I wonder who thought to try. Same thing with Scotland, I have to wonder who thought of giving the Loch Ness Monster a protected species label?


That is bizarre, isn't it? Ha! But isn't it bizarre how telephones even work? How it converts the human voice into electronic signals that are then transmitted by cables and other channels to another phone? It's fascinating, really?


It truly is. Vanilla Ice once lost a goat and a Wallaroo in 2004. Can you imagine the police report?


I'm wondering how he managed to lose both? Ha! If we were like Germany, those animals would have constitutional rights. They were the first country to do that as a matter of fact!


That is weird. We have hiccups because we used to have both gills and lungs. Must be why babies get hiccups inutero.


Maybe so! That makes sense, though! I mean, with a few exceptions, most animals, including humans breathe oxygen, move, grow from a hollow sphere of cells, reproduce sexually, etc. anyway, so the hiccup origins should come as no surprise.


true. I was talking with my daughter, and she said she wanted to major in zoology, and for whatever reason, my son thought the study of animals was called "animalogy. He's 17


That's a great term for it, animalogy. Flows better than zoology to me. That's an interesting field to enter considering animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms from the biological kingdom called Animalia!


I told him he played too much Mortal Kombat. Thank you for chatting with me, have a nice night.


I do have an account, but I don't often look at it.


That would be my wife, I think I avoid Facebook because I know I could be ensnared like most people.


It is rather addicting, and very hard to break the grasp.  I cant believe myspace declined to buy them


I suppose they were the dominate social media platform at the time and couldn't believe there was something better.


They were wrong.  Facebook is now worth $104 billion dollars!


I think part of Facebook's success is down to smartphone like the iPhone, we can now access Facebook anywhere.


It is true.  Iphones are pretty incredible.  I remember being in school and teachers telling us we wouldnt have a calculator with us at all times....  well I guess they were wrong about that.


A calculator and more, we basically have access to the whole world knowledge if we know how to access it.  You could pass any academic test with a iPhone in your hands.


Very true.  It is amazing there was once a moral panic over reading.  Imagine how they would feel about our phones!


For some there is amoral panic over phones and kids usage of them.  I suppose the new thing comes along and people are worried about them, soon they become just another part of our lives.


Very true. Personally I just would think kids having access to everything is a bit scary, more so just the typical sensitive content.


Agreed, there has to be limits, I guess that is what we are figuring out now.  Same with reading there are things kids shouldn't read until they are older and can understand them


Very true, there are some things that I probably read young and would have a different understanding of now.


I think, at the moment anyway, I prefer reading to my phone.  I still like an actual book to looking at a screen, never got into the e-book thing.


Same here there is nothing better than the smell of a book, well pizza but you cant read that


Would you be a quick reader, it takes me a while to get through a book, not like that woman that can read 4,700 words a minute.


I can read quickly, but compared to that I am downright slow.


I'd have to wonder how much she is actually comprehending, or is she just saying the words.  I'd sooner understand than do it quickly.


Same here, time is valuable I dont want to do the same work two to three times.


Good talking to you, I'm going to the library to get a good book, have a good day.


Hello, how are you.  I don't know about you but I am a big animal fan.  It has been estimated that there are over 7 million animal species overall.


hey there. im a huge fan as well did you know  reproduce , and grow from a hollow sphere of cells


No, I didn't know that.  I did know that there are 20 quintillion individual animals on Earth.


that is such a crazy huge number so cool to think about though. i was shocked to see in 02 germany became the first country in the world to universally give animals-guaranteed legal rights.


This is cool.  I learned that when animals are domesticated, they develop white patches on their foreheads.  That's surprising to me.


i wonder how that is even possible i would love to know more about that. did you know that the Loch Nest monster is a protected species! How neat!


I think I read that.  It was under the Scottish protection animal act of 1912 if I remember correctly.


YES  it was. I think its really neat actually. I think its kind of funny that the first animal ever cloned was a cat and that's where the name copy cat came from.


Really, that is pretty neat.  I read somewhere that there are more tigers living as pets in the US than there are living in the wild in Asia.


that makes me sad. they need to be in the wild. Theodore Roosevelt had a pet bear along with over 20 other pets!


A pet bear, oh my God.  Did you know that in Boulder, Colorado, you cannot own a pet legally.  You can however, be their guardian.


a pet bear is to much i think! Legal guardian? Thats cute! In Japan there are more pets then kids haha


They need more kids or less animals, lol.  Switching topics, where you aware that an iphone has more computing power than the entire US nuclear icdm deterrent.


Wow i had no idea. I'm not an I-phone fan but fun fact- It is impossible to separate two phone books that simply have their pages overlapped


Really, I didn't know that.  I think it is cool that for every minute you do not use your cell phone, Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child in need.


That is real good energy to put the phone up i really like that! New york's area code is 212 because it was the fastest number to dial on an old rotary phone


I never would have thought that.  I also would not have imagined that 2.7 inches in diameter is the size of the cables carrying phone and internet data across the ocean.


Me either! Also a fun fact...Hiccups are a holdover from early evolution when land animals had both gills and lungs.How crazy that sounds ahha


That sounds very crazy.  A telephone actual coverts sound into electronic signals.


I think we learned about that in school. Also Animals range in length from 8.5 millionths of a metre to 33.6 metres! Did  you know that?


Not really. I like to go to games every few years and I like to play, but I dont really follow it.


Cal Ripken Jr is planning to auction off his Baltimore county estate.


Really wonder why he would want to do that.


He has tried selling it but was not successful


Maybe he was asking to much. I bet it sells at an auction though. He might not get what he is wanting for it though.


Yeah he tried listing it originally for 12.5 million. Then lowered it to 9.7


Well that is a lot of money. Im sure it is a nice house though.


It really is. It has more than24 acres of land. The main house has 13,000 sq ft


That does sound nice. I heard about this guy who found 3 million dollars worth of old baseball cards in his grandpas attic. Wouldnt that be nice.


It really would be. It would be a nice collection to have considering its americas pastime too


Yeah. Apparently the cards were hidden in the attic since the 1940s.


I wonder if the original owner forgot about them


I would say so. Im sure he had a hard time or two in his life when a bunch of money would have helped out.


The sun produces enough energy in 1 second to meet the needs of the entire planet for 500,000 years


Thats amazing, but did you know that a lightning bolt is actually 5 times hotter than the sun.


We need to learn how to harness all this available energy and heat!


Yeah I think they are trying to with solar power. Itss just not there yet.


How interesting. I might look up more info on that. Have a good one.


Hello.  Are you into science much?  I recently learned that the sun is actually white and not yellow.


that is pretty cool. do you know why we see it as yellow?


No I don't and to answer your question from a minute ago I do like baseball. My apologies for not paying attention.  I am counting the days for baseball to start back up.


nice. as far as the sun appearing yellow it is because of the atmospehric scattering


Well that's interesting.  So i guess that means that are atmosphere is scattering the sun's rays and making them appear yellow?  I am a layman as far as science is concerned so to me it really seems like it would be the exact opposite.


Yeah it is interesting. and the sun is so hot we only need 1 second of its energy to last us 500 000 years


That is exactly why I am a huge supporter of solar energy. I think everything should be solar.  Imagine this, our sun as powerful as it is, is only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star in the galaxy!


that is insane. as hot as the sun is though, a lightning bolt is much hotter


I've heard that before.  It is a little frightening when you think about it. I mean, something here is stronger than the sun?


exactly, five times stronger to be more exact


That makes it even worse. Our atmosphere and weather patterns are stronger than the sun, a star in the galaxy.


yeah. maybe we should look into options to harvest that energy


I didn't think about that but you are right.  If our atmosphere can produce lightening that powerful who knows what all it can do.  It's so hard to believe though.  Neptune just completed it's first full orbit around the sun in 2011 since it was discovered in 1846 so you know the sun is huge.


that is just crazy. the universe is full of mystery. back to baseball, do you know managers can play if needed?


No I didn't know that.  I have never seen a manager enter a game before or heard of one doing so.


yeah apparently that is why they wear the uniform


You know I just always assumed they wore the uniform to show they are part of the team.  Maybe they play in Japan.  Baseball is super popular in that country.  Most people over their are surprised to learn it's our national pastime.


Yeah, talk about preferences. do you know what kickball is called in canada?


No I don't.  Honestly, I didn't know they played kickball in Canada for that matter.


Yeah apparently they do and it is called soccer-baseball


Soccer baseball?  I guess I can see how it's soccer but baseball does seem weird.


Hey I like to dance from time to time. Do you watch Game of Thrones? Apparently Emilia Clarke did a funky chicken dance during her audition


That sounds like Emilia! I wonder why she felt the need to dance. I cannot dance myself.


No I can't dance well, but I could do the robot dance and Funky Chicken LOL just like her


That's good! I can't even do that. I wish I could dance. People see me than ask me to stop. It hurts their feelings.


Do you think you could do the moonwalk? Apparently it was invented back in 1955


Oh, the Michael Jackson thing? There is probably a tutorial on YouTube for people like me. Still, I wouldn't want to do it in public.


Well I used to date a ballerina, but I never heard about these ballerina shoes that will make drawings based on their movements, that sounds cool


That sounds cool. How were her feet? I bet they looked painful. Did you know that Tupac danced ballet in high school and ended up portraying the mouse king in a production of the Nutcracker?


Yes her feet were always beat up which was weird, you don't think about that when you think about ballet. I want to see the episode of mr. Rogers where he learns to breakdance though LOL


The Rog could bust a move. He really could go to town. I would probably dance worse than him.


Haha I'm inclined to agree with you! Do you play any instruments by the way? I have a guitar but I'm really bad at it


I don't play. I have no musical ability. Tone deaf. Two left feet. How long have you played?


Well I've had the guitar for years but like I said I mostly play the piano, I can play a little bit, it's just interesting that Brian May from Queen build a guitar out of an old fireplace LOL


The piano is a great instrument. You cannot build one out of a fireplace I think. Brian May is always up to something.


Yeah he can even play the guitar with a coin, he's very talented, did you know that you can use a dial toneto  tune your guitar?


Oh, yes I guess the tone is the same everywhere. That is a good idea. I think you'd have to have good ears though.


Yep I could see that. Do you know how to read by the way? Apparently Braille, which was invented by a fifteen-year-old, is used by the blind in order to read


Yes, I've never learned it. A French guy created it. Quite clever actually. Good for him!


Yep he seems very smart, even Andrew Johnson, who never went to school, was able to learn how to read from his wife


That is a very kind woman. And he was smart to many someone smarter than him. A good man.


Yep I agree with you. Do you know how to silent read by the way? Apparently that is a recent invention and that a long time ago people would have to read out loud


I do, Not like Clapton though. I'm more of an acoustic/folky guy. Did you know Brian May uses coins as guitar picks?


Heard that. Isn't that hard on the strings?


Depends how hard you play and the thickness of the strings. Think he knows a thing or two though, he's an astrophysicist too.


Great, Queen's guitarist with a PhD! Why not? Do you like Eddie Van Halen?


He was very influential. Not really my thing though. He is a hell of a guitarist though.


Yeah, did the guitar solo on Michael Jackson's "Beat It". Folk guitar greats are overshadowed by rock guitarists, it seems.


Yeah that solo set the speakers on fire. Must have turned it to "11".


I guess! Pink Floyd's guitarist set up a recording studio on a houseboat on the river, Thames. Funky, as they said in the 70's! Good acoustics on a river?


Yes, The Astoria. Quieter for recording more than anything. Mics pick up everything.


Yeah, tugboats, London city noise, the lot! Maybe that's what he was going for...Do you know the band, Muse?


Yeah, good stuff. Supposed to be good live.


Their guitarist, Matthew Bellamy apparently holds the Guinness record for most guitars smashed on a tour. Punk-type band?


More, indie rock, alternative rock.  Like to read?


Me either. The record holder can read 4,700 words per minute.


That wouldn't be me! What's your favorite genre to read?


Like sci-fi. Did you know Starship Troopers is on reading list for 3 military branches? Wonder why?


It's a great book and very pro military. They're also suggested Ender's Game which is an interesting breakdown of the military mindset.


Never read that one, but think I saw the movie version. Sci-fi books really engage your imagination/creativity. Agree?


Hi, Do you like to read the harry potter books?


I like Harry Potter movies but haven't read the books. I did read Ender's Game.


Yes, it was also suggested reading for many military organizations including the US Marine Corps.


So, do you play an musical instruments like the guitar?  Brian May of Queen uses coins for picks.


I don't know how to play guitar. But I love the guitar. I think he uses a sixpence coin as his guitar pick.


Well at least you won't be setting studio speakers on fire like Eddie Van Halen.


The coin may uses only had silver in it until the 1940.


Interesting... Did you know Tupac danced ballet in high school in the Nutcracker?


Yes, i know. Mouse king in the Nutcracker.


Speaking of dancing, babies spontaneously dance when they hear music and smile when they hit the beat!  They are naturals!


Sometimes.  Michael Jackson has a patent on a device to make him lean extremely while he dances.  I would like to try that.


Yep. I would still like to learn guitar. I could float around with Pink Floyd on the river Thames.


I know two: acoustic and electric.  What is the other?


classical guitar, steel-string acoustic guitar, archtop guitar.


OK, Thanks.  Since I can't play any of them, I'll stick to reading.  I wish I could speed read like Anne Jones.  She holds the record at 4,700 words a minute.


Big time.  Did you know that Brian May from Queen uses coins as his guitar picksZ?


ive seen him do that in footage. a big round metal pick. interesting. i guess he gets the sound he wants.


It would give him a different sound.  I was surprised to find out that he also has PHD in atstrophysics.  He must be a genius.


he is a smart guy. guitars are interesting. most guitars have six strings, but some have more.


Yes...I've seen the 12 string guitars....and of course bass guitars only have 4 strings.  lol


there are also seven string guitars, with one additional bass string.


That's interesting. Didn't know that.  Matthew Bellamy from Muse holds the record for most guitars smashed on tour.  He must have a good endorsement deal. lol


i dont know why anyone would smash guitars. artisans spend time making beautiful instruments just to be destroyed.


I'm thinking the ones that smash aren't the real high quality ones or the normal ones they play.  Just a guess though. lol


i hope not. that would be terrible. have you ever seen an es175? they are beautiful guitars.


I might have...lol  I once had a Gibson SG.  That was a sweet guitar wish I still had it.


gibson guitars are usually pretty heavy. lots of sustain. beautiful instruments.


Yes...that SG had a great sound to it.  When Eddie Van Halen recorded the guitar solo for "Beat It" he literally set the studio speakers on fire.  Wonder what that was all about?


he cranks up the voltage to the amp past the normal level. that overdrives the amp and gets a powerful sound. overloads the amp, causes a fire.


Ahhh...ok. lol  Do you know much about dancing?


I do not. i do know that i am a terrible dancer. You?


Hhaha I stink at it.  I was surprised though to read that Bruce Lee was a great dancer and won the Hong Kong cha-cha championship in 1958.


Bruce was a legend! He was great at martial arts, and dance. I  bet he could do a lot of things that we would not suspect.


I agree!  I have to get going.  It's been fun talking guitars with you!


How would you love to have your own home theater and baseball diamond?


I'd love if it I could just afford my own home theater, much less my own baseball diamond! What about you?


Definitely! I can only dream! I wonder how much Ripken will get for his house in an auction?


What kind of house does he have up for auction?


It sounds like his personal home, on 24 acres of land! The house itself is 13000 sq ft with an additional 8000 sq ft devoted to a gym, locker room and a living space. Geez!


Well, I definitely wouldn't say no to living there, provided I could have a maid. I don't like vacuuming enough to want to do it for over 20000 sq ft!


Haha that's true! Did you know that baseball managers wear uniforms because technically they can play for their team if needed? I did not know that!


Do the managers spend time practicing too? I think the team would have to be pretty desperate to let them on otherwise!


Haha I'm not sure, I would hope they practice in the odd chance they are needed to play.


Not really, more of a football fan. But my dad was really into baseball so I grew up watching a lot of it on TV. Are you?


I played baseball as a kid so I have a soft spot for it, but I prefer watching football too.


Nice! I played a bit of softball but never felt I was any good. I preferred playing soccer or volleyball. And of course kickball during recess haha Did you know kickball is also called soccer-baseball, I think in Canada? Sounds weird


I wonder what gave it that name. I don't know any formal kickball rules though, so maybe they have bases or score runs like in baseball.


Yea it seems like a more complicated name than it needs to be haha I just remember having fun playing it. Did you ever collect baseball cards?


I actually did, because they gave us a pack of cards at one baseball event when I was playing. I wonder if I still have my old collection that I started after that.


You should check, they could be worth a lot of money! I guess some guy found old baseball cards in his grandpa's attic that were worth $3 million dollars in the early 90s!


Wow, hey, if I found some worth that much I might be able to bid on Ripken's mansion!


Haha exactly! I can't imagine what they'd be worth today.


I doubt mine are worth that much, but it's fun to think about. Do you think they use baseball cards in other countries the same way? I know baseball is popular in Japan too.


Yea I would think they'd use them the same. I had no idea baseball was so popular in Japan, that's really interesting.


I think it would be interesting to see American teams play against Japanese teams, since both countries are such fans of the sport!


Hey there what do you think about cats? I'm more of a dog guy Myself by the way


I don't like cats much and could never imagine calling them from the road to talk to them!


Haha nope I agree with you. I also would not go to a bar, like in Japan, where you can hang out with cats and drink beer. I would never hang out with cats. Lol


Yuck! How does one share 2 cats with a "common-law wife?"  Do you have a custody agreement lol


Yeah I don't know about that. Doesn't sound too appealing to me haha. Did you know that if a cat is 15 years old then it has slept for about 10 years of its life LOL I wish that my life for that way I love to sleep


Me too, but I would hate to come home to pee stained curtains! Yuck!


Haha I agree with you! Did you know there's a town in Alaska that has a cat as its mayor? It's been the mayor since 1997, and must be doing a great job lol


How does a cat even run for mayor? Don't you need to sign things?  However, I guess they can be mayor if they can coauthor books...


Haha yes like the physicist who published a paper with a cat. He wanted to use the tense first person plural without being criticized haha


One cat that was extremely lucky was the stray who ended up in the Godfather. I bet he lived the good life after that!


That is a lucky cat! They're lucky that it didn't have rabies to LOL, how often do you use your telephone by the way? I use my cell phone almost everyday.


I use my cell phone daily too! It's crazy that the cables used for phone and internet data are on the ocean floor!


I agree with you! I can't believe that that cable is only about 3 in thick. What if a fish or shark eats through it LOL


I wonder if they're covered by the sand continuously moving down there? I wonder if we need to sign up with Unicef for them to donate water every minute our phone isn't being used???


That's a good question. I would definitely do that because I don't use my phone 24 hours a day LOL it makes sense to help people if you can I think, also, did you know that the iPhone has more computing power than the entire us a missile defense system?


I didn't, but your comment about fish and sharks has me thinking about animals now.  It's so weird that hiccups come from when land animals had gills AND lungs in early evolution!


That is really crazy! What are some of your favorite animals by the way? I know that I really like dogs.


I love dogs! There are too many to choose from though since there are over 20 quintillion individual animals.


Yep I agree! Also crazy that some animals will get white patches on their foreheads when they are domesticated, I wonder if that's why some dogs have the white patches on their face


That's cool to know!  A little different that the Loch Ness Monster who some don't even believe is real is protected by a 1912 Scottish protection of animals act.


That is excellent! I honestly hope that the Loch Ness Monster is real, that would be too amazing if he were. What do you think about Germany granting constitutional rights to animals in their country?


hey there do you like cats or dogs more?


Hello there, I am more of a dog guy, how about you?


ya I am too, I don't like cats but its funny there is a cat cafe in asia where you can pay to hang out with cats!


That is pretty funny, did you know over 86,000 people go to the ER every year from some type of cat injury?


no I didn't, also whats funny is that a 15 year old cat has spent about 10 years of its life sleeping


Wow, I wonder how fat that cat is, I bet it is rather large.


haha ya I would like to see that, did you ever watch the movie the Godfather?


Yeah that is such a classic film, and the Godfather 2, how about you?


ya I like godfather 1 the best, but that cat thats in the first scene, I guess it was actually just a stray they found on set


Really I never knew that, very interesting.  I guess you can get glow in the dark cats in South Korea, I wonder what thats about?


wow I want one! I also want to live in the town with a cat mayor named stubbs! haha


That would be pretty cool, stubbs doesn't sound like it takes any guff from anyone!


haha no hes been the mayor since 1997, so he obviously is the boss!


Wow, thats quite the run in office.  I guess there is a bed and breakfast in Minnesota that offers you a cat companion for the night.


cool Id take a trip there, what other kinds of animals do you liek


I'm not too sure about animals I like most of them, I think fish are really cool too. How about you?


ya I like dogs and reptiles, also fish, I guess there are 20 quintillion animals in total on earth


That is crazy, I know that amount of insects outnumbers everything like crazy, I think ant are pretty fascinating.


they are, oh I also like the loch ness monster, I hope that since scotland passed a law protecting it that it could be real! haha


Yeah I love the show river monsters and he did an episode on the Loch ness monster.


haha thats cool I'll have to check that out, they passed the law in 1912 so hopefully hes still alive!


Do you know anything about Freddy Mercury?


I saw the movie last year! Rami malek was great. Freddie loved his cats so much that he would call and speak to them.


Did you know he treated them like family?


He had 10 even though the movie only showed 6.


Did you know he shared 2 of them with his romantic partner?


He did! And Rami is now dating his costar from the film.


I did not know that.  Did you know that one time some of Mercury's cats peed on a set of curtains?


Gross! I appreciate that he rescued most of them. I have a rescue dog.


That is cool.  He reacted to it like it was just some spilled bleach and not a big deal.


Cats are furry carnivores. They make great companions.


Yes they do. Did you know the mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska has a cat named Stubbs as mayor?


That is too funny. The Godfather cat was a stray. What a lucky guy to wander onto that set!


That is cool. Did you know that New York's area code is 212 because it is the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone?


That makes sense! Those rotary phones were a pain in the butt. I love today's iphones with their strong computing power.


Did you know an iPhone has more computing power than the whole of the US nuclear ICBM deterrent?


It's very impressive! I appreciate the tech of phones connecting two or more people to communicate with ease.


Did you also know that the cables that carry phone and internet data across the oceans are 2.7 inches in diameter and just lay on the ocean floor?


That is a lot more complicated than using a phone book! Although overlapping pages can't be separated.


That is true. Did you know that under the provisions of the 1912 Scottish Protection of Animals Act, the Loch Ness Monster is a protected species?


I wonder how many of the 20 quintillion animals on Earth are protected.


No idea.  Did you know that when animals are domesticated they start to develop white patches on their foreheads?


That is odd. I wonder why. Nice chatting with you today!


It depends on the type. I find some soap operas to be a little cheesy, but they're good enough to have been sponsored by soap manufacturers


Yeah they can be too exaggerated sometimes. I don't know if they were always meant to be that way, drama actually came from the Greek word meaning "action".


I think even the Greeks enjoyed exaggeration. Some really enjoy drama though, especially Patrick Stewart. He still teaches master classes in the UK


That's interesting, I didn't know he'd still do that. I know Michael Caine actually joined drama class only because the prettiest girls were in it.


I know many boys who did that in high school/ I want to check out the show called IKEA Heights. It's filmed in one of the stores without the store knowing


Huh that certainly seems like an interesting drama. I wonder if it's free to see, I listen to a lot of classic radio dramas because they are free on a website.


That sounds interesting. Sometimes I get enough drama in real life, like when my roommate's fish died. Have you ever had that experience?


No, I haven't! I've always wanted to own fish because they can be interesting, but never have.


I would start with a goldfish because they tend to be easy. The oldest one was 43 years old before it died


Perhaps you should have gotten a jellyfish instead! There is a brand that is immortal I believe.


Wow! If you're not careful, they can evaporate in the sun since they are 98% water


That's crazy the percentage is so high, especially considering they only drink water through their skin through osmosis.


That is pretty crazy! Another fun fish to have would be the barreleye fish since the head is transparent


That must be some sight, just don't put it in the same tank as a black swallower fish, because they can eat over ten times their weight.


You would need a big tank to hold that one! I've heard koi are good fish to have. There was one that lived 226 years


Still not as good as the immortal jellyfish though! I think I could best relate to seahorses though, at least they have necks like us.


Except that male seahorses are the ones who get pregnant. There is a species of fish that spends its adult life on land


Just like humans then! I wonder if they can synthesize their own vitamin C, that's something I know we can't do.


We also can't breathe and swallow at the same time like other mammals can!


We also can be scared by a certain sound frequency, seems we're inadequate in many areas. Anyways, it was nice chatting to you, have a good night!


I do and have since it's inception. They have come a long way.


From my limited understanding, Netflix is a subscription based services that has dominated the previous market occupied by Blockbuster. How do you think the company is doing in producing quality content?


Well there in 190 countries so they should be doing very well. My personal opinion is that they are on the rise even with the debt.


What do you think about their recent original content, Maniac?


I haven't seen the previews for that one. Is that the one with Emma Stone and Jonah Hill?


Yes, I hear it is a retro futuristic show centering on subconscious love between Owen, a schizophrenic and loner, and Annie, a addict finding relief by knocking herself out with a psychotropic drug.


She finds relieve from addiction by using psychotropic drugs, ha! Let me guess it's a top secrete three day drug thing, i think i read that some where.


They both are part of a test group for a experimental drug aimed at curing mental illness or mental negativity.


If Only! Is there some type of artificial intelligence involve in this story?


Well a computer monitors the subject's subconscious activities and since it is sentient, unexpected complications arise s it acts on its own grief over a recent death within the lab setting.


Is there anything in particular that happens with their subconsciousness?


i recently read that the participent's minds are allowed to experience a variety of characters, accents, and appearances in their subconscious state. While normally each subconscious was to its own story, the grieving machine melds Owen and Annie's subconscious so they mutually share their subconscious experience.


Wow! can you imagine sharing a conciseness with the opposite sex? Blockbuster rejected Netflix aquirment for 50 million, now Netflix is worth 2billion.


I bet Blockbuster regrets that choice kind of like how Myspace rejected buying Facebook. Wait does blockbuster even still exist to regret that choice?


If they are they have to be on there last leg. Reed Hasting got the ideal after racking up a late charge of $40 bucks.


Reed Hasting and Marc Randolph did a good job planning, executing, and founding Netflix given its userbase of 137 million subscribers. Did you know Youtuble and netflix together account for half the north american internet traffic?


That's deep. Apparently Netflix spend more on postage than bandwidth, times more.


From what we have discussed, I think netflix is currently doing and will continue to well in the foreseeable future, especially since it entered the original content production industry recently.


Yeah they released  original content in 2016, it's like another series or movie every other week.


In any case, thank you for the enjoyable chat. I look forward to seeing Netflix's Maniac.


You got it i enjoyed it have a wonderful week.


hey there! Let's chat about Netflix. Did you know it accounts for 33% of all bandwidth in North American between 9PM to noon?


Have you ever watched the movie, The Incredible Mr Limpet? It is about a human that falls into the ocean and becomes a fish. Quite a drama!


Hi, No, I have not, sounds pretty crazy but I am curious about it. What I can tell you is I love to snorkel and see the fish under the sea..love to learn about them


Yeah. Too bad we can't breath under water lie those gill-bearing aquatic craniates can!


Would be cool if we could.. Did you know there is a type of Jellyfish that is immortal


I think I saw that on Highlander... Haha.  Freshwater fish can drink water through their skin like a jellyfish, but saltwater fish cannot.  I wonder why jellies can drink in the salt water but fish cannot?


Wow, so much to learn. that is right saltwater use their mouths!! So interesting. Have you heard about the black swallower?


Has a hero's name but is  a fish that is sort of superhero, because of the way he eats!


Yeah, I have heard of those fish. I have a friend like that. He can eat 10 times his weight too!


That is incredible and eat a prey twice its own length!!!


You know, fish and human have a number of things in common. For example, both suffer from lack of body hair.  We humans supposedly lost our about 240k years ago, but mine is still falling out...


LOL And did you know they can  communicate by transmitting acoustic signals?


Really?  Are you talking about fish or humans? Mr Limpet could talk, but my guppies seem to lack that ability.  There is a sound frequency that causes fear in humans, and my cat knows which one it is...


Oh I was referring about fish!....Did you know that the seahorse is the only fish that has a neck!!


Yeah, but my guppies are a pain in the neck sometimes...but so am I.  But at least I, like most humans, can regrow a surgically-removed rib in about 2-3 months. So, I got that going for me!


hahaha that is too much drama! By the way remember Hugh Laurie?


Oh, yeah. The dude that plays House on TV?  He earns like $700k per episode for that job.  I wonder if he needs a valet?


Thats the one, imagine $700,000 per episode! I remember also Jim Carey acting in a drama movie, he is good but will not do it again.


I wonder why? He was so good in The Mask. THe things that motivate actors are interesting. Michael Caine got into acting because he was interested in getting close to some pretty girls. That is a motivation I can understand.


And the t he took the drama seriously! good for him, he is excellent!!


I wonder if he teaches drama classes?  Joe hamm taught drama at his old school and one of his students was Ellie Kemper, who played the role of Erin in The Office. Good show!  Nice chatting with you!


The Dr Sun Yat Sen garden must be really nice, I will sure visit it if I ever go to Vancouver


You're not an otter by chance? If so, please don't eat the fish there. They're quite expensive!


Im not an otter I think fish are safe with me lol, wow much are they worth? do you know?


Don't know the price, but usually their decorative, so rich people buy them. Did you know that freshwater fish drink water through their skin? Only saltwater fish drink through their mouths.


Ok so I googles the info and some koi fish can be sold for 10 thousand dollars, apparantly people in the park didnt always knew the value the fish had.


I understand their ignorance. After all, it's just a fish. Can they just breed new ones to replace the old ones? There is a breed of jellyfish that never dies of natural causes. I bet it gets tired of watching reruns on TV.


Yeah theres a lot we dont know about fish, for instance there is a breed of Jelly Fish that is immortal


I would get so bored. What does it do all day? Can it make new friends? Can they get divorced and remarry? So many questions! I wonder whether jellyfish can synthesize their own vitamin C. Humans can't.


I think its a really boring life, we should study them, those jelly fish might be then answer to many health problems and diseases.


I wonder whether jellyfish experience fear from hearing a frequency. Human beings feel fear when they hear a certain frequency.


I think they might feel it as well, humans are amazing though, we can regrow ribs in just 2 to 3 months and they will be as strong as the origianal ones.


And yet we still cannot synthesize vitamn C. It's amazing that we are the best distance runners among running animals. I guess that's why we've spread all over the planet.


I guess thats one of the mian reasons, we have also adapted for persistnace and that makes us a unique specie


We certainly are a bald species. We've lost our body hair, and that makes us distinct among mammals.


It definetely does to think that was 240000 years ago.


I do like listening to the radio, I like drama shows, what about you


I used to listen to the radio when I was younger. There's a web site with an archive of classic radio dramas. I wonder who listens to them. People from three generations ago would know these dramas, but I wonder how  many use the Internet.


I see thats interesting, I might have to search for that site later,  I like to watch TV drama better but theres some decent ones on the radio


Well, I've enjoyed chatting! Have a good day, and enjoy the radio dramas!


Hope you have a nice weekend and I will look for that website, that would be a fun weekend activity.


I am aware of that person but could tell you little else about her.


Apparently,  she used to be Paris Hiltons personal assistant.


She must have learnt everything she know from Paris.  I'm a little vague on what it is she does right now.


I am not sure as well.  Her family has a show keeping up with the kardashians and she is married to kanye west.  She might not do anything really.


Do you think they both purposefully went the route they did to get famous on purpose?


lol probably.  Anything to get famous I guess.  It's really sickening that her family and herself have had so much fortune and success and it seems like they dont do anything.  I have never seen their show or bought any of their products,  I dont want to contribute money to them.


You and me are on the same page here.  The whole reality TV thing is scrapping the bottom of the barrel.  Have you heard of the Bad Girls Club show?


No I never heard of it.  Another reality show,  rewarding bad behavior?  lol


I don't really get what the point of the show was other than to show some women being mean to each other.


Sounds dumb lol I dont know why shows like that make so much money,  something is wrong with america lol I understand if its actors and fiction like a show or movie,  but these producers are encouraging these women to talk about each other,  ridiculous.


On these shows people just go over the top to get screen time.  They don't really act that way, but everyone has to out do the other and be more shocking.  The more shocking you are the better.


Yeah,  Ive seen like a documentary on it,  the producers encourage them to act like that.


So I guess one of these people went too far and starting committing crimes.  Stealing a dead man's identity!


My understanding is that she acted as an escort, and when the guy died from an overdose she kept his debit cards and used them for her own means after his death.


Yeah,  pretty scandalous!  Geez I cant believe what some people will do.


I think we should forget about these people.  Here's something positive instead, UNICEF will donate a day of clean water for each minute you don't use your phone.  That feels better.


Thats amazing!  I hope that I contribute to that,  I dont really use my phone that often lol Definitely a positive story!


I just wonder how they would monitor it, I suppose it would have to be on the honor system?


hmm not sure.  its been great chatting though,  have a good one.


Hello!  Would you rather eat a fish or have one as a pet?


I think I'd rather eat them, although goldfish are known have lived up to 43 years! That is one old pet!


A 43-yr old goldfish would turns some heads. And since the seahorse is the only fish with a neck, is could turn their heads too.


Speaking of seahorse, have you ever seen a barrel eye fish. This fish has a transparent head. It should be called a "no-see horse".


Nice! Jellyfish are pretty transparent, and there is a breed of jellies that is immortal. So you can forever never see-ums!


That would be crazy to live forever. Jellyfish just have to make sure they don't get stranded during a tide. Since they are 98% water, they evaporate in the sun.


The very thought makes me thirsty' Yom know, freshwater fish only drink through their skin, but saltwater fish can also drink by mouth. But even if the fish is fully hydrated, if they wash up on the beach, they stink.


That's interesting that they only drink through their skin. That would be an interesting trait for a human. Apparently, humans are the only mammals that cannot breathe and swallow at the same time.


That would be a callange. Here is another challenging puzzle: the black swallower fish can eat prey ten times it's own weight. The trouble is, black swalower fish don't know how to weigh themselves...


The Black Swallower fish is essentially approaching infinity! That is a large amount! Speaking of large amounts, if you consider the entire history of earth as a 24 hour period, human history would only make up 1 minute and 17 seconds.


And since humans lost their body hair 240,000 years ago, they have been embarrassed for over a minute.


I never thought of it that way. Early hominins are in several ways more similar to ancestral non-human apes, are less often referred to as "human". I wonder what their hair was like.


One of the eternal mysteries of life. Here is another: There is a sound frequency that induces fear in human. How is it that my wife can sustain that frequency for days at a time.


It sounds a lot like my wife. It must be a female thing. I bet that's why goosebumps evolved. Goosebumps are an evolutionary trait used to make fur stand up to make an animal appear larger.


That thought gives me goosebumps. Fortunately, humans are also the best distance runners in the animal kingdom. So, when something big enough to give you goose bumps crosses your path, you can high tail it out of there and put some distance between you and the offender. This tactic does not work with wives. They know where you are going before you do.


That's true about wives. Did you know that human fingers contain no muscles and are controlled by muscles in the arm and palm by tendons? My wife must have very strong palm muscles because she is always pointing the finger at me.


Goosebumps again. Despite all our dialogue on wives' abilities, it is still true that women motivate us in positive ways also. Like the actor, Michael Caine, who only joined drama because he thought the girls were hot. The things we will do for a good woman.


I guess that's why they call it "Mad Men." John Hamm used to teach drama at his old high school. One of his students was Ellie Kemper, who played Erin from the office.


Nice. It is good to be a paid actor on a sit com, getting a regular pay check. Hugh Laurie, star of the show, House, pockets a cool $700k per episode. I need a new job...


That's a lot of money. My wife would probably spend it all. I would have to get a second job such as teaching. Patrick Stewart teaches master classes for drama students in the UK.


Make it so number 1. It's been nice chatting with you!


I do not know much but I do love movies. It seems that certain people are very talented. James Wong pioneered wide angle lense, low lighting, crab dolly and deep focus.


I love movies too. I didn't know that about James Wong. Very cool he pioneered that.


He has kind of a sad story though. He was not an American citizen until 1943 and his marriage was illegal until 1948 because he was Chinese and his wife was white.


I didn't know that. Very sad story. Doger Deakins has been nominated for 13 times for best cinematography and has never won.


That is so hard, to be recognized but not fully. No woman has even been nominated for Best Cinematography.


That's interesting....I'm surprised about that.


A fun fact is in the movie Spartacus there was a cinematographer but the director Stanley Kubrick took the camera away and did it himself. The cinematographer who did almost none of the work got the award for best cinematography not Kubrick. It seems there are quite a few stories of unfairness in this category.


That's a very fun fact! Do you like drama?


I do. I have never seen the show House but I think I should. Hugh Laurie is the highest paid actor ever for TV drama at 700,000 dollars an episode.


That's a lot of money! Did you know Jim Carrey doesn't make dramas anymore because of his belief system?


I heard that he will only make movies that project positivity. I suppose that is nice.


That's very nice. There is a website where you can listen to thousands of classic radio dramas for free.


I think I would really enjoy listening to that. I think I like comedy more than drama. The green lantern was originally supposed to be a comedy starring Jack Black.


I would have loved to seen that with Jack Black. He's a very funny guy.


I really like Bill Murray. His favorite movie is Kung Fu Hustle. He thinks it is "the supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy."


Bill Murray is my favorite. Not sure I agree with him on Kung Fu Hustle though. Have you ever seen it?


I have. I thought it was good but it is not my favorite. Entertainment is very subjective. Like 3rd rock from the Sun beat Seinfeld, Friends and Frasier for best comedy series in 1997.


I'm very surprised that happened. I loved Friends.


Maybe it was an off year for those other shows and they were towards their end and getting cancelled. Did you know that Comedy Central has cancelled over 100 shows since its creation in 1989.


Possibly could have been. Hard to believe they've cancelled that many. Well, it was good talking to you.


Hello, how are you? Do you like the drama? The comedy? The cinematography?


Hi yes I like drama! It is considered a genre of poetry! you?


I do like the drama. It is very dramatic and exciting. I think that it is also a genre of poetry. Skillful and artistic people write the drama.


Yes you are right. A good drama actor is Michael Caine  and he wanted to meet girls by acting.


He was a smart smart man. He knew that he could impress the pretty girls with his tremendous dramatic talents. I would do the same if I were him.


Yes. Very smart. Jon Hamm also taught drama at his old high school! Would have been fun to learn with him.


I think he was a great teacher. I think that one of his students became a famous actor on the TV. Some comedy show or something.


You are exactly right. Ellie Kemper from The Office!


That is her! She is the one! I am glad of her success as I am sure that her teacher Jon Hamm is.


Yes I like her. Jim Carrey used to make dramas but not anymore!


I think that he is probably done with the serious stuff. It is too heavy for the heart. For the soul. He must be free and light. The comedy is the way to the happy place.


Yeah good way to put it. I prefer comedies for the above reasons. Comedy Central was a great channel created back in '89.


I prefer comedies too. I like CC but it is famous and infamous for canceling so many shows! Are they angry there?


Good question. With over 100 shows cancelled it makes me think they have a bone to pick.


I think that they still need to cancel South Park. Those guys want to get cancelled but they cannot. CC hates them so they do not let them quit.


Yeah it is an odd thing they got going on with that. The Green Lantern was originally going to star Jack Black now that would have been hilarious.


I thnk that Jack Black is a natural comedian. The movie woudl have been different. I don't know if it would have been better.


Good point. It would have been more of a joke. Comedy has it's roots in Ancient Greece!


Comedy Central does not have its roots in Greece though. Comedy is the best thing that humans have ever created and CC wants to destroy it.


Yes they seemed to destroy Dave Chapelle. Which station was 3rd rock from the sun on? They won a golden globe I kind of want to check that show out.


I think that there was some politics behind that. Anyhow, good chat!


Yeah I also want to see Kung Fu Hustle per Bill Murray's recommendation. You too have  a good evening!


I'm good.  How are you doing this morning?


I'm doing pretty good, I just woke up a little bit ago and did some reading. I'm trying to learn to speed read. I want to beat Anne Jones record of 4,700 words per minute, but I don't think I'm going to get there.


That's cool.  I can speed read, but nowhere near that fast, though.  I'm trying to learn Braille, right now.


Oh wow that's pretty neat! Did you know that in the 18th century there was a "moral panic" because of the spread of the reading of novels?


That's wild.  I was shocked to learn that silent reading is a recent pehenomenon and only the most skilled readers of the middle ages could read silently.


That's kind of weird, could you imagine going to the library with people all reading loudly. I would go insane!


It would drive me crazy too! Have you heard about the schools that replaced desks with "reading bicycles"?


I have not heard of that, but I think that's a great idea. It brings a new meaning to active learning!


It's a very good idea, they need more of them in every school. I read it made their test scores skyrocket.


I agree, that is amazing. Did you know that CS Lewis and Tolkien held "You Laugh You Lose" competitions when reading terrible poetry?


That would have been hilarious to see. Have you been to any concerts recently?


I haven't in awhile, but I am going to one next weekend though. I wish I could have seen the Ramones. They played a total of 2,263 concerts. That's touring almost non-stop for over 20 years!


That's alot of concerts.  Wow! I heard Abba turned down 1 billion dollars to do a 100 concert reunion tour.


That's pretty wild, I wonder why they turned that much down?


Some people have principals and can't be bought for any price.  I guess when they were done, they were done and no price would make them change their minds.  That's ok, I'm the same way. On a different note, do you like piano music?


I do, it's such a beautiful instrument. The hospital I work at has a piano in the lobby and people will come in and play it from time to time and I love just standing there listening to them play.


That's awesome, I love it too.  Did you know Richard Nixon wrote a piano concerto and performed it live on the Tonight Show?


I didn't know that. That's pretty amazing. Did you know that Freddie Mercury used the same piano to record "Bohemian Rhapsody" as Paul McCartney used to record "Hey Jude?"


What a priceless piano, probably just as valuable as a steam piano.  Did you know those once existed?


I didn't know that. That seems really interesting. I have heard that there was a grand piano built for the lounge of Hindenburg, it only weighed 356 lbs!


I didn't know that, I guess it got burned up in the fiery crash.  Well, it's been nice chatting with you this morning.  I've got to get to work, now.  I'll talk to you later, friend.


I don't really play music. I've heard that there is a song used for testing auto-pianos. It's too hard for human beings to play.


That what they said about Chopin's song... that only him could play and it was simply too difficult for anybody else :)


I wonder whether it's true that there is a piano on the top of Britain's highest mountain. That sounds hard to believe. Who put it up there, and why?


There is only one way to find out ;) when we're going ?


We can replace the piano with an aluminum one, like the one they used on the Hindenburg.


I guess that the lightest metal that cheap enough for building a piano. The piano was only 356 pounds. I wonder how much the piano at the top of the mountain in Britain weighs, and who tunes it.


I wonder if they transported that piano there in whole one piece or in smaller pieces and then assembled it ?


That's a good point. They could assemble it piece by piece. You'd have to have a piano expert climb up there as well. Maybe a helicopter? I wonder how high they can go.


I think the main question is... why... ;) lol :) why ! Who the hell wants to play piano after mountain climbing :) put a bar over there with warm wine ! :)


The piano is an old instrument, dating back to 1700. I think there must be some quirky fans out there. Why did they put the piano on top of the mountain? Because it was there.


"Why did you climb Mt. Everest?" "Because it was there"


yes, quite famous ! because their first album was so popular they played 324 concerts in 2001 alone :)


I can't imagine doing 324 in one year. They must have been pretty young to maintain that pace.


I bet they didn't tour that much in later years. It's quite grueling. The fans love it, but it's hard to have a normal life on the road.


I guess so, but who said famous musicians have normal life :)


That's true. I see that the Ramones did over 2000 concerts. 20 years of touring? That's tough. They would live in hotel rooms.


Wow... they probably didn't know any other life... it was one huge party ;)


I surprised they didn't just die from the constant stimulation.


I agree ;) all that booze and drugs after the concerts were probably not helping :) or were they... ? :) lol


I don't think they would remember the first 19.5 years of touring.


lol :) You're probably right !  Hey it was really nice chatting with You ! :)


I did not watch Oscar. I was indisposed. Did you watch them?


I watched here and there, they are getting worse and worse. I usually watch comedy central during that time


Comedy Central should host the Oscars. That would get rid of the Oscars once and for all.


For sure, it would actually be funny to watch. They would probably cancel it like 100 other shows were cancelled since 1989.


I think CC has probably had it in for comedy since the beginning.


My favorite show was Chappelle Show, they need to bring it back!


I think Dave ran off tp Africa or something.


Yea for sure, poor guy. Fame does that to some people they can't handle it. Ever seen Kung Fu Hustle?


I have never seen that movie, though I heard it is quite funny. Is it a comedy, right?


I heard that too, Bill Murray said it was comedy gold, I will have to check it out


I think Bill is puling somebodys leg. Bill is a kidder, he really is. I never met him but I heard things.


Ha, it is the ultimate joke! Ever seen 3rd rock from the sun?


Is that a reference to earth? I have seen the earth. LOL


lol! it was a show in the 90s that beat seinfeld one year at the golden globes


The fix was in then. There aint no way that Seinfield could lose that show. No WAY.


For sure, I think they won too many in a row it was time for another show to steal one year. It was funny from what I remember, but I don't know what it was about.


I think it was something about space aliens and two FBI fellows that hunt them for profit and sport.


I wish it was on netflix, I would watch again. That makes sense! Good chatting with you!


It has been a time, it has. I enjoyed the chat, thank you.


Hi, I am obsessed with shoes. How about you?


Oh, I agree, I can never have enough! Hard to believe Persian soldiers wore high heels in the 9th century!


Yeah, that's a super cool fact. I am amazed with the professional ballerinas they go through four pointed shoes per week!


I know its a lot! They must be really hard on them. Bill Nye holds a patent for pointe shoes! Who knew?


No way, that's is an odd thing for the science guy to own. I bet he is super rich by now. I like how the NFL receivers will leave their shoes on the field to bring awareness to the homeless without shoes.


Really, I love that idea!! It must be nice to have a shoe stand in to make sure your shoes are comfortable like Queen Elizabeth.


Aww, to be the Queen. Must be nice and wonderful. I know a little trick for kids with stinky shoes. You just put a tea bag in there and it absorbs all the stink from those smelly things.


I bet that works good with gym shoes. I wonder what brand that grey t shirt Zuckerberg  always wears that cost a lot?


Hmmm, I would guess a polo maybe? I don't really know though.


Could be, I think Polo t shirts cost a little less than 300 to 400? They must really wash well and last! lol


I heard the most awful story about a MS-13 slaying.


Oh, isn't is just terrible. We must keep them out! To many have been viciously murdered in this country already!!


Yeah it's horrible. The 15 year old girl will have to spend the rest of her life in prison.


These gang members have done such evil and sick things.


Yeah,They lured the poor girl too. They stalked and lured her to her death. The to video ape I too, gosh.


Its upsetting to know about!  Do you know why its illegal to warm up your car in Ohio?


No, I thought you might know? I was curious when I heard that. It gets cold there and would need to early in the morning I would think.


Oh,lol. Nope. I do know hat McDonald's added the drive thru to accommodate the soldiers in 1975 because they were not allow to get out of the car with their fatigues.


Yes, interesting. Respect for the fatigues! Wooden trunks carried on the back of cars is why we call it trunk.


Yeah, that is cool. The brand cadillac was named after the french explorer Antoine De La Mothe Cadillac. He also founded Detroit. Kind of a cool thing to know.


True, Scary self driving cars have an aggressive mode!  Good chat!!


HA, I don't wanna ever sit in one of those cars. I prefer to drive myself. Although, I wouldn't mind a car with a flamethrower. Its legal in South-Africa because they have so many car jackings.  Gotta love fun facts, take care.


I love cars. Do you know when the drive thru was invented?


because soldiers were not allowed out of their cars in fatigues


Yes. Do you know why the trunk of the car is called that?


Yes because n the old cars there used to be wooden trunks


Yeah. Do you know how Cadillac got its name?


Yes after the founder of Detroit, de la Mothe Cadillac


Yes, Do you know how Mardenborough became a professional driver?


Yeah. In South Africa you are allowed to put flame throwers in the car


Yeah. Do you have a favorite king of shoes?


I love runners. Did you know shoes were better 5000 years ago than now?


Yeah it seem. Ballet dancers spend a lot on shoes


Yeah. Do you know how you can keep your shoes fresh?


Yes you can actually put tea bags in them to keep them smelling fresh


Yeah. Did you know Steve SMith leaves his shoes on the field after the games?


Yes to raise awareness for the homeless without shoes


Are you familiar with MS-13?  I can't believe someone filmed the slaying of a 15-year-old-girl.


yeah heard that horrible incident . Cant imagine the torture the girl went through


It's sick - MS-13 is all one needs to realize we need to control our southern border better.   Ms. Romero should never see the light of day again.


Iraheta didnt even regret for what happened she stabbed Damaris 13 times


I know, that's hard to absorb.  I really feel for that girl.  No one should EVER go through that.  So sick.  How about a new topic?


how about cars  do you know that Bent invented Car


I don't think so.  I am grateful that McDonald's invented the drive-thru in 1974.  It helped out soldiers as well as lazy people like me.


yes US adopted Cars much faster than the rest of the world


I can see that... The US has lots of space to transverse,  It's funny that trunks are called that because back in the day, people literally but trunks there.


back in days polo shirts are invented for tennis ..  some things have weird history


Yeah, they should be called "tennis shirts".


In china they once wore as many shirts to pop the collars ... was fashion that time should have been very stuffy


Funny.  I like the business attire in Hawaii - aloha shirts.


sure fun and relaxing work costume indeed .. they can celebrate vacation in office


I feel for ballet dancers... They can go through 4 pairs of pointe shoes a week.  Poor feet...


it may cost of fortune . Sometime old shoes perform better than modern ones


Ii heard that a pair of 5,000-year-old shoes actually performed better than modern shoes.


5000 is pretty much antique  and may smell really bad , may be a truck full of tea bags needed to remove the odor.


Hah.  Yea.  Well I've got to go have my car fitted with a flame-thrower like they do in S, Africa to prevent carjacking.  Give a whole new dimension to road rage.


Hi there! I do! I love watching the Olympic events. How about you?


Same here. I do not swim that much but I occasionally go to the pool every once and a while. I also enjoy watching swimming in the olympics;


Did you know Cornell students are actually required to pass a basic swim test before they can graduate?


I think that that is a good idea! Native Americans also introduced the British to the front crawl.


Yeah because they were faster at swimming. The Brits only knew how to use the breaststroke.


Yep, I bet that they were very surprised when they got beat by them!


I'm not, though! I don't know how swimmers in the Olympics can swim so fast doing the breaststroke. Have you heard of the one where athletes actually swim with the hands and feet bound?


I have not but the only stroke that they could do would be dolphin kicks!


Yeah, it's a competitive event where they basically swim like dolphins!


There is also a banned swimsuit that 94% of all swimming race winners wore it!


I think it was 94% of the swimming events at the 2008 Olympics were won in it, so they chose to ban it. That's crazy! Must be super light weight.


Or they might feature some high tech technology. America has as many gold medal swimmers as the rest of the world combined.


Did you know humans can hold their breath underwater within weeks of birth?


Wow, I did not know that! Humans may have also only lost their body hair 240 000 years ago.


That's crazy! Apparently, humans are also the best distance runners of all running animals.


Really? I thought it would be another one like the cheetah's.


I think cheetahs are obviously much faster, but we can run marathons, not sprints.


True, there is also a sound frequency that causes fear in humans.


Yeah, I wonder if that's why horror movies tend to use the same music? Anyway, it's been fun talking to you!


I guess that is why. Nice chatting with you!


Im good, just a bit worried because of all the shootings, they just keep on happening.


Yeah. What stood out to you in the article?


that from 55 million kids 10 are killed annually, I thought this number was much higher.


Me too. It's sad that today's youth have to worry about premature death as much as they do.


It is, we sure have raised a generation of paranoia, my kid is obsessed with safety.


Mine are too young still but I can see my son being really paranoid while my daughter would be not as paranoid.


We will get over this, humans are strong, did you know we can regrow our ribs as strong as the original ones in just 2 months.


Wow, I did not. And I agree that we are resilient. The latest large shooting had the kids come out strong against gun violence. Sandy Hook is suing Alex Jones and Info Wars...


I think Social media has a big influence on this panic and because of all the attention results in more shootings.


Yeah, It has its plus and minuses. I am trying to limit my social media time to 30 minutes a month due to its negativity


Yeah, it has its danger and I really worry about my kids exposure


I do too. But mine are 5 and 7 and I need to think long and hard about how they use it.


I understand, but anyway I just taught my kids to swim, I want them to go to Cornell University when they grow up and they must pass a swimming test before getting admitted


Really? Good thing my kids are taking swim lessons. There is a type of competitive swimming where the athlete has their hands and legs bound, and swims like a dolphin.


I have watched that! I think I saw it at the olympics, I just came to know there is a swimsuit that is banned from the competition.


The united states has almost as many gold medals in swimming as the rest of the world combined. We're number 1!!!!


We have some pretty good swimmers, thats great, I think Phelps is one of the best swimmers in history.


I wonder what kind of training he does? I heard at that level they train 2 to 3 times in a day.


Hi. Yes I do sometimes.  They cover some NBA games.


Yes, I am a huge bucks fan. Did you see what Nick Friedell said about the Bucks and Jabari Parker>


That they shouldn't consider signing him. I agree.


What made him such a bad player last year?


He didn't do much for the team and was overpaid.


Has he been injured?  I think they are all over paid personally. I mean they make millions of dollars.


For sure, he had to ACL injuries so he is definitely injury prone. You know who is better, Reggie Miller!


I'm not familiar with him.  Does he play for the Bucks too?


He was a player in 1990s. He had a famous sister who played basketball named Cheryl


Cool. I am familiar with Michael Jordan.  I heard those shoes, air jordans, were banned by the nba but he wore them regardless.


For sure, I love Jordan shoes. I wonder if Tim Duncan wore those in college. He lasted 4 years there.


I know about Tim Duncan. I thought it was great that he stayed in school and got his degree first.


For sure, I think it was something about a deal he made with his grandma from what I heard. Great person!


Totally!  Have you heard about Allen Iverson and the deal he made with Reebok?


I heard about it, he has so much money when he turns 55. He is broke now I heard asking for cheeseburgers for free.


Seriously?  i would think $800,000 a year would be more than enough to live off of.  I guess some people can't handle money.


For sure, He owes a jeweler so much money still I think is the reason why. Do you play basketball? i was the fan of the granny shot.


I always was too.  It kind of looks ridiculous but it works.


Hi, no I'm not a huge fan. I barely watch basketball, but I do know all the famous players.


Nice. Do I am assuming you know Reggie Miller then?


I don't know about him that well, but I have heard of him.


He is a super talented NBA player but as good as he was, his sister was always better. THe woman broke 8 national records


Yes, I know! It's so cool, but kind of sad since Reggie seemed to always live in his sister's shadow while they were in high school.


Yeah that is true. How about Iverson, do you like him?


I'm neutral on Iverson, but I do have to admit he is a very astute businessman. Getting the Reebok contract was a very smart move.


Thagt is very true. $800 000 every year until he is 55 and then $32 million sounds pretty sweet


Yeah, it sure does! Do you play any basketball yourself? If so, have you ever tried the "granny style"?


I have actually and I am fine with it so I do not understand why the players think is funny and do not use it


Yeah I know! I've done it a time or two myself (I was taught how to in high school) so that is quite funny about what the NBA players think about it.


Yeah, that is true. Have you ever bought Air Jordan shoes?


No, I usually buy regular sneakers (I've actually never owned a pair of basketball shoes), but it is cool that Nike offered to pay the fine whenever Michael Jordan wore them on the court.


Yeah they must have made lots of money on sales to be able to afford the fine every single time


Yeah, that was really nice of them to offer considering that basketball players are the highest paid athletes (hence Jordan could have paid the fines himself).


True. DO you use google much when you search the internet?


Yes, Google is my primary search engine.


Cool, me too. Do you know how they calculate traffic?


Yes, they calculate traffic by tracking how fast android devices are moving on the road. I also find it funny that they once used hundreds of live goats to help mow the lawns around their headquarters.


They are such a creative company really. Good for them. It was nice chatting with you.


I'm great. Do you follow basketball at all?


A little. I don't watch many games. Do you know much about it? I would love to learn more since I don't quite understand some things about it.


What I see is a lot of money. NBA players are the highest paid athletes on average.


That seems to make sense. I wonder if many hold onto it though. There seems to be a lot of fines in pro sports. Do you know how many teams are in the NBA?


I think there are about 30. I haven't checked in a while. The draw to go pro is strong because of the earnings. I would not have done what Tim Duncan did: sacrificed money and stayed in college for four years instead of going directly to the NBA.


I think that was really smart on his part. A career in pro sports only lasts for so long and unless you become a household name endorsements aren't guaranteed. It becomes necessary to have a backup plan and he went about it in a good way.


If he got injured in college, he might never have a chance to play for money. But I bet he could get a college education later on. I personally wouldn't roll the dice.


I think everyone always plans to go back to college but few really go. I think the podcast some guys made of his decisions sensationalized the whole thing.


Seeing how much money is at stake, I understand the interest. Allen Iverson signed a lifetime endorsement contract with Reebok for $800,000 a year until he reaches age 55. Not everyone gets that of course, but the chance to do so is very tempting.


Money is always going to be a tempting motivator especially since most of these players are so young. At that age you think you are invincible and millions of dollars are starting to seem like a dream come true.


Do you use Google a lot? It's an interesting company.


I use google all the time. I like their platforms. They seem to be a lot more innovative than apple.


They are more innovative, but Apple understands luxury brand marketing. Google used goats to keep its lawns neat and clean. I can't imagine Apple doing that.


Not really. Apple seems more concerned about appearances. I like that they have an unofficial slogan of Don't be evil. Seems like a good company motto.


There are indispensable these days. When the search engine went down for five minutes in 2013, 40% of web traffic disappeared.


Wow. No wonder search engines like Bing are always trying to pair with popular sites and people to try and get their name out there.


They don't have a chance really. Bing tries, Microsoft tries. It's just not the same.


Not even remotely. Google always has the best results when you are looking into something. Not to mention all their productivity apps. Google calendar is fantastic.


I haven't used Google calendar. I'll have to take a look at it. Anyway, I enjoyed chatting!


Yes it has been quite enlightening. Hopefully we both learned quite a bit.


How's it going, do you follow basketball? There's a lot of speculation on Jabari Parker's fututre


Hi there!  Yes I follow basketball.  What is his contract status?


Well he's suppose to hit free agency next season and the Bucks have to decide if they want to resign him


Out of the 30 teams in the NBA, I wonder who he would sign with if he hits free agency?


Yea, he's a pretty good player so I'm sure he will have many suitors from the 30 NBA teams


Did you hear about the big lifetime endorsement deal that Allen Iverson signed?


Yea, Iverson get's 800,000 a year until he's 55 then 32,000,000


That is a sweet deal.  He's lucky.  Physicists proved that my favorite shot "the granny shot" is the absolute best technique to consistently score points from the free throw line.


I can see that, I did make more shots shooting granny style as a kid


lol  Did you ever own a pair of Air Jordan's?  They were banned by the NBA but Michael Jordan wore them anyway because Nike was willing to pay the fine for each game he wore them.


Yea I've had a couple pairs of Air Jordans, I guess I helped to pay MJ's NBA fines


LOL Nice!  Tim Duncan sacrificed money to stay in college for 4 years instead of directly going to the NBA.  I think he did that as a promise he had made to his grandmother.


Nice, I should Google what college Duncan went to. Did you know a single google search uses more computing power than it did to send Neil Armstrong to the moon?


That's pretty incredible.  I liked how google used live goats one time to mow the lawns around their headquarters.


I wonder how long Google used goats to mow their lawns and how many goats they had


It had to be alot.  lol  Do you use google maps?


Yes but I don't care for their traffic, I don't know how reliable it is to use other android devices to calculate the traffic


I've been led off course a few times using it.  There's a reservoir by me where they show an old road that used to be there still be active and it literally takes you right across the lake. lol  On Aug. 2013 google went down for about 5 minutes and took 40 percent of the web traffic with it.  I don't remember that.


Me neither. Did you know google maps tailors it's claims to countries that have border disputes?


I didn't know that.  Google was founded in 1998.  I could have swore I used google before then.  Guess my memory isn't that good.


Maybe. Well I have to go, nice chatting with you


I do from time to time. I know three former Paypal employees created the service.


Yes.  They made some big money off of it when google bought it in 2006 for $1.65 billion dollars!


I heard! In 2007 Youtube consumed as much bandwidth as the entire internet in 2000.


Whoa!   I believe it.  It is also the 2nd largest search engine on the net.


That would sound right. I love that Youtube allows users to upload, view, rate, share etc. It really brings people together.


Yes.  I love how it gives users the chance to create their own content.  Together with Netflix they both make up half of the peak internet traffic in North America.  Shows how much people love to watch video.


Me too. I've heard that even though most content is uploaded by individuals media corporations like CBS BBC VEVO and HULU offer content access.


Sounds right.  Justin Bieber's Baby is the most disliked video on youtube.  lol


ha-no surprise there, right? Do you know Youtube began as a dating site?


whoa!  I didn't know that.  I probably wouldn't have used it then.  lol


Same. Youtube has 70 full episodes of the joy of painting.


Nice.  Did you remember Psy's Gangnam Style video?  It got so many views that youtube had to upgrade the view count integer to 64 bits!


Hard to believe Youtube was created in 2005.


I know right!  Police have their own youtube called blutube!


Oh that's crazy. I know Google created a network that watched 10m youtube clips, it learned to recognize cats.


Holy cow.  That's incredible.  Technology has come a long way.  An iphone has more computing power than the entire US nuclear ICBM deterrent.


Oh wow! That's a lot of power.I know the inventor of the dial telephone was an undertaker who was convinced telephone operators were rerouting his calls to rival businesses.


Interesting!  Speaking of the old dial phones....New York's area code is 212 because it was the fastest number to dial on a rotary phone.


I have to get going.  It's been fun chatting with you!


I love how youtube has so many things to explore


Definitely I have learned so much from watching joe rogans videos on youtube. Have you ever seen his interview with elon musk?


No I haven't. I tend to stick to music or ASMR videos.


I love ASMR its so soothing. Which are some of your favorite channels


I really like Gibi. She has such a relaxing voice.


Have you ever watched any of the live streamers on youtube like ice poseidon or adam22? they're both pretty funny


No I don't know much about the live streams. I do love all the educational videos though.


What kind of phone do you have a samsung or an iphone?


I love my android. I can't get behind apple.


What kind of android do you have? The battery life is way better than the iphone.


An samsung. I love the expandable memory of androids plus not having to worry about breaks or apple slowing down my phone is nice.


Omg I know they were just recently sued for deliberately slowing downs the phones with the battery to get people to upgrade. Are you a fan of Taylor Swifts music at all?


I like her early stuff when she was still country. What about you? Anything of hers you like?


I love her second album that she released in 2008. What kind of music do you like to listen to on youtube


A lot of Christian music with some country and showtunes thrown in. Do you listen to music there or just stream videos?


I like to use it to listen to music while im working out in the gym since it autoplays the next song automatically. Do you know the country artist wheeler walker jr?


Can't say I've heard of that one. What songs does he sing? Sometimes I know the song not the artist.


He has a famous song called 'Drop Em Out' You should give his interview with comedian joey diaz on Youtube a listen.


I love how different media outlets are pairing with youtube. Gives the consumer more options


Definitely we can now really watch whatever content we think of on demand instantly


Crazy to think how far we have come in just the 13 years youtube has been a thing.


Hey there!  Have you heard about this crazy "condom-snorting challenge?"


I have not, although it does sound a bit inappropriate. What is it about?


It's another one of those social media challenges that kids are doing now.  Apparently it involves a condom going into your nose and out of your mouth.  All this just to get more views on YouTube.  Crazy isn't it?


Ah, just another trend. I personally would never do this just for views or subscribers. I am not that desperate.


I know right?  Apparently the challenge has been around since 2007 but gained renewed popularity when someone posted a youtube video of themselves doing it to Taylor Swift'


In my opinion, the very best challenge was the alas ice bucket challenge. Bill Gates even made a youtube video on that one.


Sorry, last comment should have said Taylor Swift's song 22.  Yeah, youtube can be a positive thing.  Considering it's audience.  Heard that it's the second largest search engine on the net.  You use YouTube much?


I do. You yourself? And I believe that google is the largest search engine, although Youtube is owned by Google if I am not mistaken.


Didn't realize it was Google owned.  Yeah, I'm on it all the time.  Mostly looking up music videos.  Calms my kids ironically.  My littlest loves Gangnam Style.


Ah, I also loved that back when it came out although I was too old to laugh at it. The song baby now has less dislikes than the 15 million dislikes of the latest youtube rewind


Ha!  I'm definitely not a Bieber fan.  Maybe I'm not so hip anymore.  My kids are Swifties.  Always listening to Taylor Swift.


Ah, I also listen to her as well. Taylor Swift walks backwards to avoid having her photo taken.


That's pretty funny.  Do you remember when Kanye interrupted her at the Grammys?  Thought that was pretty rude.


Interupting anyone is rude. Her third album made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number one song on the hot country songs chart


I keep forgetting she used to be country.  Think Love Story was her big crossover hit?


Probably, I really enjoyed that. What is your favorite Taylor Swift song?


Maybe You Belong to Me?  I think she could release anything and it would become a hit!


Especially her shake it off song. I think she really started to take off from there.


I always wonder how today's stars would do if things like youtube weren't around.  I remember calling my friends on the phone to tell them about new songs.  Now days you can just electronically share things.


That is youtube, the second largest search engine, for you. Police have their own version of youtube called blutube.


That's pretty cool.  I gotta check that out.  Gotta head out.  Nice chatting with you.


Me too! I didn't realize it's the second largest search engine!


The worst video on youtube is Justin Bieber's music videos


I would agree! YouTube started in 2005, 14 years ago already!


Its amazing how far and how fast they have come. Its the biggest streaming media service on the internet


Wow! Google bought Youtube for 1.65 billion!


Smart business decision. I was the biggest and most frequent viewer of Psy's Gangnam Style song


They had to upgrade the view count integer to 64 bits after that video!


The police have their own version of Youtube.


I didn't know that. Or, that Netflix and youtube make up half of peak internet traffic.


Are you a fan of Taylor Swift by chance?


A little bit. She removed her music from spotify.


WIth all her grammy awards I guess she can be picky where her music is played nowadays


That's true! She owns a $40 million jet!


I always hate Kanye West for how disrespectful he was towards her


That was obnoxious and apparently he did an snl skit mocking himself for interrupting award shows... 2 years before the infamous taylor swift incident.


She is always at the top of  the charts when she releases a song


Sure is! She once accidentally released 8 seconds of white noise and topped the canadian itunes charts!


I accidentally came across it once and was left scratching my  head as to what it was exactly.


Time to go listen to some of her music now.


Yes I Love Led Zeppelin. I can't believe they formed back in 1968, that was so long ago


For sure, Jimmy Page was my favorite, he could really shred the guitar!


Yes he was the man. The drummer John Bonham was also a legend. It's too bad that he died


For sure, I liked the song black dog, it was about a black dog wandering around the studio, lol!


That's awesome I never knew that! I love the song When the Levee Breaks too, did you know that in the movie Argo they digitally altered the needle drop of the record player so that it would hit the correct spot on that record


Did not know that, I will check that next time I watch. Do you ever go to any concerts?


Yes I used to go to a lot of concerts. I always wanted to go to Linkin Park concert but they stopped wearing because the lead singer passed away


For sure, I saw one too, quite sad with their lead singer


Yes I agree. They did go to a lot of concerts though, they played 324 in a year, which is definitely almost one per day


That is so much, they must have been burnt out! I went to a creed one once, 4 people sued them becasue it was so bad!


That's funny but also said haha I would be embarrassed if I were them LOL. I wish I could have gone to the Pink Floyd concert that they recorded at a Roman Amphitheatre


That would be awesome. I know croatia has a famous roman amphiteatre that is still used


Yes they should make a Led Zeppelin cover band do a concert there LOL.


I would pay for that. Stairway to Heaven! Do you watch any drama shows?


Yes I watch them from time to time. I have seen the show House on TV with Hugh Laurie, I can't believe how much he makes per episode it's insane!


I used to love that show! It was worth him making 700,000 an episode, he made the show so good!


Yes I agree! Jim Carrey also used to make good movies, but he doesn't make dramas anymore, he says it's because they don't promote positivity


I could have sworn he was in a drama one time, but maybe not. Good chatting with you!


Yes Jim Carrey was in a drama, in fact he was in a bunch of them, he just says that he won't do any more of them now.


I do!  I dont know what I would do with out it.  I definitely account for that band with use.


the bandwidth used by netflix is insane. and it will only grow!


It is true!  Maybe that is why it is always asking if I am still watching.  lol


i figure that some upstarts will try to dethrone netflix


Well  as long as they dont make the Blockbuster blunder they might have a chance.


I guess the content area they have covered, but the distribution, i wonder if a company could get in that area.


Maybe, especially if they are able to offer more variety.


yes, i expect disney will get in there with their own content. do you like horror films?


I cant say I am a fan, but find it funny Stephen King thought Bambi was a horror film!


King was a sensitive child. He turned into a horror writer. i think that he profited from the trauma.


Probably did, it is also strange that not one of the people involved in the creation of the exorcist thought it would be a horror film.


the exorcist? what else would it be? a love story? LOL


Maybe a comedy?  I dont know what they were thinking.  lol


Yes, a campy romp through satanic possession. Laughter for the whole family


LOL. yes. the kids will be up all night, keeping vigil. That is a good idea.


Inception and ET were both supposed to be horror films initially, but got changed.


I'm glad. ET is a classic, and inception works better as suspense/sci fi. Horror? it just does not hold up well.


I agree.  Ive never been a fan of being scared on purpose.


Neither have i. i like story and character. Anyway, great chat!


Hey there do you listen to rap music? I know I like to rap in the shower haha.


I do. But I don't rap in the shower bro.


Haha I like to sing in the shower myself. What kind of rap music do you listen to? I know that Tupac Shakur has his music in the Library of Congress actually


Interesting, I might just visit it this summer and catch up on some of his tunes.


Yeah you should check it out. What do you think about the rapper Eminem by the way? I know I listened to him a lot in high school


Yeah, I was pretty big back in the day. I think he was good up until the last album.


I agree with you. What do you think about the judge who gave her judgment in the form of a rap to him, it seems like she has too much time on her hands in my opinion LOL


I'm not sure what the case was for. But I know that he was involved, and she felt the need to give the ruling in rap form haha. I guess I should look it up on YouTube it might be funny


Interesting. Did you know we wanted to become a comic book artist before becoming a rapper?


No I didn't! That is interesting but I think he chose the right career haha. Do you like Busta Rhymes by the way? He did a voice in The Rugrats Movie I guess


Yeah, he was good in that song Scenario. I didn't know he was in the Rugrats movie though.


Yes I haven't seen that movie In Forever. Do you know what a compliment battle is? Two rappers just give compliments to each other, apparently it's really big in Korea


Interesting, sounds hilarious, but also very boring at the same time.


Yeah it wouldn't be funny, just a really nice thing to watch probably LOL perfect for the kids, do you watch Netflix by the way?


I do, but I just canceled my subscription. What about you?


No we don't have Netflix. I mostly just watch YouTube myself, we don't have cable either, I do like the show stranger things though I'll have to watch it at my friend's house when they come out with the new season haha.


I like youtube. Did you know though that from 9am-12pm netflix accounts for all of the bandwidth in North America?


No I didn't know that. I did know that YouTube and Netflix together make up about half of all internet traffic though. That's very impressive I think. I wonder if something else comes along, will we lose all of our internet bandwidth LOL


I can believe that. Did you know watching a horror movie can burn 180 calories?


I didn't know that! I need to do that after the last weekend haha I feel so fat. I didn't know to that Stephen King considers Bambi to be a horror movie haha I wonder if he burned the 200 calories watching it as a kid


Sometimes it is difficult to mentor young people who haven't had strong role models before. There are so many types of media that have a negative impact.


Yeah I can see that. I respect people that do things like help out with the little sisters program. I haven't done that yet but it takes a lot of time and so I respect that


I've heard it is helpful to ask a young person what they like about the media they are consuming. I suppose that get start a deeper conversation.


I wonder if they ever listen to rap music together though. Do you like rap music? I know that I liked Tupac Shakur a lot as a kid


I listen to Christian Rap and Hip Hop, but try to avoid the stuff with lots of language. I respect the art, but wish it could be more wholesome.


Is there such a thing as Christian rap? I've never heard of it, I'll have to check it out, have you ever heard of a compliment Battle Before? It's like a diss battle but with compliments haha they do it in Korea


No. I haven't heard of that, but yes there is Christian Rap and quite a lot of it. I heard there is a reboot show of "One Day At A Time." Guess it is a great conversation starter about racism.


So is it? Maybe I'll check it out. Have you ever listen to Eminem by the way? I know that he was big in Michigan, which is where I'm from, that's where he grew up


I have heard Eminem. Very talented. I am always amazed that he once wanted to be a comic book artist.


Yep, I heard that his favorite was actually Spider-Man, which is interesting. Do you ever watch Netflix by the way?


Yep. Have to admit that founders Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph were brilliant in coming up with the idea.


I agree. I watch Netflix from time to time, I like to watch the show stranger things, did you know that Netflix and YouTube makeup half of all internet traffic? I can believe it, those are the two main things I watch


Wow. That is pretty incredible.It is available almost everywhere, except for China, Syria, North Korea and Crimea.


Yep you're right. Do you still get the Netflix DVDs in the mail? Apparently the postage for that cost 20 times more than the same bandwidth to deliver that movie. That's pretty crazy, I don't know who gets those DVDs anymore


I used to when I first started using Netflix, but now it isn't really helpful. I do know that people who live in the boonies sometimes order DVDs still.


Oh wow. That's pretty interesting, also interesting is that Blockbuster could have bought Netflix back in the day, only 50 million dollars and now they're worth 2 billion, oops!


I bet they regret that decision now. Netflix has a log of different movie genres. Some people really like Horror films, like some of Stephen King's.


Yes some people do like horror movies. I'm not one of those people though haha. What about you? I do know that a horrible we can burn up to 180 calories when you watch it though


I'm not a horror film fan either, but I totally believe that about calorie burning. I've heard that viewing a horror movie before abstract art makes you enjoy the art work more. Kind of crazy when you think about it.


But it's kind of crazy. Ill have to try that out, have you ever heard of the water phone by the way? It's an instrument that makes that noise in horror movies


Is that what makes all of those creepy metallic noises? They make my skin crawl.


Yep that's a water phone apparently! I need to learn how to play that, I can play a piano but I can't play the waterphone LOL have you ever seen the movie The Shining by the way?


Hi! Are you a fan of horror films? I like to watch horror as part of a work out routine as you can burn over 180 calories watching horror movies, surprisingly enough!


I do like them!  I'm going to have to start watching more of them though if I can lose some weight while doing it.


Agreed! If you also check out abstract art after watching a horror movie, they say you'll enjoy it more as well!


Interesting.  ET was originally supposed to be a horror movie.


Was it really? I could not see it that being scary! Something else I find crazy is the boy from The Shining named Danny didn't actually know he was acting in a horror film until years later. It's like, how did he never figure that out?


It was originally written to be that, but they changed it.  I wonder what that little boy was thinking during the filming? lol


Same here. He must have been completely distracted the entire time. You know, Stephen King once said Bambi was the first horror movie he'd ever seen and was terrified when he watched it. I don't know whether to take that seriously or not. Ha!


Hmm...that's funny.  Coming from Stephen King I think I would believe he was serious.  He has a unique twisted mind. lol


Indeed he does! I wonder if any of his work was inspired by legendary authors like Bram Stroker, Edgar Allan Poe and Mary Shelley. I say that because horror was initially inspired by their literature.


I don't think I've ever heard him mention any of them.  The 1996 horror film Scream was originally supposed to be title Scary Movie.  I can't believe that movie came out over 20 years ago!


Wow! I can't either. Time certainly flies, doesn't it? I wonder if they used a waterphone to make any creepy metallic noises in the movie like most horror and sci-fi films do?


That sounds like a neat instrument to have around during halloween. lol  The writer of the Rocky Horror Picture show is the voice of the dad on Phineas and Ferb.


Ha! Is he really? That's kind of funny. I wonder if that is on Netflix? Speaking of Netflix, are you one of the 137 million subscribers worldwide? I'm proud to say I am one of reasons Netflix accounts for 33% of all North America's bandwidth from 9pm to 12am. Ha!


Hahaha Yes and I am guilty of taking up some of the bandwidth as well!  lol


There's no shame in that! Can you believe that Netflix actually spends like 20 times more on postage than on bandwidth? That is crazy!


I'm surprised that there's that many people still renting dvds through the mail?  lol


No kidding! I also think it's crazy both YouTube and Netflix make up half the peak internet traffic in north America. That's a lot of traffic for two services. Ha!


I believe it because I also am a heavy youtube user. LOL  I find it ironic how in 2000 Netflix proposed that Blockbuster should use Netflix as it's online service and Blockbuster laughed them out of the office.  Now Blockbuster is out of business.


That is ironic and kind of sad, really. Oh what might have been, right? Well speaking of YouTube, I want to check out this new Korean freestyle rap called the "compliment battle". That sounds interesting. Are you a fan of rap, by chance?


I am and that sounds funny for some reason.  I'm going to have to check out Noclue.  He's the worlds fastest English language rapper and rap at a rate of 14.1 syllables per second!


Now that takes some serious talent! I'll have to check that out myself! I also want to check out the Rugrats movie as Busta Rhymes apparently voiced the Reptar wagon. I want to see if I recognize his voice. Ha! Well, it was nice chatting with you today! Hope you have a great day, friend!


I remember him voicing that part!  It was nice chatting with you!  ...and you have a great day as well!


Lol, I suppose.  What do you think about Led Zeppelin?


I think Zepp was great. Rolling Stone magazine hated them. I never saw them in concert. I wish I had. What do you think?


I have never seen them either.  Apparently they are very popular though b/c in 2005 they won in every category of a british radio stations contest to create a  "ideal supergroup"


I am amazed that the individual members had such a draw, but their musicianship was terrific. The led zeppelin song "black dog" is named after a black Labrador that was wandering around the recording studio,  I thought there woudl have been a better story bhind that song.


Ha ha sometimes there isn't a great sstory.  Did you know that Jack Black shot a video of himself in front of 1000 screaming fans begging the Led Zeppelin to let him use their son


I wonder how he got all the fans together! That's great! I hope Zepp appreciated the gesture.


probably through social media?  Have you seen Monty Python and The Holy Grail?  It was funded apparently in part by British rock starts including Led Zeppelin


I saw the film. I guess the band loved the TV series and wanted to help. The budget for Grail was rather small, I believe. Glad it got made though.


Yeah it is funny. Ben Affleck was apparently another actor who got the rights to use a Led Zeppelin song in one of their movies.  He used "When the Levee Breaks"


I don't remember that song from the movie, but I'm glad that Zepp were sticklers about their tunes.


So we were talking about never being at one of their concerts earlier.  I read that in 2002 a Creed concert was so bad that four concert goers filed a lawsuit against them.


That is so funny! I wonder how bad they really were. Probably should stop playing music all together. I wonder if the fans won their suit.


Who knows?  I saw that in 1972, Pink Floyd recorded a live concert at the ancient Roman amphitheater in Pompeii..with no audience


I guess they liked the acoustics? I wonder what the label thought about that approach to making an album.


Yeah good question.  I read that in Croatia, there is an ancient Roman Amphitheater still in use today for concerts


That would be a good place to record an album. Or maybe for Creed to rehearse.


lol exactly.  I saw something interesting.  The Ramones played a total of 2,263 concerts.  They toured almost non-stop for over 20 years


They must be bots or cyborgs. How could they do that? They must get special drugs or something.