haha yeah well played sir, its carzy though how if you add delaware and rhode island together, thats about how many golf courses are in the usa


Whoa, that is crazy! I didn't know so many people liked golf that much haha, guess it is a money maker too. I wonder why all the presidents like golf so much....I don't have the patience for it lol


ya I don't like it its very boring, also I never knew that the hole to shoot for is only 4.25 inches in diameter, just seems so small and hard to hit!


Definitely, very tough game. I wonder if the clothing industry makes a lot of money from golfers buying all their golf attire.


thats a good question, have you ever visited the white house btw?


No, never been to the White House. Although I have met one of the Presidents before when I worked at a medical Facility....


ah thats cool, well I wanted to know if it was true that the guest house is bigger than the white house itself haha


Hi, Very little. Iknow it it very very popular in the US


I have played a little, mainly just for fun.  It amazes me the amount of water it takes to maintain a gold course per day.


I imagine it is because it has to look perfect! It looks like there is a golf course in North Korea!


Really?  I know about the one in Dubai that requires 4 million gallons of water per day.


That is so much water!!  Opposite to Dubai, there is also a disc golf course in Antartica!!


That would be a really cool one to visit.  No pun intended.  ive never played disc golf,  it looks like a good time


Yes, definetely a cool place to visit. Did you know about a golf course in Australia that has something special?


No.  I hadnt heard about that one.  What is it?


There are bull sharks that live in one of its water hazards


Wow.  That is pretty intense, and cool.  Gotta admit, I wouldnt be chasing my ball near that hazard.


LOL Totally understood, but that is one fo the nice things of golf. Each hole is unique and has its own challenges!


That is true, each course is different.  Some courses even change the hole placement on the green once in a while to keep it fresh for local golfers.


I think that is so necessary,there are also variou types of terrains like sand traps, long grass and fairways


I know sand traps all too well.  I spend a lot of time there when I play.  lol.  Golf is also one of few sports that doesnt have a uniform, but does have a dress code.


Lol, do you play in the 18 hole o 9 hole courses?


Ive done a few 18, but it is far too slow for my taste.  So I usually stick to the 9.


that is cool! Talking about dress code, it reminded me of different types of clothing, I heard that a chinese man was wearing 70 pieces of clothing to avoid bagging charges!!


That seems a little extreme, and smart all at the same time.   There is a store in Alabama that sells all the items from unclaimed baggage, so none of his stuff would ever end up there.


That is cool! Do you know how bulletproof clothing is tested?


I would guess they shoot at it, but that seems too simple.


But with employees inside!!! I would never take that job


Me neither!  anyway, ive got to go!  good Chat!


Did you know that Pilgrims had colorful everyday clothes.  The black and white was for special occasions.


Oh, really? That's interesting! So do you like a lot of different types of clothing?


I do.  But I live in Phoenix so I wear a lot of shorts and now own zero sweaters. Fashion snobs look for collar gaps to see if your clothes are tailored or not.


Oh, cool! I also wear a lot of summer clothing since I live in a hot climate. There's so many types of clothes these days! I heard that Apple used to have a clothing line!


That is a good way for Apple to increase name recognition back in the 1980's, but they don't need it now.


Exactly! I wonder if the president wears the same types of clothing when he plays golf.


I have seen video of him playing in regular golf clothes.  He owns a bunch of 18 hole courses which is the standard length.


True. I think most golfers have the same type of clothes while playing. I have never played golf, have you?


Yes.  Years ago when the Yellow Pages was still a big business, I had to play for business purposes.  Some courses here have closed due to the cost of water.  A course in Dubai uses 4 million gallons of water per day!


Oh my, that is a lot of water! Golf courses take up more land than Rhode Island and Delaware combined....so that is a lot of water!


There is a landscape language in golf too.  For example, the rough, sand traps and water hazards.


Very true! I like that every golf course has its own layout. Must make the game a lot more interesting. But some recreational courses are smaller than the standard 18 hole courses.


Yes.  I have played 9 hole courses.  Sometimes every hole is a par 3.


I have played miniature golf hahaa, I don't have the patience. I heard Babe Ruth was America's most famous golfer, how strange! That man was talented.


Yes.  The hole in golf is 4.25 inches in diameter. In tournaments they move the hole on each green every day.


Really? Wow, I didn't know that. There is probably a lot more to playing golf than I know.


Of course, lots of presidents played golf.  Most have been criticized by the other party for doing it.  Samuel L Jackson puts a paragraph in his movie contracts that lets him play 2 times a week during filming.


True. That's was smart of Samuel to do. I guess golfing is a way to relax for most. That must be why all of the president's have been golfers.


Presidents can just be heads of state, or they can also be leader of the government like in the US


Very true! I find it interesting that the 3 wealthiest presidents were from many years ago, I thought for sure President Trump would have been named the wealthiest.


He released a financial statement (not tax return) that certified his net worth at over $10 billion.  I think that is more than JFK was worth.  One country has a president that has released pop albums.


Wow, that's a lot of money. Really? I guess to release 3 albums he must not have been very busy!  I still find it strange that the guest house at the White House is larger than the White House.


True.  But it was built more recently.  Nice chat!  Bye


No. I prefer helicopters, but they are a little out of my budget. I might like my car better if I could equip it with a set of those flame throwers that are legal in South Africa!


yes, a helicopter would be cool but a car with a flamethrower would rock.


It would be a high end one, stylish, probably run on expensive fuel. Elon would make an electric powered one. LOL


Detroit was founded by te French explorer, Antoine de la mothe Cadillac. Today's explorer, Space X takes, off using flame throwing rockets. Does that count?


Ok, that is pretty close. will a city on mars be named after Elon, i wonder.


Sure, if he can get there first, but he may be greeted by Chinese and Russian toll booth attendants asking him what's in the trunk?   Do you know what the trunk of  the car was named for?


If it was an elephant we were talking about, the rear compartment would have a totally different name!  Cars used to be equipped with wooden trunks secured to the back of the vehicles. Some elephants come with wooden trunks too, but they rest on top...


Hm, quite true. but why is it called the boot in england? what are they up to in that country?


But they are too civilized for flame throwers...  I'll have to check with my FaceBook crew to learn the ways of the British Boot


You would keep your flamethrower in the boot, like a civilized road warrior. they are rules to road combat.


Of course. We are not animals... We only eat them. At bURGER kING, THEY ARE HAVING A PROMOTION: DROP 10 fACEBOOK FRIENDS AND GET A FREE WHOPPER.


I would totally do that, if i had a facebook account. make a bunch of fb friends, then unfriend them for tasty calories.


If I had a Facebook page, I would "like" your comment. While this button is illegal in some places in Germany, we westerners still type on the wild side...


I think that germany is a bit extreme about the like button in that case, but i worry that people spend too much time on social media.


Occasionally, Facebook can be used for good (only occasionally). Iceland is rewriting it's constitution and is usig facebook to enable citizens to make suggestions and comments


Its good to get suggestions but i wonder if people could hack the system and make every thursday free ice cream day.


I like that... We can start the petition for the new Amendment... Thou shall partake of the frozen cream custards on Thursdays, courtesy of Trump...


Yes, that would be great! Anyway, great chat!


I am off to do some freestyle Korean rap, complement battle, and the first compleent with be sent your way! Adios!


I do like cars. I love the convenience of using them for transportation. Do you like cars as well?


yeah for sure. do you know how cadillac got its name?


I actually do. It was named after the guy that founded Detroit. There are actually a lot of cars named after people, like Mercedez-Benz. Do you know why we actually call them cars?


I am not sure about that but I know car trunks got their name after the wooden trunks old card had


Yeah. That makes sense. I get why we call the automobiles - a machine that moves on its own power. I just don't get why we call them cars. It is odd to see how different cars can be in different parts of the world.


Yes. I like different music depending on my mood. I generally stick to fairly bland/background music when I just want to break the silence.


Nice, good for you. do you ever listen to rap?


I don't. I know a little about it but I don't. I wonder about the message behind it, more the poetry.


yeah. tupac's music is in the library of congress


I heard that. I can't think of any of his songs, but I do know of him. Rap is certainly a valuable method of expression. Do you listen to rap? Do you have a favorite artist?


I think the only song I know of his is Slim Shady, thanks to TRL back in the days. I do know that he wanted to be a comic book writer before he became a rapper. I wonder if he still likes to draw.


I bet he does and I mean, he could try it if he wanted


I am sure. It is great to be able to do what you like for a living and indulge your hobbies as well. I think I spend too much time on Facebook to really get into my hobbies. Do you find yourself wasting time on Facebook?


From time to time, but I am trying to lessen my time in there. do you know why it is blue.


I do. Zuckerberg is colorblind. If I were going to create something like Facebook, I would certainly want to make it look good to me.


yeah that totally makes sense. did you know the like button is illegal in parts of germany?


I did know that but I don't know why. Do you?


I love it! Who deosn't like a good laugh every now and then?


True. Did you know that Graham Chapman of Monty Python started out as a medical doctor?


I did not! I'm happy he followed his heart though and made some great comedy for everyone. Laughter is a medicine in it's own way


I know I really like Month Python. Everytime I think about King Arthur riding a horse but just clapping coconuts together I crack up.


hahaha I loved that movie. Did you hear about Demetri Martin? kind of a close story to Graham Chapman


he actually got in to Harvard Law, but left because he thought it was too boring


You know I think a lot of lawyers wish they  have chosen another career. I know a couple of doctors also how have told me that.


Do you think the careers they choose are just too stressful for them to handle?


Either too stressful of they become disillusioned. I could see where dealing with the legal system would do that.


yea the legal system especially. You see a lot of stuff that the everyday person would not ever see in the courtroom. Especially if you defend criminals


exactly. but luckily we all have comedy to fall back on and make us smile after a long hard day!


True. Did you know that the Green Lantern film was originally going to be a comedy?


I think it would have been a lot better, especially because it would have been starring Jack Black


I pretty much consider all the super hero films to be comedies anyhow.


Do you not like them? Some are serious but with a few comedic moments


Yes I do like them, I just don't take them too seriously. Did you know Evan almighty had a budget of $200 million?


woah really? I wonder if it was because all of the CGI they had to do with the Ark and the flood and all of the animals


I don't know why but I'm wondering if they actually made any money. I'm going to go look that up. Thanks for the enlightening conversation.


One of the genres of film is comedy.  Have you heard of a bromantic comedy?


LOL.  I can't say that I have, but then again, I bet I probably saw them as "buddy" films in the past.  I think something like "The Hangover" fits that.


You are exactly right!  Harold and Kumar was another.  They are not my favorite.  If someone throws up in a movie I don't consider it to be funny.  Of course, before sound, they had to use a lot of slapstick which I also rarely like.


I like some slapstick, but it has to be done just right.  Do you have any favorite tv comedies?


I enjoy Modern Family right now.  I also never saw Everybody Loves Raymond when it was first run but really liked the reruns when I became acquainted with them.  3rd Rock beat some great comedies like Seinfield, Friends and Frasier for the golden globe in 1997


That seems crazy.  Seinfeld and Friends were on top for so long that I would have thought for sure it would have been one of those. To be fair, I didn't really watch Seinfeld until it was running in syndication.


Speaking of comedy, did you know that the Iowa visitor's locker room for football has walls that are painted PINK!


Yep, that is something I did know about because my team plays them. I do find it interesting that the coach that did that was Hayden Fry and there was actually a sitcom loosely based on him called "Coach" with Craig T. Nelson as Hayden Fox.


I remember that.  When I was high school, I was on a JV team that lost to another school's varsity 74-0.  Ga. Tech beat somebody 222-0


Ouch, but even worse to be on the one sided GA Tech beatdown.  That has to be some sort of record, right?


It is.  They let the clock run even on incomplete passes in our game.  Now one wants the score to hit 100.  ESPN got an Emmy for the yellow line that marks the line to gain for a first down.  That innovation improved my spectator experience.


It makes me crazy when a player doesn't reach for the line because it looks so real on the TV.  One thing is for sure, we love our football!  Over half of the world's largest stadiums are for college football teams in the US!


Wow!  That is a statistic.  Kiss bought an Arena Football team and offered a contract to Tim Tebow.


That would be an interesting meeting. I am not sure if they could be more different.  KISS seems better linked with the Eagles who had their own makeshift court at the stadium for a number of years.


Yes, but that is the Philadelphia Eagles, not Glen Frye and the boys.


Though they were no saints either and I'm not talking the New Orleans variety.  LOL  American football is definitely ingrained in our culture.  Could you imagine a time when bowlers made more than football players?


I cannot.  My neighbor was an average RB for the Cardinals and made $7 million his last year.  He coaches RBs now.  A high school team kept playing as is science building burned down behind the stadium.


Nothing keeps us from our football.  I recall one of the SEC schools (Auburn) having a building catch on fire during an ESPN broadcast.


I did not see that.  We even form theoretical dream teams that never play.


Sort of like those Team of the Century polls or "who is your starting QB for one game" type scenario.


did you know that fourteen of the 25 biggest stadiums in the world are linked to american football teams


Football is insanely popular, especially in states like Texas. I bet every one of the stadiums makes money.


ya, are you watching the superbowl right now? I wonder if this stadium is one of the top biggest ones


Not watching at the moment. I think the stadium is one of the more expensive ones.


that's true, I like the group KISS and apparently they bought an area football team


Arena football is interesting. The field is smaller and the game livelier. They wanted to hire Tim Tebow.


ah I didn't know that, well if Kiss did a halftime show I would definitely go see that team haha


I don't they would ever do the Super Bowl, which desperately needs a band like KISS.


ya I agree, I wonder if Kiss would paint the locker rooms weird colors? In Iowa the opposing teams locker room is painted permanently pink haha


Pink is supposed to soften them up, make 'em pacifists. I wonder if that works. Then other teams would try the same thing.


yes, I wonder if that makes them more or less likely to win, I would get mad and play better personally.


Football has come a long way. Bowlers in the 60s used to make more than football players. What?!


that is wild, also wild that the highest scoring football game was in 1916 with a score 222-0 haha


The Georgia Tech-Cumberland game! I would have bet on that game, but I wonder what the spread was.


haha good point someone probably made some money on that, I think I would give up once the score hit 100-0 haha


Cumberland would have done better in a bowling competition. It's funny that the Philly Eagles set up a court to try their badly behaved fans.


haha that is funny, I think it's interesting espn won an emmy for creating the yellow line in football, I've been staring at that all evening haha


It seems so simple, but it really makes the game easier to watch.


absolutely, do you like comedies? I like Bill Murray movies personally


Bill is a lot of fun. I don't agree with him on the matter of Kung Fu Hustle, but otherwise, yeah.


haha did you not like that movie? I haven't seen it but I was going to because he recommended it


Hello,  how are you doing?  Do you like XXXTentacion?


I never heard of him.  I understand that he had been fatally shot.  How sad.


That is sad.  Ive heard of him too,  but never listened to the music.


Apparently he had a number 1 hit posthumously


Right and then more of his songs entered the top 100. These eight are "Moonlight" at No. 16, "Changes" at No. 18, "Jocelyn Flores" at No. 19, one with an unprintable title at No. 28, "Everybody Dies on Their Nightmares" at No. 42, "The Remedy for a Broke Heart (Why Am I So in Love)" at No. 58, "Hope" at No. 80, and "Numb" at No. 82.


Wow.  That's incredible.  The lines of his song were sad talking about suicide


Seems like a lot of musicians and actor/actress' suffer from some kind of ailment.  Its so sad.


They've got talent but problems.  The year B.I.G. was killed his anthem raced up the charts.


Yeah.  Thats crazy when people pass away that they get a boost of recognition for their work. Rapper tupac shakur's music is in the library of congress of "cultural significance."


It takes death for things to happen and people realize the talent.  When Prince died his sales went up


Absolutely kinda like a last tribute to them.  Before he became a rapper, eminem's true dream was to become a comic


Funny.  Did you know McDonalds payed rappers $5 for everytime they referenced big macs in songs


what!  Thats amazing.  haha Rapper busta rhymes voiced the reptar wagon in the 1998 rugrats movie


That's cool!  did you also know that there is a deaf rapper who rhymes in sign language.  That is awesome


Some rappers have a sign language translator on stage with them.  I've seen it on youtube!


That's great!  The world's fastest rapper noclue raps 14.1 syllables per second


Korean rappers invented a new type of freestyle, it's called "compliment battle".


I dont know,  but I am visiting Korea in a few,  so maybe I will find out.


Wow, have a nice trip!  Did you know that a radio station exists that changes solar activity into sound so you can listen to the sun's music


was nice talking to you,  have a good one.


So, I've been listening to a lot of rap lately. I didn't realize that the earliest precursor to modern rap was the West African griot tradition of oral historians or praise-singers giving oral histories. Do you like rap?


I do like rap! I've recently tried to delve deep into 90's rap, where it seems a lot of influential rappers came from, like Tupac!


Tupac is great! His music is in the library of congress of "cultural significance". Pretty impressive, right? What other rappers do you like?


Really impressive! I also really like Kendrick Lamar, who really fills that "black rhetorical continuum!" He always raps about his past and hopeful future, as if he's the voice for the impoverished black community!


Very true. The person credited with originating the style of delivering rhymes over extensive music was Anthony "DJ Hollywood" Hollaway from Harlem, New York. I'm glad the style made it to the West Coast thought! Otherwise, we wouldn't have Tupac and Kendrick Lamar!


Agreed! It's always interesting to me how much rap has influenced every day life, and bled into other facets like entertainment! Thanks to rap moving across America, we can credit Busta Rhymes with "voicing the reptar wagon in the 1998 Rugrats movie!" Rap seems to be in all of our entertainment these days!


No kidding! Even judges can get into it! In 2001, a judge delivered her ruling in the form of a rap when trying a suit filed against rapper Eminem!


It's amazing to me how versatile rap can be! In Korea, rappers have even invented a "new type of freestyle," which they call a "compliment battle!" Now that's entertainment! Speaking of entertainment, did you know that Ronald Reagan once got rejected for a movie role, all because he didn't really have the coveted "presidential look?" How crazy!


Haha! If only they could have seen the future! Did you know that Caesar visited Britain in around 50 BC and discovered that they bred chickens for entertainment!


I did know that! I wonder what it means to have chickens for entertainment lol! These days, video games are most of the entertainment I need! Did you know that the original nintendo system could only "display 54 colors?" A far cry from what we have now!


54 colors? That hardly seems entertaining now.That Nintendo Entertainment System was finally discontinued in 2003 in Japan. That's quite a run.


What,2003 seems crazy, that's much longer than I would have suspected, especially with so much competition from Xbox and Playstation! Speaking of Playstation, have you heard of Jann Mardenborough? They became a professional race car driver, when they beat 90,000 people in the Playstation exclusive game, Gran Turismo! Who would have thought!


Wow! That is crazy. I like car racing games. I love cars in real life, too. It's hard to imagine that   not too long ago people were still using animal drawn carriages and carts in the US. Cars really took off quickly here.


Me too! I also like cars in real life, the history of them especially! What's most interesting to me is that one of the first accessible cars to the masses was the 1908 Model T, which was produced by the Ford Motor Company, which is still around today, which is amazing!


Indeed. They've come a long way since the 1886 Benz Patent-motorwagen, to the 1908 Model T, to the South African cars equipped with flame throwers!


Oh yeah, not to mention how reliant the economy became on cars and those who used them! I didn't know about the south-african cars, I wonder why that is? I do know, that in 1975, everyone's favorite fast food place, McDonald's, added drive-thru's to their restaurants to accommodate soldiers who weren't allowed to leave their cars while in uniform!


Yes. South African cars can have flame throwers to prevent carjacking. I suppose this makes sense, since cars are so essential to people. Developed economies really depend on them.


That's terrible! I wonder if that's part of the reason why cars took so long to catch on in other parts of the world, as opposed to the US?  America obviously doesn't have as large a carjacking problem as South Africa, otherwise we'd have cars with modded protection on it lol! Fun fact for you, the trunk of a car is called that because old cars used to have wooden trunks strapped to their back! As those were replaced with what we know today, I guess the name stuck!


Interesting! That reminds me, car is a mess, especially the trunk! Most cars seat one to 8 people, but mine is such a mess, I can barely squeeze in there! Better go clean it out now!


Lol! I wish my car could fit that many people, but I'm the same as you, my car barely fits myself and a passenger, even though its the size of a boat! It's just not very well designed, the roof slopes down to much for anyone above 3 feet to sit in the back! Maybe Ford could go back to their 1908 roots, and design a car that the masses really loved! Keep it simple!


Maybe, but simple cars are harder to rap about!


That's true! For example, Tyler, the Creator would have never been able to rap about Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla, if Tesla's cars weren't exotic and the opposite of simple! Awesome point!


Wow! I never knew he did that! I'll have to try to check that one out. I'm gonna go put on some rap and clean out the trunk. Talk to you later!


I sure do. DO you know how many teams it has within?


Yes there are 30 and one of them is from Canada.


Yes I do he is a great player, same as Reggie


Yeah he decided to stay in school before going to the NBA. Yeah Reggie is great too.


Yes but his sister was always better than him in the sport


Really? Wow, then there is a lot of talent in that house


Yes. she once scored 105 points in a game and broke 8 national records


Wow that is awesome. Most players have financial issues though after they retire


Wow that is too bad. Did you hear of the deal Iverson signed with Rebook?


No but I hope he made a good deal with them


It sure was good, he is making $800 000 a year and then $32 million after 55


Wow that is lots Did you know a coach suggested there should be no games on Christmas and got fined for that?


wow that is too much. Do you know which one is the Granny style shot?


Yes it is an interesting one to say the least


yes and the best one to score but players think it looks stupid so they do not practice that


Wow that is too bad. Did you know the NFL is entertainment rather than sport?


That is different, so it is in the same category as playing with the Nintendo


Yes pretty much . Nice chatting with you


I am well. Do you know about XXXTentacion?


Yes, he was shot and killed last year, very sad. My son was a fan so I heard all about it. He has very dark music but he was getting a better outlook and his songs were getting better I think. He was very controversial.


I knew of him but not his music. I am not his target audience. Wasn't he killed in a stick up?


I am not a rap fan really, but did listen to his songs while they were on the radio. Not sure whether his murder was a stick up or whether he was targeted. He was hated by many for his music.


Was his music contraversial? If so, how so?


He sang a lot about white privilege and black murders, police abuse etc, very depressed and his videos were very graphic. Sang about suicide a lot. his songs were always huge hits.


Wow, those seem like deep topics for a rapper to dive into. And you said your son listened to him?


Yes, he is 19 so he's old enough to know XXX'S music was and is about controversy etc. I did tell him to be careful and not get depressed by listening too much, and he didn't. He has every album X made.


I remember my parents talking to me about music. Marilyn Manson in particular. Did you have those talks with your parents about music?


That's good your parents cared, I have always been open minded about music and rap etc My parents didn't let me listen to music really so I went crazy by buying every album I could when I left home. Back then rap wasn't very popular within my group, But wow did I have a great Album collection!


Haha, yes I bought vinyl back then. The 70s and 80s Albums were the only affordable music, or listen to the radio. It is crazy how many Artists I listened to my whole life are still around, like Pink Floyd,Aerosmith etc. Great music.


I love Pink floyd. My dad had a huge collection too. And then when he went away to college, his mom threw them out. 5 kids, 3 rooms and a single mom. No room for vinyl....


That's awesome, they are a great band and their Albums are all great. I had to get rid of my collection when we moved to a different state and we had only 2 pick up trucks to haul our stuff so sadly I let them go. Nobody knew how music would change lol.....I still listen to all that genre of music on the radio so it's all good.


Yeah. I listen to classic rock at the gym a lot. Really good and I miss that type of music. Not many like that now...


Exactly, older music was a lot different than it is now. So many genre's and styles. Which don't get me wrong I like current music too and have listened to rap here and there. I think so many great artists have died so their albums spike in sales a lot of the time, look at Prince and Michael Jackson, they have higher sales than ever.


Yeah. Are you a prince fan? I could never get into him, despite my knowledge that he was great. Bowie too.


I liked Prince a bit but not a huge fan, although Purple Rain is a fav of mine, and Bowie was ok I never bought any of their albums, I was more rock I guess.


That makes me feel better. I always get judged when I say I do not like either. Nice chatting with you!


Yes, He played entire 18 years NBA carreer with Indiana pacer.


Yes. Did you know that in high school he was constantly overshadowed by his sister? She broke 8 national records!


He was considered as the Pacers greatest player all the time. He retired by 2006. Great loss to the NBA sports and fans.


I agree. They have determined that granny style is the most effective way to score points on the line. That's so surprising.


In 2002 Miller single handedly eliminated New jersy nuts in fifty and final game of the first round of the play.


Wow. I did not know that. Were you aware that Air Jordan's were banned from the NBA when released?


It worked out for Jordan though because he still wore them and Nike paid his fines. I'm sure it was worth the exposure for them.


Physicsts proved shooting granny style is the best technique to score point on the line.


I wonder why they don't use it more in that case?


Hard to say. Probably movies but I love TV, books, and video games also.


Music, drama, dance and storytelling is the different kind of performance in all culture we must support and encourage the actor and want to develop the culture.


Did you own or play an original Nintendo by any chance?


No, I heard nintendo entertainment system could display only 54 colors.


That's correct. We've come a long way. Did you know it was only discontinued in Japan in 2003?!


I'm assuming it had finally just run it's course. I haven't seen new ones for sale here since the early to mid 90's.


I have but in name and murder only. You?


I sadly didn't start listening to his music after his murder, he has done what Bowie and Prince didn't do by having a posthumous #1 hit. I guess because of his murder more it got his name more out there.


Yeah. It was all over a stick up too. I find the tragic loss of life associated with music depressing.


It is depressing. So many great artist have died before their time. Just like Notorious B.I.G., after he died his anthem "Mo Money Mo Problems" raced up the charts.


Yeah. There's a history of that happening. I think it happened to 2pac too. And Michael Jackson too.


Did you know that 2pac's music is in the Library of Congress?


I did know that! I wonder, of all the music, why they chose his music?


I guess it was because of his "cultural significance."


Wow. Did you know Canada radio has to play at least 40% canadian music? That's a lot of Celine Dion!


I've heard that. They play what, Celine Dion, Bieber and Drake?


HA! What a bunch of bad music. Maybe some Nickleback and Avril Levigne too!


You can't forget about them! I'd try to make a simple radio like soldiers in WWII made. They just used a razorblade and a pencil as the diode.


I would try that but I would probably slit my wrists trying to channel the channel.


Nickleback alone would make me want to do that. Did you know that Linkin Park's "Hybrid Theory" is the best-selling album of the 21st Century?


What a great line! HA! I know I wore out that CD when I went to gym when it first came out. I loved that one. Have you heard that mix between them and Jay-Z?


Yeah, that was one of my favorite CDs too. Collision Course was that CD with them and Jay-Z. It was a really good mix!


Yeah! That comes on my spotify every once in a while. It's a banger! It makes me happy. Was Collisiono Course only LP and Jay?


I believe it was just those two. I keep that and N.W.A's


When Chester died, a small part of my youth died that day. I was sad about it.


I hit enter too soon, sorry. But N.W.A's "Straight Outta Compton" is a constant rotation for me. It was actually the first album to reach Platinum Status without the support of airplay or a major tour.


Never really got into them but always meant to. Nice chatting with you.


Hello!  Have you ever heard about people in Britain breeding chickens for entertainment?


Oh yeah I believe I learned about that in History, it was a weird fact my teacher told us. Something about Caesar visited Britain in 50bc.


Right.  I think it surprised him to find that the chickens were bred for entertainment instead of food.


Definitely. I guess there is all kinds of entertainment out there, anything that can hold people's attention.  I like to play video games.  I thought it was sad that the NES was discontinued back in 2003.


Did you know that it could only display 54 colors?  Back then that was fantastic and nowadays people are shocked that that is all it could do.


I know, I mean nowadays there are so many types of electronics, I can't imagine what the gaming world will be like in a few more years.


I know what you mean.  Everything changes.  Back in the day a car trunk referred to a wooden truck on the back of the car and now it refers to a metal part of the car that I really can't describe other than to say trunk lol.


That's crazy they just used wooden trunks. Apparently it's legal to attach flame-throwers to the back of your car in south Africa? I don't understand how that prevents carjacking, but okay.


Really?  That would be awesome!  I can see myself punching the button to shoot the flames. I agree with you though. I don't see how it works to stop the carjacking but it is still pretty cool!


Picture this, just launching through the plains with a lion after you!


That's pretty wild!  Say thinking about video games a bit ago, did you know that a guy became a professional race car drive after beating 90,000 people on a video game?


Wow, he must have really loved that game. That's so cool!


i know.  He loved the game and then got a great job for it!  Just think, with cars you can either get a great job or shoot people with flame throwers lol!


Seriously though cars are a big part of our lives and they shape our lives too.  Just look at McDonalds. The whole reason there is a drive thru is because they invented it so soldiers didn't have to get out of their cars.


That is so interesting, I always thought it was because it would be more convenient.


I had thought that too.  I definitely never knew McDonalds invented it.  Get this, they did it in 1975. For some reason i assumed drive thrus had been around much longer.


Wow, you would think so too, especially with drive in movie theaters.


Hi. are you interested in rapping facts? Rapping is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular".


i am interested in many facts about rap. do you know a lot? please tell me.


I know a little.  Rap differs from spoken-word poetry in that rap is usually performed in time to an instrumental track.


yes, it has to be rhythmic to be rap. i guess the words should rhyme too.


Surprisingly, I recently learned where rap came from. The person credited with originating the style of "delivering rhymes over extensive music", that would become known as rap, was Anthony "DJ Hollywod" Holloway for Harlem, New York.


I did not know that. i know that the sugar hill gang made a tune called rappers delight. that was a hit.


I remember the Sugar Hill Gang from the 80s I think. They always said "CeeMooSaabEEE", lol.   Did you know that the rapper Tupac Shakur's music is in the library of Congress of "Cultural Significance?"


Tupac was a great guy and a solid musical talent. his music deserves recognition as a contribution to art.


I totally agree.  Did you hear that back in 2001 a Michigan judge delivered her ruling in the form of a rap when trying a suit filed against rapper Eminem? That's funny.


i guess she thought she was pretty cool. i would refrain from rapping unless i was good. i wonder if it was a good rap even.


Maybe Eminem started it, that just came to my mind. LOL.  Before he became a rapper, Eminem's true dream was to become a comic book artist, his favorite superhero was Spider-man.  That's awesome.


I think he would make a good artist. with the money he has, he could start his own comic book company. LOL


No doubt.   Did you also know that rapper Busta Rhymes voiced the reptar in the 1998 Rugrats movie?  That is pretty cool as well.


i never saw that movie. i think busta has been in a couple of movie. finding forrester? ??


I'm not sure, but I do know that that a Korean rapper invented a new type of freestyle, it's called "compliment battle".


that must be a reflection of their culture. one of respect for your competitors. that is cool. i wonder what they compliment each other about.


Probably instead of hating each other, maybe.  I found out something else I didn't know before about the word, "word".  The word predates the musical form, and originally meant "to strike", and is now used to describe quick speech or repartee.


Rap! That is good to know. Well, it has been fun rapping at ya! Thanks for the chat


Yes, I am a big Raptors fan. It's crazy how much companies are paying to put their logos on NBA jerseys.


I am sure it is extremely high to advertise on jerseys. Do you know how much?


Different team to team but everyone seems to get them these days. I did see Geico is paying 6.5 million per year for their patch on the Wizards jersey!


Wow that is a lot of money for a logo. Did you know corproate sponsors pay $1.12 billion on the NBA last year!?


I'm sure it's worth it for them. It's kinda funny it took this long to realize "hey lets stick patches on the jerseys". The Pacers and the Thunder are behind in the times. The last 2 teams without patch sponsorship.


I wonder why they do not have patch sponsorships. Seems like an easy way to make a lot of money.


It is strange. I find it hard to believe no one would want to buy a patch on their jerseys. All kinds of companies are getting in on this. Bumble on the clippers. They are a dating app!


They paid $7 million per year just to advertise a dating app!


I'm sure people looked them up and then decided to sign up. I was unaware of what Qualtrics was. They sponsor the Jazz. Turns out they are an online survey company and you know what once I figured out who they were I started doing surveys for them.


I had to use them when I was in college to conduct research. Very cool database.


I'm sure by next year the last 2 teams will have patches. Maybe they held out because once other places see how well they work they can charge more.


I agree. Do you know the nickname for the new zealand team?


No, I didn't even know they played basketball in new zealand. I really only follow the NBA..


That sounds a little offensive. Like I said I only watch the NBA and mainly the Raptors. They are after all Canada's only NBA team.


Yes, I am surprised they are allowed to have that nickname.


Have you ever been to the NBA headquarters in NY? I'd really like to go on my next vacation.


I have not. But I heard it is in the olympic tower.


I'm probably going to go in the summer to NYC so it would be easy to schedule it. There is so much entertainment in new york but I think devoting a day to that would be worth it.


I am going to go look into planning a trip there. It was nice talking to you.


Did you hear about the death of Denis Cuspert?


Hello, I did hear about that. Heard he's a rapper.


He is, his death is not yet comfirmed but I believe its him,


I do, one of my favorite genres, do you ?


I like some of it. Mostly older rap like Bone Thugs and Tupac.


Tupac was the best, his music in in the library of congress so a real icon of the genre


I loved Tupac. A shame he died so young.


I know right, its a shame, the world of rap lost a lot that day, have you heard compliments batlles?


I agree. I have heard of competition battles.


I think its a weird style lol, how do you even lose a compliment battle, Korean rappers are the weirdest


Yea that sounds weird. The world's fastest English rapper can rap at a rate of 14.1 syllables per second.


Wow, that is really fast, do you know his name?


It says Noclue. Never heard of him before.


I havent heard of him either, what about Busta Rhymes, have you heard of him?


I have heard of him. I used to listen to him a lot back in the day.


He is the voice of reptar wagon in the Rugrats movie


Very cool. I used to watch Rugrats all the time growing up. Did you know there is a deaf rapper named signmark who rhymes in sign language?


I used to watch the show as well, and no I didnt know that, a lot of talented rappers out there


I do like cars, I like the sense of freedom that they give me.


I'm more of rock guy, but I definitely like good rap. How about yourself?


I do like rap yeah, it has a great rhythm and one of my favorite rappers is the late Tupac.


Tupac was awesome. What's your favorite Tupac song?


I like Hit Em Up, do you have a favorite song?


Yeah I really like Changes. Kind of a positive message. The opposite of Hit Em Up lol. It's kind of funny that Tupac actually grew up as a theatre kid not a thug.


It is funny, but I bet he was respected by his friends. Do you like Eminem?


I do. I really grew with Eminem at his peak. I remember trying to buy his albums and all the outcry from adults. He's a legend in my book. Do you?


I do like him, his a rap legend I agree with you there. He wanted to become a comic book artist once.


I could see that, based on the Real Slim Shady. And I think he's used comic book imagery in some of his videos. Do you have favorite Eminem rap?


I like the Lose Yourself song, its one of my favorite ones when I work out I also like Without Me.


I'm not sure. I really like Superman, Role Model and Sayin' Goodbye to Hollywood. There's a song that he did with Kendrick Lamar called Love Game which a lot of people don't know that is seriously underrated.


Yeah so on another topic do you like cars?


I drive one, but I'm not necessarily a car guy. I can appreciate a cool looking car though. Yourself?


I can too, one of my favorite brands is Cadillac


Ahh named after the found of Detroit. Cadillac is one of my favorite American cars, probably right behind Jeep. I wish I had a Jeep.


Yeah Jeeps are also really cool, they are expensive also I would like a Mustang or a Camaro as well.


Do you like to race cars? I definitely drive in the fast lane in the highway a lot of the time, but I'm no race car driver.


I like to watch car races but Im not a racer, Im a safe driver lol, its been good chatting with you tonight.


It's always good to be safe, but I don't think we need to equip cars with flame-throwers like you can in South Africa lol. Take care, nice chatting with you as well!


Yeah that seems excessive, good thing they arent legal in America, have a good night, bye.


I love to be entertained. How about you?


Gladiator, What we do in life will echo through eternity, lol! Speaking of Romans/Greeks Caesar visited Britain in 50bc and found that they use chicken for entertainment.


Hilarious! By the way did you play nintendo?


Yes i loved the Nintendo and it's 54 colors display. We have come a long way!


That we have. Do you have a game system now?


PS4 and 3. How about you? Did you know Reagan got turned down for a role because they said he did not look presidential enough. How ironic!


Well, I'm looking at PS4 or XBox , but I really don't know which is better. Any opinion on that?


Have you ever had a gaming system before? PS Controllers were molded after Nintendo.


Yeah, I had a bunch, sega, nintendo, wi, PS2....


I would stick with the PS. Hey fun fact do you know who was responsible for the dunk being banned for almost a decade?


You know it the jam master, lol!! Do you know who James Naismith was?


He invented basketball, he was a kansas university coach who apparently never won a game.


LOL, he must have really struggled then!


I know how do you create something and then be no good at it, lol! Hey at least he gave us a his legacy right.


That's true. Doesn't sound like it helps though. I've never heard of him.


Me either, maybe for that reason, lol. You know in 39 of 50 states the highest paid profession is a basketball or football coach.


Interesting. Well, nice chatting with you.


You too!! I think some of that money should be allocated to the teachers and books and stuff.


I'm fine! How are you? Do you follow the NBA?


I usually follow the league around playoff times. The best approach to shooting free throws is the "granny style" according to physicists. It is not pretty, though.


No, it's not. Almost as ugly as the Wizards season!


I hear ya. The players still get paid well, though. By averagy salary, NBA players are the world's best paid athletes.


Tim Duncan stayed in college and lost millions in NBA money.


That's not the decision that I would have made. You can always go back to college after you finish playing.


I know and he missed out on a lot of endorsements because he just didn't care. Air jordans were banned for a period of time.


I wonder why the league banned Air Jordans. Did they give an unfair advantage, or was the league just not making money off them?


I think they were too radical and not approved by the NBA. David Stern was not a progressive commissioner.


I wonder how big the fine was that Nike had to pay. The publicity was probably worth the cost. The money for endorsements far exceeds the salaries of top players.


Small enough that the ROI was worth the fine. It's like when Dee Snyder went to talk to the senate. His album sales went up after that!


I wonder what Allen Iverson is going to do with a $32 million payday when he turns 55. He could start a shoe company!


That's a lot of money... There's a basketball court on the top floor of the supreme court... Who knew!


There are only 9 justices, not enough to make up two teams. I suppose they are allowed to dunk, unlike Kareem.


I heard the Notorios RBG has a great vertical. Dunks on Kennedy all the time.


She's the Spud Webb of the Supremes. She stays in shape to maintain respect on the court.


I did see her trainer released a book. Seems like an odd thing to do since his client is a Judge.


Notoriety is enough to get a readership. Well, I enjoyed chatting with you!


I'm doing pretty good. Are you a basketball fan?


I am especially the NBA! The NBA was founded in 1946. Do you like it?


I do, I liked the players in the 90s. Jordan, Reggie Miller, Allen Iverson, Jerry Stackhouse.


Allen iverson is set for life with his Reebook endorsement! As long as he doesn't keep spending all his money!


I think he got the good end of the deal. I don't see Reebok making that much off of him. I guess they were hoping he'd be as big as Jordan. They just didn't want Nike to be able to get him.


I remember getting his shoes they were awesome! Nike did well with Jordan though, even paying his fines back when Air Jordans were banned in the NBA.


I'd say that investment paid off for them big time. Jordan's are the highest selling shoes in basketball.


Oh for sure! I applaud Tim Duncan though for sacrificing money to get a college education first and then going into the NBA.


That was a very responsible thing for him to do. He had a very long career in the NBA too so I think that helped him out a lot.


It really did! Do you know what the most effective way to shoot a free throw is?


Granny Style, they say it's the absolute best technique to consistently score but NBA players refuse to do it because it looks stupid. I'd be out there granny-ing it up!


Same here if it's getting me paid! Reggie Miller was another great wasn't he?


Yeah he was really good. He just could never escape his sister Cheryl's shadow when he was younger.


One time in high school he scored 40 points but the same night his sister scored 105 lol. Sibling rivalry much?


That's crazy, she even broke 8 national records. I think she went on to be a pretty successful coach too, if I'm not mistaken.


She did! Have you ever been to the highest court in the land?


Yeah isn't that the court on the top floor of the US Supreme Court?


It is! I think that is so cool haha. Basketball is definitely a national pastime in the US as well!


Yeah it is. I'd like to see them playing.


I agree that would be cool! Anyways, great chat! Have a great day!


Yes I love all types of music, One of my favorite things to do is to listen to the radio in my car and sing along. How about you?


Nice me too. Did you ever manage to catch Jupiter's storms on am?


No that is crazy that sounds can be heard from that far. I wonder if sound can do more than people think like change our moods and thoughts. I wonder if the Jupiter storm could effect us.


Hmmm good point. Do you listen to Canadian radio?


No Since I am in america but I have heard that in Canada 40 percent of the music must be from canadian artists. I love the rap music they play on the radio. Have you ever heard of Tupac?


Yes , his music is in the library of congress, that is how important the guy was


Rap music has come a long way since just being poetry. It is even big in korea where they made a new kind of rap called freestyle battle. Do you still buy CDs or albums?


I buy them from time to time, the digital versions. How about you? Do you have a favorite one?


I am a big fan of rock music like Linkin Park. I think their cd called Hybrid theory is the best selling cd of the 21st century. Have you ever used cassettes?


I have actually and I love that album, they are so great


It is amazing how people love music. I heard that two 100 year old twins made a rap cd in Japan. Do you like rap more than rock?


Hmm not not really I still like rock better/ Have you heard of Reel Big Fish?


I have heard a greatest hits album by them and I thought it was good. I like old school rap better than todays rap, Have you ever heard NWA?


Yeah they had the first album to reach platinum without advertising it


Yea I think its cause they were unique and actually had some rapping skill. Have you ever heard of eminem? I think he is the best rapper


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


Yea I heard he was a big fan of Spider man, Kinda weird cause his music is not so friendly. I remember some radio stations did not want to play his music.


Yeah, go figure. Do you know Busta Rhymes?


Yea he is that rapper that is known for rapping really fast. I heard he even was on the kids shows rugrats as a voice. I think we should promote happy and positive rap music


I totally agree with that because I believe that way it can also be educational. Nice chatting with you :)


Yes, I am actually a big NBA fan and follow it pretty closely


I have been out of the loop for a while with its happenings.  I tend to watch college during tournament time.


While I like college ball, I prefer the NBA.  My favorite player of all time is Tim Duncan of the Spurs


I was always a Jordan fan.  90s Bulls all the way!


Hey I liked Jordon too.  Space Jam was an awesome movie!


Yes, it might beat the original as the highest grossing BB movie of all time.  Lebron is going to star


I wonder if kids these days will recognize the Looney Toons. or if they will just something they will relate to.


I imagine so.  The looney toons are classic and timeless.  Everyone likes Bugs Bunny


There was even a bugs bunny game on the NES.  It was pretty great!


I did not know that bug I am not surprised.  Warner Bros never misses a marketing opprotunity.


I have always prefered Looney Tunes characters of the Disney ones


I would agree there.  My favorite was always the Roadrunner.


He is a good one.  I liked the Tiny Tunes as a kid


Ahhh..  I forgot about those!  They were awesome.  Buster Bunny, Dizzy...  good memories.


And then they also had the Animaniacs, which might have been my favorite cartoon growing up


Plus all the Nickelodeon cartoons.  What a trip down memory lane.


Yes, Ren and Stimpy and Rocks modern life were a major part of my childhood.


They should all be in the movie, that way kids today will be introduced to how awesome they were.  Great chat!  Have a nice day!


Awesome! When I was a kid you were able to dial zero for emergency. 911 didn't exist.


Yeah!  Back in the good old days!  I used my telephone twice today while I was watching baseball.


Speaking of baseball did you know that managers wear the uniform so they can jump into the game if they are needed?


I had heard that before.  I think it was during a Yankees game.  The best thing is that it's so fast to dial 212 there.


Ha! yes, seeing that the first area code for New York was 212!


I know!  I wonder how long it would take to speed read 212.  I bet Anne Jones could read it really fast.


I guess, they put lots of stuff in braille.  It's in braille on my elevator.  The one I take to go watch baseball in New York.


Hey, back to phones, did you know Unicef will donate water to children in need for every day that you don't lose your cell phone?


I know!  Isn't that nifty of them.  I could probably go without using mine for maybe 10 or 15 minutes or so, probably.


All my friends say she reads really fast.  Like 4700 words a minute fast.  She must be a blast at parties.   Always reading stuff quick.


Probably.  I know a lot of women who like to talk a lot.  Maybe she can talk really fast while reading terrible poetry.


Like the competitions between CS Lewis and Tolkien must have been.


Exactly!  That reminds me, as soon as I'm done here, I'm gonna go read Ender's Game, like they do in the Marine Corps.


I've never read Ender's game but we don't want to cause a moral panic reading too many novels like they did in the 18th century.


That's true and if you don't like it, you can always read Starship Troopers.


The first sci-fi novel on the reading list of three of the five military branches!


The military really knows how to pick good books!


Good afternoon! Read any good books lately?


No, I have not.  I would like to read Starship Troopers.  I saw the movie and thought the movie was good.


Normally the book is pretty good if they made it into a movie. Did you know it's the first sci-fi novel on the reading lists of 3 U.S. military branches?


Yeah.  I wonder why the book is on their reading list.


It must have something to do with combat situations. Ender's Game was actually suggested reading for the USMC, probably for similar reasons.


Centuries ago the reading of novels was feared.  That is a sign of how powerful books are.  Obviously the military considers books powerful, otherwise they wouldn't make military members devote such time to read them.


Yes, words can be very influential, but the entertainment value is unlimited, as well. C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien used to have "you laugh, you lose" competitions when they read terrible poetry.


I never read a Harry Potter book.  I think that I should some day.


They have some creative aspects, like the game they play on brooms, Quidditch. Definitely less straightforward than real sports like baseball.


Reading books is a great way to spend time.  Better than being absorbed by technology.  Unicef will donate a day's worth of water to a child for every minute you do not use your cell phone!


That's admirable, although I wonder how they compute that figure. Did you know that an iPhone has more computing power than the entire US ICBM deterrent?


Yeah, that is amazing!  Or how about that there are cables for phone and internet data that lay on the ocean floor!


Yes, that seems a bit too simple for such an important piece of infrastructure, but sometimes simple technologies are strong. For example, two phonebooks with their pages simply overlapping cannot be separated.


Yeah, the way the world works is so fascinating.  The history behind it is interesting too.  The New York area code was chosen as 212 because that was the fastest number to dial.


Those were the days, when people used rotary phones and collected baseball cards.


Reading books is useful to remember history.  Annie Jones could read 4,700 words per minute.  Imagine how up to date with current events and history she could be if she read all day, or at least as much as she could read all day.


Well, I imagine it's hard to actually move all of that information from short term memory into long term memory or engage in critical analysis.


I think reading is necessary to remember history.  It'd be interesting to see the difference between cultures that have no reading and writing and therefore don't remember history and those that have tremendous amounts of writing like in the United States' culture.


Oral histories are certainly more malleable and open to modification than written ones; I'd think the biggest drawback would not being able to move forward with science without recording procedures and proof in order to verify accumulated knowledge.


Yeah I agree.  Lack of technology would be prevalent in cultures without written history.


Yes, they certainly wouldn't develop the fantasies like the telephone or Starship Troopers that seemingly come to life haha.


Yeah.  Well it was nice chatting.  Have a good day!


Philip Savopoulos was a victim of a 2015 quadruple killing


That is so tragic.  He was only ten years old.


It's a shame that so many families are affected by these and like killings.


The people who killed them held them as hostages, got their $40,000 ransom, then killed them.


Wint pleaded not guilty saying he was set up.


I wish I knew more about how he saw "set up" because if he was a part of it at all he's guilty. He at least knew them.


The young boy tragically was home sick and got in the middle of the disaster.


I'm not sure what you mean. Had he been enrolled in boarding school like his sisters?


He went to St. Albans a private all-boys school and was home ill.


It is unfortunate he was caught in the middle of it. Maybe his being home only made the bad guys more confused because they only expected the parents Amy and Savvas to be at home.


Probably.  On a different note, did you know that it's impossible to separate two phonebooks that simply have their pages overlapped together?


What if it was from a really, really small town? I wonder how long after dial telephones were invented they invented phone books. Modern cell phones have scientific roots in the 1930's.


I don't know.  Good question.  An iphone though has more computing power than the entire us nuclear icbm deterrent.


That is great, but if you can't get any bars it is not much of a phone. The correlation between bars and quality of service is pretty slim.


Yes.  Did you know that Cs Lewis and Tolkien had "you laugh you lose" competitions?


No, I like George R. R. Martin more.  He was writing dramatic stories as a child.


Wow, that is cool.  In the 18th century there was "moral Panic" due to the spread of reading of novels.


Who thought is was immoral? today there are places that think reading goes with exercise and have "reading bicycles".


Not sure exactly who the "who" was but people at that time somewhere.


Well, the people who instituted reading bicycles were with an elementary school and their test scores went up.


A lot of kids seem to need movement and sitting in class all day and then just going on technology at night must not be good for them so moving on a bike is simulating natural!  Did you know that Baseball managers wear uniforms because they can play for the team if needed.


I didn't know that. Maybe they could play baseball after reading. Since it involves lots of physical activity, like running and throwing balls.


The factual section 3: Literature appears to have some questionable "facts" in it.


What are some questionable facts? They seem pretty reasonable-- it's crazy that Terry Pratchett was knighted, but I believe it.


That the food and drug administration engages in censorship? That is well outside its legal framework.


I'm not really sure where you're seeing that, but the FDA definitely engages in censorship. They manipulate the information on foods about their sugar and calorie levels.


Censorship of food and drug labels, yes. Censorship of literature? That's harder to believe. I see that in the line "The fda burned six tons of literature in an act of us censorship"


I'm not sure if we're supposed to mention specifics like that, but I definitely don't have that fact. But if it's true, that's insane (and believable). There's some shady things going on in America... On another note, did you know the man considered to be "the father of modern Olympics" won only one gold medal for a poem he wrote about sports?


I did not know that. The grammar and capitalization errors throughout the entire work (all sections) make me dubious of a lot of these.


That's fair. But just because something has errors in it doesn't mean it's entirely wrong... It could just be translated or done on purpose. Also, when you read it I assume you read it silently. That's something relatively new-- only really skilled readers in the middle ages could read silently and instead read like young children today-- aloud and sounding the words out so they could understand it.


True, it just makes you question to care put into its creation. Yes, I read it silently. The article seems like an amalgamation of the nanny case in Boston years ago and the more recent ones in NYC.


Yeah, I heard about those. That's probably what made the book so popular all of a sudden, though it all happened a few years ago. But it's a persistent idea-- is there an ideal nanny? An ideal person? Can we trust anyone?


As a parent, this terrified me. My desire to read a novel like this is essentially nil.


But wouldn't it be better to know what could happen to be prepared for it? To see the red flags?


I would suspect that the title gives away that there were none.


Well, I mean, you can read in between the lines. Sometimes there's suspicious things that go unnoticed by the general public or even the author... Like the idea that "the author is dead"; once and author publishes a work it's open wide to the public to read it and interpret it how they want.


Speaking of reading between the lines, novels like these come across as a vague attack on working mothers. You can't trust anyone, so don't.


That's true, I haven't thought of it that way... You might as well trust everyone because it's more likely than not that they'll be trustworthy. And if you're always scared of everyone, you'll never make friends to anything. But then why do books like this catch so much attention?


They play on some of our darkest fears. The death of your child is probably the greatest fear of a lot of people.


That's true. Isn't there something called the Crashed Car Effect? How when there's something very terrible happening, you can't help but look at it?


I haven't heard of anything with that name, but it makes sense. It's also a form of ritualization: if I worry about something enough, it keeps it from happening.


And that usually makes it happen faster or worse in some cases... Focusing on something too much can be bad.


The transition between a murderous nanny and random facts was jarring to me.


How's it going? Do you own a smartphone? Apparently an iphone has more computing power than the US nuclear ICBM deterrent


Hey there, yes, I have the samsung galaxy s8


It's crazy how far phones have come, the NYC 212 area code was made because it was the fastest to dial on a rotary phone


Is that right? I did not know that. Yeah 212 is easy to dial. I've always had iphones in the past...4, 5, 5S, 6


Yea, it's crazy how an Iphone uses satelites and towers for calls while older phones would use cables across the ocean floor to call places across the world


yeah 5G rolling out, will be interesting to see where that goes


Yea 5g will help a lot, I wonder if Unicef will still donate clean water for every minute you don't use your cell phone when 5g comes out


Unicef does that? I've never heard of that, that would be a lot of water donated on my behalf.


Yea apparently, I wonder how unicef calculates how much water to donate for not using a cell phone


I just looked it up, it looks like they watch the motion sensor in your phone.


Interesting. Have you ever been to any concerts? The Ramones have played 2,263 concerts over 20 years


last concert I went to was the Black Crowes in denver 2016, I think. How about you?


Nothing but school concerts which were pretty bad, not as bad a Creed concert though, in 2002 four concert goers filed a lawsuit against them


vaguely remember creed....had the song "higher" or something like that.


Yea I don't like them at all, I do listen to some Pink Floyd, back in 1972 they recorded a concert in a roman ampitheater in pompeii with no audience


yeah saw that to the left. That woulda been something to be the only one there for that.


I wonder if Pink Floyd at least recorded their empty concert in the amphitheater


I'm sure they would have. Somebody's got it somewhere


I wonder if Pink Floyd ever played in ancient roman amphitheater still in use in Croatia


yeah, even seeing creed there might have been ok


Yes I do but I have not been going to any in the last two years.  I have been too busy with work and family.


I see, well concerts are a bit expensive and sometimes not worth it, like Creed, they performed a terrible concert back in 2002


Linkin park played 324 concerts in 2001.  That's a lot.  I think it was almost everyday during the entire year.  Probably more than once per day.


It is a lot I guess drugs provided them with endurance lol, there is an ancient roman amphitheater in croatia used for concert venues, I  wonder if the band ever played there


Which band are you talking about?  Linkin Park?


Yeah Im talking about Linking Park, I heard the Ramones also played a lot of concerts in 20 years


I do not if they did it at that particular place.


I see well Pink Floyd played at a roman amphitheater in Pompeii, the concert had no audience.


I wonder why he had no audience.  He could have made tons of money.


I think he did that on purpose, he wanted to record the concert with no audience maybe to sell it later, I will have to Google that later


You are probably right.  Do you have interesting facts about radio?


No not really, I am a book person, dont really listen to the radio much, CS Lewis is my favorite author, do you like reading?


I used to read a lot but recently I  have been reading only to my grand kids.


I see, well Anne Jones holds the record of speed reading I guess she does read a lot


Wow,  it's really amazing?  I would love to meet her and ask her questions.  Apparently, Ender's game was a suggested reading for various military organizations in the US.  I do not know why they chose this particular book though.


I watched the movie and have no clue either, Starship Troopers is also on that list


I need to research since I'm rather curious.  Apparently CS Lewis and Tolkien held "you laugh you lose" competitions.  Did you hear about it?


I didnt hear about that competition but it does sound interesting, I wonder who was the champion,


I don't know but you were not supposed to laugh when you read terrible poetry.


Thats an odd competition lol, maybe just as odd as the moral panic because of books back in the 18th century,


I love it!  The first king to travel around the world was King Kalakaua of Hawaii.  I would love to be able to say I've done that.


He must have great stories to tell I wonder if he ever stole a garden gnome, many people steal those when they travel and then return them to their owners


lol That's funny!  I always wondered when I saw pictures of them in odd places where they shouldn't be. lol


Yeah I think thats a really funny tradition. Did you know air travel is 10% slower now


Airlines reduce the speed to save fuel costs, I bet that will change in a future, planes should use solar energy


Ahhh...that makes sense.  The Dutch are creating a commuter bus designed to travel at 160mph.  Weeeeeee!  lol


That sounds really fast, insanely fast and really dangerous not sure if I would step in in one of those.


I would if I knew I could make it safely.  All of Japans highways are tolls and it costs more than $300 to travel across the country.  I'll have to remember that if I ever go there.


$300 dollars, woah that seems expensive, still might be worth it, Japan is a country with beautiful landscapes


Yes.  It looks beautiful.  Have you ever been to Mackinac island in Michigan?


No I havent been there? what about you? is it nice?


I haven't but it sounds nice.  They banned motorized vehicles there for over 100 years and most travel by horse drawn carriages or bikes.  Sounds like a good place to get aways for a few days.


It does sound like a relaxing place I would like to go there and have a relaxing vacation time.


Are you a fan of tv?  Did you ever watch "That 70s Show"?


I used to love that show yeah what about you?


I loved it.  The remade it verbatim in the UK and called it "Days like These".  It was cancelled after 10 episodes!  It's been fun chatting!


I guess remakes of shows tend to be really bad, it was great chatting bye, have a nice day.


i dont watch tv too often. i sometimes watch at the gym when i exercise.


yes, i do remember the simpsons. i enjoyed watching that many years ago. do you watch the simpsons?


Not anymore really.  I read that there is an episode where Bart is not mentioned or seen.  Weird huh?!


yes, i guess there had to be one that he wasnt in. i wonder which episode it was.


And he is not in it at all? That is a strange name for an episode without Bart. Boy, those SImpson writers sure have an odd sense of humor


that makes sense. the simpsons likes to play with the audience. Oh well. LOL.


Yeah its so random.  I also learned that Homer has had over 180 jobs in the simpsons lol


he is such a loser. putting him in a job is a good way to show just how incompetent he is. there is so much humor in that situation.


yeah that is pretty funny,  but Homer is very, uh, special lol


Homer is one of the greatest TV characters ever. I think that he know how to read but he has no knowledge of literature.


I love reading. Reading is a complex process that requires many parts of the brain. I think that it is an excellent way to learn.


yeah absolutely.  Anne jones speed reads at 4,700 words per minute!


she must be very smart indeed. and her eyeballs must move at a mile a minute! but i have to wonder whether she can remember everything that she reads.


I know right,  what qualifies as speed reading,  does she understand everything she is reading.


Yes, it is useless to read fast but not remember anything LOL. Anyway, this was a great chat!


Hello, im great, do you have kids? I think the article is dedicated mostly to parents as the main topic is focused toward the end of the school year.


I have kids as well, and I know how much they look forward to summer vacation lol,


Oh yeah! My son loves summer vacation. Although he thinks he can just sit around and watch tv. He's so naive...


I my kids are naive as well, there are many questions that I ask myself as a parent though, I think its important for parents to reflect and try to improve things for our kids.


I agree. I have a hard time saying "no" to tv. I do say it but it is just so easy to let them watch tv and leave me alone while I work.


I agree, its hard for parents after all we dont get summer vacation lol, still I try to find time to make my kids grow.


Yeah. I just had my son next to me at my desk doing math homework. I hope I set a good example, at least...


I think it is, I try to reward my kids efforts that seems to work with me, I also try to limit their social media use among other things.


Mine are 5 & 7 so I have not had to cross the social meida bridge yet but I am not looking forward to it. Any tips?


Yeah, keeping track of their social media pages, giving them privacy but filtering them as there is a lot of violence, sexual language among other dangers out there.


Do you force them to Friend/follow you? I am so worried that technology will pass me by and they will be jerks without me knowing...


No not really, I just take a look at their activities once in a while I try to give them privacy but Im just too worried about the dangers of the internet.


Me too. I think my son has a great heart and wants to do well. I think he will be corrupted though and could be talked into poor choices...


That is my fear as well, I want my son to read more so Im buying him some novels, do you have any recomendations?


Not really. I read a lot of business books. How old is he?


He is 11 years old, do you think Starship Troopers could be a good choice? what are your thoughts


I think so. Although the movie is not appropriate for that age. I would suggest finance books too like Rich Dad, Poor Dad.


Ok I will look into those options thanks, you know the record of reading is like 4700 words per minute


I  stayed up so late watching the tele. Do you like watching television?


Me too! Obviously I prefer the entertainment to the advertising, and usually to the news. What do you like to watch?


I agree. I love The Walking Dead and Animal Kingdom. What about you?


I like The Simpsons. Did you know there is only one episode where Bart neither appears, nor is mentioned?


The Simpsons are great. Hard to believe only one episode he didn't appear in.


Also, did you know when South Park aired its Family Guy episode, they got flowers from the Simpson's crew?


Wow I didn't know that. Pretty cool they gave them flowers.


Yeah. I wonder how many episodes of the Simpsons there even are? I know there are over 750 episodes of Pokemon!


I know there are a ton because it's been going on for 30 years. Tons of Pokemon episodes too!


Yup! There are enough  Pokemon episodes to watch 50 episodes a year for 16 years straight! I also love to watch travel shows because I love to travel. Do you like to travel?


That's crazy. I love traveling. It's one of my favorite things to do.


Me too!I love to travel by train, but an airplane will do, I guess. Did you know Iceland has no public rail service? Most Icelanders without cars use domestic flights to travel between major towns! That seems crazy!


I did not know that about Iceland. I saw air travel is 10% slower than in the 1960's in order to save on fuel costs.


Wow! I wouldn't have guess that. Everyone seems to want to go faster, faster, faster! In fact, the Dutch are creating a commuter bus designed to travel at 160 mph!


It sure is. Faster than an average bus or car. You know, Mackinac Island, Michigan has banned motorized vehicles for over 100 years. Most people travel by horse-drawn carriage or bikes. Nobody is going 160mph on Mackinac Island!


it would probably be pretty relaxing! I'm going to go research it more. Have a good day!


I think it would be relaxing as well. I love traveling.


I hope you get to travel somewhere good soon! Bye!


Sounds good you too. Good chatting with you!


Yes, I use the phone.  Mostly my smartphone.


same here, did you know ny area code is 212 because its the easiest to dial on rotary?


I did not know that.  Back in the day, operators had to dial numbers for people


Yeah Ive seen that in movies,  I thought that was so weird lol


The very first phones were just directly connected to each other.  Basically just wired from one phone to another.


Pretty similar yes.  Know phones are basically tiny powerful computers


I know right,  the iphone has more computing power than the us nuclear icbm deterrant.


Yes, and  I cant get my kid to stop looking at his phone


i guess you gotta make something else seem way more interesting,  I never let my kids play with my phone lol but Ive heard thats what you are suppose to do,  instead of scolding them to not use it.


Yeah, I know I need encourage them to solve their own problems.


Tell them that Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child in need every minute they dont use your cell phone!


I know right!  did you know the cables carrying phone and data under the ocean are only 2.7 inches in diameter?


That seems very small for what information it carries


Yeah.  Its amazing what technology can do,  and everything can be minimized,  like sd cards,  they are so tiny but carry a lot.


I actually go to several concerts per year.  It is great to see a band play live


awesome,  who are some of your favorites to see?


I have seen many rock bands, such as Linkin Park


Yes I love to travel. What about you? I want to try that Dutch commuter bus that can travel at 160 mph.


I do too! I can't imagine traveling at slower rates at this point, like imagine being King Kalakaua of Hawaii and being the first king to travel around the world.


Yeah that is a big accomplishment. In Japan it costs $300 travel across the country.


I would never want to travel the whole country then I think, it's mostly just from highway tolls rights?


Yes exactly right. Must be cheaper to fly. Just like in Iceland there's no public real service so most people fly.


It's shocking how many areas of the world still have old school transportation. I think in Mackinac Island, Michigan, they've banned motorized vehicles for over 100 years, can you imagine?


Yeah I think that is such a step back in time. They only have horse drawn carriages and bikes.


It seems like something out of fantasy honestly. On that note, are you a big fan of the fantasy genre?


You're exactly right.  Love fantasy. There's fantasy everything. People even fantasy draft the national spelling bee.


Yeah isn't it weird how many fantasy leagues there are? I think you can even do the same for members of congress, with Fantasy congress!


Yes there're so many fantasy leagues. Fantasy Congress sounds boring though LOL. The most legislative success wins!


Ahah definitely seems boring, maybe it's actually a simulation and Fantasy congress is real Congress! After all just a single fold in the brain makes the difference between reality and fantasy.


Yes that's a very good point. I feel like some people have those lines blurred. Terry Pratchett was knighted for his services to literature.


That's interesting! People go to incredible lengths for fantasy. A janitor once took six years to write a 15,145 page fantasy script, and it wasn't even discovered till after his death.


That is amazing. Didn't that also include 300 watercolor illustrations?


I think it did! On another subject, are you a big TV person?


Not so much anymore I am more Netflix now. I always wonder what it would be like to watch movies in monochrome a.k.a. black-and-white.


Me too, it's a good thing we have color TV now, one of my favorite shows to enjoy is South Park, it wouldn't be the same in monochrome.


Oh yes you're totally right. I think it's cool the Simpson's crew gave the South Park crew flowers. It was lovely being able to chat with you today.


Yes they did! And it was nice talking to you as well, have a good day!


Yes when we have a reality TV star as president many people look for cult of celebrity in politics


I heard that he had his own defense minister killed.


Yes he has killed many people.  He tortured witnesses and his own family members


I've heard that about him. I don't even think they have the internet in North Korea.


The regular people do not but the king does.  He has a lot of things while his people are starving


Apparently Kim Jong Un cuts his own hair too.


He is unlike most celebrities with money and fame for sure.


He also apparently orders the repairs of theme parks himself.


I did not know anything about North Korea having theme parks.  Many celebrities in the US make lots of money - even minor ones like Judge Judy.


I believe that she makes a lot of money, she is on TV every single day. It is hilarious.


Yes.  I love that Ethiopia has a celebrity chef who believes he can combat hunger by encouraging diverse eating


That is very interesting, I've never heard of Jenna Marble the youtube celebrity, but apparently she makes $346,827 from it.


Wow.  I knew youtube can pay some people a lot for ads!


They do, you have to wonder how long something like that will be able to last though.


But some are even teenagers making much more than working at McDonalds!


This is true, I wonder if people in North Korea could earn a living off of Youtube.


I don't think the people in North Korea have access to the Internet


I do not think they do either, apparently not good barbers either!


Yes North Korea is an awful dictatorship run by the Kim family for years.


Do you know many facts about celebrities?


I know some, Lebron James is the highest paid which is not surprising given both his salary and endorsements. You will never guess who the next highest paid celebrity is. Unless you already know.


Hmmmm....I don't know who it is? Who is it?


Judge Judy if you can believe that! I mean I know a lot of people watch but still it's not that great of a show and it's on during the day.


Who would have thought that?  I do know that Carol Burnett was the first celebrity to appear on Sesame Street.


Interesting. I forgot Sesame Street had celebrities on it. Of course when I watched I had no idea who those people were!


Me too!  I remember that show in the 70s.  Pixar has a secret room that is often visited by celebrities.  I wonder why they get exclusive access?  Hmmmm


A lot of celebrities want to be in pixar movies. I think for them it's fun and a change of pace, however I'm sure actual voice actors get annoyed that they often use big name celebrities who are regular actors.


True!  Speaking of voice actors...Robin Williams was the voice of Aladdin.


Yes, he was one of the first big name guys to take on voice acting. Shame about him.


That bummed me out when I heard about it.  I loved all the different roles he played and his stand up act was good too.


Yes he truly was gifted. I guess it's kinda funny I was somewhat complaining about celebrities taking voice actors jobs. Nowadays so many celebrities want to enter politics.


No doubt!  It's kind of funny.  Obviously, there is Trump and Reagan.  But there's been a lot of others...Arnold (gov. of CA).  Clint Eastwood was a mayor.  I remember Sonny Bono was maybe a mayor too?


Yes you're right! and with Trump's  "success" it's probably only going to get worse. It's not just in the US though. Indonesia elected a pop star as president. He's even released more albums in office!


I wonder if his albums were any good?  lol


Some people must like them. He's made 3 in office so clearly they are doing well.


yes...obviously they sell otherwise he wouldn't have made 3. lol  Up until 1805 the runner up in the US presidential elections automatically became vice president.  I wonder how that would play out today?


I don't think it would end well. It wouldn't be a bad idea to have the runner up work with the winner, but having them become vice president was probably a bad idea if they stopped doing it so long ago.


That's what I was thinking.  Kind of a different fact for a different country....we don't actually know how old Kim Jong Un from North Korea is.  I'


Personally I wouldn't believe almost anything we know about Kim Jong Un. They say he learned to drive at 3, how could he even hold the wheel? No information about him is reliable.


Could you imagine driving at 3?  You're right!  I've had fun chatting with you!


It can't be done. At least not in a standard car! Bye!


Hello.  I heard recently that over 80 percent of our natural forests have been destroyed.  That's really sad don't you think?


That is very sad. I hope something gets done about that soon.


I do too.  I know that about 71% of the planet's surface is covered with water but forests are still very important.


Do you think it could have anything to do with the fact that the days are getting longer.


I don't know. I've never thought about that.  The sun beaming down longer and more light for people to do things could have a lot to do with it.


Considering that a day used to last just 5.5. hours. We sure have a lot more time to mess things up


We really do.  Experts say though that if earth's entire history was viewed as a day humans would only represent just over a minute of it.


Thats crazy to think about. We havnt been here hardly a fraction of the time and are doing such damage to the earth.


I know. I guess the damage we do is extremely detrimental.  It seems as if so much of what is in and around our planet works together and has a purpose so maybe humans should think about that.  The moon causes tides in the ocean, stabilizes earth's orientation on it's axis and gradually slows it's rotation for example.


That awesome to know. If I understood it. Lol. Earth is supposedly the only planet with life. What do you think.


I think it's possible that there is life out there.  I hope there is.  The UN has an ambassador to aliens just in case they ever contact us so apparently they think so too.


I would like to meet the ambassador to aliens.


I would like to be the ambassador to aliens!


Lol. That would be an awesome job. What if they already talk to aliens and dont  tell the public. It would be cool to be in on it.


I was thinking that very same thing!  If they do they need to ask them for some helium though.  Apparently there will be none by the end of this century.


We will have to find another way to blow up our baloons and make ouseles talk funny. Lol.


Yep!  You have to wonder though what else it will mean cause everything on the planet is needed in some way for the planet.


Well Im ure a lot of different resources have run out throughout history. We find a way to get on without. We are humans we make the situation a little better.


Possibly.  I wonder what is going to happen when the earth's polar regions are no longer covered in ice.


I would say that we are gonna be a lot more concerned about it.


Do you think anything interesting is frozen beneath that ice?


Are you a tennis fan? I have to admit I do not know much about Maria Bueno. She played in a time I am not too familiar with.


I don't know much about tennis at all and I have never heard of Maria Bueno.  What years did she play tennis?


She played in the 1950s and 1960s. I wasn't even born yet. She recently passed away due to cancer.


That's sad.  Was she any good?  Did she ever play and win at Wimbledon?


She did play in Wimbledon and in fact won 3 singles titles. With that many wins I'm surprised she isn't brought up more.


Wow, that's true.  I would think they would mention her on tennis shows and competitions.  Seems like announcers would make comparisons with her and new players.  The only female tennis player from back in the day that I've ever heard of is Billie jean King.


I know the Williams sisters have dominated modern tennis but Bueno own 19 Grand Slam events in various formats and she was ranked first overall in multiple years.


I wonder why it is so quiet about her.  She sounds like she may have been the Serena Williams of her day.  Do you know what happened to her after she stopped playing tennis?


Unfortunately I do not, only that she became ill and passed away.


Oh well. I wondered if she stayed in tennis in some way or just disappeared from the scene entirely.  I think she wasn't American. I wonder if she moved back to her home country.


With it being a lot different time back then she probably had to find some other form of employment to make money. I doubt they had big prizes or marketing campaigns.


That is a really good point.  Tennis is important to some people though. I've heard that back in the 1960s a helicopter was used to dry the tennis court for a us open match.


I'd imagine that it's way more popular worldwide than it is in the United States. A lot of the top players these days are from countries other than the US.


You are probably right.  Wimbledon is the biggest match that I know of and I think it is England.  Supposedly, it's a huge deal to play and win there.


Yes and it's full of a lot of age old traditions. To compete at Wimbledon you have to basically wear all white. People have been fined and suspended for breaking that rule.


Wow, that is very strict.  Perhaps the powers that be of Wimbledon are trying to keep with traditions set long ago.  Did you know that tennis matches can go on for days?  I heard that the longest one lasted three days and over a period of 11 hours.


Yes I remember there being a recent match that went on for a long time. They kept having to suspend the match because it got late in the day. That would be crazy to participate in and watch.


It really would.  i guess a person could do a lot of reading in between matches.  It would be ironic though to read at Wimbledon. There are no laws with reading.


That might help you get through the 11 hour long matches though!


That's true enough! Unless you are a speed reader like anne Jones. She set the record for speed reading by reading 4700 words a minute.


She could get through a whole library during that time! It's been fun talking tennis with you, hope you check out Wimbledon sometime.


Perhaps i will.  I'd like to learn more about Maria Bueno and other tennis stars.


There are also other great tournaments like the US Open, French Open, and Australian Open.


Hmmm, yeah mostly.lol I like Baseball too.


I do too. I used to play when I was younger, what about you?


Oh, that is cool. I just like watching it. I like to study the game, for instance do you know how many games balls are used in a season?


Yes, it is a bunch! In a typical season approximately 160,000 baseballs are used! That is a lot more than I ever thought, growing up.


OMG, that is a ton. I wonder if they ever run out?


Not if they keep count, lol. The Chicago Cubs were the first team to win back to back World Series but haven't won since then. Yikes, they might be the ball counters.


I know. I think they won recently, right?


Oh yeah, I think they may have. I was remembeing this funny rule the other day, if the opposing team receives three bases if a player catches a baseball in their hat. It is hard to keep up with the sport sometimes.


Interesting. That is no longer a rule. I can assure you on that.


Oh good, that seemed a little fishy. I guess Rocco Baldelli's the Tampa Bay Rays coach.


Interesting, I've never heard of him. Is he any good?


Well, he seems to be one year younger than his youngest player. So time will tell how he manages.


Interesting. Sort of reminds me of Gruden the football coach. Really young.


Yes, good point. I need to correct myself I mean  he is a year younger than the oldest player on the Twins roster this season. Shocking fact.


That is still pretty young. Did he go straight into coaching? Some people just know what they are meant to do.


Yep, youre right. I guess the Twins pitcher was quoted saying that he's a great people person and so that is a positive quality.


Wow, that is pretty cool. So at least he's a nice coach. Some can be awful, well nice chatting with you!


Great chatting with you too and I am off to watch a documentary about Jupiter saving the earth from asteroids, yearlyt. Have  a good day.


Nice, it is pretty good. I recommend the show The Universe, Jupiter episode. Have a nice day!


Hi there ! Looking forward to chat with You ! ;)


Hi, you as well.  Were you a fan of Maria bueno, the Brazillian tennis star?


I love table tennis, but I must say I don't know much about Mrs. Bueno...


I love table tennis too. Did you know that in regular tennis a player could use anything as a racket up until the year 1978?


That's really cool ! Imagine media coverage if Mrs. Williams would come to play with a cooking pan ! lol ;)


I know!  The funny thing is I've never heard of anything odd being used before.  I would like to see some film footage of early games to see if they used strange items.


You know how people were in old times.... everything needs to be proper and serious ;) I don't think there was many players that stood out ;)


That's true. I didn't think about that!  You know, back to table tennis for a moment, I always thought it was called Ping Pong. I had no idea until recently that that was the name of a company!


Ping Pong was a name of the company ? I didn't know that... we call it ping pong for fun, but at the club we use proper name - table tennis ;)


I've always called it Ping Pong.  What kind of club do you go to?


It's a Bohemia Table Tennis Club in Long Island NY. I actually have all my gear with me today at work and I go right after ;)


That is very cool! We don't have any table tennis clubs near where I live. I wish we did!  Do you watch much television? I've been a fan of shark tank for a while but never knew that a lot of the deals made aren't actually carried out.


I never knew what that is till recently where it's always on when I'm on a gym. What's the main thing You like about it ?


I like that people who have dreams can get the help they need to make their dreams a reality, or at least I thought they were getting that help.


Sure, but those three... judges - take a huge cut from their ideas...


Sometimes they do and sometimes not.  I guess it's a win for the people regardless because they can get some publicity for their products.


Yeah I guess You're right... but some ideas are so ridiculous - it seems like they just want to be on tv...


I suppose so at that.  What do you think of Shakespeare?  Did you know that all but one of his plays has been made into a movie or tv show?


He can be a little dramatic ;) lol - Really there is still one they haven't use ?


I was surprised to learn that too. I have to wonder though, why not use it. It's called the Two Noble Kinsmen.  Maybe people nowadays are more interested in shows like the Simpsons. Do you watch that?


Wow - people should use it and make a movie based on that :) I used to watch Simpsons ;)


I agree. I'd like to see what it is all about.


There's an annual tournament near my house every year. I wear my Lacoste shirt in honor every year.


Sounds great. Would love to go to tournament to see Roger Federer play.


Yeah, he's pretty awesome. Gael Monfits once beat the Roger Federer of ping-pong after just learning.


Whoever the ping pong guy was! Heard the longest tennis match ever went for 11 hours! Whew!


Yeah over like 3 days. That's a long match!


I believe the 1st Black man to win the US Open was Arthur Ashe.


Yeah, I think you're right. I enjoy reading also. You?


Yes. Not a speed reader, though. Love fiction, especially historical fiction. You?


Science Fiction a lot actually. Love classics like Starship Troopers.


Sci-Fi? Did you know Starship Troopers is on reading lists for 3 of 5 US military branches? Wonder why?


I had heard that. Also Ender's Game too.


Think I saw the movie on TV. Were you ever a fan of CS Lewis or Tolkien?


Read the Rings trilogy. Great to imagine the unfamiliar places and the languages of different clans. Takes a refined approach to reading to understand Tolkien's complex plots, though. Agree?


Definitely. His stuff has started a whole line of scholarship. Interesting considering that there was a moral panic over the spread of novels back in the 18th century.


Yes, considered "shocking". If only they could have seen some of the lurid novels popular today!  But, to each his own, eh?


Do you have a favorite TV show or series?


I loved the SImpsons as a kid. Probably the 1st three seasons of Arrested Development though. You?


That was a great show! Miss The Carol Burnett Show, actually. Wonderful comedian!


Oh, yeah watched that with my parents when I was really little.  Anyway, nice chatting.


TV has expanded so much since the '70's! Nice chat, thanks.


Hello there, do you watch much television these days?


I usually just watch Netflix. How about you?


I watch mostly sports either live or on my DVR so I have to have cable television.  Do you watch the Simpsons?


I used to when I was younger! I can't believe there is only one episode where Bart does not appear!


That is interesting to me, I know I haven't seen that episode, so it must be in the later seasons.


I used to watch Pokemon too but grew tired of it. There are 750 episodes of Pokemon!


I can't believe there are that many episodes!  I didn't even know that was a tv show.


Did you ever watch Thomas the Tank Engine?


I didn't but know what it is, my nephews would watch it.  Did you know that Ringo Starr has narrated some episodes?


I heard that he, along with George Carlin and Alec Baldwin, have narrated for at least 52 episodes each.


That is awesome and a lot of episodes that each of them did, wow.


How about that 70s show? Did you watch that?


That is a great show, the first few seasons were really good.  How about yourself?


Yeah, I watched all the seasons. I might have missed some episodes here and there. It was so good they tried to remake it in UK verbatim. It wasn't the same, I guess, because it failed terribly


Yeah I wonder how bad it sounded that way.  Did you ever watch South Park?


I never really could get into it. It was quite violent and crass. Speaking of violence, did you hear about the people who lived through the Las Vegas shooting and the California massacre? How scary!


Yeah that was so sad and yeah that would be so scary.  The ones who did survive could have nightmares for life.


Yeah, the survivors now have problems like anxiety and being scared of the dark.


I could understand that, I feel so bad for them.  Just there trying to have fun and tragedy strikes.


That is, well it was nice talking with you, I hope you enjoy the rest of your night.