That would be interesting.  Even though the white house is old it has been modernized some.  President George W. Bush had solar panels put on it.


They have solar panels yet still use floppy disks? Pretty funny


I know!  I've heard they use those too!  That is so odd.  It can't be because they are more secure than any other method out there so why do they do it?


I have no idea! It's definitely not for financial reasons, although the richest 3 presidents included Washington and Jefferson, so none of the modern presidents made the list.


It really surprises me that they are among the richest presidents.  it really seems odd when you think about the white house being smaller than the guest house like you said.  I mean, Washington and Jefferson were filthy rich and yet they made their presidential home smaller.


I agree. It's also strange to think that they all worked where they lived.


i guess it is at that.  Oh! That reminds me, back in the day the presidential runner up became vice president so that makes it really strange to work where you live.


I can't imagine. What's the point of an election if you were going to end up working together anyway?


I guess to see who gets first place- president and who gets second-vice president.  It does seem silly though in a way.  It's like the first president of zimbabwe being called president banana.


I wonder if that was his real name? The Indonesian President has released music albums. I can't imagine Trump doing something like that.


Sounds like he has some time on his hands.  the office of president is different depending on the country and government so Indonesia's president may not have a lot to do.


That's true. Dictators in authoritarian governments are sometimes called President, too.


That's true.  Governments in themselves are usually just a balance between personal freedom and tyranny.


Yes. They are a way to determine and enforce policies for the area they oversee.


Our own government has a bit of a balance when you think about it.  Most of the land in the state of Nevada is owned by the government for example.


I heard it's something like 96%! That doesn't leave much for private owners


No it doesn't at all.  Then there's our government having a plan to destroy a website called wikileaks.


hi there, do you know much about the presidents?


Just some facts. Like trump is not the wealthiest president


I was surprised! I thought he'd be near the top of the list. I guess Washingon and Jefferson owned a lot of land.


yeah I guess that is where their wealth came from.


Do you think Trump will follow the example of the President of Indonesia and release 3 pop albums?


I do not think so. I want to listen to that guy's songs though


He probably makes money by making the radio play his tunes. Did you know that the presidential guest house is bigger than the White House?


they must get a lot of guests and I guess they need to feel comfortable there


Trump must be jealous. He probably could put a Trump sign up on the guest house and rent it out to supplement his income.


Oh my. George Bush was the one that requested solar panels be brought back in the house


Reagan had them taken off after Carter put them up. I don't know what Trump did.


I am not sure either. the white house still uses floppy discs


Floppy disks are so old that maybe few hackers can beat them. Or gov't budgets don't allow for anything else. I don't know. I'd love to see the old system in the US, where the runner up in a presidential election automatically became the vice president


Yeah I am not too sure why but maybe they are safer. Did you know Roosevelt banned christmas trees from the white house?


He was a conservative, big on conservation, established national parks and such. He thought that future generations should have access to America's natural beauty.


Yeah and there indeed are some amazing parks in the us


A man in France impersonated a government official, and sold the Eiffel tower. I wonder if I could sell a national park to someone.


I really wonder how can one person get away with that not once but twice!


He was good enough to do it once, so he figured he'd try again. Some chutzpah! Well, I enjoyed the chat. Have a good night1


hey there, do you know much about politics?


About average but I do stay informed.  For example, Trump seems to be following precedent in regard to mixing business and recreation on travel.


Did you know Trump is not even the wealthiest president?


Yeah, JFK, Washington, and Jefferson are the top 3.  Sure that was adjusted for inflation!


yeah still at the time they were sop wealthy. did you know the president of zimbabwe was called president banana


I heard that.  Wonder why?  A party thing? I'm not a fan of political parties.  The pres has enough to do without being the head of the party.


that is true. and the president of indonesia has released 3 pop albums


I think that's cool.  I can't see most presidents in the US pulling that off.  Maybe because they are too busy traveling like Obama did.  The RNC actually filed a formal complaint.


wow. do you know how the vice president was elected prior to 1805


Yep.  It was the "runner up."  Can you image Hillary and Trump working together?


No I really cannot imagine that. did you know the guest house is larger than the white house


Yep.  Many visitors... I guess when Obama wasn't traveling too much, he had the world come to him.


yeah I guess so. Do you know what wikileaks is?


Yeah.  I'm not sure it should be shut down as does the gov't.  It may be a valuable asset to the people. We need more visibility into the gov'ts actions.


Yeah. the governent is repeatedly trying to shut them down and they keep publishing the documents on how they are trying to do it


I think a lot of pols deliberately leak stuff to further their own selfish needs.  I don't remember them leaking that the White House still uses floppy disks.


I guess that is not that important. do you know that in Nevada the government owns 86% of the land?


Yeah, it's BLM land - mostly for ranching.  What I can't believe is that Norway donated $1B to save the Amazon rainforest.


I know what an investment. A man managed to sell the eiffel tower twice.


Wish I could pull that off.  I can't believe G. W. Bush had to put solar panels back on.  Who took them off?  Would that be Obama or Reagan.  Dunno.


I think it was Reagan because Obama came later on. Nice chatting with you.


Hello there, do you follow politics much?


I do a little bit, but I think I like history more. I like knowing how it all works out. Like the first President to move into the White House was Thomas Jefferson in 1801.


That is very interesting, did you know that Teddy Roosevelt banned Christmas trees while he was there?


I did not know that. I learned that because of crowding Teddy Roosevelt had all work offices relocated to the new West Wing in 1901.


That is true, did you know that the white house still uses floppy discs for computers?


Wow! That technology seems so ancient. It seems like the opposite of George W. Bush putting solar panels on the White House.


Yeah it sure does, I wonder why he had to put them back on, who took them off?


I think they are just on the back of the White House. I wonder if the White House twin building in Ireland and France also have solar panels.


Yeah I wonder that too, I also wonder if those have guest houses that are larger than itself as well.


How interesting. It is kind of scary that it took the secret service four days to realize bullets struck the White House in November 2011.


Yeah it sure is, I wonder how many people it finally took to figure that out.


I wonder if it was someone with Wikileaks. They published the government's plans to destroy Wikileaks.


That is pretty crazy that they did that.  Did you know that 86% of the land in Nevada is owned by the government?


Wow. I wonder what they do with it all. Hopefully something positive like how the Norwegian government. They used $1 billion dollars to help save the Amazon Rainforest.


I think that is so cool of them.  I don't think they rank very high on being big pollutants as well.


They did something really great, other people are a bit more sinister. A man in France impersonated being a government official and managed to sell the Eiffel tower, twice.


How in the world could that ever happen? And then happen again? lol.


It is pretty funny. What is also funny is the first President of Zimbabwe was called President Banana.


That is hilarious!  But, I think his actual name was fairly close to banana.


Well thanks so much for chatting. I learned a lot of new and useful information today.


Yeah same here, good chatting, I hope you have a good day!


Do you ever pay attention to the news articles about Trump's tweets?


I guess there's a lot of politics about his tweet in regards to supporting someone


yeah, he's not supposed to do politics on the  taxpayers dime. like he shouldnt use af1 to go to a campaign rally


The mix of politics and policy is a more modern issue that's come to a light a lot more since his Presidency


yeah, it now costs 206K / hour to run AFOne. So its no joke


Apparently both the Republicans and Democrats have had to reimburse a lot to the government the past two decades


well, guys like jfk could afford it. I'm not sure Trumps got the money


I wonder if Washington or Jefferson would have paid that much considering they're two of the top three richest Presidents


Well, not paying is for banana republics. I think the first President of Zimbabwe was actually called Banana.


That was his last name. I wonder if that's part of why people voted for him


might be. there was a guy in Indonesia who released 3 pop albums. not sure if that helped


It might have helped with re-election. He could win over the younger generation with some pop songs while campaigning for re-election


better than appealing to wikileaks like trump did. wiki prints all sorts of govt secrets...including the plan to destroy wikileaks


Not sure how accurate that one is. It's about as accurate as buying the Eiffel Tower from someone pretending to be a government official


He might have had better luck selling the twin to the White House that's located in France. It's more low key


I'd like to buy a duplicate of the white house guest house. i hear its huge


Which is saying something since on November 11, 2011, bullets hit the white house and the secret service didn't even know for four days. Imagine how long it would have taken on the guest house


crazy.  its like they are still using floppy disks there or something


Maybe the disks are more secure than other types of storage


Well that was a nice start haha. No I don't, do you?


I dont either, I disagree with the controversy he generates and with many of his attitudes as well


Well said! Who would you say your favorite president was?


Same here! Did you know the top three wealthiest presidents were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson?


I didnt know that, so Trump is not on that list? thats kind of strange dont you think


They must have had much more money than Trump has!


Yeah it doesnt make sense to me but could be, so have you heard of president Banana from Zimbabwe?


I haven't, cool name though. I don't think it's as cool as the Indonesian president though!


Why is that? do you know any interesting facts about him?


He released 3 pop albums while in office. That is awesome lol.


He did? I wonder if he is a talented pop star then, he must do an album with Trump that would be awesome.


It would be the biggest, the greatest, the best! Did you know there are twin white houses in Ireland and France?


I didnt know that no, I wonder if they have the same size as ours and also who lives there.


I wonder that too! Can you believe our white house still uses floppy disks?


That actually makes sense I hear floppy disks are really hard to hack or impossible to hack so it makes sense to keep sensible info on them just in case.


That makes sense haha. I'm sure hackers these days don't even know what they are lol.


You have a good point lol, did you hear about the incident in the White House back in November 11, 2011?


I did! didn't it take secret service four days to realize that somebody shot at the white house?


Yeah it took four days for the secret service to realize that I bet someone got fired that day


I'm guessing a whole lot of people lol. Anyways, nice chatting with you, have a great night!


Not much, I should follow what the government is doing. And you ?


I do, I like to stay updated with current events, for instance Trump is not in the list of the richest presidents in USA  history


I saw that list too, are you surprised that Washington is on the list? I was.


I was, yeah, didnt know he was a rich fellow, at least to hit the ranking


I think it makes more honorable, he would have lost a lot if things did not go his way, he would have been Britain's richest prisoner.


Yeah at least he wasnt called Banana like the first president of Zimbawe


Do you think it was his real name or an "artist" name ?


So well, that just means that his father was also called Banana, this anecdote is less and less funny. Unlike, the guy who sold the Eiffel tower twice.


I wonder who fell for that, I guess the phrase a sucker is born every minute tends to be true


Well, once you get caught, maybe you would not call the police and look like a fool.


Maybe it happened more than twice but the otheres remained silent


I think that is kind of sad, but it tells you the power of just looking like an government official.


I guess they can seem scary and powerful to people, did you hear about Wikileaks and how they posted the plan of the government to destroy them


But being the government, I don't think they can do it. But sometimes, they do something good, like saving the rain forest.


Yeah the goverment can have good deeds as well, did the USA do that?


I was the Norwegian government, maybe they just wanted a place to go in winter.


Oh I see, well either way it was a great deed, honorble cause considering how much damage our rainforest have suffered


Teddy Roosevelt would approve of you, he was even against Christmas trees.


I usually don't watch live TV anymore, but rather I stream them online afterwards. Still, it's a big part of life. Have you ever seen the show Shark Tank?


I have seen it s few time but I am not a regular. Did you every watch the simpsons?


Same here, and I heard that only a few deals made on the show are actually followed through on. No, I don't watch the Simpsons. Do you?


Yes I do regularly. There was only one episode where Batd did not appear.


I guess he really is a main character then. I've heard that Homer held 188 different jobs in the first 400 episodes.


That is just crazy but being Homer I am not surprised


Have you ever watched any of the shows or films adapted from Shakespeare's plays? I've heard only one of them hasn't been made into a movie or show


Interesting. I saw an adaptation of Othello once in school.


I took a college course on Shakespeare's works, so I was required to watch many of them. If it weren't for the internet, I never would have been able to find and watch all those movies


internet has been doing so much for us. did you know the horizontal lines in app menu is called a hamburger?


That's interesting. Have you ever used Google to look up yourself? Apparently the official term for doing that is called "egosurfing"


Wow no I do not thinI have ever used it. Have you?


More out of curiosity than anything else. There are actually more automated software programs on the internet than there are humans accessing it


And apparently some people can get addicted when they click too much on pages in the iotnernet


I've heard it's similar to drug highs. I wonder if the addiction was as serious back in 2001 when Neopets was popular. It was the fourth trafficked site that year


that is interesting to know. did you know nowadays you can get internet access even on top of everest


It really is widespread! Access to internet connection is a right in Finland


Wow that is another level. do you ever read the full terms when you buy a service or product on the internet?


Not usually, no. I probably should though. Sometimes I use the internet to take 3D tours of places I want to travel to in the future


I know and then you go there and you're like, I have seen that on internet. so cool. it was nice chatting with you.


Did you know the 3 horizontal lines on a menu app is called a hamburger button?


No, i did not.  That is interesting.   I wonder who named it, Ronald McDonald?


LOL. Maybe. It had to be a nerd that was hungry.


I recently heard that 7% of people read the full terms when buying something on the internet.  I am surprised it is that high.  I never read it.


We probably should.  They could slip anything in there.  Oh well


The library of Alexandria has saved copy of the internet in the internet burns down. How would it burn down?


That is weird.  Perhaps it is metaphorical meaning the internet gets destroy or corrupted.  But i don't know how how you get a copy of the internet.  It is so big and is constantly changing


This is crazy.  There is 3g cell service and internet at the peak of Mt Everest


That's better than my neighborhood sometimes...HAHA


lol  I guess it makes sense.  People want to post their mountain top selfies in real time.


I need to travel more so I can take more selfies. Not sure about Mt Everest though.


Oh, i am sure about Mt. Everest.  Sure there is no chance I am going to try it.  Maybe i can photoshop my head on someone else's picture. lol


LOL yeah put me in the picture next to you.


No problem!   Did you hear the Dutch are creating a commuter bus designed to go 160 mph?


I read that.Some people drive that fast in my neighborhood. LOL


I live on a small street with about 10 houses.  I think 25 mph is fast for my street


Mine too. Every month, it is on the news that a car has hit a house in my neighborhood.


Yikes, sounds dangerous.  Maybe you should move to Mackinac Island, Michigan.  They banned motorized vehicles over a hundred years ago.


You have four dogs?! Where do you keep them all? I like dogs, but I have never owned one. I think they make great companions. Plus they are really smart.


Well, I live in the country, so lots of room for them to play.  My yellow lab is the oldest and she's 12, she's been the best dog, very good loyal companion.


That's the perfect place for a dog. They need space to run around and be dogs. Dogs can learn over a thousand words and can reason better than chimps. Do you think your dogs know that many words?


I know my yorkie/ poodle mix knows " Bath" very well, she understands it spoken or spelled out.  Lol


That's great! I've seen videos of dogs jumping up and down at the work "walk." They know. They know what we mean. They are tuned in to human voices.


Yes, that I do believe.  I find it interesting that a dog may have one of 12 different blood types and they can donate blood at dog blood drives.  Isn't that cool?


Have you had your dogs donate blood? I wonder how the dogs feel about needles.


No, we've never donated their blood, but it's a cool idea to help out the dogs that have cancer and such.  I understand that dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand pointing.


I guess elephants are quite clever, but they would be difficult pets I think.


Yes, even with all this land out in the country.  Lol I read somewhere that dogs can't see as many different colors as humans, but that they are not color blind, as alot of people believe.


Their sense of smell is quite keen too. Some dogs in Moscow have learned to use the subway. I bet they figured out a lot from their sense of sight to do that.


That's incredible.  My lab has a great sense of smell, she sniffs so hard, it sounds like a vacuum cleaner.  When people first hear her doing it they are kind of scared, it's so loud.  But, she's done it since she was a puppy.


Dogs have 'eureka moments' and enjoy the experience of solving a problem in order to obtain a reward. Have you ever witnessed a eureka moment in your dogs?


All the time, especially when food is involved. Lol I hear Google prefers dogs to cats and their code of conduct states they are a dog company.


Dogs are better for an office. Can you imagine trying to control cats?


Yes, they are different, for sure.  But, anyway it kind of makes me feel bad for the cats.


If those cats could behave themselves in that space, then they would be welcome. They need to get along and be friends with each other.


That's true, kind of like people, though. Well, it's been nice chatting with you, I need to go feed my dogs.  Talk to you later, super fast friend!


I used to, I normally watch Basketball. Do you watch either?


It is. Did you know that the US Supreme court building has a basketball court on the top floor?


Actually, I knew that. Did you know that Canada scored 132 goals in 1924?


Oh wow. That is crazy then. I know that hockey players lose a lot of weight just in the course of one game. It must be exhausting to play.


I don't think I could skate and wear the uniforms that they do.


No, I just never could get into it. I do find it really interesting that they use tracking chips in uniforms and inside the footballs. I'm sure the data that they get is fascinating.


That is pretty cool, I wonder what they do with the stats?


I'm sure they look at how fast the players are moving, and where they are during specific plays. Also can track the speed, rotation, and velocity of the ball.


Interesting. Do they share it with the teams?


I doubt that teams share that info between each other, but I'm guessing each team uses it to learn what their players are doing.


Yeah, well it isn't clear if it is the NFL that does it, or the teams themselves?


Interesting, well nice chatting with you!


Hockey is a great sport, I bet you lose a lot of weight playing it


Yep, I do not lose that much but professional hockey players lose many, many calories a game.


I hear that pro playes lose about 8 pounds per game, that is a lot of calories indeed


Yep, a slovakian womans team averaged one goal every 44 seconds with a final score of 82-0. That is a lot of goals!


I trust your word, I dont play hockey but it does seem like a lot of goals for a game and not scoring even one is humiliating


Yep.  Furthermore, Americas olympics team lost to a UK high school team!


They did? wow that must be really painful, how can they lose they are supposed to be the best team with the best players


Yep, it just have also been very humiliating for the US teams.


I do. The only left handed quarterback in the NFL is kellan Moore.


Only Kellan Moore? wow,  did  you hear about the rule the Saints have against cheerleaders?


I have not. What rule do they have against cheerleaders? Is it a bad one?


It is a bad one, apparently cheerleaders have to leave if a player arrives it doesnt matter if they are in a restaurant eating, they have to leave that second


I wonder why they are treated like that. That is a very unfair rule.


It is unfair it makes me real angry, another fact is that woman could play in the NFL theres no rule against that


At least that is a positive. The NFL uses tracking chips in their players uniforms.


What are your thoughts on those tracking chips?


I think that they are fine, they even put the tracking chips inside the footballs.


I agree with you there, all kinds of great stats are taken out of the chips, anyway its getting kind of late, its been great chatting with you


I am good thank you. Did you know that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's use of the drunk got the shot banned from college basketball for over 10 years?


Wow, no I didn't know that!  That would have made the game really boring to watch


Lol yes it would have! The inventor of basketball is the only losing coach in the university of Kansas's history


I guess just cause you invent something doesn't mean you're good at it.  I'll bet he didn't know how to recruit.


haha exactly! 39 of 50 states the highest paid employee is either a college football or basketball coach.


No wonder tuition is so high lol.  The Supreme Court has a court on its top floor called the highest court in the land


LOL. That's cool I didn't know that about the Supreme Court.


The New Zealand basketball team's nickname is the Tall Blacks


LOL - I bet that causes some controversy!


Yeah, that seem a little out of step with the times LOL


LOL for sure! Did you know a hockey player was traded for $1 in 1993?


Nope, but he win on to win 4 Stanley Cups.  Somebody got short changed in that deal


NHL players lose 8 pounds a game.  Wow that's a great way to lose weight!


Wow that's crazy! I bet most of it is water weight.


It would have to be, right?  I didn't know lacrosse was one of Canada's national sports


Lacrosse is a fun sport. I used to play it in high school.


I really don't know anything about Lacrosse at all


I love watching television, how about you?


Yes,  I do as well. Watching anything good ?  I hear there are 750 episode of pokemon!


I used to love that show, I am sure I watched close to that many lol! i wonder if they ever caught them all!


I hope so,  that is quite the adventure.


For sure lol, were you into that 70s show at all?


I watcha few episodes of that one,  really funny.


me too, I used to love that show. So many people got their starts with that show. I wish the remake would have done better in the UK


Yeah I know so weird that the show that was a hit here,  flopped in the uk.  They do have a bit of different humor than we do though.


Yea for sure, it is like the office, funny american style, bad british style


Oh I never watched the office in the other version.


Don't lol, you don't want to. It is on netflix though, both are


You're welcome! Did you know from 9pm to 12 am netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwidth in North america


Thats amazing,  never knew that.  I do watch netflix a lot.


Me too and especially during those times lol. I am watching the office right now actually!


lol Im watching how I met your mother,  great show lol


Now yes, that is a great show. I remember watching that in college on netflix and saying to myself before bed, ok one more episdoe, then watching like 5 more lol


lol its so easy to watch a bunch and not even know how much time has passed,  especially those 30 min shows.


I agree, maybe I will turn that on next, I think it is on netflix also, it was so nice chatting with you!


Yes I do.  I watch some shark tank and was shocked to learn recently that most of the deals made are never acted upon.


I think shows like that are fake anyway.  I think they have predetermined outcomes.  I had someone who was on International house hunters tell me they bought the house months before filming.


I am not surprised to hear that at all actually. At least Saturday Night Live doesn't hide the truth.  Their weekend update skit is their longest running one.


Speaking of long running.  Pokemon has 750 episodes


That is definitely long running!  I like pokemon and have seen some of those but I don't think I've seen them all.


The only person who can have seen them all would have watched 50 per year for 16 years straight!


Talk about doing the math!  Then that is not me for sure then!


Easy math, the UK copies the 70's show verbatim and it only lasted 10 episodes.


I wonder why it was so short lived.  Speaking of England, did you know that only one of Shakespeare's plays has not been adapted for film or television?


Wow.  That is interesting.  They should put them on Netflix or Youtube.  Together they make up 50% of North America traffic.


Netflix is extremely popular.  I'd like to get a job as one of their "taggers".  Those get paid to watch and tag the content.


Did you know that Netflix was inspired because of $40 late fees to a blockbuster type rental business.


I didn't know that. It's interesting how something so simple can inspire something so great!


Block Buster Videos did not think it was great, they declined to buy it when they had the chance lol.


And now look where block buster is!  Netflix is a world wide company.


Personal not so fun fact.  I had a 1000 shares of Netflix that I bought for $5 share and sold for $60.  It eventually went to $600 before it split.  Darn it.


Oh, that's sad.  I feel for you.  Well, how about this.  Netflix isn't all that great. They've got a movie that is nothing more than an hour long video of a fireplace.


Haha...I have that video.  Also the fish tank too.  Netflix and Youtube  are two companies that took advantage of the Internet...connected networks worldwide.


They have vision for the future.  Just like Finland. In that country everyone has the right to an internet connection.


Well, thank for talking over the Internet with me!  Take care


Yeah I have in the past. I dont have it right now though.


I don't watch it much during the summer.  From 9 PM to 12 AM Netflix accounts for 33 percent of all bandwidth in North America.


You add youtube to that, and its half of the peak traffic in North America


We love our videos! lol  Netflix first started streaming in 2007 after being in the dvd and blu-ray rental business.


Yeah I heard he started the compny after being charge 0 dollars late fees on apollo 13


I wonder if it was from Blockbuster?  lol


It might have been they used to be everywhere.


Blockbuster passed up the chance to buy Netflix for $50 million and now Netflix is worth $2 billion.  Kind of ironic if that's the company that made him mad.  lol


Big time.  Now that they are out of business. lol  Netflix still spends 20 times more on postage than on bandwidth.  I'm surprised that many people still have the dvd subscriptions.


Nice!  Do you still watch television?  Did you ever see Pokemon?


I have seen it before. There are over 750 episodes, so it was hard to catch em all.


I bet.  Kind of an odd show.  Were you a fan of That 70s show?


Did you know that they remade it in the UK calling it "Days Like These" but it was cancelled after only 10 episodes?


I guess it doesnt translate well. I think it is about life in the Us in the 70s anyways.


Ture.  Did you know that there was only 1 episode of the Simpsons where Bart was neither mentioned or appeared?


I always liked homer better anyway. Ttyl.


Yes I do. There is an episode where Bart does not appear at all


Yeah and they went as far as not to mention him in it


Yes, it was good but in the UK it failed pretty badly


Yeah it only had 10 episodes and it was discontinued


yeah that is what happens when you remake shows verbatim


Yes I do. In the morning they account for one third of bandwidth usage in NA


Yeah that is crazy , and with youtube they make up for half of internet usage during peak hours


Yeah and they still use more on postage than on bandwidth


Yes, they had a chance to buy netflix and passed on that


Yes they could have done that for $50 million and make billions now


I do. Do you know what the hamburger button is?


Yes the 3 horizontal line menus that are in apps


Yes. And you can also get addicted to clicking too much


Yeah I guess as with anything else when you do it too much


Very true. Nice chatting with you today.


Living in a rural area with limited TV and Internet options, I subscribed to Netflix DVD subscription service.  Now that I have cellular internet, I do have streaming media, but with Amazon Prime, not Netflix.


I forgot about the DVD option. They still spend 20 times more on postage than bandwidth.


It makes sense considering they work with providers to place Netflix servers at internet distribution hubs to serve out popular requests close to the users.  Where I think Netflix (and others) are a threat to traditional TV is their foray into developing original content.


They use so much bandwidth, and from 9 pm to 12 am account for 33 percent of all bandwidth in North America. I contribute to that. Ha.


I think we all do to some extent.  Everyone streams today.  Together with YouTube, Netflix makes up 1/2 of peak internet traffic.  With all the streaming options, do you still subscribe to regular TV or have you "cut the cord"?


I usually only watch Netflix, but some broadcast tv. I miss going to Blockbuster! They were offered to buy Netflix but declined.


I think they thought that they were "to big to fail" and that Netflix was not a threat.  We had one of the last Blockbusters here until 2015.  They really blew it when they passed on buying Netflix.


Right, and if it weren't for companies like Blockbuster, Reed Hastings would not have thought of Netflix. He got a $40 late fee on a VHS and came up with the idea.


They have killed off Blockbuster.  And I am not sure how long RedBox will last.  I can't remember the last time I used a DVD.  I think the TV networks should be worried that they are in Netflix's crosshairs.  Some of their original content is award winning!


What kind of shows do you like? Do you like cartoons?


I am not much into cartoons.  I remember "Orange is the New Black" which won multiple awards.  But, they do on occasion release a dud.  Did you happen hear about their cannabis cooking show?


I have just heard about it. I don't really like food shows that much. Apparently it is filled with mundane cooking and mindless commentary


I have a sister-in-law who is addicted to the Food Channel.  it seems like Netflix "Cooking on High" is a lame twist on cooking competition shows which are the staple of the Food Network channel.


I did like the show Ugly Delicious though.


I never heard of that one.  I guess that only Netflix could produce a Cannabis Cooking Show and get pass FCC regulators since it is not exactly "kid friendly".  Seems like one of the issues with the Netflix show is that the judges are already buzzing before they judge the cooking.  Perhaps this one should die on the vine.  It is about as much a success as IHOP's name change prank!


Yeah, I will stick to my comedy shows. I miss That 70s show. Did you ever watch that? They made it verbatim in the UK but it was cancelled after ten episodes.


I was more into Friends, although when I needed something that did not require much mental energy I would watch the Simpsons.  That show just won't quit!!  Bart is so funny and so essential to the show that he is in every episode except 1!


Yeah, Bart is my favorite dude! Pokemon is another show that has gone on for a long time. There are 750 episodes!


Until recently I did not know there was a Pokemon show - I always associated with the card role playing game.   At a much younger age, the kids were into PBS' Thomas the Tank Engine.  Did you know Ringo Starr, George Carlin, and Alec Baldwin all have narrated at least 52 episodes?  I found that surprising since they are not exactly known for "clean language" ?


Interesting. Well they did a good job narrating! I like Thomas!


I do sometimes. Do you watch the Simpsons?


yes some epsiodes. The Weekend Update is their longest running skit


Cool. Bart did not appear in one of the episodes at all


Wow. Homer had 188 jobs in the first 400 epsiodes


Oh Homer. Yeah Bart was not even mentioned at all


I wonder what happened there because that is strange a bit


Yeah I know . Did you ever watch That 70s SHow?


Yes I did and I heard it did not do very well in the UK though


Yeah it was cancelled after just 10 episodes because they remade it verbatim


Yeah too bad. Did you know only one shakespeare play has not been adopted to tv?


Oh did not know that, and which one would that be?


Some episodes and you? How about shark tank?


Me too but they have a total of 750 episodes by now.


that is a lot to catch up with. The deals in shark tank do not really see the light of day usually


Yes quite a bit. Have you seen their movie Fireplace for your home?


Definitely! I like the Netflix original series! Very good shows.


What kind of shows are you watching? In 2000 netflix proposed that blockbuster should use netflix as its online service and blockbuster laughed them out of the office


That is crazy of Blockbuster! Sorry now I bet haha...I just started watching The Making of a Murderer, and I watched Birdbox which is a Netflix original....


i have watched those Making a murder is good,  Its funny they have to give him and his family subtitles,  they are from wisconsin,  they speak america that no one can understand lol Bird box was ok.


I know it seems odd since they do speak english lol...I think I liked Sandra Bullock in Birdbox but that's about it lol so many people go crazy over that movie and I don't get that, not even scary.


Yeah its not scary.  i have no clue why everyone is talking about it.  I understand in the end its great that people with a disability have an advantage.


True, but why the hype lol...Pretty interesting that  Reed Hastings started Netflix after having 40 bucks in late fees on a VHS he rented lol, brilliant idea!


Amazing idea! Im watch Homeland now,  it just got added to Netflix recently I think!


Is that on there now? I will have to look into it! Sometimes I watch movies on the internet streaming if I can find them on there, otherwise I will watch Tv for a couple shows I watch.


Nice. Yeah its on there now!  Netflix has almost 150 movies available with a 100% rating on rotten tomatoes.


Wow! cool I will have to watch it later, that's very interesting they do have great movies!


In some european markets, netflix monitors illegal downloads to decide which shows to purchase.


Hahaha, that's smart! I never would have thought of that. I find it interesting that there is actually 3g of cell service and ability to use the internet at the peak of Mt. Everest! How does that work lol....


I don't know,  maybe its so you can post your selfie asap!


Have you ever Googled yourself?  The act of looking oneself up on the internet is known as "egosurfing".


LOL! No I haven't but maybe I should! I can see why it is called that lol!!!  Did you know you can actually have an addiction from clicking  likes and on websites on the internet?? lol....


ewww. I hope they have support groups lol but with our luck it will be an online class lol


Hahahaaa! Very true! That would be hilarious :) Did you know that 7% of people actually read the full terms and conditions when buying a product or service on the internet? That is a ton of reading! It has been great chatting with you!!! Have a great night!!! Bye!


Yes,  absolutely! When south park aired its family guy episode finale the producers received flowers from the simpsons crew


I never knew that, I'm a fan of all three of those shows.  Have you ever seen that 70's show?


Nice! I always loved that show, well the earlier seasons anyways.  Did you know there is an episode of the simpsons in which bart isn't mentioned or appears?


I know right,  I wish they told us which episode!  70's show was remade verbatim in the uk. 'days like these' was cancelled after 10 episodes.


I would really like to see that one!  I loved the early simpsons, the first 10 seasons are excellent.


yes,  love the simpsons. Ringo starr, george carlin, and alec baldwin have all narrated thomas the tank engine for at least 52 episodes each


Wow, that's a cool fact, I did not know that. I guess there are over 750 episodes of pokemon as well! I've never seen one, have you?


me either lol Fox news corporation discussed the possibility of creating a cable channel that would only air the simpsons.


That would be pretty cool actually, I would tune in to see which episode they are airing.  Do you watch much fox news channel?


sometimes! Fox news is watched more than cnn and msnbc combinded


Really? I would have never of guessed that it is.  I don't watch much myself to be honest.


The fox news network was created by republican media strategist richard ailes and president richard nixon.


I did not know that, I did not know it was that old.


Me either! Fox news threatened to sue the simpsons in order to stop them from parodying its famously anti-democratic party agenda.


That sounds so dumb, they can parody whatever they want.


yeah I know right! The gaming website ign is owned by news corporation, who also owns fox news.


They own a gaming website too? Very interesting.


Seems like they have their money in a lot of things!


Yeah they definitely do.  I guess they provide news in 86 countries or territories worldwide, that's a lot.


i do not have a car. i do not like to drive. You?


I have a car and love to drive, Benz was the first company to ever produce a car


benz had the perfect idea for a car and the rest of the world ruined it. now we have inferior cars. i wish that cars were better. i cannot wait for the self-driving car.


Self driving cars actually scare me a bit they would have to be fully tested before I would buy one of those


i would happily be a tester if they gave me the car for free. i would probably be safe in the car. others would have to worry. LOL


Well who can turn down a free car lol, did you hear about that pro driver that picked his skills by playing a video game?


i did not. that sounds like fake news. is that real?


His name is Jann Mardenborough, apparently he became pro by playing Grand Turismo


I press the DOUBT button about that. how could it? it is just a game. he needs the real car to practice.


I would have to Google that up, seems unreal but who knows maybe he actually did it, did you ever play that game?


i did not, but if it made me a pro driver maybe i would. that would be a good career.


Could be, better buy that game soon lol, did you hear about cars in South Africa and how you can equip them with flame-throwers!!


i would love to have a self-driving car with flamethrowers. i would control the throwers of course.


Yeah could be dangerous in the hands of a computer, do you have a favorite car brand?


which brand has the flamethrowers? LOL. i like porsche, but who doesnt. dont really have a favorite.


Not sure lol, I think they are only a custom thing, I like the Cadillac brand, wish I could afford one


yes, a beautiful car. named after a famous french person. or something.


A French exploerer actually, his name was Antoine de la Mothe Cadilac


He discovered the cadillac! that is great. we owe him for that. Anyway, great chat!


Yeah in Detroit, great invention, great brand.


I'm a big fan of BIllions, it is on Netflix, have you heard of it?


I have not heard of that. Is it good? Should I put it in my recommendation list?


It's ok, I like finance stories for some reason. Were you aware that they tried to remake a That 70s show in the UK, but it failed?


Isn't that similar to Friends but Friends was way more successful than the 70s Show?


Yeah, pretty much. They are all kind of the same if you ask me.


Really? Then, maybe I should watch That 70s Show then. I love Friends.


Yeah, it wasn't bad. Did you know there are over 750 episodes of Pokemon?


I am a Pokemon fan and I do believe that. It is only the old series that I like. Are you a Pokemon fan?


Not really, but I did play Pokemon go when it came out. Now I don't play it anymore.


Pokemon Go was used for those who are always at home being less active. Pokemon Go needs to step up their game though for 2019.


Yeah, that would be interesting. Have you ever been to South Africa?


I have not been to South Africa, but I love the song Africa.


Did you know that they allow people to equip their cars with flame throwers?


I would love that for my car for those who merge in my lane.


LOL, I wonder if it is true. I can't imagine somebody would do that.


I think they meant a flamethrower gun left in the car. However, I would love to have it built in my car.


Yeah, it would be hilarious. Did you know that the trunk of your car is called that because older cars had wooden trunks.


Innovators need to have a creative name and keep the old names back to history.


Yeah, I tend to agree. Did you know the brand Cadillac was named after someone named Cadillac?


Me too. Tupac's music is in the library of congress for cultural significance


Yeah that is fitting. Did you know eminem wanted to be a comic book artist?


Yeah and he loved the Spiderman character very much


I do actually. Do you know what a compliment battle is?


Hmm have not heard of that one. do you watch much TV?


I sure do. Do you ever watch the Simpsons?


Yes I do. THere is an episode where Bart does not appear


Yeah and he is not even mentioned in it at all


Yes some of the episode but there are 750 of them out there


Yeah they have been around for 16 years now


Yes a little bit but in the UK it did not go well. Do you like dramas?


I love them. Did you ever watch House MD?


I did and it is great. Laurie made $700 000 per episode


That is a lot of money. Do you like Jim Carrey?


I love the guy he is so funny, Did you know he does not do dramas anymore?


Yes because they do not project positivity


I like some of it but mostly the old stuff from Tupac and such.


Yeah me too. His music is in the library of congress as music of cultural significance


Yeah pretty impressive. Do you like Eminem?


I like him Did you know he wanted to be a comic book artist originally?


Yeah because he was really into spiderman, as well still did pretty well


Yea he did for sure. Have you heard of compliment battle?


Yeah that is that rap style they practice in south korea right?


Yeah tat is the one, must be interesting to listen to I bet


I do sometimes. Do you ever watch the Simpsons?


I sure do. There is an episode where Bart does not appear though


Yeah and strangely enough he is not even mentioned in it


I did and I liked it. Too bad they did not like it in the UK


Yeah it totally flopped with only 10 episodes. I wonder what happened there


Well they remade it verbatim so it was bound to fail honestly


That explains it I guess. Did you ever watch Pokemon?


I did some episode but there are too many to try and catch up, 750 of them


Yeah they have been on air for 16 years now, that is insane


I know I do not think I have seen half of them even


Yes omg yes who are some of your favorite rappers from that era?


I like Tupaq a lot. What about you? Apparently his and B.I.G's murder is still a popular topic.


Well tupacs has been solved, he was killed by a member of the southside crips.


USA network produced a show Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. Have you watched it?


Yes it was amazing, I liked it alot better then the horrible job they did on the tupac biopic film


It's quite a long series, ten episodes! So the whole thing kept your attention? I am thinking I have to check it out.


You are going to love it very suspensful so it will keep you on the edge of your seat. At the end of the day these guys werent just rappers they were young men around age 25 who lost their life in the pursuit of their music careers


Yeah, I thought they were old back then and now I'm in my 30s and I'm like oh, man, they were so young to rise to fame and then get murdered! Were they really "frenemies?"


Yes they were biggie actually never had any hate for tupac so he never responded to any diss songs but tupac loved biggie as a friend but then felt betrayed because he felt biggie knew the people who robbed and shot tupac for his jewelery in quad recording studios


Oh, interesting. My memory of the whole thing is vague and apparently I am not alone. This series will help clear up things for me.


It will really make you reminisce about how simple the 90s were once you start seeing how life was back then


I do remember that feeling. I miss those days. These days everyone is glued to their phones.


Exactly when was the last time people out at a restaurant were actually having a conversation instead of staring at their phones


Right. It's sad but ineivitable I guess. Anyway, Tupac Shakur's contributions were very important, I guess. His music is in the library of congress of "cultural significance."


Some of tupacs music just makes you sad because a beautiful mind was taken so early, listen to song like keep your head up and to live and die in LA


Yes, I still listen to his music often. Another popular rapper is Eminem, but his style is very different. Do you like his music?


Eminem is a legend, If you listen to his old slim shady freestyles you can really get a grasp of the chaos that goes on in his head


He wanted to be a comic book artist at one point. Glad he became a rapper instead.


Imagine how much great music we would have lost out on if he chose a different path


You're right. I'm not so sure about Korean rap though-they invented a compliment battle. Not sure if I'd like that.


hey there was do you think about football? Do you watch it?


Yes I do, how about you? did you know U of Iowa painted their visitor's locker room pink?


How do you think that affects the gameplay of the other team?


I guess I am not sure. did you know in the 60s bowlers made more than football players?


no I didn't, I also didn't know that ESPN won an emmy for that yellow line they show on TV to mark the first down line


yeah funny enough they did. good thing they get paid more now


ya I agree, especially with all the head trauma they go through, I don't know how that affects them later in life


yeah that is true. do you know who benjarvi green-ellis is?


Yes I like the patriots and I believe that he has never fumbled the ball, is that true?


yes that is exactly it. do you follow celebrities much, football ones and others?


I have some people that I like, like Judge Judy is awesome she is so sassy and she makes a ton of money!


Yeah she does. The only person to make more than her is LeBron James


wow that is impressive, did you like Robin Williams as the genie in aladdin?


I think he did a good job. and started the whole trend of celebrities vicing animated movies


ya his character is classic, I don't know how will smith is going to replace him in the new movies


Yeah no one can, I think. did you know ethiopia has a celebrity chef believes that we can combat hunger if people eat more diverse foods


no that's interesting, and a noble goal, did you ever watch sesame street as a kid?


I did and I heard carol Burnett was the first celebrity to appear in it


yes she was, I loved all the other celebrities they would have on there, I remember seeing Liam Neeson on a new one


That show is legendary for sure. did you know pixar has a secret room?


I did, only celebrities are allowed in, I kind of don't like that because I want to go into that room, I don't like secret stuff! haha


Yeah I do not like when they make such rules. nice chat.


Of course I do! I'm a big Patriots fan and I'm excited about this years Super bowl, what about you?


Nice,  no I do not watch football that much,  my team hasnt been doing well for awhile now,  the 49ers.  But I do watch the super bowl usually.


Are you watching this years Super bowl, I feel really anxious about it, I miss players like Benjarvus Green-Ellis, we sure need him this year.


Maybe if I don't go snowboarding lol yeah I heard he never fumbled in his career that is amazing.


That is amazing! and just the kind of player needed, so you like snowboarding?


Yeah,  love it.  Do you watch tv much?  Judge Judy makes over a hundred thousand per episode!


I do watch TV mostly netflix, and that is crazy over a hundred thousand an episode! thats so much money.


I know right!  Same here mostly Netflix and HBO.  Any good shows you watching?  Did you know Pixar has a secret room for celebs?  I wonder what is in there?


Im watching The Punisher right now, if you like comics then its a must watch. And I didnt know that, I also wonder what secrets await inside.


Ok yes I do like comics,  right now I am rewatching the Marvel movies in order that makes sense,  not release date lol I had no idea they had like 20 movies already,  im on like the 13th or 14th lol


Yeah, they have a bunch of movies its crazy how much the Marvel universe has grown, I love Deadpool although it goes against religion and the bible but I dont care.


It was so changing the subject a bit, did you know that the tower of babel was actually based on a real building.


Yeah I did read that somewhere.  I also learned that Roosevelt and Adams were the only president not sworn in by the bible.


That's interesting just like how Thomas Jefferson created a version of the bible of his own, that would be interesting to read.


Very interesting.  I wonder why he felt the need to edit the bible.


I think he was pissed off at the miracles and the resurrection part, being a man of science seemed too unreal.


Oh i see. Did you know in latin  the word "malus" means both apple and evil.


I didnt know that, although I have heard the name Malus before, I think it was in a Marvel movie.


Its one of the villains I think that its the main villain of the first volume of Guardians of the Galaxy.


hey did you know that Thomas jefferson created his own version of the bible?


I wonder how much of the bible was left after he "edited" the bible for supernatural parts


yes I agree, and I wonder what the point of that was, also crazy that teddy roosevelt and John quinicy adams didn't use a bible during swearing in, I had no idea


Isn't that part of the tradition and essential part of being president? I wonder if that caused quite a stir.


ya, because I know if that happened today it would cause a stir, it must have caused an uproar back in the day, also before 1963 I guess it was very common for students to read the bible in school, that is definitely not the case now


The bible is an interesting topic. Did you know the fruit in the bible only became an apple after it was translated into latin?


wow I didn't know that, i wonder if they just picked a fruit out at random? like what if it were a banana or pineapple instead? that would definitely change the way people picture Adam and Eve haha


Apparently it was because in latin, the word means both apple and evil


ah I see that makes sense, did you hear of the tower of babel from teh bible? I guess the story was probably based on a real tower in Iraq.


I didn't know that. It is amazing how the bible is a collection of sacred texts which both inspire both the Jews and Christians regarding the relationship between god and people. Even more so if like you say you can find real references


right that is wild, do you like Pixar movies at all? I know they haven't made a movie about the bible yet, but Dreamworks did make that movie about Moses in the 90's


yes, and I remember when Disney bought them, I think Pixar is ok but I like Disney better, I remember when Robin williams was asked to play the genie in aladdin, I think that was the beginning of getting celebrities to do a lot of animated roles


That is indeed true. I mean pixar studio is now well known to have a secret room often visited by celebrities.


yes, I think it's good that celebrities do stuff to just help out and be nice in general, like how Carol Burnett went on Sesame St. I guess she was the first celebrity to do so and started a trend


Do you follow any celebrities in football?


I can't say that I do, I don't watch much TV or follow sports, do you?


I have a passing knowledge. I used to follow green ellis since he has never fumbled a football in his entire nfl career.


Wow that is impressive, I think he used to play for the patriots didn't he? Do you think they will win the superbowl this year again?


I think the superbowl is still ongoing. In fact there is a match this weekend


yes the actual superbowl is this weekend, the patriots won last year, people think they might win again, their quarterback is pretty old but he is really good, I don't know but we will see!


I agree. I had a wonderful time chatting about various topics. I hope you have a nice day.


Thank you, have a nice day too, aka a better day than cumberland when they lost 222-0 to georgia tech haha


I have a dog and I love them.  They are such interesting and impressive animals.  Did you know that they aren't actually color blind?  They just see less colors than us.


I always thought they were color blind.  There is an interesting arrangement for street dogs i Istanbul, have you heard about it?


Is that where people can feed them with a vending machine?  I forget the details on how that works...


I think is a beautiful arrangement! You recycle plastic bottles and the machine releases food and water that you can give the dogs.


That would be neat if we had something like that here.  I am surprised we don't given how much we seem to like dogs in the US.  Even Google calls themself a dog company and says they prefer dogs to cats.


I have the same preference as Google. I find interesting that there are 12 different blood types a dog may have.


And that they have blood drives and all of them can donate.  I suppose animals have medical needs too.


They do. they should be cared because they are humans best friend and help i different duties to men.


Oh yes, I am so impressed with service dogs.  They can help people with disabilities, and make their day to day tasks easier.


they can also help with hunting, herding,  and even helping the police.


And it is more common for them to aid in therapuetic roles, like PTSD and visiting elder care homes.


Isn't that amazing they are also great companions and protectors!


I can't believe the dogs we have in our home today is loosely related to the wolf.


Yeah it is hard to believe because dogs can be domesticated and trained in many things and gets along so well with humans.


And they come in so many different shapes and sizes.  I still can't fathom how there are so many different breeds and colors, and sizes.


Did you know they have something in common with elephants? they seem to have an instinct to understand pointing


I never would have thought they had anything related to an animal that is so different.  I have heard about the pointing thing before.  It is amazing how attuned they are to us.


Yes, we all love it. Well something i also love is football and I found interesting to know that the university of Iowa's locker room  for the visiting team is painted in pink.


That's pretty funny.  Football is a good game.  Though that could be confusing if you live in another country since some people refer to football, but we call it soccer or rugby.


Oh yeah,  they have a sense of humor. and I found it incredibly amazing what highest ever score has been: 222 to  0. Georgia tech defeating cumberland. I wish I could find that on youtube.. Well have a great day!


Me too I love them. id you know they have 12 types of blood


No I didn't know that. But I hope that they have dog blood drives! And I also hope the dogs get a cookie afterwards haha


Yeah they do. And in Turkey you can recycle bottles and the machines will dispense food and mwater for the dogs


That is super cool! That'll help keep their City nice and clean haha. Did you know that dogs and elephants are the only animals to understand pointing? Not even smart animals like gorillas do


Yeah I bet there must be other animals we just have not studies them anough


That is certainly possible. Also it's possible that Google prefers dogs over Cats, in fact I know they do because they state it in their code of conduct LOL


Yeah that is so cool they are so determined on that. Did you know dogs are actually not colorblind as most of us think?


Oh I didn't know that. why does everyone say they're colorblind. I guess they can see just less colors than humans, but that's definitely not colorblind


yeah exactly, not sure how that came about to be honest. Do you know much about the sun?


Yes I know a lot about the sun. Apparently it's actually weight in outer space, it's just our atmosphere that makes it look yellow, what do you know about it?


Yeah that is interesting. I know that is is actually pretty tiny, one billionth the size of the biggest star


Yep that's true. Also true is that a lightning bolt is hotter than the surface of the Sun, people say it's about five times hotter which is incredibly hot LOL


I wonder if we can figure a way to harvest that energy. I mean we only need one second of the sun's energy for 500 000 years


I agree, that should be our next step because that would really help us out. I like that Neptune finally completed a full orbit. That was done in 2011 and a previous full orbit was back in 1846. That's really crazy


That is a long time to orbit the sun. How about football, do you watch it much?


I watch football sometimes. for instance I watched the Super Bowl. I do like the Patriots block, I like that they have a player who's never fumbled the ball lol


Yeah that is Benjarvus Green-Ellis, what a career really


Yep he was a great player. did you hear about the locker room that got painted pink by the way? I think that would make me play better and not worse


I am not sure what effect that color really has. Nice chatting with you


Yes I do have Netflix. And I watched Chris Rock special on it and it was awesome! What about you


I have it too, but never saw it. Ws it good? I know he puts on a good show though.


Yeah his show is really funny. His last release was called Kill the Messenger in that was back in 2008 so I was waiting for his newest release very patiently haha


That is patience at its finest. Good thing it wasn't on Comedy Central. They've cancelled over 100 shows since 1989. Far less than Fox I'm sure lol.


Yes that is crazy, I'm just glad Netflix doesn't cancel to any shows, they're first exclusive show they produced was Lilyhammer back in 2012 and that is still going


I was mad they just cancelled the Punisher though. I guess they have to save money for postage because they spend more on that than bandwidth.


Spend about 20 times more in postage! What is the largest late fee that you've ever gotten? Apparently the creator of Netflix got a $40 late fee for renting Apollo 13


Just a couple bucks from Red Box. That is crazy though, I would be inspired to start Netflix if that happened to me too.


Yep I'll be really annoyed if that were me haha. I could definitely see why they invented Netflix back in 1997


I remember my dad getting dvd's through the mail with Netflix. Speaking of movies, did you know the Green Lantern was supposed to be a comedy with Jack Black. I wish that would have happened.


Yep that sounds like a much better movie. The one with Ryan Reynolds was pretty horrible in my opinion haha. Have you ever seen the movie Kung Fu Hustle by the way?


I agree even Ryan thinks it was bad. I did see it and agree with Bill Murray on what he said about it.


Yes I like Bill Murray and he was spot-on with his analysis of that movie, do you ever watch TV shows that are comedies? I really like Seinfeld and also Fraser I can't believe that they both lost the Golden Globe to 3rd Rock from the Sun


I like all of those shows but Seinfeld is the best ever because it is so relatable! I wish that was on Netflix! Glad I'm in the US for Netflix because it's banned in China, Syria, North Korea, and Crimea!


Yeah that's scary. I hope that we never banned Netflix in the United States. Do you know that Netflix accounts for about a third of all internet bandwidth in North America?


I believe it! from 9 pm to 12 am, it accounts for 33 percent of North American bandwidth!


Yep that's insane! And if you include YouTube, Netflix and YouTube makeup half of all bandwidth in North America


That is one crazy fact! I still can't believe Blockbuster declined several offers to buy it.


No that was definitely a mistake, only $59 would be a bargain because Netflix is now worth over 2 billion


I should have bought stock early on for sure!


Were you a fan of Chris Rock's earlier comedy much or do you think he has a better style in the new Tamborine special?


i honestly like the old stuff but i had no idea Netflix even released a special with him! i'm going to check it out.


I hear that his new routine was much more personal and opened up about life experiences while he kept the style simple as opposed to his older flashier stuff.


i think I would like that. i think its awesome he is still around in the public eye and recently toured in 2017 by the tour name of total blackout!


Yeah and for someone who likes to discuss politicians and racial issues in his comedy, the current political climate seems ripe for him to comeback.


yes I agree with that one. i had no idea he cheated on his wife, fought addiction and had a horrible battle with seeing his children. that's sad to hear!


It is very sad to hear, it makes me amazed that he somehow managed to convert all of that experience into a comedy routine- that seems like it would definitely be touchy!


i know it most likely helped shape him into who he is today. i mean he flat out says i was a bad husband! i was an addict he recalls more than once! i never knew all this


I heard that during the part of the routine where he addresses his cheating, the director Bo Burnham utilized an up close shot of his face so that the audience could clearly watch as he admitted to his behavior.


wow that must have been hard. i bet people walked out! he has a huge loyal fan base though and still to this day doesnt like president Bush! He says he paved the way for the first black president. which is a good thing in my book!


It's good that he does have a loyal fan base- apparently the money for his tour was good but he really needed it due to the alimony he now pays.


i bet that stuff can be very high! i think its awesome that Rock wanted to feel  intimacy of the crowd  and feel how close the audience was to him! That clearly would be touching to a fan.


I can imagine, and he even wore just jeans and a tee shirt instead of some fancy outfit to keep it intimate as possible.


I feel that is very nice and original . he even explained to his crowd that the way he viewed stuff years ago was from lived experiences but is a new man now. i do know some of his old views were a bit rated R


Well I think that is great, people always can improve their behavior and learn from their mistakes. It's also cool that we watch his story from beginning to now in a way by watching his "Everybody Hates Chris" series.


that was a very good show and it got amazing ratings! i know he got in some hot water in 2016 at the oscars! I bet he thinks before he speaks more now days!


Well Netflix paid him $40 million for his new special so he must be doing good now at least!


wow that is alot of money! Goodness. He used to be paid alot and worked on HBO, now he has switched it up to whats popular now which is netflix.


Yeah but I wonder if he gets to keep much of it after paying all of his alimony to his wife. I believe Netflix will keep up as most popular since they make up 33% of all internet use in North America between 9pm-12am


2016 netflix released 126 original series/films, more than any other network or cable station!


It's amazing to think that all of that just started because of the founders frustration with dvd rental fees.


I am not. However, I do have a lot of respect for him, for owning up to his faults as a husband, and bringing porn addiction into the light.


I do not watch anything of his. I prefer Drew Carey, as he is from my area and a marine


He has a new special on Netflix that just came out called Tamborine that I need to watch


Enjoy.  I sometimes put on the fireplace on Netflix, when I'm working in my home office.


I haven't seen one of his acts in a while.  I even missed Kill the Messenger. I heard it was good too though


I do have to wonder if Blockbuster would still be a thing, if they would have taken Netflix up on their offer of being their online service.


Chris Rock has certainly matured over the years and had his ups and downs for sure


I dont pay any attention to him. I think its great that Netflix monitors illegal downloads in their European markets, to see which shows they should purchase. That sounds like a sound business plan.


I wonder if they go after those who are illegally downloading their shows?


I doubt it, as you can download from Netflix.


I'm sure it's tough to keep up with all of the 137 million subscribers at all times. Too bad you can't get Netflix in North Korea


To be fair, you can't get the internet in DPKA, unless you are very rich.


Blockbuster sure messed up by not jumping at chance to buy Netflix


That's what I said earlier, I really like a lot of their in-house productions. They have quality content.


I agree. I am a huge Netflix fan. I dropped my other subscriptions in favor of Netflix


I think the US should adopt the policy of Guatemala, so that close relatives of former Presidents cannot run for office.


Gone are the days of presidents being scholars. Woodrow Wilson was the last to have a PHD, and its time we do away with the rich presidents, like Kennedy was.


Did you know the president of Zimbabwe's name is Banana?


That is hilarious. I had to read that twice.


I am headed to the Guest house of the President now to hang out and watch the circus. Nice chatting with you.


Yes. I like learning about rappers too. The rapper 6ix9ine sounds like not a great guy. He recently attacked a 16 year old fan.


Because the fan was trying to take a video of him. Kind of an extreme reaction.


Yes he does. He recently filmed a music video with Kanye West and Nicki Minaj.


That seems cool. I think those 2 act crazy, but really aren't. More about marketing for them.


Kanye was actually admitted to a mental hospital before! Tupac seemed more level headed. His music is in the library of congress under cultural significance.


Yeah, see I think it is an act with Kanye to get attention.


Oh interesting you may be right. The more attention the more money. The person credited with originating the style of rap was Anthony DJ Hollywood Holloway from Harlem. I have actually never heard his stuff.


I think it's interesting how rap occupies a gray area between speech, prose, poetry, and singing. Who was Rob Base?


He was a rapper in the 80s. A long time before Busta Rhymes.


Oh nice. I will have to look him up. One thing I envy about rappers is their nice cars. I have never seen one with a flamethrower though. Would have to go to South Africa for that!


Hilarious. I bet someone actually has that there too!


I bet! Apparently they have them to deter car jackers.


It sounds funny, but it probably isn't if you get car jacked.


Yes never funny to have that happen. Speaking of cars, I love listening to the radio while driving. The AM radio can actually pick up storms from Jupiter!


Interesting, what channel does this occur on, do you know? Anyways, nice chatting!


I think just any AM station. Probably doesn't work with foxhole radios though. Nice talking with you too have a good one!


Hello, did you know the car Cadillac was named after a French explorer by the same name?


Or that the trunk of the car is called trunk because cars used to carry wooden trunks on the back?


wow, that's interesting.  I didn't know that about Trunks!


Ha and it's legal to add flame throwers to your car in Africa to prevent carjacking!


That is insane!  Also, McDonald's added the drive thru in 1975 so Soldiers who couldn't leave their cars due to being in uniform could order food!


Hmm, very interesting! Soldiers in WWI made radios out of razor blades and pencils!.


That's hard to imagine, I wonder how good those radios were???  I guy who play the video game "Gran Turismo" became an actual professional race car driver because he beat 90,000 people in the video game!


Did you know all radios in Canada are required to play at least 40% Canadian music? Or that the storms on Jupiter can be picked up here on am radio?


I didn't know that, it seems like I don't know much!  Ha ha.  There's a website dedicated to Free programming of thousands of episodes of old Classic Radio Dramas. I can't imagine having to listen to TV, and not watch it.


Wow! You DO know a lot! There is a radio station in Finland that broadcasts a weekly program entirely in Latin! Or if you prefer you can pick up free classic radio drama on the web.


Thanks, I can't believe that Korea has rappers that perform what's called "Compliment Battle" style rapping, funny


Yeah, and Tupac's music is in  the Library of Congress under "Cultural Significance"


Eminem, the rapper, wanted to be a comic book artist before his music career.


And the judge trying his case in 2001 sang the verdict in rap!


Funny, can you imagine hearing that come out of a judges mouth in a courtroom?  The birth year of the "Modern" car is 1886.


It was only 1908 before they became widely accepted in the US replacing horse drawn carriages..


The Model T came out in 1908, it was one of the first cars available to the masses by Ford company.


Hey back to rap music for a moment; did you know that the Rugrats Movie Reptar Wagon had voiceovers by Busta Rhymes?


I didn't know that, interesting! Also James Brown like to interact with his crowds between songs at his concerts.


Smooth! They way I heard it was that he would interact with Muhammad Ali and the bands at that time.


Yes, this is true. The African griot tradition was the precursor to modern rap.


I wonder what made someone think that Tupac's music was culturally significant.


Me too.  I had no idea Eminem really wanted to be a comic book artist.  That's quite a talent.


I didn't know that either! He is a creative artist so it's no surprise.


I found the Rapping article very interesting.  I learned a lot about what rapping is and how it is performed.  It's neat to think of it as poetry.


It's not hard to imagine it as a form of poetry when you envision it's origins in 16th century England.


I also found it interesting that the word rap means to converse.  I can see how the term rap was given to this music style.  Rapping sounding like a conversation with music and beat.


Isn't it funny, too, that Koreans even have rap "compliment battles"? I guess rap can come in many forms!


I agree.  I was quite amused when I read how a Michigan judge delivered her ruling in the form of a rap when trying a suit filed against Eminem.  Very funny!


Wow, that must have taken a lot of courage! I wonder if she was able to achieve the proper "delivery" style.


I also wonder if the judge used her gavel as her backbeat.


Ha, that's a clever idea. She would have really been "spitting" then right!


What did you think about the cars article?  I didn't know that it took much longer for Western Europe and other parts of the world to adopt cars.


I have never been much interested in cars but I was really interested in some of the little facts such as that drive-thru was invented originally to accommodate soldiers.


I'm not a cars person either, but I did enjoy reading about the history of cars.  I found that tidbit on McDonald's adding a drive-thru very interesting.  I had no idea.  And trunks on cars...didn't know that term came from old cars having wooden trunks on the back of them.


I thought the trunk bit was interesting, too. I guess it makes perfect sense, I never thought about whether or not cars originally had trunks, but now I know!


I just assumed the trunk was similar to trunks on cars today.  Boy was I wrong.  How about South-Africa?  Cars are equipped with flame-throwers to prevent carjacking.  Yikes!


Yeah, jeez I'd guess that the term "equipped" is being used a little too loosely there haha, probably more like gerry rigged up!


Well, I am thankful to Ford and the Model T.  I don't think I would want to be driving around a horse-drawn carriage in today's society.  Do you like listening to the radio?


Me too. Yes, I do sometimes. I think it's great that we can find cool websites these days with thousands of hours of free radio content.


Me too and I really like apps like Spotify and Pandora.  I can listen to my favorite songs with less commercials.  Commercials and talking are the 2 things I dislike about listening to the radio.


Well it's lucky then for you that streaming services are so easy to access and offer ad-free subscriptions!


Hello.  Are you a fan of rap music at all?


Wait, yours is about rapping? Mine is about the killing of a black man by two white men for dating a white woman!


Agreed! I cannot imagine this happening in Chicago, where I'm from, now.


I know it's not much, but they kept on pursuing this case until they finally got the killers years later. There is some solace in that I guess.


That's a ncie perspective to have. I'm going to concentrate on the factual sections so I don't ruin my day... Jann mardenborough became a professional race car driver by beating 90,000 people in the video game gran turismo.


I am curious about that.  Did he just start driving real cars after virtual ones?


I guess. Seems like a fun way to become a full-time driver...


Probably a lot cheaper!  One thing that isn't so cheap I guess is McDonald's paid rappers $5 when "Big Mac" was referenced in a rap song.  What's funny is I recall Rob Base in "It Take's Two" saying "f" the big mac.  I wonder if he still got paid?


I don't remember that in the song. Im going to have to go back and listen. I used to love that song... Mcdonalds' added drive-thru in 1975 to accommodate soldiers who were not allowed to get out of their cars while wearing their fatigues.


That's a cool connection with McDonalds!   In regards to the song, it's one of the later versus.  He says "I like the whopper, f' the big mac." LOL


Nice... I do like the whopper more than the Big Mac. Although I do not go to either often.  The car brand cadillac was named after french explorer antoine de la mothe cadillac who founded detroit.


I wonder if he had an "aggressive" mode like Google's self-driving cars apparently do?


I hope so! At least he doesn't have a flame-thrower in his cars like they do in south africa!


That's pretty scary! Wouldn't it be funny if there were hip-hop songs about using flame throwers.


I would think so. Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an am radio.


It might be better than some of the music we get today I'm afraid.  I am really curious to know more about Signmark, a deaf rapper who uses sign language.  Does it have a beat and get played on the radio?


I do not know... that's an interesting thought. I know deaf people like radio because they can feel the beat of the car. They listen to it at a deafening rate (no pun intended).


That's interesting.  I guess vibration and, if it's a live performance, lights probably go a long way.  I wonder if deaf people in the 40s had to feel Bing Crosby's tones most of the time the radio was playing?


That would be a pretty soothing beat. Might fall asleep to it...


Not a good thing if driving!  I guess Karl Benz probably didn't count on the radio or Bing Crosby back in 1886 when he invented the car.


Good morning!  Are you a basketball fan?


Yea, it's interesting that Doris Burke was inducted to the Basketball hall of fame for electronic media


Ahh...yes.  That was when she received the Curt Gowdy award.


Yea, it's pretty cool Burke used to coach Division I basketball but I don't know if it warrants induction to the hall


I'm not sure.  She's in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.  Do you know who James Naismith is?


Yea, Naismith invented basketball, I wonder what inspired him to do it


The YMCA!  lol  That's where he created it I believe.


Naismth was also a coach for the University of Kansas and ended up with a losing record


Yes.  In 39 our of 50 states, the highest paid state employee is either a college football or basketball coach.


That's sad, the state shouldn't have to pay basketball or football coaches millions a year of taxpayers dollars


I agree with you there!  Do you know what they called the basketball court that's on the top floor of the US supreme court building?


The Highest Court in the Land, but I doubt it is used much considering how old the judges of the Supreme Court are


lol Good point!  I can't believe the New Zealand basketball team is nicknamed the "tall blacks"


Wow I've never even heard of NZ having a basketball team!


Crazy!  Physicists proved that shooting granny style is the absolute best technique to consistently score points on the freethrow line.


Interesting, I remember making a lot more shots shooting Granny style than with a regular shot


Yes!  NBA players refuse to do it because they think it looks stupid. lol


It would be pretty funny if the air jordan logo was the granny shot, I bet the NBA would have never banned them if they were


lol  Tim Duncan of the Spurs sacrificied money and stayed in college for 4 years instead of going directly to the NBA.  Rare thing there for a player to do.  It was nice chatting with you!


Tim Duncan is a smart guy and good person, not surprised he stayed in college for 4 years, Nice chatting with you


Hi.  I need to listen to am radio.  Apparently you can hear radio storms on Jupiter!


Jupiter also has radio storms so strong they can be picked up and heard by radio.


Yes. Crazy to think how far the radio waves have to travel to reach us.


Did you know that when south park aired its family guy episode finale the producers received flowers from the simpsons crew?


That's funny. There's only one episode of The Simpsons where Bart isn't on it or spoken of.


Yes and that is crazy when you think of how many episodes there are. Did you know that there were over 750 episodes of pokemon


That must be about 50 a year for 16 years! How has it remained popular so long?


I'm not sure. Did you know Ringo starr, alec baldwin and george carlin all narrated thomas the tank engine


That's a prestigious line up.  Luckily my son never got into Thomas the Tank!


Mine either. Did you know hockey players will lose up to 8 pounds in one game. I think I need to play hockey


That's crazy, and kinda gross if they're just sweating it out.


True and Canada is known for Lacrosse and Hockey.


It is the only country to have two national sports.


It is crazy to believe in the 90's they traded a player for $1 and he went to win 4 stanley cups


I wonder which player, that had to be humiliating for the team to realize afterwards.


I would be curious myself to see who it was


Speaking of Canadian past times, they have a law that all radio stations must play 40% Canadian music.


Well that is cool so people listen to their artists


Cool, but definitely seems like a silly law.


I have I love watching NBA games, do you?


ya I do like watching them, theyd be a lot more boring without the dunk though, did you hear that they tried to ban that?


No, what happened? did they actually ban the dunk shot?


ya they did, kareem abdul-jabbar was too good with it so they banned it for a decade


That seems unfair not only to the game but to the crown if the kid know how to dunk shot then let him, its not his fault his talented


nope its not his fault he's too good haha, did you hear about "the highest court in the land"?


well its on the top floor of the supreme court actually, do you think they ever actually play basketball up there? They're so old haha


I think they do, judges againsts judges, who rules in a game like that one lol


haha ya maybe they settle court cases up there, I just don't know haha


Yeah, interesting way to break a tie, do you know who Reggie Miller is?


I've heard of him, wasn't his sister really good at basketball?


Yeah he was a hall of famer but his sister was twice as good, I guess she is in the hall of fame as well, she did break 8 records


that is impressive, I want to try wearing Air Jordans, do you think they actually help you play better?


Im nor sure, I think they got banned for a reason so they might give the player a competitive advantage, those are really comfortable shoes though


ya and Nike Just paid the fee so Jordan could keep using them, crazy!


I guess Nike has the money to pay a fine for every game, did you know that granny style is the best way to take a shot


yes I think more players should do it! It was literally scientifically proven to be the best


Yeah but they think it looks stupid so I guess we wont be seeing that soon, it would be funny though


I kind of admire Tim Duncan, he stayed in college to get his degree instead of going right to the NBA


Yeah thats a hard thing to do for sure, many would prefer the money, its a good thing he decided to end college


oh for sure, do you ever listen to the radio?


Hello there, how are you doing today?  Are you a big rap fan?


Yeah I listen to the songs from the 90s. I never knew that it was influenced by ancient Egyptian practices


Nice, yeah I like early to mid 90's rap the best.  And that is awesome, I never knew that.


Yea, I guess the first rapper was DJ Hollywood from Harlem, I didn't know that


Anthony Holloway, he was probably a super cool person.


I'm a big Tupac fan, nice to see his music is in the library of congress of cultural significance


Yeah Tupac was really good, and that is a very cool fact about him I would agree.


Yeah, I like eminem too, I guess it's a good thing he never became a comic book artist.


Yeah imagine if he would've been a pro comic book artist? Wonder what type he would have written?


Well his favorite superhero is Spiderman, so maybe he could work on that


Yeah I'm sure he would give that a try if someone asked.  Did you know a Michigan judge once rapped a ruling in a suit vs. Eminem?


Lol, that's kinda unprofessional. I wondered what he was arrested for, maybe he equipped a flame thrower to his car like it's legal to do in South Africa


Yeah that sounds like a real life grand theft auto, or better yet a real life twisted metal, do you remember that game?


Yea, it was pretty fun. I wonder if there's any jobs you can get for beating 90,000 people like Jann Mardenborough did in Gran Turismo to become a professional race car driver


Yeah I wonder what other jobs there are out there, wonder if I could get a pro football contract from playing FIFA? lol


Lol that be cool. Apparently you can hear radio storms from jupiter from a regular radio


Very interesting.  I also know that there is a website where you can listen to tons of old radio dramas for free.


That's interesting, I wonder if they are forced to have at least 40% of the shows be from canadian artists


Yeah like in Canada, I don't think everyone would agree that is a good law, but maybe the Canadian musicians would.


Well I guess it's better than listening to a program in classical latin like 'nutil latini' in Finland


Yeah I would have to agree with you on that one for sure.  Well it was nice talking with you today, I hope you enjoy the rest of the day.


Im great listening to the radio, do you like listening to the radio?


I like the radio a lot! Did you know Jupiter has radio storms so strong they can be picked up by an am radio?


I didnt know that, Jupiter looks oike a beautiful planet, it would be great to listen to those storms


I do wonder what they sound like! I know WWII soldiers made their own radios with razor blades and pencils.


Thats a great skill to have, there is also a finnish radio station that has a latin news segment in it, its been around a long time


That is interesting. Good way to get listeners. Canadian law requires 40% of the music played to be Canadian.


40% of the music, that is a lot, I cant recall many worthy Canadian artists


I think Justin Bieber and Drake are. So talking about radio makes me think of TV. Did you know that Ringo Starr narrated at least 52 episodes of Thomas the Tank?


Thomas the Tank Engine, that was a great show, my borhter just to love that one, great narrators I agree


I have seen so many episodes and never would have guessed! Did you know that there is only one Simpson's episode where Bart is not mentioned and does not appear?


The Simpsons is also a great show did you watch South Park as well?


The crew from both shows are close to each other, they send flowers towards the end of a season


Oh that's nice. I think Family Guy is related somehow.


I think its made by the same producers or something like that, remakes of shows tend to be really bad, what are your thoughts on that?


It's a toss up. Sometimes goo, sometimes not.


Well one remake that was bad was the remake of that 70s show


It was called Days Like These and got cancelled after 10 episodes


Yes, isn't that the one in another country?


Do you have a favorite television show you like watching?


Hi there, yes I do, I love the SImpsons among other shows. How about you?


I was a fan of the 70s show and days like these, but don't understand why it was cancelled after only ten episodes, was it because of the cast?


Not sure as to what the reason was there really. Maybe because in te UK humour is different. Do you ever watch SNL?


It probably is, I think the 70s show remade did ok in the UK. Yes, my favorite is the weekend update, it's hilarious! Are you a fan?


Yeah me too. I guess it is the longest running skit they have in the SNL


I could see why, it's witty, entertaining, and hilarious! I forget which of the Baldwin brothers does the Trump impersonation, but Alec Baldwin also narrated Thomas the Tank engine for at least 52 episodes! What a drastic change!


It is the same guy, Alec. He is so good at it too. That is a huge change for sure. DO you ever watch the Simpsons?


Oh so it is him! I used to watch it occasionally and I know it's wildly popular and successful but I never noticed the episode where Bart wasn't present, do you watch the Simpsons?


I do and I am not sure which episode that is. He wasn't even mentioned at least .


Yeah, I also didn't realize Pokemon was on for that long, there's at least 750 episodes! I thought Pokemon was something that was popular decades ago, but apparently not!


I think they have made a comeback with Pokemon Go and yeah they have been on air for 16 years. That is amazing


Oh yeah, that was very popular when it first came out, is it still that popular? I've only heard about it on the radio and never played, do you?


I have not played it either but I know it is all over. Back to hobbies, do you enjoy hockey?


I have never played hockey even though it snows a lot! Is hockey quite as big as it is in Canada where it's their national sport?


Yeah I think up there it is really popular. Did you hear the US Olympic team lost to an England high school team?


High schoolers losing to an Olympic team? Wow, that's kind of embarrassing, unless they let them win. there was a hockey player being traded for only $1 and he went on to win four stanley cups!


I guess that trade did not stop him from being a great player after all. Slovakian WOmen's team seems to be amazing to score a goal every 44 seconds


That's impressive, is there a difference between hockey and ice hockey as some countries refer?


I think they are the same thing. I know there is field hockey that does not involve ice, but those two should be the same thing


Oh ok, I think both sound really painful, especially when it's played on ice, an average professional player even loses up to eight pounds in one game!


I only occasionally watch it, but it's always a ton of fun when I do. Are you a hockey fan?


Oh nice that is even better. I am not a fan per say but watch the games sometimes. An average hockey player loses 8 pounds per page. Has that happened to you before?


Oh, sorry, I should've realized! I don't think I've ever lost that much in one activity. It sounds exhausting!


Yeah it sure does. Did you know a player was once traded for $1 and then went on to win 4 Stanley cups?


Depending on who you are, that's either the best or the worst deal ever.


I guess so. In the first olympic games Canada scored 132 goals and let in only 3


That's one stereotype I bet they don't mind reinforcing! Especially since it's one of their national sports.


That is true. I do not know how good they are in lacrosse though.


I don't know much about lacrosse. I couldn't even say whether or not there are televised games, though I'd guess there are. Everything is on television these days.


That is very true. DO you watch any shows on TV?


I watch a few, mainly reality competitions and cooking shows like Top Chef, and a few sci-fi or fantasy ones. What about you?


Nice, I like watching shows like the Simpsons, they are very funny


I've never watched the Simpsons, but I have caught a few episodes of South Park, which I think is similar. I enjoy the comedy of it.


Yes they are pretty similar and in one instance the staff of SImpsons sent the crew of South Park flowers after they wrapped up an episode of Family Guy


That sounds almost sweet, but knowing the cast and crew of those shows, there was probably a joke hidden in there somewhere!


Oh I am sure that was out of irony. Have you ever watched pokemon?


No, but it seemed like all my friends did when I was little. That series had so many episodes I'd never catch up!


Yeah it has way too many, 750 of them to be more exact. Nice chat :)


Yes, I love them!! Do you have any favorites?


Ya, I like Mercedes Benz, Karl Benz invented the first car in 1886.


I do too! One of the first cars for the masses was a Ford Model T!


Wow, pretty crazy in South Africa its legal to put flame throwers on your car to prevent robberies.


Very strange, it must happen often! Not sure how that works? Do they throw them at the robber?


No I believe they are under the side of the car so when you try to open to door it shoots at you.


Oh really, I was wondering how that worked. Did you know the Cadillac got its name from a french explorer?


I did not, I did know they call it a trunk because old cars used to have wooden trunks on the back.


True makes sense! His name was Antoine De la Mothe who founded Detroit.


Anyways, Did you know the planet Jupiter has radio storms so strong they can be picked up from earth with a am radio?


Very cool! I would like to hear that, I can't imagine how it would sound?


I do not know what there is a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of old radio dramas if you into that.


I heard of that. I think its free, I would try it but I'm not sure how long I could stay on it. Did you know soldiers in WW2 made radios out of razor blades and pencils?


I believe I have heard something similar. Do you like rap music?


Somewhat,  I like some of Tupac Shakur. I didn't know his music was in the library of congress.


Wow, before he became a rapper eminem wanted to become a comic book writer,


Really, Who knew? I like comic books too! Korean rappers have their own freestyle. lol


Yes, instead of insulting each other they compliment each other!


Ha, ha, ha! yes.... Rapper Eminem had a judge gave her ruling in rap! lol


Hilarious, Alright well I have to run great chatting.


Hey there, do you like or watch basketball?


I do. He's old now but I did like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.


True, he might be old but guy has gone down on history for his dunk shots


Yes he did. He was so good at it that he got it banned from college basketball for over a decade!


THat is insane. Do you know who invented the game, basketball?


It was a coach at U of Kansas, James Naismith.


Didn't he have a problem with losing games?


He did, he was the only  losing coach in the history of the University


Wow! That has to sting when you invented the sport.


I know, a little strange too. Howver the coaches are the highest pais state empoloyees in most States


That's incredibly sad when it's college coaches because they means they are state employees. That's way too much emphasis on athletics above all else.


I know, I bet you professors do not make that much. Did you know the US Supreme COurt has a basketball court too?


I did not. That seems silly. I cannot imagine the members of the supreme court playing basketball.


Yeah and it is actually know as the highest court in the land, as it is on the top floor of the building


Ha ha, someone thought they were clever. Are you familiar with Reggie Miller of the NBA?


Yeah he is a great player. SO that makes me wonder how amazing his sister must be to be better than him. What a talented family


I was just going to talk about his sister. She won 8 national records! What a talented family!


Good for her, go girl. How about Allen Iverson, do you know him?


He is the guy the signed the contract with Rebook for $800 000 a year until he is 55


Do you like playing hockey? I occasionally watch hockey because my brother likes the sport, but I don't have any interest in playing. What about you?


To be honest, I've never played it but I do occasionally watch it. In fact, I am a huge fan of Doc Emrick. He's one of the best play by play men in all of sports!


Yeah, I heard he's basically the godfather of hockey announcing on tv! He even won an Emmy for "Outstanding Sports Personality - Play-by-Play" in 2011!


Indeed! I love his wit and the fact that he is known as the "man of one thousand phrases". Such a clever tag!


That's very clever. He's been in the business for 45 years, so I guess he's had to come up with many different phrases in his time!


That is so true. You know, Joe Beninati once said his cadence/excitement can be relentless. Truer words have never been spoken, in my opinion!


Did you know that when the NHL was on lock-out in 2012-2013, he went to Troy to call a girls' youth hockey game? He's such a good guy.


I did not know that, actually! I bet those girls were honored to have such a legend call their game! Speaking of hockey facts, did you know the average pro hockey player can lose up to 8 pounds each game?


That's absolutely crazy. Maybe I should pick up hockey! Just kidding, but they must have to eat thousands and thousands of calories a day to keep their weight up!


No kidding! Hey, I should pick it up as well, ha! On a serious note, I think I'm better off just watching it on tv. Speaking of tv, do you like the Simpson's? I'm a fan and appreciated how the crew once set the south park gang flowed after they aired a family guy episode!


Yeah, I like The Simpson's! I think it's a really clever show. Did you know there's only one episode of The Simpson's in which Bart isn't present and isn't mentioned? I personally like Family Guy better, so I'd love to watch that South Park episode. Do you like Family Guy?


I was not aware of that. Weird considering he's basically the star of the show! Honestly, I've never watched family guy. I am a fan of Pokemon and have caught all 750+ episodes.


Really? ALL 750+ episodes? That's amazing, true commitment! I regret to admit that I've seen very, very few Pokemon episodes in my lifetime. Which is your favorite Pokemon?


There's so many, truly, It's honestly hard to say. Crazy to think the shoe averages 50 episodes a year, 16 consecutive years! Wow!


The Simpsons has a little over 650 episodes right now! It is one of the longest-running shows, originally airing in 1989. That's thirty years! Definitely less prolific than Pokemon, but a close second!


That is unbelievable! Hard to think a show can last that long! Have you ever watched any Thomas the Tank Engine shows?