I understand what you are saying, but don't tragedies affect people regardless of whether there is spice or not? I don't think a news outlet should shirk responsibility?


But if you hear it everyday, it becomes the norm, and unless it's happening in your backyard, it becomes the case of it doesn't affect you. That's why many people block political news or even anything negative that doesn't line up with their agenda on Facebook.


I guess we can't change how our minds work, but it is still a shame that after all the shooting and all the protests, nothing really has come of it


Big issue I see are the lobbyists. They control a lot of the politicians.


Isn't the bigger issue that so many people in the US don't vote? If they voted in an informed matter lobbyists, wouldn't be so powerful. Same for unions


Even if you vote for the desired official and they get elected, doesn't mean they can get what you want done. They are still pressured by the lobbyists. Look at big pharma, look at NRA, look at the wall!


Indeed, you make some very strong points. I am not saying that they wouldn't still be pressured, I'm simply saying that the whole set of circumstance would fundamentally be different. In any case, it's not like I hope for world peace with this chat, but I had fun chatting with you. I hope you had fun as well.


I feel like I am on it all the time.  Myspace actually turned down an offer from them to buy it in 2005.


I guess Myspace didn't see the potential or thought they could do it themselves. I wonder how things would have turned out.


It could have been life changing for them.  Do you know why Facebook is mainly blue?


I figured that it was the best look. A cool, soft look. REd is a bit hot.


Zuckerburg is actually colorblind.  So I think its blue cause he can distinguish it.


Oh, that makes sense. I guess he would choose something he could see.


Yes.  The Like button is actually illegal in a part of Germany.


I wonder what's up with that. The Germans don't like people to like things? Maybe there should be a HATE button. Or a dislike button. LOL


LOL, yeah.  I think that the Like button was initially going to be the Awesome button.


That would make sense for the younger generation to pick the word AWESOME. I guess in my day, they would pick COOL or RAD or GNARLY.


True.  Did you hear about Burger Kings Promo?


The one about unfriending people? Make enemies for fast food calories! LOL. I wonder how well the promo did.


I guess it would get people out of the house. They would still bring their phones though.


People are attached them, I know I cant live without my iphone.


I don't use one. I found it a distraction. I need to focus on things, and the phone gets in the way.


It helps me a bit, I use it a lot for work


I guess that's true. It is valuable for work. For many adults, it's a pacifier. Anyway, I enjoyed chatting!


Hello, are you interested in politics at all?


I am, to a certain degree, yes. You? It's all been kind of driving me nuts lately, but somehow I have been able to survive.


I try to find humor in it! I take joy in the fact that Trump isn't one of the three wealthiest presidents of all time for example.


What! That's insane! How is that possible? I thought he was good at was being super duper filthy rich. !!


I'm sure they measure for inflation! Anyways I think other presidents seem to have priorities other than politics too, like the president of Indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office.


Now that is hilarious for sure! Trump should do the same, maybe he can make more money and rank top 3 riches presidents finally! Do you use FaceBook at all?


Ahah I'm sure people would rather him never sing. And I do! Why do you ask?


I was just reading about Facebook. Interesting that Myspace turned down an offer to buy facebook. I'm sure they regret that. But who can know what websites are going to become huge or flop! I don't use facebook, likely due to lack of friends. lol


Oh that is interesting! And now look how far they've come. It's interesting how other companies do the opposite, and instead of engaging with Facebook they go against them. I remember Burger King had a promotion where you got a free Whopper by unfriending 10 people.


Haha what is up with that! Burger Kind has an agenda! Yeah, interested to see how Facebook ends up. There was a time I never thought I'd see the end of Myspace!


I wonder if we'll ever see the end of Facebook, a lot of places don't see it too favorably. For some reason, Facebook's like button is illegal in a part of Germany.


Oh wow! Maybe that's why they added other options... At least I noticed my brother doing a smiley face instead of a like, I believe. I just found out that Mark Zuckerberg made facebook blue, because he suffers from red-green blindness! crazy!


I didn't know that's why Facebook is blue! I'm sure other colorblind folk appreciate it too haha. And that's true Facebook is becoming even bigger in other areas, I heard Iceland is actually rewriting their constitution and using Facebook to get the public to make suggestions.


Oh wow! I wouldn't like having to join just to make suggestions. But I'm sure they have other means of getting suggestions. At least I hope so. Actually I appreciate the blue as well. Not that I use facebook, I just appreciate blue! :) Time flies! Facebook was created in 2004!


Wow time really does fly, I guess Facebook came right before YouTube in 2005 then, they're both so old now. Are you a big fan of YouTube too?


Oh I love youtube! What a great website! You can learn so much there, or create videos to teach others and maybe earn some ad revenue at the same time! Truly a great website!


I think it's very useful too! Especially with the things it inspires, like there's a YouTube-esque site for police called "Blutube", for sharing law enforcement videos.


Oh I've heard about blutube! I've been meaning to check it out! Youtube is huge! I mean, wow, the second largest search engine! Easy to believe since I'm always watching youtube!


Yeah it's crazy how much the biggest sites leave their mark on the Internet. I think Netflix and Youtube combines make up half of peak Internet traffic in North America.


Two of my most favorite websites! Sometimes I use both websites at the same time! Fun fact! Justin Beibers "baby" song is the most disliked video on youtube!


See, for all the positivity YouTube inspires there's still a lot of hate on it, guess you have to see the best of both sides. Anyways it was very nice chatting with you tonight, have a great night!


I agree! People can be pretty mean sometimes! And Ditto! It was wonderful chatting with you as well!


I bet myspace regrets not acquiring facebook


I mean while 75 million is a lot, facebook is now worth 104 billion


Not only do they make money through ad revenue, but they also have a lot of power as the dominant social media platform


yes. I saw the burger king promo where you unfriend 10 people and get a whopper.


They are also being used by iceland to rewrite the constitution!


They are using facebook since it will allow the public to make suggestions and alterations in a flexible manner


It may be innovative but there may be better ways to do that


Especially his choice to make facebook blue


He suffers from red green colorblindness right?


Yes. That why he made facebook mostly blue.


In any case, it is a technology that was only possible with the internet, the advancement of phones, and computers


yes. And tech will continue to allow us to do some amazing things in the  future


Can you believe all the wonders of phones and internet is afforded by 2.7 inches of cable across the ocean floor


Indeed. In any case, thanks for chatting.


Freedom of speech vs freedom of association, what are your thoughts on this?


I don't pay any attention to Alex Jones/Info Wars, so I don't have an opinion...other than the President does NOT have the right to shut down media he does not like.


I agree with Alex Jones, this are great times for freedom


It's interesting that YouTube began as a dating site. I don't remember it being as such.


It did? thats a cool fact, well  its a site with interesting content now and the second largest search engine on the net


I like watching the Bob Ross channel. I've become a decent painter watching him.


I havent watched that one but its amazing how Netflix and Youtube make half the peak of the internet


It's interesting that the first video uploaded, was of a man talking about an elephant.


Thats funny, did you ever watch Gangnam Style?


No, I don''t watch many music videos. Though, I would watch the Google AI learning to recognize cats.


Well you should watch it, the video had so much views they had to replace the count integer system


Interestingly enough. the last president who spoke a foreign language fluently was FDR. That was almost 100 years ago.


Wow, I guess that tells us a lot about our leaders and their lack of preparation,


It really does. The only president to have a PHD, was Woodrow Wilson.


Woodrow was a really smart man, do you know who are the richest presidents in the history of our country?


I know that trump isn't among them, lol. I think JFK is on that list.


You are correct, Trump is not on the list and JFK is, also Washington and Jefferson


Its amazing that 30% of adults use Facebook as their primary source of news.


I know right, I have an account but wouldnt trust all the news from the site, many of them are fake


I don't have an account any longer, haven't in five years. I'm not surprised that 1/3 of divorce filings contain the word "facebook".


Facebook is a double edged weapon that is a sure thing, many fights over that site.


I have on but try to avoid it haha how about you?


I use it once in a while.  Facebook is in my backyard in California


Yes, very close.  I still have not run into Mark Zuckerberg just yet.


There's always a chance! I can't believe Myspace turned down an offer to buy facebook in 2005! I wonder what it is worth now!


I wonder if Tom is still kicking himself lol. Did you ever partake in the Burger King promotion for facebook?


Why did they want people to unlike others?


Probably because nobody likes Burger King these days haha. Do you know what Iceland is doing with their constitution?


I think it is nice too! That way they can give their suggestions. Who knows if they carry weight!


Did you know the like button is illegal in a german state?


I wonder why? Is fun banned there haha? Do you know why facebook is blue?


That's right! I forgot! Do you have an iphone or android?


I have an iphone. Apparently it has more computing power than the entire us nuclear icbm deterrent!


Wow, i might have to change my phone then. Have a good night


It's going great! Which do you prefer, football or baseball?


Oh I guess baseball. Although I don't have time to see many games anymore.


Baseball is the American pastime. Japanese are surprised to discover this fact.


Yeah, I guess they see it as being their own. They have their own fan culture around it. What is your favorite sport?


I like both baseball and football, but I usually follow them around playoff time. Don't have much time for games.


Yeah the seasons are so long that it's tough to get really immersed. Especially baseball. It's what, 162 games?


162, plus playoffs. Soon they'll be playing until Christmas. Until 2005, a married couple scheduled all the games for the MLB. They must have had special software or something.


Yeah. Although I think they had done it since the 80s. Maybe they did the first few seasons on a Commodore 64 LOL?


The old C64! Classic. I don't remember any good sports games on that though. Football, baseball, soccer. Probably not easy to do on a C64.


Yeah. I know they had accounting software LOL, my Dad used it. We had the Minnesota Fats pool game and I think one soccer one. But it was such a different era. No Madden style graphics


I wonder whether they had a version of kickball on the C64. The Canadians call the game soccer-baseball.


Yeah I've read that somewhere. When I was a kid, we played a kind of kickball called Rounders at camp. Our counselor was English. He kept telling us "run to fourth!" and we were like, "You mean home? Run home?"


Baseball is American! I don't know the English would want with it. I bet the English don't collect "Rounders" cards the way we collect baseball cards.


Right? I wonder if they have cricket cards LOL? I think they have stickers for soccer.


Some guy found $3 million dollars of baseball cards from the 1900s. I wonder what he did with the money.


Yeah. That's an amazing find. I heard they had been hidden since the 40s.


Thanks, Grandpa! I bet Grandpa wishes he had cashed them in before he cashed out.


Well, but time probably added to the value, no? I wonder if the grandson found a Honus Wagner. Isn't that the super valuable one? In the 90s I think Wayne Gretzky bought one as an investment.


Honus Wagner was a card in a pack of cigs, I think. That goes way back. Why do baseball managers wear uniforms still? They're too old to play.


Well, but they can play in an emergency! It's in the rules. Back in the day, player-managers were more of a thing, they were younger.


Probably one of the players got chosen to be manager. Well, I enjoyed chatting!


I follow from time to time.  I hear players are finding ways to trick the concussion tests


I love football. Did you know Iowa painted the opposing team locker room pink?


I heard that, I wonder how successful that tactic has been for them?  I am assuming they wanted to intimidate the oppositing team.


I'm curious to know as well. I bet it probably didn't do a whole lot.


Probably not, Maybe Georgia Tech did that to cumberland.  LOL


HAHA. Can you imagine how boring that game must have been. 222-0.


And frustrating if you were losing!  How do you even score that many points?


I don't even know how that's possible. I would have just given up if I was on the other team lol.


They might have done just that, I cant believe they seriously kept trying.


I agree. Green-Ellis went his entire NFL career without fumbling the football and he was a running back.


That was too awesome to believe, so I had to look it up.  He only went no fumbles with the Patriots, had 5 in his last two years with Cincinnati.


That's amazing. I'm from Cincinnati and a Bengals fan so I remember watching him. Do you like baseball?


Me too. Did you know managers can actually play which is the reason they wear uniforms?


Yeah, I wonder how many times that has actually happened.


I bet it hasn't maybe happened a handful of times.


True, I cant believe a married couple used to schedule all of the games!  2430 Games!  that is crazy


That's crazy! I can't believe that either. Must have taken a long time to get scheduled.


It must have, I bet they were relieved to give that up in 2005


For sure. It was good talking to you. Take care!


I do. SNoop Dog once made a song for hi son's school team


Nice. Did you know U of Iowa visitor locker room is pink?


Wow that is strange, is there a reason they did that?


I have no idea. Bowlers also made more than football players in the 60s


Wow that is huge. Coaches are some of the highest paid employees


Yeah I guess. Do you know the highest score in college football?


I have no idea but do you know Texas has a huge stadium for 18000 people?


WOw , the score was 222-0, Georgia Tech beat Cumberland in 1916


Wow, the stadium cost $60 million to build


Wow that is amazing. ESPN won an Emmy for the superimposed yellow line


I love it. DO you know why the managers wear uniforms?


Because they can play if the team needs them to


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


I have no idea. DO you know who used to do their schedule for a long time?


They use 160 000 balls and I have no idea who did that


Wow amazing. Did y know the CUbs won back to back world series?


WOw that is amazing. Nice chatting with you.


ok. football is good. do you like baseball? do you like soccer?


which do you watch the most: baseball, football, soccer?


That is good. i like the world cup. it is exciting. soccer is fun. many people watch. i figure that billions love the game.


Is it? i will not be able to go. i have things to do. what year is that?


I believe it is 2022 in a city that has yet to be built


that is strange. build a city for the world cup? hm.


A lot of hosting countries do. There is technically no economic incentive, but it creates prestige, tourism, and jobs


oh, ok. i guess that the cup is quite expensive but the people want their soccer.


I mean soccer makes more money than football, basketball, baseball, golf combined


yes, i believe. people all over the world love soccer.


On an international level, it is the most popular sport


it certainly is! it is a sport worthy of global attention. it is the best sport, the sport of kings.


I want to see the variation of soccer where it is a battle royal between 3 teams instead of just 2


that would be cool. what are the rules. how many referees are there.


That i don't know, but it sounds chaotic, but in a good way. Anyway, thanks for chatting


Thank you for the chat. have a good day.


I do, I like to drive, did you know the first car was a Benz


I did not know that. I thought the model t was. Benz got in there first? Like McDonalds adding the drive thru first...


Do you know why McDonals created the drive thru?


I think it was to accommodate soliders. Not sure why they couldn't get out of their cars though.


I guess they wanted to avoid public scandals with soldiers, do you use the telephone? I havent used it in a long time, I have a smartphone and a phone seems outdated now


I do have a "phone" but like you, i never use the phone. I actually hate getting phone calls. It's mostly spam calls.


Yeah I hate spam calls, they are so anoying, its crazy how the cables that carry phone and internet data on the ocean have a diameter of only 2,7 inches


New yorks area code is 212 because they are lazy. Who knew!


That was a practical thing back in the day, 212 seems kind of random now,


No not really, my grandma used to have one and she yelled at me when I wanted to play with it lol


I had one because my dad was too cheap to replace it. I would dial like 5 or 6 number of a phone number and then have my finger slip and I would have to start all over again. THE WORST!


That sucks lol, specially with long numbers, Unicef has an interesting campaing with cell phone usage


Unicef donates a day of clean water to childs in need for every minute we dont use our cellphones, sounds like a great campaign that can help a lot of children.


I would be more than happy to give up my phone for a week! I would say a month but I am not Amish...


If its for a good cause I would be willing to do that as well,


hi how are you? do you listen to the radio these days?


Hey there.  Yup.  But trying to get into some country music.  Been interested in this singer named Brent Cobb.


Dont know him. dont really know country music well. What is he like?


Seems to be a rising star.  Fairly shy guy who's worked with some pretty big names.


What big names? not that i really know the big names.


Yeah, mostly country names like Shooter Jennings, Luke Bryan, Miranda Lambert, Kellie Pickler. Think he recently release his third album. What kind of music do you listen to?


I usally listen to rock, pop and jazz. i go to youtube a lot.


Ah, technology.  I'm kinda old school.  Still listen to CDs.  I even have some vinyls. Ha!  Just just like the whole "album" concept rather than individual singles.  Any favorite bands?


No, but i do listen to jazz while i work. very calming. clears the mind. You?


I like a variety of stuff.  A lot influence from listening to the radio with my dad.  Actually he used to listen to a lot of old time radio dramas.  I like those too.


I listened to some radio dramas when i was young. they are pretty good. I dont know if kids these days would listen though.


yeah.  don't know if kids now days listen to radio at all.  seems antiquated but still think radio is a really cool medium.


Radio is good because you dont have to watch. radio is good for other activities like driving and working.


I agree.  I'm always listening to the radio when driving to work.  my kids have no interest.  they're always just playing games on their phones.  Ha!  I remember when phones were just for making calls.


Yes, the phone has become a distraction and a pacifier. i dont want one.


Ironically, I do have a radio app on my phone.  I sadly also get distracted by my phone often times.  A different kind of distraction I guess from when I was a kids.  I remember spending hours talking to friends on my phone.


yeah, i talked with my friends too. now it is about chatting and sending selfies and stuff. different generation. i dont need that distraction.


yeah.  feels like I'm talking a completely different language with my kids sometimes.  interestingly, we were at a garage sale recently and I had to explain to them what a cassette tape was.


i bet they thought that was quaint. gosh, a tape? LOL Anyway, great chat!


Yeah, they had no idea!  Have a good night. Take care.


Hi!  Did you catch the Stanley Cup last year?


It was pretty incredible,  Ive never been a huge hockey fan, but one of the local teams made it, and whey I was laid up with cancer it was the only thing we could get reliably in the treatment center.


That's good.  Who won?  ...and I hope you are now ok.


I am on the mend, thank you.  10 pound tumor removed from my leg.  It was the Washington Capitals.


Oh my.  I'm glad at least you were able to have a little relief by being able to watch some hockey.  Are you a football fan as well?


I watch some here and there, mainly a fan of college ball, you?


I watch it.  Did you know that ESPN won an emmy for creating the superimposed yellow first down line on tv?


That line totally changed home viewing!  I dont know what I would do without it!


Right? lol  Do you know what the highest scoring football game ever was?


Wasnt it 222-0?  How does one team even score that many points?  Was Cumberland not even there?


You got it.  They got smoked.  In the 1960's top bowlers made twice as much as top football stars of that era.  Times sure have changed sine then.


It really has, I couldnt even name a top bowler now, or ever for that matter.


LOL That makes two of us!  Here's a good stat:   Former Patriots RB Benjarvus Green-Ellis has never fumbled the football in his NFL career!  Impressive!


Ha!  I actually couldnt believe that one, so I checked up on it, he had 5 fumbles in his career, all in his last two years with Cincinnati.  Never fumbled with the patriots though.


LOL  Nice!  I wonder about some of the facts I've read.  Have you ever heard the story of how the University of Iowa's locker room for the visiting team is painted pink?


I wonder about facts too, but after all if it is on the internet it must be true.  LOL


LOL  Right!  I was reading that soccer makes more money than all of the other major sports combined.  I'm guessing that's the whole world.


Probably, definitely not just the US, soccer isnt that big here.


No...which brings me to the last fact....Americans call it soccer because it was slang for association football.


Yes! lol  I had fun chatting with you!  Hope you make a full recovery!  Have a blessed night!


Did you know that  The ramones did over 2200 concerts over 20 years?


I did, but I never saw one of the concerts. I wonder if it is the most in one year?


I don't know, but that is an incredible number of concerts.  I can't imagine keeping it fresh for all those audiences.


Me either. Are you a fan of Linkin Park?


Yes.  I know they play a lot of concerts too.


They did. Hey, did you know Pink Floyd played a concert in Pompeii?


I did not know that.  I am discovering many new things doing this.  I didn't know that soccer made more money that basketball, football, golf and hockey combined.


I can believe that though. It is incredibly popular in Europe and throughout the world.


I know it is popular, but I always thought that the professionals in all sports here in America were paid so much more.  I guess I'm out of touch.


Yeah. Americans call it soccer, but everywhere else it is called something different.


It is said that there are 250 million soccer players in the world.  That is a lot of folks playing soccer.


Yeah, I think a lot of Americans play when they are young too, hence the term "Soccer Mom."


Haha, so true.  I played when I was kid and my kids played as well.


I wonder if they count those in the estimates.


I bet they do.  Seems like they are always telling us we Americans don't get it when it comes to soccer.  They always state how big the numbers are, but when it comes to sports in the USA football is king.


I wonder what the variation where 3 teams plays each other looks like, have you seen it?


I haven't heard of it, but it must be hard to watch or maybe it is more fun to watch.


I'm sure it probably is. I wonder if there are 3 goals or how it is structured.


Imagine only one goal with everyone trying to score on it.


Hilarious. Really? Who provides the goalie then?


Three goalies, one from each team.  Closest one to the ball that was scored gets deducted a point.


Interesting. Have you actually seen this? Well, nice chatting with you.


Hello,  how are you ? Mcdonalds' added drive-thru in 1975 to accommodate soldiers who were not allowed to get out of their cars while wearing their fatigues.


That was a smart move on their part. Now, drive-thrus are popular with so many people- it may even be encouraging people to not get up and walk around!


Well it works well for people who have kids and handicap and other circumstances,  but yeah it has made America lazy. The trunk of your car is called that because old cars used to have wooden trunks on the back.


Nowadays it would be the place that I keep my flamethrower. Do you have a flamethrower on your car? It might be useful in certain places.


No,  I dont have a problem with cars being stolen in my area.The car brand cadillac was named after french explorer antoine de la mothe cadillac who founded detroit.


The flamethrower could come in handy in South Africa, where people use them to stop carjackings. Could come in handy in Detroit these days.


Im sure its illegal in the united states though


The car is an important part of US culture, as is the telephone. Did you know that NY got the 212 area code because it's the fastest to dial on a rotary phone? I wonder whether kids know what that is.


Yeah,  I remember those phones.  So annoying if you mess up


You had to start all over from the beginning! The iPhone has more computing power than the entire nuclear arsenal, but probably not enough to stop human stupidity.


The cables carrying phone and internet data across oceans are only 2.7 inches in diameter and just lay on the ocean floor.


I guess there's nothing down there that could damage the cable. Have you heard of UNICEFs plan to donate water?


Yeah,  just read it,  sounds like an amazing thing to do for children!


I wonder how many people can give up using their cell phone though. It's almost as addictive as heroin.


Yeah,  I hope they have support classes!


The cell phone is the chief form of entertainment for most people. Did you know that the NES was discontinued in 2003? I thought they had stopped it long before.


I didn't know that. The nintendo entertainment system could display only 54 colors.


Do you know Bill Nye? I didn't think he really looks like Steve Martin.


Does he? I guess that's why he got his break into the entertainment business. Not science, but Steve.


no new ones, but dark side of the moon was released 40 years ago and was still one of the best selling albums in 2014


That was a great album I really like it, another good one is the Hybrid Theory by Linking Park, that album sold a lot of copies


I heard that one was the best selling album of the 21st century!


Yeah it was the best selling album, the band also toured a lot during the year the album came out.


how about japanese identical twins releasing a rap album when they turned 100


I guess its never too late to follow your calling that must be funny to watch, wonder if its on Youtube


might be, canadian law requires 40% radio music played be canadian


40% of them? I guess I respect that law, if you dont support local talen no one will


true, if you are into classic radio dramas, you can listen to thousands for free on the internet


That sounds like a site I would like, I hear there is a radio station that picks up Jupiter's radio storms


It is crazy, there is also a latin news program, its been around since 1989


I bet it has a good segment of fans, its been around almost 20 years.


true, ww2 soldiers made radios with razorblades and pencils!


That is a cool skill, I bet that saved many lives during the war, interesting skill to have and odd materials.


Yeah, it is, well the whole concept of the radio is interesting, how it got started, how we use electromagnetic energy and who had the idea.


It is an invention that wont get old, we still need the basics in case of an emergency, it was great chatting I agree, thanks for all the cool facts, bye.


Yes me too. Did you know LInkin Park played 324 concerts in 2001?


Wow that is amazing. When did they sleep ever?


I know right? THe ramones also toured for 20 years


Wow that is a long time. Did you know ABBA turned down an offer to have a reunon?


WOw really? The Ramones played 2263 concerts during that time


Wow amazing Yeah they turned down a $1 billion offer


Wow. A Creed concert was so bad once that people sued them


WOw that is too bad. Do you like football?


I do actually. Do you know what colors is the visitor locker room at U of Iowa?


I have no idea, is it an interesting color?


It is pink and I am not even sure why though


Interesting. Snoop Dog once wrote a fight song for his son's team


Nice. Did you know bowlers made more than football players in the 60s?


Wow really? I guess that makes sense since it was a popular sport back then


Yeah true. Do you know what the highest score in college football is?


It was 222-0 and Georgia Tech beat Cumberland in 1916


Wow that is amazing. There is a stadium in Texas that holds 18000 people


I do, I find their music great to work out too.  Apparently a lot of people do, their Hybrid Theory was the best selling album.


Yeah, I think in the 21st century, I wonder if that is still true?


I dont know, with all the purchases online, streaming capabilities and downloads that totally changes the game.


Yeah, good point. Well you can always tune into AM radio to hear Jupiter


I have heard that, but havent tried it yet.  It might be a neat thing to try once.


Yeah, I wonder what station it is on, do you know?


Yeah, I wonder if you can listen to it by making a radio from a simple razor blade.


I wouldnt even know how to make a radio from a razorblade, thats a new one for me.  BTW  Check out Radio Jove through NASA for the Jupiter storms.  Just looked it up


Awesome. Well according to Canadian Law all radios are required to have 40% of their music be Canadian.


Lol.  They can jam out to Bieber and Celine Dion all day.


Hilarious, I didn't know Bieber is from there.


Yeah, or so ive heard.  They also have stations where you can listen to classic radio dramas.  There is so much out there on the radio that I dont even know about.


Awesome, well there is a website where you can listen to them.


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


Actually, I did know that. They were laid down during WW2.


Wow, I didnt know about the WW2 part.  That is pretty incredible


Phones have changed so much, do you remember the rotary phones?


I do. Apparently 212 is the fastest number that you can dial.


I am surprised that they made that New Yorks area code and not the emergency number


Yeah, crazy! Well nice chatting with you.


Hello.  Do you watch baseball?  Do you ever watch the world series?


I love baseball and this years world series was one of the best I have seen.


I agree.  I like that they play up to seven games to determine the winner too.  You get to enjoy it for a few days instead of just a few hours like in the nfl.


True. What about that one world series where babe ruth was caught stealing to end game 7 and lose the 1926 world series with his team only losing by one run. That is rough!


Totally!  Especially since it was Babe Ruth who did it.


I agree. I am sure the world was shocked!  What about those cubs winning back to back world series. Pretty impressive!


It is but it's also sad because they haven't won since then.


I know! The ottoman empire was still in existence the last time the cubs won the world series. That sure does date it!


It makes it sound so ancient when you put it that way.  Some of those years could be attributed to the lack of playoffs before 1969 though.


True. Do you know about how Air Jordan's used to be banned from the NBA when they played. Jordan always wore them anyways because Nike would pay the fine.


I never knew they were banned.  Do you know why they were?


I am not sure. I never heard why. I guess eventually they caved and let them wear whatever shoe they wanted.


Well NBA players are the world's best paid athletes so it makes sense that they caved to them.


True. I mean endorsements are big payoffs. How about allen iverson's lifetime endorsement with reebok that pays him $800,000 a year until he reaches 55 and then he gets a lump payment of $32,000,000. Crazy!


That man is set for life!  How lucky for him!  On the flip side, there's Tim Duncan who held out joining the NBA until he got his college degree.


That is probably smart, some of those guys don't last very long in the NBA. Always good to have a back up plan!


Yes it is. I totally agree!  I bet the NBA would seem different to people if they used the most effective shot.  The granny shot has been proven to score points better than any other way.


That is about the only way I can get a shot to go in! What about Reggie Miller's sister Cheryl? She scored 105 points in one game and broke 8 national records!


She's impressive.  I wonder if she plays professionally.


Not sure but that sure beat what reggie did that day. He scored a career high of 40 points. She more than doubled him!


Hello, do you follow the NFL or the NBA?


Ah, same here. I always watch the superbowl.


Yes, the SB can be fun. i didnt see it this year. i heard it was slow. it was great last year.


The only problem is that the average NFL game only has 11 minutes of live gameplay.


Yeah, it seems a little light. i could never pay for a ticket for just 11 minutes. the highlight reel on tv is enough LOL


The highlight reel on youtube that only lasts five minutes is plenty. I agree.


YOutube is a lot cheaper too LOL. I think baseball is the same way. 3 hour game, 18 minutes of action. ill check out youtube.


Well, at least 18 is higher than 11. What about soccer? The world series last year was pretty interesting.


World Cup? yeah, france did a great job, but i was happy to see small countries do well. dont have to be a rich country to win games.


Especially Croatia, they did excellent lath year. (And yeah, I meant world cup sorry).


Yes, croatia was great! and the fans really appreciated the team. they didnt win, but people in croatia were happy.


Yep, I would be too. Do you ever watch the world series for baseball?


I try to watch the series, no matter what the teams. the level of play is high and the players pull out all the stops. lots of fun.


I do not watch them too much. Did you know that the women's world cup had higher television ratings than the world series in the US?


I believe it. the world wants to see their countrymen (or women) perform on the world stage. a lot of pride at stake.


Well speaking of that, the US marine corps carried the canadian flag upside down into the stadium. That must have been embarrasing.


yes, they probably had no idea what the flag looked like. LOL


I wonder how though, they were part of the US marines. Anyways, thank you for your time! It was nice chatting with you!


Yes, it is embarrassing. they should know the flag of the next door neighbor. It was great chatting!


Talk to you soon, if the chat engine doesnt crash!


To some degree.  The president is the title for head of state in most republics. Where I grew up, they are titled Prime Ministers.


You grew up in Europe then? Im just glad we dont have a dictator in the USA I dont agree with Trump in many issues but its nice to know we have a democracy still


Bahamas but it used to be a part of the United Kingdom until it got its independence from them in the 70's.  I'm surprised the only US president with a phd was Wilson.


Must be a really nice place, and yeah  I am surprised by that as well, that tells you a lot about our leaders and their lack of preparation


True, and the last US president to speak a foreign language fluently was FDR.  I wonder what language it was.


I guess he was a really smart president, did you hear about the president of Indoneisa and his 3 pop albums


Yeah, he must have been a hip guy. In the US, Lincoln was the first president photographed at his inauguration.


He was? the first one really? was that the one with Booth?


Yes that's pretty creepy that he was in that photo.


I know right, you never know who is going to betray you so did you play the original Nintendo system?


No I'm into other forms of entertainment. I like music, dance, etc.


I do like those forms of entertainment as well, I love dancing


Did you know the "e" in Chuck E Cheese stands for entertainment? That does not flow at all.


No didnt know that, do you know who Bill Nye the science guy is?


A guy who knows all about science? :) That's about all I know.


Well yeah but he also used to have a show, he got his break in entertainment because he looks like Steve Martin and actually won a lookalike contest


Really, that is pretty neat. I didn't realize the Olsen twins had an entertainment company that is now a billion-dollar enterprise.


They do? I used to love them in Full House great show


Yeah me too but I don't think they do anything much anymore. I guess if you own a billion dollar enterprise, you don't really need to.


Well many actors end up with financial problems so who knows.


This is one of those rummors I had heard about prior to Hannibel Burress and it made me so sad. This and the Clippers owner being racist were both really sad.


The Clippers owner and the Bill Cosby accusations are both disgusting and sad. They both need to be put away for a long time


Agreed. I was shocked at the amount of allegations against Cosby.


Its more sad to think how long the victims had to plead for someone to listen and be believed. That is a travesty in itself


Yeah. Reminds me of the Michigan St Dr, Dr Nasar...


It is good that the system is making things right again for these victims


Yeah. Hannibal was a hero to some, which is great!


He did take a lot of flack for it initially until things started to come out. No one ever apologized to him for being so outspoken and criticizing him for outing "america's dad"


I can't believe he did that. Think about the people he had on set... To change the subject.... From 9pm to 12am, netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwidth in north america.


That is crazy but I know I am a big contributor to that after work each night...lol


HA! That's great. Netflix and youtube together make up half of peak internet traffic in north america


Maybe one day the folks in North Korea can enjoy netflix too


Hopefully. Blockbuster declined several offers to buy netflix for $50 million. netflix is now worth $2 billion.


Worst business decision of the century. Look where they are now (blockbuster that is)


I bet they are regretting that late fee policy now.


Right! Netflix spends 20 times more on postage than bandwidth


I wonder what is on the horizon for Nexflix in the next few years


Lots of money! Too bad I didn't invest earlier.


Its never too late. I think they have a great business model and streaming media will be around for awhile


I feel for that with GE and have lost about $32 per share. Going index funds for now.


I am going to go check out those shows now on Netflix.


I have passing knowledge of hockey, but to say I like it would be gong to far.


Did you know that the Washington Capitals won the Stanley Cup last year ?


I was not aware of that until you mentioned it,  I used to live in DC, I should be aware.


Do you remember when the Red Skins won the Super Bowl in 92 ?


I arrived there in '95, so a little before my time.  I don't think anything major was won in my time there, we did get a new baseball team.  I should have focused more  on the Capitals.


IT was just to ask if you went to the Parade in 92, they said it was low key compared to the one in 88, with 600 000 people attended, it was wild, 31 people were arrested.


DC is a funny place, very few people there are from DC, usually they are there for work or school.  I guess if you won it in '88 winning it a few later isn't such a big deal.


So, if sports are not your forte, what is you favorite form of entertainment ?


I'm not completely anti sports, originally from Europe so soccer is my thing.  I enjoy movies and TV, can't get to the TV now since my son is playing Fortnite all the time.


Video games did evolve a lot, the Nintendo Entertainment System could only display 54 colors. Have you ever had one ?


I kind of skipped that system, had an Atari back in the day, and a Playstation and Xbox now, probably have a few more colors, not sure how many.


The NES was special, they continued making them until 2003. That's like as if Sony still produced PS2 today.


Now that I recall my Atari, wasn't there an ET game that is supposedly in a landfill somewhere?  It didn't live up to the hype.


It must be really bad, it they decided to dump the cartridges instead of selling them. What kind of movies do you like ?


I can watch most things, I tend to watch comedies with the kids nowadays, but when the kids are in bed I can watch just about anything before falling asleep half way through.


You could watch old Ronald Reagan movies they could help you sleeping , he did not get a role because he did not look presidential.


There's a joke there somewhere.  Just watched that movie White House Down, lots of action but predictable.


They could have moved to the guest house of the White House, it is bigger than the White House itself.


If you've never seen it, it is a little smaller than you'd imagine.  But how much room does a President need.


It depends how much money he has, TVs are big.


Well they are now,  when I playing my Atari they were much smaller,  Have a good day.


Have a good day, maybe they have an Atari in the white house, they still use floppy disks.


Hello there, did you ever play Nintendo?


I have. I loved my nintendo as a kid.Duck hunter was the best. Did you play?


Yeah I remember playing duck hunter and the other shooter games with that gun.


It was the best. Even when the cartridges didn't work right. Hard to believe it has been 16 years since they discontinued them.


Yeah those old cartridges and you have to jimmy it just right.  Yeah they sure did have a good run though.


Amazing to think those old consoles only came with a 54 color display. Quite the difference from the ones now


Yeah that is crazy that is all there was, but 54 was enough to keep people entertained for hours.


So true and it for sure was better than watching chickens like the ancient british did. Can you imagine that being your entertainment?


I think that is pretty wild, I bet there are some really strange ways they used to entertain themselves way back then.


I would have loved to have seen some of the storytelling they used to do for royalty. Im sure some of it was amazing to watch.


Oh yeah I bet it was so good, you had to be able to explain it well enough for people to form their own views, no tv or movies to help.


Exactly! Think of all the skills they developed too like dance and juggling not to mention the acting skills required for plays and whatnot.


Yeah that is very true as well.  Did you know that Ronald Reagan was rejected for a role once for not looking much like a president?


Wow really? I guess he showed them though. I think people nowadays forget that he was a successful actor before running for office.


Yeah I don't think most people know that, well especially the younger ones.


It is so weird how people in the industry break into different areas, like Bill Nye for example. He got into entertainment by winning a look alike constest. Now look at him


Yeah that is pretty funny how he got his initial break.  I remember watching him in school.


It makes me sad that he's changed. I always found his program super entertaining.


Yeah I haven't heard too much from him the past few years, I think those shows where you learned actual stuff were great.


They really were! We need more of those nowdays. Well it has been nice chatting with you. Have a good evening.


Yeah it has been, I hope you have a good one too!


Good Morning. I'm glad to see you are on today.


Good morning to you too how are you doing? Are you a big Netflix guy? I personally love it along with many other people in North America.


Oh goodness yes.  I'm all about Netflix and Chill.  I saw Hannibal Buress on a 2016 Netflix panel.


No see other guys funny I've also seen him on that YouTube show with the other guy but I can't remember what it's called. It's interesting that he reignited the bill Cosby debate.


Yes, he is very funny.  Even before the Cosby firestorm, he had already made a deal with Comedy Central for his own show.


That's good. I also enjoyed watching Joe Rogan on his Netflix special. Netflix spends 20 times more in postage than bandwidth.


I wonder if the cost of postage was why Blockbuster didn't buy Netflix?  At the time, they made a lot of money on late fees, and streaming wasn't a thing yet.


That's a really good question. And actually the $40 late fee is why read Hastings was inspired to start Netflix.


That's right!  I wonder how many times he had to watch Apollo 13 to wrack up that kind of fee? LOL


Ha ha yeah must've been hard to take. I wonder what would've happened if Blockbuster bought Netflix for 50 million?


I suspect they would be rolling in the $2billion Netflix is now worth.  (Or they would have mismanaged it, created issues with late fees, and tanked. LOL)


Ha ha I am thinking the latter would be more realistic. I definitely love having an iPhone. It has more computing power than the entire US nuclear ICBM deterrent.


Me too. On that note, I heard that Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child in need for every minute you don't use your cell phone, but I wonder how they track it.


Yeah I would really like to enroll in the program sounds like it does a lot of good. The cables caring phone and Internet data across oceans are only 2.7 inches in diameter, I feel like it should be more protected.


Yeah, and they just lay on the ocean floor, right?  Aerial's pets could clip those in a heartbeat. LOL!


Yeah I would think so. Do you remember the days of phone books? It is impossible to separate to find books that simply have their pages overlap together. I believe it.


I heard that.  On Mythbusters they used 2 trucks to try and pull them apart.  A telephone might convert sound into electronic signals and play Netflix, but it can't hold up to a truck.


Very true. Speaking of telephones, the New York area code is 212 because it was the fastest number to dial on the rotary phone.


Speaking of New York, their neighbors to the north require at least 40% of the music on their radio stations to be Canadian.


Wow that is pretty cool I guess. There's also a radio station that broadcasts are weekly news program in Latin. All the way in Finland.


Doesn't Finland have a radio station that broadcasts Nuntii Latini?


Yeah that's the one. I don't think I would get much out of listening to it. Soldiers once made radios using only a razor blade and a pencil.


Hello!  what forms of entertainment do you like?  Have you ever played Nintendo?


I grew up playing Nintendo but I have not played for many years, how about you?


lol I grew up as well playing.  I remember the day we brought up the oringal system that could only display 54 colors.


I remember those, but the ancient Britons use to use chickens as entertainment so I guess we have come a long way


lol  I was surprised to find out that they finally discontinued it in Japan in 2003.  That must have been when they switched over to the Game Cube.


must be, but I did not know the white house still uses floppy disks.


Isn't that crazy?  I was surprised to find out that the white house was shot at on Nov. 11,2011 and it took the secret service 4 days to realize it.


I guess they did not get their annual bonus


Hahah  Did you know that the White House has twin buildings in Ireland and France?


I have been to both, but I did not know that Roosevelt band christmas trees


Nice!  Yes....he had them banned from the White House because he was a big conservationist.


I guess Bush was too  with his solar panels


Yes he was.  I believe Reagan had originally taken them off (after Jimmy Carter had put them on lol)


I did not know that, I also like that the presidents guess house is bigger than the white house.


I didn't know that.  Wonder why that is?  I think I'm going to have to look up the first president of Zimbabwe and see what he looks like.  He was called President Banana. lol


I know lol That's why I want to look it up. It made me curious.  What do you think of the president of Indonesia?  He released 3 pop albums while in office.  Sounds like he should have been focused on his country to me.


They must be if he made 3 of them.  His fans must have bought them I would think otherwise he wouldn't have made them. lol


I was surprised trump did not make the top wealthiest presidents


I agree with you.  I think I've read where he is the wealthiest president we've had.  Maybe the facts are old?  I have to jump off here.  It's been fun chatting!


Hello, much of the writing is regarding the lack of journalism , how do you feel of this?


I think the story of the water crisis in Flint Michigan is very startling, I think it was very important for it to be covered.


Additionally the truck driver bill was great as I know truck drivers do not get treated very well by their companies, it can be a rather dangerous job, do you have similar stories?


do you know already Since 1950, the prize has been part of the wide-ranging legacy of legendary labor leader Sidney Hillman.


The Pulitzer prize? What prize are you referring too? Sidney Hillman is certainly a very important person tot he labor movement though.


That's alright, within the Presidents I was quite shocked to learn that jfk was one of the richest, I would have suspected it to have been someone more recent, what do you think?


i have no idea  and do you know Until 1805 in the us, the runner up in a presidential election automatically became the vice president. The president of indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in offic


Yeah that also shocked me, I have studied american history in my APUSH class before however I had completely forgotten that part of history where the vice president was chosen through who finished as runner up in the president election.  I also had no idea the guest house was larger than the white house, did you know that?


yes i am also shocked  do you know The nintendo entertainment system was finally discontinued in september of 2003 in japan.


Oh wow I did not, I wonder if they still make any classic versions for people to by in special cases?


that's ok It took the secret service four days to realize that bullets had struck the white house on november 11, 2011


Yes that is honestly quite scary I have no idea when or why those could have hit the white house. I think it was good President Bush added Solar panels though, its a good guideline to follow.


The white house has twin buildings in ireland and france.


I wonder why that it is in those few countries? Although we did receive the statue of liberty from France so I suppose they are quite close allies with us. Have you even been to either country?


It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C.


Indeed it is, have you ever considered visiting the white house? i think it would be an interesting experience.


do you know The president of indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office


Haha yeah I had heard that, I actually think I will check them out and hear what it's like. I hope you have a good day friend!


I used to watch it. Dont have it right now though. I do enjoy it when I have it though.


It is pretty incredible.  I am a big fan, since I cut cable.  I cant believe Blockbuster passed on the deal.


Yeah only 50 million. They missed out on that deal. Now they are closing down all the stores.


Ive only run into one about a year ago, thats it.


I heard he started it because he got a 40 dollar late fee for apollo 13.


Yeah, that is pretty crazy.  on a VHS too.  I didnt know VHS could even cost that much.  LOL


Me Either. I guess netflix accounts or 3 percent of internet traffic between 9pm and 12 am.


That is pretty incredible, along with youtube they make up half of the internet traffic in North America.


Another interesting fact. Netflix spends 20 times more on postage than they do on bandwidth. That's crazy.


I didnt even know people still had the mail subscription.  I wonder what they do with the DVD's once the movies arent popular anymore.


Im  not sure. They probably sell them to wal mart to put in the 2.50 bin.


Very true, I never though of something like that.  Do you listen to much radio?


I love the radio. Did you know its a law in Canada that radios have to play at least 40 percent canadian music.


Thats kinda crazy.  I guess it gives more local artists a chance, or they just jam out to a bunch of Beiber.


Is Justin Beiber Canadien. Lol. Seems like a good reason to do away with that law to me. Lol.


Yup.  He is along with Celine Dion and Drake.  So If I ever make it to  Canada, I might be using something else for my radio.  lol


You could just listen to Jupiters radio storms. you can listen to them on am radio.


That actually sounds interesting, for a little bit at least.  I head you can also listen to the sun, it emits frequencies that can be translated to music.


Or if you have your phone there is a website where you can listen to classic radio dramas for free. That might be good or a trip to Canada.


It would, it might be interesting to check out anyway.  I am always looking for new outlets for entertainment.  It is so efficient to be able to use our phones for that.


It really is. Well its been a good chat. I better go get some stuff done. Have a good one.


Same here.  Its been great chatting, have a nice day.


Hi, do you know who the top three wealthiest Presidents were?


Yea, the wealthiest are JFK, Washington, and Jefferson, I guess rich people have better things to do than be president


Right, Don't tell trump though, lol. You know there is a President named President Banana?


Yea, from Zimbabwe, I wonder if it's because President Banana liked bananas or not


To funny! Did you know that there use to be a rule that the runner up was automatically the VP?


Yea up until 1805, too bad the runner up didn't become vice president in the last election, that would be fun


I know a real reality show for sure, lol. I can see Hillary right now yelling at Trump


As long as Trump doesn't try to release 3 pop albums like the president of Indonesia


Wow i can't imagine that, but he does have the hair for it so you never know, haha. They even call authoritarian regimes presidents.


I would if Trump will upgrade the White house so it will become larger than the guest house


Now i think that's ridiculous. Apparently there are other white houses in other countries and there identical.


Yea France and Ireland have a White House, I wonder if they are exact replicas


I wonder why they have them! The white house apparently still uses floppy disk.


That's pretty sad, so is the fact the secret service didn't know the white house was shot at for four days


Our tax dollars hard at work. George Bush put solar panels back on the white house.


Yea, it's pretty ironic Regan took them down then Bush put the solar panels back up, I'm surprised Clinton or Gore didn't put them back up


Me too. The term president is used as a metonym for the president and his advisors.


Interesting, I wonder what Roosevelt's adviser thought when he banned christmas trees from the White House


Wow i also hear when he was sworn in that he did not use the bible.


Odd. Speaking of presidents, when Regan was an actor he was rejected for a role because he didn't have a presidential look


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Yes, I enjoy the flix, even their hour long video of a burning log...Do you?


I like it, the first series that I saw is Lilyhammer, I thought it was really good. I subscribe to the service since 2012


Netflix employs a team of "taggers" to watch the films and tag the content. That sounds like a job I would love!


That sounds like a good job, I wonder if the pay is also good, Blockbuster had the chance to buy the company once.


They choked... In 2000, Netflix proposed that Blockbuster use them as their online service, but Blockbuster just laughed. Look whose laughing now!


Netflix and really hard, they also had the chance to buy the company later for $50 million and now the company is worth more than $2 billions


Now they are huge!  I wonder where it is not available?  I know that Netflix monitors illegal downloads to decide which shows to purchase. Makes you wonder...


It does make you wonder also why they spend so much money on postage, in fact 20 times more than in bandwidth.


It must still be cash positive effort. They may also have title rights to use a broader range of movies on DVD than they can offer online.


Yeah so do you listen to the radio anymore? it seems like people are forgetting about it


Sure!  I even like old radio dramas. Did you know that one of the most popular radio shows in the 1930s was a ventriloquist act?


Havent heard of that one, how can that work lol, that seems absurd the whole point of the show is to watch the ventriloquist and the puppet interact


Baffles the mind doesn't it?  So does knowing that more than half of radio music played on air during 1948 was Bing Crosby music.


I hear soldiers could make radios out of pencils and razor blades wonder if they used them later to hear Bing Crosby's music.


And what do we have these days? We have radio stations with everything imaginable, including a station devoted to solar activity translated into sound!  I wonder if the sun can sing White Christmas like Bing Crosby?


I have no idea about that, I know there is a latin news program since 1989 that one seems interesting if you can understand latin


"And now, for the latest news spoken in the oldest language..."  LOP  Sounds like a Bill Murray skit!  Did you know, he was the voice of the human torch in the 1970s Fantastic Four radio show?


He was? I like how Bill Murray acts, I guess that was a really cool show, great hero and also a great actor/narrator.


Pretty cool!  Like this fact I recently learned about Dolphins: They can communicate by telephone!  And they appear to know who they are speaking to, and they communicate on porpoise...


They can? that is impressive, they are really smart animals, anyway its kind of late so I think Im calling it a night


The inventor of the telephone was an undertaker... Nobody liked the nights that he called!  Thanks for chatting!


I bet he was, a smart man I guess, and thanks for chatting as well, have a good night bye.


hi how are you? do you like our friend the sun?


Hello,  yes I like the sun,  how about you?


I do like our friend the sun. he is friendly and warm and shows up most days.


Yes, i have seen pictures of the sun from the moon. no atmosphere on the moon, so the sun is bright white.


I recently found out that a lightning bolt is 5 times hotter than the sun.


The surface of the sun is cooler than the interior. if we could just harness that lightning!


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


If we could just capture all that energy and store it somewhere!


Yeah exactly,  like a better version of the solar panel.


Solar is the way to go. we need to get as much electricity from light as possible. Petroleum is running out.


Yes true.  Did you know the sun is 1 billionth the size of the biggest star in our galaxy?


i knew that our sun was a modest star. not that big. but the sun does its job and i dont complain.


The planet neptune completed its first orbit in 2011!


nepture has always been a bit of a slow coach. A bit far from the action.


yeah,  I wonder since it moves so slow,  how long its days are.


Some planets dont rotate, some dont have a tilt so there are no seasons. we are rather lucky.


Yeah I cant imagine not having any seasons,  that would be a little depressing.


Yeah, plus Venus is like 900 degrees. that would put a kink your vacation plans. LOL Anyway, great chat!


Yes,  its been an excellent chat,  have a good one.


Did you hear about that Canadian billionaire and his wife that was murdered?


Yeah, in the last year or two.  It seems it was the cousin who did it.


Oh, that is awful. Sounds like something we'd see on TV.


Yes it does.  A judge in the case dismissed part of the case calling some of the claims fanciful.


I do sometimes.  Did you know that celebrities such as Ringo Starr, George Carlin, and Alec Baldwin have narrated Thomas the Tank Engine for at least 52 episodes each?


No way! I've seen so many episodes and I never even knew that! Crazy!


Yes it is Did you also know that there is only one episode of the Simpsons that Bart does not appear and is not mentioned?


That is so weird! Do you know what the longest running skit is on SNL?


So on a different note, do you like cars?


I do. Did you know that the 1908 Ford Model T was the first car accessible to the masses?


Really? Was that the car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company?


Yes.Did you know that  Karl Benz was the first to patent a car?


Yes, in fact I think the year was 1886, which was regarded as the birth year of the modern car. Benz is a fun brand.


Did you know that Cadillac is named after the founder of Detroit, MI?


The French explorer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac. Anyways nice chatting with you!


I do! I like basketball, though I was never very good as a kid as I'm not very tall. How about you?


I played a little in school but I was never as great as some of these pro players. There are some great players out in the various leagues.


Oh yeah. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar used to be so great at the dunk, it was banned from college basketball.


Wow I can't imagine the game without the dunk now. It such an iconic move. I wonder why more people don't do the 3 pointers to rack up the score though.


It's much easier to get blocked from back there, I suppose. Dunking allows more control over the ball.


I guess that makes sense. I always just assumed there was only a 3pointer, a layup and a dunk but I guess there is also something called a field goal that is worth two points.


I believe a field goal is just any shot that's not a free throw, as all other shots are two or three points. Free throws are one point.


It has been so many years since I played that I had forgotten all of that. I bet I could still hustle a game at the supreme court basketball court though.  I can't imagine the justices have many hoop skills.


Yeah, I love that they call it "the highest court in the land".


Leave it to the government to try and be all "punny". I wonder if they have their own coach. If they do that guy probably makes bank.


I wonder if they even play on a team so organized like that, or if they just have pick up games. Have you ever heard of James Naismith?


He did, and he was the only losing coach in KU's history! That's an unfortunate twist of fate.


Can you imagine the humiliation of being bad at your own game? That would be like Hugh Laurie being a horrible drama teacher despite his acting success.


I love Hugh Laurie. A lot of people don't realize he's British because he uses an American accent on House. Did you know he was the highest paid tv drama actor for a time?


Yeah he deserved every penny too. His acting was suberb in that. I was shocked the first time I heard him speak. I have no idea he was british.


You know who else is good who actually taught drama? Jon Hamm.


Yeah he was a fantastic teacher. He actually taught one of the girls from the show the office, Ellie Kemper.


Yeah, I remember hearing that. It's funny because he's in the show Unbreakable Kimmie Schmidt with her.


That is really funny. Well it has been nice chatting with you. Have  a great evening.


Very well, thanks. Do you have any kids? i Have 2 and haven't heard of these books.


I have two small boys. Not familiar with any of the children's books. "love" seems like it might be cute though.


Yeah. I am a little interested in seeing it. I wonder if it is picture or drawings? My kids always love the pigeon books.


I haven't heard of the pigeon books, I'll have to check those out. Are you pumped for the superbowl? I always thought it was weird that three different sports with completely different rules are all called football.


Yeah, I find the differences between college and the NFL weird. I look at NFL results and try to extrapolate those to college rules and get angry about the differences, relatively angry...


Me too! It's so frustrating, The NFL is like a giant showpony.


Are you looking forward to the Super Bowl next weekend?


Yes and no. I'm originally from Mass so on one hand it's awesome that The Pats are going again. On the other hand it cause me so much anxiety. Who are you rooting for? No judgements! :)


I really do not care. Once my bears are out, I just root for good games. If I had to choose, it would be the Pats. I do not understand why people hate Brady and belichick so much. They're great and I appreciate them...


The Bears did well this year. People love two hate them. It's gotta be motivating for them. If there wasn't so much negativity coming their way, Brady probably would have retired already.


If they won last year, or this year, I can see him walking away. His wife has been publicly lobbying him to quit. That's gotta be tough to play through knowing your wife doesn't like your job.


Yeah, that was pretty crazy when she implied  in an interview that he's suffering from CTE. It'd gotta make for an awkward situation at home.


I watch a lot of International soccer. I can't really get into MLS...


I understand. I was watching the match this morning on NBC Sports. It was really good!


Not really. I just enjoy the game. I found it while waiting for college and NFL football and just keep watching. I don't want to like Manchester United or a huge team but with relegation, I need to like someone who I can watch on a regular basis. Do you have a favorite?


I root for Benfica. They're a smaller club from Portugal.


Nice! I will check them out. Nice chatting with you!


Hey there yes I do. Did you know U of Iowa painted their visitor locker room pink?


WOw I wonder why though Did you know bowlers made more than football players in the 60s?


Yeah it was a much popular sport back then but things have changed


THat is very true. Do you know what the highest score in college football is?


It was 222-0 when Georgia Tech beat Cumberland, what a score


Yeah must have been some game there. Did you know ESPN won an Emmy once?


Yeah they won it for the superimposed yellow line


Yes I am happy they did that because it has made game watching much easier at home


True. Do you know who Benajrvus Green-Ellis is?


Yeah he is a former rb who never fumbled the ball in his career


Yeah what a talent. Do you know much about the sun?


I know some stuff like that is white but we see it as yellow. DO you know why?


Oh that is because of the atmospheric scattering playing tricks on us


Haha true. Did you know a lightning bolt is hotter than the sun?


Yeah about 5 times hotter, that is really hot


WOw and yet we only need 1 second of the energy of the sun to last us half a million years


Wow that is a long time, it is too hot. And yet it is one billionth of the size of the largest star in the galaxy


That is mind blowing the galaxy is so big and vast, and there is so much still to be discovered


That is very true. Did you know Neptune completed its first orbit around the sun in 2011 since it was discovered in 1846?


Wow that took a long time and who know how much more before it was discovered


Sean Hannity had an awkward moment, and his quoting of Braking Bad made him look really bad


LOL... yeah right!  But i don't think he was quoting breaking bad was he?  I think they were comparing his quote to a scene in Breaking Bad?


Well it sure was similar to the series lol, maybe he didnt do it with the intentioin but it was almost the same as the shady scene with Saul and the $10 bucks.


Yeah, of course! I wonder how Sean felt after he said it and realized what he said?


I bet he felt pretty bad, he did tried to justify himself but he already made a huge mistake and lets face it Cohen is a really shady lawyer.


At least he Hannety didn't go to the lengths like white and pinkman did taking Saul out to the desert?  LOL


I agree lol although he still has time for sure. What a good series Breaking Bad was! I used to love that show


Yeah for sure... many of late nights binge watching Breaking Bad!    Just crazy how Sean thought he never retained Cohen!


Someone should give Sean some serious advices lol I thought the critics were harsh on him but at the same time funy, like the one that says dude needs to lay off Breaking Bad.


I thought advice is what he was seeking from Cohen?  Hahahahahaaaaaaaa


Lol, yeah apparently he should change counsel well with all that he said he will definetely do that.


Seriously... a Donkey Kong scandal... UGH!!!


Yeah, so I just heard about this scandal on the radio, do you like listening to the radio?


Me too, on the way to work, you know Jupiter has rario storms that can be picked up by an AM radio


That's cool, I wonder what it sounds like?


Im guessing just about any other AM radio, would be interesting to listen but boring after a while


This is true!  That's too funny that in canada 40% of music has to be canadian.  You imagine that law in the US... people would revolt!


Yeah, people revolt for less so I can imgine it for sure lol, and I think its a great law, supports local talent


I totally agree.. but you could never get away with it!


Yeah I guess your right, there is a site with thousands of drama episodes and all for free you should really look this website up.


Hey there do you ever listen to the radio? I know I listen to AM radio on my way to work


I do not. I usually listen to spotify. What do you enjoy listening to?


I like listening to the news. When I'm not listening to AM radio though I listen to classic rock. did you know that Jupiter has radio storms we can pick up on our radio?


I wonder if they have to play at least 40% jupiterian music, like canada.


LOL that's funny. I probably rather listen to Jupiter radio actually. I can't think of any good Canadian music haha


What about Nickleback? Ok you win that round...


Haha that's funny! Have you ever listened to a classic Radio drama?


I have not. I wonder if they are any good?


Yes there's a website that will play them for free. But they always say you get what you pay for haha. One station I won't be listening to is the one that plays classical Latin news


I agree. I would have no idea what they are saying. I would love to listen to the war of the worlds. Do you remember that?


I do. Didn't people throw themselves out of Windows when that was playing or something? Maybe I should avoid that actually haha


Yes, they went crazy! They redid that show in Brazil and when they found out it was fake, they stormed the station and burned it down.


Wow I didn't know that. Have you ever used a foxhole radio? They're made from a pencil and a razor blade. I don't know how that works ahah


No. I would end up cutting my finger off trying to turn the channel.


LOL. Have you ever watched Fox News before? They get more views than CNN and MSNBC


I did not know that. I have watched it but it is not my favorite station. Do you watch it?


No I don't really watch the news. I do check this website called ign.com everyday though. Apparently Fox news owns them. I never knew that


I think Fox Nudes is a different channel. I do not think I have seen that one. HA! I have not heard of IGN.com.


lol whoops! yes if you like video games you like that website. They have a lot of news and other stuff, I guess Fox News was going to sue The Simpsons at one point? that seems really dumb


That would have been really funny and ironic. Fox News getting defensive about agendas...


Yep very silly haha. Also silly is that Fox News was created by Richard Nixon and Richard Ailes. not a good sign haha


Oh yes, I love tv.  I saw that weekend update debuted on the first episode of SNL and is their longest running skit


I like to watch comedy as well. I really liked that 70s show. They tried to remake it in the UK verbatim but it was cancelled after ten episodes. Don't know why they didn't just watch the original!


Yeah thaats wierd.  I saw that Daniel Radcliffe voiced the cartoon parady of Twilight


Was that on the Simpsons? There is only one episode where he does not appear and is not mentioned.


yes,  He played Edward Cullen on the Simpsons episode of Treehouse of Horror xxi


And when South Park aired its family guy episode finale the producers got flowers from the Simpsons crew. Not sure why.


Maybe because they are both cartoons that are popular.  I saw that Homer Simpson has held 188 jobs


Wow that is a lot! I only remember the one plant job.


Did you know that most deals made on television show Shark Tank are never enacted


Wow, that is surprising. What network is Shark Tank played on?


I am not sure.  I did see that Fox News threatened to sue the Simpsons in order to stop them from parodying its famously anti-democrat party agenda


Wow, but thye also discussed the possibility of having a cable channel only airing the Simpsons. Guess they had a love hate relationship with it.


I suppose so.  In 2007 fox news tried to have a conversation version of "The Daily Show"


Interesting. Well, they know what they are doing for the most part as they are more watched than CNN and MSNBC


yes, the show was going to be called "The 1/2 Hour News Hour" it was cancelled though after 13 episodes


Oh, I didn't know know that. Fox News alaso owns IGN.


Yes, and it is available in 86 countries or overseas territories worldwide


I just learned that it was created in part by President Richard Nixon.


Thats interesting.  In 2015 the median viewer age for Fox News was 68 years


Sometimes I prefer to listen to music on the radio instead of the news. In Canada, all radios must play 40 percent of the music as Canadian music.


Good morning!  Hope your day has started off well


Thanks I hope that for you as well, did  you hear about Sean Hannity and his awkward comparison?


It's an interesting time we are living in.  I don't think much of Hannity, but it is something to watch him squirm a bit


He made a reference that was taken out of the series Breaking Bad, it made him look shady, kind of like Cohen.


I remember that scene from BB, and it certainly makes him look shady.  Apparently Cohen only had 3 clients, and two of them were Trump & Hannity!


Yeah that definitely makes me doubt his honesty, that is a great reference though, I loved the series, too much Netflix for Hannity.


Ha!  I never really got into what about Sal tho...


Yeah, he then tried to excuse himself saying that he loves Breaking Bad as much as anyone and giving this absurd excuses, it was embarrassing to watch lol


I thought I heard once that "Fox News" is technically an Entertainment broadcast because they don't actually broadcast "News" - like a conservative parody show


Yeah they tried to sue the Simpsons because they wanted them to stop them from parodying an anti-democratic agenda


That's funny!  I'm pretty sure I've seen some of those Simpson's episodes - and while they're also funny, it is kind of scary in a Simpson's way


I agree with you, Fox has a weird relationship with the show, they wanted to sue them but at the same time wanted to create a channel that would only air The Simpsons


I wouldn't even know where to begin with that level of conflict.  Television and most media for this instant is a weird and interesting medium for sure.


Its a difficult spot for sure, specially with all the viewers Fox has, more than CNN and MSNBC put together!


It certainly paints the divide in our country with a broad brush - do you watch Fox or CNN.  Tribalism at it's finest!


I agree, so enough of politics, do you ever listen to the radio anymore?


Yes!  I listen to talk radio, sports during my work day - I like to have it on in the background and I especially like baseball talk and games - can't wait!


Thats great, I listen to it on my way to work, I like to listen to drama episodes and theres a free website where you can access thousands of episodes.


Like Podcasts?  I've heard some crime episodes and I do find them fascinating


Yeah kind of like podcasts, I think its great how the Canadian government supports its own artists, 40% of the music in Canadian radios has to be from Canadian artists.


That is really interesting about Canadian radio - great launching board and probably the reason so many Canadian artists become popular in the US


Yeah, Canadian artists have grown and I think its thanks to the Canadian government and its support.


Do you know who the top 3 wealthiest presidents were?


I honestly don't know! Do you know? I know as far as PhDs are concerned, Woodrow Wilson was the only president with a PhD!


They say JFK, Washington, and Jefferson but I'm not sure if that list is up to date or not.


True! And it's hard to believe of all the presidents we've had since FDR, he was the last to actually speak a foreign language.


Yeah it is, I guess Presidents aren't as scholarly as we would like to think. Have you heard that the president of Indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office?


No I didn't. That's kind of humorous! Almost as crazy as knowing the first president to be photographed for the inauguration was Lincoln and ironically, Wilkes Booth was in that very photo!


Could you imagine if any of our Presidents made an album, although Bill Clinton could have released a jazz album, he was pretty good on the sax. That's kind of chilling that they were both in the photo.


I didn't know Bill played the sax! That's pretty cool. Speaking of Bill, it's a good thing he was never president of Guatemala as close relatives of former presidents aren't allowed to run so no one in his family could if we were Guatemala.


That is true, we would have no Clintons, no Bushs, no Kennedy's, no Roosevelts.


Very true! No telling where we'd be today if that was the case. So many generations of politicians there. Who knows how differently things could be? Heck, women weren't allowed to wear pants on the Senate floor until 1993!


I know, it's hard to think how things would have turned out. That's crazy. I heard that a D.C. judge sued a small dry cleaning business for over $67 million for the loss of a pair of pants. Those must have been some special pants.


Indeed they must have been. They could have been the Hulk's indestructible pants since that seems to be one of his super powers! Ha!


Did you know that Aladdin's pants were modeled after MC Hammer? I thought it would be the other way around?


I figured it would be the other way around too! You know, even MLB umpires are forced to wear black underwear in case the pants split! Ha!


Oh wow, I did not know that. Did you know that people started wearing pants because of horses? Mounted armies found that pants were more effective than wearing robes.


Actually, I did not. That makes sense though. Could you imagine wearing robes today? I mean, I can just see us on the phone wearing robes! Ha! Speaking of phones, I found out recently an undertaker invented the dial telephone because he thought operators were rerouting his calls to rivals. Ha!


I couldn't imagine that. We would be sitting around like the Dude from Big Lebowski. That's crazy though, I found out that an iPhone has more computing power than the entire US nuclear ICBM deterrent. That's crazy.


Oh wow! Speaking of iPhones, there's actually really no correlation between connection quality and service bars! Weird, huh?


Yeah that is weird, it's good to know though.


So true. We should thank Hedy Lamarr because without her, we wouldn't have cellphones or even gps and wifi!


I couldn't imagine life without one. Great chatting with you!


What do you think about the Catholic Church? It scares me that they don't have a system in place for reporting misconduct


I think something needs to be done about that, immediately. Too many bishops are getting away with this. Like the one in West  Virginia.


Yep I heard about that it makes me sad. Especially this mccarrick guy, he's been accused by a lot of people of molestation when they were kids


That is very sad. Almost as sad as the inventor of the dial phone, who was an undertaker.


Wow I didn't know that. What is strange is that New York's area code is two-one-two only because of the rotary phone and we don't even use those anymore LOL


New Yorkers are so impatient. I would love to see a dolphin talk on the phone.


Yep I agree with you. I guess they can determine if different dolphins are speaking, do you use an iPhone by the way?


I do. I have an app that has ringtones from the london Symphony Orchestra.


Oh that's interesting, maybe you didn't know this, but your iPhone actually has more computing power than our entire missile deterrent system in the United States


I've heard that. Hedy Lamarr was an acress, and she helped invent wifi.


That's really cool! She sounds very talented, did you know that the cable that connects the United States to Europe is only about 3 in thick and stretches across the entire Atlantic Ocean


I did not. She also helped with the cellphone and gps development. She was a very smart lady.


Yes it seems like it. Do you ever wear hats by the way? I'm wearing one right now


I do not, they make my hair frizz. Except for the chef's hat  I do wear at times. For some reason, the designer chose to have the folds represent how many ways there are to cook eggs.


Haha that sounds really weird. It's funny that until 1998 political people in Britain used to wear a top hat in the House of Commons, I guess they changed that now though


Maybe? I think it's hilarious that hard hats are basically melted legos, as they are both made from the same type of plastic.


LOL good point, why do you think that old west movies show everyone wearing cowboy hats instead of the much more realistic bowler hats which were actually more popular


Could be like Finland, and give everyone a top hat and sword when you graduate.


That's pretty cool. It's also cool that tipping your hat comes from when Knights would raise their face visors in order to show that they were not enemies with each other


I wonder how that worked if they really were enemies? The winter hats that Russians wear, were originally worn by the nomads of Asia.


That is pretty cool, I also think it's interesting how different religions use hats, and how they look, for instance the miters worn by Bishops


Hi. Do you like to travel? What is your favorite mode of transportation?


I love air travel even though it's 10% slower than it was in the 1960s as they try to save on fuel costs now. What about you?


I think traveling by air is easiest although I do enjoy traveling by train. It is relaxing. I wouldn't be so lucky in Iceland. They have no rail service.


They don't? I wonder why that is? I bet it's a nightmare for residents. There's also a website I like to use when a travel that let's you crash on people's couches while traveling as well!


That is a great service. Iceland you would to take domestic flights if you do not have a car to travel between towns. Or crash on people's couches


That makes sense! You know what I find funny? People actually steal garden gnomes and take them traveling with them. Then they return the gnome to its owner with photos from their travels. That is hilarious! Ha!


I never knew that. I also did not know that the first King to travel around the world was King Kalakaua of Hawaii. I would have thought it was a European king.


I would think that as well, honestly. You know, during the age of discovery, ships would release rabbits onto islands to provide a food source for travelers. Wonder if that king stumbled across any rabbit islands? Ha!


I'm sure he did. He is just lucky he didn't travel on Japan's current highway tolls. It costs more than $300 to travel across the country.


That is crazy! About as crazy as airports making people walk farther instead of fetching their bags faster and it actually stops most of the complaints!


How smart. I would hope my baggage would be close by on Mackinac Island in Michigan because there are no cars. You have to travel by carriage or bike.


That must be a nightmare for those poor residents. Ha! Imagine wanting to go see a presidential campaign rally or something and have to take a bike. No way! Ha! Speaking of presidents, can you believe Woodrow Wilson was the only president to have a PhD?


I would think there would be a lot more. I was shocked to find out that Trump was not in the top three wealthiest Presidents.


That is shocking! And I was also shocked to learn FDR was the last US president that fluently spoke a foreign language!


Wow. Our Presidents need to be a bit more versatile. Like the President of Indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office.


Ha! That's kind of funny! I know in Guatemala, close relatives of former presidents aren't allowed to run for President. I believe they should implement that law here!


I think that would be fair because you wouldn't have the same Presidency twice. On the opposite side, in America the law as that the runner up to President automatically became Vice President. That's like two different presidencies at once.


Indeed it is. You mentioned the Indonesian president releasing 3 pop albums and it reminded me of something funny I heard: Lou Reed and his wife held a high frequency concert for dogs back in 2010. That was both sweet and humorous to me!


I really like that. What a fun fact to end on. Thanks for chatting and teaching me new and interesting things.


Oh, I'll tell you an even more unbelievable fact, Abba turned down $1 billion to do a reunion tour of only 100 concerts. It's like that is sad because it's such easy money!


hey I'm good, can you guess how much Judge Judy makes per episode?


well she makes like 120k per episode, thats insane! But she is good at her job haha


That is a lot! I am shocked that it was that much. Is she still on TV?


haha yes she is, and she is the second highest paid celebrity next to Lebron James


I have to think that people like Tom Hanks make more. I wonder if it is day time...


ya I think it is, did you ever watch sesame Street? I guess Carol Burnett was the first celebrity on that show to appear


I do watch it! I have young children and HBO so it gets DVRed and watched multiple times. Did you ever watch the Carol Burnett Show?


nope never seen it I just know she was famous, have you seen the Movie Aladdin?


I have yes, Robin williams did a great job and started the trend of celebrity voice actors in disney movies!


He is really talented. I had no idea until I saw his biopic on HBO. So good.


ok I'll have to check that out, I wonder if he ever go to go to the Pixar secret celeb room/


Probably not, he's dead. He did not voice thomas the tank either.


no thats too bad, but I didn't know george carlin did a voice on there, I wonder if he did any dirty jokes? haha


Thomas going blue! Have you ever seen pokemon?


I have, I watched it as a kid, what about you?


No but my son watches it all the time so I feel like I have seen every episode, one walk by the TV at a time.


haha well do you ever watch the show That 70's Show?


How long will Trump remain president of the United States? That's the real question!


I don't know. did you know the top three wealthiest presidents are jfk washington and jefferson


I expected Trump to be one of them. Did you know that the president of Indonesia has released pop albums? I can't wait for a US president to release an album.


maybe obama will come out with an album. Did you know the first president of zimbabwe was called president banana I wonder why


the United States presidents guest house is bigger than the white house. I wonder how many square feet it is


The guest house is where all the fun goes on. That's why it needs to be big. I wonder how big the VP's guest house is.


The dutch are creating a commuter bus designed to travel at 160mph. We need something like that it would probably help with a lot of traffic in big cities


Commuter buses are good. Trains would be good too. I wonder why Iceland has no public rail. It's a socialist country. Maybe geography?


I wonder how much flights are since people use them between towns. sounds pretty cool


There is a better road system in Japan, even though they have a lot of trains too.


yeah japan has a lot of great things. Did you know the first king to travel the world was from Hawaii.


Hawaii is pretty small. I'd probably want to travel too.


yeah I like traveling I would like to see Mackinac island they have banned motorized vehicles for over 100 years


Probably people enjoy not having to deal with vehicles. Too much pollution noise and danger. I wonder what they do about ambulances and fire engines though.


you better hope you have a fast horse and carriage. Did you know there was still an ancient romal amphitheatre  that still gets used as a concert venue


I heard about that! It's in Croatia. I wonder if Creed ever played there. They were sued by fans for giving such a bad concert in 2002.


Back in 72 pink floyd recorded a theater in pompeii with no audience present.


Pink Floyd must have had a reason for that.


they probably wanted the recording to sound really good. I wonder what was so bad about the creed concert in croatia


In contrast, Linkin Park had a tremendous debut album. In 2001, they did 324 concerts. I wonder when they slept.


they probably slept on the tour bus when they could . that is a lot of concerts in one year


plus lots of energy drinks and coffee to keep them going!


wow. possibly. The Ramones toured almost non stop for over 20 years


I do a little bit. Did you know the top 3 wealthiest presidents were JFK, Jefferson, and Washington?


I bet he will eventually be on that list. The first president in Zimbabwe was nicknamed president Banana lol.


hahaha I saw! Do you think that's his real name?


Im not sure haha. I mean, they might have names like that in Zimbabwe? It also might mean something else in their language


lol. The president's guest house is actually larger than the white house.


Do you think that's so he can impress all of his guests? And where is it do you think? I don't recall ever seeing anything large house next to the White House


Not too sure on that. I saw that up until 1805, the runner up in a presidential election became the VP>


Imagine if they did that still? and Hillary was the VP to Trump?


That would be very very bad in my opinion lol. I feel like we would get nothing done.


I think so too lol! The president of Indonesia released 3 pop albums while in office.


I bet they aren't too bad. Imagine if Trump was also a pop artist LOL.


he would be a 'uge star, just absolutely tremendous. Maybe hed have a song featuring his buddies Kanye or Meatloaf lol


did you know the last US president to speak any foreign language fluently was FDR? its been awhile!


I did not know that. Very interesting. Well, it was good chatting with you!


Yeah... but did you vote?  Did you know the three richest presidents were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson?


Yes, I did vote. I am an Independent. Yes, I have read that before.


That's good!  As long as you vote!  That's all that matters. I think we should go back to the old days where the runner up in a presidential election automatically became the VP.


No.. But I could imagine a Trump / Hillary.  I wouldn't want Hillary in power, personally.


No.. I read a lot!  I am also Marine Corps veteran.  Served while her husband was in office. I could tell you 1st hand stories how his policies negatively affected this country.  But I digress.  Did you know that the president of Indonesia released 3 pop albums while in office?


I have read that about the president of Indonesia. That's funny. My son was in the Marine Corp too. His dad was Army/Air Force. My brother was Air Force and my dad was Army. We are a very patriotic family.


My family is the same.  Both parents, both Grandfathers and 5 out of 7 of my siblings all served.  I'm the only Marine though.  LOL.  Have you ever been to the White House?  The guest house is larger than the White House!


Yes, I have been to the White House, and Capitol but not the guest house. I saw the President running past while sitting in traffic.


That's cool.  I've personally met 2 presidents while I was active duty.  The 1st Bush. Not really a big fan.  But he was a nice guy.  I also got to meet my favorite president, Ronald Reagan, in the White House.


I don't care what they did before they got to office.  Only what they were able to accomplish while in office.  Yes,  there were some bad choices that Reagan made but no one is perfect.  But overall, he was a very successful President.  Besides if acting disqualified a person from being president Hillary would never be president.


You are very angry at Hillary. That's sad.


Not angry at all!  You must learn the game and then play it to the best of your ability.  She lost twice. Did you know the first president of Zimbabwe was called president banana


Yes, I have read that about the President of Zimbabwe.


I wonder why democrats enlist in the military since they typically want smaller military's.  When democratic presidents take office and start shutting down military bases, like clinton did, should the enlisted democrats that voted them in lose their jobs first?


I think angry people should lose their jobs first. Sometimes Marines get PTSD which makes them angry.


Sometimes...but you avoided the question.  There was a lot of irony during the Vietnam war- there were some calling the returning troops "baby killers" yet still supported abortion. Doesn't make sense to me.


So many want to not kill babies..but in the name of war will. Hope you find some happiness and have a great rest of your day.


I do actually they are pretty good. They have a secret studio where only celebrities can get in


Wow I would like to get there too. Did you know Robin Williams did the voice of Aladdin


That is pretty cool and I guess that was the beginning of cleebrities doing voice movies


yeah it seems. do you know who Judge Judy is?


Yeah she is so popular and makes so much money, only surpassed by LeBron


LeBron is the man. Do you watch much TV?


I do actually. Did you ever watch Simpsons?


I do and I love it. Did you know Bart was in all but one episode?


yeah and he was not even mentioned in it. I wonder what that is all about


I have seen it and I like it so I wonder why it failed in the UK after 10 epsidoes


Well they made a mistake by making it verbatim and it backfired, Humour is different there.


that is true. Did you ever watch Pokemon?


I have seen some episodes but not all of them, there are too many, 750 of them


Yeah that is a lot, it took them 16 years to put those out there


True, that is a long time. Do you use your phone much?


I do a lot actually. Did you ever use a rotary phone though?


Nope did not but it sounds like it took forever to make a call with them


Yeah and that is why the NY area code is 212, it is quick to dial


haha that makes so much sense, smart people. Nice chat


Not really, most of them are complete idiots.  I do remember the SNL Celebrity Jeopardy skit.  The Burt Reynolds character was hilarious.


Yeah, that's true. I don't think ive seen that one, but I have watched a few episodes of SNL.


I think he was very confident but didn't give well thought out answers.  I'm not sure but there was a rumor that SNL stole the skit from SCTV. Remember Martin Short?


Yeah, I remember him in Captin Ron and a few other movies!


Originally they wanted to do an old Burt R, but later opted for a 1970's version.


That's interesting. Have you seen the new Aladdin trailer? Robin williams was one of the first actors in the first Aladdin to start the trend of celebrities voice performers.


No I haven't seen it.  Did you ever watch the older Burt Reynolds movies like Deliverance and Smokey and the Bandit?


I haven't seen that one. Pixar has a secret room often visited by celebrities. I wonder what is in it.


I wouldn't know... I do know Judge Judy makes $123,000 per episode.  Crazy...


I can't even imagine making that kind of money for such little amount of time. Lebron James is supposedly right after her in terms of money being made


He's not my favorite.  Carol Burnett on the other hand was cool -- she was the 1st celebrity to make an appearance on Sesame Street.


That is pretty cool and monumental. Do you like to watch tv?


Sometimes...  I watch the Simpsons now and then. It always has Bart it seems.


Yeah, apparently he is in or mentioned in all episodes but one.


I can't believe that there are over 750 episodes of Pokemon.  I wish other shows were as prolific.


Yeah, but Pokemon was a staple of a lot of childhoods. I believe it was supposed to have ended some time ago.


It didn't seem too.  Wow, an iPhone has more computing power that the US nuclear missile defense system. Scary...


That's a lot of power inside such a tiny thing. It's is scary how powerful basic technology can be. I wonder about the things we've never been told about.


Like why NY's area code is 212.  Simple explanation... It was easier to dial with rotary phones...