No, I don't really know much about the sport.


Well there is a Canadian pair that I follow closely, Keagan Duhamel and Eric Radford, you should watch them I bet you would like it.


Have they won any Olympic Medals? Are they still active in the sport?


Yeah Duhamel is actually the oldest person in the Canadian Olympic skating team to have won a gold medal.


That's great! Do you use Facebook at all? I'm not really into it, but I know it's popular with the youngsters.


I do use it, I am a Facebook user since 2005, right about when MySpace had the chance to buy it for a low price.


I wonder if there would be the same problems with FB if MySpace had bought it. $75 million is nothing for Internet businesses.


Maybe not, I think that Mark Zuckerberg is a great part of Facebooks success so who knows if it would be as popular as it is today.


It's funny that part of Germany outlawed the "like" button. I wonder what problem prompted that legislation.


I didnt know about it, but it would be interesting to find out why its illegal, do you know why Facebook has blue as its primary color?


Because blue is the coolest of all colors. I dunno. Why?


Not because blue is the coolest color of all lol, its because he suffers from colorblindness, I always though it was because of a marketing strategy.


Mark Zuckerberg has changed the way people see the Internet. Literally. Burger King had their promotion where you get a whopper for unfriending people.


I wish I would have seen that promotion in time, Ive always liked free food lol, and I agree Facebook is sure changing things a perfect example of this, Iceland.


Iceland is a small country and probably can collect feedback from citizens through Facebook. I don't think this would work in the US>


Probably wouldnt as there are too many different opinions, do you like to travel?


I love to travel, when I can find the time and money. Do you have any recommendations?


I would like to visit Mackinac island, I heard no motorized vehicles are allowed so if you want to get tuned with nature you should definitely look it up.


Good to get away from the stress of modern life. I wonder how the police, fire department, etc. deal with local problems.


I bet the crime rate is low, Im sure they have a sistem that works for them.


Parenting has certainly changed since i was a child. How about you?


It does seem a bit different now a day, I feel like our culture is not concerned enough about family values.


Yes but it stems from a lack of discipline and babies having babies. I'm not convinced there is a sense of self-worth or appreciation for those that paved the way. Anyway did you know that Facebook's like button is illegal in German state of Schlewig-holstein.


I did hear that also it was only available to Harvard students at first.


Yeah i remember seeing the movie social network about how it all got started.


They eventually opened it to other schools then high schools.


Gradually he added support for them. When the company went public the IPO was worth $104 Billion.


I am pretty sure that is the largest IPO ever!


I Think you're right, they get most of the revenues from advertisements.


Cool, did you know they have 56 gender options!?


I heard that! That's besides Male & Female. Apparently Mark Z suffers from red-green colorblindness.


Interesting, have you been traveling a lot?


Just moved to the west coast. You? Kalakaua was the first King to travel around the country.


I am going to Scotland soon, did you know there is a website that will let people crash on your couch while your traveling?


No i did not, sounds a little dangerous if you don't know the person crashing. how's it work?


I think you can charge a fee to let them stay while you are away, I guess air travel is 10 percent slow than in the1960's to save gas.


Sounds very interesting to say the least. The iPhone has more computing power than the whole of the U.S. Nuclear icbm deterrent.


Apparently they are trying to increase the speed of commuter trains in Dutch. Up to 160 mph bus designs.


I hope you do as well, nice talking with you.


The NBA is the basketball league in North America, it consists of 30 teams.


Oh wow I didn't know there were 30 teams.


The NBA is one of the four major professional sports leagues in US and Canada.


Yep. I heard Reggie Miller's sister was actually better than he was at basketball.


Granny style shooting is the best techniques to  score point on the line.


I have heard that. I heard most players don't shoot that way because it looks weird.


Internet which connect the whole world in single handed. It is used to share the best things.


I agree. Did you know the 3 horizontal line menu is called a hamburger button?


The internet carries a vast range of information resources and services, which are used in the development of business purposes.


Yes, it's very useful. Some people can actually become addicted to the internet.


We should use it for the purpose it was made for l otherwise we suffer a lot.


Agreed. The current library of Alexandria saves a copy of the internet in the event it were to ever burn down.


It mainly used for the online business developed without internet it is not possible. We can purchase any product from the different part of the world.


Interesting. There is 3g service and internet at the peak of Mt. Everest.


Constantly using the internet can cause addiction it also affect the brain very much. We should have time limit to use it.


I have heard that as well. Only 7% of people actually read the full terms when buying a product or service over the internet.


It is the safe also. Digital money transfer is also allowed. Sometime we have ordered food through internet also.


yes. Basketball is a team sports which have five members in each team.


Yep. The New Zealand basketball team was nicknamed the tall blacks.


The highest paid state employee is either a college football or basketball coach. It shows their are so many fans for it. Teenager are very eager for it.


That's crazy. Well, it was nice talking to you!


I'm good, thanks for asking. Do you own a car?


Yes. Car is introduced in 18th century but it come to human usage in 20th century.


Yes, it did.  I have a Cadillac, myself.


Super. The car run by internal combustion engine fueled by combustion of fossil fuels which affects the environment very much.


Too much, we need to be driving electric, zero emissions car, I think.  Do away with the internal combustion engine, altogether!


Some countries using ethanol mix as fuel to reduce the pollution.


That's not enough, we need to just quit and save our Earth!  Do you like Mcdonald's?


Yes. Electric are available in some countries but it very costly and it's the best way to avoid the pollution.


Yes. Audi entered the Indian market, they create usage of some advanced techniques.


Good for Audi!  Do you have many Mcdonald's in India?


Yes. Internet make the whole world in single hand. Its  the network consists of private, public, academic etc..


Ok.  Did you know there is cell service and internet capabilities at the top of Mt. Everest?


It is very interesting. Any people live in Mt. Everest ?


Probably not, it's the top of the world, it's in Nepal.  Alot of people die each year trying to climb it.  Glad to know they can call for help or take a selfie from the top!


There are number software programs used for various purpose. The online shopping is developed by the usage of Internet.


Yes. Very nice chatting with you. Have a lovely day.


Hey there how should you watch the NBA? They are apparently made up of about 30 teams


Wow!! That a lot of teams. Do you happen to know when the league was founded?


I think it was founded in New York back in 1946, they actually started with the name The Basketball Association of America instead of the NBA by the way


I didn't know that, very interesting. Did that particular league merged with another league at some point in history?


Yes they merged with the NBL. And now they are located in New York, New York


Oh! Thanks. I heard that Allen Iverson signed a lifetime endorsement contract with Reebok. Do you know how much did they pay him?


I think he gets like $800,000 a year! Which is a lot I'm sure you just not worry about money, I also think it's crazy that the best way to shoot a ball is granny style according to physicists


That's interesting but why do NBA players refuse to do it?


I don't know probably because it looks stupid haha. Did you ever wear Air Jordans as a kid by the way?


I wish I had some. It's funny that they were actually banned by the NBA and Nike just kept paying the fine so Michael Jordan could wear them during games


That is crazy. Ha Ha!!! I didn't know that they were actually banned.


Yep they were bad haha. What do you think about Tim Duncan? Apparently he gave up the draft in order to stay in school and get his degree, and only after he got his degree did he start playing professionally


Wow!!! That is interesting. I guess he wanted to get his degree first which is very good.


On a related note, do you ever watch basketball? I really like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and I never knew that he was so good at the dunk that they actually banned it in college basketball for like 10 years haha


I watch basketball every week when the game is in season. I can't believe that the dunk got banned from college. What were they thinking?


No that's like a signature move in basketball haha. Did you hear about the basketball court at the Supreme Court building by the way? Its on the top floor


No I didn't know this. Do you happen to know who the inventor of basketball is?


Yes I think his name is James Naismith right? And he was apparently not that good at basketball LOL his coaching career  made him the only losing coach in the entire history of his University


You're correct. Do you happen to know which University was this?


I think it was the University of Kansas actually, do you ever watch international basketball games by the way? Do you know what the nickname of the New Zealand basketball team is


I don't really watch international basketball at all. I don't know the nickname of the New Zealand basketball team, what is it?


yes they're nicknamed the "All Blacks" I don't know why that is I don't think that name would pass muster in the United States LOL


I agree. That is a very strange nickname for a basketball team.


Do you know what the hamburger menu is when you're using an online website by the way? Apparently it is the button with three horizontal lines on it. The name makes me hungry though LOL, great chat btw!


Hey do you think Kobe Bryant is going to play in the Big 3 League next year


I hear that he may now but I can't imagine that.


Yeah he's getting pretty old, I think he should just give it all up honestly. What do you think? also do you ever watch the NBA


You're probably right. I watch occasionally.


What's interesting to me is there is only one Canadian NBA team, I wonder why that is


I didn't realize there was one. I guess I didn't think about it being the National Basketball Association. If it's northern Canada that's a lot of travel for games.


That's true but if they have a demand for a team they should put a team up there somewhere, it's interesting that the NBA's located in New York-New York, I never knew that


I did not either. Are you familiar with Reggie Miller?


Yes I've heard of them. Wasn't his younger sister really good at basketball too? She would constantly beat the record that he set


She was. In high school she overshadowed him. She broke 8 national records!


Amazing! What do you think about Allen Iverson by the way he makes almost $800,000 every year from Reebok alone


I heard about that. And that's only until age 55 and then he gets a lump sum of $32,000,000!


Yep he's not going to any problems with money. What do you think about shooting granny style by the way? If you want to pay me 32 million dollars I will definitely shoot granny style all night long LOL


I did hear that it's actually the most effective way to score points on the line. I would use the most effective method regardless of how it looks.


Yep I would too. What about Air Jordans have you ever worn those before? Apparently they were banned by the NBA initially


I have not. I do know that Jordan wore them anyway and Nike paid his fines. It seems to have worked out for them.


Yeah I think that was the right move. I don't think it was the right move for Tim Duncan to delay playing for the NBA though, he stayed in college to get his degree which cost him money


But thankfully he still got to play after so he got his education and a career in the NBA.


Well that is one way to look at it. How often do you use the internet by the way? Do you know what the hamburger button is


I use the internet constantly but I have never heard of a hamburger button. What is it?


Well it's a button that looks like three horizontal lines, normally it is used for menus, I think Reddit uses it actually


It's illegal to warm up your car in Ohio.


Weird rule.  Did you know trunks were made of wood in the old days?


Probably a carry over from horse drawn carriages since it was long ago.


Yes, it would have been what they were use to working with.


It seemed several were working on models at the same time.


Yes, whoever gets to the patent office first. LOL


Not sure, he was french and founded detroit!!!


I don't know if I would want to say...I found Detroit! I wouldn't want to find it now. LOL


haha.  you would need flame throwers on the back like in S. Africa


Good chatting with you too. Have a good evening.


Hey, I am a little.  I used to listen to it a lot.  Rap has come a long way from DJ Hollywood delivering rhymes.  Do you like rap?


I do. It seems like it's been influential to all sorts of different styles of music, so it's hard not to be a fan.


Yes, I agree.  Nice to see it getting recognition too like Tupac's music being in the Library of Congress.


That is great. Tupac was quite the poet. Rap and poetry can practically be used interchangeably, I think.  The word has been since the 16th century.


I can definitely see that.  New styles are coming out all the time. Korean rappers invented a type of freestyle recently called "Compliment battle."  Haha!


I'd love to listen to that. Andy Samberg kind of does a "compliment roast" bit and it's really funny.


I need to check that out, he is hilarious.  Thank God for the internet!  I can look that up quickly!


Right! Did you know the constant clicking of links can cause addiction in the brain, though?


Haha, I might be addicted then!  It is a relief for me and my addiction that the library of Alexandria has a saved copy of the internet in case it burns down!


How does one have a saved copy of the internet? That's a funny concept.


I do not even know!  Do they have it on a floppy disk or something!?


I just don't understand how it can be a saved thing since it's a global system of connected computers... How can that be saved?


Very confusing.  Do you ever read the terms and conditions when you do stuff on the internet?  Only 7% of people do and that is honestly surprisingly high!  Those things are brutal to read!


I don't know if I ever read them. Did you know you can still get service on Mt Everest?


Yes, you can actually even get it at the peak of Everest!  Crazy!


That is crazy. While it is 3G, that's still enough to make and receive calls and even use the internet!


I guess it takes so long to get to the top, you need to stay in touch with the world.  Who knows what documents, apps, email, or file sharing you need to do if you're gone from work that long!


Absolutely. It can save lives! Anyway, it's been nice talking to you!


It has been a pleasure talking to you too.  Enjoy some rap music and the internet!!


Hi, how are you? Do you have crocodile insurance?


I am not sure but the President got some... Bush Jr got a stuffed lion and leopard... What does one do with those items?


Apparently Reagan got a baby elephant! People are crazy!


You know that terrible gift you got for christmas as a kid? You had to play it off... How do you play off a baby elephant????


I have no idea, donate it to a zoo haha! Trump got an Oak sapling, that is an odd gift too


Yeah. At least you can plant that in the white house lawn and tell a slackie to put a plaque around it...


I agree, much better than an Elephant haha. How did they give Obama crocodile insurance though


"During a 2011 visit to Australia, President Barack Obama received crocodile insurance from the head of the Northern Territory. You know, in case the president got in a terrible accident while visiting the croc hot spot. "I have to admit, when we reformed health care in America, crocodile insurance is one thing we left out," Obama said with a chuckle. " I mean... what if he actually had to use it. How much would it be for?


That is a great quote by Obama haha. I wonder, why not just have health insurance or life insurance?


The first lady of Peru gave this mother-and-child doll to Kennedy's daughter, Caroline.


That is much sweeter than croc coverage.


Yeah, unless she got attacked by a croc! Leaders from Bermuda gave President John F. Kennedy a multicolored statue of a tropical fish


that to me is actually more interesting and cool! someone gave Bush a vocabulary building program!


I hate piling on the guy but that's really funny. Strategy....


I almost feel like that is intentionally disrespectful haha


Was it from Iraq? Might explain some stuff... Sultan of Brunei! Technically, all gifts given to the president from foreign nations are dedicated to the people of the United States.


that is interesting, I think they are considered artifacts as well!


I would sell the stuff on eBay if I were president. It has to go for a lot, right? There might be an ethical issue there but...


I agree, how much would a baby elephant go for?


A trunk load! See what I did there (I am such a nerd...). Have a great day and nice chatting with you.


Haha, that is great, nice chatting with you, have a great weekend!


hello, do you know much about presidents?


I know some things like Woodrow Wilson is the only president to have a PhD


Nice. THe top three wealthiest US president are Jefferson. JFK and Washington


Wow Trump is not in there. Interesting. In Guatemala close family of the president cannot run for that position


Nice rule I like it actually. The white house is smaller than the guest house


Pretty interesting. THe last US president to speak a foreign language was FDR


Wow you would think they speak more languages. Do you know how the VP used to be elected?


I am actually not sure of that but I know that 5 presidents have been elected although they lost the popular vote


The VP was actually the runner up, and that is interesting about those 5 presidents


Nice, that has really changed now, wow. Do you like libraries?


I do very much. Have you heard about the Library of THings in Sacramento?


No I have not heard of it, care to share more about it?


Sure, people can borrow sewing machines and other stuff they need for short term


Wow that is so convenient. A little kid built a windmill and then a bigger one by learning how to do it from books in Malawi


That is amazing. There are more libraries than McDonald's in the US so that is nice.


That gives me hope to be honest. In Alexandria all books needed to be copied and the copy was saved there


Wow no surprise then that they have the largest book collection in the world


Exactly, great point. UK prime minister Gladstone donated all his 32000 books and carried them himself to the library


Wow he must have genuinely cared about people reading. In Norway the government supports you if you publish a book by buying 1000 copies


That is amazing support to begin with. Did you know the first phone number of the white house was 1


Wow that is pretty cool. I know that it has twin buildings in Ireland and France


oh yea, im sipping my morning coffee reading some news on my computer, do you have a computer?


I have an Apple computer, but it broke.  Makes me need a cigarette.


an Apple? im a pc guy myself. did you know a space shuttles computer runs on only 1mb of ram?


1 mb of RAM. Well if I had a memory, it would be forget only access, or 1 mb of FOA.  Apple tells me that my warranty is void because of a bio hazard.


Apparently they believe their computers need an appropriate working environment.  So, smoking voids the warranty.


thats pretty high and mighty of them i say. The computer people build on Minecraft dont have whacky rules like that!


I wonder if that would be called a virtual computer, given that minecraft blocks are not real.


it must be, huh? its crazy that someone figured out you can do that


I wonder if the russians who made a computer run on water ever heard of a potato clock.  Maybe those russians also made mincraft water computer.


its wild a computer can run on water, you would normally assume water would BREAK a computer, not make it work


It was 1936 and the russians were having a vodka shortage.  I suppose a bit is a 1 or a 0.  So the glass is full or empty.


thats funny. I wonder if any of those Russians are Transhumanists and want to upload their mnds to computer memory sticks


If a human was uploaded to a computer, could you be programmed to be happy or drunk.  No russian would do it.  There is no vodka in cyber space.


hey there could be! they could be programmed to always have a bottle of vodka on hand


They could also be programmed to be a sensor inside a football.  They would have to track velocity, rotation and the number of cheerleaders.


maybe theyll get to walk on the moon someday like the scientist Harrison Schmitt


I wounder if Harrison was a geologist.  I understand why it is said that Aristotle is a philosopher.  But how is Harrison any diffrent.


your guess is as good as mine! im going to go look into that. Nice chatting with you!


I'm an IT pro, so I know a few. I've been on computers since I was a kid in the early 90s. I played the original Doom.


Nice!  I remember that game.  I was surprised to see that in 1936 the Russians made a computer that ran on water.


Glorious Russia will make computers run on Vodka if necessary!


LOL  I want to know how someone built a working 16 bit computer using nothing but the basic minecraft building blocks.


It's pretty amazing but dooable if you understand how circuits work. Bell Labs distributed a cardboard computer to schools in 1968 to teach them how it worked. I'm guessing they couldn't even play pong on it.


That's interesting!  The space shuttles general purpose computer runs on 1mb of RAM.


My phone has more. I wonder If I could power a space ship with it?


lol  Get cracking and start developing it!


On International Day of the Woman it's probably worth noting that the 1st computer algorithm was written by a woman.


I had no idea!  lol  Transhumanists want to upload their minds.  I would do it!


Sure why not. That would be interesting to try. Watch football at all?


Big football fan...both college and the pros.  How about you?


I was a Skins fan growing up. I don't follow it that much any more. There was a rocket scientist that actually coached in the NFL.


How interesting is that?  I bet he has some different philosophies on the game.


I imagine his plays used things like cosine and cotangent.


I haven't heard those mentioned since I was in high school hahaha


Speaking of scientists, some at Harvard managet to store the GIF of a galloping horse into the DNA of a bacteria.


That is interesting!  How in the heck did they do that?  I can't believe it's 30 years since the world wide web was created in 1989.  That's the year I graduated high school. lol


THat's pretty amazing. Hard to believe we lived in a world without it.


I know right?  It's been fun chatting with you!  Have a good one!


well I do attend them for work sometimes, and yes we call them meetings but I think I'm going to call them summits from now on haha


haha sound so official. did you hear about that incident at the g20 summit because the canadian prime minister and putin?


haha I did, Putin sounds like a seriuos guy, he gave him a warning about getting out of Ukraine, I wonder if Tredeau was scared, I would be


yeah he is a scary man that is true. spain is the only coutnry with a permanent guest in g20 summit. i wonder why they do not go for a membership


right that is weird, ya you have to be careful with Russia, they gave thumb drives that had viruses in it to G20 members


that is crazy. did you hear what the australian satire group chaser did in 2007?


haha I think they impersonated an official Canadian motorcade right? what happened after that?


they got caught when one of them steped out dresses as bin laden.


haha ya that would defniitely stick out, do you like dogs at all? I like them more than cats


I just love dogs. did you know they have 12 blood types?


I didn't know that, but I do know they have blood drives so they can get blood to use in hospitals, I wonder if they get treats for donating?


ohhh that would be so sweet. In Istanbul if you donate plastic bottles in a vendine machine it releases water and food for dogs.


that is awesome! it's a good use of stray dogs I think, can you guess what type of animals are the only ones that understand pointing


Dogs and elephants? I wonder if there there are other that we do not know about though.


that's a good point, I know that dolphins are supposed to be smart, I wonder why they can't understand the pointing? or gorillas even


Yeah exactly. Maybe we have not studied them enough. Even Google states that they like dogs better than cats.


well I like google then, and yes I read that info is in their code of conduct, I wouldn't trust them if they were a cat company haha


hahhahah dog are really loyal so yeah you can trust them.


do you know who the top 3 richest us presidents were?


Was trump one of them? I mean he s really rich.


you would think so right! but no the top three are kennedy, washington, and jefferson apparently


wow, they must have been way more loaded then. Did you ever visit the white house?


I haven't no, but I did hear that the guest house is bigger than teh white house itself!


Not too much, but I live in a very small town that has a high incidence of it. I think I recently saw an article on these folks. O.J. Brigance and wife Chanda


I think it's sad. Too many people risk getting cut off in the prime of their lives. Do you like this article?With O.J. Brigance trapped inside his own body, only able to move his eyeballs.


Yes, it's true. Everybody lives in every way.


yes poor guy though, he thought he was doing everything right. The first thought I had was that I didn't drink, smoke and I worked out excessively.


Not really, you? I do know this..The NFL is one of the four major professional sports leagues in North America, and the highest professional level of American football in the world.


Yes, this is one of the most famous game in the world. I like it.


The nfl has no written rule against female players; women would in fact be allowed if they met the league's eligibility requirements.


This blew my mind. An average nfl game only has 11 minutes of live gameplay! how long does a game normally last?


No one can predict the exact amount of time a game will be played in because it depends on each play… if each play milks the clock or stops the clock. But on average a little above 3 hours. An NFL game typically lasts about 3-3.5 hours depending on the number of stoppages.


Whoo! Thats crazy! That s a really long time for aonly about 11 minutes of play! explains this fact..The average lifetime earnings of an engineer is higher than the average lifetime earnings of an nfl player and an average mlb player.


this seems odd. New orleans saints cheerleaders are forbidden from eating in the same restaurant as any nfl player and if they are already dining at a restaurant and an nfl player comes in after, the cheerleaders are required to leave.


I know, weird, right? Nfl uses tracking chips embedded in players shoulder pads to record a players every move on the field. they are also located inside footballs to track: velocity, rotation, ball speed and location.


It's all in my article I'm reading. What is your article about? The space shuttle's general purpose computer runs on 1mb of ram.


Computer is very useful for all of the people.


Have you been following the Michael Cohen and Mueller media circus?


Sadly no, I do not have the time to. What about you?


I don't because it's disgusting to have these endless politically-motivated investigations. Every day they drag on, the U.S. becomes more divided.


I agree, especially the most recent government shutdown, the country has been divided into either blaming Trump or the Democrats. Who do you fault for it?


I blame the media and the Democrats.  They have been nothing but negative since they lost the election.  Many didn't like Obama but they didn't act like petulant children about it.


I agree, although Trump still does share a portion of the blame. Obama was very controversial but he did bring in universal health care.


Are you kidding.  Obamacare tripled by premium and deductible.  It hurt all but the very, very poor.  It is dying as we speak,  It was a disaster.  Trump is flamboyant but he gets things done.


Really? I personally have not benefited much from Obama care but I have a lot of friends who have. I guess it just depends, I do not blame you for hating on it.


I guess people were pretty unhappy with the Virginia Rep. Tom Garrett... I've never heard of him...


Yep. The only US president to ever attain a PHD is woodrow wilson. Sadly, he could not circumvent the treaty of Versailles with that Phd.


Yes, that is unfortunate.  It's also sad that we are more concerned now about the sex or race of people rather than if they are competent or corrupt.  The 2018 primaries reflect that.


Yep. The last US president to speak a second language fluently was FDR. That was quite a while ago.


I wonder what language?  I can't believe that 2nd place in a presidential election was given VP -- that is prior to 1805.  Can you see Hillary and Trump working together?  Ha.


They would disagree on anything and everything! 5 presidents have been elected after losing the popular vote!


Trump was one of them.  Do you like dogs?  It's amazing that dogs have 12 different blood types!


Really? Dogs also drink with the underside of their tongues. I do like dogs, what about you?


Love them.  I learned that dogs aren't actually color-blind.  They just can't see as many colors as humans.


But they do have an excellent nose! Dogs in moscow have learned to use the subway. I wonder if Putin was involved....


Ha.  Speaking of Russia, at a G20 summit, Russia gave delegates thumb drives that contained viruses that could spy on them.  Scary...


Trump sided with Putin rather than his own CIA (or was it FBI?). Talk about betrayal!


The FBI including Comey are the ones that betrayed Trump.  You are buying fake news.  There is not Russian-Trump connection.  They've been investigating it for 2+ years and there's nothing.  Be careful what you believe in the news and your friends.


Good afternoon, yes, I do like horses.  How about you?


I sure do. Humans and horses have been working together since 4000BC. I think it's written into our DNA to love them.


Yes, I think every little girl dreams of having a horse.  I had a pony named Peewee that I loved dearly.  He was the best.


That's wonderful! I hope to have horses someday. We'll see. hehe. Did you know that Clint Eastwood had what they call a "mid-life allergy" to horses? I sure hope I don't have that!


I would think that would be an awfully rare condition to have.  But, he's sure done enough Westerns and been around lots of horses in his career.  Very interesting!


For sure! If I was a scientist, I would definitely study that whole scenario in search of answers! Haha, so I was reading about these 2 students who got suspended for riding their horses to school on "no vehicles to school day". Can you imagine! Sounds silly to me. They aren't vehicles, they are horses.


I know I think I would have challenged that suspension, for sure!


Absolutely! I mean things like that can have a huge impact on a students future and that's just a silly thing to punish someone so harshly over. If I could get a horse, I'd get a Icelandic horse, if possible. They have this "fifth speed" called "tolt" which is just basically, speed-walking. hehe which is adorable!


I have seen them walk and it is so adorable.  You know what I find so shocking is that the pretty white, fancy Lipizzaner horses are born brown or black and it takes them 6 years to turn completely white!


Oh wow! That's super interesting! Not many animals do that, late color change thing, whether it's skin or their fur. So few I can't think of one example! So, I just found out that George Bush put solar panels back onto the white house. I wonder why they were taken off and who took them off. And who knew that the white house had solar panels! That's encouraging to hear really!!


Yeah, sounds very green and just a good idea all the way around.  I wish more people would try and help the environment!


Yeah speaking of the environment and the white house! Teddy Roosevelt was a conservationist and he banned Christmas trees from the white house! I'm thinking someone unbanned them, because Trump's wife I think I recall has some very extravagant Christmas trees! But I could be wrong about that. Interesting though!


Yeah, Weren't her trees this past Christmas, like a forest of all red trees?   Were you shocked to see that Trump didn't make the list of the top 3 wealthiest US presidents?


Oh I absolutely was shocked! Honestly I don't believe it! I've kind of caught him doing things like "handing off his stocks" right before he became president. And I'm sure after his Presidency he will expect them to be handed right back. But that's just my opinion!


You're probably right about that!  Did you know the president's guest house is bigger than the actual white house?


No I didn't know that! That's crazy! I wonder why on earth, that's the case! If I was President, I'd just move into the guest house and release a press release saying "You Understand!" :) hehe


I found that very strange and I'd move to the larger place, as well.  Let the guests stay at the white house. Lol


Hey, why not! Presidents have done far weirder or worse things. Haha, for example, although not in the U.S., the president of Zimbabwe was called president banana! Now that's weird!


Yes, it is very weird. Wonder what kind of records the white house is storing on floppy drives?  Must not be too important. Lol


Haha, oh wow! Yeah, hopefully for their sake (and our I guess) they also back stuff up "in the cloud". Haha! Oh yeah, I was going to mention that the white house has twin buildings in Ireland and France. Super Interesting!


Yeah, I figure it's probably a record of how many rolls of toilet paper got used during the Carter administration or something dumb, like that.  Lol  And I didn't know about the twin buildings, that's very interesting, I guess we should be flattered?  Well, it's been fun chatting with you this afternoon.  I hope you enjoy the rest of your day.


Did you know President Coolidge had a real electric horse to ride?


Wow! I did not. That's so interesting. I like horses. I think they're so interesting. I especially like racehorses.


Yes, those are very fine horses! Apparently Coolidge tried to keep his electric horse a secret, but it eventually surfaced.


That's so interesting! I don't blame him, though. Horses are great. Did you know that the length of horse hair is related to the amount of sunlight that it gets?


Yes, I used to have horses growing up. If we didn't want them to grow winter coats we used to put them in the barn before dark and put lights on them. Blankets, too!


Wow! That explains a lot of what I see. I never knew that. Did you own racehorses as well? I heard that thoroughbred racehorses can trace their y chromosome to one single horse!


I had Quarterhorses. They can have some pretty cool pedigrees, too. I guess the President's electric horse wasn't that cool, as I hear it had no head or tail!


You seem to know a lot about presidents! Do you know any more interesting facts about the presidents?


Well, despite living in the White House, most presidents also have private homes. Most of their guest houses are larger than the White House itself.


That's interesting! Did you know that there's a white house in Atlanta that is very similar to the white house in D.C.?


No, I didn't know. I wonder if the public can visit? I know the first President of Zimbabwe was called President Banana.


That's funny! I want to visit, too. I love the white house. I heard it was eco friendly too, for a while. Jimmy Carter had solar panels installed on it until Reagan had it removed.


Interesting! I don't hear much about the garden or stables at the White House in the news lately? Do they even still have horses there?


Hmm, I'm not sure. I would hope so. I haven't heard much about the white house at all. I think they're busy in there! But not too busy to send a card if you send them a birth announcement!


That sounds fun! I know one of the first president's horse stable burnt down. Lipizzaner horses seem to be what's in lots of early artwork. They are so pretty.


I would agree! Do you know which president first lived in the white house?


I've forgotten who it is! I hear they still use floppy disks in the White House, though.


That's ridiculous! I think it's time to upgrade. Speaking of ridiculous, president Carter turned down the thermostats to 65 degrees in the winter of 1977. How absurd!


Teddy Roosevelt banned Christmas tress from the White House. Maybe they should name it something besides white...


Interesting. I can see why he banned trees, though. It saves the environment!


I bet if we all had horses instead of cars that would really save the environment. Then again, I've heard people say cows and horses pollute with their methane gas.


Do you listen to classical music at all? I think it is kind of funny that a shopping center in australia play it in order to stop teens from loitering. That is one way to do it.


I do not really.  However this music does span across many eras.  This also refers to the period from 1750-1820.


Cities are also using classical music in public places to deter crime. It has been shown to really make a difference!


I believe this study showed that it resulted in 33% fewer robberies, 25 fewer assaults on staff and 37% less vandalism.


Yep! That sounds about right. Pretty impressive stats! Do you go to concerts?


I try to go to a few each year.  I prefer them to be in sports stadiums but outside concerts are nice when the weather is nice.


I like going to outside concerts. I am amazed at how much some of these bands tour. Linkin Park played in 324 concerts in 2001 alone!


That is impressive.  In croatia there is an ancient roman amphitheatre that is still in use.


Didn't Pink Floyd record a live concert at the ancient roman ampitheater in pompeii with no audience?


That might be the same one.  I'm sure that was on purpose but some concerts can be terrible like in 2002 with creed.  It was so bad concert goers files a lawsuit against the band.  Have you been to a bad concert before?


Unfortunately yes. It makes you mad when you feel like you just gave away money to see a bad show! I am guessing that The Ramones put on a pretty good show...they toured almost nonstop for over 20 years


Well the concert definitely needs to have professional audio equipment or it will be downhill from there.


I heard that the New York Philharmonic has a new chief exec, Deborah Borda. They are hoping that she can improve it!


She already dropped bombshells by replacing directors but the changes were needed due to allegations of sexual abuse.


I know. Sounds like it was long overdue. She has also been credited by turning the Los Angeles Philharmonic into a really creative and financial solvent of American orchestras. Sounds like she will be an asset to NY.


Her goal to have $5 tickets is a great idea.  It allows people who might not be able to afford tickets a chance to have exposure to new things and music.


That would be awesome to score a $5 ticket! She wants to make sure that the Philharmonic is a vibrant part of the city and the culture of NY. It hasn't been that in decades!


She is definitely driving change that will allow the Philharmonic to seems more worldly and provide a refreshing aspect to their product.


I hope so. Hopefully between her and van Zweden they can make it successful.


I'm sure they will bring classical music with the traditions of western culture back in to the mainstream.


It was good talking to you. Hope you have a good night.


I do, I listen to classical music when I want to focus or when I have a tight deadline in front of me, what about you?


Sometimes I will. Did you know in 2011 a computer composed some classical music?


I didnt, computers are amazing so I guess that doesnt suprise me at all


It doesn't surprise me that much. That type of music follows formulas pretty tightly, I used to play Mozart when I was younger.


Really? how nice! do you play the piano or any instruments any more? I love Paul McCartney, one of my favorite artists


I play piano and guitar. McCartney is good at writing harmonies, that is the hardest part of music.


I agree that is the hardest part, Sir Anthony Hopkins was also a gret composser of classical music


The actor? I was unaware of this, are you sure?


Yeah he has composed classical music, his actually critically acllaimed because of it.


I didn't know this. You are referring to Hannibal, right?


Yeah, the same one, he even released a CD, his not only a great actor but a talented composer as well, its hard to believe it but its true.


Interesting. Did you know the Guest House at the White House is bigger than the White House?


Wow they sure treat guests kindly, you know the only president to speak a foreign lanuage was FDR


I think W could speak some spanish, but not fluently.


Yeah maybe FDR was the only one to speak a foreign language fluently, its strage but 5 presidents have been elected even after loosing the popular vote, Trump being one of them


Eh, not that strange if you look at the electoral map. I'm surprised it hasn't happened more often.


I guess its been a close call many years, did you know Guatemala has a rule against close relatives of former presidents running for office


No, but it wouldn't surprise me. The first president of Zimbabwe was called President Banana!


Banana? what a name lol, as good as any I guess, history is full with interesting facts


Crazy, isn't it. Nice chatting with you.


How's it going, do you like classical music? It refers to music composed since the 6th century


I am actually a huge fan of classical music. Classical music is everywhere!


Yea, there's a guy who can identify a piece by feeling the groves on a record, that's amazing


Oh wow, that's very impressive. Speaking of records, did you know that the Beatles actually compose classical? They have four classical records.


I had no idea but they knew a lot about music. Theres a shopping center in Australia that uses classical music to deter loitering


See, told you classical music is everywhere! Some people really hate on classical, but I guess fans of metal and classical have similar personalities. So I guess fans of classical aren't that different!


Yea and they even have computers that can compose classical music now


Computers are nice, but I prefer live music in a concert setting.


Yea, usually classical concerts have loud audiences during the performance that really enjoy the music


Yeah! I like other genres of music, too. Especially going to concerts! Which bands would you like to see in concert?


I wouldn't mind going to the empty Pink Floyd concert they played in the roman ampitheater in Pompeii in 1972


That would be AMAZING. I would love to see Abba. I guess they turned down a billion dollars to do a reunion tour, though.


That's insane. More crazy than concert goers suing creed for a bad concert


That is nuts! Speaking of crazy, I guess the Foo Fighters played a concert that was so loud, it showed up on New Zealand's seismic monitors.


That is nuts. Linkin Park played 324 concerts in a single year back in 2001


Wow. That's crazy. Must be exhausting. Even more exhausting than being the President!


Yea being the President is challenging, the main house is smaller than the guest house


Yeah, that's really surprising. What's even more surprising is that there's only one president who has a PhD! Guess who that is.


Is it JFK, Washington, or Jefferson, the 3 most wealthy presidents?


Nope. Those are all great guesses, but it's actually Woodrow Wilson! Not one of the most notorious presidents, either.


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Thats awesome,  any recommendations?  I hear the sutch are creating a commuter bus that travels 160mph!  Wish we had that here.


That would be awesome!  I would like to travel to Japan but I'm not sure if I would use their highways because it would cost $300 to travel across the country.  They have a good train system there to get you from city to city for cheaper.


Nice!  Japan is definitely on my bucket list!  Even though I know it will be super expensive.  We have a trip planned there next feb,  Ill be sure not to take the highways lol


That's awesome!  I want to go there to see friends from college that are from there.  Haven't seen them in almost 30 years.  I would like to be like the first king to travel around the world - King Kalakaua of Hawaii.  I bet he got to experience a lot of new and different things.


Thats awesome,  if you havent seen them in 30 years you shouldnt be waiting anymore make it happen lol You probably would already have a place to stay!  Booking accomadations is the most expensive.


I hope to in the next few years.  Have you ever been to Mackinac Island in Michigan?


No I havent.. I have always wanted to see the great lakes though.


That area looks neat because they banned motorized vehicles there for over 100 years.  You can skip Lake Erie in Ohio. lol  It's bland here. I live like 15 minutes south of it in NE Ohio.  However, Presque Isle in Erie, PA is beautiful.


Thanks for the tips!  I'll keep that in mind,  I also hear lake superior is amazing too.


I've never been there.  Lake Michigan is pretty especially the further North you go to where the sand dunes are in Michigan.  Western Lake Erie is pretty too...the islands area is nice.  I should have said to just say away from the shoreline from Cleveland to the PA line.  lol  Do you watch much television?


lol great,  thanks!  I do watch a lot of shows but I dont watch much real time tv.  I stream everything.


lol That's what I do too.  Amazon Prime and Netflix.  Did you ever watch "That 70s Show"?


I have watch a few seasons of it,  never finished it though.  It was really funny.


I liked it too.  Did you know that they remade it for the UK and called it "Days Like These"?  It only lasted for 10 episodes.


Thats unfortunate,  such a good show.  The British do have a different sense of humor though,  they like that dry humor.


Yes they do.  lol  Another show that actually aired over there first was "the Office"  You should look it up.  It's funny because it's the same show with the dry humor you mentioned.  Did you ever see Pokemon on tv?


ok.  No never really watched pokemon.  how about u?


I only watched it because my kids watched it when they were little.  I can't believe there is over 750 episodes of it!


wow that is a lot,  thats about 50 a year for 16 years straight.


I know lol  It's been fun chatting with you!


I used to love it as a kid. I thought I'd play piano or rider horses in the talent contest and win!


Are you a fan of the piano? I like that instrument


Meant ride horses not rider, lol. Yes, and Miss Virginia Emili McPhail  also plays piano. I really like how she spells her name.


Do you think that she deserved to win the contest? there were many good candidates


She definitely handled answering the question about football teams protesting by not kneeling very well. It seemed politically correct while letting her own opinion be known.


That was a tricky question, really hard to answer that specially under pressure, that has been the topic of controversy lately


Yes, I think Fox News especially was covering it. Isn't there some drama between the President and them?


I don't, but I usually see them talked about by other news stations.Do they do news about sports like football, much?


I do like football its one my favorite sports and its also one of the four major leagues in North America, a lot of history there


That's really cool! I think I'm better at playing piano than football. Did you know a man was once found in England who could only communicate through piano?


Only though the piano? no, thats crazy I wonder how he did that


Maybe major key for yes and minor for no? Joking! I recently learned that Richard Nixon actually wrote a concerto for piano and went on the tonight show to perform live!


I wonder if he used the same piano as Freddy Mercury and Paul McCartney, that seems to be a popular piano


Well I heard Mozart and Hayden had pianos made from the same tree. It must have been a huge tree!


I agree, pianos are really big specially the ones from that time, you know that a group of climbers found a piano on the top of a mountain, that is crazy, how does a piano get there


Wow that's like a Laurel and Hardy movie I saw! I heard they actually used to have pianos that were steam powered and they were really loud, too.


Very good! There's a famous actress from the time and even a gorilla! Those steam pianos were so loud they could be heard for miles. I'm getting one for my car horn.


That would be really cool, people will notice that for sure lol, there is an Aluminum grand piano that had a weight of 356 pounds, I guess thats not heavy for a grand piano


Yes! It's a great medium for entertainment. Do you watch it?


Yes.  Especially during the winter.  Are you a Simpsons fan?


I've seen some episodes. There is an episode Bart never appeared in, did you see that?


I didn't see it.  Interesting.  My kids used to watch Pokemon a lot.  Seems like that show never ends.


Yeah. 750 + of episodes. That's so popular.


Whoa!  That's alot.  Did you ever watch that 70s show?


Yeah, I saw some. I liked the main group a lot.In the UK it was remade verbatim and it was stopped after 10 shows.


Oh wow!  I would like to see that.  I'll have to see if I can find it online.


Yes, worth looking for. Do you like to go traveling?


Yes. I want to travel more but I can't afford it. The dutch are creating a commuter bus designed to go 160 mph. Crazy stuff.


Wow.  If they had that here in the states and it could get me there safely, I would travel a lot more!  lol I don't think I would want to live in Iceland though were there's no public rail service and most Icelanders without cars have to travel by air between major towns.  That could get pricey.


Ow. I wouldn't like that. Japan has tolls on every highway and it costs over 300 bucks to go across the entire country.


Ouch.  I think I would like to go to Mackinac Island one day.  They banned motorized vehicles there for over 100 years and most people travel by bikes or horse drawn carriages.  Sounds relaxing to me.


True. As long as it doesn't take too long to get where you are going to. But I bet they get a ton of sun.


Speaking of the sun, did you know that it is actually white and only perceived as yellow because of atmospheric scattering?


Interesting. I know it's really quite hot. And large.


LOL  yes.  One thing hotter than the sun is a lightening bolt, which is 5 times hotter than the sun!


That's surprising. The sun accounts for nearly all mass of our Solar System.


I believe it.  It's pretty big and a powerful thing that's for sure.  1 second of sun produces enough engergy to meet the needs of the entire planet for 500,000 years!


Wow. Earth would be in trouble if it didn't have that kind of help.


Yes we would!  It's been a pleasure chatting with you today!


Some stuff. DO you know what wikileaks is?


The website that reveals government secrets right?


Yes and they published info that showed how the government is trying to destroy them


Cool. Did you know the government owns most of the land in Nevada?


Yeah I know. Did you hear how us is protecting their employees now overseas?


Yes they have a legislation even when they violate the geneva convention


Unfair though. Did you hear of Norwegians trying to save the Amazon?


Yes they donated $1 billion for that cause


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


Yes it was easy to dial on a rotary phone


Yeah. Did you know phone cables are only 2.7 inches?


Yes and they lay on the bottom of the ocean floor


Yeah I wonder how they do not get tangled with the animals.


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


Yeah. Do you know how much power an iPhone has?


More than the nuclear icbm deterrent in the US. It was nice chatting with you


Hi, do you like pianos?  Did you know that an aluminum grand piano was built for the lounge of the airship Hindenburg and it weighed 356 pounds?


hi how are you? That seems very light for a piano! I wonder how it sounded. Tinny?


Maybe so.  The piano is an acoustic stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700.  I'm sure there are much heavier pianos out there.


Yes, i heard there is a piano on top of a mountain somewhere.


Yes, in 2006 a group of climber reached the top of Britain's highest mountain and found that piano.  Wow.


I wonder who put that up there. it must have been quite a feat. maybe they used a helicopter?


No doubt in my mind, how else would they have gotten it up there?  Some pianos are famous.  Freddie Mercury used the same piano to record Bohemian Rhapsody as Paul McCartney used to record "Hey Jude".  Imagine how much that piano is worth!


Yeah, there must be some magic in those keys. I bet other musicians would love to get their hands on it.


Did you know that there exists a song composed solely for stress testing auto-pianos, and is not remotely playable by humans - circus gallop.


That sounds like fun to listen to. i wonder who the composer was.


That would be interesting to find out. Do you watch Fox News?  Did you know that Richard Nixon and a Republican media strategist names Richard Ailes created Fox News?


I believe it. Nixon probably wanted a soapbox for conservative ideas. Ailes knew television.


Good point.  Did you know that Fox News is watched more than CNN and MSNBC combined?


I know that the country has shifted to the right, so i am not surprised. Fox is very popular with middle america.


I know, right?  Fox News corporation discussed the possibility of creating a cable channel that only airs the Simpsons.


I think that would be overkill. who would watch? a website would be a better idea for ad revenue.


I don't know.  The gaming website IGN is owned by a news corporation who also owns Fox News.


I bet Murdoch and news corp own a lot of companies, especially media ones.


That could be. Strange thing is that Fox News threatened to sue the Simpsons in order to stop them from parodying its famous anti-Democratic party agenda.  So, I don't know.


I think that is sad. probably made the simpsons look good and fox look bad. anyway, great chat!


Thank you, nice chatting with you as well.


I have a Facebook account. How about yourself?


Hello, I do as well. I don't use it very often though.


I look at it daily but interact less and less. It's become too toxic. Did you know that you have to be 13 to set up an account?


I did not know that about the age limit. I saw Myspace once turned down an offer to buy Facebook for $75 million.


That was a horrible business decision on their part.


For sure. Facebook is worth over $100 billion now.


Oh no. I almost feel really bad for MySpace in that case. They became so irrelevant after.


Me too. They are not around at all today I don't think. Did you know the Facebook like button is illegal in one of the German states?


I did not. I wonder why they felt the need to do that? It seems so strange.


Seems very strange. Facebook is mainly blue because Zuckerburg can't see red-green.


I had no idea he was color blind. It worked out I guess because it's a pleasant color scheme.


Same here. Wikileaks once published the government's plan to shutdown Wikileaks.


Ha ha, that's funny. I wonder how that went over?


Me too. Did you know that 86% of the land in Nevada is government owned?


I did not know that. I wonder if they have a bunch of secret military bases everywhere?


Maybe. My assumption was that a lot of it is uninhabitable by people so it's likely just protected wild lands.


That's true. The Norwegian government once donated $1 billion to save the Amazon rainforest.


That was nice. I love to see people or governments helping worthy causes. It was nice chatting with you. Have a nice day.


I know some stuff like WIlson was the only one to have a PhD


Nice. DO you know who the three wealthiest ones in the US are?


Hmm I have no idea about that, who is it?


Cool. Did you know Lincoln was the first one to have his picture taken during inauguration?


Nice. Do you know what the first president of Zimbabwe was called?


Hmm no idea. In the photo with Lincoln was also John Wilkes booth too


Wow cool. Did you know in Guatemala relatives of the president cannot be elected in that position too


WOw I guess that is how they combat nepotism too


Yeah. Do you know much about the US Senate?


SOme stuff. THey had a gavel for 165 years til Nixon cracked it


WOw cool. Did you know Fred Rogers gets the credit for the funding of PBS?


Wow cool. Did you know they have a candy desk at the senate?


Cool, what kind of candy do they have in it?


They have candy that is made in Pennsylvania like Mars, Milky Way and jellybeans


Nice I like all those. Do you know who holds the record for the longest fillibuster?


Hmm I have no idea but that sounds painful


Yeah it lasted for 24 hours and 18 minutes of non-stop speaking


Oh my that is too much talking without stopping


Hi there!  Do you know that the white house has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800.


woah! must be an old house! i think it was only rebuilt once too


I believe so too.  Did you know that the white house has twin buildings in Ireland and France?


do you think thats where the president stays when he visits those countries?


I'm wondering.  I'm going to look it up.  Teddy Roosevelt was such a staunch conservationist that he banned Christmas trees from the white house.


thats a little bit overbaord, wheres his holiday spirit?? did you know they still use floppy disks over there too?


That's surprising!  You would think they would have upgraded to flash drives by now.  lol  George W. Bush had solar panels put back on the White House.  I wonder who took them off? lol


I read he put them back on....makes it sounds like they were already there before and taken off.... lol


oh! youre right haha I wonder why someone would do that...and who....


I'll have to look that up too!  lol  Did you know that before Trump the 3 wealthiest presidents in American history were JFK, Washington, and Jefferson?  I believe Trump is the richest.


yea I saw that and feel like the list has to be outdated a luittle bit. he must be the richest of them all


Yes.  I think he is.  The first president of Zimbabwe was called President Banana!  lol


haha do you think that is his real name or a nickname?


I'm not sure.  I think it's real!  The U.S. presidents guest house is larger than the White House.  I wonder President Banana ever stayed there? lololo


did you know back in the day the runner up in the election ended up beocming the vice president?


hahaha  I didn't know that.  Could you imagine that now?  Hillary and Trump would be in the news daily for fighting.


Definately! lol  Did you know that the president of Indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office?


Id love to hear some of his music. Imagine if Trump dropped an album tomorrow


Hahahahaha  That would be funny.  I remember that little bit he did on SNL where Trump was dancing around.  lol


haha i liked that clip. im going to go watch it right now


What was your view on the whole Kavanaugh debate?


I do not want to offer my opinion on such a sensitive topic. I do know some fun facts about the Senate though. Did you know they have used the same gavel for 165 years?


Institutions like that always have ways that date back years, just look at British parliament.


I kind of like the tradition. There has been a candy desk in the Senate since 1968.


I wonder who's got the sweetest teeth, Republican or Democrats.


That would be interesting to find out. Whoever sits near a busy entrance keeps a drawer full of candy, milky way bars, mars bars, jellybeans.


Is there a rule that the president is not allowed into the Senate?  Maybe it is to stop him diving into the candy.


I am not sure if the President is allowed in. I do know that the Vice President of the United States is the President of the Senate.


Yes, I know he gets the final vote if there is a tie in the Senate.  In days of yore the VP used to be the losing candidate in the election.  Don't think that would work now.


I am so happy that things have changed. Did you know women were not allowed to wear pants in the Senate until 1993 when there was a protest. 1993! Only 25 years ago.


At least it changed.  There are more and more women becoming Senators and Congresswomen.  Maybe one day there will be a president, whether from one or other side.


That's right, either Democrat or Republican, we just want who is best for the job. Michael Jordan knew that. He wouldn't endorse a Black Democratic Senator from North Carolina and when asked why he said, "Republicans buy shoes too."


I hear that Roosevelt banned Christmas trees from the White House, an you imagine the uproar if a President did that today.


People would never allow it. I wonder why he banned it? Maybe his conservationist nature. He would have liked the George W. Bush had solar panels put back on the White House.


The solar panels are funny.  Carter put them, Reagan took them down, Bush put them up, not sure of the current standing of solar on the White House.


How interesting. I did not know that. I also did not know that the White House still uses floppy disks for storing files.


There must be a reason for that, surely they have access to the most advanced technology?  I recall a story that when George W Bush moved into the White House the previous staff removed the W's from the keyboards.


What an odd time to be President. When he was in office four bullets struck the White House and it took the Secret Service four days to realize it.


Now we are the end I have to say I'm the father of a daughter and am very much against the new Justice, I find it scary on my daughters behalf that people can get away with what he may have done.  You may have a different opinion.


Thank you for letting me know your opinion. I was always taught to be kind and respectful to everyone I meet and to never intentionally hurt or lie. It's the rules I learned in Kindergarten and perhaps this country needs to look back and assess if we are doing our very best. Thank you for chatting.


You too, have a good day, and decent future chats.  Good bye.


Did you know that the top three wealthiest presidents in american history were jfk, washington, and jefferson


I was surprised by that.  I would assume that is based on the era in which they lived.


Probably so.  I would think it's Trump now.


I would be curious to know if Trump is the wealthiest.  I wouldn't be surprised if Bush was also pretty wealthy given his family history.


Yes, they are definitely wealthy also.  The first president of zimbabwe was called president banana


In this day and age, that would certainly be taken out of context and cause issues.


Haha, yes it would.Until 1805 in the us, the runner up in a presidential election automatically became the vice president.


Can you imagine Hillary as Vice President to Trump...the world would explode.


Yowzers, absolutely.  The president of indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office


The way things are going in the US, I could easily see that happening in the next 20 years.


That would be terrible.  The president is a common title for the head of state in most republics


I suppose its a universal way to identify who the people voted to lead them.  Can you believe the white house still has floppy disks in storage?


Really?  That's nuts.The us senate used the same gavel for 165 years until richard nixon cracked it


Must have been a powerful blow.  Wonder how long the current gavel has been used...


Haha exactly.  Michael jordan was once asked why he wouldn't endorse black democratic candidate harvey gantt in a north carolina senate race, to which michael jordan responded, "republicans buy shoes too".


He's sold a lot of shoes, best to stay netural when it comes to politics when running a business.


Yes, that's right.The white house has twin buildings in ireland and france.


Wonder who lives in them?  Does the president stay there when he visits?


Eh...I had high hopes.  But, he's let me down so far.


For sure, I think that is everyone's idea of him.  But he isn't even in the top three richest.


I agree!  lol  I wonder if he's in that top 3 list now though?


I wonder also, if only he released his tax information then maybe he could make that list. Do you know the president of zimbabwe has a nickname?


Isn't that funny how he made a stink years ago about Obama releasing information and now he doesn't do it?  What is the president of Zimbabwe's nickname?


Right. The guy is called president banana.


Hahaha The only president to have a PHD is Woodrow Wilson.  We've had more actors and reality stars as presidents than doctors. lol


that is so sad, but that is our country. You ever been to the white house?


I've never been there.  Someday I hope to visit.


I have been there once, apparently there is a guest house that is bigger than the white house, but I never saw it. I will have to see again


Wonder why it's bigger?  Maybe to leave a better impression on the guests?


I was thinking that same thing. Show off to the other heads of states. Did you know there are also white houses identical to ours in france and ireland?


I didn't know that.  I know the first phone number of the white house was just "1"


that is awesome, I wonder how many calls they got on accident back then.


Probably a ton I would imagine.  President Jimmy Carter used to turn down the thermostats down to 65 degrees during the winter of 1977.


WHAT! I would always have it at like 75 if i was president. Bush put solar panels on the back of the white house so I wouldn't worry about the bill lol


Me too!  Jimmy Carter originally put those on, but Ronald reagan took them off. lol


NO WAY! Reagan was an interesting president, the first movie star president! It was so nice chatting with you!


It was fun talking about the white house and the presidents!


I didn't know there were twins of the white house in france and ireland. Did you?


Hello - I didn't know that either. Did you know Roosevelt banned Christmas trees from the white house?


I wonder why he did that. Was it for eco reasons or just because he didn't like them?


It says he was a very strict conservative.


He was quite the conservationist. He is the reason we have a lot of the state parks that we do.


Yes for sure. George Bush had solar panels put back on the white house.


I heard once that a previous president has put them on and then they were taken off by the next president and finally Bush put them back.


Did you know it took the secret service four days to realize bullets struck the white house?


That doesn't give me much faith in their abilities to protect our leaders.


Me either lol. The top 3 wealthiest presidents was JFK, Washington, and Jefferson.


I would have thought trump and clinton would be on that list or even the Bush's


Probably. It might not be as up to date. Kind of like the floppy disks that the white house uses for file storage.


Haha yea that's funny. The first president of Zimbabwe was called president banana.


I wonder if that was his real name or just a nickname that his people gave him?


Imagine the nickname that the president of indonesia got for putting out his 3 pop albums!


LOL - I can't believe he was a pop artist! Did you know the US president's guest house is bigger than the white house?


I could see the purpose behind that. There are so many guests and dignitaries visiting all the time and they need a place to stay with their entourage.


Yes for sure. The senate used the same gavel for 165 years until Nixon cracked it.


How in the world do you crack a gavel? You have to smack one of those pretty darn hard to crack the wood.


What do you think about the sexual assault allegations agains Brett Kavanaugh


I think there is something there but I do not think there is enough for him to lose his ability to be confirmed. You?


Yeah its already being called the most comprhensive review in the history of Supreme Court nominations, who knows if theyl find something else.


I heard that there is a machine that can detect lies know and the team that made it will run his testimony through it. It was on a RadioLab or Freakonomics podcast.


I think thats a great idea, he is denying all the allegations and if his telling the truth then theres nothing to be afraid of.


Yeah. I think there is a paradigm shift on acceptability, and rightfully so, and the older generation is getting caught in it.


I think there are too many interests at hand and Republicans might be defending Kavanaugh.


Yeah, I agree. The whole thing was a circus... Did you know Carter turned the thermostat to 65 one winter?


I didnt thats interesting, just like Bush put solar panels back into the White House.


I did not know that! The first phone number to the WH was 1???? Huh?


I wonder why it was 1 lol, you know, women were not allowed to wear pants on the senate until the year 1993


That seems so antiquated but it was only in 1993!!! How weird is that?


I know it is pretty odd, thankfully things changed, so did you know Trumps guest house is bigger than the White House!


That seems odd... I am sure it upsets him too!


Yeah that might be upsetting to him, you know his not on the top 3 on the ranking of wealthiests presidents.


Maybe he could get a PHD like Woodrow Wilson!


Wilson has a PHD? thats awesome, you know what else is awesome, the president of Indoneisa released 3 pop albums


That's how Trump could make more! Release some pop albums. No one would make fun of him for it....


At least not for that lol, and also the first president of Zimbawe had a funny name, you want to know what it is?


His name was Banana, so everyone called him President Banana! so funny!!


The president sure does an important job


Some might say he does a bad job at an important job lol. It's too bad there's not a backup to balance out his worse impulses; until 1805, the runner-up in the election became VP. One can only wonder how Hillary Clinton would influence decisions with her perspective.


It would be a mess to have her as vice president, she doesnt get along with Trump and both have opposing views


Trump is a reality star. Maybe he would prefer sticking to entertainment, releasing some pop albums like the president of Indonesia.


I know right, and he should I would support him if it means he will leave office


He could make more money off his supporters with the album sales; God knows he's not as rich as he says he is. The 3 wealthiest presidents were actually JFK, Washington, and Jefferson.


He has filled bankrupcy many times so that makes sense, JFK is the richest one in history?


I'm sure he's in the top 3 because of his family, not slavery like the other 2. You don't make much money as a congressman or a Senator like he was.


At least not enough to beat the other two, interesting fact about the senate and they didnt allow woman to wear pants in the senate floor until the year 1993


They are sticklers for tradition. Did you know they used the same gavel for 165 years until Nixon cracked it? Seems like an omen haha.


It does lol, the candy desk tradition began on 1968, thats a tasty and sweet tradition


Yes, it is. Some people aren't so big on tradition, though; Teddy Roosevelt was so into conservationism that he banned Christmas trees from the White House.


He banned them? that is terrible, its a tradition important to many


Well, some people hate moving forward too--Reagan removed the solar panels installed on the White House by Carter, but eventually George W. Bush had some put back on.


Its a good thing Bush placed them back, solar energy is the future, did you hear about the incident with the secret service back in 2011?


Yes, it's crazy that it took them 4 days to realize bullets had struck the White House!


4 days, really crazy!! I bet someone got fired that day


I wonder how they haven't fired the IT person who's allowed floppy drives to stay in use for storing some of the files in the White House. Maybe it's for data security.


I think its for data security yeah, it must be difficult to hack one of those


Yeah, they're not easy to copy. Did you know that there are actual copies of the White House itself in Ireland and France?


I didnt know that, they must be interesting buildings, I wonder if they have the same size as the White House and also wonder who lives there


I do somewhat.  I know that there is 100 US senators.  2 from each state.


Yeah, thats the  way it has been for a long time at least, the senate chamber is located in the capitol


Senator Strom Thurmond holds the record for the longest filibuster by a lone senator.  He stayed on the floor for an incredible 24 hours and 18 minutes non stop!


He does? that is an odd record lol, you know that the US senate used the same Gavel for almost 2 centuries until Nixon cracked it.


Wow.  That's a long run!  It must be in a museum somewhere.  The reason Harry Truman was selected to be vice president was because when he ran the senate "Truman committe", it found so much corruption and waste that he saved the govt 10 to 15 billion dollars!


I guess thats a great reason, b¿he undercovered a big secret, most would remain quiet


I agree.  Did you know that the only US president to have a PHD is Woodrow Wilson?  That kind of surprises me.


That is suprising, I would guess most former presidents had one,


Me too.  5 presidents have been elected while still losing the popular vote.  Never quite understood why we don't use the popular vote.


Its a weird system, maybe that can be changed one day, just like back in 1805 the runner up of an election would become vice president


Could you imagine that happening now?  Trump and Hillary?  lol


That would be caos, nothing would get done.


It would be chaos. Lincoln was the first president to be photographed for his inauguration and John Wilkes Booth was in that photo.  I never knew that.  Creepy.


That is creepy considering he got shot by him later, did you kno wthe White House has two twin buildings!!


I know!  ..and I didn't know that about the buildings.  I wonder why?  I know the first phone of the White House was simply 1.


It was? I had no idea about that, well the White House sure has some curious and cool facts


It does!  Who knew?  lol  There is a replica of the White House in Atlanta which was built as a private home!


Really I heard about the ones in Ireland and France never knew there was in Atlanta as well,


I didn't know either!  Did you know you can mail a birth announcement to the White House and they'll send you a congratulations card back?  Wish I would have known that when my kids were born.  Neat.


Oh thats so cool, I will do that next time Im expecting a kid.


The whole Kavanaugh is a contentious issue, agreed?


Sure it is. What do you think about him?


Not sure I want to say, these days it can lead to  a difficult back and forth.  My opinion is formed from having a young daughter and the society I want her to grow up in.


I have 2 daughters too. I think it is hard to figure things out in politics. I don't know which one is wrong or right anymore


The concern I have is that to give him a pass is to not take seriously the accusation.  If guys see he gets away with it what is the incentive for them not to act in a similar situation.


I know. There has been a lot of attack to her personal life as well. And sadly the President mocked her at a rally in Southhaven, was upsetting.


Of course no one can know the truth of what happened, it's just he said she said.


Politics is so difficult right now.  Whoever is in the White House it seems half the country hates them.


It is so sad that we can't have the same perspective. Always so divided and I might blame it to the news and TV shows. I think we will be better if we promote positive shows like Mr Rogers neighborhood. Love him!


I used to work in DC, just a few block from the White House, got to see many of the political leaders.


Oh. Do you work for the government or a company?


Actually a book store on K street.  We did book signings for many political candidates and US Senators.


That is nice. Any impression about them? Positive or negative?


In person, without cameras, thy are just like you or me.  I think a lot of politics is just performance.  I think much of the Kavanaugh stuff was theater.


Yeah. Just from the TV, some can look arrogant and feel that they are VIP. Some are nice and humble. Some are smart like Woodrow Wilson. Some are not.


I think you are right with TV news being the toxic influence.  Wilson did not have to deal with that.  Could you imagine the uproar if a president banned Christmas trees from the White House.  TV news would be all over it.


Yes. TV and social media will go crazy. So have you been to the White House?


Only walked around it.  We did deliver books to the check point at the front, but I was not allowed any further.


We went and took a picture from a far because the officer kept pushing us away. I might just go to Atlanta and take a picture of the replica. I might have better luck.


Or even Ireland, to see a twin building!  Good talking to you have a good day.


Nice talking to you too. Have a good one!


I'm not so much of a fan of him, although I am willing to tolerate him. How about you?


I am willing to tolerate also, we are stuck with him and the alternative kind of sucked. He isn't one of the three wealthiest presidents


I guess he isn't. Do you know who one of the wealthiest presidents is?


I think JFK was one of the top three, but I dont know who else would


Washington and Jefferson! Surprising, too, because they're one of the earlier presidents.


yea I wonder how they got their money, do you know?


Hmm, no idea. I'm sure all presidents are very well off, though. Although the white house may need some updating. I guess the president's guest house is larger than the actual white house itself.


I knew that, but I never saw it when I went to the actual white house. I wonder if it is used to treat the other countries leaders to something good. Did you know there are 2 identical white houses in other countries


I am pretty sure they are ireland and france, it would be interesting to see them


Yeah, maybe someday I'll have to take a visit. The white house is really fascinating to me. One surprising thing, though, is that it still uses floppy disks to store files.


That is crazy. For how far we have come in technology, they use the lowest. I wonder why?


Hmm, have no idea. I guess that the white house is somewhat eco-friendly, though, so that's a step. There are solar panels in the back.


Dang, who was the president that installed those, Bush?


Exactly! Some presidents can be pretty cool, I guess.


For sure. Did you know the runner up until 1805 became vice president. Can you imagine a Trump Clinton dual


Would be better than a Trump Pence duo, I think. I mean, right now Pence is the presiding officer of the Senate, which I don't like at all.


That is true lol. I dont like that at all. I don't like Pence's beliefs and even Trump is better than that guy. he should stay away from the senate!


Lots of bad things happening in the senate right now. Not as bad as the early 1900's. I guess there was a lot of sexism back then...more so than now.


I didn't think that was possible lol. That is good to know it got better. Good chatting with you!


Car is the motor vehicle used for transportation on roads and make more comfortable travelling.


In Ohio, it is against the law to warm up your car!


Cars available for human uses in 20th century, It was invented in 18th century by Karl Benz.


Yes, specifically, 1886 is regarded as the birth year of the modern car when the Benz Patent-Motorwagen was patented.


The cars are propelled by internal combustion engine which have fossil fuels to run, which create of lot pollution, some countries are using Ethanol as alternate fuel now.


I bet the pollution it causes is why it is illegal to warm up your car in Ohio.


Some countries, allowed electric cars for their uses due to pollution free environment.


Which countries did that? Did they want a pollution free environment or did they have a pollution free environment?


Does Europe have self driving cars like Google has?


Self driving cars are available for human purchase, they are only in testing but it creates lot of accidents also.


With all the accidents, I am surprised that Google's self-driving cars have an "aggressive" mode option.


I do not have a landline, but I do have a cellphone with WiFi.


Telephone is a telecommunication device which allows the user to have conversation.


Yes, but with cell phones, the connection quality and "bars" of service have almost no correlation, which is surprising.


Surely, Telephone have two essential elements microphone to speak into and earphone to receive it. Now days, Digital phone are available resulted improvement of technology.


Technology has definitely advanced dramatically. It is so good that dolphins can communicate over the telephone and appear to know who they are talking to!


I wonder how they tested that since dolphins are ocean animals. Maybe with an underwater phone?


They communication is very nice. Dolphins are also called as fisher men friends.


Interesting, I had never heard of that before. Thanks for the chat!


Very nice chatting with you. Have a great day.


I do enjoy watching TV what about yourself?


I do. I love Seinfeld! Did you know he has a net worth of more than Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise combined?


I did not know that but it sure is an interesting fact, there is an actor that earns 700,000 an episode, guess it pays to be a great actor


Apparently! Tom Cruise was able to spend $10M on a bunker to protect him FROM ALIENS!! That's a lot!


Wow that is a lot of money, he is a great actor though so I bet he can spare the money, he is actually really educated, he speaks Japanese.


I think he had to learn that for "the last samurai". Did you know that the title refers to the entire clan and not just his character? I was surprised to learn that!


Really? that is a surprising fact, I loved the movie but never knew the last samurai meant the whole clan


I also love "that 70's show". Did you know they made a UK version?


They did? do you know if that version was any good, I just to love the original so maybe I will watch the remake


Apparently it wasn't really well received. It was canceled after only 10 episodes


I see, remakes are often not as good as the original did you ever watch Pokemon?


I'm not a big anime fan so I never watched it. I am familiar with it though. Hasn't it been on TV for a really long time?


Yeah about 16 years and to think it all started with 150 pokemons and a happy Pikachu lol


I prefer sitcoms and dramas. I also love "grownup cartoons" like the simpsons. Did you know there is only one episode of the simpsons where bart doesn't appear?


I did not know that, I havent watched it, do you happen to know how its called?


I don't...I need to look it up! Have you ever watched any of the shows Heather Locklear starred in? Like Spin City or Melrose place?


No not really did you? are those shows any good? I hear she has a lot of legal problems now a days.


They were pretty good. Spin CIty was funny. She had a lot of legal problems but is still on TV! She's on "Fresh off the Boat" currently.


I thought her guest role on Two and a Half Men was really funny, did you watch that episode?


Yes! I loved two and a half men. I wonder if she hated being typecast?


Maybe but I guess she loves money even more so in the end it didnt matter lol


Hello, isnt it amazing how we can access many services though the internet


Yes, it is. The Internet is a modern miracle, though some of the terminology is odd. I didn't know that the little icon with three horizontal stripes is called the hamburger button.


I didnt know that either, you know you can get an addiction from clicking links on the internet


I believe that. People get used to things that they don't think, they just do. Like 93% of people just click through the terms of service for a product. Only 7% read through the agreement!


Did you read yours? I sure didnt read mine lol so I belong to the other 93% I guess


I don't read through, I have to admit. I would probably click through fast if I were at the top of Mt. Everest. 3g service, but wouldn't want to stay up there too long.


I know, it would be really hard to talk from up there but its nice to know there is service up there, you can post a selfie on Instagram or Facebook lol


I guess there must be satellite service up there. I would hate to be the IT guy for Everest. Couldn't pay me enough. Did you know that the sun is actually white?


I didnt, it sucks that in school they teach you that the sun is yellow, is nice to know that I was wrong though,


If you stand on the moon, the sun would be white because there is no atmosphere. Maybe on the moon we could capture enough energy to power a space station there. The sun produces a ton of energy.


Yeah  I heard the sun produces enough energy in only a sec to meet the needs of our planets for like 500000 years! isnt that amazing!


And it's only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star in our galaxy! I bet if we captured energy from lightning bolts, we could solve our energy needs as well.


I think thats a great idea, after all they are 5 times hotter than the sun, that would definetely leave a nasty burn


Did you know that we can hear radio storms on Jupiter through am radio? Probably better than a lot of music on there nowadays.


It would be inetesting to listen to that station, there is also a station that has weekly neews in latin.


I guess that's a holdover from an earlier time. The three people that understand Latin listen to the station. I understand why there's a website with classic radio dramas. That's part of history.


It is, must be nice to know how to speak it though, in WWII soldiers made radios using razorblades and pencils.


The foxhole radios? Yeah. I guess they really missed listening to news broadcasts in Latin.


Could be, theres also a canadian law that requires to have 40% of the music or more from Canadian artists


The Canadian content is essential to the survival of the Canadian music industry. Otherwise, the radio would all become Latin broadcasts from Finland!


We think alike, I think its a good thing because that way local artists can be valued more and theres more support for their songs as well.


Yes, back in the 1990's. I really never watched things she was in like Melrose Place.


Yeah now I don't think she's a very good example or role model. I feel like celebrities tend to think they are entitled to everything, some of them are really spoiled.


I hate the ones that lecture us on politics when the can't even run their own lives.  I don't even remember Locklear in "Spin City".


I cant recall that either, I remember her guest appearances on the show Scrubs, used to love that one.


I miss Scrubs... I remember her on that.  I also remember her marrying Richie Sambora and a few DUIs.  I don't think the marriage lasted long.


I dont think it lasted long either, seems like a dysfunctional couple.  She has been linked with some stars like Matt Harmon and Tom Cruise


Her frequent visits to rehab probably has something to do with that.  I saw a recent picture of her and she's aged a lot.


I guess drugs can do that to you, drugs and an unhealthy life style maybe her divorce made her age fast.


Dunno. I don't watch TV as much... Watching 750+ episodes of Pokemon doesn't really seem like a good way to pass the time.


It sure doesnt, its been a long time since the creation of the show I still love Pikachu though, that little yellow rat is the best.


I guess they tried a UK version of the 70's Show and it was cancelled after only 10 episodes.  I kinda liked that show...


I liked it also, sounds like the remake was bad. Do you like Tom Cruise by the way?


It depends on what he's in.  Risky Business was good.  He spent 2 years learning Japanese for a movie so he is a dedicated actor.


I guess he takes his roles in movies really serious, that's why his one of the highest paid actors out there, he is also an odd character


Yeah.  I guess spending $10M on an underground bunker qualifies for that.


Yeah, good to know his protected against an alien invasion he could be the last man standing.


Wow, Seinfeld is worth $820M which is more that Hanks and Cruise combined... Lot's of money just to act...


That is a lot of money I agree, I wonder why, Seinfield only had the one show, maybe he was rich before acting.


I don't know.  High Laurie is also rich.  He makes $700,000 per episode!  I never watched House...


That is a lot of money, he is one lucky guy. He is really talented to, its been great chatting by the way.


Yes, a lot of money.  I like Michael Caine.  He got his start taking a drama class because it had a lot of cute girls.  Seems like him.


Sounds like things really worked out for him lol he is a great actor and I bet he got plenty of girls.


Yeah, maybe Jim Carrey should have tried that. Later.


How's it going, did you know the 3 horizontal line menu on webpages is called a hamburger button?


I did not! Do you know why it's called that?


I guess whoever created the menu was really craving a hamburger at the time


Good answer! I'm craving one myself now! I do know that constant clicking on buttons can turn into a addiction.


Yea I mean now you can even click on things at the Peak of Mt. Everest using 3g cell service


Well, I only get 1g here, so I would be in wonder at the peak of Mt. Everest!


That sucks, I wonder how long it would take to load the saved copy of the internet at the Library of Alexandria with 1g


I probably could not do it. At night pictures wont load here at all. Do you read the full terms when buying a product?


No I'm definitely not one of the 7% of people who read the full terms after buying something online


I try! Do you have sunny weather today where you are?


nope, cloudy and cold. It's crazy the Sun is 99.86% of the total mass in the Solar System


Isn't that wild? Sunny here, but cold too. I wish we could harness the energy from the sun. It would be free for all!


Yea, one second of energy from the sun could meet the Earth's energy needs of 500,000 years


That would be so nice, especially right now! Free heat! Although the sun is big, it's only 1 billionth the size of the biggest ever found.


A lightning bolt is 5x hotter than the sun, I wonder if people can harness that energy


That would be wild! Do you listen to the radio while you work?


Not really but I'd love to try and pick up Jupiters radio storms on an am radio


I would love to hear that too. In canada they radio stations have to play 40% of their music by canadian singers. So justin beiber should do well!


I think I'd rather listen to the all latin broadcast of nuntii latini.


Did you know soldiers made a simple radio from a razorblade and a pencil? in the foxhole too!


That sound awesome. Well I got to go, nice talking with you


did you know that there are over 750 episodes of pokemon? thats insane


That is crazy, were you ever into Pokemon?


I was back in my day, like all good 90s kids. i still sorta like playing the video games from time to time


I am also a 90s kid, I was more into yugioh! Do you like Tom Cruise.


Yugioh was my jam too haha loved the cards. Tom Cruise is great! one of the last great "movie stars" left in this day and age in my opinion


I just learned that Tom is a scientologist!


oh ya, hes an interesting guy. he spent over 10 million on a bunker to keep him safe when the aliens come


That is funny. I did not know that Aladdins face was based on Tom Cruise.


thats new to me too! I dont even really think he looks like Tom Cruise?


I can kinda see it. Trey Parker and Matt Stone got him kicked out of Paramount. I wonder what he did.


they got Tom Cruise kicked out? I never knew that! Hes such a committed actor too. He learned japanese and swordplay for his role in the Last Samurai


I havent, when it came out I was too young to see anything rated R and I feel like it wouldnt hold up too much so Ive never gone back to watch it


Same here, I never liked any of his movies I did see like mission impossible.


love it, probably my favorite show of all time if im being honest


I like it too! did you know Homer had 188 jobs in the first 400 episodes?


i believe it haha. I dont know which one is my favorite though, so many to choose from. When he was in a Barbershop Quartet it was pretty hilarious


Hi, do you know much about the presidents?


Hello! I don't follow a lot of politics, but one fact I heard recently was that Trump is not one of the three wealthiest presidents in US history!


Yeah that is true. Jefferson, Washington and JKF made more than him


That definitely must anger him to know, I don't know what makes him more upset, that or the fact that his guest house is still bigger than the actual White House.


Yeah, and I wonder why that is. Maybe they get a lot of guests that need to be accommodated


I wonder if that's the same in other countries too, a lot of places have seemingly unpresidential things going on. Like in Indonesia, the president released 3 pop albums while in office!


Yeah that is true. Good for him. Do you know what the president of Zimbabwe was called?


I heard he was called President Banana, isn't that wild? I would hope it means something different there.


I was thinking that too. Do you know how the vice president used to be elected?


I'm not sure, I bet the system was different for sure, maybe a lot outdated. Why, do you know?


Actually the runner up became the vice, so they were a winner either way


Oh wow, I'm sure that system would never work today, so it's definitely for the best. On another note, are you a soccer fan at all?


I actually am, I love watching the world cup. And you?


I do sometimes! But I think it's interesting how the countries that host the world cup don't actually benefit economically.


Yeah so I do not see the point of them doing it. Do you know where the 2022 one will take place?


I believe it's in Qatar! I bet they can afford it, even though the host city literally does not exist yet.


They must be building it from the ground up


That's fair. I'm surprised the U.S. doesn't play host as often. Then again, they probably care more about the Women's world cup, where the American team hasn't placed below third ever.


True. They only got 3rd place in the first cup in 1930


I wonder what's considered more dominant though, that feat or Hungary only losing once between 1950 and 1956, that's 6 World Cup titles!


That is actually amazing, what a team. Nice chatting with you.


I like soccer, mostly just when the World Cup is around, are you a fan?


I am.  I watch it when they are playing.  Were you rooting for the current champion France in the last one?


I was rooting for Brazil, my in laws are from there and we all watched together. France was so good, did you root for them?


Nice!  I wasn't really rooting for any one team.  I just enjoy watching it.  Did you know that the 2022 Qatar FIFA world cup finals host city doesn't exist yet?  Kind of odd...


Me too, it was new to me. It is very odd, I remember they started building it years ago (the stadium) and they were going to shut it down because like hundreds of people died so far


There are no net economic gains for the host cities for the olympics and the world cup.  That kind of ties in with what you said.  I'm surprised they always pour all this money into building infrastructure for the events that it seems like a giant waste in the end.


Right, I think about the olympics also and how it just rots after it is used. I wish the US was better. They placed 3rd place in 1930 once lol


lol  The womens American world cup team hasn't placed below third in the world cup since they started it for women in 1991.  Ironic!


that is awesome lol. Women for the US are more exciting to watch becasue they make it there more!


Yes lol  The Hungary national team was pretty tough between 1950 and 1956....they only had 1 defeat in that span...and it was the world cup final! lol Go figure...that was like the year the New England Patriots were undefeated for the whole season and then lost the super bowl. lol


lol for sure, a good season for sure, but not good enough. Like the warriors also a few years back


Yes.  If it wasn't for the Cavs, that one year the Warriors would be on one heck of a streak.  They still though have one heck of a streak!  LOL


for sure lol they hold the record. Speaking of streaks, how do you like our president lol


Eh....I could pass..it doesn't seem like the presidents of the last 30 years have done nothing good for the local economies across the US.


For sure, we have been playing catch up this whole time. I think trump would be cool if he released a pop album like the president of indonesia lol


Yes!  lol  Did you know that the first president of Zimbabwe was called President Banana?


Hahaha Yes!  I wonder if president Banana ever stayed at the presidents guest house?  Did you know that it's larger than the white house?


I  wonder why that is, maybe to wooo the guests into thinking they are being spoiled?


That sounds probably about right! lol  It's been fun chatting!  Have a good night!