Paula Fischetti of Silver Spring, Md., thought there has to be a better option than dispatching a box full of plastic to the landfill. She suggested "freecycling," which is offering the tapes to anyone who would take them.


I saw that. It reminds me of E-waste. I actually live in this area and have heard of the program. A lot of the material goes to the auto industry apparently.


I would love to have something like that here.Goodwill of Greater Washington. Of mix tapes, Brendan said, "While we will accept them if donated, they're probably not going to be sold as they are difficult to move.


That would be great. I didn't know the Library of the Congress is obsoleting all of their books for the blind, which are cassette tapes.


Oh no! But i guess they can get them online. avid said cassettes and their cases are typically made of polypropylene or polystyrene.


If you publish a book in Norway, the government will buy 1,000 copies and distribute them to libraries throughout the country apparently.


That would be nice! A man falsely imprisoned for 10 years spent most of his time at the library to study law and prove his innocence, and then became a lawyer to help free other people who have been falsely convicted.


I know. They should make a movie about this. At least there are more libraries in the country than McDonalds.


This is such a good idea! That the sacramento public library started a "library of things" earlier this year, allowing patrons to check out, among other things, sewing machines and other items that patrons may find useful, but don't need to own long-term.


That is not a bad idea. I could use a sewing machine for a few days actually.


And I have 2 of them. Would be nice to share. In 1895, uk prime minister william gladstone founded a public library. aged 85, he wheelbarrowed his personal collection of 32,000 books the ¾ mile between his home and the library. his desire, his daughter said, was to "bring together books who had no readers with readers who had no books"


I don't think this is true, but I read that the trunk of your car is called that due to the fact that old cars used to have wooden trunks on the back.


isn't that fun! The car brand cadillac was named after french explorer antoine de la mothe cadillac who founded detroit. All my male relatives worked in detroit.


I know that. I've been to detroit, they have a casino called Greektown there. Ever been?


I've been to Detroit, but never to a casino. Jann mardenborough became a professional race car driver by beating 90,000 people in the video game gran turismo.


Than cannot be true, but maybe it is. It surprised me that the sun is actually white, and not yellow. But I guess that makes sense since most stars look white at night.


I know that is wild! A lightening bolt is hotter than the surface of the sun, about 5x hotter.


I believe that, but I bet it is not as hot as the core of a sun where the fusion is going on. I'm surprised how small the sun actually is. It is only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star in our galaxy.


Hi there! Not sure about you, but it's been cold where I live but I'm glad to see the birds coming back!


You and me both!  I'm in North East Ohio and we're still in the teens here today with snow on the ground still.  I can't wait to see the birds come back.


Some birds fly from Alaska to Northern Mexico without sleeping while migrating.


That's incredible. I live on a big lake south of Lake Erie.  I love the migrating season because we see ducks that we normally don't see here.  In most birds, bones are so hollow that the entire skeleton weighs less than the feathers.


That is hard to believe! Did you know there are birds in Australia that can mimic the sound of cameras, car alarms and chainsaws?


That would be kind of creepy to hear!  The extinct dodo bird is actually a sub family of pigeon.  Wasn't the dodo from Australia?


It might have been. I've heard that hummingbirds steal spiderwebs to construct and repair their nests.


LOL  on a sad note human activity threatens about 1,200 species of birds.


Awww. That is sad. The digestive and respiratory systems of birds are adapted for flight.


I didn't know that.  Do you watch Fox news at all?


I do. I like to keep up with what's going on. I know the FOX news channel is watched more than CNN and MSNBC combined.


Wow.  That's probably because 94,700,000 US households receive Fox news.  lol


That could have something to do with it! I know at one time FOX was going to create a cable channel that would only air the Simpsons.


I bet that would have been succesful.  At one time Fox news threatened to sue the Simpson in order to stop them from parodying its famously anti-democratic party agenda.  That's odd because I thought Fox owned the Simpsons?


I thought so too. I like FOX because it was created by republican media strategist Richard Ailes and President Richard Nixon.


I didn't know Nixon was involved.  Interesting.  The gaming website IGN is owned by News corp. which also owns Fox news.  Do you still listen to the radio at all?  I do.


Yes, I listen often. In fact there is a website where you can listen to thousands of episodes of classic radio dramas for free.


I'm going to have to check that out.  Jupiter has radio storms so strong that they can be picked up and heard by an AM radio!


Wow! I would have never guessed that. Canadian law requires that at least 40% of music played be Canadian.


That's kind of neat.  Gives some people in Canada the chance for their music to be heard.  Since 1989 a Finnish radio station has broadcast a weekly news show called "Nuntii Latini" conducted entirely in classical Latin.


I wonder if there's a lot of people there that speak Latin? Well, it was good talking with you. Bye now.


Are you a hockey fan of the Stars or Capitals?


I don't really know much about hockey. Which team are you a fan of?


Actually, I grew up in the South so hockey wasn't a thing really...  I think watching humming birds steal spiderwebs was more popular.


I like the fact that hummingbirds do things like that . Everybody likes them, but I knew that they were larcenous little buggers.


They actually remind me more of insects in their sounds.  The sound more like a Jupiter radio storm.


I think the storms on Jupiter deserves their chance at a Grammy, especially considering all the bad music on the radio these days. Boy, I tell ya, kids these days!


Yeah, if Fox News can have a gaming website then Jupiter should have a shot at a Grammy.


The median viewer age for Fox News is 68. Are they going to play games? I don't THINK so.


I wonder what the median age for hockey is?  I did go to a hockey game once.  I saw Roman Polak... You know the saying: "I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out."  That's what he was like, always called for penalties.


I don't know Roman Polak. I know Roman Polanski. Hockey is one of Canada's national sports. There is another one. Can you guess what it is?


Ice fishing?  I suspect Roman Polak and Roman Polanski have similar arrest records.


LOL! Probably! Do you listen to the radio at all?


Only in the car on long trips without CDs or mp3s available.  I might listen to classic radio shows but I don't know a station for that.


Classic radio shows? Were you born in the 1920s? No one listens to those. Those are dusty archives on the Internet for the species that discovers humanity after we all disappear.


I think it would be interesting.  Didn't you ever listen to things like Cheech & Chong or other comedy audios?  I guess it's a matter of understanding a particular vernacular like hockey's "turning over the puck."


I ain't so good with the hockey metaphors, but I get the Cheecher and Chonger metaphors. Them fellers were good with the marijuana jokes. I think they should be on Fox News more.


They would be a good fit for CNN.  A little comedy might subdue all the Trump hate. Like Canadian law, all news channels should be 40% truthful.


The truth in Canada comes in the form of Canadian Content or CanCon. I think that Canada has a really good grasp of what's necessary in these trying times.


I've only been to Canada once.  It was beautiful.  I wonder if they have Canadian hummingbirds -- they sure do have hockey.


Don't ever trust Canadian hummingbirds on the hockey field! They are nefarious! Anyhow, good to chat! Enjoy your next trip to Canada!


Ha! I'll keep that in mind.  Thanks for the excellent conversation.


Library is the source of information and knowledge. Its not only books we can read the New paper, Magazine and DVD.


Yes you are right, do you go to the library often?


Yes, It is also the place for the people who can't afford the books and study materials.


yes, did you know a man falsely imprisoned for 10 years spend most of his time at the library to prove his innocence?


Knowledge is wealth. In modern age, Library also have electronic medium to share the knowledge and Digital library are used to know the information correctly.


I didn't know there are more libraries in the US than McDonalds.


No. The Library of Alexandria, in Egypt was the largest and most important great library of the ancient world.


Wow, I didn't know that, UK prime minister at age of 85 wheelbarrowed his personal collections of 32,000 books 3/4 miles to his home?


The modern public library was started in the 19th century, the books are brought buy the government itself and place the copies in the library. It make the reader to encourage.


Did you know that McDonalds added a drive -thru in 1975 for soldiers who weren't allowed to get out of their cars, due to wearing their fatigues?


The year 1886, is the birth year of the modern cars, it comes to human usage in 20th century. Over the decades, their several technology which improved the safety and comfortable travelling.


Yes you are right, did you know Jann Mardenborough became a professional race car driver by beating 90,000 people in video games?


Mostly cars are propelled by the internal combustion engine, fuel by fossil fuels which may lead to pollution, climate change and global warming. To avoid this some countries using Ethanol flexible fuel.


That's true, don't you know if you live in Las Vegas, NV, each person have to have emission check, before registering their cars?


Electric cars have been in use since 2008, some countries allowed it to make a pollution free environment. The cars' cost is high.


Have you ever owned an electric car, I always wonder how those cars keep charge and how far can they go?


Not for long travel only in the cities it is enough.


Why spend that kind of money unless he or she owned a second car for family visits, vacations especially out of state.


The gravity of the sun holds the entire solar system. All the planets around the sun revolves in elliptical path.


That's true, did you know that the sun is actually white, it look yellow because of atmospheric scattering?


Sun is the only emitting bodies in the entire solar system through which only all the planets receive lights.


Yes you are right, that's amazing, It was nice chatting with you.


Sometimes, not as much as I use to. I am on internet or my phone for music. How about you?


Only in the car usually. Radio has been around a long time. In WWII, soldiers used to make them out of razorblades and pencils.


Interesting! So is the song,"Come together",  was written for a 1969 CA governor campaign!


It was for Timothy Leary's campaign, right?


Yes, Never knew that! What about those Jupiter radio  storms? Wow!


Apparently the storms are so strong they can be heard by am radio. Pretty cool. I wonder what it was like listening to radio shows before television. You had to imagine the story without pictures.


Would be different! Canadians make sure there own music is played on the radio too!


Yeah, I think 40% of the music has to be Canadian!


Right, Canada makes me think of Bryan Adams, a Canadian  singer and songwriter! Do you know him?


I'm not too familiar, what does he sing?


He has written a lot of love songs and songs for movies. Do you think you could listen to free classic radio dramas?


I think it would be interesting to hear what they were like back in the day, but I think they would get boring. How about you?


Yes! Well must be nice that Schwarzenegger as governor of CA commuted 3 hours daily by a private jet! Wonder who paid for that? lol


I wonder where he lived to require such a long commute!


3 hour jet flight from Sacramento somewhere? Didn't know North Dakota's governor declared martial law and seceded from the US in 1934!


That's crazy. There are a lot of strange stories in politics! Like every president that has had a beard was Republican.


I know, right! which two I wonder? must have been in the first half?


I didn't realize that they have only used red and blue to mean Republican and Democrat for less than 20 years!


I didn't either, I assumed it was always like that! Great chat!!


Nice talking to you! Have a great night!


I do. Just about anything too! Did you know Edgar Allen poe wrote a story about a cyborg? I thought that was weird!


Wow, that's weird. I do not associate him with cyborgs.  And I definitely do not associate Julius Ceasar with Hercules but he did...


I know right! I can't believe some of the things people have tried to ban in books. History can be a mess.


Yeah. I had no idea there is a wiki that ranks fictional characters by their powers and abilities. Who has time to do that?


Maybe people who love that stuff? I like to watch Tv in the evenings, do watch the Simpsons?


I do watch the Simpsons. I love them, do you?


I do! They just got renewed for 2 more seasons too! There was 1 episode that Bart was not in. I wish I had seen it!


The episode was 4 women and a manicure. Good episode but I had no idea he wasn't in it. I guess I just wassn't paying attention.


You know the title! I'll have to look it up now and watch it! Did you watch the 70's show?


I do know that show. I really liked it. Do you like it?


I loved it. It didn't do so well in Europe though.


Didn't it only have like 10 episodes that aired? Sees like a short hook but they would know better than I.


They probably liked pokemon though. They made 750 episodes! Have you ever seen it?


Oh my lord yes. My boys loved pokemon. I thought that show was never ending. Thats why!


I have a 7 year old and he watches it all the time. I cannot stand it but I have probably seen so many by proxy...


I feel the same. Hated that show! I feel for you! Seems like it has been on for 16 years!


The worst is that there are now spin offs or knock offs so there are so many options for my son to watch. He is starting to move on though, into Disney shows, like Bunk'd...


Thank goodness! Did you know that no woman has ever been nominated for best cinamatography?


I did not know that. I will have to check it out. Nice chatting with you!


A little. I used to love Bill Cosby and his comedy style. Now, his reputation is trashed.


I used to watch him too.  There were 19 women that came forward to accuse him but only one was able to come forward due to  the statue of limitation.


Yeah, but there are a hundred media interviews, and there is a feeding frenzy. The only relief comes briefly as the next perpetrator is outted.


Let's talk about something less depressing.  Do you like to travel?


I enjoy learning about travel destinations more than I actually enjoy traveling. This is in part due to the hassles of travel. You know travel by air is actually slower than it used to be?


I did not know that.  What is the reason?  Iceland population who have no car usually travel by air  since there is no public rail service in Iceland.


Interesting!  Air travel is slower because planes try to reduce speed to preserve fuel. Also, the airlines manage complaints through slowed travel.


I see.  Thanks for the info.  If you travel in Japan by car, it would cost you more than $300 on tolls.


That is a shame. I suppose they are used to it.  You know,, when traveling, occasionally I get delayed and must lay over for a night. I recently learned about a website that hooks travelers up with places that have empty couches!


Really?  What is the name of the website?  Also, apparently, the Dutch government is creating a commuter bus design to travel at 160 miles per hour.


160 mph? That will open up new areas for commuters! I don't remember what the website was called. We'll have to ask Dr. Google. Here's another piece of travel trivia: People will steal garden gnomes, take them on trips, and then return them along with travel photos.


That's weird.  I have never heard of garden gnomes before.


Its a fad, every since Travelocity h=introduced their travel gnome. Here is a bizarre fact: Back in the olden days when people traveled by boat ore, the ships crews would release rabbits on islands along their journey. That way, there would always be a place along the way to pick up groceries.


That was also unusual.  People are not allowed to drive motor vehicles in Mackinac Island.


Must be a peaceful place.  Hey, are you a Michael Jackson fan?


I used to when he was younger.  I liked his Billie Jean song.  How about you?


Sure! The King of Pop was amazing. Weird at times, but amazing! Did you know he was Steven Spielberg's first choice to play Peter Pan in the movie, Hook?


No.  I heard that Michael Jackson wanted to be like Peter Pan - he did not want to grow up.  Michael was so talented.  He created robot and moonwalk dance styles.


Actually, he did not create the moonwalk, but he did make it popular!  He also wanted to make a Harry Potter musical, but JK ROwling said no.


Thank you for the additional information.  I thought he created the moonwalk.  He made it popular though, right?  Anyway, I've got to run.  Nice chatting with you.


Yeah I watch television from time to time. I try to read though, have you ever read a golden age detective novel before


I have not, I am into fiction though, how about you


Yes there is some fiction that I like. For instance I like Edgar Allan Poe, I can't believe that he came up with the idea for a cyborg


that is crazy to think, that was probably before any technology ever!


Yes I agree! It's even crazy that Julius Caesar would write fanfiction for Hercules and Oedipus LOL that's so funny


that is awesome! he did a lot, and was also killed by his friend. do you watch TV?


Yes I watch TV from time to time, what do you watch your TV on? An LED or an OLED


I have an OLED and it's awesome! And yes I love South Park, I especially like the episode where they made fun of the Family Guy series


Never heard of that, is it better then LED? I liked that one too. The simpsons crew sent them flowers as a thank you for that


Yes it's actually better than LED, you should check it out! Did you also ever watch the show Thomas the Tank Engine?


I will have to check it out, I watched that show a while ago, you?


Yes I like to watch as a kid, I never realized that George Carlin did the narration on that show, he did at least 52 episodes


wow, I think one time i heard a guy who sounded like alec baldwin, do you think he did one or two?


Yes I think he did some as well, and so did Ringo Starr, that sounds like a star-studded cast on Thomas the Tank Engine LOL


dang, who would have guessed that lol. were you into that 70s show back in the day also?


Yeah I like that show, didn't they try to remake it in the UK Market?


I think so and it bombed! Good chatting with you!


Yep you're right, they canceled it after only 10 episodes which is horrible LOL


yes me too. do you listen to the am or fm?


Mostly FM, when I'm on my commute to work every day.  I read somewhere that soldiers in WWII made simple radios using a razorblade and a pencil as the diode.  How cool is that?


that is just amazing. if you tune to am you might hear jupiter's storms


yeah if the radio can catch them they have to be


Do you know that by Canadian law, at least 40% of all music played  on the radio must be Canadian.  What a law.


yeah talk about supporting local and national talent


But, hey I like Celine Dion, I can't really think of any other Canadian artist.


Yup me too and there are some new canadian artists like alesia caa who are very talented


Never heard of her.  I'll have to give her a listen.  Did you know there is a website where you can listen to thousands of classic radio dramas for free?


Yeah that is so amazing. do you like them?


I listen every now and then, just for something different.


A little.  I read somewhere that a Finnish radio station broadcasts a weekly news program entirely in classical Latin.


yeah and I really wonder how many listeners they have


Probably not too many, I would think.Lol


yeah I think so too. do you know much about politics?


Not really, I get so frustrated hearing all the fighting between the two parties going on.  I just turn it off.


I love watching youtube!  how about you?


Me too. I pretty much watch YouTube on a daily basis.


Same here!  I have it on right now on my tv. lol  It was created by 3 PaPal employees in 2005.


Oh wow I had no idea. I saw YouTube is the second largest search engine.


It is!  That's how I found Psy's Gangnam Style video a few years back.


I saw that had so many views they had to upgrade the view count integer to 64 bits.


I'm going to have that song in my head now.  I won't have Justin Biebers Baby though.  It is the most disliked video on youtube!


Me too lol. Netflix and Youtube make up half of the peak internet usage in North America.


I believe it!  What I can't believe is how much Google paid for Youtube.  Do you know how much?


$1.65 billion!  Those 3 papal employees scored big time!


Wow! Did you know the police have their own YouTube called BlueTube?


I use Reddit quite a bit. What about you?


I haven't used it.  Looks like they are worth some money.  In 2017 they had a valuation of $1.8 billion!


I agree. Only .53% of the people who visit Reddit actually participate in voting for content.


That a tiny amount for sure.  There is a page that sums up 25 of the kindest deeds ever done on reddit.


That's pretty cool. The first comment on Reddit was a complaint that Reddit was going downhill.


Now that's funny!  Some of the original investors included Snoop Dogg and Jared Leto!


did you know that Julius Caesar wrote hercules fan fiction as a kid haha thats crazy


No, I didn't know, do you happen to like Agatha Christie?


I don't really know much about her, what did she write?


Uh, wonderful thrillers, I  remember one, The crooked house, a good one, I highly recommend it.


do you watch game of thrones? George rr Martin says that fan fiction is copyright infringement, I don't really agree with him that seems like a silly thing to think


I have watched, yes is a good one, I am with you, is silly


Also shocking is there is only 1 episode of the simpsons where bart both doesn't appear and is not mentioned


Oh, didn't know that, as well, as I didn't know about the chinese thrillers, have you read one?


no I haven't, what is so special about them, I don't know anything about it


I don't know, the only Chinese thing that I know is their history, but I haven't follow their art or books.


Did you know in the 50's a judge tried to ban a comic because it featured a black character, that wasn't that long ago


Wow, no, didn't know that, well, it seems that we don't know too much about these things, lol, do you happen to know what comic?


I don't but I'd be curious to read it, I'm sure it was incredibly tame espeically by todays standards


hahaha, yes, are you old enough to have watched Simon Templar, The Saint? I used to watch it.


haha I didn't see the TV show but I have seen the Val Kilmer movie, I'm sure it wasn't as good as the original but I did enjoy it


I guess you are pretty young. It used to play it Roger Moore, I think he is now named a Knight by the Queen Elizabeth II


I know Roger Moore from being James Bond, I always liked Sean Connery the best though, Roger Moore always seemed like he played the character like a goofball instead of being sserious


Oh, wow, I like your opinion, though I am a fan or Roger Moore, well, did you happen to read Edgar Allan Poe?. I was scared when I read him.


I remember reading his work in high school. I liked The Raven the best, his poetry was amazing there, his stories I could see them being creepy for the time and if you were a kid, I read them in high school so I wasn't scared but I did find them entertaining


Wow, I am so glad to find somebody with your knowledgement. I loved the Beating Heart, well, almost all his stories. But I used to read it by myself. Do you like Cinematography?


I know a little bit about it, I know that Roger Deakins works with the Coen brothers and does excellent work but has never won an Oscar


It has to be so frustrating, if I were here, I would loved to win once in a while. Nice to meet you.


yes I guess he was nominated 13 times and never won, but nice to meet you too!


Hey how often do you read fiction books?


I used to read a lot in High School, I remember reading Egar Allen Poe, he was great, I'm gonna checkout his story with a cyborg


Yeah I always liked Edgar Allan Poe, I really liked his poem The Raven, did you know that there is a Wikipedia page that will rank fictional characters based on their superpowers


No, that sounds pretty cool. I wonder where I can find Julius Casear's fan fiction of Hercules and Oedipus, that sounds like a fun read


That is pretty funny, what do you think about George RR Martin though? He thinks that fanfiction is actually copyright infringement


Well I can understand despising fan fiction but I don't agree with copyright infringement unless people are selling their work


Yeah I think that's a very weird opinion, did you hear about the judge in 1950? He wanted to outlaw a comic book because there was a black character in it


That's pretty messed up lol, I wonder where his court was located and if that had anything to do with his dislike of the comic with a black character


Yeah I don't know it is really weird thing. By the way do you ever watch South Park?


Yea, all the time. The South Park episode where they made fun of family guy was hillarious


Yeah I love that episode, so funny that the Simpsons Creator sent the South Park creators flowers afterwards because they knew it was so true


It's pretty crazy that there is only one episode in The Simpsons where there is no reference to Bart SImpson


That is crazy! You think that they just forgot about him in that one episode LOL. Did you ever watch the show Pokemon by the way


Yea sometimes as a kid, apparently it's still going and there are over 750 episodes of Pokemon


Yep you could watch 50 episodes a year for 16 years and you still would not have caught up LOL


Sounds like a chore but can't be worse than watching the UK version of That 70s show called "Days like These"


Yeah the name of that sounds dumb, I was glad that that show was canceled after only 10 episodes I don't think the humor translated overseas


Have you ever watched the movie Spartacus? Stanley Kubrick took over cinematography from the actual cinematographer he hired


That is cool and I do like that movie a lot. Who is your favorite cinematographer? I know that I really like Roger deakins


I really like James Wong Howe and his use of wide-angle lenses


Yeah he was definitely a great innovator, very interesting that he married a white woman even though it was illegal back in 1948


Hi! did you follow the bill cosby trial? it was so sad and shocking.


I was kind of aware of it, but I didn't follow the details.  He was convicted, right?


Yeah, it's pretty crazy that he was able to get away with drugging girls in their drinks for YEARS. Abusing 19 women is a lot to get away with. It's sad hes only getting in trouble now at 80


I know, it seems it went on for 25 years.  It's hard to be believe when you are talking about a famous person.


I have no sympathy for him, he tried to get out of it because the statute of limitations expired after 12 years. Thats insane.


It would seem that Michael Jackson got away with things too.  I know that he was never convicted but there seems to be too many stories.


He makes me sick. it's too bad because i really liked his music and loved his dance moves. It just sucked to hear such awful things about him.


I can't say that I was a fan, but I didn't dislike him. There are certainly songs that I like.  It doesn't feel right to play them now.


its so crazy that he wanted to build a 50 foot robot of himself to roam the desert.


Sounds like a horror movie to me.  I'd certainly run if I saw a 50 foot Jackson roaming the desert.


same! i didn't know that he was a simpsons fan. Seems unlike him.


Now that you say it I kind of remember.  I think fame goes to these peoples heads.  No one ever says no to them, next thing you know that want to bring their llama with them.


That was so interesting, him insisting on bringing a llama to the studio with Freddie Mercury.


I think I'd cancel if someone made that request of me.  I certainly wouldn't want to travel with him.


God no, can you imagine living in a place like Iceland that has no public rail service? As a new yorker, i live on the train


I guess you have to fly everywhere.  they should have plane stations like metro stops.  No trains where I live, but I did used to live in D.C. and used the metro all the time.


Do you drive a lot? thank god we're not spending so much to travel across  Japan... 300!


Just about everywhere I go I have to drive.  If I were in Japan I'd avoid the highway at all costs.  They do have those bullet trains though, I'd bet they are expensive too.


I want to check out the dutch bus that travels at 160 mph! would save so much time.


It's fine going 160mph, but you can only go as fast as the traffic in front of you.  There would be no running after the bus if you just missed it.


Ha that's true!!! but i hate the commute time, although it does let me catch up on reading.,


Just no biographies of Cosby or Jackson!


ha! definitely not. I usually read on my phone. did you know the iphone has more computer power than the entire us nuclear icbm deterrent.


That's amazing.  Think of all the things possible with that much power, and all ost of us do with it is take selfies.


Ha! i must say i'm guilty of that and taking pictures of my dog obsessively


It was very good talking to you, you're very efficient with your replies, have a good day.


Hi there! How are you today, and what are you up to?


Not much, trying to find out how to pick up Jupiter's radio storms using a AM radio


I have heard that Jupiter has radio storms that are really strong, but wow!


Yea, I wonder if those radio storms can be picked up using a foxhole radio


I'm not sure, since those a re radios made with a razorblade and pencil by soldiers in WWII.


Maybe not, nowadays you don't even need a radio, you can listen to classical radio dramas online for free


That is a good benefit. I've heard that Canadian radios have special laws.


Yea, they have to play 40% of music made by canadian artists, I think I'll just play pandora if I'm ever in Canada


Yes, Sounds like a plan. Do you follow politics at all?


A bit although I'm not a fan of red or blue parties


Funny that you say that. The use of red and blue colors for Republicans and Democrats only started in 2000.


Yea but unfortunately there hasn't been a president who wasn't red or blue since 1853


That does not surprise me.So much rivalry between the parties that in 1957 on a trip to Disneyland Truman refused to be photographed on the Dumbo ride as to not be associated with Republicans.


I think Truman was just jealous of Republican presidents being only ones to have a beard


Oh, that's funny. You might just be right!


Yea, I like politicians who buck the party line, like Ralph Lawrence Carr, the only governor to oppose Japanese internment during wwII


Wow. He took quite a stance.Did you know the Beatles song Come Together was actually written for Timothy Leary's 1969 California Governor Campaign?


Yea, John Lennon composed it for him, funny thing is Tim Leary ended up losing


Well, I guess it goes to show celebrity involvement does not guarantee success. Nice chatting today.


Unless you're Arnold Schwarzenegger, then you can commute to work by private jet


Yeah, I heard he used a private plane to commute three hours a day when he was elected Governor.


Do you use the internet a lot?  I do.  lol


Probably more than I should, but it is hard not to when it is easy to access.


I agree.  I think I spend most of my day on the internet.  I love it that it's a way where people can make some money using it if you know what websites or apps to use.


It does allow for more people to work from home.  The trouble is you don't get the issues, for good or bad, of men and women working in the same room.


I agree.  I always tell people who really need money bad to try to use it to supplement their incomes. It's hard to get people to actually believe you that you can make money if you put your mind to it.


I like being able to work from home on the internet, but I do miss the social side of being with other people.


That is true.  I've worked with some real stinkers over the years though.  I would say the bad co-workers outnumbered the good ones.  Did you know that only 7 percent of people read the full terms when they buy something online?


I can see that, I'm surprised it's as much as 7%, I shouldn't, but I always skip reading them.


I'm guilty as well especially with smaller items like dvds, cds, etc.


It feels like the internet has always been with us, but its really is not that old.  I can still think to a time prior to it being around.


I remember when I first went on the internet.  It was either 1995 or 1996.  My company paid for us to take 1 college class a week to where the teachers came to the company one day a week.  I took computer science class and the teacher showed us the internet.


I try to limit my time on the internet, usually with little success, but I do still try to read a book.


I love reading to!  If I could I would read as fast as Anne Jones, she holds the world record for speed reading with 4,700 words per minute.


That's amazing, but I have to wonder how much she is really taking in, rather than just saying the words.  I'm a lot slower, she'd probably read a number of books in the time I read a chapter.


I'm guessing she was just taking it in.  lol  Starship Troopers is on the reading lists of 3 of the 5 military branches.  I've never read that one but saw the movie.


I understand the moral panic of the 18th century was novel, more recently it's been video games.  The whole MeToo movement could be considered a moral panic, but with more substance.


I agree with you there!  Do you like poetry?  The Javanese alphabet, when recited in order, forms a poem


Poetry is a blind spot for me, never really learnt it at school and find it difficult to appreciate it.


I've come to appreciate it the more I get holder.  There is a poem that when read normally is depressing, but when read backwards is inspiring.  That had to have been so hard to write that.


It like those pictures that look different when observed from a different perspective.


Yes.  Those are neat!  It's been good chatting with you


I might dig out a copy of The Raven and see if Poe earned his $9, have a good day.


I have not been but I hear it can get expensive to travel around there by car


Yes it can come up to be $300 because the highways are tolled


Yeah. Did you know the dutch are working in a fast bus?


Yeah it is supposed to go as fast as 160 mph, that is crazy for a bus


I know. Do you know who the first kind to travel the world was


Yes. Did you know in Mackinac Island there are no motorized vehicles allowed?


Yesh they allow horses though, it has been in effect for 100 years now


Yes it must be really quiet and peaceful there


Yeah. Did you know there is no public railway in Iceland?


Yeah so they have to travel by car and if not, then they have to fly around


Yes I do. DO you know who Reggie Miller is?


Yeah that is the guy whose sister is the Cal State LA womens basketball coach


Yes the woman broke 8 national records when the scored 105 points in a game


Yeah. Do you know about that deal Iverson signed with Rebook?


Yesh he is getting $800 000 every year and then 32 million after 55


Wow the guy is pretty much set for life then


Hey hows it going? Do you use amazon? I use it all the time and its hard to believe each amazon warehouse worker walks between 7 and 15 miles on average!


Yeah I use it often.  That is incredible that they walk that far every day lol


Yeah I was sorry to hear Jeff Bezos divorced his wife. Hard to believe he founded it way back in 1994!


That is a real bummer for sure.  I think it's amazing some of the stuff he has accomplished though, like building that clock that should run for 10,000 years


Yeah thats pretty cool. Also I didn't know Amazon owned IMDB-the movie rating page. Speaking of movies the new alladin is coming out soon. Robin Williams voiced the genie in the original and he was the first actor to start the trent of voicing animated films!


Yeah I didn't know about the IMDB thing...  it's sweet thought that they are coming out with a new Aladdin; I wonder who will do the voice for genie. I would hope they don't meet the same end as Robin did.  The pressure on them due to their wealth and lifestyles can be dangerous.


Yeah thats true. It's Will Smith this time-he should be good I think. Apparently Ethiopia has a celebrity tv chef who thinks he can solve his countries hunger problem by encouraging them to eat diverse foods. I think they just need more money.


Nice!  I'm sure Big Willie Styles will do a great job, he is very talented.  I agree about Ethiopia; they do need funding more than diverse foods lol. Hey, did you know that there is 3g cell service and internet at the peak of Mt. Everest?


Dang I didn't know that. Impressive. That would be a good cell phone commercial. The internet is a crazy thing. Apparently the library of alexandria has saved a copy of the internet-didn't know you could do that.


Lol I think that is a joke but not sure.  You know the Romans burned the original library at Alexandria while attempting to defeat Hannibal's navy.


Wow really? War is terrible how it destroys so many things. Drone warfare is even crazier. Jd.com is a site testing drone deliveries in rural areas so atleast drones are being used for something beneficial.


Indeed.  They have even targeted U.S. citizens with those things.   It's cool to see the private sector using them though, I guess the USPS has contracted with Amazon to deliver even on Sunday!


One of the reasons I love the US-best place to be a consumer for sure. Wish I was the first amazon customer so I could have had a building named after me!


Lol you and I both! And for only $27.95!  Can you believe that Amazon passed up WalMart as the most valuable public company?


Yeah they are such a powerhouse nowadays. What are your thoughts on wealth distribution? Sure would be nice to be a billionaire.


Well I do agree that there is too much money at the top of the food chain here in the U.S.; but I also respect the hard work and dedication many of the rich have put into their businesses.  I think the answer is to grow the middle class and leave the wealthy to their own devices.  The blue collar workers have things like the 2004 outbreak of acute respiratory syndrome to deal with; they need good insurance and a decent working wage.


Yeah thats a great point well said. It frustrates me when billionaires get special treatment or get away with things. For example the billionaire tech mogul Liu returned to China from the US despite being arrested for sexual assault


Totally.. that is one good example of money being the root of all evil.  I saw that he is also one of those who are pushing for 100 percent automation to reduce or eliminate workers.  Who does he think is going to buy their products if there are no workers to spend money on them?  I can't believe they let him walk without even posting bond, much less to leave the country!


Yeah this cannot happen. The future may be bright for somethings but it often scares me in other aspects. Hopefully we will be able to figure everything out with as few mistakes as possible.


Agreed.  We have a lot to learn still.  One thing is that people are agreeing to terms and conditions they haven't even bothered to read...  Only 7% actually read the full terms when they sign up for something online.  Great talking to you, take care!


Jeez that is surprising! Have a goodnight!


I sure do, I like Amazon the best, and you?


me too. Did you know Jeff built a clock on a mountain?


Yes and it is supposed to run for 10 000 years


yeah. Did you know they named a building after their first customer?


Yes and all he has to do was spend less than $30


Yeah. Did you know they deliver on SUndays now too?


Yes thanks to a contract they signed with USPS


Yes. Their workers walk up to 15 miles a day


Yes they are that busy. DId you know they own IMDB as well?


I love them. They have a secret studio that us visited only by celebrities


Wow. Did you know RObin Williams did the voice of Aladdin?


Yes and was the first celebrity to start this trend


Yes. Did you know LeBron is the highest paid celebrity?


Yes he makes more than even Judge Judy who makes $123 000 per episode


Yesh . Did you knw Carol Burnett was the first celebrity to appear in Sesame STreet?


All the time. Do you know what the hamburger button is?


yes I read from time to time but mostly I do audiobooks, what about you?


I read a lot..mainly autobiography's, history books, and sports related book.  Did you know that Starship Troopers is the first sci-fi novel on the reading lists of 3 of the 5 US military branches?


oh wow I didn't know that, I think the military also recommends reading Ender's Game too right? I never read either book


I've never read either book either.  Saw the movies. lol I wish I could read like Anne Jones.  She holds the record for speed reading with 4,700 words per minute.  I would get a lot more reading done then.


haha I don't know how she can retain that much info, can you imagine that so many people we're reading an eighteenth-century that they caused a"moral Panic"


lol  I couldn't even imagine.  Imagine what they would have done if they had the internet.


haha ya they would have been very shocked, do you ever read poetry btw?


I haven't but would like to start at some point.  I think I would start with the poem that when read normally is depressing, but when read backwards is inspiring.


ya that sounds pretty cool actually, have you heard of the Japanese alphabet? When you read the letters out in order it actually makes a poem of sorts


Sounds interesting.  Demetri Martin wrote a 224 word palindrome poem.  I'm perplexed by it. lol


wow thats cool do you know what a palindrome is? It makes me sad that Edgar allen poe only made $9 for writing the raven, that poem is so awesome!


It's a word that reads the same forward and backwards. lol  Wow.  I wonder if he sold the rights with the $9?


haha yup you're right, and ya he should have charged a lot more, I also didn't know that the word "poetry" is a variation of the greek word for "making"


I didn't know that about poetry.  I just read that almost all of the Hobbit's character names were taken out of an old Icelandic poem called "Dvergatal".


oh wow thats pretty cool, on a different topic do you ever read books on the internet?


I don't think I've ever read any but I sure rely on it every day.  lol  I don't know what I would do without the internet.  It has allowed me to find a way to make extra money from home, which has been a blessing.


lol yes I feel you on that, did you know that clicking on internet clicks can be addictive? I probably have that addiction btw haha


hahaha I think I have it too!  Have you ever heard of a hamburger button on apps and websites?


haha yes I think so, the button that is made up of 3 horizontal lines? The name makes me hungry by the way haha


lol Yes.  I think I'm behind the times.  I never knew they were called that.  It's been fun chatting!  Have a great night!


How's it going, did you know amazon was founded back in 1994?


Hi, I love Amazon and had no idea it dates back to 1994.


Yea, it is the 2nd largest online retailer in the world second only to Alibaba Group


Very cool. The first Amazon customer spent $27.95 and got a building named after him.


That was nice of Bezos but I wonder why he built a clock into a mountain that should run for 10,000 years


That's a very odd thing to build. Does it say why he built it?


Nope, I guess he built the clock because he's one of those eccentric billionaires lol


That's crazy. Did you know IMDB is owned by Amazon?


Yea, I guess Bezos is a movie buff since he bought IMDB in 1998


Very much so. Do you follow celebrity news?


I try not to but do anyway lol. I never knew Judge Judy makes 123,000 dollars an episode for her show


That's a lot of money for just one episode!


Yea, off her show Judge Judy is the 2nd highest paid celebrity after Lebron James


Very cool. Carol Burnett was the first celebrity to appear on Sesame Street.


Nice. Apparently doing animated voices wasn't a trend until Robin Williams did Aladdin


He was very good in Aladdin. Do you know much about the internet?


I know constant clicking can cause addiction in the brain lol


I have heard that as well. It doesn't surprise me.


It's pretty scary that clicking the hamburger button can lead to addiction


I agree. I had never even heard of the hamburger button before until today.


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


I like the prime sevice and also their Amazon basics line


I know it is the worlds largest retailer, but I dont like their delivery sometimes....they are not careful placing my packages on my porch in plain site sometimes.


Yeah had the same problem as well, many of my packages lost but I will get a full refund each time


That true but still a hassle.  Do you find their basics line to be low end?


No not really I like their amazon basics line, they are cheap and the quality is great


Oh good to know.  I was using an umbrella today that said Amazon basics on it and was wondering.  Crazy that it was founded in a garage by Jeff Bezos.


It is crazy, how much it has grown, the US postal service even signed a contract with them to deliver their packages on sundays so thats how much influence the company has


Haha,  the post office needs it bad.  Did you know that amazon started as an online bookstore?


I didnt, no, it has grown a lot since then, they also own Imdb


Here is another fun fact....Barnes and Noble and Borders were Amazons competitors and they were offered a new device to display e-books and they both declined saying customer want real books.  Then Amazon bought it and called it the Kindle!!!!!!!


Wow Amazon sure took advantage of that opportunity, its crazy how much wharehouse workers have to walk though


Yeah I same some articles about that....they have to walk several football fields and by the time they get back, their breaks are over.


I guess its a good way to remain fit, they walk about 7 to 15 miles as a part of their daily shift


No gym required at Amazon!  We should have used their font while chatting called bookerly.


Yeah no gym indeed, I bet celebrities also buy a lot of stuff in Amazon they do earn a lot of money


Justin bieber probably does, the real one, not the older guy with the same name.


Wait there is another Justin Biber out there? that is funny


He got banned from facebook which i think is wrong if that really is his name


I will have to look into that story with more detail, sounds terrible  he got banned from FB though.


yeah, sure. basketball is cool. do you like to watch?


I watch a few games a year,  I don't keep up with it though.


I try to watch toward the end of the season. i wish i had the money to buy tickets, but its just not possible at the moment.


Yeah the games are really expensive,  especially to warrior games,  which is the only team I watch lol but I dont know much about basketball.


the sport is exciting and flows well, but it has become too expensive for the average person. The college game is probably the same.


Yes,  very entertaining,  it does generate a lot of money as well.


yeah, the money cant be kept out the game, and the money changes everything.


Tim duncan sacrificed money and stayed in college instead of going straight to the nba.


i would not have made the same decision. i would take the money. too many risks of injury.


Yeah,  same here.  Maybe he wanted a back up plan though,  in case the nba didnt go well for him.


i guess, but i would go to college later. there will always be school, i think.


Yeah true.  Did you know stephen curry is the 5th highest paid player on the warriors?


It is amazing to think that he does not get as much, but he has tons of endorsements.


Yeah and really popular.  His real name is Wardell.


that is an odd name. no wonder he doesnt want to go by that name. i wonder how many seasons he has left in himself too.


Hes still young,  probably a lot. I think hes like 30 or 31.


Yeah, he could get MVP again. but the warriors are a pretty balanced team now. there are other talents there, so maybe he doesnt stand out as much.


Thats true,  they have a lot of good players.


I hope that i get to see Steph live before he retires. Anyway, great chat!


Its been a great chat!  Have a good one.


Looking at an old events listing, I see that Bloomingdale's Boundary Store welcomes Eagles fans for its Superbowl party.   Do you remember when the Eagles were last in the Super Bowl?


Back in 2017, I'd love to try one of Bloomingdales $12 cheeestakes


Well its shows how little I follow pro football.  I am a season ticket holder for my alma mater, the LSU Tigers.  I lived in the DC area about 10 years ago and you could always find things to do.  Did you every have an opportunity to live or visit there?


I've visited before, the 100th anniversary of Benstien's birth sounded like a fun event to go to


Absolutely.  I always enjoyed the outdoor concerts with the National Symphony Orchestra at Wolf Trap Farm.  We always go the cheap seats, spreading a blanket on the hillside.  What intrigues me is the beer and stouts mini-festival at Pike and Rose.  Thankfully they have a good mass transit system so you do not have drive home after sampling many brews!


Yea Pike and Rose's beer sounds good but pretty pricey at 10-12 dollars a drink


That's Washington D.C. prices!  What about the Puppy Bowl at Dodge City.  It seems just to be a play on words with $5 "Puppymosas".  D.C. has a wide range of eateries, including a respectable Texas style smoked BBQ at Texas Jack's.


Dodge city sounds good, $6 bloody marys isn't too bad


Are you much into comedy?  When I lived in the D.C. area, date nights at time included the comedy play "Shear Madness" at the Kennedy Center.


Yea, I like watching comedy films like harold and kumar and Pineapple Express, I never knew they were called Bromantic comedies


I would not have thought so either.  I really liked John Lithgow in the "3rd Rock from the Sun".  I think many were surprised when it beat Seinfeld, Friends, and Frasier for the Golden Globe for Best Comedy Series in 1997.


It is surprising 3rd rock beat out Seinfeld and Friends, their 1997 seasons are some of the most popular


3rd Rock was a bit more slapstick / physical comedy while the others were more humor / word play.  I guess it just went over better with the Oscar voters.  Do you watch much network TV, or are you like me and have cut the cord?


My roommate pays for tv so I watch reruns of that 70s show, I never knew there was a UK version called 'Days Like These'


I did not think a $100+ cable bill was worth it, so I get local news / weather with an over-the-air antennae and stream (Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime) for the rest.  No commercials, watch when you want, and pause when you want.  Its great when the youngest insists of Thomas the Tank Engine.  Did you know Ringo Starr, George Carlin, and Alec Baldwin all narrated many episodes of Thomas?  Carlin and Baldwin surprise me since they have salty tongues -I guess they cleaned up their language when narrating children shows!


Especially Carlin, but I wouldn't mind seeing him doing some bits as Thomas the Tank Engine


Were you every a fan of the Simpsons?  Bart is so essential to the show that only one episode exist where Bart does not make an appearance or is mentioned!  Duuuh


Yea, I like the older Simpsons episodes, apparently they sent flowers to South Park after they aired an episode making fun of Family Guy


We obviously have comedy in the live and recorded arts.  But it seems a dark comedy in the making the way our national government is functioning.  If George Washington were alive today, what do you think he would make of it?


Well I know Washington was against political parties so he would be very disappointed with the way the country is now


We are in complete agreement on that point!  What I recently learned is that by law, GW was made a 6 star general posthumously.  I always through 5 star was the highest rank possible.  They made so he can never be out ranked by anyone past or future.


That's pretty cool. Well it was nice talking with you


Not really, I know the main stuff but not the minutia.  I am aware of the Wizards, having lived in DC.


Nice, Wizards have their years. Basketball was started by james naismith from kansas


I wonder if that gave him an advantage.  If I invented a sport I'd make sure it suited me one hundred percent.


you would think so! He is the most losing coach in kansas history!


Now that is embarrassing.  I hope he was paid well, I hear college coaching is lucrative.


for sure! I think it is, in my state the top 3 paid state employees are college coaches!


If you are not a Wizards fan which team do you follow?


Of the 32 teams, I would say a bulls fan. However they are struggling the last few years.


There can only ever be one champion, at the moment its the Warriors.  Best stick with your team through thick and thin, don't be a fair weather fan.


For sure, they need to recruit Steph Curry then we will have a shot!


You had your glory years with Jordan.  I kind of like Curry, I really admire what he does for the team


For sure, they have something good going! Curry does great things for charity also


It's good that he does this, I know a lot of proffessional athletes have charitable organizations associated with them.  I just discover that Curry was from the same town as LeBron, what do they have in their water there?


lol, I don't know but lets start a business selling that water, we would make a fortune. We can donate half our money to buying misquito nets like Curry does!


I live near Akron and drive through it often.. Now that I think of it I'd want to stay well away from there water, not the cleanest of places.  I hear the US supreme court has its own court.


I am sure it isn't lol. I heard they have a special name for the court but can't remember


Since the Wizards are in Washington I wonder if they ever use it, the Wizards versus the justices would be a good game.


They should have that be a yearly thing, I think it would be awesome lol. It was so nice chatting with you!


I could imagine a number of granny shots coming from some of the older justices, some are in fact, probably, grannies.


I know my mom shoots like that. Have a great weekend, happy friday!


Yes, how about you? I did not know that a car's trunk was called a trunk because of old cars having wooden trunks on the back


Yeah that is pretty cool. Do you know how Cadillac got its name?


That is crazy that flame throwers are allowed on cars in south africa to prevent car jacking


I know, pretty insane. Cadillac got its name from the founder of detroit whose last name was Cadillac


What was your first car? Mine was an ugly green ford torino with a white vinyl top. It used more oil than gas


Wow that sounds old. I have a Nissan, small car. Do you know how the drive thru came about?


wow! earth will be virtually helium free by the 21 century, I did not know that, guess no more crazy talking from breathing in helium balloons


Hahaha I guess not. It is sad on the other hand that we have destroyed so much of the forested areas of the earth


yeah 80% how can that be? I'm not so sure I believe that


Well I would not be surprised but it does seem a lot for sure. Did you know when earth was formed the days were only 5.5 hours?


that would make for a short work day. Ahh...the good ole days.


Yeah that is just too short, living in the dark. DO you believe in Extraterrestrials?


It's hard for me to believe that there is nothing or nobody out there. To quote the movie, Contact, seems like a big waste of space


Yeah it is a big space indeed. Well in case they make contacts with us, UN has appointed an ambassador to deal with them


how does one qualify for that position? Do you think the other ambassadors laugh at this person behind their back?


I have no idea how that works really. Do you like playing chess?


Nice. THere are less atoms in the universe than there are chess moves


am I reading that correctly about the 2007 study? So, a lower IQ correlates to better chess skill?


Yeah it seems that way. The brain is too interesting.


Hey there, do you watch basketball much?  I admit, I'm not the biggest fan, TBH, but I do find some of the thing surrounding it rather fascinating.


I love basket ball. My favorite player is cheryl miller. She once scored 105 points in a game.


Oh, wow, she sounds pretty awesome!  Think I heard about that.. she did that in high school right?


Yeah, and on the same night her brothe reggie miller scored 40 points.


Sounds like basketball talent runs in the family!  You know what I find nutty though is how much NBA players make from shoe endorsement!  Some of the deals are just amazing!


Yeah did you hear about alln Iversons shoe deal. 800000 a year and 2 million when he is 55.


2 million?  I thought it was 32 million... But yeah, all for wearing athletic gear!


My bad, I miss typed.  That is a lot of money though. So what do you think about shooting the ball granny style?


Well, I'm told it's actually the most effective way to score, but I can see why most of the athletics will NOT do it.  It would be kind of funny to see some of them trying it though!  Maybe they could do it for a charity event or something... hehe!


Well you would think some of the guys who cant shoot at all would at least give it a try.


Dunno if you could get into the NBA if you couldn't shoot.  hehe.  What do you think of what Tim Duncan did?  He stayed in college for four years instead going directly to the NBA...


I know shaq couldnt shoot a free throw hardly at all but he had a lot of other qualities that made up for it.


I didn't know that!  Well, my thought is that Tim did the right thing.  I mean, something can happen to your body at anytime, but if you have an education, you can always fall back on that.


I dont know if it were me, I would have went to the NBA and the took classes to finish in the offseason.


Yeah, I can see that point too.  Here's some irony for ya.. the guy who invented basketball, James Naismith, is the ONLY losing coach in Kansas's history.


Thats pretty crazy if you think about it. Did you know that air jordans were banned in the nba but nike paid the fine so Michael wore them anyways.


Yeah, it's like I was saying earlier, those shoe companies got deep pockets!  But I did find something funny in that whole situation.  Jordan probably being all, "Go, ahead, fine me!"  Wonder how much the fine was?


I have no idea. I think it was just a way for the nba to get a pice of that massive shoe deal.


Ah wouldn't surprise me.  Did you know Kareem Abdul-Jabbar used the dunk so much it was banned from college basketball for over a decade?  That's an incredibly long time!


I didnt watch basketball at that time, but think about how dominating you would have to be at something to get it banned from the game?


I can't even imagine!  Well, listen it was GREAT chatting with you!  You have a terrific day!


Do you like to read? Im looking for a great book for my son


I do like to read.  Ive always been a big fan of the Harry Potter series.  I hear Matt James has some good books too.


I agree, Matt James books are pretty good, I had my child eead the book The Funeral, it was a great book, he enjoyed it


That's good.  I always look for something new to read.


Yeah, you should try it out if you have a son or a niece, nephew, its a book ages 5 to 8 so not the best book for an adult


I dont have any kids myself, but I do have tons of friends who have kids in that age range.  Ill suggest it to them.  How much do you know about cars?


I know the first model for mas production was the Ford T Model, it was produced back in the year 1908


It is amazing how far cars have come,  it is even legal to put flamethrowers on your car in south Africa to prevent car jackings.


Wow, that would make burglars think twice about stealing a car, McDonalds created the drive through back in 1975


I heard it was because soliders couldnt get out of their cars in fatigues.


Yeah it was a service intended for soldiers first, it sure is a great invention, has saved me a couple of times,


Same here.  But Im no professional driver like Jann Mardenborough just because I played Gran Turismo.  No drive thrus in that game


Crazy how he picked up his skills by playing Gran Turismo I heard he beat more than 90,000 people


Thats crazy.  Must have been a lot of hours logged in the game.  Did you know there are more possible moves in chess than atoms in the universe.


I guess thats why chess is one of the most challenging games/sport out there, do you like to play chess, know how to play it?


I have played before, but I am certainly no Bobby fisher


Who is Bobby Fisher? is he a chess player


He was.  There was a movie made about him.


I havent seen that one maybe I will check if its on Netflix, you know the president of the chess federation thinks the game was invented by aliens!!


Really?  That is kinda of crazy.  The rules are a bit complicated.


They are and also the fact you told me early about more moves than atoms, it does seem like a game invented by a more advance civilization than ours


I don't know. I was surprised that he had a sister who was better at basketball than he was.


wow thats amazing. I will learn more about her


I have to admit, I don't really understand how the game is scored.


you throw a basketball in the basket and get 2 points not as hard as football to me


I read that the US Supreme Court building has a basketball court on the top floor. I wonder who plays there?


lol who would play there ? thats a good fact to know


I wonder who decides what shoes they are allowed to wear in the games.


well jordan wore his own after getting them banned but some one paid the fines


That is interesting. Do you think the college coaches should be paid so much?


I heard that shooting granny style is the most effective way to get points.


That is true one of the best players did that i think his name was granny lol


Lol! Are you a Steph Curry fan? I hear he is pretty good!


That is pretty interesting! Does he still play for the Warriors?


I have enjoyed talking about basketball with you. Have a great night!


Hello.  I've been watching some basketball lately. Did you know it was formed in 1946?


Yes, Mostly five players on each side at a time fall into five positions player.


That's right.  Those players if they play for the NBA are the best paid athletes in the world.


Its very hard to play NBA they have worked very hard and they are playing for the nation.


That's true.  However, there is a team from Canada that is in the NBA.


Shooting "granny style" is the absolute technique to consistently score points on the line.


I've heard that!  I think that some scientists or something proved that it works best.


Markkanen will break the three-point record by a 7-foot rookie in less than 42 games.


Really?  What team does he play for?  I just started watching but I am familiar with Stephen Curry.


Well that's impressive.  Did you know that Stephen Curry's first name is actually Wardell?


The new zealnad baskeball team are nicknamed the Ttall blacks"


The new zealand baskeball team are nicknamed the "Tall blacks". Thinking of politics and such I've heard that the US Supreme Court building has a basketball court in it.


The main North American league is the WNBA is the strongest European clubs participate in the Euro league women.


Well that is interesting.  All of this started because James Naismith invented a game.


Only the early stage many clubs are started, Due to his hardwork it become the national game of the nation.


I wonder how he came up with it. I mean, everything is so exactly measured.


The basketball world cup and Men olympic basketball  tournament are the major international event attract top national team.


Did you know that even though Naismith invented the game he is a losing coach?


Its very bad time to basketball. It make me very worried.


I like that some players still get their education like Tim Duncan did.


I sure do. Do you know who invented the dive thru?


Yes and do you know why the invented that?


Yes, soldiers were not allowed out of their cars in fatigues back then


Yes so they accommodated for that, that was nice of them


Yes but it also turned into great business for the fast food industry


True. DO you know why the trunk of the car is called that?


Yes because old cars used to have wooden trunks


Yeah. DO you know how the cadillac brand got its name?


Yes after the founder of Detroit, de la Mothe Cadillac


Yes how fitting. Do you know how Jann Mardenboriugh became a professional driver?


Yes he beat 90 000 people in gran turismo, wow


Yes . In south africa you can put flame throwers in the car to prevent carjacking


Yeah I guess that is an issue there. DO you know much about earth?


I know that 80% of the forests are gone by now


Sadly yes.THe day on earth when first formed was only 5.5 hours


Yeah I am glad the days are much longer now so we can actually get stuff done


True. Do you believe in extraterrestrials?


Not really but it seems the guys at the UN really do believe in them


Yes that is why they have an ambassador for them. Nice chat


To get around, yes. Haha. I like to use my car to go through drive thrus, which were invented to help soldiers who were not allowed to get out of their cars in their uniforms


yeah that is actually nice of mc donalds to do that


Yeah, unfortunately the drive thrus have made a lot of Americans like myself, more lazy. Haha.


that is true, it has made us all lazy. do you know how cadillac got its name?


It was named after the French Explorer who founded Detroit. Speaking of what things are called, a trunk of your car is called that because old cars used to have wooden trunks in back.


that is cool. do you know who jann mardenborough is?


yeah and all he had to do ewas beat 90 000 pn a online video game


Sorry, I guess he still is a race car driver. That's awesome!


yeah of course. do you know much about earth?


If its history was viewed as a 24 hour period, humans would only represent over a minute. That is so sad that we are destroying earth in this small period of time.


I know, 80% of the forests are already gone


I guess days were only 5.5 hours long when earth was formed, but still. We are a tiny speck of time on Earth's history.


Yes we sure are and so glad days last longer now because that would be depressing


Yeah, I cannot get enough done in a 24 hour period! Haha. Do you think we will ever make contact with aliens?


I am not sure but if we do now we have an ambassador


I wonder if some disease will wipe us out before then. There's a book I want to check out, More Deadly Than War, where the Spanish flu, which killed 50 million people worldwide, is explored.


yeah those were scary events in our human history for sure


The author talks about the way the disease traveled from ships to patriotic parades. Yuck. I think I'm just going to live in a bubble, thanks. He talks about how we should create better public health systems to combat future epidemics.


Yeah, we have gotten better thankfully at that. nice chat


Did you know that George Washington was the only president to have received 100 percent of the electoral votes. He must have been well liked


Interesting! Would you buy a chicken mcnugget that looked like him? Somebody did, for $8100


No, I wouldn't . Did you know that Washington DC's flag is based on Washington's coat of arms. Makes sense in a way.


People really respected him. There is even a painting in the Us Capitol Building that depicts him ascending into godhood. Seems a bit much.


That is a bit much and it is crazy that no one is able to outrank him even today.


Well, he wasn't perfect. He has the record for longest overdue library book, 221 years.


Wonder what the late fee would be on that book.


Haha. What do you like to do for fun? Do you go to the library to read? Watch tv?


I like tv. I used to watch Southpark but I did not know that bart was not in one episode. I thought he was in all of them.


In the first 400 episodes, Homer Simpson has had 188 jobs.


That is a lot of jobs. I do not watch Pokemon but to think they have had 750 episodes makes me want to check it out and see if it is good.


Wow, that's a lot of episodes! Weekend Update has also been on many episodes of SNL. It debuted on their first episode and is the longest running skit.


That is my favorite part of SNL. Do you watch reality shows?


No, not really. I did used to watch Shark Tank but it's not really realistic. Most deals made on that show are never enacted.


That is true. I like reality. Gordon Ramsey is crazy . I would never want to work for him.


I prefer comedy. The Green Lantern was originally supposed to be a comedy starring Jack Black.


Jack Black is funny. Any movie with him would be good.


I'd rather go to a big party than watch any tv or movies though. I'd like to attend Meat Week in DC, which culminates in a big closing party.


That would be interesting. I like that they offer 3 meats and 3 sides for $28. Not a bad price for all that food.


I also like to watch the Super Bowl at the bar like at Ventnor Sports Cafe. How about you?


I like the Puppy Bowl Better and they have great specials at Dodge city for it.


Yeah, that seems cute. They show it on the big screen.


I am not. I did hear that Bloomingdale's is hosting a Superbowl party there.


Really? That's interesting. Do you know which one?


I hear it is Bloomingdale's Boundary Stone but I'm not familiar with that venue. Dodge City is also hosting a Puppy Bowl party.


I think I would rather see Rose McGowan than go to Bloomingdales. What a weird event for them to use as a special event. What about the oscars instead for them.


I would imagine they have a party for that as well. I wouldn't want to go to a huge Superbowl party like that either. Too loud. Do you enjoy comedy films by any chance?


Yes, I do like comedies. Step Brothers is one of my favorites.


I love Step Brothers. I also really like Monty Python. Graham Chapman was a doctor before going into comedy. He certainly had a lucrative fallback if that didn't work out.


YEAH! I am really embarrassed to say this but I have never seen monty python. I feel like I missed my window to see it too.


Watch the movies first. They are more accessible than the show I think. Try Holy Grail, Life of Brian, and the Meaning of Life. Python programming language is even named after them. They are so iconic.


I will try to watch Holy Grail today. I just saw it on Hulu yesterday and thought about watching it then.


It is very quotable. It can also be very silly. I can't believe that Evan Almighty is the most expensive comedy ever made. That shocks me.


Yeah. Maybe the CGI was a lot of money. Most comedies don't use CGI so that may be an explanation. I wonder how much Kung Fu Hustle was to make...


It certainly looks like it would have cost quite a bit. I enjoy a lot of Comedy Central shows but they cancel a lot of them that they try out. They've cancelled over 100 since their inception.


I do not watch a ton of Comedy Central. I am not sure why but I just got away from that channel. Do you enjoy their shows?


I do. I like The Daily Show, South Park, Drunk History. There are a lot I like. Do you like SNL?


I usually just watch teh SNL highlights.How is the daily show with trevor noah? I really like him but do not stay up that late to watch.


It's very good. The skits are lacking because I think they need better talent outside of him but his monologue is always great. On SNL, Weekend Update was on on the very first episode and is their longest running skit. That's a long run.


That is a long run! I would like to watch the Daily Show more but just have too much in my life to watch right now. Maybe I can watch it on the train or something...


I watch it on the Comedy Central app later the next day. I used to watch The Simpsons but have not in a long time. Did you know that in the first 400 episodes Homer had 188 different jobs?


That many? I love the simpsons and would have never guessed that many. Wow.


Have you ever watched Brooklyn Nine Nine?  It is one of my favorite sitcoms


Hi! No, I have not. Is it about investigations?


Not really.  It is basically just a comedy about detectives in New York.  Terry Crews is great in his role.


Oh! I see, sor some reason I thought it was one that Jennifer Lopez produced. But I think thats a different show. I do enjoy watching TV though, more than I should. haha what else do you watch?


I watch a lot of comedies.  One of my favorites recently was a show called Community with Joel McHale and Donald Glover.


I'm gonna have to look that one up too! Comedies is one of my fav genres too. I like to chill to comedy central, they have a lot of good shows for some reason I though they have been around longer. They started in 1989.


I will always love Comedy Central for bringing South Park into the world.  That show has been on for 20 years and still is incredibly funny.


Yes! South Park! and the Simpsons were good! Did you know in the first 400 episodes homer had about 188 jobs!


I did not.  I cannot believe that he would be hired by 188 different companies.  He is not the brightest crayon in the box.


exactly! haha We'll Im glad they made it so long. That show sure had me cracking up sometimes. That and Family guy. Did those shows come out in comedy central? i dont remember. I just look them up now.


Family Guy is on Fox, just like the Simpsons, which has been on for 30 years.


Oh that right, I should now that. although, I just flipped channels then I'd come across them and watched. Also, serious question now.... are you a game of thrones fan?


No, I am not really a fan of fantasy and magic type TV and movies.  I have a lot of friends that really like the show however


Really?! I love that show now, and honestly it took my husband about 4 tries until I finally paid attention and started to like it. My friend met one of the Actors in one of our work meetings which i couldntn it make it to. Anyway they game is related to German nobility.


I keep seeing commercials about the upcoming final season.  It has had a pretty good run.


Ahhh, they typos! i keep noticing after I send lol sorry. Anyway, Yes! Im so excited for it. So... No harry potter either I take it since you dont like fantasy? and magic? :)


Not a big fan no.  I prefer sci fi shows if I am watching drama.  I really like Star Trek and Battlestar Gallactica


Those are good, I've watched Battlestar Galactica although my all time fav films would be in the psychological thrillers genre


I have seen a few of those that I enjoy.  I prefer those over gory horror movies.


totally agree! I can't do gory. It sickens me. depends on the mood second best is comedy. Have you watched The Green lantern?


The one with Ryan Reynolds.  Yes.  Not a fan of that fillm.


it would not surprise you that wearing clothes is common to all human societies, would it?


I suppose. Clothes can be basic, just covering genitals. Without machinery, clothes take a lot to make.


Yes.  I have heard that they are supposed to be of thin layers of materials.  A knight's armor might be an exception.


I would call that protection from weapons, not from the sun or the elements.


True.  And perhaps uniforms wouldn't be considered clothing by the experts.  The pilgrims wore colorful clothes and only wore black and white on special occasions.


That makes sense. Who would want to look goth all the time? Probably a downer. The Pilgrims liked their fun.


I suppose so,  I think they thought it was fun if they survived a winter.  Now, people of style look for collar gaps to see if your clothes are tailor made or not, at least men's collars.


I'm amazed because I couldn't tell the difference, but I guess the expert eye can spot detail.


Rip Curl clothes say "Made in China" but they are really made in North Korea.  I bet they would not sell as much if they told the truth.


I think they would be prosecuted under the law if the gov't chose to. I don't it's legal to do business with NK.


Great point.  I don't know what the enforcement would be.  Branding is so common on the outside of clothes nowadays that it is interesting to find that Apple was one of the first, making a clothing line in 1986.


I wonder who would put a tech company's clothes on. I think that it would be computer people.


They were kind of a boutique tech company back then.  Perhaps some thought it was a way to stand out.  I have known some Apple snobs in the distant past.  Have you ever used a rotary dial phone?  New York has area code 212 because it is the shortest 3 digit code to dial.


I used a rotary. Very slow. Almost painful. And very crude. Not useful for voicemail system. Hated them.


If you tried to hurry up the backward rotation, you miss dialed too.  Those cables for overseas calls just lay on the ocean floor.


I think that's amazing. So thing but can carry enough data. I guess they don't get disturbed by marine life.


I started my career in the phone company.  There is pretty good shielding on the cables.  They are only 2.7 inches in diameter, and voice is digitized so the entire data stream is productively used.


So it fiber optics? That makes sense. I would guess the traffic must be quick.


It is now, but even when it was copper, it was digitized for a while.  It was co-axial cable then which has pretty high capacity.  Of course, rates were much higher which kept down the volume of calls.  Now, Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute you don't use your cell phone.


Can you really get people to stop using their cell phones? I wonder. It's for a good cause though. Interesting about the undersea cables. What's the next step past fiberoptics?


There have been several leaps in fiber technology.  I don't know what is next.. Thanks for the chatting.


I have. That's the feminest movement correct? Did Marie colvin write about it?


Yes. She talks about the harassment that women faced at the jobs they had.


That's unfortunate. Do you shop for clothes alot? Did you know the Greeks made abestos clothing?


No. I didn't know. I do know Aplle had a clothing line out for 1986.


I think it's funny how clothes is mostly restricted to people but seems like animals are wearing them more.


That's funny. There is a store in Alabama that sells things like clothes that were in unclaimed baggage at the airports.


I hope they wash them first.  A man wore 70 pieces of clothing at an airport to avoid baggage fees


Whoa. That seems so hard to do. Rip Curl makes clothes in North Korea even though the label says China. That kind of seems like false claims.


That's is weird. People used to do their laundry in old faithful


Seriously? How strange. Speaking of water, did you know that freshwater fish drink through their skin?


I did not know that. Did you know there is a fish called barreleye that has a transparent head?


No. I know there is a breed of jellyfish which is immortal, though.


Wow. There is a fish that lives on land all it's adult life.


Which fish? There is a black swallower that eats prey twice its length and ten times of it's own weight.


I'll have to look the fish up. Since jellyfish are 98% water the evaporate in the sun. Wow der how that works for the immortal one


Yes. That's a good question. Tetrapods are technically fish, did you know that?


I did not. There was a koi fish that loved 226 years.


That's such a long while. Not immortal, but still a long while.


Oh, I see. Where was that? In Japan possibly?


Oh, wow. Did you know that UNICEF will donate a day of clean water for kids in need every minute you don't use a cell phone?


Wow. Wonder how we do that? There is a luxury phone maker that hires the London symphony orchestra to record it's ringtones.


You know the area code in NY actually is 212 because it is the fastest number for dialing on a rotary phone?


Hire* I didn't know that. In 1930s hedy lamarr heled to invent the cellphone,wifi and gps


Oh, interesting. An Iphone has more computing prowess than the US nuclear ICBM deterrent.


That's suprising. Well it was great chatting with you


Good chatting with you, also. Have a pleasant day.


I sure do just like the pilgrims prefer to wear most of the time


Yes that is reserved for special occasions


Yeah. Do you know how they tell if you need your clothes tailored?


Yeah. Did you hear of that store in ALabama with unwanted stuff from airports?


Yes they sell everything that people leave there unclaimed


Yes i bet you they have some interesting stuff there


I bet so too. Apple even had a clothing line back in the day


Yes that was in 1986 but do not know what happened to it


Me either. Rip Curl in north korea has clothes that say made in china


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


Because it was easy to dial on a rotary phone


Yes, if two of them get stuck together it is hard to separate them


Cool. Did you know phone cables are only 2.7 inches wide


Yes and they lay on the bottom of the ocean floor


its okay! i like to listen to it when i cook or eat dinner on a hot date. what about you?


I enjoy it too!  I think it is neat that Clint Eastwood is a huge Jazz fan and even plays piano!


i believe it, an old foagie like him! He even scores some of his own films with his own music


have you seen that movie? Million Dollar Baby?


I havent, but now that I know he scored it, I might have to watch it.


me too, i wonder if his piano playing is any good


True, I wonder if he could compete with the Pakistan Jazz Orchestra that is topping the charts over there.


haha probably not. I wonder if anyone in that Orchestra grew out their goatee for comfort


I dont know how that works, Ive played brass instruments myself and dont think that would be comfortable.  But then again I have no experience with facial hair


you should try it sometime, i bet its like resting your instrument on a pillow


I would but as a woman, Id likely have a better chance at making the NBA.


wear a fake one! could provide the same comfort. can women play in the NBA?


I dont know, there is the WNBA, so I dont know if one could even make it, I know they can join the NFL though.


i did hear about that, and there is no WNFL so it makes sense. but who knows! someone should try it out


The shoe deals are pretty good.  Iverson is getting $800,000 per year!


until he retires, then he gets a giant payout. ill take that deal!


Same here.  Heck, I'd take one year of that deal.


same haha, id be able to retire young! im gonna go work on basketball to try to get a deal, nice chatting with you


Hello there. I never knew the horizontal line menu on apps and websites is call a hamburger button.


Yeah, it makes me hungry.  Are you a fan of the Grateful Dead?


Funny.  No never was although I know they are still quite popular.


Sadly, another one died.  John Barlow.  I guess they are going to have a benefit concert for him.


Yes He was one of the first to recognize the importance of the internet.


Yeah and keeping it free.  He'll be missed for sure.


He knew it would help to connect people.  It is said he was a devout morman earlier.


Really?  I can't see that.  I also didn't know he was friends with Bob Weir (they went to HS together)  and wrote so many songs.


Yes great songwriting partners.  He owned a cattle ranch too.


Yeah and he co-founded the Freedom of the Press Foundation.  Seems he did a little of everything...


It's funny.  Never realize the things some celebrities do.  Even with the FBI


I'm surprised a Renaissance man like that did invent the internet too.  As an aside, do you read the full term when you buy something over the internet?


Occasionally skim though it  but not really.  Guess I'm not the 7% that do.


Me either.  Did you know there is a 3g cell service on the top of Mt. Everest?


No I did not.  Didn't know about the library of alexandria either.  Having a copy of the internet capabilities


I don't know what to think of that.  Nor do I of the 1936 computer the Russian built that ran on water?


How about that smoking near apple computers voids the warranty.  Another interesting tidbit.


That's strange... I wonder if that more of a virtue signalling thing?  Wow, Linkin Park played 324 concerts in 2001!  Hard workers...


The ramones might have them beat with 263 concerts'


No wonder they want to be sedated!  Anything's better than getting sued for a poor performance like Creed did in 2002!


I think wee need a concert in the ancient roman amphitheatre.  Maybe I can suggest that to Cake.


I like Cake.  Thanks.  You were a great chat partner.


A little, I was hoping to talk about music and bands.


Then let's do so. I'm ready to become educated about anything.


Great, did you know that the Australian band Abba that was popular in the 80's turned down 1 billion dollars to do a 100 concert reunion tour? Crazy huh


I had heard that but they are super rich already. How many world-wide hits did they have?


I'm not sure, they are getting good royalties off of their hits on the movie Mama Mia and Mama Mia 2 that was just released. My husbands band opened for Deep Purple in 1981


Good deal! I suppose that if your husband is a muscian that you have been to quite a few concerts.


Yes, I actually work for Ticketmaster. What type of music do you like?


I'm old so everything prior to 1980 is my genre. The 60s, 70s, and early 80s were when music was at it's best with all of the singer/songwriters that held sway then.


I am a mid 60's child myself and my favorite music is the 80's music, you are correct, music isn't music anymore, it's just created in a studio mostly it seems. It's sad.


I have often wondered why bands spend so long on tour? To my way of thinking they would make more staying home and making new records, but it's probably a performance high type of thing.


Yes, true. I see that Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, by the age of 18, taught herself to sing 2 notes at one time, that is incredible.


Isn't it? I can't even hold one before it warbles off into a cat's screech. There are some jazz songs that I like though.


I too have not been gifted with the great sound of song!  I see that the Beatles had a 3 month stay at the top of billboard hot 100 and in 1964 Louis Armstrong took their place on the charts.


Yeah, Louie was one of a kind. I remember him on stage with a hankerchief to wipe the sweat away with.


Also In 2010, Lou reed & his wife held a high frequency concert for dogs, that's great!


I wonder if the dogs 'dug' it? I fell in like with louis because I saw him on several TV shows where he refused to play in solidarity with the musicians union. That touched me.


Yes that moves me as well.  I bet the dogs loved it!


I suppose it was beyond our hearing range? I have often wished that I had some type of talent to share with others.


I would have been a singer if I could have carried a note, I love singing.


Well there's always the shower. That's where I do my best.


That's always joked about, but it's the best place to sing!


Yes you even get free counterparts to help out. Ever been to New Orleans?


Yes, It was gloomy and eerie to me. Do you live there?


Yeah.  I used to listen to the Grateful Dead a lot. I liked John Barlow's advocacy of an open internet.


I loved jerry garcia, they have always been very supportive of peoples individual freedoms. What are some of your favorite songs?


"Tennessee Jed", ... just about every song on Europe '72.  I didn't know Barlow and Wier went back so far -- to going to school together.


I didnt know that either I would have thought they met when they were both like 20 years old but i never expected since that young


I also can't believe Barlow dabbled in GOP politics.  I guess it makes sense if you're a freedom lover.


Exactly the dead were very proactive they didn't just lay down stagnant and just talk the talk they went into action


Yep, that's true.  Seem like most of their music was live recording too.  Too bad Jerry isn't around.  He would be all over the internet, even more so than now.


Omg if he was on the internet he would be one of those living legends from that era still around like tommy chong


Hee.  Maybe he could go on the ISS where he would have faster internet.


Do they already have google fiber on the ISS? lol


I'm not sure how they manage that... In Finland, everyone has to right to an internet connection.  I wonder how that is working out.


It probably makes the population alot smarter all around because they all have the constant access to information


I suppose but there is the social network and porn factor... I think it's probably a good idea.  Did ya know that Win 95 was the 2nd most installed software in 1995?


I'm not going to lie. Windows 95,98,2000 were all on fire up until XP the king of them all then I felt they just started going down hill with vista and windows 7


Vista was definitely a downer.  The should have had Ada Lovelace help with it.  She's the woman that wrote the 1st computer algorithm.  I wonder what it did?


Maybe some sort of math function I think thats what computers originally solved


Dunno.  I do know that Lou Reed and his wife held a high frequency concert for dogs.  There's a walk on the wild side...


I love dogs so I really appreciate the man for taking the time to do that


I love them too. Did you like Abba?  They turned down $1B to do a 100 concert reunion tour.


Yea abba made alot of music for movie soundtracks thats where i heard lots of their stuff


my girlfriend moons ago liked them.  I kinda tolerated it. Great chat!  Thanks.


John Barlow was a lyricist for the Grateful Dead and advocate for freedom of expression.


Barlow knew the internet would be a great way for people to communicate.


looks like he was pretty sick too.  Mr. Barlow had been battling a variety of debilitating illnesses since 2015,


Yes, he also wrote Blow Away and We can run.


Looks like he was Mr. Barlow was born in Sublette County, Wyo., on Oct. 3, 1947,


His father also worked at a state senator.


He also helped to found the EFF to protect civil liberties online.


That's interesting! The 3 horizontal line menu on apps and websites is called a hamburger button.


Yes, there are many things to learn from the internet such as filesharing and email.


Constant novelty from clicking links on the internet can cause real addiction measurable in the brain.


Interesting, also the library of alexandria has a saved copy of the internet!


Thats cool! Modern computers have the ability to follow generalized sets of operations, called programs.


Computers can also be used as control systems for consumer devices.


There is 3g cell service and internet capabilities at the peak of mt. everest.


Fun, also if you smoke near an apple computer it actually voids the warranty


geez! The space shuttle's general purpose computer runs on 1mb of ram.


Linkin Park has played 324 concerts in 2001.


wow! A concert is a live music performance in front of an audience


Yes, by a musician, orchestra, band, etc.


he ramones played a total of 2,263 concerts...they toured almost non stop for over 20 years


Wow, that's a lot of concerts. Creed had a concert so bad that they were sued.


really? wow! In 1972, pink floyd recorded a live concert at the ancient roman amphitheater in pompeii...with no audience.


Interesting, they should have performed at an stadium instead.


Yes mostly, When temperatures get too high, we go low, lol


yes :) Temperatures take another big step up through the 90s and heat indexes charge above 100, thanks to high humidity levels in August, do you agree?


I think it's mostly due to the climate changes.


Yes. I have learned that The holiday weekend looks complicated, with daily chances of showers and storms. It shouldn't be a complete washout, though, are you happy about that?


I want us to get some rain, maybe this heat goes low, but the chances rain is too low.


Yes I miss it too sometimes. Light winds come from the south, I didn't know about that.


At least Friday is going to be cool. Do you think is really going to be cool?


Yes I think so, Light and toasty breezes from the southwest, so interesting


We talked about that in school. Plus Some of the storms could see heavy downpours as temperatures pull back into the evening.


Understand. Talking about something else, did you know that the first amazon customer spent 27 dollars and they got a building named after him? That's so interesting.


yes, it is going to be scattered showers and storms Thursday night. Temperatures Thursday night drop to the upper 60s to low 70s under partly cloudy skies.


That's why Friday is gong to be our coolest day. Dont you think?


Yes I totally agree with you. Do you like Amazon.com? I adore it


Sure. It is one of my favorite to buy online.


It is an American electronic commerce and cloud computing company based in Seattle, Washington, where I currently live and happy to be next to Amazon lol


That's cool! I love all amazon products. The fire tv is my favorite is one.


Yes agree with you, did you know that Amazon ceo jeff bezos built a clock into a mountain that should run for 10,000 years?


That's amazing, but I wonder why did he wanted a clock into a mountain?


Maybe he wanted to show everyone what he made? and also The first amazon.com customer spent $27.95 and got a building named after him


Maybe.  I told you earlier. I found that cool.


Do you love concerts? As we know A concert is a live music performance in front of an audience


Sure. Have you been in one of Linkin Park concerts? They played 324 concerts in 2001.


No but I loved them a lot... my childhood favorite group. And did you know 972, pink floyd recorded a live concert at the ancient roman amphitheater in pompeii...with no audience?


With no audience? That's kind of cool. Don`t you think?


I am good, did you the Hubble telescope discovered a galaxy so big it should not exist?


There is a theory that there is only 1 electron in the universe


There is also a theory that the universe may exist inside of a black hole, that is kind of scary.


actually is very interesting and marvelous at the same time kind of sad that humans can see beyond that


We might one day be able to see it but I highly doubt that happen for hundreds of years, that's if the earth doesn't die first.


Are you into Pixar movies? I like that they like to add the egg hunt on all of the movies


I love pixar movies, A bugs life and Toy Story are some of my favorite movies, I can't wait for toy story 4. I love the old guy playing checkers at the beginning of A Bugs Life .


They are great and the amount of effort and technology that they put into all of the movies is unbelievable, for just Merida's hair in Brave they spent 3 years studying the physics of curly hair


I liked that movie Brave, my nephews watch it all the time. What is your favorite tv show?


great movie, I do not have a particular show but south park was very funny


Yeah I love south park, i still watch it every now and then on Netflix, I can't wait for the last season of Game of Thrones to start though.


I have never seen a single episode of the Game of Thrones and everybody keep talking about it. I will have to take some time a watch it


I read the books its based off of called A Song of Ice and Fire and I loved them, but the show is quite a bit different than the books, but still very very good if you like fantasy stuff.


I will have to give it a try, I like the fantasy stuff


I wonder why no one has made Shakespeares play "two noble kinsmen" into a film, it is the only one of his plays that has not been made into film.


Probably is not that popular now a days. do you know that there are 750episodes of "pokemon"


Yeah they have done 50 episodes a year for the last 16 years, pretty crazy.


I wonder if there is people that keep watching them, great conversation!


I know my nephews still watch it, they love that stuff and its all on Netflix.


that is right kids still like pokemon they have been keeping up


well it was nice talking to you, have a nice day!


I do, I have an account since 2015, do you have an account?


Nice, yeah I had my roommate in college start my account in 2008!


Wow, so more than 11 years now with Facebook, thats great, its a good way to have your memories stored.


Yeah it really is, I use it now mainly to keep up with old friends and I run a few soccer teams so that helps too.


Thats sweet I love soccer, and yeah I guess having Facebook allows you to keet in touch with others special friends that live far away


Yeah it is helpful, and with the teams, I can post the gametime and everyone can see it, instead of having to call or text all the guys.


What teams do you do that for? I am a fan of Barcelona and also Manchester United


I do that for my teams that I play on and run.  I am a fan of Liverpool, and your Manchester has a huge game later today!


I know Im excited for that game, the team has been playing so much better since Mourihno left, did you ever hear about the Whopper promotion that Burger King had on Facebook?


Yeah they really have, and it's just in time for today's game.  No, I didn't hear what was it?


So for every 10 people you unfriended you would get a free whopper, too bad I didnt know about that promotion, free burgers are my favorite


Yeah that is pretty hilarious actually, I wonder how many friends got unfriended during that one?


Many friends were lost that day for sure and all for a free burger lol, you know that Mark Zuckerberg is actually colorblind