Nice, I am surprised though.  I figured the insurance companies would tell them not to serves walkers because of a possible lawsuit if you got hit by a car


LOL, yeah. I can see that, but ya know, you have to have the baconator at 1am. LOL. Nice chatting with you.


Yes,  I think my favorite is Green Mile.  I have always loved Stephen King books and i think Hanks did a great job in Green Mile


I've seen that one, is that the one in the Prison?


Yes, the Green Mile refers to the green carpet path the prisoner has to walk to the chair.  Did you know Tom Hanks films have grossed over 8.5 billion worldwide making the top all time box office star?


I can believe it, how much of that was Forest Gump?


Probably a good part of it as that movie was really popular.  I never saw it though.  Did you?


Yeah, I've seen almost all of his movies, in fact I think I have seen all of them to be honest.


Even Money Pit? I heard that one wasn't good.


Yeah, I've seen that one too. I'm pretty certain I've seen them all. I think his best is Big though.


Hi, how are you today? How do you feel about trousers?


He is a judge, so I guess he figured he was above the law.


That is really unfair I hope they ruled against him, that can cause a lot of distress and maybe they can sue him back


Aladdin's pants were modeled after mc hammer. I thought it were the other way around.


Really?  I would have thought that as well but enough about pants! do you like basketball?


I have played, but not much recently. You?


I like it, one of my favorite movies is Space Jam


Is that the Jordan movie? He is not a very good actor, I think. Bill Murray is fun though.


Maybe Lebron can make a better job in the sequel, and yeah I agree Bill Murray is the best


LeBron is a tremendous player. He probably should wait for a movie that can get him an Oscar though.


Who knows maybe he will, he has a great memory, not only a great ball player but smart dude


I like to wear them they are comfortable and I use them every day


He is a great philanthropist. Anyhows, I enjoyed chatting!


I am found of trousers. The Romans saw wearing pants as a sign of barbarism. I disagree, but "When in Rome" as they say.


Do you like the Hulk? well he has indestructible pants, thats one of his powers, it would be kid appropiate otherwise


That is a good point. The Hulk is equipped with special powers and special pants. He could have worn saggy pants, maybe.


Can be an option if he ever loses his trousers super power


He would have problems in Collinsville, Il, whichhas a law that prohibits "saggy pants."


I bet he would he might turn green really fast and then they will regret ever having that law in the first place


He could just sue them. A judge sued a small dry cleaning business for over $67 million for the loss of a pair of pants.


67 milliion! that is way too much money for a pair of pants


Hey there are you a fan of plays? I think Shakespeare was a genius!


Oh wow I never knew that. Apparently Shakespeare invented the name is Miranda, Jessica, and Olivia.


I was not aware of that fact either! I have been to England but not to Statford. I would love to see where his theater company was. I do enjoy once in awhile seeing productions of a Midsummer's Night Dream as comedies are easy to follow.


Yes I agree. Do you like dramas? The term comes from a Greek word meaning action.


I do enjoy dramas. I am surprised that Hugh Laurie is the highest paid actor in a drama series at 700,000 an episode!


Yeah he is so good in House MD though. Jim Carrey quit drama movies because they weren't positive enough!


They definitely can get a bit depressing. Lately, they don't have happy endings. I do find it amusing that Michael Caine went into acting because the pretty girls were in those classes.


Smart Man! I wonder why John Hamm went into acting? He taught drama at his old high school.


I am sure it is because he made quite a bit more in Mad Men than teaching!


I would imagine so. But it seems like he did a lot of good because one of his students became an actress in the office! I had fun talking with you today.


Thank you so much. Have a great weekend!


I do love plays and also musicals. I have not seen a doll's house. Have you?


Nope I never have! It's interesting that Shakespeare popularized many of the phrases we use today like good riddance!


I had no idea that " break the ice came from Shakespeare also!


Very cool to learn! Surprisingly Pocahontas and Shakespeare were alive at the same time and died only a year apart!


That is interesting. They seem like worlds apart time wise. Shakespeare wrote 39 plays but think how many movies are based on his plays such as West Side Story and 10 Things I Hat About You.


He is truly a visionary. Romeo and Juliet was definitely a classic!


That and Hamlet is a theme that has run through so many movies and books!


Yes you are very right. Shakespeare's private life is quite unknown because there are a few records of it.


I have also heard rumors that he may actually be several people all writing under the same name but that has never been accepted.


Jim carrey doesn't make dramas anymore because of it his positive belief system. He seems like a pretty happy, positive guy.


He's better at being goofy anyway.  I may go back in time and listed to classic radio dramas on the internet.


Sounds like an interesting concept. Jon hamm taught drama to Ellie kemper from the Office in high school.


I'm trying to figure out who Jon Hamm is... I didn't know drama is considered a genre in poetry...


He is best known for his role in Mad men. Do you like basket ball?


Not really... I prefer football.  The highest paid state employees in 39 of 50 states are football and basketball coaches.  Glad we have our priorities straight...


Yeah, seems excessive. The inventor of basket ball is the only losing coach in uni of Kansas's history.


He should have invented some different rules.  I can't believe the Supreme Court Building has a basketball court on top. No wonder it takes forever to get a ruling.


The new zealand basketball team are nicknamed the tall blacks. I'm not sure how to feel about that.


There would be demonstrators and lawsuits in the crazy USA.


Yes.  You?  I used to watch the Simpson and how that mentions or shows the character Bart in all but one episode.


Yeah, were a little lawsuit crazy here. Well, it's been nice chatting with you!


That's pretty interesting! Did you ever watch pokemon?


No.  Maybe my kids.  I understand that there are over 750 episodes.


I watched it growing up, it was pretty popular in the early 2000s. I believe it was supposed to have ended some time ago.


Did you watch the 70's Show?  They tried it in the UK and it was cancelled after 10 episodes.


Interesting, I have watched it. I think they tried to make an 80s show too and it flopped.


An 80's show?  Speaking or TV, I can't believe Hugh Laurie makes $700K per episode for House.


Yeah, that's an insane amount. I read he limped with different legs throughout the show and no one noticed.


Ha.  That's funny.  It's also funny that Michael Caine became an actor because there were cute girls in the drama class


Yes he beat 90 000 people on gran turismo. DO you use your phone much?


Yes a lot. DO you know why NY area code is 212?


Because it was easy to dial on a rotary phone


Yes and I hear if two get stuck together there is so separating them


Yes. UNICEF donates clean water when we do not use our phones


I wonder how they do that and maybe we can help more there


Yeah true. Do you have an iPhone or an Android?


I have an iPhone. Do you know how much computing power it has?


I do. DO you know when the drive thru was invented?


Yeah that is a lot . Very nice chatting with you


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


Yes. Do you know why is the trunk of the car called that?


Yes because old cars used to have wooden trunks


Yes. DO you know how cadillac got its name?


It got the name from the founder of detroit, de la Mothe Cadillac


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


Hello - have you ever seen the Incredibles 2?


I think so. I saw that Bill Murray thinks Kung Fu Hustle is the supreme achievement of the modern age with regards to comedy.


arent they thinking of bringing back bill murray and the rest of the cast to re-make ghost busters?


I haven't heard that, but I would love to see that if they did. I really like Bill Murray.


Yeah would be fun to see that. Comedy central has cancelled over 100 shows since its creation in 1989? didnt think there were that many shows


That's pretty crazy. Do you watch Comedy Central?


I dont watch much tv anymore. I liked 3rd rock from the sun but beating out seinfeld, friends and frasier in 1997 for the golden globe?


I don't watch much TV anymore either. I think that's crazy 3rd Rock beat all of those other shows. I loved Friends.


did you ever watch monty python? That was a silly show! I did not know that the creator of the python language named it after monty python.


I was not a huge fan of Monty Python, but pretty cool the Python programming language is partly named after it.


yeah monty python was pretty silly. UK humor is not easy understood for americans I think


Yeah, I liked both. I like sarah vowell, the voice of violet parr,


Yes me too. I love all Pixar movies. What about you?


yeah, seems like pixar does a good job. speaking of jobs, you see this director brad bird intentionally hired artists he thought would quit because he believed only they could create everything he needed. How would you like to work for that guy?


I would not like to work for him lol. I also saw that he does the voice for Edna Mode in the movie.


incredibles set to the 1960's. I dont remember much of the 60's


LOL. I wasn't around in the 60's so I have no reference to that era.


Did you know the green lantern movie was originally going to be a comedy with jack black?


I wish it would have been Jack Black. I think it would have been hilarious if he was in the movie.


Hello!  Do you watch Netflix or Youtube.  I watch both.  It is no wonder that together they make up half of peak internet traffic in North America.


I believe that from 9 pm to 12am, Netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwidth in North America.


That is crazy. DO you watch dramas on Netflix?


Yes!  I watch pretty much a little of all the categories.  My to watch list is so long.


I watched a few episodes.  I read in Forbes magazine that Hugh Laurie is the highest paid actor for a TV drama.  He earns 700,000 dollars per episode.


Yeah he made a lot of money for sure in that show. DO you like JIm Carrey?


Love Jim Carrey.  Watched all his movies as a kid.  My favorite is the Mask.


Nice, I like him too. Do you know why he only does comedies now?


Yes I heard that he didn't want to do dramas because he doesn't want to make movies that don't project positivity.  He is good in dramas too.


Yeah he is good overall for sure. DO you know Michael Caine?


Hi there, yes I love Netflix. DO you know how it came about, the company?


He is a famous actor that became one because all the pretty girls were in drama class


The owner was slapped with a late fee for a VHS and was not happy about it


You know that does sound familiar.  I think I did watch something about that.  Didn't Reed Hastings have like a $40 late fee for renting the movie Apollo 13.  You know I have watched that movie on Netflix.


Yeah that is exactly it. Did you ever rent from Blockbuster?


Yes a lot, and I also had crazy late fees.  I still have my blockbuster card.  Did you know that Blockbuster declined to buy Netflix several times?


That was not a good decision. They could have bought it for $50 million and make billions now


Bad decision on their part, but I am thankful they didn't buy it.  We might get late fees somehow from them for using netflix.  They could have bought it for $50 million and they'd be worth $2 billion now.


Yeah exactly. It seems netflix spend much more on postage though than on bandwidth


I have and find it really interesting, why?


Curiosity, I suppose.  I don't know that I've ever been in the poetry section of my library. But I have borrowed art from there. It's amazing what you can get at a library.


It is and there are many libraries more than McDonads so plenty of places to go.


It kind of feels like a relief, doesn't it? I used to love to check out albums at mine. Now you can get ebooks, which is quite cool.


It is, knowing you have access to information almost anywhere and if not you have your cellphone as well.


Right! I kind of want to move to Norway and publish a book. That way, I'll at least sell 1000 copies to the government, and those will be given to libraries.


Really? thats a great idea,I bet theres a lot of writters there, afterall its a no loss scenario


Exactly. I wonder if that goes for self published books, or just things published by major publishing houses? Still, if you write a children's book, they buy 1500!


Imagine selling the book at 15 a pop, that would definetely inspire me to write. they must have a lot of libraries though.


I'd guess that they have at least 1500! I wonder how many Norwegians have library cards? Over half adult Americans have them.


I love to read! Have you ever read Starship Troopers? I didn't realize it was a book before it was a terrible movie.


Wow so a lot of americans then, you know the record for reading is 4700 words per minute, that is insanely fast.


I saw the movie but didnt know it was a book either, Enders game was a pretty good book


It is a good book. I wonder if it's just given out in the Marine Corps along with their gear?


I bet it is, I think that its full with valuable lessons.


I agree. It's been an age since I've read it, but I remember it being very good. I suppose it's not caused a 'moral panic' like novels in the 18th century did.


I wonder why that happen maybe people werent ready for them


One cannot live on nonfiction alone. Do you like poetry?


I  like Poetry, I like to go to the library and learn about poetry.


Have you read some terrible poetry? The kind that CS Lewis and Tolkien would have a 'you laugh, you lose' competition over?


LOL  so very true.  It is like bribing kids.


Exactly. They act like kids so we have to treat them like kids.


Not letting women wear pants is definitely a little kid move.


Yes it is. Although for a long time that was accepted in this country. Did you the first woman to wear pants on prime time TV  was Mary Tyler Moore?


I didnt know that.  Way to go for her!  I am glad she had the courage to defy stereotypes


She was a remarkable woman. In fact when I went to high school the girls were never able to wear pants. Whoops I think I'm giving away my age.


Lol.  I am a woman and I love my pants.  Couldnt imagine it another way


Did you hear Jordan's response about why he wouldnt endorse a Democratic Candidate


Hello. Yes I try to stay informed, how about you?


He said republicans buy shoes too.  Nice chat!  Have a great day!


I too, try to keep myself in the know.  Did you know 86% of Nevada is owned by the government?


No I didn't know that. I wonder why. But between the nuclear tests they use to do there, and area 51 maybe that's why.


That is what I was thinking.  Did you hear about they guy in France, and the Eiffel Tower?


Yeah I heard he sold it not just once but twice. He must be a pretty good con man. He sounds like my brother in law.


Ha!  You gotta be to pull that stunt off twice.


I guess. How about when Nixon broke the senate gavel that had been used for 165 years?


He must have felt so bad about that.  No candy from that candy desk for him!


Yup no candy for him. They probably have to give out candy because that's the only way they can get some senators to show up.


To make calls, infrequently, to play games and surf Facebook constantly. My iPhone has more computing power than the entire US nuclear deterrent.


haha that is crazy! you'd think theyd upgrade it, have you ever put two phonebooks together by overlapping the pages?


well if you do that, you can't pull them apart! the friction holds the pages all together , it is impossible to separate them, maybe I'll try that with the phone books I have in the base


Yeah, have to get it a try. If I could even find any phone books any more. I should probably spend less time on my phone. Unicef will donate clean water to a child for every minute you don't use your phone.


ya I heard about that, I should do that to help people, have you ever made a call overseas? theres a cable that runs from the USA to Europe and it is only 3 inches thick!


That's pretty small! You'd think it would be thicker.


ya what if a shark bites through it haha! do you like the golden state warriors btw?


Not really, not my thing. Doesn't Steph Curry play for them?


yes he does, he helps a charity foundation too, when he makes a 3 pointer he donates a mosquito net to africa


no not really I don't like sports, I do watch football sometimes though, and I saw the superbowl, what aboutyou?


Some, I do enjoy football somewhat. THat yellow first dwon line got ESPN an Emmy believe it or not.


ya I think that was a genius invention, also genius was how Georgia Tech won the highest scoring football game of all time, 222-0! Thats a lot of points


That is. Have they ever heard of defense? Who was it they crushed?


ya they beat cumberland, I feel so bad for those fans! they must have been super dissappointed that day!


Money in the game certainly has changed also. In the '60s bowling pros mad more money than Football stars.


wow thats the opposite of today, how would you feel if you walked into a locker room and it was pink? the university of iowa actually did that to the opposing team


I'd be okay with that. Who cares what color it is. I bet Green-Ellis is payed well, having never fumbled before.


ya hes really good, I like the patriots so I'm glad he plays for them, how often do you use your phone btw?


Do you think that it was okay for Scarlett Johansson to play the transgender role?


Wow, I can imagine why they aren't available in Syria, North Korea or Crimea but I wonder why they aren't available in a country as huge, modern and relatively stable as China?


I'm not sure those are the words I would use for China, a country that doesn't allow most of its citizens internet access. I am not sure about the other countries it isn't in, Syria, north Korea and Crimea.


Well, Syria, Crimea and even North Korea are all war zones, they're like "no go" zones so I am not surprised, but I actually had no idea that China doesn't allow their citizens internet access! Is that a legal thing or simply a lack of resources thing?


It is a censorship thing. Well, we are lucky we have internet access to watch all the Netflix, since it is all internet now and no more DVD.


Yeah I am grateful it's not like that here, and we'd be screwed without access to Netflix since they've even begun replacing the TV networks with their own series.


I would love the job of just watching it and tagging the content into categories.


It is a real job.  I don't know the pay or how many people do it. They have tons of content, they even have 150 movies with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.


It's amazing that it all started just because the founder was upset about a $40 video rental fee!


There are at least 58.46 million American households who are glad he started it.


I know there was a great deal of uproar about it. There is controversy about people playing a role that they are not actually ethnically. They are actors, they act in parts that arent like them.


And even more worldwide, I bet eventually they hope to fully spread to each country in the world.


I thought the same thing, I don't really get it. I'm not surprised that she deigned to answer any questions about it and directed comments to her managers.


She directed it to the actors who play transgendered roles.


Oh, I see, I misunderstood that! That makes sense, I guess, they really shouldn't be putting particular focus on her. I guess maybe she is just attracting controversy since it's not the first time she took a role and made people unhappy about it.


Well, in this world of Netflix people can watch any type of movie or content they want, and not bother with the other stuff.


That's true, and people certainly take advantage of it considering that Netflix, along with Youtube, makes up half of peak internet traffic in North America.


If this holiday week you want a flickering fireplace Netflix has a video for you, so even during family socializing time they are part of the party.


Wow, that's a little bit over the top! But I guess that's what sort of tactics you have to employ to be able to rake in 137 million total subscribers!


If they ever get into markets like China it will get even bigger.


Hey how's it going? I think voting is so important. Astronauts even vote from space.


That is great to hear. Just got a watch out for those lions!


I know really!  You can vote for everything nowadays.  I think some people in TX even voted what to name their garbage dump.


I think it's funny that they voted on Fred Durst!


I guess if you're from Austin, TX, you must like Fred Durst.


Or they hate him and that's why they wanted to name garbage after him LOL. In any case I wonder if the rename actually happened?


Not sure.  That is a strange name though.  Almost as strange as the first president f Zimbabwe, President Banana


Yes exactly. I wonder what the president of Indonesia has for his nickname? Maybe pop king?


Possibly considering he released three pop albums while in office.


Yes I wonder how those albums were received in the country? Oddly enough the US presidents guest house is larger than the White House. It was nice talking with you this morning. Hope you have a good day.


I agree.  I'm personally Republican.  I don't have a beard, but every US President with a beard has been a Republican.


Oh wow that is an interesting fact. The grand old party is definitely Conservative!


For sure, but the use of the color red to represent Republicans didn't start until 2000.


YesThat is interesting I thought it was always a moniker for the parties. I guess in the past the elephant used to be more representative of Republicans. Especially since Truman didn't even want to be pictured with one.


I think I heard of that.  I believe that was way back in 1957.


Yes exactly. Actually happened when Truman visited Disneyland and he didn't want to ride on the Dumbo ride.


Didn't want to be associated with the Republicans, but there hasn't been a President that was't a member of one of the two main parties since 1853.


Wow that is surprising they definitely have power. The last time a Republican was elected president without a Nixon or Bush on the ticket was 1928. I assume this doesn't account for the most recent election though.


Voting is so important though.  The Indian government once even set up a polling booth for one voter.


Hi there.  Are you a facebook user or fan?


I never seen that one.  lol  Did they act like out Family Guy or something?  Do you watch youtube?


They roasted them terribly. Every now and again. I prefer Blutube, it's police videos.


I've never seen it.  I'll have to look it up.  Youtube is the 2nd largest search engine on the net.


And Bieber's baby is the most hated, lol


That's funny!  Psy's Gangnam Style got so many views that they had to upgrade the view count integer to 64 bits.


I have never heard that song, lol. I guess Iceland is rewriting their constitution on Facebook.


That's interesting.  Myspace one turned down an offer to buy facebook for 75 million dollars in 2005.  Big mistake on their part.


I haven't been on it in so long, that I almost forgot about Burger King's unfriending promotion.


Something about unfriending so many people, and you get a free whopper.


No. I prefer Twitter. That way, i can follow Alec Baldwin, and be reminded that he used to be the narator of Thomas the Tank


Nice.  I would have definately got some free whoppers.  lol


Thank you for chatting with me, enjoy your night.


That's right!  I remember George Carlin and Ringo Starr also doing the voice.


I love George Carlin. I miss him. I was watching That 70's Show the other day, and learned that they had a British version.


That 70's Show, lol. It was canceled in 10 episodes. Must have been horrid.


lol it must have been.  Did you know that there is over 750 episodes of "Pokemon"?


I did not, I have never seen Pokemon. That is decades worth of material though.


I only have seen it because my kids watched it.  Did you know that there is only 1 episode of the Simpsons where Bart doesn't show up or isn't even mentioned?


I did, and have seen it. It was a weird episode. Not as weird as the South Park family guy episode.


Yeah, I agree. Did you watch the Green Lantern? 4


Then I will avoid it. Thanks for the heads up.


I wonder if the Jack Black version would have been any better


Probably not, it probably also plays on Comedy Central.


Did you ever play on the Nintendo Entertainment System?


IT was still being made up until 2003 in Japan Thats a long lifetime


They did rerelease it as a classic but did not have cartridges and a locked amount of games


I do. According to Bill Murray, Kung Fu Hustle is the supreme achievement in modern age of comedy


Comedy Central has cancelled over 100 shows. I wonder if Bill was apart of any of them


It won a golden globe for best comedy series in 1997 beating out seinfeld


Yeah, that's absurd. Why I don't watch the Golden Globes.


Friends and Frasier were also the other shows it beat


You probably would have. They are collectors items to some people.  Some of the really old ones are 78-rpm records in a book.


I never had them. I had the 35s when I was really young as a kid. Did you know Walmart only sells clean versions of albums and if the artist won't make one they won't sell it?


I knew they banned certain magazines and books but not albums.  I guess that can be a good thing when you think of all of the kids in the stores.


I had audio cassettes from the 70s into the first decade of the 2000s. But got rid of them too. I think it is neat that you can just tell Siri to play a song and she'll play the song. World is a lot different from when I was a kid.


I hear you there.  Now, even elected officials make albums.  I mean, the president of indonesia made 3 pop albums.


Wonder if an audiobook is considered an an album. If so the audio version of the Art of the Deal would be his. Don't think any other sitting presidents have albums.


None come to mind at the moment. Presidents have different functions though depending on the form of government so that president may have a lighter role than others.


I was surprised that five US presidents have been elected while still losing the popular vote. The greatest margin was 10%.


Even more surprising is that the runner up used to become the vice president.


Wow, can you imagine Trump and Hillary working together? That would've been crazy. SNL would have a blast with that. Did you know Weekend Update was on the first episode and is their longest running skit?


No but I think that's their best one.  I like that Pokemon has over 750 episodes.


She is a Vietnamese pop star that is considered an enemy of the state due to her song lyrics.


That's interesting. I do know that Bob Marley has been on the album chart for 914 weeks.


Really! I had no idea!  What do you think of Linkin Park's album being the best selling of the 21st century?


I never would have thought of that. I would've thought it would be Jackson or Elvis. That is one of my favorite bands. I am still shocked and sad the lead singer commited suicide.


I know, that was a big shock.  Record album charts are a strange thing indeed.  I mean, Dark Side of the Moon is still one of the best selling albums.


Floyd is another one of my favorite bands. Do you like Aerosmith? I heard they made more money from the video game guitar hero than any of their albums.


I do and I've heard that too! I guess it's just a sign of the times changing.  Vinyl LPs are hardly sold anymore.


I had them when I was younger. My wife and I finally trashed them because they were so heavy when the boxes were full of them when we moved to new houses. Wish we hadn't would probably make a lot of money selling them today.


Yeah  they do walk a lot for sure. Did you know Amazon owns IMDB?


Sorry I meant to say 15 miles, opps. Yeah they have owned it since 1998


Yeah they are just everywhere nowadays. Do you like rap music?


I like the old stuff from Tupac and his music is in the library of COngress now


Yeah of cultural significance and I agree with that Do you like Eminem?


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


Yeah because he really liked spiderman and wanted to get into that game


Yeah it seems. Have you heard of compliment battle?


Yeah that is a rap battle that takes place in South Korea, would like to hear it sometime


Yeah sounds fun. A judge once delivered a ruling in a suit against Eminem in rap form


Hi there, yes I shop quite a bit on Amazon and you?


Haha that is so fitting to the case for sure


Yes me too. Have you ever bought stuff from the AmazonBasics line of products?


I have actually and they are pretty decent. Did you know Jeff built a clock on a mountain somewhere?


Yeah and it is supposed to run for 10 000 years, wow


Yeah I wonder why though. Did you know they deliver on Sundays now?


Yeah all thanks to that contract with USPS


yes very convenient for us for sure. Did you know they named a building after their first customer?


Yeah and all the guy needed to do was to spend less than #30


Exactly, what a feat. Their worker seem to be super busy as they walk up to 5 miles a day


The Dr Sun Yat Sen garden must be really nice, I will sure visit it if I ever go to Vancouver


I think they might feel it as well, humans are amazing though, we can regrow ribs in just 2 to 3 months and they will be as strong as the origianal ones.


And yet we still cannot synthesize vitamn C. It's amazing that we are the best distance runners among running animals. I guess that's why we've spread all over the planet.


I guess thats one of the mian reasons, we have also adapted for persistnace and that makes us a unique specie


We certainly are a bald species. We've lost our body hair, and that makes us distinct among mammals.


It definetely does to think that was 240000 years ago.


I do like listening to the radio, I like drama shows, what about you


I used to listen to the radio when I was younger. There's a web site with an archive of classic radio dramas. I wonder who listens to them. People from three generations ago would know these dramas, but I wonder how  many use the Internet.


I see thats interesting, I might have to search for that site later,  I like to watch TV drama better but theres some decent ones on the radio


Well, I've enjoyed chatting! Have a good day, and enjoy the radio dramas!


You're not an otter by chance? If so, please don't eat the fish there. They're quite expensive!


Hope you have a nice weekend and I will look for that website, that would be a fun weekend activity.


Im not an otter I think fish are safe with me lol, wow much are they worth? do you know?


Don't know the price, but usually their decorative, so rich people buy them. Did you know that freshwater fish drink water through their skin? Only saltwater fish drink through their mouths.


Ok so I googles the info and some koi fish can be sold for 10 thousand dollars, apparantly people in the park didnt always knew the value the fish had.


I understand their ignorance. After all, it's just a fish. Can they just breed new ones to replace the old ones? There is a breed of jellyfish that never dies of natural causes. I bet it gets tired of watching reruns on TV.


Yeah theres a lot we dont know about fish, for instance there is a breed of Jelly Fish that is immortal


I would get so bored. What does it do all day? Can it make new friends? Can they get divorced and remarry? So many questions! I wonder whether jellyfish can synthesize their own vitamin C. Humans can't.


I think its a really boring life, we should study them, those jelly fish might be then answer to many health problems and diseases.


I wonder whether jellyfish experience fear from hearing a frequency. Human beings feel fear when they hear a certain frequency.


The sun sure is interesting im amazed with how much power it produces


It would be kind of boring, Neptune took a long time to complete one orbit around the sun that is another cool fact, more than 70 years


I enjoy reading about such facts. I would recommend you check out a book called a short history of nearly everything. Wonderful book


I will look it over for sure, any ideas as to where I can get it.


Amazon is a good choice. While they are the largest internet retailer, they started as a online bookstore so they have an impressive collection


Ok, I have a prime subscription so that can work for me, its amazing how Amazon has groen, from a bookstore to a giant that makes Walmart sweat.


Like you say, they came from humble beginnings. Did you know their first customer has a building named after him? he only spent 27.95


That sure is a bargain I would spend $27.95 just to have a building named after me


I enjoy using amazon since they have a contract with USPS to deliver packages not only quickly but even on sunday


I guess they move a lot of traffic and USPS couldnt afford to lose the business Amazon brings, you know the CEO of amazon built a clock on a mountain, its supposed to last for many years.


They probably have more money than they can spend.


I mean it produce enough energy in 1 sec to meet the needs of earth for 500K years!


Yeah I agree, Amazon owns a lot of companies, Imdb is one of them so the CEO must be loaded with cash.


In any case, thank you for the enjoyable chat.


Its amazin right! to think there are bigger stars out there in the universe one 1 billion times bigger than our sun


Considering the sun accounts for 99.86% of the solar system's mass, I wonder how much mass those stars must have


They must be really massive for sure, a curious fact is that lightning bolts are actually 5 times hotter than the surface of the s un


Considering people can survive lightingbolts, I wonder why we can't survive on the sun?


I guess because of all the mass the heat just accumulates and turns out to be much more hotter, but it would be interesting to google it.


It is also interesting that the sun is actually white and is perceived as yellow because of the atmosphere. In fact, it is blue during sunset at mars


I guess theres a lot of things they dont teach us at school why not just tell us its white, its kind of confusin later on


I mean we always perceive it as yellow so it would be confusing either way. Besides yellow is a nice color. Can you imagine a kid's drawing with a bland white sun?


Wasn't it the original? I can't really remember


Nor can I - when they have have so many sequels to a great movie, it becomes as impossible to tell them apart. Almost as impossible as separting two phonebooks that have their pages overlapped.  Do you enjoy using the internet, iphones, social media etc?


I use my own fair share. Also I feel that 90% of the time sequels are just hollywood squeezing every last drop of money, but the last 10% are gold


This is true. It is rare that sequels are as good as the original installment... although Godfather 1, and 2 are the exception to that rule.


Indeed. I also like how the batman begin's soundtrack names have the easter eggs of being named after a genus of bats


That was quite an original touch which enhanced the movie. Looking for easter eggs in movies and computer software is always fun. I like to post some of those fun finds to social media. Since Unicef will donate a day of clean water to a child for every minute a person does not use their cellphone, I try to collect as many eggs as I can and post them all at once.


I wonder how unicef tracks how many people don't use their phones for how long


That is an excellent question. Unicef has a website that explains more about this.  March is the kickoff month, I believe.


That is pretty cool of them. In any case, thanks for chatting.


I enjoy bird watching, and gathering information on the bird species.


Birds have developed by species, and known groups with wings evolved from forelimbs giving them the ability to fly, equally evolution for other species have led to loss of flight - like penguins.


So are you interested in birds due to their ability to fly?


Yes, but also due to the differences in the evolution. I also enjoy watching Aves ( Birds) movies. The soundtracks of the birds in flight is always fascinating.  Soundtracks featured in movies like Happy Feet (about penguins) where the physical area of the file contains the synchronized recorded sound. Do you have interests?


I like soundtracks since they can make or break a movie. Imagine jaws without the duh duh..........duh duh sound


Yes!  Agreed!  Did you know Steven Spielberg played the clarinet in the Jaws soundtrack? Great movie, don't you think?


I always enjoy it when the producers or directors play a direct role in their films


Yes, it does make for a better movie. I can't remember which Jaws movie had the scene where the shark bit through a power cable, it was a tad cheesey, but it when you consider that cables carrying phone and internet data across oceans are only 2.7 inches in diameter and just lay right on the ocean floor - I guess it might be plausible that a shark could bite through an electrical cable and fry itself.


Rockets vs Warriors, what a great game I will watch it with friends and family


So 3 years staight in the finals, thats something


Yes it is!  Believe it or not he didn't receive any college scholarship offers for a major conference school.


He didnt? wow, I bet the scouts were blind or maybe he improved later,


Believe it or not he only had the 4th highest salary on the Warriors in 2015.


I bet his the highest player on the team by now, he is the star of the team after all


I bet you're right.  The team he plays for the Golden State Warriors relocated to the San Francisco Bay area in 1962 from Philadelphia.


The Warriors had a harsh time untill he arrived to the team, did you kow they hadnt won a championship since the year 1975 until he arrived, he changegd things for sure


I didn't know that.  Interesting.  They play their home games at the Oracle Arena.  I wonder if that was around then?


Yeah I think they play their local games there since 1971,


I wonder if they will ever top their record for most wins in a season?  ...which ironically was the one year that they lost the championship.  lol


That is ironic lol, the most wins and then losing the most important game in the season, that must sting


I am, I think his a great player what about you?


I agree.  He was the only NBA MVP ever to win with a unanimous vote!


The only one wow, I bet he had a great season then,


He did.  He was made the Golden State Warriors the kings of the 3 point shot.


Are you aware of The Warriors back to back tittle?


Yeah 2017 and 2018, I wonder if he was the MVP as well


I'm not sure.  They also went to the finals in 2016 but lost to the Cavs that year.


They got a 15 from rotten tomatoes though. So they may spend and make the money back but it may not be good.


True, the ratings have done way down on them. I mean when a character like Optimus Prime has died more than 25 times in story universe that expands books, comics, shows, and movies it is hard to take it seriously or think it has quality


As long as the fans think it is ok, I guess it is fine but you're right. Seems t be a joke. I used to love the transformers.


I used to as well. I think Michael Bay is just too caught up in himself. I mean he even had himself be one of the humans megatron flicked away in the first film.


There are 1.53 explosions per minute in the 2007 film. He likes big explosions, I guess.


He also loves the CGi a little too much. I know one of the effects in the transformers movie was so difficult that it took 38 hours to just render one movement. It's insane.


Seems like a lot of work for one movement. He has to love his craft! Have you ever been on the Transformers ride at Universal Studios?


No I haven't but I want to go there. I love action movies and I know they have a lot of rides there


I loved the Harry Potter and Simpsons stuff there. I went like 3 years ago and want to go back.


I am surprised with how popular horror movies are that there isn't a theme park for that kind of genre.


Hello I am good. Do you have any interests like Horror films or other movies like action films?


There might be in a small town in georgia or something. Nich chatting with you!


I get too scared and so I do not watch them. Do you like to watch them?


Not too much really although I like the trivia I have read about movies even horror movies. Like the creepy sounds they use in those film are mostly metallic noises from a waterphone instrument. Crazy huh?


Or that the dutch are creating a commuter bus designed to go 160!


That is something pretty amazing. I wonder what kind of fuel that bus uses or if it is just regular gas. Travel is so different in so many countries. I mean people have to use domestic flights to travel between major towns if they don't have a car.


Japan highways are tolls. Seems like a really expensive way to travel there.


That does sound expensive. I once read in a travel book it costs like more than $300 to travel across the country. Must be very expensive for it's residents.


Im from Illinois and it feels like that's what we pay sometimes. Such a pain.


I have never had to pay a toll so I guess I am lucky. Movies are expensive as well besides travel. I mean they spend billions of dollars on them sometimes and make even more billions back like the transformers movies.


I think it is from Atomospheric scattering, but I'm not 100% sure. I sure do love the sun though.


It is only 1 billionth the size of the biggest star. That's pretty small comparitively!


I believe that. The universe is HUGE!!!!


It's so big that Neptune just finished its first trip around the sun in 2011. It was discovered in 1846!


Yeah, that is crazy. Did you know the sun produces enough energy in 1 second to power the earth for 500,000 years!!!!


That's a lot of skin cancer! Or solar power. I like to think of my glass half full.


Yeah, it is. Better get out the SPF 500,000. LOL


Unless you get hit by a lightning bolt, then you may need a higher SPF. Lightning bolt are hotter than the sun.


Interesting, but are lightning bolts hotter than solar flares?


I don't know. To be honest, I have no idea what a solar flare is.


It is when the sun blows off some steam. Well, take it easy.


Actually, I just bought a Cadillac, i was surprised to find out it was named after a french guy.


Do you have a trunk on your cadilac? Do you know why it's called a trunk?


LOL, no. Tell me, why is it called a trunk?


Because old cars used to have wooden trunks on the back. Learn something new every day.


Hilarious, is that a joke, or is it real?


It's real! I would never lie to a stranger on the internet. What kind of scoundral do you think I am


Hilarious. Well, did you know the sun is actually white? Sort of surprising to me.


hey there what are some Celebrities that you like?


she had a variety show in the 70's, but she was actually the first guest on Sesame street


Oh wow, that must have boosted her career for sure! It's interesting how people start out, like Jenna Marble is a celebrity just from making YouTube videos.


ya the internet is so awesome, crazy to think that you can get 3g service on mount everest


It's crazy how many areas have better service than it feels I do in general haha. I think even the ISS has faster Internet than most people have.


haha it wouldn't surprise me, did you know that there is an addiction you can get from clicking links? I think I have that haha


That's scary honestly, probably how celebrity hoaxes get started in the first place, people just love clicking and sharing everything they see.


ya I coul dsee that, also scary is that only 7% of people read internet terms of service


It makes sense when you think about it actually, we're actually the minority on the Internet technically, and we're outnumbered by software programs, it's scary to think.


yup that is scary, good thing there is a place that makes backups of the internet every day, jsut in case it ever goes down


Can't imagine how much work that takes too, at least no matter what places like Finland will always guarantee everyone the right to Internet.


Hello! I'm a fan of Sylvester Stallone ever since seeing Rocky. Funnily enough, I heard there was a recent hoax he was dead!


ya, have you ever seen that button with 3 horizontal lines, its called a hamburger button, that makes me hungry haha


oh wow ya I hope not, he's a great guy and its good he didn't have prostate cancer!


It's sad people spread a hoax like that, but celebrities have weird associations with fans. I remember a dude named Justin Bieber was banned on Facebook because he wasn't the celebrity.


ah that is true, its funny that they had to go to his brother Frank Stallone to confirm though


Oh for sure, best to find the most reliable source possible though. Who's the most overrated celebrity you know of?


hmm I think I would say Jennifer Lawerence, I don't think she's a good actress and I don't see any appeal to her, you?


I can see so! I think Paris Hilton, I don't really see what she does particularly well. She actually was in the guiness book of world records for most overrated celebrity.


nope I'd agree with Paris hilton too, I don't see her appeal, do you know who Carol Burnett was?


I think I've heard of her but don't know too much. Who is she?


Those are far better than Justin Bieber and Drake.


Yeah, I think Canada's still apologize about giving us Bieber... ;)  Speaking of music, did you know "Hybrid Theory" is the best selling album of the 21st century?


I heard that, Linkin Park is pretty amazing.


Yeah, I wish I had gotten to see them live.  It's sad what happened to Chester Bennington though... :(


It is.  It really puts the importance of mental health in the public eye.


Speaking of albums with staying power... Dark Side of the Moon was a best seller in 2014 despite being released 40 years ago.  That blows my mind!


It really does!  Things that can stand the test of time are the true greats!


Speaking of powerful albums, Straight Outta Compton was the first album to reach platinum even though it had NO airplay or major tour.  Guess it really spoke to the audience.


It really did.  NWA was really talented.  I think the audience felt like they knew them.


And speaking of rap... get this two Japanese twins released a rap album when they turned 100!!  Wonder what they rapped about?


Yeah, I do, usually I have to listen to talk because that's all that comes in on my own machine LOL, but sometimes I listen to music.  How about you?


There are so many years of life they have experienced!    You never know!   Its been great chatting!


Yeah, it was great talking to you as well!  You take care!


Mostly on my commute, but I change it up frequently.


Did you know Jupiter has radio storms so strong they can be picked up and heard by an am radio?  That's just amazing to me!


That is amazing!  I wonder if our storms could be picked up there.


No idea, been something to ask Dr Tyson.  :)  Speaking of radio, there's a website where you can download thousands of episodes of classic radio drama for free. Isn't the internet awesome?


It is!  I think it was fascinating how soldiers built radios.


Think I heard about that... it used a pencil, razorblade and a diode IIRC.  They called them foxhole radios.


I couldnt even begin to explain how that would work.


You know they say in Canada, by law 40 percent of the music must be Canadian.  I guess that means a lot of Rush and Alanis Morrisette.  :)


Interesting, I see a store in Alabama only sells things found in unclaimed luggage.


I've seen it! It's really cool and also kind of scary because humans obviously cannot


ya I agree with that, do you have a phone? or only a cellphone


I dont have a landline and havent since married 8 years ago. Started with a little Nokia and now have an Android. You?


ya I onlyl have an android, it's crazy that our current phones have more processing power than the USA millile system


Exactly, considering how many lives hang in the balance there.


ya I agree, I can't believe that people make computers out of the videogame minecraft, thats too much time on your hands


People can build pretty cool things in that game, I just wish they would attempt to build something in the outside world with real skill.


ya I think so, they could use that time more wisely, crazy too that the space shuttle only had about 1mb of ram


That's just a bit less than my first computer. Amazing they could write something that actually worked.


yup I agree, what was your first computer btw? that sounds like a long time ago, no offense haha


ah that is weird, Id feel bad buying someon elses lost stuff!


Me too. I also see Apple had a clothing line in the 80s. Would you buy Apple clothes?


oh I totally would, theyd be overprice but very advanced haha, would you wear pilgrim clothes?


Only in the winter, I would think they are exceedingly hot. Would you?


haha well apaprently they wore colorful clothes, only the black stuff for speical events, so I would try it haha


I pretty much wear the same colors most days. Apparently smoking near an Apple computer voids for the warranty for a biohazard. Crazy


that is crazy, also crazy that people want to upload their brains to computers these days, theyre called transhumanists


I'm not sure if I could want a computer to have my brain. Would you?


I woudl try it you'd have to haha, I want to see that russian computer that runs on water too


Did you see Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer as a kid? I saw it on TV many times. It's in the news for upsetting people, I guess.


Odie the Dog...and Pookie his teddy bear which I nicknamed one of my dogs after! Oh, don't forget Nermal!  I see I should have gone to Michigan State...they have a comic book selection that's the largest in the World!


Did you know that Marvel Comics spent 10 years convincing the U.S. government that X-men aren't real?


...and my confidence is the US just jumped...down! I like how comic books can be described as having juxtaposed panels. Juxtaposed...do you ever use that word irl?


Yeah, I've used it. Do you like the radio?


That's smart of you! What was the last sentence you used it in? I love the radio, and also pandora. I like how soldiers made foxhole radios, too.


Apparently they made them out of a pencil and razorblade.


The sentence you used juxtaposed in last was about pencils and razor-blades? I'm dying to know. I wonder if the soldiers had to arrange themselves so that the radio was juxtaposed to them?


I'm not sure. Are you a fan of bill murray?


I do like Bill Murray. I think I first saw him on TV as a kid in either Groundhog Day or Caddyshack. If you got to see him would you impress him with the use of the word juxtaposed?


I like Groundhog day. I don't think I would worry too much about the usage of Juxtaposed. It's fairly common in the industry I work in to use that term.


I only saw it once. Why is it in the news?


Sorry for focusing on that word so much...we had a whole discussion on it in one of my college classes. Most people never heard it. I like rare things. I'd really like to find some old, rare comic books to read!


I think someone posted a satirical post on Twitter about it, and then it was wrongfully taken seriously. I heard someone explaining it on the radio. It seems like people have gone crazy over it all!


Interesting. I don't  use twitter all that often, do you?


Never anymore. I'm glad I'm not part of a crowd if they're really all that silly. When I saw Rudolph on TV as a kid, I got that he was made fun of and then redeemed himself by doing a good deed.


Hmmm. What about comic books, do you like them?


I do like them but have never had the time to really get into any. I like how the TV show The Big Bang Theory includes comic book "nerds."


Yeah, that is pretty cool. Apparently google purchased the domain name gmail.com from Garfield comics. LOL


I love Garfield! I'd watch the Garfield and Friends show every Saturday morning on TV as a kid! I hope Google paid a good price to use gmail.com from Garfield!


Yeah, I can't remember his sidekick's name. Do you?


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


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


Maybe it happened more than twice but the otheres remained silent


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


hi how are you? the sun is shining where I am. how about you?


Ben Roethlisberger of the Pittsburgh Steelers lol. He wins like every time they play there haha.


LOL. he plays for Pittsburgh, right? I dont keep track of the QBs much.


Yes he does, that is what makes it so funny lol. I think it's crazy how some quarterbacks have MLB contracts as well.


i dont know how well they play baseball, but i bet a qb is a good athlete in general.


I agree with you on that one! I see they are even hiring rocket scientists to coach in the NFL now!


That is smart! A good brain makes for a good coach. I bet that guy can figure out a bunch of stuff.


Well he didn't have a good year this year from what I remember, but it was only year 1 so who knows!


Im sure that things will improve as he adjusts. Anyway, great chat!


Great chat with you as well, enjoy the great weekend!


I'm doing well! Yes same here in Colorado! I wonder what it would be like if our sunset was blue like Mars?


I guess that we would get used to it. who knows, with advances in technology, we might get all kinds of new sunsets on command.


I agree with you on that one. Did you know helium was discovered on the sun before earth?


Helium is not very reactive and it could be quite rare on earth. it would be abundant on the sun, so i guess im not surprised. still interesting to know


I sometimes do. I try to watch the super bowl. you?


When I can I do. I think ESPN does it well with showing football games! They even track players somehow.


i know that they use chips to track a lot of things. i wonder who gets the data.


The players and football to be more specific! Yes that is a great question. Did you see how has the most wins at the Brown's stadium since 1999?


I heard that Boracay is a good tourist resort! You should check it out. Which other country do you want to visit? I would suggest Tagaytay. It was known as the ghost town.


Thanks! I will research that. Tagatay...ghost town, sounds scary! I love ghost towns and haunted places! I bet their are many all over the world. My friend went to some haunted towns in Arizona.


Not really scary. It is worth the trip there. How was it in Arizona?


I love Arizona, one of my favorite places on earth, I love the desert, going hiking at night you can see all the stars and planets so clearly....I love looking at the moon.


Well, depends on where you are, yes a lot of nature for sure and some scary critters running around lol....you have to wear a lot of cool protective clothing though, the sun burns.


I hate the cockroaches in the Philippines.


Ew, i bet they are big huh? Arizona has scorpions everywhere, that's why you never leave your clothing or towels on the floor and shake everything before putting something on, like shoes.


I hate them! Worst little bugs on earth!


I am a Facebook user not into much other than that, how about you?


What is Facebook used for you? I use Facebook when there are special events coming up. I use Instagram.


I like it because my out of state family uses Facebook so I go on a couple times a week to chat with them. I have snapchat too.


That is true. Do you have family out of the country? I use Facebook for my relative from the Philippines. I like snapchat because that is where the original filters are.


No, my family lives here in the US. That's cool, I would love to visit the Philippines! One of the places on earth I really would like to visit, you are from there?


You can do that with any other social media as well. The Philippines is all right. I am from here, but I have been there.


I want to travel and visit a few countries. I love the snapchat filters! Pretty fun, I wish Facebook had that option.


Do you know which part of the Philippines you want to go? I believe Facebook has filters.


I really don't know much about the Philippines, but since 80 percent of the earths natural forsts have already been destroyed I want to vist other countries before their beauty is gone completely. Where in the Philippines would you suggest?


Hello, so what do you think of Dwyane Wade returning to the Heat?  I think it's good for the team probably.


Yeah clearly not the most responsible spenders.  If you invested correctly you could live off that 12 million for life.  I see that some players like Iverson then get contracts with companies like Reebok paying them a tremendous amount of money for life, so they should be set if they work things right.


I've heard of him, what team does he play for?


He used to play for San Antonio Spurs.  He decided to stay in college and sacrified money instead going straight to the nba


Well that's admirable.  What college team did he play for?  I feel like his name is really familiar.


I believe it was something about Forest, not so sure.  But he truly is  a decent athlete and individual


Wake Forest.  Yep, that's what I thought.  It's an exceptionally good small private university in the south.  Well, that's definitely admirable and unusual.  I find it fascinating that the veteran's minimum pay is $2.4 million for the Heat.  That seems low for a ball player, but I guess as they get older they aren't as valuable to the team.


Yep, it was Wake Forest.  Older players lose their values because they are only playing a certain efficient game minute


Yeah, that's kinda what I assumed.  I mean there's no way a 36 year old man is playing at the level as a 22 or 23 year old player, I wouldn't think.


Exactly, especially the game that requires continuous running and jumping for a sustained period of time


I think it is a good idea because he will be retired as a Miami Heat


Yeah, I mean the human body as far as bones and joints and all that just isn't built to endure that same level of athleticism for years and years on end.  That's a lot of wear and tear on the body.


Plus if the fans still like him, even though he's declined recently, it should still be good for the team, right?  And the team's ratings.


I concur.  Also, there is no other team that he won championship with and played a considerable amount of time


Yeah so it makes sense for him to retire from that team, I agree.  I mean, what led to his decline?  Just aging? .


aging and injury, in my opinion.  All of the players go through this aging process so I am not surprise to see his declining.


I guess that's just the natural cycle of life.  Well, maybe he adds some depth to their mix of talented young players and veterans, I guess that is good for a team in general.


I agree. Btw, did you know that about 78% of nfl players have gone through bankrupt or financial issue after retired


No, how fascinating.  You would think with all that money they would be set for life, but I guess some people just don't know how to manage it properly.  NBA players are the world's best paid athletes.


They make a lot of money but not necessary responsible spender.  So it makes sense to me


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.


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, their vending machines for dog food in exchange for recycled plastic bottles. Nice idea. I might start doing that with breakfast cereal.


Haha you should do that! Dogs are so cool though, I love how they have dog blood drives, it's crazy that there are 12 different dog blood types, do you think that they get treats once they give blood?


I do. It is only fair that they do also, although my dog doesn't care for orange juice. I try to explain to the dog that 80% of the earth's rain forests are gone, so don't knock the orange juice until you try it, but my dog still doesn't get it...


Haha such a poor doggo. that is sad that all that Forest is gone, also weird that we will run out of helium by the end of the 21st century, what will all the balloon stores use to fill up the balloons?


Flatulence, of course. I explained this concept to my dog, but he would not fart in a balloon for me.  In frustration, I exclaimed that if earth's history was one 24-hr day, then human history would only be 1 minute and 17 seconds. My dog responded, then why does it take you over two minites to refill my bowl?


Haha you need to create a store that sells dog fart balloons LOL I guarantee you someone would buy them haha. What do you think about the un Ambassador that they have ambassador to extraterrestrials must have a really lonely job lol


Yeah, and training for an impending invasion is difficult. Like how many times can one person watch the movie, Mars Attacks?  And if Earth is the densest planet in our solar system, why would any sensible alien want to stop off and speak to dense earthlings anyway?


Haha I agree with you. Nice job bringing up Mars Attacks too, that's a movie I haven't thought about in a long time haha. That is almost a horror movie, I will be able to burn the 180 calories if I watch that again. Have you ever seen the movie The Shining by the way


Yes. A nice film you can watch with the whole family. You just can't let them know that it is a horror film until they grow up... like they did with the actor that played the role of little Danny!


I know right! I'm so happy that he didn't know he was in a horror movie. That would definitely have messed him up. Have you heard of a water phone? And no, it's not a phone that runs on water LOL


Hey there do you like horror movies? Can you believe that Stephen King thinks Bambi is a horror movie? It's a really sad movie but I wouldn't say it's scary


No, what is a water phone? This isn't some joke about how 71% of the earth is covered with water, so you are bound to reach  water even by telephone?


Haha I wish it were a joke. But it's an instrument actually. It makes that weird creepy metallic noise that you hear in horror movies. Maybe I should buy one LOL


A horror film?  Well, if horror films help you burn more calories, it is nice to think that watching Bambi is apart of a good diet plan!


Haha that's a good plan! And sorry I missed your first question, I do like dogs a lot. I need a dog so that I can go on walks to burn calories, and then we can watch horror movies together to cuddle and I will also burn calories doing that LOL


Nice! Did you know, if you watch a horror film before you go to the museum, it will help yo appreciate abstract art better?  But don't take your dog tot he museum! They have a different response when they see a 65 millioon year old dinosaur skeleton. They think, bones!  Thank you God!


LOL ok I'll make sure not to do that, also I feel bad, at least they are not colorblind but they definitely can't see as many colors as humans can, that is weird


It is God's way of trying to even the playing field. The dog can smell better, run faster, jump higher, and hear better than we can. But at least we can see more colors.


Haha well I like that too. I also like that Google prefers dogs to cats. They put that in their company policy which is amazing, that's why I like Google LOL


Nice! Google is awesome, but dogs and elephants are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand pointing, so Google made agood choice in not making elephants their official animal of choice. They would need biger offices!


Haha that seems so interesting. Why don't gorillas know what pointing is? Wouldn't you think that they would LOL? They're so smart and everything. but we should do what is stanbul does with stray dogs, have you heard about that?


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


hey there what do you know about baseball


I've heard that, funny the Japan are surprised that baseball is actually americas pasttime haha


They have something called the Japan series. It doesn't draw the attention of the World Series.


huh I'll look into it, can you believe until 2005 a husband and wife team scheduled all the MLB games?


They must have had a computer to help them. All those games? It couldn't be done on paper.


ya I agree, like 2500 games to schedule a year, that would get tedius!


I wonder how much they got paid. The Cubs haven't had much luck, have they. They were the first baseball team to win back-to-back world series; and haven't won since.


no you're right, what do you think about the Yankees?


They have too much money. In general, there is too much superstition  in baseball. Ben Affleck caused the production of Gone Girl to shut down for 4 days because he refused to wear a Yankees cap on screen.


its funny they started out as the Highlanders but changed their name in 1913


The Yankees is a very American name. Their logo comes from a medal designed for a police officer.


I know that it is a sport, played with a ball called a baseball. There are bases, and players, and bats. And hot dogs and popcorn.


oh thats cool, wild that they have the 2nd highest attendance in the league!


The Yankees are an institution. They've won the most World Series.


ya, and I don'w know but apparently the Yankees "lost" a player somehow, do you know about that?


haha hot dogs sound good! and yes the objective is to hit the ball and run around the bases to get to home plate


It is one of the few sports in which the player scores points, not a ball or puck.I wonder how much each baseball costs to make.


thats a good question, but you could buy a lot fo baseballs if you found millions of dollars worth of cards in your attic like that one guy


He must have wondered why his grandfather didn't do anything with them. I would sell some and keep some.


ya kind of a bum move to sel all your grandpas cards, especially since theyve been there since 1940


He might have needed the cash. Did you know that the opposing team receives three bases if a player catches a baseball in their cap? I've never heard that rule.


wow didn't know that! also didn't know baseball is super popular in Japan


Very popular, but not as good as the US version. Different experience in the stadium as well.


Yes, there is even a sequel to the original incredibles movie on video games


Oh, I didnt know, I did watch the movies though, my kids and I loved them. Have you watched the incredibles?


its funny how events are based in the 1960's but with a modern twist. Do you know what actors played the voices of the characters?


I know that the director voiced edna. I enjoy it when they get directly involved


He did a great job with Edna's voice, Samuel L Jackson was a voice actor for the movie too, I recognized him right away. He was great.


Oh for sure! We've come a long way since the times of Caesar when breeding chickens was a form of entertainment.Now we breed to eat, which is why Im turning vegetarian. Makes me sad. Poor chickens! Theyve been through alot.


They have. I have been vegetarian for a month after seeing the animal slaughter videos, but meat tastes too good


I know! It's hard but I hear you can feel a diference in your body if you cut out meat out of your diet. So, Im going for it. Good Luck in your Journey, it was a fun chat!


Hi! Happy Humpday! Yes, as a matter a fact, I do. I Love Comedy, one of my Favs would be The Green Lantern. How about you?


The same to you. I try to eat more vegetables now so it is a process.


Its the middle of the week, Wednesday, so it's called Hump Day... where have you been? lol Just kidding! Do you watch Comedy Central? They have good stuff, They been around almost as long as me, since 1989!


Ah ok. Just never heard it being refered to as hump day before. And yest comedy central has good content


Yes they do, They've cancelled about 100 show since its creation. I wonder if that's an average number.


It is surprising they are relatively new, starting in the 1980s


Yes definitely, What else do you do for entertainment?


Nice, I enjoy everything, even video games from time to time. I still remember the days of the Nintendo. Did you ever play Nintendo, back in the day?


I don't understand why everyone is interested in Paul Manafort.  Do you?


Ah, it's really the jackets that drive the model.  Where are the Ostrich preservation lobbyists when you need them?   Do you wear fancy clothes ever?


Not really except for special occasions, but I would like to buy Miguel Cabarello's bulletproof clothing


What kind of clothing is that?  It's not tactical police-wear, is it?


Probably, I'd imagine it's for rich people and/or bodyguards. If Miguel Cabarello is from Mexico I'd imaging bulletproof clothing would be in high demand there


Sadly, yes.  I'm scared to drive through Mexico City, where the police corruption is really bad.  With that in mind, it's hard to think of USA cops as rotten.


That sucks. I guess bulletproof clothing would do more good there than asbestos clothing that the greeks use to make


Asbestos?  And they didn't just die from it?  Reminds me of mercury used in fancy hats a la "Mad Hatter".  Do we wear hazardous things today?  Will we find out in a few decades?


I bet the greeks who did wear the Asbestos clothing eventually go sick, I think it takes a long time of exposure before cancer develops later in life


A slow kill.  Well, we do care more about radioactivity and such.  And our research labs are better at finding links like that.  If only they could better detect corruption of government officials.


Yea that be nice, end all the shutdowns. There has already been 17 over 37 years, pretty ridiculous


I guess people want to find out about all the money he sent to the Ukraine and he apparently has an interesting wardrobe consisting of pythons and other reptiles


Well, I wonder what an acceptable number would be.  Like, what is it for other countries?  Maybe 17 is low for four decades.


I'd like to think 0, the government should be able to compromise and avoid that stuff, at least there hasn't been 3 shutdowns in one year since 1977


Yes, that's good.  Compromise is hard to come by these days.  I think allowing for earmarks would solve the gridlock.  What do you think?


I think republicans should ignore Trump and work with the Democrats on a reasonable compromise


I'd be interested in reading more about some proposals.  I think border security is important, but without having even a proposal, it's hard to talk about.  What do you think would be reasonable?


Give money for border security but not 5.7 billion for a wall, there's better things that money could be spent on and Trump said he would get Mexico to pay for it anyway


5.7 billion is a lot of money, but not when you compare it to how much the federal government takes in and spends.  We're probably spending 5 billion on less important things too.


I'd really like to see money invested on improving roads and other infrastructure. I got to go, it was nice talking with you.


Well, I suppose americans do have an over-interest in fashion.  Even real fashion is outlandish, like anything at a paris fashion show.


Yea, I understand how certain outfits convey a message but I'd never spend $1 million on a suit like Manafort, no matter how confident it might make me look


At that point, with so much money spent on clothes, I'd suspect money laundering.  Did he buy a nice suit with something really special in all the pockets?  It's shady.


Yea, I guess when you're on trail for money laundering maybe it's best not to wear extravagant suits, Paul Manafort already looks like a shady guy no outfit will change that


Is he really on trial for money laundering?  That was a guess on my part.  Do you know?


I'm not exactly sure, it's a bunch of stuff similar to that and not reporting income or registering as a lobbyist for a foreign agent


How does someone get into that line of work?  Old family connections?  It's a part of life I think most people don't know about.  If it were more widely known, maybe he'd just be seen as quirky and not shady.  What do you think?


Probably a rich guy who wanted to get richer and wanted to get money from people in other countries so he could buy some ostrich jackets


Yeah, I'm sure he got much more when they re-signed him for longer.


Hopefully since he has such an amazing performance.


Yeah and the team did so well too, they won the championship that season as well.


Indeed. Do you think they will continue with such a strong performance?


I think they will make a run deep into the playoffs once again this year yeah.


I am excited to see how they fare this year


Yeah same here, I hope it's my team that they face if they get to the finals again.


That sounds interesting. In any case, thanks for chatting.


That would be a very exciting final I think, and yeah same to you.


I do very much, I have a DVR and it is mostly sports programs, how about you?


I have recently been getting into the nba


Nice, I like to watch the NBA myself, my team is actually the best in the league right now!


I like the Milwaukee Bucks, I think it would be really cool to play the Warriors in the finals. Do you follow a team?


Yeah the Bucks, did you know that Steph Curry had the fourth highest salary on his team in 2015?


I didn't. Is he relatively well paid or is everyone else just as well paid?


He was the MVP of the entire league that season and wasn't even the top one or two highest paid on his own team, that isn't normal.


Hello, are you particularly interested in travel?


And what's shocking is if you like at Earth's whole history as 24 hours, humans have only been around for about a minute, we've done so much damage in such little time.


Agrees. It is such a surprise. I don't understand why we can't do something better with our time - like teach sharks how to bark, ya know? It's actually possible!


Oh wow that's crazy! Although I definitely am not considering adopting them now. Apparently they even rescue sailors! Definitely more useful than I thought.


Do they really? I suppose when they're not hungry they do! Ha! Or as long as sailors don't get stranded in the white shark cafe where great whites like to congregate in the middle of the Pacific. Ha!


Haha I'm sure their luck will run out at some point. I'd like to think sharks will continue to evolve and become docile animals but who knows? After all they've evolved earlier than dinosaurs and trees, so maybe they are now how they always will be.


You're right about that. And it's crazy they never evolved to develop rib cages. They say their own weight can crush their body on land. That is wild!


I wonder who would win in a potential fight, sharks or extraterrestrials! Maybe the only person who knows the answer is the UN ambassador for extraterrestrials.


That's something to ponder! Then again, if the fight happened on earth, it would be hard to defeat the whale shark considering its massive size. Not to mention sharks can be found in all the seas.


That's fair haha. I think it also depends what type of shark we send to combat. There's so many different sharks classified, maybe we'd have a better chance with extinct types like Xenacanthus, I wonder if they were even bigger and stronger.


That is so true! And they've been around for over 420 million years, at least the earliest known sharks on record. And sharks today are common to depths of 2000 meters! It would be interesting to see but my money would be on the sharks! Ha!


Hi! I am very interested in travel. Although I'm not sure I'd want to visit Iceland considering they have to travel by flight from one major town to the Other due to having no public rail service! Ha! What about you?


Oh for sure, then again eventually Earth will likely have even longer days, so we'll have even more time to discover potential extraterrestrials that are even stronger. Anyways it was nice talking to you, have a great night!


Wow that seems like a crazy amount of work! I wonder what's worse, that or traveling Mackinac Island, where I hear they banned motorized vehicles.


Good point. I suppose they'd both be torture in their own ways. Maybe Iceland can do what the Dutch are doing and that's creating a commuter bus that can travel at 160mph speeds. It would certainly help the natives!


Oh that would certainly help! I wonder if Japan would implement that technology, I believe there's over $300 in tolls to go across the country, imagine just taking a train and avoiding that.


That is insane and depressing. You can't be poor and travel that country, obviously. Wonder how King Kalakaua would have felt if he had to pay that much when he traveled through Japan while traveling the world. The first king to travel the world, in fact.


I'm sure it was much, much more difficult back then too. I wonder if we'll ever be able to travel around the Earth quickly.


That's a good question. Perhaps one day we will! Hopefully it's before the earth becomes helium free at the end of the 21st century.


Yeah that's definitely scary, although I feel pessimistic about even that. We've already destroyed 80% of the Earth's natural forests.


So tremendously sad to hear that. The earth is over 4.5 billion years old and we've destroyed a big part of its belongings. And sadly, we depend on its natural resources and biosphere to survive. All 7.6 billion of us.


hmmm no I didn't know that, this says the dutch are making a bus that can go 160mph, sounds like the premise to a movie aka Speed haha


HA! I was going to make that joke. Well done... All of japans highways are tolls, and it costs more than 300$ to travel across the country.


thats crazy it sounds really annoying too, I wonder if Mackinac island has cars for ambulances? or is the whole island car free like this says?


I like to think of it with two guys running with a stretcher, like a soccer game...


haha that is possible! or maybe they use dogs or horses on sleds, could be an animal paradise, it's wild iceland has no public rail system btw


Right? I wonder why not. Isn't their population like 300,000? I'm going to look it up...


ya let me know what it is, it sounds really annoying to have to use domestic flights to go between towns


338,000 from 2017. How the heck did I know that. Im impressed and ashamed all at once.


wow that is impressive! I know a girl that flew to iceland she said it was nice but really expensive


What was she going to Iceland for? Im from Chicago and it's only a 6-8 hour flight. I want to see the northn lights there!


ya she went just for a vacation she likes to travel! Well its been nice talking with you!


I'm good did you know that shooting granny style is scientifically the most consistent way to score points on the line in basketball?


I did not know that. It has to make Rick Berry so happy! Reggie miller, nba hall of famer, couldn't escape his older sister cheryl's shadow while in high school. on january 26, 1982, he scored a career high 40 points. he tried bragging about it on the car ride home, only to find out cheryl scored 105 points and broken 8 national records!


that is wild, what about allen iverson making 800k a year from rebook, and then 32million as a lump sum when he turns 55, good for him


Air jordan's were banned upon introduction by the nba. however, jordan wore them anyways, as nike was willing to pay the fine each game.


that's hilarious, tim duncan staying in college for 4 years instead of going ot the nba to save money is wild, I can't believe he would do that instead of joining and making the millions


Speaking of basketball stars... Stephen curry, the star of the golden state warriors and 2015 season mvp only makes the 5th highest salary on his team.


that seems wild, this says stephen curry and lebron were both born in akron, ohio which I didn't know


I didn't know that either. Did you know Steph curry's first name is actually wardell, he was named after his father wardell "dell" curry. making him wardell stephen curry ii.


Are you a user of social media, like Facebook?


Not quite.  I joke that my dance partner needs steel-toed shoes.  There are persons, like Tupac, who you would have never thought would be trained in the classical art of ballet.


The guy really was a talented performer. Professional ballet dancers can go through 4 pairs of shoes a week. I wonder how many Tupac went through.


I'm not sure, may he RIP.  I remember he always had headgear, either a bandana or a baseball cap on backwards and askew.  Hats (and caps) seem to be the trademark with many artists.


Yeah, he liked his top wear. The conical party hat was derived from dunce caps.   worn at parties to encourage foolish behavior.


Hats / caps and their usage have evolved over time.  Police use to have peaked caps or brimmed hats.  It seems most today in our police and sheriff departments where department issue baseball caps.  Only the Louisiana State Troopers still where the brimmed hats.  What are the customs in your area?


I see the pretty standard police hat, like from movies. Not Smokey the Bear cover like for the sheriff or baseball caps like the FBI. The most popular hat in the old west was the bowler, not the cowboy hat. I wonder how Texas Rangers would look in bowlers.


Somehow that fact seemed to miss the history books.  I grew up in a rural area down here and after a while in Chicago, I moved back.  Moving to Chicago, it was the first time I experienced religious headgear such as that worn by Jews and Sikhs.


I know that police in Canada are allowed to wear turbans because it's part of their religion.


It was also allowed in the U.S. army a couple of years ago for Sikhs.  But, I guess that if I am in a firefight, I would prefer the protection the ballistic helmet.  Did you happen to read a recent news article about a Washington D.C. girl gunned down shortly after turning 16?


Hi, how are you? I don't use social media much. Do you?


It seems that its related to the spate of gun violence common in inner city neighborhoods.  Her father was gunned down at age 17, so she never really knew him.  Her grandmother went of Facebook pleading for it to stop.


I guess nowadays FB is the best place to make such pleas. People pay attention to personal news that doesn't get picked up by the media.


Apparently this family lost multiple members to gun violence.  Even though DC has some of the toughest gun restrictions, the violence has continued for decades.  What do you think needs to change to reduce the amount of gun violence?


In Canada, gun ownership is a privilege. There are many checks before you can get a gun. You can lose the privilege. It's a lot like driving. I don't know what the US can do. Have you seen Fahrenheit 11-9?


I am not really into Michael Moore films.  I am sure if making a privilege would work.  Many of those committing gun violence are convicted felons who have already lost their 2nd amendment rights.  Yet, they still (illegally) obtain and use guns to commit crime and intimidate those living in inner cities.


Yeah, don't know what do in the US. Too much money in the industry, too many politicians lobbied into submission. I worry more about school shootings. That seems like it's just going to get worse.


True.  Too many think life is like the violent video games they are addicted to.  Guns by themselves are harmless - its when someone pulls the trigger.  Somehow we need to restore a sense of humanity and personal responsibility.  People need to feel for their fellow man and accept responsibility for their actions.


I wish I had an answer. Anyway, I enjoyed chatting.


Not at all.  Having a security clearance, its just one more thing to get hung up on when they do background checks.  Facebook in its early days was always changing.  Even when you set your permissions to private, site change would often reset your permission to public.


Oy, that's rough. Myspace turned down an offer to buy Facebook for $75 million. I wonder whether there would be the same problems with privacy if Myspace were in charge.


Myspace still exists, but nobody is really on it.  Google just suspended Google+, its alternative to Facebook, because of lack of users.  Myspace really missed out on the golden goose considering the IPO valued the company at 104 billion.


They can't make money if nobody shows up. Facebook makes  its revenue from advertisements onscreen. Gotta have the eyeballs to get the revenue.


The users may be free, but their data is used to drive advertising.  As a person, I do not want my life to be public for the whole world to see.  But FB connectivity can really be beneficial in certain situations.  For example, Iceland is rewriting its constitution via FB.


I think Iceland might find some headaches ensue from that approach. Do you like to dance? I’m not really much of dancer.


I go to the fais-do-do (Cajun dance party) at Vermilionville every so often.  I am not good at it, but it is good to socialize and get together with other Cajun French speakers in south Louisiana.  I do like to go to an occasional opera or ballet when I am in a big city such as New York or Chicago.


You're a regular Bruce Lee! He won the Hong Kong cha-cha championship in 1958.


I am not a big fan of horror, but I definitely dont classify Bambi as a horror film.  That is funny that he thinks that.


Well if you know anyone that wants to loose weight apparently horror films will help, lol! They say you can burn 180 calories from watching it.


Wow.  That cold jump start a few things for me in the calorie burning department.  You also are said to enjoy abstract art more after watching a horror film.


Wow i wonder why that is? I know that the creepy music we hear in horror films is done by an instrument called the waterphone.


Yes, and the weird sounds like aliens are usually made by a theremin.


Speaking of horror movies did you ever see the shining?


I didnt.  I heard the kid in it didnt know he was in a horror movie till years later.


I know can you imagine? How do you feel about fox news?


I cant watch them, I find it way to slanted.


Me too, it's hard to believe they are watch more than msnbc and cnn combined though.


It's complicated. If he did what they claim, he's getting what he deserves.


For real!  Its been nice chatting but I must go!  Have a good day


I kind of agree, he was ruled guilty and a lot of people came to speak out.  I am glad culture is changing where people are punished for sexual misconduct.


The Me too movement was an eye opener and he's not the only one but he is being made an example out of.


Very true.  he is one of the first high profile people to be accused.  Especially one that was portrayed as wholesome.


Right! To be honest before all this i loved Bill C. for his contribution to not just black people but to society as a whole. It's a real shame.


I agree!  He was iconic, he was such a great leader.  I am really sad how it all turned out.


I do. Couldnt live without it  How about you?


Yeah there gearing up for horror films, do you like those? Stephen king was scared of Bambi as a child. He said it was his first horror film.


How's it going, did you know Karl Benz was the first person to patent the car?


Lol, I didn't know Busta was the Reptar wagon, I wonder how much he got payed for such a small role


Don't know... Did you know Eminem wanted to be a comic book artist before he was a rapper?


No but I did know Eminem was a huge comics fan, his favorite hero is Spider-man


Rap is definitely international... Korean rappers invented a new freestyle called "compliment battle."


That sounds pretty awful, I hope Korean Compliment battles don't make it to the US


It probably sounds like a cat fight... Are you into basketball?


Yea, I love watching college ball, apparently Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's got the dunk ban in college ball


In New Zealand their basketball team is nicknamed "The Tall Blacks".  I'm not sure that would fly in the US.


That's crazy, not as crazy as 39 of the highest paid state employees being a college football or basketball coach


Yeah, they get paid a lot at some schools.  Funny, the only losing coach at KU was the guy that invented the game.


I didn't.  It makes sense... Did you know that McDonald's developed drive-thus to help soldiers?  I helped me too.


Well I got to go, nice chatting with you


Yea, apparently Mcdonalds invented the drive thru in 1975, I thought the drive thru existed before then


The had drive in things with people on roller-skates in the 50's.  Way back they actually put trunks in the "trunk".


Driving with a wooden trunk must of been unsafe, I wonder what happened when someone crashed into it?


I bet your stuff went everywhere... It's probably safer than having a flame-thrower on one's car like if S. Africa.  It's actually legal there to prevent carjacking.


Safer but not nearly as much fun as having a flamethrower equipped to your car


Yeah, for sure.  But it would fit with banging out the rap as you cruised the streets.  Do you like rap?


Yea, Tupac is my favorite, nice to know his music is in the library of congress


Funny, Busta Rhymes did the voice of the Reptar Wagon in the Rugrats 1998 movie.


Hi there! Do you love the internet as much as me?


Well, i guess you should make sure to read the terms of service when youre at the peak.


If you did you's be one of the only 7% that ever reads the full terms when buying a product or service online.


I guess im one of the suckers that doesnt read the ToS. i should but i am lazy.


Nope I don't either. I did not even read the terms when I subscribed to Netflix back in 1997 when it started.


Netflix is a great service. i stopped it a few years ago to cut expenses. great content


Yes, between Netflix and YouTube they make up half of peak internet traffic in North America.


boy, folks sure are addicted to their video content. i guess i am part of the problem there too though


Well. me too I have to admit. I wonder if Blockbuster regrets their decision to decline several offers to buy Netflix?


Yeah, they blew it. they have one store left. oh well! shortsighted. Anyway, great chat!


hi how are you? yes, i love the thing! i am addicted


Yes, nice talking with you. have a good night!


Well, me too, but I'm not surprised seeing that constant novelty clicking links on the internet can cause real addiction that is measurable in the brain.


yeah, i guess i am addicted. it has become a habit that i cannot stop. now what can it do.


Yeah, I'd be lost without it. But as much as I use it, I just learned that the 3 horizontal line menu on apps and websites is called the hamburger button.


The hamburger button? i bet the vegans hate that name. they probably call it the soy sandwich button.


Oh, I never even thought of that! I think it's pretty funny that the current Library of Alexandria has saved a copy of the internet in case the internet burns down.


Is that even possible? how could an entire copy of the internet be made? how much storage would be required?


I don't even know. It is weird. Even more weird Mt. Evesrt's peak has 3g cell service and internet capabilities!


why would someone want that? to upload their selfies at the peak? LOL


Apparently, Tupac was a ballet dancer in high school.


Whoa so cool. Would love to see him in the nutcracker lol.


Yeah, I think he was in that. I know he started his rap career as a backup dancer.


Oh nice. Bruce Lee was also a great dancer apparently.


Yeah, none of that surprises me. It's all about agility.


Yeah true. He even won a championship in 1958.


Yup. What about trousers, you own any pairs?


Yes I own pants but trousers is a funny British term I am not used to!


I remember the movie Aladdin. His pants were modeled after Mc Hammer's! Well, nice chatting with you!


Haha oh that is funny I can see the resemblance. A town called Collinsville outlaws baggy pants!


Yeah I love going to concerts. I can't believe how many concerts Linkin Park played in 2001.


Yup, it is pretty cool. Well, take it easy.


The Romans thought only barbarians wore pants lol. You too! Well it was really nice talking with you. Have a great day.


Yeah that's amazing. They are almost on pace with The Ramones.


Yeah, they are. Much better than creed I hear.


Haha yeah Creed sounds pretty bad. Didn't know you could sue over a concert.


I did, I remember when GnR left in Montreal and caused a riot. They were sued for that.


Wow intense. I would want to watch that Pink Floyd concert recorded at the ancient roman amphitheater.


Yeah. What about dancing, do you like to dance?


Yes once in awhile although I am no good at it. It is a beautiful form of human movement no doubt.


Hey there how much do you like football? You ever watch High School football