Homer held 188 jobs.


I think most of the jobs don't exist in the real world haha. You can't believe everything you see on TV, after all; for example, most deals on the show Shark Tank are never enacted in real life.


I am going to look more into Shark Tank. Have a nice day.


hey I'm good, how often do you wear clothing? I know I wear it every day haha


Hahaha! Yep, I do where clothing, everyday usually. especially while I am playing Golf. Did you know you can visit a store in Alabama that sells only stuff from unclaimed baggage from airports?


haha would you buy those? I would feel like stealing knowing that they were someone elses clothes haha


Hahaha!! No I don't think I would buy clothing from there...but the electronics I would! I wonder if they do have clothes there that were made by Apple when they had a clothing line back in the 80s!


oh I would totally wear that even today! I wonder if its worth any money now


I bet it is! I wonder if they have any Pilgrim clothing haha, they wore all black for special occasions, I love black clothing.


haha ya I would still ilke to see these colorful clothes they wore though, how come you dont see any pictures of that? haha


Hahaha, I have no idea! Would be interesting though! I wonder what color of clothing the president wears when he is playing Golf?


ya golf clothes are always colorful, I don't watch golf though I think 18 holes is too long and boring haha


I don't watch Golf either, way too boring. I wonder why the Golf courses use so much water, an average course takes over 300,000 gallons of water to maintain!


yup, and a course in the dubai desert uses 4 million gallons a day, thats insane and dubm


Wow, no kidding! I guess the green on the Golf course being in a very hot climate would take a lot of water, but that is insane!


ya, also insane was the babe ruth was a famous golfer, I only knew he played baseball


Really? Wow, didn't know that...interesting!  Or like Sameuel L Jackson needing a contract during filming that he gets to play Golf twice a week haha, smart.