That must be important.    How much of the Earth is covered by water?


About 71% of the earth is covered by water.  Mostly oceans.  Guess what is in the Earth?


I know there is a solid iron inner core.


Yes, solid inner core, a liquid outer core, a zone called the mantle then the crust where people are.


Back in the early earth the day was much shorter, right?


4.5 billion years ago, a day was 5.5 hours long.  So, that is very short.


True.     Did you know that if the earth's history were compressed to a single day, humans would only be around for about a minute!


That is amazing to learn.  I, for one, am glad we will be helium -free by the end of the 21st century.


Cool.     I think I am going to go apply for the Ambassador to extraterrestrials job the UN opened up!   Thanks for the chat!


I love it. Do you know how the albuquerque team got its name?


Hmm not sure. Do you know why the managers wear uniforms?


Not sure but the team got the name from the team in the Simpsons


Nice. the managers can play so they keep the uniform on


Nice. Do you know how many balls are used in a MLB season?


Hmm I bet a lot but do not know the number, what is it?


I love cars. Do you know how the drive thru came about?


The soldiers were not allowed to leave their cars in fatigue so McDonald's invented the drive thru in '75


Nice one. Did you know in Ohio is illegal to warm up your car?


Hmm strange. DO you know why the trunk of the car is called such?


I ave no idea. Did you know Audi had to create a new horn when they entered the Indian market?


WOw did not know that. Do you know much about Earth?


I know that thanks to Jupiter we do not get some asteroids to hit us


Yes. And sadly, we have destroyed more than 80% of the forests


Yes that is unfortunate. Did you know the Hudson Bay region has less gravity?


Cool. Did you know the day originally had 5.5 hours only?


Nice one. did you know the earth is much denser than the sun?


Nice. And the earth will be helium free by the end of the century


Hello, how are you.  I just saw that A 114 year old man in South Africa thinks it's finally time to quit smoking.


yea.....I have also heard the same. His name is Fredie Blom


Yes, he was born in 1904, the same year Rolls-Royce rolled out their first car.


yup....that same year the Wright Bros. built their second powered plane....busy year


Yes, and  New York opened its subway system and celebrated New Year's Eve in Times Square.


wow...so much happened that year. Did you know around that same time MLB player Denton Young pitched a PERFECT game?!?


No I did not, Fridie Blom  He smokes cigars, does yard work, drives and drinks whiskey. And he's 108.] He told BBC News that he gave up alcohol years ago, but he still smokes tobacco several times per day.


Yea ...Blom says he wants to stop smoking but the urge to smoke is sooo strong


According to BBC News, it hasn't seemed to hurt him. Blom has no real health issues - only a slower gait and some trouble hearing.


lol..maybe because he uses his own tabacco


LOL, maybe so.  It's pretty amazing.   France's Jeanne Louise Calment who holds the Guinness record for the "oldest person ever." The woman, from Arles in southern France, was 122 when she died in 1997.


wow 122 years old!! Ive heard that Guinness World Records ask for a great deal of paperwork and proof to hold that title.


I know, right.  Family members said he still works with his hands, "making fire" and working around the home.


I know.  He is my new hero.  Changing topics, did you know that Kickball is also called soccer-baseball canada


Yes I knew that. Even though the game of baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two opposing teams who take turns batting and fielding, the game has different names in different places of the world


How about this.  A man found three million dollars worth of 1900s baseball cards in his grandfathers attic- hidden since the 1940s.


can you say jackpot!!! did you know that Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.


No, I did not.  More than 80 percent of the earth's natural forests have already been destroyed


that is awful. did you know that the earth formed over 4 billion years ago?


Do you think money can make people do bad things or do you think bad people make the most money? I think there's some rap songs about this.


I think that a lot of rich people are famous, so when they do bad things, it is more public.  I do not think rich people are more inclined to be bad


I feel like overall, poor people might have more reasons to do bad things. It certainly is something I've heard artists rapping about. What about you?


I don't know.  The rich are more likely to cheat on their taxes according to a study.  So that is not good.


Very interesting! I think the government definitely needs help recovering tax money that hasn't been paid. Maybe it's why the US isn't doing too good financially.


Maybe they should sell some of the land they own in Nevada.  They own 86 percent of the state.  That might help with the debt


I wonder what the government could use that much land in Nevada for? Do you think they have natural resources they havne't disclosed to the public there?


I figure most of it is just hiding alien bodies and spaceships.


It could be...I once saw this video of these adventurers who wanted to check out the borders of the gov land in NV. The guards came out with lots of guns and were very angry and saying they would arrest them.


Maybe wikileaks could expose Area 51 secrets just like it does other government plans


When I heard of wikileaks, I really wanted to think they were kidding themselves. I thought the secret government information they had was probably just fake. Now I'm not too sure. Do you think their info is right?


Probably about half of it is accurate and half of it is b.s.  There has to be something to it if the government is making such a big deal about taking them down


I once heard someone saying they thought that the wikileaks was made up of the government employees loser children that couldn't get other jobs, and that was why they were in the news...was to make money. What do you think?


I think that sound like a pretty bad explaination.


Yes, it's amazing what you can hear as an opinion nowadays. I think the government probably make enough to sustain themselves and their children for many years, anyway. Or do you think not?


Well, there are a lot of rich folks in the government, so their kids are probably doing ok


Would you ever want a job working for the government? I sometimes go on the websites that have government jobs and they pay good but usually there are none available.


Maybe.  If I worked for the US I could not have to worry about being arrested for violating the Geneva Conventions


That would be a good thing not to worry about. Well, I'm gonna go research why the US government can't be more like Norway and donate a bunch of money to the Amazon Rain Forest. I wish I could visit there! Well, cya!


I would love to go to the rain forest.  Except for the monkeys.  They can be mean


I think the government probably protects most of the monkeys. I agree, they can be mean, once one threw stuff at me. Well now I think I'm more in the mood to watch funny monkey vids! lol ttyl!


Hello there, do you know much about Tesla?


Hi! I know a little. Mostly because of all the press Elon Musk gets. And I've heard of Space X, a prospective project of his, I think?


Yeah he sure does get a lot.  Yeah he founded Space X.


But I don't know what exactly it is or what its purpose is. Like, Tesla? Electric cars. Paypal (also him)? Money transfers. Space X - ???


Yeah he is a strange character, I think the space race for making money has already begun.


I guess if Tesla isn't enough to stop the progression of pollution, we'll all need a new planet to live on


Yeah that is a very good point.  Did you know that Toyota owns some of Tesla?


No, I did not. Is Tesla a publicly traded company?


Yeah it sure is, their stock price has done really well the last few years as well.


Dang, maybe I should invest. I always wish I were smart enough to invest in something on the ground floor, like Starbucks back in the 70's and 80's.


Yeah same here, I always miss the good ones like buying Facebook under $30, now its $160 at least just a few years later.


I remember when they had their first IPO and everyone being disappointed at how it wasn't doing well for a while at first


Oh yeah same here I remember that day and the weeks after.  Back to Tesla though, did you know Musk took a $78 mill paycut in 2014?


Did he do that to reinvest in the company?


I am not sure, most likely though, I guess he took home $1 salary that year!


Did you see the tweets about the booty shorts that said Tesla on them?


Lol, no I never did but that sounds absolutely hilarious!


Oh, it was a riot. He said they would be made available in the Tesla merch shop, would be unisex, and paired with thigh-high boots and thigh-high socks "with pockets for lipliner and cards."


Yeah unisex ok Musk lol.  I just know the day he joked about taking it private at $420 a share and him smoking marijuana on that show took the stock down quite a bit.


Crazy rich people who are also extremely smart tend to be eccentric. There was a rumor that he was on acid when he went on that tweeting spree, but I doubt it. He was just being funny. He said they'd be "unis3x" and "s3xy" (these are quotes!).


Oh I get it haha Musk.  Well its been nice talking with you, I hope you have a good day!


Hello - I am good. How are you? Do you like Tesla?


Sure, seems like Elon Musk is pretty good at founding companies.  Telsa, PayPal, Spacex.


I agree. Did you know the model S runs on Linux?


Yeah, I had read that somewhere that it did.  I also read that Tesla sells solar panels, and solar roof tiles, how advantageous of him, since California recently implemented their new Solar rule for new homes.


That's a really good idea. The model S is road tested on an indoor track since their cars don't produce any emissions.


Elon Musk took a $78 million dollar paycut to his Tesla salary in 2014.


Well, that was nice of him to do.  He's already pretty rich, I'm sure he didn't miss it too much! lol


Yea he's loaded. Toyota owns 10% of Tesla.


You know I had read that and also that Tesla had helped Toyota develop their 2nd generation RAVev, also.


That's pretty cool to know. Switching gears, did you know the 3 wealthiest presidents were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson?


That's funny, I would have though, a Bush, Clinton, or Trump would have made that list.


Lol, if he's ever forced to release his tax returns.  We'll all really see what he's worth!


Did you know the white guest house is bigger than the white house?


I have heard that before, I'm not sure I believe it though.  They must not be figuring in all the Lower levels of the White House.  That place is massive.


I bet it's huge. Teddy Roosevelt banned Christmas trees from the white house because he was such a conservationist.


Good guy, old Teddy was.  George Bush had solar panels put on the White House.


That's a good idea to have solar panels put on it.


Yes, it was, very GREEN! Well, it's been nice chatting with you this morning.  I hope you have a good day, friend.


He's best-known for Tesla, which is interestingly named after Nikola Tesla, not Elon himself


Which are both innovative. Tesla also makes solar panels, which makes sense


Yeah, and because they're so environmentally friendly, the Tesla Model S is road tested indoors.


That model is so safe that it broke the safety testing equipment. It couldn't handle the safety


Haha, that's the most ironic thing I've ever heard.


Another incredible thing the company does is make their patents public because they want to encourage electric vehicle technology to advance, even among their competition


A competitive market is a healthy market, after all. Elon Musk understands a lot of things that must be done for success. He took a $78 million paycut in 2014 from his Tesla Motors salary.


That's interesting. It's also funny how Toyota owns part of Tesla, and that Tesla helped with the Rav4Ev. I wonder if they've contributed to a lot of Toyota's hybrids


I think it's cool that the Model S can run the Linux operating system.


Maybe that contributes to its safety features. I like that the models are both sleek and environmentally friendly


Yeah, it's funny how we have cars that run advanced computers, but the White House still uses floppy disks for storing files.


They might be secure, who knows? What's also funny is that the White House had solar panels installed by Carter, but then Reagan had them removed


That's weird for Reagan, he was kind of progressive in other regards. I guess they're back now because George W. had them put back on.


Jimmy Carter must have had some concern about energy though, because in 1977 in the winter, he had the thermostats set to 65


That's pretty forward-thinking, too. Teddy Roosevelt was a pretty extreme conservationist, too, as he had Christmas trees banned from the White House.


He might be part of why we have the fake ones now. I wonder which President was in office when the tradition started that they mail a congratulations card if you send the White House a birth announcement


That's cute they're so observant over something like that, but can you believe it took Secret Service 4 days to realize bullets struck the White House?


I guess they didn't hear then the shots were originally fired. I find it interesting that there's a replica of the White House in Atlanta. I wonder who lives in it


There are also two twin buildings it Ireland and France!


No, but I want to. THe Model S is quite the looker. They test it on an indoor track since there are no emissions.


Elon Musk returned all of his salary save $1 in 2014.  Wow.


He doesn't need it. I also loved it because it runs Linux.


Yeah, he did found Paypal and spacex.  Dude doesn't need cash lol


Definitely taking a gamble. Do any sports betting?


No, never have.  I know a lot of people like that but gambling always seems like flushing money down the toilet.  Have you?


I've done my share of it. Jersey has authorized online betting for their Atlantic city casinos. I may give it a try.


I do wish gambling were legal in more contexts because it seems like a great way to raise revenue via taxes


Yeah it can be.  Guess they had to after allowing Draftkings to do it there too.


You can do draftkings on your phone, right?  Seems like that would be tough to compete with.  Sorry, I have no idea about any of this stuff lol


Yep, the Presidents guest house is bigger then the white house!


WOuld love to be a guest there. Believe it or not but Trump is not the wealthiest president.


That doesn't surprise me.  Trump has gone bankrupt 4 times lol


Yeah it was JFK, Jefferson, and Washington. I assume they are accounting for inflation.


They would have to be.  Also, most of Jefferson and Washington's wealth was from owning huge plantations


I feel like our presidents lack a certain style. The president of Indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office. Maybe that's what Trump is doing with all that "executive time".


Haha, too funny!  He could release an album or change his name to a fruit like the first president of zimbabwe


Hah! Imagine if Hillary had been the Vice President if they still did it like they used to where the runner up got that job? THat would be a fun White House.


Talk about entertaining! I think that would be totally dysfunctional, too...well, to me it's already dysfunctional I guess


The white house has twin buildings in Ireland and France


I guess the president would feel at home traveling to either of those countries. I wonder if they have the solar panels too?


Good question.  The white house still uses floppy disks for storing files...um...what?! lol


Hard to hack since no one else has them.


Me too, I wish I owned a cadillac, do you know what they are named after?


Yeah it was antoine de la mothe cadillac


that is right, he founded Detroit. I think Cadillac rolls off the tongue a lot better lol


Do you happen to have a flame thrower attached to your car?


hahaha no unfortunately i dont, why? Do you? haha


I wish, apparently it is a thing in South Africa lol. I wonder if they have a bunch of carjackings all the time


They might if having a car is considered a luxury


I bet it is, crazy world we live in. Do you ever use the drive thru at Mcdonalds?


Me too it is great! They invented it in 1975 to help soldiers who couldn't leave their car in their uniform


For sure, I bet their profits sky rocketed when they invented it, especially by army bases


I am sure it did and they capitalized on it too obviously


For sure, speaking of Mcdonalds, apparently they pay rappers 5 dollars everytime they mention big mac in their songs


Oh yeah? Well, cant get better advertisement than that, huh?


right lol! I kind of want to create a song with like 1000 big mac mentions in it, then live on the royalties lol. It was so nice chatting with you!


You too!@ I hope you have a great night! Bye


Hi! Yes I love dance and I like to dance as well, how about you?


Nice. Yeah me too, I enjoy it. Even Bruce Lee was a great dancer


Wasn't he? I believe he won a cha cha championship long ago! He must be a very good dancer.


Yeah he did, good for  him. Same with Tupac except for he was a ballet dancer


Wow, that is awesome! I love ballet, although you go through 4 pair of pointe shoes every week which gets expensive. I never stayed in it but do love it!


Yeah that I can see getting expensive. Babies apparently dance to music spontaneously


Awe, I love babies. That is true, they can stay with the beat too, and they smile more when they hear music. I was on the phone with a friend and her daughter was dancing to a video on tv it was so cute being on video chat!


That is so cute and so much fun. Did you know Michael Jackson has a patent on a device that helped him make his dance moves smoother?


I read about that! And I always thought he was just that talented and couldn't figure out how he could lean so far hahaa!


There you go. Do you use your phone much?


I love my phone. It's nothing fancy but I use it like a computer and I can stay in contact with distant friends and relatives. I like to travel back home too but it is expensive.


Yeah it has become very useful these days. Did you ever use a rotary phone?


Yes, I grew up using a rotary phone. We didn't have a cordless phone until I was in my 20s lol...best thing ever!  The phone books were a pain back then lol.


Yeah it seems that if two books got stuck together it was impossible to separate them


Exactly lol! It is amazing too that UNICEF donates a day of clean water to a child that needs it for every minute by not using your cell phone.


Yeah such a great initiative. DO you know why NY area code is 212?


I believe on a phone that is the fastest numbers you can dial...on a rotary phone anyway.


Yeah, exactly. Apparently an iPhone has more computing power than the entire US nuclear icbm deterrent


Wow, that's crazy! Great fact! Do you like to travel at all? I love it!


I love it too. Have you ever been to Japan?


No I haven't been but would love to travel to Japan and many other countries someday! Have you been?


I have been actually but I traveled around by bus. Good decision since I now learned that travelling the country by car costs about $300 in tolls


That is amazing! I hope to make it there one day. Well it has been great chatting! I must travel to the store now lol...have a great evening!


Do you listen to Bluegrass music?  There's a hot album out that was recorded 60 years ago.


Good evening, yes, I do actually like Bluegrass music.  This old album sounds interesting, to me!


It's by the Blue Grass Champs.  It was found in a collection of a guy named Leon Kagarise.  He was a studio tech that recorded people like Johnny Cash and Patsy Cline.


That's so cool, I've heard about this man before.  He took the time to actually capture and record these performances. A variable treasure cove he amassed.


Sounds like it... Have you heard of the Stoneman Family?  They did a song called "The Sinking of the Titanic." It was the 1st country song to sell a million copies.


Yes, they are country royalty in my book.  Most people view the "hillbilly" music with ignorance, but it's very beautiful music.


I like the way that music tells a story.  The Blue Grass Champs had no other recordings other than Leon's.


I know and I appreciate all of his hard work to capture, record, and treasure this collection for future generations.  We need more people like him in this world.  On a side note, do you like Country music?


I have a few favorites.  Do you watch TV much?


Yes, I watch a little.  What is your favorite show?


Probably The Big Bang Theory.  I like to laugh.  Did you know they did a UK version of the 70's Show but it bombed after 10 episodes?


Guess it didn't translate too good across the pond?  I like The Walking Dead.


I haven't seen that yet.  If you like Pokemon, you're in luck.  They made over 750 episodes.  Too bad I don't.


Me either!  I could never understand the fascination surrounding the Pokemon craze.  I sure didn't realize there were that many episodes made.


There are many TV shows I don't get.  There is only 1 episode of the Simpsons that doesn't show of mention Bart, my least favorite character.


I like the Simpsons, but I can't remember ever seeing that episode.


Do you travel abroad much?  I hear the Dutch are developing a commuter bus that can do 160mph!


Not anymore.  I used to travel a lot overseas for my job, but I've been retired the last 10 years.  I don't know if I would have road on a bus that went that fast, though?  lol


Ya know, there are only two African Americans in the Country Music Hall of Fame?  I bet one's Charley Pride.  Any guess on the other?


Ray Charles?  I'm not sure to tell you the truth.  Not too many in Country music for some reason.


Yes, so much better then the old days of going to blockbuster.


I agree! Can you believe it all started because of a late fee?


That is so funny. Because of a $40 late fee, it has turned into this!


Even Blockbuster had a chance to buy it for 50 million dollars but declined!


That is crazy. I bet they are beating themselves up over that. Do you know what netflix is now worth?


I am sure they are! They're worth 2 billion dollars! I actually thought it would be more!


That is a lot of money still. Do you know how much they spend on postage?


I'm not sure, but I know it is 20 times more than they do on bandwidth! I wonder how many people still get DVD's through the mail?


I am surprised that is still apart of their business model.


Some people are old fashioned like that haha. Do you watch television too?


I love television. What shows do you like to watch?


I actually like the Simpsons. I never knew there was only 1 episode that didn't have Bart in it!


Me too! I wonder what that episode was about?


I've been trying to find out myself! Were you ever into Pokemon?


I did like pokemon. Do you know how many epsiodes they have?


Wasn't there 750 total? That's like 50 a year!


Yes, thats 50 a year for 16 years straight.


That is crazy! Anyways, great chatting with you! Have a great day!


hey there, did you know that bruce lee was a great dancer? he was a chacha championship winner in 1958


No, I had no idea, but he was good on his feet so I can see how he was a great dancer


I wonder if Michael Jackson was a good martial artist, he does have a patent on a dance move device


who knows . he dosnt strike me as a person into the martial arts, but you never know


Yea maybe. I always found dancing fascinating. apparently ballet dancers go through 4 pairs of shoes in a week. Hope they aren't expensive shoes


i think they are pretty expensive. and speaking of someone doing somehting youd never think, the rapper Tupac used to dance ballet in high school


Yea, I saw a documentary about him that showed pictures of him doing that. He was also in the nutcracker too


yes he was. the number 212 is the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone, you old enough to remember those? haha


I remember a childhood friend still had one, man it be a pain in the ass to use those now


id say just as much of a pain as texting useing an older cell phone with T9. hitting a single key up to 3 times for a letter. my grandma has a rotary still


Lol. Unicef will donate clean water for every minute you don't use your cell phone


that is an interesting way to get a donation.


Yea, I wonder how they are even able to track how somone isn't using their cell phone to donate


i would think its probably a app that tracks screen on time. you cannot seperate 2 phone books that have their pages overlapped.


I think you can if you use an iphone, it has more computing power than the US nuclear icbm deterrent


that is a cool fact. i need to travel sometime soon, was thinking of japan. i saw that all the highways there are tolls and would cost over 300.00 to drive across


King Kalakaua of Hawaii was the first person to travel the world, I'm sure he'd have no issues paying for tolls


no im sure he wouldnt.  i would like to take the cummuter bus the dutch are creating that is supposed to go 160mph. it does sound a little sketchy though.


I hope they are able to pull it off, if they do they can help Iceland, they have no public rail service


the country there is too beautiful not to be able to take a long train ride and enjoy


I get you, I have the same problem so do you like The Simpsons?


I love the Simpsons!  Homer has had over 188 jobs!  Some of them a bit frivolous and probably on in this mind.


Homer is the best! do you also like Bart? there's a strange about him and the series


Bart is really the star.  I hear there is on Episode where he is completely absent though!


Yeah there's an episode where he doesn't appear or isn't even mentioned, that must be a really rare one.


It must, I don't think that has happened more than that once, the show somewhat centers around him, I wonder what the stats on the other characters are.


The other characters are also really popular I like Apu and Moe. Did you ever watch Pokemon?


Never got in to the TV show, I hear there are like 750 episodes.


Yeah 750 episodes and also a lore more than the original 150 Pokemons, its been 16 years since the creation of the show


Yeah, I get into the game on my phone now and again.  Usually when they update something to keep it fresh.


Pokemon Go? I used to play that one then got bored, do you subscribe to Netflix?


Yeah PokemonGo.  I do use Netflix.  I definitely am part of that traffic from 9 pm-12 am


That makes two of us, amazing how many subscribers the service has by now 59 million in America only


There are 137 million total, it is crazy that it all started over a VHS late fee.


Thank God for Apollo 13 and Reed Hastings lol, fees used to be really excessive I can relate to him and his anger.


They did.  Blockbuster deserves that they got for all those stupid late fees.  The movie wasn't probably worth $40.  At that point why not keep it.


I know right, its a used movie and paying $40 in late fees is excessive. Blockbuster also had the chance to buy the company


They didn't, now look where they are... oh wait...


They don't show on the map anymore, I bet they regretted that decision big time later.


I saw one a year and a half North Pole, Alaska.  It was like seeing a Yeti.


I think a Yeti is more common these days lol, anyways its been great chatting with you


I appreciate dance since I cannot dance. I find it a public service for me to not dance. What about you?


I'm not really a dancer myself. I always felt it was like work, like I should get paid to do it. Not that anyone would pay me to dance though.


Oh, like DWTS and such? No, I'm not interested. I prefer music.


Nice. What kind of music do you listen to?


I usually listen to rock and pop, good music for dancing but I don't dance.


Very nice. Who is your favorite artist right now?


I still like the old stuff. Don't listen to much of what the kids like. I listen to stuff from the 70s and 80s.


That's away awesome. I usually listen to that era at least a few times a month. I feel like I appreciate today's music more when I can understand the roots.


I never really had a chance to go to concerts when I was younger. Never had the money.


Sometimes, when I have the time. It's not usually the money, it's my schedule. Do you get a chance to travel?


Not as much as I want. For me it's the money not the time. I get enough time, but with 2 young kids, they take most of the money for college, sports, day care, etc. I wish I could travel more. I am hoping 2020 will bring more. What about you, do you like to travel?


Yeah, I like to travel when I get the chance. I like to go to foreign countries and see the sights, try the food.


Nice. What's the best country you have been to?


I liked Canada. Canadians seem like pretty nice people. Safe country. Clean.


I do want to go there, but in the summer and not winter. It is too cold for me in the winter.


Yeah, you gotta pick your season for Canada. Man, it looks mighty cold there in the winter. I would go to Vancouver or Toronto,one of the big cities.


I will check those out. Nice chatting with you!


Nice chatting with you too! Happy travels!


Me too! Did you know that the dutch are creating a commuter bus designed to travel at 160mph.


wow that is very fast and I think somewhat risky.


I would like to try it! I am sure it is an efficient way to get around.


Do you know that Iceland do not have public rail services most of the Icelanders flight between major towns


when I travel to New York I learn that New York area code was 212 because it was the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone


Wow! I never knew that. I wonder what year that was.


I think it was very long time ago since the used to use rotary dial phones


Did you know that it is impossible to separate two phonebooks that simply have their pages overlapped together.


wow I did not thought about that. Since we are chatting about fact do you know that an iphone have more computing power than an entire nuclear icbm deterrent


That is kind of scary! I wonder how they found that out!


I also make the same question to many facts! But is unbelievable how the internet and phone connections cables runs thru the ocean by just laying on top of the ocean floor just like that being that so important in our lives now a day


Do you like Bruce lee movies? He was a great dancer back in the 1958.


I heard he won the hong kon cha-cha championship.


I really can't imagine him dancing cha-cha but it is true he was very versatile


at least he did it without any devices like Michael Jackson that had a patent on a device to makes his extremes leans dances


I never knew that! What a talented person. Have a nice day.


Do you like Bluegrass music?  There is an album that was recorded 60 years ago and is just now reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Bluegrass music charts.


yeah, I do. I heard of that they were on tv like way back in the day, on some thing called WTTG


Yeah, this guy named Leon pineered a lot of recording technologies and recorded with people like Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline and George Jones.


yeah, I heard he had 23 brothers and sisters.


Yes, quite a family. Have you heard of the Stonemans?


yeah, didn't they make that song The Sinking of the Titanic? really popular country song.


I think so.  I didn't realize Don Owens died in 1963 after falling asleep while driving.


yeah it's sad that most of those things that he made weren't recorded


Yeah, or were televised.  Speaking of TV, did you know that there were 750 episodes of Pokemon? Wow.


yeah I'm not surprised. It's been on for 16 years.


That long huh?  Wow.  I learned that they tried a UK version of the 70's Show and it flopped.  It only lasted 10 episodes.


Yeah, I think it was because they made it verbatim as the original. For some reason they renamed it to "Days Like These" though


I would like to travel to the UK and Iceland.  Iceland has not doesn't have a public rail service and most don't have cars.  It would seem weird.


yeah, but you would get to fly all the time, like they do.


True.  Mackinac Island, MI has banned cars entirely.  Most use horse-drawn carriages or bikes.  I bet that gets cold.


Yeah, it does sound cold, but not as cold as Iceland. Maybe that's why Iceland don't use cars and stuff, it's too cold.


Could be... At least they probably don't have the tolls like Japan where it costs over $300 to travel across the country.


yeah, but how much are Icelandic flights? Might be still be cheaper to live in Japan.


Yeah.  Did you know Jeff Bezos and C&Ws George Strait were cousins?  I can't see that...


I wonder if George Strait borrows money from Bezos, since he is the richest man on earth


I don't think he needs to... Thanks for the chat!


Hey there Hoss and do you watch TV? I usually watch TV or Netflix


Hello there, yeah me too, plenty of tv for me. I like watching shows like Simpsons


Yeah I like The Simpsons a lot. Have you seen the episode where Bart does not appear? I hear that he doesn't show his face and he isn't even mentioned


I have not seen that one but I am really curious about it. Do you ever watch the SNL?


Yes I've seen SNL before. What about you? I can't say it's my favorite but I like the old ones, like in the 90s with Adam Sandler, what about you?


Yeah I used to watch it too but not so much anymore. Apparently the Weekend Update is the longest running skin in it


Oh wow that's interesting. I do like that segment, I bet they had that since the first episode. Do you ever watch South Park though?


Only sometimes. In the SImpsons though, Homer held as many as 188 episodes in just the first 400 episodes


That's incredible, imagine if that were like real life LOL! You would definitely have to write a book about all those jobs. did you know that the creators of The Simpsons sent the creators of South Park some flowers? Do you know why they did that


I wonder if that was ironic in any way or just for wrapping up things. How about plays, do you ever watch them?


No I don't really watch any place to be honest with you. Just TV mostly. I do like that show That 70s Show though, have you seen that?


I have seen it actually a few times. I also watch plays sometimes but did not know that all but one of Shakespeare's works have been turned into plays


That is interesting. I do like Shakespeare one of his best Works was the movie Titus by the way, have you seen that movie?


I am not sure if I have seen that one. How about Shark Tank, do you ever watch that?


I have seen shark tank before. Do you like that show? I heard that most of those deals were fake, what do you think


I have only seen it a few times and now that you are mentioning this fact I think it was a good decision from me to stop watching it, so fake


Yeah I agree with you. I'd rather watch Thomas the Tank Engine it's probably a lot more realistic LOL did you know that they had a lot of famous narrators on that show


Oh that is cool. Was Daniel Radcliffe one of them? I know he did the voice of Edward Cullen on the Simpsons parody


No I don't think he was, but some other guys that were were Alec Baldwin, George Carlin, and Ringo Starr. I love George Carlin so I might watch some old episodes for him


Oh that is a cool cast for sure. Back to Netflix, do you know how they decide in European market what shows to purchase?


No I don't what do they do? On a different topic, how often do you wear shoes? I know that I wear shoes almost every day unless I'm being lazy LOL


I do, I'm into jazz. Have you ever heard of Walter White the Jazz Musician?


I'm not sure of the type. He has a new album called "Breaking Good."


Personally I have been listening to frank Sinatra more lately


I like him. Did you know that the rapper Tupac actually studied Jazz?


Really? I didn't know. I personally like jazz since it maintains its core essence while absorbing the respective local music culture to give rise to distinct styles


It's such a great style of music. Did you know that the Beatles three-month stay on top of the Hot 100 in 1964 was ended by Jazz legend Louis Armstrong?


I like how there is gypsy jazz, kansas city jazz, even cool jazz


It definitely is one of America's original art forms.


it also has many famous fans like clint eastwood


Did you know that Dizzy Gillespie ran in the 1964 presidential race?


He was a legend of the 60s jazz. He had his presidential cabinet made up of all the biggest names in Jazz.


Wow I never knew. Thanks for letting me know


No problem, have you ever heard of Ella Fitzgerald?


She's another Jazz great. By the age of 18 she had taught herself to sing 2 notes at once like Mongolian folk singers.


I will check her out. In any case, thanks for asking


I don't think you'll regret it. I hope you have a great day.


i like dogs. i do not have a dog, but i wish i had one. You?


I have a cat and a dog so I have mixed feelings about the whole issue


I see. do the dog and cat get along? do you get along with them?


They do get along, they are good friends, when the cat isnt scratching the dog and when the dog isnt trying to eat the cat


well, cats will be cats, and dogs will be dogs. you have to expect them to adhere to their fundamental nature.


I guess theres not much do there, did you know Google is a dog company?


That makes sense. a silicon valley firm would like dogs. i bet the programmers bring in their dogs. i would work there.


That would be nice, my company doesnt allow dogs, you know they are really smart the can also see color many people think they are colour blind


Yes, they understand quite a number of words and are probably smarter than chimps.


They can also understand pointing so yea, there more to dogs than what meets the eye


Elephants also understand pointing. perhaps a pet elephant would be good. Does google allow elephants?


I dont think they do, maybe they dont have the space, interesting how they use dogs in Istanbul to keep the streets clean


That is a better choice than elephants. A herd of elephants in Istanbul would not be a good way to collect recyclables.


They would destroy the city so probably not the best choice lol,


Yes, you are right. the elephants do understand pointing, but really they do not understand urban settings and traffic. Good point.


Yeah and their size gets in the way, so do you like Jazz music?


I love jazz. I was listening to bill evans earlier today. do you like jazz?


I do, I was listening to the Pakistan jazz orchestra, they're a really talented bunch, nice music, great skills


I bet they are. Very popular in that part of the world. america's greatest artistic export. anyway, great chat!


Clint Eastwood also likes jazz and its been great chatting with you as well, have a great night my friend.


Hello there, do you watch much television?


Television is the biggest entertainment medium for news, ads, fun. which is famous for transporting the moving images.


That is true, well I watch quite a bit myself.  Have you ever seen the show Pokemon?


Yes. After second world war, the TV is well improved into black and white. TV is the primary medium for influencing the public opinion.


Did you ever watch tv when it was only black and white?


The early bulky and heavily cathrode ray tube is replaced with flat compact.


Yeah it sure was, I remember watching at a friend's house before they got a new tv.  I can still remember the first color tv at my folks house as well.


It is very interesting. Television using high-powered radio frequency transmitter to broadcast the signal of individual TV as receiver using antenna.


That is very interesting learning about the origins of television.


Due to the advance of the technology all the modified today we are using LED tv.


That is true, and they are just getting bigger in size each year as well.


I do enjoy going to live concerts but don't go as often as I would like, how about you?


I like Jazz type of concert which is originated in African - American communities of New Orleans. Jazz spread around the world as the America classical music.


Yeah jazz can be really fun to listen to.  I didn't know that, very interesting.


Cool Jazz developed the end of the 1940s, making pleasant and smooth sound for the pleasant person its the next step the Jazz musics.


That is true, do you know why jazz trumpeters started growing goatees?


Its very interesting its origin is before 18th century.


Wow, that is very interesting.  I know that Clint Eastwood is a lifetime jazz fan.


It is America classical music. Mostly it is like by very one. Teenager is very much interest in it.


That is also true.  Well it was nice talking with you today, I hope you have a good day.


Hi! Did you hear about Pete Munk's passing? He was a Holocaust survivor who also happened to the world's largest gold producer. It was very sad!


No, I did not. Very interesting and sad indeed.


He single handedly transformed the Barrick Gold Corporation from what was a small scale operation to a global empire. The company broke the news of his unfortunate passing but didn't state the cause of death.


I wonder what it was? Curious....Do you like dogs?


Oh, yes! I'm a huge dog lover.  I'm like Google, I prefer dogs to cats and if I owned a company, our code of conduct would state that we're a dog company as well! Ha! What about you?


Yes, the same. I saw that about google. I like them both. I didn't know about dog blood drives.  I love that too!


Agreed. And isn't it crazy that dogs have 12 different blood types as well? That can't be easy for the people performing the blood drives. Ha!


I know, I wonder how stressful it is for the dogs, or how they do it. Good to know dogs aren't completely colorblind and see some color.


That is true and they're also the only animals other than elephants that seem to understand what pointing is. That's pretty cool!


Very cool! I love elephants.Love the idea of vending machines for food and water in exchange for plastic bottles. We need that here!


I couldn't agree with you more! I would love to see us do that here! We would need someone famous to start a movement to get those vending machines here. Maybe Clint Eastwood? Speaking of Eastwood, did you know he's also a pianist and jazz enthusiast. He actually has scored several films as well!


Really, not surprised. I read somewhere he was allergic to horses, with all of his films he was in.


Is that so? That is actually crazy! Ha! Are you a fan of jazz by chance? I am and love that Pakistani jazz orchestra that's topping the charts at the moment!


There's actually a Harlem woman I want to see one day who has held free jazz concerts at her apartment every Sunday for 20 years straight!


She must be very talented! Jazz can be so relaxing.


Indeed. They say even top Jazz performs stops by and attends her free concerts on occasion. I hope to be able to go see it one day!


Have you been to New Orleans? You would love it! New Orleans jazz began in the early 1910's.


No I have not but that is interesting and if love to visit there! Jazz is considered America's classical music. I also love cool jazz which was developed in the late 1940s!


Yes, It makes sense goatees would help jazz trumpeters with comfort. Good chat!!


Indeed they would. You know, before I go, I also want to mention there's actually a programming language that's written in musical composition and the functional programs do have jazz-like harmonies. I think that's so cool! Well it was great chatting with you today!


Do you remember the Micheal Brown shooting in Ferguson Mo?  It was so heartbreaking. The Prosecuter Rober McCulloch said that he was impartial.


I remember too well, very very sad. And since the grand jury decided to not indict Darren Wilson for his murdering Michael Brown it caused so many protests, I don't think it was right. There was so much media about it on Facebook it was crazy!


Mcclloch cam from a white family of police officers and did not recuse himself. This outrageged every Black group that wants to see justice in the black community.


Yes, I read about that too. That organization is called Black Struggle. I am glad that during the election that Wesley Bell defeated McCulloch, maybe things will change.


I think he sent a clear message. McColloch had been in office for 30 years and ran last time unopposed. He was the incumbent and not winning should sent everyone the message!


Definitely! He won by over 50% so that tells you the people want change, especially after such a long time. I remember that case and that story, it was all over the news, Facebook, the radio, it needed to be heard for sure.


wesley Bell won over the incumbent. He pointed out on Facebook before the election; Let's show them what DEMOCRACY looks like. I think it was a positive campaign message.


I agree! Facebook is huge now that every person who needs the public to hear them post on there. And you can get all of your news there too. Amazing how much it has grown!


It is impressive also that Wesley Bell who happens to be black has also served as a judge and prosecutor.


That is very impressive! McCulloch always tried to make Bell look inexperienced...but Bell always had a great come back.


And Yes, Facebook and Amazon are amazing. Did you know that Facebook's color is mostly blue because the founder suffers from color blindness?


Oh wow, really? I didn't know that. It has gotten pretty big, I know it is worth over 104 billion dollars a few years back....hard to say what it is worth now.


I think it will be difficult to hold the higher levels. It is funny that Burger King had a promotion that if you unfriended 10 people you got a free whopper.


I heard that about BK, that was funny! I have always wondered id MySpace ever regretted turning down an offer to buy Facebook now that they so huge now....crazy how things work out.


It is. It is so accepted as communication that Iceland is rewriting their constitution using Facebook so that people can make suggestions and/or changes.


Wow! Before you know it we will be doing our presidential Elections on Facebook lol!


Funny. . ..We may getter greater voter turnout that way. We have not gotten over 63% in over a hundred years.


Right? I agree. We need more people to vote and do it right. Nevada even has a none of these candidates....check box on their ballots.....crazy


there is something unfair that with television, etc. The taller candidates have won since 1900.  So wrong.


Whaaat? That's just insane. The things people take note of...I wonder why that has been that way. I think the radio should make a comeback, maybe they could get some more information out to everyone instead of Fb and playlists etc. Elections need a major overhaul!


So true.  And radio is such a great way to communicate. Did you know that Jupiter has radio storms so strong that the can be picked up on AM stations.


Radio is great! I still listen to it in my car. Wow, that is interesting, I wonder what station that would be on? I could just ask on Facebook I am sure someone knows lol


so funny! I wonder what radio station it is that you can listen to thousands of classic radio dramas for free?


You can? Wow, Another thing to Google. I guess in Canada it is mandatory or law I should say that all radio music needs to be 40% or higher of songs made by canadians.


Hello. Are you a fan of Facebook? Seems like it's been around forever but it actually launched in 2004.


Yes I remember when you had to have a college email to register to use Facebook!


Yeah I remember that too. MySpace actually turn down an offer to buy Facebook back in 2005.


Do you like Facebook? I don't really use it that much anymore.


Yeah I don't use it that much either. Apparently the Facebook like button is illegal in a certain German state.


Yeah I'm not sure. Facebook's founder Mark Zuckerberg suffers from red green colorblindness and that is why Facebook is mainly blue.


I have a friend that suffers from that as well. The NFL had a game where one team wore all red jerseys and one team wore all green. They got a lot of criticism for that because of people who had the disorder.


Oh wow I didn't know that that is kind of funny. Burger King once had a promotion where if you unfriend 10 people on Facebook you get a free whopper. I would definitely have participated in that!


I did not and I kind of regret it! I know the people you unfriended would actually get a message letting them know you did so for a burger.


Oh really? That would make it a bit more interesting I don't know if I would've participated then. Iceland actually uses their Facebook to allow people to make suggestions and alterations to the constitution.


If used correctly it can be a good thing but it seems lately it's just been a tool to spread misinformation.


Yeah I completely agree with you. Back in 2012 the company was valued at $104 billion. But I bet that has gone down since people lose faith in it regarding the fake news controversy.


Yeah, I would have liked to see have seen something come from the Congressional Hearings on how they use our data. Some of these companies really need to be checked on their policies and practices.


I totally agree with you. It is a shame that they could potentially have an influence in elections. During the 2012 US elections international electoral observers were blocked from the polls in nine states.


It definitely led to me being a lot more wary of things I see on social media, I have done a lot of independent fact checking on things I see people post.


Good for you I wish more people did that. Interestingly enough Nevada is the only state to have a none of these candidates voting option for presidential elections.


I know in my state you can opt not to vote for any candidates in a race but it does not really register as you saying I don't like any of them. It looks more like you just skipped a section.


Oh interesting. The voter turnout for US presidential elections hasn't reached 63% in the last 100 years. I wish it would.


I think that it should be a national holiday. Although I suppose more people would use it for vacations than actually voting.


Yeah unfortunately I think you would be right. Since 1900 the taller candidate has won the US presidential election 75% of the time. Well it was nice chatting with you have a good day.


I think elections are important to change leaders.


I do too when they are real elections. I don't believe we have had one of those for quite some time. Just my opinion.


I agree, there's usually only two candidates and many times both are bad.


I agree, and not just that one. I think it's all circling the drain my friend. Do you use facebook at all?


I do. I have an account. Crazy how the company is worth more than $104 billion now.


Right. That, and the fact that MySpace had a chance to by it for only 75M.


They missed the opportunity of a life time, buying Facebook at that price is a great deal


Right. I'm sure they are kicking themselves still. Did you know Mark Z. was green/red colorblind and that's the reason FB is primarily Blue?


No, I didnt know about that, did you ever get a free whopper from that Burger King promotion in Facebook?


Not for FB but a funny story, I got one for a penny for activating the coupon near or at a McDonald's. Burger King is shameless, lol. But a whooper for a penny you can't beat it!


I know right, thats almost for free, Facebook is a company thats growing and becoming more influential, even countries use it.


I hear that there is a country that is rewriting it's Constitution via FB.


Yeah, that would be Iceland. What are your thoughts on that?


Honestly it's either a really good idea or a really horrible one i can't decide, lol!


I think its a good one, taking peoples opinion and suggestions is a great way to improve the country


Yeah that's what i thought, but can you imagine some of the garbage they are going to have sift through. I see new and strange laws and every other kind of thing so im concerned. I'm still 50/50, lol!


Yeah many of the suggestions can also be fake, so it also has its cons


Do you listen to the radio any more or are you like me and have gone digital for everything?


I do listen to the radio, not as much as I used to but yeah I really like it, the radio will never disappear


Yes, i'm sure especially because we can pick up storms on Jupiter through AM radio. I wonder what that sounds like.


Wow I have to Google that like right now, so interesting I have to do it, its been great chatting with you by the way


You too enjoy the rest of your day. You should try making a radio out of Razor blades and pencils to hear the storms on Jupiter, lol.


Hey there what do you think about the White House? Do you know that the White House is twin buildings in other countries as well?


I figure that Ireland and France like all things American. They wish they were America, with our White House and such.


Haha that must be what it is. I don't know why else they would make twin buildings. I wonder if they also have the solar panels on top of those buildings? You know the ones that George W put on top of the White House


Carter put them up during the oil shock. Reagan took them down because the sun is communist. Then Bush put 'em up to show the sun who's boss.


Haha well I guess it's good they're finally back on. What isn't good is that the White House still uses floppy disks LOL I remember using those that the kid they are so crappy


It might be because of budgets, it might be because of security. I don't know. The White House probably still would use quill and ink if possible.


LOL that's a good point, if they're still using floppy disks then I guess anything is possible haha. Also weird that Teddy Roosevelt banned the Christmas tree from the White House, I know he's a conservationist but that seems weird


I guess he wanted to set an example, but the man killed enough wild animals to fill a zoo. Teddy was headstrong, and not always consistent.


Haha you're right about that. I know that he'd like to hunt animals. What scares me is that it took the Secret Service for days to realize that the White House was shot at, they finally found the bullets for days later, that was back in November 11th of 2001


Hm. They should have been on high alert back in 2001 after 9/11. Did you know that the last president to speak a foreign language fluently was FDR?


No I didn't know that. That's kind of sad actually. I also didn't know that the guest house is bigger than the White House itself LOL that seems really screwy and the opposite of what it should be


The guest house was probably built much later, and might hold a lot of guests. I dunno. Trump can't like that state of affairs.


No I don't think you would like that haha. I think he would also not like that the Indonesian president released three pop albums, I'm shocked that Trump and Kanye don't work on one in the guest house haha


Trump and Kanye respect each other as artists, but they work in different genres. Kanye keeps it old school.


LOL I like that. What do you think about Hillary Clinton by the way? Apparently she was a republican back when she was in college


She was from money, plus the right wasn't that far right then. I guess the left was more for labor, and she wasn't from a working class background.


That makes sense. It's weird, apparently when she was campaigning in southern states, she would adopt a Southern drawl, I guess her husband was the governor of Arkansas for a while so maybe she picked some of that up


Bill tends to go full drawl when back with them good old boys. She rejected his marriage proposal. I wonder why she changed her mind.


Oh wow I didn't know that. Also, she won a Grammy for Best Spoken Word album, it was for her book "it takes a village" that's interesting


Hm. I never knew that. I guess the book was popular. I don't think she'll run for pres again. Bernie Sanders just launched. Maybe they will team up. Hillary as VP?


Yeah that would be interesting. I'm definitely interested in who the Democrats are going to run in 2020 she's getting up there though, she was born in 1947, but I think Bernie is older than her so maybe it'll be ok


How are you? I love to watch movies, sometimes TV. How about you?


Yeah I like to wacth tv too. Did you ever watch the simpsons


I used to watch the Simpsons. Great show! But it's a bit past its prime. How about you?


I still love it. Did you know Bart did  not appear in only one epside


I'm not surprised. He's quite a character! I think the show probably is running out of ideas though.


Yeah they have been on air for so long so I would not be surprised if that happened


There are over 750 episodes of "pokemon." that's about 50 a year for 16 years straight. The Simpsons must be getting close to that number of episodes.


I am sure they are if they have not surpassed it already actually


The Earth has never seen a show with more episodes. Did you know that more than 80 percent of the earth's natural forests have already been destroyed?


that is just so sad. Did you know days were shorten when it was formed?


I figure soon the day will be forty hours long, and we'll have to work 20 hour days.


oh man that is just too much, we are already overworked


Three days weekends would last quite a while though. We won't have any helium for party balloons though.


Yeah seems we are going for helium free earth in this century


We'll have to get those fusion reactors on line soon then.


I guess so. Do you believe in extraterrestrials?


I figure there is life on other planets, but maybe they haven't made it here yet. Everybody has a camera, so why don't we have pictures of the aliens?


Yeah go figure, but just in case, the UN has an ambassador in case they ever appear


I figure that's gotta be a pretty easy job. What did you do today? Uh, mostly just waited for the aliens. Any news? No, not today.


Hahahha, I know. You are funny. Nice chatting with you


Yes, I watch TV but it's more YouTube than traditional TV. I guess I do miss out on some things like free comedy films.


No, I've never seen House. Is that a television show or movie?


Oh, I see. When I used to watch television I like comedy shows the best. The Big Bang Theory was one of my favorites!


Oh yeah I loved that one too. Hugh Laurie on the House was the highest paid drama actor though


I heard there is a comedy with Kristen Bell called "The Good Place." I think I mix that actress up with another one, though, with last name Wigg, I think.


Maybe CHristine wigg, not sure. how about pokemon, did you ever watch it?


No, I've never been into Pokemon, much. I think my generation was a kid just before it came out so I never saw it on television or anything. I hear it's one of the most popular games on Earth, though!


yeah it is so popular. the show has been on air for 16 years


I'd have liked the show on TV as a kid for sure, I bet. I don't get how the phone game app thing works though. The pets you can "catch" are randomly generated anywhere?


yeah that is true. and they already have like 750 episodes


It must have been amazing to have been around when black and white televisions went to color!


Yeah that must have been interesting. Do you watch The Simpsons?


Yes I watched a lot when I was younger. My mom used to limit what I watched on the television, though. Did you know there is only one episode of the Simpsons comedy show where Bart isn't mentioned or seen?


I do not recall it but that is interesting considering they have been in air for so long.


How do you feel about the fairly new "bromance" comedy film category? Harold and Kumar was one of them. I thought it was hilarious!


Yeah and I also liked the Hangover a lot, so funny


I tried to watch that comedy film but I wasn't able to watch it without interruption. I like slapstick comedies, too, like Laurel and Hardy and The Three Stooges episodes.


Nice, there are some good ones out there for sure. Nice chat.


The state diner at the White house this Tuesday may not have as many guests as past state dinners.


Its surprising that the Trumps have not held a state dinner before now.


I think he has his reason.  By the way, are you interested in politics


I am interested in political events and find that many of these events reveal much about the personal character of the hosts and guests.


I concur.  Did you know that the very first phone number of the white house was 1


No way! I found it funny that Blair house is larger than the white house, yet when the Bush family stayed there for Bush 41's funeral they had to pull out air mattresses because there weren't enough beds.


It is fascinating about Blair house.  He must be rich


I wonder why the Zimbabwe president was referred to as 'banana'? Perhaps its similar to our reference to the boss as the 'big cheese?'


Yeah, your reasoning makes sense.  Did you know that Hillary Clinton used to be a republican


I did not. I can understand. I've certainly changed my politcial opinions over the years.


Do you think she changed because of Bill Clinton


It's possible. Have you ever visited Monticello Jefferson's home?


Jefferson is fascinating. He was not into pomp and circumstance and would often greet guests in plain work attire straight from his gardens. I can only imagine what a state dinner under his administration would be like. He had many artifacts, plants and animals brought to him by his guests that were unusual or rare.


He was definitely an animal  and natural lover.  His staff must be very comfortable working for him


I bet the presidential staff have the best stories. I wonder if Roosevelt banned all Christmas decor or just the tree and how he handles that with his staff and explained it to guests.


Each president has his own way of dealing with the world and people.  But, all of them are unique individuals


When I visit Ireland this Spring I will need to visit the twin white house. Have you ever heard of it?


I hope i will in the near future.  By the way, nice chatting with you.  Have a happy holiday


Nice chatting with you as well. Maybe we will see each other at the white house one day! Happy holidays!


Hi there, do you know much about the Presidents?


I know some things. I know that I would liked to have gone to an Obama era state dinner. They sounded like amazing parties!


Yeah it sure did. Did you know the president of Indonesia is a pop star


I've heard that! Apparently he or she released multiple albums while still in office. I imagine they got a lot done in a day.


It seems that way. DO you know who the wealthiest US presidents are?


I know Washington and Jefferson were. And JFK, as I recall. I wonder where their wealth came from? Is it because they were in on the ground floor of the country?


Maybe, I assume they must have had a lot of land. Plus we have to consider inflation into that equation


Exactly. And they didn't have second careers as pop stars to fall back on. Nor did they have catchy nicknames, like the president of Zimbabwe, President Banana.


I know right? Speaking of the president, did you know that the white house is smaller than the guest house?


I'd love to see that guest house! Maybe after a state dinner at the White House in the East Room, or the State Dining Room, or on the South Lawn, one might retire to the guest house.


Yeah maybe. Wonder if that is the case in Ireland and France where there are white houses too


That's really curious. I wonder if those white houses also have solar panels?


Yeah I wonder too. Good thing Bush brought them back to the white house here.


I remember being shocked that Regan removed the ones that Carter had had installed. There's no reason to move backward, though, I mean, they still use floppy disks to store files, so maybe technology isn't a serious focus sometimes.


I guess or I wonder if that has to do with security somehow, not sure. Roosevelt on the other hand did not allow Christmas trees there


I suppose Roosevelt didn't have an artificial tree! I had no idea that he was such a serious conservationist. Good on him.


Yeah I guess. DO you know how the VP used to be elected prior to 1805?


I didn't. I always thought they were the person who came in second in an election.


Yeah, not sue how that would have worked today really


It would probably lessen partisanship. It might make people more willing to see the other side. I think they should go back to the early rules!


Yeah, it would be interesting. Nice chatting with you


Hi there!  Do you know much about the White House?


I do, its the official residence of our president, its located in the Pennsylvania Ave.


Did you know that it has twin buildings in Ireland and France?


No I didnt know that, I wonder who lives in those twin buildings


I'm not sure.  George W. Bush had solar panels put back on the White House.


I think thats a great deed, clean energy is the future, thats advanced tech, the White House also uses floppy disks, thats primitive


Yes.  Kind of goes against the solar panels? lol  Teddy Roosevelt banned Christmas trees from the White House.  Kind of odd.


That is an odd thing, maybe his related to the Grinch,


hahahaha  The White House was shot at on Nov. 11, 2011 and it took 4 days for the secret service to realize that bullets struck the White House.


4 days? wow, thats a long time, the secret service takes its job seriously, how could they miss that1


I know.  Scary.  The top 3 wealthiest US presidents were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson.


I guess JFK had a lot of cash the other two are a bit of a surprise.


I know.  The first president of Zimbabwe was called President Banana!  lol


Are you serious? Banana is his real name? thats so funny


Funny stuff.  The president of Indonesia released 3 pop albums while he was in office.


He had a lot of free time I guess, running a country must be easy!


No doubt.  lol  The US presidents guest house is larger than the White House.  I wonder why?


Maybe they have a lot of guests in the year and they need the space,


That would be my guess.  Up until 1805 the runner up in the US presidential election would automatically become the vice president.  Could you imagine Hillary and Trump doing that now?


That would be a mess for sure. I think we would have a lot more troubles as a nation!


I agree.  It was nice chatting with you!


Hello,  did you know the president's guest house is bigger than the white house?


Nope. Have you by any chance ever toured the White House?


Toured years ago. Have to admit I'd love to be invited to a splashy dinner there...


Oh yeah,  did it cost anything to tour it?


Don't remember. Class trip. Do you remember the Salahi couple who snuck into the Obama's 1st state dinner in 2009?


Not too much.  George w bush put solar panels on the white house.


That was Jimmy Carter. Then Reagan had them removed. Shame, don't you think?


No problem. We all get presidential info. mixed up. Still, I'd love to attend a diplomatic dinner (in my dreams) at "the people's house". Agree?


Not really my thing.  Have fun though!  Did you know the first president of zimbabwe was President Banana?


No. Really? That's a fun fact! Did you know that in Lincoln's inaugural photo, you can see John Wilkes Booth, too?


Thats interesting,  maybe he photo bombed it?


Don't know. Seriously, how many presidential photos feature a guy who later murdered that President? Are you a fan of Honest Abe? If so, why?


I dont have a preference.  did you know the president of indonesia made 3 pop albums?


Before or during his presidency, I wonder! Do you think if a reality star like Trump can become US president, any "pop star" could be elected, too?


The rate we are going anything is possible,  probably kanye west will start campaigning who knows


Agreed. Have to admit that I would have liked best to party with the Obamas. They also sponsored great televised concerts with A-List talent. Wish I could have rocked along at any of those events.


Like? Not much, but am sure that if she were Pres. today, we'd have stronger foreign policy. She was a dedicated Sec. of State and traveled extensively in that role.


She was President of the young republicans in college


Kristen Bell's TV show "The Good Place" sounds interesting. I haven't seen it, but I have heard it is very funny.


Ive seen the first season,  it is great!  very funny!


What did you think of the plot twist at the end of the season? That seems hilarious.


It definitely something I wasnt expecting!  Its super funny when she is in heaven and heaven censors all her cursing lol "what the shirt" "holy fork"


I think I'll have to watch it, then. That sounds hysterical! Has season 2 come out yet?


Yes it has!  I just started watching it.  its kind of frustrating though.  I guess Ill have to keep watching.


Frustrating in what way? Is it a rehash of the first season?


No.  at the end of season one,  michael resets them.  so season 2 they have no memory and they figure out they know each other and michael finds out they figured it out and resets them again......etc  Its like Im not sure where they are goin with this


Gotcha. Does it seem like a commentary on religion or God? I have heard that it seems like an analogy for heaven / hell.


They definitely touch on God and it is set in heaven /hell.  No mention of religion at all from what I remember.


Cool. I'm a Christian with a well developed sense of humor, but I don't like overtly disparaging commentary. There is enough on TV that is trash without adding to it.


Its made in good taste.  Its a really fun comedy.  Kristen Bell is amazing! Do you watch a lot of tv?  did u know There is only one episode of "the simpsons" where bart neither appears, nor is mentioned


I don't really watch much TV, to be honest. We "cut the cord" a few years ago. That is interesting about the Simpsons! I haven't seen that show in years, but I don't remember one with no Bart. I'll have to try to find that one on YouTube!


Speaking of interesting TV and film trivia, do you remember that in 1997 the show "3rd Rock from the Sun" won the golden globe for best comedy? It beat out "Frasier", "Friends", and "Seinfeld"! I did not remember that!


I dont remember that either,  but that show was so fun! There are over 750 episodes of "pokemon." that's about 50 a year for 16 years straight.


LOL. There is so much TV and movie trivia out there! It is amazing to think that in just a couple of generations, really, TV and film has become such an integral part of our popular culture.


I know right!  And way too many good shows to even keep up with!


Exactly!  Sometimes it takes me 15 minutes or longer to find something to watch when I am searching on Netflix or Amazon. There are so many choices, and I'm only able to see what they actually have in their library!


Right!  I always try n go for recommendations from friends I cant deal with looking for stuff.  An hour will pass and I still wont find anything lol


Same here, but I do like the "because you watched X" feature. It helps me find additional programming similar to what I know I like.


nice talkin to u,  have a good one.  Hope u enjoy The Good Life!


I like some tv.  Even though I hate to admit it, South  Park is one of my favorite shows.


That used to be one of my favorite shows.  I like how Simpsons crew sent the South Park producers flowers after their Family Guy episode.  I don't like Family Guy much at all.


They are so nice that was very thoughtful of them to do that. Do you know the character Bart?


I do. He's been in every Simpsons episode except one.  That's a lot of episodes.


I know and he was not even mentioned in that one


Did you ever watch That 70's Show?  I didn't really like it.  Apparently they didn't in the UK either.  It's remake there was cancelled after only 10 episodes.


I kind of liked it , in the UK they made it verbatim that is why they did not like it


Yeah, it may be hard for them to understand that part of American culture.  I wonder it other shows like Seinfeld or Third Rock from the Sun fared better there.


Yeah.  They would be my favorites on tv.  Seinfeld is probably at the top of my list.  How about you?


I have.  Those include really tight buddy movies, don't they.  Do you like those?


I kind of like them they can be very funny sometimes, like the hangover


I have never seen that.  Aren't there like 3 Hangover movies?


Yes there are but the first one was the best still


That's what I've heard.  How about Pineapple Express?  I've heard that it's pretty funny, but I've never seen it.


I have not seen it either. Do you know ryan stiles?


Yes!  He was on Whose Line Is It Anyway, wasn't he?  A very funny guy!


Yes. he is funny. nice chatting with you


How do you think our president is doing?


I don't really pay attention to politics. But it's not the first time a president has been elected while losing the popular vote. Five presidents have been elected in this way, with the greatest margin being ten percent.


Wow, that is so crazy, I know Bush and Gore were the last ones, do you know any others?


I'm not sure who they were. In Guatemala close relatives  of former presidents cannot legally run for president. What do you think about that?


I think that would have screwed up the Bush dynasty lol. That is interesting. I wonder if Guatemala's presidents guest house is bigger than their actual house like the US


Yeah, I wonder. How long has the white house been around? Was it there in Lincoln's time? He was the first president to have his photo taken at inauguration and John Wilkes Booth was in that photo.


That is crazy and very eerie! I think the white house has been around since John Adam's days


I find it interesting that Woodrow Wilson is the only president to have had his PhD.


That is so crazy to think, You would think that number is higher. I wonder if trump is in the top 3 wealthiest now, I hope not, he would just brag about that also


I wonder if Trump and HIllary were on the same side at one point? Hillary Clinton was President of Young Republicans in college.


wow, I never knew that. Imagine if it was like the old days when the runner up became vice president, imagine Trump and Hillary together


That would be interesting, probably not great for the country, but I'd whip up some popcorn to watch.


For sure, it could be a new reality show. Nothing would get done but people would love it!


Right. But if we had minimum income I would have more time to watch. What do you think about minimum income? The only president to propose it first was a Republican, Nixon.


I think it would be great for people, but need to be done the right way. Nixon may have had something good going with it, but no one else wants it I guess, your thoughts?


I worry about inflation with it is all, with as high as some people want it to be. So with all the bickering Republicans and Democrats do they still have an annual Congress baseball game between them.


Yea things won't be cheap, that is a good point. I would love to watch that game, it should be like the all star game and whoever wins get some kind of advantage lol


The Republicans are leading by three wins by the way.


dang lol. I wonder how many of the republicans have beards. There has only been presidents with beards that were republican! It was so nice chatting with you!


Well that is interesting. I will have to look that up right now! Nice chatting with you!


Hey there do you play any instruments like the guitar or piano?


I like to play the guitar, what about you?


I play the piano actually haha. I do have a guitar though. I'm just really bad at it. Have you heard of Van Halen?


Yeah he is a great guitarrist, what about him?


Well he literally set studio speakers on fire when he played a solo LOL. do you like Queen?


He did? it must have been one hell of a solo to do that lol, and yeah I just watched Bohemian Rapsody, sad movie.


Yeah I need to watch it again. It is weird that Queen's guitarist has a PhD actually


Yeah that fact was on the movie as well, thats interesting his not only a great guitarist but he is also really smart I bet few playes have a PhD or even a masters degree


He is a great guitarist! he can play a guitar with a coin! Now that is Talent


I agree, he is pure talent, you know that Pink Floyd turned a houseboat into a floating studio, isnt that cool


Wow that's awesome! I do love Pink Floyd. That definitely seems like something they would do. Do you know what band Matthew Bellamy is in?


Yeah Matthew Bellamy is in the band Muse, I dont really like the band that much,


I'll have to listen to them I suppose. But you say they're not very good so maybe not haha. He has a Guinness world record for most guitar smashed. I think that's a really stupid sting to be tracking


Thats insane lol, I guess its as good as record as any, do you like the Piano? Freddie Mercury liked to play it


I do like the piano. It's the instrument that I play. I've been playing for about three years now. it's cool that Freddie Mercury use the same piano that recorded Hey Jude


It must be a magical piano, pianos tend to be really heavye theres an aluminum one that weights about 356 pounts


Yes I have a digital piano and it's very light. But my dad has an acoustic and it is heavy. I wonder if an aluminum piano sounds different or if it's about the same.


I guess its the same thing, the only changes the material and the weight, you know that a group of climbers found a piano on the top of a mountain!!! how did the piano get there!!!!!


Wow that's cool! That was back in 2006. I wish I could go back in time to April 18th 1930. There is no news worth reporting so the BBC just played piano music haha you would never have that today


That sounds relaxing, I like to work with piano music in the background, you know there is a song composed for stress testing auto-pianos


I heard about that. Apparently no human would be able to play it. It's called Circus galop


Hi. How do you feel about the rise of threats against public  figures on social media?


I feel bad about it, there are many wackos in social media


Agree. Did you know FL congressman Carlos Curbelo forgave a 19 yr. old kid who threatened to kill him recently? Do you think that was wise?


I dont think thats wise at all if something does happen to him then he will face consequences even if his not guilty, he will be the prime suspect


Yes, the boy is still under investigation in FL, but Curbelo met w/him and kid apologized. Police also verified that kid was "not a dangerous threat". But you never know, do you?


I wouldnt want to be in the radar of the police, its kind of disturbing how 4 accounts like his comment, the must hate Carlos Curbelo


Right. US has been divided before, over civil rights, Vietnam...But today's nasty, negative vibe seems - worse. What do you think?


I think we are in a dark time, school shootings, the government is a circus so yeah, we are going thru dark times indeed


Appreciate your honesty. Hard to understand, as congressman said. "...why it is someone would...express themselves with so much hate."


Its curious but at the same time he received the threat authorities incercepted more than a dozen explosive devices


Heard about that - all were sent to prominent Democrats and critics of Trump, I think. Talk about silencing the opposition!


Yup so changing the topic a bit do you know how to play the guitar?


I wish. Like Eric Clapton, in my dreams! Have you got a favorite rock guitarist?


Mine has to be Brian May from Queen do you know who he is?


Yes. Bohemian Rhapsody and so much more. Did you know May has a university degree in astrophysics??


I did know that another cool fact is that he built his guitar from parts from an old fireplace and his moms knitting needle


That I didn't know! Do you prefer to listen to an electric guitar or an old-fashioned acoustic guitar?


I like acoustic guitar better, the sound is just more natural, acoustic cover of songs are my favorite ones


Yes, can be a soothing, natural sound. Speaking of stringed instruments (sort of), do you play piano?


I dont play it but I love the instrument, do you?


Lessons as a kid - can't play decently today. Not a fan of auto/electric/electronic piano so much. You?


Not a fan either, steam pianos were pretty nice I dont think they exist anymroe


Never heard of them. Did you know that Freddy Mercury used same piano to record B. Rhapsody as Paul McCartney used to record, Hey, Jude?


I dint know that, that piano must have magical powers lol,


Well said. Thanks a lot for chatting. Enjoy some music you love today! Cheers!!


Howdy friend! Ever hear of Eric Garcetti?


Hello there, no I have never heard of him.  Do you know who he is?


Not really. He appears to be one of the many politicians running for the democratic Presidential nomination.


I don't really trust many politicians these days.


I think he is the mayor of Los Angeles or something like that. A lot of presidential hopefuls are arriving in Iowa and the other early primary and caucus states.


Yeah that doesn't sound fun.  Did you know there hasn't been a non-republican or non-democratic president since 1853?


I haven't seen so many mayors considering a run for the oval office before: mayors from New Orleans, New York city, South Bend, Indiana, etc. I think it takes a lot of guts to try to make the case that running a city is like running the country.


Yeah I would have to agree with you on that, its much different than running a city!


Giuliani was once a candidate, but he did not get very far. He shepherded NYC through 9/11 and earned some confidence from millions of citizens. I don't see anyone that comes close to that.


No, I can't think of anyone that does come close to that.  Sounds like the mayors are in a good position to campaign as outsiders.


If a former reality star can make it into the white house, then anybody that captures 15-minutes of fame at the right moment has a chance.


Yeah that is a good point, I have a good feeling that is the way a lot of people voted in this last presidential election.


I may write in a candidate: the first President of Zimbabwe: President Banana in 2020


Hey make it a comeback, I can support that myself.  Pretty much whatever is different from what we have been offered recently.


We could get the President of Indonesia to write a theme song for the candidate. After all, he did release 3 pop albums while he was in office!


Yeah I think I heard that before, I am curious to hear what those sound like!


Me too! If we win the Presidency with our candidate, then maybe we can stay at the president's guest house. I hear it is bigger than the White House!


Isn't that crazy!  I bet some very interesting people have stay at that guest house over the years.


Yeah. I wonder if the guest house can be seen on Google Earth like the White house can. When you zoom in on Google maps, you can see Barack Obama.


If it is bigger I'm sure you can, and you're just joking right?


No joke. Obama was in the White house 8 years and only vetoed 2 bills. A far cry from FDR who vetoed 635.  Nice chatting with you!


Yes, I would not want to make all the decisions a president has to make every day.  I would be constantly second guessing myself.


Must be hard, everyone criticizes you and then you are the responsible of any mayor screw ups, its a hard job


True, did you know the president's guest house is bigger than the White House?


I did not know that, do you know who the wealthiest presidents in the history of the US are ?


I would guess John F. Kennedy.  I know his family is incredibly wealthy


Yeah he is #1 then there's Washington and last Jefferson.


I wonder where the current president ranks.  It might be hard to tell because some people believe he exaggerates his level of wealth.


I think its hard to know his actual wealth when he hides all that info from the public. Funny how theres a president called Banana


President Banana?  I do not know who that is?


He is the first president of Zimbabwe, Canaan Banana, he sure has a strange name.


Sorry, i dozed off there for a second.  Interesting.  Did you know the president of Indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office?


Really 3 pop albums? I guess things are slow in Indonesia lately, he must have a  lot of free time


Times are a changing.  I heard that Mark Cuban is seriously considering running for president.  One businessman turned reality TV star running against another,  Weird


It cant be worse than Trump lol no one could be worse than him, sorry if you are a Trump supporter, its just an opinion.


No need to apologize especially since we agree.  I think history will wonder what the hack happened in 2016


Yeah that will be a thing to meditate about hopefully he doesn't get a second term many people seem to support him still


As sad as it makes me I think he has a chance to be reelected.  He has a solid 30-35% who will support no matter what crazy thing he says or does.  I think it depends on whether the Democrats can find a candidate that gets people excited, gets them out to vote and end this ridiculous nightmare


Thats the thing, theres not a strong candidate maybe Arnold could be the next president he is popular and I think he can do great things in office.


And i as much as i would like to see he impeached, I almost think the Dems should not try.  If they fail it will rally his supporters and maybe even make him stronger


I agree and also the vice president seems like a worse option, just let him finish his term and try to forget about him, hope time flies fast anyways its been great chatting, I think im calling it a night


Good.  So, what do you think about presidents with beards always being republican?


It's a really hairy situation that needs to be groomed more before we can report on it.


Haha! Very funny!  Well, here's something I just learned.  The colors for each party only started being used about 19 years ago.


Really, so the turn of the century and that would have been Bush v Gore... Wow. I wonder why it was only then incorporated into elections.


I don't know.  I had no idea that was a relatively new thing.  What I think is kind of funny is that back in the day it was the north that was mostly republican.


Agreed. Or when you zoom into the white house on google maps you can see Barack Obama. How weird...


Seriously?  That's really weird.  Did you know his codename is renegade?


I did not. I find that strange and maybe a little misleading since he vetoed just 2 bills.


True.  You know with all that fuss over his place of birth he could still run for president even if he had been born in Kenya.


Really? I thought it was written in the constitution that the president had to be born in the US. That's gotta chap the birther's hyde.


I thought it was too but apparently not.  I guess you just have to be a citizen.  What I would like to know is why India removed all of the coconuts from trees where he would be when he visited the country.


That's coco-nuts! (Sorry) I do remember the hope i felt when he first got elected. He has that energy in the IL house too.


I felt hope too. I thought things would really change for the better.  He did do some good stuff though I suppose. I mean, the Paris Agreement is a good thing.


Yeah. I hate that people look to the party to decide if the president was good or bad. I felt he did great things and I think Bush did great things too. It does not have to be a dichotomy.


Those parties become powerful and the president becomes the leader of sorts of the party.  Did you know there has only been a republican or democratic president since 1853?  I wonder what happened to eliminate the other parties.


I am not sure but I do know running as a third party is really tough. Many of them are sacrificial lambs hoping to reach the minimum 20% to be a valid party for the next election. Politics is weird.... like every us president with a beard has been a republican.


I know and they take things so seriously.  I mean Truman went to Disneyland and wouldn't be photographed on the dumbo ride so no one could associate him with the republicans.


HAHAHA. Maybe he was just self-conscious about his weight.


Maybe so.  Seems like everything is about money nowadays though.  People change parties and parties change idealogies all over economic stances.


Did you know the Republican party is known as the Grand Old Party. I think it's a bunch of guys that are not diverse...


I think there's some young women of all races in that party too.


Do you really believe Kim Jong-un was voted sexiest man?


That is hard to believe but it was The Onion so I'm sure it was done facetiously. I think it's even sadder that China actually believes it to be true.


That's a good question. You know what really surprises me though is we don't know how old Kim truly is. I don't understand why that information is a mystery!


I don't understand how they cannot know how old he is.  That should be easily obtainable.


Agreed! But then again, seeing as how he's editing pictures to depict history in a different way, he is obviously an untrustworthy character. I could not live in a country ran by him!


I think every thing about him is a lie.  Learning how to drive at 3?  I thought it was a feat my kid could ride a 2 wheeler at that age.  I suspect the degree in Pysics as well


So true! I mean, he even ordered the assassination of his own brother and execution of his uncle for treachery. So he truly can't be trusted at all.


I think he is at least trying but I did see something today that the talks ended abruptly between him and Trump. I think today


Well that's good and hopefully so! I wonder if Kim likes sports? Speaking of sports, are you a fan of basketball? I think it's crazy that the highest paid employees in 39 states are either college football or basketball coaches!


That was surprising to me too.  I didn't realize that basketball coaches made so much money!


Agreed. It is surprising! Did you know there's also a basketball court on the top floor of the supreme court building which they call the "highest court in the land". Ha!


I still can't get over the name of the new zealnad's basketball team.  That is a hoot and no way would be allowed in America.


Agreed. It's so racist! Also, did you hear that the guy who invented basketball, James Naismith is the only losing coach in the University of Kansas' history? That's ironic! Ha!


That was surprising too.  I wonder when it was "invented"  I wonder if the slam dunk is still banned from college games?


I wonder that as well! I know it was banned for over a decade! Man, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar must have been a monster dunker!


I'm sure it is. Did you know there's one episode where Bart never makes an appearance nor is even mentioned? I bet that's weird never seeing Bart in a Simpson's episode!


I wonder if a lot of folks even noticed he was not there?


I know, right? Speaking of The Simpson's, the crew actually sent the South Park producers flowers after they aired the Family Guy episode. That was nice of them!


It would be cool if they did both shows together with the characters intermixing


Agreed! If they do, hopefully it lasts longer than the UK remake of 70s Show. Sadly, it only lasted ten episodes. Well it was great chatting with you today! Take care, friend!


I sure do. Do you ever watch the SImpsons?


Yes I love them. DId you know Bart was not mentioned in one episode?


Yeah and strangely enough he did not appear either at all


Yeah weird. Did you ever watch that 70s show?


I did and it was good but in the UK it did not do very well


Yeah because they rewrote it verbatim so it was bound to fail


Yeah they did 10 episodes but that is really nothing, too bad


Yeah I like it and hear Alec Baldwin did the voice for a few episodes


Yeah he did for 52 of them as did Ringo Starr and George Carlin too


Yeah pretty amazing. do you like horror movies?


Not so much but I know you burn 180 more calories watching them


Yeah true. King thought Bambi was the scariest movie ever


I guess the scene where the mom is killed terrified him as a child


That makes sense. You appreciate abstract art more after watching a horror movie


That is awesome. Have you seen the Shining?


I have not but I heard that little guy in it was very scary Have you seen it?


I have and the little kid Danny did not even know he was in a scary movie for years


Oh wow better off that way I guess. Do you know how they make the scary noises?


They use an instrument that is called a waterphone that makes creepy noises


Yeah I do not even know what it looks like but it sounds scary


Good, I am reading fun facts about TV. Do you know how many pokemon there are?


I do not but I am sure my son has watched almost all of them


I do not know the total number of pokemon but the show has aired over 750 episodes. Wow!


I wonder if Kim Jong Un edits his hair when he edits pictures to depict a different history.


What a fun thought. Although I am sure there is a barber who has to do it perfectly each time. Surprising that no one knows how old he is


It doesn't matter since he was voted the sexiest man alive by the onion...


It is pretty amazing that he learned how to drive at 3. I wonder if that is an honest fact


My 3 year old cannot even feed himself and he's driving at 3... maybe a big wheel.


How odd that there is never a full truth. Is there a theme park, maybe, maybe not?


I think they have huge empty cities that replicate US cities. Like there's a Boston sitting empty in North Korea... cause... North Korea!


How unusual. Do you think they like basketball?


They have to if Dennis Rodman is basically an Ambassador.


Funny that in America the supreme court has a basketball court on the top floor known as "the highest court in the land"


HA! I am not sure, that Jailblazers team might be the highest court in the land and Im not talking elevation!


Haha. I wonder if its true. The basketball facts are pretty outrageous. The highest state employee paid is a basketball coach


I used to think New Zealand's "tall blacks" was racist but I think that's what they call all of their sporting teams.


Well I know we have some team names that are certainly questionable in America


Yup! And that's really sad. I wish they were better than that.


quite a bit. do you have any favorite shows?


I am a big fan of Family Guy, American Dad, the Simpsons, and the food network


nice. I watch the simpsons as well, love that show


Did you know there is only one episode where Bart isnt seen or mentioned?


I wonder which episode that is though. I cannot recall that


Neither can I, it seems like he is always there.  I guess that is because he is only missing once.


yeah true. did you ever see that 70s show?


I ve seen a few, never fully got into that one though. Didnt the Uk try to remake that one with no success?


Not like when the Us remade the Office, where was originally in the UK


I love that show though, too funny in the US


I do too, Ive watched it several times.  Unlike where there are 750 episodes of Pokemon, and I havent seen a single one.


wow yeah, they have been in air for 16 years


Did you know that Ringo Starr acutaly narrated 52 episodes of Thomas the Tank Engine?


yeah and so did alec baldwin and george carlin


I wonder if anyone else famous ever narrated for it.


probably, I do not know. do you like horros movies?


I cant do horror movies.  After I saw Scream I kept seeing that scary mask everywhere, even when it wasnt there.  Although, I dont think Bambi is scary, like Stephen King does.


I really do not see what is scary in Bambi that he sees and we do not see


Maybe it is the tragic beginning where Bambi's mom is killed.  As a kid I could see where that could scare someone, but it is a cartoon.  So I dont get it.


Yeah me too. do you know how they make those terrible sounds?


Its something called the waterphone.  Ive never seen one in action, but I have seen something similar.


I sure do. I love to watch the SImpsons there too


Nice. Did you know there is an episode where Bart does not appear?


Yeah and even stranger he was not even mentioned in it


Yeah strange. Did you ever watch that 70s show?


Yes and I thought it was pretty good. It flopped in the UK though


Yeah but that was because they rewrote it verbatim, big mistake


Yeah I guess that explains why it lasted for only 10 episodes


Yeah that too but it has 750 episodes so no saw I saw them all


Yeah they have been on air for 16 years now and still going strong


Yeah I know crazy. Did you ever watch Thomas the Tank?


I watch some episode with my kids, it is pretty entertaining


Yeah. Did you know Alec Baldwin did the voice for 52 episodes?


Yeah as well as Ringo Starr and George Carlin, each at least 52 episodes


Yeah pretty neat. Do you like horror movies?


Not really but I know some of them are pretty good and well received


Yeah and the benefit is that you can lose about 180 more calories watching them


Oh neat. Did you know Stephen King thinks Bambi is the scariest movie?


Hmmm I guess the part where the mom dies can be seen as horror, not sure


Yeah maybe it was that part after all. Nice chat


I love to watch The Simpsons and comdey shows, what about you?


I see well its important to keep updated on latest events and Basketball is a great game I love it


I only have a passing knowledge of its myself about points, fouls, positions, etc. Do you follow teams or players?


Not really Im just a fan of the game, curious fact but the inventor of the game was actually a teririble coach


True, but you still have to recognize his accomplishment for making what is among the most popular sports today


I agree, he sure was a genius to create a sport as popular as basketball, you know the coach is actually he highest paid employee


I personally was surprised that the supreme court building as a basketball court on the top floor


I guess its a popular game inside and outside the courts, there was a time when the use of the dunk got banned from college basketball


I sure am happy it isn't banned now. Dunks are so exciting in basketball games


I agree, dunks are my favorite move, you know there is a team in New Zealand with a really racist nickname, they are called the Tall Blacks


It sounds racist, but I think I need to know more context to judge. I mean teams like red skins is racist and offensive to some, yet is part of a team culture and history for others even if its origins aren't great


I guess I see your point its easy to judge without the complete context available, so what do you think about Kim Jong-un?


From my knowledge of Kim Jong Un, I am not much a fan. If he didn't have china backing north korea for the sake of a buffer, that inefficient country would fall into ruin decades alog


I share your opinion, you know he was voted as the sexiest man alive by the onion